fix(grok): deliver intake draft via the relay + correct opencode-mechanism docs

Live end-to-end verification (opencode 1.17.8 + grok-build-0.1) of the WHOLE
integration, then fixes for what it surfaced:

1) Intake draft card (FUNCTIONAL): opencode's synchronous serve reply
   (POST /session/:id/message) returns only [step-start, text, step-finish] — it
   does NOT include tool-call parts, so the driver could never extract the
   propose_draft draft. intake-tools.js now POSTs the draft straight to the
   prompter-live relay (/api/prompter/live/{session}/events, the same endpoint
   the driver's relay sink uses), so the panel renders the card regardless.
   Verified live: grok calls propose_draft -> the relay receives the draft.

2) Correct misattributed opencode "bugs" (DOCS): earlier comments asserted as
   general opencode behavior that a provider.xai block / npm override / config
   plugin:-array "break" registration. Re-testing showed those were artifacts of
   a PROJECT-level .opencode/opencode.json; from the GLOBAL config (which
   opencode_config writes) the built-in provider, model resolution, the plugin
   array AND the auto-discovery dir all work, and MCP gateway verbs register
   (delivery agents verified). Reframed the comments as design choices (built-in
   provider + XAI_API_KEY env + plugins baked in the auto-discovery dir with
   named exports) and dropped the false claims.

3) Reasoning --variant: passing it does not error, but whether opencode applies a
   named reasoning variant to grok-build-0.1 (no provider-defined variants) is
   UNVERIFIED — comment softened from a "~54% cut" claim to best-effort,
   measure-on-NAS.

Verified live this session: one-shot delivery (model + MCP verbs + plugins +
hooks), secretary tools (read_company_state + submit_directive -> backend with
token), intake draft (relay), grok built-in-provider tool-calling. Remaining
NAS-only: full container assembly (SDK :9000 startup, entrypoint hooks, 429
parking) + the --variant cost measurement. Gate green (ruff/mypy + 51 tests;
node --check the plugins).

docker/agent-grok.Dockerfile

@@ -13,16 +13,15 @@ FROM roboco-agent-base
 USER root
 
 # opencode — the OpenAI-protocol agent runtime. grok-build-0.1 runs on opencode's
-# BUILT-IN xai provider (no custom provider npm — that breaks model resolution),
+# BUILT-IN xai provider (no custom provider block / npm needed), so only
-# so only opencode-ai is installed; it resolves the provider SDK at runtime.
+# opencode-ai is installed; it resolves the provider SDK at runtime.
 RUN npm install -g opencode-ai \
     && npm cache clean --force \
     && rm -rf /root/.npm /tmp/*
 
-# opencode plugins, baked into the AUTO-DISCOVERY dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/).
+# opencode plugins, baked into the AUTO-DISCOVERY dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/)
-# opencode 1.17.8 does NOT register a plugin's hooks/tools from a config
+# rather than referenced by a config `plugin:` path — the dir is the simplest
-# `plugin:`-array absolute path — only from this directory (verified live). Each
+# registration route. Each plugin uses a NAMED export (opencode's convention).
-# plugin uses a NAMED export.
 #   secret-scrub — bash-guard parity (PAT/credential deny on tool.execute.before)
 #   budget-feed  — POSTs budget/loop/terminal counters to the in-container SDK
 #                  server (tool.execute.{before,after}); the entrypoint starts

docker/grok/budget-feed.js

@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@ function bareVerb(tool) {
   return tool;
 }
 
-// Named export + loaded from the plugin auto-discovery dir
+// Named export (opencode's plugin convention) + baked into the plugin
-// (~/.config/opencode/plugin/) — opencode 1.17.8 ignores config `plugin:`-array
+// auto-discovery dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/) at image build — the simplest
-// absolute paths for hook/tool registration (verified live).
+// registration route (no config `plugin:` path needed).
 export const RobocoBudgetFeed = async () => {
   return {
     "tool.execute.before": async (input) => {

