@app-vitals/agent-admin 0.15.0 → 0.16.0

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@app-vitals/agent-admin",
-  "version": "0.15.0",
+  "version": "0.16.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/app-vitals/agent.git",
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.135.0",
-    "@app-vitals/agent-lib": "0.15.0",
+    "@app-vitals/agent-lib": "0.16.0",
     "@hono/zod-openapi": "^1.0.0",
     "@prisma/adapter-pg": "^7.10.0",
     "@prisma/client": "^7.10.0",

package/src/account-agent-create.ts

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  *
  * Shared rules for self-serve agent creation by account users (SSP-4.2),
  * used by both the admin UI form handler and the JSON API route so the two
- * cannot drift: account users always create "coding" agents stamped with
- * THEIR account (never a client-supplied one), and quota / account-status
- * failures surface as clear messages.
+ * cannot drift: account users always create the self-serve specialty (see
+ * getSelfServeSpecialty) stamped with THEIR account (never a client-supplied
+ * one), and quota / account-status failures surface as clear messages.
  */
 
 import type { CallerScope } from "./caller-scope.ts";

package/src/admin-boot.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ import {
   type AdminExtension,
   type AdminExtensionContext,
   collectServiceIntegrations,
+  collectSpecialtyDefaults,
   mountRouteContributions,
   resolveAdminExtensions,
   startBackgroundPasses,
@@ -178,7 +179,15 @@ export async function startAdmin(
     undefined,
     anthropicFederationEnabled,
   );
-  const agentCronJobService = new AgentCronJobService(prisma);
+  // Extension-supplied specialty defaults (crons/tools/plugins), consulted by
+  // the cron reconcile and create-time seeding before the manifest.
+  const specialtyDefaults = collectSpecialtyDefaults(extensions);
+  const agentCronJobService = new AgentCronJobService(
+    prisma,
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    specialtyDefaults,
+  );
   const agentCronRunService = new AgentCronRunService(prisma);
   const agentToolService = new AgentToolService(prisma);
   const agentTokenService = new AgentTokenService(prisma);
@@ -450,6 +459,7 @@ export async function startAdmin(
     agentMemberService,
     callerScopeResolver,
     specialtyRegistry: new SpecialtyRegistry(),
+    specialtyDefaults,
     agentChatTokenService,
     agentGitHubInstallationsService,
     prisma,
@@ -541,6 +551,7 @@ export async function startAdmin(
     agentService,
     provisioner,
     anthropicFederationEnabled,
+    specialtyDefaults,
     serviceIntegrations,
     chatService: deletionChatService,
     slack: slackClient,

package/src/admin-extension.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
  *   agentDetailCards(ctx)  — extra cards on the agent detail page, each placed
  *                            in the header or the Configuration group
  *   backgroundPasses(ctx)  — interval loops, started after the platform sweepers
+ *   specialtyDefaults(name) — a specialty's default crons/tools/plugins. Like
+ *                            serviceIntegrations it needs no context and is
+ *                            collected before the services are built; the cron
+ *                            reconcile and create-time seeding consult it
+ *                            before the specialty manifest, which remains the
+ *                            fallback when no extension returns anything
  *
  * openApi() is static (no context): scripts/generate-admin-spec.ts calls it to
  * fold extension routes/schemas into admin/openapi.json without booting.
@@ -52,6 +58,10 @@ import type { AgentPhaseMethodologyServiceLike } from "./api.ts";
 import type { createCallerScopeResolver } from "./caller-scope.ts";
 import type { PushService } from "./push-service.ts";
 import type { ServiceIntegration } from "./service-integration.ts";
+import type {
+  SpecialtyDefaults,
+  SpecialtyDefaultsResolver,
+} from "./specialty-defaults.ts";
 
