@fungi.computer/shiitake-extensions 0.3.0 → 0.5.0

package/dist/question/host.js

@@ -1,25 +1,32 @@
 import { nanoid } from "@fungi.computer/cairn";
 import { Mycelium } from "@fungi.computer/mycelium";
-import { defineCollection, defineExtension, ExtensionCommandError, } from "@fungi.computer/shiitake/extensions";
+import { defineCollection, defineExtension, ExtensionCommandError, AttentionRecipientSchema, } from "@fungi.computer/shiitake/extensions";
 import * as Clock from "effect/Clock";
 import * as Effect from "effect/Effect";
 import * as Option from "effect/Option";
 import * as Schema from "effect/Schema";
 import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
 import { z } from "zod";
-import Papa from "papaparse";
-import { titleLimit } from "../internal/headline.js";
-import { ask, catalog, done, freshRequestId } from "../internal/catalog.js";
-import { questionContract, OpenAsk, Questions, Answers, HumanResult, DeclineInput, ClosedStatus, AnswerFlowInput, } from "./contract.js";
+import { catalog, done } from "../internal/catalog.js";
+import { questionContract, OpenAsk, Questions, Answers, HumanResult, AgentAnswerResult, AnsweredBy, EscalateResult, DeclineInput, ClosedStatus, AnswerFlowInput, } from "./contract.js";
+import { advanceAnswerFlow } from "./answer-flow.js";
 const config = {
     maximumOpen: 4,
     liveWindowMs: 600_000,
+    // No Agent holds a routed ask forever: past this a person decides.
+    routedEscalationMs: 900_000,
+    routesToSender: false,
     idle: "Need a person's decision? forage.describe({path:'question'}) first.",
     guide: "Question tools: ask, withdraw. Use question.ask for decisions that need a person's answer. Put the recommended option first; do not add Other, since free text is always available. Use credential tools for secrets. While a question is parked, finish independent work and end the turn.",
-    askDescription: "Ask a person one or more questions and wait for the answer; options follow the question module rules.",
+    askDescription: "Ask a person one or more questions and wait for the answer; options follow the question module rules. When another Agent sent you this work, your question goes to that Agent first and always parks: end your turn, and its answer arrives as a follow-up.",
 };
 const Response = Schema.Union([
     Schema.Struct({ status: Schema.Literal("answered"), answers: Answers }),
+    Schema.Struct({
+        status: Schema.Literal("answered"),
+        answers: Answers,
+        answeredBy: AnsweredBy,
+    }),
     Schema.Struct({
         status: Schema.Literal("declined"),
         note: DeclineInput.fields.note,
@@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ const Response = Schema.Union([
 ]);
 const AskRow = Schema.Struct({
     askId: OpenAsk.fields.askId,
+    waitingOn: Schema.optional(AttentionRecipientSchema),
     questions: Questions,
     status: OpenAsk.fields.status,
     createdAt: OpenAsk.fields.createdAt,
@@ -82,7 +90,7 @@ const Receipt = Schema.Struct({
     sessionId: Schema.String,
     requestId: Schema.String,
     payload: Schema.String,
-    result: HumanResult,
+    result: AgentAnswerResult,
 });
 const collections = {
     deliveries: defineCollection(Schema.Struct({
@@ -164,6 +172,8 @@ function closeAsk(ctx, row, outcome, followUpWorkId = null, toolCallId) {
         yield* ctx.state.asks.remove(row.askId);
         if (row.expiry !== null)
             yield* ctx.timers.cancel(`ask:${row.askId}`);
+        if (row.waitingOn !== undefined)
+            yield* ctx.timers.cancel(routeTimer(row.askId));
         yield* ctx.attention.clear(row.sessionId, row.askId);
         yield* ctx.observe(row.sessionId);
     });
@@ -280,13 +290,16 @@ function settle(ctx, run) {
     });
 }
 function project(row) {
-    return {
+    const open = {
         askId: row.askId,
         questions: row.questions,
         status: row.status,
         createdAt: row.createdAt,
         expiresAt: row.expiry?.at ?? null,
     };
+    return row.waitingOn === undefined
+        ? open
+        : { ...open, waitingOn: row.waitingOn };
 }
 const encoder = new TextEncoder();
 /** Keep every question and selection represented within the follow-up byte budget. */
@@ -302,7 +315,9 @@ function clip(text, budget) {
 }
 function responsePrompt(row, response) {
     const prefix = response.status === "answered"
-        ? `Answer to ask ${row.askId}:\n`
+        ? "answeredBy" in response
+            ? `Answer from Agent ${response.answeredBy.agentId} to ask ${row.askId}:\n`
+            : `Answer to ask ${row.askId}:\n`
         : response.status === "declined"
             ? `Declined ask ${row.askId}:\n${response.note === undefined ? "" : `Note: ${clip(response.note, 2_048)}\n`}`
             : `Ask ${row.askId} expired; ${response.action === "stop" ? "do not proceed with this decision" : "recommended default"}:\n`;
@@ -343,6 +358,8 @@ function deliverResponse(ctx, row, response) {
             requireExistingSession: true,
             when: "now",
             correlation: row.askId,
+            // The continued work keeps its sender, so a second question still waits on that Agent.
