feat(workflow): add fresh-agent Ralph tool

2026-07-20 00:51:19 +08:00
parent 207692bc16
commit b808026859
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--- a/docs/capability-seams.md
+++ b/docs/capability-seams.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ flowchart LR
  pkg_subagent_spawn["subagent-spawn"]
  pkg_subagent_fork["subagent-fork"]
  pkg_subagent_acp["subagent-acp"]
+  pkg_tool_ralph["tool-ralph"]
  pkg_tasks["tasks"]
  svc_tasks["ctx.tasks<br/>Background task registry"]
  pkg_tool_tasks["tool-tasks"]
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ flowchart LR
  svc_sessions --> pkg_subagent_inprocess
  svc_skills --> pkg_tool_skill
  svc_spillStore --> pkg_spill_policy
+  svc_subagents --> pkg_tool_ralph
  svc_subagents --> pkg_tool_subagent
  svc_systemPrompt --> pkg_agent_loop
  svc_systemPrompt --> pkg_tool_fs
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ flowchart LR
  svc_userInteraction --> pkg_stdio_demo
  svc_userInteraction --> pkg_tool_ask_user
  svc_web --> pkg_tool_web
+  svc_workflows --> pkg_tool_ralph
  svc_workflows --> pkg_tool_workflow
  svc_fs -. event gate .-> pkg_fs_policy
 ```
@@ -236,10 +239,10 @@ flowchart LR
 | `ctx.codeRuntime` | `seam` | [`code-runtime`](../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime) | [`code-runtime-worker`](../packages/code-runtime/code-runtime-worker) | [`tools`](../packages/core/tools) | - | Runs one model-written program against host-provided async bindings; backends differ by substrate and language (the tool registry consumes it for Code Mode). |
 | `ctx.fs` | `seam` | [`fs`](../packages/fs/fs) | [`fs-local`](../packages/fs/fs-local) | [`tool-fs`](../packages/fs/tool-fs) | [`fs-policy`](../packages/fs/fs-policy) | tool-fs executes read/write/edit through ctx.fs; fs-policy contributes observed-state checks through the fs/* event gate. |
 | `ctx.compact` | `seam` | [`compact`](../packages/compact/compact) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) | [`compact-basic`](../packages/compact/compact-basic) | - | The basic backend consumes post-step pressure and request-error recovery events; a model-facing compact tool remains deferred. |
-| `ctx.subagents` | `seam` | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn), [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent) | - | Providers implement transports; tool-subagent exposes one configured provider as a model-facing tool name. |
+| `ctx.subagents` | `seam` | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent) | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn), [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork), [`subagent-acp`](../packages/subagent/subagent-acp) | [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent), [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | - | Providers implement transports; tool-subagent exposes configured delegation while tool-ralph requires one fresh structured-output route. |
 | `ctx.tasks` | `core` | [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks) | - | [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash), [`tool-subagent`](../packages/subagent/tool-subagent), [`tool-tasks`](../packages/tasks/tool-tasks) | - | Producers (tool-bash background commands, tool-subagent background delegations) register running work; tool-tasks is the model-facing control surface that reads, lists, and kills it. |
 | `ctx.web` | `seam` | [`web`](../packages/web/web) | [`web-search-exa`](../packages/web/web-search-exa), [`web-search-perplexity`](../packages/web/web-search-perplexity), [`web-search-deepseek`](../packages/web/web-search-deepseek), [`web-fetch-local`](../packages/web/web-fetch-local) | [`tool-web`](../packages/web/tool-web) | - | Search and fetch providers register into one ctx.web seam; tool-web owns the stable model-facing names. |
 | `ctx.spillStore` | `seam` | [`spill`](../packages/spill/spill) | [`spill-local`](../packages/spill/spill-local) | [`spill-policy`](../packages/spill/spill-policy) | - | The backend saves oversized tool text and returns a model-facing locator plus retrieval hint; spill-policy is the tools/post-execute consumer that decides when to spill. |
-| `ctx.workflows` | `seam` | [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) | [`workflow-workerthread`](../packages/workflow/workflow-workerthread) | [`tool-workflow`](../packages/workflow/tool-workflow) | - | One engine per context (bash shape, no named-provider registry); the worker-thread engine fans agent() calls out through ctx.subagents. |
+| `ctx.workflows` | `seam` | [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) | [`workflow-workerthread`](../packages/workflow/workflow-workerthread) | [`tool-workflow`](../packages/workflow/tool-workflow), [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | - | One engine per context (bash shape, no named-provider registry); the general workflow and fixed Ralph consumers start runs whose agent() calls fan out through ctx.subagents. |

 Maintenance mode: hybrid: services are discovered from Cordis declarations; interface/implementation/consumer roles are classified in `scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts` with a completeness guard.
