feat(birmel): replace VoltAgent with explicit AI SDK runtime

.buildkite/scripts/smoke-app-in-image.ts

@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ const commands: Record<
       "test -x node_modules/youtube-dl-exec/bin/yt-dlp",
       "timeout 10s node_modules/youtube-dl-exec/bin/yt-dlp --version",
       "set +e",
-      'output="$(timeout 30s bun run src/index.ts 2>&1)"',
+      'output="$(timeout 30s bun run scripts/start.ts 2>&1)"',
       "status=$?",
       String.raw`printf '%s\n' "$output"`,
       String.raw`[ "$status" -eq 124 ] || printf "%s\n" "$output" | grep -iE "` +
@@ -210,11 +210,10 @@ const commands: Record<
     ].join("\n"),
     env: {
       DISCORD_TOKEN: "smoke-test-dummy",
-      DISCORD_CLIENT_ID: "smoke-test-dummy",
+      DISCORD_CLIENT_ID: "1".repeat(18),
       ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: "smoke-test-dummy",
       OPENAI_API_KEY: "smoke-test-dummy",
       DATABASE_URL: "file:/tmp/smoke-test.db",
-      MEMORY_DB_PATH: "file:/tmp/birmel-memory.db",
       TELEMETRY_ENABLED: "false",
     },
   },

.quality-baseline.json

@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@
   },
   "prettier-ignore": {},
   "hermeticity-exempt": {},
-  "updated": "2026-07-11",
+  "updated": "2026-08-08",
   "test-skips": {
     "packages/discord-plays-pokemon/packages/backend/src/emulator/audio/audio-fingerprint.test.ts": 1,
     "packages/homelab/src/helm-types/src/real-world-charts.test.ts": 4
   },
   "placeholder-assertions": {
-    "packages/birmel/src/agent-tools/tools/automation/automation.test.ts": 7,
     "packages/discord-plays-pokemon/packages/backend/src/emulator/audio/audio-fingerprint.test.ts": 1,
     "packages/homelab/src/helm-types/src/type-converter.test.ts": 1,
     "packages/homelab/src/helm-types/src/yaml-preprocessing.test.ts": 1,

AGENTS.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ packages/
 ├── anki/                       # Anki flashcard tools
 ├── astro-opengraph-images/     # Astro OpenGraph image generation (npm)
 ├── better-skill-capped/        # Browser extension
-├── birmel/                     # Discord bot (VoltAgent + Claude AI)
+├── birmel/                     # Discord bot (AI SDK explicit agent runtime)
 ├── cooklang-for-obsidian/      # Cooklang Obsidian plugin
 ├── cooklang-rich-preview/      # Cooklang rich link preview site
 ├── discord-plays-pokemon/      # Discord Plays Pokemon (headless emulator + Go-Live stream)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ Feature PRs are created and updated with `git-spice` as stacks; a single PR is a
 
 Each package has its own AGENTS.md with specific instructions:
 
-- `packages/birmel/AGENTS.md` - VoltAgent setup, Discord bot config
+- `packages/birmel/AGENTS.md` - explicit agent runtime, Discord bot config
 - `packages/homelab/AGENTS.md` - K8s, cdk8s, OpenTofu infrastructure
 - `packages/scout-for-lol/AGENTS.md` - Match analysis pipeline
 - `packages/resume/AGENTS.md` - Resume site

packages/birmel/.env.example

@@ -1,60 +1,112 @@
-# Required - Discord Bot Credentials
+# Required credentials
 DISCORD_TOKEN=
 DISCORD_CLIENT_ID=
-
-# Required - AI Services
-ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=
 OPENAI_API_KEY=
+
+# Trusted capability boundary: JSON array of Discord user snowflakes.
+# Omit to use the repository's documented allowlist; malformed JSON/IDs fail startup.
+# TRUSTED_USER_IDS=["186665676134547461"]
+
+# Models and bounded agent runtime
 OPENAI_MODEL=gpt-5.6-sol
 OPENAI_CLASSIFIER_MODEL=gpt-5.4-nano
+OPENAI_MEMORY_MODEL=gpt-5.4-nano
+OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL=text-embedding-3-small
 OPENAI_REASONING_EFFORT=medium
 OPENAI_TEXT_VERBOSITY=low
+OPENAI_MAX_TOKENS=4096
+AGENT_MAX_STEPS=8
+AGENT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS=120000
+AGENT_ROUTER_TIMEOUT_MS=30000
+
+# Product database. The historical mastra-memory.db is intentionally not configured.
+DATABASE_URL=file:./data/birmel.db
 
-# Optional - Database
-DATABASE_PATH=./data/birmel.db
+# Conversational admission and bounded raw transcript
+RESPONDER_ENABLED=true
+RESPONDER_ENGAGEMENT_WINDOW_MS=180000
+RESPONDER_TRANSCRIPT_WINDOW_MS=3600000
+RESPONDER_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_MESSAGES=50
 
