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This PR adds a standalone CrewAI @tool example enabling autonomous agent crews (Researchers, Analysts, Execution Bots) to allocate micro-bounties and pay API fees across 256 parallel lanes without Head-of-Line nonce blocking (ADR-062).

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@Synaptics-Lab Synaptics-Lab changed the title Add SynapticChain Economic Toolkit for CrewAI feat(examples): add SynapticChain 256-lane multi-agent economic & micro-settlement tool Aug 28, 2026
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The example replaces the multi-agent economic simulation with a CrewAI-ready settlement tool. It validates lane transactions, tracks 256 lane nonces, simulates finality, and demonstrates transactions on lanes 0 and 42.

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SynapticChain settlement demo

Layer / File(s) Summary
Settlement tool setup and contract
examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py
Adds an environment-based RPC default, a CrewAI decorator fallback, and the SynapticCrewSettlementTool interface.
Validated lane transaction execution
examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py
Validates positive integer amounts and syn1 recipients, selects a lane modulo 256, increments its nonce, simulates finality, and returns a deterministic receipt.
Async settlement demo
examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py
Submits transactions on lanes 0 and 42 and runs the async entry point with asyncio.run.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant main
  participant SynapticCrewSettlementTool
  main->>SynapticCrewSettlementTool: execute_lane_transaction(...)
  SynapticCrewSettlementTool->>SynapticCrewSettlementTool: validate and increment lane nonce
  SynapticCrewSettlementTool-->>main: return settlement receipt
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to b8ce0

The example currently cannot demonstrate the advertised CrewAI tool integration, may deadlock when called from an active event loop, and reports simulated payments as confirmed with synthetic transaction hashes. These issues can cause incorrect integration or misleading settlement results, so the PR is not merge-ready until they are fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the addition of a SynapticChain 256-lane economic and micro-settlement tool. It matches the primary change in the example.
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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py`:
- Around line 236-246: Update examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py:236-246 in
the BountyEscrow creation flow to atomically validate and reserve/debit the
creator’s available funds before storing the escrow. Update
examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py:271-281 in the escrow release lifecycle
to settle from the reserved escrow balance and atomically persist a terminal
settlement state that prevents duplicate releases. Update
examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py:382-388 to invoke the escrow release
lifecycle rather than calling the VM transaction method directly.
- Around line 301-316: Update the lane_id selection in the batch settlement loop
to preserve an explicitly provided zero; use a None check when deciding whether
to generate a random lane, while retaining the existing fallback for missing
lane_id values.
- Around line 137-160: In the transaction-processing method, capture the
incremented lane.current_nonce in a local variable before the simulated finality
await. Use that captured nonce when constructing tx_data and TransactionReceipt,
while preserving the existing lane counter update.
- Around line 131-143: Validate amount_susd before the balance check and all
lane or wallet updates in the transaction flow: require it to be finite and
greater than zero, rejecting invalid values with an appropriate error. Keep
valid positive transfer behavior unchanged, including the existing balance and
rounding logic.
- Around line 199-207: Update SynapticEconomicToolkit.transfer_micropayment and
release_bounty to avoid blocking a running event-loop thread: add an async
transfer path that directly awaits vm.execute_lane_transaction, and have
synchronous transfer_micropayment use its wrapper only when called outside an
active event loop. Ensure release_bounty uses the async path when invoked from
asynchronous execution.
- Around line 171-194: Expose SynapticEconomicToolkit actions through CrewAI’s
tool interface by decorating the intended methods, such as
transfer_micropayment, with crewai.tools.tool or converting them to BaseTool
implementations. Update the simulation to register the resulting tool objects
through CrewAI’s tool preparation path, and add an integration test that
registers and invokes one exposed action.
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Comment on lines +171 to +194
class SynapticEconomicToolkit:
"""
CrewAI Tool Suite providing autonomous economic capabilities:
- Micro-payment transfers
- Agent task bounty allocations & releases
- Parallel multi-lane fee settlements (ADR-062)
- Real-time balance queries
"""

def __init__(self, rpc_url: str = "https://nodes.synapticchain.xyz/rpc", network_id: str = "synaptic-testnet-1"):
self.vm = SynapticParallelVMEngine(rpc_url=rpc_url)
self.network_id = network_id

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tool 1: Transfer Micropayment
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
def transfer_micropayment(
self,
sender: str,
recipient: str,
amount_susd: float,
memo: str = "x402_api_fee",
lane_id: Optional[int] = None
) -> str:

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Expose the economic actions as CrewAI tools.

SynapticEconomicToolkit defines ordinary bound methods, and the simulation calls them directly. No BaseTool or structured tool reaches CrewAI’s tool preparation path. Wrap the intended actions with crewai.tools.tool or implement BaseTool, then add an integration test that registers and invokes one action.

