* ci: run the architect continuously as the founder lens
Make the architect a continuous overseer (hourly at :59, just before the :29
increment) instead of an every-few-days check-in. Each run it tracks live state
(what merged, what's in flight), keeps the roadmap priorities live, and judges
cohesion across harness/framework/dev-UX plus missing pieces and realignment —
re-ranking internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md to match reality. It only opens a PR when
the ranking actually changes (otherwise it just posts an assessment and closes
its issue), to avoid churn.
* thesis: lead the North Star with the mission, grounded in the canon
Instill the years of context the loop was missing: the vision lives in the
corpus (blog, README, website), not a single doc. Lead THESIS.md with an
explicit Mission — "what problem we solve" (make building an agent as easy as
building a service, on one runtime, because an agent is a distributed system),
distilled from the corpus — and name the blog/README/website as the canon the
North Star is a distillation of and must stay faithful to. Wire the architect to
judge every priority against the mission and re-derive alignment from the canon,
flagging drift in either direction (work vs mission, or thesis vs the blog).
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The architect now prioritizes the roadmap + an internal scan into a single
ranked, issue-linked queue in internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md (re-ranked each run),
and the hourly increment loop works the top open item from that queue instead
of independently guessing each hour — falling back to its own judgment only
when the queue is empty. So work is roadmap-driven by default and the human can
redirect by reordering the file or its issues.
- New internal/docs/PRIORITIES.md (seeded from the roadmap + open issues).
- architecture-review.yml: architect owns/re-ranks PRIORITIES.md and keeps each
top item backed by a scoped issue.
- continuous-improvement.yml: pick the top open queue item; close both the
priority issue and the run tracker.
- CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md: document the architect → queue → increment pipeline.
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The hourly loop ships increments but nothing watches the whole. Add two
periodic high-altitude passes, same dispatch mechanism (fresh issue → @codex):
- devrel-review.yml (daily): audits README, website, docs, blog for coherence
with the North Star, README crispness, and blog-worthy material. Safe
alignment/crispness fixes auto-merge; brand/positioning copy and blog drafts
are surfaced in a report for the human, never auto-merged.
- architecture-review.yml (every ~3 days): reviews the framework/harness against
the thesis and files scoped follow-up issues that feed the increment loop. It
does not make breaking/architectural changes itself.
Documented both in CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md (Overseer passes).
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CmdEY7pYmV5zzwCjNJ4ykL
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* ci: self-merge Codex PRs via native auto-merge; retire the sweep
With branch protection + "Allow auto-merge" now enabled on master, Codex
enables GitHub auto-merge on its own PR (gh pr merge --squash --auto) right
after opening it, so the PR lands the moment the required CI checks pass —
no polling sweep, and the green-CI gate is enforced by GitHub instead of by
gh pr checks in a cron. Removes auto-merge-codex.yml and updates the dispatch
and AGENTS.md accordingly.
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CmdEY7pYmV5zzwCjNJ4ykL
* docs: document the durable loop mechanics (stub→gh, branch, auto-merge)
Capture the hard-won wiring of the autonomous loop so it isn't re-derived:
fresh issue per increment, user-PAT dispatch (Codex ignores the bot), Codex
opening the PR via gh (make_pr is a no-op stub), unique codex/ branch + label,
and native auto-merge gated by branch protection with 0 approvals. Adds a
"do-not-break" list (don't re-add approvals, don't reuse one tracker issue,
don't use make_pr, don't re-implement during the summary→PR lag).
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CmdEY7pYmV5zzwCjNJ4ykL
* website: rename section to "Features"; trim subtitle
Rename the feature-grid heading from "The Runtime Around the Agent" to
"Features", and drop "once they leave the demo." from the subtitle.
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Add a 'Where we fit' section: 'harness' has two layers — the intra-agent
harness (single-model runtime: prompts, tools, context, sandbox, the Ralph
loop) that LangChain/LangGraph/deepagents/Claude Code own and we do NOT
compete with, and the operational harness (the distributed substrate agents
operate inside: services-as-tools, discovery, durable runs, observability,
interop, the services->agents->workflows lifecycle) which is our focus. They
stack and interoperate via MCP/A2A; we make those agents better neighbours,
not obsolete.
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Add internal/docs/THESIS.md — the vision the autonomous loop steers by: a
holistic agent harness AND service framework encapsulating the lifecycle of
services -> agents -> workflows (workloads come after agents; the value is in
composing it into systems that do real work, on schedules and in loops).
Wire it in as the alignment criterion: the continuous-improvement charter and
the Codex dispatch prompt now require every increment to advance the North Star,
so improvements compound toward the thesis instead of drifting locally.
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Define the autonomous improvement loop (internal/docs/CONTINUOUS_IMPROVEMENT.md):
full autonomy with correctness (build/test/lint) as the only gate, work sourced
from roadmap + issues + an improvement radar + dogfooding, Claude Code driving
and Codex executing scoped tasks, with brand/positioning and breaking API kept
with the human.
Add a durable scheduled GitHub Action (.github/workflows/continuous-improvement.yml)
as the session-independent backbone — a safe no-op until an ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
secret is added.
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Replace the drifted, contradictory roadmap set (two public roadmaps, the
AI-native-era business-model doc, stale status snapshots) with one
canonical roadmap focused on agentic development and developer experience.
