After "ship" succeeded the AI was burning 7+ follow-up tool calls
(gitea_repos_list, gitea_credentials, shell.exec×4, apps_list) trying
to verify what actually got pushed and where it deployed. That ate
through MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS and the user got tool-icon spam with no
narrative summary.
Three fixes:
1. ship now returns commitSha (parsed from `git rev-parse HEAD`),
giteaCommitUrl, giteaBranchUrl, coolifyDeployUrl, coolifyAppUuid,
and a summaryHint string telling the AI exactly what to say next.
2. ship's tool description now explicitly tells Gemini "do NOT call
gitea_*, shell_exec, or apps_* afterwards to verify — the result
is authoritative."
3. MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS 12 → 18 as a safety net for genuinely long chains.
Net effect: ship goes from ~12 tool calls to verify a deploy down to
1 (just ship itself), and the next text turn has the SHA + URL
inline.
Made-with: Cursor
Five focused improvements rolled into one deploy:
1. Pre-allocated preview ports + Traefik labels.
Bake docker labels for ports 3000-3009 into every dev-container
compose at ensureDevContainer() time. Each port has its own
subdomain: preview-<slot>-<projectSlug>-<token>.preview.vibnai.com.
Token is derived from projectId so URLs are stable across restarts
but not enumerable across projects. Joins the coolify external
network so Traefik can reach the container.
This avoids the runtime compose-mutation approach (which would
have required a Coolify redeploy on every dev_server.start, ~30s
latency). The trade-off is a hard cap of 10 concurrent dev servers
per project — fine for the "frontend + API" scenario, the only one
we can practically envision.
Wildcard DNS + Traefik DNS-01 cert remain a manual one-time setup
(see vibn-dev/PREVIEWS.md).
2. dev_server.start: port-collision handling.
Detect listeners via `ss` + `lsof` before launching. Three outcomes:
- port out of slot range → PortOutOfRangeError → 400 with allowedRange
- port owned by a different process → PortBusyError → 409
- port owned by a tracked vibn dev server (same project) → kill
the stale row and reuse the slot (most-recent-write-wins; matches
AI mental model when it does an edit-restart loop)
Surfaced via dedicated MCP error codes so the AI can recover
intelligently instead of looping the same start call.
3. gitea_file_{read,write,delete}: hard-removed from AI tool list.
These tools competed with fs.* and tempted the AI into the slow
path. Pulled from VIBN_TOOL_DEFINITIONS but kept in the MCP
dispatcher for 30 days for any external clients still using them.
System prompt rewritten to make Path B the only documented way to
author code; gitea_repo_* + gitea_branches_* remain because they
handle one-time orchestration with no fs.* equivalent.
4. System prompt: HMR + preview-port discipline.
New section covering Vite HMR (clientPort:443 wss), Next dev
(-H 0.0.0.0), and Express (HOST=0.0.0.0). Explicit "ports must be
3000-3009" rule + "if PORT_BUSY don't blindly retry" guidance.
5. Cron docs (vibn-dev/CRON.md).
/etc/cron.d/vibn-path-b template + smoke commands for autosave
and idle-sweep. Wires both 5-minute jobs that already have admin
endpoints (POST /api/admin/path-b/{autosave,idle-sweep}).
MCP version bump 2.6.0 -> 2.7.0. Smoke test: 65 tool defs (down from
68 after gitea_file_* removal), all accepted by Gemini.
Made-with: Cursor
Surfaced by the live Path B test: AI fired 7 tool calls (fs.read,
fs.edit, kill, dev_server.start, curl, dev_server.logs, ...) in a single
turn, the loop exited at MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS, and the user saw only a tray
of ✓ icons — no text reply.
Two changes:
1. Bump MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS 6 → 12. Path B iteration chains routinely run
long; 6 was tuned for Path A's much-shorter Coolify-orchestration
sequences.
2. When the loop exits because of the cap (the last assistant turn was
a tool call, not a finish), force one more no-tools Gemini call
with an explicit "summarize the result, do NOT call tools" prompt.
That gives the user a sentence or two of context instead of a wall
of green checkmarks. Wrapped in try/catch so the stream still
terminates cleanly if Gemini errors.
Made-with: Cursor
Kicks off Path B (AI_PATH_B_EXECUTION_PLAN.md): each Vibn project gets
its own vibn-dev Coolify service that the AI drives directly via shell
and filesystem tools. Sub-second iteration vs the 5-min Gitea redeploy
loop.
What's in this commit (week 1, slice 1):
- vibn-dev Dockerfile: small Ubuntu base (~500 MB target). git, ripgrep,
python3, mise. Language toolchains lazy-install on first use.
- lib/dev-container.ts: ensureDevContainer / suspend / resume /
execInDevContainer. Backed by a new fs_project_dev_containers table.
- lib/feature-flags.ts + /api/admin/path-b/{disable,enable}: kill switch.
Bearer NEXTAUTH_SECRET flips path_b_disabled, propagates in ~10s.
- New MCP tools wired into /api/mcp: devcontainer.{ensure,status,suspend},
shell.exec, fs.{read,write,edit,list,delete,glob,grep}. All enforce
workspace isolation via fs_projects ownership check.
