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/**
* System prompt assembly registry. Plugins contribute ordered text sections,
* tool schema providers, named prompt variables, and authoritative named
* protections; `assemble(context)` collates them through a waterfall that
* runs once per step, restores protected contributions, and `renderPrompt`
* interpolates `{{variable}}` references into the final text.
*
* The harness-owned prompt openers live here too: this plugin registers the
* static `harness:identity` section (order 100) and the deployment's
* `deployment:persona` section (order 0, from its `persona` config), so they
* exist for every agent regardless of which loop plugin drives it.
*
* @module @deepseek-ai/dsh-system-prompt
*/
import { Context, Service } from 'cordis'
import z from 'schemastery'
import { scopeOf, scopeTarget } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope'
import type { ScopeKey, Scoped } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope'
import type { ToolSchema } from '@deepseek-ai/dsh-llm'
declare module 'cordis' {
interface Context {
systemPrompt: SystemPrompt
}
interface Events {
/**
* Waterfall around prompt assembly — mutate or extend the
* {@link PromptAssembly} (sections + tools + variables) before it is
* rendered. Bound to the {@link SystemPrompt} service; call `next()` to
* delegate.
* @param assembly - the assembly built from the registered sections, tool
* providers, and variable providers; listeners may mutate it or return a
* replacement.
* Scope-filtered dispatch (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): the carrier is keyed
* by `context.scope` — a listener registered through `agent.ctx` fires only
* for that agent's assemblies; a plain plugin listener fires for every
* assembly (scope-less ones included, dispatched subject-less).
* @param context - the per-assembly {@link AssembleContext} the caller
* passed to {@link SystemPrompt.assemble} (e.g. which agent the prompt
* is for), so a listener can filter or extend per agent.
* @mode waterfall
*/
'system-prompt/assemble'(this: Scoped<SystemPrompt>, assembly: PromptAssembly, context: AssembleContext, next: () => Promise<PromptAssembly>): Promise<PromptAssembly>
/**
* A section, tool provider, variable provider, or protection was registered
* or unregistered (the assembly inputs changed — possibly for one scope
* only). An UNFILTERED registry-subject notification, deliberately not
* scope-filtered dispatch: a global change concerns every agent's next
* assembly, so a scoped listener subscribing here sees every change, not
* just its own scope's.
* @mode emit
*/
'system-prompt/change'(): void
}
}
/**
* Per-assembly input: what one {@link SystemPrompt.assemble} call is FOR.
* Merge-extensible and agnostic of who assembles — `@deepseek-ai/dsh-agent`
* declares the `agent` field, so section text and variable providers can be
* functions of the calling agent. Every field is optional by nature: a bare
* `assemble()` (tests, diagnostics) carries an empty, scope-less context, and
* providers must tolerate absent fields.
*/
export interface AssembleContext {
/**
* The scope layer this assembly resolves (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): scoped
* sections/variables/tool-providers registered through this key's context
* join the assembly (shadowing same-named global contributions), and the
* `system-prompt/assemble` waterfall dispatches in this scope. The agent
* loop sets it to the agent (alongside the `agent` DX field — never set
* `agent` without `scope`; the dev invariants flag the mismatch). Absent =
* a scope-less assembly: global layer only, subject-less dispatch.
*/
scope?: ScopeKey
}
/** One contributed section of the system prompt (registry input). */
export interface PromptSection {
/** Unique name — a duplicate registration throws (see {@link SystemPrompt.section}). */
name: string
/**
* Sections are concatenated in ascending order. Convention: `-100` is the
* harness identity, `0` the deployment persona, tool guidance uses 100199;
* other negative orders also render before the persona.
*/
order: number
/**
* Static text or a provider evaluated at each assembly with that assembly's
* {@link AssembleContext}. The text may reference `{{variable}}`s — they are
* interpolated later, by {@link renderPrompt}.
*/
text: string | ((context: AssembleContext) => string)
}
/** One section of an assembly: {@link PromptSection} with its text resolved. */
export interface AssembledSection {
/** The contributing section's unique name. */
name: string
/** The contributing section's order (sections arrive sorted ascending). */
order: number
/** The resolved (but not yet interpolated) section text. */
text: string
}
/**
* What one tool-schema provider contributes to an assembly
* ({@link SystemPrompt.tools}). `schemas` is the provider's POST-restriction
* visible set for the assembly's scope — exactly what the model may be shown.
