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+ ---
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+ name: kindgi-scala-authoring-guardrails
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+ description: >
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+ Covers writing guardrails (safety checks on an agent's turn) for a Kindgi
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+ pack in Scala (`kindgi-pack-scala`, `com.kindgi.pack.scaladsl`):
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+ `Guardrail[Config](id)` as a `val` of an object named like its file, a
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+ `(config, trace)` check returning a `CheckResult` (or a Future of one with
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+ `checkAsync`), `RunTrace`, config case classes and the values a check runs
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+ with, actions (halt / retry / escalate / log-only / compensate), severity
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+ and scope, munit tests with `evaluate`, and wiring a guardrail onto an
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+ agent. Load this whenever you are authoring or editing code in a Scala
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+ pack's guardrails packages (a pack whose `kindgi.config.json` says
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+ `"language": "scala"`), defining a check, or wiring a guardrail onto an
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+ agent. Scala agents are covered by kindgi-scala-authoring-agents, Scala
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+ tools by kindgi-scala-authoring-tools.
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+ type: core
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+ library: "kindgi-pack-scala"
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+ version: "0.1.0"
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+ sdk_version: "0.0.0"
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+ pack_languages: [scala]
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+ sources:
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+ - sdks/scala/README.md
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+ - sdks/scala/kindgi-pack-scala/src/main/scala/com/kindgi/pack/scaladsl/Guardrail.scala
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+ - sdks/java/kindgi-pack/src/main/java/com/kindgi/pack/RunTrace.java
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Authoring Kindgi guardrails in Scala
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+
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+ > **Running `kindgi`:** the pack pins its CLI (`"cli"` in
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+ > `kindgi.config.json`), and `./kindgiw` runs that version, so every
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+ > `kindgi <command>` below runs as `./kindgiw <command>`.
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+ >
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+ > Scala support is in preview: tested and supported, but the API may still
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+ > change in 0.1.6 without the usual deprecation period.
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+
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+ A **guardrail** is a rule an agent's turn must satisfy: a **check** (a
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+ function over the turn's trace) plus an **action** (what happens when it
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+ fails). In a Scala pack it is a `val` of type `Guardrail[C]` in an object
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+ named like its file, in a `guardrails` package. For an agent turn, the
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+ runtime evaluates every guardrail the agent lists once, on the final answer,
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+ before it is stored.
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+
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+ Ask what the rule should catch before writing one. The sample
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+ `response-not-empty` guardrail is a demonstration, not a template.
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+
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+ ## A guardrail
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+
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+ ```scala
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+ // src/main/scala/acme/guardrails/Citations.scala
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+ package acme.guardrails
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+
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+ import com.kindgi.pack.scaladsl._
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+ import jakarta.validation.constraints.Min
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+ import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
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+
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+ /** acme.no-fabricated-quotes: an answer that quotes case law looked the citations up. */
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+ object Citations {
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+ final case class Config(@Min(value = 0) minLookups: Int = 1)
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+
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+ val noFabricatedQuotes: Guardrail[Config] = Guardrail[Config]("acme.no-fabricated-quotes")
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+ .name("No fabricated quotations")
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+ .onViolation("halt")
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+ .severity("critical")
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+ // What the check runs with, keyed as on the wire.
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+ .set("config", Map("minLookups" -> 2))
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+ .check { (config, trace) =>
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+ val lookups = trace.toolCalls.asScala.count {
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+ case call: java.util.Map[_, _] => call.get("toolName") == "acme.verify-citation"
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+ case _ => false
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+ }
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+ if (lookups >= config.minLookups) CheckResult.pass
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+ else CheckResult.fail(s"Only $lookups citation lookups (need ${config.minLookups}+).")
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ - **The check** is `(config, trace) => CheckResult`: `CheckResult.pass` or
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+ `CheckResult.fail(reason)`. A failed result's reason is what the violation
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+ reports, so make it say what was wrong. `checkAsync` takes a
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+ `(config, trace) => Future[CheckResult]`.
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+ - **`trace`** is a `RunTrace` (kindgi-pack's), with Java collections:
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+ - `output`: the final answer's text (`null` when there's none: wrap it in
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+ `Option`);
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+ - `userInput`;
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+ - `toolCalls`: each a map with `toolId`, `toolName` (the tool's dotted
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+ id), `arguments`;
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+ - `toolResults`: each with `toolCallId`, `output`;
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+ - `modelCalls`;
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+ - `mode`: `runtime` or `ci`;
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+ - `runId`, `tenantId`;
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+ - `raw`: the trace as sent.