--- a/docs/config-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/config-catalog.md
@@ -1133,6 +1133,24 @@ export interface Config {

 Source: [`packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts:27`](../packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts)

+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph`
+
+Requires: `tools` · `workflows` · `subagents` · `systemPrompt`
+
+```ts config-catalog
+/** Deployment policy for the fixed Ralph workflow. */
+export interface Config {
+  /** Fresh structured-output provider used for every round (default `spawn`). */
+  subagentProvider?: string
+  /** Default and deployment ceiling for one call's round count (default 256). */
+  maxRounds?: number
+  /** Maximum serialized characters in one structured handoff (default 16384). */
+  maxHandoffChars?: number
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts:22`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts)
+
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill`

 Requires: `tools` · `skills`
--- a/docs/core-data-structures/workflow.md
+++ b/docs/core-data-structures/workflow.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Source: [`packages/workflow/workflow/src/types.ts`](../../packages/workflow/work

 ## The start request

-What a caller asks for when starting a run. The tool layer builds this from the model's `{ script, meta, args }` call plus the calling agent; `meta` and `args` are plain JSON DATA (the engine shape-validates `meta` and rejects loud BEFORE anything runs — no script text is ever evaluated to obtain it). `parent` is REQUIRED — every child the script spawns is attributed to it (cwd, lineage, and depth flow through the [subagent seam](subagent.md)).
+What a caller asks for when starting a run. The ordinary workflow tool builds this from the model's `{ script, meta, args }` call plus the calling agent; specialized consumers may also select one engine-wide `subagentProvider` for the run, but the script cannot observe or replace it. `meta` and `args` are plain JSON DATA (the engine shape-validates `meta` and rejects loud BEFORE anything runs — no script text is ever evaluated to obtain it). `parent` is REQUIRED — every child the script spawns is attributed to it (cwd, lineage, and depth flow through the [subagent seam](subagent.md)).

 ```ts type-equiv
 /**
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ interface WorkflowStartRequest {
  meta: WorkflowMeta
  /** Optional input exposed verbatim to the script as the `args` global. */
  args?: unknown
+  /**
+   * Optional engine-wide child-provider override for this run. The workflow
+   * script cannot observe or replace it; omission uses the engine's configured
+   * provider.
