Improve coding agent reliability

src/lai_automation/agent.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import os
 import pwd
+import shutil
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ class AiderAgent:
         task_file.chmod(0o600)
         command = self.command(task_file)
         coder = pwd.getpwnam("coder")
+        git_config = Path(coder.pw_dir) / ".gitconfig"
+        git_config.write_text(
+            "[user]\n\tname = LAI Automation Coder\n\temail = coder@localhost\n"
+            f"[safe]\n\tdirectory = {workspace.resolve()}\n"
+        )
+        git_config.chmod(0o600)
+        os.chown(git_config, coder.pw_uid, coder.pw_gid)
         os.chown(task_file, coder.pw_uid, coder.pw_gid)
         for path in workspace.rglob("*"):
             if ".git" not in path.parts:
@@ -49,6 +57,9 @@ class AiderAgent:
                 timeout=900,
             )
         finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(workspace / ".aider.tags.cache.v4", ignore_errors=True)
+            for artifact in (".aider.chat.history.md", ".aider.input.history"):
+                (workspace / artifact).unlink(missing_ok=True)
             os.chown(workspace, 0, coder.pw_gid, follow_symlinks=False)
             workspace.chmod(0o775)
         if result.returncode != 0:
@@ -72,4 +83,8 @@ class AiderAgent:
             "--input-history-file",
             "/dev/null",
             "--no-analytics",
+            "--edit-format",
+            "diff",
+            "--timeout",
+            "60",
         ]

src/lai_automation/config.py

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Settings:
             gitea_token=os.getenv("GITEA_TOKEN", ""),
             gitea_username=os.getenv("GITEA_USERNAME", "automation-bot"),
             agent_command=os.getenv("AGENT_COMMAND", "aider"),
-            agent_model=os.getenv("AGENT_MODEL", "mistral/mistral-medium-latest"),
+            agent_model=os.getenv("AGENT_MODEL", "mistral/devstral-latest"),
             test_commands=_commands(
                 os.getenv(
                     "TEST_COMMANDS",

src/lai_automation/policy.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ _ALWAYS_DENIED = (
     "docker-compose",
     ".gitea/",
     ".github/",
+    ".aider",
 )
 
 _DIRECT_MAIN_DENIED = (

src/lai_automation/prompt.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def build_task(report: FailureReport) -> str:
 
 Rules:
 - First add a regression test that reproduces the reported behavior.
+- The regression test must execute the relevant production behavior; never mock or stub the behavior being tested.
 - Make the smallest production change that fixes the root cause.
 - Preserve read-only SQL validation and tenant isolation.
 - Never read or modify .env files, credentials, deployment secrets, or production data.

src/lai_automation/worker.py

@@ -108,7 +108,8 @@ class AutomationWorker:
                 "stderr": result.stderr[-6000:],
             })
             if result.returncode != 0:
-                raise RuntimeError(f"Test command failed: {command}\n{result.stderr[-2000:]}")
+                output = (result.stdout + "\n" + result.stderr)[-4000:]
+                raise RuntimeError(f"Test command failed: {command}\n{output}")
         return results
 
     @staticmethod