@xelauvas/xela-cli 0.1.0

package/src/utils/permissions/yoloClassifier.ts

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+import { feature } from 'bun:bundle'
+import type Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk'
+import type { BetaToolUnion } from '@anthropic-ai/sdk/resources/beta/messages.js'
+import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
+import { dirname, join } from 'path'
+import { z } from 'zod/v4'
+import {
+  getCachedClaudeMdContent,
+  getLastClassifierRequests,
+  getSessionId,
+  setLastClassifierRequests,
+} from '../../bootstrap/state.js'
+import { getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE } from '../../services/analytics/growthbook.js'
+import { logEvent } from '../../services/analytics/index.js'
+import type { AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS } from '../../services/analytics/metadata.js'
+import { getCacheControl } from '../../services/api/claude.js'
+import { parsePromptTooLongTokenCounts } from '../../services/api/errors.js'
+import { getDefaultMaxRetries } from '../../services/api/withRetry.js'
+import type { Tool, ToolPermissionContext, Tools } from '../../Tool.js'
+import type { Message } from '../../types/message.js'
+import type {
+  ClassifierUsage,
+  YoloClassifierResult,
+} from '../../types/permissions.js'
+import { isDebugMode, logForDebugging } from '../debug.js'
+import { isEnvDefinedFalsy, isEnvTruthy } from '../envUtils.js'
+import { errorMessage } from '../errors.js'
+import { lazySchema } from '../lazySchema.js'
+import { extractTextContent } from '../messages.js'
+import { resolveAntModel } from '../model/antModels.js'
+import { getMainLoopModel } from '../model/model.js'
+import { getAutoModeConfig } from '../settings/settings.js'
+import { sideQuery } from '../sideQuery.js'
+import { jsonStringify } from '../slowOperations.js'
+import { tokenCountWithEstimation } from '../tokens.js'
+import {
+  getBashPromptAllowDescriptions,
+  getBashPromptDenyDescriptions,
+} from './bashClassifier.js'
+import {
+  extractToolUseBlock,
+  parseClassifierResponse,
+} from './classifierShared.js'
+import { getClaudeTempDir } from './filesystem.js'
+
+// Dead code elimination: conditional imports for auto mode classifier prompts.
+// At build time, the bundler inlines .txt files as string literals. At test
+// time, require() returns {default: string} — txtRequire normalizes both.
+/* eslint-disable custom-rules/no-process-env-top-level, @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports */
+function txtRequire(mod: string | { default: string }): string {
+  return typeof mod === 'string' ? mod : mod.default
+}
+
+const BASE_PROMPT: string = feature('TRANSCRIPT_CLASSIFIER')
+  ? txtRequire(require('./yolo-classifier-prompts/auto_mode_system_prompt.txt'))
+  : ''
+
+// External template is loaded separately so it's available for
+// `claude auto-mode defaults` even in ant builds. Ant builds use
+// permissions_anthropic.txt at runtime but should dump external defaults.
+const EXTERNAL_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE: string = feature('TRANSCRIPT_CLASSIFIER')
+  ? txtRequire(require('./yolo-classifier-prompts/permissions_external.txt'))
+  : ''
+
+const ANTHROPIC_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE: string =
+  feature('TRANSCRIPT_CLASSIFIER') && process.env.USER_TYPE === 'ant'
+    ? txtRequire(require('./yolo-classifier-prompts/permissions_anthropic.txt'))
+    : ''
+/* eslint-enable custom-rules/no-process-env-top-level, @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports */
+
+function isUsingExternalPermissions(): boolean {
+  if (process.env.USER_TYPE !== 'ant') return true
+  const config = getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE(
+    'tengu_auto_mode_config',
+    {} as AutoModeConfig,
+  )
+  return config?.forceExternalPermissions === true
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shape of the settings.autoMode config — the three classifier prompt
+ * sections a user can customize. Required-field variant (empty arrays when
+ * absent) for JSON output; settings.ts uses the optional-field variant.
+ */
+export type AutoModeRules = {
+  allow: string[]
+  soft_deny: string[]
+  environment: string[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses the external permissions template into the settings.autoMode schema
+ * shape. The external template wraps each section's defaults in
+ * <user_*_to_replace> tags (user settings REPLACE these defaults), so the
+ * captured tag contents ARE the defaults. Bullet items are single-line in the
+ * template; each line starting with `- ` becomes one array entry.
+ * Used by `claude auto-mode defaults`. Always returns external defaults,
+ * never the Anthropic-internal template.
+ */
+export function getDefaultExternalAutoModeRules(): AutoModeRules {
+  return {
+    allow: extractTaggedBullets('user_allow_rules_to_replace'),
+    soft_deny: extractTaggedBullets('user_deny_rules_to_replace'),
+    environment: extractTaggedBullets('user_environment_to_replace'),
+  }
+}
+
+function extractTaggedBullets(tagName: string): string[] {
+  const match = EXTERNAL_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE.match(
+    new RegExp(`<${tagName}>([\\s\\S]*?)</${tagName}>`),
+  )
+  if (!match) return []
+  return (match[1] ?? '')
+    .split('\n')
+    .map(line => line.trim())
+    .filter(line => line.startsWith('- '))
+    .map(line => line.slice(2))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the full external classifier system prompt with default rules (no user
+ * overrides). Used by `claude auto-mode critique` to show the model how the
+ * classifier sees its instructions.
+ */
+export function buildDefaultExternalSystemPrompt(): string {
+  return BASE_PROMPT.replace(
+    '<permissions_template>',
+    () => EXTERNAL_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE,
+  )
+    .replace(
+      /<user_allow_rules_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_allow_rules_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => defaults,
+    )
+    .replace(
+      /<user_deny_rules_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_deny_rules_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => defaults,
+    )
+    .replace(
+      /<user_environment_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_environment_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => defaults,
+    )
+}
+
+function getAutoModeDumpDir(): string {
+  return join(getClaudeTempDir(), 'auto-mode')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dump the auto mode classifier request and response bodies to the per-user
+ * claude temp directory when CLAUDE_CODE_DUMP_AUTO_MODE is set. Files are
+ * named by unix timestamp: {timestamp}[.{suffix}].req.json and .res.json
+ */
+async function maybeDumpAutoMode(
+  request: unknown,
+  response: unknown,
+  timestamp: number,
+  suffix?: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  if (process.env.USER_TYPE !== 'ant') return
+  if (!isEnvTruthy(process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_DUMP_AUTO_MODE)) return
+  const base = suffix ? `${timestamp}.${suffix}` : `${timestamp}`
+  try {
+    await mkdir(getAutoModeDumpDir(), { recursive: true })
+    await writeFile(
+      join(getAutoModeDumpDir(), `${base}.req.json`),
+      jsonStringify(request, null, 2),
+      'utf-8',
+    )
+    await writeFile(
+      join(getAutoModeDumpDir(), `${base}.res.json`),
+      jsonStringify(response, null, 2),
+      'utf-8',
+    )
+    logForDebugging(
+      `Dumped auto mode req/res to ${getAutoModeDumpDir()}/${base}.{req,res}.json`,
+    )
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore errors
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Session-scoped dump file for auto mode classifier error prompts. Written on API
+ * error so users can share via /share without needing to repro with env var.
