LibreChat/api/server/services/Endpoints/agents/initialize.js

const { logger } = require('@librechat/data-schemas');
const { createContentAggregator } = require('@librechat/agents');
const {
  checkAccess,
  loadSkillStates,
  initializeAgent,
  isMemoryEnabled,
  primeInvokedSkills,
  validateAgentModel,
  extractManualSkills,
  GenerationJobManager,
  getCustomEndpointConfig,
  discoverConnectedAgents,
  resolveAgentTokenConfig,
  resolveAgentScopedSkillIds,
  resolveModelSpecSkillIds,
  getAgentStartupTelemetry,
  buildAgentContextAttachmentsByAgentId,
} = require('@librechat/api');
const {
  Permissions,
  ResourceType,
  EModelEndpoint,
  PermissionBits,
  PermissionTypes,
  MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH,
  isAgentsEndpoint,
  getResponseSender,
  AgentCapabilities,
  MAX_SUBAGENT_GRAPH_NODES,
  isEphemeralAgentId,
} = require('librechat-data-provider');
const {
  createToolEndCallback,
  createAttachmentEmitter,
  createBackgroundCodeResultHandler,
  getDefaultHandlers,
} = require('~/server/controllers/agents/callbacks');
const { loadAgentTools, loadToolsForExecution } = require('~/server/services/ToolService');
const { filterFilesByAgentAccess } = require('~/server/services/Files/permissions');
const {
  getSkillToolDeps,
  getSkillDbMethods,
  canAuthorSkillFiles,
  withDeploymentSkillIds,
  buildAgentToolContext,
  enrichLoadedToolsWithAgentContext,
} = require('./skillDeps');
const { getModelsConfig } = require('~/server/controllers/ModelController');
const { checkPermission, findAccessibleResources } = require('~/server/services/PermissionService');
const AgentClient = require('~/server/controllers/agents/client');
const { processAddedConvo } = require('./addedConvo');
const { logViolation } = require('~/cache');
const db = require('~/models');

/**
 * Creates a tool loader function for the agent.
 * @param {AbortSignal} signal - The abort signal
 * @param {string | null} [streamId] - The stream ID for resumable mode
 * @param {boolean} [definitionsOnly=false] - When true, returns only serializable
 *   tool definitions without creating full tool instances (for event-driven mode)
 * @param {number} [jobCreatedAt] - The generation epoch that owns emitted tool events
 */
function createToolLoader(signal, streamId = null, definitionsOnly = false, jobCreatedAt) {
  /**
   * @param {object} params
   * @param {ServerRequest} params.req
   * @param {ServerResponse} params.res
   * @param {string} params.agentId
   * @param {string[]} params.tools
   * @param {string} params.provider
   * @param {string} params.model
   * @param {AgentToolResources} params.tool_resources
   * @returns {Promise<{
   *   tools?: StructuredTool[],
   *   toolContextMap: Record<string, unknown>,
   *   toolDefinitions?: import('@librechat/agents').LCTool[],
   *   userMCPAuthMap?: Record<string, Record<string, string>>,
   *   toolRegistry?: import('@librechat/agents').LCToolRegistry
   * } | undefined>}
   */
  return async function loadTools({
    req,
    res,
    tools,
    model,
    agentId,
    provider,
    tool_options,
    tool_resources,
  }) {
    const agent = { id: agentId, tools, provider, model, tool_options };
    try {
      return await loadAgentTools({
        req,
        res,
        agent,
        signal,
        streamId,
        jobCreatedAt,
        tool_resources,
        definitionsOnly,
      });
    } catch (error) {
      logger.error('Error loading tools for agent ' + agentId, error);
    }
  };
}

/**
 * Initializes the AgentClient for a given request/response cycle.
 * @param {Object} params
 * @param {Express.Request} params.req
 * @param {Express.Response} params.res
 * @param {AbortSignal} params.signal
 * @param {Object} params.endpointOption
 * @param {number} [params.jobCreatedAt]
 */
const initializeClient = async ({ req, res, signal, endpointOption, jobCreatedAt }) => {
  if (!endpointOption) {
    throw new Error('Endpoint option not provided');
  }
  const appConfig = req.config;
  const startupTelemetry = getAgentStartupTelemetry(req);

  /** @type {string | null} */
  const streamId = req._resumableStreamId || null;

  /** @type {Array<UsageMetadata>} */
  const collectedUsage = [];
  /**
   * Vertex Gemini 3 thought signatures captured from `chat_model_end` events,
   * keyed by `tool_call_id`. Persisted on
   * `responseMessage.metadata.thoughtSignatures` so subsequent conversation
   * turns can restore each signature onto the right reconstructed AIMessage's
   * `additional_kwargs.signatures` and avoid 400s when resuming after a tool
   * round-trip without a final text reply. Always allocated; capture path
   * is a no-op for providers that don't emit signatures (OpenAI, Anthropic,
   * Bedrock, etc.).
   * @type {Record<string, string>}
   */
  const collectedThoughtSignatures = {};
  /** @type {ArtifactPromises} */
  const artifactPromises = [];
  /** @type {Map<string, import('@librechat/api').ToolInputValidationError>} */
  const toolInputValidationErrors = new Map();
  const { contentParts, aggregateContent, stepMap } = createContentAggregator();
  const toolEndCallback = createToolEndCallback({
    req,
    res,
    artifactPromises,
    streamId,
    jobCreatedAt,
  });

