docs: design the repo-oriented code-intelligence provider contract

Design for the OPTIONAL code-intelligence provider contract that lets a
user pick how their codebase is indexed and searched, replacing gstack's
~17k LOC of bespoke GBrain glue. Repo-oriented ops (register_source/
refresh/search/status required; add/delete/export optional), a per-provider
capability matrix, GBrain-recommended-first selection, repo-scoped + install
consent, and a phased rollout that keeps gstack fully functional with no
provider selected. All three providers are driven from the runtime via CLI
or HTTP — no MCP client.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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/**
* code-intelligence/contract — the OPTIONAL, repo-oriented provider contract.
*
* gstack does not maintain a home-grown indexer. It defines this small contract
* and external providers (GBrain, Sourcebot, Graphify) implement it. The whole
* contract is OPTIONAL: when no provider is available/consented,
* `resolveCodeProvider()` returns null and callers degrade to grep / the
* file-only decision store. Never a dependency, always an enhancement — the same
* reliability contract as lib/gstack-decision-semantic.ts.
*
* Repo-oriented, not document-store (settled): register_source / refresh /
* search / status are required; add / delete / export are optional capabilities
* a provider MAY advertise. A document-CRUD-required contract would misrepresent
* whole-repo code-search and code-graph tools. See
* docs/designs/CODE_INTELLIGENCE_PROVIDER_CONTRACT.md.
*/
export type CodeProviderId = "gbrain" | "sourcebot" | "graphify";
export type CodeProviderCapability =
| "register_source"
| "refresh"
| "search"
| "status"
| "add"
| "delete"
| "export";
export const REQUIRED_CAPABILITIES: readonly CodeProviderCapability[] = [
"register_source",
"refresh",
"search",
"status",
] as const;
export const OPTIONAL_CAPABILITIES: readonly CodeProviderCapability[] = [
"add",
"delete",
"export",
] as const;
export interface RepoRef {
/** Source id the provider registers this repo under. */
id: string;
/** Local worktree path. */
path: string;
/** Remote URL, when the provider clones/manages it. */
remoteUrl?: string;
}
export interface SourceRef {
id: string;
}
export interface SourceStatus {
id: string;
state: "registered" | "indexing" | "ready" | "absent" | "unknown";
/** Pages / files / graph nodes, when the provider reports a count. */
itemCount?: number;
detail?: string;
/** True when the provider only implements a partial status probe. */
partial?: boolean;
}
export interface CodeSearchHit {
/** Slug, file path, or symbol id — whatever the provider keys results on. */
ref: string;
score?: number;
snippet?: string;
kind?: "document" | "file" | "symbol" | "graph-node";
}
export interface OpOptions {
/**
* Env override for spawned processes. Production callers leave this unset;
* tests inject a synthetic env (fake CLI on PATH). Matches the existing
* gbrain helpers.
*/
env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
/** Timeout in ms for the underlying op. */
timeout?: number;
/**
* Explicit per-repo consent that repo content may leave the machine. Required
* for non-local providers on register_source / refresh / add.
*/
consented?: boolean;
}
export interface SearchOptions extends OpOptions {
/** Restrict to a registered source. */
source?: string;
limit?: number;
minScore?: number;
}
export interface CodeProvider {
readonly id: CodeProviderId;
readonly label: string;
readonly capabilities: ReadonlySet<CodeProviderCapability>;
/** True when no repo content leaves the machine (Graphify). */
readonly local: boolean;
has(capability: CodeProviderCapability): boolean;
registerSource(repo: RepoRef, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<SourceStatus>;
refresh(source: SourceRef, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<SourceStatus>;
search(query: string, opts?: SearchOptions): Promise<CodeSearchHit[]>;
status(source?: SourceRef, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<SourceStatus>;
add?(doc: { slug: string; body: string }, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<SourceStatus>;
delete?(slug: string, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<SourceStatus>;
export?(source: SourceRef, opts?: OpOptions): Promise<string>;
}
export const CODE_PROVIDER_FAILURES = Object.freeze([
"PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE",
"PROVIDER_NOT_CONSENTED",
"CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED",
"SOURCE_NOT_REGISTERED",
"PROVIDER_TIMEOUT",
"PROVIDER_ERROR",
] as const);
export type CodeProviderFailure = (typeof CODE_PROVIDER_FAILURES)[number];
const FAILURE_SET = new Set<string>(CODE_PROVIDER_FAILURES);
/**
* Typed provider failure. Mirrors runtime/context.js ContextError discipline:
* the code set is closed and the constructor throws on an unknown code, so a
* typo can never mint an untyped failure.