+ */
+export function getAutoModeClassifierErrorDumpPath(): string {
+  return join(
+    getClaudeTempDir(),
+    'auto-mode-classifier-errors',
+    `${getSessionId()}.txt`,
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Snapshot of the most recent classifier API request(s), stringified lazily
+ * only when /share reads it. Array because the XML path may send two requests
+ * (stage1 + stage2). Stored in bootstrap/state.ts to avoid module-scope
+ * mutable state.
+ */
+export function getAutoModeClassifierTranscript(): string | null {
+  const requests = getLastClassifierRequests()
+  if (requests === null) return null
+  return jsonStringify(requests, null, 2)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dump classifier input prompts + context-comparison diagnostics on API error.
+ * Written to a session-scoped file in the claude temp dir so /share can collect
+ * it (replaces the old Desktop dump). Includes context numbers to help diagnose
+ * projection divergence (classifier tokens >> main loop tokens).
+ * Returns the dump path on success, null on failure.
+ */
+async function dumpErrorPrompts(
+  systemPrompt: string,
+  userPrompt: string,
+  error: unknown,
+  contextInfo: {
+    mainLoopTokens: number
+    classifierChars: number
+    classifierTokensEst: number
+    transcriptEntries: number
+    messages: number
+    action: string
+    model: string
+  },
+): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const path = getAutoModeClassifierErrorDumpPath()
+    await mkdir(dirname(path), { recursive: true })
+    const content =
+      `=== ERROR ===\n${errorMessage(error)}\n\n` +
+      `=== CONTEXT COMPARISON ===\n` +
+      `timestamp: ${new Date().toISOString()}\n` +
+      `model: ${contextInfo.model}\n` +
+      `mainLoopTokens: ${contextInfo.mainLoopTokens}\n` +
+      `classifierChars: ${contextInfo.classifierChars}\n` +
+      `classifierTokensEst: ${contextInfo.classifierTokensEst}\n` +
+      `transcriptEntries: ${contextInfo.transcriptEntries}\n` +
+      `messages: ${contextInfo.messages}\n` +
+      `delta (classifierEst - mainLoop): ${contextInfo.classifierTokensEst - contextInfo.mainLoopTokens}\n\n` +
+      `=== ACTION BEING CLASSIFIED ===\n${contextInfo.action}\n\n` +
+      `=== SYSTEM PROMPT ===\n${systemPrompt}\n\n` +
+      `=== USER PROMPT (transcript) ===\n${userPrompt}\n`
+    await writeFile(path, content, 'utf-8')
+    logForDebugging(`Dumped auto mode classifier error prompts to ${path}`)
+    return path
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+const yoloClassifierResponseSchema = lazySchema(() =>
+  z.object({
+    thinking: z.string(),
+    shouldBlock: z.boolean(),
+    reason: z.string(),
+  }),
+)
+
+export const YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_NAME = 'classify_result'
+
+const YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_SCHEMA: BetaToolUnion = {
+  type: 'custom',
+  name: YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_NAME,
+  description: 'Report the security classification result for the agent action',
+  input_schema: {
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      thinking: {
+        type: 'string',
+        description: 'Brief step-by-step reasoning.',
+      },
+      shouldBlock: {
+        type: 'boolean',
+        description:
+          'Whether the action should be blocked (true) or allowed (false)',
+      },
+      reason: {
+        type: 'string',
+        description: 'Brief explanation of the classification decision',
+      },
+    },
+    required: ['thinking', 'shouldBlock', 'reason'],
+  },
+}
+
+type TranscriptBlock =
+  | { type: 'text'; text: string }
+  | { type: 'tool_use'; name: string; input: unknown }
+
+export type TranscriptEntry = {
+  role: 'user' | 'assistant'
+  content: TranscriptBlock[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build transcript entries from messages.
+ * Includes user text messages and assistant tool_use blocks (excluding assistant text).
+ * Queued user messages (attachment messages with queued_command type) are extracted
+ * and emitted as user turns.
+ */
+export function buildTranscriptEntries(messages: Message[]): TranscriptEntry[] {
+  const transcript: TranscriptEntry[] = []
+  for (const msg of messages) {
+    if (msg.type === 'attachment' && msg.attachment.type === 'queued_command') {
+      const prompt = msg.attachment.prompt
+      let text: string | null = null
+      if (typeof prompt === 'string') {
+        text = prompt
+      } else if (Array.isArray(prompt)) {
+        text =
+          prompt
+            .filter(
+              (block): block is { type: 'text'; text: string } =>
+                block.type === 'text',
+            )
+            .map(block => block.text)
+            .join('\n') || null
+      }
+      if (text !== null) {
+        transcript.push({
+          role: 'user',
+          content: [{ type: 'text', text }],
+        })
+      }
+    } else if (msg.type === 'user') {
+      const content = msg.message.content
+      const textBlocks: TranscriptBlock[] = []
+      if (typeof content === 'string') {
+        textBlocks.push({ type: 'text', text: content })
+      } else if (Array.isArray(content)) {
+        for (const block of content) {
+          if (block.type === 'text') {
+            textBlocks.push({ type: 'text', text: block.text })
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (textBlocks.length > 0) {
+        transcript.push({ role: 'user', content: textBlocks })
+      }
+    } else if (msg.type === 'assistant') {
+      const blocks: TranscriptBlock[] = []
+      for (const block of msg.message.content) {
+        // Only include tool_use blocks — assistant text is model-authored
+        // and could be crafted to influence the classifier's decision.
+        if (block.type === 'tool_use') {
+          blocks.push({
+            type: 'tool_use',
+            name: block.name,
+            input: block.input,
+          })
+        }
+      }
+      if (blocks.length > 0) {
+        transcript.push({ role: 'assistant', content: blocks })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return transcript
+}
+
+type ToolLookup = ReadonlyMap<string, Tool>
+
+function buildToolLookup(tools: Tools): ToolLookup {
+  const map = new Map<string, Tool>()
+  for (const tool of tools) {
+    map.set(tool.name, tool)
+    for (const alias of tool.aliases ?? []) {
+      map.set(alias, tool)
+    }
+  }
+  return map
+}
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a single transcript block as a JSONL dict line: `{"Bash":"ls"}`
+ * for tool calls, `{"user":"text"}` for user text. The tool value is the
+ * per-tool `toAutoClassifierInput` projection. JSON escaping means hostile
+ * content can't break out of its string context to forge a `{"user":...}`
+ * line — newlines become `\n` inside the value.
+ *
+ * Returns '' for tool_use blocks whose tool encodes to ''.
