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coder/coderd/x/chatd/instruction_test.go
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Kyle Carberry 919dc299fc feat: agent reads context files and discovers skills locally (#23935)
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.
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package chatd //nolint:testpackage // Uses internal symbols.
import (
"strings"
"testing"
"charm.land/fantasy"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/coderd/x/chatd/chatprompt"
"github.com/coder/coder/v2/codersdk"
)
func TestInsertSystemInstructionAfterSystemMessages(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
prompt := []fantasy.Message{
{
Role: fantasy.MessageRoleSystem,
Content: []fantasy.MessagePart{
fantasy.TextPart{Text: "base"},
},
},
{
Role: fantasy.MessageRoleUser,
Content: []fantasy.MessagePart{
fantasy.TextPart{Text: "hello"},
},
},
}
got := chatprompt.InsertSystem(prompt, "project rules")
require.Len(t, got, 3)
require.Equal(t, fantasy.MessageRoleSystem, got[0].Role)
require.Equal(t, fantasy.MessageRoleSystem, got[1].Role)
require.Equal(t, fantasy.MessageRoleUser, got[2].Role)
part, ok := fantasy.AsMessagePart[fantasy.TextPart](got[1].Content[0])
require.True(t, ok)
require.Equal(t, "project rules", part.Text)
}
func TestFormatSystemInstructions(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
t.Run("HomeAndPwdWithAgentContext", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("linux", "/home/coder/project", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "home rules", ContextFilePath: "/home/coder/.coder/AGENTS.md"},
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "project rules", ContextFilePath: "/home/coder/project/AGENTS.md"},
})
require.Contains(t, got, "Operating System: linux")
require.Contains(t, got, "Working Directory: /home/coder/project")
require.Contains(t, got, "Source: /home/coder/.coder/AGENTS.md")
require.Contains(t, got, "home rules")
require.Contains(t, got, "Source: /home/coder/project/AGENTS.md")
require.Contains(t, got, "project rules")
require.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(got, "<workspace-context>"))
require.True(t, strings.HasSuffix(got, "</workspace-context>"))
})
t.Run("OnlyPwdFile", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("", "/home/coder/project", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "project rules", ContextFilePath: "/home/coder/project/AGENTS.md"},
})
require.Contains(t, got, "project rules")
require.Contains(t, got, "Source: /home/coder/project/AGENTS.md")
require.NotContains(t, got, ".coder/AGENTS.md")
})
t.Run("OnlyAgentContext", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("darwin", "/Users/dev/repo", nil)
require.Contains(t, got, "Operating System: darwin")
require.Contains(t, got, "Working Directory: /Users/dev/repo")
require.NotContains(t, got, "Source:")
require.True(t, strings.HasPrefix(got, "<workspace-context>"))
require.True(t, strings.HasSuffix(got, "</workspace-context>"))
})
t.Run("OnlyHomeFile", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("", "", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "home rules", ContextFilePath: "~/.coder/AGENTS.md"},
})
require.Contains(t, got, "Source: ~/.coder/AGENTS.md")
require.Contains(t, got, "home rules")
require.NotContains(t, got, "Operating System:")
require.NotContains(t, got, "Working Directory:")
})
t.Run("Empty", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("", "", nil)
require.Empty(t, got)
})
t.Run("TruncatedFile", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("windows", "", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "rules", ContextFilePath: "/path/AGENTS.md", ContextFileTruncated: true},
})
require.Contains(t, got, "truncated to 64KiB")
require.Contains(t, got, "Operating System: windows")
})
t.Run("AgentContextBeforeFiles", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("linux", "/home/project", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "home", ContextFilePath: "/home/.coder/AGENTS.md"},
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "pwd", ContextFilePath: "/home/project/AGENTS.md"},
})
osIdx := strings.Index(got, "Operating System:")
dirIdx := strings.Index(got, "Working Directory:")
homeSourceIdx := strings.Index(got, "Source: /home/.coder/AGENTS.md")
pwdSourceIdx := strings.Index(got, "Source: /home/project/AGENTS.md")
require.Less(t, osIdx, homeSourceIdx)
require.Less(t, dirIdx, homeSourceIdx)
require.Less(t, homeSourceIdx, pwdSourceIdx)
})
t.Run("EmptySectionsIgnored", func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got := formatSystemInstructions("linux", "", []codersdk.ChatMessagePart{
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "", ContextFilePath: "/empty"},
{Type: codersdk.ChatMessagePartTypeContextFile, ContextFileContent: "real", ContextFilePath: "/real/AGENTS.md"},
})
require.NotContains(t, got, "Source: /empty")
require.Contains(t, got, "Source: /real/AGENTS.md")
})
}