@namzu/sdk 62.11.0 → 62.13.0

package/src/runtime/query/index.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ import { getTracer } from '../../telemetry/runtime-accessors.js'
 import { buildAdvisoryTools } from '../../tools/advisory/index.js'
 import { SearchToolsTool } from '../../tools/builtins/search-tools.js'
 import { createStructuredOutputTool } from '../../tools/builtins/structuredOutput.js'
+import {
+	HAND_BACK_GUIDANCE,
+	HAND_BACK_GUIDANCE_CONTRIBUTION_ID,
+	buildHandBackTool,
+} from '../../tools/hand-back/index.js'
 import { buildTaskTools } from '../../tools/task/index.js'
 import { ToolManager } from '../../toolsets/manager.js'
 import { toolset } from '../../toolsets/toolset.js'
@@ -1283,6 +1288,10 @@ export async function* query(params: QueryParams): AsyncGenerator<SessionEvent,
 			for (const tool of taskTools) addRuntimeTool(tool, 'deferred')
 		}
 
+		// The way out of a task that cannot be done as specified. Only when the host
+		// turned it on; with it off the tool is absent and the prompt is as before.
+		if (turnConfig.handBack === true) addRuntimeTool(buildHandBackTool(), 'active')
+
 		// `search_tools` is added only when something could actually be
 		// deferred — one of the runtime tools above, or a caller toolset that
 		// declared itself `deferred(...)`. Nothing deferred means nothing for
@@ -1789,6 +1798,15 @@ export async function* query(params: QueryParams): AsyncGenerator<SessionEvent,
 		// The turn's own registry when the host passed none, so a hook's
 		// annotation has somewhere to land.
 		const promptContributions = params.promptContributions ?? new PromptContributionRegistry()
+		if (turnConfig.handBack === true) {
+			promptContributions.replace({
+				id: HAND_BACK_GUIDANCE_CONTRIBUTION_ID,
+				placement: 'static',
+				render: () => HAND_BACK_GUIDANCE,
+			})
+		} else {
+			promptContributions.unregister(HAND_BACK_GUIDANCE_CONTRIBUTION_ID)
+		}
 
 		const promptBuilder = new PromptBuilder({
 			systemPrompt: params.systemPrompt,

package/src/runtime/query/iteration/index.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../../telemetry/attributes.js'
 import { getTracer } from '../../../telemetry/runtime-accessors.js'
 import { STRUCTURED_OUTPUT_TOOL_NAME } from '../../../tools/builtins/structuredOutput.js'
+import { SESSION_GOAL_TOOL_NAMES } from '../../../tools/goal/index.js'
+import { HAND_BACK_TOOL_NAME, parseHandBack } from '../../../tools/hand-back/index.js'
 import type { ToolManager } from '../../../toolsets/manager.js'
 import { RECALLED_MEMORY_ENTRY_KEY, recalledMemoryIds } from '../../../turn/memory-recall.js'
 import { type CostInfo, type TokenUsage, promptSizeOf } from '../../../types/common/index.js'
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ import {
 import { classifyProviderError, readOutputOverflow } from '../../../types/provider/errors.js'
 import type { ChatCompletionResponse, ReasoningEffort } from '../../../types/provider/index.js'
 import type { AnswerReview, AnswerReviewContext } from '../../../types/session/answer-review.js'
+import type { HandBack } from '../../../types/session/hand-back.js'
 import type {
 	RecalledMemory,
 	SessionEvent,
@@ -136,6 +139,9 @@ import {
 } from './step-shaping.js'
 import { streamProviderTurn } from './stream-turn.js'
 
+/** Notes a host may add before a turn ends (`TurnConfig.outcome.beforeEnd`) in one turn. */
+const MAX_BEFORE_END_NOTES = 16
+
 /** Capped steps in a row after which the per-step cap stops applying for the turn's next step. */
 const MAX_CAPPED_STREAK = 3
 
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@ export class IterationOrchestrator {
 	private readonly completionAudit?: CompletionAudit
 	/** What the turn changed and what checked it; see {@link OutcomeLedger}. Kept whether or not the host asked. */
 	private readonly outcomeLedger: OutcomeLedger
+	private beforeEndNotes = 0
 	private outcomeHydrated = false
 	/** The next step must call a tool, at low effort: set by the stall monitor or a capped step. */
 	private forceActionNextStep = false
@@ -2016,6 +2023,14 @@ export class IterationOrchestrator {
 							recorder.pushMessage(createRuntimeContextMessage(auditReminder, 'progress-nudge'))
 							continue
 						}
+						const endNote =
+							!forceFinalize && closingStopReason === undefined
+								? await this.askBeforeEnd()
+								: undefined
+						if (endNote !== undefined) {
+							recorder.pushMessage(createRuntimeContextMessage(endNote, 'progress-nudge'))
+							continue
+						}
 						if (!forceFinalize && closingStopReason === undefined) {
 							const feedback = yield* this.askStopHooks()
 							const stoppedByHook = this.ctx.toolExecutor.takeHalt?.()
@@ -2074,6 +2089,28 @@ export class IterationOrchestrator {
 					if (reviewOutcome.decision === 'stop') {
 						return
 					}
+
+					// The model handed the task back to a person. Nothing else ran in
+					// this step (its sibling calls were refused), and no further model
+					// call is made: the turn ends here, as a turn that ended on its own.