+   */
+  subagentProvider?: string
  /** The agent on whose behalf the run executes (parent of every child). */
  parent: Agent
  /** Cancels the run when aborted (the tool's `exec.signal`). */
--- a/docs/glossary.md
+++ b/docs/glossary.md
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ FIXME(glossary-completeness): Expand this glossary before the first release so i
 - **turn** — one drain of admitted input in a session, ending after the model and its tools stop or a terminal policy intervenes. <a id="turn"></a>
 - **step** — one model request plus the tool executions caused by its response; a turn contains one or more steps. <a id="step"></a>
 - **round** — an outer policy iteration containing a turn, such as a [goal round](#goal-round) or one fresh-agent Ralph attempt. Round counters belong to that policy and do not count every turn in a session. <a id="round"></a>
+
+## Ralph
+
+- **Ralph loop** — one foreground fresh-agent workflow run toward an immutable objective. It is a model-facing tool policy composed from workflow and subagent primitives, not a same-session goal, agent-loop mode, scheduler, or generic workflow-script feature. <a id="ralph-loop"></a>
+- **Ralph round** — one fresh child session in a [Ralph loop](#ralph-loop). The child receives no parent or prior-child conversation seed; the shared workspace and one bounded [Ralph handoff](#ralph-handoff) carry cross-round state. <a id="ralph-round"></a>
+- **Ralph handoff** — the normalized bounded structured report passed from one continuing Ralph round to the next, containing status, summary, evidence, next steps, and blocker text. It supplements the shared workspace rather than replacing it as authority. <a id="ralph-handoff"></a>
--- a/docs/module-graph.md
+++ b/docs/module-graph.md
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ flowchart TD
    pkg_tool_tasks["tool-tasks"]
  end
  subgraph group_workflow["packages/workflow"]
+    pkg_tool_ralph["tool-ralph"]
    pkg_tool_workflow["tool-workflow"]
    pkg_workflow["workflow"]
    pkg_workflow_workerthread["workflow-workerthread"]
@@ -434,6 +435,12 @@ flowchart TD
  pkg_agent_spine_demo --> pkg_tool_tasks
  pkg_agent_spine_demo --> pkg_tools
  pkg_agent_spine_demo --> pkg_workspace_context
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_agent
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_llm
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_subagent
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_system_prompt
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_tools
+  pkg_tool_ralph --> pkg_workflow
  pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_agent
  pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_brand
  pkg_workflow_workerthread --> pkg_llm
@@ -572,6 +579,7 @@ flowchart TD
 | [`stdio`](../packages/ui/stdio) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`user-interaction`](../packages/ui/user-interaction) |
 | [`tui`](../packages/ui/tui) | `ui` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`commands`](../packages/ui/commands), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`user-interaction`](../packages/ui/user-interaction) |
 | [`agent-spine-demo`](../packages/examples/agent-spine-demo) | `examples` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`agent-loop`](../packages/core/agent-loop), [`goal`](../packages/goal/goal), [`goal-session`](../packages/goal/goal-session), [`home`](../packages/util/home), [`invariants`](../packages/support/invariants), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`skill`](../packages/skill/skill), [`skill-local`](../packages/skill/skill-local), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tasks`](../packages/tasks/tasks), [`tool-bash`](../packages/bash/tool-bash), [`tool-goal`](../packages/goal/tool-goal), [`tool-skill`](../packages/skill/tool-skill), [`tool-tasks`](../packages/tasks/tool-tasks), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workspace-context`](../packages/context/workspace-context) |
+| [`tool-ralph`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph) | `workflow` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`system-prompt`](../packages/core/system-prompt), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) |
 | [`workflow-workerthread`](../packages/workflow/workflow-workerthread) | `workflow` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`brand`](../packages/util/brand), [`llm`](../packages/llm/llm), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`tools`](../packages/core/tools), [`workflow`](../packages/workflow/workflow) |
 | [`subagent-fork`](../packages/subagent/subagent-fork) | `subagent` | [`agent`](../packages/core/agent), [`session`](../packages/core/session), [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) |
 | [`subagent-spawn`](../packages/subagent/subagent-spawn) | `subagent` | [`subagent`](../packages/subagent/subagent), [`subagent-inprocess`](../packages/subagent/subagent-inprocess) |
--- a/docs/rfc/INDEX.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/INDEX.md
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ Generated by `pnpm run gen-rfc-index` from the RFC tree — never edit by hand;
