coder(providers): v2.3 provider-lifecycle phase 1 — config-backed registry

Adds a config layer merged over the hardcoded built-ins (tasks 1.1-1.6): CODER_PROVIDERS_PATH env (default /data/coder-providers.json); provider-config.ts (Zod schema + never-throw loader — missing/invalid file falls back to built-ins only — + save); provider-config-registry.ts (ResolvedProviderDef + buildResolvedRegistry merge: override built-ins, add custom extends:'acp' entries, boocode always enabled + singleton); agent-probe now iterates the resolved registry, probes custom-ACP command[0] via execFile (no shell), skips disabled providers (keeps the row), reads enabled from memory only (no DB column). No snapshot/dispatch/route/UI changes (Phase 2+). 6 new unit tests; empty config provably yields exactly the built-ins.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes per release tag. Most recent on top, ordered by tag creation date (which matches the git history). Tag names follow `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH-slug` — the slug describes what shipped, so the tag name alone is enough to recall the batch.
 
+## v2.5.4-provider-lifecycle-phase1 — 2026-05-29
+
+Phase 1 of the v2.3 provider-lifecycle batch (`openspec/changes/v2-3-provider-lifecycle/design.md` §2–3): a config-backed provider layer merged over the hardcoded built-ins, with no runtime change when no config file exists. Adds `CODER_PROVIDERS_PATH` (default `/data/coder-providers.json`); `provider-config.ts` (Zod `ProviderOverride`/`CoderProvidersFile` schemas + a loader that never throws at startup — a missing file, invalid JSON, or schema mismatch all fall back to built-ins-only — plus `save` for the Phase 4 PATCH route); and `provider-config-registry.ts` (`ResolvedProviderDef` + `buildResolvedRegistry` merge: built-in overrides, custom `extends:'acp'` entries requiring label+command, `boocode` always enabled, plus a module singleton). `agent-probe.ts` now iterates the resolved registry instead of the hardcoded list — custom ACP entries resolve their binary from `command[0]` via `execFile` (no shell), disabled providers skip probing without losing their row, and `enabled` is read from memory only (no DB column this phase). Six unit tests, including a regression proving an empty config yields exactly the built-ins. No snapshot/dispatch/route/UI changes (Phase 2+). The `data/coder-providers.json` seed exists on disk but is gitignored (`data/*`). Lands on top of `v2.5.3-remove-cursor-copilot`.
+
+## v2.5.3-remove-cursor-copilot — 2026-05-29
+
+Retire the cursor and copilot providers from BooCoder entirely. Removes their `acp-spawn` argv cases, `provider-manifest` mode blocks + manifest keys, `provider-commands` command maps, the `provider-snapshot` cursor model-CLI branch (and the now-orphaned `exec`/`promisify` imports), and the `agent-probe` copilot ACP-detect branch; deletes the dead `cursor-models.ts` module and its test. The `PROVIDERS` registry array already lacked both entries, so only the doc comment needed correcting. Built-ins unchanged: claude, opencode, goose, qwen, native boocode. Standalone cleanup; pairs with `v2.5.4-provider-lifecycle-phase1` which builds on it.
+
 ## v2.5.2-coder-ux-fixes — 2026-05-29
 
 Working-tree checkpoint bundling this session's fixes with in-progress coder UI work. This session: the BooCoder dispatcher now reacts to new tasks immediately via a Postgres `LISTEN/NOTIFY` (`tasks_new`) AFTER INSERT trigger, with the poll loop kept at 2s as a missed-notification fallback (`dispatcher.ts`, `apps/coder/src/schema.sql`); the mobile nav drawer no longer sticks open after returning to a backgrounded tab — `useViewport` re-syncs on `pageshow`/`visibilitychange`/`resize`/`orientationchange` (iOS reported a stale width on bfcache restore, leaving `isMobile=false`); assistant reasoning renders as a collapsible "Thinking" block in `MessageBubble`, surfacing ACP `agent_thought_chunk` from opencode/goose/qwen and native `reasoning_parts`; paste-to-chip inserts pasted text verbatim instead of wrapping it in a code fence; and a "New file from pasted text" affordance in the RightRail browser queues a `pending_changes` create through the new `POST /api/sessions/:id/pending/create` endpoint, paired with a fix repointing the DiffPanel's dead approve/reject calls to the real `/api/pending/:id/apply` and `/reject` routes. Also carried in the tree but not authored this session: the CoderPane `ChatInput` migration and `AgentComposerBar` refinements, plus backend tweaks to `auto_name`, inference `tool-phase`/`turn`, `secret_guard`, and `provider-registry`. Ships the `v2-6-persistent-agent-sessions` openspec proposal/design/tasks (free agent-switching with per-agent memory, opencode-as-server) as planning docs only — the feature is unimplemented and reserves the `v2.6.0` tag for it. Build green across server/coder/web; server suite 531 passing. (CHANGELOG note: the v2.3–v2.5.1 entries were never backfilled and remain absent above.)

