* feat: hermeticity migration — every $GBRAIN_HOME write site honors the env override
configDir() in src/core/config.ts already implemented $GBRAIN_HOME as a
parent-dir override (returns <override>/.gbrain), but ~12 consumers built paths
from os.homedir() directly and bypassed it. Critically, loadConfig/saveConfig
themselves used a private getConfigDir() that ignored the env. Fixed.
Migrated every write site to gbrainPath() — fail-improve, validator-lint, cycle
lock, shell-audit, backpressure-audit, sync-failures, integrity logs,
integrations heartbeat, init pglite path, migrate-engine manifest, import
checkpoint, v0_13_1 rollback, v0_14_0 host-work. Read-side host-detection in
init.ts (~/.claude / ~/.openclaw probes) intentionally NOT migrated; that's a
v1.1 follow-up under a separate $GBRAIN_HOST_HOME override.
Adds gbrainPath(...segments) sugar plus path validation: $GBRAIN_HOME must be
absolute and contain no '..' segments (throws GbrainHomeInvalidError).
test/gbrain-home-isolation.test.ts proves write-isolation across all migrated
sites. test/migrations-v0_14_0.test.ts updated to use $GBRAIN_HOME instead of
the old HOME-swap pattern.
Closes part of the claw-test E2E harness preconditions (D13 + D21).
* feat: gbrain friction {log,render,list,summary} — agent friction reporter
Append-only JSONL writer at $GBRAIN_HOME/friction/<run-id>.jsonl. Schema is a
flat extension of StructuredAgentError (D20), one envelope shape across both
agent-emitted entries and harness-wrapped command failures. Run-id resolves
from --run-id > $GBRAIN_FRICTION_RUN_ID > 'standalone'.
Subcommands stay ≤30 LOC each; core lives in src/core/friction.ts (writer +
reader + renderer + redactor). render --redact (default for md output) strips
\$HOME / \$CWD to placeholders so reports paste safely in PRs/issues.
Severity: confused | error | blocker | nit. Kind: friction | delight (D7) |
phase-marker | interrupted. Readers tolerate malformed lines (skip + warn).
40 unit tests; this is the channel the claw-test harness writes to and that
agents emit through during live-mode runs.
* feat: gbrain claw-test — end-to-end fresh-install friction harness
Two modes: scripted (CI gate, no agent) and --live (real agent subprocess).
Phases: setup → install_brain (gbrain init --pglite) → import (--no-embed) →
query → extract all --source fs → verify (gbrain doctor --json, asserts
status==='ok' and progress.jsonl phase coverage).
AgentRunner interface + registry — interface stays narrow (detect, invoke,
optional postInstallHook). v1 ships only OpenClawRunner; the registry pattern
lets v1.1 land hermes/codex as ~50-line additions without refactoring callers.
OpenClaw invocation: 'openclaw agent --local --agent <name> --message <brief>'
matching test/e2e/skills.test.ts (NOT --prompt-file, which doesn't exist).
transcript-capture: spawns child with piped stdio, async-drains via
fs.createWriteStream + 'drain' events so 256KB+ bursts don't stall the child
(D17 backpressure). Writes <run>/transcript.jsonl with schema_version + ts +
channel + byte_offset + bytes_b64. Friction entries' transcript_offset field
references byte offsets here so render --transcripts can resolve back.
progress-tail: parses gbrain's --progress-json events out of child stderr.
Phase verification asserts each scenario.expected_phases entry (dotted names
like import.files, extract.links_fs, doctor.db_checks) saw at least one event
from the actual command — proves the COMMAND ran, not that the agent obeyed
prompts.
seed-pglite: ~50 LOC SQL replay primitive for the upgrade-from-v0.18 scenario.
Existing migration helpers (test/e2e/helpers.ts) are Postgres-only; PGLite has
no equivalent. seedPglite opens a fresh PGLite, executes each statement
individually (errors name the failing one), then disconnects so gbrain init
can take over and walk forward.
53 unit tests covering registry selection, runner detection, multi-byte UTF-8
chunk-boundary safety, PIPE buffer drain, scenario load+validate, progress
event parsing, and SQL splitter.
* feat: claw-test scenario fixtures + friction-protocol skills convention
Two scenarios ship in v1 — fresh-install and upgrade-from-v0.18. Each is a
self-contained directory: brain/ (markdown pages), BRIEF.md (live-mode prompt),
expected.json (scripted-mode assertions), scenario.json (kind, expected_phases,
optional from_version + seed paths). Schema is owned by src/core/claw-test/
scenarios.ts.
upgrade-from-v0.18 ships scaffolded — seed/dump.sql is the v1.1 follow-up
(needs a real v0.18-shape PGLite dump; seed/README.md documents the gen
procedure). The harness gracefully no-ops the seed phase when dump.sql is
absent.
skills/_friction-protocol.md is a cross-cutting convention skill (like
_brain-filing-rules.md). Tells agents when to call gbrain friction log and how
to choose severity. Skills the claw-test exercises will gain a > Convention:
callout pointing here in a v1.1 sweep.
13 unit tests for the scenario loader + 'shipped scenarios load cleanly' for
both.
* feat: register gbrain claw-test + gbrain friction; CLAUDE.md + llms sync
Wires both commands into src/cli.ts CLI_ONLY allow-list and adds dispatch
in handleCliOnly so neither command requires a brain engine connection.
