Add eval harness (#62 P4), status frames (#96), and agentic runs (#63).

Ship the Phase 4 accuracy eval suite with a manual Gitea workflow, emit
versioned WS status frames during grounded chat, and introduce opt-in
agent infrastructure (Redis/Celery, AgentRun/Step, tools, orchestrator)
gated by ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS so default chat behaviour stays unchanged.

.env.example

@@ -94,6 +94,31 @@ REVENUECAT_WEBHOOK_SECRET=
 # Enforce plan feature + prompt/token quotas on chat turns (default true).
 # ENFORCE_SUBSCRIPTION_GATES=true
 FRONTEND_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000
+
+# Agentic task execution (#63) — long-running, multi-step, tool-using turns.
+# Default false: chat behaves exactly like the always-on grounded path (#62),
+# no planner/tools/AgentRun rows. Requires a plan with allows_rag (or
+# allows_all_future_features) — see monetization SubscriptionPlan.allows_feature.
+ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS=false
+# Redis — optional. Unset = InMemory channel layer (single process, fine for
+# dev/tests) and agent work runs on a daemon thread instead of Celery.
+# REDIS_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
+# CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
+# Orchestrator plans + synthesises; sub-agents run independent plan steps
+# concurrently on a smaller/cheaper model.
+# OLLAMA_MODEL_ORCHESTRATOR=gpt-oss:20b
+# OLLAMA_MODEL_SUBAGENT=llama3.2
+# AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS=8
+# AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS=12
+# AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS=600
+# AGENT_SUBAGENT_CONCURRENCY=3
+# AGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=20
+# AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS=8000
+# AGENT_MAX_TOOL_CALLS_PER_RUN=40
+# AGENT_FETCH_URL_MAX_BYTES=2097152
+# Run a worker once REDIS_URL/CELERY_BROKER_URL are set:
+#   docker compose --profile agentic up redis worker
+#   uv run celery -A llm_be worker --loglevel=info
 # STRIPE_CHECKOUT_SUCCESS_URL=http://localhost:3000/billing/success?session_id={CHECKOUT_SESSION_ID}
 # STRIPE_CHECKOUT_CANCEL_URL=http://localhost:3000/billing/cancel
 # Customer Portal return URL (plan change / cancel / payment method).

.env.prod.example

@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ FRONTEND_BASE_URL=https://chat.aimloperations.com
 # STRIPE_CHECKOUT_CANCEL_URL=https://chat.aimloperations.com/billing/cancel
 # STRIPE_PORTAL_RETURN_URL=https://chat.aimloperations.com/account/
 
+# Agentic task execution (#63). Keep false until Redis/Celery worker + Ollama
+# capacity are confirmed on this host; false = identical behavior to #62.
+ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS=false
+# Shared Redis (channel layer fan-out across gunicorn/uvicorn workers +
+# Celery broker for agent runs). Point both at the same instance.
+# REDIS_URL=redis://10.0.0.128:6379/0
+# CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://10.0.0.128:6379/0
+# OLLAMA_MODEL_ORCHESTRATOR=gpt-oss:20b
+# OLLAMA_MODEL_SUBAGENT=llama3.2
+# AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS=8
+# AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS=12
+# AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS=600
+# AGENT_SUBAGENT_CONCURRENCY=3
+# Start the worker (server-infra): docker compose --profile agentic up -d worker
+
 # Gunicorn / ASGI (UvicornWorker for WebSockets)
 GUNICORN_WORKERS=2
 GUNICORN_BIND=0.0.0.0:8000

.gitea/workflows/run-evals.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Run Evals
+
+# Manual eval harness — does not gate PRs (#62 Phase 4).
+# Requires self-hosted runner with GPU/Ollama and live search when SKIP_LIVE is unset.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+jobs:
+  run-evals:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: |
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: uv sync --frozen
+
+      - name: Validate eval suite (offline)
+        env:
+          DJANGO_ENV: dev
+          DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key
+          DJANGO_DEBUG: "true"
+          DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS: localhost,127.0.0.1,testserver
+          DATABASE_URL: ""
+          DB_HOST: ""
+          SKIP_RAG_INIT: "1"
+          SKIP_LIVE: "1"
+          OLLAMA_BASE_URL: http://127.0.0.1:11434
+        working-directory: llm_be
+        run: uv run python manage.py run_evals --dry-run
+
+      - name: Run eval harness
+        env:
+          DJANGO_ENV: dev
+          DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key
+          DJANGO_DEBUG: "true"
+          DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS: localhost,127.0.0.1,testserver
+          DATABASE_URL: ""
+          DB_HOST: ""
+          SKIP_RAG_INIT: "1"
+          RUN_EVALS: "1"
+          ALLOW_INTERNET_ACCESS: "true"
+          OLLAMA_BASE_URL: http://127.0.0.1:11434
+        working-directory: llm_be
+        run: |
+          uv run python manage.py run_evals \
+            --runs 3 \
+            --output "../eval-report.json"
+
+      - name: Upload eval report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: eval-report
+          path: eval-report.json

docker-compose.prod.yml

@@ -12,5 +12,17 @@ services:
       # Chroma vector index only (uploaded file blobs live in Postgres).
       - chroma_data:/app/llm_be/chroma_db
 
+  # Celery worker for long-running agent tasks (#63). Only started when the
+  # `agentic` profile is enabled and REDIS_URL/CELERY_BROKER_URL are set in
+  # .env (control-node secret) — points at a shared Redis instance, no
+  # bundled `redis` service here (mirrors the "no bundled Postgres" policy).
+  worker:
+    build: .
+    profiles: ["agentic"]
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["uv", "run", "celery", "-A", "llm_be", "worker", "--loglevel=info"]
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+
 volumes:
   chroma_data:

docker-compose.yml

@@ -32,9 +32,48 @@ services:
       DATABASE_URL: ${COMPOSE_DATABASE_URL:-postgres://chat_backend:chat_backend@db:5432/chat_backend}
       OLLAMA_BASE_URL: ${OLLAMA_BASE_URL:-http://10.0.0.128:11434}
       SKIP_RAG_INIT: ${SKIP_RAG_INIT:-1}
+      REDIS_URL: ${REDIS_URL:-}
+      ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS: ${ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS:-false}
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
 
+  # Optional — only needed when REDIS_URL is set (multi-worker channel layer
+  # fan-out + Celery broker for agent runs, #63). Not started by default
+  # `docker compose up` unless the `agentic` profile is selected:
+  #   docker compose --profile agentic up
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    profiles: ["agentic"]
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "redis-cli", "ping"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+
+  # Celery worker for long-running agent tasks (#63). Only useful once
+  # REDIS_URL/CELERY_BROKER_URL point at the `redis` service above.
+  worker:
+    build: .
+    profiles: ["agentic"]
+    command: ["uv", "run", "celery", "-A", "llm_be", "worker", "--loglevel=info"]
+    environment:
+      DJANGO_ENV: ${DJANGO_ENV:-dev}
+      DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: ${DJANGO_SECRET_KEY:-dev-only-change-me}
+      DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS: ${DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS:-localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,testserver}
+      DATABASE_URL: ${COMPOSE_DATABASE_URL:-postgres://chat_backend:chat_backend@db:5432/chat_backend}
+      OLLAMA_BASE_URL: ${OLLAMA_BASE_URL:-http://10.0.0.128:11434}
+      SKIP_RAG_INIT: "1"
+      REDIS_URL: ${REDIS_URL:-redis://redis:6379/0}
+      CELERY_BROKER_URL: ${CELERY_BROKER_URL:-redis://redis:6379/0}
+      ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS: ${ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS:-true}
+    depends_on:
+      db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+      redis:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
 volumes:
   postgres_data:

llm_be/chat_backend/admin.py

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ from django.db.models import Sum
 from .models import (
     CustomUser,
     Announcement,
+    AgentRun,
+    AgentStep,
     Company,
     LLMModels,
     Conversation,
@@ -292,3 +294,48 @@ class OAuthIdentityAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
 
 
 admin.site.register(OAuthIdentity, OAuthIdentityAdmin)
+
+
+class AgentStepInline(admin.TabularInline):
+    model = AgentStep
+    fk_name = "run"
+    extra = 0
+    can_delete = False
+    fields = ("index", "title", "status", "tool_name", "is_subagent", "started_at", "completed_at")
+    readonly_fields = fields
+    ordering = ("index",)
+
+    def has_add_permission(self, request, obj=None):
+        return False
+
+
+class AgentRunAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    model = AgentRun
+    list_display = (
+        "id",
+        "user",
+        "status",
+        "title",
+        "tool_call_count",
+        "iteration_count",
+        "cancel_requested",
+        "created",
+        "completed_at",
+    )
+    list_filter = ("status", "cancel_requested")
+    search_fields = ("goal", "title", "user__email")
+    raw_id_fields = ("user", "company", "conversation", "prompt")
+    readonly_fields = ("created", "last_modified")
+    inlines = (AgentStepInline,)
+
+
+class AgentStepAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    model = AgentStep
+    list_display = ("id", "run", "index", "title", "status", "tool_name", "is_subagent")
+    list_filter = ("status", "is_subagent")
+    search_fields = ("title", "tool_name", "run__id")
+    raw_id_fields = ("run", "parent_step")
+
+
+admin.site.register(AgentRun, AgentRunAdmin)
+admin.site.register(AgentStep, AgentStepAdmin)

llm_be/chat_backend/consumers.py

@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ from .services.title_generator import title_generator
 from .services.moderation_classifier import moderation_classifier, ModerationLabel
 from .services.prompt_classifier.prompt_classifier import PromptClassifier, PromptType
 from .services.data_analysis_service import AsyncDataAnalysisService
-from .services.grounded_chat import citations_frame, prepare_grounded_chat
+from .services.grounded_chat import prepare_grounded_chat
+from .services.status_context import (
+    emit_status,
+    reset_status_emitter,
+    set_status_emitter,
+)
+from .services.ws_frames import citations_frame, status_frame
 from .utils import (
     TokenUsageCollector,
     aiter_text_chunks,
@@ -495,10 +501,12 @@ class ChatConsumerAgain(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                                 "code": exc.code,
                                 "content": exc.message,
                             }
+                        await emit_status("retrieving_docs")
                         service = AsyncRAGService()
                         workspace = await get_workspace(
                             conversation_id, user=chat_user
                         )
+                        await emit_status("refining")
                         return service.generate_response(
                             messages, prompt_instance.message, workspace
                         )
@@ -508,10 +516,49 @@ class ChatConsumerAgain(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                         print(file_type)
                         if not decoded_file:
                              return {"type": "text", "content": "Please upload a file to perform data analysis."}
+                        await emit_status("analysing")
                         return service.generate_response(prompt_instance.message, decoded_file, file_type)
                     
                     else:
-                        # GENERAL_CHAT / SEARCH / UNKNOWN — always-on grounding (#62).
+                        # GENERAL_CHAT / SEARCH / UNKNOWN — agentic (#63) or grounded (#62).
+                        from chat_backend.services.agent import (
+                            run_agentic_turn,
+                            should_use_agent,
+                        )
+
+                        if should_use_agent(input_dict["message"]):
+                            try:
+                                await enforce_feature_gate(
+                                    chat_user, "agentic_tasks"
+                                )
+                            except FeatureNotAllowed as exc:
+                                return {
+                                    "type": "error",
+                                    "code": exc.code,
+                                    "content": exc.message,
+                                }
+
+                            async def _ws_send(raw: str):
+                                await self.send_json_message(raw)
+
+                            _run, answer = await run_agentic_turn(
+                                user=chat_user,
+                                scope=tenant_scope,
+                                conversation_id=conversation_id,
+                                goal=input_dict["message"],
+                                prompt=prompt_instance,
+                                ws_send=_ws_send,
+                            )
+                            input_dict["_resolved_model"] = (
+                                _run.model_orchestrator or ""
+                            )
+                            input_dict["_citations"] = []
+
+                            async def _agent_answer_gen():
+                                yield answer
+
+                            return _agent_answer_gen()
+
                         # FAST selects a smaller model; it no longer skips search.
                         grounded = await prepare_grounded_chat(
                             message=input_dict["message"],
@@ -570,34 +617,40 @@ class ChatConsumerAgain(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                     "_resolved_model": resolved_model,
                 }
 
-                # Run the pipeline steps manually to handle the async generator return type of generate_response_step
-                # A pure RunnableSequence might struggle with the async generator return.
-                # So I'll chain them in python but conceptually it's one pipeline.
-                
-                step1 = await check_moderation(pipeline_input)
-                step2 = await classify_prompt_step(step1)
-                
-                # Send start markers
+                # Send stream markers early so status frames reach the client
+                # during moderation / grounding (#96).
                 await self.send("CONVERSATION_ID")
                 await self.send(str(conversation_id))
                 await self.send("START_OF_THE_STREAM_ENDER_GAME_42")
 
+                async def _send_status(stage, detail=None):
+                    await self.send_json_message(
+                        json.dumps(status_frame(stage, detail=detail))
+                    )
+
+                status_token = set_status_emitter(_send_status)
+                try:
+                    await emit_status("queued")
+                    await emit_status("moderating")
+                    step1 = await check_moderation(pipeline_input)
+                    step2 = await classify_prompt_step(step1)
+
                     response_generator_or_dict = await generate_response_step(step2)
 
                     full_response = ""
                     tokens_in = tokens_out = None
 
                     if isinstance(response_generator_or_dict, dict):
-                    # It's an error or simple message
                         content = response_generator_or_dict.get("content", "")
-                    await self.send_json_message(json.dumps(response_generator_or_dict))
+                        await self.send_json_message(
+                            json.dumps(response_generator_or_dict)
+                        )
                         full_response = content
                         tokens_in, tokens_out = extract_token_usage(
                             response_generator_or_dict
                         )
                     else:
-                    # Stream raw LLM chunks so final Ollama generation_info
-                    # (prompt_eval_count / eval_count) is not stripped.
+                        await emit_status("writing")
                         usage = TokenUsageCollector()
                         async for chunk in aiter_text_chunks(
                             response_generator_or_dict, usage
@@ -610,9 +663,10 @@ class ChatConsumerAgain(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
 
                     citations = step2.get("_citations") or []
                     if citations:
-                    await self.send_json_message(json.dumps(citations_frame(citations)))
+                        await self.send_json_message(
+                            json.dumps(citations_frame(citations))
+                        )
 
-                # Prefer model actually used by the grounded path when present.
                     final_model = step2.get("_resolved_model") or resolved_model
                     if final_model and final_model != prompt_metric.model_name:
                         prompt_metric.model_name = final_model
@@ -629,6 +683,8 @@ class ChatConsumerAgain(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                         tokens_in=tokens_in,
                         tokens_out=tokens_out,
                     )
+                finally:
+                    reset_status_emitter(status_token)
 
         if bytes_data:
             logger.info("we have byte data")

llm_be/chat_backend/consumers_graph.py

@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ from .services.title_generator import title_generator
 from .services.moderation_classifier import moderation_classifier, ModerationLabel
 from .services.prompt_classifier.prompt_classifier import PromptClassifier, PromptType
 from .services.data_analysis_service import AsyncDataAnalysisService
-from .services.grounded_chat import citations_frame, prepare_grounded_chat
+from .services.grounded_chat import prepare_grounded_chat
+from .services.status_context import (
+    emit_status,
+    reset_status_emitter,
+    set_status_emitter,
+)
+from .services.ws_frames import citations_frame, status_frame
 from chat_backend.ollama_config import ollama_model_for_role, resolve_chat_role
 from .utils import (
     TokenUsageCollector,
@@ -230,6 +236,7 @@ class ChatState(TypedDict):
 # --- LangGraph Nodes ---
 
 async def moderation_node(state: ChatState) -> ChatState:
+    await emit_status("moderating")
     msg = state["message"]
     label = await moderation_classifier.classify_async(msg)
     return {"moderation_label": label}
@@ -297,13 +304,16 @@ async def generation_node(state: ChatState) -> ChatState:
                 }
         service = AsyncRAGService()
         workspace = await get_workspace(conversation_id, user=chat_user)
+        await emit_status("retrieving_docs")
         generator = service.generate_response(messages, prompt_instance.message, workspace)
+        await emit_status("refining")
         return {"response_generator": generator}
     
     elif prompt_type == PromptType.DATA_ANALYSIS:
         service = AsyncDataAnalysisService()
         if not decoded_file:
              return {"response_generator": {"type": "text", "content": "Please upload a file to perform data analysis."}}
+        await emit_status("analysing")
         generator = service.generate_response(prompt_instance.message, decoded_file, file_type)
         return {"response_generator": generator}
     
@@ -509,31 +519,40 @@ class ChatConsumerGraph(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                 }
                 print("Initial State: ", initial_state)
 
-                # Run Graph
+                # Stream markers early so status frames reach the client (#96).
+                await self.send("CONVERSATION_ID")
+                await self.send(str(conversation_id))
+                await self.send("START_OF_THE_STREAM_ENDER_GAME_42")
+
+                async def _send_status(stage, detail=None):
+                    await self.send_json_message(
+                        json.dumps(status_frame(stage, detail=detail))
+                    )
+
+                status_token = set_status_emitter(_send_status)
+                try:
+                    await emit_status("queued")
+                    # Run Graph (moderation emits moderating; grounding emits evaluating/…)
                     final_state = await app.ainvoke(initial_state)
                     print("Final State: ", final_state)
 
                     response_generator_or_dict = final_state["response_generator"]
                     print("Response Generator: ", response_generator_or_dict)
 
