diff --git a/capabilities/antigravity/capability.json b/capabilities/antigravity/capability.json
index 5a4a1aead..dd1a58071 100644
--- a/capabilities/antigravity/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/antigravity/capability.json
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/augment/capability.json b/capabilities/augment/capability.json
index ae5cb6492..012d14296 100644
--- a/capabilities/augment/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/augment/capability.json
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/claude/capability.json b/capabilities/claude/capability.json
index db757b6ed..6b9474d61 100644
--- a/capabilities/claude/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/claude/capability.json
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "harness-worktree"
+ "isolation": "harness-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": 20
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/cline/capability.json b/capabilities/cline/capability.json
index 57b4d0c5a..b17f19375 100644
--- a/capabilities/cline/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/cline/capability.json
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "read-only",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/codebuddy/capability.json b/capabilities/codebuddy/capability.json
index d3ca512c5..6d43e72e3 100644
--- a/capabilities/codebuddy/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/codebuddy/capability.json
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/codex/capability.json b/capabilities/codex/capability.json
index 2ce75523a..77dd23b59 100644
--- a/capabilities/codex/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/codex/capability.json
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": true,
- "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree"
+ "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/copilot/capability.json b/capabilities/copilot/capability.json
index 47756bc86..87ccba1a9 100644
--- a/capabilities/copilot/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/copilot/capability.json
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/cursor/capability.json b/capabilities/cursor/capability.json
index 58762e8ae..78659a301 100644
--- a/capabilities/cursor/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/cursor/capability.json
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": true,
- "isolation": "harness-worktree"
+ "isolation": "harness-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/hermes/capability.json b/capabilities/hermes/capability.json
index d6e29dbc1..a80ae03fb 100644
--- a/capabilities/hermes/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/hermes/capability.json
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "read-only",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/kilo/capability.json b/capabilities/kilo/capability.json
index a930eb745..fab009328 100644
--- a/capabilities/kilo/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/kilo/capability.json
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/kimi-code/capability.json b/capabilities/kimi-code/capability.json
index 57826e99c..ddb1e7299 100644
--- a/capabilities/kimi-code/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/kimi-code/capability.json
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
"explore",
"plan"
],
- "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree"
+ "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/kimi/capability.json b/capabilities/kimi/capability.json
index 03b46cdfc..6e88d246d 100644
--- a/capabilities/kimi/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/kimi/capability.json
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
"backgroundDispatch": true,
- "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree"
+ "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/opencode/capability.json b/capabilities/opencode/capability.json
index e588a991f..55c54795e 100644
--- a/capabilities/opencode/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/opencode/capability.json
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
"background": false,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree"
+ "isolation": "orchestrator-worktree",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/pi/capability.json b/capabilities/pi/capability.json
index 998882e2e..e2ea1d30f 100644
--- a/capabilities/pi/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/pi/capability.json
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
"background": false,
"backgroundDispatch": false,
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "none"
+ "isolation": "none",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/qwen/capability.json b/capabilities/qwen/capability.json
index 7fdc69e05..ae7ed4ad1 100644
--- a/capabilities/qwen/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/qwen/capability.json
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/trae/capability.json b/capabilities/trae/capability.json
index a484b9b5b..7b52deee8 100644
--- a/capabilities/trae/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/trae/capability.json
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
"backgroundDispatch": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "engine",
diff --git a/capabilities/vscode/capability.json b/capabilities/vscode/capability.json
index 566d6fb12..2e4c23d25 100644
--- a/capabilities/vscode/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/vscode/capability.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
"background": true,
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
"backgroundDispatch": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "undocumented"
+ "isolation": "undocumented",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "active",
"hookBus": "engine",
diff --git a/capabilities/windsurf/capability.json b/capabilities/windsurf/capability.json
index 55d24b119..494a7794e 100644
--- a/capabilities/windsurf/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/windsurf/capability.json
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
"background": "undocumented",
"subagentToolkit": "undocumented",
"backgroundDispatch": "undocumented",
- "isolation": "none"
+ "isolation": "none",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/capabilities/zcode/capability.json b/capabilities/zcode/capability.json
index 4f4bfb859..511027d11 100644
--- a/capabilities/zcode/capability.json
+++ b/capabilities/zcode/capability.json
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
"background": false,
"subagentToolkit": "full",
"backgroundDispatch": false,
- "isolation": "none"
+ "isolation": "none",
+ "maxConcurrency": "undocumented"
},
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
diff --git a/docs/how-to/add-or-update-a-host-integration.md b/docs/how-to/add-or-update-a-host-integration.md
index e0f8d481a..26323343f 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/add-or-update-a-host-integration.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/add-or-update-a-host-integration.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Read the docs and map them to the closed vocabulary. Do not pick a value unless
|---|---|
| `embeddingMode` | An in-process programmatic plugin/extension API (`imperative`) vs. configuration files only (`declarative`). |
| `commandSurface` | How custom commands are authored/invoked: `slash-file` (.md), `slash-toml`, `slash-programmatic`, `palette`, `prose-only`. |
-| `dispatch` | Sub-agent delegation: `namedDispatch`, `nested`, `maxDepth` (int; `-1` = documented-unbounded), `background`, `subagentToolkit` (`full`/`read-only`). |
+| `dispatch` | Sub-agent delegation: `namedDispatch`, `nested`, `maxDepth` (int; `-1` = documented-unbounded), `background`, `subagentToolkit` (`full`/`read-only`/`built-in-only`), `backgroundDispatch`, `isolation` (`harness-worktree`/`orchestrator-worktree`/`none`, #2584), `maxConcurrency` (positive integer — how many same-wave executors this host can run concurrently; no engine-side ceiling, unlike `maxDepth`; #3673). |
| `modelMode` | A programmatic model request/provider API (`active`) vs. instruction/per-agent-field only (`passive`). |
| `hookBus` | The host fires lifecycle events a plugin subscribes to (`host`), an extension host owns the bus (`engine`), or no bus (`none`). **Independent of `hooksSurface`** — e.g. opencode has `hooksSurface: none` but `hookBus: host`. |
| `stateIO` | `filesystem`, `sandboxed-storage` (web IDE, no arbitrary FS), or `session-log-append`. |
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ not state:
"hostIntegration": {
"embeddingMode": "declarative",
"commandSurface": "slash-file",
- "dispatch": { "namedDispatch": true, "nested": false, "maxDepth": 1, "background": false, "subagentToolkit": "undocumented" },
+ "dispatch": { "namedDispatch": true, "nested": false, "maxDepth": 1, "background": false, "subagentToolkit": "undocumented", "backgroundDispatch": false, "isolation": "undocumented", "maxConcurrency": "undocumented" },
"modelMode": "passive",
"hookBus": "host",
"stateIO": "filesystem",
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ not state:
**When to use `undocumented`:** only when you searched and the host's docs genuinely do not state the
axis. It validates, but `negotiateHostCapabilities` **fail-closes** on it (degrades to the most
restrictive known value) — so it is always safe and never a silent capability claim. A dispatch
-boolean or `maxDepth` may also be `"undocumented"`.