docker/grok/intake-tools.js

@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 // opencode plugin — the Intake interviewer's propose_draft tool, on Grok.
 //
-// Parity with the Claude Intake's SDK tool (roboco.agent_sdk.intake_driver
+// The model calls propose_draft once the task spec is ready; this delivers the
-// .build_intake_options): the model calls propose_draft once the task spec is
+// draft to the panel's reviewable draft card.
-// ready, and the driver (OpencodeServeSession.normalize_opencode_message ->
-// _is_propose_draft -> _draft_from_tool_input) turns that tool call into the
-// `draft` chunk the panel renders as the reviewable draft card.
 //
-// Without this, propose_draft is a tool the prompter prompt tells the model to
+// WHY IT POSTS DIRECTLY (not via the driver): opencode's synchronous serve reply
-// call but that does not exist on Grok, so no draft card ever appears and the
+// (POST /session/:id/message) returns only the final assistant text + step
-// human can't launch a task from a Grok intake chat. The execute() only ACKs —
+// markers — NOT the tool-CALL parts. So OpencodeServeSession cannot intercept
-// the payload that matters is the tool-CALL input, which the driver intercepts.
+// this call to emit a `draft` chunk (verified live: a propose_draft call comes
+// back as parts=[step-start, text, step-finish], no tool part). Instead the tool
+// POSTs the draft straight to the prompter-live relay — the same
+// /api/prompter/live/{session}/events endpoint the driver's relay sink uses — so
+// the panel renders the card regardless. (The Claude intake path differs: the
+// Claude SDK DOES expose the tool-use block, so its driver intercepts it.)
 //
-// Loaded ONLY into the roboco-agent-grok-prompter image via
+// Loaded from the plugin auto-discovery dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/), baked
-// ROBOCO_OPENCODE_EXTRA_PLUGINS (the one-shot delivery roles never draft).
+// into the grok-prompter image only (the one-shot delivery roles never draft).
-//
+// The container provides ROBOCO_API_URL + ROBOCO_PROMPTER_SESSION_ID.
-// UNVERIFIED-LIVE: opencode's exact tool-call Part shape in the synchronous
-// serve reply — confirm a Grok intake spec yields a draft chunk -> panel card
-// on the NAS before relying on Grok intake.
 
 import { tool } from "@opencode-ai/plugin";
 
-// Named export + loaded from the plugin auto-discovery dir
+const API_BASE = (
-// (~/.config/opencode/plugin/) — opencode 1.17.8 only registers Hooks.tool from
+  process.env.ROBOCO_API_URL || "http://roboco-orchestrator:8000"
-// directory auto-discovery, not a config `plugin:`-array absolute path
+).replace(/\/+$/, "");
-// (verified live).
+
 export const RobocoIntakeTools = async () => ({
   tool: {
     propose_draft: tool({
@@ -38,10 +37,33 @@ export const RobocoIntakeTools = async () => ({
           .record(tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.any())
           .describe("The task draft object"),
       },
-      async execute() {
+      async execute(args) {
-        // The driver intercepts the tool CALL and emits the draft chunk; this
+        const session = process.env.ROBOCO_PROMPTER_SESSION_ID || "";
-        // handler only acknowledges so the model knows the draft landed.
+        if (!session) {
-        return "Draft submitted — the human can review it.";
+          return "No live session id (ROBOCO_PROMPTER_SESSION_ID) — cannot surface the draft.";
+        }
+        try {
+          const res = await fetch(
+            `${API_BASE}/api/prompter/live/${encodeURIComponent(session)}/events`,
+            {
+              method: "POST",
+              headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+              body: JSON.stringify({
+                kind: "draft",
+                text: "",
+                tool: "propose_draft",
+                data: args.draft || {},
+              }),
+              signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15000),
+            },
+          );
+          if (!res.ok) {
+            return `Draft relay returned HTTP ${res.status}; the human may not see the card.`;
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          return "Could not submit the draft to the panel: " + String(e);
+        }
+        return "Draft submitted — the human can review it in the panel.";
       },
     }),
   },

docker/grok/secret-scrub.js

@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ function denyBash(command) {
   return null;
 }
 
-// Named export + loaded from opencode's plugin auto-discovery dir
+// Named export (opencode's plugin convention) + loaded from opencode's plugin
-// (~/.config/opencode/plugin/). opencode 1.17.8 does NOT register a plugin's
+// auto-discovery dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/), where it's baked at image
-// hooks/tools when it's listed by absolute path in the config `plugin:` array —
+// build — the simplest registration route (no config `plugin:` path needed).
-// only directory auto-discovery works (verified live against grok-build-0.1).
+// Hook firing verified live against grok-build-0.1.
 export const RobocoSecretScrub = async () => {
   return {
     "tool.execute.before": async (input, output) => {

docker/grok/secretary-tools.js

@@ -66,11 +66,10 @@ async function callBackend(method, path, body) {
 
 const asText = (data) => JSON.stringify(data);
 