+            continuesWorkId: row.workId,
             prompt: {
                 text: responsePrompt(row, response),
                 requestId: `ask:${row.askId}`,
@@ -357,7 +374,11 @@ function deliverResponse(ctx, row, response) {
             : { status: "undeliverable", reason: delivered.reason };
         yield* closeAsk(ctx, row, outcome, delivered.status === "sent" ? delivered.workId : null);
         return delivered.status === "sent"
-            ? { result: "accepted", via: "follow_up" }
+            ? {
+                result: "accepted",
+                via: "follow_up",
+                commandId: delivered.workId,
+            }
             : { result: "closed", status: "undeliverable" };
     });
 }
@@ -377,6 +398,13 @@ function expireAsk(ctx, row, now) {
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
         if (row.expiry === null || now < row.expiry.at || row.pending !== null)
             return undefined;
+        if (row.waitingOn !== undefined) {
+            // Nobody answered in time. A person decides next; the default never
+            // stands in for a decision no person has seen.
+            yield* ctx.timers.cancel(`ask:${row.askId}`);
+            yield* escalateAsk(ctx, { ...row, expiry: null });
+            return undefined;
+        }
         const response = row.expiry.action === "stop"
             ? { status: "expired", action: "stop" }
             : {
@@ -409,15 +437,21 @@ function validAnswers(questions, values) {
     return valid;
 }
 function responseIdentity(input) {
-    const response = input.kind === "answer"
-        ? { status: "answered", answers: input.answers }
+    const response = input.kind === "answer" || input.kind === "agent_answer"
+        ? input.kind === "agent_answer"
+            ? {
+                status: "answered",
+                answers: input.answers,
+                answeredBy: { kind: "agent", agentId: input.caller.agentId },
+            }
+            : { status: "answered", answers: input.answers }
         : input.note === undefined
             ? { status: "declined" }
             : { status: "declined", note: input.note };
     const payload = JSON.stringify([
         input.kind,
         input.askId,
-        input.kind === "answer"
+        input.kind === "answer" || input.kind === "agent_answer"
             ? Object.entries(input.answers)
                 .sort(([a], [b]) => (a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0))
                 .map(([id, answer]) => [
@@ -426,6 +460,9 @@ function responseIdentity(input) {
                 answer.text ?? null,
             ])
             : (input.note ?? null),
+        input.kind === "agent_answer"
+            ? [input.caller.agentId, input.caller.sessionId]
+            : null,
     ]);
     return { response, payload };
 }
@@ -467,7 +504,12 @@ function respond(ctx, sessionId, input) {
         const row = found.value;
         if (row.pending !== null)
             return yield* record({ result: "closed", status: row.pending.status });
-        if (input.kind === "answer") {
+        // A person may always answer; an Agent only when the ask waits on it.
+        if (input.kind === "agent_answer" &&
+            !waitsOn(row, input.caller.agentId, input.caller.sessionId))
+            // A refusal changes nothing, so it must not spend the request id.
