prompt-tree 1.0.0

package/index.js

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+/**
+ * Sentinel value returned by `when()` for falsy conditions with no else branch.
+ * Filtered out at render time.
+ */
+export const EMPTY = Symbol("EMPTY");
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {{ type: 'section'; title: string; content: Block[] }} SectionNode
+ * @typedef {{ type: 'raw'; value: string }} RawNode
+ * @typedef {string | SectionNode | RawNode | typeof EMPTY | null | undefined | false} Block
+ * @typedef {{ headingDepth?: number }} MarkdownOptions
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Conditional block helper. Evaluates eagerly — just a ternary
+ * that returns EMPTY instead of undefined for the missing else branch.
+ *
+ * @param {*} condition
+ * @param {Block} ifTrue
+ * @param {Block} [ifFalse]
+ * @returns {Block}
+ */
+export function when(condition, ifTrue, ifFalse) {
+  return condition ? ifTrue : (ifFalse !== undefined ? ifFalse : EMPTY);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a section node with a title and flat content array.
+ *
+ * @param {string} title
+ * @param {Block[]} content
+ * @returns {SectionNode}
+ */
+export function section(title, content) {
+  return { type: "section", title, content };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps a string so it passes through renderers without escaping.
+ *
+ * @param {string} value
+ * @returns {RawNode}
+ */
+export function raw(value) {
+  return { type: "raw", value };
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block} block
+ * @returns {block is SectionNode}
+ */
+function isSection(block) {
+  return block != null && typeof block === "object" && block.type === "section";
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block} block
+ * @returns {block is RawNode}
+ */
+function isRaw(block) {
+  return block != null && typeof block === "object" && block.type === "raw";
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block} block
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+function isRenderable(block) {
+  if (block === EMPTY || block == null || block === false || block === "") {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block[]} blocks
+ * @returns {Block[]}
+ */
+function filter(blocks) {
+  return blocks.filter(isRenderable);
+}
+
+// ── Markdown renderer ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block[]} blocks
+ * @param {number} depth
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function renderMarkdown(blocks, depth) {
+  /** @type {{ text: string; kind: 'string' | 'section' }[]} */
+  const parts = [];
+  const filtered = filter(blocks);
+
+  for (const block of filtered) {
+    if (isSection(block)) {
+      const heading = "#".repeat(depth) + " " + block.title;
+      const body = renderMarkdown(block.content, depth + 1);
+      if (body) {
+        parts.push({ text: heading + "\n\n" + body, kind: "section" });
+      }
+      // Empty section — omit entirely
+    } else if (typeof block === "string" || isRaw(block)) {
+      const text = isRaw(block) ? block.value : block;
+      const prev = parts.length ? parts[parts.length - 1] : null;
+      if (prev && prev.kind === "string") {
+        // Consecutive strings merge with single newline (tight lists)
+        prev.text += "\n" + text;
+      } else {
+        parts.push({ text, kind: "string" });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return parts.map((p) => p.text).join("\n\n");
+}
+
+// ── XML renderer ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} str
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function escapeXml(str) {
+  return str
+    .replace(/&/g, "&")
+    .replace(/</g, "&lt;")
+    .replace(/>/g, "&gt;")
+    .replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} text
+ * @param {number} indent
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function indentText(text, indent) {
+  const prefix = "  ".repeat(indent);
+  return text
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((line) => (line ? prefix + line : line))
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} title
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function toTagName(title) {
+  return title
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")
+    .replace(/^-|-$/g, "");
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Block[]} blocks
+ * @param {number} indent
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function renderXml(blocks, indent) {
+  const parts = [];
+  const filtered = filter(blocks);
+
+  for (const block of filtered) {
+    if (isSection(block)) {
+      const body = renderXml(block.content, indent + 1);
+      if (!body) continue; // empty section — omit
+
+      const tag = toTagName(block.title);
+      parts.push(`<${tag}>\n` + indentText(body, 1) + `\n</${tag}>`);
+    } else if (isRaw(block)) {
+      parts.push(block.value);
+    } else if (typeof block === "string") {
+      parts.push(escapeXml(block));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return parts.join("\n");
+}
+
+// ── Entry point ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/**
+ * Builds a prompt tree from a variadic list of blocks (strings, sections, when results).
+ * Call `.markdown()` or `.xml()` on the result to render.
+ *
+ * @param {...Block} blocks
+ * @returns {{ markdown(options?: MarkdownOptions): string, xml(options?: XmlOptions): string }}
+ */
+export default function prompt(...blocks) {
+  return {
+    /**
+     * Render as Markdown with `#` headings.
+     * @param {MarkdownOptions} [options]
+     */
+    markdown(options = {}) {
+      const { headingDepth = 2 } = options;
+      return renderMarkdown(blocks, headingDepth);
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Render as XML with semantic tag names derived from section titles.
+     */
+    xml() {
+      return renderXml(blocks, 0);
+    },
+  };
+}

