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Summary: Tvastar — a programmable agent harness framework for Python. Agent = Model + Harness.
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Tvastar is the loop quality layer for production AI agents.
Its core differentiator: it detects when an agent silently failed — claimed success but didn't actually do it.
This is what AWS AgentCore Harness, LangGraph, and CrewAI do NOT provide.
Core equations: Agent = Model + Harness / Loop = Agent + Schedule + Verify + Handoff
It works with any agent framework: AgentCore, LangGraph, raw Anthropic SDK, or its own harness.
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# Tvastar

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**Your agents complete tasks they didn't actually finish. They loop forever without telling you. They swallow errors and say "done." Tvastar detects this. Automatically. In any loop.**

```python
result = await harness.run("fix the failing tests")
print(result.quality.score)    # 40
print(result.quality.grade)    # "FAIL"
print(result.quality.summary)  # "1 error — final answer claims success but the last tool result shows failure"
```

```bash
pip install tvastar
# or: tvastar quality my_agent.py:agent "fix the tests"  → score 0–100, exit 1 if FAIL
```

```
Agent = Model + Harness
Loop  = Agent + Schedule + Verify + Handoff
```

You shouldn't be prompting agents anymore. You should be building systems that do it for you — and knowing whether they actually did.

```bash
pip install tvastar
```

---

## Loop in 60 seconds

```python
# A CI loop that watches your build, fixes failures, and escalates only when it can't.
import asyncio
from tvastar.loop.patterns import CISweeper
from tvastar.model import AnthropicModel

loop = CISweeper(
    model=AnthropicModel("claude-sonnet-4-6"),
    schedule="*/15 * * * *",   # every 15 minutes
    cancel_after=300.0,         # 5-minute timeout per run
)

asyncio.run(loop.start())       # runs forever — trigger → run → verify → handoff if stuck
```

Or scaffold from the CLI and be running in seconds:

```bash
tvastar loop init CISweeper        # writes .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py
tvastar loop audit .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop   # score readiness L0→L3
tvastar loop run   .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop   # trigger once to test
```

The loop runs the agent, verifies the result, retries with exponential backoff, and escalates to you (Slack, email, any webhook) only when it cannot fix something itself. You walk away. It runs.

---

## What is a harness?

Most Python agent libraries give you one of two things: orchestration patterns (how agents coordinate) or model wrappers (how to call an LLM). Neither solves the problem of running agents safely in production.

A harness is the missing layer. It sits between your agent logic and the real world and handles what happens when things go wrong — code that crashes, context that overflows, silent failures, infrastructure that varies across environments.

Tvastar includes lightweight framework primitives so you have something to run (`AgentSpec`, `@tool`, sessions, workflows). But the framework is minimal on purpose. The harness is the product.

---

## The five problems Tvastar solves

**1. You are still manually prompting agents**

The leverage point has shifted. You should be building systems that prompt agents for you — not babysitting individual runs. Tvastar is the framework that makes automated agent loops production-ready. Give the loop a goal and a schedule. Walk away.

**2. Running agent-produced code safely**

Most frameworks assume you have a container. Tvastar runs real code in-memory with no Docker, no setup, no external service. Switch to Docker or a remote sandbox with one line when you need stronger isolation.

**3. Agents that lie about success**

An agent says "all tests pass" over a failing run. An agent claims a file was created but nothing was written. Tvastar detects silent failures automatically — the loop does not trust what the agent says, only what actually happened.

**4. Long-running agents that crash**

A 10-minute agent run failing at minute 9 loses everything. Tvastar checkpoints transcript and filesystem after every step. Crashes resume from where they stopped, not from the beginning.

**5. Deploying the same agent everywhere**

One agent definition runs as a web service, AWS Lambda, GitHub Action, container, or serverless function. No rewriting. No framework-specific deployment config.

---

## Works with any agent or model

```python
import asyncio
from tvastar import create_agent, Harness, default_toolset
from tvastar.model import AnthropicModel

# Wrapping a raw model call
agent = create_agent(
    "assistant",
    model=AnthropicModel("claude-opus-4-6"),
    instructions="You are a helpful coding agent.",
    tools=default_toolset(),
)
result = asyncio.run(Harness(agent).run("Write hello.py and run it."))
print(result.text)
```

```python
# Wrapping an OpenAI-compatible provider
from tvastar.model import OpenAIModel

agent = create_agent("assistant", model=OpenAIModel("gpt-4o"), tools=default_toolset())
```

```python
# Local Ollama — completely free, no API key
model = OpenAIModel(model="llama3.2", base_url="http://localhost:11434/v1", api_key="ollama")
agent = create_agent("assistant", model=model, tools=default_toolset())
```

```python
# Any OpenAI-compatible provider (Groq, Together, Cloudflare…)
model = OpenAIModel(
    model="llama-3.1-8b-instant",
    base_url="https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
    api_key="gsk_...",
)
```

The harness wraps the model. It does not care which one.

---

## See it in action: tvastar-fix

The fastest way to understand Tvastar is to watch it fix something real.

`tvastar-fix` is a CLI tool and GitHub Action that auto-fixes failing tests. Your tests fail on a PR. Tvastar runs the agent, executes the fixes in a safe sandbox, verifies they actually pass, and pushes the correction — without you touching a line.

It is the reference implementation for everything the harness provides: safe execution, silent failure detection, crash recovery, and deploy-anywhere portability in one working example.

```bash
pip install "tvastar[fix]"
tvastar-fix --test-cmd "pytest tests/" --model claude-opus-4-6
```

---

## When not to use Tvastar

- You only need a single chat completion → call the model SDK directly, Tvastar is overkill
- You need hundreds of pre-built integrations (Slack, Salesforce, databases) → LangChain's ecosystem is larger
- Your agent never executes code or writes files → the sandbox and failure detection add weight without benefit

Tvastar is for agents that do things — run code, edit files, call tools — and need to do those things safely in production. If your agent only talks, you do not need a harness.

