2.1.1 — MCP Phase 0: every high-level op returns an envelope (return-not-print)

Internal refactor per docs/MCP-SERVER-SPEC.md §4; CLI output and exit codes
unchanged (wrappers reproduce them from the envelopes):

- echo_ops: capture_op/resolve_op/link_op — duplicate gate and offline queueing
  are data (action: duplicate-gate + candidates; queued: true); the --json
  stdout-swallow hack is deleted (helper chatter -> stderr inside the cores);
  capture_op takes body_text= directly (the MCP path, no temp file).
- echo_recall.recall_op — one structured result backs prose and --json.
- echo_triage.list_op/route_op, echo_reflect.apply_op,
  echo_session.session_end_op — call capture_op internally, count gate outcomes
  from envelopes.
- echo.scope_show_op/scope_set_op/load_op (+ shared _load_gather), and
  echo_doctor.run_op (checks as data).

New eval/test_ops_api.py asserts the contract for every core: envelope shape
AND stdout purity (a stray print would corrupt an MCP response stream). All six
suites green. The 2.2 server build now starts directly at the app layer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Jason Stedwell
2026-07-28 22:51:33 -05:00
parent 446cd9a0ff
commit e7792003a7
13 changed files with 738 additions and 345 deletions
@@ -549,59 +549,76 @@ def extract_heading(markdown: str, heading: str) -> str:
return "\n".join(out).strip()
def cmd_scope(subcommand: str, text: str | None = None, as_json: bool = False) -> int:
def scope_show_op() -> dict:
"""Core scope-show (Phase 0): active scope + freshness + sessions-since, as data."""
path = "_agent/context/current-context.md"
status, body = request("GET", vault_url(path))
check(status, body, f"scope {subcommand}")
check(status, body, "scope show")
current = body.decode(errors="replace")
scope_text = extract_heading(current, "Scope")
scope_updated = ""
for line in current.splitlines():
if line.startswith("scope_updated:"):
scope_updated = line.split(":", 1)[1].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
break
sessions_since = None
# Count session logs dated after scope_updated (the drift signal).
if scope_updated:
status, body = request("GET", vault_url("_agent/sessions/"))
if status == 200:
try:
files = json.loads(body).get("files", [])
sessions_since = sum(1 for f in files if f.endswith(".md") and f[:10] > scope_updated)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
return {"ok": True, "action": "scope-show", "scope": scope_text,
"scope_updated": scope_updated or None, "sessions_since": sessions_since}
if subcommand == "show":
scope_text = extract_heading(current, "Scope")
scope_updated = ""
for line in current.splitlines():
if line.startswith("scope_updated:"):
scope_updated = line.split(":", 1)[1].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
break
sessions_since = None
# Count session logs dated after scope_updated (the drift signal).
if scope_updated:
status, body = request("GET", vault_url("_agent/sessions/"))
if status == 200:
try:
files = json.loads(body).get("files", [])
sessions_since = sum(1 for f in files if f.endswith(".md") and f[:10] > scope_updated)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
if as_json:
print(json.dumps({"ok": True, "action": "scope-show", "scope": scope_text,
"scope_updated": scope_updated or None,
"sessions_since": sessions_since}, ensure_ascii=False))
return 0
print("-- Active scope --")
print(scope_text)
print(f"scope_updated: {scope_updated or '<missing — drift cannot be detected; run scope set or repair>'}")
if sessions_since is not None:
print(f"sessions logged since: {sessions_since}")
return 0
if subcommand != "set":
raise EchoError("scope: use 'show' or 'set \"<text>\"'", 2)
def scope_set_op(text: str) -> dict:
"""Core scope-set (Phase 0): atomic switch (history + replace + stamp). Chatter
from the underlying PATCHes routes to stderr; returns the switch envelope."""
