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deepseek-harness/docs/rfc/implemented/architecture/2026-06-11-microkernel-event-taxonomy.md
Tianyi Cui 483e0e5edf fix(events): address Codex review — protect post-execute result, purge stale tools/execute refs
Codex's PR-C review found two (A) blockers:

- tools/post-execute could corrupt the protected outcome. postExecute passed the
  mutable `result` to listeners and then read result.callId / spread result on the
  return paths, so a listener mutating the reference (flipping isError, rewriting
  callId, injecting an error) escaped the decision channel. Now the authoritative
  callId/isError/error are SNAPSHOT before the waterfall and the return value is
  rebuilt from the snapshot + the typed PostToolDecision — the decision is the only
  sanctioned way to change the outcome, and callId is always exec.callId. Added a
  regression test that mutates the result reference and asserts it has no effect;
  proven to fail red on the unfixed code.

- Public docs/JSDoc still advertised the removed `tools/execute` waterfall after the
  split. Swept every current-state reference to tools/pre-execute + tools/post-execute:
  the ToolRegistry class JSDoc (and the regenerated catalog), loop.ts's ASCII flow
  (also added the prompt-submit/session-start steps it was missing), the package-map
  READMEs (packages, core, agent-core), core-data-structures core.md/tools.md, the
  bash + acp + invariants src/READMEs (the deferred permission gate is the
  tools/pre-execute deny/ask seam now), the cookbook, and the implemented RFCs whose
  factual seam catalog drifted. codec.ts's totality prose now lists `rejected`.
  Proposed-RFC references are left as-is (frozen proposals, validated when built).
2026-06-30 20:25:30 +08:00

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RFC: Microkernel — extension via Cordis event taxonomy, one concrete loop

Status: implemented (accepted 2026-06-11)

Context

The product principle (see the 微内核Harness实现思路 design doc) is "everything is a plugin": hooks, /goal, /loop, dynamic workflows, compaction, sandboxing, permissions, UI, persistence, MCP, skills must all be writable as plugins without modifying the core. Candidate mechanisms considered: a purpose-built middleware stack (koa-compose style), an explicit phase state machine plugins can insert into, or Cordis's native event system.

Decision

Pure Cordis event taxonomy. The loop's extension seams are typed events with deliberate dispatch modes:

  • waterfall (around-middleware) where plugins mutate or veto: agent/prompt-submit, agent/request, agent/step-result, agent/turn-continuation, tools/pre-execute, tools/post-execute, llm/stream, system-prompt/assemble.
  • emit (sync fire-and-forget) for notifications: turn/step boundaries, stream chunks, lifecycle, errors.
  • parallel (awaited) for the one durability checkpoint: session/flush.

The event vocabulary lives in interface packages (dsh-agent declares the agent/* events); @deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-loop is the only concrete loop plugin and is itself swappable — nothing outside it may depend on it.

Consequences

  • Every MVP feature maps to a listener (the "plugin sanity checklist" in docs/architecture.md is the proof obligation, kept current).
  • HMR and disposal come free: listeners and registrations are Cordis effects.
  • Waterfall semantics (call next() or short-circuit) are non-obvious and must be taught — documented in AGENTS.md and covered by composition tests.
  • The loop must be defensive: plugin exceptions are contained at turn level, steering from any seam is never stranded (regression-tested).