The ACP snapshot suite kit: the shared machinery behind the keyless snapshot tier (`pnpm run test:snapshot`, [testing policy](../../../docs/testing.md)). An example gets a full snapshot suite from a scenario table plus a fixtures directory; every compare/guard mechanic lives here, under the per-file coverage gate, instead of being copied per example.
Three layers, importable separately:
- **`runScenario` (harness)** — boots the real agent bin as a subprocess via tsx (unbuilt, Loader path), drives it over ACP JSON-RPC stdio from a deterministic `input.json` script, tees raw stdout for the golden + purity check, and harvests every persisted session JSONL (parent + subagent children, primary-first) after a graceful stdin-EOF shutdown. Parameterized by `AgentUnderTest` (`binScript`, `configPath`, `tsconfigPath` — absolute paths; the subprocess cwd is a temp dir outside the repo).
- **Normalizers** — pure functions turning the two captured surfaces into stable text: `normalizeStdout` (JSON-RPC ids → first-seen sequence; UUIDs/cwd → tokens; doubles as the stdout-purity check), `normalizeSessionLog` (times zeroed, `seq` kept), `scrubSystemPrompts` (prompt text → `{{system}}` in every JSONL), and `scrubRequestHeaders` (the remaining header bulk → `{{tools}}`/`{{messagePrefix}}` outside each pin, structure kept — [pinned-header RFC](../../../docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-07-06-pin-request-header-content-in-one-scenario.md)).
- **`defineAcpSnapshotSuite` (factory)** — registers the whole describe/it tree for a scenario table: per-scenario golden + re-persisted-log compares, record/refresh fixture write-back, the per-header-class pin (`system-prompt.golden.md` plus the JSONL's full tool schemas) with its live uniformity guard, and the fixture guard block (no orphan scenario dirs, required files present, exactly one pin per class, every JSONL prompt-scrubbed, non-pinning fixtures fully header-scrubbed). Must be called at vitest collection time.
A scenario booting a differently-composed tree sets its own `configPath` (an overlay whose basename still ends in `cordis.yml`, so the bin's replay swap finds the sibling `*cordis.snapshot.yml`) and, when that composition changes the request header, its own `headerClass` with its own pinning scenario — the acp-agent example's Code Mode scenarios are the template. Each pinning directory's generated `system-prompt.golden.md` is the reviewable snapshot of the normalized composed prompt; `session.jsonl` stores `"system":"{{system}}"` while retaining the complete tool list.
Examples use a `cordis.snapshot.yml` overlay with [`dsh-llm-replay`](../llm-replay/README.md). Recording calls the live model and updates model fixtures; keyless refresh replays those fixtures and updates derived stdout, session-log, and prompt snapshots. See the [snapshot RFC](../../../docs/rfc/implemented/testing/2026-06-19-acp-snapshot-tests.md).
`suite.ts` imports Vitest, so use this package only inside a Vitest run. The ACP-specific script can queue permission answers by stable option kind and can set session config options or assert their rejection in the transcript. Missing permission answers cancel; selecting an unavailable kind fails the scenario.