@orkestrel/toolbox 0.0.12 → 0.0.14

package/dist/src/core/index.cjs

@@ -10,29 +10,33 @@ let _orkestrel_tool = require("@orkestrel/tool");
 let _orkestrel_form = require("@orkestrel/form");
 //#region src/core/constants.ts
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool} advertises by default, `'agent'`
+* — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
 */
 var AGENT_TOOL_NAME = "agent";
 /**
 * Holds the maximum nesting depth a delegation chain (agent tool → sub-agent → agent tool → …) may
-* reach — the bound {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool}'s depth/cycle guard
+* reach, `8` — the bound {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool}'s depth/cycle guard
 * enforces.
 *
 * @remarks
-* Deliberately a SEPARATE constant from {@link MAX_WORKFLOW_CHAIN} (rather than the two guards
-* sharing one reference): the two guards bound DIFFERENT chains (workflow nesting vs. agent
+* Deliberately a separate constant from {@link MAX_WORKFLOW_CHAIN} (rather than the guards
+* sharing one reference): they bound different chains (workflow nesting against agent
 * delegation) that happen to share a value today, and keeping this bound decoupled means a
 * future change to one never silently shifts the other. Same numeric value by convention, not
 * by shared reference.
 */
 var AGENT_TOOL_DEPTH = 8;
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link AGENT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link AGENT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering sub-agent delegation and pointing at
+* `describe` for the optional overrides.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var AGENT_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Delegate a task to a sub-agent and return its result; each call runs one sub-agent turn to completion. Call describe('agent') for the optional provider/tools/system overrides.";
 /**
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ var AGENT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	JSON.stringify({ task: "Summarize the attached notes in three bullet points." })
 ].join("\n");
 /**
-* Holds the maximum nesting depth a workflow → agent → workflow chain may reach — the bound
+* Holds the maximum nesting depth a workflow → agent → workflow chain may reach, `8` — the bound
 * {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentFunction} and
 * {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool}'s depth/cycle guards enforce.
 *
@@ -63,40 +67,40 @@ var AGENT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 */
 var MAX_WORKFLOW_CHAIN = 8;
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under, and the name
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentFunction} binds the depth/cycle-aware workflow tool
-* under onto a wrapped agent's `context.tools`.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} advertises by default,
+* `'workflow'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers
+* under, and the name {@link import('./factories.js').createAgentFunction} binds the
+* depth/cycle-aware workflow tool under onto a wrapped agent's `context.tools`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The propagation seam's well-known key: when
 * `createAgentFunction`'s `runner` option is supplied, it adds a `createWorkflowTool`-built tool
-* under this name to the agent's `context.tools`, so it can author + run a NESTED workflow
+* under this name to the agent's `context.tools`, so it can author and run a nested workflow
 * (bounded by {@link MAX_WORKFLOW_CHAIN}).
 */
 var WORKFLOW_TOOL_NAME = "workflow";
 /**
-* Holds a complete FLAT authoring example — the PRIMARY way a small model authors a workflow through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool}: `{ name, steps: [{ name }] }`.
+* Holds a complete flat authoring example — the primary way a small model authors a workflow
+* through {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool}: `{ name, steps: [{ name }] }`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Each step becomes a one-task phase, in
-* order; a step's `name` is a REGISTERED behavior name (not a label) — the registry key its
+* order; a step's `name` is a registered behavior name (not a label) — the registry key its
 * task's `behavior` resolves against. The tool expands this
 * ({@link import('./helpers.js').expandSteps}) into a valid `WorkflowDefinition`
-* (`@orkestrel/workflow`). It is embedded VERBATIM in {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
+* (`@orkestrel/workflow`). It is embedded verbatim in {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
 */
 var WORKFLOW_TOOL_FLAT_EXAMPLE = Object.freeze({
 	name: "release",
 	steps: Object.freeze([Object.freeze({ name: "compile" }), Object.freeze({ name: "publish" })])
 });
 /**
-* Holds a minimal NESTED authoring example — the ADVANCED escape-hatch form a model may use instead of
-* the flat shape: a full `WorkflowDefinition` (`@orkestrel/workflow`).
+* Holds a minimal nested authoring example — the advanced escape-hatch form a model can use instead
+* of the flat shape: a full `WorkflowDefinition` (`@orkestrel/workflow`).
 *
 * @remarks
-* The full four-level form, documented in
-* {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} as the advanced alternative. It is embedded VERBATIM.
+* The full nested form, documented in
+* {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} as the advanced alternative. It is embedded verbatim.
 */
 var WORKFLOW_TOOL_NESTED_EXAMPLE = Object.freeze({
 	id: "release",
@@ -112,11 +116,15 @@ var WORKFLOW_TOOL_NESTED_EXAMPLE = Object.freeze({
 	})])
 });
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering multi-phase authoring and pointing at
+* `describe` for the authoring schema and its examples.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var WORKFLOW_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Author and run a multi-phase workflow in one call — phases run in sequence, tasks within a phase run concurrently. Call describe('workflow') for the full authoring schema and examples.";
 /**
@@ -139,13 +147,14 @@ var WORKFLOW_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	"In the nested form you may omit any \"id\"/\"name\" and they are filled in positionally; a provided one is kept."
 ].join("\n");
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkspaceTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkspaceTool} advertises by default,
+* `'workspace'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`)
+* registers under.
 */
 var WORKSPACE_TOOL_NAME = "workspace";
 /**
-* Holds a valid {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceOperation} object — the canonical example embedded
-* VERBATIM in {@link WORKSPACE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
+* Holds a valid {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceOperation} object — the canonical example
+* embedded verbatim in {@link WORKSPACE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A `'write'` op (the most common authoring
@@ -158,11 +167,15 @@ var WORKSPACE_TOOL_EXAMPLE = Object.freeze({
 	content: "hello"
 });
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkspaceTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link WORKSPACE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkspaceTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link WORKSPACE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering the `operation`-keyed file editing and
+* pointing at `describe` for the operation list and its fields.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var WORKSPACE_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Read and edit files in a workspace — one operation per call (read, write, list, search, replace, splice, move, remove, plus workspace switching), chosen by the 'operation' field. Call describe('workspace') for the full operation list and fields.";
 /**
@@ -198,8 +211,9 @@ var WORKSPACE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	JSON.stringify(WORKSPACE_TOOL_EXAMPLE)
 ].join("\n");
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool} advertises by default,
+* `'describe'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers
+* under.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Pairs with the lean {@link AGENT_TOOL_SUMMARY} / {@link WORKFLOW_TOOL_SUMMARY} /
@@ -215,7 +229,8 @@ var DESCRIBE_TOOL_NAME = "describe";
 */
 var DESCRIBE_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Return the full description of a named registered tool.";
 /**
-* Holds the DESCRIPTION {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool} advertises.
+* Holds the description {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool} advertises — the
+* registered tool `name` it requires, and the full description of that tool it returns.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Deliberately short — unlike the workflow / workspace / agent tools, this one has no authoring
@@ -223,19 +238,27 @@ var DESCRIBE_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Return the full description of a named registered t
 */
 var DESCRIBE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = "Return the full description of a registered tool by its name. Required: name - the registered tool name (see another tool listing for available names).";
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool} advertises by default, `'ask'` —
+* the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
 */
 var PROMPT_TOOL_NAME = "ask";
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link PROMPT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link PROMPT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering the blocking multi-field ask and pointing
+* at `describe` for the schema.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var PROMPT_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Ask another terminal a multi-field form and BLOCK until it answers; the call resolves with the values record. Call describe('ask') for the schema.";
-/** Holds the full form protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool} advertises. */
+/**
+* Holds the form protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createPromptTool} advertises — the
+* required `to` and `schema`, how a field declares its control and its rules, and a worked
+* example.
+*/
 var PROMPT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	"Ask another terminal a multi-field form and block until it answers. This call does not return until the addressed terminal answers, or the form expires.",
 	"",
@@ -261,19 +284,27 @@ var PROMPT_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	})
 ].join("\n");
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool} advertises by default,
+* `'answer'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers
+* under.
 */
 var ANSWER_TOOL_NAME = "answer";
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link ANSWER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link ANSWER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering the pending listing and the answer call,
+* and pointing at `describe` for the fields each takes.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var ANSWER_TOOL_SUMMARY = "List forms addressed to this terminal, or answer one by id with a values record. Call describe('answer') for the required fields.";
-/** Holds the pending/answer protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool} advertises. */
+/**
+* Holds the protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createAnswerTool} advertises — the `pending`
+* and `answer` operations and the `values` record an answer supplies, each with a worked example.
+*/
 var ANSWER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	"List the forms addressed to this terminal, or answer one of them by id. Every call is ONE operation, chosen by the \"operation\" field.",
 	"",
@@ -293,24 +324,31 @@ var ANSWER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	})
 ].join("\n");
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool} advertises by default — the key
-* a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool} advertises by default,
+* `'database'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers
+* under.
 */
 var DATABASE_TOOL_NAME = "database";
 /**
 * Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
 * {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool} advertises in place of
-* {@link DATABASE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
+* {@link DATABASE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering the `operation`-keyed database call and
+* pointing at `describe` for the operation list, the query form, and the column DSL.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var DATABASE_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Create and query a database — one operation per call (create, tables, get, records, count, aggregate, add, set, update, remove, destroy), chosen by the 'operation' field. Call describe('database') for the full operation list, the query form, and the column DSL.";
 /**
 * Holds the description {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool} advertises — a
-* multi-line guide that teaches a small model the operation list, the SERIALIZED query form, and
+* multi-line guide that teaches a small model the operation list, the serialized query form, and
 * the {@link import('./types.js').TableSpec} column DSL.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The query form is deliberately SERIALIZED (never fluent) — every condition is a flat object
-* `{ column, operator, values, connector? }` where `values` is ALWAYS an array, even for a
+* The query form is deliberately serialized (never fluent) — every condition is a flat object
+* `{ column, operator, values, connector? }` where `values` is always an array, even for a
 * single-value operator (`{ column: 'age', operator: 'from', values: [18] }`), so a small model
 * never has to chain method calls or guess whether a value is scalar or a list.
