docs: align public AI harness facts

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

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 - [Troubleshooting Guide](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/internal/website/docs/getting-started.md)
 - [Examples](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples)
 - [API Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/go-micro.dev/v5)
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.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ Add any other context, code examples, or screenshots about the feature request h
 - [Roadmap](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/blob/master/ROADMAP.md)
 - [Contributing Guide](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 - [Architecture Docs](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/internal/website/docs/architecture.md)
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.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# North Star
-
-The direction the loop aligns every increment to. Depth lives in
-[`internal/docs/THESIS.md`](../../internal/docs/THESIS.md); this is the short,
-operative version the planner and builder read each run.
-
-## Mission
-
-Make building an **agent** as easy as building a **service**, on one runtime.
-Go Micro is a holistic agent harness and service framework encapsulating the
-lifecycle of **services → agents → workflows** — pluggable, progressive, and
-AI-native by default.
-
-## Right now — developer adoption
-
-The framework's depth is strong; the **on-ramp** is the gap. Weight the developer
-experience — a walkable first-agent tutorial, discoverable examples, docs
-wayfinding, install friction, debugging, the 0→1 and 0→hero path — **at least as
-highly as internal hardening**. A developer succeeding on their first agent
-matters more right now than another conformance/observability/interop increment.
-Do not let the queue fill entirely with internal depth work.
-
-## Guardrails
-
-- One concern per PR; small and reversible.
-- The gate is green CI (`go build`, `go test`, `golangci-lint`, `make harness`),
-  not human review — keep the suite strong; the loop is only as good as its evaluator.
-- **Off-limits without a human** (surface as notes, never auto-merge): breaking
-  public-API changes, brand/positioning/marketing copy, new dependencies,
-  architectural rewrites, product-default changes with broad behavioral impact.
-- Stay on `claude/*` / `codex/*` branches; base PRs on `master`. See
-  [`CODEX.md`](../../CODEX.md) and [`internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md`](../../internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md).

.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md

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-# Priorities
-
-The ranked work queue for the autonomous improvement loop. The
-**architecture-review** pass (the *architect*) owns this file: each run it turns
-the [roadmap](../../ROADMAP.md) plus an internal scan (gaps in the
-services → agents → workflows lifecycle, API coherence, drift, tech debt, test and
-DX friction) into a single ordered list — highest-value first — and links each
-item to a tracking issue. The hourly **continuous-improvement** pass works the
-**top item whose issue is still open**. So the architect decides *what*, and the
-increment loop *builds* it.
-
-**Reading / editing.** An item is done when its linked issue closes (the increment
-that builds it adds `Closes #<issue>`). Roadmap phase (Now → Next → Later) is the
-primary ordering; internal findings are interleaved by value, not kept in a
-separate list. The human can reorder this list — or the issues — at any time to
-redirect the loop; direction always wins.
-
-**Off-limits to the loop** (the architect proposes these as notes, never as queue
-items the loop can auto-merge): brand/positioning copy, breaking public-API
-changes, architectural rewrites. Those go to the human.
-
-## Work queue (ranked)
-
-1. **Fix atlascloud plan-delegate missing delegated notify side effect** ([#3805](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3805)) — the universe concierge notification gap closed in #3811, so the remaining top live-harness blocker is the delegated-plan variant: agents can create the expected work but still miss the observable notify side effect. Keep this first because it protects the adoption-critical 0→hero promise with a real side-effect assertion rather than a weakened text-only pass.
-2. **Isolate file-store tests from shared default directory** ([#3751](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3751)) — repeated `go test -race -cover ./...` failures still point at file-store reliability under the shared default directory/table setup. This remains the highest-value store/CI stability issue because a flaky evaluator erodes the loop's ability to ship adoption work safely.
-3. **Stabilize file-store suffix expiry test timing** ([#3780](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3780)) — the newer store failure is a narrower timing-sensitive suffix-expiry assertion under `-race -cover`. Keep it adjacent to #3751 but separate because it may need a focused TTL/assertion fix even if directory isolation improves the broader file-store tests.
-4. **Propagate agent run cancellation and deadlines through model and tool calls** ([#3544](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3544)) — once the live harness and red CI blockers are cleared, the highest-value remaining resilience gap is predictable failure semantics across agent runs, model calls, tool calls, plan/delegate, and flow handoffs. Tool retries, live-provider deadline tuning, delegated-plan completion, and side-effect enforcement are in place; the lifecycle still needs cancellation/deadline propagation so work fails safely instead of becoming opaque loops.
-5. **Emit OpenTelemetry spans for agent run timelines** ([#3525](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3525)) — recent work made runs inspectable, correlated trace metadata through scheduled dispatch, verified restart resume, added opt-in tool retries, hardened provider conformance, and fixed provider-emitted text tool calls. The next Next-phase step is to turn that RunInfo foundation into standard OTel spans for agent runs, model calls, tool calls, checkpoint/resume, cancellation/deadlines, and failures.
-6. **Add an AP2 mandate layer over A2A and x402** ([#3552](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3552)) — this is a forward interop investment, not a Now-phase blocker: Go Micro already has A2A agents and x402 paid tools, so a small signed-mandate foundation can keep agent payments aligned with the open-protocol story without pulling the queue away from adoption, resilience, or observability. Keep it additive and opt-in while the AP2/FIDO work settles.
-
-_Seeded by Claude Code from the roadmap + open issues; thereafter maintained by the
-architecture-review pass._

.github/loop/prompts/builder.md

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-<!--
-The BUILDER prompt — go-micro's continuous-improvement increment. Editable
-policy; the workflow prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__
-before posting. Keep __ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Run one continuous-improvement increment per `internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md`, aligned to the North Star in `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md` (the services → agents → workflows lifecycle, with developer adoption as the current goal).
-
-PICK THE WORK FROM THE QUEUE: read `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md` and take the highest-ranked item whose linked issue is still OPEN — that is your task, and its issue number is the one you close. If `PRIORITIES.md` is missing or every listed item's issue is already closed, fall back to the single highest-value roadmap / open-issue / improvement-radar item yourself.
-
-Implement it, and VERIFY `go build ./...`, `go test ./...`, and `golangci-lint run ./...`.
-
-Open the PR YOURSELF from the shell — do NOT use the make_pr tool (in this environment it only records metadata and never creates a PR). Create a uniquely-named branch under the `codex/` prefix: `git switch -c codex/increment-__ISSUE__`, then `git push -u origin codex/increment-__ISSUE__`, then `gh pr create --base master --label codex --title "<title>" --body "<body; include 'Closes #<the priority issue you built>' so it leaves the queue, and 'Closes #__ISSUE__' for this run's tracker>"`. Finally enable auto-merge so GitHub merges it once CI is green: `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch`.
-
-One concern per PR. Stay out of breaking public API and brand/positioning copy — surface those as notes for the human instead.

.github/loop/prompts/coherence.md

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-<!--
-The COHERENCE prompt — go-micro's DevRel pass (public-surface coherence +
-CHANGELOG upkeep + changelog blog). Editable policy; the workflow prepends the
-agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ before posting. Keep __ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Act as DevRel for go-micro. Do these, in order.
-
-COHERENCE AUDIT. Audit the public surface — `README.md`, `internal/website/` (landing `index.html` + `docs/`), and the blog under `internal/website/blog/` — for coherence with the North Star in `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md` (an agent harness and service framework; the services → agents → workflows lifecycle). Look for: places where README / website / docs contradict each other, are stale, or describe behavior that has since changed (cross-check against the code and recently merged PRs); whether the README is crisp and leads with the harness positioning; and one to three genuinely blog-worthy items from recently shipped work.
-
-CHANGELOG UPKEEP (safe factual task — goes in the auto-merged PR). Keep `CHANGELOG.md` living, in Keep-a-Changelog format with newest content at the top under `## [Unreleased]`. Enumerate PRs merged to master since the last update (`gh pr list --state merged --base master --limit 60 --json number,title,mergedAt,labels`) and add a concise, user-facing entry for each genuine change not yet recorded under the right `### Added` / `### Changed` / `### Fixed` / `### Documentation` subheading — SKIP internal loop/CI/priorities-refresh churn. If a new `vX.Y.Z` tag was cut since the last run (`git fetch --tags --force`), rename `## [Unreleased]` to `## [X.Y.Z] - <Month YYYY>` and open a fresh empty `## [Unreleased]` above it. Do not invent entries.
-
-CHANGELOG BLOG POST (blog voice — do NOT auto-merge). If, and only if, enough user-facing work has accumulated since the last changelog post to be worth reading (roughly a week's worth; not a near-empty post every day), draft a short "What's new in Go Micro" post as the next-numbered file in `internal/website/blog/`, mirroring the latest post's frontmatter and prev-nav, and add an entry at the top of `internal/website/blog/index.html`. Base it strictly on the CHANGELOG.
-
-THEN: (A) post a findings report as a comment on this issue (#__ISSUE__) — what's aligned, what drifted, what you fixed, the CHANGELOG entries added, and whether you drafted a blog post (and why/why not). (B) Open ONE auto-merging PR for the SAFE factual work only — coherence/crispness fixes AND the CHANGELOG update (NOT brand/positioning rewrites, NOT the blog post): `git switch -c codex/coherence-__ISSUE__`, `git push -u origin codex/coherence-__ISSUE__`, `gh pr create --base master --label codex --title "<title>" --body "<summary, Closes #__ISSUE__>"`, then `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch`. (C) If you drafted a changelog blog post, open it as a SEPARATE PR (`codex/coherence-blog-__ISSUE__`, title prefixed `blog:`) and do NOT enable auto-merge — leave it for the human. Same for any brand/positioning copy. Do not use the make_pr tool.

.github/loop/prompts/planner.md

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-<!--
-The PLANNER prompt — go-micro's "architect / founder lens". Editable policy;
-the workflow prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ (this run's
-tracking issue) before posting. Keep __ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Act as the architect — the founder lens — for go-micro, running continuously alongside the builders. Hold the whole picture: how the harness, the framework, and the developer UX fit together, what is in flight and what just merged, what to prioritize next, and what is missing or has drifted.
-
-(1) TRACK STATE — scan recently merged PRs and open `codex` PRs/issues to see what shipped and what is being built right now, so the queue reflects reality (drop done items, don't re-queue in-flight work).
-
-(2) ASSESS against the North Star in `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md` — lead with its Mission (*make building an agent as easy as building a service, on one runtime*) and re-derive alignment from the CANON: the blog under `internal/website/blog`, the `README`, and the website (read these, don't rely on the North Star alone), then `ROADMAP.md` (Now → Next → Later). Judge every priority against the mission: does it make the services → agents → workflows lifecycle simpler, more cohesive, and more operable? CURRENT GOAL — developer adoption: weight the on-ramp (walkable first-agent tutorial, discoverable examples, docs wayfinding, install friction, debugging, 0→1 and 0→hero) at least as highly as internal hardening; do not let the queue fill entirely with internal depth work. Look at coherence and seams across the core packages (agent, ai, flow, gateway/mcp, gateway/a2a, model, server, store, registry) and the dev inner loop (scaffold → run → chat → inspect → deploy). Flag drift in either direction: work drifting from the mission, or the North Star/website drifting from the lived story in the blog.
-
-(3) MAINTAIN THE QUEUE in `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md` — a SINGLE ordered list, highest-value first, each item linking a scoped, CI-verifiable issue (#N); roadmap phase is the primary ordering, internal findings (cohesion gaps, DX friction, missing pieces) interleaved by value. For any prioritized gap with no issue, file one: `gh issue create --label codex --label enhancement --title "<scoped task>" --body "<goal, scope, acceptance criteria>"`.
-
-OUTPUT: post a concise assessment as a comment on this issue (#__ISSUE__) — what shipped, what's in flight, the top risks/gaps, and the reasoning behind the ranking. If the ranking actually changed, open ONE PR for `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`: `git switch -c codex/planner-__ISSUE__`, `git push -u origin codex/planner-__ISSUE__`, `gh pr create --base master --label codex --title "<title>" --body "<summary, Closes #__ISSUE__>"`, then `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch`. If the queue is already accurate, just close this issue (`gh issue close __ISSUE__`).
-
-Do NOT make breaking public-API or architectural changes yourself — surface those in the assessment as notes for the human, never as auto-merged changes. Open the PR yourself from the shell with `gh`; do not use the make_pr tool (it is a no-op stub).

.github/loop/prompts/triage.md

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-<!--
-The TRIAGE prompt — go-micro's CI-failure feedback path. Editable policy; the
-workflow prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ (this tracking
-issue) and __RUNURL__ (the failed run) before posting. Keep both literal.
--->
-Triage the failed CI run at __RUNURL__. It may be the linter (Lint), the unit/integration tests (Run Tests), or the provider-conformance harness (Harness (E2E)).
-
-Read the logs and root-cause each distinct failure. DEDUPE against open issues — if a failure matches an existing issue, comment "recurred" there instead of filing a duplicate.
-
-For each genuine, self-contained defect, file a scoped issue (`gh issue create --label codex --label enhancement --title "<scoped fix>" --body "<root cause, where, acceptance criteria>"`) so the increment loop builds it and the next CI/harness run verifies it. A lint or test failure on master is a real regression — file it so it is fixed promptly; do NOT ignore it.
-
-IGNORE only genuine transient flakes — live-model latency, provider outages, rate limits, network timeouts with no code cause (mostly relevant to the harness). Anything needing a breaking or architectural change: file it as `needs-human` and describe it, rather than auto-queuing it as a routine fix.
-
-Close this issue (`gh issue close __ISSUE__`) when triage is done. Open any PR yourself from the shell with `gh`; do not use the make_pr tool.

.github/workflows/architecture-review.yml

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+name: Architecture Review
+
+# Continuous high-altitude oversight of the whole framework and harness — the
+# "founder lens" of the autonomous loop (internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md).
+# Where DevRel watches the public story and the increment loop ships code, the
+# architect watches the SYSTEM and runs alongside the builders: it tracks what is
+# in flight and what just merged, keeps the roadmap priorities live, and judges
+# cohesion (harness <-> framework <-> dev UX), missing pieces, and realignment.
+#
+# Its OUTPUT is the ranked queue in internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md plus an assessment
+# — NOT large refactors. Breaking public-API and architectural changes stay with
+# the human (see CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md).
+#
+# Runs hourly, offset before the increment loop (:29) so it re-prioritizes and
+# THEN the loop builds the new top of the queue. Opens a fresh issue and
+# dispatches Codex via CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "59 * * * *" # hourly at :59, just before the :29 increment run (tunable)
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: architecture-review
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  dispatch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Open an architecture review issue and dispatch Codex
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
+            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping (Codex ignores Actions-bot comments)."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
+            --title "Architecture review #$RUN_NUMBER" \
+            --body "Continuous architecture / harness oversight against the North Star in internal/docs/THESIS.md. Output: a re-ranked internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md (only if it changed) plus an assessment.")
+          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
+          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching Codex (Architect)."
+          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body \
+          "@codex Act as the architect — the founder lens — for go-micro, running continuously alongside the builders. Hold the whole picture: how the harness, the framework, and the developer UX fit together cohesively, what is in flight and what just merged, what to prioritize next on the roadmap, and what is missing or has drifted. Each run: (1) TRACK STATE — scan recently merged PRs and open codex PRs/issues to see what shipped and what is being built right now, so the queue reflects reality (drop done items, don't re-queue in-flight work). (2) ASSESS against the North Star in internal/docs/THESIS.md — lead with its Mission (*the problem we solve: make building an agent as easy as building a service, on one runtime*) and re-derive alignment from the CANON it names (the blog under internal/website/blog, the README, and the website — read these, don't rely on THESIS.md alone), then ROADMAP.md (Now → Next → Later). Judge every priority against the mission: does it make the services → agents → workflows lifecycle simpler, more cohesive, and more operable? Look at coherence and seams across the core packages (agent, ai, flow, gateway/mcp, gateway/a2a, model, server, store, registry), the dev inner loop (scaffold → run → chat → inspect → deploy), missing pieces, duplication/drift, and realignment. Flag drift in EITHER direction: work drifting from the mission, or the North Star/website drifting from the lived story in the blog (which needs re-grounding in the canon). (3) MAINTAIN THE QUEUE in internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md — a SINGLE ordered list, highest-value first, each item linking a scoped CI-verifiable issue (#N); roadmap phase is the primary ordering, internal findings (cohesion gaps, DX friction, missing pieces) interleaved by value. For any prioritized gap that has no issue yet, file one: \`gh issue create --label codex --label enhancement --title \"<scoped task>\" --body \"<goal, scope, acceptance criteria>\"\`. OUTPUT: post a concise assessment as a comment on this issue (#$ISSUE_NUM) — what shipped, what's in flight, the top risks/gaps/missing pieces, and the reasoning behind the ranking. If the ranking actually changed, open ONE PR for PRIORITIES.md: \`git switch -c codex/architect-$ISSUE_NUM\`, \`git push -u origin codex/architect-$ISSUE_NUM\`, \`gh pr create --base master --label codex --title \"<title>\" --body \"<summary, Closes #$ISSUE_NUM>\"\`, then \`gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch\`. If the queue is already accurate and correctly ranked, do NOT open a PR — just close this issue (\`gh issue close $ISSUE_NUM\`). Do NOT make breaking public-API or architectural changes yourself — surface those in the assessment as notes for the human, never as auto-merged changes. Do not use the make_pr tool (it is a no-op stub)."

.github/workflows/continuous-improvement.yml

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+name: Continuous Improvement
+
+# Durable backbone for the autonomous improvement loop
+# (see internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md).
+#
+# A Claude Max subscription provides no API key for CI, so the loop is driven by
+# Codex rather than Claude Code: on a cadence this opens a fresh tracking issue and
+# posts an @codex instruction on it, and Codex runs one improvement increment, opens
+# a PR (git push + gh pr create — the make_pr tool is a no-op stub), and enables
+# GitHub auto-merge (gh pr merge --auto) so the PR lands once the required CI checks
+# pass. No separate merge sweep — branch protection + native auto-merge is the gate.
+# (See the per-issue rationale below.)
+#
+# Codex does NOT respond to comments authored by the github-actions bot, so the
+# dispatch is GATED on a CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN secret (a PAT for a user account Codex
+# follows). Until that secret is set the workflow runs but no-ops — this avoids
+# piling up @codex comments that Codex silently ignores. The moment the secret is
+# added the loop activates with no further change.
+#
+# Each run opens a FRESH issue and dispatches Codex there, rather than re-commenting
+# on one tracker issue. Codex derives its PR branch name from the triggering issue's
+# context, so repeated dispatches on a single issue all collapse onto one branch name
+# (codex/github-mention-<that-issue-slug>) — the first increment opens a PR, the rest
+# collide on the occupied branch and silently fail to open one. A unique issue per
+# run gives each increment its own branch and a clean PR. The dispatch asks Codex to
+# "Closes #<issue>" so each tracking issue auto-closes when its PR merges.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "29 * * * *" # hourly, off-minute (tune as needed)
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: continuous-improvement
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  dispatch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Open a fresh increment issue and dispatch Codex
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
+            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping dispatch."
+            echo "Codex ignores comments from the github-actions bot, so posting now"
+            echo "would only create noise. Add a CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN secret (a PAT for"
+            echo "a user account Codex follows) to activate the loop."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # A unique issue per run → unique codex/ branch → no collisions.
+          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
+            --title "Continuous improvement increment #$RUN_NUMBER" \
+            --body "Autonomous continuous-improvement increment. North Star: internal/docs/THESIS.md; charter: internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md. Tracker: #3024.")
+          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
+          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching Codex."
+          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body \
+          "@codex Run one continuous-improvement increment per internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md, aligned to the North Star in internal/docs/THESIS.md (the holistic services → agents → workflows lifecycle). PICK THE WORK FROM THE QUEUE: read internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md and take the highest-ranked item whose linked issue is still OPEN — that is your task, and its issue number is the one you close. (If PRIORITIES.md is missing or every listed item's issue is already closed, fall back to picking the single highest-value roadmap/issue/improvement-radar item yourself.) Implement it, and verify \`go build ./...\`, \`go test ./...\`, and \`golangci-lint run ./...\`. Then open the PR YOURSELF from the shell — do NOT use the make_pr tool (in this environment it only records metadata and never creates a PR). Create a uniquely-named branch under the codex/ prefix and open the PR from it: \`git switch -c codex/increment-$ISSUE_NUM\`, then \`git push -u origin codex/increment-$ISSUE_NUM\`, then \`gh pr create --base master --label codex --title \"<title>\" --body \"<body; include 'Closes #<the priority issue you built>' so it leaves the queue, and 'Closes #$ISSUE_NUM' for this run's tracker>\"\`. Finally enable auto-merge so GitHub merges it once CI is green: \`gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch\`. The gh CLI is installed and authenticated and origin points to $REPO. One concern per PR; stay out of brand/positioning copy and breaking public API."

.github/workflows/devrel-review.yml

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+name: DevRel Review
+
+# Daily higher-altitude coherence pass over the PUBLIC surface — README,
+# website (landing + docs), and blog — part of the autonomous loop
+# (internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md). The hourly increment loop ships
+# code; this keeps the story coherent: docs/website aligned, README crisp, and
+# a steady supply of things worth blogging about.
+#
+# Like the increment loop it opens a fresh issue and dispatches Codex via
+# CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN (Codex ignores Actions-bot comments). Autonomy boundary:
+# SAFE factual-alignment and crispness fixes auto-merge; brand/positioning copy
+# and blog drafts are surfaced in the report for the human, never auto-merged.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 7 * * *" # daily, 07:00 UTC (tunable)
+
+permissions:
+  issues: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: devrel-review
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  dispatch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Open a DevRel review issue and dispatch Codex
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
+          HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "$HAS_TRIGGER_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
+            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping (Codex ignores Actions-bot comments)."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
+            --title "DevRel coherence review #$RUN_NUMBER" \
+            --body "Daily DevRel / coherence pass over README, website (landing + docs), and the blog. North Star: internal/docs/THESIS.md.")
+          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
+          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching Codex (DevRel)."
+          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body \
+          "@codex Act as DevRel for go-micro. Audit the PUBLIC surface — \`README.md\`, \`internal/website/\` (landing \`index.html\` + \`docs/\`), and the blog under \`internal/website/blog/\` — for coherence with the North Star in internal/docs/THESIS.md (an agent harness and service framework; the services → agents → workflows lifecycle). Look for: (1) places where README / website / docs contradict each other, are stale, or describe behavior that has since changed (cross-check against the code and recent merged PRs / CHANGELOG.md); (2) whether the README is crisp and leads with the harness positioning; (3) one to three genuinely blog-worthy items from recently shipped work. Then do BOTH of these: (A) post a concise findings report as a comment on this issue (#$ISSUE_NUM) — what is aligned, what drifted, what you fixed, and the blog ideas; (B) for SAFE factual-alignment and crispness fixes only (NOT brand/marketing/positioning rewrites), open one PR: \`git switch -c codex/devrel-$ISSUE_NUM\`, \`git push -u origin codex/devrel-$ISSUE_NUM\`, \`gh pr create --base master --label codex --title \"<title>\" --body \"<summary, including 'Closes #$ISSUE_NUM'>\"\`, then \`gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch\`. Leave brand/positioning copy and blog drafts for the human — describe them in the report, do NOT open auto-merging PRs for them. Do not use the make_pr tool (it is a no-op stub). If you touch code, verify go build/test/golangci-lint. Stay out of breaking public-API changes."

.github/workflows/harness.yml

@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: ["**"]
   schedule:
-    - cron: "17 * * * *" # hourly, so real-model conformance keeps pace with the dev/loop velocity
+    - cron: "17 6 * * *" # daily, so the world is exercised even without changes
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       providers:
         description: "Comma-separated providers for live conformance (default: all supported)"
         required: false
-        default: "anthropic,openai,gemini,groq,minimax,mistral,together,atlascloud"
+        default: "anthropic,openai,gemini,groq,mistral,together,atlascloud"
       harnesses:
         description: "Comma-separated harnesses for live conformance"
         required: false
@@ -64,17 +64,11 @@ jobs:
           OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
           GEMINI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}
           GROQ_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GROQ_API_KEY }}
-          MINIMAX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MINIMAX_API_KEY }}
           MISTRAL_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.MISTRAL_API_KEY }}
           TOGETHER_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.TOGETHER_API_KEY }}
           ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY }}
-          # Atlas Cloud's default chat model was failing the agent/tool-use
-          # conformance harnesses; run it against a stronger tool-use model.
-          # Override with an Actions variable ATLASCLOUD_MODEL if the exact
-          # catalog id differs (Atlas uses org/model ids).
-          ATLASCLOUD_MODEL: ${{ vars.ATLASCLOUD_MODEL || 'minimaxai/minimax-m3' }}
         run: |
-          PROVIDERS="${{ github.event.inputs.providers || 'anthropic,openai,gemini,groq,minimax,mistral,together,atlascloud' }}"
+          PROVIDERS="${{ github.event.inputs.providers || 'anthropic,openai,gemini,groq,mistral,together,atlascloud' }}"
           HARNESSES="${{ github.event.inputs.harnesses || 'agent,universe,agent-flow,plan-delegate,a2a-stream-fallback' }}"
           REQUIRE_CONFIGURED="${{ github.event.inputs.require_configured || 'false' }}"
 

.github/workflows/loop-builder.yml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Builder"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. A dispatch role of the autonomous loop: on a
-# cadence it opens a fresh tracking issue and posts the instruction in
-# .github/loop/prompts/builder.md to the agent (@codex).
-#
-# The workflow is the MECHANISM; that prompt file is the editable POLICY —
-# change what this role does by editing the prompt, not this YAML. A FRESH
-# issue per run is deliberate: agents derive the PR branch name from the
-# triggering issue, so reusing one tracker collapses every run onto one branch.
-#
-# Gated on CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN: the agent ignores @mentions from the
-# github-actions bot, so dispatch posts as a real user (a PAT). No token → no-op.
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "29 * * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-builder
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  dispatch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch builder
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping (the agent ignores bot @mentions)."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/builder.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "Loop: build increment #$RUN_NUMBER" \
-            --body "Autonomous builder pass. Direction: .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md; queue: .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md.")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching builder."
-          # The prompt file is the policy; strip its editorial <!-- --> header and
-          # substitute the tracking issue number (__ISSUE__) at runtime.
-          {
-            echo "@codex"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

.github/workflows/loop-coherence.yml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Coherence"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. A dispatch role of the autonomous loop: on a
-# cadence it opens a fresh tracking issue and posts the instruction in
-# .github/loop/prompts/coherence.md to the agent (@codex).
-#
-# The workflow is the MECHANISM; that prompt file is the editable POLICY —
-# change what this role does by editing the prompt, not this YAML. A FRESH
-# issue per run is deliberate: agents derive the PR branch name from the
-# triggering issue, so reusing one tracker collapses every run onto one branch.
-#
-# Gated on CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN: the agent ignores @mentions from the
-# github-actions bot, so dispatch posts as a real user (a PAT). No token → no-op.
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 7 * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-coherence
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  dispatch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch coherence
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping (the agent ignores bot @mentions)."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/coherence.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "Loop: coherence review #$RUN_NUMBER" \
-            --body "Autonomous coherence pass. Direction: .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md; queue: .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md.")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching coherence."
-          # The prompt file is the policy; strip its editorial <!-- --> header and
-          # substitute the tracking issue number (__ISSUE__) at runtime.
-          {
-            echo "@codex"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

.github/workflows/loop-planner.yml

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Planner"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. A dispatch role of the autonomous loop: on a
-# cadence it opens a fresh tracking issue and posts the instruction in
-# .github/loop/prompts/planner.md to the agent (@codex).
-#
-# The workflow is the MECHANISM; that prompt file is the editable POLICY —
-# change what this role does by editing the prompt, not this YAML. A FRESH
-# issue per run is deliberate: agents derive the PR branch name from the
-# triggering issue, so reusing one tracker collapses every run onto one branch.
-#
-# Gated on CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN: the agent ignores @mentions from the
-# github-actions bot, so dispatch posts as a real user (a PAT). No token → no-op.
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "59 * * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-planner
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  dispatch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch planner
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping (the agent ignores bot @mentions)."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/planner.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "Loop: planning review #$RUN_NUMBER" \
-            --body "Autonomous planner pass. Direction: .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md; queue: .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md.")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching planner."
-          # The prompt file is the policy; strip its editorial <!-- --> header and
-          # substitute the tracking issue number (__ISSUE__) at runtime.
-          {
-            echo "@codex"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

.github/workflows/loop-release.yml

@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Release"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. Cuts the next PATCH tag
-# (vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH+1) when the default branch has new commits
-# since the latest such tag, and pushes it with a PAT (CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN) so any
-# tag-triggered release workflow fires. Minor/major bumps stay with a human.
-#
-# The tag MUST be pushed with a PAT, not the default GITHUB_TOKEN: a tag pushed
-# by GITHUB_TOKEN does not trigger other workflows (Actions blocks that recursion).
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 23 * * *"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-release
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # need full history + all tags
-          # Do NOT persist the default GITHUB_TOKEN as a git credential: it would
-          # be sent on the PAT push below and override it, so the tag push would
-          # authenticate as github-actions[bot] and 403. Letting the PAT in the
-          # push URL be the only credential is the whole point.
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Cut the next patch tag if there are new commits
-        env:
-          RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_TOKEN" ]; then
-            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          git fetch --tags --force
-
-          LATEST=$(git tag --list 'v*.*.*' --sort=-v:refname | head -1)
-          if [ -z "$LATEST" ]; then
-            echo "no vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH tag found — aborting so nothing weird gets tagged."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "latest tag: $LATEST"
-
-          COUNT=$(git rev-list --count "$LATEST"..HEAD)
-          echo "commits since $LATEST: $COUNT"
-          if [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "no new commits since $LATEST — no release."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          ver="${LATEST#v}"
-          major="${ver%%.*}"
-          rest="${ver#*.}"
-          minor="${rest%%.*}"
-          patch="${rest#*.}"
-          case "$major.$minor.$patch" in
-            [0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*) ;;
-            *) echo "unexpected tag shape: $LATEST" ; exit 1 ;;
-          esac
-          NEXT="v${major}.${minor}.$((patch + 1))"
-          echo "cutting: $NEXT ($COUNT commits since $LATEST)"
-
-          git config user.name "loop release bot"
-          git config user.email "noreply@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git tag -a "$NEXT" -m "Release $NEXT — automated patch ($COUNT commits since $LATEST)"
-          git push "https://x-access-token:${RELEASE_TOKEN}@github.com/${REPO}.git" "$NEXT"
-          echo "Pushed $NEXT."

.github/workflows/loop-triage.yml

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Triage"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. The feedback path of the evaluator: when a CI
-# workflow (Harness (E2E), Lint, Run Tests) fails on a non-PR run, dispatch the agent
-# (@codex) with the instruction in .github/loop/prompts/triage.md
-# to root-cause the failure and file scoped fix issues back into the queue — so
-# failures become fixes with no human in the middle. Gated on CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN.
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["Harness (E2E)", "Lint", "Run Tests"]
-    types: [completed]
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-triage
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  triage:
-    # Only real failures on branch pushes/schedules — not PR-run failures, which
-    # the PR author already sees.
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' && github.event.workflow_run.event != 'pull_request' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch triage
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
-          RUN_URL: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.html_url }}
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN is not set — skipping."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/triage.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "Loop: triage failed run $RUN_ID ($WORKFLOW_NAME)" \
-            --body "The '$WORKFLOW_NAME' workflow failed on a non-PR run: $RUN_URL")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching triage."
-          {
-            echo "@codex"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" -e "s#__RUNURL__#$RUN_URL#g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

.gitignore

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ examples/mcp/hello/hello
 /plan-delegate
 /agent-plan-delegate
 /micro-mcp-gateway
-/agent-ollama
 
 # Local Jekyll / Bundler artifacts
 internal/website/.bundle/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,62 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to Go Micro are documented here.
 
-Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and versions
-follow [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/), matching the git tags and
-[GitHub releases](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/releases) (`v6.MINOR.PATCH`).
-Patch releases are cut automatically as the loop merges improvements; the
-`[Unreleased]` section below is kept current between tags and rolled into the
-next version when it ships.
-
-> Earlier `2026.0x` headings are historical calendar-style markers from before
-> v6 tagging; they are kept for continuity and not reused.
-
----
-
-## [Unreleased]
-
-### Added
-- **MiniMax provider** — run agents against MiniMax's `MiniMax-M3` model via its OpenAI-compatible endpoint, with tool calling and streaming; auto-detected from the base URL. (`ai/minimax/`)
-
-### Fixed
-- **Plan/delegate completion** — agents now continue unfinished plan steps more reliably, fail checkpointed runs that leave delegated plans unfinished, recover from unknown plan-delegate tool calls, avoid duplicate side effects, and complete timeout paths deterministically. (`agent/`)
-- **AtlasCloud tool calls** — streaming and request fallback handling now recovers tool-call results from provider responses that omit the expected structured fields. (`ai/atlascloud/`)
-
----
-
-## [6.3.13] - July 2026
-
-### Added
-- **`micro loop`** — scaffold an autonomous improvement loop into any repository: GitHub Actions workflows dispatched to an @mention-driven coding agent, across up to five roles — `planner` (ranked queue), `builder` (top item as a single-concern PR, auto-merged on green CI), `triage` (CI failures → fix issues), and opt-in `coherence` (docs/CHANGELOG alignment) and `release` (daily patch tag). Each dispatch role's instruction lives in an editable `.github/loop/prompts/<role>.md` file — the workflow is the mechanism, the prompt is the policy — so a repo customizes behavior without forking the CLI. `micro loop init --roles …` writes it all; `micro loop verify` checks the wiring. This is the loop that maintains go-micro itself, generalized. (`cmd/micro/loop/`)
-
-### Changed
-- **x402 payments** — settlement now covers CDP facilitator authentication and conformance edge cases. (`wrapper/x402/`)
-
-### Fixed
-- **Plan/delegate harnessing** — side effects and notifications are now idempotent and deterministic across duplicate, alias, order-scoped, and reachability scenarios. (`agent/`, `internal/harness/`)
-
-### Documentation
-- **First-agent on-ramp** — quickstart docs now connect the no-secret first-agent transcript, example map, and 0→hero path. (`README.md`, `internal/website/docs/`)
-- **Ollama provider docs** — the provider surface, capability matrix, and examples now document local and cloud behavior. (`internal/website/docs/`, `examples/agent-ollama/`)
-
----
-
-## [6.3.12] - July 2026
-
-### Added
-- **Ollama provider** — run agents against open-weight models locally (`/api/chat`, NDJSON streaming) or via Ollama Cloud (OpenAI-compatible `/v1/chat/completions`, SSE), auto-detected from the base URL, with tool calling in both modes. Point any agent at a non-default endpoint with the new `agent.BaseURL` / `micro.AgentBaseURL` option. (`ai/ollama/`, `examples/agent-ollama/`)
-- **Retrieval-backed agent memory** — agents can recall relevant prior turns by similarity, not just the recent window, with a summarizer hook that compacts older history so long conversations stay in budget. (`agent/`)
-- **Scheduled flows** — a flow can run an agent (or any step) on a cron-style schedule, with the dispatch traced end to end. (`flow/`)
-- **Flow verification/grader loop** — a workflow can grade its own step output against a rubric and retry until it passes, plus run-trace analysis to surface where a flow spends its time. (`flow/`)
-- **A2A streaming & continuity** — outbound agent streaming flows through the A2A binding (`message/stream`), with `tasks/resubscribe` and `input-required` handoffs for multi-turn interop. (`gateway/a2a/`)
-
-### Changed
-- **Agent tool-call resilience** — opt-in retries around agent tool calls, and a fallback that executes tool calls emitted as text by weaker models so they still make progress. (`agent/`)
-- **Hardened agent durability** — terminal failure statuses are classified and surfaced, and durable resume-after-restart is covered by tests. (`agent/`)
-
-### Documentation
-- **"Your first agent" walkthrough** and a canonical 0-to-hero reference path, lowering the on-ramp from install to a running agent. (`internal/website/docs/`)
-- **Discord** linked prominently across the README, website nav/footer, and docs. (`https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr`)
+Format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/). Go Micro uses
+calendar-based versions (YYYY.MM) for the AI-native era.
 
