vh 7f4ceaab2b feat(#18): composite Bifrost endpoint — build_combined_app (Deliverable 1)
One ASGI app fronting BOTH the memory.* and affect.* planes (:8392), so a single
bound Worldtree session both remembers AND shows live PAD. Closes #18 end-to-end
(D2 PAD read-endpoint shipped v0.17.14; D1 was bifrost-blocked, now unparked by
bifrost 0.10.0's public build_combined_app + FR-1 resolved — zero Worldtree change).

- provider/combined.py: build_combined_provider_app wraps bifrost.consumer.build_combined_app
  over both stores + mounts the shared affect read route. Advertises both caps by store
  presence; per-route call-time isolation is bifrost's (INV-013).
- affect_store.py: extract add_affect_read_route shared helper (the D2 INV-007 promise —
  composite + standalone mount the SAME read route over the same affect.db, INV-011).
- opfeed.py: plane='combined' derives the OpEvent plane per request path
  (memory-call->memory, affect-call->affect, handshake->combined; INV-012).
- serve_combined.py + ratatoskr-combined-provider console script on :8392 (additive —
  standalone :8390/:8391 untouched, INV-014).
- contract: 18.contract.md § Deliverable 1 (INV-009..INV-014); D1 un-deferred.

Latent bug fixed (exposed by the contract-mandated memory `search` dispatch test running
through TestClient = a worker thread): open_memory_store lacked check_same_thread=False —
the SAME sqlite thread-safety bug already fixed in the affect store (D2). The composite
serves the memory plane over HTTP, so a memory-call on uvicorn's threadpool would trip it.
Fix: check_same_thread=False + PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000 (memory contract Concurrency note).

heid-code-review panel (Groa/Hulda/Regin): ZERO drift findings; the implementation matches
INV-009..INV-014 at function-block level. Folded the genuine test-fidelity fix (memory leg
describe_store -> search per the contract TEST) + added the PRE-001/PRE-002 guard tests.
Suite 486 -> 502 green.
2026-06-19 23:32:47 -07:00

Ratatoskr

A Worldtree Conversation API debug TUI. Runs up and down Worldtree's API surface — sessions, turns, persona, tools, admin events, Bifrost state — carrying messages between layers. Like the squirrel.

The product is the observability surface; chat is the input mechanism. Devs run Ratatoskr against a local Worldtree to watch a turn flow through every layer of the system, side-by-side, in one terminal.

Status

v0 scaffold. Design locked; implementation hasn't started. The dev team owns the implementation pass.

Read in this order

  1. docs/design-brief.md — the locked design. Read this first. Every architectural decision is recorded with its rationale, the alternatives considered, and (where relevant) the operator's lock-in moment.
  2. docs/SPEC-PIN.md — what Worldtree spec version Ratatoskr is built against, where the vendored snapshot lives, and how to bump the pin.
  3. docs/conversation-api-spec.md — the vendored Worldtree spec snapshot. Read this to understand the API surface Ratatoskr consumes. Do not import anything from a Worldtree checkout — the boundary is the spec, not the code. See docs/design-brief.md §2.
  4. CLAUDE.md — Claude Code conventions for this repo (mostly inherited from the Corviduo template).
  5. persistent-memory.md — durable intent across context resets. Update as decisions and state evolve.

Quickstart

# 1. Environment
uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# 2. Verify the spec pin
cat docs/SPEC-PIN.md   # documented Worldtree SHA + bump procedure

# 3. Tests (none yet; scaffold only)
uv run pytest

# 4. Run against a local Worldtree (once implementation lands)
# Worldtree must be running:  python -m core.conversation_api
ratatoskr --agent mimir

What this repo is NOT

  • NOT a polished consumer for Worldtree's end-users — that's the web app.
  • NOT a Worldtree admin tool — admin CLI is separate (sessions_cli.py lives in Worldtree).
  • NOT a featuretracking shadow of the web app — when the Conversation API surface grows, Ratatoskr does not necessarily grow with it.
  • NOT a remote-Worldtree debug client — file-tail surfaces (persona log, server log) assume local-dev posture.

The full negative-clause list lives in docs/design-brief.md §6.

Boundary rule

Ratatoskr depends on three things only:

  • httpx + httpx-sse (network layer)
  • textual (TUI framework)
  • Worldtree's published Conversation API spec at the pinned SHA

Hard rule: no imports from a Worldtree checkout. No core.* imports, no from worldtree.*, no shared models, no submodule of Worldtree. The spec is the entire surface. Boundary smoke test at tests/test_no_worldtree_imports.py enforces this in CI.

Version-skew strategy

The dev team is decoupled from Worldtree's dev team. To detect drift when Worldtree changes the API:

  1. Spec-version pin in pyproject.toml (worldtree-spec-rev). Bump explicitly; bumps are a tracked action.
  2. Recorded-SSE snapshot tests at tests/snapshots/. Captured against a live Worldtree; replayed in CI. Re-record after every pin bump.
  3. Conformance smoke test — boots Worldtree via Docker compose in CI, runs a one-turn happy path. Catches integration-level drift.

See docs/SPEC-PIN.md for the bump procedure.

Consumer-side discoveries

If you find a spec gap, ambiguity, or missing-but-needed endpoint while working on Ratatoskr: route the discovery back to worldtree-dev via althing rather than via PR on Worldtree directly. The separate-team boundary is intentional and helps catch spec gaps that an in-tree consumer would paper over.

  • Worldtree — the API Ratatoskr consumes
  • brokkr-smithy — authored this design brief
  • Skaldsong — another Worldtree API consumer (Python; render-and-aggregate pattern)
  • mead-hall — another Worldtree API consumer (TypeScript; server-side broker)
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