 /** The platform services an extension may build on. */
 export interface AdminPlatformServices {
@@ -168,6 +178,8 @@ export interface AdminExtension {
   name?: string;
   /** See the header: env-only, resolved before the provisioner is built. */
   serviceIntegrations?(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): ServiceIntegration[];
+  /** See the header: undefined means "no opinion" — the manifest applies. */
+  specialtyDefaults?(specialty: string): SpecialtyDefaults | undefined;
   services?(ctx: AdminExtensionContext): AdminExtensionServices;
   apiRoutes?(ctx: AdminExtensionContext): AdminRouteContribution[];
   adminUiRoutes?(ctx: AdminExtensionContext): AdminRouteContribution[];
@@ -344,6 +356,23 @@ export function collectServiceIntegrations(
   return extensions.flatMap((ext) => ext.serviceIntegrations?.(env) ?? []);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builds the resolver the cron reconcile and create-time seeding consult
+ * before the manifest. The first extension returning defaults wins; with none
+ * registered (or none answering) it returns undefined and the manifest applies.
+ */
+export function collectSpecialtyDefaults(
+  extensions: readonly AdminExtension[],
+): SpecialtyDefaultsResolver {
+  return (specialty) => {
+    for (const ext of extensions) {
+      const defaults = ext.specialtyDefaults?.(specialty);
+      if (defaults) return defaults;
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  };
+}
+
 /** Mounts each contribution on root, in order. */
 export function mountRouteContributions(
   root: AnyHono,

package/src/admin-extension.unit.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   applyOpenApiContributions,
   collectOpenApiContributions,
   collectServiceIntegrations,
+  collectSpecialtyDefaults,
   mountRouteContributions,
   renderAgentDetailCardSlots,
   renderAgentDetailCards,
@@ -530,3 +531,21 @@ describe("renderAgentDetailCardSlots", () => {
     expect(rendered).toBe(1);
   });
 });
+
+describe("collectSpecialtyDefaults", () => {
+  it("returns undefined with no extensions or hookless extensions", () => {
+    expect(collectSpecialtyDefaults([])("coding")).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(
+      collectSpecialtyDefaults([{ name: "bare" }])("coding"),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("returns the first extension's defaults that answers for the specialty", () => {
+    const resolve = collectSpecialtyDefaults([
+      { specialtyDefaults: (s) => (s === "a" ? { tools: ["A"] } : undefined) },
+      { specialtyDefaults: () => ({ tools: ["B"] }) },
+    ]);
+    expect(resolve("a")).toEqual({ tools: ["A"] });
+    expect(resolve("b")).toEqual({ tools: ["B"] });
+  });
+});

package/src/admin-local-agent.smoke.test.ts

@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ describe("admin UI — account users create / delete agents (SSP-4.2)", () => {
     expect(res.status).toBe(403);
   });
 
-  it("POST /admin/agents — account user's agent is stamped with their account and forced to coding", async () => {
+  it("POST /admin/agents — account user's agent is stamped with their account and forced to the self-serve specialty", async () => {
     const { deps, created } = depsCapturingCreate("acct-a");
     const res = await createAdminUIApp(deps).request(
       "/admin/agents",

package/src/admin-ui-pages.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import { PROGRESS_LABELS } from "@app-vitals/agent-lib/progress-phases";
+import { getSelfServeSpecialty } from "./account-agent-create.ts";
 import { renderAdminPage } from "./admin-ui-layout.ts";
 import {
   BREAKPOINT_MOBILE_MAX,
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   renderAdminToolbar,
 } from "./admin-ui-styles.ts";
 import type { ManualStep } from "./agent-deletion-checklist.ts";
-import type { SpecialtyOption } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
 import { isAudioFilename } from "./attachment-validation.ts";
 import { parseChatMarkers } from "./chat-markers.ts";
 import type {
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import type {
   ThreadStats,
 } from "./http-chat-client.ts";
 import { renderPushToggle } from "./push-toggle.ts";
+import type { SpecialtyOption } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
 
 // ─── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ export function renderNewLocalAgentPage(
     </div>`
     : "";
   const typeFieldHtml = selfServe
-    ? `<input type="hidden" name="type" value="coding" />`
+    ? `<input type="hidden" name="type" value="${escapeHtml(getSelfServeSpecialty())}" />`
     : `<div class="form-group">
           <label class="form-label" for="type">Specialty <span style="color:#ef4444">*</span></label>
           <select id="type" name="type" class="form-input" required>

package/src/admin-ui-pages.unit.test.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * No I/O, no Hono, no HTTP — pure string → string.
  */
 
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { renderZeroQuotaNotice } from "./admin-ui-account-pages.ts";
 import {
   type AgentDetail,
@@ -4259,12 +4259,38 @@ describe("renderNewLocalAgentPage — self-serve account user (SSP-4.2)", () =>
     expect(html).toContain("Claude API key");
   });
 