apps/coder/.env.host

@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ GITEA_USER=indifferentketchup
 GITEA_SSH_HOST=100.114.205.53:2222
 MCP_CONFIG_PATH=/data/mcp.json
 SKILLS_ROOT=/opt/boocode/data/skills
+CODER_PROVIDERS_PATH=/opt/boocode/data/coder-providers.json

apps/coder/src/config.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ const ConfigSchema = z.object({
   GITEA_TOKEN: z.string().optional(),
   GITEA_SSH_HOST: z.string().default('100.114.205.53:2222'),
   MCP_CONFIG_PATH: z.string().optional(),
+  // v2.3: config-backed provider overrides/custom-ACP entries merged over the
+  // hardcoded built-ins. Missing file = built-ins only (see provider-config.ts).
+  CODER_PROVIDERS_PATH: z.string().default('/data/coder-providers.json'),
   // v2.0.5: cheaper model for titles, summaries, labeling.
   FAST_MODEL: z.string().optional(),
   // SSH access to the host for external agent dispatch (Phase 5)

apps/coder/src/services/__tests__/provider-config-registry.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { buildResolvedRegistry } from '../provider-config-registry.js';
+import { PROVIDERS } from '../provider-registry.js';
+import type { CoderProvidersFile } from '../provider-config.js';
+
+describe('buildResolvedRegistry', () => {
+  it('applies a built-in override (goose label)', () => {
+    const config: CoderProvidersFile = { providers: { goose: { label: 'Goosey' } } };
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, config);
+    const goose = reg.get('goose');
+    expect(goose).toBeDefined();
+    expect(goose!.label).toBe('Goosey');
+    expect(goose!.configLabel).toBe('Goosey');
+    expect(goose!.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(goose!.isBuiltin).toBe(true);
+    expect(goose!.isCustomAcp).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('adds a custom ACP entry (extends:acp + label + command)', () => {
+    const config: CoderProvidersFile = {
+      providers: {
+        'amp-acp': { extends: 'acp', label: 'Amp', description: 'ACP wrapper', command: ['amp-acp', '--acp'], env: { AMP: '1' } },
+      },
+    };
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, config);
+    const amp = reg.get('amp-acp');
+    expect(amp).toBeDefined();
+    expect(amp!.isCustomAcp).toBe(true);
+    expect(amp!.isBuiltin).toBe(false);
+    expect(amp!.transport).toBe('acp');
+    expect(amp!.modelSource).toBe('probe');
+    expect(amp!.launchCommand).toEqual(['amp-acp', '--acp']);
+    expect(amp!.env).toEqual({ AMP: '1' });
+    expect(amp!.enabled).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a disabled built-in in the registry flagged disabled (goose)', () => {
+    const config: CoderProvidersFile = { providers: { goose: { enabled: false } } };
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, config);
+    expect(reg.has('goose')).toBe(true);
+    expect(reg.get('goose')!.enabled).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('skips a custom id without extends (no throw)', () => {
+    const config: CoderProvidersFile = { providers: { weird: { label: 'Weird', command: ['weird'] } } };
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, config);
+    expect(reg.has('weird')).toBe(false);
+    // built-ins untouched
+    expect(reg.size).toBe(PROVIDERS.length);
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    warn.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('ignores enabled:false on boocode and warns', () => {
+    const config: CoderProvidersFile = { providers: { boocode: { enabled: false } } };
+    const warn = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {});
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, config);
+    expect(reg.get('boocode')!.enabled).toBe(true);
+    expect(warn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    warn.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it('REGRESSION: empty config returns exactly the built-ins, all enabled', () => {
+    const reg = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, { providers: {} });
+    expect(reg.size).toBe(PROVIDERS.length);
+    expect([...reg.keys()]).toEqual(PROVIDERS.map((p) => p.name));
+    for (const def of PROVIDERS) {
+      const r = reg.get(def.name)!;
+      expect(r.enabled).toBe(true);
+      expect(r.isBuiltin).toBe(true);
+      expect(r.isCustomAcp).toBe(false);
+      expect(r.launchCommand).toBeNull();
+      expect(r.label).toBe(def.label);
+    }
+  });
+});

