with getContext + lineTo over an array."
)
return issues
def _critique_html(markup: str, wants_plot: bool) -> list[str]:
import re
issues: list[str] = []
lower = markup.lower()
if re.search(r"(?:width|height)\s*:\s*40px", markup, re.I):
issues.append(
"Do not use 40x40 CSS tiles — that is not a visualization. Size the "
f"stage {_STAGE_W}x{_STAGE_H}px."
)
if ". Put one interactive "
" (or ) in the body and draw there."
)
has_canvas = " or that "
"draws the data — prose alone is rejected."
)
if wants_plot and has_svg and not has_canvas and _decorative_svg_not_plot(markup):
issues.append(
"SVG stage present but it does not plot data (no multi-point "
"polyline/path, no JS that builds one from an array). Prefer "
f' + getContext + lineTo.'
)
issues += _critique_canvas(markup)
if len(re.sub(r"\s+", "", markup)) < 40:
issues.append("markup is too short to be a useful preview.")
return issues
def _critique_prose(markup: str) -> list[str]:
"""Reject an explanation dressed up as a visualization — paragraphs, a list,
maybe a button that reveals more text, and nothing that draws.
Shared by html and jsx: a component returning four elements is the same
non-answer as a page of them, and for a while jsx was accepted precisely
because this check lived only on the html side."""
import re
lower = markup.lower()
if "= 3 and (
"display" in lower or "toggle" in lower or "= 4 or toggle_only:
return [
"This is an explanation, not a visualization. Draw the data on a "
f' (or an chart) '
"— not paragraphs, lists, or a button that only reveals more text."
]
return []
def _critique_canvas(markup: str) -> list[str]:
"""Checks for markup that has a in it, wherever that markup came
from — a plain HTML body or the JSX that renders one."""
import re
issues: list[str] = []
lower = markup.lower()
if "]*>", markup, re.I):
wm = re.search(r'\bwidth\s*=\s*["\']?(\d+)', tag, re.I)
hm = re.search(r'\bheight\s*=\s*["\']?(\d+)', tag, re.I)
if wm and int(wm.group(1)) < _MIN_CANVAS_W:
issues.append(
f'Canvas width="{wm.group(1)}" is too small — use width="{_STAGE_W}" '
f'height="{_STAGE_H}", then map each data value to (x, y) pixels.'
)
if hm and int(hm.group(1)) < _MIN_CANVAS_H:
issues.append(
f'Canvas height="{hm.group(1)}" is too small — use height="{_STAGE_H}".'
)
if re.search(r'\bwidth\s*=\s*["\']?100%', tag, re.I):
issues.append(
"Use numeric canvas width/height attributes (e.g. width=\"480\"), "
"not percentages — the bitmap size must be explicit."
)
full_blit = bool(re.search(
r"(?:fillrect|clearrect)\s*\(\s*0\s*,\s*0\s*,\s*\d+\s*,\s*\d+\s*\)",
lower,
))
plots_points = bool(
re.search(r"lineto\s*\(", lower)
or re.search(r"fillrect\s*\(\s*(?!0\s*,\s*0)", lower)
or re.search(r"filltext\s*\(", lower)
or re.search(r"arc\s*\(", lower)
or re.search(r"strokerect\s*\(\s*(?!0\s*,\s*0)", lower)
)
if full_blit and not plots_points:
issues.append(
"You are only fillRect/clearRect(0,0,W,H) — that paints the whole "
"canvas, not the data. Collect values into an array, then for each "
"index i draw at x=i*step, y=height - value*scale (lineTo or "
"fillRect(x, y, barW, barH))."
)
return issues
def _critique_jsx(markup: str, wants_plot: bool) -> list[str]:
"""A JSX/TSX fence is one self-contained component. It is transformed and
mounted in the browser (interface/web/src/preview/), so the checks here are
the things that transform cannot recover from or would mount into nothing."""
import re
issues: list[str] = []
lower = markup.lower()
# Something has to be mounted: an explicit default export, a component named
# App, or some capitalized declaration to fall back to.
has_component = bool(
re.search(r"\bexport\s+default\b", markup)
or re.search(r"\bfunction\s+[A-Z]\w*", markup)
or re.search(r"\b(?:const|let|var)\s+[A-Z]\w*\s*=", markup)
or re.search(r"\bclass\s+[A-Z]\w*", markup)
)
if not has_component:
issues.append(
"No component to mount — define one with a capitalized name "
"(e.g. `function App() { ... }`) or `export default` it."
)
if "<" not in markup or not re.search(r"<[A-Za-z>]", markup):
issues.append(
"No JSX found — the component must return elements "
"(e.g. `return …
;`)."
)
# Imports are stripped before the code runs: there is no module loader and
# no network in the sandbox. React/Preact itself is already in scope.
for module in re.findall(r"""\bfrom\s+['"]([^'"]+)['"]""", markup):
if module.split("/")[0] not in ("react", "react-dom", "preact"):
issues.append(
f"Cannot import '{module}' — the preview has no module loader and "
"no network. Inline what you need; React/Preact hooks are already "
"in scope without importing."
)
if wants_plot and " or that "
"draws the data — prose alone is rejected."