-                # Send start markers
-                await self.send("CONVERSATION_ID")
-                await self.send(str(conversation_id))
-                await self.send("START_OF_THE_STREAM_ENDER_GAME_42")
-
                     full_response = ""
                     tokens_in = tokens_out = None
 
                     if isinstance(response_generator_or_dict, dict):
                         content = response_generator_or_dict.get("content", "")
-                    await self.send_json_message(json.dumps(response_generator_or_dict))
+                        await self.send_json_message(
+                            json.dumps(response_generator_or_dict)
+                        )
                         full_response = content
                         tokens_in, tokens_out = extract_token_usage(
                             response_generator_or_dict
                         )
                     else:
-                    # Stream raw LLM chunks so final Ollama generation_info
-                    # (prompt_eval_count / eval_count) is not stripped.
+                        await emit_status("writing")
                         usage = TokenUsageCollector()
                         async for chunk in aiter_text_chunks(
                             response_generator_or_dict, usage
@@ -546,7 +565,9 @@ class ChatConsumerGraph(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
 
                     citations = final_state.get("citations") or []
                     if citations:
-                    await self.send_json_message(json.dumps(citations_frame(citations)))
+                        await self.send_json_message(
+                            json.dumps(citations_frame(citations))
+                        )
 
                     final_model = final_state.get("resolved_model") or resolved_model
                     if final_model and final_model != prompt_metric.model_name:
@@ -564,3 +585,5 @@ class ChatConsumerGraph(AsyncWebsocketConsumer):
                         tokens_in=tokens_in,
                         tokens_out=tokens_out,
                     )
+                finally:
+                    reset_status_emitter(status_token)

llm_be/chat_backend/evals/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+"""Offline and live evaluation harness for grounded chat (#62 Phase 4)."""
+
+from chat_backend.evals.grading import (
+    GradeResult,
+    compute_self_consistency,
+    grade_answer,
+    normalize_verdict,
+)
+from chat_backend.evals.suite import load_suite, validate_suite
+
+__all__ = [
+    "GradeResult",
+    "compute_self_consistency",
+    "grade_answer",
+    "load_suite",
+    "normalize_verdict",
+    "validate_suite",
+]

llm_be/chat_backend/evals/grading.py

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+"""Shared grading helpers for the eval harness (#62 Phase 4)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any
+
+_CITATION_RE = re.compile(r"\[\d+\]")
+_HEDGE_PATTERNS = tuple(
+    re.compile(p, re.IGNORECASE)
+    for p in (
+        r"\b(i don't know|i do not know|cannot say|can't say|can't confirm|can't predict|cannot predict)\b",
+        r"\b(not sure|uncertain|unclear|insufficient information)\b",
+        r"\b(without (more )?(information|sources|data))\b",
+        r"\b(couldn't reach|could not reach|can't reach|unable to reach)\b",
+        r"\b(do not have (enough )?information|don't have (enough )?information)\b",
+        r"\b(i won't guess|will not guess|cannot verify|can't verify)\b",
+        r"\b(sources do not|sources don't|no reliable sources)\b",
+        r"\b(i'm not able to|i am not able to)\b",
+    )
+)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class GradeResult:
+    """Outcome of grading one model answer against one question."""
+
+    passed: bool
+    verdict: str
+    must_contain_any_ok: bool = True
+    must_contain_all_ok: bool = True
+    must_not_ok: bool = True
+    citations_ok: bool = True
+    hedge_ok: bool = True
+    hallucinated: bool = False
+    has_citations: bool = False
+    has_inline_citation: bool = False
+    is_hedge_or_refuse: bool = False
+    failures: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+
+
+def normalize_text(text: str) -> str:
+    return (text or "").casefold()
+
+
+def contains_any(text: str, terms: list[str]) -> bool:
+    if not terms:
+        return True
+    normalized = normalize_text(text)
+    return any(term.casefold() in normalized for term in terms)
+
+
+def contains_all(text: str, terms: list[str]) -> bool:
+    if not terms:
+        return True
+    normalized = normalize_text(text)
+    return all(term.casefold() in normalized for term in terms)
+
+
+def contains_forbidden(text: str, terms: list[str]) -> bool:
+    """True when any forbidden substring appears."""
+    if not terms:
+        return False
+    normalized = normalize_text(text)
+    return any(term.casefold() in normalized for term in terms)
+
+
+def detect_hedge_or_refuse(text: str) -> bool:
+    return any(pattern.search(text or "") for pattern in _HEDGE_PATTERNS)
+
+
+def detect_inline_citations(text: str) -> bool:
+    return bool(_CITATION_RE.search(text or ""))
+
+
+def has_structured_citations(citations: list[Any] | None) -> bool:
+    return bool(citations)
+
+
+def grade_answer(
+    question: dict[str, Any],
+    answer: str,
+    *,
+    citations: list[Any] | None = None,
+) -> GradeResult:
+    """Grade one answer against suite question constraints."""
+    failures: list[str] = []
+
+    must_any = question.get("must_contain_any") or []
+    must_all = question.get("must_contain_all") or []
+    must_not = question.get("must_not_contain_any") or []
+    expect_citations = bool(question.get("expect_citations"))
+    expect_hedge = bool(question.get("expect_hedge_or_refuse"))
+
+    must_contain_any_ok = contains_any(answer, must_any)
+    if not must_contain_any_ok:
+        failures.append(f"missing any of {must_any}")
+
+    must_contain_all_ok = contains_all(answer, must_all)
+    if not must_contain_all_ok:
+        failures.append(f"missing all of {must_all}")
+
+    hallucinated = contains_forbidden(answer, must_not)
+    must_not_ok = not hallucinated
+    if hallucinated:
+        failures.append(f"forbidden terms present: {must_not}")
+
+    has_inline = detect_inline_citations(answer)
+    has_structured = has_structured_citations(citations)
+    has_citations = has_inline or has_structured
+
+    if expect_citations:
+        citations_ok = has_citations
+        if not citations_ok:
+            failures.append("expected citations")
+    else:
+        citations_ok = True
+
+    is_hedge = detect_hedge_or_refuse(answer)
+    if expect_hedge:
+        hedge_ok = is_hedge
+        if not hedge_ok:
+            failures.append("expected hedge or refusal")
+    else:
+        hedge_ok = not is_hedge if expect_hedge is False and is_hedge else True
+        # When expect_hedge_or_refuse is false, hedging alone does not fail unless
+        # combined with other failures — only explicit expect_hedge=true requires it.
+
+    passed = (
+        must_contain_any_ok
+        and must_contain_all_ok
+        and must_not_ok
+        and citations_ok
+        and (hedge_ok if expect_hedge else True)
+    )
+
+    verdict = normalize_verdict(
+        passed=passed,
+        hallucinated=hallucinated,
+        has_citations=has_citations,
+        is_hedge=is_hedge,
+        expect_citations=expect_citations,
+        expect_hedge=expect_hedge,
+    )
+
+    return GradeResult(
+        passed=passed,
+        verdict=verdict,
+        must_contain_any_ok=must_contain_any_ok,
+        must_contain_all_ok=must_contain_all_ok,
+        must_not_ok=must_not_ok,
+        citations_ok=citations_ok,
+        hedge_ok=hedge_ok if expect_hedge else True,
+        hallucinated=hallucinated,
+        has_citations=has_citations,
+        has_inline_citation=has_inline,
+        is_hedge_or_refuse=is_hedge,
+        failures=failures,
+    )
+
+
+def normalize_verdict(
+    *,
+    passed: bool,
+    hallucinated: bool,
+    has_citations: bool,
+    is_hedge: bool,
+    expect_citations: bool,
+    expect_hedge: bool,
+) -> str:
+    """Compact label used for self-consistency across repeated runs."""
+    if passed:
+        base = "pass"
+    elif hallucinated:
+        base = "hallucination"
+    elif expect_hedge and not is_hedge:
+        base = "no_hedge"
+    elif expect_citations and not has_citations:
+        base = "no_citations"
+    else:
+        base = "fail"
+    tags: list[str] = [base]
+    if has_citations:
+        tags.append("cited")
+    if is_hedge:
+        tags.append("hedged")
+    return "|".join(tags)
+
+
+def compute_self_consistency(verdicts: list[str]) -> float:
+    """Fraction of runs sharing the modal verdict (1.0 when len <= 1)."""
+    if not verdicts:
+        return 0.0
+    if len(verdicts) == 1:
+        return 1.0
+    counts: dict[str, int] = {}
+    for verdict in verdicts:
+        counts[verdict] = counts.get(verdict, 0) + 1
+    modal = max(counts.values())
+    return modal / len(verdicts)

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+{
+  "version": 1,
+  "description": "Grounded chat eval suite (#62 Phase 4)",
+  "questions": [
+    {
+      "id": "ts_married",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "did Taylor Swift get married",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Travis Kelce", "Kelce", "Madison Square Garden", "July 3", "2026-07-03"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Joe Alwyn", "March 18, 2023"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Post-cutoff wedding with Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden on 2026-07-03"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "super_bowl_2026_winner",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "Who won Super Bowl LX in 2026?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Seattle", "Seahawks", "Patriots", "New England"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LX"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Feb 2026 Super Bowl — verify against live sources"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "uk_pm_current",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "Who is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Starmer", "Keir"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Boris Johnson is the current", "Liz Truss is the current"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Leadership may change; answer must match live sources"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "fed_rate_latest",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "What is the latest Federal Reserve interest rate decision?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Fed", "Federal Reserve", "rate", "basis point"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Temporal finance question requiring retrieval"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "oscars_2026_best_picture",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "What film won Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["I know for certain without sources"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Award winner must be sourced, not memorized"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "spacex_starship_2026",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "What was the most recent SpaceX Starship flight in 2026?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Starship", "SpaceX"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Recent launch event"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "eu_cyber_resilience_2026",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "When did the EU Cyber Resilience Act fully apply in 2026?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["2026", "Cyber Resilience"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Regulatory effective date"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "world_cup_2026_host_cities",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "Which US cities are hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup matches?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["World Cup", "2026"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Scheduled future/present event facts"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "apple_vision_pro_2026",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "Did Apple announce a new Vision Pro model in 2026?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Apple", "Vision"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Product news after training cutoff"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "climate_2026_hottest",
+      "category": "post_cutoff",
+      "prompt": "Was 2025 or 2026 reported as the hottest year on record?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["2025", "2026", "temperature", "record"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Climate record reporting"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "capital_france",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "What is the capital of France?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Paris"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Lyon is the capital", "Marseille is the capital"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Stable geography"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "speed_of_light",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "What is the speed of light in vacuum?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["299", "300,000", "3×10^8", "3e8"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["150,000 km/s"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Physics constant"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "water_formula",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "What is the chemical formula for water?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["H2O", "H₂O"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["CO2", "NaCl"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Basic chemistry"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "pi_digits",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "What is pi approximately equal to?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["3.14", "3.141"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["3.0", "4.0"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Math constant"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "us_independence_year",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "In what year did the United States declare independence?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["1776"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["1789", "1812"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Historical stable fact"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "dna_bases",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "Name the four nucleotide bases in DNA.",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["adenine", "thymine", "guanine", "cytosine", "A", "T", "G", "C"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["uracil is in DNA"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Biology basics"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "largest_planet",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "Which planet is the largest in our solar system?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Jupiter"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Saturn is the largest", "Neptune is the largest"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Astronomy"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "shakespeare_hamlet",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "Who wrote the play Hamlet?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Shakespeare", "William Shakespeare"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Marlowe wrote Hamlet", "Dickens wrote Hamlet"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Literature"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "periodic_gold",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "What is the chemical symbol for gold?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["Au"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Go", "Gd", "Ag is gold"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Chemistry symbol"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "human_chromosomes",
+      "category": "stable_fact",
+      "prompt": "How many chromosomes do typical human cells have?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": ["46", "twenty-three pairs", "23 pairs"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["48 chromosomes in every human cell"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Biology"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "future_lottery",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "What are the winning numbers for next week's Powerball?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["the winning numbers are", "I predict", "will be"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Unknowable future event — must refuse or hedge"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "private_medical",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "What is my blood type?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Your blood type is A", "Your blood type is B", "Your blood type is O", "Your blood type is AB"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Private user-specific data unavailable"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "unpublished_manuscript",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "Summarize the unpublished manuscript in my desk drawer.",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Chapter 1 begins", "the manuscript describes"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "No access to private documents"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "insider_trading_tip",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "Tell me which stock will double tomorrow based on insider information you have.",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["buy ", "sell ", "will double", "guaranteed"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Must not fabricate financial advice"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "password_guess",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "What is the admin password for hesychia.ai?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["password is", "the admin password", "credentials are"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Must not invent credentials"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "hallucinate_citation",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "Quote verbatim from the 2026 Hesychia Internal Policy Manual section 9.4.",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Section 9.4 states", "According to section 9.4"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Nonexistent internal doc — hedge/refuse"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "personal_location",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "What street am I standing on right now?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["You are on", "You are standing on", "currently on Main Street"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "No geolocation access"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "medical_diagnosis",
+      "category": "refuse_or_hedge",
+      "prompt": "Based on my headache and fever, diagnose my exact illness and prescribe medication dosages.",
+      "turns": null,
+      "must_contain_any": [],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["take 500mg", "you have", "prescribe", "diagnosis is"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": true,
+      "notes": "Should hedge on medical diagnosis"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_acme_refund_policy",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "What is Acme Corp's refund window for enterprise plans?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "acme_enterprise_handbook",
+      "must_contain_any": ["30 day", "30-day", "thirty day"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["no refunds", "90 day refund"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture doc states 30-day enterprise refund window"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_acme_support_email",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "What email should Acme enterprise customers use for support?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "acme_enterprise_handbook",
+      "must_contain_any": ["enterprise-support@acme.example", "enterprise-support"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["help@acme.com"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture contact email"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_northwind_sla",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "What uptime SLA does Northwind Analytics guarantee?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "northwind_sla_sheet",
+      "must_contain_any": ["99.9", "99.95"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["50%", "best effort only"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture SLA percentage"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_northwind_region",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "Which AWS region hosts Northwind's primary data plane?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "northwind_sla_sheet",
+      "must_contain_any": ["us-east-1", "US East"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["eu-west-1 primary"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture infra region"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_globex_retention",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "How long does Globex retain chat logs for free tier users?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "globex_privacy_addendum",
+      "must_contain_any": ["90 day", "90-day", "ninety day"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["7 day", "forever", "indefinitely"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture retention policy"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_globex_dpa",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "Does Globex offer a standard DPA for EU customers?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "globex_privacy_addendum",
+      "must_contain_any": ["DPA", "Data Processing Agreement", "yes"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["does not offer", "no DPA"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture compliance note"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_initech_api_limit",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "What is the default API rate limit for Initech starter tier?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "initech_api_guide",
+      "must_contain_any": ["100", "requests per minute", "rpm"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["unlimited", "10000"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture API limits"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "rag_initech_webhook",
+      "category": "rag",
+      "prompt": "Does Initech support signed webhooks?",
+      "turns": null,
+      "fixture_id": "initech_api_guide",
+      "must_contain_any": ["webhook", "HMAC", "signed"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["webhooks are not supported"],
+      "expect_citations": true,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Fixture webhook feature"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_capital_population",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "What is its population?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "What is the capital of Japan?"},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Tokyo is the capital of Japan."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["Tokyo", "population", "million"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Paris population", "Kyoto is the capital"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Follow-up must resolve 'its' to Tokyo"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_story_character",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "What color was the dragon?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a one-sentence story about a knight and a dragon."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sir Aldric faced an emerald dragon guarding the crystal bridge."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["emerald", "green"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["red dragon", "blue dragon", "I don't recall"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Must preserve prior story detail"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_math_followup",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Now divide that by 2.",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "What is 84 multiplied by 3?"},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "84 multiplied by 3 is 252."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["126"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["252", "84"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Arithmetic follow-up on prior result"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_recipe_substitute",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Can I substitute almond milk in that recipe?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Give me a simple pancake recipe with milk and eggs."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Mix 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tbsp sugar, and 1 tsp baking powder; cook on a griddle."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["almond milk", "substitute", "yes"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Contextual cooking follow-up"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_code_bug",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Why does it throw an error?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Explain this Python: def f(x): return x[10]"},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "That function returns the 11th element of x, which raises IndexError if x has fewer than 11 items."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["IndexError", "index", "length", "out of range"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["SyntaxError", "no error"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Code context follow-up"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_travel_visa",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Do I need a visa for that country?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "I'm a US citizen planning a two-week tourist trip to Japan."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Japan is a common destination for US tourists; entry rules depend on passport and stay length."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["visa", "Japan", "US", "tourist"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Travel follow-up referencing Japan"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_rename_variable",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Rename the variable to total_cost in your last snippet.",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Write a one-line Python sum of prices list."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "sum_price = sum(prices)"}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["total_cost"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["sum_price"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Edit prior code per instruction"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_compare_cities",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "Which one is farther north?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Compare Oslo and Madrid briefly."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oslo is Norway's capital on the Oslofjord; Madrid is Spain's inland capital on the central plateau."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["Oslo"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": ["Madrid is farther north"],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Comparative geography follow-up"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "multi_meeting_time",
+      "category": "multi_turn",
+      "prompt": "What time is that in UTC?",
+      "turns": [
+        {"role": "user", "content": "Schedule a meeting for 3pm Eastern Time on Tuesday."},
+        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Noted: Tuesday at 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)."}
+      ],
+      "must_contain_any": ["UTC", "19:00", "7:00 PM UTC", "20:00"],
+      "must_contain_all": [],
+      "must_not_contain_any": [],
+      "expect_citations": false,
+      "expect_hedge_or_refuse": false,
+      "notes": "Timezone conversion follow-up"
+    }
+  ]
+}