import contextlib
if not text:
raise EchoError("scope set needs the new scope text", 2)
path = "_agent/context/current-context.md"
status, body = request("GET", vault_url(path))
check(status, body, "scope set")
current = body.decode(errors="replace")
prior = extract_heading(current, "Scope").replace("\n", " ").strip()[:140] or "(prior scope)"
cmd_patch(path, "prepend", "heading", "Current Context::Scope History",
temp_file(f"- {today()}: {prior}\n".encode()))
cmd_patch(path, "replace", "heading", "Current Context::Scope",
temp_file(f"{text}\n".encode()))
try:
cmd_patch(path, "replace", "frontmatter", "scope_updated",
temp_file(json.dumps(today()).encode()))
except EchoError as exc:
raise EchoError(
"scope set: body switched, but scope_updated frontmatter is missing "
f"(run bootstrap.py to add it) [{exc}]"
)
print(f"ok: scope switched (prior archived to Scope History; scope_updated={today()})")
with contextlib.redirect_stdout(sys.stderr):
cmd_patch(path, "prepend", "heading", "Current Context::Scope History",
temp_file(f"- {today()}: {prior}\n".encode()))
cmd_patch(path, "replace", "heading", "Current Context::Scope",
temp_file(f"{text}\n".encode()))
try:
cmd_patch(path, "replace", "frontmatter", "scope_updated",
temp_file(json.dumps(today()).encode()))
except EchoError as exc:
raise EchoError(
"scope set: body switched, but scope_updated frontmatter is missing "
f"(run bootstrap.py to add it) [{exc}]"
)
return {"ok": True, "action": "scope-set", "scope": text, "prior": prior,
"scope_updated": today()}
def cmd_scope(subcommand: str, text: str | None = None, as_json: bool = False) -> int:
if subcommand == "show":
env = scope_show_op()
if as_json:
print(json.dumps(env, ensure_ascii=False))
return 0
print("-- Active scope --")
print(env["scope"])
print(f"scope_updated: {env['scope_updated'] or '<missing — drift cannot be detected; run scope set or repair>'}")
if env["sessions_since"] is not None:
print(f"sessions logged since: {env['sessions_since']}")
return 0
if subcommand != "set":
raise EchoError("scope: use 'show' or 'set \"<text>\"'", 2)
env = scope_set_op(text or "")
print(f"ok: scope switched (prior archived to Scope History; scope_updated={env['scope_updated']})")
return 0
@@ -730,51 +747,22 @@ def _render_brief(texts: dict[str, str | None], listing_files: list[str],
return out
def cmd_load(brief: bool = False) -> int:
"""Cold-start orientation: the canonical 6 reads in one call (fetched in parallel).
404s on today's daily note and the inbox are normal (printed as absent, not errors).
`brief` renders the token-budgeted digest the SessionStart hook injects; the default
full mode (and /echo-load) prints the raw sections unchanged."""
if not echo_config.is_configured(_CFG):
print("echo: NOT CONFIGURED — this machine has no usable ECHO key file yet.")
print(f"Expected at: {echo_config.config_path()}")
print("ACTION: ask the operator for their echo-memory config file (it holds the")
print(" vault owner, endpoint, and API key), then install it with ONE of:")
print(" python3 echo.py config import <path-to-their-file>")
print(" python3 echo.py config set --owner \"\" --endpoint \"https://…\" --key \"\"")
print("Then re-run load. (Memory is unavailable until configured.)")
return 78 # distinct: configuration required
targets = [
("marker", "_agent/echo-vault.md"),
("preferences", "_agent/memory/semantic/operator-preferences.md"),
("context", "_agent/context/current-context.md"),
("heartbeat", "_agent/heartbeat/last-session.md"),
("today", f"journal/daily/{today()}.md"),
("inbox", "inbox/captures/inbox.md"),
]
import echo_queue
# H2: sync any writes queued during a prior outage, best-effort and quiet on empty.
try:
synced = echo_queue.flush()
if synced:
print(f"(synced {synced} write(s) queued during a prior offline session)\n")
flagged = echo_queue.needs_attention()
if flagged:
print(f"NOTE: {len(flagged)} queued write(s) need attention (e.g. a capture "
"stopped at the duplicate gate on replay) — resolve with capture "
"--merge-into/--force; `echo.py flush` re-lists them.\n")
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — never let queue upkeep block a load
print(f"(queue flush skipped: {exc})\n", file=sys.stderr)
LOAD_TARGETS = [
("marker", "_agent/echo-vault.md"),
("preferences", "_agent/memory/semantic/operator-preferences.md"),
("context", "_agent/context/current-context.md"),
("heartbeat", "_agent/heartbeat/last-session.md"),
]
# All orientation reads (+ the sessions listing) fetched in parallel over the
# warm connection pool — the listing feeds both the brief digest's scope-freshness
# count and the heartbeat-absent fallback, so it's no longer a second round-trip.
def _load_gather(targets):
"""Fetch the orientation reads (+ the sessions listing) in parallel and resolve
each to text via status/cache. Shared by cmd_load and load_op. Returns
(results, texts, listing_files, offline, marker_missing, heartbeat_absent)."""
