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pycodeloop.core.agent.Agent

Drives a provider through a tool-use loop until it stops.

Source code in pycodeloop/core/agent.py
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class Agent:
    """Drives a provider through a tool-use loop until it stops."""

    def __init__(
        self,
        provider: Provider,
        tools: list[Tool] | None = None,
        system_prompt: str = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
        max_turns: int = 25,
        max_history_turns: int | None = None,
        on_tool_call: Callable[[str, dict], None] | None = None,
        on_tool_result: Callable[[str, str, bool], None] | None = None,
        on_text_delta: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
        confirm: Callable[[str, str], bool | str] | Confirm | None = None,
        on_usage: Callable[[Usage, Usage, float], None] | None = None,
        on_request: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
        auto_compact: bool = True,
        compact_threshold: float = 0.8,
        on_context: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
        on_compact_start: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
        on_compact_end: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
        on_message: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
        on_retry: Callable[[int, float, Exception], None] | None = None,
    ) -> None:
        self.provider = provider
        self.tools = {tool.name: tool for tool in (tools or DEFAULT_TOOLS)}
        self.system_prompt = system_prompt
        self.max_turns = max_turns
        self.max_history_turns = max_history_turns
        self.on_tool_call = on_tool_call
        self.on_tool_result = on_tool_result
        self.on_text_delta = on_text_delta
        self.confirm = confirm
        self.on_usage = on_usage
        self.on_request = on_request
        self.auto_compact = auto_compact
        self.compact_threshold = compact_threshold
        self.on_context = on_context
        self.on_compact_start = on_compact_start
        self.on_compact_end = on_compact_end
        self.on_message = on_message
        self.on_retry = on_retry
        self.usage = Usage()
        self._last_context_tokens = 0

    def _complete(self, **kwargs) -> ProviderResponse:
        """`provider.complete()` with retry + exponential backoff on
        transient failures (rate limits, 5xx, network blips) — a real
        error (bad request, auth) still raises immediately."""
        delay = _RETRY_BASE_DELAY
        for attempt in range(_MAX_RETRIES + 1):
            try:
                return self.provider.complete(**kwargs)
            except Exception as exc:
                if attempt >= _MAX_RETRIES or not _is_retryable(exc):
                    raise
                if self.on_retry:
                    self.on_retry(attempt + 1, delay, exc)
                time.sleep(delay)
                delay *= 2
        raise AssertionError("unreachable")

    def _notify_message(self) -> None:
        """Fired after every message is appended to the session — lets a
        caller persist incrementally instead of only after the whole
        (possibly long, multi-tool-call) turn finishes, so a crash
        mid-turn doesn't lose everything already done in it."""
        if self.on_message:
            self.on_message()

    def _tool_schemas(self) -> list[dict]:
        return [tool.schema() for tool in self.tools.values()]

    def _execute(self, name: str, arguments: dict) -> tuple[str, bool]:
        tool = self.tools.get(name)

        if tool is None:
            return f"Unknown tool: {name}", True

        if tool.dangerous and self.confirm is not None:
            preview = tool.preview(**arguments)
            ask = (
                self.confirm.ask if isinstance(self.confirm, Confirm) else self.confirm
            )
            answer = ask(name, preview)
            if answer is not True:
                if isinstance(answer, str) and answer:
                    return f"User declined and said: {answer}", True
                return "User declined to run this tool.", True

        try:
            result = tool.run(**arguments)
        except Exception as exc:
            return f"Tool '{name}' raised {exc.__class__.__name__}: {exc}", True

        return result.output, result.is_error

    def _can_parallelize(self, calls: list[ToolCall]) -> bool:
        if len(calls) <= 1:
            return False

        names = [call.name for call in calls]
        if len(set(names)) != len(names):
            return False

        return not any(
            (tool := self.tools.get(call.name)) is not None and tool.dangerous
            for call in calls
        )

    def _run_tool_calls(
        self,
        calls: list[ToolCall],
        session: Session,
        cancel_event: threading.Event | None,
    ) -> None:
        for call in calls:
            if self.on_tool_call:
                self.on_tool_call(call.name, call.arguments)

        if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
            results = {call.id: ("Cancelled by user.", True) for call in calls}
        elif self._can_parallelize(calls):
            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=len(calls)) as executor:
                futures = {
                    call.id: executor.submit(self._execute, call.name, call.arguments)
                    for call in calls
                }
            results = {call_id: future.result() for call_id, future in futures.items()}
        else:
            results = {}
            for call in calls:
                if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
                    results[call.id] = ("Cancelled by user.", True)
                else:
                    results[call.id] = self._execute(call.name, call.arguments)