- internal/website/docs/roadmap.md — the single source of truth: where we
are (v6), the principles (build into what people run; CLI-first; the
0->1 and 0->hero getting-started contract; interaction; battle-tested),
and prioritized work (cross-provider conformance + resilience now;
durable agent loop, streaming, observability next).
- ROADMAP.md — concise, points to the canonical.
- roadmap-2026 + the internal ROADMAP_2026/STATUS docs — collapsed to
pointers (keeps blog/CLAUDE links alive, removes drift).
- CLAUDE.md — references the single roadmap + CHANGELOG for status.
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* test(harness): read agent plan from the scoped store
The store-scoping change moved an agent's plan from the default table
key agent/{name}/plan to its own table (database "agent", table {name},
key "plan"). The plan-delegate harness tests still read the old key and
failed with 'not found'; read through store.Scope(mem, "agent", name)
like the agent does.
* docs: orient agents-first across README, landing, and docs overview
Lead with agents (then services and flows), surface MCP + A2A as the
interop story, and frame agents as services. Landing hero and feature
grid reordered agents-first with an A2A gateway card.
* v6: module path go-micro.dev/v6, TLS secure by default, NewService
Cut v6. Three breaking changes, bundled so the major bump is paid once:
- Module path go-micro.dev/v5 -> go-micro.dev/v6 across all imports + go.mod.
- TLS verification on by default (was off). MICRO_TLS_SECURE removed;
MICRO_TLS_INSECURE=true opts out for self-signed/dev.
- micro.NewService(name, opts...) is the canonical service constructor,
symmetric with NewAgent/NewFlow; micro.New kept as a deprecated alias;
the old name-less NewService(opts...) removed. Generators emit NewService.
Also ports the JWT auth token provider in-module (go-micro.dev/v6/auth/jwt/token
on golang-jwt/jwt/v5), dropping the v5-pinned github.com/micro/plugins/v5/auth/jwt
and the deprecated dgrijalva/jwt-go.
Docs/README/landing updated to v6 and @latest; v5->v6 migration guide added;
CHANGELOG cut as [6.0.0]. Blog posts left at their historical versions.
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* feat(a2a): Agent2Agent protocol gateway
Add gateway/a2a — exposes registered agents over the open A2A protocol so
agents on other frameworks can discover and call them. Agent Cards are
generated from registry metadata (the same way the MCP gateway derives
tools from service endpoints); incoming A2A tasks translate to the
agent's existing Agent.Chat RPC, so there's no per-agent code.
v1 is the synchronous JSON-RPC binding: message/send returns a completed
Task, tasks/get retrieves it, and Agent Cards are served for discovery;
streaming and push notifications are advertised as unsupported. Run with
'micro a2a serve' (cmd/micro/a2a). Tests cover card generation,
message/send, tasks/get, listing, and unknown-method errors.
* docs: A2A guide, README contents + A2A section, universe A2A check
- Add a Contents table of contents at the top of the README and an A2A
subsection under Building Agents.
- Add the Agent2Agent (A2A) guide and register it in the docs nav.
- Exercise the A2A gateway in the universe harness: the concierge agent
is reached over A2A (message/send -> Agent.Chat -> completed task).
* feat(a2a): outbound client — call external A2A agents
Add a2a.Client (Send/Card) so a Go Micro agent or flow can call an agent
on any framework by URL — the outbound counterpart to the gateway. Wired
in two places: flow.A2A(url) as a workflow step (the cross-framework
Dispatch), and agent delegate to an http(s) URL routes over A2A. The
universe harness now drives the gateway through the client, exercising
both directions. Tests cover client send/card and the round trip.
* docs: A2A both-directions — guide, README, changelog, blog #26
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* docs: design note for flow steps + Checkpoint durable execution
* docs: fold in durable-execution decisions (State struct, single Step, run retention, retry)
* docs: rename State.Payload to State.Data
* feat(flow): ordered steps + Checkpoint durable execution
A flow can now be an ordered list of steps (a task with stages) instead
of a single LLM turn. State carries typed Data plus a Stage marker; each
step is checkpointed before and after via a pluggable Checkpoint
(store-backed by default), so a run survives a crash and resumes where it
stopped without re-running completed steps. Flow-level Retry with a
per-step override; runs retained for audit unless DeleteOnSuccess.
Step actions: Call (RPC), LLM (augmented turn), Dispatch (to an agent),
or any StepFunc. Single-step and agent-dispatch flows are unchanged.
* feat(flow): top-level re-exports + durable flow example
Expose the step/checkpoint API from the micro package (FlowSteps,
FlowStep, FlowState, FlowRetry, FlowWithCheckpoint, FlowCall/LLM/Dispatch,
Checkpoint, StoreCheckpoint) and add a runnable, key-free example
demonstrating crash + resume.
* docs: document durable flow steps (guide, README, CLI help)
* docs: blog post + changelog for durable workflows
* fix(flow): scope checkpoint keys by flow name (flow/{name}/runs/{id})
Run keys were flow/runs/{id} — a single global keyspace shared by every
flow on the default store. Namespace them by flow name so each flow's
state is kept apart. StoreCheckpoint now takes a scope argument (the flow
passes its name by default).
* feat(store): Scope handle; scope agent and flow state by name
Add store.Scope(s, database, table) — a store handle that confines every
operation to a database/table without mutating the shared store, so
co-located components don't clobber each other's table (the failure mode
of the global Init(Table(...)) approach).
Use it to keep each agent's memory and plan in its own table
(agent/{name}) and each flow's runs in its own (flow/{name}), instead of
one global table partitioned only by key prefix. Services already scope
by service name.