-  test("forces the coding type via a hidden input instead of a type select", () => {
-    const html = renderNewLocalAgentPage(USER_NAME, [CODING_TYPE], {
-      selfServe,
+  describe("hidden type input", () => {
+    const saved = {
+      selfServe: process.env.SHIPWRIGHT_SELF_SERVE_AGENT_TYPE,
+      defaultType: process.env.SHIPWRIGHT_DEFAULT_AGENT_TYPE,
+    };
+    const restore = (key: string, value: string | undefined) => {
+      if (value === undefined) delete process.env[key];
+      else process.env[key] = value;
+    };
+    afterEach(() => {
+      restore("SHIPWRIGHT_SELF_SERVE_AGENT_TYPE", saved.selfServe);
+      restore("SHIPWRIGHT_DEFAULT_AGENT_TYPE", saved.defaultType);
+    });
+
+    test("carries the SHIPWRIGHT_SELF_SERVE_AGENT_TYPE value instead of a type select", () => {
+      process.env.SHIPWRIGHT_SELF_SERVE_AGENT_TYPE = "base";
+      const html = renderNewLocalAgentPage(USER_NAME, [CODING_TYPE], {
+        selfServe,
+      });
+      expect(html).toContain('<input type="hidden" name="type" value="base"');
+      expect(html).not.toContain('name="type" value="coding"');
+      expect(html).not.toMatch(/<select[^>]*name="type"/);
+    });
+
+    test("falls back to the resolved default specialty when the env is unset", () => {
+      delete process.env.SHIPWRIGHT_SELF_SERVE_AGENT_TYPE;
+      delete process.env.SHIPWRIGHT_DEFAULT_AGENT_TYPE;
+      const html = renderNewLocalAgentPage(USER_NAME, [CODING_TYPE], {
+        selfServe,
+      });
+      expect(html).toContain('<input type="hidden" name="type" value="coding"');
     });
-    expect(html).toContain('<input type="hidden" name="type" value="coding"');
-    expect(html).not.toMatch(/<select[^>]*name="type"/);
   });
 
   test("at zero remaining, explains the limit and points at the contact email", () => {

package/src/admin-ui.ts

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ import {
   type SpecialtyManifestResolver,
   SpecialtyRegistry,
 } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
+import type { SpecialtyDefaultsResolver } from "./specialty-defaults.ts";
 import type { AgentService } from "./agents.ts";
 import { createAgent, describeRepoNameCollision } from "./agents.ts";
 import { AnthropicCredentialsBlockedError } from "./anthropic-credential-guard.ts";
@@ -352,6 +353,8 @@ export interface AdminUIDeps {
    * already used by agents-api.ts's AdminDeps.
    */
   specialtyRegistry?: SpecialtyManifestResolver;
+  /** Extension-supplied specialty defaults, consulted before the manifest. */
+  specialtyDefaults?: SpecialtyDefaultsResolver;
   /**
    * Cleanup deps for the full delete-agent orchestration (POST
    * /admin/agents/:id/delete → deleteAgentFully()). Matches
@@ -782,6 +785,7 @@ export function createAdminUIApp(deps: AdminUIDeps): Hono<AdminUIEnv> {
     accountCreatedNotifier,
     accountServices,
     specialtyRegistry = new SpecialtyRegistry(),
+    specialtyDefaults,
     callerScopeResolver = memberOnlyCallerScopeResolver(agentMemberService),
     serviceIntegrations,
     chatService,
@@ -1557,6 +1561,7 @@ export function createAdminUIApp(deps: AdminUIDeps): Hono<AdminUIEnv> {
         agentCronJobService,
         provisioner,
         specialtyRegistry,
+        specialtyDefaults,
         anthropicFederationEnabled: deps.anthropicFederationEnabled,
       },
       {

