# MORPH-SPEC v3.0 - Agent Ecosystem

> New agents, enhancements, and standards for 100% domain coverage

**Status:** Design Complete ✅
**Last Updated:** 2026-02-18

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## Table of Contents

- [Coverage Gaps](#coverage-gaps)
- [New Agents (9)](#new-agents-9)
- [Enhanced Agents (6)](#enhanced-agents-6)
- [New Standards (23)](#new-standards-23)
- [Impact Summary](#impact-summary)

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## Coverage Gaps

### Current State ❌

| Domain | Current Coverage | Gap |
|--------|------------------|-----|
| **Observability** | 0% | ❌ No observability-expert |
| **Event-Driven** | 20% | ❌ No event-architect (only Hangfire) |
| **NoSQL/Cache** | 30% | ❌ No nosql-cache-expert |
| **API Design** | 40% | ❌ No api-designer (mixed in dotnet-senior) |
| **DDD** | 50% | ❌ No ddd-expert (patterns scattered) |
| **Vector Search** | 60% | ❌ No vector-search-expert (RAG ad-hoc) |
| **Thread Management** | 0% | ❌ No thread-orchestrator (v3.0 feature) |
| **Context Optimization** | 0% | ❌ No context-optimizer (v3.0 feature) |
| **Performance** | 40% | ❌ No performance-expert |

### Target State ✅

**100% coverage** across all 9 domains:
- Developer Experience
- Application Layer (Frontend + Backend)
- AI & Agent Orchestration
- Data & Persistence
- Security & Identity
- Integration & Communication
- Infrastructure & Platform
- **Observability** (NEW domain)
- Quality Assurance
- Architecture & Patterns

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## New Agents (9)

### 1. observability-expert ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (CRITICAL)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Observability (NEW)
**Priority:** CRITICAL (0% → 100% coverage)

**Standards:**
- observability/monitoring.md
- observability/logging.md
- observability/tracing.md
- observability/metrics.md

**Skills:**
- Application Insights dashboards and queries (KQL)
- Serilog structured logging configuration
- OpenTelemetry instrumentation and tracing
- Custom metrics and alerts setup
- Azure Monitor workbooks
- Log Analytics integration
- Distributed tracing correlation IDs
- Performance counters and profiling

**Keywords:**
- observability, monitoring, logging, tracing, metrics, telemetry
- application insights, serilog, opentelemetry, azure monitor
- dashboards, alerts, KQL, log analytics

**Impact:**
- Fills critical 0% coverage gap
- Enables comprehensive production monitoring
- Cross-cutting expertise across all domains

**Reports To:** standards-architect
**Coordinates:** All agents (cross-cutting concern)

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### 4. api-designer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (HIGH)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Integration & Communication
**Priority:** HIGH (dedicated API expertise)

**Standards:**
- integration/api/rest-design.md

**Skills:**
- REST API best practices and maturity levels
- OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
- Rate limiting and throttling
- API security (OAuth2, JWT, API keys)
- Pagination, filtering, sorting patterns

**Keywords:**
- api design, rest, graphql, grpc, openapi, swagger
- api versioning, rate limiting, pagination, filtering

**Impact:**
- Dedicated API design expertise (vs. mixed in dotnet-senior)
- Consistent API patterns across features
- Modern API paradigms

**Reports To:** dotnet-senior
**Collaborates With:** event-architect

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### 5. ddd-expert ⭐⭐⭐ (MEDIUM)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Architecture & Patterns
**Priority:** MEDIUM (systematic DDD patterns)

**Standards:**
- architecture/ddd/aggregates.md
- architecture/ddd/entities.md
- architecture/ddd/value-objects.md

**Skills:**
- Aggregate design and boundaries
- Bounded contexts and context mapping
- Domain events and event storming
- Ubiquitous language development
- Entity vs. Value Object design
- Invariants and business rules
- Anti-corruption layers
- Strategic and tactical DDD

**Keywords:**
- ddd, domain-driven design, aggregates, entities, value objects
- bounded context, ubiquitous language, domain events, invariants

**Impact:**
- Systematic DDD patterns (vs. ad-hoc currently)
- Clean domain modeling
- Better alignment with business language

**Reports To:** standards-architect
**Collaborates With:** event-architect, ef-modeler

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### 6. vector-search-expert ⭐⭐⭐ (MEDIUM)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Data & Persistence
**Priority:** MEDIUM (dedicated RAG expertise)

**Standards:**
- data/vector-search/azure-ai-search.md
- data/vector-search/rag-chunking.md

**Skills:**
- Azure AI Search setup and configuration
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines
- Document chunking strategies
- Embedding models (text-embedding-ada-002)
- Vector search query optimization
- Hybrid search (vector + keyword)
- Semantic search configurations
- Index design and maintenance

