feat: add tool_result_persist hook

src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/compact.ts

@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ export async function compactEmbeddedPiSession(params: {
         });
         try {
           await prewarmSessionFile(params.sessionFile);
-          const sessionManager = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.open(params.sessionFile));
+          const sessionManager = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.open(params.sessionFile), {
+            agentId: sessionAgentId,
+            sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+          });
           trackSessionManagerAccess(params.sessionFile);
           const settingsManager = SettingsManager.create(effectiveWorkspace, agentDir);
           ensurePiCompactionReserveTokens({

src/agents/pi-embedded-runner/run/attempt.ts

@@ -284,7 +284,10 @@ export async function runEmbeddedAttempt(
         .catch(() => false);
 
       await prewarmSessionFile(params.sessionFile);
-      sessionManager = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.open(params.sessionFile));
+      sessionManager = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.open(params.sessionFile), {
+        agentId: sessionAgentId,
+        sessionKey: params.sessionKey,
+      });
       trackSessionManagerAccess(params.sessionFile);
 
       await prepareSessionManagerForRun({

src/agents/session-tool-result-guard-wrapper.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { SessionManager } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
 
+import { getGlobalHookRunner } from "../plugins/hook-runner-global.js";
 import { installSessionToolResultGuard } from "./session-tool-result-guard.js";
 
 export type GuardedSessionManager = SessionManager & {
@@ -11,12 +12,38 @@ export type GuardedSessionManager = SessionManager & {
  * Apply the tool-result guard to a SessionManager exactly once and expose
  * a flush method on the instance for easy teardown handling.
  */
-export function guardSessionManager(sessionManager: SessionManager): GuardedSessionManager {
+export function guardSessionManager(
+  sessionManager: SessionManager,
+  opts?: { agentId?: string; sessionKey?: string },
+): GuardedSessionManager {
   if (typeof (sessionManager as GuardedSessionManager).flushPendingToolResults === "function") {
     return sessionManager as GuardedSessionManager;
   }
 
-  const guard = installSessionToolResultGuard(sessionManager);
+  const hookRunner = getGlobalHookRunner();
+  const transform = hookRunner?.hasHooks("tool_result_persist")
+    ? (message: any, meta: { toolCallId?: string; toolName?: string; isSynthetic?: boolean }) => {
+        const out = hookRunner.runToolResultPersist(
+          {
+            toolName: meta.toolName,
+            toolCallId: meta.toolCallId,
+            message,
+            isSynthetic: meta.isSynthetic,
+          },
+          {
+            agentId: opts?.agentId,
+            sessionKey: opts?.sessionKey,
+            toolName: meta.toolName,
+            toolCallId: meta.toolCallId,
+          },
+        );
+        return out?.message ?? message;
+      }
+    : undefined;
+
+  const guard = installSessionToolResultGuard(sessionManager, {
+    transformToolResultForPersistence: transform,
+  });
   (sessionManager as GuardedSessionManager).flushPendingToolResults = guard.flushPendingToolResults;
   return sessionManager as GuardedSessionManager;
 }

