RT-244: rt_verb MCP tool for curated agent-safe rt verbs

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Adds rt_verb, a curated MCP tool that runs a small, agent-safe set of rt verbs directly instead of going through the daemon, plus two fixes found during final review: compiled rt no longer autoloads a caller-cwd bunfig or .env, and source-mode children pin their own bunfig with no .env.

What changed

rt_verb (lib/mcp/rt-verb.ts, lib/mcp/tools.ts)

• Walks the command tree from args[0], refuses anything not marked agentSafe on a leaf, and lists the agent-safe verbs in the refusal.
• Refuses undeclared flags, control characters, and --prefixed args in args[0].
• Splits --name=value into two tokens so handlers that parse only the space form (--repo, --herd) still see the value; refuses = on boolean flags.
• 30s timeout, RT_BATCH/RT_SKIP_SETUP set on the child, --json always forced on.
• lib/command-tree-resolve.ts: new resolveLeaf/listAgentSafe, Object.hasOwn lookup so constructor/__proto__ never resolve.
• Three verbs marked agentSafe: worktree list, endpoint lookup, herd status.
• lib/rt-self.ts: one compiled-binary check plus a self-spawn argv, used by the child process.

Compile flags (.github/workflows/release.yml, .github/workflows/e2e.yml, e2e/setup.ts, plus the printed hints in team-rebase.sh, team-load.sh, bench-startup.ts)

• Every bun build --compile site now passes --no-compile-autoload-bunfig --no-compile-autoload-dotenv, so a compiled rt_verb child can't pick up a bunfig or .env from whatever cwd it's asked to run in.
• Source-mode rt-self argv adds --no-env-file --config=<rt's own bunfig> for the same reason in dev mode.

Docs (website/docs/guides/mcp.mdx)

• Describes rt_verb as its own section: what it runs, the agent-safe allowlist, that it bypasses the daemon entirely (the old copy said every tool talks to the daemon).

Testing

• bunx tsc --noEmit: clean.
• bun test lib commands packages scripts rt-tray/Tests/stub-rt: 8711 pass, 3 skip, 14 fail. All 14 isolate to two known local-only issues, both confirmed passing alone: rt-tray/Tests/stub-rt (mise-shim PATH ENOENT for bun, 13/13 alone) and a replenish.ts golden-lifecycle backoff test (5s timeout under full-suite load, 30/30 alone; unrelated file, not touched by this branch).
• bun test --preload ./e2e/setup.ts e2e/tests/: 124 pass, 11 skip, 2 fail. Both isolate: rt plugin new (same mise-shim issue) and endpoint.test.ts (daemon-socket timeout under load, 8/8 alone).
• bun test --preload ./e2e/setup.ts e2e/pty/: 4/4 pass.
• bun run docs:check: in sync, no regen needed.
• bun run picker:check: 75 in-scope leaves, 0 violations.
• sh scripts/repo-purity.sh: ok.
• Hostile-cwd e2e coverage added earlier in the branch for both compiled and source-mode rt_verb children, proving a cwd bunfig/.env is not picked up.

Fixes RT-244.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added the rt_verb MCP tool for running a curated set of safe commands: worktree list, endpoint lookup, and herd status. It returns JSON, supports an optional working directory, and works without the daemon.
• Improvements
  • Compiled CLI builds no longer automatically load Bun configuration or .env files, helping keep build behavior consistent across environments.

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The change adds an MCP tool that runs selected agent-safe CLI leaves as child processes. It adds command-tree metadata and resolution helpers, validates and executes tool requests, and configures source and compiled execution to suppress automatic Bun configuration and dotenv loading.

Changes

Agent-safe CLI execution

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Command-tree safety and resolution lib/command-tree.ts, lib/command-tree-def.ts, lib/command-tree-resolve.ts, lib/__tests__/agent-safe.test.ts, lib/__tests__/command-tree-resolve.test.ts	The command tree marks herd status, endpoint lookup, and worktree list as agent-safe. Shared helpers resolve names and aliases, walk command paths, and list agent-safe leaves. Tests cover these behaviors and the marked leaves’ requirements.
Child-process execution and Bun loading lib/rt-self.ts, commands/home.ts, lib/mcp/rt-verb.ts, lib/mcp/__tests__/rt-verb.test.ts, lib/__tests__/rt-self.test.ts, .github/workflows/*, e2e/setup.ts, scripts/bench-startup.ts, rt-tray/vm/run/host/*	Source and compiled execution use different argument vectors. runRtVerb validates arguments, flags, and working directories, then runs an allowed leaf with JSON output and a timeout. Build commands disable automatic Bun configuration and dotenv loading.
MCP tool integration and end-to-end coverage lib/mcp/tools.ts, lib/mcp/__tests__/tools.test.ts, e2e/tests/mcp-serve.test.ts, website/docs/guides/mcp.mdx	The MCP tool roster adds rt_verb. Tests exercise tool requests through source and compiled servers, including requests made with caller-CWD preload and dotenv files. The guide describes the tool’s supported verbs and daemon independence.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MCPClient
  participant rt_verb
  participant runRtVerb
  participant rtChild as rt child process
  MCPClient->>rt_verb: Submit args and optional cwd
  rt_verb->>runRtVerb: Validate and execute request
  runRtVerb->>rtChild: Run agent-safe verb with --json
  rtChild-->>runRtVerb: Return command output and exit status
  runRtVerb-->>rt_verb: Return parsed JSON or error
  rt_verb-->>MCPClient: Return tool result

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The new rt_verb MCP tool can return a successful but wrongly scoped worktree listing when a flag is given without a value. Its three advertised read commands also still fail when the daemon is down, which contradicts the new documentation. Resolve both problems before merging.

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In `@lib/command-tree-def.ts`:
- Line 1295: The `herd status` and `endpoint lookup` leaves marked `agentSafe`
still depend on the daemon, so do not present them as daemon-independent reads.
Add daemon-independent read paths for these leaves, or revise the tool objective
and the daemon-down claim in the MCP guide to match their actual behavior.

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