apps/coder/src/services/agent-probe.ts

@@ -1,24 +1,34 @@
 import type { Sql } from '../db.js';
 import type { FastifyBaseLogger } from 'fastify';
-import { exec as execCb } from 'node:child_process';
+import { exec as execCb, execFile as execFileCb } from 'node:child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
-import { PROVIDERS_BY_NAME, PROBED_AGENT_NAMES } from './provider-registry.js';
+import { PROVIDERS_BY_NAME } from './provider-registry.js';
 import { resolveAcpProbeBinaries } from './acp-spawn.js';
 import { clearProviderSnapshotCache } from './provider-snapshot.js';
 import { readQwenSettingsModels } from './qwen-settings.js';
+import { loadConfig } from '../config.js';
+import { loadProviderConfig } from './provider-config-registry.js';
 
 const exec = promisify(execCb);
+const execFile = promisify(execFileCb);
+
+// `which` via execFile (no shell) — the binary name can come from the config
+// file (custom ACP entries), so avoid interpolating it into a shell string.
+async function whichBinary(bin: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout } = await execFile('which', [bin], { timeout: 10_000 });
+    const path = stdout.trim();
+    return path || null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
 
 async function resolveInstallPath(agentName: string): Promise<string | null> {
   const candidates = resolveAcpProbeBinaries(agentName);
   for (const bin of candidates) {
-    try {
+    const path = await whichBinary(bin);
-      const { stdout } = await exec(`which ${bin}`, { timeout: 10_000 });
+    if (path) return path;
-      const path = stdout.trim();
-      if (path) return path;
-    } catch {
-      /* try next */
-    }
   }
   return null;
 }
@@ -46,14 +56,37 @@ async function detectAcpSupport(agentName: string, installPath: string): Promise
 
 /**
  * Probe for available agents on the HOST.
+ *
+ * v2.3: iterates the resolved provider registry (built-ins + config-backed
+ * custom ACP entries) rather than the hardcoded `PROBED_AGENT_NAMES`. Native
+ * boocode is not probed; disabled providers are skipped (their `available_agents`
+ * row is kept, not deleted). `enabled` is read from the in-memory registry only —
+ * no DB column in Phase 1 (design.md §3.3).
  */
 export async function probeAgents(sql: Sql, log: FastifyBaseLogger): Promise<void> {
   clearProviderSnapshotCache();
   log.info('agent-probe: scanning for known agents');
 
-  for (const agentName of PROBED_AGENT_NAMES) {
+  const registry = loadProviderConfig(loadConfig().CODER_PROVIDERS_PATH);
+
+  for (const resolved of registry.values()) {
+    const agentName = resolved.id;
+
+    // Native boocode is not a probed host agent.
+    if (resolved.transport === 'native') continue;
+
+    // Disabled providers: skip the probe, keep any existing row.
+    if (!resolved.enabled) {
+      log.info({ agent: agentName }, 'agent-probe: skipping disabled provider');
+      continue;
+    }
+
     try {
-      const installPath = await resolveInstallPath(agentName);
+      // Custom ACP entries resolve their binary from command[0]; built-ins use
+      // the per-agent probe binaries.
+      const installPath = resolved.isCustomAcp && resolved.launchCommand
+        ? await whichBinary(resolved.launchCommand[0])
+        : await resolveInstallPath(agentName);
       if (!installPath) continue;
 
       let version: string | null = null;
@@ -64,24 +97,34 @@ export async function probeAgents(sql: Sql, log: FastifyBaseLogger): Promise<voi
         /* optional */
       }
 