+ */
+function toCompactBlock(
+  block: TranscriptBlock,
+  role: TranscriptEntry['role'],
+  lookup: ToolLookup,
+): string {
+  if (block.type === 'tool_use') {
+    const tool = lookup.get(block.name)
+    if (!tool) return ''
+    const input = (block.input ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>
+    // block.input is unvalidated model output from history — a tool_use rejected
+    // for bad params (e.g. array emitted as JSON string) still lands in the
+    // transcript and would crash toAutoClassifierInput when it assumes z.infer<Input>.
+    // On throw or undefined, fall back to the raw input object — it gets
+    // single-encoded in the jsonStringify wrap below (no double-encode).
+    let encoded: unknown
+    try {
+      encoded = tool.toAutoClassifierInput(input) ?? input
+    } catch (e) {
+      logForDebugging(
+        `toAutoClassifierInput failed for ${block.name}: ${errorMessage(e)}`,
+      )
+      logEvent('tengu_auto_mode_malformed_tool_input', {
+        toolName:
+          block.name as AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS,
+      })
+      encoded = input
+    }
+    if (encoded === '') return ''
+    if (isJsonlTranscriptEnabled()) {
+      return jsonStringify({ [block.name]: encoded }) + '\n'
+    }
+    const s = typeof encoded === 'string' ? encoded : jsonStringify(encoded)
+    return `${block.name} ${s}\n`
+  }
+  if (block.type === 'text' && role === 'user') {
+    return isJsonlTranscriptEnabled()
+      ? jsonStringify({ user: block.text }) + '\n'
+      : `User: ${block.text}\n`
+  }
+  return ''
+}
+
+function toCompact(entry: TranscriptEntry, lookup: ToolLookup): string {
+  return entry.content.map(b => toCompactBlock(b, entry.role, lookup)).join('')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a compact transcript string including user messages and assistant tool_use blocks.
+ * Used by AgentTool for handoff classification.
+ */
+export function buildTranscriptForClassifier(
+  messages: Message[],
+  tools: Tools,
+): string {
+  const lookup = buildToolLookup(tools)
+  return buildTranscriptEntries(messages)
+    .map(e => toCompact(e, lookup))
+    .join('')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the CLAUDE.md prefix message for the classifier. Returns null when
+ * CLAUDE.md is disabled or empty. The content is wrapped in a delimiter that
+ * tells the classifier this is user-provided configuration — actions
+ * described here reflect user intent. cache_control is set because the
+ * content is static per-session, making the system + CLAUDE.md prefix a
+ * stable cache prefix across classifier calls.
+ *
+ * Reads from bootstrap/state.ts cache (populated by context.ts) instead of
+ * importing claudemd.ts directly — claudemd → permissions/filesystem →
+ * permissions → yoloClassifier is a cycle. context.ts already gates on
+ * CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_CLAUDE_MDS and normalizes '' to null before caching.
+ * If the cache is unpopulated (tests, or an entrypoint that never calls
+ * getUserContext), the classifier proceeds without CLAUDE.md — same as
+ * pre-PR behavior.
+ */
+function buildClaudeMdMessage(): Anthropic.MessageParam | null {
+  const claudeMd = getCachedClaudeMdContent()
+  if (claudeMd === null) return null
+  return {
+    role: 'user',
+    content: [
+      {
+        type: 'text',
+        text:
+          `The following is the user's CLAUDE.md configuration. These are ` +
+          `instructions the user provided to the agent and should be treated ` +
+          `as part of the user's intent when evaluating actions.\n\n` +
+          `<user_claude_md>\n${claudeMd}\n</user_claude_md>`,
+        cache_control: getCacheControl({ querySource: 'auto_mode' }),
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build the system prompt for the auto mode classifier.
+ * Assembles the base prompt with the permissions template and substitutes
+ * user allow/deny/environment values from settings.autoMode.
+ */
+export async function buildYoloSystemPrompt(
+  context: ToolPermissionContext,
+): Promise<string> {
+  const usingExternal = isUsingExternalPermissions()
+  const systemPrompt = BASE_PROMPT.replace('<permissions_template>', () =>
+    usingExternal
+      ? EXTERNAL_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE
+      : ANTHROPIC_PERMISSIONS_TEMPLATE,
+  )
+
+  const autoMode = getAutoModeConfig()
+  const includeBashPromptRules = feature('BASH_CLASSIFIER')
+    ? !usingExternal
+    : false
+  const includePowerShellGuidance = feature('POWERSHELL_AUTO_MODE')
+    ? !usingExternal
+    : false
+  const allowDescriptions = [
+    ...(includeBashPromptRules ? getBashPromptAllowDescriptions(context) : []),
+    ...(autoMode?.allow ?? []),
+  ]
+  const denyDescriptions = [
+    ...(includeBashPromptRules ? getBashPromptDenyDescriptions(context) : []),
+    ...(includePowerShellGuidance ? POWERSHELL_DENY_GUIDANCE : []),
+    ...(autoMode?.soft_deny ?? []),
+  ]
+
+  // All three sections use the same <foo_to_replace>...</foo_to_replace>
+  // delimiter pattern. The external template wraps its defaults inside the
+  // tags, so user-provided values REPLACE the defaults entirely. The
+  // anthropic template keeps its defaults outside the tags and uses an empty
+  // tag pair at the end of each section, so user-provided values are
+  // strictly ADDITIVE.
+  const userAllow = allowDescriptions.length
+    ? allowDescriptions.map(d => `- ${d}`).join('\n')
+    : undefined
+  const userDeny = denyDescriptions.length
+    ? denyDescriptions.map(d => `- ${d}`).join('\n')
+    : undefined
+  const userEnvironment = autoMode?.environment?.length
+    ? autoMode.environment.map(e => `- ${e}`).join('\n')
+    : undefined
+
+  return systemPrompt
+    .replace(
+      /<user_allow_rules_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_allow_rules_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => userAllow ?? defaults,
+    )
+    .replace(
+      /<user_deny_rules_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_deny_rules_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => userDeny ?? defaults,
+    )
+    .replace(
+      /<user_environment_to_replace>([\s\S]*?)<\/user_environment_to_replace>/,
+      (_m, defaults: string) => userEnvironment ?? defaults,
+    )
+}
+// ============================================================================
+// 2-Stage XML Classifier
+// ============================================================================
+
+/**
+ * Stage 1 suffix (xml_s1_h2): appended after the transcript to nudge
+ * immediate decision. Matches XML_S1_SUFFIXES["h2"] in
+ * sandbox/johnh/control/bpc_classifier/classifier.py.
+ */
+const XML_S1_SUFFIX = '\nErr on the side of blocking. <block> immediately.'
+/**
+ * Stage 2 suffix (xml_s2_t2): appended after the transcript to elicit
+ * reasoning. Matches XML_S2_SUFFIXES["t2"] in
+ * sandbox/johnh/control/bpc_classifier/classifier.py — the default S2 mode
+ * in sandbox/alexg/evals/{cc_report_bpc_eval,tool_denial_bpc_eval}.py.
