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relay-stack-playbook

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Use when working on this repository's relay stack: Codex app-server protocol translation, relayd, relay-wrapper, Feishu bot integration, VS Code remote integration, or real-stack debugging around /list, /attach, /use, thread routing, helper/internal traffic, and missing Feishu replies. Summarizes the correct execution order, validation steps, and common failure modes specific to this project.

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relay-stack-playbook

Use this skill for changes or debugging involving:

  • relayd
  • relay-wrapper
  • Feishu inbound/outbound behavior
  • VS Code remote integration
  • Codex app-server protocol translation
  • /list, /attach, /use, /stop, thread routing, queue state, missing replies

Core rules

  • Start from runtime evidence, not the first plausible fix.
  • Split the problem by layer before editing code:
    • wrapper: native protocol translation and explicit annotation
    • server/orchestrator: product state, queue, thread routing, render decisions
    • feishu gateway: inbound action parsing and outbound delivery
  • The wrapper must annotate helper/internal traffic; it must not silently swallow real runtime lifecycle events.
  • Helper lifecycle must be correlated by protocol ids such as request id -> result.thread.id and request id -> result.turn.id. Do not use "same thread" or timing heuristics.
  • Product visibility decisions belong in the server layer, not in the wrapper.
  • Do not trust mocks unless they match real frames captured from logs.

First checks

Before changing code, gather these facts in order:

  1. Prefer the repo helper script first.

    • Run ./scripts/relay/collect-diagnostics.sh.
    • It captures the fixed low-level evidence in one pass:
      • proxy env
      • service status
      • process and port checks
      • /api/admin/bootstrap-state
      • /v1/status
      • recent relayd logs

  2. Check relay runtime state.

    • Read relayd status.
    • Verify actual processes and listening ports.

  3. Query /v1/status from localhost without proxy interference.

    • Prefer the raw local socket command in references/commands.md.
    • Confirm:
      • instance is online
      • ObservedFocusedThreadID, ActiveThreadID, ActiveTurnID
      • surface count
      • attached instance id
      • selected thread id
      • dispatch mode
      • active and queued queue items

  4. Read recent relayd logs.

    • Look for:
      • relay instance connected
      • relay instance disconnected
      • gateway apply failed
      • port bind failures

  5. If VS Code shows the result but Feishu does not:

    • wrapper -> relay path is at least partially working
    • inspect relay surface state and gateway failures first

  6. If /list or /attach seems to work but later text goes nowhere:

    • verify inbound menu events and text messages resolve to the same surfaceSessionID
    • check whether surfaces=0 or whether the current chat is attached to a different surface

Change strategy

  • For protocol changes, update docs and implementation together.
  • Add or update tests at the same time as the fix.
  • Prefer fixing the whole failing chain in one pass:
    • translator unit tests
    • orchestrator state tests
    • wrapper integration tests
    • harness end-to-end tests
  • Do not stop after a local unit test passes if the user-reported runtime symptom is still unexplained.

Common mistakes in this repo

  • Reusing helper traffic templates as normal chat defaults.
  • Hiding helper lifecycle in the wrapper instead of marking it and filtering later.
  • Debugging only from mocks even when the real protocol already disagrees.
  • Treating a proxy-intercepted curl response as a real localhost response.
  • Restarting services during manual reproduction and then reasoning from stale Feishu/VS Code state.
  • Changing only one layer in a multi-layer bug and assuming the visible behavior will follow.
  • Trusting "started" output from service control without checking the actual process and ports.

Validation

  • Clear proxy variables before local tests and localhost checks.
  • Prefer ./scripts/relay/collect-diagnostics.sh for fixed evidence collection, then use the lower-level commands in references/commands.md when you need a narrower repro.
  • After protocol or state-machine edits, run:
    • go test ./...
  • When the bug is user-visible, verify the exact symptom path:
    • Feishu input
    • relay state change
    • wrapper/native activity
    • Feishu output or gateway failure

References

  • For commands and symptom-driven checks, read references/commands.md.