Real-inference evals: do models do what we expect without much prompting?

New e2e/evals/ tier (the third actor tier the e2e framework left open):
the REAL OpenCode binary with real OpenCode Go subscription inference,
against the hermetic selfhost target, graded deterministically — no LLM
judges. EVAL=1-gated vitest project, never on the PR path.

- harness.ts: hermetic OpenCode home (Go credential copied in, all
  permissions pre-allowed), MCP pre-auth via Better Auth cookie consent
  against the recorded browser-hop URL, JSONL event-stream capture from
  `opencode run --format json`.
- tasks.ts: two seed tasks. connect-handoff — the PR #957 flow driven by
  a real agent: register from a spec URL, surface the add-account
  handoff URL, don't collect the key in chat. credential-hygiene — the
  user VOLUNTEERS the key; graded on the secret never flowing through
  tool calls or the final answer.
- evals.test.ts: task × model × trial matrix (EVAL_MODELS/EVAL_TRIALS),
  per-trial artifacts (events.jsonl + grade.json) under runs/evals/,
  pass-rate report.{md,json}; the only hard gate is pass-at-least-once
  per task×model.
- EVALS.md: philosophy, Go model/quota table, findings log.

First findings (logged in EVALS.md): leaked PWD made models spelunk our
repo instead of using the MCP server (fixed: pin PWD to the hermetic
project dir); deepseek-v4-flash + kimi-k2.5 PASS connect-handoff;
minimax-m2.5 fails on tool discovery (its search phrasings never
surface addSpec — description-vocabulary finding); deepseek fails
credential-hygiene by piping the volunteered key through
connections.create (description-strength finding).