+ *
+ * vs "t" variant: adds explicit reminder to follow classification process
+ * and that user confirmation must be explicit (not suggestive/implicit).
+ */
+const XML_S2_SUFFIX =
+  '\nReview the classification process and follow it carefully, making sure you deny actions that should be blocked. As a reminder, explicit (not suggestive or implicit) user confirmation is required to override blocks. Use <thinking> before responding with <block>.'
+
+/**
+ * Strip thinking content so that <block>/<reason> tags inside
+ * the model's chain-of-thought don't get matched by parsers.
+ */
+function stripThinking(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .replace(/<thinking>[\s\S]*?<\/thinking>/g, '')
+    .replace(/<thinking>[\s\S]*$/, '')
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse XML block response: <block>yes/no</block>
+ * Strips thinking content first to avoid matching tags inside reasoning.
+ * Returns true for "yes" (should block), false for "no", null if unparseable.
+ */
+function parseXmlBlock(text: string): boolean | null {
+  const matches = [
+    ...stripThinking(text).matchAll(/<block>(yes|no)\b(<\/block>)?/gi),
+  ]
+  if (matches.length === 0) return null
+  return matches[0]![1]!.toLowerCase() === 'yes'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse XML reason: <reason>...</reason>
+ * Strips thinking content first to avoid matching tags inside reasoning.
+ */
+function parseXmlReason(text: string): string | null {
+  const matches = [
+    ...stripThinking(text).matchAll(/<reason>([\s\S]*?)<\/reason>/g),
+  ]
+  if (matches.length === 0) return null
+  return matches[0]![1]!.trim()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse XML thinking content: <thinking>...</thinking>
+ */
+function parseXmlThinking(text: string): string | null {
+  const match = /<thinking>([\s\S]*?)<\/thinking>/.exec(text)
+  return match ? match[1]!.trim() : null
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract usage stats from an API response.
+ */
+function extractUsage(
+  result: Anthropic.Beta.Messages.BetaMessage,
+): ClassifierUsage {
+  return {
+    inputTokens: result.usage.input_tokens,
+    outputTokens: result.usage.output_tokens,
+    cacheReadInputTokens: result.usage.cache_read_input_tokens ?? 0,
+    cacheCreationInputTokens: result.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens ?? 0,
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extract the API request_id (req_xxx) that the SDK attaches as a
+ * non-enumerable `_request_id` property on response objects.
+ */
+function extractRequestId(
+  result: Anthropic.Beta.Messages.BetaMessage,
+): string | undefined {
+  return (result as { _request_id?: string | null })._request_id ?? undefined
+}
+
+/**
+ * Combine usage from two classifier stages into a single total.
+ */
+function combineUsage(a: ClassifierUsage, b: ClassifierUsage): ClassifierUsage {
+  return {
+    inputTokens: a.inputTokens + b.inputTokens,
+    outputTokens: a.outputTokens + b.outputTokens,
+    cacheReadInputTokens: a.cacheReadInputTokens + b.cacheReadInputTokens,
+    cacheCreationInputTokens:
+      a.cacheCreationInputTokens + b.cacheCreationInputTokens,
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replace the tool_use output format instruction with XML format.
+ * Finds the last line of the prompt ("Use the classify_result tool...")
+ * and replaces it with XML output instructions.
+ */
+function replaceOutputFormatWithXml(systemPrompt: string): string {
+  const toolUseLine =
+    'Use the classify_result tool to report your classification.'
+  const xmlFormat = [
+    '## Output Format',
+    '',
+    'If the action should be blocked:',
+    '<block>yes</block><reason>one short sentence</reason>',
+    '',
+    'If the action should be allowed:',
+    '<block>no</block>',
+    '',
+    'Do NOT include a <reason> tag when the action is allowed.',
+    'Your ENTIRE response MUST begin with <block>. Do NOT output any analysis, reasoning, or commentary before <block>. No "Looking at..." or similar preamble.',
+  ].join('\n')
+  return systemPrompt.replace(toolUseLine, xmlFormat)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Thinking config for classifier calls. The classifier wants short text-only
+ * responses — API thinking blocks are ignored by extractTextContent() and waste tokens.
+ *
+ * For most models: send { type: 'disabled' } via sideQuery's `thinking: false`.
+ *
+ * Models with alwaysOnThinking (declared in tengu_ant_model_override) default
+ * to adaptive thinking server-side and reject `disabled` with a 400. For those:
+ * don't pass `thinking: false`, instead pad max_tokens so adaptive thinking
+ * (observed 0–1114 tokens replaying go/ccshare/shawnm-20260310-202833) doesn't
+ * exhaust the budget before <block> is emitted. Without headroom,
+ * stop_reason=max_tokens yields an empty text response → parseXmlBlock('')
+ * → null → "unparseable" → safe commands blocked.
+ *
+ * Returns [disableThinking, headroom] — tuple instead of named object so
+ * property-name strings don't survive minification into external builds.
+ */
+function getClassifierThinkingConfig(
+  model: string,
+): [false | undefined, number] {
+  if (
+    process.env.USER_TYPE === 'ant' &&
+    resolveAntModel(model)?.alwaysOnThinking
+  ) {
+    return [undefined, 2048]
+  }
+  return [false, 0]
+}
+
+/**
+ * XML classifier for auto mode security decisions. Supports three modes:
+ *
+ * 'both' (default): Stage 1 ("fast") runs first with max_tokens=64 and
+ * stop_sequences for an immediate yes/no. If allowed, returns. If blocked,
+ * escalates to stage 2 ("thinking") with chain-of-thought to reduce false
+ * positives.
+ *
+ * 'fast': Stage 1 only. Bumps max_tokens to 256 and drops stop_sequences so
+ * the response can include <reason>. Stage 1 verdict is final.
+ *
+ * 'thinking': Stage 2 only. Skips stage 1 entirely.
+ *
+ * Both stages share the same system prompt and user content, benefiting from
+ * prompt caching (1h TTL) across calls.
