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deepseek-harness/docs/rfc/rejected/architecture/2026-06-20-providerless-example-base.md
Tianyi Cui e2bde2902c refactor(examples): extract the app spine into dsh-agent-core + app packages
Implements docs/rfc/.../2026-06-20-extract-example-app-packages.md. Each
example was thick — a hand-rolled start.ts, an infra preamble, nested
base.yml/base-core.yml/acp-tail.yml includes, and a coupled front-door
cluster enforced only by prose. This moves the composition into packages so
each example is a thin leaf cordis.yml: pick the swappable backends, load one
app package.

New packages:
  - @deepseek-ai/dsh-agent-core (packages/core/agent-core): one bundle plugin
    that loads the providerless/executor-less/UI-less spine (timer + llm +
    sessions + system-prompt + tools + agents + invariants + tool-bash +
    agent-loop) via ctx.plugin(...) inside apply(), and forwards agent-loop's
    `agents` list as its own Config (export const Config = AgentLoop.Config,
    default []).
  - @deepseek-ai/dsh-stdio-agent (packages/ui/stdio-agent): terminal chat APP —
    agent-core + console logger + readline UI + a pre-created `main` agent, with
    a bin. The demo:echo/coding front door.
  - @deepseek-ai/dsh-acp-agent (packages/ui/acp-agent): ACP server APP —
    agent-core + JSONL persistence + the acp bridge, NO stdout logger, with a
    bin. The stdout-purity footgun is structurally unreachable from the leaf.

Amendment to the RFC: hmr stays a LEAF cordis.yml entry, not baked into
dsh-stdio-agent. hmr is a Loader-only dev plugin (throws without
--expose-internals; the in-process test tier can't even import its decorator
form), so a package statically importing it could never carry the per-file
coverage gate. Unlike the console logger, a stray hmr is not a stdout-purity
footgun, so leaving it at the leaf costs no safety. With hmr out, all three new
packages carry in-process unit specs at 100%.

Boot glue (Loader tail, .env load, snapshot-mode selection, stdin-dispose
lifecycle) moves into each app's bin; start.ts and base.yml/base-core.yml/
acp-tail.yml are deleted. Each app package gets a keyless real-load-path test
that boots through its bin + the cordis Loader (guarding the unwrapExports
export-shape bug class, postmortem 0001). ACP snapshot replay stays green
against the existing committed goldens (pure boot restructuring). RFC moved
proposed->implemented with the amendment recorded; package/example/architecture
docs and the module graph updated.
2026-06-21 12:06:38 +08:00

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RFC: Make the shared example base providerless

Status: rejected — superseded by Extract example apps into packages, which moves the spine into a dsh-agent-core bundle and deletes the base*.yml files, so there is no shared base YAML left to rename.

Problem

The examples had two shared base files: examples/base-core.yml was providerless, while examples/base.yml included that core plus the real llm-deepseek adapter. Snapshot replay needs the providerless core with llm-replay, because loading the real adapter without a key throws. The normal demos need the real adapter. The result was a naming inversion: the file named base.yml was not the reusable base for all examples, while the true base was base-core.yml.

The split was understandable, but it made every config explanation longer. It also led to awkward test setup like a keyless smoke test carrying a dummy API key so an adapter could boot even though the model is not called.

Proposal

Rename the providerless core to examples/base.yml and make adapter selection explicit in each concrete example. The coding and ACP real configs add a tiny llm-deepseek include or local block; snapshot config adds llm-replay. Delete examples/base-core.yml.

The shared base should contain only provider-neutral services and tools: llm, sessions, system prompt, tools, agents, invariants, bash executor, and bash tool schemas. Anything that chooses a model provider belongs at the leaf config.

Acceptance criteria

  • examples/base.yml is providerless.
  • examples/base-core.yml is deleted.
  • Real demo configs explicitly add the DeepSeek adapter.
  • Snapshot replay config includes the same providerless base and its replay adapter.
  • The examples README, example-specific READMEs, and RFC references stop explaining "base = base-core plus adapter".

What we give up

Real demos lose one layer of convenience: each must opt into the adapter. That is the right default for examples, because adapter choice is the variable part and providerless wiring is the shared product core.