refactor(workflow): cleanup engine re-exports, final verification (Phase 4)

- Remove all re-exports from @uncaged/workflow -> @uncaged/workflow-runtime
- Fix cli-workflow imports to use @uncaged/workflow-runtime for types
- Update bundle-validator to allow @uncaged/workflow-runtime imports
- Update init templates to reference @uncaged/workflow-runtime
- 378 tests passing, build + check clean

Refs #121, relates #125

.gitignore

@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ dist/
 bun.lock
 *.tgz
 tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+.npmrc

README.md

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ uncaged-workflow run solve-issue --prompt "Fix bug #42"
 ## CLI Usage
 
 ```bash
-uncaged-workflow help              # Show all commands
+uncaged-workflow                   # Print full command usage (exits with status 1)
 uncaged-workflow workflow list     # List registered workflows
 uncaged-workflow run <name>        # Start a workflow thread
 uncaged-workflow thread list       # List all threads
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ uncaged-workflow thread show <id>  # Inspect a thread
 uncaged-workflow skill             # Agent-consumable reference docs
 ```
 
-See `uncaged-workflow help` for the full command reference.
+Run `uncaged-workflow` with no arguments to print usage, or `uncaged-workflow skill cli` for the full CLI skill reference.
 
 ## Development
 

examples/hello-world.ts

@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-import { createExtract, createWorkflow, END, type RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
-import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
-type Roles = {
-  greeter: { greeting: string };
-};
-
-const greeterMetaSchema = z.object({
-  greeting: z.string(),
-});
-
-export const descriptor = {
-  description: "A simple hello world workflow",
-  roles: {
-    greeter: {
-      description: "Generates a greeting",
-      schema: {
-        type: "object",
-        properties: { greeting: { type: "string" } },
-        required: ["greeting"],
-      },
-    },
-  },
-};
-
-const greeter: RoleDefinition<Roles["greeter"]> = {
-  description: "Generates a greeting",
-  systemPrompt: "You greet the user briefly.",
-  extractPrompt: "Extract the greeting string produced for the user.",
-  schema: greeterMetaSchema,
-  extractRefs: null,
-  extractMode: "single",
-};
-
-const extract = createExtract({
-  baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9",
-  apiKey: "",
-  model: "",
-});
-
-export const run = createWorkflow<Roles>(
-  {
-    roles: { greeter },
-    moderator(ctx) {
-      return ctx.steps.length === 0 ? "greeter" : END;
-    },
-  },
-  {
-    agent: async (ctx) => `Hello, ${ctx.start.content}`,
-  },
-  extract,
-  null,
-);

examples/package.json

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@uncaged/workflow-examples",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
-    "zod": "^4.0.0"
-  }
-}

package.json

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-monorepo",
   "private": true,
   "workspaces": [
-    "packages/*",
-    "examples"
+    "packages/*"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "bunx tsc --build",
     "check": "bunx tsc --build && biome check .",
     "typecheck": "bunx tsc --build",
     "format": "biome format --write .",

packages/cli-workflow/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# @uncaged/cli-workflow
+
+Command-line interface for the Uncaged workflow engine (`uncaged-workflow`).
+
+The CLI reads and writes the workflow registry, starts and inspects threads, manages CAS blobs, and prints agent-oriented reference docs via `skill`. It uses the same storage layout as `@uncaged/workflow` (default `~/.uncaged/workflow`).
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/cli-workflow
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `"@uncaged/cli-workflow": "workspace:*"`. Depends on `"@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*"`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+uncaged-workflow workflow list
+uncaged-workflow run <name> --prompt "Your task"
+uncaged-workflow thread show <id>
+uncaged-workflow skill
+```
+
+Invoking the CLI with no command (or from this repo: `bun packages/cli-workflow/src/cli.ts`) prints:
+
+```
+uncaged-workflow — workflow engine CLI
+
+Workflow registry:
+  workflow add <name> <file.esm.js> [--types <path>]  Register a workflow bundle in the registry
+  workflow list                                       List all registered workflows
+  workflow show <name>                                Show details of a registered workflow
+  workflow rm <name>                                  Remove a workflow from the registry
+  workflow history <name>                             Show version history of a workflow
+  workflow rollback <name> [hash]                     Rollback a workflow to a previous version
+
+Thread execution:
+  thread run <name> [--prompt <text>] [--max-rounds N]          Start a new thread executing a workflow
+  thread list [name]                                            List threads, optionally filtered by workflow name
+  thread show <id>                                              Show thread details and state
+  thread rm <id>                                                Remove a thread
+  thread fork <thread-id> [--from-role <role>]                  Fork a thread, optionally from a specific role
+  thread ps                                                     List running threads
+  thread kill <thread-id>                                       Kill a running thread
+  thread live <thread-id> | --latest [--debug] [--role <name>]  Attach to a thread and stream output live
+  thread pause <thread-id>                                      Pause a running thread
+  thread resume <thread-id>                                     Resume a paused thread
+
+Content-addressable storage:
+  cas get <hash>     Retrieve content by hash from CAS
+  cas put <content>  Store content in CAS, prints hash
+  cas list           List all hashes in CAS
+  cas rm <hash>      Remove a CAS entry by hash
+  cas gc             Garbage-collect unreferenced CAS entries
+
+Development:
+  init workspace <name>  Initialize a new workflow workspace
+  init template <name>   Initialize a new workflow template
+
+Shortcuts:
+  run <name> [...]  → thread run
+  live <id> [...]   → thread live
+
+Reference:
+  skill [topic]  Agent-consumable docs (cli, develop, author)
+
+Use <command> --help for subcommand details.
+
+Environment variables:
+  WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT              Override storage directory (default: ~/.uncaged/workflow)
+  UNCAGED_WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT      Internal override (takes priority over WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT)
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+This package is bin-only; programmatic use is via `@uncaged/workflow`. Entry: `src/cli.ts` → `runCli` in `src/cli-dispatch.js`.

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/commands.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promise
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
-import { getGlobalCasDir, getRegisteredWorkflow, readWorkflowRegistry } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import {
+  createContentMerkleNode,
+  getGlobalCasDir,
+  getRegisteredWorkflow,
+  readWorkflowRegistry,
+  serializeMerkleNode,
+} from "@uncaged/workflow";
 import { cmdCasGet, cmdCasList, cmdCasPut, cmdCasRm } from "../src/commands/cas/index.js";
 import {
   cmdAdd,
@@ -22,6 +28,10 @@ const fixtureDescriptor = `export const descriptor = { description: "fixture", r
 const wfPutImport = `import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 `;
 
+function casStoredForm(raw: string): string {
+  return serializeMerkleNode(createContentMerkleNode(raw));
+}
+
 describe("cli workflow commands", () => {
   let prevEnv: string | undefined;
   let storageRoot: string;
@@ -402,21 +412,23 @@ export const run = async function* (input, options) {
   });
 
   test("cas put/get/list/rm use global cas dir (thread id not required for storage)", async () => {
-    const put = await cmdCasPut(storageRoot, "phase doc");
+    const raw = "phase doc";
+    const stored = casStoredForm(raw);
+    const put = await cmdCasPut(storageRoot, raw);
     expect(put.ok).toBe(true);
     if (!put.ok) {
       return;
     }
     const hash = put.value;
     const blobPath = join(getGlobalCasDir(storageRoot), `${hash}.txt`);
-    expect(await readFile(blobPath, "utf8")).toBe("phase doc");
+    expect(await readFile(blobPath, "utf8")).toBe(stored);
 
     const got = await cmdCasGet(storageRoot, hash);
     expect(got.ok).toBe(true);
     if (!got.ok) {
       return;
     }
-    expect(got.value).toBe("phase doc");
+    expect(got.value).toBe(stored);
 
     const listed = await cmdCasList(storageRoot);
     expect(listed.ok).toBe(true);

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/fork-cli.test.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { cmdFork, cmdRun } from "../src/commands/thread/index.js";
 import { cmdAdd } from "../src/commands/workflow/index.js";
 import { pathExists } from "../src/fs-utils.js";
 import { addCliArgs } from "./bundle-fixture.js";
+import { ensureTestWorkflowRegistryConfig } from "./workflow-registry-fixture.js";
 
 /** Three-role workflow that respects `input.steps` for fork/resume. */
 const threeRoleBundleSource = `import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ describe("cli fork", () => {
     prevEnv = process.env.UNCAGED_WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT;
     storageRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "uncaged-wf-fork-"));
     process.env.UNCAGED_WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT = storageRoot;
+    await ensureTestWorkflowRegistryConfig(storageRoot);
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/help.test.ts

@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { formatCliUsage, runCli } from "../src/cli-dispatch.js";
-import {
-  formatSkillDoc,
-  formatSkillIndex,
-  formatSkillTopic,
-  getSkillTopics,
-} from "../src/skill.js";
+import { formatSkillIndex, formatSkillTopic, getSkillTopics } from "../src/skill.js";
 
 const STORAGE_ROOT = "/tmp/help-test-storage";
 
-describe("help command", () => {
-  test("help returns 0", async () => {
-    const code = await runCli(STORAGE_ROOT, ["help"]);
-    expect(code).toBe(0);
-  });
-
-  test("no args prints usage (not red) and returns 1", async () => {
+describe("runCli usage", () => {
+  test("no args prints usage and returns 1", async () => {
     const code = await runCli(STORAGE_ROOT, []);
     expect(code).toBe(1);
   });
@@ -70,13 +60,6 @@ describe("--help flag on groups", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("legacy help --skill compat", () => {
-  test("help --skill still works (lists topics)", async () => {
-    const code = await runCli(STORAGE_ROOT, ["help", "--skill"]);
-    expect(code).toBe(0);
-  });
-});
-
 describe("getSkillTopics", () => {
   test("returns all topics", () => {
     const topics = getSkillTopics();
@@ -128,8 +111,13 @@ describe("formatCliUsage", () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe("formatSkillTopic('cli') — legacy formatSkillDoc", () => {
-  const doc = formatSkillDoc();
+const cliSkillDoc = formatSkillTopic("cli");
+if (cliSkillDoc === null) {
+  throw new Error("BUG: cli skill topic missing");
+}
+
+describe("formatSkillTopic('cli')", () => {
+  const doc = cliSkillDoc;
 
   test("contains title", () => {
     expect(doc).toContain("# uncaged-workflow CLI Reference");

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/init-template.test.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe("init template", () => {
     };
     expect(pkg.type).toBe("module");
     expect(pkg.dependencies["@uncaged/workflow"]).toBeDefined();
+    expect(pkg.dependencies["@uncaged/workflow-runtime"]).toBeDefined();
     expect(pkg.dependencies.zod).toBeDefined();
     expect(pkg.name).toContain("review-pr");
 

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/serve.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { createContentMerkleNode, serializeMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+
+import { createApp } from "../src/commands/serve/app.js";
+
+function casStoredForm(raw: string): string {
+  return serializeMerkleNode(createContentMerkleNode(raw));
+}
+
+function buildApp(storageRoot: string) {
+  const app = createApp(storageRoot);
+  return {
+    fetch: (path: string, init?: RequestInit) =>
+      app.fetch(new Request(`http://localhost${path}`, init)),
+  };
+}
+
+describe("serve /healthz", () => {
+  test("returns ok", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/healthz");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { ok: boolean };
+    expect(body.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("serve /api/workflows", () => {
+  test("returns empty list for missing storage", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/workflows");
+    // Registry file won't exist, should return error
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("serve /api/threads", () => {
+  test("returns empty list for missing storage", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/threads");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { threads: unknown[] };
+    expect(body.threads).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("returns 404 for missing thread", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/threads/nonexistent-id");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(404);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("serve /api/threads/running", () => {
+  test("returns empty list for missing storage", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/threads/running");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { threads: unknown[] };
+    expect(body.threads).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("serve /api/cas", () => {
+  test("returns empty list for missing storage", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/cas");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const body = (await res.json()) as { hashes: unknown[] };
+    expect(body.hashes).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("returns 404 for missing hash", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp("/tmp/uncaged-serve-test-nonexistent");
+    const res = await fetch("/api/cas/nonexistent-hash");
+    expect(res.status).toBe(404);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("serve CAS round-trip", () => {
+  const tmpDir = `/tmp/uncaged-serve-cas-test-${Date.now()}`;
+
+  test("put then get", async () => {
+    const { fetch } = buildApp(tmpDir);
+
+    const putRes = await fetch("/api/cas", {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ content: "hello world" }),
+    });
+    expect(putRes.status).toBe(201);
+    const putBody = (await putRes.json()) as { hash: string };
+    expect(typeof putBody.hash).toBe("string");
+
+    const getRes = await fetch(`/api/cas/${putBody.hash}`);
+    expect(getRes.status).toBe(200);
+    const getBody = (await getRes.json()) as { content: string };
+    expect(getBody.content).toBe(casStoredForm("hello world"));
+
+    // cleanup
+    const delRes = await fetch(`/api/cas/${putBody.hash}`, { method: "DELETE" });
+    expect(delRes.status).toBe(200);
+  });
+});

