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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: a13n-environment
+Version: 0.0.4
+Summary: Shared environment provider boundary for Agent Foundation agents
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
+License-File: LICENSE
+Requires-Python: >=3.13
+Requires-Dist: a13n-envd-client
+Requires-Dist: anyio<5,>=4
+Requires-Dist: docker<8,>=7.2
+Requires-Dist: e2b<3,>=2.46.4
+Requires-Dist: pathspec<2,>=1.1
+Requires-Dist: pydantic-core<3,>=2.41
+Requires-Dist: pydantic<3,>=2.12
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# a13n Environment
+
+`a13n-environment` is the shared Host-facing Environment provider library for Agent Foundation. The repository directory is `packages/a13n-environment`, the Python distribution is `a13n-environment`, and the import package is `a13n_environment`.
+
+The package owns:
+
+- credential-free `EnvironmentProviderSpec` envelopes and exact versioned configuration validation;
+- metadata-only installed Provider discovery and immutable built-in, extension, and explicit-object catalogs;
+- inert `EnvironmentProvider` plugins that construct fresh adapters;
+- single-use `Environment` adapters with creation or re-entry, readiness, provider-neutral operations, cached state, non-destructive close, and explicit destruction;
+- portable provider-owned `EnvironmentState` soft references;
+- typed Provider errors with bounded safe projections;
+- Native Direct Local/E2B and Envd Local/Docker/HTTP/WebSocket built-ins;
+- EIP session sources and reusable stdio-carrier values shared with managed sandbox Providers.
+
+Embedding code resolves a trusted Provider, validates configuration, supplies current state and fresh runtime collaborators, and constructs one new adapter per independent Harness Run:
+
+```python
+configuration = provider.validate_configuration(
+    schema_version=spec.schema_version,
+    value=spec.configuration,
+)
+environment = provider.create_environment(
+    configuration=configuration,
+    environment_id="workspace",
+    state=current_state,
+    runtime=fresh_runtime,
+)
+
+try:
+    result = await executable.run("Use the workspace", environment=environment)
+finally:
+    current_state = environment.dump_state()
+```
+
+Provider validation and adapter construction perform no external I/O. Harness enters and closes the adapter exactly once. `close()` releases process-local resources without deleting the target; Harness never calls `destroy()`. When Host retention policy selects removal, the Host constructs a separate fresh adapter from the exact current state and calls `destroy()` explicitly.
+
+The package does not own durable storage, Host authorization or scheduling, Harness Runs, model-facing tools, mount names, access ceilings, or target retention policy. The Host persists authoritative `EnvironmentState`; Harness owns only Run-local aggregate routing and state mapping.
+
+Direct Local exposes an existing Host directory and never deletes, tags, locks, or claims ownership of it. Local Envd launches one compatible Host-selected `a13n-envd` generation for each fresh adapter and removes only its private runtime on close. Docker creates or re-enters one exact local container, exposes authenticated HTTP EIP operations, and preserves the container on close; explicit destruction removes the container and its Provider-owned bootstrap material. Docker never uses exec, archive, copy, or logs for Harness operations. E2B implements native SDK operations with bounded command-local byte capture, state re-entry, pause/resume, keepalive and explicit destruction; it requires no envd installation or custom template. The catalog contains no placeholder or fallback selection.
+
+## Choose a Provider
+
+| Route  | Provider                    | Use it for                               | Operation and ownership boundary                          |
+| ------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Native | `a13n.direct-local`         | Trusted local automation                 | Host OS operations; existing directory, no sandbox claim  |
+| Native | `a13n.e2b`                  | Native managed cloud sandbox             | E2B SDK; sandbox create/pause/resume/renew/destroy        |
+| Envd   | `a13n.local-envd`           | CLI and local Agents                     | Private stdio daemon; close preserves workspace           |
+| Envd   | `a13n.docker` (Docker Envd) | Small single-node self-hosted services   | Docker lifecycle plus HTTP EIP; close preserves container |
+| Envd   | `a13n.http-envd`            | Network-reachable external environments  | HTTP(S) EIP; connect-only                                 |
+| Envd   | `a13n.websocket-envd`       | Environments that connect back to a Host | Reverse WebSocket EIP; Host-integrated SDK, connect-only  |
+
+See [Remote Envd](../../docs/a13n-environment/remote-envd.md) for one-command local demos, external HTTP connection and Host-owned reverse WebSocket integration. The SDK starts no listener; close preserves the external daemon and workspace.
