feat(#20): characters + me/capabilities/models onto the wt adapter (slice-5)

Slice-5 of the worldtree-sdk cutover: migrate the remaining consumer READS +
transient-character CRUD off the hand-rolled httpx wrappers onto the
`ratatoskr.wt` adapter over the SDK, and delete the retired path.

Adapter (`wt.py`): add `get_me` / `get_capabilities` / `list_character_models`
/ `create_character` / `get_character_state` / `delete_character` over
`client.me` / `client.capabilities` / `client.models` / `client.characters.*`.
All six are open-world reads/acks returned verbatim; none carries a
discriminated SDK error, so each maps any `ApiError` → the `SessionApiFailed`
default (INV-CUT-2) — exact parity with the retired path. No new Error-map rows.

Decisions (contract § slice-5 notes): `create_character` omits `state` when None
(SDK-idiomatic inline literal, server-equivalent to the retired explicit null);
`delete_character` returns the SDK's open ACK verbatim (`-> Mapping|None`, not
normalized to None).

CLI rewire (`cli.py`): `--whoami` (me + capabilities) and `--characters`
(models → create → state → delete) build a `wt.build_client` over the injected
probe transport and catch `wt.SessionApiFailed` + `ConnectFailed`. Open-world
degrade-not-crash carried (cumulative cutover foot-gun): `_characters_probe`
reads `items` null-safe and extracts `character_id` defensively (clean abort,
no hard-index KeyError); `_format_whoami` widened to `Mapping`.

Deleted the six hand-rolled `sessions.py` wrappers (net -5 mypy no-any-return);
`endpoint_for_plane` + `get_session_bifrost` (slice-6) + the exception classes
stay. Retired the corresponding `test_sessions.py` classes; added the slice-5
adapter tests + a CLI malformed-create-abort test.

LIVE SMOKE (:8081, b128) — INV-CUT-5 / DEC-4 cleared: `--whoami` rendered real
identity + capabilities; `--characters` drove the full lifecycle end-to-end
(char-rp catalog → created char_8c00006e… → PAD read-back → deleted).

Suite 483 green; ruff clean; mypy at the 2 pre-existing baseline errors.
Patch bump 0.21.15 → 0.21.16 (the cutover MINOR is deferred to slice-7, DEC-6).

archival-memory.md

@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ _Archived 2026-07-18._
 
 _Archived 2026-07-18._
 
+`[2026-06-17]` **#296 triage sent to worldtree-dev** (`01KVBBH0…`): extraction SUBJECT-INVERSION (promotes assistant prose, drops the user's fact) + META-DESCRIPTION-not-content; verbose-persona aggravator. WAD-vs-bug resolved to BUG (extraction quality), not idle-gating.
+
+_Archived 2026-07-19._
+
+`[2026-06-18]` **Tier-3 memory PROVEN end-to-end live** — `ratatoskr:terse-probe` recalled a seeded user fact in a COLD history-free session (scope_any → 1 hit @ cosine 0.6994). Closes the opening "how far from Tier-3 memory" question for normal agents.
+
+_Archived 2026-07-19._
+
 ## Tried and abandoned (archived)
 
 The 2026-05-20 → 2026-05-28 cluster: original-build-era foot-guns. Archived 2026-06-18.

docs/contracts/first_message.contract.md

@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ scope: >
   replacement for a system-prompt "startup" instruction. Two entry points:
   `preset_for` (lookup) and `seed_preset_first_message` (best-effort seed).
   Consumed by ratatoskr.cli (the `--new` session path) and ratatoskr.web.server
-  (the POST /api/sessions endpoint). Depends on ratatoskr.sessions
-  (write_authored_history + its exceptions); no core.* / worldtree.* imports.
+  (the POST /api/sessions endpoint). Depends on ratatoskr.wt
+  (`wt.write_authored_history` + AuthoredHistoryUnavailable) over a WorldtreeClient
+  (worldtree-sdk cutover slice-3, #20); no core.* / worldtree.* SOURCE imports.
 depends_on:
-  - "httpx"
-  - "ratatoskr.sessions"
+  - "worldtree_sdk"
+  - "ratatoskr.wt"
 used_by:
   - "ratatoskr.cli"
   - "ratatoskr.web.server"
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ complexity: "low"
 estimated_loc: 60
 confidence: 0.9
 assumptions:
-  - "write_authored_history (contract #2 amendment 2026-07-06) is the seed primitive: 200/201 → ack dict, 404 → AuthoredHistoryUnavailable (hide-existence), other non-2xx → SessionApiFailed."
+  - "wt.write_authored_history (the SDK-adapter seed primitive, #20) writes over the worldtree-sdk client: success → ack mapping, 404 → AuthoredHistoryUnavailable (hide-existence), other ApiError → wt.SessionApiFailed. Behavior/semantics unchanged from the retired hand-rolled path — only the transport moved to the SDK."
   - "The preset registry is a static in-module dict keyed by agent_id; editing it is how an operator tunes an agent's opening. Seeded with ratatoskr:sindra only."
   - "Auto-seed is BEST-EFFORT and MUST NOT block session creation: an instance without the session.history.write grant returns the hide-404, which is swallowed (session opens with no seeded greeting)."
 ---
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ every new session for a preset agent opens in-character regardless of surface.
 
 ## Data flow
 
-**In:** a live `httpx.AsyncClient` (caller-owned, base_url + bearer set), a fresh
-`session_id`, and the bound `agent_id`.
+**In:** a `WorldtreeClient` (the wt-adapter client, built over ratatoskr's
+caller-owned transport), a fresh `session_id`, and the bound `agent_id`.
 
 **Out:** on a preset agent, one `POST /sessions/{session_id}/history` (author=assistant,
 the preset text, per-content idempotency key). Returns the seeded content on
@@ -104,19 +105,19 @@ TESTS:
   preset_miss [happy]: preset_for("mimir") is None
   empty_agent_id [adversarial]: preset_for("") → AssertionError
 
