@mycompbox/compbox-cli 1.19.0 → 1.20.0

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mycompbox/compbox-cli",
-  "version": "1.19.0",
+  "version": "1.20.0",
   "description": "CompBox CLI - Install, update, and manage Skill Packs",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/utils/agent-invoker.d.ts

@@ -2,33 +2,19 @@
  * Agent invoker (ENG-E23 / ENG-122-2) — the daemon's "heart": actually runs a
  * claimed job instead of immediately reporting it as unimplemented.
  *
- * Two agentModes are implemented, both for `epic_request` jobs only
- * (`start_execution` — running planner/orchestrator locally — is NOT
- * implemented here):
+ * Request conversations (`epic_request` jobs) run one AI reply per claim
+ * (invokeEpicRequestStep, on the shared runConversationStep): the reply is
+ * posted, the job is left waiting on the person, and the server hands it back
+ * when they write again. Nothing waits in between, so a conversation never
+ * times out and stays open after the request is saved. Two ways to reply:
  *   - `api`: Anthropic Messages API, directly (Anthropic API key, billed
- *     per-token). See invokeEpicRequestViaApi.
+ *     per-token).
  *   - `claude-subscription`: shells out to the local `claude` CLI
  *     non-interactively, using whichever account is already logged in on
  *     this machine (personal Pro/Max or a company Team seat) — no API key
- *     ever touches CompBox. See invokeEpicRequestViaSubscription.
+ *     ever touches CompBox.
  *
- * Common to both:
- *   - The interview is driven by the shared, declarative INTERVIEW_DEFINITION
- *     (@mycompbox/shared, ENG-143) so the machine/mailbox interview reaches the
- *     SAME depth as the CLI request-formulator: it covers all seven sections
- *     (problem, solution, impact, success metrics, target audience, technical
- *     context, alternatives) rather than only the 3 required fields. The system
- *     prompt is rendered from that definition (buildInterviewSystemPrompt), and
- *     the completion object carries the required fields plus any optional ones
- *     the employee provided; there is no shortened variant left in this path.
- *
- * Turn relay: the mailbox has no "wait for a new turn" primitive for a
- * machine caller (next-job's "resume active job" path returns immediately
- * with whatever the job's current state is — see jobService.ts tryClaimOnce).
- * So after posting an agent question, this module polls next-job on a short
- * client-side interval until it observes a new trailing user turn, with a
- * bounded overall timeout so an abandoned interview eventually fails cleanly
- * instead of polling forever.
+ * `start_execution` jobs run the planner/orchestrator headless (below).
  */
 import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
@@ -98,6 +84,13 @@ export interface InvokeResult {
     status: 'done' | 'failed';
     result: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
+/**
+ * A request conversation step that left the job open (waiting on the person):
+ * the job must NOT be completed.
+ */
+export interface YieldResult {
+    status: 'yield';
+}
 /**
  * ENG-149 — parse a claimed job's `payload` as an interview-CONTINUATION seed
  * (the ENG-148 dispatch shape), or return null for a normal fresh-start job
@@ -107,11 +100,6 @@ export interface InvokeResult {
  * jobB). Exported for unit testing.
  */
 export declare function parseSeedPayload(payload: unknown): InterviewSeedPayload | null;
-/**
- * ENG-149 — the interview system prompt for a job: a seed-aware RESUME/ENRICH
- * prompt for a continuation, otherwise the module-level fresh-start prompt.
- */
-export declare function resolveSystemPrompt(seed: InterviewSeedPayload | null): string;
 /**
  * Submit the current draft and read back the server-computed compliance score
  * (bug #2 — audit-aware finishing). Fresh interview: the FIRST submit
@@ -128,30 +116,27 @@ export declare function submitAndScore(ctx: {
     compliance: ComplianceSummary | null;
 }>;
 /**
- * Runs the epic_request interview end-to-end: converses with the user via
- * post-turn/next-job until it has a title + the 3 required structured-desc
- * fields, then creates a personal-scope epic request via the real API
- * (POST /api/v1/me/epic-requests) using the user's own stored token.
+ * True when the person's Claude plan can't use the requested model (for
+ * example Fable needs usage credits on some plans): retry on their default.
