v1.13.15-tools: tiered tool loading via BOOCODE_TOOLS env var

Pattern lift from eyaltoledano/claude-task-master (MIT + Commons Clause
— pattern only, no code lift). Adds BOOCODE_TOOLS env var with three
tiers:

- core (4 tools): view_file, list_dir, grep, find_files. ~2k token
  schema cost.
- standard (15 tools): core + web_search, web_fetch, git_status, all
  8 codecontext_* tools. ~10k token schema cost.
- all (default; current behavior): every tool in ALL_TOOLS (20). ~21k
  token schema cost.

The env var is a CEILING — narrows agent whitelists, never expands.
Default behavior unchanged when var is unset. resolveToolTier is
case-insensitive and falls back to 'all' on unknown values.

CORE_TOOL_NAMES + STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES validated at module load against
TOOLS_BY_NAME via two top-level for-loops that throw on the first
missing name. Module fails to import if a tier references a tool that
doesn't exist in the registry — catches typos and stale tier
definitions at boot rather than silently filtering valid tools out of
agent whitelists.

Wiring: agents.ts parseAgentBlock now reads BOOCODE_TOOLS from
process.env per parse, intersects with the agent's declared frontmatter
tools (or DEFAULT_TOOLS when frontmatter omits the field). Per-parse
read is fine — agents are re-parsed on the existing 60s cache TTL.

Tests: tools.test.ts grows from 1 to 10 tests. Covers resolveToolTier
across tiers/case/unknown values + the CORE-subset-of-STANDARD invariant
+ TOOLS_BY_NAME existence for both tier sets. 204/204 pass (was 195;
+9 new).

Deviation from the brief: the codecontext tools in the actual registry
have NO codecontext_* prefix (the brief's STANDARD list assumed it).
Used the actual names (get_codebase_overview, search_symbols, etc.).
Module-load validation would have failed boot with the prefixed names.

Smoke: with BOOCODE_TOOLS unset, agents return their full 12-tool
whitelists. With BOOCODE_TOOLS=core in .env + container restart, the
same agents narrow to 4 tools (find_files, grep, list_dir, view_file)
— intersection of declared whitelist ∩ core tier. Reverted after
confirmation.

CLAUDE.md updated with BOOCODE_TOOLS in the Environment section's
Optional list. .env.example gained a commented BOOCODE_TOOLS=all line
with the per-tier token-cost table.

~110 LoC across 5 files (4 modified + 1 test expansion). Under the
brief's ~30 LoC estimate for code; the test suite expansion drove
most of the growth.

.env.example

@@ -10,3 +10,12 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
 # Internal Tailscale address that bypasses Authelia. Override if you
 # point BooCode at a different SearXNG instance.
 SEARXNG_URL=http://100.114.205.53:8888
+
+# v1.13.15-tools: BOOCODE_TOOLS narrows the tool whitelist sent to the LLM.
+# Unset (default) → all tools (~21k schema). Useful primarily for single-purpose
+# sessions where the model only needs read-only filesystem access.
+#
+# core      → view_file, list_dir, grep, find_files                       (~2k)
+# standard  → core + web_*, git_status, all 8 codecontext_* tools         (~10k)
+# all       → every tool in ALL_TOOLS                                     (~21k)
+# BOOCODE_TOOLS=all

CLAUDE.md

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Schema CHECK migration order when renaming allowed values: (1) `ALTER TABLE ...
 
 ## Environment
 
-Required: `DATABASE_URL`, `LLAMA_SWAP_URL`. Optional: `PORT` (3000), `HOST` (0.0.0.0), `PROJECT_ROOT_WHITELIST` (/opt, read-only scope for add-existing path resolution), `BOOTSTRAP_ROOT` (/opt/projects, writable scope for create-new-project bootstrap mkdir target — host must `mkdir -p /opt/projects` before container start), `DEFAULT_MODEL`, `LOG_LEVEL`, `SEARXNG_URL` (default `http://100.114.205.53:8888` — internal Tailscale Fathom; the public `search.indifferentketchup.com` is behind Authelia and unusable from server context).
+Required: `DATABASE_URL`, `LLAMA_SWAP_URL`. Optional: `PORT` (3000), `HOST` (0.0.0.0), `PROJECT_ROOT_WHITELIST` (/opt, read-only scope for add-existing path resolution), `BOOTSTRAP_ROOT` (/opt/projects, writable scope for create-new-project bootstrap mkdir target — host must `mkdir -p /opt/projects` before container start), `DEFAULT_MODEL`, `LOG_LEVEL`, `SEARXNG_URL` (default `http://100.114.205.53:8888` — internal Tailscale Fathom; the public `search.indifferentketchup.com` is behind Authelia and unusable from server context), `BOOCODE_TOOLS` (`core` | `standard` | `all`, default `all`; v1.13.15-tools tier filter — ceiling, never expands an agent's whitelist).
 
 ## Workflow
 

apps/server/src/services/__tests__/tools.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { ALL_TOOLS } from '../tools.js';
+import {
+  ALL_TOOLS,
+  CORE_TOOL_NAMES,
+  STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES,
+  TOOLS_BY_NAME,
+  resolveToolTier,
+} from '../tools.js';
 