        for call in calls:
            result_text, is_error = results[call.id]
            if not is_error and len(result_text) > _TOOL_RESULT_SUMMARIZE_THRESHOLD:
                result_text = self._summarize_tool_result(call.name, result_text)
            if self.on_tool_result:
                self.on_tool_result(call.name, result_text, is_error)
            session.add_tool_result(call.id, result_text)
            self._notify_message()

    def _summarize_tool_result(self, tool_name: str, text: str) -> str:
        summary = self._complete(
            system_prompt="Summarize tool output concisely for context compaction.",
            messages=[
                Message(
                    role="user",
                    content=f"Tool '{tool_name}' returned:\n\n{text}\n\n{_TOOL_SUMMARY_PROMPT}",
                )
            ],
            tools=[],
        )
        self.usage = self.usage + summary.usage
        return f"[Summarized tool output — {len(text)} chars condensed]\n{summary.text}"

    def _compact(self, session: Session) -> None:
        """Summarize everything but the most recent turns via the
        provider itself, replacing the older history with one condensed
        message — keeps the conversation going instead of hitting the
        model's context limit."""
        turn_starts = [i for i, m in enumerate(session.messages) if m.role == "user"]

        if len(turn_starts) <= _COMPACT_KEEP_RECENT_TURNS:
            return

        if self.on_compact_start:
            self.on_compact_start()

        before_count = len(session.messages)
        cutoff = turn_starts[-_COMPACT_KEEP_RECENT_TURNS]
        older, recent = session.messages[:cutoff], session.messages[cutoff:]

        summary = self._complete(
            system_prompt="Summarize conversations concisely for context compaction.",
            messages=[*older, Message(role="user", content=_COMPACT_SUMMARY_PROMPT)],
            tools=[],
        )
        self.usage = self.usage + summary.usage

        recent[0] = Message(
            role=recent[0].role,
            content=(
                f"[Earlier conversation summary]\n{summary.text}\n\n---\n\n"
                f"{recent[0].content}"
            ),
            tool_call_id=recent[0].tool_call_id,
            tool_calls=recent[0].tool_calls,
            images=recent[0].images,
        )
        session.messages = recent
        self._notify_message()

        if self.on_compact_end:
            self.on_compact_end(before_count, len(session.messages))

    def run(
        self,
        prompt: str,
        session: Session | None = None,
        images: list[str] | None = None,
        cancel_event: threading.Event | None = None,
    ) -> str:
        """Runs until the model stops calling tools, `max_turns` is hit,
        or `cancel_event` is set — checked at each turn boundary and
        before every tool call, never mid-request, so an in-flight
        provider call always finishes first."""
        session = session or Session(system_prompt=self.system_prompt)
        session.add_user(prompt, images=images)
        self._notify_message()

        if self.max_history_turns is not None:
            session.trim(self.max_history_turns)

        context_window = context_window_for(self.provider.model)

        for _ in range(self.max_turns):
            if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
                return "Cancelled by user."

            if self.auto_compact and self._last_context_tokens >= (
                context_window * self.compact_threshold
            ):
                self._compact(session)

            tools = self._tool_schemas()
            if self.on_request:
                self.on_request(len(session.history()), len(tools))

            started_at = time.perf_counter()
            response = self._complete(
                system_prompt=self.system_prompt,
                messages=session.history(),
                tools=tools,
                on_delta=self.on_text_delta,
            )
            elapsed = time.perf_counter() - started_at

            self.usage = self.usage + response.usage
            if self.on_usage:
                self.on_usage(response.usage, self.usage, elapsed)

            self._last_context_tokens = response.usage.input_tokens
            if self.on_context:
                self.on_context(self._last_context_tokens, context_window)

            tool_calls = [
                {"id": call.id, "name": call.name, "arguments": call.arguments}
                for call in response.tool_calls
            ]
            session.add_assistant(response.text, tool_calls=tool_calls or None)
            self._notify_message()

            if not response.tool_calls:
                return response.text

            self._run_tool_calls(response.tool_calls, session, cancel_event)

            if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
                return "Cancelled by user."

        return "Reached max_turns without finishing."

