loadPluginAgents.ts
utils/plugins/loadPluginAgents.ts
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loadPluginAgentsclearPluginAgentCache
Keywords
pluginagentsagentfrontmattertoolslogfordebuggingmemoryloadedpathsfilepathagentdefinition
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lodash-es/memoize.jspath../../memdir/paths.js../../tools/AgentTool/agentColorManager.js../../tools/AgentTool/agentMemory.js../../tools/AgentTool/loadAgentsDir.js../../tools/FileEditTool/constants.js../../tools/FileReadTool/prompt.js../../tools/FileWriteTool/prompt.js../../types/plugin.js../debug.js../effort.js../frontmatterParser.js../fsOperations.js../markdownConfigLoader.js./pluginLoader.js./pluginOptionsStorage.js./schemas.js./walkPluginMarkdown.js
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import memoize from 'lodash-es/memoize.js'
import { basename } from 'path'
import { isAutoMemoryEnabled } from '../../memdir/paths.js'
import type { AgentColorName } from '../../tools/AgentTool/agentColorManager.js'
import {
type AgentMemoryScope,
loadAgentMemoryPrompt,
} from '../../tools/AgentTool/agentMemory.js'
import type { AgentDefinition } from '../../tools/AgentTool/loadAgentsDir.js'
import { FILE_EDIT_TOOL_NAME } from '../../tools/FileEditTool/constants.js'
import { FILE_READ_TOOL_NAME } from '../../tools/FileReadTool/prompt.js'
import { FILE_WRITE_TOOL_NAME } from '../../tools/FileWriteTool/prompt.js'
import { getPluginErrorMessage } from '../../types/plugin.js'
import { logForDebugging } from '../debug.js'
import { EFFORT_LEVELS, parseEffortValue } from '../effort.js'
import {
coerceDescriptionToString,
parseFrontmatter,
parsePositiveIntFromFrontmatter,
} from '../frontmatterParser.js'
import { getFsImplementation, isDuplicatePath } from '../fsOperations.js'
import {
parseAgentToolsFromFrontmatter,
parseSlashCommandToolsFromFrontmatter,
} from '../markdownConfigLoader.js'
import { loadAllPluginsCacheOnly } from './pluginLoader.js'
import {
loadPluginOptions,
substitutePluginVariables,
substituteUserConfigInContent,
} from './pluginOptionsStorage.js'
import type { PluginManifest } from './schemas.js'
import { walkPluginMarkdown } from './walkPluginMarkdown.js'
const VALID_MEMORY_SCOPES: AgentMemoryScope[] = ['user', 'project', 'local']
async function loadAgentsFromDirectory(
agentsPath: string,
pluginName: string,
sourceName: string,
pluginPath: string,
pluginManifest: PluginManifest,
loadedPaths: Set<string>,
): Promise<AgentDefinition[]> {
const agents: AgentDefinition[] = []
await walkPluginMarkdown(
agentsPath,
async (fullPath, namespace) => {
const agent = await loadAgentFromFile(
fullPath,
pluginName,
namespace,
sourceName,
pluginPath,
pluginManifest,
loadedPaths,
)
if (agent) agents.push(agent)
},
{ logLabel: 'agents' },
)
return agents
}
async function loadAgentFromFile(
filePath: string,
pluginName: string,
namespace: string[],
sourceName: string,
pluginPath: string,
pluginManifest: PluginManifest,
loadedPaths: Set<string>,
): Promise<AgentDefinition | null> {
const fs = getFsImplementation()
if (isDuplicatePath(fs, filePath, loadedPaths)) {
return null
}
try {
const content = await fs.readFile(filePath, { encoding: 'utf-8' })
const { frontmatter, content: markdownContent } = parseFrontmatter(
content,
filePath,
)
const baseAgentName =
(frontmatter.name as string) || basename(filePath).replace(/\.md$/, '')
// Apply namespace prefixing like we do for commands
const nameParts = [pluginName, ...namespace, baseAgentName]
const agentType = nameParts.join(':')
// Parse agent metadata from frontmatter
const whenToUse =
coerceDescriptionToString(frontmatter.description, agentType) ??
coerceDescriptionToString(frontmatter['when-to-use'], agentType) ??