+boolean, `maxDepth`, `isolation`, or `maxConcurrency` may also be `"undocumented"`.
**Do not conflate the orthogonal axes:** `commandStyle` (GSD's emission style) is *not*
`commandSurface` (the host's surface type); the `hookEvents` dialect is *not* `hookBus` (bus
diff --git a/docs/reference/host-integration-capability-matrix.md b/docs/reference/host-integration-capability-matrix.md
index 0312094e4..4bb3ce0af 100644
--- a/docs/reference/host-integration-capability-matrix.md
+++ b/docs/reference/host-integration-capability-matrix.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Module entry and `.gsd/phase/feat-2871-trigger-resolution/40-design.md`.
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents | "If all tools remain selected, the subagent inherits all tools available to the main conversation." |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents | "Background subagents are limited to a depth of five and cannot spawn further, " |
| dispatch.isolation | harness-worktree | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents ; Claude Code Agent tool (`Agent(isolation="worktree")`) | The Claude Code Agent tool accepts an `isolation="worktree"` harness primitive — the host's own harness creates + binds a git worktree per executor; GSD passes the flag and calls no git itself (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | 20 | https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents | The subagent documentation states a default concurrent-subagent limit of 20, configurable via the `CLAUDE_CODE_MAX_CONCURRENT_SUBAGENTS` environment variable (#3673). |
Sources consulted:
- https://code.claude.com/docs/en/sub-agents
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ Sources consulted:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://developers.openai.com/codex/multi-agent | "Subagents inherit the sandbox policy and tool surface from the parent session." |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | true | https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/core/templates/collab/experimental_prompt.md | "Sub-agents have access to the same set of tools as you do so you must tell them if they are allowed to spawn sub-agents themselves or not." The config (codex-rs/config/src/config_toml.rs) exposes an |
| dispatch.isolation | orchestrator-worktree | https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/environments/git-worktrees ; https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/codex-rs/utils/cli/src/shared_options.rs | "Worktrees are available only in Codex in the ChatGPT desktop app." (no native CLI worktree) + `codex exec --cd
` sets an explicit working root, so GSD creates+manages the worktree and points the executor at it (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | https://developers.openai.com/codex/config-reference | `agents.max_concurrent_threads_per_session` is a documented config key, but the reference states no numeric default — "Codex chooses the default" — so there is no single value to cite (#3673). |
**GSD integration status — Phase D dogfood complete (#2088, ADR-1239).** Codex installs through the `declarative` embedding adapter (`createDeclarativeAdapter` → `installRuntimeArtifacts`); the hardcoded `runtime === 'codex'`/`isCodex` projection is folded into descriptor-driven `runtime.hostBehaviors`, and install/uninstall output is byte-parity-gated at the time (`tests/fixtures/golden-install-parity/codex.json`; superseded by the differential attribution check, #2724). Three capability upgrades land, each with a test driving the user-reachable surface:
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://opencode.ai/docs/agents | "The 'general' subagent \"Has full tool access (except todo), so it can make file changes when needed.\"" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/opencode/src/effect/runtime-flags.ts ; https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/29638 ; https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/issues/14195 | "Concurrent dispatch requires the opt-in `OPENCODE_EXPERIMENTAL_BACKGROUND_SUBAGENTS` flag (default `false`), so it cannot be relied on. #14195: \"the session loop does `tasks.pop()` to grab a single subtask, `await`s it, then `continue`s the loop — so even 3 simultaneous Task calls run sequentially.\" Declaring `true` would overstate the capability, against the fail-closed posture negotiation is built for. (#2598 — corrects #2087)" |
| dispatch.isolation | orchestrator-worktree | https://opencode.ai/docs/cli ; opencode.ai/docs/plugins ; opencode issues #14195/#29638/#5887 | "`opencode run --dir ` sets an explicit working root at the process level" — native subagent dispatch is synchronous-only, so GSD creates + manages the worktree and process-spawns the executor into it via `--dir` (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://opencode.ai/docs/plugins
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://cursor.com/docs/subagents | "Subagents can utilize MCP tools, inheriting all tools available to their parent agent, including those from configured s" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | true | https://cursor.com/docs/subagents (FAQ: Can subagents launch other subagents?) and https://cursor.com/docs/sdk/typescript (Subagents > Nested subagents) | FAQ: "As of Cursor 2.5, subagents have the capability to launch child subagents, enabling the creation of a hierarchical structure for coordinated tasks. This nested launching functionality requires T |
| dispatch.isolation | harness-worktree | https://cursor.com/docs/cli/reference/parameters ; cursor.com/docs/cli/using ; cursor.com/docs/cli/changelog | "`-w, --worktree [name]` — cursor-agent creates/binds a git worktree per agent (`~/.cursor/worktrees/…`); native parallel-agent dispatch" (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://cursor.com/docs/subagents
@@ -241,6 +245,7 @@ Sources consulted:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | read-only | /cline/cline (Context7) — https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/docs/features/subagents.mdx | "Subagents are equipped with tools for read-only operations, including reading file contents (read_file), listing directo" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://docs.cline.bot/features/subagents (mirrored at https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/docs/features/subagents.mdx) | "They cannot edit files, use the browser, or spawn nested subagents" — and from the GitHub source: "subagents are restricted from editing files, using the browser, accessing MCP servers, or creating n |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/main/docs/sdk/plugins.mdx
@@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ Sources consulted:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | read-only | https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/guides/delegation-patterns | "Nested delegation is opt-in; by default, leaf subagents cannot call delegate_task, clarify, memory, send_message, or exe" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://github.com/nousresearch/hermes-agent/blob/main/website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md (via Context7 query of /nousresearch/hermes-agent) | "Nested delegation is an opt-in feature, requiring role=\"orchestrator\" for children and an increased max_spawn_depth from its default of 1. It can also be globally disabled with orchestrator_enabled |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/docs/user-guide/features/delegation
@@ -317,6 +323,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://antigravity.google/docs/cli/features | "Capabilities: Subagents have full access to tools such as code search, file editing, terminal commands, and web searches to complete their assigned tasks." (#2096 EoS migration — the page is JS-rendered/blank on a static fetch; confirmed via headless-browser render) |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | undocumented | no authoritative doc — Multiple sources consulted: antigravity.google/docs/cli-subagents (returned blank/JS-rendered), antigravity.google/docs/agent (blank), github.com/google-antigravity/antigravity-cli README, Context7 /google-antigravity/antigravity-cli | All documentation consulted describes a two-level orchestrator→subagent architecture. Background subagents run asynchronously while the main agent continues accepting prompts. The DataCamp tutorial st |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://github.com/alphaperseii3000/google-antigravity-docs/blob/master/google-antigravity-docs.md