  */
-export declare function invokeEpicRequestViaApi(job: MailboxJob, ctx: {
-    mailboxClient: MailboxClient;
-    machineToken: string;
-    apiBaseUrl: string;
-    userApiToken: string;
-    anthropicApiKey: string;
-}): Promise<InvokeResult>;
+export declare function needsDefaultModel(error: unknown): boolean;
 /**
- * Runs the epic_request interview end-to-end using the local `claude` CLI
- * (the employee's own Claude Code login) instead of the Anthropic API.
- * Mirrors invokeEpicRequestViaApi's turn loop and completion handling
- * exactly — only how a single assistant turn is produced differs.
+ * Takes one step of a request conversation on this computer: the AI's reply to
+ * the person's latest message, which may save or update their request. Then
+ * the job is left waiting on the person (never completed), so the chat stays
+ * open: there is no reply timeout, and the computer is free for other work in
+ * the meantime. The server hands the job back when they write again.
+ *
+ * `anthropicApiKey` set → the Anthropic API; otherwise the local `claude` CLI
+ * on the person's own Claude sign-in.
  */
-export declare function invokeEpicRequestViaSubscription(job: MailboxJob, ctx: {
+export declare function invokeEpicRequestStep(job: MailboxJob, ctx: {
     mailboxClient: MailboxClient;
     machineToken: string;
     apiBaseUrl: string;
     userApiToken: string;
-}): Promise<InvokeResult>;
+    anthropicApiKey?: string;
+}): Promise<YieldResult>;
 /**
  * Per-run wall-clock budget for the headless planner child (H4). Deliberately
  * FAR larger than the interview's {@link CLAUDE_CLI_TURN_TIMEOUT_MS} (~2 min):

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package/utils/agent-invoker.js

@@ -2,40 +2,26 @@
  * Agent invoker (ENG-E23 / ENG-122-2) — the daemon's "heart": actually runs a
  * claimed job instead of immediately reporting it as unimplemented.
  *
- * Two agentModes are implemented, both for `epic_request` jobs only
- * (`start_execution` — running planner/orchestrator locally — is NOT
- * implemented here):
+ * Request conversations (`epic_request` jobs) run one AI reply per claim
+ * (invokeEpicRequestStep, on the shared runConversationStep): the reply is
+ * posted, the job is left waiting on the person, and the server hands it back
+ * when they write again. Nothing waits in between, so a conversation never
+ * times out and stays open after the request is saved. Two ways to reply:
  *   - `api`: Anthropic Messages API, directly (Anthropic API key, billed
- *     per-token). See invokeEpicRequestViaApi.
+ *     per-token).
  *   - `claude-subscription`: shells out to the local `claude` CLI
  *     non-interactively, using whichever account is already logged in on
  *     this machine (personal Pro/Max or a company Team seat) — no API key
- *     ever touches CompBox. See invokeEpicRequestViaSubscription.
+ *     ever touches CompBox.
  *
- * Common to both:
- *   - The interview is driven by the shared, declarative INTERVIEW_DEFINITION
- *     (@mycompbox/shared, ENG-143) so the machine/mailbox interview reaches the
- *     SAME depth as the CLI request-formulator: it covers all seven sections
- *     (problem, solution, impact, success metrics, target audience, technical
- *     context, alternatives) rather than only the 3 required fields. The system
- *     prompt is rendered from that definition (buildInterviewSystemPrompt), and
- *     the completion object carries the required fields plus any optional ones
- *     the employee provided; there is no shortened variant left in this path.
- *
- * Turn relay: the mailbox has no "wait for a new turn" primitive for a
- * machine caller (next-job's "resume active job" path returns immediately
- * with whatever the job's current state is — see jobService.ts tryClaimOnce).
- * So after posting an agent question, this module polls next-job on a short
- * client-side interval until it observes a new trailing user turn, with a
- * bounded overall timeout so an abandoned interview eventually fails cleanly
- * instead of polling forever.
+ * `start_execution` jobs run the planner/orchestrator headless (below).