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/thread-cli.test.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { cmdAdd } from "../src/commands/workflow/index.js";
 import { pathExists, readTextFileIfExists } from "../src/fs-utils.js";
 import { addCliArgs } from "./bundle-fixture.js";
+import { ensureTestWorkflowRegistryConfig } from "./workflow-registry-fixture.js";
 
 const wfPutImport = `import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 `;
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ describe("cli thread commands", () => {
     prevEnv = process.env.UNCAGED_WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT;
     storageRoot = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "uncaged-wf-thread-"));
     process.env.UNCAGED_WORKFLOW_STORAGE_ROOT = storageRoot;
+    await ensureTestWorkflowRegistryConfig(storageRoot);
   });
 
   afterEach(async () => {

packages/cli-workflow/__tests__/workflow-registry-fixture.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+/** Minimal valid global config so {@link executeThread} can resolve the extract scene (CLI integration tests). */
+export const TEST_WORKFLOW_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/m
+workflows: {}
+`;
+
+export async function ensureTestWorkflowRegistryConfig(storageRoot: string): Promise<void> {
+  await writeFile(join(storageRoot, "workflow.yaml"), TEST_WORKFLOW_REGISTRY_YAML, "utf8");
+}

packages/cli-workflow/package.json

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/cli-workflow",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "uncaged-workflow": "src/cli.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "hono": "^4.12.18",
     "yaml": "^2.8.4"
   },
   "scripts": {

packages/cli-workflow/src/cli-dispatch.ts

@@ -1,29 +1,12 @@
 import type { CommandEntry, DispatchFn } from "./cli-command-types.js";
-import { printCliError, printCliLine, printCliWarn } from "./cli-output.js";
+import { printCliError, printCliLine } from "./cli-output.js";
 import { getCommandRegistry } from "./cli-registry.js";
 import { formatCliUsage as formatCliUsageWithGroups } from "./cli-usage.js";
-import { createCasDispatcher, dispatchGc } from "./commands/cas/index.js";
+import { createCasDispatcher } from "./commands/cas/index.js";
 import { createInitDispatcher } from "./commands/init/index.js";
-import {
-  createThreadDispatcher,
-  dispatchFork,
-  dispatchKill,
-  dispatchLive,
-  dispatchPause,
-  dispatchPs,
-  dispatchResume,
-  dispatchRun,
-  dispatchThreadList,
-} from "./commands/thread/index.js";
-import {
-  createWorkflowDispatcher,
-  dispatchAdd,
-  dispatchHistory,
-  dispatchList,
-  dispatchRemove,
-  dispatchRollback,
-  dispatchShow,
-} from "./commands/workflow/index.js";
+import { dispatchServe } from "./commands/serve/index.js";
+import { createThreadDispatcher, dispatchLive, dispatchRun } from "./commands/thread/index.js";
+import { createWorkflowDispatcher } from "./commands/workflow/index.js";
 import { formatSkillIndex, formatSkillTopic, getSkillTopics } from "./skill.js";
 
 export type { CommandEntry, CommandGroup, DispatchFn } from "./cli-command-types.js";
@@ -54,15 +37,11 @@ function dispatchGroup(
   return entry.handler(storageRoot, argv.slice(1));
 }
 
-function printDeprecation(oldCmd: string, newCmd: string): void {
-  printCliWarn(`⚠ "${oldCmd}" is deprecated, use "${newCmd}" instead`);
-}
-
 export function formatCliUsage(): string {
   return formatCliUsageWithGroups(getCommandRegistry(), getSkillTopics());
 }
 
-const dispatchWorkflow = createWorkflowDispatcher({ dispatchGroup, printDeprecation });
+const dispatchWorkflow = createWorkflowDispatcher({ dispatchGroup });
 const dispatchThread = createThreadDispatcher({ dispatchGroup });
 const dispatchCas = createCasDispatcher({ dispatchGroup });
 const dispatchInit = createInitDispatcher({ dispatchGroup });
@@ -85,41 +64,15 @@ async function dispatchSkill(_storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<numb
   return showSkillDocOrIndex(argv[0]);
 }
 
-async function dispatchHelp(_storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
-  printCliWarn('⚠ "help" is deprecated, use "skill" instead');
-  const skillIdx = argv.indexOf("--skill");
-  if (skillIdx !== -1) {
-    return showSkillDocOrIndex(argv[skillIdx + 1]);
-  }
-  printCliLine(formatCliUsage());
-  return 0;
-}
-
 const COMMAND_TABLE: Record<string, DispatchFn> = {
   workflow: dispatchWorkflow,
   thread: dispatchThread,
   cas: dispatchCas,
   init: dispatchInit,
-  help: dispatchHelp,
   skill: dispatchSkill,
   run: dispatchRun,
   live: dispatchLive,
-};
-
-const DEPRECATED_ALIASES: Record<string, { newCmd: string; handler: DispatchFn }> = {
-  add: { newCmd: "workflow add", handler: dispatchAdd },
-  list: { newCmd: "workflow list", handler: dispatchList },
-  show: { newCmd: "workflow show", handler: dispatchShow },
-  remove: { newCmd: "workflow rm", handler: dispatchRemove },
-  ps: { newCmd: "thread ps", handler: dispatchPs },
-  kill: { newCmd: "thread kill", handler: dispatchKill },
-  pause: { newCmd: "thread pause", handler: dispatchPause },
-  resume: { newCmd: "thread resume", handler: dispatchResume },
-  threads: { newCmd: "thread list", handler: dispatchThreadList },
-  fork: { newCmd: "thread fork", handler: dispatchFork },
-  gc: { newCmd: "cas gc", handler: dispatchGc },
-  history: { newCmd: "workflow history", handler: dispatchHistory },
-  rollback: { newCmd: "workflow rollback", handler: dispatchRollback },
+  serve: dispatchServe,
 };
 
 export async function runCli(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
@@ -139,12 +92,6 @@ export async function runCli(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<numbe
     return dispatch(storageRoot, rest);
   }
 
-  const deprecated = DEPRECATED_ALIASES[command];
-  if (deprecated !== undefined) {
-    printDeprecation(command, deprecated.newCmd);
-    return deprecated.handler(storageRoot, rest);
-  }
-
   printCliError(`${formatCliUsage()}\n\nerror: unknown command ${command}`);
   return 1;
 }

packages/cli-workflow/src/cli-usage.ts

@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ export function formatCliUsage(
   );
   lines.push("");
 
+  lines.push("Server:");
+  lines.push(
+    ...formatUsageCommandLines([
+      {
+        prefix: "serve [--port N] [--host ADDR]",
+        description: "Start HTTP API server (default: 127.0.0.1:7860)",
+      },
+    ]),
+  );
+  lines.push("");
+
   lines.push("Reference:");
   const skillTopicNames = skillTopics.map((t) => t.name).join(", ");
   lines.push(

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/init/templates.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export function templatePackageJson(templateName: string): string {
       type: "module",
       dependencies: {
         "@uncaged/workflow": "^0.1.0",
+        "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "^0.1.0",
         zod: "^4.0.0",
       },
     },
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export function templateTsconfigJson(): string {
 }
 
 export function templateRolesTs(): string {
-  return `import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+  return `import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const HELLO_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION =
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export const greeterRole: RoleDefinition<HelloTemplateMeta["greeter"]> = {
 }
 
 export function templateModeratorTs(): string {
-  return `import { END, type Moderator, type ModeratorContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+  return `import { END, type Moderator, type ModeratorContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import type { HelloTemplateMeta } from "./roles.js";
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ export const helloTemplateModerator: Moderator<HelloTemplateMeta> = (
 }
 
 export function templateIndexTs(): string {
-  return `import type { WorkflowDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+  return `import type { WorkflowDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { helloTemplateModerator } from "./moderator.js";
 import {

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/init/workspace.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Init 生成的骨架：\`templates/\` 下放可复用定义，\`workflows/\` 下
 2. **编写 RoleDefinition**：为每个角色写 Zod \`schema\`，补齐 \`systemPrompt\` / \`extractPrompt\` / \`description\`。
 3. **编写 Moderator**：根据 \`ctx.steps\` 与业务状态返回下一个角色名或 \`END\`。
 4. **组装 WorkflowDefinition**：在模板 \`index\` 中导出 definition（以及必要的角色 / moderator 导出）。
-5. **实例化**：在 workflow 包中使用 \`createWorkflow(def, binding, extract)\`（或项目约定的封装）绑定 **AgentFn** / **ExtractFn**。
+5. **实例化**：在 workflow 包中使用 \`createWorkflow(def, binding)\`（或项目约定的封装）绑定 **AgentFn**；**ExtractFn** 由引擎从 **workflow.yaml** 注入 \`WorkflowFnOptions\`。
 6. **构建**：打包为单个 **.esm.js** bundle，使用 **uncaged-workflow add** 注册。
 
 ## 4. 编码规范

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/app.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+import { cors } from "hono/cors";
+
+import { createCasRoutes } from "./routes-cas.js";
+import { createThreadRoutes } from "./routes-thread.js";
+import { createWorkflowRoutes } from "./routes-workflow.js";
+
+export function createApp(storageRoot: string): Hono {
+  const app = new Hono();
+
+  app.use("*", cors());
+
+  app.get("/healthz", (c) => c.json({ ok: true }));
+
+  app.route("/api/workflows", createWorkflowRoutes(storageRoot));
+  app.route("/api/threads", createThreadRoutes(storageRoot));
+  app.route("/api/cas", createCasRoutes(storageRoot));
+
+  return app;
+}

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { createApp } from "./app.js";
+export { dispatchServe, startServer } from "./serve.js";
+export type { ServeOptions } from "./types.js";

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-cas.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { createCasStore, garbageCollectCas, getGlobalCasDir } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+
+export function createCasRoutes(storageRoot: string): Hono {
+  const app = new Hono();
+
+  app.get("/", async (c) => {
+    const casDir = getGlobalCasDir(storageRoot);
+    const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
+    const hashes = await cas.list();
+    return c.json({ hashes });
+  });
+
+  app.get("/:hash", async (c) => {
+    const casDir = getGlobalCasDir(storageRoot);
+    const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
+    const content = await cas.get(c.req.param("hash"));
+    if (content === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: "not found" }, 404);
+    }
+    return c.json({ hash: c.req.param("hash"), content });
+  });
+
+  app.post("/", async (c) => {
+    const body = await c.req.json<{ content: string }>();
+    if (typeof body.content !== "string") {
+      return c.json({ error: "content field required" }, 400);
+    }
+    const casDir = getGlobalCasDir(storageRoot);
+    const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
+    const hash = await cas.put(body.content);
+    return c.json({ hash }, 201);
+  });
+
+  app.delete("/:hash", async (c) => {
+    const casDir = getGlobalCasDir(storageRoot);
+    const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
+    const hash = c.req.param("hash");
+    const content = await cas.get(hash);
+    if (content === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: "not found" }, 404);
+    }
+    await cas.delete(hash);
+    return c.json({ ok: true });
+  });
+
+  app.post("/gc", async (c) => {
+    const result = await garbageCollectCas(storageRoot);
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      return c.json({ error: result.error }, 500);
+    }
+    return c.json(result.value);
+  });
+
+  return app;
+}

