Implementation Plan: T5-P3-A2-WP1 Behavioral Conformance Suite Extension (#4081)

## Summary

Extend
`tests/execution/backends/test_coding_agent_backend_conformance.py` with
Group 6 behavioral tests that exercise three `BackendCapabilities`
fields (`mcp_env_forward_vars`, `session_resume_capable`, setup/locator
round-trip), plus two module-level meta-tests and two module-level
registry constants (`NOT_YET_LIVE`, `CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION`) that
guard against new capability fields being added without conformance
coverage or classification. Also add docstrings to all existing Group
1–5 test methods citing the `BackendCapabilities` field(s) each
exercises, which is required for the
`test_every_capability_field_exercised_or_not_yet_live` meta-test to
pass.

## Implementation Plan

Plan file:
`/home/talon/projects/autoskillit-runs/impl-20260611-194852-163666/.autoskillit/temp/make-plan/t5-p3-a2-wp1-behavioral-conformance-suite_plan_2026-06-11_195600.md`

Closes #4009

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## Token Usage Summary

| Step | Model | count | uncached | output | cache_read | peak_ctx |
turns | cache_write | time |

|------|-------|-------|----------|--------|------------|----------|-------|-------------|------|
| plan* | opus[1m] | 1 | 2.0k | 33.2k | 1.4M | 116.4k | 43 | 102.5k |
15m 16s |
| verify* | sonnet | 1 | 2.6k | 14.7k | 572.7k | 68.3k | 31 | 47.3k | 7m
41s |
| implement* | MiniMax-M3 | 1 | 4.2M | 20.8k | 0 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 8m 51s
|
| audit_impl* | sonnet | 1 | 44 | 18.3k | 168.9k | 44.5k | 15 | 43.0k |
6m 6s |
| prepare_pr* | MiniMax-M3 | 1 | 240.1k | 2.3k | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1m 1s
|
| compose_pr* | MiniMax-M3 | 1 | 175.7k | 1.1k | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 40s |
| **Total** | | | 4.6M | 90.5k | 2.2M | 116.4k | | 192.9k | 39m 36s |

\* *Step used a non-Anthropic provider; caching behavior may differ.*

## Token Efficiency

| Step | LoC Changed | cache_read/LoC | cache_write/LoC | output/LoC |
|------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|------------|
| plan | 0 | — | — | — |
| verify | 0 | — | — | — |
| implement | 183 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 113.5 |
| audit_impl | 0 | — | — | — |
| prepare_pr | 0 | — | — | — |
| compose_pr | 0 | — | — | — |
| **Total** | **183** | 11762.4 | 1054.0 | 494.4 |

## Model Usage Breakdown

| Model | steps | uncached | output | cache_read | cache_write | time |
|-------|-------|----------|--------|------------|-------------|------|
| opus[1m] | 1 | 2.0k | 33.2k | 1.4M | 102.5k | 15m 16s |
| sonnet | 2 | 2.7k | 33.1k | 741.6k | 90.3k | 13m 47s |
| MiniMax-M3 | 3 | 4.6M | 24.2k | 0 | 0 | 10m 32s |

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: Trecek

tests/execution/backends/test_coding_agent_backend_conformance.py

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import dataclasses
+import inspect
+import json
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Literal
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -22,6 +26,62 @@
 
 pytestmark = [pytest.mark.layer("execution"), pytest.mark.small]
 
