# BooCode — External Code Review v2 (lift findings)

Last updated: 2026-05-31

**Synced through `v2.6.6-claude-md` (HEAD, 2026-05-31).** The **AGPL-3.0 → MIT relicense decision** (remove all **3** AGPL-derived files) and the **jinja-gate-green** resolution are folded in below — they **supersede this doc's earlier "AGPL confirmed, recommendation stands" / two-file framing.** Canonical plan: the roadmap's `## License-debt — relicense AGPL-3.0 → MIT (planned)` batch.

A point-in-time **findings** doc, not a standing inventory. It consolidates two reconnaissance passes against the upstream forks at `/opt/forks/` and decides, per area, what BooCode should do about it. Pin it so the same upstreams aren't re-evaluated from scratch next month.

> **Companion docs:** `boocode_code_review.md` is the standing external-repo inventory (every repo BooCode references, *why* each earned its row, license analysis). `boocode_roadmap.md` is the canonical shipping-state / version-ordering source. This v2 doc is the **action layer** on top of both: "given what's upstream as of 2026-05-31, here's the lift/cross-check/re-derive/n-a call." Reconcile shipping state via the roadmap when in doubt; fold durable rows back into `boocode_code_review.md`.

## Sources feeding this doc

1. **Paseo recon (Sam)** — two passes: a Phase 2/3 server-manager recon and a claude-transport recon. Conclusions consolidated by area below (§2a). AGPL-3.0 — **pattern-only, no code lift, ever.**
2. **Three-fork agent sweep (this session, 2026-05-31)** — read-only general-purpose agents over `anomalyco/opencode` (MIT, code-liftable), `getpaseo/paseo` (AGPL, pattern-only), `ggml-org/llama.cpp` (consumed via llama-swap/sidecar — adopt features/flags, not C++). Detail in §2–§4.
3. **Second fork sweep (this session, 2026-05-31)** — 8 read-only agents over the remaining 11 repos in `/opt/forks/` (conductor, superset, openchamber, happy, cline, qwen-code, amp-acp, pi-acp, claude-code, goose, unsloth). Detail in §5; high-value items folded into §1.

### Caveats
- `/opt/forks/llama.cpp` is a **shallow clone** (90 commits, ~5 days visible). llama.cpp findings are read from source as it stands today; "what changed when" attribution is limited. `git fetch --unshallow` before the next review.
- `/opt/forks/opencode` arrived shallow (rooted 2026-05-25); the agent ran `git fetch --unshallow` and re-surveyed the real 6-week window. opencode also did a v2 Effect/event-sourced rewrite (`packages/core/`, `packages/llm/`) — most of that churn is architecturally divergent and ruled out.
- HEADs at review time: paseo `41cb1af` (main, v0.1.87), opencode `1afa9e3` (dev, ~v1.15.13), llama.cpp `aa46bda8` (detached).

## Verdict legend

| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **LIFT** | Take it. Flavor noted: *code-lift* (MIT), *pattern-lift* (AGPL/clean-room re-impl), *config-adopt* (new upstream flag), *drop-our-code* (upstream now does it → delete ours). |
| **RE-DERIVE** | Idea is right, their impl is insufficient/divergent for our needs — write fresh, don't adapt theirs. |
| **CROSS-CHECK** | We already have it; confirmed current vs upstream. No action. |
| **TRACK** | Behavioral/external change to be aware of. No code action now. |
| **N-A** | Not liftable into our architecture, or reduces to a separate decision. |

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## 1. Net actionables (priority roll-up)

Updated after the **second fork sweep** (2026-05-31, §5). New items from that sweep are tagged ⁺.

| # | Item | Source | Verdict | Maps to | Effort |
|---|------|--------|---------|---------|--------|
| 1 | **Relicense AGPL-3.0 → MIT — remove all 3 AGPL files** (`tool-call-parser.ts`, `html-to-md.ts`, `llama-args-validator.ts`). llama-server now parses qwen3.x tool calls server-side (**jinja gate green, §6.1**) → parser goes; html-to-md → permissive lib; llama-args-validator → clean-room; then flip `LICENSE` + 5 `package.json` + headers + prose. **The tree is currently AGPL-3.0.** | llama.cpp + unsloth⁺ | LIFT · drop-our-code (relicense) | License-debt batch (roadmap) | M, staged |
| 2 | **Warm-ACP backend (goose/qwen)** — one spawn, one `session/new`, many prompts; **validated by qwen's own `qwen --acp` reference impl** (the "qwen ACP was HTTP-only" premise is stale) | Paseo recon + qwen-code⁺ | LIFT · pattern | **v2.6 Phase 2** | M |
| 3 ⁺ | **Fuzzy patch applier for `edit_file`** — exact→whitespace→Levenshtein match ladder + unicode canon + multi-occurrence guard; BooCoder's `edit_file` is exact-`.includes`-or-throw today | cline⁺ | LIFT · code | edit/diff robustness (local-model drift) | M |
| 4 ⁺ | **`git stash create` + private-ref checkpoint** — per-turn workspace snapshot capturing **all** state incl. external-agent edits (BooCode `rewind` only undoes its own queued edits) | cline⁺ | LIFT · code | checkpoint/restore UX | M |
| 5 ⁺ | **opencode lifecycle hardening** — health monitor + crash auto-restart + busy-aware restart + port reclaim + stall-detecting SSE; **MIT, same warm-server architecture** (supersedes the paseo RE-DERIVE — better source) | openchamber⁺ | LIFT · pattern/code | **v2.6 Phase 3** | M |
| 6 | **Post-interrupt stale-terminal guard** — confirmed correctness bug in `opencode-server.ts`; **now more user-reachable** since `v2.6.5` shipped the Send→Stop composer (`cancelTask`) → abort path is one click | opencode/paseo (verified) | LIFT · pattern (bugfix) | v2.6 Phase 1/2 | S (~½ day) |
| 7 ⁺ | **Parse qwen/claude `stream-json` NDJSON in PTY fallback** — today stdout is sliced opaque; one parser serves both (Claude-Code-compatible schema) | qwen-code⁺ | LIFT · pattern | v2.6 Phase 2 / dispatch parsing | S |
| 8 | **ctx/token usage for opencode sessions** — `session.next.step.ended` already on the wire | opencode + paseo (converged) | LIFT · code | v2.6 Phase 1 UX | S–M (~80–150 LoC) |
| 9 | **Claude continuity + transport** — adopt `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`; resume via the SDK's **native `SessionStore`** (`0.3.x`) keyed `(chat_id,agent)`, not happy's hook/jsonl-watcher (predates it). SDK is commercial-terms → runtime dep OK, code reference-only | happy⁺ + SDK `.d.ts`⁺ | LIFT · code + decision | claude-provider batch | M |
| 10 ⁺ | **Universal-agent notify-hook → normalized status** — inject a hook into each PTY agent's config, normalize ~30 event names → 5 states; gives goose/qwen/claude real working/blocked/done signals | superset⁺ (clean-room, ELv2) | RE-DERIVE | v2.6 Phase 2/3 status | M–H |
| 11 | **New sampling knobs** `top_n_sigma`, `dry_*` family; **`--reasoning-budget`** | llama.cpp | LIFT · config-adopt | AGENTS.md frontmatter + validator allowlist | S |
| 12 ⁺ | **File-provenance compaction ledger** (`## Files Read/Modified`) + **`MistakeTracker`** (heterogeneous-failure recovery) | cline⁺ | LIFT · pattern | context-mgmt / recovery | S–M |
| 13 | Bundle/watch: stall-timeout + retry/backoff (opencode); worktree-archive cascade (paseo); LRU-bound caches; subagent permission demux; tool-pair-atomic prune cross-check (cline)⁺; diff-line→agent re-prompt (superset)⁺ | mixed | WATCH | Phase 2/3, review UX, resilience | varies |