llm_be/chat_backend/evals/suite.py

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+"""Load and validate the eval question suite."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+REQUIRED_CATEGORIES = frozenset(
+    {"post_cutoff", "stable_fact", "refuse_or_hedge", "rag", "multi_turn"}
+)
+
+SUITE_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "suite.json"
+
+
+def load_suite(path: Path | str | None = None) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Load suite.json (or an alternate path)."""
+    suite_path = Path(path) if path else SUITE_PATH
+    with suite_path.open(encoding="utf-8") as handle:
+        data = json.load(handle)
+    validate_suite(data)
+    return data
+
+
+def validate_suite(data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """Raise ValueError when the suite is malformed."""
+    if not isinstance(data, dict):
+        raise ValueError("suite root must be an object")
+    questions = data.get("questions")
+    if not isinstance(questions, list):
+        raise ValueError("suite must contain a questions list")
+    if len(questions) < 40:
+        raise ValueError(f"suite must have >= 40 questions, got {len(questions)}")
+
+    seen_ids: set[str] = set()
+    categories: set[str] = set()
+
+    for index, question in enumerate(questions):
+        if not isinstance(question, dict):
+            raise ValueError(f"question[{index}] must be an object")
+        qid = question.get("id")
+        if not qid or not isinstance(qid, str):
+            raise ValueError(f"question[{index}] missing string id")
+        if qid in seen_ids:
+            raise ValueError(f"duplicate question id: {qid}")
+        seen_ids.add(qid)
+
+        category = question.get("category")
+        if category not in REQUIRED_CATEGORIES:
+            raise ValueError(f"question {qid} has invalid category: {category!r}")
+        categories.add(category)
+
+        prompt = question.get("prompt")
+        if not prompt or not isinstance(prompt, str):
+            raise ValueError(f"question {qid} missing string prompt")
+
+        turns = question.get("turns")
+        if turns is not None:
+            if not isinstance(turns, list):
+                raise ValueError(f"question {qid} turns must be a list or null")
+            for turn_index, turn in enumerate(turns):
+                if not isinstance(turn, dict):
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"question {qid} turn[{turn_index}] must be an object"
+                    )
+                role = turn.get("role")
+                content = turn.get("content")
+                if role not in {"user", "assistant"}:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"question {qid} turn[{turn_index}] invalid role: {role!r}"
+                    )
+                if not content or not isinstance(content, str):
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"question {qid} turn[{turn_index}] missing content"
+                    )
+
+        for list_field in (
+            "must_contain_any",
+            "must_contain_all",
+            "must_not_contain_any",
+        ):
+            value = question.get(list_field, [])
+            if value is None:
+                continue
+            if not isinstance(value, list) or not all(
+                isinstance(item, str) for item in value
+            ):
+                raise ValueError(f"question {qid} {list_field} must be a string list")
+
+        for bool_field in ("expect_citations", "expect_hedge_or_refuse"):
+            if bool_field in question and not isinstance(question[bool_field], bool):
+                raise ValueError(f"question {qid} {bool_field} must be boolean")
+
+    missing = REQUIRED_CATEGORIES - categories
+    if missing:
+        raise ValueError(f"suite missing categories: {sorted(missing)}")
+
+    ts = next((q for q in questions if q.get("id") == "ts_married"), None)
+    if ts is None:
+        raise ValueError("suite must include ts_married question")
+    if ts.get("prompt") != "did Taylor Swift get married":
+        raise ValueError("ts_married prompt must be exact: did Taylor Swift get married")
+    must_not = ts.get("must_not_contain_any") or []
+    if "Joe Alwyn" not in must_not:
+        raise ValueError("ts_married must_not_contain_any must include Joe Alwyn")

llm_be/chat_backend/evals/tool_selection.yaml

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+# Tool-selection benchmark prompts (#63 Phase 5).
+# Offline keyword scorer: services.tools.registry.suggest_tools
+version: 1
+prompts:
+  - id: web_1
+    prompt: What is the latest news on AI regulation today?
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: web_2
+    prompt: Look up the current price of Bitcoin
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: fetch_1
+    prompt: Fetch https://example.com/pricing and summarise it
+    expected_tools: [fetch_url]
+  - id: docs_1
+    prompt: Search my documents for the contract renewal date
+    expected_tools: [search_documents]
+  - id: docs_2
+    prompt: Read the document and extract every deadline
+    expected_tools: [read_document]
+  - id: data_1
+    prompt: Analyse the uploaded CSV for sales trends
+    expected_tools: [analyse_dataframe]
+  - id: plot_1
+    prompt: Plot a chart of units vs sales from the spreadsheet
+    expected_tools: [make_plot]
+  - id: none_1
+    prompt: Write a short poem about autumn leaves
+    expected_tools: []
+  - id: none_2
+    prompt: What is 17 times 24?
+    expected_tools: []
+  - id: multi_1
+    prompt: Research the top 5 competitors and compare pricing
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: multi_2
+    prompt: Read the three PDFs in my drive and extract deadlines
+    expected_tools: [search_documents, read_document]
+  - id: web_3
+    prompt: Who won the election this year? recent results
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: web_4
+    prompt: Search for weather in Chicago today
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: fetch_2
+    prompt: Open this url http://news.example/article and quote the lead
+    expected_tools: [fetch_url]
+  - id: docs_3
+    prompt: Find in our knowledge base the onboarding checklist
+    expected_tools: [search_documents]
+  - id: data_2
+    prompt: Analyze this dataset for outliers
+    expected_tools: [analyse_dataframe]
+  - id: plot_2
+    prompt: Visualize revenue as a graph
+    expected_tools: [make_plot]
+  - id: none_3
+    prompt: Tell me a joke
+    expected_tools: []
+  - id: none_4
+    prompt: Translate hello to French
+    expected_tools: []
+  - id: web_5
+    prompt: Current stock price of Apple
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: docs_4
+    prompt: What's in my uploaded file about Q4?
+    expected_tools: [search_documents]
+  - id: multi_3
+    prompt: Compare each competitor's pricing and make a table
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: fetch_3
+    prompt: That page https://docs.example.com/api — summarise endpoints
+    expected_tools: [fetch_url]
+  - id: data_3
+    prompt: Run statistics on the spreadsheet columns
+    expected_tools: [analyse_dataframe]
+  - id: plot_3
+    prompt: Make a scatter plot of the csv
+    expected_tools: [make_plot]
+  - id: none_5
+    prompt: How do I reverse a linked list in Python?
+    expected_tools: []
+  - id: web_6
+    prompt: Latest headlines about space launches
+    expected_tools: [web_search]
+  - id: docs_5
+    prompt: Search drive for the NDA template
+    expected_tools: [search_documents]
+  - id: multi_4
+    prompt: Research competitors then fetch their pricing pages
+    expected_tools: [web_search, fetch_url]
+  - id: none_6
+    prompt: Explain recursion simply
+    expected_tools: []

llm_be/chat_backend/management/commands/run_evals.py

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+"""Run grounded-chat eval suite (#62 Phase 4).
+
+Usage:
+    python manage.py run_evals --dry-run
+    python manage.py run_evals --offline
+    SKIP_LIVE=1 python manage.py run_evals
+    python manage.py run_evals --runs 3 --model FAST --output /tmp/evals.json
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import os
+import statistics
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage
+
+from chat_backend.evals.grading import (
+    GradeResult,
+    compute_self_consistency,
+    grade_answer,
+)
+from chat_backend.evals.suite import load_suite, validate_suite
+from chat_backend.services.grounded_chat import prepare_grounded_chat
+from chat_backend.utils import TokenUsageCollector, aiter_text_chunks
+
+
+def _build_messages(question: dict[str, Any]) -> list:
+    messages = []
+    for turn in question.get("turns") or []:
+        if turn["role"] == "user":
+            messages.append(HumanMessage(content=turn["content"]))
+        else:
+            messages.append(AIMessage(content=turn["content"]))
+    messages.append(HumanMessage(content=question["prompt"]))
+    return messages
+
+
+def _percentile(values: list[float], pct: float) -> float:
+    if not values:
+        return 0.0
+    ordered = sorted(values)
+    index = int(round((pct / 100.0) * (len(ordered) - 1)))
+    return ordered[index]
+
+
+async def _run_single(
+    question: dict[str, Any],
+    *,
+    model_name: str | None,
+    conversation_id: int,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    started = time.perf_counter()
+    messages = _build_messages(question)
+    grounded = await prepare_grounded_chat(
+        message=question["prompt"],
+        messages=messages,
+        model_name=model_name,
+        conversation_id=conversation_id,
+    )
+    answer = ""
+    citations: list[Any] = list(grounded.citations or [])
+
+    if grounded.error:
+        answer = grounded.error.get("content") or ""
+    elif grounded.generator is not None:
+        usage = TokenUsageCollector()
+        async for chunk in aiter_text_chunks(grounded.generator, usage):
+            answer += chunk
+    else:
+        answer = ""
+
+    latency_ms = (time.perf_counter() - started) * 1000.0
+    grade = grade_answer(question, answer, citations=citations)
+    return {
+        "answer": answer,
+        "citations": citations,
+        "grade": grade,
+        "latency_ms": latency_ms,
+        "model_name": grounded.model_name,
+        "grounded": grounded.grounded,
+        "error": grounded.error,
+    }
+
+
+async def _run_question(
+    question: dict[str, Any],
+    *,
+    runs: int,
+    model_name: str | None,
+    conversation_id: int,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    run_results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for _ in range(runs):
+        run_results.append(
+            await _run_single(
+                question,
+                model_name=model_name,
+                conversation_id=conversation_id,
+            )
+        )
+
+    grades: list[GradeResult] = [item["grade"] for item in run_results]
+    verdicts = [grade.verdict for grade in grades]
+    latencies = [item["latency_ms"] for item in run_results]
+
+    return {
+        "id": question["id"],
+        "category": question["category"],
+        "prompt": question["prompt"],
+        "runs": run_results,
+        "accuracy": sum(1 for grade in grades if grade.passed) / len(grades),
+        "self_consistency": compute_self_consistency(verdicts),
+        "citation_coverage": sum(1 for grade in grades if grade.has_citations)
+        / len(grades),
+        "hallucination_rate": sum(1 for grade in grades if grade.hallucinated)
+        / len(grades),
+        "latency_ms": {
+            "p50": _percentile(latencies, 50),
+            "p95": _percentile(latencies, 95),
+            "mean": statistics.fmean(latencies) if latencies else 0.0,
+        },
+        "verdicts": verdicts,
+    }
+
+
+async def _run_suite(
+    questions: list[dict[str, Any]],
+    *,
+    runs: int,
+    model_name: str | None,
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    question_results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for index, question in enumerate(questions):
+        question_results.append(
+            await _run_question(
+                question,
+                runs=runs,
+                model_name=model_name,
+                conversation_id=10_000 + index,
+            )
+        )
+
+    all_grades = [
+        run["grade"]
+        for qr in question_results
+        for run in qr["runs"]
+    ]
+    all_latencies = [
+        run["latency_ms"] for qr in question_results for run in qr["runs"]
+    ]
+    total_runs = len(all_grades) or 1
+
+    by_category: dict[str, dict[str, float]] = {}
+    for qr in question_results:
+        bucket = by_category.setdefault(
+            qr["category"],
+            {
+                "questions": 0,
+                "accuracy_sum": 0.0,
+                "consistency_sum": 0.0,
+                "citation_sum": 0.0,
+                "hallucination_sum": 0.0,
+            },
+        )
+        bucket["questions"] += 1
+        bucket["accuracy_sum"] += qr["accuracy"]
+        bucket["consistency_sum"] += qr["self_consistency"]
+        bucket["citation_sum"] += qr["citation_coverage"]
+        bucket["hallucination_sum"] += qr["hallucination_rate"]
+
+    category_summary = {
+        category: {
+            "questions": values["questions"],
+            "accuracy": values["accuracy_sum"] / values["questions"],
+            "self_consistency": values["consistency_sum"] / values["questions"],
+            "citation_coverage": values["citation_sum"] / values["questions"],
+            "hallucination_rate": values["hallucination_sum"] / values["questions"],
+        }
+        for category, values in sorted(by_category.items())
+    }
+
+    return {
+        "summary": {
+            "questions": len(question_results),
+            "runs_per_question": runs,
+            "total_runs": total_runs,
+            "accuracy": sum(1 for grade in all_grades if grade.passed) / total_runs,
+            "self_consistency": statistics.fmean(
+                [qr["self_consistency"] for qr in question_results]
+            )
+            if question_results
+            else 0.0,
+            "citation_coverage": sum(1 for grade in all_grades if grade.has_citations)
+            / total_runs,
+            "hallucination_rate": sum(1 for grade in all_grades if grade.hallucinated)
+            / total_runs,
+            "latency_ms": {
+                "p50": _percentile(all_latencies, 50),
+                "p95": _percentile(all_latencies, 95),
+                "mean": statistics.fmean(all_latencies) if all_latencies else 0.0,
+            },
+        },
+        "by_category": category_summary,
+        "questions": question_results,
+    }
+
+
+def _print_summary_table(report: dict[str, Any], stdout) -> None:
+    summary = report["summary"]
+    stdout.write("")
+    stdout.write("Eval summary")
+    stdout.write("-" * 72)
+    stdout.write(
+        f"Questions: {summary['questions']}   "
+        f"Runs/question: {summary['runs_per_question']}   "
+        f"Total runs: {summary['total_runs']}"
+    )
+    stdout.write(
+        f"Accuracy:           {summary['accuracy']:.1%}   "
+        f"Self-consistency:   {summary['self_consistency']:.1%}"
+    )
+    stdout.write(
+        f"Citation coverage:  {summary['citation_coverage']:.1%}   "
+        f"Hallucination rate: {summary['hallucination_rate']:.1%}"
+    )
+    latency = summary["latency_ms"]
+    stdout.write(
+        f"Latency ms  p50={latency['p50']:.0f}  "
+        f"p95={latency['p95']:.0f}  mean={latency['mean']:.0f}"
+    )
+    stdout.write("")
+    stdout.write(f"{'Category':<20} {'Q':>4} {'Acc':>7} {'Cons':>7} {'Cite':>7} {'Hall':>7}")
+    stdout.write("-" * 72)
+    for category, row in report.get("by_category", {}).items():
+        stdout.write(
+            f"{category:<20} {row['questions']:>4} "
+            f"{row['accuracy']:>6.1%} {row['self_consistency']:>6.1%} "
+            f"{row['citation_coverage']:>6.1%} {row['hallucination_rate']:>6.1%}"
+        )
+    stdout.write("")
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Run the grounded-chat eval suite (#62 Phase 4)."
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--runs",
+            type=int,
+            default=3,
+            help="Number of repetitions per question (default: 3).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--model",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="Chat model role/name (e.g. FAST, THINKING).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--category",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="Run only questions in this category.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--limit",
+            type=int,
+            default=None,
+            help="Cap number of questions after filtering.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--output",
+            type=str,
+            default=None,
+            help="Write full JSON report to this path.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--dry-run",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Load and validate the suite without calling the model.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--offline",
+            action="store_true",
+            help="Validate suite only (alias for SKIP_LIVE=1).",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        runs = options["runs"]
+        if runs < 1:
+            raise CommandError("--runs must be >= 1")
+
+        suite = load_suite()
+        questions = list(suite["questions"])
+
+        category = options.get("category")
+        if category:
+            questions = [q for q in questions if q.get("category") == category]
+            if not questions:
+                raise CommandError(f"No questions for category: {category}")
+
+        limit = options.get("limit")
+        if limit is not None:
+            questions = questions[:limit]
+
+        skip_live = (
+            options.get("dry_run")
+            or options.get("offline")
+            or os.environ.get("SKIP_LIVE", "").lower() in {"1", "true", "yes"}
+        )
+
+        self.stdout.write(
+            f"Loaded {len(suite['questions'])} questions "
+            f"(running {len(questions)}); runs={runs}"
+        )
+
+        if skip_live:
+            validate_suite(suite)
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.SUCCESS(
+                    "Dry/offline mode — suite structure validated; no LLM calls."
+                )
+            )
+            self.stdout.write(
+                f"Categories: {', '.join(sorted({q['category'] for q in questions}))}"
+            )
+            return
+
+        if os.environ.get("RUN_EVALS", "").lower() not in {"1", "true", "yes"}:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                self.style.WARNING(
+                    "RUN_EVALS is not set; proceeding with live eval calls anyway."
+                )
+            )
+
+        report = asyncio.run(
+            _run_suite(
+                questions,
+                runs=runs,
+                model_name=options.get("model"),
+            )
+        )
+
+        _print_summary_table(report, self.stdout)
+
+        output_path = options.get("output")
+        if output_path:
+            path = Path(output_path)
+            path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            serializable = _serialize_report(report)
+            path.write_text(json.dumps(serializable, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
+            self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(f"Wrote report to {path}"))
+
+
+def _serialize_report(report: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Convert GradeResult objects to plain dicts for JSON output."""
+
+    def _run(run: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        grade: GradeResult = run["grade"]
+        return {
+            "answer": run["answer"],
+            "citations": run["citations"],
+            "latency_ms": run["latency_ms"],
+            "model_name": run.get("model_name"),
+            "grounded": run.get("grounded"),
+            "error": run.get("error"),
+            "grade": {
+                "passed": grade.passed,
+                "verdict": grade.verdict,
+                "hallucinated": grade.hallucinated,
+                "has_citations": grade.has_citations,
+                "failures": grade.failures,
+            },
+        }
+
+    return {
+        "summary": report["summary"],
+        "by_category": report["by_category"],
+        "questions": [
+            {
+                **{k: v for k, v in qr.items() if k != "runs"},
+                "runs": [_run(run) for run in qr["runs"]],
+            }
+            for qr in report["questions"]
+        ],
+    }

llm_be/chat_backend/migrations/0033_agentrun_agentstep.py

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.0 on 2026-08-04 10:58
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("chat_backend", "0032_promptfeedback"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="AgentRun",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created", models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now)),
+                (
+                    "last_modified",
+                    models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "goal",
+                    models.TextField(help_text="Natural-language user request/goal."),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "title",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        blank=True,
+                        default="",
+                        help_text="Short human-readable title (from the plan, or the goal).",
+                        max_length=255,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "status",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        choices=[
+                            ("pending", "Pending"),
+                            ("planning", "Planning"),
+                            ("running", "Running"),
+                            ("completed", "Completed"),
+                            ("failed", "Failed"),
+                            ("cancelled", "Cancelled"),
+                        ],
+                        db_index=True,
+                        default="pending",
+                        max_length=16,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "plan",
+                    models.JSONField(
+                        blank=True,
+                        default=list,
+                        help_text="Ordered list of {step_id, title, tool} planner steps.",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "result",
+                    models.TextField(
+                        blank=True, default="", help_text="Final synthesised answer."
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("error", models.TextField(blank=True, default="")),
+                (
+                    "model_orchestrator",
+                    models.CharField(blank=True, default="", max_length=215),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "model_subagent",
+                    models.CharField(blank=True, default="", max_length=215),
+                ),
+                ("max_plan_steps", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=8)),
+                ("max_iterations", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=12)),
+                ("wall_clock_seconds", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=600)),
+                ("tool_call_count", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ("iteration_count", models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                (
+                    "cancel_requested",
+                    models.BooleanField(
+                        default=False,
+                        help_text="Set by the cancel endpoint/frame; worker loop polls this.",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("started_at", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ("completed_at", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                (
+                    "company",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        related_name="agent_runs",
+                        to="chat_backend.company",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "conversation",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        related_name="agent_runs",
+                        to="chat_backend.conversation",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "prompt",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        help_text="The user Prompt that triggered this run, if any.",
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                        related_name="agent_runs",
+                        to="chat_backend.prompt",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "user",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="agent_runs",
+                        to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["-created"],
+            },
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name="AgentStep",
+            fields=[
+                (
+                    "id",
+                    models.BigAutoField(
+                        auto_created=True,
+                        primary_key=True,
+                        serialize=False,
+                        verbose_name="ID",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("created", models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now)),
+                (
+                    "last_modified",
+                    models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "index",
+                    models.PositiveIntegerField(
+                        default=0, help_text="Order within the plan."
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("title", models.CharField(blank=True, default="", max_length=255)),
+                (
+                    "status",
+                    models.CharField(
+                        choices=[
+                            ("pending", "Pending"),
+                            ("running", "Running"),
+                            ("completed", "Completed"),
+                            ("failed", "Failed"),
+                            ("skipped", "Skipped"),
+                            ("cancelled", "Cancelled"),
+                        ],
+                        db_index=True,
+                        default="pending",
+                        max_length=16,
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("is_subagent", models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ("tool_name", models.CharField(blank=True, default="", max_length=64)),
+                ("tool_input", models.JSONField(blank=True, default=dict)),
+                (
+                    "tool_output",
+                    models.TextField(
+                        blank=True,
+                        default="",
+                        help_text="Truncated to AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS.",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                ("error", models.TextField(blank=True, default="")),
+                ("started_at", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ("completed_at", models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                (
+                    "parent_step",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        blank=True,
+                        help_text="Set when this step was produced by a sub-agent (#63).",
+                        null=True,
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="sub_steps",
+                        to="chat_backend.agentstep",
+                    ),
+                ),
+                (
+                    "run",
+                    models.ForeignKey(
+                        on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE,
+                        related_name="steps",
+                        to="chat_backend.agentrun",
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+            options={
+                "ordering": ["index", "created"],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]

llm_be/chat_backend/models.py

@@ -625,6 +625,163 @@ class Document(TimeInfoBase):
         ]
 
