From cba9a641779b0a2384c4d601c297ce21ca9a1217 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juha Itkonen <itkonen.juha@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:16:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Fix maxSteps in Markdown agent definitions
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Markdown agents document maxSteps, but conversion only recognized the legacy steps key. Accept the documented field while preserving compatibility.

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Co-Authored-By: eca-agent <git@eca.dev>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                      | 1 +
 src/eca/features/agents.clj       | 7 ++++---
 test/eca/features/agents_test.clj | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17f8b96cc..77164b0c1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Respect `maxSteps` in Markdown agent definitions.
 - Fix prompt cache invalidation warning after clearing the chat and changing model. #530
 - Fix missing line break after "Prompt stopped" message when followed by another system message.
 
diff --git a/src/eca/features/agents.clj b/src/eca/features/agents.clj
index 6ae4dfc77..145171fbd 100644
--- a/src/eca/features/agents.clj
+++ b/src/eca/features/agents.clj
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@
     :else nil))
 
 (defn ^:private md->agent-config
-  [{:keys [description mode model steps tools body inherit]}]
-  (let [tools-map (normalize-tools tools)]
+  [{:keys [description mode model maxSteps steps tools body inherit]}]
+  (let [max-steps (or maxSteps steps)
+        tools-map (normalize-tools tools)]
     (cond-> {}
       inherit (assoc :inherit (str inherit))
       description (assoc :description description)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
                           (mapv str mode)
                           (str mode)))
       model (assoc :defaultModel (str model))
-      steps (assoc :maxSteps (long steps))
+      max-steps (assoc :maxSteps (long max-steps))
       (seq body) (assoc :systemPrompt body)
       tools-map (assoc :toolCall
                        (cond-> {:approval {}}
diff --git a/test/eca/features/agents_test.clj b/test/eca/features/agents_test.clj
index d13144d99..924779c0b 100644
--- a/test/eca/features/agents_test.clj
+++ b/test/eca/features/agents_test.clj
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                   "description: You sleep one second when asked\n"
                   "mode: subagent\n"
                   "model: my-org-anthropic/sonnet-4.5\n"
-                  "steps: 5\n"
+                  "maxSteps: 5\n"
                   "tools:\n"
                   "  byDefault: ask\n"
                   "  deny:\n"