*/
export class CodeProviderError extends Error {
readonly code: CodeProviderFailure;
readonly providerId?: CodeProviderId;
constructor(code: CodeProviderFailure, message: string, providerId?: CodeProviderId) {
if (!FAILURE_SET.has(code)) throw new TypeError(`Unknown code-provider failure code: ${code}`);
super(message);
this.name = "CodeProviderError";
this.code = code;
this.providerId = providerId;
}
}
/**
* Enforce that a provider advertises every required capability. Called by each
* adapter constructor so an incomplete provider fails fast, not at first search.
*/
export function assertRequiredCapabilities(
id: CodeProviderId,
capabilities: ReadonlySet<CodeProviderCapability>,
): void {
const missing = REQUIRED_CAPABILITIES.filter((cap) => !capabilities.has(cap));
if (missing.length) {
throw new TypeError(`Code provider ${id} is missing required capabilities: ${missing.join(", ")}`);
}
}
/**
* Guard for optional ops: throw CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED (never a silent no-op)
* when a provider is asked for a capability it does not advertise.
*/
export function assertCapability(provider: CodeProvider, capability: CodeProviderCapability): void {
if (!provider.has(capability)) {
throw new CodeProviderError(
"CAPABILITY_UNSUPPORTED",
`${provider.label} does not support "${capability}"`,
provider.id,
);
}
}
/**
* Repo-scoped egress consent gate. Non-local providers must not move repo
* content off the machine without explicit per-repo consent. Local providers
* (nothing leaves the machine) are exempt.
*/
export function assertEgressConsent(provider: CodeProvider, opts?: OpOptions): void {
if (provider.local) return;
if (opts?.consented === true) return;
throw new CodeProviderError(
"PROVIDER_NOT_CONSENTED",
`${provider.label} would send repo content off this machine; per-repo indexing consent is required`,
provider.id,
);
}
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/**
* GBrain adapter — full contract fit over the existing gbrain CLI chokepoint.
*
* Reuses lib/gbrain-exec.ts (spawnGbrain, seeded DATABASE_URL) and
* lib/gbrain-sources.ts (ensureSourceRegistered, probeSource, sourcePageCount)
* rather than re-issuing raw commands, so the DATABASE_URL / GBRAIN_HOME /
* Windows-shim guarantees carry over unchanged. GBrain's native primitive is
* document-by-slug (put/delete/get/export) PLUS a repo axis (sources add/sync),
* so it advertises all seven capabilities.
*/
import { spawnGbrain } from "../gbrain-exec";
import { ensureSourceRegistered, probeSource, sourcePageCount } from "../gbrain-sources";
import {
assertCapability,
assertEgressConsent,
assertRequiredCapabilities,
CodeProviderError,
type CodeProvider,
type CodeProviderCapability,
type CodeSearchHit,
type OpOptions,
type RepoRef,
type SearchOptions,
type SourceRef,
type SourceStatus,
} from "./contract";
const CAPABILITIES: CodeProviderCapability[] = [
"register_source",
"refresh",
"search",
"status",
"add",
"delete",
"export",
];
const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 30_000;
/**
* Parse `gbrain search` text output (`[score] slug -- snippet`) into hits.
