feat(harness): send a stub in place of stored content by sanil-23 · Pull Request #595 · tinyhumansai/tinyagents

sanil-23 · 2026-11-06T06:26:48Z

Summary

Adds StoredContentStubMiddleware, which replaces content a tool has stored with a host-rendered reference in the request sent to the model. A tool that writes to a store otherwise leaves the content in history as a call argument, so the model rewrites from that copy, or a recreated copy, instead of reading the store.

Rewrites only the outgoing ModelRequest. The stored transcript stays whole.
with_argument(tool, argument) stubs a call's argument once that call has a result. A tool can name several arguments.
with_earlier_result(tool) stubs a result once its turn is over, so a read reaches the model once.
The swap is deterministic. A call is first sent after its result exists, so an argument stub keeps the prefix append-only. A result stub changes the prefix once, on the next turn's first request.
Calls pair with results by position, not by a global id map. A provider that reuses a call id would otherwise hand a call the wrong result and leave the content in place.

API Or Behavior Changes

New public types: StoredContent, StoredContentStubMiddleware, StubRenderer. No behaviour changes unless a host installs the middleware.

Tests

cargo fmt --check (-p tinyagents-harness)
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings (-p tinyagents-harness)
cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings (not run locally)
cargo build --all-targets (not run locally)
cargo build --all-targets --all-features (not run locally)
cargo test (-p tinyagents-harness --lib stored_content_stub, 15 tests)
cargo test --all-features (not run locally)

Documentation

Added a section to crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/README.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added an option to replace selected stored tool-call arguments and earlier tool results with rendered references in outgoing requests. The conversation transcript remains unchanged, and current-turn results are preserved.
- Added documentation describing reference-only history.

A tool that writes content to a store leaves that content in the model's history as a call argument. The model then rewrites from its copy instead of reading the store. StoredContentStubMiddleware swaps named arguments, and named results from earlier turns, for a host-rendered stub in the outgoing request only, so the stored transcript stays whole. Calls pair with results by position, since a provider may reuse a call id. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

tinysweeper · 2026-11-06T06:26:55Z

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Pull request purpose (title): feat(harness): send a stub in place of stored content. Adds `StoredContentStubMiddleware`, which rewrites the outgoing `ModelRequest` so a host-rendered reference replaces content a tool has stored: a named call argument once that call has a result, and a named result once it belongs to an earlier turn. Only the request changes, so the stored transcript stays whole and a resume renders the same bytes.

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Change surface	Files	Review signal
Production	2	Active findings
Tests	1	Noted findings
Documentation	1	Resolved findings
Configuration	0	Pending checks/questions

Completeness: Complete
Test assessment: No supported feature-to-test mapping was available; this does not mean tests are absent or passed.

What changed

New module `stored_content_stub` added to the middleware library and re-exported as `StoredContent`, `StoredContentStubMiddleware`, and `StubRenderer`; a new README section documents the reference-only history middleware; a new test module is registered and covers argument stubbing, earlier-turn result stubbing, positional call/result pairing, request-only rewriting, and resume determinism.

Features

Added — StoredContentStubMiddleware: Sends a short host-rendered reference in place of content a tool has stored, so the model reads it back on demand rather than acting on a copy in its history; a host that does not install it sees no behaviour change. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs, crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/mod.rs pub use shell_turn_budget::{)
Added — Argument stubbing via with_argument: Replaces a named string argument of a tool's calls once the call has a result; calls with no result, invalid calls, and unnamed tools are left unchanged so a failed call can keep its content for retry. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs)
Added — Earlier-turn result stubbing via with_earlier_result: Replaces a tool result once a user message follows the assistant answer to it, keeping the reading turn's content intact and skipping results marked trusted_verbatim. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs)
Added — Positional call/result pairing: Pairs calls with results within the assistant message and nearest preceding call rather than a global id map, so providers that reuse call ids still hand each call its own result. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs)
Added — StubRenderer and StoredContent types: Gives hosts a pure renderer contract over tool name, arguments, content, and result, with `None` meaning send the content as-is, keeping the rewrite deterministic across calls and resumes. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs)
Added — README section for reference-only history: Documents the middleware's stub rules, request-only rewrite, and pure-renderer requirement alongside the other library middleware entries. (crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/README.md Grouped by extension shape:)

Tests

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Lane summary: Reviewed 4 files; 3 findings. _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `5cbb788f719d`), so retrieved context may be out of date._

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Positive: The security lane (answered) reviewed the three code files with 0 findings; the README was not security-reviewed as prose.
Lane summary: Reviewed 3 files; 0 findings. 1 file was not security-reviewed: crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/README.md (prose or tabular data). _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `5cbb788f719d`), so retrieved context may be out of date._

tests

Conclusion: Success
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Positive: The tests lane (answered) notes the tests assert on serialized messages rather than merely invoking the middleware.
Lane summary: The new test file exercises the interesting paths — argument stubbed only once a result exists, failed/invalid/no-result calls left alone, results kept for the turn that read them, earlier-turn results stubbed, reused call ids paired correctly, and request-only rewriting — with assertions that compare serialized messages rather than merely calling the middleware. Two behaviours the doc comment claims (prompt-prefix append-only stability across a stub transition, and the `trusted_verbatim` skip) are pinned weakly or not at all; the first is testable here and worth pinning. (1 finding discarded for not matching a changed line) _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `5cbb788f719d`), so retrieved context may be out of date._

commits

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Positive: The commits lane (answered) reports no sensitive content in committed files.
Lane summary: No sensitive content in committed files. _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `5cbb788f719d`), so retrieved context may be out of date._

description

Conclusion: Success
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Positive: The description lane (answered) reports the description matches the diff, naming the three new public types, the stub rules, the request-only rewrite, and the positional pairing, and disclosing the new README section.
Lane summary: The description matches the diff closely: it names the three new public types, the argument/result stub rules, the request-only rewrite, and the positional pairing, all of which the code implements, and it discloses the one new README section. I found no significant behaviour in the diff the description omits, and no defect in the change itself. _The code index is behind this pull request (indexed at `5cbb788f719d`), so retrieved context may be out of date._

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Updated: 2026-11-06T06:28:28Z

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-06T06:27:09Z

Walkthrough

Adds StoredContentStubMiddleware to replace configured tool arguments and earlier tool results with rendered references in outgoing model requests. It leaves the working transcript unchanged and includes tests for stubbing conditions, turn boundaries, and transcript stability.

