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|
-- A scriptable stand-in for the `panto` module the extension talks to.
--
-- Every module reaches the host through `require("panto")` at call time, never
-- as a load-time alias, so a spec can install this fake after the modules are
-- already loaded. `install()` writes `package.loaded.panto`; `handle.restore()`
-- removes it again.
--
-- The surface mirrors the real one, covering what the extension actually calls:
--
-- panto.ext.session_info() -> { session_id, session_dir, model, reasoning }
-- panto.ext.resolve_model(q) -> cfg | nil, "resolve_model: ..."
-- panto.ext.models(query) -> catalog answer
-- panto.ext.agent -- the primary, borrowed: :tools(), :conversation()
-- panto.ext.on(name, handler) -- lifecycle subscriptions
-- panto.ext.register_tool / register_command
-- panto.ext.json -- panto's JSON codec (dkjson stands in here)
-- panto.agent{ config =, store =, session_id =, conversation = } -> agent
-- panto.file_system_jsonl_store{ dir = } / panto.null_store()
-- agent:conversation() / :session_id() / :tools() / :set_tools(decls) / :run_async(opts)
-- store:resolve(id) / :load(id)
-- conv:messages() / :message_metadata(i) / :add_system_message(text, { metadata = })
-- job:next_event() / :result() / :request_cancel() / :close()
--
-- Scripting. Every child takes its outcome from a queue: `handle.queue(outcome)`
-- is matched first-in-first-out, `handle.queue_for(label, outcome)` is matched
-- against the profile name the child was seeded with (its manifest metadata; a
-- resumed child carries no fresh manifest, so it always draws from the FIFO
-- queue). An outcome describes the settled turn — `{ status =, output =,
-- error =, structured_json =, resumable =, id =, settle = }`. A child with
-- nothing queued completes with a generated id and a generic output, which
-- keeps tests that only care about what was asked for short.
--
-- Settling. There is no event loop here, so a fake job settles on the Nth call
-- to `job:result()`: `settle = N`, lowest first, which is the same ordering key
-- the previous fake used for "first" awaits. Real wake pipes are opened and
-- polled (the job machinery refuses to start a child without one), but nothing
-- ever runs the loop and nothing writes a wake byte; the specs call await from
-- a plain script, which cannot park, so awaiting drains its jobs in place and
-- those polls are what turn into progress. `request_cancel` settles the next
-- poll as cancelled, exactly like the binding's pump.
--
-- Everything the host was asked to do is recorded on the returned handle:
-- `spawns` (one record per child agent, in creation order, carrying the
-- resolve_model arguments, the store directory, the seeded system messages, the
-- tool declarations it was given and the run_async options), `runs` (run_async
-- options only, so a gated child is visibly not started yet), `jobs`,
-- `resolves`, `tools`, `commands`, `models_queries`, `subscriptions`, `mkdirs`,
-- `max_live` and `polls`. Assertions read those tables directly.
local M = {}
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- luv stand-in, installed once when this module loads
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- `fs_mkdir` is recorded rather than performed, so a spec can assert which
-- directories a child store would need without touching the disk. Everything
-- else — pipes included — delegates to the real luv, so a spec exercises the
-- same wake-pipe arming production does. This has to happen at load time, not
-- inside install(), because a module that resolves luv once at load would
-- otherwise capture the real one.
local made_dirs = {}
do
local ok, real = pcall(require, "luv")
if ok and type(real) == "table" then
package.loaded.luv = setmetatable({
fs_mkdir = function(path)
made_dirs[#made_dirs + 1] = path
return true
end,
}, { __index = real })
end
end
-- A job polled this many times without settling means the drain loop is
-- spinning; failing beats hanging the whole suite.
local POLL_LIMIT = 5000
local DEFAULT_SESSION = {
session_id = "0198-primary",
session_dir = "/tmp/panto-spec-sessions/--Users-travis-Code-panto-subagents--",
model = "anthropic:sonnet",
reasoning = "medium",
}
local DEFAULT_OVERVIEW = {
model = "anthropic:sonnet",
reasoning = "medium",
providers = {
{ name = "anthropic", style = "messages", models = 7 },
{ name = "openai", style = "responses", models = 12 },
},
}
-- Stands in for the lightuserdata re-registration tag a real decl carries. The
-- identity is what matters: a child must be given the primary's own tags.
M.SOURCE = setmetatable({}, { __name = "fake.tool_source" })
-- The primary's tools: two a child inherits, and the four it must not.
