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Intent

Record the decision to retire the values primitive and tell only the agents of users who still have stored values how to migrate — without dumping the runbook into always-on server instructions.

Summary

  • ADR 0022: absorb values into memories, packageStorage(), repos, secrets, and integrations. No replacement kv primitive.
  • Month-scale runbook with production inventory, destination map, and mechanical removal gates (not a calendar cut).
  • retiringPrimitiveNotices registry. Values is the first notice; MCP initialize / server/discover includes it only when userHasPersistedValues is true for that user (empty or expired buckets do not count).
  • New official guide docs/guides/values.md with the destination map and migrate-then-delete steps.
  • value_set still writes. Capability and execute-tool copy stop recommending new rows.

Testing

Focused Node tests: retiring-primitives formatter, per-user loadActiveRetiringNoticeIds (null / empty / expired / live rows), and assembled server instructions (notice omitted by default, present when retiringNoticeIds includes values). value_set behavior is unchanged.

System changes

System recap — extends existing primitives (medium risk)

Mode: recap · Base: main @ da07d28e · Head: 10dcd9aa

Classification: extends — MCP initialize/discover loads a per-user EXISTS and includes the values retirement notice only for accounts that still have a live stored value.

Primitives touched

Primitive Group Impact
mcp-server surfaces extends — retiring notice is no longer always-on; both MCP lanes pass retiringNoticeIds
values assistant extends — userHasPersistedValues EXISTS; capability copy still points at the values guide
app-ui surfaces composes — agent-discovery isolation list drops values
capability-registry assistant composes — coding_guide_get serves the new values guide

Change flow

MCP initialize (legacy DO) and server/discover (stateless lane) load active retiring notices from D1. Users with no live value rows get no Retiring primitives section.

sequenceDiagram
	actor Agent
	participant mcpServer as mcp-server
	participant d1AppDb as d1-app-db
	participant registry as capability-registry
	participant values as values
	Agent->>mcpServer: initialize / server/discover
	mcpServer->>d1AppDb: EXISTS live value_entries for this user
	alt user has a live stored value
		mcpServer-->>Agent: instructions include values retirement notice
		Agent->>registry: coding_guide_get({ guide: "values" })
		registry-->>Agent: destination map
	else no live rows
		mcpServer-->>Agent: instructions omit Retiring primitives
	end
	opt existing name
		Agent->>values: value_list / value_get
		Note over values: value_set still writes
	end
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Before / after

Before: every MCP session saw Retiring primitives → values guide.
After:  only users with a non-expired stored value see that notice.
        Empty/expired buckets and users with zero rows do not.
        value_set still persists; new rows are discouraged for affected users.

Invariants

per-user-isolation — the EXISTS is scoped to the signed-in user_id. compact-mcp-surface — the migration table stays in a guide, not a new MCP tool.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added guidance for migrating existing Values data to supported storage and integration options.
    • MCP now provides migration guidance for users with active stored Values.
    • Existing Values remain available for read-only migration support; new Values should not be created.
  • Documentation

    • Added the Values retirement guide, runbook, and architectural decision record.
    • Updated platform and contributor documentation with migration destinations and procedures.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for retirement notices, user detection, and instruction formatting.

cursoragent and others added 2 commits August 19, 2026 03:23
Add ADR 0022 and a month-scale runbook with destination mapping,
production inventory, and mechanical removal gates.

Co-authored-by: me <me@kentcdodds.com>
Add a compact retiring-primitives registry and a coding_guide_get
values destination map so deprecations stay out of the always-on
instruction string.

Co-authored-by: me <me@kentcdodds.com>
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  • docs/contributing/architecture/values-retirement-runbook.md
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  • docs/guides/README.md
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This PR documents the retirement of the Values primitive, adds migration guidance, updates related MCP descriptions, and conditionally adds Values notices for users with non-expired stored values.