- vibn-tools.ts: 11 new Gemini tool defs (smoke test passes, 63 total).
- chat system prompt: shell-first guidance; gitea_file_* marked
deprecated for iterative work (still available, removed week 3).
Safety nets baked in:
- pathBGuard() returns 503 from every Path B tool when the kill switch
flips
- fs.* paths locked to /workspace
- ensureResourceInWorkspaceProjects via fs_project_dev_containers PK
- per-project resource limits (1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM) on the compose spec
Still pending (queued):
- dev_server.* (preview URLs through Traefik)
- ship tool (push to Gitea + trigger prod deploy)
- auto-push autosave to vibn-autosave/main every 5 min
- idle-suspend cron after 30 min inactivity
- HMR-through-Traefik spike
- eval harness
Made-with: Cursor
Closes the AI's self-reported gap: "I cannot directly commit or push code".
New MCP capabilities (8) — all scoped to the workspace's Gitea org via
requireGiteaOrg + ensureRepoOwnerInOrg:
- gitea.repos.list — discover existing repos
- gitea.repo.get — metadata (default branch, clone URL)
- gitea.repo.create — mint a new private repo with auto-init
- gitea.file.read — read a file (or list a directory)
- gitea.file.write — create/update one file in one commit
- gitea.file.delete — delete a file (auto-resolves sha)
- gitea.branches.list — list branches with head sha
- gitea.branch.create — branch off an existing branch
Wired through:
- lib/gitea.ts: giteaReadFile, giteaListContents, giteaListBranches,
giteaCreateBranch, giteaListOrgRepos, giteaDeleteFile.
- lib/ai/vibn-tools.ts: 8 new Gemini tool declarations (53 total).
- app/api/chat/route.ts: system prompt now teaches the end-to-end
scaffold-then-deploy recipe so the AI stops deferring to the user.
MCP capability descriptor bumped to version 2.5.0.
Made-with: Cursor
Each Vibn project now gets its OWN Coolify project named
vibn-{workspace-slug}-{project-slug}. All apps/databases/services
deployed for the project land inside that Coolify project, giving
us clean grouping, cascading delete, and per-project domain
namespaces.
Changes:
- New lib/projects.ts: ensureProjectCoolifyProject (idempotent
create/lookup), getProjectCoolifyUuid, getOwnedCoolifyProjectUuids
- /api/projects/create: pre-insert row, mint per-project Coolify
project, then complete the row with productData (preserves the
coolifyProjectUuid that was just set)
- apps.list (MCP): without projectId, aggregates across ALL
workspace-owned Coolify projects; with projectId, scopes to
that project's Coolify project. Returns coolifyProjectUuid
on each result so the AI knows where things live.
- apps.create (MCP): accepts projectId; auto-mints the Vibn
project's Coolify project on first deploy if missing
- apps_list/apps_create tool defs: projectId param surfaced
- System prompt: Project as first-class — planning + live as
facets of ONE thing, never as separate worlds. AI told to
always pass projectId on apps_create.
Stage 2 (next): set-aware ensureResourceInProject across all
single-resource MCP tools (apps.get/delete/exec/etc.) and
cascading delete via projects.delete.
Made-with: Cursor
projects_get was dumping raw JSONB including turborepo scaffold fields
(product/website/admin/storybook sub-app configs), which Gemini mistook
for live deployed services. Now returns a clean summary with only the
fields relevant to the AI. Also updated the system prompt to explicitly
distinguish Vibn project records (planning artifacts) from Coolify apps
(actual running services), instructing the model to call apps_list when
the user asks what's live.
Made-with: Cursor
fs_chat_threads and fs_chat_messages were referenced in code but
never added to the migration script. Added ensureChatTables() called
at startup of both /api/chat and /api/chat/threads routes — safe,
idempotent, and runs once per process lifetime. Also backfilled the
SQL migration file for documentation.
Made-with: Cursor
Gemini 3.1 Pro thinking model requires thought_signature to be echoed
in functionResponse. SSE stream doesn't reliably include it in individual
chunks. Switch tool-calling rounds to non-streaming generateContent which
always returns the complete response with thought_signature present.
Made-with: Cursor
Thinking models attach a thought_signature to functionCall parts.
Must be echoed back in functionResponse or API returns 400.
Carry it through ToolCall -> ChatMessage -> toGeminiContents().
Made-with: Cursor
- Right-docked chat panel on all workspace pages ([workspace]/layout.tsx)
- Streaming SSE responses with Gemini 3.1 Pro preview via generativelanguage API
- Full tool-calling loop (up to 6 rounds): deploys apps, lists projects, registers
domains, fetches logs — all via existing MCP dispatcher
- Persistent conversation history: fs_chat_threads + fs_chat_messages tables (Postgres)
- Thread management: create, list, rename (auto-title from first message), delete
- Panel collapses to a tab; open state persisted to localStorage
- Read-only mode hint when no MCP token is present
- Graceful content margin shift when panel is open
Made-with: Cursor