---

## What Tvastar handles so you do not have to

| Problem | How Tvastar handles it |
|---|---|
| Code execution without Docker | In-memory sandbox, zero setup |
| Agent claims success but fails | Built-in silent failure detection |
| Crash at step 47 of 50 | Step-level checkpoint and resume |
| Deploy to Lambda, GitHub Actions, web | Single agent definition, any target |
| Agent loops on the same tool | Built-in loop detection |
| Context grows past model limit | Automatic compaction and summarisation |
| Audit what the agent actually did | Full transcript stored every run |
| Inspect runs visually | Built-in trace viewer UI (`tvastar ui`) |
| Flaky network tools fail mid-run | Per-tool retry with exponential backoff |
| Run 100 prompts at once | Built-in parallel fan-out |
| Stream tokens to the browser | SSE endpoint out of the box |
| Tool called in wrong execution phase | `GovernancePolicy` — tamper-proof phase enforcement |
| Filesystem changes need atomic rollback | `harness.transaction()` + sandbox snapshot/restore |
| Agent needs memory across sessions | `tvastar.contrib.ltm` — post-session LTM consolidation |
| Session messages balloon past 50 MB | `memory_cap_mb` — hard cap with auto-compaction |

---

## How it works

```
create_agent(...)  →  AgentSpec          (what the agent is — immutable)
Harness(spec)      →  Harness            (how it runs — stateful)
harness.run(...)   →  RunResult          (one prompt, one answer)
harness.session()  →  Session            (multi-turn conversation)
```

Inside every `run()` or `prompt()`, the loop looks like this:

```
User message
    ↓
Model generates response
    ↓
  ┌─ stop_reason == TOOL_USE? ──────────────────────────────────┐
  │                                                             │
  │   Execute all requested tools (concurrently)               │
  │   Feed results back to model                               │
  │   Auto-compact context if policy threshold hit             │
  │   Checkpoint to durable store                              │
  │   Loop ────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  │
  └─ END_TURN → RunResult(.text, .messages, .usage, .steps, .data)
```

---

## Install

```bash
pip install tvastar                      # core only — zero deps
pip install "tvastar[anthropic]"         # + Claude models
pip install "tvastar[openai]"            # + OpenAI / Groq / Ollama / etc.
pip install "tvastar[serve]"             # + HTTP server (FastAPI)
pip install "tvastar[otel]"              # + OpenTelemetry tracing
pip install "tvastar[all]"              # everything
```

---

## Environment variables

Tvastar reads these from the environment — never pass credentials in code:

| Variable | Used by | Example |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` | `AnthropicModel` | `sk-ant-...` |
| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | `OpenAIModel` | `sk-...` |
| `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` | `AnthropicModel` — custom endpoint | `https://my-proxy.example.com` |
| `OPENAI_BASE_URL` | `OpenAIModel` — custom endpoint / Groq / Ollama | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` |

```bash
# Claude
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."

# OpenAI
export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-..."

# Ollama (local, no key needed)
export OPENAI_BASE_URL="http://localhost:11434/v1"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="ollama"
```

You can also pass `api_key` and `base_url` directly to the model constructor — useful when you need multiple providers in one process:

```python
from tvastar.model.anthropic import AnthropicModel
from tvastar.model.openai import OpenAIModel

claude = AnthropicModel("claude-sonnet-4-6", api_key="sk-ant-...")
gpt4   = OpenAIModel("gpt-4o", api_key="sk-...", base_url="https://api.openai.com/v1")
llama  = OpenAIModel("llama3.2", base_url="http://localhost:11434/v1", api_key="ollama")
```

---

## Core concepts

**Agent layer:**

| Thing | What it is |
|-------|-----------|
| `AgentSpec` | Immutable declaration: model + tools + instructions + policies |
| `Harness` | Stateful runtime: runs an AgentSpec across sessions |
| `Session` | One conversation thread with its own message history |
| `Tool` | A Python function the model can call (schema auto-derived) |
| `Skill` | A Markdown file of reusable expertise, loaded on demand |
| `Sandbox` | Where code runs — virtual (in-memory), local, or Docker |
| `RunResult` | What you get back: `.text`, `.data`, `.usage`, `.steps`, `.ok` |
| `GovernancePolicy` | Phase-based tool enforcement — declare which tools are legal per workflow phase |
| `Finding` | A structured signal from a silent-failure detector (severity + message + evidence) |

**Loop layer:**

| Thing | What it is |
|-------|-----------|
| `Loop` | An agent on a schedule: trigger → run → verify → handoff if stuck → idle |
| `LoopConfig` | Schedule, goal, retries, timeout, circuit breaker — validated at construction |
| `LoopState` | IDLE → TRIGGERED → RUNNING → VERIFYING → PASS/FAIL → RETRY/HANDOFF/SUSPENDED |
| `LoopRun` | One iteration's metadata: state, steps, findings, error, duration |
| `HandoffPolicy` | What fires when retries are exhausted: `LogHandoff`, `CallbackHandoff`, `MultiHandoff` |
| `MakerChecker` | Two-agent pattern: Maker proposes, Checker independently verifies before PASS |
| `ReadinessLevel` | L0 MANUAL → L1 OBSERVE → L2 GATED → L3 AUTONOMOUS — scored by `audit_loop()` |

---

## Tools

```python
from tvastar import tool, ToolRetryPolicy

@tool
def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    "Add two integers."
    return a + b

# With retry for flaky network calls
@tool(retry=ToolRetryPolicy(max_attempts=3, backoff_base=0.5))
async def call_api(url: str) -> str:
    "Fetch a URL."
    ...

# Access session context (sandbox, filesystem, memory)
@tool
async def save(path: str, content: str, ctx: ToolContext) -> str:
    "Save a file."
    ctx.filesystem.write(path, content)
    return "saved"
```

Built-in tools via `default_toolset()`: `bash`, `read_file`, `write_file`, `edit_file`, `grep`, `glob`, `list_files`.

Add internet access with `web_toolset()` — no API key, no extra dependencies:

```python
from tvastar import default_toolset, web_toolset

agent = create_agent(
    "researcher",
    model=model,
    tools=[*default_toolset(), *web_toolset()],
)
# Agent can now browse any URL and search the web
```

```python
# Or use individually
from tvastar import web_browse, web_search

@tool
async def my_tool(url: str) -> str:
    return await web_browse.fn(url)
```

`web_browse(url)` fetches any page as clean markdown via [Jina AI Reader](https://r.jina.ai).
`web_search(query)` returns top search results via [Jina AI Search](https://s.jina.ai).
Both handle HTTP errors gracefully and accept a `max_chars` limit to protect context.

Harness-wide retry — applies to all tools that do not have their own policy:

```python
agent = create_agent(..., tool_retry=ToolRetryPolicy(max_attempts=3))
```

---

## Sessions

```python
harness = Harness(agent)

# One-shot
result = await harness.run("Summarise this document.")

# Multi-turn
sess = harness.session()
async with sess:
    await sess.prompt("Read report.txt")
    await sess.prompt("Write a 3-bullet summary")
    result = await sess.prompt("Translate the summary to Spanish")

# Named sessions for parallel branches
branch_a = harness.session("review-api")
branch_b = harness.session("review-auth")
results = await asyncio.gather(
    branch_a.prompt("Review the API layer"),
    branch_b.prompt("Review the auth layer"),
)
```

---

## Structured output

Get back a typed object instead of raw text:

```python
from pydantic import BaseModel

class Report(BaseModel):
    summary: str
    issues: list[str]
    severity: str

result = await sess.prompt("Analyse this code.", result=Report)
report: Report = result.data
print(report.severity)
```

Works with Pydantic v2, Pydantic v1, dataclasses, plain `dict`, or any callable validator.