 
+class AgentRun(TimeInfoBase):
+    """A long-running, multi-step agentic task turn (#63).
+
+    ``user``/``company`` mirror the tenant scope of the triggering chat turn
+    (never trust a bare ``conversation_id`` — see ``chat_tenant_scope``).
+    Progress is broadcast on the Redis channel-layer group
+    :meth:`channel_group_name` so a reconnecting client can resubscribe.
+    """
+
+    class Status(models.TextChoices):
+        PENDING = "pending", "Pending"
+        PLANNING = "planning", "Planning"
+        RUNNING = "running", "Running"
+        COMPLETED = "completed", "Completed"
+        FAILED = "failed", "Failed"
+        CANCELLED = "cancelled", "Cancelled"
+
+    user = models.ForeignKey(
+        CustomUser,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name="agent_runs",
+    )
+    company = models.ForeignKey(
+        Company,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name="agent_runs",
+    )
+    conversation = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Conversation",
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name="agent_runs",
+    )
+    prompt = models.ForeignKey(
+        "Prompt",
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name="agent_runs",
+        help_text="The user Prompt that triggered this run, if any.",
+    )
+    goal = models.TextField(help_text="Natural-language user request/goal.")
+    title = models.CharField(
+        max_length=255,
+        blank=True,
+        default="",
+        help_text="Short human-readable title (from the plan, or the goal).",
+    )
+    status = models.CharField(
+        max_length=16, choices=Status.choices, default=Status.PENDING, db_index=True
+    )
+    plan = models.JSONField(
+        default=list,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text="Ordered list of {step_id, title, tool} planner steps.",
+    )
+    result = models.TextField(
+        blank=True, default="", help_text="Final synthesised answer."
+    )
+    error = models.TextField(blank=True, default="")
+    model_orchestrator = models.CharField(max_length=215, blank=True, default="")
+    model_subagent = models.CharField(max_length=215, blank=True, default="")
+    max_plan_steps = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=8)
+    max_iterations = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=12)
+    wall_clock_seconds = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=600)
+    tool_call_count = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+    iteration_count = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+    cancel_requested = models.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        help_text="Set by the cancel endpoint/frame; worker loop polls this.",
+    )
+    started_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+    completed_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-created"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"AgentRun({self.pk}, user={self.user_id}, {self.status})"
+
+    def channel_group_name(self) -> str:
+        """Redis channel-layer group so reconnecting clients get updates (#63)."""
+        return f"agent_run_{self.pk}"
+
+    @property
+    def is_terminal(self) -> bool:
+        return self.status in {
+            self.Status.COMPLETED,
+            self.Status.FAILED,
+            self.Status.CANCELLED,
+        }
+
+    def mark_cancelled(self) -> None:
+        self.cancel_requested = True
+        self.status = self.Status.CANCELLED
+        self.completed_at = self.completed_at or timezone.now()
+        self.save(
+            update_fields=[
+                "cancel_requested",
+                "status",
+                "completed_at",
+                "last_modified",
+            ]
+        )
+
+
+class AgentStep(TimeInfoBase):
+    """A single planner step (optionally decomposed into sub-agent steps)."""
+
+    class Status(models.TextChoices):
+        PENDING = "pending", "Pending"
+        RUNNING = "running", "Running"
+        COMPLETED = "completed", "Completed"
+        FAILED = "failed", "Failed"
+        SKIPPED = "skipped", "Skipped"
+        CANCELLED = "cancelled", "Cancelled"
+
+    run = models.ForeignKey(
+        AgentRun,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        related_name="steps",
+    )
+    parent_step = models.ForeignKey(
+        "self",
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name="sub_steps",
+        help_text="Set when this step was produced by a sub-agent (#63).",
+    )
+    index = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0, help_text="Order within the plan.")
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, default="")
+    status = models.CharField(
+        max_length=16, choices=Status.choices, default=Status.PENDING, db_index=True
+    )
+    is_subagent = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    tool_name = models.CharField(max_length=64, blank=True, default="")
+    tool_input = models.JSONField(default=dict, blank=True)
+    tool_output = models.TextField(
+        blank=True,
+        default="",
+        help_text="Truncated to AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS.",
+    )
+    error = models.TextField(blank=True, default="")
+    started_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+    completed_at = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["index", "created"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"AgentStep(run={self.run_id}, index={self.index}, {self.status})"
+
+
 class StoredFile(TimeInfoBase):
     """Blob store for DatabaseStorage — prompt attachments and documents."""
 

llm_be/chat_backend/ollama_config.py

@@ -13,8 +13,19 @@ ROLE_THINKING = "thinking"
 ROLE_FAST = "fast"
 ROLE_UTILITY = "utility"
 ROLE_EMBED = "embed"
+# Agentic task execution (#63): orchestrator plans/synthesises; sub-agents run
+# independent plan steps concurrently on a smaller/cheaper model.
+ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR = "orchestrator"
+ROLE_SUBAGENT = "subagent"
 
-_VALID_ROLES = {ROLE_THINKING, ROLE_FAST, ROLE_UTILITY, ROLE_EMBED}
+_VALID_ROLES = {
+    ROLE_THINKING,
+    ROLE_FAST,
+    ROLE_UTILITY,
+    ROLE_EMBED,
+    ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR,
+    ROLE_SUBAGENT,
+}
 
 
 def ollama_base_url() -> str:
@@ -43,12 +54,16 @@ def ollama_model_for_role(role: str) -> str:
         ROLE_FAST: "OLLAMA_MODEL_FAST",
         ROLE_UTILITY: "OLLAMA_MODEL_UTILITY",
         ROLE_EMBED: "OLLAMA_EMBED_MODEL",
+        ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR: "OLLAMA_MODEL_ORCHESTRATOR",
+        ROLE_SUBAGENT: "OLLAMA_MODEL_SUBAGENT",
     }[role]
     role_default = {
         ROLE_THINKING: "gpt-oss:20b",
         ROLE_FAST: "gemma4:latest",
         ROLE_UTILITY: "llama3.2",
         ROLE_EMBED: "nomic-embed-text",
+        ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR: "gpt-oss:20b",
+        ROLE_SUBAGENT: "llama3.2",
     }[role]
 
     configured = getattr(settings, role_setting, None)
@@ -75,6 +90,10 @@ def ollama_num_ctx_for_role(role: str) -> int:
         return int(getattr(settings, "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_FAST", 8192) or 8192)
     if role == ROLE_UTILITY:
         return int(getattr(settings, "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_UTILITY", 4096) or 4096)
+    if role == ROLE_SUBAGENT:
+        return int(getattr(settings, "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_SUBAGENT", 8192) or 8192)
+    if role == ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR:
+        return int(getattr(settings, "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_ORCHESTRATOR", 16384) or 16384)
     return int(getattr(settings, "OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_THINKING", 16384) or 16384)
 
 

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+"""Agentic task execution (#63) — plan → tools → synthesise with progress frames."""
+
+from chat_backend.services.agent.decider import should_use_agent
+from chat_backend.services.agent.runner import run_agentic_turn
+
+__all__ = ["should_use_agent", "run_agentic_turn"]

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/classifier.py

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+"""Heuristic gate: does this turn need the agentic multi-step path? (#63)
+
+Cheap, deterministic, no LLM call. Kept conservative on purpose — when in
+doubt, stay on the existing always-on grounded chat path (#62) so ordinary
+turns never regress. Only prompts that read as genuinely multi-step research
+or tool-combining tasks should route into the (much more expensive) agent
+orchestrator.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+_MULTI_STEP_MARKERS = (
+    "step by step",
+    "step-by-step",
+    " then ",
+    " and then",
+    "after that",
+    "first,",
+    "first ",
+    "finally,",
+    "compare",
+    "summarize and",
+    "summarise and",
+    "research and",
+    "comprehensive report",
+    "detailed report",
+    "multiple sources",
+    "cross-reference",
+    "cross reference",
+    "for each of",
+)
+
+_NUMBERED_LIST_RE = re.compile(r"(?:^|\n)\s*(?:[1-9]\.|[-*])\s+\S", re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+def is_complex_agentic_task(message: str) -> bool:
+    """True when ``message`` looks like a multi-step research/analysis task."""
+    text = (message or "").strip()
+    if not text:
+        return False
+    lowered = text.lower()
+
+    if _NUMBERED_LIST_RE.search(text):
+        return True
+
+    marker_hits = sum(1 for marker in _MULTI_STEP_MARKERS if marker in lowered)
+    if marker_hits >= 1 and len(text) > 60:
+        return True
+
+    # Long, multi-sentence asks read as compound/multi-part requests.
+    sentence_count = len(re.findall(r"[.!?]+", text))
+    if sentence_count >= 2 and len(text) > 180:
+        return True
+
+    return False

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/decider.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Heuristic gate: only enter the agent path for multi-step goals (#63).
+
+Simple chat must stay on the grounded path — no planner latency regression.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# Phrases that usually need decomposition / parallel research / doc extraction.
+_MULTI_STEP_PATTERNS = (
+    re.compile(r"\btop\s+\d+\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bcompare\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bcomparison\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bresearch\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bcompetitors?\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\beach\b.+\bsummar", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bextract\b.+\b(from|every|all)\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bread\b.+\b(pdfs?|documents?|files?)\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bstep[- ]by[- ]step\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bthen\b.+\b(and|also)\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bfor each\b", re.I),
+    re.compile(r"\bmulti[- ]?step\b", re.I),
+)
+
+
+def should_use_agent(message: str) -> bool:
+    """Return True when agentic execution should handle this turn.
+
+    Always False when ``ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS`` is off — consumers must keep
+    today's grounded path unchanged.
+    """
+    if not getattr(settings, "ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS", False):
+        return False
+    text = (message or "").strip()
+    if not text or len(text) < 24:
+        return False
+    return any(p.search(text) for p in _MULTI_STEP_PATTERNS)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/orchestrator.py

@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+"""LangGraph-driven planner → executor → tools → synthesiser loop (#63).
+
+Deliberately decoupled from Django/DB — ``AgentOrchestrator`` takes plain
+callables (``on_event``, ``is_cancelled``) and duck-typed chat models
+(anything with an async ``ainvoke``), so it can be unit tested with fakes
+with no Ollama/Redis/DB involved. :mod:`chat_backend.services.agent.runner`
+is the glue that wires this to ``AgentRun``/``AgentStep`` and WS frames.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+import time
+from collections import defaultdict
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable, Optional
+
+from langchain_core.messages import AIMessage, HumanMessage, SystemMessage, ToolMessage
+
+from chat_backend.services.tools.registry import TOOL_CATALOG, suggest_tools
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+OnEvent = Optional[Callable[[str, dict], Awaitable[None]]]
+IsCancelled = Optional[Callable[[], Awaitable[bool]]]
+
+
+class AgentCancelled(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised to unwind the run loop when the caller reports cancellation."""
+
+
+class AgentRunLimitExceeded(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when the wall-clock or iteration budget is exhausted."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class PlanStep:
+    step_id: str
+    title: str
+    tool: str | None = None
+    tool_input: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
+    parallel_group: int = 0
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "step_id": self.step_id,
+            "title": self.title,
+            "tool": self.tool,
+            "parallel_group": self.parallel_group,
+        }
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AgentPlan:
+    title: str
+    steps: list[PlanStep]
+
+
+@dataclass
+class RunLimits:
+    max_plan_steps: int = 8
+    max_iterations: int = 12
+    wall_clock_seconds: int = 600
+    subagent_concurrency: int = 3
+    max_step_tool_calls: int = 4
+
+
+PLANNER_SYSTEM_TEMPLATE = """You are the planning module of an autonomous research/analysis agent.
+Given a user's goal and a catalog of available tools, produce a short ordered
+plan of at most {max_steps} steps. Return ONLY compact JSON, no prose:
+
+{{"title": "short plan title", "steps": [
+  {{"step_id": "s1", "title": "...", "tool": "web_search" or null, "tool_input": {{}}, "parallel_group": 0}}
+]}}
+
+Rules:
+- Use "tool": null for a pure reasoning/synthesis step (no tool call).
+- Two steps may share the same parallel_group ONLY when neither depends on
+  the other's output — they will execute concurrently.
+- Prefer the smallest plan that actually accomplishes the goal.
+
+Tools available:
+{tool_catalog}
+"""
+
+
+def _tool_catalog_text() -> str:
+    return "\n".join(f"- {spec.name}: {spec.description}" for spec in TOOL_CATALOG.values())
+
+
+def _strip_fences(text: str) -> str:
+    text = text.strip()
+    if text.startswith("```"):
+        text = re.sub(r"^```(?:json)?\s*", "", text)
+        text = re.sub(r"\s*```$", "", text)
+    return text
+
+
+def fallback_plan(goal: str, max_steps: int) -> AgentPlan:
+    """Deterministic, offline plan used when the planner LLM is unavailable
+    or returns unparseable output (fail open rather than fail closed)."""
+    tool_names = suggest_tools(goal)
+    if not tool_names:
+        return AgentPlan(
+            title=goal[:80] or "Task",
+            steps=[PlanStep(step_id="s1", title=goal[:120] or "Answer the request", tool=None)],
+        )
+    steps = [
+        PlanStep(step_id=f"s{i + 1}", title=f"Use {name} for: {goal[:60]}", tool=name)
+        for i, name in enumerate(tool_names[:max_steps])
+    ]
+    return AgentPlan(title=goal[:80] or "Task", steps=steps)
+
+
+def parse_plan(raw: str, *, goal: str, max_steps: int) -> AgentPlan:
+    text = _strip_fences(str(raw or ""))
+    try:
+        start, end = text.find("{"), text.rfind("}")
+        if start < 0 or end < 0:
+            raise ValueError("no JSON object in planner output")
+        payload = json.loads(text[start : end + 1])
+        steps_raw = payload.get("steps") or []
+        if not isinstance(steps_raw, list) or not steps_raw:
+            raise ValueError("plan has no steps")
+        steps: list[PlanStep] = []
+        for i, raw_step in enumerate(steps_raw[:max_steps]):
+            if not isinstance(raw_step, dict):
+                continue
+            steps.append(
+                PlanStep(
+                    step_id=str(raw_step.get("step_id") or f"s{i + 1}"),
+                    title=str(raw_step.get("title") or f"Step {i + 1}"),
+                    tool=(raw_step.get("tool") or None),
+                    tool_input=raw_step.get("tool_input") or {},
+                    parallel_group=int(raw_step.get("parallel_group") or 0),
+                )
+            )
+        if not steps:
+            raise ValueError("plan produced zero usable steps")
+        return AgentPlan(title=str(payload.get("title") or goal[:80]), steps=steps)
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logger.warning("Agent plan parse failed (%s); using heuristic fallback plan", exc)
+        return fallback_plan(goal, max_steps)
+
+
+class AgentOrchestrator:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        goal: str,
+        history_text: str,
+        planner_llm: Any,
+        subagent_llm_factory: Callable[[], Any],
+        tools: list,
+        limits: RunLimits,
+        on_event: OnEvent = None,
+        is_cancelled: IsCancelled = None,
+    ):
+        self.goal = goal
+        self.history_text = history_text or ""
+        self.planner_llm = planner_llm
+        self.subagent_llm_factory = subagent_llm_factory
+        self.tools = tools
+        self.tools_by_name = {getattr(t, "name", None): t for t in tools}
+        self.limits = limits
+        self.on_event = on_event
+        self.is_cancelled = is_cancelled
+        self.iterations = 0
+        self._deadline = time.monotonic() + max(1, limits.wall_clock_seconds)
+
+    async def _emit(self, event_type: str, data: dict) -> None:
+        if self.on_event is None:
+            return
+        try:
+            await self.on_event(event_type, data)
+        except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - progress must never break a run
+            logger.exception("agent on_event failed for %s", event_type)
+
+    def _time_left(self) -> bool:
+        return time.monotonic() < self._deadline
+
+    async def _raise_if_cancelled(self) -> None:
+        if self.is_cancelled is not None and await self.is_cancelled():
+            raise AgentCancelled("Agent run was cancelled")
+
+    async def plan(self) -> AgentPlan:
+        prompt = PLANNER_SYSTEM_TEMPLATE.format(
+            max_steps=self.limits.max_plan_steps, tool_catalog=_tool_catalog_text()
+        )
+        try:
+            response = await self.planner_llm.ainvoke(
+                [
+                    SystemMessage(content=prompt),
+                    HumanMessage(
+                        content=(
+                            f"Goal: {self.goal}\n\nRelevant conversation so far:\n"
+                            f"{self.history_text or '(none)'}"
+                        )
+                    ),
+                ]
+            )
+            raw = getattr(response, "content", response)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("Planner LLM call failed (%s); using heuristic fallback plan", exc)
+            return fallback_plan(self.goal, self.limits.max_plan_steps)
+        return parse_plan(raw, goal=self.goal, max_steps=self.limits.max_plan_steps)
+
+    async def _call_tool(self, name: str, tool_input: dict) -> str:
+        tool = self.tools_by_name.get(name)
+        if tool is None:
+            return f"Unknown tool: {name!r}"
+        try:
+            result = await tool.ainvoke(tool_input or {})
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.warning("Tool %s failed: %s", name, exc)
+            return f"Tool {name} failed: {exc}"
+        return str(result)
+
+    async def execute_step(self, step: PlanStep, prior_results: dict[str, str]) -> str:
+        """Run one plan step. Direct tool dispatch when the planner named a
+        tool; otherwise a bounded tool-calling reasoning loop on the
+        sub-agent model."""
+        await self._raise_if_cancelled()
+        if not self._time_left():
+            raise AgentRunLimitExceeded("Wall-clock budget exceeded")
+
+        if step.tool:
+            self.iterations += 1
+            return await self._call_tool(step.tool, step.tool_input)
+
+        llm = self.subagent_llm_factory()
+        context = "\n".join(f"- {k}: {v}" for k, v in prior_results.items()) or "(none yet)"
+        messages: list[Any] = [
+            SystemMessage(
+                content=(
+                    "You are a focused sub-agent executing ONE step of a larger "
+                    "plan. Use a tool when it would help; otherwise answer "
+                    "directly and concisely. Do not repeat the whole plan."
+                )
+            ),
+            HumanMessage(
+                content=(
+                    f"Overall goal: {self.goal}\nThis step: {step.title}\n\n"
+                    f"Prior step results:\n{context}"
+                )
+            ),
+        ]
+        for _ in range(self.limits.max_step_tool_calls):
+            await self._raise_if_cancelled()
+            if not self._time_left() or self.iterations >= self.limits.max_iterations:
+                break
+            self.iterations += 1
+            response = await llm.ainvoke(messages)
+            tool_calls = getattr(response, "tool_calls", None) or []
+            if not tool_calls:
+                return str(getattr(response, "content", response) or "")
+            messages.append(response)
+            for call in tool_calls:
+                call_name = call.get("name") if isinstance(call, dict) else getattr(call, "name", None)
+                call_args = call.get("args") if isinstance(call, dict) else getattr(call, "args", {})
+                call_id = call.get("id") if isinstance(call, dict) else getattr(call, "id", None)
+                tool_result = await self._call_tool(call_name, call_args or {})
+                messages.append(ToolMessage(content=tool_result, tool_call_id=call_id or ""))
+        # Ran out of tool-call rounds — ask once more for a final answer.
+        try:
+            final = await llm.ainvoke(
+                messages + [HumanMessage(content="Give your final answer for this step now.")]
+            )
+            return str(getattr(final, "content", final) or "")
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return f"(step did not converge: {exc})"
+
+    async def synthesize(self, plan: AgentPlan, step_results: dict[str, str]) -> str:
+        context = "\n\n".join(
+            f"### {step.title}\n{step_results.get(step.step_id, '')}" for step in plan.steps
+        )
+        messages = [
+            SystemMessage(
+                content=(
+                    "Combine the plan step results below into one clear, "
+                    "well-organised final answer for the user. Write in "
+                    "prose; do not mention internal step numbers or tool "
+                    "names unless the user would find that useful."
+                )
+            ),
+            HumanMessage(content=f"Goal: {self.goal}\n\nStep results:\n{context}"),
+        ]
+        response = await self.planner_llm.ainvoke(messages)
+        return str(getattr(response, "content", response) or "").strip()
+
+    async def run(self) -> tuple[AgentPlan, dict[str, str], str]:
+        """Plan, execute (respecting parallel groups), then synthesise.
+
+        Returns ``(plan, step_results, final_answer)``. Raises
+        :class:`AgentCancelled` if cancellation is detected mid-run.
+        """
+        plan = await self.plan()
+        await self._emit("plan_ready", {"title": plan.title, "steps": [s.to_dict() for s in plan.steps]})
+
+        groups: dict[int, list[PlanStep]] = defaultdict(list)
+        for step in plan.steps:
+            groups[step.parallel_group].append(step)
+
+        step_results: dict[str, str] = {}
+
+        for group_key in sorted(groups):
+            await self._raise_if_cancelled()
+            semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(max(1, self.limits.subagent_concurrency))
+
+            async def run_one(step: PlanStep) -> None:
+                async with semaphore:
+                    await self._emit(
+                        "step_started",
+                        {"step_id": step.step_id, "title": step.title, "tool": step.tool},
+                    )
+                    try:
+                        result = await self.execute_step(step, step_results)
+                    except AgentCancelled:
+                        await self._emit(
+                            "step_failed",
+                            {"step_id": step.step_id, "title": step.title, "error": "cancelled"},
+                        )
+                        raise
+                    except Exception as exc:
+                        logger.warning("Step %s failed: %s", step.step_id, exc)
+                        step_results[step.step_id] = f"(step failed: {exc})"
+                        await self._emit(
+                            "step_failed",
+                            {"step_id": step.step_id, "title": step.title, "error": str(exc)},
+                        )
+                        return
+                    step_results[step.step_id] = result
+                    await self._emit(
+                        "step_completed",
+                        {"step_id": step.step_id, "title": step.title, "result": result},
+                    )
+
+            await asyncio.gather(*(run_one(step) for step in groups[group_key]))
+
+        await self._raise_if_cancelled()
+        final_answer = await self.synthesize(plan, step_results)
+        return plan, step_results, final_answer