 */
@@ -362,7 +400,10 @@ var DATABASE_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 		}] }
 	})
 ].join("\n");
-/** Holds the default cap on rows a `records` call returns when the caller omits `query.limit` — the database tool's default row ceiling. */
+/**
+* Holds the default cap on rows a `records` call returns when the caller omits `query.limit`,
+* `1000` — the database tool's default row ceiling.
+*/
 var DATABASE_TOOL_LIMIT = 1e3;
 /** Lists the runtime-frozen database-tool mutation names disabled by `DatabaseToolOptions.readonly`. */
 var DATABASE_TOOL_MUTATIONS = Object.freeze([
@@ -374,21 +415,30 @@ var DATABASE_TOOL_MUTATIONS = Object.freeze([
 	"destroy"
 ]);
 /**
-* Holds the name `createRelationTool` advertises by default — the key a model calls and the
-* `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createRelationTool} advertises by default,
+* `'relation'` — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers
+* under.
 */
 var RELATION_TOOL_NAME = "relation";
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} the relation tool advertises
-* in place of {@link RELATION_TOOL_DESCRIPTION}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createRelationTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link RELATION_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering the `operation`-keyed relationship
+* traversal and pointing at `describe` for the include-path syntax.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var RELATION_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Traverse and edit relationships between database rows — one operation per call (load, find, link, unlink, links), chosen by the 'operation' field. Call describe('relation') for the include-path syntax.";
 /**
-* Holds the DESCRIPTION the relation tool advertises — a multi-line guide that teaches a small model
-* the operation list and the flat dot-path `include` syntax.
+* Holds the description {@link import('./factories.js').createRelationTool} advertises — a
+* multi-line guide that teaches a small model the operation list and the flat dot-path `include`
+* syntax.
 *
 * @remarks
-* An include path is a FLAT dot-separated string (`'contacts.account'`), never a nested object —
+* An include path is a flat dot-separated string (`'contacts.account'`), never a nested object —
 * the same small-model ergonomic lever the other tools in this package use for flat args.
 */
 var RELATION_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
@@ -410,24 +460,38 @@ var RELATION_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 		include: ["contacts.account"]
 	})
 ].join("\n");
-/** Holds the default cap on rows a `find` / `links` call returns when the caller omits `limit` — the relation tool's default row ceiling. */
+/**
+* Holds the default cap on rows a `find` or `links` call returns when the caller omits `limit`,
+* `1000` — the relation tool's default row ceiling.
+*/
 var RELATION_TOOL_LIMIT = 1e3;
-/** Holds the default cap on how many `include` path segments deep a `load` / `find` call may traverse — the relation tool's default include-depth ceiling. */
+/**
+* Holds the default cap on how many `include` path segments deep a `load` or `find` call may
+* traverse, `3` — the relation tool's default include-depth ceiling.
+*/
 var RELATION_TOOL_DEPTH = 3;
 /**
-* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool} advertises by default — the key a
-* model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
+* Holds the name {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool} advertises by default, `'infer'`
+* — the key a model calls and the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) registers under.
 */
 var INFER_TOOL_NAME = "infer";
 /**
-* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary} {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool}
-* advertises in place of {@link INFER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — a `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()`
-* (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in
-* for the full teaching description; the full text stays retrievable through
-* {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
+* Holds the lean {@link import('@orkestrel/tool').ToolInterface.summary}
+* {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool} advertises in place of
+* {@link INFER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION} — one sentence offering schema inference from example values and
+* pointing at `describe` for the fields it takes.
+*
+* @remarks
+* A `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` call (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises
+* `summary ?? description`, so this one-sentence text stands in for the full teaching description;
+* the full text stays retrievable through {@link import('./factories.js').createDescribeTool}.
 */
 var INFER_TOOL_SUMMARY = "Infer a JSON Schema (as advertised tool parameters) from one or more example values. Call describe('infer') for the required fields.";
-/** Holds the schema-inference protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool} advertises. */
+/**
+* Holds the schema-inference protocol {@link import('./factories.js').createInferTool} advertises —
+* the required `samples`, the optional `format`, `enum`, and `candidates` arguments, and a worked
+* example of the bare return and of the `candidates`-wrapped return.
+*/
 var INFER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 	"Infer a JSON Schema from example values, returned in the same shape a tool advertises its parameters.",
 	"",
@@ -527,7 +591,7 @@ var INFER_TOOL_DESCRIPTION = [
 * @remarks
 * Carries a machine-readable `code` (see {@link import('./types.js').ToolboxErrorCode}) and
 * an optional `context` bag for structured diagnostics. They are readable through an in-process
-* catch, including around a direct `tool.execute(args)` call. The `ToolManagerInterface`
+* catch, including around a direct `tool.execute(args, context)` call. The `ToolManagerInterface`
 * (`@orkestrel/tool`) instead flattens every throw to the canonical tool result's top-level
 * `error` message string under AGENTS' “narrow untrusted input with guards” rule.
 *
@@ -552,7 +616,7 @@ var ToolboxError = class extends Error {
 	}
 };
 /**
-* Narrows an unknown caught value to an {@link ToolboxError}.
+* Narrows an unknown caught value to a {@link ToolboxError}.
 *
 * @param value - The value to test (typically a `catch` binding)
 * @returns True if `value` is an {@link ToolboxError}; false otherwise
@@ -629,7 +693,7 @@ function isColumnPrimitive(value) {
 	return value === "string" || value === "integer" || value === "number" || value === "boolean";
 }
 /**
-* Narrows an unknown value to a {@link DatabaseDefinition} — a non-empty `id` + `driver`, a
+* Narrows an unknown value to a {@link DatabaseDefinition} — a non-empty `id` and `driver`, a
 * `tables` record whose every value is `{ columns: record of valid ColumnSpec }`, plus optional
 * `primary`, `indexes`, and finite `version` schema configuration. The boundary guard a
 * {@link import('./types.js').DefinitionStoreInterface} applies to an untrusted persisted blob
@@ -730,8 +794,8 @@ var describeToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({ name: (0, _orkest
 	description: "The registered name of the tool whose full description to return."
 }) });
 /**
-* Describes the shape of a {@link import('./types.js').TaskDraft} — identical to a strict task shape
-* EXCEPT `id` and `name` are OPTIONAL.
+* Describes the shape of a {@link import('./types.js').TaskDraft} — identical to a strict task
+* shape except that `id` and `name` are optional.
 */
 var taskDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	id: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({
@@ -758,8 +822,8 @@ var taskDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	}))
 });
 /**
-* Describes the shape of a PHASE in a draft workflow — identical to a strict phase shape EXCEPT `id` and
-* `name` are OPTIONAL, and its tasks are {@link taskDraftShape}s.
+* Describes the shape of a phase in a draft workflow — identical to a strict phase shape except
+* that `id` and `name` are optional and each task takes {@link taskDraftShape}.
 */
 var phaseDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	id: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({
@@ -779,17 +843,17 @@ var phaseDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	bail: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)([true, false], { description: "Per-phase failure-policy override; omitted inherits the workflow bail." }))
 });
 /**
-* Describes the shape of a DRAFT workflow — identical to a strict workflow shape EXCEPT `id` and `name`
-* are OPTIONAL at all three levels (workflow / phase / task), so a small model can omit the six
-* identity strings and let the tool synthesize them positionally.
+* Describes the shape of a draft workflow — identical to a strict workflow shape except that `id`
+* and `name` are optional at the workflow, phase, and task levels, so a small model can omit every
+* identity string and let the tool synthesize them positionally.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The lenient counterpart {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowDraftContract} compiles.
 * `behavior` stays optional like the strict form; omission is the deliberate JSON `null` no-op. A
 * provided `id` / `name` still has `minLength: 1` (so
-* an explicitly-empty `id: ''` is REJECTED, not auto-filled). After
+* an explicitly-empty `id: ''` is rejected, not auto-filled). After
 * {@link import('./helpers.js').completeDraft} fills the missing ids/names, the result is
-* validated against the STRICT `createWorkflowContract` (`@orkestrel/workflow`) gate before
+* validated against the strict `createWorkflowContract` (`@orkestrel/workflow`) gate before
 * running.
 */
 var workflowDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
@@ -806,10 +870,11 @@ var workflowDraftShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	bail: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)([true, false], { description: "Failure policy: false (default) continues gracefully, true halts on the first failure." }))
 });
 /**
-* Describes the shape of ONE flat step — `{ name }` — the building block of {@link workflowStepsShape}.
+* Describes the shape of one flat step — `{ name }` — the building block of
+* {@link workflowStepsShape}.
 *
 * @remarks
-* `name` is the REGISTERED behavior name the step runs (it becomes the task's `behavior`). The tool
+* `name` is the registered behavior name the step runs (it becomes the task's `behavior`). The tool
 * expands each step into a one-task phase, in order ({@link import('./helpers.js').expandSteps}).
 */
 var stepShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({ name: (0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({
@@ -817,16 +882,17 @@ var stepShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({ name: (0, _orkestrel_cont
 	description: "The registered behavior name this step runs (becomes the task behavior)."
 }) });
 /**
-* Describes the FLAT authoring shape {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} advertises as its
-* `parameters` — the simplest surface a small model can fill: `{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }`.