)
issues += _critique_prose(markup)
issues += _critique_canvas(markup)
if len(re.sub(r"\s+", "", markup)) < 40:
issues.append("markup is too short to be a useful preview.")
return issues
# The one place that says which languages the render window supports. Each entry
# owns that language's validation; the tool schema's `lang` enum, the dispatch in
# _critique_render, and the capability line in the system prompt are all derived
# from these keys rather than repeating them.
#
# The frontend keeps its own matching registry (PREVIEW_LANGS in
# interface/web/src/Markdown.jsx) because the two sides need different things per
# language - this side validates, that side renders - and neither should depend
# on the other at runtime. tests/test_tools.py asserts the key sets stay equal,
# so drift fails the check gate instead of silently degrading to a plain code
# block in the chat.
PREVIEW_LANGS: dict[str, dict] = {
"html": {
"summary": "self-contained HTML document",
"critique": _critique_html,
# HTML also covers ordinary interactive UIs (forms, calculators, DOM
# demos). Only require a drawing surface when the request specifically
# claims to be a chart/plot/data visualization.
"wants_visual": _wants_chart,
"scaffold": _INTERACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_HTML,
},
"svg": {
"summary": "standalone SVG image",
"critique": _critique_svg,
"wants_visual": _wants_data_visual,
"scaffold": _INTERACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_HTML,
},
"jsx": {
"summary": "single Preact/React component (JSX)",
"critique": _critique_jsx,
"wants_visual": _wants_chart,
"scaffold": _INTERACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_JSX,
},
"tsx": {
"summary": "single Preact/React component (TypeScript JSX)",
"critique": _critique_jsx,
"wants_visual": _wants_chart,
"scaffold": _INTERACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_JSX,
},
}
def _scaffold_for(lang: str) -> str:
"""The starting pattern handed back on reject. Per-language: answering a
rejected component with a full HTML document tells the model to write the
wrong thing entirely."""
entry = PREVIEW_LANGS.get(lang)
return (entry["scaffold"] if entry else _INTERACTIVE_SCAFFOLD_HTML).strip()
def _lang_prose() -> str:
"""'html or svg' — the supported languages as a phrase for prompts/errors."""
names = list(PREVIEW_LANGS)
if len(names) < 2:
return names[0] if names else ""
return f"{', '.join(names[:-1])} or {names[-1]}"
def _critique_render(lang: str, markup: str, purpose: str = "", title: str = "") -> list[str]:
"""Cheap static checks so render_preview rejects empty/fake visuals before
the model pastes them into the chat as a 'working' demo.
Scope: things that RUN but are not what was asked for — a 40x40 stage, a
decorative gradient standing in for a chart, prose with no drawing in it, a
canvas that only paints itself one colour. These fail silently no matter
what, so static checks are the only thing that can catch them.
Not in scope: code that throws. The preview reports its own runtime errors
now (the bootstrap in interface/web/src/Markdown.jsx), so guessing at them
here bought nothing and cost accuracy. Three checks were removed once that
landed, each verified against the real error channel first:
const canvas = el.getContext('2d') ... ctx.lineTo()
-> "ReferenceError: ctx is not defined (line 4)"
function collatz() ... coll(27)
-> "ReferenceError: coll is not defined (line 5)"
document.createElementNS('line')
-> "TypeError: ... 2 arguments required, but only 1 present. (line 3)"
The real messages are better than the regexes were: they carry a line
number, and they catch *any* undefined name rather than the two spellings
someone thought to anticipate. Resist re-adding a static check for anything
that already throws."""
entry = PREVIEW_LANGS.get(lang)
if entry is None:
return [f"unsupported preview language {lang!r} — use {_lang_prose()}."]
# What counts as "claimed a visual" differs by language: see _wants_chart.
wants_plot = entry["wants_visual"](purpose, title, markup)
return _critique_shared(markup) + entry["critique"](markup, wants_plot)
def _with_scaffold(payload: dict, lang: str, attempt: int) -> dict:
"""Attach the starting pattern, but only from the second rejection on.
A complete, styled, runnable document handed to a struggling model does not
get adapted — it gets pasted, and then it persists in the conversation and
comes back as retrieved context for the next request, carrying its example
domain with it. Transcripts show exactly that: a scaffold's CSS reappearing
verbatim in an answer to an unrelated prompt, in a conversation where this
tool was never even called. So the first rejection says only what is wrong;
the pattern appears once that has not been enough."""
if attempt < 1:
return payload
return {
**payload,
"scaffold": _scaffold_for(lang),
"scaffold_note": (
"A pattern to adapt, not an answer to paste. Replace generate() with "
"the logic this request actually needs; keep nothing you do not use."
),
}
async def _render_preview(
lang: str = "html",
title: str = "",
markup: str = "",
purpose: str = "",
_attempt: int = 0,
**_,
) -> str:
"""Validate + package a live-preview fence. Read-only: nothing is executed
server-side; the chat UI renders the returned fence in a sandboxed iframe.