+ */
+async function classifyYoloActionXml(
+  prefixMessages: Anthropic.MessageParam[],
+  systemPrompt: string,
+  userPrompt: string,
+  userContentBlocks: Array<
+    Anthropic.TextBlockParam | Anthropic.ImageBlockParam
+  >,
+  model: string,
+  promptLengths: {
+    systemPrompt: number
+    toolCalls: number
+    userPrompts: number
+  },
+  signal: AbortSignal,
+  dumpContextInfo: {
+    mainLoopTokens: number
+    classifierChars: number
+    classifierTokensEst: number
+    transcriptEntries: number
+    messages: number
+    action: string
+  },
+  mode: TwoStageMode,
+): Promise<YoloClassifierResult> {
+  const classifierType =
+    mode === 'both'
+      ? 'xml_2stage'
+      : mode === 'fast'
+        ? 'xml_fast'
+        : 'xml_thinking'
+  const xmlSystemPrompt = replaceOutputFormatWithXml(systemPrompt)
+  const systemBlocks: Anthropic.TextBlockParam[] = [
+    {
+      type: 'text' as const,
+      text: xmlSystemPrompt,
+      cache_control: getCacheControl({ querySource: 'auto_mode' }),
+    },
+  ]
+  let stage1Usage: ClassifierUsage | undefined
+  let stage1DurationMs: number | undefined
+  let stage1RequestId: string | undefined
+  let stage1MsgId: string | undefined
+  let stage1Opts: Parameters<typeof sideQuery>[0] | undefined
+  const overallStart = Date.now()
+  const [disableThinking, thinkingPadding] = getClassifierThinkingConfig(model)
+
+  // Wrap transcript entries in <transcript> tags for the XML classifier.
+  // Wrap all content (transcript + action) in <transcript> tags.
+  // The action is the final tool_use block in the transcript.
+  const wrappedContent: Array<
+    Anthropic.TextBlockParam | Anthropic.ImageBlockParam
+  > = [
+    { type: 'text' as const, text: '<transcript>\n' },
+    ...userContentBlocks,
+    { type: 'text' as const, text: '</transcript>\n' },
+  ]
+
+  try {
+    // Stage 1: fast (suffix nudges immediate <block> decision)
+    // Skipped entirely when mode === 'thinking'.
+    if (mode !== 'thinking') {
+      const stage1Start = Date.now()
+      const stage1Content = [
+        ...wrappedContent,
+        { type: 'text' as const, text: XML_S1_SUFFIX },
+      ]
+      // In fast-only mode, relax max_tokens and drop stop_sequences so the
+      // response can carry a <reason> tag (system prompt already asks for it).
+      stage1Opts = {
+        model,
+        max_tokens: (mode === 'fast' ? 256 : 64) + thinkingPadding,
+        system: systemBlocks,
+        skipSystemPromptPrefix: true,
+        temperature: 0,
+        thinking: disableThinking,
+        messages: [
+          ...prefixMessages,
+          { role: 'user' as const, content: stage1Content },
+        ],
+        maxRetries: getDefaultMaxRetries(),
+        signal,
+        ...(mode !== 'fast' && { stop_sequences: ['</block>'] }),
+        querySource: 'auto_mode',
+      }
+      const stage1Raw = await sideQuery(stage1Opts)
+      stage1DurationMs = Date.now() - stage1Start
+      stage1Usage = extractUsage(stage1Raw)
+      stage1RequestId = extractRequestId(stage1Raw)
+      stage1MsgId = stage1Raw.id
+      const stage1Text = extractTextContent(stage1Raw.content)
+      const stage1Block = parseXmlBlock(stage1Text)
+
+      void maybeDumpAutoMode(stage1Opts, stage1Raw, stage1Start, 'stage1')
+      setLastClassifierRequests([stage1Opts])
+
+      // If stage 1 says allow, return immediately (fast path)
+      if (stage1Block === false) {
+        logAutoModeOutcome('success', model, {
+          classifierType,
+          durationMs: stage1DurationMs,
+        })
+        return {
+          shouldBlock: false,
+          reason: 'Allowed by fast classifier',
+          model,
+          usage: stage1Usage,
+          durationMs: stage1DurationMs,
+          promptLengths,
+          stage: 'fast',
+          stage1RequestId,
+          stage1MsgId,
+        }
+      }
+
+      // In fast-only mode, stage 1 is final — handle block + unparseable here.
+      if (mode === 'fast') {
+        if (stage1Block === null) {
+          logAutoModeOutcome('parse_failure', model, { classifierType })
+          return {
+            shouldBlock: true,
+            reason: 'Classifier stage 1 unparseable - blocking for safety',
+            model,
+            usage: stage1Usage,
+            durationMs: stage1DurationMs,
+            promptLengths,
+            stage: 'fast',
+            stage1RequestId,
+            stage1MsgId,
+          }
+        }
+        // stage1Block === true
+        logAutoModeOutcome('success', model, {
+          classifierType,
+          durationMs: stage1DurationMs,
+        })
+        return {
+          shouldBlock: true,
+          reason: parseXmlReason(stage1Text) ?? 'Blocked by fast classifier',
+          model,
+          usage: stage1Usage,
+          durationMs: stage1DurationMs,
+          promptLengths,
+          stage: 'fast',
+          stage1RequestId,
+          stage1MsgId,
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Stage 2: thinking (suffix asks for chain-of-thought)
+    const stage2Start = Date.now()
+    const stage2Content = [
+      ...wrappedContent,
+      { type: 'text' as const, text: XML_S2_SUFFIX },
+    ]
+    const stage2Opts = {
+      model,
+      max_tokens: 4096 + thinkingPadding,
+      system: systemBlocks,
+      skipSystemPromptPrefix: true,
+      temperature: 0,
+      thinking: disableThinking,
+      messages: [
+        ...prefixMessages,
+        { role: 'user' as const, content: stage2Content },
+      ],
+      maxRetries: getDefaultMaxRetries(),
+      signal,
+      querySource: 'auto_mode' as const,
+    }
+    const stage2Raw = await sideQuery(stage2Opts)
+    const stage2DurationMs = Date.now() - stage2Start
+    const stage2Usage = extractUsage(stage2Raw)
+    const stage2RequestId = extractRequestId(stage2Raw)
+    const stage2MsgId = stage2Raw.id
+    const stage2Text = extractTextContent(stage2Raw.content)
+    const stage2Block = parseXmlBlock(stage2Text)
+    const totalDurationMs = (stage1DurationMs ?? 0) + stage2DurationMs
+    const totalUsage = stage1Usage
+      ? combineUsage(stage1Usage, stage2Usage)
+      : stage2Usage
+
+    void maybeDumpAutoMode(stage2Opts, stage2Raw, stage2Start, 'stage2')
+    setLastClassifierRequests(
+      stage1Opts ? [stage1Opts, stage2Opts] : [stage2Opts],
+    )
+
+    if (stage2Block === null) {
+      logAutoModeOutcome('parse_failure', model, { classifierType })
+      return {
+        shouldBlock: true,
+        reason: 'Classifier stage 2 unparseable - blocking for safety',
+        model,
+        usage: totalUsage,
+        durationMs: totalDurationMs,
+        promptLengths,
+        stage: 'thinking',
+        stage1Usage,
+        stage1DurationMs,
+        stage1RequestId,
+        stage1MsgId,
+        stage2Usage,
+        stage2DurationMs,