  */
 import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';
 import { spawn, spawnSync } from 'node:child_process';
 import { mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { homedir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
-import { resolveRouting, buildInterviewSystemPrompt, INTERVIEW_DEFINITION, extractCompletionJson, looksLikeCompletionAttempt, meetsComplianceTarget, buildAuditFeedback, COMPLETION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION, } from '@mycompbox/shared';
+import { resolveRouting, extractCompletionJson, looksLikeCompletionAttempt, meetsComplianceTarget, buildAuditFeedback, COMPLETION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION, renderConversationPrompt, runConversationStep, savedContextFromRecord, } from '@mycompbox/shared';
 // Completion parsing lives in @mycompbox/shared so CompBox's server-side
 // (API-key) interview finishes the same way; re-exported for existing callers.
 export { extractCompletionJson, looksLikeCompletionAttempt, meetsComplianceTarget, buildAuditFeedback, COMPLETION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION, };
@@ -47,22 +33,8 @@ import { keyRunArgs, keyRunEnv, parseClaudeJsonResult } from './key-run.js';
 // quality loss. Opus/Sonnet are deliberately NOT used here — pxpipe passes
 // Opus through uncompressed, defeating the token savings.
 const ANTHROPIC_MODEL = 'claude-fable-5';
-// Turn budget for the interview loop. Raised from 8: a full 7-section interview
-// (problem / solution / impact + success metrics / audience / technical context /
-// alternatives) plus follow-ups AND audit-quality rounds needs more headroom
-// than 8 (deep interviews were being cut off mid-way — bug #3).
-const MAX_INTERVIEW_TURNS = 18;
-// Audit-quality gate (bug #2): the interview must reach the `pass` tier
-// (>=90, zero critical issues) before it may finish. After the model says
-// "done", we submit, read the server-computed compliance score, and if it is
-// not yet `pass` we feed the failing rules back and keep going. This bounds how
-// many re-submit/re-audit rounds we allow before finalizing with the best draft
-// (so we never loop forever, and never strand the request at a failing score).
-const MAX_QUALITY_ROUNDS = 4;
-const REPLY_POLL_INTERVAL_MS = 3_000;
-const REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS = 10 * 60 * 1_000; // 10 minutes
 /** Per-turn wall-clock budget for a single `claude -p` child process. */
-const CLAUDE_CLI_TURN_TIMEOUT_MS = 2 * 60 * 1_000; // 2 minutes
+const CLAUDE_CLI_TURN_TIMEOUT_MS = 4 * 60 * 1_000; // 4 minutes: a full write-up can take a while
 /**
  * pxpipe routing (ENG-136). Anthropic SDK options carrying the proxy `baseURL`
  * when routed through pxpipe, otherwise just the API key. Pure — unit tested.
@@ -228,13 +200,6 @@ export function appendAttachmentNote(text, imageCount) {
     const note = `[${String(imageCount)} ${noun} attached — not shown in subscription mode; vision is handled when the daemon runs in API mode]`;
     return text.trim().length > 0 ? `${text}\n\n${note}` : note;
 }
-/**
- * The interview system prompt, rendered from the shared, declarative
- * INTERVIEW_DEFINITION (ENG-143). This is the single wiring point that gives
- * the machine/mailbox interview the same section depth as the CLI
- * request-formulator — there is no shortened hardcoded variant anymore.
- */
-const SYSTEM_PROMPT = buildInterviewSystemPrompt();
 /**
  * ENG-149 — parse a claimed job's `payload` as an interview-CONTINUATION seed
  * (the ENG-148 dispatch shape), or return null for a normal fresh-start job
@@ -263,17 +228,6 @@ export function parseSeedPayload(payload) {
         priorTranscript,
     };
 }
-/**
- * ENG-149 — the interview system prompt for a job: a seed-aware RESUME/ENRICH
- * prompt for a continuation, otherwise the module-level fresh-start prompt.
- */
-export function resolveSystemPrompt(seed) {
-    return seed
-        ? buildInterviewSystemPrompt(INTERVIEW_DEFINITION, {
-            priorTranscript: seed.priorTranscript,
-        })
-        : SYSTEM_PROMPT;
-}
 /**
  * Submit the current draft and read back the server-computed compliance score
  * (bug #2 — audit-aware finishing). Fresh interview: the FIRST submit
@@ -290,162 +244,6 @@ export async function submitAndScore(ctx, currentErId, draft) {
     const created = await createPersonalEpicRequest(ctx.apiBaseUrl, ctx.userApiToken, draft);
     return { erId: created.id, compliance: created.compliance };
 }
-/** How many times to ask the model to fix a malformed completion before failing. */
-const MAX_JSON_REPAIRS = 3;
-function sleep(ms) {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
-}
-/**
- * Polls next-job (the "resume active job" path) until a new trailing user
- * turn appears, or the timeout elapses. Returns the updated job, or null on
- * timeout.
