pi-subagents 0.59.0 → 0.61.0

package/src/api/background-work.ts

@@ -22,9 +22,14 @@ export interface BackgroundWorkReconcileContext {
 	nowMs: number;
 }
 
+export interface BackgroundWorkListContext {
+	sessionId: string;
+	nowMs: number;
+}
+
 export interface BackgroundWorkProvider {
 	name: string;
-	listActiveWork(): readonly BackgroundWorkItem[];
+	listActiveWork(context?: BackgroundWorkListContext): readonly BackgroundWorkItem[];
 	wakeChannels?: readonly string[];
 	reconcile?(context: BackgroundWorkReconcileContext): void;
 }
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ export function snapshotBackgroundWork(sessionId: string, nowMs = Date.now()): B
 		}
 		let active: readonly BackgroundWorkItem[];
 		try {
-			active = provider.listActiveWork();
+			active = provider.listActiveWork({ sessionId, nowMs });
 		} catch (error) {
 			throw new Error(
 				`Background-work provider '${provider.name}' listActiveWork failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,

package/src/api/external-runs.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ interface ExternalRunRegistry {
 	runs: Map<string, ExternalRun>;
 }
 
-const RUN_FIELDS = new Set([
+interface TrustedExternalRunRecord {
+	value: unknown;
+	normalized: ExternalRun;
+	keys: readonly string[];
+	values: readonly unknown[];
+}
+
+const trustedRecordsByRegistry = new WeakMap<object, Map<string, TrustedExternalRunRecord>>();
+
+const RUN_FIELD_NAMES = [
 	"id",
 	"sessionId",
 	"source",
@@ -61,7 +70,8 @@ const RUN_FIELDS = new Set([
 	"preview",
 	"reportPath",
 	"transcriptPath",
-]);
+] as const satisfies readonly (keyof ExternalRun)[];
+const RUN_FIELDS = new Set<string>(RUN_FIELD_NAMES);
 const UPDATE_FIELDS = new Set([...RUN_FIELDS].filter((field) => field !== "id" && field !== "sessionId" && field !== "source"));
 
 function registry(): ExternalRunRegistry {
@@ -79,6 +89,14 @@ function registry(): ExternalRunRegistry {
 	return candidate as ExternalRunRegistry;
 }
 
+function trustedRecords(current: ExternalRunRegistry): Map<string, TrustedExternalRunRecord> {
+	const cached = trustedRecordsByRegistry.get(current);
+	if (cached) return cached;
+	const records = new Map<string, TrustedExternalRunRecord>();
+	trustedRecordsByRegistry.set(current, records);
+	return records;
+}
+
 function inputObject(value: unknown, field: string, allowed: Set<string>): Record<string, unknown> {
 	if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) throw new Error(`${field} must be an object.`);
 	const input = value as Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -150,6 +168,41 @@ function clone(run: ExternalRun): ExternalRun {
 	return { ...run };
 }
 
+function trustedRecord(value: unknown, normalized: ExternalRun): TrustedExternalRunRecord {
+	const candidate = value as ExternalRun;
+	return {
+		value,
+		normalized,
+		keys: Object.keys(candidate),
+		values: RUN_FIELD_NAMES.map((field) => candidate[field]),
+	};
+}
+
+function trustedRecordValue(value: unknown, record: TrustedExternalRunRecord | undefined): ExternalRun | undefined {
+	if (!record || record.value !== value || !value || typeof value !== "object") return undefined;
+	try {
+		const candidate = value as ExternalRun;
+		const keys = Object.keys(candidate);
+		if (keys.length !== record.keys.length || keys.some((key, index) => key !== record.keys[index])) return undefined;
+		for (const [index, field] of RUN_FIELD_NAMES.entries()) {
+			if (candidate[field] !== record.values[index]) return undefined;
+		}
+		return record.normalized;
+	} catch {
+		return undefined;
+	}
+}
+
+function rememberTrustedRecord(current: ExternalRunRegistry, cacheKey: string, value: unknown, normalized: ExternalRun): void {
+	trustedRecords(current).set(cacheKey, trustedRecord(value, normalized));
+}
+
+function normalizeCachedRecord(current: ExternalRunRegistry, cacheKey: string, value: unknown): ExternalRun {
+	const run = validateRun(value);
+	rememberTrustedRecord(current, cacheKey, value, run);
+	return run;
+}
+
 /** Register one current-session external job. pi-subagents never controls the job. */
 export function registerExternalRun(input: ExternalRun): ExternalRun {
 	const run = validateRun(input);
@@ -158,6 +211,7 @@ export function registerExternalRun(input: ExternalRun): ExternalRun {
 	if (current.runs.has(runKey)) throw new Error(`External run '${run.id}' is already registered for session '${run.sessionId}'.`);
 	if (current.runs.size >= EXTERNAL_RUN_LIMITS.maxCachedRuns) throw new Error(`External-run registry supports at most ${EXTERNAL_RUN_LIMITS.maxCachedRuns} cached runs.`);
 	current.runs.set(runKey, run);
+	rememberTrustedRecord(current, runKey, run, run);
 	return clone(run);
 }
 
