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package/README.md

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+# @noetic-tools/types
+
+Foundational type contracts and primitives shared across the Noetic framework.
+
+This package holds the dependency-free vocabulary the rest of Noetic is built
+on: the conversation `Item` data model, LLM configuration (`LlmProviderConfig`,
+`ModelParams`, `LLMResponse`), execution context and steering contracts,
+platform adapter interfaces (`FsAdapter`, `ShellAdapter`, `SubprocessAdapter`),
+the error model, and the `Item` schema.
+
+It is consumed by [`@noetic-tools/memory`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@noetic-tools/memory)
+and [`@noetic-tools/core`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@noetic-tools/core),
+both of which re-export the parts relevant to their public surface. Application
+code normally imports these types from `@noetic-tools/core` rather than from
+this package directly.
+
+## License
+
+Apache-2.0

package/dist/errors/noetic-config-error.d.ts

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+/**
+ * @public
+ * Configuration-time error thrown during construction and setup.
+ *
+ * `NoeticConfigError` is separate from `NoeticError`. The two are never interchangeable:
+ * - `NoeticError` — thrown during execution (LLM failures, fork failures, budget exceeded).
+ * - `NoeticConfigError` — thrown during construction (invalid step config, missing env vars, runtime misconfiguration).
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * try {
+ *   loop({ id: '', steps: [], until: until.maxSteps(10) });
+ * } catch (e) {
+ *   if (isNoeticConfigError(e)) {
+ *     console.error(e.code, e.hint);
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export declare class NoeticConfigError extends Error {
+    /** SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE code uniquely identifying this error condition. */
+    readonly code: string;
+    /** Complete sentence describing what the user should do next. */
+    readonly hint: string;
+    /** Link to the relevant docs page, if available. */
+    readonly docsUrl?: string;
+    constructor(opts: {
+        code: string;
+        message: string;
+        hint: string;
+        docsUrl?: string;
+    });
+}
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Type guard for `NoeticConfigError`.
+ *
+ * @param e - Value to check.
+ * @returns `true` if `e` is a `NoeticConfigError`.
+ */
+export declare function isNoeticConfigError(e: unknown): e is NoeticConfigError;

package/dist/errors/noetic-config-error.js

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+/**
+ * @public
+ * Configuration-time error thrown during construction and setup.
+ *
+ * `NoeticConfigError` is separate from `NoeticError`. The two are never interchangeable:
+ * - `NoeticError` — thrown during execution (LLM failures, fork failures, budget exceeded).
+ * - `NoeticConfigError` — thrown during construction (invalid step config, missing env vars, runtime misconfiguration).
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * try {
+ *   loop({ id: '', steps: [], until: until.maxSteps(10) });
+ * } catch (e) {
+ *   if (isNoeticConfigError(e)) {
+ *     console.error(e.code, e.hint);
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export class NoeticConfigError extends Error {
+    /** SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE code uniquely identifying this error condition. */
+    code;
+    /** Complete sentence describing what the user should do next. */
+    hint;
+    /** Link to the relevant docs page, if available. */
+    docsUrl;
+    constructor(opts) {
+        super(opts.message);
+        this.name = 'NoeticConfigError';
+        this.code = opts.code;
+        this.hint = opts.hint;
+        this.docsUrl = opts.docsUrl;
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * @public
+ * Type guard for `NoeticConfigError`.
+ *
+ * @param e - Value to check.
+ * @returns `true` if `e` is a `NoeticConfigError`.
+ */
+export function isNoeticConfigError(e) {
+    return e instanceof NoeticConfigError;
+}

package/dist/errors/noetic-error.d.ts

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+import type { NoeticError } from '../types/error.js';
+/**
+ * Runtime error thrown during step execution (LLM failures, fork failures, budget exceeded, etc.).
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export declare class NoeticErrorImpl extends Error {
+    readonly noeticError: NoeticError;
+    constructor(error: NoeticError);
+}
+/**
+ * Type guard for `NoeticErrorImpl`.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @param e - Value to check.
+ * @returns `true` if `e` is a `NoeticErrorImpl`.
+ */
+export declare function isNoeticError(e: unknown): e is NoeticErrorImpl;

