feat: add getDrivingAgent agent-detection helper

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Summary

Adds one helper, getDrivingAgent(env), that reports which AI agent is driving a CLI command from environment markers alone, or undefined. It has no callers yet by design: the telemetry, User-Agent, login-URL, and local-MCP work (EX-3042, EX-3044, EX-3038, EX-3037) consume it next.

What changed

• src/utils/agent-detection.ts: getDrivingAgent, the DrivingAgent type, and CANONICAL_AGENT_NAMES. Checks NETLIFY_AGENT first as an explicit override (it wins even when its value is unknown), then markers only the runner sets (CODEX_CI, GEMINI_CLI, COPILOT_CLI, COPILOT_AGENT_SESSION_ID, OPENCODE, both Kiro AGENT_*_OUT variables together), then AI_AGENT, then session markers (COPILOT_AGENT, CURSOR_AGENT, CLINE_ACTIVE, AGENT=amp, CLAUDE_CODE_CHILD_SESSION), then Warp's run markers (OZ_RUN_ID, WARP_RUN_ID) last. Nested agents produce a markers list; unknown names produce other plus the cleaned raw value. Announced names match case-insensitively; every returned string is character-filtered and capped at 64. No process-tree inspection, no network.
• tests/unit/utils/agent-detection.test.ts: one test per signal, override precedence over every lower signal, nesting, unknown values, sanitization, prototype-key guard, and every deliberately ignored variable.

Verify

• Cursor open item from the issue: confirm a plain Cursor terminal tab does not carry CURSOR_AGENT=1 while an Agent-run command does. If a plain tab has it, cursor moves to the ignored list.
• Not in this PR, tracked under the same issue: CLI docs for NETLIFY_AGENT (land with the first consumer, since nothing reads the helper yet), the ai-context text and product docs (both live outside this repo), and wiring the helper into callers.

Linear: https://linear.app/netlify/issue/EX-3040/cli-shared-agent-detection-helper-getdrivingagent

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• New Features

  • Improved detection of the active AI coding agent across supported environments.
  • Added support for Warp and additional agent-provided environment signals.
  • Added case-insensitive agent name recognition and version parsing.
  • Improved reporting of agent markers and announced versions.

• Bug Fixes

  • Kiro detection now requires both required environment signals.
  • Empty or invalid agent values are ignored, with unsafe values sanitized and capped.

Walkthrough

agent-detection.ts now resolves driving agents from environment markers using canonical names, normalized announced aliases, version parsing, signal precedence, and marker nesting. It adds Warp signals, requires both Kiro markers, sanitizes version and unknown values, and narrows exported types. The new unit tests cover supported signals, precedence, parsing, sanitization, invalid values, prototype-safe lookups, process environment fallback, and canonical-name invariants.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Suggested reviewers: sarahetter

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4d55c

This adds environment-based driving-agent attribution with precedence, aliases, nesting, and sanitized values; production impact is bounded because it is currently an attribution helper without callers. The remaining risk is a minor code-style issue, so the change is low risk with follow-up.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding the getDrivingAgent agent-detection helper.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the helper, detection rules, precedence, sanitization, tests, and planned follow-up work. It is related to the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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🧹 Nitpick comments (2)

src/utils/agent-detection.ts (2)

3-5: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider typing name with CanonicalAgentName.

parseAnnouncedName already returns CanonicalAgentName, so the public type is wider than the values the module can produce. Planned consumers (telemetry, User-Agent, login URL) then cannot switch exhaustively on name.

♻️ Proposed type tightening

 export type DrivingAgent = {
-  name: string
+  name: CanonicalAgentName
   source: string

CanonicalAgentName is declared below, so move the type declarations after CANONICAL_AGENT_NAMES or keep the alias hoisted.

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In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts` around lines 3 - 5, Update the
DrivingAgent.name property to use the existing CanonicalAgentName type returned
by parseAnnouncedName, and reposition the related type declarations or alias as
needed so CanonicalAgentName is available without changing runtime behavior.

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28-33: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Lookups are case-sensitive, so documented names fail on different casing.

ANNOUNCED_NAME_TABLE holds lowercase keys only, and line 46 looks up the sanitized value unchanged. NETLIFY_AGENT=Claude or AI_AGENT=Claude-Code therefore resolves to other, although docs/index.md line 215 lists these names as recognized. Agents set this value by hand, so mixed casing is likely.

♻️ Proposed fix: normalize the lookup key

 const parseAnnouncedName = (raw: string): ParsedAnnouncedName => {
-  const sanitized = sanitizeAnnouncedValue(raw)
+  const sanitized = sanitizeAnnouncedValue(raw)
+  const key = sanitized.toLowerCase()
 
-  const exact = ANNOUNCED_NAME_TABLE.get(sanitized)
+  const exact = ANNOUNCED_NAME_TABLE.get(key)
   if (exact) {
     return { name: exact }
   }
 
-  const withoutAgentSuffix = sanitized.replace(/_agent$/, '')
+  const withoutAgentSuffix = key.replace(/_agent$/, '')

Also applies to: 46-46

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In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts` around lines 28 - 33, Normalize the sanitized
agent name to lowercase before looking it up in ANNOUNCED_NAME_TABLE, including
the lookup path around the affected line. Preserve the existing canonical-name
mappings and return other only when the normalized key is unrecognized.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/index.md`:
- Around line 217-219: Update the fenced code block containing the NETLIFY_AGENT
deployment command to specify the bash language, preserving the command content.