* `knownNames` is its PRE-restriction name universe: the set configured names
* (`toolOrder`) are validated against, so a config typo fails loud while a
* restricted-away tool stays a normal, non-erroneous absence. Omitted,
* `knownNames` defaults to the names of `schemas` (right for providers with no
* restriction concept).
*/
export interface ToolProviderResult {
/** The schemas this provider contributes to THIS assembly. */
schemas: ToolSchema[]
/** The pre-restriction name universe for config validation (defaults to `schemas`' names). */
knownNames?: readonly string[]
}
/**
* Canonical prompt contributions that survive the assembly waterfall.
*
* Protection is declarative by contribution name rather than an ordered
* callback: after every `system-prompt/assemble` listener has finished, the
* service restores each protected name to the exact presence and definition
* produced by its registries before the waterfall. Restored entries keep
* canonical order with one another and anchor before their first surviving
* later unprotected canonical neighbor (or at the end); the service does not
* undo a listener's reordering of unprotected entries. A name absent from that
* canonical assembly is removed from the result. This makes mode-dependent
* absence protectable too (for example, a native tool that intentionally stays
* off the wire in Code Mode).
*/
export interface PromptProtection {
/** Section names whose canonical registry output is authoritative. */
sections?: readonly string[]
/** Tool names whose canonical provider output is authoritative. */
tools?: readonly string[]
}
/**
* The assembled prompt.
*
* Tool schemas are part of the assembly by design: "what the model is told it
* can do" is one coherent thing managed here, even though adapters transmit
* `tools` as a separate wire field rather than prompt text. They arrive in
* the canonical model-facing order (see {@link Config.toolOrder}).
*
* `variables` carries every registered prompt variable resolved against this
* assembly's context — key present means registered, `undefined` value means
* "no value for this assembly" (referencing it renders an error). Section
* texts are resolved but NOT yet interpolated; {@link renderPrompt} applies
* the variables, so waterfall listeners can still add sections or variables.
*
* Merge-extensible: plugins can declare extra fields on this interface.
*/
export interface PromptAssembly {
sections: AssembledSection[]
tools: ToolSchema[]
variables: Record<string, string | undefined>
}
/** Valid variable names: how they are written between the braces. */
const VARIABLE_NAME = /^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*$/
/** A complete `{{...}}` reference group at the scan position (validated after). */
const GROUP_AT = /^\{\{([^{}]*)\}\}/
/**
* The rest entry for {@link Config.toolOrder}: the position where registered
* tools not named in the list are inserted (in lexicographic name order).
* Reserved: collected tool schemas using this name are rejected before
* ordering, so the marker can never collide with a real model-facing tool.
*/
export const TOOL_ORDER_REST = '<unlisted-tools>'
/**
* Validate a configured tool-order list's shape at service construction:
* the {@link TOOL_ORDER_REST} rest entry exactly once, no duplicate names.
* Returns the list (or undefined when unconfigured); throws otherwise,
* failing the service at load — a bad order config must never reach an
* assembly. Whether every listed name matches a registered tool is checked
* at each assembly instead ({@link orderTools}): tool plugins register after
* this service constructs, so the tool set does not exist yet here.
*/
function validateToolOrder(toolOrder: string[] | undefined): string[] | undefined {
if (toolOrder === undefined) return undefined
const seen = new Set<string>()
for (const name of toolOrder) {
if (seen.has(name)) throw new Error(`toolOrder lists "${name}" more than once`)
seen.add(name)
}
if (!seen.has(TOOL_ORDER_REST)) {
throw new Error(`toolOrder must contain the "${TOOL_ORDER_REST}" rest entry (where unlisted tools are inserted)`)
}
return toolOrder
}
/**
* Order collected tool schemas by the validated policy: with no configured
* list, plain lexicographic name order; with one, listed names take their
* listed position and every unlisted tool lands at the
* {@link TOOL_ORDER_REST} rest entry in lexicographic name order. A listed
* name outside `knownNames` — the providers' PRE-restriction name universe —
* throws: misconfiguration fails loud, and each assembly is the earliest
* moment the registered tool set exists to check against (tool plugins
* register after the service constructs, so load time is too early); the
* assembly rejects, failing the caller's turn before any model request. A
* listed name that is KNOWN but not collected (a tool restricted away for
* this assembly's scope) is a normal absence: its position simply
* contributes nothing — `toolOrder` stays compatible with per-agent
* `restrict()` masks. Never drops a collected tool, and both sorts are
* stable, so tools sharing a name keep their collection order.