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-thread.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+
+import { readTextFileIfExists } from "../../fs-utils.js";
+import {
+  listHistoricalThreads,
+  listRunningThreads,
+  resolveThreadDataPath,
+} from "../../thread-scan.js";
+
+export function createThreadRoutes(storageRoot: string): Hono {
+  const app = new Hono();
+
+  app.get("/", async (c) => {
+    const nameFilter = c.req.query("workflow") ?? null;
+    const rows = await listHistoricalThreads(storageRoot, nameFilter);
+    return c.json({ threads: rows });
+  });
+
+  app.get("/running", async (c) => {
+    const rows = await listRunningThreads(storageRoot);
+    return c.json({ threads: rows });
+  });
+
+  app.get("/:threadId", async (c) => {
+    const threadId = c.req.param("threadId");
+    const dataPath = await resolveThreadDataPath(storageRoot, threadId);
+    if (dataPath === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: `thread not found: ${threadId}` }, 404);
+    }
+    const text = await readTextFileIfExists(dataPath);
+    if (text === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: `thread data missing: ${threadId}` }, 404);
+    }
+    const lines = text.trim().split("\n");
+    const records = lines.map((line) => {
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(line) as unknown;
+      } catch {
+        return { raw: line };
+      }
+    });
+    return c.json({ threadId, records });
+  });
+
+  return app;
+}

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/routes-workflow.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import {
+  getRegisteredWorkflow,
+  listRegisteredWorkflowNames,
+  readWorkflowRegistry,
+} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+
+export function createWorkflowRoutes(storageRoot: string): Hono {
+  const app = new Hono();
+
+  app.get("/", async (c) => {
+    const reg = await readWorkflowRegistry(storageRoot);
+    if (!reg.ok) {
+      return c.json({ error: reg.error.message }, 500);
+    }
+    const names = listRegisteredWorkflowNames(reg.value);
+    const workflows = names.map((name) => {
+      const entry = reg.value.workflows[name];
+      return {
+        name,
+        hash: entry?.hash ?? null,
+        timestamp: entry?.timestamp ?? null,
+      };
+    });
+    return c.json({ workflows });
+  });
+
+  app.get("/:name", async (c) => {
+    const reg = await readWorkflowRegistry(storageRoot);
+    if (!reg.ok) {
+      return c.json({ error: reg.error.message }, 500);
+    }
+    const name = c.req.param("name");
+    const entry = getRegisteredWorkflow(reg.value, name);
+    if (entry === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: `workflow not found: ${name}` }, 404);
+    }
+    return c.json({ name, ...entry });
+  });
+
+  app.get("/:name/history", async (c) => {
+    const reg = await readWorkflowRegistry(storageRoot);
+    if (!reg.ok) {
+      return c.json({ error: reg.error.message }, 500);
+    }
+    const name = c.req.param("name");
+    const entry = getRegisteredWorkflow(reg.value, name);
+    if (entry === null) {
+      return c.json({ error: `workflow not found: ${name}` }, 404);
+    }
+    return c.json({ name, history: entry.history });
+  });
+
+  return app;
+}

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/serve.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { serve } from "bun";
+
+import { printCliLine } from "../../cli-output.js";
+import { createApp } from "./app.js";
+import type { ServeOptions } from "./types.js";
+
+export function startServer(storageRoot: string, options: ServeOptions): void {
+  const app = createApp(storageRoot);
+
+  const server = serve({
+    fetch: app.fetch,
+    port: options.port,
+    hostname: options.hostname,
+  });
+
+  printCliLine(`uncaged-workflow API server listening on http://${server.hostname}:${server.port}`);
+}
+
+function parsePortValue(value: string | undefined): Result<number, string> {
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    return err("--port requires a value");
+  }
+  const parsed = Number.parseInt(value, 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || parsed < 0 || parsed > 65535) {
+    return err(`invalid port: ${value}`);
+  }
+  return ok(parsed);
+}
+
+function parseServeArgv(argv: string[]): Result<ServeOptions, string> {
+  let port = 7860;
+  let hostname = "127.0.0.1";
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
+    const arg = argv[i];
+    if (arg === "--port" || arg === "-p") {
+      const portResult = parsePortValue(argv[i + 1]);
+      if (!portResult.ok) {
+        return portResult;
+      }
+      port = portResult.value;
+      i++;
+    } else if (arg === "--host") {
+      const next = argv[i + 1];
+      if (next === undefined) {
+        return err("--host requires a value");
+      }
+      hostname = next;
+      i++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ok({ port, hostname });
+}
+
+export async function dispatchServe(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
+  const parsed = parseServeArgv(argv);
+  if (!parsed.ok) {
+    printCliLine(`error: ${parsed.error}`);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  startServer(storageRoot, parsed.value);
+
+  // Keep process alive
+  await new Promise(() => {});
+  return 0;
+}

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/serve/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export type ServeOptions = {
+  port: number;
+  hostname: string;
+};

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/thread/live.ts

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import {
   getGlobalCasDir,
   tryParseRoleStepRecord,
   tryParseWorkflowResultRecord,
-  type WorkflowCompletion,
 } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { WorkflowCompletion } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { dimGreyLine, highlightLiveRole } from "../../cli-color.js";
 import { printCliError, printCliLine } from "../../cli-output.js";

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/workflow/dispatch.ts

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export const WORKFLOW_SUBCOMMAND_TABLE: Record<string, CommandEntry> = {
 };
 
 export function createWorkflowDispatcher(deps: WorkflowDispatchDeps) {
-  const { dispatchGroup, printDeprecation } = deps;
+  const { dispatchGroup } = deps;
   return async function dispatchWorkflow(storageRoot: string, argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
     const result = dispatchGroup("workflow", WORKFLOW_SUBCOMMAND_TABLE, storageRoot, argv);
     if (result !== null) {
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ export function createWorkflowDispatcher(deps: WorkflowDispatchDeps) {
     }
     const sub = argv[0];
     if (sub === "remove") {
-      printDeprecation("workflow remove", "workflow rm");
       return dispatchRemove(storageRoot, argv.slice(1));
     }
     printCliError(`${usageText()}\n\nerror: unknown workflow subcommand: ${sub}`);

packages/cli-workflow/src/commands/workflow/types.ts

@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ export type CmdAddSuccess = {
 
 export type WorkflowDispatchDeps = {
   dispatchGroup: DispatchGroupFn;
-  printDeprecation: (oldCmd: string, newCmd: string) => void;
 };

packages/cli-workflow/src/skill.ts

@@ -229,10 +229,3 @@ uncaged-workflow live --latest
 Bundles are immutable and identified by XXH64 hash. Re-registering a workflow with a new bundle creates a new version. Use \`workflow history\` and \`workflow rollback\` to manage versions.
 `;
 }
-
-// ── Legacy compat ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-/** @deprecated Use formatSkillTopic("cli") instead */
-export function formatSkillDoc(): string {
-  return formatSkillCli();
-}

packages/cli-workflow/tsconfig.json

@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     "rootDir": "src",
     "types": ["bun-types"]
   },
-  "references": [{ "path": "../workflow" }],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../workflow-runtime" }, { "path": "../workflow" }],
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
 }

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor
+
+`AgentFn` adapter that runs the `cursor-agent` CLI against a workspace path derived from the thread.
+
+The agent builds a full prompt (system + task + step history via `@uncaged/workflow-util-agent`), extracts the absolute workspace path with your `extract` + Zod schema, then spawns `cursor-agent` with `--workspace`, model, and non-interactive flags.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor @uncaged/workflow @uncaged/workflow-util-agent zod
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `"@uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor": "workspace:*"` plus `workspace:*` for `@uncaged/workflow` and `@uncaged/workflow-util-agent`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createCursorAgent } from "@uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor";
+
+const agent = createCursorAgent({
+  model: null, // null → "auto"
+  timeout: 0, // ms; 0 = no limit (spawnCli timeout disabled)
+  extract: myExtractFn,
+});
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `createCursorAgent(config)` | Returns `AgentFn` that runs `cursor-agent` with `buildAgentPrompt(ctx)` |
+| `CursorAgentConfig` | `model`, `timeout`, `extract` (must supply workspace path) |
+| `validateCursorAgentConfig` | Config validation result |
+| `buildAgentPrompt` | Re-exported from `@uncaged/workflow-util-agent` |
+
+Requires `cursor-agent` on `PATH` at runtime.

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/__tests__/cursor-agent.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import type { ExtractContext, ExtractFn } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { ExtractContext, ExtractFn } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import type * as z from "zod/v4";
 import { createCursorAgent, validateCursorAgentConfig } from "../src/index.js";
 

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "test": "bun test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent": "workspace:*",
     "zod": "^4.0.0"
   }

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AgentFn, ExtractContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { AgentFn, ExtractContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { buildAgentPrompt, type SpawnCliError, spawnCli } from "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/src/types.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ExtractFn } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { ExtractFn } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 export type CursorAgentConfig = {
   model: string | null;

packages/workflow-agent-cursor/src/validate-config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import type { CursorAgentConfig } from "./types.js";
 

packages/workflow-agent-hermes/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-agent-hermes
+
+`AgentFn` adapter that runs the `hermes` CLI in non-interactive `chat` mode (Nerve-style flags: `-q`, `--yolo`, `--quiet`, bounded `--max-turns`).
+
+The agent composes the same thread-aware prompt as other CLI-backed agents via `buildAgentPrompt` from `@uncaged/workflow-util-agent`, then spawns `hermes` and returns stdout on success.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-agent-hermes @uncaged/workflow @uncaged/workflow-util-agent
+```
+
+In this monorepo: use `workspace:*` for all three `@uncaged/*` packages.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createHermesAgent } from "@uncaged/workflow-agent-hermes";
+
+const agent = createHermesAgent({
+  model: "your-model", // or null to omit --model
+  timeout: 600_000, // ms, or null for no timeout
+});
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `createHermesAgent(config)` | Returns `AgentFn` wrapping `hermes chat -q ...` |
+| `HermesAgentConfig` | `model`, `timeout` |
+| `validateHermesAgentConfig` | Config validation result |
+| `buildAgentPrompt` | Re-exported from `@uncaged/workflow-util-agent` |
+
+Requires `hermes` on `PATH` at runtime.