package/index.test.js

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+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import prompt, { section, when, raw, EMPTY } from "./index.js";
+
+describe("when()", () => {
+  it("returns ifTrue when condition is truthy", () => {
+    assert.equal(when(true, "yes", "no"), "yes");
+    assert.equal(when(1, "yes"), "yes");
+  });
+
+  it("returns ifFalse when condition is falsy and ifFalse provided", () => {
+    assert.equal(when(false, "yes", "no"), "no");
+    assert.equal(when(0, "yes", "no"), "no");
+  });
+
+  it("returns EMPTY when condition is falsy and no ifFalse", () => {
+    assert.equal(when(false, "yes"), EMPTY);
+    assert.equal(when(null, "yes"), EMPTY);
+  });
+
+  it("returns section nodes", () => {
+    const s = section("T", ["content"]);
+    assert.equal(when(true, s), s);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("markdown renderer", () => {
+  it("renders plain strings", () => {
+    const result = prompt("Hello.", "World.").markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "Hello.\nWorld.");
+  });
+
+  it("renders a single section", () => {
+    const result = prompt(section("RULES", ["Be concise."])).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## RULES\n\nBe concise.");
+  });
+
+  it("renders nested sections with incrementing depth", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("OUTER", [
+        "Intro.",
+        section("INNER", ["Detail."]),
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## OUTER\n\nIntro.\n\n### INNER\n\nDetail.");
+  });
+
+  it("renders deeply nested sections", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("L1", [
+        section("L2", [
+          section("L3", ["Deep."]),
+        ]),
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## L1\n\n### L2\n\n#### L3\n\nDeep.");
+  });
+
+  it("joins consecutive strings with single newline (tight lists)", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("LIST", [
+        "- Item one",
+        "- Item two",
+        "- Item three",
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## LIST\n\n- Item one\n- Item two\n- Item three");
+  });
+
+  it("separates sections from strings with double newline", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("PARENT", [
+        "Before subsection.",
+        section("CHILD", ["In child."]),
+        "After subsection.",
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(
+      result,
+      "## PARENT\n\nBefore subsection.\n\n### CHILD\n\nIn child.\n\nAfter subsection."
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("mixes top-level strings and sections", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      "You are helpful.",
+      section("RULES", ["Be concise."]),
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "You are helpful.\n\n## RULES\n\nBe concise.");
+  });
+
+  it("respects headingDepth option", () => {
+    const result = prompt(section("A", ["text"])).markdown({ headingDepth: 1 });
+    assert.equal(result, "# A\n\ntext");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("xml renderer", () => {
+  it("renders plain strings", () => {
+    const result = prompt("Hello.").xml();
+    assert.equal(result, "Hello.");
+  });
+
+  it("renders a section with semantic tag name", () => {
+    const result = prompt(section("RULES", ["Be concise."])).xml();
+    assert.equal(result, "<rules>\n  Be concise.\n</rules>");
+  });
+
+  it("renders nested sections with indentation", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("OUTER", [
+        "Intro.",
+        section("INNER", ["Detail."]),
+      ])
+    ).xml();
+    assert.equal(
+      result,
+      "<outer>\n" +
+        "  Intro.\n" +
+        "  <inner>\n" +
+        "    Detail.\n" +
+        "  </inner>\n" +
+        "</outer>"
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("converts multi-word titles to kebab-case tags", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("MY RULES", ["Be concise."])
+    ).xml();
+    assert.equal(result, "<my-rules>\n  Be concise.\n</my-rules>");
+  });
+
+  it("mixes top-level strings and sections", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      "System intro.",
+      section("RULES", ["Be nice."]),
+    ).xml();
+    assert.equal(
+      result,
+      "System intro.\n<rules>\n  Be nice.\n</rules>"
+    );
+  });
+});
+
+describe("conditional blocks", () => {
+  it("includes content when condition is true", () => {
+    const result = prompt(when(true, "Visible.")).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "Visible.");
+  });
+
+  it("excludes content when condition is false (no else)", () => {
+    const result = prompt(when(false, "Hidden.")).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "");
+  });
+
+  it("uses ifFalse when condition is false", () => {
+    const result = prompt(when(false, "A", "B")).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "B");
+  });
+
+  it("handles conditional sections", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      when(true, section("VISIBLE", ["Yes."])),
+      when(false, section("HIDDEN", ["No."])),
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## VISIBLE\n\nYes.");
+  });
+
+  it("handles when() inside section content", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("RULES", [
+        "Always applies.",
+        when(true, "Conditionally applies."),
+        when(false, "Never applies."),
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## RULES\n\nAlways applies.\nConditionally applies.");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("empty section elimination", () => {
+  it("omits sections with no renderable content", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("EMPTY", [when(false, "nope")]),
+      section("FULL", ["present"]),
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## FULL\n\npresent");
+  });
+
