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+# The harness is a contract, not a product: a fixture-pinned subset of the opencode server API is Harness Contract v1
+
+Status: accepted (2026-08-27)
+
+Amicode runs on switchable chat harnesses. The default is canonical opencode; the
+proprietary telaio harness (subscription) arrives with Telaio.jl's serve daemon; a
+third party may bring their own. This record fixes what "a harness" means to the
+product so the swap is configuration, not a rewrite.
+
+**The decision — compat-first.** Harness Contract v1 IS the subset of the canonical
+opencode server API and serving behavior that the product actually consumes, pinned
+by golden fixtures recorded against canonical releases — the same technique that
+moved the 31 `/amicode/*` routes onto the extension-host service (#451): fixtures
+recorded from the running incumbent, replayed against any candidate. A harness that
+serves the contract — process lifecycle, auth, the event bus, the session/turn API,
+a chat web app at the origin root — slots in with zero extension changes.
+
+**Why not a neutral protocol.** The product's investment rides the existing surface
+unchanged: the app bundle (the M2 overlay on the canonical app) talks to the server
+through `@opencode-ai/sdk`, the deck panes and chat panel iframe the server origin
+with the `?auth_token=` bootstrap, and the extension host spawns `serve` and reads
+`/event`. A new protocol would strand the app bundle, re-plumb every consumer, and
+put telaio's arrival behind a protocol-design project — while buying nothing the
+fixture-pinned subset doesn't already give: the contract is what the product
+consumes, pinned by evidence, versioned by fixture refresh. If a second harness
+family one day shows the subset is the wrong shape, a neutral protocol is a v2
+question, recorded here as a consequence rather than a blocker.
+
+**The contract surface (v1), by consumer:**
+
+| Surface | Consumer | Evidence | Harness obligation |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| Process lifecycle — spawn `serve --port=N`, health probe (2xx/3xx on `/`, Basic auth), SIGTERM stop | extension host (`server_manager.ts`) | migration manifest §1 gates (b), (e) | same serve contract + health + stop |
+| Per-boot Basic auth (`OPENCODE_SERVER_PASSWORD` mint), `?auth_token=` iframe bootstrap | `server_auth.ts`, `chat_panel.ts` | #163; migration §1 gate (b) | same mint, same header, same param |
+| Chat web app at the origin root, honoring `?auth_token=`, `colorScheme`, feature params | `chat_panel.ts`, `deck_panel.ts` + `deck/shell.ts` (path-only tab URLs against the boot origin) | M2 app bundle + manifest | serve the app bundle (or a UI that speaks the bridge envelopes) |
+| `/event` SSE — `data: {"type":..., "properties":...}` envelopes (session lifecycle, tool execution, custom plugin events) | `sse_client.ts` (status bar, Run Inspector) | verified wire format, opencode 1.3.x–1.18.x | same envelope shapes on the same path |
+| Session/turn API — the SDK paths the app bundle exercises, plus POST `/session`, GET `/command` | app bundle (`@opencode-ai/sdk`), `bug_report.ts` | M2 `server_coupled_port_inventory` (35 files) is the typed-risk worklist | the consumed routes and shapes, fixtures first |
+| Injection channels — AGENTS.md/instructions and skills as FILES in the project dir; config authored per-harness (today `OPENCODE_CONFIG_CONTENT`: instructions merge, permissions, plugin path, `default_agent`) | `opencode_config.ts`, the staging launcher | migration §1 bonus finding (the transform hook is canonical) | read the same files; config authorship belongs to the adapter |
+| The `amicode_*` tool surface + the live context splice | `opencode-plugin/amicode_tools.ts`, `amicode_context.ts` | ADR-0003 skill surfaces; the entity rail | MCP floor (A3) or native equivalent |
+
+**The tool surface is product-owned, not harness-owned.** The `amicode_*` tools are
+the studio's interview rail, not any harness's feature. Their portable carrier is an
+MCP server owned by the extension host (A3, seeded in the campaign queue);
+harnesses may implement them natively where they are stronger — Telaio.jl holds the
+entities natively — but the product must never require one harness to have them.
+The opencode plugin remains the implementation for the default harness until A3
+lands.
+
+**The adapter seam.** One place in the extension owns harness selection: a
+descriptor (id, launcher, health probe, capabilities) behind today's ServerManager
+spawn, selected by settings. Harness identity lives in settings and product copy —
+never in wire protocol strings, per `protocol-blocklist.json` (generic phrasing on
+the wire; the proprietary name is a product fact, not a protocol fact).
+
+**What is explicitly NOT in v1.** The full opencode API — only the consumed subset
+is contract; the rest is implementation detail the fixtures ignore. The fork's
+server-coupled app features — the M2 manifest's 35-file
+`server_coupled_port_inventory` is the port-upstream / extension-service / drop
+worklist, already recorded, not silently absorbed here. The TUI — ADR-0010's XDG
+sharing stays a property of the opencode harness.
+
+**Enforcement.** The contract is what the fixtures pin. Golden fixtures recorded
+from canonical opencode at each release pin, replayed in CI alongside the drift
+gates; a harness passes the contract by passing the fixtures. A fixture refresh is
+a contract version bump and reviews like any API change.
+
+**Consequence.** Telaio.jl's `serve` daemon implements the subset — its event spine
+becomes the `/event` bus, its question tool the human channel, its policy engine
+the model routing the server-side config only hints at. Third-party harnesses get
+two doors into the same contract: implement the subset (a server swap behind the
+adapter seam), or serve a chat UI into the deck's iframe seam and speak the bridge
+envelopes (a UI swap). Either way the studio — vaults, runs, catalog, skills,
+widgets, the extension service — never moves.
+
+Implementation: harmoniqs/amicode#621 (this record). The implementing campaign
+(`harness-agnostic`, personal-vault ledger `sessions/session-20260827-harness-agnostic.md`)
+queues T4 (Telaio.jl serve), T1b (the effort knob), T3 (the battery/bakeoff
+apparatus), and A3 (the MCP floor).