+					const handedBack = this.takeHandBack(reviewOutcome.results, response)
+					if (handedBack !== undefined) {
+						this.ctx.log.info('The model handed the task back — ending turn', {
+							[NAMZU.TURN_ID]: recorder.turnId,
+							[NAMZU.ITERATION]: iterationNum,
+							'namzu.hand_back.kind': handedBack.kind,
+						})
+						recorder.setHandedBack(handedBack)
+						recorder.setStopReason('end_turn')
+						await this.ctx.emitEvent({
+							type: 'iteration_completed',
+							turnId: recorder.turnId,
+							iteration: iterationNum,
+							hasToolCalls: true,
+						})
+						yield* this.ctx.drainPending()
+						break
+					}
 					const needsCorrection = await this.recordToolStructuredFailure(
 						reviewOutcome.results,
 						iterationNum,
@@ -3406,8 +3443,14 @@ export class IterationOrchestrator {
 		else this.outcomeLedger.restore(restored.snapshot)
 	}
 
-	/** Whether a call is one the outcome record may treat as only looking. */
+	/**
+	 * Whether a call is one the outcome record may treat as only looking. The
+	 * goal tools write the goal's own record, never the workspace; counting a
+	 * report of completion as a possible change would make every check before it
+	 * read as not known to be fresh.
+	 */
 	private lookedOnly(toolName: string, input: unknown): boolean {
+		if ((SESSION_GOAL_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(toolName)) return true
 		try {
 			return !callChangedState(toolName, this.ctx.tools.get(toolName)?.isReadOnly?.(input), false)
 		} catch {
@@ -3474,6 +3517,47 @@ export class IterationOrchestrator {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The host's say before the turn ends (`TurnConfig.outcome.beforeEnd`): a note
+	 * for the model, or `undefined` to let the turn end. Bounded, and a hook that
+	 * fails never fails the turn.
+	 */
+	async askBeforeEnd(): Promise<string | undefined> {
+		const hook = this.ctx.turnConfig.outcome?.beforeEnd
+		if (hook === undefined || this.beforeEndNotes >= MAX_BEFORE_END_NOTES) return undefined
+		try {
+			const note = await hook(async () => {
+				this.hydrateOutcome()
+				return await this.outcomeLedger.preview()
+			})
+			if (typeof note !== 'string' || note.trim() === '') return undefined
+			this.beforeEndNotes += 1
+			return note
+		} catch (err) {
+			this.ctx.log.warn('The host hook before the turn ends failed; the turn ends', {
+				'exception.message': toErrorMessage(err),
+			})
+			return undefined
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The hand-back this step made, when the setting is on and `hand_back_task`
+	 * succeeded; the first one when the model made several (the rest were refused).