**Headline:** #1 is the strategic win and is now a **committed decision: relicense AGPL-3.0 → MIT** (the tree is *currently* AGPL — `LICENSE` + all 5 `package.json` are `AGPL-3.0-only`). Scope is **3 AGPL-derived files**, not 2 — this doc's earlier count missed `llama-args-validator.ts` (corrected in §5k). The jinja gate is **green** (§6.1), so it's actionable now. The second sweep added four genuinely-new code lifts: **#3 fuzzy patch applier** and **#4 git-stash checkpoint** (both cline, both directly fix where BooCoder's write/edit surface is weakest for local models), **#5 openchamber lifecycle hardening** (the concrete, MIT, same-architecture answer to v2.6 Phase 3 — supersedes the weaker paseo re-derive), and **#7 stream-json parsing** (cheap, shared by qwen+claude PTY). #2 Phase-2 warm-ACP is now de-risked by qwen's own reference impl. #9 resolves the claude direction (lean SDK).

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## 2. Paseo (AGPL-3.0 — pattern-only)

### 2a. Consolidated recon, by area (Sam's two passes)

| Area | Verdict | One-line |
|------|---------|----------|
| OpenCode server lifecycle | **CROSS-CHECK** | Paseo hand-rolls the spawn (not `createOpencodeServer`), waits for "listening on" on stdout, port-0 allocation, concurrent callers wait on one `startPromise`, no `OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD`. Same shape BooCode shipped in v2.6.1 — nothing to lift. |
| OpenCode crash recovery + reconnect | **RE-DERIVE → superseded** | Lazy restart-on-demand (exit handler nulls the server, next `getCurrentServer()` respawns), no active supervision; `resumeSession` does **not** verify the session exists on disk before resuming. Insufficient for Phase 3. **Update (2nd sweep):** `openchamber` (§5c) has a *better, MIT, same-architecture* version — health-monitor state machine + crash auto-restart + busy-aware restart. Lift from openchamber, not paseo. |
| Warm-ACP supervision (goose/qwen) | **LIFT · pattern** | `SpawnedACPProcess`: one spawn, one `session/new`, many prompts; child lives for the session not the turn; per-turn abort = `connection.cancel({sessionId})` **without killing the child**; child-exit fires `turn_failed` (no restart). Clean signal split; integrates against BooCode's existing `acp-dispatch.ts`. **This is the Phase 2 lift — and qwen-code (§5f) ships its own `qwen --acp` reference impl that validates the whole approach.** |
| OpenCode reasoning dedup | **CROSS-CHECK** | `streamedPartKeys` keyed `reasoning:${partID}`; delta adds the key, final part skips if present, cleared per turn. Identical to v2.6.1. |
| Claude transport | **N-A** | Paseo uses `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` in stream-json mode, not PTY. Getting Paseo's transport means adopting the SDK — net-new integration, not a lift. |
| Claude continuity | **LIFT · code** | `claude --resume <sessionId>` across turns: capture the session id from claude's output, store it, pass `--resume` next turn; claude re-reads its transcript and continues. Small change to BooCode's PTY dispatch (run with `--output-format stream-json`, parse the id, persist, resume). **The actionable claude finding.** |
| Claude streaming/parsing | **N-A** | Structured events (tool calls, reasoning, partials) come from the SDK; PTY degrades to scraping. Adopting structured claude streaming = adopting the SDK — separate decision. |
| Claude session persistence | **CROSS-CHECK** | Same `describePersistence`/`resumeSession` shape BooCode already has for opencode; claude slots in. Neither Paseo nor BooCode verifies the transcript exists on disk before resume (**shared open question** — see §5). |

**Recon's net:** LIFT = warm-ACP supervision (Phase 2) + claude `--resume` continuity (standalone batch). RE-DERIVE = OpenCode crash recovery (Phase 3). Everything else cross-check or n/a. The two n/a claude items both reduce to **one deferred decision: adopt `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` or stay PTY.**