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+ - **`Guardrail[Config](id)`** takes the config's case class. Its schema is
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+ derived as a tool input's is, and a parameter's default is the value when
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+ none is given. `Guardrail.json(id).configSchema(Map(…))` gives a schema
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+ instead; the config is then a `Map[String, Any]`.
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+ - **`set("config", Map(…))`** holds the values the check runs with, keyed as
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+ on the wire. They go into the index, and the service checks them against
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+ the schema before every evaluation. Without them the check runs with `{}`
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+ and the defaults. So give every parameter a default: a required one with
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+ no value fails every evaluation (`input-validation-failed`).
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+ - An exception thrown from the check fails the evaluation (`handler-throw`).
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+ For a rule that isn't met, return `CheckResult.fail(…)`.
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+ - A check gets no model and no provider: it can't call an LLM. Keep it a
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+ pure function of the trace (fast, deterministic, free).
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+
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+ ## `Guardrail[Config](id)`
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+
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+ - **`id`:** `<pack-id>.<guardrail-name>`, kebab-case. Name the rule as a
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+ positive assertion: `no-fabricated-quotes`, `response-not-empty`.
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+ - **`onViolation(action)`:** `halt`, `retry`, `escalate`, `log-only` or
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+ `compensate`. For one that needs settings, pass the whole object instead,
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+ with `action(Map("on-violation" -> "retry", "retry" -> Map("maxAttempts" -> 2)))`.
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+ The same goes for `escalateTo` and `compensateWith` (a tool id). The
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+ builder refuses a check with neither.
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+ - In an agent turn, a failed `halt` guardrail fails the turn
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+ (`guardrail-violation`), and the answer is not stored.
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+ - Any other action reports the failure in the turn result's `violations`,
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+ and the turn completes.
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+ - In 0.1 the runtime acts only on `halt`: `retry`, `escalate` and
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+ `compensate` are recorded on the violation, with no second attempt,
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+ escalation or compensating call.
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+ - **`severity`:** `info`, `warn`, `error` (default) or `critical`. It's
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+ independent of the action: dashboards group by severity, and execution
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+ follows the action.
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+ - **`set("scope", Map("when" -> "runtime-only"))`:** when the guardrail
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+ applies: `always`, `ci-only` or `runtime-only`, narrowed by `agents`,
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+ `flows` and `tenants` lists.
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+ - **`name`:** a display name. **`checkId`:** defaults to the id.
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+ - **`kind`:** `zero-llm`, the default: a check over the trace, which is what
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+ a pack writes.
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+ - `set("sandbox" | "limits" | "network", …)` are recorded in the index.
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+
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+ ## Testing
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+ `evaluate` runs the check with the config as given, with no schema check
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+ and no defaults. An async check is awaited.
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+ ```scala
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+ // src/test/scala/acme/CitationsSuite.scala
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+ package acme
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+ import acme.guardrails.Citations
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+ import com.kindgi.pack.RunTrace
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+ import java.util.{List => JList, Map => JMap}
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+
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+ class CitationsSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
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+ test("no lookups fails") {
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+ val trace = new RunTrace(JMap.of("output", "As held in Smith v. Jones…"))
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+ assert(!Citations.noFabricatedQuotes.evaluate(Citations.Config(1), trace).passed)
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+ }
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+ test("enough lookups pass") {
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+ val lookup = JMap.of("toolName", "acme.verify-citation", "arguments", JMap.of())
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+ val trace = new RunTrace(JMap.of("toolCalls", JList.of(lookup, lookup)))
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+ assert(Citations.noFabricatedQuotes.evaluate(Citations.Config(2), trace).passed)
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ `new RunTrace(map)` takes the trace as the runtime sends it: a Java map,
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+ camelCase keys included.
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+
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+ ## Wiring onto an agent
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+ ```scala
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+ Agent("acme.brief-writer")
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+ // …
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+ .guardrail(Citations.noFabricatedQuotes)
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+ ```
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+ Pass the `Guardrail`, or its id (`.guardrail("acme.no-fabricated-quotes")`).