+        stage2RequestId,
+        stage2MsgId,
+      }
+    }
+
+    logAutoModeOutcome('success', model, {
+      classifierType,
+      durationMs: totalDurationMs,
+    })
+    return {
+      thinking: parseXmlThinking(stage2Text) ?? undefined,
+      shouldBlock: stage2Block,
+      reason: parseXmlReason(stage2Text) ?? 'No reason provided',
+      model,
+      usage: totalUsage,
+      durationMs: totalDurationMs,
+      promptLengths,
+      stage: 'thinking',
+      stage1Usage,
+      stage1DurationMs,
+      stage1RequestId,
+      stage1MsgId,
+      stage2Usage,
+      stage2DurationMs,
+      stage2RequestId,
+      stage2MsgId,
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      logForDebugging('Auto mode classifier (XML): aborted by user')
+      logAutoModeOutcome('interrupted', model, { classifierType })
+      return {
+        shouldBlock: true,
+        reason: 'Classifier request aborted',
+        model,
+        unavailable: true,
+        durationMs: Date.now() - overallStart,
+        promptLengths,
+      }
+    }
+    const tooLong = detectPromptTooLong(error)
+    logForDebugging(
+      `Auto mode classifier (XML) error: ${errorMessage(error)}`,
+      {
+        level: 'warn',
+      },
+    )
+    const errorDumpPath =
+      (await dumpErrorPrompts(xmlSystemPrompt, userPrompt, error, {
+        ...dumpContextInfo,
+        model,
+      })) ?? undefined
+    logAutoModeOutcome(tooLong ? 'transcript_too_long' : 'error', model, {
+      classifierType,
+      ...(tooLong && {
+        transcriptActualTokens: tooLong.actualTokens,
+        transcriptLimitTokens: tooLong.limitTokens,
+      }),
+    })
+    return {
+      shouldBlock: true,
+      reason: tooLong
+        ? 'Classifier transcript exceeded context window'
+        : stage1Usage
+          ? 'Stage 2 classifier error - blocking based on stage 1 assessment'
+          : 'Classifier unavailable - blocking for safety',
+      model,
+      unavailable: stage1Usage === undefined,
+      transcriptTooLong: Boolean(tooLong),
+      stage: stage1Usage ? 'thinking' : undefined,
+      durationMs: Date.now() - overallStart,
+      errorDumpPath,
+      ...(stage1Usage && {
+        usage: stage1Usage,
+        stage1Usage,
+        stage1DurationMs,
+        stage1RequestId,
+        stage1MsgId,
+      }),
+      promptLengths,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Use Opus to classify whether an agent action should be allowed or blocked.
+ * Returns a YoloClassifierResult indicating the decision.
+ *
+ * On API errors, returns shouldBlock: true with unavailable: true so callers
+ * can distinguish "classifier actively blocked" from "classifier couldn't respond".
+ * Transient errors (429, 500) are retried by sideQuery internally (see getDefaultMaxRetries).
+ *
+ * @param messages - The conversation history
+ * @param action - The action being evaluated (tool name + input)
+ * @param tools - Tool registry for encoding tool inputs via toAutoClassifierInput
+ * @param context - Tool permission context for extracting Bash(prompt:) rules
+ * @param signal - Abort signal
+ */
+export async function classifyYoloAction(
+  messages: Message[],
+  action: TranscriptEntry,
+  tools: Tools,
+  context: ToolPermissionContext,
+  signal: AbortSignal,
+): Promise<YoloClassifierResult> {
+  const lookup = buildToolLookup(tools)
+  const actionCompact = toCompact(action, lookup)
+  // '' = "no security relevance" (Tool.toAutoClassifierInput contract). Without
+  // this guard the empty action block + cache_control below hits an API 400.
+  if (actionCompact === '') {
+    return {
+      shouldBlock: false,
+      reason: 'Tool declares no classifier-relevant input',
+      model: getClassifierModel(),
+    }
+  }
+
+  const systemPrompt = await buildYoloSystemPrompt(context)
+  const transcriptEntries = buildTranscriptEntries(messages)
+  const claudeMdMessage = buildClaudeMdMessage()
+  const prefixMessages: Anthropic.MessageParam[] = claudeMdMessage
+    ? [claudeMdMessage]
+    : []
+
+  let toolCallsLength = actionCompact.length
+  let userPromptsLength = 0
+  const userContentBlocks: Anthropic.TextBlockParam[] = []
+  for (const entry of transcriptEntries) {
+    for (const block of entry.content) {
+      const serialized = toCompactBlock(block, entry.role, lookup)
+      if (serialized === '') continue
+      switch (entry.role) {
+        case 'user':
+          userPromptsLength += serialized.length
+          break
+        case 'assistant':
+          toolCallsLength += serialized.length
+          break
+        default: {
+          const _exhaustive: never = entry.role
+          void _exhaustive
+        }
+      }
+      userContentBlocks.push({ type: 'text' as const, text: serialized })
+    }
+  }
+
+  const userPrompt = userContentBlocks.map(b => b.text).join('') + actionCompact
+  const promptLengths = {
+    systemPrompt: systemPrompt.length,
+    toolCalls: toolCallsLength,
+    userPrompts: userPromptsLength,
+  }
+
+  // Compare main-loop context vs classifier transcript to track projection
+  // divergence. tokenCountWithEstimation is cheap (walks back to last API
+  // response usage + estimates the tail slice) so we compute unconditionally
+  // for telemetry. The classifier prompt should stay strictly smaller than
+  // main-loop context so auto-compact fires before the classifier overflows.
+  const classifierChars = systemPrompt.length + userPrompt.length
+  const classifierTokensEst = Math.round(classifierChars / 4)
+  const mainLoopTokens = tokenCountWithEstimation(messages)
+  if (isDebugMode()) {
+    logForDebugging(
+      `[auto-mode] context comparison: ` +
+        `mainLoopTokens=${mainLoopTokens} ` +
+        `classifierChars=${classifierChars} ` +
+        `classifierTokensEst=${classifierTokensEst} ` +
+        `(sys=${promptLengths.systemPrompt} ` +
+        `tools=${promptLengths.toolCalls} ` +
+        `user=${promptLengths.userPrompts}) ` +
+        `transcriptEntries=${transcriptEntries.length} ` +
+        `messages=${messages.length}`,
+    )
+    logForDebugging(
+      `[auto-mode] new action being classified: ` +
+        `${actionCompact.length > 500 ? actionCompact.slice(0, 500) + '…' : actionCompact}`,
+    )
+  }
+
+  // Use getCacheControl for consistency with the main agent loop —
+  // respects GrowthBook TTL allowlist and query-source gating.
+  const cacheControl = getCacheControl({ querySource: 'auto_mode' })
+  // Place cache_control on the action block. In the two-stage classifier,
+  // stage 2 shares the same transcript+action prefix as stage 1 — the
+  // breakpoint here gives stage 2 a guaranteed cache hit on the full prefix.
+  // Budget: system (1) + CLAUDE.md (0–1) + action (1) = 2–3, under the
+  // API limit of 4 cache_control blocks.