+
+## Docker development
+
+The default Docker recipe is empty; the Host passes its instance ID separately to `create_environment()`. It uses `ghcr.io/converge-ai-labs/a13n-sandbox:latest`, pulls when the image is missing, exposes the container-backed `/workspace` virtual mount, and enables Bash. Hosts supply a local Engine adapter and a bootstrap store rooted at a Host-selected directory:
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from a13n_environment import (
+    DirectoryDockerBootstrapStore,
+    DockerProviderRuntime,
+    DockerSDKEngine,
+)
+
+runtime = DockerProviderRuntime(
+    engine=DockerSDKEngine.from_env(),
+    bootstrap_store=DirectoryDockerBootstrapStore(Path("/var/lib/my-host/docker-bootstrap")),
+)
+```
+
+The Engine client uses ordinary Host Docker authentication, credential-helper, mirror, and proxy configuration. Bind mounts and existing named volumes are optional Host overrides; named volumes remain externally owned. Run the focused real-image lifecycle test with:
+
+```bash
+make docker-provider-test
+```
+
+## Local Envd development
+
+Hosts select the daemon executable once when constructing `LocalEnvdProviderRuntime`. The convenience resolver uses this precedence:
+
+1. an explicit path passed to `resolve_a13n_envd_executable()`;
+2. `A13N_ENVD_EXECUTABLE`;
+3. `a13n-envd` (or `a13n-envd.exe`) discovered through `PATH` with `shutil.which()`.
+
+The resolver expands path values, resolves them against the caller's current directory, validates one executable regular file, and returns an absolute path. The package never reads `.env`, changes `PATH`, installs a daemon, or rediscovers the executable after runtime construction.
+
+```python
+from a13n_environment import (
+    LocalEnvdProviderRuntime,
+    TemporaryLocalEnvdRuntimeAllocator,
+    resolve_a13n_envd_executable,
+)
+
+runtime = LocalEnvdProviderRuntime(
+    executable=resolve_a13n_envd_executable(),
+    allocate_private_runtime=TemporaryLocalEnvdRuntimeAllocator(),
+)
+```
+
+Repository developers can optionally copy the `A13N_ENVD_EXECUTABLE` entry from `.env.harness.example` into the root `.env`. The focused target builds the source-tree daemon, loads `.env` only inside the target shell, defaults the variable to `target/debug/a13n-envd`, and runs the real Local Envd tests:
+
+```bash
+make local-envd-test
+```
+
+See the [Environment guide](../../docs/a13n-environment/index.md) for Harness usage, state re-entry, explicit destruction, and third-party plugin development. The runnable [built-in Provider example](../../examples/environment-provider/README.md) exercises Direct Local, Local Envd, and Docker from Host code.
+
+## Versioning
+
+`a13n-environment`, `a13n-harness`, and `a13n-stream-protocol` form the Harness release group. A `release/a13n-harness-v<version>` tag publishes all three distributions at exactly the same version, where `<version>` is stable `X.Y.Z` or RC `X.Y.Z-rc.N`. Python package metadata represents the RC as `X.Y.ZrcN`.
+
+The accepted architecture and compatibility contract are defined in the [a13n Environment specification](../../spec/a13n-environment/README.md).

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+# a13n Environment
+
+`a13n-environment` is the shared Host-facing Environment provider library for Agent Foundation. The repository directory is `packages/a13n-environment`, the Python distribution is `a13n-environment`, and the import package is `a13n_environment`.
+
+The package owns:
+
+- credential-free `EnvironmentProviderSpec` envelopes and exact versioned configuration validation;
+- metadata-only installed Provider discovery and immutable built-in, extension, and explicit-object catalogs;
+- inert `EnvironmentProvider` plugins that construct fresh adapters;
+- single-use `Environment` adapters with creation or re-entry, readiness, provider-neutral operations, cached state, non-destructive close, and explicit destruction;
+- portable provider-owned `EnvironmentState` soft references;
+- typed Provider errors with bounded safe projections;
+- Native Direct Local/E2B and Envd Local/Docker/HTTP/WebSocket built-ins;
+- EIP session sources and reusable stdio-carrier values shared with managed sandbox Providers.
+
+Embedding code resolves a trusted Provider, validates configuration, supplies current state and fresh runtime collaborators, and constructs one new adapter per independent Harness Run:
+
+```python
+configuration = provider.validate_configuration(
+    schema_version=spec.schema_version,
+    value=spec.configuration,
+)
+environment = provider.create_environment(
+    configuration=configuration,
+    environment_id="workspace",
+    state=current_state,
+    runtime=fresh_runtime,
+)
+
+try:
+    result = await executable.run("Use the workspace", environment=environment)
+finally:
+    current_state = environment.dump_state()
+```
+
+Provider validation and adapter construction perform no external I/O. Harness enters and closes the adapter exactly once. `close()` releases process-local resources without deleting the target; Harness never calls `destroy()`. When Host retention policy selects removal, the Host constructs a separate fresh adapter from the exact current state and calls `destroy()` explicitly.
+
+The package does not own durable storage, Host authorization or scheduling, Harness Runs, model-facing tools, mount names, access ceilings, or target retention policy. The Host persists authoritative `EnvironmentState`; Harness owns only Run-local aggregate routing and state mapping.