* feat: consistent state model — service store scoping, flow registry, list/history CLI
- service: scope store via store.Scope (database service / table name),
retiring the Init(store.Table(name)) global-mutation hack; bridge the
default store so handlers using store.DefaultStore stay isolated.
- flow: register in the registry as type=flow while running (with trigger
and step count), deregister on Stop. Live discovery, like agents.
- cli: micro flow list (registry), micro flow runs <name> (durable store),
micro agent history <name> (durable store). list = running, runs/history
= durable, mirroring the service model.
* test: mini-universe end-to-end harness + scheduled GitHub Action
internal/harness/universe boots a small but real go-micro world — four
services, a durable checkout flow that crashes at payment and resumes,
and a guardrailed agent with a tool wrapper reached over RPC — drives the
scenario, asserts the end state (10 checks), and shuts down. Everything
is real except the LLM (mocked), so it's deterministic and needs no key;
-provider anthropic runs it live. Exits non-zero on failure, so it's an
end-to-end test, not just a demo.
Adds .github/workflows/universe.yml (push/PR/daily/dispatch) running the
universe + existing harnesses on the mock provider, plus an opt-in job
that runs live when ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set. 'make harness' runs them
locally.
* ci: run the live universe job against AtlasCloud (ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY)
* ci: run the live universe job only on schedule or manual dispatch
The deterministic mock job still runs on push/PR/daily; the live
(AtlasCloud) job runs daily and on manual workflow_dispatch only, so
changes don't burn API credits on every PR but can still be checked
against a real model on demand.
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Restructure ai.ToolHandler to the structured, ctx-carrying shape that
mirrors a go-micro RPC handler:
func(ctx context.Context, call ai.ToolCall) ai.ToolResult
This reuses the existing ToolCall (with its correlation ID) and
ToolResult types instead of the flat (name, input)->(any, string)
signature, and adds ToolCall.Scan for typed argument access.
Add ai.ToolWrapper and the agent option WrapTool / micro.AgentWrapTool —
the tool-side analogue of client.CallWrapper and server.HandlerWrapper.
Reframe the built-in guardrails (MaxSteps, LoopLimit, ApproveTool) as
composed wrappers around a base handler; developer wrappers compose
outermost, so they observe every call and result, including refusals.
Update all provider call sites, the MCP server and chat handlers, the
integration harnesses, and docs to the new signature.
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Add LoopLimit: refuse a tool call repeated with identical arguments in
one Ask, with a self-heal message so the model changes approach. Catches
the no-progress loop that MaxSteps (count) and the gateway circuit
breaker (failures) miss. Enforced at the same tool-handler choke point as
MaxSteps/ApproveTool; on by default (lenient 3); AgentLoopLimit(0) to
disable. Tests cover repeats, distinct calls, disabled, and default-on.
Docs: new Agent Guardrails guide (MaxSteps/LoopLimit/ApproveTool, the
ApproveTool integration seam for external policy engines, and the
gateway's RateLimit/CircuitBreaker), nav + README + AGENT_DESIGN updates,
and blog/23 'Agent Guardrails'.
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* docs: add 'become a sponsor' call-to-action linking to Discord
Now that there are a couple of sponsors, invite more: a short CTA under
the Sponsors section in the README and on the landing page, pointing to
the Discord to get in touch.
* fix(health): remove duplicate RegistryCheck declaration
Two PRs (#2957 and #2958) each added a RegistryCheck to the health
package, leaving the package uncompilable on master (RegistryCheck
redeclared: health/registry.go vs health/health.go). Keep the
health.go implementation — it honors the check's context timeout so a
hung registry (e.g. an unreachable etcd) reports down instead of
blocking the probe — and remove the duplicate registry.go and its test.
registry_check_test.go already covers healthy/down/nil/timeout/not-ready.
* feat(agent): pluggable memory and custom tools
Make agents compose the way services do — pluggable pieces with working
defaults — by adding the two abstractions an agent needs beyond the model:
- Memory: a pluggable interface for conversation memory. The default is
store-backed and durable across restarts (the previous hardcoded
behavior, now behind an interface); supply your own with WithMemory
(in-memory, database, semantic store). NewMemory / NewInMemory provided.
- Custom tools: WithTool registers any function as a tool the agent can
call, so agents are no longer limited to orchestrating RPC services.
Both exposed at the micro package (AgentMemory, AgentTool, NewMemory,
NewInMemory). Behavior-preserving refactor of the agent's history into
the default Memory; tests cover persistence, in-memory, clear, custom
tool dispatch and errors. README + AGENT_DESIGN document the pluggable
composition (model / memory / tools / guardrails).
* blog: 'Doubling Down on Agents' (#20)
The vision post for making agents a first-class framework the way
services were: opinionated, batteries-included, pluggable. Frames an
agent as a composition of model + memory + tools + guardrails with
working defaults; introduces the new pluggable memory and custom tools;
makes the microagents argument (an agent for everything, distributed
like microservices); and lays out the three primitives — services,
agents, workflows — as one substrate, with an honest list of the gaps
still to fill (knowledge/retrieval, streaming, explicit loop).
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* feat: add plan and delegate as built-in agent tools
Give agents two self-capabilities, expressed as plain tools wired into
the existing tool handler — no harness or graph, consistent with
"services are the only abstraction":
- plan: record/update an ordered plan, persisted to store-backed memory
and surfaced in the system prompt on later turns (externalized
planning).