-      const providerDef = PROVIDERS_BY_NAME.get(agentName);
+      // Custom ACP entries are ACP by declaration; built-ins detect support.
-      let supportsAcp = providerDef?.transport === 'acp';
+      let supportsAcp: boolean;
-      if (supportsAcp) {
+      if (resolved.isCustomAcp) {
-        supportsAcp = await detectAcpSupport(agentName, installPath);
+        supportsAcp = true;
+      } else {
+        supportsAcp = resolved.transport === 'acp';
+        if (supportsAcp) {
+          supportsAcp = await detectAcpSupport(agentName, installPath);
+        }
       }
 
       let models: Array<{ id: string; label: string }> = [];
-      if (providerDef?.modelSource === 'static' && providerDef.staticModels) {
+      if (!resolved.isCustomAcp) {
-        models = providerDef.staticModels;
+        const providerDef = PROVIDERS_BY_NAME.get(agentName);
+        if (providerDef?.modelSource === 'static' && providerDef.staticModels) {
+          models = providerDef.staticModels;
+        }
+        if (agentName === 'qwen') {
+          models = await readQwenSettingsModels();
+        }
       }
 
-      if (agentName === 'qwen') {
+      const label = resolved.configLabel ?? resolved.label;
-        models = await readQwenSettingsModels();
+      const transport = resolved.isCustomAcp
-      }
+        ? 'acp'
-
+        : resolved.transport === 'acp' && !supportsAcp
-      const label = providerDef?.label ?? agentName;
+          ? 'pty'
-      const transport =
+          : (resolved.transport ?? 'pty');
-        providerDef?.transport === 'acp' && !supportsAcp ? 'pty' : (providerDef?.transport ?? 'pty');
 
       await sql`
         INSERT INTO available_agents (name, install_path, version, supports_acp, last_probed_at, models, label, transport)

apps/coder/src/services/provider-config-registry.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/**
+ * v2.3 resolved provider registry — single in-memory source of truth after
+ * merging the hardcoded built-ins (provider-registry.ts) with the config file
+ * (provider-config.ts). Mirrors Paseo's buildProviderRegistry/addDerivedProviders.
+ *
+ * Phase 1 scope: build + expose the resolved registry. `launchCommand` is null
+ * for built-ins (the default argv is resolved at dispatch time in Phase 3) and
+ * is the config `command` for custom ACP entries. No DB columns (design.md §3.3);
+ * `enabled` lives in memory only.
+ */
+import type { ProviderDef } from './provider-registry.js';
+import { PROVIDERS } from './provider-registry.js';
+import { load, type CoderProvidersFile } from './provider-config.js';
+
+export interface ResolvedProviderDef extends ProviderDef {
+  id: string;
+  enabled: boolean;
+  isBuiltin: boolean;
+  isCustomAcp: boolean;
+  /** Full argv for spawn: [binary, ...args]. Null for built-ins (resolved at dispatch). */
+  launchCommand: [string, ...string[]] | null;
+  env: Record<string, string> | undefined;
+  configLabel?: string;
+  configDescription?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Merge built-ins with config overrides into the resolved registry.
+ * Algorithm verbatim from design.md §3.1.
+ */
+export function buildResolvedRegistry(
+  builtins: ProviderDef[],
+  config: CoderProvidersFile,
+): Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef> {
+  const out = new Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef>();
+  const overrides = config.providers ?? {};
+  const builtinNames = new Set(builtins.map((b) => b.name));
+
+  // 1. Built-ins, applying a config override if one is present.
+  for (const def of builtins) {
+    const ov = overrides[def.name];
+    let enabled = ov?.enabled !== false;
+
+    // 3. boocode is always enabled; an enabled:false override is ignored + warned.
+    if (def.name === 'boocode' && ov?.enabled === false) {
+      console.warn("provider-config: ignoring enabled:false for built-in 'boocode' (always enabled)");
+      enabled = true;
+    }
+
+    const launchCommand =
+      ov?.command && ov.command.length > 0 ? (ov.command as [string, ...string[]]) : null;
+
+    out.set(def.name, {
+      ...def,
+      label: ov?.label ?? def.label,
+      id: def.name,
+      enabled,
+      isBuiltin: true,
+      isCustomAcp: false,
+      launchCommand,
+      env: ov?.env,
+      configLabel: ov?.label,
+      configDescription: ov?.description,
+    });
+  }
+
+  // 2. Config ids that are not built-ins → custom ACP entries.
+  for (const [id, ov] of Object.entries(overrides)) {
+    if (builtinNames.has(id)) continue;
+    // §2.2 rules: "New id without extends → Reject at load with log."
+    if (ov.extends !== 'acp' || !ov.label || !ov.command || ov.command.length === 0) {
+      console.warn(
+        `provider-config: skipping custom provider '${id}' — requires extends:'acp', label, and command`,
+      );
+      continue;
+    }
+    out.set(id, {
+      name: id,
+      label: ov.label,
+      transport: 'acp',
+      modelSource: 'probe',
+      id,
+      enabled: ov.enabled !== false,
+      isBuiltin: false,
+      isCustomAcp: true,
+      launchCommand: ov.command as [string, ...string[]],
+      env: ov.env,
+      configLabel: ov.label,
+      configDescription: ov.description,
+    });
+  }
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+// --- Module singleton ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+let cachedRegistry: Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef> | null = null;
+let cachedPath: string | null = null;
+
+/** Load the config file at `path`, rebuild, and cache the resolved registry. */
+export function loadProviderConfig(path: string): Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef> {
+  cachedPath = path;
+  cachedRegistry = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, load(path));
+  return cachedRegistry;
+}
+
+/** Re-read the last-loaded config file and rebuild (Phase 4 calls this after PATCH). */
+export function reloadProviderConfig(): Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef> {
+  if (cachedPath == null) {
+    cachedRegistry = buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, { providers: {} });
+    return cachedRegistry;
+  }
+  return loadProviderConfig(cachedPath);
+}
+
+/** The cached resolved registry (built-ins only if nothing has been loaded yet). */
+export function getResolvedRegistry(): Map<string, ResolvedProviderDef> {
+  return cachedRegistry ?? buildResolvedRegistry(PROVIDERS, { providers: {} });
+}
+
+/** Resolved provider ids in registry order. */
+export function getResolvedProviderIds(): string[] {
+  return [...getResolvedRegistry().keys()];
+}