  /** Query accessible skill IDs once per run (shared across all agents).
   *  Skills activate under strict opt-in semantics — see
   *  `resolveAgentScopedSkillIds` for the per-agent activation predicate:
   *    - Ephemeral agent → model-spec `skills` config first, otherwise the
   *      per-conversation skills badge toggle (full catalog).
   *    - Persisted agent → `agent.skills_enabled === true`. Optional
   *      `agent.skills` allowlist narrows the catalog; empty/undefined
   *      allowlist with the toggle on = full accessible catalog. */
  const enabledCapabilities = new Set(appConfig?.endpoints?.[EModelEndpoint.agents]?.capabilities);
  const skillsCapabilityEnabled = enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.skills);
  const codeEnvAvailable = enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.execute_code);
  const backgroundToolsAvailable = enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.run_in_background);
  const toolIntentsAvailable = enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.tool_intents);
  const statefulSessionsAvailable = enabledCapabilities.has(
    AgentCapabilities.stateful_code_sessions,
  );
  const ephemeralSkillsToggle = req.body?.ephemeralAgent?.skills === true;
  const skillDbMethods = getSkillDbMethods();

  if (!endpointOption.agent) {
    throw new Error('No agent promise provided');
  }

  /** Run-level gate for inline memory tools: the `memory` capability must be
   *  enabled, memory must be configured, and the user must not have opted out.
   *  Requires the memory WRITE permissions (CREATE + UPDATE) — both inline tools
   *  mutate memory — so the tools aren't registered (and shown to the model) for
   *  read-only-memory roles that the runtime loader would then refuse to build.
   *  Agents (or the ephemeral memory badge) opt in per-agent via the `memory`
   *  marker on `tools`. */
  const memoryAvailablePromise =
    enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.memory) &&
    isMemoryEnabled(appConfig?.memory) &&
    req.user?.personalization?.memories !== false &&
    checkAccess({
      user: req.user,
      permissionType: PermissionTypes.MEMORIES,
      permissions: [Permissions.USE, Permissions.CREATE, Permissions.UPDATE],
      getRoleByName: db.getRoleByName,
    });

  const accessibleSkillIdsPromise = skillsCapabilityEnabled
    ? findAccessibleResources({
        userId: req.user.id,
        role: req.user.role,
        resourceType: ResourceType.SKILL,
        requiredPermissions: PermissionBits.VIEW,
      }).then(withDeploymentSkillIds)
    : Promise.resolve([]);
  const editableSkillIdsPromise = skillsCapabilityEnabled
    ? findAccessibleResources({
        userId: req.user.id,
        role: req.user.role,
        resourceType: ResourceType.SKILL,
        requiredPermissions: PermissionBits.EDIT,
      })
    : Promise.resolve([]);
  const skillCreateAllowedPromise = skillsCapabilityEnabled
    ? getSkillToolDeps().canCreateSkill({ req })
    : Promise.resolve(false);
  const skillStatesPromise = accessibleSkillIdsPromise.then((accessibleSkillIds) =>
    loadSkillStates({
      userId: req.user.id,
      appConfig,
      getUserById: db.getUserById,
      accessibleSkillIds,
    }),
  );
  const primaryAgentPromise = endpointOption.agent;
  const modelsConfigPromise = getModelsConfig(req);
  const validatedPrimaryAgentPromise = Promise.all([primaryAgentPromise, modelsConfigPromise]).then(
    async ([primaryAgent, modelsConfig]) => {
      if (!primaryAgent) {
        throw new Error('Agent not found');
      }

      const validationResult = await validateAgentModel({
        req,
        res,
        modelsConfig,
        logViolation,
        agent: primaryAgent,
      });
      if (!validationResult.isValid) {
        throw new Error(validationResult.error?.message);
      }

      return { primaryAgent, modelsConfig };
    },
  );

  /**
   * Agent context store - populated after initialization, accessed by callback via closure.
   * Maps agentId -> { userMCPAuthMap, agent, tool_resources, toolRegistry, openAIApiKey }
   * @type {Map<string, {
   *   userMCPAuthMap?: Record<string, Record<string, string>>,
   *   agent?: object,
   *   tool_resources?: object,
   *   toolRegistry?: import('@librechat/agents').LCToolRegistry,
   *   requestScopedConnections?: import('@librechat/api').RequestScopedMCPConnectionStore,
   *   openAIApiKey?: string
   * }>}
   */
  const agentToolContexts = new Map();

  const toolExecuteOptions = {
    loadTools: async (toolNames, agentId) => {
      const ctx = agentToolContexts.get(agentId) ?? {};
      logger.debug(`[ON_TOOL_EXECUTE] ctx found: ${!!ctx.userMCPAuthMap}, agent: ${ctx.agent?.id}`);
      logger.debug(`[ON_TOOL_EXECUTE] toolRegistry size: ${ctx.toolRegistry?.size ?? 'undefined'}`);

