fix: tighten json crew deploy validation

lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_archive.py

@@ -168,6 +168,39 @@ type = "crew"
     assert "run_crew" not in pyproject
 
 
+def test_create_project_zip_keeps_json_project_root_shape(tmp_path: Path):
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text(
+        """
+[project]
+name = "json_crew"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = ["crewai[tools]==1.14.8a1"]
+
+[tool.crewai]
+type = "crew"
+""".strip()
+        + "\n"
+    )
+    (tmp_path / "uv.lock").write_text("# lock\n")
+    (tmp_path / "agents").mkdir()
+    (tmp_path / "agents" / "foo.jsonc").write_text("{}\n")
+    (tmp_path / "crew.jsonc").write_text("{}\n")
+
+    archive_path = create_project_zip("json_crew", project_dir=tmp_path)
+    try:
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(archive_path) as archive:
+            names = set(archive.namelist())
+    finally:
+        archive_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+    assert names == {
+        "agents/foo.jsonc",
+        "crew.jsonc",
+        "pyproject.toml",
+        "uv.lock",
+    }
+
+
 def test_create_project_zip_does_not_rewrite_json_project_scripts(tmp_path: Path):
     (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").write_text(
         """

lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py

@@ -200,6 +200,41 @@ def test_json_runtime_fields_are_deploy_errors(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     assert "runtime-only" in finding.detail
 
 
+def test_json_crew_requires_agents_dir_without_classic_errors(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    _scaffold_json_crew(tmp_path)
+    for path in (tmp_path / "agents").iterdir():
+        path.unlink()
+    (tmp_path / "agents").rmdir()
+
+    v = DeployValidator(project_root=tmp_path)
+    v.run()
+
+    codes = _codes(v)
+    assert "missing_agents_dir" in codes
+    assert "missing_src_dir" not in codes
+    assert "missing_crew_py" not in codes
+    assert "missing_agents_yaml" not in codes
+    assert "missing_tasks_yaml" not in codes
+
+
+def test_json_crew_reports_project_metadata_before_invalid_json(
+    tmp_path: Path,
+) -> None:
+    _scaffold_json_crew(tmp_path)
+    (tmp_path / "pyproject.toml").unlink()
+    (tmp_path / "uv.lock").unlink()
+    (tmp_path / "crew.jsonc").write_text('{"agents": ["researcher"], "tasks": []}\n')
+
+    v = DeployValidator(project_root=tmp_path)
+    v.run()
+
+    codes = _codes(v)
+    assert "missing_pyproject" in codes
+    assert "missing_lockfile" in codes
+    assert "invalid_crew_json" in codes
+    assert "missing_src_dir" not in codes
+
+
 def test_missing_pyproject_errors(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     v = _run_without_import_check(tmp_path)
     assert "missing_pyproject" in _codes(v)