`Agent from ${pluginName} plugin`
let tools = parseAgentToolsFromFrontmatter(frontmatter.tools)
const skills = parseSlashCommandToolsFromFrontmatter(frontmatter.skills)
const color = frontmatter.color as AgentColorName | undefined
const modelRaw = frontmatter.model
let model: string | undefined
if (typeof modelRaw === 'string' && modelRaw.trim().length > 0) {
const trimmed = modelRaw.trim()
model = trimmed.toLowerCase() === 'inherit' ? 'inherit' : trimmed
}
const backgroundRaw = frontmatter.background
const background =
backgroundRaw === 'true' || backgroundRaw === true ? true : undefined
// Substitute ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} so agents can reference bundled files,
// and ${user_config.X} (non-sensitive only) so they can embed configured
// usernames, endpoints, etc. Sensitive refs resolve to a placeholder.
let systemPrompt = substitutePluginVariables(markdownContent.trim(), {
path: pluginPath,
source: sourceName,
})
if (pluginManifest.userConfig) {
systemPrompt = substituteUserConfigInContent(
systemPrompt,
loadPluginOptions(sourceName),
pluginManifest.userConfig,
)
}
// Parse memory scope
const memoryRaw = frontmatter.memory as string | undefined
let memory: AgentMemoryScope | undefined
if (memoryRaw !== undefined) {
if (VALID_MEMORY_SCOPES.includes(memoryRaw as AgentMemoryScope)) {
memory = memoryRaw as AgentMemoryScope
} else {
logForDebugging(
`Plugin agent file ${filePath} has invalid memory value '${memoryRaw}'. Valid options: ${VALID_MEMORY_SCOPES.join(', ')}`,
)
}
}
// Parse isolation mode
const isolationRaw = frontmatter.isolation as string | undefined
const isolation =
isolationRaw === 'worktree' ? ('worktree' as const) : undefined
// Parse effort (string level or integer)
const effortRaw = frontmatter.effort
const effort =
effortRaw !== undefined ? parseEffortValue(effortRaw) : undefined
if (effortRaw !== undefined && effort === undefined) {
logForDebugging(
`Plugin agent file ${filePath} has invalid effort '${effortRaw}'. Valid options: ${EFFORT_LEVELS.join(', ')} or an integer`,
)
}
// permissionMode, hooks, and mcpServers are intentionally NOT parsed for
// plugin agents. Plugins are third-party marketplace code; these fields
// escalate what the agent can do beyond what the user approved at install
// time. For this level of control, define the agent in .claude/agents/
// where the user explicitly wrote the frontmatter. (Note: plugins can
// still ship hooks and MCP servers at the manifest level — that's the
// install-time trust boundary. Per-agent declarations would let a single
// agent file buried in agents/ silently add them.) See PR #22558 review.
