@bastani/atomic 0.8.31-alpha.5 → 0.9.0-alpha.1

package/dist/builtin/subagents/src/runs/foreground/chain-execution.ts

@@ -1,407 +1,34 @@
 /**
- * Chain execution logic for subagent tool
+ * Public foreground chain execution API.
  */
 
-import * as fs from "node:fs";
-import * as path from "node:path";
-import type { AgentToolResult } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
-import type { ExtensionContext } from "@bastani/atomic";
-import type { AgentConfig } from "../../agents/agents.ts";
-import { ChainClarifyComponent, type ChainClarifyResult, type BehaviorOverride } from "./chain-clarify.ts";
 import { toModelInfo, type ModelInfo } from "../../shared/model-info.ts";
 import {
-	resolveChainTemplates,
 	createChainDir,
-	removeChainDir,
-	resolveStepBehavior,
-	resolveParallelBehaviors,
-	buildChainInstructions,
-	writeInitialProgressFile,
-	createParallelDirs,
-	suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask,
-	aggregateParallelOutputs,
 	isDynamicParallelStep,
 	isParallelStep,
-	type StepOverrides,
-	type ChainStep,
-	type ParallelStep,
-	type SequentialStep,
-	type ParallelTaskResult,
-	type ResolvedStepBehavior,
+	resolveChainTemplates,
 	type ResolvedTemplates,
+	type SequentialStep,
 } from "../../shared/settings.ts";
-import { discoverAvailableSkills, normalizeSkillInput } from "../../agents/skills.ts";
-import { INTERCOM_BRIDGE_MARKER } from "../../intercom/intercom-bridge.ts";
-import { runSync } from "./execution.ts";
 import { buildChainSummary } from "../../shared/formatters.ts";
-import { compactForegroundDetails, getSingleResultOutput, mapConcurrent, resolveChildCwd } from "../../shared/utils.ts";
-import { recordRun } from "../shared/run-history.ts";
-import { currentModelFullId } from "../shared/model-fallback.ts";
-import {
-	cleanupWorktrees,
-	createWorktrees,
-	diffWorktrees,
-	findWorktreeTaskCwdConflict,
-	formatWorktreeDiffSummary,
-	formatWorktreeTaskCwdConflict,
-	type WorktreeSetup,
-} from "../shared/worktree.ts";
-import {
-	type ActivityState,
-	type AgentProgress,
-	type ArtifactConfig,
-	type ArtifactPaths,
-	type ControlEvent,
-	type Details,
-	type IntercomEventBus,
-	type NestedRouteInfo,
-	type ResolvedControlConfig,
-	type SingleResult,
-	MAX_CONCURRENCY,
-	resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth,
-} from "../../shared/types.ts";
-import { resolveModelCandidate } from "../shared/model-fallback.ts";
-import { validateFileOnlyOutputMode } from "../shared/single-output.ts";
-import { buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot } from "../shared/workflow-graph.ts";
-import { ChainOutputValidationError, outputEntryFromResult, resolveOutputReferences, validateChainOutputBindings } from "../shared/chain-outputs.ts";
-import { createStructuredOutputRuntime } from "../shared/structured-output.ts";
-import { collectDynamicResults, DynamicFanoutError, materializeDynamicParallelStep, validateDynamicCollection, type DynamicCollectedResult } from "../shared/dynamic-fanout.ts";
-import type { ChainOutputMap } from "../../shared/types.ts";
-
-type RunSyncDependency = typeof runSync;
-
-type ChainForegroundControl = {
-	updatedAt: number;
-	currentAgent?: string;
-	currentIndex?: number;
-	currentActivityState?: ActivityState;
-	lastActivityAt?: number;
-	currentTool?: string;
-	currentToolStartedAt?: number;
-	currentPath?: string;
-	turnCount?: number;
-	tokens?: number;
-	toolCount?: number;
-	interrupt?: () => boolean;
-};
-
-interface ChainExecutionDetailsInput {
-	results: SingleResult[];
-	includeProgress?: boolean;
-	allProgress: AgentProgress[];
-	allArtifactPaths: ArtifactPaths[];
-	artifactsDir: string;
-	chainAgents: string[];
-	chainSteps: ChainStep[];
-	totalSteps: number;
-	currentStepIndex?: number;
-	runId: string;
-	outputs?: ChainOutputMap;
-	currentFlatIndex?: number;
-	dynamicChildren?: Record<number, Array<{ agent: string; label?: string; flatIndex: number; itemKey: string; outputName?: string; structured?: boolean; error?: string }>>;
-	dynamicGroupStatuses?: Record<number, { status: "pending" | "running" | "completed" | "failed" | "paused" | "detached"; error?: string }>;
-}
-
-interface ParallelChainRunInput {
-	step: ParallelStep;
-	parallelTemplates: string[];
-	parallelBehaviors: ResolvedStepBehavior[];
-	agents: AgentConfig[];
-	stepIndex: number;
-	availableModels: ModelInfo[];
-	chainDir: string;
-	prev: string;
-	originalTask: string;
-	ctx: ExtensionContext;
-	intercomEvents?: IntercomEventBus;
-	cwd?: string;
-	runId: string;
-	globalTaskIndex: number;
-	sessionDirForIndex: (idx?: number) => string | undefined;
-	sessionFileForIndex?: (idx?: number) => string | undefined;
-	shareEnabled: boolean;
-	artifactConfig: ArtifactConfig;
-	artifactsDir: string;
-	signal?: AbortSignal;
-	onUpdate?: (r: AgentToolResult<Details>) => void;
-	onControlEvent?: (event: ControlEvent) => void;
-	controlConfig: ResolvedControlConfig;
-	childIntercomTarget?: (agent: string, index: number) => string | undefined;
-	orchestratorIntercomTarget?: string;
-	foregroundControl?: ChainForegroundControl;
-	results: SingleResult[];
-	allProgress: AgentProgress[];
-	outputs: ChainOutputMap;
-	chainAgents: string[];
-	chainSteps: ChainStep[];
-	totalSteps: number;
-	dynamicChildren?: ChainExecutionDetailsInput["dynamicChildren"];
-	dynamicGroupStatuses?: ChainExecutionDetailsInput["dynamicGroupStatuses"];
-	worktreeSetup?: WorktreeSetup;
-	maxSubagentDepth: number;
-	workflowStageSubagentGuard?: boolean;
-	nestedRoute?: NestedRouteInfo;
-	runSync: RunSyncDependency;
-}
-
-function buildChainExecutionDetails(input: ChainExecutionDetailsInput): Details {
-	return compactForegroundDetails({
-		mode: "chain",
-		results: input.results,
-		progress: input.includeProgress ? input.allProgress : undefined,
-		artifacts: input.allArtifactPaths.length ? { dir: input.artifactsDir, files: input.allArtifactPaths } : undefined,
-		chainAgents: input.chainAgents,
-		totalSteps: input.totalSteps,
-		currentStepIndex: input.currentStepIndex,
-		outputs: input.outputs,
-	workflowGraph: buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot({
-			runId: input.runId,
-			mode: "chain",
-			steps: input.chainSteps,
-			results: input.results,
-			currentStepIndex: input.currentStepIndex,
-			currentFlatIndex: input.currentFlatIndex,
-			dynamicChildren: input.dynamicChildren,
-			dynamicGroupStatuses: input.dynamicGroupStatuses,
-		}),
-	});
-}
-
-function buildChainExecutionErrorResult(message: string, input: ChainExecutionDetailsInput): ChainExecutionResult {
-	return {
-		content: [{ type: "text", text: message }],
-		isError: true,
-		details: buildChainExecutionDetails(input),
-	};
-}
-
-function ensureParallelProgressFile(
-	chainDir: string,
-	progressCreated: boolean,
-	parallelBehaviors: ResolvedStepBehavior[],
-): boolean {
-	if (progressCreated || !parallelBehaviors.some((behavior) => behavior.progress)) {
-		return progressCreated;
-	}
-	writeInitialProgressFile(chainDir);
-	return true;
-}
-
-function appendParallelWorktreeSummary(
-	output: string,
-	worktreeSetup: WorktreeSetup | undefined,
-	diffsDir: string,
-	agents: string[],
-): string {
-	if (!worktreeSetup) return output;
-	const diffs = diffWorktrees(worktreeSetup, agents, diffsDir);
-	const diffSummary = formatWorktreeDiffSummary(diffs);
-	if (!diffSummary) return output;
-	return `${output}\n\n${diffSummary}`;
-}
-
-async function runParallelChainTasks(input: ParallelChainRunInput): Promise<SingleResult[]> {
-	const concurrency = input.step.concurrency ?? MAX_CONCURRENCY;
-	const failFast = input.step.failFast ?? false;
-	let aborted = false;
-
-	const parallelResults = await mapConcurrent(
-		input.step.parallel,
-		concurrency,
-		async (task, taskIndex) => {
-			if (aborted && failFast) {
-				return {
-					agent: task.agent,
-					task: "(skipped)",
-					exitCode: -1,
-					messages: [],
-					usage: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0, cost: 0, turns: 0 },
-					error: "Skipped due to fail-fast",
-				} as SingleResult;
-			}
-
-			const taskTemplate = input.parallelTemplates[taskIndex] ?? "{previous}";
-			const behavior = suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(input.parallelBehaviors[taskIndex]!, taskTemplate, input.originalTask);
-			const templateHasPrevious = taskTemplate.includes("{previous}");
-			const { prefix, suffix } = buildChainInstructions(
-				behavior,
-				input.chainDir,
-				false,
-				templateHasPrevious ? undefined : input.prev,
-			);
-
-			let taskStr = resolveOutputReferences(taskTemplate, input.outputs);
-			taskStr = taskStr.replace(/\{task\}/g, input.originalTask);
-			taskStr = taskStr.replace(/\{previous\}/g, input.prev);
-			taskStr = taskStr.replace(/\{chain_dir\}/g, input.chainDir);
-			const cleanTask = taskStr;
-			taskStr = prefix + taskStr + suffix;
-
-			const taskAgentConfig = input.agents.find((agent) => agent.name === task.agent);
-			const effectiveModel =
-				(task.model ? resolveModelCandidate(task.model, input.availableModels, input.ctx.model?.provider) : null)
-				?? resolveModelCandidate(taskAgentConfig?.model, input.availableModels, input.ctx.model?.provider);
-			const maxSubagentDepth = resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth(input.maxSubagentDepth, taskAgentConfig?.maxSubagentDepth);
-
-			const taskCwd = input.worktreeSetup
-				? input.worktreeSetup.worktrees[taskIndex]!.agentCwd
-				: resolveChildCwd(input.cwd ?? input.ctx.cwd, task.cwd);
-
-			const outputPath = typeof behavior.output === "string"
-				? (path.isAbsolute(behavior.output) ? behavior.output : path.join(input.chainDir, behavior.output))
-				: undefined;
-			const interruptController = new AbortController();
-			if (input.foregroundControl) {
-				input.foregroundControl.currentAgent = task.agent;
-				input.foregroundControl.currentIndex = input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex;
-				input.foregroundControl.currentActivityState = undefined;
-				input.foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-				input.foregroundControl.interrupt = () => {
-					if (interruptController.signal.aborted) return false;
-					interruptController.abort();
-					input.foregroundControl!.currentActivityState = undefined;
-					input.foregroundControl!.updatedAt = Date.now();
-					return true;
-				};
-			}
-
-			const structuredRuntime = task.outputSchema
-				? createStructuredOutputRuntime(task.outputSchema, path.join(input.chainDir, "structured-output"))
-				: undefined;
-			const result = await input.runSync(input.ctx.cwd, input.agents, task.agent, taskStr, {
-				cwd: taskCwd,
-				signal: input.signal,
-				interruptSignal: interruptController.signal,
-				allowIntercomDetach: taskAgentConfig?.systemPrompt?.includes(INTERCOM_BRIDGE_MARKER) === true,
-				intercomEvents: input.intercomEvents,
-				runId: input.runId,
-				index: input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex,
-				sessionDir: input.sessionDirForIndex(input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex),
-				sessionFile: input.sessionFileForIndex?.(input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex),
-				share: input.shareEnabled,