-- agent:tools() sorts by name, so this is the order the rock sees them in.
local DEFAULT_TOOL_NAMES = {
"bash",
"read_file",
"subagents.lua",
"subagents.models",
"subagents.run",
"subagents.workflow",
}
local function default_tools()
local decls = {}
for index, name in ipairs(DEFAULT_TOOL_NAMES) do
decls[index] = {
name = name,
description = name .. " does a thing",
schema = { type = "object", properties = {} },
_source = M.SOURCE,
}
end
return decls
end
-- panto installs its own JSON codec as `panto.ext.json`; dkjson is the closest
-- stand-in available to a bare `lua` process. Absent, the field is simply
-- missing, exactly as it would be on a host too old to provide it.
local function json_codec()
local ok, dkjson = pcall(require, "dkjson")
if not ok or type(dkjson) ~= "table" then
return nil
end
return {
encode = function(value)
return dkjson.encode(value)
end,
decode = function(text)
local value, _, err = dkjson.decode(text)
if err then
error(err, 0)
end
return value
end,
}
end
local function copy(source, fallback)
local out = {}
for key, value in pairs(source or fallback or {}) do
out[key] = value
end
return out
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Conversations
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local conv_mt = {}
conv_mt.__index = conv_mt
conv_mt.__name = "fake.conversation"
-- scripted = array of { role =, text = | blocks =, metadata = }. `record`, when
-- given, is the child record seeded system messages are mirrored onto. A
-- scripted message may instead carry `metadata_error =`, which is how the
-- binding reports a stored record it cannot decode: by raising.
local function new_conversation(scripted, record)
local messages = {}
for index, message in ipairs(scripted or {}) do
messages[index] = {
role = message.role or "user",
blocks = message.blocks or { { type = "text", text = message.text or "" } },
metadata = message.metadata,
metadata_error = message.metadata_error,
}
end
return setmetatable({ _messages = messages, _record = record }, conv_mt)
end
-- Faithful to the binding: metadata is not part of a message table, so the only
-- way to reach it is message_metadata(i).
function conv_mt:messages()
local out = {}
for index, message in ipairs(self._messages) do
local blocks = {}
for block_index, block in ipairs(message.blocks) do
blocks[block_index] = copy(block)
end
out[index] = { role = message.role, blocks = blocks }
end
return out
end
function conv_mt:message_metadata(index)
local message = self._messages[tonumber(index) or 0]
if message == nil then
return nil
end
if message.metadata_error then
error("panto: " .. message.metadata_error, 2)
end
return message.metadata
end
function conv_mt:add_system_message(text, opts)
if type(text) ~= "string" then
error("panto: add_system_message expects a string", 2)
end
local metadata = opts and opts.metadata
if metadata ~= nil and type(metadata) ~= "table" then
error("panto: metadata must be a table", 2)
end
self._messages[#self._messages + 1] = {
role = "system",
blocks = { { type = "text", text = text } },
metadata = metadata,
}
local record = self._record
if record then
record.system_messages[#record.system_messages + 1] = { text = text, metadata = metadata }
local manifest = metadata and metadata.subagents
if type(manifest) == "table" and type(manifest.agent) == "string" then
record.label = manifest.agent
end
end
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Session stores
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local store_mt = {}
store_mt.__index = store_mt
store_mt.__name = "fake.store"
function store_mt:resolve(id)
local session = self._harness.sessions[id]
if session == nil then
return nil
end
return { id = id, message_count = #session, api_style = "messages" }
end
function store_mt:load(id)
local session = self._harness.sessions[id]
if session == nil then
return nil
end
return new_conversation(session)
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Jobs
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local job_mt = {}
job_mt.__index = job_mt
job_mt.__name = "fake.job"
local function new_job(cfg)
return setmetatable({
_settle_after = math.max(1, math.floor(tonumber(cfg.settle) or 1)),
_events = cfg.events or {},
_finish = cfg.finish,
_harness = cfg.harness,
_polls = 0,
_settled = false,
_result = nil,
_cancel_requested = false,
_closed = false,
}, job_mt)
end
function job_mt:next_event()
if self._closed or #self._events == 0 then
return nil
end
return table.remove(self._events, 1)
end
function job_mt:result()
if self._closed then
-- close() frees the settled result in the binding, so a caller that
-- reads it back afterwards sees exactly this.
return nil
end
self._polls = self._polls + 1
if self._polls > POLL_LIMIT then
error(string.format(
"fake job: polled %d times without settling; the drain loop is making no progress on a job with no wake pipe",
POLL_LIMIT), 0)
end
if self._harness then
self._harness.polls = self._harness.polls + 1
end
if self._settled then
return self._result
end
if self._cancel_requested then
self._result = { status = "cancelled", error = "cancelled" }
elseif self._polls >= self._settle_after then
self._result = self._finish(self)
else
return nil
end
self._settled = true
if self._harness then
self._harness.live = self._harness.live - 1
end
return self._result
end
function job_mt:request_cancel()
self._cancel_requested = true
end
function job_mt:close()
if self._closed then
return
end
self._closed = true
self._result = nil
self._events = {}
end
-- job(spec) -> a standalone fake job, for specs that drive the job machinery
-- directly rather than through a child. spec = { result =, events =, settle = }.
