docs: add CHANGELOG and CONTRIBUTORS entries for ContextStrategy system (PR #10590)

- Add CHANGELOG entry under [Unreleased] Added section documenting the
  ContextStrategy protocol, six built-in strategies, StrategyRegistry,
  and 77 Behave test scenarios.
- Update CONTRIBUTORS.md with HAL 9000's contribution for PR #10590.

ISSUES CLOSED: #10590

.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
                   path: build/nox-quality-output.log
                   retention-days: 30
 
+        timeout-minutes: 30
     unit_tests:
         runs-on: docker
         container:
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ jobs:
                   path: build/nox-unit-tests-output.log
                   retention-days: 30
 
+        timeout-minutes: 45
     integration_tests:
         runs-on: docker
         container:

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,30 @@ The format follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
   LLM streaming output.  A `SessionActorNotConfiguredError` is raised with exit
   code 1 when no actor is configured.
 
+### Added
+
+- **ContextStrategy Protocol and Plugin Registration System** (#8616): Implemented the pluggable context assembly strategy protocol (`ContextStrategy`) with proper type-safe method signatures (`can_handle(request, backends) -> confidence`, `assemble(request, backends, budget, plan_context) -> fragments`). Added `StrategyRegistry` -- the central thread-safe registry for registration, lookup, discovery (via entry points), and per-strategy configuration (`timeout_seconds`, `max_fragments`, `max_workers`, `circuit_breaker_threshold`, `resource_types`, `extra`). Six built-in strategies implemented per spec: `simple-keyword` (0.3), `semantic-embedding` (0.6), `breadth-depth-navigator` (0.85), `arce` (0.95 -- multi-modal text+vector+graph), `temporal-archaeology` (0.5 -- historical discovery), and `plan-decision-context` (0.7 -- parent plan decision retrieval). Full BDD test coverage validating protocol conformance, registry CRUD operations, entry-point discovery, error handling, thread safety, and boundary validation.
+
+- **ContextStrategy Protocol and Plugin Registration System** (#10590): Implemented the
+  ``ContextStrategy`` protocol for pluggable context assembly strategies within the ACMS.
+  Includes six built-in strategy implementations: ``SimpleKeywordStrategy`` (keyword matching,
+  quality 0.3), ``SemanticEmbeddingStrategy`` (word-overlap similarity search, quality 0.6),
+  ``BreadthDepthNavigatorStrategy`` (UKO hierarchy traversal with depth/breadth projection,
+  quality 0.85), ``ARCEStrategy`` (multi-modal pipeline combining text/vector/graph backends,
+  quality 0.95), ``TemporalArchaeologyStrategy`` (historical pattern discovery from cold-tier data,
+  quality 0.5), and ``PlanDecisionContextStrategy`` (ancestor plan decision retrieval, quality 0.7).
+  The ``StrategyRegistry`` provides thread-safe registration, enable/disable configuration,
+  per-strategy timeout/fragment limits, circuit-breaker tracking, validation warnings, and plugin
+  discovery from ``"module:ClassName"`` strings with a module-prefix allowlist for security.
+  Seventy-seven (77) Behave scenarios cover strategy selection by confidence scoring, backend
+  capability matching, duplicate registration rejection, stale enabled-list detection,
+  MappingProxyType coercion validators, thread-safety under concurrent access, boundary value
+  validation via Pydantic model constraints, and per-strategy config updates.
+
+### Added
+
+- **ContextStrategy protocol and StrategyRegistry plugin registration system** (#8616): Implemented the pluggable context assembly strategy protocol (`ContextStrategy`) with proper type-safe method signatures (`can_handle(request, backends) -> confidence`, `assemble(request, backends, budget, plan_context) -> fragments`). Added `StrategyRegistry` -- the central thread-safe registry for registration, lookup, discovery (via entry points), and per-strategy configuration (`timeout_seconds`, `max_fragments`, `max_workers`, `circuit_breaker_threshold`, `resource_types`, `extra`). Six built-in strategies implemented per spec: `simple-keyword` (0.3), `semantic-embedding` (0.6), `breadth-depth-navigator` (0.85), `arce` (0.95 -- multi-modal text+vector+graph), `temporal-archaeology` (0.5 -- historical discovery), and `plan-decision-context` (0.7 -- parent plan decision retrieval). Full BDD test coverage validating protocol conformance, registry CRUD operations, entry-point discovery, error handling, thread safety, and boundary validation.
+
 - Fixed `ReactiveEventBus.emit()` exception handler to log the full exception
   message (`str(exc)`) and enable traceback forwarding (`exc_info=True`).
   Previously the handler logged only the exception type name (e.g.

