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+# Design Decision: Agent Lifecycle Design
+
+**Status:** Implemented
+**Date:** 2025-12-03
+**Related:** [009-tool-execution-separation.md](./009-tool-execution-separation.md), [014-event-api-naming.md](./014-event-api-naming.md)
+
+---
+
+## Overview
+
+This document describes the complete lifecycle of an Agent from initialization through task completion. Understanding this lifecycle is essential for:
+- Implementing event handlers correctly
+- Debugging agent behavior
+- Building plugins that work reliably
+
+---
+
+## The Complete Lifecycle
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                     AGENT INITIALIZATION                         │
+│  Agent(name, tools, system_prompt, model, trust, ...)           │
+│                                                                  │
+│  1. Load system prompt (from string, file, or prompts/ folder)  │
+│  2. Create Logger (terminal + .co/logs/ + .co/evals/)        │
+│  3. Create trust agent (if trust parameter provided)            │
+│  4. Initialize event registry                                    │
+│  5. Register plugins and on_events handlers                      │
+│  6. Process tools → ToolRegistry                                 │
+│  7. Create LLM via factory (based on model prefix)              │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                              │
+                              ▼
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                        agent.input(prompt)                       │
+│                                                                  │
+│  Entry point for task execution. Can be called multiple times   │
+│  for multi-turn conversations.                                   │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                              │
+                              ▼
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                     SESSION MANAGEMENT                           │
+│                                                                  │
+│  First call:                                                     │
+│    - Create current_session with messages, trace, turn=0        │
+│    - Add system prompt as first message                          │
+│    - Start YAML session logging                                  │
+│                                                                  │
+│  Subsequent calls:                                               │
+│    - Reuse existing session (multi-turn conversation)            │
+│    - Preserve message history                                    │
+│                                                                  │
+│  Always:                                                         │
+│    - Add user message to conversation                            │
+│    - Increment turn counter                                      │
+│    - Add user_input trace entry                                  │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                              │
+                              ▼
+                  ┌───────────────────────┐
+                  │  @after_user_input    │
+                  │                       │
+                  │  Use cases:           │
+                  │  - Input validation   │
+                  │  - Preprocessing      │
+                  │  - Logging            │
+                  └───────────────────────┘
+                              │
+                              ▼
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                      ITERATION LOOP                              │
+│              (max_iterations times, default=10)                  │
+│                                                                  │
+│  Each iteration:                                                 │
+│    1. Increment iteration counter                                │
+│    2. Get LLM decision                                           │
+│    3. If no tool_calls → return response (exit loop)            │
+│    4. Execute tools and record results                           │
+│    5. Continue to next iteration                                 │
+│                                                                  │
+│  Exit conditions:                                                │
+│    - LLM returns content without tool_calls → return content    │
+│    - Max iterations reached → return "Task incomplete" message  │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                              │
+                              │
+              ┌───────────────┴───────────────┐
+              │       LLM CALL PHASE          │
+              │                               │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  │
+              │  │     @before_llm         │  │
+              │  │                         │  │
+              │  │  Use cases:             │  │
+              │  │  - Modify messages      │  │
+              │  │  - Add context          │  │
+              │  │  - Rate limiting        │  │
+              │  └─────────────────────────┘  │
+              │              │                │
+              │              ▼                │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  │
+              │  │      LLM.complete()     │  │
+              │  │                         │  │
+              │  │  - Send messages        │  │
+              │  │  - Include tool schemas │  │
+              │  │  - Receive response     │  │
+              │  │  - Track token usage    │  │
+              │  └─────────────────────────┘  │
+              │              │                │
+              │              ▼                │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  │
+              │  │  Add llm_call to trace  │  │
+              │  │                         │  │
+              │  │  Records:               │  │
+              │  │  - model, timestamp     │  │
+              │  │  - duration_ms          │  │
+              │  │  - tool_calls_count     │  │
+              │  │  - usage (tokens/cost)  │  │
+              │  └─────────────────────────┘  │
+              │              │                │
+              │              ▼                │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────┐  │
