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prompts.rs

1// Prompt Registry
2//
3// Central registry for all system prompts and prompt templates used in A3S Code.
4// Every LLM-facing prompt is externalized here as a compile-time `include_str!`
5// so the full agentic design is visible in one place.
6//
7// Directory layout:
8//   prompts/
9//   ├── common/   — shared runtime prompts used by multiple subsystems
10//   ├── analysis/ — intent classification and pre-analysis prompts
11//   ├── planning/ — planner and plan execution prompts
12//   └── agents/   — built-in delegated-agent role prompts
13
14// ============================================================================
15// Default System Prompt
16// ============================================================================
17
18use crate::llm::LlmClient;
19use anyhow::Context;
20
21/// Default agentic system prompt — injected when no system prompt is configured.
22///
23/// Instructs the LLM to behave as an autonomous coding agent: use tools to act,
24/// verify results, and keep working until the task is fully complete.
25pub const SYSTEM_DEFAULT: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/system_default.md");
26
27/// Continuation message — injected as a user turn when the LLM stops without
28/// completing the task (i.e. stops calling tools mid-task).
29pub const CONTINUATION: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/continuation.md");
30
31/// Safety boundaries (injection hygiene, secret handling, malicious-code refusal).
32///
33/// Single source of truth, appended to every assembled system prompt by
34/// [`SystemPromptSlots::build_with_style`] so it applies uniformly across all
35/// agent styles and delegated subagents (which build through the same path).
36pub const BOUNDARIES: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/boundaries.md");
37
38// ============================================================================
39// Delegated Run Prompts
40// ============================================================================
41
42/// Explore delegated run — read-only codebase exploration
43pub const AGENT_EXPLORE: &str = include_str!("../prompts/agents/explore.md");
44
45/// Plan delegated run — read-only planning and analysis
46pub const AGENT_PLAN: &str = include_str!("../prompts/agents/plan.md");
47
48/// Code review delegated run — issue finding and review focus
49pub const AGENT_CODE_REVIEW: &str = include_str!("../prompts/agents/code_review.md");
50
51// ============================================================================
52// Session — Context Compaction
53// ============================================================================
54
55/// User template for context compaction. Placeholder: `{conversation}`
56pub const CONTEXT_COMPACT: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/context_compact.md");
57
58/// Prefix for compacted summary messages
59pub const CONTEXT_SUMMARY_PREFIX: &str =
60    include_str!("../prompts/common/context_summary_prefix.md");
61
62// ============================================================================
63// LLM Planner — JSON-structured prompts
64// ============================================================================
65
66/// System prompt for LLM planner: plan creation (JSON output)
67pub const LLM_PLAN_SYSTEM: &str = include_str!("../prompts/planning/llm_plan_system.md");
68
69/// System prompt for LLM planner: goal extraction (JSON output)
70pub const LLM_GOAL_EXTRACT_SYSTEM: &str =
71    include_str!("../prompts/planning/llm_goal_extract_system.md");
72
73/// System prompt for LLM planner: goal achievement check (JSON output)
74pub const LLM_GOAL_CHECK_SYSTEM: &str =
75    include_str!("../prompts/planning/llm_goal_check_system.md");
76
77/// System prompt for pre-analysis: combined intent + goal + plan + input optimization.
78pub const PRE_ANALYSIS_SYSTEM: &str = include_str!("../prompts/analysis/pre_analysis_system.md");
79
80// ============================================================================
81// Plan Execution Templates
82// ============================================================================
83
84/// Template for initial plan execution message
85pub const PLAN_EXECUTE_GOAL: &str = include_str!("../prompts/planning/plan_execute_goal.md");
86
87/// Template for per-step execution prompt
88pub const PLAN_EXECUTE_STEP: &str = include_str!("../prompts/planning/plan_execute_step.md");
89
90/// Template for fallback plan step description
91pub const PLAN_FALLBACK_STEP: &str = include_str!("../prompts/planning/plan_fallback_step.md");
92
93/// Skill catalog header injected before listing available skill names/descriptions.