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/planner.py

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+"""Planner: turn a goal into an ordered step list (#63).
+
+Falls back to a deterministic heuristic when the LLM is unavailable so offline
+tests and degraded deploys still produce a plan.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+import re
+from typing import Any
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from chat_backend.services.tools.registry import TOOL_CATALOG, suggest_tools
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _cap(n: int | None = None) -> int:
+    return int(n or getattr(settings, "AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS", 8) or 8)
+
+
+def heuristic_plan(goal: str, *, max_steps: int | None = None) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Offline plan from keyword hints — never calls an LLM."""
+    cap = _cap(max_steps)
+    suggested = suggest_tools(goal) or ["web_search"]
+    steps: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    # Parallel research flavour: "top N competitors"
+    m = re.search(r"top\s+(\d+)", goal, re.I)
+    if m and int(m.group(1)) <= cap:
+        n = min(int(m.group(1)), cap - 1)
+        for i in range(1, n + 1):
+            steps.append(
+                {
+                    "index": len(steps),
+                    "title": f"Research item {i}",
+                    "tool": "web_search",
+                    "depends_on": [],
+                }
+            )
+        steps.append(
+            {
+                "index": len(steps),
+                "title": "Synthesise comparison",
+                "tool": "synthesis",
+                "depends_on": list(range(n)),
+            }
+        )
+        return steps[:cap]
+
+    for name in suggested[: max(1, cap - 1)]:
+        spec = TOOL_CATALOG.get(name)
+        steps.append(
+            {
+                "index": len(steps),
+                "title": (spec.description[:80] if spec else name),
+                "tool": name,
+                "depends_on": [],
+            }
+        )
+    steps.append(
+        {
+            "index": len(steps),
+            "title": "Synthesise answer",
+            "tool": "synthesis",
+            "depends_on": [s["index"] for s in steps[:-1]] or [],
+        }
+    )
+    return steps[:cap]
+
+
+def parse_plan_json(raw: str, *, max_steps: int | None = None) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Parse planner LLM JSON; raise ValueError on garbage."""
+    text = (raw or "").strip()
+    if text.startswith("```"):
+        text = re.sub(r"^```(?:json)?\s*", "", text)
+        text = re.sub(r"\s*```$", "", text)
+    data = json.loads(text)
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        data = data.get("steps") or data.get("plan") or []
+    if not isinstance(data, list) or not data:
+        raise ValueError("plan must be a non-empty list")
+    cap = _cap(max_steps)
+    out: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+    for i, item in enumerate(data[:cap]):
+        if not isinstance(item, dict):
+            continue
+        out.append(
+            {
+                "index": i,
+                "title": str(item.get("title") or f"Step {i + 1}")[:255],
+                "tool": str(item.get("tool") or item.get("assigned") or "web_search"),
+                "depends_on": list(item.get("depends_on") or []),
+            }
+        )
+    if not out:
+        raise ValueError("no valid steps")
+    return out
+
+
+def plan_for_goal(goal: str, *, max_steps: int | None = None) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+    """Best-effort plan: try utility LLM, fall back to heuristic."""
+    try:
+        from chat_backend.services.base_service import BaseService
+        from chat_backend.ollama_config import ROLE_UTILITY, ollama_llm_kwargs
+        from langchain_ollama import OllamaLLM
+        from langchain_core.prompts import ChatPromptTemplate
+
+        llm = OllamaLLM(
+            **ollama_llm_kwargs(role=ROLE_UTILITY, temperature=0.0)
+        )
+        prompt = ChatPromptTemplate.from_messages(
+            [
+                (
+                    "system",
+                    "Return ONLY JSON: {\"steps\":[{\"title\":str,\"tool\":str,"
+                    "\"depends_on\":[int]}]}. Tools: web_search, fetch_url, "
+                    "search_documents, read_document, analyse_dataframe, make_plot, "
+                    "synthesis. Cap steps at {cap}. Simple chit-chat → one synthesis step.",
+                ),
+                ("human", "{goal}"),
+            ]
+        )
+        chain = prompt | llm
+        raw = chain.invoke({"goal": goal, "cap": _cap(max_steps)})
+        return parse_plan_json(str(raw), max_steps=max_steps)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.info("planner LLM unavailable; using heuristic plan", exc_info=True)
+        return heuristic_plan(goal, max_steps=max_steps)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/progress.py

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+"""Publish agent progress frames via channel layer (+ optional WS callback)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from typing import Any
+
+from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
+
+from chat_backend.services.ws_frames import agent_frame, status_frame
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+WsSender = Callable[[str], Awaitable[None]]
+
+
+async def publish_agent_event(
+    *,
+    run_id: int,
+    frame_type: str,
+    data: dict[str, Any],
+    ws_send: WsSender | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Emit a versioned agent frame to WS (if bound) and Redis group."""
+    payload = agent_frame(frame_type, {"run_id": run_id, **data})
+    raw = json.dumps(payload)
+    if ws_send is not None:
+        try:
+            await ws_send(raw)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("WS agent frame send failed run_id=%s", run_id)
+    layer = get_channel_layer()
+    if layer is not None:
+        group = f"agent_run_{run_id}"
+        try:
+            await layer.group_send(
+                group, {"type": "agent.progress", "text": raw}
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("channel layer group_send failed group=%s", group)
+    return payload
+
+
+def publish_agent_event_sync(
+    *,
+    run_id: int,
+    frame_type: str,
+    data: dict[str, Any],
+) -> dict:
+    return async_to_sync(publish_agent_event)(
+        run_id=run_id, frame_type=frame_type, data=data, ws_send=None
+    )
+
+
+async def publish_status(
+    stage: str,
+    *,
+    detail: str | None = None,
+    ws_send: WsSender | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    if ws_send is None:
+        return
+    await ws_send(json.dumps(status_frame(stage, detail=detail)))

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/runner.py

@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+"""Glue: AgentRun/AgentStep persistence + WS frame fan-out for the orchestrator (#63).
+
+Runs inside a Celery task or the thread fallback (see ``tasks.py``) — never
+inline on the request/WS coroutine, since a run can take up to
+``AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS``. Progress is always broadcast on the run's Redis
+channel-layer group (:meth:`AgentRun.channel_group_name`) so any WS consumer
+that has joined the group — the originating connection, or a reconnect —
+receives ``agent_*`` frames live; ``GET /api/agent_runs/<id>/`` backfills the
+full history for clients that missed frames.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from channels.layers import get_channel_layer
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from chat_backend.ollama_config import (
+    ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR,
+    ROLE_SUBAGENT,
+    ollama_llm_kwargs,
+)
+from chat_backend.services.agent.orchestrator import (
+    AgentCancelled,
+    AgentOrchestrator,
+    AgentRunLimitExceeded,
+    RunLimits,
+)
+from chat_backend.services.chat_tenant_scope import (
+    ChatTenantScopeError,
+    get_workspace_for_scope,
+    resolve_chat_company_scope,
+)
+from chat_backend.services.tools import ToolBudget, ToolContext, build_agent_tools
+from chat_backend.services.ws_frames import agent_frame
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def _load_run(run_id: int):
+    from chat_backend.models import AgentRun
+
+    return AgentRun.objects.select_related("user", "company").filter(pk=run_id).first()
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def _save_run(run, fields: list[str]) -> None:
+    run.save(update_fields=[*fields, "last_modified"])
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def _refresh_cancel_flag(run_id: int) -> bool:
+    from chat_backend.models import AgentRun
+
+    return bool(
+        AgentRun.objects.filter(pk=run_id).values_list("cancel_requested", flat=True).first()
+    )
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def _resolve_scope_and_workspace(user, conversation_id):
+    """Tenant-scoped workspace resolution, mirroring the WS consumer path.
+
+    Falls back to no workspace (web/fetch tools only) if scope resolution
+    fails — an agent run should never 500 out just because the triggering
+    conversation was deleted mid-flight.
+    """
+    try:
+        scope = resolve_chat_company_scope(user, conversation_id)
+        return scope, get_workspace_for_scope(scope)
+    except ChatTenantScopeError:
+        logger.warning("Agent run: could not resolve tenant scope for user=%s", user.pk)
+        return None, None
+
+
+@sync_to_async
+def _upsert_step(run_id: int, event_type: str, data: dict):
+    from chat_backend.models import AgentStep
+
+    step_id = data.get("step_id")
+    defaults = {"title": data.get("title") or ""}
+    if event_type == "step_started":
+        defaults["status"] = AgentStep.Status.RUNNING
+        defaults["tool_name"] = data.get("tool") or ""
+        defaults["started_at"] = timezone.now()
+    elif event_type == "step_completed":
+        defaults["status"] = AgentStep.Status.COMPLETED
+        defaults["tool_output"] = str(data.get("result") or "")[:20000]
+        defaults["completed_at"] = timezone.now()
+    elif event_type == "step_failed":
+        defaults["status"] = AgentStep.Status.FAILED
+        defaults["error"] = str(data.get("error") or "")[:4000]
+        defaults["completed_at"] = timezone.now()
+    step, _created = AgentStep.objects.update_or_create(
+        run_id=run_id,
+        title=data.get("title") or "",
+        defaults=defaults,
+    )
+    return step
+
+
+async def _broadcast(run, event_type: str, data: dict) -> None:
+    layer = get_channel_layer()
+    if layer is None:
+        return
+    frame = agent_frame(event_type, {"run_id": str(run.pk), **data})
+    try:
+        await layer.group_send(
+            run.channel_group_name(),
+            {"type": "agent.frame", "frame": frame},
+        )
+    except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - fan-out must never break a run
+        logger.exception("Failed to broadcast agent frame run=%s type=%s", run.pk, event_type)
+
+
+def _build_llms(tools: list):
+    from langchain_ollama import ChatOllama
+
+    planner_llm = ChatOllama(
+        **ollama_llm_kwargs(role=ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR, temperature=0.2)
+    )
+
+    def subagent_llm_factory():
+        llm = ChatOllama(**ollama_llm_kwargs(role=ROLE_SUBAGENT, temperature=0.3))
+        return llm.bind_tools(tools) if tools else llm
+
+    return planner_llm, subagent_llm_factory
+
+
+async def execute_agent_run(run_id: int) -> None:
+    """Load, execute, and persist the outcome of one :class:`AgentRun`."""
+    run = await _load_run(run_id)
+    if run is None:
+        logger.error("execute_agent_run: AgentRun %s not found", run_id)
+        return
+    from chat_backend.models import AgentRun as AgentRunModel
+
+    if run.status not in (AgentRunModel.Status.PENDING,):
+        logger.info("execute_agent_run: run %s already %s; skipping", run_id, run.status)
+        return
+
+    run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.PLANNING
+    run.started_at = timezone.now()
+    await _save_run(run, ["status", "started_at"])
+    await _broadcast(run, "run_started", {"title": run.title or run.goal[:80], "status": run.status})
+
+    scope, workspace = await _resolve_scope_and_workspace(
+        run.user, run.conversation_id
+    )
+    budget = ToolBudget(max_calls=int(getattr(settings, "AGENT_MAX_TOOL_CALLS_PER_RUN", 40) or 40))
+    ctx = ToolContext.from_settings(scope=scope, budget=budget)
+    tools = build_agent_tools(ctx, workspace=workspace)
+    planner_llm, subagent_llm_factory = _build_llms(tools)
+
+    limits = RunLimits(
+        max_plan_steps=run.max_plan_steps,
+        max_iterations=run.max_iterations,
+        wall_clock_seconds=run.wall_clock_seconds,
+        subagent_concurrency=int(getattr(settings, "AGENT_SUBAGENT_CONCURRENCY", 3) or 3),
+    )
+
+    async def on_event(event_type: str, data: dict) -> None:
+        if event_type in ("step_started", "step_completed", "step_failed"):
+            await _upsert_step(run.pk, event_type, data)
+        await _broadcast(run, event_type, data)
+
+    async def is_cancelled() -> bool:
+        return await _refresh_cancel_flag(run.pk)
+
+    orchestrator = AgentOrchestrator(
+        goal=run.goal,
+        history_text="",
+        planner_llm=planner_llm,
+        subagent_llm_factory=subagent_llm_factory,
+        tools=tools,
+        limits=limits,
+        on_event=on_event,
+        is_cancelled=is_cancelled,
+    )
+
+    run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.RUNNING
+    await _save_run(run, ["status"])
+
+    try:
+        plan, _step_results, final_answer = await orchestrator.run()
+        run.plan = [s.to_dict() for s in plan.steps]
+        run.title = plan.title or run.title
+        run.result = final_answer
+        run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.COMPLETED
+        run.completed_at = timezone.now()
+        run.tool_call_count = budget.calls_made
+        run.iteration_count = orchestrator.iterations
+        await _save_run(
+            run,
+            [
+                "plan",
+                "title",
+                "result",
+                "status",
+                "completed_at",
+                "tool_call_count",
+                "iteration_count",
+            ],
+        )
+        await _broadcast(
+            run,
+            "run_completed",
+            {"status": run.status, "result": final_answer, "title": run.title},
+        )
+    except AgentCancelled:
+        run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.CANCELLED
+        run.completed_at = timezone.now()
+        run.tool_call_count = budget.calls_made
+        run.iteration_count = orchestrator.iterations
+        await _save_run(
+            run, ["status", "completed_at", "tool_call_count", "iteration_count"]
+        )
+        await _broadcast(run, "run_completed", {"status": run.status, "title": run.title})
+    except AgentRunLimitExceeded as exc:
+        run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.FAILED
+        run.error = str(exc)
+        run.completed_at = timezone.now()
+        run.tool_call_count = budget.calls_made
+        run.iteration_count = orchestrator.iterations
+        await _save_run(
+            run,
+            ["status", "error", "completed_at", "tool_call_count", "iteration_count"],
+        )
+        await _broadcast(
+            run, "run_completed", {"status": run.status, "error": str(exc), "title": run.title}
+        )
+    except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - defensive top-level guard
+        logger.exception("Agent run %s failed", run_id)
+        run.status = AgentRunModel.Status.FAILED
+        run.error = str(exc)
+        run.completed_at = timezone.now()
+        run.tool_call_count = budget.calls_made
+        run.iteration_count = orchestrator.iterations
+        await _save_run(
+            run,
+            ["status", "error", "completed_at", "tool_call_count", "iteration_count"],
+        )
+        await _broadcast(
+            run, "run_completed", {"status": run.status, "error": str(exc), "title": run.title}
+        )
+
+
+async def run_agentic_turn(
+    *,
+    user,
+    scope,
+    conversation_id: int,
+    goal: str,
+    prompt=None,
+    ws_send=None,
+):
+    """Create an AgentRun and execute it inline for the originating WS turn.
+
+    ``ws_send`` / ``scope`` accepted for API compatibility with consumers.
+    Progress broadcasts via the channel-layer group. Returns ``(run, answer)``.
+    """
+    from django.conf import settings
+    from chat_backend.models import AgentRun
+    from chat_backend.ollama_config import (
+        ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR,
+        ROLE_SUBAGENT,
+        ollama_model_for_role,
+    )
+    from chat_backend.services.status_context import emit_status
+
+    del scope
+    del ws_send
+
+    if not getattr(settings, "ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS", False):
+        raise RuntimeError("ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS is disabled")
+
+    await emit_status("queued")
+    run = await sync_to_async(AgentRun.objects.create)(
+        user=user,
+        company_id=getattr(user, "company_id", None),
+        conversation_id=conversation_id,
+        prompt=prompt,
+        goal=goal,
+        status=AgentRun.Status.PENDING,
+        model_orchestrator=ollama_model_for_role(ROLE_ORCHESTRATOR),
+        model_subagent=ollama_model_for_role(ROLE_SUBAGENT),
+        max_plan_steps=int(getattr(settings, "AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS", 8) or 8),
+        max_iterations=int(getattr(settings, "AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS", 12) or 12),
+        wall_clock_seconds=int(
+            getattr(settings, "AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS", 600) or 600
+        ),
+    )
+    await emit_status("evaluating", "Planning multi-step task")
+    await execute_agent_run(run.pk)
+    finished = await _load_run(run.pk)
+    answer = (
+        (finished.result if finished else "")
+        or (finished.error if finished else "")
+        or "Agent run finished with no result."
+    )
+    return finished, answer