**Keywords:**
- vector search, rag, azure ai search, embeddings, semantic search
- retrieval-augmented generation, chunking, hybrid search

**Impact:**
- Dedicated RAG expertise (vs. mixed in ms-agent-expert)
- Specialized knowledge for AI search patterns
- Better RAG pipeline design

**Reports To:** ai-system-architect
**Collaborates With:** ms-agent-expert

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### 7. thread-orchestrator (NEW for v3.0)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Developer Experience
**Priority:** CRITICAL (enables v3.0 parallelization)

**Standards:**
- workflows/thread-management.md
- workflows/parallel-execution.md

**Skills:**
- P-Thread (parallel) coordination
- F-Thread (fusion) aggregation strategies
- L-Thread (long-running) with stop hooks
- Z-Thread (zero-touch) trust management
- Thread dependency analysis
- Parallel task scheduling
- Thread analytics and monitoring
- Deadlock detection and resolution

**Keywords:**
- thread management, parallel execution, fusion, orchestration
- p-thread, f-thread, l-thread, z-thread, coordination

**Impact:**
- Enables 10-15 parallel threads (Boris Churnney's workflow)
- Core component for v3.0 Scale pillar
- Thread analytics and optimization

**Reports To:** standards-architect
**Collaborates With:** All domain leaders

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### 8. context-optimizer (NEW for v3.0)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Developer Experience
**Priority:** CRITICAL (enables v3.0 optimization)

**Standards:**
- context/priming.md
- context/bundles.md
- context/analytics.md

**Skills:**
- MCP server hygiene and optimization
- Context priming file generation
- Micro-agent factory and specialization
- Context bundle creation and compression
- Token usage analytics and tracking
- Context optimization recommendations
- Real-time token monitoring
- Session replay optimization

**Keywords:**
- context optimization, token reduction, mcp hygiene, priming
- micro-agents, context bundles, analytics, token tracking

**Impact:**
- 30-40% token reduction (R&D framework)
- Core component for v3.0 Optimize pillar
- Context analytics dashboard

**Reports To:** standards-architect
**Collaborates With:** thread-orchestrator

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### 9. performance-expert ⭐⭐ (MEDIUM)

**Tier:** 3 (Specialist)
**Domain:** Quality Assurance
**Priority:** MEDIUM (performance bottleneck identification)

**Standards:**
- performance/profiling.md
- performance/optimization.md

**Skills:**
- .NET profiling (dotMemory, dotTrace, PerfView)
- SQL query optimization and execution plans
- Memory leak detection and analysis
- CPU profiling and hot path optimization
- Async/await performance patterns
- Caching strategy recommendations
- Database index optimization
- Load testing and benchmarking

**Keywords:**
- performance, profiling, optimization, memory leak, cpu
- dotMemory, dotTrace, query optimization, benchmarking

**Impact:**
- Performance bottleneck identification
- Systematic optimization approach
- Proactive performance monitoring

**Reports To:** standards-architect
**Collaborates With:** testing-specialist, ef-modeler

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## Enhanced Agents (6)

### 1. nextjs-expert

**Enhancements:**
- **shadcn/ui:** Component library patterns and customization
- **TanStack Query:** Data fetching, caching, and synchronization
- **Server Actions:** Next.js 15 server-side mutations
- **Middleware:** Authentication, authorization, request handling

**New Skills:**
- shadcn/ui component composition
- React Server Components best practices
- TanStack Query optimistic updates
- Server Actions form handling
- App Router patterns

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### 2. blazor-builder

**Enhancements:**
- **SignalR:** Real-time communication patterns
- **FluentDataGrid:** Advanced grid usage and customization
- **Blazor 10 features:** New lifecycle, rendering optimizations

**New Skills:**
- SignalR hub design and scaling
- FluentDataGrid virtualization
- Streaming rendering patterns
- Enhanced navigation and forms

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### 3. ms-agent-expert

**Enhancements:**
- **MCP (Model Context Protocol):** Server implementation
- **A2A (Agent-to-Agent):** Communication protocols
- **Microsoft.Extensions.AI:** New abstractions

**New Skills:**
- MCP server development
- A2A message patterns
- Agent workflow orchestration with MAF
- Tool integration best practices

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### 4. azure-architect

**Enhancements:**
- **Private Endpoints:** Secure Azure resource access
- **Container Apps:** Best practices and optimization

**New Skills:**
- Private Endpoint networking
- Zero-downtime deployments

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### 5. testing-specialist

**Enhancements:**
- **TestContainers:** Docker-based integration testing
- **bUnit:** Blazor component testing
- **Respawn:** Database reset between tests

**New Skills:**
- TestContainers.NET usage
- bUnit component rendering tests
- Respawn checkpoint strategy
- Integration test isolation