 ---
 

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -6,17 +6,6 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to Go Micro! This document provides
 
 Be respectful, inclusive, and collaborative. We're all here to build great software together.
 
-## How Go Micro is built
-
-Go Micro is developed by an **autonomous improvement loop** — a planner, a
-generator, and a separate evaluator, running as scheduled GitHub Actions with a
-human setting direction. It's the framework's own thesis (an agent operating a
-system) pointed at itself: an agent harness, built by agents. The full process —
-the planner → generator → evaluator pipeline, the correctness-only merge gate, and
-the guardrails — is documented in
-[`internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md`](internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md).
-Human contributions follow the same gate: green CI, one concern per PR.
-
 ## Getting Started
 
 1. Fork the repository

Makefile

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LDFLAGS = -X $(GIT_IMPORT).BuildDate=$(BUILD_DATE) -X $(GIT_IMPORT).GitCommit=$(
 # GORELEASER_DOCKER_IMAGE = ghcr.io/goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:v1.25.7
 GORELEASER_DOCKER_IMAGE = ghcr.io/goreleaser/goreleaser:latest
 
-.PHONY: test test-race test-coverage harness install-smoke provider-conformance-mock provider-conformance lint fmt install-tools proto clean help gorelease-dry-run gorelease-dry-run-docker
+.PHONY: test test-race test-coverage harness provider-conformance-mock provider-conformance lint fmt install-tools proto clean help gorelease-dry-run gorelease-dry-run-docker
 
 # Default target
 help:
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ help:
 	@echo "  make test-coverage - Run tests with coverage"
 	@echo "  make lint          - Run linter"
 	@echo "  make harness       - Run deterministic getting-started and end-to-end harnesses"
-	@echo "  make install-smoke - Verify the local install.sh and first-run CLI smoke path"
 	@echo "  make provider-conformance-mock - Run cross-provider harness with deterministic mock provider"
 	@echo "  make provider-conformance - Run harnesses against configured live providers"
 	@echo "  make fmt           - Format code"
@@ -49,17 +48,11 @@ test-coverage:
 # This mirrors the default CI path so local dogfooding catches scaffold,
 # run/chat/inspect, and 0→hero regressions before a PR is opened.
 harness:
-	$(MAKE) install-smoke
 	go test ./cmd/micro/cli/new -run TestZeroToOne -count=1
 	./internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci/run.sh
 	go run ./internal/harness/agent-flow
 	$(MAKE) provider-conformance-mock
 
-# Verify the documented install script and first-run CLI command boundaries without
-# provider keys or network access.
-install-smoke:
-	./internal/harness/install-smoke/run.sh
-
 # Run the shared provider conformance contract with the deterministic mock
 # provider. This is the no-secret path used by CI and local dogfooding to keep
 # provider-facing agent/tool semantics covered on every machine.

README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-# Go Micro [![Go.Dev reference](https://img.shields.io/badge/go.dev-reference-007d9c?logo=go&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)](https://pkg.go.dev/go-micro.dev/v6?tab=doc) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/go-micro/go-micro)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/go-micro/go-micro) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/Discord-join-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr)
+# Go Micro [![Go.Dev reference](https://img.shields.io/badge/go.dev-reference-007d9c?logo=go&logoColor=white&style=flat-square)](https://pkg.go.dev/go-micro.dev/v6?tab=doc) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/go-micro/go-micro)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/go-micro/go-micro)
 
 Go Micro is an **agent harness** and service framework for Go.
 
-**Community:** questions, ideas, or just want to build alongside us? [Join the Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr).
-
 A harness is the runtime around an agent: the tools it can call, the memory it keeps, the guardrails that bound it, the workflows that trigger it, the services it depends on, and the protocols other agents use to reach it. 
 
 Go Micro gives you the harness as Go code. Build an agent and it gets a model, memory, tools, planning, delegation, guardrails, and service discovery; it is reachable over [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/) and [A2A](https://a2a-protocol.org). Write services and every endpoint becomes an AI-callable tool. Orchestrate the deterministic parts with durable flows. Agents, services, and flows share one runtime because an agent is a distributed system, and building one is building a service.
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ Go Micro gives you the harness as Go code. Build an agent and it gets a model, m
   
 <a href="https://go-micro.dev/blog/8"><img src="https://www.atlascloud.ai/logo.svg" height="26" /></a>
 
-**Want to support Go Micro and see your logo here?** [Become a sponsor](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr) — reach out on Discord.
+**Want to support Go Micro and see your logo here?** [Become a sponsor](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD) — reach out on Discord.
 
 ## Commercial Support
 
@@ -25,7 +23,6 @@ Running Go Micro in production, or building on it and want help? Paid **support,
 ## Contents
 
 - [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-  - [First agent on-ramp](#first-agent-on-ramp)
 - [Why an Agent Harness](#why-an-agent-harness)
 - [Writing Services](#writing-services)
 - [Building Agents](#building-agents) — [Plan & Delegate](#plan--delegate), [Pluggable](#batteries-included-pluggable), [Paid tools (x402)](#paid-tools-x402), [A2A](#reachable-by-other-agents-a2a)
@@ -47,7 +44,7 @@ Install the CLI:
 curl -fsSL https://go-micro.dev/install.sh | sh
 
 # Or with Go
-go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@latest
+go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@v6
 ```
 
 ### Fastest start — no API key
@@ -67,37 +64,14 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/helloworld/Helloworld.Call \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"name":"World"}'
 ```
 
-This install → scaffold → run → call path is covered by no-secret CI harnesses. To
-verify just the local installer and first-run CLI boundaries without network
-access or provider keys, use:
-
-```bash
-make install-smoke
-```
-
-To run the broader local contract (including the [0→hero services → agents → workflows path](internal/website/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.md),
+This scaffold → run → call path is covered by the no-secret CI harness. To run
+the same local contract (including the [0→hero services → agents → workflows path](internal/website/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.md),
 chat/inspect CLI boundaries, and deploy dry-run), use:
 
 ```bash
 make harness
 ```
 
-### First agent on-ramp
-
-After install and the first `micro new`/`micro run` smoke check, take the
-walkable agent path in this order:
-
-1. [No-secret first-agent transcript](internal/website/docs/guides/no-secret-first-agent.md) — run the
-   maintained support agent with a mock model and see services → agents → workflows succeed without a key.
-2. [Your First Agent](internal/website/docs/guides/your-first-agent.md) — build a
-   service-backed agent and talk to it with `micro chat`.
-3. [Debugging your agent](internal/website/docs/guides/debugging-agents.md) — use
-   `micro agent inspect`, run history, memory, and provider checks when the first
-   conversation does something unexpected.
-4. [0→hero Reference](internal/website/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.md) — complete the
-   services → agents → workflows loop with scaffold, run, chat, inspect, flow
-   history, and deploy dry-run commands that match the maintained harness.
-
 ### Generate from a prompt — with an LLM key
 
 Set a provider key, describe what you want, and the AI designs services, writes handlers, compiles, and starts them:
@@ -332,7 +306,7 @@ MCP exposes your services as tools; A2A exposes your agents as agents. See the [
 | MCP gateway | Every endpoint is an AI tool automatically |
 | A2A gateway | Every agent is reachable over the Agent2Agent protocol; cards generated from the registry (`micro a2a`) |
 | Payments (x402) | Opt-in per-call payments for tools via the x402 standard; pluggable facilitator (Base, Solana, …) |
-| 9 LLM providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Together, Atlas Cloud, MiniMax, Ollama (local + cloud) |
+| 7 LLM providers | Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, Mistral, Together, Atlas Cloud |
 | Interactive console | `micro run` includes a chat console for talking to services |
 | Service generation | `micro run --prompt` — describe a system, get running services |
 