@@ -356,6 +363,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/subagents | "If neither [tools nor disabled_tools] is specified, the subagent has access to all tools (default behavior)." |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | undocumented | no authoritative doc — https://docs.augmentcode.com/cosmos/automations | The Augment Code (Cosmos) docs describe workers as 'sub-agents launched mid-session by a manager Expert using the worker-launch command. Each worker is its own session with its own messages and permis |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/plugins
@@ -420,6 +428,7 @@ upgrade coverage is in `tests/augment-upgrades.test.cjs`.
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/features/sub-agents/ | "When omitted, the subagent inherits all available tools from the parent session." |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/users/features/sub-agents/ (official Qwen Code documentation, 'Subagents' user guide page) and https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/design/fork-subagent/fork-subagent-design (Qwen Code fork-subagent design document, section '4. Recursive Fork Prevention') | The official user-facing Qwen Code docs state verbatim: "Fork children cannot create further forks. If a fork attempts spawning another fork, it receives an error instructing direct task execution ins |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://qwenlm.github.io/qwen-code-docs/en/developers/channel-plugins
@@ -457,6 +466,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/sub-agents | "By default, sub-agents inherit all tools when the tools field is omitted ... Sub-agents can access MCP tools from config" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/sub-agents | "This prevents infinite nesting of agents (sub-agents cannot spawn other sub-agents)" — the restriction is stated as universal in the Sub-Agents documentation page. The daemon/background docs (https:/ |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/plugins
@@ -490,6 +500,7 @@ Sources consulted:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-cli/customize-copilot/create-custom-agents-for-cli | "By default, custom agents have access to all tools. If you restrict an agent's access, a tools specification is added" |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/subagents | "By default, subagents cannot spawn further subagents. This prevents infinite recursion when agents accidentally call themselves in a loop." The setting `chat.subagents.allowInvocationsFromSubagents` |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://github.com/github/copilot-cli/blob/main/README.md (via Context7 /github/copilot-cli)
@@ -526,6 +537,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc — searched: https://kilo.ai/docs/customize/custom-subagents | — |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/tools/new-task | "Importantly, subagents cannot spawn further subagents; only primary agents can use the `new_task` tool." |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://kilo.ai/docs/automate/extending/plugins
@@ -564,6 +576,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc — searched: https://docs.devin.ai/cli/subagents.md | — |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | undocumented | no authoritative doc — https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/cascade/cascade and https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/devin-local (official Windsurf/Devin docs, via docs.windsurf.com redirects) | The Windsurf/Cascade docs describe a background planning agent only in these terms: "In the background, a specialized planning agent continuously refines the long-term plan while your selected model f |
| dispatch.isolation | none | shipped descriptor (`dispatch.backgroundDispatch: undocumented`) | no documented background/concurrent-dispatch primitive — isolation is moot; same-wave plans run inline (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://docs.devin.ai/desktop/cascade/workflows
@@ -606,6 +619,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc — searched: https://docs.trae.ai/ide/agent | — |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | undocumented | no authoritative doc — https://docs.trae.ai/ide/agent; https://github.com/bytedance/trae-agent/blob/main/docs/roadmap.md | Trae's official documentation (docs.trae.ai) and the trae-agent GitHub roadmap do not document background/async agent dispatch or whether a background-spawned agent can itself spawn further sub-agents |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://docs.trae.ai/ide/model-context-protocol
@@ -648,6 +662,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc — searched: https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-cli/en/customization/agents.html | — |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | true (#2095 Upgrade 2; was `false`) | https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-cli/en/customization/agents.html | "Subagents support foreground and background modes. The `run_in_background` parameter allows tasks to execute asynchronously" (same evidence as dispatch.background above — the root agent's `Agent` tool call itself takes the `run_in_background` param) |
| dispatch.isolation | orchestrator-worktree | https://github.com/moonshotai/kimi-cli/blob/main/docs/en/faq.md ; /docs/en/customization/agents.md | "`--work-dir` flag sets an explicit working directory"; concurrent "explore" subagents documented — GSD creates + manages the worktree and points the executor at it via `--work-dir` (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://moonshotai.github.io/kimi-cli/en/customization/hooks.html
@@ -688,6 +703,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | built-in-only | https://github.com/moonshotai/kimi-code/blob/main/docs/en/customization/agents.md | The three built-ins carry deliberately different tool surfaces — coder "Shares most of the main Agent's toolset; can run shell commands, maintain todo lists, enter Plan mode, and invoke Agent Skills"; explore "Performs read-only operations only and does not modify any files"; plan "Even shell commands are not available". No single `full`/`read-only` value covers the set, so the `built-in-only` member applies (degrades closed to `read-only` when negotiated). |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | true | https://github.com/moonshotai/kimi-code/blob/main/docs/en/reference/tools.md ; /docs/en/customization/agents.md | The `coder` built-in "can dispatch its own nested sub-agents" and the `Agent` tool's `run_in_background` is a call-time parameter available to it, so a background-dispatched sub-agent may itself dispatch further. `AgentSwarm` additionally fans out concurrently: "By default the tool ramps up concurrency without an upper limit (5 subagents start immediately, then 1 more every 700 ms); set `KIMI_CODE_AGENT_SWARM_MAX_CONCURRENCY` to a positive integer to cap how many subagents run at the same time during that ramp, or leave it unset for no cap." |
| dispatch.isolation | orchestrator-worktree | https://github.com/moonshotai/kimi-code/blob/main/docs/en/reference/tools.md ; ADR-1239 §Codex-binding amendment | Neither `Agent` nor `AgentSwarm` exposes a working-directory/cwd parameter — sub-agents inherit the CLI's process cwd — and the CLI has no `--work-dir`-style flag (unlike `kimi`). GSD therefore creates, validates and merges the worktree itself and spawns the executor with that cwd (#2584). |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | https://github.com/moonshotai/kimi-code/blob/main/docs/en/reference/tools.md | `AgentSwarm` concurrency is configurable ("set `KIMI_CODE_AGENT_SWARM_MAX_CONCURRENCY` to a positive integer to cap how many subagents run at the same time … or leave it unset for no cap") but the CLI states no bound as its OWN default — "By default the tool ramps up concurrency without an upper limit" — so there is no single default integer to cite, only a user-configurable env var (#3673). |
**Negotiation note.** Because `dispatch.namedDispatch` is `false`, `negotiateHostCapabilities` caps `nested`, `maxDepth`, `background` and `backgroundDispatch` to `false`/`0` in the **effective** axes for structural consistency (`src/host-integration.cts`). The declared values above are still the host-capability record the matrix exists to hold; they are what a future named-dispatch upgrade would negotiate against.