      const result = await loadToolsForExecution({
        req,
        res,
        signal,
        streamId,
        toolNames,
        agent: ctx.agent,
        toolRegistry: ctx.toolRegistry,
        backgroundToolNames: ctx.backgroundToolNames,
        intentToolNames: ctx.intentToolNames,
        mcpAvailableTools: ctx.mcpAvailableTools,
        requestScopedConnections: ctx.requestScopedConnections,
        userMCPAuthMap: ctx.userMCPAuthMap,
        tool_resources: ctx.tool_resources,
        actionsEnabled: ctx.actionsEnabled,
        jobCreatedAt,
      });

      logger.debug(`[ON_TOOL_EXECUTE] loaded ${result.loadedTools?.length ?? 0} tools`);
      /** Per-agent narrowed flag (admin capability AND agent.tools
       *  includes execute_code), captured in `agentToolContexts` when
       *  the agent initialized. Falls back to `false` on any stray
       *  ctx miss so a skills-only agent never gains sandbox access
       *  even if capability lookup somehow skips. */
      return enrichLoadedToolsWithAgentContext({
        result,
        req,
        ctx,
      });
    },
    toolEndCallback,
    persistBackgroundCodeResult: createBackgroundCodeResultHandler({
      req,
      updateToolCallResult: db.updateToolCallResult,
    }),
    emitAttachment: createAttachmentEmitter({ res, streamId, jobCreatedAt }),
    ...getSkillToolDeps(),
  };

  const summarizationOptions =
    appConfig?.summarization?.enabled === false ? { enabled: false } : { enabled: true };

  /**
   * Per-request map of per-subagent `createContentAggregator` instances
   * keyed by the parent's `tool_call_id`. The handler in `callbacks.js`
   * lazily creates an aggregator for each distinct `parentToolCallId`
   * and folds every `ON_SUBAGENT_UPDATE` event into it as they stream
   * in. `AgentClient` pulls each aggregator's `contentParts` at message
   * save time and attaches them to the matching `subagent` tool_call so
   * the child's reasoning / tool calls / final text survive a page
   * refresh — the client-side Recoil atom is best-effort live-only.
   */
  const subagentAggregatorsByToolCallId = new Map();

  /** Backend prices each model call authoritatively (premium tiers, cache
   *  rates) and emits the cost on on_token_usage when contextCost is on, so
   *  the gauge sums real costs instead of re-deriving from base rates.
   *  `endpointTokenConfig` is filled in once `primaryConfig` resolves below so
   *  custom-endpoint agents price with their configured rates, not defaults. */
  const usageCost = {
    enabled: appConfig?.interfaceConfig?.contextCost === true,
    pricing: { getMultiplier: db.getMultiplier, getCacheMultiplier: db.getCacheMultiplier },
  };

  /** Latest visible context snapshot + every emitted usage payload for this
   *  response, captured by the handlers and persisted on the response message's
   *  metadata so the breakdown and branch/total cost survive a reload.
   *  @type {{ latest: import('librechat-data-provider').TContextUsageEvent | null, count: number }} */
  const contextUsageSink = { latest: null, count: 0 };
  /** @type {Array<import('librechat-data-provider').TTokenUsageEvent>} */
  const usageEmitSink = [];

  const eventHandlers = getDefaultHandlers({
    res,
    contentParts,
    stepMap,
    toolInputValidationErrors,
    toolExecuteOptions,
    summarizationOptions,
    aggregateContent,
    toolEndCallback,
    collectedUsage,
    collectedThoughtSignatures,
    streamId,
    jobCreatedAt,
    subagentAggregatorsByToolCallId,
    usageCost,
    contextUsageSink,
    usageEmitSink,
  });

  const [
    memoryAvailable,
    accessibleSkillIds,
    editableSkillIds,
    skillCreateAllowed,
    { skillStates, defaultActiveOnShare },
    { primaryAgent, modelsConfig },
  ] = await Promise.all([
    memoryAvailablePromise,
    accessibleSkillIdsPromise,
    editableSkillIdsPromise,
    skillCreateAllowedPromise,
    skillStatesPromise,
    validatedPrimaryAgentPromise,
  ]);
  delete endpointOption.agent;

  const agentConfigs = new Map();
  const allowedProviders = new Set(appConfig?.endpoints?.[EModelEndpoint.agents]?.allowedProviders);

  /** Event-driven mode: only load tool definitions, not full instances */
  const loadTools = createToolLoader(signal, streamId, true, jobCreatedAt);
  /** @type {Array<MongoFile>} */
  const requestFiles = req.body.files ?? [];
  /** @type {string} */
  const conversationId = req.body.conversationId;
  /** @type {string | undefined} */
  const parentMessageId = req.body.parentMessageId;
  /**
   * Skill names the user invoked via the `$` popover for this turn. Only flows
   * to the primary agent — handoff agents are follow-up turns that don't see
   * the user's per-submission `$` selections. `extractManualSkills` also
   * drops non-string / empty elements so a crafted payload can't reach the
   * `getSkillByName` DB query with nonsense values.
   * @type {string[] | undefined}
   */
  const manualSkills = extractManualSkills(req.body);