+              │  │      @after_llm         │  │
+              │  │                         │  │
+              │  │  Use cases:             │  │
+              │  │  - Log LLM response     │  │
+              │  │  - Modify tool_calls    │  │
+              │  │  - Analytics            │  │
+              │  └─────────────────────────┘  │
+              │              │                │
+              └──────────────┬────────────────┘
+                             │
+              ┌──────────────┴──────────────┐
+              │                             │
+              ▼                             ▼
+    ┌─────────────────┐          ┌────────────────────┐
+    │  No tool_calls  │          │  Has tool_calls    │
+    │                 │          │                    │
+    │  Return content │          │  Execute tools     │
+    │  → @on_complete │          │                    │
+    └─────────────────┘          └────────────────────┘
+                                           │
+                                           ▼
+              ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+              │                 TOOL ROUND                      │
+              │                                                 │
+              │  One LLM response can contain multiple tools.   │
+              │  We call this group a "tool round."             │
+              │                                                 │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
+              │  │  Add assistant message with tool_calls  │   │
+              │  │  to conversation messages               │   │
+              │  └─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
+              │                      │                          │
+              │                      ▼                          │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
+              │  │         @before_tools              │   │
+              │  │         (fires ONCE)                    │   │
+              │  │                                         │   │
+              │  │  Use cases:                             │   │
+              │  │  - User approval before execution       │   │
+              │  │  - Batch setup/preparation              │   │
+              │  │  - Resource allocation                  │   │
+              │  └─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
+              │                      │                          │
+              │                      ▼                          │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
+              │  │          FOR EACH TOOL                  │   │
+              │  │                                         │   │
+              │  │  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │   │
+              │  │  │      @before_each_tool            │ │   │
+              │  │  │                                   │ │   │
+              │  │  │  pending_tool available:          │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - name, arguments, id            │ │   │
+              │  │  │                                   │ │   │
+              │  │  │  Use cases:                       │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Per-tool logging               │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Argument validation            │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Per-tool approval              │ │   │
+              │  │  └───────────────────────────────────┘ │   │
+              │  │                  │                      │   │
+              │  │                  ▼                      │   │
+              │  │  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │   │
+              │  │  │      TOOL EXECUTION              │ │   │
+              │  │  │                                   │ │   │
+              │  │  │  1. Inject xray context           │ │   │
+              │  │  │  2. Start timing                  │ │   │
+              │  │  │  3. Execute tool_func(**args)     │ │   │
+              │  │  │  4. Record duration               │ │   │
+              │  │  │  5. Create trace entry            │ │   │
+              │  │  │  6. Clear xray context            │ │   │
+              │  │  └───────────────────────────────────┘ │   │
+              │  │                  │                      │   │
+              │  │                  ▼                      │   │
+              │  │  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │   │
+              │  │  │  Add tool result message          │ │   │
+              │  │  │  {"role": "tool", ...}            │ │   │
+              │  │  └───────────────────────────────────┘ │   │
+              │  │                  │                      │   │
+              │  │                  ▼                      │   │
+              │  │  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │   │
+              │  │  │  (if error) @on_error             │ │   │
+              │  │  └───────────────────────────────────┘ │   │
+              │  │                  │                      │   │
+              │  │                  ▼                      │   │
+              │  │  ┌───────────────────────────────────┐ │   │
+              │  │  │      @after_each_tool             │ │   │
+              │  │  │                                   │ │   │
+              │  │  │  WARNING: Do NOT add messages     │ │   │
+              │  │  │  here - breaks Anthropic API!     │ │   │
+              │  │  │                                   │ │   │
+              │  │  │  Use cases:                       │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Per-tool logging               │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Metrics collection             │ │   │
+              │  │  │  - Result caching                 │ │   │
+              │  │  └───────────────────────────────────┘ │   │
+              │  │                  │                      │   │
+              │  │         (repeat for next tool)          │   │
+              │  └─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
+              │                      │                          │
+              │                      ▼                          │