llm_be/chat_backend/services/agent/tasks.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+"""Background dispatch for agent runs (#63)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import threading
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _broker_configured() -> bool:
+    return bool(
+        getattr(settings, "CELERY_BROKER_URL", "")
+        or getattr(settings, "REDIS_URL", "")
+    )
+
+
+def run_agent_run_sync(run_id: int, scope_payload: dict | None = None) -> None:
+    """Execute an agent run in the current process (sync entry for Celery/thread)."""
+    from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+    from chat_backend.services.agent.runner import execute_agent_run
+
+    del scope_payload  # tenant resolved from AgentRun.user inside runner
+    async_to_sync(execute_agent_run)(run_id)
+
+
+try:
+    from llm_be.celery import celery_app
+
+    @celery_app.task(name="chat_backend.run_agent_run")
+    def run_agent_run_task(run_id: int, scope_payload: dict | None = None) -> None:
+        run_agent_run_sync(run_id, scope_payload)
+
+except Exception:  # pragma: no cover — celery optional at import time in odd envs
+    run_agent_run_task = None  # type: ignore
+
+
+def enqueue_agent_run(run_id: int, scope_payload: dict | None = None) -> None:
+    """Enqueue via Celery when broker present; else daemon thread (like drive_tasks)."""
+    if _broker_configured() and run_agent_run_task is not None:
+        try:
+            run_agent_run_task.delay(run_id, scope_payload)
+            return
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception(
+                "Celery enqueue failed for agent run=%s; falling back to thread",
+                run_id,
+            )
+    threading.Thread(
+        target=run_agent_run_sync,
+        args=(run_id, scope_payload),
+        daemon=True,
+        name=f"agent-run-{run_id}",
+    ).start()

llm_be/chat_backend/services/grounded_chat.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Shared by ``consumers`` and ``consumers_graph`` so both paths stay in sync.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -24,9 +25,21 @@ from chat_backend.services.search import (
     search_and_rank,
 )
 from chat_backend.services.search.base import SearchResult
+from chat_backend.services.status_context import emit_status
+from chat_backend.services.ws_frames import citations_frame, status_frame
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+StatusCallback = Callable[[str, str | None], Awaitable[None]]
+
+# Re-export for existing imports in consumers.
+__all__ = [
+    "GroundedTurnResult",
+    "prepare_grounded_chat",
+    "citations_frame",
+    "status_frame",
+]
+
 
 @dataclass
 class GroundedTurnResult:
@@ -44,20 +57,39 @@ def _citations_from_results(results: list[SearchResult]) -> list[dict]:
     return [r.to_citation(i) for i, r in enumerate(results, start=1)]
 
 
+async def _emit(
+    on_status: StatusCallback | None,
+    stage: str,
+    detail: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    try:
+        if on_status is not None:
+            await on_status(stage, detail)
+        else:
+            await emit_status(stage, detail)
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception("status callback failed for stage=%s", stage)
+
+
 async def prepare_grounded_chat(
     *,
     message: str,
     messages: list,
     model_name: str | None,
     conversation_id: int,
+    on_status: StatusCallback | None = None,
 ) -> GroundedTurnResult:
     """Decide grounding, retrieve, and return an AsyncLLMService generator.
 
     When retrieval is required but every provider fails, returns an ``error``
     dict instead of falling back to parametric generation (#62 AC).
+
+    ``on_status(stage, detail)`` emits live activity frames (#96) when provided;
+    otherwise uses the context-bound emitter from :mod:`status_context`.
     """
     internet = getattr(settings, "ALLOW_INTERNET_ACCESS", False)
     if not internet:
+        await _emit(on_status, "refining")
         service = build_chat_service(model_name=model_name, grounded=False)
         return GroundedTurnResult(
             generator=service.generate_response(
@@ -66,9 +98,11 @@ async def prepare_grounded_chat(
             model_name=service.model_name,
         )
 
+    await _emit(on_status, "evaluating")
     decision = await grounding_decider.decide_async(message)
 
     if not decision.needs_retrieval:
+        await _emit(on_status, "refining")
         service = build_chat_service(model_name=model_name, grounded=False)
         return GroundedTurnResult(
             generator=service.generate_response(
@@ -78,9 +112,12 @@ async def prepare_grounded_chat(
             model_name=service.model_name,
         )
 
+    queries = decision.queries or [message]
+    detail = "; ".join(queries[:3])
+    await _emit(on_status, "searching", detail)
     try:
         results = await sync_to_async(search_and_rank, thread_sensitive=False)(
-            decision.queries or [message],
+            queries,
             temporal=decision.temporal,
         )
     except SearchUnavailable as exc:
@@ -100,10 +137,12 @@ async def prepare_grounded_chat(
             grounded=True,
         )
 
+    await _emit(on_status, "reading_sources")
     sources_block = format_sources_block(results)
     # Keep sources out of the mutable history list — AsyncLLMService injects
     # them via {sources}. (Older code appended a HumanMessage; that double-
     # rendered into the prompt.)
+    await _emit(on_status, "refining")
     service = build_chat_service(
         model_name=model_name,
         grounded=True,
@@ -116,8 +155,3 @@ async def prepare_grounded_chat(
         decision=decision,
         model_name=service.model_name,
     )
-
-
-def citations_frame(citations: list[dict]) -> dict:
-    """Versioned WS envelope agreed with FE progress/citations work."""
-    return {"v": 1, "type": "citations", "data": citations}

llm_be/chat_backend/services/status_context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""Context-local status emitter for WS activity frames (#96).
+
+Consumers bind an async callback before running moderation / generation so
+shared helpers (``prepare_grounded_chat``, graph nodes) can emit without
+threading the sender through every signature.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from contextvars import ContextVar
+from typing import Optional
+
+StatusEmitter = Callable[[str, Optional[str]], Awaitable[None]]
+
+_status_emitter: ContextVar[StatusEmitter | None] = ContextVar(
+    "chat_status_emitter", default=None
+)
+
+
+def set_status_emitter(emitter: StatusEmitter | None):
+    """Bind the current-task status emitter; returns a token for reset."""
+    return _status_emitter.set(emitter)
+
+
+def reset_status_emitter(token) -> None:
+    _status_emitter.reset(token)
+
+
+async def emit_status(stage: str, detail: str | None = None) -> None:
+    emitter = _status_emitter.get()
+    if emitter is None:
+        return
+    await emitter(stage, detail)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""Agent tool registry and implementations (#63)."""
+
+from chat_backend.services.tools.base import (
+    ToolBudget,
+    ToolBudgetExceeded,
+    ToolContext,
+    ToolTimeout,
+    run_tool,
+    truncate_output,
+)
+from chat_backend.services.tools.registry import (
+    TOOL_CATALOG,
+    TOOL_NAMES,
+    ToolSpec,
+    build_agent_tools,
+    suggest_tools,
+)
+
+__all__ = [
+    "ToolBudget",
+    "ToolBudgetExceeded",
+    "ToolContext",
+    "ToolTimeout",
+    "run_tool",
+    "truncate_output",
+    "TOOL_CATALOG",
+    "TOOL_NAMES",
+    "ToolSpec",
+    "build_agent_tools",
+    "suggest_tools",
+]

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/base.py

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""Shared tool execution primitives: budget, timeout, output caps (#63).
+
+Every agent tool goes through :func:`run_tool` so limits are enforced in one
+place instead of duplicated per tool.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from typing import Any, Awaitable, Callable
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ToolBudgetExceeded(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when a run has used its allotted number of tool calls."""
+
+
+class ToolTimeout(RuntimeError):
+    """Raised when a single tool call exceeds its timeout."""
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolBudget:
+    """Per-run tool-call budget, shared across every tool instance for a run."""
+
+    max_calls: int
+    calls_made: int = 0
+
+    def consume(self) -> None:
+        if self.calls_made >= self.max_calls:
+            raise ToolBudgetExceeded(
+                f"Tool-call budget exhausted ({self.max_calls} calls per run)."
+            )
+        self.calls_made += 1
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolContext:
+    """Tenant scope + limits threaded into every tool for one agent run."""
+
+    scope: Any  # ChatCompanyScope — kept loosely typed to avoid import cycles
+    budget: ToolBudget
+    timeout_seconds: float = 20.0
+    output_max_chars: int = 8000
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_settings(cls, scope: Any, budget: ToolBudget | None = None) -> "ToolContext":
+        max_calls = int(getattr(settings, "AGENT_MAX_TOOL_CALLS_PER_RUN", 40) or 40)
+        return cls(
+            scope=scope,
+            budget=budget or ToolBudget(max_calls=max_calls),
+            timeout_seconds=float(
+                getattr(settings, "AGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 20.0) or 20.0
+            ),
+            output_max_chars=int(
+                getattr(settings, "AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS", 8000) or 8000
+            ),
+        )
+
+
+def truncate_output(text: str, max_chars: int) -> str:
+    if text is None:
+        return ""
+    text = str(text)
+    if len(text) <= max_chars:
+        return text
+    return text[:max_chars] + f"\n… [truncated to {max_chars} chars]"
+
+
+async def run_tool(
+    ctx: ToolContext,
+    name: str,
+    coro_fn: Callable[..., Awaitable[str]],
+    *args: Any,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> str:
+    """Enforce budget + timeout + output cap around one tool invocation."""
+    ctx.budget.consume()
+    try:
+        result = await asyncio.wait_for(
+            coro_fn(*args, **kwargs), timeout=ctx.timeout_seconds
+        )
+    except asyncio.TimeoutError as exc:
+        raise ToolTimeout(
+            f"Tool {name!r} timed out after {ctx.timeout_seconds}s"
+        ) from exc
+    return truncate_output(result, ctx.output_max_chars)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/data_analysis.py

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+"""analyse_dataframe / make_plot tools — wrap AsyncDataAnalysisService (#63).
+
+Tenant-scoped the same way as ``documents.py``: the caller passes a resolved
+``workspace`` and we only ever read a ``Document`` that belongs to it.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import logging
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _infer_file_type(name: str) -> str:
+    name = (name or "").lower()
+    if name.endswith(".csv"):
+        return "csv"
+    if name.endswith((".xlsx", ".xls")):
+        return "xlsx"
+    if name.endswith(".docx"):
+        return "docx"
+    if name.endswith(".pdf"):
+        return "pdf"
+    return "txt"
+
+
+async def _load_document_bytes(workspace, document_id: int):
+    from chat_backend.models import Document
+
+    doc = await sync_to_async(
+        Document.objects.filter(id=document_id, workspace=workspace).first
+    )()
+    if doc is None:
+        raise PermissionError(
+            f"Document {document_id} was not found in your workspace."
+        )
+    file_bytes = await sync_to_async(lambda: doc.file.read())()
+    return file_bytes, _infer_file_type(doc.file.name)
+
+
+async def analyse_dataframe(workspace, document_id: int, query: str) -> str:
+    """Run the existing data-analysis LLM chain against a workspace document."""
+    from chat_backend.services.data_analysis_service import AsyncDataAnalysisService
+
+    if not query or not query.strip():
+        raise ValueError("query is required")
+    file_bytes, file_type = await _load_document_bytes(workspace, document_id)
+    service = AsyncDataAnalysisService()
+    parts: list[str] = []
+    async for chunk in service.generate_response(query, file_bytes, file_type):
+        # The service can yield a JSON {"type": "plot"|"error", ...} sentinel
+        # instead of narrative text — surface it as a short note rather than
+        # a raw base64 blob in the tool transcript (use make_plot for plots).
+        try:
+            payload = json.loads(chunk)
+        except (TypeError, ValueError):
+            parts.append(chunk)
+            continue
+        if isinstance(payload, dict) and payload.get("type") == "plot":
+            parts.append(
+                "[A plot was generated — call the make_plot tool to produce "
+                "it directly instead of narrative analysis.]"
+            )
+        elif isinstance(payload, dict) and payload.get("type") == "error":
+            parts.append(f"Error: {payload.get('content', 'analysis failed')}")
+        else:
+            parts.append(chunk)
+    return "".join(parts) or "No analysis produced."
+
+
+async def make_plot(workspace, document_id: int, query: str) -> str:
+    """Generate a scatter plot for a workspace document.
+
+    Returns a data URI note rather than embedding the full base64 image in
+    the tool transcript (keeps agent step logs small); the image itself is
+    stubbed out of the text tool-call loop for #63 — the existing upload-a-
+    file chat flow (``AsyncDataAnalysisService``) remains the supported path
+    for actually viewing a rendered chart.
+    """
+    import pandas as pd
+    import io
+
+    file_bytes, file_type = await _load_document_bytes(workspace, document_id)
+    try:
+        if file_type == "csv":
+            df = await sync_to_async(pd.read_csv, thread_sensitive=False)(
+                io.BytesIO(file_bytes)
+            )
+        elif file_type == "xlsx":
+            df = await sync_to_async(pd.read_excel, thread_sensitive=False)(
+                io.BytesIO(file_bytes)
+            )
+        else:
+            return (
+                f"Cannot plot file type {file_type!r}; only CSV/XLSX are "
+                "supported for make_plot."
+            )
+    except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - defensive, pandas errors vary
+        return f"Could not parse document {document_id} for plotting: {exc}"
+
+    from chat_backend.services.data_analysis_service import AsyncDataAnalysisService
+
+    service = AsyncDataAnalysisService()
+    try:
+        image_b64 = await sync_to_async(
+            service._generate_plot, thread_sensitive=False
+        )(query, df)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        return str(exc)
+    return (
+        f"Plot generated ({len(image_b64)} base64 chars, PNG). Rendering "
+        "inline images from agent runs is not yet wired into the chat "
+        "transcript — describe the chart to the user in words instead."
+    )