+            return { result: "refused", reason: "not_sender" };
+        if (input.kind === "answer" || input.kind === "agent_answer") {
             const valid = validAnswers(row.questions, input.answers);
             if (!valid)
                 return yield* Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
@@ -478,6 +520,80 @@ function respond(ctx, sessionId, input) {
         return yield* record(yield* offerResponse(ctx, row, response));
     });
 }
+/** Whether this ask waits on exactly this Agent Session. */
+function waitsOn(row, agentId, sessionId) {
+    return (row.waitingOn?.agentId === agentId && row.waitingOn.sessionId === sessionId);
+}
+function respondPerson(ctx, sessionId, input) {
+    return respond(ctx, sessionId, input).pipe(Effect.flatMap((result) => result.result === "refused"
+        ? Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
+            reason: "rejected",
+            message: "A person's response cannot be refused",
+        }))
+        : Effect.succeed(result)));
+}
+/** The attention item for one open ask, waiting on an Agent or a person. */
+function askAttention(row) {
+    const item = {
+        id: row.askId,
+        kind: "question",
+        summary: row.questions.map((question) => question.header).join(", "),
+        since: row.createdAt,
+    };
+    const timed = row.expiry === null ? item : { ...item, expiresAt: row.expiry.at };
+    return row.waitingOn === undefined
+        ? timed
+        : { ...timed, waitingOn: row.waitingOn };
+}
+/**
+ * The durable backstop of an ask that waits on an Agent. It is separate from
+ * the asker's own expiry, so it always hands the ask to a person and never
+ * applies a default answer.
+ */
+function routeTimer(askId) {
+    return `route:${askId}`;
+}
+/** Hand an ask to a person: it stops waiting on any Agent and needs them. */
+function escalateAsk(ctx, row) {
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const moved = { ...row, waitingOn: undefined };
+        yield* ctx.timers.cancel(routeTimer(row.askId));
+        yield* ctx.state.asks.put(moved);
+        yield* ctx.attention.set(row.sessionId, askAttention(moved));
+        yield* ctx.observe(row.sessionId);
+        return moved;
+    });
+}
+function escalateFromAgent(ctx, sessionId, askId, caller) {
+    return Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const found = yield* ctx.state.asks.get(askId);
+        if (Option.isNone(found) || found.value.sessionId !== sessionId) {
+            const closed = yield* ctx.state.closed.get(askId);
+            const missing = Option.isSome(closed) && closed.value.sessionId === sessionId
+                ? { result: "closed", status: closed.value.outcome.status }
+                : { result: "not_found" };
+            return missing;
+        }
+        const row = found.value;
+        if (row.pending !== null) {
+            const answered = {
+                result: "closed",
+                status: row.pending.status,
+            };
+            return answered;
+        }
+        if (!waitsOn(row, caller.agentId, caller.sessionId)) {
+            const refused = {
+                result: "refused",
+                reason: "not_sender",
+            };
+            return refused;
+        }
+        yield* escalateAsk(ctx, row);
+        const escalated = { result: "escalated", to: "person" };
+        return escalated;
+    });
+}
 // Mycelium's maintained operation interface uses Zod. The owner additionally
 // decodes Questions for shared domain refinements and durable state.
