@youdie006/prodex 0.40.10 → 0.40.11

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package/README.md CHANGED
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@ prints a token-free config that points Claude at `prodex mcp --cwd /absolute/pat
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  The server exposes `pro_consult` (a visible-browser send, with the same model, effort, project and tool choices as the CLI), `pro_recover` (fetch an answer that finished after a timeout), the bridge ledger tools (`bridge_create_task`, `bridge_list_tasks`, `bridge_fetch_result`, receipts, sessions), bounded `repo_read_file` and `repo_search`, and a receipt-gated write path: `repo_write_file_dry_run` first, `repo_write_file_apply` only while git HEAD and the file's preimage hash still match, `repo_stage_reviewed_paths` for applied receipts only. Each stdio MCP connection receives one default session key, ordinary consults start fresh, and `continue_thread` only searches that key and project. Logical agents sharing one MCP connection should pass distinct explicit `session_key` values and preserve them for follow-ups; an explicit key also preserves continuity across an MCP restart. No shell tool, no ungated write. `prodex claude prompt` prints a paste-ready prompt that verifies the wiring. [docs/claude.md](docs/claude.md) covers Claude Desktop and Claude Code; [docs/clients.md](docs/clients.md) covers the others, including the per-call approval and `tool_timeout_sec` Codex needs.
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+ For same-task dialogue, reuse the response's exact `continuation` arguments with a
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+ new prompt. The caller can answer Pro's clarification and ask useful follow-ups,
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+ stopping when sufficient, repetitive, or blocked. `PRODEX_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS` sets
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+ a configurable approval checkpoint (default 5, not a target round count); an
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+ `awaiting_user` response sends nothing until the caller obtains your approval.
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+ See [same-task dialogue](docs/clients.md#same-task-dialogue) for the budget and
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+ `user_approved` contract. New topics still start fresh chats.
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+
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  Updating the installed npm package does not reload an MCP process that is already running. Reconnect the MCP server or restart the Codex/Claude client to load the new build. The dedicated browser profile is separate and remains signed in, so this does not require ChatGPT authentication again.
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  An MCP server usually starts without `--cwd`, so a per-repo default can be missed. For defaults that apply from any directory, set `PRODEX_DEFAULT_PROJECT`, `PRODEX_DEFAULT_MODEL`, `PRODEX_DEFAULT_EFFORT` or `PRODEX_DEFAULT_PRO_MODE` in the agent's MCP `env` block; a per-repo config still wins field by field.
package/dist/cli-pro.js CHANGED
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import { errorMessage, firstLine, formatBlockedConsultRecordedMessage, formatPro
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  import { getTokenExpiryStatus, loadBrowserDefaults, loadLocalConfig } from "./config.js";
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  import { withBrowserSendLock } from "./browser-send-lock.js";
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  import { blockerCause, buildBlockerReport, CATCH_ALL_CODES } from "./blocker-report.js";
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- import { projectIdFromSidebar, resolveContinuationThread } from "./continue-thread.js";
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+ import { isChatGptConversationUrl, projectIdFromSidebar, resolveContinuationThread } from "./continue-thread.js";
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+ import { FollowupApprovalRequired, reserveFollowup, resolveMaxAutoFollowups } from "./followup-budget.js";
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  import { readBridgeRoots } from "./registry.js";
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  import { ProdexRequestIdSchema, SessionKeySchema } from "./schema.js";
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  import { BridgeStore, MAX_FETCHABLE_RESULT_ARTIFACT_BYTES } from "./store.js";
@@ -1088,7 +1089,7 @@ export function createBrowserSendProgressPrinter(write, heartbeatMs = 10_000) {
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  write(`progress: ${PROGRESS_PHASE_LABELS[event.phase]}${event.detail ? ` (${event.detail})` : ""}`);
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  };
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  }
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- export async function runAskProCommand(rest, io) {
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+ export async function runAskProCommand(rest, io, beforeSend) {
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  const parsedAskPro = parseAskProArgs(rest);
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  const hasDryRunMode = parsedAskPro.optionArgs.includes("--dry-run");
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  const hasSendMode = parsedAskPro.optionArgs.includes("--send");
@@ -1354,6 +1355,13 @@ export async function runAskProCommand(rest, io) {
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  const sourceCli = resolveOptionalFileFlag(io.cwd, parsedAskPro.optionArgs, "--source-cli");
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  const bundle = await buildDryRunBundle(targetCwd, { prompt: promptText, files });
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  if (hasSendMode) {
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+ // MCP approval checkpoints run after target validation but before any
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+ // task creation, pacing, browser recovery, or prompt send.
