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What does this PR do?

Aligns formatter guidance and serialization with context views. Preserves native reasoning and tool arguments, cache boundaries, and CachedBlockFormatter compatibility. Updates the API guidance and adds contract coverage.

Type: Bug fix

Related issues

Fixes #454. Stacked on #353; base branch: redesing-context-mechanics.

Validation

  • Affected suites after merging base 257fdc0: 5,530 passed, 4 skipped, 74 deselected. Three sandbox prefill cases failed on macOS because sandbox enforcement requires Linux (SandboxUnavailable); no guardrails were disabled.
  • Final formatter contract suite: 52 passed.
  • uv run --frozen ruff check . — passed.
  • uv run --frozen ruff format --check . — 1,107 files already formatted.
  • Pyright on changed modules — 0 errors, warnings, or informational diagnostics.
  • uv build --offline --no-sources --package nooa — passed.
  • git diff --check — passed.

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  • Code follows the project style.
  • Tests added/updated; 5,530 passed and 4 skipped. Three sandbox cases require Linux and could not run on macOS (see validation above).
  • Docs updated for behavior and public API changes.
  • New source files carry an SPDX license header.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added consistent XML, Markdown, and plain-text formatting for context.
    • Preserved assistant responses, tool calls, execution results, metadata, and cache boundaries during formatting.
    • Kept linked tool-call results together in replay, with validation for incomplete or invalid groups.
    • Added formatter-specific guidance and support for custom formatting while preserving context selection and ordering.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified prompt composition, formatting responsibilities, serialization limits, context handling, and provider adaptation.
  • Compatibility

    • Kept cached rendering available and aligned it with XML formatting.

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Signed-off-by: Kashyapsinh <Kagohil000@gmail.com>
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  • docs/context.md
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/formatter.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/models.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/render_config.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/renderer.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/renderers/cached.py
  • src/nooa/context_view.py
  • src/nooa/default_context_view.py
  • src/nooa/plain_formatter.py
  • src/nooa/runtime/actor.py
  • tests/context_blocks/test_formatter_contracts.py
  • tests/test_plain_formatter.py
  • tests/unifiedllm/test_history_wire_contract.py
Files skipped from review as they are similar to previous changes: 3
  • src/nooa/context_view.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/render_config.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/renderer.py

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Walkthrough

The change centralizes block formatting and canonical tool replay, retains response objects and cache boundaries in client input, and adds formatter guidance to eligible built-in prompts. Tests cover formatter selection, prompt ownership, replay preservation, and restored history across formatters.

Changes: Formatter pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared formatting and replay contracts
src/nooa/context_blocks/formatter.py, src/nooa/context_blocks/models.py, src/nooa/context_blocks/render_config.py, docs/context.md, src/nooa/context_view.py
BlockFormatter supplies shared wrapping, role coalescing, and canonical tool-replay handling. The contracts describe selected content, formatter responsibilities, and the client-input representation.
Neutral rendering and provider input
src/nooa/context_blocks/renderer.py, src/nooa/context_blocks/renderers/cached.py, src/nooa/plain_formatter.py, src/nooa/runtime/actor.py, tests/context_blocks/test_formatter_contracts.py, tests/unifiedllm/test_history_wire_contract.py, tests/test_plain_formatter.py
The rendering pipeline retains response objects and cache boundaries. CachedBlockFormatter inherits XML formatting. Tests cover replay groups, cache markers, structured assistant content, and restored multi-tool history.
Default prompt guidance ownership
src/nooa/agent.py, src/nooa/default_context_view.py, tests/context_blocks/test_formatter_contracts.py
ManagedContextView adds formatter guidance only to a surviving built-in prompt when the prompt ownership conditions are met. Tests cover formatter selection, custom views, and prompt overrides.

Priority: Normal

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

Change: Bug fix

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Suggested reviewers: sklinglernv, furgalep

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 03308

No actionable merge-blocking issue remains; the change is ready to merge after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4
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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main changes: aligning formatter guidance and replay contracts within context handling.
Linked Issues check Passed The PR meets the coding requirements in #454. BlockFormatter serializes view-selected order, preserves LLMResponse data and CacheBoundary markers, and keeps canonical tool-call groups atomic. XM…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changed source files, documentation, and tests support #454. The PR does not add an arbitrary-object serializer interface, a model-specific prompt-adapter stage, per-method formatter configuration…
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Explanation

The PR meets the coding requirements in #454. BlockFormatter serializes view-selected order, preserves LLMResponse data and CacheBoundary markers, and keeps canonical tool-call groups atomic. XML, Markdown, plain, and cached formatters share the required behavior, and CachedBlockFormatter remains an XML-compatible wrapper. Default guidance follows the selected formatter, while custom views receive no implicit guidance. The PR updates public contracts, typing, context_text() documentation, formatter selection, and replay tests.

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Explanation

The changed source files, documentation, and tests support #454. The PR does not add an arbitrary-object serializer interface, a model-specific prompt-adapter stage, per-method formatter configuration, or a broad replay rewrite. The added history and cache tests directly cover the issue acceptance criteria.

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Review comments at @src/nooa/plain_formatter.py:
- Around line 64-65: Update the delegation condition in the event formatter so
non-LLM assistant events are passed to BlockFormatter.format_event only when
their content is a string, while preserving delegation for all
_is_llm_response(event) values. Use a safe content lookup such as getattr with a
None fallback, and retain the existing field-serialization path for structured
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  • docs/context.md
  • src/nooa/agent.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/formatter.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/models.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/render_config.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/renderer.py
  • src/nooa/context_blocks/renderers/cached.py
  • src/nooa/context_view.py
  • src/nooa/default_context_view.py
  • src/nooa/plain_formatter.py
  • src/nooa/runtime/actor.py
  • tests/context_blocks/test_formatter_contracts.py
  • tests/unifiedllm/test_history_wire_contract.py

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Comment thread src/nooa/plain_formatter.py Outdated
Kashyapsinhgohil and others added 2 commits October 20, 2026 17:41
Signed-off-by: Kashyapsinh <Kagohil000@gmail.com>
Retain formatter guidance and canonical replay contracts while using the base branch's manager-backed context views, skill collection, and block ordering. Update contract tests and docs for the current view API, and serialize object-typed prompt content through context_text.

Signed-off-by: Kashyapsinh Gohil <K.agohil000@gmail.com>

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