Files
coder/coderd/x
Michael Suchacz dbcc654d28 feat: snapshot explore subagent tool entitlements (#24638)
Explore sub-agents previously could not use `web_search` or external MCP
tools. `runChat` hard-skipped both for Explore. Lifting those guards
naively would over-grant tools, because a child chat could outlive the
spawning turn's plan-mode filter.

This change persists the spawning parent turn's filtered external MCP
server IDs onto the child Explore chat, and simplifies the Explore
provider-tool filter in `runChat`:

- New `resolveExploreToolSnapshot` helper: computes the child's
inherited external MCP subset by running the parent's configs through
`filterExternalMCPConfigsForTurn` (plan-mode policy) and, if the parent
is itself an Explore child, further narrowing to the parent's own
persisted `MCPServerIDs`. The result is written to the child's
`MCPServerIDs` column at spawn time.
- The existing `mcp_server_ids` column is the sole durable snapshot. No
new chat column is added.
- `runChat` for Explore children: loads MCP tools from the persisted
snapshot, and keeps only `web_search` from provider-native tools (to
block computer-use and other write-style tools, since Explore is
read-only). Whether `web_search` is actually available is a per-model
decision, determined by the current model config, just like a main chat.
- Built-in Explore allowlist is unchanged. Workspace-local MCP remains
excluded for Explore.

Verification: `go build ./...`, `go test ./coderd/x/chatd/... -count=1`,
`make gen` (clean tree), `make lint/emdash`, `go vet`. Deep-review ran
12 reviewers on the feature and 5 on the clarity refactor; CAR reviewed
and approved; a subsequent scope reduction dropped a temporary
`allow_web_search` column in favor of per-model handling.

> Mux is acting on Mike's behalf.
2026-04-23 19:07:38 +02:00
..