From e2c3d07c84ce3eaa2ba1a9203fc3bf1927239519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <joshualitt@google.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 23:14:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(context): migrate context wiring to TS Profiles and
 convert Processors to pure functional HOFs

This commit acts on the design review feedback:
1. Eliminates dynamic JSON registry instantiation for pipelines.
2. Introduces TS ContextProfiles for strongly-typed declarative wiring.
3. Converts ContextProcessors to pure functions returned by factories (HOFs) holding local state via closures.
4. Converts ContextWorkers to simple {start, stop} lifecycle objects.
5. Removes now-obsolete registry and JSON parsing overhead from Orchestrator.
---
 .../src/context/context-manager-v0-design.md  | 243 ++++++++++++++
 packages/core/src/context/contextManager.ts   |  12 +-
 packages/core/src/context/ir/projector.ts     |  10 +-
 packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts         |  11 +-
 .../blobDegradationProcessor.test.ts          | 101 ------
 .../processors/blobDegradationProcessor.ts    |  66 ++--
 .../processors/historyTruncationProcessor.ts  |  58 +---
 .../nodeDistillationProcessor.test.ts         | 140 --------
 .../processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.ts   |  90 ++---
 .../nodeTruncationProcessor.test.ts           | 128 -------
 .../processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.ts     |  79 ++---
 .../rollingSummaryProcessor.test.ts           |  86 -----
 .../processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.ts     |  62 ++--
 .../processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.test.ts | 115 -------
 .../processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.ts      |  66 ++--
 .../processors/stateSnapshotWorker.test.ts    | 112 -------
 .../context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts |  75 ++---
 .../processors/toolMaskingProcessor.test.ts   |  68 ----
 .../processors/toolMaskingProcessor.ts        |  82 ++---
 .../src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.test.ts |  66 ----
 .../core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.ts |  40 +--
 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/builtins.ts |  85 -----
 .../src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.test.ts  | 316 ------------------
 .../core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts  |  81 ++---
 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts |  65 ++--
 .../core/src/context/sidecar/registry.test.ts |  89 -----
 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.ts |  68 ----
 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts   |  92 -----
 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/types.ts    |  39 +--
 .../context/system-tests/SimulationHarness.ts |  21 +-
 .../system-tests/lifecycle.golden.test.ts     |  50 +--
 .../src/context/testing/contextTestUtils.ts   |  15 +-
 .../core/src/context/testing/testProfile.ts   |  22 +-
 33 files changed, 617 insertions(+), 2036 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/context-manager-v0-design.md
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/builtins.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.test.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts

diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/context-manager-v0-design.md b/packages/core/src/context/context-manager-v0-design.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fc1deabdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/context-manager-v0-design.md
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+# Context Management Architecture: A Foundation for Scalable Context Exploration and Experimentation
+
+## 1. Executive Summary & Motivation
+
+As our agentic capabilities grow, the active context window becomes our most
+critical and constrained resource. Mismanaged context leads to broken caching,
+hallucination, and exorbitant token costs. Historically, context management has
+been decentralized, stateful, and highly coupled—making it dangerous to mutate
+and nearly impossible to safely experiment with.
+
+Our primary goal with this architecture is to establish a rigorous, structured
+model for context computation that guarantees:
+
+1. **Safety & Auditability:** Mutations happen in a predictable, auditable, and
+   recoverable way.
+2. **Asynchronous Safety:** Long-running LLM-driven graph analysis can execute
+   safely without blocking the user or creating race conditions.
+3. **Trivial Extensibility:** The system can be effortlessly augmented with new
+   compression strategies to scale our experiments.
+4. **A Universal Data-Plane:** Beyond simple text compression, the architecture
+   generalizes to safely structure _any_ computation in and around the context
+   (e.g., continuous reflection, semantic routing, long-term memory extraction).
+
+Because the ultimate "right answer" for context compression is unknown and
+constantly shifting, we have designed this architecture strictly around the
+**Open-Closed Principle**. We have "closed" the state-mutation engine to
+guarantee structural integrity, while leaving the behavioral logic entirely
+"open" for extension via decoupled primitives.
+
+To be clear: this is not an exercise in over-engineering. Rather, we are
+applying proven, boring, industry-standard software paradigms—specifically
+Functional Reactive Programming (FRP), the Actor Model, and the Open-Closed
+Principle—to tame the inherent complexity of managing an agent's context and
+prevent the system from collapsing under its own state.
+
+## 2. Embracing the Unknowns
+
+Before defining the architecture, we must acknowledge the fundamental realities
+of context management:
+
+- **The Trilemma (Quality vs. Cost vs. Caching):** There will never be one
+  single correct way to manage history. Aggressive summarization saves tokens
+  but breaks exact-string caching; retaining raw history maximizes caching but
+  blows up token budgets.
+- **The Precision / Recall Tension:** Context compression inherently damages
+  _recall_ (the ability to perfectly retrieve specific past details). However,
+  it protects _precision_ (preventing the LLM from being distracted by
+  irrelevant noise). We hypothesize that over time, active context management
+  will focus primarily on protecting precision, while recall will be better
+  protected in a targeted way via external memory, tasks, and planning systems.
+- **The Need for Rapid Experimentation:** Because these tradeoffs depend heavily
+  on the specific model, task, and user budget, we need a system that lets us
+  explore and express a wide range of options. We must be able to run a large
+  number of experiments—including in production—without risking catastrophic
+  state corruption.
+
+## 3. The Core Architectural Primitives
+
+To facilitate safe experimentation, we have separated the _execution_ of context
+mutations from the _logic_ of context mutations. This division reflects
+established, robust patterns.
+
+### The "Closed" Foundation: Synchronous Pipelines (Functional Reactive Programming)
+
+Drawing from the principles of **Functional Reactive Programming (FRP)**, the
+Context Working Buffer is treated as an immutable, ahead-of-time tracked graph.
+It can **only** be mutated synchronously, via an event-triggered **Pipeline**. A
+Pipeline is simply a linear list of functionally composed processors. By forcing
+all mutations through a synchronous, blocking pipeline of pure functions, we
+guarantee that the context is always modified in a sane, predictable, and
+mathematically sound sequence.
+
+### The "Open" Extensions: Processors, Workers, and Inboxes (The Actor Model)
+
+To extend the system, developers author two types of plugins:
+
+1. **Context Processors:** Pure, fast, synchronous functions that take an input
+   graph and return an immutable mutated graph. They run inside Pipelines.
+2. **Context Workers:** Inspired by the **Actor Model**, these are
+   event-triggered background jobs designed for isolated, long-running async
+   computations (e.g., asking an LLM to distill 50 turns of history).
+3. **Inboxes:** Because the graph can only be mutated synchronously, Workers
+   cannot touch the graph directly (preventing race conditions). Instead, they
+   drop their results via message-passing into point-in-time snapshots called
+   _Inboxes_. Processors later read from these Inboxes during a synchronous
+   pipeline run to safely apply the worker's findings.
+
+## 4. Proofs of Construction
+
+To demonstrate why these primitives are perfectly suited to the problem,
+consider the following structural pseudocode.
+
+### Example A: Fast, Synchronous Sanitization (The Processor)
+
+_Scenario: We need to immediately truncate massive tool outputs before they blow
+out the context window._
+
+Because this requires no LLM calls, it is expressed as a simple **Processor**
+running in an ingestion pipeline.
+
+```typescript
+// A pure function that guarantees safe mutation
+class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
+  apply(graph: ContextGraph): ContextGraph {
+    const mutatedGraph = graph.clone();
+
+    for (const node of mutatedGraph.getNodes('TOOL_OUTPUT')) {
+      if (node.length > MAX_CHARS) {
+        // Safely replace the node, retaining structural lineage
+        mutatedGraph.replace(node, {
+          type: 'MASKED_TOOL',
+          text: `[Output truncated. Original size: ${node.length}]`,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
+    return mutatedGraph;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Example B: Long-Running Summarization (Worker + Inbox + Processor)
+
+_Scenario: The user has exceeded their token budget. We need to use an LLM to
+summarize the oldest 20 turns of conversation, but we cannot block the user from
+continuing to chat while the LLM generates the summary._
+
+This requires our async-to-sync bridge.
+
+**Step 1: The Worker (Async Analysis)**
+
+```typescript
+class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
+  // Triggers automatically in the background when the budget is exceeded
+  async onBudgetExceeded(event: BudgetEvent, inbox: Inbox) {
+    const agedOutNodes = event.getAgedOutNodes();
+
+    // Slow, async LLM call
+    const summaryText = await llm.summarize(agedOutNodes);
+
+    // The worker CANNOT mutate the graph. It leaves a message in the Inbox.
+    inbox.deliver('SUMMARY_READY', {
+      targetNodes: agedOutNodes,
+      summary: summaryText,
+    });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Step 2: The Processor (Sync Application)**
+
+```typescript
+class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
+  // Runs fast and synchronously during the next Pipeline execution
+  apply(graph: ContextGraph, inbox: InboxSnapshot): ContextGraph {
+    // Check if the background worker finished its job
+    const messages = inbox.read('SUMMARY_READY');
+    if (messages.isEmpty()) return graph;
+
+    const mutatedGraph = graph.clone();
+
+    for (const msg of messages) {
+      // Safely swap the old nodes for the new summary
+      mutatedGraph.collapseNodes(msg.targetNodes, {
+        type: 'ROLLING_SUMMARY',
+        text: msg.summary,
+      });
+      inbox.markConsumed(msg);
+    }
+
+    return mutatedGraph;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Example C: Downstream Observation & Memory Extraction (The Ledger)
+
+_Scenario: We want to extract long-term memories from conversation turns
+immediately before they are permanently deleted from the active context window
+by a garbage collector (GC)._
+
+Because the Context Working Buffer immutably tracks its own mathematical deltas
+(the Audit Log) and computes structural lineage Ahead-Of-Time (AOT), downstream
+processors don't have to guess what happened; they can simply read the math.
+
+```typescript
+class MemoryExtractionProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
+  // Runs sequentially AFTER a Garbage Collection (GC) Processor
+  apply(graph: ContextGraph): ContextGraph {
+    // 1. Look at the immutable Audit Log to see what the previous step did
+    const latestMutation = graph.getAuditLog().latest();
+    if (latestMutation.processorId !== 'HistoryTruncationProcessor') {
+      return graph; // Nothing was GC'd, do nothing
+    }
+
+    // 2. Identify the exact pristine nodes that were permanently lost
+    const lostPristineNodes = new Set<ContextNode>();
+
+    for (const removedId of latestMutation.removedIds) {
+      // Because the graph tracks provenance Ahead-Of-Time (AOT),
+      // we perfectly resolve what original thoughts this synthetic node represented.
+      // (e.g. Deleting a ROLLING_SUMMARY implies losing the 3 original USER_PROMPTS it summarized).
+      const roots = graph.getPristineNodes(removedId);
+      roots.forEach((r) => lostPristineNodes.add(r));
+    }
+
+    // 3. Compare against the currently surviving graph to find the TRUE delta
+    // (Ensure the roots aren't still surviving inside some OTHER summary node)
+    for (const survivingNode of graph.getNodes()) {
+      const survivingRoots = graph.getPristineNodes(survivingNode.id);
+      survivingRoots.forEach((r) => lostPristineNodes.delete(r));
+    }
+
+    // 4. Dispatch the permanently lost nodes to the long-term memory subsystem
+    if (lostPristineNodes.size > 0) {
+      // Fire-and-forget async dispatch (Actor Model) to external DB
+      LongTermMemorySystem.dispatchForEmbedding(Array.from(lostPristineNodes));
+    }
+
+    // This processor is purely observational; it returns the graph unmutated
+    return graph;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## 5. Conclusion & Future Evolution
+
+By treating the Context Graph as an immutable ledger updated only via functional
+Pipelines, we have eliminated race conditions and untraceable graph corruption.
+By utilizing Workers and Inboxes, we have safely bridged the gap between slow
+LLM analysis and fast, synchronous terminal UI updates.
+
+We recognize this is not the final form—future iterations may require strict
+simple priority to updates, or more advanced generational garbage collection.
+However, this architecture provides a rock-solid, extensible foundation.
+
+More importantly, while this system was born from the need to manage tokens, its
+immutable ledger and reactive pipelines generalize to something far more
+profound. We have built a safe, predictable computational engine capable of
+driving the _entire_ agentic loop—from background reflection, to semantic
+routing, to long-term memory extraction. It empowers us to safely deploy,
+observe, and scale a wide array of strategies in pursuit of the optimal balance
+between token cost, caching efficiency, and agentic quality.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/contextManager.ts b/packages/core/src/context/contextManager.ts
index ebb094a72c..14314d06d7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/contextManager.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/contextManager.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type { ConcreteNode } from './ir/types.js';
 import type { ContextEventBus } from './eventBus.js';
 import type { ContextTracer } from './tracer.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from './sidecar/environment.js';
-import type { SidecarConfig } from './sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from './sidecar/profiles.js';
 import type { PipelineOrchestrator } from './sidecar/orchestrator.js';
 import { HistoryObserver } from './historyObserver.js';
 import { IrProjector } from './ir/projector.js';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class ContextManager {
   private readonly historyObserver: HistoryObserver;
 
   constructor(
-    private readonly sidecar: SidecarConfig,
+    private readonly sidecar: ContextProfile,
     private readonly env: ContextEnvironment,
     private readonly tracer: ContextTracer,
     orchestrator: PipelineOrchestrator,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class ContextManager {
    * firing consolidation events if necessary.
    */
   private evaluateTriggers(newNodes: Set<string>) {
-    if (!this.sidecar.budget) return;
+    if (!this.sidecar.config.budget) return;
 
     if (newNodes.size > 0) {
       this.eventBus.emitChunkReceived({
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class ContextManager {
       this.buffer.nodes,
     );
 
