- Adds chat-related dbgen generators covering defaults, overrides, and message field mapping.
- Replaces raw single-row chat, message, provider, and model-config setup in tests with dbgen helpers.
- Simplifies chat seed helpers after moving fixture setup into dbgen.
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Unify the three subagent spawn tools (`spawn_agent`,
`spawn_explore_agent`, `spawn_computer_use_agent`) behind a single
`spawn_subagent` tool keyed by a `subagent_type` discriminant
(`general`, `explore`, `computer_use`). Mirrors the single-entry-point
pattern already used by `task` in mux while keeping `wait_agent`,
`message_agent`, and `close_agent` as separate lifecycle tools.
A new backend subagent definition catalog
(`coderd/x/chatd/subagent_catalog.go`) is the source of truth for tool
description, prompt guidance, availability rules (plan mode,
desktop/Anthropic gating), and child-chat option building.
`spawn_subagent` advertises only the types available in the current
context and validates `subagent_type` server-side; context inheritance
still flows through the existing `createChildSubagentChatWithOptions`
path. `wait_agent`, `message_agent`, and `close_agent` responses now
include a server-derived `subagent_type` so the UI stops inferring
lifecycle state from tool names.
The frontend gets a shared normalization helper
(`site/src/pages/AgentsPage/components/ChatElements/tools/subagentDescriptor.ts`)
that maps either legacy tool names or new `spawn_subagent` args into a
common descriptor (action, variant, icon, fallback copy). Legacy
transcripts still render identically; `Tool.tsx`, `SubagentTool.tsx`,
`ToolLabel.tsx`, `ToolIcon.tsx`, and `messageParsing.ts` now key off the
descriptor instead of hard-coded names. Existing UI copy is preserved
(`Spawning Explore agent...`, `Using the computer...`, computer-use
monitor icon and Open Desktop affordance).
> This PR was opened by Mux working on Mike's behalf.
Agents can already see workspace files and take screenshots, but users could not download those artifacts from chat. This PR adds durable chat attachments to chatd. `attach_file`, explicit `computer` screenshot actions (not the automatic post-action screenshots), and `propose_plan` now fetch bytes over the agent connection, store them in `chat_files`, link them to the chat, and carry attachment metadata in tool responses so `buildAssistantPartsForPersist` can materialize ordinary `type:"file"` assistant parts that the chat file APIs serve.
The same storage helpers are reused for other artifact-producing paths. `wait_agent` recordings and thumbnails are stored as chat files and linked back to the parent chat, with best-effort relinking so parent chats retain those artifacts without leaving orphaned rows when chat-file caps reject links. `storeChatAttachment` wraps insert + link in one transaction, files are capped at 10 MB each and 20 per chat, and serving defaults to `Content-Disposition: attachment` with an explicit inline-safe allowlist.
This PR also consolidates chat-file media policy in `coderd/chatfiles`. Uploads and tool-generated attachments share byte-based MIME detection, SVG blocking, inline-safety rules, and compatible `text/plain` refinement for JSON, CSV, and Markdown. Prompt construction still only inlines synthetic pasted text for model consumption; assistant-created attachments are persisted for the user and intentionally not replayed into later LLM turns.
UI follow-up lives in #24281.
Relates to CODAGT-91
> This PR was authored by Mux on behalf of Mike.
Introduce Explore mode, a read-only subagent modality for delegated
discovery and code investigation.
## What
Adds a `spawn_explore_agent` tool that creates child chats restricted to
read-only operations. An admin can optionally configure a
deployment-wide
model override so Explore subagents use a model optimized for large
context
or reasoning without changing the root chat's model.
### Backend
- New `ChatModeExplore` enum value (migration 000471).
- `spawn_explore_agent` tool definition with read-only allowlist:
`read_file`, `execute`, `process_output`, `read_skill`,
`read_skill_file`.
Write tools, file editors, and nested subagent spawning are blocked.
- Deployment config storage for the Explore model override
(`agents_chat_explore_model_override` in `site_configs`).
- Model resolution hierarchy: configured override, then current turn
model,
then global default. Silent fallback with warning log when the override
becomes unavailable.