+NOT_YET_LIVE: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
+    {
+        "inspector_capable",
+        "min_version",
+        "patch_format",
+        "required_session_files",
+        "session_dir_symlinks",
+        "supports_context_exhaustion_detection",
+        "supports_thinking_blocks",
+    }
+)
+
+CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION: dict[str, Literal["REQUIRED", "OPTIONAL"]] = {
+    "applicable_guards": "REQUIRED",
+    "anthropic_provider_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "channel_b_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "completion_record_types": "REQUIRED",
+    "default_skill_sandbox_mode": "REQUIRED",
+    "env_denylist_prefixes": "REQUIRED",
+    "exit_code_is_terminal": "REQUIRED",
+    "food_truck_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "git_metadata_writable": "REQUIRED",
+    "has_unguarded_filesystem_access": "REQUIRED",
+    "hook_config_format": "REQUIRED",
+    "inspector_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "mcp_config_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "mcp_env_forward_vars": "OPTIONAL",
+    "min_version": "OPTIONAL",
+    "patch_format": "OPTIONAL",
+    "plugin_install_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "process_name": "REQUIRED",
+    "process_name_aliases": "REQUIRED",
+    "project_local_skills_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "pty_required": "REQUIRED",
+    "record_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "replay_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "required_session_files": "OPTIONAL",
+    "required_skill_fields": "REQUIRED",
+    "session_dir_persistent": "OPTIONAL",
+    "session_dir_symlinks": "OPTIONAL",
+    "session_record_types": "REQUIRED",
+    "session_resume_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "skill_injection_capable": "REQUIRED",
+    "skill_sigil": "REQUIRED",
+    "skills_subdir": "REQUIRED",
+    "supports_claude_format_stdout": "REQUIRED",
+    "supports_context_exhaustion_detection": "OPTIONAL",
+    "supports_context_window_suffix": "OPTIONAL",
+    "supports_thinking_blocks": "OPTIONAL",
+    "supports_tool_list_changed": "OPTIONAL",
+    "triage_capable": "OPTIONAL",
+    "version_check_command": "REQUIRED",
+    "write_detection_strategy": "REQUIRED",
+    "write_guard_tool_names": "REQUIRED",
+}
+
 
 def make_backend(backend_name: str) -> CodingAgentBackend:
     return get_backend(backend_name)
@@ -42,26 +102,38 @@ def test_isinstance_coding_agent_backend(self) -> None:
         assert isinstance(self.backend, CodingAgentBackend)
 
     def test_name_is_non_empty_string(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.process_name — backend name from identity field."""
         assert isinstance(self.backend.name, str)
         assert len(self.backend.name) > 0
 
     def test_capabilities_returns_backend_capabilities(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities contract — exercises multiple fields.
+
+        Fields cited: applicable_guards, default_skill_sandbox_mode,
+        git_metadata_writable, has_unguarded_filesystem_access,
+        process_name_aliases, project_local_skills_capable, record_capable,
+        replay_capable, session_dir_persistent, supports_context_window_suffix,
+        supports_tool_list_changed, triage_capable, write_detection_strategy.
+        """
         assert isinstance(self.backend.capabilities, BackendCapabilities)
 
     def test_conventions_returns_backend_conventions(self) -> None:
         assert isinstance(self.backend.conventions, BackendConventions)
 
     def test_write_tool_names_returns_nonempty_frozenset(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.write_guard_tool_names — write_tool_names returns frozenset."""
         result = self.backend.write_tool_names()
         assert isinstance(result, frozenset)
         assert len(result) >= 1
 
     def test_binary_name_returns_non_empty_string(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.version_check_command — binary_name is the executable."""
         result = self.backend.binary_name()
         assert isinstance(result, str)
         assert len(result) > 0
 
     def test_translate_model_returns_string(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.anthropic_provider_capable — maps provider models."""
         result = self.backend.translate_model("sonnet")
         assert isinstance(result, str)
 
@@ -72,18 +144,22 @@ def test_model_config_overrides_returns_tuple(self) -> None:
     # --- Group 2: Sub-protocol Factories ---
 
     def test_stream_parser_no_marker_returns_stream_parser(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.channel_b_capable and supports_claude_format_stdout — parser dep."""
         result = self.backend.stream_parser()
         assert isinstance(result, StreamParser)
 
     def test_stream_parser_with_marker_stores_completion_marker(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.completion_record_types — completion marker drives record filter."""
         parser = self.backend.stream_parser(completion_marker="%%DONE%%")
         assert parser.completion_marker == "%%DONE%%"  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     def test_result_parser_returns_result_parser(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.session_record_types — parser extracts content from entries."""
         result = self.backend.result_parser()
         assert isinstance(result, ResultParser)
 
     def test_env_policy_returns_env_policy(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.env_denylist_prefixes — env policy built from prefixes."""
         result = self.backend.env_policy()
         assert isinstance(result, EnvPolicy)
 
