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Summary

  • Document SDK execution invariants so resource logic (associations, surveys, copy, controller sub-endpoints) stays in transform mixins and PlatformService.execute(), not in action plugins.
  • Fix Pattern C guidance in the platform onboarding skill and cheatsheet — Pattern C is thin run() orchestration via manager.execute(), not custom HTTP.
  • Add make check_action_plugin_invariants (and linting CI job) to fail PRs that introduce manager.session or requests under plugins/action/.
  • Reference #206 as the concrete consumer that breaks when logic is Ansible-only (follow-up to review feedback on #228).

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Area Change
docs/05-design-principles.md New §3a — SDK consumer parity
docs/07-adding-resources.md New §4a — secondary endpoints / controller resources
docs/09-agent-collaboration.md New §10 — agent invariants; expanded anti-pattern §11.1
CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/README.md Point AI agents at invariants
.claude/skills/platform-onboarding/ Correct Pattern C; agent notes
tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh CI/local guard
.github/workflows/linting.yml New matrix job

Test plan

  • make check_action_plugin_invariants passes on devel
  • Linting CI (action-plugin-invariants job) passes
  • Changelog / docs checks pass

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  • Documentation

    • Expanded guidance for secondary endpoints, associations, copy workflows, and Controller resources.
    • Clarified consistent SDK execution practices, launch and job-wait handling, and placement of resource-specific logic.
    • Updated onboarding, contribution, collaboration, design-principle, and quick-start documentation.
  • Quality Improvements

    • Added automated validation for action-plugin execution safeguards.
    • Integrated invariant checks into standard CI workflows and provided a local verification command.
    • Documented execution requirements and consumer-parity expectations in the changelog.

Clarify that associations and secondary endpoints belong in transform mixins
so MCP and other SDK consumers share PlatformService.execute(). Fix Pattern C
guidance in agent onboarding docs, add make check_action_plugin_invariants,
and wire the check into linting CI.

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The change defines SDK execution invariants, updates resource and action-plugin guidance, assigns multi-step resource logic to transform mixins, and adds an AST-based check that CI runs through a Make target.

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SDK execution invariants

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared execution guidance
docs/05-design-principles.md, docs/07-adding-resources.md, docs/09-agent-collaboration.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, changelogs/fragments/*
Documentation requires resource behavior and launch polling to use PlatformService.execute(). It assigns secondary-endpoint and association logic to transform mixins.
Action-plugin onboarding guidance
.claude/skills/platform-onboarding/*, docs/README.md
Onboarding guidance defines orchestration-only run() patterns, prohibits direct HTTP and job polling, and references SDK execution invariants.
Invariant check and CI wiring
tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh, Makefile, .github/workflows/linting.yml
The AST checker validates action-plugin directories and detects direct HTTP, hardcoded API URLs, session access, and job-polling loops. Make and CI invoke the check.

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In `@tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh`:
- Around line 14-16: The PATTERN check in the action-plugin invariant script
must also reject direct session HTTP calls and hardcoded API URL strings, not
only manager.session and requests imports. Extend the matcher or add an
AST-based validation to cover session.get/post/delete/patch and the forbidden
URL forms, and add fixtures exercising each violation while preserving the
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In `@tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh`:
- Line 10: Update the scan logic around MATCHES to verify ACTION_DIR exists
before invoking grep and handle grep’s exit statuses explicitly: treat status 1
as a valid no-match result, but propagate status 2 or other scan errors so CI
fails closed. Remove the unconditional “|| true” behavior while preserving
normal match collection.
- Line 10: Update the scan command in the invariant-check script to avoid
following symlinks under ACTION_DIR: use grep’s non-following recursive mode and
explicitly handle an ACTION_DIR symlink, or restrict scanning to tracked regular
files while preserving the existing pattern and Python-file filtering.
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Add invariant 7 and docs/07 §4c so launch modules (e.g. ad_hoc_command in ansible#227)
implement wait in PlatformService for MCP parity. Extend check_action_plugin_invariants
to fail on poll loops in action plugins; cross-link PR ansible#227 as the concrete example.

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192-195: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Clarify the scope of “manager.execute() only”.

The guidance says that Pattern C may call manager.execute() only. However, docs/09-agent-collaboration.md permits manager.lookup_resource_id(), and plugins/action/role_team_assignment.py uses that helper in thin orchestration. Change the wording to “approved SDK manager methods, such as manager.execute() and manager.lookup_resource_id()”, or state that lookups are intentionally forbidden.

As per path instructions, this is a maintainability risk in contributor guidance.

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In @.claude/skills/platform-onboarding/SKILL.md around lines 192 - 195, Update
the Pattern C guidance to clarify that thin orchestration may call approved SDK
manager methods, including manager.execute() and manager.lookup_resource_id(),
rather than implying manager.execute() is the sole allowed method; retain the
existing restriction against HTTP, associations, and secondary endpoints.

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In `@tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh`:
- Around line 41-47: The invariant check in sleep_action_plugins and
POLL_PATTERN only detects specific helper names and time.sleep, allowing renamed
or no-sleep polling loops to pass. Extend
tools/check_action_plugin_invariants.sh with an AST or structural detection of
loops that repeatedly perform status lookups such as manager.execute with
operation="find", regardless of helper naming or sleep usage, and add fixtures
covering both renamed helpers and no-sleep loops.

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Outside diff comments:
In @.claude/skills/platform-onboarding/SKILL.md:
- Around line 192-195: Update the Pattern C guidance to clarify that thin
orchestration may call approved SDK manager methods, including manager.execute()
and manager.lookup_resource_id(), rather than implying manager.execute() is the
sole allowed method; retain the existing restriction against HTTP, associations,
and secondary endpoints.
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