+* Describes the flat authoring shape {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} advertises
+* as its `parameters` — the simplest surface a small model can fill:
+* `{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A deliberately-reduced surface: a flat ordered list of steps, each a `{ name }`. The tool
-* EXPANDS it ({@link import('./helpers.js').expandSteps}) into a full
+* expands it ({@link import('./helpers.js').expandSteps}) into a full
 * {@link import('./types.js').WorkflowDefinition} — one one-task phase per step, in order —
-* then validates against the STRICT `createWorkflowContract` (`@orkestrel/workflow`) gate. The
-* full nested form is STILL accepted by the tool (it branches on the args' shape) and is
-* documented as the advanced escape-hatch in the tool's description — but THIS is what
+* then validates against the strict `createWorkflowContract` (`@orkestrel/workflow`) gate. The
+* full nested form is still accepted by the tool (it branches on the args' shape) and is
+* documented as the advanced escape-hatch in the tool's description — but this is what
 * `parameters` advertises.
 */
 var workflowStepsShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
@@ -840,17 +906,17 @@ var workflowStepsShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 * Describes the shape of a {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceOperation} — a descriptive tagged union
 * over the workspace edit, read, and navigation operations, discriminated by the `operation`
 * literal (never a bare `kind`). Each variant leads with its `operation`
-* discriminant then its FLAT fields, every field through `stringShape` / `optionalShape` /
+* discriminant then its flat fields, every field through `stringShape` / `optionalShape` /
 * `integerShape({ min: 1 })` / `booleanShape`, each carrying a strong field-level `description`.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The union compiles to an `anyOf` JSON Schema + a `unionOf` guard + a first-match parser
+* The union compiles to an `anyOf` JSON Schema, a `unionOf` guard, and a first-match parser
 * automatically ({@link import('./factories.js').createWorkspaceTool} types the result to the
-* hand-written {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceOperation}). `limit` and the four `'splice'`
-* caret components are POSITIVE integers (`integerShape({ min: 1 })`); `regex` / `sensitive`
-* are `optionalShape(booleanShape(...))`. The two REGISTRY arms — `workspaces` (list the
+* hand-written {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceOperation}). `limit` and the `'splice'`
+* caret components are positive integers (`integerShape({ min: 1 })`); `regex` / `sensitive`
+* are `optionalShape(booleanShape(...))`. The registry arms — `workspaces` (list the
 * workspaces the model can move between) and `switch` (re-point the active one by `id`) — let a
-* model DISCOVER then CHOOSE which workspace the edit / read arms target.
+* model discover then choose which workspace the edit / read arms target.
 */
 var workspaceToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	operation: (0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)(["read"], { description: "Read a whole text file's text by path." }),
@@ -934,13 +1000,23 @@ var columnSpecShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)(columnPrimitiveShape,
 }));
 /** Describes a {@link import('./types.js').TableSpec} — table name to `{ columns }`, each column a {@link columnSpecShape}. */
 var tableSpecShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.recordShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({ columns: (0, _orkestrel_contract.recordShape)(columnSpecShape, { description: "Column name to its primitive or its { primitive, optional } spec." }) }), { description: "Table name to its column layout." });
-/** Describes one key value for the database tool and the relation tool — a string or number; the array form (multiple keys, positional) resolves FIRST, so an array argument is read as many keys rather than one. */
+/**
+* Describes one key value for the database tool and the relation tool — a string or number; the
+* array form (multiple keys, positional) resolves first, so an array argument is read as many keys
+* rather than one.
+*/
 var keyShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.arrayShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)(), (0, _orkestrel_contract.numberShape)()), { description: "Multiple row keys, positional — a miss at an index is undefined there." }), (0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({ description: "One row key." }), (0, _orkestrel_contract.numberShape)({ description: "One row key." }));
-/** Describes a loose row — a flat object of column name to JSON value; the array form (multiple rows) resolves FIRST, so an array argument is read as many rows rather than one. */
+/** Describes a loose row — a flat object of column name to JSON value. */
 var rowShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.recordShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.jsonShape)(), { description: "A row as a flat object of column name to value." });
-/** Describes one or many loose rows — the array form resolves FIRST, so an array argument is read as many rows rather than one. */
+/**
+* Describes one or many loose rows — the array form resolves first, so an array argument is read as
+* many rows rather than one.
+*/
 var rowsShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.arrayShape)(rowShape, { description: "Multiple rows." }), rowShape);
-/** Describes one SERIALIZED WHERE condition — `values` is ALWAYS an array, even for a single-value operator. */
+/**
+* Describes one serialized where condition — `values` is always an array, even for a single-value
+* operator.
+*/
 var conditionShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	column: (0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({ description: "The column this condition applies to." }),
 	operator: (0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)([
@@ -963,12 +1039,12 @@ var conditionShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	values: (0, _orkestrel_contract.arrayShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.jsonShape)(), { description: "The operand values the operator needs (always an array, even for one value)." }),
 	connector: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)(["and", "or"], { description: "Joins this condition to the next; omit on the last condition." }))
 });
-/** Describes one sort term. */
+/** Describes one sort term — a `column` to sort by and the `direction` to sort it in. */
 var orderShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	column: (0, _orkestrel_contract.stringShape)({ description: "The column to sort by." }),
 	direction: (0, _orkestrel_contract.literalShape)(["ascending", "descending"], { description: "The sort direction." })
 });
-/** Describes the SERIALIZED query form — conditions, order, and pagination. */
+/** Describes the serialized query form — conditions, order, and pagination. */
 var queryShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 	conditions: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.arrayShape)(conditionShape, { description: "The WHERE conditions, folded left to right." })),
 	order: (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.arrayShape)(orderShape, { description: "The sort terms, applied in order." })),
@@ -983,9 +1059,8 @@ var queryShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 });
 /**
 * Describes the shape of {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool}'s call arguments —
-* discriminated by `operation` into the 11 database operations (`'create'` / `'tables'` /
-* `'get'` / `'records'` / `'count'` / `'aggregate'` / `'add'` / `'set'` / `'update'` /
-* `'remove'` / `'destroy'`).
+* discriminated by `operation` into the database operations `'create'`, `'tables'`, `'get'`,
+* `'records'`, `'count'`, `'aggregate'`, `'add'`, `'set'`, `'update'`, `'remove'`, and `'destroy'`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Every arm carries `id` (the database id). `'create'` carries `tables` (the
@@ -993,7 +1068,7 @@ var queryShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 * {@link import('./compilers.js').expandTables}); `'get'` / `'update'` / `'remove'` carry `key`
 * (one key or an array of keys, positional); `'add'` / `'set'` carry `row` (one row or an array of
 * rows); `'update'` also carries `changes` (a loose partial row); `'records'` / `'count'` /
-* `'aggregate'` carry an optional `query` (the SERIALIZED form — `values` is ALWAYS an array,
+* `'aggregate'` carry an optional `query` (the serialized form — `values` is always an array,
 * even for a single-value operator, so a caller never chains method calls or guesses arity).
 */
 var databaseToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
@@ -1137,8 +1212,8 @@ var managerShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.optionalShape)((0, _orkestrel_contrac
 }));
 /**
 * Describes the shape of {@link import('./factories.js').createRelationTool}'s call arguments —
-* discriminated by `operation` into the 5 relation operations (`'load'` / `'find'` / `'link'` /
-* `'unlink'` / `'links'`).
+* discriminated by `operation` into the relation operations `'load'`, `'find'`, `'link'`,
+* `'unlink'`, and `'links'`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * `'load'` fetches one or more rows (positional key/array) with `include` attached. `'find'`
@@ -1223,8 +1298,8 @@ var relationToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.unionShape)((0, _orkestrel_contr
 * `samples` requires at least one element (`min: 1`) — an empty array parses to `undefined`,
 * surfaced by the handler as a typed `TOOL` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}. When
 * `candidates` is present (any array, including empty), the handler compiles a contract from the
-* freshly inferred schema and checks each candidate against it with a STRICT guard (`.is`, no
-* coercion) — the opposite of {@link import('./factories.js').createEndpointTool}'s NORMALIZING
+* freshly inferred schema and checks each candidate against it with a strict guard (`.is`, no
+* coercion) — the opposite of {@link import('./factories.js').createEndpointTool}'s normalizing
 * `.parse` enforcement.
 */
 var inferToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
@@ -1242,8 +1317,8 @@ var inferToolShape = (0, _orkestrel_contract.objectShape)({
 * Returns the ancestry identifier of a workflow in a run chain — `workflow:<id>`.
 *
 * @remarks
-* Namespacing keeps a workflow id and a {@link tagAgent} agent name in ONE set without
-* collision, so re-entering a workflow OR an agent already in the chain is a single `includes`
+* Namespacing keeps a workflow id and a {@link tagAgent} agent name in one set without
+* collision, so re-entering a workflow or an agent already in the chain is a single `includes`
 * check.
 *
 * @param id - The workflow definition's `id`
@@ -1298,12 +1373,12 @@ function deriveWorkflowDepth(lineage) {
 	return Math.max(0, workflows - 1);
 }
 /**
-* Builds the plain success summary {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} returns on
-* a completed run — the universal tool-handler contract: return a plain value on success,
-* appearing identically over BOTH the agent loop and MCP.
+* Builds the plain success summary {@link import('./factories.js').createWorkflowTool} returns on a
+* completed run — the universal tool-handler contract: return a plain value on success, appearing
+* identically over both the agent loop and MCP.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The summary is LEAN: the workflow's terminal `status`, settled-task count, and exact optional
+* The summary is lean: the workflow's terminal `status`, settled-task count, and exact optional
 * native persistence outcome. It carries no synthetic `id` / `name`: a tool handler has no call
 * id; the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) supplies the canonical envelope's identity.
 *
@@ -1319,21 +1394,21 @@ function summarizeWorkflow(result) {
 	};
 }
 /**
-* Completes a {@link WorkflowDraft} into a strict {@link WorkflowDefinition} — synthesizes any
-* MISSING `id` deterministically + positionally, and defaults any MISSING `name` to its
-* (now-resolved) `id`.
+* Completes a {@link WorkflowDraft} into a strict {@link WorkflowDefinition} — synthesizes a
+* missing `id` deterministically and positionally, and defaults a missing `name` to its resolved
+* `id`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The positional id scheme is stable and human-legible: the workflow is `wf`, phase `i` is
 * `phase-<i>`, and task `j` of that phase is `<phaseId>-task-<j>` (so a provided phase id flows
-* into its tasks' synthesized ids). A PROVIDED `id` / `name` at any level is kept VERBATIM —
+* into its tasks' synthesized ids). A provided `id` / `name` at any level is kept verbatim —
 * synthesis touches only the omitted ones. A missing `name` defaults to the resolved `id` (never
-* the other way round), so the result always has both. `behavior`, `description`, the per-phase
+* the other way round), so the result always carries an `id` and a `name`. `behavior`, `description`, the per-phase
 * `concurrency` / `bail`, the per-task `retries` / `timeout`, and the workflow `bail` carry over
 * unchanged. The result is a complete {@link WorkflowDefinition}; the caller still validates it
-* against the STRICT contract.
+* against the strict contract.
 *
-* @param draft - The draft workflow (id/name optional at all three levels)
+* @param draft - The draft workflow (`id` and `name` optional at the workflow, phase, and task levels)
 * @returns A complete {@link WorkflowDefinition} with every id/name filled
 */
 function completeDraft(draft) {
@@ -1388,18 +1463,18 @@ function completeTaskDraft(task, phaseId, index) {
 }
 /**
 * Expands a flat {@link WorkflowSteps} blob into a strict {@link WorkflowDefinition} — each step
-* becomes a one-task phase, IN ORDER.
+* becomes a one-task phase, in order.
 *
 * @remarks
-* The expansion of the tool's ADVERTISED surface: the deliberately-reduced flat form. Each
+* The expansion of the tool's advertised surface: the deliberately-reduced flat form. Each
 * {@link import('./types.js').WorkflowStep} maps to a phase holding exactly one task: the step's
 * `name` becomes the task's `behavior` (the behavior-registry key). Ids/names are auto-filled
 * positionally — it builds an ids-omitted {@link WorkflowDraft} and delegates to
-* {@link completeDraft}, so the two lenient surfaces share ONE synthesis path (step `i` → phase
+* {@link completeDraft}, so the lenient surfaces share one synthesis path (step `i` → phase
 * `phase-<i>`, its task `phase-<i>-task-0`). The optional `name` becomes both the workflow's
 * deterministic id and its name, so named flat workflows retain distinct persistence keys;
 * omission keeps the shared draft fallback `wf`. The result is a complete definition the caller
-* validates against the STRICT contract before running.
+* validates against the strict contract before running.
 *
 * @param flat - The flat steps blob (`{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }`)
 * @returns A complete {@link WorkflowDefinition} (one one-task phase per step)
@@ -1459,15 +1534,15 @@ function inferRelationCode(error) {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_relation.isRelationError)(error) ? error.code : void 0;
 }
 /**
-* Expands the relation tool's FLAT dot-path `include` list into a live `@orkestrel/relation`
+* Expands the relation tool's flat dot-path `include` list into a live `@orkestrel/relation`
 * {@link Include} tree — the pure leaf {@link import('./factories.js').createRelationTool} calls
 * before a `'load'` / `'find'` call.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Each path splits on `'.'` into a chain of relation names, deep-merged into one nested
-* `Include` object with a leaf `true`. A longer path SUBSUMES a shorter sibling's bare `true` —
+* `Include` object with a leaf `true`. A longer path subsumes a shorter sibling's bare `true` —
 * `'contacts'` followed by `'contacts.account'` yields `{ contacts: { account: true } }`, never
-* overwriting the deeper chain. An EMPTY segment (`''`, from a leading/trailing/doubled `.`) or a
+* overwriting the deeper chain. An empty segment (`''`, from a leading/trailing/doubled `.`) or a
 * path whose segment count exceeds `depth` throws a typed `TOOL` {@link ToolboxError}.
 *
 * @param paths - The flat dot-path `include` list (or `undefined` — yields `{}`)
@@ -1536,7 +1611,7 @@ function expandInclude(paths, depth) {
 *
 * @remarks
 * An explicit `name` must match a key of `managers` (a miss throws a typed `TOOL`
-* {@link ToolboxError} naming the registered managers). An OMITTED `name` resolves to the sole
+* {@link ToolboxError} naming the registered managers). An omitted `name` resolves to the sole
 * registered manager when exactly one is registered, else throws the same typed error.
 *
 * @param managers - The tool's registered `RelationManagerInterface` map
@@ -1578,11 +1653,11 @@ function resolveRelationModel(manager, name) {
 }
 /**
 * Returns the canonical live `@orkestrel/database` {@link QueryInput} for the database tool's
-* parsed SERIALIZED query — each condition's OMITTED `connector` defaults to `'and'`.
+* parsed serialized query — each condition's omitted `connector` defaults to `'and'`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The wire form ({@link import('./shapers.js').databaseToolShape}) lets a caller drop `connector`
-* on the last condition (it has nothing to join FORWARD to); the compiled `Condition` a live
+* on the last condition (it has nothing to join forward to); the compiled `Condition` a live
 * `@orkestrel/database` table call accepts always carries one, so this fills the gap. `order` /
 * `limit` / `offset` pass through unchanged. Pure and total.
 *
@@ -1628,14 +1703,14 @@ function resolveLimit(requested, cap) {
 	return Math.max(0, Math.min(requested ?? cap, cap));
 }
 /**
-* Clamps a `'records'` call's query to a row cap, and builds the PROBE query the caller reads
-* with — the pure leaf {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool}'s `'records'` operation
-* uses to detect truncation without a separate `count` round trip.
+* Clamps a `'records'` call's query to a row cap, and builds the probe query the caller reads with
+* — the pure leaf {@link import('./factories.js').createDatabaseTool}'s `'records'` operation uses
+* to detect truncation without a separate `count` round trip.
 *
 * @remarks
 * {@link resolveLimit} picks the effective limit, so a caller can never exceed the configured cap
 * by supplying a larger `query.limit`, and can never drive it below `0`. The returned probe query
-* requests ONE MORE row than the effective limit (`limit: effective + 1`) — if storage returns
+* requests one more row than the effective limit (`limit: effective + 1`) — if storage returns
 * that many, the caller knows the true result was truncated (`rows.length > effective`) and slices
 * back down to `effective` before returning.
 *
@@ -1651,7 +1726,7 @@ function resolveLimit(requested, cap) {
 *
 * @param query - The live query to clamp (or `undefined`)
 * @param cap - The row-count ceiling
-* @returns The PROBE query (`limit` bumped by one) and the effective `limit`
+* @returns The probe query (`limit` bumped by one) and the effective `limit`
 */
 function clampQuery(query, cap) {
 	const limit = resolveLimit(query?.limit, cap);
@@ -1713,7 +1788,7 @@ function compileColumnPrimitive(primitive) {
 //#region src/core/stores/MemoryDefinitionStore.ts
 /**
 * Represents the in-memory {@link DefinitionStoreInterface} — a process-lifetime `Map` of
-* {@link DatabaseDefinition}s keyed by database id, the DEFAULT store
+* {@link DatabaseDefinition}s keyed by database id, the default store
 * {@link import('../factories.js').createMemoryDefinitionStore} builds. It implements the same
 * {@link DefinitionStoreInterface} contract as
 * {@link import('./DatabaseDefinitionStore.js').DatabaseDefinitionStore}: this store copies on
@@ -1722,19 +1797,19 @@ function compileColumnPrimitive(primitive) {
 *
 * @remarks
 * A plain `Map<string, DatabaseDefinition>` (the definition is already pure,
-* self-contained CONFIG-only JSON, so no encoding is needed for the memory tier). Values are
-* structured-cloned on both write and read, keeping caller mutation outside the store. There is NO
-* idle-TTL and NO eviction: a persisted definition lives until an explicit `delete`. A durable
-* backend (JSON / SQLite / IndexedDB) swaps in through the SAME interface without touching a
+* self-contained config-only JSON, so no encoding is needed for the memory tier). Values are
+* structured-cloned on both write and read, keeping caller mutation outside the store. There is no
+* idle-TTL and no eviction: a persisted definition lives until an explicit `delete`. A durable
+* backend (JSON / SQLite / IndexedDB) swaps in through the same interface without touching a
 * consumer — its driver-pluggable twin is
 * {@link import('./DatabaseDefinitionStore.js').DatabaseDefinitionStore} (the definition as one
 * opaque JSON column).
 *
 * - **`get` resolves the persisted definition for an id**, or `undefined` if none is stored.
-* - **`set` inserts / replaces under the definition's OWN `id`** (no separate id param).
+* - **`set` inserts / replaces under the definition's own `id`** (no separate id param).
 * - **`delete` drops a definition by id**; an absent id is a no-op (no throw).
 *
-* The public surface is EXACTLY `get` / `set` / `delete` — no extra members (the method
+* The public surface is exactly `get` / `set` / `delete` — no extra members (the method
 * bijection with {@link DefinitionStoreInterface}).
 *
 * @example
@@ -1760,10 +1835,10 @@ var MemoryDefinitionStore = class {
 		return Promise.resolve(definition === void 0 ? void 0 : structuredClone(definition));
 	}
 	/**
-	* Inserts or replaces a definition under its OWN `id`, copied into the backing `Map`.