@@ -732,6 +748,7 @@ Documentation gaps:
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | full | https://zcode.z.ai/en/docs/subagents | "**general-purpose** is the default built-in subagent ... It has access to all tools"; custom subagents default to "All permissions by default" (inherits every tool). |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | https://zcode.z.ai/en/docs/subagents | "Background execution is not enabled yet" — background dispatch is therefore impossible. |
| dispatch.isolation | none | https://zcode.z.ai/en/docs/subagents (shipped descriptor: `dispatch.backgroundDispatch: false`) | "Background execution is not enabled yet" — no concurrent fan-out primitive, so same-wave plans run inline/sequentially (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://zcode.z.ai/en/docs/skill
@@ -774,6 +791,7 @@ EoS migration status (#2101, ADR-1239): ZCode's install is fully dogfooded throu
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc — searched: https://pi.dev/docs/latest/extensions | pi has no named-dispatch primitive (see `dispatch.namedDispatch`), so there is no subagent tool-surface to classify as `full`/`read-only`. |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | false | no authoritative doc — searched: https://pi.dev/docs/latest/extensions | Same gap as `dispatch.background` — no background-dispatch primitive is documented, so a background-dispatched agent spawning further named sub-agents is not possible. |
| dispatch.isolation | none | shipped descriptor (`dispatch.background: false`, `dispatch.backgroundDispatch: false`) | pi has no named-dispatch/background-dispatch primitive documented — cannot fan out concurrently, so isolation is moot (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://pi.dev
@@ -824,6 +842,7 @@ EoS migration status (#2102 Stage 2, ADR-1239): Stage 1's "in-process `gsd-core`
| dispatch.subagentToolkit | undocumented | no authoritative doc found at authoring time | VS Code's subagent documentation does not state whether a subagent's tool surface is restricted to read-only tools or the full set an extension registers; recorded `undocumented` (fails closed to `read-only` in negotiation) rather than guessed. |
| dispatch.backgroundDispatch | undocumented | no authoritative doc found at authoring time | Whether a background-dispatched subagent can itself spawn further NAMED subagents (the #853 discriminator) is not stated in the sources reviewed; recorded `undocumented` (fails closed to `false`) rather than guessed. |
| dispatch.isolation | undocumented | not researched / no concurrent fan-out documented for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor isolation on this host — fails closed to `none` (sequential) in negotiation (#2584) |
+| dispatch.maxConcurrency | undocumented | not researched / no documented concurrent-subagent capacity for this axis | no authoritative source consulted for concurrent-executor capacity on this host — fails closed to `1` in negotiation (#3673) |
Sources consulted:
- https://code.visualstudio.com/api/references/vscode-api
diff --git a/docs/reference/host-integration-interface.md b/docs/reference/host-integration-interface.md
index 11a6ba376..13e49f38d 100644
--- a/docs/reference/host-integration-interface.md
+++ b/docs/reference/host-integration-interface.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ value (or the `undocumented` sentinel):
|---|---|
| `embeddingMode` | `imperative` \| `declarative` |
| `commandSurface` | `slash-file` \| `slash-programmatic` \| `slash-toml` \| `palette` \| `prose-only` |
-| `dispatch` | struct: `{ namedDispatch, nested, maxDepth, background, subagentToolkit, backgroundDispatch }` |
+| `dispatch` | struct: `{ namedDispatch, nested, maxDepth, background, subagentToolkit, backgroundDispatch, isolation, maxConcurrency }` |
| `modelMode` | `active` \| `passive` |
| `hookBus` | `host` \| `engine` \| `none` |
| `stateIO` | `filesystem` \| `sandboxed-storage` \| `session-log-append` |
@@ -35,6 +35,19 @@ value (or the `undocumented` sentinel):
| `runtime` | `node` \| `bun` \| `sandboxed-web` \| `python` \| `go` \| `rust` \| `electron` \| `other` |
| `effortSurface` | `argv` \| `none` |
+`dispatch.isolation` (`harness-worktree` \| `orchestrator-worktree` \| `none`, added #2584)
+and `dispatch.maxConcurrency` (a positive integer, added #3673) are two dispatch
+sub-fields with their own per-field fail-closed floors — unlike the other five
+dispatch fields, they are not gated on `namedDispatch`. `dispatch.maxConcurrency`
+degrades to `1` (strictly sequential) on anything other than a positive safe
+integer (missing, the `undocumented` sentinel, zero, negative, fractional, an
+unsafe integer, or a non-numeric type); there is no negotiated host/engine
+reduction the way `maxDepth` has one — the resolved value passes through
+unchanged. Its live transport (`GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY`) is read only at
+the CLI query layer (`gsd-tools query dispatch-capacity`), never inside this
+pure negotiation module, and takes precedence over the descriptor value, which
+in turn takes precedence over the `1` fallback.