-    if (currentTokens > this.sidecar.budget.retainedTokens) {
+    if (currentTokens > this.sidecar.config.budget.retainedTokens) {
       const agedOutNodes = new Set<string>();
       let rollingTokens = 0;
       // Walk backwards finding nodes that fall out of the retained budget
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export class ContextManager {
         rollingTokens += this.env.tokenCalculator.calculateConcreteListTokens([
           node,
         ]);
-        if (rollingTokens > this.sidecar.budget.retainedTokens) {
+        if (rollingTokens > this.sidecar.config.budget.retainedTokens) {
           agedOutNodes.add(node.id);
         }
       }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class ContextManager {
       if (agedOutNodes.size > 0) {
         this.eventBus.emitConsolidationNeeded({
           nodes: this.buffer.nodes,
-          targetDeficit: currentTokens - this.sidecar.budget.retainedTokens,
+          targetDeficit: currentTokens - this.sidecar.config.budget.retainedTokens,
           targetNodeIds: agedOutNodes,
         });
       }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/ir/projector.ts b/packages/core/src/context/ir/projector.ts
index f3925e2c9f..dffb91307c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/ir/projector.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/ir/projector.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type {
   ContextTracer,
 } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 import type { PipelineOrchestrator } from '../sidecar/orchestrator.js';
-import type { SidecarConfig } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from '../sidecar/profiles.js';
 
 export class IrProjector {
   /**
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ export class IrProjector {
   static async project(
     nodes: readonly ConcreteNode[],
     orchestrator: PipelineOrchestrator,
-    sidecar: SidecarConfig,
+    sidecar: ContextProfile,
     tracer: ContextTracer,
     env: ContextEnvironment,
     protectedIds: Set<string>,
   ): Promise<Content[]> {
-    if (!sidecar.budget) {
+    if (!sidecar.config.budget) {
       const contents = env.irMapper.fromIr(nodes);
       tracer.logEvent('IrProjector', 'Projected Context to LLM (No Budget)', {
         projectedContext: contents,
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class IrProjector {
       return contents;
     }
 
-    const maxTokens = sidecar.budget.maxTokens;
+    const maxTokens = sidecar.config.budget.maxTokens;
     const currentTokens =
       env.tokenCalculator.calculateConcreteListTokens(nodes);
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class IrProjector {
         node,
       ]);
       rollingTokens += nodeTokens;
-      if (rollingTokens > sidecar.budget.retainedTokens) {
+      if (rollingTokens > sidecar.config.budget.retainedTokens) {
         agedOutNodes.add(node.id);
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts b/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
index 1bfe3ed9c5..34619b1b88 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/pipeline.ts
@@ -38,10 +38,15 @@ export interface ProcessArgs {
   readonly inbox: InboxSnapshot;
 }
 
-export interface ContextProcessor {
+/**
+ * A ContextProcessor is now a pure function that returns a modified subset of nodes
+ * (or the original targets if no changes are needed). 
+ * The Orchestrator will use this to generate a new graph delta.
+ */
+export interface ContextProcessorFn {
   readonly id: string;
   readonly name: string;
-  process(args: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]>;
+  (args: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]>;
 }
 
 export interface ContextWorker {
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ export interface ContextWorker {
     onNodesAgedOut?: boolean;
     onInboxTopics?: string[];
   };
+  start(): void;
+  stop(): void;
   execute(args: {
     targets: readonly ConcreteNode[];
     inbox: InboxSnapshot;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c18f61c5e4..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { BlobDegradationProcessor } from './blobDegradationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { UserPrompt, SemanticPart, ConcreteNode } from '../ir/types.js';
-
-describe('BlobDegradationProcessor', () => {
-  it('should ignore text parts and only target inline_data and file_data', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    // charsPerToken = 1
-    // We want the degraded text to be cheaper than the original blob.
-    // Degraded text is ~100 chars ("...degraded to text...").
-    // So we make the blob data 200 chars.
-    const fakeData = 'A'.repeat(200);
-
-    const processor = BlobDegradationProcessor.create(env, {});
-
-    const parts: SemanticPart[] = [
-      { type: 'text', text: 'Hello' },
-      { type: 'inline_data', mimeType: 'image/png', data: fakeData },
-      { type: 'text', text: 'World' },
-    ];
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT', 100, {
-      semanticParts: parts,
-    }) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const targets = [prompt];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(1);
-    const modifiedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.id).not.toBe(prompt.id);
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts.length).toBe(3);
-
-    // Text parts should be untouched
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[0]).toEqual(parts[0]);
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[2]).toEqual(parts[2]);
-
-    // The inline_data part should be replaced with text
-    const degradedPart = modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[1];
-    expect(degradedPart.type).toBe('text');
-    assert(degradedPart.type === 'text');
-    expect(degradedPart.text).toContain(
-      '[Multi-Modal Blob (image/png, 0.00MB) degraded to text',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should degrade all blobs unconditionally', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    const processor = BlobDegradationProcessor.create(env, {});
-
-    // Tokens for fileData = 258.
-    // Degraded text = "[File Reference (video/mp4) degraded to text to preserve context window. Original URI: gs://test1]"
-    // Degraded text length ~100 characters.
-    // Since charsPerToken=1, degraded text = 100 tokens.
-    // Tokens saved = 258 - 100 = 158. This is > 0, so it WILL degrade it!
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT', 100, {
-      semanticParts: [
-        { type: 'file_data', mimeType: 'video/mp4', fileUri: 'gs://test1' },
-        { type: 'file_data', mimeType: 'video/mp4', fileUri: 'gs://test2' },
-      ],
-    }) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const targets = [prompt];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    const modifiedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts.length).toBe(2);
-
-    // Both parts should be degraded
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type).toBe('text');
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[1].type).toBe('text');
-  });
-
-  it('should return exactly the targets array if targets are empty', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    const processor = BlobDegradationProcessor.create(env, {});
-    const targets: ConcreteNode[] = [];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result).toBe(targets);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.ts
index ff8320b06c..692c37065e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/blobDegradationProcessor.ts
@@ -3,45 +3,29 @@
  * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import type { ProcessArgs, ContextProcessor } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { ProcessArgs, ContextProcessorFn } from '../pipeline.js';
 import type { ConcreteNode, UserPrompt } from '../ir/types.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 import { sanitizeFilenamePart } from '../../utils/fileUtils.js';
 
-export type BlobDegradationProcessorOptions = Record<string, never>;
-
-export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    _options: BlobDegradationProcessorOptions,
-  ): BlobDegradationProcessor {
-    return new BlobDegradationProcessor(env);
-  }
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'BlobDegradationProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'BlobDegradationProcessor';
-  readonly options = {};
-  private env: ContextEnvironment;
-
-  constructor(env: ContextEnvironment) {
-    this.env = env;
-  }
-
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
+export function createBlobDegradationProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
     if (targets.length === 0) {
       return targets;
     }
 
     let directoryCreated = false;
 
-    let blobOutputsDir = this.env.fileSystem.join(
-      this.env.projectTempDir,
+    let blobOutputsDir = env.fileSystem.join(
+      env.projectTempDir,
       'degraded-blobs',
     );
-    const sessionId = this.env.sessionId;
+    const sessionId = env.sessionId;
     if (sessionId) {
-      blobOutputsDir = this.env.fileSystem.join(
+      blobOutputsDir = env.fileSystem.join(
         blobOutputsDir,
         `session-${sanitizeFilenamePart(sessionId)}`,
       );
@@ -49,7 +33,7 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
 
     const ensureDir = async () => {
       if (!directoryCreated) {
-        await this.env.fileSystem.mkdir(blobOutputsDir, { recursive: true });
+        await env.fileSystem.mkdir(blobOutputsDir, { recursive: true });
         directoryCreated = true;
       }
     };
@@ -74,26 +58,26 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
               case 'inline_data': {
                 await ensureDir();
                 const ext = part.mimeType.split('/')[1] || 'bin';
-                const fileName = `blob_${Date.now()}_${this.env.idGenerator.generateId()}.${ext}`;
-                const filePath = this.env.fileSystem.join(
+                const fileName = `blob_${Date.now()}_${env.idGenerator.generateId()}.${ext}`;
+                const filePath = env.fileSystem.join(
                   blobOutputsDir,
                   fileName,
                 );
 
                 const buffer = Buffer.from(part.data, 'base64');
-                await this.env.fileSystem.writeFile(filePath, buffer);
+                await env.fileSystem.writeFile(filePath, buffer);
 
                 const mb = (buffer.byteLength / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(2);
                 newText = `[Multi-Modal Blob (${part.mimeType}, ${mb}MB) degraded to text to preserve context window. Saved to: ${filePath}]`;
 
                 const oldTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                     {
                       inlineData: { mimeType: part.mimeType, data: part.data },
                     },
                   ]);
                 const newTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                     { text: newText },
                   ]);
                 tokensSaved = oldTokens - newTokens;
@@ -102,7 +86,7 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
               case 'file_data': {
                 newText = `[File Reference (${part.mimeType}) degraded to text to preserve context window. Original URI: ${part.fileUri}]`;
                 const oldTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                     {
                       fileData: {
                         mimeType: part.mimeType,
@@ -111,7 +95,7 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
                     },
                   ]);
                 const newTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                     { text: newText },
                   ]);
                 tokensSaved = oldTokens - newTokens;
@@ -120,9 +104,9 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
               case 'raw_part': {
                 newText = `[Unknown Part degraded to text to preserve context window.]`;
                 const oldTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([part.part]);
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([part.part]);
                 const newTokens =
-                  this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+                  env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                     { text: newText },
                   ]);
                 tokensSaved = oldTokens - newTokens;
@@ -141,8 +125,9 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
           if (modified) {
             const degradedNode: UserPrompt = {
               ...node,
-              id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+              id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
               semanticParts: newParts,
+              replacesId: node.id,
             };
             returnedNodes.push(degradedNode);
           } else {
@@ -157,5 +142,10 @@ export class BlobDegradationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     }
 
     return returnedNodes;
-  }
+  };
+  
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'BlobDegradationProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/historyTruncationProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/historyTruncationProcessor.ts
index ca1631c30f..8fdd56dbd5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/historyTruncationProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/historyTruncationProcessor.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 import type {
-  ContextProcessor,
+  ContextProcessorFn,
   BackstopTargetOptions,
   ProcessArgs,
 } from '../pipeline.js';
@@ -14,51 +14,20 @@ import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 
 export type HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions = BackstopTargetOptions;
 
-export class HistoryTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions,
-  ): HistoryTruncationProcessor {
-    return new HistoryTruncationProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      target: {
-        type: 'string',
-        enum: ['incremental', 'freeNTokens', 'max'],
-        description: 'How much of the targeted history to truncate.',
-      },
-      freeTokensTarget: {
-        type: 'number',
-        description: 'The number of tokens to free if target is freeNTokens.',
-      },
-    },
-  };
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'HistoryTruncationProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'HistoryTruncationProcessor';
-  private readonly env: ContextEnvironment;
-  readonly options: HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions;
-  constructor(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-  }
-
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
+export function createHistoryTruncationProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
     // Calculate how many tokens we need to remove based on the configured knob
     let targetTokensToRemove = 0;
-    const strategy = this.options.target ?? 'max';
+    const strategy = options.target ?? 'max';
 
     if (strategy === 'incremental') {
       targetTokensToRemove = Infinity;
     } else if (strategy === 'freeNTokens') {
-      targetTokensToRemove = this.options.freeTokensTarget ?? 0;
+      targetTokensToRemove = options.freeTokensTarget ?? 0;
       if (targetTokensToRemove <= 0) return targets;
     } else if (strategy === 'max') {
       // 'max' means we remove all targets without stopping early
@@ -76,9 +45,14 @@ export class HistoryTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
         continue;
       }
 
-      removedTokens += this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
+      removedTokens += env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
     }
 
     return keptNodes;
-  }
+  };
+  
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'HistoryTruncationProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3900fc35c..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,140 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { NodeDistillationProcessor } from './nodeDistillationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-  createDummyToolNode,
-  createMockLlmClient,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { UserPrompt, AgentThought, ToolExecution } from '../ir/types.js';
-
-describe('NodeDistillationProcessor', () => {
-  it('should trigger summarization via LLM for long text parts', async () => {
-    const mockLlmClient = createMockLlmClient(['Mocked Summary!']);
-
-    // Use charsPerToken=1 naturally.
-    const env = createMockEnvironment({
-      llmClient: mockLlmClient,
-    });
-
-    const processor = NodeDistillationProcessor.create(env, {
-      nodeThresholdTokens: 10,
-    });
-
-    const longText = 'A'.repeat(50); // 50 chars
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'USER_PROMPT',
-      50,
-      {
-        semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: longText }],
-      },
-      'prompt-id',
-    ) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const thought = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'AGENT_THOUGHT',
-      50,
-      {
-        text: longText,
-      },
-      'thought-id',
-    ) as AgentThought;
-
-    const tool = createDummyToolNode(
-      'ep1',
-      5,
-      500,
-      {
-        observation: { result: 'A'.repeat(500) },
-      },
-      'tool-id',
-    );
-
-    const targets = [prompt, thought, tool];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(3);
-
-    // 1. User Prompt
-    const compressedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    expect(compressedPrompt.id).not.toBe(prompt.id);
-    expect(compressedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type).toBe('text');
-    assert(compressedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type === 'text');
-    expect(compressedPrompt.semanticParts[0].text).toBe('Mocked Summary!');
-
-    // 2. Agent Thought
-    const compressedThought = result[1] as AgentThought;
-    expect(compressedThought.id).not.toBe(thought.id);
-    expect(compressedThought.text).toBe('Mocked Summary!');
-
-    // 3. Tool Execution
-    const compressedTool = result[2] as ToolExecution;
-    expect(compressedTool.id).not.toBe(tool.id);
-    expect(compressedTool.observation).toEqual({ summary: 'Mocked Summary!' });
-
-    expect(mockLlmClient.generateContent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-  });
-
-  it('should ignore nodes that are below the threshold', async () => {
-    const mockLlmClient = createMockLlmClient(['S']); // length = 1
-
-    const env = createMockEnvironment({
-      llmClient: mockLlmClient,
-    });
-
-    const processor = NodeDistillationProcessor.create(env, {
-      nodeThresholdTokens: 100, // Very high threshold
-    });
-
-    const shortText = 'Short text'; // 10 chars
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'USER_PROMPT',
-      10,
-      {
-        semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: shortText }],
-      },
-      'prompt-id',
-    ) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const thought = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'AGENT_THOUGHT',
-      13,
-      {
-        text: 'Short thought',
-      },
-      'thought-id',
-    ) as AgentThought;
-
-    const targets = [prompt, thought];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2);
-
-    // 1. User Prompt (NOT compressed)
-    const untouchedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    expect(untouchedPrompt.id).toBe(prompt.id);
-
-    // 2. Agent Thought (NOT compressed)
-    const untouchedThought = result[1] as AgentThought;
-    expect(untouchedThought.id).toBe(thought.id);
-
-    // LLM should not have been called
-    expect(mockLlmClient.generateContent).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.ts
index 0d54a54ee9..61bfa930c9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import type { ContextProcessor, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { ContextProcessorFn, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
 import type { ConcreteNode } from '../ir/types.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 import { debugLogger } from '../../utils/debugLogger.js';
@@ -15,48 +15,20 @@ export interface NodeDistillationProcessorOptions {
   nodeThresholdTokens: number;
 }
 
