@automatalabs/acp-agents 0.4.0 → 0.5.0

package/README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ try {
 }
 ```
 
-`run()` accepts the full `RunOptions` seam: `schema`, `model`, `tier`, `cwd`, `instructions`, `label`, `signal` (cancellation), `toolNames` / `disallowedToolNames`, `mcpServers`, `baseInstructions` / `developerInstructions` (Codex-only, see below), `onUsage`, `onModelResolved`, `onModelFallback`, and `onHistory`. See `@automatalabs/shared-types` for the field-by-field contract.
+`run()` accepts the full `RunOptions` seam: `schema`, `model`, `tier`, `cwd`, `instructions`, `label`, `signal` (cancellation), `toolNames` / `disallowedToolNames`, `mcpServers`, `runId`, `baseInstructions` / `developerInstructions` (Codex-only, see below), `onUsage`, `onModelResolved`, `onModelFallback`, and `onHistory`. See `@automatalabs/shared-types` for the field-by-field contract.
 
 ### Codex session instructions (`baseInstructions` / `developerInstructions`)
 
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ From [`src/index.ts`](./src/index.ts):
 
 - **`createAcpRunner(options?)`** — factory returning an `AcpAgentRunner` (this is what `@automatalabs/workflows` injects into the engine).
 - **`AcpAgentRunner`** — the `AgentRunner` implementation; `run(prompt, options)` and `dispose()`.
-- **`selectBackend({ model, tier })`** — the cross-provider routing rule: which backend a spec maps to.
-- **`ClaudeBackend` / `CodexBackend`** — the two backend strategies (spawn config + per-backend schema wiring).
+- **`selectBackend({ model, tier }, registry?)`** — the cross-provider routing rule: which backend a spec maps to (registered custom names match first, exact or `name/<inner-model>`).
+- **`ClaudeBackend` / `CodexBackend`** — the two built-in backend strategies (spawn config + per-backend schema wiring).
+- **`CustomAcpBackend` / `resolveBackendRegistry` / `BACKENDS_ENV`** — the custom-backend registry: run **any** ACP agent as a named backend via `createAcpRunner({ backends: { name: { command, args?, env?, sessionMeta? } } })` or the `AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS` env var (JSON, same shape; the option wins per name; `claude`/`codex` reserved). Custom backends carry a `schema` as turn-level `_meta.outputSchema` and read the result off the final message as JSON.
 - **`toJsonSchema(schema)` / `toStrictJsonSchema(schema)`** — turn a typebox schema into the on-the-wire shapes: a plain JSON Schema for Claude `outputFormat`, and an OpenAI-strict-normalized schema for Codex `outputSchema`.
 
 Also exported: `AcpAgentPool` / `resolvePoolSize`, `PooledConnection` / `SessionHandle`, `decidePermission`, `UsageAccumulator`, `resolveStructuredOutput` / `extractValidated` / `findJsonBlock` / `validateValue`, `errorText` / `mapThrownError`, and the event surface `TypedEventEmitter` / `AcpRunnerEventMap` / `AcpEventName` / `AcpEventListener` / `AcpEventContext` / `AcpSessionUpdate` (+ the per-event payload types), plus their associated types.
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ Also exported: `AcpAgentPool` / `resolvePoolSize`, `PooledConnection` / `Session
 
 | Variable | Effect |
 | --- | --- |
-| `AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND` | Backend when `model`/`tier` don't pick one (`codex` selects Codex; anything else is Claude). |
+| `AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND` | Backend when `model`/`tier` don't pick one (`codex` selects Codex; a registered custom name selects that backend; anything else is Claude). |
+| `AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS` | Custom ACP backends as JSON: `{"<name>": {"command": "…", "args": […], "env": {…}, "sessionMeta": {…}}}`. |
 | `AGENTPRISM_ACP_POOL_SIZE` | Long-lived processes to keep per backend (default `1`). |
 | `AGENTPRISM_CLAUDE_ACP_CMD` / `AGENTPRISM_CLAUDE_ACP_ARGS` | Override the command (and args) used to spawn the Claude ACP server. |
 | `AGENTPRISM_CODEX_ACP_CMD` / `AGENTPRISM_CODEX_ACP_ARGS` | Override the command (and args) used to spawn the Codex ACP server. |

package/dist/acp-client.d.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ export interface AcpSessionOptions {
     signal?: AbortSignal;
     /** Client-provided MCP servers to attach at session/new. Omitted => `[]` (the default). */
     mcpServers?: McpServerConfig[];
+    /** Generic session-scoped `_meta` passthrough (RunOptions.meta). Merged FIRST, under the
+     *  backend-computed `_meta` and the runId stamp, so user keys never clobber the schema /
+     *  correlation channels. Omitted => the request `_meta` is whatever the backend set. */
+    meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
     /** Engine run id, stamped onto session/new `_meta` (META_KEYS.runId) as a correlation id.