+              │  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
+              │  │         @after_tools               │   │
+              │  │         (fires ONCE)                    │   │
+              │  │                                         │   │
+              │  │  SAFE to add messages here!             │   │
+              │  │  All tool results are recorded.         │   │
+              │  │                                         │   │
+              │  │  Use cases:                             │   │
+              │  │  - Reflection/reasoning injection       │   │
+              │  │  - ReAct pattern implementation         │   │
+              │  │  - Batch cleanup                        │   │
+              │  └─────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
+              │                      │                          │
+              └──────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┘
+                                     │
+                                     ▼
+                        (back to ITERATION LOOP)
+                                     │
+                                     ▼
+              ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+              │                  COMPLETION                      │
+              │                                                  │
+              │  When LLM returns without tool_calls:            │
+              │    1. Calculate turn duration                    │
+              │    2. Aggregate turn data for YAML session       │
+              │    3. Log turn to .co/evals/                  │
+              │    4. Fire @on_complete event                    │
+              │    5. Return final response string               │
+              └─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                                     │
+                                     ▼
+                        ┌───────────────────────┐
+                        │     @on_complete      │
+                        │                       │
+                        │  Use cases:           │
+                        │  - Final logging      │
+                        │  - Cleanup            │
+                        │  - Notifications      │
+                        │  - Analytics          │
+                        └───────────────────────┘
+```
+
+---
+
+## Key Concepts
+
+### 1. Session Persistence
+
+The `current_session` object persists across multiple `input()` calls, enabling multi-turn conversations:
+
+```python
+agent = Agent("assistant")
+
+# Turn 1
+agent.input("What is 2+2?")
+# Session created: turn=1, messages=[system, user1, assistant1]
+
+# Turn 2 - conversation continues
+agent.input("And what is that times 3?")
+# Session reused: turn=2, messages=[..., user2, assistant2]
+
+# Reset for fresh conversation
+agent.reset_conversation()
+```
+
+**Session Structure:**
+```python
+current_session = {
+    'messages': [           # OpenAI-format conversation
+        {"role": "system", "content": "..."},
+        {"role": "user", "content": "..."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "...", "tool_calls": [...]},
+        {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "...", "content": "..."},
+    ],
+    'trace': [              # Execution history for debugging
+        {"type": "user_input", "turn": 1, "prompt": "..."},
+        {"type": "llm_call", "model": "...", "duration_ms": 123},
+        {"type": "tool_execution", "tool_name": "...", "timing": 45.2},
+    ],
+    'turn': 1,              # Conversation turn counter
+    'iteration': 3,         # Current iteration within turn
+    'user_prompt': "...",   # Current user prompt (for xray)
+    'pending_tool': {...},  # Available during before_each_tool only
+}
+```
+
+### 2. The Iteration Loop
+
+Each `input()` call runs an iteration loop:
+
+```
+Turn 1 (input("task"))
+├── Iteration 1: LLM → tool_calls[search] → execute
+├── Iteration 2: LLM → tool_calls[read_file] → execute
+├── Iteration 3: LLM → content (no tools) → return
+└── Total: 3 iterations
+
+Turn 2 (input("followup"))
+├── Iteration 1: LLM → content (no tools) → return
+└── Total: 1 iteration
+```
+
+**Why Iterations?**
+The LLM decides what to do next. After executing tools, it may need more tools, or it may have enough information to respond.
+
+### 3. Tool Rounds vs Individual Tools
+
+A single LLM response can request multiple tools. We call this a "tool round":
+
+```
+Iteration 1:
+  LLM Response: tool_calls = [search("python"), read_file("docs.md"), calculate(2+2)]
+
+  Tool Round:
+    @before_tools (once)
+    ├── Tool 1: search("python")
+    │   ├── @before_each_tool
+    │   ├── execute
+    │   └── @after_each_tool
+    ├── Tool 2: read_file("docs.md")
+    │   ├── @before_each_tool
+    │   ├── execute
+    │   └── @after_each_tool
+    └── Tool 3: calculate(2+2)
+        ├── @before_each_tool
+        ├── execute
+        └── @after_each_tool
+    @after_tools (once)
+```
+
+### 4. XRay Context Injection
+
+During tool execution, the `xray` global provides execution context:
+
+```python
+from connectonion import xray
+
+@xray  # Decorator enables context access
+def my_tool(query: str):
+    # Access runtime context
+    print(f"Agent: {xray.agent.name}")
+    print(f"Task: {xray.task}")  # User's original prompt
+    print(f"Iteration: {xray.iteration}")
+    print(f"Previous tools: {xray.previous_tools}")
+
+    # View execution history
+    xray.trace()  # Prints Rich-formatted trace
+
+    return "result"
+```
+
+The context lifecycle:
+1. `inject_xray_context()` before tool execution
+2. Tool runs with access to `xray.*`
+3. `clear_xray_context()` after tool completes
+
+### 5. Message Ordering Constraint
+
+**Critical:** Anthropic Claude requires tool results immediately after assistant tool_calls:
+
+```python
+# VALID sequence:
+[
+    {"role": "assistant", "tool_calls": [{"id": "1"}, {"id": "2"}]},
+    {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "1", "content": "..."},
+    {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "2", "content": "..."},
+    {"role": "assistant", "content": "Reflection..."},  # After ALL tools
+]
+
+# INVALID - breaks Claude API:
+[
+    {"role": "assistant", "tool_calls": [{"id": "1"}]},
+    {"role": "assistant", "content": "Thinking..."},  # Can't insert here!
