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The create-and-start sequence behind thread.turn.start with a bootstrap lived inside the per-connection RPC closure in ws.ts. The MCP server needs the same sequence, so it now lives in a ThreadBootstrap service. No behavior change: same commands, fences, cleanup, and setup activity. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
An agent that finishes a task, or hits the edge of its context, has no way to continue the work in a fresh T3 thread. The user has to open one by hand and retype the context. t3_thread_start on the t3-code MCP server creates a top-level thread in the caller's project and starts its first turn with the agent's prompt. It reuses the thread.turn.start bootstrap the web client already uses. The new thread inherits the caller's checkout, model, permission mode, and interaction mode; the agent can override the model and interaction mode or ask for a fresh worktree, but never the permission mode. The first message carries a server-authored attribution line so the human and the model can see where the thread came from. clientRequestId makes a retried call return the thread created the first time. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds the ChangesThread start flow
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant MCPClient
participant ThreadsToolkit
participant ThreadBootstrap
participant GitWorkflow
participant Orchestration
MCPClient->>ThreadsToolkit: call t3_thread_start
ThreadsToolkit->>ThreadBootstrap: dispatchTurnStart
ThreadBootstrap->>GitWorkflow: prepare worktree
ThreadBootstrap->>Orchestration: create thread and dispatch first turn
Orchestration-->>ThreadsToolkit: return sequence
ThreadsToolkit-->>MCPClient: return thread result
Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A failed thread bootstrap may be reported as successfully started, leaving callers to act on a thread with no usable first turn. Resolve this recovery ambiguity before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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A retry with the same clientRequestId could dispatch before the first call's thread reached the projection. The deterministic id then failed the thread-absent invariant and the caller saw ThreadStartFailedError instead of the thread it asked for. When the dispatch fails under a clientRequestId, re-read the thread; if it now exists, return it with alreadyStarted: true. Without a key the failure still propagates. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.ts`:
- Around line 200-203: Update the ThreadStartFailedError recovery around
ThreadBootstrap.dispatchTurnStart so it does not treat every existing thread
shell as a successful start. Restrict the alreadyStarted result to the typed
duplicate-creation outcome, or validate that readThread returns a thread with a
started turn before returning success; otherwise preserve and re-fail the
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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Do not treat every visible thread shell as a successful start.
ThreadBootstrap.dispatchTurnStart attempts thread.delete after later failures, but if that cleanup dispatch fails, it re-fails without proving deletion. The handler then maps the failure to ThreadStartFailedError and returns alreadyStarted: true whenever readThread(threadId) finds a shell. A failed bootstrap can therefore be reported as started. Restrict recovery to a typed duplicate-creation outcome, or require the existing thread to have a started turn.
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In `@apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.ts` around lines 200 - 203,
Update the ThreadStartFailedError recovery around
ThreadBootstrap.dispatchTurnStart so it does not treat every existing thread
shell as a successful start. Restrict the alreadyStarted result to the typed
duplicate-creation outcome, or validate that readThread returns a thread with a
started turn before returning success; otherwise preserve and re-fail the
original error.
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Thanks for the PR. We're not taking changes to the orchestration and provider layers right now: that part of the server is being rewritten for V2, and merging into the current code would either conflict with or be thrown away by that work. Closing for now. If this is still an issue once V2 lands, please reopen (or open a fresh PR against the new code) and we'll take a proper look. |
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What Changed
Adds one tool to the built-in
t3-codeMCP server:t3_thread_start. An agent calls it to hand work to a new top-level thread that the user then drives from the sidebar. The tool creates the thread in the caller's project and starts its first turn with the agent's prompt, through the samethread.turn.startbootstrap the web client already uses for every new thread.Defaults come from the calling thread: project, checkout, provider and model, permission mode, and interaction mode. The agent may override
modelSelectionandinteractionMode, or passworktreeto give the new thread a fresh git worktree (setup script runs, same as the web flow). Permission mode is never an input, so a handoff cannot widen access. The first message carries a server-authored line naming the source thread.clientRequestIdmakes a retried call return the thread created the first time instead of a second one.Two commits:
refactor(server): moves the bootstrap program (create thread, prepare worktree, run setup script, dispatch turn, clean up on failure) out of the per-connection closure inws.tsinto aThreadBootstrapservice. No behavior change; the WebSocket path calls the service with the same client origin.feat(mcp): the toolkit, athreadscapability granted alongsidepull-requests, registration, and tests.Not included: parent/child lineage in the sidebar, waiting on the child, messaging between threads, or cross-project creation. Those are tracked in #8433 and belong to the orchestrator work in #2829. This is the smallest slice that lets an agent continue work in a fresh thread today.
Why
An agent that finishes a task, or runs out of context mid-task, has no way to continue in a new T3 thread. The user opens one by hand and retypes the context. Prior attempts at this (#7487, #8452, #8492) added new lifecycle state, client cards, or a CLI plugin. This one reuses an existing command and adds no schema, migration, or UI.
Verification
vp test runonapps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.test.ts,McpHttpServer.test.ts,McpSessionRegistry.test.ts,McpInvocationContext.test.ts(37 passed), the ProviderService capability tests (8 passed), and theserver.test.tsbootstrap, worktree, and setup-script cases (14 passed) plusOrchestrationEngine.test.ts,bin.test.ts,cli/app.test.ts(61 passed).tsc --noEmitforapps/serverclean.vp run devenvironment, a Claude Sonnet 5 thread instructed to callt3_thread_start. The tool returned the new thread; the new thread appeared in the sidebar with the attribution line as its first user message and completed its own first turn.Model/harness: Claude Fable 5.1 via Claude Code.
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