- */
-async function waitForUserReply(client, machineToken, jobId, turnsSoFar) {
-    const deadline = Date.now() + REPLY_TIMEOUT_MS;
-    while (Date.now() < deadline) {
-        await sleep(REPLY_POLL_INTERVAL_MS);
-        const job = await client.nextJob(machineToken, 0);
-        if (job?.id !== jobId)
-            continue;
-        const last = job.turns[job.turns.length - 1];
-        if (job.turns.length > turnsSoFar && last?.role === 'user') {
-            return job;
-        }
-    }
-    return null;
-}
-/**
- * Runs the epic_request interview end-to-end: converses with the user via
- * post-turn/next-job until it has a title + the 3 required structured-desc
- * fields, then creates a personal-scope epic request via the real API
- * (POST /api/v1/me/epic-requests) using the user's own stored token.
- */
-export async function invokeEpicRequestViaApi(job, ctx) {
-    // pxpipe (ENG-136): route API-mode calls through the proxy when enabled+healthy.
-    const routing = await resolveRouting();
-    const anthropic = new Anthropic(anthropicClientOptions(ctx.anthropicApiKey, routing));
-    // ENG-149: a continuation job carries a seed → resume/enrich prompt + update
-    // the target ER in place; a fresh job → normal prompt + create a new ER.
-    const seed = parseSeedPayload(job.payload);
-    const systemPrompt = resolveSystemPrompt(seed);
-    // Audit-gate state (bug #2): the ER we are building (a continuation starts with
-    // its target), and how many re-submit/re-audit rounds we've spent.
-    let currentErId = seed?.targetEpicRequestId ?? null;
-    let qualityRounds = 0;
-    // Malformed-completion recovery: a model can emit "done" JSON we can't parse.
-    let jsonRepairs = 0;
-    const messages = [];
-    // Seed the conversation with any turns already on the job (e.g. a resumed
-    // daemon restart), so we don't re-ask questions already answered. A seeded
-    // USER turn may carry image attachments (ENG-153) — fetch + attach them as
-    // vision blocks; agent turns and image-free user turns are unchanged.
-    for (const turn of job.turns) {
-        if (turn.role === 'agent') {
-            messages.push({ role: 'assistant', content: turn.content });
-        }
-        else {
-            messages.push({ role: 'user', content: await apiUserTurnContent(turn) });
-        }
-    }
-    let turnsSoFar = job.turns.length;
-    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_INTERVIEW_TURNS; i++) {
-        let reply;
-        try {
-            const response = await anthropic.messages.create({
-                model: ANTHROPIC_MODEL,
-                max_tokens: 1024,
-                system: systemPrompt,
-                messages: messages.length > 0 ? messages : [{ role: 'user', content: 'Let\'s get started.' }],
-            });
-            const textBlock = response.content.find((b) => b.type === 'text');
-            reply = textBlock?.type === 'text' ? textBlock.text : '';
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Anthropic API request failed';
-            return { status: 'failed', result: { error: `Agent invocation failed: ${message}` } };
-        }
-        const draft = extractCompletionJson(reply);
-        if (draft) {
-            let submitted;
-            try {
-                submitted = await submitAndScore(ctx, currentErId, draft);
-            }
-            catch (error) {
-                const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to save the epic request';
-                return { status: 'failed', result: { error: message } };
-            }
-            currentErId = submitted.erId;
-            const compliance = submitted.compliance;
-            // Finish only once the request passes the audit (>=90, no criticals), or
-            // when the quality-round budget is spent — best-effort, never stranded.
