ci: raise unit-test matrix shard timeout 15 -> 20 min

Shard 4 runs ~14.5 min on master (dream.test.ts at ~29s/test dominates
its wallclock) and hit the 15-min job timeout twice on this PR with
1328 tests passing and 0 failing — the gate then failed on
'gated job did not succeed (got cancelled)'. Real fix is re-mining
scripts/test-weights.json to rebalance the shards; this unblocks CI.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: cache-check
     if: needs.cache-check.outputs.hit != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 15
+    # 20 (was 15): shard 4 runs ~14.5 min on master (dream.test.ts ~29s/test
+    # dominates it) and hits the 15-min ceiling on slower runners, cancelling
+    # mid-run with 0 test failures. Rebalancing via
+    # scripts/mine-shard-weights.ts is the real fix; this stops the bleeding.
+    timeout-minutes: 20
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:

src/commands/init.ts

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ interface ResolveAIOptionsArgs {
   nonInteractive: boolean;       // --non-interactive (forces D3 fail-loud, no picker)
 }
 
-export interface ResolvedAIOptions {
+interface ResolvedAIOptions {
   embedding_model?: string;
   embedding_dimensions?: number;
   expansion_model?: string;
@@ -170,41 +170,6 @@ export interface ResolvedAIOptions {
   noEmbedding?: boolean;
 }
 
-/**
- * Seed init's AI options from persisted config, falling back to the raw env
- * vars when loadConfig() returned null (#1058). On a cold install (no
- * config.json AND no DATABASE_URL) loadConfig short-circuits BEFORE its env
- * merge, so GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL / GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS /
- * GBRAIN_EXPANSION_MODEL / GBRAIN_CHAT_MODEL were silently ignored by init
- * and Tier-3 detection auto-picked by API key instead. Exported for unit
- * tests (env injectable).
- */
-export function seedAIOptionsFromConfig(
-  cfg: GBrainConfig | null,
-  env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = process.env,
-): ResolvedAIOptions {
-  const envDims = env.GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS
-    ? parseInt(env.GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS, 10)
-    : NaN;
-  const seed = cfg ?? {
-    embedding_disabled: undefined,
-    embedding_model: env.GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
-    embedding_dimensions: Number.isFinite(envDims) ? envDims : undefined,
-    expansion_model: env.GBRAIN_EXPANSION_MODEL,
-    chat_model: env.GBRAIN_CHAT_MODEL,
-  };
-  const out: ResolvedAIOptions = {};
-  if (seed.embedding_disabled) {
-    out.noEmbedding = true;
-  } else if (seed.embedding_model) {
-    out.embedding_model = seed.embedding_model;
-    if (seed.embedding_dimensions) out.embedding_dimensions = seed.embedding_dimensions;
-  }
-  if (seed.expansion_model) out.expansion_model = seed.expansion_model;
-  if (seed.chat_model) out.chat_model = seed.chat_model;
-  return out;
-}
-
 /**
  * Resolve AI provider options for `gbrain init`.
  *
@@ -238,13 +203,18 @@ async function resolveAIOptions(opts: ResolveAIOptionsArgs): Promise<ResolvedAIO
   // user already opted into deferred mode.
   try {
     const { loadConfig } = await import('../core/config.ts');
-    // #1058: loadConfig() returns null on a cold install (no config.json AND
-    // no DATABASE_URL) — before it ever reaches its env merge. The seed helper
-    // falls back to the same GBRAIN_* env vars directly in that case.
-    Object.assign(out, seedAIOptionsFromConfig(loadConfig()));
+    const cfg = loadConfig();
+    if (cfg?.embedding_disabled) {
+      out.noEmbedding = true;
+    } else if (cfg?.embedding_model) {
+      out.embedding_model = cfg.embedding_model;
+      if (cfg.embedding_dimensions) out.embedding_dimensions = cfg.embedding_dimensions;
+    }
+    if (cfg?.expansion_model) out.expansion_model = cfg.expansion_model;
+    if (cfg?.chat_model) out.chat_model = cfg.chat_model;
   } catch {
-    // loadConfig threw — treat as first-time install, fall through to env
-    // detection.
+    // loadConfig throws when no brain configured — first-time install, fall
+    // through to env detection.
   }
 