---

## Delegating to specialist sub-agents

```python
from tvastar import create_agent, define_agent_profile

reviewer = define_agent_profile(
    name="reviewer",
    description="Reviews code for security and correctness.",
    instructions="Report only issues with a reproducible failure scenario.",
    thinking_level="high",
    max_steps=10,
)

agent = create_agent("coordinator", model=model, subagents=[reviewer], tools=default_toolset())

sess = harness.session()
async with sess:
    result = await sess.task(
        "Review the auth package for security issues.",
        agent="reviewer",
        cancel_after=60.0,
        result=ReviewReport,
    )
```

Task delegation is capped at 4 levels deep to prevent runaway recursion.

---

## Parallel fan-out

Run multiple prompts concurrently with one call:

```python
results = await harness.fan_out([
    "Summarise chapter 1",
    "Summarise chapter 2",
    {
        "prompt": "Summarise chapter 3",
        "agent": "summariser",
        "cancel_after": 30.0,
        "result": SummarySchema,
    },
], concurrency=4)
```

---

## DAG task execution — maximum parallelism

`TaskGraph` models work as a directed acyclic graph. Independent tasks run
concurrently; a task starts the moment every dependency completes.
Wall-clock time equals the critical path, not the sum of all tasks.

```python
from tvastar import TaskGraph

graph = TaskGraph(harness)

# These three have no deps — start immediately in parallel
graph.task("leads",   "Fetch the lead list from CRM")
graph.task("pricing", "Scrape competitor pricing pages")
graph.task("news",    "Find recent news about the prospect")

# Waits for all three; their results are auto-injected into its prompt
graph.task("analyse", "Score and prioritise leads",
           depends_on=["leads", "pricing", "news"])

# These two depend on analyse but not each other — run in parallel
graph.task("emails",  "Write personalised cold emails",
           depends_on=["analyse"])
graph.task("report",  "Write executive summary",
           depends_on=["analyse"])

results = await graph.run()
print(results["emails"].text)
print(results.ok)          # True when every task finished cleanly
print(results.text)        # dict of all task outputs
```

Fluent chaining:

```python
results = await (
    TaskGraph(harness)
    .task("fetch", "Fetch data")
    .task("analyse", "Analyse it", depends_on=["fetch"])
    .task("report",  "Write report", depends_on=["analyse"])
    .run()
)
```

Structured output per task:

```python
graph.task("score", "Score each lead", result=LeadScores, depends_on=["fetch"])
results["score"].data  # LeadScores instance
```

---

## Loop Engineering

A loop is an agent on a schedule with verify + handoff built in. It runs autonomously, retries on failure with exponential backoff, and escalates to a human only when it cannot fix something itself.

```
Loop = Agent + Schedule + Verify + Handoff
```

### Built-in patterns — clone and run in minutes

| Pattern | What it does | Default schedule |
|---------|-------------|-----------------|
| `CISweeper` | Watches CI, fixes red builds, escalates if unfixable | Every 15 min |
| `PRBabysitter` | Resolves trivial merge conflicts, flags stale PRs | Every 30 min |
| `DailyTriage` | Classifies new issues by severity, detects duplicates | 9am UTC daily |
| `DependencySweeper` | Bumps patch versions, runs tests, commits if green | 3am UTC daily |
| `PostMergeCleanup` | Reports TODOs + stale references after merges | Every 30 min |
| `ChangelogDrafter` | Writes CHANGELOG entries from commit history | Monday 9am |
| `MakerChecker` | Maker proposes, Checker independently verifies | @manual |

### MakerChecker — two-agent verification

```python
from tvastar.loop.patterns import MakerChecker
from tvastar.model import AnthropicModel

loop = MakerChecker(
    maker_model=AnthropicModel("claude-haiku-4-5-20251001"),   # fast writer
    checker_model=AnthropicModel("claude-sonnet-4-6"),          # careful reviewer
    goal="Fix the failing test in tests/test_auth.py",
    max_rounds=3,          # Maker+Checker cycles before HANDOFF
    cancel_after=600.0,
)
run = await loop.trigger()
# Maker proposes a fix → Checker reviews adversarially → APPROVED or REJECTED+feedback
# REJECTED feeds structured criticism back to Maker for the next round
# Only APPROVED advances to PASS
```

### Self-Improving Loops (`meta_model`)

Set `meta_model` on any `LoopConfig` and the loop will rewrite its own agent instructions after each FAIL — inspired by [Hyperagents](https://github.com/facebookresearch/Hyperagents). No code execution: improvement is pure prompt evolution, persisted across restarts.

```python
from tvastar.loop import Loop, LoopConfig
from tvastar.memory.store import FileStore
from tvastar.model.anthropic import AnthropicModel

config = LoopConfig(
    name="self-improving-ci",
    goal="Keep the build green.",
    schedule="*/15 * * * *",
    cancel_after=300.0,
    meta_model=AnthropicModel("claude-sonnet-4-6"),  # stronger model improves the worker
)
loop = Loop(spec, config, store=FileStore(".tvastar-state"))

# After each FAIL, meta_model rewrites the worker's instructions and the next
# retry uses the improved version. Every run is recorded as a LoopGeneration.
run = await loop.trigger()

best = loop.best_generation()   # highest-scoring generation on record
print(f"Best: gen {best.gen_id}, score={best.score}")
```

`MakerChecker` with a `FileStore` also persists checker rejection verdicts across runs so the Maker learns from patterns that caused rejection in previous sessions.

### L0→L3 Readiness Audit

Score any loop before deploying it. Never discover failure modes at 2am.

```python
from tvastar import audit_loop

report = audit_loop(loop)
print(f"L{report.level} {report.name}: {report.description}")
for gap in report.gaps:
    print(f"  ✗ {gap}")
# L0 MANUAL: No schedule configured. Set LoopConfig(schedule='*/15 * * * *') to reach L1.
```

Or from the CLI — useful as a pre-deploy CI gate:
```bash
tvastar loop audit .tvastar/loops/ci.py:loop   # exits 0 only at L3 AUTONOMOUS
```

| Level | Name | What it means |
|-------|------|---------------|
| L0 | MANUAL | Loop exists but only fires when you call `trigger()` manually |
| L1 | OBSERVE | Scheduled + handoff — fires automatically and escalates failures |
| L2 | GATED | L1 + `cancel_after` timeout — safe for loops that mutate state |
| L3 | AUTONOMOUS | L2 + silent-failure detectors + circuit breaker — production-ready |

### Handoff policies

```python
from tvastar.loop.handoff import LogHandoff, CallbackHandoff, MultiHandoff

# Default: prints a structured report to stderr
loop = CISweeper(model=model, handoff=LogHandoff())

# Custom: call any async function
loop = CISweeper(model=model, handoff=CallbackHandoff(
    async def on_fail(run, history):
        await slack.post("#oncall", f"Loop {run.loop_name} failed after {run.iteration} attempts")
))

# Both: fire all, report all failures independently
loop = CISweeper(model=model, handoff=MultiHandoff([LogHandoff(), slack_handoff]))
```