-				artifactsDir: input.artifactConfig.enabled ? input.artifactsDir : undefined,
-				artifactConfig: input.artifactConfig,
-				outputPath,
-				outputMode: behavior.outputMode,
-				maxSubagentDepth,
-				workflowStageSubagentGuard: input.workflowStageSubagentGuard,
-				controlConfig: input.controlConfig,
-				onControlEvent: input.onControlEvent,
-				intercomSessionName: input.childIntercomTarget?.(task.agent, input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex),
-				orchestratorIntercomTarget: input.orchestratorIntercomTarget,
-				nestedRoute: input.nestedRoute,
-				modelOverride: effectiveModel,
-				availableModels: input.availableModels,
-				currentModel: currentModelFullId(input.ctx.model),
-				preferredModelProvider: input.ctx.model?.provider,
-				skills: behavior.skills === false ? [] : behavior.skills,
-				structuredOutput: structuredRuntime,
-				onUpdate: input.onUpdate
-					? (progressUpdate) => {
-						const stepResults = progressUpdate.details?.results || [];
-						const stepProgress = progressUpdate.details?.progress || [];
-						if (input.foregroundControl && stepProgress.length > 0) {
-							const current = stepProgress[0];
-							input.foregroundControl.currentAgent = task.agent;
-							input.foregroundControl.currentIndex = input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex;
-							input.foregroundControl.currentActivityState = current?.activityState;
-							input.foregroundControl.lastActivityAt = current?.lastActivityAt;
-							input.foregroundControl.currentTool = current?.currentTool;
-							input.foregroundControl.currentToolStartedAt = current?.currentToolStartedAt;
-							input.foregroundControl.currentPath = current?.currentPath;
-							input.foregroundControl.turnCount = current?.turnCount;
-							input.foregroundControl.tokens = current?.tokens;
-							input.foregroundControl.toolCount = current?.toolCount;
-							input.foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-						}
-						input.onUpdate?.({
-							...progressUpdate,
-							details: {
-								mode: "chain",
-								results: input.results.concat(stepResults),
-								progress: input.allProgress.concat(stepProgress),
-								controlEvents: progressUpdate.details?.controlEvents,
-								chainAgents: input.chainAgents,
-								totalSteps: input.totalSteps,
-								currentStepIndex: input.stepIndex,
-								outputs: input.outputs,
-								workflowGraph: buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot({
-									runId: input.runId,
-									mode: "chain",
-									steps: input.chainSteps,
-									results: input.results.concat(stepResults),
-									currentStepIndex: input.stepIndex,
-									currentFlatIndex: input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex,
-									dynamicChildren: input.dynamicChildren,
-									dynamicGroupStatuses: input.dynamicGroupStatuses,
-								}),
-							},
-						});
-					}
-					: undefined,
-			});
-			if (input.foregroundControl?.currentIndex === input.globalTaskIndex + taskIndex) {
-				input.foregroundControl.interrupt = undefined;
-				input.foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-			}
-
-			if (result.exitCode !== 0 && failFast) {
-				aborted = true;
-			}
-			recordRun(task.agent, cleanTask, result.exitCode, result.progressSummary?.durationMs ?? 0);
-			return result;
-		},
-	);
-
-	return parallelResults;
-}
-
-interface ChainExecutionParams {
-	chain: ChainStep[];
-	task?: string;
-	agents: AgentConfig[];
-	ctx: ExtensionContext;
-	intercomEvents?: IntercomEventBus;
-	signal?: AbortSignal;
-	runId: string;
-	cwd?: string;
-	shareEnabled: boolean;
-	sessionDirForIndex: (idx?: number) => string | undefined;
-	sessionFileForIndex?: (idx?: number) => string | undefined;
-	artifactsDir: string;
-	artifactConfig: ArtifactConfig;
-	includeProgress?: boolean;
-	clarify?: boolean;
-	onUpdate?: (r: AgentToolResult<Details>) => void;
-	onControlEvent?: (event: ControlEvent) => void;
-	controlConfig: ResolvedControlConfig;
-	childIntercomTarget?: (agent: string, index: number) => string | undefined;
-	orchestratorIntercomTarget?: string;
-	foregroundControl?: ChainForegroundControl;
-	chainSkills?: string[];
-	chainDir?: string;
-	dynamicFanoutMaxItems?: number;
-	maxSubagentDepth: number;
-	workflowStageSubagentGuard?: boolean;
-	nestedRoute?: NestedRouteInfo;
-	worktreeSetupHook?: string;
-	worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs?: number;
-	runSync?: RunSyncDependency;
-}
-
-interface ChainExecutionResult {
-	content: Array<{ type: "text"; text: string }>;
-	details: Details;
-	isError?: boolean;
-	/** User requested async execution via TUI - caller should dispatch to executeAsyncChain */
-	requestedAsync?: {
-		chain: ChainStep[];
-		chainSkills: string[];
-	};
-}
+import { ChainOutputValidationError, validateChainOutputBindings } from "../shared/chain-outputs.ts";
+import { buildChainExecutionDetails } from "./chain-execution-details.ts";
+import { resolveChainClarification } from "./chain-execution-clarify.ts";
+import { runDynamicParallelChainStep } from "./chain-execution-dynamic-step.ts";
+import { runStaticParallelChainStep } from "./chain-execution-parallel-step.ts";
+import { runSequentialChainStep } from "./chain-execution-sequential-step.ts";
+import type {
+	ChainExecutionDetailsInput,
+	ChainExecutionMutableState,
+	ChainExecutionParams,
+	ChainExecutionResult,
+	ChainRuntimeContext,
+} from "./chain-execution-types.ts";
+import { runSync } from "./execution.ts";
 
 /**
- * Execute a chain of subagent steps
+ * Execute a chain of subagent steps.