@@ -429,8 +403,6 @@ Swap providers with a single import — same interface everywhere:
 | Mistral | `mistral-large-latest` |
 | Together AI | `meta-llama/Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct-Turbo` |
 | Atlas Cloud | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324` |
-| MiniMax | `MiniMax-M3` |
-| Ollama | `llama3.2` (local) |
 
 ```go
 m := ai.New("anthropic", ai.WithAPIKey(key))
@@ -451,7 +423,6 @@ See [all examples](examples/README.md).
 
 - [Getting Started](internal/website/docs/getting-started.md)
 - [AI Integration](internal/website/docs/ai-integration.md)
-- [Your First Agent](internal/website/docs/guides/your-first-agent.md)
 - [0→hero Reference](internal/website/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.md)
 - [Agents and Workflows](internal/website/docs/guides/agents-and-workflows.md)
 - [Agent Design](internal/docs/AGENT_DESIGN.md)

ROADMAP.md

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ hosted service, enterprise tier, or venture funding. See
 ## Contributing & feedback
 
 Pick an item, open an issue to discuss the approach, and submit a PR. Or join the
-[Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr). Include tests, run `make test` and
+[Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD). Include tests, run `make test` and
 `make lint`.
 
 ## Version support

SECURITY.md

@@ -174,6 +174,6 @@ We currently do not offer a bug bounty program, but we greatly appreciate respon
 
 For security questions that are not vulnerabilities, please:
 - Open a discussion: https://github.com/micro/go-micro/discussions
-- Join Discord: https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr
+- Join Discord: https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD
 - Email: support@go-micro.dev
 

agent/agent.go

@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/gemini"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/groq"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/mistral"
-	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/ollama"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/openai"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/together"
 )
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) setupWithToolHandler(handler ai.ToolHandler) {
 	if a.opts.Model != "" {
 		modelOpts = append(modelOpts, ai.WithModel(a.opts.Model))
 	}
-	if a.opts.BaseURL != "" {
-		modelOpts = append(modelOpts, ai.WithBaseURL(a.opts.BaseURL))
-	}
 
 	// Reuse the existing tools instance: its name map is populated by
 	// discoverTools, and rebuilding it here would orphan a base handler that
@@ -293,77 +289,44 @@ func (a *agentImpl) askLocked(ctx context.Context, runID, message, parentRunID s
 		}
 	}
 
-	const maxPlanCompletionTurns = 3
-	var resp *ai.Response
-	for planCompletionTurn := 0; ; planCompletionTurn++ {
-		resp, err = ai.GenerateWithRetry(ctx, a.model, &ai.Request{
-			Prompt:       message,
-			SystemPrompt: a.buildPrompt(),
-			Tools:        toolList,
-			Messages:     messages,
-		}, ai.GeneratePolicy{
-			Timeout:     a.opts.ModelTimeout,
-			MaxAttempts: a.opts.ModelMaxAttempts,
-			Backoff:     a.opts.ModelRetryBackoff,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			run.Status = agentRunFailureStatus(err)
-			if a.currentRun != nil {
-				run.Steps = a.currentRun.Steps
-			}
-			if len(run.Steps) == 0 {
-				run.Steps = []flow.StepRecord{{Name: agentAskStep}}
-			}
-			run.Steps[0].Status = run.Status
-			run.Steps[0].Error = err.Error()
-			_ = a.saveRun(ctx, run)
+	resp, err := ai.GenerateWithRetry(ctx, a.model, &ai.Request{
+		Prompt:       message,
+		SystemPrompt: a.buildPrompt(),
+		Tools:        toolList,
+		Messages:     messages,
+	}, ai.GeneratePolicy{
+		Timeout:     a.opts.ModelTimeout,
+		MaxAttempts: a.opts.ModelMaxAttempts,
+		Backoff:     a.opts.ModelRetryBackoff,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		run.Status = agentRunFailureStatus(err)
+		if a.currentRun != nil {
+			run.Steps = a.currentRun.Steps
+		}
+		if len(run.Steps) == 0 {
+			run.Steps = []flow.StepRecord{{Name: agentAskStep}}
+		}
+		run.Steps[0].Status = run.Status
+		run.Steps[0].Error = err.Error()
+		_ = a.saveRun(ctx, run)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if a.pause != nil && a.opts.Checkpoint != nil {
+		run.Status = "paused"
+		run.State.Stage = agentApprovalStep
+		run.State.Data = []byte(message)
+		if a.pause.Tool == toolHumanInput {
+			run.State.Stage = agentInputStep
+			_ = run.State.Set(inputPause{OriginalMessage: message, Prompt: a.pause.Message})
+		}
+		run.Steps[0].Status = "paused"
+		run.Steps[0].Error = a.pause.Message
+		run.Steps[0].Result = a.pause.Tool
+		if err := a.saveRun(ctx, run); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if a.pause != nil && a.opts.Checkpoint != nil {
-			run.Status = "paused"
-			run.State.Stage = agentApprovalStep
-			run.State.Data = []byte(message)
-			if a.pause.Tool == toolHumanInput {
-				run.State.Stage = agentInputStep
-				_ = run.State.Set(inputPause{OriginalMessage: message, Prompt: a.pause.Message})
-			}
-			run.Steps[0].Status = "paused"
-			run.Steps[0].Error = a.pause.Message
-			run.Steps[0].Result = a.pause.Tool
-			if err := a.saveRun(ctx, run); err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("agent run %s paused for approval: %s", run.ID, a.pause.Message)
-		}
-
-		if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 {
-			if calls, answer, ok := a.executeTextToolCalls(ctx, resp.Reply, toolList); ok {
-				resp.ToolCalls = calls
-				if resp.Answer == "" {
-					resp.Answer = answer
-				}
-				trimmedReply := strings.TrimSpace(resp.Reply)
-				if strings.HasPrefix(trimmedReply, "{") || strings.HasPrefix(trimmedReply, "[") || strings.HasPrefix(trimmedReply, "```") {
-					resp.Reply = ""
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if a.opts.Checkpoint != nil {
-			if unfinished := a.unfinishedPlanSteps(); len(unfinished) > 0 && planCompletionTurn < maxPlanCompletionTurns {
-				if resp.Reply != "" {
-					a.mem.Add("assistant", resp.Reply)
-				}
-				if resp.Answer != "" {
-					a.mem.Add("assistant", resp.Answer)
-				}
-				message = "Continue the run. These plan steps are still unfinished and must be completed before a final answer: " + strings.Join(unfinished, ", ")
-				a.mem.Add("user", message)
-				messages = a.mem.Messages()
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-		break
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("agent run %s paused for approval: %s", run.ID, a.pause.Message)
 	}
 
 	if resp.Reply != "" {
@@ -388,24 +351,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) askLocked(ctx context.Context, runID, message, parentRunID s
 		RunID:     a.runID,
 		ParentID:  parentRunID,
 	}
-	if a.opts.Checkpoint != nil {
-		if unfinished := a.unfinishedPlanSteps(); len(unfinished) > 0 {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("agent run %s has unfinished plan steps: %s", run.ID, strings.Join(unfinished, ", "))
-			run.Status = "failed"
-			run.State.Stage = agentAskStep
-			run.State.Data = []byte(message)
-			if a.currentRun != nil {
-				run.Steps = a.currentRun.Steps
-			}
-			if len(run.Steps) == 0 {
-				run.Steps = []flow.StepRecord{{Name: agentAskStep}}
-			}
-			run.Steps[0].Status = "failed"
-			run.Steps[0].Error = err.Error()
-			_ = a.saveRun(ctx, run)
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
 	run.Status = "done"
 	run.State.Stage = ""
 	if b, marshalErr := json.Marshal(res); marshalErr == nil {

agent/builtin.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
 	codecBytes "go-micro.dev/v6/codec/bytes"
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) toolHandler() ai.ToolHandler {
 	// so the result runs plan → step → loop → approve → checkpoint → base.
 	h := a.baseHandler()
 	h = a.toolTimeoutWrap(h)
-	h = a.toolRetryWrap(h)
 	h = a.checkpointToolWrap(h)
 	h = a.approveWrap(h)
 	h = a.loopWrap(h)
@@ -166,99 +164,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) toolTimeoutWrap(next ai.ToolHandler) ai.ToolHandler {
 	}
 }
 
-// toolRetryWrap retries transient tool failures with bounded backoff. It is
-// opt-in because tools can have side effects; guardrail refusals and caller
-// cancellation are never retried.
-func (a *agentImpl) toolRetryWrap(next ai.ToolHandler) ai.ToolHandler {
-	return func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
-		maxAttempts := a.opts.ToolMaxAttempts
-		if maxAttempts <= 0 {
-			maxAttempts = 1
-		}
-
-		var res ai.ToolResult
-		for attempt := 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++ {
-			if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
-				return errResult(call.ID, err.Error())
-			}
-			res = next(ctx, call)
-			if !retryableToolResult(res) || attempt == maxAttempts || ctx.Err() != nil {
-				return annotateToolAttempts(res, attempt)
-			}
-
-			t := time.NewTimer(toolRetryBackoff(attempt, a.opts.ToolRetryBackoff))
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				if !t.Stop() {
-					<-t.C
-				}
-				return errResult(call.ID, ctx.Err().Error())
-			case <-t.C:
-			}
-		}
-		return annotateToolAttempts(res, maxAttempts)
-	}
-}
-
-func retryableToolResult(res ai.ToolResult) bool {
-	if res.Refused != "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	msg := toolErrorMessage(res)
-	if msg == "" {
-		return false
-	}
-	return ai.IsTransientError(fmt.Errorf("%s", msg))
-}
-
-func toolErrorMessage(res ai.ToolResult) string {
-	if m, ok := res.Value.(map[string]string); ok {
-		return m["error"]
-	}
-	if m, ok := res.Value.(map[string]any); ok {
-		if v, ok := m["error"].(string); ok {
-			return v
-		}
-	}
-	var decoded map[string]string
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(res.Content), &decoded); err == nil {
-		return decoded["error"]
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func annotateToolAttempts(res ai.ToolResult, attempts int) ai.ToolResult {
-	if attempts <= 1 {
-		return res
-	}
-	res.Attempts = attempts
-	if m, ok := res.Value.(map[string]string); ok {
-		cp := map[string]any{}
-		for k, v := range m {
-			cp[k] = v
-		}
-		cp["attempts"] = attempts
-		res.Value = cp
-		if b, err := json.Marshal(cp); err == nil {
-			res.Content = string(b)
-		}
-	}
-	return res
-}
-
-func toolRetryBackoff(attempt int, base time.Duration) time.Duration {
-	if base <= 0 {
-		base = 200 * time.Millisecond
-	}
-	if shift := attempt - 1; shift > 0 {
-		base <<= shift
-	}
-	if base > 30*time.Second {
-		return 30 * time.Second
-	}
-	return base
-}
-
 // baseHandler executes a tool call: a developer custom tool, the built-in
 // delegate, or an RPC to the service. It is the innermost handler.
 func (a *agentImpl) baseHandler() ai.ToolHandler {
@@ -290,11 +195,7 @@ func (a *agentImpl) planWrap(next ai.ToolHandler) ai.ToolHandler {
 		if call.Name == toolPlan {
 			return a.handlePlan(call)
 		}
-		res := next(ctx, call)
-		if res.Refused == "" && toolErrorMessage(res) == "" {
-			a.completeNextPlanStep()
-		}
-		return res
+		return next(ctx, call)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -372,68 +273,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) handlePlan(call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
 	return ai.ToolResult{ID: call.ID, Value: call.Input, Content: string(data)}
 }
 
-func (a *agentImpl) completeNextPlanStep() {
-	plan := a.loadPlan()
-	if plan == "" {
-		return
-	}
-	var data map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(plan), &data); err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-	steps, ok := data["steps"].([]any)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	for _, raw := range steps {
-		step, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		status, _ := step["status"].(string)
-		if status == "" || status == "pending" || status == "in_progress" {
-			step["status"] = "done"
-			b, err := json.Marshal(data)
-			if err == nil {
-				_ = a.stateStore().Write(&store.Record{Key: planKey, Value: b})
-			}
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (a *agentImpl) unfinishedPlanSteps() []string {
-	plan := a.loadPlan()
-	if plan == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var data map[string]any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(plan), &data); err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	steps, ok := data["steps"].([]any)
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var unfinished []string
-	for _, raw := range steps {
-		step, ok := raw.(map[string]any)
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		status, _ := step["status"].(string)
-		if status != "" && status != "pending" && status != "in_progress" {
-			continue
-		}
-		task, _ := step["task"].(string)
-		if task == "" {
-			task = "<unnamed>"
-		}
-		unfinished = append(unfinished, task)
-	}
-	return unfinished
-}
-
 // handleHumanInput records that the model needs operator input before it can continue.
 func (a *agentImpl) handleHumanInput(call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
 	prompt, _ := call.Input["prompt"].(string)
@@ -499,7 +338,6 @@ func (a *agentImpl) handleDelegate(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.Too
 		ModelCallTimeout(a.opts.ModelTimeout),
 		ModelRetry(a.opts.ModelMaxAttempts, a.opts.ModelRetryBackoff),
 		ToolCallTimeout(a.opts.ToolTimeout),
-		ToolRetry(a.opts.ToolMaxAttempts, a.opts.ToolRetryBackoff),
 		TraceProvider(a.opts.TraceProvider),
 	)
 	// Record lineage so the sub-agent's tool calls carry this run as parent.

agent/checkpoint_test.go

@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/client"
-	codecBytes "go-micro.dev/v6/codec/bytes"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/flow"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/store"
 )
 
@@ -105,120 +102,6 @@ func TestResumeFailedCheckpointDoesNotReplayCompletedTool(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCheckpointSkipsDuplicateToolWithinAsk(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	cp := flow.StoreCheckpoint(store.NewMemoryStore(), "tool-dedupe-agent")
-	toolRuns := 0
-	fakeGen = func(ctx context.Context, opts ai.Options, req *ai.Request) (*ai.Response, error) {
-		if opts.ToolHandler == nil {
-			t.Fatal("missing tool handler")
-		}
-		opts.ToolHandler(ctx, ai.ToolCall{ID: "plan-1", Name: toolPlan, Input: map[string]any{
-			"steps": []any{
-				map[string]any{"task": "create Design task", "status": "pending"},
-			},
-		}})
-		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-			res := opts.ToolHandler(ctx, ai.ToolCall{ID: "call-1", Name: "external.create", Input: map[string]any{"title": "Design"}})
-			if res.Content != "created Design" {
-				t.Fatalf("tool result %d = %q, want cached created Design", i, res.Content)
-			}
-		}
-		return &ai.Response{Reply: "done"}, nil
-	}
-	defer func() { fakeGen = nil }()
-
-	a := newTestAgent(Name("tool-dedupe-agent"), WithCheckpoint(cp),
-		WithTool("external.create", "create once", nil, func(context.Context, map[string]any) (string, error) {
-			toolRuns++
-			return "created Design", nil
-		}))
-	if _, err := a.Ask(ctx, "create Design once"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Ask: %v", err)
-	}
-	if toolRuns != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("tool executions = %d, want duplicate calls within the run replayed from checkpoint", toolRuns)
-	}
-	if plan := a.loadPlan(); !strings.Contains(plan, `"status":"done"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("plan = %s, want completed action marked done", plan)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCheckpointContinuesRunWithUnfinishedPlanStep(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	cp := flow.StoreCheckpoint(store.NewMemoryStore(), "unfinished-plan-agent")
-
-	reg := registry.NewMemoryRegistry()
-	if err := reg.Register(&registry.Service{
-		Name:     "comms",
-		Metadata: map[string]string{"type": "agent"},
-		Nodes:    []*registry.Node{{Id: "comms-1", Address: "127.0.0.1:0"}},
-	}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("register comms agent: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	delegateCalls := 0
-	fc := &fakeClient{Client: client.DefaultClient}
-	fc.callFn = func(ctx context.Context, req client.Request, rsp interface{}) error {
-		delegateCalls++
-		if req.Service() != "comms" || req.Endpoint() != "Agent.Chat" {
-			t.Fatalf("delegate RPC = %s %s, want comms Agent.Chat", req.Service(), req.Endpoint())
-		}
-		frame := rsp.(*codecBytes.Frame)
-		frame.Data = []byte(`{"reply":"owner notified","agent":"comms"}`)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	modelCalls := 0
-	fakeGen = func(ctx context.Context, opts ai.Options, req *ai.Request) (*ai.Response, error) {
-		modelCalls++
-		if opts.ToolHandler == nil {
-			t.Fatal("missing tool handler")
-		}
-		switch modelCalls {
-		case 1:
-			opts.ToolHandler(ctx, ai.ToolCall{ID: "plan-1", Name: toolPlan, Input: map[string]any{
-				"steps": []any{
-					map[string]any{"task": "create launch tasks", "status": "done"},
-					map[string]any{"task": "delegate readiness notification to comms", "status": "in_progress"},
-				},
-			}})
-			return &ai.Response{Reply: "tasks are ready"}, nil
-		case 2:
-			if !strings.Contains(req.Prompt, "delegate readiness notification to comms") {
-				t.Fatalf("continuation prompt = %q, want unfinished step", req.Prompt)
-			}
-			res := opts.ToolHandler(ctx, ai.ToolCall{ID: "delegate-1", Name: toolDelegate, Input: map[string]any{"task": "Notify owner@acme.com that the launch plan is ready", "to": "comms"}})
-			if !strings.Contains(res.Content, "owner notified") {
-				t.Fatalf("delegate result = %q, want owner notified", res.Content)
-			}
-			return &ai.Response{Reply: "all done"}, nil
-		default:
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected model call %d", modelCalls)
-			return nil, nil
-		}
-	}
-	defer func() { fakeGen = nil }()
-
-	a := newTestAgent(Name("unfinished-plan-agent"), WithCheckpoint(cp), WithRegistry(reg), WithClient(fc))
-	resp, err := a.Ask(ctx, "create tasks and notify owner")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Ask: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp.Reply != "all done" {
-		t.Fatalf("reply = %q, want final continuation reply", resp.Reply)
-	}
-	if modelCalls != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("model calls = %d, want initial plus continuation", modelCalls)
-	}
-	if delegateCalls != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("delegate calls = %d, want exactly one", delegateCalls)
-	}
-	if unfinished := a.unfinishedPlanSteps(); len(unfinished) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("unfinished plan steps = %v, want none", unfinished)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestResumeFailedCheckpointAfterFreshAgentRestart(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	cp := flow.StoreCheckpoint(store.NewMemoryStore(), "restart-resume-agent")

agent/conformance_test.go

@@ -171,50 +171,3 @@ func TestAgentProviderConformanceFakeError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Ask error = %v, want conformance provider failure", err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestAgentExecutesProviderTextToolCallFallback(t *testing.T) {
-	fakeGen = func(ctx context.Context, opts ai.Options, req *ai.Request) (*ai.Response, error) {
-		if opts.ToolHandler == nil {
-			return nil, errors.New("missing tool handler")
-		}
-		return &ai.Response{
-			Reply: `{"name":"conformance_echo","input":{"value":"agent-conformance"}}`,
-		}, nil
-	}
-	defer func() { fakeGen = nil }()
-
-	var sawTool bool
-	a := New(
-		Name("conformance-text-tool"),
-		Provider("fake"),
-		WithRegistry(registry.NewMemoryRegistry()),
-		WithStore(store.NewMemoryStore()),
-		WithMemory(NewInMemory(4)),
-		WithTool("conformance_echo", "Echo a conformance value.", map[string]any{
-			"value": map[string]any{"type": "string"},
-		}, func(ctx context.Context, input map[string]any) (string, error) {
-			sawTool = true
-			if input["value"] != "agent-conformance" {
-				return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected value %v", input["value"])
-			}
-			return `{"marker":"agent-conformance-ok"}`, nil
-		}),
-	)
-
-	resp, err := a.Ask(context.Background(), "Run the text tool call fallback.")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Ask: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !sawTool {
-		t.Fatal("text tool call fallback did not execute the tool")
-	}
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) != 1 || resp.ToolCalls[0].Name != "conformance_echo" {
-		t.Fatalf("ToolCalls = %+v, want conformance_echo", resp.ToolCalls)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(resp.Reply, "agent-conformance-ok") {
-		t.Fatalf("Reply = %q, want tool result marker", resp.Reply)
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(resp.Reply, `"name":"conformance_echo"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("Reply = %q, want tool result instead of raw JSON", resp.Reply)
-	}
-}

agent/options.go

@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	Provider     string
 	Model        string
 	APIKey       string
-	BaseURL      string
 	Address      string
 	Registry     registry.Registry
 	Client       client.Client
@@ -61,11 +60,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	// applied before custom tools, delegate, and service RPC calls so context
 	// deadlines propagate consistently through the agent loop.
 	ToolTimeout time.Duration
-	// ToolMaxAttempts bounds tool execution attempts including the first call.
-	// Default 1; retries are opt-in because tools can have side effects.
-	ToolMaxAttempts int
-	// ToolRetryBackoff is the base delay between transient tool failures.
-	ToolRetryBackoff time.Duration
 
 	// Memory is the agent's conversation memory. Nil = the default
 	// store-backed memory (durable across restarts).
@@ -127,8 +121,6 @@ func newOptions(opts ...Option) Options {
 		ModelMaxAttempts:  1, // retries opt-in via ModelRetry (see field doc)
 		ModelRetryBackoff: 100 * time.Millisecond,
 		ToolTimeout:       30 * time.Second,
-		ToolMaxAttempts:   1,
-		ToolRetryBackoff:  100 * time.Millisecond,
 		// On by default and lenient: identical repeated calls are a
 		// no-progress loop, never useful. Set LoopLimit(0) to disable.
 		LoopLimit: 3,
@@ -169,12 +161,6 @@ func APIKey(k string) Option {
 	return func(o *Options) { o.APIKey = k }
 }
 
-// BaseURL sets the base URL for the LLM provider. Use this to point
-// the provider at a non-default endpoint (e.g., local Ollama, a proxy).
-func BaseURL(url string) Option {
-	return func(o *Options) { o.BaseURL = url }
-}
-
 // Address sets the network address for the agent's service endpoint.
 // Use "127.0.0.1:0" in local harnesses/tests to bind an ephemeral loopback
 // port and avoid advertising the default service address.
@@ -243,16 +229,6 @@ func ModelRetry(maxAttempts int, backoff time.Duration) Option {
 	}
 }
 
-// ToolRetry sets the tool retry budget and backoff for transient failures.
-// Attempts include the first call. Retries are opt-in because tools may have
-// side effects; keep handlers idempotent before enabling this.
-func ToolRetry(maxAttempts int, backoff time.Duration) Option {
-	return func(o *Options) {
-		o.ToolMaxAttempts = maxAttempts
-		o.ToolRetryBackoff = backoff
-	}
-}
-
 // WithA2A makes Run serve the agent over the A2A protocol on addr (e.g.
 // ":4000"), so other agents can reach it directly by URL without a
 // separate gateway. The agent stays a normal go-micro service as well;

agent/resilience_test.go

@@ -184,48 +184,3 @@ type testStatusError struct {
 func (e testStatusError) Error() string { return "provider status error" }
 
 func (e testStatusError) StatusCode() int { return e.code }
-
-func TestToolRetryRetriesTransientToolErrorsThenSucceeds(t *testing.T) {
-	attempts := 0
-	a := newTestAgent(
-		Name("tool-retry-success"),
-		ToolRetry(3, time.Millisecond),
-		WithTool("flaky", "flaky tool", nil, func(context.Context, map[string]any) (string, error) {
-			attempts++
-			if attempts < 3 {
-				return "", context.DeadlineExceeded
-			}
-			return "ok", nil
-		}),
-	)
-
-	content := toolContent(a.toolHandler(), "flaky", nil)
-	if content != "ok" {
-		t.Fatalf("tool result = %q, want ok", content)
-	}
-	if attempts != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("attempts = %d, want 3", attempts)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestToolRetryDoesNotRetryGuardrailRefusals(t *testing.T) {
-	attempts := 0
-	a := newTestAgent(
-		Name("tool-retry-refusal"),
-		MaxSteps(1),
-		ToolRetry(3, time.Millisecond),
-		WithTool("counted", "counted tool", nil, func(context.Context, map[string]any) (string, error) {
-			attempts++
-			return "ok", nil
-		}),
-	)
-	h := a.toolHandler()
-	_ = toolContent(h, "counted", nil)
-	content := toolContent(h, "counted", nil)
-	if !strings.Contains(content, "step limit reached") {
-		t.Fatalf("tool result = %q, want step-limit refusal", content)
-	}
-	if attempts != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("attempts = %d, want only the allowed tool call to execute", attempts)
-	}
-}

agent/text_tool_calls.go

@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-)
-
-var fencedJSONBlock = regexp.MustCompile("(?s)```(?:json)?\\s*(.*?)\\s*```")
-
-type textToolCall struct {
-	ID        string         `json:"id"`
-	Name      string         `json:"name"`
-	Tool      string         `json:"tool"`
-	Input     map[string]any `json:"input"`
-	Arguments map[string]any `json:"arguments"`
-}
-
-// executeTextToolCalls is a compatibility fallback for providers that return a
-// tool call as text JSON instead of a structured tool_calls field. It only runs
-// calls whose names match the tools offered to the model, so ordinary JSON
-// answers are left untouched.
-func (a *agentImpl) executeTextToolCalls(ctx context.Context, reply string, tools []ai.Tool) ([]ai.ToolCall, string, bool) {
-	calls := parseTextToolCalls(reply, tools)
-	if len(calls) == 0 {
-		return nil, "", false
-	}
-
-	handler := a.toolHandler()
-	results := make([]string, 0, len(calls))
-	for i := range calls {
-		result := handler(ctx, calls[i])
-		calls[i].Result = result.Content
-		if result.Refused != "" {
-			calls[i].Error = result.Refused
-		}
-		if result.Content != "" {
-			results = append(results, result.Content)
-		}
-	}
-	return calls, strings.Join(results, "\n"), true
-}
-
-func parseTextToolCalls(text string, tools []ai.Tool) []ai.ToolCall {
-	allowed := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, tool := range tools {
-		allowed[tool.Name] = true
-		if tool.OriginalName != "" {
-			allowed[tool.OriginalName] = true
-		}
-	}
-	if len(allowed) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	for _, candidate := range jsonCandidates(text) {
-		if calls := decodeTextToolCalls(candidate, allowed); len(calls) > 0 {
-			return calls
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func jsonCandidates(text string) []string {
-	trimmed := strings.TrimSpace(text)
-	var out []string
-	if trimmed != "" {
-		out = append(out, trimmed)
-	}
-	for _, match := range fencedJSONBlock.FindAllStringSubmatch(text, -1) {
-		if len(match) > 1 {
-			out = append(out, strings.TrimSpace(match[1]))
-		}
-	}
-	if start, end := strings.IndexAny(text, "[{"), strings.LastIndexAny(text, "]}"); start >= 0 && end > start {
-		out = append(out, strings.TrimSpace(text[start:end+1]))
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-func decodeTextToolCalls(candidate string, allowed map[string]bool) []ai.ToolCall {
-	var root any
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(candidate), &root); err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return collectTextToolCalls(root, allowed)
-}
-
-func collectTextToolCalls(v any, allowed map[string]bool) []ai.ToolCall {
-	switch x := v.(type) {
-	case []any:
-		var out []ai.ToolCall
-		for _, item := range x {
-			out = append(out, collectTextToolCalls(item, allowed)...)
-		}
-		return out
-	case map[string]any:
-		if nested, ok := firstNestedToolCalls(x); ok {
-			return collectTextToolCalls(nested, allowed)
-		}
-		call := mapToTextToolCall(x)
-		name := call.Name
-		if name == "" {
-			name = call.Tool
-		}
-		input := call.Input
-		if input == nil {
-			input = call.Arguments
-		}
-		if name == "" || !allowed[name] || input == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		id := call.ID
-		if id == "" {
-			id = fmt.Sprintf("text-call-%s", strings.ReplaceAll(name, ".", "_"))
-		}
-		return []ai.ToolCall{{ID: id, Name: name, Input: input}}
-	default:
-		return nil
-	}
-}
-
-func firstNestedToolCalls(m map[string]any) (any, bool) {
-	for _, key := range []string{"tool_calls", "toolCalls", "calls"} {
-		if v, ok := m[key]; ok {
-			return v, true
-		}
-	}
-	return nil, false
-}
-
-func mapToTextToolCall(m map[string]any) textToolCall {
-	b, _ := json.Marshal(m)
-	var call textToolCall
-	_ = json.Unmarshal(b, &call)
-	return call
-}

ai/README.md

@@ -300,20 +300,6 @@ Default base URL: `https://api.atlascloud.ai`
 
 Atlas Cloud is an enterprise AI infrastructure platform offering high-performance LLM APIs. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint with tool calling support.
 
-### MiniMax
-
-```go
-m := ai.New("minimax",
-    ai.WithAPIKey("your-key"),
-    ai.WithModel("MiniMax-M3"), // default
-)
-```
-
-Default model: `MiniMax-M3`
-Default base URL: `https://api.minimax.io`
-
-MiniMax offers its flagship MiniMax-M3 model via an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint.
-
 ## Auto-Detection
 
 Use `AutoDetectProvider()` to detect the provider from a base URL:

ai/atlascloud/atlascloud.go

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -52,28 +51,12 @@ type Provider struct {
 	opts ai.Options
 }
 
-type atlasToolCall struct {
-	ID       string `json:"id"`
-	Type     string `json:"type"`
-	Function struct {
-		Name      string `json:"name"`
-		Arguments string `json:"arguments"`
-	} `json:"function"`
-}
-
 // NewProvider creates a new Atlas Cloud provider.
 func NewProvider(opts ...ai.Option) *Provider {
 	options := ai.NewOptions(opts...)
 
 	if options.Model == "" {
-		// Allow the chat model to be selected via the ATLASCLOUD_MODEL env var
-		// (e.g. to run CI conformance against a stronger tool-use model) without
-		// a code change; fall back to a sensible default otherwise.
-		if m := os.Getenv("ATLASCLOUD_MODEL"); m != "" {
-			options.Model = m
-		} else {
-			options.Model = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324"
-		}
+		options.Model = "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324"
 	}
 	if options.BaseURL == "" {
 		options.BaseURL = "https://api.atlascloud.ai"
@@ -130,7 +113,7 @@ func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.Gen
 		apiReq["tools"] = tools
 	}
 
-	resp, rawMessage, err := p.callAPI(ctx, "chat", apiReq)
+	resp, rawMessage, err := p.callAPI(ctx, apiReq)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -140,7 +123,6 @@ func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.Gen
 	}
 
 	if p.opts.ToolHandler != nil {
-		var toolResults []string
 		followUpMessages := append(messages, map[string]any{
 			"role":       "assistant",
 			"content":    rawMessage["content"],
@@ -149,9 +131,6 @@ func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.Gen
 
 		for _, tc := range resp.ToolCalls {
 			content := p.opts.ToolHandler(ctx, tc).Content
-			if content != "" {
-				toolResults = append(toolResults, content)
-			}
 			followUpMessages = append(followUpMessages, map[string]any{
 				"role":         "tool",
 				"tool_call_id": tc.ID,
@@ -164,14 +143,9 @@ func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.Gen
 			"messages": followUpMessages,
 		}
 
-		followUpResp, _, err := p.callAPI(ctx, "tool-follow-up", followUpReq)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if followUpResp.Reply != "" {
+		followUpResp, _, err := p.callAPI(ctx, followUpReq)
+		if err == nil && followUpResp.Reply != "" {
 			resp.Answer = followUpResp.Reply
-		} else if len(toolResults) > 0 {
-			resp.Answer = strings.Join(toolResults, "\n")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -181,10 +155,6 @@ func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.Gen
 // Stream generates a streaming response from Atlas Cloud's OpenAI-compatible
 // chat completions endpoint, emitting content deltas as they arrive.
 func (p *Provider) Stream(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.GenerateOption) (ai.Stream, error) {
-	if len(req.Tools) > 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: atlascloud streaming does not expose tools", ai.ErrStreamingUnsupported)
-	}
-
 	messages := []map[string]any{
 		{"role": "system", "content": req.SystemPrompt},
 	}
@@ -289,7 +259,7 @@ func (s *atlasStream) Close() error {
 	return s.body.Close()
 }
 
-func (p *Provider) callAPI(ctx context.Context, phase string, req map[string]any) (*ai.Response, map[string]any, error) {
+func (p *Provider) callAPI(ctx context.Context, req map[string]any) (*ai.Response, map[string]any, error) {
 	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal request: %w", err)
@@ -312,14 +282,20 @@ func (p *Provider) callAPI(ctx context.Context, phase string, req map[string]any
 
 	respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
 	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API error (%s) during atlascloud %s request (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, phase, atlascloudRequestSummary(req), string(respBody))
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
 	}
 
 	var chatResp struct {
 		Choices []struct {
 			Message struct {
-				Content   string          `json:"content"`
-				ToolCalls []atlasToolCall `json:"tool_calls"`
+				Content   string `json:"content"`
+				ToolCalls []struct {
+					ID       string `json:"id"`
+					Function struct {
+						Name      string `json:"name"`
+						Arguments string `json:"arguments"`
+					} `json:"function"`
+				} `json:"tool_calls"`
 			} `json:"message"`
 		} `json:"choices"`
 	}
@@ -351,68 +327,12 @@ func (p *Provider) callAPI(ctx context.Context, phase string, req map[string]any
 
 	rawMessage := map[string]any{
 		"content":    choice.Message.Content,
-		"tool_calls": normalizeAtlasCloudToolCalls(choice.Message.ToolCalls),
+		"tool_calls": choice.Message.ToolCalls,
 	}
 
 	return response, rawMessage, nil
 }
 
-func normalizeAtlasCloudToolCalls(toolCalls []atlasToolCall) []map[string]any {
-	out := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(toolCalls))
-	for _, tc := range toolCalls {
-		toolType := tc.Type
-		if toolType == "" {
-			toolType = "function"
-		}
-		out = append(out, map[string]any{
-			"id":   tc.ID,
-			"type": toolType,
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":      tc.Function.Name,
-				"arguments": tc.Function.Arguments,
-			},
-		})
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-func atlascloudRequestSummary(req map[string]any) string {
-	parts := []string{}
-	if model, ok := req["model"].(string); ok && model != "" {
-		parts = append(parts, "model="+model)
-	}
-	if messages, ok := req["messages"].([]map[string]any); ok {
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("messages=%d", len(messages)))
-		if len(messages) > 0 {
-			last := messages[len(messages)-1]
-			if role, ok := last["role"].(string); ok && role != "" {
-				parts = append(parts, "last_role="+role)
-			}
-			if _, ok := last["tool_call_id"].(string); ok {
-				parts = append(parts, "last_has_tool_call_id=true")
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if tools, ok := req["tools"].([]map[string]any); ok {
-		names := make([]string, 0, len(tools))
-		for _, tool := range tools {
-			fn, _ := tool["function"].(map[string]any)
-			name, _ := fn["name"].(string)
-			if name != "" {
-				names = append(names, name)
-			}
-		}
-		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("tools=%d", len(tools)))
-		if len(names) > 0 {
-			parts = append(parts, "tool_names="+strings.Join(names, ","))
-		}
-	}
-	if len(parts) == 0 {
-		return "request_context=unavailable"
-	}
-	return strings.Join(parts, " ")
-}
-
 const defaultImageModel = "openai/gpt-image-2/text-to-image"
 
 // GenerateImage creates an image using Atlas Cloud's async image API.

ai/atlascloud/atlascloud_test.go

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
@@ -141,187 +140,6 @@ func TestProvider_Stream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestProvider_StreamWithToolsFallsBack(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"))
-	_, err := p.Stream(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt: "call a tool",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "fallback_echo",
-			Description: "echo fallback marker",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"value": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if !errors.Is(err, ai.ErrStreamingUnsupported) {
-		t.Fatalf("Stream with tools error = %v, want ErrStreamingUnsupported", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_GenerateToolCallEmptyFollowUpUsesToolResult(t *testing.T) {
-	var calls int
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.URL.Path != "/v1/chat/completions" {
-			t.Errorf("path = %s, want /v1/chat/completions", r.URL.Path)
-		}
-		calls++
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		switch calls {
-		case 1:
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"call-1","function":{"name":"conformance_echo","arguments":"{\"value\":\"agent-conformance\"}"}}]}}]}`))
-		case 2:
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":""}}]}`))
-		default:
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected API call %d", calls)
-		}
-	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-		ai.WithBaseURL(ts.URL),
-		ai.WithToolHandler(func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
-			if call.Name != "conformance_echo" {
-				t.Fatalf("tool name = %q, want conformance_echo", call.Name)
-			}
-			return ai.ToolResult{ID: call.ID, Content: `{"marker":"agent-conformance-ok"}`}
-		}),
-	)
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt: "call a tool",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "conformance_echo",
-			Description: "echo conformance marker",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"value": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if calls != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("API calls = %d, want 2", calls)
-	}
-	if resp.Answer != `{"marker":"agent-conformance-ok"}` {
-		t.Fatalf("Answer = %q, want tool result fallback", resp.Answer)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_GenerateMinimaxToolRequests(t *testing.T) {
-	var bodies []map[string]any
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		var body map[string]any
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("decode request: %v", err)
-		}
-		bodies = append(bodies, body)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		switch len(bodies) {
-		case 1:
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"call-1","function":{"name":"conformance_echo","arguments":"{\"value\":\"agent-conformance\"}"}}]}}]}`))
-		case 2:
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"done"}}]}`))
-		default:
-			t.Fatalf("unexpected API call %d", len(bodies))
-		}
-	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-		ai.WithBaseURL(ts.URL),
-		ai.WithModel("minimaxai/minimax-m3"),
-		ai.WithToolHandler(func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
-			return ai.ToolResult{ID: call.ID, Content: `{"marker":"agent-conformance-ok"}`}
-		}),
-	)
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		SystemPrompt: "You are helpful.",
-		Prompt:       "call a tool",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "conformance_echo",
-			Description: "echo conformance marker",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"value": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp.Answer != "done" {
-		t.Fatalf("Answer = %q, want done", resp.Answer)
-	}
-	if len(bodies) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("captured requests = %d, want 2", len(bodies))
-	}
-	if got := bodies[0]["model"]; got != "minimaxai/minimax-m3" {
-		t.Fatalf("initial model = %v", got)
-	}
-	tools, ok := bodies[0]["tools"].([]any)
-	if !ok || len(tools) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("initial tools = %#v, want one tool", bodies[0]["tools"])
-	}
-	tool := tools[0].(map[string]any)
-	if tool["type"] != "function" {
-		t.Fatalf("tool type = %v, want function", tool["type"])
-	}
-	fn := tool["function"].(map[string]any)
-	if fn["name"] != "conformance_echo" {
-		t.Fatalf("tool function name = %v", fn["name"])
-	}
-	params := fn["parameters"].(map[string]any)
-	if params["type"] != "object" {
-		t.Fatalf("parameters type = %v, want object", params["type"])
-	}
-
-	followUpMessages := bodies[1]["messages"].([]any)
-	if len(followUpMessages) != 4 {
-		t.Fatalf("follow-up messages = %d, want 4", len(followUpMessages))
-	}
-	assistant := followUpMessages[2].(map[string]any)
-	if assistant["role"] != "assistant" {
-		t.Fatalf("assistant role = %v", assistant["role"])
-	}
-	assistantCalls := assistant["tool_calls"].([]any)
-	assistantCall := assistantCalls[0].(map[string]any)
-	if assistantCall["type"] != "function" {
-		t.Fatalf("assistant tool call type = %v, want function", assistantCall["type"])
-	}
-	toolResult := followUpMessages[3].(map[string]any)
-	if toolResult["role"] != "tool" || toolResult["tool_call_id"] != "call-1" {
-		t.Fatalf("tool result message = %#v", toolResult)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_GenerateToolCallHTTPErrorIncludesRequestContext(t *testing.T) {
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		http.Error(w, `{"code":400,"msg":"bad request"}`, http.StatusBadRequest)
-	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-		ai.WithBaseURL(ts.URL),
-		ai.WithModel("minimaxai/minimax-m3"),
-	)
-	_, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt: "call a tool",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "conformance_echo",
-			Description: "echo conformance marker",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"value": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("Generate error = nil, want 400")
-	}
-	msg := err.Error()
-	for _, want := range []string{"400 Bad Request", "atlascloud chat request", "model=minimaxai/minimax-m3", "tools=1", "tool_names=conformance_echo"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(msg, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("error %q missing %q", msg, want)
-		}
-	}
-	if strings.Contains(msg, "test-key") {
-		t.Fatalf("error leaked API key: %s", msg)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestProvider_Registration(t *testing.T) {
 	m := ai.New("atlascloud", ai.WithAPIKey("test"))
 	if m == nil {

ai/capabilities_test.go

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/atlascloud"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/gemini"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/groq"
-	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/minimax"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/mistral"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/openai"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/together"
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestRegisteredProviders(t *testing.T) {
 	got := ai.RegisteredProviders("")
-	want := []string{"anthropic", "atlascloud", "gemini", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
+	want := []string{"anthropic", "atlascloud", "gemini", "groq", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("RegisteredProviders() = %#v, want %#v", got, want)
 	}
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ func TestRegisteredProviders(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	got = ai.RegisteredProviders("stream")
-	want = []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
+	want = []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("RegisteredProviders(stream) = %#v, want %#v", got, want)
 	}
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ func TestCapabilityRows(t *testing.T) {
 		{Provider: "atlascloud", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Image: true, Video: true, Stream: true}},
 		{Provider: "gemini", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true}},
 		{Provider: "groq", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Stream: true}},
-		{Provider: "minimax", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Stream: true}},
 		{Provider: "mistral", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Stream: true}},
 		{Provider: "openai", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Image: true, Stream: true}},
 		{Provider: "together", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true, Stream: true}},
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ func TestCapabilityRows(t *testing.T) {
 func TestCapabilityMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 	matrix := ai.CapabilityMatrix()
 
-	for _, provider := range []string{"anthropic", "atlascloud", "gemini", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "openai", "together"} {
+	for _, provider := range []string{"anthropic", "atlascloud", "gemini", "groq", "mistral", "openai", "together"} {
 		caps, ok := matrix[provider]
 		if !ok {
 			t.Fatalf("CapabilityMatrix missing %q", provider)
@@ -90,7 +88,7 @@ func TestRegisterStream(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	got := ai.RegisteredProviders("stream")
-	want := []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "openai", "test-stream", "together"}
+	want := []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "mistral", "openai", "test-stream", "together"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("RegisteredProviders(stream) = %#v, want %#v", got, want)
 	}

ai/minimax/minimax.go

@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-// Package minimax implements the MiniMax model provider.
-//
-// MiniMax offers its flagship MiniMax-M3 model via an OpenAI-compatible
-// chat completions endpoint.
-//
-// Usage:
-//
-//	import _ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/minimax"
-//
-//	m := ai.New("minimax",
-//	    ai.WithAPIKey("your-api-key"),
-//	)
-package minimax
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai/internal/openaiapi"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	ai.Register("minimax", func(opts ...ai.Option) ai.Model {
-		return NewProvider(opts...)
-	})
-	ai.RegisterStream("minimax")
-}
-
-type Provider struct {
-	opts ai.Options
-}
-
-func NewProvider(opts ...ai.Option) *Provider {
-	options := ai.NewOptions(opts...)
-	if options.Model == "" {
-		options.Model = "MiniMax-M3"
-	}
-	if options.BaseURL == "" {
-		options.BaseURL = "https://api.minimax.io"
-	}
-	return &Provider{opts: options}
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) Init(opts ...ai.Option) error {
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(&p.opts)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) Options() ai.Options { return p.opts }
-func (p *Provider) String() string      { return "minimax" }
-
-func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.GenerateOption) (*ai.Response, error) {
-	var tools []map[string]any
-	for _, t := range req.Tools {
-		tools = append(tools, map[string]any{
-			"type": "function",
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":        t.Name,
-				"description": t.Description,
-				"parameters": map[string]any{
-					"type":       "object",
-					"properties": t.Properties,
-				},
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	messages := []map[string]any{
-		{"role": "system", "content": req.SystemPrompt},
-		{"role": "user", "content": req.Prompt},
-	}
-
-	apiReq := map[string]any{
-		"model":    p.opts.Model,
-		"messages": messages,
-	}
-	if len(tools) > 0 {
-		apiReq["tools"] = tools
-	}
-
-	resp, rawMessage, err := p.callAPI(ctx, apiReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 {
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	if p.opts.ToolHandler != nil {
-		followUpMessages := append(messages, map[string]any{
-			"role":       "assistant",
-			"content":    rawMessage["content"],
-			"tool_calls": rawMessage["tool_calls"],
-		})
-		for _, tc := range resp.ToolCalls {
-			content := p.opts.ToolHandler(ctx, tc).Content
-			followUpMessages = append(followUpMessages, map[string]any{
-				"role":         "tool",
-				"tool_call_id": tc.ID,
-				"content":      content,
-			})
-		}
-		followUpResp, _, err := p.callAPI(ctx, map[string]any{
-			"model":    p.opts.Model,
-			"messages": followUpMessages,
-		})
-		if err == nil && followUpResp.Reply != "" {
-			resp.Answer = followUpResp.Reply
-		}
-	}
-
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) Stream(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.GenerateOption) (ai.Stream, error) {
-	return openaiapi.Stream(ctx, p.opts, req, "/v1/chat/completions")
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) callAPI(ctx context.Context, req map[string]any) (*ai.Response, map[string]any, error) {
-	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	apiURL := strings.TrimRight(p.opts.BaseURL, "/") + "/v1/chat/completions"
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+p.opts.APIKey)
-
-	httpResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API request failed: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-
-	respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
-	}
-
-	var chatResp struct {
-		Choices []struct {
-			Message struct {
-				Content   string `json:"content"`
-				ToolCalls []struct {
-					ID       string `json:"id"`
-					Function struct {
-						Name      string `json:"name"`
-						Arguments string `json:"arguments"`
-					} `json:"function"`
-				} `json:"tool_calls"`
-			} `json:"message"`
-		} `json:"choices"`
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(respBody, &chatResp); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response: %w", err)
-	}
-	if len(chatResp.Choices) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("no response from API")
-	}
-
-	choice := chatResp.Choices[0]
-	response := &ai.Response{Reply: choice.Message.Content}
-
-	for _, tc := range choice.Message.ToolCalls {
-		var input map[string]any
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.Function.Arguments), &input); err != nil {
-			input = map[string]any{}
-		}
-		response.ToolCalls = append(response.ToolCalls, ai.ToolCall{