### 2b. Additional findings (this session's Paseo agent sweep)

These came from the broader agent pass, not the targeted Phase 2/3 recon. Where they touch the same code as §2a, the §2a recon is authoritative.

| Finding | Verdict | Notes |
|---------|---------|-------|
| **Post-interrupt stale-terminal suppression** (paseo `1d38aac`) | **LIFT · pattern (bugfix)** | See §3 #3 — verified to be a live bug in BooCode. Highest-confidence paseo item. |
| **Provider-agnostic `AgentUsage`** normalized usage/cost frame | **LIFT · pattern** | Converges with opencode's `session.next.step.ended` (§3 #4). Paseo's `{inputTokens, cachedInputTokens, outputTokens, totalCostUsd, contextWindowMax/Used}` is the target *shape* for normalizing across providers; do the opencode slice first. |
| **Worktree-archive → cascade-archive agents + schedule cleanup** (paseo `b6103a5`) | **WATCH → adopt in Phase 3** | Soft-delete (keep `archivedAt`), single archive event fans out to children + downstream rows, `Promise.allSettled` so one failed delete doesn't abandon the rest. Right shape for the v2.6 Phase 3 worktree reaper. |
| **Server retire/refcount + LRU-bound caches** (paseo `server-manager.ts`, leak-fix `f20393d`) | **WATCH** (low confidence) | The agent read a retire-set/refcount mechanism; the §2a server-manager recon concluded "nothing to lift." Treat the *lifecycle* as cross-check (§2a wins). The one durable takeaway: **bound the per-session/per-worktree Maps in the warm opencode server** (long-lived daemon → unbounded caches leak). Confirm against §2a before acting. |
| **Subagent permission forwarding** (paseo `44863ec`) | **WATCH (gated)** | opencode `task` tool spawns child sessions; forward `permission.asked` from tracked children by `parentID` demux. **Blocked:** BooCode's opencode-SSE path has zero permission handling today (runs auto-approve). Reachable only after BooCoder builds opencode-SSE permission cards at all. Ties to v2.4. |

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## 3. OpenCode (MIT — code-liftable)

| # | Finding | Evidence | Verdict | Notes |
|---|---------|----------|---------|-------|
| 1 | **Consume the fuller `session.next.*` event set** in `opencode-server.ts` | `packages/core/src/session/event.ts:105-365`; BooCode handles only ~5 arms (`opencode-server.ts:215-311`) | **LIFT · code** | Events already in the **installed** `@opencode-ai/sdk` — **no dep bump.** High-value arms: **`step.ended`** (`{tokens{input,output,reasoning,cache},cost}` → #4 below); **`compaction.{started,delta,ended}`** (warm server auto-compacts mid-conversation; today shows as a silent context gap); `tool.progress`, `tool.input.{started,delta}`, `retried`, `step.failed`. |
| 4 | **ctx/token usage for opencode** (the high-value slice of #1) | `event.ts:117-135` | **LIFT · code** | Closes the roadmap-named gap: *"opencode/goose/qwen/claude dispatch with no ctx/token usage; only native boocode tracks ctx."* Mirror BooChat's existing `'usage'` WS frame on the coder side; accumulate per `(chat, agent)`. Converges with paseo `AgentUsage` (§2b). |
| 2 | **Stalled-stream chunk-timeout** (`wrapSSE` + header timeout) | `provider/provider.ts:40-96` (`f965db9`, `c7e1fc5`) | **WATCH · pattern** | BooChat's `stream-phase.ts` has **no server-side stall timeout** — a hung llama-swap stream relies entirely on the frontend 60s `discard_stale` watchdog. ~40-60 LoC to wrap the `fullStream` loop with a per-chunk timeout firing the existing abort path. Low incidence on a single local instance; do it if stuck rows recur. |
| 3 | **Retry-with-backoff + retryability classifier** (`session/retry.ts`) | `session/retry.ts`, `message-v2.ts:1155` (`14e0b9b`) | **WATCH · pattern** | BooChat has **zero** retry logic. `delay()` parses `retry-after[-ms]` headers w/ exp-backoff fallback; `retryable()` classifies transient-5xx / rate-limit / context-overflow-exclusion. Strip the Go-billing arms. Pairs naturally with #2. llama-swap rarely emits `retry-after`, so value is mostly transient-5xx/stall retry. |
| — | **MCP auth file-lock** (`mcp/auth.ts`, `fa73ec4`) | — | **N-A (deferred)** | Serializes concurrent OAuth token refreshes. Can't trigger — BooCode's config schema *rejects* OAuth MCP servers until secret storage lands (roadmap). Note for when OAuth MCP is un-deferred. |

**Confirmed current (cross-check, no refresh needed):** compaction algorithm (incl. `tail_start_id`/`splitTurn` post-fix — verified identical), two-tier prune, truncate, run-loop (BooCode drives off live `result.toolCalls`, not a history scan — not vulnerable to opencode's interrupted-tool re-prompt bug), doom-loop guard, MCP client, permission ruleset. **Ruled out:** v2 Effect/event-sourced core, `packages/llm/` native runtime (diverges from the AI SDK v6 BooCode just adopted), adaptive-reasoning (cloud-Anthropic only), `acp-next` (BooCoder is the ACP *client*).

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## 4. llama.cpp (consumed via llama-swap / llama-sidecar — adopt features, not C++)

### 4a. ⭐ Retire the AGPL tool-call parser — **LIFT · drop-our-code**

llama-server moved to a **template-learning PEG auto-parser + lazy grammar** that parses qwen3.5/3.6's tool markup server-side into OpenAI `tool_calls`.