+	 */
+	private takeHandBack(
+		results: readonly ToolCallOutcome[],
+		response: ChatCompletionResponse,
+	): HandBack | undefined {
+		if (this.ctx.turnConfig.handBack !== true) return undefined
+		const hit = results.find(
+			(r) => r.toolName === HAND_BACK_TOOL_NAME && r.isError !== true && r.skipped !== true,
+		)
+		if (!hit) return undefined
+		const call = (response.message.toolCalls ?? []).find((c) => c.id === hit.toolCallId)
+		return call ? parseHandBack(call.function.arguments) : undefined
+	}
+
 	/** The outcome record as the turn leaves it; `undefined` when none was kept. */
 	async takeOutcome(): Promise<TurnOutcome | undefined> {
 		try {

package/src/runtime/query/iteration/phases/tool-review.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { allowRuleScope } from '../../../../authorization/gate.js'
 import type { AuthorizationGate } from '../../../../authorization/index.js'
+import {
+	HAND_BACK_SIBLING_REFUSAL,
+	HAND_BACK_TOOL_NAME,
+	parseHandBack,
+} from '../../../../tools/hand-back/index.js'
 import { isTrustedReadOnly } from '../../../../tools/trusted-read-only.js'
 import type { ToolSourceRef } from '../../../../toolsets/types.js'
 import type {
@@ -259,7 +264,25 @@ export async function* runToolReview(
 	 * with the tracker's refusal instead of being run — the one denial the
 	 * tracker makes, on top of whatever the caller already denied.
 	 */
-	const withRepeatRefusals = (denials?: ToolCallDenials): ToolCallDenials | undefined => {
+	const withRepeatRefusals = (given?: ToolCallDenials): ToolCallDenials | undefined => {
+		// A step that hands the task back runs nothing else: the first hand-back
+		// call is the step, every other call in it is refused.
+		let denials = given
+		if (ctx.turnConfig?.handBack === true) {
+			const handBack = toolCallSummaries.find(
+				(summary) =>
+					summary.name === HAND_BACK_TOOL_NAME && parseHandBack(summary.input) !== undefined,
+			)
+			if (handBack) {
+				let siblings: Map<string, string> | undefined
+				for (const summary of toolCallSummaries) {
+					if (summary.id === handBack.id || given?.has(summary.id)) continue
+					siblings ??= new Map(given ?? [])
+					siblings.set(summary.id, HAND_BACK_SIBLING_REFUSAL)
+				}
+				denials = siblings ?? given
+			}
+		}
 		const tracker = ctx.repeatCalls
 		if (!tracker) return denials
 		let merged: Map<string, string> | undefined

package/src/runtime/query/prelude-lease.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { DEFAULT_TURN_LEASE_TTL_MS } from '../../manager/session/turn-recorder.js'
-import { type SessionLease, type SessionLog, isLeaseLive } from '../../store/session-log/index.js'
+import {
+	type SessionLease,
+	type SessionLog,
+	isLeaseLive,
+	turnHolder,
+} from '../../store/session-log/index.js'
 import { NamzuError } from '../../types/errors/index.js'
 import type { SessionId, TurnId } from '../../types/ids/index.js'
 import { TurnInProgressError } from '../../types/session/turn.js'
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ export class PreludeSessionLease {
 	): Promise<PreludeSessionLease> {
 		if (supplied) return new PreludeSessionLease(log, supplied, false)
 		const lease = await log.claim({
-			holder: `namzu:${process.pid}:${turnId}`,
+			holder: turnHolder(turnId),
 			ttlMs: DEFAULT_TURN_LEASE_TTL_MS,
 			repairTornTail: false,
 		})

package/src/runtime/query/turn/answer-claims.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+/**
+ * Compare what an answer claims about checks with what the turn's outcome
+ * record holds.
+ *
+ * A pure function: no model call, no clock, no I/O. The model's words only
+ * select which statement to check; the statement the kernel then makes is
+ * about the record, so it never claims more than the record establishes.
+ *
+ * It is built to stay silent. A notice that is wrong teaches people to ignore
+ * the line, so every doubt resolves to nothing: a negation, a hedge, a
+ * condition, a question, a quotation, code, a report of what someone else
+ * said, a statement about the past, a qualified claim ("all but one"), and any
+ * language but English. The claim wording and the words that cancel it are data
+ * below, each with the reason it is there.
+ *
+ * It looks at the record of THIS turn only. A turn whose record says nothing
+ * changed is never reported: "the tests pass" may be true of an earlier turn.