`_attempt` is supplied by the tool loop, not by the model — it is how many
times this call has already been rejected in the current turn."""
lang = (lang or "html").strip().lower()
markup = (markup or "").strip()
title = (title or "").strip()
purpose = (purpose or "").strip()
if lang not in PREVIEW_LANGS:
return json.dumps({"ok": False, "error": f"lang must be {_lang_prose()}"})
if not markup:
return json.dumps(_with_scaffold({
"ok": False,
"error": (
f"markup is required — send the complete {lang} for the visual you "
"want, with all CSS and JS inline and no external URLs."
),
}, lang, _attempt))
issues = _critique_render(lang, markup, purpose=purpose, title=title)
if issues:
return json.dumps(_with_scaffold({
"ok": False,
"issues": issues,
"hint": (
"Fix these and call render_preview again, building the thing that "
f"was actually asked for. Draw on a {_STAGE_W}x{_STAGE_H} stage; "
"compute the values into an array first, then plot them point by "
"point with lineTo/fillRect(x,y,w,h); add / controls "
"when it should be interactive."
),
"purpose": purpose or None,
}, lang, _attempt))
fence = f"```{lang}\n{markup}\n```"
return json.dumps({
"ok": True,
"title": title or None,
"purpose": purpose or None,
"instruction": (
"Write a short intro, then paste this fenced block exactly as it is. "
"Do not wrap it in a second fence, resize it, or rewrite the code."
),
"fence": fence,
})
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# run_snippet — the execution track
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# render_preview and run_snippet are deliberately separate tools over separate
# registries. A preview is validated here and *rendered* by the browser inside a
# sandboxed frame; a snippet is *executed* on the host by synapse/code_run.py and
# comes back as terminal output. Stretching one tool across both would have meant
# a `lang` enum where half the values run server-side and half don't, and a
# single description that could only be vague about which. The split is the
# feature: the model picks a track by picking a tool.
#
# Result fence: one ```nexus-run block whose body is JSON (source + streams +
# exit code), so the code and the output it produced cannot be separated by a
# model pasting only half of it. Backticks in the source are re-encoded as \u0060
# — still valid JSON, and it cannot terminate the fence early.
_RUN_FENCE_LANG = "nexus-run"
def _run_fence(payload: dict) -> str:
body = json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).replace("`", "\\u0060")
return f"```{_RUN_FENCE_LANG}\n{body}\n```"
def _run_lang_prose() -> str:
return code_run.lang_prose()
def _run_scaffold_for(lang: str) -> str:
"""Minimal entry-point patterns for a struggling model. Shown from the
second rejection on — same discipline as render_preview's scaffold."""
return {
"python": "print(sum(range(10)))\n",
"c": (
"#include \n"
"int main(void) {\n"
' printf("%d\\n", 42);\n'
" return 0;\n"
"}\n"
),
"cpp": (
"#include \n"
"int main() {\n"
' std::cout << 42 << "\\n";\n'
" return 0;\n"
"}\n"
),
"rust": 'fn main() { println!("{}", 42); }\n',
"erlang": 'main(_) -> io:format("~p~n", [42]).\n',
}.get(lang, f"(a short self-contained {lang} program that prints to stdout)\n")
def _with_run_scaffold(payload: dict, lang: str, attempt: int) -> dict:
"""Attach a starting pattern from the second rejection on. First rejection
stays issues-only so a pasteable scaffold does not become the answer."""
if attempt < 1:
return payload
return {
**payload,
"scaffold": _run_scaffold_for(lang),
"scaffold_note": (
"A pattern to adapt, not an answer to paste. Keep the entry point, "
"print results to stdout, and drop anything you do not use."
),
}
async def _run_snippet(
lang: str = "",
source: str = "",
stdin: str = "",
title: str = "",
_attempt: int = 0,
**_,
) -> str:
"""Compile and run a snippet, returning a fence that carries both the source
and what it printed.
ACTION tool: it executes code on this machine. `action_tool_policy` gates it
(withheld on "off", per-call Approve/Deny on "ask"), and synapse/code_run.py
documents exactly how much containment the run itself gets — which is less
than the word "sandbox" would imply.
`_attempt` is supplied by the tool loop, not by the model — it is how many
times this call has already been rejected in the current turn."""
import asyncio as _a
key = code_run.resolve_lang(lang)
source = (source or "").strip()
title = (title or "").strip()
if key not in code_run.RUN_LANGS:
return json.dumps({
"ok": False,
"error": f"lang must be {_run_lang_prose()} (got {lang!r}). "
"For HTML, SVG or JSX use render_preview instead — those are "
"rendered in the browser, not executed here.",
})
if not source:
return json.dumps(_with_run_scaffold({
"ok": False,
"error": f"source is required — send the complete {key} program, "
"entry point included.",
}, key, _attempt))
issues = code_run.critique(key, source)
if issues:
return json.dumps(_with_run_scaffold({
"ok": False,
"issues": issues,
"hint": (
"Fix these and call run_snippet again. The program runs in a throwaway "
"directory with no network and a few seconds of CPU: no downloads, no "
"absolute paths, no unbounded loops. Print your results to stdout."
