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98 changes: 65 additions & 33 deletions crates/switchyard-runner/src/algorithm.rs
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Expand Up @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub struct LlmClassifierRouteConfig {
}

/// Routing policy applied only to delegated sub-agent work, nested inside a
/// `passthrough` or `stage_router` route.
/// `passthrough`, `llm_classifier`, `stage_router` or `composite` route.
#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case", deny_unknown_fields)]
pub enum SubagentRouteConfig {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ pub enum AlgorithmSpec {
/// Judge and tier settings, written directly in the route table.
#[serde(flatten)]
config: LlmClassifierRouteConfig,
/// Separate policy for delegated sub-agent work.
#[serde(default)]
subagents: Option<SubagentRouteConfig>,
},
/// Picks a tier per turn by scoring signals from recent tool results.
StageRouter {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -554,25 +557,33 @@ impl AlgorithmSpec {
efficient_target,
..
} => vec![capable_target.as_str(), efficient_target.as_str()],
Self::LlmClassifier { config, .. } => match config.classifier_mode() {
ClassifierMode::Capability => config
.weak_target
.iter()
.chain(&config.strong_target)
.map(String::as_str)
.collect(),
ClassifierMode::Escalation => config
.strong_target
.iter()
.chain(&config.weak_target)
.map(String::as_str)
.collect(),
ClassifierMode::Custom => config
.models
.as_ref()
.map(CategoryModelConfig::routing_names)
.unwrap_or_default(),
},
Self::LlmClassifier {
config, subagents, ..
} => {
let mut names: Vec<&str> = match config.classifier_mode() {
ClassifierMode::Capability => config
.weak_target
.iter()
.chain(&config.strong_target)
.map(String::as_str)
.collect(),
ClassifierMode::Escalation => config
.strong_target
.iter()
.chain(&config.weak_target)
.map(String::as_str)
.collect(),
ClassifierMode::Custom => config
.models
.as_ref()
.map(CategoryModelConfig::routing_names)
.unwrap_or_default(),
};
if let Some(subagents) = subagents {
names.extend(subagents.routing_target_names());
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}
names
}
Self::StageRouter {
tiers, subagents, ..
} => {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -649,6 +660,10 @@ impl AlgorithmSpec {
subagents: Some(subagents),
..
}
| Self::LlmClassifier {
subagents: Some(subagents),
..
}
| Self::StageRouter {
subagents: Some(subagents),
..
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -688,7 +703,7 @@ impl AlgorithmSpec {
vec![capable_target.clone(), efficient_target.clone()],
),
]),
Self::LlmClassifier { config } => {
Self::LlmClassifier { config, .. } => {
classifier_runtime_model_names(config.validated_classifier_mode(route_name)?)
}
Self::StageRouter {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -742,6 +757,7 @@ impl AlgorithmSpec {

let subagents = match self {
Self::Passthrough { subagents, .. }
| Self::LlmClassifier { subagents, .. }
| Self::StageRouter { subagents, .. }
| Self::Composite { subagents, .. } => subagents.as_ref(),
_ => None,
Expand All @@ -755,22 +771,37 @@ impl AlgorithmSpec {
Ok(RuntimeModelNames { parent, subagent })
}