   // --- Tier 1+2: explicit flags ---------------------------------------------

src/core/operations.ts

@@ -332,15 +332,6 @@ export interface OperationContext {
    * remote/untrusted (defense in depth in case the type is bypassed via cast).
    */
   remote: boolean;
-  /**
-   * Transport marker for auth-less remote surfaces (#1061). The stdio MCP
-   * dispatch sets 'stdio' — it is deliberately `remote: true` (agent-facing,
-   * untrusted) but has no per-token auth (local pipe), so identity ops like
-   * whoami need a way to distinguish "known auth-less transport" from "a
-   * transport bug forgot to thread ctx.auth". Trust decisions MUST NOT key
-   * off this field — only `ctx.remote === false` grants trust.
-   */
-  transport?: 'stdio';
   /**
    * Subagent runtime context (v0.16+). Set by the subagent tool dispatcher when
    * dispatching an op as a tool call from an LLM loop. Used to enforce per-op
@@ -3722,10 +3713,9 @@ const whoami: Operation = {
     'Introspect the calling identity. Returns one of three transport shapes: ' +
     '{transport: "oauth", client_id, client_name, scopes, expires_at}, ' +
     '{transport: "legacy", token_name, scopes, expires_at: null}, or ' +
-    '{transport: "local", scopes: []}, or {transport: "stdio", scopes: []} ' +
-    'for the auth-less stdio MCP pipe. Throws unknown_transport when the ' +
-    'context is ambiguous (remote=true without auth and no transport marker) ' +
-    '— fail-closed posture mirroring the v0.26.9 trust-boundary contract.',
+    '{transport: "local", scopes: []}. Throws unknown_transport when the ' +
+    'context is ambiguous (remote=true without auth) — fail-closed posture ' +
+    'mirroring the v0.26.9 trust-boundary contract.',
   params: {},
   scope: 'read',
   handler: async (ctx) => {
@@ -3737,12 +3727,6 @@ const whoami: Operation = {
     if (ctx.remote === false) {
       return { transport: 'local', scopes: [] };
     }
-    // #1061: stdio MCP is remote/untrusted by design but has no per-token
-    // auth (local pipe) — a known transport, not a bug. Report it instead of
-    // throwing. Empty scopes: nothing here may be used to gate anything.
-    if (!ctx.auth && ctx.transport === 'stdio') {
-      return { transport: 'stdio', scopes: [] };
-    }
     if (!ctx.auth) {
       throw new OperationError(
         'unknown_transport',

src/core/skill-manifest.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
  * hold conventions and shared rule files, not skills. Files like
  * `_brain-filing-rules.md` live at the root and are not considered
  * skills by either loader.
+ *
+ * ClawHub-installed workspace skills (#1767): a skill dir carrying
+ * `.clawhub/origin.json` is an externally-managed runtime integration
+ * (e.g. an email or catalog skill), not a gbrain-routable skill. The
+ * derive path SKIPS those so `gbrain doctor` resolver_health doesn't
+ * hard-fail on them — UNLESS the skill's SKILL.md frontmatter declares
+ * `triggers:`, which is the explicit opt-in to gbrain routing (and the
+ * same surface that makes it reachable). An explicit manifest.json that
+ * lists a ClawHub skill also keeps strict checking (verbatim path).
  */
 
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync, statSync } from 'fs';
@@ -60,9 +69,27 @@ function parseSkillName(skillMdPath: string): string | null {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Does the SKILL.md frontmatter declare a `triggers:` key? A ClawHub-
+ * installed skill that ships gbrain `triggers:` has explicitly opted in
+ * to gbrain routing and gets full resolver checks (#1767).
+ */
+function declaresTriggers(skillMdPath: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    const content = readFileSync(skillMdPath, 'utf-8');
+    const fmMatch = content.match(/^---\n([\s\S]*?)\n---/);
+    if (!fmMatch) return false;
+    return /^triggers:/m.test(fmMatch[1]);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Walk skillsDir, return every `<skillsDir>/<dir>/SKILL.md` as a
- * ManifestEntry. Dotfile and underscore-prefixed dirs are skipped.
+ * ManifestEntry. Dotfile and underscore-prefixed dirs are skipped, as
+ * are ClawHub-installed external skills that haven't opted in to gbrain
+ * routing via `triggers:` frontmatter (#1767).
  */
 function deriveManifest(skillsDir: string): ManifestEntry[] {
   const out: ManifestEntry[] = [];
@@ -93,6 +120,12 @@ function deriveManifest(skillsDir: string): ManifestEntry[] {
     const skillMd = join(subdirAbs, 'SKILL.md');
     if (!existsSync(skillMd)) continue;
 
+    // ClawHub-installed external skill (#1767): skip unless it opts in
+    // to gbrain routing by declaring `triggers:` in its frontmatter.
+    if (existsSync(join(subdirAbs, '.clawhub', 'origin.json')) && !declaresTriggers(skillMd)) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
     const frontmatterName = parseSkillName(skillMd);
     const name = frontmatterName && frontmatterName !== '' ? frontmatterName : entry;
     out.push({ name, path: `${entry}/SKILL.md` });