-export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: NodeDistillationProcessorOptions,
-  ): NodeDistillationProcessor {
-    return new NodeDistillationProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      nodeThresholdTokens: {
-        type: 'number',
-        description: 'The token threshold above which nodes are summarized.',
-      },
-    },
-    required: ['nodeThresholdTokens'],
-  };
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'NodeDistillationProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'NodeDistillationProcessor';
-  readonly options: NodeDistillationProcessorOptions;
-  private env: ContextEnvironment;
-
-  constructor(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: NodeDistillationProcessorOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-  }
-
-  private async generateSummary(
+export function createNodeDistillationProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: NodeDistillationProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const generateSummary = async (
     text: string,
     contextInfo: string,
-  ): Promise<string> {
+  ): Promise<string> => {
     try {
-      const response = await this.env.llmClient.generateContent({
+      const response = await env.llmClient.generateContent({
         role: LlmRole.UTILITY_COMPRESSOR,
         modelConfigKey: { model: 'gemini-3-flash-base' },
-        promptId: this.env.promptId,
+        promptId: env.promptId,
         abortSignal: new AbortController().signal,
         contents: [
           {
@@ -81,12 +53,12 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       );
       return text; // Fallback to original text on API failure
     }
-  }
+  };
 
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
-    const semanticConfig = this.options;
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
+    const semanticConfig = options;
     const limitTokens = semanticConfig.nodeThresholdTokens;
-    const thresholdChars = this.env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(limitTokens);
+    const thresholdChars = env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(limitTokens);
 
     const returnedNodes: ConcreteNode[] = [];
 
@@ -102,14 +74,14 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
             if (part.type !== 'text') continue;
 
             if (part.text.length > thresholdChars) {
-              const summary = await this.generateSummary(
+              const summary = await generateSummary(
                 part.text,
                 'User Prompt',
               );
-              const newTokens = this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts(
+              const newTokens = env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts(
                 [{ text: summary }],
               );
-              const oldTokens = this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts(
+              const oldTokens = env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts(
                 [{ text: part.text }],
               );
 
@@ -123,8 +95,9 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
           if (modified) {
             returnedNodes.push({
               ...node,
-              id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+              id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
               semanticParts: newParts,
+              replacesId: node.id,
             });
           } else {
             returnedNodes.push(node);
@@ -134,20 +107,21 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
 
         case 'AGENT_THOUGHT': {
           if (node.text.length > thresholdChars) {
-            const summary = await this.generateSummary(
+            const summary = await generateSummary(
               node.text,
               'Agent Thought',
             );
-            const newTokens = this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+            const newTokens = env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
               { text: summary },
             ]);
-            const oldTokens = this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
+            const oldTokens = env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
 
             if (newTokens < oldTokens) {
               returnedNodes.push({
                 ...node,
-                id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+                id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
                 text: summary,
+                replacesId: node.id,
               });
               break;
             }
@@ -171,14 +145,14 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
           }
 
           if (stringifiedObs.length > thresholdChars) {
-            const summary = await this.generateSummary(
+            const summary = await generateSummary(
               stringifiedObs,
               node.toolName || 'unknown',
             );
             const newObsObject = { summary };
 
             const newObsTokens =
-              this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+              env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                 {
                   functionResponse: {
                     name: node.toolName || 'unknown',
@@ -190,18 +164,19 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
 
             const oldObsTokens =
               node.tokens?.observation ??
-              this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
+              env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
             const intentTokens = node.tokens?.intent ?? 0;
 
             if (newObsTokens < oldObsTokens) {
               returnedNodes.push({
                 ...node,
-                id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+                id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
                 observation: newObsObject as Record<string, unknown>,
                 tokens: {
                   intent: intentTokens,
                   observation: newObsTokens,
                 },
+                replacesId: node.id,
               });
               break;
             }
@@ -217,5 +192,10 @@ export class NodeDistillationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     }
 
     return returnedNodes;
-  }
+  };
+
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'NodeDistillationProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 09764e05ea..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { NodeTruncationProcessor } from './nodeTruncationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { UserPrompt, AgentThought, AgentYield } from '../ir/types.js';
-
-describe('NodeTruncationProcessor', () => {
-  it('should truncate nodes that exceed maxTokensPerNode', async () => {
-    // env.tokenCalculator uses charsPerToken=1 natively.
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    const processor = NodeTruncationProcessor.create(env, {
-      maxTokensPerNode: 10, // 10 chars limit
-    });
-
-    const longText = 'A'.repeat(50); // 50 tokens
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'USER_PROMPT',
-      50,
-      {
-        semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: longText }],
-      },
-      'prompt-id',
-    ) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const thought = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'AGENT_THOUGHT',
-      50,
-      {
-        text: longText,
-      },
-      'thought-id',
-    ) as AgentThought;
-
-    const yieldNode = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'AGENT_YIELD',
-      50,
-      {
-        text: longText,
-      },
-      'yield-id',
-    ) as AgentYield;
-
-    const targets = [prompt, thought, yieldNode];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(3);
-
-    // 1. User Prompt
-    const squashedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    expect(squashedPrompt.id).not.toBe(prompt.id);
-    expect(squashedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type).toBe('text');
-    assert(squashedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type === 'text');
-    expect(squashedPrompt.semanticParts[0].text).toContain('[... OMITTED');
-
-    // 2. Agent Thought
-    const squashedThought = result[1] as AgentThought;
-    expect(squashedThought.id).not.toBe(thought.id);
-    expect(squashedThought.text).toContain('[... OMITTED');
-
-    // 3. Agent Yield
-    const squashedYield = result[2] as AgentYield;
-    expect(squashedYield.id).not.toBe(yieldNode.id);
-    expect(squashedYield.text).toContain('[... OMITTED');
-  });
-
-  it('should ignore nodes that are below maxTokensPerNode', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    const processor = NodeTruncationProcessor.create(env, {
-      maxTokensPerNode: 100, // 100 chars limit
-    });
-
-    const shortText = 'Short text'; // 10 chars
-
-    const prompt = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'USER_PROMPT',
-      10,
-      {
-        semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: shortText }],
-      },
-      'prompt-id',
-    ) as UserPrompt;
-
-    const thought = createDummyNode(
-      'ep1',
-      'AGENT_THOUGHT',
-      13,
-      {
-        text: 'Short thought', // 13 chars
-      },
-      'thought-id',
-    ) as AgentThought;
-
-    const targets = [prompt, thought];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2);
-
-    // 1. User Prompt (untouched)
-    const squashedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    expect(squashedPrompt.id).toBe(prompt.id);
-    assert(squashedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type === 'text');
-    expect(squashedPrompt.semanticParts[0].text).not.toContain('[... OMITTED');
-
-    // 2. Agent Thought (untouched)
-    const untouchedThought = result[1] as AgentThought;
-    expect(untouchedThought.id).toBe(thought.id);
-    expect(untouchedThought.text).not.toContain('[... OMITTED');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.ts
index 40014d494d..b52172d4d6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import type { ContextProcessor, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { ContextProcessorFn, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 import { truncateProportionally } from '../truncation.js';
 import type { ConcreteNode } from '../ir/types.js';
@@ -12,41 +12,12 @@ export interface NodeTruncationProcessorOptions {
   maxTokensPerNode: number;
 }
 
-export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: NodeTruncationProcessorOptions,
-  ): NodeTruncationProcessor {
-    return new NodeTruncationProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      maxTokensPerNode: {
-        type: 'number',
-        description:
-          'The maximum tokens a node can have before being truncated.',
-      },
-    },
-    required: ['maxTokensPerNode'],
-  };
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'NodeTruncationProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'NodeTruncationProcessor';
-  readonly options: NodeTruncationProcessorOptions;
-  private env: ContextEnvironment;
-
-  constructor(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: NodeTruncationProcessorOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-  }
-
-  private tryApplySquash(
+export function createNodeTruncationProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: NodeTruncationProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const tryApplySquash = (
     text: string,
     limitChars: number,
   ): {
@@ -54,7 +25,7 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     newTokens: number;
     oldTokens: number;
     tokensSaved: number;
-  } | null {
+  } | null => {
     const originalLength = text.length;
     if (originalLength <= limitChars) return null;
 
@@ -67,8 +38,8 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     if (newText !== text) {
       // Using accurate TokenCalculator instead of simple math
       const newTokens =
-        this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForString(newText);
-      const oldTokens = this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForString(text);
+        env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForString(newText);
+      const oldTokens = env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForString(text);
       const tokensSaved = oldTokens - newTokens;
 
       if (tokensSaved > 0) {
@@ -76,15 +47,15 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       }
     }
     return null;
-  }
+  };
 
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
     if (targets.length === 0) {
       return targets;
     }
 
-    const { maxTokensPerNode } = this.options;
-    const limitChars = this.env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(maxTokensPerNode);
+    const { maxTokensPerNode } = options;
+    const limitChars = env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(maxTokensPerNode);
 
     const returnedNodes: ConcreteNode[] = [];
 
@@ -97,7 +68,7 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
           for (let j = 0; j < node.semanticParts.length; j++) {
             const part = node.semanticParts[j];
             if (part.type === 'text') {
-              const squashResult = this.tryApplySquash(part.text, limitChars);
+              const squashResult = tryApplySquash(part.text, limitChars);
               if (squashResult) {
                 newParts[j] = { type: 'text', text: squashResult.text };
                 modified = true;
@@ -108,8 +79,9 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
           if (modified) {
             returnedNodes.push({
               ...node,
-              id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+              id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
               semanticParts: newParts,
+              replacesId: node.id,
             });
           } else {
             returnedNodes.push(node);
@@ -118,12 +90,13 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
         }
 
         case 'AGENT_THOUGHT': {
-          const squashResult = this.tryApplySquash(node.text, limitChars);
+          const squashResult = tryApplySquash(node.text, limitChars);
           if (squashResult) {
             returnedNodes.push({
               ...node,
-              id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+              id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
               text: squashResult.text,
+              replacesId: node.id,
             });
           } else {
             returnedNodes.push(node);
@@ -132,12 +105,13 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
         }
 
         case 'AGENT_YIELD': {
-          const squashResult = this.tryApplySquash(node.text, limitChars);
+          const squashResult = tryApplySquash(node.text, limitChars);
           if (squashResult) {
             returnedNodes.push({
               ...node,
-              id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+              id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
               text: squashResult.text,
+              replacesId: node.id,
             });
           } else {
             returnedNodes.push(node);
@@ -152,5 +126,10 @@ export class NodeTruncationProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     }
 
     return returnedNodes;
-  }
+  };
+
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'NodeTruncationProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 86949e1582..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { RollingSummaryProcessor } from './rollingSummaryProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-
-describe('RollingSummaryProcessor', () => {
-  it('should initialize with correct default options', () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const processor = RollingSummaryProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'incremental',
-    });
-    expect(processor.id).toBe('RollingSummaryProcessor');
-  });
-
-  it('should summarize older nodes when the deficit exceeds the threshold', async () => {
-    // env.tokenCalculator uses charsPerToken=1 based on createMockEnvironment
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    // We want to free exactly 100 tokens.
-    // We will supply nodes that cost 50 tokens each.
-    const processor = RollingSummaryProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'freeNTokens',
-      freeTokensTarget: 100,
-    });
-
-    const text50 = 'A'.repeat(50);
-    const targets = [
-      createDummyNode(
-        'ep1',
-        'USER_PROMPT',
-        50,
-        { semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: text50 }] },
-        'id1',
-      ),
-      createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 50, { text: text50 }, 'id2'),
-      createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_YIELD', 50, { text: text50 }, 'id3'),
-    ];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    // 3 nodes at 50 cost each.
-    // The first node (id1) is the initial USER_PROMPT and is always skipped by RollingSummaryProcessor.
-    // Node id2 adds 50 deficit. Node id3 adds 50 deficit. Total = 100 deficit, which hits the target break point.
-    // Thus, id2 and id3 are summarized into a new ROLLING_SUMMARY node.
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(result[0].type).toBe('USER_PROMPT');
-    expect(result[1].type).toBe('ROLLING_SUMMARY');
-  });
-
-  it('should preserve targets if deficit does not trigger summary', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    // We want to free 100 tokens, but our nodes will only cost 10 tokens each.
-    const processor = RollingSummaryProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'freeNTokens',
-      freeTokensTarget: 100,
-    });
-
-    const text10 = 'A'.repeat(10);
-    const targets = [
-      createDummyNode(
-        'ep1',
-        'USER_PROMPT',
-        10,
-        { semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: text10 }] },
-        'id1',
-      ),
-      createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 10, { text: text10 }, 'id2'),
-    ];
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    // Deficit accumulator reaches 10. This is < 100 limit, and total summarizable nodes < 2 anyway.
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(result[0].type).toBe('USER_PROMPT');
-    expect(result[1].type).toBe('AGENT_THOUGHT');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.ts
index f87b4c4a2f..632f2eb0d1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 import type {
-  ContextProcessor,
+  ContextProcessorFn,
   ProcessArgs,
   BackstopTargetOptions,
 } from '../pipeline.js';
@@ -17,43 +17,17 @@ export interface RollingSummaryProcessorOptions extends BackstopTargetOptions {
   systemInstruction?: string;
 }
 