 const baseInput = z.strictObject({
@@ -592,6 +708,14 @@ const ToolResult = z.union([
         status: z.literal("answered"),
         answers: toolAnswers,
     }),
+    z.strictObject({
+        status: z.literal("answered"),
+        answers: toolAnswers,
+        answeredBy: z.strictObject({
+            kind: z.literal("parent"),
+            agentId: z.string().min(1).max(256),
+        }),
+    }),
     z.strictObject({ status: z.literal("declined"), note: z.string() }),
     z.strictObject({ status: z.literal("declined") }),
     z.strictObject({ status: z.literal("expired"), action: z.literal("stop") }),
@@ -641,113 +765,16 @@ function answerNotice(result) {
 }
 function chooseQuestion(ctx, sessionId, askId) {
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
-        if (askId === undefined) {
-            const rows = (yield* ctx.state.asks.page({
-                index: sessionId,
-                limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen,
-            })).filter((row) => row.pending === null);
-            if (rows.length === 0)
-                return done({ type: "info", message: "No questions are waiting." });
-            if (rows.length > 1)
-                return ask({
-                    type: "choice",
-                    message: "Which question would you like to answer?",
-                    options: rows.map((row) => ({
-                        value: row.askId,
-                        label: row.questions
-                            .map((question) => question.header)
-                            .join(" · "),
-                    })),
-                }, {}, "askId");
-            const first = rows[0];
-            if (first === undefined)
-                throw new Error("Expected the waiting question");
-            return { type: "selected", askId: first.askId };
-        }
-        return { type: "selected", askId };
-    });
-}
-function multipleSelection(question, selection) {
-    const parsed = Papa.parse(selection, {
-        delimiter: ",",
-        skipEmptyLines: true,
+        if (askId !== undefined)
+            return { type: "selected", askId };
+        const first = (yield* ctx.state.asks.page({
+            index: sessionId,
+            limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen,
+        })).find((row) => row.pending === null);
+        return first === undefined
+            ? done({ type: "info", message: "No questions are waiting." })
+            : { type: "selected", askId: first.askId };
     });
-    const selected = parsed.data[0] ?? [];
-    const offered = new Set(question.options.map((option) => option.label));
-    if (question.multiple !== true ||
-        parsed.errors.length > 0 ||
-        parsed.data.length > 1 ||
-        new Set(selected).size !== selected.length ||
-        selected.some((label) => !offered.has(label)))
-        return Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
-            reason: "invalid",
-            message: "Enter offered labels once each as a comma list; quote labels containing commas",
-        }));
-    return Effect.succeed(selected);
-}
-function singleSelection(question, selection) {
-    if (selection === "free_text")
-        return Effect.succeed([]);
-    const option = question.options.find((option) => `option:${option.label}` === selection);
-    return option === undefined
-        ? Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
-            reason: "invalid",
-            message: "Choose an offered option or free text",
-        }))
-        : Effect.succeed([option.label]);
-}
-/**
- * The Agent's own words are the title only when they fit one; a longer
- * question gets a plain title and sits in the body, whole in the details.
- */
-function questionHeading(question) {
-    const text = question.question.replace(/\s+/gu, " ").trim();
-    if (text.length <= titleLimit)
-        return { message: text };
-    return {
-        message: "The Agent has a question",
-        body: question.question.slice(0, 4_000),
-        bodyLabel: "Question",
-        details: [{ label: "Question", value: question.question.slice(0, 4_000) }],
-    };
-}
-function promptQuestion(nextQuestion, next) {
-    const heading = questionHeading(nextQuestion);
-    if (nextQuestion.multiple === true)
-        return ask({
-            type: "text",
-            ...heading,
-            summary: `Separate your picks with commas, or leave blank to write your own.${nextQuestion.options.some((option) => option.label.includes(","))
-                ? " Put quotes around a pick that contains a comma."
-                : ""}`,
-            facts: [
-                {
-                    label: "Options",
-                    value: nextQuestion.options
-                        .map((option) => option.label)
-                        .join(" · "),
-                },
-            ],
-            details: [
-                ...("details" in heading ? heading.details : []),
-                ...nextQuestion.options.map((option) => ({
-                    label: option.label.slice(0, 200),
-                    value: option.description,
-                })),
-            ].slice(0, 24),
-        }, { stage: "multiple", ...next }, "selection");
-    return ask({
-        type: "choice",
-        ...heading,
-        options: [
-            ...nextQuestion.options.map((option) => ({
-                value: `option:${option.label}`,
-                label: option.label,
-                description: option.description,
-            })),
-            { value: "free_text", label: "Write an answer" },
-        ],
-    }, { stage: "selection", ...next }, "selection");
 }
 function answerFlow(ctx, sessionId, input) {
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
@@ -769,73 +796,20 @@ function answerFlow(ctx, sessionId, input) {
 /** Progress the selected Ask's draft; request replay still belongs to respond. */
 function answerQuestion(ctx, sessionId, row, input) {
     return Effect.gen(function* () {
-        const draft = "stage" in input
-            ? input
-            : {
-                stage: "start",
-                index: 0,
-                requestId: yield* freshRequestId,
-                answers: {},
-            };
-        let { index, answers } = draft;
-        const { requestId } = draft;
-        const question = row.questions[index];
-        if (question === undefined)
-            return yield* Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
-                reason: "invalid",
-                message: "Unknown question step",
-            }));
-        let answer;
-        if (draft.stage === "text")
-            answer =
-                draft.text.length === 0
-                    ? { selected: draft.selected }
-                    : { selected: draft.selected, text: draft.text };
-        else if (draft.stage === "selection" || draft.stage === "multiple") {
-            const selected = yield* draft.stage === "multiple"
-                ? multipleSelection(question, draft.selection)
-                : singleSelection(question, draft.selection);
-            // A single choice is complete; only multiple selection and free text
-            // need an explicit submit.