  const selectedModelSpec =
    endpointOption.spec && Array.isArray(appConfig?.modelSpecs?.list)
      ? appConfig.modelSpecs.list.find((modelSpec) => modelSpec.name === endpointOption.spec)
      : null;

  if (
    primaryAgent &&
    isEphemeralAgentId(primaryAgent.id) &&
    selectedModelSpec &&
    Object.hasOwn(selectedModelSpec, 'skills')
  ) {
    if (selectedModelSpec.skills === true) {
      primaryAgent.skills_enabled = true;
      delete primaryAgent.skills;
    } else if (selectedModelSpec.skills === false) {
      primaryAgent.skills_enabled = false;
      primaryAgent.skills = [];
    } else if (Array.isArray(selectedModelSpec.skills)) {
      const resolvedSkillIds = await resolveModelSpecSkillIds({
        names: selectedModelSpec.skills,
        accessibleSkillIds,
        getSkillByName: skillDbMethods.getSkillByName,
      });
      primaryAgent.skills_enabled = true;
      primaryAgent.skills = resolvedSkillIds.map((id) => id.toString());
    }
  }

  const primaryScopedSkillIds = resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
    agent: primaryAgent,
    accessibleSkillIds,
    skillsCapabilityEnabled,
    ephemeralSkillsToggle,
  });
  const primaryScopedEditableSkillIds = resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
    agent: primaryAgent,
    accessibleSkillIds: editableSkillIds,
    skillsCapabilityEnabled,
    ephemeralSkillsToggle,
  });
  const primarySkillAuthoringAvailable = canAuthorSkillFiles({
    agent: primaryAgent,
    scopedEditableSkillIds: primaryScopedEditableSkillIds,
    skillCreateAllowed,
    skillsCapabilityEnabled,
    ephemeralSkillsToggle,
  });

  const primaryConfig = await initializeAgent(
    {
      req,
      res,
      loadTools,
      requestFiles,
      conversationId,
      parentMessageId,
      agent: primaryAgent,
      endpointOption,
      allowedProviders,
      isInitialAgent: true,
      accessibleSkillIds: primaryScopedSkillIds,
      skillAuthoringAvailable: primarySkillAuthoringAvailable,
      codeEnvAvailable,
      backgroundToolsAvailable,
      toolIntentsAvailable,
      statefulSessionsAvailable,
      memoryAvailable,
      skillStates,
      defaultActiveOnShare,
      manualSkills,
    },
    {
      getFiles: db.getFiles,
      getUserKey: db.getUserKey,
      getMessages: db.getMessages,
      getConvoFiles: db.getConvoFiles,
      updateFilesUsage: db.updateFilesUsage,
      getUserKeyValues: db.getUserKeyValues,
      getUserCodeFiles: db.getUserCodeFiles,
      getToolFilesByIds: db.getToolFilesByIds,
      getCodeGeneratedFiles: db.getCodeGeneratedFiles,
      filterFilesByAgentAccess,
      listSkillsByAccess: skillDbMethods.listSkillsByAccess,
      listAlwaysApplySkills: skillDbMethods.listAlwaysApplySkills,
      getSkillByName: skillDbMethods.getSkillByName,
    },
  );

  /** Price emitted usage with the primary agent's resolved endpoint config so
   *  custom-endpoint agents reflect configured rates (mirrors the AgentClient
   *  spending path, which reads the same config). */
  usageCost.endpointTokenConfig = primaryConfig.endpointTokenConfig;

  logger.debug(
    `[initializeClient] Storing tool context for ${primaryConfig.id}: ${primaryConfig.toolDefinitions?.length ?? 0} tools, registry size: ${primaryConfig.toolRegistry?.size ?? '0'}`,
  );
  agentToolContexts.set(
    primaryConfig.id,
    buildAgentToolContext({ agent: primaryAgent, config: primaryConfig }),
  );

  const {
    agentConfigs: discoveredConfigs,
    edges: discoveredEdges,
    userMCPAuthMap: discoveredMCPAuthMap,
    skippedAgentIds: discoveredSkippedIds,
  } = await discoverConnectedAgents(
    {
      req,
      res,
      primaryConfig,
      agent_ids: primaryConfig.agent_ids,
      endpointOption,
      allowedProviders,
      modelsConfig,
      loadTools,
      requestFiles,
      conversationId,
      parentMessageId,
      computeAccessibleSkillIds: (agent) =>
        resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
          agent,
          accessibleSkillIds,
          skillsCapabilityEnabled,
          ephemeralSkillsToggle,
        }),
      computeSkillAuthoringAvailable: (agent) =>
        canAuthorSkillFiles({
          agent,
          scopedEditableSkillIds: resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
            agent,
            accessibleSkillIds: editableSkillIds,
            skillsCapabilityEnabled,
            ephemeralSkillsToggle,
          }),
          skillCreateAllowed,
          skillsCapabilityEnabled,
          ephemeralSkillsToggle,
        }),
      skillStates,
      defaultActiveOnShare,
      codeEnvAvailable,
      backgroundToolsAvailable,
      toolIntentsAvailable,
      statefulSessionsAvailable,
      memoryAvailable,
    },
    {
      getAgent: db.getAgent,
      checkPermission,
      logViolation,
      db: {
        getFiles: db.getFiles,
        getUserKey: db.getUserKey,
        getMessages: db.getMessages,
        getConvoFiles: db.getConvoFiles,
        updateFilesUsage: db.updateFilesUsage,
        getUserKeyValues: db.getUserKeyValues,
        getUserCodeFiles: db.getUserCodeFiles,
        getToolFilesByIds: db.getToolFilesByIds,
        getCodeGeneratedFiles: db.getCodeGeneratedFiles,
        filterFilesByAgentAccess,
        listSkillsByAccess: skillDbMethods.listSkillsByAccess,
        listAlwaysApplySkills: skillDbMethods.listAlwaysApplySkills,
        getSkillByName: skillDbMethods.getSkillByName,
      },
      // The callback fires during BFS, before the helper prunes agents
      // whose edges end up filtered. Don't populate `agentConfigs` here —
      // `discoveredConfigs` (returned below) is the authoritative pruned
      // set. The per-agent tool context map is OK to keep populated even
      // for pruned ids: it's only read by closure in ON_TOOL_EXECUTE,
      // stale entries are unreachable at runtime.
      onAgentInitialized: (agentId, agent, config) => {
        agentToolContexts.set(agentId, buildAgentToolContext({ agent, config }));
      },
      // Pass through the `@librechat/api` exports so that tests which
      // `jest.mock('@librechat/api')` can override the initializer/validator.
      initializeAgent,
      validateAgentModel,
    },
  );