      *  Omitted => no runId `_meta` is stamped (the request `_meta` is whatever the backend set). */
     runId?: string;

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package/dist/acp-client.js

@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ class MultiplexClient {
         });
     }
 }
+/** Shallow-merge `_meta` layers lowest-to-highest precedence, treating empty layers as absent
+ *  so an unconfigured session keeps sending NO `_meta` at all. */
+function layerMeta(...layers) {
+    const present = layers.filter((l) => Boolean(l && Object.keys(l).length > 0));
+    if (present.length === 0)
+        return undefined;
+    return Object.assign({}, ...present);
+}
 /** Merge the engine runId correlation stamp into a backend's session/new `_meta`. Returns the
  *  meta unchanged when no runId is given (so a backend that sends no `_meta` keeps sending none). */
 function stampRunId(meta, runId) {
@@ -316,12 +324,15 @@ export class PooledConnection {
         try {
             await this.ready;
             const state = new SessionState(opts.policy, opts.label, opts.runId);
-            // The backend's vendor `_meta` (Claude schema channel; Codex base/developer instructions)
-            // plus the optional engine runId correlation stamp. When none is present, no `_meta` is sent.
-            const meta = stampRunId(this.backend.sessionMeta(opts.schema, {
+            // session/new `_meta`, layered lowest-to-highest precedence: the backend's static
+            // defaults (a custom registry entry's `sessionMeta`), then the generic user passthrough
+            // (opts.meta), then the backend's protocol-critical `_meta` (Claude schema channel;
+            // Codex base/developer instructions), then the engine runId correlation stamp. When no
+            // layer is present, no `_meta` is sent.
+            const meta = stampRunId(layerMeta(this.backend.sessionMetaDefaults?.(), opts.meta, this.backend.sessionMeta(opts.schema, {
                 baseInstructions: opts.baseInstructions,
                 developerInstructions: opts.developerInstructions,
-            }), opts.runId);
+            })), opts.runId);
             const request = {
                 cwd: opts.cwd,
                 // Client-provided MCP servers (additive run input), else the default empty list.

package/dist/backend.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import type { TSchema } from "typebox";
-export type BackendId = "claude" | "codex";
+/** The two built-in backends. Custom registry backends extend the id space beyond these. */
+export type BuiltinBackendId = "claude" | "codex";
+/** A backend id: one of the built-ins, or the registered name of a custom ACP backend
+ *  (see registry.ts). The pool keys connections by this id, so ids must be stable. */
+export type BackendId = string;
 export interface SpawnConfig {
     command: string;
     args: string[];
@@ -24,9 +28,14 @@ export interface Backend {
     readonly id: BackendId;
     /** How to launch this backend's ACP server over stdio. */
     spawnConfig(): SpawnConfig;
-    /** `_meta` for session/new (undefined when this backend carries nothing there). `inputs`
-     *  carries optional per-session extras (e.g. Codex base/developer instructions); a backend
-     *  that has no use for them ignores it. */
+    /** OPTIONAL backend-level `_meta` DEFAULTS for session/new (e.g. a custom registry entry's
+     *  static `sessionMeta`). Lowest precedence: per-call RunOptions.meta merges OVER these,
+     *  and sessionMeta()'s protocol-critical keys merge over both. */
+    sessionMetaDefaults?(): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    /** PROTOCOL-CRITICAL `_meta` for session/new (undefined when this backend carries nothing
+     *  there) — e.g. the Claude schema channel. Highest precedence below the runId stamp: these
+     *  keys win over the generic user passthrough. `inputs` carries optional per-session extras
+     *  (e.g. Codex base/developer instructions); a backend that has no use for them ignores it. */
     sessionMeta(schema: TSchema | undefined, inputs?: SessionMetaInputs): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
     /** `_meta` for session/prompt (undefined when this backend carries the schema at session/new). */
     promptMeta(schema: TSchema | undefined): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;

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package/dist/backends/codex.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { CODEX_META_KEYS, META_KEYS } from "@automatalabs/shared-types";
 import { splitArgs } from "../backend.js";
 import { toStrictJsonSchema } from "../schema-strict.js";
-import { findJsonBlock } from "../structured-output.js";
+import { parseFinalJson } from "../structured-output.js";
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 export class CodexBackend {
     id = "codex";
@@ -46,26 +46,8 @@ export class CodexBackend {
         return { [META_KEYS.outputSchema]: toStrictJsonSchema(schema) };
     }
     nativeStructured(source) {
-        const text = source.currentTurnText().trim();
-        if (!text)
-            return undefined;
-        // The constrained final message is pure JSON; parse it directly, then fall back to a
-        // balanced-block extraction if the turn also emitted leading prose.
