feat(personas): core stamping, four-lever application, create/spawn/SDK threading; remove /creative; add --persona

The persona resolved at creation is snapshotted into workstream_config
(five keys, all-or-none) and applied ONLY from the stamp — the personas
table is never read post-create, so edits/archives never touch existing
workstreams, and a corrupt stamp fails construction loudly instead of
silently reverting to a default envelope.  Legacy pre-063 workstreams
carry no keys and keep today's behavior byte-for-byte.

The four levers (turnstone/core/personas.py holds the codec):

1. Base override — compose_system_message(base_override=...) replaces
   exactly the BASE module; ENV/CONTEXT/TOOLS/POLICIES keep composing so
   mandatory prompt policies ride on top of every persona.  This also
   closes the old /creative hole where the fork bypassed composition
   (no CONTEXT, no DB policies).
2. Tool visibility — the allowlist intersects both the composition name
   set (TOOLS block self-suppresses, tool-gated policies drop, the
   memory advisory drops) and the END of _get_active_tools so the wire
   never advertises hidden tools.  tool_search in the set = soft
   (discovered tools union with the allowlist via the session's
   expanded-names set); absent = hard (the whole pathway is disabled,
   covering provider-native defer_loading, which has no synthetic name
   to filter).  Persona sets force client-side tool search.
3. MCP gate (session-wide) — an MCP-off persona drops the client
   reference at construction: no merge into _tools OR _task_tools, no
   listeners, refresh callbacks inert, resource/prompt catalogs gone.
4. Memory (own hands only) — no recall injection, memory-directed
   nudges suppressed (MEMORY_NUDGE_TYPES; behavioural nudges keep
   firing), memory tool hidden.  _task_tools is NOT filtered; compaction
   spill/markers are never persona-gated, and the post-compaction recall
   pointer is emitted only when the recall tool is actually visible.

Threading: the create handler resolves once (explicit name -> 400 on
unknown/disabled/kind-mismatch; empty -> the kind's default; pre-seed DB
-> unstamped legacy) and stamps via constructor kwargs + config keys +
the workstreams.persona column; SessionManager.open threads the stamp
pre-construction exactly like the saved model alias.  Non-fork resume
adopts the target's stamp so _save_config can't clobber it.  spawn /
spawn_batch gain a persona arg with prep-time validation (children are
interactive-kind; omitted = kind default, never the parent's).  Python +
TS SDKs, OpenAPI specs, the picker feed GET /v1/api/personas (authed, no
perm), and console admin CRUD /api/admin/personas (persona.* perms,
archive-only — no DELETE) round out the surface.

