hermes-agent/agent/kanban_stop.py
kshitijk4poor 52cafa6f8e follow-up: integrate agent nudge + dispatcher retry docs and tests
- Nudge text now warns that repeated protocol violations will block the
  task and require manual intervention, so the model understands the
  consequence of ignoring the nudge.
- Kanban docs restructured to clearly separate the two defense layers:
  agent-side prevention (nudge, from #64350) and dispatcher-side
  recovery (bounded retry, from this PR).
- Two new integration tests verifying the nudge mentions blocking and
  that the agent-side and dispatcher-side budgets are independent.
2026-07-14 16:47:33 +05:30

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"""Turn-end guard for kanban workers.
Kanban workers must end with ``kanban_complete`` or ``kanban_block``. Models
(especially GLM / Qwen families) sometimes narrate the next step
("Let me write the report now") and stop with ``finish_reason=stop`` and no
tool calls. Hermes treats that as a clean exit → ``rc=0`` → dispatcher
``protocol_violation``.
This module is policy-only: when a kanban worker tries to finish without a
terminal board tool, return a bounded synthetic nudge so the conversation
loop continues instead of exiting.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
from typing import Any, Iterable, Optional
_TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS = frozenset({"kanban_complete", "kanban_block"})
_DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = 2
def kanban_stop_nudge_enabled() -> bool:
"""Return whether the kanban stop-guard is active for this process.
On when ``HERMES_KANBAN_TASK`` is set (dispatcher-spawned worker), unless
``HERMES_KANBAN_STOP_NUDGE`` explicitly disables it.
"""
env = os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_STOP_NUDGE")
if env is not None and env.strip().lower() in {"0", "false", "no", "off"}:
return False
task = (os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_TASK") or "").strip()
return bool(task)
def _tool_call_name(tc: Any) -> str:
if isinstance(tc, dict):
fn = tc.get("function")
if isinstance(fn, dict):
return str(fn.get("name") or "")
return str(tc.get("name") or "")
fn = getattr(tc, "function", None)
if fn is not None:
return str(getattr(fn, "name", "") or "")
return str(getattr(tc, "name", "") or "")
def session_called_kanban_terminal(messages: Iterable[dict] | None) -> bool:
"""True if this conversation already invoked a terminal kanban tool."""
if not messages:
return False
for msg in messages:
if not isinstance(msg, dict):
continue
role = msg.get("role")
if role == "assistant":
for tc in msg.get("tool_calls") or []:
if _tool_call_name(tc) in _TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS:
return True
elif role == "tool":
name = str(msg.get("name") or "")
if name in _TERMINAL_KANBAN_TOOLS:
return True
return False
def build_kanban_stop_nudge(
*,
messages: Iterable[dict] | None = None,
attempts: int = 0,
max_attempts: int = _DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
task_id: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Optional[str]:
"""Return a synthetic follow-up when a kanban worker exits without a terminal tool.
Returns ``None`` when the guard should not fire (not a kanban worker,
already completed/blocked, or nudge budget exhausted).
"""
if not kanban_stop_nudge_enabled():
return None
if attempts >= max_attempts:
return None
if session_called_kanban_terminal(messages):
return None
tid = (task_id or os.environ.get("HERMES_KANBAN_TASK") or "").strip() or "this task"
return (
"[System: You are a Hermes kanban worker. A plain-text reply is NOT a "
"terminal state for the board.\n\n"
f"Task `{tid}` is still `running`. Ending now without a board tool "
"causes a protocol violation (clean exit with no "
"`kanban_complete` / `kanban_block`).\n\n"
"Do this immediately in your next response — do not narrate intent:\n"
"1. Finish any remaining deliverable (write the required file(s) now).\n"
"2. Call `kanban_complete(summary=..., artifacts=[...])` if the work "
"is done, OR `kanban_block(reason=...)` if you are blocked.\n\n"
"Never end a turn with only a promise of future action. Repeated "
"protocol violations will block this task and require manual intervention.]"
)
__all__ = [
"build_kanban_stop_nudge",
"kanban_stop_nudge_enabled",
"session_called_kanban_terminal",
]