-        try {
-            return JSON.parse(text);
-        }
-        catch {
-            // fall through to block extraction
-        }
-        const block = findJsonBlock(text);
-        if (block !== undefined) {
-            try {
-                return JSON.parse(block);
-            }
-            catch {
-                // give up; the runner's ladder will re-prompt / extract.
-            }
-        }
-        return undefined;
+        // The constrained final message is pure JSON; parse it directly, with a balanced-block
+        // fallback if the turn also emitted leading prose.
+        return parseFinalJson(source.currentTurnText());
     }
 }

package/dist/backends/custom.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import type { TSchema } from "typebox";
+import type { Backend, SpawnConfig, StructuredSource } from "../backend.js";
+import type { RegisteredBackend } from "../registry.js";
+export declare class CustomAcpBackend implements Backend {
+    private readonly config;
+    readonly id: string;
+    constructor(config: RegisteredBackend);
+    spawnConfig(): SpawnConfig;
+    sessionMetaDefaults(): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    sessionMeta(_schema: TSchema | undefined): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    promptMeta(schema: TSchema | undefined): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+    nativeStructured(source: StructuredSource): unknown;
+}
+//# sourceMappingURL=custom.d.ts.map

package/dist/backends/custom.d.ts.map

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package/dist/backends/custom.js

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { META_KEYS } from "@automatalabs/shared-types";
+import { toJsonSchema } from "../schema-strict.js";
+import { parseFinalJson } from "../structured-output.js";
+export class CustomAcpBackend {
+    config;
+    id;
+    constructor(config) {
+        this.config = config;
+        this.id = config.name;
+    }
+    spawnConfig() {
+        return {
+            command: this.config.command,
+            args: [...(this.config.args ?? [])],
+            // Registry-declared env merges OVER the inherited environment.
+            env: { ...process.env, ...(this.config.env ?? {}) },
+        };
+    }
+    sessionMetaDefaults() {
+        // The registry entry's static `_meta` — DEFAULTS, so per-call RunOptions.meta overrides
+        // them. Return a copy so callers can merge without mutating config.
+        const staticMeta = this.config.sessionMeta;
+        if (!staticMeta || Object.keys(staticMeta).length === 0)
+            return undefined;
+        return { ...staticMeta };
+    }
+    sessionMeta(_schema) {
+        // The schema rides the turn (see promptMeta); a custom backend has no protocol-critical
+        // session/new `_meta` of its own.
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    promptMeta(schema) {
+        if (!schema)
+            return undefined;
+        // Plain JSON Schema (NOT OpenAI-strict-normalized — strictness is a Codex/Responses-API
+        // constraint, not part of the generic dialect). Agents that ignore it are repaired by the
+        // runner's ladder.