+    {"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": "1", "content": "..."},
+]
+```
+
+**Rule:** Only inject messages in `@after_tools`, never in `@after_each_tool`.
+
+---
+
+## Event Summary
+
+| Event | When | Frequency | Safe to Add Messages? |
+|-------|------|-----------|----------------------|
+| `@after_user_input` | After user prompt added | Once per input() | Yes |
+| `@before_llm` | Before LLM call | Each iteration | Yes |
+| `@after_llm` | After LLM response | Each iteration | Yes |
+| `@before_tools` | Before first tool in round | Once per round | Yes |
+| `@before_each_tool` | Before each tool | Per tool | No* |
+| `@after_each_tool` | After each tool | Per tool | No |
+| `@after_tools` | After all tools in round | Once per round | Yes |
+| `@on_error` | When tool fails | Per error | No |
+| `@on_complete` | Task finished | Once per input() | Yes |
+
+\* `pending_tool` is available in `@before_each_tool` for inspection/validation.
+
+---
+
+## Common Patterns
+
+### Pattern 1: Reflection Plugin
+
+Add reasoning after each tool round (ReAct pattern):
+
+```python
+from connectonion import Agent, after_tools, llm_do
+
+@after_tools
+def reflect(agent):
+    """Generate reflection after tool execution."""
+    trace = agent.current_session['trace']
+    last_tools = [t for t in trace if t['type'] == 'tool_execution'][-3:]
+
+    reflection = llm_do(
+        f"What did we learn from: {last_tools}? One sentence.",
+        model="co/gemini-2.5-flash"
+    )
+
+    agent.current_session['messages'].append({
+        'role': 'assistant',
+        'content': f"Observation: {reflection}"
+    })
+
+agent = Agent("researcher", tools=[search], on_events=[reflect])
+```
+
+### Pattern 2: Human-in-the-Loop Approval
+
+Require approval before executing tools:
+
+```python
+from connectonion import Agent, before_tools
+
+@before_tools
+def require_approval(agent):
+    """Ask for approval before tool execution."""
+    pending = agent.current_session.get('pending_tools', [])
+    print(f"\nAbout to execute {len(pending)} tool(s):")
+    for t in pending:
+        print(f"  - {t['name']}({t['arguments']})")
+
+    response = input("Proceed? [y/n]: ")
+    if response.lower() != 'y':
+        raise Exception("User rejected tool execution")
+
+agent = Agent("careful", tools=[delete_file], on_events=[require_approval])
+```
+
+### Pattern 3: Tool Execution Logging
+
+Log every tool execution for debugging:
+
+```python
+from connectonion import Agent, before_each_tool, after_each_tool
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('tools')
+
+@before_each_tool
+def log_start(agent):
+    tool = agent.current_session['pending_tool']
+    logger.info(f"START: {tool['name']}({tool['arguments']})")
+
+@after_each_tool
+def log_end(agent):
+    trace = agent.current_session['trace'][-1]
+    logger.info(f"END: {trace['tool_name']} ({trace['timing']:.1f}ms) -> {trace['status']}")
+
+agent = Agent("logged", tools=[search], on_events=[log_start, log_end])
+```
+
+### Pattern 4: Context Window Management
+
+Monitor and handle context limits:
+
+```python
+from connectonion import Agent, before_llm
+
+@before_llm
+def check_context(agent):
+    """Warn if context is getting full."""