packages/workflow-agent-hermes/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-agent-hermes",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "test": "bun test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent": "workspace:*"
   }
 }

packages/workflow-agent-hermes/src/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { AgentFn } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { AgentFn } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { buildAgentPrompt, type SpawnCliError, spawnCli } from "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent";
 
 import type { HermesAgentConfig } from "./types.js";

packages/workflow-agent-hermes/src/validate-config.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import type { HermesAgentConfig } from "./types.js";
 

packages/workflow-agent-llm/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-agent-llm
+
+`AgentFn` adapter that calls an OpenAI-compatible `POST /chat/completions` endpoint using `@uncaged/workflow`’s `LlmProvider` (base URL, API key, model).
+
+Single-turn: system text is the current role’s `systemPrompt`, user text is the thread’s initial prompt (`ctx.start.content`). Errors from HTTP, JSON, or empty choices are thrown as `Error` with a JSON payload string.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-agent-llm @uncaged/workflow
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `"@uncaged/workflow-agent-llm": "workspace:*"`, `"@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*"`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createLlmAdapter } from "@uncaged/workflow-agent-llm";
+
+const agent = createLlmAdapter({
+  baseUrl: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
+  apiKey: process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY!,
+  model: "gpt-4.1-mini",
+});
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `createLlmAdapter(provider)` | `LlmProvider` → `AgentFn` |
+| `chatCompletionText({ provider, messages })` | Low-level `Result<string, LlmChatError>` helper |
+| `LlmMessage` | `{ role: "system" \| "user" \| "assistant"; content: string }` |
+| `LlmChatError` | Discriminated error kinds for failed completions |

packages/workflow-agent-llm/__tests__/create-llm-adapter.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdtempSync } from "node:fs";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
-import { createCasStore, START, type ThreadContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { createCasStore } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { START, type ThreadContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { createLlmAdapter } from "../src/create-llm-adapter.js";
 

packages/workflow-agent-llm/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-agent-llm",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "test": "bun test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*"
+    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*"
   }
 }

packages/workflow-agent-llm/src/create-llm-adapter.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   type LlmProvider,
   ok,
   type Result,
-} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+} from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 /** OpenAI chat completion message shape (passed to `/chat/completions`). */
 export type LlmMessage = { role: "system" | "user" | "assistant"; content: string };

packages/workflow-runtime/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "@uncaged/workflow-runtime",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "types": "src/index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "bun test"
+  },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^4.0.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "zod": "^4.0.0"
+  }
+}

packages/workflow-runtime/src/bundle/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export type { WorkflowDescriptor, WorkflowRoleDescriptor, WorkflowRoleSchema } from "./types.js";
+export { validateWorkflowDescriptor } from "./workflow-descriptor.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/bundle/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/** JSON Schema fragment describing one role's `meta` shape (subset supported by code generation). */
+export type WorkflowRoleSchema = Record<string, unknown>;
+
+export type WorkflowRoleDescriptor = {
+  description: string;
+  schema: WorkflowRoleSchema;
+};
+
+/** Workflow metadata exported as `export const descriptor` from `.esm.js` bundles. */
+export type WorkflowDescriptor = {
+  description: string;
+  roles: Record<string, WorkflowRoleDescriptor>;
+};

packages/workflow-runtime/src/bundle/workflow-descriptor.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "../util/index.js";
+
+import type { WorkflowDescriptor, WorkflowRoleDescriptor, WorkflowRoleSchema } from "./types.js";
+
+export function validateWorkflowDescriptor(value: unknown): Result<WorkflowDescriptor, string> {
+  if (value === null || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) {
+    return err("descriptor must be a non-array object");
+  }
+  const root = value as Record<string, unknown>;
+  const description = root.description;
+  if (typeof description !== "string") {
+    return err("descriptor.description must be a string");
+  }
+  const rolesRaw = root.roles;
+  if (rolesRaw === null || typeof rolesRaw !== "object" || Array.isArray(rolesRaw)) {
+    return err("descriptor.roles must be a non-array object");
+  }
+
+  const roles: Record<string, WorkflowRoleDescriptor> = {};
+  for (const [roleName, specUnknown] of Object.entries(rolesRaw)) {
+    if (specUnknown === null || typeof specUnknown !== "object" || Array.isArray(specUnknown)) {
+      return err(`descriptor.roles.${roleName} must be a non-array object`);
+    }
+    const spec = specUnknown as Record<string, unknown>;
+    const roleDesc = spec.description;
+    if (typeof roleDesc !== "string") {
+      return err(`descriptor.roles.${roleName}.description must be a string`);
+    }
+    const schema = spec.schema;
+    if (schema === null || typeof schema !== "object" || Array.isArray(schema)) {
+      return err(`descriptor.roles.${roleName}.schema must be a non-array object`);
+    }
+    roles[roleName] = {
+      description: roleDesc,
+      schema: schema as WorkflowRoleSchema,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return ok({ description, roles });
+}

packages/workflow-runtime/src/cas/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type { CasStore } from "./types.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/cas/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export type CasStore = {
+  put(content: string): Promise<string>;
+  get(hash: string): Promise<string | null>;
+  delete(hash: string): Promise<void>;
+  list(): Promise<string[]>;
+};

packages/workflow-runtime/src/engine/create-workflow.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import type { CasStore } from "../cas/types.js";
+import {
+  type AgentBinding,
+  type AgentContext,
+  type AgentFn,
+  END,
+  type ExtractContext,
+  type ModeratorContext,
+  type ResolveRoleMetaFn,
+  type RoleDefinition,
+  type RoleMeta,
+  type RoleOutput,
+  type RoleStep,
+  START,
+  type ThreadInput,
+  type WorkflowCompletion,
+  type WorkflowDefinition,
+  type WorkflowFn,
+  type WorkflowFnOptions,
+} from "../types.js";
+import { mergeRefsWithContentHash } from "../util/index.js";
+
+function isRoleNext<M extends RoleMeta>(
+  next: (keyof M & string) | typeof END,
+): next is keyof M & string {
+  return next !== END;
+}
+
+function resolveExtractedRefs(
+  roleDef: RoleDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>,
+  meta: unknown,
+): string[] {
+  const extractRefsFn = roleDef.extractRefs;
+  if (extractRefsFn === null || typeof extractRefsFn !== "function") {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return extractRefsFn(meta as Record<string, unknown>);
+}
+
+async function putContentBlob(store: CasStore, raw: string): Promise<string> {
+  return store.put(raw);
+}
+
+function agentForRole(binding: AgentBinding, roleName: string): AgentFn {
+  const overrides = binding.overrides;
+  const overrideFn: AgentFn | undefined =
+    overrides !== null ? overrides[roleName as keyof typeof overrides] : undefined;
+  return overrideFn !== undefined ? overrideFn : binding.agent;
+}
+
+type AdvanceOutcome<M extends RoleMeta> =
+  | { kind: "complete"; completion: WorkflowCompletion }
+  | { kind: "yield"; output: RoleOutput; step: RoleStep<M> };
+
+async function advanceOneRound<M extends RoleMeta>(
+  def: Pick<WorkflowDefinition<M>, "roles" | "moderator">,
+  binding: AgentBinding,
+  resolveRoleMeta: ResolveRoleMetaFn<M>,
+  params: {
+    start: ModeratorContext<M>["start"];
+    steps: RoleStep<M>[];
+    options: WorkflowFnOptions;
+  },
+): Promise<AdvanceOutcome<M>> {
+  const { start, steps, options } = params;
+  const modCtx: ModeratorContext<M> = {
+    threadId: options.threadId,
+    depth: options.depth,
+    start,
+    steps,
+  };
+
+  const next = def.moderator(modCtx);
+  if (!isRoleNext(next)) {
+    return {
+      kind: "complete",
+      completion: { returnCode: 0, summary: "completed: moderator returned END" },
+    };
+  }
+
+  const roleDef = def.roles[next];
+  if (roleDef === undefined) {
+    return { kind: "complete", completion: { returnCode: 1, summary: `unknown role: ${next}` } };
+  }
+
+  const agentCtx: AgentContext<M> = {
+    ...modCtx,
+    currentRole: { name: next, systemPrompt: roleDef.systemPrompt },
+    cas: options.cas,
+  };
+
+  const agent = agentForRole(binding, next);
+  const raw = await agent(agentCtx as unknown as AgentContext);
+
+  const extractCtx: ExtractContext<M> = {
+    ...agentCtx,
+    agentContent: raw,
+  };
+
+  const meta = await resolveRoleMeta(
+    roleDef as unknown as RoleDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>,
+    extractCtx,
+    options,
+  );
+
+  const contentHash = await putContentBlob(options.cas, raw);
+  const refs = mergeRefsWithContentHash(
+    resolveExtractedRefs(roleDef as unknown as RoleDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>, meta),
+    contentHash,
+  );
+
+  const step = {
+    role: next,
+    contentHash,
+    meta,
+    refs,
+    timestamp: Date.now(),
+  } as RoleStep<M>;
+
+  return {
+    kind: "yield",
+    output: {
+      role: step.role,
+      contentHash: step.contentHash,
+      meta: step.meta,
+      refs: step.refs,
+    },
+    step,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Binds pure role definitions + moderator to runtime agents.
+ * Assign with `export const run = createWorkflow(def, binding)` via `@uncaged/workflow-runtime`,
+ * which supplies {@link ResolveRoleMetaFn}.
+ */
+export function createWorkflow<M extends RoleMeta>(
+  def: Pick<WorkflowDefinition<M>, "roles" | "moderator">,
+  binding: AgentBinding,
+  resolveRoleMeta: ResolveRoleMetaFn<M>,
+): WorkflowFn {
+  return async function* workflowLoop(
+    input: ThreadInput,
+    options: WorkflowFnOptions,
+  ): AsyncGenerator<RoleOutput, WorkflowCompletion> {
+    const nowMs = Date.now();
+    const start: ModeratorContext<M>["start"] = {
+      role: START,
+      content: input.prompt,
+      meta: { maxRounds: options.maxRounds },
+      timestamp: nowMs,
+    };
+
+    const baseTs = Date.now();
+    let steps: RoleStep<M>[] = input.steps.map((out, i) => ({
+      role: out.role,
+      contentHash: out.contentHash,
+      meta: out.meta,
+      refs: out.refs,
+      timestamp: baseTs + i,
+    })) as RoleStep<M>[];
+
+    while (true) {
+      if (steps.length >= options.maxRounds) {
+        return {
+          returnCode: 0,
+          summary: `completed: reached maxRounds (${options.maxRounds})`,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const outcome = await advanceOneRound(def, binding, resolveRoleMeta, {
+        start,
+        steps,
+        options,
+      });
+
+      if (outcome.kind === "complete") {
+        return outcome.completion;
+      }
+
+      yield outcome.output;
+      steps = [...steps, outcome.step];
+    }
+  };
+}

packages/workflow-runtime/src/engine/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { createWorkflow } from "./create-workflow.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/extract/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type { ExtractFn } from "./types.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/extract/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type * as z from "zod/v4";
+
+import type { ExtractContext } from "../types.js";
+
+export type ExtractFn = <T extends Record<string, unknown>>(
+  schema: z.ZodType<T>,
+  prompt: string,
+  ctx: ExtractContext,
+) => Promise<T>;

packages/workflow-runtime/src/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+export type {
+  WorkflowDescriptor,
+  WorkflowRoleDescriptor,
+  WorkflowRoleSchema,
+} from "./bundle/types.js";
+export { validateWorkflowDescriptor } from "./bundle/workflow-descriptor.js";
+export type { CasStore } from "./cas/index.js";
+export { createWorkflow } from "./engine/index.js";
+export type { ExtractFn } from "./extract/index.js";
+export type {
+  AgentBinding,
+  AgentContext,
+  AgentFn,
+  ExtractContext,
+  ExtractMode,
+  LlmProvider,
+  Moderator,
+  ModeratorContext,
+  ResolveRoleMetaFn,
+  RoleDefinition,
+  RoleMeta,
+  RoleOutput,
+  RoleStep,
+  StartStep,
+  ThreadContext,
+  ThreadInput,
+  WorkflowCompletion,
+  WorkflowDefinition,
+  WorkflowFn,
+  WorkflowFnOptions,
+  WorkflowResult,
+} from "./types.js";
+export { END, START } from "./types.js";
+export type { Result } from "./util/index.js";
+export { err, ok } from "./util/index.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/types.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 import type { CasStore } from "./cas/index.js";
+import type { ExtractFn } from "./extract/types.js";
 
 /** Sentinel values for automaton control flow. */
 export const START = "__start__" as const;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export type WorkflowCompletion = {
   summary: string;
 };
 
-/** Final thread outcome from {@link executeThread}, including Merkle thread root CAS hash. */
+/** Final thread outcome from executeThread, including Merkle thread root CAS hash. */
 export type WorkflowResult = WorkflowCompletion & {
   rootHash: string;
 };
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ export type WorkflowFnOptions = {
   depth: number;
   /** Global CAS store for Merkle content blobs (role step bodies). */
   cas: CasStore;
+  /** Structured meta extraction; resolved from workflow.yaml `extract` scene by the engine. */
+  extract: ExtractFn;
+  /** Provider for `extractMode: "react"` roles; same backing config as `extract`. */
+  llmProvider: LlmProvider | null;
 };
 