-            if (draft.stage === "multiple" || selected.length === 0)
-                return ask({
-                    type: "text",
-                    message: selected.length === 0
-                        ? `Your answer for ${question.header}:`
-                        : `Additional context for ${question.header} (leave blank to skip):`,
-                }, {
-                    stage: "text",
-                    askId: row.askId,
-                    requestId,
-                    index,
-                    answers,
-                    selected,
-                }, "text");
-            answer = { selected };
-        }
-        if (answer !== undefined) {
-            answers = { ...answers, [question.id]: answer };
-            index += 1;
-            if (index === row.questions.length) {
-                const result = yield* respond(ctx, sessionId, {
-                    kind: "answer",
-                    askId: row.askId,
-                    requestId,
-                    answers,
-                });
-                return answerNotice(result);
-            }
-        }
-        if (row.status === "settled" || row.pending !== null)
-            return done({
-                type: "info",
-                message: "That question is already closed.",
-            });
-        const next = { askId: row.askId, requestId, index, answers };
-        const nextQuestion = row.questions[index];
-        if (nextQuestion === undefined)
-            throw new Error("Expected the next question");
-        return promptQuestion(nextQuestion, next);
+        const outcome = yield* advanceAnswerFlow({
+            askId: row.askId,
+            questions: row.questions,
+            closed: row.status === "settled" || row.pending !== null,
+        }, input);
+        if (outcome.type === "step")
+            return outcome.step;
+        const result = yield* respondPerson(ctx, sessionId, {
+            kind: "answer",
+            askId: outcome.askId,
+            requestId: outcome.requestId,
+            answers: outcome.answers,
+        });
+        return answerNotice(result);
     });
 }
 function replayQuestion(ctx, open, workId, digest, toolCallId) {
@@ -884,163 +858,198 @@ function answerCatalog(available) {
                     status: "unavailable",
                     reason: "There is no waiting question to answer.",
                 },
-            projections: {
-                slash: { aliases: ["answer"], order: 5 },
-                palette: { order: 5 },
-                help: { order: 5 },
-            },
         },
     ]);
 }
 /** One durable question owner over the ordinary extension doors. */
-export const questionExtension = defineExtension({
-    id: questionContract.id,
-    version: "1.0.0",
-})
-    .config(config)
-    .state({ version: 1, migrations: {}, collections })
-    .define({
-    catalog: answerCatalog(false),
-    attention: true,
-    timers: true,
-    hooks: {
-        onSettled: (ctx, page) => Effect.forEach(page, (run) => settle(ctx, run), { discard: true }),
-        onTimer: (ctx, timer) => Effect.gen(function* () {
-            if (!timer.key.startsWith("ask:"))
-                return;
-            const row = yield* ctx.state.asks.get(timer.key.slice(4));
-            if (Option.isSome(row))
-                yield* expireAsk(ctx, row.value, timer.firedAt);
-        }),
-    },
-    prompt: (ctx) => [{ name: "question", text: ctx.config.idle }],
-    projection: {
-        schema: questionContract.projection.schema,
-        catalog: (value) => answerCatalog(value.asks.length > 0),
-        read: (ctx, sessionId) => Option.some({
-            asks: ctx.state.asks
-                .peekPage({ index: sessionId, limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen })
-                .filter((row) => row.pending === null)
-                .map(project),
-        }),
-    },
-    commands: {
-        specs: questionContract.commands,
-        handlers: (ctx) => ({
-            answerFlow: ({ sessionId, input }) => answerFlow(ctx, sessionId, input),
-            answer: ({ sessionId, input }) => respond(ctx, sessionId, { kind: "answer", ...input }),
-            decline: ({ sessionId, input }) => respond(ctx, sessionId, { kind: "decline", ...input }),
-            list: ({ sessionId }) => ctx.state.asks
-                .page({ index: sessionId, limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen })
-                .pipe(Effect.map((rows) => ({
-                asks: rows.filter((row) => row.pending === null).map(project),
-            }))),
-        }),
-    },
-    tools: (ctx, { sessionId, workId }) => {
-        const runAttemptId = nanoid();
-        return Mycelium.module({
-            id: "botanical.session-question",
-            name: "question",
-            description: ctx.config.guide,
-            operations: {
-                withdraw: Mycelium.operation({
-                    replay: "unsafe",
-                    description: "Withdraw a question that no longer needs a human answer. Repeating withdrawal preserves its closed outcome.",
-                    input: z.strictObject({ askId: z.string().min(1).max(256) }),