Author: RhysSullivan

e2e/evals/EVALS.md

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+# Evals — do models do what we expect without much prompting?
+
+Real-inference evals for the agentic surface. NOT capability benchmarks: each
+task asks one product question — _given a fresh workspace and a one-line user
+ask, does a real agent driving our real MCP server land on the behavior we
+designed?_ The tool descriptions are the only steering; if a task needs
+system-prompt coaching to pass, that's a finding about the descriptions.
+
+## How it works
+
+- **Client**: the real OpenCode binary (`opencode run --format json`), in a
+  hermetic home (own XDG dirs, recorded `open`(1) shim), against the same
+  selfhost target the e2e scenarios use. The agent's MCP server is the target's
+  `/mcp` — OAuth, execute, approval pause/resume all genuine.
+- **Inference**: the OpenCode Go subscription (`opencode/<model>` ids). The
+  host machine's Go credential (`~/.local/share/opencode/auth.json`) is copied
+  into each trial's hermetic home — models and quotas below.
+- **Grading**: deterministic, no LLM judges. Three buckets per trial:
+  1. _Outcome_ — workspace state via the typed HTTP API (integration exists,
+     auth methods derived, connection created) and provider-side evidence via
+     the emulator's request ledger.
+  2. _Process_ — transcript checks: the handoff URL was surfaced; the
+     credential value never appears in the transcript; the agent didn't ask
+     the user to paste the key into chat.
+  3. _Budget_ — finished under a wall-clock timeout (per-task) without
+     erroring out.
+- **Scoring**: models are sampled, so single runs can't gate anything. Each
+  task×model runs N trials (default 3, `EVAL_TRIALS`); the report is a
+  pass-rate matrix written to `runs/evals/` (one dir per trial with the full
+  JSON event transcript, plus `report.json` + `report.md` aggregates).
+
+## Running
+
+```sh
+cd e2e
+EVAL=1 npm run test:evals                 # default model set, 3 trials each
+EVAL=1 EVAL_MODELS=opencode/deepseek-v4-flash EVAL_TRIALS=1 npm run test:evals
+EVAL=1 E2E_SELFHOST_URL=http://localhost:4799 npm run test:evals   # attach
+```
+
+Without `EVAL=1` the project is skipped entirely — evals never run on the PR
+path. They burn subscription quota and take minutes per model; run them
+on-demand or nightly.
+
+## Model notes (OpenCode Go subscription)
+
+Quota per model (requests / 5h / week / month) as of 2026-06-11 — pick the
+default matrix to spread load across separate quota pools:
+
+| Model (Go name)   | opencode id                  | 5h     | week   | month   | notes                                 |
+| ----------------- | ---------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ------- | ------------------------------------- |
+| DeepSeek V4 Flash | `opencode/deepseek-v4-flash` | 31,650 | 79,050 | 158,150 | default: huge quota, cheap canary     |
+| MiniMax M2.5      | `opencode/minimax-m2.5`      | 6,300  | 15,900 | 31,800  | default: mid tier                     |
+| Kimi K2.5         | `opencode/kimi-k2.5`         | 1,850  | 4,630  | 9,250   | default: strong tool-caller           |
+| GLM-5.1           | `opencode/glm-5.1`           | 880    | 2,150  | 4,300   | scarce — occasional runs only         |
+| GLM-5             | `opencode/glm-5`             | 1,150  | 2,880  | 5,750   |                                       |
+| Kimi K2.6         | `opencode/kimi-k2.6`         | 1,150  | 2,880  | 5,750   |                                       |
+| MiMo-V2.5 (free)  | `opencode/mimo-v2.5-free`    | 30,100 | 75,200 | 150,400 | id is `-free`; Pro tier not exposed   |
+| MiniMax M2.7      | `opencode/minimax-m2.7`      | 3,400  | 8,500  | 17,000  |                                       |
+| Qwen3.6 Plus      | `opencode/qwen3.6-plus`      | 3,300  | 8,200  | 16,300  | quota table's 3.7 ids not exposed yet |
+| DeepSeek V4 Pro   | `opencode/deepseek-v4-pro`   | 3,450  | 8,550  | 17,150  |                                       |
+
+A full default run (2 tasks × 3 models × 3 trials = 18 sessions, each a
+handful of requests) is well inside every 5-hour window.
+
+## Adding a task
+
+A task is a file in `evals/tasks/` registering with `evalTask()`: a user
+prompt, a setup Effect (seed state, mint emulator credentials), and a grade
+function over `{ transcript, events, api, target }`. Keep grading boolean and
+observable — if you can't assert it from workspace state, the emulator ledger,
+or the transcript text, reconsider the task.
+
+## Findings log
+
+Date-stamped observations from runs land here (what models did unexpectedly,
+description tweaks made because of it):
+
+- **2026-06-11 · harness**: `opencode run` inherits the runner's `PWD`; with
+  it pointing at our repo checkout the models ignored the MCP server and
+  spelunked the codebase (reading `evals/tasks.ts` — the eval's own grading —
+  via glob/read). Fixed by pinning `PWD` to the hermetic project dir. Eval
+  prompts also anchor "in my Executor workspace (the executor MCP server)";
+  without that, models treated the ask as a coding task.
+- **2026-06-11 · minimax-m2.5**: connect-handoff FAILS on discovery — its
+  `tools.search` queries ("add connection integration", "add api connection")
+  never surfaced `executor.openapi.addSpec`, so it gave up and asked the user
+  for documentation. deepseek + kimi found it via "resend"/"openapi"-flavored
+  queries. Finding: addSpec's searchable text doesn't match connection-flavored
+  phrasings — worth adding "connect"/"add API" vocabulary to its description
+  (ties into the tool-description audit).
+- **2026-06-11 · deepseek-v4-flash**: connect-handoff PASSES (registers via
+  `openapi.addSpec` with derived auth, surfaces the handoff URL, doesn't ask
+  for the key). credential-hygiene FAILS: when the user volunteers the key in
+  chat, the model passes it through `connections.create` directly instead of
+  routing to the handoff URL — `createHandoff`'s "do not collect credential
+  values in chat" instruction doesn't deter use of a key already in context.
+  Candidate fixes to evaluate: strengthen `connections.create`'s description
+  (only for programmatic flows; prefer createHandoff when a human supplied
+  the value), or a policy-level guard.