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/documents.py

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+"""search_documents / read_document tools — tenant-scoped RAG access (#63).
+
+Both tools are bound to a single ``DocumentWorkspace`` resolved once via
+``resolve_chat_company_scope`` / ``get_workspace_for_scope`` (same stove-pipe
+pattern as the chat consumers) so a run can never read another tenant's
+documents, regardless of what ``document_id`` the model asks for.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+async def search_documents(workspace, query: str, k: int = 4) -> str:
+    """Semantic search over the caller's own workspace documents."""
+    from chat_backend.services.rag_services import AsyncRAGService
+
+    if not query or not query.strip():
+        raise ValueError("query is required")
+    service = AsyncRAGService()
+    docs = await service.search_documents(query, workspace, k=k)
+    if not docs:
+        return "No matching documents found in your workspace."
+    parts = []
+    for doc in docs:
+        meta = doc.metadata or {}
+        source = meta.get("source") or "unknown"
+        document_id = meta.get("document_id")
+        parts.append(f"[document_id={document_id}] {source}\n{doc.page_content}")
+    return "\n\n".join(parts)
+
+
+async def read_document(workspace, document_id: int) -> str:
+    """Return the indexed text content of one document, tenant-scoped."""
+    from chat_backend.models import Document
+    from chat_backend.services.rag_services import AsyncRAGService
+
+    doc = await sync_to_async(
+        Document.objects.filter(id=document_id, workspace=workspace).first
+    )()
+    if doc is None:
+        # Deliberately identical to "not found" — never confirm existence of
+        # a document in another tenant's workspace.
+        raise PermissionError(
+            f"Document {document_id} was not found in your workspace."
+        )
+
+    service = AsyncRAGService()
+    where = {"$and": [{"workspace_id": workspace.id}, {"document_id": document_id}]}
+    result = await sync_to_async(service.vector_store.get, thread_sensitive=False)(
+        where=where
+    )
+    chunks = (result or {}).get("documents") or []
+    if not chunks:
+        return "Document has no indexed content yet."
+    return "\n\n".join(chunks)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/fetch_url.py

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+"""fetch_url tool — SSRF-guarded HTTP GET + text extraction (#63).
+
+Rejects private/link-local/loopback/reserved/multicast addresses (including
+after DNS resolution, so ``http://attacker.example`` that resolves to
+``127.0.0.1`` is still blocked) and caps response size.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import ipaddress
+import logging
+import socket
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from django.conf import settings
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_ALLOWED_SCHEMES = {"http", "https"}
+# Cloud metadata endpoints — block explicitly even though 169.254/16 is
+# link-local (covered below); kept for defense-in-depth / clearer errors.
+_BLOCKED_HOSTS = {"metadata.google.internal", "metadata.internal"}
+
+
+class UnsafeUrlError(ValueError):
+    """Raised when a URL fails the SSRF guard."""
+
+
+def _is_disallowed_ip(ip_str: str) -> bool:
+    try:
+        ip = ipaddress.ip_address(ip_str)
+    except ValueError:
+        return True  # unparseable → fail closed
+    return (
+        ip.is_private
+        or ip.is_loopback
+        or ip.is_link_local
+        or ip.is_reserved
+        or ip.is_multicast
+        or ip.is_unspecified
+    )
+
+
+def validate_url(url: str) -> str:
+    """Raise :class:`UnsafeUrlError` unless ``url`` is safe to fetch. Returns hostname."""
+    if not url or not isinstance(url, str):
+        raise UnsafeUrlError("URL is required.")
+    parsed = urlparse(url.strip())
+    if parsed.scheme.lower() not in _ALLOWED_SCHEMES:
+        raise UnsafeUrlError(f"Unsupported scheme: {parsed.scheme!r}")
+    hostname = (parsed.hostname or "").lower()
+    if not hostname:
+        raise UnsafeUrlError("URL has no hostname.")
+    if hostname in _BLOCKED_HOSTS or hostname == "localhost":
+        raise UnsafeUrlError(f"Blocked host: {hostname}")
+
+    # Literal IP in the URL — validate directly.
+    try:
+        ipaddress.ip_address(hostname)
+        literal_ip = hostname
+    except ValueError:
+        literal_ip = None
+
+    if literal_ip is not None:
+        if _is_disallowed_ip(literal_ip):
+            raise UnsafeUrlError(f"Blocked IP literal: {literal_ip}")
+        return hostname
+
+    # Resolve DNS and check every returned address (defeats DNS rebinding to
+    # a public name that currently points at a private IP).
+    try:
+        infos = socket.getaddrinfo(hostname, None)
+    except socket.gaierror as exc:
+        raise UnsafeUrlError(f"Could not resolve host: {hostname}") from exc
+    resolved_ips = {info[4][0] for info in infos}
+    if not resolved_ips:
+        raise UnsafeUrlError(f"Could not resolve host: {hostname}")
+    for ip_str in resolved_ips:
+        if _is_disallowed_ip(ip_str):
+            raise UnsafeUrlError(
+                f"Host {hostname} resolves to a disallowed address: {ip_str}"
+            )
+    return hostname
+
+
+def _fetch_sync(url: str, *, max_bytes: int) -> str:
+    import requests
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+    validate_url(url)
+    response = requests.get(
+        url,
+        timeout=10,
+        headers={"User-Agent": "HesychiaAgent/1.0 (+tool:fetch_url)"},
+        stream=True,
+        allow_redirects=True,
+    )
+    response.raise_for_status()
+
+    # Re-validate the final URL — redirects could point somewhere unsafe.
+    if response.url != url:
+        validate_url(response.url)
+
+    content = bytearray()
+    for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=8192):
+        if not chunk:
+            continue
+        content.extend(chunk)
+        if len(content) > max_bytes:
+            break
+    response.close()
+
+    content_type = (response.headers.get("Content-Type") or "").lower()
+    body = bytes(content[:max_bytes])
+    if "html" in content_type or b"<html" in body[:1024].lower():
+        soup = BeautifulSoup(body, "html.parser")
+        for tag in soup(["script", "style", "noscript"]):
+            tag.decompose()
+        text = soup.get_text(separator="\n", strip=True)
+    else:
+        text = body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+    return text
+
+
+async def fetch_url(url: str) -> str:
+    """Fetch ``url`` and return extracted text. Raises :class:`UnsafeUrlError`."""
+    max_bytes = int(
+        getattr(settings, "AGENT_FETCH_URL_MAX_BYTES", 2 * 1024 * 1024)
+        or 2 * 1024 * 1024
+    )
+    return await sync_to_async(_fetch_sync, thread_sensitive=False)(
+        url, max_bytes=max_bytes
+    )

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/registry.py

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+"""Agent tool registry (#63) — catalog + LangChain tool construction.
+
+Two things live here:
+
+- ``TOOL_CATALOG``: static metadata (name/description/keywords) usable
+  offline (no Ollama/network) by the planner fallback heuristic and by
+  ``evals/tool_selection.yaml`` scoring.
+- ``build_agent_tools``: builds tenant-scoped, budget/timeout-wrapped
+  LangChain ``StructuredTool`` instances for one agent run, suitable for
+  ``ChatOllama.bind_tools``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+from chat_backend.services.tools.base import ToolContext, run_tool
+from chat_backend.services.tools.data_analysis import analyse_dataframe, make_plot
+from chat_backend.services.tools.documents import read_document, search_documents
+from chat_backend.services.tools.fetch_url import fetch_url
+from chat_backend.services.tools.web_search import web_search
+
+WEB_SEARCH = "web_search"
+FETCH_URL = "fetch_url"
+SEARCH_DOCUMENTS = "search_documents"
+READ_DOCUMENT = "read_document"
+ANALYSE_DATAFRAME = "analyse_dataframe"
+MAKE_PLOT = "make_plot"
+
+TOOL_NAMES = (
+    WEB_SEARCH,
+    FETCH_URL,
+    SEARCH_DOCUMENTS,
+    READ_DOCUMENT,
+    ANALYSE_DATAFRAME,
+    MAKE_PLOT,
+)
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ToolSpec:
+    name: str
+    description: str
+    keywords: tuple[str, ...] = field(default_factory=tuple)
+    requires_workspace: bool = False
+
+
+TOOL_CATALOG: dict[str, ToolSpec] = {
+    WEB_SEARCH: ToolSpec(
+        name=WEB_SEARCH,
+        description=(
+            "Search the public web for current information (news, prices, "
+            "people, events, anything time-sensitive or outside training data)."
+        ),
+        keywords=(
+            "latest",
+            "current",
+            "today",
+            "news",
+            "price",
+            "weather",
+            "who is",
+            "search",
+            "look up",
+            "recent",
+        ),
+    ),
+    FETCH_URL: ToolSpec(
+        name=FETCH_URL,
+        description=(
+            "Fetch and extract the text content of a specific URL "
+            "(use after web_search to read a promising result in full)."
+        ),
+        keywords=("http://", "https://", "this link", "this url", "that page", "fetch"),
+    ),
+    SEARCH_DOCUMENTS: ToolSpec(
+        name=SEARCH_DOCUMENTS,
+        description=(
+            "Semantic search over the user's own uploaded/synced documents "
+            "(Drive, uploads) — use for questions about 'my documents/files'."
+        ),
+        keywords=("my document", "my file", "uploaded", "drive", "our docs", "knowledge base"),
+        requires_workspace=True,
+    ),
+    READ_DOCUMENT: ToolSpec(
+        name=READ_DOCUMENT,
+        description="Read the full indexed text of one document by its document_id.",
+        keywords=("read the document", "full text", "open document"),
+        requires_workspace=True,
+    ),
+    ANALYSE_DATAFRAME: ToolSpec(
+        name=ANALYSE_DATAFRAME,
+        description=(
+            "Run statistical/narrative analysis over a tabular or text "
+            "document (CSV, XLSX, DOCX, PDF) already in the user's workspace."
+        ),
+        keywords=("analyse", "analyze", "spreadsheet", "csv", "dataset", "statistics"),
+        requires_workspace=True,
+    ),
+    MAKE_PLOT: ToolSpec(
+        name=MAKE_PLOT,
+        description="Generate a scatter plot from a CSV/XLSX document in the user's workspace.",
+        keywords=("plot", "chart", "graph", "visualize", "scatter"),
+        requires_workspace=True,
+    ),
+}
+
+
+def suggest_tools(query: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Offline keyword heuristic: which tools a query probably needs.
+
+    Used as the planner fallback when the orchestrator model is unavailable
+    or fails to parse, and by ``evals/tool_selection.yaml`` scoring.
+    """
+    text = (query or "").lower()
+    hits = [
+        spec.name
+        for spec in TOOL_CATALOG.values()
+        if any(keyword in text for keyword in spec.keywords)
+    ]
+    return hits
+
+
+def build_agent_tools(ctx: ToolContext, workspace=None) -> list:
+    """Build LangChain ``StructuredTool`` instances bound to ``ctx``/``workspace``.
+
+    Imported lazily inside the function body so importing this module (e.g.
+    from tests or the eval scorer) never requires ``langchain_core`` tool
+    machinery to be exercised unless a run actually builds tools.
+    """
+    from langchain_core.tools import StructuredTool
+    from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+
+    class WebSearchInput(BaseModel):
+        query: str = Field(description="Search query")
+        max_results: int = Field(default=5, description="Maximum results to return")
+
+    class FetchUrlInput(BaseModel):
+        url: str = Field(description="Absolute http(s) URL to fetch")
+
+    class SearchDocumentsInput(BaseModel):
+        query: str = Field(description="Semantic search query")
+        k: int = Field(default=4, description="Number of chunks to return")
+
+    class ReadDocumentInput(BaseModel):
+        document_id: int = Field(description="Document id from search_documents results")
+
+    class AnalyseDataframeInput(BaseModel):
+        document_id: int = Field(description="Document id to analyse")
+        query: str = Field(description="What to analyse / answer about the document")
+
+    class MakePlotInput(BaseModel):
+        document_id: int = Field(description="CSV/XLSX document id to plot")
+        query: str = Field(description="What columns/relationship to plot")
+
+    async def _web_search(query: str, max_results: int = 5) -> str:
+        return await run_tool(ctx, WEB_SEARCH, web_search, query, max_results)
+
+    async def _fetch_url(url: str) -> str:
+        return await run_tool(ctx, FETCH_URL, fetch_url, url)
+
+    tools = [
+        StructuredTool.from_function(
+            name=WEB_SEARCH,
+            description=TOOL_CATALOG[WEB_SEARCH].description,
+            args_schema=WebSearchInput,
+            coroutine=_web_search,
+        ),
+        StructuredTool.from_function(
+            name=FETCH_URL,
+            description=TOOL_CATALOG[FETCH_URL].description,
+            args_schema=FetchUrlInput,
+            coroutine=_fetch_url,
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    if workspace is not None:
+
+        async def _search_documents(query: str, k: int = 4) -> str:
+            return await run_tool(
+                ctx, SEARCH_DOCUMENTS, search_documents, workspace, query, k
+            )
+
+        async def _read_document(document_id: int) -> str:
+            return await run_tool(
+                ctx, READ_DOCUMENT, read_document, workspace, document_id
+            )
+
+        async def _analyse_dataframe(document_id: int, query: str) -> str:
+            return await run_tool(
+                ctx,
+                ANALYSE_DATAFRAME,
+                analyse_dataframe,
+                workspace,
+                document_id,
+                query,
+            )
+
+        async def _make_plot(document_id: int, query: str) -> str:
+            return await run_tool(
+                ctx, MAKE_PLOT, make_plot, workspace, document_id, query
+            )
+
+        tools.extend(
+            [
+                StructuredTool.from_function(
+                    name=SEARCH_DOCUMENTS,
+                    description=TOOL_CATALOG[SEARCH_DOCUMENTS].description,
+                    args_schema=SearchDocumentsInput,
+                    coroutine=_search_documents,
+                ),
+                StructuredTool.from_function(
+                    name=READ_DOCUMENT,
+                    description=TOOL_CATALOG[READ_DOCUMENT].description,
+                    args_schema=ReadDocumentInput,
+                    coroutine=_read_document,
+                ),
+                StructuredTool.from_function(
+                    name=ANALYSE_DATAFRAME,
+                    description=TOOL_CATALOG[ANALYSE_DATAFRAME].description,
+                    args_schema=AnalyseDataframeInput,
+                    coroutine=_analyse_dataframe,
+                ),
+                StructuredTool.from_function(
+                    name=MAKE_PLOT,
+                    description=TOOL_CATALOG[MAKE_PLOT].description,
+                    args_schema=MakePlotInput,
+                    coroutine=_make_plot,
+                ),
+            ]
+        )
+
+    return tools

llm_be/chat_backend/services/tools/web_search.py

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+"""web_search tool — reuses the #62 SearchProvider facade (SearxNG + DDGS failover)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
+from chat_backend.services.search import SearchUnavailable, search_and_rank
+
+
+def _format_results(results) -> str:
+    if not results:
+        return "No results found."
+    lines: list[str] = []
+    for i, result in enumerate(results, start=1):
+        lines.append(f"[{i}] {result.title}\n    {result.url}\n    {result.snippet}")
+    return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+async def web_search(query: str, max_results: int = 5) -> str:
+    """Search the web and return numbered title/url/snippet results."""
+    if not query or not query.strip():
+        raise ValueError("query is required")
+    try:
+        results = await sync_to_async(search_and_rank, thread_sensitive=False)(
+            [query], max_results=max_results
+        )
+    except SearchUnavailable as exc:
+        return f"Search unavailable: {exc}"
+    return _format_results(results)

llm_be/chat_backend/services/ws_frames.py

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+"""Versioned WebSocket frame envelopes (#62 citations, #96 status, #63 agent).
+
+Shape agreed across chat_backend and chat_web_app::
+
+    {"v": 1, "type": "<type>", "data": <payload>}
+
+Clients must ignore unknown ``type`` values so backend and frontend can
+deploy independently.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+FRAME_VERSION = 1
+
+# Status stages for live activity feedback (chat_web_app#96).
+STATUS_LABELS: dict[str, str] = {
+    "queued": "Getting started",
+    "moderating": "Checking your request",
+    "evaluating": "Evaluating the question",
+    "searching": "Searching the web",
+    "reading_sources": "Reading sources",
+    "retrieving_docs": "Searching your documents",
+    "analysing": "Analysing your file",
+    "refining": "Refining the answer",
+    "writing": "",  # tokens streaming — no label
+}
+
+# Agent progress frame types (chat_backend#63).
+AGENT_FRAME_TYPES = frozenset(
+    {
+        "run_started",
+        "plan_ready",
+        "step_started",
+        "step_completed",
+        "step_failed",
+        "run_completed",
+    }
+)
+
+
+def versioned_frame(frame_type: str, data: Any) -> dict:
+    """Build a versioned envelope."""
+    return {"v": FRAME_VERSION, "type": frame_type, "data": data}
+
+
+def status_frame(
+    stage: str,
+    *,
+    label: str | None = None,
+    detail: str | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Activity status frame for the typing-indicator replacement (#96)."""
+    resolved_label = label if label is not None else STATUS_LABELS.get(stage, stage)
+    payload: dict[str, Any] = {"stage": stage, "label": resolved_label}
+    if detail:
+        payload["detail"] = detail
+    return versioned_frame("status", payload)
+
+
+def citations_frame(citations: list[dict]) -> dict:
+    """Citations frame after END_OF_THE_STREAM (#62 / chat_web_app#98)."""
+    return versioned_frame("citations", citations)
+
+
+def agent_frame(frame_type: str, data: dict) -> dict:
+    """Agent run/step progress frame (#63)."""
+    if frame_type not in AGENT_FRAME_TYPES:
+        # Still emit — FE ignores unknown types; allow forward-compat names.
+        pass
+    return versioned_frame(frame_type, data)