+ */
+
+import type {
+	AnswerClaimKind,
+	AnswerClaimMismatch,
+	AnswerClaimRecord,
+	TurnOutcome,
+} from '../../../types/session/outcome.js'
+import { auditCommandText } from './completion-audit.js'
+
+/** Answers longer than this are read only up to it, so cost stays bounded. */
+export const ANSWER_CLAIM_MAX_CHARS = 100_000
+
+/** The longest quotation of the answer a mismatch carries, in characters. */
+export const ANSWER_CLAIM_MAX_QUOTE_CHARS = 160
+
+/** Words that may sit between a subject and its verb without changing the claim. */
+const FILLER =
+	'(?:\\s+(?:all|now|also|still|again|both|are|were|is|have|has|been|currently|locally|fully))*'
+
+/** Verbs that say a check came out well. */
+const PASSED = '(?:pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|succeed(?:s|ed)?)\\b'
+
+/** Determiners and kinds of test that may precede `tests`. */
+const TEST_WORDS =
+	'(?:(?:all(?:\\s+of)?|the|my|our)\\s+)?(?:(?:unit|integration|e2e|existing|new|relevant|related|automated)\\s+)*'
+
+interface ClaimPattern {
+	readonly kind: AnswerClaimKind
+	/** The claim in the kernel's words. */
+	readonly said: string
+	/** Matches the claim inside one clause. */
+	readonly re: RegExp
+	/** Why this wording, and why it is safe. */
+	readonly why: string
+}
+
+/**
+ * Plain positive claims only. Each pattern needs the subject, at most a few
+ * filler words, and the verb, in that order, so a negation or a modal between
+ * them ("did not", "should") breaks the match by itself.
+ */
+export const ANSWER_CLAIM_PATTERNS: readonly ClaimPattern[] = [
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'the tests pass',
+		re: new RegExp(`\\b${TEST_WORDS}tests\\b${FILLER}\\s+${PASSED}`, 'i'),
+		why: 'The plural "tests" as the subject. The singular is left out: "the test now passes" is usually about the one test just fixed, which says nothing about the run that failed.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'the test suite passes',
+		re: new RegExp(
+			`\\b(?:test\\s+suite|the\\s+suite|(?:whole|full|entire)\\s+(?:test\\s+)?suite|test\\s+run)\\b${FILLER}\\s+${PASSED}`,
+			'i',
+		),
+		why: 'The suite as a whole is the same claim as "the tests pass", also as "the whole suite". A bare "suite" is not enough: it also names a benchmark suite or a suite of rooms.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'no test failures',
+		re: /\b(?:no|zero|0)\s+(?:test\s+failures|failing\s+tests|failed\s+tests|test\s+errors)\b/i,
+		why: 'The same claim said by counting failures. It is matched whole, so the word "no" in it is not read as a negation.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'no test failures',
+		re: /\b(?:no\s+tests?\s+(?:are\s+|is\s+)?(?:fail(?:s|ing|ed)?)|tests?\s+(?:are\s+not|aren['\u2019]t|do\s+not|don['\u2019]t|did\s+not|didn['\u2019]t)\s+(?:fail|failing))\b/i,
+		why: 'The same claim said as a negated failure: "no tests are failing", "the tests do not fail". The pattern holds its own negation, and the failure word in it is not read as a failure.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'the tests pass',
+		re: /\b(?:ran|run|running)\s+(?:(?:all\s+)?(?:of\s+)?(?:the|my|our)\s+)?(?:\w+\s+){0,2}(?:tests|test\s+suite|suite)\s+and\s+(?:they|it)\s+(?:all\s+)?(?:pass(?:es|ed)?|are\s+(?:green|passing))\b/i,
+		why: 'The pronoun form, the commonest plain phrasing: "I ran the tests and they all pass". The run and its result are in one clause, and a negation between them ("they did not pass") breaks the match.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'checks',
+		said: 'the checks pass',
+		re: /^\W*(?:it['\u2019]?s\s+|it\s+is\s+|everything\s+is\s+)?all\s+green\b/i,
+		why: 'The shortest summary: "All green." Anchored to the start of the sentence, so "not all green" never matches.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'build',
+		said: 'the build succeeds',
+		re: /\b(?:it|everything)\s+compiles\b/i,