* gbrain's search prints text, not JSON (verified in
* lib/gstack-decision-semantic.ts). Exported for deterministic unit testing.
*/
export function parseGbrainSearch(stdout: string, minScore: number, limit: number): CodeSearchHit[] {
const hits: CodeSearchHit[] = [];
for (const line of stdout.split("\n")) {
const m = line.match(/^\[([\d.]+)\]\s+(\S+)\s+--\s+(.*)$/);
if (!m) continue;
const score = parseFloat(m[1]);
if (!Number.isFinite(score) || score < minScore) continue;
hits.push({ ref: m[2], score, snippet: m[3].trim(), kind: "document" });
}
return hits.slice(0, limit);
}
export class GbrainProvider implements CodeProvider {
readonly id = "gbrain" as const;
readonly label = "GBrain";
readonly capabilities = new Set<CodeProviderCapability>(CAPABILITIES);
/** GBrain federates into a (possibly remote) DB, so content can leave the machine. */
readonly local = false;
constructor() {
assertRequiredCapabilities(this.id, this.capabilities);
}
has(capability: CodeProviderCapability): boolean {
return this.capabilities.has(capability);
}
async registerSource(repo: RepoRef, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<SourceStatus> {
assertEgressConsent(this, opts);
try {
const result = await ensureSourceRegistered(repo.id, repo.path, {
federated: true,
env: opts.env,
});
return {
id: repo.id,
state: result.state.status === "match" ? "registered" : "unknown",
detail: result.changed ? "registered" : "already registered",
};
} catch (err) {
throw this.#wrap(err);
}
}
async refresh(source: SourceRef, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<SourceStatus> {
assertEgressConsent(this, opts);
this.#assertOk(spawnGbrain(["sync", "--strategy", "code", "--source", source.id], {
baseEnv: opts.env,
timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
}));
return this.status(source, opts);
}
async search(query: string, opts: SearchOptions = {}): Promise<CodeSearchHit[]> {
if (!query.trim()) return [];
const args = ["search", query];
if (opts.source) args.push("--source", opts.source);
const r = spawnGbrain(args, { baseEnv: opts.env, timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS });
this.#assertOk(r);
return parseGbrainSearch(r.stdout || "", opts.minScore ?? 0.1, opts.limit ?? 10);
}
async status(source?: SourceRef, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<SourceStatus> {
if (!source) {
// No source given: liveness probe. `sources list` reachable = ready.
this.#assertOk(spawnGbrain(["sources", "list", "--json"], {
baseEnv: opts.env,
timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
}));
return { id: "*", state: "ready" };
}
try {
const probed = probeSource(source.id, opts.env);
if (probed.status === "absent") return { id: source.id, state: "absent" };
const count = sourcePageCount(source.id, opts.env);
return {
id: source.id,
state: "ready",
itemCount: count ?? undefined,
detail: probed.registered_path,
};
} catch (err) {
throw this.#wrap(err);
}
}
async add(doc: { slug: string; body: string }, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<SourceStatus> {
assertCapability(this, "add");
assertEgressConsent(this, opts);
const r = spawnGbrain(["put", doc.slug, "--body", doc.body], {
baseEnv: opts.env,
timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
});
this.#assertOk(r);
return { id: doc.slug, state: "ready" };
}
async delete(slug: string, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<SourceStatus> {
assertCapability(this, "delete");
this.#assertOk(spawnGbrain(["delete", slug, "--yes"], {
baseEnv: opts.env,
timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
}));
return { id: slug, state: "absent" };
}
async export(source: SourceRef, opts: OpOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
assertCapability(this, "export");
const r = spawnGbrain(["export", "--source", source.id], {
baseEnv: opts.env,
timeout: opts.timeout ?? DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS,
});
this.#assertOk(r);
return r.stdout || "";
}
/**
* Throw a typed failure unless the spawn succeeded. Distinguishes a missing
* CLI (ENOENT → PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE, the degrade signal) from a timeout
* (ETIMEDOUT/SIGTERM, status=null) and a real non-zero exit.