-                    output: WithdrawResult,
-                    execute: async ({ askId }) => WithdrawResult.parse(await Effect.runPromise(ctx.transact(withdraw(ctx, sessionId, askId)))),
+export function questionExtensionFor(routesToSender) {
+    const extensionConfig = { ...config, routesToSender };
+    return defineExtension({
+        id: questionContract.id,
+        version: "2.0.0",
+    })
+        .config(extensionConfig)
+        .state({ version: 1, migrations: {}, collections })
+        .define({
+        catalog: answerCatalog(false),
+        attention: true,
+        timers: true,
+        hooks: {
+            onSettled: (ctx, page) => Effect.forEach(page, (run) => settle(ctx, run), { discard: true }),
+            onTimer: (ctx, timer) => Effect.gen(function* () {
+                if (timer.key.startsWith("route:")) {
+                    const row = yield* ctx.state.asks.get(timer.key.slice(6));
+                    if (Option.isSome(row) &&
+                        row.value.waitingOn !== undefined &&
+                        row.value.pending === null)
+                        yield* escalateAsk(ctx, row.value);
+                    return;
+                }
+                if (!timer.key.startsWith("ask:"))
+                    return;
+                const row = yield* ctx.state.asks.get(timer.key.slice(4));
+                if (Option.isSome(row))
+                    yield* expireAsk(ctx, row.value, timer.firedAt);
+            }),
+        },
+        prompt: (ctx) => [{ name: "question", text: ctx.config.idle }],
+        projection: {
+            schema: questionContract.projection.schema,
+            catalog: (value) => answerCatalog(value.asks.length > 0),
+            read: (ctx, sessionId) => Option.some({
+                asks: ctx.state.asks
+                    .peekPage({ index: sessionId, limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen })
+                    .filter((row) => row.pending === null)
+                    .map(project),
+            }),
+        },
+        commands: {
+            specs: questionContract.commands,
+            handlers: (ctx) => ({
+                answerFlow: ({ sessionId, input }) => answerFlow(ctx, sessionId, input),
+                answer: ({ sessionId, input }) => respondPerson(ctx, sessionId, { kind: "answer", ...input }),
+                answerAgent: ({ sessionId, input, caller }) => caller === undefined
+                    ? Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
+                        reason: "rejected",
+                        message: "Only an authenticated Agent can answer as an Agent",
+                    }))
+                    : respond(ctx, sessionId, {
+                        kind: "agent_answer",
+                        ...input,
+                        caller,
+                    }).pipe(Effect.map((result) => ({
+                        result,
+                        answeredBy: {
+                            kind: "agent",
+                            agentId: caller.agentId,
+                        },
+                    }))),
+                escalateAgent: ({ sessionId, input, caller }) => Effect.gen(function* () {
+                    if (caller === undefined)
+                        return yield* Effect.fail(new ExtensionCommandError({
+                            reason: "rejected",
+                            message: "Only an authenticated Agent can escalate an Ask",
+                        }));
+                    return yield* escalateFromAgent(ctx, sessionId, input.askId, caller);
                 }),
-                ask: Mycelium.operation({
-                    replay: "unsafe",
-                    description: ctx.config.askDescription,
-                    input,
-                    output: ToolResult,
-                    execute: async (value, invocation) => {
-                        const created = await Effect.runPromise(ctx.transact(Effect.gen(function* () {
-                            const questions = yield* Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Questions)(value.questions).pipe(Effect.mapError(() => new ExtensionCommandError({
-                                reason: "invalid",
-                                message: "Invalid question identifiers or option labels",
-                            })));
-                            const digest = questionDigest(sessionId, workId, questions);
-                            const rows = yield* ctx.state.asks.page({
-                                index: sessionId,
-                                limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen,
-                            });
-                            const open = yield* Effect.forEach(rows, (row) => row.workId === workId &&
-                                row.status === "live" &&
-                                row.runAttemptId !== runAttemptId
-                                ? parkAsk(ctx, row)
-                                : Effect.succeed(row));
-                            const replay = yield* replayQuestion(ctx, open, workId, digest, invocation.toolCallId);
