Add WebSocket transport implementation for real-time communication …

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• Add WebSocket transport implementation for real-time communication

Implements comprehensive WebSocket transport following UTCP architecture:

Core Features

• Real-time bidirectional communication via WebSocket protocol
• Tool discovery through WebSocket handshake using UTCP messages
• Streaming tool execution with proper error handling
• Connection management with keep-alive and reconnection support

Architecture Compliance

• Dependency injection pattern with constructor injection
• Implements ClientTransportInterface contract
• Composition over inheritance design
• Clear separation of data and business logic
• Thread-safe and scalable implementation

Authentication & Security

• Full authentication support (API Key, Basic Auth, OAuth2)
• Security enforcement (WSS required, localhost exception)
• Custom headers and protocol specification support

Testing & Quality

• Unit tests covering all functionality (80%+ coverage)
• Mock WebSocket server for development/testing
• Integration with existing UTCP test patterns
• Comprehensive error handling and edge cases

Protocol Implementation

• Discovery: {"type": "discover", "request_id": "id"}
• Tool calls: {"type": "call_tool", "tool_name": "name", "arguments": {...}}
• Responses: {"type": "tool_response|tool_error", "result": {...}}

Documentation

• Complete example with interactive client/server demo
• Updated README removing "work in progress" status
• Protocol specification and usage examples

Addresses the "No wrapper tax" principle by enabling direct WebSocket communication without requiring changes to existing WebSocket services. Maintains "No security tax" with full authentication support and secure connection enforcement.

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• Address PR feedback: individual tool providers and flexible message format

• Each tool now gets its own WebSocketProvider instance (addresses h3xxit feedback)
• Added message_format field for custom WebSocket message formatting
• Maintains backward compatibility with default UTCP format
• Allows integration with existing WebSocket services without modification

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• Fix WebSocket transport per reviewer feedback

• Tools now come with their own tool_provider instead of manually creating providers
• Response data for /utcp endpoint properly parsed as UtcpManual
• Maintains backward compatibility while following official UDP patterns
• All tests passing (145 passed, 1 skipped)

Addresses @h3xxit's review comments on PR #36

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• Add WebSocket plugin tests and update main README

• Created comprehensive test suite for WebSocketCallTemplate
• All 8 tests passing with 100% coverage of call template functionality
• Added WebSocket plugin to main README protocol plugins table
• Plugin marked as ✅ Stable and production-ready

Tests cover:

• Basic call template creation and defaults
• Localhost URL validation
• Security enforcement (rejects insecure ws:// URLs)
• Authentication (API Key, Basic, OAuth2)
• Text format with templates
• Serialization/deserialization
• Custom headers and header fields
• Legacy message format support

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• Address WebSocket flexibility feedback and add plugin to main README

This commit addresses reviewer @h3xxit's feedback that the WebSocket implementation was "too restrictive" by implementing maximum flexibility to work with ANY WebSocket endpoint.

Key Changes:

• Flexible Message Templating: Added message field (Union[str, Dict[str, Any]]) with ${arg_name} placeholder support

  • Dict templates: Support structured messages like JSON-RPC, chat protocols
  • String templates: Support text-based protocols like IoT commands
  • No template (default): Sends arguments as-is in JSON for maximum compatibility

• Flexible Response Handling: Added response_format field (Optional["json", "text", "raw"])

  • No format (default): Returns raw response without processing
  • Works with any WebSocket response structure

• Removed Restrictive Fields:

  • Removed request_data_format, request_data_template, message_format
  • No longer enforces specific request/response structure

• Implementation:

  • Added _substitute_placeholders() method for recursive template substitution
  • Updated _format_tool_call_message() to use template or send args as-is
  • Updated call_tool() to return raw responses by default

• Testing: Updated all 9 tests to reflect new flexibility approach

• Documentation:

  • Updated README to emphasize "maximum flexibility" principle
  • Added examples showing no template, dict template, and string template usage
  • Added WebSocket entry to main README plugin table

Philosophy: "Talk to as many WebSocket endpoints as possible" - UTCP should adapt to existing endpoints, not require endpoints to adapt to UTCP.

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• Fix placeholder format: change from dollar-brace to UTCP_ARG format

Addresses @h3xxit critical feedback that dollar-brace syntax is reserved for secret variable replacement from .env files and cannot be used for argument placeholders.

Changes:

• WebSocketCallTemplate: message field now uses UTCP_ARG_arg_name_UTCP_ARG format
• _substitute_placeholders(): replaces UTCP_ARG_arg_name_UTCP_ARG placeholders
• Updated all 9 tests to use correct UTCP_ARG format
• Updated README.md: all template examples now show UTCP_ARG format
• Preserved dollar-brace in auth examples (correct for env variables)

All tests passing (9/9).

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• Update example/src/websocket_example/websocket_server.py

• Update example/src/websocket_example/websocket_server.py

• Update example/src/websocket_example/websocket_client.py

• Update plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/README.md

• Update example/src/websocket_example/websocket_client.py

• Update src/utcp/client/transport_interfaces/websocket_transport.py

• Complete remaining cubic-dev-ai fixes

Addresses the last three cubic-dev-ai suggestions that weren't auto-fixed:

1. Fix peername guard in websocket_server.py:

   • Check if peername exists and has length before indexing
   • Prevents crash when transport lacks peer data

2. Fix CLAUDE.md test paths:

   • Update from non-existent tests/client paths
   • Point to actual plugin test directories

3. Fix JSON-RPC example in README.md:

   • Update example to show actual output (stringified params)
   • Add note explaining the behavior

All WebSocket tests passing (9/9).
Ready for PR merge.

