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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions docs/agent-profile-schema.md
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Expand Up @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ model can choose the right profile.

### `provider`

Required built-in provider id:
Required provider instance id. The default instance ids are:

```yaml
provider: codex
Expand All @@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ provider: copilot
provider: grok
```

Unsupported or custom providers are rejected. DevSpace maps providers to their
native integration:
Profiles may also reference named provider instances configured under
`subagents.providers`, such as `provider: codex-work`. Provider instances map
to one of these built-in driver integrations:

- `codex`: the host-installed `codex app-server` command
- `claude`: Claude Code SDK
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions docs/configuration.md
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Expand Up @@ -149,6 +149,26 @@ Subagent providers are explicit. Omitted providers are disabled:
}
```

`id` is the provider instance id used by profiles and `devspace agents run`.
For the default built-in instance ids, `driver` is optional and defaults to the
same value. Named instances declare the driver explicitly, which allows
multiple independently configured instances of one integration:

```jsonc
{
"id": "codex-work",
"driver": "codex",
"enabled": true,
"env": {
"CODEX_HOME": "/home/alice/.codex-work",
},
}
```

Profiles can then select that instance with `provider: codex-work`. The driver
is the implementation (`codex`, `claude`, `opencode`, `pi`, `cursor`,
`copilot`, or `grok`); provider-native session ids remain internal to DevSpace.

`subagents.instructions` controls when ChatGPT receives the managed workflow:

| Value | Behavior |
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion package.json
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Expand Up @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
"drizzle-orm": "^0.45.2",
"express": "^5.2.1",
"jsonc-parser": "^3.3.1",
"koffi": "^3.1.2",
"koffi": "3.2.1",
"lucide": "^1.24.0",
"react": "^19.2.6",
"react-dom": "^19.2.6",
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128 changes: 46 additions & 82 deletions schema/v1/devspace.schema.json
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"providers": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"codex",
"claude",
"cursor",
"copilot",
"grok"
]
},
"enabled": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"model": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"effort": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"env": {
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$"
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"command": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"pattern": "\\S"
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"enabled"
],
"additionalProperties": false
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"driver": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"codex",
"claude",
"opencode",
"pi",
"cursor",
"copilot",
"grok"
]
},
"enabled": {
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"model": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"effort": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"env": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"opencode",
"pi"
]
},
"enabled": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"model": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"effort": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"env": {
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$"
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$"
},
"required": [
"id",
"enabled"
],
"additionalProperties": false
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"command": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"pattern": "\\S"
}
]
},
"required": [
"id",
"enabled"
],
"additionalProperties": false
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The JSON schema is looser than the runtime validator.

The JSON schema accepts any id without driver, so {"id":"codex-work","enabled":true} passes it. The runtime check in src/local-agent-config.ts rejects that entry with "must declare a driver". The schema also allows command for opencode and pi, but the runtime rejects it. Editors that use $schema will report these configs as valid, and the daemon will then fail at load. Add if/then conditions to the schema:

  • If id is not one of the built-in driver ids, require driver.
  • If driver is opencode or pi, or if id is opencode or pi and driver is absent, forbid command.
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Review comment at @schema/v1/devspace.schema.json around lines 180 - 229:
