@el4cteo/rbx-studio-mcp 0.6.5 → 0.6.8

package/plugin/src/Phrase.luau

@@ -1,766 +1,816 @@
---!strict
---[[
-	Turns a command into something a person can read at a glance.
-
-	The console used to print the wire name: `-> script.edit`, `-> instances.create`.
-	That tells you the plugin is alive and nothing else. Watching an agent work,
-	the interesting question is always "what is it touching" -- and the answer is
-	sitting right there in the parameters, one field away from being shown.
-
-	So `script.edit` on ServerScriptService.KillBrick becomes "Edit KillBrick",
-	and `instances.create` with eight children becomes "Create 8 instances in
-	Workspace". The subject is what the user recognises; the op is what the
-	protocol needed.
-
-	Three rules hold this together:
-
-	  Name the subject, not the path. "KillBrick" is what someone called their
-	  script; "ServerScriptService.Systems.KillBrick" is where it lives, and it
-	  buries the recognisable part behind the part that never changes.
-
-	  Count when there are several. "Edit 4 scripts" is worth reading. Listing
-	  four paths in a 76-pixel-wide log line is not.
-
-	  Never invent. An unknown op falls back to a tidied version of its own name
-	  rather than a guess, because a console that lies about what ran is worse
-	  than one that reads awkwardly.
-]]
-
-local Phrase = {}
-
--- The tail of a dotted path is the bit a human named. Everything before it is
--- Roblox's filing system.
-local function leaf(path: any): string?
-	if typeof(path) ~= "string" or path == "" then
-		return nil
-	end
-	local last = string.match(path, "([^%.]+)$")
-	if last == nil or last == "" then
-		return nil
-	end
-	-- Array indexing survives into the name -- "Part[3]" is meaningfully
-	-- different from "Part" when there are several siblings.
-	return last
-end
-
-local function count(value: any): number
-	if typeof(value) ~= "table" then
-		return 0
-	end
-	return #(value :: { any })
-end
-
---[[
-	"1 script" / "4 scripts", without the caller assembling it each time.
-]]
-local function plural(n: number, singular: string, pluralForm: string?): string
-	local word = if n == 1 then singular else (pluralForm or (singular .. "s"))
-	return string.format("%d %s", n, word)
-end
-
---[[
-	Describes a list of paths: the name when there is one, a count when there are
-	several. This is the shape most batch tools take.
-]]
-local function subjectOf(paths: any, noun: string): string
-	local total = count(paths)
-	if total == 1 then
-		local name = leaf((paths :: { any })[1])
-		if name ~= nil then
-			return name
-		end
-	end
-	if total > 1 then
-		return plural(total, noun)
-	end
-	return noun
-end
-
---[[
-	Capitalises an op fragment for the fallback. `snapshots` -> `Snapshots`.
-]]
-local function titleCase(value: string): string
-	return (string.upper(string.sub(value, 1, 1)) .. string.sub(value, 2))
-end
-
-type Describer = (params: { [string]: any }) -> string
-
---[[
-	One entry per op. Each reads its own parameters, because what identifies a
-	call differs completely between them: a script edit is about a path, a
-	playtest is about a mode, a find is about what was searched for.
-]]
-local DESCRIBERS: { [string]: Describer } = {
-	["script.read"] = function(params)
-		return "Read " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "script")
-	end,
-	["script.edit"] = function(params)
-		local edits = params.edits
-		local total = count(edits)
-		if total == 1 then
-			local name = leaf((edits :: { any })[1].path)
-			if name ~= nil then
-				return "Edit " .. name
-			end
-		end
-		-- Several edits often land on one script, and "Edit 3 scripts" would be
-		-- wrong when it is three changes to one file.
-		local seen: { [string]: boolean } = {}
-		local distinct = 0
-		for _, edit in (edits or {}) :: { { [string]: any } } do
-			local name = leaf(edit.path)
-			if name ~= nil and not seen[name] then
-				seen[name] = true
-				distinct += 1
-			end
-		end
-		if distinct == 1 then
-			for name in seen do
-				return string.format("Edit %s (%s)", name, plural(total, "change"))
-			end
-		end
-		return string.format("Edit %s", plural(distinct, "script"))
-	end,
-	["script.create"] = function(params)
-		local scripts = params.scripts
-		if count(scripts) == 1 then
-			local one = (scripts :: { any })[1]
-			local className = if typeof(one.className) == "string" then one.className else "Script"
-			return string.format("Create %s %s", one.name or "script", className)
-		end
-		return "Create " .. plural(count(scripts), "script")
-	end,
-	["script.grep"] = function(params)
-		local pattern = if typeof(params.pattern) == "string" then params.pattern else "?"
-		return string.format('Search scripts for "%s"', pattern)
-	end,
-
-	--[[
-		Names the class, not just whatever the caller happened to call the
-		thing. "Create MainMenu in StarterGui" was true and useless -- a name is
-		whatever someone typed, and it says nothing about what actually landed
-		in the place. `className` is required by the tool itself, so it is
-		always there; the chosen name rides along in quotes when it was given,
-		the way script.grep already quotes a search term.
-	]]
-	["instances.create"] = function(params)
-		local instances = params.instances
-		local total = count(instances)
-		if total == 1 then
-			local one = (instances :: { any })[1]
-			local className = if typeof(one.className) == "string" and one.className ~= ""
-				then one.className
-				else "instance"
-			local subject = if typeof(one.name) == "string" and one.name ~= ""
-				then string.format('%s "%s"', className, one.name)
-				else className
-			local where = leaf(one.parent)
-			return if where ~= nil
-				then string.format("Create %s in %s", subject, where)
-				else "Create " .. subject
-		end
-		local where = if total > 0 then leaf((instances :: { any })[1].parent) else nil
-		return if where ~= nil
-			then string.format("Create %s in %s", plural(total, "instance"), where)
-			else "Create " .. plural(total, "instance")
-	end,
-	["instances.modify"] = function(params)
-		local targets = params.targets
-		-- Each target carries its own path list, so the honest count is the
-		-- total across them rather than the number of entries.
-		local total = 0
-		local onlyName: string? = nil
-		--[[
-			Which properties/attributes actually changed, not just how many
-			instances did. "Modify Sword" said something happened and nothing
-			about what; a caller watching for "did the color change" had no way
-			to tell this apart from a rename or an attribute flip.