@@ -172,12 +226,17 @@ export function updateExternalRun(sessionId: string, id: string, update: Externa
 	if (!previous) throw new Error(`External run '${safeId}' is not registered for session '${safeSessionId}'.`);
 	const next = validateRun({ ...previous, ...patch });
 	current.runs.set(runKey, next);
+	rememberTrustedRecord(current, runKey, next, next);
 	return clone(next);
 }
 
 /** Remove a cached external job. The caller remains responsible for its process and artifacts. */
 export function unregisterExternalRun(sessionId: string, id: string): boolean {
-	return registry().runs.delete(key(identity(sessionId, "External run sessionId", EXTERNAL_RUN_LIMITS.maxSessionIdLength), identity(id, "External run id")));
+	const current = registry();
+	const runKey = key(identity(sessionId, "External run sessionId", EXTERNAL_RUN_LIMITS.maxSessionIdLength), identity(id, "External run id"));
+	const deleted = current.runs.delete(runKey);
+	if (deleted) trustedRecords(current).delete(runKey);
+	return deleted;
 }
 
 function snapshotBytes(runs: readonly ExternalRun[]): number {
@@ -192,15 +251,19 @@ function getErrorMessage(error: unknown): string {
 export function snapshotExternalRuns(sessionId: string, options: ExternalRunSnapshotOptions = {}): readonly ExternalRun[] {
 	const safeSessionId = identity(sessionId, "External-run snapshot sessionId", EXTERNAL_RUN_LIMITS.maxSessionIdLength);
 	const current = registry();
+	const trusted = trustedRecords(current);
+	const sessionPrefix = `${safeSessionId}\0`;
 	const runs: ExternalRun[] = [];
 	for (const [cacheKey, value] of current.runs.entries()) {
+		if (typeof cacheKey !== "string" || !cacheKey.startsWith(sessionPrefix)) continue;
 		try {
-			const run = validateRun(value);
+			const run = trustedRecordValue(value, trusted.get(cacheKey)) ?? normalizeCachedRecord(current, cacheKey, value);
 			if (run.sessionId === safeSessionId) runs.push(run);
 		} catch (error) {
 			const message = `Malformed cached external run '${cacheKey}': ${getErrorMessage(error)}`;
 			if (!options.ignoreMalformed) throw new Error(message, { cause: error instanceof Error ? error : undefined });
 			current.runs.delete(cacheKey);
+			trusted.delete(cacheKey);
 			options.onMalformedRecord?.(message);
 		}
 	}

package/src/api/preflight.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as fs from "node:fs";
 import * as path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
-import { discoverAgents, discoverAgentsAll, findBlockingAgentDiagnostic, formatUnknownAgentError, resolveAgentName, unknownAgentDiagnosticContext, type AgentConfig, type AgentScope, type AgentSource } from "../agents/agents.ts";
+import { discoverAgentSnapshot, findBlockingAgentDiagnostic, formatUnknownAgentError, resolveAgentName, unknownAgentDiagnosticContext, type AgentConfig, type AgentDiscoveryAllResult, type AgentScope, type AgentSource } from "../agents/agents.ts";
 import { resolveExecutionAgentScope } from "../agents/agent-scope.ts";
 import { buildSkillInjection, normalizeSkillInput, resolveSkillsWithFallback } from "../agents/skills.ts";
 import { buildAgentMemoryInjection } from "../agents/agent-memory.ts";
-import { buildModelCandidates, inheritsParentModel, resolveEffectiveSubagentModel, type AvailableModelInfo, type ParentModel } from "../runs/shared/model-fallback.ts";
+import { buildModelCandidates, inheritsParentModel, resolveEffectiveSubagentModel, resolveModelOrigin, type AvailableModelInfo, type ParentModel } from "../runs/shared/model-fallback.ts";
 import { resolveModelScopesForAgent } from "../runs/shared/model-scope.ts";
 import { applyThinkingSuffix, resolvePiLaunchToolPlan, type PiLaunchToolPlan } from "../runs/shared/pi-args.ts";
 import { injectOutputPathSystemPrompt, normalizeSingleOutputOverride, resolveSingleOutputPath } from "../runs/shared/single-output.ts";
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ function taskWorkspaceScopeAuthorityDiagnostic(task: string | undefined): Subage
 	};
 }
 