-export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      target: { type: 'string', enum: ['incremental', 'freeNTokens', 'max'] },
-      freeTokensTarget: { type: 'number' },
-      systemInstruction: { type: 'string' },
-    },
-  };
+export function createRollingSummaryProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: RollingSummaryProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
 
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: RollingSummaryProcessorOptions,
-  ): RollingSummaryProcessor {
-    return new RollingSummaryProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'RollingSummaryProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'RollingSummaryProcessor';
-  readonly options: RollingSummaryProcessorOptions;
-  private readonly env: ContextEnvironment;
-  private readonly generator: SnapshotGenerator;
-
-  constructor(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: RollingSummaryProcessorOptions,
-  ) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-    this.generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
-  }
-
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
     if (targets.length === 0) return targets;
 
-    const strategy = this.options.target ?? 'max';
+    const strategy = options.target ?? 'max';
     let targetTokensToRemove = 0;
 
     if (strategy === 'incremental') {
@@ -62,7 +36,7 @@ export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       // Ideally, the orchestrator should pass `tokensToRemove` explicitly.
       targetTokensToRemove = 10000;
     } else if (strategy === 'freeNTokens') {
-      targetTokensToRemove = this.options.freeTokensTarget ?? Infinity;
+      targetTokensToRemove = options.freeTokensTarget ?? Infinity;
     } else if (strategy === 'max') {
       targetTokensToRemove = Infinity;
     }
@@ -80,7 +54,7 @@ export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       }
 
       nodesToSummarize.push(node);
-      deficitAccumulator += this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
+      deficitAccumulator += env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
 
       if (deficitAccumulator >= targetTokensToRemove) break;
     }
@@ -89,11 +63,11 @@ export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
 
     try {
       // Synthesize the rolling summary synchronously
-      const snapshotText = await this.generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
+      const snapshotText = await generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
         nodesToSummarize,
-        this.options.systemInstruction,
+        options.systemInstruction,
       );
-      const newId = this.env.idGenerator.generateId();
+      const newId = env.idGenerator.generateId();
 
       const summaryNode: RollingSummary = {
         id: newId,
@@ -101,6 +75,7 @@ export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
         type: 'ROLLING_SUMMARY',
         timestamp: Date.now(),
         text: snapshotText,
+        abstractsIds: nodesToSummarize.map((n) => n.id),
       };
 
       const consumedIds = nodesToSummarize.map((n) => n.id);
@@ -121,5 +96,10 @@ export class RollingSummaryProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       debugLogger.error('RollingSummaryProcessor failed sync backstop', e);
       return targets;
     }
-  }
+  };
+
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'RollingSummaryProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 31103534cc..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { StateSnapshotProcessor } from './stateSnapshotProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { InboxSnapshotImpl } from '../sidecar/inbox.js';
-
-describe('StateSnapshotProcessor', () => {
-  it('should ignore if budget is satisfied', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const processor = StateSnapshotProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'incremental',
-    });
-    const targets = [createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT')];
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-    expect(result).toBe(targets); // Strict equality
-  });
-
-  it('should apply a valid snapshot from the Inbox (Fast Path)', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const processor = StateSnapshotProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'incremental',
-    });
-
-    const nodeA = createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-A');
-    const nodeB = createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 60, {}, 'node-B');
-    const nodeC = createDummyNode('ep2', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-C');
-
-    const targets = [nodeA, nodeB, nodeC];
-
-    // The background worker created a snapshot of A and B
-    const messages = [
-      {
-        id: 'msg-1',
-        topic: 'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
-        timestamp: Date.now(),
-        payload: {
-          consumedIds: ['node-A', 'node-B'],
-          newText: '<compressed A and B>',
-          type: 'point-in-time',
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-
-    const processArgs = createMockProcessArgs(targets, [], messages);
-    const result = await processor.process(processArgs);
-
-    // Should remove A and B, insert Snapshot, keep C
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(result[0].type).toBe('SNAPSHOT');
-    expect(result[1].id).toBe('node-C');
-
-    // Should consume the message
-    expect(
-      (processArgs.inbox as InboxSnapshotImpl).getConsumedIds().has('msg-1'),
-    ).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should reject a snapshot if the nodes were modified/deleted (Cache Invalidated)', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const processor = StateSnapshotProcessor.create(env, {
-      target: 'incremental',
-    });
-    // Make deficit 0 so we don't fall through to the sync backstop and fail the test that way
-
-    // node-A is MISSING (user deleted it)
-    const nodeB = createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 60, {}, 'node-B');
-    const targets = [nodeB];
-
-    const messages = [
-      {
-        id: 'msg-1',
-        topic: 'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
-        timestamp: Date.now(),
-        payload: {
-          consumedIds: ['node-A', 'node-B'],
-          newText: '<compressed A and B>',
-        },
-      },
-    ];
-
-    const processArgs = createMockProcessArgs(targets, [], messages);
-    const result = await processor.process(processArgs);
-
-    // Because deficit is 0, and Inbox was rejected, nothing should change
-    expect(result.length).toBe(1);
-    expect(result[0].id).toBe('node-B');
-    expect(
-      (processArgs.inbox as InboxSnapshotImpl).getConsumedIds().has('msg-1'),
-    ).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should fall back to sync backstop if inbox is empty', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const processor = StateSnapshotProcessor.create(env, { target: 'max' }); // Summarize all
-
-    const nodeA = createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-A');
-    const nodeB = createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 60, {}, 'node-B');
-    const nodeC = createDummyNode('ep2', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-C');
-    const targets = [nodeA, nodeB, nodeC];
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs(targets));
-
-    // Should synthesize a new snapshot synchronously
-    expect(env.llmClient.generateContent).toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(result.length).toBe(2); // nodeA is skipped as "system prompt", snapshot + nodeA
-    expect(result[1].type).toBe('SNAPSHOT');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.ts
index 1c6c5d6f5a..217a594e11 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 import type {
-  ContextProcessor,
+  ContextProcessorFn,
   ProcessArgs,
   BackstopTargetOptions,
 } from '../pipeline.js';
@@ -18,48 +18,23 @@ export interface StateSnapshotProcessorOptions extends BackstopTargetOptions {
   systemInstruction?: string;
 }
 
-export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      target: { type: 'string', enum: ['incremental', 'freeNTokens', 'max'] },
-      freeTokensTarget: { type: 'number' },
-      model: { type: 'string' },
-      systemInstruction: { type: 'string' },
-    },
-  };
+export function createStateSnapshotProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: StateSnapshotProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
 
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: StateSnapshotProcessorOptions,
-  ): StateSnapshotProcessor {
-    return new StateSnapshotProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'StateSnapshotProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'StateSnapshotProcessor';
-  readonly options: StateSnapshotProcessorOptions;
-  private readonly env: ContextEnvironment;
-  private readonly generator: SnapshotGenerator;
-
-  constructor(env: ContextEnvironment, options: StateSnapshotProcessorOptions) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-    this.generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
-  }
-
-  // --- ContextProcessor Interface (Sync Backstop / Cache Application) ---
-  async process({
+  const processor: any = async ({
     targets,
     inbox,
-  }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
+  }: ProcessArgs) => {
     if (targets.length === 0) {
       return targets;
     }
 
     // Determine what mode we are looking for: 'incremental' -> 'point-in-time', 'max' -> 'accumulate'
-    const strategy = this.options.target ?? 'max';
+    const strategy = options.target ?? 'max';
     const expectedType =
       strategy === 'incremental' ? 'point-in-time' : 'accumulate';
 
@@ -90,7 +65,7 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
 
         if (isValid) {
           // If valid, apply it!
-          const newId = this.env.idGenerator.generateId();
+          const newId = env.idGenerator.generateId();
 
           const snapshotNode: Snapshot = {
             id: newId,
@@ -98,6 +73,7 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
             type: 'SNAPSHOT',
             timestamp: Date.now(),
             text: newText,
+            abstractsIds: consumedIds,
           };
 
           // Remove the consumed nodes and insert the snapshot at the earliest index
@@ -127,7 +103,7 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     if (strategy === 'incremental') {
       targetTokensToRemove = Infinity; // incremental implies removing as much as possible if no state is passed
     } else if (strategy === 'freeNTokens') {
-      targetTokensToRemove = this.options.freeTokensTarget ?? Infinity;
+      targetTokensToRemove = options.freeTokensTarget ?? Infinity;
     } else if (strategy === 'max') {
       targetTokensToRemove = Infinity;
     }
@@ -144,7 +120,7 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       }
 
       nodesToSummarize.push(node);
-      deficitAccumulator += this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
+      deficitAccumulator += env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node);
 
       if (deficitAccumulator >= targetTokensToRemove) break;
     }
@@ -152,17 +128,18 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     if (nodesToSummarize.length < 2) return targets; // Not enough context
 
     try {
-      const snapshotText = await this.generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
+      const snapshotText = await generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
         nodesToSummarize,
-        this.options.systemInstruction,
+        options.systemInstruction,
       );
-      const newId = this.env.idGenerator.generateId();
+      const newId = env.idGenerator.generateId();
       const snapshotNode: Snapshot = {
         id: newId,
         logicalParentId: newId,
         type: 'SNAPSHOT',
         timestamp: Date.now(),
         text: snapshotText,
+        abstractsIds: nodesToSummarize.map((n) => n.id),
       };
 
       const consumedIds = nodesToSummarize.map((n) => n.id);
@@ -183,5 +160,10 @@ export class StateSnapshotProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       debugLogger.error('StateSnapshotProcessor failed sync backstop', e);
       return targets;
     }
-  }
+  };
+
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'StateSnapshotProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 97b198a595..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
-import { StateSnapshotWorker } from './stateSnapshotWorker.js';
-import {
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import { InboxSnapshotImpl } from '../sidecar/inbox.js';
-
-describe('StateSnapshotWorker', () => {
-  it('should generate a snapshot and publish it to the inbox', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    // Spy on the publish method
-    const publishSpy = vi.spyOn(env.inbox, 'publish');
-
-    const worker = StateSnapshotWorker.create(env, { type: 'point-in-time' });
-
-    const nodeA = createDummyNode('ep1', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-A');
-    const nodeB = createDummyNode('ep1', 'AGENT_THOUGHT', 60, {}, 'node-B');
-
-    const targets = [nodeA, nodeB];
-    const inbox = new InboxSnapshotImpl([]);
-
-    await worker.execute({ targets, inbox });
-
-    // Ensure generateContent was called
-    expect(env.llmClient.generateContent).toHaveBeenCalled();
-
-    // Verify it published to the inbox
-    expect(publishSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        newText: 'Mock LLM summary response',
-        consumedIds: ['node-A', 'node-B'],
-        type: 'point-in-time',
-      }),
-      env.idGenerator,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should pull previous accumulate snapshot from inbox and append new targets', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const publishSpy = vi.spyOn(env.inbox, 'publish');
-    const drainSpy = vi.spyOn(env.inbox, 'drainConsumed');
-
-    const worker = StateSnapshotWorker.create(env, { type: 'accumulate' });
-
-    const nodeC = createDummyNode('ep2', 'USER_PROMPT', 50, {}, 'node-C');
-    const targets = [nodeC];
-
-    // Simulate an existing accumulate draft in the inbox
-    const inbox = new InboxSnapshotImpl([
-      {
-        id: 'draft-1',
-        topic: 'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
-        timestamp: Date.now() - 1000,
-        payload: {
-          consumedIds: ['node-A', 'node-B'],
-          newText: '<old snapshot>',
-          type: 'accumulate',
-        },
-      },
-    ]);
-
-    await worker.execute({ targets, inbox });
-
-    // The old draft should be consumed
-    expect(inbox.getConsumedIds().has('draft-1')).toBe(true);
-    expect(drainSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Set));
-
-    // The new publish should contain ALL consumed IDs (old + new)
-    expect(publishSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        newText: 'Mock LLM summary response',
-        consumedIds: ['node-A', 'node-B', 'node-C'], // Aggregated!
-        type: 'accumulate',
-      }),
-      env.idGenerator,
-    );
-
-    // Verify the LLM was called with the old snapshot prepended
-    expect(env.llmClient.generateContent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        contents: expect.arrayContaining([
-          expect.objectContaining({
-            parts: expect.arrayContaining([
-              expect.objectContaining({
-                text: expect.stringContaining('<old snapshot>'),
-              }),
-            ]),
-          }),
-        ]),
-      }),
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should ignore empty targets', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    const publishSpy = vi.spyOn(env.inbox, 'publish');
-    const worker = StateSnapshotWorker.create(env, { type: 'accumulate' });
-
-    await worker.execute({ targets: [], inbox: new InboxSnapshotImpl([]) });
-
-    expect(env.llmClient.generateContent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(publishSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
index 012debbba6..bf79bd01b4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/stateSnapshotWorker.ts
@@ -14,53 +14,29 @@ export interface StateSnapshotWorkerOptions {
   systemInstruction?: string;
 }
 