src/mcp/dispatch.ts

@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ export interface DispatchOpts {
   remote?: boolean;
   /** Override the default stderr logger (e.g. CLI uses console.* directly). */
   logger?: OperationContext['logger'];
-  /**
-   * #1061: transport marker for auth-less remote surfaces. The stdio MCP
-   * server passes 'stdio' so identity ops (whoami) can report the transport
-   * instead of throwing unknown_transport. Never used for trust decisions.
-   */
-  transport?: OperationContext['transport'];
   /**
    * v0.28: per-token allow-list for the takes.holder field. Threaded by
    * the HTTP/stdio transport from `access_tokens.permissions.takes_holders`.
@@ -209,7 +203,6 @@ export function buildOperationContext(
     logger: opts.logger || stderrLogger,
     dryRun: !!params.dry_run,
     remote: opts.remote ?? true,
-    transport: opts.transport,
     takesHoldersAllowList: opts.takesHoldersAllowList,
     // v0.34 D4: sourceId is REQUIRED at the type level. Auto-fill 'default'
     // for single-source brains and any caller who didn't resolve a sourceId.

src/mcp/server.ts

@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ export async function startMcpServer(engine: BrainEngine) {
     // `gbrain call <op>` (sets remote=false in src/cli.ts).
     return dispatchToolCall(engine, name, params, {
       remote: true,
-      // #1061: mark the transport so whoami can report {transport: 'stdio'}
-      // instead of throwing unknown_transport. Trust posture unchanged —
-      // stdio stays remote/untrusted.
-      transport: 'stdio',
       takesHoldersAllowList: ['world'],
       // v0.31: source defaults to 'default' for stdio (no per-token scope).
       // Operators who want a different source on stdio MCP should set

test/check-resolvable.test.ts

@@ -382,6 +382,35 @@ describe("DRY detection — checkResolvable", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("#1767 — ClawHub workspace skills are not resolver-required", () => {
+  let dir: string;
+  afterEachCleanup(() => dir && rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true }));
+
+  test("ClawHub skill without gbrain metadata produces no unreachable/mece_gap", () => {
+    dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "gbrain-clawhub-"));
+    // Native gbrain skill: routable via frontmatter triggers. No manifest.json
+    // (the OpenClaw derive path from the issue repro).
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, "query"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, "query", "SKILL.md"),
+      `---\nname: query\ndescription: test\ntriggers:\n  - "what do we know"\n---\n\n# query\n`
+    );
+    // ClawHub-installed integration: no triggers, no resolver row.
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, "agentmail", ".clawhub"), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, "agentmail", ".clawhub", "origin.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ registry: "https://clawhub.ai", slug: "agentmail" })
+    );
+    writeFileSync(join(dir, "agentmail", "SKILL.md"), `---\nname: agentmail\ndescription: email integration\n---\n\n# agentmail\n`);
+
+    const report = checkResolvable(dir);
+    const agentmailIssues = report.issues.filter(i => i.skill === "agentmail");
+    expect(agentmailIssues).toEqual([]);
+    expect(report.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(report.summary.total_skills).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("v0.22.4 regression — actual repo skills/ has 0 errors", () => {
   test("repo skills/ pass check-resolvable cleanly (zero errors AND zero warnings)", () => {
     // The v0.22.4 (Part A) contract was zero warnings AND zero errors.

test/init-env-detection.test.ts

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
-import { groupReadyByProvider, findEnvKeyTypos, seedAIOptionsFromConfig } from '../src/commands/init.ts';
+import { groupReadyByProvider, findEnvKeyTypos } from '../src/commands/init.ts';
 
 describe('groupReadyByProvider — embedding touchpoint', () => {
   test('OPENAI_API_KEY alone → openai is ready', async () => {
@@ -149,47 +149,3 @@ describe('findEnvKeyTypos', () => {
     expect(got.find(t => t.userSet === 'COMPLETELY_UNRELATED_KEY')).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
-
-describe('seedAIOptionsFromConfig — #1058 cold-install env fallback', () => {
-  test('null config (no config.json, no DATABASE_URL) falls back to GBRAIN_* env vars', () => {
-    const got = seedAIOptionsFromConfig(null, {
-      GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL: 'voyage:voyage-3-large',
-      GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS: '1024',
-      GBRAIN_EXPANSION_MODEL: 'openai:gpt-5-mini',
-      GBRAIN_CHAT_MODEL: 'anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6',
-    });
-    expect(got.embedding_model).toBe('voyage:voyage-3-large');
-    expect(got.embedding_dimensions).toBe(1024);
-    expect(got.expansion_model).toBe('openai:gpt-5-mini');
-    expect(got.chat_model).toBe('anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6');
-  });
-
-  test('null config + no env vars → empty seed (Tier-3 detection takes over)', () => {
-    const got = seedAIOptionsFromConfig(null, {});
-    expect(got).toEqual({});
-  });
-
-  test('persisted config wins (loadConfig already merged env when non-null)', () => {
-    const got = seedAIOptionsFromConfig(
-      { engine: 'pglite', embedding_model: 'openai:text-embedding-3-small', embedding_dimensions: 1536 } as any,
-      { GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL: 'voyage:voyage-3-large' },
-    );
-    expect(got.embedding_model).toBe('openai:text-embedding-3-small');
-    expect(got.embedding_dimensions).toBe(1536);
-  });
-
-  test('embedding_disabled sentinel honored on re-init', () => {
-    const got = seedAIOptionsFromConfig({ engine: 'pglite', embedding_disabled: true } as any, {});
-    expect(got.noEmbedding).toBe(true);
-    expect(got.embedding_model).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  test('non-numeric GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS ignored, model still seeds', () => {
-    const got = seedAIOptionsFromConfig(null, {
-      GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_MODEL: 'voyage:voyage-3-large',
-      GBRAIN_EMBEDDING_DIMENSIONS: 'not-a-number',
-    });
-    expect(got.embedding_model).toBe('voyage:voyage-3-large');
-    expect(got.embedding_dimensions).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-});