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+ await beforeSend?.({
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+ store: targetStore,
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+ ...(normalizedTargetUrl ? { thread: normalizedTargetUrl } : {}),
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+ ...(continuedFromTaskId ? { continuedFrom: continuedFromTaskId } : {})
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+ });
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  await enforceVisibleBrowserSendPacing(targetCwd, io.stderr);
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  const browserCommandOptions = {
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  cwd: targetCwd,
@@ -1682,6 +1690,8 @@ export async function runAskProCommand(rest, io) {
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  ...(consult.requestId ? { request_id: consult.requestId } : {}),
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  ...(consult.requestVerified !== undefined ? { request_verified: consult.requestVerified } : {}),
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  ...(continuedFromTaskId ? { continued_from: continuedFromTaskId } : {}),
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+ ...(consult.modelSlug ? { model_used: consult.modelSlug } : {}),
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+ ...(proVerified !== undefined ? { pro_verified: proVerified } : {}),
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  destination: {
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  observed: destination.destination,
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  ...(destination.verified !== undefined ? { verified: destination.verified } : {})
@@ -1827,8 +1837,19 @@ export async function performBrowserConsultForMcp(cwd, input, onProgress) {
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  const stdoutLines = [];
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  const stderrLines = [];
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  const sessionKey = resolveProdexSessionKey(input.session_key);
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+ const limit = resolveMaxAutoFollowups();
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+ let followupBudget = { limit, used: 0, remaining: limit };
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+ let continuationTarget;
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+ const continuationArgs = (taskId) => ({
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+ continue_task: taskId,
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+ ...(sessionKey ? { session_key: sessionKey } : {}),
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+ ...(input.model !== undefined ? { model: input.model } : {}),
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+ ...(input.effort !== undefined ? { effort: input.effort } : {}),
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+ ...(input.project !== undefined ? { project: input.project } : {})
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+ });
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  const argv = [
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  "--send",
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+ "--json",
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  // MCP callers have no terminal, so the interactive auto-recovery gate
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  // never fired for them: a closed browser made every pro_consult fail with
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  // a step the agent had to shell out for (the single most common field
@@ -1861,9 +1882,34 @@ export async function performBrowserConsultForMcp(cwd, input, onProgress) {
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  onProgress(line);
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  },
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  allowAskProBrowserSend: true
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+ }, async ({ store, thread, continuedFrom }) => {
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+ if (!thread || !continuedFrom)
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+ return;
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+ continuationTarget = { taskId: continuedFrom, thread };
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+ followupBudget = await reserveFollowup(store, {
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+ thread,
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+ taskId: continuedFrom,
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+ userApproved: input.user_approved === true,
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+ limit
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+ });
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  });
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  }
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  catch (error) {
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+ if (error instanceof FollowupApprovalRequired && continuationTarget) {
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+ const nextStep = "Ask the user whether to continue this task. Only after explicit approval, repeat the intended follow-up with user_approved:true and the same continuation target. Do not start a new chat or change session keys to evade this checkpoint.";
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+ return {
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+ task_id: null,
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+ status: "awaiting_user",
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+ thread: continuationTarget.thread,
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+ answer: "",
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+ ...(sessionKey ? { session_key: sessionKey } : {}),
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+ continued_from: continuationTarget.taskId,
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+ continuation: continuationArgs(continuationTarget.taskId),
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+ followup_budget: error.budget,
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+ blocker: { code: "followup_approval_required", message: error.message, retryable: false, next_step: nextStep },
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+ notes: [error.message, nextStep]
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+ };
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+ }
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  // A send whose ANSWER arrived and whose recording then failed prints the
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  // answer and throws, so the CLI caller still has it. Rethrowing here threw
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  // it away instead - the one case where that costs the most, since the
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  answer: rescued.answer,
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  ...(sessionKey ? { session_key: sessionKey } : {}),
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  ...browserMetadataFromNotes(notes),
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+ followup_budget: followupBudget,
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  notes
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  };
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  }
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- const header = stdoutLines[0] ?? "";
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- const [taskId = "", status = "", thread = ""] = header.split("\t");
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+ const result = JSON.parse(stdoutLines.join("\n"));
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  const notes = stderrLines.filter((line) => !line.startsWith("progress:"));
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+ const canContinue = result.status === "done" && result.request_verified === true && isChatGptConversationUrl(result.thread)
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+ && !notes.some((line) => /^(?:session_record_warning|receipt_record_warning|answer_incomplete):/.test(line));
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  return {
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- task_id: taskId,
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- status,
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- thread,
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- answer: stdoutLines.slice(2).join("\n"),
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+ ...result,
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  ...(sessionKey ? { session_key: sessionKey } : {}),
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- ...browserMetadataFromNotes(notes),
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+ ...(canContinue && result.task_id ? { continuation: continuationArgs(result.task_id) } : {}),
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+ followup_budget: followupBudget,
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  };
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  }
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
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+ import { createHash } from "node:crypto";