+		why: 'A bare "it compiles". The pronoun or "everything" is required: "the compiles list" and similar nouns are not claims.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'build',
+		said: 'the build succeeds',
+		re: new RegExp(
+			`\\b(?:build|compilation|compile)\\b${FILLER}\\s+(?:succeed(?:s|ed)?|pass(?:es|ed)?|green|completes?|completed|works|worked|is\\s+clean)\\b`,
+			'i',
+		),
+		why: 'The build as the subject with a success verb. "The build" alone, as in "the build script", never matches because the verb must follow.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'build',
+		said: 'the build succeeds',
+		re: /\b(?:builds?|compiles?)\s+(?:cleanly|successfully|fine)\b/i,
+		why: 'The adverb form: "it builds cleanly", "everything compiles successfully".',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'lint',
+		said: 'lint is clean',
+		re: new RegExp(
+			`\\blint(?:ing|er)?\\b${FILLER}\\s+(?:is\\s+|are\\s+)?(?:clean|pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|succeed(?:s|ed)?|ok)\\b`,
+			'i',
+		),
+		why: 'Lint as the subject with a clean or passing verb.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'lint',
+		said: 'lint is clean',
+		re: /\bno\s+lint(?:ing)?\s+(?:errors?|warnings?|issues?|problems?)\b/i,
+		why: 'The same claim by counting: "no lint errors". Matched whole, so its own "no" is not a negation.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'typecheck',
+		said: 'type checking passes',
+		re: new RegExp(
+			`\\b(?:type[\\s-]?check(?:ing|s)?|typecheck|tsc)\\b${FILLER}\\s+(?:is\\s+|are\\s+)?(?:clean|pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|succeed(?:s|ed)?|ok)\\b`,
+			'i',
+		),
+		why: 'Type checking, the one-word spelling and the compiler named for it, as the subject. "Type checker" is left out: "the type checker passes the argument on" names what a checker does, not a result.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'typecheck',
+		said: 'type checking passes',
+		re: /\bno\s+type\s+errors\b/i,
+		why: 'The same claim by counting: "no type errors".',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'checks',
+		said: 'the checks pass',
+		re: new RegExp(
+			`\\b(?:all\\s+(?:of\\s+)?(?:the\\s+)?checks|the\\s+(?:ci\\s+)?checks|ci\\s+checks|everything)\\b${FILLER}\\s+${PASSED}`,
+			'i',
+		),
+		why: 'The catch-all a summary reaches for: "all checks pass", "the CI checks pass", "everything is green".',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'tests',
+		said: 'the tests pass',
+		re: /^\W*(?:\*\*)?(?:tests?|test\s+suite)(?:\*\*)?\s*[:\-\u2013]\s*(?:\*\*)?\s*(?:all\s+)?(?:\d+\s+)?(?:pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|success(?:ful)?|ok|\u2705|\u2714)/i,
+		why: 'The label form of a summary list: "Tests: passing". Anchored to the start of the line, where a label stands.',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'build',
+		said: 'the build succeeds',
+		re: /^\W*(?:\*\*)?build(?:\*\*)?\s*[:\-–]\s*(?:\*\*)?\s*(?:pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|success(?:ful)?|ok|clean|✅|✔)/i,
+		why: 'The label form: "Build: success".',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'lint',
+		said: 'lint is clean',
+		re: /^\W*(?:\*\*)?lint(?:ing)?(?:\*\*)?\s*[:\-–]\s*(?:\*\*)?\s*(?:pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|success(?:ful)?|ok|clean|✅|✔)/i,
+		why: 'The label form: "Lint: clean".',
+	},
+	{
+		kind: 'typecheck',
+		said: 'type checking passes',
+		re: /^\W*(?:\*\*)?(?:type[\s-]?check(?:ing)?|typecheck)(?:\*\*)?\s*[:\-–]\s*(?:\*\*)?\s*(?:pass(?:es|ed|ing)?|green|success(?:ful)?|ok|clean|✅|✔)/i,
+		why: 'The label form: "Typecheck: passing".',
+	},
+]
+
+/** Words that turn the claim around. Looked for in the few words before it. */
+const NEGATION =
+	/\b(?:not|no|never|none|nothing|nobody|zero|scarcely|neither|nor|cannot|unable|without|barely|hardly|n't|isn|aren|doesn|don|didn|wasn|weren|won|couldn|can't|won't)\b|n['’]t\b/i