-		]]
-		local fields: { string } = {}
-		local seenFields: { [string]: boolean } = {}
-		local function noteFields(bag: any)
-			if typeof(bag) ~= "table" then
-				return
-			end
-			for key in bag :: { [string]: any } do
-				if not seenFields[key] then
-					seenFields[key] = true
-					table.insert(fields, key)
-				end
-			end
-		end
-		for _, target in (targets or {}) :: { { [string]: any } } do
-			local paths = count(target.paths)
-			total += paths
-			if paths >= 1 and onlyName == nil then
-				onlyName = leaf((target.paths :: { any })[1])
-			end
-			noteFields(target.properties)
-			noteFields(target.attributes)
-		end
-		if total == 1 and onlyName ~= nil then
-			if #fields == 1 then
-				return string.format("Set %s on %s", fields[1], onlyName)
-			elseif #fields > 1 then
-				return string.format("Modify %s (%s)", onlyName, table.concat(fields, ", "))
-			end
-			return "Modify " .. onlyName
-		end
-		if #fields == 1 then
-			return string.format("Set %s on %s", fields[1], plural(total, "instance"))
-		end
-		return "Modify " .. plural(total, "instance")
-	end,
-	["instances.delete"] = function(params)
-		return "Delete " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
-	end,
-	["instances.move"] = function(params)
-		local items = params.items
-		local total = count(items)
-		local cloning = total > 0 and (items :: { any })[1].mode == "clone"
-		local verb = if cloning then "Clone" else "Move"
-		if total == 1 then
-			local one = (items :: { any })[1]
-			local what = leaf(one.path)
-			local where = leaf(one.to)
-			-- A rename in the same call changes what actually ends up in the
-			-- place; "Clone Sword to Backpack" while it lands as "GoldSword"
-			-- described an instance that was never created under that name.
-			local rename = if typeof(one.name) == "string" and one.name ~= "" then one.name else nil
-			if what ~= nil and where ~= nil then
-				local base = string.format("%s %s to %s", verb, what, where)
-				return if rename ~= nil then base .. " as " .. rename else base
-			end
-			if what ~= nil then
-				return if rename ~= nil
-					then string.format("%s %s as %s", verb, what, rename)
-					else verb .. " " .. what
-			end
-		end
-		return string.format("%s %s", verb, plural(total, "instance"))
-	end,
-
-	["discover.tree"] = function(params)
-		local where = leaf(params.path)
-		return if where ~= nil then "Browse " .. where else "Browse the place"
-	end,
-	["discover.inspect"] = function(params)
-		--[[
-			`inspect` (no explicit `properties`, not concise detail) and `modify`
-			(when setting properties) both probe a class before doing the thing
-			the caller actually asked for -- reading the properties that matter
-			for it, or typing the values it is about to write. That probe is a
-			second, genuine call to this same op, and unmarked it logged
-			identically to the read it precedes: two lines reading "Inspect X"
-			back to back, indistinguishable from asking twice by mistake.
-		]]
-		if params.probeOnly == true then
-			return "Check the class of " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
-		end
-		return "Inspect " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
-	end,
-	["discover.find"] = function(params)
-		if typeof(params.tag) == "string" and params.tag ~= "" then
-			return string.format('Find things tagged "%s"', params.tag)
-		end
-		if typeof(params.nameContains) == "string" and params.nameContains ~= "" then
-			return string.format('Find "%s"', params.nameContains)
-		end
-		if typeof(params.className) == "string" and params.className ~= "" then
-			return string.format("Find every %s", params.className)
-		end
-		return "Search the place"
-	end,
-
-	["debug.set"] = function(params)
-		local breakpoints = params.breakpoints
-		local total = count(breakpoints)
-		if total == 1 then
-			local one = (breakpoints :: { any })[1]
-			local name = leaf(one.path)
-			if name ~= nil then
-				return string.format("Break on %s:%s", name, tostring(one.line))
-			end
-		end
-		return "Set " .. plural(total, "breakpoint")
-	end,
-	["debug.clear"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Clear breakpoints in " .. name else "Clear all breakpoints"
-	end,
-	["debug.snapshots"] = function()
-		return "Read what the breakpoints caught"
-	end,
-	["debug.exceptions"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Break on errors: %s", tostring(params.mode or "Unhandled"))
-	end,
-
-	["perf.console"] = function(params)
-		if typeof(params.level) == "string" and params.level ~= "" then
-			return string.format("Read the %s log", params.level)
-		end
-		if typeof(params.pattern) == "string" and params.pattern ~= "" then
-			return string.format('Search output for "%s"', params.pattern)
-		end
-		return "Read the output log"
-	end,
-	["perf.snapshot"] = function()
-		return "Measure performance"
-	end,
-	["perf.profile"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Profile scripts for %ss", tostring(params.seconds or 5))
-	end,
-	["perf.coverage"] = function(params)
-		local total = count(params.enable)
-		if total > 0 then
-			return "Instrument " .. plural(total, "script")
-		end
-		return "Read line coverage"
-	end,
-
-	["playtest.control"] = function(params)
-		local op = tostring(params.op or "state")
-		--[[
-			`stop` ends a test by polling this from the *surviving* session every
-			400ms until the teardown settles, sometimes five or six times in two
-			seconds. Labelled "Check the playtest" like an agent's own status
-			check, that read as unexplained repetition with no `stop` line anywhere
-			to explain it -- the actual stop went to the session that is by then
-			gone, and its console went with it. This name is why: waiting for the
-			teardown it just started, not asking again for no reason.
-		]]
-		if op == "state" and params.waitingForStop == true then
-			return "Wait for the playtest to stop"
-		end
-		if op == "play" then
-			return "Start a playtest"
-		elseif op == "run" then
-			return "Run the place"
-		elseif op == "multiplayer" then
-			return string.format("Start a %s test", plural(tonumber(params.players) or 2, "player"))
-		elseif op == "stop" then
-			return "Stop the playtest"
-		elseif op == "endTest" then
-			return "End the test"
-		end
-		return "Check the playtest"
-	end,
-
-	["exec.run"] = function(params)
-		local source = if typeof(params.source) == "string" then params.source else ""
-
-		--[[
-			Says what the code is about, not what its first line says.
-
-			This used to show the opening line verbatim, which produced entries
-			like "Run: local GenerationService = game:GetServi..." -- a fragment
-			of a variable declaration, cut mid-word, telling the reader nothing
-			except that some code ran. The declaration is never the point of a
-			snippet; it is the setup before it.
-
-			So the services it touches stand in for it. That is the one thing a
-			snippet reliably says about itself, it is short, and it is what
-			someone glancing at the console actually wants: which part of Studio
-			is being poked.