+        return { [META_KEYS.outputSchema]: toJsonSchema(schema) };
+    }
+    nativeStructured(source) {
+        return parseFinalJson(source.currentTurnText());
+    }
+}

package/dist/index.d.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 export { AcpAgentRunner, createAcpRunner, selectBackend } from "./runner.js";
+export type { AcpRunnerOptions } from "./runner.js";
+export { BACKENDS_ENV, resolveBackendRegistry } from "./registry.js";
+export type { BackendRegistry, CustomBackendConfig, RegisteredBackend } from "./registry.js";
 export { PooledConnection, SessionHandle } from "./acp-client.js";
 export type { AcpSessionOptions, PooledConnectionDeps } from "./acp-client.js";
 export { AcpAgentPool, resolvePoolSize } from "./pool.js";
 export type { AcpPoolOptions, AcpPoolDeps } from "./pool.js";
 export { TypedEventEmitter, emitSessionUpdate } from "./events.js";
 export type { AcpRunnerEventMap, AcpEventName, AcpEventListener, AcpEventContext, AcpEventSink, AcpSessionUpdate, AcpUpdateKind, AcpPermissionEvent, AcpRawMessageEvent, AcpBackendErrorEvent, } from "./events.js";
-export type { Backend, BackendId, SessionMetaInputs, SpawnConfig, StructuredSource } from "./backend.js";
+export type { Backend, BackendId, BuiltinBackendId, SessionMetaInputs, SpawnConfig, StructuredSource, } from "./backend.js";
 export { ClaudeBackend } from "./backends/claude.js";
 export { CodexBackend } from "./backends/codex.js";
+export { CustomAcpBackend } from "./backends/custom.js";
 export { decidePermission } from "./permissions.js";
 export type { ToolPolicy } from "./permissions.js";
 export { UsageAccumulator } from "./usage.js";
 export { toJsonSchema, toStrictJsonSchema } from "./schema-strict.js";
-export { extractValidated, findJsonBlock, resolveStructuredOutput, validateValue, } from "./structured-output.js";
+export { extractValidated, findJsonBlock, parseFinalJson, resolveStructuredOutput, validateValue, } from "./structured-output.js";
 export type { ResolveOptions, StructuredSession } from "./structured-output.js";
 export { errorText, mapThrownError } from "./errors-map.js";
 //# sourceMappingURL=index.d.ts.map

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package/dist/index.js

@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
 // @automatalabs/acp-agents — implements the AgentRunner seam from @automatalabs/shared-types over
-// the Agent Client Protocol. It spawns claude-agent-acp / the installed npm dep codex-acp
-// (patched via pnpm patchedDependencies) as child processes and drives one subagent run to
-// completion. It NEVER imports
-// @automatalabs/workflow-engine; the two siblings meet ONLY at AgentRunner, injected by
-// mcp-server (the composition root) via createAcpRunner().
+// the Agent Client Protocol. It spawns claude-agent-acp / the installed npm dep @automatalabs/codex-acp
+// (a published fork of @agentclientprotocol/codex-acp with the outputSchema forward baked into its
+// dist) as child processes and drives one subagent run to completion. It NEVER imports
+// @automatalabs/workflow-engine; the two siblings meet ONLY at AgentRunner, injected by the
+// @automatalabs/workflows facade (which mcp-server builds on) via createAcpRunner().
 export { AcpAgentRunner, createAcpRunner, selectBackend } from "./runner.js";
+// The custom-backend registry: run ANY ACP agent as an agent() target.
+export { BACKENDS_ENV, resolveBackendRegistry } from "./registry.js";
 export { PooledConnection, SessionHandle } from "./acp-client.js";
 export { AcpAgentPool, resolvePoolSize } from "./pool.js";
 // The typed ACP event bus surfaced on AcpAgentRunner (`runner.on(name, evt => …)`).
 export { TypedEventEmitter, emitSessionUpdate } from "./events.js";
 export { ClaudeBackend } from "./backends/claude.js";
 export { CodexBackend } from "./backends/codex.js";
+export { CustomAcpBackend } from "./backends/custom.js";
 export { decidePermission } from "./permissions.js";
 export { UsageAccumulator } from "./usage.js";
 export { toJsonSchema, toStrictJsonSchema } from "./schema-strict.js";
-export { extractValidated, findJsonBlock, resolveStructuredOutput, validateValue, } from "./structured-output.js";
+export { extractValidated, findJsonBlock, parseFinalJson, resolveStructuredOutput, validateValue, } from "./structured-output.js";
 export { errorText, mapThrownError } from "./errors-map.js";

package/dist/registry.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export declare const BACKENDS_ENV = "AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS";
+/** How to spawn (and optionally pre-configure) one custom ACP backend. */
+export interface CustomBackendConfig {
+    /** The ACP server executable (absolute path or on PATH). */
+    command: string;
+    /** Arguments for the command. Default []. */
+    args?: string[];
+    /** Extra environment for the subprocess, merged OVER the inherited process.env. */
+    env?: Record<string, string>;
+    /** Static `_meta` sent on every session/new for this backend (backend-level defaults).
+     *  Per-call RunOptions.meta merges over these; backend-computed keys win over both. */
+    sessionMeta?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}
+/** A validated registry entry: the (lowercased) name plus its config. */
+export interface RegisteredBackend extends CustomBackendConfig {
+    name: string;
+}
+export type BackendRegistry = ReadonlyMap<string, RegisteredBackend>;
+/**
+ * Resolve the custom-backend registry: env-declared backends first, programmatic `backends`
+ * merged over them (option wins per name). Throws on malformed JSON, invalid names/configs, or
+ * reserved names — a misconfigured registry should fail LOUDLY at construction, not silently
+ * misroute at run time.
