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coder/agent/agentcontextconfig/api.go
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Kyle Carberry 391b22aef7 feat: add CLI commands for managing chat context from workspaces (#24105)
Adds `coder exp chat context add` and `coder exp chat context clear`
commands that run inside a workspace to manage chat context files via
the agent token.

`add` reads instruction and skill files from a directory (defaulting to
cwd) and inserts them as context-file messages into an active chat.
Multiple calls are additive — `instructionFromContextFiles` already
accumulates all context-file parts across messages.

`clear` soft-deletes all context-file messages, causing
`contextFileAgentID()` to return `!found` on the next turn, which
triggers `needsInstructionPersist=true` and re-fetches defaults from the
agent.

Both commands auto-detect the target chat via `CODER_CHAT_ID` (already
set by `agentproc` on chat-spawned processes), or fall back to
single-active-chat resolution for the agent. The `--chat` flag overrides
both.

Also adds sub-agent context inheritance: `createChildSubagentChat` now
copies parent context-file messages to child chats at spawn time, so
delegated sub-agents share the same instruction context without
independently re-fetching from the workspace agent.

<details><summary>Implementation details</summary>

**New files:**
- `cli/exp_chat.go` — CLI command tree under `coder exp chat context`

**Modified files:**
- `agent/agentcontextconfig/api.go` — `ConfigFromDir()` reads context
from an arbitrary directory without env vars
- `codersdk/agentsdk/agentsdk.go` — `AddChatContext`/`ClearChatContext`
SDK methods
- `coderd/workspaceagents.go` — POST/DELETE handlers on
`/workspaceagents/me/chat-context`
- `coderd/coderd.go` — Route registration
- `coderd/database/queries/chats.sql` — `GetActiveChatsByAgentID`,
`SoftDeleteContextFileMessages`
- `coderd/database/dbauthz/dbauthz.go` — RBAC implementations for new
queries
- `coderd/x/chatd/subagent.go` — `copyParentContextFiles` for sub-agent
inheritance
- `cli/root.go` — Register `chatCommand()` in `AGPLExperimental()`

**Auth pattern:** Uses `AgentAuth` (same as `coder external-auth`) —
agent token via `CODER_AGENT_TOKEN` + `CODER_AGENT_URL` env vars.

</details>

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Co-authored-by: Michael Suchacz <203725896+ibetitsmike@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-04-09 16:33:00 +02:00

