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What Changed

Agents can now work with threads as first-class objects through the t3-code MCP server that is already mounted on every provider session:

  • threads_list returns the environment's threads (id, project, title, settled state, last-updated time) with filter: "recent" | "settled" | "active", so an agent can answer "show me what finished recently" from real data instead of memory.
  • threads_create creates an empty thread in the calling thread's project and returns its id.

On the web client, a completed threads_list call renders as an inline card of clickable thread rows (title, relative time, settled check) instead of a raw tool-call row, and each row navigates straight to that thread. A completed threads_create call pops a "New thread created" toast with an Open action.

Scope boundary: mobile renders these calls as ordinary tool rows (no card/toast there yet); desktop inherits the web behavior through its wrapped app; the provider adapters need no changes because the tools ride the existing per-provider t3-code MCP session. Thread payloads are ids and titles only — message content never crosses into the model.

Why

The only way an agent could previously "show" the user a set of threads was markdown prose, which is not clickable and goes stale. The client already holds thread shells with latestTurn.completedAt, so the natural split is: the agent emits typed thread ids, the client resolves, styles, and makes them interactive. This keeps the element library small (two tools), keeps rendering safe (text nodes, navigation restricted to in-environment thread routes), and requires zero per-adapter work.

MCP tool results are normally slimmed to a one-line summary before reaching clients (projectActivityPayload), so the projector now preserves the small structured results of these two tools verbatim as data.structuredResult; every other MCP result keeps its existing summary behavior.

Fixes since review

  • Stale toasts on reload (macroscope): agent-created thread ids observed in the first work log are treated as historical baseline; later creates notify only when their work-log timestamp exceeds the observed watermark, so reloading or backfilling older turns never replays a toast.
  • Cross-provider tool naming: Claude/OpenCode-class adapters report the tool as mcp__t3-code__threads_list rather than the bare name, and classify threads_create completions under a generic itemType. A shared matchThreadsSurfaceToolName in contracts normalizes bare and qualified names, and the projection/derivation paths no longer gate on itemType === "mcp_tool_call".
  • Double projection: snapshot reads run the payload projection twice (hydration, then projectThreadDetailSnapshot after superseded tool.updated rows are dropped). The first pass replaces data.result with a summary, so re-extraction failed and structuredResult vanished on refresh. An already-projected value now carries through verbatim.

Verification

  • vp test run focused suites: apps/server/src/orchestration/ActivityPayloadProjection.test.ts and apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts — 128 passed, 0 failed.
  • vp lint on touched files: 0 warnings, 0 errors. Targeted typecheck clean for @t3tools/contracts, apps/server, apps/web.
  • Live run on this branch (GLM provider, Claude-adapter payload shape): the agent called threads_list + threads_create; the card rendered in the work log, a card row navigated to the listed thread, and the create toast fired mid-turn. Reloading the thread replayed zero toasts.

UI Changes

threads_list result rendered as clickable thread rows inside the work log:

threads card

threads_create result → toast with Open action:

create toast

Card row click navigates to that thread:

card navigation

Checklist

  • This PR is small and focused
  • I explained what changed and why
  • I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes

Model: SWE-2 Max via T3 Code
Coordination trace: T3 thread ca81b945-609c-4b6b-9e2a-3eb0c03c52fd

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added tools for agents to list recent, active, or settled threads and create new threads.
    • Thread lists display titles, update times, and settled status, with links to open each thread.
    • Agent-created threads now trigger a notification with an option to open the new thread.
    • Added support for monogram project icons.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling and display of thread tool results across supported activity formats.
    • Prevented duplicate notifications and suppressed notifications for previously created threads.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This change adds MCP tools that can create persistent threads and introduces new structured-result handling, clickable thread cards, and notifications across server, orchestration, contracts, and web runtime paths. Its cross-cutting user-facing behavior and new product defaults require human review.

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The PR adds threads_list and threads_create MCP tools. It defines contracts, implements server handlers, projects structured results, and adds web rendering and notifications for listed or newly created threads.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Threads contracts and MCP tool definitions
packages/contracts/src/threadsSurface.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestration.ts, packages/contracts/src/index.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/tools.ts
Defines thread surface schemas, limits, tool names, errors, agent creation metadata, and project icon wire formats. Declares and composes the threads_list and threads_create tools.
Server handlers and MCP registration
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/decider.ts
Lists live threads with filters and ordering. Creates agent-sourced threads through orchestration. Registers the toolkit and preserves the source on thread.created events.
Structured MCP result projection
apps/server/src/orchestration/ActivityPayloadProjection.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration/ActivityPayloadProjection.test.ts
Parses structured results for Threads surface tools from supported MCP payload shapes. Invalid JSON produces no structured result.
Web derivation and thread presentation
apps/web/src/session-logic.ts, apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx, apps/web/src/agentCreatedThreadToast.ts
Decodes thread results, renders listed threads with navigation, and shows deduplicated creation toasts with links to new threads. Tests cover result decoding and toast baselining.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: maria-rcks