-FN seed_preset_first_message(client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, agent_id: str) -> str | None
-BRIEF: Best-effort seed of an agent's preset opening as a #347 authored first-message on session_id. If agent_id has a preset, POST it via write_authored_history (author=assistant, per-content idempotency key, the await bounded by asyncio.wait_for(_SEED_TIMEOUT_S)) and return the seeded content; on no-preset, a malformed input, OR ANY exception except asyncio.CancelledError, return None WITHOUT raising. Never raises (except CancelledError, which propagates) and never blocks session creation — it is wired into three create paths.
+FN seed_preset_first_message(client: WorldtreeClient, session_id: str, agent_id: str) -> str | None
+BRIEF: Best-effort seed of an agent's preset opening as a #347 authored first-message on session_id. If agent_id has a preset, write it via wt.write_authored_history (author=assistant, per-content idempotency key, the await bounded by asyncio.wait_for(_SEED_TIMEOUT_S)) and return the seeded content; on no-preset, a malformed input, OR ANY exception except asyncio.CancelledError, return None WITHOUT raising. Never raises (except CancelledError, which propagates) and never blocks session creation — it is wired into the CLI + web create paths.
 PRE: [PRE-001 hard] client is not None -- soft-guarded: return None (NOT assert) if violated, so a wiring bug can't crash the create path (INV-001)
 PRE: [PRE-002 hard] session_id is a non-empty str -- soft-guarded: return None if violated
 PRE: [PRE-003 hard] agent_id is a non-empty str -- soft-guarded: return None if violated (also guards FIRST_MESSAGE_PRESETS.get against a non-hashable/non-str id)
 POST: [POST-001 return_value] preset agent + successful write → returns the preset text; no-preset, malformed input, OR any swallowed failure → None
-POST: [POST-002 side_effect] a no-preset / malformed-input call issues ZERO HTTP; a preset agent issues exactly one POST /sessions/{session_id}/history with body author="assistant", content=preset, idempotency_key="ratatoskr-preset-"+sha256(preset)[:12], the await bounded by _SEED_TIMEOUT_S so a stalled response cannot block
+POST: [POST-002 side_effect] a no-preset / malformed-input call issues ZERO writes; a preset agent issues exactly one authored-history write (POST /sessions/{session_id}/history via the SDK) with entry author="assistant", content=preset, idempotency_key="ratatoskr-preset-"+sha256(preset)[:12], the await bounded by _SEED_TIMEOUT_S so a stalled response cannot block
 ERROR_ROUTING:
   asyncio.CancelledError:
     local_handling: RE-RAISE (cancellation is not a seed failure; never swallow it — and it is a BaseException, so `except Exception` would miss it anyway)
     flow_control: propagate
     state_recovery: n/a
-  any other Exception (hide-404 AuthoredHistoryUnavailable, SessionApiFailed 409/422/etc., httpx.HTTPError, TimeoutError from wait_for, any unexpected error):
+  any other Exception (hide-404 AuthoredHistoryUnavailable, wt.SessionApiFailed 409/422/etc., SDK ConnectFailed, TimeoutError from wait_for, any unexpected error):
     local_handling: swallow; return None
     flow_control: continue (never blocks session create)
     state_recovery: session opens with no seeded greeting
@@ -125,18 +126,18 @@ STEPS:
   2. [sequential, prescriptive] content = FIRST_MESSAGE_PRESETS.get(agent_id); IF content is None: RETURN None (INV-002 — zero HTTP)
   3. [sequential, prescriptive] Soft-guard: IF client is None OR session_id is not a non-empty str: RETURN None
   4. [sequential, prescriptive] key = "ratatoskr-preset-" + sha256(content utf-8)[:12]
-  5. [sequential, prescriptive] TRY: await asyncio.wait_for(write_authored_history(client, session_id, content=content, idempotency_key=key), timeout=_SEED_TIMEOUT_S)
+  5. [sequential, prescriptive] TRY: await asyncio.wait_for(wt.write_authored_history(client, session_id, content=content, idempotency_key=key), timeout=_SEED_TIMEOUT_S)
      tool: { destructive: false, idempotent: true, read_only: false, open_world: false }
   6. [branch, prescriptive] EXCEPT asyncio.CancelledError: RAISE; EXCEPT Exception: RETURN None
   7. [cleanup, prescriptive] RETURN content
-TESTS:
-  seeds_preset [happy,tracer]: preset agent, mock 201 → returns the preset text; exactly one POST /sessions/{id}/history; body author="assistant" + content=preset + idempotency_key="ratatoskr-preset-"+sha256(preset)[:12]
-  no_preset_zero_http [happy]: agent "mimir" → returns None; NO HTTP issued
-  feature_absent_swallowed [error]: preset agent, mock 404 session_not_found → returns None, no raise
-  session_api_failed_swallowed [error]: preset agent, mock 409 → returns None, no raise
-  transport_error_swallowed [error]: preset agent, mock httpx.ConnectError → returns None, no raise
+TESTS: (driven through a fake WorldtreeClient whose sessions.write_history returns/raises — the wire is the SDK's to prove via its parity corpus)
+  seeds_preset [happy,tracer]: preset agent, fake write_history returns an ack → returns the preset text; exactly one write_history call; entry author="assistant" + content=preset + idempotency_key="ratatoskr-preset-"+sha256(preset)[:12]
+  no_preset_zero_write [happy]: agent "mimir" → returns None; ZERO write_history call
+  feature_absent_swallowed [error]: preset agent, fake raises ApiError(404) → adapter maps to AuthoredHistoryUnavailable → returns None, no raise
+  session_api_failed_swallowed [error]: preset agent, fake raises ApiError(409) → wt.SessionApiFailed → returns None, no raise
+  transport_error_swallowed [error]: preset agent, fake raises SDK ConnectFailed → returns None, no raise
   unexpected_exception_swallowed [error]: preset agent, write raises ValueError → returns None, no raise (INV-001 broad never-raise)
   cancellation_propagates [error]: preset agent, write raises asyncio.CancelledError → RE-RAISED (never swallowed)
-  malformed_agent_id_no_http [adversarial]: agent_id=123 (non-str) OR "" → None; NO HTTP; no raise
-  empty_session_id [adversarial]: session_id="" (preset agent) → None (soft guard); NO HTTP; no raise
+  malformed_agent_id_no_write [adversarial]: agent_id=123 (non-str) OR "" → None; ZERO write; no raise
+  empty_session_id [adversarial]: session_id="" (preset agent) → None (soft guard); ZERO write; no raise
 ```

docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md

@@ -158,18 +158,31 @@ others, they get their own row here — the default is NOT a general "any 404
 | SDK `AgentNotAvailable` / `TurnLaunchUnavailable` / `SessionRetired` (stream-open) | ratatoskr `AgentNotAvailable` / `TurnLaunchUnavailable` / (retired → `SessionApiFailed`) — same names, passthrough |
 | SDK `ConnectionDropped` (mid-stream) | `SseConnectionDropped` |
 | SDK `ResumeError` subclasses (in resilient stream) | resilient `stream_turn` absorbs; terminal → `SseConnectFailed` |
-| SDK `Cancel*` (cancel_turn) | folded into `CancelResult`; late-cancel race (B-CAN-3) returns `cancelled=False`, never raises |
+| SDK `MalformedSseId` / `MalformedSseData` / `TurnIdFlip` (stream `ProtocolError`) | ratatoskr same-named types — same-name rewrap of the discriminated stream protocol errors |
+| SDK `Cancel*` (cancel_turn) — the SDK RAISES the typed races | 404 `turn_not_found` → `CancelTurnNotFound`; 409 `turn_finished` → `CancelAlreadyCompleted`; other `CancelError` → `CancelFailed`. A 200 (incl. `cancelled=False`, the B-CAN-3 late-cancel no-op) returns a `CancelResult` — never raises. The caller surface stays exception-based (DEC-2; matches the pre-cutover CLI/web handlers). |
 | `ApiError(404)` on `sessions.create` | `AgentNotFound` |
 | `ApiError(404)` on `sessions.write_history` | `AuthoredHistoryUnavailable` (hide-existence) |
-| `ApiError(422 cursor_invalid)` on `sessions.list` | `InvalidCursor` |
-| `ApiError(502 bifrost_handshake_failed)` on bound `sessions.create` | `BifrostHandshakeFailed` |
-| **`ApiError` (any other status/route) — the default** | `SessionApiFailed(status, error_code, body)` |
+| `ApiError(422 cursor_invalid)` on `sessions.list` | `InvalidCursor` (dual-key: status 422 AND error_code; the flat cursor body surfaces the code) |
+| `ApiError(502)` on bound `sessions.create` | `BifrostHandshakeFailed` — NOT gated on error_code (unlike list's 422): INV-002, the synchronous handshake is the SOLE bound-502 cause; and the SDK's envelope parser prefers the nested `detail` (which carries `bifrost_error`, not `error_code`), so no distinguishing top-level `error_code` surfaces. The route+status IS the discriminator. |
+| `ApiError(429)` on `agents.define` (slice-4) | `Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=0)` — the SDK's `ApiError` floor carries no response headers, so the `Retry-After` header the hand-rolled path read is unavailable; spec §2675 pins Phase-2.0 quota to `Retry-After: 0`, so the adapter defaults to 0. A non-zero forward-compat value is unrecoverable until the SDK surfaces headers (INFORM wtsdk-dev; reference-impl posture). |
+| `ApiError(403 tier3_user_id_unsupported)` on `agents.define` (slice-4) | `Tier3UserIdUnsupported` (dual-key: status 403 AND error_code) |
+| `ApiError(422 layer_deferred)` on `agents.define` (slice-4) | `Tier3LayerDeferred(field)` — `field` parsed from the body (`detail.field` / flat `field`); the SDK carries `error_code` but not `field`, so the adapter body-parses it (same posture as bound-502's `bifrost_error`) |
+| `ApiError(404)` on `agents.patch` / `agents.delete` (slice-4) | `Tier3AgentNotFound` (route-discriminated; agents CRUD is NOT a hide-existence route — a 404 there IS "no such agent") |
+| `ApiError(422 field_not_mutable)` on `agents.patch` (slice-4) | `Tier3FieldNotMutable(field)` (dual-key status+error_code; `field` body-parsed) |
+| `ApiError(404 persona_not_configured)` on `agents.persona_state` (slice-4) | `PersonaNotConfigured` (dual-key) |
+| `ApiError(404 agent_not_available)` on `agents.persona_state` (slice-4) | `AgentNotAvailable` (the persona-surface `sessions.AgentNotAvailable`, distinct from the eager-turn `sse_client.AgentNotAvailable`; dual-key) |
+| `ApiError(403 auth_scope_denied)` on `agents.persona_state` (slice-4) | `AuthScopeDenied(scope="persona.read")` (dual-key) |
+| **`ApiError` (any other status/route, incl. `agents.list` and any unmatched agent-route code) — the default** | `SessionApiFailed(status, error_code, body)` |
 
 The default row is load-bearing: any `ApiError` not matched above surfaces as the
 generic `SessionApiFailed` carrying the raw `status`/`error_code`/`body` — the
 adapter does NOT invent per-route semantics the contract doesn't list, and does NOT
-leave an `ApiError` un-mapped. Each slice adds/confirms its route's rows here before
-the old path is deleted.
+leave an `ApiError` un-mapped. **This default holds on EVERY route, including the
+stream and cancel** (each carries a defensive `except ApiError → SessionApiFailed`
+after its discriminated branches — the SDK maps those routes to discriminated types
+today, but the default guarantees INV-CUT-2 structurally, not by SDK-internal
+coupling). Each slice adds/confirms its route's rows here before the old path is
+deleted.
 
 ## Slice plan (incremental, DEC-4)
 
@@ -201,6 +214,70 @@ re-anchor its coverage-map rows.
    SSE parsing); retire contracts #2/#15; final coverage-map re-anchor; minor bump
    (DEC-6, operator approval).
 
+### Slice-4 notes (Agents/Tier-3 + `model`→`role` fold, decided at TDD)
+
+- **`model`→`role` cutover folds in here (scope B).** Worldtree spec 1.2 (`v1.0.0b128`,
+  live on :8080/:8081) made the `/agents/define` response echo `role`, closing the
+  old W-4 `model` echo. The adapter returns the SDK's OPEN-WORLD `DefinedAgent` /
+  `PatchedAgent` dicts verbatim (parity posture); callers read `info["role"]`. The
+  frozen `Tier3AgentInfo` dataclass (which read `body["model"]` and would KeyError
+  post-b128) is DELETED — no dataclass normalization layer survives.
+- **`ratatoskr.local_agents` schema bump.** `LocalAgentEntry.model` → `.role` (the
+  field stores what the wire now calls a role); `_SCHEMA_VERSION` 1→2 so any
+  pre-cutover on-disk index is discarded cleanly (no-backwards-compat, DEC-3).
+- **`AgentNotAvailable` name collision.** `sessions.AgentNotAvailable` (persona-state
+  404 `agent_not_available`) and `sse_client.AgentNotAvailable` (eager-turn 409) are
+  distinct types that share a name; `wt` already imports the sse_client one for the
+  stream, so it imports the persona one ALIASED (`PersonaAgentNotAvailable`) and
+  raises it from `get_persona_state`. The web endpoint keeps importing the persona
+  `AgentNotAvailable` from `sessions` (same class), so its `except` is unchanged.
+- **`ConnectFailed` at every rewired caller (slice-3 foot-gun).** The SDK normalizes
+  ANY transport failure to `ConnectFailed(status=0)` (`request.py`), not a raw httpx
+  error. The rewired tier3 CLI and both web endpoints (`_agents_endpoint`,
+  `_persona_state_endpoint`) catch `wtsdk.ConnectFailed` → their existing
+  network-error surface (CLI exit 21 / web 502). The web `test_network_error_returns_502`
+  (respx `httpx.ConnectError` side-effect) is the RED that proves this.
+- **`agents.get(agent_id)`** (SDK `GET /agents/{id}`) is NOT wrapped — ratatoskr has no
+  `get_agent` consumer; only list/persona_state/define/patch/delete are in coverage.
+- **Client-side Tier-3-id PRE on `patch_agent` / `delete_agent`.** Both assert
+  `":" in agent_id` pre-HTTP (a Tier-3 id is always `<user_id>:<agent_name>`, ADR-0019),
+  so a non-colon id fails fast with an `AssertionError` rather than reaching the SDK's
+  route-discriminated 404 → `Tier3AgentNotFound`. Intentional fail-fast on a
+  wrong-shaped id (carried over from the retired hand-rolled wrappers); documented here
+  per the heid-code-review slice-4 precision flag (the § Error map 404 rows assume a
+  well-formed Tier-3 id reaches the route).
+
+### Slice-5 notes (Characters + me/capabilities/models, decided at TDD)
+
+- **No new § Error map rows.** All six routes (`me.get`, `capabilities.get`,
+  `models.available_for_characters`, `characters.create` / `.state` / `.delete`) are
+  open-world reads/acks (B-OPEN-2) whose SDK ops carry NO discriminated error (no
+  `map_error`), so every `ApiError` maps to the default `SessionApiFailed` — exact
+  parity with the retiring hand-rolled path, which likewise raised only its generic
+  `SessionApiFailed` on any non-2xx (never discriminating a status/code on these
+  routes). The route-map table above already lists all six.
+- **`create_character` body — omit `state` when None.** The adapter sends
+  `{"character": …}` plus `"state"` only when the caller supplies a non-None state
+  (the SDK forwards the body dict as-is via httpx `json=`). This drops the hand-rolled
+  path's redundant explicit `"state": null` — server-equivalent (Worldtree's
+  `CreateCharacterRequest.state` defaults None whether omitted or explicit-null),
+  SDK-idiomatic (matches the SDK's `CreateCharacterInput` `NotRequired` shape), and
+  invisible at the sole call-site (`--characters` never passes a state). Adopt-
+  canonical over byte-for-byte wire parity.
+- **`delete_character` returns the SDK's open ack verbatim (`-> Mapping | None`).**
+  The SDK route returns an open-world ack body (not 204 — `CharacterDeleteResult`), so
+  the adapter passes it through rather than normalizing to the hand-rolled `None`
+  (parity posture: no None-normalization of an open-world read). On a 204 no-content
+  the SDK yields `None`, so the return type is `Mapping | None`; the sole call-site
+  (`--characters`) ignores the value, so the change is unobservable.
+- **Open-world presenter degrade-not-crash (cumulative foot-gun).** `_format_whoami`
+  is already hardened (slice-4 heid bug-hunt). The rewired `_characters_probe` extracts
+  the created id defensively (`created.get("character_id")` + type-guard → clean abort,
+  never a hard-index KeyError) since the create ACK is now an open-world SDK read.
+- **CLI-only rewire.** `me` / `capabilities` / `characters` / `models` have NO
+  web-server caller — only the `--whoami` and `--characters` CLI one-shot probes. The
+  web surface is untouched this slice.
+
 ## Out of scope
 
 - Bifrost PROVIDER planes (memory/affect) — hand-rolled, ADR-0009, untouched.

docs/coverage-map.md

@@ -84,26 +84,26 @@ sub-gap).
 
 | Endpoint | Status | Where consumed | Note |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| `POST /sessions` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `create_session` → `cli.py`,`tui.py`,`web/server.py` | + `end_user_id`, `bifrost` binding; 404→AgentNotFound, 502→BifrostHandshakeFailed. **v0.21.2 (#19): ephemeral-template (Echo) create** — `config` passthrough (`--system-prompt`), `role` not `model` (W-4), `kind`/`config` captured; 422 ephemeral_requires_config now reachable-and-handled. Depth enhancement to an already-covered route — count unchanged |
-| `POST /sessions/{id}/messages` (turn stream, SSE) | ✅ | `sse_client.py:484` `stream_turn` → cli/tui/web | the primary surface; 409→AgentNotAvailable, 503→TurnLaunchUnavailable (b2 #331) |
-| `POST /sessions/{id}/history` (authored-history-write, #347) | ✅ | `sessions.py:583` `write_authored_history` → `cli.py:758` `--seed-first-message` | v1: author=assistant, effects=none, per-session idempotency; 404→AuthoredHistoryUnavailable (hide-existence: feature-absent, never probe); 409/422 mapped. **LIVE-PROVEN 2026-07-06** on personal :8081 (grant applied via a rule-based Heimdall allow, worldtree-dev): create mimir session → seed → **201** (seq=0, phase=seeded, turn_id=1798) → GET /messages reads it back as a plain role=assistant turn (model-invisible provenance confirmed). Hide-404 for ungranted is unit+probe covered |
-| `GET /sessions/{id}/messages` (history) | ✅ | `sessions.py:635` `get_session_messages` → `cli.py:758` `--seed-first-message` read-back | un-deferred as the #347 seed read-back — confirms model-invisible provenance (a seed reads back as a normal `role=assistant` turn) |
-| `POST /sessions/{id}/turns/{turn_id}/cancel` | ✅ | `sse_client.py:581` → cli/tui/web | two-stage Ctrl-C; 404/409 mapped |
-| `GET /agents` | ✅ | `sessions.py:341` → `tui.py:1472`,`web/server.py:100` | Tier-1 roster; merged with local index |
-| `GET /agents/{id}/persona_state` | ✅ | `sessions.py:384` → `tui.py:1132`,`web/server.py:386` | persona hydrate; 404/403 mapped |
-| `POST /agents/define` | ✅ | `tier3.py:175` → `_run_define` | Tier-3 create |
-| `PATCH /agents/{id}` | ✅ | `tier3.py:219` → `_run_patch` | Tier-3 mutate (system_prompt/model) |
-| `DELETE /agents/{id}` | ✅ | `tier3.py:242` → `_run_delete` | Tier-3 hard-delete |
-| `GET /me` | ✅ | `sessions.py:411` `get_me` → `cli.py` `--whoami` | identity/whoami probe; 401→SessionApiFailed |
-| `GET /capabilities` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `get_capabilities` → `cli.py` `--whoami` | Echo ephemeral-template discovery. **v0.21.2: `--whoami` renderer reads `allowed_roles`/`default_role`** (was the dead `allowed_models`/`default_model`) + tolerates malformed caps; matches conversation-api-spec **v1.1** (`b4a278c`) |
+| `POST /sessions` | ✅ | `wt.py` `create_session` (SDK `sessions.create`) → `cli.py`,`web/server.py` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-2, #20)** — + `end_user_id`, `bifrost` binding (consumer-key via SDK per-request auth), `config` passthrough; 404→AgentNotFound, bound-502→BifrostHandshakeFailed. Ephemeral-template (Echo) create (#19) carried through the adapter. Depth enhancement to an already-covered route — count unchanged |
+| `POST /sessions/{id}/messages` (turn stream, SSE) | ✅ | `wt.py` `stream_turn` (SDK resilient `sessions.stream_turn`, auto-resume) → cli/web | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-2, #20)** — the primary surface; 409→AgentNotAvailable, 503→TurnLaunchUnavailable, drop→SseConnectionDropped, protocol→same-named; absorbs the old `reconnect_turn` |
+| `POST /sessions/{id}/history` (authored-history-write, #347) | ✅ | `wt.py` `write_authored_history` (SDK `sessions.write_history`) → `cli.py` `--seed-first-message`, `first_message.py` `seed_preset_first_message` (create-path seed) | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-3, #20)** — SDK owns the entry shape; v1 author=assistant; 404→AuthoredHistoryUnavailable (hide-existence, route is the discriminator, never probe); 409/422→SessionApiFailed default. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19** on personal :8081 (b128): `--seed-first-message` on a sindra session → **201** (seq=0, phase=seeded, turn_id=2294) → read-back verbatim; create-path preset seed observed via `--new`. (Prior 2026-07-06 hand-rolled proof superseded.) |
+| `GET /sessions/{id}/messages` (history) | ✅ | `wt.py` `get_session_messages` (SDK `sessions.messages`) → `cli.py` `--seed-first-message` read-back, `web/server.py` messages proxy | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-3, #20)** — the #347 seed read-back; open-world passthrough. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: read-back rendered the seeded seq-0 turn as a plain role=assistant message (model-invisible provenance confirmed) |
+| `POST /sessions/{id}/turns/{turn_id}/cancel` | ✅ | `wt.py` `cancel_turn` (SDK `sessions.cancel_turn`) → cli/web | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-2, #20)** — two-stage Ctrl-C; 404→CancelTurnNotFound, 409→CancelAlreadyCompleted, late-cancel 200 (`cancelled=False`) is a benign result, not an error |
+| `GET /agents` | ✅ | `wt.py` `list_agents` (SDK `agents.list`) → `web/server.py` `_agents_endpoint` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-4, #20)** — open-world array verbatim (no AgentInfo normalization), merged with the local tier3 index (remote-wins); error→SessionApiFailed default, transport→ConnectFailed→502. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19** on personal :8081 (b128): 6 agents returned (forseti/lofn/mask/mimir/vili/…) |
+| `GET /agents/{id}/persona_state` | ✅ | `wt.py` `get_persona_state` (SDK `agents.persona_state`) → `web/server.py` `_persona_state_endpoint` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-4, #20)** — open-world snapshot; dual-key (status,error_code) map: 404 persona_not_configured→PersonaNotConfigured, 404 agent_not_available→AgentNotAvailable, 403 auth_scope_denied→AuthScopeDenied, else default. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: a tier3 agent → correctly mapped `PersonaNotConfigured` (route+code adapter proven) |
+| `POST /agents/define` | ✅ | `wt.py` `define_agent` (SDK `agents.define`) → `tier3.py` `_run_define` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-4, #20)** — sends AgentDefineInput `{agent_name,role,system_prompt}`, returns open-world `DefinedAgent` (echoes `role`, b128); slug pre-validated; 429→Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=0, header-less floor), 403→Tier3UserIdUnsupported, 422 layer_deferred→Tier3LayerDeferred. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `define --role thoughtful-character` → `defined ratatoskr:slice4-smoke (thoughtful-character)` |
+| `PATCH /agents/{id}` | ✅ | `wt.py` `patch_agent` (SDK `agents.patch`) → `tier3.py` `_run_patch` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-4, #20)** — Tier-3 mutate (system_prompt/**role**, model→role folded in); 404→Tier3AgentNotFound, 422 field_not_mutable→Tier3FieldNotMutable. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `patched ratatoskr:slice4-smoke`; a non-existent id via `python -m` → `[agent_not_found]` (exit 20, class-identity fix proven) |
+| `DELETE /agents/{id}` | ✅ | `wt.py` `delete_agent` (SDK `agents.delete`) → `tier3.py` `_run_delete` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-4, #20)** — 204→None; 404→Tier3AgentNotFound (route-discriminated, NOT hide-existence). **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `deleted ratatoskr:slice4-smoke` + local index → `[]` |
+| `GET /me` | ✅ | `wt.py` `get_me` (SDK `me.get`) → `cli.py` `--whoami` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — open-world identity dict verbatim; any error→SessionApiFailed default (401 on a bad/absent key), transport→ConnectFailed→exit 21. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19** on personal :8081 (b128): identity rendered (user_id ratatoskr, tier user, scopes incl. `character.*`, key_id c990f0be) |
+| `GET /capabilities` | ✅ | `wt.py` `get_capabilities` (SDK `capabilities.get`) → `cli.py` `--whoami` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — open-world advertisement verbatim; `_format_whoami` reads `allowed_roles`/`default_role` and degrades on a null/non-mapping template (slice-4 hardening); matches conversation-api-spec **v1.1** (`b4a278c`). **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `ephemeral_template echo: default=echo max_bytes=32768 roles=[echo]` |
 | `GET /sessions/{id}/tools` | ✅ | `sessions.py:411` `get_session_tools` → `tui.py` `_hydrate_session_tools` | owner-scoped tool inventory in the TUI Tools pane (#183) |
 | `GET /admin/sessions/{id}/bifrost` | ✅ | `sessions.py:428` `get_session_bifrost` → `tui.py` `_hydrate_bifrost_state` | admin-scoped BifrostState pane (#176); admin key (`RATATOSKR_ADMIN_API_KEY`); live-auth-proven |
 | `GET /admin/events` (SSE) | ✅ | `sse_client.py` `stream_admin_events` → `tui.py` `_stream_admin_events` | admin lifecycle SSE stream (#11), session-filtered AdminEvents pane; admin key; live-auth-proven |
-| `GET /models/available-for-characters` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `list_character_models` → `cli.py` `--characters` | character-capable model profiles (#161) |
-| `POST /characters` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `create_character` → `cli.py` `--characters` | create transient character (#161) |
-| `GET /characters/{id}/state` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `get_character_state` → `cli.py` `--characters` | live character PAD/emotions (#161) |
-| `DELETE /characters/{id}` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `delete_character` → `cli.py` `--characters` | remove transient character (#161) |
-| `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state` | ✅ | `sessions.py` `set_persona_state` → `cli.py` `--set-persona-pad` | persona-state write / affect injection (freeform body — unpinned in the frozen surface) |
+| `GET /models/available-for-characters` | ✅ | `wt.py` `list_character_models` (SDK `models.available_for_characters`) → `cli.py` `--characters` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — open-world catalog verbatim; the probe reads `items` null-safe (`or []`); any error→SessionApiFailed default. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `character models: char-rp` |
+| `POST /characters` | ✅ | `wt.py` `create_character` (SDK `characters.create`) → `cli.py` `--characters` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — body `{character}` (+`state` only when set — SDK-idiomatic, drops the redundant explicit null); open-world create ACK verbatim; the probe degrades on a missing `character_id` (no hard-index). **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `created char_8c00006e…` |
+| `GET /characters/{id}/state` | ✅ | `wt.py` `get_character_state` (SDK `characters.state`) → `cli.py` `--characters` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — open-world live PAD/emotions verbatim; TTL-refreshing read. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `state pad=[0.234, -0.136, 0.065]` read back |
+| `DELETE /characters/{id}` | ✅ | `wt.py` `delete_character` (SDK `characters.delete`) → `cli.py` `--characters` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-5, #20)** — returns the SDK's open ACK verbatim (`-> Mapping|None`, NOT normalized to None; 204→None); any error→SessionApiFailed default. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19**: `deleted char_8c00006e…` |
+| `POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state` | ✅ | `wt.py` `set_persona_state` (SDK `sessions.set_persona_state`, `PadState`) → `cli.py` `--set-persona-pad` | **wt-adapter re-anchored (slice-3, #20)** — SDK owns the canonical `{"pad": {...}}` wire (#317); CLI passes the 3 PAD axes (finiteness pre-validated); 204→None, else SessionApiFailed default. **LIVE-SMOKE 2026-07-19** on personal :8081: `--set-persona-pad 0.4,0.1,-0.2` → **204** |
 
 **Sub-gaps inside ✅ path groups** (the method we use is live; a sibling method
 on the same path is an unwired frontier item — see frontier Tier 1):

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+`[2026-07-19]` **worldtree-sdk cutover — SLICE-1 + SLICE-2 COMPLETE + PUSHED (origin `aba1730`, v0.21.10).**
+
+The consumer client layer's biggest, riskiest slice (sessions/turn) is fully migrated onto
+`worldtree-sdk (Python) 1.0.0` behind the `ratatoskr.wt` adapter, run end-to-end through the House Code
+Discipline. Pushed 2026-07-19 (12-commit arc `b1fbadd`→`aba1730`, tags v0.21.3–.10). Suite **497 green**.
+
+## The arc (all on origin/main)
+
+| Part | Commit | What |
+|---|---|---|
+| Slice-1 foundation | `12cd864` (v0.21.3) | `build_client` + `translate_error` DEFAULT (ApiError→SessionApiFailed) + passthrough; INV-CUT-1 (injected transport, `_owns_client=False`) test-proven |
+| Slice-2 adapter (read/create) | `bb158ae` (v0.21.4) | create/list/messages/tools over `client.sessions.*`, per-route error mapping |
+| Slice-2 adapter (stream/cancel) | `b907a7b` (v0.21.5) | resilient `stream_turn` + `cancel_turn`; SDK stream errors re-wrapped → ratatoskr caller-semantic exceptions (DEC-2) |
+| Slice-2 CLI rewire | `e3a10ad` (v0.21.6) | `_amain`/`_run_turn`/render onto SDK `TurnEvent`s + open dicts |
+| Slice-2 web rewire | `5c595b8` (v0.21.7) | Starlette endpoints + SSE→JSON serialization; browser contract preserved |
+| Slice-2 deletion | `59602fe` (v0.21.8) | sse_client 714→224, sessions 677→608; orphaned turn-stream family + Event model removed; **DEC-4 live-smoke PASSED first** |
+| heid-code-review fixup | `74d41eb` (v0.21.9) | INV-CUT-2 completeness (cancel/stream ApiError default) + contract error-map amendments |
+| heid-bug-hunt fixup | `aba1730` (v0.21.10) | 4 confirmed bugs + open-world render hardening |
+
+## KEY ADAPTER FACTS (foot-guns for slices 3-7)
+
+- **The SDK returns open-world dicts** (`Mapping`, NOT typed objects) for session reads → presenters read
+  mappings (`info["session_id"]`), never attributes. Ratatoskr's typed `SessionInfo`/`SessionPage` retired.
+- **SDK `TurnEvent` shape:** `sse_id: str` (the composite `"{turn}:{seq}"`) + a **body-derived `turn_id`
+  that is ABSENT (None) on text/thinking frames.** The mid-stream cancel target must parse the turn from
+  `sse_id`, NOT read `event.turn_id`. (This was a live bug — sigint-cancel saw "no event".)
+- **The SDK normalizes transport failures to `ConnectFailed(status=0)`** (not raw httpx errors) → presenters
+  catch `wtsdk.ConnectFailed` for network paths; a stream `ConnectFailed` maps → `SseConnectFailed`.
+- **The adapter re-wraps SDK stream errors → ratatoskr's caller-semantic exceptions** (DEC-2 keeps ratatoskr's
+  typed exceptions; SessionRetired→SessionApiFailed, ConnectionDropped→SseConnectionDropped, Malformed*/
+  TurnIdFlip→same-named, ConnectFailed/terminal ResumeError→SseConnectFailed).
+- **`consumer_key` is BOUND-create-only** — the adapter nulls it when `bifrost is None`, else the SDK's
+  credential precedence auths as the consumer instead of the default bearer.
+- **The SDK's error-envelope parser PREFERS the nested `detail`** dict when present, so a top-level
+  `error_code` doesn't surface. That's why create's bound-502 is NOT gated on error_code (unlike list's
+  422+cursor_invalid, whose flat body surfaces the code) — INV-002 also makes the handshake the sole
+  bound-502 cause. This is a genuine cross-frontier triage win: 2/3 heid arms flagged the missing gate; it
+  was correctly REJECTED as category-5 wrong-grounding (the SDK parser wasn't in the arms' file set).
+
+## The two heid gates (the value proof)
+
+- **heid-code-review** (Gróa+Hulda substantive, Regin zero=weak): adopted the cancel/stream ApiError-default
+  completeness + error-map table amendments; correctly rejected the bound-502-gate finding (above).
+- **heid-bug-hunt** (Gróa 8 / Hulda 6 / Regin 6; Heid source-checked, refuted 2 Regin FPs): caught **4 real
+  confirmed bugs the conformance lens structurally could not see** — SessionRetired(410) uncaught by both
+  presenters (crash/dropped-stream), cli consumer_key forwarded on unbound create (auth divergence), sse_id
+  None-crash, cancel never-raise gap — plus open-world render hardening. Rejected 4 as verified FPs (incl.
+  Hulda's "deleted funcs break callers" — grep-verified zero callers pre-deletion). Both surfaces re-smoked
+  live after fixup: create+stream+cancel round-trip clean on :8081 (b128).
+
+## What's still hand-rolled (later slices)
+
+`create_session`/`get_session_messages` (the `--seed-first-message` probe uses them — retire in slice-3);
+`set_persona_state`/`write_authored_history`/`first_message` (slice-3); agents/tier3 incl. `model`→`role`
+(slice-4, deploy live b128); characters/me/capabilities/models (slice-5); `stream_admin_events`/
+`get_session_bifrost` (slice-6). Slice-7 teardown: retire contracts #2/#15, drop `httpx-sse`, minor bump
+(DEC-6, operator approval). Full design → auto-memory `project_worldtree_sdk_cutover`.

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+# worldtree-sdk cutover — SLICE-3 complete (2026-07-19)
+
+Slice-3 of the #20 consumer-layer cutover: **persona + authored-history +
+first-message** migrated onto the `ratatoskr.wt` adapter, and the last
+hand-rolled `sessions.py` paths retired. Two commits: `ca9a339` (feat) +
+`fc256bb` (heid-bug-hunt fixups), tags v0.21.11 / v0.21.12. Suite **469 green**.
+
+## What moved / what was deleted
+
+- **`wt.set_persona_state`** — passes 3 PAD axes; SDK owns the `{"pad": {…}}` wire
+  (#317) via `PadState`. No route-specific error row → `SessionApiFailed` default.
+  Finiteness enforced at the adapter precondition (chokepoint) AND the CLI.
+- **`wt.write_authored_history`** — SDK `write_history`; v1 fixes `author="assistant"`
+  (dropped the unused `author`/`effects`/`claimed_original_at` params — no caller
+  used them, and a 3-key literal type-checks against the SDK's private
+  `AuthoredHistoryInput` without importing a non-public symbol). 404 →
+  `AuthoredHistoryUnavailable` (hide-existence; the ROUTE is the discriminator,
+  never the body); else the default.
+- **`first_message.seed_preset_first_message`** — now takes a `WorldtreeClient`,
+  routes through `wt.write_authored_history`; best-effort invariants (INV-001..004)
+  unchanged. Tests rewritten to drive a fake `WorldtreeClient` (the wire is the
+  SDK's to prove via its parity corpus, not first_message's).
+- **CLI `--set-persona-pad` / `--seed-first-message`** + the `_amain` and web
+  create-path first-message seeds rewired onto the adapter.
+- **DELETED from `sessions.py`**: `create_session` + `SessionInfo`,
+  `set_persona_state`, `write_authored_history`, `get_session_messages`,
+  `_bifrost_error_from`. (The exceptions + `BifrostBinding` + `AgentInfo` +
+  slice-4/5/6 functions stay.)
+
+## Live-smoke (INV-CUT-5, personal :8081 b128)
+
+`--seed-first-message` → 201 (seq=0, phase=seeded) → read-back verbatim;
+`--set-persona-pad 0.4,0.1,-0.2` → 204; `--new` create-path preset seed observed
+routing through the adapter. All three route families proven end-to-end.
+
+## Both heid gates cleared
+
+- **heid-code-review (panel, cutover contract):** ZERO code-vs-contract drift, all
+  three arms. Regin's 3 secondary items all self-graded `accept` (non-slice-3
+  routes / web-not-unit-tested / slice-2 stream test) — correctly declined.
+- **heid-bug-hunt (panel):** earned its keep — caught **a real regression I shipped
+  in `ca9a339`**: when the two CLI probes moved off raw httpx onto the adapter,
+  transport failures changed class — the SDK normalizes ANY pre-response transport
+  failure to `worldtree_sdk.ConnectFailed` (`request.py:196`), a `WorldtreeError`
+  (not `ApiError`), so it escaped the adapter unmapped AND the probes' httpx-only
+  `except` tuples → uncaught traceback instead of `[network_error]` exit 21.
+  `_amain` (slice-2) already handled it; the probes lagged. **Fix:** add
+  `ConnectFailed` to both probe tuples (live-verified at a refused host → exit 21).
+  Second finding (3/3): finite-PAD enforced only at the CLI, not the adapter
+  chokepoint → **fix:** adapter precondition assert. Declined (correctly): deleted
+  `sessions.py` exports (intended no-shim cutover, zero un-migrated importers),
+  `session["session_id"]` index (accept-known-risk, matches `--new`), Regin's
+  "web hangs forever" (refuted by Heid from source — the seed is `wait_for`-bounded).
+
+## Foot-gun banked
+
+**The SDK wraps ALL transport failures into `ConnectFailed(status=0)`** (not raw
+httpx). Every ratatoskr caller that goes through the adapter must `except
+ConnectFailed` on its network path — the httpx-only catches are now dead. This bit
+the slice-3 probes; watch for it in slice-4+ call-site rewires.
+
+## Next
+
+Slice-4 (agents/Tier-3 — list/get/define/patch/delete/persona_state) which FOLDS
+the pending `model`→`role` cutover ([[project-tier3-agents-model-to-role-pending]]).
+See [[2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-1-2-complete]] for the slice-1+2 arc.

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+`[2026-07-19]` **worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-4 COMPLETE + committed (`c62b4ee`+`aed9429`+`477d98f`, v0.21.13–.15, 475 green).**
+
+Agents/Tier-3 family onto the `ratatoskr.wt` adapter + the `model`→`role` fold (scope B),
+full House Code Discipline end-to-end (contract error-map → TDD → rewire → delete → live
+smoke → coverage re-anchor → both heid gates → fixups).
+
+**What moved onto the SDK** (`client.agents.*`, open-world dicts, errors mapped by
+route+(status,error_code) per INV-CUT-2): `list_agents` (`agents.list`),
+`get_persona_state` (`agents.persona_state`; 404 persona_not_configured /
+404 agent_not_available / 403 auth_scope_denied dual-key), `define_agent`
+(`agents.define`; 429→Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=0) status-only, 403
+tier3_user_id_unsupported, 422 layer_deferred), `patch_agent` (`agents.patch`; bare-404→
+Tier3AgentNotFound, 422 field_not_mutable), `delete_agent` (`agents.delete`; bare-404).
+Rewired the `python -m ratatoskr.tier3` CLI + the web `_agents_endpoint` /
+`_persona_state_endpoint`. DELETED the hand-rolled `sessions.list_agents` /
+`get_persona_state` / `AgentInfo` and `tier3.define/patch/delete_agent` /
+`Tier3AgentInfo` / parse+extract helpers.
+
+**model→role fold:** define/patch response echoes `role` (spec 1.2 / b128), read off the
+open-world dict; `LocalAgentEntry.model`→`.role`, local-index `_SCHEMA_VERSION` 1→2 (old
+index discarded, no-compat). `project_tier3_agents_model_to_role_pending` is RESOLVED by
+this — the deferred scope-B work landed here (doing it standalone would have been throwaway).
+
+**KEY SLICE-4 FOOT-GUNS (for slices 5-7 + any tier3 work):**
+- **`python -m` double-module exception identity.** Running tier3 as `__main__` while
+  `wt` imports `ratatoskr.tier3` bound TWO copies of each `Tier3*` class → a raised
+  `Tier3AgentNotFound` escaped the CLI's `except` as an uncaught traceback (exit 1, not
+  the mapped exit 20). Unit tests call `main()` in-process (module is `ratatoskr.tier3`,
+  not `__main__`) so they NEVER hit the split — the LIVE SMOKE caught it. Fix: the `Tier3*`
+  exceptions live in `sessions.py` (never run as `__main__`) → single class identity, and
+  it removed the `wt→tier3` import edge. Rule: caller-semantic exceptions the adapter
+  raises + a `-m` CLI catches must NOT live in the `-m` module.
+- **Open-world presenters must degrade, never crash.** The heid-bug-hunt panel (5/5/5, two
+  3/3 crash sites) caught the CLI (`_run_define`/`_run_patch`) and web (`_agents_endpoint`)
+  HARD-INDEXING the open-world dicts (`info["agent_id"]`, `{a["agent_id"] for a in
+  upstream}`) → KeyError/TypeError on a partial/drifted 2xx response (incl. `system_prompt:
+  null` → `None.splitlines()` AttributeError). The wt tests + live smoke used FULL server
+  dicts, so it never surfaced. Fix: `_str_field` (absent/null/non-str → default) in the
+  CLI; well-formed-mapping filter in the web endpoint; a no-agent_id 2xx → controlled exit
+  20. The invariant "open-world reads degrade, never crash the presenter" must hold at
+  EVERY presenter, not just the adapter.
+
+**Both heid gates cleared:**
+- **code-review (panel, zero adapter/error-map/model→role drift):** 3 fixups (v0.21.14,
+  `aed9429`) — persona endpoint now catches `wt.SessionApiFailed` (parity with 3 sibling
+  endpoints; a latent PRE-cutover gap, NOT a slice-4 regression); dual-key NEGATIVE tests
+  for define/patch + flat-`field` test; contract documents the `":" in agent_id` PRE.
+- **bug-hunt (panel 5/5/5, no false positives):** 3 fixups (v0.21.15, `477d98f`) — the two
