node-tools in Go: the node's runtime, launch-only, wire-compatible with the TypeScript (hq ADR 0193)

The runtime knows no language, so nothing ties it to Node.js. This ports its serve mode — the
pinned bus connection and patient connect, following memberships, launching every served bundle
over MCP on stdio with its own environment, a child's emit published as its module, each tool,
the tools verb and seat verbs served where the mesh issued them, and the console on loopback —
to one static binary. Same subjects, request and reply bodies, event headers and MCP answers.
The TypeScript stays: it is still the runtime inside the per-module containers until WP4c.
Tests run against a real bus and share the TypeScript fixtures.
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// Package launch starts a bundle the runtime serves and speaks MCP over stdio to it (novox/hq ADR
// 0188, ADR 0193): `initialize`, `tools/list` once, `tools/call` per call. A Go binary, a Python
// script and a Node launcher are the same thing here: an executable that answers those. The runtime
// knows no language; it starts the path it is given.
package launch
import (
"bufio"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"os/exec"
"regexp"
"strings"
"sync"
"syscall"
"time"
"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
"github.com/novox/mesh-tools/node-tools/internal/wire"
)
// Protocol is the MCP version spoken to a bundle.
const Protocol = "2025-03-26"
// How long a child has for its handshake, and a call before the caller is told it is slow.
var (
HandshakeTimeout = 10 * time.Second
CallTimeout = 30 * time.Second
)
// Tool is one tool a launched bundle listed, and how to call it.
type Tool struct {
Name string
Description string
Input json.RawMessage
Run func(args json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error)
}
// Registration is the tools a bundle listed under one name: its module's, or a seat's.
type Registration struct {
Module string
Tools []Tool
}
// Publisher publishes an event a bundle asked the runtime to emit, as the bundle's module.
type Publisher func(params json.RawMessage) error
// Launched is a running bundle: what it registered, and how to stop it.
type Launched struct {
Registrations []Registration
Stop func()
}
// Executable says whether an entrypoint can be started: a bundle the runtime serves is executable,
// and one that is not was not built to be served (ADR 0193).
func Executable(path string) bool {
info, err := os.Stat(path)
if err != nil || info.IsDir() {
return false
}
return info.Mode().Perm()&0o111 != 0
}
type message struct {
JSONRPC string `json:"jsonrpc,omitempty"`
ID json.RawMessage `json:"id,omitempty"`
Method string `json:"method,omitempty"`
Params json.RawMessage `json:"params,omitempty"`
Result json.RawMessage `json:"result,omitempty"`
Error *struct {
Code int `json:"code"`
Message string `json:"message"`
} `json:"error,omitempty"`
}
type child struct {
cmd *exec.Cmd
stdin io.WriteCloser
writeMu sync.Mutex
mu sync.Mutex
pending map[int64]chan message
next int64
dead chan struct{}
why error
}
func (c *child) write(m any) error {
b, err := wire.Marshal(m)
if err != nil {
return err
}
c.writeMu.Lock()
defer c.writeMu.Unlock()
_, err = c.stdin.Write(append(b, '\n'))
return err
}
var stackLine = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s+at\s`)
// Start launches one bundle and learns its tools. It fails when the child cannot be started or does
// not complete the handshake. A child that exits later is started again on its next call.
func Start(module, entry string, env []string, publish Publisher, logf func(string, ...any)) (*Launched, error) {
var mu sync.Mutex
var current *child
stopped := false
start := func() (*child, error) {
cmd := exec.Command(entry)
cmd.Env = env
stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
c := &child{cmd: cmd, stdin: stdin, pending: map[int64]chan message{}, next: 1, dead: make(chan struct{})}
var lastSaid string
var saidMu sync.Mutex
stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
go func() {
defer close(stderrDone)
scan := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
scan.Buffer(make([]byte, 64*1024), 1<<20)
for scan.Scan() {
line := scan.Text()
if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
continue
}
logf("[%s] %s", module, line)
if !stackLine.MatchString(line) && !strings.HasPrefix(line, "Node.js v") {
saidMu.Lock()
lastSaid = strings.TrimSpace(line)
saidMu.Unlock()
}
}
}()
go func() {
scan := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
scan.Buffer(make([]byte, 64*1024), 16<<20)
for scan.Scan() {
line := strings.TrimSpace(scan.Text())
if line == "" {
continue
}
var m message
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(line), &m); err != nil {
if len(line) > 120 {
line = line[:120]
}
logf("[mesh-tools] %s's bundle said something that is not a reply: %s", module, line)
continue
}
// The bundle asks the runtime to emit (ADR 0193): published as this module, answered
// once the bus has accepted it. Nothing else a bundle may ask.