*/
function orderTools(tools: ToolSchema[], toolOrder: string[] | undefined, knownNames: ReadonlySet<string>): ToolSchema[] {
const reserved = tools.find(tool => tool.name === TOOL_ORDER_REST)
if (reserved !== undefined) {
throw new Error(`tool provider returned reserved tool name "${TOOL_ORDER_REST}" (reserved for toolOrder's rest entry)`)
}
if (toolOrder === undefined) return tools.sort(compareToolNames)
const unknown = toolOrder.filter(name => name !== TOOL_ORDER_REST && !knownNames.has(name))
if (unknown.length > 0) {
throw new Error(`toolOrder lists unregistered tool${unknown.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} ${unknown.map(name => `"${name}"`).join(', ')}; known tools: ${[...knownNames].sort().join(', ') || '(none)'}`)
}
const listed = new Set(toolOrder)
const rest = tools.filter(tool => !listed.has(tool.name)).sort(compareToolNames)
return toolOrder.flatMap(name =>
name === TOOL_ORDER_REST ? rest : tools.filter(tool => tool.name === name))
}
/** Restore protected named entries from `canonical`, anchored before their next unprotected canonical neighbor. */
function restoreProtected<T extends { name: string }>(
canonical: readonly T[], result: readonly T[], protectedNames: ReadonlySet<string>,
): T[] {
const restored = result.filter(entry => !protectedNames.has(entry.name))
for (const [index, entry] of canonical.entries()) {
if (!protectedNames.has(entry.name)) continue
// Protected entries are inserted in canonical order. Anchor each one
// before the first later UNPROTECTED canonical neighbor that survived the
// waterfall; if none survived, it belongs at the end. Looking only at
// unprotected neighbors avoids reversing adjacent protected entries.
const following = new Set(
canonical.slice(index + 1)
.filter(candidate => !protectedNames.has(candidate.name))
.map(candidate => candidate.name),
)
const next = restored.findIndex(candidate => following.has(candidate.name))
restored.splice(next < 0 ? restored.length : next, 0, structuredClone(entry))
}
return restored
}
/** Lexicographic (code-unit) name comparison — locale-independent, so the order is identical on every machine. */
function compareToolNames(a: ToolSchema, b: ToolSchema): number {
return a.name < b.name ? -1 : a.name > b.name ? 1 : 0
}
/** Plugin config: the deployment-authored fragment of the system prompt (see {@link Config.persona} for its contract). */
export interface Config {
/**
* The deployment's persona — the ONE deployment-authored fragment of the
* system prompt, rendered as the order-0 `deployment:persona` section
* (after the harness identity, before all tool guidance). Every agent in
* the context shares it by default; a per-agent persona is a SCOPED section
* of the same name registered through that agent's `agent.ctx` (it shadows
* this one for that agent — the subagent seam's `persona` request field does
* exactly that). Template, not free-form text:
* every complete `{{…}}` group is interpreted strictly against the
* registered prompt variables (the shipped agent loop registers `{{model}}`
* and `{{cwd}}`), and there is no escape syntax for literal `{{…}}` prose
* yet (a deliberate deferral; see the prompt-variables RFC). Defaults to
* `''` — the empty section is dropped at render, so a persona-less
* deployment opens with the harness identity alone.
*/
persona?: string
/**
* Explicit model-facing tool order, as a list of `ToolSchema.name`s: listed
* tools take their listed position, and tools absent from the list are
* inserted at the {@link TOOL_ORDER_REST} (`'<unlisted-tools>'`) entry in
* lexicographic name order. A configured list must contain the rest entry
* exactly once, no duplicate names, and no name without a registered tool —
* a misconfigured order blocks work instead of silently reaching a model
* request: shape violations throw at load, and an unregistered name rejects
* every assembly. `TOOL_ORDER_REST` is reserved for the list marker and may
* not be a collected tool name; such a provider output also rejects the
* assembly. The single assembly-time validation rejects either failure
* before any model request — the earliest moment the registered tool set
* exists to check against, since tool plugins register after this service
* constructs. When omitted, tools are ordered lexicographically by name.