-		]]
-		local services: { string } = {}
-		local seen: { [string]: boolean } = {}
-		for name in string.gmatch(source, 'GetService%("([%w_]+)"%)') do
-			if not seen[name] then
-				seen[name] = true
-				table.insert(services, name)
-			end
-		end
-
-		local lines = 0
-		for _ in string.gmatch(source, "[^\r\n]+") do
-			lines += 1
-		end
-
-		if #services == 1 then
-			return "Run Luau on " .. services[1]
-		elseif #services == 2 then
-			return string.format("Run Luau on %s and %s", services[1], services[2])
-		elseif #services > 2 then
-			return string.format("Run Luau on %s and %d more", services[1], #services - 1)
-		end
-		return if lines <= 1 then "Run Luau" else string.format("Run Luau (%d lines)", lines)
-	end,
-
-	["viewport.select"] = function(params)
-		local total = count(params.paths)
-		if total == 0 then
-			return "Clear the selection"
-		end
-		return "Select " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
-	end,
-	["viewport.raycast"] = function()
-		return "Cast a ray"
-	end,
-
-	["capture.screenshot"] = function()
-		return "Take a screenshot"
-	end,
-	["capture.playtestId"] = function()
-		return "Capture the playtest view"
-	end,
-	["capture.decode"] = function()
-		return "Read back the capture"
-	end,
-
-	["viewport.focus"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Look at " .. name else "Move the camera"
-	end,
-	["viewport.camera"] = function()
-		return "Move the camera"
-	end,
-
-	["geometry.combine"] = function(params)
-		local op = tostring(params.op or "union")
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		local verb = if op == "subtract" then "Cut" elseif op == "intersect" then "Intersect" else "Merge"
-		if op == "subtract" and name ~= nil then
-			local from = count(params.with)
-			return string.format("Cut %s out of %s", plural(from, "shape"), name)
-		end
-		return if name ~= nil then string.format("%s %s", verb, name) else verb .. " parts"
-	end,
-	["geometry.fragment"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil
-			then string.format("Shatter %s into %s", name, plural(tonumber(params.pieces) or 8, "piece"))
-			else "Shatter a part"
-	end,
-
-	["assets.insert"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Insert asset %s", tostring(params.assetId or "?"))
-	end,
-
-	["world.history"] = function(params)
-		local action = tostring(params.action or "status")
-		if action == "status" then
-			return "Check the undo history"
-		end
-		local steps = tonumber(params.steps) or 1
-		return string.format("%s %s", if action == "undo" then "Undo" else "Redo", plural(steps, "step"))
-	end,
-	["world.collision"] = function(params)
-		local action = tostring(params.action or "list")
-		local group = if typeof(params.group) == "string" then params.group else "?"
-		if action == "list" then
-			return "List collision groups"
-		elseif action == "create" then
-			return "Create collision group " .. group
-		elseif action == "assign" then
-			return string.format("Put %s in %s", plural(count(params.paths), "instance"), group)
-		elseif action == "remove" then
-			return "Remove collision group " .. group
-		end
-		return string.format("Set %s against %s", group, tostring(params.with or "?"))
-	end,
-
-	["character.moveTo"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Walk to " .. name else string.format("Walk to %s", tostring(params.to or "?"))
-	end,
-	["character.act"] = function(params)
-		local action = tostring(params.action or "jump")
-		return titleCase(action) .. " the character"
-	end,
-	["character.state"] = function()
-		return "Check the character"
-	end,
-
-	["studio.status"] = function()
-		return "Check Studio"
-	end,
-	["studio.ping"] = function()
-		return "Ping"
-	end,
-	["input.send"] = function(params)
-		local steps = params.steps
-		local total = count(steps)
-		if total == 1 then
-			local step = (steps :: { any })[1]
-			local kind = tostring(step.kind or "key")
-			if kind == "key" then
-				local action = tostring(step.action or "tap")
-				local verb = if action == "press" then "Hold" elseif action == "release" then "Release" else "Press"
-				return string.format("%s %s", verb, tostring(step.key or "?"))
-			elseif kind == "click" then
-				return string.format("Click (%s, %s)", tostring(step.x or "?"), tostring(step.y or "?"))
-			elseif kind == "move" then
-				return "Move the pointer"
-			elseif kind == "text" then
-				return string.format('Type "%s"', tostring(step.text or ""))
-			end
-		end
-		return "Send " .. plural(total, "input step")
-	end,
-
-	["api.describe"] = function(params)
-		local className = params.className
-		return if typeof(className) == "string" and className ~= ""
-			then "Look up " .. className
-			else "Look up a class"
-	end,
-	["api.classes"] = function(params)
-		local needle = params.contains
-		return if typeof(needle) == "string" and needle ~= ""
-			then string.format('Search classes for "%s"', needle)
-			else "List classes"
-	end,
-
-	["perf.scene"] = function(params)
-		local section = params.section
-		return if typeof(section) == "string" and section ~= ""
-			then "Measure the " .. section
-			else "Measure the scene"
-	end,
-
-	--[[
-		Everything below was added after the first pass over this table, and each
-		one spent time showing as the fallback -- "Anim preview", "Data set",
-		"Terrain fill". That form is honest but says nothing about the subject,
-		which is the whole point of this module: the panel is watched to see WHAT
-		an agent is touching, and 26 of 72 operations were declining to say.
-	]]
-	["anim.read"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.assetId)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Read the animation " .. name else "Read an animation"
-	end,
-	["anim.build"] = function(params)
-		local frames = count(params.keyframes)
-		return string.format("Build an animation from %s", plural(frames, "keyframe"))
-	end,
-	["anim.preview"] = function(params)
-		local rig = leaf(params.rig) or "a rig"
-		if params.op == "stop" then
-			return "Clear the pose on " .. rig
-		end
-		local at = tonumber(params.at)
-		return if at ~= nil
-			then string.format("Pose %s at %.2fs", rig, at)
-			else "Pose " .. rig
-	end,
-
-	["data.list"] = function(params)
-		local store = params.store
-		if typeof(store) == "string" and store ~= "" then
-			return string.format("List the keys in %s", store)
-		end
-		return "List the data stores"
-	end,
-	["data.get"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Read %s from %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
-	end,
-	["data.versions"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Read the history of %s", tostring(params.key))
-	end,
-	["data.set"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("SAVE over %s in %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
-	end,
-	["data.remove"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("DELETE %s from %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
-	end,
-
-	["discover.tags"] = function(params)
-		local where = leaf(params.path)
-		return if where ~= nil then "List the tags used in " .. where else "List every tag in use"
-	end,
-
-	["viewport.ui"] = function()
-		return "Check the interface for layout faults"
-	end,
-	["viewport.textbounds"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Measure the text in " .. name else "Measure some text"
-	end,
-
-	["perf.audit"] = function()
-		return "Look for references that point at nothing"
-	end,
-
-	["assets.audio"] = function(params)
-		local keyword = params.keyword
-		return if typeof(keyword) == "string" and keyword ~= ""
-			then string.format('Search audio for "%s"', keyword)
-			else "Search the audio library"
-	end,
-	["assets.peek"] = function(params)
-		return string.format("Look inside asset %s without inserting it", tostring(params.assetId))
-	end,
-	["assets.bake"] = function(params)
-		return "Bake " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
-	end,
-
-	["character.path"] = function(params)
-		local target = leaf(params.toPath)
-		return if target ~= nil then "Check the route to " .. target else "Check a route"
-	end,
-
-	["device.network"] = function(params)
-		local preset = params.preset
-		return if typeof(preset) == "string" and preset ~= ""
-			then string.format("Simulate a %s connection", preset)
-			else "Shape the network connection"
-	end,
-
-	["geometry.sweep"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Sweep the path of " .. name else "Sweep a motion volume"
-	end,
-	["geometry.mesh"] = function(params)
-		return "Read the geometry of " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "mesh")
-	end,
-
-	["generate.model"] = function(params)
-		local prompt = params.prompt
-		return if typeof(prompt) == "string" and prompt ~= ""
-			then string.format('Generate a model: "%s"', prompt)
-			else "Generate a model"
-	end,
-	["generate.segment"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Cut " .. name .. " into named parts" else "Segment a mesh"
-	end,
-
-	["script.open"] = function(params)
-		local name = leaf(params.path)
-		return if name ~= nil then "Open " .. name .. " in the editor" else "Open a script"
-	end,
-
-	["terrain.fill"] = function(params)
-		--[[
-			The material lives inside the shapes, not beside them.