 /** Bundle contract — named export `run` is a function returning an AsyncGenerator. */
@@ -110,10 +115,10 @@ export type ThreadContext<M extends RoleMeta = RoleMeta> = AgentContext<M>;
 /** Raw string output from an LLM/CLI adapter; meta is extracted by the engine. */
 export type AgentFn = (ctx: AgentContext) => Promise<string>;
 
-/** Runtime agent assignment (optional per-role overrides). */
+/** Runtime agent assignment (explicit null when no per-role overrides). */
 export type AgentBinding = {
   agent: AgentFn;
-  overrides?: Partial<Record<string, AgentFn>>;
+  overrides: Partial<Record<string, AgentFn>> | null;
 };
 
 /** Role wiring: prompts, schema, and human-readable description. */
@@ -143,3 +148,10 @@ export type WorkflowDefinition<M extends RoleMeta> = {
   roles: { [K in keyof M & string]: RoleDefinition<M[K]> };
   moderator: Moderator<M>;
 };
+
+/** Engine-injected meta extraction for workflow loops (single + react modes). */
+export type ResolveRoleMetaFn<M extends RoleMeta = RoleMeta> = (
+  roleDef: RoleDefinition<Record<string, unknown>>,
+  extractCtx: ExtractContext<M>,
+  options: WorkflowFnOptions,
+) => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;

packages/workflow-runtime/src/util/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { mergeRefsWithContentHash } from "./refs-field.js";
+export { err, ok } from "./result.js";
+export type { Result } from "./types.js";

packages/workflow-runtime/src/util/refs-field.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/** Append `contentHash` to `refs` when not already present (dedupe by first occurrence order). */
+export function mergeRefsWithContentHash(refs: string[], contentHash: string): string[] {
+  const out = [...refs];
+  if (!out.includes(contentHash)) {
+    out.push(contentHash);
+  }
+  return out;
+}

packages/workflow-runtime/src/util/result.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { Result } from "./types.js";
+
+export function ok<T>(value: T): Result<T, never> {
+  return { ok: true, value };
+}
+
+export function err<E>(error: E): Result<never, E> {
+  return { ok: false, error };
+}

packages/workflow-runtime/src/util/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type Result<T, E = Error> = { ok: true; value: T } | { ok: false; error: E };

packages/workflow-runtime/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "lib": ["ES2022"],
+    "module": "NodeNext",
+    "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
+    "strict": true,
+    "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+    "declaration": true,
+    "declarationMap": true,
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "composite": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "types": ["bun-types"]
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+}

packages/workflow-template-develop/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-template-develop
+
+Reference **develop** workflow template: plan phases, implement in a loop, review, test, then commit.
+
+Export a `WorkflowDefinition` and `createDevelopRun` so a host can bind agents/LLM and run the same graph the bundled `.esm.js` would use. Use `buildDevelopDescriptor()` when assembling `descriptor` metadata for a bundle.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-template-develop @uncaged/workflow zod
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `workspace:*` for `@uncaged/workflow-template-develop` and `@uncaged/workflow`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createDevelopRun, developWorkflowDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-template-develop";
+
+const run = createDevelopRun(binding, extract, llmProvider);
+// run(...) executes the develop moderator graph with your AgentBinding
+```
+
+## Roles
+
+| Role | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| **planner** | Break work into ordered phases (hashes) |
+| **coder** | Implement current phase; repeats until phases complete or limits hit |
+| **reviewer** | Code review gate (`approved` vs send back to coder) |
+| **tester** | Verify via tests/build/lint (`passed` vs send back to coder) |
+| **committer** | Final commit step |
+
+Also exported: role factories/meta schemas (`plannerRole`, `coderRole`, …), `DevelopMeta`, `developRoles`.
+
+## Moderator flow
+
+1. **Start** → `planner`  
+2. After **planner** → `coder`  
+3. After **coder** → if all planned phases are done (or last phase completed) → `reviewer`; else `coder` again, until `maxRounds` then `END`  
+4. After **reviewer** → if approved → `tester`; else `coder` (or `END` if out of rounds)  
+5. After **tester** → if passed → `committer`; else `coder` (or `END` if out of rounds)  
+6. After **committer** → `END`
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `createDevelopRun` | `createWorkflow(developWorkflowDefinition, …)` factory |
+| `developWorkflowDefinition` | `description`, `roles`, `developModerator` |
+| `developModerator` | `Moderator<DevelopMeta>` |
+| `buildDevelopDescriptor` | `buildDescriptor({ … })` for bundle metadata |
+| `DEVELOP_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION` | Human-readable one-liner |

packages/workflow-template-develop/__tests__/develop-template.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   type RoleStep,
   START,
   validateWorkflowDescriptor,
-} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+} from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { buildDevelopDescriptor } from "../src/descriptor.js";
 import { developModerator } from "../src/index.js";
 import type { CommitterMeta, PlannerMeta } from "../src/roles/index.js";

packages/workflow-template-develop/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-template-develop",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "zod": "^4.0.0"
   }
 }

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-import {
-  type AgentBinding,
-  createWorkflow,
-  type ExtractFn,
-  type LlmProvider,
-  type WorkflowDefinition,
-  type WorkflowFn,
-} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { createWorkflow } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { AgentBinding, WorkflowDefinition, WorkflowFn } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { developModerator } from "./moderator.js";
 import { DEVELOP_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION, type DevelopMeta, developRoles } from "./roles.js";
@@ -43,10 +37,6 @@ export const developWorkflowDefinition: WorkflowDefinition<DevelopMeta> = {
   moderator: developModerator,
 };
 
-export function createDevelopRun(
-  binding: AgentBinding,
-  extract: ExtractFn,
-  llmProvider: LlmProvider | null,
-): WorkflowFn {
-  return createWorkflow(developWorkflowDefinition, binding, extract, llmProvider);
+export function createDevelopRun(binding: AgentBinding): WorkflowFn {
+  return createWorkflow(developWorkflowDefinition, binding);
 }

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/moderator.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { Moderator, ModeratorContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
-import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { Moderator, ModeratorContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import type { DevelopMeta } from "./roles.js";
 

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { type CoderMeta, coderRole } from "./roles/coder.js";
 import { type CommitterMeta, committerRole } from "./roles/committer.js";
 import { type PlannerMeta, plannerRole } from "./roles/planner.js";

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles/coder.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const coderMetaSchema = z.object({
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Run \`uncaged-workflow skill develop\` for thread ID lookup, CAS commands, and m
 
 ## Reading phase details
 
-Each planner phase has a content-hash and title. Read full details with \`uncaged-workflow cas get <THREAD_ID> <HASH>\`.
+Each planner phase has a content-hash and title. Read full details with \`uncaged-workflow cas get <HASH>\`.
 
 The thread ID (26-char Crockford Base32) appears in the first message. If unsure, run \`uncaged-workflow thread list\`.
 

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles/committer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const committerMetaSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("status", [

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles/planner.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const phaseSchema = z.object({
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Run \`uncaged-workflow skill develop\` for thread ID lookup, CAS commands, and m
 
 ## Storing phase details — MANDATORY
 
-For each phase, store its full detail text in CAS via \`uncaged-workflow cas put <THREAD_ID> '<content>'\`. The command prints a content-hash — use that as the phase identifier.
+For each phase, store its full detail text in CAS via \`uncaged-workflow cas put '<content>'\`. The command prints a content-hash — use that as the phase identifier.
 
 The thread ID (26-char Crockford Base32) appears in the first message. If unsure, run \`uncaged-workflow thread list\`.
 

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles/reviewer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const reviewerMetaSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("status", [

packages/workflow-template-develop/src/roles/tester.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const testerMetaSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("status", [

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-template-solve-issue
+
+Reference **solve-issue** workflow template: prepare a repo, delegate implementation to the **develop** workflow, then submit (e.g. open a PR).
+
+`createSolveIssueRun` wires the `developer` role to `workflowAsAgent("develop")` by default; `binding.overrides.developer` wins if you pass one (for tests or custom hosts).
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-template-solve-issue @uncaged/workflow zod
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `workspace:*` for this package and `@uncaged/workflow`.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createSolveIssueRun, solveIssueWorkflowDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-template-solve-issue";
+
+const run = createSolveIssueRun(binding, extract, llmProvider);
+```
+
+## Roles
+
+| Role | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| **preparer** | Set up context / repo state for the issue |
+| **developer** | Implementation; default runs the registered `develop` workflow as a sub-agent |
+| **submitter** | Finalize and submit the outcome (e.g. PR) |
+
+Also exported: `preparerRole`, `developerRole`, `submitterRole` and their Zod meta schemas, `SolveIssueMeta`, `solveIssueRoles`.
+
+## Moderator flow
+
+1. **Start** → `preparer`  
+2. After **preparer** → `developer`  
+3. After **developer** → `submitter`  
+4. After **submitter** → `END`
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `createSolveIssueRun` | Merges `developer` override with `workflowAsAgent("develop")`, then `createWorkflow` |
+| `solveIssueWorkflowDefinition` | `description`, `roles`, `solveIssueModerator` |
+| `solveIssueModerator` | Linear `Moderator<SolveIssueMeta>` |
+| `buildSolveIssueDescriptor` | Descriptor helper for bundles |
+| `SOLVE_ISSUE_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION` | Human-readable one-liner |

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/__tests__/solve-issue-template.test.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { createCasStore, createExtract } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 import {
-  createCasStore,
-  createExtract,
   END,
   type ModeratorContext,
   type RoleStep,
   START,
   validateWorkflowDescriptor,
-} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+} from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { buildSolveIssueDescriptor } from "../src/descriptor.js";
 import type { DeveloperMeta } from "../src/developer.js";
 import { createSolveIssueRun, solveIssueModerator } from "../src/index.js";
@@ -250,17 +249,20 @@ describe("createSolveIssueRun", () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
 
     // Override developer so the test does not spin up a child workflow.
-    const run = createSolveIssueRun(
-      {
-        agent: async () => "",
-        overrides: { developer: async () => "stub-root-hash" },
-      },
-      stubExtract,
-      stubLlmProvider,
-    );
+    const run = createSolveIssueRun({
+      agent: async () => "",
+      overrides: { developer: async () => "stub-root-hash" },
+    });
     const gen = run(
       { prompt: "task", steps: [] },
-      { threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR", maxRounds: 20, depth: 0, cas },
+      {
+        threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR",
+        maxRounds: 20,
+        depth: 0,
+        cas,
+        extract: stubExtract,
+        llmProvider: stubLlmProvider,
+      },
     );
     const first = await gen.next();
     expect(first.done).toBe(false);
@@ -294,33 +296,36 @@ describe("createSolveIssueRun", () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
 
     const calls: string[] = [];
-    const run = createSolveIssueRun(
-      {
-        agent: async () => {
-          calls.push("default");
+    const run = createSolveIssueRun({
+      agent: async () => {
+        calls.push("default");
+        return "";
+      },
+      overrides: {
+        preparer: async () => {
+          calls.push("preparer");
           return "";
         },
-        overrides: {
-          preparer: async () => {
-            calls.push("preparer");
-            return "";
-          },
-          developer: async () => {
-            calls.push("developer");
-            return "stub-root-hash";
-          },
-          submitter: async () => {
-            calls.push("submitter");
-            return "";
-          },
+        developer: async () => {
+          calls.push("developer");
+          return "stub-root-hash";
+        },
+        submitter: async () => {
+          calls.push("submitter");
+          return "";
         },
       },
-      stubExtract,
-      stubLlmProvider,
-    );
+    });
     const gen = run(
       { prompt: "task", steps: [] },
-      { threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR", maxRounds: 20, depth: 0, cas },
+      {
+        threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR",
+        maxRounds: 20,
+        depth: 0,
+        cas,
+        extract: stubExtract,
+        llmProvider: stubLlmProvider,
+      },
     );
     await gen.next();
     expect(calls).toEqual(["preparer"]);
@@ -353,22 +358,25 @@ describe("createSolveIssueRun", () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
 
     let developerInvocations = 0;
-    const run = createSolveIssueRun(
-      {
-        agent: async () => "",
-        overrides: {
-          developer: async () => {
-            developerInvocations += 1;
-            return "stub-root-hash";
-          },
+    const run = createSolveIssueRun({
+      agent: async () => "",
+      overrides: {
+        developer: async () => {
+          developerInvocations += 1;
+          return "stub-root-hash";
         },
       },
-      stubExtract,
-      stubLlmProvider,
-    );
+    });
     const gen = run(
       { prompt: "task", steps: [] },
-      { threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR", maxRounds: 20, depth: 0, cas },
+      {
+        threadId: "01TEST000000000000000000TR",
+        maxRounds: 20,
+        depth: 0,
+        cas,
+        extract: stubExtract,
+        llmProvider: stubLlmProvider,
+      },
     );
     // preparer
     await gen.next();