94pub const SKILLS_CATALOG_HEADER: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/skills_catalog_header.md");
95
96// ============================================================================
97// Verification Agent
98// ============================================================================
99
100/// Verification agent — adversarial specialist that tries to break code
101pub const AGENT_VERIFICATION: &str = include_str!("../prompts/agents/verification.md");
102
103// ============================================================================
104// Intent Classification
105// ============================================================================
106
107/// System prompt for LLM-based intent classification
108pub const INTENT_CLASSIFY_SYSTEM: &str =
109    include_str!("../prompts/analysis/intent_classify_system.md");
110
111// ============================================================================
112// Planning Mode (Auto-Detection)
113// ============================================================================
114
115use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
116
117/// Planning mode — controls when planning phase is used.
118///
119/// When set to `Auto` (the default), the system detects from the user's
120/// message whether planning should be enabled. When explicitly `Enabled`,
121/// planning runs on every execution. When `Disabled`, planning is skipped.
122#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
123pub enum PlanningMode {
124    /// Automatically detect from message content — enables planning when the
125    /// message benefits from structured pre-analysis. Local keyword detection is
126    /// only a fallback when pre-analysis is unavailable.
127    #[default]
128    Auto,
129    /// Explicitly disabled — never use planning phase.
130    Disabled,
131    /// Explicitly enabled — always use planning phase.
132    Enabled,
133}
134
135impl PlanningMode {
136    /// Returns true for the local no-LLM fallback path.
137    ///
138    /// Normal agent execution runs pre-analysis in `Auto` mode and uses its
139    /// structured `requires_planning` decision instead of this heuristic.
140    pub fn should_plan(&self, message: &str) -> bool {
141        match self {
142            PlanningMode::Auto => AgentStyle::detect_from_message(message).requires_planning(),
143            PlanningMode::Enabled => true,
144            PlanningMode::Disabled => false,
145        }
146    }
147}
148
149// ============================================================================
150// Agent Style (Intent-Based Prompt Selection)
151// ============================================================================
152
153/// Agent style — determines which system prompt template is used.
154///
155/// Each style has a different focus and behavior, selected based on the user's
156/// apparent intent from their message.
157#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
158pub enum AgentStyle {
159    /// Default — general purpose coding agent for research and multi-step tasks.
160    #[default]
161    GeneralPurpose,
162    /// Read-only planning and architecture analysis.
163    /// Prohibited from modifying files, focuses on design and planning.
164    Plan,
165    /// Adversarial verification specialist — tries to break code, not confirm it works.
166    Verification,
167    /// Fast file search and codebase exploration.
168    /// Read-only, optimized for finding files and patterns quickly.
169    Explore,
170    /// Code review focused — analyzes code quality, best practices, potential issues.
171    CodeReview,
172}
173
174/// Detection confidence level for style detection.
175#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
176pub enum DetectionConfidence {
177    /// High confidence — very specific keywords, skip LLM classification.
178    High,
179    /// Medium confidence — some indicators present, LLM classification helpful.
180    Medium,
181    /// Low confidence — no clear indicators, LLM classification recommended.
182    Low,
183}
184
185impl AgentStyle {
186    /// Returns the base system prompt for this style.
187    pub fn base_prompt(&self) -> &'static str {
188        match self {
189            AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose => SYSTEM_DEFAULT,
190            AgentStyle::Plan => AGENT_PLAN,
191            AgentStyle::Verification => AGENT_VERIFICATION,
192            AgentStyle::Explore => AGENT_EXPLORE,
193            AgentStyle::CodeReview => AGENT_CODE_REVIEW,
194        }
195    }
196
197    /// Returns style-specific guidelines if any.