+
## Classification + negotiation
- `profileOf(axes)` → `'programmatic-cli'` \| `'declarative-cli'` \| `'ide'` \| `null`.
diff --git a/gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs b/gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs
index 1f7e41f55..2ba867a9b 100755
--- a/gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs
+++ b/gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs
@@ -1886,6 +1886,112 @@ function dispatchOverlayCapabilityCommand({ command, args, cwd, raw, error, load
}
}
+ /**
+ * #3673 (ADR-1239 Phase 1) — typed, PURE-READ query exposing the negotiated
+ * `dispatch.maxConcurrency` numeric sub-field. Sibling of `dispatch-isolation`
+ * above, but — per the #3673 design doc's explicit rejection of a write path
+ * for this query — writes NOTHING: no sentinel file, no side effect at all.
+ * A read-only capacity lookup for a later (Phase 4) scheduler to consult.
+ *
+ * Precedence:
+ * 1. GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY, if it parses as a positive safe
+ * integer → source: "live". A malformed value (non-numeric, zero,
+ * negative, fractional) is treated exactly as if the variable were
+ * unset — it falls through to tier 2, never errors.
+ * 2. registry.runtimes[id].runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency,
+ * if it is a positive safe integer → source: "descriptor". The
+ * "undocumented" sentinel and any other malformed shape fall through
+ * to tier 3.
+ * 3. 1 (the fail-closed floor) → source: "fallback".
+ *
+ * `isPositiveSafeInteger`, required below from `./lib/host-integration.cjs`,
+ * is the SAME exported predicate src/host-integration.cts's
+ * negotiateHostCapabilities applies to the descriptor value — applied
+ * identically to both the env value and the descriptor value here so the
+ * two tiers can never silently disagree on what counts as valid.
+ *
+ * `reason` names why the WINNING tier (or the fallback) was chosen: "ok" on
+ * the happy path (live or descriptor honored), else "missing" (descriptor
+ * omitted the field), "undocumented" (descriptor sentinel), "non_integer"
+ * (fractional or NaN), "unsafe_integer" (integer but outside
+ * Number.isSafeInteger's range), "non_positive" (zero or negative),
+ * "non_numeric" (string/object/array/null/boolean), or "unknown_runtime"
+ * (no registry entry for the resolved runtime id — resolution itself never
+ * throws; failure fails closed to the same fallback tier).
+ *
+ * Output:
+ * --raw → prints exactly one positive integer, nothing else
+ * --json → prints { runtime, capacity, declared, source, reason }
+ * default → same as --raw
+ */
+ function routeDispatchCapacity({ args, cwd, raw }) {
+ const { UNDOCUMENTED, isPositiveSafeInteger } = require('./lib/host-integration.cjs');
+
+ let runtimeId = null;
+ let runtimeEntry = null;
+ try {
+ const { resolveRuntime } = require('./lib/runtime-slash.cjs');
+ runtimeId = resolveRuntime(cwd);
+ const registry = require('./lib/capability-registry.cjs');
+ runtimeEntry = registry.runtimes != null ? registry.runtimes[runtimeId] : null;
+ } catch {
+ runtimeEntry = null;
+ }
+ const declared = runtimeEntry?.runtime?.hostIntegration?.dispatch?.maxConcurrency ?? null;
+
+ let liveValue = null;
+ const rawEnv = process.env.GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY;
+ if (typeof rawEnv === 'string' && rawEnv.trim().length > 0) {
+ const parsed = Number(rawEnv.trim());
+ if (isPositiveSafeInteger(parsed)) {
+ liveValue = parsed;
+ }
+ }
+
+ let capacity;
+ let source;
+ let reason;
+ if (liveValue !== null) {
+ capacity = liveValue;
+ source = 'live';
+ reason = 'ok';
+ } else if (runtimeEntry == null) {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = 'unknown_runtime';
+ } else if (declared === UNDOCUMENTED) {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = 'undocumented';
+ } else if (isPositiveSafeInteger(declared)) {
+ capacity = declared;
+ source = 'descriptor';
+ reason = 'ok';
+ } else if (declared === null || declared === undefined) {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = 'missing';
+ } else if (typeof declared !== 'number') {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = 'non_numeric';
+ } else if (!Number.isSafeInteger(declared)) {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = Number.isInteger(declared) ? 'unsafe_integer' : 'non_integer';
+ } else {
+ capacity = 1;
+ source = 'fallback';
+ reason = 'non_positive';
+ }
+
+ if (args.indexOf('--json') !== -1) {
+ output({ runtime: runtimeId, capacity, declared, source, reason }, raw);
+ } else {
+ process.stdout.write(String(capacity));
+ }
+ }
+
// #3714 follow-up — the dispatch seam gated only on PRESENCE of an explicit
// pin, never on its VALUE, so an Anthropic-flavored global default
// (~/.gsd/defaults.json model_overrides["gsd-executor"] = "sonnet"/"opus"/
@@ -4079,6 +4185,7 @@ const HOST_COMMAND_ROUTERS = {
'normalize-test-command': routeNormalizeTestCommand,
'dispatch-should-flatten': routeDispatchShouldFlatten,
'dispatch-isolation': routeDispatchIsolation,
+ 'dispatch-capacity': routeDispatchCapacity,
'inspect-dispatch-isolation': routeInspectDispatchIsolation,
'record-dispatch-isolation': routeRecordDispatchIsolation,
'resolve-dispatch-type': routeResolveDispatchType,
@@ -4339,7 +4446,7 @@ const TOP_LEVEL_USAGE = 'Usage: gsd-tools [args] [--raw] [--pick 0) JS safe integer. Single source of truth for
+ * the dispatch.maxConcurrency contract: used by negotiateHostCapabilities
+ * below, and by gsd-core/bin/gsd-tools.cjs's routeDispatchCapacity (which
+ * requires this module's compiled output rather than reimplementing the
+ * predicate), so the two consumers cannot silently diverge.