),
}, key, _attempt))
result = await _a.to_thread(code_run.run, key, source, stdin or "")
if not result.get("ok"):
# A failed compile hands back the compiler's own diagnostics: they name
# the line and the fix, and paraphrasing them here would only lose that.
return json.dumps({k: v for k, v in result.items() if v not in ("", None)})
return json.dumps({
"ok": True,
"lang": key,
"exit_code": result["exit_code"],
"stdout": result["stdout"],
"stderr": result["stderr"],
"title": title or f"{key} output",
"instruction": (
"This ran for real — the output below is what it printed. Write a short "
"intro, then paste the fenced block exactly as it is. Do not wrap it in a "
"second fence, retype the output, or claim results it does not show."
),
"fence": _run_fence({
"lang": key,
"source": source,
"stdout": result["stdout"],
"stderr": result["stderr"],
"exit_code": result["exit_code"],
}),
})
# Result fence for the three self-edit tools: same "carry the change and what
# happened to it in one block" idea as _run_fence, so the model can't paste a
# claimed diff that doesn't match what was actually applied.
_EDIT_FENCE_LANG = "nexus-edit"
def _edit_fence(payload: dict) -> str:
body = json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False).replace("`", "\\u0060")
return f"```{_EDIT_FENCE_LANG}\n{body}\n```"
async def _edit_source(path: str = "", new_content: str = "", summary: str = "", **_) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: writes a file in the live project tree and commits it. See
synapse/self_edit.py for the boundary check, the size cap, and exactly what
the git commit does and doesn't guarantee."""
import asyncio as _a
result = await _a.to_thread(self_edit.apply_source_edit, path, new_content or "", summary or "")
if result.get("ok"):
result["instruction"] = (
"This was written and committed for real. Paste the fence unchanged, then "
"tell the user plainly that a restart is needed for it to take effect — "
"this file is not reloaded into the running process."
)
result["fence"] = _edit_fence({"kind": "source", **result})
return json.dumps(result)
async def _edit_playbook(
id: str = "", title: str = "", goal: str = "", instructions: str = "",
tags: list | None = None, tools: list | None = None, model: str = "",
make_active: bool = False, **_,
) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: create or update a playbook. Fields left unset keep their
current value — this merges, it does not replace. make_active is a
separate, explicit flag: without it, an edit can never accidentally become
the active system prompt."""
try:
result = playbook_manager.persist_playbook(
{
"id": id, "title": title, "goal": goal, "instructions": instructions,
"tags": tags, "tools": tools, "model": model,
},
merge=True,
)
except ValueError as e:
return json.dumps({"ok": False, "error": str(e)})
if make_active:
playbook_manager.make_main(result["id"])
result["is_main_playbook"] = True
result["ok"] = True
result["fence"] = _edit_fence({"kind": "playbook", **result})
return json.dumps(result)
async def _edit_settings(changes: dict | None = None, **_) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: change one or more runtime settings. Unknown keys are
silently ignored, exactly like PUT /settings already does."""
changes = changes if isinstance(changes, dict) else {}
if not changes:
return json.dumps({"ok": False, "error": "changes must be a non-empty object"})
preview = self_edit.preview_settings_edit({"changes": changes})
if not preview.get("ok"):
return json.dumps(preview)
if not preview.get("applied"):
return json.dumps({
"ok": False,
"error": "no recognized settings keys in changes",
"ignored_unknown": preview.get("ignored_unknown", []),
})
store.update_settings({k: v["after"] for k, v in preview["applied"].items()})
preview["ok"] = True
preview["fence"] = _edit_fence({"kind": "settings", **preview})
return json.dumps(preview)
# Curry (synapse/curry_core.py, vendored) — NexusOS's immutable, versioned
# fact store. Its own methods raise (KeyError/ValueError/TypeError/RuntimeError)
# on the failures a caller should see as a normal, expected result rather than
# a crash (unknown id, version conflict, retired reference, etc.) — dispatch()
# would already catch anything unhandled, but that produces a generic
# "toolname failed: ..." string instead of the {"ok": False, "error": ...}
# shape every other tool in this file returns, so it's caught locally here too.
_CURRY_FENCE_LANG = "nexus-curry"
def _curry_fence(payload: dict) -> str:
body = json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False, default=str).replace("`", "\\u0060")
return f"```{_CURRY_FENCE_LANG}\n{body}\n```"
async def _curry_call(fn, *args, **kwargs) -> dict:
# Not run.to_thread()'d like run_snippet/self_edit's blocking work: curry_db
# holds one sqlite3 connection for its whole lifetime (unlike
# PersistentMemoryStore, which opens/closes a fresh one per call), and
# sqlite3 forbids using a connection from any thread but the one that
# created it. curry_db is created at import time on the same thread this
# runs on (the asyncio event loop thread), so calling it directly here is
# both correct and, for local-file SQLite, fast enough not to need
# offloading anyway.
try:
result = fn(*args, **kwargs)
return {"ok": True, "result": result}
except (KeyError, ValueError, TypeError, RuntimeError) as e:
return {"ok": False, "error": str(e)}
async def _curry_declare_constant(
id: str = "", version: int = 0, value=None, type_signature: str = "",
description: str = "", **_,
) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: declare a new, immutable version of a named constant."""
