docs(rfc): align scoped runtime contracts

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Tianyi Cui
2026-07-12 22:49:46 +08:00
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## A client-driver plugin (external protocol bridge)
A *client driver* is a UI plugin whose "user" is another program speaking a wire protocol rather than a human at a terminal. It owns the process's stdio (so it must run with **no stdout logger** — every non-protocol byte corrupts the stream), creates/resumes agents on demand through the `dsh-agent` factory seam, translates harness events (`session/event`, `agent/*`) into outbound protocol messages, and translates inbound requests back into `agent.send()` / `agent.cancel()`. Two harness-specific contracts make it correct: resolve each request exactly once from the durable `turn/end` session event, using `agent/status` only as defensive reconciliation against the canonical log, and tear each agent down through its `AgentHandle.dispose()` (which stops the loop, `await`s its exit, and unregisters), not just `cancel()` — disposal must *reach* quiescence, not merely request it.
A *client driver* is a UI plugin whose "user" is another program speaking a wire protocol rather than a human at a terminal. It owns the process's stdio (so it must run with **no stdout logger** — every non-protocol byte corrupts the stream), creates/resumes agents on demand through the `dsh-agent` factory seam, translates harness events (`session/event`, `agent/*`) into outbound protocol messages, and translates inbound requests back into `agent.send()` / `agent.cancel()`. Two harness-specific contracts make it correct: correlate and settle each request exactly once from the durable `turn/end` session event even if rendering fails, and tear each agent down through its `AgentHandle.dispose()` (which stops the loop, `await`s its exit, and unregisters), not just `cancel()` — disposal must *reach* quiescence, not merely request it.
`packages/ui/acp` is the worked example: it bridges the agent to the Agent Client Protocol (JSON-RPC over stdio) so Zed and other ACP editors can drive it. See its README for the full method surface and the permission-prompt answerer it registers on the approval seam.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Every product feature maps to a listener on a documented extension seam — the
| Dynamic workflow | `ctx.workflows` + the worker-thread engine + the `workflow` tool; structured in-process children enforce output with scoped prompt protection, a monotonic tool guard, final `tools/result` commit (including enclosing `run_code`), and terminal `agent/turn-stop` |
| Queued + steering messages | core `Agent.send()` / `Agent.steer()` |
| Context compaction (auto + manual) | the `ctx.compact` seam + a backend (`dsh-compact-basic`) on the serial `agent/pre-step` seam; auto = token-pressure check before each step; a manual trigger invokes the same `ctx.compact` routine ([compaction RFC](../rfc/implemented/feature/2026-06-18-compaction-capability-seam.md) — the model-facing `/compact` consumer tool is deferred) |
| System prompt configurability | `ctx.systemPrompt.section()` with ordering; an owner uses `systemPrompt.protect()` only when its canonical section/tool presence is a correctness invariant |
| System prompt configurability | `ctx.systemPrompt.section()` with ordering; a protocol owner sets `ownerFinal: true` on the section or tool only when canonical presence is a correctness invariant |
| AGENTS.md (root) | a section provider reading the file |
| AGENTS.md (subdir, on-touch) + file-change notices | `agent.inject()` from a watcher / tool-result listener |
| Built-in tools | `ctx.tools.register()`; schemas flow into the assembly automatically — the `dsh-tool-*` families (bash, fs, web, subagent, todo) are the shipped examples |