refactor(athena): extract tool helpers and improve type safety

- Extract helper functions from tools.ts into dedicated tool-helpers.ts
- Replace getToolContextProperty workaround with typed AthenaCouncilToolContext
- Remove dead code path in formatCouncilLaunchFailure
- Add logging for council member launch and session resolution
- Update tool description to reflect notification-based workflow

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

src/tools/athena-council/constants.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ export const ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE = `Execute Athena's multi-
 Pass members as a single-item array containing one member name or model ID. Athena should call this tool once per selected member.
 
 This tool launches the selected member as a background task and returns task/session metadata immediately.
-Use background_output(task_id=..., block=true) to collect each member result.
+After launching ALL members, STOP and wait — the system will notify you when tasks complete.
+Only then call background_output(task_id=...) once per member to collect results. Do NOT poll in a loop.
 
 {members}
 

src/tools/athena-council/tool-helpers.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import type { CouncilConfig, CouncilMemberConfig } from "../../agents/athena/types"
+import { ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE } from "./constants"
+
+function isCouncilConfigured(councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined): councilConfig is CouncilConfig {
+  return Boolean(councilConfig && councilConfig.members.length > 0)
+}
+
+interface FilterCouncilMembersResult {
+  members: CouncilMemberConfig[]
+  error?: string
+}
+
+function buildSingleMemberSelectionError(members: CouncilMemberConfig[]): string {
+  const availableNames = members.map((member) => member.name ?? member.model).join(", ")
+  return `athena_council runs one member per call. Pass exactly one member in members (single-item array). Available members: ${availableNames}.`
+}
+
+function filterCouncilMembers(
+  members: CouncilMemberConfig[],
+  selectedNames: string[] | undefined
+): FilterCouncilMembersResult {
+  if (!selectedNames || selectedNames.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      members: [],
+      error: buildSingleMemberSelectionError(members),
+    }
+  }
+
+  const memberLookup = new Map<string, CouncilMemberConfig>()
+  members.forEach((member) => {
+    memberLookup.set(member.model.toLowerCase(), member)
+    if (member.name) {
+      memberLookup.set(member.name.toLowerCase(), member)
+    }
+  })
+
+  const unresolved: string[] = []
+  const filteredMembers: CouncilMemberConfig[] = []
+  const includedMembers = new Set<CouncilMemberConfig>()
+
+  selectedNames.forEach((selectedName) => {
+    const selectedKey = selectedName.toLowerCase()
+    const matchedMember = memberLookup.get(selectedKey)
+    if (!matchedMember) {
+      unresolved.push(selectedName)
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (includedMembers.has(matchedMember)) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    includedMembers.add(matchedMember)
+    filteredMembers.push(matchedMember)
+  })
+
+  if (unresolved.length > 0) {
+    const availableDescriptions = members
+      .map((member) => {
+        if (member.name) {
+          return `${member.name} (${member.model})`
+        }
+        return member.model
+      })
+      .join(", ")
+    return {
+      members: [],
+      error: `Unknown council members: ${unresolved.join(", ")}. Available: ${availableDescriptions}.`,
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { members: filteredMembers }
+}
+
+function buildToolDescription(councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined): string {
+  const memberList = councilConfig?.members.length
+    ? councilConfig.members.map((m) => `- ${m.name ?? m.model}`).join("\n")
+    : "No members configured."
+
+  return ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE.replace("{members}", `Available council members:\n${memberList}`)
+}
+
+function formatCouncilLaunchFailure(
+  failures: Array<{ member: { name?: string; model: string }; error: string }>
+): string {
+  const failureLines = failures
+    .map((failure) => `- **${failure.member.name ?? failure.member.model}**: ${failure.error}`)
+    .join("\n")
+
+  return failureLines
+    ? `Failed to launch council member.\n\n### Launch Failures\n\n${failureLines}`
+    : "Failed to launch council member."
+}
+
+export { isCouncilConfigured, filterCouncilMembers, buildSingleMemberSelectionError, buildToolDescription, formatCouncilLaunchFailure }