In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts`:
- Line 159: Update the winner selection in the agent-detection logic to
prioritize an explicit NETLIFY_AGENT match, including unrecognized values,
before selecting the first recognized product marker. Preserve the existing
fallback behavior when NETLIFY_AGENT is absent, and keep the chosen marker’s
name and source consistent with the override value.
- Around line 161-166: Update the version selection following parseAnnouncedName
so NETLIFY_AGENT also preserves winner.version, while retaining the CODEX_CI
fallback to env.CODEX_VERSION and undefined for sources without a parsed
version.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts`:
- Around line 3-5: Update the DrivingAgent.name property to use the existing
CanonicalAgentName type returned by parseAnnouncedName, and reposition the
related type declarations or alias as needed so CanonicalAgentName is available
without changing runtime behavior.
- Around line 28-33: Normalize the sanitized agent name to lowercase before
looking it up in ANNOUNCED_NAME_TABLE, including the lookup path around the
affected line. Preserve the existing canonical-name mappings and return other
only when the normalized key is unrecognized.

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Follow-up from review feedback, in 5154f78:

• Warp detection. OZ_RUN_ID and WARP_RUN_ID now resolve to warp, placed ahead of AI_AGENT. Warp's harness injects both with the same value when it launches a run, its own or a delegated Claude/Codex/Gemini/OpenCode one, and not on a human terminal tab. Source: warpdotdev/warp harness/mod.rs (task_env_vars_for_harness_name) and warp_cli/src/lib.rs. This supersedes the issue's "Warp sets no usable marker" note.
• Override rule. An unknown NETLIFY_AGENT value now wins over a recognized marker, so NETLIFY_AGENT=windsurf with CODEX_CI=1 reports other with otherValue: windsurf and markers: [other, codex]. Before, Codex won and the raw value was dropped. The override is our own explicit signal, so losing its value defeated the purpose; the recognized name is still recorded in markers.

Tests: 38 passing. Typecheck, lint, and format check clean.

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CodeRabbit's two nitpicks are also applied in 5b2eae4: DrivingAgent.name and markers are typed CanonicalAgentName, and announced-name lookups are case-insensitive (NETLIFY_AGENT=Claude-Code resolves to claude; an unknown value keeps its original casing in otherValue). 41 tests passing; typecheck, lint, and format check clean.

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Second review pass addressed in 4ec9772:

• Warp precedence. OZ_RUN_ID/WARP_RUN_ID now sit last in the signal list. A Warp task running Claude Code reports claude (with its version) and markers: [claude, warp]; Warp's own harness still reports warp. The run marker persists through delegated harnesses, so the inner agent is the more specific answer.
• Docs deferred. The NETLIFY_AGENT section is removed from docs/index.md. Nothing reads the helper yet, so it would document a no-op; it moves to the first consumer PR.
• CODEX_VERSION hardening. Passed through the same character filter and 64-char cap as announced names before being returned.
• Kiro is conjunctive. kiro requires both AGENT_DISPLAY_OUT and AGENT_CONTEXT_OUT; either alone matches nothing.
• Added a short precedence-tier comment above the signal table.

42 tests passing; typecheck, lint, and format check clean.

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Third review pass addressed in 000b3b8:

• name@version parsing. The cross-vendor AI_AGENT convention (codex@1.2.3) is split at the first @ before sanitizing; name and version are filtered and capped independently. Claude Code's claude-code_2-1-263_agent form still parses, and an announced @version wins over an underscore-encoded one.
• First match wins. Winner selection is now matches[0]. Every tier ahead of AI_AGENT returns a recognized name, so this gives tiered precedence and lets an unknown AI_AGENT keep its raw value instead of losing to an inherited session marker.
• Empty-after-sanitizing is unset. NETLIFY_AGENT=" " no longer overrides CODEX_CI.

46 tests passing; typecheck, lint, and format check clean.

[seancdavis]

Fourth review pass addressed in 6a205b5:

• Documented AI_AGENT aliases. Added cursor-cli, github-copilot, github-copilot-cli, gemini-cli, kiro-cli, and warp-oz. Table keys are dash-form and lookups replace _ with - first, so gemini_cli and github_copilot_vscode_agent resolve too. Table-driven test covers each alias with and without @version.
• Untrusted-attribution note added to the header comment for downstream consumers.

57 tests passing; typecheck, lint, and format check clean.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

src/utils/agent-detection.ts (1)

95-97: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Encode precedence in the identifier.

Lines 95-97 describe how SIGNALS is evaluated. Rename it to SIGNALS_BY_PRECEDENCE and remove this behavior comment.

As per coding guidelines, **/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,mjs,cjs,go,rs}: “Never write comments on what the code does, make the code clean and self explanatory instead”.

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In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts` around lines 95 - 97, Rename the SIGNALS
identifier to SIGNALS_BY_PRECEDENCE wherever it is declared and referenced, then
remove the precedence behavior comment above it. Preserve the existing signal
ordering and evaluation behavior.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/utils/agent-detection.ts`:
- Around line 95-97: Rename the SIGNALS identifier to SIGNALS_BY_PRECEDENCE
wherever it is declared and referenced, then remove the precedence behavior
comment above it. Preserve the existing signal ordering and evaluation behavior.

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