198    pub fn guidelines(&self) -> Option<&'static str> {
199        match self {
200            AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose => None,
201            AgentStyle::Plan => None, // Already embedded in agents/plan.md
202            AgentStyle::Verification => None, // Already embedded in agents/verification.md
203            AgentStyle::Explore => None, // Already embedded in agents/explore.md
204            AgentStyle::CodeReview => None,
205        }
206    }
207
208    /// Returns a one-line description of this style.
209    pub fn description(&self) -> &'static str {
210        match self {
211            AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose => {
212                "General purpose coding agent for research and multi-step tasks"
213            }
214            AgentStyle::Plan => "Read-only planning and architecture analysis agent",
215            AgentStyle::Verification => "Adversarial verification specialist — tries to break code",
216            AgentStyle::Explore => "Fast read-only file search and codebase exploration agent",
217            AgentStyle::CodeReview => "Code review focused — analyzes quality and best practices",
218        }
219    }
220
221    /// Returns the canonical built-in delegated-agent name for this style.
222    pub fn builtin_agent_name(&self) -> &'static str {
223        match self {
224            AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose => "general",
225            AgentStyle::Plan => "plan",
226            AgentStyle::Verification => "verification",
227            AgentStyle::Explore => "explore",
228            AgentStyle::CodeReview => "review",
229        }
230    }
231
232    /// Returns the stable runtime mode label for UI/event consumers.
233    pub fn runtime_mode(&self) -> &'static str {
234        match self {
235            AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose => "general",
236            AgentStyle::Plan => "planning",
237            AgentStyle::Verification => "verification",
238            AgentStyle::Explore => "explore",
239            AgentStyle::CodeReview => "code_review",
240        }
241    }
242
243    /// Returns true if this style benefits from a planning phase.
244    ///
245    /// Planning is beneficial for styles that involve multi-step execution
246    /// or where a structured approach improves outcomes.
247    pub fn requires_planning(&self) -> bool {
248        matches!(self, AgentStyle::Plan)
249    }
250
251    /// Detects the most appropriate agent style based on user message content,
252    /// along with a confidence level.
253    ///
254    /// This is a local fallback for environments where LLM pre-analysis is
255    /// unavailable. Normal execution uses structured pre-analysis first.
256    pub fn detect_with_confidence(message: &str) -> (Self, DetectionConfidence) {
257        // Chinese text has high ambiguity in intent classification due to
258        // compound verb structures and context-dependent meaning.
259        // Bypass keyword matching entirely and route to LLM classification.
260        if message
261            .chars()
262            .any(|c| ('\u{4e00}'..='\u{9fff}').contains(&c))
263        {
264            return (AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose, DetectionConfidence::Low);
265        }
266
267        let lower = message.to_lowercase();
268
269        // === HIGH CONFIDENCE: Very specific patterns ===
270
271        // Strong verification indicators
272        if lower.contains("try to break")
273            || lower.contains("find vulnerabilities")
274            || lower.contains("adversarial")
275            || lower.contains("security audit")
276        {
277            return (AgentStyle::Verification, DetectionConfidence::High);
278        }
279
280        // Strong plan indicators
281        if lower.contains("help me plan")
282            || lower.contains("help me design")
283            || lower.contains("create a plan")
284            || lower.contains("implementation plan")
285            || lower.contains("step-by-step plan")
286        {
287            return (AgentStyle::Plan, DetectionConfidence::High);
288        }
289
290        // Strong exploration indicators
291        if lower.contains("find all files")
292            || lower.contains("search for all")
293            || lower.contains("locate all")
294        {
295            return (AgentStyle::Explore, DetectionConfidence::High);
296        }
297
298        // === MEDIUM CONFIDENCE: Specific but less definitive ===
299
300        // Verification keywords
301        if lower.contains("verify")
302            || lower.contains("verification")
303            || lower.contains("break")
304            || lower.contains("debug")
305            || lower.contains("test")
306            || lower.contains("check if")
307        {
308            return (AgentStyle::Verification, DetectionConfidence::Medium);
309        }
310
311        // Plan keywords
312        if lower.contains("plan")
313            || lower.contains("design")
314            || lower.contains("architecture")
315            || lower.contains("approach")
316        {
317            return (AgentStyle::Plan, DetectionConfidence::Medium);
318        }
319
320        // Explore keywords
321        if lower.contains("find")
322            || lower.contains("search")
323            || lower.contains("where is")
324            || lower.contains("where's")
325            || lower.contains("locate")
326            || lower.contains("explore")
327            || lower.contains("look for")
328        {
329            return (AgentStyle::Explore, DetectionConfidence::Medium);
330        }
331
332        // Code review keywords
333        if lower.contains("review")
334            || lower.contains("code review")
335            || lower.contains("analyze")
336            || lower.contains("assess")
337            || lower.contains("quality")
338            || lower.contains("best practice")
339        {
340            return (AgentStyle::CodeReview, DetectionConfidence::Medium);
341        }
342
343        // No clear indicators
344        (AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose, DetectionConfidence::Low)
345    }
346
347    /// Detects the most appropriate agent style based on user message content.
