feat(agent-loop): M1 — policy gate + reminder channel + parallel reads

Three Claude-Code-inspired primitives for runPlannerLoop, derived from the
reverse-engineering reports in docs/reports/:

1. **Policy gate** (@mana/tool-registry) — evaluatePolicy() gates every tool
   dispatch: denies admin-scope, denies destructive tools not in the user's
   opt-in list, rate-limits per tool (30/60s default), flags prompt-injection
   markers in freetext without blocking. Wired into mana-mcp with a
   per-user rolling invocation log and POLICY_MODE env (off|log-only|enforce,
   default log-only). mana-ai uses detectInjectionMarker only — tool dispatch
   there is plan-only, so rate-limit/destructive checks don't apply yet.

2. **Reminder channel** (packages/shared-ai/src/planner/loop.ts) — new
   reminderChannel callback in PlannerLoopInput. Called once per round with
   LoopState snapshot (round, toolCallCount, usage, lastCall); returned
   strings wrap in <reminder> tags and inject as transient system messages
   into THIS LLM request only. Never pushed to messages[] — the Claude-Code
   <system-reminder> pattern that keeps the KV-cache prefix stable.

3. **Parallel reads** (loop.ts) — isParallelSafe predicate enables
   Promise.all dispatch when every tool_call in a round is parallel-safe,
   in batches of PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE=10. Any non-safe call downgrades
   the whole round to sequential. messages[] always appends in source
   order, never completion order, so the debug log stays linear.
   Default-off (undefined predicate) preserves pre-M1 behaviour.

Tests: 21 new in tool-registry (policy), 9 new in shared-ai (5 parallel,
4 reminder). All 74 green, type-check clean across 4 packages.

Design/plan: docs/plans/agent-loop-improvements-m1.md
Reports: docs/reports/claude-code-architecture.md,
         docs/reports/mana-agent-improvements-from-claude-code.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ export type {
LlmCompletionRequest,
LlmCompletionResponse,
LlmFinishReason,
LoopState,
LoopStopReason,
PlannerLoopInput,
PlannerLoopResult,
ReminderChannel,
TokenUsage,
ToolCallRequest,
ToolResult,