+	* Inserts or replaces a definition under its own `id`, copied into the backing `Map`.
 	*
 	* @param definition - The config to persist; its own `id` is the key (no separate id param)
-	* @returns A promise settling once the definition is stored
+	* @returns A promise settling after the definition is stored
 	*/
 	set(definition) {
 		this.#definitions.set(definition.id, structuredClone(definition));
@@ -1773,7 +1848,7 @@ var MemoryDefinitionStore = class {
 	* Drops the definition stored under `id`.
 	*
 	* @param id - The database id to drop; an absent id is a no-op, never a throw
-	* @returns A promise settling once no definition is stored under `id`
+	* @returns A promise settling after no definition is stored under `id`
 	*/
 	delete(id) {
 		this.#definitions.delete(id);
@@ -1784,25 +1859,25 @@ var MemoryDefinitionStore = class {
 //#region src/core/stores/DatabaseDefinitionStore.ts
 /**
 * Represents a {@link DefinitionStoreInterface} backed by one table of the `@orkestrel/database` layer — a
-* database's durable CONFIG state IS a row, so persistence reduces to keyed point-access
+* database's durable config state is a row, so persistence reduces to keyed point-access
 * (`get` / `set` / `delete`) over a {@link TableInterface}, the driver-pluggable twin of the
 * plain-`Map` {@link import('./MemoryDefinitionStore.js').MemoryDefinitionStore}.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The store is driver-agnostic: it holds a single {@link TableInterface} whose backend (memory,
 * JSON, SQLite, IndexedDB) is chosen by whoever builds it (the factories), so a JSON / SQLite /
-* IndexedDB backend swaps in WITHOUT touching a consumer — the same seam as
+* IndexedDB backend swaps in without touching a consumer — the same seam as
 * {@link import('./MemoryDefinitionStore.js').MemoryDefinitionStore}. The driver defaults to
 * memory ({@link import('../factories.js').createDatabaseDefinitionStore} passes
-* `createMemoryDriver()`), so it ALSO works in memory out of the box; you opt into the durable
+* `createMemoryDriver()`), so it also works in memory out of the box; you opt into the durable
 * plumbing by passing a JSON / SQLite / IndexedDB driver.
 *
-* The {@link DatabaseDefinition} is stored as ONE OPAQUE JSON COLUMN — the table is a row of
-* `{ id; definition }` ({@link DatabaseDefinitionRow}). The definition is already a COMPLETE,
-* self-contained, pure-JSON CONFIG payload (never a live handle), so storing it whole is lossless
-* AND keeps the row type flat (`definition` reads back as `unknown`).
+* The {@link DatabaseDefinition} is stored as one opaque JSON column — the table is a row of
+* `{ id; definition }` ({@link DatabaseDefinitionRow}). The definition is already a complete,
+* self-contained, pure-JSON config payload (never a live handle), so storing it whole is lossless
+* and keeps the row type flat (`definition` reads back as `unknown`).
 *
-* - **`set(definition)` upserts under the definition's OWN `id`** (no separate id param) — it
+* - **`set(definition)` upserts under the definition's own `id`** (no separate id param) — it
 *   writes the row `{ id: definition.id, definition }`.
 * - **`get(id)` resolves the stored definition for an id**, narrowing the opaque JSON column back
 *   to a {@link DatabaseDefinition} ({@link import('../validators.js').isDatabaseDefinition} — the
@@ -1810,7 +1885,7 @@ var MemoryDefinitionStore = class {
 *   or the stored blob is malformed.
 * - **`delete(id)` drops a definition by id**; an absent id is a no-op (no throw).
 *
-* The public surface is EXACTLY `get` / `set` / `delete` — no extra members (the method
+* The public surface is exactly `get` / `set` / `delete` — no extra members (the method
 * bijection with {@link DefinitionStoreInterface}).
 *
 * @example
@@ -1848,10 +1923,10 @@ var DatabaseDefinitionStore = class {
 		return isDatabaseDefinition(row.definition) ? row.definition : void 0;
 	}
 	/**
-	* Inserts or replaces a definition under its OWN `id` — the written row is `{ id, definition }`.
+	* Inserts or replaces a definition under its own `id` — the written row is `{ id, definition }`.
 	*
 	* @param definition - The config to persist; its own `id` is the row key (no separate id param)
-	* @returns A promise settling once the row is written
+	* @returns A promise settling after the row is written
 	*/
 	async set(definition) {
 		await this.#table.set({
@@ -1863,7 +1938,7 @@ var DatabaseDefinitionStore = class {
 	* Drops the definition stored under `id`.
 	*
 	* @param id - The database id to drop; an absent id is a no-op, never a throw
-	* @returns A promise settling once no row is stored under `id`
+	* @returns A promise settling after no row is stored under `id`
 	*/
 	async delete(id) {
 		await this.#table.remove(id);
@@ -1872,7 +1947,8 @@ var DatabaseDefinitionStore = class {
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/databases/DatabaseResolver.ts
 /**
-* Resolves database definitions into cached live handles for database tools.
+* Resolves a database definition into a cached live handle for a database tool, over the tool's
+* live handles, its stored definitions, its driver registry, and an optional key generator.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
@@ -1939,7 +2015,8 @@ var DatabaseResolver = class {
 		this.#handles.delete(id);
 	}
 	/**
-	* Resolves a cached or stored database by id.
+	* Resolves a live database by id — the cached handle when one exists, otherwise a database
+	* constructed from its stored definition.
 	*
 	* @param id - Database definition id
 	* @returns The cached or newly constructed live database
@@ -1974,15 +2051,17 @@ var DatabaseResolver = class {
 //#endregion
 //#region src/core/factories.ts
 /**
-* Wraps a registered tool as a {@link WorkflowFunction} (`@orkestrel/workflow`) — the OPT-IN
-* adapter that lets a `function`-form task run a `@orkestrel/tool` tool BY NAME.
+* Wraps a registered tool as a {@link WorkflowFunction} (`@orkestrel/workflow`) — the opt-in
+* adapter that lets a `function`-form task run a `@orkestrel/tool` tool by name.
 *
 * @remarks
 * Composes into a caller's `WorkflowOptions.functions` registry like any other behavior
 * (`{ publish: createToolFunction(tools, 'publish') }`); the pure workflow runner has no
 * knowledge of tools itself. The returned function executes `name` against `tools` with the
 * task's `controller.input` as the call arguments. The adapter resolves the live tool, calls its
-* `execute` method directly, and deep-gates the returned unknown through `parseJSONValue`.
+* `execute` method directly, and deep-gates the returned unknown through `parseJSONValue`. The
+* execution context it passes carries the task's own `controller.signal`, so a handler that
+* reads `context.signal` observes the caller's cancellation.
 * Genuine execution throws retain identity. An unregistered name or non-JSON return throws this
 * package's typed `TOOL` `ToolboxError`.
 *
@@ -2007,7 +2086,7 @@ function createToolFunction(tools, name) {
 	return async (controller) => {
 		const tool = tools.tool(name);
 		if (tool === void 0) throw new ToolboxError("TOOL", `tool '${name}' is not registered`, { tool: name });
-		const result = (0, _orkestrel_contract.parseJSONValue)(await tool.execute(controller.input));
+		const result = (0, _orkestrel_contract.parseJSONValue)(await tool.execute(controller.input, { signal: controller.signal }));
 		if (result === void 0) throw new ToolboxError("TOOL", `tool '${name}' returned a non-JSON value`, { tool: name });
 		return result;
 	};
@@ -2149,7 +2228,9 @@ function createWorkflowFunctions(runner, options) {
 	return Object.freeze(composed);
 }
 /**
-* Compiles the lenient workflow draft contract used by {@link createWorkflowTool}.
+* Compiles the lenient workflow draft contract {@link createWorkflowTool} parses an authored tree
+* with — a `ContractInterface` over a {@link WorkflowDraft}, whose `id` and `name` are optional at
+* the workflow, phase, and task levels.
 *
 * @returns The compiled {@link import('./types.js').WorkflowDraft} contract
 */
@@ -2157,34 +2238,33 @@ function createWorkflowDraftContract() {
 	return (0, _orkestrel_contract.createContract)(workflowDraftShape);
 }
 /**
-* Wraps a {@link WorkflowDefinition} as an LLM-callable tool — it ADVERTISES the SIMPLE flat
-* authoring shape (`{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }`) as its `parameters` so even a small model can
-* author a complete tree, and its handler EXPANDS / COMPLETES the authored blob, validates it
-* against the STRICT contract, and runs it through `runner`, forwarding the caller's optional
-* named functions and native checkpoint store.
+* Wraps a {@link WorkflowDefinition} as an LLM-callable tool — it advertises the flat authoring
+* shape (`{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }`) as its `parameters`, and its handler completes the
+* authored blob, validates it against the strict contract, and runs it through `runner`, forwarding
+* the caller's optional named functions and native checkpoint store.
 *
 * @remarks
 * A plain `ToolManagerInterface`-compatible tool (`@orkestrel/tool`), reproducing
 * Toolbox's flat / draft / full authoring contract, strict soundness gate, and lineage guard.
-* It is ALSO the propagation carrier
+* It is also the propagation carrier
 * {@link createAgentFunction} binds onto a wrapped agent's `context.tools`: because a tool
 * handler receives only the model-supplied `args`, the immutable lineage is closed over at bind
 * time. The authored target is appended and its zero-based depth derived from workflow tags.
 *
-* **Widened authoring surface (additive — the canonical contract + runner stay STRICT and
-* unchanged).** A 2B model reliably CALLS the tool but cannot reliably emit the full four-level
-* nested {@link WorkflowDefinition} (six required `id`/`name` strings, an all-or-nothing tree).