-function candidateList(inputAgent: string, selected: AgentConfig | undefined, cwd: string, provider?: string): SubagentLaunchContractAgentCandidate[] {
-	const all = discoverAgentsAll(cwd, provider);
+function candidateList(inputAgent: string, selected: AgentConfig | undefined, all: AgentDiscoveryAllResult): SubagentLaunchContractAgentCandidate[] {
 	return [...all.builtin, ...all.package, ...all.user, ...all.project]
 		.filter((agent) => Boolean(resolveAgentName(inputAgent, [agent]).agent))
 		.map((agent) => ({
@@ -258,7 +257,8 @@ export async function resolveSubagentLaunchContract(input: SubagentLaunchContrac
 	}
 	const scope = resolveExecutionAgentScope(input.agentScope);
 	const parentProvider = input.preferredProvider ?? input.parentModel?.provider;
-	const discovered = discoverAgents(effectiveCwd, scope, parentProvider);
+	const discovery = discoverAgentSnapshot(effectiveCwd, scope, parentProvider, { includeChains: false });
+	const discovered = discovery.effective;
 	const resolvedAgent = resolveAgentName(input.agent, discovered.agents);
 	const ambiguousCandidates = resolvedAgent.error
 		? discovered.agents.filter((agent) => resolveAgentName(input.agent, [agent]).agent)
@@ -317,9 +317,13 @@ export async function resolveSubagentLaunchContract(input: SubagentLaunchContrac
 	const availableModels = normalizeAvailableModels(input.availableModels);
 	const preferredProvider = agent.modelProvider ?? input.preferredProvider ?? input.parentModel?.provider;
 	const modelScopes = resolveModelScopesForAgent(discovered.modelScope, agent.name, input.parentModel);
+	const modelOrigin = resolveModelOrigin({ explicitModel: input.model, agentModel: agent.model, parentModel: input.parentModel });
 	const primaryModel = externalRunner
 		? undefined
-		: resolveEffectiveSubagentModel(input.model, agent.model, input.parentModel, availableModels, preferredProvider, { scope: modelScopes });
+		: resolveEffectiveSubagentModel(input.model, agent.model, input.parentModel, availableModels, preferredProvider, {
+			scope: modelScopes,
+			source: modelOrigin === "explicit" ? "explicit" : "inherited",
+		});
 	const effectiveThinkingConfig = input.thinking !== undefined ? input.thinking : agent.thinking;
 	const thinkingCeiling = externalRunner ? undefined : intersectThinkingCeilings(
 		discovered.maxThinking,
@@ -332,7 +336,8 @@ export async function resolveSubagentLaunchContract(input: SubagentLaunchContrac
 		? []
 		: buildModelCandidates(primaryModel, agent.fallbackModels, availableModels, preferredProvider, {
 			scope: modelScopes,
-			primaryModelFromParent: inheritsParentModel(input.model, agent.model, input.parentModel),
+			primaryModelFromParent: modelOrigin === "inherited" || inheritsParentModel(input.model, agent.model, input.parentModel),
+			origin: modelOrigin,
 		})
 			.map((candidate) => applyThinkingSuffix(candidate, effectiveThinkingConfig, input.thinking !== undefined) ?? candidate);
 	if (!externalRunner) {
@@ -397,7 +402,7 @@ export async function resolveSubagentLaunchContract(input: SubagentLaunchContrac
 	const memoryInjection = buildAgentMemoryInjection(agent, effectiveCwd);
 	if (memoryInjection) effectiveSystemPrompt = effectiveSystemPrompt ? `${effectiveSystemPrompt}\n\n${memoryInjection}` : memoryInjection;
 	effectiveSystemPrompt = injectOutputPathSystemPrompt(effectiveSystemPrompt, outputPath, agent);
-	const candidates = candidateList(input.agent, agent, effectiveCwd, parentProvider);
+	const candidates = candidateList(input.agent, agent, discovery.all);
 	const shadowedCandidates = candidates.filter((candidate) => !candidate.selected);
 	const definitionDigest = agentDefinitionDigest(agent);
 	const contractBase: Omit<SubagentLaunchContract, "digest"> = {

package/src/api/shared-types.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ export {
 	type AcceptanceInput,
 	type AcceptanceLedger,
 	type AcceptanceLevel,
+	type AgentCapabilitiesSnapshot,
+	type AgentCapabilityRow,
 	type AsyncStartedEvent,
 	type ControlEvent,
 	type Details,
@@ -18,4 +20,5 @@ export {
 	type SubagentResultStatus,
 	type SubagentRunMode,
 	type Usage,
+	type WorkflowResourceProvenanceV1,
 } from "../shared/types.ts";