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@ -148,3 +148,302 @@ describe('runPlannerLoop', () => {
expect(result.executedCalls).toHaveLength(3);
});
});
describe('runPlannerLoop — parallel reads', () => {
it('runs a batch of parallel-safe tools via Promise.all', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 1 } },
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 2 } },
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 3 } },
])
.enqueueStop();
let concurrent = 0;
let peakConcurrent = 0;
let completed = 0;
const onToolCall = async (_call: ToolCallRequest): Promise<ToolResult> => {
concurrent++;
peakConcurrent = Math.max(peakConcurrent, concurrent);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 10));
concurrent--;
completed++;
return { success: true, message: `done-${completed}` };
};
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
isParallelSafe: (name) => name === 'list_things',
},
onToolCall,
});
// All three ran concurrently — peak should be 3, not 1.
expect(peakConcurrent).toBe(3);
});
it('preserves source order in messages despite parallel completion', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 'a' } },
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 'b' } },
{ name: 'list_things', args: { i: 'c' } },
])
.enqueueStop();
// Reverse completion order: first call finishes last.
const delays: Record<string, number> = { a: 30, b: 10, c: 1 };
const onToolCall = async (call: ToolCallRequest): Promise<ToolResult> => {
const i = call.arguments.i as string;
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, delays[i]));
return { success: true, message: `item-${i}` };
};
const result = await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
isParallelSafe: () => true,
},
onToolCall,
});
// executedCalls follows source order
expect(result.executedCalls.map((ec) => ec.call.arguments.i)).toEqual(['a', 'b', 'c']);
// Tool messages on the NEXT LLM call are in source order too
const toolMsgs = llm.calls[1].messages.filter((m) => m.role === 'tool');
expect(toolMsgs.map((m) => m.content)).toEqual([
expect.stringContaining('item-a'),
expect.stringContaining('item-b'),
expect.stringContaining('item-c'),
]);
});
it('falls back to sequential when any call is not parallel-safe', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([
{ name: 'list_things', args: {} },
{ name: 'create_thing', args: { title: 'x' } }, // unsafe
{ name: 'list_things', args: {} },
])
.enqueueStop();
let concurrent = 0;
let peakConcurrent = 0;
const onToolCall = async (): Promise<ToolResult> => {
concurrent++;
peakConcurrent = Math.max(peakConcurrent, concurrent);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
concurrent--;
return { success: true, message: 'ok' };
};
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
isParallelSafe: (name) => name === 'list_things',
},
onToolCall,
});
// Mixed batch ran sequentially — peak concurrency stayed at 1.
expect(peakConcurrent).toBe(1);
});
it('batches more than PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE calls', async () => {
const N = 15; // > 10-call ceiling
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls(Array.from({ length: N }, (_, i) => ({ name: 'list_things', args: { i } })))
.enqueueStop();
let concurrent = 0;
let peakConcurrent = 0;
const onToolCall = async (): Promise<ToolResult> => {
concurrent++;
peakConcurrent = Math.max(peakConcurrent, concurrent);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15));
concurrent--;
return { success: true, message: 'ok' };
};
const result = await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
isParallelSafe: () => true,
},
onToolCall,
});
// Capped at the batch size — the 11th onwards had to wait.
expect(peakConcurrent).toBeLessThanOrEqual(10);
// All still executed, all in source order.
expect(result.executedCalls).toHaveLength(N);
expect(result.executedCalls.map((ec) => ec.call.arguments.i)).toEqual(
Array.from({ length: N }, (_, i) => i)
);
});