Update the agent-entry schema around the id, driver, and command properties with
if/then conditions: require driver when id is not one of the built-in driver
ids, and forbid command when driver is opencode or pi, or when driver is absent
and id is opencode or pi.

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P2 Schema accepts invalid providers

The published schema accepts a named provider without a driver and accepts command overrides for pi and opencode, while runtime configuration validation rejects all three. Editor validation can therefore approve a configuration that fails to load. Encode these provider-dependent constraints in the schema.

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Executable provider schema and runtime comparison

  • The authored script validates the same provider samples against the selected repository schema and the runtime configuration parser, making the comparison reproducible.

Base schema validation before the PR change

  • The executed comparison uses `origin/main`'s schema and shows it rejecting all three runtime-invalid samples.

PR schema validation after the change

  • The executed comparison uses the changed schema and shows it accepting all three samples while runtime rejects them.

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}
},
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions src/cli.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ try {
workspaceId: "ws_current",
workspaceRoot: projectRoot,
profileName: "reviewer",
provider: "codex",
providerInstanceId: "codex",
driver: "codex",
model: "gpt-5.4",
effort: "high",
}).id,
Expand All @@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ try {
workspaceId: "ws_other",
workspaceRoot: projectRoot,
profileName: "reviewer",
provider: "codex",
providerInstanceId: "codex",
driver: "codex",
}).id,
{ status: "running" },
);
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/cli.ts
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Expand Up @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
formatLocalAgentProviderStatusSummary,
} from "./local-agent-catalog.js";
import { loadLocalAgentProfiles } from "./local-agent-profiles.js";
import type { LocalAgentProvider } from "./local-agent-profiles.js";
import { resolveSubagentsConfig } from "./local-agent-config.js";
import {
parseLocalAgentContinueArgs,
parseLocalAgentRunArgs,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ async function runInit({ force }: { force: boolean }): Promise<void> {
}));
}

const currentSubagents = files.config.subagents;
const currentSubagents = resolveSubagentsConfig(files.config.subagents);
const availability = getLocalAgentProviderAvailabilitySnapshot(
process.env,
currentSubagents,
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required: true,
});
if (prompts.isCancel(providerAnswer)) throw new SetupCancelledError();
const selectedProviders = providerAnswer as LocalAgentProvider[];
const selectedProviders = providerAnswer as string[];
const subagents = updateOnboardingSubagentsConfig(
currentSubagents,
selectedProviders,
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/config-migration.ts
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Expand Up @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
type DevspaceConfig,
} from "./config-schema.js";
import { storedSubagentsConfigSchema } from "./local-agent-config.js";
import { LOCAL_AGENT_PROVIDERS } from "./local-agent-profiles.js";
import { LOCAL_AGENT_DRIVER_KINDS } from "./local-agent-provider.js";

const legacyConfigSchema = z.object({
host: z.string().optional(),
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return {
enabled: value,
providers: value
? LOCAL_AGENT_PROVIDERS.map((id) => ({ id, enabled: true }))
? LOCAL_AGENT_DRIVER_KINDS.map((id) => ({ id, enabled: true }))
: [],
};
}
4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions src/config.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { expandHomePath } from "./roots.js";
import type { LoggingConfig } from "./logger.js";
import type { OAuthConfig } from "./oauth-provider.js";
import { devspaceAgentsDir, devspaceSkillsDir, loadDevspaceFiles } from "./user-config.js";
import type { SubagentsConfig } from "./local-agent-config.js";
import { resolveSubagentsConfig, type SubagentsConfig } from "./local-agent-config.js";

export type { ToolMode } from "./config-schema.js";

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skillPaths: stored.skills.paths,
devspaceSkillsDir: devspaceSkillsDir(env),
devspaceAgentsDir: devspaceAgentsDir(env),
subagents: stored.subagents,
subagents: resolveSubagentsConfig(stored.subagents),
agentDir: normalizePath(stored.skills.agentDir),
logging: {
...stored.logging,
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Expand Up @@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ const migrations: Migration[] = [