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-template-solve-issue",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*",
     "zod": "^4.0.0"
   }
 }

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/developer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const developerMetaSchema = z.object({

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/index.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
-import {
-  type AgentBinding,
-  createWorkflow,
-  type ExtractFn,
-  type LlmProvider,
-  type WorkflowDefinition,
-  type WorkflowFn,
-  workflowAsAgent,
-} from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { createWorkflow, workflowAsAgent } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { AgentBinding, WorkflowDefinition, WorkflowFn } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { solveIssueModerator } from "./moderator.js";
 import { SOLVE_ISSUE_WORKFLOW_DESCRIPTION, type SolveIssueMeta, solveIssueRoles } from "./roles.js";
@@ -46,11 +39,7 @@ export const solveIssueWorkflowDefinition: WorkflowDefinition<SolveIssueMeta> =
  * {@link workflowAsAgent}; if the caller supplies their own `developer` override in
  * `binding.overrides`, it takes precedence so tests and custom hosts can stub it.
  */
-export function createSolveIssueRun(
-  binding: AgentBinding,
-  extract: ExtractFn,
-  llmProvider: LlmProvider | null,
-): WorkflowFn {
+export function createSolveIssueRun(binding: AgentBinding): WorkflowFn {
   const developerOverride = binding.overrides?.developer ?? workflowAsAgent("develop");
   const mergedBinding: AgentBinding = {
     agent: binding.agent,
@@ -59,5 +48,5 @@ export function createSolveIssueRun(
       developer: developerOverride,
     },
   };
-  return createWorkflow(solveIssueWorkflowDefinition, mergedBinding, extract, llmProvider);
+  return createWorkflow(solveIssueWorkflowDefinition, mergedBinding);
 }

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/moderator.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { Moderator } from "@uncaged/workflow";
-import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { Moderator } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import type { SolveIssueMeta } from "./roles.js";
 

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/roles.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { type DeveloperMeta, developerRole } from "./developer.js";
 import { type PreparerMeta, preparerRole } from "./roles/preparer.js";
 import { type SubmitterMeta, submitterRole } from "./roles/submitter.js";

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/roles/preparer.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 const toolchainSchema = z.object({

packages/workflow-template-solve-issue/src/roles/submitter.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { RoleDefinition } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
 
 export const submitterMetaSchema = z.discriminatedUnion("status", [

packages/workflow-util-agent/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow-util-agent
+
+Shared helpers for CLI-backed workflow agents: assemble prompts from thread context and spawn subprocesses with timeouts.
+
+Used by `@uncaged/workflow-agent-cursor` and `@uncaged/workflow-agent-hermes`. Depends on `@uncaged/workflow` for CAS reads (`getContentMerklePayload`) and `Result` typing.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow-util-agent @uncaged/workflow
+```
+
+In this monorepo: `workspace:*` for both packages.
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { buildAgentPrompt, spawnCli } from "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent";
+
+const prompt = await buildAgentPrompt(agentContext);
+const result = await spawnCli("my-cli", ["--json"], { cwd: "/tmp", timeoutMs: 60_000 });
+if (!result.ok) { /* handle SpawnCliError */ }
+const stdout = result.value;
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+| Export | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `buildAgentPrompt(ctx)` | System prompt + task + prior step summaries + latest body from CAS; appends `uncaged-workflow thread <id>` tool hint |
+| `spawnCli(cmd, args, { cwd, timeoutMs })` | `Promise<Result<string, SpawnCliError>>`; captures stdout, non-zero exit and spawn failures as `err` |
+| `SpawnCliConfig` | `cwd: string \| null`, `timeoutMs: number \| null` |
+| `SpawnCliError` | `non_zero_exit` \| `timeout` \| `spawn_failed` |
+| `SpawnCliResult` | Alias for `Result<string, SpawnCliError>` |

packages/workflow-util-agent/__tests__/build-agent-prompt.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
-import { createCasStore, putContentMerkleNode, START, type ThreadContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { createCasStore, putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { START, type ThreadContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 import { buildAgentPrompt } from "../src/index.js";
 

packages/workflow-util-agent/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@uncaged/workflow-util-agent",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.ts",
   "types": "src/index.ts",
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "test": "bun test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*"
+    "@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*",
+    "@uncaged/workflow-runtime": "workspace:*"
   }
 }

packages/workflow-util-agent/src/build-agent-prompt.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { AgentContext } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 import { getContentMerklePayload } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import type { AgentContext } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 async function resolveStepText(ctx: AgentContext, contentHash: string): Promise<string> {
   const text = await getContentMerklePayload(ctx.cas, contentHash);

packages/workflow-util-agent/src/spawn-cli.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 
-import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+import { err, ok, type Result } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 
 export type SpawnCliError =
   | { kind: "non_zero_exit"; exitCode: number | null; stdout: string; stderr: string }

packages/workflow/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# @uncaged/workflow
+
+Core workflow engine: registry, CAS, thread execution, bundle validation, and role/workflow types.
+
+This package implements the three-phase engine loop that runs single-file ESM workflow bundles (each exports `run` and `descriptor`). It persists threads under `~/.uncaged/workflow/` by default and hashes bundles with XXH64 (Crockford Base32). See the repo root [README](../../README.md) for workflow, bundle, thread, role, and registry concepts.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+bun add @uncaged/workflow zod
+```
+
+In this monorepo, depend with `"@uncaged/workflow": "workspace:*"`. `zod` is a peer dependency (used by bundle/shape validation at the integration boundary).
+
+## Usage
+
+```typescript
+import { createWorkflow, readWorkflowRegistry, executeThread } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+// Wire a WorkflowDefinition + AgentBinding + extract + optional LlmProvider into createWorkflow,
+// then run the returned WorkflowFn inside your host (or use executeThread for disk-backed runs).
+```
+
+## API overview
+
+| Area | Exports (representative) |
+|------|--------------------------|
+| **Types** | `WorkflowDefinition`, `WorkflowFn`, `AgentFn`, `AgentBinding`, `Moderator`, `RoleDefinition`, `ThreadContext`, `LlmProvider`, `Result` shape via `ok` / `err`, `START` / `END` |
+| **Bundle** | `buildDescriptor`, `extractBundleExports`, `validateWorkflowBundle`, `validateWorkflowDescriptor`, `WorkflowDescriptor`, `WorkflowRoleDescriptor` |
+| **Registry** | `readWorkflowRegistry`, `writeWorkflowRegistry`, `registerWorkflowVersion`, `workflowRegistryPath`, YAML helpers |
+| **CAS** | `createCasStore`, Merkle helpers (`putStepMerkleNode`, `getContentMerklePayload`, …), `hashWorkflowBundleBytes` |
+| **Engine** | `createWorkflow`, `executeThread`, `parseThreadDataJsonl`, fork helpers, `garbageCollectCas` |
+| **Extract / LLM tools** | `llmExtract`, `reactExtract`, `createExtract`, `getExtractProvider` |
+| **Agent bridge** | `workflowAsAgent` — expose a registered workflow as an agent-backed role |
+| **Utilities** | `createLogger`, ULID / Crockford Base32 codecs, `getDefaultWorkflowStorageRoot`, paths |
+
+Full surface is re-exported from `src/index.ts`.

packages/workflow/__tests__/build-descriptor.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
 import { buildDescriptor } from "../src/bundle/build-descriptor.js";
 import { validateWorkflowDescriptor } from "../src/bundle/workflow-descriptor.js";
-import { END } from "../src/types.js";
 
 describe("buildDescriptor", () => {
   test("produces a descriptor that validates and includes JSON schemas per role", () => {

packages/workflow/__tests__/bundle-validator.test.ts

@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ export const run = async function* (_input, options) {
     expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  test("allows static import of @uncaged/workflow-runtime", () => {
+    const source = `${minimalDescriptor}import { createWorkflow } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
+import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
+
+export const run = createWorkflow({ description: "x", roles: {}, moderator: () => "END" }, {});
+`;
+    const r = validateWorkflowBundle({ filePath: "/tmp/w.esm.js", source });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test("rejects wrong filename suffix", () => {
     const r = validateWorkflowBundle({
       filePath: "/tmp/w.js",

packages/workflow/__tests__/cas.test.ts

@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 
-import { createCasStore, createThreadCas } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
+import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { hashString } from "../src/cas/hash.js";
+import { createContentMerkleNode, serializeMerkleNode } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
 
-describe("cas module exports", () => {
-  test("createThreadCas is a deprecated alias of createCasStore", () => {
-    expect(createThreadCas).toBe(createCasStore);
-  });
-});
+function casStoredForm(raw: string): string {
+  return serializeMerkleNode(createContentMerkleNode(raw));
+}
 
 describe("createCasStore", () => {
   let casDir: string;
@@ -25,25 +24,30 @@ describe("createCasStore", () => {
 
   test("put returns consistent hash for same content", async () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
-    const h1 = await cas.put("hello world");
-    const h2 = await cas.put("hello world");
+    const raw = "hello world";
+    const stored = casStoredForm(raw);
+    const h1 = await cas.put(raw);
+    const h2 = await cas.put(raw);
     expect(h1).toBe(h2);
+    expect(h1).toBe(hashString(stored));
     expect(h1).toHaveLength(13);
   });
 
-  test("put returns hash matching hashString", async () => {
+  test("put returns hash matching hashString of merkle-stored form", async () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
     const content = "some content to store";
+    const stored = casStoredForm(content);
     const h = await cas.put(content);
-    expect(h).toBe(hashString(content));
+    expect(h).toBe(hashString(stored));
   });
 
-  test("get returns stored content", async () => {
+  test("get returns merkle-serialized blob for raw puts", async () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
     const content = "line1\nline2\nline3";
+    const stored = casStoredForm(content);
     const h = await cas.put(content);
     const retrieved = await cas.get(h);
-    expect(retrieved).toBe(content);
+    expect(retrieved).toBe(stored);
   });
 
   test("get returns null for missing hash", async () => {
@@ -82,11 +86,13 @@ describe("createCasStore", () => {
 
   test("put is idempotent — same content written twice causes no error", async () => {
     const cas = createCasStore(casDir);
-    const h1 = await cas.put("idempotent");
-    const h2 = await cas.put("idempotent");
+    const raw = "idempotent";
+    const stored = casStoredForm(raw);
+    const h1 = await cas.put(raw);
+    const h2 = await cas.put(raw);
     expect(h1).toBe(h2);
     const content = await cas.get(h1);
-    expect(content).toBe("idempotent");
+    expect(content).toBe(stored);
   });
 
   test("different content produces different hashes", async () => {

packages/workflow/__tests__/engine.test.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
 import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import {
   createContentMerkleNode,
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ import {
 } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
 import { createWorkflow } from "../src/engine/create-workflow.js";
 import { executeThread } from "../src/engine/engine.js";
-import { createExtract } from "../src/extract/extract-fn.js";
-import { END, type LlmProvider } from "../src/types.js";
 import { createLogger } from "../src/util/logger.js";
 
 const plannerMetaSchema = z.object({
@@ -82,11 +80,112 @@ function installMockChatCompletions(sequence: ReadonlyArray<Record<string, unkno
   };
 }
 