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+ `kindgi dev` registers the pack's guardrails. An agent that names an id with
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+ no registered guardrail fails the turn before the model is called
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+ (`Agent "…" references guardrails not in the registry: <id>`).
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+
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+ ## Common mistakes
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+ 1. **A config parameter with no default and no value.** Without
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+ `set("config", …)`, the check runs with `{}`. Give the parameter a
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+ default, or the guardrail its values.
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+ 2. **`set("config", …)` keyed by Scala names that differ from the wire.**
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+ It's keyed by the case class's Jackson names.
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+ 3. **No `onViolation` or `action`.** The builder refuses the check.
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+ 4. **Expecting another attempt.** `halt` stops the turn, and in 0.1 `retry`
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+ doesn't run the turn again: it's only recorded.
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+ 5. **Calling a model from the check.** That isn't available: keep checks
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+ pure.
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+ 6. **Throwing for a broken rule.** Return `CheckResult.fail(…)`. An
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+ exception is an evaluation error, not a violation.
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+ 7. **`trace.output.length` without a null check.** `output` is `null` when
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+ the turn produced no text: `Option(trace.output).getOrElse("")`.
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+ 8. **A guardrail as a `def` or a `lazy val`.** It's a file error: make it a
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+ `val`.
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+ ## When the framework itself is the problem
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+ If the bug is in Kindgi, kindgi-pack or the Scala layer (a trace field
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+ missing, a misleading error) and not in the check, load
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+ `kindgi-framework-feedback` and file it with `./kindgiw feedback write`.
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+ name: kindgi-scala-authoring-tools
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+ description: >
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+ Covers writing tools for a Kindgi pack in Scala (`kindgi-pack-scala`,
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+ `com.kindgi.pack.scaladsl`): `Tool[Input, Output](id)` as a `val` of an
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+ object named like its file, schemas from case classes (Option, defaults,
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+ collections, Jakarta constraints) or `Tool.json` with maps, `handler` and
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+ `handlerAsync` (a Future), `ToolContext` and cancellation, secrets
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+ (`needsSpec`) and configuration, errors, `readOnly` and effects, munit
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+ tests with `tool.call`, and wiring a tool onto an agent. Load this
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+ whenever you are authoring or editing code in a Scala pack's tools
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+ packages (a pack whose `kindgi.config.json` says `"language": "scala"`),
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+ defining a tool, or wiring one onto an agent. Scala agents are covered by
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+ kindgi-scala-authoring-agents, getting started by
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+ kindgi-scala-getting-started.
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+ type: core
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+ library: "kindgi-pack-scala"
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+ version: "0.1.0"
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+ sdk_version: "0.0.0"
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+ pack_languages: [scala]
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+ sources:
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+ - sdks/scala/README.md
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+ - sdks/scala/kindgi-pack-scala/src/main/scala/com/kindgi/pack/scaladsl/Tool.scala
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+ - sdks/java/kindgi-pack/README.md
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+ ---
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+
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+ # Authoring Kindgi tools in Scala
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+
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+ > **Running `kindgi`:** the pack pins its CLI (`"cli"` in
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+ > `kindgi.config.json`), and `./kindgiw` runs that version, so every
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+ > `kindgi <command>` below runs as `./kindgiw <command>`. sbt is the one on
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+ > your `PATH`.
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+ >
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+ > Scala support is in preview: tested and supported, but the API may still
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+ > change in 0.1.6 without the usual deprecation period.
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+
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+ A **tool** is a unit of work an agent (or a flow step) calls: typed input,
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+ typed output, your code in between. In a Scala pack it is a `val` of type
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+ `Tool[I, O]` in an object named like its file (`VerifyCitation.scala` holds
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+ `object VerifyCitation`), in a `tools` package
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+ (`src/main/scala/**/tools/**/*.scala`; in an app, `**/kindgi/tools/**`).
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+ Kindgi runs it in the pack's own JVM (the pack service) and calls it over
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+ HTTP. The model sees its id, description and input schema.
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+ Before writing one, establish what it should **do**: what it computes or
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+ fetches, what the caller provides, what it returns. "Add a tool" is a
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+ conversation opener. The pack's sample tools prove the runtime works; they
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+ are not the shape to copy unless the user asks.