+ */
+export declare function resolveBackendRegistry(option?: Record<string, CustomBackendConfig>, env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): BackendRegistry;
+//# sourceMappingURL=registry.d.ts.map

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package/dist/registry.js

@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// The custom-backend REGISTRY — lets any ACP agent plug in as an agent() target, not just the
+// built-in Claude/Codex pair. A registered backend is (name -> how to spawn it + optional static
+// session `_meta`), resolved once at runner construction from:
+//   1. the programmatic option: createAcpRunner({ backends: { name: config } })   (wins per name)
+//   2. the env var AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS: a JSON object of the same shape
+// Routing then matches `model`/`tier` specs against registered names FIRST (exact name, or
+// `name/<inner-model>` prefix), before the built-in claude/codex heuristics — see runner.ts.
+// Names are case-insensitive (stored lowercased); "claude" and "codex" are reserved because the
+// built-ins own their ids (and their own AGENTPRISM_*_ACP_CMD override channel).
+export const BACKENDS_ENV = "AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS";
+const RESERVED_NAMES = new Set(["claude", "codex"]);
+const NAME_PATTERN = /^[a-z][a-z0-9._-]*$/;
+/**
+ * Resolve the custom-backend registry: env-declared backends first, programmatic `backends`
+ * merged over them (option wins per name). Throws on malformed JSON, invalid names/configs, or
+ * reserved names — a misconfigured registry should fail LOUDLY at construction, not silently
+ * misroute at run time.
+ */
+export function resolveBackendRegistry(option, env = process.env) {
+    const registry = new Map();
+    const raw = env[BACKENDS_ENV];
+    if (raw !== undefined && raw.trim() !== "") {
+        let parsed;
+        try {
+            parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        }
+        catch (error) {
+            throw new Error(`${BACKENDS_ENV} is not valid JSON: ${error.message}`);
+        }
+        if (parsed === null || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+            throw new Error(`${BACKENDS_ENV} must be a JSON object of { "<name>": { "command": … } }`);
+        }
+        for (const [name, config] of Object.entries(parsed)) {
+            registry.set(...validateEntry(name, config, BACKENDS_ENV));
+        }
+    }
+    for (const [name, config] of Object.entries(option ?? {})) {
+        registry.set(...validateEntry(name, config, "backends option"));
+    }
+    return registry;
+}
+function validateEntry(rawName, config, source) {
+    const name = rawName.toLowerCase();
+    if (!NAME_PATTERN.test(name)) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: invalid backend name "${rawName}" (must match ${NAME_PATTERN}, matched case-insensitively)`);
+    }
+    if (RESERVED_NAMES.has(name)) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend name "${rawName}" is reserved for the built-in backend (use AGENTPRISM_${name.toUpperCase()}_ACP_CMD to override how it spawns)`);
+    }
+    if (config === null || typeof config !== "object" || Array.isArray(config)) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend "${rawName}" must be an object with at least { command }`);
+    }
+    const c = config;
+    if (typeof c.command !== "string" || c.command.trim() === "") {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend "${rawName}" needs a non-empty string "command"`);
+    }
+    if (c.args !== undefined && !(Array.isArray(c.args) && c.args.every((a) => typeof a === "string"))) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend "${rawName}" "args" must be an array of strings`);
+    }
+    if (c.env !== undefined && !isStringRecord(c.env)) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend "${rawName}" "env" must be an object of string values`);
+    }
+    if (c.sessionMeta !== undefined && (c.sessionMeta === null || typeof c.sessionMeta !== "object" || Array.isArray(c.sessionMeta))) {
+        throw new Error(`${source}: backend "${rawName}" "sessionMeta" must be an object`);
+    }
+    return [
+        name,
+        {
+            name,
+            command: c.command,
+            ...(c.args !== undefined ? { args: c.args } : {}),
+            ...(c.env !== undefined ? { env: c.env } : {}),
+            ...(c.sessionMeta !== undefined ? { sessionMeta: c.sessionMeta } : {}),
+        },
+    ];
+}
+function isStringRecord(value) {
+    return (value !== null &&
+        typeof value === "object" &&
+        !Array.isArray(value) &&
+        Object.values(value).every((v) => typeof v === "string"));
+}

package/dist/runner.d.ts

@@ -3,13 +3,23 @@ import type { TSchema } from "typebox";
 import { type AcpPoolOptions } from "./pool.js";
 import { type AcpEventListener, type AcpEventName } from "./events.js";
 import type { Backend } from "./backend.js";
+import { type BackendRegistry, type CustomBackendConfig } from "./registry.js";
+/** Constructor options for the runner: pool sizing PLUS the custom-backend registry.