auto_compact = auto_compact instance-attribute

compact_threshold = compact_threshold instance-attribute

confirm = confirm instance-attribute

max_history_turns = max_history_turns instance-attribute

max_turns = max_turns instance-attribute

on_compact_end = on_compact_end instance-attribute

on_compact_start = on_compact_start instance-attribute

on_context = on_context instance-attribute

on_message = on_message instance-attribute

on_request = on_request instance-attribute

on_retry = on_retry instance-attribute

on_text_delta = on_text_delta instance-attribute

on_tool_call = on_tool_call instance-attribute

on_tool_result = on_tool_result instance-attribute

on_usage = on_usage instance-attribute

provider = provider instance-attribute

system_prompt = system_prompt instance-attribute

tools = {(tool.name): tool for tool in (tools or DEFAULT_TOOLS)} instance-attribute

usage = Usage() instance-attribute

__init__(provider, tools=None, system_prompt=DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT, max_turns=25, max_history_turns=None, on_tool_call=None, on_tool_result=None, on_text_delta=None, confirm=None, on_usage=None, on_request=None, auto_compact=True, compact_threshold=0.8, on_context=None, on_compact_start=None, on_compact_end=None, on_message=None, on_retry=None)

Source code in pycodeloop/core/agent.py
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def __init__(
    self,
    provider: Provider,
    tools: list[Tool] | None = None,
    system_prompt: str = DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
    max_turns: int = 25,
    max_history_turns: int | None = None,
    on_tool_call: Callable[[str, dict], None] | None = None,
    on_tool_result: Callable[[str, str, bool], None] | None = None,
    on_text_delta: Callable[[str], None] | None = None,
    confirm: Callable[[str, str], bool | str] | Confirm | None = None,
    on_usage: Callable[[Usage, Usage, float], None] | None = None,
    on_request: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
    auto_compact: bool = True,
    compact_threshold: float = 0.8,
    on_context: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
    on_compact_start: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
    on_compact_end: Callable[[int, int], None] | None = None,
    on_message: Callable[[], None] | None = None,
    on_retry: Callable[[int, float, Exception], None] | None = None,
) -> None:
    self.provider = provider
    self.tools = {tool.name: tool for tool in (tools or DEFAULT_TOOLS)}
    self.system_prompt = system_prompt
    self.max_turns = max_turns
    self.max_history_turns = max_history_turns
    self.on_tool_call = on_tool_call
    self.on_tool_result = on_tool_result
    self.on_text_delta = on_text_delta
    self.confirm = confirm
    self.on_usage = on_usage
    self.on_request = on_request
    self.auto_compact = auto_compact
    self.compact_threshold = compact_threshold
    self.on_context = on_context
    self.on_compact_start = on_compact_start
    self.on_compact_end = on_compact_end
    self.on_message = on_message
    self.on_retry = on_retry
    self.usage = Usage()
    self._last_context_tokens = 0

run(prompt, session=None, images=None, cancel_event=None)

Runs until the model stops calling tools, max_turns is hit, or cancel_event is set — checked at each turn boundary and before every tool call, never mid-request, so an in-flight provider call always finishes first.

Source code in pycodeloop/core/agent.py
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def run(
    self,
    prompt: str,
    session: Session | None = None,
    images: list[str] | None = None,
    cancel_event: threading.Event | None = None,
) -> str:
    """Runs until the model stops calling tools, `max_turns` is hit,
    or `cancel_event` is set — checked at each turn boundary and
    before every tool call, never mid-request, so an in-flight
    provider call always finishes first."""
    session = session or Session(system_prompt=self.system_prompt)
    session.add_user(prompt, images=images)
    self._notify_message()

    if self.max_history_turns is not None:
        session.trim(self.max_history_turns)

    context_window = context_window_for(self.provider.model)

    for _ in range(self.max_turns):
        if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
            return "Cancelled by user."

        if self.auto_compact and self._last_context_tokens >= (
            context_window * self.compact_threshold
        ):
            self._compact(session)

        tools = self._tool_schemas()
        if self.on_request:
            self.on_request(len(session.history()), len(tools))

        started_at = time.perf_counter()
        response = self._complete(
            system_prompt=self.system_prompt,
            messages=session.history(),
            tools=tools,
            on_delta=self.on_text_delta,
        )
        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - started_at

        self.usage = self.usage + response.usage
        if self.on_usage:
            self.on_usage(response.usage, self.usage, elapsed)

        self._last_context_tokens = response.usage.input_tokens
        if self.on_context:
            self.on_context(self._last_context_tokens, context_window)

        tool_calls = [
            {"id": call.id, "name": call.name, "arguments": call.arguments}
            for call in response.tool_calls
        ]
        session.add_assistant(response.text, tool_calls=tool_calls or None)
        self._notify_message()

        if not response.tool_calls:
            return response.text

        self._run_tool_calls(response.tool_calls, session, cancel_event)

        if cancel_event and cancel_event.is_set():
            return "Cancelled by user."

    return "Reached max_turns without finishing."