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+ import path from "node:path";
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+ import { z } from "zod";
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+ import { isChatGptConversationUrl } from "./continue-thread.js";
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+ import { withCrossProcessFileLock } from "./safe-file.js";
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+ const DEFAULT_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS = 5;
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+ const MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS = 1000;
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+ const FOLLOWUP_BUDGET_LOCK_WAIT_MS = 30_000;
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+ const FollowupReservationMetadataSchema = z.object({
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+ conversation_key: z.string().regex(/^[a-f0-9]{64}$/),
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+ sequence: z.number().int().positive().safe(),
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+ user_approved: z.boolean(),
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+ limit: z.number().int().min(0).max(MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS).safe(),
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+ used: z.number().int().min(0).max(MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS).safe(),
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+ remaining: z.number().int().min(0).max(MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS).safe()
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+ });
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+ export class FollowupApprovalRequired extends Error {
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+ budget;
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+ constructor(budget) {
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+ super("Automatic follow-up budget exhausted; explicit user approval is required");
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+ this.name = "FollowupApprovalRequired";
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+ this.budget = budget;
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+ }
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+ }
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+ export function resolveMaxAutoFollowups(envValue = process.env.PRODEX_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS) {
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+ if (envValue === undefined)
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+ return DEFAULT_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS;
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+ if (!/^\d+$/.test(envValue))
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+ throw invalidMaxAutoFollowupsError();
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+ const value = Number(envValue);
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+ if (!Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value > MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS) {
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+ throw invalidMaxAutoFollowupsError();
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+ }
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+ return value;
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+ }
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+ export async function reserveFollowup(store, input) {
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+ assertFollowupLimit(input.limit);
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+ const conversationKey = conversationKeyFromThread(input.thread);
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+ await store.ensure();
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+ const lockPath = path.join(store.root, ".bridge", "followup-budget.lock");
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+ return withCrossProcessFileLock(lockPath, {
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+ waitMs: FOLLOWUP_BUDGET_LOCK_WAIT_MS,
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+ retryMs: 25,
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+ privateParent: true,
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+ busyError: (holder) => new Error(`Another follow-up reservation is in progress (pid ${holder.pid ?? "unknown"})`),
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+ unavailableError: () => new Error("The follow-up budget lock could not be recovered. Stop all prodex processes before removing the lock and its matching .reap claim, then retry.")
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+ }, async () => reserveFollowupUnderLock(store, { ...input, conversationKey }));
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+ }
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+ async function reserveFollowupUnderLock(store, input) {
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+ const reservations = await readTrustedReservations(store);
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+ const conversationReservations = reservations
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+ .filter((reservation) => reservation.metadata.conversation_key === input.conversationKey)
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+ .sort((left, right) => left.metadata.sequence - right.metadata.sequence);
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+ const previous = validateConversationLedger(conversationReservations);
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+ if (input.userApproved !== true && previous.used >= input.limit) {
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+ throw new FollowupApprovalRequired({
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+ limit: input.limit,
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+ used: previous.used,
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+ remaining: 0
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+ });
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+ }
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+ const budget = input.userApproved === true
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+ ? { limit: input.limit, used: 0, remaining: input.limit }
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+ : {
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+ limit: input.limit,
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+ used: previous.used + 1,
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+ remaining: input.limit - (previous.used + 1)
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+ };
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+ const sequence = previous.sequence + 1;
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+ await store.writeReceipt({
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+ kind: "consult_followup_reserved",
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+ task_id: input.taskId,
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+ summary: input.userApproved === true
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+ ? "Renewed automatic follow-up budget"
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+ : `Reserved automatic follow-up ${budget.used}`,
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+ metadata: {
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+ conversation_key: input.conversationKey,
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+ sequence,
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+ user_approved: input.userApproved === true,
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+ ...budget
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+ }
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+ });
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+ return budget;
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+ }
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+ async function readTrustedReservations(store) {
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+ const listed = await store.listReceipts({ kind: "consult_followup_reserved" });
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+ const reservations = [];
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+ for (const listedReceipt of listed) {
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+ const receipt = await store.getTrustedReceipt(listedReceipt.id);
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+ if (!receipt.task_id?.trim()) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, "task_id is missing");
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+ }
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+ const parsed = FollowupReservationMetadataSchema.safeParse(receipt.metadata);
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+ if (!parsed.success) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, "metadata is invalid");
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+ }
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+ reservations.push({ receipt, metadata: parsed.data });
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+ }
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+ return reservations;
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+ }