+ */
+function isPositiveSafeInteger(v: unknown): boolean {
+ return typeof v === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(v) && v > 0;
+}
+
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// negotiateHostCapabilities
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -423,6 +445,7 @@ function negotiateHostCapabilities(
let effectiveSubagentToolkit: SubagentToolkit;
let effectiveMaxDepth: number;
let effectiveIsolation: DispatchIsolation;
+ let effectiveMaxConcurrency: number;
if (hostDispatch === null) {
// Host didn't declare dispatch at all — fail-closed to most-restrictive values
@@ -434,6 +457,7 @@ function negotiateHostCapabilities(
effectiveSubagentToolkit = 'read-only';
effectiveMaxDepth = 0;
effectiveIsolation = 'none';
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
} else {
// N1: observability warnings for 'undocumented' sentinel on dispatch fields
if (hostDispatch.namedDispatch === 'undocumented') {
@@ -501,6 +525,36 @@ function negotiateHostCapabilities(
const minDepth = Math.min(hDepthNum, eDepthNum);
effectiveMaxDepth = minDepth === Infinity ? -1 : minDepth;
+ // maxConcurrency (#3673, ADR-1239 Phase 1): a positive-safe-integer
+ // passthrough with a fail-closed floor of 1. UNLIKE maxDepth, there is no
+ // min(host, engine) reduction here — the design doc explicitly rejects an
+ // engine-side ceiling for this field (no competing intrinsic worker
+ // ceiling to cap against at the negotiation layer); a `--jobs N` cap is
+ // applied later, at the Phase 4 scheduler.
+ const hostMaxConcurrency = hostDispatch.maxConcurrency;
+ if (hostMaxConcurrency === UNDOCUMENTED) {
+ warnings.push(`dispatch.maxConcurrency is undocumented — degraded closed (1)`);
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
+ } else if (isPositiveSafeInteger(hostMaxConcurrency)) {
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = hostMaxConcurrency as number;
+ } else if (hostMaxConcurrency === undefined) {
+ warnings.push(`host did not declare 'dispatch.maxConcurrency' — treating as 1`);
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
+ } else if (typeof hostMaxConcurrency !== 'number') {
+ warnings.push(`host dispatch.maxConcurrency is not a number — treating as 1`);
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
+ } else if (!Number.isSafeInteger(hostMaxConcurrency)) {
+ if (Number.isInteger(hostMaxConcurrency)) {
+ warnings.push(`host dispatch.maxConcurrency is an unsafe integer — treating as 1`);
+ } else {
+ warnings.push(`host dispatch.maxConcurrency is not an integer — treating as 1`);
+ }
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
+ } else {
+ warnings.push(`host dispatch.maxConcurrency is non-positive — treating as 1`);
+ effectiveMaxConcurrency = 1;
+ }
+
// If namedDispatch is false, cap maxDepth/nested/background/backgroundDispatch to 0/false/false/false (struct consistency)
if (!effectiveNamedDispatch) {
effectiveMaxDepth = 0;
@@ -518,6 +572,7 @@ function negotiateHostCapabilities(
subagentToolkit: effectiveSubagentToolkit,
backgroundDispatch: effectiveBackgroundDispatch,
isolation: effectiveIsolation,
+ maxConcurrency: effectiveMaxConcurrency,
};
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -938,6 +993,7 @@ export = {
EXTENSION_EVENT_SURFACES,
degradationFor,
profileOf,
+ isPositiveSafeInteger,
negotiateHostCapabilities,
shouldFlattenDispatch,
resolveDispatchType,
diff --git a/tests/host-integration-validator-parity.test.cjs b/tests/host-integration-validator-parity.test.cjs
index e23ce44d4..52d741d14 100644
--- a/tests/host-integration-validator-parity.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/host-integration-validator-parity.test.cjs
@@ -430,3 +430,50 @@ describe('Fix 3: reserved-key guard on hostIntegration and hostIntegration.dispa
'Must produce an error for "prototype" reserved key on dispatch; got: ' + errors.join(', '));
});
});
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// #3673 — ADR-1239 Phase 1: all 19 shipped descriptors carry
+// dispatch.maxConcurrency (a real sourced integer or the "undocumented"
+// sentinel — never silently absent), and every one validates clean.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('#3673 dispatch.maxConcurrency — all 19 shipped descriptors', () => {
+ const registry = require(path.join(__dirname, '../gsd-core/bin/lib/capability-registry.cjs'));
+
+ test('registry carries exactly 19 runtime descriptors', () => {
+ assert.strictEqual(Object.keys(registry.runtimes).length, 19,
+ `expected exactly 19 shipped runtimes; got: ${Object.keys(registry.runtimes).sort().join(', ')}`);
+ });
+
+ test('every shipped descriptor declares dispatch.maxConcurrency as a number or "undocumented" — never absent', () => {
+ for (const [id, cap] of Object.entries(registry.runtimes)) {
+ const mc = cap && cap.runtime && cap.runtime.hostIntegration && cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch
+ && cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency;
+ assert.ok(mc !== undefined,
+ `${id}: runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency must be present (number or "undocumented")`);
+ assert.ok(typeof mc === 'number' || mc === 'undocumented',
+ `${id}: runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency must be a number or "undocumented"; got: ${JSON.stringify(mc)}`);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test('claude declares the one real sourced value (20)', () => {
+ assert.strictEqual(registry.runtimes.claude.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 20);
+ });
+
+ test('every other shipped descriptor declares "undocumented" (not researched for this axis)', () => {
+ for (const [id, cap] of Object.entries(registry.runtimes)) {
+ if (id === 'claude') continue;
+ assert.strictEqual(cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 'undocumented',
+ `${id}: expected "undocumented" (only claude has a cited value)`);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test('validateCapability accepts all 19 shipped descriptors\' dispatch.maxConcurrency with zero errors', () => {
+ for (const [id, cap] of Object.entries(registry.runtimes)) {
+ const errors = validateCapability(cap, id);
+ const mcErrors = errors.filter((e) => e.includes('maxConcurrency'));
+ assert.strictEqual(mcErrors.length, 0,
+ `${id}: shipped dispatch.maxConcurrency must validate clean; got: ${JSON.stringify(mcErrors)}`);
+ }
+ });
+});
diff --git a/tests/host-integration.test.cjs b/tests/host-integration.test.cjs
index 613c7742e..771d8593e 100644
--- a/tests/host-integration.test.cjs
+++ b/tests/host-integration.test.cjs
@@ -1277,6 +1277,242 @@ describe('#2584 dispatch.isolation — negotiation', () => {
});
});
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// #3673 — ADR-1239 Phase 1: dispatch.maxConcurrency (numeric sibling of
+// dispatch.isolation). NOT an enum member of HOST_INTEGRATION_AXES (same
+// "numeric dispatch sub-field" precedent as maxDepth). No engine-side
+// reduction (design doc's explicit rejection of a min(host,engine) rule) —
+// the resolved value passes through verbatim when it is a positive safe
+// integer; every other shape degrades to the fail-closed floor of 1.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe('#3673 dispatch.maxConcurrency — negotiation', () => {
