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refactor(evals): consolidate documentation and enhance test infrastructure (#56)
* feat(agents): implement category-based agent organization system

- Organize agents into domain categories (core, development, content, data, product, learning)
- Move 10 agents to category subdirectories with proper git rename tracking
- Update 13 subagents with category and type metadata in frontmatter
- Add category metadata files (0-category.json) documenting common patterns
- Implement local registry fallback in install script for offline development
- Add comprehensive validation suite with 15 automated tests (100% pass rate)
- Enhance registry validation with duplicate ID and consistency checks
- Update eval framework with intelligent path resolution (backward compatible)
- Archive legacy eval structure to _archive/ for reference
- Update all documentation to reflect category-based structure
- Bump version to 0.5.0 with accurate CHANGELOG

Technical Details:
- 23 agents organized (10 category agents, 13 subagents)
- 6 category directories created
- Path resolution supports both agent IDs and category paths
- Registry schema updated to v2.0.0
- 159 files changed, 872 insertions(+), 10738 deletions(-)

BREAKING CHANGE: Agent file paths now use category structure. Update references from .opencode/agent/openagent.md to .opencode/agent/core/openagent.md. Eval framework maintains backward compatibility via path resolution.

* refactor(evals): consolidate documentation and enhance test infrastructure

- Remove temporary project tracking files (PHASE_5_COMPLETE, PROJECT_COMPLETE, etc.)
- Consolidate evaluation framework docs into main README
- Enhance test execution with improved logging and multi-prompt support
- Move system-builder from core to meta category
- Add comprehensive test suites for openagent with organized structure
- Create evaluation test structure for all subagents
- Clean up archived workflows and redundant documentation
- Update registry to reflect new agent organization
- Add shared test templates and golden test patterns

* feat(ci): add manual trigger support for bot-created PRs in validate-registry workflow

- Add pr_number input to workflow_dispatch for manually triggering validation
- Fetch PR details dynamically when triggered manually
- Support both automatic (PR event) and manual (workflow_dispatch) triggers
- Enable validation of bot-created PRs like automated version bumps
- Update branch detection and push logic to handle both trigger types
- Add documentation explaining how to manually trigger for bot PRs

* feat(evals): add explicit context file validation to test framework

- Add expectedContextFiles field to test YAML schema for explicit context file specification
- Enhance context-loading-evaluator to support both auto-detect and explicit validation modes
- Update documentation with comprehensive guide and examples
- Clean up archived legacy test structure (90+ old test files)
- Add new example tests demonstrating explicit context validation
- Backward compatible with existing tests

* feat(evals): add multi-agent logging system and performance optimizations

Implement comprehensive multi-agent logging and performance improvements for the eval framework.

Task 01: Multi-Agent Logging System
- Add complete hierarchical logging module (evals/framework/src/logging/)
  - SessionTracker: tracks parent-child delegation hierarchies
  - MultiAgentLogger: pretty-prints logs with visual indentation
  - Formatters: box characters and emoji formatting
  - 37 passing unit tests (session-tracker, logger, integration)
- Integrate with SDK event stream handler
  - Hook into session.created, message.updated, message.part.updated events
  - Real-time child session detection via timestamp heuristics
  - Message deduplication for cleaner output
- Enable in debug mode only (<1% performance overhead)
- Add demo script and comprehensive documentation

Task 02: Performance Optimizations
- Reduce grace period from 5s to 2s (67% reduction, 10-20% faster tests)
- Add PerformanceMetricsEvaluator for bottleneck identification
  - Collects tool latencies, inference time, idle time
  - Provides full performance visibility
- Update smoke test to validate delegation (core feature)
  - Replace simple read test with multi-agent delegation test
  - Tests both parent and child agent functionality
  - Validates multi-agent logging system

Results:
- 37 unit tests passing
- Smoke test passing (95/100 score)
- Clean hierarchical logging output
- 10-20% faster test execution
- Full multi-agent visibility

Files changed: 16 files, +2678 lines
Time saved: ~6-8 days (completed in 6 hours vs 3-5 day estimate)

* feat(evals): show child agent execution in non-debug mode

- Enable MultiAgentLogger in both debug and non-debug modes
- Add verbose parameter to control output level
- Non-verbose mode shows concise child session lifecycle:
  - Child agent started message
  - Child agent completed with duration
- Verbose mode (--debug) shows full delegation hierarchy
- Update documentation to reflect new behavior

This provides visibility into delegation without overwhelming output,
giving confidence that child agents are actually running.

