[lilyshen0722]

Comment only, on NativeAgentDefinition.systemPrompt: an edit to a native agent's prompt doesn't reach existing installs by itself.

Install copies systemPrompt into AgentInstallation.config, and nativeRuntimeService reads that copy first (cfg.systemPrompt). A deploy refreshes only the demo-pod install (seed-native-agents, which $sets config on each boot). Every other install keeps the old prompt until scripts/refresh-native-agent-configs.ts runs.

That is what made the first F60 after-walks on staging (#3317) invalid: the accounts carried the old Scout prompt until the refresh ran (dry run: 10/10 installs differed in systemPrompt only). The note sits on the field an editor touches, so the next prompt change carries its rollout step.

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This change adds comments to NativeAgentDefinition describing how its configuration is copied to installations and how updates reach existing installations.

Changes: Native-agent refresh documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document installation refresh behavior backend/config/native-agents/types.ts	Comments describe that installation copies the definition into AgentInstallation.config. They state that deployments refresh the demo-pod install through seed-native-agents, while other installations require running scripts/refresh-native-agent-configs.ts in dry-run mode and then with --apply.

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The comments accurately explain which installations deployments and the refresh script update.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: documenting where native-agent prompt edits reach.
Description check		The description directly explains the configuration-copy behavior, deployment scope, refresh process, and reason for the documentation change.
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HEAD: 7571bac — GATE: PASS

One quick review round (comment only, Tier 0). A fresh reviewer checked each claim in the comment against the code, and all four hold:

• Install copies systemPrompt into AgentInstallation.config: seed-native-agents.ts buildInstallationConfig, the Scout signup install in authController.ts, and personaHireService.ts.
• The runtime reads that copy: nativeRuntimeService.ts buildSystemPrompt uses cfg.systemPrompt from normalizeConfig(installation.config).
• A deploy refreshes only the demo-pod install: seedOneApp step 4 $sets config, and per-user apps return before the install.
• refresh-native-agent-configs is a dry run unless --apply is passed.

Hosted-native turns regenerate their prompt (hostedNativeRunConfig) and never read a stored copy. The comment sits on the manifest type, whose installs are the ones it describes.

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Follow-up Comments

Limit the refresh claim to installations the script can update.

59-61: Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Limit the refresh claim to installations the script can update.

refresh-native-agent-configs.ts selects only active installations, supports --skip-pod, and writes changes only with --apply. New installations receive the current definition at install time. perUser definitions skip the demo-pod seed.

Proposed wording

-  // copy. A deploy refreshes only the demo-pod install (seed-native-agents);
-  // every other install gets an edit here only after
-  // scripts/refresh-native-agent-configs.ts runs (dry run first, then --apply).
+  // copy. For non-perUser apps, seed-native-agents refreshes the demo-pod
+  // install when that pod exists. Existing active installations selected by
+  // scripts/refresh-native-agent-configs.ts update only with --apply;
+  // --skip-pod excludes matching pods.

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Review comment at @backend/config/native-agents/types.ts around lines 59 - 61:
Update the installation-refresh comment near the native-agent type definition to
limit its claims to non-perUser definitions and existing active installations
selected by refresh-native-agent-configs.ts. Clarify that seed-native-agents
refreshes the demo pod only when it exists, script changes require --apply, and
--skip-pod excludes matching pods.

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[lilyshen0722]

On CodeRabbit's follow-up ("limit the refresh claim to installations the script can update"): taken in ff42050, in a shorter wording.

The comment now says a deploy refreshes only a non-perUser app's demo-pod install. That matches seed-native-agents.ts: seedOneApp returns before the install for a perUser app. It also says other active installs get an edit only when refresh-native-agent-configs.ts runs with --apply, which matches the script: it reads AgentInstallation.find({ agentName, status: 'active' }) and is a dry run unless --apply is passed.

I left --skip-pod out. It's an operator option of the script, not a fact about where an edit reaches, and the script's own header documents it.