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@ Below are some of the specific details of various contributions.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed automated implementation, bug fixes, and feature development as part of the CleverAgents automation pool.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed concurrency safety improvements, including thread-safe context tier management (issue #7547) for parallel plan execution.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the plan concurrency race-condition fix (#7989): wired `LockService` into the plan lifecycle, guarding `execute_plan()` and `apply_plan()` with plan-level advisory locks and unique per-invocation owner identities to prevent silent concurrent state corruption.
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 * HAL 9000 has contributed the bug-hunt-pool-supervisor non-blocking tracking fix (#7875 / PR #7957): updated step 5 to be best-effort and added rule 9 to prevent the automation-tracking-manager call from blocking the main supervisor loop.
 * Jeffrey Phillips Freeman has contributed the complete AUTO-BUG-POOL to AUTO-BUG-SUP tracking prefix fix across agent-system-specification.md, automation-tracking.md documentation and agent-system-specification.md spec document, replaced with correct `AUTO-BUG-SUP` prefix used by the bug-hunt-pool-supervisor agent (#7875).
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the plugin entry point security hardening fix (#7476): enforced entry point allowlist validation before importing plugin modules to prevent malicious plugin loading.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the benchmark workflow separation (#9040): moved the benchmark-regression job out of the default PR workflow into a dedicated scheduled workflow, reducing median PR CI turnaround time from 99-132 minutes to under 30 minutes.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the plan tree JSON/YAML command envelope fix (#9163): wrapped `agents plan tree --format json/yaml` output in the spec-required command envelope structure, added summary statistics, decision_ids mapping, child_plans list, and accurate timing measurement.
+* HAL 9000 has contributed the agent-evolution-pool-supervisor PR metadata assignment (#7888): the supervisor now automatically looks up the Type/Automation label and earliest open milestone before dispatching improvement PR creation workers, ensuring all generated improvement PRs have correct Type labels and milestone assignments.
+* HAL 9000 has contributed the decision recording hook for the Strategize phase (issue #8522): captures every decision point with question, chosen option, alternatives, confidence, rationale, and full context snapshot for replay and correction.
+* HAL 9000 has contributed the ContextStrategy protocol and StrategyRegistry plugin registration system (PR #10590 / issue #8616): implemented the pluggable context assembly strategy protocol with proper type-safe method signatures, created the central thread-safe StrategyRegistry supporting registration, lookup, entry-point discovery, and per-strategy configuration (timeout, fragments limits, workers, circuit breaker threshold). Six built-in strategies implemented and documented: simple-keyword, semantic-embedding, breadth-depth-navigator, arce, temporal-archaeology, and plan-decision-context. Full BDD test coverage including thread safety, boundary validation, and error handling tests. (Part of Epic #8505)
+
 * This project was made possible thanks to considerable donation of time, money, and resources by CleverThis, Inc.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed automated bug fixes, CLI output formatting improvements, and ongoing maintenance as part of the CleverAgents automation system.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the file edit encoding parameter fix (PR #8258 / issue #7559).
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ Below are some of the specific details of various contributions.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the mandatory PR compliance checklist to `implementation-supervisor.md` (#9824): added an 8-item checklist to the worker prompt body with concrete items covering CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, commit footer, CI verification, BDD tests, Epic reference, labels, and milestone assignment to eliminate systemic PR merge blockers.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the PlanResult.success derivation fix (PR #8214 / issue #7501): replaced the incorrect `error_message is None` heuristic with a dedicated `result_success` column in the plans table, ensuring plans with historical build errors are not incorrectly marked as failed after a successful apply.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the mandatory PR compliance checklist to `implementation-pool-supervisor.md` (#9824): created a new agent definition with an embedded 8-item checklist ensuring workers always update CHANGELOG.md, CONTRIBUTORS.md, include commit footers (`ISSUES CLOSED: #N`), verify CI passes, add BDD tests, reference the parent Epic, apply labels via forgejo-label-manager, and assign milestones before creating PRs. Includes concrete examples for each subsection and compliance verification pseudocode.