-* So the tool ACCEPTS three authoring forms and converges them on the SAME strict
+* **Widened authoring surface (additive — the canonical contract and runner stay strict and
+* unchanged).** A 2B model reliably calls the tool but cannot reliably emit the full nested
+* {@link WorkflowDefinition}, whose every `id` and `name` is required across an all-or-nothing
+* tree. So the tool accepts the authoring forms that follow and converges them on the same strict
 * `createWorkflowContract` gate before running (soundness preserved):
-* - the FLAT shape `{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }` — the ADVERTISED `parameters` (the simplest
+* - the flat shape `{ name?, steps: [{ name }] }` — the advertised `parameters` (the simplest
 *   form, {@link import('./helpers.js').expandSteps}'d into one one-task phase per step);
-* - a nested DRAFT with any `id`/`name` OMITTED — {@link createWorkflowDraftContract}-parsed then
+* - a nested draft with any `id`/`name` omitted — {@link createWorkflowDraftContract}-parsed then
 *   {@link import('./helpers.js').completeDraft}'d (missing ids synthesized positionally);
 * - the full nested {@link WorkflowDefinition} — the advanced escape-hatch, accepted as the draft
 *   super-set.
 *
 * The universal tool-handler contract: returns the plain run summary
-* (`{ status, count, durable?, fault? }`) on success, THROWS a typed `ToolboxError` on Toolbox
+* (`{ status, count, durable?, fault? }`) on success, throws a typed `ToolboxError` on Toolbox
 * boundary failures — malformed authored args (`TOOL`), or an over-deep / cyclic nested run
 * (`DEPTH`) — and preserves genuine runner `WorkflowError`s. The `ToolManagerInterface` isolates every throw into the canonical tool result's
 * top-level `error`, so nothing escapes the run. `options.lineage` is the propagation carrier
@@ -2198,6 +2278,34 @@ function createWorkflowDraftContract() {
 * @returns A `ToolInterface` (named {@link import('./constants.js').WORKFLOW_TOOL_NAME}) whose
 *   `parameters` advertise the flat authoring schema
 *
+* @example Authoring and running a workflow through the tool with a real ToolManager
+* ```ts
+* import { createWorkflowTool } from '@orkestrel/toolbox'
+* import { createToolManager } from '@orkestrel/tool'
+* import { createWorkflowRunner } from '@orkestrel/workflow'
+* import type { WorkflowDefinition } from '@orkestrel/workflow'
+*
+* const definition: WorkflowDefinition = { id: 'release', name: 'Release', phases: [] }
+* const runner = createWorkflowRunner()
+* const functions = {
+* 	compile: () => 'compiled',
+* 	publish: () => 'published',
+* }
+* const tool = createWorkflowTool(definition, runner, { functions })
+*
+* const tools = createToolManager()
+* tools.add(tool)
+*
+* // A small model authors the simple flat shape — no ids/names required.
+* const result = await tools.execute({
+* 	id: 'call-1',
+* 	name: 'workflow',
+* 	arguments: { name: 'release', steps: [{ name: 'compile' }, { name: 'publish' }] },
+* })
+* if (!result.success) throw new Error(result.error)
+* result.value // { status: 'completed', count: 2 } — the single-level envelope; no nested { id, name, value }
+* ```
+*
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * import { createWorkflowTool } from '@src/core'
@@ -2266,42 +2374,35 @@ function createWorkflowTool(definition, runner, options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds an LLM-callable workspace-editing tool — it ADVERTISES the `operation`-discriminated
-* union ({@link import('./shapers.js').workspaceToolShape}) as its `parameters`, and its
-* handler PARSES the model-supplied args against that contract and DISPATCHES the matched
-* operation against the manager's ACTIVE workspace (the registry ops drive the manager itself),
-* returning the plain result. A malformed operation throws this package's `ToolboxError`; a
-* genuine workspace-domain failure propagates `@orkestrel/workspace`'s typed `WorkspaceError`.
-* EITHER drives a caller-supplied {@link WorkspaceToolOptions.manager} directly, OR
-* constructs a fresh `WorkspaceManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/workspace`) over
-* {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceToolOptions.store} (through `@orkestrel/workspace`'s
-* `createWorkspaceManager`); neither given constructs a manager backed by
-* `@orkestrel/workspace`'s in-memory store default.
+* Builds an LLM-callable workspace-editing tool — it advertises the `operation`-discriminated union
+* ({@link import('./shapers.js').workspaceToolShape}) as its `parameters`, and its handler parses
+* the model-supplied args against that contract and dispatches the matched operation against the
+* manager's active workspace, returning the plain result.
 *
 * @remarks
-* MANAGER-DRIVEN: every edit / read op (read / list / has / search / replace / write / splice /
+* Manager-driven: every edit / read op (read / list / has / search / replace / write / splice /
 * prepend / append / move / remove) targets `manager.active`, so the model edits whichever
 * workspace is active and a host can re-point it (`WorkspaceManagerInterface.switch`) between
-* turns. Two REGISTRY ops make the model self-sufficient: `workspaces` LISTS the registered
+* turns. The registry ops make the model self-sufficient: `workspaces` lists the registered
 * workspaces (each `{ id, files, active }`) so it can discover an id, and `switch` re-points the
 * active workspace by id (lenient — an unknown id is a no-op reporting `switched: false`, never a
 * throw).
 *
-* NO-ACTIVE RULE (the ergonomic seam): a WRITING op (write / splice / prepend / append / move /
-* remove / replace) run when `manager.active` is `undefined` AUTO-CREATES + activates a default
-* workspace (`manager.add()`) so the model can start writing; a pure-READ op (read / list /
-* has / search) against no active workspace returns the EMPTY result (`undefined` / `[]` /
+* No-active rule (the ergonomic seam): a writing op (write / splice / prepend / append / move /
+* remove / replace) run when `manager.active` is `undefined` auto-creates and activates a default
+* workspace (`manager.add()`) so the model can start writing; a pure-read op (read / list /
+* has / search) against no active workspace returns the empty result (`undefined` / `[]` /
 * `false`), never creating one and never throwing.
 *
 * The handler conforms to the universal tool-handler contract: it `contract.parse`s
-* the args, THROWS a `TOOL` `ToolboxError` when no operation arm matched (a malformed / unknown
-* operation), else `switch`es on `op.operation` and RETURNS the plain result — letting a
+* the args, throws a `TOOL` `ToolboxError` when no operation arm matched (a malformed / unknown
+* operation), else `switch`es on `op.operation` and returns the plain result — letting a
 * `WorkspaceError` raised by the live workspace (`MISSING` / `MODALITY` / `PATTERN` / `RANGE`)
-* PROPAGATE uncaught. The range edit is the FLAT `'splice'` op: its four flat caret integers are
+* propagate uncaught. The range edit is the flat `'splice'` op: its flat caret integers are
 * reassembled into a `Range` (`@orkestrel/workspace`) by `rangeOf` and fed to the workspace's
 * ranged `write`.
 *
-* @param options - `manager` (drive directly) OR `store` (build a manager over it); neither ⇒
+* @param options - `manager` (drive directly) or `store` (build a manager over it); neither ⇒
 *   an in-memory-backed manager (see {@link import('./types.js').WorkspaceToolOptions})
 * @returns A `ToolInterface` (named {@link import('./constants.js').WORKSPACE_TOOL_NAME} by default)
 *
@@ -2419,8 +2520,8 @@ function createWorkspaceTool(options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds an LLM-callable sub-agent delegation tool — resolves a live, seeded `AgentInterface`
-* from `registry` and runs it to completion for ONE delegated `task`.
+* Builds an LLM-callable sub-agent delegation tool — it resolves a live, seeded `AgentInterface`
+* from `registry` and runs it to completion for one delegated `task`.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
@@ -2428,10 +2529,10 @@ function createWorkspaceTool(options) {
 * sub-agent's conversation as a single `user` message; `provider` / `tools` / `system` fall
 * back to the tool's own {@link import('./types.js').AgentToolOptions} defaults), rehydrates the sub-agent through
 * `registry.build`, runs it with `agent.generate()`, and returns the settled
-* `AgentResult.content` string (the sub-agent's final text). A missing / unresolvable `provider`, or a malformed call, THROWS a typed `TOOL`
+* `AgentResult.content` string (the sub-agent's final text). A missing / unresolvable `provider`, or a malformed call, throws a typed `TOOL`
 * {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}; a delegation that would exceed
 * {@link import('./constants.js').AGENT_TOOL_DEPTH}, or re-enter an already-delegated agent (a
-* cycle), THROWS a typed `DEPTH` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError} — both isolated
+* cycle), throws a typed `DEPTH` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}, each isolated
 * by the `ToolManagerInterface` into the canonical tool result's top-level `error`.
 *
 * `AgentInterface` (`@orkestrel/agent`) exposes no teardown method — a bound sub-agent's
@@ -2503,9 +2604,8 @@ function createAgentTool(registry, options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds an LLM-callable tool that returns the FULL `description` of another registered tool by
-* name — the counterpart to the lean `summary` the other tools in this package advertise
-* (`AGENT_TOOL_SUMMARY` / `WORKFLOW_TOOL_SUMMARY` / `WORKSPACE_TOOL_SUMMARY`).
+* Builds an LLM-callable tool that returns the full `description` of another registered tool by
+* name — the counterpart to the lean `summary` the other tools in this package advertise.
 *
 * @remarks
 * `ToolManagerInterface.definitions()` (`@orkestrel/tool`) advertises `tool.summary ??
@@ -2516,8 +2616,8 @@ function createAgentTool(registry, options) {
 * tool has no `description` of its own, then a placeholder when it has neither).
 *
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
-* {@link import('./shapers.js').describeToolShape}, RETURNS the plain description string on
-* success, THROWS a typed `TOOL` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError} on a malformed call
+* {@link import('./shapers.js').describeToolShape}, returns the plain description string on
+* success, throws a typed `TOOL` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError} on a malformed call
 * or an unknown tool name.
 *
 * @param tools - The `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) whose registered tools this
@@ -2554,20 +2654,23 @@ function createDescribeTool(tools) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds an LLM-callable form tool — the ASK side of the terminal seam. Asks
-* a multi-field form and BLOCKS until it answers, returning the resolved values record.
+* Builds an LLM-callable form tool — the ask side of the terminal seam. It asks a multi-field form
+* and blocks until the addressed terminal answers, returning the resolved values record.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
 * {@link import('./shapers.js').promptToolShape}, parses the call's schema through
 * `@orkestrel/form`, constructs the live form, and passes it to `TerminalManagerInterface.ask`.
-* `from` is FIXED at construction
+* `from` is fixed at construction
 * ({@link import('./types.js').PromptToolOptions.from}) — never read from the model-supplied
-* args — so a model cannot spoof which terminal is asking. A form CYCLE rejects with
+* args — so a model cannot spoof which terminal is asking. A form cycle rejects with
 * `TerminalError('DEADLOCK')`, re-surfaced as a typed `DEADLOCK`
 * {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}; an expired form re-surfaces as `EXPIRE`; an
 * unknown `to` (or any other `TerminalError`) re-surfaces as `TOOL`, naming the unknown terminal
-* and how many brokers the manager holds (`manager.count`).
+* and how many brokers the manager holds (`manager.count`). A schema `parseForm` refuses — an
+* unknown control, a duplicate field name, a `'select'` or `'checkbox'` field without usable
+* `choices` — throws a typed `TOOL` error up front, so a malformed schema never parks as a form
+* nobody can answer.
 *
 * @param options - The live manager, the fixed `from` identity, and advertised overrides (see
 *   {@link import('./types.js').PromptToolOptions})
@@ -2625,9 +2728,8 @@ function createPromptTool(options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds an LLM-callable answer tool — the ANSWER side of the terminal seam. Lists the forms
-* addressed to {@link import('./types.js').AnswerToolOptions.to}, or answers one of
-* them by id.
+* Builds an LLM-callable answer tool — the answer side of the terminal seam. It lists the forms
+* addressed to {@link import('./types.js').AnswerToolOptions.to}, or answers one of them by id.
 *
 * @remarks
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
@@ -2637,10 +2739,10 @@ function createPromptTool(options) {
 * and applies it through
 * `TerminalManagerInterface.answer` — a rejected / unknown / unresolvable outcome
 * (`TerminalAnswerResult.error`) re-surfaces as a typed `ANSWER` `ToolboxError`; success returns
-* `{ answered: id }`. `to` is FIXED at construction
+* `{ answered: id }`. `to` is fixed at construction
 * ({@link import('./types.js').AnswerToolOptions.to}) — never read from the model-supplied args —
 * so a model cannot spoof which terminal it is answering for. Concurrent answerers racing on one
-* endpoint are FIRST-WRITE-WINS — a late answer to an already-settled form returns a typed
+* endpoint are first-write-wins — a late answer to an already-settled form returns a typed
 * `ANSWER` `ToolboxError` (surfaced as a 422 over HTTP).
 *
 * @param options - The live manager, the fixed `to` identity, and advertised overrides (see
@@ -2693,8 +2795,8 @@ function createAnswerTool(options) {
 }
 /**
 * Creates the in-memory {@link DefinitionStoreInterface} — a process-lifetime `Map` of database
-* definitions, the DEFAULT store the database and relation tools persist their
-* `DatabaseDefinition` configs through.
+* definitions, the default store the database and relation tools persist their `DatabaseDefinition`
+* configs through.
 *
 * @returns A {@link DefinitionStoreInterface}
 *
@@ -2741,7 +2843,7 @@ function createDatabaseDefinitionStore(driver = (0, _orkestrel_database.createMe
 * @remarks
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
 * {@link import('./shapers.js').databaseToolShape}, dispatches to the matching operation, and
-* RETURNS a plain result on success. A database is resolved lazily and cached for the tool's
+* returns a plain result on success. A database is resolved lazily and cached for the tool's
 * lifetime — `'create'` mints one from `tables` ({@link import('./compilers.js').expandTables}) and
 * a registered `driver` key ({@link import('./types.js').DatabaseToolOptions.drivers}, default
 * `{ memory: () => createMemoryDriver() }`); any other operation addressing an uncached id falls
@@ -2766,7 +2868,7 @@ function createDatabaseDefinitionStore(driver = (0, _orkestrel_database.createMe
 * ({@link import('./helpers.js').inferDatabaseCode}); an `ToolboxError` thrown by this tool's own
 * guards passes through unwrapped.
 *
-* A lazily re-minted database over the DEFAULT in-memory driver yields an EMPTY database — only
+* A lazily re-minted database over the default in-memory driver yields an empty database — only
 * the {@link import('./types.js').DatabaseDefinition} schema persists in `store`, never rows;
 * durable rows need a persistent driver factory registered in
 * {@link import('./types.js').DatabaseToolOptions.drivers}. `'destroy'` closes whatever handle is
@@ -2774,7 +2876,7 @@ function createDatabaseDefinitionStore(driver = (0, _orkestrel_database.createMe
 * {@link import('./types.js').DatabaseToolOptions.databases} handle — the embedder relinquishes
 * that handle's lifecycle to this tool for any id it wires in. This tool assumes the
 * single-writer, non-reentrant model `@orkestrel/database` itself assumes — concurrent calls
-* against one id are NOT serialized by this tool. `'get'` is uncapped by
+* against one id are not serialized by this tool. `'get'` is uncapped by
 * {@link import('./types.js').DatabaseToolOptions.limit} (bounded only by the caller's `key` array
 * size), unlike `'records'` / `'find'` / `'links'`.
 *
@@ -2786,11 +2888,14 @@ function createDatabaseDefinitionStore(driver = (0, _orkestrel_database.createMe
 * import { createDatabaseTool } from '@src/core'
 *
 * const tool = createDatabaseTool()
-* await tool.execute({
-* 	operation: 'create',
-* 	id: 'shop',
-* 	tables: { products: { columns: { name: 'string', price: 'number' } } },
-* })
+* await tool.execute(
+* 	{
+* 		operation: 'create',
+* 		id: 'shop',
+* 		tables: { products: { columns: { name: 'string', price: 'number' } } },
+* 	},
+* 	{ signal: new AbortController().signal },
+* )
 * ```
 */
 function createDatabaseTool(options = {}) {
@@ -2950,14 +3055,14 @@ function createDatabaseTool(options = {}) {
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
 * {@link import('./shapers.js').relationToolShape}, resolves the addressed
 * {@link import('@orkestrel/relation').RelationManagerInterface} — an explicit `manager` field
-* must match a key of {@link import('./types.js').RelationToolOptions.managers}, an OMITTED one
-* resolves to the SOLE registered manager, either miss throwing a typed `TOOL`
+* must match a key of {@link import('./types.js').RelationToolOptions.managers}, an omitted one
+* resolves to the sole registered manager, either miss throwing a typed `TOOL`
 * {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}
 * ({@link import('./helpers.js').resolveRelationManager}) — then resolves `model` against it
 * ({@link import('./helpers.js').resolveRelationModel}, same typed-`TOOL`-on-miss shape), and
-* dispatches to the matched operation, RETURNING a plain result on success.
+* dispatches to the matched operation, returning a plain result on success.
 *
-* `'load'` / `'find'` expand the call's FLAT dot-path `include` list into a live
+* `'load'` / `'find'` expand the call's flat dot-path `include` list into a live
 * `@orkestrel/relation` `Include` tree through {@link import('./helpers.js').expandInclude}, capped
 * at {@link import('./types.js').RelationToolOptions.depth} (default
 * {@link import('./constants.js').RELATION_TOOL_DEPTH}) — a path exceeding the cap, or carrying an
@@ -2967,7 +3072,7 @@ function createDatabaseTool(options = {}) {
 * result to {@link import('./types.js').RelationToolOptions.limit} (default
 * {@link import('./constants.js').RELATION_TOOL_LIMIT}), taken through
 * {@link import('./helpers.js').resolveLimit} — `'find'` probes one row past the effective limit to
-* report `truncated`; `'links'` (which has no upstream pagination) fetches the FULL linked-key
+* report `truncated`; `'links'` (which has no upstream pagination) fetches the full linked-key
 * list and slices/truncates it the same way. `'link'` / `'unlink'` write / remove one `through` junction
 * row.
 *
@@ -2986,7 +3091,10 @@ function createDatabaseTool(options = {}) {
 * import { createRelationTool } from '@src/core'
 *
 * const tool = createRelationTool({ managers: { shop: manager } })
-* await tool.execute({ operation: 'load', model: 'accounts', key: 'acc1', include: ['contacts'] })
+* await tool.execute(
+* 	{ operation: 'load', model: 'accounts', key: 'acc1', include: ['contacts'] },
+* 	{ signal: new AbortController().signal },
+* )
 * ```
 */
 function createRelationTool(options) {
@@ -3067,44 +3175,44 @@ function createRelationTool(options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Builds a standalone LLM-callable tool that infers a JSON Schema from example values — the
-* utility half of the "existing API/DB → MCP tool" bridge (the other half,
-* {@link createEndpointTool}, wraps one CONCRETE endpoint).
+* Builds a standalone LLM-callable tool that infers a JSON Schema from example values — the utility
+* half of the bridge from an existing API or database into an MCP tool (the other half,
+* {@link createEndpointTool}, wraps one concrete endpoint).