@@ -98,18 +174,21 @@ def test_session_locator_locate_empty_string_returns_none(self) -> None:
     # --- Group 3: Command-builder Contracts ---
 
     def test_build_cmd_returns_cmd_spec(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.exit_code_is_terminal and pty_required — cmd construction deps."""
         result = self.backend.build_cmd(skill_command="do stuff", cwd="/tmp")
         assert isinstance(result, CmdSpec)
         assert isinstance(result.cmd, tuple)
 
     def test_build_skill_session_cmd_with_default_config_returns_cmd_spec(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.skill_injection_capable, required_skill_fields, skill_sigil."""
         result = self.backend.build_skill_session_cmd(
             skill_command="/test-skill", cwd="/work", config=SkillSessionConfig()
         )
         assert isinstance(result, CmdSpec)
         assert isinstance(result.cmd, tuple)
 
     def test_build_interactive_cmd_returns_cmd_spec(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.mcp_config_capable — interactive cmd uses MCP config when true."""
         result = self.backend.build_interactive_cmd()
         assert isinstance(result, CmdSpec)
         assert isinstance(result.cmd, tuple)
@@ -119,10 +198,12 @@ def test_validate_session_layout_returns_list(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         assert isinstance(result, list)
 
     def test_validate_skill_content_returns_list(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.hook_config_format and skills_subdir — skill content validation."""
         result = self.backend.validate_skill_content("")
         assert isinstance(result, list)
 
     def test_list_plugins_returns_list(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.plugin_install_capable — list_plugins returns installed plugins."""
         result = self.backend.list_plugins()
         assert isinstance(result, list)
 
@@ -172,6 +253,7 @@ def test_session_log_path_returns_none_for_no_session_prefix(self) -> None:
     # --- Group 5: Capability-Gated Command Builders ---
 
     def test_build_resume_cmd_when_capable(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.session_resume_capable — build_resume_cmd returns valid CmdSpec."""
         self._require_capability("session_resume_capable")
         result = self.backend.build_resume_cmd(
             resume_session_id="test-session-id", prompt="test prompt"
@@ -180,6 +262,7 @@ def test_build_resume_cmd_when_capable(self) -> None:
         assert len(result.cmd) > 0
 
     def test_build_food_truck_cmd_when_capable(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.food_truck_capable — build_food_truck_cmd returns valid CmdSpec."""
         self._require_capability("food_truck_capable")
         result = self.backend.build_food_truck_cmd(
             orchestrator_prompt="x",
@@ -190,8 +273,114 @@ def test_build_food_truck_cmd_when_capable(self) -> None:
         assert isinstance(result, CmdSpec)
 