package/dist/errors/noetic-error.js

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+/**
+ * Runtime error thrown during step execution (LLM failures, fork failures, budget exceeded, etc.).
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
+export class NoeticErrorImpl extends Error {
+    noeticError;
+    constructor(error) {
+        super(formatMessage(error));
+        this.name = 'NoeticError';
+        this.noeticError = error;
+    }
+}
+/**
+ * Type guard for `NoeticErrorImpl`.
+ *
+ * @public
+ * @param e - Value to check.
+ * @returns `true` if `e` is a `NoeticErrorImpl`.
+ */
+export function isNoeticError(e) {
+    return e instanceof NoeticErrorImpl;
+}
+function formatMessage(error) {
+    switch (error.kind) {
+        case 'step_failed':
+            return `Step '${error.stepId}' failed: ${error.cause.message}`;
+        case 'llm_refused':
+            return `LLM refused at step '${error.stepId}': ${error.refusal}`;
+        case 'llm_parse_error':
+            return `LLM parse error at step '${error.stepId}': failed to parse output`;
+        case 'llm_rate_limit':
+            return `LLM rate limited at step '${error.stepId}'${error.retryAfter ? ` (retry after ${error.retryAfter}ms)` : ''}`;
+        case 'fork_partial':
+            return `Fork '${error.stepId}' partial failure: ${error.succeeded.length} succeeded, ${error.failed.length} failed`;
+        case 'channel_timeout':
+            return `Channel '${error.channelName}' timed out after ${error.timeout}ms`;
+        case 'channel_closed':
+            return `Channel '${error.channelName}' is closed`;
+        case 'cancelled':
+            return `Cancelled${error.reason ? `: ${error.reason}` : ''}`;
+        case 'budget_exceeded':
+            return `Budget exceeded: ${error.field} limit ${error.limit}, actual ${error.actual}`;
+        case 'steering_denied':
+            return `Steering denied${error.guidance ? `: ${error.guidance}` : ''}`;
+        case 'handle_evicted':
+            return `Subprocess handle '${error.handleId}' evicted (step '${error.stepId}'): adapter returned null for ${error.gracePeriodMs}ms`;
+        default: {
+            const _exhaustive = error;
+            void _exhaustive;
+            return 'NoeticError: unknown kind';
+        }
+    }
+}

package/dist/index.d.ts

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+/**
+ * @noetic-tools/types — foundational type contracts and primitives shared
+ * across the Noetic framework.
+ */
+export * from './errors/noetic-config-error.js';
+export * from './errors/noetic-error.js';
+export * from './schemas/item.js';
+export * from './types/channel.js';
+export * from './types/common.js';
+export * from './types/context.js';
+export * from './types/context-parts/item-log.js';
+export * from './types/context-parts/layer-usage.js';
+export * from './types/detached.js';
+export * from './types/error.js';
+export * from './types/fs-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/harness-result.js';
+export * from './types/items.js';
+export * from './types/memory.js';
+export * from './types/memory-context.js';
+export * from './types/observability.js';
+export * from './types/runtime.js';
+export * from './types/shell-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/steering.js';
+export * from './types/step.js';
+export * from './types/subprocess-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/tool.js';
+export * from './types/tool-context.js';
+export * from './util/framework-cast.js';
+export * from './util/message-helpers.js';

package/dist/index.js

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+/**
+ * @noetic-tools/types — foundational type contracts and primitives shared
+ * across the Noetic framework.
+ */
+export * from './errors/noetic-config-error.js';
+export * from './errors/noetic-error.js';
+export * from './schemas/item.js';
+export * from './types/channel.js';
+export * from './types/common.js';
+export * from './types/context.js';
+export * from './types/context-parts/item-log.js';
+export * from './types/context-parts/layer-usage.js';
+export * from './types/detached.js';
+export * from './types/error.js';
+export * from './types/fs-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/harness-result.js';
+export * from './types/items.js';
+export * from './types/memory.js';
+export * from './types/memory-context.js';
+export * from './types/observability.js';
+export * from './types/runtime.js';
+export * from './types/shell-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/steering.js';
+export * from './types/step.js';
+export * from './types/subprocess-adapter.js';
+export * from './types/tool.js';
+export * from './types/tool-context.js';
+export * from './util/framework-cast.js';
+export * from './util/message-helpers.js';