+ const BASE_DISPATCH = {
+ namedDispatch: true, nested: false, maxDepth: 1, background: false,
+ subagentToolkit: 'full', backgroundDispatch: false, isolation: 'none',
+ };
+
+ test('descriptor maxConcurrency:8 (valid positive integer) is honored', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 8 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 8);
+ });
+
+ test('missing dispatch.maxConcurrency degrades to 1', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('maxConcurrency'), `Expected a warning naming maxConcurrency; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('undocumented maxConcurrency degrades to 1 with sentinel-specific warning', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 'undocumented' },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('dispatch.maxConcurrency') && warnText.includes('undocumented'),
+ `Expected a sentinel-specific warning naming dispatch.maxConcurrency as undocumented; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('zero maxConcurrency degrades to 1 (non-positive)', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 0 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('non-positive'), `Expected a non-positive warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('maxConcurrency of exactly 1 is honored as valid, not degraded', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 1 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(!warnText.includes('maxConcurrency'), `A valid maxConcurrency:1 must not produce a maxConcurrency warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('maxConcurrency of 2 is honored', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 2 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 2);
+ });
+
+ test('negative maxConcurrency degrades to 1', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: -3 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('non-positive'), `Expected a non-positive warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('fractional maxConcurrency degrades to 1 (non-integer)', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: 4.5 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('not an integer'), `Expected a non-integer warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('NaN maxConcurrency degrades to 1 (fails Number.isSafeInteger)', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: NaN },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('not an integer'), `Expected a non-integer warning for NaN; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('unsafe-integer maxConcurrency (MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1) degrades to 1', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER + 1 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('unsafe integer'), `Expected an unsafe-integer warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('MAX_SAFE_INTEGER maxConcurrency is honored (largest valid value)', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER);
+ });
+
+ test('string-typed maxConcurrency ("8") degrades to 1 (non-numeric)', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: '8' },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ const warnText = result.warnings.join(' ');
+ assert.ok(warnText.includes('not a number'), `Expected a non-numeric warning; got: ${warnText}`);
+ });
+
+ test('null maxConcurrency degrades to 1', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: null },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ });
+
+ test('object/array-typed maxConcurrency degrades to 1', () => {
+ for (const bogus of [[8], {}]) {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: bogus },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1,
+ `maxConcurrency=${JSON.stringify(bogus)} must degrade to 1`);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test('adding maxConcurrency does not change isolation/effortSurface/modelMode negotiation results', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ embeddingMode: 'imperative',
+ commandSurface: 'slash-file',
+ modelMode: 'active',
+ hookBus: 'host',
+ stateIO: 'filesystem',
+ transport: 'mcp',
+ runtime: 'node',
+ effortSurface: 'argv',
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, isolation: 'harness-worktree', maxConcurrency: 8 },
+ });
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.isolation, 'harness-worktree');
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.effortSurface, 'argv');
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.modelMode, 'active');
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 8);
+ });
+
+ test('host omits dispatch entirely → effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency === 1', () => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({});
+ assert.strictEqual(result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency, 1);
+ });
+
+ test('property: effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency equals the declared value iff it is a positive safe integer, else 1', () => {
+ const declaredArb = fc.oneof(
+ fc.integer(),
+ fc.double(),
+ fc.string(),
+ fc.constant('undocumented'),
+ fc.constant(null),
+ fc.constant(undefined),
+ fc.boolean(),
+ fc.array(fc.integer()),
+ fc.object(),
+ );
+ fc.assert(
+ fc.property(declaredArb, (declared) => {
+ const result = negotiateHostCapabilities({
+ dispatch: { ...BASE_DISPATCH, maxConcurrency: declared },
+ });
+ const eff = result.effective.dispatch.maxConcurrency;
+ const isValid = typeof declared === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(declared) && declared > 0;
+ if (isValid) {
+ assert.strictEqual(eff, declared, `a valid declared value (${declared}) must pass through unchanged`);
+ } else {
+ assert.strictEqual(eff, 1, `an invalid declared value (${JSON.stringify(declared)}) must degrade to 1`);
+ }
+ }),
+ { numRuns: 200, seed: 3673 },
+ );
+ });
+});
+
+describe('#3673 dispatch.maxConcurrency — validator', () => {
+ test('a descriptor that omits dispatch.maxConcurrency entirely still validates clean (added after existing descriptors)', () => {
+ const cap = shippedClaudeCapabilityWithoutIsolation();
+ delete cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency;
+ const errors = validateCapability(cap, 'claude');
+ const mcErrors = errors.filter((e) => e.includes('maxConcurrency'));
+ assert.deepEqual(mcErrors, [], `omitted maxConcurrency must validate clean, got: ${JSON.stringify(mcErrors)}`);
+ });
+
+ for (const value of [1, 2, 20, Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER, 'undocumented']) {
+ test(`dispatch.maxConcurrency:${JSON.stringify(value)} → ZERO validator errors`, () => {
+ const cap = shippedClaudeCapabilityWithoutIsolation();
+ cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency = value;
+ const errors = validateCapability(cap, 'claude');
+ const mcErrors = errors.filter((e) => e.includes('maxConcurrency'));
+ assert.strictEqual(mcErrors.length, 0,
+ `${JSON.stringify(value)} must produce no validator errors; got: ${JSON.stringify(mcErrors)}`);
+ });
+ }
+
+ // Hostile: an out-of-vocabulary shape (boolean) — same treatment the
+ // validator already gives a malformed isolation/maxDepth value.