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+ ## A tool
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+ ```scala
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+ // src/main/scala/acme/tools/VerifyCitation.scala
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+ package acme.tools
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+ import com.kindgi.pack.scaladsl._
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+ import jakarta.validation.constraints.{Pattern, Size}
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+ /** acme.verify-citation: checks a legal citation against the citator. */
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+ object VerifyCitation {
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+ final case class Input(
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+ @Size(min = 1) citation: String,
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+ @Pattern(regexp = "^(US|UK|EU)$") jurisdiction: String)
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+ final case class Output(found: Boolean, canonicalCite: Option[String])
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+ val tool: Tool[Input, Output] = Tool[Input, Output]("acme.verify-citation")
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+ .description("Verifies a legal citation against the citator; returns whether it resolves and its canonical form.")
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+ .readOnly
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+ .set("needsSpec", Map("secrets" -> Map("CITATOR_KEY" -> Map("type" -> "string", "minLength" -> 20))))
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+ .handler((in, ctx) =>
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+ verify(in, String.valueOf(ctx.secrets.get("CITATOR_KEY")), sys.env.getOrElse("CITATOR_URL", "")))
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+ /** The tool's work, with what it reads from its context and the environment passed in: a test calls it. */
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+ def verify(in: Input, key: String, citatorUrl: String): Output = {
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+ val hit = Citator.lookup(citatorUrl, key, in.citation, in.jurisdiction)
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+ Output(hit.isDefined, hit)
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ ```scala
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+ // src/main/scala/acme/tools/Citator.scala
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+ package acme.tools
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+ import java.net.URI
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+ import java.net.URLEncoder
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+ import java.net.http.{HttpClient, HttpRequest, HttpResponse}
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+ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
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+ /** The citator's API: an object with no tools in it is a helper, not a primitive. */
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+ object Citator {
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+ private val http = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
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+ def lookup(baseUrl: String, key: String, citation: String, jurisdiction: String): Option[String] = {
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+ val query = s"q=${URLEncoder.encode(citation, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)}&j=$jurisdiction"
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+ val request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(s"$baseUrl/lookup?$query"))
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+ .header("Authorization", s"Bearer $key")
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+ .build()
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+ val response = http.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString())
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+ if (response.statusCode() == 200) Some(response.body()) else None
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+
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+ - **Where it lives:** a `val` of the object named like the file. The
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+ indexer reads the object's vals, and only the primitives that object
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+ defined. A tool defined as a `def` or a `lazy val` is a file error that
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+ says to make it a `val`: the indexer can't read one without running it.
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+ An object with no tools in it is a helper. So is a file with no object
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+ (a case class, a trait).
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+ - **Id:** `<pack-id>.<tool-name>`, kebab-case, dot-namespaced.
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+ - **Description:** what it does and returns. The model reads it to decide
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+ when to call the tool. It isn't enforced, so never leave it out.
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+ - **Version:** the pack's (`pack.version`), or `.version("1.2.0")` (an exact
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+ semver).
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+ - **Schemas:** from the case classes `Tool[Input, Output]` names. A
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+ parameter is a property, by its Jackson name
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+ (`@JsonProperty("canonical_cite")` renames one). The input must be an
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+ **object**: a model calls a tool with an object of arguments.
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+
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+ | In Scala | In the schema |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | `String`, `Int`/`Long`, `Double`/`BigDecimal`, `Boolean`; `BigInt` | `string`, `integer`, `number`, `boolean`; `integer` |
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+ | `Option[T]` | not required; `null` allowed |
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+ | a parameter's default (`greeting: String = "Hello"`) | `default`, not required; the service fills it in |
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+ | `Seq[T]`, `List[T]`, `Vector[T]`; `Set[T]` | `array`; `array` with `uniqueItems` |
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+ | `Map[String, T]` | `object` with `additionalProperties` |
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+ | a Scala 3 simple enum (`enum Scale { case C, F }`) | `string`, `enum` of its case names |
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+ | `@Size`, `@Min`, `@Max`, `@Pattern`, `@Email`, `@NotBlank`, `@Positive`, … | the matching keywords |
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+
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+ **In Scala 3, name a Java annotation's arguments:** `@Min(value = 0)`, not
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+ `@Min(0)`. Scala 3 passes a positional argument to the wrong element.
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+ When a type can't say it, `Tool.json(id).inputSchema(Map(…))` takes the
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+ schema as Scala maps, and the handler gets a `Map[String, Any]`.