  // Copy the pruned discovery result into the outer map. Anything the
  // helper dropped (skipped or unreachable after edge filtering) is
  // intentionally absent. `processAddedConvo` below may still add more
  // entries for parallel multi-convo execution.
  for (const [agentId, config] of discoveredConfigs) {
    agentConfigs.set(agentId, config);
  }

  let userMCPAuthMap = discoveredMCPAuthMap;
  let edges = discoveredEdges;

  /** Multi-Convo: Process addedConvo for parallel agent execution */
  const { userMCPAuthMap: updatedMCPAuthMap } = await processAddedConvo({
    req,
    res,
    loadTools,
    logViolation,
    modelsConfig,
    requestFiles,
    agentConfigs,
    primaryAgent,
    endpointOption,
    userMCPAuthMap,
    conversationId,
    parentMessageId,
    allowedProviders,
    primaryAgentId: primaryConfig.id,
    accessibleSkillIds,
    editableSkillIds,
    skillsCapabilityEnabled,
    ephemeralSkillsToggle,
    skillCreateAllowed,
    skillStates,
    defaultActiveOnShare,
    codeEnvAvailable,
    backgroundToolsAvailable,
    toolIntentsAvailable,
    statefulSessionsAvailable,
    memoryAvailable,
  });

  if (updatedMCPAuthMap) {
    userMCPAuthMap = updatedMCPAuthMap;
  }

  for (const [agentId, config] of agentConfigs) {
    if (agentToolContexts.has(agentId)) {
      continue;
    }
    agentToolContexts.set(agentId, buildAgentToolContext({ agent: config, config }));
  }

  // `discoverConnectedAgents` always returns a concrete array, so no
  // further normalization is needed before handing this to `createRun`.
  primaryConfig.edges = edges;

  // Subagents: load any explicit subagent configs. Subagents run in isolated
  // context windows and are invoked via a dedicated spawn tool (not handoff
  // edges). An agent that is ONLY referenced as a subagent is dropped from
  // `agentConfigs` so the LangGraph pipeline doesn't treat it as a
  // parallel/handoff node, but it is KEPT in `agentToolContexts` — the child's
  // `ON_TOOL_EXECUTE` dispatches resolve tool execution context (agent,
  // tool_resources, skill ACLs, ...) from that map, so removing it would leave
  // action tools skipped and resource-scoped tools running without their
  // configured resources.
  const subagentsCapabilityEnabled = enabledCapabilities.has(AgentCapabilities.subagents);
  /** Track skipped ids locally so repeated failures short-circuit within
   *  the subagent loading loop. Seeded from the discovery helper's skip
   *  list so agents that already failed handoff loading don't get retried. */
  const skippedAgentIds = new Set(discoveredSkippedIds ?? []);

  /** All agent ids referenced on any edge (source OR target). Used by
   *  `loadSubagentsFor` to decide whether an agent that's only a subagent
   *  can be safely dropped from `agentConfigs` — LangGraph doesn't treat
   *  pure subagents as parallel/handoff nodes. */
  const edgeAgentIds = new Set([primaryConfig.id]);
  for (const edge of edges ?? []) {
    const sources = Array.isArray(edge.from) ? edge.from : [edge.from];
    const targets = Array.isArray(edge.to) ? edge.to : [edge.to];
    for (const id of sources) {
      if (typeof id === 'string') edgeAgentIds.add(id);
    }
    for (const id of targets) {
      if (typeof id === 'string') edgeAgentIds.add(id);
    }
  }

