* feat(subagents): support per-subagent skill loading and custom subagent types (#2230)
Add per-subagent skill configuration and custom subagent type registration,
aligned with Codex's role-based config layering and per-session skill injection.
Backend:
- SubagentConfig gains `skills` field (None=all, []=none, list=whitelist)
- New CustomSubagentConfig for user-defined subagent types in config.yaml
- SubagentsAppConfig gains `custom_agents` section and `get_skills_for()`
- Registry resolves custom agents with three-layer config precedence
- SubagentExecutor loads skills per-session as conversation items (Codex pattern)
- task_tool no longer appends skills to system_prompt
- Lead agent system prompt dynamically lists all registered subagent types
- setup_agent tool accepts optional skills parameter
- Gateway agents API transparently passes skills in CRUD operations
Frontend:
- Agent/CreateAgentRequest/UpdateAgentRequest types include skills field
- Agent card displays skills as badges alongside tool_groups
Config:
- config.example.yaml documents custom_agents and per-agent skills override
Tests:
- 40 new tests covering all skill config, custom agents, and registry logic
- Existing tests updated for new get_skills_prompt_section signature
Closes#2230
* fix: address review feedback on skills PR
- Remove stale get_skills_prompt_section monkeypatches from test_task_tool_core_logic.py
(task_tool no longer imports this function after skill injection moved to executor)
- Add key prefixes (tg:/sk:) to agent-card badges to prevent React key collisions
between tool_groups and skills
* fix(ci): resolve lint and test failures
- Format agent-card.tsx with prettier (lint-frontend)
- Remove stale "Skills Appendix" system_prompt assertion — skills are now
loaded per-session by SubagentExecutor, not appended to system_prompt
* fix(ci): sort imports in test_subagent_skills_config.py (ruff I001)
* fix(ci): use nullish coalescing in agent-card badge condition (eslint)
* fix: address review feedback on skills PR
- Use model_fields_set in AgentUpdateRequest to distinguish "field omitted"
from "explicitly set to null" — fixes skills=None ambiguity where None
means "inherit all" but was treated as "don't change"
- Move lazy import of get_subagent_config outside loop in
_build_available_subagents_description to avoid repeated import overhead
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* feat(subagents): allow model override per subagent in config.yaml
Wire the existing SubagentConfig.model field to config.yaml so users
can assign different models to different subagent types.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* test(subagents): cover model override in SubagentsAppConfig + registry
Addresses review feedback on #2064:
- registry.py: update stale inline comment — the block now applies
timeout, max_turns AND model overrides, not just timeout.
- test_subagent_timeout_config.py: add coverage for model override
resolution across SubagentOverrideConfig, SubagentsAppConfig
(get_model_for + load), and registry.get_subagent_config:
- per-agent model override is applied to registry-returned config
- omitted `model` keeps the builtin value
- explicit `model: null` in config.yaml is equivalent to omission
- model override on one agent does not affect other agents
- model override preserves all other fields (name, description,
timeout_seconds, max_turns)
- model override does not mutate BUILTIN_SUBAGENTS
Copilot's suggestion (3) "setting model to 'inherit' forces inheritance"
is skipped intentionally: there is no 'inherit' sentinel in the current
implementation — model is `str | None`, and None already means
"inherit from parent". Adding a sentinel would be a new feature, not
test coverage for this PR.
Tests run locally: 51 passed (37 existing + 14 new / expanded).
* test(subagents): reject empty-string model at config load time
Addresses WillemJiang's review comment on #2064 (empty-string edge case):
- subagents_config.py: add `min_length=1` to the `model` field on
SubagentOverrideConfig. `model: ""` in config.yaml would otherwise
bypass the `is not None` check and reach create_chat_model(name="")
as a confusing runtime error. This is symmetric with the existing
`ge=1` guards on timeout_seconds / max_turns, so the validation style
stays consistent across all three override fields.
- test_subagent_timeout_config.py: add test_rejects_empty_model
mirroring the existing test_rejects_zero / test_rejects_negative
cases; update the docstring on test_model_accepts_any_string (now
test_model_accepts_any_non_empty_string) to reflect the new guard.
