OpenWriterControle/QUICK_START.md
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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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🚀 OpenCode Agents - Quick Start

Version

📋 Available Agents

  • openagent - Full-featured development agent (22+ tests)

    • Developer tests: Code, docs, tests, delegation
    • Context loading tests: Standards, patterns, workflows
    • Business tests: Conversations, data analysis
    • Edge cases: Approval gates, negative tests
  • opencoder - Specialized coding agent (4+ tests)

    • Developer tests: Bash execution, file operations
    • Multi-tool workflows

🧪 Running Tests

Test All Agents

npm test                              # All agents, all tests (default)
npm run test:all                      # Explicit all agents

Test Specific Agent

npm run test:openagent                # OpenAgent only
npm run test:opencoder                # OpenCoder only

Test with Different Models

OpenAgent

npm run test:openagent:grok           # Grok (free tier, fast)
npm run test:openagent:claude         # Claude Sonnet 4.5 (best quality)
npm run test:openagent:gpt4           # GPT-4 Turbo (OpenAI)

OpenCoder

npm run test:opencoder:grok           # Grok (free tier, fast)
npm run test:opencoder:claude         # Claude Sonnet 4.5 (best quality)
npm run test:opencoder:gpt4           # GPT-4 Turbo (OpenAI)

All Agents

npm run test:all:grok                 # All agents with Grok
npm run test:all:claude               # All agents with Claude
npm run test:all:gpt4                 # All agents with GPT-4

🎯 Test Specific Categories

OpenAgent Categories

npm run test:openagent:developer      # Developer tests (code, docs, tests)
npm run test:openagent:context        # Context loading tests
npm run test:openagent:business       # Business/conversation tests

OpenCoder Categories

npm run test:opencoder:developer      # Developer tests
npm run test:opencoder:bash           # Bash execution tests

Custom Patterns

npm run test:pattern -- "developer/*.yaml"              # All developer tests
npm run test:pattern -- "context-loading/*.yaml"        # Context tests
npm run test:pattern -- "edge-case/*.yaml"              # Edge cases
npm run test:openagent -- --pattern="developer/ctx-*"   # OpenAgent context tests

📊 View Results

npm run dashboard                     # Launch interactive dashboard
npm run dashboard:open                # Launch and auto-open browser

The dashboard provides:

  • ✅ Real-time test results visualization
  • ✅ Filter by agent, category, status
  • ✅ Detailed violation tracking
  • ✅ CSV export functionality
  • ✅ Historical results tracking

Command Line

npm run results:openagent             # Recent OpenAgent results
npm run results:opencoder             # Recent OpenCoder results
npm run results:latest                # Latest test summary (JSON)

🐛 Debug Mode

npm run test:debug                    # Run with debug output
npm run test:openagent -- --debug     # Debug OpenAgent tests
npm run test:opencoder -- --debug     # Debug OpenCoder tests

Debug mode shows:

  • Detailed event logging
  • Tool call details
  • Session information
  • Evaluation progress

🔧 Development

npm run dev:setup                     # Install dependencies
npm run dev:build                     # Build framework
npm run dev:test                      # Run unit tests
npm run dev:clean                     # Clean and reinstall

📈 Version Management

npm run version                       # Show current version
npm run version:bump alpha            # Bump alpha version
npm run version:bump beta             # Bump to beta
npm run version:bump rc               # Bump to release candidate

📁 Test Structure

evals/agents/
├── openagent/tests/
│   ├── developer/          # Code, docs, tests (12 tests)
│   │   ├── ctx-code-001.yaml
│   │   ├── ctx-docs-001.yaml
│   │   ├── ctx-tests-001.yaml
│   │   ├── ctx-delegation-001.yaml
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── context-loading/    # Context loading (5 tests)
│   │   ├── ctx-simple-coding-standards.yaml
│   │   ├── ctx-simple-documentation-format.yaml
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── business/           # Conversations (2 tests)
│   │   ├── conv-simple-001.yaml
│   │   └── data-analysis.yaml
│   └── edge-case/          # Edge cases (3 tests)
│       ├── just-do-it.yaml
│       ├── missing-approval-negative.yaml
│       └── no-approval-negative.yaml
│
└── opencoder/tests/
    └── developer/          # Bash, file ops (4 tests)
        ├── bash-execution-001.yaml
        ├── file-read-001.yaml
        ├── multi-tool-001.yaml
        └── simple-bash-test.yaml

💡 Common Workflows

Quick Test (Free Tier)

npm run test:openagent:grok           # Fast, free
npm run test:opencoder:grok           # Fast, free

Quality Test (Best Model)

npm run test:openagent:claude         # Best quality
npm run test:opencoder:claude         # Best quality

Full Test Suite

npm run test:all:claude               # All agents, best model

Continuous Development

# 1. Run tests in debug mode
npm run test:openagent:developer -- --debug

# 2. View results in dashboard
npm run dashboard:open

# 3. Iterate on agent prompts
# Edit .opencode/agent/core/openagent.md

# 4. Re-run tests
npm run test:openagent:developer

CI/CD Smoke Tests

npm run test:ci                       # Fast smoke tests for both agents
npm run test:ci:openagent             # OpenAgent smoke test
npm run test:ci:opencoder             # OpenCoder smoke test

🎯 Test Results

After running tests, results are saved to:

  • evals/results/latest.json - Latest test run
  • evals/results/history/YYYY-MM/DD-HHMMSS-{agent}.json - Historical results

View in dashboard: npm run dashboard:open


🔍 Understanding Test Results

Test Status

  • ✅ PASSED - All checks passed, no violations
  • ❌ FAILED - Test failed (execution error or violations)

Evaluators

Tests are evaluated by multiple evaluators:

  • approval-gate - Checks if agent requested approval when required
  • context-loading - Validates context files were loaded before execution
  • delegation - Checks if agent delegated to subagents appropriately
  • tool-usage - Validates correct tool usage
  • behavior - Checks if agent performed expected actions

Violations

  • Error - Critical issues that cause test failure
  • Warning - Non-critical issues
  • Info - Informational messages

📚 Additional Resources


🆘 Troubleshooting

Tests not running?

# Ensure dependencies are installed
npm run dev:setup

# Build the framework
npm run dev:build

Dashboard not loading?

# Check if results exist
ls -la evals/results/

# Try launching manually
cd evals/results && ./serve.sh

Version mismatch?

# Check current version
npm run version

# Sync VERSION file with package.json
npm run version > VERSION

🎉 Getting Help

  • Check evals/GETTING_STARTED.md for detailed guides
  • Review test examples in evals/agents/*/tests/
  • Run tests in debug mode: npm run test:debug
  • View results dashboard: npm run dashboard:open

Current Version: 0.1.0-alpha.1
Last Updated: 2025-11-26