src/tools/athena-council/tools.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 import type { BackgroundManager } from "../../features/background-agent"
 import type { BackgroundTask } from "../../features/background-agent/types"
-import { createAthenaCouncilTool, filterCouncilMembers } from "./tools"
+import { createAthenaCouncilTool } from "./tools"
+import { filterCouncilMembers } from "./tool-helpers"
 
 const mockManager = {
   getTask: () => undefined,

src/tools/athena-council/tools.ts

@@ -1,98 +1,19 @@
 import { tool, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin"
 import { executeCouncil } from "../../agents/athena/council-orchestrator"
-import type { CouncilConfig, CouncilMemberConfig } from "../../agents/athena/types"
+import type { CouncilConfig } from "../../agents/athena/types"
 import type { BackgroundManager } from "../../features/background-agent"
-import { ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE } from "./constants"
 import { createCouncilLauncher } from "./council-launcher"
 import { waitForCouncilSessions } from "./session-waiter"
-import type { AthenaCouncilToolArgs } from "./types"
+import type { AthenaCouncilToolArgs, AthenaCouncilToolContext } from "./types"
 import { storeToolMetadata } from "../../features/tool-metadata-store"
-
+import { log } from "../../shared/logger"
-function getToolContextProperty(toolContext: unknown, key: string): unknown {
+import {
-  if (typeof toolContext === "object" && toolContext !== null && key in toolContext) {
+  isCouncilConfigured,
-    return (toolContext as Record<string, unknown>)[key]
+  filterCouncilMembers,
-  }
+  buildSingleMemberSelectionError,
-  return undefined
+  buildToolDescription,
-}
+  formatCouncilLaunchFailure,
-
+} from "./tool-helpers"
-function isCouncilConfigured(councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined): councilConfig is CouncilConfig {
-  return Boolean(councilConfig && councilConfig.members.length > 0)
-}
-
-interface FilterCouncilMembersResult {
-  members: CouncilMemberConfig[]
-  error?: string
-}
-
-function buildSingleMemberSelectionError(members: CouncilMemberConfig[]): string {
-  const availableNames = members.map((member) => member.name ?? member.model).join(", ")
-  return `athena_council runs one member per call. Pass exactly one member in members (single-item array). Available members: ${availableNames}.`
-}
-
-export function filterCouncilMembers(
-  members: CouncilMemberConfig[],
-  selectedNames: string[] | undefined
-): FilterCouncilMembersResult {
-  if (!selectedNames || selectedNames.length === 0) {
-    return {
-      members: [],
-      error: buildSingleMemberSelectionError(members),
-    }
-  }
-
-  const memberLookup = new Map<string, CouncilMemberConfig>()
-  members.forEach((member) => {
-    memberLookup.set(member.model.toLowerCase(), member)
-    if (member.name) {
-      memberLookup.set(member.name.toLowerCase(), member)
-    }
-  })
-
-  const unresolved: string[] = []
-  const filteredMembers: CouncilMemberConfig[] = []
-  const includedMembers = new Set<CouncilMemberConfig>()
-
-  selectedNames.forEach((selectedName) => {
-    const selectedKey = selectedName.toLowerCase()
-    const matchedMember = memberLookup.get(selectedKey)
-    if (!matchedMember) {
-      unresolved.push(selectedName)
-      return
-    }
-
-    if (includedMembers.has(matchedMember)) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    includedMembers.add(matchedMember)
-    filteredMembers.push(matchedMember)
-  })
-
-  if (unresolved.length > 0) {
-    const availableDescriptions = members
-      .map((member) => {
-        if (member.name) {
-          return `${member.name} (${member.model})`
-        }
-        return member.model
-      })
-      .join(", ")
-    return {
-      members: [],
-      error: `Unknown council members: ${unresolved.join(", ")}. Available: ${availableDescriptions}.`,
-    }
-  }
-
-  return { members: filteredMembers }
-}
-
-function buildToolDescription(councilConfig: CouncilConfig | undefined): string {
-  const memberList = councilConfig?.members.length
-    ? councilConfig.members.map((m) => `- ${m.name ?? m.model}`).join("\n")
-    : "No members configured."
-
-  return ATHENA_COUNCIL_TOOL_DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE.replace("{members}", `Available council members:\n${memberList}`)
-}
 
