Mink Parity Matrix

chimera mink Parity Matrix

Source baseline: research/mink/24-gap-analysis.md (Apr 23 2026). Updated: 2026-04-25, after v0.4.0 ship (M0–M5 + wave-2 follow-ups). Refreshed 2026-04-30 by D1 at the wave-9 close — mink rows themselves are unchanged (no carry-over items targeted mink directly), but the cross-CLI chimera completion generator (O5) now covers chimera mink and the family grew from 5 to 7 (stoat, badger). Legend: GREEN = shipped / at parity (or superset); YELLOW = partial; RED = deferred.

Wave-9 close (2026-04-30, D1). Wave-9 batched 24 agents across the family. Mink itself was untouched — the only mink-relevant deliverable is O5 (the cross-CLI chimera completion bash|zsh|fish [--cli all|<animal>] generator), which walks the live argparse tree and now emits a working completion script for chimera mink alongside its six siblings. The trademark scrub at the codename-aggregate level still exits OK (passed: 7). Mink stays a superset Tier-1 CLI in the now-seven-strong family.

Subsystems

#	Subsystem	Status	Shipped artifact	Notes
1	Turn loop	GREEN	chimera/core/agent_loop.py, loop.py	Already a superset (cancellation, steering, learning). Minor PromptCacheEvent shape diff is cosmetic.
2	Tool system / registry	GREEN	chimera/core/tool.py, tool_executor.py	Anthropic + OpenAI schemas; permission/event hooks; concurrent dispatch.
3	Built-in tools	GREEN	chimera/tools/ (incl. notebook_edit.py, worktree_tool.py, task_tool.py, cron_tools.py, powershell.py, config_tool.py)	All M3+M5 tools landed. PowerShell falls through to pwsh on non-Windows.
4	Tool-call streaming	GREEN	chimera/providers/ollama.py:stream()	NDJSON parser accumulates tool_calls; emits tool_call_start/delta/complete.
5	Slash commands	GREEN	chimera/cli/slash_commands.py	Extracted from code.py for reuse by the mink REPL; full M1 set wired (31 commands per research/mink/HANDOFF.md).
6	Hooks	GREEN	chimera/hooks/executor.py, emitter.py, events.py	updatedInput mutation + cwd/env inheritance + audit trail wired in M2-B.
7	MCP	YELLOW	chimera/mcp/{client,lifecycle,oauth,sse_transport,ws_transport,tools}.py + chimera/mink/cli.py:_load_mcp_tools + chimera/cli/code.py	All transports + OAuth2 PKCE + mcp__server__tool prefix shipped in M5-A; chimera mink and chimera code now load ~/.chimera/mcp.json and <cwd>/.mcp.json and merge servers (audit B-6 fix). End-to-end install of a community server over OAuth has not been independently verified.
8	Permissions	GREEN	chimera/permissions/ + chimera/cli/permission_prompt.py + chimera/mink/settings.py:to_chimera_loop_config	Tool(arg_key:pattern) grammar; .claude/settings.json allow/ask/deny lists are now consumed by chimera mink -p (audit B-4 fix).
9	TUI / streaming render	GREEN	chimera/cli/render.py:MinkStreamHandler + build_stream_handler wired in chimera/mink/cli.py:_run_print_mode and chimera/cli/code.py (opt-in via CHIMERA_RICH_TUI=1)	MarkdownStream, Spinner, ToolBlockRenderer, ThinkingBlockRenderer, DiffRenderer all flow through the live runtime. Auto-detect: rich on TTY, plain on pipe / NO_COLOR / --no-color / --no-rich. Audit B-2 / B-7 / B-8 closed.
10	Sessions / resume / fork	GREEN	chimera/sessions/ + /resume slash command	Already superset; /resume <id> exposed in M4.
11	Subagents / Task tool	GREEN	chimera/tools/task_tool.py, chimera/cli/agent_teams.py	Child AgentLoop spawn with linked cancellation; experimental teams behind env flag.
12	Settings / config	GREEN	chimera/mink/settings.py + chimera/tools/config_tool.py + chimera/mink/cli.py:_run_print_mode	User → project → local merge; rules now feed the live LoopConfig.permissions for one-shot -p runs (audit B-4 fix). M5-C ConfigTool exposes get/set/list.
13	Ollama provider (Kimi K2.6 / GLM-5)	YELLOW	chimera/providers/ollama.py	Streaming + tool-roundtrip + num_ctx/keep_alive/think shipped. Vision and JSON-grammar mode still deferred (Ollama-cloud limitation).
14	Cancellation / Ctrl-C	GREEN	chimera/core/cancellation.py	Chimera-only superset.
15	Secrets redaction	GREEN	chimera/secrets/ + chimera/cli/output_format.py	RedactionMiddleware wired into stream-json output as of v0.4.0. Chimera-only superset.
16	Remote (SSH) execution1	YELLOW	chimera/env/ssh.py + chimera/mink/cli.py:_build_environment (--remote ssh://user@host[:port][/path])	Scaffold landed in v0.4.0; routes file/bash tools through SSHEnvironment. 10/13 spec items implemented per HANDOFF; asyncssh + SFTP + ProxyJump still TODO (#127).
17	Run persistence + sharing2	GREEN	chimera/mink/runs.py + chimera/sessions/share.py + chimera/mink/cli.py:_dispatch_runs (runs list/show/share)	Per-run eventlog dirs at ~/.chimera/eventlog/mink-<id>/. runs share supports file, gist, base64 sinks (#129).
18	Agents subcommand	GREEN	chimera/mink/agents.py + chimera/mink/cli.py:_dispatch_agents (agents list/show <name>)	Walks the same project > user > built-in chain --agent <name> resolves through. Read-only; no provider bring-up.
19	Allowed-tools filter	GREEN	chimera/mink/cli.py:_filter_allowed_tools (--allowed-tools Bash,Read,...)	Comma-separated, case-insensitive; unknown name exits 2 with the valid tool list (audit M-22).
20	Stream-json output3	GREEN	chimera/cli/output_format.py + _run_stream_json	One JSON line per LoopEvent with RedactionMiddleware applied; pairs with --no-save for sensitive prompts.