- delegate: hand a self-contained subtask to another agent.
Delegate-first — if the target names a registered agent it is called
via RPC; otherwise a focused ephemeral sub-agent is created with
agent.New + Ask in a fresh, isolated context (loads/persists no
history, no built-in tools, so it cannot re-delegate).
Both are added automatically to any non-ephemeral agent, so existing
micro.NewAgent services and micro chat routing get them for free.
Tests are hermetic (memory store + memory registry).
* feat: add agent-plan-delegate example and document plan/delegate
- examples/agent-plan-delegate: coordinator that plans multi-step work,
creates tasks with its own tools, and delegates notification to a
separate registered comms agent over RPC.
- integration tests driving the full Ask loop through a fake provider:
plan tool exposure + persistence, ephemeral delegation with isolated
context, delegate-first RPC routing to a registered agent.
- docs: README (Building Agents + features + examples), AGENT_DESIGN
(Built-in Capabilities), agent-patterns guide (Pattern 9), CLAUDE.md.
* docs: blog post and guide for plan & delegate
- blog/17: "Plan & Delegate: Deep Agents in Go" — what the feature is,
how plan and delegate work, and a runnable getting-started path.
- guides/plan-delegate: reference guide with the smallest-agent snippet,
plan/delegate semantics, and the multi-agent example; linked in nav.
- example: auto-detect provider/key from common env vars (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY,
OPENAI_API_KEY, ...) so 'export KEY && go run main.go' just works.
- onboarding: getting-started paths now include go mod init / go get and a
clone-and-run path, so a reader can actually run it from a cold start.
* refactor: reframe plan/delegate blog and clean up sub-agent construction
- blog/17 retitled "Agents That Plan and Delegate" and reframed around
intent (plan = state intent, delegate = direct it), positioned as the
next beat after blog 15/16 and tied to the existing store + agent RPC
rather than re-announcing them. "Deep agents" now a single in-passing
nod, matching how blog 14 references LangChain.
- agent: add unexported newEphemeral constructor for sub-agents instead
of type-asserting the public Agent interface to set an internal field;
matches the options-only construction idiom used elsewhere.
* feat: expose plan & delegate in the micro chat fallback
Add agent.Builtins(opts...) — returns the built-in tools plus a handler,
so the plan/delegate capabilities can be wired into a tool loop that
isn't a running Agent. micro chat's direct-service fallback now reuses
it (single source of truth, no duplicated handler logic), so planning
and delegation are available there too, not just for registered agents.
Adds a test for the accessor; notes CLI availability in the guide.
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* docs: update blog posts 15 and 16 to reflect RPC-based agents
Blog 15: replaced broker-based agent communication with RPC —
agents are services, they communicate via standard RPC, no pub/sub
hacks. Updated the framework mapping section.
Blog 16: added proto definition, micro call example, and explanation
that agents are real services with proto-defined endpoints. Updated
Ask() method name.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* docs: update agent design doc and blog posts for RPC-based agents
Rewrote AGENT_DESIGN.md — agents are services with proto-defined
Agent.Chat endpoints, communicate via RPC, no broker dependency.
Includes proto definition, CLI examples, generation output.
Blog 15: replaced broker references with RPC.
Blog 16: added proto definition and micro call example.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* docs: purge all stale broker-based agent references
Updated across all surfaces:
- README: agents described as services with RPC, Ask() not Chat(),
micro call example instead of micro agent chat
- Blog 15: replaced broker communication with RPC description
- Blog 16: replaced "coordinate through the broker" with RPC
- Getting started: agent is a service with proto endpoint, Ask()
not Chat(), added micro flow CLI commands (run/exec), expanded
CLI workflow table
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
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* docs: Agent interface design sketch
Proposes Agent as a top-level abstraction alongside Service in the
micro package. Agent manages services — scoped tools, system prompt,
conversation memory, registry-discoverable.
Design only, no implementation.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: Agent as a first-class abstraction
Introduce micro.NewAgent() alongside micro.New() — Agent is to
intelligence what Service is to capability.
Agent interface:
- Chat(ctx, message) (*Response, error) — core interaction method
- Run() — registers in registry, subscribes to broker, blocks
- Stop() — graceful shutdown
- Scoped tools — only sees endpoints of its assigned services
- Persistent memory — conversation history stored in store
- Agent-to-agent — communication via broker topics
Top-level API:
agent := micro.NewAgent("task-mgr",
micro.AgentServices("task"),
micro.AgentPrompt("You manage tasks."),
micro.AgentProvider("anthropic"),
)
agent.Run()
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: wire agents into chat router, add micro agent CLI, expose Flow
Three top-level abstractions:
micro.New("task") — Service (capability)
micro.NewAgent("task-mgr") — Agent (intelligence)
micro.NewFlow("onboard-user") — Flow (event-driven orchestration)
micro chat as router:
- Discovers agents from registry on startup
- Single agent: routes directly
- Multiple agents: LLM classifies intent, dispatches to right agent
via route_to_agent tool
- No agents: falls back to current direct-service behaviour
- Banner shows discovered agents
micro agent CLI:
- micro agent list — shows registered agents and their services
- micro agent describe <name> — shows agent details from registry
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: move flow to top level, update docs for three abstractions
Package structure now consistent:
service/ — Service (capability)
agent/ — Agent (intelligence)
flow/ — Flow (event-driven orchestration)
ai/flow/ kept as backward-compatible re-export.