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+ - **Handler:** `(in, ctx) => output`. It may throw. It runs on a thread of
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+ its own, so blocking I/O is fine. `handlerAsync((in, ctx) => future)`
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+ returns a `Future[O]`, and the service awaits it.
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+ - **Validation:** before the handler runs, the input is checked against the
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+ schema (its defaults filled in). Then what the handler returns is checked
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+ against the output schema. A bad input comes back as
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+ `input-validation-failed`, naming the field (a bad output as
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+ `output-validation-failed`). The agent's `toolErrors` policy decides
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+ whether the model gets to fix the call.
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+
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+ ## `ToolContext`
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+
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+ - `ctx.tenantId`: the tenant the call is for. Key per-tenant state by it.
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+ - `ctx.runId`: the run (an agent turn or a flow step) the call belongs to.
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+ - `ctx.requestId`: this call, such as the model's tool-call id. Useful for
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+ logs and idempotency keys.
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+ - `ctx.projectId`, `ctx.orgId`: the run's project, and its org (`null` when
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+ it has none). The runtime sets them from the run, never from the input.
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+ To check an id the input names, compare it with these.
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+ - `ctx.cancellation` fires when the call's deadline passes (120 s by
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+ default) or the caller goes away. A blocking handler's thread is
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+ interrupted too. A loop checks `ctx.cancellation.isCancelled`. A `Future`
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+ has no way to stop, so stop the work behind it with
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+ `ctx.cancellation.onCancel(() => …)`.
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+ - `ctx.secrets`: the secrets the tool declares (below), as a Java map.
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+ Printing the context shows their names, never their values.
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+ - `ctx.env`, `ctx.config`: **reserved, empty today**.
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+
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+ ## Configuration and secrets
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+ A secret that belongs to the tenant, such as an API key a customer gives
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+ you, is declared with `set("needsSpec", …)` and read from `ctx.secrets`, as
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+ above. The runtime resolves every declared secret on every call, for the
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+ call's tenant, in its env (`KINDGI_ENV`; under `kindgi dev`, `local`: the
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+ pack's `.env` and `.env.local`). It checks each against its schema, and fails
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+ the call, naming the secret, when one is missing or doesn't match. Every
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+ declared secret is required.
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+ Everything else comes from the process environment: `sys.env("CITATOR_URL")`.
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+ Under `kindgi dev`, the pack service gets the pack's `.env` and `.env.local`,
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+ and restarts when they change. Nothing else from your shell reaches it
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+ except `PATH`, `HOME` and `TMPDIR`; `SBT_OPTS` reaches sbt only. Put a secret
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+ there by hand, or with `./kindgiw secrets set NAME --env=local --scope=tenant`
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+ (a no-echo prompt), and keep the env files out of git. A deployed service
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+ names the variables it needs in `kindgi.config.json`:
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+ `"env": {"required": ["DATABASE_URL"], "optional": ["SENTRY_DSN"]}`. Without
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+ a required one it isn't ready. `KINDGI_*` names are Kindgi's own and never
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+ reach pack code.
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+ ## Errors and output
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+
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+ - Throw for a failure, or fail the `Future`: the call fails with
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+ `handler-throw` and the exception's message. In an agent turn, the model
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+ sees the failure only when the agent's `toolErrors` policy includes
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+ `tool-error`, so retrying must be safe for that tool.
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+ - What the handler logs goes to the pack service's output (`kindgi dev`
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+ shows it as `[pack] …`), never into a result.
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+
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+ ## Other declarations
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+ **`readOnly`** declares a tool that changes nothing outside itself (a lookup,
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+ a search, a calculation): it's `mutating(false)`. A dry run
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+ (`./kindgiw runs start --dry-run`) runs it. Leave it off for anything that
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+ writes, sends, charges or deletes: such a tool stops a dry run. It's also
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+ the tool's approval default: an agent that turns approval gates on
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+ (`conversationPolicy.hitl`) asks before any tool that isn't read-only on its
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+ first use.
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+ `effect(kind, resource)` declares a side effect, such as
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+ `.effect("writes", "db:ledger")`. A dry run also stops at a tool with a
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+ `writes`, `deletes`, `spawns-run`, `emits-event` or `external-side-effect`
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+ effect. `set(field, value)` sets the index entry's other fields (`needs`,
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+ `needsSpec`, `sandbox`, `limits`, `network`), with Scala maps and lists. They
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+ are recorded for policy and review, so declare what the tool really does.