+  open-world presenter crash sites above + `_error_field_from_body` type-checks `field` is
+  str. HELD (contract-intended, Heid-confirmed): the 429→quota / bare-404→not-found
+  status-only maps (the arms flagged them spec-free; the § Error map specifies them; the
+  SDK's ApiError floor drops Retry-After so retry_after=0 is canonical). Dual-keying
+  define's 429 for full row consistency is an available tightening (contract amendment),
+  surfaced not applied.
+
+**LIVE-SMOKE on personal :8081 (b128):** valid agent roles are `thoughtful-character` /
+`character` / `assistant` (NOT the `/models/available-for-characters` `char-rp` — that's a
+character-model, a different vocab; define 422s on it). define→patch→list(6 agents:
+forseti/lofn/mask/mimir/vili/…)→persona_state(→PersonaNotConfigured mapped)→delete→index
+empty; non-existent-id patch via `-m` → `[agent_not_found]` exit 20 (double-module fix
+proven). Throwaway `ratatoskr:slice4-smoke` deleted, server left clean.
+
+**NEXT = slice-5** (characters + me/capabilities/models — the remaining consumer reads);
+then slice-6 (admin: `stream_admin_events` + `get_session_bifrost`, admin_auth), slice-7
+(teardown: delete residual hand-rolled, drop `httpx-sse`, retire contracts #2/#15, MINOR
+bump per DEC-6 w/ operator approval). Consumer layer ONLY; Bifrost provider planes untouched.

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+`[2026-07-19]` **wyrd-dev #368 silo-enforcement consult DELIVERED (althing thread `01KXXNDH3JE4`) — ratatoskr's store-side memory silo is CONVENTIONAL, wyrd going STRUCTURAL off my framing.**
+
+wyrd-dev is standing up their `bifrost-memory-store-server` (unit-4) and asked for
+ratatoskr's hands-on read of the #368 `(end_user, agent)` silo mechanics before writing
+their contract. I answered artifact-only from `src/ratatoskr/provider/memory_store.py`
+(reference-impl posture: verified against code, not memory).
+
+**The load-bearing finding:** ratatoskr's silo is **conventional (query-time scope
+filter), NOT structural.** Scope axes live inside `record_json` (+ a mirror `scope_json`
+column), and every read path (`search`, `scan`, `list_chunks`) calls `_matches_scope` in
+Python — "an `if` a caller can forget." Inherited byte-faithfully from bifrost's reference
+`InMemoryMemoryStore`. Sharpest leak surfaces: `get`/`get_many` do ZERO scope check
+(trust caller-knows-entitled-ids); the vec-search must over-fetch-ALL-then-Python-filter
+(a naive `LIMIT top_k` in SQL silently under-recalls or leaks). ratatoskr has NO
+`clear_partition` verb — forget is by-id `delete_many` (two-table chunk+vec atomicity in
+one txn); the idempotency table is a hidden replay channel a total-forget must purge.
+
+**Outcome — wyrd committed to STRUCTURAL** (msg 3, `01KXXNQYGX0K`): one-DB-file-per-campaign
+(campaign_id silo structurally unrepresentable across files) + `(scope_end_user,
+scope_agent_self)` first-class NOT NULL composite-indexed columns, every query incl. the
+vec JOIN carrying the partition in SQL `WHERE`. Dissolves my two sharpest leak surfaces
+(by-id reads enforce the predicate; the vec JOIN filters+ranks+caps in ONE statement).
+Folding my foot-guns as contract STEPS/invariants (two-table+producer-candidate delete
+atomicity; forget purges idempotency + reaches superseded; `scope_any` = list of
+whole-element-conjunctive dicts never flatten axes #297; `check_same_thread=False`;
+`SortableChunkField` needs name+type or handshake dies; advertise⟹implement;
+revision+idempotency-check before writes in one txn). worldtree-dev already pushed wyrd
+structural in the record-shape re-read, so aligned; wyrd will flag the
+reference-`InMemoryMemoryStore`-divergence to bifrost-dev (internal enforcement, wire
+unchanged). **OPEN LOOP:** I offered to eyeball wyrd's data model once the unit-4 contract
+is cut — they took it; they'll ping. No action pending on ratatoskr now.

persistent-memory.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Persistent memory — ratatoskr
 
-_Last updated: 2026-07-18_
+_Last updated: 2026-07-19_
 
 > **Always check for `/tmp/ratatoskr-dev-handoff.md`** — if it exists and its
 > `Written:` stamp is under an hour old, read it (it carries the in-flight
@@ -44,34 +44,36 @@ upstream API key stays server-side (INV-003).
 
 ## Current state / in-flight
 
-_As of 2026-07-18 (evening):_
+_As of 2026-07-19:_
 
-**🔨 ACTIVE MIGRATION — worldtree-sdk cutover (issue #20), starting slice-1.** Operator ruled ADOPT
-(2026-07-18): ratatoskr cuts its CONSUMER client layer over to consume **worldtree-sdk (Python) 1.0.0** —
-retire the hand-rolled httpx wrappers (`sessions`/`sse_client`/`tier3`) behind a thin `ratatoskr.wt`
-adapter over the SDK. Both TS + Python SDK 1.0.0 are GA (**Python live + pip-installable on the gitea
-PyPI** — DEC-5 gate cleared). Ratatoskr's own **parity pass shaped the Python spine** (open-world reads,
-caller-injected transport, per-wire role/model). Design locked (6 DECs, vor-cross'd with worldtree-codex,
-heid-panel-reviewed → error-map table added); contract `docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md`
-(committed `e45640c`). **SLICE-1 IN PROGRESS:** ✅ dep integrated + DEC-5 verified + committed (`29c4fda`) — `worldtree-sdk==1.0.0`
-installs from the gitea registry (reuses bifrost's index auth, NO new token; core dep + `[tool.uv.sources]`),
-`WorldtreeClient` constructs with an injected transport (`_owns_client=False`, INV-CUT-1 confirmed live),
-suite 534 green. **NEXT = the adapter** `src/ratatoskr/wt.py` (TDD): `build_client(base_url, *, api_key,
-admin_key, transport)` → `WorldtreeClient(auth=, admin_auth=, transport=)` (DESIGN CARE: SDK does per-request
-auth via the providers; our injected `httpx.AsyncClient` carries base_url/UA/timeout, NOT the Authorization
-header — read the SDK `client.py` @ `~/development/worldtree-sdk` for the split, INV-CUT-1) + `translate_error`
-DEFAULT (SDK `ApiError`→`SessionApiFailed`, discriminated `WorldtreeError` subclasses passthrough; route-specific
-rows come in later slices). Unit-test; NO surface wiring (slice-2). Then slices 2-7 (route-family + deletions,
-live-smoke per slice). Scope: consumer layer ONLY;
-Bifrost provider planes untouched. Multi-session grind. Full design → auto-memory
-`project_worldtree_sdk_cutover`. This SUPERSEDES the #371 "repin rides the later Python milestone" framing
-below (that milestone shipped; we're adopting, not just repinning).
+**🔨 ACTIVE MIGRATION — worldtree-sdk cutover (issue #20): SLICE-1–4 COMPLETE, slice-5 next.**
+Operator ruled ADOPT (2026-07-18): ratatoskr cuts its CONSUMER client layer over to **worldtree-sdk (Python)
+1.0.0**, retiring the hand-rolled httpx wrappers behind a thin `ratatoskr.wt` adapter. Design locked (6 DECs,
+vor-cross'd, heid-panel-reviewed); contract `docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md`. **SLICE-1+2
+(foundation + sessions/turn) ✅ PUSHED** origin `aba1730`. **SLICE-3 (persona + authored-history + first-message)
+✅ DONE** `ca9a339`+`fc256bb`. **SLICE-4 (agents/Tier-3 + `model`→`role` fold) ✅ DONE** — `c62b4ee` (feat) +
+`aed9429` (heid-code-review fixups) + `477d98f` (heid-bug-hunt fixups), tags v0.21.13–.15; full House Code
+Discipline, both heid panels cleared. Suite **475 green**. Slice-4 migrated
+list_agents/get_persona_state/define/patch/delete onto `client.agents.*` (open-world dicts, errors mapped by
+route+(status,error_code)), folded `model`→`role` (`LocalAgentEntry.role`, index schema v2), and DELETED the
+hand-rolled `sessions.list_agents`/`get_persona_state`/`AgentInfo` + `tier3.define/patch/delete_agent`. Full arc
++ the two slice-4 foot-guns → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-4-complete.md`.
+**KEY ADAPTER FACTS (foot-guns, cumulative for slices 5-7):** SDK reads = **open-world dicts** —
+presenters MUST degrade not crash (slice-4 bug-hunt: hard-indexing `info["x"]` crashes on partial wire; use
+`.get`/type-guards; `system_prompt: null` → `None.splitlines()`); the SDK **normalizes ANY transport failure to
+`ConnectFailed(status=0)`** (NOT raw httpx) — every adapter caller must `except ConnectFailed`;
+**caller-semantic exceptions the adapter raises + a `-m` CLI catches must NOT live in the `-m` module** (the
+`python -m ratatoskr.tier3` double-module split gave two `Tier3*` class identities → uncaught traceback; fixed
+by homing them in `sessions.py`; unit tests can't catch this, the live smoke did); `TurnEvent` `turn_id` ABSENT
+on text/thinking frames; `consumer_key` is BOUND-create-only; envelope parser prefers nested `detail`.
+**NEXT = slice-5** (characters + me/capabilities/models — remaining consumer reads); then slice-6 (admin:
+`stream_admin_events` + `get_session_bifrost`, admin_auth), slice-7 (teardown: retire contracts #2/#15, drop
+`httpx-sse`, MINOR bump per DEC-6 w/ operator approval). Scope: consumer layer ONLY; Bifrost provider untouched.
+Full design → auto-memory `project_worldtree_sdk_cutover`.
 
-**⏸️ DEFERRED — tier3 agents `model`→`role` (scope B), on worldtree-dev's deploy flag.** WT renames the
-agents-RESPONSE selector `model`→`role` (spec 1.2, commit `387c67b`, NOT yet deployed). `_parse_tier3_agent_info`
-reads `body["model"]` → KeyErrors post-deploy. Operator chose scope B (full tier3 `model`→`role` incl.
-contract #15 + CLI `--model`→`--role`). Implement ON the deploy flag, not before (breaks the current demo);
-folds into cutover slice-4. Auto-memory `project_tier3_agents_model_to_role_pending`.
+**✅ RESOLVED — tier3 agents `model`→`role` (scope B) folded into cutover slice-4** (`c62b4ee`, v0.21.13). The
+deferred deploy-gated scope-B work (response `model`→`role` per spec 1.2 / b128, `LocalAgentEntry`, index schema
+v2) landed with the agents-family SDK cutover — no longer pending. See the slice-4 detail file + Recent decisions.
 
 **✅ RESOLVED — the "app product" workstreams leave Rata entirely (operator 2026-07-18).**
 **No arbo fork, no SillyTavern-on-Rata** — a NEW repo (template-dev standing up) takes over BOTH
@@ -115,13 +117,13 @@ Full record → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-18-368-silo-test-passed.md`. Siblin
 (2) R39 Phase-2 **matched-quartets rebuild** (confirmatory, "whenever"); (3) bifrost **snapshot-cursor
 adoption** (ruled normative, not blocking → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-16-bifrost-cursor-conformance.md`).
 
-**Substrate / environment:** branch `main` at **v0.21.2**. **origin at `b1fbadd`** (pushed 2026-07-18:
-canonical syncs `5d06a27`/`80c8d58`, ephemeral-Echo `c7016f2` #19, coverage-map→SDK-surface `b1fbadd`).
-**UNPUSHED local commits** (cutover work — operator hasn't pushed): cutover contract `e45640c` #20, the
-`memory:` snapshot, dep-integration `29c4fda` (worldtree-sdk==1.0.0), + this snapshot — **push is the
-operator's call**. origin `git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git`. **NEW core dep: `worldtree-sdk==1.0.0`**
-(gitea PyPI, `[tool.uv.sources]`). bifrost **`==1.1.4`** / wire v0.7; WT openapi vendored 2.3.0,
-**conversation-api-spec re-synced to v1.1** (`b4a278c`); **suite 534 green**. Personal WT on **b127**
+**Substrate / environment:** branch `main` at **v0.21.15** — slice-4 arc `c62b4ee`→`477d98f` + this snapshot
+**COMMITTED, not-yet-pushed** (tags v0.21.13–.15; push is the operator's call); slice-1–3 (v0.21.3–.12,
+`b1fbadd`→`4f92a21`) PUSHED to origin earlier. origin `git@gitea.phasefinal.com:vh/ratatoskr.git`. **NEW core dep:
+`worldtree-sdk==1.0.0`** (gitea PyPI, `[tool.uv.sources]`; `httpx-sse` retires at slice-7). bifrost
+**`==1.1.4`** / wire v0.7; WT openapi vendored 2.3.0, **conversation-api-spec re-synced to v1.1** (`b4a278c`);
+**suite 475 green** (slice-4 added the agents-family adapter tests + heid-gate fixup tests, ~offset by the
+deleted hand-rolled agent/persona tests). Personal WT on **b128**
 (`http://10.250.50.152:8081`; #368 silo + #364 promotion-hygiene live both instances). The combined
 **:8392** provider (memory+affect) + **:8765** web are THE surfaces, dev-box BACKGROUND SHELLS —
 restart via `scratchpad/relaunch_by_pid.py <pid>` (pid via `ss -ltnp | grep <port>`). `env.sh` sets
@@ -144,8 +146,6 @@ relational-dynamics verify (bind `--bifrost-url :8392`); WT #356 resume-durabili
 Chronological log of decisions with `[YYYY-MM-DD]` prefix. One line per
 decision. Captures rationale that won't be obvious from code alone.
 
-- `[2026-06-17]` **#296 triage sent to worldtree-dev** (`01KVBBH0…`): extraction SUBJECT-INVERSION (promotes assistant prose, drops the user's fact) + META-DESCRIPTION-not-content; verbose-persona aggravator. WAD-vs-bug resolved to BUG (extraction quality), not idle-gating.
-- `[2026-06-18]` **Tier-3 memory PROVEN end-to-end live** — `ratatoskr:terse-probe` recalled a seeded user fact in a COLD history-free session (scope_any → 1 hit @ cosine 0.6994). Closes the opening "how far from Tier-3 memory" question for normal agents.
 - `[2026-06-19]` **#18 D2 SHIPPED (`v0.17.14`, `39eebd1`) and the full #17+#18 arc PUSHED to origin** → `persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-18-d2-shipped-v0-17-14-39eebd1-and-the-full-1.md`
 
 - `[2026-06-19]` **bifrost repinned 0.8.0→0.10.0; `affect.fetch` became MANDATORY (strong-or-absent)** → `persistent-memory.d/2026-06-19-bifrost-repinned-0-8-0-0-10-0-affect-fetch-be.md`
@@ -271,8 +271,14 @@ decision. Captures rationale that won't be obvious from code alone.
 - `[2026-07-18]` **ephemeral-template (Echo) create SHIPPED (`v0.21.2`, `c7016f2`, #19)** — `config` passthrough + `--system-prompt` + `SessionInfo.kind/config` + `--whoami` roles fix. Diagnosed from the ignored `session_api_failed` startup line; role/model drift resolved w/ worldtree-dev (spec re-synced v1.1). TDD + heid contract-review + bug-hunt.
 - `[2026-07-18]` **Rata = THE reference consumer of the worldtree-sdk Python spine** — parity pass (12 grounded findings) shaped its contract BEFORE build (open-world reads, caller-injected transport, per-wire role/model — adopted); coverage-map re-anchored to the SDK's 41-op ratified surface (`b1fbadd`); 4 ergonomics items parked post-v1 with wtsdk-dev.
 - `[2026-07-18]` **worldtree-sdk cutover DECIDED — adopt the Python SDK for the consumer client layer** (operator, overriding "stay hand-rolled"). Issue #20; contract `docs/contracts/worldtree_sdk_cutover.contract.md` (`e45640c`, vor-cross'd + heid-reviewed); auto-memory `project_worldtree_sdk_cutover`. Consumer layer only, Bifrost provider untouched; slice-1 foundation next. See in-flight.
+- `[2026-07-19]` **worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-1 + SLICE-2 COMPLETE + PUSHED (origin `aba1730`, v0.21.10, 497 green).** The biggest, riskiest cutover slice done end-to-end through the full House Code Discipline (adapter→cli→web→delete→live-smoke→both heid gates); the bug-hunt caught 4 real confirmed bugs the conformance lens couldn't, and a convergent code-review finding was correctly REJECTED as category-5 (SDK envelope-parser behavior). Slice-3 next. → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-1-2-complete.md`
+- `[2026-07-19]` **worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-3 COMPLETE + pushed (`ca9a339`+`fc256bb`, v0.21.11–.12, 469 green).** Persona/authored-history/first-message onto the wt adapter; last hand-rolled `sessions.py` paths deleted; both heid gates cleared — code-review ZERO drift, bug-hunt caught + fixed a real regression I shipped (ConnectFailed escaping both rewired probes → uncaught crash; the SDK normalizes ALL transport failures to `ConnectFailed`, not raw httpx) plus a finite-PAD chokepoint gap. Slice-4 (agents/tier3 + model→role) next. → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-3-complete.md`
 
-_65 older entries (2026-05-* debug-TUI/web era + the 2026-06-14 → 06-18 Bifrost-provider build / #17+#18 / #295-296 era) archived to archival-memory.md._
+- `[2026-07-19]` **worldtree-sdk cutover SLICE-4 COMPLETE (agents/Tier-3 + `model`→`role` fold, `c62b4ee`+`aed9429`+`477d98f`, v0.21.13–.15, 475 green).** Full House Code Discipline; the LIVE SMOKE caught a `python -m` double-module exception-class-identity bug unit tests structurally can't; both heid panels cleared (code-review zero-drift + 3 fixups; bug-hunt 5/5/5 → open-world-presenter degrade-not-crash fixes). Resolves the deferred scope-B model→role. Slice-5 next. → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-worldtree-sdk-cutover-slice-4-complete.md`
+
+- `[2026-07-19]` **wyrd-dev #368 silo-enforcement consult delivered — ratatoskr's store-side silo is CONVENTIONAL (query-time filter); wyrd going STRUCTURAL off the framing.** Answered artifact-only from the provider memory-store code; wyrd folded my foot-guns into their unit-4 contract + committed to one-DB-file-per-campaign + first-class partition columns. OPEN LOOP: I'll eyeball their data model once the contract's cut (they'll ping). → `persistent-memory.d/2026-07-19-wyrd-368-silo-consult-delivered.md`
+
+_67 older entries (2026-05-* debug-TUI/web era + the 2026-06-14 → 06-18 Bifrost-provider build / #17+#18 / #295-296 era) archived to archival-memory.md._
 
 _For per-issue TDD implementation notes, Volva findings, and contract amendments, see the git log — every per-issue commit carries a structured message capturing the trail._
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.21.5"
+version = "0.21.16"
 description = "Worldtree Conversation API debug console (web + headless CLI) — multi-pane observability"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

src/ratatoskr/cli.py

@@ -8,15 +8,34 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import argparse
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
+import math
 import os
 import signal
 import sys
+from collections.abc import Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from typing import Any, TextIO
 
 import httpx
+from worldtree_sdk import (
+    AffectUpdateEvent,
+    AwaitingLlmFirstTokenEvent,
+    CancelledEvent,
+    ConnectFailed,
+    DoneEvent,
+    ErrorEvent,
+    TextBoundaryEvent,
+    TextEvent,
+    ThinkingEvent,
+    ToolResultEvent,
+    ToolStartEvent,
+    TurnEvent,
+    WorkerPhaseEvent,
+    WorldtreeClient,
+)
 
+from ratatoskr import wt
 from ratatoskr.first_message import seed_preset_first_message
 from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     AgentNotFound,
@@ -24,42 +43,20 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     BifrostBinding,
     BifrostConsumerKeyMissing,
     BifrostHandshakeFailed,
-    SessionApiFailed,
-    create_character,
-    create_session,
-    delete_character,
     endpoint_for_plane,
-    get_capabilities,
-    get_character_state,
-    get_me,
-    get_session_messages,
-    list_character_models,
-    set_persona_state,
-    write_authored_history,
 )
+
+# The turn path (create / stream / cancel) and all consumer reads are served by the
+# worldtree-sdk adapter (`wt.*`); these caller-semantic exceptions are what the adapter
+# raises, so the presenter keeps catching ratatoskr's own types (DEC-2). Only the
+# Bifrost-binding inputs + `endpoint_for_plane` remain hand-rolled here (the provider
+# planes are consumer-orthogonal); `get_session_bifrost`'s admin surface lands in slice-6.
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
-    AffectUpdate,
-    AwaitingLlmFirstToken,
-    CancelAlreadyCompleted,
-    CancelFailed,
-    Cancelled,
-    CancelTurnNotFound,
-    Done,
-    Error,
-    Event,
     MalformedSseData,
     MalformedSseId,
     SseConnectFailed,
     SseConnectionDropped,
-    Text,
-    TextBoundary,
-    Thinking,
-    ToolResult,
-    ToolStart,
     TurnIdFlip,
-    WorkerPhase,
-    cancel_turn,
-    stream_turn_resilient,
 )
 
 
@@ -337,6 +334,42 @@ def _format_usage(usage: dict[str, int], *, arrow: str) -> str:
     return f"{p} in {arrow} {c} out ({t} total, {ci} cached)"
 
 
+def _format_usage_safe(usage: object) -> str:
+    """Tolerant wrapper over `_format_usage` for the SDK's open-world
+    `DoneEvent.usage`: the canonical four-key mapping formats; anything absent or
+    malformed (None, a non-mapping like `5`, a partial dict) degrades to `(n/a)`
+    rather than crashing the presenter (same posture as `_format_whoami`)."""
+    keys = ("prompt_tokens", "completion_tokens", "total_tokens", "cached_input_tokens")
+    if isinstance(usage, Mapping) and all(k in usage for k in keys):
+        return _format_usage(dict(usage), arrow="->")
+    return "(n/a)"
+
+
+def _format_duration_safe(ms: object) -> str:
+    """Tolerant wrapper over `_format_duration_ms` for the open-world
+    `DoneEvent.duration_ms`: a finite non-negative number formats (a float wire
+    value is floored to int); anything else degrades to `n/a` rather than tripping
+    `_format_duration_ms`'s int assertion."""
+    if isinstance(ms, (int, float)) and not isinstance(ms, bool) and ms >= 0:
+        return _format_duration_ms(int(ms))
+    return "n/a"
+
+
+def _turn_id_from_sse_id(sse_id: object) -> int | None:
+    """The turn component of the SDK's composite sse_id (`"{turn}:{seq}"`). This is
+    the mid-stream cancel target: it is present on EVERY frame, unlike the SDK's
+    top-level `turn_id`, which is the body field (absent on text/thinking events).
+    Tolerant of a malformed/absent sse_id (open-world) — mirrors the web helper."""
+    if not isinstance(sse_id, str):
+        return None
+    head, _, _ = sse_id.partition(":")
+    try:
+        turn = int(head)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    return turn if turn > 0 else None
+
+
 @dataclass(slots=True)
 class CliPresenterState:
     """Per-turn presenter state for `--send` mode (issue #12).
@@ -348,24 +381,36 @@ class CliPresenterState:
     thinking_open: bool = False
     text_written_since_newline: bool = False
 
-    def render(self, event: Event, *, stdout: TextIO, stderr: TextIO) -> None:
-        """Render one Worldtree SSE event with editorial hierarchy + coalescing."""
-        assert isinstance(
+    def render(self, event: TurnEvent, *, stdout: TextIO, stderr: TextIO) -> None:
+        """Render one Worldtree SSE event with editorial hierarchy + coalescing.
+
+        Consumes the worldtree-sdk `TurnEvent` union. The SDK types the de-facto
+        fields as OPTIONAL (open-world), so every read is hardened: a
+        malformed/partial event degrades to a placeholder rather than crashing the
+        presenter — the same posture as `_format_whoami`.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(
             event,
             (
-                WorkerPhase, Thinking, Text, TextBoundary,
-                ToolStart, ToolResult, Done, Error, Cancelled,
-                AffectUpdate, AwaitingLlmFirstToken,
+                WorkerPhaseEvent, ThinkingEvent, TextEvent, TextBoundaryEvent,
+                ToolStartEvent, ToolResultEvent, DoneEvent, ErrorEvent, CancelledEvent,
+                AffectUpdateEvent, AwaitingLlmFirstTokenEvent,
             ),
-        )
+        ):
+            # Open-world: an unknown / future SDK event type degrades to a one-line
+            # note rather than aborting the presenter. (The SDK skips unknown wire
+            # types today, so this is belt-and-suspenders for a future SDK event set.)
+            stderr.write(f". unknown_event: {type(event).__name__}\n")
+            return
         # Thinking events accumulate into the open run.
-        if isinstance(event, Thinking):
+        if isinstance(event, ThinkingEvent):
+            content = event.content or ""
             if not self.thinking_open:
                 stderr.write(". thinking: ")
                 self.thinking_open = True
-            stderr.write(event.content)
+            stderr.write(content)
             stderr.flush()
-            self.thinking_buffer.append(event.content)
+            self.thinking_buffer.append(content)
             return
         # Non-thinking event: close any open thinking run first.
         if self.thinking_open:
@@ -374,62 +419,64 @@ class CliPresenterState:
             self.thinking_open = False
             self.thinking_buffer.clear()
         # Now render the new event.
-        if isinstance(event, Text):
-            stdout.write(event.content)
+        if isinstance(event, TextEvent):
+            content = event.content or ""
+            stdout.write(content)
             stdout.flush()
             # POST-003: only set if cursor is mid-line (no trailing newline).
-            self.text_written_since_newline = not event.content.endswith("\n")
+            self.text_written_since_newline = not content.endswith("\n")
             return
-        if isinstance(event, (Done, Error, Cancelled)):
+        if isinstance(event, (DoneEvent, ErrorEvent, CancelledEvent)):
             # INV-005: ensure stdout newline boundary before stderr terminal label.
             if self.text_written_since_newline:
                 stdout.write("\n")
                 stdout.flush()
                 self.text_written_since_newline = False
-        if isinstance(event, Done):
+        if isinstance(event, DoneEvent):
             stderr.write(
-                f"[done] turn_id={event.sse_id.turn_id} model={event.model} "
-                f"duration={_format_duration_ms(event.duration_ms)} "
-                f"usage {_format_usage(event.usage, arrow='->')}\n"
+                f"[done] turn_id={event.turn_id} model={event.model} "
+                f"duration={_format_duration_safe(event.duration_ms)} "
+                f"usage {_format_usage_safe(event.usage)}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, WorkerPhase):
+        if isinstance(event, WorkerPhaseEvent):
             stderr.write(
                 f". worker_phase: phase={event.phase} turn_id={event.turn_id}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, Error):
+        if isinstance(event, ErrorEvent):
             stderr.write(
-                f"[error] turn_id={event.sse_id.turn_id} code={event.error_code} "
+                f"[error] turn_id={event.turn_id} code={event.error_code} "
                 f"message={event.message!r}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, Cancelled):
+        if isinstance(event, CancelledEvent):
             stderr.write(
                 f"[cancelled] turn_id={event.turn_id} reason={event.reason!r} "
                 f"partial_message_id={event.partial_message_id}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, ToolStart):
+        if isinstance(event, ToolStartEvent):
             stderr.write(
                 f". tool_start: name={event.name} args={event.arguments!r}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, ToolResult):
+        if isinstance(event, ToolResultEvent):
             stderr.write(
                 f". tool_result: name={event.name} duration_ms={event.duration_ms} "
                 f"result={event.result!r:.200}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, TextBoundary):
+        if isinstance(event, TextBoundaryEvent):
             stderr.write(
                 f". text_boundary: kind={event.kind} char_offset={event.char_offset}\n"
             )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, AffectUpdate):
+        if isinstance(event, AffectUpdateEvent):
             # Worldtree #204 / v0.28.0. CLI surface is debug telemetry —
             # one line to stderr with status + (for current) dominant_emotion.
-            if event.snapshot is not None:
+            # isinstance(Mapping) guards an open-world non-mapping snapshot.
+            if isinstance(event.snapshot, Mapping):
                 dom = event.snapshot.get("dominant_emotion")
                 stderr.write(
                     f". affect_update: status={event.status} turn_id={event.turn_id} "
@@ -440,10 +487,10 @@ class CliPresenterState:
                     f". affect_update: status={event.status} turn_id={event.turn_id}\n"
                 )
             return
-        if isinstance(event, AwaitingLlmFirstToken):
+        if isinstance(event, AwaitingLlmFirstTokenEvent):
             # Worldtree #201 / v0.29.0. Heartbeat during BuildingPrompt →
             # CallingLLM gap. Stderr surface, one line per heartbeat.
-            secs = event.elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt / 1000.0
+            secs = (event.elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt or 0) / 1000.0
             stderr.write(
                 f". awaiting_llm_first_token: turn_id={event.turn_id} elapsed={secs:.1f}s\n"
             )
@@ -451,23 +498,29 @@ class CliPresenterState:
 
 
 async def _cancel_and_log(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
     session_id: str,
     turn_id: int,
     *,
     stderr: TextIO,
 ) -> None:
-    """Spawn-and-forget cancel that never raises (INV-009)."""
+    """Spawn-and-forget cancel that never raises (INV-009). The adapter maps the
+    cancel races onto ratatoskr's typed exceptions; a benign late-cancel (200,
+    cancelled=False) returns a result and logs nothing."""
     assert client is not None
     assert isinstance(turn_id, int) and turn_id > 0
     try:
-        await cancel_turn(client, session_id, turn_id)
-    except (CancelFailed, CancelTurnNotFound, CancelAlreadyCompleted, httpx.RequestError) as exc:
+        await wt.cancel_turn(client, session_id, turn_id)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        # Any cancel failure (mapped ratatoskr cancel exceptions, an adapter-defaulted
+        # SessionApiFailed, an SDK ConnectFailed, a transport error, or anything the
+        # SDK doesn't normalize) is logged and swallowed — the fire-and-forget cancel
+        # must never propagate into _run_turn's finally.
         stderr.write(f"[cancel_failed] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
 
 
 async def _run_turn(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
     session_id: str,
     content: str,
     sigint_event: asyncio.Event,
@@ -493,7 +546,10 @@ async def _run_turn(
     cancelling = False
     sigint_task: asyncio.Task[bool] | None = None
     cancel_task: asyncio.Task[None] | None = None  # strong ref to fire-and-forget cancel
-    aiter_obj = stream_turn_resilient(client, session_id, content).__aiter__()
+    # wt.stream_turn is an async generator — it is already its own iterator, so no
+    # explicit __aiter__(); keeping the concrete type lets __anext__() type as a
+    # coroutine for asyncio.create_task.
+    aiter_obj = wt.stream_turn(client, session_id, content)
 
     try:
         while True:
@@ -522,6 +578,11 @@ async def _run_turn(
             except StopAsyncIteration:
                 stderr.write("[connection_dropped] last_seen=<none>\n")
                 return 21
+            except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+                # The adapter maps a stream-open SessionRetired (410) here; without
+                # this the retired-session stream would crash out of _run_turn.
+                stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+                return 20
             except SseConnectFailed as exc:
                 stderr.write(f"[sse_connect_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
                 return 20
@@ -537,17 +598,21 @@ async def _run_turn(
             except TurnIdFlip as exc:
                 stderr.write(f"[turn_id_flip] expected={exc.established} got={exc.got}\n")
                 return 22
-            last_turn_id = event.sse_id.turn_id
+            # The cancel target is the turn from the composite sse_id (present on
+            # every frame); the body's turn_id is absent on text/thinking events.
+            tid = _turn_id_from_sse_id(event.sse_id)
+            if tid is not None:
+                last_turn_id = tid
             state.render(event, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
-            if isinstance(event, Done):
+            if isinstance(event, DoneEvent):
                 if sigint_task is not None and not cancelling:
                     sigint_task.cancel()
                 return 0
-            if isinstance(event, Error):
+            if isinstance(event, ErrorEvent):
                 if sigint_task is not None and not cancelling:
                     sigint_task.cancel()
                 return 2
-            if isinstance(event, Cancelled):
+            if isinstance(event, CancelledEvent):
                 if sigint_task is not None and not cancelling:
                     sigint_task.cancel()
                 return 3
@@ -564,6 +629,11 @@ async def _run_turn(
 async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
     """Async orchestrator: create-session (if --new) → SIGINT install → _run_turn → cleanup."""
     assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
+    # ratatoskr owns the transport (INV-CUT-1): the SDK is injected with it and
+    # never closes it. The transport carries base_url / User-Agent / timeout AND the
+    # default bearer — the SDK overrides Authorization per request (so a bound create
+    # still uses its consumer_key), while the not-yet-migrated hand-rolled
+    # `seed_preset_first_message` reuses the transport's default bearer directly.
     async with httpx.AsyncClient(
         base_url=args.server_url,
         headers={
@@ -575,7 +645,8 @@ async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
         # connect/write/pool keep modest timeouts so true network failures
         # still surface promptly.
         timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=None, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
-    ) as client:
+    ) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(args.server_url, api_key=args.api_key, transport=transport)
         if args.new:
             assert args.agent_id is not None
             try:
@@ -586,7 +657,7 @@ async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
                     if args.system_prompt is not None
                     else None
                 )
-                info = await create_session(
+                info = await wt.create_session(
                     client,
                     args.agent_id,
                     end_user_id=args.end_user_id,
@@ -616,23 +687,32 @@ async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
                         "(RATATOSKR_BIFROST_CONSUMER_KEY), not WORLDTREE_API_KEY\n"
                     )
                 return 23
-            except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
                 sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
                 return 20
-            except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+            except (
+                httpx.ConnectError,
+                httpx.ReadTimeout,
+                httpx.TransportError,
+                ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes a pre-response transport failure here
+            ) as exc:
                 sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
                 return 21
             # Issue #12: demoted lifecycle line — written directly here (NOT via
-            # state.render, which only accepts SSE Event variants per PRE-001).
-            kind_suffix = f" kind={info.kind}" if info.kind else ""
+            # state.render, which only accepts SSE Event variants per PRE-001). The
+            # adapter returns the SDK's open-world create dict; read it as a mapping.
+            session_id = info["session_id"]
+            kind = info.get("kind")
+            kind_suffix = f" kind={kind}" if kind else ""
             sys.stderr.write(
-                f". create_session: session_id={info.session_id} "
-                f"agent_id={info.agent_id}{kind_suffix}\n"
+                f". create_session: session_id={session_id} "
+                f"agent_id={info['agent_id']}{kind_suffix}\n"
             )
             # #347 authored first-message: seed the agent's preset opening (best-effort).
-            if await seed_preset_first_message(client, info.session_id, args.agent_id):
+            # Routed through the wt adapter (slice-3); the seed never blocks create.
+            if await seed_preset_first_message(client, session_id, args.agent_id):
                 sys.stderr.write(
-                    f". first_message: seeded preset opening for {info.agent_id}\n"
+                    f". first_message: seeded preset opening for {args.agent_id}\n"
                 )
             # Issue #17 bound-state indicator: plane + endpoint + status, so the
             # operator sees WHICH identity/endpoint bound (not a bare boolean).
@@ -642,7 +722,7 @@ async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
                     f". bifrost: status=bound plane={plane} "
                     f"endpoint={args.bifrost.endpoint_url}\n"
                 )
-            session_id = info.session_id
+            # session_id was bound above from the create dict.
         else:
             assert args.session_id is not None
             session_id = args.session_id
@@ -665,7 +745,7 @@ async def _amain(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
             loop.remove_signal_handler(signal.SIGINT)
 
 
-def _format_whoami(me: dict[str, Any], caps: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+def _format_whoami(me: Mapping[str, Any], caps: Mapping[str, Any]) -> str:
     """Render the --whoami report: identity (GET /me) + server capabilities."""
     lines = ["identity:"]
     lines.append(f"  user_id: {me.get('user_id', '?')}")
@@ -707,18 +787,23 @@ async def _whoami(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
     vocab + exit codes as the other modes.
     """
     assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-        base_url=args.server_url,
-        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {args.api_key}", "User-Agent": USER_AGENT},
-        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=10.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
-    ) as client:
+    async with _probe_client(args) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(args.server_url, api_key=args.api_key, transport=transport)
         try:
-            me = await get_me(client)
-            caps = await get_capabilities(client)
-        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
-            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+            me = await wt.get_me(client)
+            caps = await wt.get_capabilities(client)
+        except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} "
+                f"error_code={exc.error_code!r} body={exc.body!r}\n"
+            )
             return 20
-        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+        except (
+            httpx.ConnectError,
+            httpx.ReadTimeout,
+            httpx.TransportError,
+            ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes a pre-response transport failure here
+        ) as exc:
             sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
             return 21
         sys.stdout.write(_format_whoami(me, caps))
@@ -739,12 +824,16 @@ async def _characters_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
     (models → create → get-state → delete), print a report, exit. A reference-
     consumer smoke of the #161 character surface (needs character.read/write)."""
     assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
-    async with _probe_client(args) as client:
+    async with _probe_client(args) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(args.server_url, api_key=args.api_key, transport=transport)
         try:
-            models = await list_character_models(client)
-            names = ", ".join(m.get("name", "?") for m in models.get("items", []))
+            models = await wt.list_character_models(client)
+            # Open-world read: `items` may be absent OR explicit-null — `or []` degrades
+            # both to empty (mirrors the slice-4 `_format_whoami` hardening), never a
+            # `join(None)` crash.
+            names = ", ".join(m.get("name", "?") for m in (models.get("items") or []))
             sys.stdout.write(f"character models: {names or '(none)'}\n")
-            created = await create_character(
+            created = await wt.create_character(
                 client,
                 {
                     "schema_version": "1",
@@ -758,16 +847,32 @@ async def _characters_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
                     "voice_profile_block": "plain",
                 },
             )
-            cid = created["character_id"]
+            # Open-world create ACK: degrade, don't hard-index (cumulative cutover
+            # foot-gun). A malformed/absent character_id aborts the probe cleanly rather
+            # than raising a KeyError — the lifecycle needs the id for state + delete.
+            cid = created.get("character_id")
+            if not (isinstance(cid, str) and cid):
+                sys.stderr.write(
+                    f"[session_api_failed] create returned no character_id: {created!r}\n"
+                )
+                return 20
             sys.stdout.write(f"created: {cid} (ttl {created.get('ttl_expires_at')})\n")