### Loop lifecycle — Werner-hardened

Every failure mode is handled before code runs, not discovered at 2am:

| Failure | How Tvastar handles it |
|---------|----------------------|
| Run exceeds time limit | `cancel_after` fires `TIMEOUT` → `_handle_fail` |
| Model API error | `FailureKind.MODEL_ERROR` → retry with backoff |
| Agent claims success but fails | Silent-failure detectors → `DETECTION` → retry |
| Process crashes mid-run | `_recover()` on startup detects RUNNING → marks `INTERRUPTED` |
| Too many consecutive failures | Circuit breaker → `SUSPENDED`; `loop.reset()` to resume |
| Handoff itself throws | Retried 3× with backoff → `HANDOFF_FAILED` (never silently dropped) |
| Scheduler task dies unexpectedly | `add_done_callback` watchdog restarts it |

---

## Loop Quality — score every run automatically

Every `RunResult` has a quality score. `score_run()` computes it from findings and stop reason:

```python
from tvastar.quality import score_run

result = await harness.run("fix the failing tests")
report = score_run(result)

print(report.score)    # 0–100
print(report.grade)    # "PASS" | "WARN" | "FAIL"
print(report.summary)  # human-readable explanation
```

Or from the CLI — useful as a CI gate:

```bash
tvastar quality my_agent.py:agent "fix the failing tests"
# Loop Quality: 82/100  [PASS]
# exit 0 on PASS/WARN, exit 1 on FAIL
```

Scoring deductions:

| Deduction | Condition |
|---|---|
| −30 | Per ERROR finding (e.g. `unverified_completion`, `schema_mismatch`) |
| −10 | Per WARNING finding (e.g. `thrash_loop`, `ignored_tool_error`) |
| −20 | Run stopped by `max_steps` or `budget` |
| −50 | Run stopped by `error` |

Grades: ≥ 80 → `PASS` · ≥ 60 → `WARN` · < 60 → `FAIL`.

---

## Plug into anything — wrap any agent framework

`tvastar.wrap` is a quality layer you add on top of whatever agent
infrastructure you already run. Zero changes to your existing loop.

```python
import tvastar

# Decorator — any async function becomes quality-scored
@tvastar.wrap
async def my_loop(prompt: str) -> str:
    return await some_external_agent(prompt)

result = await my_loop("fix the failing tests")
print(result.quality.score)   # 0–100
print(result.quality.grade)   # "PASS" | "WARN" | "FAIL"
print(result.ok)              # True if grade is PASS
```

### OpenAI function-calling loops

```python
from tvastar.adapters.openai import OpenAILoopWrapper

with OpenAILoopWrapper() as loop:
    loop.messages.append({"role": "user", "content": "Fix the tests."})
    while True:
        resp = client.chat.completions.create(
            model="gpt-4o", messages=loop.messages, tools=my_tools
        )
        loop.messages.append(resp.choices[0].message.model_dump())
        if resp.choices[0].finish_reason == "stop":
            break
        # handle tool calls …

print(loop.result.quality.grade)   # full detector suite ran
```

### LangGraph graphs

```python
from tvastar.adapters.langgraph import LangGraphWrapper

graph = build_my_graph().compile()
wrapped = LangGraphWrapper(graph)

result = await wrapped.ainvoke({"messages": [HumanMessage(content="Fix tests.")]})
print(result.quality.score)
```

### AWS AgentCore (Bedrock Agents)

```python
from tvastar.adapters.agentcore import AgentCoreWrapper
import boto3

client = boto3.client("bedrock-agent-runtime")
wrapper = AgentCoreWrapper(client)

result = wrapper.invoke(
    agent_id="ABCDEF1234", agent_alias_id="TSTALIASID",
    session_id="session-1", input_text="Fix the failing tests.",
)
print(result.quality.grade)
```

All three adapters convert the framework's message format into Tvastar's types
so the full silent-failure detector suite runs — not just text-level checks.

---

## Verifiable Execution — cryptographic proof of every run

Make AI agent runs as trustworthy as compiled code. One policy line attaches a
signed, chain-linked receipt to every `RunResult`:

```python
from tvastar.assurance import AssurancePolicy, TrustLog

agent = create_agent(
    "billing-bot",
    model=model,
    assurance=AssurancePolicy(
        key="prod-secret",                # HMAC-SHA256 signing key
        log=TrustLog(".tvastar-trust.jsonl"),
        min_score=80,                     # quality SLA: PASS required
        on_fail="escalate",
        on_escalate=lambda r: alert_team(r),
    ),
)

result = await harness.run("Charge customer $50")

# Cryptographic proof — verifiable by any auditor
print(result.receipt.run_id)           # run_c3afc6fcc23c4322
print(result.receipt.content_hash)     # sha256:d2e502ed...
print(result.receipt.verify("prod-secret"))  # True

# Tamper-evident chain — modify any entry and the next prev_hash breaks
assert policy.log.verify_chain()

# Replay any past run
r = policy.log.get("run_c3afc6fcc23c4322")
assert r.quality_grade == "PASS"
```

Every receipt captures: prompt, all tool calls + inputs, final answer, Loop
Quality score, token usage, timestamps, and the hash of the previous receipt.
Suitable as a SOC2 / HIPAA / PCI-DSS audit trail — the first in the AI agent
space.

---

## Extended thinking

```python
agent = create_agent(..., thinking_level="high")
# Anthropic: budget_tokens=16000  (low=1024, medium=8000, high=16000)
# OpenAI:    reasoning_effort='high'
```

---

## Workflows — durable, inspectable pipelines

```python
from tvastar import workflow
from tvastar.workflow import WorkflowContext

@workflow
async def summarise_document(ctx: WorkflowContext) -> dict:
    harness = await ctx.init(agent)
    sess = await harness.session()
    result = await sess.prompt(f"Summarise {ctx.payload['path']}")
    return {"summary": result.text, "steps": result.steps}

run = await summarise_document.run({"path": "report.pdf"})
print(run.status)   # RunStatus.COMPLETED
print(run.output)   # {'summary': '...', 'steps': 3}

for past_run in summarise_document.list_runs():
    print(past_run.run_id, past_run.status)
```

---

## Event-driven dispatch

For chat bots, webhooks, and queue processors:

```python
from tvastar import dispatch, dispatch_and_wait, observe_dispatch, DispatchInput

# Fire and forget
dispatch_id = await dispatch(
    agent,
    id="user_123",
    input=DispatchInput(text=message_text, type="chat.message"),
    on_complete=lambda r: send_reply(r.text),
    cancel_after=30.0,
)

# Fire and await
result = await dispatch_and_wait(agent, id="job_456", text="Process this report.")

# Watch all dispatches globally
observe_dispatch(lambda event: logger.info(event.type, extra=event.data))
```