Updated across all surfaces:
- CLAUDE.md: added agent/ and flow/ to project structure
- README: added "Building Agents" section with NewAgent() examples,
updated features table (Agents, Flows, Chat router), CLI table
(agent list, agent describe), docs links
- Website: features grid shows Services, Agents, Flows as the three
pillars alongside generation, MCP, and pluggable architecture
- micro.go: Flow imported from top-level flow/ package
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* docs: rewrite getting-started, fix ai-integration import paths
Getting started now covers all three abstractions:
- Service (write handlers, micro run, templates)
- Agent (micro.NewAgent, scoped tools, memory, CLI)
- Flow (event-driven LLM orchestration)
Leads with prompt-based generation, then manual service creation.
ai-integration.md: fixed flow import path from go-micro.dev/v5/ai/flow
to go-micro.dev/v5/flow, updated stack diagram to show agent/flow/chat.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* blog: Introducing micro.NewAgent()
Post 16 — announces Agent as a first-class abstraction. Shows the
API (NewAgent, AgentServices, AgentPrompt, AgentProvider), scoped
tools, persistent memory, multi-service agents, multi-agent systems,
and the three-abstraction comparison table (Service/Agent/Flow).
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: fix agent registration, blog post 16
Agent registration:
- Add node with address so mDNS can discover agents
- Store type and services in node metadata (mDNS requirement)
- Connect broker before subscribing, non-fatal if broker unavailable
- Print registration confirmation on Run()
Agent/chat discovery:
- Check both service-level and node-level metadata for type=agent
(mDNS stores metadata on nodes, not services)
Blog post 16: "Introducing micro.NewAgent()" — announces the Agent
abstraction with code examples, comparison table, multi-agent patterns.
Tested end-to-end: micro run → micro agent list discovers the agent →
micro chat routes to it → agent calls service endpoints.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: agents are proper services with RPC Chat endpoint
Refactored agent to use server.Server instead of fake registry entries.
An agent now:
- Creates a real RPC server with server.Name(agentName)
- Registers an Agent.Chat handler callable via standard RPC
- Sets server metadata type=agent, services=x,y for discovery
- No more fake addresses or broker hacks
micro chat calls agents via RPC (client.Call) instead of creating
local agent instances. The registry stays clean — agents are real
services with real endpoints.
Removed broker dependency from agent options. Agent-to-agent
communication is just RPC like everything else.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: agent uses proto-defined RPC interface
Added agent/proto/agent.proto with Agent service definition:
rpc Chat(ChatRequest) returns (ChatResponse)
Agent now implements the generated AgentHandler interface and
registers via pb.RegisterAgentHandler. The Chat endpoint is a
standard proto-based RPC callable by any go-micro client.
Renamed the programmatic API from Chat() to Ask() to avoid
collision with the proto handler method name.
micro chat calls agents via standard RPC with JSON-encoded
request/response — no special types needed on the caller side.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
* feat: generate agent alongside services, update all docs
micro run --prompt now generates an agent binary that manages all
the generated services. The agent reads MICRO_AI_PROVIDER and
MICRO_AI_API_KEY from the environment. micro run propagates these
when started with --prompt.
Run banner shows services and agents separately.
Updated README, getting-started guide, and landing page to show
the complete flow: generate → services + agent start → micro chat
routes to agent → agent orchestrates services.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01QTp4SshuVmLAvvEGJe4TJd
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* feat: add agent platform showcase and blog post
Add a complete platform example (Users, Posts, Comments, Mail) that
mirrors micro/blog, demonstrating how existing microservices become
AI-accessible through MCP with zero code changes.
Includes blog post "Your Microservices Are Already an AI Platform"
walking through real agent workflows: signup, content creation,
commenting, tagging, and cross-service messaging.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* refactor: rename handler types to drop redundant Service suffix
UserService → Users, PostService → Posts, CommentService → Comments,
MailService → Mail. Matches micro/blog naming convention.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: update all four documentation guides and mark Q2 complete
- ai-native-services: add WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway,
WebSocket client example, and OpenTelemetry observability section
- mcp-security: add OTel distributed tracing, WebSocket authentication
(connection-level and per-message), DeniedReason audit field
- tool-descriptions: add manual overrides with WithEndpointDocs and
export formats section
- agent-patterns: add LangChain/LlamaIndex SDK pattern and standalone
gateway production pattern with Docker example
- Update roadmap: mark Q2 documentation as complete, Q2 at 100%
- Update status: reflect all recent completions, shift priorities
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add agent demo example and blog post
Add examples/agent-demo with a multi-service project management app
(projects, tasks, team) that demonstrates AI agents interacting with
Go Micro services through MCP. Includes seed data and example prompts.
Add blog post 4 "Agents Meet Microservices: A Hands-On Demo" walking
through the example code and showing cross-service agent workflows.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: enable multiple services in a single binary
Remove global state mutations from service and cmd option functions so
that configuring one service no longer overwrites another's settings.
