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Add executor tool loop (A12/A15) — step 5b
- tools.py: four flat tools (read_file, write_file, list_dir,
  run_command) per A15's reduced manifest. Deliberately unsandboxed:
  the VM is the trust boundary (B3) and tool use is auto-approved
  inside an approved unit of work (A4), so path confinement would add
  failure modes without adding safety. What is enforced is
  operational — timeout with process-group kill so a backgrounded
  server cannot outlive its command, output truncation so a build log
  cannot eat the context window, closed stdin so prompts fail fast,
  and a scrubbed environment so project code never sees the agent's
  credentials
- executor.py: renders the log, calls the executor role with the
  reduced manifest, dispatches tool calls, and checkpoints every
  result (A13). Escalation is observable, never self-assessed (A12):
  consecutive command failures and a hard turn cap. Failed reads do
  not count — looking around is not failing
- Until delegation exists (step 7), escalation gates to the human
  with the failures attached
- control.py: start milestone now runs the executor; a stopped
  milestone gates to AWAIT_INPUT

Two bugs found by running it live against real models:

- A turn-ending gate tool (submit_plan) left a tool_call with no
  tool_result, which providers reject outright, so every planning
  turn after the first failed with a 400. The planner now records the
  gate as the call's outcome, which is also the truthful transcript
- The renderer now emits a placeholder for any tool_call lacking a
  result, so a crash between call and result (A3) cannot poison the
  transcript permanently

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-07 16:35:39 +00:00

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"""LLM-backed planning agent (spec A4 gating, A11 roles, A13 plan quality).
Gating is structural at the tool layer: the planner is offered exactly two
tools — ``submit_plan``, which posts a plan for approval and ends the turn,
and ``ask_human``, which pauses for an answer. No "proceed" tool exists, so
the model has no path to advance itself past a gate.
Model output is appended to the canonical log as it arrives (A2/A10), so a
crash mid-planning leaves a truthful transcript.
"""
from typing import Any
from nisse_dev.canonical import AssistantText, ToolCall, ToolResult
from nisse_dev.control import AskHuman, PlanningError, SubmitPlan
from nisse_dev.llm import LLMClient, LLMError, RoleMap
from nisse_dev.state import StateStore
# Plans may be executed by a materially weaker model, which cannot
# reconstruct intent (A13).
SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are nisse-dev, a software engineering agent.
You are planning, not implementing. Produce plans that are explicit and
low-inference: a materially weaker model will execute them and cannot
reconstruct your intent. Name files, commands, and acceptance criteria
concretely; never write "handle the edge cases" or "wire it up".
You must answer by calling exactly one tool:
- submit_plan: your plan is posted for human approval and your turn ends.
- ask_human: ask one question when a decision is genuinely the operator's.
You cannot approve your own plan or start work; a human gate follows every
plan you submit."""
PLANNER_TOOLS: list[dict[str, Any]] = [
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "submit_plan",
"description": "Post a plan for human approval. Ends your turn.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Which plan this is, e.g. 'arch' or 'milestone-1'.",
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The plan itself, explicit enough to execute verbatim.",
},
},
"required": ["type", "content"],
},
},
},
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "ask_human",
"description": "Ask the operator one question, then wait.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"question": {"type": "string"},
},
"required": ["question"],
},
},
},
]
_NUDGE = (
"You did not call a tool. Call submit_plan or ask_human now; "
"plain prose is not accepted."
)
class LLMPlanningAgent:
def __init__(
self,
client: LLMClient,
store: StateStore,
roles: RoleMap,
*,
system_prompt: str = SYSTEM_PROMPT,
) -> None:
self._client = client
self._store = store
self._roles = roles
self._system_prompt = system_prompt
def plan(
self,
gate: str,
project: str,
feedback: str | None = None,
answer: str | None = None,
) -> SubmitPlan | AskHuman:
"""Operator feedback and answers are already durable in the canonical
log (the orchestrator appends every inbound message), so they are not
re-injected here; the log is the single source of context."""
model = self._roles.resolve("planner")
instruction = (
f"{self._system_prompt}\n\n"
f"Current task: draft the {gate} plan for project {project!r}."
)
action, first_error = self._try_turn(model, instruction)
if action is not None:
return action
action, second_error = self._try_turn(model, f"{instruction}\n\n{_NUDGE}")
if action is None:
detail = second_error or first_error
raise PlanningError(
f"planner ({model}) produced no submit_plan or ask_human call "
f"after a retry{f': {detail}' if detail else ''}"
)
return action
def _try_turn(
self, model: str, system: str
) -> tuple[SubmitPlan | AskHuman | None, str | None]:
"""A malformed or failed call is a bad turn, not a crash: the caller
retries once and then gates to the human (A12 — judgment about model
output is observable, never the model's own claim)."""
try:
return self._turn(model, system), None
except LLMError as exc:
return None, str(exc)
def _turn(self, model: str, system: str) -> SubmitPlan | AskHuman | None:
events = self._store.read_events()
produced = self._client.complete(
events, tools=PLANNER_TOOLS, model=model, system=system
)
action: SubmitPlan | AskHuman | None = None
for event in produced:
# Append before interpreting: the transcript must be truthful even
# if the call below rejects the arguments.
self._store.append_event(event)
if isinstance(event, AssistantText) or action is not None:
continue
if isinstance(event, ToolCall):
action = self._interpret(event)
if action is not None:
# The gate is this call's outcome. Recording it keeps the
# transcript renderable: providers reject a tool call with
# no result, and the next planning turn replays this log.
self._store.append_event(
ToolResult(
call_id=event.call_id,
result=(
"plan posted for approval; turn ended"
if isinstance(action, SubmitPlan)
else "question posted; awaiting the operator"
),
success=True,
)
)
return action
def _interpret(self, call: ToolCall) -> SubmitPlan | AskHuman | None:
if call.tool == "submit_plan":
content = call.arguments.get("content")
if isinstance(content, str) and content.strip():
return SubmitPlan(content.strip())
elif call.tool == "ask_human":
question = call.arguments.get("question")
if isinstance(question, str) and question.strip():
return AskHuman(question.strip())
return None