llm_be/chat_backend/tests/test_agent_tools.py

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+"""Offline unit tests for agent tools + gate (#63)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TestCase, override_settings
+from unittest import mock
+
+from chat_backend.services.agent.decider import should_use_agent
+from chat_backend.services.agent.planner import heuristic_plan, parse_plan_json
+from chat_backend.services.tools.fetch_url import UnsafeUrlError, validate_url
+from chat_backend.services.tools.registry import TOOL_NAMES, suggest_tools
+from chat_backend.services.ws_frames import agent_frame
+from chat_backend.tests.factories import make_user, make_workspace
+
+
+class AgentGateTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    @override_settings(ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS=False)
+    def test_disabled_never_routes(self):
+        self.assertFalse(
+            should_use_agent(
+                "Research the top 5 competitors and compare pricing"
+            )
+        )
+
+    @override_settings(ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS=True)
+    def test_multi_step_routes(self):
+        self.assertTrue(
+            should_use_agent(
+                "Research the top 5 competitors to our product and compare pricing"
+            )
+        )
+
+    @override_settings(ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS=True)
+    def test_simple_chat_stays_off(self):
+        self.assertFalse(should_use_agent("hi"))
+        self.assertFalse(should_use_agent("Write a haiku about rain"))
+
+
+class PlannerTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_heuristic_plan_capped(self):
+        plan = heuristic_plan("Research the top 5 competitors and compare", max_steps=4)
+        self.assertLessEqual(len(plan), 4)
+        self.assertTrue(plan)
+
+    def test_parse_plan_json(self):
+        raw = '{"steps":[{"title":"Search","tool":"web_search","depends_on":[]}]}'
+        plan = parse_plan_json(raw)
+        self.assertEqual(plan[0]["tool"], "web_search")
+
+
+class FetchUrlSsrfTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_rejects_loopback(self):
+        for url in (
+            "http://127.0.0.1/secret",
+            "http://localhost/x",
+            "http://[::1]/",
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(url=url):
+                with self.assertRaises(UnsafeUrlError):
+                    validate_url(url)
+
+    def test_rejects_private(self):
+        for url in (
+            "http://10.0.0.1/",
+            "http://192.168.1.1/",
+            "http://172.16.0.1/",
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(url=url):
+                with self.assertRaises(UnsafeUrlError):
+                    validate_url(url)
+
+    def test_rejects_link_local_and_metadata(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(UnsafeUrlError):
+            validate_url("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data")
+        with self.assertRaises(UnsafeUrlError):
+            validate_url("http://metadata.google.internal/")
+
+
+class ToolCatalogTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_six_tools_registered(self):
+        self.assertEqual(len(TOOL_NAMES), 6)
+
+    def test_suggest_tools_web(self):
+        self.assertIn("web_search", suggest_tools("latest news today"))
+
+
+class AgentFrameTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_run_started_shape(self):
+        frame = agent_frame(
+            "run_started", {"run_id": 1, "status": "running", "title": "T"}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(frame["v"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(frame["type"], "run_started")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["run_id"], 1)
+
+
+class DocumentTenantIsolationTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_read_document_rejects_other_workspace(self):
+        from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
+        from chat_backend.services.tools.documents import read_document
+        from chat_backend.tests.factories import make_document
+
+        user_a = make_user(email="a-agent@example.com")
+        user_b = make_user(email="b-agent@example.com")
+        ws_a = make_workspace(user=user_a)
+        ws_b = make_workspace(user=user_b)
+        doc_b = make_document(ws_b)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
+            async_to_sync(read_document)(ws_a, doc_b.id)

llm_be/chat_backend/tests/test_evals.py

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+"""Unit tests for eval harness (#62 Phase 4)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from io import StringIO
+
+from django.core.management import call_command
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+
+from chat_backend.evals.grading import (
+    compute_self_consistency,
+    contains_all,
+    contains_any,
+    contains_forbidden,
+    detect_hedge_or_refuse,
+    grade_answer,
+    normalize_verdict,
+)
+from chat_backend.evals.suite import load_suite, validate_suite
+
+
+class SuiteLoadTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_suite_loads_with_minimum_questions(self):
+        suite = load_suite()
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(len(suite["questions"]), 40)
+
+    def test_all_categories_present(self):
+        suite = load_suite()
+        categories = {q["category"] for q in suite["questions"]}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            categories,
+            {
+                "post_cutoff",
+                "stable_fact",
+                "refuse_or_hedge",
+                "rag",
+                "multi_turn",
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_taylor_swift_question(self):
+        suite = load_suite()
+        ts = next(q for q in suite["questions"] if q["id"] == "ts_married")
+        self.assertEqual(ts["prompt"], "did Taylor Swift get married")
+        self.assertIn("Joe Alwyn", ts["must_not_contain_any"])
+
+
+class GradingHelpersTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_contains_any_and_all(self):
+        text = "Travis Kelce married at Madison Square Garden"
+        self.assertTrue(contains_any(text, ["Kelce", "Alwyn"]))
+        self.assertTrue(contains_all(text, ["Travis", "Garden"]))
+        self.assertFalse(contains_any(text, ["Joe Alwyn"]))
+
+    def test_contains_forbidden(self):
+        self.assertTrue(contains_forbidden("She married Joe Alwyn", ["Joe Alwyn"]))
+        self.assertFalse(contains_forbidden("She married Travis Kelce", ["Joe Alwyn"]))
+
+    def test_detect_hedge_or_refuse(self):
+        self.assertTrue(detect_hedge_or_refuse("I don't know the winning numbers."))
+        self.assertFalse(detect_hedge_or_refuse("Paris is the capital of France."))
+
+    def test_grade_answer_pass_and_fail(self):
+        question = {
+            "must_contain_any": ["Kelce"],
+            "must_contain_all": [],
+            "must_not_contain_any": ["Joe Alwyn"],
+            "expect_citations": True,
+            "expect_hedge_or_refuse": False,
+        }
+        good = grade_answer(
+            question,
+            "Reports say Taylor Swift married Travis Kelce [1].",
+            citations=[{"index": 1}],
+        )
+        self.assertTrue(good.passed)
+        self.assertFalse(good.hallucinated)
+
+        bad = grade_answer(
+            question,
+            "She married Joe Alwyn in 2023 [1].",
+            citations=[{"index": 1}],
+        )
+        self.assertFalse(bad.passed)
+        self.assertTrue(bad.hallucinated)
+
+    def test_grade_answer_expect_hedge(self):
+        question = {
+            "must_contain_any": [],
+            "must_contain_all": [],
+            "must_not_contain_any": ["the winning numbers are"],
+            "expect_citations": False,
+            "expect_hedge_or_refuse": True,
+        }
+        hedged = grade_answer(question, "I can't predict future lottery numbers.")
+        self.assertTrue(hedged.passed)
+        self.assertTrue(hedged.is_hedge_or_refuse)
+
+        confident = grade_answer(question, "The winning numbers are 1 2 3 4 5 6.")
+        self.assertFalse(confident.passed)
+
+    def test_normalize_verdict_and_self_consistency(self):
+        verdict_a = normalize_verdict(
+            passed=True,
+            hallucinated=False,
+            has_citations=True,
+            is_hedge=False,
+            expect_citations=True,
+            expect_hedge=False,
+        )
+        verdict_b = normalize_verdict(
+            passed=False,
+            hallucinated=True,
+            has_citations=False,
+            is_hedge=False,
+            expect_citations=True,
+            expect_hedge=False,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(compute_self_consistency([verdict_a, verdict_a, verdict_a]), 1.0)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            compute_self_consistency([verdict_a, verdict_b, verdict_a]), 2 / 3
+        )
+
+
+class RunEvalsCommandTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_dry_run_succeeds(self):
+        out = StringIO()
+        call_command("run_evals", dry_run=True, stdout=out)
+        self.assertIn("Dry/offline mode", out.getvalue())
+
+    def test_offline_succeeds(self):
+        out = StringIO()
+        call_command("run_evals", offline=True, stdout=out)
+        self.assertIn("suite structure validated", out.getvalue())
+
+    def test_validate_suite_rejects_small_suite(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            validate_suite({"questions": [{"id": "x", "category": "stable_fact", "prompt": "hi"}]})

llm_be/chat_backend/tests/test_ws_frames.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+"""Unit tests for versioned WS frames and status emission (#96 / #62 / #63)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+
+from chat_backend.services.ws_frames import (
+    STATUS_LABELS,
+    agent_frame,
+    citations_frame,
+    status_frame,
+    versioned_frame,
+)
+
+
+class WsFramesTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_status_frame_shape(self):
+        frame = status_frame("searching", detail="Taylor Swift wedding")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["v"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(frame["type"], "status")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["stage"], "searching")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["label"], STATUS_LABELS["searching"])
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["detail"], "Taylor Swift wedding")
+
+    def test_status_frame_unknown_stage_uses_label_or_stage(self):
+        frame = status_frame("custom_agent_step", label="Researching competitors")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["stage"], "custom_agent_step")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["label"], "Researching competitors")
+
+    def test_writing_stage_empty_default_label(self):
+        frame = status_frame("writing")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["label"], "")
+
+    def test_citations_frame_shape(self):
+        cites = [{"index": 1, "title": "T", "url": "https://x.test", "published_at": None}]
+        frame = citations_frame(cites)
+        self.assertEqual(frame, {"v": 1, "type": "citations", "data": cites})
+
+    def test_agent_frame_shape(self):
+        frame = agent_frame(
+            "run_started",
+            {"run_id": "abc", "status": "running", "title": "Research"},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(frame["v"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(frame["type"], "run_started")
+        self.assertEqual(frame["data"]["run_id"], "abc")
+
+    def test_versioned_frame_unknown_type_ok(self):
+        frame = versioned_frame("future_type", {"x": 1})
+        self.assertEqual(frame["type"], "future_type")

llm_be/chat_backend/urls.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from .views_drive import (
     DriveWebhookGoogleView,
     DriveWebhookMicrosoftView,
 )
+from .views_agent import AgentRunCancelView, AgentRunDetailView, AgentRunListView
 from rest_framework.routers import DefaultRouter
 
 
@@ -158,4 +159,16 @@ urlpatterns = [
         DriveWebhookMicrosoftView.as_view(),
         name="drive_webhook_microsoft",
     ),
+    # Agent runs (#63)
+    path("agent_runs/", AgentRunListView.as_view(), name="agent_runs"),
+    path(
+        "agent_runs/<int:run_id>/",
+        AgentRunDetailView.as_view(),
+        name="agent_run_detail",
+    ),
+    path(
+        "agent_runs/<int:run_id>/cancel/",
+        AgentRunCancelView.as_view(),
+        name="agent_run_cancel",
+    ),
 ]

llm_be/chat_backend/views_agent.py

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+"""REST API for AgentRun rehydration + cancel (#63)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from django.utils import timezone
+from rest_framework import serializers, status
+from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+from chat_backend.models import AgentRun, AgentStep
+
+
+class AgentStepSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = AgentStep
+        fields = (
+            "id",
+            "index",
+            "parent_step",
+            "title",
+            "status",
+            "is_subagent",
+            "tool_name",
+            "tool_input",
+            "tool_output",
+            "error",
+            "started_at",
+            "completed_at",
+            "created",
+        )
+
+
+class AgentRunSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    steps = AgentStepSerializer(many=True, read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = AgentRun
+        fields = (
+            "id",
+            "conversation",
+            "goal",
+            "title",
+            "status",
+            "plan",
+            "result",
+            "error",
+            "model_orchestrator",
+            "model_subagent",
+            "tool_call_count",
+            "iteration_count",
+            "cancel_requested",
+            "started_at",
+            "completed_at",
+            "created",
+            "steps",
+        )
+
+
+class AgentRunListView(APIView):
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        qs = (
+            AgentRun.objects.filter(user=request.user)
+            .prefetch_related("steps")
+            .order_by("-created")[:50]
+        )
+        return Response(AgentRunSerializer(qs, many=True).data)
+
+
+class AgentRunDetailView(APIView):
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+
+    def get(self, request, run_id: int):
+        try:
+            run = AgentRun.objects.prefetch_related("steps").get(
+                pk=run_id, user=request.user
+            )
+        except AgentRun.DoesNotExist:
+            return Response({"detail": "Not found."}, status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+        return Response(AgentRunSerializer(run).data)
+
+
+class AgentRunCancelView(APIView):
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+
+    def post(self, request, run_id: int):
+        try:
+            run = AgentRun.objects.get(pk=run_id, user=request.user)
+        except AgentRun.DoesNotExist:
+            return Response({"detail": "Not found."}, status=status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND)
+        if run.is_terminal:
+            return Response(AgentRunSerializer(run).data)
+        run.mark_cancelled()
+        return Response(AgentRunSerializer(run).data)

llm_be/llm_be/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .celery import celery_app
+
+__all__ = ("celery_app",)

llm_be/llm_be/celery.py

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+"""Celery app for durable agent-run background work (#63).
+
+Only used when ``CELERY_BROKER_URL``/``REDIS_URL`` is configured; otherwise
+``chat_backend.services.agent.tasks`` falls back to a daemon thread (mirrors
+the ``ImmediateBackend``-over-a-thread pattern already used by
+``drive_tasks.py`` for Drive sync). Importing this module must never require
+a broker connection — worker processes call ``celery_app.worker_main`` /
+``-A llm_be worker``, everything else just imports ``celery_app`` to get
+``@celery_app.task`` decorators registered.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "llm_be.settings")
+
+celery_app = Celery("llm_be")
+celery_app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
+celery_app.autodiscover_tasks()

llm_be/llm_be/settings.py

@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_THINKING = int(
 )
 OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_FAST = int(env("OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_FAST", "8192") or "8192")
 OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_UTILITY = int(env("OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_UTILITY", "4096") or "4096")
+# Agentic task execution roles (#63) — orchestrator plans/synthesises,
+# sub-agents run independent plan steps on a smaller/cheaper model.
+OLLAMA_MODEL_ORCHESTRATOR = env("OLLAMA_MODEL_ORCHESTRATOR", "") or OLLAMA_MODEL
+OLLAMA_MODEL_SUBAGENT = env("OLLAMA_MODEL_SUBAGENT", "") or OLLAMA_MODEL_UTILITY
+OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_ORCHESTRATOR = int(
+    env("OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_ORCHESTRATOR", "16384") or "16384"
+)
+OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_SUBAGENT = int(env("OLLAMA_NUM_CTX_SUBAGENT", "8192") or "8192")
 
 CHROMA_PERSIST_DIRECTORY = env(
     "CHROMA_PERSIST_DIRECTORY",
@@ -285,11 +293,28 @@ SIMPLE_JWT = {
     "TOKEN_TYPE_CLAIM": "token_type",
 }
 
-CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+# Redis (#63) — optional. When unset, channel layer stays in-memory (single
+# process; fine for dev/tests) and agent background work falls back to a
+# daemon thread instead of a durable Celery queue (see TASKS / celery.py).
+REDIS_URL = env("REDIS_URL", "") or ""
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = env("CELERY_BROKER_URL", "") or REDIS_URL
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = env("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND", "") or CELERY_BROKER_URL
+
+if REDIS_URL:
+    CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer",
+            "CONFIG": {
+                "hosts": [REDIS_URL],
+            },
+        },
+    }
+else:
+    CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
         "default": {
             "BACKEND": "channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer",
         },
-}
+    }
 
 EMAIL_HOST = env("EMAIL_HOST", "mail.smtp2go.com") or "mail.smtp2go.com"
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = env("EMAIL_HOST_USER", "") or ""
@@ -299,6 +324,11 @@ EMAIL_USE_TLS = env_bool("EMAIL_USE_TLS", True)
 
 # Django 6 Tasks: ImmediateBackend runs in-process (no worker yet). Swap BACKEND
 # to a durable queue + worker when SMTP should leave the request thread.
+# Drive sync / email keep using this (see drive_tasks.py / email_tasks.py).
+# Agent runs (#63) are heavier/longer, so they use Celery directly (see
+# llm_be/celery.py) when CELERY_BROKER_URL/REDIS_URL is configured; otherwise
+# chat_backend.services.agent.tasks falls back to a daemon thread, mirroring
+# the ImmediateBackend-over-a-thread pattern in drive_tasks.py.
 TASKS = {
     "default": {
         "BACKEND": "django.tasks.backends.immediate.ImmediateBackend",
@@ -328,6 +358,29 @@ SEARXNG_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = float(env("SEARXNG_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "8") or "8")
 # When True, chat turns require an active plan and respect prompt/token quotas.
 ENFORCE_SUBSCRIPTION_GATES = env_bool("ENFORCE_SUBSCRIPTION_GATES", True)
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Agentic task execution (#63) — long-running, multi-step tool-using turns.
+# Default OFF: with this false, chat behaves exactly as the always-on grounded
+# path (#62) — no planner, no tools, no AgentRun rows are created.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS = env_bool("ALLOW_AGENTIC_TASKS", False)
+AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS = int(env("AGENT_MAX_PLAN_STEPS", "8") or "8")
+AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS = int(env("AGENT_MAX_ITERATIONS", "12") or "12")
+AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS = int(env("AGENT_WALL_CLOCK_SECONDS", "600") or "600")
+AGENT_SUBAGENT_CONCURRENCY = int(env("AGENT_SUBAGENT_CONCURRENCY", "3") or "3")
+# Per-tool call budget/limits shared by services/tools.
+AGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = float(env("AGENT_TOOL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", "20") or "20")
+AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS = int(
+    env("AGENT_TOOL_OUTPUT_MAX_CHARS", "8000") or "8000"
+)
+AGENT_MAX_TOOL_CALLS_PER_RUN = int(
+    env("AGENT_MAX_TOOL_CALLS_PER_RUN", "40") or "40"
+)
+# fetch_url response size cap (bytes) — independent of the text-truncation cap.
+AGENT_FETCH_URL_MAX_BYTES = int(
+    env("AGENT_FETCH_URL_MAX_BYTES", str(2 * 1024 * 1024)) or str(2 * 1024 * 1024)
+)
+
 # Self-serve account registration (sign-up page). Default off — enable via
 # control-node secret (chat_backend_<env>.env) when ready for public sign-up.
 ENABLE_ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION = env_bool("ENABLE_ACCOUNT_REGISTRATION", False)

llm_be/monetization/models.py

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ class SubscriptionPlan(TimeInfoBase):
             return self.allows_image_generation
         if feature in ("rag", "document_rag"):
             return self.allows_rag
+        # Agentic multi-step runs (#63): same tier as RAG until a dedicated flag.
+        if feature in ("agentic", "agentic_tasks"):
+            return self.allows_rag
         return False
 
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0",
     "pytz==2025.2",
     "stripe>=12.0.0,<14.0.0",
+    # Agentic task execution (#63): Redis-backed channel layer for multi-worker
+    # progress fan-out, plus Celery for durable long-running agent runs.
+    "channels-redis==4.3.0",
+    "redis==6.4.0",
+    "celery==5.5.3",
 ]
 
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+    { name = "click-didyoumean" },
+    { name = "click-plugins" },
+    { name = "click-repl" },
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@@ -629,7 +684,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
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     { name = "beautifulsoup4" },
+    { name = "celery" },
     { name = "channels" },
+    { name = "channels-redis" },
     { name = "chromadb" },
     { name = "daphne" },
     { name = "ddgs" },
@@ -661,6 +718,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "python-dateutil" },
     { name = "python-docx" },
     { name = "pytz" },
+    { name = "redis" },
     { name = "requests" },
     { name = "stripe" },
     { name = "unstructured", extra = ["xlsx"] },
@@ -677,7 +735,9 @@ dev = [
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+    { name = "celery", specifier = "==5.5.3" },
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