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feat(hub): external capability registry for PDF/ASR transforms (ADR-0027) (#5)
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# ADR 0027: External Capability Registry
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## Status
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Accepted.
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## Context
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ADR-0026 introduced the `UsageFact` ledger with a `kind = external_capability`
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fact and a `capabilityId` field, but deferred the capability registry itself.
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Two concrete needs now force the issue:
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- **PDF→Markdown bundle** conversion (and, imminently, audio/video→text)
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must run as a side effect of an `AgentRun`, bill in non-token units
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(pages, seconds), use a different provider than the model loop, and report
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cost through a different channel. It is not a sub-run (ADR-0026 rejected
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that) and not a model-provider call (it does not speak the Anthropic/
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OpenRouter protocol).
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- The Agent already has a Bash tool. Without a first-class capability seam,
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the path of least resistance is for the agent to shell out to ad-hoc
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scripts that embed API keys, write to arbitrary paths, and report nothing
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to the ledger. That is exactly the unattributed, uncontained external
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consumption ADR-0022/0026 exist to prevent.
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The model-provider connection (`OrganizationProviderConnection`, ADR-0024)
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is the wrong seam for these services:
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- Its payload schema (`baseUrl` + `authToken` + `anthropicApiKey`) and
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readiness probe (`/v1/models?supported_parameters=tools`) are specific to
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OpenRouter/Anthropic. MinerU, Whisper, and future OCR/ASR services have
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different auth shapes (an API token, optionally a project id) and no
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`/v1/models` endpoint.
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- Its uniqueness key is `(organizationId, providerId)` where `providerId`
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is an OpenRouter-style model-routing id. A capability provider id
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(`mineru`) names a *service*, not a model.
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- Coupling capability credentials into the model-provider table would force
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every capability's auth shape through `ProviderSecretPayloadV1` and every
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readiness probe through `probeOpenRouterCredential`.
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The Feishu Application Connection (`OrganizationFeishuApplicationConnection`)
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is the right structural precedent: it reuses the ADR-0024 envelope (KEK →
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DEK → AES-256-GCM, AAD-bound to purpose/org/connection/version) but has its
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own connection table, its own payload schema, its own readiness probe, and
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its own per-org uniqueness. Capability connections follow the same pattern.
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## Decision
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### External Capability
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An **External Capability** is a platform-registered, org-enabled document or
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media transform service invoked as a side effect of an `AgentRun`. It is
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identified by a stable `capabilityId` (e.g. `pdf_to_md_bundle`,
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`audio_video_to_text`). A capability:
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- Has an **input kind** (PDF, image, audio, video, …) and an **output
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contract** (markdown bundle with extracted images, transcript text, …).
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- Bills in **non-token units** (pages, audio-seconds) recorded on a
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`UsageFact` with `kind = external_capability`, or in tokens when the
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backing service reports them.
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- Writes its output **into the invoking run's workspace** (ADR-0018
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`AgentSurface` — no escapes).
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- Is invoked through a **capability adapter** in Hub, never by the Agent
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shelling out with embedded credentials.
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### Capability Connection
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Credentials for a capability live in an **`OrganizationCapabilityConnection`**,
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structurally identical to the Feishu Application Connection:
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- Belongs to exactly one Organization.
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- Unique by `(organizationId, capabilityId)`.
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- `DRAFT` / `ACTIVE` / `DISABLED`; resolution accepts only `ACTIVE` with a
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valid active secret version.
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- Secret material is an immutable, AAD-bound, KEK-wrapped envelope version
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(`CapabilityCredentialVersion`), reusing the ADR-0024 encryption
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machinery with `purpose = "capability"`.
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- Its payload schema is capability-specific (`CapabilitySecretPayloadV1`:
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`baseUrl`, `apiToken`, optional `projectId`). New capability types extend
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the payload, not the connection table.
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- A capability-specific **readiness probe** validates the credential before
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activation (e.g. MinerU: a trivial authenticated GET). The probe is
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injectable, matching the Feishu/provider pattern, so tests never hit the
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network.
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### Capability Adapter
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The adapter is the seam between the Agent and the external service. It:
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- Resolves the org's active capability connection (fail-closed, no
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process-global fallback — ADR-0024).
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- Accepts a workspace-relative input path and an output directory.
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- Calls the backing service (MinerU, Whisper, …) via an injectable
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`Client` interface so the real HTTP client is swappable and mockable.
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- Writes the produced markdown + image assets into the run's workspace.
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- Writes one `UsageFact` (or more, if the service reports per-stage
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consumption) with `kind = external_capability`, `capabilityId`,
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`provider` (the service id), `quantity + unit` (pages / seconds), and
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`costUsd + costSource = provider_reported` when the service reports cost.
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### Registry
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The platform maintains a **registry** of known capabilities: their id,
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input kind, output contract, metering unit, and adapter. This is
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code-level registration (like `ToolRegistry`), not a database table — a
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capability is available to an Organization only when (a) the platform
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knows the adapter and (b) the Organization has an `ACTIVE` connection for
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it. Both gates are required.
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### What is NOT in this ADR
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- The capability invocation is **not** a first-class persisted record
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(`CapabilityInvocation` table) in this ADR. The `UsageFact` row with
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`capabilityId` + `correlationId` is the durable trace. If we later need
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a richer invocation log (retries, partial output, multi-stage status),
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that is a follow-up; for now the fact is enough.
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- **Pricebook** remains deferred (ADR-0026). Capability facts use
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`provider_reported` when the service returns cost; otherwise `unknown`.
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- **Org-scoped enable/disable policy** beyond connection status is
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deferred. An org with an `ACTIVE` connection has the capability; one
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without does not. A finer "enabled but no credential" toggle is not
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needed yet.
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- **Agent-facing tool exposure** (how the Agent discovers and calls the
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capability — MCP tool, Bash wrapper, or built-in) is an implementation
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detail of the adapter wiring, not a contract concern. The contract pins
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that the Agent never receives the capability credential.
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## Consequences
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- Adding a new external capability (e.g. `image_ocr`) is: register an
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adapter, add a `capabilityId` constant, optionally extend the secret
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payload — no schema change to `UsageFact` or `AgentRun`.
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- The model-provider connection table stays focused on model routing;
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capability credentials do not pollute its payload or readiness probe.
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- Three connection types now share the ADR-0024 envelope: model-provider,
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Feishu application, and capability. Each has its own table, payload
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schema, and probe, but the same encryption, rotation, and resolver
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boundary.
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- The Agent's Bash tool remains available, but the intended path for
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document/media transforms is the capability adapter. Whether to narrow
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Bash for capability-shaped tasks is an operational policy decision,
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not a contract one.
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- Tests prove: workspace containment of capability output, fail-closed
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credential resolution, `UsageFact` attribution with non-token metering,
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and that the Agent process never receives the capability credential.
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## Deferred
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- `CapabilityInvocation` as a first-class durable record (status, retries,
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partial output) — currently the `UsageFact` row is the only trace.
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- Pricebook derivation for capability costs (ADR-0026 deferred).
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- Org-scoped capability enable/disable policy finer than connection status.
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- Agent-facing tool discovery (MCP vs built-in) for capabilities.
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