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Values retirement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Retirement plan and decision records
docs/contributing/architecture/*, docs/contributing/decisions/*, docs/contributing/mcp-server-patterns.md, docs/contributing/project-intent.md
Adds ADR 0022 and a retirement runbook with destination mappings, migration phases, write-freeze rules, removal sequencing, inventory queries, and retirement gates.
Migration guide and MCP guidance
docs/guides/*, packages/worker/src/guides/catalog.ts, packages/worker/src/app/agent-discovery.ts, packages/worker/src/mcp/capabilities/values/*, packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/*
Adds the Values migration guide and directs new configuration to supported storage mechanisms while preserving access to existing Values data for migration.
Conditional MCP retirement notices
packages/worker/src/mcp/values/repo.ts, packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/retiring-primitives.*, packages/worker/src/mcp/server-instructions.*, packages/worker/src/mcp/index.ts, packages/worker/src/mcp/stateless-lane.ts
Detects non-expired stored Values for authenticated users, formats active retirement notices, wires them into MCP instruction assembly, and tests the active, inactive, expired, unrelated, and anonymous cases.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8ffec

The PR currently exposes account-specific production details in shared documentation, gives unsafe verification guidance for secret migrations, and provides conflicting instructions for where package configuration belongs. These issues could expose sensitive information or cause incorrect migrations, so they should be resolved before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPRequest
  participant NoticeLoader
  participant ValuesRepository
  participant InstructionBuilder
  MCPRequest->>NoticeLoader: Load notices for authenticated user
  NoticeLoader->>ValuesRepository: Check for non-expired persisted Values
  ValuesRepository-->>NoticeLoader: Return active notice IDs
  NoticeLoader->>InstructionBuilder: Pass active notice IDs
  InstructionBuilder-->>MCPRequest: Return MCP instructions with migration guidance
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Unaffected accounts no longer see the always-on Retiring primitives section; MCP initialize loads a cheap EXISTS and includes the notice only when that user has a live value row.

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@cursor cursor Bot changed the title Retire values: decision, runbook, and agent migration guide Retire values: decision, runbook, and per-affected-user agent notice Aug 19, 2026
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loadActiveRetiringNoticeIds now accepts a nullable user id so both MCP lanes avoid an untyped empty Set, and oxfmt cleans the three docs Static failed on.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/contributing/architecture/values-retirement-runbook.md`:
- Around line 46-60: Remove per-user production identifiers, account-specific
counts, named examples, credential/key names, and phase-2 user-level row counts
from docs/contributing/architecture/values-retirement-runbook.md at lines 16-25,
46-60, and 133-147, and from
docs/contributing/decisions/0022-retire-values-primitive.md at lines 12-20.
Retain only anonymized aggregate totals in checked-in documentation; per-user
migration evidence requires no replacement there and should remain in
access-controlled operational notes.

In `@docs/guides/values.md`:
- Around line 23-24: Update the secret migration guidance in Step 3 so rows
mapped to secrets use metadata-only verification: confirm the saved secret
reference or metadata without reading back or exposing the raw value, then
delete the old value.

In `@packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/base-server-fragments.ts`:
- Line 29: Update the package-state guidance in the affected instruction
fragment so config is not categorically mapped to secrets: route runtime state
and knobs to packageStorage(), versioned configuration to repositories,
credentials to secrets, and OAuth IDs to integrations, while preserving the
distinctions for source, durable data, services, and jobs.
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  • docs/contributing/decisions/index.md
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  • packages/worker/src/app/agent-discovery.ts
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  • packages/worker/src/mcp/capabilities/values/domain.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/capabilities/values/value-get.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/capabilities/values/value-list.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/capabilities/values/value-set.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/index.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/base-server-fragments.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/execute-tool-description.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/retiring-primitives.node.test.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/instructions/retiring-primitives.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/server-instructions.node.test.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/server-instructions.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/stateless-lane.ts
  • packages/worker/src/mcp/values/repo.ts

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… wording.

Public docs keep aggregate production counts and drop other users' usernames. Secret migration verifies metadata only. Always-on package-state copy no longer calls all config secrets.

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