out = await _curry_call(
curry_db.declare_constant, id, version, value, type_signature, description or None
)
if out["ok"]:
out = {"ok": True, "id": id, "version": version}
out["fence"] = _curry_fence({"kind": "declare_constant", **out})
return json.dumps(out)
async def _curry_get_constant(id: str = "", version: int = 0, **_) -> str:
"""Retrieve a constant by exact id and version."""
return json.dumps(await _curry_call(curry_db.get_constant, id, version))
async def _curry_get_constant_latest(id: str = "", **_) -> str:
"""Retrieve the most recent active (non-retired) version of a constant."""
return json.dumps(await _curry_call(curry_db.get_constant_latest, id))
async def _curry_list_constants(active_only: bool = True, **_) -> str:
"""List all declared constants and their latest versions."""
return json.dumps(await _curry_call(curry_db.list_constants, active_only))
async def _curry_retire_constant(id: str = "", version: int = 0, reason: str = "", **_) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: retire (tombstone) a constant version. Does not delete it —
the version stays readable by exact id+version, just excluded from
"latest" lookups and blocked from new declarations that depend on it."""
out = await _curry_call(
curry_db.retire_constant_with_reason, id, version, reason or "retired via tool call"
)
return json.dumps(out)
async def _curry_declare_function(
name: str = "", version: int = 0, body: str = "",
constant_bindings: dict | None = None, function_bindings: dict | None = None,
is_pure: bool = False, expected_args: list | None = None,
description: str = "", arg_descriptions: dict | None = None, **_,
) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: declare a new, immutable version of a named function. Body
is a single Python expression (no statements) over stdlib-only builtins,
checked by curry_core.py's own static validator before this ever runs —
but that validator is a tripwire against habitual mistakes, not a
security boundary; treat it the same as run_snippet's containment."""
out = await _curry_call(
curry_db.declare_function, name, version, body,
constant_bindings or {}, function_bindings or {}, is_pure,
expected_args, description or None, arg_descriptions,
)
if out["ok"]:
out = {"ok": True, "name": name, "version": version}
out["fence"] = _curry_fence({"kind": "declare_function", **out})
return json.dumps(out)
async def _curry_get_function(name: str = "", version: int = 0, **_) -> str:
"""Retrieve a function definition by exact name and version."""
return json.dumps(await _curry_call(curry_db.get_function, name, version))
async def _curry_list_functions(active_only: bool = True, **_) -> str:
"""List all declared functions and their latest versions."""
return json.dumps(await _curry_call(curry_db.list_functions, active_only))
async def _curry_call_function(name: str = "", version: int = 0, args: dict | None = None, **_) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: execute a previously declared function version with the
given runtime arguments. Locked constant/function dependencies resolve
automatically; pure functions are memoized."""
out = await _curry_call(curry_db.call_function, name, version, args or {})
if out["ok"]:
out["fence"] = _curry_fence({"kind": "call_function", "name": name, "version": version, **out})
return json.dumps(out)
async def _curry_retire_function(name: str = "", version: int = 0, reason: str = "", **_) -> str:
"""ACTION tool: retire (tombstone) a function version. Does not delete it."""
out = await _curry_call(
curry_db.retire_function_with_reason, name, version, reason or "retired via tool call"
)
return json.dumps(out)
# name -> (schema, callable). Schema is the OpenAI/Ollama function-tool format.
REGISTRY: dict[str, tuple[dict, Callable[..., Awaitable[str]]]] = {
"search_memory": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_memory",
"description": "Search the user's persistent memory facts. Empty query returns all facts.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string", "description": "text to match"}},
},
},
},
_search_memory,
),
"search_history": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_history",
"description": "Search past conversations for exchanges containing the query text.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["query"],
},
},
},
_search_history,
),
"list_models": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "list_models",
"description": "List the locally installed Ollama models.",
"parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}},
},
},
_list_models,
),
"search_documents": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "search_documents",
"description": "Search the user's uploaded documents for relevant passages.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["query"],
},
},
},
_search_documents,
),
"get_time": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "get_time",
"description": "Get the current local date and time.",
"parameters": {"type": "object", "properties": {}},
},
},
_get_time,
),
"render_preview": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "render_preview",
# Written as instructions TO you, imperative and short. Earlier
# versions narrated what "the user" wants and listed numbered
# requirements; weak models echoed that narration back as their
# reply — asking the user to clarify an already-clear request,
# in the third person, instead of building anything. Keep this
# terse, keep it second-person, and add nothing the model can
# recite in place of acting.
"description": (
f"Build a working visual — chart, plot, diagram, interactive demo — "
f"as self-contained {_lang_prose()} and send it here to check. "
f"Draw on a {_STAGE_W}x{_STAGE_H} stage. Compute your values into an "
"array, then plot them point by point (canvas: getContext, then "
"lineTo/fillRect(x,y,w,h)/arc per point). Add / "
"controls if it should be interactive. Inline all CSS and JS; the "
"preview is sandboxed with no network, so external URLs will not "
"load. Build what was asked for, not a similar demo you know better. "
"Rejected: fix what `issues` lists and send it again. "
"Accepted: paste the returned `fence` into your reply unchanged."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lang": {
"type": "string",
"enum": list(PREVIEW_LANGS),
"description": (
"Preview language tag for the fenced block: "
+ "; ".join(
f"{name} ({spec['summary']})"
for name, spec in PREVIEW_LANGS.items()
)
),
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short label for the visual.",
},
"purpose": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One sentence: what this visual shows.",
},
"markup": {
"type": "string",
"description": (
"Full self-contained HTML document or SVG. Inline all "
"CSS/JS. No external script/style/img URLs."