* feat(evals): improve delegation testing and behavior validation

Major improvements to eval framework:

Test Suite:
- Add 00-smoke-test.yaml (basic read operation)
- Rename 01-smoke-test.yaml → 02-delegation-test.yaml (delegation test)
- Add simple-responder test agent for delegation testing
- Add debug test: simple-subagent-call.yaml

Evaluators:
- Add agent-model-evaluator.ts for agent/model validation
- Enhance behavior-evaluator.ts with detailed task tool output
- Improve delegation-evaluator.ts with better evidence tracking

Schema & Execution:
- Add expectedAgent and expectedModel to test schema
- Improve test executor with better logging and error handling

Documentation:
- Update evals/README.md with new features and performance improvements
- Remove outdated MULTI_AGENT_LOGGING_COMPLETE.md

Registry:
- Add simple-responder test agent to registry

Fixes:
- Fix dashboard.sh path resolution

These changes provide better visibility into delegation, improved test
coverage, and clearer validation of agent behavior.

* chore: add GitHub Actions workflow and plugin documentation

- Add .github/workflows/evals/run-evaluations.yml for automated eval testing
- Add dev/ai-tools/opencode/plugins/Plugin-inspiration.md for plugin development reference
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Guide: Debugging Common Issues

Purpose: Troubleshooting guide for common problems


Quick Diagnostics

# Check system health
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh
./scripts/validation/validate-test-suites.sh

# Check version consistency
cat VERSION && cat package.json | jq '.version'

# Test core agents
cd evals/framework && npm run eval:sdk -- --agent=core/openagent --pattern="smoke-test.yaml"

Registry Issues

Registry Validation Fails

Symptoms:

ERROR: Path does not exist: .opencode/agent/core/missing.md

Diagnosis:

./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh -v

Solutions:

  1. Path doesn't exist: Remove entry or create file
  2. Duplicate ID: Rename one component
  3. Invalid category: Use valid category

Fix:

# Re-run auto-detect
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --auto-add

# Validate
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh

Component Not in Registry

Symptoms:

  • Component doesn't appear in ./install.sh --list
  • Auto-detect doesn't find component

Diagnosis:

# Check frontmatter
head -10 .opencode/agent/{category}/{agent}.md

# Dry run auto-detect
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --dry-run

Solutions:

  1. Missing frontmatter: Add frontmatter
  2. Invalid YAML: Fix YAML syntax
  3. Wrong location: Move to correct directory

Fix:

# Add frontmatter
cat > .opencode/agent/{category}/{agent}.md << 'EOF'
---
description: "Brief description"
category: "category"
type: "agent"
---

# Agent Content
EOF

# Re-run auto-detect
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --auto-add

Test Failures

Approval Gate Violation

Symptoms:

✗ Approval Gate: FAIL
  Violation: Agent executed write tool without requesting approval

Diagnosis:

# Run with debug
cd evals/framework
npm run eval:sdk -- --agent={agent} --pattern="{test}" --debug

# Check session
ls -lt .tmp/sessions/ | head -5
cat .tmp/sessions/{session-id}/session.json | jq

Solution: Add approval request in agent prompt:

Before executing:
1. Present plan to user
2. Request approval
3. Execute after approval

Context Loading Violation

Symptoms:

✗ Context Loading: FAIL
  Violation: Agent executed write tool without loading required context

Diagnosis:

# Check what context was loaded
cat .tmp/sessions/{session-id}/events.json | jq '.[] | select(.type == "context_load")'

Solution: Add context loading in agent prompt:

Before implementing:
1. Load core/standards/code.md
2. Apply standards to implementation

Tool Usage Violation

Symptoms:

✗ Tool Usage: FAIL
  Violation: Agent used bash tool for reading file instead of read tool

Diagnosis:

# Check tool usage
cat .tmp/sessions/{session-id}/events.json | jq '.[] | select(.type == "tool_call")'

Solution: Update agent to use correct tools:

  • Use read instead of bash cat
  • Use list instead of bash ls
  • Use grep instead of bash grep

Install Issues

Install Script Fails

Symptoms:

ERROR: Failed to fetch registry
ERROR: Component not found

Diagnosis:

# Check dependencies
which curl jq

# Test with local registry
REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" ./install.sh --list

Solutions:

  1. Missing dependencies: Install curl and jq
  2. Registry not found: Check registry.json exists
  3. Component not found: Verify component in registry

Fix:

# Install dependencies (macOS)
brew install curl jq

# Install dependencies (Linux)
sudo apt-get install curl jq

# Test locally
REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" ./install.sh --list

Collision Handling

Symptoms:

File exists: .opencode/agent/core/openagent.md

Solutions:

  1. Skip: Keep existing file
  2. Overwrite: Replace with new file
  3. Backup: Backup existing, install new

Fix:

# Skip all collisions
./install.sh developer --skip-existing

# Overwrite all collisions
./install.sh developer --force

# Backup all collisions
./install.sh developer --backup

Path Resolution Issues

Agent Not Found

Symptoms:

ERROR: Agent not found: development/frontend-specialist

Diagnosis:

# Check file exists
ls -la .opencode/agent/development/frontend-specialist.md

# Check registry
cat registry.json | jq '.components.agents[] | select(.id == "frontend-specialist")'

Solutions:

  1. File doesn't exist: Create file
  2. Wrong path: Fix path in registry
  3. Not in registry: Run auto-detect

Fix:

# Re-run auto-detect
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --auto-add

# Validate
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh

Version Issues

Version Mismatch

Symptoms:

VERSION: 0.5.0
package.json: 0.4.0
registry.json: 0.5.0

Diagnosis:

cat VERSION
cat package.json | jq '.version'
cat registry.json | jq '.version'

Solution: Update all to same version:

echo "0.5.0" > VERSION
jq '.version = "0.5.0"' package.json > tmp && mv tmp package.json
jq '.version = "0.5.0"' registry.json > tmp && mv tmp registry.json

CI/CD Issues

Workflow Fails

Symptoms:

  • Registry validation fails in CI
  • Tests fail in CI but pass locally

Diagnosis:

# Run same commands as CI
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh
./scripts/validation/validate-test-suites.sh
cd evals/framework && npm run eval:sdk

Solutions:

  1. Registry invalid: Fix registry
  2. Tests fail: Fix tests
  3. Dependencies missing: Update CI config

Performance Issues

Tests Timeout

Symptoms:

ERROR: Test timeout after 60000ms

Solution: Increase timeout in config.yaml:

timeout: 120000  # 2 minutes

Slow Auto-Detect

Symptoms: Auto-detect takes too long

Solution: Limit scope:

# Only scan specific directory
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --path .opencode/agent/development/

Getting Help

Check Logs

# Session logs
ls -lt .tmp/sessions/ | head -5
cat .tmp/sessions/{session-id}/session.json | jq

# Event timeline
cat .tmp/sessions/{session-id}/events.json | jq

Run Diagnostics

# Full system check
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh -v
./scripts/validation/validate-test-suites.sh
cd evals/framework && npm run eval:sdk -- --agent=core/openagent

Common Commands

# Validate everything
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh && \
./scripts/validation/validate-test-suites.sh && \
cd evals/framework && npm run eval:sdk

# Reset and rebuild
./scripts/registry/auto-detect-components.sh --auto-add --force
./scripts/registry/validate-registry.sh

# Test installation
REGISTRY_URL="file://$(pwd)/registry.json" ./install.sh --list

  • Testing guide: guides/testing-agent.md
  • Registry guide: guides/updating-registry.md
  • Eval concepts: core-concepts/evals.md

Last Updated: 2025-12-10
Version: 0.5.0