Custom markdown-defined subagents show "should only be called manually" in Task tool despite having description in frontmatter

[Aletheia-Prime]

Description

Subagents defined via markdown files (.opencode/agents/*.md) have their frontmatter.description ignored by the Task tool's agent list. The describeTask function in packages/opencode/src/tool/registry.ts falls through to "This subagent should only be called manually by the user." for agents without a description property, even when the field is present in the YAML frontmatter.
Agents defined via JSON config (opencode.json) work correctly — their description appears in the Task tool. Only markdown-defined agents are affected.

Plugins

@opencode-ai/plugin

OpenCode version

1.15.1

Steps to reproduce

Create .opencode/agents/test.md:

description: "Test agent — does X and Y"
mode: subagent
permission:
read: allow

You are a test agent.
2.
Start a session and inspect the Task tool parameter description. The agent will appear as:

• test: This subagent should only be called manually by the user.

Expected:

• test: Test agent — does X and Y
  Root Cause Analysis
  The propagation chain is:

config/agent.ts:load() — calls ConfigMarkdown.parse() (gray-matter) which correctly extracts frontmatter.description into md.data.description. This is packed into { name, ...md.data, prompt } and validated through AgentSchema (which has description: optional(String)).
2.
config/config.ts — merges markdown agents into cfg.agent via mergeDeep.
3.
agent/agent.ts — iterates cfg.agent and sets:
item.description = value.description ?? item.description
For non-built-in agents (no prior entry in the agents record), item.description is undefined, so this should resolve to value.description.
4.
tool/registry.ts:describeTask() — calls agents.list() and renders:
- ${item.name}: ${item.description ?? "This subagent should only be called manually by the user."}
The bug is likely in step 2 or 3 — either mergeDeep drops the field, or the normalize() function in config/agent.ts strips it, or the description is null/undefined in the parsed config despite being present in the frontmatter.
Candidate Fix Locations

packages/opencode/src/agent/agent.ts — line where item.description = value.description ?? item.description is set (ensure it's not using ?? where value.description is an empty string or gets overwritten elsewhere)

packages/opencode/src/config/agent.ts — normalize() function (ensure description isn't being lost during KNOWN_KEYS filtering)

packages/opencode/src/config/markdown.ts — parse() function (verify gray-matter is outputting the description field correctly with multi-line frontmatter containing non-standard YAML keys)
Environment

OpenCode version: 1.15.0 / 1.15.1 (@opencode-ai/plugin also 1.15.1, same behavior)

OS: Linux (WSL2)

Agent location: .opencode/agents/*.md
Additional Context
Built-in subagents (explore, general, scout) and JSON-configured agents work correctly — only markdown-defined agents are affected. The @ autocomplete menu displays the description correctly, suggesting the issue is specific to how agents.list() populates description for non-native agents, not the parsing itself.
Confirmed via compiled binary at ~/.opencode/bin/opencode — the fallback string "This subagent should only be called manually by the user." appears in source at tool/registry.ts as item.description ?? "manual fallback".

Operating System

Linux (WSL2 — kernel 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2)

Terminal

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