if m.Method != "" {
go func(m message) {
if m.Method != "mesh/publish" {
if len(m.ID) > 0 {
_ = c.write(map[string]any{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": m.ID,
"error": map[string]any{"code": -32601, "message": "the runtime answers no " + m.Method + " from a bundle"}})
}
return
}
err := publish(m.Params)
if len(m.ID) == 0 {
return
}
if err != nil {
_ = c.write(map[string]any{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": m.ID,
"error": map[string]any{"code": -32000, "message": err.Error()}})
return
}
_ = c.write(map[string]any{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": m.ID, "result": map[string]any{}})
}(m)
continue
}
var id int64
if json.Unmarshal(m.ID, &id) != nil {
continue
}
c.mu.Lock()
ch := c.pending[id]
delete(c.pending, id)
c.mu.Unlock()
if ch != nil {
ch <- m
}
}
<-stderrDone
err := cmd.Wait()
code := "0"
if exit := (*exec.ExitError)(nil); errors.As(err, &exit) {
if status, ok := exit.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok && status.Signaled() {
code = unix.SignalName(status.Signal())
} else {
code = fmt.Sprint(exit.ExitCode())
}
}
saidMu.Lock()
why := fmt.Sprintf("%s's bundle exited (%s)", module, code)
if lastSaid != "" {
why += ": " + lastSaid
}
saidMu.Unlock()
c.mu.Lock()
c.why = errors.New(why)
c.mu.Unlock()
close(c.dead)
mu.Lock()
if current == c {
current = nil
}
wasStopped := stopped
mu.Unlock()
if !wasStopped {
logf("[mesh-tools] %s; started again on its next call", why)
}
}()
if _, err := c.ask(module, "initialize", map[string]any{"protocolVersion": Protocol, "capabilities": map[string]any{},
"clientInfo": map[string]any{"name": "node-tools", "version": "1"}}, HandshakeTimeout); err != nil {
_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
return nil, err
}
_ = c.write(map[string]any{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "notifications/initialized"})
return c, nil
}
asking := func(method string, params any, timeout time.Duration) (json.RawMessage, error) {
mu.Lock()
c := current
mu.Unlock()
if c == nil {
fresh, err := start()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
mu.Lock()
current = fresh
c = fresh
mu.Unlock()
}
return c.ask(module, method, params, timeout)
}
first, err := start()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
mu.Lock()
current = first
mu.Unlock()
raw, err := asking("tools/list", map[string]any{}, HandshakeTimeout)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
var listed struct {
Tools []struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
Description string `json:"description"`
InputSchema json.RawMessage `json:"inputSchema"`
} `json:"tools"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &listed); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s's bundle listed its tools in a shape that is not MCP's: %w", module, err)
}
order := []string{}
groups := map[string][]Tool{}
for _, t := range listed.Tools {
under, name := module, t.Name
if dot := strings.Index(t.Name, "."); dot >= 0 {
under, name = t.Name[:dot], t.Name[dot+1:]
}
full := t.Name
input := t.InputSchema
if len(input) == 0 || string(input) == "null" {
input = json.RawMessage("{}")
}
tool := Tool{Name: name, Description: t.Description, Input: input,
Run: func(args json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
if len(args) == 0 || string(args) == "null" {
args = json.RawMessage("{}")
}
res, err := asking("tools/call", map[string]any{"name": full, "arguments": args}, CallTimeout)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
var called struct {
Content []struct {
Type string `json:"type"`
Text string `json:"text"`
} `json:"content"`
IsError bool `json:"isError"`
}
_ = json.Unmarshal(res, &called)
text := ""
for _, c := range called.Content {
if c.Type == "text" {
text = c.Text
break
}
}
if called.IsError {
if text == "" {
text = module + "." + full + " failed"
}
return nil, errors.New(text)
}
// The bundle's answer is JSON as text; handed back as the value it encodes.
if json.Valid([]byte(text)) && text != "" {
return json.RawMessage(text), nil
}
b, _ := json.Marshal(text)
return b, nil
}}
if _, seen := groups[under]; !seen {
order = append(order, under)
}
groups[under] = append(groups[under], tool)
}
out := &Launched{Stop: func() {
mu.Lock()
stopped = true
c := current
current = nil
mu.Unlock()
if c != nil && c.cmd.Process != nil {
_ = c.cmd.Process.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
}
}}
for _, under := range order {
out.Registrations = append(out.Registrations, Registration{Module: under, Tools: groups[under]})
}
return out, nil
}
func (c *child) ask(module, method string, params any, timeout time.Duration) (json.RawMessage, error) {
c.mu.Lock()
if c.why != nil {
c.mu.Unlock()
return nil, c.why
}
id := c.next
c.next++
ch := make(chan message, 1)
c.pending[id] = ch
c.mu.Unlock()
if err := c.write(map[string]any{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "method": method, "params": params}); err != nil {
c.mu.Lock()
delete(c.pending, id)
c.mu.Unlock()
select {
case <-c.dead:
return nil, c.deathReason()
case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
return nil, err
}
}
timer := time.NewTimer(timeout)
defer timer.Stop()
select {
case m := <-ch:
if m.Error != nil {
msg := m.Error.Message
if msg == "" {
msg = "the bundle refused the request"
}
return nil, errors.New(msg)
}
return m.Result, nil
case <-c.dead:
return nil, c.deathReason()
case <-timer.C:
c.mu.Lock()
delete(c.pending, id)
c.mu.Unlock()
return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s's bundle did not answer %s in %ds", module, method, int(timeout/time.Second))
}
}
func (c *child) deathReason() error {
c.mu.Lock()
defer c.mu.Unlock()
if c.why != nil {
return c.why
}
return errors.New("the bundle exited")
}