  /** Lazy per-id agent loader used for subagents that weren't reachable
   *  via the handoff edge graph (so `discoverConnectedAgents` didn't
   *  initialize them). Mirrors the helper's internal `processAgent`:
   *  DB lookup + VIEW check + `initializeAgent`, then inserts into
   *  `agentConfigs` and `agentToolContexts`. Returns `null` on any
   *  failure so the caller can skip gracefully. */
  const loadAgentById = async (agentId) => {
    if (skippedAgentIds.has(agentId)) return null;
    const existing = agentConfigs.get(agentId);
    if (existing) return existing;

    try {
      const agent = await db.getAgent({ id: agentId });
      if (!agent) {
        skippedAgentIds.add(agentId);
        return null;
      }
      const userId = req.user?.id;
      if (!userId) {
        skippedAgentIds.add(agentId);
        return null;
      }
      const hasAccess = await checkPermission({
        userId,
        role: req.user?.role,
        resourceType: ResourceType.AGENT,
        resourceId: agent._id,
        requiredPermission: PermissionBits.VIEW,
      });
      if (!hasAccess) {
        logger.warn(
          `[processAgent] User ${userId} lacks VIEW access to subagent ${agentId}, skipping`,
        );
        skippedAgentIds.add(agentId);
        return null;
      }
      const validation = await validateAgentModel({
        req,
        res,
        agent,
        modelsConfig,
        logViolation,
      });
      if (!validation.isValid) {
        logger.warn(
          `[processAgent] Subagent ${agentId} failed model validation: ${validation.error?.message}`,
        );
        skippedAgentIds.add(agentId);
        return null;
      }
      const scopedSkillIds = resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
        agent,
        accessibleSkillIds,
        skillsCapabilityEnabled,
        ephemeralSkillsToggle,
      });
      const scopedEditableSkillIds = resolveAgentScopedSkillIds({
        agent,
        accessibleSkillIds: editableSkillIds,
        skillsCapabilityEnabled,
        ephemeralSkillsToggle,
      });
      const config = await initializeAgent(
        {
          req,
          res,
          agent,
          loadTools,
          requestFiles,
          conversationId,
          parentMessageId,
          endpointOption: { ...endpointOption, endpoint: EModelEndpoint.agents },
          allowedProviders,
          accessibleSkillIds: scopedSkillIds,
          skillAuthoringAvailable: canAuthorSkillFiles({
            agent,
            scopedEditableSkillIds,
            skillCreateAllowed,
            skillsCapabilityEnabled,
            ephemeralSkillsToggle,
          }),
          /** Match the primary / handoff / addedConvo paths: forward the
           *  endpoint-level admin flag so `initializeAgent` can compute the
           *  per-agent narrowing (admin AND agent.tools includes
           *  execute_code) into `InitializedAgent.codeEnvAvailable`. Without
           *  this, a code-enabled subagent loaded only through
           *  `subagentAgentConfigs` initializes with `codeEnvAvailable:
           *  false`, so `bash_tool` / `read_file` sandbox fallback are
           *  silently gated off even though the seed walk found it. */
          codeEnvAvailable,
          /* Background tool calls are intentionally NOT enabled for pure
           * subagents (spawn-tool child graphs): their tools don't reach the
           * host ON_TOOL_EXECUTE background interceptor, so injecting the
           * schema would advertise a poll tool the host can't honor. Backgrounding
           * subagent work is the durable follow-up. */
          statefulSessionsAvailable,
          memoryAvailable,
          skillStates,
          defaultActiveOnShare,
        },
        {
          getFiles: db.getFiles,
          getUserKey: db.getUserKey,
          getMessages: db.getMessages,
          getConvoFiles: db.getConvoFiles,
          updateFilesUsage: db.updateFilesUsage,
          getUserKeyValues: db.getUserKeyValues,
          getUserCodeFiles: db.getUserCodeFiles,
          getToolFilesByIds: db.getToolFilesByIds,
          getCodeGeneratedFiles: db.getCodeGeneratedFiles,
          filterFilesByAgentAccess,
          listSkillsByAccess: skillDbMethods.listSkillsByAccess,
          listAlwaysApplySkills: skillDbMethods.listAlwaysApplySkills,
          getSkillByName: skillDbMethods.getSkillByName,
        },
      );
      agentConfigs.set(agentId, config);
      agentToolContexts.set(agentId, buildAgentToolContext({ agent, config }));
      return config;
    } catch (err) {
      logger.error(`[processAgent] Error processing subagent ${agentId}:`, err);
      skippedAgentIds.add(agentId);
      return null;
    }
  };

  /** Collected during resolution; applied to `agentConfigs` only after
   *  every config has had its subagents resolved. Eager pruning would
   *  hide pure-subagent ids from the subsequent `loadSubagentsFor`
   *  loop, which would leave *their* `subagentAgentConfigs` empty and
   *  silently break nested delegation like A → B → C where B is only
   *  a subagent of A. */
  const pureSubagentIds = new Set();
  const subagentGraphIds = new Set();
  const loadedSubagentConfigIds = new Set();

  const assertSubagentGraphRoom = (agentId) => {
    if (subagentGraphIds.has(agentId)) {
      return;
    }
    if (subagentGraphIds.size >= MAX_SUBAGENT_GRAPH_NODES) {
      logger.warn('[initializeClient] Subagent graph node limit exceeded', {
        agentId,
        primaryAgentId: primaryConfig.id,
        loadedSubagentCount: subagentGraphIds.size,
        maxSubagentGraphNodes: MAX_SUBAGENT_GRAPH_NODES,
      });
      throw new Error(
        `Subagent graph exceeds the maximum of ${MAX_SUBAGENT_GRAPH_NODES} unique agents.`,
      );
    }
  };