-
-			Written first against a top-level `material`, which this op has never
-			taken, so it always fell through to the bare "Fill terrain" -- seen in
-			the panel for a call that laid 50 voxels of sand. The parameters a
-			describer reads have to be the ones the handler reads.
-		]]
-		local shapes = params.shapes
-		if typeof(shapes) == "table" and #(shapes :: { any }) > 0 then
-			local list = shapes :: { any }
-			local first = list[1]
-			local material = if typeof(first) == "table" then first.material else nil
-			local named = typeof(material) == "string" and material ~= ""
-			if #list == 1 then
-				return if named
-					then string.format("Fill terrain with %s", material)
-					else "Fill terrain"
-			end
-			return if named
-				then string.format("Fill %s, starting with %s", plural(#list, "terrain shape"), material)
-				else string.format("Fill %s", plural(#list, "terrain shape"))
-		end
-		return "Fill terrain"
-	end,
-	["terrain.clear"] = function()
-		return "CLEAR terrain"
-	end,
-	["terrain.replace"] = function(params)
-		return string.format(
-			"Replace %s terrain with %s",
-			tostring(params.from or "one material"),
-			tostring(params.to or "another")
-		)
-	end,
-	["terrain.stats"] = function()
-		return "Measure the terrain"
-	end,
-
-	["device.list"] = function()
-		return "List devices"
-	end,
-	["device.set"] = function(params)
-		local id = params.device
-		return if typeof(id) == "string" and id ~= "" then "Emulate " .. id else "Emulate a device"
-	end,
-	["device.stop"] = function()
-		return "Stop emulating a device"
-	end,
-	["device.state"] = function()
-		return "Check the emulated device"
-	end,
-}
-
---[[
-	What kind of work an op is, for anything that wants to colour it.
-
-	Grouped by what it does to the place rather than by which handler owns it,
-	because that is the distinction someone watching cares about: reading is
-	safe and constant, writing changes their game, and running executes code.
-]]
-local KINDS: { [string]: string } = {
-	discover = "read",
-	studio = "read",
-	viewport = "read",
-	capture = "read",
-	instances = "write",
-	geometry = "write",
-	assets = "write",
-	world = "write",
-	exec = "run",
-	playtest = "run",
-	character = "run",
-	-- Live keys and clicks into a running playtest are an action, not a read,
-	-- and belong beside character/exec rather than defaulting to "read".
-	input = "run",
-	debug = "debug",
-	perf = "debug",
-	api = "read",
-	device = "read",
-	--[[
-		Absent groups defaulted to "read", which is the wrong way round for a
-		default: a missing entry made `terrain.clear` and `data.set` -- one of
-		which erases the map and the other of which overwrites a player's save
-		with no undo -- show in the panel with the same weight as an inspect.
-		A kind is a warning, so the ones that change things are named here
-		explicitly.
-	]]
-	terrain = "write",
-	generate = "write",
-	anim = "write",
-	data = "write",
-}
-
-function Phrase.kindOf(op: string): string
-	local group = string.match(op, "^([^%.]+)%.") or op
-	-- Reads within the script group, writes outside it: a script edit changes
-	-- the game, a read or a grep does not, and they are far apart in weight.
-	if group == "script" then
-		local action = string.match(op, "%.(.+)$") or ""
-		return if action == "read" or action == "grep" then "read" else "write"
-	end
-	return KINDS[group] or "read"
-end
-
---[[
-	The readable form of one command.
-
-	Never throws and never yields: this runs on the path that logs every call,
-	including the ones that are about to fail, and a console that errors while
-	describing an error would take the diagnosis with it.
-]]
-function Phrase.of(op: string, params: { [string]: any }?): string
-	local describer = DESCRIBERS[op]
-	if describer ~= nil then
-		local ok, described = pcall(describer, params or {})
-		if ok and typeof(described) == "string" and described ~= "" then
-			return described
-		end
-	end
-
-	-- Unknown op, or a describer that met a shape it did not expect. Tidy the
-	-- wire name rather than inventing a subject for it: "instances.create"
-	-- becomes "Instances create", which is honest about knowing no better.
-	local group, action = string.match(op, "^([^%.]+)%.(.+)$")
-	if group ~= nil and action ~= nil then
-		return titleCase(group) .. " " .. action
-	end
-	return titleCase(op)
-end
-
-return Phrase
+--!strict
+--[[
+	Turns a command into something a person can read at a glance.
+
+	The console used to print the wire name: `-> script.edit`, `-> instances.create`.
+	That tells you the plugin is alive and nothing else. Watching an agent work,
+	the interesting question is always "what is it touching" -- and the answer is
+	sitting right there in the parameters, one field away from being shown.
+
+	So `script.edit` on ServerScriptService.KillBrick becomes "Edit KillBrick",
+	and `instances.create` with eight children becomes "Create 8 instances in
+	Workspace". The subject is what the user recognises; the op is what the
+	protocol needed.
+
+	Three rules hold this together:
+
+	  Name the subject, not the path. "KillBrick" is what someone called their
+	  script; "ServerScriptService.Systems.KillBrick" is where it lives, and it
+	  buries the recognisable part behind the part that never changes.