348    ///
349    /// This is a local fallback heuristic. Normal execution uses structured
350    /// pre-analysis first; users can also explicitly set the style via
351    /// `SystemPromptSlots::with_style()`.
352    pub fn detect_from_message(message: &str) -> Self {
353        Self::detect_with_confidence(message).0
354    }
355
356    /// Classifies user intent using LLM when keyword confidence is low.
357    ///
358    /// This helper is available to callers that want explicit one-shot intent
359    /// classification outside the main pre-analysis path.
360    ///
361    /// Uses a lightweight classification prompt that returns a single word.
362    pub async fn detect_with_llm(llm: &dyn LlmClient, message: &str) -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
363        use crate::llm::Message;
364
365        let system = INTENT_CLASSIFY_SYSTEM;
366        let messages = vec![Message::user(message)];
367
368        let response = llm
369            .complete(&messages, Some(system), &[])
370            .await
371            .context("LLM intent classification failed")?;
372
373        let text = response.text().trim().to_lowercase();
374
375        let style = match text.as_str() {
376            "plan" => AgentStyle::Plan,
377            "explore" => AgentStyle::Explore,
378            "verification" => AgentStyle::Verification,
379            "codereview" | "code review" => AgentStyle::CodeReview,
380            _ => AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose,
381        };
382
383        Ok(style)
384    }
385}
386
387// ============================================================================
388// System Prompt Slots
389// ============================================================================
390
391/// Slot-based system prompt customization with intent-based style selection.
392///
393/// Users can customize specific parts of the system prompt without overriding
394/// the core agentic capabilities (tool usage, autonomous behavior, completion
395/// criteria). The default agentic core is ALWAYS included.
396///
397/// ## Assembly Order
398///
399/// ```text
400/// [role]            ← Custom identity/role (e.g. "You are a Python expert")
401/// [CORE]            ← Always present: Core Behaviour + Tool Usage Strategy + Completion Criteria
402/// [guidelines]      ← Custom coding rules / constraints
403/// [response_style]  ← Custom response format (replaces default Response Format section)
404/// [extra]           ← Freeform additional instructions
405/// ```
406///
407/// ## Intent-Based Selection
408///
409/// When `style` is left as `AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose` (the default), the
410/// system will attempt to detect the user's intent from their first message and
411/// automatically select an appropriate style. To override this behavior, explicitly
412/// set the `style` field.
413#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
414pub struct SystemPromptSlots {
415    /// Agent style — determines which base prompt template is used.
416    ///
417    /// When `None` (default), the style is auto-detected from the user's message.
418    /// Explicitly set this to force a particular style regardless of message content.
419    pub style: Option<AgentStyle>,
420
421    /// Custom role/identity prepended before the core prompt.
422    ///
423    /// Example: "You are a senior Python developer specializing in FastAPI."