- **Evidence:** `common/chat-auto-parser-generator.cpp`, `common/chat-diff-analyzer.cpp` (1570 lines), `common/chat-peg-parser.cpp`; shipped `models/templates/Qwen3.5-4B.jinja` (uses BooCode's exact Pattern-2 `<tool_call><function=…><parameter=…>` + `<think>`); server emits structured `tool_calls` in **both** non-streaming and streaming (`tools/server/server-chat.cpp:421-577`), reasoning split into `reasoning_content`/`reasoning_content_delta`. `tool_choice=required` + grammar-constrained calls exist (`common/chat.cpp:290-300`).
- **Gate (RESOLVED — green, Sam 2026-05-31):** llama-server runs with **`--jinja` + a qwen3.x template**, so server-side tool-call parsing is live. BooCode already treats `--jinja`/`--chat-template*` as managed flags (`llama-args-validator.ts:92-102` — itself one of the 3 AGPL files to clean-room) and sends `tools`/`toolChoice:'auto'` through the AI SDK (`stream-phase.ts:202,438`). The retirement is actionable now (§6.1).
- **What's missing:** no qwen3.x-named native handler — qwen3.6 rides the generic template-driven path. The template teaches Patterns 1 (`<tool_call>{json}`) and 2 (`<function=…>`) but **not Pattern 3 (`<invoke name=…>`)**, the Anthropic-shape residue qwen drifts into.
- **Staged plan (do not delete blind — CLAUDE.md notes qwen3.6 was unreliable):**
  1. Confirm `--jinja` + Qwen3.5 template are live (add the flags if not).
  2. Validate native `tool_calls` against **real qwen3.6 streaming** for one release, behind a feature flag.
  3. Trim `tool-call-parser.ts` to a **clean-room `<invoke>`-only fallback** (~250 of 427 lines deletable; rewrite the remainder without Unsloth/AGPL provenance). **Net: AGPL-3.0 liability eliminated** even if a thin fallback stays.

### 4b. Config-level adopts — **LIFT · config-adopt** (pass straight through llama-swap as OpenAI-compat body fields; no binary upgrade)

- **New sampling params** (`server-task.cpp:279-290`): `top_n_sigma`, `xtc_probability/threshold`, `typical_p`, the **`dry_*` repetition family** (`dry_multiplier/base/allowed_length/penalty_last_n/sequence_breakers`), `frequency_penalty`, `repeat_penalty`. `top_n_sigma` + `dry_*` are the high-value pair for an agentic model prone to loops — ties to the doom-loop sentinel. Surface in AGENTS.md frontmatter + the validator allowlist.
- **`--reasoning-budget N`** (`LLAMA_ARG_THINK_BUDGET`) + `--reasoning on|off|auto`, default `reasoning_format=auto`: server-side cap on qwen3.6 thinking (cheaper turns) without prompt hacks, and `reasoning_content` arrives as a **separate field** — BooCode could consume it directly instead of scraping `<think>`.

### 4c. Behavioral changes — **TRACK** (no code action; awareness)

- **SSE headers sent at slot-start** (`0821c5fcf`): in stream mode, HTTP 200 + headers flush when prompt processing *begins*, before the first token. BooCode keys its stale-stream timer on **token activity**, not header arrival → safe, but time-to-headers semantics shift. Also `task_params.stream` default flipped `true → false` — harmless for BooCode (always sets `stream`), but any llama-swap/sidecar code omitting `stream` now defaults to non-streaming.
- **`/props` router-mode dummy `n_ctx:0`** (`server-models.cpp:1170-1173`): llama.cpp gained a native multi-model router; its **bare** `/props` (no `?model=`) returns `n_ctx:0`. BooCode reads `/upstream/<model>/props` which resolves to a specific model → still correct today. Silent failure mode only if a bare router `/props` is ever hit: `ctx_max=0` → rejected → negative-cache masks the misconfig → compaction budget degrades. (Aside: the native router could eventually **replace llama-swap** — separate evaluation.)
- **`LLAMA_ARG_` env-prefix unification** (`6b4e4bd58`): confirm the sidecar's `LLAMA_*` env vars use the `LLAMA_ARG_` prefix.

### 4d. **SKIP**

- Native **Anthropic Messages API** in llama-server (`test_compat_anthropic.py`) — BooCode is OpenAI-compat via the AI SDK; switching wire formats buys nothing. (Minor TRACK: could in principle back a local "claude-compatible" provider — net-new feature, not a lift.)
- Qwen 3.5/3.6 **TP granularity fix** (`8b0e0db60`) — only relevant if running qwen3.6 across 3 GPUs with tensor-parallel; then it's a binary-upgrade correctness fix, not an API change.
- HTTP ETags / `--api-key-file` / timeout bump — irrelevant behind Authelia + llama-swap.

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## 5. Second fork sweep (2026-05-31) — 11 repos

Read-only agent review of everything else in `/opt/forks/` except the three already covered (paseo/opencode/llama.cpp), BooCode's own `llama-sidecar`, and `codecontext`/`codesight` (skipped on request). Repos: **conductor, superset, openchamber, happy, cline, qwen-code, amp-acp, pi-acp, claude-code, goose, unsloth.** Shallow clones (history-limited but source intact): cline, qwen-code, amp-acp, pi-acp, claude-code, goose, unsloth. Full: conductor, superset, openchamber, happy.

