subagent_spawn: rewrite to use 9P agent/new rdwr

Replace D-Bus fire-and-forget with blocking ollie-9p rdwr to
agent/new. The tool now:
- Blocks until the sub-agent completes
- Returns the sub-agent's reply directly
- Scope: read (multiple spawns run in parallel)
- Tier: hot

Removed: D-Bus dependency, session renaming, JIT config cleanup.
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Levi Neely 2026-08-14 14:55:17 +02:00
parent a8d087a080
commit 165725fea8
2 changed files with 32 additions and 52 deletions

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# args_json: {"type":"object","required":["prompt"],"properties":{"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"Task prompt for the subagent"},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Subagent name (optional)"},"agent":{"type":"string","description":"Agent config (optional)"},"backend":{"type":"string","description":"Backend (optional)"},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Model (optional)"},"cwd":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory (optional)"}}}
# args_json: {"type":"object","required":["prompt"],"properties":{"prompt":{"type":"string","description":"Task prompt for the subagent"},"name":{"type":"string","description":"Subagent display name (optional)"},"profile":{"type":"string","description":"Agent profile (optional, default: default)"},"backend":{"type":"string","description":"Backend (optional)"},"model":{"type":"string","description":"Model (optional)"},"cwd":{"type":"string","description":"Working directory (optional, default: current)"}}}
# ollie:prompt
# ## subagent_spawn
#
# Spawn an independent subagent session with a prompt. Returns immediately.
# Spawn a sub-agent with a task. Blocks until the sub-agent completes and returns its reply.
# The sub-agent gets its own context window and tool access. It is destroyed when done.
#
# ```
# subagent_spawn(prompt="implement the login page", name="worker")
# subagent_spawn(prompt="fix the tests in auth/")
# subagent_spawn(prompt="fix the failing tests in auth/")
# subagent_spawn(prompt="implement the login page", cwd="/home/user/project", model="sonnet")
# ```
#
# **Returns**: session ID, backend, model.
# Multiple subagent_spawn calls in the same turn run in parallel automatically.
# ollie:end
# ollie:scope read
# ollie:tier hot
set -euo pipefail
source "$(dirname "$0")/_lib/args.sh"
SERVICE="org.ollie.SessionManager"
OBJ="/org/ollie/SessionManager"
IFACE="org.ollie.SessionManager"
die() { echo "error: $1" >&2; exit 1; }
dbus_call() {
dbus-send --session --dest=$SERVICE --type=method_call --print-reply \
$OBJ "$IFACE.$1" "${@:2}" 2>/dev/null
}
dbus_string() {
dbus_call "$@" | awk -F'"' '/string "/{print $2; exit}'
}
prompt_text=$(arg_require "prompt")
name=$(arg_get "name" "$(/bin/date +%s%N)-$$")
agent=$(arg_get "agent" "default")
name=$(arg_get "name" "")
profile=$(arg_get "profile" "default")
backend=$(arg_get "backend" "")
model=$(arg_get "model" "")
cwd=$(arg_get "cwd" "$(pwd)")
# Prefix with parent session ID for global uniqueness.
[ -n "${OLLIE_SESSION_ID:-}" ] && name="${OLLIE_SESSION_ID}__${name}"
# Escape newlines in prompt for the key=value wire format.
escaped_prompt=$(printf '%s' "$prompt_text" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g; s/$/\\n/' | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\\n$//')
prompt="[parent_session_id=${OLLIE_SESSION_ID:-}]
[session_id=${name}]
${prompt_text}"
# Build the payload.
payload="cwd=${cwd}
profile=${profile}
prompt=${escaped_prompt}"
# Create session via D-Bus
session_id=$(dbus_string CreateSession \
string:"$cwd" string:"$backend" string:"$model" string:"$agent" string:"" string:"")
[ -n "$name" ] && payload="${payload}
name=${name}"
[ -n "$backend" ] && payload="${payload}
backend=${backend}"
[ -n "$model" ] && payload="${payload}
model=${model}"
[ -z "$session_id" ] && die "failed to create session"
# Rename to our chosen name
dbus_call RenameSession string:"$session_id" string:"$name" > /dev/null 2>&1
# Submit prompt
dbus_call Submit string:"$session_id" string:"$prompt" > /dev/null 2>&1 || die "failed to submit prompt"
# Clean up JIT agent config
[[ "${agent:-}" == jit-* ]] && rm -f "$HOME/.config/ollie/agents/${agent}.json" 2>/dev/null || true
# Report resolved values
config=$(dbus_string GetConfig string:"$session_id")
resolved_backend=$(printf '%s\n' "$config" | grep -m1 '^backend=' | cut -d= -f2- || echo "${backend:-default}")
resolved_model=$(printf '%s\n' "$config" | grep -m1 '^model=' | cut -d= -f2- || echo "${model:-default}")
printf 'session=%s\nbackend=%s\nmodel=%s\n' "$name" "$resolved_backend" "$resolved_model"
# rdwr to agent/new: blocks until sub-agent completes, returns reply.
printf '%s\n' "$payload" | ollie-9p rdwr "session/${OLLIE_SESSION_ID}/agent/new"

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{
"description": "Spawn an independent subagent session with a prompt. Returns immediately.",
"prompt": "## subagent_spawn\n\nSpawn an independent subagent session with a prompt. Returns immediately.\n\n```\nsubagent_spawn(prompt=\"implement the login page\", name=\"worker\")\nsubagent_spawn(prompt=\"fix the tests in auth/\")\n```\n\n**Returns**: session ID, backend, model.",
"description": "Spawn a sub-agent with a task. Blocks until done, returns the reply.",
"prompt": "## subagent_spawn\n\nSpawn a sub-agent with a task. Blocks until the sub-agent completes and returns its reply.\nThe sub-agent gets its own context window and tool access. It is destroyed when done.\n\n```\nsubagent_spawn(prompt=\"fix the failing tests in auth/\")\nsubagent_spawn(prompt=\"implement the login page\", cwd=\"/home/user/project\", model=\"sonnet\")\n```\n\nMultiple subagent_spawn calls in the same turn run in parallel automatically.",
"scope": "read",
"tier": "hot",
"args": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
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},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Subagent name (optional)"
"description": "Subagent display name (optional)"
},
"agent": {
"profile": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Agent config (optional)"
"description": "Agent profile (optional, default: default)"
},
"backend": {
"type": "string",
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},
"cwd": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Working directory (optional)"
"description": "Working directory (optional, default: current)"
}
}
}