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Kyle Carberry
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Piggybacks on #23878. Moves instruction file reading and skill discovery from `chatd` (server-side, via multiple `LS`/`ReadFile` round-trips through the agent connection) to the agent itself (local filesystem access). This intentionally drops backward compatibility with older agents that don't support the context-config endpoint. Agents and server are deployed together; there is no rolling-update contract to maintain here. ## What changed The agent's `GET /api/v0/context-config` response now returns `[]ChatMessagePart` directly — the same types chatd persists. This eliminates intermediate type conversions and makes the protocol extensible. | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `parts` | `[]ChatMessagePart` | Context-file and skill parts, ready to persist | | `working_dir` | `string` | Agent's resolved working directory | Removed from the response: `instructions_dirs`, `instructions_file`, `skills_dirs`, `skill_meta_file`, `mcp_config_files` — the agent reads files locally and returns their content as parts. Removed from chatd: all legacy `LS`/`ReadFile` fallback code (`readHomeInstructionFile`, `readInstructionDirFile`, `DiscoverSkills` via LS, etc). ## Why The previous architecture had the agent resolve paths, serve them over HTTP, then `chatd` make N+1 round-trips back through the agent connection to read files. The agent has direct filesystem access and should just read the files. ## Key design decisions - **Agent returns `ChatMessagePart` directly** — same types chatd persists. No intermediate `InstructionFileEntry`/`SkillEntry` types needed. - **`SkillMeta.MetaFile`** — persisted via `ContextFileSkillMetaFile` on the skill part, so custom meta file names (`CODER_AGENT_EXP_SKILL_META_FILE`) survive across chat turns. - **No pre-read body** — `read_skill` always dials the workspace to fetch the skill body on demand. Simpler than caching the body in the response. - **MCP config paths kept agent-internal** — `MCPConfigFiles()` getter, not sent over the wire. - **No backward compat fallback** — old agents that don't support context-config get no instruction files. This is acceptable since agent and server deploy together.