feat(pi-subagents): add global background default - #613
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Summary
Adds the documented
defaultRunInBackgroundglobal setting in~/.pi/agent/subagents.json.When set to
true, it makes rootsubagentcalls that omitrun_in_backgroundlaunch in the background.Explicit
run_in_background: falsestill launches in the foreground.Explicit agent-frontmatter behavior continues to win over the global fallback.
Nested child calls remain foreground by default, and forked root sessions still receive the global default.
The service adapter is unchanged.
Validation
mise exec pnpm@11.5.2 -- pnpm --filter @gotgenes/pi-subagents run checkmise exec pnpm@11.5.2 -- pnpm --filter @gotgenes/pi-subagents test— 64 files, 1007 tests passedmise exec pnpm@11.5.2 -- pnpm --filter @gotgenes/pi-subagents run lintgit diff --checkNumeric coverage is not available in this package because it has no coverage script or Vitest coverage provider, and
@vitest/coverage-v8is not installed.The focused behavioral tests cover the global true/false defaults, explicit foreground override, agent-frontmatter precedence, nested-child non-regression, and forked-root behavior.