@kernel.chat/kbot 3.99.10 → 3.99.12

package/dist/agent.js

@@ -327,6 +327,21 @@ function tryParseInlineToolCalls(content, knownTools) {
         if (parsed)
             calls.push(parsed);
     }
+    if (calls.length > 0)
+        return calls;
+    // Pattern 3b: ANY fenced code block whose first line starts with a known tool name.
+    // Catches ```bash\nread_file "path.json"\n``` and ```\nread_file path.ts\n```,
+    // which small local models like gemma4 emit when asked to use tools.
+    const anyBlockPattern = /```(?:[a-z_]+)?\s*\n([\s\S]*?)```/g;
+    while ((match = anyBlockPattern.exec(content)) !== null) {
+        const block = match[1].trim();
+        const firstWord = block.split(/\s/)[0];
+        if (firstWord && knownTools.includes(firstWord)) {
+            const parsed = parseToolCodeBlock(block, knownTools);
+            if (parsed)
+                calls.push(parsed);
+        }
+    }
     if (calls.length > 0)
         return calls;
     // Pattern 4: Natural language tool invocations — "I'll use write_file to create..."
@@ -370,14 +385,22 @@ function parseToolCodeBlock(block, knownTools) {
     }
     return null;
 }
+/** Strip surrounding quotes from a CLI-style argument string */
+function unquote(s) {
+    const t = s.trim();
+    if ((t.startsWith('"') && t.endsWith('"')) || (t.startsWith("'") && t.endsWith("'"))) {
+        return t.slice(1, -1);
+    }
+    return t;
+}
 /** Build structured args from a tool_code invocation */
 function buildArgsFromToolCode(tool, argStr, restContent) {
     switch (tool) {
         case 'read_file':
         case 'list_directory':
-            return { path: argStr || '.' };
+            return { path: unquote(argStr) || '.' };
         case 'write_file':
-            return { path: argStr, content: restContent };
+            return { path: unquote(argStr), content: restContent };
         case 'bash':
             return { command: argStr || restContent };
         case 'grep':

package/dist/self-awareness.js

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function getSelfAwarenessPrompt() {
         return cached;
     const lines = [
         '[kbot Ground Truth — AUTHORITATIVE. When asked about yourself (version, model, provider, architecture, capabilities, weaknesses, history, what you are, what you can do), answer ONLY from this block. Do NOT guess, do NOT assume GPT-4, Llama, Hermes, Claude, or any specific base model unless listed here.]',
-        '[TOOL POLICY FOR SELF-INTROSPECTION: If the user asks about YOU (your runtime, your model, your provider, your version, your architecture, your skills, your tools, your weaknesses), DO NOT call web_search, url_fetch, research, or any external-lookup tool. The answer is in this block. Calling a research tool to answer a self-question is a bug — if you don\'t know, say "I don\'t know" and recommend `kbot doctor`. Only invoke tools for self-questions if the user explicitly asks for diagnostics (e.g., "run doctor", "check config").]',
+        '[TOOL POLICY FOR SELF-INTROSPECTION: If the user asks about YOU (your runtime, your model, your provider, your version, your architecture, your skills, your tools, your weaknesses), DO NOT call web_search, url_fetch, research, or other INTERNET-LOOKUP tools — the answer is in this block. HOWEVER, file tools (read_file, glob, grep, bash) and git tools ARE ENCOURAGED — if the user asks about a specific file (e.g., "what version is in package.json"), INVOKE read_file on that file and quote the actual contents. Hallucinating file contents without reading them is a bug; so is denying you have file access.]',
     ];
     // Version (read from package.json)
     try {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kernel.chat/kbot",
-  "version": "3.99.10",
+  "version": "3.99.12",
   "description": "Open-source terminal AI agent. 787+ tools, 35 agents, 20 providers. Dreams, learns, watches your system. Controls your phone. Fully local, fully sovereign. MIT.",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {