deepseek-harness/packages/tasks/README.md

# tasks/ — background task capability family

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The shared home for background-task ids, owner isolation, reads, cancellation, waiting, and completion notices. Bash, subagents, and future long-running tools use one model-facing protocol. See the [background-task runtime Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-20-generic-long-running-tool-runtime.md) and the [task-registry seam Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-26-task-registry-seam.md).

| Package | ctx key | Role |
|---|---|---|
| [`tasks`](tasks/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks`) | `ctx.tasks` | The registry seam: branded `<kind>-N` ids, the owner-fenced read/kill/wait/list contract, snapshot vocabulary, the `attachSurface` misconfiguration fence, and the snapshot invariant companion |
| [`tasks-local`](tasks-local/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local`) | — | The process-local registry implementation: in-memory records, first-wins settlement bookkeeping, and the awaited owner-cleanup and teardown paths |
| [`tool-tasks`](tool-tasks/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks`) | — | The model-facing control surface: `task_output`, `task_list`, `task_kill`, the completion-notice injection, and the background-habit prompt section |

The registry owns state across producer or surface reloads; the tool package owns presentation. Producers register execution hooks through `ctx.tasks.start` and own whether their config exposes `run_in_background`.
feat(tasks): background task runtime, generic task_* control tools, bash/subagent producers One shared ctx.tasks registry (branded <kind>-N ids, owner-fenced read/kill/wait/list, attachSurface misconfiguration fence, reported-flag notice dedup, atomic register) + dsh-tool-tasks (task_output/task_list/ task_kill, completion-notice injection, background prompt habit). Producers opt in via their own enableRunInBackground config: bash (stream kind; seam slimmed to resolve/run/start returning a BashProcess handle, bash_output/bash_kill deleted) and subagent (final-output kind; done settles after run.dispose()). Owner disposal drains tasks through the new awaited ctx.agents.onCleanup seam in the loop's disposal chain. Both RFCs moved to implemented/; docs, catalogs, snapshots re-pinned. 2026-07-09 21:22:54 +08:00			`# tasks/ — background task capability family`

docs: translate remaining READMEs 2026-07-26 05:03:53 +08:00			`English \| [中文](README.zh.md)`

refactor(tasks): split the task registry into seam and local implementation The tasks/ family now matches the capability-seam shape: @deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks keeps the abstract TaskService (ctx.tasks contract, vocabulary types, snapshot invariant companion) and the new @deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local carries the process-local registry (LocalTaskService: in-memory store, settlement, owner-cleanup effects, teardown, TASK_WAIT_TIMEOUT). Compositions and test harnesses now load dsh-tasks-local; producers, TaskKindMap merges, and dsh-tool-tasks keep importing the seam only. Producer misconfiguration diagnostics name dsh-tasks-local because loading the implementation is the fix. The registry behavior suite moves to tasks-local; the seam keeps a stub-subclass registration test and the probe-based invariant suite. 2026-07-26 05:13:39 +08:00			`The shared home for background-task ids, owner isolation, reads, cancellation, waiting, and completion notices. Bash, subagents, and future long-running tools use one model-facing protocol. See the [background-task runtime Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-06-20-generic-long-running-tool-runtime.md) and the [task-registry seam Agent Note](../../.agents/notes/implemented/architecture/2026-07-26-task-registry-seam.md).`
feat(tasks): background task runtime, generic task_* control tools, bash/subagent producers One shared ctx.tasks registry (branded <kind>-N ids, owner-fenced read/kill/wait/list, attachSurface misconfiguration fence, reported-flag notice dedup, atomic register) + dsh-tool-tasks (task_output/task_list/ task_kill, completion-notice injection, background prompt habit). Producers opt in via their own enableRunInBackground config: bash (stream kind; seam slimmed to resolve/run/start returning a BashProcess handle, bash_output/bash_kill deleted) and subagent (final-output kind; done settles after run.dispose()). Owner disposal drains tasks through the new awaited ctx.agents.onCleanup seam in the loop's disposal chain. Both RFCs moved to implemented/; docs, catalogs, snapshots re-pinned. 2026-07-09 21:22:54 +08:00
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refactor(tasks): split the task registry into seam and local implementation The tasks/ family now matches the capability-seam shape: @deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks keeps the abstract TaskService (ctx.tasks contract, vocabulary types, snapshot invariant companion) and the new @deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local carries the process-local registry (LocalTaskService: in-memory store, settlement, owner-cleanup effects, teardown, TASK_WAIT_TIMEOUT). Compositions and test harnesses now load dsh-tasks-local; producers, TaskKindMap merges, and dsh-tool-tasks keep importing the seam only. Producer misconfiguration diagnostics name dsh-tasks-local because loading the implementation is the fix. The registry behavior suite moves to tasks-local; the seam keeps a stub-subclass registration test and the probe-based invariant suite. 2026-07-26 05:13:39 +08:00			\| [`tasks`](tasks/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks`) \| `ctx.tasks` \| The registry seam: branded `<kind>-N` ids, the owner-fenced read/kill/wait/list contract, snapshot vocabulary, the `attachSurface` misconfiguration fence, and the snapshot invariant companion \|
			\| [`tasks-local`](tasks-local/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tasks-local`) \| — \| The process-local registry implementation: in-memory records, first-wins settlement bookkeeping, and the awaited owner-cleanup and teardown paths \|
feat(tasks): background task runtime, generic task_* control tools, bash/subagent producers One shared ctx.tasks registry (branded <kind>-N ids, owner-fenced read/kill/wait/list, attachSurface misconfiguration fence, reported-flag notice dedup, atomic register) + dsh-tool-tasks (task_output/task_list/ task_kill, completion-notice injection, background prompt habit). Producers opt in via their own enableRunInBackground config: bash (stream kind; seam slimmed to resolve/run/start returning a BashProcess handle, bash_output/bash_kill deleted) and subagent (final-output kind; done settles after run.dispose()). Owner disposal drains tasks through the new awaited ctx.agents.onCleanup seam in the loop's disposal chain. Both RFCs moved to implemented/; docs, catalogs, snapshots re-pinned. 2026-07-09 21:22:54 +08:00			\| [`tool-tasks`](tool-tasks/README.md) (`@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks`) \| — \| The model-facing control surface: `task_output`, `task_list`, `task_kill`, the completion-notice injection, and the background-habit prompt section \|

docs(tasks): condense background task prose The background-task change repeated its lifecycle design across implemented RFCs, package READMEs, JSDoc, test commentary, and model-visible schemas. That repetition obscured the contracts that maintainers must preserve and added avoidable prompt tokens. Rewrite the implemented RFCs around the current design, keep authorization, exact-owner cleanup, wait/abort ordering, producer quiescence, and teardown-failure guarantees at their owning surfaces, and remove peer surveys, review history, control-flow narration, and emphatic restatement. Shorten the task and subagent schema wording, synchronize the bilingual tool cookbook, and regenerate the config, service, RFC, tool, and replay snapshot derivatives. Runtime behavior is unchanged; test edits update prose-only assertions and descriptions. 2026-07-15 21:08:58 +08:00			The registry owns state across producer or surface reloads; the tool package owns presentation. Producers register execution hooks through `ctx.tasks.start` and own whether their config exposes `run_in_background`.