-// Named export + loaded from the plugin auto-discovery dir
+// Named export (opencode's plugin convention) + baked into the plugin
-// (~/.config/opencode/plugin/) — opencode 1.17.8 does NOT register tools from a
+// auto-discovery dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/) at image build. Verified live
-// config `plugin:`-array absolute path; only directory auto-discovery + a named
+// against grok-build-0.1: the model called read_company_state + submit_directive
-// export registers Hooks.tool (verified live: the model called the tool and the
+// and the backend received both requests with the X-Agent-Token.
-// backend received the request).
 export const RobocoSecretaryTools = async () => ({
   tool: {
     read_company_state: tool({

roboco/agent_sdk/grok_intake_main.py

@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@
 The Grok analogue of ``intake_main``: the same in-container ``POST /turn``
 receiver and the same relay sink to ``/api/prompter/live/{id}/events``, but the
 held-open session is an :class:`OpencodeServeSession` (``opencode serve``)
-instead of a ``ClaudeSDKClient``. ``opencode.json`` (xAI provider + system
+instead of a ``ClaudeSDKClient``. ``opencode.json`` (model + system prompt) is
-prompt) is rendered first. Intake is a human-only interviewer (no gateway verbs);
+rendered first. Intake is a human-only interviewer (no gateway verbs); its one
-its one action tool, ``propose_draft``, is registered by the ``intake-tools.js``
+action tool, ``propose_draft``, is registered by the ``intake-tools.js`` opencode
-opencode plugin (baked into the grok-prompter image, wired via
+plugin (baked into the grok-prompter image's plugin auto-discovery dir). Because
-``ROBOCO_OPENCODE_EXTRA_PLUGINS``) and the driver turns that tool call into the
+opencode's synchronous serve reply does NOT carry tool-call parts, that plugin
-panel's draft card. The ``IntakeDriver`` loop, message source, and relay are
+POSTs the draft straight to the prompter-live relay (the same
-reused unchanged — only the ``SessionFactory`` differs.
+``/api/prompter/live/{id}/events`` endpoint) so the panel renders the draft card.
+The ``IntakeDriver`` loop, message source, and relay are reused unchanged — only
+the ``SessionFactory`` differs.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations

roboco/agent_sdk/opencode_session.py

@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@ def normalize_opencode_message(message: dict[str, Any]) -> list[StreamChunk]:
 
     Unlike the Claude path (which streams text deltas live and so drops the final
     TextBlock to avoid double-render), the synchronous opencode reply carries the
-    text only here, so text parts ARE emitted. A ``propose_draft`` tool part — or
+    text only here, so text parts ARE emitted. A turn-level ``info.error`` is
-    a fenced ```roboco-draft``` block in the assembled text — becomes a ``draft``
+    surfaced as an ``error`` chunk so a failed turn is never silently blank.
-    chunk, matching the Claude intake's two draft paths. A turn-level
+
-    ``info.error`` is surfaced as an ``error`` chunk so a failed turn is never
+    Draft note: opencode's synchronous serve reply does NOT include tool-call
-    silently blank.
+    parts, so the intake draft is delivered by the ``intake-tools.js``
+    propose_draft tool POSTing to the prompter-live relay directly (not from
+    here). The ``propose_draft`` tool-part and fenced ```roboco-draft``` handling
+    below is a tolerant fallback for any opencode version that DOES surface the
+    tool call in parts; it is normally a no-op on the serve path.
     """
     parts = message.get("parts") or []
     chunks: list[StreamChunk] = []

roboco/llm/providers/grok.py

@@ -70,13 +70,16 @@ _SYSTEM_PROMPT_IN_CONTAINER = "/app/system-prompt.md"
 _OPENCODE_DATA_DIR_IN_CONTAINER = "/home/agent/.local/share/opencode"
 
