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@Waishnav Waishnav commented Sep 13, 2026

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Several MCP tool responses expose internal lifecycle and bookkeeping fields that add model context without changing the agent's next action. The Codex-compatible process surface had also drifted from Codex's own input and result shape, while workspace and mutation tools were returning empty collections, availability notes, diagnostics, and duplicate patch metadata.

This trims those surfaces while preserving compatibility for hosts that consume either textual content or structuredContent. Workspace bootstrap responses now keep actionable context and exceptional state, Codex process tools use the smaller workdir input and Codex-style process results with explicit truncation metadata, and mutation tools return concise acknowledgements. Rich UI state stays in result metadata, while durable review references remain structured because historical review restoration depends on them.

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  • Improvements

    • Process results now report elapsed time in seconds and may include the original token count when output is truncated.
    • Truncated output includes a clearer warning with the original token count.
    • Command tools use workdir and no longer require terminal dimension settings.
    • Apply-patch results provide a concise success message with per-file changes.
    • Edit results now return a simpler confirmation message without diff statistics.
  • Workspace Tools

    • Workspace responses now provide clearer source-status and review-availability information, with optional bootstrap context details.
    • Unavailable review information is reported explicitly when applicable.

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The change revises process-session metadata, truncation warnings, Codex and Claude tool responses, patch reporting, and open_workspace output fields. Tests verify the new schemas and conditional fields.

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Tool contract updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Process session output contract
src/process-sessions.ts, src/process-sessions.test.ts
Process snapshots report wallTimeSeconds and optional originalTokenCount. Buffer truncation uses warning-formatted output.
Command, patch, and edit responses
src/tool-surfaces/codex.ts, src/tool-surfaces/claude.ts, src/tool-surfaces/shared.ts, src/tool-surfaces/types.ts, src/server.test.ts
Command inputs and process results use reduced fields. Patch and edit responses no longer expose diff statistics or status fields.
Workspace output fields
src/server.ts, src/server.test.ts
open_workspace replaces legacy review, source, worktree, and diagnostics fields with conditional source, review, bootstrap, and provider fields.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Refactor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant exec_command
  participant ProcessSession
  participant HeadTailBuffer
  Client->>exec_command: Submit command and workdir
  exec_command->>ProcessSession: Start process
  ProcessSession->>HeadTailBuffer: Drain process output
  HeadTailBuffer-->>ProcessSession: Return output and originalTokenCount
  ProcessSession-->>exec_command: Return wallTimeSeconds and process state
  exec_command-->>Client: Return structured process result
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The PR simplifies tool responses while preserving the actionable process, workspace, and error-state information needed by consumers; no merge-blocking risk was identified.

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Greptile Summary

The workspace bootstrap response no longer reports skill-loading collisions, even though those diagnostics are still recorded internally. This should be addressed to preserve actionable workspace setup feedback, but it is a non-blocking concern and the change is otherwise safe to merge.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge after considering the non-blocking loss of skill collision feedback; restoring that feedback would improve workspace setup recovery.

An authenticated MCP comparison reproduced one user-visible behavior regression: collision diagnostics remain internally available but are absent from the current workspace bootstrap contract.

Files Needing Attention: src/server.ts, particularly the open_workspace output schema and structured response construction at lines 576-587.

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In `@src/server.test.ts`:
- Line 112: Replace the platform-specific "pwd" command in the test invoking
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