-			ID:    tc.ID,
-			Name:  tc.Function.Name,
-			Input: input,
-		})
-	}
-
-	rawMessage := map[string]any{
-		"content":    choice.Message.Content,
-		"tool_calls": choice.Message.ToolCalls,
-	}
-
-	return response, rawMessage, nil
-}

ai/minimax/minimax_test.go

@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-package minimax
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-)
-
-func TestProvider_String(t *testing.T) {
-	if NewProvider().String() != "minimax" {
-		t.Errorf("got %q", NewProvider().String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
-	opts := NewProvider().Options()
-	if opts.Model != "MiniMax-M3" {
-		t.Errorf("default model = %q", opts.Model)
-	}
-	if opts.BaseURL != "https://api.minimax.io" {
-		t.Errorf("default base URL = %q", opts.BaseURL)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Init(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewProvider()
-	if err := p.Init(ai.WithModel("m"), ai.WithAPIKey("k")); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if p.Options().Model != "m" || p.Options().APIKey != "k" {
-		t.Error("Init did not apply options")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Generate_NoAPIKey(t *testing.T) {
-	if _, err := NewProvider().Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{Prompt: "hi"}); err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error without API key")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Stream(t *testing.T) {
-	var sawStream bool
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.URL.Path != "/v1/chat/completions" {
-			t.Fatalf("path = %s, want /v1/chat/completions", r.URL.Path)
-		}
-		var body map[string]any
-		if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("decode request: %v", err)
-		}
-		sawStream, _ = body["stream"].(bool)
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("data: {\"choices\":[{\"delta\":{\"content\":\"hel\"}}]}\n\n"))
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("data: {\"choices\":[{\"delta\":{\"content\":\"lo\"}}]}\n\n"))
-		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("data: [DONE]\n\n"))
-	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"), ai.WithBaseURL(ts.URL))
-	stream, err := p.Stream(context.Background(), &ai.Request{Prompt: "Hello"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Stream returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer stream.Close()
-	if !sawStream {
-		t.Fatal("stream request did not set stream=true")
-	}
-
-	first, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err != nil || first.Reply != "hel" {
-		t.Fatalf("first chunk = %#v, %v; want hel", first, err)
-	}
-	second, err := stream.Recv()
-	if err != nil || second.Reply != "lo" {
-		t.Fatalf("second chunk = %#v, %v; want lo", second, err)
-	}
-	if _, err := stream.Recv(); !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
-		t.Fatalf("final error = %v, want EOF", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Registration(t *testing.T) {
-	m := ai.New("minimax", ai.WithAPIKey("test"))
-	if m == nil {
-		t.Fatal("provider not registered")
-	}
-	if m.String() != "minimax" {
-		t.Errorf("got %q", m.String())
-	}
-}

ai/model.go

@@ -93,10 +93,9 @@ func (c ToolCall) Scan(v any) error {
 
 // ToolResult represents the result of a tool execution
 type ToolResult struct {
-	ID       string // Tool call ID (for correlation)
-	Value    any    // Structured result (optional)
-	Content  string // Tool execution result (JSON string), shown to the model
-	Attempts int    `json:"attempts,omitempty"` // Tool execution attempts, set when retried.
+	ID      string // Tool call ID (for correlation)
+	Value   any    // Structured result (optional)
+	Content string // Tool execution result (JSON string), shown to the model
 	// Refused names the reason a guardrail blocked the call before it ran
 	// ("max_steps", "loop", "approval"); empty when the call executed. A
 	// tool wrapper can switch on it to build reliability tooling — react to
@@ -212,8 +211,6 @@ func AutoDetectProvider(baseURL string) string {
 		return "gemini"
 	case strings.Contains(baseURL, "groq"):
 		return "groq"
-	case strings.Contains(baseURL, "minimax"):
-		return "minimax"
 	case strings.Contains(baseURL, "mistral"):
 		return "mistral"
 	case strings.Contains(baseURL, "together"):

ai/ollama/ollama.go

@@ -1,729 +0,0 @@
-// Package ollama implements the Ollama model provider.
-//
-// Ollama runs open-weight models locally (or via Ollama Cloud). This
-// provider supports two API styles:
-//
-//   - Native (/api/chat):   local Ollama servers (default, http://localhost:11434)
-//   - OpenAI-compatible (/v1/chat/completions): Ollama Cloud (https://ollama.com/v1)
-//
-// The provider auto-detects which style to use based on the base URL.
-// Set OLLAMA_BASE_URL to point at your server (local or cloud).
-//
-// Usage (local):
-//
-//	import _ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/ollama"
-//
-//	m := ai.New("ollama",
-//	    ai.WithBaseURL("http://localhost:11434"),
-//	    ai.WithModel("llama3.2"),
-//	)
-//
-// Usage (Ollama Cloud):
-//
-//	m := ai.New("ollama",
-//	    ai.WithBaseURL("https://ollama.com/v1"),
-//	    ai.WithAPIKey("your-key"),
-//	    ai.WithModel("gpt-oss:120b"),
-//	)
-package ollama
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"bytes"
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	ai.Register("ollama", func(opts ...ai.Option) ai.Model {
-		return NewProvider(opts...)
-	})
-	ai.RegisterStream("ollama")
-}
-
-// Provider implements the ai.Model interface for Ollama.
-type Provider struct {
-	opts ai.Options
-
-	// cloudOverride forces cloud mode for testing. When true, the provider
-	// uses the OpenAI-compatible endpoint regardless of the base URL.
-	cloudOverride bool
-}
-
-// NewProvider creates a new Ollama provider.
-func NewProvider(opts ...ai.Option) *Provider {
-	options := ai.NewOptions(opts...)
-	if options.Model == "" {
-		options.Model = "llama3.2"
-	}
-	if options.BaseURL == "" {
-		options.BaseURL = "http://localhost:11434"
-	}
-	return &Provider{opts: options}
-}
-
-// Init initializes the provider with options.
-func (p *Provider) Init(opts ...ai.Option) error {
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		o(&p.opts)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Options returns the provider options.
-func (p *Provider) Options() ai.Options { return p.opts }
-
-// String returns the provider name.
-func (p *Provider) String() string { return "ollama" }
-
-// isCloud returns true when the base URL points at Ollama Cloud (ollama.com),
-// which uses the OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions endpoint instead of
-// the native /api/chat.
-func (p *Provider) isCloud() bool {
-	if p.cloudOverride {
-		return true
-	}
-	return strings.Contains(p.opts.BaseURL, "ollama.com")
-}
-
-// chatPath returns the API endpoint path for chat completions.
-func (p *Provider) chatPath() string {
-	if p.isCloud() {
-		return "/v1/chat/completions"
-	}
-	return "/api/chat"
-}
-
-// streamPath returns the API endpoint path for streaming chat.
-// Ollama Cloud uses the same /v1/chat/completions with stream:true.
-// Local Ollama uses /api/chat with stream:true.
-func (p *Provider) streamPath() string {
-	return p.chatPath()
-}
-
-// Generate generates a response from the Ollama model.
-func (p *Provider) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.GenerateOption) (*ai.Response, error) {
-	if p.isCloud() {
-		return p.generateOpenAI(ctx, req)
-	}
-	return p.generateNative(ctx, req)
-}
-
-// Stream generates a streaming response.
-func (p *Provider) Stream(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, opts ...ai.GenerateOption) (ai.Stream, error) {
-	if p.isCloud() {
-		return p.streamOpenAI(ctx, req)
-	}
-	return p.streamNative(ctx, req)
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// OpenAI-compatible mode (Ollama Cloud: ollama.com/v1)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func (p *Provider) generateOpenAI(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request) (*ai.Response, error) {
-	var tools []map[string]any
-	for _, t := range req.Tools {
-		tools = append(tools, map[string]any{
-			"type": "function",
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":        t.Name,
-				"description": t.Description,
-				"parameters": map[string]any{
-					"type":       "object",
-					"properties": t.Properties,
-				},
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	messages := buildOpenAIMessages(req)
-	apiReq := map[string]any{
-		"model":    p.opts.Model,
-		"messages": messages,
-		"stream":   false,
-	}
-	if len(tools) > 0 {
-		apiReq["tools"] = tools
-	}
-	if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-		apiReq["max_tokens"] = p.opts.MaxTokens
-	}
-
-	resp, rawMsg, err := p.callOpenAI(ctx, apiReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// No tool calls or no handler — return as-is.
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 || p.opts.ToolHandler == nil {
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	// Tool execution loop.
-	convMessages := append(messages, map[string]any{
-		"role":       "assistant",
-		"content":    rawMsg.content,
-		"tool_calls": rawMsg.toolCalls,
-	})
-
-	pendingCalls := resp.ToolCalls
-	for round := 0; round < 10; round++ {
-		for i := range pendingCalls {
-			result := p.opts.ToolHandler(ctx, pendingCalls[i])
-			pendingCalls[i].Result = result.Content
-			convMessages = append(convMessages, map[string]any{
-				"role":         "tool",
-				"tool_call_id": pendingCalls[i].ID,
-				"content":      result.Content,
-			})
-		}
-
-		followUpReq := map[string]any{
-			"model":    p.opts.Model,
-			"messages": convMessages,
-			"stream":   false,
-		}
-		if len(tools) > 0 {
-			followUpReq["tools"] = tools
-		}
-		if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-			followUpReq["max_tokens"] = p.opts.MaxTokens
-		}
-
-		followUpResp, followUpRaw, err := p.callOpenAI(ctx, followUpReq)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-
-		if len(followUpResp.ToolCalls) > 0 {
-			resp.ToolCalls = append(resp.ToolCalls, followUpResp.ToolCalls...)
-			pendingCalls = followUpResp.ToolCalls
-			convMessages = append(convMessages, map[string]any{
-				"role":       "assistant",
-				"content":    followUpRaw.content,
-				"tool_calls": followUpRaw.toolCalls,
-			})
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if followUpResp.Reply != "" {
-			resp.Answer = followUpResp.Reply
-		}
-		break
-	}
-
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) callOpenAI(ctx context.Context, req map[string]any) (*ai.Response, *rawChatMessage, error) {
-	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	apiURL := strings.TrimRight(p.opts.BaseURL, "/") + p.chatPath()
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
-	}
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	if p.opts.APIKey != "" {
-		httpReq.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+p.opts.APIKey)
-	}
-
-	httpResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API request failed: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-
-	respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
-	}
-
-	var chatResp struct {
-		Usage struct {
-			PromptTokens     int `json:"prompt_tokens"`
-			CompletionTokens int `json:"completion_tokens"`
-			TotalTokens      int `json:"total_tokens"`
-		} `json:"usage"`
-		Choices []struct {
-			Message struct {
-				Role      string `json:"role"`
-				Content   string `json:"content"`
-				ToolCalls []struct {
-					ID       string `json:"id"`
-					Function struct {
-						Name      string `json:"name"`
-						Arguments string `json:"arguments"`
-					} `json:"function"`
-				} `json:"tool_calls"`
-			} `json:"message"`
-		} `json:"choices"`
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(respBody, &chatResp); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response: %w", err)
-	}
-	if len(chatResp.Choices) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("no response from API")
-	}
-
-	choice := chatResp.Choices[0]
-	response := &ai.Response{
-		Reply: choice.Message.Content,
-		Usage: ai.Usage{
-			InputTokens:  chatResp.Usage.PromptTokens,
-			OutputTokens: chatResp.Usage.CompletionTokens,
-			TotalTokens:  chatResp.Usage.TotalTokens,
-		},
-	}
-
-	var rawToolCalls []map[string]any
-	for _, tc := range choice.Message.ToolCalls {
-		var input map[string]any
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(tc.Function.Arguments), &input); err != nil {
-			input = map[string]any{}
-		}
-		response.ToolCalls = append(response.ToolCalls, ai.ToolCall{
-			ID:    tc.ID,
-			Name:  tc.Function.Name,
-			Input: input,
-		})
-		rawToolCalls = append(rawToolCalls, map[string]any{
-			"id":   tc.ID,
-			"type": "function",
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":      tc.Function.Name,
-				"arguments": tc.Function.Arguments,
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	raw := &rawChatMessage{
-		content:   choice.Message.Content,
-		toolCalls: rawToolCalls,
-	}
-	return response, raw, nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) streamOpenAI(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request) (ai.Stream, error) {
-	messages := buildOpenAIMessages(req)
-	apiReq := map[string]any{
-		"model":          p.opts.Model,
-		"messages":       messages,
-		"stream":         true,
-		"stream_options": map[string]any{"include_usage": true},
-	}
-	if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-		apiReq["max_tokens"] = p.opts.MaxTokens
-	}
-
-	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(apiReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal stream request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	apiURL := strings.TrimRight(p.opts.BaseURL, "/") + p.streamPath()
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stream request: %w", err)
-	}
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Accept", "text/event-stream")
-	if p.opts.APIKey != "" {
-		httpReq.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+p.opts.APIKey)
-	}
-
-	httpResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream API request failed: %w", err)
-	}
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-		respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
-	}
-
-	return &sseStream{body: httpResp.Body, scanner: bufio.NewScanner(httpResp.Body)}, nil
-}
-
-// buildOpenAIMessages converts an ai.Request into the OpenAI chat message format.
-func buildOpenAIMessages(req *ai.Request) []map[string]any {
-	messages := []map[string]any{}
-	if req.SystemPrompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "system", "content": req.SystemPrompt})
-	}
-	for _, m := range req.Messages {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": m.Role, "content": m.Content})
-	}
-	if req.Prompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "user", "content": req.Prompt})
-	}
-	return messages
-}
-
-// sseStream reads OpenAI-style server-sent events (used by Ollama Cloud).
-type sseStream struct {
-	body    io.ReadCloser
-	scanner *bufio.Scanner
-	closed  bool
-}
-
-func (s *sseStream) Recv() (*ai.Response, error) {
-	for s.scanner.Scan() {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(s.scanner.Text())
-		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, ":") {
-			continue
-		}
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "data:") {
-			continue
-		}
-		data := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(line, "data:"))
-		if data == "[DONE]" {
-			return nil, io.EOF
-		}
-		var chunk struct {
-			Choices []struct {
-				Delta struct {
-					Content string `json:"content"`
-				} `json:"delta"`
-			} `json:"choices"`
-			Usage *struct {
-				PromptTokens     int `json:"prompt_tokens"`
-				CompletionTokens int `json:"completion_tokens"`
-				TotalTokens      int `json:"total_tokens"`
-			} `json:"usage"`
-		}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &chunk); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse stream chunk: %w", err)
-		}
-		if len(chunk.Choices) > 0 && chunk.Choices[0].Delta.Content != "" {
-			return &ai.Response{Reply: chunk.Choices[0].Delta.Content}, nil
-		}
-		if chunk.Usage != nil {
-			return &ai.Response{Usage: ai.Usage{
-				InputTokens:  chunk.Usage.PromptTokens,
-				OutputTokens: chunk.Usage.CompletionTokens,
-				TotalTokens:  chunk.Usage.TotalTokens,
-			}}, nil
-		}
-	}
-	if err := s.scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return nil, io.EOF
-}
-
-func (s *sseStream) Close() error {
-	if s.closed {
-		return nil
-	}
-	s.closed = true
-	return s.body.Close()
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Native mode (local Ollama: localhost:11434/api/chat)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func (p *Provider) generateNative(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request) (*ai.Response, error) {
-	var tools []map[string]any
-	for _, t := range req.Tools {
-		tools = append(tools, map[string]any{
-			"type": "function",
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":        t.Name,
-				"description": t.Description,
-				"parameters": map[string]any{
-					"type":       "object",
-					"properties": t.Properties,
-				},
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	messages := []map[string]any{}
-	if req.SystemPrompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "system", "content": req.SystemPrompt})
-	}
-	for _, m := range req.Messages {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": m.Role, "content": m.Content})
-	}
-	if req.Prompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "user", "content": req.Prompt})
-	}
-
-	apiReq := map[string]any{
-		"model":    p.opts.Model,
-		"messages": messages,
-		"stream":   false,
-	}
-	if len(tools) > 0 {
-		apiReq["tools"] = tools
-	}
-	if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-		apiReq["options"] = map[string]any{"num_predict": p.opts.MaxTokens}
-	}
-
-	resp, rawMsg, err := p.callNative(ctx, apiReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 || p.opts.ToolHandler == nil {
-		return resp, nil
-	}
-
-	convMessages := append(messages, map[string]any{
-		"role":    "assistant",
-		"content": rawMsg.content,
-	})
-	if len(rawMsg.toolCalls) > 0 {
-		convMessages[len(convMessages)-1]["tool_calls"] = rawMsg.toolCalls
-	}
-
-	pendingCalls := resp.ToolCalls
-	for round := 0; round < 10; round++ {
-		for i := range pendingCalls {
-			result := p.opts.ToolHandler(ctx, pendingCalls[i])
-			pendingCalls[i].Result = result.Content
-			convMessages = append(convMessages, map[string]any{
-				"role":    "tool",
-				"content": result.Content,
-			})
-		}
-
-		followUpReq := map[string]any{
-			"model":    p.opts.Model,
-			"messages": convMessages,
-			"stream":   false,
-		}
-		if len(tools) > 0 {
-			followUpReq["tools"] = tools
-		}
-		if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-			followUpReq["options"] = map[string]any{"num_predict": p.opts.MaxTokens}
-		}
-
-		followUpResp, followUpRaw, err := p.callNative(ctx, followUpReq)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-
-		if len(followUpResp.ToolCalls) > 0 {
-			resp.ToolCalls = append(resp.ToolCalls, followUpResp.ToolCalls...)
-			pendingCalls = followUpResp.ToolCalls
-			convMessages = append(convMessages, map[string]any{
-				"role":    "assistant",
-				"content": followUpRaw.content,
-			})
-			if len(followUpRaw.toolCalls) > 0 {
-				convMessages[len(convMessages)-1]["tool_calls"] = followUpRaw.toolCalls
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if followUpResp.Reply != "" {
-			resp.Answer = followUpResp.Reply
-		}
-		break
-	}
-
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) callNative(ctx context.Context, req map[string]any) (*ai.Response, *rawChatMessage, error) {
-	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	apiURL := strings.TrimRight(p.opts.BaseURL, "/") + p.chatPath()
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create request: %w", err)
-	}
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	if p.opts.APIKey != "" {
-		httpReq.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+p.opts.APIKey)
-	}
-
-	httpResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API request failed: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-
-	respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
-	}
-
-	var chatResp struct {
-		Message struct {
-			Role      string `json:"role"`
-			Content   string `json:"content"`
-			ToolCalls []struct {
-				Function struct {
-					Name      string `json:"name"`
-					Arguments any    `json:"arguments"`
-				} `json:"function"`
-			} `json:"tool_calls"`
-		} `json:"message"`
-		Done            bool `json:"done"`
-		PromptEvalCount int  `json:"prompt_eval_count"`
-		EvalCount       int  `json:"eval_count"`
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(respBody, &chatResp); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse response: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	response := &ai.Response{
-		Reply: chatResp.Message.Content,
-		Usage: ai.Usage{
-			InputTokens:  chatResp.PromptEvalCount,
-			OutputTokens: chatResp.EvalCount,
-			TotalTokens:  chatResp.PromptEvalCount + chatResp.EvalCount,
-		},
-	}
-
-	var rawToolCalls []map[string]any
-	for _, tc := range chatResp.Message.ToolCalls {
-		var input map[string]any
-		switch v := tc.Function.Arguments.(type) {
-		case string:
-			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(v), &input); err != nil {
-				input = map[string]any{}
-			}
-		case map[string]any:
-			input = v
-		default:
-			input = map[string]any{}
-		}
-		response.ToolCalls = append(response.ToolCalls, ai.ToolCall{
-			Name:  tc.Function.Name,
-			Input: input,
-		})
-		rawToolCalls = append(rawToolCalls, map[string]any{
-			"function": map[string]any{
-				"name":      tc.Function.Name,
-				"arguments": tc.Function.Arguments,
-			},
-		})
-	}
-
-	raw := &rawChatMessage{
-		content:   chatResp.Message.Content,
-		toolCalls: rawToolCalls,
-	}
-	return response, raw, nil
-}
-
-func (p *Provider) streamNative(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request) (ai.Stream, error) {
-	messages := []map[string]any{}
-	if req.SystemPrompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "system", "content": req.SystemPrompt})
-	}
-	for _, m := range req.Messages {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": m.Role, "content": m.Content})
-	}
-	if req.Prompt != "" {
-		messages = append(messages, map[string]any{"role": "user", "content": req.Prompt})
-	}
-
-	apiReq := map[string]any{
-		"model":    p.opts.Model,
-		"messages": messages,
-		"stream":   true,
-	}
-	if p.opts.MaxTokens > 0 {
-		apiReq["options"] = map[string]any{"num_predict": p.opts.MaxTokens}
-	}
-
-	reqBody, err := json.Marshal(apiReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal stream request: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	apiURL := strings.TrimRight(p.opts.BaseURL, "/") + p.streamPath()
-	httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, apiURL, bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stream request: %w", err)
-	}
-	httpReq.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	if p.opts.APIKey != "" {
-		httpReq.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+p.opts.APIKey)
-	}
-
-	httpResp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(httpReq)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream API request failed: %w", err)
-	}
-	if httpResp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		defer httpResp.Body.Close()
-		respBody, _ := io.ReadAll(httpResp.Body)
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream API error (%s): %s", httpResp.Status, string(respBody))
-	}
-
-	return &ndjsonStream{body: httpResp.Body, scanner: bufio.NewScanner(httpResp.Body)}, nil
-}
-
-// ndjsonStream reads newline-delimited JSON (used by local Ollama).
-type ndjsonStream struct {
-	body    io.ReadCloser
-	scanner *bufio.Scanner
-	closed  bool
-}
-
-func (s *ndjsonStream) Recv() (*ai.Response, error) {
-	for s.scanner.Scan() {
-		line := strings.TrimSpace(s.scanner.Text())
-		if line == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		var chunk struct {
-			Message struct {
-				Content string `json:"content"`
-			} `json:"message"`
-			Done bool `json:"done"`
-		}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &chunk); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse stream chunk: %w", err)
-		}
-		if chunk.Done {
-			return nil, io.EOF
-		}
-		if chunk.Message.Content != "" {
-			return &ai.Response{Reply: chunk.Message.Content}, nil
-		}
-	}
-	if err := s.scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return nil, io.EOF
-}
-
-func (s *ndjsonStream) Close() error {
-	if s.closed {
-		return nil
-	}
-	s.closed = true
-	return s.body.Close()
-}
-
-// rawChatMessage holds the raw assistant content and tool calls for
-// follow-up messages.
-type rawChatMessage struct {
-	content   string
-	toolCalls []map[string]any
-}

ai/ollama/ollama_test.go

@@ -1,333 +0,0 @@
-package ollama
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
-)
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Provider basics
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func TestProvider_String(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewProvider()
-	if p.String() != "ollama" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'ollama', got '%s'", p.String())
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Init(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewProvider()
-	err := p.Init(
-		ai.WithModel("test-model"),
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-		ai.WithBaseURL("https://test.com"),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Init failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	opts := p.Options()
-	if opts.Model != "test-model" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected model 'test-model', got '%s'", opts.Model)
-	}
-	if opts.APIKey != "test-key" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected API key 'test-key', got '%s'", opts.APIKey)
-	}
-	if opts.BaseURL != "https://test.com" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected base URL 'https://test.com', got '%s'", opts.BaseURL)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
-	p := NewProvider()
-	opts := p.Options()
-	if opts.Model != "llama3.2" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected default model 'llama3.2', got '%s'", opts.Model)
-	}
-	if opts.BaseURL != "http://localhost:11434" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected default base URL 'http://localhost:11434', got '%s'", opts.BaseURL)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestProvider_IsCloud(t *testing.T) {
-	local := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL("http://localhost:11434"))
-	if local.isCloud() {
-		t.Error("localhost should not be cloud")
-	}
-	cloud := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL("https://ollama.com/v1"))
-	if !cloud.isCloud() {
-		t.Error("ollama.com should be cloud")
-	}
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Native mode (local Ollama: /api/chat)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func TestNative_Generate(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.URL.Path != "/api/chat" {
-			t.Errorf("Expected /api/chat, got %s", r.URL.Path)
-		}
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.Write([]byte(`{
-			"model": "llama3.2",
-			"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello from local Ollama!"},
-			"done": true,
-			"prompt_eval_count": 10,
-			"eval_count": 5
-		}`))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL), ai.WithModel("llama3.2"))
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt:       "Hi",
-		SystemPrompt: "You are helpful",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp.Reply != "Hello from local Ollama!" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'Hello from local Ollama!', got '%s'", resp.Reply)
-	}
-	if resp.Usage.TotalTokens != 15 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected total tokens 15, got %d", resp.Usage.TotalTokens)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNative_GenerateWithToolCall(t *testing.T) {
-	callCount := 0
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		callCount++
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		if callCount == 1 {
-			w.Write([]byte(`{
-				"model": "llama3.2",
-				"message": {
-					"role": "assistant",
-					"content": "",
-					"tool_calls": [{"function": {"name": "get_weather", "arguments": "{\"city\":\"Seoul\"}"}}]
-				},
-				"done": true
-			}`))
-		} else {
-			w.Write([]byte(`{
-				"model": "llama3.2",
-				"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "The weather in Seoul is sunny."},
-				"done": true
-			}`))
-		}
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	handler := func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
-		if call.Name != "get_weather" {
-			t.Errorf("Expected tool 'get_weather', got '%s'", call.Name)
-		}
-		return ai.ToolResult{ID: call.ID, Content: `{"temp": 22, "condition": "sunny"}`}
-	}
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL),
-		ai.WithModel("llama3.2"),
-		ai.WithToolHandler(handler),
-	)
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt: "What's the weather?",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "get_weather",
-			Description: "Get weather",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"city": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 {
-		t.Error("Expected tool calls")
-	}
-	if resp.Answer != "The weather in Seoul is sunny." {
-		t.Errorf("Expected final answer, got '%s'", resp.Answer)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNative_Stream(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":"Hello"},"done":false}` + "\n"))
-		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":" world"},"done":false}` + "\n"))
-		w.Write([]byte(`{"message":{"role":"assistant","content":""},"done":true}` + "\n"))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL), ai.WithModel("llama3.2"))
-	stream, err := p.Stream(context.Background(), &ai.Request{Prompt: "Hi"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Stream failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer stream.Close()
-
-	var chunks []string
-	for {
-		resp, err := stream.Recv()
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		if resp.Reply != "" {
-			chunks = append(chunks, resp.Reply)
-		}
-	}
-	result := strings.Join(chunks, "")
-	if result != "Hello world" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'Hello world', got '%s'", result)
-	}
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Cloud mode (Ollama Cloud: /v1/chat/completions)
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func TestCloud_Generate(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		if r.URL.Path != "/v1/chat/completions" {
-			t.Errorf("Expected /v1/chat/completions, got %s", r.URL.Path)
-		}
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.Write([]byte(`{
-			"usage": {"prompt_tokens": 10, "completion_tokens": 5, "total_tokens": 15},
-			"choices": [{"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello from Ollama Cloud!"}}]
-		}`))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL), ai.WithModel("gemma4:31b-cloud"), ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"))
-	p.cloudOverride = true
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt:       "Hi",
-		SystemPrompt: "You are helpful",
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	if resp.Reply != "Hello from Ollama Cloud!" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'Hello from Ollama Cloud!', got '%s'", resp.Reply)
-	}
-	if resp.Usage.TotalTokens != 15 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected total tokens 15, got %d", resp.Usage.TotalTokens)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCloud_GenerateWithToolCall(t *testing.T) {
-	callCount := 0
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		callCount++
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		if callCount == 1 {
-			w.Write([]byte(`{
-				"choices": [{"message": {
-					"role": "assistant",
-					"content": "",
-					"tool_calls": [{"id": "call_1", "function": {"name": "search", "arguments": "{\"query\":\"go interfaces\"}"}}]
-				}}]
-			}`))
-		} else {
-			w.Write([]byte(`{
-				"choices": [{"message": {"role": "assistant", "content": "Go interfaces are implicit."}}]
-			}`))
-		}
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	handler := func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult {
-		return ai.ToolResult{ID: call.ID, Content: `{"results": ["Go interfaces are implicit"]}`}
-	}
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL),
-		ai.WithModel("gemma4:31b-cloud"),
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-		ai.WithToolHandler(handler),
-	)
-	p.cloudOverride = true
-	resp, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{
-		Prompt: "Search for Go interfaces",
-		Tools: []ai.Tool{{
-			Name:        "search",
-			Description: "Search the knowledge base",
-			Properties:  map[string]any{"query": map[string]any{"type": "string"}},
-		}},
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Generate failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	if len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 {
-		t.Error("Expected tool calls")
-	}
-	if resp.Answer != "Go interfaces are implicit." {
-		t.Errorf("Expected final answer, got '%s'", resp.Answer)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCloud_Stream(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/event-stream")
-		w.Write([]byte("data: {\"choices\":[{\"delta\":{\"content\":\"Hello\"}}]}\n\n"))
-		w.Write([]byte("data: {\"choices\":[{\"delta\":{\"content\":\" cloud\"}}]}\n\n"))
-		w.Write([]byte("data: [DONE]\n\n"))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(
-		ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL),
-		ai.WithModel("gemma4:31b-cloud"),
-		ai.WithAPIKey("test-key"),
-	)
-	p.cloudOverride = true
-	stream, err := p.Stream(context.Background(), &ai.Request{Prompt: "Hi"})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Stream failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer stream.Close()
-
-	var chunks []string
-	for {
-		resp, err := stream.Recv()
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-		if resp.Reply != "" {
-			chunks = append(chunks, resp.Reply)
-		}
-	}
-	result := strings.Join(chunks, "")
-	if result != "Hello cloud" {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'Hello cloud', got '%s'", result)
-	}
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Error handling
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func TestProvider_APIError(t *testing.T) {
-	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		w.Write([]byte(`{"error": "model not found"}`))
-	}))
-	defer srv.Close()
-
-	p := NewProvider(ai.WithBaseURL(srv.URL), ai.WithModel("nonexistent"))
-	_, err := p.Generate(context.Background(), &ai.Request{Prompt: "Hi"})
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("Expected error on API failure")
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "API error") {
-		t.Errorf("Expected 'API error' in message, got '%s'", err.Error())
-	}
-}

ai/stream_conformance_test.go

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/atlascloud"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/gemini"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/groq"
-	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/minimax"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/mistral"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/openai"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/together"
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ func conformingStreamProviders(t *testing.T) []string {
 	allowed := map[string]struct{}{
 		"atlascloud": {},
 		"groq":       {},
-		"minimax":    {},
 		"mistral":    {},
 		"openai":     {},
 		"together":   {},
@@ -290,7 +288,7 @@ func conformingStreamProviders(t *testing.T) []string {
 			out = append(out, provider)
 		}
 	}
-	want := []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
+	want := []string{"atlascloud", "groq", "mistral", "openai", "together"}
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, want) {
 		t.Fatalf("conforming stream providers = %#v, want %#v (registered stream providers: %#v)", out, want, providers)
 	}

cmd/micro/README.md

@@ -625,54 +625,3 @@ Scopes provide fine-grained access control over which tokens can call which serv
 The gateway's scope system uses `auth.Account` from the go-micro framework. Scopes on accounts are the same `[]string` field used by the framework's `auth.Rules` and `wrapper/auth` package. The gateway stores scope requirements in the default store under `endpoint-scopes/<service>.<endpoint>` keys and checks them on every HTTP request.
 
 For service-level (RPC) auth within the go-micro mesh, use the `wrapper/auth` package which provides `auth.Rules` with priority-based access control. See the [auth wrapper documentation](../../wrapper/auth/README.md) for details.
-
-## Self-improving loop (`micro loop`)
-
-Turn a repository into a self-improving one: GitHub Actions workflows that
-dispatch a coding agent to plan, build, and triage — gated by CI. This is the
-same loop that maintains go-micro itself, generalized so any repo (and any
-@mention-driven agent) can use it.
-
-```bash
-micro loop init      # scaffold the loop into the current repo
-micro loop verify    # check a repo is wired correctly
-```
-
-`micro loop init` writes the selected roles' workflows, their prompts, and a queue. Choose roles with `--roles` (default `planner,builder,triage`; `--roles all` for everything):
-
-| Role | Workflow | What it does |
-|------|----------|--------------|
-| Planner | `loop-planner.yml` | Keeps a ranked queue in `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md` |
-| Builder | `loop-builder.yml` | Builds the top open item as a single-concern PR, auto-merged on green CI |
-| Triage | `loop-triage.yml` | Turns CI failures into scoped fix issues, back into the queue |
-| Coherence | `loop-coherence.yml` | Keeps README/docs/CHANGELOG aligned with the North Star *(opt-in)* |
-| Release | `loop-release.yml` | Cuts the next patch tag when the branch has new commits *(opt-in)* |
-
-The workflows are the **mechanism**; each dispatch role's instruction is an editable file in `.github/loop/prompts/` — the **policy**. Edit those prompts (and `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md`) to steer the loop without touching the CLI. That split is what lets go-micro itself use `micro loop` while keeping its own richer prompts.
-
-Common flags:
-
-```bash
-micro loop init \
-  --roles all \
-  --agent @codex \
-  --token-secret LOOP_TOKEN \
-  --branch main \
-  --ci-workflow CI
-```
-
-- `--roles`: which roles to scaffold (`planner,builder,triage`, or `all`)
-- `--agent`: how the workflows summon the agent (an `@mention`)
-- `--token-secret`: repo secret holding the driving user PAT
-- `--branch`: base branch for the loop's PRs
-- `--ci-workflow`: `name:` of the CI workflow triage watches
-- `--tag-prefix`: tag prefix the release role matches and bumps (default `v`)
-
-Two things the CLI can't do for you (and `micro loop verify` reminds you of):
-
-1. **Add the token secret.** The agent ignores `@mentions` from the
-   `github-actions` bot, so dispatch posts as a real user via a PAT stored in
-   the `--token-secret` repo secret. The workflows no-op until it's set.
-2. **Set branch protection.** Require the CI checks with **0 approving reviews**
-   so the builder's native auto-merge lands PRs the moment CI is green — that
-   green-CI gate is the loop's only safety mechanism, so keep the suite strong.

cmd/micro/cli/agent/agent.go

@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ func init() {
 		Name:  "agent",
 		Usage: "Manage AI agents",
 		Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
-			{
-				Name:    "preflight",
-				Aliases: []string{"doctor"},
-				Usage:   "Check local prerequisites before the first provider-backed agent",
-				Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
-					return runAgentPreflight(os.Stdout, defaultPreflightDeps())
-				},
-			},
 			{
 				Name:  "list",
 				Usage: "List registered agents",

cmd/micro/cli/agent/preflight.go

@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/cmd"
-)
-
-type preflightCheck struct {
-	Name   string
-	OK     bool
-	Detail string
-	Fix    string
-}
-
-type preflightDeps struct {
-	lookPath      func(string) (string, error)
-	commandOutput func(string, ...string) ([]byte, error)
-	executable    func() (string, error)
-	version       func() string
-	getenv        func(string) string
-	listen        func(string, string) (net.Listener, error)
-}
-
-func defaultPreflightDeps() preflightDeps {
-	return preflightDeps{
-		lookPath:      exec.LookPath,
-		commandOutput: func(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) { return exec.Command(name, args...).CombinedOutput() },
-		executable:    os.Executable,
-		version:       func() string { return cmd.App().Version },
-		getenv:        os.Getenv,
-		listen:        net.Listen,
-	}
-}
-
-func runAgentPreflight(w io.Writer, deps preflightDeps) error {
-	checks := agentPreflightChecks(deps)
-	failures := 0
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "First-agent preflight")
-	for _, check := range checks {
-		mark := "✓"
-		if !check.OK {
-			mark = "✗"
-			failures++
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "  %s %s — %s\n", mark, check.Name, check.Detail)
-		if !check.OK && check.Fix != "" {
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "    Fix: %s\n", check.Fix)
-		}
-	}
-	if failures > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("first-agent preflight failed: %d check(s) need attention", failures)
-	}
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nReady for the first-agent walkthrough: micro run, then open http://localhost:8080/agent or use micro chat.")
-	return nil
-}
-
-func agentPreflightChecks(deps preflightDeps) []preflightCheck {
-	if deps.lookPath == nil {
-		deps.lookPath = exec.LookPath
-	}
-	if deps.commandOutput == nil {
-		deps.commandOutput = func(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) { return exec.Command(name, args...).CombinedOutput() }
-	}
-	if deps.executable == nil {
-		deps.executable = os.Executable
-	}
-	if deps.version == nil {
-		deps.version = func() string { return cmd.App().Version }
-	}
-	if deps.getenv == nil {
-		deps.getenv = os.Getenv
-	}
-	if deps.listen == nil {
-		deps.listen = net.Listen
-	}
-
-	checks := []preflightCheck{checkGoToolchain(deps), checkMicroBinary(deps), checkProviderKey(deps), checkPortAvailable(deps, ":8080", "micro run gateway and /agent playground")}
-	return checks
-}
-
-func checkGoToolchain(deps preflightDeps) preflightCheck {
-	path, err := deps.lookPath("go")
-	if err != nil {
-		return preflightCheck{Name: "Go toolchain", Fix: "Install Go 1.24 or newer and ensure go is on PATH."}
-	}
-	out, err := deps.commandOutput("go", "version")
-	if err != nil {
-		return preflightCheck{Name: "Go toolchain", Detail: strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), Fix: "Ensure the go command runs successfully."}
-	}
-	return preflightCheck{Name: "Go toolchain", OK: true, Detail: fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", firstLine(out), path)}
-}
-
-func checkMicroBinary(deps preflightDeps) preflightCheck {
-	exe, err := deps.executable()
-	if err != nil || exe == "" {
-		return preflightCheck{Name: "micro binary", Fix: "Install the micro CLI or run this check through go run ./cmd/micro agent preflight."}
-	}
-	version := deps.version()
-	if version == "" {
-		version = "version unavailable"
-	}
-	return preflightCheck{Name: "micro binary", OK: true, Detail: fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", version, exe)}
-}
-
-func checkProviderKey(deps preflightDeps) preflightCheck {
-	keys := []string{"MICRO_AI_API_KEY", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "OPENAI_API_KEY", "GEMINI_API_KEY", "GROQ_API_KEY", "MISTRAL_API_KEY", "TOGETHER_API_KEY", "ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY"}
-	var found []string
-	for _, k := range keys {
-		if deps.getenv(k) != "" {
-			found = append(found, k)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(found) == 0 {
-		return preflightCheck{Name: "provider API key", Detail: "no supported provider key found", Fix: "Export MICRO_AI_API_KEY or a provider key such as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY before running provider-backed agents."}
-	}
-	return preflightCheck{Name: "provider API key", OK: true, Detail: "found " + strings.Join(found, ", ")}
-}
-
-func checkPortAvailable(deps preflightDeps, addr, use string) preflightCheck {
-	ln, err := deps.listen("tcp", addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return preflightCheck{Name: "local port " + addr, Detail: "busy or unavailable for " + use, Fix: "Stop the process using " + addr + " or run micro run --address with a free port."}
-	}
-	_ = ln.Close()
-	return preflightCheck{Name: "local port " + addr, OK: true, Detail: "available for " + use}
-}
-
-func firstLine(b []byte) string {
-	s := strings.TrimSpace(string(b))
-	if i := strings.IndexByte(s, '\n'); i >= 0 {
-		return s[:i]
-	}
-	return s
-}

cmd/micro/cli/agent/preflight_test.go

@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"net"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-type stubListener struct{}
-
-func (stubListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) { return nil, errors.New("closed") }
-func (stubListener) Close() error              { return nil }
-func (stubListener) Addr() net.Addr            { return stubAddr(":8080") }
-
-type stubAddr string
-
-func (a stubAddr) Network() string { return "tcp" }
-func (a stubAddr) String() string  { return string(a) }
-
-func TestRunAgentPreflightPassesWithKeyAndFreePort(t *testing.T) {
-	deps := preflightDeps{
-		lookPath: func(name string) (string, error) { return "/usr/bin/" + name, nil },
-		commandOutput: func(name string, args ...string) ([]byte, error) {
-			return []byte("go version go1.24.0 linux/amd64\n"), nil
-		},
-		executable: func() (string, error) { return "/usr/local/bin/micro", nil },
-		getenv: func(key string) string {
-			if key == "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" {
-				return "set"
-			}
-			return ""
-		},
-		listen: func(network, address string) (net.Listener, error) { return stubListener{}, nil },
-	}
-
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	if err := runAgentPreflight(&out, deps); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("runAgentPreflight() error = %v", err)
-	}
-	got := out.String()
-	for _, want := range []string{"First-agent preflight", "✓ Go toolchain", "✓ micro binary", "✓ provider API key", "✓ local port :8080", "Ready for the first-agent walkthrough"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("output missing %q:\n%s", want, got)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestRunAgentPreflightReportsActionableFailures(t *testing.T) {
-	deps := preflightDeps{
-		lookPath:   func(name string) (string, error) { return "", errors.New("not found") },
-		executable: func() (string, error) { return "", errors.New("unknown") },
-		getenv:     func(key string) string { return "" },
-		listen:     func(network, address string) (net.Listener, error) { return nil, errors.New("in use") },
-	}
-
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	err := runAgentPreflight(&out, deps)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("runAgentPreflight() error = nil")
-	}
-	got := out.String()
-	for _, want := range []string{"✗ Go toolchain", "Install Go 1.24", "✗ micro binary", "✗ provider API key", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY", "✗ local port :8080", "micro run --address"} {
-		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("output missing %q:\n%s", want, got)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestFirstLine(t *testing.T) {
-	if got := firstLine([]byte("one\ntwo")); got != "one" {
-		t.Fatalf("firstLine() = %q", got)
-	}
-	if got := firstLine([]byte(" single ")); got != "single" {
-		t.Fatalf("firstLine() = %q", got)
-	}
-}

cmd/micro/cli/cli.go

@@ -24,30 +24,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/cli/remote"
 )
 
-const docsWayfinding = `First-agent and 0→hero docs:
-
-  1. No-secret first-agent transcript
-     https://go-micro.dev/docs/guides/no-secret-first-agent.html
-     Run the maintained support agent without a provider key:
-       go test ./internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci -run TestNoSecretFirstAgentTranscript -count=1
-
-  2. Your First Agent
-     https://go-micro.dev/docs/guides/your-first-agent.html
-     Build a service-backed agent, then use:
-       micro agent preflight
-       micro run
-       micro chat
-
-  3. Debugging your agent
-     https://go-micro.dev/docs/guides/debugging-agents.html
-     Inspect agent runs and memory with:
-       micro inspect agent
-       micro runs <agent>
-
-  4. 0→hero Reference
-     https://go-micro.dev/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.html
-     Walk the scaffold → run → chat → inspect → deploy dry-run lifecycle.`
-
 func genProtoHandler(c *cli.Context) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command("find", ".", "-name", "*.proto", "-exec", "protoc", "--proto_path=.", "--micro_out=.", "--go_out=.", `{}`, `;`)
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -120,17 +96,6 @@ func init() {
 				return nil
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			Name:  "docs",
-			Usage: "Show the first-agent and 0→hero documentation path",
-			Description: `Print the maintained adoption on-ramp for new Go Micro developers:
-the no-secret first-agent transcript, Your First Agent, debugging guide, and
-0→hero lifecycle reference.`,
-			Action: func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-				fmt.Fprintln(ctx.App.Writer, docsWayfinding)
-				return nil
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			Name:  "call",
 			Usage: "Call a service",

cmd/micro/first_agent_walkthrough_test.go

@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	microcmd "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd"
-)
-