  */
 export async function executeChain(params: ChainExecutionParams): Promise<ChainExecutionResult> {
 	const executeRunSync = params.runSync ?? runSync;
@@ -430,36 +57,38 @@ export async function executeChain(params: ChainExecutionParams): Promise<ChainE
 		chainDir: chainDirBase,
 	} = params;
 	const chainSkills = chainSkillsParam ?? [];
-
-	const results: SingleResult[] = [];
-	const outputs: ChainOutputMap = {};
-	const dynamicChildren: ChainExecutionDetailsInput["dynamicChildren"] = {};
-	const dynamicGroupStatuses: ChainExecutionDetailsInput["dynamicGroupStatuses"] = {};
-	const allProgress: AgentProgress[] = [];
-	const allArtifactPaths: ArtifactPaths[] = [];
-
-	const chainAgents: string[] = chainSteps.map((step) =>
+	const state: ChainExecutionMutableState = {
+		results: [],
+		outputs: {},
+		dynamicChildren: {},
+		dynamicGroupStatuses: {},
+		allProgress: [],
+		allArtifactPaths: [],
+		prev: "",
+		globalTaskIndex: 0,
+		progressCreated: false,
+	};
+	const chainAgents = chainSteps.map((step) =>
 		isParallelStep(step)
-			? `[${step.parallel.map((t) => t.agent).join("+")}]`
+			? `[${step.parallel.map((task) => task.agent).join("+")}]`
 			: isDynamicParallelStep(step)
 				? `expand:${step.parallel.agent}`
-			: (step as SequentialStep).agent,
+				: (step as SequentialStep).agent,
 	);
 	const totalSteps = chainSteps.length;
-
 	const makeDetailsInput = (overrides: Pick<Partial<ChainExecutionDetailsInput>, "currentStepIndex" | "currentFlatIndex"> = {}): ChainExecutionDetailsInput => ({
-		results,
+		results: state.results,
 		...(includeProgress !== undefined ? { includeProgress } : {}),
-		allProgress,
-		allArtifactPaths,
+		allProgress: state.allProgress,
+		allArtifactPaths: state.allArtifactPaths,
 		artifactsDir,
 		chainAgents,
 		chainSteps,
 		totalSteps,
 		runId,
-		outputs,
-		dynamicChildren,
-		dynamicGroupStatuses,
+		outputs: state.outputs,
+		dynamicChildren: state.dynamicChildren,
+		dynamicGroupStatuses: state.dynamicGroupStatuses,
 		...overrides,
 	});
 
@@ -486,654 +115,76 @@ export async function executeChain(params: ChainExecutionParams): Promise<ChainE
 	const chainDir = createChainDir(runId, chainDirBase);
 	const hasParallelSteps = chainSteps.some((step) => isParallelStep(step) || isDynamicParallelStep(step));
 	let templates: ResolvedTemplates = resolveChainTemplates(chainSteps);
-	const shouldClarify = clarify !== false && ctx.hasUI && !hasParallelSteps;
-	let tuiBehaviorOverrides: (BehaviorOverride | undefined)[] | undefined;
+	let tuiBehaviorOverrides: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof resolveChainClarification>>["tuiBehaviorOverrides"];
 	const availableModels: ModelInfo[] = ctx.modelRegistry.getAvailable().map(toModelInfo);
+	const context: ChainRuntimeContext = {
+		params,
+		agents,
+		ctx,
+		intercomEvents,
+		signal,
+		runId,
+		cwd,
+		shareEnabled,
+		sessionDirForIndex,
+		sessionFileForIndex,
+		artifactsDir,
+		artifactConfig,
+		includeProgress,
+		onUpdate,
+		onControlEvent,
+		controlConfig,
+		childIntercomTarget,
+		orchestratorIntercomTarget,
+		foregroundControl,
+		chainSkills,
+		chainDir,
+		availableModels,
+		originalTask,
+		chainAgents,
+		chainSteps,
+		totalSteps,
+		executeRunSync,
+		makeDetailsInput,
+	};
 
-	if (shouldClarify) {
-		const availableSkills = discoverAvailableSkills(cwd ?? ctx.cwd);
-		const seqSteps = chainSteps as SequentialStep[];
-		const agentConfigs: AgentConfig[] = [];
-		for (const step of seqSteps) {
-			const config = agents.find((a) => a.name === step.agent);
-			if (!config) {
-				removeChainDir(chainDir);
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Unknown agent: ${step.agent}` }],
-					isError: true,
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: seqSteps.indexOf(step) })),
-				};
-			}
-			agentConfigs.push(config);
-		}
-
-		const stepOverrides: StepOverrides[] = seqSteps.map((step) => ({
-			output: step.output,
-			outputMode: step.outputMode,
-			reads: step.reads,
-			progress: step.progress,
-			skills: normalizeSkillInput(step.skill),
-			model: step.model,
-		}));
-
-		const resolvedBehaviors = agentConfigs.map((config, i) =>
-			resolveStepBehavior(config, stepOverrides[i]!, chainSkills),
-		);
-		const flatTemplates = templates as string[];
-
-		const result = await ctx.ui.custom<ChainClarifyResult>(
-			(tui, theme, _kb, done) =>
-				new ChainClarifyComponent(
-					tui,
-					theme,
-					agentConfigs,
-					flatTemplates,
-					originalTask,
-					chainDir,
-					resolvedBehaviors,
-					availableModels,
-					ctx.model?.provider,
-					availableSkills,
-					done,
-				),
-			{
-				overlay: true,
-				overlayOptions: { anchor: "center", width: 84, maxHeight: "80%" },
-			},
-		);
-
-		if (!result || !result.confirmed) {
-			removeChainDir(chainDir);
-			return {
-				content: [{ type: "text", text: "Chain cancelled" }],
-				details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput()),
-			};
-		}
-
-		if (result.runInBackground) {
-			removeChainDir(chainDir);
-			const updatedChain: ChainStep[] = chainSteps.map((step, i) => {
-				if (isParallelStep(step)) return step;
-				const override = result.behaviorOverrides[i];
-				return {
-					...step,
-					task: result.templates[i]!,
-					...(override?.model ? { model: override.model } : {}),
-					...(override?.output !== undefined ? { output: override.output } : {}),
-					...("outputMode" in step && step.outputMode !== undefined ? { outputMode: step.outputMode } : {}),
-					...(override?.reads !== undefined ? { reads: override.reads } : {}),
-					...(override?.progress !== undefined ? { progress: override.progress } : {}),
-					...(override?.skills !== undefined ? { skill: override.skills } : {}),
-				};
-			});
-			return {
-				content: [{ type: "text", text: "Launching in background..." }],
-				details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput()),
-				requestedAsync: { chain: updatedChain, chainSkills },
-			};
-		}
-
-		templates = result.templates;
-		tuiBehaviorOverrides = result.behaviorOverrides;
-	}
-
-	let prev = "";
-	let globalTaskIndex = 0;
-	let progressCreated = false;
+	const clarification = await resolveChainClarification({
+		context,
+		templates,
+		shouldClarify: clarify !== false && ctx.hasUI && !hasParallelSteps,
+	});
+	if (clarification.result) return clarification.result;