package/src/extension/index.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import * as path from "node:path";
 import type { AgentToolResult } from "@earendil-works/pi-agent-core";
 import { keyText, type ExtensionAPI, type ExtensionContext, type ToolDefinition } from "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent";
 import { Box, Container, Spacer, Text, truncateToWidth, visibleWidth, wrapTextWithAnsi, type Component } from "@earendil-works/pi-tui";
-import { discoverAgents, discoverAgentsAll, type AgentConfig, type AgentScope } from "../agents/agents.ts";
+import { discoverAgentSnapshot, discoverAgents, type AgentConfig, type AgentScope } from "../agents/agents.ts";
 import { clearRuntimeAgentsForPi, listRuntimeAgentConfigs, mergeRuntimeAgents } from "../agents/runtime-agent-registry.ts";
 import { registerRuntimeAgentEventListener } from "../agents/runtime-agent-events.ts";
 import { ensureAccessibleDir } from "../shared/accessible-dir.ts";
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ export default function registerSubagentExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
 	const state: SubagentState = {
 		baseCwd: "",
 		currentSessionId: null,
+		statusProjectionSessionId: null,
 		completionOwnerId: currentCompletionOwnerId(),
 		artifactDirPreference: config.artifactDir ?? DEFAULT_ARTIFACT_CONFIG.dir,
 		...(config.authorityPolicy ? { authorityPolicy: config.authorityPolicy } : {}),
@@ -525,9 +526,10 @@ export default function registerSubagentExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
 		return missionObserverResultCandidateFiles(DIRS.results).length > 0;
 	};
 	const discoverAgentsForRuntime = (cwd: string, scope: AgentScope, preferredModelProvider?: string) => {
-		const discovered = discoverAgents(cwd, scope, preferredModelProvider);
-		if (listRuntimeAgentConfigs(pi).length === 0) return discovered;
-		const all = discoverAgentsAll(cwd, preferredModelProvider);
+		if (listRuntimeAgentConfigs(pi).length === 0) return discoverAgents(cwd, scope, preferredModelProvider);
+		const snapshot = discoverAgentSnapshot(cwd, scope, preferredModelProvider, { includeChains: false });
+		const discovered = snapshot.effective;
+		const all = snapshot.all;
 		const configuredAgents: AgentConfig[] = [
 			...all.builtin,
 			...all.package,
@@ -996,6 +998,7 @@ export default function registerSubagentExtension(pi: ExtensionAPI): void {
 			promptTemplateBridge.dispose();
 			state.widgetsSuspended = false;
 			state.currentSessionId = null;
+			state.statusProjectionSessionId = null;
 			state.parentSessionFile = null;
 			parentSessionEnvValue = null;
 			if (shuttingDownParentSession && process.env[SUBAGENT_PARENT_SESSION_ENV] === shuttingDownParentSession) {

package/src/extension/public-execution.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export interface PublicSubagentExecutionParams {
 	action?: unknown;
+	capabilities?: unknown;
 	mode?: unknown;
 	repo?: unknown;
 	planId?: unknown;
@@ -17,8 +18,12 @@ export interface PublicSubagentExecutionParams {
 	chainDir?: unknown;
 	chainName?: unknown;
 	config?: unknown;
+	workflow?: unknown;
+	args?: unknown;
 	workflowScript?: unknown;
 	workflowScriptPath?: unknown;
+	globalConcurrencyLimit?: unknown;
+	maxSubagentSpawnsPerRun?: unknown;
 	preflight?: unknown;
 	isolation?: unknown;
 	worktree?: unknown;
@@ -44,20 +49,56 @@ export type PublicSubagentExecutionNormalization<T> =
 	| { ok: true; params: T }
 	| { ok: false; error: string; mode: PublicSubagentExecutionMode };
 