Key changes:
- service/options.go: remove all DefaultXxx global writes from option
functions; newOptions() now creates fresh Server, Client, Store, and
Cache per service while sharing Registry, Broker, and Transport
- cmd/cmd.go: newCmd() uses local copies instead of pointers to package
globals; Before() no longer mutates DefaultXxx vars
- cmd/options.go: remove global mutations from all option functions
- service/service.go: export ServiceImpl type for cross-package use
- service/group.go: new Group type for multi-service lifecycle
- micro.go: add Start/Stop to Service interface, expose Group and
NewGroup convenience function
- examples/multi-service: working example with two services
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: highlight multi-service binary support
Add multi-service section to README with code example, update features
list, add to examples index, and note in status summary.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: unify service API and clean up developer experience
- Unified service creation: micro.New("name", opts...) as canonical API
- Clean handler registration: service.Handle(handler, opts...) accepts
server.HandlerOption args directly, no need to reach through Server()
- Unexported serviceImpl: users interact through Service interface only
- Service groups use Service interface (not concrete type)
- Fixed Stop() to properly propagate BeforeStop/AfterStop errors
- Fixed store init: error-level log instead of fatal on init failure
- Updated all examples to use consistent patterns
- Updated README, getting-started, MCP docs, and guides
- Added blog post about the DX cleanup
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* fix: add blog post 5 to blog index
Blog post 5 (Developer Experience Cleanup) existed as a file but was
missing from the blog index page.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: make micro new generate MCP-enabled services by default
- main.go template includes mcp.WithMCP(":3001") by default
- Handler template has agent-friendly doc comments with @example tags
- Proto template has descriptive field comments
- README includes MCP usage, Claude Code config, and tool description tips
- Makefile adds mcp-tools, mcp-test, mcp-serve targets
- go.mod updated to Go 1.22
- Added --no-mcp flag to opt out of MCP integration
- Post-create output shows MCP endpoint URLs
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: add MCP migration guide and troubleshooting guide
- Migration guide: 3 approaches to add MCP to existing services
(WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway, CLI)
- Troubleshooting guide: common issues with agents, WebSocket,
Claude Code, auth, rate limiting, and performance
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* refactor: rename model/ package to ai/ for AI model providers
The model/ package name conflicted with the conventional use of "model"
for data models. Renamed to ai/ which better describes the package's
purpose (AI provider abstraction for Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) and frees
up model/ for future data model layer use.
- Rename model/ → ai/ with package name change
- Update all Go imports from go-micro.dev/v5/model to go-micro.dev/v5/ai
- Update cmd/micro/server/server.go references (model.X → ai.X)
- Update all documentation and roadmap references
- All tests pass, CLI builds successfully
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model package for typed data access with CRUD and queries
New model/ package provides a typed data model layer using Go generics.
Supports structured CRUD operations, WHERE filters, ordering, pagination,
and automatic schema creation from struct tags.
Three backends:
- memory: in-memory for development and testing
- sqlite: embedded SQL for dev and single-node production
- postgres: full PostgreSQL for production deployments
Key features:
- Generic Model[T] with Create/Read/Update/Delete/List/Count
- Query builder: Where(), WhereOp(), OrderAsc/Desc(), Limit(), Offset()
- Struct tags: model:"key" for primary key, model:"index" for indexes
- Auto table creation from struct schema
- 19 tests passing across memory and sqlite backends
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model code generation to protoc-gen-micro
Extend the micro plugin to generate model structs from proto messages
annotated with // @model. Generated alongside client/server code in
the same .pb.micro.go file.
For a proto message like:
// @model
message User { string id = 1; string name = 2; }
Generates:
- UserModel struct with model:"key" and json tags
- NewUserModel(db) factory returning *model.Model[UserModel]
- UserModelFromProto(*User) *UserModel converter
- (*UserModel).ToProto() *User converter
Supports @model(table=custom_table, key=custom_field) options.
Adds GetComments() to generator for plugin comment inspection.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add Model() to Service interface for Client/Server/Model trifecta
Every service now exposes Client(), Server(), and Model() — call services,
handle requests, and save/query data from the same interface. Includes
README docs, blog post, and a full model guide on the docs site.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add Helm chart for MCP gateway Kubernetes deployment
Adds official Helm chart at deploy/helm/mcp-gateway/ with:
- Deployment, Service, ServiceAccount templates
- HPA for auto-scaling based on CPU/memory
- Ingress with TLS support
- Configurable registry (consul, etcd, mdns), rate limiting,
JWT auth, audit logging, and per-tool scopes
- Security context (non-root, read-only rootfs, drop all caps)
- NOTES.txt with post-install connection instructions
Updates roadmap and status docs to reflect Helm Charts as delivered.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: add Helm chart entry to changelog
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add per-tool circuit breakers to MCP gateway
Protects downstream services from cascading failures. When a tool's
RPC calls fail repeatedly, the circuit opens and rejects requests
immediately until the service recovers (half-open probe pattern).
- CircuitBreakerConfig with MaxFailures, Timeout, MaxHalfOpen
- Per-tool breakers created during service discovery
- Integrated into HTTP call path with 503 response when open
- Records success/failure after each RPC call
- --circuit-breaker and --circuit-breaker-timeout CLI flags
- 8 unit tests covering all state transitions
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: update all four documentation guides and mark Q2 complete
- ai-native-services: add WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway,
WebSocket client example, and OpenTelemetry observability section
- mcp-security: add OTel distributed tracing, WebSocket authentication
(connection-level and per-message), DeniedReason audit field
- tool-descriptions: add manual overrides with WithEndpointDocs and
export formats section
- agent-patterns: add LangChain/LlamaIndex SDK pattern and standalone
gateway production pattern with Docker example
- Update roadmap: mark Q2 documentation as complete, Q2 at 100%
- Update status: reflect all recent completions, shift priorities
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add agent demo example and blog post
Add examples/agent-demo with a multi-service project management app
(projects, tasks, team) that demonstrates AI agents interacting with
Go Micro services through MCP. Includes seed data and example prompts.