Not addressing the first comment (validating `model` against the
`models:` section at load time) in this PR. `SubagentsAppConfig` is
scoped to the `subagents:` block and cannot see the sibling `models:`
section, so proper cross-section validation needs a second pass or a
structural change that is out of scope here — and the current behavior
is consistent with how timeout_seconds / max_turns work today. Happy to
track this as a follow-up issue covering cross-section validation
uniformly for all three fields.
Tests run locally: 52 passed in this file; 1847 passed, 18 skipped
across the full backend suite. Ruff check + format clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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* fix(security): disable host bash by default in local sandbox
* fix(security): address review feedback for local bash hardening
* fix(ci): sort live test imports for lint
* style: apply backend formatter
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* refactor: extract shared utils to break harness→app cross-layer imports
Move _validate_skill_frontmatter to src/skills/validation.py and
CONVERTIBLE_EXTENSIONS + convert_file_to_markdown to src/utils/file_conversion.py.
This eliminates the two reverse dependencies from client.py (harness layer)
into gateway/routers/ (app layer), preparing for the harness/app package split.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor: split backend/src into harness (deerflow.*) and app (app.*)
Physically split the monolithic backend/src/ package into two layers:
- **Harness** (`packages/harness/deerflow/`): publishable agent framework
package with import prefix `deerflow.*`. Contains agents, sandbox, tools,
models, MCP, skills, config, and all core infrastructure.
- **App** (`app/`): unpublished application code with import prefix `app.*`.
Contains gateway (FastAPI REST API) and channels (IM integrations).
Key changes:
- Move 13 harness modules to packages/harness/deerflow/ via git mv
- Move gateway + channels to app/ via git mv
- Rename all imports: src.* → deerflow.* (harness) / app.* (app layer)
- Set up uv workspace with deerflow-harness as workspace member
- Update langgraph.json, config.example.yaml, all scripts, Docker files
- Add build-system (hatchling) to harness pyproject.toml
- Add PYTHONPATH=. to gateway startup commands for app.* resolution
- Update ruff.toml with known-first-party for import sorting
- Update all documentation to reflect new directory structure
Boundary rule enforced: harness code never imports from app.
All 429 tests pass. Lint clean.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* chore: add harness→app boundary check test and update docs
Add test_harness_boundary.py that scans all Python files in
packages/harness/deerflow/ and fails if any `from app.*` or
`import app.*` statement is found. This enforces the architectural
rule that the harness layer never depends on the app layer.
Update CLAUDE.md to document the harness/app split architecture,
import conventions, and the boundary enforcement test.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: add config versioning with auto-upgrade on startup
When config.example.yaml schema changes, developers' local config.yaml
files can silently become outdated. This adds a config_version field and
auto-upgrade mechanism so breaking changes (like src.* → deerflow.*
renames) are applied automatically before services start.
- Add config_version: 1 to config.example.yaml
- Add startup version check warning in AppConfig.from_file()
- Add scripts/config-upgrade.sh with migration registry for value replacements
- Add `make config-upgrade` target
- Auto-run config-upgrade in serve.sh and start-daemon.sh before starting services
- Add config error hints in service failure messages
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix comments
* fix: update src.* import in test_sandbox_tools_security to deerflow.*
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: handle empty config and search parent dirs for config.example.yaml
Address Copilot review comments on PR #1131:
- Guard against yaml.safe_load() returning None for empty config files
- Search parent directories for config.example.yaml instead of only
looking next to config.yaml, fixing detection in common setups
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: correct skills root path depth and config_version type coercion
- loader.py: fix get_skills_root_path() to use 5 parent levels (was 3)
after harness split, file lives at packages/harness/deerflow/skills/
so parent×3 resolved to backend/packages/harness/ instead of backend/
- app_config.py: coerce config_version to int() before comparison in
_check_config_version() to prevent TypeError when YAML stores value
as string (e.g. config_version: "1")
- tests: add regression tests for both fixes
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: update test imports from src.* to deerflow.*/app.* after harness refactor
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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