+export function validateWorkflowCapacityOverrides(params: PublicSubagentExecutionParams): string | undefined {
+	for (const [name, value] of [
+		["globalConcurrencyLimit", params.globalConcurrencyLimit],
+		["maxSubagentSpawnsPerRun", params.maxSubagentSpawnsPerRun],
+	] as const) {
+		if (value !== undefined && (typeof value !== "number" || !Number.isSafeInteger(value) || value <= 0)) return `${name} must be a positive safe integer.`;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * Enforce the public execution cutover before requests reach the executor.
  * Internal runs.run children and structured owned delegation bypass this boundary.
  */
 export function normalizePublicSubagentExecution<T extends PublicSubagentExecutionParams>(params: T): PublicSubagentExecutionNormalization<T> {
+	for (const field of ["resource", "resourceProvenance", "workflowResource", "workflowResourceProvenance", "workflowResourcePermit", "resourcePermit", "permit"] as const) {
+		if (Object.hasOwn(params, field) && (params as Record<string, unknown>)[field] !== undefined) {
+			return { ok: false, error: "Public execution does not accept workflow resource provenance or permit fields.", mode: params.action === undefined ? "workflow" : "management" };
+		}
+	}
 	if (params.workflowScript !== undefined && params.workflowScriptPath !== undefined) {
 		return { ok: false, error: "workflowScript and workflowScriptPath are mutually exclusive.", mode: "workflow" };
 	}
-	const hasWorkflowInput = params.workflowScript !== undefined || params.workflowScriptPath !== undefined;
+	const hasNamedWorkflow = params.workflow !== undefined;
+	if (hasNamedWorkflow && (typeof params.workflow !== "string" || !params.workflow.trim())) {
+		return { ok: false, error: "workflow must be a non-empty named workflow resource.", mode: "workflow" };
+	}
+	if (hasNamedWorkflow && (params.workflowScript !== undefined || params.workflowScriptPath !== undefined)) {
+		return { ok: false, error: "workflow is mutually exclusive with workflowScript and workflowScriptPath.", mode: "workflow" };
+	}
+	if (!hasNamedWorkflow && params.args !== undefined) {
+		return { ok: false, error: "args requires a named workflow resource.", mode: "workflow" };
+	}
+	const hasWorkflowInput = params.workflowScript !== undefined || params.workflowScriptPath !== undefined || hasNamedWorkflow;
+	const hasCapacityOverride = params.globalConcurrencyLimit !== undefined || params.maxSubagentSpawnsPerRun !== undefined;
+	if (hasCapacityOverride) {
+		const capacityOverrideError = validateWorkflowCapacityOverrides(params);
+		if (capacityOverrideError) return { ok: false, error: capacityOverrideError, mode: params.action === undefined ? "workflow" : "management" };
+		if (params.action !== undefined || hasNamedWorkflow || (params.workflowScript === undefined && params.workflowScriptPath === undefined)) {
+			return { ok: false, error: "Workflow capacity overrides are only supported on top-level workflowScript or workflowScriptPath calls.", mode: params.action === undefined ? "workflow" : "management" };
+		}
+	}
 	if (params.preflight !== undefined && !hasWorkflowInput) {
 		return { ok: false, error: "preflight requires workflowScript or workflowScriptPath.", mode: params.action === undefined ? "workflow" : "management" };
 	}
+	if (params.preflight !== undefined && hasNamedWorkflow && params.workflowScript === undefined && params.workflowScriptPath === undefined) {
+		return { ok: false, error: "preflight is not supported with named workflow resources.", mode: "workflow" };
+	}
 	const hasValidWorkflowInput = (typeof params.workflowScript === "string" && Boolean(params.workflowScript.trim()))
-		|| (typeof params.workflowScriptPath === "string" && Boolean(params.workflowScriptPath.trim()));
+		|| (typeof params.workflowScriptPath === "string" && Boolean(params.workflowScriptPath.trim()))
+		|| (typeof params.workflow === "string" && Boolean(params.workflow.trim()));
 	if (params.isolation !== undefined) {
 		if (params.isolation !== "none" && params.isolation !== "worktree") {
 			return { ok: false, error: "isolation must be 'none' or 'worktree'.", mode: hasWorkflowInput ? "workflow" : "management" };
@@ -80,6 +121,9 @@ export function normalizePublicSubagentExecution<T extends PublicSubagentExecuti
 		return { ok: false, error: "action must be a non-empty management/control action, or omit action and use workflowScript.", mode: "management" };
 	}
 	const normalizedAction = typeof action === "string" ? action.trim() : undefined;
+	if (normalizedAction !== undefined && hasNamedWorkflow) {
+		return { ok: false, error: "Named workflow resource execution must omit action.", mode: "management" };
+	}
 	if (params.clarify !== undefined) {
 		return { ok: false, error: "Public workflowScript execution does not support clarify UI.", mode: "workflow" };
 	}
@@ -140,7 +184,7 @@ export function normalizePublicSubagentExecution<T extends PublicSubagentExecuti
 		return { ok: false, error: "step is not a public execution field; use workflowScript for orchestration.", mode: "workflow" };
 	}
 	if (hasWorkflowInput && (params.agent !== undefined || params.task !== undefined)) {
-		return { ok: false, error: "Structured single-child execution cannot be combined with workflowScript or workflowScriptPath.", mode: "workflow" };
+		return { ok: false, error: "Structured single-child execution cannot be combined with workflow, workflowScript, or workflowScriptPath.", mode: "workflow" };
 	}
 	if (params.agent !== undefined || params.task !== undefined) {
 		if (typeof params.agent !== "string" || !params.agent.trim()) {
@@ -159,7 +203,7 @@ export function normalizePublicSubagentExecution<T extends PublicSubagentExecuti
 		};
 	}
 	if (!hasValidWorkflowInput) {
-		return { ok: false, error: "Execution requires either { agent, task? } for one child or a non-empty workflowScript or workflowScriptPath for orchestration.", mode: "workflow" };
+		return { ok: false, error: "Execution requires either { agent, task? } for one child, a named workflow resource, or a non-empty workflowScript or workflowScriptPath for orchestration.", mode: "workflow" };
 	}
 	return { ok: true, params };
 }

package/src/extension/rpc.ts

@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ interface FleetCandidate {
 	goal?: unknown;
 }
 