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Summary by cubic

Adds a WebSocket transport and plugin for real-time tool calls with flexible message templating and secure defaults. Works with any WebSocket endpoint, includes examples and tests, and marks the plugin stable.

• New Features

  • WebSocket transport and protocol plugin registered for discovery and tool calls.
  • Flexible templating: dict/string messages with UTCP_ARG placeholders; optional response_format (json/text/raw).
  • Robust connection and security: keep-alive, reconnection, WSS required (localhost allowed), custom headers, API Key/Basic/OAuth2.
  • Example server/client and providers.json; plugin tests added; README updated with plugin listed as stable.

• Bug Fixes

  • Per-tool WebSocketProvider to match transport patterns.
  • Correct UtcpManual parsing for /utcp responses.
  • Guarded peername access in server to prevent crashes.
  • Switched placeholder syntax to UTCP_ARG_arg_name_UTCP_ARG; fixed JSON-RPC example.

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3 issues found across 15 files

Prompt for AI agents (all 3 issues)

Understand the root cause of the following 3 issues and fix them.


<file name="plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_call_template.py">

<violation number="1" location="plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_call_template.py:49">
The &quot;Custom message format&quot; example still references request_data_format/request_data_template, but the model now uses a single message field and optional response_format. Following this example silently drops the customization because those keys are ignored—please update the example to show the supported message field instead.</violation>
</file>

<file name="src/utcp/client/transport_interfaces/websocket_transport.py">

<violation number="1" location="src/utcp/client/transport_interfaces/websocket_transport.py:367">
Returning the first non-response frame ends the call before the actual tool response arrives, so streams or ACK messages prevent results from ever reaching the caller.</violation>
</file>

<file name="plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_communication_protocol.py">

<violation number="1" location="plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_communication_protocol.py:136">
The default payload never includes the generated request_id/tool identifier, so the provider cannot echo it back. Without that correlation the first unrelated message (e.g., keep-alive) will satisfy the call, and concurrent requests cannot be matched correctly. Please include the request_id (and tool name) in the default message so the server can respond with the matching ID.</violation>
</file>

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[cubic-dev-ai]

The "Custom message format" example still references request_data_format/request_data_template, but the model now uses a single message field and optional response_format. Following this example silently drops the customization because those keys are ignored—please update the example to show the supported message field instead.

Prompt for AI agents

Address the following comment on plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_call_template.py at line 49:

<comment>The &quot;Custom message format&quot; example still references request_data_format/request_data_template, but the model now uses a single message field and optional response_format. Following this example silently drops the customization because those keys are ignored—please update the example to show the supported message field instead.</comment>

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+          &quot;name&quot;: &quot;custom_format_ws&quot;,
+          &quot;call_template_type&quot;: &quot;websocket&quot;,
+          &quot;url&quot;: &quot;wss://api.example.com/ws&quot;,
+          &quot;request_data_format&quot;: &quot;text&quot;,
+          &quot;request_data_template&quot;: &quot;CMD:UTCP_ARG_command_UTCP_ARG;DATA:UTCP_ARG_data_UTCP_ARG&quot;,
+          &quot;timeout&quot;: 60
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[cubic-dev-ai]

Returning the first non-response frame ends the call before the actual tool response arrives, so streams or ACK messages prevent results from ever reaching the caller.

Prompt for AI agents

Address the following comment on src/utcp/client/transport_interfaces/websocket_transport.py at line 367:

<comment>Returning the first non-response frame ends the call before the actual tool response arrives, so streams or ACK messages prevent results from ever reaching the caller.</comment>

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+                                        raise RuntimeError(f&quot;Tool {tool_name} failed: {error_msg}&quot;)
+                                    else:
+                                        # For non-UTCP responses, return the entire response
+                                        return msg.data
+                                        
+                            except json.JSONDecodeError:
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[cubic-dev-ai]

The default payload never includes the generated request_id/tool identifier, so the provider cannot echo it back. Without that correlation the first unrelated message (e.g., keep-alive) will satisfy the call, and concurrent requests cannot be matched correctly. Please include the request_id (and tool name) in the default message so the server can respond with the matching ID.

Prompt for AI agents

Address the following comment on plugins/communication_protocols/websocket/src/utcp_websocket/websocket_communication_protocol.py at line 136:

<comment>The default payload never includes the generated request_id/tool identifier, so the provider cannot echo it back. Without that correlation the first unrelated message (e.g., keep-alive) will satisfy the call, and concurrent requests cannot be matched correctly. Please include the request_id (and tool name) in the default message so the server can respond with the matching ID.</comment>

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+        # Priority 2: Default to just sending arguments as JSON (maximum flexibility)
+        # This allows ANY WebSocket endpoint to work without modification
+        # No enforced structure - just the raw arguments
+        return json.dumps(arguments)
+
+    async def _handle_oauth2(self, auth: OAuth2Auth) -&gt; str:
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