BREAKING: /creative is removed (the REPL command now points at the
writer persona); turnstone --persona <name> is the replacement.  Also
fixes the CLI session factory, which TypeErrored on the project_id
kwarg the shared InteractiveAdapter passes unconditionally.
This commit is contained in:
Patrick Buckley
2026-07-02 11:57:27 +00:00
parent cc48144a35
commit 54ebb24374
33 changed files with 1858 additions and 190 deletions
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
"openapi": "3.1.0",
"info": {
"title": "turnstone Console API",
"version": "1.7.0a2",
"version": "1.7.0a6",
"description": "Cluster-wide visibility and control across all turnstone nodes."
},
"paths": {
@@ -4213,6 +4213,166 @@
}
}
},
"/v1/api/admin/personas": {
"get": {
"summary": "List all personas, archived included",
"operationId": "v1_api_admin_personas_get",
"tags": [
"Admin"
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Success",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ListPersonasResponse"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"post": {
"summary": "Create a persona",
"operationId": "v1_api_admin_personas_post",
"tags": [
"Admin"
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreatePersonaRequest"
}
}
}
},
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Success",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PersonaInfo"
}
}
}
},
"400": {
"description": "Error 400",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/v1/api/admin/personas/{persona_id}": {
"get": {
"summary": "Get a single persona",
"operationId": "v1_api_admin_personas_{persona_id}_get",
"tags": [
"Admin"
],
"parameters": [
{
"name": "persona_id",
"in": "path",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
}
}
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Success",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PersonaInfo"
}
}
}
},
"404": {
"description": "Error 404",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
}
}
}
}
}
},
"patch": {
"summary": "Update a persona (edit levers, archive/unarchive, flip default)",
"operationId": "v1_api_admin_personas_{persona_id}_patch",
"tags": [
"Admin"
],
"parameters": [
{
"name": "persona_id",
"in": "path",
"required": true,
"schema": {
"type": "string"
}
}
],
"requestBody": {
"required": true,
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/UpdatePersonaRequest"
}
}
}
},
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Success",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PersonaInfo"
}
}
}
},
"400": {
"description": "Error 400",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
}
}
}
},
"404": {
"description": "Error 404",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/v1/api/admin/node-metadata": {
"get": {
"summary": "Get metadata for all nodes (bulk)",
@@ -10896,6 +11056,327 @@
"title": "ListModelDefinitionsResponse",
"type": "object"
},
"PersonaInfo": {
"description": "Full persona row \u2014 the authoring shape (contrast PersonaChoice, the\npicker's display-only projection on the server surface).",
"properties": {
"persona_id": {
"title": "Persona Id",
"type": "string"
},
"name": {
"title": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"display_name": {
"default": "",
"title": "Display Name",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"default": "",
"title": "Description",
"type": "string"
},
"base_prompt": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "BASE-module override; null = the kind's stock base",
"title": "Base Prompt"
},
"tool_allowlist": {
"anyOf": [
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"description": "Tool visibility set: null = unrestricted, [] = no tools, [names] = exact set (include 'tool_search' to keep the set soft/expandable)",
"title": "Tool Allowlist"
},
"mcp_enabled": {
"default": true,
"title": "Mcp Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
},
"memory_enabled": {
"default": true,
"title": "Memory Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
},
"applies_to_kinds": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": "Applies To Kinds",
"type": "array"
},
"is_default": {
"default": false,
"title": "Is Default",
"type": "boolean"
},
"enabled": {
"default": true,
"description": "false = archived",
"title": "Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
},
"org_id": {
"default": "",
"title": "Org Id",
"type": "string"
},
"created_by": {
"default": "",
"title": "Created By",
"type": "string"
},
"created": {
"default": "",
"title": "Created",
"type": "string"
},
"updated": {
"default": "",
"title": "Updated",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"persona_id",
"name"
],
"title": "PersonaInfo",
"type": "object"
},
"CreatePersonaRequest": {
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Immutable slug (lowercase: a-z, 0-9, '-', '_')",
"title": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"display_name": {
"default": "",
"title": "Display Name",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"default": "",
"title": "Description",
"type": "string"
},
"base_prompt": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Base Prompt"
},
"tool_allowlist": {
"anyOf": [
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Tool Allowlist"
},
"mcp_enabled": {
"default": true,
"title": "Mcp Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
},
"memory_enabled": {
"default": true,
"title": "Memory Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
},
"applies_to_kinds": {
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": "Applies To Kinds",
"type": "array"
},
"is_default": {
"default": false,
"title": "Is Default",
"type": "boolean"
},
"enabled": {
"default": true,
