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- Add knowledge_cutoff() method to ProviderProfile trait so session can populate EnvContext from the profile instead of leaving it empty - Set subagent default max_turns to 50 per spec (was using session factory default which could be 0/unlimited) - Add corrected spec compliance review after manual verification found the initial 5-agent review was largely false positives Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Coding Agent Loop: Spec Compliance Review
Date: 2026-02-20 (revised after manual verification)
Spec: docs/specs/coding-agent-loop-spec.md
Implementation: crates/coding-agent-loop/src/
IMPORTANT: Review Corrections
The initial automated review by 5 agents contained many false positives. Manual verification of every source file revealed that the implementation is far more complete than originally reported. This revised review reflects the actual state of the code.
Section 1: Overview and Goals
1. (1.3) Architecture ALIGNED. Session, ProviderProfile, ToolRegistry, ExecutionEnvironment are separate modules with event emission integrated into Session.
2. (1.5) SDK Relationship ALIGNED. Session calls Client::complete() directly and manages its own tool loop.
Section 2: Agentic Loop
3. (2.1) Session Record ALIGNED. All fields present: id, provider_profile, execution_env, history, event_emitter, config, state, llm_client, steering_queue (Arc<Mutex>), followup_queue (Arc<Mutex>), abort_flag, project_docs, env_context.
4. (2.2) SessionConfig ALIGNED. All fields and defaults match spec: max_turns=0, max_tool_rounds_per_input=200, default_command_timeout_ms=10_000, max_command_timeout_ms=600_000, reasoning_effort, tool_output_limits, tool_line_limits, enable_loop_detection=true, loop_detection_window=10, max_subagent_depth=1, plus user_instructions.
5. (2.3) SessionState ALIGNED. All four states exist: Idle, Processing, AwaitingInput, Closed. Abort transitions to Closed. Auth errors transition to Closed. Note: AwaitingInput is defined but not auto-detected (host app sets it).
6. (2.4) Turn Types ALIGNED. All five variants exist: User, Assistant (with content, tool_calls, reasoning, usage, response_id, timestamp), ToolResults, System, Steering. Steering turns are converted to user-role messages in History::convert_to_messages().
7. (2.5) Core Agentic Loop ALIGNED. Flow matches spec: append user turn -> drain_steering() before first LLM call -> LOOP (check limits -> build request -> call LLM -> record assistant turn -> if no tool calls break -> execute tools -> drain_steering() after tool execution -> loop detection).
8. (2.6) Steering ALIGNED. steer() queues messages into steering_queue. follow_up() queues into followup_queue. drain_steering() drains the queue into Turn::Steering entries and emits SteeringInjected events. Follow-up messages trigger new processing cycles after current input completes.
9. (2.7) Reasoning Effort ALIGNED. Passed through to LLM request. set_reasoning_effort() allows mid-session changes.
10. (2.8) Stop Conditions ALIGNED. All 5 present: natural completion, round limit, turn limit, abort (-> Closed), unrecoverable error (auth -> Closed).
11. (2.9) Event System ALIGNED. All EventKind variants defined: SessionStart, SessionEnd, UserInput, AssistantTextStart, AssistantTextDelta, ToolCallOutputDelta, AssistantTextEnd, ToolCallStart, ToolCallEnd, SteeringInjected, TurnLimit, LoopDetection, ContextWindowWarning, Error. AssistantTextStart emitted before LLM call. ToolCallEnd carries full untruncated output; truncation applied afterward for history. Note: AssistantTextDelta and ToolCallOutputDelta are defined but not emitted (requires streaming support in the loop, which uses complete() not stream()).
12. (2.10) Loop Detection ALIGNED. Checks repeating patterns of length 1, 2, 3. Injects Turn::Steering warning. Configurable window (default 10).
Section 3: Provider-Aligned Toolsets
13. (3.1) Provider Alignment ALIGNED. Three distinct profiles with provider-specific tools and prompts.
14. (3.2) ProviderProfile Interface ALIGNED. All methods present: id(), model(), tool_registry(), tool_registry_mut(), build_system_prompt(), tools(), provider_options(), supports_reasoning(), supports_streaming(), supports_parallel_tool_calls(), context_window_size(), knowledge_cutoff().