/// Response target and routing-only dependency for routers that answer while routing.
pub(crate) fn routing_response_and_dependency(&self) -> Option<(&str, &str)> {
/// Response target and routing-only dependencies for routers that answer while routing.
/// Each dependency is paired with how it is described in configuration errors.
pub(crate) fn routing_response_and_dependencies(
&self,
) -> Option<(&str, Vec<(&'static str, &str)>)> {
match self {
Self::LlmClassifier { config, .. }
if matches!(config.classifier_mode(), ClassifierMode::Escalation) =>
{
Some((
config.weak_target.as_deref()?,
config.classifier_target.as_str(),
))
Self::LlmClassifier {
config, subagents, ..
} if matches!(config.classifier_mode(), ClassifierMode::Escalation) => {
// A sub-agent judge is routing-only too; on the answer model it would get
// that model's system_prompt.
let mut dependencies =
vec![("routing-only target", config.classifier_target.as_str())];
if let Some(subagents) = subagents {
dependencies.extend(
subagents
.judge_target_names()
.into_iter()
.map(|name| ("subagents judge target", name)),
);
}
Some((config.weak_target.as_deref()?, dependencies))
}
Self::Advisor {
executor_target,
advisor_target,
..
} => Some((executor_target, advisor_target)),
} => Some((
executor_target,
vec![("routing-only target", advisor_target)],
)),
Self::Noop { .. }
| Self::Random { .. }
| Self::Passthrough { .. }
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1223,7 +1254,7 @@ fn build_algorithm(
}
AlgorithmSpec::LlmClassifier {
config: classifier_config,
..
subagents,
} => {
let mode = classifier_config.validated_classifier_mode(route_name)?;
let algorithm = match mode {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1283,7 +1314,8 @@ fn build_algorithm(
error,
)
})?;
Ok(Arc::new(algorithm))
let parent: Arc<dyn Algorithm> = Arc::new(algorithm);
attach_subagent_router(route_name, parent, subagents.as_ref(), targets)
}
AlgorithmSpec::StageRouter {
tiers,
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119 changes: 94 additions & 25 deletions crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs
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Expand Up @@ -440,8 +440,8 @@ impl DeploymentConfig {
prompts,
routing_answer_target: None,
};
let Some((response_name, dependency_name)) =
route.algorithm.routing_response_and_dependency()
let Some((response_name, dependency_names)) =
route.algorithm.routing_response_and_dependencies()
else {
return Ok(policy);
};
Expand All @@ -451,14 +451,18 @@ impl DeploymentConfig {
if !policy.prompts.contains_key(&response.id) {
return Ok(policy);
}
let dependency = self.targets.get(dependency_name).ok_or_else(|| {
RunnerError::configuration(format!("route references unknown target {dependency_name}"))
})?;
if response.id == dependency.id {
return Err(RunnerError::configuration(format!(
"route {route_name} cannot apply system_prompt to target {response_name}: model {} is also used by routing-only target {dependency_name}",
response.id,
)));
for (dependency_role, dependency_name) in dependency_names {
let dependency = self.targets.get(dependency_name).ok_or_else(|| {
RunnerError::configuration(format!(
"route references unknown target {dependency_name}"
))
})?;
if response.id == dependency.id {
return Err(RunnerError::configuration(format!(
"route {route_name} cannot apply system_prompt to target {response_name}: model {} is also used by {dependency_role} {dependency_name}",
response.id,
)));
}
}
policy.routing_answer_target = Some(response.id.clone());
Ok(policy)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -930,20 +934,27 @@ classify_trigger = "new_session""#,
// The sub-agent target is also the parent's capable tier. Merged into one group it
// would be indistinguishable from that tier, and delegated work would follow the
// parent's ordering instead of its own configured target.
let runner = runner_from_toml(&with_subagent_passthrough(&stage_config(), "stage"))?;
let models = runner
.route("switchyard/stage")
.expect("stage route should exist")
.models();

assert_eq!(
models.subagent_models_for(&Category::Any),
[ModelId::from("strong/model")]
);
assert_eq!(
models.models_for(&Category::Any),
[ModelId::from("strong/model"), ModelId::from("weak/model")]
);
for (route, parent_any) in [
("stage", ["strong", "weak"]),
("classifier", ["weak", "strong"]),
] {
let runner = runner_from_toml(&with_subagent_passthrough(&stage_config(), route))?;
let models = runner
.route(&format!("switchyard/{route}"))
.expect("route should exist")
.models();

assert_eq!(
models.subagent_models_for(&Category::Any),
[ModelId::from("strong/model")],
"{route}"
);
assert_eq!(
models.models_for(&Category::Any),
parent_any.map(|name| ModelId::from(format!("{name}/model"))),
"{route}"
);
}
Ok(())
}

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1067,7 +1078,7 @@ new = ["send_message"]
}