-# Optional - Daily Posts
+# Scheduler and durable jobs
+SCHEDULER_ENABLED=true
+SCHEDULER_TICK_INTERVAL_MS=10000
+SCHEDULER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS=30000
+SCHEDULER_MAX_TASKS_PER_GUILD=100
+SCHEDULER_MAX_RECURRING_TASKS=50
+
+# Daily posts
 DAILY_POSTS_ENABLED=true
 DAILY_POST_TIME=09:00
 DAILY_POST_TIMEZONE=America/Los_Angeles
 
-# Optional - Voice/TTS
+# Browser automation
+BROWSER_ENABLED=true
+BROWSER_PROVIDER=pinchtab
+BROWSER_HEADLESS=true
+BROWSER_VIEWPORT_WIDTH=1280
+BROWSER_VIEWPORT_HEIGHT=720
+BROWSER_MAX_SESSIONS=5
+BROWSER_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS=300000
+PINCHTAB_BASE_URL=http://localhost:9867
+PINCHTAB_TOKEN=
+PINCHTAB_PROFILE=birmel
+# BROWSER_USER_AGENT=
+
+# Shell, editor, and external APIs
+SHELL_ENABLED=true
+SHELL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT=30000
+SHELL_MAX_TIMEOUT=300000
+EDITOR_ENABLED=false
+EDITOR_ALLOWED_REPOS=[]
+EDITOR_MAX_SESSION_DURATION_MS=1800000
+EDITOR_MAX_SESSIONS_PER_USER=1
+EDITOR_OAUTH_HOST=0.0.0.0
+EDITOR_OAUTH_PORT=4112
+EDITOR_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=
+EDITOR_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=
+EDITOR_GITHUB_CALLBACK_URL=
+NEWS_API_KEY=
+RIOT_API_KEY=
+WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDER=openai
+
+# Persona and scheduled social features
+PERSONA_ENABLED=true
+PERSONA_DEFAULT=virmel
+PERSONA_STYLE_MODEL=gpt-5.4-nano
+BIRTHDAYS_ENABLED=true
+BIRTHDAYS_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE=UTC
+BIRTHDAYS_ANNOUNCEMENT_CHANNEL_ID=
+BIRTHDAYS_ROLE_ID=
+ACTIVITY_TRACKING_ENABLED=true
+ACTIVITY_ROLE_TIERS=[]
+ELECTIONS_ENABLED=true
+ELECTION_CHANNEL_ID=
+ELECTION_START_TIME=17:00
+ELECTION_END_TIME=19:00
+ELECTION_TIMEZONE=America/Los_Angeles
+
+# Health and observability
+HEALTH_PORT=8080
+LOG_LEVEL=info
+TELEMETRY_ENABLED=true
+TELEMETRY_SERVICE_NAME=birmel
+OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://tempo.tempo.svc.cluster.local:4318
+SENTRY_ENABLED=false
+SENTRY_DSN=
+SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT=development
+SENTRY_SAMPLE_RATE=1
+SENTRY_TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE=0
+SENTRY_DEBUG=false
+
+# Voice/music and live E2E
+ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=replace-with-anthropic-key
+VOICE_ENABLED=true
 TTS_VOICE=nova
 TTS_SPEED=1.0
-VOICE_ENABLED=true
-
-# Optional - live music E2E (`bun run test:e2e:music`) and YouTube stream E2E (`bun run test:e2e:youtube-stream`)
 BIRMEL_E2E_GUILD_ID=
 BIRMEL_E2E_TEXT_CHANNEL_ID=
 BIRMEL_E2E_VOICE_CHANNEL_ID=
 BIRMEL_E2E_YOUTUBE_QUERY=
 BIRMEL_E2E_PLAYBACK_SECONDS=5
 BIRMEL_E2E_TIMEOUT_MS=45000
-
-# Optional - External APIs
-NEWS_API_KEY=
-RIOT_API_KEY=
-WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDER=openai
-
-# Optional - Browser automation
-BROWSER_PROVIDER=pinchtab
-PINCHTAB_BASE_URL=http://localhost:9867
-PINCHTAB_TOKEN=
-PINCHTAB_PROFILE=birmel
-
-# Optional - Observability
-LOG_LEVEL=info
-# SENTRY_DSN=https://4fec575b459a4afe9b1230d29313a64c@bugsink.sjer.red/7
-# OTLP_ENDPOINT=http://tempo.tempo.svc.cluster.local:4318
-# TELEMETRY_ENABLED=true
-
-# Optional - Memory store
-# MEMORY_DB_PATH=file:/app/data/birmel-memory.db
-
-# Optional - Conversational responder (GPT-nano follow-up trigger + transcript)
-# RESPONDER_ENABLED=true
-# RESPONDER_ENGAGEMENT_WINDOW_MS=180000
-# RESPONDER_TRANSCRIPT_MIN_MESSAGES=25
-# RESPONDER_TRANSCRIPT_WINDOW_MS=3600000
-# RESPONDER_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_MESSAGES=100
-# OPENAI_CLASSIFIER_MODEL=gpt-5.4-nano