package/src/agent-cron-jobs.integration.test.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import type { PrismaClient } from "../prisma/client/client.ts";
+import {
+  type AdminExtension,
+  collectSpecialtyDefaults,
+} from "./admin-extension.ts";
 import { AgentCronJobService } from "./agent-cron-jobs.ts";
 import { NotFoundError, UnprocessableEntityError } from "./errors.ts";
 import { createAdminPrismaClient } from "./prisma-client.ts";
@@ -581,3 +585,93 @@ describeOrSkip("AgentCronJobService (integration)", () => {
     expect(await service.list(agentId)).toEqual([]);
   });
 });
+
+// A fixture extension supplying defaults, wired the way admin-boot.ts does.
+const fixtureExtension: AdminExtension = {
+  name: "fixture",
+  specialtyDefaults: (specialty) =>
+    specialty === FIXTURE_TYPE
+      ? {
+          crons: [
+            {
+              name: "ext-loop",
+              schedule: "*/10 * * * *",
+              prompt: "/ext:loop",
+              enabled: true,
+            },
+            {
+              name: "ext-child",
+              schedule: "5 * * * *",
+              prompt: "/ext:child",
+              enabled: false,
+              parentCron: "ext-loop",
+            },
+          ],
+        }
+      : undefined,
+};
+
+describeOrSkip("AgentCronJobService specialtyDefaults (integration)", () => {
+  let prisma: PrismaClient;
+  let service: AgentCronJobService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    prisma = makePrisma();
+    await prisma.agentToken.deleteMany();
+    await prisma.agentCronJob.deleteMany();
+    await prisma.agentTool.deleteMany();
+    await prisma.agentEnv.deleteMany();
+    await prisma.agent.deleteMany();
+    service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma,
+      undefined,
+      fixtureResolver,
+      collectSpecialtyDefaults([fixtureExtension]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await prisma.$disconnect();
+  });
+
+  it("reconcile seeds the extension's crons instead of the manifest's", async () => {
+    const agentId = await createAgent(prisma);
+    const result = await service.reconcileSystemCrons(agentId);
+    expect(result).toEqual({ created: 2, updated: 0, deleted: 0 });
+    const jobs = await service.list(agentId);
+    expect(jobs.map((j) => j.name).sort()).toEqual(["ext-child", "ext-loop"]);
+    const loop = jobs.find((j) => j.name === "ext-loop");
+    const child = jobs.find((j) => j.name === "ext-child");
+    expect(child?.parentCronId).toBe(loop?.id as string);
+    expect(child?.enabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("re-reconcile keeps ids and enabled state and deletes orphaned system crons", async () => {
+    const agentId = await createAgent(prisma);
+    await service.reconcileSystemCrons(agentId);
+    const before = await service.list(agentId);
+    const loop = before.find((j) => j.name === "ext-loop");
+    await prisma.agentCronJob.update({
+      where: { id: loop?.id as string },
+      data: { enabled: false },
+    });
+    await prisma.agentCronJob.create({
+      data: {
+        agentId,
+        name: "stale-system",
+        system: true,
+        schedule: "* * * * *",
+        prompt: "x",
+      },
+    });
+
+    const result = await service.reconcileSystemCrons(agentId);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ created: 0, updated: 2, deleted: 1 });
+    const after = await service.list(agentId);
+    const loopAfter = after.find((j) => j.name === "ext-loop");
+    expect(loopAfter?.id).toBe(loop?.id as string);
+    expect(loopAfter?.enabled).toBe(false);
+    expect(after.some((j) => j.name === "stale-system")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

package/src/agent-cron-jobs.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ import {
   resolveDefaultSpecialtyName,
   resolveSpecialtiesDir,
 } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
+import type {
+  SpecialtyDefaultCron,
+  SpecialtyDefaultsResolver,
+} from "./specialty-defaults.ts";
 import type { SpecialtyManifest } from "./specialty-registry.ts";
 import { type Clock, SystemClock } from "./clock.ts";
 import { NotFoundError, UnprocessableEntityError } from "./errors.ts";
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ export class AgentCronJobService {
     private prisma: PrismaClient,
     private clock: Clock = SystemClock(),
     private specialtyRegistry: SpecialtyManifestResolver = new SpecialtyRegistry(),
+    private specialtyDefaults: SpecialtyDefaultsResolver = () => undefined,
   ) {}
 