 describe('ALL_TOOLS registry', () => {
   // v1.13.3: tools must be alpha-sorted at module load. llama.cpp's prompt
@@ -12,3 +18,59 @@ describe('ALL_TOOLS registry', () => {
     expect(names).toEqual([...names].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)));
   });
 });
+
+describe('resolveToolTier (v1.13.15-tools)', () => {
+  it('returns CORE tools for tier=core', () => {
+    expect(resolveToolTier('core')).toEqual(CORE_TOOL_NAMES);
+  });
+
+  it('returns STANDARD tools for tier=standard', () => {
+    const result = resolveToolTier('standard');
+    expect(result.length).toBe(STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES.length);
+    expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(CORE_TOOL_NAMES.length);
+    // STANDARD is a strict superset of CORE.
+    expect(result).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([...CORE_TOOL_NAMES]));
+  });
+
+  it('returns ALL tool names for tier=all', () => {
+    expect(resolveToolTier('all').length).toBe(ALL_TOOLS.length);
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to all when env var is undefined', () => {
+    expect(resolveToolTier(undefined).length).toBe(ALL_TOOLS.length);
+  });
+
+  it('is case-insensitive', () => {
+    expect(resolveToolTier('CORE')).toEqual(CORE_TOOL_NAMES);
+    expect(resolveToolTier('Standard').length).toBe(STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES.length);
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to all for unknown tier strings', () => {
+    expect(resolveToolTier('bogus').length).toBe(ALL_TOOLS.length);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('CORE_TOOL_NAMES + STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES validation', () => {
+  // The module-load validation in tools.ts throws if a tier references a
+  // tool that doesn't exist in TOOLS_BY_NAME. These tests double-check that
+  // invariant from the consumer side so a future tier-list edit can't smuggle
+  // in a typo without a test failure.
+  it('every CORE name exists in TOOLS_BY_NAME', () => {
+    for (const name of CORE_TOOL_NAMES) {
+      expect(TOOLS_BY_NAME[name], `CORE references unknown tool '${name}'`).toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('every STANDARD name exists in TOOLS_BY_NAME', () => {
+    for (const name of STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES) {
+      expect(TOOLS_BY_NAME[name], `STANDARD references unknown tool '${name}'`).toBeDefined();
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('CORE is a subset of STANDARD', () => {
+    const standardSet = new Set<string>(STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES);
+    for (const name of CORE_TOOL_NAMES) {
+      expect(standardSet.has(name), `'${name}' is in CORE but not STANDARD`).toBe(true);
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/server/src/services/agents.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import type { Agent, AgentsResponse, AgentParseError } from '../types/api.js';
-import { ALL_TOOLS } from './tools.js';
+import { ALL_TOOLS, resolveToolTier } from './tools.js';
 
 // v1.8.1: global agents live at /data/AGENTS.md inside the container
 // (./data:/data:ro mount on the host). Per-project AGENTS.md at the project
@@ -186,11 +186,14 @@ function parseAgentSection(section: RawSection): Omit<Agent, 'source'> {
     throw new Error(fmErrors.join('; '));
   }
 
+  // v1.13.15-tools: intersect with BOOCODE_TOOLS tier (ceiling, not expansion).
+  // Unset → resolveToolTier returns ALL tool names → no narrowing.
+  const tierAllowed = new Set(resolveToolTier(process.env.BOOCODE_TOOLS));
   const filteredTools = Array.isArray(fm.tools)
     ? fm.tools.filter((t): t is string =>
-        (ALL_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(t),
+        (ALL_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(t) && tierAllowed.has(t),
       )
-    : DEFAULT_TOOLS;
+    : DEFAULT_TOOLS.filter((t) => tierAllowed.has(t));
 
   return {
     id: slugify(section.name),

apps/server/src/services/tools.ts

@@ -700,6 +700,64 @@ export const TOOLS_BY_NAME: Record<string, ToolDef<unknown>> = Object.fromEntrie
   ALL_TOOLS.map((t) => [t.name, t])
 );
 
+// v1.13.15-tools: tiered tool loading. BOOCODE_TOOLS env var (`core` |
+// `standard` | `all`) filters the agent's tool whitelist before LLM dispatch.
+// Daily-driver token win on qwen3.6-35b-a3b — the 35B-A3B MoE benefits from
+// any prompt-cache stability win (fewer tools = shorter, more stable tool
+// schemas in the system prompt). Pattern lift from eyaltoledano/claude-task-
+// master (MIT + Commons Clause — pattern only, no code lift).
+//
+// The env var is a CEILING. It only narrows; never expands an agent's
+// declared whitelist. Default behavior (var unset) is unchanged: all tools.
+export const CORE_TOOL_NAMES = [
+  'view_file',
+  'list_dir',
+  'grep',
+  'find_files',
+] as const;
+
+export const STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES = [
+  ...CORE_TOOL_NAMES,
+  'web_search',
+  'web_fetch',
+  'git_status',
+  'get_codebase_overview',
+  'get_file_analysis',
+  'get_symbol_info',
+  'search_symbols',
+  'get_dependencies',
+  'watch_changes',
+  'get_semantic_neighborhoods',
+  'get_framework_analysis',
+] as const;
+
+// Module-load validation: every name in CORE / STANDARD must exist in
+// TOOLS_BY_NAME. Catches typos and stale tier definitions before they reach
+// production; server boot fails loudly rather than silently filtering valid
+// tools out of agent whitelists.
+for (const name of CORE_TOOL_NAMES) {
+  if (!TOOLS_BY_NAME[name]) {
+    throw new Error(`CORE_TOOL_NAMES references unknown tool: '${name}'`);
+  }
+}
+for (const name of STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES) {
+  if (!TOOLS_BY_NAME[name]) {
+    throw new Error(`STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES references unknown tool: '${name}'`);
+  }
+}
+
+export function resolveToolTier(tier: string | undefined): readonly string[] {
+  switch ((tier ?? 'all').toLowerCase()) {
+    case 'core':
+      return CORE_TOOL_NAMES;
+    case 'standard':
+      return STANDARD_TOOL_NAMES;
+    case 'all':
+    default:
+      return ALL_TOOLS.map((t) => t.name);
+  }
+}
+
 export function toolJsonSchemas(): ToolJsonSchema[] {
   return ALL_TOOLS.map((t) => t.jsonSchema);
 }