it('stays sequential when isParallelSafe is not provided (pre-M1 default)', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([
{ name: 'list_things', args: {} },
{ name: 'list_things', args: {} },
])
.enqueueStop();
let concurrent = 0;
let peakConcurrent = 0;
const onToolCall = async (): Promise<ToolResult> => {
concurrent++;
peakConcurrent = Math.max(peakConcurrent, concurrent);
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 5));
concurrent--;
return { success: true, message: 'ok' };
};
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: { systemPrompt: 's', userPrompt: 'u', tools, model: 'm' },
onToolCall,
});
expect(peakConcurrent).toBe(1);
});
});
describe('runPlannerLoop — reminderChannel', () => {
it('injects reminders as transient system messages on the LLM call', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient().enqueueStop('done');
const result = await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
reminderChannel: () => ['budget 80%', 'mission overdue'],
},
onToolCall: vi.fn(),
});
// The request messages the mock saw must include the reminders
// AFTER the user turn, each wrapped in <reminder> tags.
const seenByLlm = llm.calls[0].messages;
expect(seenByLlm).toHaveLength(4); // system + user + 2 reminders
expect(seenByLlm[0].role).toBe('system');
expect(seenByLlm[0].content).toBe('s');
expect(seenByLlm[1].role).toBe('user');
expect(seenByLlm[2].role).toBe('system');
expect(seenByLlm[2].content).toBe('<reminder>budget 80%</reminder>');
expect(seenByLlm[3].role).toBe('system');
expect(seenByLlm[3].content).toBe('<reminder>mission overdue</reminder>');
// And the persisted history must NOT contain them.
expect(result.messages.find((m) => m.content?.includes('<reminder>'))).toBeUndefined();
});
it('is called per round with fresh state — round 2 does not see round 1 reminders', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([{ name: 'list_things', args: {} }])
.enqueueStop('done');
const channelCalls: Array<{ round: number; reminders: string[] }> = [];
const channel = vi.fn((state) => {
const reminders = [`round-${state.round}`];
channelCalls.push({ round: state.round, reminders });
return reminders;
});
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
reminderChannel: channel,
},
onToolCall: async () => ({ success: true, message: 'ok' }),
});
expect(channel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
expect(channelCalls).toEqual([
{ round: 1, reminders: ['round-1'] },
{ round: 2, reminders: ['round-2'] },
]);
// Round 2's request must have ONLY round-2's reminder, not round-1's.
const round2Seen = llm.calls[1].messages;
const reminders = round2Seen.filter((m) => m.content?.includes('<reminder>'));
expect(reminders).toHaveLength(1);
expect(reminders[0].content).toBe('<reminder>round-2</reminder>');
});
it('surfaces loop state — toolCallCount and lastCall — to the channel', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient()
.enqueueToolCalls([{ name: 'list_things', args: {} }])
.enqueueToolCalls([{ name: 'create_thing', args: { title: 'x' } }])
.enqueueStop('done');
const snapshots: Array<{ round: number; toolCallCount: number; lastName?: string }> = [];
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
reminderChannel: (state) => {
snapshots.push({
round: state.round,
toolCallCount: state.toolCallCount,
lastName: state.lastCall?.call.name,
});
return [];
},
},
onToolCall: async () => ({ success: true, message: 'ok' }),
});
expect(snapshots).toEqual([
{ round: 1, toolCallCount: 0, lastName: undefined },
{ round: 2, toolCallCount: 1, lastName: 'list_things' },
{ round: 3, toolCallCount: 2, lastName: 'create_thing' },
]);
});
it('empty reminders array leaves the request unchanged', async () => {
const llm = new MockLlmClient().enqueueStop('done');
await runPlannerLoop({
llm,
input: {
systemPrompt: 's',
userPrompt: 'u',
tools,
model: 'm',
reminderChannel: () => [],
},
onToolCall: vi.fn(),
});
const seenByLlm = llm.calls[0].messages;
expect(seenByLlm).toHaveLength(2); // just system + user
});
});