  /**
   * Loads `subagentAgentConfigs` for a single agent config. Shared
   * between the primary agent and handoff-target agents (and pure
   * subagents, transitively) so an agent used via handoff or
   * nested-subagent that has its own explicit `subagents.agent_ids`
   * gets them honored at runtime. Self-spawn works regardless (no DB
   * lookup needed). Pruning decisions are deferred to `pureSubagentIds`.
   */
  const loadSubagentsFor = async (config, depth = 0) => {
    const sub = config.subagents;
    if (!subagentsCapabilityEnabled || !sub?.enabled) {
      config.subagentAgentConfigs = [];
      return;
    }

    if (loadedSubagentConfigIds.has(config.id)) {
      if ((config.subagentAgentConfigs?.length ?? 0) > 0 && depth >= MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH) {
        logger.warn('[initializeClient] Subagent graph depth limit exceeded', {
          agentId: config.id,
          primaryAgentId: primaryConfig.id,
          depth,
          maxSubagentDepth: MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH,
          childCount: config.subagentAgentConfigs.length,
        });
        throw new Error(
          `Subagent graph exceeds the maximum depth of ${MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH} at agent ${config.id}.`,
        );
      }
      return;
    }

    /** Dedupe and filter in one pass — a crafted payload could
     *  legitimately include the same ID twice; the backend shouldn't
     *  create duplicate SubagentConfig entries for the LLM to see as
     *  separate spawn targets. */
    const explicitSubagentIds = Array.from(
      new Set(
        Array.isArray(sub.agent_ids)
          ? sub.agent_ids.filter((id) => typeof id === 'string' && id && id !== config.id)
          : [],
      ),
    );

    if (explicitSubagentIds.length > 0 && depth >= MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH) {
      logger.warn('[initializeClient] Subagent graph depth limit exceeded', {
        agentId: config.id,
        primaryAgentId: primaryConfig.id,
        depth,
        maxSubagentDepth: MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH,
        childCount: explicitSubagentIds.length,
      });
      throw new Error(
        `Subagent graph exceeds the maximum depth of ${MAX_SUBAGENT_DEPTH} at agent ${config.id}.`,
      );
    }

    loadedSubagentConfigIds.add(config.id);

    /** @type {Array<Object>} */
    const resolved = [];
    for (const subagentId of explicitSubagentIds) {
      if (skippedAgentIds.has(subagentId)) continue;

      /** Cycle guard: a configuration like A ↔ B (B lists A as its
       *  subagent) would otherwise trigger `loadAgentById` on the
       *  primary — inserting a second config for the same primary id,
       *  which downstream duplicates in the agent array. Reuse the
       *  existing primary config when a subagent ref points back at it. */
      if (subagentId === primaryConfig.id) {
        resolved.push(primaryConfig);
        continue;
      }

      assertSubagentGraphRoom(subagentId);
      const subagentConfig = await loadAgentById(subagentId);
      if (!subagentConfig) continue;

      subagentGraphIds.add(subagentConfig.id ?? subagentId);
      resolved.push(subagentConfig);

      if (!edgeAgentIds.has(subagentId)) {
        pureSubagentIds.add(subagentId);
      }
    }

    config.subagentAgentConfigs = resolved;
  };

  const maxResolvedDepthByConfigId = new Map();

  /** BFS across subagent trees so nested chains like A → B → C get
   *  resolved before any pruning. Agent configs are loaded once, but
   *  overlapping roots can still be revisited at deeper path depths so
   *  the depth guard observes the deepest reachable subagent path. */
  const resolveSubagentTrees = async (rootConfigs) => {
    const pending = rootConfigs.map((cfg) => ({ cfg, depth: 0 }));
    for (let index = 0; index < pending.length; index++) {
      const { cfg, depth } = pending[index];
      if (!cfg?.id) continue;
      const previousDepth = maxResolvedDepthByConfigId.get(cfg.id);
      if (previousDepth != null && previousDepth >= depth) continue;
      maxResolvedDepthByConfigId.set(cfg.id, depth);
      await loadSubagentsFor(cfg, depth);
      for (const child of cfg.subagentAgentConfigs ?? []) {
        const childDepth = depth + 1;
        const previousChildDepth = child?.id ? maxResolvedDepthByConfigId.get(child.id) : undefined;
        if (child?.id && (previousChildDepth == null || previousChildDepth < childDepth)) {
          pending.push({ cfg: child, depth: childDepth });
        }
      }
    }
  };

  await resolveSubagentTrees([primaryConfig, ...agentConfigs.values()]);

  /** Drop pure-subagent entries now that every reachable config has
   *  had its subagents resolved. They stay in `agentToolContexts` so
   *  their tools still execute with the right scoping. */
  for (const id of pureSubagentIds) {
    agentConfigs.delete(id);
  }

  primaryConfig.subagents = subagentsCapabilityEnabled ? primaryConfig.subagents : undefined;