+
+/** Words that make it a wish, a plan, a condition, a request or a guess. Looked for in the few words before it. */
+const HEDGE =
+	/\b(?:if|once|when|whenever|unless|until|assuming|provided|whether|in\s+case|so\s+that|ensure|ensures|ensuring|make\s+sure|makes\s+sure|make|makes|get|gets|keep|keeps|verify|verifying|confirm|confirming|check\s+(?:that|whether)|hope|hopes|hoping|hopefully|expect|expects|expecting|expected|want|wants|need|needs|must|should|would|could|might|may|can|will|probably|likely|maybe|perhaps|presumably|supposedly|apparently|ideally|seems?|appears?|think|believe|assume|guess|suppose|imagine|wonder|let|try|please|goal|aim|aims|target)\b|'ll\b/i
+
+/** Words that report what someone or something else said. Looked for in the whole clause. */
+const REPORTING =
+	/\b(?:said|says|say|saying|claims?|claimed|claiming|reports?|reported|reporting|according\s+to|states?|stated|mentions?|mentioned|noted|told|tells|asked|asks|promises?|promised|advertises?|advertised)\b/i
+
+/** Words that put the claim in the past, before this turn's change. Looked for in the whole clause. */
+const EARLIER =
+	/\b(?:before|earlier|previously|prior|originally|beforehand|initially|yesterday|formerly|used\s+to|at\s+first|last\s+time|last\s+week|until\s+now|in\s+the\s+past|back\s+then|had\s+been)\b/i
+
+/**
+ * Words that make the claim partial, a guess or someone else's. Looked for in
+ * the few words after it. The last few are the plain negation of other languages
+ * ("değil", "nicht", "pas") for a clause that holds an English claim.
+ */
+const QUALIFIER =
+	/\b(?:except|besides|apart|aside|other\s+than|but\s+for|barring|mostly|partly|partially|mainly|almost|nearly|only|if|unless|provided|once|when|until|assuming|so\s+far\s+as|aside\s+from|on\s+ci|in\s+theory|apparently|supposedly|allegedly|presumably|seemingly|reportedly|hopefully|probably|maybe|perhaps|goal|aim|target|de[g\u011f]il|nicht|nein|pas)\b/i
+
+/** A failure named anywhere else in the sentence: the sentence is reporting one, not claiming a pass. */
+const FAILURE =
+	/\b(?:fail|fails|failed|failing|failure|failures|error|errors|broken|breaks|red|regress(?:ed|es|ion)?)\b/i
+
+/**
+ * A word anywhere in the sentence that makes every claim in it a guess, or a
+ * claim in another language's negation. It sits at sentence level because a
+ * comma often separates it from the claim: "The tests pass, apparently."
+ */
+const SENTENCE_HEDGE =
+	/\b(?:apparently|supposedly|allegedly|presumably|seemingly|reportedly|hopefully|probably|maybe|perhaps|de[g\u011f]il|nicht|nein)\b/i
+
+/** Words a sentence may start with that make everything after it conditional. */
+const CONDITIONAL_START =
+	/^\W*(?:if|once|when|whenever|unless|assuming|provided|in\s+case|should|were|had)\b/i
+
+/** How many words before and after a claim are read for what cancels it. */
+const WORDS_BEFORE = 6
+const WORDS_AFTER = 6
+
+/** What a verb that takes an object starts with: "the type checker passes the argument on" is not a result. */
+const OBJECT_AFTER =
+	/^\W*(?:the|a|an|its|their|his|her|them|it|this|that|these|those|each|every|any|some|through|along)\b/i
+
+/** A claim worded as a subject ("tests passing is the goal"): the verb is a gerund that a copula follows. */
+const COPULA_AFTER = /^\W*(?:is|are|was|were|means|requires|needs)\b/i
+
+/** What is left of an answer once the places a claim does not count are taken out. */
+function readableText(answer: string): string {
+	return (
+		answer
+			.slice(0, ANSWER_CLAIM_MAX_CHARS)
+			// A fenced block, or one the answer never closed.
+			.replace(/(```|~~~)[\s\S]*?(?:\1|$)/g, ' _ ')
+			// A block quotation: its lines are somebody else's words.
+			.replace(/^[ \t]*>.*$/gm, ' ')
+			// An inline code span names a command or a symbol, not a claim.
+			.replace(/`[^`\n]{0,400}`/g, ' _ ')
+			// A quotation in either kind of double quotes.