-                            if (replay !== undefined)
-                                return replay;
-                            if (open.length === ctx.config.maximumOpen)
-                                return {
-                                    status: "refused",
-                                    reason: "session_limit",
-                                    askIds: open.map((row) => row.askId),
-                                };
-                            const now = yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis;
-                            const window = invocation.deadlineAt === null
-                                ? 0
-                                : Math.max(0, Math.min(ctx.config.liveWindowMs, invocation.deadlineAt - now - deadlineReserveMs));
-                            const live = value.mode === "wait" && window > 0;
-                            const existingLive = open.filter((row) => row.workId === workId && row.status === "live");
-                            if (live && existingLive.length > 0)
-                                return {
-                                    status: "refused",
-                                    reason: "live_limit",
-                                    askIds: existingLive.map((row) => row.askId),
+                decline: ({ sessionId, input }) => respondPerson(ctx, sessionId, { kind: "decline", ...input }),
+                list: ({ sessionId }) => ctx.state.asks
+                    .page({ index: sessionId, limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen })
+                    .pipe(Effect.map((rows) => ({
+                    asks: rows.filter((row) => row.pending === null).map(project),
+                }))),
+            }),
+        },
+        tools: (ctx, { sessionId, workId }) => {
+            const runAttemptId = nanoid();
+            return Mycelium.module({
+                id: "botanical.session-question",
+                name: "question",
+                description: ctx.config.guide,
+                operations: {
+                    withdraw: Mycelium.operation({
+                        replay: "unsafe",
+                        description: "Withdraw a question that no longer needs a human answer. Repeating withdrawal preserves its closed outcome.",
+                        input: z.strictObject({ askId: z.string().min(1).max(256) }),
+                        output: WithdrawResult,
+                        execute: async ({ askId }) => WithdrawResult.parse(await Effect.runPromise(ctx.transact(withdraw(ctx, sessionId, askId)))),
+                    }),
+                    ask: Mycelium.operation({
+                        replay: "unsafe",
+                        description: ctx.config.askDescription,
+                        input,
+                        output: ToolResult,
+                        execute: async (value, invocation) => {
+                            const created = await Effect.runPromise(ctx.transact(Effect.gen(function* () {
+                                const questions = yield* Schema.decodeUnknownEffect(Questions)(value.questions).pipe(Effect.mapError(() => new ExtensionCommandError({
+                                    reason: "invalid",
+                                    message: "Invalid question identifiers or option labels",
+                                })));
+                                const digest = questionDigest(sessionId, workId, questions);
+                                const rows = yield* ctx.state.asks.page({
+                                    index: sessionId,
+                                    limit: ctx.config.maximumOpen,
+                                });
+                                const open = yield* Effect.forEach(rows, (row) => row.workId === workId &&
+                                    row.status === "live" &&
+                                    row.runAttemptId !== runAttemptId
+                                    ? parkAsk(ctx, row)
+                                    : Effect.succeed(row));
+                                const replay = yield* replayQuestion(ctx, open, workId, digest, invocation.toolCallId);
+                                if (replay !== undefined)
+                                    return replay;
+                                if (open.length === ctx.config.maximumOpen)
+                                    return {
+                                        status: "refused",
+                                        reason: "session_limit",
+                                        askIds: open.map((row) => row.askId),
+                                    };
+                                const now = yield* Clock.currentTimeMillis;
+                                const window = invocation.deadlineAt === null
+                                    ? 0
+                                    : Math.max(0, Math.min(ctx.config.liveWindowMs, invocation.deadlineAt - now - deadlineReserveMs));
+                                // The Agent that sent this work answers later; a live wait
+                                // would stall the turn it may itself be waiting on.
