- Add MEMO_TOOLS=1 env var to memo script; when set, all printed
instructions reference native tool names instead of memo paths
- Set MEMO_TOOLS=1 in all memory tool .meta wrappers
- Add memory_nap tool for compressions
- Add memory_zoom tool for tree navigation
- Add part/T pagination args to memory_wake
- Update system prompt to use memory_zoom tool call
- Fix inject ctl: submit as user message when agent is idle
- Add OptMem memory section to system_prompt.md with tool-based API
- Fix KRunner plugin icon: resolve via QStandardPaths instead of theme name
- Fix desktop file icon: use absolute path to bypass stale system icon
Write to session/{s}/goal to set a session-level objective.
A conductor agent is spawned automatically in the background,
decomposes the goal, spawns sub-agents, and reports completion.
- goal file: write sets goal + starts conductor; read returns status
- goalwait file: blocks until goal status changes (BlockOnce)
- Conductor writes status=complete/blocked back to goal when done
- Session.Goal() / SetGoal() / GoalSignal() on Session struct
Enforce three limits on sub-agent spawning:
- depth (default 1): sub-agents cannot spawn their own sub-agents
- parallelism (default unlimited): cap concurrent children per parent
- timeout (default 600s): sub-agents are killed after 10 minutes
Top-level agents are never constrained by timeout.
Also: refactored parseAgentNewRequest to return a struct instead of
4 positional values. Added depth/activeChildren fields to Agent.
OLLIE_SUBAGENT_DEPTH env var set on sub-agents.
Deferred: remove maxSteps (replace entirely with timeout).
Add Sub-Agents section explaining agent/new with prompt= key.
Include examples for single and parallel sub-agent spawning.
Update 9P namespace table to show agent/new as rdwr.
- Remove /tools from olliesrv root (toolsrv owns all tool state)
- Add /all file to toolsrv namespace (lists all available tools on disk)
- Add ListAllTools() to toolsrv client library
- Add tools_all ctl command to agent (reads from toolsrv/all)
- Update system prompt with tools_all usage
tool_load was a built-in intercept in the agent loop — the only
'tool' that didn't run in toolsrv. Removed entirely:
- Intercept in loop.go (25 lines)
- Script + .meta in data/tools/
- autoLoad references in agent configs
Loading tools is now exclusively via ctl (which already existed):
echo 'tool_load X' | ollie-9p write .../ctl
System prompt updated to show the ctl pattern.
- file_grep.meta: replace /home/user/project with /abs/path
- system_prompt.md: use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of ~
- agent-copilot.md: use relative path in code block example
- Explicitly tell model not to invoke tool scripts via filesystem path
- Add concrete examples of native tool calls vs shell
- Document context cancellation flow from interrupt to process kill
- Background procs get timeout=0 (no deadline) set by toolsrv at
the execution layer — not injected as an arg from olliesrv.
Foreground default remains 30s. User can still override via args.
- Timeout logic simplified: caller sets default, ExecuteTool honors it.
- System prompt: clarify background has no timeout, uses 'stop' not 'kill'
- architecture.md: document lifecycle (connection-based ownership)
- evolution.md: update interrupt section with streaming, lifecycle, id= format
- README.md: add parallel execution to capabilities table
- Timeout: timeout=0 means no deadline (was defaulting to 30s)
- Signal: send to process group (-pgid) not just process; SIGTERM no longer
cancels context (only SIGKILL does); cmd.Cancel sends SIGTERM with 5s WaitDelay
- Streaming: background procs stream output in real-time via procWriter;
shell tool no longer buffers all output into a bash variable
- Proc tree: olliesrv exposes proc/{id}/out, proc/{id}/ctl, proc/{id}/status
as proper 9P directory (was broken flat file)
- Connection: proc handlers dial fresh toolsrv conn per request via
Session.DialToolServer() to avoid deadlocking the agent's blocked conn
- Stat format: key=value (exited=true, exit_code=N, id=N) matching client parser
- GC: procs auto-removed 10min after LastRead (exited procs only)
- Rename: PID -> ID throughout (synthetic, not OS PID)
- Ctl commands: term (SIGTERM), kill (SIGKILL), signal <n>, dismiss
- System prompt: correct ollie-9p commands for proc management
When a tool call includes "background": true, it executes via
proc/new.bg and returns immediately with a PID in a
<system-proc-background> tag. The agent tracks active background
processes and injects their output as <system-proc-interrupt> blocks
alongside subsequent tool results.
The model sees background updates without polling. It can react to
build failures, log events, etc. naturally. Kill via PID when done.
Implementation:
- toolsrv client: CallToolBackground (uses proc/new.bg as rdwr)
- toolsrv: proc/new.bg upgraded from write-only to request-response
- agent: bgTracker collects last 20 lines of output per proc
- agent loop: injects interrupts after execToolCalls, before h.update
- system prompt: documents the background mechanism and rules
Levi Neely
Ollie Agent