package/dist/schemas/item.d.ts

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+/**
+ * Runtime schema for the `Item` union.
+ *
+ * The `Item` type is a discriminated union of framework-created items
+ * (`InputMessageItem`, `FunctionCallOutputItem`) and provider-shaped items
+ * from `@openrouter/agent` whose shapes are defined by the SDK's generated
+ * types. Mirroring those provider shapes as Zod schemas would drift as the
+ * SDK evolves, so the runtime schema validates only the structural invariant
+ * every `Item` shares: an object with a non-empty string `type` discriminant.
+ *
+ * Use this at trust boundaries (loading persisted session files, accepting
+ * externally-supplied transcripts) where we need to reject garbage JSON but
+ * don't need to re-validate every provider field TypeScript already types.
+ */
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import type { Item, ItemSchemaExtensions } from '../types/items.js';
+/** @public Structural validator for `Item`. Asserts non-empty string `type` discriminant. */
+export declare const ItemSchema: z.ZodCustom<Item, Item>;
+type ItemSchemaCategory = keyof Required<ItemSchemaExtensions>;
+export declare function mergeExtensions(a: ItemSchemaExtensions | undefined, b: ItemSchemaExtensions | undefined): ItemSchemaExtensions;
+/** @public Runtime item validator with optional tool, memory-layer, and harness extension schemas. */
+export declare class ItemSchemaRegistry {
+    readonly extensions: ItemSchemaExtensions;
+    readonly strictUnknownExtensions: boolean;
+    constructor(extensions?: ItemSchemaExtensions, opts?: {
+        strictUnknownExtensions?: boolean;
+    });
+    extend(extensions?: ItemSchemaExtensions): ItemSchemaRegistry;
+    parse(value: unknown): Item;
+    parseMany(values: Iterable<unknown>): Item[];
+    parseWithCategory(value: unknown, category: ItemSchemaCategory): Item;
+}
+/** @public Default item schema registry. */
+export declare const defaultItemSchemaRegistry: ItemSchemaRegistry;
+export {};

