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Agents and skills cannot currently apply task IDs or other naming conventions to threads. Port the full t3_thread_update tool from #8690 to V1/main: rename, regenerate title, link/unlink a PR, optional targeting within the calling project, and session-scoped retry keys.

This is a standalone port onto main. It does not depend on V2, #8690 merging to main, a migration, or another PR. The input schema and validation tests come from #8690; the service uses main's existing orchestration, command receipts, and projections. Manual titles remain protected from automatic generation.

Main supports multiple PR links, so linking adds a PR and unlinking removes the current PR while preserving other links. Results contain the original command ID and sequence plus current saved metadata. Reusing clientRequestId does not repeat a mutation, even after another action changes the thread.

Fixes #11968.

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195 focused tests passed across six files. Eight integration tests exercise the registered MCP tool and metadata service against the real V1 orchestration engine and SQLite event store/projection. They cover:

  • Full ticket-style titles, whitespace trimming, manual-title persistence, and subsequent renames.
  • Same-project targets, rejection of foreign or missing targets, and missing caller/permission failures.
  • Concurrent retry deduplication; keys isolated by target, action, and provider session.
  • Regeneration receipts and late generation results that cannot overwrite a later manual title.
  • A deterministic race test pauses an empty unlink after its snapshot read, adds a PR, then resumes and retries the unlink without removing the new link.
  • PR link/unlink persistence without repository-identity assumptions; preserving other links; retries that cannot undo later changes, including an initially empty unlink.
  • Invalid action payloads and PR URL identity mismatches rejected before any event is written. Titles use V1's existing uncapped contract.

The ported schema tests, shared tool-label tests, MCP registration tests, credential tests, and provider-session tests pass. Server, contracts, and client-runtime typechecks pass. Targeted lint and formatting pass.

pnpm exec vp test run \
  apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/handlers.test.ts \
  apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.test.ts \
  apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.test.ts \
  apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.test.ts \
  packages/contracts/src/threadMetadataMcp.test.ts \
  packages/client-runtime/src/work-log/presentation.test.ts

Web, desktop, and mobile use the existing metadata/PR events and shared tool labels. All providers receive the shared MCP registration independently of browser/device access settings.

Playwright proof after green CI

Ran on 77df52810247758e5d9f3c9d61e1c6131dd7cb89 after CI and code reviews passed and GitHub reported CLEAN/MERGEABLE. Playwright drove the remote web app in an isolated environment, using a real provider session and disposable threads in two projects.

  • Rename appeared in the header and sidebar, survived reload, and remained manual.
  • Same-project sibling rename succeeded; foreign-project rename was rejected without an event.
  • PR linking exercised native-stack discovery. Unlink dismissed the current member and preserved the other link; retries did not remove another member.
  • Retried rename and link returned original receipts 16 and 72, while reporting current metadata.
  • Empty unlink receipt 151 was retried after linking feat(server): port agent thread metadata tools to main #12018; the new link survived. Retrying old link receipt 72 did not resurrect the dismissed PR.
  • Regeneration receipt 124 completed as “Manage Thread Metadata.” After a manual rename, retrying 124 kept the manual title and did not restart regeneration.
  • A repository/URL mismatch was rejected without an event. Reload preserved the final title CU-11968 full V1 port verified and PR feat(server): port agent thread metadata tools to main #12018.

Read-only SQLite assertions confirmed 10 accepted mutations, exactly one event per receipt, and zero events for both rejected mutations. Only #12018 remained visible; the two old stack links remained dismissed. No browser-discovered code fixes were needed. This was remote web verification; desktop and native mobile were not launched.

Before and after the first rename

Before agent rename
Persisted agent rename and returned receipt

Project boundary and stale retry proof

Sibling target, foreign-project rejection, and PR link
Empty-unlink and old-link retries preserve the new PR

Final state after reload

Manual title preserved after regeneration retry; invalid PR rejected

Prepared for Wout by gpt-6 in Codex via T3 Code. Port based on #8690.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added agent-driven thread metadata updates, including renaming, title regeneration, and pull request linking or unlinking.
    • Added same-project thread targeting, validation, retry-safe requests, and synchronized metadata results.
    • Added MCP capability support and work-log labels for thread metadata updates.
  • Documentation

    • Documented agent-initiated thread metadata updates and supported actions in the thread sidebar guide.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for validation, permissions, retries, concurrency, pull request handling, and tool behavior.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds a production MCP tool for agents to mutate thread titles and pull-request metadata, with a new orchestration service and public contract. It also grants the capability by default to existing agent sessions, changing product defaults and broadening runtime behavior beyond a small isolated change.

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The MCP server now exposes a capability-gated t3_thread_update tool. It validates thread metadata actions, dispatches orchestration commands, supports retries and project-scoped targets, grants the required capability, registers the toolkit, and documents the behavior.