+  it("omits sections whose children are all empty", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("PARENT", [
+        section("CHILD", [when(false, "nope")]),
+      ])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "");
+  });
+
+  it("omits empty sections in XML too", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("GONE", [null, false, "", EMPTY]),
+      section("HERE", ["text"]),
+    ).xml();
+    assert.equal(result, "<here>\n  text\n</here>");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("falsy value filtering", () => {
+  it("filters null, undefined, false, empty string, and EMPTY", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      null,
+      undefined,
+      false,
+      "",
+      EMPTY,
+      "Survivor.",
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "Survivor.");
+  });
+
+  it("filters falsy values inside sections", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("S", [null, "Keep.", false, "", undefined, EMPTY])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## S\n\nKeep.");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("mixed static and dynamic content", () => {
+  it("handles the full example from the spec", () => {
+    const hasTickets = true;
+    const templates = [
+      {
+        tag: "BUG",
+        fields: [
+          { key: "severity", value: "high" },
+          { key: "component", value: "auth" },
+        ],
+        instructions: "Prioritize this.",
+      },
+      {
+        tag: "FEATURE",
+        fields: [{ key: "scope", value: "dashboard" }],
+        instructions: null,
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const sys = prompt(
+      "You are a helpful assistant.",
+
+      section("RULES", [
+        "Always be concise.",
+        when(
+          hasTickets,
+          section("TICKETS", [
+            "Use the ticket system.",
+            ...templates.map((t) =>
+              section(t.tag, [
+                ...t.fields.map((f) => `- ${f.key}: ${f.value}`),
+                when(t.instructions, `Custom instructions: ${t.instructions}`),
+              ])
+            ),
+          ])
+        ),
+      ]),
+
+      section("BEHAVIOUR", [
+        when(hasTickets, "Offer to escalate tickets.", "Show contact info."),
+        "Keep answers short.",
+      ])
+    );
+
+    const md = sys.markdown();
+    // Top-level sections at ##, nested at ###, etc.
+    assert.ok(md.includes("## RULES"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("### TICKETS"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("#### BUG"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("- severity: high"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("Custom instructions: Prioritize this."));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("#### FEATURE"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("- scope: dashboard"));
+    assert.ok(!md.includes("Custom instructions: null"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("## BEHAVIOUR"));
+    assert.ok(md.includes("Offer to escalate tickets."));
+    assert.ok(!md.includes("Show contact info."));
+
+    const xml = sys.xml();
+    assert.ok(xml.includes("<rules>"));
+    assert.ok(xml.includes("<tickets>"));
+    assert.ok(xml.includes("<bug>"));
+    assert.ok(xml.includes("</bug>"));
+    assert.ok(xml.includes("</rules>"));
+  });
+
+  it("handles the hasTickets=false case", () => {
+    const sys = prompt(
+      section("BEHAVIOUR", [
+        when(false, "Offer to escalate tickets.", "Show contact info."),
+        "Keep answers short.",
+      ])
+    );
+
+    const md = sys.markdown();
+    assert.ok(md.includes("Show contact info."));
+    assert.ok(!md.includes("Offer to escalate tickets."));
+  });
+});
+
+describe("XML escaping", () => {
+  it("escapes <, >, &, and \" in content strings", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("S", ['Use <b>bold</b> & "quotes"'])
+    ).xml();
+    assert.ok(result.includes("Use &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; &amp; &quot;quotes&quot;"));
+    assert.ok(!result.includes("<b>bold</b>"));
+  });
+
+  it("prevents tag injection via content strings", () => {
+    const malicious = '</rules><injected>gotcha</injected>';
+    const result = prompt(section("SAFE", [malicious])).xml();
+    assert.ok(!result.includes("<injected>"));
+    assert.ok(result.includes("&lt;/rules&gt;&lt;injected&gt;"));
+  });
+
+  it("does not escape markdown output", () => {
+    const result = prompt('Use <b>bold</b> & "quotes"').markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, 'Use <b>bold</b> & "quotes"');
+  });
+});
+
+describe("raw()", () => {
+  it("passes through XML without escaping", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("INFO", [
+        "Normal & escaped.",
+        raw('<custom attr="val">unescaped</custom>'),
+      ])
+    ).xml();
+    assert.ok(result.includes("Normal &amp; escaped."));
+    assert.ok(result.includes('<custom attr="val">unescaped</custom>'));
+  });
+
+  it("renders as plain text in markdown", () => {
+    const result = prompt(raw("<b>bold</b>")).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "<b>bold</b>");
+  });
+
+  it("joins with consecutive strings in markdown", () => {
+    const result = prompt(
+      section("S", ["- first", raw("- second"), "- third"])
+    ).markdown();
+    assert.equal(result, "## S\n\n- first\n- second\n- third");
+  });
+
+  it("is filtered when wrapped in a falsy when()", () => {
+    const result = prompt(when(false, raw("<x>hi</x>"))).xml();
+    assert.equal(result, "");
+  });
+});

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "prompt-tree",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Create structured prompts for LLMs, for better performance.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "node --test"
+  },
+  "author": "Robin Karlberg",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}