-            if (meetsComplianceTarget(compliance) || qualityRounds >= MAX_QUALITY_ROUNDS) {
-                return { status: 'done', result: { epicRequestId: currentErId } };
-            }
-            // Not good enough: feed the failing rules back (a model-facing round, no
-            // user turn) and loop — the model re-emits a richer completion or asks the
-            // employee a targeted question next iteration. (compliance is non-null here:
-            // meetsComplianceTarget(null) is true, so a null score would have finished.)
-            qualityRounds++;
-            if (compliance !== null) {
-                messages.push({ role: 'assistant', content: reply });
-                messages.push({ role: 'user', content: buildAuditFeedback(compliance) });
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-        // The model TRIED to finish but the JSON was unusable (bug: malformed
-        // completion relayed to the employee as a question, looping forever). Correct
-        // the model instead of posting raw JSON — bounded, then fail cleanly.
-        if (looksLikeCompletionAttempt(reply)) {
-            if (jsonRepairs >= MAX_JSON_REPAIRS) {
-                return {
-                    status: 'failed',
-                    result: {
-                        error: 'The interview produced malformed completion data and could not be finalized after several attempts.',
-                    },
-                };
-            }
-            jsonRepairs++;
-            messages.push({ role: 'assistant', content: reply });
-            messages.push({ role: 'user', content: COMPLETION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION });
-            continue;
-        }
-        // Not done yet — `reply` is the next question. Post it and wait for the answer.
-        messages.push({ role: 'assistant', content: reply });
-        let updated;
-        try {
-            updated = await ctx.mailboxClient.postTurn(ctx.machineToken, job.id, reply);
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'post-turn failed';
-            return { status: 'failed', result: { error: message } };
-        }
-        turnsSoFar = updated.turns.length;
-        const answered = await waitForUserReply(ctx.mailboxClient, ctx.machineToken, job.id, turnsSoFar);
-        if (!answered) {
-            return {
-                status: 'failed',
-                result: { error: 'Timed out waiting for a reply — no response within 10 minutes.' },
-            };
-        }
-        const lastTurn = answered.turns[answered.turns.length - 1];
-        // ENG-153: the employee's reply may include image attachments — attach them
-        // as vision blocks (image-free replies stay a plain string, as before).
-        messages.push({
-            role: 'user',
-            content: lastTurn ? await apiUserTurnContent(lastTurn) : '',
-        });
-        turnsSoFar = answered.turns.length;
-    }
-    // Turn budget exhausted. If we already produced an ER (fresh create or a
-    // continuation's target), finalize with it best-effort rather than losing the
-    // work (bug #3); only fail outright if nothing was ever submitted.
-    return currentErId
-        ? { status: 'done', result: { epicRequestId: currentErId } }
-        : {
-            status: 'failed',
-            result: { error: `Interview did not converge after ${String(MAX_INTERVIEW_TURNS)} turns.` },
-        };
-}
 /**
  * Fixed working directory for every `claude` CLI invocation made by the
  * subscription-mode invoker. Two reasons this must be a stable, dedicated
@@ -503,11 +301,11 @@ function claudeCliSessionCwd() {
  */
 function runClaudeCliTurn(prompt, opts) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const model = opts.model === undefined ? ANTHROPIC_MODEL : opts.model;
         const args = [
             '-p',
             prompt,
-            '--model',
-            ANTHROPIC_MODEL,
+            ...(model ? ['--model', model] : []),
             '--output-format',
             'json',
             '--tools',
@@ -595,123 +393,91 @@ function runClaudeCliTurn(prompt, opts) {
         });
     });
 }
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Request conversations (always open): one AI reply per claim.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/** The request this conversation already saved, read with the person's token. */
+async function loadSavedRequest(apiBaseUrl, userApiToken, epicRequestId) {
+    const res = await fetch(`${apiBaseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '')}/api/v1/epic-requests/${encodeURIComponent(epicRequestId)}`, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${userApiToken}` } });
+    if (!res.ok)
+        return null;
+    const body = (await res.json().catch(() => null));
+    return savedContextFromRecord(body?.data);
+}
+/**
+ * True when the person's Claude plan can't use the requested model (for
+ * example Fable needs usage credits on some plans): retry on their default.