 | [Optional time-context plugin](implemented/feature/2026-07-14-time-context-plugin.md) | 2026-07-14 |
 | [Durable per-step time context](implemented/feature/2026-07-16-durable-per-step-time-context.md) | 2026-07-16 |
 | [Dedicated full-screen TUI front door](implemented/feature/2026-07-17-dedicated-full-screen-tui-front-door.md) | 2026-07-17 |
+| [Fresh-agent Ralph workflow tool](implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.md) | 2026-07-19 |
 | [Human `/goal` command](implemented/feature/2026-07-19-human-goal-command.md) | 2026-07-19 |
 | [Model-facing same-session goal tools](implemented/feature/2026-07-19-model-facing-goal-tools.md) | 2026-07-19 |
 | [Persisted same-session goal domain](implemented/feature/2026-07-19-persisted-same-session-goal-domain.md) | 2026-07-19 |
--- a/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.i18n.yaml
+++ b/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.i18n.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bilingual-pair consistency record (docs/i18n/README.md): the git blob hash of each
+# side as of the last confirmed-consistent state. Both languages carry equal authority;
+# after editing either side, bring the other along and re-record with:
+#   pnpm run verify-translation-pairing --write
+2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.md: 71f83f25018fc930fd058777f6909ea94c5a77cb
+2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.zh.md: 0f3fc7910dc726436605f12e292f18bee84be0dd
--- a/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.md
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# RFC: Fresh-agent Ralph workflow tool
+
+Status: implemented
+
+English | [中文](2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.zh.md)
+
+## Problem
+
+Same-session goals preserve conversation and let one agent continue a durable objective, while the general workflow tool lets the model write a fan-out orchestration script. Neither is the Ralph pattern: repeatedly give the same objective to a completely fresh worker, use the shared workspace as long-term memory, and carry only a small explicit handoff until work completes or a limit is reached.
+
+Adding Ralph behavior to `dsh-agent-loop`, the goal driver, or the public model-written workflow language would couple one policy to unrelated execution machinery. Letting each child inherit the parent conversation would also defeat context reset and make replay depend on a growing implicit prefix. The feature needs a fixed, reviewable policy built from existing plugin primitives, with cancellation quiescence, bounded cross-round data, a generous configurable cap, and no novel human-facing goal state.
+
+## Decision
+
+Add `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph` as a separate consumer package under `packages/workflow/`. It registers `ralph({ objective, maxRounds? })`, owns a fixed workflow script, and depends only on `ctx.tools`, `ctx.systemPrompt`, `ctx.workflows`, and `ctx.subagents`. A Ralph run is not a session goal, creates no goal state, and requires no branch in the concrete agent loop.
+
+The tool is foreground-only. The calling agent parents every child for cwd and lineage, the parent tool call waits for the complete run, and the parent step's abort signal cancels the workflow. `run.dispose()` is awaited on every path, so cancellation reaches the worker engine's bounded settlement and child quiescence before the call returns.
+
+### Per-run workflow provider route
+
+`WorkflowStartRequest` gains optional `subagentProvider`. The worker-thread engine resolves that explicit per-run value before falling back to its configured provider and uses the result for every `agent()` call in the run. The script cannot observe or replace this route. The ordinary `workflow` tool leaves the field unset and exposes no new model argument, so general workflow behavior and provider policy stay unchanged.
+
+The Ralph plugin's `subagentProvider` defaults to `spawn`. Immediately before a call it requires the named provider to exist, support structured output, and report `inheritsParentContext: false`; a fork-like or incapable provider fails loudly before workflow start. Provider lookup remains call-time because effect-scoped provider registration can change under HMR.
+
+### Ralph rounds and handoff
+
+The hierarchy is Ralph Run → Ralph Round → fresh child Turn → Step. One Ralph round creates exactly one child through the selected provider. Spawn gives that child a distinct session with no seed while preserving the parent's cwd, so the shared working tree is the durable authority and neither parent conversation nor prior child history enters the request.
+
+The fixed prompt passes only the immutable objective, current round and cap, a workspace-as-authority instruction, and the previous structured report. A `RalphRoundReport` contains `status: continue | complete | blocked`, `summary`, `evidence`, `nextSteps`, and `blocker`. Strings must be normalized; `continue` requires next steps and no blocker, `complete` requires evidence with no next steps or blocker, and `blocked` requires a concrete blocker. The script validates semantics and serialized size before the report can become the next handoff; the consumer validates the materialized terminal value again across the workflow seam.