+type StatusRpcParams = Pick<SubagentParamsLike, "id" | "runId" | "dir" | "index" | "view" | "lines">;
+
 function buildFleetStatus(
 	state: SubagentState | undefined,
 	keyState: FleetKeyState,
@@ -380,8 +382,7 @@ function failIfToolError(result: ToolResultWithError): void {
 	throw new SubagentRpcError("execution_failed", textFromToolResult(result) || "Subagent RPC execution failed.");
 }
 
-function normalizeTargetParams(params: unknown, method: SubagentRpcMethod): Pick<SubagentParamsLike, "id" | "runId" | "dir" | "index"> {
-	const input = assertRecordParams(params, method);
+function normalizeTargetParamsFromRecord(input: Record<string, unknown>): Pick<SubagentParamsLike, "id" | "runId" | "dir" | "index"> {
 	const output: Pick<SubagentParamsLike, "id" | "runId" | "dir" | "index"> = {};
 	if (input.id !== undefined) output.id = input.id as string;
 	if (input.runId !== undefined) output.runId = input.runId as string;
@@ -390,6 +391,43 @@ function normalizeTargetParams(params: unknown, method: SubagentRpcMethod): Pick
 	return output;
 }
 
+function normalizeTargetParams(params: unknown, method: SubagentRpcMethod): Pick<SubagentParamsLike, "id" | "runId" | "dir" | "index"> {
+	return normalizeTargetParamsFromRecord(assertRecordParams(params, method));
+}
+
+function normalizeStatusParams(params: unknown): StatusRpcParams {
+	const input = assertRecordParams(params, "status");
+	const output: StatusRpcParams = normalizeTargetParamsFromRecord(input);
+	if (input.view !== undefined) output.view = input.view as StatusRpcParams["view"];
+	if (input.lines !== undefined) output.lines = input.lines as number;
+	return output;
+}
+
+function hasStatusTarget(params: StatusRpcParams): boolean {
+	return params.id !== undefined
+		|| params.runId !== undefined
+		|| params.dir !== undefined
+		|| params.index !== undefined
+		|| params.view !== undefined
+		|| params.lines !== undefined;
+}
+
+function canUseInMemoryStatus(state: SubagentState | undefined, sessionId: string | undefined): state is SubagentState {
+	return Boolean(
+		state
+			&& sessionId
+			&& state.currentSessionId === sessionId
+			&& state.statusProjectionSessionId === sessionId
+			&& state.foregroundControls instanceof Map
+			&& state.asyncJobs instanceof Map,
+	);
+}
+
+function inMemoryStatusSummary(fleet: SubagentRpcFleetStatus): string {
+	const noun = fleet.totalActive === 1 ? "child" : "children";
+	return `In-memory subagent status: ${fleet.totalActive} active ${noun}.`;
+}
+
 function sessionData(ctx: ExtensionContext | null): { cwd?: string; sessionId?: string; sessionFile?: string | null } {
 	if (!ctx) return {};
 	return {
@@ -405,6 +443,7 @@ function pingData(ctx: ExtensionContext | null) {
 		methods: [...SUBAGENT_RPC_METHODS],
 		capabilities: {
 			status: true,
+			statusProjection: { version: 1, untargeted: "in-memory-when-ready", targeted: "executor" },
 			managementActions: [...SUBAGENT_RPC_MANAGEMENT_ACTIONS],
 			fleetStatus: { version: 1 },
 			asyncStatusSnapshot: { kind: ASYNC_STATUS_SNAPSHOT_KIND, version: ASYNC_STATUS_SNAPSHOT_VERSION },
@@ -689,14 +728,33 @@ async function handleRequest(
 		return executeChecked(options, ctx, request.requestId, request.method, spawnParams(request.params));
 	}
 	if (request.method === "status") {
+		const statusParams = normalizeStatusParams(request.params);
+		let sessionId: string | undefined;
+		if (!hasStatusTarget(statusParams)) {
+			try {
+				sessionId = resolveCurrentSessionId(ctx.sessionManager);
+			} catch {
+				// Let the executor produce the canonical error when session identity is unavailable.
+			}
+			if (canUseInMemoryStatus(options.state, sessionId)) {
+				const fleet = buildFleetStatus(options.state, fleetKeys, sessionId);
+				const asyncSnapshot = buildAsyncStatusSnapshotForState(options.state, sessionId);
+				return {
+					text: inMemoryStatusSummary(fleet),
+					details: { mode: "management", results: [] },
+					fleet,
+					asyncSnapshot,
+				};
+			}
+		}
 		const status = await executeChecked(
 			options,
 			ctx,
 			request.requestId,
 			request.method,
-			{ action: "status", ...normalizeTargetParams(request.params, "status") },
+			{ action: "status", ...statusParams },
 		);
-		const sessionId = resolveCurrentSessionId(ctx.sessionManager);
+		sessionId ??= resolveCurrentSessionId(ctx.sessionManager);
 		return {
 			...status,
 			fleet: buildFleetStatus(