import echo_queue
listing_path = "_agent/sessions/"
results = _fetch_statuses([p for _, p in targets] + [listing_path])
marker_missing = False
heartbeat_absent = False
offline = False
marker_missing = heartbeat_absent = offline = False
texts: dict[str, str | None] = {}
for label, path in targets:
status, body = results[path]
@@ -792,7 +780,6 @@ def cmd_load(brief: bool = False) -> int:
marker_missing = True
if label == "heartbeat":
heartbeat_absent = True
lst_status, lst_body = results[listing_path]
listing_files: list[str] = []
if lst_status == 200:
@@ -800,15 +787,84 @@ def cmd_load(brief: bool = False) -> int:
listing_files = list(json.loads(lst_body).get("files", []))
except json.JSONDecodeError:
pass
return results, texts, listing_files, offline, marker_missing, heartbeat_absent
def _fetch_pointed_session(texts: dict) -> None:
"""Follow the heartbeat pointer and stash the pointed session log for the digest."""
hb = texts.get("heartbeat")
if hb and hb.strip():
sess_path = hb.strip().splitlines()[0].split(" @ ", 1)[0].strip()
if sess_path:
st2, b2 = request("GET", vault_url(sess_path))
if st2 == 200:
texts["_pointed_session"] = b2.decode(errors="replace")
def load_op(brief: bool = True) -> dict:
"""Core load (Phase 0): the orientation reads as data — sections keyed by label,
plus offline/bootstrap flags, queue counts, recent sessions, and (with brief) the
rendered digest. Raises EchoError(78) when the machine is not configured."""
if not echo_config.is_configured(_CFG):
raise EchoError("NOT CONFIGURED — no usable ECHO key file on this machine "
f"(expected at {echo_config.config_path()})", 78)
import echo_queue
synced = flagged = 0
try:
synced = echo_queue.flush()
flagged = len(echo_queue.needs_attention())
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 — queue upkeep must never block a load
pass
targets = LOAD_TARGETS + [("today", f"journal/daily/{today()}.md"),
("inbox", "inbox/captures/inbox.md")]
_, texts, listing_files, offline, marker_missing, _ = _load_gather(targets)
data = {"ok": True, "action": "load", "offline": offline,
"marker_missing": marker_missing, "synced": synced,
"needs_attention": flagged,
"sections": {k: v for k, v in texts.items() if not k.startswith("_")},
"recent_sessions": sorted((f for f in listing_files if f.endswith(".md")),
reverse=True)[:5]}
if brief:
_fetch_pointed_session(texts)
data["brief"] = _render_brief(texts, listing_files, offline)
return data
def cmd_load(brief: bool = False) -> int:
"""Cold-start orientation: the canonical 6 reads in one call (fetched in parallel).
404s on today's daily note and the inbox are normal (printed as absent, not errors).
`brief` renders the token-budgeted digest the SessionStart hook injects; the default
full mode (and /echo-load) prints the raw sections unchanged."""
if not echo_config.is_configured(_CFG):
print("echo: NOT CONFIGURED — this machine has no usable ECHO key file yet.")
print(f"Expected at: {echo_config.config_path()}")
print("ACTION: ask the operator for their echo-memory config file (it holds the")
print(" vault owner, endpoint, and API key), then install it with ONE of:")
print(" python3 echo.py config import <path-to-their-file>")
print(" python3 echo.py config set --owner \"\" --endpoint \"https://…\" --key \"\"")
print("Then re-run load. (Memory is unavailable until configured.)")
return 78 # distinct: configuration required
targets = LOAD_TARGETS + [("today", f"journal/daily/{today()}.md"),
("inbox", "inbox/captures/inbox.md")]
import echo_queue
# H2: sync any writes queued during a prior outage, best-effort and quiet on empty.
try:
synced = echo_queue.flush()
if synced:
print(f"(synced {synced} write(s) queued during a prior offline session)\n")
flagged = echo_queue.needs_attention()
if flagged:
print(f"NOTE: {len(flagged)} queued write(s) need attention (e.g. a capture "
"stopped at the duplicate gate on replay) — resolve with capture "
"--merge-into/--force; `echo.py flush` re-lists them.\n")
except Exception as exc: # noqa: BLE001 — never let queue upkeep block a load
print(f"(queue flush skipped: {exc})\n", file=sys.stderr)
results, texts, listing_files, offline, marker_missing, heartbeat_absent = \
_load_gather(targets)
if brief:
hb = texts.get("heartbeat")
if hb and hb.strip(): # follow-up: the pointed session log's key sections
sess_path = hb.strip().splitlines()[0].split(" @ ", 1)[0].strip()
if sess_path:
st2, b2 = request("GET", vault_url(sess_path))
if st2 == 200:
texts["_pointed_session"] = b2.decode(errors="replace")
_fetch_pointed_session(texts)
print(_render_brief(texts, listing_files, offline))
return 0