Changes: Stored content stubbing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configure and implement request stubbing `crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs`, `crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/mod.rs`	Adds the renderer input and middleware configuration. The middleware rewrites configured arguments and eligible earlier results in outgoing requests, and exports its public types.
Validate and document transcript behavior `crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub_tests.rs`, `crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/mod.rs`, `crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/README.md`	Adds tests for result matching, invalid or failed calls, turn boundaries, reused call IDs, and transcript stability. Registers the tests and documents the middleware behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant StoredContentStubMiddleware
  participant StubRenderer
  participant Model
  StoredContentStubMiddleware->>StubRenderer: Render configured stored content
  StubRenderer-->>StoredContentStubMiddleware: Return optional stub
  StoredContentStubMiddleware->>Model: Send rewritten outgoing request

Suggested reviewers: senamakel

Merge Risk: Low · up to 42f95

The opt-in middleware can substitute an incorrect stored-content reference when calls in the same response share an ID. This bounded edge case warrants correction or explicit owner acceptance.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 42.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title accurately describes the middleware's main change: sending stubs in place of stored content.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 42.86% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 7 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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_{A rabbit checks the call and scroll,
Then asks the renderer for a role.
The request gets references in its place,
The transcript keeps its former trace.
The rabbit hops through tests at night,
And leaves each resumed run just right.}

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@crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs:
- Around line 188-220: Update result_of and its call-matching flow so a tool
result is paired with its call rather than assigned to every call sharing the
same ID. When duplicate IDs make the pairing ambiguous, leave those calls
unchanged instead of stubbing them with that result.

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coderabbitai · 2026-11-06T06:30:41Z

+/// The result of the call `id` made by the assistant message at `assistant`.
+/// Results follow their calls, and a provider may reuse an id later on, so an id
+/// only means something within its assistant message.
+fn result_of(messages: &[Message], assistant: usize, id: &str) -> Option<String> {
+    messages[assistant + 1..]
+        .iter()
+        .take_while(|message| !matches!(message, Message::Assistant(_)))
+        .find(|message| matches!(message, Message::Tool(tool) if tool.tool_call_id == id))
+        .map(Message::text)
+}
+
+/// The call that produced the tool message at `tool`: the nearest one before it
+/// with that id.
+fn call_of<'a>(messages: &'a [Message], tool: usize, id: &str) -> Option<&'a ToolCall> {
+    messages[..tool]
+        .iter()
+        .rev()
+        .find_map(|message| match message {
+            Message::Assistant(assistant) => assistant.tool_calls.iter().find(|call| call.id == id),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+}
+
+/// The index of the last assistant message that a user message follows:
+/// everything before it is a turn the model has finished with.
+fn last_answered_turn_end(messages: &[Message]) -> Option<usize> {
+    let user = messages
+        .iter()
+        .rposition(|message| matches!(message, Message::User(_)))?;
+    messages[..user]
+        .iter()
+        .rposition(|message| matches!(message, Message::Assistant(_)))
+}


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nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub.rs nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/stored_content_stub_tests.rs nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/middleware/library/README.md | sed -n '35,70p' git diff e096d8b8c8609ded16681191fe20cddbf18986d3 42f95e1cc8a0be92fdda59307326ec8e921f8e8a --stat rg -n -F -e 'tool_call_id' -e 'tool_calls' -- crates/tinyagents-harness/src | grep -E '(agent|loop|runner|tool|stored_content)' | head -160

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rg -n -F -e 'duplicate' -e 'tool_calls' -e 'execute_tools(' -e 'finish_tool_call' -- crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/run_loop.rs crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/response_recovery.rs nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/mod_tests.rs | sed -n '2180,2275p' nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/README.md | sed -n '55,80p' rg -n -F -e 'Message::Assistant' -e 'execute_tools' -e 'before_model' -- crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/run_loop.rs crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs

Repository: tinyhumansai/tinyagents

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nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/run_loop.rs | sed -n '965,1088p;1210,1250p' nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs | sed -n '535,600p;1428,1478p;1570,1640p;1695,1740p;1800,1878p' nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/response_recovery.rs | sed -n '24,65p;155,215p' rg -n -F -e 'Message::tool_from_result' -e 'call_id:' -e 'call.id' -- crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs

Repository: tinyhumansai/tinyagents

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nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs | sed -n '655,745p;1250,1295p;1645,1701p;1738,1802p;2645,2685p' rg -n -F -e 'transcript_call_id' -e 'tool_message_from_result' -- crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/tools.rs nl -ba crates/tinyagents-harness/src/agent_loop/run_loop.rs | sed -n '420,445p;1248,1265p'

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Disambiguate results before stubbing duplicate-ID calls.

When two calls in one assistant message share an ID, result_of gives both calls the first result. The renderer can therefore replace the second call’s argument with the first call’s reference, even if the second call failed. Pair each result with its call, and leave ambiguous cases unchanged.

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