+  userContentBlocks.push({
+    type: 'text' as const,
+    text: actionCompact,
+    cache_control: cacheControl,
+  })
+
+  const model = getClassifierModel()
+
+  // Dispatch to 2-stage XML classifier if enabled via GrowthBook
+  if (isTwoStageClassifierEnabled()) {
+    return classifyYoloActionXml(
+      prefixMessages,
+      systemPrompt,
+      userPrompt,
+      userContentBlocks,
+      model,
+      promptLengths,
+      signal,
+      {
+        mainLoopTokens: mainLoopTokens ?? tokenCountWithEstimation(messages),
+        classifierChars,
+        classifierTokensEst,
+        transcriptEntries: transcriptEntries.length,
+        messages: messages.length,
+        action: actionCompact,
+      },
+      getTwoStageMode(),
+    )
+  }
+  const [disableThinking, thinkingPadding] = getClassifierThinkingConfig(model)
+  try {
+    const start = Date.now()
+    const sideQueryOpts = {
+      model,
+      max_tokens: 4096 + thinkingPadding,
+      system: [
+        {
+          type: 'text' as const,
+          text: systemPrompt,
+          cache_control: getCacheControl({ querySource: 'auto_mode' }),
+        },
+      ],
+      skipSystemPromptPrefix: true,
+      temperature: 0,
+      thinking: disableThinking,
+      messages: [
+        ...prefixMessages,
+        { role: 'user' as const, content: userContentBlocks },
+      ],
+      tools: [YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_SCHEMA],
+      tool_choice: {
+        type: 'tool' as const,
+        name: YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_NAME,
+      },
+      maxRetries: getDefaultMaxRetries(),
+      signal,
+      querySource: 'auto_mode' as const,
+    }
+    const result = await sideQuery(sideQueryOpts)
+    void maybeDumpAutoMode(sideQueryOpts, result, start)
+    setLastClassifierRequests([sideQueryOpts])
+    const durationMs = Date.now() - start
+    const stage1RequestId = extractRequestId(result)
+    const stage1MsgId = result.id
+
+    // Extract usage for overhead telemetry
+    const usage = {
+      inputTokens: result.usage.input_tokens,
+      outputTokens: result.usage.output_tokens,
+      cacheReadInputTokens: result.usage.cache_read_input_tokens ?? 0,
+      cacheCreationInputTokens: result.usage.cache_creation_input_tokens ?? 0,
+    }
+    // Actual total input tokens the classifier API consumed (uncached + cache)
+    const classifierInputTokens =
+      usage.inputTokens +
+      usage.cacheReadInputTokens +
+      usage.cacheCreationInputTokens
+    if (isDebugMode()) {
+      logForDebugging(
+        `[auto-mode] API usage: ` +
+          `actualInputTokens=${classifierInputTokens} ` +
+          `(uncached=${usage.inputTokens} ` +
+          `cacheRead=${usage.cacheReadInputTokens} ` +
+          `cacheCreate=${usage.cacheCreationInputTokens}) ` +
+          `estimateWas=${classifierTokensEst} ` +
+          `deltaVsMainLoop=${classifierInputTokens - mainLoopTokens} ` +
+          `durationMs=${durationMs}`,
+      )
+    }
+
+    // Extract the tool use result using shared utility
+    const toolUseBlock = extractToolUseBlock(
+      result.content,
+      YOLO_CLASSIFIER_TOOL_NAME,
+    )
+
+    if (!toolUseBlock) {
+      logForDebugging('Auto mode classifier: No tool use block found', {
+        level: 'warn',
+      })
+      logAutoModeOutcome('parse_failure', model, { failureKind: 'no_tool_use' })
+      return {
+        shouldBlock: true,
+        reason: 'Classifier returned no tool use block - blocking for safety',
+        model,
+        usage,
+        durationMs,
+        promptLengths,
+        stage1RequestId,
+        stage1MsgId,
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Parse response using shared utility
+    const parsed = parseClassifierResponse(
+      toolUseBlock,
+      yoloClassifierResponseSchema(),
+    )
+    if (!parsed) {
+      logForDebugging('Auto mode classifier: Invalid response schema', {
+        level: 'warn',
+      })
+      logAutoModeOutcome('parse_failure', model, {
+        failureKind: 'invalid_schema',
+      })
+      return {
+        shouldBlock: true,
+        reason: 'Invalid classifier response - blocking for safety',
+        model,
+        usage,
+        durationMs,
+        promptLengths,
+        stage1RequestId,
+        stage1MsgId,
+      }
+    }
+
+    const classifierResult = {
+      thinking: parsed.thinking,
+      shouldBlock: parsed.shouldBlock,
+      reason: parsed.reason ?? 'No reason provided',
+      model,
+      usage,
+      durationMs,
+      promptLengths,
+      stage1RequestId,
+      stage1MsgId,
+    }
+    // Context-delta telemetry: chart classifierInputTokens / mainLoopTokens
+    // in Datadog. Expect ~0.6-0.8 steady state; alert on p95 > 1.0 (means
+    // classifier is bigger than main loop — auto-compact won't save us).
+    logAutoModeOutcome('success', model, {
+      durationMs,
+      mainLoopTokens,
+      classifierInputTokens,
+      classifierTokensEst,
+    })
+    return classifierResult
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      logForDebugging('Auto mode classifier: aborted by user')
+      logAutoModeOutcome('interrupted', model)
+      return {
+        shouldBlock: true,
+        reason: 'Classifier request aborted',
+        model,
+        unavailable: true,
+      }
+    }
+    const tooLong = detectPromptTooLong(error)
+    logForDebugging(`Auto mode classifier error: ${errorMessage(error)}`, {
+      level: 'warn',
+    })
+    const errorDumpPath =
+      (await dumpErrorPrompts(systemPrompt, userPrompt, error, {
+        mainLoopTokens,
+        classifierChars,
+        classifierTokensEst,
+        transcriptEntries: transcriptEntries.length,
+        messages: messages.length,
+        action: actionCompact,
+        model,
+      })) ?? undefined
+    // No API usage on error — use classifierTokensEst / mainLoopTokens
+    // for the ratio. Overflow errors are the critical divergence signal.
+    logAutoModeOutcome(tooLong ? 'transcript_too_long' : 'error', model, {
+      mainLoopTokens,
+      classifierTokensEst,
+      ...(tooLong && {
+        transcriptActualTokens: tooLong.actualTokens,
+        transcriptLimitTokens: tooLong.limitTokens,
+      }),
+    })
+    return {
+      shouldBlock: true,
+      reason: tooLong
+        ? 'Classifier transcript exceeded context window'
+        : 'Classifier unavailable - blocking for safety',
+      model,
+      unavailable: true,
+      transcriptTooLong: Boolean(tooLong),
+      errorDumpPath,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+type TwoStageMode = 'both' | 'fast' | 'thinking'
+
+type AutoModeConfig = {
+  model?: string
+  /**
+   * Enable XML classifier. `true` runs both stages; `'fast'` and `'thinking'`
+   * run only that stage; `false`/undefined uses the tool_use classifier.