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@ -69,6 +69,38 @@ export interface LlmClient {
// ─── Loop input / result ────────────────────────────────────────────
/**
* Transient loop state surfaced to the reminderChannel. The reminder
* callback is pure it reads this snapshot and returns hints; it does
* not mutate anything.
*/
export interface LoopState {
/** 1-based round index for the CURRENT LLM call (before it runs). */
readonly round: number;
/** Number of tool calls executed across all prior rounds. */
readonly toolCallCount: number;
/** Accumulated tokens reported by the provider, up to (but not
* including) the current round's call. Zero when the provider
* hasn't reported usage. */
readonly usage: TokenUsage;
/** The most recent ExecutedCall, or undefined in round 1. Handy for
* "the last tool failed — warn the LLM" producers. */
readonly lastCall?: ExecutedCall;
}
/**
* Callback that yields transient system-message strings to attach to the
* NEXT LLM request only. Returned strings are wrapped in `<reminder>…
* </reminder>` tags and injected as system messages AFTER the persistent
* `messages` history. They are NEVER written back to `messages[]` and
* therefore NEVER appear in `PlannerLoopResult.messages`.
*
* This is the Claude-Code `<system-reminder>` pattern: steering the model
* per-turn without polluting the persisted conversation log or
* invalidating the provider's KV-cache on stable prefixes.
*/
export type ReminderChannel = (state: LoopState) => readonly string[];
export interface PlannerLoopInput {
readonly systemPrompt: string;
readonly userPrompt: string;
@ -82,8 +114,29 @@ export interface PlannerLoopInput {
/** Hard ceiling on planner rounds. Each round = one LLM call plus
* whatever tool executions its output triggered. Defaults to 5. */
readonly maxRounds?: number;
/** Optional per-round reminder producer — see ReminderChannel docs. */
readonly reminderChannel?: ReminderChannel;
/**
* Predicate that decides whether a tool is safe to execute in parallel
* with other tools of the same stripe. Claude-Code `gW5` pattern: when
* every tool_call in a round is parallel-safe, they run via Promise.all
* in batches of 10; if any call is NOT parallel-safe, the whole batch
* falls back to sequential (preserves ordering invariants for
* write-after-read chains).
*
* Default: `() => false` fully sequential, matching pre-M1 behaviour.
*
* The predicate is called once per tool_call per round, so cheap
* constant-time lookups are expected (registry hit, name-prefix check).
*/
readonly isParallelSafe?: (toolName: string) => boolean;
}
/** Max concurrent tool executions per round. Mirrors Claude Code's gW5
* ceiling. Keeps tail latency bounded when the LLM requests many reads
* at once and protects downstream services from unbounded fan-out. */
export const PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE = 10;
export interface ExecutedCall {
readonly round: number;
readonly call: ToolCallRequest;
@ -142,8 +195,35 @@ export async function runPlannerLoop(opts: {
while (rounds < maxRounds) {
rounds++;
// Per-round reminder injection: ask the channel for transient
// hints, wrap each in <reminder> tags, and prepend them as system
// messages to THIS request only. Nothing gets pushed to `messages`
// — the reminders are ephemeral steering, not conversation.
let requestMessages: readonly ChatMessage[] = messages;
if (input.reminderChannel) {
const state: LoopState = {
round: rounds,
toolCallCount: executedCalls.length,
usage: {
promptTokens,
completionTokens,
totalTokens: promptTokens + completionTokens,
},
lastCall: executedCalls[executedCalls.length - 1],
};
const reminders = input.reminderChannel(state);
if (reminders.length > 0) {
const reminderMessages: ChatMessage[] = reminders.map((text) => ({
role: 'system',
content: `<reminder>${text}</reminder>`,
}));
requestMessages = [...messages, ...reminderMessages];
}
}
const response = await llm.complete({
messages,
messages: requestMessages,
tools: toolSpecs,
model: input.model,
temperature: input.temperature,
@ -169,22 +249,56 @@ export async function runPlannerLoop(opts: {
break;
}
// Execute each tool_call sequentially. Parallel execution is a
// perfectly valid optimisation for pure-read tools but we keep
// order here so the message log tells a linear story when the
// user debugs a failure.
for (const call of response.toolCalls) {
const result = await onToolCall(call);
executedCalls.push({ round: rounds, call, result });
messages.push({
role: 'tool',
toolCallId: call.id,
content: JSON.stringify({
success: result.success,
message: result.message,
...(result.data !== undefined ? { data: result.data } : {}),
}),
});
// Tool execution.
//
// Sequential by default. When the caller supplies `isParallelSafe`
// and EVERY call in this round passes it, we dispatch in batches
// of PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE via Promise.all. A single unsafe
// call in the batch downgrades the whole round to sequential —
// this preserves semantics for write-after-read chains without
// pushing the decision onto the model.
//
// In both modes we append to `messages` in the LLM's original
// call order, not completion order, so the debug-log stays linear.
const calls = response.toolCalls;
const allParallelSafe =
!!input.isParallelSafe &&
calls.length > 1 &&
calls.every((c) => input.isParallelSafe!(c.name));
if (allParallelSafe) {
for (let i = 0; i < calls.length; i += PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE) {
const batch = calls.slice(i, i + PARALLEL_TOOL_BATCH_SIZE);
const results = await Promise.all(batch.map((call) => onToolCall(call)));
for (let j = 0; j < batch.length; j++) {
const call = batch[j];
const result = results[j];
executedCalls.push({ round: rounds, call, result });
messages.push({
role: 'tool',
toolCallId: call.id,
content: JSON.stringify({
success: result.success,
message: result.message,
...(result.data !== undefined ? { data: result.data } : {}),
}),
});
}
}
} else {
for (const call of calls) {
const result = await onToolCall(call);
executedCalls.push({ round: rounds, call, result });
messages.push({
role: 'tool',
toolCallId: call.id,
content: JSON.stringify({
success: result.success,
message: result.message,
...(result.data !== undefined ? { data: result.data } : {}),
}),
});
}
}
// If the round limit is about to hit, surface it as the reason —