+ */
+export function needsDefaultModel(error) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+    return /requires usage credits|switch to another model|model.*not available|not have access to/i.test(message);
+}
+function savedRequestIdOf(job) {
+    const result = job.result;
+    if (typeof result?.epicRequestId === 'string')
+        return result.epicRequestId;
+    return parseSeedPayload(job.payload)?.targetEpicRequestId ?? null;
+}
 /**
- * Runs the epic_request interview end-to-end using the local `claude` CLI
- * (the employee's own Claude Code login) instead of the Anthropic API.
- * Mirrors invokeEpicRequestViaApi's turn loop and completion handling
- * exactly — only how a single assistant turn is produced differs.
+ * Takes one step of a request conversation on this computer: the AI's reply to
+ * the person's latest message, which may save or update their request. Then
+ * the job is left waiting on the person (never completed), so the chat stays
+ * open: there is no reply timeout, and the computer is free for other work in
+ * the meantime. The server hands the job back when they write again.
+ *
+ * `anthropicApiKey` set → the Anthropic API; otherwise the local `claude` CLI
+ * on the person's own Claude sign-in.
  */
-export async function invokeEpicRequestViaSubscription(job, ctx) {
-    let sessionId;
-    let turnsSoFar = job.turns.length;
-    // pxpipe (ENG-136): resolve routing once per invocation; reused for every turn.
+export async function invokeEpicRequestStep(job, ctx) {
+    try {
+        return await takeConversationStep(job, ctx);
+    }
+    catch (error) {
+        // Leave the conversation waiting on the person rather than retrying a
+        // broken step over and over; their next message tries again.
+        const reason = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'something went wrong';
+        await ctx.mailboxClient.postTurn(ctx.machineToken, job.id, `I couldn't continue: ${reason}\n\nSend another message (for example "try again") and I'll pick up where we left off.`);
+        return { status: 'yield' };
+    }
+}
+async function takeConversationStep(job, ctx) {
     const routing = await resolveRouting();
-    // ENG-149: continuation-aware system prompt + submit path (see api-mode above).
-    const seed = parseSeedPayload(job.payload);
-    const systemPrompt = resolveSystemPrompt(seed);
-    // Audit-gate state (bug #2) — mirrors api-mode.
-    let currentErId = seed?.targetEpicRequestId ?? null;
-    let qualityRounds = 0;
-    let jsonRepairs = 0;
-    // If the daemon restarted mid-interview, there's no local `claude` session
-    // left to --resume (session IDs aren't persisted across daemon restarts
-    // today) — replay the transcript so far as the seed prompt instead of
-    // silently losing context, mirroring how the api-key path seeds its
-    // Anthropic `messages` array from job.turns.
-    let nextPrompt = job.turns.length > 0
-        ? job.turns
-            .map((t) => t.role === 'agent'
-            ? `You asked: ${t.content}`
-            : // ENG-153 (A4): subscription mode has no inline-image channel, so a
-                // user turn's images degrade to an explicit textual note.
-                `They replied: ${appendAttachmentNote(t.content, imageAttachmentCount(t.attachments))}`)
-            .join('\n') +
-            '\n\nContinue the interview from exactly where this left off — ask the next question, or if you already have everything, respond with the completion JSON.'
