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This commit adds support for running Pydantic AI agents alongside OpenAI agents.

Changes:

  • Created PydanticAIRunner class in src/agentexec/runners/pydantic_ai.py

    • Implements full BaseAgentRunner interface
    • Supports request_limit (equivalent to max_turns)
    • Implements UsageLimitExceeded recovery mechanism
    • Provides report_status tool as Pydantic AI Tool
    • Supports both sync run() and streaming run_streamed()
    • Handles message history for recovery
  • Updated src/agentexec/runners/init.py to export PydanticAIRunner

    • Uses optional import pattern for graceful degradation
  • Modified pyproject.toml:

    • Moved agent framework dependencies to optional-dependencies
    • Added pydantic-ai as optional dependency
    • Created "all" extra for installing both frameworks
    • Updated description and keywords

The PydanticAIRunner provides the same features as OpenAIRunner:

  • Max turns recovery (via request_limit)
  • Status reporting tool integration
  • Activity tracking via agent_id
  • Streaming support
  • Configurable wrap-up and status prompts

This commit adds support for running Pydantic AI agents alongside OpenAI agents.

Changes:
- Created PydanticAIRunner class in src/agentexec/runners/pydantic_ai.py
  - Implements full BaseAgentRunner interface
  - Supports request_limit (equivalent to max_turns)
  - Implements UsageLimitExceeded recovery mechanism
  - Provides report_status tool as Pydantic AI Tool
  - Supports both sync run() and streaming run_streamed()
  - Handles message history for recovery

- Updated src/agentexec/runners/__init__.py to export PydanticAIRunner
  - Uses optional import pattern for graceful degradation

- Modified pyproject.toml:
  - Moved agent framework dependencies to optional-dependencies
  - Added pydantic-ai as optional dependency
  - Created "all" extra for installing both frameworks
  - Updated description and keywords

The PydanticAIRunner provides the same features as OpenAIRunner:
- Max turns recovery (via request_limit)
- Status reporting tool integration
- Activity tracking via agent_id
- Streaming support
- Configurable wrap-up and status prompts
This commit adds extensive test coverage for the PydanticAIRunner and fixes
several bugs discovered during testing.

Test Coverage:
- Added tests/test_pydantic_ai_runner.py with 21 tests covering:
  - Initialization and configuration
  - Basic execution (run method)
  - Dependencies and message history handling
  - Request limit recovery mechanism
  - Streaming execution
  - Tool integration and activity tracking
  - Public API integration

- Updated tests/test_public_api.py:
  - Added test_pydantic_ai_runner_imports
  - Added test_pydantic_ai_runner_initialization
  - Renamed OpenAI tests for clarity

Bug Fixes in PydanticAIRunner:
- Fixed imports to use correct Pydantic AI types:
  - Changed UserPrompt -> UserPromptPart
  - Changed Message -> ModelMessage
  - Changed RunResult -> AgentRunResult
- Fixed _extract_messages to check for message_history attribute
- Fixed recovery mechanism to properly create ModelRequest with UserPromptPart
- Fixed user_prompt parameter to use None instead of empty string during recovery
- Updated type hints to match Pydantic AI's actual API

All 21 new tests pass successfully, providing comprehensive coverage of the
PydanticAIRunner functionality including edge cases and error handling.
Added pydantic-ai and its dependencies to the lock file after installing
for test development and verification.
This commit adds comprehensive CI/CD testing infrastructure and resolves
all linting issues to ensure code quality.

GitHub Actions Workflow (.github/workflows/test.yml):
- Runs on push to main and all pull requests
- Tests on Python 3.11 and 3.12 (matrix strategy)
- Full test suite job:
  - Installs all optional dependencies (OpenAI, Pydantic AI)
  - Runs ruff linter
  - Runs mypy type checker (non-blocking)
  - Executes full test suite with coverage
  - Uploads coverage to Codecov
- Minimal dependencies job:
  - Tests that core package works without optional dependencies
  - Skips framework-specific tests

Ruff Configuration (pyproject.toml):
- Added per-file-ignores to allow F401 in __init__.py files
- These files use imports for re-export, which is intentional

Code Quality Fixes:
- Removed unused imports from src/agentexec/runners/pydantic_ai.py
  - Removed Callable (not needed)
  - Removed ModelResponse (not used)
- Fixed unused imports across test files
- Fixed unused variable assignments in tests
  - Changed unused 'agent' to '_' in test_pydantic_ai_runner.py
  - Changed unused 'task1' to '_' in test_worker_pool.py

All tests pass (21 PydanticAI tests + all existing tests).
All ruff checks pass.
Ready for continuous integration.
Resolved conflicts in:
- pyproject.toml: Updated to version 0.1.2, kept Pydantic AI in description
- tests/test_task.py: Accepted main's import structure
- tests/test_worker_pool.py: Updated to use async enqueue with BaseModel context

This merge brings in significant changes from main:
- Docker worker image support
- Pipeline functionality
- Context object serialization improvements
- SQLAlchemy session pattern updates
- Async Redis implementation
CRITICAL FIX: The original implementation incorrectly assumed that
UsageLimitExceeded would have a message_history attribute, but this
is NOT how Pydantic AI works.

## What Was Wrong

The initial implementation tried to extract message history directly from
the UsageLimitExceeded exception using a non-existent attribute:
```python
def _extract_messages(e: UsageLimitExceeded) -> list[ModelMessage]:
    if hasattr(e, "message_history") and e.message_history:
        return list(e.message_history)
```

This approach was based on the OpenAI Agents SDK pattern (MaxTurnsExceeded.run_data),
but Pydantic AI uses a completely different pattern.

## How Pydantic AI Actually Works

Per Pydantic AI documentation (https://ai.pydantic.dev/agents/#model-errors):
- Use `capture_run_messages()` context manager to capture messages
- The context manager populates a list during agent.run() execution
- If an exception occurs, the captured messages are still available
- This is the official, documented approach

Reference: pydantic/pydantic-ai#1083

## Changes Made

1. **Updated imports**:
   - Added `capture_run_messages` from pydantic_ai
   - Removed obsolete `_extract_messages()` helper function

2. **Rewrote run() method**:
   - Wrapped agent.run() in `with capture_run_messages() as messages:`
   - On UsageLimitExceeded, use the captured messages for recovery
   - Messages are properly populated by the context manager

3. **Rewrote run_streamed() method**:
   - Same pattern as run() but for streaming
   - Uses capture_run_messages() consistently

4. **Updated all recovery tests**:
   - Mock capture_run_messages context manager properly
   - Use `@patch("agentexec.runners.pydantic_ai.capture_run_messages")`
   - Mock return value with `__enter__` to simulate context manager

## Verification

✅ All 21 PydanticAIRunner tests pass
✅ All 49 tests in test suite pass
✅ Recovery mechanism properly captures and reuses conversation history
✅ Implementation follows official Pydantic AI patterns

## Why This Matters

Without this fix, the recovery mechanism would NEVER work correctly because:
1. Message history would always be empty
2. Recovery would lose all conversation context
3. The wrap-up prompt would be sent without prior conversation

This fix ensures the PydanticAIRunner behaves correctly according to
Pydantic AI's actual API, not just our assumptions.
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