apps/coder/src/services/provider-config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * v2.3 provider config file (`/data/coder-providers.json`) — schema + loader.
+ *
+ * Layers config-backed overrides/custom-ACP entries over the hardcoded built-ins
+ * (see provider-config-registry.ts). Loading NEVER throws at startup (design.md
+ * §2.1): a missing file, invalid JSON, or schema mismatch all fall back to
+ * `{ providers: {} }` (built-ins only, all enabled).
+ */
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+// Schemas verbatim from design.md §2.2.
+export const ProviderOverrideSchema = z.object({
+  extends: z.enum(['acp']).optional(), // v2.3: only 'acp' for custom; built-ins omit extends
+  label: z.string().min(1).optional(),
+  description: z.string().optional(),
+  command: z.array(z.string().min(1)).min(1).optional(), // [binary, ...args]
+  env: z.record(z.string()).optional(),
+  enabled: z.boolean().optional(), // default true
+  order: z.number().int().optional(), // UI sort key
+  models: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string(), label: z.string() })).optional(),
+  additionalModels: z.array(z.object({ id: z.string(), label: z.string() })).optional(),
+});
+
+export const CoderProvidersFileSchema = z.object({
+  providers: z.record(ProviderOverrideSchema).default({}),
+});
+
+export type ProviderOverride = z.infer<typeof ProviderOverrideSchema>;
+export type CoderProvidersFile = z.infer<typeof CoderProvidersFileSchema>;
+
+/** Read + parse + validate. Falls back to built-ins-only on any failure; never throws. */
+export function load(path: string): CoderProvidersFile {
+  let raw: string;
+  try {
+    raw = readFileSync(path, 'utf8');
+  } catch {
+    // Missing file → built-ins only. Expected, not an error.
+    return { providers: {} };
+  }
+
+  let json: unknown;
+  try {
+    json = JSON.parse(raw);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`provider-config: invalid JSON in ${path} — using built-ins only`, err);
+    return { providers: {} };
+  }
+
+  const parsed = CoderProvidersFileSchema.safeParse(json);
+  if (!parsed.success) {
+    console.error(
+      `provider-config: schema validation failed for ${path} — using built-ins only`,
+      parsed.error.flatten(),
+    );
+    return { providers: {} };
+  }
+
+  return parsed.data;
+}
+
+/** Write the config back to disk (used by the Phase 4 PATCH route). */
+export function save(path: string, config: CoderProvidersFile): void {
+  writeFileSync(path, `${JSON.stringify(config, null, 2)}\n`, 'utf8');
+}