-            state = await get_character_state(client, cid)
+            state = await wt.get_character_state(client, cid)
             sys.stdout.write(f"state: pad={state.get('pad')}\n")
-            await delete_character(client, cid)
+            await wt.delete_character(client, cid)
             sys.stdout.write(f"deleted: {cid}\n")
-        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
-            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+        except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} "
+                f"error_code={exc.error_code!r} body={exc.body!r}\n"
+            )
             return 20
-        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+        except (
+            httpx.ConnectError,
+            httpx.ReadTimeout,
+            httpx.TransportError,
+            ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes a pre-response transport failure here
+        ) as exc:
             sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
             return 21
     return 0
@@ -792,16 +897,34 @@ async def _set_persona_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
             "(pleasure,arousal,dominance), e.g. '0.4,0.1,-0.2'\n"
         )
         return 10
-    # Canonical POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state body (#317): a named-key dict,
-    # NOT a bare list — {"pad": {"pleasure", "arousal", "dominance"}}.
-    snapshot = {"pad": {"pleasure": pad[0], "arousal": pad[1], "dominance": pad[2]}}
-    async with _probe_client(args) as client:
+    # The SDK rejects a non-finite axis pre-HTTP (a NaN/Infinity would serialize to
+    # null and corrupt the injection). Reject it here as a usage error so the probe
+    # surfaces a clean message instead of crashing on the SDK's ConfigurationError.
+    if not all(math.isfinite(x) for x in pad):
+        sys.stderr.write(
+            "[usage_error] --set-persona-pad values must be finite floats (no nan/inf)\n"
+        )
+        return 10
+    async with _probe_client(args) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(args.server_url, api_key=args.api_key, transport=transport)
         try:
-            await set_persona_state(client, args.session_id, snapshot)
-        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
-            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+            # The SDK owns the canonical {"pad": {...}} wire body (#317); ratatoskr
+            # passes the three PAD axes and no longer hand-builds the snapshot.
+            await wt.set_persona_state(
+                client, args.session_id, pleasure=pad[0], arousal=pad[1], dominance=pad[2]
+            )
+        except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} "
+                f"error_code={exc.error_code!r} body={exc.body!r}\n"
+            )
             return 20
-        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+        except (
+            httpx.ConnectError,
+            httpx.ReadTimeout,
+            httpx.TransportError,
+            ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes a pre-response transport failure here
+        ) as exc:
             sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
             return 21
         sys.stdout.write(
@@ -824,19 +947,23 @@ async def _seed_first_message_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
     """
     assert isinstance(args, ParsedArgs)
     assert args.agent_id is not None and args.seed_first_message is not None
-    async with _probe_client(args) as client:
+    async with _probe_client(args) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(args.server_url, api_key=args.api_key, transport=transport)
         try:
-            session = await create_session(
+            # wt.create_session returns the SDK's open-world create dict; read as a
+            # mapping (no SessionInfo dataclass — the hand-rolled path is retired).
+            session = await wt.create_session(
                 client, args.agent_id, end_user_id=args.end_user_id
             )
-            sys.stdout.write(f"session: {session.session_id} (agent {session.agent_id})\n")
+            session_id = session["session_id"]
+            sys.stdout.write(f"session: {session_id} (agent {session.get('agent_id')})\n")
             key = "ratatoskr-first-message-" + hashlib.sha256(
                 args.seed_first_message.encode("utf-8")
             ).hexdigest()[:12]
             try:
-                ack = await write_authored_history(
+                ack = await wt.write_authored_history(
                     client,
-                    session.session_id,
+                    session_id,
                     content=args.seed_first_message,
                     idempotency_key=key,
                 )
@@ -851,17 +978,25 @@ async def _seed_first_message_probe(args: ParsedArgs) -> int:
                 f"seeded: seq={ack.get('seq')} phase={ack.get('phase')} "
                 f"turn_id={ack.get('turn_id')} content_chars={ack.get('content_chars')}\n"
             )
-            history = await get_session_messages(client, session.session_id)
+            history = await wt.get_session_messages(client, session_id)
             items = history.get("items", [])
             sys.stdout.write(f"read-back: {len(items)} message(s)\n")
             for m in items:
                 sys.stdout.write(
                     f"  seq={m.get('seq')} role={m.get('role')} content={m.get('content')!r}\n"
                 )
-        except SessionApiFailed as exc:
-            sys.stderr.write(f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n")
+        except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            sys.stderr.write(
+                f"[session_api_failed] status={exc.status} "
+                f"error_code={exc.error_code!r} body={exc.body!r}\n"
+            )
             return 20
-        except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+        except (
+            httpx.ConnectError,
+            httpx.ReadTimeout,
+            httpx.TransportError,
+            ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes a pre-response transport failure here
+        ) as exc:
             sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
             return 21
     return 0

src/ratatoskr/first_message.py

@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ blocked (the session simply opens with no seeded greeting). See
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
 
-import httpx
+from worldtree_sdk import WorldtreeClient
 
-from ratatoskr.sessions import write_authored_history
+from ratatoskr import wt
 
-# Cap the best-effort seed write. The CLI/TUI create paths reuse an httpx client
-# with NO read timeout (it streams SSE turns), so an accepted-but-never-answered
+# Cap the best-effort seed write. The CLI create path reuses a transport with NO
+# read timeout (it streams SSE turns), so an accepted-but-never-answered
 # POST /history would otherwise block session creation forever — violating INV-001's
 # "never block". asyncio.wait_for bounds the seed regardless of the client's timeout.
 _SEED_TIMEOUT_S = 10.0
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def preset_for(agent_id: str) -> str | None:
 
 
 async def seed_preset_first_message(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, agent_id: str
+    client: WorldtreeClient, session_id: str, agent_id: str
 ) -> str | None:
     """Best-effort: seed ``agent_id``'s preset opening as a #347 authored
     first-message on ``session_id``; return the seeded text, or None.
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async def seed_preset_first_message(
     key = "ratatoskr-preset-" + hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:12]
     try:
         await asyncio.wait_for(
-            write_authored_history(
+            wt.write_authored_history(
                 client, session_id, content=content, idempotency_key=key
             ),
             timeout=_SEED_TIMEOUT_S,

src/ratatoskr/local_agents.py

@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ import os
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 
-_SCHEMA_VERSION = 1
+# v2 (worldtree-sdk cutover slice-4): `model` → `role`. The field holds what the
+# Worldtree wire now calls a role (spec 1.2 / b128, the define response echoes
+# `role`); the version bump discards any pre-cutover on-disk index cleanly
+# (no-backwards-compat — old `{"model": …}` rows are dropped, re-defined fresh).
+_SCHEMA_VERSION = 2
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -37,16 +41,17 @@ class LocalAgentEntry:
     Schema:
       - ``agent_id``: full "user_id:agent_name" string (Worldtree-owned).
       - ``agent_name``: slug from define (display name).
-      - ``model``: provider model ID at last define/patch.
+      - ``role``: model-role at last define/patch (e.g. "thoughtful-character";
+        the define/patch response's ``role`` field, W-4 resolved / b128).
       - ``description``: synthetic display string (typically derived from
         the system_prompt's first line + a "(tier 3)" prefix; the picker
         uses this in its ``{id} · {name} — {description}`` rendering).
-      - ``defined_at``: ISO-8601 timestamp from the Tier3AgentInfo response.
+      - ``defined_at``: ISO-8601 timestamp from the define/patch response.
     """
 
     agent_id: str
     agent_name: str
-    model: str
+    role: str
     description: str
     defined_at: str
 

src/ratatoskr/sessions.py

@@ -5,67 +5,12 @@ Implements docs/contracts/issues/2.contract.md.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from collections.abc import Mapping
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class SessionInfo:
-    """Worldtree session envelope; shared shape for create + list responses.
-
-    INV-001 / INV-002: origin-conditional defaults — `create_session` sets fixed
-    `name=None`, `archived=False`, `tags=[]`; `list_sessions` populates from the
-    response item with the same absent/null defaults but `message_count=None`.
-
-    Amendment 2026-07-18 (issue #161): `kind` ("ephemeral" | "foundational") and
-    `config` (the frozen ephemeral config, create-origin only) captured defensively
-    via `.get()` — both `None` on a pre-cutover server that omits them.
-    """
-
-    session_id: str
-    agent_id: str
-    created_at: str
-    last_active: str
-    metadata: dict[str, Any]
-    message_count: int | None
-    name: str | None
-    archived: bool
-    tags: list[str]
-    kind: str | None = None
-    config: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class SessionPage:
-    """One page of GET /sessions results. `next_cursor=None` on the last page."""
-
-    items: list[SessionInfo]
-    next_cursor: str | None
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class AgentInfo:
-    """Worldtree agent envelope from GET /agents (issue #8).
-
-    INV-005: required fields (`agent_id`, `name`, `description`) take the
-    response value verbatim. Optional fields default to None / [] / {} when
-    omitted by the server, mirroring SessionInfo's INV-001/INV-002
-    origin-conditional defaulting.
-    """
-
-    agent_id: str
-    name: str
-    description: str
-    version: str | None
-    capabilities: list[str]
-    supported_models: list[str]
-    persona_traits: dict[str, Any]
-    ui_hints: dict[str, Any]
-
-
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class BifrostBinding:
     """Session-create Bifrost binding (Worldtree BifrostBindingRequest, #160).
@@ -204,53 +149,68 @@ class AuthoredHistoryUnavailable(Exception):
         self.session_id = session_id
 
 
-async def list_sessions(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    *,
-    include_archived: bool = False,
-    limit: int = 50,
-    cursor: str | None = None,
-) -> SessionPage:
-    """GET /sessions. See contract FN list_sessions."""
-    assert client is not None
-    assert 1 <= limit <= 200
-    assert cursor is None or (isinstance(cursor, str) and cursor)
+# ── Tier-3 (consumer-defined) agent lifecycle exceptions ─────────────────────
+# The worldtree-sdk adapter (`ratatoskr.wt`) re-raises these from the agents.define/
+# patch/delete routes. They live HERE (not in `tier3`) so both `wt` and the
+# `python -m ratatoskr.tier3` CLI reference the SAME class objects: `tier3` is run as
+# `__main__`, and if these were defined there, `wt`'s `from .tier3 import …` would bind
+# a SECOND copy under `ratatoskr.tier3` — so a raised exception would not match the
+# CLI's `except` (the exception would escape as an uncaught traceback). Homing them in
+# `sessions` (never run as `__main__`) makes the class identity single.
 
-    params: dict[str, str] = {"limit": str(limit)}
-    if include_archived:
-        params["include_archived"] = "true"
-    if cursor is not None:
-        params["cursor"] = cursor
 
-    resp = await client.get("/sessions", params=params)
-    if resp.status_code == 422:
-        try:
-            err = resp.json()
-        except ValueError:
-            err = {}
-        if err.get("error_code") == "cursor_invalid":
-            raise InvalidCursor(raw=cursor)
-        raise SessionApiFailed(status=422, body=resp.content)
-    if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-    body = resp.json()
-    items = [
-        SessionInfo(
-            session_id=item["session_id"],
-            agent_id=item["agent_id"],
-            created_at=item["created_at"],
-            last_active=item["last_active"],
-            metadata=item.get("metadata", {}),
-            message_count=None,
-            name=item.get("name"),
-            archived=item.get("archived") or False,
-            tags=item.get("tags") or [],
-            kind=item.get("kind"),      # INV-002 amendment (#161): present on list items
-            config=item.get("config"),  # forward-compat passthrough; None today
-        )
-        for item in body["items"]
-    ]
-    return SessionPage(items=items, next_cursor=body.get("next_cursor"))
+class Tier3QuotaExceeded(Exception):
+    """Raised on HTTP 429 ``agent_quota_exceeded`` — 50-agent cap reached
+    on the Heimdall key. ``retry_after`` captures the Retry-After header
+    verbatim (defaults to 0 per spec §2675; forward-compat for non-zero).
+
+    Post-cutover the adapter constructs this with ``retry_after=0`` — the SDK's
+    ``ApiError`` floor carries no response headers, and §2675 pins Phase-2.0 quota
+    to ``Retry-After: 0``, so the value is spec-canonical."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, retry_after: int) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"Tier 3 agent quota exceeded (retry_after={retry_after})")
+        self.retry_after = retry_after
+
+
+class Tier3UserIdUnsupported(Exception):
+    """Raised on HTTP 403 ``tier3_user_id_unsupported`` — auth's user_id
+    is not slug-safe per Phase 2.0 gate (spec §2626)."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__("tier3 caller user_id is not slug-safe")
+
+
+class Tier3FieldNotMutable(Exception):
+    """Raised on HTTP 422 ``field_not_mutable`` — PATCH request body
+    carried a key that's immutable post-define (``agent_name``, ``user_id``,
+    or any layer field). Server rejects BEFORE the DB lookup (spec §2644)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, field: str | None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"field not mutable on Tier 3 patch: {field!r}")
+        self.field = field
+
+
+class Tier3LayerDeferred(Exception):
+    """Raised on HTTP 422 ``layer_deferred`` — define request carried a
+    non-null layer field (``persona`` / ``motivational`` / ``valence`` /
+    ``memory``). Phase 2.0 ships baseline only; layers are schema-reserved.
+
+    Note: ``define_agent`` never sends layer fields, so this exception is
+    defense-against-server-side-changes / forward-compat."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, field: str | None) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"tier3 layer field deferred: {field!r}")
+        self.field = field
+
+
+class Tier3AgentNotFound(Exception):
+    """Raised on HTTP 404 — PATCH or DELETE on a non-existent agent_id
+    (spec §2634 + §2641)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, agent_id: str) -> None:
+        super().__init__(f"tier3 agent not found: {agent_id!r}")
+        self.agent_id = agent_id
 
 
 def endpoint_for_plane(plane: str, base_host: str) -> str:
@@ -266,287 +226,10 @@ def endpoint_for_plane(plane: str, base_host: str) -> str:
     """
     ports = {"memory": 8391, "affect": 8390, "combined": 8392}
     if plane not in ports:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"unknown plane: {plane!r} "
-            "(expected 'memory', 'affect', or 'combined')"
-        )
+        raise ValueError(f"unknown plane: {plane!r} (expected 'memory', 'affect', or 'combined')")
     return f"http://{base_host}:{ports[plane]}"
 
 
-def _bifrost_error_from(resp: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
-    """Pull the spec-level `bifrost_error` from a 502 body.
-
-    Tolerates both the FastAPI-nested `{"detail": {"bifrost_error": …}}` shape
-    (the spec's documented form, §"Optional Bifrost binding") and a flat
-    top-level `bifrost_error`, per the both-shape unwrap precedent established for
-    persona_state errors (the real wire returns the detail-nested form).
-    """
-    try:
-        err = resp.json()
-    except ValueError:
-        return None
-    if not isinstance(err, dict):
-        return None
-    bifrost_error = err.get("bifrost_error")
-    if bifrost_error is None and isinstance(err.get("detail"), dict):
-        bifrost_error = err["detail"].get("bifrost_error")
-    return bifrost_error
-
-
-async def create_session(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    agent_id: str,
-    *,
-    end_user_id: str | None = None,
-    bifrost: BifrostBinding | None = None,
-    consumer_key: str | None = None,
-    config: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
-) -> SessionInfo:
-    """POST /sessions to create a new session. See contract FN create_session.
-
-    Per issue #5: pass `end_user_id` for per-end-user agents (lofn etc.).
-    When None (default), the body shape matches the pre-#5 baseline
-    `{"agent_id": agent_id}` so existing callers (mimir smoke) are unaffected.
-    Empty-string `end_user_id` is rejected before HTTP (PRE-003).
-
-    Per issue #17: when `bifrost` is set the request carries the binding and
-    authenticates with `consumer_key` (NOT the client's default canary bearer);
-    Worldtree handshakes synchronously to our provider before 201.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert agent_id and isinstance(agent_id, str)
-    assert end_user_id is None or (isinstance(end_user_id, str) and end_user_id)
-    # PRE-004 (issue #161): config is None or a Mapping.
-    assert config is None or isinstance(config, Mapping)
-    # PRE-005 (issue #161): ephemeral config + Bifrost binding are mutually
-    # exclusive (server would 422 ephemeral_does_not_accept_bifrost). The CLI
-    # guards this at arg-parse; this assert is defense-in-depth.
-    assert not (config is not None and bifrost is not None)
-
-    # PRE-001 (INV-001): a bifrost binding REQUIRES a non-empty consumer key,
-    # enforced before any HTTP so a bound create never falls back to the canary.
-    if bifrost is not None and not (isinstance(consumer_key, str) and consumer_key):
-        raise BifrostConsumerKeyMissing()
-
-    body: dict[str, Any] = {"agent_id": agent_id}
-    if end_user_id is not None:
-        body["end_user_id"] = end_user_id
-    # Issue #161: ephemeral-template config passthrough — verbatim, role/model-
-    # agnostic. The caller (CLI) builds {"system_prompt": ...}; the wrapper never
-    # injects a selector. Absent when None (foundational baseline unchanged).
-    if config is not None:
-        body["config"] = dict(config)
-    headers: dict[str, str] = {}
-    if bifrost is not None:
-        body["bifrost"] = {
-            "endpoint_url": bifrost.endpoint_url,
-            "scope": bifrost.scope,
-        }
-        # INV-001: the bound create authenticates with the consumer key,
-        # overriding the httpx client's default canary bearer per-request.
-        headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {consumer_key}"
-    resp = await client.post("/sessions", json=body, headers=headers)
-    if resp.status_code == 404:
-        raise AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id)
-    # POST-002 (INV-002): a 502 on a BOUND create is the synchronous Bifrost
-    # handshake failing. Gated on `bifrost is not None` — an unbound create's
-    # 502 is a generic upstream fault and stays SessionApiFailed.
-    if bifrost is not None and resp.status_code == 502:
-        raise BifrostHandshakeFailed(
-            bifrost_error=_bifrost_error_from(resp), body=resp.content
-        )
-    if resp.status_code != 201:
-        raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-    body = resp.json()
-    return SessionInfo(
-        session_id=body["session_id"],
-        agent_id=body["agent_id"],
-        created_at=body["created_at"],
-        last_active=body["last_active"],
-        metadata=body.get("metadata", {}),
-        message_count=body["message_count"],
-        name=None,
-        archived=False,
-        tags=[],
-        kind=body.get("kind"),      # INV-001 amendment (#161): "ephemeral"|"foundational"|None
-        config=body.get("config"),  # frozen ephemeral config; None for foundational
-    )
-
-
-async def list_agents(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> list[AgentInfo]:
-    """GET /agents — list available agents. See contract FN list_agents (issue #8).
-
-    No request params, no pagination. Returns server-ordered list. Optional
-    fields are defaulted to None / [] / {} per INV-005.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-
-    resp = await client.get("/agents")
-    if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-    body = resp.json()
-    return [
-        AgentInfo(
-            agent_id=item["agent_id"],
-            name=item["name"],
-            description=item["description"],
-            version=item.get("version"),
-            capabilities=item.get("capabilities") or [],
-            supported_models=item.get("supported_models") or [],
-            persona_traits=item.get("persona_traits") or {},
-            ui_hints=item.get("ui_hints") or {},
-        )
-        for item in body
-    ]
-
-
-async def get_persona_state(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, agent_id: str
-) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /agents/{agent_id}/persona_state — fetch current persona snapshot.
-
-    Worldtree #204 / v0.28.0. Returns the same `snapshot` dict shape as the
-    `affect_update` SSE event's `status="current"` emission: pad,
-    dominant_emotion, emotions_active, baseline_pad, mood_drift,
-    last_updated_at. Bootstrap read for clients that want to populate a
-    persona pane on session-open without waiting for turn-1's `affect_update`.
-
-    Auth: requires Heimdall `persona.read` scope (user-tier default).
-
-    Failure modes (mapped to typed exceptions per the spec error_codes):
-      - 404 `persona_not_configured` → PersonaNotConfigured (persona-disabled
-        agents: domari / muninn, and all Tier 3 in Phase 2.0)
-      - 404 `agent_not_available` → AgentNotAvailable (unknown agent_id)
-      - 403 `auth_scope_denied` → AuthScopeDenied (key lacks persona.read)
-      - any other non-2xx → SessionApiFailed (preserves the broader-error
-        precedent from list_agents / list_sessions / create_session)
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert agent_id and isinstance(agent_id, str)
-
-    resp = await client.get(f"/agents/{agent_id}/persona_state")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    # Discriminate the 4xx error_code sub-codes; everything else falls
-    # through. Worldtree returns errors as either flat `{"error_code": …}`
-    # OR FastAPI-default `{"detail": {"error_code": …}}` depending on
-    # which handler raised — unwrap both shapes (real wire observed
-    # 2026-05-28 returning the detail-nested form for auth_scope_denied
-    # from /agents/{id}/persona_state).
-    try:
-        err = resp.json()
-    except ValueError:
-        err = None
-    error_code: str | None = None
-    if isinstance(err, dict):
-        error_code = err.get("error_code")
-        if error_code is None and isinstance(err.get("detail"), dict):
-            error_code = err["detail"].get("error_code")
-    if resp.status_code == 404 and error_code == "persona_not_configured":
-        raise PersonaNotConfigured(agent_id=agent_id)
-    if resp.status_code == 404 and error_code == "agent_not_available":
-        raise AgentNotAvailable(agent_id=agent_id)
-    if resp.status_code == 403 and error_code == "auth_scope_denied":
-        raise AuthScopeDenied(scope="persona.read")
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def get_me(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /me — the authenticated principal's identity + key metadata (spec §GET /me).
-
-    Boot-time whoami: verify the key without agent-config side effects. Returns
-    the parsed dict verbatim (freeform per the frozen OpenAPI; the spec documents
-    `{user_id, scopes, tier, display_name?, key_id?, key_label?, ...}`, optional
-    fields omitted-not-null). 401 (bad/absent key when auth is enabled) — like
-    every other non-200 — surfaces as SessionApiFailed (get_persona_state
-    precedent). Read-only, rate-exempt, no audit emission.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    resp = await client.get("/me")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def list_character_models(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /models/available-for-characters — character-capable model profiles (#161).
-
-    Requires `character.read`. Returns `{items: [{name, description, thinking}]}`.
-    Parsed dict verbatim; any non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    resp = await client.get("/models/available-for-characters")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def create_character(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, character: dict[str, Any], *, state: dict[str, Any] | None = None
-) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """POST /characters — create a transient character (#161). Requires `character.write`.
-
-    Body is `{character, state}` (state optional — a CharacterStateSchema for
-    mid-conversation rehydration). Returns 201 `{character_id, ttl_expires_at}`;
-    any non-201 → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert isinstance(character, dict) and character
-    resp = await client.post("/characters", json={"character": character, "state": state})
-    if resp.status_code == 201:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def get_character_state(client: httpx.AsyncClient, character_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /characters/{character_id}/state — live runtime state (#161). Requires `character.read`.
-
-    Returns `{schema_version, pad, emotions_active, mood_drift, goal_signal_history}`;
-    refreshes the character's TTL. Any non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
-    resp = await client.get(f"/characters/{character_id}/state")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def delete_character(client: httpx.AsyncClient, character_id: str) -> None:
-    """DELETE /characters/{character_id} — remove a transient character (#161).
-
-    Requires `character.write`. Bound sessions detach (next turn → 410
-    character_not_found). 200/204 → None; any other status → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
-    resp = await client.delete(f"/characters/{character_id}")
-    if resp.status_code in (200, 204):
-        return None
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def set_persona_state(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, snapshot: dict[str, Any]
-) -> None:
-    """POST /sessions/{session_id}/persona_state — set a session's persona state (affect injection).
-
-    The request body is FREEFORM on the wire (the OpenAPI declares no request
-    schema), but worldtree-dev's prose now pins the canonical shape (#317):
-    `{"pad": {"pleasure": p, "arousal": a, "dominance": d}}` — a named-key dict
-    (each in [-1, 1]), NOT a bare list; PAD-only, session-scoped, pull-over-push
-    (#289). The caller supplies the snapshot. 204 No Content → None; any other
-    status → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert isinstance(snapshot, dict)
-    resp = await client.post(f"/sessions/{session_id}/persona_state", json=snapshot)
-    if resp.status_code == 204:
-        return None
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
 async def get_session_bifrost(
     client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, *, admin_key: str
 ) -> dict[str, Any]:
@@ -570,108 +253,3 @@ async def get_session_bifrost(
     if resp.status_code == 200:
         return resp.json()
     raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def get_session_tools(client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /sessions/{session_id}/tools — owner-scoped tool inventory (spec #183).
-
-    Returns the merged tool list the LLM saw at turn-fire: `{agent_id,
-    builtin_tools: [...], bifrost_tools: [{name, description, parameters}, ...]}`.
-    Owner-scoped (`ctx.user_id == session.user_id`) — reachable with the consumer
-    key, NO admin scope. Cross-owner access returns 404 `session_not_found`
-    (existence-hiding); a revoked session returns 401 `auth_revoked`. Parsed dict
-    verbatim; any non-200 → SessionApiFailed (mirrors get_persona_state).
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    resp = await client.get(f"/sessions/{session_id}/tools")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def get_capabilities(client: httpx.AsyncClient) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /capabilities — server capability discovery (spec §Ephemeral Templates).
-
-    Returns `{ephemeral_templates: {echo: {allowed_models, default_model,
-    system_prompt_max_bytes}}}` — what the server offers before a client decides
-    to instantiate. Any authenticated caller may read it (no scope). Parsed dict
-    verbatim; any non-200 → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    resp = await client.get("/capabilities")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def write_authored_history(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    session_id: str,
-    *,
-    content: str,
-    idempotency_key: str,
-    author: str = "assistant",
-    effects: str | None = None,
-    claimed_original_at: str | None = None,
-) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """POST /sessions/{session_id}/history — the #347 authored-history-write primitive.
-
-    Write one model-visible turn into the session's ledger AS the bound agent,
-    WITHOUT a generation and WITHOUT lived-turn side effects (the SillyTavern
-    "first message"). v1: `author="assistant"`, `effects` omitted (== "none"),
-    `idempotency_key` REQUIRED (per-session dedup). The server pins the body
-    (`AuthoredWriteRequest`, `extra="forbid"`), so `effects` /
-    `claimed_original_at` are sent only when non-None — never as null keys.
-
-    Success is 201 (fresh) or 200 (idempotent replay, byte-identical body); both
-    return the `AuthoredTurnResponse` dict verbatim (`{author, content_chars,
-    injected_at, phase, seq, session_id, turn_id}` — provenance is audit-only,
-    never on this body).
-
-    404 → `AuthoredHistoryUnavailable` (hide-existence: feature-absent /
-    ungranted / session-absent are indistinguishable by design; the caller falls
-    back and NEVER capability-probes — server INV-347-1). Any other non-2xx →
-    `SessionApiFailed` (notably 409 `generation_active`, 422 `content_too_long` /
-    `validation_failed`).
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert content and isinstance(content, str)
-    assert idempotency_key and isinstance(idempotency_key, str)
-    assert author and isinstance(author, str)
-    body: dict[str, Any] = {
-        "author": author,
-        "content": content,
-        "idempotency_key": idempotency_key,
-    }
-    if effects is not None:
-        body["effects"] = effects
-    if claimed_original_at is not None:
-        body["claimed_original_at"] = claimed_original_at
-    resp = await client.post(f"/sessions/{session_id}/history", json=body)
-    if resp.status_code in (200, 201):
-        return resp.json()
-    if resp.status_code == 404:
-        raise AuthoredHistoryUnavailable(session_id=session_id)
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def get_session_messages(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str
-) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """GET /sessions/{session_id}/messages — the session's message history.
-
-    Un-deferred as the #347 seed read-back: a seeded turn renders as a normal
-    `role=assistant` message (model-invisible provenance — indistinguishable
-    from a lived turn on read). Returns `{session_id, items: [{seq, role,
-    content, ...}], next_cursor}` verbatim; owner-scoped; any non-200 →
-    `SessionApiFailed`. v1 reads the server default page (no pagination params —
-    add limit/cursor when a caller needs scrollback).
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    resp = await client.get(f"/sessions/{session_id}/messages")
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return resp.json()
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)

src/ratatoskr/sse_client.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Implements docs/contracts/issues/1.contract.md.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-import re
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Any, NamedTuple
@@ -14,8 +13,6 @@ from typing import Any, NamedTuple
 import httpx
 import httpx_sse
 
-_INT_RE = re.compile(r"^-?\d+$")
-
 
 class SseId(NamedTuple):
     """Parsed composite SSE wire `id:` per spec §SSE id format."""
@@ -24,155 +21,6 @@ class SseId(NamedTuple):
     seq: int
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class WorkerPhase:
-    """SSE event `worker_phase`: agent entered a new processing phase."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    phase: str
-    turn_id: int
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Thinking:
-    """SSE event `thinking`: incremental thinking content from thinking-enabled models."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    content: str
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Text:
-    """SSE event `text`: an incremental response-text delta."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    content: str
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class TextBoundary:
-    """SSE event `text_boundary`: speakable breakpoint after a `text` event."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    kind: str
-    char_offset: int
-    ts: str
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class ToolStart:
-    """SSE event `tool_start`: agent is about to execute a tool."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    name: str
-    arguments: dict[str, Any]
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class ToolResult:
-    """SSE event `tool_result`: a tool call completed."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    name: str
-    result: Any
-    duration_ms: int
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Done:
-    """Terminal SSE event `done`: turn succeeded."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    phase: str
-    response: str
-    model: str
-    duration_ms: int
-    usage: dict[str, int]
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Error:
-    """Terminal SSE event `error`: turn failed."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    phase: str
-    message: str
-    error_code: str | None
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Cancelled:
-    """Terminal SSE event `cancelled`: turn was cancelled server-side."""
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    phase: str
-    turn_id: int
-    reason: str | None
-    partial_message_id: int | None
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class AwaitingLlmFirstToken:
-    """SSE event `awaiting_llm_first_token`: heartbeat during slow first-token.
-
-    Fires at the configured interval (default 5s) during the gap between
-    `worker_phase` phase=BuildingPrompt and phase=CallingLLM. Lets clients
-    render a live "thinking for Ns…" indicator instead of a frozen line
-    during legitimate-slow first-token latency. Stops the moment CallingLLM
-    fires (defense-in-depth at three sites); no heartbeat after Cancelled
-    or stalled terminal events. Tool round-trip re-entries do NOT re-fire
-    heartbeats — INV-201-5 scopes the mechanism to the FIRST gap only.
-
-    `elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt` is server-authoritative
-    `time.monotonic()`-based — independent of network latency or clock
-    skew, monotonically increasing across the heartbeat sequence.
-
-    See docs/conversation-api-spec.md § awaiting_llm_first_token
-    (Worldtree #201, v0.29.0).
-    """
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    turn_id: int
-    elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt: float
-
-
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class AffectUpdate:
-    """SSE event `affect_update`: persona-state observability snapshot.
-
-    Two emissions per qualifying turn (persona-enabled agent on non-
-    ephemeral session): `status="current"` at turn start carrying the full
-    snapshot, `status="scheduled"` after post-turn appraisal kicks off
-    (lightweight — `snapshot` is None). Suppressed entirely for persona-
-    disabled agents (e.g. `domari`, `muninn`), Tier 3 consumer-defined
-    agents (Phase 2.0), and ephemeral sessions.
-
-    Bootstrap reads available via `GET /agents/{agent_id}/persona_state`
-    (same `snapshot` shape, requires `persona.read` scope).
-
-    See docs/conversation-api-spec.md § affect_update (Worldtree #204,
-    v0.28.0).
-    """
-
-    sse_id: SseId
-    status: str  # "current" | "scheduled"
-    turn_id: int
-    snapshot: dict[str, Any] | None  # None when status="scheduled"
-
-
-Event = (
-    WorkerPhase
-    | Thinking
-    | Text
-    | TextBoundary
-    | ToolStart
-    | ToolResult
-    | Done
-    | Error
-    | Cancelled
-    | AffectUpdate
-    | AwaitingLlmFirstToken
-)
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -258,31 +106,6 @@ class TurnLaunchUnavailable(SseConnectFailed):
         self.message = message
 
 
-# Canonical error_codes (Worldtree #331 / v1.0.0b2): 409 -> agent_not_available,
-# 503 -> not_ready (retryable; re-pinned from internal_error). Used only as a
-# fallback default when the body omits error_code — the real code is surfaced
-# verbatim from the {detail:{error_code,message}} envelope.
-_EAGER_TURN_FAILURE_CODE = {409: "agent_not_available", 503: "not_ready"}
-
-
-def _eager_failure_fields(body: bytes, status: int) -> tuple[str, str]:
-    """Extract (error_code, message) from an eager turn-launch failure body
-    (#331). Accepts the Worldtree `{"detail": {...}}` envelope OR a flat
-    `{error_code, message}`; falls back to a status-derived default code and a
-    generic message when the body is absent / non-JSON / malformed."""
-    try:
-        parsed: Any = json.loads(body)
-    except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
-        parsed = None
-    src: dict[str, Any] = {}
-    if isinstance(parsed, dict):
-        detail = parsed.get("detail")
-        src = detail if isinstance(detail, dict) else parsed
-    code = src.get("error_code") or _EAGER_TURN_FAILURE_CODE[status]
-    message = src.get("message")
-    if not isinstance(message, str):
-        message = f"turn launch failed (HTTP {status})"
-    return str(code), message
 
 
 class SseConnectionDropped(Exception):
@@ -352,275 +175,6 @@ class CancelFailed(Exception):
         self.body = body
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class CancelResult:
-    """Response envelope from POST /sessions/{id}/turns/{turn_id}/cancel."""
-
-    turn_id: int
-    cancelled: bool
-    reason: str | None
-    partial_message_id: int | None
-
-
-def _envelope_for_type(body: dict[str, Any], sse_id: SseId) -> Event:
-    """Dispatch a parsed JSON body to its typed Event variant."""
-    t = body["type"]
-    if t == "text":
-        return Text(sse_id=sse_id, content=body["content"])
-    if t == "worker_phase":
-        return WorkerPhase(sse_id=sse_id, phase=body["phase"], turn_id=body["turn_id"])
-    if t == "thinking":
-        return Thinking(sse_id=sse_id, content=body["content"])
-    if t == "text_boundary":
-        return TextBoundary(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            kind=body["kind"],
-            char_offset=body["char_offset"],
-            ts=body["ts"],
-        )
-    if t == "tool_start":
-        return ToolStart(sse_id=sse_id, name=body["name"], arguments=body["arguments"])
-    if t == "tool_result":
-        return ToolResult(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            name=body["name"],
-            result=body["result"],
-            duration_ms=body["duration_ms"],
-        )
-    if t == "done":
-        return Done(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            phase=body["phase"],
-            response=body["response"],
-            model=body["model"],
-            duration_ms=body["duration_ms"],
-            usage=body["usage"],
-        )
-    if t == "error":
-        return Error(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            phase=body.get("phase", "failed"),
-            message=body.get("message", ""),
-            error_code=body.get("error_code"),
-        )
-    if t == "cancelled":
-        return Cancelled(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            phase=body["phase"],
-            turn_id=body["turn_id"],
-            reason=body.get("reason"),
-            partial_message_id=body.get("partial_message_id"),
-        )
-    if t == "awaiting_llm_first_token":
-        # Worldtree #201 / v0.29.0: top-level heartbeat during BuildingPrompt
-        # → CallingLLM gap. Lets clients render live elapsed-time indicators
-        # instead of frozen lines on legitimate-slow first-token latency.
-        return AwaitingLlmFirstToken(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            turn_id=body["turn_id"],
-            elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt=body["elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt"],
-        )
-    if t == "affect_update":
-        # Worldtree #204 / v0.28.0: persona-state observability event.
-        # status="current" carries full snapshot at turn start;
-        # status="scheduled" omits snapshot (lightweight post-appraisal-
-        # kickoff notification).
-        return AffectUpdate(
-            sse_id=sse_id,
-            status=body["status"],
-            turn_id=body["turn_id"],
-            snapshot=body.get("snapshot"),
-        )
-    raise ValueError(f"unknown SSE event type: {t!r}")
-
-
-async def _iter_events(
-    event_source: httpx_sse.EventSource,
-    *,
-    expected_turn_id: int | None,
-) -> AsyncIterator[Event]:
-    """Apply INV-002 (sse_id present + in range) and INV-003 (turn_id stable) per event.
-
-    `expected_turn_id=None` means "establish from the first event" (stream_turn semantics).
-    `expected_turn_id=N` means "every event must match N" (reconnect_turn semantics — the
-    first event is already a flip-candidate per INV-003).
-    """
-    established = expected_turn_id
-    last_sse_id: SseId | None = None
-    terminal_seen = False
-    try:
-        async for sse in event_source.aiter_sse():
-            # Issue #7 INV-001: empty-data frames are keepalives — skip silently.
-            # ORDERING: this branch fires BEFORE _parse_sse_id; an empty-data event
-            # with a malformed id is silently swallowed (intentional — a keepalive
-            # with a bad id is still a keepalive). Don't reorder.
-            if sse.data == "":
-                continue
-            # v0.8.1: empty-id frames are also treated as keepalives. Worldtree
-            # SOMETIMES emits events without an `id:` line (observed mid-stream
-            # on the qwen3.6-35-a3b-heretic provider, 2026-05-25). Per the SSE
-            # RFC, events without ids are legitimate (they just don't update
-            # Last-Event-ID); the previous strict behavior crashed every turn
-            # on the offending agent. Treat same as empty-data: skip silently.
-            if sse.id == "":
-                continue
-            try:
-                sse_id = _parse_sse_id(sse.id)
-            except ValueError as exc:
-                raise MalformedSseId(raw=sse.id) from exc
-            if established is None:
-                established = sse_id.turn_id
-            elif sse_id.turn_id != established:
-                raise TurnIdFlip(established=established, got=sse_id.turn_id)
-            try:
-                body = json.loads(sse.data)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
-                raise MalformedSseData(raw=sse.data) from exc
-            event = _envelope_for_type(body, sse_id=sse_id)
-            yield event
-            last_sse_id = sse_id
-            if isinstance(event, (Done, Error, Cancelled)):
-                terminal_seen = True
-                return
-    except (httpx.ReadError, httpx.RemoteProtocolError, httpx.ReadTimeout) as exc:
-        # ReadTimeout covers idle gaps that exceed httpx's read timeout — the SSE
-        # stream went quiet long enough for httpx to give up. Treat the same as a
-        # raw read error: surface as SseConnectionDropped so the caller can decide
-        # whether to reconnect_turn. (Callers SHOULD configure a long-or-disabled
-        # read timeout on their AsyncClient for SSE; this is defense in depth.)
-        raise SseConnectionDropped(last_seen_sse_id=last_sse_id) from exc
-    if not terminal_seen:
-        # Clean EOF before terminal event — INV-001 says stream MUST NOT end
-        # without exactly one Done/Error/Cancelled. Surface as connection drop;
-        # caller may reconnect_turn if it holds last_sse_id.
-        raise SseConnectionDropped(last_seen_sse_id=last_sse_id)
-
-
-async def stream_turn(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient, session_id: str, content: str
-) -> AsyncIterator[Event]:
-    """POST a message and yield typed Events. See contract FN stream_turn."""
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert content and isinstance(content, str)
-
-    async with httpx_sse.aconnect_sse(
-        client,
-        "POST",
-        f"/sessions/{session_id}/messages",
-        json={"content": content},
-    ) as event_source:
-        # Worldtree v1.0.0b1 (#331): turn-launch failures arrive EAGERLY as a
-        # status before any stream — 409 agent_not_available (pre-b1 this was a
-        # 200 + in-stream `error` event), 503 a transient retryable launch
-        # failure. Surface them as typed SseConnectFailed subclasses carrying
-        # error_code; request-level non-2xx (404 session_not_found, etc.) stay
-        # generic SseConnectFailed.
-        status = event_source.response.status_code
-        if status in (409, 503):
-            body = await event_source.response.aread()
-            code, message = _eager_failure_fields(body, status)
-            if status == 409:
-                raise AgentNotAvailable(body=body, error_code=code, message=message)
-            raise TurnLaunchUnavailable(body=body, error_code=code, message=message)
-        try:
-            event_source.response.raise_for_status()
-        except httpx.HTTPStatusError as exc:
-            body = await exc.response.aread()
-            raise SseConnectFailed(status=exc.response.status_code, body=body) from exc
-        async for event in _iter_events(event_source, expected_turn_id=None):
-            yield event
-
-
-async def reconnect_turn(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    session_id: str,
-    content: str,
-    last_event_id: str,
-) -> AsyncIterator[Event]:
-    """Re-POST with Last-Event-ID to resume. See contract FN reconnect_turn."""
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert isinstance(content, str)
-    expected = _parse_sse_id(last_event_id)
-
-    async with httpx_sse.aconnect_sse(
-        client,
-        "POST",
-        f"/sessions/{session_id}/messages",
-        json={"content": content},
-        headers={"Last-Event-ID": last_event_id},
-    ) as event_source:
-        status = event_source.response.status_code
-        if status != 200:
-            body_bytes = await event_source.response.aread()
-            try:
-                body = json.loads(body_bytes)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                body = {}
-            if status == 400:
-                raise InvalidLastEventId(raw=last_event_id)
-            if status == 410:
-                raise ResumeTurnFinished(turn_id=body.get("turn_id", expected.turn_id))
-            if status == 412:
-                raise ResumeBufferExpired(
-                    turn_id=body.get("turn_id", expected.turn_id),
-                    buffered_from_seq=body.get("buffered_from_seq", 0),
-                )
-            raise SseConnectFailed(status=status, body=body_bytes)
-        async for event in _iter_events(event_source, expected_turn_id=expected.turn_id):
-            yield event
-
-
-async def stream_turn_resilient(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    session_id: str,
-    content: str,
-    *,
-    max_reconnects: int = 5,
-) -> AsyncIterator[Event]:
-    """Resume-orchestration wrapper over stream_turn + reconnect_turn.
-
-    Yields ONE continuous Event stream; on `SseConnectionDropped` (mid-stream
-    drop or clean EOF before a terminal), resumes from the last-seen `sse_id`
-    via `reconnect_turn`, up to `max_reconnects` times, until a terminal
-    Done/Error/Cancelled arrives. The single shared surface presenters consume
-    for resilient streaming (design-brief §8b: "share the consumer, branch the
-    presenter"). Cross-process resume stays deferred to v2 (§8d): `last_seen`
-    lives only in this generator's frame. See contract FN stream_turn_resilient
-    (amendment 2026-06-30).
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert content and isinstance(content, str)
-    assert isinstance(max_reconnects, int) and max_reconnects >= 0
-
-    last_seen: SseId | None = None
-    reconnects = 0
-    gen = stream_turn(client, session_id, content)
-    while True:
-        try:
-            async for event in gen:
-                last_seen = event.sse_id
-                yield event
-            return  # generator completed cleanly → terminal event reached (INV-001)
-        except SseConnectionDropped as drop:
-            # Prefer the id we tracked from a yielded event; fall back to the one
-            # the drop carries (covers a drop on the very first frame). Non-drop
-            # reconnect failures (412/410/400/flip) are NOT caught here — they
-            # propagate per the contract's "surface, not recover" policy.
-            seen = last_seen or drop.last_seen_sse_id
-            if seen is None or reconnects >= max_reconnects:
-                raise
-            reconnects += 1
-            gen = reconnect_turn(
-                client,
-                session_id,
-                content,
-                # A str cursor is already the composite id; an SseId is formatted.
-                last_event_id=seen if isinstance(seen, str) else f"{seen.turn_id}:{seen.seq}",
-            )
-
 
 async def stream_admin_events(
     client: httpx.AsyncClient,
@@ -667,48 +221,3 @@ async def stream_admin_events(
             raise SseConnectionDropped(last_seen_sse_id=None) from exc
 
 
-def _parse_sse_id(raw: str) -> SseId:
-    """Parse the SSE wire `id:` as composite `{turn_id}:{seq}`. See contract FN _parse_sse_id."""
-    assert isinstance(raw, str)
-    parts = raw.split(":")
-    if len(parts) != 2:
-        raise ValueError(f"expected '{{turn_id}}:{{seq}}', got: {raw[:64]!r}")
-    turn_id_str, seq_str = parts
-    if not _INT_RE.match(turn_id_str) or not _INT_RE.match(seq_str):
-        raise ValueError(f"expected '{{turn_id}}:{{seq}}' with decimal ints, got: {raw[:64]!r}")
-    turn_id = int(turn_id_str)
-    seq = int(seq_str)
-    if turn_id < 1 or seq < 1:
-        raise ValueError(f"expected both ints >= 1 per spec, got: {raw[:64]!r}")
-    return SseId(turn_id=turn_id, seq=seq)
-
-
-async def cancel_turn(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    session_id: str,
-    turn_id: int,
-    *,
-    persist_partial: bool = False,
-) -> CancelResult:
-    """POST /sessions/{id}/turns/{turn_id}/cancel. See contract FN cancel_turn."""
-    assert client is not None
-    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
-    assert isinstance(turn_id, int) and turn_id > 0
-
-    params = {"persist_partial": "true"} if persist_partial else None
-    resp = await client.post(
-        f"/sessions/{session_id}/turns/{turn_id}/cancel", params=params
-    )
-    if resp.status_code == 404:
-        raise CancelTurnNotFound(turn_id=turn_id)
-    if resp.status_code == 409:
-        raise CancelAlreadyCompleted(turn_id=turn_id)
-    if resp.status_code != 200:
-        raise CancelFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-    body = resp.json()
-    return CancelResult(
-        turn_id=body["turn_id"],
-        cancelled=body["cancelled"],
-        reason=body.get("reason"),
-        partial_message_id=body.get("partial_message_id"),
-    )

src/ratatoskr/tier3.py

@@ -1,259 +1,55 @@
-"""Worldtree Tier 3 (consumer-defined) agent lifecycle client.
+"""Worldtree Tier 3 (consumer-defined) agent CLI + caller-semantic exceptions.
 
-Implements docs/contracts/issues/15.contract.md. Caller-owned httpx.AsyncClient
-posture (same as ratatoskr.sessions). Exposes three lifecycle operations:
+The define / patch / delete wire calls route through the worldtree-sdk adapter
+(``ratatoskr.wt.define_agent`` / ``patch_agent`` / ``delete_agent``); this module owns
+the ``python -m ratatoskr.tier3`` CLI and the Tier-3 caller-semantic exception
+taxonomy the adapter re-raises (quota / user-id / field-not-mutable / layer-deferred /
+not-found). The picker already handles colon-containing agent_ids generically
+(issue #8).
 
-- ``define_agent`` — POST /agents/define
-- ``patch_agent`` — PATCH /agents/<id>
-- ``delete_agent`` — DELETE /agents/<id>
-
-Plus a frozen ``Tier3AgentInfo`` dataclass for the response shape. The picker
-already handles colon-containing agent_ids generically (issue #8); session
-creation works unchanged via ``ratatoskr.sessions.create_session``.
-
-Spec reference: ``docs/conversation-api-spec.md`` §2576-2750 (Phase 2.0).
+The old hand-rolled httpx wrappers + the ``Tier3AgentInfo`` dataclass were deleted in
+the worldtree-sdk cutover (issue #20, slice-4); the adapter returns the SDK's
+open-world define/patch dicts (echoing ``role`` post-b128, spec 1.2), read here as
+mappings. ``wt`` imports this module's exceptions at module level; this module imports
+``wt`` only lazily inside the CLI handlers, so there is no import cycle.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse
-import re
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
 
-from ratatoskr.sessions import SessionApiFailed
-
-# Per spec §2627: agent_name + user_id slugs are `[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,63}`.
-_SLUG_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,63}$")
+# The Tier-3 caller-semantic exceptions live in `sessions` (never run as `__main__`)
+# so the adapter's raise and this CLI's `except` reference the SAME class objects —
+# see the header note in `sessions.py`. `main()` catches these; `wt` raises them.
+from ratatoskr.sessions import (
+    Tier3AgentNotFound,
+    Tier3FieldNotMutable,
+    Tier3LayerDeferred,
+    Tier3QuotaExceeded,
+    Tier3UserIdUnsupported,
+)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Tier3AgentInfo:
-    """Worldtree Tier 3 agent envelope returned by define / patch.
-
-    INV-001: ``agent_id`` is always shape ``"<user_id>:<agent_name>"`` —
-    constructed server-side from the auth's user_id + the supplied agent_name.
-    """
-
-    agent_id: str
-    user_id: str
-    agent_name: str
-    system_prompt: str
-    model: str
-    created_at: str
-    updated_at: str
-
-
-class Tier3QuotaExceeded(Exception):
-    """Raised on HTTP 429 ``agent_quota_exceeded`` — 50-agent cap reached
-    on the Heimdall key. ``retry_after`` captures the Retry-After header
-    verbatim (defaults to 0 per spec §2675; forward-compat for non-zero)."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *, retry_after: int) -> None:
-        super().__init__(f"Tier 3 agent quota exceeded (retry_after={retry_after})")
-        self.retry_after = retry_after
-
-
-class Tier3UserIdUnsupported(Exception):
-    """Raised on HTTP 403 ``tier3_user_id_unsupported`` — auth's user_id
-    is not slug-safe per Phase 2.0 gate (spec §2626)."""
-
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
-        super().__init__("tier3 caller user_id is not slug-safe")
-
-
-class Tier3FieldNotMutable(Exception):
-    """Raised on HTTP 422 ``field_not_mutable`` — PATCH request body
-    carried a key that's immutable post-define (``agent_name``, ``user_id``,
-    or any layer field). Server rejects BEFORE the DB lookup (spec §2644)."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *, field: str | None) -> None:
-        super().__init__(f"field not mutable on Tier 3 patch: {field!r}")
-        self.field = field
-
-
-class Tier3LayerDeferred(Exception):
-    """Raised on HTTP 422 ``layer_deferred`` — define request carried a
-    non-null layer field (``persona`` / ``motivational`` / ``valence`` /
-    ``memory``). Phase 2.0 ships baseline only; layers are schema-reserved.
-
-    Note: ``define_agent`` never sends layer fields, so this exception is
-    defense-against-server-side-changes / forward-compat. INV-001 in the
-    request body construction is the first line of defense.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, *, field: str | None) -> None:
-        super().__init__(f"tier3 layer field deferred: {field!r}")
-        self.field = field
-
-
-class Tier3AgentNotFound(Exception):
-    """Raised on HTTP 404 — PATCH or DELETE on a non-existent agent_id
-    (spec §2634 + §2641)."""
-
-    def __init__(self, *, agent_id: str) -> None:
-        super().__init__(f"tier3 agent not found: {agent_id!r}")
-        self.agent_id = agent_id
-
-
-def _extract_error_code(resp: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
-    """Pluck the ``detail.error_code`` from a Worldtree error envelope.
-
-    Worldtree wraps API errors in ``{"detail": {"error_code": "...", ...}}``
-    per the spec. Returns None on shape mismatch (so callers fall through
-    to the generic ``SessionApiFailed`` branch).
-    """
-    try:
-        body = resp.json()
-    except ValueError:
-        return None
-    detail = body.get("detail") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
-    if isinstance(detail, dict):
-        code = detail.get("error_code")
-        if isinstance(code, str):
-            return code
-    return None
-
-
-def _extract_error_field(resp: httpx.Response) -> str | None:
-    """Pluck ``detail.field`` from a Worldtree error envelope (used for
-    ``field_not_mutable`` and ``layer_deferred`` to surface which field
-    triggered the rejection). Returns None on shape mismatch.
-    """
-    try:
-        body = resp.json()
-    except ValueError:
-        return None
-    detail = body.get("detail") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
-    if isinstance(detail, dict):
-        field = detail.get("field")
-        if isinstance(field, str):
-            return field
-    return None
-
-
-def _parse_tier3_agent_info(body: dict) -> Tier3AgentInfo:
-    """Parse a Worldtree Tier 3 agent JSON body into the frozen dataclass."""
-    return Tier3AgentInfo(
-        agent_id=body["agent_id"],
-        user_id=body["user_id"],
-        agent_name=body["agent_name"],
-        system_prompt=body["system_prompt"],
-        model=body["model"],
-        created_at=body["created_at"],
-        updated_at=body["updated_at"],
-    )
-
-
-async def define_agent(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    *,
-    agent_name: str,
-    system_prompt: str,
-    role: str,
-) -> Tier3AgentInfo:
-    """POST /agents/define — create a Tier 3 agent.
-
-    See contract FN define_agent. Validates the agent_name slug client-side
-    before the network round-trip; server-side validation is the safety net.
-    Returns a fully populated Tier3AgentInfo on 201. Routes documented error
-    codes to typed exceptions; unknown non-2xx → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert _SLUG_RE.match(agent_name), (
-        f"agent_name must match [a-z][a-z0-9-]{{2,63}}: {agent_name!r}"
-    )
-    assert system_prompt, "system_prompt must be non-empty"
-    assert role, "role must be non-empty"
-
-    # b125 drift: /agents/define takes `role` (a model-role, e.g. "thoughtful-character")
-    # in the request; the response echoes it back as `model`. See #15 follow-up.
-    body = {
-        "agent_name": agent_name,
-        "system_prompt": system_prompt,
-        "role": role,
-    }
-    resp = await client.post("/agents/define", json=body)
-
-    if resp.status_code == 201:
-        return _parse_tier3_agent_info(resp.json())
-    if resp.status_code == 429:
-        # Spec §2675: 51st define → 429 with Retry-After: 0.
-        try:
-            retry_after = int(resp.headers.get("Retry-After", "0"))
-        except (TypeError, ValueError):
-            retry_after = 0
-        raise Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=retry_after)
-    if resp.status_code == 403:
-        if _extract_error_code(resp) == "tier3_user_id_unsupported":
-            raise Tier3UserIdUnsupported()
-    if resp.status_code == 422:
-        code = _extract_error_code(resp)
-        if code == "layer_deferred":
-            raise Tier3LayerDeferred(field=_extract_error_field(resp))
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def patch_agent(
-    client: httpx.AsyncClient,
-    agent_id: str,
-    *,
-    system_prompt: str | None = None,
-    role: str | None = None,
-) -> Tier3AgentInfo:
-    """PATCH /agents/<id> — mutate system_prompt and/or model.
-
-    See contract FN patch_agent. Per spec §2641: only system_prompt + model
-    are mutable in Phase 2.0; any other key returns 422 field_not_mutable.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert ":" in agent_id, f"tier 3 agent_id must contain ':': {agent_id!r}"
-    assert system_prompt is not None or role is not None, (
-        "patch requires at least one of system_prompt or role"
-    )
-
-    body: dict[str, str] = {}
-    if system_prompt is not None:
-        body["system_prompt"] = system_prompt
-    if role is not None:
-        body["role"] = role
-    resp = await client.patch(f"/agents/{agent_id}", json=body)
-
-    if resp.status_code == 200:
-        return _parse_tier3_agent_info(resp.json())
-    if resp.status_code == 404:
-        raise Tier3AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id)
-    if resp.status_code == 422:
-        code = _extract_error_code(resp)
-        if code == "field_not_mutable":
-            raise Tier3FieldNotMutable(field=_extract_error_field(resp))
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
-
-async def delete_agent(client: httpx.AsyncClient, agent_id: str) -> None:
-    """DELETE /agents/<id> — owner hard-delete (cancels active sessions
-    server-side per spec §2636).
-
-    See contract FN delete_agent. 204 on success; 404 if the agent_id
-    doesn't exist; other non-2xx → SessionApiFailed.
-    """
-    assert client is not None
-    assert ":" in agent_id, f"tier 3 agent_id must contain ':': {agent_id!r}"
-
-    resp = await client.delete(f"/agents/{agent_id}")
-    if resp.status_code == 204:
-        return
-    if resp.status_code == 404:
-        raise Tier3AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id)
-    raise SessionApiFailed(status=resp.status_code, body=resp.content)
-
+def _str_field(info: Mapping[str, Any], key: str, *, default: str = "") -> str:
+    """A string field off an open-world response dict, or `default` when the key is
+    absent / null / non-string — so a partial or drifted 2xx define/patch response
+    degrades rather than KeyError/AttributeError-crashing the CLI presenter (the
+    "open-world reads degrade, never crash the presenter" invariant; heid-bug-hunt)."""
+    value = info.get(key)
+    return value if isinstance(value, str) else default
 
 # ---- CLI (`python -m ratatoskr.tier3 <subcommand>`) ------------------------
 #
 # Auth + server URL resolution mirrors ratatoskr.cli verbatim. Exit codes
 # mirror ratatoskr.cli: 0 happy / 10 usage / 11 auth / 20 api-failure /
-# 21 network. Outbound requests carry the same User-Agent string.
+# 21 network. Outbound requests carry the same User-Agent string. The wire calls
+# route through the worldtree-sdk adapter (ratatoskr.wt) over a ratatoskr-owned
+# injected transport (INV-CUT-1: the SDK never closes it).
 
 
 class _Tier3UsageError(Exception):
@@ -284,7 +80,7 @@ def _build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         help="Model role, e.g. thoughtful-character (see GET /models/available-for-characters).",
     )
 
-    p_patch = sub.add_parser("patch", help="Mutate system_prompt and/or model.")
+    p_patch = sub.add_parser("patch", help="Mutate system_prompt and/or role.")
     p_patch.add_argument("agent_id", help='Full "<user_id>:<agent_name>" form.')
     p_patch.add_argument("--system-prompt", dest="system_prompt", default=None)
     p_patch.add_argument("--role", default=None)
@@ -308,46 +104,63 @@ def _resolve_auth(ns: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[str, str]:
     return api_key, server_url
 
 
+def _transport(server_url: str, api_key: str) -> httpx.AsyncClient:
+    """The ratatoskr-owned httpx transport the adapter's WorldtreeClient is built
+    over. Carries the User-Agent + a generous read timeout for agent CRUD; the SDK
+    re-applies auth per request (the default bearer here just mirrors it)."""
+    from ratatoskr.cli import USER_AGENT
+
+    return httpx.AsyncClient(
+        base_url=server_url,
+        headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}", "User-Agent": USER_AGENT},
+        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=30.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
+    )
+
+
 async def _run_define(ns: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     api_key, server_url = _resolve_auth(ns)
-    from ratatoskr.cli import USER_AGENT
+    from ratatoskr import wt
     from ratatoskr.local_agents import (
         LocalAgentEntry,
         add_local_agent,
         make_description,
     )
 
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-        base_url=server_url,
-        headers={
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
-            "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
-        },
-        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=30.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
-    ) as client:
-        info = await define_agent(
+    async with _transport(server_url, api_key) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(server_url, api_key=api_key, transport=transport)
+        info = await wt.define_agent(
             client,
             agent_name=ns.name,
             system_prompt=ns.system_prompt,
             role=ns.role,
         )
-        # v0.8.0: persist to local index so the picker can show it.
-        add_local_agent(
-            LocalAgentEntry(
-                agent_id=info.agent_id,
-                agent_name=info.agent_name,
-                model=info.model,
-                description=make_description(info.system_prompt),
-                defined_at=info.created_at,
+        # Open-world define dict — read defensively (echoes `role` post-b128, not
+        # `model`). A partial/drifted 2xx must not crash the presenter.
+        agent_id = _str_field(info, "agent_id")
+        if not agent_id:  # a 2xx with no usable agent_id is a malformed success
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[api_failed] define returned no usable agent_id: {info!r}\n")
+            return 20
+        role = _str_field(info, "role", default="?")
+        agent_name = _str_field(info, "agent_name")
+        # v0.8.0: persist to local index so the picker can show it — only for a
+        # well-formed identity (agent_id + agent_name); else skip the write, still print.
+        if agent_name:
+            add_local_agent(
+                LocalAgentEntry(
+                    agent_id=agent_id,
+                    agent_name=agent_name,
+                    role=role,
+                    description=make_description(_str_field(info, "system_prompt")),
+                    defined_at=_str_field(info, "created_at"),
+                )
             )
-        )
-        print(f"defined {info.agent_id} ({info.model})")
+        print(f"defined {agent_id} ({role})")
         return 0
 
 
 async def _run_patch(ns: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     api_key, server_url = _resolve_auth(ns)
-    from ratatoskr.cli import USER_AGENT
+    from ratatoskr import wt
     from ratatoskr.local_agents import (
         LocalAgentEntry,
         make_description,
@@ -358,48 +171,43 @@ async def _run_patch(ns: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
         raise _Tier3UsageError(
             "patch requires at least one of --system-prompt or --role"
         )
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-        base_url=server_url,
-        headers={
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
-            "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
-        },
-        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=30.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
-    ) as client:
-        info = await patch_agent(
+    async with _transport(server_url, api_key) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(server_url, api_key=api_key, transport=transport)
+        info = await wt.patch_agent(
             client,
             ns.agent_id,
             system_prompt=ns.system_prompt,
             role=ns.role,
         )
-        # v0.8.0: refresh local index with the post-patch state.
-        update_local_agent(
-            LocalAgentEntry(
-                agent_id=info.agent_id,
-                agent_name=info.agent_name,
-                model=info.model,
-                description=make_description(info.system_prompt),
-                defined_at=info.updated_at,
+        # Open-world patch dict — read defensively (same degrade-not-crash posture).
+        agent_id = _str_field(info, "agent_id")
+        if not agent_id:  # a 2xx with no usable agent_id is a malformed success
+            sys.stderr.write(f"[api_failed] patch returned no usable agent_id: {info!r}\n")
+            return 20
+        agent_name = _str_field(info, "agent_name")
+        # v0.8.0: refresh local index with the post-patch state (well-formed identity only).
+        if agent_name:
+            update_local_agent(
+                LocalAgentEntry(
+                    agent_id=agent_id,
+                    agent_name=agent_name,
+                    role=_str_field(info, "role", default="?"),
+                    description=make_description(_str_field(info, "system_prompt")),
+                    defined_at=_str_field(info, "updated_at"),
+                )
             )
-        )
-        print(f"patched {info.agent_id}")
+        print(f"patched {agent_id}")
         return 0
 
 
 async def _run_delete(ns: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     api_key, server_url = _resolve_auth(ns)
-    from ratatoskr.cli import USER_AGENT
+    from ratatoskr import wt
     from ratatoskr.local_agents import remove_local_agent
 
-    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-        base_url=server_url,
-        headers={
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
-            "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
-        },
-        timeout=httpx.Timeout(connect=10.0, read=30.0, write=10.0, pool=10.0),
-    ) as client:
-        await delete_agent(client, ns.agent_id)
+    async with _transport(server_url, api_key) as transport:
+        client = wt.build_client(server_url, api_key=api_key, transport=transport)
+        await wt.delete_agent(client, ns.agent_id)
         # v0.8.0: drop from local index so the picker stops listing it.
         remove_local_agent(ns.agent_id)
         print(f"deleted {ns.agent_id}")
@@ -419,6 +227,10 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     import asyncio
     import sys
 
+    import worldtree_sdk as wtsdk
+
+    from ratatoskr.wt import SessionApiFailed
+
     parser = _build_parser()
     try:
         ns = parser.parse_args(argv)
@@ -459,10 +271,16 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         return 20
     except SessionApiFailed as exc:
         sys.stderr.write(
-            f"[api_failed] status={exc.status} body={exc.body!r}\n"
+            f"[api_failed] status={exc.status} "
+            f"error_code={exc.error_code!r} body={exc.body!r}\n"
         )
         return 20
-    except (httpx.ConnectError, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.TransportError) as exc:
+    except (
+        httpx.ConnectError,
+        httpx.ReadTimeout,
+        httpx.TransportError,
+        wtsdk.ConnectFailed,  # SDK normalizes any pre-response transport failure here
+    ) as exc:
         sys.stderr.write(f"[network_error] {type(exc).__name__}: {exc}\n")
         return 21
 

src/ratatoskr/web/server.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import asyncio
 import itertools
 import json
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Callable, Mapping
 from dataclasses import asdict, dataclass, is_dataclass
 from importlib.metadata import version as _pkg_version
 
@@ -26,8 +26,16 @@ from starlette.responses import (
 )
 from starlette.routing import Mount, Route
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from worldtree_sdk import (
+    CancelledEvent,
+    ConnectFailed,
+    DoneEvent,
+    ErrorEvent,
+    WorldtreeClient,
+)
 
 from ratatoskr import local_agents as _local_agents
+from ratatoskr import wt
 from ratatoskr.first_message import seed_preset_first_message
 from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     AgentNotAvailable,
@@ -38,33 +46,45 @@ from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     BifrostHandshakeFailed,
     PersonaNotConfigured,
     SessionApiFailed,
-    create_session,
     endpoint_for_plane,
-    get_persona_state,
     get_session_bifrost,
-    get_session_messages,
-    get_session_tools,
-    list_agents,
 )
+
+# The turn path (create / stream / cancel / tools / messages) AND the agents /
+# persona-state reads are served by the worldtree-sdk adapter (`wt.*`), which raises
+# ratatoskr's caller-semantic exceptions (DEC-2). The remaining hand-rolled endpoint
+# (admin bifrost) stays on the `sessions` / `sse_client` wrappers until slice 6.
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     AdminEvent,
     CancelAlreadyCompleted,
     CancelFailed,
-    Cancelled,
     CancelTurnNotFound,
-    Done,
-    Error,
     MalformedSseData,
     MalformedSseId,
     SseConnectFailed,
     SseConnectionDropped,
     TurnIdFlip,
-    cancel_turn,
     stream_admin_events,
-    stream_turn_resilient,
 )
 
 
+def _wt_client(client: httpx.AsyncClient, *, max_reconnects: int = 5) -> WorldtreeClient:
+    """Wrap a client_factory transport as the adapter's WorldtreeClient (INV-CUT-1:
+    the SDK never closes it). base_url + bearer are read off the transport (the
+    factory bakes them in); the SDK re-applies auth per request, so the extracted
+    key just mirrors the transport's default. A no-auth test transport falls back to
+    a placeholder key (respx ignores auth)."""
+    base_url = str(client.base_url) or "http://localhost"
+    header = client.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+    # Case-insensitive scheme + tolerant of extra whitespace, so a valid bearer is
+    # not silently dropped to the placeholder key (which would misauthenticate).
+    parts = header.split(None, 1)
+    api_key = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) == 2 and parts[0].lower() == "bearer" else ""
+    return wt.build_client(
+        base_url, api_key=api_key or "ratatoskr", transport=client, max_reconnects=max_reconnects
+    )
+
+
 def _static_dir() -> str:
     """Locate the bundled static/ directory inside the installed package.
 
@@ -108,20 +128,31 @@ async def _agents_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            upstream = await list_agents(client)
-    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            upstream = await wt.list_agents(_wt_client(client))
+    except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error_code": "session_api_failed", "status": exc.status},
             status_code=exc.status,
         )
-    except httpx.RequestError as exc:
+    except (httpx.RequestError, ConnectFailed) as exc:
+        # The SDK normalizes a transport failure to ConnectFailed(status=0), not a
+        # raw httpx error; both surface the same network envelope (slice-3 foot-gun).
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error_code": "network_error", "message": str(exc)},
             status_code=502,
         )
-    upstream_ids = {a.agent_id for a in upstream}
+    # Open-world upstream (parity: no AgentInfo normalization). Degrade, never crash:
+    # a non-list envelope OR a malformed item (missing/non-str agent_id, non-mapping)
+    # is dropped rather than KeyError/TypeError'ing the endpoint into a 500 before the
+    # local fallback merges (heid-bug-hunt: the "open-world reads degrade" invariant).
+    upstream_items = upstream if isinstance(upstream, list) else []
+    well_formed = [
+        a for a in upstream_items
+        if isinstance(a, Mapping) and isinstance(a.get("agent_id"), str)
+    ]
+    upstream_ids = {a["agent_id"] for a in well_formed}
     local = _local_agents.load_local_agents()
-    merged = [_as_dict(a) for a in upstream] + [
+    merged = [_as_dict(a) for a in well_formed] + [
         _as_dict(le) for le in local if le.agent_id not in upstream_ids
     ]
     return JSONResponse(merged, status_code=200)
@@ -163,16 +194,17 @@ async def _create_session_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
 
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            info = await create_session(
-                client,
+            wt_client = _wt_client(client)
+            info = await wt.create_session(
+                wt_client,
                 agent_id,
                 end_user_id=end_user_id,
                 bifrost=bifrost,
                 consumer_key=consumer_key if bifrost else None,
             )
-            # #347 authored first-message: seed the agent's preset opening
-            # (best-effort; never blocks create — see first_message INV-001).
-            await seed_preset_first_message(client, info.session_id, agent_id)
+            # #347 authored first-message: seed the agent's preset opening (best-effort;
+            # never blocks create). Routed through the wt adapter (slice-3).
+            await seed_preset_first_message(wt_client, info["session_id"], agent_id)
     except AgentNotFound:
         return JSONResponse({"error_code": "agent_not_found"}, status_code=404)
     except BifrostConsumerKeyMissing:
@@ -188,12 +220,13 @@ async def _create_session_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
             },
             status_code=502,
         )
-    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+    except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error_code": "session_api_failed", "status": exc.status},
             status_code=exc.status,
         )
-    payload = _as_dict(info)
+    # The adapter returns the SDK's open-world create dict; the browser reads it as-is.
+    payload = dict(info)
     if bifrost is not None:
         # Bound-state for the UI indicator — plane + endpoint only, never the key.
         payload["bifrost"] = {
@@ -251,25 +284,22 @@ async def _submit_turn_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
 
 
 def _event_to_browser_payload(event: object) -> tuple[str, dict]:
-    """Serialize an upstream Event dataclass to (browser_event_type, json_dict).
+    """Serialize an SDK `TurnEvent` to (browser_event_type, json_dict).
 
-    Per INV-008 + FN stream_turn_endpoint STEP 3. The dict shape is
-    locked by tests/fixtures/presentation_contract.json — one entry per
-    Event type. Implementation: snake_case class name as event_type;
-    asdict(event) with sse_id flattened to "T:S" string.
+    Per INV-008 + FN stream_turn_endpoint STEP 3. The browser contract
+    (tests/fixtures/presentation_contract.json) is preserved: the SDK's `raw` is
+    the wire body — the same per-type field set the old dataclasses carried — so the
+    payload is `raw` minus the redundant `type`, plus the composite `sse_id` string
+    (already "T:S"). The browser event_type is the wire `type` ("text" / "done" /
+    …), NOT the SDK class name. Open-world: additive server fields pass through.
     """
-    type_name = type(event).__name__
-    # CamelCase → snake_case
-    browser_type = "".join(
-        ("_" + c.lower() if c.isupper() and i else c.lower())
-        for i, c in enumerate(type_name)
-    )
-    data = asdict(event)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-    sse_id = data.get("sse_id")
-    if isinstance(sse_id, (list, tuple)) and len(sse_id) == 2:
-        data["sse_id"] = f"{sse_id[0]}:{sse_id[1]}"
-    elif isinstance(sse_id, dict) and "turn_id" in sse_id and "seq" in sse_id:
-        data["sse_id"] = f"{sse_id['turn_id']}:{sse_id['seq']}"
+    browser_type = getattr(event, "type", "") or ""
+    raw = getattr(event, "raw", None)
+    # Open-world: degrade a non-mapping `raw` to an empty payload rather than letting
+    # dict(raw) raise (which would abort the SSE stream mid-response).
+    src = raw if isinstance(raw, Mapping) else {}
+    data = {k: v for k, v in src.items() if k != "type"}
+    data["sse_id"] = getattr(event, "sse_id", None)
     return browser_type, data
 
 
@@ -281,6 +311,20 @@ def _format_sse(event_type: str, data: dict) -> bytes:
     return f"event: {event_type}\ndata: {json.dumps(data)}\n\n".encode()
 
 
+def _turn_id_from_sse_id(sse_id: object) -> int | None:
+    """The turn component of the SDK's composite sse_id (`"{turn}:{seq}"`) — the
+    upstream cancel target, present on every frame (the SDK's top-level `turn_id` is
+    the body field, absent on text/thinking events)."""
+    if not isinstance(sse_id, str):
+        return None
+    head, _, _ = sse_id.partition(":")
+    try:
+        turn = int(head)
+    except ValueError:
+        return None
+    return turn if turn > 0 else None
+
+
 async def _stream_turn_endpoint(request: Request) -> StreamingResponse:
     """GET /api/turns/{session_id}/stream?turn_id=N → proxy upstream SSE.
 
@@ -302,24 +346,28 @@ async def _stream_turn_endpoint(request: Request) -> StreamingResponse:
 
     async def gen() -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
         client = client_factory()
+        wt_client = _wt_client(client)
         try:
             handle.status = "streaming"
             try:
-                async for event in stream_turn_resilient(client, session_id, handle.content):
-                    # v0.16.0: capture the upstream (Worldtree-assigned)
-                    # turn_id from the first event so cancel paths target
-                    # the real upstream turn, not our local counter.
+                async for event in wt.stream_turn(wt_client, session_id, handle.content):
+                    # v0.16.0: capture the upstream (Worldtree-assigned) turn_id from
+                    # the first event so cancel paths target the real upstream turn,
+                    # not our local counter — parsed from the composite sse_id.
                     if handle.upstream_turn_id is None:
-                        sse_id = getattr(event, "sse_id", None)
-                        if sse_id is not None:
-                            handle.upstream_turn_id = sse_id.turn_id
+                        handle.upstream_turn_id = _turn_id_from_sse_id(
+                            getattr(event, "sse_id", None)
+                        )
                     event_type, data = _event_to_browser_payload(event)
                     yield _format_sse(event_type, data)
-                    if isinstance(event, (Done, Error, Cancelled)):
-                        handle.status = type(event).__name__.lower()
+                    if isinstance(event, (DoneEvent, ErrorEvent, CancelledEvent)):
+                        handle.status = event.type or "done"
                         break
-            except (SseConnectFailed, SseConnectionDropped, MalformedSseId,
-                    MalformedSseData, TurnIdFlip) as exc:
+            except (wt.SessionApiFailed, SseConnectFailed, SseConnectionDropped,
+                    MalformedSseId, MalformedSseData, TurnIdFlip) as exc:
+                # wt.SessionApiFailed covers the adapter's SessionRetired (410) mapping;
+                # without it a retired-session stream would escape gen() after partial
+                # frames as an uncaught 500, not a labeled `event: error`.
                 yield _format_sse(
                     "error",
                     {"exception": type(exc).__name__, "message": str(exc)},
@@ -330,7 +378,7 @@ async def _stream_turn_endpoint(request: Request) -> StreamingResponse:
                 # turn (if it started) — never the local turn_id.
                 if handle.status == "streaming" and handle.upstream_turn_id is not None:
                     try:
-                        await cancel_turn(client, session_id, handle.upstream_turn_id)
+                        await wt.cancel_turn(wt_client, session_id, handle.upstream_turn_id)
                     except (CancelAlreadyCompleted, CancelTurnNotFound):
                         pass  # cooperative race — turn already terminal upstream
                     except Exception as exc:
@@ -377,15 +425,18 @@ async def _cancel_turn_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            await cancel_turn(client, session_id, handle.upstream_turn_id)
-        body = {"cancelled": True}
+            result = await wt.cancel_turn(
+                _wt_client(client), session_id, handle.upstream_turn_id
+            )
+        body = {"cancelled": bool(result.cancelled)}
     except (CancelAlreadyCompleted, CancelTurnNotFound):
         body = {"cancelled": False, "reason": "race_or_completed"}
-    except CancelFailed as exc:
+    except CancelFailed:
+        # The SDK abstracts the upstream cancel HTTP status; surface a generic 502.
         registry.pop((session_id, turn_id), None)
         return JSONResponse(
-            {"error_code": "cancel_failed", "status": exc.status},
-            status_code=exc.status,
+            {"error_code": "cancel_failed"},
+            status_code=502,
         )
     registry.pop((session_id, turn_id), None)
     return JSONResponse(body, status_code=200)
@@ -397,13 +448,28 @@ async def _persona_state_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            snap = await get_persona_state(client, agent_id)
+            snap = await wt.get_persona_state(_wt_client(client), agent_id)
     except PersonaNotConfigured:
         return JSONResponse({"error_code": "persona_not_configured"}, status_code=404)
     except AgentNotAvailable:
         return JSONResponse({"error_code": "agent_not_available"}, status_code=404)
     except AuthScopeDenied:
         return JSONResponse({"error_code": "auth_scope_denied"}, status_code=403)
+    except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
+        # An unmatched upstream ApiError (a 500, or a coded-but-unmapped 4xx) →
+        # controlled envelope, for parity with _agents_endpoint / create / admin
+        # (heid-code-review slice-4: the persona endpoint was the lone sibling that
+        # let it escape as a raw 500 — a latent pre-cutover gap, closed here).
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error_code": "session_api_failed", "status": exc.status},
+            status_code=exc.status,
+        )
+    except (httpx.RequestError, ConnectFailed) as exc:
+        # SDK normalizes a transport failure to ConnectFailed(status=0) (slice-3
+        # foot-gun); surface the network envelope rather than a 500 crash.
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error_code": "network_error", "message": str(exc)}, status_code=502
+        )
     return JSONResponse(snap, status_code=200)
 
 
@@ -465,13 +531,13 @@ async def _session_tools_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            info = await get_session_tools(client, session_id)
-    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            info = await wt.get_session_tools(_wt_client(client), session_id)
+    except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error_code": "session_tools_unavailable", "status": exc.status},
             status_code=exc.status,
         )
-    return JSONResponse(info, status_code=200)
+    return JSONResponse(dict(info), status_code=200)
 
 
 async def _session_messages_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
@@ -485,13 +551,13 @@ async def _session_messages_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
     client_factory = request.app.state.client_factory
     try:
         async with client_factory() as client:
-            data = await get_session_messages(client, session_id)
-    except SessionApiFailed as exc:
+            data = await wt.get_session_messages(_wt_client(client), session_id)
+    except wt.SessionApiFailed as exc:
         return JSONResponse(
             {"error_code": "session_messages_unavailable", "status": exc.status},
             status_code=exc.status,
         )
-    return JSONResponse(data, status_code=200)
+    return JSONResponse(dict(data), status_code=200)
 
 
 async def _session_bifrost_endpoint(request: Request) -> JSONResponse:
@@ -609,14 +675,15 @@ def create_app(
         ]
         if in_flight:
             client = client_factory()
+            wt_client = _wt_client(client)
             try:
                 task_to_handle = {
                     asyncio.create_task(
-                        cancel_turn(client, h.session_id, h.upstream_turn_id)
+                        wt.cancel_turn(wt_client, h.session_id, h.upstream_turn_id)
                     ): h
                     for h in in_flight
                 }
-                done, pending = await asyncio.wait(task_to_handle, timeout=5.0)
+                _done, pending = await asyncio.wait(task_to_handle, timeout=5.0)
                 # Per-pending session/turn detail (INV-006 logging fidelity).
                 for task in pending:
                     h = task_to_handle[task]

src/ratatoskr/wt.py

@@ -28,23 +28,36 @@ carries the SDK's parsed `error_code`).
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Mapping
+import math
+import re
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Mapping, Sequence
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
 import worldtree_sdk as wtsdk
-from worldtree_sdk import ApiError, AuthProvider, CancelResult, WorldtreeClient
+from worldtree_sdk import ApiError, AuthProvider, CancelResult, PadState, WorldtreeClient
 
-# Transitional (slice-2): the caller-semantic exceptions + the BifrostBinding input
+# Transitional (slice-2/3): the caller-semantic exceptions + the BifrostBinding input
 # type still live in the retiring `sessions` / `sse_client` modules; they relocate
-# into this adapter as their call-sites are rewired in later slice-2 commits. wt →
+# into this adapter as their call-sites are rewired in later slices. wt →
 # sessions / sse_client is one-way (neither imports wt), so there is no cycle.
+from .sessions import (
+    AgentNotAvailable as PersonaAgentNotAvailable,
+)
 from .sessions import (
     AgentNotFound,
+    AuthoredHistoryUnavailable,
+    AuthScopeDenied,
     BifrostBinding,
     BifrostConsumerKeyMissing,
     BifrostHandshakeFailed,
     InvalidCursor,
+    PersonaNotConfigured,
+    Tier3AgentNotFound,
+    Tier3FieldNotMutable,
+    Tier3LayerDeferred,
+    Tier3QuotaExceeded,
+    Tier3UserIdUnsupported,
 )
 from .sse_client import (
     AgentNotAvailable,
@@ -81,6 +94,7 @@ def build_client(
     api_key: AuthProvider,
     admin_key: AuthProvider | None = None,
     transport: httpx.AsyncClient,
+    max_reconnects: int = 5,
 ) -> WorldtreeClient:
     """Construct the adapter's `WorldtreeClient` over a ratatoskr-owned transport.
 
@@ -88,15 +102,18 @@ def build_client(
     `_owns_client=False`, so `WorldtreeClient.aclose()` never closes it — ratatoskr
     owns the lifecycle exactly as today (INV-CUT-1). ratatoskr's `api_key` /
     `admin_key` map to the SDK's per-request `auth` / `admin_auth` providers; the
-    injected transport carries ratatoskr's User-Agent / timeout (wired by the
-    caller in slice-2), NOT the Authorization header — the SDK adds auth per
-    request.
+    injected transport carries ratatoskr's User-Agent / timeout, and (transitionally)
+    the default bearer — the SDK adds auth per request, overriding it.
+
+    `max_reconnects` is the resilient turn-stream's reconnect budget (SDK default 5);
+    pass 0 to surface a transport drop immediately without auto-resume.
     """
     return WorldtreeClient(
         base_url,
         auth=api_key,
         admin_auth=admin_key,
         transport=transport,
+        max_reconnects=max_reconnects,
     )
 
 
@@ -189,10 +206,22 @@ async def create_session(
         body["bifrost"] = {"endpoint_url": bifrost.endpoint_url, "scope": bifrost.scope}
 
     try:
-        return await client.sessions.create(body, consumer_key=consumer_key)
+        # consumer_key is a BOUND-create credential only — never forward it on an
+        # unbound create, or the SDK's credential precedence (consumer_key > default)
+        # would authenticate as the Bifrost consumer instead of the default bearer.
+        # Centralized here so both surfaces are guarded (the web endpoint already is).
+        return await client.sessions.create(
+            body, consumer_key=consumer_key if bifrost is not None else None
+        )
     except ApiError as exc:
         if exc.status == 404:
             raise AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id) from exc
+        # NOT gated on error_code (unlike list's 422+cursor_invalid): INV-002 — a 502
+        # on a BOUND create IS the synchronous Bifrost handshake failing, the sole
+        # bound-502 cause; and the SDK does not surface a distinguishing top-level
+        # error_code here (its envelope parser prefers the nested `detail`, which
+        # carries `bifrost_error`, not `error_code`). The nested bifrost_error is
+        # extracted for the exception; the route+status is the discriminator.
         if bifrost is not None and exc.status == 502:
             raise BifrostHandshakeFailed(
                 bifrost_error=_bifrost_error_from_body(exc.body),
@@ -249,7 +278,7 @@ async def get_session_tools(
 
 async def stream_turn(
     client: WorldtreeClient, session_id: str, content: str
-) -> AsyncIterator[wtsdk.TurnEvent]:
+) -> AsyncGenerator[wtsdk.TurnEvent, None]:
     """Drive the resilient turn stream (auto-resume; absorbs the old `reconnect_turn`)
     and yield the SDK's `TurnEvent`s, re-wrapping the stream's TERMINAL SDK errors
     into ratatoskr's caller-semantic exceptions (INV-CUT-2 / DEC-2 — the presenter
@@ -295,6 +324,10 @@ async def stream_turn(
         raise MalformedSseData(raw=exc.raw) from exc
     except wtsdk.TurnIdFlip as exc:
         raise TurnIdFlip(established=exc.established, got=exc.got) from exc
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        # INV-CUT-2 default: an undiscriminated ApiError surfacing from the stream →
+        # SessionApiFailed (the discriminated stream errors are handled above).
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
 
 
 async def cancel_turn(
@@ -319,3 +352,335 @@ async def cancel_turn(
         raise CancelFailed(
             status=0, body=(getattr(exc, "message", "") or str(exc)).encode()
         ) from exc
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        # INV-CUT-2 default: an undiscriminated ApiError on this route → SessionApiFailed.
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+# ── slice-3: persona + authored-history adapter routes ───────────────────────
+# The session-scoped affect write (set_persona_state) and the #347 authored-history
+# write (write_authored_history). The SDK owns the wire shapes — the canonical
+# `{"pad": {...}}` persona body via `PadState`, and the authored-write entry — so
+# ratatoskr no longer hand-builds either. Error map (INV-CUT-2): persona has no row
+# beyond the default; authored-history's 404 is the sole hide-existence route
+# (AuthoredHistoryUnavailable), everything else the SessionApiFailed default.
+
+
+async def set_persona_state(
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
+    session_id: str,
+    *,
+    pleasure: float,
+    arousal: float,
+    dominance: float,
+) -> None:
+    """Set a session's PAD persona state (POST /sessions/{id}/persona_state, W-7).
+
+    The adapter builds the canonical `PadState`; the SDK owns the wire wrapper
+    (`{"pad": {pleasure, arousal, dominance}}`, prose-pinned #317) — ratatoskr no
+    longer hand-assembles it. Resolves on 204 (→ None). Error map (INV-CUT-2): no
+    route-specific row → the `SessionApiFailed` default.
+
+    Finiteness is enforced HERE at the chokepoint (not only at the CLI): a
+    non-finite axis would serialize to `null` and corrupt the injection, and the SDK
+    raises `ConfigurationError` pre-HTTP — the precondition asserts it so any caller
+    gets a clean ratatoskr-side rejection, never a leaked SDK error. (The CLI surface
+    additionally pre-validates for a friendly usage error.)
+    """
+    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
+    assert all(math.isfinite(v) for v in (pleasure, arousal, dominance))
+    try:
+        await client.sessions.set_persona_state(
+            session_id, PadState(pleasure=pleasure, arousal=arousal, dominance=dominance)
+        )
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def write_authored_history(
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
+    session_id: str,
+    *,
+    content: str,
+    idempotency_key: str,
+) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """Write one authored assistant turn into the session ledger (POST
+    /sessions/{id}/history, #347) — the durable first-message primitive.
+
+    v1 accepts only `author="assistant"` (INV-347-4), so the adapter fixes it; the
+    caller supplies `content` + the per-content `idempotency_key` (REQUIRED, never
+    SDK-generated — a replay with the same (session, key) is an idempotent 200).
+    Returns the open-world `AuthoredTurn` ack verbatim. Error map (INV-CUT-2): a 404
+    → `AuthoredHistoryUnavailable` (the ROUTE is the discriminator — hide-existence,
+    never body-sniffed: feature-absent / ungranted / session-absent are one 404 by
+    design, server INV-347-1); every other `ApiError` (notably 409 generation_active,
+    422 validation) → the `SessionApiFailed` default.
+    """
+    assert session_id and isinstance(session_id, str)
+    assert content and isinstance(content, str)
+    assert idempotency_key and isinstance(idempotency_key, str)
+    try:
+        return await client.sessions.write_history(
+            session_id,
+            {"author": "assistant", "content": content, "idempotency_key": idempotency_key},
+        )
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        if exc.status == 404:
+            raise AuthoredHistoryUnavailable(session_id=session_id) from exc
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+# ── slice-4: agents (Tier-3) adapter routes ──────────────────────────────────
+# Ratatoskr-semantic surfaces over `WorldtreeClient.agents.*` (list/persona_state/
+# define/patch/delete). The SDK returns open-world dicts (parity posture — read as
+# mappings, never normalized into a frozen dataclass) and surfaces the tier3/persona
+# failure modes on its undiscriminated `ApiError` floor; the adapter maps them by the
+# ROUTE + (status, error_code) per the § Error map (INV-CUT-2). The `model`→`role`
+# cutover folds in here: the define/patch responses echo `role` (spec 1.2 / b128), so
+# callers read `info["role"]` off the open-world dict — no `Tier3AgentInfo` survives.
+
+# Consumer-agent slug (spec §2627): agent_name is `[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,63}`.
+_AGENT_SLUG_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,63}$")
+
+
+def _error_field_from_body(body: str | None) -> str | None:
+    """Pull the envelope's `field` from an SDK `ApiError` body string.
+
+    The SDK's `ApiError` carries the parsed `error_code` but NOT the envelope's
+    `field`, so the field-bearing tier3 rejections (`layer_deferred`,
+    `field_not_mutable`) body-parse it here — same both-shape unwrap as
+    `_bifrost_error_from_body`, tolerant of `{"detail": {"field": …}}` and a flat
+    top-level `field`. Returns None on any parse failure (the exception still carries
+    a None field, exactly as the hand-rolled path did on shape mismatch).
+    """
+    if not body:
+        return None
+    try:
+        err = json.loads(body)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    if not isinstance(err, dict):
+        return None
+    field = err.get("field")
+    if field is None and isinstance(err.get("detail"), dict):
+        field = err["detail"].get("field")
+    # The exception surface declares `field: str | None` (and the CLI prints it), so a
+    # non-string envelope value (`{"field": {…}}` / `{"field": 1}`) collapses to None —
+    # same guard the retired hand-rolled `_extract_error_field` applied (heid-bug-hunt).
+    return field if isinstance(field, str) else None
+
+
+async def list_agents(client: WorldtreeClient) -> Sequence[Mapping[str, Any]]:
+    """List the caller's agents (GET /agents) as the SDK's open-world array, verbatim
+    (parity: each item read as a mapping, tolerant of wire drift — no `AgentInfo`
+    normalization). Any error → the `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    try:
+        return await client.agents.list()
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def get_persona_state(client: WorldtreeClient, agent_id: str) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """Fetch an agent's persona snapshot (GET /agents/{id}/persona_state, WT #204),
+    open-world dict verbatim. Error map (INV-CUT-2 — dual-key status+error_code): 404
+    `persona_not_configured` → `PersonaNotConfigured`; 404 `agent_not_available` →
+    `AgentNotAvailable` (the persona-surface variant); 403 `auth_scope_denied` →
+    `AuthScopeDenied`; every other error → the `SessionApiFailed` default. A 404 with
+    an unrecognized code stays generic — the error_code is the discriminator, never a
+    bare 404→hidden (this route is NOT hide-existence)."""
+    assert agent_id and isinstance(agent_id, str)
+    try:
+        return await client.agents.persona_state(agent_id)
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        if exc.status == 404 and exc.error_code == "persona_not_configured":
+            raise PersonaNotConfigured(agent_id=agent_id) from exc
+        if exc.status == 404 and exc.error_code == "agent_not_available":
+            raise PersonaAgentNotAvailable(agent_id=agent_id) from exc
+        if exc.status == 403 and exc.error_code == "auth_scope_denied":
+            raise AuthScopeDenied(scope="persona.read") from exc
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def define_agent(
+    client: WorldtreeClient, *, agent_name: str, system_prompt: str, role: str
+) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """Define a Tier-3 consumer agent (POST /agents/define). Sends the
+    `AgentDefineInput` body `{agent_name, role, system_prompt}` and returns the SDK's
+    open-world `DefinedAgent` dict verbatim (echoes `role` post-b128 — read
+    `info["role"]`, no `Tier3AgentInfo`). The slug is validated client-side pre-HTTP
+    (server-side is the safety net). Error map (INV-CUT-2): 429 →
+    `Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=0)` — the SDK's `ApiError` floor drops the
+    `Retry-After` header, and §2675 pins Phase-2.0 quota to 0; 403
+    `tier3_user_id_unsupported` → `Tier3UserIdUnsupported`; 422 `layer_deferred` →
+    `Tier3LayerDeferred(field)`; else the `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    assert _AGENT_SLUG_RE.match(agent_name), (
+        f"agent_name must match [a-z][a-z0-9-]{{2,63}}: {agent_name!r}"
+    )
+    assert system_prompt and isinstance(system_prompt, str)
+    assert role and isinstance(role, str)
+    try:
+        # Inline literal so it type-checks structurally against the SDK's
+        # AgentDefineInput TypedDict (no import of the SDK's private `_types`).
+        return await client.agents.define(
+            {"agent_name": agent_name, "role": role, "system_prompt": system_prompt}
+        )
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        if exc.status == 429:
+            raise Tier3QuotaExceeded(retry_after=0) from exc
+        if exc.status == 403 and exc.error_code == "tier3_user_id_unsupported":
+            raise Tier3UserIdUnsupported() from exc
+        if exc.status == 422 and exc.error_code == "layer_deferred":
+            raise Tier3LayerDeferred(field=_error_field_from_body(exc.body)) from exc
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def patch_agent(
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
+    agent_id: str,
+    *,
+    system_prompt: str | None = None,
+    role: str | None = None,
+) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """Mutate a Tier-3 agent (PATCH /agents/{id}). At least one of `system_prompt` /
+    `role` is required; the None-valued field is omitted from the body. Returns the
+    open-world `PatchedAgent` dict verbatim. Error map (INV-CUT-2): 404 →
+    `Tier3AgentNotFound` (agents CRUD is NOT hide-existence); 422 `field_not_mutable`
+    → `Tier3FieldNotMutable(field)`; else the `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    assert ":" in agent_id, f"tier 3 agent_id must contain ':': {agent_id!r}"
+    assert system_prompt is not None or role is not None, (
+        "patch requires at least one of system_prompt or role"
+    )
+    changes: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if system_prompt is not None:
+        changes["system_prompt"] = system_prompt
+    if role is not None:
+        changes["role"] = role
+    try:
+        return await client.agents.patch(agent_id, changes)
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        if exc.status == 404:
+            raise Tier3AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id) from exc
+        if exc.status == 422 and exc.error_code == "field_not_mutable":
+            raise Tier3FieldNotMutable(field=_error_field_from_body(exc.body)) from exc
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def delete_agent(client: WorldtreeClient, agent_id: str) -> None:
+    """Hard-delete a Tier-3 agent (DELETE /agents/{id}); resolves on 204 → None. Error
+    map (INV-CUT-2): 404 → `Tier3AgentNotFound` (route-discriminated; NOT
+    hide-existence); else the `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    assert ":" in agent_id, f"tier 3 agent_id must contain ':': {agent_id!r}"
+    try:
+        await client.agents.delete(agent_id)
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        if exc.status == 404:
+            raise Tier3AgentNotFound(agent_id=agent_id) from exc
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+# ── slice-5: characters + me/capabilities/models adapter routes ───────────────
+# The remaining consumer READS + transient-character CRUD over `client.me` /
+# `client.capabilities` / `client.models` / `client.characters.*`. All six are
+# open-world reads/acks (B-OPEN-2) returned verbatim; NONE carries a discriminated
+# error on the SDK floor (no `map_error`), so each maps any `ApiError` → the
+# `SessionApiFailed` default (INV-CUT-2) — exact parity with the retiring hand-rolled
+# path, which never discriminated a status/code on these routes. No new § Error map
+# rows. CLI-only: `--whoami` (me + capabilities) and `--characters` (models + CRUD);
+# no web-server caller this slice.
+
+
+async def get_me(client: WorldtreeClient) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """The caller's identity + key metadata (GET /me), open-world dict verbatim.
+
+    The boot whoami — verifies the key with no agent-config side effects. Any error →
+    the `SessionApiFailed` default (notably 401 on a bad/absent key when auth is on).
+    """
+    try:
+        return await client.me.get()
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def get_capabilities(client: WorldtreeClient) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """The server capability advertisement (GET /capabilities), open-world verbatim.
+
+    Any authenticated caller may read it (no scope). Any error → the `SessionApiFailed`
+    default. The `--whoami` renderer degrades on a malformed advertisement rather than
+    crashing (`_format_whoami`, already hardened).
+    """
+    try:
+        return await client.capabilities.get()
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def list_character_models(client: WorldtreeClient) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """The character-capable model catalog (GET /models/available-for-characters, #161),
+    open-world dict verbatim. Requires `character.read`. Any error → the
+    `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    try:
+        return await client.models.available_for_characters()
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def create_character(
+    client: WorldtreeClient,
+    character: Mapping[str, Any],
+    *,
+    state: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
+) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """Create a transient character (POST /characters, #161). Requires `character.write`.
+
+    The body is `{character}` plus `state` ONLY when supplied — the SDK forwards the
+    dict as-is, so ratatoskr omits the hand-rolled path's redundant explicit
+    `state: null` (server-equivalent — Worldtree's `CreateCharacterRequest.state`
+    defaults None whether omitted or explicit-null; SDK-idiomatic). Returns the
+    open-world create ACK verbatim (`{character_id, ttl_expires_at, ...}`). Any error →
+    the `SessionApiFailed` default (notably 403 when the key lacks `character.write`).
+    """
+    assert isinstance(character, Mapping) and character
+    try:
+        # Inline literals (per branch) so each type-checks structurally against the
+        # SDK's `CreateCharacterInput` TypedDict (`character` required, `state`
+        # NotRequired) without importing the SDK's private `_types` — same posture as
+        # `define_agent`. `state` is present ONLY when supplied (no redundant null).
+        if state is not None:
+            return await client.characters.create(
+                {"character": dict(character), "state": dict(state)}
+            )
+        return await client.characters.create({"character": dict(character)})
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def get_character_state(
+    client: WorldtreeClient, character_id: str
+) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+    """The character's live runtime state (GET /characters/{id}/state, #161), open-world
+    dict verbatim; the read refreshes the character's TTL. Requires `character.read`.
+    Any error → the `SessionApiFailed` default."""
+    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
+    try:
+        return await client.characters.state(character_id)
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc
+
+
+async def delete_character(
+    client: WorldtreeClient, character_id: str
+) -> Mapping[str, Any] | None:
+    """Delete a transient character (DELETE /characters/{id}, #161). Requires
+    `character.write`; bound sessions detach (next turn → 410 `character_not_found`).
+
+    Returns the SDK's open-world delete ACK verbatim (`CharacterDeleteResult` —
+    Worldtree returns a body here, NOT 204) rather than normalizing to the hand-rolled
+    `None` (parity: no None-normalization of an open-world read). A 204 no-content
+    yields `None`, hence the `Mapping | None` return; the sole call-site ignores it.
+    Any error → the `SessionApiFailed` default.
+    """
+    assert character_id and isinstance(character_id, str)
+    try:
+        return await client.characters.delete(character_id)
+    except ApiError as exc:
+        raise translate_error(exc) from exc

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import json
 import httpx
 import pytest
 import respx
+from worldtree_sdk.events import build_event
 
 from ratatoskr import cli as cli_mod
+from ratatoskr import wt
 from ratatoskr.cli import (
     ParsedArgs,
     UsageError,
@@ -20,18 +22,7 @@ from ratatoskr.cli import (
     main,
 )
 from ratatoskr.sessions import BifrostBinding
-from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
-    Cancelled,
-    Done,
-    Error,
-    SseId,
-    Text,
-    TextBoundary,
-    Thinking,
-    ToolResult,
-    ToolStart,
-    WorkerPhase,
-)
+from ratatoskr.sse_client import SseId
 
 
 class _FlushCountingIO(io.StringIO):
@@ -333,6 +324,83 @@ SID = SseId(42, 5)
 SID42 = SseId(42, 1)
 
 
+# ── SDK-event factories ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# The presenter now consumes worldtree-sdk `TurnEvent`s. These build them exactly
+# as the SDK's parser does (via `build_event` from the raw envelope), preserving
+# the old dataclass call shapes so the render-test bodies stay unchanged. `sse_id`
+# is a parsed `SseId` here purely to keep the terse SID42 idiom; the SDK carries the
+# composite id as a string and turn_id top-level.
+def _sid_str(sse_id: SseId) -> str:
+    return f"{sse_id.turn_id}:{sse_id.seq}"
+
+
+def Thinking(*, sse_id: SseId, content: str) -> object:
+    return build_event("thinking", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id, {"content": content})
+
+
+def Text(*, sse_id: SseId, content: str) -> object:
+    return build_event("text", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id, {"content": content})
+
+
+def WorkerPhase(*, sse_id: SseId, phase: str, turn_id: int) -> object:
+    return build_event("worker_phase", _sid_str(sse_id), turn_id, {"phase": phase})
+
+
+def TextBoundary(*, sse_id: SseId, kind: str, char_offset: int, ts: str) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "text_boundary", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id,
+        {"kind": kind, "char_offset": char_offset, "ts": ts},
+    )
+
+
+def ToolStart(*, sse_id: SseId, name: str, arguments: object) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "tool_start", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id, {"name": name, "arguments": arguments}
+    )
+
+
+def ToolResult(*, sse_id: SseId, name: str, result: object, duration_ms: int) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "tool_result", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id,
+        {"name": name, "result": result, "duration_ms": duration_ms},
+    )
+
+
+def Done(
+    *, sse_id: SseId, phase: str, response: str, model: str, duration_ms: int, usage: object
+) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "done", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id,
+        {"phase": phase, "response": response, "model": model,
+         "duration_ms": duration_ms, "usage": usage},
+    )
+
+
+def Error(*, sse_id: SseId, phase: str, message: str, error_code: str) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "error", _sid_str(sse_id), sse_id.turn_id,
+        {"phase": phase, "message": message, "error_code": error_code},
+    )
+
+
+def Cancelled(
+    *, sse_id: SseId, phase: str, turn_id: int, reason: object, partial_message_id: object
+) -> object:
+    return build_event(
+        "cancelled", _sid_str(sse_id), turn_id,
+        {"phase": phase, "reason": reason, "partial_message_id": partial_message_id},
+    )
+
+
+def _wtc(transport: httpx.AsyncClient) -> object:
+    """The adapter's WorldtreeClient over a respx-mocked transport. Reconnects are
+    disabled (max_reconnects=0) so a transport drop surfaces immediately instead of
+    burning the resilient retry budget with real backoff sleeps."""
+    return wt.build_client(
+        "https://w.example", api_key="k", transport=transport, max_reconnects=0
+    )
+
+
 class TestCliPresenterState:
     """Tests for the new CliPresenterState — per issue #12 contract."""
 
@@ -579,6 +647,39 @@ class TestCliPresenterState:
         state.render(_make_done(duration_ms=72000), stdout=io.StringIO(), stderr=stderr)
         assert "duration=1.2m" in stderr.getvalue()
 
+    def test_render_degrades_on_malformed_open_world_fields(self) -> None:
+        """Open-world hardening (heid-bug-hunt Gróa#5 / Hulda#3): a DoneEvent with a
+        float duration_ms + a non-mapping usage, and an AffectUpdate with a non-mapping
+        snapshot, DEGRADE rather than crash the presenter."""
+        from ratatoskr.cli import CliPresenterState
+
+        stderr = io.StringIO()
+        state = CliPresenterState()
+        done = build_event(
+            "done", "42:9", 42,
+            {"type": "done", "duration_ms": 1234.0, "usage": 5, "model": "m"},
+        )
+        state.render(done, stdout=io.StringIO(), stderr=stderr)  # must not raise
+        out = stderr.getvalue()
+        # float duration floored to int (1234ms → "1.2s"); non-mapping usage → "(n/a)".
+        assert "[done]" in out and "duration=1.2s" in out and "usage (n/a)" in out
+        # AffectUpdate with a list snapshot → no AttributeError on .get.
+        affect = build_event(
+            "affect_update", "42:1", 42,
+            {"type": "affect_update", "status": "current", "snapshot": []},
+        )
+        CliPresenterState().render(affect, stdout=io.StringIO(), stderr=io.StringIO())
+
+    def test_turn_id_from_sse_id_tolerates_non_str(self) -> None:
+        """Open-world hardening (heid-bug-hunt Gróa#1 / Hulda#2): a None/non-str sse_id
+        yields None instead of crashing on .partition."""
+        from ratatoskr.cli import _turn_id_from_sse_id
+
+        assert _turn_id_from_sse_id(None) is None
+        assert _turn_id_from_sse_id(42) is None
+        assert _turn_id_from_sse_id("42:1") == 42
+        assert _turn_id_from_sse_id("0:1") is None
+
     def test_usage_format_ascii_arrow(self) -> None:
         """usage_format_ascii_arrow [trace]: stderr label contains the natural-language
         usage shape with ASCII arrow (-> not →) for CLI scriptability.
@@ -687,7 +788,7 @@ _USAGE_ZERO: dict[str, int] = {
 }
 
 
-def _make_done(*, duration_ms: int = 1, usage: dict[str, int] | None = None) -> Done:
+def _make_done(*, duration_ms: int = 1, usage: dict[str, int] | None = None) -> object:
     return Done(
         sse_id=SID42,
         phase="succeeded",
@@ -709,7 +810,8 @@ class TestCancelAndLog:
             )
         )
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             result = await _cancel_and_log(client, "s-1", 42, stderr=stderr)
         assert result is None
         assert stderr.getvalue() == ""
@@ -721,7 +823,8 @@ class TestCancelAndLog:
             return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"boom")
         )
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             await _cancel_and_log(client, "s-1", 42, stderr=stderr)
         out = stderr.getvalue()
         assert "[cancel_failed]" in out
@@ -730,11 +833,14 @@ class TestCancelAndLog:
     @respx.mock
     async def test_cancel_already_completed(self) -> None:
         """cancel_already_completed [scenario]: …"""
+        # SDK gates the race on the (status, error_code) PAIR (B-CAN-3): 409 alone is
+        # a generic CancelFailed; 409 + turn_finished is the double-cancel race.
         respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/turns/42/cancel").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(409)
+            return_value=httpx.Response(409, json={"error_code": "turn_finished"})
         )
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             await _cancel_and_log(client, "s-1", 42, stderr=stderr)
         out = stderr.getvalue()
         assert "[cancel_failed]" in out
@@ -743,11 +849,13 @@ class TestCancelAndLog:
     @respx.mock
     async def test_cancel_turn_not_found(self) -> None:
         """cancel_turn_not_found [scenario]: 404 → returns None; stderr CancelTurnNotFound."""
+        # 404 + turn_not_found is the benign "finished before cancel arrived" race.
         respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/turns/42/cancel").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(404)
+            return_value=httpx.Response(404, json={"error_code": "turn_not_found"})
         )
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             await _cancel_and_log(client, "s-1", 42, stderr=stderr)
         out = stderr.getvalue()
         assert "[cancel_failed]" in out
@@ -760,11 +868,14 @@ class TestCancelAndLog:
             side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("network down")
         )
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             await _cancel_and_log(client, "s-1", 42, stderr=stderr)
         out = stderr.getvalue()
+        # The SDK normalizes a transport drop to ConnectFailed(status=0); _cancel_and_log
+        # swallows it (INV-009) and logs the normalized type.
         assert "[cancel_failed]" in out
-        assert "ConnectError" in out
+        assert "ConnectFailed" in out
 
 
 class _GatedStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
@@ -797,7 +908,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout = io.StringIO()
         stderr = io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 0
         assert stdout.getvalue() == "hello\n"
@@ -820,7 +932,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 2
         assert "[error]" in stderr.getvalue()
@@ -836,7 +949,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 3
         assert "[cancelled]" in stderr.getvalue()
@@ -849,7 +963,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(
                 client, "missing", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr
             )
@@ -858,6 +973,21 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         assert "[sse_connect_failed]" in out
         assert "status=404" in out
 
+    @respx.mock
+    async def test_session_retired_410_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        """session_retired [error]: 410 stream-open → SessionRetired → SessionApiFailed
+        → exit 20. Without the presenter catch this crashed _run_turn (heid-bug-hunt Gróa#2)."""
+        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/messages").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(410, json={"error_code": "session_retired"})
+        )
+        sigint = asyncio.Event()
+        stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
+            exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
+        assert exit_code == 20
+        assert "[session_api_failed]" in stderr.getvalue()
+
     @respx.mock
     async def test_connection_dropped(self) -> None:
         """connection_dropped [error]: RemoteProtocolError mid-stream → exit 21."""
@@ -882,7 +1012,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 21
         assert "[connection_dropped]" in stderr.getvalue()
@@ -896,7 +1027,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 22
         assert "[malformed_sse_id]" in stderr.getvalue()
@@ -913,7 +1045,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 22
         out = stderr.getvalue()
@@ -933,7 +1066,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 22
         out = stderr.getvalue()
@@ -955,7 +1089,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         )
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 22
         out = stderr.getvalue()
@@ -978,7 +1113,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         sigint.set()  # SIGINT before _run_turn even starts
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await asyncio.wait_for(
                 _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr), timeout=2.0
             )
@@ -1007,7 +1143,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
 
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             task = asyncio.create_task(
                 _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
             )
@@ -1045,7 +1182,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
 
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             task = asyncio.create_task(
                 _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
             )
@@ -1091,7 +1229,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
         monkeypatch.setattr(sigint, "wait", counting_wait)
 
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             task = asyncio.create_task(
                 _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
             )
@@ -1129,7 +1268,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
 
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             task = asyncio.create_task(
                 _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
             )
@@ -1176,7 +1316,8 @@ class TestRunTurn:
 
         sigint = asyncio.Event()
         stdout, stderr = io.StringIO(), io.StringIO()
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as _tp:
+            client = _wtc(_tp)
             exit_code = await _run_turn(client, "s-1", "hi", sigint, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr)
         assert exit_code == 0
         assert call_count == 3
@@ -1782,6 +1923,27 @@ class TestTier2Probes:
         assert "deleted: char_z" in out
         assert del_route.call_count == 1  # lifecycle cleaned up
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_characters_probe_create_missing_id_aborts(
+        self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+    ) -> None:
+        """create ACK without character_id → clean abort (exit 20), never a hard-index
+        KeyError (open-world degrade-not-crash; slice-5 cutover foot-gun)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/models/available-for-characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"items": []})
+        )
+        # 201 but the open-world ACK omits character_id — the probe must degrade.
+        respx.post("https://w.example/characters").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={"ttl_expires_at": "t"})
+        )
+        del_route = respx.delete(url__regex=r"https://w\.example/characters/.+").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
+        )
+        rc = main(["--characters", "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"])
+        assert rc == 20
+        assert "no character_id" in capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert del_route.call_count == 0  # aborted before state/delete — nothing to clean
+
     @respx.mock
     def test_set_persona_probe(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
         """set_persona_probe [happy,tracer]: POST pad to /sessions/{id}/persona_state; 204."""
@@ -1809,6 +1971,20 @@ class TestTier2Probes:
         )
         assert rc == 10
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_set_persona_probe_connect_failed(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        """connect_failed [error-path]: a transport failure the SDK normalizes to
+        ConnectFailed → graceful [network_error], exit 21 (not an uncaught crash)."""
+        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/persona_state").mock(
+            side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("refused")
+        )
+        rc = main(
+            ["--set-persona-pad", "0.4,0.1,-0.2", "--session", "s1",
+             "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"]
+        )
+        assert rc == 21
+        assert "[network_error]" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
 
 class TestSeedFirstMessageProbe:
     """--seed-first-message one-shot (#347 authored-history-write reference-consumer probe)."""
@@ -1925,3 +2101,17 @@ class TestSeedFirstMessageProbe:
         assert rc == 0
         assert "feature-absent" in capsys.readouterr().out
         assert msgs_route.call_count == 0  # never capability-probes past the 404
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_seed_probe_connect_failed(self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]) -> None:
+        """connect_failed [error-path]: a transport failure on create that the SDK
+        normalizes to ConnectFailed → graceful [network_error], exit 21."""
+        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions").mock(
+            side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("refused")
+        )
+        rc = main(
+            ["--seed-first-message", "hello", "--agent", "mimir",
+             "--api-key", "k", "--server", "https://w.example"]
+        )
+        assert rc == 21
+        assert "[network_error]" in capsys.readouterr().err

tests/test_first_message.py

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
-"""Tests for ratatoskr.first_message per docs/contracts/first_message.contract.md."""
+"""Tests for ratatoskr.first_message per docs/contracts/first_message.contract.md.
+
+Slice-3 (worldtree-sdk cutover): `seed_preset_first_message` routes through the
+`ratatoskr.wt` adapter over a `WorldtreeClient`, no longer the hand-rolled httpx
+wrapper. These tests drive it through a fake client whose `sessions.write_history`
+returns or raises the SDK's real types — exercising the adapter's error mapping AND
+first_message's best-effort swallow in one pass. The wire format itself is the SDK's
+to prove (the parity corpus); first_message's contract is behavioral: never block,
+never raise (except CancelledError), and exactly one write on a preset hit.
+"""
 
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
-import json
+from typing import Any, cast
 
-import httpx
 import pytest
-import respx
+import worldtree_sdk as wtsdk
+from worldtree_sdk import ApiError, WorldtreeClient
 
 from ratatoskr.first_message import (
     FIRST_MESSAGE_PRESETS,
@@ -15,6 +24,33 @@ from ratatoskr.first_message import (
 )
 
 
+class _FakeSessions:
+    """Stand-in for `WorldtreeClient.sessions` — records each `write_history` call
+    and returns a canned ack or raises a canned error (the SDK's real exceptions)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, result: Any = None, error: BaseException | None = None) -> None:
+        self._result = result if result is not None else {}
+        self._error = error
+        self.calls: list[tuple[str, Any]] = []
+
+    async def write_history(self, session_id: str, entry: Any) -> Any:
+        self.calls.append((session_id, entry))
+        if self._error is not None:
+            raise self._error
+        return self._result
+
+
+class _FakeClient:
+    def __init__(self, sessions: _FakeSessions) -> None:
+        self.sessions = sessions
+
+
+def _wt(sessions: _FakeSessions) -> WorldtreeClient:
+    """Cast the structural fake to the nominal client type (no network; the seed
+    path only touches `client.sessions.write_history`, which the fake provides)."""
+    return cast(WorldtreeClient, _FakeClient(sessions))
+
+
 class TestPresetFor:
     """first_message contract — preset_for (dict lookup)."""
 
@@ -36,120 +72,70 @@ class TestPresetFor:
 class TestSeedPresetFirstMessage:
     """first_message contract — seed_preset_first_message (best-effort #347 seed)."""
 
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_seeds_preset(self) -> None:
-        """seeds_preset [happy,tracer]: preset agent → one history POST, correct body."""
+        """seeds_preset [happy,tracer]: preset agent → one write_history, correct entry."""
         content = FIRST_MESSAGE_PRESETS["ratatoskr:sindra"]
         key = "ratatoskr-preset-" + hashlib.sha256(content.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()[:12]
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(
-                201,
-                json={
-                    "author": "assistant",
-                    "seq": 0,
-                    "phase": "seeded",
-                    "turn_id": "t1",
-                    "session_id": "s1",
-                    "content_chars": len(content),
-                    "injected_at": "2026-07-06T00:00:00+00:00",
-                },
-            )
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result={"seq": 0, "phase": "seeded"})
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result == content
-        assert route.call_count == 1  # POST-002: exactly one history POST
-        assert json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content) == {
+        assert len(fake.calls) == 1  # POST-002: exactly one history write
+        session_id, entry = fake.calls[0]
+        assert session_id == "s1"
+        assert entry == {
             "author": "assistant",
             "content": content,
             "idempotency_key": key,
         }
 
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_no_preset_zero_http(self) -> None:
-        """no_preset_zero_http [happy]: no-preset agent → None, ZERO HTTP (INV-002)."""
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={})
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "mimir")
+    async def test_no_preset_zero_write(self) -> None:
+        """no_preset_zero_write [happy]: no-preset agent → None, ZERO write (INV-002)."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions()
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "mimir")
         assert result is None
-        assert not route.called
+        assert fake.calls == []
 
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_feature_absent_swallowed(self) -> None:
-        """feature_absent_swallowed [error]: 404 hide-existence → None, no raise (INV-001)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(404, json={"error_code": "session_not_found"})
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        """feature_absent_swallowed [error]: 404 → AuthoredHistoryUnavailable → None (INV-001)."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("session_not_found", "no", status=404))
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result is None
+        assert len(fake.calls) == 1  # the write was attempted, then swallowed
 
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_session_api_failed_swallowed(self) -> None:
-        """session_api_failed_swallowed [error]: 409 → None, no raise (INV-001)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(409, json={"error_code": "generation_active"})
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        """session_api_failed_swallowed [error]: 409 → SessionApiFailed → None (INV-001)."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("generation_active", "busy", status=409))
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result is None
 
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_transport_error_swallowed(self) -> None:
-        """transport_error_swallowed [error]: httpx.ConnectError → None, no raise (INV-001)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("boom")
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        """transport_error_swallowed [error]: SDK ConnectFailed → None, no raise (INV-001)."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=wtsdk.ConnectFailed("connect_failed", "boom", status=0))
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result is None
 
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_unexpected_exception_swallowed(self) -> None:
         """unexpected_exception [error]: write raises ValueError → None (broad never-raise)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            side_effect=ValueError("unexpected")
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ValueError("unexpected"))
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result is None
 
     async def test_cancellation_propagates(self) -> None:
         """cancellation_propagates [error]: CancelledError from the write is RE-RAISED."""
-        import ratatoskr.first_message as fm
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=asyncio.CancelledError())
+        with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
+            await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
 
-        async def _cancel(*_a: object, **_k: object) -> None:
-            raise asyncio.CancelledError
+    async def test_malformed_agent_id_no_write(self) -> None:
+        """malformed_agent_id [adversarial]: non-str or empty agent_id → None; no write; no raise."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions()
+        assert await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", 123) is None  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        assert await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "s1", "") is None
+        assert fake.calls == []
 
-        orig = fm.write_authored_history
-        fm.write_authored_history = _cancel  # type: ignore[assignment]
-        try:
-            async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-                with pytest.raises(asyncio.CancelledError):
-                    await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "ratatoskr:sindra")
-        finally:
-            fm.write_authored_history = orig  # type: ignore[assignment]
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_malformed_agent_id_no_http(self) -> None:
-        """malformed_agent_id [adversarial]: non-str or empty agent_id → None; no HTTP; no raise."""
-        route = respx.post(url__regex=r".*/history$").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={})
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            assert await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", 123) is None  # type: ignore[arg-type]
-            assert await seed_preset_first_message(client, "s1", "") is None
-        assert not route.called
-
-    @respx.mock
     async def test_empty_session_id(self) -> None:
-        """empty_session_id [adversarial]: "" → None (soft guard); no HTTP; no raise."""
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s1/history").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={})
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await seed_preset_first_message(client, "", "ratatoskr:sindra")
+        """empty_session_id [adversarial]: "" → None (soft guard); no write; no raise."""
+        fake = _FakeSessions()
+        result = await seed_preset_first_message(_wt(fake), "", "ratatoskr:sindra")
         assert result is None
-        assert not route.called
+        assert fake.calls == []

tests/test_local_agents.py

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ def local_path(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> Path:
 def _entry(
     agent_id: str = "ratatoskr:wizard",
     agent_name: str = "wizard",
-    model: str = "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
+    role: str = "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
     description: str = "(tier 3) test agent",
     defined_at: str = "2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00",
 ) -> LocalAgentEntry:
     return LocalAgentEntry(
         agent_id=agent_id,
         agent_name=agent_name,
-        model=model,
+        role=role,
         description=description,
         defined_at=defined_at,
     )
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ class TestLoadEmpty:
         local_path.write_text(
             json.dumps(
                 {
-                    "version": 1,
+                    "version": 2,
                     "agents": [
                         {"agent_id": "incomplete"},  # missing required fields
                         {
                             "agent_id": "ratatoskr:good",
                             "agent_name": "good",
-                            "model": "m",
+                            "role": "m",
                             "description": "d",
                             "defined_at": "t",
                         },
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ class TestAdd:
         assert ids == {"ratatoskr:a", "ratatoskr:b"}
 
     def test_add_replaces_same_id(self, local_path: Path) -> None:
-        add_local_agent(_entry(model="old-model"))
-        add_local_agent(_entry(model="new-model"))
+        add_local_agent(_entry(role="old-role"))
+        add_local_agent(_entry(role="new-role"))
         entries = load_local_agents()
         assert len(entries) == 1
-        assert entries[0].model == "new-model"
+        assert entries[0].role == "new-role"
 
     def test_creates_parent_dirs(
         self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ class TestAdd:
 
 class TestUpdate:
     def test_update_changes_existing(self, local_path: Path) -> None:
-        add_local_agent(_entry(model="v1"))
-        update_local_agent(_entry(model="v2"))
+        add_local_agent(_entry(role="v1"))
+        update_local_agent(_entry(role="v2"))
         entries = load_local_agents()
         assert len(entries) == 1
-        assert entries[0].model == "v2"
+        assert entries[0].role == "v2"
 
 
 class TestRemove:

tests/test_tier3.py

@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-"""Tests for ratatoskr.tier3 per docs/contracts/issues/15.contract.md."""
+"""CLI integration tests for `python -m ratatoskr.tier3`.
+
+The define/patch/delete wire calls route through the worldtree-sdk adapter
+(`ratatoskr.wt`); the adapter's body-building + error-mapping are unit-tested in
+`test_wt.py` (against a fake `client.agents`). These tests exercise the CLI
+end-to-end — argv → the real SDK over a respx-mocked HTTP layer → exit code +
+stdout + the local tier3 index side effects.
+
+The define/patch response echoes `role` (Worldtree spec 1.2 / b128), read off the
+SDK's open-world dict; `LocalAgentEntry.role` is the v2-schema field.
+"""
 
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -6,317 +16,20 @@ import httpx
 import pytest
 import respx
 
-from ratatoskr.sessions import SessionApiFailed
-from ratatoskr.tier3 import (
-    Tier3AgentInfo,
-    Tier3AgentNotFound,
-    Tier3FieldNotMutable,
-    Tier3LayerDeferred,
-    Tier3QuotaExceeded,
-    Tier3UserIdUnsupported,
-    define_agent,
-    delete_agent,
-    main,
-    patch_agent,
-)
+from ratatoskr.tier3 import main
 
+# The consumer-agent response echoes `role` (b128), not the former `model`.
 _FULL_AGENT_RESP = {
     "agent_id": "ratatoskr:wizard",
     "user_id": "ratatoskr",
     "agent_name": "wizard",
     "system_prompt": "You are a wizard.",
-    "model": "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
+    "role": "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
     "created_at": "2026-05-25T03:20:09.703601+00:00",
     "updated_at": "2026-05-25T03:20:09.703601+00:00",
 }
 
 
-class TestDefineAgent:
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_happy_define(self) -> None:
-        """happy_define [happy,tracer]: 201 → fully populated Tier3AgentInfo."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            info = await define_agent(
-                client,
-                agent_name="wizard",
-                system_prompt="You are a wizard.",
-                role="qwen3.6-35-a3b",
-            )
-        assert isinstance(info, Tier3AgentInfo)
-        assert info.agent_id == "ratatoskr:wizard"
-        assert info.user_id == "ratatoskr"
-        assert info.agent_name == "wizard"
-        assert info.model == "qwen3.6-35-a3b"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_request_body_shape(self) -> None:
-        """request_body_shape [trace]: outbound JSON is exactly the three keys."""
-        import json as _json
-
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            await define_agent(
-                client,
-                agent_name="wizard",
-                system_prompt="You are a wizard.",
-                role="qwen3.6-35-a3b",
-            )
-        body = _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content)
-        # INV-001: exactly these three keys — no layer fields, no metadata.
-        assert body == {
-            "agent_name": "wizard",
-            "system_prompt": "You are a wizard.",
-            "role": "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
-        }
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_quota_exceeded(self) -> None:
-        """quota_exceeded [error]: 429 + Retry-After → Tier3QuotaExceeded."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(
-                429,
-                headers={"Retry-After": "0"},
-                json={"detail": {"error_code": "agent_quota_exceeded"}},
-            )
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3QuotaExceeded) as exc:
-                await define_agent(
-                    client,
-                    agent_name="overflow",
-                    system_prompt="x",
-                    role="m",
-                )
-        assert exc.value.retry_after == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_user_id_unsupported(self) -> None:
-        """user_id_unsupported [error]: 403 + error_code → Tier3UserIdUnsupported."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(
-                403, json={"detail": {"error_code": "tier3_user_id_unsupported"}}
-            )
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3UserIdUnsupported):
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m"
-                )
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_layer_deferred(self) -> None:
-        """layer_deferred [error]: 422 + layer_deferred → Tier3LayerDeferred(field)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(
-                422,
-                json={"detail": {"error_code": "layer_deferred", "field": "persona"}},
-            )
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3LayerDeferred) as exc:
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m"
-                )
-        assert exc.value.field == "persona"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_bad_slug_assert(self) -> None:
-        """bad_slug_assert [adversarial]: agent_name with uppercase → AssertionError, no HTTP."""
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="Wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m"
-                )
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_short_slug_assert(self) -> None:
-        """short_slug_assert [adversarial]: agent_name len < 3 → AssertionError."""
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="ab", system_prompt="x", role="m"
-                )
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_empty_prompt_assert(self) -> None:
-        """empty_prompt_assert [adversarial]: empty system_prompt → AssertionError."""
-        route = respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="", role="m"
-                )
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_other_5xx(self) -> None:
-        """other_5xx [error]: 503 → SessionApiFailed(status=503)."""
-        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(503, content=b"upstream out")
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
-                await define_agent(
-                    client, agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m"
-                )
-        assert exc.value.status == 503
-
-
-class TestPatchAgent:
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_happy_patch_both_fields(self) -> None:
-        """happy_patch_both_fields: both fields set → request body has both."""
-        import json as _json
-
-        updated = {
-            **_FULL_AGENT_RESP,
-            "system_prompt": "new prompt",
-            "model": "different-model",
-        }
-        route = respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=updated)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            info = await patch_agent(
-                client,
-                "ratatoskr:wizard",
-                system_prompt="new prompt",
-                role="different-model",
-            )
-        body = _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content)
-        assert body == {"system_prompt": "new prompt", "role": "different-model"}
-        assert info.system_prompt == "new prompt"
-        assert info.model == "different-model"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_happy_patch_single_field(self) -> None:
-        """happy_patch_single_field: omit role → body has system_prompt only."""
-        import json as _json
-
-        updated = {**_FULL_AGENT_RESP, "system_prompt": "only this"}
-        route = respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=updated)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            await patch_agent(client, "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="only this")
-        body = _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content)
-        # INV-002: body omits the None-valued field entirely
-        assert body == {"system_prompt": "only this"}
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_field_not_mutable(self) -> None:
-        """field_not_mutable [error]: 422 + error_code → Tier3FieldNotMutable(field)."""
-        respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(
-                422,
-                json={
-                    "detail": {"error_code": "field_not_mutable", "field": "agent_name"}
-                },
-            )
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3FieldNotMutable) as exc:
-                await patch_agent(
-                    client, "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="x"
-                )
-        assert exc.value.field == "agent_name"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_404(self) -> None:
-        """404 [error]: PATCH on non-existent agent → Tier3AgentNotFound."""
-        respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:ghost").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(404, content=b"")
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3AgentNotFound) as exc:
-                await patch_agent(
-                    client, "ratatoskr:ghost", system_prompt="x"
-                )
-        assert exc.value.agent_id == "ratatoskr:ghost"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_no_fields_assert(self) -> None:
-        """no_fields_assert [adversarial]: both None → AssertionError, no HTTP."""
-        route = respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await patch_agent(client, "ratatoskr:wizard")
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_non_tier3_id_assert(self) -> None:
-        """non_tier3_id_assert [adversarial]: agent_id without `:` → AssertionError."""
-        route = respx.patch("https://w.example/agents/mimir").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await patch_agent(client, "mimir", system_prompt="x")
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-
-class TestDeleteAgent:
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_happy_delete(self) -> None:
-        """happy_delete [happy,tracer]: 204 → returns None."""
-        respx.delete("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            result = await delete_agent(client, "ratatoskr:wizard")
-        assert result is None
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_404(self) -> None:
-        """404 [error]: DELETE on non-existent agent → Tier3AgentNotFound."""
-        respx.delete("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:ghost").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(404)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(Tier3AgentNotFound) as exc:
-                await delete_agent(client, "ratatoskr:ghost")
-        assert exc.value.agent_id == "ratatoskr:ghost"
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_non_tier3_id_assert(self) -> None:
-        """non_tier3_id_assert [adversarial]: agent_id without `:` → AssertionError."""
-        route = respx.delete("https://w.example/agents/mimir").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(204)
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
-                await delete_agent(client, "mimir")
-        assert route.call_count == 0
-
-    @respx.mock
-    async def test_other_5xx(self) -> None:
-        """other_5xx [error]: 500 → SessionApiFailed."""
-        respx.delete("https://w.example/agents/ratatoskr:wizard").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"oops")
-        )
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(base_url="https://w.example") as client:
-            with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as exc:
-                await delete_agent(client, "ratatoskr:wizard")
-        assert exc.value.status == 500
-
-
 @pytest.fixture
 def _isolated_local_agents(
     tmp_path: "Path", monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
@@ -335,8 +48,8 @@ class TestCli:
         monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
         _isolated_local_agents: "Path",
     ) -> None:
-        """cli_define_happy [happy]: argv → 201 mock → stdout confirmation;
-        local index updated with the new entry (v0.8.0 hook).
+        """cli_define_happy [happy,tracer]: argv → 201 mock → stdout confirmation;
+        local index updated with the new entry (role echoed).
         """
         from ratatoskr.local_agents import load_local_agents
 
@@ -354,11 +67,34 @@ class TestCli:
         out = capsys.readouterr()
         assert rc == 0
         assert out.out.strip() == "defined ratatoskr:wizard (qwen3.6-35-a3b)"
-        # v0.8.0: local index now has the new entry.
         entries = load_local_agents()
         assert len(entries) == 1
         assert entries[0].agent_id == "ratatoskr:wizard"
-        assert entries[0].model == "qwen3.6-35-a3b"
+        assert entries[0].role == "qwen3.6-35-a3b"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_cli_define_body_shape(
+        self, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, _isolated_local_agents: "Path"
+    ) -> None:
+        """cli_define_body_shape [trace]: outbound JSON is exactly the three keys
+        (the adapter sends AgentDefineInput, no layer fields)."""
+        import json as _json
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_URL", "https://w.example")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_KEY", "k")
+        route = respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json=_FULL_AGENT_RESP)
+        )
+        main([
+            "define", "--name", "wizard",
+            "--system-prompt", "You are a wizard.", "--role", "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
+        ])
+        body = _json.loads(route.calls[0].request.content)
+        assert body == {
+            "agent_name": "wizard",
+            "role": "qwen3.6-35-a3b",
+            "system_prompt": "You are a wizard.",
+        }
 
     @respx.mock
     def test_cli_patch_happy(
@@ -384,6 +120,7 @@ class TestCli:
         entries = load_local_agents()
         assert len(entries) == 1
         assert entries[0].agent_id == "ratatoskr:wizard"
+        assert entries[0].role == "qwen3.6-35-a3b"
 
     @respx.mock
     def test_cli_delete_happy(
@@ -401,11 +138,11 @@ class TestCli:
             load_local_agents,
         )
 
-        # Pre-populate so we can verify removal.
+        # Pre-populate so we can verify removal (v2 schema: role, not model).
         add_local_agent(LocalAgentEntry(
             agent_id="ratatoskr:wizard",
             agent_name="wizard",
-            model="m",
+            role="m",
             description="d",
             defined_at="t",
         ))
@@ -426,10 +163,7 @@ class TestCli:
         """cli_missing_auth [error]: no api-key → stderr [auth_error] + exit 11."""
         monkeypatch.delenv("WORLDTREE_API_KEY", raising=False)
         rc = main([
-            "define",
-            "--name", "wizard",
-            "--system-prompt", "x",
-            "--role", "m",
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
         ])
         err = capsys.readouterr().err
         assert rc == 11
@@ -446,10 +180,7 @@ class TestCli:
             return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"upstream out")
         )
         rc = main([
-            "define",
-            "--name", "wizard",
-            "--system-prompt", "x",
-            "--role", "m",
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
         ])
         err = capsys.readouterr().err
         assert rc == 20
@@ -470,15 +201,30 @@ class TestCli:
             )
         )
         rc = main([
-            "define",
-            "--name", "wizard",
-            "--system-prompt", "x",
-            "--role", "m",
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
         ])
         err = capsys.readouterr().err
         assert rc == 20
         assert "[quota_exceeded]" in err
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_cli_network_error(
+        self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """cli_network_error [error]: a transport failure surfaces as the SDK's
+        ConnectFailed (not a raw httpx error) → stderr [network_error] + exit 21."""
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_URL", "https://w.example")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_KEY", "k")
+        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
+            side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("refused")
+        )
+        rc = main([
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
+        ])
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert rc == 21
+        assert "[network_error]" in err
+
     def test_cli_patch_no_fields(
         self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
     ) -> None:
@@ -489,3 +235,52 @@ class TestCli:
         err = capsys.readouterr().err
         assert rc == 10
         assert "[usage_error]" in err
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_cli_define_partial_response_degrades(
+        self,
+        capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str],
+        monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+        _isolated_local_agents: "Path",
+    ) -> None:
+        """cli_define_partial [error]: a 201 missing `role` + a NULL system_prompt
+        degrades (role '?', description-safe) and exits 0 — never a KeyError/
+        AttributeError traceback (heid-bug-hunt open-world invariant)."""
+        from ratatoskr.local_agents import load_local_agents
+
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_URL", "https://w.example")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_KEY", "k")
+        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={
+                "agent_id": "ratatoskr:wizard", "agent_name": "wizard",
+                "system_prompt": None,  # present-but-null: .get(...,'') would NOT default
+            })
+        )
+        rc = main([
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
+        ])
+        out = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert rc == 0
+        assert out.out.strip() == "defined ratatoskr:wizard (?)"
+        # Well-formed identity → still indexed (role degraded to '?').
+        entries = load_local_agents()
+        assert len(entries) == 1
+        assert entries[0].role == "?"
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_cli_define_no_agent_id_is_api_failure(
+        self, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str], monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """cli_define_no_agent_id [error]: a 2xx with no usable agent_id → [api_failed]
+        + exit 20 (controlled), not an uncaught traceback."""
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_URL", "https://w.example")
+        monkeypatch.setenv("WORLDTREE_API_KEY", "k")
+        respx.post("https://w.example/agents/define").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(201, json={"role": "m"})  # no agent_id
+        )
+        rc = main([
+            "define", "--name", "wizard", "--system-prompt", "x", "--role", "m",
+        ])
+        err = capsys.readouterr().err
+        assert rc == 20
+        assert "[api_failed]" in err

tests/test_web_presentation_contract.py

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ type. Server-side serialization (`_event_to_browser_payload`) is
 unit-tested against the fixture. JS-side rendering in
 `src/ratatoskr/web/static/index.html` consumes the same shape — if
 this fixture changes, both sides update in lockstep.
+
+Post worldtree-sdk cutover (#20): the presenter consumes SDK `TurnEvent`s.
+`_event_to_browser_payload` derives the browser payload from the SDK's `raw`
+(the wire body) plus the composite `sse_id` string — the SAME shape the old
+dataclasses produced, so the fixture is unchanged. These events are built via
+the SDK's own `build_event` from the wire body.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -14,20 +20,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import json
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
-    AffectUpdate,
-    AwaitingLlmFirstToken,
-    Cancelled,
-    Done,
-    Error,
-    SseId,
-    Text,
-    TextBoundary,
-    Thinking,
-    ToolResult,
-    ToolStart,
-    WorkerPhase,
-)
+from worldtree_sdk.events import build_event
+
 from ratatoskr.web.server import _event_to_browser_payload
 
 
@@ -36,6 +30,13 @@ def _load_fixture() -> dict:
     return json.loads(path.read_text())
 
 
+def _ev(ev_type: str, sse_id: str, **fields: object) -> object:
+    """Build an SDK TurnEvent from its wire body (raw includes `type`); turn_id is
+    the turn component of the composite sse_id."""
+    turn = int(sse_id.split(":", 1)[0])
+    return build_event(ev_type, sse_id, turn, {"type": ev_type, **fields})
+
+
 def _check(name: str, event: object) -> None:
     """Assert (event_type, data) for `event` matches the fixture entry."""
     fixture = _load_fixture()
@@ -51,58 +52,40 @@ def _check(name: str, event: object) -> None:
 
 
 def test_worker_phase_matches_fixture() -> None:
-    _check(
-        "worker_phase",
-        WorkerPhase(sse_id=SseId(42, 3), phase="BuildingPrompt", turn_id=42),
-    )
+    _check("worker_phase", _ev("worker_phase", "42:3", phase="BuildingPrompt", turn_id=42))
 
 
 def test_thinking_matches_fixture() -> None:
-    _check(
-        "thinking",
-        Thinking(sse_id=SseId(42, 5), content="Let me think..."),
-    )