-        : "Let's begin the interview.";
-    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_INTERVIEW_TURNS; i++) {
-        let turn;
-        try {
-            turn = await runClaudeCliTurn(nextPrompt, {
-                systemPrompt,
-                resumeSessionId: sessionId,
-                routing,
-            });
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'claude CLI invocation failed';
-            return { status: 'failed', result: { error: `Agent invocation failed: ${message}` } };
-        }
-        sessionId = turn.sessionId;
-        const draft = extractCompletionJson(turn.text);
-        if (draft) {
-            let submitted;
+    const requestId = savedRequestIdOf(job);
+    const saved = requestId ? await loadSavedRequest(ctx.apiBaseUrl, ctx.userApiToken, requestId) : null;
+    const turns = job.turns.map((t) => ({
+        role: t.role,
+        content: t.role === 'user' ? appendAttachmentNote(t.content, imageAttachmentCount(t.attachments)) : t.content,
+    }));
+    const anthropic = ctx.anthropicApiKey ? new Anthropic(anthropicClientOptions(ctx.anthropicApiKey, routing)) : null;
+    let cliModel = ANTHROPIC_MODEL;
+    const outcome = await runConversationStep({ turns, saved }, {
+        reply: async (system, messages) => {
+            if (anthropic) {
+                const response = await anthropic.messages.create({ model: ANTHROPIC_MODEL, max_tokens: 4096, system, messages });
+                const text = response.content.find((b) => b.type === 'text');
+                return text?.type === 'text' ? text.text : '';
+            }
+            const prompt = renderConversationPrompt(messages);
             try {
-                submitted = await submitAndScore(ctx, currentErId, draft);
+                return (await runClaudeCliTurn(prompt, { systemPrompt: system, resumeSessionId: undefined, routing, model: cliModel })).text;
             }
             catch (error) {
-                const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Failed to save the epic request';
-                return { status: 'failed', result: { error: message } };
-            }
-            currentErId = submitted.erId;
-            const compliance = submitted.compliance;
-            if (meetsComplianceTarget(compliance) || qualityRounds >= MAX_QUALITY_ROUNDS) {
-                return { status: 'done', result: { epicRequestId: currentErId } };
-            }
-            // Feed the failing rules back into the SAME resumed session (no user turn);
-            // the model re-emits a richer completion or asks a targeted question next.
-            // (compliance is non-null here — see the api-mode note above.)
-            qualityRounds++;
-            if (compliance !== null) {
-                nextPrompt = buildAuditFeedback(compliance);
+                if (cliModel === null || !needsDefaultModel(error))
+                    throw error;
+                cliModel = null;
+                return (await runClaudeCliTurn(prompt, { systemPrompt: system, resumeSessionId: undefined, routing, model: null })).text;
             }
-            continue;
-        }
-        // Malformed completion (see api-mode): correct the model rather than relaying
-        // raw JSON to the employee; bounded, then fail cleanly.
-        if (looksLikeCompletionAttempt(turn.text)) {
-            if (jsonRepairs >= MAX_JSON_REPAIRS) {
-                return {
-                    status: 'failed',
-                    result: {
-                        error: 'The interview produced malformed completion data and could not be finalized after several attempts.',
-                    },
-                };
-            }
-            jsonRepairs++;
-            nextPrompt = COMPLETION_REPAIR_INSTRUCTION;
-            continue;
-        }
-        // Not done yet — turn.text is the next question. Post it and wait for the answer.
-        let updated;
-        try {
-            updated = await ctx.mailboxClient.postTurn(ctx.machineToken, job.id, turn.text);
-        }
-        catch (error) {
-            const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'post-turn failed';
-            return { status: 'failed', result: { error: message } };
-        }
-        turnsSoFar = updated.turns.length;
-        const answered = await waitForUserReply(ctx.mailboxClient, ctx.machineToken, job.id, turnsSoFar);
-        if (!answered) {
-            return {
-                status: 'failed',
-                result: { error: 'Timed out waiting for a reply — no response within 10 minutes.' },
-            };
-        }
-        const lastTurn = answered.turns[answered.turns.length - 1];
-        // ENG-153 (A4): note any attached images textually (subscription-mode degradation).
-        nextPrompt = lastTurn
-            ? appendAttachmentNote(lastTurn.content, imageAttachmentCount(lastTurn.attachments))
-            : '';
-        turnsSoFar = answered.turns.length;
+        },
+        save: async (existingId, draft) => {
+            const submitted = await submitAndScore(ctx, existingId, draft);
+            return { id: submitted.erId, title: draft.title, compliance: submitted.compliance };
+        },
+    });
+    if (outcome.kind === 'saved') {
+        await ctx.mailboxClient.markRequestSaved(ctx.machineToken, job.id, outcome.saved.id);
     }
-    // Budget exhausted — finalize best-effort if we produced an ER (bug #3).
-    return currentErId
-        ? { status: 'done', result: { epicRequestId: currentErId } }
-        : {
-            status: 'failed',
-            result: { error: `Interview did not converge after ${String(MAX_INTERVIEW_TURNS)} turns.` },
-        };
+    await ctx.mailboxClient.postTurn(ctx.machineToken, job.id, outcome.text);
+    return { status: 'yield' };
 }
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 // start_execution / kind:'plan' (ENG-164) — run the local @planner headless