+
+	  Count when there are several. "Edit 4 scripts" is worth reading. Listing
+	  four paths in a 76-pixel-wide log line is not.
+
+	  Never invent. An unknown op falls back to a tidied version of its own name
+	  rather than a guess, because a console that lies about what ran is worse
+	  than one that reads awkwardly.
+]]
+
+local Phrase = {}
+
+-- The tail of a dotted path is the bit a human named. Everything before it is
+-- Roblox's filing system.
+local function leaf(path: any): string?
+	if typeof(path) ~= "string" or path == "" then
+		return nil
+	end
+	local last = string.match(path, "([^%.]+)$")
+	if last == nil or last == "" then
+		return nil
+	end
+	-- Array indexing survives into the name -- "Part[3]" is meaningfully
+	-- different from "Part" when there are several siblings.
+	return last
+end
+
+local function count(value: any): number
+	if typeof(value) ~= "table" then
+		return 0
+	end
+	return #(value :: { any })
+end
+
+--[[
+	"1 script" / "4 scripts", without the caller assembling it each time.
+]]
+local function plural(n: number, singular: string, pluralForm: string?): string
+	local word = if n == 1 then singular else (pluralForm or (singular .. "s"))
+	return string.format("%d %s", n, word)
+end
+
+--[[
+	Describes a list of paths: the name when there is one, a count when there are
+	several. This is the shape most batch tools take.
+]]
+local function subjectOf(paths: any, noun: string): string
+	local total = count(paths)
+	if total == 1 then
+		local name = leaf((paths :: { any })[1])
+		if name ~= nil then
+			return name
+		end
+	end
+	if total > 1 then
+		return plural(total, noun)
+	end
+	return noun
+end
+
+--[[
+	Capitalises an op fragment for the fallback. `snapshots` -> `Snapshots`.
+]]
+local function titleCase(value: string): string
+	return (string.upper(string.sub(value, 1, 1)) .. string.sub(value, 2))
+end
+
+type Describer = (params: { [string]: any }) -> string
+
+--[[
+	One entry per op. Each reads its own parameters, because what identifies a
+	call differs completely between them: a script edit is about a path, a
+	playtest is about a mode, a find is about what was searched for.
+]]
+local DESCRIBERS: { [string]: Describer } = {
+	["script.read"] = function(params)
+		return "Read " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "script")
+	end,
+	["script.edit"] = function(params)
+		local edits = params.edits
+		local total = count(edits)
+		if total == 1 then
+			local name = leaf((edits :: { any })[1].path)
+			if name ~= nil then
+				return "Edit " .. name
+			end
+		end
+		-- Several edits often land on one script, and "Edit 3 scripts" would be
+		-- wrong when it is three changes to one file.
+		local seen: { [string]: boolean } = {}
+		local distinct = 0
+		for _, edit in (edits or {}) :: { { [string]: any } } do
+			local name = leaf(edit.path)
+			if name ~= nil and not seen[name] then
+				seen[name] = true
+				distinct += 1
+			end
+		end
+		if distinct == 1 then
+			for name in seen do
+				return string.format("Edit %s (%s)", name, plural(total, "change"))
+			end
+		end
+		return string.format("Edit %s", plural(distinct, "script"))
+	end,
+	["script.create"] = function(params)
+		local scripts = params.scripts
+		if count(scripts) == 1 then
+			local one = (scripts :: { any })[1]
+			local className = if typeof(one.className) == "string" then one.className else "Script"
+			return string.format("Create %s %s", one.name or "script", className)
+		end
+		return "Create " .. plural(count(scripts), "script")
+	end,
+	["script.grep"] = function(params)
+		local pattern = if typeof(params.pattern) == "string" then params.pattern else "?"
+		return string.format('Search scripts for "%s"', pattern)
+	end,
+
+	--[[
+		Names the class, not just whatever the caller happened to call the
+		thing. "Create MainMenu in StarterGui" was true and useless -- a name is
+		whatever someone typed, and it says nothing about what actually landed
+		in the place. `className` is required by the tool itself, so it is
+		always there; the chosen name rides along in quotes when it was given,
+		the way script.grep already quotes a search term.
+	]]
+	["instances.create"] = function(params)
+		local instances = params.instances
+		local total = count(instances)
+		if total == 1 then
+			local one = (instances :: { any })[1]
+			local className = if typeof(one.className) == "string" and one.className ~= ""
+				then one.className
+				else "instance"
+			local subject = if typeof(one.name) == "string" and one.name ~= ""
+				then string.format('%s "%s"', className, one.name)
+				else className
+			local where = leaf(one.parent)
+			return if where ~= nil
+				then string.format("Create %s in %s", subject, where)
+				else "Create " .. subject
+		end
+		local where = if total > 0 then leaf((instances :: { any })[1].parent) else nil
+		return if where ~= nil
+			then string.format("Create %s in %s", plural(total, "instance"), where)
+			else "Create " .. plural(total, "instance")
+	end,
+	["instances.modify"] = function(params)
+		local targets = params.targets
+		-- Each target carries its own path list, so the honest count is the
+		-- total across them rather than the number of entries.
+		local total = 0
+		local onlyName: string? = nil
+		--[[
+			Which properties/attributes actually changed, not just how many
+			instances did. "Modify Sword" said something happened and nothing
+			about what; a caller watching for "did the color change" had no way
+			to tell this apart from a rename or an attribute flip.
+		]]
+		local fields: { string } = {}
+		local seenFields: { [string]: boolean } = {}
+		local function noteFields(bag: any)
+			if typeof(bag) ~= "table" then
+				return
+			end
+			for key in bag :: { [string]: any } do
+				if not seenFields[key] then
+					seenFields[key] = true
+					table.insert(fields, key)
+				end
+			end
+		end
+		for _, target in (targets or {}) :: { { [string]: any } } do
+			local paths = count(target.paths)
+			total += paths
+			if paths >= 1 and onlyName == nil then
+				onlyName = leaf((target.paths :: { any })[1])
+			end
+			noteFields(target.properties)
+			noteFields(target.attributes)
+		end
+		if total == 1 and onlyName ~= nil then
+			if #fields == 1 then
+				return string.format("Set %s on %s", fields[1], onlyName)
+			elseif #fields > 1 then
+				return string.format("Modify %s (%s)", onlyName, table.concat(fields, ", "))
+			end
+			return "Modify " .. onlyName
+		end
+		if #fields == 1 then
+			return string.format("Set %s on %s", fields[1], plural(total, "instance"))
+		end
+		return "Modify " .. plural(total, "instance")
+	end,
+	["instances.delete"] = function(params)
+		return "Delete " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
+	end,
+	["instances.move"] = function(params)
+		local items = params.items
+		local total = count(items)
+		local cloning = total > 0 and (items :: { any })[1].mode == "clone"
+		local verb = if cloning then "Clone" else "Move"
+		if total == 1 then
+			local one = (items :: { any })[1]
+			local what = leaf(one.path)
+			local where = leaf(one.to)
+			-- A rename in the same call changes what actually ends up in the
+			-- place; "Clone Sword to Backpack" while it lands as "GoldSword"
+			-- described an instance that was never created under that name.