-func TestFirstAgentWalkthroughCLIBoundaries(t *testing.T) {
-	commands := map[string]bool{}
-	subcommands := map[string]map[string]bool{}
-	for _, command := range microcmd.DefaultCmd.App().Commands {
-		commands[command.Name] = true
-		for _, subcommand := range command.Subcommands {
-			if subcommands[command.Name] == nil {
-				subcommands[command.Name] = map[string]bool{}
-			}
-			subcommands[command.Name][subcommand.Name] = true
-		}
-	}
-
-	for _, want := range []string{"new", "run", "chat", "inspect", "agent", "docs"} {
-		if !commands[want] {
-			t.Fatalf("first-agent walkthrough missing %q command", want)
-		}
-	}
-	if !subcommands["agent"]["preflight"] {
-		t.Fatal("first-agent walkthrough missing preflight boundary: agent preflight")
-	}
-	if !subcommands["inspect"]["agent"] {
-		t.Fatal("first-agent walkthrough missing inspect boundary: inspect agent")
-	}
-
-	chat := commandByName(t, "chat")
-	if !strings.Contains(chat.Description, "services") || !strings.Contains(chat.Description, "agent") {
-		t.Fatalf("micro chat should describe the service-to-agent walkthrough boundary; description was %q", chat.Description)
-	}
-
-	docs := commandByName(t, "docs")
-	if !strings.Contains(docs.Usage, "first-agent") || !strings.Contains(docs.Usage, "0→hero") {
-		t.Fatalf("micro docs should advertise the first-agent and 0→hero docs path; usage was %q", docs.Usage)
-	}
-	var out bytes.Buffer
-	app := cli.NewApp()
-	app.Writer = &out
-	if err := docs.Action(cli.NewContext(app, nil, nil)); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("micro docs failed: %v", err)
-	}
-	for _, want := range []string{
-		"no-secret-first-agent.html",
-		"your-first-agent.html",
-		"debugging-agents.html",
-		"zero-to-hero.html",
-		"micro agent preflight",
-		"micro run",
-		"micro chat",
-		"micro inspect agent",
-	} {
-		if !strings.Contains(out.String(), want) {
-			t.Fatalf("micro docs output missing %q:\n%s", want, out.String())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func commandByName(t *testing.T, name string) *cli.Command {
-	t.Helper()
-	for _, command := range microcmd.DefaultCmd.App().Commands {
-		if command.Name == name {
-			return command
-		}
-	}
-	t.Fatalf("missing command %q", name)
-	return nil
-}

cmd/micro/loop/loop.go

@@ -1,493 +0,0 @@
-// Package loop implements the 'micro loop' command, which scaffolds and
-// verifies an autonomous improvement loop for a repository.
-//
-// The loop is a set of GitHub Actions workflows that dispatch a coding agent by
-// @mention on a fresh tracking issue each run. It has up to five roles:
-//
-//	planner    keeps a ranked queue in .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md
-//	builder    builds the top open item as a single-concern PR (auto-merged on green CI)
-//	triage     turns CI failures into scoped fix issues back into the queue
-//	coherence  keeps README/docs/CHANGELOG aligned with the North Star (opt-in)
-//	release    cuts the next patch tag when the branch has new commits (opt-in)
-//
-// The workflows are the MECHANISM; each dispatch role's instruction lives in an
-// editable .github/loop/prompts/<role>.md file — the POLICY. That split is what
-// lets any repo (including go-micro itself) customize behavior by editing prompt
-// files rather than forking the CLI. `micro loop init` writes it all; `micro
-// loop verify` checks the wiring.
-package loop
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"embed"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
-	"text/template"
-
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/cmd"
-)
-
-//go:embed templates/*
-var templatesFS embed.FS
-
-// config is the substitution surface for the templates — the whole config-vs-core
-// boundary. The workflows and prompts are the reusable core; these are what a
-// given repo tunes.
-type config struct {
-	// Shared.
-	DefaultBranch   string // base branch for the loop's PRs (e.g. main)
-	AgentMention    string // how the workflows summon the agent (e.g. @codex)
-	TokenSecret     string // repo secret holding the user PAT that drives dispatch
-	CIWorkflow      string // human-readable CI workflow name(s) triage watches
-	CIWorkflowsYAML string // the same as a YAML array literal, e.g. ["Lint", "Run Tests"]
-
-	// Per-dispatch-role (set while rendering each one).
-	Role         string
-	WorkflowName string
-	IssueTitle   string
-	Group        string
-	Cron         string
-
-	// Release role.
-	TagPrefix   string // tag prefix to match/bump, e.g. "v"
-	ReleaseCron string
-}
-
-// dispatchRole is a cron-driven role rendered from templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl.
-type dispatchRole struct {
-	workflowName string
-	issueTitle   string
-	group        string
-	cronFlag     string
-	defaultCron  string
-}
-
-var dispatchRoles = map[string]dispatchRole{
-	"planner":   {"Loop: Planner", "Loop: planning review", "loop-planner", "planner-cron", "0 * * * *"},
-	"builder":   {"Loop: Builder", "Loop: build increment", "loop-builder", "builder-cron", "30 * * * *"},
-	"coherence": {"Loop: Coherence", "Loop: coherence review", "loop-coherence", "coherence-cron", "0 7 * * *"},
-}
-
-// allRoles is the full set, in a stable order, for --roles=all and help text.
-var allRoles = []string{"planner", "builder", "triage", "coherence", "release"}
-
-const (
-	promptDir = ".github/loop/prompts"
-	loopDir   = ".github/loop"
-	wfDir     = ".github/workflows"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	cmd.Register(&cli.Command{
-		Name:  "loop",
-		Usage: "Scaffold an autonomous improvement loop for a repository",
-		Description: `Set up a self-improving loop for a repo: GitHub Actions workflows that
-dispatch a coding agent to plan, build, triage, and (optionally) keep docs
-coherent and cut releases — gated by CI.
-
-Roles (choose with --roles, default: planner,builder,triage):
-  planner    keeps a ranked queue in .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md
-  builder    builds the top open item as a single-concern PR (auto-merged on green CI)
-  triage     turns CI failures into scoped fix issues back into the queue
-  coherence  keeps README/docs/CHANGELOG aligned with the North Star
-  release    cuts the next patch tag when the branch has new commits
-
-Each dispatch role's instruction is an editable file in .github/loop/prompts/ —
-edit those to steer behavior. Direction lives in .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md.
-
-Examples:
-  # Scaffold the default loop (planner, builder, triage)
-  micro loop init
-
-  # The full loop, all five roles
-  micro loop init --roles all
-
-  # Customize the agent, token secret, base branch, and CI workflow name
-  micro loop init --agent @codex --token-secret LOOP_TOKEN \
-    --branch main --ci-workflow CI
-
-  # Check that a repo is wired correctly
-  micro loop verify`,
-		Subcommands: []*cli.Command{
-			{
-				Name:  "init",
-				Usage: "Scaffold the loop workflows, prompts, and queue into a repo",
-				Flags: []cli.Flag{
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "dir", Usage: "Target repo directory", Value: "."},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "roles", Usage: "Comma-separated roles, or 'all'", Value: "planner,builder,triage"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "branch", Usage: "Base branch for the loop's PRs (auto-detected if empty)"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "agent", Usage: "How the workflows summon the agent (an @mention)", Value: "@codex"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "token-secret", Usage: "Repo secret holding the user PAT that drives dispatch", Value: "LOOP_TOKEN"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "ci-workflow", Usage: "CI workflow name(s) triage watches for failures (comma-separated)", Value: "CI"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "planner-cron", Usage: "Cron schedule for the planner", Value: "0 * * * *"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "builder-cron", Usage: "Cron schedule for the builder", Value: "30 * * * *"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "coherence-cron", Usage: "Cron schedule for the coherence role", Value: "0 7 * * *"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "release-cron", Usage: "Cron schedule for the release role", Value: "0 23 * * *"},
-					&cli.StringFlag{Name: "tag-prefix", Usage: "Tag prefix the release role matches and bumps", Value: "v"},
-					&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "force", Usage: "Overwrite existing loop files"},
-				},
-				Action: runInit,
-			},
-			{
-				Name:   "verify",
-				Usage:  "Verify a repo is wired for the loop",
-				Flags:  []cli.Flag{&cli.StringFlag{Name: "dir", Usage: "Target repo directory", Value: "."}},
-				Action: runVerify,
-			},
-		},
-	})
-}
-
-func runInit(c *cli.Context) error {
-	dir := c.String("dir")
-	roles, err := parseRoles(c.String("roles"))
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	ciNames := splitCSV(c.String("ci-workflow"))
-	cfg := config{
-		DefaultBranch:   c.String("branch"),
-		AgentMention:    strings.TrimSpace(c.String("agent")),
-		TokenSecret:     strings.TrimSpace(c.String("token-secret")),
-		CIWorkflow:      strings.Join(ciNames, ", "),
-		CIWorkflowsYAML: yamlStringArray(ciNames),
-		TagPrefix:       c.String("tag-prefix"),
-		ReleaseCron:     c.String("release-cron"),
-	}
-	if cfg.DefaultBranch == "" {
-		cfg.DefaultBranch = detectDefaultBranch(dir)
-	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(cfg.AgentMention, "@") {
-		cfg.AgentMention = "@" + cfg.AgentMention
-	}
-
-	crons := map[string]string{
-		"planner":   c.String("planner-cron"),
-		"builder":   c.String("builder-cron"),
-		"coherence": c.String("coherence-cron"),
-	}
-
-	if err := scaffold(dir, cfg, roles, crons, c.Bool("force")); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	printNextSteps(cfg, roles)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// parseRoles resolves the --roles flag into a validated, stable-ordered set.
-func parseRoles(spec string) ([]string, error) {
-	if strings.TrimSpace(spec) == "all" {
-		return append([]string(nil), allRoles...), nil
-	}
-	want := map[string]bool{}
-	for _, r := range strings.Split(spec, ",") {
-		r = strings.TrimSpace(r)
-		if r == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-		if !isRole(r) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown role %q (valid: %s, or 'all')", r, strings.Join(allRoles, ", "))
-		}
-		want[r] = true
-	}
-	if len(want) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no roles selected")
-	}
-	var out []string
-	for _, r := range allRoles { // preserve canonical order
-		if want[r] {
-			out = append(out, r)
-		}
-	}
-	return out, nil
-}
-
-// splitCSV splits a comma-separated flag into trimmed, non-empty values.
-func splitCSV(s string) []string {
-	var out []string
-	for _, v := range strings.Split(s, ",") {
-		if v = strings.TrimSpace(v); v != "" {
-			out = append(out, v)
-		}
-	}
-	if len(out) == 0 {
-		out = []string{"CI"}
-	}
-	return out
-}
-
-// yamlStringArray renders names as a YAML/JSON flow array, e.g. ["Lint", "Run Tests"].
-// Names are known workflow display names (no embedded quotes), so a simple quote is safe.
-func yamlStringArray(names []string) string {
-	quoted := make([]string, len(names))
-	for i, n := range names {
-		quoted[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", n)
-	}
-	return "[" + strings.Join(quoted, ", ") + "]"
-}
-
-func isRole(r string) bool {
-	for _, x := range allRoles {
-		if x == r {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// scaffold renders the selected roles into dir. The split is deliberate:
-//   - Workflows are the MECHANISM — regenerated, and overwritten with --force.
-//   - Prompts, NORTH_STAR, and PRIORITIES are the POLICY — written once and
-//     never clobbered, even with --force, so re-running init to refresh the
-//     workflow mechanics can't wipe curated instructions, direction, or queue.
-func scaffold(dir string, cfg config, roles []string, crons map[string]string, force bool) error {
-	for _, role := range roles {
-		switch role {
-		case "triage":
-			if err := renderTo(dir, "templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl", filepath.Join(wfDir, "loop-triage.yml"), cfg, force); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := renderKeep(dir, "templates/prompts/triage.md.tmpl", filepath.Join(promptDir, "triage.md"), cfg); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		case "release":
-			if err := renderTo(dir, "templates/loop-release.yml.tmpl", filepath.Join(wfDir, "loop-release.yml"), cfg, force); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		default: // dispatch roles
-			d := dispatchRoles[role]
-			rc := cfg
-			rc.Role = role
-			rc.WorkflowName = d.workflowName
-			rc.IssueTitle = d.issueTitle
-			rc.Group = d.group
-			rc.Cron = crons[role]
-			if rc.Cron == "" {
-				rc.Cron = d.defaultCron
-			}
-			if err := renderTo(dir, "templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl", filepath.Join(wfDir, "loop-"+role+".yml"), rc, force); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-			if err := renderKeep(dir, "templates/prompts/"+role+".md.tmpl", filepath.Join(promptDir, role+".md"), cfg); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Direction + queue: policy, written once, never clobbered.
-	if err := renderKeep(dir, "templates/NORTH_STAR.md", filepath.Join(loopDir, "NORTH_STAR.md"), cfg); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return renderKeep(dir, "templates/PRIORITIES.md", filepath.Join(loopDir, "PRIORITIES.md"), cfg)
-}
-
-// renderTo renders a template with cfg and writes it to dir/dest (honoring force).
-func renderTo(dir, tmplName, dest string, cfg config, force bool) error {
-	rendered, err := render(tmplName, cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := writeFile(filepath.Join(dir, dest), rendered, force); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("  wrote %s\n", dest)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// renderKeep writes dir/dest only if it does not already exist — used for
-// policy files (prompts, North Star, queue) so re-running init never clobbers
-// customizations, regardless of --force.
-func renderKeep(dir, tmplName, dest string, cfg config) error {
-	full := filepath.Join(dir, dest)
-	if fileExists(full) {
-		fmt.Printf("  kept  %s (already exists)\n", dest)
-		return nil
-	}
-	rendered, err := render(tmplName, cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := writeFile(full, rendered, true); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("  wrote %s\n", dest)
-	return nil
-}
-
-// verifyState reports what's wrong with dir's loop setup: warnings are
-// non-fatal, missing are required files that aren't present.
-func verifyState(dir string) (warnings, missing []string) {
-	// A loop needs direction, a queue, and at least one role workflow.
-	for _, dest := range []string{filepath.Join(loopDir, "NORTH_STAR.md"), filepath.Join(loopDir, "PRIORITIES.md")} {
-		if !fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, dest)) {
-			missing = append(missing, dest)
-		}
-	}
-
-	present := presentLoopWorkflows(dir)
-	if len(present) == 0 {
-		missing = append(missing, wfDir+"/loop-*.yml (no role workflows found)")
-	}
-
-	// Every dispatch/triage role workflow needs its prompt file. (release has none.)
-	for _, role := range present {
-		if role == "release" {
-			continue
-		}
-		prompt := filepath.Join(promptDir, role+".md")
-		if !fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, prompt)) {
-			missing = append(missing, prompt+" (prompt for the loop-"+role+" workflow)")
-		}
-	}
-
-	// The loop is only as good as its gate.
-	if !hasCIWorkflow(dir) {
-		warnings = append(warnings, "no non-loop workflow found in "+wfDir+" — the loop needs a CI gate (build/test/lint) to merge safely")
-	}
-	return warnings, missing
-}
-
-// presentLoopWorkflows returns the role names for which a loop-<role>.yml exists.
-func presentLoopWorkflows(dir string) []string {
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	var out []string
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		name := e.Name()
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(name, "loop-") {
-			continue
-		}
-		role := strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(name, "loop-"), ".yml"), ".yaml")
-		out = append(out, role)
-	}
-	sort.Strings(out)
-	return out
-}
-
-func runVerify(c *cli.Context) error {
-	dir := c.String("dir")
-	warnings, missing := verifyState(dir)
-
-	for _, m := range missing {
-		fmt.Printf("  MISSING  %s\n", m)
-	}
-	for _, w := range warnings {
-		fmt.Printf("  WARN     %s\n", w)
-	}
-
-	if len(missing) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("loop is not fully scaffolded (%d item(s) missing) — run `micro loop init`", len(missing))
-	}
-
-	fmt.Printf("  OK       loop is wired: %s\n", strings.Join(presentLoopWorkflows(dir), ", "))
-	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("Reminders the CLI can't check:")
-	fmt.Println("  • The token secret must be set in the repo (Settings → Secrets).")
-	fmt.Println("  • Branch protection must require the CI checks with 0 approvals,")
-	fmt.Println("    so the builder's auto-merge can land PRs on green CI.")
-	if len(warnings) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%d warning(s) — see above", len(warnings))
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func render(tmplName string, cfg config) ([]byte, error) {
-	b, err := templatesFS.ReadFile(tmplName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	// Custom delimiters so GitHub Actions' own ${{ }} expressions pass through
-	// untouched — only << >> placeholders are substituted.
-	t, err := template.New(filepath.Base(tmplName)).Delims("<<", ">>").Option("missingkey=error").Parse(string(b))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse %s: %w", tmplName, err)
-	}
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	if err := t.Execute(&buf, cfg); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("render %s: %w", tmplName, err)
-	}
-	return buf.Bytes(), nil
-}
-
-func writeFile(path string, content []byte, force bool) error {
-	if fileExists(path) && !force {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s already exists (use --force to overwrite)", path)
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return os.WriteFile(path, content, 0o644)
-}
-
-func fileExists(path string) bool {
-	info, err := os.Stat(path)
-	return err == nil && !info.IsDir()
-}
-
-// hasCIWorkflow reports whether .github/workflows holds any workflow that is
-// not one of the loop's own (i.e. a plausible CI gate).
-func hasCIWorkflow(dir string) bool {
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir))
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		if e.IsDir() {
-			continue
-		}
-		name := e.Name()
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "loop-") {
-			continue
-		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(name, ".yml") || strings.HasSuffix(name, ".yaml") {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// detectDefaultBranch best-effort resolves the repo's default branch, falling
-// back to "main".
-func detectDefaultBranch(dir string) string {
-	out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", dir, "symbolic-ref", "--short", "refs/remotes/origin/HEAD").Output()
-	if err == nil {
-		ref := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
-		if i := strings.LastIndex(ref, "/"); i >= 0 {
-			ref = ref[i+1:]
-		}
-		if ref != "" {
-			return ref
-		}
-	}
-	return "main"
-}
-
-func printNextSteps(cfg config, roles []string) {
-	fmt.Printf(`
-Loop scaffolded (%s). Next steps (the CLI can't do these for you):
-
-  1. Edit .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md — the direction the loop aligns to.
-     Seed .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md with a few real items.
-     Tune the per-role instructions in .github/loop/prompts/ if you like.
-
-  2. Add a repo secret named %s: a fine-grained user PAT (contents + pull
-     requests + issues write) for an account the agent (%s) responds to.
-     The workflows no-op until this secret exists.
-
-  3. Ensure a CI workflow named %q exists and that branch protection on %q
-     requires its checks with 0 approving reviews — that green-CI gate is
-     what lets the builder auto-merge safely.
-
-  4. Commit these files, then trigger a run from the Actions tab.
-
-Verify anytime with: micro loop verify
-`, strings.Join(roles, ", "), cfg.TokenSecret, cfg.AgentMention, cfg.CIWorkflow, cfg.DefaultBranch)
-}

cmd/micro/loop/loop_test.go

@@ -1,282 +0,0 @@
-package loop
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-var testCfg = config{
-	DefaultBranch:   "main",
-	AgentMention:    "@codex",
-	TokenSecret:     "LOOP_TOKEN",
-	CIWorkflow:      "CI",
-	CIWorkflowsYAML: `["CI"]`,
-	TagPrefix:       "v",
-	ReleaseCron:     "0 23 * * *",
-}
-
-var testCrons = map[string]string{"planner": "0 * * * *", "builder": "30 * * * *", "coherence": "0 7 * * *"}
-
-// renderable is every template a full scaffold touches, with the per-role config
-// applied the same way scaffold does.
-func renderCases() map[string]config {
-	cases := map[string]config{
-		"templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl":      testCfg,
-		"templates/loop-release.yml.tmpl":     testCfg,
-		"templates/prompts/triage.md.tmpl":    testCfg,
-		"templates/prompts/planner.md.tmpl":   testCfg,
-		"templates/prompts/builder.md.tmpl":   testCfg,
-		"templates/prompts/coherence.md.tmpl": testCfg,
-	}
-	for role, d := range dispatchRoles {
-		rc := testCfg
-		rc.Role, rc.WorkflowName, rc.IssueTitle, rc.Group, rc.Cron = role, d.workflowName, d.issueTitle, d.group, d.defaultCron
-		cases["dispatch:"+role] = rc
-	}
-	return cases
-}
-
-func TestRenderIsPlaceholderFreeAndKeepsGHAExpressions(t *testing.T) {
-	for name, cfg := range renderCases() {
-		tmplName := name
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "dispatch:") {
-			tmplName = "templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl"
-		}
-		rendered, err := render(tmplName, cfg)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("render %s: %v", name, err)
-		}
-		s := string(rendered)
-
-		// No unresolved substitution delimiters remain in any template.
-		if strings.Contains(s, "<<") || strings.Contains(s, ">>") {
-			t.Errorf("%s still contains << >> placeholders", name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestBaseBranchSubstitutedIntoPrompts(t *testing.T) {
-	// The base branch appears in the PR-opening instructions of these prompts.
-	for _, p := range []string{"planner", "builder", "coherence"} {
-		s := mustRender(t, "templates/prompts/"+p+".md.tmpl", testCfg)
-		if !strings.Contains(s, "--base main") {
-			t.Errorf("%s prompt missing substituted base branch", p)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestWorkflowTemplatesPreserveGHAAndAreStructural(t *testing.T) {
-	// Only the workflow YAML templates (not the markdown prompts).
-	wf := map[string]config{
-		"templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl":  testCfg,
-		"templates/loop-release.yml.tmpl": testCfg,
-	}
-	for role, d := range dispatchRoles {
-		rc := testCfg
-		rc.Role, rc.WorkflowName, rc.IssueTitle, rc.Group, rc.Cron = role, d.workflowName, d.issueTitle, d.group, d.defaultCron
-		wf["dispatch:"+role] = rc
-	}
-	for name, cfg := range wf {
-		tmplName := name
-		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "dispatch:") {
-			tmplName = "templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl"
-		}
-		s := mustRender(t, tmplName, cfg)
-		if !strings.Contains(s, "${{ secrets.LOOP_TOKEN") {
-			t.Errorf("%s lost its ${{ secrets.LOOP_TOKEN }} expression", name)
-		}
-		for _, key := range []string{"name:", "on:", "jobs:"} {
-			if !strings.Contains(s, key) {
-				t.Errorf("%s missing top-level %q", name, key)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestDispatchWorkflowsStripPromptComments(t *testing.T) {
-	// The posted body must not include the prompt's editorial <!-- --> header;
-	// the workflow strips it. Guard the sed directive in both dispatch paths.
-	rc := testCfg
-	d := dispatchRoles["planner"]
-	rc.Role, rc.WorkflowName, rc.IssueTitle, rc.Group, rc.Cron = "planner", d.workflowName, d.issueTitle, d.group, d.defaultCron
-	for _, tc := range []struct {
-		name, tmpl string
-		cfg        config
-	}{
-		{"dispatch", "templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl", rc},
-		{"triage", "templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl", testCfg},
-	} {
-		s := mustRender(t, tc.tmpl, tc.cfg)
-		if !strings.Contains(s, `/<!--/,/-->/d`) {
-			t.Errorf("%s workflow does not strip prompt HTML comments before posting", tc.name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPromptsLeaveRuntimeTokensLiteral(t *testing.T) {
-	// __ISSUE__ must survive render (the workflow substitutes it at runtime).
-	for _, p := range []string{"planner", "builder", "coherence", "triage"} {
-		s := mustRender(t, "templates/prompts/"+p+".md.tmpl", testCfg)
-		if !strings.Contains(s, "__ISSUE__") {
-			t.Errorf("%s prompt lost its __ISSUE__ runtime token", p)
-		}
-	}
-	// triage additionally uses __RUNURL__.
-	if s := mustRender(t, "templates/prompts/triage.md.tmpl", testCfg); !strings.Contains(s, "__RUNURL__") {
-		t.Error("triage prompt lost its __RUNURL__ runtime token")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestScaffoldAllRolesWritesEverything(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(dir, wfDir, "ci.yml"), "name: CI\n")
-
-	roles := []string{"planner", "builder", "triage", "coherence", "release"}
-	if err := scaffold(dir, testCfg, roles, testCrons, false); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("scaffold: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	wantWorkflows := []string{"loop-planner.yml", "loop-builder.yml", "loop-triage.yml", "loop-coherence.yml", "loop-release.yml"}
-	for _, w := range wantWorkflows {
-		if !fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir, w)) {
-			t.Errorf("expected %s", w)
-		}
-	}
-	// Dispatch + triage roles have prompts; release does not.
-	for _, p := range []string{"planner.md", "builder.md", "triage.md", "coherence.md"} {
-		if !fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, promptDir, p)) {
-			t.Errorf("expected prompt %s", p)
-		}
-	}
-	if fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, promptDir, "release.md")) {
-		t.Error("release should not have a prompt")
-	}
-	if _, missing := verifyState(dir); len(missing) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("verify reported missing after full scaffold: %v", missing)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestScaffoldDefaultRolesOmitsOptional(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	if err := scaffold(dir, testCfg, []string{"planner", "builder", "triage"}, testCrons, false); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("scaffold: %v", err)
-	}
-	if fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir, "loop-coherence.yml")) {
-		t.Error("coherence should not be written by default")
-	}
-	if fileExists(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir, "loop-release.yml")) {
-		t.Error("release should not be written by default")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestReinitForceKeepsPromptsRefreshesWorkflows(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	roles := []string{"planner", "builder", "triage"}
-	if err := scaffold(dir, testCfg, roles, testCrons, false); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("scaffold: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Customize a prompt and edit direction/queue, as a real user would.
-	customPrompt := filepath.Join(dir, promptDir, "builder.md")
-	mustWrite(t, customPrompt, "MY CUSTOM BUILDER POLICY")
-	northStar := filepath.Join(dir, loopDir, "NORTH_STAR.md")
-	mustWrite(t, northStar, "MY MISSION")
-
-	// Re-run with --force to refresh workflow mechanics.
-	if err := scaffold(dir, testCfg, roles, testCrons, true); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-scaffold --force: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// Policy (prompt, North Star) must survive --force untouched.
-	if b, _ := os.ReadFile(customPrompt); string(b) != "MY CUSTOM BUILDER POLICY" {
-		t.Errorf("--force clobbered a customized prompt: %q", b)
-	}
-	if b, _ := os.ReadFile(northStar); string(b) != "MY MISSION" {
-		t.Errorf("--force clobbered the North Star: %q", b)
-	}
-	// Mechanism (workflow) must be regenerated (present and non-empty).
-	if b, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dir, wfDir, "loop-builder.yml")); !strings.Contains(string(b), "Loop: Builder") {
-		t.Error("--force did not refresh the workflow")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestCIWorkflowListRendersAsYAMLArray(t *testing.T) {
-	if got := yamlStringArray([]string{"Harness (E2E)", "Lint", "Run Tests"}); got != `["Harness (E2E)", "Lint", "Run Tests"]` {
-		t.Errorf("yamlStringArray = %q", got)
-	}
-	if got := splitCSV("Harness (E2E), Lint ,Run Tests"); strings.Join(got, "|") != "Harness (E2E)|Lint|Run Tests" {
-		t.Errorf("splitCSV = %v", got)
-	}
-	if got := splitCSV("  "); strings.Join(got, "|") != "CI" {
-		t.Errorf("splitCSV empty should default to CI, got %v", got)
-	}
-	// The triage workflow must embed the array so workflow_run watches all of them.
-	cfg := testCfg
-	cfg.CIWorkflowsYAML = `["Harness (E2E)", "Lint", "Run Tests"]`
-	s := mustRender(t, "templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl", cfg)
-	if !strings.Contains(s, `workflows: ["Harness (E2E)", "Lint", "Run Tests"]`) {
-		t.Errorf("triage workflow does not watch the CI workflow list:\n%s", s)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseRoles(t *testing.T) {
-	if got, err := parseRoles("all"); err != nil || len(got) != len(allRoles) {
-		t.Errorf("all => %v, %v", got, err)
-	}
-	// Canonical order preserved regardless of input order.
-	got, err := parseRoles("release,planner")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if strings.Join(got, ",") != "planner,release" {
-		t.Errorf("expected canonical order planner,release; got %v", got)
-	}
-	if _, err := parseRoles("bogus"); err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error for unknown role")
-	}
-	if _, err := parseRoles(""); err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error for empty roles")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestVerifyMissingPromptFails(t *testing.T) {
-	dir := t.TempDir()
-	if err := scaffold(dir, testCfg, []string{"planner", "builder", "triage"}, testCrons, false); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("scaffold: %v", err)
-	}
-	// Delete a prompt → verify must flag it.
-	if err := os.Remove(filepath.Join(dir, promptDir, "builder.md")); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	_, missing := verifyState(dir)
-	found := false
-	for _, m := range missing {
-		if strings.Contains(m, "builder.md") {
-			found = true
-		}
-	}
-	if !found {
-		t.Errorf("expected verify to flag the missing builder prompt; got %v", missing)
-	}
-}
-
-func mustRender(t *testing.T, tmplName string, cfg config) string {
-	t.Helper()
-	b, err := render(tmplName, cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("render %s: %v", tmplName, err)
-	}
-	return string(b)
-}
-
-func mustWrite(t *testing.T, path, content string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0o755); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte(content), 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}

cmd/micro/loop/templates/NORTH_STAR.md

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# North Star
-
-> **Edit this file.** It is the single source of direction the loop aligns every
-> increment to. The planner ranks work against it; the builder builds toward it.
-> Be concrete — vague direction produces vague increments.
-
-## Mission
-
-<One or two sentences: the problem this repository solves and who it's for.>
-
-## Right now
-
-<The current priority — what "better" means this month. The planner weights the
-queue toward this.>
-
-## Guardrails
-
-- One concern per PR; small and reversible.
-- The gate is green CI, not a human review — keep the test/lint suite strong,
-  because the loop is only as good as its evaluator.
-- **Off-limits without a human** (surface as notes, never auto-merge): breaking
-  public API changes, brand/positioning/marketing copy, new dependencies,
-  architectural rewrites, product-default changes with broad behavioral impact.

cmd/micro/loop/templates/PRIORITIES.md

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Priorities
-
-A single ranked queue, highest-value first. Each item links a scoped issue the
-loop can build and CI can verify. The **planner** keeps this current; the
-**builder** takes the top item whose issue is still open.
-
-<!--
-Seed this with a few real items to give the loop a running start, e.g.:
-
-1. Add retry with backoff to the HTTP client — #123
-2. Document the config file format — #124
-3. Fix flaky timeout in the cache tests — #125
-
-The planner will re-rank, drop completed items, and file issues for new gaps.
-Reorder or edit this file at any time to redirect the loop.
--->

cmd/micro/loop/templates/dispatch.yml.tmpl

@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-name: "<< .WorkflowName >>"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. A dispatch role of the autonomous loop: on a
-# cadence it opens a fresh tracking issue and posts the instruction in
-# .github/loop/prompts/<< .Role >>.md to the agent (<< .AgentMention >>).
-#
-# The workflow is the MECHANISM; that prompt file is the editable POLICY —
-# change what this role does by editing the prompt, not this YAML. A FRESH
-# issue per run is deliberate: agents derive the PR branch name from the
-# triggering issue, so reusing one tracker collapses every run onto one branch.
-#
-# Gated on << .TokenSecret >>: the agent ignores @mentions from the
-# github-actions bot, so dispatch posts as a real user (a PAT). No token → no-op.
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "<< .Cron >>"
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: << .Group >>
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  dispatch:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch << .Role >>
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.<< .TokenSecret >> || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.<< .TokenSecret >> != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_number }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "<< .TokenSecret >> is not set — skipping (the agent ignores bot @mentions)."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/<< .Role >>.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "<< .IssueTitle >> #$RUN_NUMBER" \
-            --body "Autonomous << .Role >> pass. Direction: .github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md; queue: .github/loop/PRIORITIES.md.")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching << .Role >>."
-          # The prompt file is the policy; strip its editorial <!-- --> header and
-          # substitute the tracking issue number (__ISSUE__) at runtime.
-          {
-            echo "<< .AgentMention >>"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

cmd/micro/loop/templates/loop-release.yml.tmpl

@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Release"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. Cuts the next PATCH tag
-# (<< .TagPrefix >>MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH+1) when the default branch has new commits
-# since the latest such tag, and pushes it with a PAT (<< .TokenSecret >>) so any
-# tag-triggered release workflow fires. Minor/major bumps stay with a human.
-#
-# The tag MUST be pushed with a PAT, not the default GITHUB_TOKEN: a tag pushed
-# by GITHUB_TOKEN does not trigger other workflows (Actions blocks that recursion).
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: {}
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "<< .ReleaseCron >>"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-release
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # need full history + all tags
-          # Do NOT persist the default GITHUB_TOKEN as a git credential: it would
-          # be sent on the PAT push below and override it, so the tag push would
-          # authenticate as github-actions[bot] and 403. Letting the PAT in the
-          # push URL be the only credential is the whole point.
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Cut the next patch tag if there are new commits
-        env:
-          RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.<< .TokenSecret >> }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          if [ -z "$RELEASE_TOKEN" ]; then
-            echo "<< .TokenSecret >> is not set — skipping."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          git fetch --tags --force
-
-          LATEST=$(git tag --list '<< .TagPrefix >>*.*.*' --sort=-v:refname | head -1)
-          if [ -z "$LATEST" ]; then
-            echo "no << .TagPrefix >>MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH tag found — aborting so nothing weird gets tagged."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "latest tag: $LATEST"
-
-          COUNT=$(git rev-list --count "$LATEST"..HEAD)
-          echo "commits since $LATEST: $COUNT"
-          if [ "$COUNT" -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "no new commits since $LATEST — no release."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          ver="${LATEST#<< .TagPrefix >>}"
-          major="${ver%%.*}"
-          rest="${ver#*.}"
-          minor="${rest%%.*}"
-          patch="${rest#*.}"
-          case "$major.$minor.$patch" in
-            [0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*) ;;
-            *) echo "unexpected tag shape: $LATEST" ; exit 1 ;;
-          esac
-          NEXT="<< .TagPrefix >>${major}.${minor}.$((patch + 1))"
-          echo "cutting: $NEXT ($COUNT commits since $LATEST)"
-
-          git config user.name "loop release bot"
-          git config user.email "noreply@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git tag -a "$NEXT" -m "Release $NEXT — automated patch ($COUNT commits since $LATEST)"
-          git push "https://x-access-token:${RELEASE_TOKEN}@github.com/${REPO}.git" "$NEXT"
-          echo "Pushed $NEXT."

cmd/micro/loop/templates/loop-triage.yml.tmpl

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-name: "Loop: Triage"
-
-# Generated by `micro loop init`. The feedback path of the evaluator: when a CI
-# workflow (<< .CIWorkflow >>) fails on a non-PR run, dispatch the agent
-# (<< .AgentMention >>) with the instruction in .github/loop/prompts/triage.md
-# to root-cause the failure and file scoped fix issues back into the queue — so
-# failures become fixes with no human in the middle. Gated on << .TokenSecret >>.
-
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: << .CIWorkflowsYAML >>
-    types: [completed]
-
-permissions:
-  issues: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: loop-triage
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  triage:
-    # Only real failures on branch pushes/schedules — not PR-run failures, which
-    # the PR author already sees.
-    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'failure' && github.event.workflow_run.event != 'pull_request' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # needed to read the prompt file
-      - name: Dispatch triage
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.<< .TokenSecret >> || github.token }}
-          HAS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.<< .TokenSecret >> != '' }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
-          RUN_URL: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.html_url }}
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.name }}
-        run: |
-          if [ "$HAS_TOKEN" != "true" ]; then
-            echo "<< .TokenSecret >> is not set — skipping."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-          PROMPT=".github/loop/prompts/triage.md"
-          if [ ! -f "$PROMPT" ]; then
-            echo "missing $PROMPT — run 'micro loop init'." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          ISSUE_URL=$(gh issue create --repo "$REPO" \
-            --title "Loop: triage failed run $RUN_ID ($WORKFLOW_NAME)" \
-            --body "The '$WORKFLOW_NAME' workflow failed on a non-PR run: $RUN_URL")
-          ISSUE_NUM="${ISSUE_URL##*/}"
-          echo "Opened issue #$ISSUE_NUM — dispatching triage."
-          {
-            echo "<< .AgentMention >>"
-            echo
-            sed -e '/<!--/,/-->/d' -e "s/__ISSUE__/$ISSUE_NUM/g" -e "s#__RUNURL__#$RUN_URL#g" "$PROMPT"
-          } > "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"
-          gh issue comment "$ISSUE_NUM" --repo "$REPO" --body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/loop-body.md"

cmd/micro/loop/templates/prompts/builder.md.tmpl

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-The BUILDER prompt — the editable policy for the builder role. The workflow
-prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ before posting. Keep
-__ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Build one increment for this repository, aligned to `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md`.
-
-PICK THE WORK: take the highest-ranked item in `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md` whose linked issue is still OPEN — that is your task, and its issue is the one you close. If the queue is empty or every item's issue is closed, pick the single highest-value improvement yourself.
-
-Implement it, then VERIFY the project builds, tests, and lints (use the commands documented in the README or the CI workflow).
-
-Open the PR YOURSELF from the shell — do NOT use a make_pr tool (it may be a no-op stub): `git switch -c loop/increment-__ISSUE__`, `git push -u origin loop/increment-__ISSUE__`, `gh pr create --base << .DefaultBranch >> --title "<title>" --body "<body; include 'Closes #<the item's issue>' so it leaves the queue, and 'Closes #__ISSUE__' for this run's tracker>"`, then `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch` so it lands once CI is green.
-
-One concern per PR. Stay out of breaking public API changes and brand/positioning copy — surface those as notes for a human instead.

cmd/micro/loop/templates/prompts/coherence.md.tmpl

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-The COHERENCE (DevRel) prompt — the editable policy for the coherence role. The
-workflow prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ before posting.
-Keep __ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Act as DevRel for this repository — keep the public story coherent and honest.
-
-Audit the public surface — `README`, docs, and any website/blog — for coherence with `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md`: places that contradict each other, are stale, or describe behavior that has since changed (cross-check against the code and recently merged PRs). If the repo keeps a `CHANGELOG.md`, reconcile its `[Unreleased]` section against what actually merged.
-
-SAFE factual-alignment and crispness fixes (and the CHANGELOG upkeep): open ONE PR and auto-merge it — `git switch -c loop/coherence-__ISSUE__`, `git push -u origin loop/coherence-__ISSUE__`, `gh pr create --base << .DefaultBranch >> --title "<title>" --body "<summary, Closes #__ISSUE__>"`, then `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch`.
-
-Brand / positioning / marketing copy and any opinion blog posts are NOT auto-merge material — the public voice stays with a human. Describe them in a comment on this issue, or open a PR WITHOUT enabling auto-merge, and leave it for review.
-
-Post a short findings report as a comment on this issue (#__ISSUE__): what's aligned, what drifted, what you fixed. Open PRs yourself from the shell with `gh`; do not use a make_pr tool.

cmd/micro/loop/templates/prompts/planner.md.tmpl

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-The PLANNER prompt. This file is the editable policy for the planner role —
-change what the planner does by editing this text. The workflow prepends the
-agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ (this run's tracking issue) before
-posting it. Keep __ISSUE__ literal.
--->
-Act as the planner for this repository.
-
-(1) Read `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md` for direction, then scan recently merged PRs and open issues so the queue reflects reality — drop done items, don't re-queue work already in flight.
-
-(2) Maintain a SINGLE ranked queue in `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`, highest-value first, each item linking a scoped, CI-verifiable issue (#N). For any prioritized gap that has no issue, file one: `gh issue create --title "<scoped task>" --body "<goal, scope, acceptance criteria>"`.
-
-(3) If the ranking actually changed, open ONE PR for `PRIORITIES.md`: `git switch -c loop/planner-__ISSUE__`, `git push -u origin loop/planner-__ISSUE__`, `gh pr create --base << .DefaultBranch >> --title "<title>" --body "<summary, Closes #__ISSUE__>"`, then `gh pr merge --squash --auto --delete-branch`. If the queue is already accurate, just close this issue (`gh issue close __ISSUE__`).
-
-Do NOT make breaking or architectural changes yourself — surface those as notes for a human. Open the PR yourself from the shell with `gh`; do not use a make_pr tool (it may be a no-op stub).

cmd/micro/loop/templates/prompts/triage.md.tmpl

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-The TRIAGE prompt — the editable policy for the triage role. The workflow
-prepends the agent @mention and substitutes __ISSUE__ (this tracking issue) and
-__RUNURL__ (the failed CI run) before posting. Keep both literal.
--->
-Triage the failed CI run at __RUNURL__.
-
-Read the logs and root-cause each distinct failure. DEDUPE against open issues — if a failure matches an existing issue, comment "recurred" there instead of filing a duplicate.
-
-For each genuine, self-contained defect, file a scoped issue (`gh issue create --title "<scoped fix>" --body "<root cause, where, acceptance criteria>"`) so the planner/builder can pick it up and the next CI run verifies it.
-
-IGNORE transient flakes — network blips, provider outages, timeouts with no code cause. Anything needing a breaking or architectural change: label it `needs-human` and describe it, rather than auto-filing it as a routine fix.
-
-Close this issue (`gh issue close __ISSUE__`) when triage is done.

cmd/micro/main.go

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/cli/deploy"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/flow"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/inspect"
-	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/loop"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/mcp"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/resource"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro/run"

contrib/go-micro-llamaindex/README.md

@@ -324,4 +324,4 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE](../../LICENSE) for details.
 ## Support
 
 - GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/micro/go-micro/discussions
-- Discord: https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr
+- Discord: https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD

contrib/langchain-go-micro/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ pytest tests/integration/ -v
 ## Questions?
 
 - GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/micro/go-micro/discussions
-- Discord: https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr
+- Discord: https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD

contrib/langchain-go-micro/README.md

@@ -370,4 +370,4 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE](../../LICENSE) for details.
 ## Support
 
 - GitHub Discussions: https://github.com/micro/go-micro/discussions
-- Discord: https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr
+- Discord: https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD

examples/README.md

@@ -1,34 +1,14 @@
 # Go Micro Examples
 
-This directory contains runnable examples that take you through the Go Micro
-lifecycle: start with a service, expose it as agent-usable capability, then
-coordinate work with workflows.
+This directory contains runnable examples demonstrating various go-micro features and patterns.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
-Each example can be run with `go run .` from its directory unless its README says
-otherwise. If you are new to the repo, follow the first-agent path below instead
-of reading the directories alphabetically.
+Each example can be run with `go run .` from its directory.
 
-## Recommended first-agent path
+## Examples
 
-| Step | Start here | What you learn | Next step |
-|------|------------|----------------|-----------|
-| 1. First service | [`hello-world`](./hello-world/) | Create and register a basic RPC service, add a handler, call it with a client, and expose health checks. | Move to [`agent-demo`](./agent-demo/) to see services used by an agent. |
-| 2. First agent | [`agent-demo`](./agent-demo/) | Run a small project-management app with Projects, Tasks, and Team services plus an agent playground. | Compare with the maintained 0-to-hero path in [`support`](./support/). |
-| 3. First workflow | [`support`](./support/) | Follow typed services into an agent chat loop, an event-driven `intake` flow, and an approval gate in one runnable reference. | Deepen the workflow model with [`flow-durable`](./flow-durable/). |
-
-For the shortest AI-tooling bridge, the MCP path is
-[`mcp/hello`](./mcp/hello/) → [`mcp/crud`](./mcp/crud/) →
-[`mcp/workflow`](./mcp/workflow/). For debugging and production hardening, keep
-[`agent-wrap-tool`](./agent-wrap-tool/), [`agent-durable`](./agent-durable/), and
-[`deployment`](./deployment/) nearby.
-
-## Lifecycle map
-
-### 1. Services — learn the runtime foundation
-
-#### [hello-world](./hello-world/)
+### [hello-world](./hello-world/)
 Basic RPC service demonstrating core concepts:
 - Service creation and registration
 - Handler implementation
@@ -41,7 +21,7 @@ cd hello-world
 go run .
 ```
 