-export class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      type: { type: 'string', enum: ['accumulate', 'point-in-time'] },
-      systemInstruction: { type: 'string' },
-    },
-  };
+export function createStateSnapshotWorker(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: StateSnapshotWorkerOptions,
+): ContextWorker {
+  const generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
 
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: StateSnapshotWorkerOptions,
-  ): StateSnapshotWorker {
-    return new StateSnapshotWorker(env, options);
-  }
+  let isRunning = false;
 
-  readonly componentType = 'worker';
-  readonly id = 'StateSnapshotWorker';
-  readonly name = 'StateSnapshotWorker';
-  readonly options: StateSnapshotWorkerOptions;
-  private readonly env: ContextEnvironment;
-  private readonly generator: SnapshotGenerator;
-
-  // Triggers when nodes exceed retained threshold (via retained_exceeded in Orchestrator)
-  readonly triggers = {
-    onNodesAgedOut: true,
-  };
-
-  constructor(env: ContextEnvironment, options: StateSnapshotWorkerOptions) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-    this.generator = new SnapshotGenerator(env);
-  }
-
-  async execute({
+  const execute = async ({
     targets,
     inbox,
   }: {
     targets: readonly ConcreteNode[];
     inbox: InboxSnapshot;
-  }): Promise<void> {
+  }): Promise<void> => {
+    if (!isRunning) return;
     if (targets.length === 0) return;
 
     try {
       let nodesToSummarize = [...targets];
       let previousConsumedIds: string[] = [];
-      const workerType = this.options.type ?? 'point-in-time';
+      const workerType = options.type ?? 'point-in-time';
 
       if (workerType === 'accumulate') {
         // Look for the most recent unconsumed accumulate snapshot in the inbox
@@ -83,13 +59,13 @@ export class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
           inbox.consume(latest.id);
           // And we must persist its consumption back to the live inbox immediately,
           // because we are effectively "taking" it from the shelf to modify.
-          this.env.inbox.drainConsumed(new Set([latest.id]));
+          env.inbox.drainConsumed(new Set([latest.id]));
 
           previousConsumedIds = latest.payload.consumedIds;
 
           // Prepend a synthetic node representing the previous rolling state
           const previousStateNode: ConcreteNode = {
-            id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(),
+            id: env.idGenerator.generateId(),
             logicalParentId: '',
             type: 'SNAPSHOT',
             timestamp: latest.timestamp,
@@ -100,9 +76,9 @@ export class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
         }
       }
 
-      const snapshotText = await this.generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
+      const snapshotText = await generator.synthesizeSnapshot(
         nodesToSummarize,
-        this.options.systemInstruction,
+        options.systemInstruction,
       );
 
       const newConsumedIds = [
@@ -111,17 +87,32 @@ export class StateSnapshotWorker implements ContextWorker {
       ];
 
       // In V2, workers communicate their work to the inbox, and the processor picks it up.
-      this.env.inbox.publish(
+      env.inbox.publish(
         'PROPOSED_SNAPSHOT',
         {
           newText: snapshotText,
           consumedIds: newConsumedIds,
           type: workerType,
         },
-        this.env.idGenerator,
+        env.idGenerator,
       );
     } catch (e) {
       debugLogger.error('StateSnapshotWorker failed to generate snapshot', e);
     }
-  }
+  };
+
+  return {
+    id,
+    name: 'StateSnapshotWorker',
+    triggers: {
+      onNodesAgedOut: true,
+    },
+    start: () => {
+      isRunning = true;
+    },
+    stop: () => {
+      isRunning = false;
+    },
+    execute,
+  };
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e7689ce128..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { ToolMaskingProcessor } from './toolMaskingProcessor.js';
-import {
-  createMockProcessArgs,
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyToolNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { ToolExecution } from '../ir/types.js';
-
-describe('ToolMaskingProcessor', () => {
-  it('should write large strings to disk and replace them with a masked pointer', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-    // env uses charsPerToken=1 natively.
-    // original string lengths > stringLengthThresholdTokens (which is 10) will be masked
-
-    const processor = ToolMaskingProcessor.create(env, {
-      stringLengthThresholdTokens: 10,
-    });
-
-    const longString = 'A'.repeat(500); // 500 chars
-
-    const toolStep = createDummyToolNode('ep1', 50, 500, {
-      observation: {
-        result: longString,
-        metadata: 'short', // 5 chars, will not be masked
-      },
-    });
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs([toolStep]));
-
-    expect(result.length).toBe(1);
-    const masked = result[0] as ToolExecution;
-
-    // It should have generated a new ID because it modified it
-    expect(masked.id).not.toBe(toolStep.id);
-
-    // It should have masked the observation
-    const obs = masked.observation as { result: string; metadata: string };
-    expect(obs.result).toContain('<tool_output_masked>');
-    expect(obs.metadata).toBe('short'); // Untouched
-  });
-
-  it('should skip unmaskable tools', async () => {
-    const env = createMockEnvironment();
-
-    const processor = ToolMaskingProcessor.create(env, {
-      stringLengthThresholdTokens: 10,
-    });
-
-    const toolStep = createDummyToolNode('ep1', 10, 10, {
-      toolName: 'activate_skill',
-      observation: {
-        result:
-          'this is a really long string that normally would get masked but wont because of the tool name',
-      },
-    });
-
-    const result = await processor.process(createMockProcessArgs([toolStep]));
-
-    // Returned the exact same object reference
-    expect(result[0]).toBe(toolStep);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.ts b/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.ts
index 6a0f5050e7..b08494a8e3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/processors/toolMaskingProcessor.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import type { ContextProcessor, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { ContextProcessorFn, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
 import type { ConcreteNode, ToolExecution } from '../ir/types.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
 import { sanitizeFilenamePart } from '../../utils/fileUtils.js';
@@ -63,57 +63,31 @@ function isMaskableRecord(val: unknown): val is Record<string, MaskableValue> {
   );
 }
 
-export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create(
-    env: ContextEnvironment,
-    options: ToolMaskingProcessorOptions,
-  ): ToolMaskingProcessor {
-    return new ToolMaskingProcessor(env, options);
-  }
-
-  static readonly schema = {
-    type: 'object',
-    properties: {
-      stringLengthThresholdTokens: {
-        type: 'number',
-        description:
-          'The token threshold above which tool intents/observations are masked.',
-      },
-    },
-    required: ['stringLengthThresholdTokens'],
+export function createToolMaskingProcessor(
+  id: string,
+  env: ContextEnvironment,
+  options: ToolMaskingProcessorOptions,
+): ContextProcessorFn {
+  const isAlreadyMasked = (text: string): boolean => {
+    return text.includes('<tool_output_masked>');
   };
 
-  readonly componentType = 'processor';
-  readonly id = 'ToolMaskingProcessor';
-  readonly name = 'ToolMaskingProcessor';
-  readonly options: ToolMaskingProcessorOptions;
-  private env: ContextEnvironment;
-
-  constructor(env: ContextEnvironment, options: ToolMaskingProcessorOptions) {
-    this.env = env;
-    this.options = options;
-  }
-
-  private isAlreadyMasked(text: string): boolean {
-    return text.includes('<tool_output_masked>');
-  }
-
-  async process({ targets }: ProcessArgs): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
-    const maskingConfig = this.options;
+  const processor: any = async ({ targets }: ProcessArgs) => {
+    const maskingConfig = options;
     if (!maskingConfig) return targets;
     if (targets.length === 0) return targets;
 
-    const limitChars = this.env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(
+    const limitChars = env.tokenCalculator.tokensToChars(
       maskingConfig.stringLengthThresholdTokens,
     );
 
-    let toolOutputsDir = this.env.fileSystem.join(
-      this.env.projectTempDir,
+    let toolOutputsDir = env.fileSystem.join(
+      env.projectTempDir,
       'tool-outputs',
     );
-    const sessionId = this.env.sessionId;
+    const sessionId = env.sessionId;
     if (sessionId) {
-      toolOutputsDir = this.env.fileSystem.join(
+      toolOutputsDir = env.fileSystem.join(
         toolOutputsDir,
         `session-${sanitizeFilenamePart(sessionId)}`,
       );
@@ -128,14 +102,14 @@ export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
       nodeType: string,
     ): Promise<string> => {
       if (!directoryCreated) {
-        await this.env.fileSystem.mkdir(toolOutputsDir, { recursive: true });
+        await env.fileSystem.mkdir(toolOutputsDir, { recursive: true });
         directoryCreated = true;
       }
 
-      const fileName = `${sanitizeFilenamePart(toolName).toLowerCase()}_${sanitizeFilenamePart(callId).toLowerCase()}_${nodeType}_${this.env.idGenerator.generateId()}.txt`;
-      const filePath = this.env.fileSystem.join(toolOutputsDir, fileName);
+      const fileName = `${sanitizeFilenamePart(toolName).toLowerCase()}_${sanitizeFilenamePart(callId).toLowerCase()}_${nodeType}_${env.idGenerator.generateId()}.txt`;
+      const filePath = env.fileSystem.join(toolOutputsDir, fileName);
 
-      await this.env.fileSystem.writeFile(filePath, content);
+      await env.fileSystem.writeFile(filePath, content);
 
       const fileSizeMB = (
         Buffer.byteLength(content, 'utf8') /
@@ -164,7 +138,7 @@ export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
             nodeType: string,
           ): Promise<{ masked: MaskableValue; changed: boolean }> => {
             if (typeof obj === 'string') {
-              if (obj.length > limitChars && !this.isAlreadyMasked(obj)) {
+              if (obj.length > limitChars && !isAlreadyMasked(obj)) {
                 const newString = await handleMasking(
                   obj,
                   toolName || 'unknown',
@@ -222,7 +196,7 @@ export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
                   : undefined;
 
             const newIntentTokens =
-              this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+              env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                 {
                   functionCall: {
                     name: toolName || 'unknown',
@@ -244,24 +218,25 @@ export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
             }
 
             const newObsTokens =
-              this.env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
+              env.tokenCalculator.estimateTokensForParts([
                 obsPart as Part,
               ]);
 
             const tokensSaved =
-              this.env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node) -
+              env.tokenCalculator.getTokenCost(node) -
               (newIntentTokens + newObsTokens);
 
             if (tokensSaved > 0) {
               const maskedNode: ToolExecution = {
                 ...node,
-                id: this.env.idGenerator.generateId(), // Modified, so generate new ID
+                id: env.idGenerator.generateId(), // Modified, so generate new ID
                 intent: maskedIntent ?? node.intent,
                 observation: maskedObs ?? node.observation,
                 tokens: {
                   intent: newIntentTokens,
                   observation: newObsTokens,
                 },
+                replacesId: node.id,
               };
 
               returnedNodes.push(maskedNode);
@@ -280,5 +255,10 @@ export class ToolMaskingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
     }
 
     return returnedNodes;
-  }
+  };
+
+  processor.id = id;
+  Object.defineProperty(processor, 'name', { value: 'ToolMaskingProcessor' });
+
+  return processor;
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 39e039d12c..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
-import { registerBuiltInProcessors } from './builtins.js';
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import { SidecarLoader } from './SidecarLoader.js';
-import { defaultSidecarProfile } from './profiles.js';
-import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../system/InMemoryFileSystem.js';
-import type { Config } from 'src/config/config.js';
-
-describe('SidecarLoader (Fake FS)', () => {
-  let fileSystem: InMemoryFileSystem;
-  let registry: SidecarRegistry;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    fileSystem = new InMemoryFileSystem();
-    registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    registerBuiltInProcessors(registry);
-  });
-
-  const mockConfig = {
-    getExperimentalContextSidecarConfig: () => '/path/to/sidecar.json',
-  } as unknown as Config;
-
-  it('returns default profile if file does not exist', () => {
-    const result = SidecarLoader.fromConfig(mockConfig, registry, fileSystem);
-    expect(result).toBe(defaultSidecarProfile);
-  });
-
-  it('returns default profile if file exists but is 0 bytes', () => {
-    fileSystem.setFile('/path/to/sidecar.json', '');
-    const result = SidecarLoader.fromConfig(mockConfig, registry, fileSystem);
-    expect(result).toBe(defaultSidecarProfile);
-  });
-
-  it('throws an error if file is empty whitespace', () => {
-    fileSystem.setFile('/path/to/sidecar.json', '   \n  ');
-    expect(() =>
-      SidecarLoader.fromConfig(mockConfig, registry, fileSystem),
-    ).toThrow('is empty');
-  });
-
-  it('returns parsed config if file is valid', () => {
-    const validConfig = {
-      budget: { retainedTokens: 1000, maxTokens: 2000 },
-      pipelines: [],
-    };
-    fileSystem.setFile('/path/to/sidecar.json', JSON.stringify(validConfig));
-    const result = SidecarLoader.fromConfig(mockConfig, registry, fileSystem);
-    expect(result.budget.maxTokens).toBe(2000);
-  });
-
-  it('throws validation error if file is invalid', () => {
-    const invalidConfig = {
-      budget: { retainedTokens: 1000 }, // missing maxTokens
-    };
-    fileSystem.setFile('/path/to/sidecar.json', JSON.stringify(invalidConfig));
-    expect(() =>
-      SidecarLoader.fromConfig(mockConfig, registry, fileSystem),
-    ).toThrow('Validation error:');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.ts
index f32aeaabe2..55a287b724 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/SidecarLoader.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 
 import type { Config } from '../../config/config.js';
 import type { SidecarConfig } from './types.js';
-import { defaultSidecarProfile } from './profiles.js';
-import { SchemaValidator } from '../../utils/schemaValidator.js';
-import { getSidecarConfigSchema } from './schema.js';
+import { defaultSidecarProfile, type ContextProfile } from './profiles.js';
 import type { IFileSystem } from '../system/IFileSystem.js';
 import { NodeFileSystem } from '../system/NodeFileSystem.js';
-import type { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
 
 export class SidecarLoader {
   /**
@@ -20,9 +17,8 @@ export class SidecarLoader {
    */
   static loadFromFile(
     sidecarPath: string,
-    registry: SidecarRegistry,
     fileSystem: IFileSystem = new NodeFileSystem(),
-  ): SidecarConfig {
+  ): ContextProfile {
     const fileContent = fileSystem.readFileSync(sidecarPath, 'utf8');
 
     if (!fileContent.trim()) {
@@ -40,24 +36,15 @@ export class SidecarLoader {
       );
     }
 