* Applied to the tools
* {@link SystemPrompt.assemble} collects, BEFORE the
* `system-prompt/assemble` waterfall — like the sections' `order` sort, it
* canonicalizes what the registry contributed (registration order is a
* plugin-load artifact); a waterfall listener that mutates the tool list
* owns the determinism of what it emits. Rationale (and why not per-plugin
* weights): docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-06-explicit-tool-order.md.
*/
toolOrder?: string[]
}
/**
* Renders the text part of an assembly: interpolates `{{variable}}`
* references in each section from `assembly.variables`, drops empty sections,
* and joins the rest with blank lines.
*
* Strict by design (fail loud beats shipping a malformed prompt): a reference
* to an unregistered variable, to a registered variable with no value for
* this assembly, a complete `{{…}}` group that is not a well-formed variable
* name (e.g. `{{ model }}`), or a `{{` that does not open a complete group
* while a `}}` still follows (e.g. `{{{model}}}`, `{{a{b}}`) all throw. A
* lone `{{` with no `}}` anywhere after it is ordinary prose and passes
* through verbatim. Substituted values are never re-scanned.
* @param assembly - the assembly to render (typically the awaited result of
* {@link SystemPrompt.assemble}); only `sections` and `variables` are read.
* @returns the full system prompt text; `''` when every section renders empty
* (the caller then sends no system prompt at all).
*/
export function renderPrompt(assembly: PromptAssembly): string {
return assembly.sections
.map(section => interpolate(section, assembly.variables))
.filter(text => text.length > 0)
.join('\n\n')
}
/** Interpolate one section's `{{variable}}` references (see {@link renderPrompt}). */
function interpolate(section: AssembledSection, variables: Record<string, string | undefined>): string {
const text = section.text
let result = ''
let last = 0
for (let open = text.indexOf('{{'); open >= 0; open = text.indexOf('{{', last)) {
const group = GROUP_AT.exec(text.slice(open))
if (group === null) {
// No complete simple group starts at this `{{`. A `}}` further on means
// a mangled reference (extra or nested braces) — fail loud. With no
// closing `}}` anywhere after, it is ordinary prose (shell, JSON) and
// passes through verbatim.
if (text.indexOf('}}', open + 2) >= 0) {
throw new Error(`malformed prompt variable reference at "${text.slice(open, open + 16)}…" in section "${section.name}" (references are complete simple {{name}} groups)`)
}
result += text.slice(last, open + 2)
last = open + 2
continue
}
// group[0] is the whole `{{...}}` match (a plain string, no optional
// index): the name is its interior. `{{}}` yields '' → the malformed path.
const name = group[0].slice(2, -2)
if (!VARIABLE_NAME.test(name)) {
throw new Error(`malformed prompt variable reference "{{${name}}}" in section "${section.name}" (variable names match ${String(VARIABLE_NAME)})`)
}
// Object.hasOwn, NOT `in`: `in` walks the prototype chain, so an
// unregistered `{{constructor}}` would resolve to Object.prototype's and
// splice a function's source text into the prompt instead of throwing.
if (!Object.hasOwn(variables, name)) {
const known = Object.keys(variables)
throw new Error(`unknown prompt variable "{{${name}}}" in section "${section.name}"; registered variables: ${known.length > 0 ? known.join(', ') : '(none)'}`)
}
const value = variables[name]
if (value === undefined) {
throw new Error(`prompt variable "{{${name}}}" has no value for this assembly (section "${section.name}")`)
}
result += text.slice(last, open) + value
last = open + group[0].length
}
return result + text.slice(last)
}
/**
* Registry service (`ctx.systemPrompt`): plugins contribute ordered text
* sections, tool-schema providers, named prompt variables, and authoritative
* contribution protections; the agent loop calls `assemble(context)` once per
* step. Registers the harness-owned `harness:identity` and
* `deployment:persona` sections itself (see {@link Config.persona}).