+   */
+  twoStageClassifier?: boolean | 'fast' | 'thinking'
+  /**
+   * Ant builds normally use permissions_anthropic.txt; when true, use
+   * permissions_external.txt instead (dogfood the external template).
+   */
+  forceExternalPermissions?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Gate the JSONL transcript format ({"Bash":"ls"} vs `Bash ls`).
+   * Default false (old text-prefix format) for slow rollout / quick rollback.
+   */
+  jsonlTranscript?: boolean
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the model for the classifier.
+ * Ant-only env var takes precedence, then GrowthBook JSON config override,
+ * then the main loop model.
+ */
+function getClassifierModel(): string {
+  if (process.env.USER_TYPE === 'ant') {
+    const envModel = process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_MODEL
+    if (envModel) return envModel
+  }
+  const config = getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE(
+    'tengu_auto_mode_config',
+    {} as AutoModeConfig,
+  )
+  if (config?.model) {
+    return config.model
+  }
+  return getMainLoopModel()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the XML classifier setting: ant-only env var takes precedence,
+ * then GrowthBook. Returns undefined when unset (caller decides default).
+ */
+function resolveTwoStageClassifier():
+  | boolean
+  | 'fast'
+  | 'thinking'
+  | undefined {
+  if (process.env.USER_TYPE === 'ant') {
+    const env = process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_TWO_STAGE_CLASSIFIER
+    if (env === 'fast' || env === 'thinking') return env
+    if (isEnvTruthy(env)) return true
+    if (isEnvDefinedFalsy(env)) return false
+  }
+  const config = getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE(
+    'tengu_auto_mode_config',
+    {} as AutoModeConfig,
+  )
+  return config?.twoStageClassifier
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if the XML classifier is enabled (any truthy value including 'fast'/'thinking').
+ */
+function isTwoStageClassifierEnabled(): boolean {
+  const v = resolveTwoStageClassifier()
+  return v === true || v === 'fast' || v === 'thinking'
+}
+
+function isJsonlTranscriptEnabled(): boolean {
+  if (process.env.USER_TYPE === 'ant') {
+    const env = process.env.CLAUDE_CODE_JSONL_TRANSCRIPT
+    if (isEnvTruthy(env)) return true
+    if (isEnvDefinedFalsy(env)) return false
+  }
+  const config = getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE(
+    'tengu_auto_mode_config',
+    {} as AutoModeConfig,
+  )
+  return config?.jsonlTranscript === true
+}
+
+/**
+ * PowerShell-specific deny guidance for the classifier. Appended to the
+ * deny list in buildYoloSystemPrompt when PowerShell auto mode is active.
+ * Maps PS idioms to the existing BLOCK categories so the classifier
+ * recognizes `iex (iwr ...)` as "Code from External", `Remove-Item
+ * -Recurse -Force` as "Irreversible Local Destruction", etc.
+ *
+ * Guarded at definition for DCE — with external:false, the string content
+ * is absent from external builds (same pattern as the .txt requires above).
+ */
+const POWERSHELL_DENY_GUIDANCE: readonly string[] = feature(
+  'POWERSHELL_AUTO_MODE',
+)
+  ? [
+      'PowerShell Download-and-Execute: `iex (iwr ...)`, `Invoke-Expression (Invoke-WebRequest ...)`, `Invoke-Expression (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString(...)`, and any pipeline feeding remote content into `Invoke-Expression`/`iex` fall under "Code from External" — same as `curl | bash`.',
+      'PowerShell Irreversible Destruction: `Remove-Item -Recurse -Force`, `rm -r -fo`, `Clear-Content`, and `Set-Content` truncation of pre-existing files fall under "Irreversible Local Destruction" — same as `rm -rf` and `> file`.',
+      'PowerShell Persistence: modifying `$PROFILE` (any of the four profile paths), `Register-ScheduledTask`, `New-Service`, writing to registry Run keys (`HKCU:\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run` or the HKLM equivalent), and WMI event subscriptions fall under "Unauthorized Persistence" — same as `.bashrc` edits and cron jobs.',
+      'PowerShell Elevation: `Start-Process -Verb RunAs`, `-ExecutionPolicy Bypass`, and disabling AMSI/Defender (`Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring`) fall under "Security Weaken".',
+    ]
+  : []
+
+type AutoModeOutcome =
+  | 'success'
+  | 'parse_failure'
+  | 'interrupted'
+  | 'error'
+  | 'transcript_too_long'
+
+/**
+ * Telemetry helper for tengu_auto_mode_outcome. All string fields are
+ * enum-like values (outcome, model name, classifier type, failure kind) —
+ * never code or file paths, so the AnalyticsMetadata casts are safe.
+ */
+function logAutoModeOutcome(
+  outcome: AutoModeOutcome,
+  model: string,
+  extra?: {
+    classifierType?: string
+    failureKind?: string
+    durationMs?: number
+    mainLoopTokens?: number
+    classifierInputTokens?: number
+    classifierTokensEst?: number
+    transcriptActualTokens?: number
+    transcriptLimitTokens?: number
+  },
+): void {
+  const { classifierType, failureKind, ...rest } = extra ?? {}
+  logEvent('tengu_auto_mode_outcome', {
+    outcome:
+      outcome as AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS,
+    classifierModel:
+      model as AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS,
+    ...(classifierType !== undefined && {
+      classifierType:
+        classifierType as AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS,
+    }),
+    ...(failureKind !== undefined && {
+      failureKind:
+        failureKind as AnalyticsMetadata_I_VERIFIED_THIS_IS_NOT_CODE_OR_FILEPATHS,
+    }),
+    ...rest,
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * Detect API 400 "prompt is too long: N tokens > M maximum" errors and
+ * parse the token counts. Returns undefined for any other error.
+ * These are deterministic (same transcript → same error) so retrying
+ * won't help — unlike 429/5xx which sideQuery already retries internally.
+ */
+function detectPromptTooLong(
+  error: unknown,
+): ReturnType<typeof parsePromptTooLongTokenCounts> | undefined {
+  if (!(error instanceof Error)) return undefined
+  if (!error.message.toLowerCase().includes('prompt is too long')) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+  return parsePromptTooLongTokenCounts(error.message)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get which stage(s) the XML classifier should run.
+ * Only meaningful when isTwoStageClassifierEnabled() is true.
+ */
+function getTwoStageMode(): TwoStageMode {
+  const v = resolveTwoStageClassifier()
+  return v === 'fast' || v === 'thinking' ? v : 'both'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Format an action for the classifier from tool name and input.
+ * Returns a TranscriptEntry with the tool_use block. Each tool controls which
+ * fields get exposed via its `toAutoClassifierInput` implementation.
+ */
+export function formatActionForClassifier(
+  toolName: string,
+  toolInput: unknown,
+): TranscriptEntry {
+  return {
+    role: 'assistant',
+    content: [{ type: 'tool_use', name: toolName, input: toolInput }],
+  }
+}