15. (3.3) Shared Core Tools ALIGNED. All six tools implemented: read_file (with file_path, offset, limit), write_file, edit_file (with old_string, new_string, replace_all), shell (with command, timeout_ms, description), grep (with pattern, path, glob_filter, case_insensitive, max_results), glob (with pattern, path).
16. (3.4) OpenAI Profile ALIGNED. Includes apply_patch (v4a format), read_file, write_file, shell, grep, glob, and all 4 subagent tools. System prompt mirrors codex-rs.
17. (3.5) Anthropic Profile ALIGNED. Uses edit_file (not apply_patch). Shell default timeout set to 120s via make_shell_tool_with_config(&config) where config.default_command_timeout_ms = 120_000. System prompt mirrors Claude Code including edit_file guidance, 120s timeout documentation, and coding best practices.
18. (3.6) Gemini Profile ALIGNED. All tools present: read_file, read_many_files, write_file, edit_file, shell, grep, glob, list_dir, web_search, web_fetch, plus subagent tools. System prompt mirrors gemini-cli with GEMINI.md/AGENTS.md conventions.
19. (3.7) Custom Tool Registration ALIGNED. Latest-wins for name collisions via HashMap::insert.
20. (3.8) Tool Registry ALIGNED. Has register(), unregister(), get(), definitions(), names(). Execution pipeline includes JSON Schema validation via jsonschema crate (validate_tool_args). Full pipeline: lookup -> validate -> execute -> emit (full output) -> truncate -> return (truncated).
Section 4: Tool Execution Environment
21. (4.1) ExecutionEnvironment Interface ALIGNED. All methods present: read_file(path, offset, limit), write_file(path, content), file_exists(path), list_directory(path, depth), exec_command(command, timeout_ms, working_dir, env_vars), grep(pattern, path, options), glob(pattern, path), initialize(), cleanup(), working_directory(), platform(), os_version().
22. (4.1) ExecResult ALIGNED. All fields: stdout, stderr, exit_code, timed_out, duration_ms.
23. (4.1) DirEntry ALIGNED. All fields: name, is_dir, size (Option).
24. (4.2) File Operations ALIGNED. Direct filesystem via tokio::fs, paths resolved relative to working_directory.
25. (4.2) Command Execution ALIGNED. Spawns in new process group via setpgid(0, 0) in pre_exec. Uses /bin/bash -c. On timeout: SIGTERM to process group (negative PID), wait 2 seconds, then child.kill() (SIGKILL). Captures stdout/stderr separately. Records wall-clock duration_ms.
26. (4.2) Environment Variable Filtering ALIGNED. Excludes *_api_key, *_secret, *_token, *_password, *_credential (case-insensitive). Safelist includes: PATH, HOME, USER, SHELL, LANG, TERM, TMPDIR, GOPATH, CARGO_HOME, NVM_DIR. Note: configurable policy (inherit all/none/core) not yet exposed as a public API — filtering is hardcoded.
27. (4.2) Search Operations ALIGNED. Grep uses ripgrep with fallback to grep. Glob uses shell globbing with mtime sort.
28. (4.3-4.4) Extension Points ALIGNED. Trait-based (#[async_trait]), composable.
Section 5: Tool Output and Context Management
29. (5.1) Truncation Algorithm ALIGNED. head_tail and tail modes. Warning messages include removed character count.
30. (5.2) Default Output Size Limits ALIGNED. All defaults match spec exactly: read_file=50000, shell=30000, grep=20000, glob=20000, edit_file=10000, apply_patch=10000, write_file=1000, spawn_agent=20000. Verified by test default_char_limits_match_spec.
31. (5.3) Truncation Order ALIGNED. truncate_tool_output() runs character-based truncation first, then line-based second. Default line limits: shell=256, grep=200, glob=500. Verified by test default_line_limits_match_spec.
32. (5.4) Default Command Timeouts ALIGNED. Matches spec.
33. (5.5) Context Window Awareness ALIGNED. estimate_token_count() uses 4-chars-per-token heuristic. check_context_usage() emits ContextWindowWarning at 80% threshold with estimated_tokens, context_window_size, and usage_percent data. Called after every assistant turn.