+    if agent.context_percent > 80:
+        print(f"WARNING: Context {agent.context_percent:.1f}% full")
+        # Could summarize old messages here
+
+agent = Agent("context-aware", on_events=[check_context])
+```
+
+---
+
+## Trace Entry Types
+
+The trace records all execution events:
+
+```python
+# User input
+{"type": "user_input", "turn": 1, "prompt": "...", "timestamp": 1701619200}
+
+# LLM call
+{
+    "type": "llm_call",
+    "model": "co/o4-mini",
+    "timestamp": 1701619201,
+    "duration_ms": 1234.5,
+    "tool_calls_count": 2,
+    "iteration": 1,
+    "usage": TokenUsage(input_tokens=150, output_tokens=50, cost=0.002)
+}
+
+# Tool execution
+{
+    "type": "tool_execution",
+    "tool_name": "search",
+    "arguments": {"query": "python docs"},
+    "call_id": "call_abc123",
+    "result": "Found 5 results...",
+    "status": "success",  # or "error", "not_found"
+    "timing": 45.2,
+    "iteration": 1,
+    "timestamp": 1701619202
+}
+
+# Error case
+{
+    "type": "tool_execution",
+    "tool_name": "failing_tool",
+    "status": "error",
+    "error": "Connection timeout",
+    "error_type": "TimeoutError",
+    ...
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Logging Architecture
+
+The lifecycle integrates with the logging system:
+
+```
+Agent(name="my_agent")
+     │
+     ├─── Console (Rich terminal output)
+     │    └── Only if quiet=False (default)
+     │
+     ├─── Plain Text Log
+     │    └── .co/logs/my_agent.log (always, unless log=False)
+     │
+     └─── YAML Session Log
+          └── .co/evals/my_agent_2025-12-03T10-30-00.yaml
+
+YAML Session Structure:
+─────────────────────────
+agent: my_agent
+model: co/o4-mini
+started: 2025-12-03T10:30:00Z
+turns:
+  - input: "Find Python tutorials"
+    model: co/o4-mini
+    duration_ms: 5234
+    tokens: 450
+    cost: 0.0045
+    tools_called: [search, read_file]
+    result: "Here are the top tutorials..."
+    messages: "[{...}, {...}]"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Design Principles
+
+### 1. Single Source of Truth
+
+`current_session` is the only mutable state during execution. All components read/write to it:
+- Messages accumulate in `current_session['messages']`
+- Trace entries append to `current_session['trace']`
+- Events access context via `agent.current_session`
+
+### 2. Events Over Subclassing
+
+Rather than subclassing Agent, use events:
+
+```python
+# Good: Use events
+@after_tools
+def my_logic(agent): ...
+
+agent = Agent("name", on_events=[my_logic])
+
+# Avoid: Subclassing
+class MyAgent(Agent):
+    def _execute_and_record_tools(self, ...):
+        super()._execute_and_record_tools(...)
+        # my logic
+```
+
+### 3. Fail Fast
+
+Events propagate exceptions. No silent swallowing:
+
+```python
+@before_llm
+def validate(agent):
+    if not agent.current_session['messages']:
+        raise ValueError("No messages!")  # Propagates to caller
+```
+
+### 4. Always Collect, Conditionally Display
+
+The trace always records everything. Display is controlled by `quiet` parameter:
+
+```python
+# Always recorded in trace and session
+agent = Agent("name", quiet=True)  # No console output
+agent = Agent("name", quiet=False) # Console output (default)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+The Agent lifecycle follows a clear pattern:
+1. **Initialize** - Load config, create LLM, process tools
+2. **Input** - Create/continue session, add user message
+3. **Iterate** - LLM call → tool execution → repeat until done
+4. **Complete** - Log session, fire on_complete, return result
+
+Events provide hooks at every stage without requiring subclassing. The `current_session` object is the single source of truth, and the trace provides complete execution history for debugging and analytics.
+
+---
+
+*"The best architectures are those where you can predict what happens next."*