+
+`maxRounds` defaults to `256` and is also the deployment ceiling for a call override. `maxHandoffChars` defaults to `16384`. Both are positive safe-integer config values, and oversized reports fail rather than being silently truncated. After a `continue` report at the last permitted round, the fixed script returns `budget-limited`; `complete` and `blocked` return immediately with the final report and number of rounds started.
+
+### Model and UI surface
+
+The model may supply only `objective` and optional `maxRounds`; provider selection, report schema, handoff cap, and script are deployment-owned. A fixed prompt section says to use `ralph` only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration, and distinguishes it from same-session goals, bounded delegation, and general fan-out workflows. This is guidance rather than a new goal UX state machine.
+
+ACP and terminal presentation use a generic `ralph` card whose raw input is the objective. The parent transcript retains the original tool call and one bounded terminal report, not intermediate child messages. Shipped headless, REPL/TUI, and ACP compositions load the plugin beside the existing workflow engine; JSON-RPC remains unchanged because its default composition does not expose workflows.
+
+## Testing
+
+Unit tests cover config and call-cap resolution, provider capability rejection, fixed start-request routing, all three terminal outcomes, malformed and oversized boundary values, abort timing, disposal, render intent, prompt lifecycle, and namespace-plugin shape at per-file 100% coverage. Worker-engine tests prove that a per-run provider override selects every child without changing the configured default, including the built `lib/worker.cjs` under plain Node.
+
+A keyless real-stack integration drives the fixed script through the actual worker-thread engine, spawn provider, structured-output runtime, and agent loop. It proves distinct child identities, absent `seedLength`, inherited cwd, no parent-history markers in either child request, exact previous-report handoff only in the following round, terminal completion, and disposal of both children. Tool tests pin generic call/result presentation, while ACP replay header snapshots pin the shipped schema and prompt-guidance transcript surface.
+
+## Alternatives considered
+
+- **Put Ralph in the same-session goal driver** — rejected because goal rounds intentionally preserve one conversation, while Ralph's defining property is a fresh context per round; combining them would make goal lifecycle and child orchestration inseparable.
+- **Expose a `fresh` or loop flag on the general workflow tool** — rejected because the model-written script surface should remain general and provider-neutral; Ralph's fixed report protocol and stop policy deserve one reviewable consumer.
+- **Use `subagent_fork` for replay convenience** — rejected because inherited completed turns are implicit, growing handoff state and violate the fresh-context contract. The workspace plus one structured report is replayable without inserting artificial cancellation records.
+- **Call the subagent seam directly from the tool** — rejected because the existing workflow engine already owns foreground orchestration, structured children, cancellation propagation, worker termination, events, and quiescent disposal. Reusing it demonstrates plugin composition instead of building a second loop runtime.
+- **Silently truncate a large report** — rejected because truncation can remove status evidence or next steps while still looking like an authoritative handoff. A producer must emit a valid report within the configured bound.
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Fresh-agent iteration is a first-class model tool implemented entirely as a removable plugin over existing seams.
+- Goal rounds and Ralph rounds stay different concepts: the former is one same-session continuation turn, while the latter is one fresh child inside a foreground workflow.
+- The workspace becomes authoritative cross-round memory, so workers must inspect and verify it rather than trusting a narrative handoff.
+- A generous round ceiling permits substantial autonomous work, while deployment config still bounds child count and every handoff remains size-limited.
+- Provider routing becomes an explicit workflow start concern without expanding the script or ordinary workflow tool surface.
+
+## Known limitations and deferred work
+
+- Completion and blocker status are worker self-declarations. An independent evaluator, evaluator-driven feedback round, completion certificate, or adversarial verifier is intentionally deferred.
+- Runs are foreground and process-local. Background collection, persistence/resume, scheduling, and restart recovery are absent.