-#### [web-service](./web-service/)
+### [web-service](./web-service/)
 HTTP web service with service discovery:
 - HTTP handlers
 - Service registration
@@ -54,7 +34,7 @@ cd web-service
 go run .
 ```
 
-#### [multi-service](./multi-service/)
+### [multi-service](./multi-service/)
 Multiple services in a single binary — the modular monolith pattern:
 - Isolated server, client, store, and cache per service
 - Shared registry and broker for inter-service communication
@@ -67,76 +47,44 @@ cd multi-service
 go run .
 ```
 
-#### [deployment](./deployment/)
+### [deployment](./deployment/)
 Docker Compose deployment with MCP gateway, Consul registry, and Jaeger tracing:
 - Production-like architecture in one `docker-compose up`
 - Standalone MCP gateway connected to service registry
 - Distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry + Jaeger
 
-### 2. Agents — turn services into tool-using teammates
-
-#### [agent-demo](./agent-demo/)
-Recommended first agent: a multi-service project management app with Projects,
-Tasks, and Team services, seed data, and agent playground integration.
-
-#### [agent-plan-delegate](./agent-plan-delegate/)
-The two built-in agent capabilities in a small multi-agent system:
-- **plan** — an agent records an ordered plan in its store-backed memory before doing multi-step work
-- **delegate** — an agent hands a subtask to another agent (over RPC if it's registered, else to an ephemeral sub-agent)
-
-#### [agent-wrap-tool](./agent-wrap-tool/)
-Middleware around an agent's tool execution with `AgentWrapTool`, the tool-side analogue of client/server wrappers:
-- **observe** — time every tool call and record per-tool metrics, correlated by call ID
-- **retry** — re-run a call whose result is an error, recovering from a transient failure before the model sees it
-
-#### [agent-durable](./agent-durable/)
-Durable agent runs that can be checkpointed and resumed, useful once your first
-agent needs predictable recovery behavior.
-
-#### [agent-human-input](./agent-human-input/)
-Human-in-the-loop agent interaction for decisions that need an explicit person
-before the run can continue.
-
-#### [agent-ollama](./agent-ollama/)
-Local-model agent wiring for developers experimenting with Ollama-backed model
-calls.
-
-### 3. Workflows — coordinate longer-running work
-
-#### [support](./support/)
-A maintained 0-to-hero reference path in one runnable file:
-- **scaffold** typed `customers`, `tickets`, and `notify` services
-- **run/chat** with a support agent that uses those services as tools
-- **inspect** the event-driven `intake` flow and approval gate
-- **CI** keeps the deterministic mock-model journey runnable with `go test ./examples/support`
-
-#### [flow-durable](./flow-durable/)
-A workflow as ordered, checkpointed steps that survives a crash and resumes where it stopped:
-- **steps** — a flow is a task with stages (`reserve → charge → confirm`), not just one LLM turn
-- **Checkpoint** — each step is persisted; on `Resume`, completed steps are not re-run (no duplicate side effects)
-
-#### [flow-loop](./flow-loop/)
-A looping flow example for repeated workflow steps.
-
-### 4. MCP and agent integration examples
+### MCP Examples
 
 See the [mcp/](./mcp/) directory for AI agent integration examples:
 - **[hello](./mcp/hello/)** - Minimal MCP service (start here)
 - **[crud](./mcp/crud/)** - CRUD contact book with full agent documentation
 - **[workflow](./mcp/workflow/)** - Cross-service orchestration via AI agents
 - **[documented](./mcp/documented/)** - All MCP features with auth scopes
-- **[platform](./mcp/platform/)** - Platform-oriented MCP service example
 
-## Other examples
+### [agent-demo](./agent-demo/)
+Multi-service project management app (Projects, Tasks, Team) with seed data and agent playground integration.
 
-### [auth](./auth/)
-Authentication and authorization example.
+### [agent-plan-delegate](./agent-plan-delegate/)
+The two built-in agent capabilities in a small multi-agent system:
+- **plan** — an agent records an ordered plan in its store-backed memory before doing multi-step work
+- **delegate** — an agent hands a subtask to another agent (over RPC if it's registered, else to an ephemeral sub-agent)
 
-### [graceful-stop](./graceful-stop/)
-Graceful shutdown behavior for long-running services.
+### [agent-wrap-tool](./agent-wrap-tool/)
+Middleware around an agent's tool execution with `AgentWrapTool`, the tool-side analogue of client/server wrappers:
+- **observe** — time every tool call and record per-tool metrics, correlated by call ID
+- **retry** — re-run a call whose result is an error, recovering from a transient failure before the model sees it
 
-### [grpc-interop](./grpc-interop/)
-gRPC interoperability example.
+### [flow-durable](./flow-durable/)
+A workflow as ordered, checkpointed steps that survives a crash and resumes where it stopped:
+- **steps** — a flow is a task with stages (`reserve → charge → confirm`), not just one LLM turn
+- **Checkpoint** — each step is persisted; on `Resume`, completed steps are not re-run (no duplicate side effects)
+
+### [support](./support/)
+A maintained 0-to-hero reference path in one runnable file:
+- **scaffold** typed `customers`, `tickets`, and `notify` services
+- **run/chat** with a support agent that uses those services as tools
+- **inspect** the event-driven `intake` flow and approval gate
+- **CI** keeps the deterministic mock-model journey runnable with `go test ./examples/support`
 
 ## Coming Soon
 
@@ -158,5 +106,6 @@ To add a new example:
 1. Create a new directory
 2. Add a descriptive README.md
 3. Include working code with comments
-4. Add to this index under the lifecycle stage it supports
+4. Add to this index
 5. Ensure it runs with `go run .`
+

examples/agent-ollama/main.go

@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-// Agent Ollama — a self-contained agent powered by Ollama Cloud.
-//
-// This example demonstrates the full harness loop — service tools, custom
-// tools, agent memory, guardrails, and streaming — using the Ollama
-// provider with gpt-oss:120b on Ollama Cloud.
-//
-// It creates a "knowledge" service with two endpoints (Add, Search) that
-// the agent discovers as tools, plus a custom "current_time" tool. The
-// agent answers natural-language questions by calling those tools.
-//
-// Run (Ollama Cloud — default):
-//
-//	OLLAMA_API_KEY=your-key go run main.go
-//
-// Run (local Ollama):
-//
-//	OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://localhost:11434 \
-//	OLLAMA_MODEL=llama3.2 \
-//	go run main.go
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-	"time"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/agent"
-)
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// knowledge service — a tiny in-memory knowledge base
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-type KnowledgeEntry struct {
-	ID      string `json:"id" description:"Unique entry identifier"`
-	Topic   string `json:"topic" description:"Topic or category"`
-	Content string `json:"content" description:"The knowledge content"`
-}
-
-type AddKnowledgeRequest struct {
-	Topic   string `json:"topic" description:"Topic or category (required)"`
-	Content string `json:"content" description:"The knowledge content (required)"`
-}
-
-type AddKnowledgeResponse struct {
-	Entry *KnowledgeEntry `json:"entry" description:"The added entry"`
-}
-
-type SearchKnowledgeRequest struct {
-	Topic   string `json:"topic,omitempty" description:"Filter by topic (optional)"`
-	Keyword string `json:"keyword,omitempty" description:"Search keyword in content (optional)"`
-}
-
-type SearchKnowledgeResponse struct {
-	Entries []*KnowledgeEntry `json:"entries" description:"Matching entries"`
-}
-
-type KnowledgeService struct {
-	mu      sync.RWMutex
-	entries []*KnowledgeEntry
-	nextID  int
-}
-
-// Add stores a new knowledge entry.
-//
-// @example {"topic": "go", "content": "Go interfaces are implicit."}
-func (s *KnowledgeService) Add(ctx context.Context, req *AddKnowledgeRequest, rsp *AddKnowledgeResponse) error {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	s.nextID++
-	e := &KnowledgeEntry{
-		ID:      fmt.Sprintf("kb-%d", s.nextID),
-		Topic:   req.Topic,
-		Content: req.Content,
-	}
-	s.entries = append(s.entries, e)
-	rsp.Entry = e
-	return nil
-}
-
-// Search finds knowledge entries by topic or keyword.
-//
-// @example {"topic": "go"}
-// @example {"keyword": "interface"}
-func (s *KnowledgeService) Search(ctx context.Context, req *SearchKnowledgeRequest, rsp *SearchKnowledgeResponse) error {
-	s.mu.RLock()
-	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
-	for _, e := range s.entries {
-		if req.Topic != "" && !strings.EqualFold(e.Topic, req.Topic) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if req.Keyword != "" && !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(e.Content), strings.ToLower(req.Keyword)) {
-			continue
-		}
-		rsp.Entries = append(rsp.Entries, e)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// main
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func main() {
-	// Ollama Cloud is the default. Override with env vars for local Ollama.
-	baseURL := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_BASE_URL")
-	if baseURL == "" {
-		baseURL = "https://ollama.com/v1"
-	}
-	model := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MODEL")
-	if model == "" {
-		model = "gpt-oss:120b"
-	}
-	apiKey := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_API_KEY")
-
-	fmt.Println("╔══════════════════════════════════════════╗")
-	fmt.Println("║       Ollama-Powered Go Micro Agent      ║")
-	fmt.Println("╚══════════════════════════════════════════╝")
-	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Printf("  Ollama URL:  %s\n", baseURL)
-	fmt.Printf("  Model:       %s\n", model)
-	if apiKey != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("  API Key:     (set)\n")
-	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("  API Key:     (none — set OLLAMA_API_KEY)\n")
-	}
-	fmt.Println()
-
-	// 1. Start the knowledge service. Its handlers become agent tools.
-	svc := micro.NewService("knowledge")
-	svc.Handle(new(KnowledgeService))
-	go svc.Run()
-
-	// Give the service a moment to register.
-	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-
-	// 2. Create the agent. It discovers the knowledge service endpoints
-	//    as tools automatically, plus gets a custom "current_time" tool.
-	ag := micro.NewAgent("ollama-assistant",
-		micro.AgentServices("knowledge"),
-		micro.AgentPrompt(
-			"You are a helpful knowledge assistant. You can search and add to "+
-				"a knowledge base using the knowledge service tools. "+
-				"When asked about the current time, use the current_time tool. "+
-				"Be concise and factual.",
-		),
-		micro.AgentProvider("ollama"),
-		micro.AgentModel(model),
-		micro.AgentAPIKey(apiKey),
-		micro.AgentBaseURL(baseURL),
-		micro.AgentMaxSteps(10),
-		micro.AgentLoopLimit(3),
-		// Custom tool — any function, not tied to a service.
-		agent.WithTool(
-			"current_time",
-			"Get the current date and time in a human-readable format",
-			map[string]any{
-				"timezone": map[string]any{
-					"type":        "string",
-					"description": "Optional timezone (defaults to local)",
-				},
-			},
-			func(ctx context.Context, input map[string]any) (string, error) {
-				tz, _ := input["timezone"].(string)
-				if tz == "" {
-					return time.Now().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"), nil
-				}
-				loc, err := time.LoadLocation(tz)
-				if err != nil {
-					return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown timezone: %s", tz)
-				}
-				return time.Now().In(loc).Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"), nil
-			},
-		),
-	)
-
-	// 3. Seed initial knowledge via the agent's first question.
-	questions := []string{
-		"What time is it now?",
-		"Add a new knowledge entry: topic 'go', content 'Go interfaces are implicit — a type implements an interface by having the required methods.'",
-		"Add another entry: topic 'go', content 'Go is a statically typed, compiled language designed at Google.'",
-		"Add another entry: topic 'ai', content 'Large language models generate text by predicting the next token in a sequence.'",
-		"Search the knowledge base for entries about Go.",
-		"Search for everything in the knowledge base.",
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println("─── Agent Demo ───")
-	fmt.Println()
-
-	for i, q := range questions {
-		fmt.Printf("Q%d: %s\n", i+1, q)
-		fmt.Print("A: ")
-
-		resp, err := ag.Ask(context.Background(), q)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("error: %v\n", err)
-			fmt.Println()
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Show tool calls the agent made.
-		if len(resp.ToolCalls) > 0 {
-			for _, tc := range resp.ToolCalls {
-				args, _ := json.Marshal(tc.Input)
-				fmt.Printf("  [tool] %s(%s)\n", tc.Name, string(args))
-			}
-		}
-
-		fmt.Println(resp.Reply)
-		if resp.Reply == "" && len(resp.ToolCalls) == 0 {
-			fmt.Println("(no response)")
-		}
-		fmt.Println()
-	}
-
-	// 4. Streaming demonstration.
-	fmt.Println("─── Streaming Demo ───")
-	fmt.Println()
-	streamQ := "Explain what Go Micro is in two sentences."
-	fmt.Printf("Q: %s\n", streamQ)
-	fmt.Print("A: ")
-
-	stream, err := ag.Stream(context.Background(), streamQ)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("stream error: %v\n", err)
-	} else {
-		for {
-			chunk, err := stream.Recv()
-			if err != nil {
-				break
-			}
-			if chunk.Reply != "" {
-				fmt.Print(chunk.Reply)
-			}
-		}
-		fmt.Println()
-	}
-
-	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("Done.")
-}

internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md

@@ -10,36 +10,6 @@ and can stop or revert anything at any time.
 > **services → agents → workflows**. Judge each change against it — work that
 > doesn't move toward that lifecycle isn't an improvement, however clean.
 
-## The pipeline (planner → generator → evaluator)
-
-The development process is an operational instance of the long-running-agent
-harness pattern ([Anthropic on harness design](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/harness-design-long-running-apps)) —
-a planner, a generator, and a *separate* evaluator — distributed across GitHub
-Actions instead of subagents. Each role is a workflow:
-
-| Role | Workflow (action name) | What it does |
-|------|------------------------|--------------|
-| **Planner** | `loop-planner.yml` — *Loop: Planner* | Tracks live state, prioritizes the roadmap + an internal scan, and maintains the ranked queue in [`.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`](../../.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md). Decides *what*. |
-| **Generator** | `loop-builder.yml` — *Loop: Builder (Generator)* | Builds the top open queue item as a single-concern PR (via Codex) and self-merges on green CI. Does the work. |
-| **Evaluator** | `harness.yml` — *Harness (E2E)*, plus the CI gate (`tests.yaml`, `lint.yaml`) | Grades every change: the mock harness + unit/lint on each push/PR, and real-model conformance hourly. A *separate* grader — never the generator judging itself. |
-| **Evaluator → feedback** | `loop-triage.yml` — *Loop: Triage (Evaluator feedback)* | When a gate workflow (Lint, Run Tests, or the harness) fails on a non-PR run, root-causes, dedupes, and files scoped fix issues back into the planner's queue. The hill-climbing feedback path. |
-| **Coherence** | `loop-coherence.yml` — *Loop: Coherence* | Keeps README/website/docs/blog aligned with the North Star, keeps `CHANGELOG.md` living (reconciling `[Unreleased]` against merged PRs and rolling it into version headings as tags cut), and drafts the changelog blog post. |
-| **Release** | `loop-release.yml` — *Loop: Release (daily patch)* | Cuts a daily patch tag when master has new commits, so the *installable* framework tracks the loop's improvements (triggers `release.yml`/goreleaser). Minor/major bumps stay with the human. |
-
-Generation is separated from evaluation on purpose: an agent grading its own work
-reliably over-rates it, so **CI and the harness — not the builder — are the gate**.
-The human sets direction and owns the calls that need taste (see Guardrails).
-
-> **Go Micro dogfoods its own tool.** These `.github/workflows/loop-*.yml` files
-> are generated by [`micro loop`](../../cmd/micro/loop) (`micro loop init --roles all`).
-> The workflows are the *mechanism*; each role's instruction is the editable
-> *policy* in [`.github/loop/prompts/`](../../.github/loop/prompts), and the
-> direction/queue live in [`.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md`](../../.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md)
-> and [`.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`](../../.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md). To change
-> what a role does, edit its prompt — not the YAML. Re-run `micro loop init
-> --roles all --force` to regenerate the workflow mechanics (it won't clobber the
-> North Star, queue, or prompts).
-
 ## Autonomy
 
 Full autonomy, **no approval gates**. Each increment: Claude Code picks the work,
@@ -102,7 +72,7 @@ Grounded in real signal, never speculative rewrites. Each cycle draws from:
   tracking issue for each increment and dispatches Codex there. It needs a
   `CODEX_TRIGGER_TOKEN` repo secret from a user account Codex responds to;
   without that secret the workflow deliberately no-ops to avoid ignored bot
-  comments. See `.github/workflows/loop-builder.yml` and the mechanics
+  comments. See `.github/workflows/continuous-improvement.yml` and the mechanics
   below.
 
 ## How the durable loop works (mechanics)
@@ -157,25 +127,18 @@ The hourly loop ships increments; two periodic passes keep the *whole* heading i
 the right direction. Both use the same mechanism (fresh issue → `@codex` →
 output) but produce direction and coherence, not just code.
 
-- **Coherence (DevRel) — daily** (`.github/workflows/loop-coherence.yml`, prompt `.github/loop/prompts/coherence.md`). Audits the public
+- **DevRel — daily** (`.github/workflows/devrel-review.yml`). Audits the public
   surface (README, website landing + docs, blog) for coherence with the North
-  Star, README crispness, and blog-worthy material. It also keeps `CHANGELOG.md`
-  living: each run reconciles the `[Unreleased]` section against the PRs that
-  actually merged (Keep-a-Changelog format, user-facing entries only — internal
-  loop/CI churn is skipped), and rolls `[Unreleased]` into a dated version
-  heading whenever a new `v6.MINOR.PATCH` tag has been cut (by `loop-release`).
-  When enough user-facing work has accumulated (roughly weekly, not a near-empty
-  post every day) it also drafts a "what's new" changelog blog post narrating it.
-  **Autonomy boundary:** safe factual-alignment and crispness fixes — *including
-  the `CHANGELOG.md` upkeep* — auto-merge like any increment; brand/positioning
-  copy and the changelog blog post are opened as a PR (or surfaced in the report)
-  and left for the human to review/merge — blog voice stays with the human.
-- **Planner (Architect) — continuous (hourly)** (`.github/workflows/loop-planner.yml`, prompt `.github/loop/prompts/planner.md`).
+  Star, README crispness, and blog-worthy material. **Autonomy boundary:** safe
+  factual-alignment and crispness fixes auto-merge like any increment;
+  brand/positioning copy and blog drafts are *surfaced in a report* for the
+  human, never auto-merged.
+- **Architect — continuous (hourly)** (`.github/workflows/architecture-review.yml`).
   The *founder lens*, running alongside the builders. Each run it **tracks live
   state** (what just merged, what's in flight), **prioritizes the roadmap**
   (`ROADMAP.md`, Now → Next → Later) against an internal scan (lifecycle gaps, API
   coherence and seams, dev-UX friction, missing pieces, drift/realignment), and
-  **maintains the ranked queue** in [`.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`](../../.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md) — re-ranking
+  **maintains the ranked queue** in [`PRIORITIES.md`](PRIORITIES.md) — re-ranking
   to reflect reality, backing each top item with a scoped issue, and posting an
   assessment. It runs at `:59`, just before the `:29` increment, so it
   re-prioritizes and *then* the loop builds the new top. **Its output is the
@@ -191,22 +154,6 @@ roadmap-driven by default, not a fresh guess every hour. Cadence is tunable in e
 workflow's `cron`; the human can reorder `PRIORITIES.md` or its issues at any time
 to redirect. Codex is serial, so these passes queue behind any in-flight increment.
 
-## Failure triage (the feedback loop)
-
-The loop also closes on its own failures. `.github/workflows/loop-triage.yml`
-fires when a gate workflow — **Lint**, **Run Tests**, or the provider-conformance
-**Harness (E2E)** — finishes with `conclusion: failure` on a non-PR run (so a red
-lint or test on `master`, not just a harness failure, becomes a fix issue). It
-dispatches Codex to **triage** the failing run: read the logs, root-cause each
-distinct failure, **dedupe** against open issues (comment "recurred" rather than
-filing a duplicate), and file a scoped `codex`/`enhancement` issue for each genuine,
-self-contained defect — which the increment loop then builds and the next run
-verifies. Genuine transient flakes (live-model latency, provider outages) are
-ignored; anything needing a breaking or architectural change is escalated as
-`needs-human` instead of auto-built. This is
-the hill-climbing layer: CI/harness failures become fixes with no human in the
-middle, short of a decision that's genuinely the human's.
-
 ## Stop / redirect
 
 - In-session: `CronDelete <id>` (or end the session).

internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Priorities
+
+The ranked work queue for the autonomous improvement loop. The
+**architecture-review** pass (the *architect*) owns this file: each run it turns
+the [roadmap](../../ROADMAP.md) plus an internal scan (gaps in the
+services → agents → workflows lifecycle, API coherence, drift, tech debt, test and
+DX friction) into a single ordered list — highest-value first — and links each
+item to a tracking issue. The hourly **continuous-improvement** pass works the
+**top item whose issue is still open**. So the architect decides *what*, and the
+increment loop *builds* it.
+
+**Reading / editing.** An item is done when its linked issue closes (the increment
+that builds it adds `Closes #<issue>`). Roadmap phase (Now → Next → Later) is the
+primary ordering; internal findings are interleaved by value, not kept in a
+separate list. The human can reorder this list — or the issues — at any time to
+redirect the loop; direction always wins.
+
+**Off-limits to the loop** (the architect proposes these as notes, never as queue
+items the loop can auto-merge): brand/positioning copy, breaking public-API
+changes, architectural rewrites. Those go to the human.
+
+## Work queue (ranked)
+
+1. **Add durable checkpoint/resume for agent runs** ([#3524](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3524)) — the 0→hero reference app has now shipped, and the next highest-value lifecycle gap is making long-running agent work survive restarts the way flows already do. This is the clearest bridge from services → agents → workflows: flows can already checkpoint deterministic orchestration, but the dynamic agent loop still needs a CI-verifiable resume contract so scheduled, looping agents can be operated rather than merely invoked.
+2. **Emit OpenTelemetry spans for agent run timelines** ([#3525](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3525)) — recent work made runs inspectable and correlated trace metadata through scheduled dispatch; the next step is to turn that RunInfo foundation into standard OTel spans for agent runs, model calls, and tool calls. This keeps `micro runs` useful while making the harness observable in the systems developers already run.
+3. **Add retry and timeout resilience to agent tool execution** ([#3526](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/issues/3526)) — flow retry/backoff and cancellation safety have shipped, but the agent loop still needs the same failure semantics around tool/model calls: bounded retries, deadline propagation, cancellation, and visible retry/timeout outcomes. This belongs high because operability is the difference between an agent demo and a dependable service.
+
+_Seeded by Claude Code from the roadmap + open issues; thereafter maintained by the
+architecture-review pass._

internal/harness/a2a-stream-fallback/main.go

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/agent"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/gateway/a2a"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/internal/harness/harnessutil"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/store"
 )
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ func main() {
 	reg := registry.NewMemoryRegistry()
 	st := store.NewMemoryStore()
 	var sawTool, sawRunInfo bool
-	agentOpts := []agent.Option{
+	ag := agent.New(
 		agent.Name("a2a-fallback"),
 		agent.Provider(*provider),
 		agent.APIKey(apiKey),
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ func main() {
 		agent.WithRegistry(reg),
 		agent.WithStore(st),
 		agent.WithMemory(agent.NewInMemory(8)),
-		agent.ModelCallTimeout(45 * time.Second),
+		agent.ModelCallTimeout(45*time.Second),
 		agent.WithTool("fallback_echo", "Echo the A2A fallback marker.", map[string]any{
 			"value": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "value to echo"},
 		}, func(ctx context.Context, input map[string]any) (string, error) {
@@ -119,9 +118,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			return `{"marker":"a2a-fallback-ok"}`, nil
 		}),
-	}
-	agentOpts = append(agentOpts, harnessutil.AgentOptions(*provider)...)
-	ag := agent.New(agentOpts...)
+	)
 
 	card := a2a.Card("a2a-fallback", "http://example.invalid/a2a-fallback", "", nil)
 	handler := a2a.NewAgentStreamHandler(card, func(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, error) {
@@ -166,48 +163,22 @@ func main() {
 
 func readSSEData(r io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
-	var event strings.Builder
 	var payload strings.Builder
-	seen := false
-	flush := func() error {
-		data := strings.TrimSpace(event.String())
-		event.Reset()
-		if data == "" {
-			return nil
-		}
-		if !json.Valid([]byte(data)) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("SSE data event is not JSON: %s", data)
-		}
-		seen = true
-		payload.WriteString(data)
-		payload.WriteByte('\n')
-		return nil
-	}
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line := scanner.Text()
-		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
-			if err := flush(); err != nil {
-				return "", err
-			}
-			continue
+		if data, ok := strings.CutPrefix(line, "data: "); ok {
+			payload.WriteString(data)
+			payload.WriteByte('\n')
 		}
-		data, ok := strings.CutPrefix(line, "data:")
-		if !ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		if event.Len() > 0 {
-			event.WriteByte('\n')
-		}
-		event.WriteString(strings.TrimSpace(data))
 	}
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if err := flush(); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	if !seen {
+	if payload.Len() == 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("no SSE data received")
 	}
+	if !json.Valid([]byte(strings.TrimSpace(payload.String()))) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("SSE data is not JSON: %s", payload.String())
+	}
 	return payload.String(), nil
 }

internal/harness/a2a-stream-fallback/main_test.go

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestReadSSEDataAcceptsMultipleJSONEvents(t *testing.T) {
-	payload, err := readSSEData(strings.NewReader("event: status\ndata: {\"phase\":\"started\"}\n\ndata:{\"result\":\"a2a-fallback-ok\"}\n\n"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("readSSEData returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !strings.Contains(payload, "started") || !strings.Contains(payload, "a2a-fallback-ok") {
-		t.Fatalf("payload = %q, want both event payloads", payload)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestReadSSEDataRejectsInvalidJSONEvent(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := readSSEData(strings.NewReader("data: {\"ok\":true}\n\ndata: {bad json}\n\n"))
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("readSSEData returned nil error for invalid JSON event")
-	}
-}

internal/harness/agent-flow/main.go

@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ import (
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/agent"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/broker"
+	"go-micro.dev/v6/client"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/flow"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/internal/harness/harnessutil"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
+	"go-micro.dev/v6/selector"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/service"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/store"
 )
@@ -202,9 +203,8 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println("broker connect:", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	cl := harnessutil.Client(*provider, reg)
+	cl := client.NewClient(client.Registry(reg), client.Selector(selector.NewSelector(selector.Registry(reg))))
 	mem := store.NewMemoryStore()
-	liveAgentOpts := harnessutil.AgentOptions(*provider)
 
 	wsSvc := new(WorkspaceService)
 	ws := service.New(service.Name("workspace"), service.Address("127.0.0.1:0"), service.Registry(reg), service.Client(cl))
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func main() {
 	go nt.Run()
 
 	// The onboarder agent, registered so the flow can reach it over RPC.
-	onboarderOpts := []agent.Option{
+	onboarder := agent.New(
 		agent.Name("onboarder"),
 		agent.Address("127.0.0.1:0"),
 		agent.Services("workspace", "notify"),
@@ -225,9 +225,7 @@ func main() {
 		agent.Provider(*provider),
 		agent.APIKey(apiKey),
 		agent.WithRegistry(reg), agent.WithClient(cl), agent.WithStore(mem),
-	}
-	onboarderOpts = append(onboarderOpts, liveAgentOpts...)
-	onboarder := agent.New(onboarderOpts...)
+	)
 	go onboarder.Run()
 	defer onboarder.Stop()
 
@@ -240,7 +238,6 @@ func main() {
 		flow.Trigger("events.user.created"),
 		flow.Agent("onboarder"),
 		flow.Prompt("A new user signed up: {{.Data}}. Get them set up."),
-		flow.Timeout(harnessutil.LiveTimeout(*provider)),
 	)
 	if err := f.Register(reg, br, cl); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("flow register:", err)

internal/harness/harnessutil/harnessutil.go

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-package harnessutil
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/agent"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/client"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/selector"
-)
-
-const (
-	// LiveTimeoutEnv overrides the per-call deadline used by live-provider
-	// harness runs. It intentionally does not affect deterministic mock runs.
-	LiveTimeoutEnv = "GO_MICRO_HARNESS_LIVE_TIMEOUT"
-	// DefaultLiveTimeout is generous enough for slow but correct hosted models
-	// while still bounding genuinely stuck live conformance runs.
-	DefaultLiveTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
-)
-
-// LiveTimeout returns the harness per-call timeout for live providers. Mock runs
-// keep their historical fast defaults by returning zero.
-func LiveTimeout(provider string) time.Duration {
-	if provider == "mock" {
-		return 0
-	}
-	if raw := os.Getenv(LiveTimeoutEnv); raw != "" {
-		d, err := time.ParseDuration(raw)
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "invalid %s=%q; using %s\n", LiveTimeoutEnv, raw, DefaultLiveTimeout)
-			return DefaultLiveTimeout
-		}
-		return d
-	}
-	return DefaultLiveTimeout
-}
-
-// Client returns an in-memory-registry client. Live provider harnesses get a
-// larger request timeout so an otherwise correct agent run is not cut off by the
-// default 30-second RPC deadline; mock runs are unchanged.
-func Client(provider string, reg registry.Registry) client.Client {
-	opts := []client.Option{
-		client.Registry(reg),
-		client.Selector(selector.NewSelector(selector.Registry(reg))),
-	}
-	if d := LiveTimeout(provider); d > 0 {
-		opts = append(opts, client.RequestTimeout(d))
-	}
-	return client.NewClient(opts...)
-}
-
-// AgentOptions applies the same live-provider timeout to model and tool calls.
-// The empty result for mock runs preserves their deterministic timing.
-func AgentOptions(provider string) []agent.Option {
-	if d := LiveTimeout(provider); d > 0 {
-		return []agent.Option{agent.ModelCallTimeout(d), agent.ToolCallTimeout(d)}
-	}
-	return nil
-}

internal/harness/harnessutil/harnessutil_test.go

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package harnessutil
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-)
-
-func TestLiveTimeoutLeavesMockUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(LiveTimeoutEnv, "2m")
-	if got := LiveTimeout("mock"); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("LiveTimeout(mock) = %s, want 0", got)
-	}
-	if opts := AgentOptions("mock"); len(opts) != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("AgentOptions(mock) length = %d, want 0", len(opts))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestLiveTimeoutUsesDefaultForLiveProviders(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(LiveTimeoutEnv, "")
-	if got := LiveTimeout("atlascloud"); got != DefaultLiveTimeout {
-		t.Fatalf("LiveTimeout(live) = %s, want %s", got, DefaultLiveTimeout)
-	}
-	if opts := AgentOptions("atlascloud"); len(opts) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("AgentOptions(live) length = %d, want 2", len(opts))
-	}
-}
-
-func TestLiveTimeoutCanBeOverridden(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv(LiveTimeoutEnv, "90s")
-	if got := LiveTimeout("anthropic"); got != 90*time.Second {
-		t.Fatalf("LiveTimeout override = %s, want 90s", got)
-	}
-}

internal/harness/install-smoke/run.sh

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Smoke-test the documented install.sh path without network access.
-# It builds the local CLI, packages it like a release archive, installs it into a
-# temporary bin directory through internal/scripts/install.sh, then checks the
-# first-run command boundaries shown in the getting-started docs.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-ROOT=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../../.." && pwd)
-TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT
-
-ARCHIVE_DIR="$TMP_DIR/archive"
-INSTALL_DIR="$TMP_DIR/install"
-ARCHIVE="$TMP_DIR/micro-local.tar.gz"
-mkdir -p "$ARCHIVE_DIR" "$INSTALL_DIR"
-
-CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o "$ARCHIVE_DIR/micro" ./cmd/micro
-chmod +x "$ARCHIVE_DIR/micro"
-tar -C "$ARCHIVE_DIR" -czf "$ARCHIVE" micro
-
-MICRO_INSTALL_DIR="$INSTALL_DIR" \
-MICRO_INSTALL_ARCHIVE="$ARCHIVE" \
-MICRO_VERSION="local-smoke" \
-PATH="$INSTALL_DIR:$PATH" \
-  "$ROOT/internal/scripts/install.sh" > "$TMP_DIR/install.out"
-
-MICRO="$INSTALL_DIR/micro"
-if [[ ! -x "$MICRO" ]]; then
-  echo "installed micro binary not found at $MICRO" >&2
-  cat "$TMP_DIR/install.out" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-require_output() {
-  local description=$1
-  local expected=$2
-  shift 2
-  local output
-  if ! output=$("$MICRO" "$@" 2>&1); then
-    echo "micro $* failed while checking $description" >&2
-    echo "$output" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  if [[ "$output" != *"$expected"* ]]; then
-    echo "micro $* missing expected text '$expected' for $description" >&2
-    echo "$output" >&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-require_output "version" "micro version" --version
-require_output "root help" "COMMANDS" --help
-require_output "service scaffold" "micro new" new --help
-require_output "first-agent preflight" "preflight" agent preflight --help
-require_output "local runtime" "micro run" run --help
-require_output "agent chat" "micro chat" chat --help
-require_output "agent inspection" "micro inspect agent" inspect agent --help
-require_output "flow inspection" "micro inspect flow" inspect flow --help
-
-echo "✓ install smoke path verified"

internal/harness/plan-delegate/main.go

@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/agent"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/broker"
+	"go-micro.dev/v6/client"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/flow"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/internal/harness/harnessutil"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
+	"go-micro.dev/v6/selector"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/service"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/store"
 )
@@ -54,64 +55,24 @@ type ListResponse struct {
 }
 
 type TaskService struct {
-	mu      sync.Mutex
-	tasks   []*Task
-	byTitle map[string]*Task
-	nextID  int
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	tasks  []*Task
+	nextID int
 }
 