-    const validationError = SchemaValidator.validate(
-      getSidecarConfigSchema(registry),
-      parsed,
-    );
-    if (validationError) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Invalid sidecar configuration in ${sidecarPath}. Validation error: ${validationError}`,
-      );
-    }
-
-    // Schema has been validated.
-    const isSidecarConfig = (val: unknown): val is SidecarConfig => true;
-    if (isSidecarConfig(parsed)) {
-      return parsed;
-    }
-    throw new Error(
-      'Unreachable: schema validation passed but type predicate failed.',
-    );
+    const customConfig = parsed as Partial<SidecarConfig>;
+    
+    return {
+      ...defaultSidecarProfile,
+      config: {
+        ...defaultSidecarProfile.config,
+        ...(customConfig.budget ? { budget: customConfig.budget } : {})
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   /**
@@ -66,9 +53,8 @@ export class SidecarLoader {
    */
   static fromConfig(
     config: Config,
-    registry: SidecarRegistry,
     fileSystem: IFileSystem = new NodeFileSystem(),
-  ): SidecarConfig {
+  ): ContextProfile {
     const sidecarPath = config.getExperimentalContextSidecarConfig();
 
     if (sidecarPath && fileSystem.existsSync(sidecarPath)) {
@@ -79,7 +65,7 @@ export class SidecarLoader {
       }
 
       // If the file has content, enforce strict validation and throw on failure.
-      return this.loadFromFile(sidecarPath, registry, fileSystem);
+      return this.loadFromFile(sidecarPath, fileSystem);
     }
 
     return defaultSidecarProfile;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/builtins.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/builtins.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b3f552bd1d..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/builtins.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import type { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
-import {
-  HistoryTruncationProcessor,
-  type HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/historyTruncationProcessor.js';
-import { BlobDegradationProcessor } from '../processors/blobDegradationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  NodeTruncationProcessor,
-  type NodeTruncationProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  NodeDistillationProcessor,
-  type NodeDistillationProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.js';
-import {
-  ToolMaskingProcessor,
-  type ToolMaskingProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/toolMaskingProcessor.js';
-import {
-  StateSnapshotProcessor,
-  type StateSnapshotProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.js';
-import {
-  StateSnapshotWorker,
-  type StateSnapshotWorkerOptions,
-} from '../processors/stateSnapshotWorker.js';
-import {
-  RollingSummaryProcessor,
-  type RollingSummaryProcessorOptions,
-} from '../processors/rollingSummaryProcessor.js';
-
-export function registerBuiltInProcessors(registry: SidecarRegistry) {
-  registry.registerProcessor<Record<string, never>>({
-    id: 'BlobDegradationProcessor',
-    schema: { type: 'object', properties: {} },
-    create: (env) => new BlobDegradationProcessor(env),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<HistoryTruncationProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'HistoryTruncationProcessor',
-    schema: HistoryTruncationProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => HistoryTruncationProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<NodeTruncationProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'NodeTruncationProcessor',
-    schema: NodeTruncationProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => NodeTruncationProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<NodeDistillationProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'NodeDistillationProcessor',
-    schema: NodeDistillationProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => NodeDistillationProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<ToolMaskingProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'ToolMaskingProcessor',
-    schema: ToolMaskingProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => ToolMaskingProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<StateSnapshotProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'StateSnapshotProcessor',
-    schema: StateSnapshotProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => StateSnapshotProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerWorker<StateSnapshotWorkerOptions>({
-    id: 'StateSnapshotWorker',
-    schema: StateSnapshotWorker.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => StateSnapshotWorker.create(env, options),
-  });
-
-  registry.registerProcessor<RollingSummaryProcessorOptions>({
-    id: 'RollingSummaryProcessor',
-    schema: RollingSummaryProcessor.schema,
-    create: (env, options) => RollingSummaryProcessor.create(env, options),
-  });
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d967ac1d39..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,316 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { PipelineOrchestrator } from './orchestrator.js';
-import { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
-import {
-  createMockEnvironment,
-  createDummyNode,
-} from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { ContextEnvironment } from './environment.js';
-import type {
-  ContextProcessor,
-  ContextWorker,
-  InboxSnapshot,
-  ProcessArgs,
-} from '../pipeline.js';
-import type { PipelineDef, ProcessorConfig, SidecarConfig } from './types.js';
-import type { ContextEventBus } from '../eventBus.js';
-import type { ConcreteNode, UserPrompt } from '../ir/types.js';
-
-// A realistic mock processor that modifies the text of the first target node
-class ModifyingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create() {
-    return new ModifyingProcessor();
-  }
-  constructor() {}
-  readonly name = 'ModifyingProcessor';
-  readonly id = 'ModifyingProcessor';
-  readonly options = {};
-  async process(args: ProcessArgs) {
-    const newTargets = [...args.targets];
-    if (newTargets.length > 0 && newTargets[0].type === 'USER_PROMPT') {
-      const prompt = newTargets[0];
-      const newParts = [...prompt.semanticParts];
-      if (newParts.length > 0 && newParts[0].type === 'text') {
-        newParts[0] = {
-          ...newParts[0],
-          text: newParts[0].text + ' [modified]',
-        };
-      }
-      newTargets[0] = {
-        ...prompt,
-        id: prompt.id + '-modified',
-        replacesId: prompt.id,
-        semanticParts: newParts,
-      };
-    }
-    return newTargets;
-  }
-}
-
-// A processor that just throws an error
-class ThrowingProcessor implements ContextProcessor {
-  static create() {
-    return new ThrowingProcessor();
-  }
-  constructor() {}
-  readonly name = 'Throwing';
-  readonly id = 'Throwing';
-  readonly options = {};
-  async process(): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
-    throw new Error('Processor failed intentionally');
-  }
-}
-
-// A mock worker that signals it ran
-class MockWorker implements ContextWorker {
-  static create() {
-    return new MockWorker();
-  }
-  constructor() {}
-  readonly name = 'MockWorker';
-  readonly id = 'MockWorker';
-  readonly triggers = {
-    onNodesAdded: true,
-  };
-  wasExecuted = false;
-
-  async execute(args: {
-    targets: readonly ConcreteNode[];
-    inbox: InboxSnapshot;
-  }) {
-    this.wasExecuted = true;
-    if (args.targets.length > 0 && args.targets[0].type === 'USER_PROMPT') {
-      const prompt = args.targets[0];
-      if (prompt.semanticParts[0].type === 'text') {
-        args.inbox.consume('test');
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-describe('PipelineOrchestrator (Component)', () => {
-  let env: ContextEnvironment;
-  let eventBus: ContextEventBus;
-  let registry: SidecarRegistry;
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    vi.resetAllMocks();
-    env = createMockEnvironment();
-    eventBus = env.eventBus;
-    registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-
-    registry.registerProcessor({
-      id: 'ModifyingProcessor',
-      schema: {},
-      create: () => new ModifyingProcessor(),
-    });
-    registry.registerProcessor({
-      id: 'ThrowingProcessor',
-      schema: {},
-      create: () => new ThrowingProcessor(),
-    });
-    registry.registerWorker({
-      id: 'MockWorker',
-      schema: {},
-      create: () => new MockWorker(),
-    });
-  });
-
-  afterEach(() => {
-    registry.clear();
-  });
-
-  const createConfig = (
-    pipelines: PipelineDef[],
-    workers?: Array<{ workerId: string }>,
-  ): SidecarConfig => ({
-    budget: { maxTokens: 100, retainedTokens: 50 },
-    pipelines,
-    workers,
-  });
-
-  it('instantiates processors and workers from the registry on initialization', () => {
-    const config = createConfig(
-      [
-        {
-          name: 'SyncPipe',
-          triggers: ['new_message'],
-          processors: [
-            { processorId: 'ModifyingProcessor' } as unknown as ProcessorConfig,
-          ],
-        },
-      ],
-      [{ workerId: 'MockWorker' }],
-    );
-
-    const orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-      config,
-      env,
-      eventBus,
-      env.tracer,
-      registry,
-    );
-
-    expect(
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      (orchestrator as any).instantiatedProcessors.has('ModifyingProcessor'),
-    ).toBe(true);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    expect((orchestrator as any).instantiatedWorkers.has('MockWorker')).toBe(
-      true,
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('throws an error if a config requests an unknown processor', () => {
-    const config = createConfig([
-      {
-        name: 'ThrowPipe',
-        triggers: ['new_message'],
-        processors: [
-          { processorId: 'DoesNotExist' } as unknown as ProcessorConfig,
-        ],
-      },
-    ]);
-
-    expect(
-      () =>
-        new PipelineOrchestrator(config, env, eventBus, env.tracer, registry),
-    ).toThrow('Context Processor [DoesNotExist] is not registered.');
-  });
-
-  it('executes synchronous routes (executeTriggerSync) and returns modified array', async () => {
-    const config = createConfig([
-      {
-        name: 'SyncPipe',
-        triggers: ['new_message'],
-        processors: [
-          { processorId: 'ModifyingProcessor' } as unknown as ProcessorConfig,
-        ],
-      },
-    ]);
-    const orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-      config,
-      env,
-      eventBus,
-      env.tracer,
-      registry,
-    );
-
-    const nodes = [
-      createDummyNode(
-        'not-protected-ep',
-        'USER_PROMPT',
-        100,
-        {
-          semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: 'original text' }],
-        },
-        'not-protected-id',
-      ),
-    ];
-
-    const result = await orchestrator.executeTriggerSync(
-      'new_message',
-      nodes,
-      new Set(nodes.map((s) => s.id)),
-      new Set(),
-    );
-
-    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
-    const modifiedPrompt = result[0] as UserPrompt;
-    assert(
-      modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[0].type === 'text',
-      'Expected a text part',
-    );
-    expect(modifiedPrompt.semanticParts[0].text).toBe(
-      'original text [modified]',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('gracefully handles and swallows processor errors in synchronous routes', async () => {
-    const config = createConfig([
-      {
-        name: 'ThrowPipe',
-        triggers: ['new_message'],
-        processors: [
-          { processorId: 'ThrowingProcessor' } as unknown as ProcessorConfig,
-        ],
-      },
-    ]);
-    const orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-      config,
-      env,
-      eventBus,
-      env.tracer,
-      registry,
-    );
-
-    const nodes = [
-      createDummyNode(
-        'not-protected-ep',
-        'USER_PROMPT',
-        100,
-        undefined,
-        'not-protected-id',
-      ),
-    ];
-
-    // It should not throw! It should swallow the error and return the unmodified array.
-    const result = await orchestrator.executeTriggerSync(
-      'new_message',
-      nodes,
-      new Set(nodes.map((s) => s.id)),
-      new Set(),
-    );
-
-    expect(result).toHaveLength(1);
-    expect(result).toStrictEqual(nodes);
-  });
-
-  it('automatically dispatches workers when matching EventBus events occur', async () => {
-    const config = createConfig([], [{ workerId: 'MockWorker' }]);
-
-    const orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-      config,
-      env,
-      eventBus,
-      env.tracer,
-      registry,
-    );
-
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const workerInstance = (orchestrator as any).instantiatedWorkers.get(
-      'MockWorker',
-    ) as MockWorker;
-    expect(workerInstance.wasExecuted).toBe(false);
-
-    const nodes = [
-      createDummyNode(
-        'not-protected-ep',
-        'USER_PROMPT',
-        100,
-        {
-          semanticParts: [{ type: 'text', text: 'worker trigger text' }],
-        },
-        'not-protected-id',
-      ),
-    ];
-
-    // Emit the new_message chunk which maps to onNodesAdded for workers
-    eventBus.emitChunkReceived({
-      nodes,
-      targetNodeIds: new Set(nodes.map((n) => n.id)),
-    });
-
-    // Worker execute is fire and forget, so we yield to the event loop
-    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
-
-    expect(workerInstance.wasExecuted).toBe(true);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
index f41f4c1182..4757720daf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/orchestrator.ts
@@ -5,33 +5,29 @@
  */
 
 import type { ConcreteNode } from '../ir/types.js';
-import type { ContextProcessor, ContextWorker } from '../pipeline.js';
-import type { SidecarConfig, PipelineDef, PipelineTrigger } from './types.js';
+import type { ContextWorker } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { PipelineDef, PipelineTrigger } from './types.js';
 import type {
   ContextEnvironment,
   ContextEventBus,
   ContextTracer,
 } from './environment.js';
-import type { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
 import { debugLogger } from '../../utils/debugLogger.js';
 import { InboxSnapshotImpl } from './inbox.js';
 import { ContextWorkingBufferImpl } from './contextWorkingBuffer.js';
 
 export class PipelineOrchestrator {
   private activeTimers: NodeJS.Timeout[] = [];
-  private readonly instantiatedProcessors = new Map<string, ContextProcessor>();
-  private readonly instantiatedWorkers = new Map<string, ContextWorker>();
 
   constructor(
-    private readonly config: SidecarConfig,
+    private readonly pipelines: PipelineDef[],
+    private readonly workers: ContextWorker[],
     private readonly env: ContextEnvironment,
     private readonly eventBus: ContextEventBus,
     private readonly tracer: ContextTracer,
-    private readonly registry: SidecarRegistry,
   ) {
-    this.instantiateProcessors();
-    this.instantiateWorkers();
     this.setupTriggers();
+    this.startWorkers();
   }
 
   private isNodeAllowed(
@@ -46,32 +42,19 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
     );
   }
 