+- Round count is the only aggregate budget. Token, currency, elapsed-time, and provider-usage budgets remain separate future policy.
+- One round creates one child. Within-round fan-out, evaluator/worker role separation, dynamic provider or model selection, and cross-run journals are deferred.
+- Prompt guidance asks models not to invoke Ralph recursively; a structural child-tool restriction would require a separately designed workflow child-policy surface.
--- a/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.zh.md
+++ b/docs/rfc/implemented/feature/2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.zh.md
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# RFC：全新 agent Ralph 工作流工具
+
+Status: implemented
+
+[English](2026-07-19-fresh-agent-ralph-workflow-tool.md) | 中文
+
+## 问题
+
+同会话目标会保留对话，让一个 agent 持续完成持久目标；通用工作流工具则让模型编写扇出编排脚本。两者都不是 Ralph 模式：把同一目标反复交给完全全新的工作者，以共享工作区作为长期记忆，并且在各轮之间只传递一份小型显式交接，直到工作完成或触及限制。
+
+如果把 Ralph 行为加入 `dsh-agent-loop`、目标驱动器或面向模型的公开工作流语言，就会让一项策略与无关的执行机制耦合。让每个子 agent 继承父对话也会破坏上下文重置，并让重放依赖不断增长的隐式前缀。此功能需要一项由现有插件原语组合而成的固定、可评审策略，同时具备取消静止性、有界跨轮数据、宽裕且可配置的上限，并且不引入新颖的面向人类目标状态。
+
+## 决策
+
+在 `packages/workflow/` 下新增独立消费者包 `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph`。它注册 `ralph({ objective, maxRounds? })`，拥有固定工作流脚本，并且只依赖 `ctx.tools`、`ctx.systemPrompt`、`ctx.workflows` 和 `ctx.subagents`。Ralph 运行不是会话目标，不会创建目标状态，也不要求在具体 agent loop 中增加分支。
+
+该工具仅以前台方式运行。调用 agent 作为每个子 agent 的父级以提供 cwd 和谱系，父工具调用等待整次运行结束，父步骤的中止信号会取消工作流。每条路径都会等待 `run.dispose()`，因此调用返回前，取消会经过工作流引擎的有界收敛并达到子 agent 静止状态。
+
+### 每次运行的工作流 provider 路由
+
+`WorkflowStartRequest` 新增可选的 `subagentProvider`。工作线程引擎先解析这个显式的每次运行值，再回退到引擎配置的 provider，并把结果用于该运行中的每次 `agent()` 调用。脚本无法观察或替换此路由。普通 `workflow` 工具不设置该字段，也不暴露新的模型参数，因此通用工作流行为和 provider 策略保持不变。
+
+Ralph 插件的 `subagentProvider` 默认为 `spawn`。每次调用前，它要求具名 provider 已存在、支持结构化输出且报告 `inheritsParentContext: false`；类似 fork 或能力不足的 provider 会在工作流启动前响亮失败。provider 查找保留在调用期，因为效果作用域内的 provider 注册可能随 HMR 改变。
+
+### Ralph 轮次与交接
+
+层级为 Ralph 运行 → Ralph 轮次 → 全新子 agent 回合 → 步骤。每个 Ralph 轮次恰好通过所选 provider 创建一个子 agent。Spawn 给该子 agent 一个没有种子的独立会话，同时保留父级 cwd，因此共享工作树是持久权威，父对话和先前子 agent 历史都不会进入请求。
+
+固定提示只传递不可变目标、当前轮次与上限、以工作区为权威的指令，以及上一份结构化报告。`RalphRoundReport` 包含 `status: continue | complete | blocked`、`summary`、`evidence`、`nextSteps` 和 `blocker`。字符串必须规范化；`continue` 要求存在下一步且没有阻塞项，`complete` 要求存在证据且没有下一步或阻塞项，`blocked` 要求具体阻塞项。报告成为下一次交接前，脚本会验证语义与序列化大小；消费者还会跨工作流接缝再次验证实体化的终止值。
+
+`maxRounds` 默认为 `256`，同时也是调用覆盖值的部署上限。`maxHandoffChars` 默认为 `16384`。两者都是正安全整数配置值；过大的报告会失败，而不会被静默截断。最后一个允许轮次报告 `continue` 后，固定脚本返回 `budget-limited`；`complete` 和 `blocked` 会立即返回最终报告与已启动轮次数。
+
+### 模型与 UI 表面
+
+模型只能提供 `objective` 和可选的 `maxRounds`；provider 选择、报告 schema、交接上限和脚本都由部署拥有。固定提示区段说明，只有直接人类明确要求 Ralph 或全新 agent 迭代时才使用 `ralph`，并将其与同会话目标、有界委派和通用扇出工作流区分开。这是指导，而不是新的目标 UX 状态机。
+
+ACP 和终端展示使用通用 `ralph` 卡片，并把目标作为原始输入。父转录只保留原始工具调用和一份有界终止报告，不包含中间子 agent 消息。发布的无头、REPL/TUI 与 ACP 组合会在现有工作流引擎旁加载该插件；JSON-RPC 保持不变，因为其默认组合不暴露工作流。
+
+## 测试
+
+单元测试覆盖配置与调用上限解析、provider 能力拒绝、固定启动请求路由、三种终止结果、畸形及过大边界值、中止时序、处置、渲染意图、提示生命周期和命名空间插件形状，并达到逐文件 100% 覆盖率。工作流引擎测试证明，每次运行的 provider 覆盖会选择每个子 agent 且不改变配置默认值，其中包括普通 Node 下构建后的 `lib/worker.cjs`。