-// Add creates a new task with the given title. Replayed live-model tool calls
-// are idempotent by launch task title so the conformance harness proves exactly
-// one durable side effect per intended task even if a provider resends a call.
+// Add creates a new task with the given title.
 // @example {"title": "Design"}
 func (s *TaskService) Add(ctx context.Context, req *AddRequest, rsp *AddResponse) error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if s.byTitle == nil {
-		s.byTitle = map[string]*Task{}
-	}
-	key := launchTaskKey(req.Title)
-	if t := s.byTitle[key]; t != nil {
-		rsp.Task = t
-		fmt.Printf("    \033[32m[task]\033[0m reused %s %q\n", t.ID, t.Title)
-		return nil
-	}
 	s.nextID++
-	t := &Task{ID: fmt.Sprintf("task-%d", s.nextID), Title: canonicalLaunchTitle(req.Title)}
+	t := &Task{ID: fmt.Sprintf("task-%d", s.nextID), Title: req.Title}
 	s.tasks = append(s.tasks, t)
-	s.byTitle[key] = t
 	rsp.Task = t
 	fmt.Printf("    \033[32m[task]\033[0m created %s %q\n", t.ID, t.Title)
 	return nil
 }
 
-func launchTaskKey(title string) string {
-	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(title))
-	switch {
-	case strings.Contains(s, "design"):
-		return "design"
-	case strings.Contains(s, "build"):
-		return "build"
-	case strings.Contains(s, "ship"):
-		return "ship"
-	default:
-		return s
-	}
-}
-
-func canonicalLaunchTitle(title string) string {
-	switch launchTaskKey(title) {
-	case "design":
-		return "Design"
-	case "build":
-		return "Build"
-	case "ship":
-		return "Ship"
-	default:
-		return strings.TrimSpace(title)
-	}
-}
-
 // List returns all tasks.
 // @example {}
 func (s *TaskService) List(ctx context.Context, req *ListRequest, rsp *ListResponse) error {
@@ -135,33 +96,17 @@ type SendResponse struct {
 	Sent bool `json:"sent"`
 }
 type NotifyService struct {
-	mu         sync.Mutex
-	sent       int
-	attempts   int
-	duplicates int
-	bySend     map[string]bool
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	sent int
 }
 
-// Send delivers a notification message to a recipient. Duplicate delivery
-// attempts for the same recipient/message are treated as successful replays
-// without producing another side effect.
+// Send delivers a notification message to a recipient.
 // @example {"to": "owner@acme.com", "message": "ready"}
 func (s *NotifyService) Send(ctx context.Context, req *SendRequest, rsp *SendResponse) error {
 	s.mu.Lock()
-	if s.bySend == nil {
-		s.bySend = map[string]bool{}
-	}
-	key := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(req.To)) + "\x00" + strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(req.Message))
-	s.attempts++
-	if !s.bySend[key] {
-		s.bySend[key] = true
-		s.sent++
-		fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m 📨 to=%s message=%q\n", req.To, req.Message)
-	} else {
-		s.duplicates++
-		fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m reused to=%s message=%q\n", req.To, req.Message)
-	}
+	s.sent++
 	s.mu.Unlock()
+	fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m 📨 to=%s message=%q\n", req.To, req.Message)
 	rsp.Sent = true
 	return nil
 }
@@ -172,28 +117,13 @@ func (s *NotifyService) count() int {
 	return s.sent
 }
 
-func (s *NotifyService) duplicateAttempts() int {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	return s.duplicates
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // mock LLM provider — the ONLY fake. It "reasons" by simple heuristics
 // over the tools it's offered and the system prompt it's given, calling
 // the real tool handler exactly the way a real provider would.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-type mockModel struct {
-	opts ai.Options
-
-	// unknownDelegateOnce makes the mock emit one provider-style, unavailable
-	// delegate tool name before using the registered delegate tool. This mirrors
-	// live providers that occasionally hallucinate a provider-specific tool while
-	// still keeping the regression deterministic and keyless.
-	unknownDelegateOnce    bool
-	emittedUnknownDelegate bool
-}
+type mockModel struct{ opts ai.Options }
 
 func newMock(opts ...ai.Option) ai.Model {
 	m := &mockModel{}
@@ -201,12 +131,6 @@ func newMock(opts ...ai.Option) ai.Model {
 	return m
 }
 
-func newMockUnknownDelegate(opts ...ai.Option) ai.Model {
-	m := &mockModel{unknownDelegateOnce: true}
-	_ = m.Init(opts...)
-	return m
-}
-
 func (m *mockModel) Init(opts ...ai.Option) error {
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(&m.opts)
@@ -272,18 +196,10 @@ func (m *mockModel) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, _ ...ai.Gener
 			}
 		}
 		if del := findTool(req.Tools, "delegate"); del != "" {
-			if m.unknownDelegateOnce && !m.emittedUnknownDelegate {
-				m.emittedUnknownDelegate = true
-				m.call("conductor", "atlascloud_delegate", map[string]any{
-					"task": "Notify owner@acme.com that the launch plan is ready",
-					"to":   "comms",
-				})
-			} else {
-				m.call("conductor", del, map[string]any{
-					"task": "Notify owner@acme.com that the launch plan is ready",
-					"to":   "comms",
-				})
-			}
+			m.call("conductor", del, map[string]any{
+				"task": "Notify owner@acme.com that the launch plan is ready",
+				"to":   "comms",
+			})
 		}
 		return &ai.Response{Answer: "Created Design, Build and Ship, and had comms notify the owner."}, nil
 
@@ -311,12 +227,9 @@ func providerKey(provider string) string {
 
 func runPlanDelegate(provider string) error {
 	apiKey := ""
-	switch provider {
-	case "mock":
+	if provider == "mock" {
 		ai.Register("mock", newMock)
-	case "mock-unknown-delegate":
-		ai.Register("mock-unknown-delegate", newMockUnknownDelegate)
-	default:
+	} else {
 		apiKey = providerKey(provider)
 		if apiKey == "" {
 			fmt.Printf("no API key for provider %q — set MICRO_AI_API_KEY or the provider's key env\n", provider)
@@ -328,11 +241,8 @@ func runPlanDelegate(provider string) error {
 	fmt.Print("Real services, registry, RPC, agent loop, store, delegation.\n\n")
 
 	reg := registry.NewMemoryRegistry()
-	cl := harnessutil.Client(provider, reg)
+	cl := client.NewClient(client.Registry(reg), client.Selector(selector.NewSelector(selector.Registry(reg))))
 	mem := store.NewMemoryStore()
-	liveAgentOpts := harnessutil.AgentOptions(provider)
-	commsCheckpoint := flow.StoreCheckpoint(mem, "agent-comms")
-	conductorCheckpoint := flow.StoreCheckpoint(mem, "agent-conductor")
 
 	// Real services.
 	taskSvc := new(TaskService)
@@ -350,32 +260,26 @@ func runPlanDelegate(provider string) error {
 	go notify.Run()
 
 	// Real comms agent (owns notify), registered so delegate reaches it over RPC.
-	commsOpts := []agent.Option{
+	comms := agent.New(
 		agent.Name("comms"),
 		agent.Address("127.0.0.1:0"),
 		agent.Services("notify"),
 		agent.Prompt("You handle outbound notifications. Use the notify service."),
 		agent.Provider(provider), agent.APIKey(apiKey),
 		agent.WithRegistry(reg), agent.WithClient(cl), agent.WithStore(mem),
-		agent.WithCheckpoint(commsCheckpoint),
-	}
-	commsOpts = append(commsOpts, liveAgentOpts...)
-	comms := agent.New(commsOpts...)
+	)
 	go comms.Run()
 	defer comms.Stop()
 
 	// Real conductor agent (owns task), registered so the flow can reach it over RPC.
-	conductorOpts := []agent.Option{
+	conductor := agent.New(
 		agent.Name("conductor"),
 		agent.Address("127.0.0.1:0"),
 		agent.Services("task"),
-		agent.Prompt("You coordinate launch work. Plan first, create exactly one Design task, one Build task, and one Ship task, then delegate exactly one readiness notification to the \"comms\" agent. Do not create duplicate tasks and do not send notifications yourself."),
+		agent.Prompt("You coordinate launch work. Plan first, create tasks, and delegate notifications to the \"comms\" agent."),
 		agent.Provider(provider), agent.APIKey(apiKey),
 		agent.WithRegistry(reg), agent.WithClient(cl), agent.WithStore(mem),
-		agent.WithCheckpoint(conductorCheckpoint),
-	}
-	conductorOpts = append(conductorOpts, liveAgentOpts...)
-	conductor := agent.New(conductorOpts...)
+	)
 	go conductor.Run()
 	defer conductor.Stop()
 
@@ -399,25 +303,14 @@ func runPlanDelegate(provider string) error {
 	f := flow.New("zero-to-hero",
 		flow.Agent("conductor"),
 		flow.Prompt("Create three launch tasks (Design, Build, Ship), then make sure owner@acme.com is notified: {{.Data}}"),
-		flow.Timeout(harnessutil.LiveTimeout(provider)),
 	)
 	if err := f.Register(reg, broker.DefaultBroker, cl); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("flow register: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Print("\n\033[1m> flow:\033[0m services + agents + workflow + plan/delegate, no API key.\n\n")
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
-	executeDone := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() {
-		executeDone <- f.Execute(ctx, "launch readiness")
-	}()
-
-	if err := waitForPlanDelegateExecution(executeDone, taskSvc, notifySvc, func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		_, err := conductor.Ask(ctx, "The Design, Build, and Ship tasks already exist, but the owner notification is still missing. Delegate exactly one notification to the \"comms\" agent now: ask comms to notify owner@acme.com that the launch plan is ready. Do not create more tasks and do not answer until comms has handled the notification.")
-		return err
-	}); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if err := f.Execute(context.Background(), "launch readiness"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("flow execute: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if rs := f.Results(); len(rs) > 0 {
@@ -438,52 +331,8 @@ func runPlanDelegate(provider string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done <-chan error, taskSvc *TaskService, notifySvc *NotifyService, recoverMissingNotify func(context.Context) error) error {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(50 * time.Millisecond)
-	defer ticker.Stop()
-	for {
-		select {
-		case err := <-done:
-			tasks := taskSvc.count()
-			notify := notifySvc.count()
-			if err != nil {
-				if isClientTimeout(err) && tasks == 3 && notify == 1 {
-					fmt.Printf("\n\033[33mwarning:\033[0m flow execute returned after completed side effects: %v\n", err)
-					return nil
-				}
-				return fmt.Errorf("flow execute after side effects tasks=%d notify=%d: %w", tasks, notify, err)
-			}
-			if notify != 1 {
-				if recoverMissingNotify == nil || tasks != 3 || notify != 0 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("delegation completed without required notify side effect: notify=%d, want 1", notify)
-				}
-				fmt.Print("\n\033[33mwarning:\033[0m flow completed before delegated notify; retrying the missing comms handoff once.\n")
-				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
-				retryErr := recoverMissingNotify(ctx)
-				cancel()
-				if retryErr != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("delegation completed without required notify side effect and recovery failed: notify=%d, want 1: %w", notify, retryErr)
-				}
-				if notify = notifySvc.count(); notify != 1 {
-					return fmt.Errorf("delegation recovery completed without required notify side effect: notify=%d, want 1", notify)
-				}
-			}
-			return nil
-		case <-ticker.C:
-			if dup := notifySvc.duplicateAttempts(); dup > 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("duplicate notify attempts: got %d duplicate replay(s), want 0", dup)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func isClientTimeout(err error) bool {
-	msg := strings.ToLower(err.Error())
-	return strings.Contains(msg, "request timeout") || strings.Contains(msg, "code=408") || strings.Contains(msg, "code\":408")
-}
-
 func main() {
-	provider := flag.String("provider", "mock", "LLM provider: mock (default), mock-unknown-delegate, anthropic, openai, gemini, groq, mistral, together, atlascloud")
+	provider := flag.String("provider", "mock", "LLM provider: mock (default), anthropic, openai, gemini, groq, mistral, together, atlascloud")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	if err := runPlanDelegate(*provider); err != nil {

internal/harness/plan-delegate/main_test.go

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -221,148 +219,3 @@ func TestZeroToHeroContract(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("0→hero harness: %v", err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestPlanDelegateRetriesAfterUnknownDelegateTool(t *testing.T) {
-	if testing.Short() {
-		t.Skip("0→hero harness boots an end-to-end system; skipped with -short")
-	}
-	if err := runPlanDelegate("mock-unknown-delegate"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("0→hero harness with unknown delegate retry: %v", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestTaskServiceAddIsIdempotentForLaunchTitles(t *testing.T) {
-	svc := new(TaskService)
-	for _, title := range []string{"Design", "design task", "Build", "Build launch task", "Ship", "ship readiness"} {
-		var rsp AddResponse
-		if err := svc.Add(context.Background(), &AddRequest{Title: title}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Add(%q): %v", title, err)
-		}
-		if rsp.Task == nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Add(%q) returned nil task", title)
-		}
-	}
-	if got := svc.count(); got != 3 {
-		t.Fatalf("task count = %d, want 3 after duplicate launch-title replays", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPlanDelegateExecutionReportsDuplicateNotifyBeforeTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	notifySvc := new(NotifyService)
-	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		var rsp SendResponse
-		if err := notifySvc.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{To: "owner@acme.com", Message: "The launch plan is ready"}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Send attempt %d: %v", i+1, err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	done := make(chan error)
-	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() { errCh <- waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done, new(TaskService), notifySvc, nil) }()
-
-	select {
-	case err := <-errCh:
-		if err == nil {
-			t.Fatal("waitForPlanDelegateExecution returned nil, want duplicate notify error")
-		}
-		if got := err.Error(); !strings.Contains(got, "duplicate notify attempts") {
-			t.Fatalf("error = %q, want duplicate notify attempts", got)
-		}
-	case <-time.After(time.Second):
-		t.Fatal("waitForPlanDelegateExecution did not report duplicate notify before timeout")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPlanDelegateExecutionRejectsClaimedCompletionWithoutNotify(t *testing.T) {
-	notifySvc := new(NotifyService)
-	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	done <- nil
-
-	err := waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done, new(TaskService), notifySvc, nil)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("waitForPlanDelegateExecution returned nil, want missing notify side-effect error")
-	}
-	if got := err.Error(); !strings.Contains(got, "without required notify side effect") {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want missing notify side-effect error", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPlanDelegateExecutionRecoversMissingNotifyOnce(t *testing.T) {
-	taskSvc := new(TaskService)
-	for _, title := range []string{"Design", "Build", "Ship"} {
-		var rsp AddResponse
-		if err := taskSvc.Add(context.Background(), &AddRequest{Title: title}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Add(%q): %v", title, err)
-		}
-	}
-	notifySvc := new(NotifyService)
-	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	done <- nil
-
-	recovered := false
-	err := waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done, taskSvc, notifySvc, func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		recovered = true
-		var rsp SendResponse
-		return notifySvc.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{To: "owner@acme.com", Message: "The launch plan is ready"}, &rsp)
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("waitForPlanDelegateExecution returned %v, want recovery success", err)
-	}
-	if !recovered {
-		t.Fatal("missing notify recovery was not invoked")
-	}
-	if got := notifySvc.count(); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("notify count = %d, want 1 after recovery", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPlanDelegateExecutionAcceptsClientTimeoutAfterSideEffects(t *testing.T) {
-	taskSvc := new(TaskService)
-	for _, title := range []string{"Design", "Build", "Ship"} {
-		var rsp AddResponse
-		if err := taskSvc.Add(context.Background(), &AddRequest{Title: title}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Add(%q): %v", title, err)
-		}
-	}
-	notifySvc := new(NotifyService)
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := notifySvc.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{To: "owner@acme.com", Message: "The launch plan is ready"}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Send: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	done <- errors.New(`{"id":"go.micro.client","code":408,"detail":"<nil>","status":"Request Timeout"}`)
-
-	if err := waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done, taskSvc, notifySvc, nil); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("waitForPlanDelegateExecution returned %v, want completed side effects to satisfy client timeout", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPlanDelegateExecutionRejectsClientTimeoutBeforeSideEffects(t *testing.T) {
-	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	done <- errors.New(`{"id":"go.micro.client","code":408,"detail":"<nil>","status":"Request Timeout"}`)
-
-	err := waitForPlanDelegateExecution(done, new(TaskService), new(NotifyService), nil)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("waitForPlanDelegateExecution returned nil, want timeout before side effects to fail")
-	}
-	if got := err.Error(); !strings.Contains(got, "tasks=0 notify=0") {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want side-effect counts", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyServiceSendIsIdempotentForDuplicateDelivery(t *testing.T) {
-	svc := new(NotifyService)
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		var rsp SendResponse
-		if err := svc.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{To: "owner@acme.com", Message: "The launch plan is ready"}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("Send attempt %d: %v", i+1, err)
-		}
-		if !rsp.Sent {
-			t.Fatalf("Send attempt %d reported Sent=false", i+1)
-		}
-	}
-	if got := svc.count(); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("notify count = %d, want 1 after duplicate delivery replays", got)
-	}
-}

internal/harness/provider-conformance/README.md

@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ agent test and the harnesses in `internal/harness`:
   preserving run metadata.
 
 The command also emits the registered provider capability matrix so the run shows
-which providers advertise model, image, video, and streaming support. Console output
-and summary artifacts label each harness with the phase it is proving (for example,
-model call + tool call, workflow event + tool call, or streaming fallback + tool
-call), so provider failures identify the failed lifecycle phase instead of only the
-provider name.
+which providers advertise model, image, video, and streaming support.
 
 ## Local usage
 
@@ -51,7 +47,6 @@ Provider keys are read from `MICRO_AI_API_KEY` or the provider-specific variable
 | OpenAI | `OPENAI_API_KEY` |
 | Gemini | `GEMINI_API_KEY` |
 | Groq | `GROQ_API_KEY` |
-| MiniMax | `MINIMAX_API_KEY` |
 | Mistral | `MISTRAL_API_KEY` |
 | Together | `TOGETHER_API_KEY` |
 | AtlasCloud | `ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY` |

internal/harness/provider-conformance/main.go

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/atlascloud"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/gemini"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/groq"
-	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/minimax"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/mistral"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/openai"
 	_ "go-micro.dev/v6/ai/together"
@@ -37,20 +36,11 @@ import (
 
 const defaultHarnesses = "agent,universe,agent-flow,plan-delegate,a2a-stream-fallback"
 
-var harnessPhases = map[string]string{
-	"agent":               "model call + tool call",
-	"universe":            "service discovery + tool call",
-	"agent-flow":          "workflow event + tool call",
-	"plan-delegate":       "plan persistence + delegation + tool call",
-	"a2a-stream-fallback": "streaming fallback + tool call",
-}
-
 var providerEnv = map[string]string{
 	"anthropic":  "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
 	"openai":     "OPENAI_API_KEY",
 	"gemini":     "GEMINI_API_KEY",
 	"groq":       "GROQ_API_KEY",
-	"minimax":    "MINIMAX_API_KEY",
 	"mistral":    "MISTRAL_API_KEY",
 	"together":   "TOGETHER_API_KEY",
 	"atlascloud": "ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY",
@@ -102,16 +92,15 @@ func main() {
 		}
 
 		for _, harness := range harnesses {
-			phase := harnessPhase(harness)
-			fmt.Printf("\n==> %s / %s (%s)\n", provider, harness, phase)
+			fmt.Printf("\n==> %s / %s\n", provider, harness)
 			if err := runHarness(provider, harness, *timeoutFlag); err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("FAIL %s / %s (%s): %v\n", provider, harness, phase, err)
+				fmt.Printf("FAIL %s / %s: %v\n", provider, harness, err)
 				failed++
-				results = append(results, conformanceResult{Provider: provider, Harness: harness, Phase: phase, Status: statusFailed, Error: err.Error()})
+				results = append(results, conformanceResult{Provider: provider, Harness: harness, Status: statusFailed, Error: err.Error()})
 				continue
 			}
 			ran++
-			results = append(results, conformanceResult{Provider: provider, Harness: harness, Phase: phase, Status: statusPassed})
+			results = append(results, conformanceResult{Provider: provider, Harness: harness, Status: statusPassed})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -151,7 +140,6 @@ const (
 type conformanceResult struct {
 	Provider string `json:"provider"`
 	Harness  string `json:"harness,omitempty"`
-	Phase    string `json:"phase,omitempty"`
 	Status   string `json:"status"`
 	Error    string `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -188,18 +176,14 @@ func writeSummaryMarkdown(path string, summary conformanceSummary) error {
 	b.WriteString("## Capability matrix\n\n")
 	b.WriteString(capabilityMarkdown(summary.Capabilities))
 	b.WriteString("\n## Harness results\n\n")
-	b.WriteString("| Provider | Harness | Phase | Status | Detail |\n")
-	b.WriteString("| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n")
+	b.WriteString("| Provider | Harness | Status | Detail |\n")
+	b.WriteString("| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n")
 	for _, result := range summary.Results {
 		harness := result.Harness
 		if harness == "" {
 			harness = "—"
 		}
-		phase := result.Phase
-		if phase == "" {
-			phase = "—"
-		}
-		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| %s | %s | %s | %s | %s |\n", result.Provider, harness, markdownCell(phase), result.Status, markdownCell(result.Error))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, "| %s | %s | %s | %s |\n", result.Provider, harness, result.Status, markdownCell(result.Error))
 	}
 	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(b.String()), 0o644)
 }
@@ -225,13 +209,6 @@ func markdownList(values []string) string {
 	return strings.Join(escaped, ", ")
 }
 
-func harnessPhase(harness string) string {
-	if phase, ok := harnessPhases[harness]; ok {
-		return phase
-	}
-	return "harness"
-}
-
 func markdownCell(s string) string {
 	if s == "" {
 		return "—"

internal/harness/provider-conformance/main_test.go

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestValidateSelectionRejectsUnsafeHarnessName(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDefaultProvidersTracksLiveProviderSet(t *testing.T) {
 	got := defaultProviders()
-	for _, want := range []string{"anthropic", "openai", "gemini", "groq", "minimax", "mistral", "together", "atlascloud"} {
+	for _, want := range []string{"anthropic", "openai", "gemini", "groq", "mistral", "together", "atlascloud"} {
 		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("defaultProviders() = %q, want %q", got, want)
 		}
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestCapabilityMatrixHasRegisteredProviders(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("CapabilityRows returned no providers")
 	}
 
-	var foundOpenAI, foundMiniMax bool
+	var foundOpenAI bool
 	for _, row := range rows {
 		if row.Provider == "openai" {
 			foundOpenAI = true
@@ -62,19 +62,10 @@ func TestCapabilityMatrixHasRegisteredProviders(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("openai capabilities = %#v, want model+image only", row.Capabilities)
 			}
 		}
-		if row.Provider == "minimax" {
-			foundMiniMax = true
-			if !row.Model || !row.Stream || row.Image || row.Video {
-				t.Fatalf("minimax capabilities = %#v, want model+stream only", row.Capabilities)
-			}
-		}
 	}
 	if !foundOpenAI {
 		t.Fatalf("CapabilityRows = %#v, want openai row", rows)
 	}
-	if !foundMiniMax {
-		t.Fatalf("CapabilityRows = %#v, want minimax row", rows)
-	}
 }
 
 func TestWriteCapabilityMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
@@ -108,7 +99,7 @@ func TestWriteSummaryMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
 	summary := conformanceSummary{
 		Capabilities: []ai.CapabilityRow{{Provider: "mock", Capabilities: ai.Capabilities{Model: true}}},
 		Results: []conformanceResult{
-			{Provider: "mock", Harness: "agent-flow", Phase: harnessPhase("agent-flow"), Status: statusPassed},
+			{Provider: "mock", Harness: "agent-flow", Status: statusPassed},
 			{Provider: "live", Status: statusSkipped, Error: "missing | key"},
 		},
 		Passed:  1,
@@ -129,8 +120,8 @@ func TestWriteSummaryMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
 		"Providers: —.",
 		"Harnesses: —.",
 		"| mock | ✅ | — | — | — |",
-		"| mock | agent-flow | workflow event + tool call | passed | — |",
-		"| live | — | — | skipped | missing \\| key |",
+		"| mock | agent-flow | passed | — |",
+		"| live | — | skipped | missing \\| key |",
 	} {
 		if !strings.Contains(got, want) {
 			t.Fatalf("summary markdown = %q, want %q", got, want)
@@ -138,15 +129,6 @@ func TestWriteSummaryMarkdown(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHarnessPhaseLabelsKnownHarnesses(t *testing.T) {
-	if got := harnessPhase("a2a-stream-fallback"); got != "streaming fallback + tool call" {
-		t.Fatalf("harnessPhase() = %q, want streaming fallback phase", got)
-	}
-	if got := harnessPhase("custom"); got != "harness" {
-		t.Fatalf("harnessPhase(custom) = %q, want fallback phase", got)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestMarkdownListEscapesBackticks(t *testing.T) {
 	got := markdownList([]string{"agent", "bad`name"})
 	want := "`agent`, `bad\\`name`"

internal/harness/universe/main.go

@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -41,11 +39,10 @@ import (
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/ai"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/broker"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/client"
-	codecbytes "go-micro.dev/v6/codec/bytes"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/flow"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/gateway/a2a"
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/internal/harness/harnessutil"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/registry"
+	"go-micro.dev/v6/selector"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/service"
 	"go-micro.dev/v6/store"
 )
@@ -111,179 +108,17 @@ type SendResponse struct {
 	Sent bool `json:"sent"`
 }
 
-type Notify struct {
-	mu           sync.Mutex
-	sent         int64
-	seen         map[string]struct{}
-	lastRejected *SendRequest
-}
+type Notify struct{ sent int64 }
 
 // Send delivers a notification.
 // @example {"to": "buyer@acme.com", "message": "Your order is confirmed"}
 func (s *Notify) Send(_ context.Context, req *SendRequest, rsp *SendResponse) error {
-	if !isBuyerNotification(req) {
-		to, message := "", ""
-		if req != nil {
-			to, message = req.To, req.Message
-		}
-		s.recordRejected(to, message)
-		fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m 📨 ignored non-buyer notification to=%s %q\n", to, message)
-		rsp.Sent = false
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	s.recordRejected("", "")
-
-	keys := notificationDedupeKeys(req)
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	if s.seen == nil {
-		s.seen = make(map[string]struct{})
-	}
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		if _, ok := s.seen[key]; ok {
-			s.mu.Unlock()
-			fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m 📨 duplicate suppressed to=%s %q\n", req.To, req.Message)
-			rsp.Sent = true
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		s.seen[key] = struct{}{}
-	}
-	s.mu.Unlock()
-
 	atomic.AddInt64(&s.sent, 1)
 	fmt.Printf("    \033[35m[notify]\033[0m 📨 to=%s %q\n", req.To, req.Message)
 	rsp.Sent = true
 	return nil
 }
 
-func isBuyerNotification(req *SendRequest) bool {
-	if req == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return canonicalBuyerRecipient(req.To) != ""
-}
-
-func (s *Notify) recordRejected(to, message string) {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if strings.TrimSpace(to) == "" && strings.TrimSpace(message) == "" {
-		s.lastRejected = nil
-		return
-	}
-	s.lastRejected = &SendRequest{To: to, Message: message}
-}
-
-func (s *Notify) rejectedSummary() string {
-	s.mu.Lock()
-	defer s.mu.Unlock()
-	if s.lastRejected == nil {
-		return "no rejected notify call observed"
-	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("last notify args to=%q message=%q", s.lastRejected.To, s.lastRejected.Message)
-}
-
-func canonicalBuyerRecipient(to string) string {
-	recipient := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(to))
-	switch recipient {
-	case "buyer", "buyer@acme.com":
-		return "buyer@acme.com"
-	}
-	if strings.HasPrefix(recipient, "buyer-of-order-") && len(recipient) > len("buyer-of-order-") {
-		return "buyer@acme.com"
-	}
-	for _, field := range strings.FieldsFunc(recipient, func(r rune) bool {
-		switch r {
-		case ' ', '\t', '\n', '\r', ',', ';', ':', '/', '\\', '(', ')', '[', ']', '{', '}':
-			return true
-		default:
-			return false
-		}
-	}) {
-		switch field {
-		case "buyer", "buyer@acme.com":
-			return "buyer@acme.com"
-		}
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func notificationDedupeKeys(req *SendRequest) []string {
-	recipient := canonicalBuyerRecipient(req.To)
-	if recipient == "" {
-		recipient = strings.TrimSpace(req.To)
-	}
-	keys := []string{recipient + "\x00" + req.Message}
-	message := strings.ToLower(req.Message)
-	if strings.Contains(message, "confirm") {
-		// Live models occasionally emit equivalent confirmation copy more than
-		// once while a resumed checkout is completing (for example, a concise
-		// "order-1 confirmed" followed by a fuller buyer-facing sentence). The
-		// harness has one checkout order, so treat confirmation messages to the
-		// same buyer as the same side effect while preserving exact-message
-		// idempotency for all other notifications.
-		keys = append(keys, recipient+"\x00confirmation")
-	}
-	return keys
-}
-
-func dispatchNotifyStep(agentName string, cl client.Client, ntf *Notify) flow.StepFunc {
-	return func(ctx context.Context, in flow.State) (flow.State, error) {
-		before := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent)
-		out, err := dispatchBuyerNotification(ctx, agentName, cl, in)
-		if err != nil {
-			out = in
-		}
-		return completeNotifyOnObservedSideEffect(ctx, out, ntf, before, 2*time.Second, err)
-	}
-}
-
-func dispatchBuyerNotification(ctx context.Context, agentName string, cl client.Client, in flow.State) (flow.State, error) {
-	if cl == nil {
-		cl = client.DefaultClient
-	}
-	info, _ := ai.RunInfoFrom(ctx)
-	message := fmt.Sprintf(
-		"Checkout flow confirmed this order: %s. Use notify.Send exactly once to notify buyer@acme.com that the order is confirmed. Do not reply until the notify tool call has completed.",
-		strings.TrimSpace(in.String()),
-	)
-	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{"message": message, "parent_id": info.RunID})
-	req := cl.NewRequest(agentName, "Agent.Chat", &codecbytes.Frame{Data: body})
-	var rsp codecbytes.Frame
-	if err := cl.Call(ctx, req, &rsp); err != nil {
-		return in, err
-	}
-	var out struct {
-		Reply string `json:"reply"`
-	}
-	_ = json.Unmarshal(rsp.Data, &out)
-	in.Data = []byte(out.Reply)
-	return in, nil
-}
-
-func completeNotifyOnObservedSideEffect(ctx context.Context, in flow.State, ntf *Notify, before int64, wait time.Duration, dispatchErr error) (flow.State, error) {
-	deadline := time.Now().Add(wait)
-	for time.Now().Before(deadline) {
-		if atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent) > before {
-			in.Data = []byte("Buyer notified.")
-			return in, nil
-		}
-		select {
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			if dispatchErr != nil {
-				return in, dispatchErr
-			}
-			return in, ctx.Err()
-		case <-time.After(25 * time.Millisecond):
-		}
-	}
-	if dispatchErr != nil {
-		return in, dispatchErr
-	}
-	return in, fmt.Errorf("concierge completed without notifying buyer: notify count stayed at %d; expected recipient buyer@acme.com, buyer, or buyer-of-order-<id>; %s", before, ntf.rejectedSummary())
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // mock LLM — the only fake. The concierge agent uses it to decide to notify.
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -309,10 +144,6 @@ func (m *mockModel) Stream(context.Context, *ai.Request, ...ai.GenerateOption) (
 }
 
 func (m *mockModel) Generate(ctx context.Context, req *ai.Request, _ ...ai.GenerateOption) (*ai.Response, error) {
-	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(req.Prompt), "a2a reachability probe") {
-		return &ai.Response{Answer: "concierge reachable"}, nil
-	}
-
 	// The concierge is asked to notify the buyer. Find the notify tool and call it.
 	for _, t := range req.Tools {
 		if strings.Contains(t.Name, "Send") && m.opts.ToolHandler != nil {
@@ -344,19 +175,10 @@ func check(cond bool, format string, args ...any) {
 
 // a2aReachable calls the named agent through the gateway using the A2A
 // client — exercising both directions of the protocol — and reports
-// whether the agent replied. The probe is intentionally side-effect-free:
-// the checkout flow already proved notify tool execution, and reachability
-// should not depend on a live model deciding to send another notification.
-func a2aReachable(ctx context.Context, base, agent string) error {
-	probe := "A2A reachability probe only. Reply with the words concierge reachable. Do not call tools or send notifications."
-	reply, err := a2a.NewClient(base+"/agents/"+agent).Send(ctx, probe)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if strings.TrimSpace(reply) == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("empty A2A reply")
-	}
-	return nil
+// whether the agent replied.
+func a2aReachable(base, agent string) bool {
+	reply, err := a2a.NewClient(base+"/agents/"+agent).Send(context.Background(), "notify the buyer")
+	return err == nil && reply != ""
 }
 
 func providerKey(provider string) string {
@@ -407,9 +229,8 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 		fmt.Println("broker connect:", err)
 		return 2
 	}
-	cl := harnessutil.Client(provider, reg)
+	cl := client.NewClient(client.Registry(reg), client.Selector(selector.NewSelector(selector.Registry(reg))))
 	st := store.NewMemoryStore()
-	liveAgentOpts := harnessutil.AgentOptions(provider)
 
 	// Services.
 	inv, pay, ord, ntf := new(Inventory), new(Payment), new(Orders), new(Notify)
@@ -422,7 +243,7 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 	// The concierge agent: guardrails on, plus a tool-execution wrapper
 	// that counts calls — to prove the wrapper seam runs end-to-end.
 	var wrapped int64
-	conciergeOpts := []agent.Option{
+	concierge := agent.New(
 		agent.Name("concierge"),
 		agent.Services("notify"),
 		agent.Prompt("You notify buyers when their order is confirmed."),
@@ -436,9 +257,7 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 			}
 		}),
 		agent.WithRegistry(reg), agent.WithClient(cl), agent.WithStore(st),
-	}
-	conciergeOpts = append(conciergeOpts, liveAgentOpts...)
-	concierge := agent.New(conciergeOpts...)
+	)
 	go concierge.Run()
 	defer concierge.Stop()
 
