feat(agents): configure and expose provider targets

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Subagents need an explicit provider policy instead of a single boolean. This layer adds provider-object configuration with enabled state and optional model and effort defaults, rejects invalid or duplicate entries, and keeps the legacy persisted boolean readable as a migration bridge.

Runtime selection follows invocation override, profile value, provider default, then the provider native default. Disabled and unconfigured providers are absent from both forms of devspace agents targets and from open_workspace. Enabled providers that are currently unavailable remain visible in targets JSON for diagnosis but are omitted from model-facing workspace output. Availability is refreshed for every workspace catalog.

This is layer 3 of 4, based on #213. The onboarding layer is #215. The full test suite, TypeScript typecheck, and packaged build pass.

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The PR replaces boolean subagent configuration with structured provider settings. It adds provider-aware model and effort resolution, dynamic local-agent catalogs, provider status reporting, the devspace agents targets command, and updated server and workspace metadata.

Changes

Subagent provider flow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Structured subagent configuration src/local-agent-config.ts, src/config.ts, src/user-config.ts, src/skills.ts, src/config.test.ts, src/local-agent-config.test.ts, docs/configuration.md, package.json	Subagent configuration now validates providers, supports environment overrides, preserves legacy booleans, and stores provider defaults.
Provider-aware agent execution src/local-agent-targets.ts, src/local-agent-manager.ts, src/local-agent-profiles.ts, src/local-agent-daemon-main.ts, src/local-agent-targets.test.ts, src/local-agent-manager.test.ts	Agent targets resolve provider defaults, while start and continuation reject disabled local providers.
Dynamic provider and agent catalogs src/local-agent-catalog.ts, src/server.ts, src/ui/card-types.ts, src/ui/workspace-app.tsx, src/server.test.ts, src/local-agent-catalog.test.ts, src/ui/card-types.test.ts	Workspace catalogs now include usable providers and profiles with refreshed availability, model, effort, and note metadata.
CLI inspection and documentation src/cli.ts, src/cli.test.ts, docs/agent-profile-schema.md	The CLI reports provider status and adds devspace agents targets with text and JSON output. The agent documentation describes the command and session listing behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 05f92

The legacy DEVSPACE_SUBAGENTS=1 setting can leave subagents enabled but unusable because no providers are exposed, affecting existing users who rely on that configuration. This compatibility issue should be fixed before merging.

Possibly related PRs

• Waishnav/devspace#183: Shares local-agent CLI, manager, target-resolution, configuration, and daemon integration.
• Waishnav/devspace#190: Shares subagent server, CLI, and manager execution paths.
• Waishnav/devspace#212: Shares local-agent configuration and target-resolution changes.

Poem

A rabbit reviews the agents bright,
Providers hop into the light.
Models and effort find their place,
Catalogs refresh with steady grace.
“Targets!” calls the bun with cheer—
Clear subagent paths are here.

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Greptile Summary

The PR introduces structured subagent provider configuration, provider defaults, usability-aware catalogs, and the devspace agents targets command.

• Adds explicit provider enablement plus model and effort defaults.
• Filters model-facing providers and profiles according to configuration and runtime availability.
• Updates daemon enforcement, MCP output, UI rendering, documentation, and tests.
• Leaves environment-only enablement without usable providers and loses structured provider settings during forced initialization.

Confidence Score: 3/5

The PR should not merge until environment-only subagent enablement works and forced initialization preserves structured provider configuration.

Existing environment-based deployments can report subagents enabled while rejecting every provider, and reinitialization can silently replace provider-specific enablement and defaults with a legacy boolean.

Files Needing Attention: src/local-agent-config.ts, src/user-config.ts, src/cli.ts, and src/server.ts

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
src/local-agent-config.ts	Adds structured provider configuration, but environment-only enablement produces an empty allow-list and disables every provider.
src/user-config.ts	Extends persisted configuration types but collapses structured subagent settings to a boolean in the initialization resolver.
src/server.ts	Builds a usability-filtered MCP catalog from a startup-only availability snapshot that can become stale.
src/local-agent-catalog.ts	Centralizes provider status, profile filtering, inherited defaults, and human-readable catalog formatting.
src/local-agent-manager.ts	Enforces configured provider enablement and applies provider defaults when starting agents.
src/cli.ts	Adds the targets command and status reporting, while the existing init rewrite path exposes structured-config loss.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
  A[Persisted subagents config] --> C[resolveSubagentsConfig]
  B[DEVSPACE_SUBAGENTS override] --> C
  C --> D[Provider enablement and defaults]
  E[Startup availability snapshot] --> F[Provider statuses]
  D --> F
  F --> G[Usable provider catalog]
  H[Workspace profiles] --> G
  G --> I[open_workspace output]
  G --> J[agents targets output]
  D --> K[LocalAgentManager start and continue]

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Inline comments:
In `@src/local-agent-config.ts`:
- Around line 39-49: Update the configuration normalization around the stored
value and buildLocalAgentProviderStatuses contract so absent or boolean input
uses legacySubagentsConfig, including when the environment enables subagents;
this must produce enabled provider entries rather than only enabled: true.
Preserve explicit structured provider policies unchanged, and update the
environment test expectations to assert enabled provider entries.

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• docs/agent-profile-schema.md
• docs/configuration.md
• package.json
• src/cli.test.ts
• src/cli.ts
• src/config.test.ts
• src/config.ts
• src/local-agent-catalog.test.ts
• src/local-agent-catalog.ts
• src/local-agent-config.test.ts
• src/local-agent-config.ts
• src/local-agent-daemon-main.ts
• src/local-agent-manager.test.ts
• src/local-agent-manager.ts
• src/local-agent-profiles.ts
• src/local-agent-targets.test.ts
• src/local-agent-targets.ts
• src/server.test.ts
• src/server.ts
• src/skills.ts
• src/ui/card-types.test.ts
• src/ui/card-types.ts
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