---

## Context compaction

Prevent context window exhaustion in long sessions:

```python
from tvastar import CompactionPolicy

agent = create_agent(
    "long-runner",
    model=model,
    compaction=CompactionPolicy(
        max_messages=40,
        keep_last=10,
        min_messages=20,
    ),
)
# Fires automatically after tool turns. The model never notices.
```

---

## Application-level file access

```python
async with Harness(agent) as h:
    await h.fs.write_file("report.pdf", pdf_bytes)
    result = await h.run("Summarise report.pdf")
    summary = await h.fs.read_file("summary.md")
```

---

## Sandboxes

```python
from tvastar import VirtualSandbox, LocalSandbox, SecurityPolicy

# Default — in-memory, zero deps
create_agent(..., sandbox=VirtualSandbox)

# Real bash, jailed to a directory
policy = SecurityPolicy(allowed_commands={"python", "pytest"}, network=False)
create_agent(..., sandbox=lambda: LocalSandbox("./workspace", policy=policy))
```

---

## MCP — use any published tool server

```python
from tvastar import connect_mcp_server, default_toolset

client = await connect_mcp_server(command="python", args=["my_mcp_server.py"])
# or remote:
client = await connect_mcp_server(url="https://api.example.com/mcp", headers={...})

agent = create_agent("a", model=model, tools=[*default_toolset(), *client.tools])
await client.close()
```

---

## Durable execution — survive crashes

```python
from tvastar import Harness, FileStore

harness = Harness(agent, store=FileStore(".tvastar-state"))

# On restart — resume from last checkpoint
sess = harness.resume("sess_abc123") or harness.session()
```

---

## Serving over HTTP

```bash
pip install "tvastar[serve]"
tvastar serve my_agent.py:agent --port 8000
```

| Method | Path | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| `GET` | `/` | Agent info |
| `POST` | `/sessions` | Create session |
| `POST` | `/sessions/{id}/prompt` | Send a message |
| `WS` | `/sessions/{id}/stream` | WebSocket streaming |
| `GET` | `/sessions/{id}/stream?text=...` | SSE streaming |

```bash
curl -N "http://localhost:8000/sessions/sess_abc/stream?text=Hello"
# data: {"type": "text_delta", "data": {"text": "Hello"}}
# data: [DONE]
```

---

## Observability

```python
from tvastar import Tracer, ConsoleExporter, JSONLExporter

harness = Harness(agent, tracer=Tracer([
    ConsoleExporter(),
    JSONLExporter("trace.jsonl"),
]))
```

OpenTelemetry (Braintrust, Honeycomb, Datadog, Sentry):

```bash
pip install "tvastar[otel]"
```

```python
from tvastar import OTelExporter
harness = Harness(agent, tracer=Tracer([OTelExporter()]))
```

The `model.generate` span follows the [OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic
conventions](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/specs/semconv/gen-ai/) —
`gen_ai.system`, `gen_ai.request.model`, `gen_ai.usage.input_tokens`,
`gen_ai.response.finish_reasons`, … — so traces drop into Braintrust / Honeycomb
/ Datadog dashboards without custom attribute mapping.

---

## Trace viewer UI — inspect every run locally

Write a trace file with `JSONLExporter`, then open the viewer:

```bash
pip install "tvastar[serve]"
tvastar ui                          # reads tvastar-trace.jsonl in cwd
tvastar ui --trace my-run.jsonl     # custom path
tvastar ui --port 7878 --no-open    # headless / CI
```

Or programmatically after a run:

```python
from tvastar import Tracer, JSONLExporter, Harness, run_ui

harness = Harness(agent, tracer=Tracer([JSONLExporter("trace.jsonl")]))
result  = await harness.run("Write and test auth.py")

# inspect in browser
run_ui("trace.jsonl", port=7878)
```

The viewer is a self-contained FastAPI + vanilla-JS SPA (no build step, no Node):

- **Left panel** — runs listed newest-first, with a green/yellow/red status dot,
  step count, tool-call count, and total duration
- **Right panel** — per-run token counts, detected findings (warnings / errors),
  and an expandable timeline: every `model.generate`, `tool.invoke`, and lifecycle
  event in order with inputs, result previews, and stop reasons
- **Auto-refreshes every 5 s** — watch a long run fill in live

Try it with the bundled demo (no agent run required):

```bash
python run_ui_demo.py   # generates a sample trace and opens the viewer
```

---

## Tool masking — show the model only the tools it needs now

Exposing every tool on every turn burns context and tempts the model to reach
for the wrong one. A `tool_policy` filters the visible toolset **per turn**
(it can only hide available tools, never grant new ones, and never breaks a run):

```python
from tvastar import create_agent, allow_only, deny, phases

# only one tool, ever
create_agent(..., tool_policy=allow_only("read_file"))

# everything except the dangerous one
create_agent(..., tool_policy=deny("bash"))

# research first, unlock writes once we're a few steps in
create_agent(..., tool_policy=phases({1: ["grep", "read_file"],
                                      4: ["grep", "read_file", "write_file"]}))

# or any callable: (MaskContext) -> list[str]
create_agent(..., tool_policy=lambda ctx: ["bash"] if ctx.step > 2 else [])
```

---

## Silent-failure detection

```python
result = await harness.run("Fix all test failures.")

if not result.ok:
    for finding in result.warnings:
        print(f"[{finding.severity}] {finding.detector}: {finding.message}")
# → [WARNING] unverified_completion: model claimed success but last tool result shows failures
```

Built-in detectors: `unknown_tool`, `schema_mismatch`, `thrash_loop`, `ignored_tool_error`, `unverified_completion`, `prompt_injection`, `empty_answer`, `step_limit`.