),
},
},
"required": ["lang", "markup"],
},
},
},
_render_preview,
),
"run_snippet": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "run_snippet",
# Same house style as render_preview: imperative, second person,
# nothing the model can recite back in place of acting.
"description": (
f"Compile and run a short {code_run.lang_prose()} program on this "
"machine and get its real output back. Use this when the answer "
"depends on what the code actually does — output, a computed "
"result, whether it compiles. Write one self-contained file with "
"its entry point; there is no package manager, no network, a "
f"throwaway working directory and {code_run.RUN_TIMEOUT:g}s of "
"runtime, so bound your loops and print results to stdout. "
"For HTML, SVG or JSX use render_preview instead. "
"Rejected: fix what `issues` or `stderr` says and send it again. "
"Accepted: paste the returned `fence` into your reply unchanged, "
"and describe only the output it actually contains."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"lang": {
"type": "string",
"enum": list(code_run.RUN_LANGS),
"description": (
"Language to run: "
+ "; ".join(
f"{name} ({spec['summary']})"
for name, spec in code_run.RUN_LANGS.items()
)
),
},
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short label for what this program does.",
},
"source": {
"type": "string",
"description": (
"The complete single-file program, entry point included. "
"Standard library only."
),
},
"stdin": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional text piped to the program's stdin.",
},
},
"required": ["lang", "source"],
},
},
},
_run_snippet,
),
"web_search": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "web_search",
"description": "Search the web (DuckDuckGo) and return the top result snippets.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"query": {"type": "string"}},
"required": ["query"],
},
},
},
_web_search,
),
"fetch_url": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "fetch_url",
"description": "Fetch a web page and return its visible text (truncated).",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {"url": {"type": "string", "description": "http(s) URL"}},
"required": ["url"],
},
},
},
_fetch_url,
),
"remember": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "remember",
"description": "Save a durable fact to the user's persistent memory.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"text": {"type": "string", "description": "the fact to remember"},
"section": {"type": "string", "description": "optional category, e.g. Health"},
},
"required": ["text"],
},
},
},
_remember,
),
"edit_source": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "edit_source",
"description": (
"Rewrite a file in this project's own source tree and commit the "
"change. Requires human approval every time — the person reviews a "
"real diff before anything is written. Send the COMPLETE new file "
"content, not a patch; the server computes the diff itself. `path` "
"is relative to the project root (e.g. \"synapse/tools.py\"), never "
"absolute. Only available in a source checkout, not a packaged "
"install. Writing the file does not restart the running process — "
"say so plainly once it's applied."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Project-relative path to the file, e.g. synapse/tools.py",
},
"new_content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The complete replacement content of the file.",
},
"summary": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One line describing the change, used as the commit message.",
},
},
"required": ["path", "new_content"],
},
},
},
_edit_source,
),
"edit_playbook": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "edit_playbook",
"description": (
"Create or update a playbook — the instructions that shape how the "
"assistant behaves. Requires human approval every time. Fields you "
"omit keep their current value; this merges into the existing "
"playbook, it does not replace it. Set make_active=true only when "
"this playbook should become the active system prompt — never as a "
"side effect of an ordinary edit. Omit `id` to create a new playbook."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "Existing playbook id to update; omit to create new."},
"title": {"type": "string", "description": "Short name for the playbook."},
"goal": {"type": "string", "description": "One-line statement of what this playbook is for."},
"instructions": {"type": "string", "description": "The actual instructions/system prompt text."},
"tags": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "description": "Routing tags."},
"tools": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "description": "Tool names this playbook grants."},
"model": {"type": "string", "description": "Preferred Ollama model for this playbook, or blank for auto."},
"make_active": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Set true to make this the active system prompt. Default false.",
},
},
"required": [],
},
},
},
_edit_playbook,
),
"edit_settings": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "edit_settings",
"description": (
"Change one or more runtime settings (e.g. model, temperature, "
"action_tool_policy, memory_model). Requires human approval every "
"time. Send only the keys you actually want to change — unrecognized "
"keys are silently ignored, and existing values are left untouched."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"changes": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Partial map of setting name to new value.",
},
},
"required": ["changes"],
},
},
},
_edit_settings,
),
"curry_declare_constant": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_declare_constant",
"description": (
"Declare a new, immutable version of a named constant in the Curry "
"ledger. Requires human approval every time. `version` must exceed "
"the constant's current max version — versions are append-only, "
"never overwritten. type_signature is one of Float64, Int32, "
"String, Blob, Json, Tokens, Currency, Bool."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "Constant identifier."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Must exceed the current max version for this id."},
"value": {"description": "The value to store, matching type_signature."},
"type_signature": {"type": "string", "description": "Float64 | Int32 | String | Blob | Json | Tokens | Currency | Bool"},
"description": {"type": "string", "description": "What this constant means and why this value."},