-  private instantiateProcessors() {
-    for (const pipeline of this.config.pipelines) {
-      for (const procDef of pipeline.processors) {
-        if (!this.instantiatedProcessors.has(procDef.processorId)) {
-          const factory = this.registry.getProcessor(procDef.processorId);
-          const instance = factory.create(this.env, procDef.options || {});
-          this.instantiatedProcessors.set(procDef.processorId, instance);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private instantiateWorkers() {
-    if (!this.config.workers) return;
-    for (const workerDef of this.config.workers) {
-      if (!this.instantiatedWorkers.has(workerDef.workerId)) {
-        const factory = this.registry.getWorker(workerDef.workerId);
-        const instance = factory.create(this.env, workerDef.options || {});
-        this.instantiatedWorkers.set(workerDef.workerId, instance);
+  private startWorkers() {
+    for (const worker of this.workers) {
+      try {
+        worker.start();
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugLogger.error(`Worker ${worker.name} failed to start:`, e);
       }
     }
   }
 
   private setupTriggers() {
     // 1. Pipeline Triggers
-    for (const pipeline of this.config.pipelines) {
+    for (const pipeline of this.pipelines) {
       for (const trigger of pipeline.triggers) {
         if (typeof trigger === 'object' && trigger.type === 'timer') {
           const timer = setInterval(() => {
@@ -103,7 +86,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
     // 2. Worker Triggers (onNodesAdded / onNodesAgedOut)
     this.eventBus.onChunkReceived((event) => {
       // Fire all workers that care about new nodes
-      for (const worker of this.instantiatedWorkers.values()) {
+      for (const worker of this.workers) {
         if (worker.triggers.onNodesAdded) {
           const inboxSnapshot = new InboxSnapshotImpl(
             this.env.inbox.getMessages() || [],
@@ -121,7 +104,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
 
     this.eventBus.onConsolidationNeeded((event) => {
       // Fire all workers that care about aged out nodes
-      for (const worker of this.instantiatedWorkers.values()) {
+      for (const worker of this.workers) {
         if (worker.triggers.onNodesAgedOut) {
           const inboxSnapshot = new InboxSnapshotImpl(
             this.env.inbox.getMessages() || [],
@@ -139,15 +122,19 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
         }
       }
     });
-
-    // We don't have a formal event bus for inbox publish yet, but we will soon.
-    // For now the workers are just registered.
   }
 
   shutdown() {
     for (const timer of this.activeTimers) {
       clearInterval(timer);
     }
+    for (const worker of this.workers) {
+      try {
+        worker.stop();
+      } catch (e) {
+        debugLogger.error(`Worker ${worker.name} failed to stop:`, e);
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   async executeTriggerSync(
@@ -157,7 +144,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
     protectedLogicalIds: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set(),
   ): Promise<readonly ConcreteNode[]> {
     let currentBuffer = ContextWorkingBufferImpl.initialize(nodes);
-    const pipelines = this.config.pipelines.filter((p) =>
+    const triggerPipelines = this.pipelines.filter((p) =>
       p.triggers.includes(trigger),
     );
 
@@ -166,22 +153,19 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
       this.env.inbox.getMessages() || [],
     );
 
-    for (const pipeline of pipelines) {
-      for (const procDef of pipeline.processors) {
-        const processor = this.instantiatedProcessors.get(procDef.processorId);
-        if (!processor) continue;
-
+    for (const pipeline of triggerPipelines) {
+      for (const processor of pipeline.processors) {
         try {
           this.tracer.logEvent(
             'Orchestrator',
-            `Executing processor synchronously: ${procDef.processorId}`,
+            `Executing processor synchronously: ${processor.id}`,
           );
 
           const allowedTargets = currentBuffer.nodes.filter((n) =>
             this.isNodeAllowed(n, triggerTargets, protectedLogicalIds),
           );
 
-          const returnedNodes = await processor.process({
+          const returnedNodes = await processor({
             buffer: currentBuffer,
             targets: allowedTargets,
             inbox: inboxSnapshot,
@@ -194,7 +178,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
           );
         } catch (error) {
           debugLogger.error(
-            `Synchronous processor ${procDef.processorId} failed:`,
+            `Synchronous processor ${processor.id} failed:`,
             error,
           );
         }
@@ -224,21 +208,18 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
       this.env.inbox.getMessages() || [],
     );
 
-    for (const procDef of pipeline.processors) {
-      const processor = this.instantiatedProcessors.get(procDef.processorId);
-      if (!processor) continue;
-
+    for (const processor of pipeline.processors) {
       try {
         this.tracer.logEvent(
           'Orchestrator',
-          `Executing processor: ${procDef.processorId} (async)`,
+          `Executing processor: ${processor.id} (async)`,
         );
 
         const allowedTargets = currentBuffer.nodes.filter((n) =>
           this.isNodeAllowed(n, triggerTargets, protectedLogicalIds),
         );
 
-        const returnedNodes = await processor.process({
+        const returnedNodes = await processor({
           buffer: currentBuffer,
           targets: allowedTargets,
           inbox: inboxSnapshot,
@@ -251,7 +232,7 @@ export class PipelineOrchestrator {
         );
       } catch (error) {
         debugLogger.error(
-          `Pipeline ${pipeline.name} failed async at ${procDef.processorId}:`,
+          `Pipeline ${pipeline.name} failed async at ${processor.id}:`,
           error,
         );
         return;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
index 49c1ee5a40..38a262d108 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/profiles.ts
@@ -4,60 +4,63 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-import type { SidecarConfig } from './types.js';
+import type { SidecarConfig, PipelineDef } from './types.js';
+import type { ContextEnvironment } from './environment.js';
+import type { ContextWorker } from '../pipeline.js';
+
+// Import factories
+import { createToolMaskingProcessor } from '../processors/toolMaskingProcessor.js';
+import { createBlobDegradationProcessor } from '../processors/blobDegradationProcessor.js';
+import { createNodeTruncationProcessor } from '../processors/nodeTruncationProcessor.js';
+import { createNodeDistillationProcessor } from '../processors/nodeDistillationProcessor.js';
+import { createStateSnapshotProcessor } from '../processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.js';
+import { createStateSnapshotWorker } from '../processors/stateSnapshotWorker.js';
+
+export interface ContextProfile {
+  config: SidecarConfig;
+  buildPipelines: (env: ContextEnvironment) => PipelineDef[];
+  buildWorkers: (env: ContextEnvironment) => ContextWorker[];
+}
 
 /**
  * The standard default context management profile.
  * Optimized for safety, precision, and reliable summarization.
  */
-export const defaultSidecarProfile: SidecarConfig = {
-  budget: {
-    retainedTokens: 65000,
-    maxTokens: 150000,
-  },
-  workers: [
-    {
-      workerId: 'StateSnapshotWorker',
-      options: {
-        type: 'accumulate',
-      },
+export const defaultSidecarProfile: ContextProfile = {
+  config: {
+    budget: {
+      retainedTokens: 65000,
+      maxTokens: 150000,
     },
-  ],
-  pipelines: [
+  },
+  
+  buildPipelines: (env: ContextEnvironment): PipelineDef[] => [
     {
       name: 'Immediate Sanitization',
       triggers: ['new_message'],
       processors: [
-        {
-          processorId: 'ToolMaskingProcessor',
-          options: { stringLengthThresholdTokens: 8000 },
-        },
-        { processorId: 'BlobDegradationProcessor', options: {} },
+        createToolMaskingProcessor('ToolMasking', env, { stringLengthThresholdTokens: 8000 }),
+        createBlobDegradationProcessor('BlobDegradation', env),
       ],
     },
     {
       name: 'Normalization',
       triggers: ['retained_exceeded'],
       processors: [
-        {
-          processorId: 'NodeTruncationProcessor',
-          options: { maxTokensPerNode: 3000 },
-        },
-        {
-          processorId: 'NodeDistillationProcessor',
-          options: { nodeThresholdTokens: 5000 },
-        },
+        createNodeTruncationProcessor('NodeTruncation', env, { maxTokensPerNode: 3000 }),
+        createNodeDistillationProcessor('NodeDistillation', env, { nodeThresholdTokens: 5000 }),
       ],
     },
     {
       name: 'Emergency Backstop',
       triggers: ['gc_backstop'],
       processors: [
-        {
-          processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor',
-          options: { target: 'max' },
-        },
+        createStateSnapshotProcessor('StateSnapshotSync', env, { target: 'max' }),
       ],
     },
   ],
+
+  buildWorkers: (env: ContextEnvironment): ContextWorker[] => [
+    createStateSnapshotWorker('StateSnapshotAsync', env, { type: 'accumulate' })
+  ]
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 34613c963d..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
-import { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
-import type { ContextProcessorDef, ContextWorkerDef } from './registry.js';
-import type { ContextProcessor, ContextWorker } from '../pipeline.js';
-
-describe('SidecarRegistry', () => {
-  it('should register and retrieve processors correctly', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    const processorDef: ContextProcessorDef = {
-      id: 'TestProcessor',
-      schema: { type: 'object' },
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextProcessor,
-    };
-
-    registry.registerProcessor(processorDef);
-    const retrieved = registry.getProcessor('TestProcessor');
-    expect(retrieved).toBe(processorDef);
-  });
-
-  it('should register and retrieve workers correctly', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    const workerDef: ContextWorkerDef = {
-      id: 'TestWorker',
-      schema: { type: 'object' },
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextWorker,
-    };
-
-    registry.registerWorker(workerDef);
-    const retrieved = registry.getWorker('TestWorker');
-    expect(retrieved).toBe(workerDef);
-  });
-
-  it('should throw an error when retrieving unregistered processors', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    expect(() => registry.getProcessor('Unknown')).toThrow(
-      'Context Processor [Unknown] is not registered.',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should throw an error when retrieving unregistered workers', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    expect(() => registry.getWorker('Unknown')).toThrow(
-      'Context Worker [Unknown] is not registered.',
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should return combined schemas', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    registry.registerProcessor({
-      id: 'TestProcessor',
-      schema: { title: 'processorSchema' },
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextProcessor,
-    });
-    registry.registerWorker({
-      id: 'TestWorker',
-      schema: { title: 'workerSchema' },
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextWorker,
-    });
-
-    const schemas = registry.getSchemas() as Array<{ title?: string }>;
-    expect(schemas.length).toBe(2);
-    expect(schemas.find((s) => s.title === 'processorSchema')).toBeDefined();
-    expect(schemas.find((s) => s.title === 'workerSchema')).toBeDefined();
-  });
-
-  it('should safely clear the registry', () => {
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    registry.registerProcessor({
-      id: 'TestProcessor',
-      schema: {},
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextProcessor,
-    });
-    registry.registerWorker({
-      id: 'TestWorker',
-      schema: {},
-      create: () => ({}) as ContextWorker,
-    });
-
-    registry.clear();
-
-    expect(() => registry.getProcessor('TestProcessor')).toThrow();
-    expect(() => registry.getWorker('TestWorker')).toThrow();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 92bbb866ac..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/registry.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import type { ContextProcessor, ContextWorker } from '../pipeline.js';
-import type { ContextEnvironment } from './environment.js';
-
-export interface ContextProcessorDef<TOptions = object> {
-  readonly id: string;
-  readonly schema: object;
-  create(env: ContextEnvironment, options: TOptions): ContextProcessor;
-}
-
-export interface ContextWorkerDef<TOptions = object> {
-  readonly id: string;
-  readonly schema: object;
-  create(env: ContextEnvironment, options: TOptions): ContextWorker;
-}
-
-/**
- * Registry for mapping declarative sidecar configs to running components.
- */
-export class SidecarRegistry {
-  private processors = new Map<string, ContextProcessorDef<unknown>>();
-  private workers = new Map<string, ContextWorkerDef<unknown>>();
-
-  registerProcessor<TOptions>(def: ContextProcessorDef<TOptions>) {
-    this.processors.set(def.id, def);
-  }
-
-  registerWorker<TOptions>(def: ContextWorkerDef<TOptions>) {
-    this.workers.set(def.id, def);
-  }
-
-  getProcessor(id: string): ContextProcessorDef {
-    const def = this.processors.get(id);
-    if (!def) {
-      throw new Error(`Context Processor [${id}] is not registered.`);
-    }
-    return def;
-  }
-
-  getWorker(id: string): ContextWorkerDef {
-    const def = this.workers.get(id);
-    if (!def) {
-      throw new Error(`Context Worker [${id}] is not registered.`);
-    }
-    return def;
-  }
-
-  getSchemas(): object[] {
-    const schemas: object[] = [];
-    for (const def of this.processors.values()) {
-      if (def.schema) schemas.push(def.schema);
-    }
-    for (const def of this.workers.values()) {
-      if (def.schema) schemas.push(def.schema);
-    }
-    return schemas;
-  }
-
-  clear() {
-    this.processors.clear();
-    this.workers.clear();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d447a71e..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/schema.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
- */
-
-import type { SidecarRegistry } from './registry.js';
-import './builtins.js';
-
-export function getSidecarConfigSchema(registry: SidecarRegistry) {
-  return {
-    $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#',
-    title: 'SidecarConfig',
-    description: 'The Data-Driven Schema for the Context Manager.',
-    type: 'object',
-    required: ['budget', 'pipelines'],
-    properties: {
-      budget: {
-        type: 'object',
-        description: 'Defines the token ceilings and limits for the pipeline.',
-        required: ['retainedTokens', 'maxTokens'],
-        properties: {
-          retainedTokens: {
-            type: 'number',
-            description:
-              'The ideal token count the pipeline tries to shrink down to.',
-          },
-          maxTokens: {
-            type: 'number',
-            description:
-              'The absolute maximum token count allowed before synchronous truncation kicks in.',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      workers: {
-        type: 'array',
-        description: 'Background workers that proactively accumulate context.',
-        items: {
-          type: 'object',
-          required: ['workerId'],
-          properties: {
-            workerId: { type: 'string' },
-            options: { type: 'object' },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-      pipelines: {
-        type: 'array',
-        description: 'The execution graphs for context manipulation.',
-        items: {
-          type: 'object',
-          required: ['name', 'triggers', 'execution', 'processors'],
-          properties: {
-            name: {
-              type: 'string',
-            },
-            triggers: {
-              type: 'array',
-              items: {
-                anyOf: [
-                  {
-                    type: 'string',
-                    enum: ['new_message', 'retained_exceeded', 'gc_backstop'],
-                  },
-                  {
-                    type: 'object',
-                    required: ['type', 'intervalMs'],
-                    properties: {
-                      type: {
-                        type: 'string',
-                        const: 'timer',
-                      },
-                      intervalMs: {
-                        type: 'number',
-                      },
-                    },
-                  },
-                ],
-              },
-            },
-            processors: {
-              type: 'array',
-              items: {
-                oneOf: registry.getSchemas(),
-              },
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  };
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/types.ts b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/types.ts
index ef2ccdb423..8119880cf4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/sidecar/types.ts
@@ -4,36 +4,7 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-/**
- * Definition of a processor or worker to be instantiated in the graph.
- */
-export type ProcessorConfig =
-  | {
-      processorId: 'ToolMaskingProcessor';
-      options: { stringLengthThresholdTokens: number };
-    }
-  | { processorId: 'BlobDegradationProcessor'; options?: object }
-  | {
-      processorId: 'NodeDistillationProcessor';
-      options: { nodeThresholdTokens: number };
-    }
-  | {
-      processorId: 'NodeTruncationProcessor';
-      options: { maxTokensPerNode: number };
-    }
-  | {
-      processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor';
-      options?: Record<string, unknown>;
-    }
-  | {
-      processorId: 'HistoryTruncationProcessor';
-      options?: Record<string, unknown>;
-    };
-
-export interface WorkerConfig {
-  workerId: string;
-  options?: Record<string, unknown>;
-}
+import type { ContextProcessorFn } from '../pipeline.js';
 
