live: heartbeat sync 2026-10-18T19:52:41-07:00 (Refs #11)

agent/managed-skills/omp-models-yml-runner-api-placement/SKILL.md

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 ---
 name: omp-models-yml-runner-api-placement
-description: Add or edit a non-chat (tts/image/embedding) model row in ~/.omp/agent/models.yml without disabling every custom provider
+description: "Add or edit a non-chat (tts/image/embedding) model row in ~/.omp/agent/models.yml, wire the speech role, and diagnose a failing speech device without blaming a healthy endpoint"
 ---
 
 # Scope
 
 `~/.omp/agent/models.yml` (or `models.yaml`) on a workstation: adding a **runner**
-model row (TTS / image / embedding / rerank / video) alongside chat providers.
+model row (TTS / image / embedding / rerank / video) alongside chat providers,
+flipping `config.yml` `modelRoles` at it, and diagnosing a speech device that
+refuses to speak.
 
 # The landmine
 
@@ -63,9 +65,52 @@ yielding.
 # Speech transport contract (`openai-speech`)
 
 Body is `{model, input, response_format, voice?, speed?}`; `voice` is forwarded
-only when explicitly set; `sample_rate`/`bit_rate` **throw**
+**only** when the caller passed `voice_id`; `sample_rate`/`bit_rate` **throw**
 (`openai-speech does not support sampleRate`). Codec comes from the
 `output_path` suffix; 15 000-character cap. An unknown `voice` name is a server
 error, not a fallback — and `auth: none` makes a dead endpoint read as
 *available*, so point `modelRoles.speech` at such a provider only after it has
 answered a real synthesis.
+
+# Three speech-role laws (bundle-read + measured 2026-10-18)
+
+1. **No setting carries a voice for `openai-speech`.** The transport builds the
+   body with `voice` from the call's `voice_id` and nothing else.
+   `tts.localVoice` is the *local Kokoro backend's* key; `speech.voice` is the
+   TUI's **speak-aloud** voice, an enum of Kokoro names that never reaches an
+   HTTP request (setting it to a pack name breaks the vocalizer and does nothing
+   for synthesis — read `cfgSpeechVoice` in `dist/cli.js` before believing
+   otherwise). So a voice-less call is the harness's **normal** shape: a
+   voice-required endpoint needs a server-side default (fleet answer:
+   `DEFAULT_VOICE` in `scripts/frank-tts.env`, journal marks the line
+   `(default)`, unknown names still 400 with the list).
+2. **An explicit role has no fallback candidate.** `modelRoles.speech` set to one
+   model yields exactly one candidate, so a dead endpoint or an unresolvable
+   selector fails with *"No available speech model matches the speech role"*
+   instead of degrading to Kokoro. Loud-by-design; do not "fix" it by adding a
+   fallback in the client.
+3. **`models.yml` loads at process start; `config.yml` is read live.** A session
+   older than the new row fails exactly like a dead endpoint while a fresh
+   process succeeds in the same minute.
+
+# Diagnosing "speech device won't speak" — in this order
+
+1. `curl` the endpoint directly with a real voice name. 200 + audio ⇒ the service
+   is fine and the fault is harness-side; stop touching the server.
+2. Control test in the *same* session: point `modelRoles.speech` at
+   `local/kokoro` and call the device. It works ⇒ `config.yml` is live-read and
+   the runner selector or its voice argument is the problem, not the endpoint.
+   Revert the role immediately after.
+3. Distinguish stale registry from dead endpoint with a fresh process:
+   `omp -p --no-session --no-extensions --no-skills --no-rules --tools tts --cwd /tmp
+   'Call the tts tool exactly once with text="…" output_path=/tmp/x.wav
+   voice_id=<name> — then reply with the tool result line.'`
+   Succeeds ⇒ the long-lived session predates the `models.yml` row; restart it.
+4. Cross-check server-side, never trust the client's echo: the façade/access log
+   line and the engine's own ledger must carry the same byte count the tool
+   printed. (`model=…` in a tool result is what the client *requested*; a server
+   line is the fact.)
+5. For harness-behaviour claims, read the bundle rather than reasoning from the
+   tool description: `/home/blank/.bun/install/global/node_modules/@oh-my-pi/pi-coding-agent/dist/cli.js`,
+   e.g. `grep -o -E '.{300}response_format:[a-zA-Z$]+.{250}'` for the speech body
+   builder, `grep -o -E 'cfgSpeechVoice:.{0,400}'` for what a settings key feeds.