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### 6. azure-identity

**Enhancements:**
- **WebAuthn/Passkeys:** Passwordless authentication
- **FIDO2 integration:** Hardware key support

**New Skills:**
- Passkeys implementation
- WebAuthn ceremony handling
- Credential management
- Fallback authentication flows

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## New Standards (23)

### Observability (4 files)

1. **observability/monitoring.md** - App Insights, dashboards, KQL queries
2. **observability/logging.md** - Serilog, structured logging, correlation IDs
3. **observability/tracing.md** - OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, spans
4. **observability/metrics.md** - Custom metrics, counters, gauges, alerts


### API Design (3 files)

11. **integration/api/rest-design.md** - REST best practices, versioning, HATEOAS

### DDD (3 files)

14. **architecture/ddd/aggregates.md** - Aggregate design, boundaries, invariants
15. **architecture/ddd/entities.md** - Entity identity, lifecycle, persistence
16. **architecture/ddd/value-objects.md** - Immutability, equality, validation

### Vector Search (2 files)

17. **data/vector-search/azure-ai-search.md** - Index design, vector config, hybrid search
18. **data/vector-search/rag-chunking.md** - Chunking strategies, overlap, metadata

### Context Optimization (3 files)

19. **context/priming.md** - Context priming files, selective loading, token reduction
20. **context/bundles.md** - Bundle compression, session replay, checkpoint storage
21. **context/analytics.md** - Token tracking, optimization suggestions, Core Four

### Thread Management (2 files)

22. **workflows/thread-management.md** - Thread types, coordination, analytics
23. **workflows/parallel-execution.md** - P-Thread patterns, dependencies, fusion

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## Impact Summary

### Quantitative

| Metric | Before | After | Change |
|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| **Total Agents** | 16 | 26 | **+62%** |
| **Tier 3 Specialists** | 12 | 21 | **+75%** |
| **Domain Coverage** | 90% | 100% | **+10%** |
| **Total Standards** | 48 | 71 | **+48%** |
| **Skill Enhancements** | 0 | 6 agents | **6 upgrades** |

### Qualitative

**Coverage:**
- ✅ **Observability:** 0% → 100% (new domain)
- ✅ **Event-Driven:** 20% → 100% (dedicated expert)
- ✅ **NoSQL/Cache:** 30% → 100% (dedicated expert)
- ✅ **API Design:** 40% → 100% (dedicated expert)
- ✅ **DDD:** 50% → 100% (systematic patterns)
- ✅ **Vector Search:** 60% → 100% (dedicated expert)

**Specialization:**
- Dedicated experts vs. generalists
- Deeper knowledge in each domain
- Better separation of concerns
- Cross-cutting observability

**v3.0 Enablement:**
- thread-orchestrator enables parallelization (Scale pillar)
- context-optimizer enables token reduction (Optimize pillar)
- Both are critical for v3.0 success

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## agents.json Updates Required

### Add New Agents Section

```json
{
  "agents": {
    "observability-expert": {
      "tier": 3,
      "role": "specialist",
      "title": "Observability Expert",
      "domains": ["observability"],
      "keywords": ["observability", "monitoring", "logging", "tracing", "metrics", "telemetry"],
      "always_active": false,
      "validators": [],
      "relationships": {
        "reports_to": "standards-architect",
        "coordinates": "all",
        "team_role": "cross-cutting"
      },
      "standards": ["observability/monitoring.md", "observability/logging.md", "observability/tracing.md", "observability/metrics.md"]
    }
    // ... repeat for other 8 agents
  }
}
```

### Update squadConfigs

```json
{
  "squadConfigs": {
    "full-stack": {
      "parallel": true,
      "agents": [
        "dotnet-senior",
        "blazor-builder",
        "bicep-architect",
        "thread-orchestrator",
        "context-optimizer",
        "observability-expert"
      ],
      "waitForAll": true,
      "coordination": "thread-orchestrator"
    }
  }
}
```

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## Summary

MORPH-SPEC v3.0 agent ecosystem expansion delivers:

- **9 new agents** (observability, event-driven, NoSQL, API, DDD, vector-search, thread, context, performance)
- **6 enhanced agents** (nextjs, blazor, ms-agent, azure, testing, azure-identity)
- **23 new standards** (4 observability, 3 event-driven, 3 NoSQL, 3 API, 3 DDD, 2 vector, 3 context, 2 thread)
- **100% domain coverage** (fills all gaps)
- **v3.0 enablement** (thread-orchestrator + context-optimizer)

Next: See [ROADMAP.md](./ROADMAP.md) for 10-week implementation plan.

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*MORPH-SPEC v3.0 Agent Ecosystem - by Polymorphism Tech*