+
+一项无密钥真实栈集成测试通过实际工作线程引擎、spawn provider、结构化输出运行时和 agent loop 驱动固定脚本。它证明子 agent 标识不同、没有 `seedLength`、继承 cwd、两个子请求都不含父历史标记、上一份报告只精确出现在下一轮交接中、终止完成以及两个子 agent 都被处置。工具测试固定通用调用/结果展示，而 ACP 重放请求头快照固定发布的 schema 与提示指导转录表面。
+
+## 考虑过的替代方案
+
+- **把 Ralph 放进同会话目标驱动器** — 拒绝，因为目标轮次有意保留同一段对话，而 Ralph 的定义性属性是每轮使用全新上下文；合并两者会让目标生命周期与子 agent 编排无法分离。
+- **在通用工作流工具上暴露 `fresh` 或循环标志** — 拒绝，因为模型编写的脚本表面应保持通用且与 provider 无关；Ralph 的固定报告协议和停止策略值得拥有一个可评审消费者。
+- **为了方便重放而使用 `subagent_fork`** — 拒绝，因为继承的已完成回合是隐式、不断增长的交接状态，并违反全新上下文契约。工作区加一份结构化报告即可重放，无需插入人为取消记录。
+- **让工具直接调用 subagent 接缝** — 拒绝，因为现有工作流引擎已经拥有前台编排、结构化子 agent、取消传播、工作线程终止、事件和静止处置。复用它可以展示插件组合，而不是构建第二个循环运行时。
+- **静默截断大型报告** — 拒绝，因为截断可能删除状态证据或下一步，却仍看似权威交接。生产者必须在配置边界内发出有效报告。
+
+## 后果
+
+- 全新 agent 迭代成为一项一等模型工具，并完全以现有接缝之上的可移除插件实现。
+- 目标轮次与 Ralph 轮次保持不同概念：前者是一次同会话续行回合，后者是前台工作流中的一个全新子 agent。
+- 工作区成为权威跨轮记忆，因此工作者必须检查和验证工作区，而不能信任叙事性交接。
+- 宽裕的轮次上限允许大量自治工作，而部署配置仍会限制子 agent 数量，并且每次交接始终受大小约束。
+- provider 路由成为显式的工作流启动关注点，但不扩展脚本或普通工作流工具表面。
+
+## 已知限制与推迟工作
+
+- 完成与阻塞状态由工作者自行声明。独立 evaluator、evaluator 驱动的反馈轮次、完成证书或对抗式 verifier 被有意推迟。
+- 运行位于前台且只存在于进程内。后台收集、持久化/恢复、调度和重启恢复均不存在。
+- 轮次数是唯一聚合预算。token、货币、耗时和 provider 用量预算仍属于未来的独立策略。
+- 每轮创建一个子 agent。轮内扇出、evaluator/工作者角色分离、动态 provider 或模型选择，以及跨运行日志均被推迟。
+- 提示指导模型不要递归调用 Ralph；结构化的子 agent 工具限制需要另行设计工作流子策略表面。
--- a/docs/tool-catalog.md
+++ b/docs/tool-catalog.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This table connects model-visible tool names to the plugin package and service s
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs` | `edit`, `read`, `write` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.fs`, `ctx.systemPrompt` | `tool/call`, `fs/write-intent or fs/edit-intent for mutations`, `fs/observed after successful file operations`, `tool/result` | - | The read-before-write/edit policy is added by `@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy` (an `fs/*` event-gate plugin, no schema change); a deployment that loads these tools is expected to also load it. The tool schemas above are identical with or without the policy plugin. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search` | `glob`, `grep` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.bash`, `ctx.systemPrompt` | `tool/call`, `tool/result` | - | glob and grep are bash-backed discovery tools: they run fixed ripgrep commands through ctx.bash as ordinary foreground calls (never background tasks). Capped results save the complete formatted list through the optional ctx.spillStore backend; returned locators are follow-up-readable/searchable when the backend exposes local paths in co-located deployments. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal` | `create_goal`, `get_goal`, `update_goal` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.agents`, `ctx.goals`, `ctx.systemPrompt`, `a calling Agent in an authorized open turn` | `tool/call`, `context/message goal snapshot for mutations`, `tool/result` | - | create, edit, pause, and resume require direct-human root authority; complete and blocked also accept the exact current goal round. The default blocked lower bound is three admitted rounds. |