function M.job(spec)
spec = spec or {}
return new_job({
settle = spec.settle,
events = spec.events,
finish = function()
return spec.result or { status = "completed", text = "done" }
end,
})
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Outcomes: which scripted turn a child gets, and what it settles to
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function next_outcome(h, label)
local bucket = label and h.labelled[label]
if bucket and #bucket > 0 then
return table.remove(bucket, 1)
end
if #h.queued > 0 then
return table.remove(h.queued, 1)
end
return {}
end
-- Bound as late as possible: the profile label only exists once the child has
-- been seeded with its manifest system message.
local function outcome_for(h, record)
if record.outcome == nil then
record.outcome = next_outcome(h, record.label)
end
return record.outcome
end
local function child_id(h, record)
if record.session_id then
return record.session_id
end
if record.id == nil then
record.id = outcome_for(h, record).id or ("child-" .. record.index)
end
return record.id
end
-- The settled turn, in the shape agent:run_async reports it.
local function settled_result(h, record)
local outcome = outcome_for(h, record)
local status = outcome.status or "completed"
local result = { status = status }
local one_shot = record.run and record.run.dispatch_tools == false
if status == "completed" then
if one_shot then
result.text = outcome.output
if outcome.structured_json then
local decl = record.tool_decls and record.tool_decls[1]
result.tool_calls = { {
id = "call-" .. record.index,
name = outcome.tool_name or (decl and decl.name) or "emit_result",
input = outcome.structured_json,
} }
end
else
result.text = outcome.output or ("output of " .. tostring(record.label or child_id(h, record)))
end
else
result.error = outcome.error or ("the child " .. status)
end
-- The durable file: a child that never reached its first assistant message
-- has none, which is what makes it unresumable.
local id = child_id(h, record)
if outcome.resumable == false then
h.sessions[id] = nil
else
h.sessions[id] = h.sessions[id] or {}
end
return result
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Agents
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local agent_mt = {}
agent_mt.__index = agent_mt
agent_mt.__name = "fake.agent"
function agent_mt:conversation()
return self._conv
end
function agent_mt:session_id()
return child_id(self._harness, self._record)
end
function agent_mt:tools()
local out = {}
for index, decl in ipairs(self._record.tool_decls or {}) do
out[index] = decl
end
return out
end
function agent_mt:set_tools(decls)
if self._borrowed then
error("panto: set_tools is not supported on a borrowed agent", 2)
end
if type(decls) ~= "table" then
error("panto: set_tools expects an array of declarations", 2)
end
local names = {}
for index, decl in ipairs(decls) do
if type(decl) ~= "table" or type(decl.name) ~= "string" then
error("panto: tool declaration " .. index .. " has no name", 2)
end
names[index] = decl.name
end
self._record.tool_decls = decls
self._record.tools = names
end
function agent_mt:run_async(options)
if self._borrowed then
return nil, "run_async: not supported on a borrowed agent"
end
if type(options) ~= "table" then
error("panto: run_async expects a table", 2)
end
if options.prompt == nil and options.blocks == nil then
return nil, "run_async: pass a prompt or blocks"
end
if options.metadata ~= nil and type(options.metadata) ~= "table" then
return nil, "run_async: metadata must be a table"
end
local h, record = self._harness, self._record
record.run = {
prompt = options.prompt,
blocks = options.blocks,
metadata = options.metadata,
dispatch_tools = options.dispatch_tools,
wake_fd = options.wake_fd,
}
record.prompt = options.prompt
h.runs[#h.runs + 1] = record.run
local job = new_job({
settle = outcome_for(h, record).settle,
events = outcome_for(h, record).events,
harness = h,
finish = function()
return settled_result(h, record)
end,
})
h.jobs[#h.jobs + 1] = job
record.job = job
h.live = h.live + 1
if h.live > h.max_live then
h.max_live = h.live
end
return job
end
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- install
-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- install(opts) -> handle
--
-- opts = {
-- session = { session_id =, session_dir =, model =, reasoning = },
-- models_response = table | function(query),
-- primary_tools = array of decl tables (defaults to DEFAULT_TOOL_NAMES),
-- primary_messages = array of { role =, text = } for the primary conversation,
-- sessions = { [id] = array of scripted messages } already on disk,
-- unknown_models = { ["provider:model"] = true } resolve_model rejects,
-- }
function M.install(opts)
opts = opts or {}
for index = #made_dirs, 1, -1 do
made_dirs[index] = nil
end
-- A partial `session` overrides only the fields it names.