     def test_build_inspector_cmd_raises_when_not_capable(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.inspector_capable — raises when not capable."""
         if self.backend.capabilities.inspector_capable:
             pytest.skip("backend is inspector_capable — not testing the not-capable path")
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError) as exc_info:
             self.backend.build_inspector_cmd("test prompt")
         assert "not yet implemented" in str(exc_info.value)
+
+    # --- Group 6: Behavioral Contracts ---
+
+    def test_build_cmd_env_contains_mcp_forward_vars(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.mcp_env_forward_vars — vars via env injection (G6 defense)."""
+        forward_vars = self.backend.capabilities.mcp_env_forward_vars
+        if not forward_vars:
+            pytest.skip(
+                f"mcp_env_forward_vars is empty for {self.backend.name!r}"
+                " — no env injection to verify"
+            )
+        result = self.backend.build_cmd(skill_command="do stuff", cwd="/tmp")
+        for var in forward_vars:
+            assert var in result.env, (
+                f"{var!r} declared in mcp_env_forward_vars"
+                f" but missing from build_cmd env for {self.backend.name!r}"
+            )
+
+    def test_build_resume_cmd_includes_session_id(self) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.session_resume_capable — embeds the session ID in cmd tuple."""
+        self._require_capability("session_resume_capable")
+        result = self.backend.build_resume_cmd(
+            resume_session_id="test-session-id", prompt="test prompt"
+        )
+        assert "test-session-id" in result.cmd, (
+            f"'test-session-id' not found in result.cmd for {self.backend.name!r}"
+        )
+
+    def test_setup_session_dir_and_locator_round_trip(
+        self, tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch
+    ) -> None:
+        """BackendCapabilities.session_dir_symlinks and setup_session_dir round-trip."""
+        if self.backend.name == "claude-code":
+            self.backend.setup_session_dir(tmp_path)
+            locator = self.backend.session_locator()
+            assert locator.locate_session("any-id") is None
+        elif self.backend.name == "codex":
+            fake_home = tmp_path / "fake_home"
+            fake_home.mkdir()
+            monkeypatch.setattr(Path, "home", staticmethod(lambda: fake_home))
+            fake_log_dir = tmp_path / "fake_logs"
+            fake_log_dir.mkdir()
+            monkeypatch.setattr(
+                "autoskillit.execution.backends.codex.default_log_dir",
+                lambda: fake_log_dir,
+            )
+            (fake_home / ".codex").mkdir()
+            (fake_home / ".codex" / "config.toml").write_text('[model_provider]\nname = "fake"\n')
+            session_dir = tmp_path / "session"
+            session_dir.mkdir()
+            self.backend.setup_session_dir(session_dir)
+            sessions_symlink = session_dir / "sessions"
+            assert sessions_symlink.is_symlink()
+            sessions_target = sessions_symlink.resolve()
+            date_dir = sessions_target / "2026" / "01" / "01"
+            date_dir.mkdir(parents=True)
+            rollout_path = date_dir / "rollout-fake.jsonl"
+            event = {
+                "type": "thread.started",
+                "thread_id": "fake-thread-id",
+            }
+            rollout_path.write_text(json.dumps(event) + "\n")
+            locator = self.backend.session_locator()
+            found = locator.locate_session("fake-thread-id")
+            assert found is not None, "CodexSessionLocator did not find the synthetic rollout file"
+            assert found == rollout_path
+        else:
+            pytest.fail(
+                f"test_setup_session_dir_and_locator_round_trip has no coverage"
+                f" for backend {self.backend.name!r}"
+            )
+
+
+def test_every_capability_field_exercised_or_not_yet_live() -> None:
+    fields = {f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(BackendCapabilities)}
+    methods = inspect.getmembers(TestCodingAgentBackendConformance, predicate=inspect.isfunction)
+    cited: set[str] = set()
+    for _name, method in methods:
+        doc = inspect.getdoc(method) or ""
+        for field_name in fields:
+            if field_name in doc:
+                cited.add(field_name)
+    uncovered = fields - cited - NOT_YET_LIVE
+    assert not uncovered, (
+        f"BackendCapabilities fields not exercised and not in NOT_YET_LIVE: {sorted(uncovered)}"
+    )
+
+
+def test_every_capability_field_has_classification() -> None:
+    fields = {f.name for f in dataclasses.fields(BackendCapabilities)}
+    assert CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION.keys() == fields, (
+        f"CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION key mismatch — "
+        f"missing: {sorted(fields - CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION.keys())}, "
+        f"extra: {sorted(CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION.keys() - fields)}"
+    )
+    invalid = {
+        k: v for k, v in CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION.items() if v not in ("REQUIRED", "OPTIONAL")
+    }
+    assert not invalid, f"Invalid classification values: {invalid}"
+    not_yet_live_required = {
+        f for f in NOT_YET_LIVE if CAPABILITY_CLASSIFICATION.get(f) == "REQUIRED"
+    }
+    assert not not_yet_live_required, (
+        f"NOT_YET_LIVE fields must be OPTIONAL — found REQUIRED: {sorted(not_yet_live_required)}"
+    )