+    _check("thinking", _ev("thinking", "42:5", content="Let me think..."))
 
 
 def test_text_matches_fixture() -> None:
-    _check(
-        "text",
-        Text(sse_id=SseId(42, 7), content="Hello there"),
-    )
+    _check("text", _ev("text", "42:7", content="Hello there"))
 
 
 def test_text_boundary_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "text_boundary",
-        TextBoundary(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 8), kind="sentence",
-            char_offset=11, ts="2026-05-28T00:00:00Z",
-        ),
+        _ev("text_boundary", "42:8", kind="sentence", char_offset=11, ts="2026-05-28T00:00:00Z"),
     )
 
 
 def test_tool_start_matches_fixture() -> None:
-    _check(
-        "tool_start",
-        ToolStart(sse_id=SseId(42, 9), name="search", arguments={"q": "ratatoskr"}),
-    )
+    _check("tool_start", _ev("tool_start", "42:9", name="search", arguments={"q": "ratatoskr"}))
 
 
 def test_tool_result_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "tool_result",
-        ToolResult(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 10), name="search",
-            result={"n": 1}, duration_ms=12,
-        ),
+        _ev("tool_result", "42:10", name="search", result={"n": 1}, duration_ms=12),
     )
 
 
 def test_done_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "done",
-        Done(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 11), phase="succeeded", response="Hello there",
+        _ev(
+            "done", "42:11", phase="succeeded", response="Hello there",
             model="qwen3.6-35-a3b", duration_ms=1234,
             usage={
                 "prompt_tokens": 100, "completion_tokens": 50,
@@ -115,8 +98,8 @@ def test_done_matches_fixture() -> None:
 def test_error_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "error",
-        Error(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 11), phase="failed",
+        _ev(
+            "error", "42:11", phase="failed",
             message="llm output invalid", error_code="llm_output_invalid",
         ),
     )
@@ -125,8 +108,8 @@ def test_error_matches_fixture() -> None:
 def test_cancelled_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "cancelled",
-        Cancelled(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 11), phase="cancelled", turn_id=42,
+        _ev(
+            "cancelled", "42:11", phase="cancelled", turn_id=42,
             reason="user_cancel", partial_message_id=None,
         ),
     )
@@ -135,8 +118,8 @@ def test_cancelled_matches_fixture() -> None:
 def test_affect_update_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "affect_update",
-        AffectUpdate(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 1), status="current", turn_id=42,
+        _ev(
+            "affect_update", "42:1", status="current", turn_id=42,
             snapshot={
                 "agent_id": "mimir",
                 "pad": {"pleasure": 0.52, "arousal": 0.47, "dominance": 0.50},
@@ -155,8 +138,8 @@ def test_affect_update_matches_fixture() -> None:
 def test_awaiting_llm_first_token_matches_fixture() -> None:
     _check(
         "awaiting_llm_first_token",
-        AwaitingLlmFirstToken(
-            sse_id=SseId(42, 2), turn_id=42,
-            elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt=5012.3,
+        _ev(
+            "awaiting_llm_first_token", "42:2",
+            turn_id=42, elapsed_ms_since_building_prompt=5012.3,
         ),
     )

tests/test_web_server.py

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestAgentsEndpoint:
             LocalAgentEntry(
                 agent_id="ratatoskr:sindra",
                 agent_name="sindra",
-                model="artemis-31b-v1i",
+                role="artemis-31b-v1i",
                 description="(tier 3) IDENTITY",
                 defined_at="2026-05-28T00:00:00+00:00",
             )
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TestAgentsEndpoint:
         from ratatoskr.local_agents import LocalAgentEntry, add_local_agent
         add_local_agent(
             LocalAgentEntry(
-                agent_id="ratatoskr:sindra", agent_name="sindra", model="m",
+                agent_id="ratatoskr:sindra", agent_name="sindra", role="m",
                 description="local-tier3", defined_at="2026-05-28T00:00:00+00:00",
             )
         )
@@ -132,6 +132,57 @@ class TestAgentsEndpoint:
         # Upstream entry wins (it's first in the merge); local is deduped
         assert body[0]["name"] == "Sindra-from-server"
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_malformed_upstream_items_degrade_not_500(self, monkeypatch, tmp_path) -> None:
+        """malformed_upstream [error]: a non-mapping / agent_id-less upstream item is
+        dropped, not crashed on — the endpoint degrades to the well-formed + local
+        merge (heid-bug-hunt: open-world reads degrade, never crash)."""
+        monkeypatch.setenv("RATATOSKR_LOCAL_AGENTS", str(tmp_path / "local_agents.json"))
+        respx.get("https://w.example/agents").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(
+                200,
+                json=[
+                    {"agent_id": "mimir", "name": "Mimir", "description": "k"},
+                    {},                       # no agent_id — dropped
+                    {"name": "Ghost"},        # no agent_id — dropped
+                    "not-a-mapping",          # non-mapping — dropped
+                    {"agent_id": 123},        # non-str agent_id — dropped
+                ],
+            )
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.local_agents import LocalAgentEntry, add_local_agent
+        add_local_agent(LocalAgentEntry(
+            agent_id="ratatoskr:local", agent_name="local", role="m",
+            description="d", defined_at="t",
+        ))
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/agents")
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        ids = {a["agent_id"] for a in resp.json()}
+        # Only the one well-formed upstream item + the local entry survive.
+        assert ids == {"mimir", "ratatoskr:local"}
+
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_non_list_upstream_falls_back_to_local(self, monkeypatch, tmp_path) -> None:
+        """non_list_upstream [error]: an envelope (non-list) upstream body degrades to
+        the local-only list rather than iterating dict keys into a crash."""
+        monkeypatch.setenv("RATATOSKR_LOCAL_AGENTS", str(tmp_path / "local_agents.json"))
+        respx.get("https://w.example/agents").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(200, json={"items": [{"agent_id": "mimir"}]})
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.local_agents import LocalAgentEntry, add_local_agent
+        add_local_agent(LocalAgentEntry(
+            agent_id="ratatoskr:local", agent_name="local", role="m",
+            description="d", defined_at="t",
+        ))
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/agents")
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        ids = {a["agent_id"] for a in resp.json()}
+        assert ids == {"ratatoskr:local"}
+
 
 _CREATE_OK = {
     "session_id": "s-1",
@@ -290,6 +341,20 @@ class TestPersonaStateEndpoint:
         assert resp.status_code == 403
         assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "auth_scope_denied"
 
+    @respx.mock
+    def test_unmatched_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        """unmatched_error [error]: an upstream 500 (unmapped ApiError) → the
+        session_api_failed envelope carrying the upstream status, for parity with
+        _agents_endpoint (heid-code-review slice-4 fixup — was a raw 500 escape)."""
+        respx.get("https://w.example/agents/mimir/persona_state").mock(
+            return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"upstream out")
+        )
+        from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
+        app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
+        resp = TestClient(app).get("/api/agents/mimir/persona_state")
+        assert resp.status_code == 500
+        assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "session_api_failed"
+
 
 class TestSubmitTurnEndpoint:
     """submit_turn_endpoint FN — allocate turn_id, register in turn_registry."""
@@ -456,15 +521,16 @@ class TestCancelTurnEndpoint:
 
     @respx.mock
     def test_already_completed_race(self) -> None:
-        """already_completed [race]: upstream 409 → 200 reason=race_or_completed."""
+        """already_completed [race]: upstream 409 turn_finished → 200 reason=race_or_completed."""
         from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
         app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
         c = TestClient(app)
         turn_id = c.post("/api/turns/s-1", json={"content": "hi"}).json()["turn_id"]
         app.state.turn_registry[("s-1", turn_id)].status = "streaming"
         app.state.turn_registry[("s-1", turn_id)].upstream_turn_id = 42
+        # SDK gates the race on the (status, error_code) pair (B-CAN-3).
         respx.post("https://w.example/sessions/s-1/turns/42/cancel").mock(
-            return_value=httpx.Response(409)
+            return_value=httpx.Response(409, json={"error_code": "turn_finished"})
         )
         resp = c.post(f"/api/turns/s-1/cancel?turn_id={turn_id}")
         assert resp.status_code == 200
@@ -473,7 +539,11 @@ class TestCancelTurnEndpoint:
 
     @respx.mock
     def test_cancel_failed_500(self) -> None:
-        """cancel_failed [error]: upstream 500 → 500 with cancel_failed envelope."""
+        """cancel_failed [error]: upstream 500 → 502 cancel_failed envelope.
+
+        Post-cutover: the SDK abstracts the upstream cancel HTTP status behind a
+        typed CancelFailed, so the endpoint surfaces a generic 502 (bad gateway)
+        rather than echoing the upstream 500."""
         from ratatoskr.web.server import create_app
         app = create_app(_mock_client_factory())
         c = TestClient(app)
@@ -484,7 +554,7 @@ class TestCancelTurnEndpoint:
             return_value=httpx.Response(500, content=b"boom")
         )
         resp = c.post(f"/api/turns/s-1/cancel?turn_id={turn_id}")
-        assert resp.status_code == 500
+        assert resp.status_code == 502
         assert resp.json()["error_code"] == "cancel_failed"
         assert ("s-1", turn_id) not in app.state.turn_registry
 

tests/test_wt.py

@@ -17,14 +17,25 @@ from typing import Any, cast
 import httpx
 import pytest
 import worldtree_sdk as wtsdk
-from worldtree_sdk import ApiError, CancelResult, WorldtreeClient
+from worldtree_sdk import ApiError, CancelResult, PadState, WorldtreeClient
 
+from ratatoskr.sessions import (
+    AgentNotAvailable as PersonaAgentNotAvailable,
+)
 from ratatoskr.sessions import (
     AgentNotFound,
+    AuthoredHistoryUnavailable,
+    AuthScopeDenied,
     BifrostBinding,
     BifrostConsumerKeyMissing,
     BifrostHandshakeFailed,
     InvalidCursor,
+    PersonaNotConfigured,
+    Tier3AgentNotFound,
+    Tier3FieldNotMutable,
+    Tier3LayerDeferred,
+    Tier3QuotaExceeded,
+    Tier3UserIdUnsupported,
 )
 from ratatoskr.sse_client import (
     AgentNotAvailable,
@@ -42,12 +53,25 @@ from ratatoskr.wt import (
     SessionApiFailed,
     build_client,
     cancel_turn,
+    create_character,
     create_session,
+    define_agent,
+    delete_agent,
+    delete_character,
+    get_capabilities,
+    get_character_state,
+    get_me,
+    get_persona_state,
     get_session_messages,
     get_session_tools,
+    list_agents,
+    list_character_models,
     list_sessions,
+    patch_agent,
+    set_persona_state,
     stream_turn,
     translate_error,
+    write_authored_history,
 )
 
 
@@ -101,6 +125,12 @@ class _FakeSessions:
     async def cancel_turn(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         return await self._dispatch("cancel_turn", *args, **kwargs)
 
+    async def set_persona_state(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("set_persona_state", *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def write_history(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("write_history", *args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class _FakeClient:
     def __init__(self, sessions: _FakeSessions) -> None:
@@ -218,6 +248,14 @@ class TestCreateSession:
         # INV-CUT: the consumer key rides the SDK's per-request auth, NOT a header.
         assert kwargs["consumer_key"] == "ck-real"
 
+    async def test_unbound_create_drops_consumer_key(self) -> None:
+        # A consumer_key must NOT reach the SDK on an UNBOUND create — the SDK's
+        # credential precedence would otherwise auth as the Bifrost consumer instead
+        # of the default bearer (heid-bug-hunt Gróa#4 / Regin#4).
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result={"session_id": "s"})
+        await create_session(_wt(fake), "mimir", consumer_key="ck-should-be-dropped")
+        assert fake.calls[-1][2]["consumer_key"] is None
+
     async def test_bifrost_without_consumer_key_rejected_pre_http(self) -> None:
         fake = _FakeSessions(result={"session_id": "s"})
         binding = BifrostBinding(endpoint_url="http://h:8391", scope=None)
@@ -299,6 +337,12 @@ class TestReadPassthroughs:
             await get_session_messages(_wt(fake), "s")
         assert ei.value.status == 401
 
+    async def test_tools_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("auth_revoked", "no", status=401))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await get_session_tools(_wt(fake), "s")
+        assert ei.value.status == 401
+
 
 async def _drain(aiter: Any) -> list[Any]:
     out: list[Any] = []
@@ -376,6 +420,14 @@ class TestStreamTurn:
             await _drain(stream_turn(_wt(fake), "s", "hi"))
         assert (ei.value.established, ei.value.got) == (5, 7)
 
+    async def test_undiscriminated_api_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        # INV-CUT-2 default: an undiscriminated ApiError surfacing from the stream
+        # (not a discriminated stream error) → SessionApiFailed.
+        fake = _FakeSessions(stream_error=ApiError("weird", "boom", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await _drain(stream_turn(_wt(fake), "s", "hi"))
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
 
 class TestCancelTurn:
     async def test_happy_returns_cancel_result(self) -> None:
@@ -410,3 +462,607 @@ class TestCancelTurn:
         fake = _FakeSessions(error=wtsdk.CancelFailed(42, error_code="boom", message="failed"))
         with pytest.raises(CancelFailed):
             await cancel_turn(_wt(fake), "s", 42)
+
+    async def test_undiscriminated_api_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        # INV-CUT-2 default: an undiscriminated ApiError on the cancel route (not a
+        # typed Cancel* race) → SessionApiFailed, never leaked as a bare ApiError.
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("weird", "boom", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await cancel_turn(_wt(fake), "s", 42)
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+
+class TestSetPersonaState:
+    """slice-3: set_persona_state → SDK sessions.set_persona_state(PadState). The
+    adapter builds the canonical PadState (the SDK owns the {"pad": {...}} wire
+    shape); no error row beyond the § Error map default (SessionApiFailed)."""
+
+    async def test_happy_builds_padstate_and_returns_none(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result=None)  # SDK resolves the 204 to None
+        out = await set_persona_state(
+            _wt(fake), "s-1", pleasure=0.4, arousal=0.1, dominance=-0.2
+        )
+        assert out is None
+        name, args, _kwargs = fake.calls[-1]
+        assert name == "set_persona_state"
+        assert args[0] == "s-1"
+        pad = args[1]
+        assert isinstance(pad, PadState)
+        assert (pad.pleasure, pad.arousal, pad.dominance) == (0.4, 0.1, -0.2)
+
+    async def test_falsy_zero_pad_preserved(self) -> None:
+        # A 0.0 axis must survive verbatim (not be dropped as falsy).
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result=None)
+        await set_persona_state(_wt(fake), "s", pleasure=0.0, arousal=0.0, dominance=0.0)
+        pad = fake.calls[-1][1][1]
+        assert (pad.pleasure, pad.arousal, pad.dominance) == (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("upstream", "boom", status=500, body="x"))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await set_persona_state(_wt(fake), "s", pleasure=0.0, arousal=0.0, dominance=0.0)
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+    async def test_non_finite_pad_rejected_at_the_chokepoint(self) -> None:
+        # The finite-PAD invariant is enforced at the adapter (not only the CLI): a
+        # non-finite axis would serialize to null and corrupt the injection, so a
+        # direct caller is rejected pre-SDK — never a leaked SDK ConfigurationError.
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result=None)
+        for bad in (float("nan"), float("inf"), float("-inf")):
+            with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+                await set_persona_state(_wt(fake), "s", pleasure=bad, arousal=0.0, dominance=0.0)
+        assert fake.calls == []  # never reached the SDK
+
+
+class TestWriteAuthoredHistory:
+    """slice-3: write_authored_history → SDK sessions.write_history. Builds the
+    v1 authored-write entry (author="assistant", the only accepted author);
+    404 → AuthoredHistoryUnavailable (hide-existence); else the default."""
+
+    async def test_happy_builds_entry_and_returns_dict(self) -> None:
+        ack = {"seq": 0, "phase": "seeded", "turn_id": "t1", "content_chars": 3}
+        fake = _FakeSessions(result=ack)
+        out = await write_authored_history(
+            _wt(fake), "s-1", content="hi!", idempotency_key="k1"
+        )
+        assert out is ack  # open-world passthrough
+        name, args, _kwargs = fake.calls[-1]
+        assert name == "write_history"
+        assert args[0] == "s-1"
+        assert args[1] == {
+            "author": "assistant",
+            "content": "hi!",
+            "idempotency_key": "k1",
+        }
+
+    async def test_404_maps_to_authored_history_unavailable(self) -> None:
+        # Hide-existence: the ROUTE is the discriminator (never the body) — any 404
+        # on write_history → AuthoredHistoryUnavailable, no capability-probe.
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("session_not_found", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(AuthoredHistoryUnavailable) as ei:
+            await write_authored_history(_wt(fake), "s-1", content="hi", idempotency_key="k")
+        assert ei.value.session_id == "s-1"
+
+    async def test_other_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        # 409 generation_active (retryable) is NOT a hide-existence 404 → default.
+        fake = _FakeSessions(error=ApiError("generation_active", "busy", status=409))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await write_authored_history(_wt(fake), "s", content="hi", idempotency_key="k")
+        assert ei.value.status == 409
+
+
+# ── slice-4: agents (Tier-3) adapter routes ──────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class _FakeAgents:
+    """Stand-in for `WorldtreeClient.agents` — records the last call and returns a
+    canned result or raises a canned error. Same shape as `_FakeSessions`."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, result: Any = None, error: BaseException | None = None) -> None:
+        self._result = result
+        self._error = error
+        self.calls: list[tuple[str, tuple[Any, ...], dict[str, Any]]] = []
+
+    async def _dispatch(self, name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        self.calls.append((name, args, kwargs))
+        if self._error is not None:
+            raise self._error
+        return self._result
+
+    async def list(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("list", *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def persona_state(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("persona_state", *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def define(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("define", *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def patch(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("patch", *args, **kwargs)
+
+    async def delete(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._dispatch("delete", *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class _FakeAgentsClient:
+    def __init__(self, agents: _FakeAgents) -> None:
+        self.agents = agents
+
+
+def _wta(agents: _FakeAgents) -> WorldtreeClient:
+    """Cast the structural agents-fake to the nominal client type (the agent route
+    functions only touch `client.agents.*`)."""
+    return cast(WorldtreeClient, _FakeAgentsClient(agents))
+
+
+class TestListAgents:
+    """slice-4: list_agents → SDK agents.list(); open-world array verbatim."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_array_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        data = [{"agent_id": "mimir", "name": "Mimir", "description": "k"}]
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=data)
+        out = await list_agents(_wta(fake))
+        assert out is data  # open-world passthrough, no AgentInfo normalization
+        assert fake.calls[-1][0] == "list"
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("upstream", "boom", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await list_agents(_wta(fake))
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+
+class TestGetPersonaState:
+    """slice-4: get_persona_state → SDK agents.persona_state(id); dict verbatim.
+    404 sub-codes + 403 auth_scope_denied map by (status, error_code)."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_dict_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        snap = {"pad": {}, "dominant_emotion": "curiosity"}
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=snap)
+        out = await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "mimir")
+        assert out is snap
+        assert fake.calls[-1] == ("persona_state", ("mimir",), {})
+
+    async def test_persona_not_configured(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("persona_not_configured", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(PersonaNotConfigured) as ei:
+            await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "domari")
+        assert ei.value.agent_id == "domari"
+
+    async def test_agent_not_available(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("agent_not_available", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(PersonaAgentNotAvailable) as ei:
+            await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "bogus")
+        assert ei.value.agent_id == "bogus"
+
+    async def test_auth_scope_denied(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("auth_scope_denied", "no", status=403))
+        with pytest.raises(AuthScopeDenied) as ei:
+            await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "mimir")
+        assert ei.value.scope == "persona.read"
+
+    async def test_other_404_without_code_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        # A 404 whose error_code is neither persona sub-code → generic default,
+        # NOT a spurious PersonaNotConfigured (the code is the discriminator).
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("weird", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "mimir")
+        assert ei.value.status == 404
+
+    async def test_empty_agent_id_asserts(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await get_persona_state(_wta(fake), "")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+
+class TestDefineAgent:
+    """slice-4: define_agent → SDK agents.define(); open-world DefinedAgent dict
+    (echoes `role` post-b128). Slug validated client-side; tier3 error rows."""
+
+    async def test_happy_builds_body_and_returns_dict(self) -> None:
+        resp = {"agent_id": "ratatoskr:wizard", "role": "thoughtful-character"}
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=resp)
+        out = await define_agent(
+            _wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="You are a wizard.",
+            role="thoughtful-character",
+        )
+        assert out is resp  # open-world passthrough (no Tier3AgentInfo)
+        name, args, _kwargs = fake.calls[-1]
+        assert name == "define"
+        # AgentDefineInput body: exactly the three keys, no layer fields.
+        assert args[0] == {
+            "agent_name": "wizard",
+            "role": "thoughtful-character",
+            "system_prompt": "You are a wizard.",
+        }
+
+    async def test_quota_exceeded_defaults_retry_after_zero(self) -> None:
+        # The SDK's ApiError floor drops the Retry-After header; spec §2675 pins it
+        # to 0, so the adapter defaults retry_after=0.
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("agent_quota_exceeded", "full", status=429))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3QuotaExceeded) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="overflow", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.retry_after == 0
+
+    async def test_user_id_unsupported(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("tier3_user_id_unsupported", "no", status=403))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3UserIdUnsupported):
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+
+    async def test_layer_deferred_field_parsed_from_body(self) -> None:
+        # `field` is not on ApiError — the adapter body-parses detail.field.
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError(
+            "layer_deferred", "no", status=422,
+            body='{"detail": {"error_code": "layer_deferred", "field": "persona"}}',
+        ))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3LayerDeferred) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.field == "persona"
+
+    async def test_layer_deferred_flat_field_body(self) -> None:
+        # _error_field_from_body also handles a flat top-level `field` (both-shape
+        # unwrap) — locks the contract's "detail.field / flat field" claim.
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError(
+            "layer_deferred", "no", status=422, body='{"field": "valence"}',
+        ))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3LayerDeferred) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.field == "valence"
+
+    async def test_layer_deferred_non_string_field_is_none(self) -> None:
+        # A non-string `field` value collapses to None — the exception surface is
+        # `field: str | None` and the CLI prints it (heid-bug-hunt hardening).
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError(
+            "layer_deferred", "no", status=422, body='{"detail": {"field": {"x": 1}}}',
+        ))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3LayerDeferred) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.field is None
+
+    async def test_403_wrong_code_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        # Dual-key negative: a 403 whose code is NOT tier3_user_id_unsupported →
+        # generic default, not a spurious Tier3UserIdUnsupported (INV-CUT-2).
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("auth_revoked", "no", status=403))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.status == 403
+
+    async def test_422_wrong_code_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        # Dual-key negative: a 422 whose code is NOT layer_deferred → default.
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("validation_failed", "no", status=422))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.status == 422
+
+    async def test_bad_slug_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="Wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_short_slug_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="ab", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_empty_prompt_asserts(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="", role="m")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_empty_role_asserts(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_other_5xx_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("upstream", "out", status=503))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await define_agent(_wta(fake), agent_name="wizard", system_prompt="x", role="m")
+        assert ei.value.status == 503
+
+
+class TestPatchAgent:
+    """slice-4: patch_agent → SDK agents.patch(id, changes); open PatchedAgent dict."""
+
+    async def test_happy_both_fields(self) -> None:
+        resp = {"agent_id": "ratatoskr:wizard", "role": "different"}
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=resp)
+        out = await patch_agent(
+            _wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="new", role="different"
+        )
+        assert out is resp
+        name, args, _kwargs = fake.calls[-1]
+        assert name == "patch"
+        assert args[0] == "ratatoskr:wizard"
+        assert args[1] == {"system_prompt": "new", "role": "different"}
+
+    async def test_happy_single_field_omits_none(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="only this")
+        assert fake.calls[-1][1][1] == {"system_prompt": "only this"}
+
+    async def test_404_maps_to_agent_not_found(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("not_found", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3AgentNotFound) as ei:
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:ghost", system_prompt="x")
+        assert ei.value.agent_id == "ratatoskr:ghost"
+
+    async def test_field_not_mutable_field_parsed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError(
+            "field_not_mutable", "no", status=422,
+            body='{"detail": {"error_code": "field_not_mutable", "field": "agent_name"}}',
+        ))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3FieldNotMutable) as ei:
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="x")
+        assert ei.value.field == "agent_name"
+
+    async def test_422_wrong_code_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        # Dual-key negative: a 422 whose code is NOT field_not_mutable → default,
+        # not a spurious Tier3FieldNotMutable (INV-CUT-2).
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("validation_failed", "no", status=422))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="x")
+        assert ei.value.status == 422
+
+    async def test_no_fields_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_non_tier3_id_asserts(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "mimir", system_prompt="x")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_other_error_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("upstream", "boom", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await patch_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard", system_prompt="x")
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+
+class TestDeleteAgent:
+    """slice-4: delete_agent → SDK agents.delete(id); None on 204; 404 → not-found."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_none(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=None)
+        out = await delete_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard")
+        assert out is None
+        assert fake.calls[-1] == ("delete", ("ratatoskr:wizard",), {})
+
+    async def test_404_maps_to_agent_not_found(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("not_found", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(Tier3AgentNotFound) as ei:
+            await delete_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:ghost")
+        assert ei.value.agent_id == "ratatoskr:ghost"
+
+    async def test_non_tier3_id_asserts(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(result=None)
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await delete_agent(_wta(fake), "mimir")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_other_error_maps_to_default(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeAgents(error=ApiError("upstream", "oops", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await delete_agent(_wta(fake), "ratatoskr:wizard")
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+
+# ── slice-5: characters + me/capabilities/models adapter routes ───────────────
+# One canned result / error per fake (each slice-5 adapter fn touches exactly one
+# sub-resource method), recorded by qualified name so the test can assert the route.
+
+
+class _FakeMe:
+    def __init__(self, rec: _FakeMisc) -> None:
+        self._rec = rec
+
+    async def get(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("me.get", *a, **k)
+
+
+class _FakeCapabilities:
+    def __init__(self, rec: _FakeMisc) -> None:
+        self._rec = rec
+
+    async def get(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("capabilities.get", *a, **k)
+
+
+class _FakeModels:
+    def __init__(self, rec: _FakeMisc) -> None:
+        self._rec = rec
+
+    async def available_for_characters(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("models.available_for_characters", *a, **k)
+
+
+class _FakeCharacters:
+    def __init__(self, rec: _FakeMisc) -> None:
+        self._rec = rec
+
+    async def create(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("characters.create", *a, **k)
+
+    async def state(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("characters.state", *a, **k)
+
+    async def delete(self, *a: Any, **k: Any) -> Any:
+        return await self._rec._dispatch("characters.delete", *a, **k)
+
+
+class _FakeMisc:
+    """Stand-in for the slice-5 client surface — exposes `.me` / `.capabilities` /
+    `.models` / `.characters`, recording each call under its qualified name and
+    returning a canned result or raising a canned error (same shape as `_FakeSessions`
+    / `_FakeAgents`)."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, result: Any = None, error: BaseException | None = None) -> None:
+        self._result = result
+        self._error = error
+        self.calls: list[tuple[str, tuple[Any, ...], dict[str, Any]]] = []
+        self.me = _FakeMe(self)
+        self.capabilities = _FakeCapabilities(self)
+        self.models = _FakeModels(self)
+        self.characters = _FakeCharacters(self)
+
+    async def _dispatch(self, name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+        self.calls.append((name, args, kwargs))
+        if self._error is not None:
+            raise self._error
+        return self._result
+
+
+def _wtm(misc: _FakeMisc) -> WorldtreeClient:
+    """Cast the slice-5 misc-surface fake (me/capabilities/models/characters) to the
+    nominal client type the route functions are typed against."""
+    return cast(WorldtreeClient, misc)
+
+
+class TestGetMe:
+    """slice-5: get_me → SDK me.get(); open-world dict verbatim."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_dict_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        me = {"user_id": "alice", "scopes": ["conversations.read"], "tier": "user"}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=me)
+        out = await get_me(_wtm(fake))
+        assert out is me
+        assert fake.calls[-1][0] == "me.get"
+
+    async def test_401_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("auth_invalid", "no", status=401))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await get_me(_wtm(fake))
+        assert ei.value.status == 401
+
+
+class TestGetCapabilities:
+    """slice-5: get_capabilities → SDK capabilities.get(); open-world verbatim."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_dict_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        caps = {"ephemeral_templates": {"echo": {"default_role": "echo"}}}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=caps)
+        out = await get_capabilities(_wtm(fake))
+        assert out is caps
+        assert fake.calls[-1][0] == "capabilities.get"
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("upstream", "boom", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await get_capabilities(_wtm(fake))
+        assert ei.value.status == 500
+
+
+class TestListCharacterModels:
+    """slice-5: list_character_models → SDK models.available_for_characters()."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_dict_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        models = {"items": [{"name": "fast", "thinking": False}]}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=models)
+        out = await list_character_models(_wtm(fake))
+        assert out is models
+        assert fake.calls[-1][0] == "models.available_for_characters"
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("auth_scope_denied", "no", status=403))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await list_character_models(_wtm(fake))
+        assert ei.value.status == 403
+
+
+class TestCreateCharacter:
+    """slice-5: create_character → SDK characters.create(body); body-building + parity."""
+
+    async def test_happy_omits_state_when_none(self) -> None:
+        # SDK-idiomatic body: {character} only — no redundant explicit state:null.
+        created = {"character_id": "char_x", "ttl_expires_at": "t"}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=created)
+        out = await create_character(_wtm(fake), {"schema_version": "1", "name": "H"})
+        assert out is created
+        name, args, _ = fake.calls[-1]
+        assert name == "characters.create"
+        assert args[0] == {"character": {"schema_version": "1", "name": "H"}}
+
+    async def test_includes_state_when_supplied(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result={"character_id": "c1"})
+        await create_character(
+            _wtm(fake), {"name": "H"}, state={"mood": "calm"}
+        )
+        assert fake.calls[-1][1][0] == {
+            "character": {"name": "H"},
+            "state": {"mood": "calm"},
+        }
+
+    async def test_empty_character_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await create_character(_wtm(fake), {})
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_403_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("auth_scope_denied", "no", status=403))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await create_character(_wtm(fake), {"name": "H"})
+        assert ei.value.status == 403
+
+
+class TestGetCharacterState:
+    """slice-5: get_character_state → SDK characters.state(id); open-world verbatim."""
+
+    async def test_happy_returns_dict_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        state = {"schema_version": "1", "pad": [0.4, 0.1, -0.2]}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=state)
+        out = await get_character_state(_wtm(fake), "char_x")
+        assert out is state
+        assert fake.calls[-1] == ("characters.state", ("char_x",), {})
+
+    async def test_empty_id_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result={})
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await get_character_state(_wtm(fake), "")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("not_found", "no", status=404))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await get_character_state(_wtm(fake), "char_x")
+        assert ei.value.status == 404
+
+
+class TestDeleteCharacter:
+    """slice-5: delete_character → SDK characters.delete(id); open ack verbatim."""
+
+    async def test_returns_ack_verbatim(self) -> None:
+        # Worldtree returns an open ack body here (not 204) — passed through, NOT
+        # normalized to None (parity posture).
+        ack = {"deleted": True, "character_id": "char_x"}
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=ack)
+        out = await delete_character(_wtm(fake), "char_x")
+        assert out is ack
+        assert fake.calls[-1] == ("characters.delete", ("char_x",), {})
+
+    async def test_none_on_204(self) -> None:
+        # A 204 no-content yields None from the SDK — passed through unchanged.
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=None)
+        assert await delete_character(_wtm(fake), "char_x") is None
+
+    async def test_empty_id_asserts_no_call(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(result=None)
+        with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+            await delete_character(_wtm(fake), "")
+        assert fake.calls == []
+
+    async def test_error_maps_to_session_api_failed(self) -> None:
+        fake = _FakeMisc(error=ApiError("upstream", "oops", status=500))
+        with pytest.raises(SessionApiFailed) as ei:
+            await delete_character(_wtm(fake), "char_x")
+        assert ei.value.status == 500

uv.lock

@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatoskr"
-version = "0.21.5"
+version = "0.21.16"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "httpx" },