+	templates = clarification.templates;
+	tuiBehaviorOverrides = clarification.tuiBehaviorOverrides;
 
 	for (let stepIndex = 0; stepIndex < chainSteps.length; stepIndex++) {
 		const step = chainSteps[stepIndex]!;
 		const stepTemplates = templates[stepIndex]!;
-
+		let earlyResult: ChainExecutionResult | undefined;
 		if (isParallelStep(step)) {
-			const parallelTemplates = stepTemplates as string[];
-			const parallelCwd = resolveChildCwd(cwd ?? ctx.cwd, step.cwd);
-			let worktreeSetup: WorktreeSetup | undefined;
-			if (step.worktree) {
-				const worktreeTaskCwdConflict = findWorktreeTaskCwdConflict(step.parallel, parallelCwd);
-				if (worktreeTaskCwdConflict) {
-					return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(
-						`parallel chain step ${stepIndex + 1}: ${formatWorktreeTaskCwdConflict(worktreeTaskCwdConflict, parallelCwd)}`,
-						makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex }),
-					);
-				}
-				try {
-					worktreeSetup = createWorktrees(parallelCwd, `${runId}-s${stepIndex}`, step.parallel.length, {
-						agents: step.parallel.map((task) => task.agent),
-						setupHook: params.worktreeSetupHook
-							? { hookPath: params.worktreeSetupHook, timeoutMs: params.worktreeSetupHookTimeoutMs }
-							: undefined,
-					});
-				} catch (error) {
-					const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-					return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(message, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex }));
-				}
-			}
-
-			try {
-				const agentNames = step.parallel.map((task) => task.agent);
-				const parallelBehaviors = resolveParallelBehaviors(step.parallel, agents, stepIndex, chainSkills)
-					.map((behavior, taskIndex) => suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(behavior, parallelTemplates[taskIndex] ?? step.parallel[taskIndex]?.task, originalTask));
-				for (let taskIndex = 0; taskIndex < step.parallel.length; taskIndex++) {
-					const behavior = parallelBehaviors[taskIndex]!;
-					const outputPath = typeof behavior.output === "string"
-						? (path.isAbsolute(behavior.output) ? behavior.output : path.join(chainDir, behavior.output))
-						: undefined;
-					const validationError = validateFileOnlyOutputMode(behavior.outputMode, outputPath, `Parallel chain step ${stepIndex + 1} task ${taskIndex + 1} (${step.parallel[taskIndex]!.agent})`);
-					if (validationError) return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(validationError, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex + taskIndex }));
-				}
-				progressCreated = ensureParallelProgressFile(chainDir, progressCreated, parallelBehaviors);
-				createParallelDirs(chainDir, stepIndex, step.parallel.length, agentNames);
-
-				const parallelResults = await runParallelChainTasks({
-					step,
-					parallelTemplates,
-					parallelBehaviors,
-					agents,
-					stepIndex,
-					availableModels,
-					chainDir,
-					prev,
-					originalTask,
-					ctx,
-					intercomEvents,
-					cwd,
-					runId,
-					globalTaskIndex,
-					sessionDirForIndex,
-					sessionFileForIndex,
-					shareEnabled,
-					artifactConfig,
-					artifactsDir,
-					signal,
-					onUpdate,
-					results,
-					allProgress,
-					outputs,
-					chainAgents,
-					chainSteps,
-					totalSteps,
-					dynamicChildren,
-					dynamicGroupStatuses,
-					controlConfig,
-					onControlEvent,
-					childIntercomTarget,
-					orchestratorIntercomTarget,
-					foregroundControl,
-					nestedRoute: params.nestedRoute,
-					worktreeSetup,
-					maxSubagentDepth: params.maxSubagentDepth,
-					workflowStageSubagentGuard: params.workflowStageSubagentGuard,
-					runSync: executeRunSync,
-				});
-				globalTaskIndex += step.parallel.length;
-
-				for (const result of parallelResults) {
-					results.push(result);
-					if (result.progress) allProgress.push(result.progress);
-					if (result.artifactPaths) allArtifactPaths.push(result.artifactPaths);
-				}
-				const interruptedIndexInStep = parallelResults.findIndex((result) => result.interrupted);
-				const interrupted = interruptedIndexInStep >= 0 ? parallelResults[interruptedIndexInStep] : undefined;
-				if (interrupted) {
-					return {
-						content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain paused after interrupt at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${interrupted.agent}). Waiting for explicit next action.` }],
-						details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-							currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-							currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - step.parallel.length + interruptedIndexInStep,
-						})),
-					};
-				}
-				const detachedIndexInStep = parallelResults.findIndex((result) => result.detached);
-				const detached = detachedIndexInStep >= 0 ? parallelResults[detachedIndexInStep] : undefined;
-				if (detached) {
-					return {
-						content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain detached for intercom coordination at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${detached.agent}). Reply to the supervisor request first. After the child exits, start a fresh follow-up if needed.` }],
-						details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-							currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-							currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - step.parallel.length + detachedIndexInStep,
-						})),
-					};
-				}
-
-				const failures = parallelResults
-					.map((result, originalIndex) => ({ ...result, originalIndex }))
-					.filter((result) => result.exitCode !== 0 && result.exitCode !== -1);
-				if (failures.length > 0) {
-					const failureSummary = failures
-						.map((failure) => `- Task ${failure.originalIndex + 1} (${failure.agent}): ${failure.error || "failed"}`)
-						.join("\n");
-					const errorMsg = `Parallel step ${stepIndex + 1} failed:\n${failureSummary}`;
-					const summary = buildChainSummary(chainSteps, results, chainDir, "failed", {
-						index: stepIndex,
-						error: errorMsg,
-					});
-					return {
-						content: [{ type: "text", text: summary }],
-						isError: true,
-						details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-							currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-							currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - step.parallel.length + failures[0]!.originalIndex,
