The MCP tool was named `generate_job_file` from Stage 2 but it does
NOT generate PySpark code — the calling LLM writes the code in its own
context, and this tool only persists it to a file under
SPARK_EXECUTOR_JOBS_DIR so `spark-submit` can see it. The misleading
`generate_` prefix sent agents (and humans) looking for a code
generator that doesn't exist.
This commit folds three related polish changes into one (split later
with rebase -i if you want them as separate history):
1. The rename itself:
- `tools/generate.py` → `tools/write_job.py`
- `generate_job_file` → `write_job_file`
- `GenerateJobFileRequest` → `WriteJobFileRequest`
- `/generate_job_file` route → `/write_job_file`
- `operation_id="generate_job_file"` → `operation_id="write_job_file"`
The internal helper `core.job_writer.write_job_file` (which just
writes bytes to disk with no SQL guard) is imported with an
`_write_to_disk` alias to avoid the name collision with the
MCP-exposed function in the same module.
The description for the tool now explicitly states 'this tool
does NOT generate PySpark code. The calling LLM is expected to
have already written the code; this tool only persists it.'
2. Skill for LLM agents operating the service
(`docs/superpowers/skills/spark-executor-mcp-operate/SKILL.md`,
449 lines). Covers the 16 tools, the two-step prepare/confirm
flow, the dual-ID contract (job_id vs application_id), the
PendingSubmission state machine, the Connection profile, the
job-file workflow, the error reference, common pitfalls, and a
full end-to-end word-count example.
3. Default `executor_memory` lowered 4G → 2G
(`_DEFAULTS_TO_CONFIRM` in `server.py`). Mirrors the matching
change in `test_mcp_routes.py` and the 5 unit tests that
reference the default. Aligns with the lighter workloads the
service is sized for in its current container profile.
Also tracked in git for the first time:
- `docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-24-spark-executor-mcp.md`
(the original Stage 1/2/3 design plan, updated to use the new
tool name throughout).
Test rename:
- `tests/unit/test_generate_tool.py` → `test_write_job_tool.py`
- the new test file picks up an extra assertion that the SQL guard
rejects a `DROP TABLE` statement at write time.
243 tests pass (was 242; +1 new SQL-guard assertion). Zero regressions.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Harden confirm_submit_job for unreliable test environments and transient
spark-submit failures:
- Add confirm_max_retries and confirm_retry_delay_seconds settings
(env-configurable).
- SUBMITTED pending returns cached result without re-running spark-submit.
- FAILED pending is reset to PENDING and retried.
- CANCELLED pending is still rejected.
- On success, persist pending as SUBMITTED before creating the in-memory Job
so a job_store failure cannot leave the record as PENDING while the YARN
app is already running.
- Persist tracking_url on PendingSubmission for idempotent returns.
Tests cover retry-then-success, max-retries-exceeded, idempotency,
FAILED reset, and pending-saved-before-job-store.
Remove defaults from queue, executor_memory, executor_cores,
num_executors, and app_name in prepare_submit_job. All must now be
explicitly confirmed by the caller.
Also add extra_args to the PendingSubmission snapshot so users can
confirm non-conf spark-submit flags (e.g. --jars, --py-files) at
prepare time; confirm_submit_job passes them through to
build_spark_submit_command.
This is an intentional breaking change to the MCP tool contract:
callers can no longer rely on implicit defaults.
- Add optional app_name to PendingSubmission and prepare_submit_job,
passed through PrepareSubmitJobRequest for user-provided tracking.
- Rewrite PendingStore to shard records by UTC date under
data/pending_jobs/YYYY-MM-DD.json instead of a single monolithic
pending_jobs.json.
- Legacy single-file pending_jobs.json remains readable; first save()
migrates it and renames the old file to avoid double reads.
- Tests cover date sharding, multi-date list, legacy read, legacy
migration, and app_name round-trip.