},
"required": ["id", "version", "value", "type_signature"],
},
},
},
_curry_declare_constant,
),
"curry_get_constant": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_get_constant",
"description": "Retrieve a Curry constant by its exact id and version.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "Constant identifier."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Exact version to retrieve."},
},
"required": ["id", "version"],
},
},
},
_curry_get_constant,
),
"curry_get_constant_latest": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_get_constant_latest",
"description": "Retrieve the most recent active (non-retired) version of a Curry constant.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "Constant identifier."},
},
"required": ["id"],
},
},
},
_curry_get_constant_latest,
),
"curry_list_constants": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_list_constants",
"description": "List every constant declared in the Curry ledger.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"active_only": {"type": "boolean", "description": "If true (default), exclude retired constants."},
},
"required": [],
},
},
},
_curry_list_constants,
),
"curry_retire_constant": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_retire_constant",
"description": (
"Retire (tombstone) a Curry constant version. Requires human approval "
"every time. This does not delete anything — the version stays "
"readable by exact id+version, it's just excluded from 'latest' "
"lookups going forward."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {"type": "string", "description": "Constant identifier."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Version to retire."},
"reason": {"type": "string", "description": "Why this version is being retired."},
},
"required": ["id", "version"],
},
},
},
_curry_retire_constant,
),
"curry_declare_function": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_declare_function",
"description": (
"Declare a new, immutable version of a named function in the Curry "
"ledger. Requires human approval every time. body is a SINGLE Python "
"expression (no statements, no imports) over stdlib-only builtins — "
"reference bound constants/functions by name via constant_bindings / "
"function_bindings, and any additional runtime arguments via "
"expected_args. `version` must exceed the function's current max "
"version."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "description": "Function name."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Must exceed the current max version for this name."},
"body": {"type": "string", "description": "Single Python expression, e.g. \"amount * (1 + rate)\"."},
"constant_bindings": {"type": "object", "description": "Dict mapping constant id to the exact version to bind, e.g. {\"rate\": 1}."},
"function_bindings": {"type": "object", "description": "Dict mapping nested function name to the exact version to bind."},
"is_pure": {"type": "boolean", "description": "If true, results are memoized in the execution cache."},
"expected_args": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string"}, "description": "Runtime argument names the caller must supply to curry_call_function."},
"description": {"type": "string", "description": "What this function computes and which constants it binds."},
"arg_descriptions": {"type": "object", "description": "Per-argument hint strings, e.g. {\"amount\": \"USD, e.g. 100.00\"}."},
},
"required": ["name", "version", "body"],
},
},
},
_curry_declare_function,
),
"curry_get_function": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_get_function",
"description": "Retrieve a Curry function definition by its exact name and version.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "description": "Function name."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Exact version to retrieve."},
},
"required": ["name", "version"],
},
},
},
_curry_get_function,
),
"curry_list_functions": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_list_functions",
"description": "List every function declared in the Curry ledger, including expected_args for building curry_call_function calls.",
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"active_only": {"type": "boolean", "description": "If true (default), exclude retired functions."},
},
"required": [],
},
},
},
_curry_list_functions,
),
"curry_call_function": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_call_function",
"description": (
"Execute a previously declared Curry function version with runtime "
"arguments. Requires human approval every time. Use "
"curry_list_functions or curry_get_function first to discover "
"expected_args."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "description": "Function name."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Exact version to execute."},
"args": {"type": "object", "description": "Runtime arguments as a flat dict, e.g. {\"amount\": 100}."},
},
"required": ["name", "version"],
},
},
},
_curry_call_function,
),
"curry_retire_function": (
{
"type": "function",
"function": {
"name": "curry_retire_function",
"description": (
"Retire (tombstone) a Curry function version. Requires human approval "
"every time. Does not delete anything."
),
"parameters": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {"type": "string", "description": "Function name."},
"version": {"type": "integer", "description": "Version to retire."},
"reason": {"type": "string", "description": "Why this version is being retired."},
},
"required": ["name", "version"],
},
},
},
_curry_retire_function,
),
}
# Tools that act (write local state or reach the network). These require an
# explicit consent gate (settings.allow_action_tools) on top of the per-playbook
# allowlist — a playbook granting one isn't enough on its own. The highest-risk
# tools in the self-edit and curry families additionally always pause for
# per-call approval regardless of that global policy — see
# ALWAYS_ASK_ACTION_TOOLS and chat.py. curry_call_function is an action
# because it executes code (a declared function body), the same reasoning
# that makes run_snippet an action tool despite not writing to any ledger.
ACTION_TOOLS = frozenset({
"web_search", "fetch_url", "remember", "run_snippet",
"edit_playbook", "edit_settings", "edit_source",
"curry_declare_constant", "curry_retire_constant",
"curry_declare_function", "curry_retire_function", "curry_call_function",
})