package/src/extension/schemas.ts

@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ const SubagentParamProperties = {
 	action: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1,
 		description: "Optional management/control action. Use action='validate' with workflowScript or workflowScriptPath for offline checks. Omit this field for structured single-child or workflow execution; otherwise, use it only for management/control actions."
 	})),
+	capabilities: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({ description: "For action='list', return compact capability rows and structured details without system prompts." })),
 	name: Type.Optional(Type.String({ description: "Human-readable name for action='schedule.create'." })),
 	id: Type.Optional(Type.String({
 		description: "Run id/prefix for status/debug.run, interrupt, steer, or mission.attach-run."
@@ -336,8 +337,12 @@ const SubagentParamProperties = {
 		],
 		description: "Agent config for create/update. Object or JSON string."
 	})),
-	workflowScript: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Trusted inline JavaScript statement body. Normally async unless asyncByDefault:false; set async:true when async matters. Use async:false only when the parent must block until completion, never for reviews or gates. Use explicit return for output. Use top-level await, plain helper functions, or explicit Promise chains; nested async function, arrow, and method helpers are rejected. Use await runs.run(key, {agent, task, worktree?, gate?}) or runs.run(key, {resume, task}), where resume is a retained run id or {workflowRunId,key,latest:true} from a durable async workflow receipt. Each workflow key identifies one result lane: use a new stable workflow key for every distinct retained resume pass; same-key calls are reused only when launch parameters are identical, and incompatible parameters are rejected. Use runs.all([...]), runs.host(key,{kind:'command',command,timeoutMs,output?,role?,provider?}), await runs.steer(key, message, {mode?, index?, ackTimeoutMs?}), runs.status(id), runs.ref(s), emit(value), console, and return. For bounded parallel sequential chains, use runs.lanes([{key,stages:[{key,agent,task},{key,resume:'previous',task},...]}]); first stages run together, later stages sequence per lane, and the bounded board reports lane-local failures. Only an explicit structuredOutput.verdict === 'blocked' blocks a successful stage; reviewer prose is not parsed. For ordinary parallel fanout, use await runs.all([{key, agent, task}, ...]); it resolves to an ordered array, not a key map, so use results[0], destructuring, or results.map(...), not results.<key>. Do not read .output from unawaited runs.run launches. Stored runs.run promises are only for advanced rolling fanout, and each must later be observed with direct await, Promise.race, or Promise.all. runs.steer targets a prior stable child key, never a raw run id, and must be awaited or returned. Mission workflows also have async state.get(key) and state.set(key, JSONValue). Compose sequential and parallel phases dynamically. Set worktree:true at workflow or child level for a separate managed worktree; child fields override workflow defaults. gate is one host-run command and cannot be combined with acceptance. runs.run accepts one child only. No filesystem, shell, Pi tools, or host globals except through runs.host." })),
-	workflowScriptPath: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Path to a trusted JavaScript workflow file. Mutually exclusive with workflowScript. Relative paths resolve against the request cwd. The host reads the file before the filesystem-free workflow sandbox starts." })),
+	workflow: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Extension-owned workflow resource; resolves its script and authority internally." })),
+	args: Type.Optional(Type.Unsafe({ type: "object", maxProperties: 16, additionalProperties: true, description: "Bounded plain-JSON args for workflow; resource validation applies." })),
+	workflowScript: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Inline JavaScript statement body with unknown resource provenance. Normally async unless asyncByDefault:false; set async:true when async matters. Use async:false only when the parent must block until completion, never for reviews or gates. Use explicit return for output. Use top-level await, plain helper functions, or explicit Promise chains; nested async function, arrow, and method helpers are rejected. Use await runs.run(key, {agent, task, worktree?, gate?}) or runs.run(key, {resume, task}), where resume is a retained run id or {workflowRunId,key,latest:true} from a durable async workflow receipt. Each workflow key identifies one result lane: use a new stable workflow key for every distinct retained resume pass; same-key calls are reused only when launch parameters are identical, and incompatible parameters are rejected. Use runs.all([...]), runs.host(key,{kind:'command',command,timeoutMs,output?,role?,provider?}), await runs.steer(key, message, {mode?, index?, ackTimeoutMs?}), runs.status(id), runs.ref(s), emit(value), console, and return. For bounded parallel sequential chains, use runs.lanes([{key,stages:[{key,agent,task},{key,resume:'previous',task},...]}]); first stages run together, later stages sequence per lane, and the bounded board reports lane-local failures. Only an explicit structuredOutput.verdict === 'blocked' blocks a successful stage; reviewer prose is not parsed. For ordinary parallel fanout, use await runs.all([{key, agent, task}, ...]); it resolves to an ordered array, not a key map, so use results[0], destructuring, or results.map(...), not results.<key>. Do not read .output from unawaited runs.run launches. Stored runs.run promises are only for advanced rolling fanout, and each must later be observed with direct await, Promise.race, or Promise.all. runs.steer targets a prior stable child key, never a raw run id, and must be awaited or returned. Mission workflows also have async state.get(key) and state.set(key, JSONValue). Compose sequential and parallel phases dynamically. Set worktree:true at workflow or child level for a separate managed worktree; child fields override workflow defaults. gate is one host-run command and cannot be combined with acceptance. runs.run accepts one child only. No filesystem, shell, Pi tools, or host globals except through runs.host." })),
+	workflowScriptPath: Type.Optional(Type.String({ minLength: 1, description: "Path to a JavaScript workflow file with unknown resource provenance. Mutually exclusive with workflowScript and workflow. Relative paths resolve against the request cwd. The host reads the file before the filesystem-free workflow sandbox starts." })),
+	globalConcurrencyLimit: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({ minimum: 1 })),
+	maxSubagentSpawnsPerRun: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({ minimum: 1 })),
 	preflight: Type.Optional(WorkflowPreflightOverride),
 	chatProgress: Type.Optional(Type.String({ enum: ["auto", "off", "live-card"], description: "WorkflowScript chat progress projection. auto shows a live in-chat card only for watched foreground workflows in the same Git repository; it is off otherwise. Explicit live-card requires same-repository async:false; async workflows should omit chatProgress or use auto/off." })),
 	isolation: Type.Optional(Type.String({ enum: ["none", "worktree"], description: "Workflow child isolation. none runs in the shared cwd; worktree requires managed git worktree isolation." })),
@@ -390,20 +395,20 @@ export function createSubagentParamsSchema(): typeof SubagentParams {
 