CLAUDE.md gains entries for src/commands/{friction,claw-test}.ts +
src/core/claw-test/ + skills/_friction-protocol.md, and a Commands section
listing all 8 new gbrain claw-test ... and gbrain friction ... invocations
with the v0.23 marker. Documents the GBRAIN_HOME write-isolation contract
and the v1 caveat (read-side host-fingerprint detection deferred to v1.1).
llms.txt + llms-full.txt regenerated via 'bun run build:llms' so the
committed generator-output gate passes.
test/e2e/claw-test.test.ts is the scripted-mode E2E. Builds a tiny shim that
delegates to 'bun run src/cli.ts' (NOT bun --compile, which doesn't bundle
PGLite's runtime assets), points the harness at it via GBRAIN_BIN_OVERRIDE,
runs --scenario fresh-install end-to-end. Asserts exit 0, zero error/blocker
friction. Includes a deliberate-break test that proves the friction signal
fires when a phase command rejects.
test/claw-test-cli.test.ts covers shipped-scenario load + agent registry +
OpenClawRunner detection (relative-path / .. / missing-bin guards) + the
GBRAIN_FRICTION_RUN_ID env handoff between harness and friction CLI.
Closes the v0.23 claw-test E2E feature.
* chore: bump version and changelog (v0.24.0)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(tests): typecheck failures + spawnWithCapture timeout headroom in CI
Three CI fixes after PR #522 landed:
1. test/agent-runner.test.ts:89 — UnavailableRunner.invoke() returns
Promise<void> by default but the AgentRunner contract requires
Promise<InvokeResult>. Annotate the throw-only invoke explicitly so tsc
sees the contract is satisfied (the throw makes the body unreachable as
far as the return type is concerned).
2. test/seed-pglite.test.ts — bun:test signature is test(name, fn, timeoutMs:
number), not test(name, opts: {timeout}, fn). The {timeout: 30_000} object
form was a guess that tsc on bun 1.3.13 rejects. Move the 30s cap to the
trailing positional number arg on each PGLite-using test.
3. test/transcript-capture.test.ts — `spawnWithCapture > timeout fires
SIGTERM/SIGKILL` blew the 10s outer cap on the GitHub runner. Two fixes:
(a) use `exec sleep` so the child we spawn IS sleep — SIGTERM goes
directly to it, no `/bin/sh` fork-vs-exec process-group ambiguity that
could orphan the sleep and force the SIGKILL grace path. (b) bump outer
cap to 30s for headroom even when the runner is slow and SIGKILL after
the 5s grace is what actually ends the child.
* chore: rebump to v0.22.16 (next free 0.22.x patch slot per queue)
PR #506 claims v0.22.15, PR #521 claims v0.22.10, intermediate slots
(.11/.12/.13/.14) are claimed by other open PRs. v0.22.16 is the next
clean PATCH slot. v0.23.0 is claimed by PR #462 so MINOR isn't free.
This release fits the 0.22.x train; v0.23.0 lands when #462 ships.
Updates VERSION, package.json, CHANGELOG.md header, TODOS.md follow-up
labels. Code is unchanged.
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Friction protocol — convention
Cross-cutting rule shared by skills the claw-test harness exercises (setup, brain-ops, query, ingest, smoke-test, migrations). Reference via
> **Convention:** see [skills/_friction-protocol.md](_friction-protocol.md).
When you encounter friction running gbrain — anything confusing, missing, surprising, or wrong — log it via gbrain friction log so maintainers can see it without you writing a bug report. Friction reports drive the claw-test feedback loop (the harness collects, renders, and re-runs).
When to log
Log friction when any of these happens:
- A command failed with a non-actionable error message
- A doc said one thing and the tool did another
- You couldn't find the next step
- A setup command needed a manual workaround
- A flag exists but isn't documented in
--help - A success condition was unclear (you couldn't tell if the command worked)
Log delight (positive signal) when:
- Something worked on the first try and the docs were exactly right
- An error message handed you the fix
- A flag you guessed at turned out to exist with the obvious name
How to log
gbrain friction log \
--severity {confused|error|blocker|nit} \
--phase <which-phase-or-command> \
--message "<one-line-what-happened>" \
[--hint "<one-line-what-could-be-better>"]
For delight, add --kind delight and pick any severity.
The CLI auto-fills ts, cwd, gbrain_version, and resolves run_id from $GBRAIN_FRICTION_RUN_ID (set by the harness) or falls back to standalone.jsonl. So you can call this anywhere — inside a harness run, manually during normal use, or from a scripted test.
Severity guide
| severity | meaning |
|---|---|
blocker |
Couldn't proceed at all. Hard stop. |
error |
Command failed unexpectedly. |
confused |
Docs/tool mismatch, ambiguity, missing pointer. |
nit |
Polish opportunity. Cosmetic or low-impact. |
Be specific: "doctor says schema_version=0 and points at apply-migrations, but apply-migrations exits 0 with no output" beats "doctor was confusing."
Inspecting reports
gbrain friction list # recent runs with counts
gbrain friction render --run-id <id> # markdown report (default)
gbrain friction render --run-id <id> --json
gbrain friction summary --run-id <id> # friction + delight side-by-side
render defaults to --redact for markdown (strips $HOME/$CWD to <HOME>/<CWD> placeholders) so reports paste safely into PRs and issues.