effect-patterns-services-agents

Agent Building

Effect-TS service and agent patterns for this repo. Use when implementing or modifying services in packages/mcp-server, adding agents, or following Effect.Service, Layer, and error-handling conventions.

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Effect Patterns – Services & Agents

Effect.Service pattern

Use Effect's Service pattern for composable, type-safe dependency injection:

import { Effect, Context } from "effect"

export class MyService extends Context.Tag("MyService")<MyService, {
  method: () => Effect.Effect<string>
}>() {}

const effect = Effect.gen(function* () {
  const service = yield* MyService
  const result = yield* service.method()
  return result
})

Modern form with Effect.Service:

export class MyAgent extends Effect.Service<MyAgent>()("MyAgent", {
  effect: Effect.gen(function* () {
    return {
      analyze: (input: string) => Effect.succeed("result")
    }
  })
})

Service / agent structure

Use this layout for agents and service modules:

agents/
├── analyzer/
│   ├── api.ts          # Public interface
│   ├── schema.ts       # Type definitions
│   ├── service.ts      # Core logic
│   ├── types.ts        # Domain types
│   └── __tests__/      # Test suite

Error handling as values

Use tagged error types; recover with catchTag:

import { Data } from "effect"

export class APIError extends Data.TaggedError("APIError")<{
  readonly status: number
  readonly message: string
}> {}

Effect.catchTag("APIError", (err) => /* handle */)

Layered service composition

Compose services via Effect.Layer; provide to the app with Effect.provide:

const appLayer = Layer.mergeAll(
  ConfigService.layer,
  CacheService.layer,
  CircuitBreakerService.layer,
  RateLimiterService.layer,
  ReviewCodeService.layer,
)

Effect.provide(appEffect, appLayer)

Conventions in this repo

Effect-TS native: Use Effect for composability and error handling.
Type safety: Use @effect/schema for types and validation.
No path aliases: Use workspace:* dependencies; run from project root.
Debug from root: e.g. scripts/debug-blocking.ts for correct module resolution.