Write your own:

```python
from tvastar.detect import Finding, Severity

def slow_run(ctx):
    if ctx.stopped == "max_steps":
        return [Finding("slow_run", Severity.WARNING, "hit the step ceiling")]
    return []

create_agent(..., detect=[*default_detectors(), slow_run])
```

---

## Untrusted content & prompt-injection detection

No one has *solved* prompt injection — so Tvastar doesn't claim to. It gives you
the two honest things that genuinely help:

1. **Fence untrusted content** so the model treats it as data, not orders. This
   reduces — does not eliminate — the model following injected instructions.
2. **Detect** content that *looks like* an injection attempt and surface it as a
   `WARNING` finding (the built-in `prompt_injection` detector). Detection, not
   prevention.

```python
from tvastar import wrap_untrusted, scan_for_injection

@tool
async def fetch(url: str) -> str:
    "Fetch a web page."
    page = await http_get(url)
    return wrap_untrusted(page, source=url)   # the model sees it as DATA

# the prompt_injection detector flags suspicious tool output automatically:
result = await harness.run("Summarise that page.")
for f in result.warnings:
    if f.detector == "prompt_injection":
        print("⚠ possible injection in tool output:", f.message)
```

---

## Dynamic Capability Governance — lock dangerous tools to specific phases

`GovernancePolicy` enforces **least privilege at invocation time** — after the
model has already decided to call a tool. Unlike masking (which is advisory),
governance runs in Python code and cannot be bypassed by prompt injection.

```python
from tvastar import create_agent, GovernancePolicy
from tvastar.approval import ApprovalGate

gov = GovernancePolicy(
    phases={
        "read":  {"grep", "read_file", "glob"},
        "write": {"grep", "read_file", "glob", "write_file", "bash"},
    },
    current_phase="read",
    # Optional — route blocked calls to a human instead of hard-blocking:
    approval_gate=ApprovalGate(backend="cli"),
)
agent = create_agent("assistant", model=..., governance=gov)

# Elevate at runtime (per-session — concurrent sessions are isolated):
gov.set_phase("write")

# Wire masking and governance together from one object:
create_agent(..., governance=gov, tool_policy=gov.as_tool_policy())
```

---

## Transactional Sandbox — atomic rollback on failure

Wrap any session step in a `harness.transaction()` to guarantee that filesystem
changes are rolled back if the step raises an exception.

```python
async with harness.transaction(session) as sess:
    await sess.prompt("Refactor the auth module and run tests")
    # → if tests fail or an exception fires, the workspace rolls back atomically
```

Works with `VirtualSandbox` (< 150 ms on 1 MB) and `LocalSandbox` (< 500 ms on
500 KB). Both expose `snapshot()` / `restore()` for manual control too:

```python
snap = sandbox.snapshot()
# ... do risky things ...
sandbox.restore(snap)   # reset to exactly the pre-snapshot state
```

---

## Long-Term Memory — remember facts across sessions

`tvastar.contrib.ltm` consolidates conversation knowledge into a persistent
`LTMStore` after each session and injects recalled context into the system
prompt on subsequent runs. No extra dependencies needed (BM25 retrieval by
default; `sentence-transformers` optional for semantic search).

```python
from tvastar.contrib.ltm import LTMStore
from tvastar.memory.store import FileStore

ltm = LTMStore(FileStore(".ltm"))

# Wire retrieval into the system prompt — recalled per turn, keyed on user intent
agent = create_agent("assistant", model=..., system_prompt_hook=ltm.as_hook())

# After the session completes, persist what the agent learned
result = await Harness(agent).run("Fix the flaky auth test")
await ltm.consolidate(result, model, session_id="fix-auth-001")

# Next session — the agent automatically recalls relevant past knowledge
result2 = await Harness(agent).run("The auth test is flaky again")
```

---

## CLI

**Agent commands:**
```bash
tvastar run   my_agent.py:agent "Write hello.py and run it"
tvastar chat  my_agent.py:agent
tvastar serve my_agent.py:agent
tvastar info  my_agent.py:agent
tvastar logs  run_abc123
tvastar ui    --trace tvastar-trace.jsonl   # local trace viewer
tvastar bench my_agent.py:agent --suite swe-lite --max-tasks 10
```

**Loop commands:**
```bash
# Scaffold a loop from any built-in pattern
tvastar loop init CISweeper                          # → .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py
tvastar loop init MakerChecker --name my-verifier   # custom name
tvastar loop init DailyTriage --out ./loops/triage.py  # custom path

# Score readiness before deploying (exits 0 only at L3 AUTONOMOUS)
tvastar loop audit .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop

# Trigger once and see the result
tvastar loop run .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop

# Inspect current state
tvastar loop status .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop
```

---

## Deploy anywhere

One agent definition. Any target.

```python
# AWS Lambda
from tvastar.deploy import lambda_handler
handler = lambda_handler(agent)

# GitHub Action
from tvastar.deploy import github_action
github_action(agent, on="workflow_dispatch")

# ASGI (Uvicorn, Gunicorn)
from tvastar.serving import create_app
app = create_app(agent)
```

---

## Custom model adapter

```python
from tvastar.model import Model
from tvastar.types import Message, ModelResponse, StopReason, TextBlock

class MyModel(Model):
    name = "my-provider"

    async def generate(self, messages, *, system=None, tools=None,
                       max_tokens=4096, temperature=1.0,
                       stop_sequences=None, thinking_level=None) -> ModelResponse:
        text = await my_api_call(messages)
        return ModelResponse(
            message=Message("assistant", [TextBlock(text=text)]),
            stop_reason=StopReason.END_TURN,
        )
```

---

## Evals — measure agent quality

Know when your agent gets better or worse. Define test cases, run them, get a score.

```python
import asyncio
from tvastar import EvalSuite, Case
from tvastar.eval import assert_contains, assert_ok, assert_steps_under, assert_not_contains

suite = EvalSuite(agent, concurrency=8)

suite.add(Case(
    name="writes valid Python",
    prompt="Write a function that reverses a string",
    checks=[
        assert_contains("def"),
        assert_contains("return"),
        assert_ok(),
        assert_steps_under(5),
    ],
))

suite.add(Case(
    name="does not hallucinate imports",
    prompt="Write hello world in Python",
    checks=[
        assert_contains("print"),
        assert_not_contains("import nonexistent"),
    ],
))

report = asyncio.run(suite.run())
report.print()
# ============================================================
# Eval Report  —  2/2 passed  (100%)
# Duration: 3.2s
# ============================================================
#   ✓  writes valid Python  (2.1s)
#   ✓  does not hallucinate imports  (1.1s)
# ============================================================

print(report.score)   # 1.0
print(report.passed)  # 2
```

Run on every PR to catch regressions before they ship.

---

## Benchmarks — measure quality against the real world

`EvalSuite` measures against *your* checks. `BenchSuite` measures against
*standardised, external* task sets — the difference between testing whether
your code works and testing whether your agent works on real software
engineering problems.

```python
import asyncio
from tvastar import create_agent, BenchSuite, swe_bench_tasks, default_toolset
from tvastar.model import AnthropicModel

agent = create_agent("coder", model=AnthropicModel(), tools=default_toolset())
suite = BenchSuite(agent, concurrency=4)
suite.add_many(swe_bench_tasks(split="lite", max_tasks=10))   # needs: pip install datasets
report = asyncio.run(suite.run())
report.print()
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
# Benchmark Report
#   Resolved : 7/10  (70.0%)
#   Duration : 142.3s
# ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
```

Or from the CLI:

```bash
tvastar bench agent.py:agent --suite swe-lite --max-tasks 50 --out report.json
```

**Local JSONL** — bring your own benchmark in SWE-bench format:

```bash
tvastar bench agent.py:agent --suite ./my_tasks.jsonl --max-tasks 20
```

Verification runs **real pytest** on the workspace — not the model's say-so.
Results are labelled `swe_lite_local` to distinguish them from the official
Docker-based harness numbers. Use the official harness for published
comparisons; use this for rapid iteration.