"title": "Enabled",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"title": "CreatePersonaRequest",
"type": "object"
},
"UpdatePersonaRequest": {
"description": "PATCH body \u2014 only fields present in the JSON are applied.\n\nArchive = ``{\"enabled\": false}``; default flip = ``{\"is_default\": true}``\non the successor (storage demotes the incumbent atomically). ``name``\nis immutable; existing workstreams are never affected by edits.",
"properties": {
"display_name": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Display Name"
},
"description": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Description"
},
"base_prompt": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Base Prompt"
},
"tool_allowlist": {
"anyOf": [
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Tool Allowlist"
},
"mcp_enabled": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Mcp Enabled"
},
"memory_enabled": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Memory Enabled"
},
"applies_to_kinds": {
"anyOf": [
{
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"type": "array"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Applies To Kinds"
},
"is_default": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Is Default"
},
"enabled": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "boolean"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Enabled"
}
},
"title": "UpdatePersonaRequest",
"type": "object"
},
"ListPersonasResponse": {
"properties": {
"personas": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PersonaInfo"
},
"title": "Personas",
"type": "array"
}
},
"required": [
"personas"
],
"title": "ListPersonasResponse",
"type": "object"
},
"ModelReloadResponse": {
"properties": {
"status": {
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
"openapi": "3.1.0",
"info": {
"title": "turnstone Server API",
"version": "1.7.0a2",
"version": "1.7.0a6",
"description": "Single-node workstream management, chat interaction, and real-time streaming."
},
"paths": {
@@ -1443,6 +1443,27 @@
}
}
},
"/v1/api/personas": {
"get": {
"summary": "List enabled personas for the workstream-creation picker",
"operationId": "v1_api_personas_get",
"tags": [
"Personas"
],
"responses": {
"200": {
"description": "Success",
"content": {
"application/json": {
"schema": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/ListPersonaChoicesResponse"
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"/v1/api/models": {
"get": {
"summary": "List available model aliases",
@@ -2425,6 +2446,12 @@
"title": "Skill",
"type": "string"
},
"persona": {
"default": "",
"description": "Persona name (slug) to create the workstream with. Resolved and snapshotted at creation \u2014 later persona edits never affect this workstream. Empty selects the kind's default persona; on a database with no personas seeded the workstream is created with legacy (unrestricted) behavior.",
"title": "Persona",
"type": "string"
},
"notify_targets": {
"anyOf": [
{
@@ -3150,6 +3177,30 @@
"default": 0.0,
"title": "Context Ratio",
"type": "number"
},
"project_id": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Project Id"
},
"persona": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null,
"title": "Persona"
}
},
"required": [
@@ -3738,6 +3789,65 @@
"title": "ListSkillSummaryResponse",
"type": "object"
},
"PersonaChoice": {
"description": "Display fields for the creation picker \u2014 the persona's levers\n(prompt / tool set / toggles) deliberately stay server-side.",
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Persona slug, the value to pass as CreateWorkstreamRequest.persona",
"title": "Name",
"type": "string"
},
"display_name": {
"default": "",
"description": "Human-readable name",
"title": "Display Name",
"type": "string"
},
"description": {
"default": "",
"description": "What this persona is for",
"title": "Description",
"type": "string"
},
"applies_to_kinds": {
"description": "Workstream kinds this persona can be attached to",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"title": "Applies To Kinds",
"type": "array"
},
"is_default": {
"default": false,
"description": "Whether an empty persona field resolves to this one",
"title": "Is Default",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"title": "PersonaChoice",
"type": "object"
},
"ListPersonaChoicesResponse": {
"properties": {
"personas": {
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/PersonaChoice"
},
"title": "Personas",
"type": "array"
},
"total": {
"default": 0,
"title": "Total",
"type": "integer"
}
},
"title": "ListPersonaChoicesResponse",
"type": "object"
},
"AvailableModelInfo": {
"properties": {
"alias": {
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@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ export interface CreateWorkstreamRequest {
auto_approve?: boolean;
resume_ws?: string;
skill?: string;
/**
* Persona name (slug) to create the workstream with. Resolved and
* snapshotted at creation — later persona edits never affect this
* workstream. Empty selects the kind's default persona.
*/
persona?: string;
/**
* Optional project to attach this workstream to. Drives the shared
* `project` memory scope; coordinator children inherit the parent's project.
@@ -256,6 +262,8 @@ export interface SavedWorkstreamInfo {
child_count?: number;
context_tokens?: number;
context_ratio?: number;
/** Persona slug the workstream was created with (empty/absent = pre-persona). */
persona?: string | null;
}
export interface ListSavedWorkstreamsResponse {
@@ -524,6 +532,8 @@ export interface ConsoleCreateWsRequest {
model?: string;
initial_message?: string;
skill?: string;
/** Persona slug — resolved and snapshotted at creation. */
persona?: string;
resume_ws?: string;
}