  /** If the capability is off at the endpoint level, strip `subagents` on
   *  every loaded config — not just the primary. `run.ts` calls
   *  `buildSubagentConfigs` for every agent in the array, so a handoff
   *  agent with `subagents.enabled: true` persisted on its document would
   *  otherwise still expose self-spawn at runtime even though the admin
   *  has disabled the capability globally. */
  if (!subagentsCapabilityEnabled) {
    for (const config of agentConfigs.values()) {
      config.subagents = undefined;
      config.subagentAgentConfigs = undefined;
    }
  }

  const agentContextAttachmentsByAgentId = buildAgentContextAttachmentsByAgentId([
    primaryConfig,
    ...agentConfigs.values(),
  ]);

  let endpointConfig = appConfig.endpoints?.[primaryConfig.endpoint];
  if (!isAgentsEndpoint(primaryConfig.endpoint) && !endpointConfig) {
    try {
      endpointConfig = getCustomEndpointConfig({
        endpoint: primaryConfig.endpoint,
        appConfig,
      });
    } catch (err) {
      logger.error(
        '[api/server/controllers/agents/client.js #titleConvo] Error getting custom endpoint config',
        err,
      );
    }
  }

  const sender =
    primaryAgent.name ??
    getResponseSender({
      ...endpointOption,
      model: endpointOption.model_parameters.model,
      modelDisplayLabel: endpointConfig?.modelDisplayLabel,
      modelLabel: endpointOption.model_parameters.modelLabel,
    });

  /** History priming uses the user's full ACL-accessible skill set (not
   *  per-agent scoped) because prior turns may reference skills no longer
   *  in any active agent's scope; the ACL check is the security gate.
   *  `codeEnvAvailable` comes from `primaryConfig` — @see
   *  `InitializedAgent.codeEnvAvailable` for the per-agent narrowing. */
  const handlePrimeInvokedSkills = skillsCapabilityEnabled
    ? (payload) =>
        primeInvokedSkills({
          req,
          payload,
          accessibleSkillIds,
          codeEnvAvailable: primaryConfig.codeEnvAvailable === true,
          ...getSkillToolDeps(),
        })
    : undefined;

  /** Per-agent resolved endpoint token config, keyed by agent id. Built from
   *  `agentToolContexts` (the one map holding every agent, including pure
   *  subagents pruned from `agentConfigs`) so usage billed/emitted for a
   *  connected or subagent on a different custom endpoint is priced with THAT
   *  agent's configured rates instead of the primary's. Every known agent is
   *  recorded — even with an `undefined` config — so the resolver can tell a
   *  known non-custom agent (built-in pricing) from an untagged/unknown one
   *  (primary fallback).
   *  @type {Map<string, import('@librechat/api').EndpointTokenConfig | undefined>} */
  const endpointTokenConfigByAgentId = new Map();
  for (const [agentId, ctx] of agentToolContexts) {
    endpointTokenConfigByAgentId.set(agentId, ctx?.endpointTokenConfig);
  }
  /** Price emitted usage per producing agent too, so the streamed/persisted
   *  `metadata.usage.cost` matches the per-agent balance transaction. */
  usageCost.resolveEndpointTokenConfig = (usage) =>
    resolveAgentTokenConfig({
      agentId: usage?.agentId,
      byAgentId: endpointTokenConfigByAgentId,
      fallback: usageCost.endpointTokenConfig,
    });

  const client = new AgentClient({
    req,
    res,
    sender,
    contentParts,
    stepMap,
    agentConfigs,
    eventHandlers,
    collectedUsage,
    collectedThoughtSignatures,
    aggregateContent,
    artifactPromises,
    primeInvokedSkills: handlePrimeInvokedSkills,
    agent: primaryConfig,
    spec: endpointOption.spec,
    iconURL: endpointOption.iconURL,
    chatProjectId: endpointOption.chatProjectId,
    attachments: primaryConfig.requestAttachments ?? primaryConfig.attachments,
    agentContextAttachmentsByAgentId,
    endpointType: endpointOption.endpointType,
    resendFiles: primaryConfig.resendFiles ?? true,
    maxContextTokens: primaryConfig.maxContextTokens,
    endpoint: isEphemeralAgentId(primaryConfig.id) ? primaryConfig.endpoint : EModelEndpoint.agents,
    subagentAggregatorsByToolCallId,
    /** Resolved endpoint token/pricing config so spending and cost reflect
     *  configured rates for custom-endpoint agents instead of defaults. */
    endpointTokenConfig: primaryConfig.endpointTokenConfig,
    /** Per-agent override of the above for multi-endpoint graphs (connected
     *  agents + subagents); falls back to the primary config when an agent
     *  isn't present or has no configured rates. */
    endpointTokenConfigByAgentId,
    /** Capture sinks the handlers fill during the run; `sendCompletion` reads
     *  them to persist the breakdown + usage rollup on the response message. */
    contextUsageSink,
    usageEmitSink,
    startupTelemetry,
    toolInputValidationErrors,
    jobCreatedAt,
  });

  if (streamId) {
    GenerationJobManager.setCollectedUsage(streamId, collectedUsage, jobCreatedAt);
  }

  return { client, userMCPAuthMap };
};

module.exports = { initializeClient };