Merge CB-569: Claude receives the composed charter (PR #39)

argvWithBridge used to gate the charter on cfg.hasMcp(), because the only
charter was the reply rule and telling a peer to call a tool it was not
given is a bug. A role charter is identity, not a tool instruction, so
the two gates are now separate: the MCP mount still depends on mcpUrl,
while --append-system-prompt depends only on the base having composed
something. A profile with a role charter and no MCP now gets its charter.

A null charter adds no flag at all. An empty --append-system-prompt is
not the same as no system prompt.
This commit is contained in:
Dai Ha
2026-08-15 05:11:39 +02:00
2 changed files with 65 additions and 14 deletions
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
// id via -r and passes no --session-id (the two conflict). Both are injected before the
// model flag so --model keeps outranking the operator's own argv.
// mutableArgv: argvWithBridge may hand back the profile's own (immutable) List.of when it
// has no MCP — session flags must be added into a list we own.
List<String> argv = mutableArgv(argvWithBridge(cfg));
// has neither MCP nor a charter — session flags must be added into a list we own.
List<String> argv = mutableArgv(argvWithBridge(cfg, spec.charter()));
String agentSessionId = applySessionIdentity(argv, spec.sessionName(), spec.resumeSessionId());
return new Launch(workerEnv, argvWithModel(argv, cfg), agentSessionId);
}
@@ -217,22 +217,26 @@ public final class ClaudeCodeLauncher extends HerdrPeerLauncher {
}
/**
* The launch argv, plus — when {@code worker.mcpUrl} is set — inline {@code --mcp-config} for
* the bridge server and {@code --append-system-prompt} for the {@link #REPLY_CHARTER}. Neither
* touches the profile's config; both are pure command-line flags. This inline-flag mount is
* Claude Code specific — other adapters mount MCP and instructions their own way.
* The launch argv, plus an inline {@code --mcp-config} when {@code worker.mcpUrl} is set and
* {@code --append-system-prompt} when the base composed a charter. Neither touches the profile's
* config; both are pure command-line flags. This inline-flag mount is Claude Code specific —
* other adapters mount MCP and instructions their own way.
*/
private List<String> argvWithBridge(BridgedConfig.Profile cfg) {
if (!cfg.hasMcp()) {
private List<String> argvWithBridge(BridgedConfig.Profile cfg, String charter) {
if (!cfg.hasMcp() && charter == null) {
return cfg.argv();
}
String mcpJson = "{\"mcpServers\":{\"bridge\":{\"type\":\"http\",\"url\":\""
+ cfg.mcpUrl() + "\"}}}";
List<String> argv = mutableArgv(cfg.argv());
argv.add("--mcp-config");
argv.add(mcpJson);
argv.add("--append-system-prompt");
argv.add(REPLY_CHARTER);
if (cfg.hasMcp()) {
String mcpJson = "{\"mcpServers\":{\"bridge\":{\"type\":\"http\",\"url\":\""
+ cfg.mcpUrl() + "\"}}}";
argv.add("--mcp-config");
argv.add(mcpJson);
}
if (charter != null) {
argv.add("--append-system-prompt");
argv.add(charter);
}
return argv;
}
@@ -102,6 +102,53 @@ class ClaudeCodeLauncherTest {
"the operator's own args are preserved, in order, ahead of the model flag");
}
@Test
void appendsTheBaseComposedRoleAndReplyCharter() {
FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
String roleCharter = "You review changes.";
BridgedConfig.Profile cfg = new BridgedConfig.Profile(
"sonnet", "http://gx00.gw:8000", null, null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN",
List.of("claude"), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}",
"http://127.0.0.1:8765/mcp", null, null);
ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = new ClaudeCodeLauncher(new AgentControl(herdr), new WorkspaceControl(herdr),
new SubscriptionGuard(Set.of("gx00.gw")), Map.of(cfg.profile(), cfg), cfg.profile(), _ -> null,
0, 0L, () -> fleet(Map.of("reviewer", roleCharter), null));
svc.spawn(new SpawnRequest("sonnet", null, null, null, null, MemberRole.REVIEWER));
List<String> args = spawnedArgs(herdr);
int flag = args.indexOf("--append-system-prompt");
assertEquals(1, args.stream().filter("--append-system-prompt"::equals).count(),
"the composed charter is passed once");
assertEquals(roleCharter + "\n\n" + HerdrPeerLauncher.REPLY_CHARTER, args.get(flag + 1),
"the role charter comes first and the reply rule comes last");
}
@Test
void profileWithoutMcpOrRoleCharterGetsNoSystemPrompt() {
FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = labelService(herdr, () -> fleet(Map.of(), null));
svc.spawn(new SpawnRequest("sonnet", null, null, null, null, MemberRole.DEV));
assertFalse(spawnedArgs(herdr).contains("--append-system-prompt"));
}
@Test
void profileWithoutMcpStillGetsItsRoleCharter() {
FakeHerdr herdr = new FakeHerdr();
String roleCharter = "You design changes.";
ClaudeCodeLauncher svc = labelService(herdr, () -> fleet(Map.of("architect", roleCharter), null));
svc.spawn(new SpawnRequest("sonnet", null, null, null, null, MemberRole.ARCHITECT));
List<String> args = spawnedArgs(herdr);
int flag = args.indexOf("--append-system-prompt");
assertTrue(flag >= 0, "a role charter does not need an MCP mount");
assertEquals(roleCharter, args.get(flag + 1));
assertFalse(args.contains("--mcp-config"));
}
private ClaudeCodeLauncher multiProfile(FakeHerdr herdr) {
BridgedConfig.Profile gx10 = new BridgedConfig.Profile("gx10", "http://gx10.gw:8000", "coder",
null, "BRIDGED_WORKER_TOKEN", List.of("claude"), "tab", "bridged-workers", "w #{n}", null, null, null);