Add blog post 4 "Agents Meet Microservices: A Hands-On Demo" walking
through the example code and showing cross-service agent workflows.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: enable multiple services in a single binary
Remove global state mutations from service and cmd option functions so
that configuring one service no longer overwrites another's settings.
Key changes:
- service/options.go: remove all DefaultXxx global writes from option
functions; newOptions() now creates fresh Server, Client, Store, and
Cache per service while sharing Registry, Broker, and Transport
- cmd/cmd.go: newCmd() uses local copies instead of pointers to package
globals; Before() no longer mutates DefaultXxx vars
- cmd/options.go: remove global mutations from all option functions
- service/service.go: export ServiceImpl type for cross-package use
- service/group.go: new Group type for multi-service lifecycle
- micro.go: add Start/Stop to Service interface, expose Group and
NewGroup convenience function
- examples/multi-service: working example with two services
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: highlight multi-service binary support
Add multi-service section to README with code example, update features
list, add to examples index, and note in status summary.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: unify service API and clean up developer experience
- Unified service creation: micro.New("name", opts...) as canonical API
- Clean handler registration: service.Handle(handler, opts...) accepts
server.HandlerOption args directly, no need to reach through Server()
- Unexported serviceImpl: users interact through Service interface only
- Service groups use Service interface (not concrete type)
- Fixed Stop() to properly propagate BeforeStop/AfterStop errors
- Fixed store init: error-level log instead of fatal on init failure
- Updated all examples to use consistent patterns
- Updated README, getting-started, MCP docs, and guides
- Added blog post about the DX cleanup
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* fix: add blog post 5 to blog index
Blog post 5 (Developer Experience Cleanup) existed as a file but was
missing from the blog index page.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: make micro new generate MCP-enabled services by default
- main.go template includes mcp.WithMCP(":3001") by default
- Handler template has agent-friendly doc comments with @example tags
- Proto template has descriptive field comments
- README includes MCP usage, Claude Code config, and tool description tips
- Makefile adds mcp-tools, mcp-test, mcp-serve targets
- go.mod updated to Go 1.22
- Added --no-mcp flag to opt out of MCP integration
- Post-create output shows MCP endpoint URLs
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: add MCP migration guide and troubleshooting guide
- Migration guide: 3 approaches to add MCP to existing services
(WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway, CLI)
- Troubleshooting guide: common issues with agents, WebSocket,
Claude Code, auth, rate limiting, and performance
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* refactor: rename model/ package to ai/ for AI model providers
The model/ package name conflicted with the conventional use of "model"
for data models. Renamed to ai/ which better describes the package's
purpose (AI provider abstraction for Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) and frees
up model/ for future data model layer use.
- Rename model/ → ai/ with package name change
- Update all Go imports from go-micro.dev/v5/model to go-micro.dev/v5/ai
- Update cmd/micro/server/server.go references (model.X → ai.X)
- Update all documentation and roadmap references
- All tests pass, CLI builds successfully
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model package for typed data access with CRUD and queries
New model/ package provides a typed data model layer using Go generics.
Supports structured CRUD operations, WHERE filters, ordering, pagination,
and automatic schema creation from struct tags.
Three backends:
- memory: in-memory for development and testing
- sqlite: embedded SQL for dev and single-node production
- postgres: full PostgreSQL for production deployments
Key features:
- Generic Model[T] with Create/Read/Update/Delete/List/Count
- Query builder: Where(), WhereOp(), OrderAsc/Desc(), Limit(), Offset()
- Struct tags: model:"key" for primary key, model:"index" for indexes
- Auto table creation from struct schema
- 19 tests passing across memory and sqlite backends
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model code generation to protoc-gen-micro
Extend the micro plugin to generate model structs from proto messages
annotated with // @model. Generated alongside client/server code in
the same .pb.micro.go file.
For a proto message like:
// @model
message User { string id = 1; string name = 2; }
Generates:
- UserModel struct with model:"key" and json tags
- NewUserModel(db) factory returning *model.Model[UserModel]
- UserModelFromProto(*User) *UserModel converter
- (*UserModel).ToProto() *User converter
Supports @model(table=custom_table, key=custom_field) options.
Adds GetComments() to generator for plugin comment inspection.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add Model() to Service interface for Client/Server/Model trifecta
Every service now exposes Client(), Server(), and Model() — call services,
handle requests, and save/query data from the same interface. Includes
README docs, blog post, and a full model guide on the docs site.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add Helm chart for MCP gateway Kubernetes deployment
Adds official Helm chart at deploy/helm/mcp-gateway/ with:
- Deployment, Service, ServiceAccount templates
- HPA for auto-scaling based on CPU/memory
- Ingress with TLS support
- Configurable registry (consul, etcd, mdns), rate limiting,
JWT auth, audit logging, and per-tool scopes
- Security context (non-root, read-only rootfs, drop all caps)
- NOTES.txt with post-install connection instructions
Updates roadmap and status docs to reflect Helm Charts as delivered.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: update all four documentation guides and mark Q2 complete
- ai-native-services: add WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway,
WebSocket client example, and OpenTelemetry observability section
- mcp-security: add OTel distributed tracing, WebSocket authentication
(connection-level and per-message), DeniedReason audit field
- tool-descriptions: add manual overrides with WithEndpointDocs and
export formats section
- agent-patterns: add LangChain/LlamaIndex SDK pattern and standalone
gateway production pattern with Docker example
- Update roadmap: mark Q2 documentation as complete, Q2 at 100%
- Update status: reflect all recent completions, shift priorities
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add agent demo example and blog post
Add examples/agent-demo with a multi-service project management app
(projects, tasks, team) that demonstrates AI agents interacting with
Go Micro services through MCP. Includes seed data and example prompts.
