Break tool config schema import cycle

nanobot/agent/tools/cli_apps.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from nanobot.agent.tools.base import Tool, tool_parameters
 from nanobot.agent.tools.schema import ArraySchema, BooleanSchema, IntegerSchema, StringSchema, tool_parameters_schema
 from nanobot.security.workspace_access import current_tool_workspace
 from nanobot.apps.cli import CliAppError, CliAppManager, CliAppsRuntimeConfig
-from nanobot.config.schema import Base
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 
 
 class CliAppsToolConfig(Base):

nanobot/agent/tools/image_generation.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from nanobot.agent.tools.schema import (
 )
 from nanobot.security.workspace_access import current_tool_workspace
 from nanobot.config.paths import get_media_dir
-from nanobot.config.schema import Base
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 from nanobot.providers.image_generation import (
     ImageGenerationError,
     ImageGenerationProvider,

nanobot/agent/tools/self.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from loguru import logger
 from nanobot.agent.tools.base import Tool
 from nanobot.agent.tools.context import ContextAware, RequestContext
 from nanobot.agent.tools.runtime_state import RuntimeState
-from nanobot.config.schema import Base
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nanobot.agent.subagent import SubagentStatus

nanobot/agent/tools/shell.py

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from nanobot.agent.tools.schema import (
     tool_parameters_schema,
 )
 from nanobot.config.paths import get_media_dir
-from nanobot.config.schema import Base
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 from nanobot.security.workspace_access import current_scope_allows_loopback, current_tool_workspace
 from nanobot.security.workspace_policy import is_path_within
 

nanobot/agent/tools/web.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from nanobot.agent.tools.schema import (
     StringSchema,
     tool_parameters_schema,
 )
-from nanobot.config.schema import Base
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 from nanobot.utils.helpers import build_image_content_blocks
 
 # Shared constants

nanobot/config/schema.py

@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Literal
 
-from pydantic import AliasChoices, BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
+from pydantic import AliasChoices, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
-from pydantic.alias_generators import to_camel
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
 from nanobot.cron.types import CronSchedule
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from nanobot.agent.tools.web import WebToolsConfig
 
 
-class Base(BaseModel):
-    """Base model that accepts both camelCase and snake_case keys."""
-
-    model_config = ConfigDict(alias_generator=to_camel, populate_by_name=True)
-
-
 class ChannelsConfig(Base):
     """Configuration for chat channels.
 
@@ -320,8 +314,8 @@ class ToolsConfig(Base):
     """Tools configuration.
 
     Field types for tool-specific sub-configs are resolved via model_rebuild()
-    at the bottom of this file to avoid circular imports (tool modules import
+    at the bottom of this file so tool config classes can stay next to their
-    Base from schema.py).
+    tool implementations.
     """
 
     web: WebToolsConfig = Field(default_factory=lambda: _lazy_default("nanobot.agent.tools.web", "WebToolsConfig"))

nanobot/config_base.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+"""Shared Pydantic base model for configuration DTOs.
+
+This module intentionally lives outside the ``nanobot.config`` package so
+runtime modules can define local config DTOs without importing the full root
+configuration schema.
+"""
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
+from pydantic.alias_generators import to_camel
+
+
+class Base(BaseModel):
+    """Base model that accepts both camelCase and snake_case keys."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(alias_generator=to_camel, populate_by_name=True)

tests/config/test_tool_config_boundaries.py

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import ast
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_config_base_import_does_not_load_config_schema():
+    code = """
+import sys
+from nanobot.config_base import Base
+print("nanobot.config.schema" in sys.modules)
+"""
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-c", code],
+        check=True,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+    )
+
+    assert result.stdout.strip() == "False"
+
+
+def test_builtin_tool_configs_do_not_depend_on_config_schema_base():
+    repo = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+    tool_paths = sorted((repo / "nanobot/agent/tools").glob("*.py"))
+
+    violations = []
+    for path in tool_paths:
+        tree = ast.parse(path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+        for node in ast.walk(tree):
+            if not isinstance(node, ast.ImportFrom):
+                continue
+            if node.module != "nanobot.config.schema":
+                continue
+            if any(alias.name == "Base" for alias in node.names):
+                violations.append(str(path.relative_to(repo)))
+
+    assert violations == []

tests/tools/test_tool_loader.py

@@ -352,50 +352,6 @@ def test_mcp_wrappers_not_discoverable():
     assert MCPPromptWrapper._plugin_discoverable is False
 
 
-# --- Task 8: Config round-trip tests ---
-
-
-def test_config_round_trip():
-    """Verify config serialization is unchanged after moving config classes."""
-    from nanobot.config.schema import Config
-
-    config_dict = {
-        "tools": {
-            "web": {"enable": True, "search": {"provider": "brave", "api_key": "test"}},
-            "exec": {"enable": False, "timeout": 120, "pathPrepend": "/venv/bin"},
-            "my": {"allowSet": True},
-            "imageGeneration": {"enabled": True, "provider": "openrouter"},
-        }
-    }
-    config = Config.model_validate(config_dict)
-    dumped = config.model_dump(mode="json", by_alias=True)
-
-    assert dumped["tools"]["my"]["allowSet"] is True
-    assert dumped["tools"]["imageGeneration"]["enabled"] is True
-    assert dumped["tools"]["exec"]["pathPrepend"] == "/venv/bin"
-    assert config.tools.exec.enable is False
-    assert config.tools.exec.timeout == 120
-    assert config.tools.exec.path_prepend == "/venv/bin"
-    assert config.tools.web.search.provider == "brave"
-
-
-def test_config_defaults():
-    """Verify default values match the original hardcoded schema."""
-    from nanobot.config.schema import Config
-
-    config = Config.model_validate({})
-    assert config.tools.exec.enable is True
-    assert config.tools.exec.timeout == 60
-    assert config.tools.exec.path_prepend == ""
-    assert config.tools.web.enable is True
-    assert config.tools.web.search.provider == "duckduckgo"
-    assert config.tools.my.enable is True
-    assert config.tools.my.allow_set is False
-    assert config.tools.image_generation.enabled is False
-    assert config.tools.cli_apps.enable is True
-    assert config.tools.restrict_to_workspace is False
-
-
 # --- Task 10: Integration test ---