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hermes-agent/agent/kanban_stop.py
teknium1 41fe679d96 fix(kanban): stop-guard nudge names every worker exit; sync terminal-tool copies
Follow-up to the two salvaged commits. The nudge text asserted the card was
"still `running`" and offered only kanban_complete / kanban_block, so even
when it fired legitimately it steered a review-bound card toward a false
completion. It now states what the transcript actually shows (no terminal
board call yet) and lists kanban_complete / kanban_request_review /
kanban_block, plus the reviewer exits.

Every remaining copy of the "terminal tools" knowledge is brought in line:
turn_stop_gates docstring + diagnostic status, goals.py finalize comment,
kanban_db_dispatch grace/concurrency comments, the orchestrator-only
refusal in kanban_tools, and the kanban / tutorial / codex-runtime docs.

Fixes #114598
2026-09-18 09:21:42 -07:00

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"""Turn-end guard for kanban workers, which must end with a terminal board tool that hands
the card to whoever owns it next (``kanban_complete``, ``kanban_block``,
``kanban_request_review``, ``kanban_request_changes``). Some models narrate the next step
and stop with no tool calls; Hermes treats that as a clean exit → ``rc=0`` → dispatcher
``protocol_violation``. Policy-only: return a bounded synthetic nudge so the loop continues
instead of exiting.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional
from agent.delegation_context import owned_kanban_task
# Every tool that ends this worker's responsibility for the card, not just the two that
# close it out: ``kanban_request_review`` moves it to ``review`` (goals.py's continuation /
# finalize prompts tell builders to call it) and ``kanban_request_changes`` returns it to
# ``ready`` (the sdlc-review skill tells reviewers to). Nudging after either asks a worker
# that did the right thing to ``kanban_complete`` a card it must not close.
_TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS = frozenset({
"kanban_complete",
"kanban_block",
"kanban_request_review",
"kanban_request_changes",
})
_DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 2
def kanban_stop_nudge_enabled() -> bool:
"""On when ``HERMES_KANBAN_TASK`` is set for the dispatcher-owned worker, unless
``HERMES_KANBAN_STOP_NUDGE`` disables it. In-process delegate_task children and cron runs
inherit the env var but own no board task and carry no kanban toolset."""
if (os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_STOP_NUDGE") or "").strip().lower() in {"0", "false", "no", "off"}:
return False
return bool(owned_kanban_task())
def _tool_call_name(tc: Any) -> str:
"""Tool name from a dict or object tool call (``function.name`` first, then ``name``)."""
if isinstance(tc, dict):
fn = tc.get("function")
return str((fn.get("name") if isinstance(fn, dict) else tc.get("name")) or "")
fn = getattr(tc, "function", None)
return str((getattr(fn, "name", "") if fn is not None else getattr(tc, "name", "")) or "")
def session_called_kanban_terminal(messages: Iterable[dict] | None) -> bool:
"""True if this conversation already invoked a terminal kanban tool."""
for msg in filter(lambda m: isinstance(m, dict), messages or ()):
role = msg.get("role")
if role == "assistant" and any(
_tool_call_name(tc) in _TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []
):
return True
if role == "tool" and str(msg.get("name") or "") in _TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS:
return True
return False
def build_kanban_stop_nudge(
*,
messages: Iterable[dict] | None = None,
attempts: int = 0,
max_attempts: int = _DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
task_id: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Optional[str]:
"""Synthetic follow-up when a kanban worker exits without a terminal tool; ``None`` when
the guard should not fire (not a kanban worker, already completed/blocked, budget exhausted)."""
if (
not kanban_stop_nudge_enabled()
or attempts >= max_attempts
or session_called_kanban_terminal(messages)
):
return None
tid = (task_id or os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_TASK") or "").strip() or "this task"
# The transcript is the status source: this text is only reached when the session made no
# handoff call, so it never tells a worker to close a card it already sent to review.
return (
"[System: You are a Hermes kanban worker. A plain-text reply is NOT a "
"terminal state for the board.\n\n"
f"Task `{tid}` has not been handed off: this session made no terminal board "
"call (`kanban_complete` / `kanban_request_review` / `kanban_block`). Ending now "
"causes a protocol violation (clean exit with the card still `running`).\n\n"
"Do this immediately in your next response — do not narrate intent:\n"
"1. Finish any remaining deliverable (write the required file(s) now).\n"
"2. Call `kanban_complete(summary=..., artifacts=[...])` if the work is done "
"and needs no review, `kanban_request_review(summary=...)` if it is a code "
"change that needs same-card review, OR `kanban_block(reason=...)` if you are "
"blocked. Reviewers approve with `kanban_complete` or send the card back with "
"`kanban_request_changes(reason=...)`.\n\n"
"Never end a turn with only a promise of future action. Repeated "
"protocol violations will block this task and require manual intervention.]"
)
__all__ = ["build_kanban_stop_nudge", "kanban_stop_nudge_enabled", "session_called_kanban_terminal"]