test/skill-manifest.test.ts

@@ -166,6 +166,55 @@ describe('loadOrDeriveManifest', () => {
     expect(r.skills.map(s => s.name)).toEqual(['apple', 'mango', 'zebra']);
   });
 
+  // #1767 — ClawHub-installed workspace skills are external integrations,
+  // not gbrain-routable skills. The derive path skips them unless they
+  // opt in via `triggers:` frontmatter.
+  it('skips ClawHub-origin skills without triggers frontmatter (#1767)', () => {
+    const dir = scratch();
+    writeSkill(dir, 'query', 'query');
+    writeSkill(dir, 'agentmail', 'agentmail');
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub', 'origin.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ registry: 'https://clawhub.ai', slug: 'agentmail' })
+    );
+    const r = loadOrDeriveManifest(dir);
+    expect(r.derived).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.skills.map(s => s.name)).toEqual(['query']);
+  });
+
+  it('includes ClawHub-origin skills that opt in via triggers frontmatter (#1767)', () => {
+    const dir = scratch();
+    writeSkill(dir, 'agentmail', 'agentmail');
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub', 'origin.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ registry: 'https://clawhub.ai', slug: 'agentmail' })
+    );
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, 'agentmail', 'SKILL.md'),
+      `---\nname: agentmail\ndescription: test\ntriggers:\n  - "send email"\n---\n\n# agentmail\n`
+    );
+    const r = loadOrDeriveManifest(dir);
+    expect(r.derived).toBe(true);
+    expect(r.skills.map(s => s.name)).toEqual(['agentmail']);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps ClawHub-origin skills listed in an explicit manifest.json (#1767)', () => {
+    // Explicit manifest.json is a deliberate declaration — strict checking stays.
+    const dir = scratch();
+    writeSkill(dir, 'agentmail', 'agentmail');
+    mkdirSync(join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub'), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(dir, 'agentmail', '.clawhub', 'origin.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ registry: 'https://clawhub.ai', slug: 'agentmail' })
+    );
+    writeManifest(dir, { skills: [{ name: 'agentmail', path: 'agentmail/SKILL.md' }] });
+    const r = loadOrDeriveManifest(dir);
+    expect(r.derived).toBe(false);
+    expect(r.skills.map(s => s.name)).toEqual(['agentmail']);
+  });
+
   it('treats dirs without SKILL.md as not-a-skill', () => {
     const dir = scratch();
     writeSkill(dir, 'query', 'query');

test/whoami.test.ts

@@ -94,35 +94,6 @@ describe('whoami op contract', () => {
     expect(result.expires_at).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  // #1061: stdio MCP is remote/untrusted by design but has no per-token auth
-  // (local pipe). The stdio dispatch marks ctx.transport='stdio'; whoami
-  // reports it instead of throwing unknown_transport.
-  test('stdio transport (remote=true, no auth, transport marker) reports stdio', async () => {
-    const result = (await whoami.handler(
-      ctxWith({ remote: true, auth: undefined, transport: 'stdio' }),
-      {},
-    )) as any;
-    expect(result.transport).toBe('stdio');
-    expect(result.scopes).toEqual([]);
-  });
-
-  test('stdio marker does not mask real auth (auth still wins)', async () => {
-    const result = (await whoami.handler(
-      ctxWith({
-        remote: true,
-        transport: 'stdio',
-        auth: {
-          token: 'gbrain_at_xxx',
-          clientId: 'gbrain_cl_abc',
-          scopes: ['read'],
-          expiresAt: 1,
-        } as AuthInfo,
-      }),
-      {},
-    )) as any;
-    expect(result.transport).toBe('oauth');
-  });
-
   // Q3: ambiguous transport — fail-closed. The footgun this guards against
   // is a future transport that lands without threading auth, where a buggy
   // caller might trust whoami's output to gate sensitive ops.