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Stage can switch to the efficient model while an agent is still inspecting code because it counts patch names in read-only shell commands as edits. For example:

printf 'worker dispatch locations\n'; rg worker src 2>/dev/null

The classifier matched patch inside dispatch . The stderr redirection made the stricter read-only check decline the command, so the false edit reached Stage's scorer. With a capable-first picker, threshold 0, and efficient_hold_turns = -1, that mistake can switch the session to the efficient model and keep it there.

This change recognizes patch and apply_patch as invoked programs. It preserves argument boundaries in command strings and argv arrays, including supported shell wrappers. Printed text, search terms, comments, heredoc contents, and tested nonexecuting wrapper modes no longer produce patch edit signals. The extractor also computes each tool call's semantic classification once, removing retained command/name clones and repeated classification.

Regression evidence

The regression sends tool history through POST /v1/responses, the Stage router, and a local HTTP upstream. Its route uses:

picker = "capable_first"
confidence_threshold = 0.0
recent_turn_window = 3
capable_hold_turns = 0
efficient_hold_turns = -1

The original code selects model/shell-executor after the read-only command; the test expects model/shell-planner and fails. With the fix, that read selects the planner, an actual apply_patch command selects the executor, and three later reads retain the executor after the edit leaves the recent window. Routing statistics record one dimensions decision for the executor, three efficient_hold decisions, and zero classifier calls.

Run the regression from the repository root:

cargo test -p switchyard-server --test server stage_shell_patch_handoff_waits_for_edit_and_holds_executor -- --exact

This evidence uses a local HTTP stub; it does not validate a new deployment or benchmark result.

Parsing limits

Patch recognition still handles a limited set of shell forms. Shell control flow, substitutions, env -S, adjacent redirections, PowerShell, and commands after heredoc data are not reliably recognized. Some real patches in these forms lose incidental detection from the old substring rule.

The change adds request-local parsing and temporary allocations for shell words, retains the wrapper depth limit of 20, and adds no persistent state. Ordinary tool-error analysis remains intact.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved detection of shell-based patch commands, including supported wrappers, while avoiding false matches in comments, heredocs, and non-executing checks.
  • Improved recognition of retrieval commands that use leading environment assignments.
  • Preserved argument boundaries when identifying patch operations, and prioritized edit classification when a call also matches retrieval behavior.
  • Improved tool selection across multi-step shell workflows, including follow-up read commands.

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Walkthrough

Tool-call classification now accepts JSON command arguments and recognizes patch invocations through bounded shell parsing. Extraction stores preclassified tool semantics, and an integration test checks stage routing across successive requests.

Changes

Tool-call classification and routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command argument and patch classification crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/tool_signals.rs	Classification accepts JSON command arguments, skips leading shell assignments, and shares wrapper-option parsing. Bounded parsing recognizes patch invocations and excludes comments, heredocs, and nonexecuting checks. Tests cover these cases.
Semantic extraction and signal counting crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/tool_signals.rs, crates/switchyard-server/tests/server.rs	Extraction assigns tool semantics before signal counting. The integration test checks planner selection for an initial search, executor selection for a patch and later reads, and the resulting router statistics.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · up to e5d32

Patch commands run through a shell with option flags such as -o pipefail or --login may no longer be counted as edits. In that case the router could stay on the planner model after an edit. The main read-only false positive is fixed, and this is a narrow edge case, so the change is mergeable with a small follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: distinguishing invoked patch commands from patch-name text in read-only commands.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 13 functions across 2 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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_{I’m a rabbit, thumping paws in cheer,
Patch commands are sorted, crisp and clear.
Search, then edit, then reads in a row,
The signals count the tools as they go.
I nibble a leaf and hop away.}

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Actionable comments posted: 1

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @crates/libsy/src/algorithms/util/tool_signals.rs:
- Around line 1028-1043: Update the shell-option loop in the `patch_command`
parsing path to continue past long options and skip the separate value for
`-o`/`-O`, `--rcfile`, and `--init-file`; stop option parsing only at a bare
`--` or the first non-option argument. Preserve the existing `-n` and `-c`
behavior, and add the requested cases to
`shell_patch_invocations_count_as_edits`.

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