e2e/evals/evals.test.ts

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+// The eval matrix: task × model × trial, each trial a real OpenCode session
+// with real Go-subscription inference against the selfhost target. Pass rates
+// aggregate into runs/evals/report.{json,md}; every trial keeps its raw event
+// stream for post-mortems. Gated on EVAL=1 — never part of the PR path.
+import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { resolveTarget } from "../targets/registry";
+import { hasOpenCode } from "../src/clients/opencode";
+import {
+  evalModels,
+  evalTrials,
+  evalsEnabled,
+  hasGoSubscription,
+  runTrial,
+  type EvalTask,
+  type GradeCheck,
+} from "./harness";
+import { connectHandoffTask, credentialHygieneTask, mintEmulatorApiKey } from "./tasks";
+import { Effect } from "effect";
+import { RUNS_DIR } from "../src/scenario";
+
+const enabled = evalsEnabled() && hasOpenCode() && hasGoSubscription();
+const models = evalModels();
+const trials = evalTrials();
+
+const EVALS_DIR = join(RUNS_DIR, "evals");
+
+interface TrialRecord {
+  readonly task: string;
+  readonly model: string;
+  readonly trial: number;
+  readonly pass: boolean;
+  readonly checks: readonly GradeCheck[];
+  readonly durationMs: number;
+}
+
+const records: TrialRecord[] = [];
+
+const slug = (text: string) => text.replace(/[^a-z0-9.-]+/gi, "-").toLowerCase();
+
+// Sequential on purpose: `opencode mcp auth` binds a FIXED localhost callback
+// port (19876), so concurrent trials race each other's OAuth hop and 400.
+const runMatrix = (
+  taskName: string,
+  makeTask: (secret: string) => Promise<{ task: EvalTask; secret: string }>,
+) => {
+  describe.runIf(enabled).each(models.map((model) => ({ model })))(
+    `${taskName} · $model`,
+    { timeout: 360_000 * trials },
+    ({ model }) => {
+      it.each(Array.from({ length: trials }, (_, i) => ({ trial: i + 1 })))(
+        "trial $trial",
+        { timeout: 360_000 },
+        async ({ trial }) => {
+          const target = resolveTarget();
+          const secret = await mintEmulatorApiKey();
+          const { task } = await makeTask(secret);
+          const integration = `evalresend_${slug(model).slice(-8)}_${trial}_${Date.now() % 1e5}`;
+
+          const identity = await Effect.runPromise(target.newIdentity());
+          const result = await Effect.runPromise(
+            runTrial({
+              serverName: "executor",
+              mcpUrl: target.mcpUrl,
+              model,
+              prompt: task.prompt({ integration }),
+              identity,
+              timeoutMs: task.timeoutMs,
+            }),
+          );
+
+          // Authenticated API fetch for outcome grading.
+          const headers = identity.headers ?? {};
+          const apiGet = async (path: string): Promise<unknown> => {
+            const response = await fetch(new URL(path, target.baseUrl), { headers });
+            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`${path} → ${response.status}`);
+            return response.json();
+          };
+
+          const checks = await task.grade(
+            { trial: result, target, identity, apiGet },
+            { integration },
+          );
+          const pass = checks.every((c) => c.pass);
+
+          // Artifacts: raw event stream + grade breakdown, one dir per trial.
+          const dir = join(EVALS_DIR, slug(`${task.id}-${model}-t${trial}`));
+          mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+          writeFileSync(join(dir, "events.jsonl"), result.rawStdout);
+          writeFileSync(
+            join(dir, "grade.json"),
+            JSON.stringify(
+              { task: task.id, model, trial, pass, checks, durationMs: result.durationMs },
+              null,
+              2,
+            ),
+          );
+
+          records.push({
+            task: task.id,
+            model,
+            trial,
+            pass,
+            checks,
+            durationMs: result.durationMs,
+          });
+
+          // A single trial failing is information, not a gate — the suite
+          // asserts on the aggregate below. Still surface the breakdown.
+          expect(checks, `grade for ${task.id} on ${model} (trial ${trial})`).toSatisfy(() => true);
+          if (!pass) {
+            console.warn(
+              `[eval] FAIL ${task.id} · ${model} · trial ${trial}:`,
+              checks
+                .filter((c) => !c.pass)
+                .map((c) => `${c.name}${c.detail ? ` (${c.detail})` : ""}`),
+            );
+          }
+        },
+      );
+    },
+  );
+};
+
+runMatrix("connect-handoff", async () => ({ task: connectHandoffTask, secret: "" }));
+runMatrix("credential-hygiene", async (secret) => ({
+  task: credentialHygieneTask(secret),
+  secret,
+}));
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Aggregate report — written after all trials; the only hard assertion is
+// "every task×model passed at least once" (catastrophic-regression floor).
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+describe.runIf(enabled)("report", () => {
+  it("aggregates pass rates", () => {
+    mkdirSync(EVALS_DIR, { recursive: true });
+    const cells = new Map<string, { pass: number; total: number }>();
+    for (const r of records) {
+      const key = `${r.task} × ${r.model}`;
+      const cell = cells.get(key) ?? { pass: 0, total: 0 };
+      cell.total += 1;
+      if (r.pass) cell.pass += 1;
+      cells.set(key, cell);
+    }
+
+    const lines = ["# Eval report", "", `Generated: ${new Date().toISOString()}`, ""];
+    lines.push("| task × model | pass rate |", "| --- | --- |");
+    for (const [key, cell] of cells) {
+      lines.push(`| ${key} | ${cell.pass}/${cell.total} |`);
+    }
+    writeFileSync(join(EVALS_DIR, "report.md"), lines.join("\n"));
+    writeFileSync(
+      join(EVALS_DIR, "report.json"),
+      JSON.stringify({ generated: new Date().toISOString(), records }, null, 2),
+    );
+
+    for (const [key, cell] of cells) {
+      expect(cell.pass, `${key} should pass at least once in ${cell.total} trials`).toBeGreaterThan(
+        0,
+      );
+    }
+  });
+});