*/
#assertOk(r: {
status: number | null;
stderr?: string;
error?: Error & { code?: string };
signal?: NodeJS.Signals | null;
}): void {
if (r.status === 0) return;
const stderr = (r.stderr || "").trim();
if (r.error?.code === "ENOENT" || /command not found/.test(stderr)) {
throw new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", "gbrain CLI not on PATH", this.id);
}
if (r.error?.code === "ETIMEDOUT" || r.signal === "SIGTERM") {
throw new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_TIMEOUT", "gbrain timed out", this.id);
}
if (/not configured|Cannot connect to database|config\.json/.test(stderr)) {
throw new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", stderr || "gbrain not configured", this.id);
}
throw new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_ERROR", stderr || `gbrain exited ${r.status}`, this.id);
}
#wrap(err: unknown): CodeProviderError {
if (err instanceof CodeProviderError) return err;
const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
if (/not on PATH|command not found/.test(message)) {
return new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", message, this.id);
}
if (/not configured/.test(message)) {
return new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", message, this.id);
}
return new CodeProviderError("PROVIDER_ERROR", message, this.id);
}
}
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/**
* code-intelligence — the OPTIONAL, repo-oriented provider contract.
* See docs/designs/CODE_INTELLIGENCE_PROVIDER_CONTRACT.md.
*/
export * from "./contract";
export { GbrainProvider, parseGbrainSearch } from "./gbrain-adapter";
export { SourcebotProvider, GraphifyProvider } from "./mcp-adapters";
export {
recommendCodeProvider,
resolveCodeProvider,
RECOMMENDED_ORDER,
type PickerOptions,
} from "./picker";
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/**
* Picker — recommends a code-intelligence provider, GBrain first.
*
* RECOMMENDED_ORDER is the static "GBrain first" fact the options UX and phase-2
* resolution filter against. In phase 1 only GBrain is drivable from the runtime
* (it has a CLI the runtime can spawn); Sourcebot and Graphify are MCP tools in
* the host session and become resolvable in phase 2 once a host transport is
* wired. So recommendCodeProvider returns GBrain-or-nothing today, and
* resolveCodeProvider degrades to null — the provider-OFF path — when GBrain is
* unavailable. Callers then use grep / the file-only decision store.
*
* GBrain availability uses the real detector, localEngineStatus() ("ok"/"timeout"
* are usable). Graphify is NEVER auto-installed or auto-offered.
*/
import { localEngineStatus, type LocalEngineStatus } from "../gbrain-local-status";
import { GbrainProvider } from "./gbrain-adapter";
import type { CodeProvider, CodeProviderId } from "./contract";
/** Recommendation order — GBrain first. Sourcebot/Graphify join in phase 2. */
export const RECOMMENDED_ORDER: readonly CodeProviderId[] = ["gbrain", "sourcebot", "graphify"];
export interface PickerOptions {
env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
/** Inject GBrain status for tests; otherwise probed via localEngineStatus(). */
gbrainStatus?: LocalEngineStatus;
}
const GBRAIN_USABLE: ReadonlySet<LocalEngineStatus> = new Set(["ok", "timeout"]);
/** Drivable providers, in recommendation order (GBrain first). */
export function recommendCodeProvider(opts: PickerOptions = {}): CodeProvider[] {
const status = opts.gbrainStatus ?? localEngineStatus({ env: opts.env });
return GBRAIN_USABLE.has(status) ? [new GbrainProvider()] : [];
}
/**
* The single recommended provider, or null when none is drivable. Null is the
* provider-OFF path: callers MUST degrade to grep / file-only, never fail.
*/
export function resolveCodeProvider(opts: PickerOptions = {}): CodeProvider | null {
return recommendCodeProvider(opts)[0] ?? null;
}