 # Reasoning effort by role. grok-build-0.1 reasons heavily by default, and
-# reasoning bills at the output rate — it dominates cost (a live "say ok" call
+# reasoning bills at the output rate, so it dominates cost. Code-quality roles
-# emitted ~300 reasoning tokens). Code-quality roles (developer, qa, pr_reviewer)
+# (developer, qa, pr_reviewer) keep full reasoning; coordination / docs / board
-# keep full reasoning; coordination / docs / board roles run "minimal" (a live
+# roles request "minimal". opencode receives this via its `--variant` flag (and
-# test cut reasoning ~54% with no quality cost for that work). opencode applies
+# the serve message `variant` field). NOTE: whether opencode actually applies a
-# this via its `--variant` flag. Operators can force one effort for ALL grok
+# named reasoning variant to grok-build-0.1 without a provider-defined `variants`
-# agents with the ROBOCO_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT env on the orchestrator
+# block is UNVERIFIED — passing the flag does not error, but the reasoning-cost
-# (value "minimal" | "high" | "max", or "default"/"full" to use full reasoning).
+# reduction must be measured on the NAS; treat the saving as best-effort, not
+# guaranteed. Operators can force one effort for ALL grok agents with the
+# ROBOCO_GROK_REASONING_EFFORT env on the orchestrator (value "minimal" | "high"
+# | "max", or "default"/"full" to use full reasoning).
 _MINIMAL_REASONING_ROLES = frozenset(
     {
         "cell_pm",
@@ -262,8 +265,7 @@ class GrokProvider(AgentProvider):
             [
                 # opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider authenticates from XAI_API_KEY
                 # and reads XAI_BASE_URL for the endpoint — opencode_config emits
-                # no provider block (any provider.xai block breaks plugin-tool
+                # no provider block, so these envs are the only LLM wiring needed.
-                # registration), so these envs are the only LLM wiring.
                 "-e",
                 f"XAI_API_KEY={config.provider_auth_token}",
                 "-e",

roboco/llm/providers/opencode_config.py

@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ sets (``OPENAI_*`` + ``ROBOCO_*``) plus the mounted Claude Code
 as importable Python (not a shell heredoc) makes the translation unit-testable.
 
 Config shape per opencode docs (https://opencode.ai/docs/config):
-  * NO ``provider`` block. opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider drives
+  * NO ``provider`` block — opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider already drives
-    grok-build-0.1; ANY custom ``provider.xai`` block (even just ``options``)
+    grok-build-0.1 (model resolution + tool-calls verified live), so a custom
-    breaks plugin-tool registration, and a ``npm`` override additionally breaks
+    block is unnecessary. The key + base URL reach the provider via the
-    model resolution (ProviderModelNotFoundError) — all verified live on opencode
+    ``XAI_API_KEY`` / ``XAI_BASE_URL`` env vars; ``model`` selects ``xai/<model>``.
-    1.17.8. The key + base URL reach the provider via the ``XAI_API_KEY`` /
-    ``XAI_BASE_URL`` env vars; ``model`` selects ``xai/<model>``.
   * ``mcp.<name>`` — ``{type:"local", command:[...], environment:{...}}``; this
     is where RoboCo's gateway servers (roboco-flow / roboco-do / ...) are wired,
     translated from Claude Code's ``mcpServers`` (``command`` + ``args`` + ``env``).
@@ -25,12 +23,14 @@ Config shape per opencode docs (https://opencode.ai/docs/config):
     review). This is the primary idle-stream defence (the orchestrator reaper is
     the backstop).
 
-There is NO ``plugin`` key: opencode 1.17.8 does not register a plugin's
+There is NO ``plugin`` key: the plugins are baked into opencode's plugin
-hooks/tools from a config ``plugin:``-array absolute path — only from the plugin
+AUTO-DISCOVERY dir (``~/.config/opencode/plugin/``, i.e.
-AUTO-DISCOVERY dir (``~/.config/opencode/plugin/``). The plugins are baked there
+``/home/agent/.config/opencode/plugin/`` in the image), so the generated config
-in the images instead (secret-scrub + budget-feed in the base grok image; the
+doesn't need to reference them by path (secret-scrub + budget-feed in the base
-Secretary's directive tools and the Intake's propose_draft in their interactive
+grok image; the Secretary's directive tools and the Intake's propose_draft in
-images).
+their interactive images). Each uses a NAMED export (opencode's documented
+plugin convention). The model writes this config to the GLOBAL location (see
+``main`` — ``~/.config/opencode/opencode.json``), which is what opencode reads.
 
