vercel · AndrewBarba · Aug 22, 2026 · Aug 22, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/fresh-connection-search.md b/.changeset/fresh-connection-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"eve": patch
+---
+
+Compile `connection_search` as an ordinary dynamic tool source and keep discovered connection tools exclusively in durable context. Existing sessions without that context search again instead of reconstructing tools from message history.
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/cli/dev/tui/tool-presentation.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/cli/dev/tui/tool-presentation.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ describe("presentTool", () => {
       agent: { message: "audit the auth flow" },
       ask_question: { prompt: "Which environment?" },
       bash: { command: "ls" },
+      connection_search: { keywords: "linear issues" },
       glob: { pattern: "**/*.ts" },
       grep: { pattern: "useEve" },
       load_skill: { skill: "commit" },

diff --git a/packages/eve/src/compiler/compose-framework-sources.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/compiler/compose-framework-sources.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ describe("composeFrameworkSources", () => {
 
     expect(result.manifest.tools.map((tool) => tool.logicalPath)).toEqual([
       "tools/bash.ts",
+      "tools/connection_search.ts",
       "tools/read_file.ts",
       "tools/todo.ts",
       "tools/web_fetch.ts",

diff --git a/packages/eve/src/compiler/normalize-manifest.test.ts b/packages/eve/src/compiler/normalize-manifest.test.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,13 @@ describe("compileAgentManifest", () => {
       "web_fetch",
       "write_file",
     ]);
+    expect(compiled.dynamicTools).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        logicalPath: "tools/connection_search.ts",
+        slug: "connection_search",
+        sourceId: "eve.framework-defaults:tools/connection_search.ts",
+      }),
+    );
   });
 
   it("compiles framework defaults through ordinary module bindings", async () => {
@@ -379,6 +386,37 @@ describe("compileAgentManifest", () => {
     expect(compiled.bindings["eve.framework-defaults:tools/bash.ts"]).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
+  it("lets an application tool replace the framework connection search resolver", async () => {
+    mocks.compileAgentConfig.mockResolvedValue(createConfig({ name: "root" }));
+    mocks.applicationDefinition.mockResolvedValue(
+      defineTool({
+        description: "Search a fixed connection index",
+        inputSchema: z.object({}),
+        execute: () => [],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const compiled = await compileAgentManifest(
+      createAgentSourceManifest({
+        agentId: "root",
+        agentRoot: "/app/agent",
+        appRoot: "/app",
+        tools: [createModuleSourceRef({ logicalPath: "tools/connection_search.ts" })],
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(compiled.tools).toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        name: "connection_search",
+        sourceId: "tools/connection_search.ts",
+      }),
+    );
+    expect(compiled.dynamicTools).not.toContainEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ slug: "connection_search" }),
+    );
+    expect(compiled.bindings["eve.framework-defaults:tools/connection_search.ts"]).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("preserves ordered static instruction content, roles, and legacy definitions", async () => {
     const manifest = createAgentSourceManifest({
       agentId: "root",

diff --git a/packages/eve/src/framework-sources/registry.ts b/packages/eve/src/framework-sources/registry.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as bash from "./tools/bash.js";
+import * as connectionSearch from "./tools/connection_search.js";
 import * as readFile from "./tools/read_file.js";
 import * as sandbox from "./sandbox.js";
 import * as todo from "./tools/todo.js";
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ const frameworkAgentSource = defineProgrammaticAgentSource({
   modules: [
     { logicalPath: "sandbox.ts", namespace: sandbox },
     { logicalPath: "tools/bash.ts", namespace: bash },
+    { logicalPath: "tools/connection_search.ts", namespace: connectionSearch },
     { logicalPath: "tools/read_file.ts", namespace: readFile },
     { logicalPath: "tools/todo.ts", namespace: todo },
     { logicalPath: "tools/web_fetch.ts", namespace: webFetch },