+ for (const bogus of [true, false, 0, -1, 4.5, '8', null, [], {}]) {
+ test(`dispatch.maxConcurrency:${JSON.stringify(bogus)} is rejected`, () => {
+ const cap = shippedClaudeCapabilityWithoutIsolation();
+ cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency = bogus;
+ const errors = validateCapability(cap, 'claude');
+ assert.ok(
+ errors.some((e) => e.includes('maxConcurrency')),
+ `${JSON.stringify(bogus)} must produce a validator error; got: ${JSON.stringify(errors)}`,
+ );
+ });
+ }
+
+ test('every shipped runtime descriptor with a maxConcurrency value passes validateCapability', () => {
+ const registry = require('../gsd-core/bin/lib/capability-registry.cjs');
+ for (const [id, cap] of Object.entries(registry.runtimes)) {
+ const mc = cap && cap.runtime && cap.runtime.hostIntegration && cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch
+ && cap.runtime.hostIntegration.dispatch.maxConcurrency;
+ if (mc === undefined) continue;
+ const errors = validateCapability(cap, id);
+ const mcErrors = errors.filter((e) => e.includes('maxConcurrency'));
+ assert.strictEqual(mcErrors.length, 0,
+ `${id}: shipped dispatch.maxConcurrency:${JSON.stringify(mc)} must validate clean; got: ${JSON.stringify(mcErrors)}`);
+ }
+ });
+});
+
describe('#2584 dispatch.isolation — validator', () => {
test('_HOST_INTEGRATION_VOCAB.isolation matches HOST_INTEGRATION_AXES.isolation (parity guard)', () => {
assert.deepEqual(
@@ -2759,6 +2995,96 @@ describe('#2627 dispatch-isolation CLI route', () => {
});
});
+describe('#3673 dispatch-capacity CLI route', () => {
+ const { runNode } = require('./helpers/process-seam.cjs');
+ const { throwIfFailed } = require('./helpers/git-fixture.cjs');
+ const { PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS } = require('./helpers/timeouts.cjs');
+ const GSD_TOOLS = path.join(REPO_ROOT, 'gsd-core', 'bin', 'gsd-tools.cjs');
+
+ // `maxConcurrencyEnv === undefined` means "unset" — GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY
+ // is deliberately deleted from the child's env rather than passed as the
+ // literal string "undefined", so the "env absent" test cases are genuinely
+ // absent, not present-with-a-bogus-value.
+ function query(runtimeId, extraArgs = [], maxConcurrencyEnv) {
+ const env = { ...process.env, GSD_RUNTIME: runtimeId };
+ delete env.GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY;
+ if (maxConcurrencyEnv !== undefined) {
+ env.GSD_DISPATCH_MAX_CONCURRENCY = maxConcurrencyEnv;
+ }
+ const r = runNode(
+ [GSD_TOOLS, 'query', 'dispatch-capacity', ...extraArgs],
+ { cwd: REPO_ROOT, env, timeoutMs: PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS },
+ );
+ throwIfFailed(r, `gsd-tools query dispatch-capacity ${extraArgs.join(' ')}`);
+ return r.stdout;
+ }
+ const queryJson = (runtimeId, extraArgs = [], maxConcurrencyEnv) =>
+ JSON.parse(query(runtimeId, ['--json', ...extraArgs], maxConcurrencyEnv));
+
+ test('live env wins over descriptor', () => {
+ // claude's shipped descriptor declares maxConcurrency:20.
+ assert.equal(query('claude', [], '4').trim(), '4');
+ assert.equal(queryJson('claude', [], '4').source, 'live');
+ });
+
+ test('descriptor used when live is absent', () => {
+ const result = queryJson('claude');
+ assert.equal(result.capacity, 20);
+ assert.equal(result.source, 'descriptor');
+ });
+
+ test('fallback to 1 when both live and a real descriptor value are absent', () => {
+ // codex's shipped descriptor carries the "undocumented" sentinel.
+ const result = queryJson('codex');
+ assert.equal(result.capacity, 1);
+ assert.equal(result.source, 'fallback');
+ });
+
+ test('malformed live env falls through to descriptor tier', () => {
+ assert.equal(query('claude', [], 'abc').trim(), '20');
+ assert.equal(queryJson('claude', [], 'abc').source, 'descriptor');
+ });
+
+ test('invalid live env values (0, negative, fractional) fall through to descriptor tier', () => {
+ for (const bogus of ['0', '-1', '4.5']) {
+ assert.equal(query('claude', [], bogus).trim(), '20', `env=${bogus} must fall through to descriptor`);
+ }
+ });
+
+ test('JSON output has the documented shape', () => {
+ const result = queryJson('claude');
+ assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(result).sort(), ['capacity', 'declared', 'reason', 'runtime', 'source'].sort());
+ assert.equal(result.runtime, 'claude');
+ assert.equal(result.capacity, 20);
+ assert.equal(result.declared, 20);
+ assert.equal(result.source, 'descriptor');
+ assert.equal(result.reason, 'ok');
+ });
+
+ test('unknown runtime degrades to 1 without erroring', () => {
+ const result = queryJson('no-such-runtime-xyz');
+ assert.equal(result.capacity, 1);
+ assert.equal(result.source, 'fallback');
+ assert.equal(result.reason, 'unknown_runtime');
+ });
+
+ test('default output mode matches --raw', () => {
+ assert.equal(query('claude').trim(), query('claude', ['--raw']).trim());
+ });
+
+ test('claude descriptor value (20) is honored', () => {
+ assert.equal(query('claude').trim(), '20');
+ });
+
+ test('undocumented descriptor value degrades to fallback', () => {
+ // codex declares dispatch.maxConcurrency:"undocumented".
+ const result = queryJson('codex');
+ assert.equal(result.capacity, 1);
+ assert.equal(result.source, 'fallback');
+ assert.equal(result.reason, 'undocumented');
+ });
+});
+
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// #2652 — dispatch-site parity: isolation is decided by the negotiated
// dispatch.isolation capability, never by a runtime id.