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Go

package agentcontextconfig
import (
"cmp"
"io"
"net/http"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"regexp"
"strings"
"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/httpapi"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk/workspacesdk"
)
// Env var names for context configuration. Prefixed with EXP_
// to indicate these are experimental and may change.
const (
EnvInstructionsDirs = "CODER_AGENT_EXP_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS"
EnvInstructionsFile = "CODER_AGENT_EXP_INSTRUCTIONS_FILE"
EnvSkillsDirs = "CODER_AGENT_EXP_SKILLS_DIRS"
EnvSkillMetaFile = "CODER_AGENT_EXP_SKILL_META_FILE"
EnvMCPConfigFiles = "CODER_AGENT_EXP_MCP_CONFIG_FILES"
)
const (
maxInstructionFileBytes = 64 * 1024
maxSkillMetaBytes = 64 * 1024
)
// markdownCommentPattern strips HTML comments from instruction
// file content for security (prevents hidden prompt injection).
var markdownCommentPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`<!--[\s\S]*?-->`)
// invisibleRunePattern strips invisible Unicode characters that
// could be used for prompt injection.
//
//nolint:gocritic // Non-ASCII char ranges are intentional for invisible Unicode stripping.
var invisibleRunePattern = regexp.MustCompile(
"[\u00ad\u034f\u061c\u070f" +
"\u115f\u1160\u17b4\u17b5" +
"\u180b-\u180f" +
"\u200b\u200d\u200e\u200f" +
"\u202a-\u202e" +
"\u2060-\u206f" +
"\u3164" +
"\ufe00-\ufe0f" +
"\ufeff" +
"\uffa0" +
"\ufff0-\ufff8]",
)
// skillNamePattern validates kebab-case skill names.
var skillNamePattern = regexp.MustCompile(
`^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$`,
)
// Default values for agent-internal configuration. These are
// used when the corresponding env vars are unset.
const (
DefaultInstructionsDir = "~/.coder"
DefaultInstructionsFile = "AGENTS.md"
DefaultSkillsDir = ".agents/skills"
DefaultSkillMetaFile = "SKILL.md"
DefaultMCPConfigFile = ".mcp.json"
)
// API exposes the resolved context configuration through the
// agent's HTTP API.
type API struct {
workingDir func() string
}
// NewAPI accepts a closure that returns the working directory.
// The directory is evaluated lazily on each call to Config(),
// so the caller can update it after construction.
func NewAPI(workingDir func() string) *API {
if workingDir == nil {
workingDir = func() string { return "" }
}
return &API{workingDir: workingDir}
}
// Config reads env vars, resolves paths, reads instruction files,
// and discovers skills. Returns the HTTP response and the resolved
// MCP config file paths (used only agent-internally). Exported
// for use by tests.
func Config(workingDir string) (workspacesdk.ContextConfigResponse, []string) {
// TrimSpace all env vars before cmp.Or so that a
// whitespace-only value falls through to the default
// consistently. ResolvePaths also trims each comma-
// separated entry, but without pre-trimming here a
// bare " " would bypass cmp.Or and produce nil.
instructionsDir := cmp.Or(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvInstructionsDirs)), DefaultInstructionsDir)
instructionsFile := cmp.Or(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvInstructionsFile)), DefaultInstructionsFile)
skillsDir := cmp.Or(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvSkillsDirs)), DefaultSkillsDir)
skillMetaFile := cmp.Or(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvSkillMetaFile)), DefaultSkillMetaFile)
mcpConfigFile := cmp.Or(strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv(EnvMCPConfigFiles)), DefaultMCPConfigFile)
resolvedInstructionsDirs := ResolvePaths(instructionsDir, workingDir)
resolvedSkillsDirs := ResolvePaths(skillsDir, workingDir)
// Read instruction files from each configured directory.
parts := readInstructionFiles(resolvedInstructionsDirs, instructionsFile)
// Also check the working directory for the instruction file,
// unless it was already covered by InstructionsDirs.
if workingDir != "" {
seenDirs := make(map[string]struct{}, len(resolvedInstructionsDirs))
for _, d := range resolvedInstructionsDirs {
seenDirs[d] = struct{}{}
}
if _, ok := seenDirs[workingDir]; !ok {
if entry, found := readInstructionFileFromDir(workingDir, instructionsFile); found {
parts = append(parts, entry)
}
}
}
// Discover skills from each configured skills directory.
skillParts := discoverSkills(resolvedSkillsDirs, skillMetaFile)
parts = append(parts, skillParts...)
// Guarantee non-nil slice to signal agent support.
if parts == nil {
parts = []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}
}
return workspacesdk.ContextConfigResponse{
Parts: parts,
}, ResolvePaths(mcpConfigFile, workingDir)
}
// ContextPartsFromDir reads instruction files and discovers skills
// from a specific directory, using default file names. This is used
// by the CLI chat context commands to read context from an arbitrary
// directory without consulting agent env vars.
func ContextPartsFromDir(dir string) []codersdk.ChatMessagePart {
var parts []codersdk.ChatMessagePart
if entry, found := readInstructionFileFromDir(dir, DefaultInstructionsFile); found {
parts = append(parts, entry)
}
// Reuse ResolvePaths so CLI skill discovery follows the same
// project-relative path handling as agent config resolution.