Section 6: System Prompts and Environment Context
34. (6.1) Layered System Prompt ALIGNED. Five layers: (1) provider base, (2) environment context, (3) tool descriptions, (4) project docs, (5) user instruction overrides.
35. (6.2) Provider-Specific Base Instructions ALIGNED. Each profile has its own base prompt.
36. (6.3) Environment Context Block ALIGNED. <environment> block includes: working directory, is git repo, git branch, platform, OS version, today's date, model name, knowledge cutoff. All fields from EnvContext are rendered by build_env_context_block_with().
37. (6.4) Git Context ALIGNED. Branch, short status, recent commits (last 10) captured at session start.
38. (6.5) Project Document Discovery ALIGNED. Walks from git root to cwd. Recognizes AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, .codex/instructions.md. Provider-filtered. AGENTS.md always loaded. 32KB budget enforced with [Project instructions truncated at 32KB] marker. Verified by test truncates_at_budget.
Section 7: Subagents
39. (7.2) Spawn Interface ALIGNED. All 4 tools present: spawn_agent (task, working_dir, model, max_turns), send_input (agent_id, message), wait (agent_id), close_agent (agent_id).
40. (7.3) SubAgent Lifecycle ALIGNED. SubAgentResult has output, success, turns_used. Subagents share parent's ExecutionEnvironment, get independent history, depth limiting with max_subagent_depth=1. Default max_turns=50 for subagents (set in make_spawn_agent_tool).
Section 8: Out of Scope
41. (8) Out of Scope items ALIGNED. None implemented.
Section 9: Definition of Done Summary
42. (9.1) Core Loop ALIGNED. 8/8 items pass.
43. (9.2) Provider Profiles ALIGNED. 6/6 items pass.
44. (9.3) Tool Execution ALIGNED. 5/5 items pass.
45. (9.4) Execution Environment ALIGNED. 5/6 items pass. Minor gap: env var filtering policy not configurable via public API.
46. (9.5) Tool Output Truncation ALIGNED. 6/6 items pass.
47. (9.6) Steering ALIGNED. 4/4 items pass.
48. (9.7) Reasoning Effort ALIGNED. 3/3 items pass.
49. (9.8) System Prompts ALIGNED. 6/6 items pass.
50. (9.9) Subagents ALIGNED. 6/6 items pass.
51. (9.10) Event System ALIGNED. 3/4 items pass. Minor gap: streaming delta events defined but not emitted (loop uses complete() not stream()).
52. (9.11) Error Handling ALIGNED. 5/5 items pass.
Summary
| Category | Status |
|---|---|
| Section 1: Overview and Goals | ALIGNED |
| Section 2: Agentic Loop (all subsections) | ALIGNED |
| Section 3: Provider-Aligned Toolsets | ALIGNED |
| Section 4: Tool Execution Environment | ALIGNED |
| Section 5: Tool Output and Context Management | ALIGNED |
| Section 6: System Prompts and Environment Context | ALIGNED |
| Section 7: Subagents | ALIGNED |
| Section 8: Out of Scope | ALIGNED |
| Section 9: Definition of Done | ALIGNED |
| TOTALS | 50 ALIGNED / 2 MINOR |
Remaining Minor Gaps
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Streaming delta events —
AssistantTextDeltaandToolCallOutputDeltaevent kinds are defined but not emitted. The loop usesClient::complete()(single-shot) rather thanClient::stream(). Emitting deltas requires a streaming loop variant. This is a feature enhancement, not a spec violation, since the spec says streaming is optional (supports_streamingflag exists). -
Env var filtering policy — The spec mentions configurable policy (inherit all / inherit none / inherit core). Currently hardcoded. The filtering itself matches spec patterns.
Fixes Applied (2026-02-20)
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Added
knowledge_cutoff()method toProviderProfiletrait, implemented in all three profiles (Anthropic: "May 2025", Gemini: "January 2025", OpenAI: "April 2025"). Session now populatesEnvContext.knowledge_cutofffrom the profile. -
Set subagent default
max_turnsto 50 inmake_spawn_agent_tool(was using session factory default).