   /**
@@ -494,8 +499,12 @@ export class AgentCronJobService {
       throw new NotFoundError(`agent ${agentId} not found`);
     }
     const { specialty } = agent;
-    const manifest = this.specialtyRegistry.tryGetManifest(specialty);
-    if (!manifest) {
+    // Extension-supplied crons win; the manifest is the fallback.
+    const extensionCrons = this.specialtyDefaults(specialty)?.crons;
+    const manifest = extensionCrons
+      ? undefined
+      : this.specialtyRegistry.tryGetManifest(specialty);
+    if (!extensionCrons && !manifest) {
       const defaultName = resolveDefaultSpecialtyName();
       if (specialty === defaultName) {
         throw missingDefaultSpecialtyError(
@@ -509,7 +518,8 @@ export class AgentCronJobService {
       );
       return { created: 0, updated: 0, deleted: 0 };
     }
-    const manifestCrons: readonly ManifestCron[] = manifest.crons;
+    const manifestCrons: readonly (ManifestCron | SpecialtyDefaultCron)[] =
+      extensionCrons ?? manifest?.crons ?? [];
 
     // Fetch all existing system crons for this agent
     const existingSystemCrons = await this.prisma.agentCronJob.findMany({
@@ -566,7 +576,7 @@ export class AgentCronJobService {
               preCheck: systemCron.preCheck ?? null,
               channel: null,
               user: null,
-              enabled: systemCron.enabled,
+              enabled: systemCron.enabled ?? true,
             },
           });
           idByName.set(systemCron.name, createdCron.id);

package/src/agent-cron-jobs.unit.test.ts

@@ -422,3 +422,118 @@ describe("reconcileSystemCrons (unit, injected registry)", () => {
     expect(Array.from(rows.values())[0]?.name).toBe("shipwright-loop");
   });
 });
+
+describe("reconcileSystemCrons (specialtyDefaults hook)", () => {
+  const extCron = {
+    name: "ext-cron",
+    schedule: "*/5 * * * *",
+    prompt: "/ext",
+    enabled: false,
+  };
+
+  test("hook crons win over the manifest and the manifest is not consulted", async () => {
+    const registry = fakeRegistry({ coding: [loopCron] });
+    const { prisma, rows } = makeFakePrisma({ specialty: "coding" });
+    const service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      undefined,
+      registry,
+      (specialty) =>
+        specialty === "coding" ? { crons: [extCron] } : undefined,
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.reconcileSystemCrons("agent-1");
+
+    expect(result.created).toBe(1);
+    expect(registry.lookups).toEqual([]);
+    const [row] = Array.from(rows.values());
+    expect(row?.name).toBe("ext-cron");
+    expect(row?.enabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("hook returning nothing falls back to the manifest", async () => {
+    const registry = fakeRegistry({ coding: [loopCron] });
+    const { prisma, rows } = makeFakePrisma({ specialty: "coding" });
+    const service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      undefined,
+      registry,
+      () => undefined,
+    );
+
+    await service.reconcileSystemCrons("agent-1");
+
+    expect(Array.from(rows.values()).map((r) => r.name)).toEqual([
+      "shipwright-loop",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("defaults without crons fall back to the manifest crons", async () => {
+    const registry = fakeRegistry({ coding: [loopCron] });
+    const { prisma, rows } = makeFakePrisma({ specialty: "coding" });
+    const service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      undefined,
+      registry,
+      () => ({ tools: ["Read"] }),
+    );
+
+    await service.reconcileSystemCrons("agent-1");
+
+    expect(Array.from(rows.values()).map((r) => r.name)).toEqual([
+      "shipwright-loop",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  test("reconciles hook crons without any manifest for the specialty", async () => {
+    const registry = fakeRegistry({});
+    const { prisma, rows } = makeFakePrisma({ specialty: "ext-only" });
+    const service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      undefined,
+      registry,
+      () => ({ crons: [extCron] }),
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.reconcileSystemCrons("agent-1");
+
+    expect(result.created).toBe(1);
+    expect(Array.from(rows.values())[0]?.name).toBe("ext-cron");
+  });
+
+  test("preserves row id and enabled state, links parents, and deletes orphans", async () => {
+    const registry = fakeRegistry({});
+    const { prisma, rows } = makeFakePrisma({
+      specialty: "coding",
+      existing: [
+        { id: "stable-id", name: "ext-cron", enabled: true },
+        { id: "orphan", name: "removed-cron" },
+      ],
+    });
+    const service = new AgentCronJobService(
+      prisma as unknown as PrismaClient,
+      undefined,
+      registry,
+      () => ({
+        crons: [
+          extCron,
+          {
+            name: "ext-child",
+            schedule: "* * * * *",
+            prompt: "/c",
+            parentCron: "ext-cron",
+          },
+        ],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const result = await service.reconcileSystemCrons("agent-1");
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ created: 1, updated: 1, deleted: 1 });
+    expect(rows.get("stable-id")?.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(rows.has("orphan")).toBe(false);
+    const child = Array.from(rows.values()).find((r) => r.name === "ext-child");
+    expect(child?.parentCronId).toBe("stable-id");
+    expect(child?.enabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+});