*/
export class SystemPrompt extends Service {
static Config: z<Config> = z.object({
persona: z.string().default(''),
// A schemastery array defaults to [] when omitted, but an omitted
// toolOrder must stay absent ("lexicographic order"), not become an
// explicitly-configured empty list (which is invalid — it lacks the
// rest entry). Forcing the default to undefined keeps the key out of the
// validated config; the cast is needed because .default() expects the
// array type.
toolOrder: z.array(z.string()).default(undefined as unknown as string[]),
})
private sections: PromptSection[] = []
private toolProviders: ((context: AssembleContext) => ToolProviderResult)[] = []
private variableProviders = new Map<string, (context: AssembleContext) => string | undefined>()
private protections: PromptProtection[] = []
/** Per-scope layers (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`); entries drop when a layer empties, so a disposed scope leaves no residue. */
private scopedSections = new Map<ScopeKey, PromptSection[]>()
private scopedToolProviders = new Map<ScopeKey, ((context: AssembleContext) => ToolProviderResult)[]>()
private scopedVariableProviders = new Map<ScopeKey, Map<string, (context: AssembleContext) => string | undefined>>()
private scopedProtections = new Map<ScopeKey, PromptProtection[]>()
private readonly toolOrder: string[] | undefined
constructor(ctx: Context, public config: Config) {
super(ctx, 'systemPrompt')
this.toolOrder = validateToolOrder(config.toolOrder)
// The harness-owned openers. They live HERE (not on the loop plugin) so a
// deployment that swaps in a different loop keeps them: the identity is a
// harness fact stated ahead of everything, and the persona is the
// deployment's config, one section of the full prompt, never the whole.
// An empty persona still RESERVES the section name (one owner — a plugin
// re-registering it throws); renderPrompt drops the empty text.
this.section({
name: 'harness:identity',
order: -100,
text: 'You are an AI agent powered by the DeepSeek Harness SDK.',
})
this.section({
name: 'deployment:persona',
order: 0,
// The schema already defaulted an omitted persona to ''; the ?? only
// narrows the optional-input TYPE, it never supplies a different value.
text: config.persona ?? '',
})
}
/**
* Contribute a text section to the system prompt. Order is determined by
* `section.order` (ascending). The layer is decided by the CALLING context
* (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-scope`): a plain plugin context contributes globally; a
* scoped context (`agent.ctx`) contributes to that scope alone — and a
* scoped section SHADOWS a same-named global section for that scope's
* assemblies (most-specific-wins; this is how a per-agent persona overrides
* `deployment:persona`) unless that global name is protected: global
* protection reserves its section name against scoped shadows so the
* registration owner—not a later scope—defines the canonical value. The
* registry snapshots `name`, `order`, and `text` before checking/storing, so
* later caller-object mutation cannot rename a contribution. Throws
* if the SAME layer already has the name (a
* duplicate would silently double prompt text — e.g. a double-loaded tool
* plugin; the global-duplicate message names `agent.ctx` as the per-agent
* alternative). Removed when the calling fiber is disposed. Emits
* `system-prompt/change` on register/unregister.
* @param section - the section to contribute (name, order, text or provider).
* @returns the disposer that removes the section. The exact
* Cordis effect disposer (single-shot): composite (generator) effects may
* yield it directly — exact identity nests the teardown in order.
*/
section(section: PromptSection): () => Promise<void> | void {
const scope = scopeOf(this.ctx)
const snapshot: PromptSection = {
name: section.name,
order: section.order,
text: section.text,
}
if (scope !== undefined && this.protections.some(record => record.sections?.includes(snapshot.name))) {
throw new Error(`prompt section "${snapshot.name}" is globally protected and cannot be shadowed in an agent scope`)
}
const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: SystemPrompt) {
const layer = scope === undefined
? this.sections
: this.scopedSections.get(scope) ?? (() => {
const created: PromptSection[] = []
this.scopedSections.set(scope, created)
return created
})()
if (layer.some(existing => existing.name === snapshot.name)) {
throw new Error(scope === undefined
? `prompt section "${snapshot.name}" is already registered (for a per-agent override, register through that agent's \`agent.ctx\` instead)`
: `prompt section "${snapshot.name}" is already registered in this scope`)
}
layer.push(snapshot)
// Yield the rollback BEFORE emitting `system-prompt/change`: a generator
// effect collects each yielded disposer before the next step runs, so a
// throwing change listener removes the section instead of leaking it into
// every future assembly.
yield () => {
const index = layer.indexOf(snapshot)
/* v8 ignore next 3 -- defensive: section was registered, so indexOf is guaranteed >= 0 */
if (index >= 0) layer.splice(index, 1)
if (scope !== undefined && layer.length === 0) this.scopedSections.delete(scope)
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}.bind(this), 'systemPrompt.section()')
// The EXACT cordis effect disposer, not a wrapper: a composite (generator)
// effect that owns a teardown ORDER must be able to yield THIS function —
// cordis nests a disposer out of the fiber's concurrent sibling list by
// exact function identity, so a wrapper would silently break the nesting
// (the agents.register() lesson). Fire-and-forget callers may still
// discard the (always-resolved) promise.