- RBAC: `AsChatd` for daemon reads, `ActionRead` and `ActionUpdate` on
`ResourceDeploymentConfig` for admin API calls.
- Plan mode root chats can use `spawn_explore_agent` for read-only
research,
matching the planning prompt guidance.
- The Explore override config API now reports malformed saved overrides
as
"treated as unset" so admins can clear them explicitly.
### Frontend
- `ExploreModelOverrideSettings` component in admin agent behavior
settings.
Uses `ModelSelector`, handles unavailable model warnings, and supports
explicit Save and Clear actions.
- Malformed saved overrides show a warning and require an explicit Save
to
clear, instead of Clear auto-submitting behind the scenes.
### Tests
- Integration: `TestExploreSubagentIsReadOnly` (full spawn flow, tool
verification, prompt overlay, DB state).
- Unit: tool allowlist tests for explore, plan, and default modes.
- Internal: model override resolution with valid, invalid UUID,
disabled, and
unconfigured override scenarios.
- RBAC: `dbauthz_test.go` for `GetChatExploreModelOverride` and
`UpsertChatExploreModelOverride`.
- API: admin set and clear, malformed stored override reporting,
disabled
model rejection, non-admin denial.
Add a `chat_client_type` enum (`ui` | `api`) and `client_type` column to
the `chats` table. The column defaults to `api` for new rows so API
callers don't need to set it explicitly. Existing rows are backfilled to
`ui`.
The field flows through `CreateChatRequest`, `chatd.CreateOptions`,
`InsertChat`, and is returned in the `Chat` response via `db2sdk`.
<details>
<summary>Implementation notes (Coder Agents generated)</summary>
### Changes
**Database migration (000469)**
- New enum `chat_client_type` with values `ui`, `api`.
- New `client_type` column, `NOT NULL DEFAULT 'api'`.
- Backfill: `UPDATE chats SET client_type = 'ui'`.
**SQL query** — `InsertChat` now includes `client_type`.
**SDK** — `ChatClientType` type added; `ClientType` field added to both
`CreateChatRequest` (optional, defaults server-side to `api`) and `Chat`
response.
**Handler** — `postChats` maps the request field (defaulting to `api`)
and passes it through `chatd.CreateOptions`.
**Sub-agent** — Child chats inherit their parent's `client_type`.
**db2sdk** — Maps the database value to the SDK type.
### Decision log
- Default is `api` (not `ui`) so existing API integrations get the
correct value without code changes.
- Backfill sets existing rows to `ui` per requirement.
- Child chats inherit `client_type` from parent rather than defaulting.
</details>
Fixes https://github.com/coder/internal/issues/1436
* Adds organization_id to chats with backfill (workspace org → user org membership → default org)
* No support yet for ACLs (follow-up issue)
- Cross-org workspace binding rejected (both in `CreateChatRequest` and in `create_workspace` tool
- Adds `OrganizationAutocomplete` to `AgentCreateForm`
- Docs updated with `organization_id` in chats-api.md
> 🤖 Written by a Coder Agent. Reviewed by many humans and many agents.
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Co-authored-by: Mathias Fredriksson <mafredri@gmail.com>
The agents chat interface displays thumbnails for videos recorded by the
computer use agent. Currently, to display a thumbnail, the frontend
downloads the entire video and shows the first frame. This PR starts
storing a new thumbnail file in the database for every recorded video,
and exposes the file id in the `wait_agent` tool result alongside the
recording file id, so the frontend can fetch just the thumbnail.
This PR introduces screen recording of the computer use agent using the
virtual desktop.
- Screen recording is triggered by a `wait_agent` tool call. Recording
is stopped by a successful `wait_agent` tool call or when there hasn't
been any desktop activity for 10 minutes.
- Recordings are handled by the `portabledesktop` cli via the `record`
command. The videos are sped up in periods of inactivity.
- Recordings are saved to the database to the `chat_files` table.
There's a hard limit of 100MB per recording. Larger recordings are
dropped.
- A successful `wait_agent` on a computer use subagent tool call returns
a `recording_file_id`, later allowing the frontend to display the
corresponding video.
Cian Johnston