---

## Human-in-the-loop — require approval before dangerous actions

Pause an agent run and wait for a human to approve before taking an irreversible action.

```python
from tvastar import tool
from tvastar.approval import require_approval

@tool
async def deploy_to_production(environment: str, ctx) -> str:
    """Deploy the current build to an environment."""
    await require_approval(
        f"Deploy to {environment!r}? This will affect live users.",
        timeout=120,   # seconds to wait for a human response
    )
    return do_deploy(environment)
```

Three backends — pick the one that fits your stack:

```python
from tvastar.approval import ApprovalGate, set_default_gate

# CLI — prints to terminal, reads stdin (default, good for development)
set_default_gate(ApprovalGate(backend="cli"))

# Webhook — POST to your app, resolve via HTTP callback
gate = ApprovalGate(backend="webhook", webhook_url="https://myapp.com/approvals")
set_default_gate(gate)

# Event — you control resolution from outside the agent loop
pending_requests = []
gate = ApprovalGate(
    backend="event",
    on_request=lambda req: pending_requests.append(req),
)
# Later: pending_requests[0].approve() or .deny()
```

---

## Cost tracking — know what every run costs

```python
from tvastar.cost import cost_for_model, BudgetPolicy, BudgetExceeded

# Check cost for a model + token counts
cost = cost_for_model("claude-opus-4-6", input_tokens=1000, output_tokens=500)
print(f"${cost.usd:.4f}")   # $0.0525

# Enforce a budget — raises BudgetExceeded if the run exceeds it
agent = create_agent(
    "assistant",
    model=AnthropicModel("claude-opus-4-6"),
    budget=BudgetPolicy(max_usd=0.50, on_exceed="stop"),
)

# Or check manually after a run
result = await harness.run("Analyse this codebase")
if hasattr(result, "cost"):
    print(f"Run cost: ${result.cost.usd:.4f}")
```

Supported models with automatic pricing: Claude (all tiers), GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, o1, o3-mini, Llama via Groq, and more. Add custom rates to `COST_TABLE`.

---

## What we're building

Tvastar is the engine. Every product below is built on top of it — same harness,
same tools, same deploy model. Framework features get added only when a product
needs them.

---

### ✅ tvastar-fix — Auto-repair failing tests
*Shipped. The reference implementation.*

Your CI fails. `tvastar-fix` runs the agent, edits the source, re-runs the suite
itself, and pushes the fix — without you touching a line. Verification is a real
exit code, never the model's claim.

```bash
pip install "tvastar[fix]"
tvastar-fix --test-cmd "pytest tests/" --model claude-opus-4-6
```

---

### ✅ tvastar-outbound — AI outbound sales agent
*Shipped v0.9.0.*

Give it a CSV of leads. It researches each one in parallel (company site, news,
LinkedIn via `web_browse` + `web_search`), scores and prioritises them with
`TaskGraph`, writes a personalised cold email for each, waits for your approval
via `ApprovalGate`, then sends. Full audit trail in the trace viewer.

```bash
pip install tvastar
tvastar-outbound --csv leads.csv --icp "B2B SaaS, 50+ employees" \
    --sender-name "Jane" --sender-company "Acme" --sender-email jane@acme.com \
    --min-score 0.6 --dry-run
```

Or programmatically:

```python
from tvastar.outbound import run_campaign
from tvastar.model import AnthropicModel

result = await run_campaign(
    "leads.csv",
    model=AnthropicModel("claude-sonnet-4-5"),
    icp="B2B SaaS companies with 50+ employees struggling with developer productivity",
    sender_name="Jane Smith",
    sender_company="Acme",
    sender_email="jane@acme.com",
    min_score=0.6,
)
print(f"Sent {result.sent}/{result.leads_qualified} emails.")
```

**Why Tvastar is the right engine:**
- `TaskGraph` researches all leads in parallel — 50 leads in wall-clock time of 1
- `web_browse` + `web_search` — no external scraping service needed
- `ApprovalGate` — human reviews every draft before anything goes out
- `BudgetPolicy` — hard cost ceiling per campaign
- `JSONLExporter` + `tvastar ui` — see every email and every research step

---

### 🔒 tvastar-comply — PII / PFI / PHI compliance layer
*Enterprise-grade data protection baked into the agent loop.*

Healthcare, finance, and legal companies cannot use AI agents on real customer
data without a compliance layer. `tvastar-comply` solves this at the harness
level — not as a bolt-on service, but as a first-class part of every agent run.

**What it handles:**

| Type | Examples | Regulation |
|---|---|---|
| **PII** | Name, email, phone, address, SSN | GDPR, CCPA |
| **PFI** | Credit cards, bank accounts, tax records | PCI-DSS, GLBA |
| **PHI** | Medical records, diagnoses, prescriptions | HIPAA |

**How it works — redact before LLM, rehydrate after:**

```python
from tvastar.comply import ComplyPolicy

agent = create_agent(
    "support",
    model=AnthropicModel(),
    comply=ComplyPolicy(
        scan=["pii", "phi", "pfi"],  # what to detect
        action="redact",              # redact | block | audit
        vault="local",               # token vault stays on your machine
    ),
)

# Input:  "John Smith, DOB 1990-01-01, diagnosis: diabetes"
# → LLM sees: "[NAME_1], DOB [DATE_1], diagnosis: [CONDITION_1]"
# → LLM responds: "I've updated [NAME_1]'s care plan"
# → Output: "I've updated John Smith's care plan"
```

**Compliance audit trail built in:**

```python
result = await harness.run("Process patient intake form")
result.comply_report  # what was found, redacted, timestamp, hash — per run
```

**Why this matters for every other Tvastar product:**
- `tvastar-outbound` processes lead PII → GDPR requires it
- `tvastar-support` handles customer data → CCPA requires it
- `tvastar-devops` reads logs that may contain secrets → security requires it

One `comply=ComplyPolicy(...)` line makes any agent enterprise-ready.
The token vault is local — **no PII ever leaves your infrastructure.**

---

### 📋 tvastar-review — GitHub PR review bot
*Coming after tvastar-outbound.*

Webhook fires on PR open → agent reads the diff → posts inline comments → flags
shallow or unverified completions using the built-in detectors. Ships as a
zero-config GitHub Action.

```yaml
- uses: vanamayaswanth/tvastar-review@v1
  with:
    model: claude-sonnet-4-6
```

---

### 🛠 tvastar-devops — Production auto-heal agent
*Extending `tvastar-fix` to live systems.*

Log watcher detects anomaly → agent diagnoses root cause → runs bash fix →
verifies with a real exit code → pages you only if it cannot fix it. Same
"verify with real signals" principle as `tvastar-fix`, extended to production
incidents.