### 5a. openchamber (`openchamber/openchamber`, **MIT** — code-liftable) ⭐
Multi-runtime (web/PWA/Electron/VS Code) GUI for **opencode-as-warm-server** — the closest architectural sibling to BooCoder's backend. **Stronger than BooCode in exactly one dimension: opencode process-lifecycle hardening** (BooCode's v2.6 Phase 3 frontier). Divergence shaping every lift: openchamber runs **one global opencode server + one `/global/event` stream**; BooCode runs per-`(chat,agent)` sessions with per-session `event.subscribe({directory})` — so these are pattern/code-adaptation lifts, not drop-ins.

| # | Finding | Evidence (HEAD `a394a877`) | Verdict | Maps to |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 5c | **Lifecycle hardening: health monitor + crash auto-restart + busy-aware restart** | `packages/web/server/lib/opencode/lifecycle.js` — `runHealthCheckCycle` (L896), `HEALTH_CHECK_MAX_CONSECUTIVE_FAILURES=20`, `shouldSkipRestartForBusySessions`+`STALE_BUSY_GRACE_MS` (L872/838), `startHealthMonitoring` 15s (L938), `triggerHealthCheck` (L930). BooCode's `opencode-server.ts:143` literally comments *"recovery is Phase 3"* | **LIFT · pattern** | **v2.6 Phase 3** (#5) |
| | **Port reclaim before respawn** (`killProcessOnPort` lsof+kill, `waitForPortRelease` net.connect poll) | `lifecycle.js:44,101`, used in `restartOpenCode` L595 | LIFT · code (S) | Phase 3 |
| | **Stall-detecting SSE reader + `Last-Event-ID` replay** (2048-event ring, 20s stall-abort) | `lib/event-stream/upstream-reader.js:110-131`, `global-hub.js:88-149` | LIFT · pattern (the stall-timer half is S, high-value) | hardens `runSessionEventLoop` |
| | **`OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` scheme confirmed** = `Authorization: Basic base64("opencode:"+pw)`, rotate-on-restart | `packages/vscode/src/opencode.ts:55-65,786`; `lifecycle.js:458` | CROSS-CHECK → LIFT · config | closes a known unknown (BooCode runs the warm server unsecured on loopback) |
| | Worktree layout/reaper mirrors opencode's `<data>/worktree/<projectID>/`; `removeWorktree` saga | `packages/vscode/src/gitService.ts:1062,1874` | CROSS-CHECK | Phase 3 reaper; check BooCode's worktree paths align with opencode's expected layout |

Ruled out: warm-ACP/goose/qwen/claude (openchamber is **opencode-only**), SSE part-translation/reasoning-dedup (BooCode's is more complete), Arena-equivalent, permission cards — all already-better-in-BooCode or N-A.

### 5b. cline (`cline/cline`, **Apache-2.0** — code-liftable) ⭐
Re-architected into a layered SDK. Two strong **code** lifts that hit exactly where BooCoder's write/edit surface is weakest for local quantized models.

| # | Finding | Evidence (HEAD `31a118f`) | Verdict | Maps to |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 5d | **`git stash create` + private-ref checkpoint** — per-turn snapshot of full dirty worktree, GC-safe, invisible to `git stash list`, restorable with conversation-trim in sync | `sdk/packages/core/src/hooks/checkpoint-hooks.ts:177-253`; `session/checkpoint-restore.ts:161-189` | **LIFT · code+pattern** (#4) | checkpoint/restore — captures **external-agent** edits BooCode's `rewind` can't |
| 5e | **Fuzzy patch applier** — exact→`trimEnd`→`trim`→Levenshtein≥0.66 ladder + unicode canon (dashes/curly-quotes/nbsp) + multi-occurrence guard; unmatched→warning not throw | `extensions/tools/executors/apply-patch-parser.ts:347-431,58-83`; `editor.ts:133-143` | **LIFT · code** (#3) | BooCoder `edit_file` is exact `.includes`-or-throw (`pending_changes.ts:111`) |
| | **File-provenance carry-forward** — `## Files {Read,Modified}` ledger merged across compactions, deterministic | `extensions/context/compaction-shared.ts:351-410` | LIFT · pattern (#12) | context-mgmt |
| | **`MistakeTracker`** — counts *heterogeneous* consecutive failures (api/invalid-tool/exec), injects recovery guidance + resets vs hard-stop | `runtime/safety/mistake-tracker.ts:82-142` | LIFT · pattern (#12) | complements doom-loop (which only catches *identical* repeats) |
| | Tool-pair-atomic compaction eviction (BFS over `tool_use_id`, turn-boundary cut) | `extensions/context/basic-compaction.ts:181-205` | CROSS-CHECK | verify `selectPruneTargets` never orphans a `tool_result` |

Ruled out: prompt-caching (Anthropic `cache_control` markers — N-A, llama.cpp auto-prefix-caches), stream retry (delegated to AI SDK — same as BooCode), MCP marketplace, hub/daemon (multi-client — BooCode is single-process).

### 5f. qwen-code (`QwenLM/qwen-code` v0.17.0, **Apache-2.0** — code-liftable) ⭐
**The "qwen = one-shot PTY because ACP was HTTP-only" premise is obsolete.** qwen now ships a full stdio-ACP agent, a `qwen serve` HTTP+SSE daemon, and a Claude-Code-compatible stream-json protocol.

| # | Finding | Evidence | Verdict | Maps to |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| | **Warm `qwen --acp` is real** — multi-session `Map<sessionId,Session>`, `loadSession`/`unstable_resumeSession`, `setSessionMode`/`unstable_setSessionModel`, stdio NDJSON via `@agentclientprotocol/sdk` | `packages/cli/src/acp-integration/acpAgent.ts:308,322-351,384-568` | CROSS-CHECK → **LIFT · pattern** (#2) | **v2.6 Phase 2** — validates the openspec plan; wire goose/qwen to `acp-dispatch.ts` |
| 5g | **stream-json = Claude-compatible NDJSON** (`system`/`assistant`/`result`/`stream_event` with `content_block_delta` text/thinking/tool deltas, `usage`, `session_id`) — BooCode **parses none of it** (`dispatcher.ts:406` slices stdout opaque) | `nonInteractive/types.ts:88-262`, `StreamJsonOutputAdapter.ts` | **LIFT · pattern** (#7) | one parser serves qwen **and** claude PTY fallbacks |
| | **Resume primitives** `--resume <uuid\|title>` / `--continue` / `--session-id <uuid>` / `--fork-session` | `config/config.ts:825-985,1668-1721` | LIFT · config | mint a stable per-`(chat,agent)` UUID; parity with claude `--resume` |
| | `qwen serve` daemon + `@qwen-code/sdk` (HTTP+SSE, **`Last-Event-ID` replay ring**, better than opencode's SSE) | `commands/serve.ts:51-266`; `packages/sdk-typescript/src/daemon/*` | TRACK | stdio-ACP is cheaper now; mine its SSE-reconnect design when hardening opencode SSE (converges w/ openchamber 5c) |