+| `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph` | `ralph` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.workflows`, `ctx.subagents`, `ctx.systemPrompt`, `a calling Agent (exec.agent parents every fresh round)` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `workflow and child session events during execution` | - | A fixed foreground workflow starts one fresh structured child per round; the model selects only the immutable objective and an optional round cap. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill` | `skill` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.skills` | `tool/call`, `tool/result` | - | - |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent` | `subagent` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.subagents` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `child session events through the chosen provider` | `subagent`, `subagent_fork` | The registered tool name is the load-time `toolName` config (default `subagent`); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees `subagent_fork` (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see `examples/repl-agent/cordis.yml` and `examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml`. |
 | `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks` | `task_kill`, `task_list`, `task_output` | `ctx.tools`, `ctx.tasks`, `ctx.systemPrompt` | `tool/call`, `tool/result`, `context/message via agent.inject() for background completion notices` | - | The kind-agnostic background-task control surface: a background bash command and a background subagent are read, listed, and killed through the same three tools. Loading the plugin attaches the control surface that arms producers' `ctx.tasks.start()`. |
@@ -482,6 +483,35 @@ Source: [`packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts`](../packages/goal/tool-goal/src/

 create, edit, pause, and resume require direct-human root authority; complete and blocked also accept the exact current goal round. The default blocked lower bound is three admitted rounds.

+## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph`
+
+### `ralph`
+
+Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns on completion, a concrete blocker, or the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "objective": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."
+    },
+    "maxRounds": {
+      "type": "number",
+      "description": "Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."
+    }
+  },
+  "required": [
+    "objective"
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+Source: [`packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts`](../packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts)
+
+A fixed foreground workflow starts one fresh structured child per round; the model selects only the immutable objective and an optional round cap.
+
 ## `@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill`

 ### `skill`