src/agents/session-tool-result-guard.tool-result-persist-hook.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+import type { AgentMessage } from "@mariozechner/pi-agent-core";
+import { SessionManager } from "@mariozechner/pi-coding-agent";
+import { describe, expect, it, afterEach } from "vitest";
+
+import { loadClawdbotPlugins } from "../plugins/loader.js";
+import { resetGlobalHookRunner } from "../plugins/hook-runner-global.js";
+import { guardSessionManager } from "./session-tool-result-guard-wrapper.js";
+
+const EMPTY_CONFIG_SCHEMA = `configSchema: {
+  validate: () => ({ ok: true }),
+  jsonSchema: { type: "object", additionalProperties: true },
+  uiHints: {}
+}`;
+
+function writeTempPlugin(params: { dir: string; id: string; body: string }): string {
+  const file = path.join(params.dir, `${params.id}.mjs`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, params.body, "utf-8");
+  return file;
+}
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  resetGlobalHookRunner();
+});
+
+describe("tool_result_persist hook", () => {
+  it("does not modify persisted toolResult messages when no hook is registered", () => {
+    const sm = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.inMemory(), {
+      agentId: "main",
+      sessionKey: "main",
+    });
+
+    sm.appendMessage({
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: [{ type: "toolCall", id: "call_1", name: "read", arguments: {} }],
+    } as AgentMessage);
+
+    sm.appendMessage({
+      role: "toolResult",
+      toolCallId: "call_1",
+      isError: false,
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }],
+      details: { big: "x".repeat(10_000) },
+    } as any);
+
+    const messages = sm
+      .getEntries()
+      .filter((e) => e.type === "message")
+      .map((e) => (e as { message: AgentMessage }).message);
+
+    const toolResult = messages.find((m) => (m as any).role === "toolResult") as any;
+    expect(toolResult).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(toolResult.details).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("composes transforms in priority order and allows stripping toolResult.details", () => {
+    const tmp = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "clawdbot-toolpersist-"));
+    process.env.CLAWDBOT_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR = "/nonexistent/bundled/plugins";
+
+    const pluginA = writeTempPlugin({
+      dir: tmp,
+      id: "persist-a",
+      body: `export default { id: "persist-a", ${EMPTY_CONFIG_SCHEMA}, register(api) {
+  api.on("tool_result_persist", (event, ctx) => {
+    const msg = event.message;
+    // Example: remove large diagnostic payloads before persistence.
+    const { details: _details, ...rest } = msg;
+    return { message: { ...rest, persistOrder: ["a"], agentSeen: ctx.agentId ?? null } };
+  }, { priority: 10 });
+} };`,
+    });
+
+    const pluginB = writeTempPlugin({
+      dir: tmp,
+      id: "persist-b",
+      body: `export default { id: "persist-b", ${EMPTY_CONFIG_SCHEMA}, register(api) {
+  api.on("tool_result_persist", (event) => {
+    const prior = (event.message && event.message.persistOrder) ? event.message.persistOrder : [];
+    return { message: { ...event.message, persistOrder: [...prior, "b"] } };
+  }, { priority: 5 });
+} };`,
+    });
+
+    loadClawdbotPlugins({
+      cache: false,
+      workspaceDir: tmp,
+      config: {
+        plugins: {
+          load: { paths: [pluginA, pluginB] },
+          allow: ["persist-a", "persist-b"],
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    const sm = guardSessionManager(SessionManager.inMemory(), {
+      agentId: "main",
+      sessionKey: "main",
+    });
+
+    // Tool call (so the guard can infer tool name -> id mapping).
+    sm.appendMessage({
+      role: "assistant",
+      content: [{ type: "toolCall", id: "call_1", name: "read", arguments: {} }],
+    } as AgentMessage);
+
+    // Tool result containing a large-ish details payload.
+    sm.appendMessage({
+      role: "toolResult",
+      toolCallId: "call_1",
+      isError: false,
+      content: [{ type: "text", text: "ok" }],
+      details: { big: "x".repeat(10_000) },
+    } as any);
+
+    const messages = sm
+      .getEntries()
+      .filter((e) => e.type === "message")
+      .map((e) => (e as { message: AgentMessage }).message);
+
+    const toolResult = messages.find((m) => (m as any).role === "toolResult") as any;
+    expect(toolResult).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // Default behavior: strip details.
+    expect(toolResult.details).toBeUndefined();
+
+    // Hook composition: priority 10 runs before priority 5.
+    expect(toolResult.persistOrder).toEqual(["a", "b"]);
+    expect(toolResult.agentSeen).toBe("main");
+  });
+});

src/agents/session-tool-result-guard.ts

@@ -68,17 +68,44 @@ function extractToolResultId(msg: Extract<AgentMessage, { role: "toolResult" }>)
   return null;
 }
 
-export function installSessionToolResultGuard(sessionManager: SessionManager): {
+export function installSessionToolResultGuard(
+  sessionManager: SessionManager,
+  opts?: {
+    /**
+     * Optional, synchronous transform applied to toolResult messages *before* they are
+     * persisted to the session transcript.
+     */
+    transformToolResultForPersistence?: (
+      message: AgentMessage,
+      meta: { toolCallId?: string; toolName?: string; isSynthetic?: boolean },
+    ) => AgentMessage;
+  },
+): {
   flushPendingToolResults: () => void;
   getPendingIds: () => string[];
 } {
   const originalAppend = sessionManager.appendMessage.bind(sessionManager);
   const pending = new Map<string, string | undefined>();
 
+  const persistToolResult = (
+    message: AgentMessage,
+    meta: { toolCallId?: string; toolName?: string; isSynthetic?: boolean },
+  ) => {
+    const transformer = opts?.transformToolResultForPersistence;
+    return transformer ? transformer(message, meta) : message;
+  };
+
   const flushPendingToolResults = () => {
     if (pending.size === 0) return;
     for (const [id, name] of pending.entries()) {
-      originalAppend(makeMissingToolResult({ toolCallId: id, toolName: name }));
+      const synthetic = makeMissingToolResult({ toolCallId: id, toolName: name });
+      originalAppend(
+        persistToolResult(synthetic, {
+          toolCallId: id,
+          toolName: name,
+          isSynthetic: true,
+        }) as never,
+      );
     }
     pending.clear();
   };
@@ -88,8 +115,15 @@ export function installSessionToolResultGuard(sessionManager: SessionManager): {
 
     if (role === "toolResult") {
       const id = extractToolResultId(message as Extract<AgentMessage, { role: "toolResult" }>);
+      const toolName = id ? pending.get(id) : undefined;
       if (id) pending.delete(id);
-      return originalAppend(message as never);
+      return originalAppend(
+        persistToolResult(message, {
+          toolCallId: id ?? undefined,
+          toolName,
+          isSynthetic: false,
+        }) as never,
+      );
     }
 
     const sanitized =