-						})),
-					};
-				}
-
-				for (let taskIndex = 0; taskIndex < parallelResults.length; taskIndex++) {
-					const outputName = step.parallel[taskIndex]?.as;
-					if (outputName) outputs[outputName] = outputEntryFromResult(parallelResults[taskIndex]!, stepIndex);
-				}
-
-				const taskResults: ParallelTaskResult[] = parallelResults.map((result, i) => {
-					const outputTarget = parallelBehaviors[i]?.output;
-					const outputTargetPath = typeof outputTarget === "string"
-						? (path.isAbsolute(outputTarget) ? outputTarget : path.join(chainDir, outputTarget))
-						: undefined;
-					return {
-						agent: result.agent,
-						taskIndex: i,
-						output: getSingleResultOutput(result),
-						exitCode: result.exitCode,
-						error: result.error,
-						outputTargetPath,
-						outputTargetExists: outputTargetPath ? fs.existsSync(outputTargetPath) : undefined,
-					};
-				});
-				prev = aggregateParallelOutputs(taskResults);
-				prev = appendParallelWorktreeSummary(
-					prev,
-					worktreeSetup,
-					path.join(chainDir, "worktree-diffs", `step-${stepIndex}`),
-					agentNames,
-				);
-			} finally {
-				if (worktreeSetup) cleanupWorktrees(worktreeSetup);
-			}
-		} else if (isDynamicParallelStep(step)) {
-			let materialized: ReturnType<typeof materializeDynamicParallelStep>;
-			try {
-				materialized = materializeDynamicParallelStep(step, outputs, stepIndex, { maxItems: params.dynamicFanoutMaxItems });
-			} catch (error) {
-				const message = error instanceof DynamicFanoutError ? error.message : error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-				dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "failed", error: message };
-				return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(message, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex }));
-			}
-
-			dynamicChildren[stepIndex] = materialized.items.map((item, itemIndex) => ({
-				agent: step.parallel.agent,
-				label: materialized.parallel[itemIndex]?.label,
-				flatIndex: globalTaskIndex + itemIndex,
-				itemKey: item.key,
-				structured: Boolean(step.parallel.outputSchema),
-			}));
-
-			if (materialized.parallel.length === 0) {
-				const collection: DynamicCollectedResult[] = [];
-				try {
-					validateDynamicCollection(step.collect.outputSchema, collection);
-				} catch (error) {
-					const message = error instanceof DynamicFanoutError ? error.message : error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-					dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "failed", error: message };
-					return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(message, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex }));
-				}
-				outputs[step.collect.as] = {
-					text: JSON.stringify(collection),
-					structured: collection,
-					agent: step.parallel.agent,
-					stepIndex,
-				};
-				dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "completed" };
-				prev = "Dynamic fanout produced 0 results.";
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			const dynamicParallelStep: ParallelStep = {
-				parallel: materialized.parallel,
-				concurrency: step.concurrency,
-				failFast: step.failFast,
-			};
-			const parallelTemplates = materialized.parallel.map((task) => task.task ?? "{previous}");
-			const parallelBehaviors = resolveParallelBehaviors(dynamicParallelStep.parallel, agents, stepIndex, chainSkills)
-				.map((behavior, taskIndex) => suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(behavior, parallelTemplates[taskIndex] ?? dynamicParallelStep.parallel[taskIndex]?.task, originalTask));
-
-			for (let taskIndex = 0; taskIndex < dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length; taskIndex++) {
-				const behavior = parallelBehaviors[taskIndex]!;
-				const outputPath = typeof behavior.output === "string"
-					? (path.isAbsolute(behavior.output) ? behavior.output : path.join(chainDir, behavior.output))
-					: undefined;
-				const validationError = validateFileOnlyOutputMode(behavior.outputMode, outputPath, `Dynamic chain step ${stepIndex + 1} item ${taskIndex + 1} (${dynamicParallelStep.parallel[taskIndex]!.agent})`);
-				if (validationError) {
-					dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "failed", error: validationError };
-					return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(validationError, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex + taskIndex }));
-				}
-			}
-
-			progressCreated = ensureParallelProgressFile(chainDir, progressCreated, parallelBehaviors);
-			createParallelDirs(chainDir, stepIndex, dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length, dynamicParallelStep.parallel.map((task) => task.agent));
-			const parallelResults = await runParallelChainTasks({
-				step: dynamicParallelStep,
-				parallelTemplates,
-				parallelBehaviors,
-				agents,
+			earlyResult = await runStaticParallelChainStep({
+				context,
+				state,
+				step,
 				stepIndex,
-				availableModels,
-				chainDir,
-				prev,
-				originalTask,
-				ctx,
-				intercomEvents,
-				cwd,
-				runId,
-				globalTaskIndex,
-				sessionDirForIndex,
-				sessionFileForIndex,
-				shareEnabled,
-				artifactConfig,
-				artifactsDir,
-				signal,
-				onUpdate,
-				results,
-				allProgress,
-				outputs,
-				chainAgents,
-				chainSteps,
-				totalSteps,
-				dynamicChildren,
-				dynamicGroupStatuses,
-				controlConfig,
-				onControlEvent,
-				childIntercomTarget,
-				orchestratorIntercomTarget,
-				foregroundControl,
-				nestedRoute: params.nestedRoute,
-				maxSubagentDepth: params.maxSubagentDepth,
-				workflowStageSubagentGuard: params.workflowStageSubagentGuard,
-				runSync: executeRunSync,
+				parallelTemplates: stepTemplates as string[],
 			});
-			globalTaskIndex += dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length;
-
-			for (const result of parallelResults) {
-				results.push(result);
-				if (result.progress) allProgress.push(result.progress);
-				if (result.artifactPaths) allArtifactPaths.push(result.artifactPaths);
-			}
-			const collected = collectDynamicResults(step, materialized.items, parallelResults);
-			const interruptedIndexInStep = parallelResults.findIndex((result) => result.interrupted);
-			const interrupted = interruptedIndexInStep >= 0 ? parallelResults[interruptedIndexInStep] : undefined;