-* HAL 9000 has contributed comprehensive milestone documentation for v3.6.0 (Advanced Concepts & Deferred Features) and v3.7.0 (TUI Implementation) (PR #9903): split into sub-documents covering context strategies, LLM backends, resource types, A2A rename, container tool execution, scope chain resolution, cost/safety budgets, E2E workflow tests, code review examples, plugin architecture, TUI layout, persona system, reference/command input, session management, configuration, and TuiMaterializer integration.
+* HAL 9000 has contributed comprehensive milestone documentation for v3.6.0 (Advanced Concepts & Deferred Features) and v3.7.0 (TUI Implementation) (PR #9903): split into sub-documents covering context strategies, LLM backends, resource points, A2A rename, container tool execution, scope chain resolution, cost/safety budgets, E2E workflow tests, code review examples, plugin architecture, TUI layout, persona system, reference/command input, session management, configuration, and TuiMaterializer integration.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the LLMTraceRepository data-integrity fix (PR #8185 / issue #7505): replaced the unconditional `session.commit()` in `LLMTraceRepository.save()` with a dual-path implementation that respects the UnitOfWork pattern — flushing only when an external session is provided, and flushing + committing + closing when operating standalone. This eliminates premature transaction commits, loss of rollback capability, and a docstring/implementation mismatch.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the ACMS Index Data Model and File Traversal Engine (PR #9664 / issue #9579): foundational data structures for indexed context entries with hot/warm/cold/archive storage tier classification, tag system, and a timeout-safe chunked file traversal engine for large projects with 10,000+ files.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the error-suppression removal fix (PR #9247 / issue #9060): removed both `try...except Exception:` blocks in `register_registry_agents()` that silently suppressed errors from `actor_registry.list_actors()` and the route bridge refresh, enabling exceptions to propagate per CONTRIBUTING.md fail-fast policy. Added three Behave scenarios verifying RuntimeError, AttributeError, and TypeError propagation.
@@ -43,3 +46,4 @@ Below are some of the specific details of various contributions.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed database resource types (PostgreSQL, SQLite) with transaction-based sandbox strategy: implemented ``DatabaseResourceHandler`` providing full CRUD operations (`read`, `write`, `delete`, `list_children`) and connection validation with automatic credential masking for PostgreSQL and SQLite backends. Includes ``TransactionSandbox`` infrastructure wired into ``SandboxFactory``, BDD test coverage in ``features/database_resources.feature``, and Robot Framework integration tests in ``robot/database_resources.robot`` (PR #10591 / issue #8608, Epic #8568).
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the agents plan rollback command (PR #8674 / issue #8557): implemented checkpoint-based plan state restoration with the `agents plan rollback <plan-id> [<checkpoint-id>]` CLI command as part of Epic #8493, enabling plans to be restored to previous checkpoints, discarding post-checkpoint decisions, and resuming execution from the rolled-back state. Supported by `--yes/-y`, `--to-checkpoint`, and `--format/-f` flags. Includes comprehensive BDD test coverage (>= 97%) for rollback, decision discarding, and plan resume functionality.
 * HAL 9000 has contributed the PyYAML security upgrade (PR #11012 / issue #9055): added `pyyaml>=6.0.3` dependency constraint to address known YAML parsing vulnerabilities.
+- **ContextStrategy protocol plugin registration**: Implemented the ContextStrategy protocol for the ACMS with six built-in strategies (SimpleKeyword, SemanticEmbedding, BreadthDepthNavigator, ARCE, TemporalArchaeology, PlanDecisionContext), a thread-safe StrategyRegistry supporting enable/disable configuration, per-strategy config updates, plugin discovery from module paths with allowlist security, validation warnings, and 77 Behave test scenarios covering all features.