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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py` around lines 171 - 194, Expose
SynapticEconomicToolkit actions through CrewAI’s tool interface by decorating
the intended methods, such as transfer_micropayment, with crewai.tools.tool or
converting them to BaseTool implementations. Update the simulation to register
the resulting tool objects through CrewAI’s tool preparation path, and add an
integration test that registers and invokes one exposed action.

Comment thread examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py Outdated
Comment on lines +199 to +207
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
if loop.is_running():
# For nested loops in Jupyter/CrewAI frameworks
task = self.vm.execute_lane_transaction(sender, recipient, amount_susd, memo, lane_id)
receipt = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(task, loop).result()
else:
receipt = loop.run_until_complete(
self.vm.execute_lane_transaction(sender, recipient, amount_susd, memo, lane_id)
)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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Do not block the active event-loop thread.

When SynapticEconomicToolkit.transfer_micropayment runs on the event-loop thread, .result() blocks that thread before the execute_lane_transaction coroutine can run. The call can deadlock. release_bounty reaches the same path through its synchronous call to transfer_micropayment.

Expose an async method that awaits execute_lane_transaction. Keep the synchronous wrapper only for callers outside a running event-loop thread.

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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py` around lines 199 - 207, Update
SynapticEconomicToolkit.transfer_micropayment and release_bounty to avoid
blocking a running event-loop thread: add an async transfer path that directly
awaits vm.execute_lane_transaction, and have synchronous transfer_micropayment
use its wrapper only when called outside an active event loop. Ensure
release_bounty uses the async path when invoked from asynchronous execution.

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Comment thread examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py Outdated
Refactor and enhance the Synaptic Crew Economic Tool to support micro-bounties and parallel lane settlements. Introduced new classes and improved transaction execution logic.

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42-43: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Validate the amount type, not only its sign.

The error text states "must be positive integer", but the check only compares the value. float("nan") and non-integer floats such as 1.5 pass, because nan <= 0 is False. A string argument raises TypeError instead of ValueError.

♻️ Proposed validation
-        if amount_sunit <= 0:
+        if not isinstance(amount_sunit, int) or isinstance(amount_sunit, bool) or amount_sunit <= 0:
             raise ValueError("Amount must be positive integer")
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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py` around lines 42 - 43, Update the
amount validation near the existing amount_sunit check to require an integer
value greater than zero, rejecting NaN, non-integer floats, and non-numeric
types with ValueError while preserving the existing error message.
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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py`:
- Around line 13-22: The CrewAI integration is unused because
execute_lane_transaction is not decorated and CREWAI_AVAILABLE is never applied.
Decorate execute_lane_transaction (or a thin synchronous wrapper) with tool, and
update the fallback tool implementation to support both bare `@tool` and named
`@tool`("Name") usage while preserving the wrapped callable.

---

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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py`:
- Around line 42-43: Update the amount validation near the existing amount_sunit
check to require an integer value greater than zero, rejecting NaN, non-integer
floats, and non-numeric types with ValueError while preserving the existing
error message.
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Comment on lines +13 to +22
try:
from crewai.tools import tool
CREWAI_AVAILABLE = True
except ImportError:
CREWAI_AVAILABLE = False
def tool(name: str):
def decorator(fn): return fn
return decorator

DEFAULT_RPC = os.getenv("SYNAPTIC_RPC_URL", "https://nodes.synapticchain.xyz/rpc")

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Apply the tool decorator so the example demonstrates CrewAI integration.

The module imports tool and defines a fallback, but no function or method in the file is decorated. CREWAI_AVAILABLE is also never read. The example therefore does not show a CrewAI tool, which is the stated objective of this PR.

The fallback signature is also narrower than the real decorator. def tool(name: str) supports only @tool("Name"). It fails with TypeError if the example is later written as bare @tool.

Expose execute_lane_transaction (or a thin sync wrapper) through the decorator, and make the fallback accept both call forms.

♻️ Proposed fallback that accepts both call forms
 try:
     from crewai.tools import tool
     CREWAI_AVAILABLE = True
 except ImportError:
     CREWAI_AVAILABLE = False
-    def tool(name: str):
-        def decorator(fn): return fn
-        return decorator
+    def tool(*args, **kwargs):
+        if len(args) == 1 and callable(args[0]) and not kwargs:
+            return args[0]
+
+        def decorator(fn):
+            return fn
+
+        return decorator

Please confirm the supported call forms of the decorator:

crewai.tools tool decorator usage `@tool` with and without name argument
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In `@examples/synaptic_crew_economic_tool.py` around lines 13 - 22, The CrewAI
integration is unused because execute_lane_transaction is not decorated and
CREWAI_AVAILABLE is never applied. Decorate execute_lane_transaction (or a thin
synchronous wrapper) with tool, and update the fallback tool implementation to
support both bare `@tool` and named `@tool`("Name") usage while preserving the
wrapped callable.

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