return dispose
}
/**
* Contribute a tool-schema provider, evaluated at each assembly call with
* that assembly's {@link AssembleContext} (so it reflects the live registry
* state AND the assembly's scope — see {@link ToolProviderResult} for the
* `schemas`/`knownNames` split). The layer is decided by the calling
* context: a scoped provider (registered through `agent.ctx`) is consulted
* only for that scope's assemblies. Removed when the calling fiber is
* disposed. A provider must not return a schema named
* {@link TOOL_ORDER_REST}; that name is reserved for
* {@link Config.toolOrder}'s rest entry and rejects the assembly. Emits
* `system-prompt/change`.
* @param provider - evaluated at every {@link assemble} for fresh schemas.
* @returns the disposer that removes the provider. The exact
* Cordis effect disposer (single-shot): composite (generator) effects may
* yield it directly — exact identity nests the teardown in order.
*/
tools(provider: (context: AssembleContext) => ToolProviderResult): () => Promise<void> | void {
const scope = scopeOf(this.ctx)
const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: SystemPrompt) {
const layer = scope === undefined
? this.toolProviders
: this.scopedToolProviders.get(scope) ?? (() => {
const created: ((context: AssembleContext) => ToolProviderResult)[] = []
this.scopedToolProviders.set(scope, created)
return created
})()
layer.push(provider)
// Yield the rollback BEFORE emitting `system-prompt/change` (see section()).
yield () => {
const index = layer.indexOf(provider)
/* v8 ignore next 3 -- defensive: provider was registered, so indexOf is guaranteed >= 0 */
if (index >= 0) layer.splice(index, 1)
if (scope !== undefined && layer.length === 0) this.scopedToolProviders.delete(scope)
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}.bind(this), 'systemPrompt.tools()')
// The EXACT cordis effect disposer, not a wrapper: a composite (generator)
// effect that owns a teardown ORDER must be able to yield THIS function —
// cordis nests a disposer out of the fiber's concurrent sibling list by
// exact function identity, so a wrapper would silently break the nesting
// (the agents.register() lesson). Fire-and-forget callers may still
// discard the (always-resolved) promise.
return dispose
}
/**
* Contribute a named prompt variable, referenced from section text as
* `{{name}}`. The provider is evaluated at each assembly with that
* assembly's {@link AssembleContext}; returning `undefined` means "no value
* for this assembly" (a section referencing it then fails to render — a
* deployment must not claim facts it does not have). The layer is decided
* by the calling context: a scoped variable (registered through
* `agent.ctx`) resolves only for that scope's assemblies and SHADOWS a
* same-named global variable there. Throws on a name that does not match
* `[a-z][a-z0-9_]*` (it could never be referenced) or one already
* registered in the SAME layer. Removed when the calling fiber is disposed;
* emits `system-prompt/change` on register/unregister.
* @param name - the reference name (matches `[a-z][a-z0-9_]*`).
* @param provider - evaluated at every {@link assemble} for the value.
* @returns the disposer that removes the variable. The exact
* Cordis effect disposer (single-shot): composite (generator) effects may
* yield it directly — exact identity nests the teardown in order.
*/
variable(name: string, provider: (context: AssembleContext) => string | undefined): () => Promise<void> | void {
const scope = scopeOf(this.ctx)
const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: SystemPrompt) {
if (!VARIABLE_NAME.test(name)) {
throw new Error(`invalid prompt variable name "${name}" (must match ${String(VARIABLE_NAME)})`)
}
const layer = scope === undefined
? this.variableProviders
: this.scopedVariableProviders.get(scope) ?? (() => {
const created = new Map<string, (context: AssembleContext) => string | undefined>()
this.scopedVariableProviders.set(scope, created)
return created
})()
if (layer.has(name)) {
throw new Error(scope === undefined
? `prompt variable "${name}" is already registered (for a per-agent value, register through that agent's \`agent.ctx\` instead)`
: `prompt variable "${name}" is already registered in this scope`)
}
layer.set(name, provider)
// Yield the rollback BEFORE emitting `system-prompt/change` (see section()).