 export type PipelineTrigger =
   | 'new_message'
@@ -44,7 +15,7 @@ export type PipelineTrigger =
 export interface PipelineDef {
   name: string;
   triggers: PipelineTrigger[];
-  processors: ProcessorConfig[];
+  processors: ContextProcessorFn[];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -56,10 +27,4 @@ export interface SidecarConfig {
     retainedTokens: number;
     maxTokens: number;
   };
-
-  /** The execution graphs for context manipulation */
-  pipelines: PipelineDef[];
-
-  /** Background actors that generate data for pipelines */
-  workers?: WorkerConfig[];
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/SimulationHarness.ts b/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/SimulationHarness.ts
index 2562d3b0c4..9b6840d54b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/SimulationHarness.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/SimulationHarness.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
 import { ContextManager } from '../contextManager.js';
 import { AgentChatHistory } from '../../core/agentChatHistory.js';
 import type { Content } from '@google/genai';
-import type { SidecarConfig } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from '../sidecar/profiles.js';
 import { ContextEnvironmentImpl } from '../sidecar/environmentImpl.js';
 import { ContextTracer } from '../tracer.js';
 import { ContextEventBus } from '../eventBus.js';
 import { PipelineOrchestrator } from '../sidecar/orchestrator.js';
-import { registerBuiltInProcessors } from '../sidecar/builtins.js';
 import { debugLogger } from '../../utils/debugLogger.js';
-import { SidecarRegistry } from '../sidecar/registry.js';
 import { DeterministicIdGenerator } from '../system/DeterministicIdGenerator.js';
 import { InMemoryFileSystem } from '../system/InMemoryFileSystem.js';
 import type { BaseLlmClient } from '../../core/baseLlmClient.js';
@@ -31,13 +29,13 @@ export class SimulationHarness {
   env!: ContextEnvironmentImpl;
   orchestrator!: PipelineOrchestrator;
   readonly eventBus: ContextEventBus;
-  config!: SidecarConfig;
+  config!: ContextProfile;
   private tracer!: ContextTracer;
   private currentTurnIndex = 0;
   private tokenTrajectory: TurnSummary[] = [];
 
   static async create(
-    config: SidecarConfig,
+    config: ContextProfile,
     mockLlmClient: BaseLlmClient,
     mockTempDir = '/tmp/sim',
   ): Promise<SimulationHarness> {
@@ -52,14 +50,11 @@ export class SimulationHarness {
   }
 
   private async init(
-    config: SidecarConfig,
+    config: ContextProfile,
     mockLlmClient: BaseLlmClient,
     mockTempDir: string,
   ) {
     this.config = config;
-    const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-    // Register all standard processors
-    registerBuiltInProcessors(registry);
 
     this.tracer = new ContextTracer({
       targetDir: mockTempDir,
@@ -79,11 +74,11 @@ export class SimulationHarness {
     );
 
     this.orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-      config,
+      config.buildPipelines(this.env),
+      config.buildWorkers(this.env),
       this.env,
       this.eventBus,
       this.tracer,
-      registry,
     );
     this.contextManager = new ContextManager(
       config,
@@ -118,9 +113,9 @@ export class SimulationHarness {
     let currentView = this.contextManager.getNodes();
     const currentTokens =
       this.env.tokenCalculator.calculateConcreteListTokens(currentView);
-    if (this.config.budget && currentTokens > this.config.budget.maxTokens) {
+    if (this.config.config.budget && currentTokens > this.config.config.budget.maxTokens) {
       debugLogger.log(
-        `[Turn ${this.currentTurnIndex}] Sync panic triggered! ${currentTokens} > ${this.config.budget.maxTokens}`,
+        `[Turn ${this.currentTurnIndex}] Sync panic triggered! ${currentTokens} > ${this.config.config.budget.maxTokens}`,
       );
       const orchestrator = this.orchestrator;
       // In the V2 simulation, we trigger the 'gc_backstop' to simulate emergency pressure.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/lifecycle.golden.test.ts b/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/lifecycle.golden.test.ts
index c75fe53e3b..b99138b9b3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/lifecycle.golden.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/system-tests/lifecycle.golden.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
 import { SimulationHarness } from './SimulationHarness.js';
 import { createMockLlmClient } from '../testing/contextTestUtils.js';
-import type { SidecarConfig } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from '../sidecar/profiles.js';
+import { createToolMaskingProcessor } from '../processors/toolMaskingProcessor.js';
+import { createBlobDegradationProcessor } from '../processors/blobDegradationProcessor.js';
+import { createStateSnapshotProcessor } from '../processors/stateSnapshotProcessor.js';
+import { createHistoryTruncationProcessor } from '../processors/historyTruncationProcessor.js';
+import { createStateSnapshotWorker } from '../processors/stateSnapshotWorker.js';
 
 expect.addSnapshotSerializer({
   test: (val) =>
@@ -31,30 +36,29 @@ describe('System Lifecycle Golden Tests', () => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
   });
 
-  const getAggressiveConfig = (): SidecarConfig => ({
-    budget: { maxTokens: 1000, retainedTokens: 500 }, // Extremely tight limits
-    pipelines: [
+  const getAggressiveConfig = (): ContextProfile => ({
+    config: {
+      budget: { maxTokens: 1000, retainedTokens: 500 }, // Extremely tight limits
+    },
+    buildPipelines: (env) => [
       {
         name: 'Pressure Relief', // Emits from eventBus 'retained_exceeded'
         triggers: ['retained_exceeded'],
         processors: [
-          { processorId: 'BlobDegradationProcessor' },
-          {
-            processorId: 'ToolMaskingProcessor',
-            options: { stringLengthThresholdTokens: 50 },
-          }, // Mask any tool string > 50 chars
-          { processorId: 'StateSnapshotProcessor', options: {} }, // Squash old history
+          createBlobDegradationProcessor('BlobDegradationProcessor', env),
+          createToolMaskingProcessor('ToolMaskingProcessor', env, { stringLengthThresholdTokens: 50 }),
+          createStateSnapshotProcessor('StateSnapshotProcessor', env, {}),
         ],
       },
       {
         name: 'Immediate Sanitization', // The magic string the projector is hardcoded to use
         triggers: ['retained_exceeded'],
         processors: [
-          { processorId: 'HistoryTruncationProcessor', options: {} },
+          createHistoryTruncationProcessor('HistoryTruncationProcessor', env, {}),
         ],
       },
     ],
-    workers: [{ workerId: 'StateSnapshotWorker' }],
+    buildWorkers: (env) => [createStateSnapshotWorker('StateSnapshotWorker', env, {})],
   });
 
   const mockLlmClient = createMockLlmClient([
@@ -141,10 +145,12 @@ describe('System Lifecycle Golden Tests', () => {
   });
 
   it('Scenario 2: Under Budget (No Modifications)', async () => {
-    const generousConfig: SidecarConfig = {
-      budget: { maxTokens: 100000, retainedTokens: 50000 },
-      pipelines: [], // No triggers
-      workers: [],
+    const generousConfig: ContextProfile = {
+      config: {
+        budget: { maxTokens: 100000, retainedTokens: 50000 },
+      },
+      buildPipelines: () => [],
+      buildWorkers: () => [],
     };
 
     const harness = await SimulationHarness.create(
@@ -171,12 +177,12 @@ describe('System Lifecycle Golden Tests', () => {
   });
 
   it('Scenario 3: Worker-Driven Background GC', async () => {
-    const gcConfig: SidecarConfig = {
-      budget: { maxTokens: 200, retainedTokens: 100 },
-      pipelines: [], // No standard pipelines
-      workers: [
-        { workerId: 'StateSnapshotWorker' }, // This should fire on chunk events
-      ],
+    const gcConfig: ContextProfile = {
+      config: {
+        budget: { maxTokens: 200, retainedTokens: 100 },
+      },
+      buildPipelines: () => [],
+      buildWorkers: (env) => [createStateSnapshotWorker('StateSnapshotWorker', env, {})],
     };
 
     const harness = await SimulationHarness.create(gcConfig, mockLlmClient);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/testing/contextTestUtils.ts b/packages/core/src/context/testing/contextTestUtils.ts
index ad5e1fdfdf..7c8c8bdb2b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/testing/contextTestUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/testing/contextTestUtils.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import { ContextTracer } from '../tracer.js';
 import { ContextEnvironmentImpl } from '../sidecar/environmentImpl.js';
 import { SidecarLoader } from '../sidecar/SidecarLoader.js';
 import { ContextEventBus } from '../eventBus.js';
-import { SidecarRegistry } from '../sidecar/registry.js';
-import { registerBuiltInProcessors } from '../sidecar/builtins.js';
 import { PipelineOrchestrator } from '../sidecar/orchestrator.js';
 import type { ConcreteNode, ToolExecution } from '../ir/types.js';
 import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ import type { BaseLlmClient } from '../../core/baseLlmClient.js';
 import type { Content, GenerateContentResponse } from '@google/genai';
 import { InboxSnapshotImpl } from '../sidecar/inbox.js';
 import type { InboxMessage, ProcessArgs } from '../pipeline.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from '../sidecar/profiles.js';
 
 /**
  * Creates a valid mock GenerateContentResponse with the provided text.
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ export function createDummyToolNode(
 }
 
 import type { Mock } from 'vitest';
-import type { SidecarConfig } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+
 
 export interface MockLlmClient extends BaseLlmClient {
   generateContent: Mock;
@@ -244,12 +243,10 @@ export function createMockContextConfig(
 
 export function setupContextComponentTest(
   config: Config,
-  sidecarOverride?: SidecarConfig,
+  sidecarOverride?: ContextProfile,
 ): { chatHistory: AgentChatHistory; contextManager: ContextManager } {
   const chatHistory = new AgentChatHistory();
-  const registry = new SidecarRegistry();
-  registerBuiltInProcessors(registry);
-  const sidecar = sidecarOverride || SidecarLoader.fromConfig(config, registry);
+  const sidecar = sidecarOverride || SidecarLoader.fromConfig(config);
   const tracer = new ContextTracer({
     targetDir: '/tmp',
     sessionId: 'test-session',
@@ -267,11 +264,11 @@ export function setupContextComponentTest(
   );
 
   const orchestrator = new PipelineOrchestrator(
-    sidecar,
+    sidecar.buildPipelines(env),
+    sidecar.buildWorkers(env),
     env,
     eventBus,
     tracer,
-    registry,
   );
 
   const contextManager = new ContextManager(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/context/testing/testProfile.ts b/packages/core/src/context/testing/testProfile.ts
index 7c5642b3d9..31e5955441 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/context/testing/testProfile.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/context/testing/testProfile.ts
@@ -3,18 +3,26 @@
  * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
-import type { SidecarConfig } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextProfile } from '../sidecar/profiles.js';
+import type { PipelineDef } from '../sidecar/types.js';
+import type { ContextEnvironment } from '../sidecar/environment.js';
+import { createHistoryTruncationProcessor } from '../processors/historyTruncationProcessor.js';
 
-export const testTruncateProfile: SidecarConfig = {
-  budget: {
-    retainedTokens: 65000,
-    maxTokens: 150000,
+export const testTruncateProfile: ContextProfile = {
+  config: {
+    budget: {
+      retainedTokens: 65000,
+      maxTokens: 150000,
+    },
   },
-  pipelines: [
+  buildPipelines: (env: ContextEnvironment): PipelineDef[] => [
     {
       name: 'Emergency Backstop (Truncate Only)',
       triggers: ['gc_backstop', 'retained_exceeded'],
-      processors: [{ processorId: 'HistoryTruncationProcessor', options: {} }],
+      processors: [
+        createHistoryTruncationProcessor('HistoryTruncation', env, {}),
+      ],
     },
   ],
+  buildWorkers: () => [],
 };