diff --git a/packages/eve/src/framework-sources/tools/connection_search.ts b/packages/eve/src/framework-sources/tools/connection_search.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from "#runtime/framework-tools/connection-search-dynamic.js";
diff --git a/packages/eve/src/internal/nitro/routes/agent-info/build-agent-info-response-from-manifest.ts b/packages/eve/src/internal/nitro/routes/agent-info/build-agent-info-response-from-manifest.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  getAllFrameworkToolNames,
-  getFrameworkDynamicToolResolvers,
-} from "#runtime/framework-tools/index.js";
+import { getAllFrameworkToolNames } from "#runtime/framework-tools/index.js";
 import {
   getAllFrameworkChannelNames,
   getFrameworkChannelDefinitions,
@@ -221,14 +218,14 @@ export function buildAgentInfoResponseFromManifest(
       available: [...frameworkToolInfo.available, ...authoredTools],
       authored: authoredTools,
       disabledFramework: [...manifest.disabledFrameworkTools],
-      dynamic: [
-        ...getFrameworkDynamicToolResolvers().map((resolver) =>
-          renderDynamicResolver(resolver, { origin: "framework" }),
-        ),
-        ...manifest.dynamicTools.map((resolver) =>
-          renderDynamicResolver(resolver, { origin: "authored" }),
-        ),
-      ],
+      dynamic: manifest.dynamicTools.map((resolver) =>
+        renderDynamicResolver(resolver, {
+          origin:
+            manifest.bindings[resolver.sourceId]?.owner.kind === "framework"
+              ? "framework"
+              : "authored",
+        }),
+      ),
       framework: frameworkToolInfo.framework,
       reserved: [WORKFLOW_TOOL_NAME, LOAD_SKILL_TOOL_NAME],
     },

diff --git a/packages/eve/src/internal/nitro/routes/agent-info/build-agent-info-response.ts b/packages/eve/src/internal/nitro/routes/agent-info/build-agent-info-response.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { ROOT_COMPILED_AGENT_NODE_ID } from "#compiler/manifest.js";
 import {
   getAllFrameworkToolDefinitions,
   getAllFrameworkToolNames,
-  getFrameworkDynamicToolResolvers,
   getOptInFrameworkToolNames,
 } from "#runtime/framework-tools/index.js";
 import {
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ export function buildAgentInfoResponse(
   if (config === undefined) {
     throw new Error("Cannot inspect unresolved dynamic subagent resources as a root agent.");
   }
-  const tools = buildToolInfo(agent, getRootDelegationToolNames(data.manifest));
+  const tools = buildToolInfo(agent, getRootDelegationToolNames(data.manifest), data.manifest);
 
   return {
     agent: {
@@ -384,11 +383,11 @@ function buildChannelInfo(agent: ResolvedAgent): AgentInfoChannels {
 function buildToolInfo(
   agent: ResolvedAgent,
   delegationToolNames: ReadonlySet<string>,
+  manifest: CompiledAgentManifest,
 ): AgentInfoTools {
   const authoredToolNames = new Set(agent.tools.map((tool) => tool.name));
   const disabledFrameworkTools = new Set(agent.disabledFrameworkTools);
   const allFrameworkToolNames = getAllFrameworkToolNames();
-  const dynamicFrameworkResolvers = getFrameworkDynamicToolResolvers();
   const authored = agent.tools.map((tool) =>
     renderTool(tool, {
       origin: "authored",
@@ -405,14 +404,14 @@ function buildToolInfo(
     available: [...frameworkInfo.available, ...authored],
     authored,
     disabledFramework: [...agent.disabledFrameworkTools],
-    dynamic: [
-      ...dynamicFrameworkResolvers.map((resolver) =>
-        renderDynamicResolver(resolver, { origin: "framework" }),
-      ),
-      ...agent.dynamicToolResolvers.map((resolver) =>
-        renderDynamicResolver(resolver, { origin: "authored" }),
-      ),
-    ],
+    dynamic: agent.dynamicToolResolvers.map((resolver) =>
+      renderDynamicResolver(resolver, {
+        origin:
+          manifest.bindings[resolver.sourceId]?.owner.kind === "framework"
+            ? "framework"
+            : "authored",
+      }),
+    ),
     framework: frameworkInfo.framework,
     reserved: [WORKFLOW_TOOL_NAME, LOAD_SKILL_TOOL_NAME],
   };
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		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		export { default } from "#runtime/framework-tools/connection-search-dynamic.js";