+ *  `backends` merges over (and wins against) env-declared AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS entries. */
+export interface AcpRunnerOptions extends AcpPoolOptions {
+    /** Custom ACP backends, keyed by registered name (see registry.ts for the config shape
+     *  and the routing rules). Names are case-insensitive; "claude"/"codex" are reserved. */
+    backends?: Record<string, CustomBackendConfig>;
+}
 export declare class AcpAgentRunner implements AgentRunner {
     private readonly pool;
+    /** The resolved custom-backend registry (env + option, validated at construction). */
+    private readonly backends;
     /** Typed bus carrying every ACP event from every pooled session. Beyond the AgentRunner seam
      *  (additive observability) — subscribing never affects a run and never enters the resume hash. */
     private readonly events;
     private readonly emitEvent;
-    constructor(options?: AcpPoolOptions);
+    constructor(options?: AcpRunnerOptions);
     /**
      * Listen in on the live ACP stream. `name` is an ACP `sessionUpdate` discriminant
      * ("agent_message_chunk", "tool_call", "usage_update", …) or one of the cross-cutting events
@@ -31,12 +41,17 @@ export declare class AcpAgentRunner implements AgentRunner {
     dispose(): Promise<void>;
 }
 /** Factory the mcp-server composition root calls to inject the runner into the engine. The pool
- *  size is a runner-level option (default 1, else AGENTPRISM_ACP_POOL_SIZE) — NOT a RunOptions
- *  field, so it never enters hashAgentCall / the resume identity. */
-export declare function createAcpRunner(options?: AcpPoolOptions): AcpAgentRunner;
-/** Pick the backend by model/tier. Cross-provider routing = which ACP server to spawn. */
+ *  size and the custom-backend registry are runner-level options — NOT RunOptions fields, so they
+ *  never enter hashAgentCall / the resume identity. Env fallbacks: AGENTPRISM_ACP_POOL_SIZE for
+ *  size, AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS (JSON) for backends. */
+export declare function createAcpRunner(options?: AcpRunnerOptions): AcpAgentRunner;
+/** Pick the backend by model/tier. Cross-provider routing = which ACP server to spawn.
+ *  Registered CUSTOM names resolve FIRST (exact name, or `name/<inner-model>` prefix) so a
+ *  registry entry is never shadowed by the built-in heuristics; then the claude/codex
+ *  heuristics; then the default backend (AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND — which may itself name
+ *  a registered custom backend). */
 export declare function selectBackend(opts: {
     model?: string;
     tier?: string;
-}): Backend;
+}, registry?: BackendRegistry): Backend;
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package/dist/runner.js

@@ -21,16 +21,21 @@ import { AcpAgentPool } from "./pool.js";
 import { TypedEventEmitter, } from "./events.js";
 import { ClaudeBackend } from "./backends/claude.js";
 import { CodexBackend } from "./backends/codex.js";
+import { CustomAcpBackend } from "./backends/custom.js";
+import { resolveBackendRegistry } from "./registry.js";
 import { mapThrownError } from "./errors-map.js";
 import { resolveStructuredOutput } from "./structured-output.js";
 export class AcpAgentRunner {
     pool;
+    /** The resolved custom-backend registry (env + option, validated at construction). */
+    backends;
     /** Typed bus carrying every ACP event from every pooled session. Beyond the AgentRunner seam
      *  (additive observability) — subscribing never affects a run and never enters the resume hash. */
     events = new TypedEventEmitter();
     emitEvent = (name, event) => this.events.emit(name, event);
     constructor(options = {}) {
         this.pool = new AcpAgentPool(options, { onEvent: this.emitEvent });
+        this.backends = resolveBackendRegistry(options.backends);
     }
     /**
      * Listen in on the live ACP stream. `name` is an ACP `sessionUpdate` discriminant
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ export class AcpAgentRunner {
     async run(prompt, options = {}) {
         const opts = options;
         const schema = opts.schema;
-        const backend = selectBackend(opts);
+        const backend = selectBackend(opts, this.backends);
         const policy = { allow: opts.toolNames, deny: opts.disallowedToolNames };
         const cwd = opts.cwd ?? process.cwd();
         const session = await this.pool.acquire(backend, {
@@ -69,6 +74,9 @@ export class AcpAgentRunner {
             policy,
             signal: opts.signal,
             mcpServers: opts.mcpServers,
+            // Generic session-scoped _meta passthrough (RunOptions.meta) — merged UNDER the
+            // backend-computed keys and the runId stamp in openSession. Additive; never hashed.
