Run Log 002: First Full Docker Run with Azure DevOps¶

Date: 2026-02-19 Goal: Run Agent Smith as a Docker container against Azure DevOps (AzureRepos + AzureDevOps tickets) for the first time - full 9/9 pipeline, headless mode, PR creation. Result: ✅ Complete success. 9/9 pipeline steps passed. PR created on Azure Repos.

1. Setup¶

1.1 Existing Configuration¶

The agent-smith-test project was already defined in config/agentsmith.yml:

agent-smith-test:
  source:
    type: AzureRepos
    url: https://dev.azure.com/holgerleichsenring/agent-smith-test/_git/agent-smith-test
    auth: token
  tickets:
    type: AzureDevOps
    organization: holgerleichsenring
    project: agent-smith-test
    auth: token
  agent:
    type: Claude
    model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
  pipeline: fix-bug

1.2 Secrets in .env¶

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN=A8fc...

No GITHUB_TOKEN needed for this run - Azure DevOps only.

1.3 Create Test Ticket via REST API¶

Before running, an Azure DevOps work item was created via the REST API directly (no UI needed):

curl -s -u ":$AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json" \
  -X POST \
  "https://dev.azure.com/holgerleichsenring/agent-smith-test/_apis/wit/workitems/\$Task?api-version=7.1" \
  -d '[
    {"op": "add", "path": "/fields/System.Title",
     "value": "Add a LICENSE file with MIT license text"},
    {"op": "add", "path": "/fields/System.Description",
     "value": "Create a LICENSE file in the repository root containing the standard MIT license text. Use the current year and placeholder author name. The file should be named LICENSE (no extension)."}
  ]'

Result: Work item #54 created in project agent-smith-test.

This mirrors the predecessor instance's GitHub test (Issue #1: "Add a README.md") - a deliberately simple, self-contained task with no code dependencies.

2. Docker Build¶

The image was already cached from a previous build. Rebuild confirmed clean:

docker build -t agentsmith:latest .
# [+] Building 0.1s (23/23) FINISHED - all layers cached

Image size stayed well within the <500MB target.

3. Docker Run - Full Headless Execution¶

docker run --rm \
  -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
  -e AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN="$AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN" \
  -e GITHUB_TOKEN="$GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -v $(pwd)/config:/app/config \
  -v ~/.ssh:/home/agentsmith/.ssh:ro \
  agentsmith:latest \
  --headless "fix #54 in agent-smith-test"

4. Full Pipeline Output¶

All 9 steps completed without error:

[1/9] FetchTicketCommand    → Ticket 54 fetched from AzureDevOps
[2/9] CheckoutSourceCommand → Cloning to /tmp/agentsmith/azuredevops/agent-smith-test/agent-smith-test
                              Checked out branch fix/54
[3/9] LoadCodingPrinciplesCommand → Loaded coding principles (3524 chars)
[4/9] AnalyzeCodeCommand    → Code analysis completed: 1 files found
[5/9] GeneratePlanCommand   → Plan: "Create a MIT LICENSE file at the repository root
                              with standard MIT license text, current year, and
                              placeholder author name" (1 step)
[6/9] ApprovalCommand       → Headless mode: auto-approving plan
[7/9] AgenticExecuteCommand → Scout: 1 relevant file discovered (6276 tokens)
                              Agent completed after 4 iterations
                              1 file changed
[8/9] TestCommand           → No test framework detected, skipping tests
[9/9] CommitAndPRCommand    → Committed and pushed: fix: Add a LICENSE file with MIT license text (#54)
                              PR created: https://dev.azure.com/holgerleichsenring/agent-smith-test/_git/agent-smith-test/pullrequest/4
                              Ticket 54 closed with summary

Final output: Success: Pipeline completed successfully

5. Agentic Loop Detail (Step 7)¶

The Scout + primary agent ran efficiently:

Metric	Value
Scout model	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`
Relevant files discovered	1
Scout tokens used	6,276
Agent iterations	4 (Scout) + 9 total loop iterations
Total input tokens	7,978
Total output tokens	1,110
Cache-create tokens	1,564
Cache-read tokens	4,692
Cache hit rate	37.0%
Files changed	1 (`LICENSE`)

The task was minimal (1 existing file in repo, no complex codebase to analyze), so the agent completed in 4 iterations without hitting rate limits - in contrast to run-log-001 where a 129-file codebase caused rate limiting at iteration 6.

6. PR and Ticket¶

Artifact	URL
Pull Request	https://dev.azure.com/holgerleichsenring/agent-smith-test/_git/agent-smith-test/pullrequest/4
Work Item	https://dev.azure.com/holgerleichsenring/agent-smith-test/_workitems/edit/54

The ticket was automatically closed by the CommitAndPRHandler after PR creation (Phase 13 writeback).

7. Key Differences vs. Run Log 001¶

Aspect	Run 001 (GitHub, dotnet run)	Run 002 (Azure DevOps, Docker)
Ticket provider	GitHub Issues	AzureDevOps Work Items
Source provider	GitHub (clone)	AzureRepos (clone)
Execution mode	`dotnet run` interactive	`docker run --headless`
Approval	Manual stdin pipe (`echo "y"`)	Auto-approved (headless mode)
Rate limit hit	Yes (iteration 6, 129 files)	No (1 file, 4 iterations)
Pipeline result	7/9 (rate limited)	9/9 complete ✅
PR created	No	Yes ✅
Ticket closed	No	Yes ✅

8. Issues Found¶

None. First clean end-to-end run.

9. Next Steps¶

[ ] Phase 18: Message Bus + Conversation State (Redis Streams)
[ ] Run against a real-world ticket with actual code changes (multi-file)
[ ] Test with OpenAI / Gemini provider instead of Claude