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+
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+ There is no HTTP-tool form (TypeScript's `kind: 'http'`). A tool that calls
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+ an HTTP API is a handler with `java.net.http.HttpClient`, as above.
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+ ## Testing
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+
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+ `tool.call(input, ctx)` runs the handler with the input as given (no schema
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+ check). `ToolContext.forTest()` is a context with a test tenant and run and
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+ nothing else. A handler that reads the environment and calls a service is
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+ tested through the method it calls, with a stub server:
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+
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+ ```scala
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+ // src/test/scala/acme/VerifyCitationSuite.scala
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+ package acme
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+ import acme.tools.VerifyCitation
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+ import com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServer
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+ import java.net.InetSocketAddress
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+
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+ class VerifyCitationSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
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+ test("an unknown citation is not found") {
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+ val citator = HttpServer.create(new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", 0), 0)
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+ citator.createContext("/lookup", exchange => {
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+ exchange.sendResponseHeaders(404, -1)
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+ exchange.close()
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+ })
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+ citator.start()
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+ try {
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+ val url = s"http://127.0.0.1:${citator.getAddress.getPort}"
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+ assert(!VerifyCitation.verify(VerifyCitation.Input("1 U.S. 1", "US"), "test-key", url).found)
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+ } finally citator.stop(0)
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+ }
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ `sbt test` runs the tests (anything under `src/test/` is never indexed). To
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+ see the schemas Kindgi derives:
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ java -cp "$(sbt -batch -error 'export Runtime/fullClasspath')" com.kindgi.pack.Main index --pack-dir .
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## Wiring the tool onto an agent
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+ Pass the `Tool`, which pins that tool's version:
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+ ```scala
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+ Agent("acme.brief-writer")
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+ // …
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+ .tool(VerifyCitation.tool)
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+ ```
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+
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+ A tool of another pack is `.tool("other.lookup", "^1.0.0")`: its id and a
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+ semver **range**, and the highest active version matching it is picked at
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+ turn start. In a flow, `toolNode("verify", VerifyCitation.tool)` runs it.
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+ ## Iterating
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+ Save the file. `kindgi dev` recompiles through sbt's server, and the next
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+ call runs the new code. A compile error is reported as `file:line:col`, and
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+ the last good code keeps serving. Bump the version when callers' contract
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+ changes (a removed field, a narrower type), not on every save.
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+ ## Common mistakes
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+ 1. **Copying the sample tool's shape without asking what the tool should do.**
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+ 2. **A tool as a `def` or a `lazy val`.** It's a file error: make it a `val`.
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+ 3. **An object not named like its file.** The indexer reads `Greet.scala`'s
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+ `object Greet`, and a file without one is an error.
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+ 4. **No description.** The model can't tell when to call the tool.
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+ 5. **`@Min(0)` in Scala 3.** Name the argument: `@Min(value = 0)`.
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+ 6. **A primitive inside a type parameter** (`Seq[Int]`, `Option[Long]`). On
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+ the JVM it's `Object`, so the schema allows any JSON value there. Use a
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+ case class (`Seq[Item]`), or say the schema with `Tool.json`.
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+ 7. **Reading `ctx.env` or `ctx.config`, or an undeclared secret.** The first
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+ two are empty, and `ctx.secrets` holds only what `needsSpec` declares.
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+ Use `sys.env` for the rest.
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+ 8. **A library the tool uses as `% Test` or `% Provided`.** It works under
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+ `kindgi dev` and fails in the image, which ships the runtime classpath
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+ only.
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+ 9. **A read-only tool without `readOnly`.** A dry run stops at it, and an
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+ approval gate asks before it on first use.
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+ 10. **`readOnly` on a tool that writes.** A dry run then runs it for real.
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+ 11. **A jackson-module-scala that doesn't match your app's
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+ `jackson-databind` minor version.** It refuses to load: depend on the
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+ matching one.
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+ ## When the framework itself is the problem
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+ If the bug is in Kindgi, kindgi-pack or the Scala layer (a schema derived
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+ wrong, a misleading error, the pack service misbehaving) and not in the
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+ tool's code, load `kindgi-framework-feedback` and file it with
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+ `./kindgiw feedback write`.