+			.replace(/"[^"\n]{0,400}"/g, ' _ ')
+			.replace(/“[^”\n]{0,400}”/g, ' _ ')
+	)
+}
+
+/** Sentences, and within one the clauses a claim and its hedge do not cross. */
+function clausesOf(text: string): { sentenceEndsWithQuestion: boolean; clauses: string[] }[] {
+	const out: { sentenceEndsWithQuestion: boolean; clauses: string[] }[] = []
+	// A semicolon ends a statement, so a failure named in one half does not cancel a claim in the other.
+	for (const raw of text.split(/(?<=[.!?])\s+|\n+|;\s*/)) {
+		const sentence = raw.trim()
+		if (sentence === '') continue
+		if (CONDITIONAL_START.test(sentence) || SENTENCE_HEDGE.test(sentence)) continue
+		// What the claim patterns themselves match ("no test failures") is not a failure.
+		let rest = sentence
+		for (const pattern of ANSWER_CLAIM_PATTERNS) {
+			rest = rest.replace(new RegExp(pattern.re.source, 'gi'), ' ')
+		}
+		// "no errors", "without failures": a count of none is not a failure.
+		rest = rest.replace(/\b(?:no|zero|0|without)\s+(?:\w+\s+)?(?:errors?|failures?)\b/gi, ' ')
+		if (FAILURE.test(rest)) continue
+		out.push({
+			sentenceEndsWithQuestion: /\?\W*$/.test(sentence),
+			// A comma, a semicolon, a dash, a bracket, or a word that turns the sentence around.
+			clauses: sentence.split(
+				/[,;()—]|\s-\s|\s–\s|\b(?:but|however|although|though|while|whereas|yet|because|since|so)\b/i,
+			),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+function wordsBefore(clause: string, at: number): string {
+	return clause.slice(0, at).trim().split(/\s+/).slice(-WORDS_BEFORE).join(' ')
+}
+
+function wordsAfter(clause: string, to: number): string {
+	return clause.slice(to).trim().split(/\s+/).slice(0, WORDS_AFTER).join(' ')
+}
+
+/** The claim in this clause, when it is a plain, present, positive one. */
+function claimIn(clause: string): ClaimPattern | undefined {
+	if (REPORTING.test(clause) || EARLIER.test(clause)) return undefined
+	for (const pattern of ANSWER_CLAIM_PATTERNS) {
+		const found = pattern.re.exec(clause)
+		if (!found) continue
+		const before = wordsBefore(clause, found.index)
+		if (NEGATION.test(before) || HEDGE.test(before)) continue
+		const after = wordsAfter(clause, found.index + found[0].length)
+		if (QUALIFIER.test(after)) continue
+		if (/\bpass(?:es)?$/i.test(found[0]) && OBJECT_AFTER.test(after)) continue
+		if (/\bpassing$/i.test(found[0]) && COPULA_AFTER.test(after)) continue
+		if (/\d+\s+of\s+\d+/.test(clause)) continue
+		return pattern
+	}
+	return undefined
+}
+
+/** The kind of check a command line is, when it says so. */
+const COMMAND_KINDS: readonly { kind: AnswerClaimKind; re: RegExp }[] = [
+	{
+		kind: 'lint',
+		re: /\b(?:lint|eslint|biome|prettier|ruff|flake8|rubocop|clippy|golangci-lint)\b/i,
+	},
+	{ kind: 'typecheck', re: /\b(?:typecheck|tsc|mypy|pyright)\b/i },
+	{ kind: 'tests', re: /\b(?:test|tests|vitest|jest|pytest|mocha|phpunit|spec)\b/i },
+	{ kind: 'build', re: /\b(?:build|compile|bundle)\b/i },
+]
+
+/** A type check is a compile, so a claim about either is about both. */
+function sameKind(a: AnswerClaimKind, b: AnswerClaimKind): boolean {
+	if (a === b) return true
+	return (a === 'build' && b === 'typecheck') || (a === 'typecheck' && b === 'build')
+}
+
+/** Every kind a command line is: a chained `pnpm lint && pnpm test` is both. */
+function kindsOfCommand(command: string): AnswerClaimKind[] {
+	return COMMAND_KINDS.filter((k) => k.re.test(command)).map((k) => k.kind)
+}
+
+/** The failed check the claim is about, or `undefined` when every failed check is plainly another kind. */
+function failedCheckFor(
+	record: TurnOutcome,
+	claim: AnswerClaimKind,
+): { command?: string } | undefined {
+	const checks = Array.isArray(record.checks) ? record.checks : []
+	const failed = checks.filter((c) => c?.result === 'failed')
+	if (failed.length === 0) return {}
+	const related = failed.filter((c) => {
+		const kinds = kindsOfCommand(typeof c.command === 'string' ? c.command : '')
+		return claim === 'checks' || kinds.length === 0 || kinds.some((kind) => sameKind(kind, claim))
+	})
+	if (related.length === 0) return undefined
+	const only = related.length === 1 ? related[0]?.command : undefined
+	return typeof only === 'string' ? { command: only } : {}
+}
+
+/**
+ * The one mismatch between a plain claim in `answer` and this turn's `outcome`,
+ * or `undefined`.