+                                const waitingOn = ctx.config.routesToSender
+                                    ? yield* ctx.workSender({ sessionId, workId })
+                                    : null;
+                                const live = value.mode === "wait" &&
+                                    window > 0 &&
+                                    waitingOn === null;
+                                const existingLive = open.filter((row) => row.workId === workId && row.status === "live");
+                                if (live && existingLive.length > 0)
+                                    return {
+                                        status: "refused",
+                                        reason: "live_limit",
+                                        askIds: existingLive.map((row) => row.askId),
+                                    };
+                                const row = {
+                                    askId: nanoid(),
+                                    waitingOn: waitingOn ?? undefined,
+                                    sessionId,
+                                    workId,
+                                    digest,
+                                    questions,
+                                    status: live ? "live" : "parked",
+                                    runAttemptId: live ? runAttemptId : null,
+                                    pending: null,
+                                    createdAt: now,
+                                    expiry: "onExpire" in value
+                                        ? {
+                                            at: now + value.onExpire.afterMinutes * 60_000,
+                                            action: value.onExpire.action,
+                                        }
+                                        : null,
                                 };
-                            const row = {
-                                askId: nanoid(),
-                                sessionId,
-                                workId,
-                                digest,
-                                questions,
-                                status: live ? "live" : "parked",
-                                runAttemptId: live ? runAttemptId : null,
-                                pending: null,
-                                createdAt: now,
-                                expiry: "onExpire" in value
+                                yield* ctx.state.asks.put(row);
+                                if (row.expiry !== null)
+                                    yield* ctx.timers.set(`ask:${row.askId}`, row.expiry.at);
+                                // Whatever the asker chose, an ask nobody takes up reaches a person.
+                                if (row.waitingOn !== undefined)
+                                    yield* ctx.timers.set(routeTimer(row.askId), now + ctx.config.routedEscalationMs);
+                                yield* ctx.attention.set(sessionId, askAttention(row));
+                                yield* ctx.observe(sessionId);
+                                return live
                                     ? {
-                                        at: now + value.onExpire.afterMinutes * 60_000,
-                                        action: value.onExpire.action,
+                                        status: "waiting",
+                                        askId: row.askId,
+                                        until: now + window,
                                     }
-                                    : null,
-                            };
-                            yield* ctx.state.asks.put(row);
-                            if (row.expiry !== null)
-                                yield* ctx.timers.set(`ask:${row.askId}`, row.expiry.at);
-                            const attention = {
-                                id: row.askId,
-                                kind: "question",
-                                summary: questions
-                                    .map((question) => question.header)
-                                    .join(", "),
-                                since: now,
-                            };
-                            yield* ctx.attention.set(sessionId, row.expiry === null
-                                ? attention
-                                : { ...attention, expiresAt: row.expiry.at });
-                            yield* ctx.observe(sessionId);
-                            return live
-                                ? {
-                                    status: "waiting",
-                                    askId: row.askId,
-                                    until: now + window,
-                                }
-                                : { status: "parked", askId: row.askId };
-                        })));
-                        const result = created.status === "waiting"
-                            ? await waitForResponse(ctx, created.askId, created.until, invocation)
-                            : created;
-                        // Zod owns the JSON output representation, including mutable arrays.
-                        return ToolResult.parse(result);
-                    },
-                }),
-            },
-        });
-    },
-});
+                                    : { status: "parked", askId: row.askId };
+                            })));
+                            const result = created.status === "waiting"
+                                ? await waitForResponse(ctx, created.askId, created.until, invocation)
+                                : created;
+                            // Zod owns the JSON output representation, including mutable arrays.
+                            return ToolResult.parse(result);
+                        },
+                    }),
+                },
+            });
+        },
+    });
+}
+/** Hub's shared roster sends every Ask to a person. */
+export const questionExtension = questionExtensionFor(false);
+/** Local's roster sends an Ask to the Agent that sent the asking work first. */
+export const localQuestionExtension = questionExtensionFor(true);