-const demoExtract = createExtract({
-  baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9",
-  apiKey: "test",
-  model: "test",
-});
+const EXTRACT_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/model
+workflows: {}
+`;
+
+async function writeExtractRegistryConfig(storageRoot: string): Promise<void> {
+  await writeFile(join(storageRoot, "workflow.yaml"), EXTRACT_REGISTRY_YAML, "utf8");
+}
+
+const SUPERVISOR_INTERVAL_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  supervisorInterval: 2
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    extract: stub/model
+    supervisor: stub/supervisor-cheap
+workflows: {}
+`;
+
+const SUPERVISOR_LONG_INTERVAL_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  supervisorInterval: 10
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    extract: stub/model
+    supervisor: stub/supervisor-cheap
+workflows: {}
+`;
+
+async function writeRegistryYaml(storageRoot: string, yaml: string): Promise<void> {
+  await writeFile(join(storageRoot, "workflow.yaml"), yaml, "utf8");
+}
+
+/** Extract rounds use tool_calls; supervisor uses plain `content` (no tools). */
+function installMockExtractThenSupervisor(params: {
+  extractArgs: ReadonlyArray<Record<string, unknown>>;
+  supervisorContent: string;
+  onSupervisorCall?: () => void;
+}): () => void {
+  const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+  let extractI = 0;
+  const mockFetch = async (
+    _input: Parameters<typeof fetch>[0],
+    init?: RequestInit,
+  ): Promise<Response> => {
+    const body = init?.body ? (JSON.parse(String(init.body)) as Record<string, unknown>) : {};
+    const tools = body.tools;
+    const hasTools = Array.isArray(tools) && tools.length > 0;
+    if (hasTools) {
+      const args =
+        params.extractArgs[extractI] ?? params.extractArgs[params.extractArgs.length - 1];
+      if (args === undefined) {
+        throw new Error("installMockExtractThenSupervisor: empty extractArgs");
+      }
+      extractI += 1;
+      const firstTool = tools[0] as Record<string, unknown>;
+      const fn = firstTool.function as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
+      const toolName = typeof fn?.name === "string" ? fn.name : "extract";
+      return new Response(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          choices: [
+            {
+              message: {
+                tool_calls: [
+                  {
+                    type: "function",
+                    function: {
+                      name: toolName,
+                      arguments: JSON.stringify(args),
+                    },
+                  },
+                ],
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        }),
+        { status: 200, headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } },
+      );
+    }
+    params.onSupervisorCall?.();
+    return new Response(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        choices: [{ message: { content: params.supervisorContent } }],
+      }),
+      { status: 200, headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } },
+    );
+  };
+  globalThis.fetch = Object.assign(mockFetch, {
+    preconnect: origFetch.preconnect.bind(origFetch),
+  }) as typeof fetch;
+  return () => {
+    globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+  };
+}
 
 const demoWorkflow = createWorkflow<DemoMeta>(
   {
@@ -125,8 +224,6 @@ const demoWorkflow = createWorkflow<DemoMeta>(
       coder: async () => "code-body",
     },
   },
-  demoExtract,
-  null,
 );
 
 describe("executeThread", () => {
@@ -150,6 +247,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
       const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
       const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
       await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeExtractRegistryConfig(root);
       const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
 
       const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
@@ -166,6 +264,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,
@@ -258,6 +357,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
       const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
       const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
       await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeExtractRegistryConfig(root);
       const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
       const plannerHash = await cas.put(serializeMerkleNode(createContentMerkleNode("plan-body")));
 
@@ -295,6 +395,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
               timestamp: histTs,
             },
           ],
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,
@@ -354,6 +455,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,
@@ -391,6 +493,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
       const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
       const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
       await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeExtractRegistryConfig(root);
       const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
 
       const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
@@ -407,6 +510,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,
@@ -549,9 +653,6 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
         { preconnect: origFetch.preconnect.bind(origFetch) },
       ) as typeof fetch;
 
-      const llm: LlmProvider = { baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9", apiKey: "test", model: "test" };
-      const extractFn = createExtract(llm);
-
       const dagWorkflow = createWorkflow<DagDemoMeta>(
         {
           roles: {
@@ -567,9 +668,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
           },
           moderator: (ctx) => (ctx.steps.length === 0 ? "walker" : END),
         },
-        { agent: async () => dagRootHash },
-        extractFn,
-        llm,
+        { agent: async () => dagRootHash, overrides: null },
       );
 
       const threadId = "01KQXKW18CT8G75T53R8F4G7YG";
@@ -577,6 +676,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
       const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
       const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
       await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeExtractRegistryConfig(root);
 
       const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
       const ac = new AbortController();
@@ -592,6 +692,7 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,
@@ -613,4 +714,102 @@ describe("executeThread", () => {
       await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
     }
   });
+
+  test("supervisor stops thread when interval elapses and model returns stop", async () => {
+    restoreFetch = installMockExtractThenSupervisor({
+      extractArgs: [{ plan: "do-it", files: ["a.ts"] }, { diff: "+ok" }],
+      supervisorContent: "stop",
+    });
+
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-engine-sup-stop-"));
+    try {
+      const threadId = "01KQXKW18CT8G75T53R8F4G7YG";
+      const hash = "C9NMV6V2TQT81";
+      const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
+      const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
+      await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeRegistryYaml(root, SUPERVISOR_INTERVAL_REGISTRY_YAML);
+      const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
+
+      const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
+      const ac = new AbortController();
+
+      const result = await executeThread(
+        demoWorkflow,
+        "demo-flow",
+        { prompt: "supervisor-stop-case", steps: [] },
+        {
+          maxRounds: 20,
+          depth: 0,
+          signal: ac.signal,
+          awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
+          forkSourceThreadId: null,
+          prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
+        },
+        { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
+        logger,
+      );
+
+      expect(result.returnCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.summary).toBe("completed: supervisor stopped thread");
+
+      const dataText = await readFile(dataPath, "utf8");
+      const lines = dataText
+        .trim()
+        .split("\n")
+        .filter((l) => l !== "");
+      expect(lines.length).toBe(3);
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  test("supervisor is not invoked before supervisorInterval rounds", async () => {
+    let supervisorCalls = 0;
+    restoreFetch = installMockExtractThenSupervisor({
+      extractArgs: [{ plan: "do-it", files: ["a.ts"] }, { diff: "+ok" }],
+      supervisorContent: "stop",
+      onSupervisorCall: () => {
+        supervisorCalls += 1;
+      },
+    });
+
+    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-engine-sup-skip-"));
+    try {
+      const threadId = "01KQXKW18CT8G75T53R8F4G7YG";
+      const hash = "C9NMV6V2TQT81";
+      const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
+      const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
+      await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeRegistryYaml(root, SUPERVISOR_LONG_INTERVAL_REGISTRY_YAML);
+      const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
+
+      const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
+      const ac = new AbortController();
+
+      const result = await executeThread(
+        demoWorkflow,
+        "demo-flow",
+        { prompt: "no-supervisor-yet", steps: [] },
+        {
+          maxRounds: 20,
+          depth: 0,
+          signal: ac.signal,
+          awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
+          forkSourceThreadId: null,
+          prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
+        },
+        { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
+        logger,
+      );
+
+      expect(supervisorCalls).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.returnCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(result.summary).toBe("completed: moderator returned END");
+    } finally {
+      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    }
+  });
 });

packages/workflow/__tests__/extract-provider.test.ts

@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
-import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
-import { join } from "node:path";
-
-import { getExtractProvider } from "../src/extract-provider.js";
-
-describe("getExtractProvider", () => {
-  test("returns provider when config.models.extract is present", async () => {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-ext-prov-ok-"));
-    try {
-      await mkdir(root, { recursive: true });
-      await writeFile(
-        join(root, "workflow.yaml"),
-        `config:
-  maxDepth: 3
-  providers:
-    dashscope:
-      baseUrl: https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1
-      apiKey: literal-key
-  models:
-    default: dashscope/qwen-turbo
-    extract: dashscope/qwen-plus
-workflows: {}
-`,
-        "utf8",
-      );
-      const r = await getExtractProvider(root);
-      expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
-      if (!r.ok) {
-        return;
-      }
-      expect(r.value.baseUrl).toBe("https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1");
-      expect(r.value.model).toBe("qwen-plus");
-      expect(r.value.apiKey).toBe("literal-key");
-    } finally {
-      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
-
-  test("errs when registry has no config section", async () => {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-ext-prov-missing-"));
-    try {
-      await mkdir(root, { recursive: true });
-      await writeFile(join(root, "workflow.yaml"), "workflows: {}\n", "utf8");
-      const r = await getExtractProvider(root);
-      expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
-      if (r.ok) {
-        return;
-      }
-      expect(r.error).toContain("no global config");
-    } finally {
-      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
-
-  test("resolves apiKey from env at registry read time", async () => {
-    const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-ext-prov-env-"));
-    const prev = process.env.WF_GET_EXTRACT_PROVIDER_KEY;
-    process.env.WF_GET_EXTRACT_PROVIDER_KEY = "resolved-secret";
-    try {
-      await mkdir(root, { recursive: true });
-      await writeFile(
-        join(root, "workflow.yaml"),
-        `config:
-  maxDepth: 1
-  providers:
-    p:
-      baseUrl: https://example.com
-      apiKey: env:WF_GET_EXTRACT_PROVIDER_KEY
-  models:
-    default: p/other-model
-    extract: p/m
-workflows: {}
-`,
-        "utf8",
-      );
-      const r = await getExtractProvider(root);
-      expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
-      if (!r.ok) {
-        return;
-      }
-      expect(r.value.apiKey).toBe("resolved-secret");
-    } finally {
-      if (prev === undefined) {
-        delete process.env.WF_GET_EXTRACT_PROVIDER_KEY;
-      } else {
-        process.env.WF_GET_EXTRACT_PROVIDER_KEY = prev;
-      }
-      await rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-  });
-});

packages/workflow/__tests__/react-extract.test.ts

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdtemp, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import type { LlmProvider } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
 import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { createContentMerkleNode, serializeMerkleNode } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
 import { reactExtract } from "../src/extract/react-extract.js";
-import type { LlmProvider } from "../src/types.js";
 
 const metaSchema = z.object({ seen: z.string() });
 

packages/workflow/__tests__/refs-tracking.test.ts

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
-import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
 import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { createWorkflow } from "../src/engine/create-workflow.js";
 import { executeThread } from "../src/engine/engine.js";
 import { buildForkPlan, parseThreadDataJsonl } from "../src/engine/fork-thread.js";
-import { createExtract } from "../src/extract/extract-fn.js";
-import { END } from "../src/types.js";
 import { createLogger } from "../src/util/logger.js";
 
 const phaseSchema = z.object({
@@ -76,11 +74,16 @@ function installMockChatCompletions(sequence: ReadonlyArray<Record<string, unkno
   };
 }
 