name: "local-agent-turns",
up: migrateLocalAgentTurns,
},
{
version: 9,
name: "local-agent-provider-instances",
up: migrateLocalAgentProviderInstances,
},
];

export function migrateDatabase(sqlite: Database.Database): void {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -289,6 +294,22 @@ function migrateLocalAgentTurns(sqlite: Database.Database): void {
`);
}

function migrateLocalAgentProviderInstances(sqlite: Database.Database): void {
const columns = sqlite.prepare("pragma table_info(local_agent_sessions)").all() as Array<{
name: string;
}>;
const names = new Set(columns.map((column) => column.name));
if (names.has("provider") && !names.has("provider_instance_id")) {
sqlite.exec("alter table local_agent_sessions rename column provider to provider_instance_id");
}
addColumnIfMissing(sqlite, "local_agent_sessions", "driver", "text");

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P2 Migrated drivers remain nullable

The migration backfills driver but adds it as nullable text, despite the application schema declaring it non-null. The migrated database subsequently accepts inserts and updates with a NULL driver, leaving records that violate the application's declared invariant. Enforce the constraint after backfilling.

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SQLite migration and fresh-schema reproduction script

  • The authored script runs the real migration, builds a comparison table from schema column metadata, and attempts the same NULL writes against both.

Fresh schema rejects NULL drivers

  • The executed fresh-schema command shows `driver` is NOT NULL and all three NULL writes fail.

Migrated schema accepts NULL drivers

  • The executed migration command shows the backfilled row, nullable `driver` column, and all three NULL writes succeeding.

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sqlite.exec(`
update local_agent_sessions
set driver = provider_instance_id
where driver is null or driver = ''
`);
}

function addColumnIfMissing(
sqlite: Database.Database,
table: "workspace_sessions" | "local_agent_sessions",
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Expand Up @@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ export const localAgentSessions = sqliteTable(
workspaceId: text("workspace_id"),
workspaceRoot: text("workspace_root").notNull(),
profileName: text("profile_name").notNull(),
provider: text("provider").notNull(),
providerInstanceId: text("provider_instance_id").notNull(),
driver: text("driver").notNull(),
model: text("model"),
effort: text("effort"),
providerSessionId: text("provider_session_id"),
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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion src/local-agent-acp.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ await overlapRuntime.close();

const cachedContext = {
agentId: "agt_acp",
providerInstanceId: "cursor",
provider: "cursor" as const,
workspaceRoot: "/tmp/project",
writeMode: "allowed" as const,
Expand All @@ -266,11 +267,13 @@ assert.deepEqual(acpCommandArgs("cursor", cachedContext), [
]);
assert.deepEqual(acpCommandArgs("grok", {
...cachedContext,
providerInstanceId: "grok",
provider: "grok",
effort: "low",
}), ["agent", "--reasoning-effort", "low", "stdio"]);
assert.deepEqual(acpCommandArgs("grok", {
...cachedContext,
providerInstanceId: "grok",
provider: "grok",
effort: "low",
}, { GROK_AGENT_PROFILE: " /tmp/grok-coding-only.md " }), [
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);
await writeFile(command, `@ECHO OFF\r\n"${process.execPath}" "${recorder}" %*\r\n`);
const shimDriver = new AcpLocalAgentDriver("copilot", process.env, () => command);
const shimStartup = await shimDriver.createRuntime({ ...cachedContext, provider: "copilot", workspaceRoot });
const shimStartup = await shimDriver.createRuntime({
...cachedContext,
providerInstanceId: "copilot",
provider: "copilot",
workspaceRoot,
});
assert.equal(shimStartup.isErr(), true);
if (shimStartup.isErr()) assert.equal(shimStartup.error.code, "PROVIDER_PROTOCOL_ERROR");
const forwarded = JSON.parse(await readFile(marker, "utf8")) as string[];
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Expand Up @@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ export class AcpRuntime implements LocalAgentRuntime {

export class AcpLocalAgentDriver implements LocalAgentDriver {
readonly provider: AcpProvider;
readonly providerInstanceId: string;
// Keep ACP warm briefly, then let the generic pool close the process so the
// daemon can reach its own idle shutdown state.
readonly idleTimeoutMs = 5 * 60_000;
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private readonly commandResolver: AcpCommandResolver = resolveAcpCommand,
) {
this.provider = provider;
this.providerInstanceId = provider;
}

runtimeKey(context: LocalAgentRuntimeContext): string {
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