Note: BooCode ships `@agentclientprotocol/sdk@^0.22.1` (newer than qwen's `^0.14.1`) — same package family, BooCode ahead; **cross-check the v0.14↔v0.22 `initialize`/capability handshake before relying on `unstable_resumeSession`** (the `unstable_` prefix signals churn). Ruled out: the `rewind` commit (`c699738`) is a qwen-TUI history-count fix, not a wire event — N-A.

### 5h. happy (`slopus/happy`, **MIT** — code-liftable) ⭐
Mobile/remote client that drives **Claude Code** via the **`@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk`** (NOT PTY). A working existence-proof for BooCode's claude SDK-vs-PTY decision. **SDK note (published `.d.ts` reviewed 2026-05-31, `@0.3.158`):** the SDK is under **Anthropic Commercial Terms** (`package.json` `license: "SEE LICENSE IN README.md"`) — not OSS, so **runtime dep OK but code/examples are reference-only, do not vendor** (esp. mid AGPL→MIT cleanup). It now ships a **native pluggable `SessionStore` + `resume`** that **supersedes happy's hook/jsonl-watcher** (happy pins `^0.2.96`, before that API landed). Readable refs on disk: `/opt/forks/claude-agent-sdk-python` (MIT mirror) + `/opt/forks/claude-agent-sdk-typescript` (examples, commercial terms).

| # | Finding | Evidence (HEAD `21c6ced`) | Verdict | Maps to |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| | **Claude Agent SDK in streaming-input mode** — one persistent `query()` fed a `PushableAsyncIterable<SDKUserMessage>`; structured `system/init` (tools/skills/mcp), `assistant`, `result`, tool parts — no stdout scraping | `claude/sdk/query.ts`, `claude/claudeRemote.ts:152-259`; dep `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk@^0.2.96` | **LIFT · pattern** + resolves the decision → **lean SDK** (#9) | claude-provider direction |
| 5i | **Session resume — use the SDK's native `SessionStore`, not happy's hook/watcher.** happy uses a SessionStart-hook + jsonl-watcher because it pins SDK `^0.2.96`; the current SDK (`0.3.158`) exposes a pluggable `SessionStore` (`append`/`load`/`listSessions`/`delete`/`listSubkeys`) + `query({options:{sessionStore,resume}})`. Implement `PostgresSessionStore` over BooCode's Postgres keyed `(chat_id,agent)`; `importSessionToStore()` migrates a local session, `InMemorySessionStore` is the shape. | `sdk.d.ts@0.3.158` (`InMemorySessionStore` L870, `query` L2391, `resume` L1695); happy `claude/utils/*` = legacy ref | **LIFT · code** (#9) | native, supersedes the hook/watcher; clean-room the store (SDK is commercial-terms) |
| | `canUseTool` permission callback — single chokepoint, live `setPermissionMode`, bash-prefix allow-cache | `claude/claudeRemote.ts:134,169`, `permissionHandler.ts` | CROSS-CHECK | cleaner integration point than parsing PTY permission prompts |
| | Local↔remote single-session handoff (TTY ⇄ SDK share one Claude UUID); E2E socket.io relay | `claude/loop.ts:77-115`; `api/encryption.ts` | TRACK / N-A | relay N-A (Authelia owns auth); handoff only if BooTerm⇄CoderPane session-continue is ever wanted |

### 5j. superset (`superset-sh/superset`, **Elastic License 2.0 — source-available, PATTERN-ONLY**)
Electron macOS "code editor for AI agents"; runs every agent as a **raw PTY process** and learns state purely from **hooks the agents POST back** (no editor↔agent protocol, tracks **zero** tokens/cost). All items clean-room only.

| # | Finding | Evidence (HEAD `7f3e5b3`) | Verdict | Maps to |
|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 5j | **Universal-agent lifecycle hooks → normalized status** — inject a notify hook into each agent's native config (`~/.claude/settings.json`, `~/.codex/hooks.json`, opencode plugin), POST `{terminalId,eventType,agent}`; server collapses ~30 vendor event names → 5 states | `apps/desktop/.../agent-setup/*`, `templates/notify-hook.template.sh`, `host-service/.../map-event-type.ts` | **RE-DERIVE** (#10) | gives BooCode's **PTY agents (goose/qwen/claude) real working/blocked/done state** it lacks today |
| | Worktree destroy saga — preflight `inspect` (dirty/unpushed) + ordered failure semantics + in-flight guard | `host-service/.../workspace-cleanup.ts` | RE-DERIVE | Phase 3 worktree reaper |
| | Out-of-process PTY daemon w/ crash supervision + adoption (circuit-breaker, adopted-PID liveness poll) | `host-service/.../DaemonSupervisor.ts` | RE-DERIVE / TRACK | Phase 3 (BooTerm tmux already does some) |
| | Diff-line → agent-comment re-prompt loop (select lines → send to existing session or new agent) | `apps/desktop/.../DiffPane/AgentCommentComposer/*` | RE-DERIVE | review/diff UX frontier |

Ruled out: token/cost (superset tracks **none** — BooCode ahead), permission cards (BooCode's intercept-and-render is richer; superset just chimes + bypass-flags the agent), editor↔agent protocol (there is none), all SaaS/cloud/billing plumbing.