yield () => {
layer.delete(name)
if (scope !== undefined && layer.size === 0) this.scopedVariableProviders.delete(scope)
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}.bind(this), 'systemPrompt.variable()')
// The EXACT cordis effect disposer, not a wrapper: a composite (generator)
// effect that owns a teardown ORDER must be able to yield THIS function —
// cordis nests a disposer out of the fiber's concurrent sibling list by
// exact function identity, so a wrapper would silently break the nesting
// (the agents.register() lesson). Fire-and-forget callers may still
// discard the (always-resolved) promise.
return dispose
}
/**
* Protect named section/tool contributions from the assembly waterfall.
* The layer is decided by the calling context: a global protection applies
* to every assembly, while one registered through `agent.ctx` applies only
* to that agent's scope. The name's canonical registry/provider output is
* restored AFTER the whole waterfall, so listener registration order cannot
* strip, replace, duplicate, or fabricate it. Canonical absence is restored
* too: if the protected name is intentionally absent for an assembly, a
* listener-injected entry with that name is removed. The input arrays are
* snapshotted; an empty protection throws because it cannot affect output.
* Removed with the calling fiber and emits `system-prompt/change` on
* registration/unregistration. A global section protection also reserves the
* name against scoped section shadows; registering protection when such a
* shadow already exists fails loudly instead of protecting the wrong owner.
* @param protection - section and/or tool names whose canonical presence and definitions are authoritative.
* @returns the exact Cordis effect disposer that removes the protection.
*/
protect(protection: PromptProtection): () => Promise<void> | void {
const scope = scopeOf(this.ctx)
const snapshot: PromptProtection = {
...protection.sections !== undefined ? { sections: [...new Set(protection.sections)] } : {},
...protection.tools !== undefined ? { tools: [...new Set(protection.tools)] } : {},
}
if ((snapshot.sections?.length ?? 0) === 0 && (snapshot.tools?.length ?? 0) === 0) {
throw new Error('systemPrompt.protect() requires at least one section or tool name')
}
if (scope === undefined && snapshot.sections !== undefined) {
const protectedSections = new Set(snapshot.sections)
const conflicts = [...this.scopedSections.values()]
.flatMap(layer => layer.filter(section => protectedSections.has(section.name)).map(section => section.name))
if (conflicts.length > 0) {
throw new Error(`systemPrompt.protect() cannot globally protect section${conflicts.length > 1 ? 's' : ''} ${[...new Set(conflicts)].map(name => `"${name}"`).join(', ')} while scoped shadows are registered`)
}
}
const dispose = this.ctx.effect(function* (this: SystemPrompt) {
const layer = scope === undefined
? this.protections
: this.scopedProtections.get(scope) ?? (() => {
const created: PromptProtection[] = []
this.scopedProtections.set(scope, created)
return created
})()
layer.push(snapshot)
yield () => {
const index = layer.indexOf(snapshot)
/* v8 ignore next 3 -- defensive: protection was registered, so indexOf is guaranteed >= 0 */
if (index >= 0) layer.splice(index, 1)
if (scope !== undefined && layer.length === 0) this.scopedProtections.delete(scope)
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}
this.ctx.emit('system-prompt/change')
}.bind(this), 'systemPrompt.protect()')
return dispose
}
/** Resolve the authoritative names registered for one assembly scope. */
private protectedNames(scope: ScopeKey | undefined): { sections: Set<string>; tools: Set<string> } {
const records = [
...this.protections,
...(scope === undefined ? [] : this.scopedProtections.get(scope)) ?? [],
]
return {
sections: new Set(records.flatMap(record => record.sections ?? [])),
tools: new Set(records.flatMap(record => record.tools ?? [])),
}
}
/**
* Assemble the current prompt for one caller: the global layer merged with
* {@link AssembleContext.scope}'s layer (scoped sections/variables SHADOW
* same-named global ones — most-specific-wins) — section texts resolved
* against `context` and sorted by order across the union, tools collected
* from the global providers plus the scope's and put in the canonical
* model-facing order ({@link Config.toolOrder}, or lexicographic name order
* when unconfigured — provider registration order is a plugin-load artifact
* and never reaches the assembly; a configured order naming a tool outside
* the providers' `knownNames` universe rejects the assembly, while a known
* name restricted away for this scope is a normal absence), and every
* visible variable resolved against `context` into `assembly.variables`.