+			local rename = if typeof(one.name) == "string" and one.name ~= "" then one.name else nil
+			if what ~= nil and where ~= nil then
+				local base = string.format("%s %s to %s", verb, what, where)
+				return if rename ~= nil then base .. " as " .. rename else base
+			end
+			if what ~= nil then
+				return if rename ~= nil
+					then string.format("%s %s as %s", verb, what, rename)
+					else verb .. " " .. what
+			end
+		end
+		return string.format("%s %s", verb, plural(total, "instance"))
+	end,
+
+	["discover.tree"] = function(params)
+		local where = leaf(params.path)
+		return if where ~= nil then "Browse " .. where else "Browse the place"
+	end,
+	["discover.inspect"] = function(params)
+		--[[
+			`inspect` (no explicit `properties`, not concise detail) and `modify`
+			(when setting properties) both probe a class before doing the thing
+			the caller actually asked for -- reading the properties that matter
+			for it, or typing the values it is about to write. That probe is a
+			second, genuine call to this same op, and unmarked it logged
+			identically to the read it precedes: two lines reading "Inspect X"
+			back to back, indistinguishable from asking twice by mistake.
+		]]
+		if params.probeOnly == true then
+			return "Check the class of " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
+		end
+		return "Inspect " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
+	end,
+	["discover.find"] = function(params)
+		if typeof(params.tag) == "string" and params.tag ~= "" then
+			return string.format('Find things tagged "%s"', params.tag)
+		end
+		if typeof(params.nameContains) == "string" and params.nameContains ~= "" then
+			return string.format('Find "%s"', params.nameContains)
+		end
+		if typeof(params.className) == "string" and params.className ~= "" then
+			return string.format("Find every %s", params.className)
+		end
+		return "Search the place"
+	end,
+
+	["debug.set"] = function(params)
+		local breakpoints = params.breakpoints
+		local total = count(breakpoints)
+		if total == 1 then
+			local one = (breakpoints :: { any })[1]
+			local name = leaf(one.path)
+			if name ~= nil then
+				return string.format("Break on %s:%s", name, tostring(one.line))
+			end
+		end
+		return "Set " .. plural(total, "breakpoint")
+	end,
+	["debug.clear"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Clear breakpoints in " .. name else "Clear all breakpoints"
+	end,
+	["debug.snapshots"] = function()
+		return "Read what the breakpoints caught"
+	end,
+	["debug.exceptions"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Break on errors: %s", tostring(params.mode or "Unhandled"))
+	end,
+
+	["perf.console"] = function(params)
+		if typeof(params.level) == "string" and params.level ~= "" then
+			return string.format("Read the %s log", params.level)
+		end
+		if typeof(params.pattern) == "string" and params.pattern ~= "" then
+			return string.format('Search output for "%s"', params.pattern)
+		end
+		return "Read the output log"
+	end,
+	["perf.snapshot"] = function()
+		return "Measure performance"
+	end,
+	["perf.profile"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Profile scripts for %ss", tostring(params.seconds or 5))
+	end,
+	["perf.coverage"] = function(params)
+		local total = count(params.enable)
+		if total > 0 then
+			return "Instrument " .. plural(total, "script")
+		end
+		return "Read line coverage"
+	end,
+
+	["playtest.control"] = function(params)
+		local op = tostring(params.op or "state")
+		--[[
+			`stop` ends a test by polling this from the *surviving* session every
+			400ms until the teardown settles, sometimes five or six times in two
+			seconds. Labelled "Check the playtest" like an agent's own status
+			check, that read as unexplained repetition with no `stop` line anywhere
+			to explain it -- the actual stop went to the session that is by then
+			gone, and its console went with it. This name is why: waiting for the
+			teardown it just started, not asking again for no reason.
+		]]
+		if op == "state" and params.waitingForStop == true then
+			return "Wait for the playtest to stop"
+		end
+		if op == "play" then
+			return "Start a playtest"
+		elseif op == "run" then
+			return "Run the place"
+		elseif op == "multiplayer" then
+			return string.format("Start a %s test", plural(tonumber(params.players) or 2, "player"))
+		elseif op == "stop" then
+			return "Stop the playtest"
+		elseif op == "endTest" then
+			return "End the test"
+		end
+		return "Check the playtest"
+	end,
+
+	["exec.run"] = function(params)
+		local source = if typeof(params.source) == "string" then params.source else ""
+
+		--[[
+			Says what the code is about, not what its first line says.
+
+			This used to show the opening line verbatim, which produced entries
+			like "Run: local GenerationService = game:GetServi..." -- a fragment
+			of a variable declaration, cut mid-word, telling the reader nothing
+			except that some code ran. The declaration is never the point of a
+			snippet; it is the setup before it.
+
+			So the services it touches stand in for it. That is the one thing a
+			snippet reliably says about itself, it is short, and it is what
+			someone glancing at the console actually wants: which part of Studio
+			is being poked.
+		]]
+		local services: { string } = {}
+		local seen: { [string]: boolean } = {}
+		for name in string.gmatch(source, 'GetService%("([%w_]+)"%)') do
+			if not seen[name] then
+				seen[name] = true
+				table.insert(services, name)
+			end
+		end
+
+		local lines = 0
+		for _ in string.gmatch(source, "[^\r\n]+") do
+			lines += 1
+		end
+
+		if #services == 1 then
+			return "Run Luau on " .. services[1]
+		elseif #services == 2 then
+			return string.format("Run Luau on %s and %s", services[1], services[2])
+		elseif #services > 2 then
+			return string.format("Run Luau on %s and %d more", services[1], #services - 1)
+		end
+		return if lines <= 1 then "Run Luau" else string.format("Run Luau (%d lines)", lines)
+	end,
+
+	["viewport.select"] = function(params)
+		local total = count(params.paths)
+		if total == 0 then
+			return "Clear the selection"
+		end
+		return "Select " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
+	end,
+	["viewport.raycast"] = function()
+		return "Cast a ray"
+	end,
+
+	["capture.screenshot"] = function()
+		return "Take a screenshot"
+	end,
+	["capture.playtestId"] = function()
+		return "Capture the playtest view"
+	end,
+	["capture.decode"] = function()
+		return "Read back the capture"
+	end,
+
+	["viewport.focus"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Look at " .. name else "Move the camera"
+	end,
+	["viewport.camera"] = function()
+		return "Move the camera"
+	end,
+
+	["geometry.combine"] = function(params)
+		local op = tostring(params.op or "union")
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		local verb = if op == "subtract" then "Cut" elseif op == "intersect" then "Intersect" else "Merge"
+		if op == "subtract" and name ~= nil then
+			local from = count(params.with)
+			return string.format("Cut %s out of %s", plural(from, "shape"), name)
+		end
+		return if name ~= nil then string.format("%s %s", verb, name) else verb .. " parts"
+	end,
+	["geometry.fragment"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil
+			then string.format("Shatter %s into %s", name, plural(tonumber(params.pieces) or 8, "piece"))
+			else "Shatter a part"
+	end,
+
+	["assets.insert"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Insert asset %s", tostring(params.assetId or "?"))
