feat(uwf-agent): Phase 1 agent returns output and detailHash

- Change AgentRunFn to return { output, detailHash } instead of raw string

- Remove agent-kit detail CAS write; agents store their own detail nodes

- Hermes stores raw output as typed hermes-raw-output CAS node

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

packages/uwf-agent-hermes/package.json

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "test": "bun test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@uncaged/json-cas": "^0.3.0",
     "@uncaged/uwf-agent-kit": "workspace:^"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

packages/uwf-agent-hermes/src/hermes.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 
-import { type AgentContext, createAgent } from "@uncaged/uwf-agent-kit";
+import { bootstrap, type JSONSchema, putSchema } from "@uncaged/json-cas";
+import {
+  type AgentContext,
+  type AgentRunResult,
+  createAgent,
+  createAgentStore,
+  resolveStorageRoot,
+} from "@uncaged/uwf-agent-kit";
 
 const HERMES_COMMAND = "hermes";
 const HERMES_MAX_TURNS = 90;
 
+const HERMES_RAW_OUTPUT_SCHEMA: JSONSchema = {
+  title: "hermes-raw-output",
+  type: "object",
+  required: ["text"],
+  properties: {
+    text: { type: "string" },
+  },
+  additionalProperties: false,
+};
+
 function buildHistorySummary(history: AgentContext["history"]): string {
   if (history.length === 0) {
     return "";
@@ -76,9 +93,19 @@ function spawnHermesChat(prompt: string): Promise<string> {
   });
 }
 
-async function runHermes(ctx: AgentContext): Promise<string> {
+async function storeHermesRawOutput(rawOutput: string): Promise<string> {
+  const storageRoot = resolveStorageRoot();
+  const { store } = await createAgentStore(storageRoot);
+  await bootstrap(store);
+  const schemaHash = await putSchema(store, HERMES_RAW_OUTPUT_SCHEMA);
+  return store.put(schemaHash, { text: rawOutput });
+}
+
+async function runHermes(ctx: AgentContext): Promise<AgentRunResult> {
   const fullPrompt = buildHermesPrompt(ctx);
-  return spawnHermesChat(fullPrompt);
+  const rawOutput = await spawnHermesChat(fullPrompt);
+  const detailHash = await storeHermesRawOutput(rawOutput);
+  return { output: rawOutput, detailHash };
 }
 
 /** Agent CLI factory: parses argv, runs Hermes, extracts output, writes StepNode. */

packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export type { BuildContextMeta } from "./context.js";
 export { buildContext, buildContextWithMeta } from "./context.js";
-export { getConfigPath, getEnvPath, loadWorkflowConfig } from "./storage.js";
 export type { ExtractResult, ResolvedLlmProvider } from "./extract.js";
 export {
   extract,
@@ -8,4 +7,11 @@ export {
   resolveModel,
 } from "./extract.js";
 export { createAgent } from "./run.js";
-export type { AgentContext, AgentOptions, AgentRunFn } from "./types.js";
+export {
+  createAgentStore,
+  getConfigPath,
+  getEnvPath,
+  loadWorkflowConfig,
+  resolveStorageRoot,
+} from "./storage.js";
+export type { AgentContext, AgentOptions, AgentRunFn, AgentRunResult } from "./types.js";

packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/run.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { buildContextWithMeta } from "./context.js";
 import { extract } from "./extract.js";
 import type { AgentStore } from "./storage.js";
 import { getEnvPath, loadWorkflowConfig, resolveStorageRoot } from "./storage.js";
-import type { AgentContext, AgentOptions } from "./types.js";
+import type { AgentContext, AgentOptions, AgentRunResult } from "./types.js";
 
 function fail(message: string): never {
   process.stderr.write(`${message}\n`);
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ async function writeStepNode(options: {
   return hash;
 }
 
-async function runAgent(options: AgentOptions, ctx: AgentContext): Promise<string> {
+async function runAgent(options: AgentOptions, ctx: AgentContext): Promise<AgentRunResult> {
   return runWithMessage("agent run failed", () => options.run(ctx));
 }
 
@@ -85,12 +85,11 @@ async function extractOutput(
 
 async function persistStep(options: {
   ctx: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof buildContextWithMeta>>;
-  rawOutput: string;
   outputHash: CasRef;
+  detailHash: CasRef;
   agentName: string;
 }): Promise<CasRef> {
   const { store, schemas, chain, headHash } = options.ctx.meta;
-  const detailHash = await store.put(null, options.rawOutput);
   return writeStepNode({
     store,
     schemas,
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ async function persistStep(options: {
     prevHash: chain.headIsStart ? null : headHash,
     role: options.ctx.role,
     outputHash: options.outputHash,
-    detailHash,
+    detailHash: options.detailHash,
     agentName: options.agentName,
   });
 }
@@ -121,12 +120,12 @@ export function createAgent(options: AgentOptions): () => Promise<void> {
       fail(`unknown role: ${role}`);
     }
 
-    const rawOutput = await runAgent(options, ctx);
-    const outputHash = await extractOutput(rawOutput, roleDef.outputSchema, storageRoot);
+    const agentResult = await runAgent(options, ctx);
+    const outputHash = await extractOutput(agentResult.output, roleDef.outputSchema, storageRoot);
     const stepHash = await persistStep({
       ctx,
-      rawOutput,
       outputHash,
+      detailHash: agentResult.detailHash,
       agentName: agentLabel(options.name),
     });
 

packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/schemas.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import type { Hash, Store } from "@uncaged/json-cas";
 import { putSchema } from "@uncaged/json-cas";
-import {
-  START_NODE_SCHEMA,
-  STEP_NODE_SCHEMA,
-  WORKFLOW_SCHEMA,
-} from "@uncaged/uwf-protocol";
+import { START_NODE_SCHEMA, STEP_NODE_SCHEMA, WORKFLOW_SCHEMA } from "@uncaged/uwf-protocol";
 
 export type UwfAgentSchemaHashes = {
   workflow: Hash;

packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/types.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ export type AgentContext = {
   workflow: WorkflowPayload;
 };
 
-export type AgentRunFn = (ctx: AgentContext) => Promise<string>;
+export type AgentRunResult = {
+  output: string;
+  detailHash: string;
+};
+
+export type AgentRunFn = (ctx: AgentContext) => Promise<AgentRunResult>;
 
 export type AgentOptions = {
   name: string;

scripts/mock-agent.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
 // Mock agent for smoke testing
-import { createAgent } from "../packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/index.js";
+import { bootstrap, type JSONSchema, putSchema } from "@uncaged/json-cas";
+import {
+  createAgent,
+  createAgentStore,
+  resolveStorageRoot,
+} from "../packages/uwf-agent-kit/src/index.js";
+
+const MOCK_RAW_OUTPUT_SCHEMA: JSONSchema = {
+  title: "mock-raw-output",
+  type: "object",
+  required: ["text"],
+  properties: {
+    text: { type: "string" },
+  },
+  additionalProperties: false,
+};
 
 const agent = createAgent({
   name: "mock",
   run: async (ctx) => {
-    return `Mock output for role ${ctx.role}: task was "${ctx.prompt}"`;
+    const output = `Mock output for role ${ctx.role}: task was "${ctx.prompt}"`;
+    const { store } = await createAgentStore(resolveStorageRoot());
+    await bootstrap(store);
+    const schemaHash = await putSchema(store, MOCK_RAW_OUTPUT_SCHEMA);
+    const detailHash = await store.put(schemaHash, { text: output });
+    return { output, detailHash };
   },
 });