-			if (interrupted) {
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain paused after interrupt at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${interrupted.agent}). Waiting for explicit next action.` }],
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-						currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-						currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length + interruptedIndexInStep,
-					})),
-				};
-			}
-			const detachedIndexInStep = parallelResults.findIndex((result) => result.detached);
-			const detached = detachedIndexInStep >= 0 ? parallelResults[detachedIndexInStep] : undefined;
-			if (detached) {
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain detached for intercom coordination at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${detached.agent}). Reply to the supervisor request first. After the child exits, start a fresh follow-up if needed.` }],
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-						currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-						currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length + detachedIndexInStep,
-					})),
-				};
-			}
-			const failures = parallelResults
-				.map((result, originalIndex) => ({ ...result, originalIndex }))
-				.filter((result) => result.exitCode !== 0 && result.exitCode !== -1);
-			if (failures.length > 0) {
-				const failureSummary = failures
-					.map((failure) => `- Item ${failure.originalIndex + 1} (${failure.agent}, key ${materialized.items[failure.originalIndex]?.key ?? failure.originalIndex}): ${failure.error || "failed"}`)
-					.join("\n");
-				const errorMsg = `Dynamic step ${stepIndex + 1} failed:\n${failureSummary}`;
-				dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "failed", error: errorMsg };
-				const summary = buildChainSummary(chainSteps, results, chainDir, "failed", {
-					index: stepIndex,
-					error: errorMsg,
-				});
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: summary }],
-					isError: true,
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({
-						currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-						currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length + failures[0]!.originalIndex,
-					})),
-				};
-			}
-			try {
-				validateDynamicCollection(step.collect.outputSchema, collected);
-			} catch (error) {
-				const message = error instanceof DynamicFanoutError ? error.message : error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
-				dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "failed", error: message };
-				return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(message, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - dynamicParallelStep.parallel.length }));
-			}
-			outputs[step.collect.as] = {
-				text: JSON.stringify(collected),
-				structured: collected,
-				agent: step.parallel.agent,
-				stepIndex,
-			};
-			dynamicGroupStatuses[stepIndex] = { status: "completed" };
-			const taskResults: ParallelTaskResult[] = parallelResults.map((result, i) => ({
-				agent: result.agent,
-				taskIndex: i,
-				output: getSingleResultOutput(result),
-				exitCode: result.exitCode,
-				error: result.error,
-			}));
-			prev = aggregateParallelOutputs(taskResults, (i, agent) => `=== Dynamic Item ${i + 1} (${agent}, key ${materialized.items[i]?.key ?? i}) ===`);
+		} else if (isDynamicParallelStep(step)) {
+			earlyResult = await runDynamicParallelChainStep({ context, state, step, stepIndex });
 		} else {
-			const seqStep = step as SequentialStep;
-			const stepTemplate = stepTemplates as string;
-
-			const agentConfig = agents.find((a) => a.name === seqStep.agent);
-			if (!agentConfig) {
-				removeChainDir(chainDir);
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Unknown agent: ${seqStep.agent}` }],
-					isError: true,
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex })),
-				};
-			}
-
-			const tuiOverride = tuiBehaviorOverrides?.[stepIndex];
-			const stepOverride: StepOverrides = {
-				output: tuiOverride?.output !== undefined ? tuiOverride.output : seqStep.output,
-				outputMode: seqStep.outputMode,
-				reads: tuiOverride?.reads !== undefined ? tuiOverride.reads : seqStep.reads,
-				progress: tuiOverride?.progress !== undefined ? tuiOverride.progress : seqStep.progress,
-				skills:
-					tuiOverride?.skills !== undefined
-						? tuiOverride.skills
-						: normalizeSkillInput(seqStep.skill),
-			};
-			const behavior = suppressProgressForReadOnlyTask(resolveStepBehavior(agentConfig, stepOverride, chainSkills), stepTemplate, originalTask);
-
-			const isFirstProgress = behavior.progress && !progressCreated;
-			if (isFirstProgress) {
-				progressCreated = true;
-			}
-
-			const templateHasPrevious = stepTemplate.includes("{previous}");
-			const { prefix, suffix } = buildChainInstructions(
-				behavior,
-				chainDir,
-				isFirstProgress,
-				templateHasPrevious ? undefined : prev,
-			);
-
-			let stepTask = resolveOutputReferences(stepTemplate, outputs);
-			stepTask = stepTask.replace(/\{task\}/g, originalTask);
-			stepTask = stepTask.replace(/\{previous\}/g, prev);
-			stepTask = stepTask.replace(/\{chain_dir\}/g, chainDir);
-			const cleanTask = stepTask;
-			stepTask = prefix + stepTask + suffix;
-
-			const effectiveModel =
-				tuiOverride?.model
-				?? (seqStep.model ? resolveModelCandidate(seqStep.model, availableModels, ctx.model?.provider) : null)
-				?? resolveModelCandidate(agentConfig.model, availableModels, ctx.model?.provider);
-
-			const outputPath = typeof behavior.output === "string"
-				? (path.isAbsolute(behavior.output) ? behavior.output : path.join(chainDir, behavior.output))
-				: undefined;
-			const validationError = validateFileOnlyOutputMode(behavior.outputMode, outputPath, `Chain step ${stepIndex + 1} (${seqStep.agent})`);
-			if (validationError) {
-				return buildChainExecutionErrorResult(validationError, makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex }));
-			}
-			const maxSubagentDepth = resolveChildMaxSubagentDepth(params.maxSubagentDepth, agentConfig.maxSubagentDepth);
-			const interruptController = new AbortController();
-			if (foregroundControl) {
-				foregroundControl.currentAgent = seqStep.agent;
-				foregroundControl.currentIndex = globalTaskIndex;
-				foregroundControl.currentActivityState = undefined;