skillParts := discoverSkills(
ResolvePaths(strings.Join([]string{DefaultSkillsDir, "skills"}, ","), dir),
DefaultSkillMetaFile,
)
parts = append(parts, skillParts...)
// Guarantee non-nil slice.
if parts == nil {
parts = []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}
}
return parts
}
// MCPConfigFiles returns the resolved MCP configuration file
// paths for the agent's MCP manager.
func (api *API) MCPConfigFiles() []string {
_, mcpFiles := Config(api.workingDir())
return mcpFiles
}
// Routes returns the HTTP handler for the context config
// endpoint.
func (api *API) Routes() http.Handler {
r := chi.NewRouter()
r.Get("/", api.handleGet)
return r
}
func (api *API) handleGet(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
response, _ := Config(api.workingDir())
httpapi.Write(r.Context(), rw, http.StatusOK, response)
}
// readInstructionFiles reads instruction files from each given
// directory. Missing directories are silently skipped. Duplicate
// directories are deduplicated.
func readInstructionFiles(dirs []string, fileName string) []codersdk.ChatMessagePart {
var parts []codersdk.ChatMessagePart
seen := make(map[string]struct{}, len(dirs))
for _, dir := range dirs {
if _, ok := seen[dir]; ok {
continue
}
seen[dir] = struct{}{}
if part, found := readInstructionFileFromDir(dir, fileName); found {
parts = append(parts, part)
}
}
return parts
}
// readInstructionFileFromDir scans a directory for a file matching
// fileName (case-insensitive) and reads its contents.
func readInstructionFileFromDir(dir, fileName string) (codersdk.ChatMessagePart, bool) {
dirEntries, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
if err != nil {
return codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}, false
}
for _, e := range dirEntries {
if e.IsDir() {
continue
}
if strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimSpace(e.Name()), fileName) {
filePath := filepath.Join(dir, e.Name())
content, truncated, ok := readAndSanitizeFile(filePath, maxInstructionFileBytes)
if !ok {
return codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}, false
}
if content == "" {
return codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}, false
}
return codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile,
ContextFilePath: filePath,
ContextFileContent: content,
ContextFileTruncated: truncated,
}, true
}
}
return codersdk.ChatMessagePart{}, false
}
// readAndSanitizeFile reads the file at path, capping the read
// at maxBytes to avoid unbounded memory allocation. It sanitizes
// the content (strips HTML comments and invisible Unicode) and
// returns the result. Returns false if the file cannot be read.
func readAndSanitizeFile(path string, maxBytes int64) (content string, truncated bool, ok bool) {
f, err := os.Open(path)
if err != nil {
return "", false, false
}
defer f.Close()
// Read at most maxBytes+1 to detect truncation without
// allocating the entire file into memory.
raw, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(f, maxBytes+1))
if err != nil {
return "", false, false
}
truncated = int64(len(raw)) > maxBytes
if truncated {
raw = raw[:maxBytes]
}
s := sanitizeInstructionMarkdown(string(raw))
if s == "" {
return "", truncated, true
}
return s, truncated, true
}
// sanitizeInstructionMarkdown strips HTML comments, invisible
// Unicode characters, and CRLF line endings from instruction
// file content.
func sanitizeInstructionMarkdown(content string) string {
content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\r\n", "\n")
content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "\r", "\n")
content = markdownCommentPattern.ReplaceAllString(content, "")
content = invisibleRunePattern.ReplaceAllString(content, "")
return strings.TrimSpace(content)
}
// discoverSkills walks the given skills directories and returns
// metadata for every valid skill it finds. Body and supporting
// file lists are NOT included; chatd fetches those on demand
// via read_skill. Missing directories or individual errors are
// silently skipped.
func discoverSkills(skillsDirs []string, metaFile string) []codersdk.ChatMessagePart {
seen := make(map[string]struct{})
var parts []codersdk.ChatMessagePart
for _, skillsDir := range skillsDirs {
entries, err := os.ReadDir(skillsDir)
if err != nil {
continue
}
for _, entry := range entries {
if !entry.IsDir() {
continue
}
metaPath := filepath.Join(skillsDir, entry.Name(), metaFile)
f, err := os.Open(metaPath)
if err != nil {
continue
}
raw, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(f, maxSkillMetaBytes+1))
_ = f.Close()
if err != nil {
continue
}
if int64(len(raw)) > maxSkillMetaBytes {
raw = raw[:maxSkillMetaBytes]
}
name, description, _, err := workspacesdk.ParseSkillFrontmatter(string(raw))
if err != nil {
continue
}
// The directory name must match the declared name.
if name != entry.Name() {
continue
}
if !skillNamePattern.MatchString(name) {
continue
}
// First occurrence wins across directories.
if _, ok := seen[name]; ok {
continue
}
seen[name] = struct{}{}
skillDir := filepath.Join(skillsDir, entry.Name())
parts = append(parts, codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeSkill,
SkillName: name,
SkillDescription: description,
SkillDir: skillDir,
ContextFileSkillMetaFile: metaFile,
})
}
}
return parts
}