 GUARDRAIL PARITY: the bash-guard (PAT-scrub) is ported via ``secret-scrub.js``
 (``tool.execute.before``); the per-session budget / loop / terminal-verb
@@ -57,19 +57,16 @@ from typing import Any
 
 _OPENCODE_SCHEMA = "https://opencode.ai/config.json"
 _PROVIDER_ID = "xai"
-# We do NOT override provider.<id>.npm. opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider already
+# No provider block at all: opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider already drives
-# drives grok-build-0.1 with working tool-calls (verified live); a custom `npm`
+# grok-build-0.1 with working tool-calls (verified live), so no custom `npm` /
-# (e.g. @ai-sdk/openai) is not resolvable from opencode's module path and makes
+# `models` override is needed. The xAI key is injected via the XAI_API_KEY env
-# the model fail to resolve (ProviderModelNotFoundError). The xAI key is injected
+# var the built-in provider reads (set by GrokProvider / the orchestrator).
-# via the XAI_API_KEY env var the built-in provider reads (set by GrokProvider /
-# the orchestrator) — provider.options.apiKey alone does NOT authenticate it.
 #
-# Plugins (secret-scrub / budget-feed / the per-role tool plugins) are NOT listed
+# Plugins (secret-scrub / budget-feed / the per-role tool plugins) are baked into
-# in the config `plugin:` array — opencode 1.17.8 does not register a plugin's
-# hooks/tools when it is referenced by absolute path there. They are baked into
 # the plugin AUTO-DISCOVERY dir (~/.config/opencode/plugin/, i.e.
-# /home/agent/.config/opencode/plugin/ in the image) instead, which registers
+# /home/agent/.config/opencode/plugin/ in the image) rather than referenced by a
-# both tools and hooks (verified live against grok-build-0.1).
+# config `plugin:` path — the dir is the simplest registration route and keeps
+# the generated config path-free (registration verified live against grok-build-0.1).
 
 
 # opencode's built-in subagent-spawning tool. Hard-disabled in the generated
@@ -77,8 +74,8 @@ _PROVIDER_ID = "xai"
 # subagents, and one that does can wedge the parent run on an idle stream. This
 # is the primary defence against the idle-stream hang; the orchestrator's
 # reaper watchdog (_maybe_kill_wedged_grok) is the backstop. (Per-provider
-# request/stream timeouts can't be set without a custom provider.npm, which
+# request/stream timeouts would need a custom provider block, which we don't
-# breaks model resolution — see the module docstring — so they are not used.)
+# emit; the reaper + disabled subagents cover the idle-stream risk instead.)
 _SUBAGENT_TOOL = "task"
 
 
@@ -134,13 +131,11 @@ def build_opencode_config(
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
     """Build the ``opencode.json`` dict for a Grok agent.
 
-    Emits NO ``provider`` block: opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider drives
+    Emits NO ``provider`` block — opencode's BUILT-IN xai provider drives
-    grok-build-0.1, and ANY custom ``provider.xai`` block breaks plugin-tool
+    grok-build-0.1 (verified live), so a custom block is unnecessary; the key +
-    registration AND (without ``XAI_API_KEY``) model resolution — all verified
+    base URL are injected via the ``XAI_API_KEY`` / ``XAI_BASE_URL`` env vars
-    live on opencode 1.17.8. The key + base URL are injected via the
+    (set by GrokProvider / the orchestrator). No ``plugin`` array either —
-    ``XAI_API_KEY`` / ``XAI_BASE_URL`` env vars (set by GrokProvider / the
+    plugins live in the auto-discovery dir baked into the images.
-    orchestrator). No ``plugin`` array either — plugins live in the
-    auto-discovery dir baked into the images.
     """
     guards = guards or OpencodeGuards()
     config: dict[str, Any] = {

roboco/runtime/orchestrator.py

@@ -3443,8 +3443,8 @@ class AgentOrchestrator:
             cmd.extend(
                 [
                     # Built-in xai provider authenticates from XAI_API_KEY and
-                    # reads XAI_BASE_URL; opencode_config emits no provider block
+                    # reads XAI_BASE_URL; opencode_config emits no provider block,
-                    # (any provider.xai block breaks plugin-tool registration).
+                    # so these envs are the only LLM wiring needed.
                     "-e",
                     f"XAI_API_KEY={auth_token or ''}",
                     "-e",