#[test]
fn passthrough_and_stage_accept_subagent_routing() -> RunnerResult<()> {
fn parent_routes_accept_subagent_routing() -> RunnerResult<()> {
let stage = stage_config();
let stage_with_classifier = with_subagent_llm_classifier(&stage, "stage", "");
let parsed: DeploymentConfig = toml::from_str(&stage_with_classifier).map_err(|error| {
Expand All @@ -1081,17 +1092,60 @@ new = ["send_message"]
assert!(callable_targets.contains(&expected));
}

// An llm_classifier parent ends up with two judges once it nests a sub-agent route:
// its own and the child's. Renaming the parent's tells them apart. The exact vector
// pins that the child's targets are appended rather than merely present -- the child
// reuses the parent's own `strong`/`weak`, so `contains` cannot see the difference.
let base = VALID_CONFIG.replace(
"classifier_target = \"classifier\"",
"classifier_target = \"parent_judge\"",
) + "\n[targets.parent_judge]\nid = \"parent-judge/model\"\nllm_client = \"primary\"\n";
let classifier_with_classifier = with_subagent_llm_classifier(&base, "classifier", "");
let parsed: DeploymentConfig =
toml::from_str(&classifier_with_classifier).map_err(|error| {
RunnerError::configuration(format!("failed to parse classifier config: {error}"))
})?;
let Some(classifier_route) = parsed.routes.get("classifier") else {
return Err(RunnerError::configuration("classifier route is missing"));
};
assert_eq!(
classifier_route.callable_target_names(),
[
"weak",
"strong",
"strong",
"weak",
"parent_judge",
"classifier"
]
);

for configured in [
with_subagent_llm_classifier(VALID_CONFIG, "passthrough", ""),
with_subagent_passthrough(VALID_CONFIG, "passthrough"),
stage_with_classifier,
with_subagent_passthrough(&stage, "stage"),
classifier_with_classifier,
with_subagent_passthrough(VALID_CONFIG, "classifier"),
// Escalation answers while routing; a prompted weak target is fine while the
// child's judge runs on a different model.
with_subagent_passthrough(&prompted_escalation_config(), "classifier"),
with_subagent_llm_classifier(&prompted_escalation_config(), "classifier", ""),
] {
runner_from_toml(&configured)?;
}
Ok(())
}

fn prompted_escalation_config() -> String {
VALID_CONFIG
.replace("base_threshold = 0.5", "escalation = { confirmations = 1 }")
.replace(
"id = \"weak/model\"\nllm_client = \"anthropic\"",
"id = \"weak/model\"\nllm_client = \"anthropic\"\nsystem_prompt = \"answer prompt\"",
)
}

#[test]
fn aliased_completion_targets_reject_prompt_conflicts() {
let configured = stage_config()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1457,6 +1511,8 @@ classifier_magic = true
),
"message_hash_fallback requires classify_trigger = new_session",
),
// Sub-agent affinity needs the harness child identity, so nested classifier
// routes reject message hash fallback.
(
with_subagent_llm_classifier(
VALID_CONFIG,
Expand All @@ -1465,6 +1521,19 @@ classifier_magic = true
),
"cannot use message_hash_fallback",
),
(
with_subagent_llm_classifier(
VALID_CONFIG,
"classifier",
"\nmessage_hash_fallback = true",
),
"cannot use message_hash_fallback",
),
(
with_subagent_llm_classifier(&prompted_escalation_config(), "classifier", "")
.replace("judge = [\"classifier\"]", "judge = [\"weak\"]"),
"cannot apply system_prompt to target weak: model weak/model is also used by subagents judge target weak",
),
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Document the nested fallback restriction.

Add a concise comment that nested classifier routes reject message_hash_fallback. This table row encodes an important routing invariant, but it does not state why the subagent router rejects the setting.

As per coding guidelines: “For Rust changes, add concise comments for ... tests that encode important behavior.”

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In `@crates/switchyard-runner/src/config.rs` around lines 1064 - 1071, Add a
concise Rust comment immediately above the nested classifier route test case in
with_subagent_llm_classifier, documenting that nested classifier routes reject
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(
with_subagent_llm_classifier(VALID_CONFIG, "passthrough", "")
.replace("mode = \"custom\"", "mode = \"capability\""),
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