# Curry write/execute tools that always pause for per-call approval regardless
# of the global action_tool_policy, on the same reasoning as
# self_edit.ALWAYS_ASK_TOOLS: a policy of "allow" set for convenience on an
# unrelated tool must never silently also unlock unattended ledger writes or
# code execution. Read-only curry_get_*/curry_list_* tools are not action
# tools at all and are unaffected.
CURRY_ALWAYS_ASK_TOOLS = frozenset({
"curry_declare_constant", "curry_retire_constant",
"curry_declare_function", "curry_retire_function", "curry_call_function",
})
# The union chat.py actually checks — one place, so a future tool family
# doesn't have to remember there are two sets to update.
ALWAYS_ASK_ACTION_TOOLS = self_edit.ALWAYS_ASK_TOOLS | CURRY_ALWAYS_ASK_TOOLS
# Action tools offered on a *cue* rather than only via a playbook allowlist —
# the run track is a standing UI capability like the render window, but unlike
# render_preview it executes code, so it stays behind the action gate. Listed
# here so main.py can advertise it on a "run this" without a playbook edit.
CUED_ACTION_TOOLS = frozenset({"run_snippet"})
# Always advertised when the user asks for a visual (see wants_render_preview).
# Not playbook-gated — the render window is a standing UI capability.
STANDING_TOOLS = frozenset({"render_preview"})
# User-message cues that justify running the (slow, non-stream) tool loop with
# render_preview. Kept narrow so ordinary chat isn't blocked behind a tool turn.
_RENDER_HINTS = (
"visual", "visuals", "visualize", "visualization", "chart", "charts",
"graph", "graphs", "diagram", "diagrams", "canvas", "plot", "plots",
"interactive", "animation", "animations", "render_preview",
"render preview", "svg", "draw me", "live preview",
"demonstrate", "demo", "html demo", "html snippet", "html file",
# Ways of asking for something that reacts to the pointer. "interactive"
# alone missed "mouse-over sensitive", and with it the whole feature.
"hover", "mouse", "drag", "click on", "real-time", "realtime",
"simulation", "simulations", "simulate", "particle", "particles", "animate",
# Every language the render window can display. Naming one is asking for a
# preview, and this way a language added to PREVIEW_LANGS starts hinting
# for itself instead of being unreachable until someone edits this tuple -
# which is exactly what happened to jsx/tsx.
) + tuple(PREVIEW_LANGS)
# Cues for run_snippet. Unlike _RENDER_HINTS these are verb phrases, not topic
# words, and deliberately do not include the language names: "write me a python
# function" is not a request to execute anything, and putting `python` in here
# would drag every mention of the language into a slow non-stream tool round.
# Asking for the *output* is the signal, so that is what these match.
_RUN_HINTS = (
"run this", "run it", "run that", "run the code", "run this code",
"run my code", "run the program", "run and show", "actually run",
"run snippet", "run_snippet", "execute this", "execute it", "execute the code",
"compile", "compiles", "does it compile", "does this compile",
"show the output", "show me the output", "what does it print",
"what does this print", "what's the output", "whats the output",
"what is the output", "actual output", "real output",
)
def _mentions(message: str, hints: tuple[str, ...]) -> bool:
"""True if any hint appears in `message` as a whole word/phrase.
The lookarounds rather than \\b: several hints end in a non-word character
("what's the output"), where \\b would anchor to the apostrophe instead of
the phrase and match inside longer words.
"""
import re
lower = (message or "").lower()
return any(
re.search(rf"(? bool:
"""True when this turn should advertise render_preview / enter the tool loop."""
return _mentions(message, _RENDER_HINTS)
def wants_code_run(message: str) -> bool:
"""True when this turn is asking for code to actually be executed.
Only a hint: run_snippet is an action tool, so this can never be what makes
it available — `action_tool_policy` still has to be off "off" first.
"""
return _mentions(message, _RUN_HINTS)
def is_action(name: str) -> bool:
return name in ACTION_TOOLS
def schemas_for(names: list[str], allow_actions: bool = True) -> list[dict]:
"""Tool schemas for a playbook's allowlist; unknown names are dropped.
When allow_actions is False, action tools are withheld so the model can't
even call them."""
return [
REGISTRY[n][0] for n in (names or [])
if n in REGISTRY and (allow_actions or not is_action(n))
]
def standing_schemas() -> list[dict]:
"""Schemas that ship with visual turns (currently just render_preview)."""
return schemas_for(sorted(STANDING_TOOLS), allow_actions=True)
def run_schemas() -> list[dict]:
"""Schemas that ship with "run this" turns (currently just run_snippet).
Callers must have already established that actions are permitted — these are
action tools and schemas_for would happily hand them over regardless.
"""
return schemas_for(sorted(CUED_ACTION_TOOLS), allow_actions=True)
async def dispatch(name: str, args: dict | None) -> str:
"""Run a tool by name. Never raises — returns an error string on failure."""
entry = REGISTRY.get(name)
if not entry:
return json.dumps({"error": f"unknown tool: {name}"})
try:
return await entry[1](**(args or {}))
except Exception as e: # a broken tool must not kill the chat loop
return json.dumps({"error": f"{name} failed: {e}"})