local session = copy(DEFAULT_SESSION)
for key, value in pairs(opts.session or {}) do
session[key] = value
end
local handle = {
session = session,
models_response = opts.models_response or DEFAULT_OVERVIEW,
primary_tools = opts.primary_tools or default_tools(),
sessions = opts.sessions or {},
unknown_models = opts.unknown_models or {},
spawns = {},
runs = {},
jobs = {},
resolves = {},
stores = {},
tools = {},
tools_by_name = {},
commands = {},
commands_by_name = {},
models_queries = {},
subscriptions = {},
on_by_name = {},
mkdirs = made_dirs,
queued = {},
labelled = {},
polls = 0,
live = 0,
max_live = 0,
}
function handle.queue(outcome)
handle.queued[#handle.queued + 1] = outcome or {}
end
function handle.queue_for(label, outcome)
local bucket = handle.labelled[label]
if bucket == nil then
bucket = {}
handle.labelled[label] = bucket
end
bucket[#bucket + 1] = outcome or {}
end
-- A child session that already exists on disk, for the resume cases.
function handle.add_session(id, messages)
handle.sessions[id] = messages or {}
end
function handle.made_dir(path)
for _, made in ipairs(handle.mkdirs) do
if made == path then
return true
end
end
return false
end
-- resolve_model hands back an opaque config; this is how a spec gets from
-- the config a child was built with back to the query that produced it.
local resolved_from = setmetatable({}, { __mode = "k" })
local ext = {}
function ext.session_info()
return copy(handle.session)
end
function ext.resolve_model(query)
if type(query) ~= "table" then
return nil, "resolve_model: expected a table of arguments"
end
local request = {
model = query.model,
reasoning = query.reasoning,
tool_choice = query.tool_choice,
}
handle.resolves[#handle.resolves + 1] = request
if type(query.model) ~= "string" or query.model == "" then
return nil, "resolve_model: model must be a 'provider:model' string"
end
if handle.unknown_models[query.model] then
return nil, string.format("resolve_model: unknown model '%s'", query.model)
end
local cfg = {
model = query.model,
reasoning = query.reasoning,
style = "messages",
wire_model = query.model:match(":(.+)$") or query.model,
}
resolved_from[cfg] = request
return cfg
end
function ext.models(query)
handle.models_queries[#handle.models_queries + 1] = query or {}
local response = handle.models_response
if type(response) == "function" then
return response(query or {})
end
return response
end
function ext.on(name, fn)
handle.subscriptions[#handle.subscriptions + 1] = { name = name, fn = fn }
handle.on_by_name[name] = fn
end
-- Fire a subscribed lifecycle handler, the way the host would.
function handle.emit(name, event)
for _, subscription in ipairs(handle.subscriptions) do
if subscription.name == name then
subscription.fn(event)
end
end
end
function ext.register_tool(tool)
handle.tools[#handle.tools + 1] = tool
handle.tools_by_name[tool.name] = tool
end
function ext.register_command(command)
handle.commands[#handle.commands + 1] = command
handle.commands_by_name[command.name] = command
end
ext.json = json_codec()
-- The primary agent, borrowed: readable tools and conversation, nothing else.
ext.agent = setmetatable({
_borrowed = true,
_harness = handle,
_record = { index = 0, tool_decls = handle.primary_tools, system_messages = {}, tools = {} },
_conv = new_conversation(opts.primary_messages),
}, agent_mt)
local function new_store(kind, arg)
local dir = nil
if type(arg) == "table" then
dir = arg.dir
elseif type(arg) == "string" then
dir = arg
end
if kind == "fs" and type(dir) ~= "string" then
error("panto.file_system_jsonl_store: missing dir", 2)
end
handle.stores[#handle.stores + 1] = dir
return setmetatable({ dir = dir, kind = kind, _harness = handle }, store_mt)
end
local function new_agent(options)
if type(options) ~= "table" then
error("panto.agent expects a table", 2)
end
local record = {
index = #handle.spawns + 1,
config = options.config,
store_dir = type(options.store) == "table" and options.store.dir or nil,
session_id = options.session_id,
resumed = options.session_id ~= nil,
system_messages = {},
tools = {},
resolve = resolved_from[options.config],
}
if record.resolve then
record.model = record.resolve.model
record.reasoning = record.resolve.reasoning
record.tool_choice = record.resolve.tool_choice
end
handle.spawns[record.index] = record
local conv = options.conversation
if conv == nil then
conv = new_conversation(nil, record)
else
conv._record = record
end
return setmetatable({ _harness = handle, _record = record, _conv = conv }, agent_mt)
end
handle.ext = ext
package.loaded.panto = {
ext = ext,
agent = new_agent,
file_system_jsonl_store = function(arg)
return new_store("fs", arg)
end,
null_store = function()
return new_store("null", nil)
end,
}
function handle.restore()
package.loaded.panto = nil
end
return handle
end
return M
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