-				foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-				foregroundControl.interrupt = () => {
-					if (interruptController.signal.aborted) return false;
-					interruptController.abort();
-					foregroundControl.currentActivityState = undefined;
-					foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-					return true;
-				};
-			}
-
-			const structuredRuntime = seqStep.outputSchema
-				? createStructuredOutputRuntime(seqStep.outputSchema, path.join(chainDir, "structured-output"))
-				: undefined;
-			const r = await executeRunSync(ctx.cwd, agents, seqStep.agent, stepTask, {
-				cwd: resolveChildCwd(cwd ?? ctx.cwd, seqStep.cwd),
-				signal,
-				interruptSignal: interruptController.signal,
-				allowIntercomDetach: agentConfig.systemPrompt?.includes(INTERCOM_BRIDGE_MARKER) === true,
-				intercomEvents,
-				runId,
-				index: globalTaskIndex,
-				sessionDir: sessionDirForIndex(globalTaskIndex),
-				sessionFile: sessionFileForIndex?.(globalTaskIndex),
-				share: shareEnabled,
-				artifactsDir: artifactConfig.enabled ? artifactsDir : undefined,
-				artifactConfig,
-				outputPath,
-				outputMode: behavior.outputMode,
-				maxSubagentDepth,
-				workflowStageSubagentGuard: params.workflowStageSubagentGuard,
-				controlConfig,
-				onControlEvent,
-				intercomSessionName: childIntercomTarget?.(seqStep.agent, globalTaskIndex),
-				orchestratorIntercomTarget,
-				nestedRoute: params.nestedRoute,
-				modelOverride: effectiveModel,
-				availableModels,
-				currentModel: currentModelFullId(ctx.model),
-				preferredModelProvider: ctx.model?.provider,
-				skills: behavior.skills === false ? [] : behavior.skills,
-				structuredOutput: structuredRuntime,
-				onUpdate: onUpdate
-					? (p) => {
-						const stepResults = p.details?.results || [];
-						const stepProgress = p.details?.progress || [];
-						if (foregroundControl && stepProgress.length > 0) {
-							const current = stepProgress[0];
-							foregroundControl.currentAgent = seqStep.agent;
-							foregroundControl.currentIndex = globalTaskIndex;
-							foregroundControl.currentActivityState = current?.activityState;
-							foregroundControl.lastActivityAt = current?.lastActivityAt;
-							foregroundControl.currentTool = current?.currentTool;
-							foregroundControl.currentToolStartedAt = current?.currentToolStartedAt;
-							foregroundControl.currentPath = current?.currentPath;
-							foregroundControl.turnCount = current?.turnCount;
-							foregroundControl.tokens = current?.tokens;
-							foregroundControl.toolCount = current?.toolCount;
-							foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-						}
-						onUpdate({
-							...p,
-							details: {
-								mode: "chain",
-								results: results.concat(stepResults),
-								progress: allProgress.concat(stepProgress),
-								controlEvents: p.details?.controlEvents,
-								chainAgents,
-								totalSteps,
-								currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-								outputs,
-								workflowGraph: buildWorkflowGraphSnapshot({
-									runId,
-									mode: "chain",
-									steps: chainSteps,
-									results: results.concat(stepResults),
-									currentStepIndex: stepIndex,
-									currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex,
-									dynamicChildren,
-									dynamicGroupStatuses,
-								}),
-							},
-						});
-					}
-					: undefined,
+			earlyResult = await runSequentialChainStep({
+				context,
+				state,
+				seqStep: step as SequentialStep,
+				stepIndex,
+				stepTemplate: stepTemplates as string,
+				tuiOverride: tuiBehaviorOverrides?.[stepIndex],
 			});
-			if (foregroundControl?.currentIndex === globalTaskIndex) {
-				foregroundControl.interrupt = undefined;
-				foregroundControl.updatedAt = Date.now();
-			}
-			recordRun(seqStep.agent, cleanTask, r.exitCode, r.progressSummary?.durationMs ?? 0);
-
-			globalTaskIndex++;
-			results.push(r);
-			if (r.progress) allProgress.push(r.progress);
-			if (r.artifactPaths) allArtifactPaths.push(r.artifactPaths);
-
-			if (r.interrupted) {
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain paused after interrupt at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${r.agent}). Waiting for explicit next action.` }],
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - 1 })),
-				};
-			}
-			if (r.detached) {
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: `Chain detached for intercom coordination at step ${stepIndex + 1} (${r.agent}). Reply to the supervisor request first. After the child exits, start a fresh follow-up if needed.` }],
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - 1 })),
-				};
-			}
-
-			if (r.exitCode !== 0) {
-				const summary = buildChainSummary(chainSteps, results, chainDir, "failed", {
-					index: stepIndex,
-					error: r.error || "Chain failed",
-				});
-				return {
-					content: [{ type: "text", text: summary }],
-					details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput({ currentStepIndex: stepIndex, currentFlatIndex: globalTaskIndex - 1 })),
-					isError: true,
-				};
-			}
-
-			if (behavior.output) {
-				try {
-					const expectedPath = path.isAbsolute(behavior.output)
-						? behavior.output
-						: path.join(chainDir, behavior.output);
-					if (!fs.existsSync(expectedPath)) {
-						const dirFiles = fs.readdirSync(chainDir);
-						const mdFiles = dirFiles.filter((file) => file.endsWith(".md") && file !== "progress.md");
-						const warning = mdFiles.length > 0
-							? `Agent wrote to different file(s): ${mdFiles.join(", ")} instead of ${behavior.output}`
-							: `Agent did not create expected output file: ${behavior.output}`;
-						r.error = r.error ? `${r.error}\n${warning}` : warning;
-					}
-				} catch {
-					// Ignore validation errors; this diagnostic should not mask successful chain output.
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (seqStep.as) outputs[seqStep.as] = outputEntryFromResult(r, stepIndex);
-			prev = getSingleResultOutput(r);
 		}
+		if (earlyResult) return earlyResult;
 	}
 
-	const summary = buildChainSummary(chainSteps, results, chainDir, "completed");
-
+	const summary = buildChainSummary(chainSteps, state.results, chainDir, "completed");
 	return {
 		content: [{ type: "text", text: summary }],
 		details: buildChainExecutionDetails(makeDetailsInput()),