### 5k. unsloth (`unslothai/unsloth`) — **DECISION: remove all AGPL code, relicense BooCode AGPL-3.0 → MIT**
**Tree audit (corrects this doc's earlier 2-file count):** BooCode is **currently licensed AGPL-3.0** — root `LICENSE` is GNU Affero GPL v3 and **all five `package.json` declare `"license": "AGPL-3.0-only"`** (cause: the `v2.4.0`/`v2.4.1` Unsloth-Studio lifts). **Three** files carry `SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only`, not two — `llama-args-validator.ts` was missed: `apps/server/src/services/inference/tool-call-parser.ts` (← `tool_call_parser.py`), `apps/server/src/services/web/html-to-md.ts` (← `_html_to_md.py`), `apps/server/src/services/inference/llama-args-validator.ts` (← `llama_server_args.py`). Unsloth is dual-licensed — core `unsloth/` = Apache-2.0, but the `studio/` subtree (source of all three) = **AGPL-3.0-only** (dedicated `studio/LICENSE.AGPL-3.0`, `studio/package.json` `"license":"AGPL-3.0-only"`, per-file SPDX headers, README line 262 carves Studio out). Network-served ⇒ **AGPL §13 network-copyleft is the live liability.**

**Decision (Sam, 2026-05-31): relicense AGPL-3.0 → MIT** (supersedes this doc's earlier "clean-room recommendation stands" framing — it's now a committed batch, not a flag). Remove all three: parser → native llama-server parsing (jinja green) + clean-room `<invoke>` fallback; html-to-md → permissive lib (turndown / node-html-markdown); llama-args-validator → clean-room from the llama-server README flag list. Then flip `LICENSE` + the five `package.json` + per-file headers + roadmap/README prose. Canonical plan: roadmap `## License-debt — relicense AGPL-3.0 → MIT (planned)`.

### 5l. conductor (`conductor-oss/conductor`, **Apache-2.0**, Java) — **LOW / near-NONE**
Confirmed **Netflix/Orkes Conductor** — enterprise distributed workflow engine (5600 commits, Spring/Flyway/Cassandra), **not** the Mac Claude-Code app. Wrong scale + wrong substrate (polling workers + Redis queues vs BooCode's single-user Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY), and BooCode already sourced its task-DAG/dispatcher/pipelines/human_inbox from `agent-hub` + Roo Boomerang. **One** worth-a-glance reference: the **retry/backoff/timeout taxonomy** (`TaskDef.java` `RetryLogic{FIXED,LINEAR,EXP}` + `TimeoutPolicy`, delay formula in `DeciderService.java:634-680`, with jitter + total-time-budget guard) — BooCode has **no retries today**; copy the *field set + three formulas* when retries land. Everything else (decider-replay engine, 24 task mappers, fork-join, sub-workflow, human-task) = N-A, already-covered or wrong-scale.

### 5m. ACP provider candidates — amp-acp **SKIP**, pi-acp **WATCH**
Both are config-only adds to BooCode's v2.3 catalog (`{extends:'acp', label, command, env}`) and both use **`@agentclientprotocol/sdk@~0.22/0.12`, proto v1 — wire-compatible with BooCode's own `@agentclientprotocol/sdk@0.22.1`** (see correction in §6).
- **amp-acp** (`tao12345666333/amp-acp`, Apache-2.0): adapter for Sourcegraph **Amp**. `npx -y amp-acp` + `AMP_API_KEY`. **SKIP** — Amp is a **paid cloud product with no self-host / no BYO-key / no local-model path**; can't point at llama-swap. Keep only as the canonical *"does add-from-catalog work"* smoke entry (lowest-risk Apache-2.0 ACP adapter).
- **pi-acp** (`svkozak/pi-acp`, MIT): bridge for **pi** (spawns `pi --mode rpc`). `npx -y pi-acp`, pi free + self-hostable, dynamic model discovery. **WATCH** — but found **no evidence pi supports an OpenAI-compatible/llama-swap base URL** (cloud BYO-keys only today) + v0.0.27 maturity ("MVP", MCP not wired). Re-evaluate if pi adds a local provider — then it's a strong config-only ADD.

### 5n. claude-code & goose — low/cosmetic
- **claude-code** (`anthropics/claude-code`, depth-1): the public **issue-tracker/docs repo, not source.** Thin. No stream-json schema doc (keep relying on observed output). Notables: `CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID` env injected into Bash-tool subprocesses (hook↔session correlation); `examples/settings/*.json` permission/sandbox shapes; `SKILL.md` frontmatter is simpler (`name/description/version`) than BooCode's `eval.yaml`. The one example hook (`bash_command_validator`) is the same family BooCode already vendored. **Nothing net-new liftable.**
- **goose** (`block/goose`, depth-1, Apache-2.0 Rust → pattern-only): the **AAIF/Linux-Foundation move is cosmetic** — binary `goose`, `goose acp` invocation, and `~/.config/goose/` config path all **UNCHANGED**; only org/URLs changed (`block/goose` → `aaif-goose/goose`). **Watch:** grep BooCode install docs for `block/goose` URLs (will eventually 404). **For v2.6 Phase 2:** goose ACP supports multi-session + mid-session model/mode switch + session persistence, but **no `loadSession`/resume method surfaced** → cross-restart resume looks thinner than opencode's; don't assume opencode-style `agent_sessions` resume works identically for goose.