+
+Direct Local exposes an existing Host directory and never deletes, tags, locks, or claims ownership of it. Local Envd launches one compatible Host-selected `a13n-envd` generation for each fresh adapter and removes only its private runtime on close. Docker creates or re-enters one exact local container, exposes authenticated HTTP EIP operations, and preserves the container on close; explicit destruction removes the container and its Provider-owned bootstrap material. Docker never uses exec, archive, copy, or logs for Harness operations. E2B implements native SDK operations with bounded command-local byte capture, state re-entry, pause/resume, keepalive and explicit destruction; it requires no envd installation or custom template. The catalog contains no placeholder or fallback selection.
+
+## Choose a Provider
+
+| Route  | Provider                    | Use it for                               | Operation and ownership boundary                          |
+| ------ | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Native | `a13n.direct-local`         | Trusted local automation                 | Host OS operations; existing directory, no sandbox claim  |
+| Native | `a13n.e2b`                  | Native managed cloud sandbox             | E2B SDK; sandbox create/pause/resume/renew/destroy        |
+| Envd   | `a13n.local-envd`           | CLI and local Agents                     | Private stdio daemon; close preserves workspace           |
+| Envd   | `a13n.docker` (Docker Envd) | Small single-node self-hosted services   | Docker lifecycle plus HTTP EIP; close preserves container |
+| Envd   | `a13n.http-envd`            | Network-reachable external environments  | HTTP(S) EIP; connect-only                                 |
+| Envd   | `a13n.websocket-envd`       | Environments that connect back to a Host | Reverse WebSocket EIP; Host-integrated SDK, connect-only  |
+
+See [Remote Envd](../../docs/a13n-environment/remote-envd.md) for one-command local demos, external HTTP connection and Host-owned reverse WebSocket integration. The SDK starts no listener; close preserves the external daemon and workspace.
+
+## Docker development
+
+The default Docker recipe is empty; the Host passes its instance ID separately to `create_environment()`. It uses `ghcr.io/converge-ai-labs/a13n-sandbox:latest`, pulls when the image is missing, exposes the container-backed `/workspace` virtual mount, and enables Bash. Hosts supply a local Engine adapter and a bootstrap store rooted at a Host-selected directory:
+
+```python
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from a13n_environment import (
+    DirectoryDockerBootstrapStore,
+    DockerProviderRuntime,
+    DockerSDKEngine,
+)
+
+runtime = DockerProviderRuntime(
+    engine=DockerSDKEngine.from_env(),
+    bootstrap_store=DirectoryDockerBootstrapStore(Path("/var/lib/my-host/docker-bootstrap")),
+)
+```
+
+The Engine client uses ordinary Host Docker authentication, credential-helper, mirror, and proxy configuration. Bind mounts and existing named volumes are optional Host overrides; named volumes remain externally owned. Run the focused real-image lifecycle test with:
+
+```bash
+make docker-provider-test
+```
+
+## Local Envd development
+
+Hosts select the daemon executable once when constructing `LocalEnvdProviderRuntime`. The convenience resolver uses this precedence:
+
+1. an explicit path passed to `resolve_a13n_envd_executable()`;
+2. `A13N_ENVD_EXECUTABLE`;
+3. `a13n-envd` (or `a13n-envd.exe`) discovered through `PATH` with `shutil.which()`.
+
+The resolver expands path values, resolves them against the caller's current directory, validates one executable regular file, and returns an absolute path. The package never reads `.env`, changes `PATH`, installs a daemon, or rediscovers the executable after runtime construction.
+
+```python
+from a13n_environment import (
+    LocalEnvdProviderRuntime,
+    TemporaryLocalEnvdRuntimeAllocator,
+    resolve_a13n_envd_executable,
+)
+
+runtime = LocalEnvdProviderRuntime(
+    executable=resolve_a13n_envd_executable(),
+    allocate_private_runtime=TemporaryLocalEnvdRuntimeAllocator(),
+)
+```
+
+Repository developers can optionally copy the `A13N_ENVD_EXECUTABLE` entry from `.env.harness.example` into the root `.env`. The focused target builds the source-tree daemon, loads `.env` only inside the target shell, defaults the variable to `target/debug/a13n-envd`, and runs the real Local Envd tests:
+
+```bash
+make local-envd-test
+```
+
+See the [Environment guide](../../docs/a13n-environment/index.md) for Harness usage, state re-entry, explicit destruction, and third-party plugin development. The runnable [built-in Provider example](../../examples/environment-provider/README.md) exercises Direct Local, Local Envd, and Docker from Host code.
+
+## Versioning
+
+`a13n-environment`, `a13n-harness`, and `a13n-stream-protocol` form the Harness release group. A `release/a13n-harness-v<version>` tag publishes all three distributions at exactly the same version, where `<version>` is stable `X.Y.Z` or RC `X.Y.Z-rc.N`. Python package metadata represents the RC as `X.Y.ZrcN`.
+
+The accepted architecture and compatibility contract are defined in the [a13n Environment specification](../../spec/a13n-environment/README.md).