@@ -449,12 +268,11 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 	checkout := flow.New("checkout",
 		flow.Trigger("events.order.placed"),
 		flow.WithCheckpoint(flow.StoreCheckpoint(st, "checkout")),
-		flow.Timeout(harnessutil.LiveTimeout(provider)),
 		flow.Steps(
 			flow.Step{Name: "reserve", Run: flow.Call("inventory", "Inventory.Reserve")},
 			flow.Step{Name: "charge", Run: flow.Call("payment", "Payment.Charge")},
 			flow.Step{Name: "confirm", Run: flow.Call("orders", "Orders.Confirm")},
-			flow.Step{Name: "notify", Run: dispatchNotifyStep("concierge", cl, ntf)},
+			flow.Step{Name: "notify", Run: flow.Dispatch("concierge")},
 		),
 	)
 	if err := checkout.Register(reg, br, cl); err != nil {
@@ -510,7 +328,7 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&inv.reserves) == 1, "inventory still reserved exactly once (completed step not replayed)")
 	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&pay.attempts) == 2, "payment attempted twice (failed once, then charged)")
 	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&ord.confirms) == 1, "order confirmed after resume")
-	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent) == 1, "buyer notified exactly once by the concierge agent")
+	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent) >= 1, "buyer notified by the concierge agent")
 	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&wrapped) >= 1, "agent tool-execution wrapper observed the call")
 
 	if pend, _ := checkout.Pending(ctx); true {
@@ -532,12 +350,7 @@ func runUniverse(provider string) int {
 	// translated to its Agent.Chat RPC.
 	gw := httptest.NewServer(a2a.New(a2a.Options{Registry: reg, Client: cl, BaseURL: "http://gw"}).Handler())
 	defer gw.Close()
-	beforeA2A := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent)
-	reachCtx, cancelReach := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
-	reachErr := a2aReachable(reachCtx, gw.URL, "concierge")
-	cancelReach()
-	check(reachErr == nil, "concierge agent reachable over the A2A gateway: %v", reachErr)
-	check(atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent) == beforeA2A, "A2A reachability probe did not send extra buyer notifications")
+	check(a2aReachable(gw.URL, "concierge"), "concierge agent reachable over the A2A gateway")
 
 	fmt.Println("\n\033[1m> shutting down the universe\033[0m")
 	// defers stop the agent and flow (deregistering them).

internal/harness/universe/main_test.go

@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"go-micro.dev/v6/flow"
 )
 
 // TestUniverseHarnessContract makes the 0→hero harness part of the ordinary
@@ -24,213 +18,3 @@ func TestUniverseHarnessContract(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("universe harness exited with code %d", code)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestNotifyStepCompletesAfterObservedSideEffectTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	before := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent)
-	go func() {
-		time.Sleep(30 * time.Millisecond)
-		var rsp SendResponse
-		if err := ntf.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{
-			To:      "buyer@acme.com",
-			Message: "Your order is confirmed.",
-		}, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("send notification: %v", err)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	out, err := completeNotifyOnObservedSideEffect(
-		context.Background(),
-		flow.State{Data: []byte(`{"order":"order-1"}`)},
-		ntf,
-		before,
-		time.Second,
-		errors.New("client observed timeout"),
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("notify completion returned error: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := out.String(); got != "Buyer notified." {
-		t.Fatalf("result = %q, want Buyer notified.", got)
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := ntf.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{
-		To:      "buyer@acme.com",
-		Message: "Your order is confirmed.",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("duplicate send: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("notifications sent after duplicate = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyStepRejectsClaimedCompletionWithoutSideEffect(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	before := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent)
-
-	_, err := completeNotifyOnObservedSideEffect(
-		context.Background(),
-		flow.State{Data: []byte(`claimed success`)},
-		ntf,
-		before,
-		25*time.Millisecond,
-		nil,
-	)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("notify completion returned nil, want missing buyer notification error")
-	}
-	want := `concierge completed without notifying buyer: notify count stayed at 0; expected recipient buyer@acme.com, buyer, or buyer-of-order-<id>; no rejected notify call observed`
-	if got := err.Error(); got != want {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want %q", got, want)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifySuppressesEquivalentConfirmationMessages(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	for _, req := range []*SendRequest{
-		{To: "buyer@acme.com", Message: "Your order order-1 has been confirmed."},
-		{To: "buyer@acme.com", Message: "order-1 confirmed"},
-	} {
-		var rsp SendResponse
-		if err := ntf.Send(ctx, req, &rsp); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("send notification %q: %v", req.Message, err)
-		}
-		if !rsp.Sent {
-			t.Fatalf("send notification %q did not report sent", req.Message)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("equivalent confirmation notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyAcceptsBuyerAlias(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "buyer",
-		Message: "Your order order-1 has been confirmed.",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send buyer alias notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("buyer alias notification did not report sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("buyer alias notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "buyer@acme.com",
-		Message: "order-1 confirmed",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send canonical buyer notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("canonical buyer notification did not report sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("alias/canonical confirmation notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyIgnoresNonBuyerRecipients(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "order-1",
-		Message: "order-1 confirmed",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send non-buyer notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("non-buyer notification reported sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("non-buyer notifications sent = %d, want 0", got)
-	}
-
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "buyer@acme.com",
-		Message: "Your order order-1 has been confirmed.",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send buyer notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("buyer notification did not report sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("buyer notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyAcceptsOrderScopedBuyerRecipient(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "buyer-of-order-1",
-		Message: "order-1 confirmed",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send order-scoped buyer notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if !rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("order-scoped buyer notification did not report sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("order-scoped buyer notifications sent = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-
-	if err := ntf.Send(ctx, &SendRequest{
-		To:      "non-buyer",
-		Message: "order-1 confirmed",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send hyphenated non-buyer notification: %v", err)
-	}
-	if rsp.Sent {
-		t.Fatal("hyphenated non-buyer notification reported sent")
-	}
-	if got := atomic.LoadInt64(&ntf.sent); got != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("notifications sent after hyphenated non-buyer = %d, want 1", got)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNotifyStepReportsRejectedRecipientDiagnostics(t *testing.T) {
-	ntf := new(Notify)
-	var rsp SendResponse
-	if err := ntf.Send(context.Background(), &SendRequest{
-		To:      "order-1",
-		Message: "order-1 confirmed",
-	}, &rsp); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("send rejected notification: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	_, err := completeNotifyOnObservedSideEffect(
-		context.Background(),
-		flow.State{Data: []byte(`claimed success`)},
-		ntf,
-		0,
-		25*time.Millisecond,
-		nil,
-	)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("notify completion returned nil, want diagnostics")
-	}
-	want := `concierge completed without notifying buyer: notify count stayed at 0; expected recipient buyer@acme.com, buyer, or buyer-of-order-<id>; last notify args to="order-1" message="order-1 confirmed"`
-	if got := err.Error(); got != want {
-		t.Fatalf("error = %q, want %q", got, want)
-	}
-}

internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci/README.md

@@ -4,17 +4,14 @@ This directory owns the no-secret reference scenario for the Go Micro
 services → agents → workflows lifecycle. It is intentionally small and
 scripted so CI can run it on every push without external services or model keys.
 
-`run.sh` verifies five boundaries together:
+`run.sh` verifies four boundaries together:
 
-1. **First agent** — `micro new`, `micro agent preflight`, `micro run`,
-   `micro chat`, and `micro inspect agent <name>` remain available as the
-   documented first-agent walkthrough path.
-2. **Run** — `micro run` remains available as the local development entry point.
-3. **Chat** — `micro chat` remains available as the interactive agent entry point.
-4. **Inspect** — `micro inspect agent <name>` and `micro inspect flow <name>`
+1. **Run** — `micro run` remains available as the local development entry point.
+2. **Chat** — `micro chat` remains available as the interactive agent entry point.
+3. **Inspect** — `micro inspect agent <name>` and `micro inspect flow <name>`
    remain available as the local run-history inspection step, with `micro flow
    runs` preserving durable workflow history inspection.
-5. **Deploy** — `micro deploy --dry-run <target>` remains available as the
+4. **Deploy** — `micro deploy --dry-run <target>` remains available as the
    deployment-boundary checkpoint. The dry run resolves configured deploy targets
    and services and prints the remote build/copy/systemd/health plan without
    building binaries, opening SSH connections, running `rsync`, or touching
@@ -27,17 +24,15 @@ and A2A with only the LLM mocked.
 ## Local and CI entry points
 
 The default GitHub harness workflow runs this script on every push and pull
-request after the install smoke check and 0→1 scaffold contract. Developers can
-verify the installer seam alone with `make install-smoke`, or run the same
-no-secret contract locally with:
+request after the 0→1 scaffold contract. Developers can run the same no-secret
+contract locally with:
 
 ```sh
 make harness
 ```
 
-That target intentionally exercises the install script smoke path, both 0→1
-scaffold variants, the 0→hero scenario, the event-driven agent-flow harness, and
-mock provider conformance, so
+That target intentionally exercises both 0→1 scaffold variants, the 0→hero
+scenario, the event-driven agent-flow harness, and mock provider conformance, so
 the public scaffold → run/chat → inspect → deploy lifecycle stays executable
 outside CI as well. Live provider checks remain separate and gated by configured
 API keys (`make provider-conformance` or the scheduled/manual CI job).

internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci/docs_test.go

@@ -14,10 +14,8 @@ func TestZeroToHeroReferenceDocs(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, want := range []string{
 		"make harness",
 		"go test ./cmd/micro/cli/new -run TestZeroToOne -count=1",
-		"go test ./cmd/micro -run TestFirstAgentWalkthroughCLIBoundaries -count=1",
 		"go test ./cmd/micro -run TestZeroToHeroCLIBoundaries -count=1",
 		"go test ./cmd/micro/cli/deploy -run TestDeployDryRun -count=1",
-		"go test ./examples/support -run 'TestRunSupportMockSmoke|TestZeroToHeroReadmeDocumentsLifecycle' -count=1",
 		"./internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci/run.sh",
 		"go run ./internal/harness/agent-flow",
 		"make provider-conformance-mock",
@@ -40,71 +38,6 @@ func TestZeroToHeroReferenceDocs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestGuidesNavigationLeadsWithDoing(t *testing.T) {
-	root := filepath.Clean(filepath.Join("..", "..", ".."))
-	nav := readFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "internal", "website", "_data", "navigation.yml"))
-
-	orderedGuides := []string{
-		"/docs/guides/no-secret-first-agent.html",
-		"/docs/guides/your-first-agent.html",
-		"/docs/guides/zero-to-hero.html",
-		"/docs/guides/plan-delegate.html",
-		"/docs/guides/agent-guardrails.html",
-		"/docs/guides/agents-and-workflows.html",
-		"/docs/guides/agent-patterns.html",
-		"/docs/guides/agent-harness.html",
-		"/docs/guides/agent-loops.html",
-	}
-
-	last := -1
-	for _, guide := range orderedGuides {
-		idx := strings.Index(nav, guide)
-		if idx == -1 {
-			t.Fatalf("website navigation does not expose %s", guide)
-		}
-		if idx < last {
-			t.Fatalf("website navigation should lead with hands-on guides; %s appeared out of order", guide)
-		}
-		last = idx
-
-		doc := strings.TrimPrefix(strings.TrimSuffix(guide, ".html"), "/docs/") + ".md"
-		if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(root, "internal", "website", "docs", doc)); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("navigation links to missing guide %s: %v", guide, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestNoSecretFirstAgentTranscript(t *testing.T) {
-	root := filepath.Clean(filepath.Join("..", "..", ".."))
-	guide := readFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "internal", "website", "docs", "guides", "no-secret-first-agent.md"))
-
-	for _, want := range []string{
-		"go run ./examples/support",
-		"go test ./examples/support -run TestRunSupportMockSmoke -count=1",
-		"make harness",
-		"micro agent preflight",
-		"micro run",
-		"micro chat assistant",
-		"micro inspect agent assistant",
-		"go test ./cmd/micro -run TestFirstAgentWalkthroughCLIBoundaries -count=1",
-		"No-secret first-agent transcript",
-	} {
-		if !strings.Contains(guide, want) {
-			t.Fatalf("no-secret first-agent transcript missing %q", want)
-		}
-	}
-
-	readme := readFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "README.md"))
-	if !strings.Contains(readme, "internal/website/docs/guides/no-secret-first-agent.md") {
-		t.Fatal("README does not point to the no-secret first-agent transcript")
-	}
-
-	firstAgent := readFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "internal", "website", "docs", "guides", "your-first-agent.md"))
-	if !strings.Contains(firstAgent, "no-secret-first-agent.html") {
-		t.Fatal("Your First Agent guide does not point to the no-secret transcript")
-	}
-}
-
 func readFile(t *testing.T, name string) string {
 	t.Helper()
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(name)

internal/harness/zero-to-hero-ci/run.sh

@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@ cd "$ROOT"
 
 # Keep the developer inner-loop boundaries executable and discoverable in CI
 # without secrets or long-running daemons.
-go test ./cmd/micro -run 'TestFirstAgentWalkthroughCLIBoundaries|TestZeroToHeroCLIBoundaries' -count=1
+go test ./cmd/micro -run TestZeroToHeroCLIBoundaries -count=1
 go test ./cmd/micro/cli/deploy -run TestDeployDryRun -count=1
 
 # Deterministic no-secret reference scenarios. These use the real Go Micro
-# runtime and mock only the LLM provider. The support example is the maintained
-# runnable 0→hero app; keep it in this CI path so its documented run/chat/inspect
-# journey cannot drift from the framework.
-go test ./examples/support -run 'TestRunSupportMockSmoke|TestZeroToHeroReadmeDocumentsLifecycle' -count=1
+# runtime and mock only the LLM provider.
 go test ./internal/harness/universe ./internal/harness/plan-delegate -run 'Test.*Harness|TestPlanDelegateEndToEnd|TestPlanDelegateFlowHandoff' -count=1

internal/scripts/install.sh

@@ -23,12 +23,8 @@ case $OS in
     *) echo "Unsupported OS: $OS"; exit 1 ;;
 esac
 
-# Determine install directory. MICRO_INSTALL_DIR is intended for CI/local smoke
-# tests that verify the installer without writing to a real system directory.
-if [ -n "${MICRO_INSTALL_DIR:-}" ]; then
-    INSTALL_DIR="$MICRO_INSTALL_DIR"
-    mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
-elif [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ] || [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+# Determine install directory
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ] || [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
     INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/bin"
 else
     INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
@@ -48,11 +44,8 @@ fi
 TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
 TMP_FILE="${TMP_DIR}/micro.tar.gz"
 
-# Download, or use a local release archive supplied by the deterministic smoke
-# harness. The default path still fetches the documented GitHub release artifact.
-if [ -n "${MICRO_INSTALL_ARCHIVE:-}" ]; then
-    cp "$MICRO_INSTALL_ARCHIVE" "$TMP_FILE"
-elif command -v curl &> /dev/null; then
+# Download
+if command -v curl &> /dev/null; then
     curl -fsSL "$URL" -o "$TMP_FILE"
 elif command -v wget &> /dev/null; then
     wget -q "$URL" -O "$TMP_FILE"

internal/website/_data/navigation.yml

@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ core:
     url: /docs/getting-started.html
   - title: AI Integration
     url: /docs/ai-integration.html
-  - title: No-secret First Agent
-    url: /docs/guides/no-secret-first-agent.html
-  - title: Your First Agent
-    url: /docs/guides/your-first-agent.html
-  - title: 0→hero Reference
-    url: /docs/guides/zero-to-hero.html
   - title: MCP & AI Agents
     url: /docs/mcp.html
   - title: Deployment
@@ -38,30 +32,28 @@ examples:
   - title: Real-World Examples
     url: /docs/examples/realworld/
 guides:
-  - title: Debugging your agent
-    url: /docs/guides/debugging-agents.html
+  - title: 0→hero Reference
+    url: /docs/guides/zero-to-hero.html
+  - title: The Agent Harness
+    url: /docs/guides/agent-harness.html
+  - title: Agents and Workflows
+    url: /docs/guides/agents-and-workflows.html
+  - title: Agent Loops
+    url: /docs/guides/agent-loops.html
   - title: Plan & Delegate
     url: /docs/guides/plan-delegate.html
   - title: Agent Guardrails
     url: /docs/guides/agent-guardrails.html
-  - title: Agents and Workflows
-    url: /docs/guides/agents-and-workflows.html
-  - title: Agent Integration Patterns
-    url: /docs/guides/agent-patterns.html
-  - title: The Agent Harness
-    url: /docs/guides/agent-harness.html
-  - title: Agent Loops
-    url: /docs/guides/agent-loops.html
+  - title: Payments (x402)
+    url: /docs/guides/x402-payments.html
   - title: Agent2Agent (A2A)
     url: /docs/guides/a2a-protocol.html
+  - title: Atlas Cloud Integration
+    url: /docs/guides/atlascloud-integration.html
   - title: AI Provider Guide
     url: /docs/guides/ai-provider-guide.html
   - title: Provider Conformance
     url: /docs/guides/provider-conformance.html
-  - title: Atlas Cloud Integration
-    url: /docs/guides/atlascloud-integration.html
-  - title: Payments (x402)
-    url: /docs/guides/x402-payments.html
   - title: Comparison
     url: /docs/guides/comparison.html
   - title: Migration Guides
@@ -80,9 +72,7 @@ project:
   - title: Server (optional)
     url: /docs/server.html
 search_order:
-  - /docs/guides/your-first-agent.html
   - /docs/guides/zero-to-hero.html
-  - /docs/guides/debugging-agents.html
   - /docs/getting-started.html
   - /docs/mcp.html
   - /docs/architecture.html

internal/website/_includes/footer-links.html

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <a href="/docs/">Docs</a> &middot;
 <a href="/blog/">Blog</a> &middot;
 <a href="https://github.com/micro/go-micro">GitHub</a> &middot;
-<a href="https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr">Discord</a> &middot;
 <a href="/support">Support</a>

internal/website/_includes/nav-links.html

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <a href="/docs/">Docs</a>
 <a href="/blog/">Blog</a>
 <a href="/support"{% if page.nav_active == 'support' %} class="active"{% endif %}>Support</a>
-<a href="https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr">Discord</a>
 <a href="https://github.com/micro/go-micro">GitHub</a>

internal/website/blog/13.md

@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@ The future of microservices isn't fewer services. It's making them so easy to cr
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/14.md

@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ micro chat --provider anthropic
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/15.md

@@ -144,4 +144,4 @@ The agent for your services answers. Not because you wired it up. Because the sy
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/16.md

@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ The agent implementation lives under `go-micro.dev/v6/agent`; most users create
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/17.md

@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ Read the [Plan & Delegate guide](/docs/guides/plan-delegate) for the full refere
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/18.md

@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ curl -fsSL https://go-micro.dev/install.sh | sh
 
 ---
 
-*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*
+*Go Micro is open source. Star us on [GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro), join the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD), or read the [docs](https://go-micro.dev/docs).*

internal/website/blog/25.md

@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ A small end-to-end harness now boots a real world (services, a durable flow that
 
 The upshot is that building an agent in Go Micro looks like building a service, because underneath it is one. The infrastructure for a system of agents is, for the most part, the infrastructure for a system of services, and that is the decade of work already in the framework. Services remain the foundation; agents are what we are building on top of them.
 
-Thanks to Anthropic for the sponsorship. Join us in a new [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr) to discuss the future of the project. 
+Thanks to Anthropic for the sponsorship. Join us in a new [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD) to discuss the future of the project. 

internal/website/blog/27.md

@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ V6 is the beginning of something real. It's secure by default, leads with agents
 
 Projects dont come back from the dead like this. AI brought it back from the dead. Agents made services more relevant. And Claude Code made it possible for me to ship code again.
 
-Thanks to Anthropic for the grant and the sponsorship. Join me in the [Discord](https://discord.gg/G8Gk5j3uXr) to discuss further.
+Thanks to Anthropic for the grant and the sponsorship. Join me in the [Discord](https://discord.gg/WeMU5AGxD) to discuss further.

internal/website/blog/33.md

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: blog
-title: "The Loop, Shipped: Introducing micro loop"
-permalink: /blog/33
-description: "The autonomous loop that builds Go Micro is now a command. micro loop init drops a planner, builder, triage, coherence, and release pipeline into any repository — GitHub Actions as the runtime, editable prompt files as the policy. And Go Micro now runs on it."
----
-
-# The Loop, Shipped: Introducing `micro loop`
-
-*July 2, 2026 • By the Go Micro Team*
-
-A few weeks ago we wrote [How Go Micro Builds Itself](/blog/31): a loop of two AI agents — Codex writing scoped increments, Claude Code orchestrating and reviewing, a human setting direction — kept honest by CI. It was our own thesis, *an agent operating a system*, pointed at the repository that defines the thesis.
-
-People asked the obvious question: **can I run that on my repo?**
-
-Now you can. `micro loop init` drops the whole pipeline into any repository, and — the part that makes it real rather than aspirational — Go Micro itself now runs on it. The workflows that maintain this project are generated by the same command we're shipping to you.
-
-## It's not a binary. It's CI plus prompts.
-
-The first thing to understand is what the loop *is*, physically, because it's not what people expect. There is almost no program here. The loop is a handful of GitHub Actions workflows and a few Markdown files. **GitHub Actions is the runtime.** Nothing compiled sits in a server "running the loop."
-
-So `micro loop` the command is not the loop. It's a scaffolder. `micro loop init` writes the workflows and the prompts into your repo and exits. From then on, GitHub runs everything on a schedule.
-
-That reframing is the whole design:
-
-- **The workflows are the *mechanism*** — open a fresh tracking issue, summon an agent, let it open a PR, merge on green CI. This is generic. It's the same for every repo.
-- **The prompt files are the *policy*** — what the agent is actually told to do. These live in `.github/loop/prompts/<role>.md`, and they're yours to edit.
-
-Separating the two is what lets a tool be both general and specific. The mechanics never change; the instructions are entirely under your control. You steer the loop by editing prose, not YAML.
-
-## The five roles
-
-A full loop has five roles, each a workflow that dispatches an agent (or, for release, just cuts a tag):
-
-| Role | What it does |
-|------|--------------|
-| **planner** | Reads your direction, scans what merged and what's open, and maintains a ranked queue in `.github/loop/PRIORITIES.md`. Decides *what*. |
-| **builder** | Takes the top open item from the queue, implements it as a single-concern PR, and enables auto-merge so it lands the moment CI is green. Does the work. |
-| **triage** | When CI fails on a branch, root-causes the failure and files scoped fix issues back into the queue. The feedback path. |
-| **coherence** | Keeps README, docs, and `CHANGELOG.md` aligned with your North Star; drafts release notes. Optional. |
-| **release** | Cuts the next patch tag when the branch has new commits, so the installable artifact tracks the loop. Optional. |
-
-This is the [planner / generator / evaluator](https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/harness-design-long-running-apps) shape of a long-running agent harness, distributed across GitHub Actions instead of subagents. Generation is deliberately separated from evaluation: an agent grading its own work reliably over-rates it, so **CI — not the builder — is the gate.**
-
-## Quickstart
-
-```bash
-micro loop init            # planner, builder, triage
-micro loop init --roles all # add coherence + release
-micro loop verify          # check the wiring
-```
-
-`init` writes the workflows, a `NORTH_STAR.md` (your direction) and `PRIORITIES.md` (your queue), and the per-role prompt files. Then there are exactly two things the CLI can't do for you — and `micro loop verify` reminds you of both:
-
-1. **Add a token secret.** The agent ignores `@mentions` from the `github-actions` bot, so dispatch has to post as a real user via a personal access token stored as a repo secret. Until it's set, the workflows deliberately no-op.
-2. **Set branch protection.** Require your CI checks with **zero** approving reviews, so the builder's auto-merge lands PRs the instant CI is green. That green-CI gate is the loop's only safety mechanism — which means it's worth saying plainly: **the loop is only as good as your tests.**
-
-Edit `.github/loop/NORTH_STAR.md` to point it, tune the prompts if you like, commit, and it's running.
-
-## The decisions that matter (and the things that broke)
-
-Building this taught us that the hard part of an autonomous loop isn't the agent — it's the wiring around it. A few decisions are load-bearing, and we learned most of them by getting them wrong first.
-
-**Agent-agnostic by `@mention`.** The dispatch summons an agent by mentioning it on an issue (`@codex` by default; `--agent` to change it). Any coding agent that responds to an issue mention and can run `gh` fits. The mechanics don't care which one.
-
-**A fresh issue every run.** Agents derive their PR branch name from the triggering issue. Reuse one tracker issue and every run collapses onto a single branch name — the first PR opens, the rest silently collide and never appear. A unique issue per run gives each increment a clean branch. We found this the way you'd expect: a loop that looked healthy but quietly stopped producing PRs.
-
-**Bots can't summon bots.** Codex ignores comments authored by `github-actions[bot]`, so the dispatch has to post as a user. That's the whole reason the token secret exists, and why the loop no-ops without it rather than pile up ignored comments.
-
-**Don't let checkout clobber your token.** Our nightly release action once failed to push a tag with a permission error — despite having a valid token — because `actions/checkout` persists the default `GITHUB_TOKEN` as a git credential that overrode the personal token on the push. The generated release workflow ships with that fix baked in (`persist-credentials: false`), so it can't bite you.
-
-None of these are exotic. They're exactly the papercuts you'd hit assembling this yourself over a week, and they're the reason a scaffolder earns its place: the defaults encode the lessons.
-
-## Go Micro runs on it
-
-Here's the part we care about most. This repository's loop is no longer hand-written. We ran `micro loop init --roles all` on Go Micro itself, moved our queue and direction into `.github/loop/`, and preserved our own richer instructions — the architect's founder-lens prompt, the adoption steer, the harness-failure triage, the changelog pass — as the editable prompt files. Behavior is identical; only the mechanism is now generated.
-
-We proved it end to end before writing this. The planner fired, opened a fresh tracking issue as the token user, and posted its full instruction to Codex — clean, correctly addressed, picked up within seconds. The loop that will help maintain the post you're reading is the loop this post is about.
-
-That's the honesty test for a dogfooded tool: if we wouldn't run it on our own main branch, we shouldn't ask you to run it on yours.
-
-## What it is not
-
-It would be easy to oversell this, so let's be clear about the edges.
-
-- **It is not a replacement for judgment.** The generated prompts keep an explicit off-limits list — breaking public APIs, positioning and brand copy, new dependencies, architectural rewrites. Those get surfaced to a human, never auto-merged. Taste stays with you.
-- **It is only as good as your gate.** Point it at a repo with weak CI and it will happily merge weak work. The evaluator *is* the safety model. Invest there first.
-- **It spends tokens and pushes commits.** This is real automation with real effects. Start with the three-role default, watch it, and add `coherence` and `release` once you trust it.
-- **It's early.** The mechanics are solid and battle-tested on this repo, but this is version one. The next steps are more agent adapters and, eventually, a standalone home so the workflows can be reused directly.
-
-## The shape of the thing
-
-Go Micro's premise is that when an agent has to operate inside a real system, it *is* a distributed system — services, state, retries, observability — and the simplest place to build it is the runtime where your services already live. `micro loop` is that premise turned back on the repository: an agent, operating a system, where the system is the codebase itself.
-
-You've read about how Go Micro builds itself. Now you can point the same loop at your own repo:
-
-```bash
-micro loop init
-```
-
----
-
-*Go Micro is an open source agent harness and service framework for Go. [Star us on GitHub](https://github.com/micro/go-micro).*
-
-<div class="post-nav">
-  <div><a href="/blog/32">&larr; An Agent Is a Service: Where Agent Frameworks Are Going</a></div>
-  <div><a href="/blog/">All Posts</a></div>
-</div>

internal/website/blog/index.html

@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ permalink: /blog/
 
 <div class="posts">
 
-  <article style="margin-bottom: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">
-    <h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.5rem;"><a href="/blog/33">The Loop, Shipped: Introducing micro loop</a></h2>
-    <p class="meta" style="color: #666; font-size: 0.85rem;">July 2, 2026</p>
-    <p>The autonomous loop that builds Go Micro is now a command. <code>micro loop init</code> drops a planner, builder, triage, coherence, and release pipeline into any repository — GitHub Actions as the runtime, editable prompt files as the policy — and Go Micro now runs on it.</p>
-    <a href="/blog/33">Read more &rarr;</a>
-  </article>
-
   <article style="margin-bottom: 2rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5;">
     <h2 style="margin: 0 0 0.5rem;"><a href="/blog/32">An Agent Is a Service: Where Agent Frameworks Are Going</a></h2>
     <p class="meta" style="color: #666; font-size: 0.85rem;">June 30, 2026</p>

internal/website/docs/examples/index.md

@@ -4,44 +4,14 @@ layout: default
 
 # Learn by Example
 
-Runnable examples are the fastest way to move from reading the guides to changing
-one thing. Start with the path that matches where you are in the services →
-agents → workflows lifecycle.
+A collection of small, focused examples demonstrating common patterns with Go Micro.
 
-## Start here
-
-| Goal | Runnable example | Why it is useful |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| 0→1 service | [`examples/hello-world`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/hello-world) | Smallest RPC service with a client call and health checks. |
-| First service-backed agent | [`examples/agent-demo`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/agent-demo) | Multi-service project/task/team app with agent playground integration. |
-| 0→hero lifecycle | [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support) | No-secret support-desk story: typed services, an agent, an event-driven flow, and a guardrail. |
-| Planning and delegation | [`examples/agent-plan-delegate`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/agent-plan-delegate) | Two agents collaborate through `plan` and `delegate` over normal Go Micro RPC. |
-| Durable workflows | [`examples/flow-durable`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/flow-durable) | Ordered, checkpointed flow steps resume without duplicating completed side effects. |
-| AI-callable services | [`examples/mcp`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/mcp) | MCP examples that expose service endpoints as model tools. |
-
-## Guide-to-example map
-
-- [Getting Started](../getting-started.html) → run
-  [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support)
-  to see the full lifecycle before generating your own service.
-- [Your First Agent](../guides/your-first-agent.html) → run
-  [`examples/agent-demo`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/agent-demo)
-  or [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support)
-  when you want a complete service-backed agent to inspect.
-- [0→hero Reference](../guides/zero-to-hero.html) → run
-  [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support)
-  for the human-readable scenario, then `make harness` for the full CI contract.
-- [Plan & Delegate](../guides/plan-delegate.html) → run
-  [`examples/agent-plan-delegate`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/agent-plan-delegate).
-- [Agents and Workflows](../guides/agents-and-workflows.html) → run
-  [`examples/flow-durable`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/flow-durable)
-  and [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support).
-
-## Repository examples
-
-See the repository [examples index](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples)
-for the complete runnable list, including deployment, auth, gRPC interop, MCP,
-agent, and flow examples.
+- [Hello Service](hello-service.md)
+- [RPC Client](rpc-client.md)
+- [Pub/Sub with NATS Broker](pubsub-nats.md)
+- [Service Discovery with Consul](registry-consul.md)
+- [State with Postgres Store](store-postgres.md)
+- [NATS Transport](transport-nats.md)
 
 ## More
 

internal/website/docs/getting-started.md

@@ -19,14 +19,6 @@ Go Micro has three core abstractions:
 - **Go 1.24+** for development. The `curl` install below gives you the `micro` binary without Go, but `micro run` compiles your services, so you'll want Go installed to build them.
 - An **LLM provider key** (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, …) *only* for the AI features — `micro run --prompt`, `micro chat`, and agents. Plain services need no key. Set it before running, e.g. `export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...`.
 
-Before your first provider-backed agent run, check the local path with:
-
-```bash
-micro agent preflight
-```
-
-The preflight is read-only: it verifies Go, the `micro` binary, provider-key setup, and whether the default `micro run` gateway port is free, without calling an LLM provider.
-
 ## Install
 
 ```bash
@@ -34,21 +26,13 @@ The preflight is read-only: it verifies Go, the `micro` binary, provider-key set
 curl -fsSL https://go-micro.dev/install.sh | sh
 
 # Or with Go
-go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@latest
+go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@v6
 ```
 
+> Use `@v6` (not `@latest`). It selects the newest `v6.x.x` release. Plain `@latest` can currently resolve to a stale pre-rename tag through the public module proxy and fail with a "version constraints conflict"; `@v6` avoids that. To pin an exact version use e.g. `@v6.2.0` (see [releases](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/releases)).
+
 ## Quick Start: Generate from a Prompt
 
-Prefer to start from a runnable reference? Clone the repository and run the maintained support-desk lifecycle example first:
-
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/micro/go-micro.git
-cd go-micro
-go run ./examples/support
-```
-
-That example is the no-secret 0→hero path: services expose ticket/customer/notification tools, an agent handles the work, and an event-driven flow triggers the agent. See [Learn by Example](examples/) when you want more runnable starting points.
-
 Describe what you need. The AI designs services, writes handlers, compiles, and starts them:
 
 ```bash
@@ -86,10 +70,6 @@ Created project Launch and added task 'Write docs' to it.
 
 The console discovers services from the registry and orchestrates across them via the agent. Use `micro run -d` for detached mode without the console, or `micro chat` as a standalone command.
 
-If the agent surprises you while iterating, use the [Debugging your agent](guides/debugging-agents.html) guide to inspect service registration, tool calls, run history, memory, provider failures, and flow handoffs.
-
-When you are ready to prove the whole path end to end, follow the [0→hero reference path](guides/zero-to-hero.html). It is the canonical handoff from this quick start: scaffold a service, run it locally, chat with an agent, inspect durable agent/flow history, and finish with `micro deploy --dry-run` using the same commands exercised by `make harness`.
-
 ## Quick Start: Write a Service
 
 Create and run a service manually:
@@ -156,8 +136,6 @@ micro new gateway --template api
 
 ## Building Agents
 
-For a complete service-backed walkthrough, start with [Your First Agent](guides/your-first-agent.html). If you want to run before you write, use [`examples/support`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/support) for the full services → agents → workflows lifecycle or [`examples/agent-plan-delegate`](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/tree/master/examples/agent-plan-delegate) for the smallest multi-agent planning/delegation path.
-
 An Agent is an intelligent layer that manages one or more services:
 
 ```go
@@ -241,8 +219,6 @@ The flow discovers all services as tools and lets the LLM decide which RPCs to c
 
 ## Next Steps
 
-- [Learn by Example](examples/) — runnable examples mapped to services, agents, and workflows
-- [0→hero Reference](guides/zero-to-hero.html) — the maintained no-secret lifecycle contract
 - [AI Integration](ai-integration.html) — how services, agents, MCP, and LLMs fit together
 - [Agent Design](https://github.com/micro/go-micro/blob/master/internal/docs/AGENT_DESIGN.md) — the full agent interface specification
 - [MCP & AI Agents](mcp.html) — MCP gateway, tool discovery, and auth

internal/website/docs/guides/ai-native-services.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A **task management service** with full CRUD operations that:
 ## Prerequisites
 
 ```bash
-go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@latest
+go install go-micro.dev/v6/cmd/micro@v6
 ```
 
 ## Step 1: Create the Service

internal/website/docs/guides/ai-provider-guide.md

@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ The built-in providers currently register these capability interfaces:
 | `atlascloud` | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
 | `gemini` | Yes | No | No | No |
 | `groq` | Yes | No | No | Yes |
-| `minimax` | Yes | No | No | Yes |
 | `mistral` | Yes | No | No | Yes |
-| `ollama` | Yes | No | No | Yes |
 | `openai` | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
 | `together` | Yes | No | No | Yes |