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Thread metadata MCP integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Metadata contracts and validation
packages/contracts/src/threadMetadataMcp.ts, packages/contracts/src/threadMetadataMcp.test.ts, packages/contracts/src/index.ts
Defines four metadata actions, validated input and result schemas, pull request URL checks, client request ID checks, and action-specific fields.
Metadata orchestration service
apps/server/src/mcp/ThreadMetadataMcpService.ts
Resolves current or same-project target threads, maps rename, regeneration, link, and unlink actions to orchestration commands, handles retries, and returns saved metadata.
Threads toolkit wiring and behavior
apps/server/src/mcp/toolkits/threads/*, apps/server/src/mcp/McpHttpServer.ts
Adds and registers t3_thread_update. Tests cover validation, authorization, project scoping, retries, title updates, regeneration, and pull request linking.
Capability issuance and client presentation
apps/server/src/mcp/McpInvocationContext.ts, apps/server/src/mcp/McpSessionRegistry.ts, apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ProviderService.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/work-log/presentation.ts
Adds and grants thread-metadata to issued credentials while preserving conditional preview and device capabilities. Adds work-log labels for the new tool.
Thread metadata documentation
docs/user/thread-sidebar.md
Documents metadata actions, same-project targets, and retry receipts.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Client
  participant McpHttpServer
  participant ThreadsToolkit
  participant ThreadMetadataMcpService
  participant OrchestrationEngine
  Client->>McpHttpServer: invoke t3_thread_update
  McpHttpServer->>ThreadsToolkit: execute tool
  ThreadsToolkit->>ThreadMetadataMcpService: submit validated action
  ThreadMetadataMcpService->>OrchestrationEngine: dispatch metadata command
  OrchestrationEngine-->>ThreadMetadataMcpService: return command sequence
  ThreadMetadataMcpService-->>ThreadsToolkit: return saved title and PR link
  ThreadsToolkit-->>Client: return update result
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The thread metadata integration has no unresolved merge-blocking issue in the supplied evidence.

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Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning Issue #11968 requests thread renaming only. This pull request also adds regenerate_title, pull-request linking and unlinking, same-project targeting of other threads, retry-key behavior for those ac… Remove the unrelated metadata actions and their supporting changes, or link issues that require title regeneration, pull-request link management, and cross-thread targeting.
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 15 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #11968 requires an agent action to rename the current thread. The new t3_thread_update tool supports action="rename"; omitting threadId targets the calling thread. The implementation valid…
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: porting the agent thread metadata tools to main.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides detailed change scope, rationale, validation results, UI verification, screenshots, and issue context. It does not use the template headings or checklist, but it is substantia…
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Issue #11968 requests thread renaming only. This pull request also adds regenerate_title, pull-request linking and unlinking, same-project targeting of other threads, retry-key behavior for those actions, capability changes, client presentation, and related documentation. The supplied linked-issue list contains no coding requirement for these additional actions.

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Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 3 functions across 15 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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@coderabbitai The full metadata tool scope is explicitly requested by Wout: port all four actions from #8690, same-project targeting, and retry keys in one standalone V1 PR. The broader scope supersedes the initial rename-only implementation. It is documented in the PR body and the approved port scope.

The unused export is fixed in 06c6c3e. I also fixed the empty-unlink race and PR identity validation. All 195 focused tests pass; the race test was checked against the old implementation and fails there. Scoped Knip exports, server typecheck, lint, and formatting pass.

I am leaving the short, self-explanatory validation helpers without redundant docstrings, following the repository guidance to keep comments useful rather than satisfy a percentage. The adapter's multi-link behavior and retry response semantics have comments where the distinction matters.

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@StiensWout Thanks for the clarification. The approved scope includes all four metadata actions, same-project targeting, and retry keys. This supersedes the rename-only scope concern.

The stated fixes address the unused export, empty-unlink race, and pull request identity validation. Short validation helpers do not need redundant docstrings when their behavior is self-explanatory.


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Learning: For the thread metadata MCP tool, the approved V1 scope includes all four actions from `#8690`: `rename`, `regenerate_title`, `link_pull_request`, and `unlink_pull_request`. The tool supports same-project thread targeting and session-scoped retry keys.

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sheehanmunim added a commit to munimtechnologies/mtcode that referenced this pull request Sep 17, 2026
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Squashed port of pingdotgg#12018 (ff70390..77df528).
Fork adaptation: the tool lives in its own toolkits/threadMetadata/ directory
because MT Code already has a threads/ relay toolkit, and t3_thread_update is
restricted to rename / regenerate_title since link_pull_request and
unlink_pull_request already exist in the pullRequests toolkit. Adds the
thread-metadata MCP capability.

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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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