-const refsDemoExtract = createExtract({
-  baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9",
-  apiKey: "test",
-  model: "test",
-});
+const EXTRACT_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/model
+workflows: {}
+`;
 
 const refsDemoWorkflow = createWorkflow<RefsDemoMeta>(
   {
@@ -98,9 +101,8 @@ const refsDemoWorkflow = createWorkflow<RefsDemoMeta>(
   },
   {
     agent: async () => "plan-output",
+    overrides: null,
   },
-  refsDemoExtract,
-  null,
 );
 
 describe("RoleStep refs tracking", () => {
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ describe("RoleStep refs tracking", () => {
       const dataPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.data.jsonl`);
       const infoPath = join(root, "logs", hash, `${threadId}.info.jsonl`);
       await mkdir(join(root, "logs", hash), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(root, "workflow.yaml"), EXTRACT_REGISTRY_YAML, "utf8");
       const cas = createCasStore(join(root, "cas"));
 
       const logger = createLogger({ sink: { kind: "file", path: infoPath } });
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ describe("RoleStep refs tracking", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,

packages/workflow/__tests__/registry.test.ts

@@ -132,6 +132,65 @@ workflows:
     expect(r.value.config.providers.dashscope?.apiKey).toBe("secret-key");
     expect(r.value.config.models.extract).toBe("dashscope/qwen-plus");
     expect(r.value.config.models.default).toBe("dashscope/qwen-turbo");
+    expect(r.value.config.supervisorInterval).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  test("defaults supervisorInterval to 3 when omitted", () => {
+    const yaml = `
+config:
+  maxDepth: 0
+  providers:
+    p:
+      baseUrl: https://example.com
+      apiKey: k
+  models:
+    default: p/m
+workflows: {}
+`;
+    const r = parseWorkflowRegistryYaml(yaml);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!r.ok || r.value.config === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(r.value.config.supervisorInterval).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  test("parses explicit supervisorInterval", () => {
+    const yaml = `
+config:
+  maxDepth: 0
+  supervisorInterval: 7
+  providers:
+    p:
+      baseUrl: https://example.com
+      apiKey: k
+  models:
+    default: p/m
+workflows: {}
+`;
+    const r = parseWorkflowRegistryYaml(yaml);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!r.ok || r.value.config === null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(r.value.config.supervisorInterval).toBe(7);
+  });
+
+  test("parse errors when supervisorInterval is negative", () => {
+    const yaml = `
+config:
+  maxDepth: 0
+  supervisorInterval: -1
+  providers:
+    p:
+      baseUrl: https://example.com
+      apiKey: k
+  models:
+    default: p/m
+workflows: {}
+`;
+    const r = parseWorkflowRegistryYaml(yaml);
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
   });
 
   test("parses config apiKey env: prefix from process.env", () => {

packages/workflow/__tests__/resolve-model.test.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { WorkflowConfig } from "../src/registry/index.js";
 function sampleConfig(): WorkflowConfig {
   return {
     maxDepth: 3,
+    supervisorInterval: 3,
     providers: {
       dashscope: {
         baseUrl: "https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1",
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ describe("resolveModel", () => {
   test("errs when scene missing and no default", () => {
     const config: WorkflowConfig = {
       maxDepth: 1,
+      supervisorInterval: 3,
       providers: {
         p: { baseUrl: "https://x", apiKey: "k" },
       },
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ describe("resolveModel", () => {
   test("errs when provider is unknown", () => {
     const config: WorkflowConfig = {
       maxDepth: 1,
+      supervisorInterval: 3,
       providers: {
         p: { baseUrl: "https://x", apiKey: "k" },
       },
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ describe("resolveModel", () => {
   test("errs on invalid model reference shape", () => {
     const config: WorkflowConfig = {
       maxDepth: 1,
+      supervisorInterval: 3,
       providers: {
         p: { baseUrl: "https://x", apiKey: "k" },
       },

packages/workflow/__tests__/supervisor.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { parseSupervisorDecisionText, runSupervisor } from "../src/engine/supervisor.js";
+import type { WorkflowConfig } from "../src/registry/index.js";
+import type { LogFn } from "../src/util/index.js";
+
+const noopLogger: LogFn = () => {};
+
+function supervisorOnlyConfig(): WorkflowConfig {
+  return {
+    maxDepth: 3,
+    supervisorInterval: 3,
+    providers: {
+      stub: { baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9/v1", apiKey: "k" },
+    },
+    models: {
+      extract: "stub/extract-model",
+      supervisor: "stub/supervisor-model",
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+describe("parseSupervisorDecisionText", () => {
+  test("reads continue and stop case-insensitively", () => {
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("continue")).toBe("continue");
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("CONTINUE")).toBe("continue");
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("stop")).toBe("stop");
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("STOP.")).toBe("stop");
+  });
+
+  test("finds token inside a sentence", () => {
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("Answer: continue")).toBe("continue");
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("I recommend stop now")).toBe("stop");
+  });
+
+  test("when both appear, earlier token wins", () => {
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("continue then stop")).toBe("continue");
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("stop then continue")).toBe("stop");
+  });
+
+  test("defaults to continue when unclear", () => {
+    expect(parseSupervisorDecisionText("maybe later")).toBe("continue");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("runSupervisor", () => {
+  let restoreFetch: (() => void) | null = null;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    restoreFetch?.();
+    restoreFetch = null;
+  });
+
+  test("returns continue when supervisor model cannot be resolved (no fetch)", async () => {
+    const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+    restoreFetch = () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+    };
+    globalThis.fetch = Object.assign(
+      async () => {
+        throw new Error("fetch should not run when supervisor is not configured");
+      },
+      { preconnect: origFetch.preconnect.bind(origFetch) },
+    ) as typeof fetch;
+
+    const config: WorkflowConfig = {
+      maxDepth: 1,
+      supervisorInterval: 3,
+      providers: {
+        stub: { baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9/v1", apiKey: "k" },
+      },
+      models: {
+        extract: "stub/m",
+      },
+    };
+
+    const r = await runSupervisor({
+      config,
+      prompt: "task",
+      recentSteps: [{ role: "planner", summary: "{}" }],
+      logger: noopLogger,
+    });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!r.ok) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(r.value).toBe("continue");
+  });
+
+  test("returns stop from chat/completions assistant content", async () => {
+    const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+    restoreFetch = () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+    };
+    globalThis.fetch = Object.assign(
+      async () =>
+        new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            choices: [{ message: { content: "stop" } }],
+          }),
+          { status: 200, headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" } },
+        ),
+      { preconnect: origFetch.preconnect.bind(origFetch) },
+    ) as typeof fetch;
+
+    const r = await runSupervisor({
+      config: supervisorOnlyConfig(),
+      prompt: "do X",
+      recentSteps: [{ role: "a", summary: "{}" }],
+      logger: noopLogger,
+    });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(true);
+    if (!r.ok) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(r.value).toBe("stop");
+  });
+
+  test("returns err on invalid JSON body", async () => {
+    const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+    restoreFetch = () => {
+      globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+    };
+    globalThis.fetch = Object.assign(async () => new Response("not-json", { status: 200 }), {
+      preconnect: origFetch.preconnect.bind(origFetch),
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+
+    const r = await runSupervisor({
+      config: supervisorOnlyConfig(),
+      prompt: "p",
+      recentSteps: [],
+      logger: noopLogger,
+    });
+    expect(r.ok).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

packages/workflow/__tests__/worker.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { createContentMerkleNode, serializeMerkleNode } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
 import { getWorkerHostScriptPath } from "../src/engine/worker-entry-path.js";
 
+const WORKER_REGISTRY_YAML = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/model
+workflows: {}
+`;
+
 const bundleSource = `import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 
 export const descriptor = {
@@ -89,6 +100,7 @@ describe("worker process", () => {
     try {
       const hash = "C9NMV6V2TQT81";
       await mkdir(join(root, "bundles"), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(root, "workflow.yaml"), WORKER_REGISTRY_YAML, "utf8");
       const bundlePath = join(root, "bundles", `${hash}.esm.js`);
       await writeFile(bundlePath, bundleSource, "utf8");
 
@@ -136,6 +148,7 @@ describe("worker process", () => {
     try {
       const hash = "C9NMV6V2TQT81";
       await mkdir(join(root, "bundles"), { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(root, "workflow.yaml"), WORKER_REGISTRY_YAML, "utf8");
       const bundlePath = join(root, "bundles", `${hash}.esm.js`);
       await writeFile(bundlePath, bundleSource, "utf8");
 

packages/workflow/__tests__/workflow-as-agent-integration.test.ts

@@ -2,20 +2,18 @@ import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdir, mkdtemp, readdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
+import { END } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import * as z from "zod/v4";
-
 import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { hashWorkflowBundleBytes } from "../src/cas/hash.js";
 import { getContentMerklePayload, parseMerkleNode } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
 import { createWorkflow } from "../src/engine/create-workflow.js";
 import { executeThread } from "../src/engine/engine.js";
-import { createExtract } from "../src/extract/extract-fn.js";
 import {
   readWorkflowRegistry,
   registerWorkflowVersion,
   writeWorkflowRegistry,
 } from "../src/registry/registry.js";
-import { END } from "../src/types.js";
 import { createLogger } from "../src/util/logger.js";
 import { workflowAsAgent } from "../src/workflow-as-agent.js";
 
@@ -76,11 +74,16 @@ function installMockChatCompletions(sequence: ReadonlyArray<Record<string, unkno
   };
 }
 
-const parentExtract = createExtract({
-  baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9",
-  apiKey: "test",
-  model: "test",
-});
+const PARENT_REGISTRY_WITH_CONFIG = `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/m
+workflows: {}
+`;
 
 const childBundleSource = `import { putContentMerkleNode } from "@uncaged/workflow";
 
@@ -131,6 +134,8 @@ describe("workflowAsAgent integration", () => {
 
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-waa-int-"));
     try {
+      await mkdir(root, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(join(root, "workflow.yaml"), PARENT_REGISTRY_WITH_CONFIG, "utf8");
       const { hash: childHash } = await installChildWorkflow(root);
 
       const parentWorkflow = createWorkflow<ParentMeta>(
@@ -147,9 +152,7 @@ describe("workflowAsAgent integration", () => {
           },
           moderator: (ctx) => (ctx.steps.length === 0 ? "caller" : END),
         },
-        { agent: workflowAsAgent("child-wf", { storageRoot: root }) },
-        parentExtract,
-        null,
+        { agent: workflowAsAgent("child-wf", { storageRoot: root }), overrides: null },
       );
 
       const threadId = "01KQXKW18CT8G75T53R8F4G7YG";
@@ -173,6 +176,7 @@ describe("workflowAsAgent integration", () => {
           awaitAfterEachYield: async () => {},
           forkSourceThreadId: null,
           prefilledDiskSteps: null,
+          storageRoot: root,
         },
         { threadId, hash: parentHash, dataJsonlPath: dataPath, infoJsonlPath: infoPath, cas },
         logger,

packages/workflow/__tests__/workflow-as-agent.test.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { mkdir, mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
-
+import { type AgentContext, START } from "@uncaged/workflow-runtime";
 import { createCasStore } from "../src/cas/cas.js";
 import { hashWorkflowBundleBytes } from "../src/cas/hash.js";
 import { parseMerkleNode } from "../src/cas/merkle.js";
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   registerWorkflowVersion,
   writeWorkflowRegistry,
 } from "../src/registry/registry.js";
-import { type AgentContext, START } from "../src/types.js";
 import { workflowAsAgent } from "../src/workflow-as-agent.js";
 
 function makeAgentCtx(params: {
@@ -93,6 +92,21 @@ describe("workflowAsAgent", () => {
   test("runs registered workflow and returns child thread root CAS hash", async () => {
     const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "wf-waa-ok-"));
     try {
+      await mkdir(root, { recursive: true });
+      await writeFile(
+        join(root, "workflow.yaml"),
+        `config:
+  maxDepth: 3
+  providers:
+    stub:
+      baseUrl: http://127.0.0.1:9
+      apiKey: test
+  models:
+    default: stub/m
+workflows: {}
+`,
+        "utf8",
+      );
       await installChildWorkflow(root);
       const agent = workflowAsAgent("child-wf", { storageRoot: root });
       const out = await agent(
@@ -140,6 +154,7 @@ describe("workflowAsAgent", () => {
         ...reg.value,
         config: {
           maxDepth: 2,
+          supervisorInterval: 3,
           providers: {
             local: {
               baseUrl: "http://127.0.0.1:9",