Add blog post 4 "Agents Meet Microservices: A Hands-On Demo" walking
through the example code and showing cross-service agent workflows.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: enable multiple services in a single binary
Remove global state mutations from service and cmd option functions so
that configuring one service no longer overwrites another's settings.
Key changes:
- service/options.go: remove all DefaultXxx global writes from option
functions; newOptions() now creates fresh Server, Client, Store, and
Cache per service while sharing Registry, Broker, and Transport
- cmd/cmd.go: newCmd() uses local copies instead of pointers to package
globals; Before() no longer mutates DefaultXxx vars
- cmd/options.go: remove global mutations from all option functions
- service/service.go: export ServiceImpl type for cross-package use
- service/group.go: new Group type for multi-service lifecycle
- micro.go: add Start/Stop to Service interface, expose Group and
NewGroup convenience function
- examples/multi-service: working example with two services
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: highlight multi-service binary support
Add multi-service section to README with code example, update features
list, add to examples index, and note in status summary.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: unify service API and clean up developer experience
- Unified service creation: micro.New("name", opts...) as canonical API
- Clean handler registration: service.Handle(handler, opts...) accepts
server.HandlerOption args directly, no need to reach through Server()
- Unexported serviceImpl: users interact through Service interface only
- Service groups use Service interface (not concrete type)
- Fixed Stop() to properly propagate BeforeStop/AfterStop errors
- Fixed store init: error-level log instead of fatal on init failure
- Updated all examples to use consistent patterns
- Updated README, getting-started, MCP docs, and guides
- Added blog post about the DX cleanup
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* fix: add blog post 5 to blog index
Blog post 5 (Developer Experience Cleanup) existed as a file but was
missing from the blog index page.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: make micro new generate MCP-enabled services by default
- main.go template includes mcp.WithMCP(":3001") by default
- Handler template has agent-friendly doc comments with @example tags
- Proto template has descriptive field comments
- README includes MCP usage, Claude Code config, and tool description tips
- Makefile adds mcp-tools, mcp-test, mcp-serve targets
- go.mod updated to Go 1.22
- Added --no-mcp flag to opt out of MCP integration
- Post-create output shows MCP endpoint URLs
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* docs: add MCP migration guide and troubleshooting guide
- Migration guide: 3 approaches to add MCP to existing services
(WithMCP one-liner, standalone gateway, CLI)
- Troubleshooting guide: common issues with agents, WebSocket,
Claude Code, auth, rate limiting, and performance
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* refactor: rename model/ package to ai/ for AI model providers
The model/ package name conflicted with the conventional use of "model"
for data models. Renamed to ai/ which better describes the package's
purpose (AI provider abstraction for Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.) and frees
up model/ for future data model layer use.
- Rename model/ → ai/ with package name change
- Update all Go imports from go-micro.dev/v5/model to go-micro.dev/v5/ai
- Update cmd/micro/server/server.go references (model.X → ai.X)
- Update all documentation and roadmap references
- All tests pass, CLI builds successfully
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model package for typed data access with CRUD and queries
New model/ package provides a typed data model layer using Go generics.
Supports structured CRUD operations, WHERE filters, ordering, pagination,
and automatic schema creation from struct tags.
Three backends:
- memory: in-memory for development and testing
- sqlite: embedded SQL for dev and single-node production
- postgres: full PostgreSQL for production deployments
Key features:
- Generic Model[T] with Create/Read/Update/Delete/List/Count
- Query builder: Where(), WhereOp(), OrderAsc/Desc(), Limit(), Offset()
- Struct tags: model:"key" for primary key, model:"index" for indexes
- Auto table creation from struct schema
- 19 tests passing across memory and sqlite backends
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add model code generation to protoc-gen-micro
Extend the micro plugin to generate model structs from proto messages
annotated with // @model. Generated alongside client/server code in
the same .pb.micro.go file.
For a proto message like:
// @model
message User { string id = 1; string name = 2; }
Generates:
- UserModel struct with model:"key" and json tags
- NewUserModel(db) factory returning *model.Model[UserModel]
- UserModelFromProto(*User) *UserModel converter
- (*UserModel).ToProto() *User converter
Supports @model(table=custom_table, key=custom_field) options.
Adds GetComments() to generator for plugin comment inspection.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
* feat: add Model() to Service interface for Client/Server/Model trifecta
Every service now exposes Client(), Server(), and Model() — call services,
handle requests, and save/query data from the same interface. Includes
README docs, blog post, and a full model guide on the docs site.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
---------
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Move Claude-context working documents to internal/docs/:
- CURRENT_STATUS_SUMMARY.md
- PROJECT_STATUS_2026.md
- ROADMAP_2026.md
- IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md
These are session-tracking docs, not useful to most contributors.
Top level now only has standard files: README, CHANGELOG,
CONTRIBUTING, SECURITY, CLAUDE.md, and ROADMAP.
Updated all cross-references in CLAUDE.md, ROADMAP.md, and
website docs.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01GkduEhcrqcG45rdfYh8dAc
Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Asim Aslam