+            meta: opts.meta,
             // Engine correlation id -> session/new _meta (META_KEYS.runId). Additive; never hashed.
             runId: opts.runId,
             // Stamped onto emitted ACP events as context (never sent on the wire).
@@ -80,9 +88,14 @@ export class AcpAgentRunner {
         });
         try {
             opts.signal?.throwIfAborted();
-            await applyModelSelection(session, opts);
+            // For a CUSTOM backend chosen by its registered name, the name itself is routing, not a
+            // model id: "browser" selects nothing; "browser/foo" selects "foo". Built-ins get the
+            // full spec unchanged (their catalogs match provider-prefixed and bare ids).
+            await applyModelSelection(session, innerModelSpec(opts.model ?? opts.tier, backend), opts);
             const text = buildPrompt(prompt, opts, Boolean(schema));
-            const promptMeta = backend.promptMeta(schema);
+            // Generic turn-scoped _meta passthrough merged UNDER the backend-computed keys (e.g. the
+            // outputSchema forward when a schema is set) — user meta never clobbers the schema channel.
+            const promptMeta = mergeTurnMeta(opts.promptMeta, backend.promptMeta(schema));
             const response = await session.prompt(text, promptMeta);
             opts.signal?.throwIfAborted();
             // Inspect the turn's stop reason BEFORE the text/schema path: a refusal or truncation
@@ -153,8 +166,9 @@ export class AcpAgentRunner {
     }
 }
 /** Factory the mcp-server composition root calls to inject the runner into the engine. The pool
- *  size is a runner-level option (default 1, else AGENTPRISM_ACP_POOL_SIZE) — NOT a RunOptions
- *  field, so it never enters hashAgentCall / the resume identity. */
+ *  size and the custom-backend registry are runner-level options — NOT RunOptions fields, so they
+ *  never enter hashAgentCall / the resume identity. Env fallbacks: AGENTPRISM_ACP_POOL_SIZE for
+ *  size, AGENTPRISM_BACKENDS (JSON) for backends. */
 export function createAcpRunner(options) {
     return new AcpAgentRunner(options);
 }
@@ -188,9 +202,9 @@ function assertNormalStopReason(stopReason, label) {
             return;
     }
 }
-async function applyModelSelection(session, opts) {
-    // `model` wins; `tier` is consulted only when `model` is unset (frozen contract).
-    const spec = opts.model ?? opts.tier;
+async function applyModelSelection(session, spec, opts) {
+    // `spec` is opts.model ?? opts.tier (`model` wins — frozen contract), with a custom
+    // backend's routing name already stripped by innerModelSpec.
     if (!spec)
         return;
     const { matched, resolved, modifierFallbacks } = await session.selectModel(spec);
@@ -221,11 +235,50 @@ function buildPrompt(prompt, opts, structured) {
     }
     return parts.join("\n\n");
 }
-/** Pick the backend by model/tier. Cross-provider routing = which ACP server to spawn. */
-export function selectBackend(opts) {
-    const id = backendIdForSpec(opts.model) ?? backendIdForSpec(opts.tier) ?? defaultBackendId();
+/** Pick the backend by model/tier. Cross-provider routing = which ACP server to spawn.
