Execution Pipeline

The execution pipeline processes skill calls from LLM responses through safety checks, parallel coordination, and result aggregation.

Before invoking the LLM, the Decision Layer (pre-LLM heuristic classifier) routes the request — 13 fast-paths handle common patterns directly. Requests are routed to one of 5 strategies: DIRECT_RESPONSE, GOAL, SCHEDULED_TASK, SUB_AGENT, or SCRIPT. Only when no fast-path matches does the full LLM skill loop run.

SkillExecutor (src/skills/executor.py)

The SkillExecutor orchestrates all skill execution:

executor = SkillExecutor(
    skill_registry,
    model_manager=model_manager,  # For anticipatory simulation
    redis_url=settings.redis_url,
)

execute_batch(skill_calls) → list[SkillResult]

Main execution method. Handles both sequential and parallel execution:

async def execute_batch(skill_calls: list[SkillCall]) -> list[SkillResult]:
    # Group by parallel_group
    groups = group_by_parallel(skill_calls)

    results = []
    for group in groups:
        if len(group) == 1:
            # Sequential execution
            result = await execute_one(group[0])
            results.append(result)
        else:
            # Parallel execution
            group_results = await asyncio.gather(*[execute_one(c) for c in group])
            results.extend(group_results)

    return results

execute_one(skill_call) → SkillResult

Single skill execution with full safety pipeline:

async def execute_one(call: SkillCall) -> SkillResult:
    # 1. Check skill exists and is enabled
    skill = registry.get(call.name)

    # 2. Get capability level
    level = capability_registry.get_level(call.name)

    # 3. Anticipatory simulation (RESTRICTED/PRIVILEGED only)
    if level in (RESTRICTED, PRIVILEGED):
        simulation = await anticipate(call, context)
        # Appended to result for agent self-reflection

    # 4. Execute skill
    try:
        result = await skill.execute(**call.arguments)
    except Exception as e:
        result = SkillResult(error=str(e)[:300])

    # 5. Audit log (CONTROLLED and above)
    if policy.requires_audit:
        await write_audit_log(call, result)

    # 6. Redact secrets from output
    result.output = redact(result.output or "")

    return result

Skill Call Parsing

LLM responses are parsed for skill calls using parse_skill_calls():

# Pattern: <skill>name(param="value", param2=123)</skill>
_SKILL_CALL_RE = re.compile(
    r"<skill>(\w+)\(([^)]*)\)</skill>",
    re.DOTALL
)

Arguments are parsed as Python literals (safe eval):

call = SkillCall(
    name="web_search",
    arguments={"query": "BTC price today", "max_results": 5},
)

Parallel Execution

Skills in <parallel> blocks run concurrently:

<parallel>
  <skill>web_search(query="BTC price")</skill>
  <skill>web_search(query="ETH price")</skill>
</parallel>

All skills in a parallel group share the same parallel_group ID. execute_batch() processes them with asyncio.gather().

Anticipatory Simulation

Before executing RESTRICTED or PRIVILEGED skills, the simulation runs:

async def anticipate(call: SkillCall, context: str) -> str:
    prompt = f"""
    About to execute: {call.name}({call.arguments})
    Context: {context[:500]}

    Predict the outcome and any risks in 2-3 sentences.
    """
    simulation = await model_manager.generate(prompt, max_tokens=300)
    return f"[ANTICIPATORY SIMULATION]: {simulation}"

The simulation result is appended to the skill output, allowing the LLM to course-correct on the next round if the predicted outcome is problematic.

Simulations are cached in Redis for 5 minutes (same call + context → same prediction).

Audit Log

Every CONTROLLED, RESTRICTED, and PRIVILEGED skill call writes to audit_log:

Column	Description
skill_name	The skill that was called
input_summary	Arguments (secrets redacted)
output_summary	Result (secrets redacted)
capability_level	CONTROLLED/RESTRICTED/PRIVILEGED
risk_level	From RiskAssessor (RESTRICTED+ only)
duration_ms	Execution time
chat_id	Who triggered it
created_at	Timestamp

Query recent audit entries:

docker exec agent-postgres psql -U agent -d agent -c "
  SELECT skill_name, input_summary, output_summary, created_at
  FROM audit_log
  ORDER BY created_at DESC
  LIMIT 20;
"

Secret Redaction

Before writing to audit log, all outputs are passed through redact():

from src.utils.redaction import redact

redacted_output = redact(raw_output)

Patterns that are redacted:

• OpenAI keys: sk-[a-zA-Z0-9]{20,}
• Anthropic keys: sk-ant-[a-zA-Z0-9-]{20,}
• Google keys: AIza[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{35}
• AWS keys: AKIA[A-Z0-9]{16}
• Stripe keys: sk_live_[a-zA-Z0-9]{24}
• Bearer tokens, passwords in key=value pairs

Error Handling

Skill failures return structured errors:

SkillResult(
    output=None,
    error="TimeoutError: browser skill exceeded 60s timeout",
    metadata={"duration_ms": 60000}
)

The LLM receives the error and can:

• Try an alternative approach
• Use a different skill
• Report the error to the user

Rate Limiting

PRIVILEGED skills have a hard rate limit of 20 calls per hour. Other levels are currently unlimited but logged for analysis.

Rate limit state is tracked in Redis:

skill:rate:{skill_name}:{hour_bucket}  → count