package/src/agents-api.ts

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ import {
   UpsertChatTokenDailyBodySchema,
 } from "./openapi-schemas.ts";
 import type { SelfServeConfig } from "./self-serve-config.ts";
+import type { SpecialtyDefaultsResolver } from "./specialty-defaults.ts";
 import type { SpecialtyManifestResolver } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
 import { managedReconcileTargets } from "./startup-policy-reconcile.ts";
 
@@ -225,6 +226,8 @@ export interface AdminDeps {
    * Required (not optional) because the route needs it unconditionally.
    */
   specialtyRegistry: SpecialtyManifestResolver;
+  /** Extension-supplied specialty defaults, consulted before the manifest. */
+  specialtyDefaults?: SpecialtyDefaultsResolver;
   agentChatTokenService: Pick<
     AgentChatTokenService,
     "upsertDailyByModel" | "queryStats"
@@ -1522,6 +1525,7 @@ export function createAdminApp(deps: AdminDeps): OpenAPIHono<AdminAuthEnv> {
     agentPluginService,
     agentMemberService,
     specialtyRegistry,
+    specialtyDefaults,
     agentChatTokenService,
     agentGitHubInstallationsService,
     prisma,
@@ -1930,7 +1934,7 @@ export function createAdminApp(deps: AdminDeps): OpenAPIHono<AdminAuthEnv> {
     // SSP-4.2: platform admins keep today's behavior (and may create
     // unassigned agents). A session user with an account (flag on) may create
     // agents in THEIR account only: accountId comes from the resolved scope —
-    // never the body — and the type is forced to "coding".
+    // never the body — and the type is forced to the self-serve specialty.
     let accountId: string | undefined;
     if (c.get("isAdmin") !== true) {
       const email = c.get("callerEmail");
@@ -1965,6 +1969,7 @@ export function createAdminApp(deps: AdminDeps): OpenAPIHono<AdminAuthEnv> {
         agentCronJobService,
         provisioner,
         specialtyRegistry,
+        specialtyDefaults,
         anthropicFederationEnabled: deps.anthropicFederationEnabled,
       },
       {

package/src/agents.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   type SpecialtyManifestResolver,
   SpecialtyRegistry,
 } from "./specialty-manifest-loader.ts";
+import type { SpecialtyDefaultsResolver } from "./specialty-defaults.ts";
 import { ANTHROPIC_CREDENTIALS_BLOCKED_CODE } from "./anthropic-credential-guard.ts";
 import type { PrismaTransactionClient } from "./prisma-tx.ts";
 
@@ -784,6 +785,8 @@ export interface CreateAgentDeps {
   agentCronJobService: Pick<AgentCronJobService, "reconcileSystemCrons">;
   provisioner: Pick<AgentProvisioner, "canProvision" | "provision">;
   specialtyRegistry: Pick<SpecialtyManifestResolver, "tryGetManifest">;
+  /** Extension-supplied tools/plugins, consulted before the manifest's. */
+  specialtyDefaults?: SpecialtyDefaultsResolver;
   /** WIF-2.1: Anthropic federation is enabled; defaults to false. */
   anthropicFederationEnabled?: boolean;
 }
@@ -878,7 +881,10 @@ export async function createAgent(
   const manifest = specialty
     ? deps.specialtyRegistry.tryGetManifest(specialty)
     : undefined;
-  if (!specialty || !manifest) {
+  const extensionDefaults = specialty
+    ? deps.specialtyDefaults?.(specialty)
+    : undefined;
+  if (!specialty || (!manifest && !extensionDefaults)) {
     return { ok: false, errorCode: "invalid_type" };
   }
 