+ *  Registered CUSTOM names resolve FIRST (exact name, or `name/<inner-model>` prefix) so a
+ *  registry entry is never shadowed by the built-in heuristics; then the claude/codex
+ *  heuristics; then the default backend (AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND — which may itself name
+ *  a registered custom backend). */
+export function selectBackend(opts, registry) {
+    const custom = customBackendForSpec(opts.model, registry) ?? customBackendForSpec(opts.tier, registry);
+    if (custom)
+        return custom;
+    const id = backendIdForSpec(opts.model) ?? backendIdForSpec(opts.tier) ?? defaultBackendId(registry);
+    if (typeof id !== "string")
+        return id; // the default resolved to a registered custom backend
     return id === "codex" ? new CodexBackend() : new ClaudeBackend();
 }
+/** Match a model/tier spec against the registry: the whole spec, or its `<name>/` prefix. */
+function customBackendForSpec(spec, registry) {
+    if (!spec || !registry || registry.size === 0)
+        return undefined;
+    const lower = spec.toLowerCase();
+    const slash = lower.indexOf("/");
+    const name = slash > 0 ? lower.slice(0, slash) : lower;
+    const config = registry.get(name);
+    return config ? new CustomAcpBackend(config) : undefined;
+}
+/** Strip a custom backend's routing name off the model/tier spec: the spec `"name"` selects no
+ *  inner model; `"name/foo"` selects `"foo"`. Built-in backends receive the spec unchanged, and
+ *  a spec that reached a custom DEFAULT backend without naming it also passes through (the
+ *  agent's own catalog may know it). */
+function innerModelSpec(spec, backend) {
+    if (!spec || !(backend instanceof CustomAcpBackend))
+        return spec;
+    const lower = spec.toLowerCase();
+    if (lower === backend.id)
+        return undefined;
+    if (lower.startsWith(`${backend.id}/`))
+        return spec.slice(backend.id.length + 1) || undefined;
+    return spec;
+}
+/** Merge the generic turn-scoped meta passthrough UNDER the backend-computed turn meta. */
+function mergeTurnMeta(user, backend) {
+    if (!user)
+        return backend;
+    return { ...user, ...(backend ?? {}) };
+}
 function backendIdForSpec(spec) {
     if (!spec)
         return undefined;
@@ -243,6 +296,14 @@ function backendIdForSpec(spec) {
         return "claude";
     return undefined;
 }
-function defaultBackendId() {
-    return process.env.AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND?.toLowerCase() === "codex" ? "codex" : "claude";
+/** Resolve the default backend: a registered custom name wins (returned as a Backend), else
+ *  the built-in id. An unknown/unset value falls back to "claude" (the historical default). */
+function defaultBackendId(registry) {
+    const name = process.env.AGENTPRISM_DEFAULT_BACKEND?.toLowerCase();
+    if (name && registry) {
+        const config = registry.get(name);
+        if (config)
+            return new CustomAcpBackend(config);
+    }
+    return name === "codex" ? "codex" : "claude";
 }

package/dist/structured-output.d.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import type { TSchema } from "typebox";
  * raw JSON string, or undefined when none is found. (Ported VERBATIM from pi agent.ts.)
  */
 export declare function findJsonBlock(text: string): string | undefined;
+/**
+ * Parse a turn's final assistant text as JSON: direct parse first (a natively-constrained
+ * final message is pure JSON), then a balanced-block extraction when the turn also emitted
+ * leading prose. Returns undefined when no parseable JSON is present (the caller's ladder
+ * re-prompts). Shared by the Codex backend and every custom registry backend — the "read the
+ * structured result off the final message" convention is the generic ACP dialect.
+ */
+export declare function parseFinalJson(text: string): unknown;
 /** Coerce an already-parsed value toward the schema and accept it only if it then validates. */
 export declare function validateValue(value: unknown, schema: TSchema): unknown;
 /**

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package/dist/structured-output.js

@@ -23,6 +23,34 @@ export function findJsonBlock(text) {
     }
     return undefined;
 }
+/**
+ * Parse a turn's final assistant text as JSON: direct parse first (a natively-constrained
+ * final message is pure JSON), then a balanced-block extraction when the turn also emitted
+ * leading prose. Returns undefined when no parseable JSON is present (the caller's ladder
+ * re-prompts). Shared by the Codex backend and every custom registry backend — the "read the
+ * structured result off the final message" convention is the generic ACP dialect.
+ */
+export function parseFinalJson(text) {
+    const trimmed = text.trim();
+    if (!trimmed)
+        return undefined;
+    try {
+        return JSON.parse(trimmed);
+    }
+    catch {
+        // fall through to block extraction
+    }
+    const block = findJsonBlock(trimmed);
+    if (block !== undefined) {
+        try {
+            return JSON.parse(block);
+        }
+        catch {
+            // give up; the runner's ladder will re-prompt / extract.
+        }
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
 /** Coerce an already-parsed value toward the schema and accept it only if it then validates. */
 export function validateValue(value, schema) {
     try {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@automatalabs/acp-agents",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp": "0.53.0",
     "@automatalabs/codex-acp": "1.2.0",
     "typebox": "1.3.2",
-    "@automatalabs/shared-types": "0.3.0"
+    "@automatalabs/shared-types": "0.4.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -b",