Built-in tools roll-up (41 reference tools surveyed)

Bucket	Status	Coverage
File ops (Read/Write/Edit/Glob/Grep/NotebookEdit/LSP)	YELLOW	7 / 7 implemented; NotebookEdit not in AGENT_TOOLS default set (caller must add it explicitly).
Web (WebFetch/WebSearch)	GREEN	2 / 2
Task management (5)	GREEN	5 / 5 (TaskOutput streaming via task_tools.TaskOutputTool)
Cron (Create/List/Delete)	YELLOW	3 / 3 implemented; not in AGENT_TOOLS default set.
Shell (Bash/PowerShell)	GREEN	2 / 2 (M5-C PowerShellTool)
Config (Config/Brief)	YELLOW	1 / 2 (Config shipped; Brief deferred — niche)
MCP (MCPTool/ListMcpResources/ReadMcpResource/McpAuth)	GREEN	4 / 4 (M5-A)
Coordination (Agent/Skill/EnterWorktree/ExitWorktree/EnterPlanMode/ExitPlanModeV2/TodoWrite/ToolSearch)	YELLOW	8 / 8 implemented; EnterWorktree / ExitWorktree not in AGENT_TOOLS default set.
Collaboration (AskUser/SendMessage/RemoteTrigger/Team*)	YELLOW	2 / 5 (AskUser, SendMessage shipped; RemoteTrigger + Team* deferred)
Testing/debugging (TestingPermission/SyntheticOutput/TaskOutput)	YELLOW	1 / 3 (TaskOutput shipped)

Note (audit M-21): “implemented but not in AGENT_TOOLS” tools (NotebookEdit, EnterWorktree/ExitWorktree, Cron tools) are dispatchable when added explicitly to an Agent constructor’s tools= list, but the live agent served by chimera mink does NOT see them by default. To enable them for a session, register them manually or extend chimera/core/tool_group.py:AGENT_TOOLS.

Counts

• GREEN: 17 of 20 subsystems · 32 of 41 reference built-in tools.
• YELLOW: 3 of 20 subsystems · 5 of 41 tools (partial coverage).
• RED: 0 subsystems · 4 of 41 tools deferred (Brief, RemoteTrigger, TeamCreate, TeamDelete, TestingPermission, SyntheticOutput).

NOTE (M7, 2026-04-25): rows 16–20 were added to reflect surfaces that shipped in v0.4.0 but were missing from the original 15-row matrix. Rows 1–15 are unchanged; row 13 was relabeled from “Kimi K2.6” to “Kimi K2.6 / GLM-5” to match the v0.3.0 default model switch.

Chimera-only capabilities (do not regress)

Carried over from gap-analysis §“Chimera-only capabilities”. Re-verified shipped: cooperative CancellationToken, mid-turn MessageQueues steering, loop detection, ghost commits, instruction anchor, learning store, discipline guards, EventSourcedSession crash recovery, FileAwareCompaction, SessionTree in-place branching, RedactionMiddleware, CostTracker with cache/reasoning breakdown, checkpoint manager, /yolo mode toggle, unified LoopConfig, 26-event EventBus, AgentConfig.from_markdown() + multi-tier registry.

Follow-up issues to file (or already filed)

1. Vision content blocks for Ollama provider — currently deferred (subsystem 13).
2. format (JSON-schema grammar) for Ollama — Ollama Cloud limitation; revisit when upstream supports :cloud tags.
3. Brief tool — niche, defer until a user requests it.
4. RemoteTrigger tool — overlaps with web_fetch; decide if standalone tool is worth the duplicate surface.
5. Team{Create,Delete} tools — wait for agent_teams to graduate from experimental.
6. TestingPermissionTool / SyntheticOutputTool — internal reference-only utilities; not user-facing.
7. /status and /doctor parity polish — slash commands shipped; flesh out diagnostics output to match the reference verbosity.
8. SSH transport hardening — #127: asyncssh + SFTP + ProxyJump on top of the v0.4.0 SSHEnvironment scaffold.
9. Event sourcing completeness — #128: A6 audit found 9/18 spec items missing.
10. Benchmark adapter live runs — #86–#96: 11 adapters scaffolded; need real-dataset wiring + scoring.
11. runs cost --since=Nd — telemetry/cost dashboard aggregating summary.json across ~/.chimera/eventlog/mink-*/. Not yet shipped; tracked under HANDOFF “Suggested next session” #6.

How to use

When a user installs chimera mink and runs it from a project that already contains a .claude/settings.json, every GREEN row above is expected to behave identically to the reference implementation. The settings file is auto-discovered from the project root (no --config flag is needed — that flag does not exist; see audit L-1). To override the discovery path set CHIMERA_MINK_SETTINGS_PATH or pass --cwd to point at a different project. YELLOW rows degrade gracefully (and emit a warning where the gap is user-visible). RED rows raise NotImplementedError with a pointer to the follow-up issue.

Cross-links

• Chimera architecture (8-phase map) — where the rows in this matrix live in the shared library.

Footnotes

1. Tracking issue: #127. Scaffold landed; needs asyncssh + SFTP + ProxyJump per research/mink/HANDOFF.md open-issues table. ↩

2. Tracking issue: #129 (closed in v0.4.0). ↩

3. Redaction shipped via RedactionMiddleware in v0.4.0 (PR #140). ↩