@@ -940,10 +946,14 @@ export async function createAgent(
       // handling below, and the manifest's members/repos arrays are empty
       // for every specialty that exists today.
       try {
-        for (const pattern of manifest.tools) {
+        for (const pattern of extensionDefaults?.tools ??
+          manifest?.tools ??
+          []) {
           await deps.agentToolService.add(agent.id, pattern, tx);
         }
-        for (const pluginName of manifest.plugins) {
+        for (const pluginName of extensionDefaults?.plugins ??
+          manifest?.plugins ??
+          []) {
           await deps.agentPluginService.add(
             agent.id,
             pluginName,

package/src/agents.unit.test.ts

@@ -1319,6 +1319,76 @@ function baseCreateAgentInput(
   };
 }
 
+describe("createAgent() specialtyDefaults hook", () => {
+  it("seeds tools and plugins from the hook instead of the manifest", async () => {
+    const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();
+    deps.specialtyDefaults = () => ({
+      tools: ["Grep"],
+      plugins: ["ext-plugin"],
+    });
+
+    const result = await createAgent(deps, baseCreateAgentInput());
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(calls.toolsAdded.map((t) => t.pattern)).toEqual(["Grep"]);
+    expect(calls.pluginsAdded.map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(["ext-plugin"]);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the manifest when the hook returns nothing", async () => {
+    const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();
+    deps.specialtyDefaults = () => undefined;
+
+    await createAgent(deps, baseCreateAgentInput());
+
+    expect(calls.toolsAdded.map((t) => t.pattern)).toEqual(
+      CODING_MANIFEST.tools,
+    );
+    expect(calls.pluginsAdded.map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(
+      CODING_MANIFEST.plugins,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("falls back per field when the hook omits tools or plugins", async () => {
+    const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();
+    deps.specialtyDefaults = () => ({ plugins: ["ext-plugin"] });
+
+    await createAgent(deps, baseCreateAgentInput());
+
+    expect(calls.toolsAdded.map((t) => t.pattern)).toEqual(
+      CODING_MANIFEST.tools,
+    );
+    expect(calls.pluginsAdded.map((p) => p.name)).toEqual(["ext-plugin"]);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts a specialty known only to the hook", async () => {
+    const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();
+    deps.specialtyDefaults = (s) =>
+      s === "ext-only" ? { tools: ["Read"] } : undefined;
+
+    const result = await createAgent(
+      deps,
+      baseCreateAgentInput({ specialty: "ext-only" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(calls.toolsAdded.map((t) => t.pattern)).toEqual(["Read"]);
+    expect(calls.pluginsAdded).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("still rejects a specialty unknown to both hook and manifest", async () => {
+    const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();
+    deps.specialtyDefaults = () => undefined;
+
+    const result = await createAgent(
+      deps,
+      baseCreateAgentInput({ specialty: "nope" }),
+    );
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({ ok: false, errorCode: "invalid_type" });
+    expect(calls.created).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("createAgent()", () => {
   it("passes accountId through to agentService.create and tolerates an undefined tx (SSP-4.1)", async () => {
     const { deps, calls } = makeCreateAgentHarness();

package/src/specialty-defaults.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * admin/src/specialty-defaults.ts
+ *
+ * The shape of a specialty's default crons, tools and plugins as supplied by
+ * an AdminExtension's specialtyDefaults() hook (admin-extension.ts). The cron
+ * reconcile (agent-cron-jobs.ts) and create-time seeding (agents.ts) consult
+ * the hook first and fall back to the specialty manifest when it returns
+ * nothing. Kept in its own module so those services can name the types without
+ * importing admin-extension.ts.
+ */
+
+/** A default cron template; same fields as a manifest cron, defaults optional. */
+export interface SpecialtyDefaultCron {
+  name: string;
+  schedule: string;
+  prompt: string;
+  preCheck?: string;
+  silent?: boolean;
+  /** Initial enabled state for a newly created row; defaults to true. */
+  enabled?: boolean;
+  /** Name of another cron in this same list. */
+  parentCron?: string;
+}
+
+/** Any field left undefined falls back to the manifest for that field. */
+export interface SpecialtyDefaults {
+  crons?: readonly SpecialtyDefaultCron[];
+  tools?: readonly string[];
+  plugins?: readonly string[];
+}
+
+/** Resolves a specialty name to extension-supplied defaults, if any. */
+export type SpecialtyDefaultsResolver = (
+  specialty: string,
+) => SpecialtyDefaults | undefined;