 *
 * @remarks
 * The universal tool-handler contract: validates the call args against
 * {@link import('./shapers.js').inferToolShape} (`samples` non-empty, `format` / `enum` optional
 * booleans, `candidates` an optional array), infers a schema through `@orkestrel/contract`'s
 * `samplesToSchema`, wraps a non-object root as `{ value: <schema> }` through `schemaToObject` (mirrors
-* the tool-parameters convention every other `create*Tool` factory advertises), and RETURNS the
+* the tool-parameters convention every other `create*Tool` factory advertises), and returns the
 * resulting parameters record. An empty `samples` array fails `inferToolShape`'s `min: 1` bound —
 * `contract.parse` returns `undefined` and the handler throws a typed `TOOL`
 * {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError}.
 *
-* When `candidates` is ABSENT, the return is the bare parameters record — unchanged from before
-* this array existed. When `candidates` is PRESENT (any array, including empty), the handler
-* compiles a SEPARATE per-call contract from the RAW inferred schema (through `@orkestrel/contract`'s
-* `schemaToShape`, NOT the `schemaToObject`-wrapped parameters — a bare-value sample checks a
+* When `candidates` is absent, the return is the bare parameters record — unchanged from before
+* this array existed. When `candidates` is present (any array, including empty), the handler
+* compiles a separate per-call contract from the raw inferred schema (through `@orkestrel/contract`'s
+* `schemaToShape`, not the `schemaToObject`-wrapped parameters — a bare-value sample checks a
 * bare-value candidate) and returns `{ parameters, checks }`, one check per candidate at the same
-* index. Every entry has a UNIFORM shape — `{ index, valid, coercible }`, with `faults` added ONLY
-* when `valid` is `false`: `valid` is the STRICT guard verdict (`checker.is(candidate)`), the
-* OPPOSITE of {@link createEndpointTool}'s enforcement, which coerces (`7` becomes `'7'` for a
-* string slot) — here a conformance report answers "does this value conform AS-IS": `7` against a
-* string slot is `valid: false`, full stop. `coercible` answers a SEPARATE question — "would the
-* NORMALIZING parse accept this value", that is would {@link createEndpointTool}'s default enforcement
+* index. Every entry has a uniform shape — `{ index, valid, coercible }`, with `faults` added only
+* when `valid` is `false`: `valid` is the strict guard verdict (`checker.is(candidate)`), the
+* opposite of {@link createEndpointTool}'s enforcement, which coerces (`7` becomes `'7'` for a
+* string slot) — here a conformance report answers "does this value conform as-is": `7` against a
+* string slot is `valid: false`, full stop. `coercible` answers a separate question — "would the
+* normalizing parse accept this value", that is would {@link createEndpointTool}'s default enforcement
 * admit it (`checker.parse(candidate) !== undefined`) — computed for every candidate regardless of
 * `valid`; by the house parse/guard round-trip, a `valid: true` entry is
-* ALWAYS also `coercible: true`. `@orkestrel/contract`'s `explain` mirrors the normalizing
+* always also `coercible: true`. `@orkestrel/contract`'s `explain` mirrors the normalizing
 * `parse`'s leniency, not `is`'s strictness — so a strictly-invalid but coercible candidate (`7`
-* against a string slot) yields `{ valid: false, coercible: true, faults: [] }`: EMPTY faults, since
+* against a string slot) yields `{ valid: false, coercible: true, faults: [] }`: empty faults, because
 * the mismatch the normalizing parse would silently fix is not one `explain` reports. `faults`
-* therefore only ever populates for a NON-coercible mismatch — a wrong type the parse can't coerce
+* therefore only ever populates for a non-coercible mismatch — a wrong type the parse can't coerce
 * (a boolean in a string slot), a missing required key, or an out-of-enum value — where
 * `coercible: false`. `checker.is` / `.parse` / `.explain` are all total over JSON-safe input — a
-* JSON-safe hostile candidate (a `__proto__`-carrying object, deeply nested data) reaches all three
-* and yields a bounded, non-throwing per-candidate verdict; a NON-JSON-safe candidate (for example a
-* throwing-getter `Proxy`) never reaches the checker at all — it fails the OUTER `args` parse
-* against {@link import('./shapers.js').inferToolShape} and rejects the WHOLE call with the same
+* JSON-safe hostile candidate (a `__proto__`-carrying object, deeply nested data) reaches each of them
+* and yields a bounded, non-throwing per-candidate verdict; a non-JSON-safe candidate (for example a
+* throwing-getter `Proxy`) never reaches the checker at all — it fails the outer `args` parse
+* against {@link import('./shapers.js').inferToolShape} and rejects the whole call with the same
 * `TOOL` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError} a malformed `samples`/`format`/`enum` throws,
 * with no per-candidate verdict produced.
 *
@@ -3183,36 +3291,38 @@ function createInferTool(options) {
 	});
 }
 /**
-* Wraps one CONCRETE endpoint ({@link import('./types.js').EndpointDefinition}) as an LLM-callable
-* `ToolInterface` — the endpoint half of the "existing API/DB → MCP tool" bridge (the other half,
-* {@link createInferTool}, is a standalone inference utility).
+* Wraps one concrete endpoint ({@link import('./types.js').EndpointDefinition}) as an LLM-callable
+* `ToolInterface` — the endpoint half of the bridge from an existing API or database into an MCP
+* tool (the other half, {@link createInferTool}, is a standalone inference utility).
 *
 * @remarks
-* `parameters` is inferred ONCE at construction from `definition.samples` through
+* `parameters` is inferred once at construction from `definition.samples` through
 * `@orkestrel/contract`'s `samplesToSchema` (tuned by {@link import('./types.js').EndpointToolOptions}'s
 * `format` / `enum`), wrapping a non-object root as `{ value: <schema> }` through `schemaToObject` —
-* the SAME object-rooted schema is both the ADVERTISED `parameters` and, by default
-* ({@link import('./types.js').EndpointToolOptions.validate} `true`), the ENFORCED contract:
-* `@orkestrel/contract`'s `schemaToShape` compiles it ONCE (through `createContract`) into a
+* the same object-rooted schema is both the advertised `parameters` and, by default
+* ({@link import('./types.js').EndpointToolOptions.validate} `true`), the enforced contract:
+* `@orkestrel/contract`'s `schemaToShape` compiles it once (through `createContract`) into a
 * `ContractInterface` whose `.parse` runs on every call's `args` before `definition.execute` — a
-* NORMALIZING parse, not a strict type check: a scalar is COERCED to its inferred type where the
+* normalizing parse, not a strict type check: a scalar is coerced to its inferred type where the
 * house parsers coerce (a number to/from a numeric string, a boolean from `'1'`/`'0'`/`'true'`/
-* `'false'`/`1`/`0`), so `definition.execute` receives the COERCED value (for example `7` sent for a
+* `'false'`/`1`/`0`), so `definition.execute` receives the coerced value (for example `7` sent for a
 * string slot arrives as `'7'`), not the raw call value. A call whose `args` fails to parse into
-* a record — a required key missing, or a value not coercible to its slot's type — THROWS a
+* a record — a required key missing, or a value not coercible to its slot's type — throws a
 * typed `TOOL` {@link import('./errors.js').ToolboxError} carrying the compiled contract's
 * structured `explain` faults, and `definition.execute` is never called. `format` annotations are
-* NEVER asserted, and a key outside the closed inferred schema is SILENTLY DROPPED rather than
+* never asserted, and a key outside the closed inferred schema is silently dropped rather than
 * rejected (see {@link import('./types.js').EndpointToolOptions.validate}). With
-* `validate: false`, the tool's `execute` PASSES THROUGH the model-supplied `args` to
-* `definition.execute` WITHOUT re-validation — the raw-passthrough opt-out. Either way, the
-* definition's return flows back as the tool call's plain result; a throw PROPAGATES uncaught,
+* `validate: false`, the tool's `execute` passes through the model-supplied `args` to
+* `definition.execute` without re-validation — the raw-passthrough opt-out. The execution context
+* the tool's `execute` receives reaches `definition.execute` unchanged whichever way `args` are
+* handled, so a handler that reads `context.signal` observes the caller's cancellation. Either way,
+* the definition's return flows back as the tool call's plain result; a throw propagates uncaught,
 * isolated by the `ToolManagerInterface` (`@orkestrel/tool`) into the canonical error envelope
 * — never caught or re-wrapped here.
 *
 * @param definition - The endpoint's identity, non-empty samples, and local handler (see
 *   {@link import('./types.js').EndpointDefinition})
-* @param options - Construction-time inference tuning + the validate opt-out (see
+* @param options - Construction-time inference tuning and the validate opt-out (see
 *   {@link import('./types.js').EndpointToolOptions})
 * @returns A `ToolInterface` named `definition.name`
 *
@@ -3259,8 +3369,8 @@ function createEndpointTool(definition, options) {
 		name: definition.name,
 		description: definition.description,
 		...parameters === void 0 ? {} : { parameters },
-		execute(args) {
-			return definition.execute(args);
+		execute(args, context) {
+			return definition.execute(args, context);
 		}
 	});
 	const contract = (0, _orkestrel_contract.createContract)((0, _orkestrel_contract.schemaToShape)(objectSchema));
@@ -3268,13 +3378,13 @@ function createEndpointTool(definition, options) {
 		name: definition.name,
 		description: definition.description,
 		...parameters === void 0 ? {} : { parameters },
-		execute(args) {
+		execute(args, context) {
 			const parsed = contract.parse(args);
 			if (parsed === void 0 || !(0, _orkestrel_contract.isRecord)(parsed)) throw new ToolboxError("TOOL", "malformed endpoint call arguments", {
 				name: definition.name,
 				faults: contract.explain(args)
 			});
-			return definition.execute(parsed);
+			return definition.execute(parsed, context);
 		}
 	});
 }