for (const field of ['permissionMode', 'hooks', 'mcpServers'] as const) {
if (frontmatter[field] !== undefined) {
logForDebugging(
`Plugin agent file ${filePath} sets ${field}, which is ignored for plugin agents. Use .claude/agents/ for this level of control.`,
{ level: 'warn' },
)
}
}
// Parse maxTurns
const maxTurnsRaw = frontmatter.maxTurns
const maxTurns = parsePositiveIntFromFrontmatter(maxTurnsRaw)
if (maxTurnsRaw !== undefined && maxTurns === undefined) {
logForDebugging(
`Plugin agent file ${filePath} has invalid maxTurns '${maxTurnsRaw}'. Must be a positive integer.`,
)
}
// Parse disallowedTools
const disallowedTools =
frontmatter.disallowedTools !== undefined
? parseAgentToolsFromFrontmatter(frontmatter.disallowedTools)
: undefined
// If memory is enabled, inject Write/Edit/Read tools for memory access
if (isAutoMemoryEnabled() && memory && tools !== undefined) {
const toolSet = new Set(tools)
for (const tool of [
FILE_WRITE_TOOL_NAME,
FILE_EDIT_TOOL_NAME,
FILE_READ_TOOL_NAME,
]) {
if (!toolSet.has(tool)) {
tools = [...tools, tool]
}
}
}
return {
agentType,
whenToUse,
tools,
...(disallowedTools !== undefined ? { disallowedTools } : {}),
...(skills !== undefined ? { skills } : {}),
getSystemPrompt: () => {
if (isAutoMemoryEnabled() && memory) {
const memoryPrompt = loadAgentMemoryPrompt(agentType, memory)
return systemPrompt + '\n\n' + memoryPrompt
}
return systemPrompt
},
source: 'plugin' as const,
color,
model,
filename: baseAgentName,
plugin: sourceName,
...(background ? { background } : {}),
...(memory ? { memory } : {}),
...(isolation ? { isolation } : {}),
...(effort !== undefined ? { effort } : {}),
...(maxTurns !== undefined ? { maxTurns } : {}),
} as AgentDefinition
} catch (error) {
logForDebugging(`Failed to load agent from ${filePath}: ${error}`, {
level: 'error',
})
return null
}
}
export const loadPluginAgents = memoize(
async (): Promise<AgentDefinition[]> => {
// Only load agents from enabled plugins
const { enabled, errors } = await loadAllPluginsCacheOnly()
if (errors.length > 0) {
logForDebugging(
`Plugin loading errors: ${errors.map(e => getPluginErrorMessage(e)).join(', ')}`,
)
}
// Process plugins in parallel; each plugin has its own loadedPaths scope
const perPluginAgents = await Promise.all(
enabled.map(async (plugin): Promise<AgentDefinition[]> => {
// Track loaded file paths to prevent duplicates within this plugin
const loadedPaths = new Set<string>()
const pluginAgents: AgentDefinition[] = []
// Load agents from default agents directory
if (plugin.agentsPath) {
try {
const agents = await loadAgentsFromDirectory(
plugin.agentsPath,
plugin.name,
plugin.source,
plugin.path,
plugin.manifest,
loadedPaths,
)
pluginAgents.push(...agents)
if (agents.length > 0) {
logForDebugging(
`Loaded ${agents.length} agents from plugin ${plugin.name} default directory`,
)
}
} catch (error) {
logForDebugging(
`Failed to load agents from plugin ${plugin.name} default directory: ${error}`,
{ level: 'error' },
)
}
}
// Load agents from additional paths specified in manifest
if (plugin.agentsPaths) {
// Process all agentsPaths in parallel. isDuplicatePath is synchronous
// (check-and-add), so concurrent access to loadedPaths is safe.
const pathResults = await Promise.all(
plugin.agentsPaths.map(
async (agentPath): Promise<AgentDefinition[]> => {
try {
const fs = getFsImplementation()
const stats = await fs.stat(agentPath)
if (stats.isDirectory()) {
// Load all .md files from directory
const agents = await loadAgentsFromDirectory(
agentPath,
plugin.name,
plugin.source,
plugin.path,
plugin.manifest,
loadedPaths,
)
if (agents.length > 0) {
logForDebugging(
`Loaded ${agents.length} agents from plugin ${plugin.name} custom path: ${agentPath}`,
)
}
return agents
} else if (stats.isFile() && agentPath.endsWith('.md')) {
// Load single agent file
const agent = await loadAgentFromFile(
agentPath,
plugin.name,
[],
plugin.source,
plugin.path,
plugin.manifest,
loadedPaths,
)
if (agent) {
logForDebugging(
`Loaded agent from plugin ${plugin.name} custom file: ${agentPath}`,
)
return [agent]
}
}
return []
} catch (error) {
logForDebugging(
`Failed to load agents from plugin ${plugin.name} custom path ${agentPath}: ${error}`,
{ level: 'error' },
)
return []
}
},
),
)
for (const agents of pathResults) {
pluginAgents.push(...agents)
}
}
return pluginAgents
}),
)
const allAgents = perPluginAgents.flat()
logForDebugging(`Total plugin agents loaded: ${allAgents.length}`)
return allAgents
},
)
export function clearPluginAgentCache(): void {
loadPluginAgents.cache?.clear?.()
}