src/cleveragents/application/services/acms_service.py

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 from cleveragents.domain.models.acms.crp import (
     ContextRequest,
 )
+from cleveragents.domain.models.acms.strategy import (
+    ContextStrategy as DomainContextStrategy,
+    StrategyCapabilities as DomainStrategyCapabilities,
+)
 from cleveragents.domain.models.core.context_fragment import (
     ULID_PATTERN,
     ContextBudget,
@@ -95,13 +99,27 @@ logger = structlog.get_logger(__name__)
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Strategy capabilities (spec ~line 25167)
+# StrategyCapabilities — pipeline-specific variant (backward-compatible)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The domain-model ``StrategyCapabilities`` in
+# ``domain/models/acms/strategy.py`` declares backend-usage flags
+# (uses_text, uses_vector, uses_graph, etc.).  ACMSPipeline uses a
+# simpler dataclass for its internal strategy selectors.  Both are
+# re-exported here for backward compatibility; the pipeline-specific
+# variant is used only by :class:`RelevanceStrategy`,
+# :class:`RecencyStrategy`, :class:`TieredStrategy`, and
+# :class:`SpecStrategyAdapter`.
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class StrategyCapabilities:
-    """Capabilities declared by a context strategy."""
+    """Pipeline-specific capabilities declared by a context strategy.
+
+    This is a backward-compatible variant of the domain-model
+    ``DomainStrategyCapabilities`` (see :mod:`cleveragents.domain.models.acms.strategy`).
+    For production strategies that implement the true spec protocol, use
+    ``DomainStrategyCapabilities`` instead.
+    """
 
     supports_semantic_search: bool = False
     supports_graph_navigation: bool = False
@@ -111,18 +129,33 @@ class StrategyCapabilities:
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Context strategy protocol (spec ~line 25167)
+# ContextStrategy — pipeline-compatible protocol for ACMSPipeline
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The domain-model ``ContextStrategy`` Protocol in
+# ``domain/models/acms/strategy.py`` uses the full spec signature
+# ``can_handle(request, backends) -> confidence`` /
+# ``assemble(request, backends, budget, plan_context) -> fragments``.
+# ACMSPipeline's internal strategies (Relevance, Recency, Tiered) and
+# the SpecStrategyAdapter use a simpler pipeline-compatible Protocol
+# because they operate on pre-fetched fragments rather than querying
+# backends directly.  SpecStrategyAdapter bridges between the two.
+# When issue #3491 resolves protocol consolidation, this local Protocol
+# can be replaced with ``DomainContextStrategy`` from
+# ``cleveragents.domain.models.acms.strategy``.
 
 
 @runtime_checkable
 class ContextStrategy(Protocol):
-    """Protocol for context strategies.
+    """Pipeline-compatible Protocol for context strategies.
 
-    Based on ``docs/specification.md`` ~line 25167.  Each strategy declares
-    a ``name`` and ``capabilities``, can report its confidence for a request
-    via ``can_handle``, produce fragments via ``assemble``, and explain its
-    approach via ``explain``.
+    ACMSPipeline's internal strategies (Relevance, Recency, Tiered) and
+    the SpecStrategyAdapter implement this interface.  The domain-model
+    ``DomainContextStrategy`` uses a different signature that queries
+    backends directly during :meth:`assemble`.  SpecStrategyAdapter bridges
+    between the two by ranking pre-fetched fragments by relevance score.
+
+    When issue #3491 is resolved, this Protocol can be removed in favour of
+    ``DomainContextStrategy`` from ``cleveragents.domain.models.acms.strategy``.
     """
 
     @property