 const SubagentWaitParamsSchema = Type.Object({
 	id: Type.Optional(Type.String({
-		description: "Async run or remembered detached foreground run id/prefix to wait for one specific run. Omit to wait across every active async run started in this session.",
+		description: "Async run or remembered detached foreground run id/prefix to wait for one specific run. Ordinary async subagent runs already notify this session natively; use bg_wait for provider, detached, or other background work without native notification, or when same-turn blocking results are truly needed. Omit to wait across every active async run started in this session only when a same-turn wait is truly needed.",
 	})),
 	nonBlocking: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({
-		description: "When true, resolve id to one exact run, persist a wake subscription, and return immediately. The originating session is woken on completion, failure, attention, reconciliation failure, or timeout. Requires id and cannot be combined with all.",
+		description: "When true, resolve id to one exact run, persist a wake subscription, and return immediately. Use this only for provider, detached, or other background work without a native completion notification; ordinary async subagent runs already notify this session natively and do not need a subscription. The originating session is woken on completion, failure, attention, reconciliation failure, or timeout. Requires id and cannot be combined with all.",
 	})),
 	all: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({
-		description: "Wait for ALL active runs to finish. Default false: return as soon as the first run finishes, so a fleet manager can spawn a replacement and wait again. Ignored when id targets a single run.",
+		description: "Wait for ALL active runs to finish. Ordinary async subagent runs already notify this session natively; use all only when a same-turn result from tracked background work is truly needed. Default false: return when the first tracked run or provider item finishes or needs attention. Ignored when id targets a single run.",
 	})),
 	timeoutMs: Type.Optional(Type.Integer({
 		minimum: 1,
-		description: "Give up waiting after this many milliseconds (the runs keep going regardless). Defaults to config waitTool.defaultTimeoutMs, then 1800000 (30 minutes). Window expiry is a non-error active-work result.",
+		description: "Give up waiting after this many milliseconds (the runs keep going regardless). Ordinary async subagent runs already notify this session natively; use a wait timeout only when same-turn results are truly needed for provider, detached, or other background work without native notification. Defaults to config waitTool.defaultTimeoutMs, then 1800000 (30 minutes). Window expiry is a non-error active-work result.",
 	})),
 	stopOnAttention: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({
-		description: "Blocking waits stop when a run needs attention by default. Set false to keep waiting through idle or long-thinking attention; supervisor/contact requests still stop the wait.",
+		description: "For a blocking wait that is truly needed, stop when a run needs attention by default. Set false to keep waiting through idle or long-thinking attention; supervisor/contact requests still stop the wait.",
 	})),
 });