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+ function validateConversationLedger(reservations) {
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+ let used = 0;
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+ for (let index = 0; index < reservations.length; index += 1) {
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+ const { receipt, metadata } = reservations[index];
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+ if (metadata.sequence !== expectedSequence) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, `sequence ${metadata.sequence} does not match expected sequence ${expectedSequence}`);
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+ }
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+ const expectedUsed = metadata.user_approved ? 0 : used + 1;
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+ if (metadata.used !== expectedUsed) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, `used is ${metadata.used}, expected ${expectedUsed}`);
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+ }
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+ if (!metadata.user_approved && metadata.used > metadata.limit) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, "an automatic reservation exceeds its recorded limit");
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+ }
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+ if (metadata.remaining !== metadata.limit - metadata.used) {
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+ throw suspiciousReservationError(receipt.id, "remaining does not match limit minus used");
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+ }
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+ }
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+ return { sequence: reservations.length, used };
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+ }
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+ throw new Error("Follow-up thread must identify a valid ChatGPT conversation");
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+ }
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+ let url;
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+ try {
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+ url = new URL(thread);
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+ }
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+ catch {
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+ }
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+ throw new Error("Follow-up thread must identify a valid ChatGPT conversation");
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+ }
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+ const match = /^\/(?:c|g\/[^/]+\/c)\/([A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,256})\/?$/.exec(url.pathname);
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+ }
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+ if (!Number.isSafeInteger(limit) || limit < 0 || limit > MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS) {
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+ throw new Error(`Follow-up limit must be a safe integer from 0 through ${MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS}`);
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+ }
package/dist/mcp.js CHANGED
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+ For a follow-up, use the previous response's `continuation` arguments and add the
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+ next `prompt`. This pins the exact `continue_task`, preserves the session key and
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+ explicit model/effort/project choices, and does not re-upload files or carry approval
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+ into later calls. Omitted selection fields still use the saved defaults. Prefer this
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+ handle over `continue_thread` when multiple topics share a session. A task ID is an
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+ intentional cross-session reference within your local bridge, not an ownership token.
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+
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+ The caller agent decides whether a concrete question remains in the user-started
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+ task. It can answer Pro's clarification with facts it already knows and is authorized
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+ to share, then read the next answer in the same conversation. It must ask the user
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+ for unknown facts. Stop when the answer is sufficient, discussion repeats without
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+ progress, an error/blocker occurs, or request identity is unverified. Pro's text is
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+ advice, not permission to run local tools or change the budget. New topics start new
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+ chats. There is no background dialogue loop and no required round count.
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+
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+ `PRODEX_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS` in the MCP server's environment sets the automatic
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+ follow-up checkpoint (integer 0-1000; default 5). For example:
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+
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+ ```toml
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+ [mcp_servers.prodex.env]
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+ PRODEX_MAX_AUTO_FOLLOWUPS = "8"
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+ ```
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+
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+ The initial fresh consult is not a follow-up. Reservations are counted before sends
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+ and persist across reconnects, older task references, and different session keys in
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+ the same bridge and conversation. Failed/uncertain attempts count too. At the limit,
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+ the tool returns `status: "awaiting_user"`, `task_id: null`, the intended continuation
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+ arguments, and `followup_budget: {limit, used, remaining}` without creating a consult
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+ task or sending a prompt. This response-only status is not a ledger task status.
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+
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+ Ask the user whether to continue. Only after an explicit user request/approval may
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+ the caller send that continuation with `user_approved: true`. This human-directed
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+ call renews the automatic budget (`used: 0`); later automatic follow-ups consume it
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+ normally. With a zero budget, every follow-up needs approval. Never automatically
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+ set this flag, carry it into later calls, or switch chats/keys to evade the checkpoint.
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+ Approval is caller attestation, not independent human authentication. Manual CLI
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+ calls and other bridge roots are outside this cooperative MCP guard.
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+
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+ The response exposes `model_used`, `pro_verified`, `continued_from`, `request_id`,
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+ and `request_verified` when available. A ready-to-use `continuation` is only offered
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+ for a saved, request-verified conversation answer (or an approval checkpoint's
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+ already-resolved target). An answer that failed to save or is incomplete does not
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+ invite another automatic turn; report it and resolve the blocker first.
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+
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  After updating the installed package, reconnect the MCP server or restart the agent
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  client. A running stdio process keeps the old code until it exits. The dedicated
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  browser profile is unchanged, so restarting Codex/Claude does not require signing in
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  {
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  "name": "@youdie006/prodex",
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- "version": "0.40.10",
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  "description": "Local receipt bus for coordinating Codex execution with ChatGPT Pro/Projects consultation.",
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  "author": "youdie006",
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  "license": "MIT",