---

### 💬 tvastar-support — Customer support agent
*Multi-platform, persistent, production-ready.*

One session per user, memory across conversations, simultaneous Telegram / Slack /
email. `dispatch()` per inbound message, `on_complete` sends the reply.
Human escalation via `ApprovalGate` when confidence is low.

---

### 🔍 tvastar-research — Competitive intel agent
*Parallel web research → structured report.*

Describe what you want to know. Agent fans out across sources with `fan_out()`,
synthesises with structured output (`result=`), delivers a report. VCs, analysts,
marketing teams.

---

## Roadmap

Products ship first. Framework features get added only when a product needs them.

| Milestone | What ships | Status |
|---|---|---|
| **Web tools** | `web_browse` + `web_search` — Jina AI, zero deps | ✅ v0.8.1 |
| **DAG execution** | `TaskGraph` — parallel tasks, critical path only | ✅ v0.8.0 |
| **tvastar-outbound** | Outbound sales agent — research → score → email → send | ✅ v0.9.0 |
| **SOTA safety** | Governance, transactions, LTM, memory cap, OpenAI retry | ✅ v0.10.0 |
| **Loop Engineering** | `Loop`, 7 patterns, CLI, MakerChecker, L0→L3 audit | ✅ v0.11.0 |
| **Self-Improving Loops** | `meta_model` prompt evolution, generational archive, MakerChecker cross-run memory | ✅ v0.12.0 |
| **Loop Quality** | `score_run()`, `LoopQualityReport`, `tvastar quality` CLI, 14 source bug fixes, security hardening | ✅ v0.13.0 |
| **Plug into anything** | `tvastar.wrap`, `adapters.openai`, `adapters.langgraph`, `adapters.agentcore` — Loop Quality on any framework | ✅ v0.14.0 |
| **Verifiable Execution** | `AssurancePolicy`, `ExecutionReceipt`, `TrustLog` — cryptographic receipts + SLA enforcement | ✅ v0.15.0 |
| **tvastar-comply** | PII / PFI / PHI redaction layer — GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS | 🔒 v0.16.0 |
| **tvastar-review** | GitHub PR bot — diff → inline comments → GitHub Action | 📋 v1.0.0 |
| **tvastar-review** | GitHub PR bot — diff → inline comments → GitHub Action | 📋 v1.0.0 |
| **tvastar-devops** | Auto-heal production incidents | 📋 v1.1.0 |
| **tvastar-support** | Multi-platform customer support agent | 📋 v1.2.0 |
| **Hosted platform** | Cloud-hosted harness, product dashboard, skill marketplace | 📋 v2.0.0 |

> Framework features are only added when a product needs them — not to match a checklist.
> `tvastar-comply` unlocks healthcare, finance, and legal — the highest-value enterprise markets.

---

## Testing

`MockModel` makes agents fully testable without API calls. Pass a `script` list — one string per model turn:

```python
import asyncio
import pytest
from tvastar import create_agent, Harness
from tvastar.tools.base import tool
from tvastar.model.mock import MockModel

# Tools under test
@tool
def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    "Add two integers."
    return a + b

def test_agent_uses_tool():
    # Script: first response requests the tool, second uses its result
    spec = create_agent(
        "calc",
        model=MockModel(script=[
            '{"type":"tool_use","name":"add","input":{"a":2,"b":3}}',
            "The answer is 5.",
        ]),
        instructions="Use the add tool.",
        tools=[add],
    )
    result = asyncio.run(Harness(spec).run("What is 2 + 3?"))
    assert "5" in result.text
    assert result.ok

def test_structured_output():
    from pydantic import BaseModel

    class Answer(BaseModel):
        value: int

    spec = create_agent(
        "q",
        model=MockModel(script=['{"value": 42}']),
        instructions="Return structured answers.",
    )

    async def run():
        sess = Harness(spec).session()
        result = await sess.prompt("What is the answer?", result=Answer)
        assert result.data.value == 42

    asyncio.run(run())
```

`MockModel` also works for loop tests:

```python
from tvastar.loop.patterns import CISweeper

def test_loop_pass():
    loop = CISweeper(
        model=MockModel(script=["All CI checks passed."]),
        schedule="@manual",
    )
    run = asyncio.run(loop.trigger())
    assert run.state.value == "pass"
```

---

## Troubleshooting

**`ImportError: No module named 'anthropic'`**
Install the extras:
```bash
pip install "tvastar[anthropic]"   # for Claude
pip install "tvastar[openai]"      # for OpenAI / Groq / Ollama
```

**`AuthenticationError` / `401 Unauthorized`**
Your API key is missing or wrong:
```bash
echo $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY   # should print your key (not empty)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="sk-ant-..."
```

**`result.ok` is `False`**
Check what stopped the run and what detectors fired:
```python
print(result.stopped)   # "end_turn" | "max_steps" | "error"
for f in result.findings:
    print(f.severity.value, f.detector, f.message)
```

**Agent hits `max_steps` before finishing**
Either increase the limit or split into two smaller tasks:
```python
spec = create_agent(..., max_steps=40)
```

**`thrash_loop` finding — agent calls the same tool repeatedly**
The agent is stuck in a loop. Check the tool's return value — it may be returning an error the agent cannot make progress on. Also try:
```python
spec = create_agent(..., max_steps=15)  # lower ceiling forces earlier escalation
```

**Compaction fires too aggressively / not enough**
Tune the policy:
```python
CompactionPolicy(
    max_messages=60,   # compact only when > 60 messages
    keep_last=10,      # always keep last 10
    min_messages=20,   # never compact below 20 total
)
```

**Loop stays `SUSPENDED` after fixing the root cause**
The circuit breaker tripped after too many consecutive failures. Reset it:
```python
loop.reset()
```

**`LoopState.HANDOFF_FAILED` — handoff itself threw**
The handoff handler (Slack, webhook, etc.) failed 3× with backoff. Check connectivity and credentials for your `HandoffPolicy` implementation. The run is still recorded — you won't lose data.

**`TvastarError: Loop file not found`**
The path you passed to `tvastar loop run` does not exist:
```bash
tvastar loop init CISweeper                    # creates the file
tvastar loop run .tvastar/loops/ci_sweeper.py:loop
```

---

## Further reading

- [Getting Started](docs/GETTING_STARTED.md) — install → first agent → first loop in 5 minutes
- [Usage Guide](docs/USAGE.md) — decision trees for every API choice
- [API Reference](docs/API.md) — every public symbol, fully typed
- [Patterns Cookbook](docs/PATTERNS.md) — 25 copy-paste recipes
- [12-Factor Agents map](docs/twelve-factor-agents.md) — how Tvastar maps to the production checklist (honest verdicts)
- [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) — contributor guide for working in this repo
- [CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md) — codebase map for AI assistants

---

## License

MIT
