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fix(server): honor Claude append-system-prompt launch args #14149

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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeAdapter.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -509,6 +509,57 @@ describe("ClaudeAdapterLive", () => {
);
});

it.effect("folds append-system-prompt launch args into the system prompt append", () => {
const dir = NodeFS.mkdtempSync(NodePath.join(NodeOS.tmpdir(), "claude-append-"));
NodeFS.writeFileSync(NodePath.join(dir, "extra.md"), "code word: pineapple");
const harness = makeHarness({
claudeConfig: {
launchArgs: `--append-system-prompt-file ${NodePath.join(dir, "extra.md")} --append-system-prompt "inline text"`,
},
});
return Effect.gen(function* () {
const adapter = yield* ClaudeAdapter;
yield* adapter.startSession({
threadId: THREAD_ID,
provider: ProviderDriverKind.make("claudeAgent"),
runtimeMode: "full-access",
});

const createInput = harness.getLastCreateQueryInput();
assert.deepEqual(createInput?.options.systemPrompt, {
type: "preset",
preset: "claude_code",
append: `${buildRuntimeInstructions({ harness: "Claude Code" })}\n\ncode word: pineapple\n\ninline text`,
});
assert.deepEqual(createInput?.options.extraArgs, { "thinking-display": "summarized" });
}).pipe(
Effect.provideService(Random.Random, makeDeterministicRandomService()),
Effect.provide(harness.layer),
);
});

it.effect("fails session start when the append-system-prompt-file is unreadable", () => {
const harness = makeHarness({
claudeConfig: { launchArgs: "--append-system-prompt-file /nonexistent/extra.md" },
});
return Effect.gen(function* () {
const adapter = yield* ClaudeAdapter;
const exit = yield* adapter
.startSession({
threadId: THREAD_ID,
provider: ProviderDriverKind.make("claudeAgent"),
runtimeMode: "full-access",
})
.pipe(Effect.exit);

assert.equal(exit._tag, "Failure");
assert.equal(harness.getLastCreateQueryInput(), undefined);
}).pipe(
Effect.provideService(Random.Random, makeDeterministicRandomService()),
Effect.provide(harness.layer),
);
});

it.effect("loads Claude filesystem settings sources for SDK sessions", () => {
const harness = makeHarness();
return Effect.gen(function* () {
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29 changes: 28 additions & 1 deletion apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeAdapter.ts
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Expand Up @@ -4831,8 +4831,29 @@ export const makeClaudeAdapter = Effect.fn("makeClaudeAdapter")(function* (
const {
"permission-mode": launchArgPermissionMode,
"dangerously-skip-permissions": launchArgSkipPermissions,
"append-system-prompt": launchArgAppendSystemPrompt,
"append-system-prompt-file": launchArgAppendSystemPromptFile,
...extraArgs
} = parseCliArgs(claudeSettings.launchArgs).flags;
// The SDK sends `systemPrompt.append` on initialize, and the CLI assigns
// it over anything the append launch args loaded, so they are folded into
// that append instead of passed through. A missing file fails the start,
// as it does in the CLI, rather than silently dropping the text.
const launchArgAppendFileText = launchArgAppendSystemPromptFile

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject append flags without values.

parseCliArgs returns null for --append-system-prompt-file without a value. This condition skips the file read, while destructuring removes the flag from extraArgs. Session startup then succeeds without the requested prompt. Reject a present flag with a missing value before removing it from extraArgs. Apply the same check to --append-system-prompt.

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Review comment at @apps/server/src/provider/Layers/ClaudeAdapter.ts at line
4842:
In the ClaudeAdapter argument handling, validate `--append-system-prompt-file`
and `--append-system-prompt` before destructuring removes them from `extraArgs`;
reject startup when either flag is present without a value, while preserving
existing handling for valid values.

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? yield* fileSystem
.readFileString(path.resolve(input.cwd ?? ".", launchArgAppendSystemPromptFile))
.pipe(
Effect.mapError(
(cause) =>
new ProviderAdapterProcessError({
provider: PROVIDER,
threadId: input.threadId,
detail: `Failed to read --append-system-prompt-file '${launchArgAppendSystemPromptFile}'.`,
cause,
}),
),
)
: undefined;
const selectedModel =
input.modelSelection?.instanceId === boundInstanceId ? input.modelSelection : undefined;
const modelSelection = selectedModel
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type: "preset",
preset: "claude_code",
// Model and effort can change after this session-level prompt is set.
append: buildRuntimeInstructions({ harness: "Claude Code" }),
append: [
buildRuntimeInstructions({ harness: "Claude Code" }),
launchArgAppendFileText,
launchArgAppendSystemPrompt,
]
.filter((part) => part)
.join("\n\n"),
},
settingSources: [...CLAUDE_SETTING_SOURCES],
// `ultracode` is a Claude Code setting, not an API effort level. It is
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