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refactor(delegate): child prompt text blocks as module constants (byte-identical prompts)

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Teknium
2026-09-02 19:47:36 -07:00
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tools/delegate_tool_progress.py
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@@ -110,6 +110,42 @@ def _normalize_event(event_type: Any) -> Any:
except (ValueError, TypeError):
return None
_CONTEXT_FILES_INTRO = (
"\nThe workspace's project context files are reproduced below. Their conventions and invariants are binding for "
"your work in this workspace.\n\n"
)
_COMPLETION_INSTRUCTIONS = (
"\nComplete this task using the tools available to you. When finished, provide a clear, concise summary of:\n"
"- What you did\n- What you found or accomplished\n- Any files you created or modified\n- Any issues encountered\n\n"
"Important workspace rule: Never assume a repository lives at /workspace/... or any other container-style path "
"unless the task/context explicitly gives that path. If no exact local path is provided, discover it first before "
"issuing git/workdir-specific commands.\n\n"
"Keep your final summary tight: lead with outcomes, prefer bullet points over paragraphs, and don't replay your "
"whole process. Your response is returned to the parent agent as a summary, and overlong summaries crowd out the "
"parent's context window."
)
_ORCHESTRATOR_BLOCK = (
"\n## Subagent Spawning (Orchestrator Role)\n"
"You have access to the `delegate_task` tool and CAN spawn your own subagents to parallelize independent work.\n\n"
"WHEN to delegate:\n"
"- The goal decomposes into 2+ independent subtasks that can run in parallel (e.g. research A and B simultaneously).\n"
"- A subtask is reasoning-heavy and would flood your context with intermediate data.\n\n"
"WHEN NOT to delegate:\n"
"- Single-step mechanical work — do it directly.\n"
"- Trivial tasks you can execute in one or two tool calls.\n"
"- Re-delegating your entire assigned goal to one worker (that's just pass-through with no value added).\n\n"
"Coordinate your workers' results and synthesize them before reporting back to your parent. You are responsible "
"for the final summary, not your workers.\n\n"
)
_LEAF_CHILDREN_NOTE = (
"Your own children MUST be leaves (cannot delegate further) because they would be at the depth floor — you cannot "
"pass role='orchestrator' to your own delegate_task calls."
)
_NESTED_CHILDREN_NOTE = (
"Your own children can themselves be orchestrators or leaves, depending on the `role` you pass to delegate_task. "
"Default is 'leaf'; pass role='orchestrator' explicitly when a child needs to further decompose its work."
)
def _build_child_system_prompt(
goal: str, context: Optional[str] = None, *, workspace_path: Optional[str] = None, role: str = "leaf",
max_spawn_depth: int = 2, child_depth: int = 1,
@@ -136,51 +172,14 @@ def _build_child_system_prompt(
from agent.prompt_builder import build_context_files_prompt
_ctx_files = build_context_files_prompt(cwd=str(workspace_path), skip_soul=True)
if _ctx_files.strip():
parts.append(
"\nThe workspace's project context files are reproduced "
"below. Their conventions and invariants are binding for "
"your work in this workspace.\n\n" + _ctx_files.strip()
)
parts.append(
"\nComplete this task using the tools available to you. When finished, provide a clear, concise summary of:\n"
"- What you did\n"
"- What you found or accomplished\n"
"- Any files you created or modified\n"
"- Any issues encountered\n\n"
"Important workspace rule: Never assume a repository lives at /workspace/... or any other container-style path unless the task/context explicitly gives that path. "
"If no exact local path is provided, discover it first before issuing git/workdir-specific commands.\n\n"
"Keep your final summary tight: lead with outcomes, prefer bullet "
"points over paragraphs, and don't replay your whole process. Your "
"response is returned to the parent agent as a summary, and overlong "
"summaries crowd out the parent's context window."
)
parts.append(_CONTEXT_FILES_INTRO + _ctx_files.strip())
parts.append(_COMPLETION_INSTRUCTIONS)
if role == "orchestrator":
child_note = (
"Your own children MUST be leaves (cannot delegate further) "
"because they would be at the depth floor — you cannot pass "
"role='orchestrator' to your own delegate_task calls."
if child_depth + 1 >= max_spawn_depth
else "Your own children can themselves be orchestrators or leaves, "
"depending on the `role` you pass to delegate_task. Default is "
"'leaf'; pass role='orchestrator' explicitly when a child needs to further decompose its work."
)
child_note = _LEAF_CHILDREN_NOTE if child_depth + 1 >= max_spawn_depth else _NESTED_CHILDREN_NOTE
parts.append(
"\n## Subagent Spawning (Orchestrator Role)\n"
"You have access to the `delegate_task` tool and CAN spawn "
"your own subagents to parallelize independent work.\n\n"
"WHEN to delegate:\n"
"- The goal decomposes into 2+ independent subtasks that can "
"run in parallel (e.g. research A and B simultaneously).\n"
"- A subtask is reasoning-heavy and would flood your context with intermediate data.\n\n"
"WHEN NOT to delegate:\n"
"- Single-step mechanical work — do it directly.\n"
"- Trivial tasks you can execute in one or two tool calls.\n"
"- Re-delegating your entire assigned goal to one worker "
"(that's just pass-through with no value added).\n\n"
"Coordinate your workers' results and synthesize them before "
"reporting back to your parent. You are responsible for the final summary, not your workers.\n\n"
f"NOTE: You are at depth {child_depth}. The delegation tree "
f"is capped at max_spawn_depth={max_spawn_depth}. {child_note}"
_ORCHESTRATOR_BLOCK
+ f"NOTE: You are at depth {child_depth}. The delegation tree is capped at max_spawn_depth={max_spawn_depth}. "
+ child_note
)
return "\n".join(parts)