+	end,
+
+	["world.history"] = function(params)
+		local action = tostring(params.action or "status")
+		if action == "status" then
+			return "Check the undo history"
+		end
+		local steps = tonumber(params.steps) or 1
+		return string.format("%s %s", if action == "undo" then "Undo" else "Redo", plural(steps, "step"))
+	end,
+	["world.collision"] = function(params)
+		local action = tostring(params.action or "list")
+		local group = if typeof(params.group) == "string" then params.group else "?"
+		if action == "list" then
+			return "List collision groups"
+		elseif action == "create" then
+			return "Create collision group " .. group
+		elseif action == "assign" then
+			return string.format("Put %s in %s", plural(count(params.paths), "instance"), group)
+		elseif action == "remove" then
+			return "Remove collision group " .. group
+		end
+		return string.format("Set %s against %s", group, tostring(params.with or "?"))
+	end,
+
+	["geometry.mirror"] = function(params)
+		local axis = string.upper(tostring(params.axis or "X"))
+		local what = plural(count(params.paths), "instance")
+		if params.copy == false then
+			return string.format("Flip %s across %s", what, axis)
+		end
+		return string.format("Mirror %s across %s", what, axis)
+	end,
+
+	["spatial.cast"] = function(params)
+		local shape = tostring(params.shape or "ray")
+		local target = if params.to ~= nil then tostring(params.to) else nil
+		if target ~= nil then
+			return string.format("Cast a %s at %s", shape, target)
+		end
+		return string.format("Cast a %s from %s", shape, tostring(params.from or "?"))
+	end,
+	["spatial.overlap"] = function(params)
+		local region = tostring(params.region or "box")
+		if region == "part" then
+			local name = leaf(params.path)
+			return if name ~= nil then "Find what overlaps " .. name else "Find overlapping parts"
+		end
+		return string.format("Find parts in a %s at %s", region, tostring(params.at or "?"))
+	end,
+
+	["audio.wire"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Wire %s to %s", leaf(params.from) or "?", leaf(params.to) or "?")
+	end,
+	["audio.graph"] = function(params)
+		local kind = tostring(params.kind or "world")
+		local where = leaf(params.parent)
+		if kind == "ui" then
+			return "Build a UI sound"
+		end
+		return if where ~= nil then "Build a sound on " .. where else "Build a world sound"
+	end,
+	["audio.inspect"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Read the audio graph in " .. name else "Read the audio graph"
+	end,
+
+	["character.moveTo"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Walk to " .. name else string.format("Walk to %s", tostring(params.to or "?"))
+	end,
+	["character.act"] = function(params)
+		local action = tostring(params.action or "jump")
+		return titleCase(action) .. " the character"
+	end,
+	["character.state"] = function()
+		return "Check the character"
+	end,
+
+	["studio.status"] = function()
+		return "Check Studio"
+	end,
+	["studio.ping"] = function()
+		return "Ping"
+	end,
+	["input.send"] = function(params)
+		local steps = params.steps
+		local total = count(steps)
+		if total == 1 then
+			local step = (steps :: { any })[1]
+			local kind = tostring(step.kind or "key")
+			if kind == "key" then
+				local action = tostring(step.action or "tap")
+				local verb = if action == "press" then "Hold" elseif action == "release" then "Release" else "Press"
+				return string.format("%s %s", verb, tostring(step.key or "?"))
+			elseif kind == "click" then
+				return string.format("Click (%s, %s)", tostring(step.x or "?"), tostring(step.y or "?"))
+			elseif kind == "move" then
+				return "Move the pointer"
+			elseif kind == "text" then
+				return string.format('Type "%s"', tostring(step.text or ""))
+			end
+		end
+		return "Send " .. plural(total, "input step")
+	end,
+
+	["api.describe"] = function(params)
+		local className = params.className
+		return if typeof(className) == "string" and className ~= ""
+			then "Look up " .. className
+			else "Look up a class"
+	end,
+	["api.classes"] = function(params)
+		local needle = params.contains
+		return if typeof(needle) == "string" and needle ~= ""
+			then string.format('Search classes for "%s"', needle)
+			else "List classes"
+	end,
+
+	["perf.scene"] = function(params)
+		local section = params.section
+		return if typeof(section) == "string" and section ~= ""
+			then "Measure the " .. section
+			else "Measure the scene"
+	end,
+
+	--[[
+		Everything below was added after the first pass over this table, and each
+		one spent time showing as the fallback -- "Anim preview", "Data set",
+		"Terrain fill". That form is honest but says nothing about the subject,
+		which is the whole point of this module: the panel is watched to see WHAT
+		an agent is touching, and 26 of 72 operations were declining to say.