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## 6. Open decisions / things to think about

1. **The jinja gate — RESOLVED (green, Sam 2026-05-31).** `--jinja` + a qwen3.x template are live in the llama-swap/sidecar config, so llama-server already does server-side tool-call parsing. #1 (the relicense batch's parser removal) is **actionable now** — step 1 is to validate native parsing on live qwen3.6 behind a flag for one release, then delete.
2. **Claude transport: SDK vs PTY — now evidenced, leaning SDK.** `happy` (§5h) is a working existence-proof that `@anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk` in streaming-input mode drives Claude Code with structured events (tool calls, reasoning, `system/init` tool/skill/mcp lists, usage) and clean continuity — richer than PTY stdout-scraping. **Decision narrowed to: adopt the SDK** (net-new integration, ~100-line streaming-input pump) **vs. stay PTY + just add `--resume`.** Independent of warm-ACP Phase 2. Note the continuity mechanism is now the SDK's **native `SessionStore`** (§5i — a `PostgresSessionStore` keyed `(chat_id,agent)`, superseding happy's hook/jsonl-watcher) and is transport-independent — ship it either way.
3. **`stream-json` parser is shared infrastructure, not a per-agent chore.** qwen-code (§5g) and claude-code emit the *same* Claude-Code-compatible NDJSON. One parser keyed on `type` / `stream_event.event.type` unlocks tool/reasoning/usage surfacing for **both** qwen and claude PTY fallbacks (today both are sliced opaque). Decide whether to build it as a shared module now (cheap) rather than twice later.
4. **Transcript/session verification before resume (shared gap).** Neither Paseo nor BooCode (nor openchamber, nor goose's ACP) verifies the session/transcript exists on disk before resuming — true for opencode, claude, qwen. Folds into v2.6 Phase 3 (crash recovery + active supervision, now lifting from openchamber §5c). Decide whether "resume blindly, recover on failure" is good enough for single-user, or worth a pre-resume existence check. **Caveat:** goose ACP exposes no `loadSession`/resume (§5n) → its cross-restart resume needs a different design than opencode's.
5. **Usage *and status* normalization scope.** Two converging gaps: (a) **tokens/cost** — the opencode token slice (#8) converges with paseo `AgentUsage`; (b) **liveness/status** — superset's notify-hook pattern (§5j, #10) is the only way to know whether a one-shot PTY agent (goose/qwen/claude) is working / blocked-on-permission / done. Decide whether to design one normalized per-`(chat,agent)` "agent telemetry" shape (tokens + status) up front so all providers slot in, or ship opencode-token-only and generalize at Phase 2.
6. **Correction — ACP SDK package.** This doc and the roadmap state BooCode uses `@zed-industries/agent-client-protocol`; the live `apps/coder/package.json` actually declares **`@agentclientprotocol/sdk@^0.22.1`** (verified installed). Both amp-acp and pi-acp use the same package, so the "version-drift" worry is moot. ✅ Now corrected in `boocode_roadmap.md`'s lift table (2026-05-31).

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## 7. Housekeeping

- **Stale `.bak` in the working tree:** `apps/server/src/services/inference/tool-phase.ts.bak-20260531` (today, 15.5 KB). Violates CLAUDE.md's "don't accumulate `.bak-*`". Dated today and `tool-phase.ts` is on the active path — may be an in-progress safety copy. **Confirm before removing.**
- **Unshallow `/opt/forks/llama.cpp`** (`git fetch --unshallow`) before the next review so commit-level attribution is possible. (opencode was unshallowed mid-review; cline/qwen-code/amp-acp/pi-acp/claude-code/goose/unsloth remain shallow but their source was intact.)
- **Grep BooCode install docs/scripts for `block/goose` URLs** — goose moved to `aaif-goose/goose` (§5n); old release URLs will eventually 404.
- **Correct the ACP-SDK package name** in `boocode_roadmap.md`'s lift table → `@agentclientprotocol/sdk@0.22.1` (§6.6).

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## 8. Roadmap mapping (where each actionable lands)

| Roadmap slot | Items from this review |
|---|---|
| **v2.6 Phase 2** (warm ACP goose/qwen) | #2 warm-ACP backend — **validated by qwen's own `qwen --acp`** (§5f); #7 parse qwen/claude stream-json in the one-shot fallback |
| **v2.6 Phase 3** (lifecycle hardening) | **#5 openchamber lifecycle hardening** (health monitor + crash restart + port reclaim + stall-SSE — §5c, supersedes the paseo re-derive); worktree-archive cascade (paseo) + superset destroy-saga (§5j); LRU-bound caches; pre-resume session verification |
| **v2.6 Phase 1 UX** | #6 interrupt-bug fix; #8 opencode token/ctx usage; richer SSE arms (compaction surfacing) |
| **Write/edit robustness (NEW batch)** | **#3 fuzzy patch applier** + **#4 git-stash checkpoint** (cline §5b) — both directly harden BooCoder's edit/rewind surface for local models |
| **Cross-agent telemetry (NEW)** | #10 superset notify-hook → normalized **status** for PTY agents (§5j); pairs with #8 token usage |
| **Standalone claude-provider batch** | #9 SDK transport + native `SessionStore` resume (§5h–§5i; supersedes hook/jsonl-watcher) + the SDK-vs-PTY decision (lean-SDK, §6.2); #12 MistakeTracker + file-provenance ledger (cline) |
| **Inference / license-debt batch** | #1 AGPL parser retirement (**AGPL confirmed §5k**; gated on the jinja check §6.1); #11 sampling/reasoning-budget config adopts |
| **BooChat resilience (opportunistic)** | stall-timeout + retry/backoff (opencode); tool-pair-atomic prune cross-check (cline §5b) |
| **Provider catalog** | amp-acp = keep as add-from-catalog **smoke test only** (§5m); pi-acp = WATCH for a local-provider mode |
| **Deferred / gated** | subagent permission demux (needs opencode-SSE permission cards first); MCP auth lock (needs OAuth MCP un-deferred); `qwen serve` HTTP backend (stdio-ACP cheaper) |
| **Not actionable** | conductor (wrong scale — only the retry-taxonomy reference §5l); claude-code public repo (docs only §5n) |