package/dist/schemas/item.js

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+/**
+ * Runtime schema for the `Item` union.
+ *
+ * The `Item` type is a discriminated union of framework-created items
+ * (`InputMessageItem`, `FunctionCallOutputItem`) and provider-shaped items
+ * from `@openrouter/agent` whose shapes are defined by the SDK's generated
+ * types. Mirroring those provider shapes as Zod schemas would drift as the
+ * SDK evolves, so the runtime schema validates only the structural invariant
+ * every `Item` shares: an object with a non-empty string `type` discriminant.
+ *
+ * Use this at trust boundaries (loading persisted session files, accepting
+ * externally-supplied transcripts) where we need to reject garbage JSON but
+ * don't need to re-validate every provider field TypeScript already types.
+ */
+import { z } from 'zod';
+function isItemLike(value) {
+    if (typeof value !== 'object' || value === null) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if (!('type' in value)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    const { type } = value;
+    return typeof type === 'string' && type.length > 0;
+}
+/** @public Structural validator for `Item`. Asserts non-empty string `type` discriminant. */
+export const ItemSchema = z.custom(isItemLike, {
+    message: 'Expected an Item object with a non-empty string "type" discriminant.',
+});
+function hasSchemas(extensions) {
+    return Boolean(extensions.items?.length ||
+        extensions.developerMessages?.length ||
+        extensions.toolCalls?.length ||
+        extensions.toolResults?.length);
+}
+export function mergeExtensions(a, b) {
+    return {
+        items: [
+            ...(a?.items ?? []),
+            ...(b?.items ?? []),
+        ],
+        developerMessages: [
+            ...(a?.developerMessages ?? []),
+            ...(b?.developerMessages ?? []),
+        ],
+        toolCalls: [
+            ...(a?.toolCalls ?? []),
+            ...(b?.toolCalls ?? []),
+        ],
+        toolResults: [
+            ...(a?.toolResults ?? []),
+            ...(b?.toolResults ?? []),
+        ],
+    };
+}
+function schemasForCategory(extensions, category) {
+    return extensions[category] ?? [];
+}
+function isRecord(value) {
+    return typeof value === 'object' && value !== null;
+}
+function relevantCategories(value) {
+    const categories = [
+        'items',
+    ];
+    if (isRecord(value) && value.type === 'message' && value.role === 'developer') {
+        categories.push('developerMessages');
+    }
+    if (isRecord(value) && value.type === 'function_call') {
+        categories.push('toolCalls');
+    }
+    if (isRecord(value) && value.type === 'function_call_output') {
+        categories.push('toolResults');
+    }
+    return categories;
+}
+function isKnownBaseType(type) {
+    return (type === 'message' ||
+        type === 'function_call' ||
+        type === 'function_call_output' ||
+        type === 'reasoning' ||
+        type === 'web_search_call' ||
+        type === 'file_search_call' ||
+        type === 'image_generation_call' ||
+        type.startsWith('openrouter:'));
+}
+function schemaMismatch(category) {
+    return new z.ZodError([
+        {
+            code: 'custom',
+            message: `Item did not match any registered ${category} extension schema.`,
+            path: [],
+        },
+    ]);
+}
+/** @public Runtime item validator with optional tool, memory-layer, and harness extension schemas. */
+export class ItemSchemaRegistry {
+    extensions;
+    strictUnknownExtensions;
+    constructor(extensions, opts) {
+        this.extensions = mergeExtensions(undefined, extensions);
+        this.strictUnknownExtensions = opts?.strictUnknownExtensions ?? true;
+    }
+    extend(extensions) {
+        if (!extensions || !hasSchemas(extensions)) {
+            return this;
+        }
+        return new ItemSchemaRegistry(mergeExtensions(this.extensions, extensions), {
+            strictUnknownExtensions: this.strictUnknownExtensions,
+        });
+    }
+    parse(value) {
+        const base = ItemSchema.parse(value);
+        const categories = relevantCategories(base);
+        const schemas = categories.flatMap((category) => schemasForCategory(this.extensions, category));
+        for (const schema of schemas) {
+            const parsed = schema.safeParse(value);
+            if (parsed.success) {
+                return ItemSchema.parse(parsed.data);
+            }
+        }
+        if (this.strictUnknownExtensions && !isKnownBaseType(base.type)) {
+            throw new z.ZodError([
+                {
+                    code: 'custom',
+                    message: `Item type '${base.type}' did not match any registered item extension schema.`,
+                    path: [
+                        'type',
+                    ],
+                },
+            ]);
+        }
+        return base;
+    }
+    parseMany(values) {
+        return Array.from(values, (value) => this.parse(value));
+    }
+    parseWithCategory(value, category) {
+        const schemas = schemasForCategory(this.extensions, category);
+        if (schemas.length === 0) {
+            return this.parse(value);
+        }
+        for (const schema of schemas) {
+            const parsed = schema.safeParse(value);
+            if (parsed.success) {
+                return ItemSchema.parse(parsed.data);
+            }
+        }
+        throw schemaMismatch(category);
+    }
+}
+/** @public Default item schema registry. */
+export const defaultItemSchemaRegistry = new ItemSchemaRegistry(undefined, {
+    strictUnknownExtensions: true,
+});

package/dist/types/channel.d.ts

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+import type { ZodType } from 'zod';
+/**
+ * A typed communication channel between steps within an execution tree.
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface Channel<T> {
+    /** Channel name for identification and debugging. */
+    readonly name: string;
+    /** Zod schema used to validate every message sent through the channel. */
+    readonly schema: ZodType<T>;
+    /** Delivery semantics: `'value'` (last-write-wins), `'queue'` (FIFO), `'topic'` (pub/sub). */
+    readonly mode: 'value' | 'queue' | 'topic';
+    /** Buffer size for queue mode (default: 1000). Ignored for value/topic modes. */
+    readonly capacity?: number;
+}
+/**
+ * A channel that is writable from outside the execution tree (e.g. user input).
+ * @public
+ */
+export interface ExternalChannel<T> extends Channel<T> {
+    /** Marker indicating the channel accepts writes from external callers. */
+    readonly external: true;
+}
+/** @public Handle for sending messages to a channel and checking its closed state. */
+export interface ChannelHandle<T> {
+    send(value: T): void;
+    readonly closed: boolean;
+    readonly channel: Channel<T>;
+}

package/dist/types/channel.js

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+export {};