 export function createAthenaCouncilTool(args: {
   backgroundManager: BackgroundManager
@@ -110,7 +31,7 @@ export function createAthenaCouncilTool(args: {
         .optional()
         .describe("Single-item list containing exactly one council member name or model ID."),
     },
-    async execute(toolArgs: AthenaCouncilToolArgs, toolContext) {
+    async execute(toolArgs: AthenaCouncilToolArgs, toolContext: AthenaCouncilToolContext) {
       if (!isCouncilConfigured(councilConfig)) {
         return "Athena council is not configured. Add council members to agents.athena.council.members in .opencode/oh-my-opencode.jsonc."
       }
@@ -141,14 +62,22 @@ export function createAthenaCouncilTool(args: {
       const launchedMemberModel = launched?.member.model ?? "unknown"
       const launchedTaskId = launched?.taskId ?? "unknown"
 
+      log("[athena-council] Launching council member", { member: launchedMemberName, model: launchedMemberModel, taskId: launchedTaskId })
+
       const waitResult = await waitForCouncilSessions(execution.launched, backgroundManager, toolContext.abort)
       const launchedSession = waitResult.sessions.find((session) => session.taskId === launchedTaskId)
       const sessionId = launchedSession?.sessionId ?? "pending"
 
-      const metadataFn = getToolContextProperty(toolContext, "metadata") as
+      let statusNote = ""
-        | ((input: { title?: string; metadata?: Record<string, unknown> }) => Promise<void>)
+      if (waitResult.timedOut) {
-        | undefined
+        statusNote = "\nNote: Session creation timed out. The task is still running — use background_output to check status."
-      if (metadataFn) {
+      } else if (waitResult.aborted) {
+        statusNote = "\nNote: Session wait was aborted. The task may still be running."
+      }
+
+      log("[athena-council] Session resolved", { taskId: launchedTaskId, sessionId })
+
+      if (toolContext.metadata) {
         const memberMetadata = {
           title: `Council: ${launchedMemberName}`,
           metadata: {
@@ -159,14 +88,13 @@ export function createAthenaCouncilTool(args: {
           },
         }
         try {
-          await metadataFn(memberMetadata)
+          await toolContext.metadata(memberMetadata)
 
-          const callID = getToolContextProperty(toolContext, "callID")
+          if (toolContext.callID) {
-          if (typeof callID === "string") {
+            storeToolMetadata(toolContext.sessionID, toolContext.callID, memberMetadata)
-            storeToolMetadata(toolContext.sessionID, callID, memberMetadata)
           }
-        } catch {
+        } catch (error) {
-          // Metadata storage is best-effort — don't mask successful council launch
+          log("[athena-council] Metadata storage failed (best-effort)", { error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error) })
         }
       }
 
@@ -176,7 +104,7 @@ Task ID: ${launchedTaskId}
 Session ID: ${sessionId}
 Member: ${launchedMemberName}
 Model: ${launchedMemberModel}
-Status: running
+Status: running${statusNote}
 
 Use \`background_output\` with task_id="${launchedTaskId}" to collect this member's result.
 - block=true: Wait for completion and return the result
@@ -188,17 +116,3 @@ session_id: ${sessionId}
     },
   })
 }
-
-function formatCouncilLaunchFailure(
-  failures: Array<{ member: { name?: string; model: string }; error: string }>
-): string {
-  if (failures.length === 0) {
-    return "Failed to launch council member."
-  }
-
-  const failureLines = failures
-    .map((failure) => `- **${failure.member.name ?? failure.member.model}**: ${failure.error}`)
-    .join("\n")
-
-  return `Failed to launch council member.\n\n### Launch Failures\n\n${failureLines}`
-}

src/tools/athena-council/types.ts

@@ -2,3 +2,12 @@ export interface AthenaCouncilToolArgs {
   question: string
   members?: string[]
 }
+
+export interface AthenaCouncilToolContext {
+  sessionID: string
+  messageID: string
+  agent: string
+  abort: AbortSignal
+  metadata?: (input: { title?: string; metadata?: Record<string, unknown> }) => void | Promise<void>
+  callID?: string
+}