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPClient
  participant McpHttpServer
  participant ThreadsToolkitHandlersLive
  participant ActivityPayloadProjection
  participant sessionLogic
  participant ChatView
  MCPClient->>McpHttpServer: invoke threads_list or threads_create
  McpHttpServer->>ThreadsToolkitHandlersLive: dispatch toolkit operation
  ThreadsToolkitHandlersLive-->>McpHttpServer: return thread result
  McpHttpServer-->>ActivityPayloadProjection: record tool result
  ActivityPayloadProjection->>ActivityPayloadProjection: parse structuredResult
  ActivityPayloadProjection-->>sessionLogic: provide projected activity
  sessionLogic->>ChatView: derive thread list or created thread
  ChatView-->>MCPClient: render thread navigation or creation toast
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c217c

Listing threads can violate the MCP response contract in environments with more than 25 matches, so the limits should be aligned before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: adding agent thread listing and creation through the t3-code MCP toolkit.
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In `@apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/tools.ts`:
- Line 27: Make ThreadsListTool and ThreadsCreateTool local constants rather
than exported symbols, while keeping ThreadsToolkit exported so the knip check
passes.

In `@apps/web/src/agentCreatedThreadToast.ts`:
- Around line 40-42: Remove the unused resetAgentCreatedThreadToastsForTests
export and its implementation, unless a test genuinely needs it to clear
recentAgentThreadIds between cases; if needed, add a repository test usage
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- Around line 2868-2886: Update the agentCreatedThreads useEffect to establish
the initially observed thread IDs without notifying for them, then notify only
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Opening or reloading a thread replayed a "New thread created" toast for
every persisted threads_create result, and the module-level dedup set
reset on each page load. The toast effect now waits until the thread is
live, baselines everything already in the work log, and only notifies for
creates whose entry is newer than the observed tail — so replay, reload,
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Update on the open feedback: the stale-toast finding (macroscope medium + the matching CodeRabbit thread) is fixed in fc95e18f1b. The effect now waits until the thread is live, treats the first observed work log as baseline, and only notifies for threads_create entries newer than the observed tail — so reloads, sync replay, and "load earlier turns" backfill no longer emit historical "New thread created" toasts. observeAgentCreatedThreads in session-logic.ts carries the logic with focused tests.

Also rebased onto current main and dropped an unrelated pnpm-lock.yaml peer-hash churn that had slipped into the web commit.

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Claude/OpenCode report toolkit calls as mcp__t3-code__threads_list in
data.toolName, so the bare-name check never matched and neither the
structured result projection nor the card/toast derivation fired. Route
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Some adapters classify the create call as a generic change item instead
of mcp_tool_call, so the structured result was dropped before clients
could see it and the new-thread toast could never fire. Project the
result on any item type and match the tool name outside the
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Snapshot reads run projectActivityPayload twice: once during hydration and
again in projectThreadDetailSnapshot after superseded tool.updated rows are
dropped. The first pass replaces data.result with a text summary, so the
second pass could not re-parse the JSON and lost structuredResult - leaving
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- ThreadsSurfaceError is now a Schema.TaggedError with an operation tag and
  optional retained cause, matching the preview toolkit's failure shape;
  arbitrary upstream error messages no longer reach the model as detail.
- matchThreadsSurfaceToolName accepts the item's server field and rejects
  explicit foreign servers, so another MCP server exposing a bare
  threads_list/threads_create tool cannot produce thread cards.
- threadsSurface.ts uses effect/* namespace imports like the rest of
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🟠 Major · Keep the list result within its declared bound.

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Keep the list result within its declared bound.

ThreadsListResult permits at most 25 threads, but this slice returns 100 by default and up to 1000. An environment with 26 or more matching threads can produce an MCP result that violates its output contract. Cap this handler at 25, or increase the result-schema bound and align the input constraint.

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In `@apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.ts` at line 53, Update the
threads list handler’s limit calculation around
THREADS_SURFACE_LIST_DEFAULT_LIMIT and THREADS_SURFACE_LIST_MAX_LIMIT so the
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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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