+ *
+ * Reports only when the record says a check failed, or says files changed and
+ * no check ran or none established a pass. Never when the record says nothing
+ * changed, that the checks passed, or that it cannot tell: in those the claim
+ * may be true. English only: a claim in another language is not found.
+ */
+export function compareAnswerToOutcome(
+	answer: string | undefined | null,
+	outcome: TurnOutcome | undefined,
+): AnswerClaimMismatch | undefined {
+	// A notice is never worth failing a turn for: input that does not have the
+	// expected shape (a hook-supplied record) is read as "nothing to say".
+	try {
+		return compare(answer, outcome)
+	} catch {
+		return undefined
+	}
+}
+
+function compare(
+	answer: string | undefined | null,
+	outcome: TurnOutcome | undefined,
+): AnswerClaimMismatch | undefined {
+	if (typeof answer !== 'string' || answer === '' || !outcome) return undefined
+	const verdict = outcome.verdict
+	if (verdict !== 'failing' && verdict !== 'unchecked' && verdict !== 'inconclusive') {
+		return undefined
+	}
+	for (const { sentenceEndsWithQuestion, clauses } of clausesOf(readableText(answer))) {
+		if (sentenceEndsWithQuestion) continue
+		for (const clause of clauses) {
+			const pattern = claimIn(clause)
+			if (!pattern) continue
+			let record: AnswerClaimRecord
+			let recordSays: string
+			if (verdict === 'failing') {
+				const failed = failedCheckFor(outcome, pattern.kind)
+				if (!failed) continue
+				record = 'check-failed'
+				recordSays = failed.command
+					? `${auditCommandText(failed.command)} failed`
+					: 'a check failed'
+			} else if (verdict === 'unchecked') {
+				record = 'unchecked'
+				recordSays = 'files changed and no check ran'
+			} else {
+				record = 'unreadable'
+				recordSays = 'files changed and no check gave a result that could be read'
+			}
+			// biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noControlCharactersInRegex: control characters are what this removes
+			const folded = clause.replace(/[\u0000-\u001f\u007f-\u009f\s]+/g, ' ').trim()
+			const quote =
+				folded.length <= ANSWER_CLAIM_MAX_QUOTE_CHARS
+					? folded
+					: `${folded.slice(0, ANSWER_CLAIM_MAX_QUOTE_CHARS - 3)}...`
+			return { claim: pattern.kind, said: pattern.said, quote, record, recordSays }
+		}
+	}
+	return undefined
+}
+
+/** The mismatch as one plain line, for a person: `The answer says the tests pass. The record: ...` */
+export function describeAnswerClaimMismatch(mismatch: AnswerClaimMismatch): string {
+	return `The answer says ${mismatch.said}. The record: ${mismatch.recordSays}.`
+}

package/src/runtime/query/turn/outcome-ledger.ts

@@ -539,6 +539,18 @@ export class OutcomeLedger {
 		return this.compute(null)
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The record as it stands now, with the workspace asked once, and without
+	 * settling: the turn may go on and `finish` still answers once at the end.
+	 * Used by a host that wants the whole record before it lets a turn end. A
+	 * record that is not whole is `undefined`, as in `finish`.
+	 */
+	async preview(): Promise<TurnOutcome | undefined> {
+		if (this.unrecorded) return undefined
+		if (this.settled !== undefined) return this.settled
+		return this.compute(this.started ? await this.detect() : null)
+	}
+
 	private compute(endFingerprint: string | null): TurnOutcome {
 		const workspace = this.started && this.startFingerprint !== null && endFingerprint !== null
 		const moved = workspace && this.startFingerprint !== endFingerprint