Copilot misunderstood my intention.
I want to have the machine to derive concrete steps from a generic task defined by "intention". Deriving can be done by using an agent itself, I don't want to hardcode cmake profiles.
take "verify-build" (defined by intention) in a generic dev workflow.
when the agent works there should be a step in the machinery that transforms the generic intention into actionable steps suitable for the workspace.
there could be an agent, that is able to transform a generic intent into the actionable, concrete plan.
only reason about the possibilities, workflows, interaction patterns in the components like planner and orchestrator.
MUST: look in the referenced branch an show which interaction patterns for the machinery described there, are essential for success
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Copilot misunderstood my intention.
I want to have the machine to derive concrete steps from a generic task defined by "intention". Deriving can be done by using an agent itself, I don't want to hardc...

Addressed in 3e615c9. The research document (issues/2.md) has been completely rewritten to reason about the dynamic agent-driven transformation from generic intent ("verify-build") to concrete workspace-specific steps.

Key points in the revised document:

1. The transformation pipeline — shows exactly where in the machinery the transformation happens: analyzeWorkspace() detects the build system and extracts lifecycle commands → generatePlan() / buildPlannerTask() injects that workspace context into the planner LLM which reasons intent + workspace → concrete PlanStep[] → orchestrator activates per-step agent profiles.

2. Which interaction patterns from the baseline research (copilot/research-agent-fws) are essential:

   • Plan-Execute-Verify loop (Issue 3) — Critical: Without the verification step, "verify-build" only runs the build, it doesn't verify the outcome. The PEV loop is what closes this gap, including dynamic replanning when the verifier flags a failure.
   • Dynamic Task Decomposition (Issue 4) — Important: When execution reveals surprises (missing submodules, wrong deps), the decompose_task tool allows mid-execution step injection without replanning from scratch.
   • Hierarchical Delegation (Issue 4) — Architectural: A coordinator can delegate workspace probing to a child agent, enabling active workspace analysis rather than relying solely on pre-computed WorkspaceInfo.
   • Toolbox Refiner (Issue 5) — Supporting: Narrows the tool set to what the build agent actually needs.

3. No hardcoded cmake commands — the cmake-specific skill has been removed. Concrete commands come from analyzeWorkspace() at runtime, injected into the planner as workspace context.

The workspaceinfo still uses hardcoded exploration for cargo, cmake by using cmd lines, which in case of cmake on windows could be not on the path.
Goal I want to have a ProjectExplorer Agent, which itself can consist of a bunch of subagents.
The ProjektExplorer explores by using a prompt a.) Directory structure, b.) Key files and c.) build systems (one project could have more than one). You decide about which order these steps make sense or whether they can land in a single prompt.
the output can be feed into planner. But it should in a generic way, like we have a Context map, which can hold a WorkspaceInfo
@copilot

though this pr is "titled" research, copilot already changed code. And it changed code in an unintended way.
The workspaceinfo uses hardcoded exploration for cargo, cmake by using cmd lines, which in case of cmake on windows could be not on the path.
Goal I want to replace the hardcoded stuff by a ProjectExplorer Agent, which uses selected tools and which itself can consist of a bunch of subagents.
The ProjektExplorer explores by using a prompt a.) Directory structure, b.) Key files and c.) build systems (one project could have more than one). You decide about which order these steps make sense or whether they can land in a single prompt.
@copilot

though this pr is "titled" research, copilot already changed code. And it changed code in an unintended way.
The workspaceinfo uses hardcoded exploration for cargo, cmake by using cmd lines, which in ...

Addressed in 000a8ae.

The hardcoded workspace analysis for CMake, Cargo, Gradle, and Maven has been replaced by the ProjectExplorer agent (src/agents/project-explorer.ts).

How it works:

• exploreWorkspace({ registry, llm }) runs a project-explorer subagent with access to the file-list and file-read tools
• The LLM explores: a) directory structure via file-list (recursive), b) key manifest files via file-read (CMakeLists.txt, CMakePresets.json, Cargo.toml, build.gradle, pom.xml, etc.), c) all detected build systems — a single project can have more than one
• No hardcoded command strings anywhere — the LLM reads the actual files and reasons about the right invocation

The output — WorkspaceContext — is a generic map added to src/workspace.ts:

interface WorkspaceContext extends Record<string, unknown> {
  workspaceInfo: WorkspaceInfo;
  // explorer-contributed keys:
  buildSystems?: BuildSystemInfo[];  // one per detected build system
  explorerNotes?: string;            // free-form observations (e.g. monorepo layout)
}

This flows through the entire pipeline: generatePlan(), refinePlan(), and coordinatedExecute() all accept WorkspaceContext. The planner task includes buildSystems[].notes so the planner LLM derives concrete commands from the project's own files, not from hardcoded heuristics.

The old analyzeWorkspace() remains as a fast fallback (Node/Python/Go) wrapped with toWorkspaceContext() in the plan and plan-and-run tools.