+	]]
+	["anim.read"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.assetId)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Read the animation " .. name else "Read an animation"
+	end,
+	["anim.build"] = function(params)
+		local frames = count(params.keyframes)
+		return string.format("Build an animation from %s", plural(frames, "keyframe"))
+	end,
+	["anim.preview"] = function(params)
+		local rig = leaf(params.rig) or "a rig"
+		if params.op == "stop" then
+			return "Clear the pose on " .. rig
+		end
+		local at = tonumber(params.at)
+		return if at ~= nil
+			then string.format("Pose %s at %.2fs", rig, at)
+			else "Pose " .. rig
+	end,
+
+	["data.list"] = function(params)
+		local store = params.store
+		if typeof(store) == "string" and store ~= "" then
+			return string.format("List the keys in %s", store)
+		end
+		return "List the data stores"
+	end,
+	["data.get"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Read %s from %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
+	end,
+	["data.versions"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Read the history of %s", tostring(params.key))
+	end,
+	["data.set"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("SAVE over %s in %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
+	end,
+	["data.remove"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("DELETE %s from %s", tostring(params.key), tostring(params.store))
+	end,
+
+	["discover.tags"] = function(params)
+		local where = leaf(params.path)
+		return if where ~= nil then "List the tags used in " .. where else "List every tag in use"
+	end,
+
+	["viewport.ui"] = function()
+		return "Check the interface for layout faults"
+	end,
+	["viewport.textbounds"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Measure the text in " .. name else "Measure some text"
+	end,
+
+	["perf.audit"] = function()
+		return "Look for references that point at nothing"
+	end,
+
+	["assets.audio"] = function(params)
+		local keyword = params.keyword
+		return if typeof(keyword) == "string" and keyword ~= ""
+			then string.format('Search audio for "%s"', keyword)
+			else "Search the audio library"
+	end,
+	["assets.peek"] = function(params)
+		return string.format("Look inside asset %s without inserting it", tostring(params.assetId))
+	end,
+	["assets.bake"] = function(params)
+		return "Bake " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "instance")
+	end,
+
+	["character.path"] = function(params)
+		local target = leaf(params.toPath)
+		return if target ~= nil then "Check the route to " .. target else "Check a route"
+	end,
+
+	["device.network"] = function(params)
+		local preset = params.preset
+		return if typeof(preset) == "string" and preset ~= ""
+			then string.format("Simulate a %s connection", preset)
+			else "Shape the network connection"
+	end,
+
+	["geometry.sweep"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Sweep the path of " .. name else "Sweep a motion volume"
+	end,
+	["geometry.mesh"] = function(params)
+		return "Read the geometry of " .. subjectOf(params.paths, "mesh")
+	end,
+
+	["generate.model"] = function(params)
+		local prompt = params.prompt
+		return if typeof(prompt) == "string" and prompt ~= ""
+			then string.format('Generate a model: "%s"', prompt)
+			else "Generate a model"
+	end,
+	["generate.segment"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Cut " .. name .. " into named parts" else "Segment a mesh"
+	end,
+
+	["script.open"] = function(params)
+		local name = leaf(params.path)
+		return if name ~= nil then "Open " .. name .. " in the editor" else "Open a script"
+	end,
+
+	["terrain.fill"] = function(params)
+		--[[
+			The material lives inside the shapes, not beside them.
+
+			Written first against a top-level `material`, which this op has never
+			taken, so it always fell through to the bare "Fill terrain" -- seen in
+			the panel for a call that laid 50 voxels of sand. The parameters a
+			describer reads have to be the ones the handler reads.
+		]]
+		local shapes = params.shapes
+		if typeof(shapes) == "table" and #(shapes :: { any }) > 0 then
+			local list = shapes :: { any }
+			local first = list[1]
+			local material = if typeof(first) == "table" then first.material else nil
+			local named = typeof(material) == "string" and material ~= ""
+			if #list == 1 then
+				return if named
+					then string.format("Fill terrain with %s", material)
+					else "Fill terrain"
+			end
+			return if named
+				then string.format("Fill %s, starting with %s", plural(#list, "terrain shape"), material)
+				else string.format("Fill %s", plural(#list, "terrain shape"))
+		end
+		return "Fill terrain"
+	end,
+	["terrain.clear"] = function()
+		return "CLEAR terrain"
+	end,
+	["terrain.replace"] = function(params)
+		return string.format(
+			"Replace %s terrain with %s",
+			tostring(params.from or "one material"),
+			tostring(params.to or "another")
+		)
+	end,
+	["terrain.stats"] = function()
+		return "Measure the terrain"
+	end,
+
+	["device.list"] = function()
+		return "List devices"
+	end,
+	["device.set"] = function(params)
+		local id = params.device
+		return if typeof(id) == "string" and id ~= "" then "Emulate " .. id else "Emulate a device"
+	end,
+	["device.stop"] = function()
+		return "Stop emulating a device"
+	end,
+	["device.state"] = function()
+		return "Check the emulated device"
+	end,
+}
+
+--[[
+	What kind of work an op is, for anything that wants to colour it.
+
+	Grouped by what it does to the place rather than by which handler owns it,
+	because that is the distinction someone watching cares about: reading is
+	safe and constant, writing changes their game, and running executes code.
+]]
+local KINDS: { [string]: string } = {
+	discover = "read",
+	studio = "read",
+	viewport = "read",
+	capture = "read",
+	instances = "write",
+	geometry = "write",
+	assets = "write",
+	world = "write",
+	exec = "run",
+	playtest = "run",
+	character = "run",
+	-- Live keys and clicks into a running playtest are an action, not a read,
+	-- and belong beside character/exec rather than defaulting to "read".
+	input = "run",
+	debug = "debug",
+	perf = "debug",
+	api = "read",
+	device = "read",
+	-- Casts and overlap tests only look; nothing in the group writes.
+	spatial = "read",
+	-- Wiring and graph building write; `audio.inspect` is carved out below.
+	audio = "write",
+	--[[
+		Absent groups defaulted to "read", which is the wrong way round for a
+		default: a missing entry made `terrain.clear` and `data.set` -- one of
+		which erases the map and the other of which overwrites a player's save
+		with no undo -- show in the panel with the same weight as an inspect.
+		A kind is a warning, so the ones that change things are named here
+		explicitly.
+	]]
+	terrain = "write",
+	generate = "write",
+	anim = "write",
+	data = "write",
+}
+
+function Phrase.kindOf(op: string): string
+	local group = string.match(op, "^([^%.]+)%.") or op
+	-- Reads within the script group, writes outside it: a script edit changes
+	-- the game, a read or a grep does not, and they are far apart in weight.
+	if group == "script" then
+		local action = string.match(op, "%.(.+)$") or ""
+		return if action == "read" or action == "grep" then "read" else "write"
+	end
+	-- Same shape as the script group: one read sitting among writes.
+	if op == "audio.inspect" then
+		return "read"
+	end
+	return KINDS[group] or "read"
+end
+
+--[[
+	The readable form of one command.
+
+	Never throws and never yields: this runs on the path that logs every call,
+	including the ones that are about to fail, and a console that errors while
+	describing an error would take the diagnosis with it.
+]]
+function Phrase.of(op: string, params: { [string]: any }?): string
+	local describer = DESCRIBERS[op]
+	if describer ~= nil then
+		local ok, described = pcall(describer, params or {})
+		if ok and typeof(described) == "string" and described ~= "" then
+			return described
+		end
+	end
+
+	-- Unknown op, or a describer that met a shape it did not expect. Tidy the
+	-- wire name rather than inventing a subject for it: "instances.create"
+	-- becomes "Instances create", which is honest about knowing no better.
+	local group, action = string.match(op, "^([^%.]+)%.(.+)$")
+	if group ~= nil and action ~= nil then
+		return titleCase(group) .. " " .. action
+	end
+	return titleCase(op)
+end
+
+return Phrase