* Tool schemas are deep-cloned because adapters and request waterfalls may
* mutate schema objects. Runs through the `system-prompt/assemble`
* waterfall, giving listeners the opportunity to mutate or replace the
* assembly, then restores every visible {@link PromptProtection} from the
* pre-waterfall canonical assembly. Like the sections' `order` sort, tool
* canonicalization happens on the initial assembly; unprotected listener
* output owns its own determinism. Await the result before reading the
* assembly values — waterfall listeners may be async.
* Interpolation happens later, in {@link renderPrompt}.
* @param context - what this assembly is for (defaults to an empty context;
* see {@link AssembleContext}).
* @returns the assembly after the waterfall has run.
*/
// async so the misconfigured-toolOrder throw in orderTools surfaces as a
// rejection: a Promise-returning method must not throw synchronously
// (`assemble().catch(...)` would miss it).
async assemble(context: AssembleContext = {}): Promise<PromptAssembly> {
const scope = context.scope
// Protection is a registry input too: snapshot which names are protected
// at assembly start. Registrations that land while an async waterfall is
// in flight affect the NEXT assembly, matching the other registries.
const protectedNames = this.protectedNames(scope)
// Variables: global layer first, then the scope's layer OVERWRITES
// same-named entries (shadowing — a per-agent value wins for that agent).
const variables: Record<string, string | undefined> = {}
for (const [name, provider] of this.variableProviders) {
variables[name] = provider(context)
}
const scopedVariables = scope === undefined ? undefined : this.scopedVariableProviders.get(scope)
for (const [name, provider] of scopedVariables ?? []) {
variables[name] = provider(context)
}
// Sections: merge by name, scoped REPLACING same-named global entries
// (most-specific-wins — the per-agent persona mechanism), then sort by
// order across the union. Registration order within a layer is preserved
// for equal orders (stable sort).
const sectionByName = new Map<string, PromptSection>()
for (const section of this.sections) sectionByName.set(section.name, section)
for (const section of (scope === undefined ? [] : this.scopedSections.get(scope)) ?? []) {
sectionByName.set(section.name, section)
}
// Tools: consult the global providers plus the scope's, each with this
// assembly's context. `schemas` are what the model may see (already
// post-restriction, per provider); `knownNames` (defaulting to the
// schemas' names) form the pre-restriction universe `toolOrder` is
// validated against, so a restricted-away tool is a normal absence while
// a config typo still fails every assembly loudly.
const providers = [
...this.toolProviders,
...(scope === undefined ? [] : this.scopedToolProviders.get(scope)) ?? [],
]
const collected: ToolSchema[] = []
const knownNames = new Set<string>()
for (const provider of providers) {
const result = provider(context)
for (const tool of result.schemas) {
collected.push({ ...tool, parameters: structuredClone(tool.parameters) })
}
for (const name of result.knownNames ?? result.schemas.map(tool => tool.name)) {
knownNames.add(name)
}
}
const assembly: PromptAssembly = {
sections: [...sectionByName.values()]
.map(section => ({
name: section.name,
order: section.order,
text: typeof section.text === 'function' ? section.text(context) : section.text,
}))
.sort((a, b) => a.order - b.order),
tools: orderTools(collected, this.toolOrder, knownNames),
variables,
}
// Snapshot only the fields protection can restore. The waterfall receives
// `assembly` by reference and may mutate it or return a replacement; these
// independent snapshots remain the authoritative registry product.
const canonicalSections = protectedNames.sections.size > 0 ? structuredClone(assembly.sections) : undefined
const canonicalTools = protectedNames.tools.size > 0 ? structuredClone(assembly.tools) : undefined
const result = await this.ctx.waterfall(
scopeTarget(this, scope), 'system-prompt/assemble', assembly, context,
() => Promise.resolve(assembly),
)
// Build a replacement instead of mutating the waterfall result: a
// listener may legitimately return a frozen assembly. Merge-extensible
// fields ride through the spread untouched.
return {
...result,
...canonicalSections !== undefined
? { sections: restoreProtected(canonicalSections, result.sections, protectedNames.sections) }
: {},
...canonicalTools !== undefined
? { tools: restoreProtected(canonicalTools, result.tools, protectedNames.tools) }
: {},
}
}
}
export default SystemPrompt