424    /// When set, replaces the default "You are A3S Code, an expert AI coding agent" line.
425    pub role: Option<String>,
426
427    /// Custom coding guidelines appended after the core prompt sections.
428    ///
429    /// Example: "Always use type hints. Follow PEP 8. Prefer dataclasses over dicts."
430    pub guidelines: Option<String>,
431
432    /// Custom response style that replaces the default "Response Format" section.
433    ///
434    /// When `None`, the default response format is used.
435    pub response_style: Option<String>,
436
437    /// Freeform extra instructions appended at the very end.
438    pub extra: Option<String>,
439}
440
441/// The default role line in SYSTEM_DEFAULT that gets replaced when `role` slot is set.
442const DEFAULT_ROLE_LINE: &str = include_str!("../prompts/common/system_default_role_line.md");
443
444/// The default response format section.
445const DEFAULT_RESPONSE_FORMAT: &str =
446    include_str!("../prompts/common/system_default_response_format.md");
447
448impl SystemPromptSlots {
449    /// Build the final system prompt by assembling slots around the core prompt.
450    ///
451    /// The core agentic behavior (Core Behaviour, Tool Usage Strategy, Completion
452    /// Criteria) is always preserved. Users can only customize the edges.
453    ///
454    /// Note: This uses `AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose` as the base. Use
455    /// `build_with_message()` to enable automatic intent-based style detection.
456    pub fn build(&self) -> String {
457        self.build_with_style(self.style.unwrap_or_default())
458    }
459
460    /// Build the final system prompt, auto-detecting style from the initial message.
461    ///
462    /// If `self.style` is explicitly set, that style is used regardless of message content.
463    /// Otherwise, the style is detected from `initial_message` using keyword analysis.
464    pub fn build_with_message(&self, initial_message: &str) -> String {
465        let style = self
466            .style
467            .unwrap_or_else(|| AgentStyle::detect_from_message(initial_message));
468        self.build_with_style(style)
469    }
470
471    /// Build the prompt with an explicitly specified style.
472    fn build_with_style(&self, style: AgentStyle) -> String {
473        let mut parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
474
475        // Normalize line endings: strip \r so string matching works on Windows
476        // where include_str! may produce \r\n if the file has CRLF endings.
477        let base_prompt = style.base_prompt().replace('\r', "");
478        let default_role_line = DEFAULT_ROLE_LINE.replace('\r', "");
479        let default_response_format = DEFAULT_RESPONSE_FORMAT.replace('\r', "");
480
481        // 1. Role: for GeneralPurpose, replace the default role line.
482        // For other styles (Plan, Explore, Verification), prepend custom role since
483        // those prompts have their own identity embedded.
484        let core = if let Some(ref role) = self.role {
485            if style == AgentStyle::GeneralPurpose {
486                let custom_role = format!(
487                    "{}. You operate in an agentic loop: inspect, act with tools, observe results, and continue until the user's request is genuinely complete.",
488                    role.trim_end_matches('.')
489                );
490                base_prompt.replace(&default_role_line, &custom_role)
491            } else {
492                // Prepend custom role for other styles
493                format!("{}\n\n{}", role, base_prompt)
494            }
495        } else {
496            base_prompt
497        };
498
499        // 2. Core: strip the default response format section if custom one is provided
500        let core = if self.response_style.is_some() {
501            core.replace(&default_response_format, "")
502                .trim_end()
503                .to_string()
504        } else {
505            core.trim_end().to_string()
506        };
507
508        parts.push(core);
509
510        // 2b. Safety boundaries — single source of truth, appended uniformly so
511        // every style and delegated subagent (which build through this path)
512        // carries injection-hygiene, secret-handling, and malware-refusal rules.
513        parts.push(BOUNDARIES.replace('\r', "").trim_end().to_string());
514
515        // 3. Custom response style (replaces default Response Format)
516        if let Some(ref style) = self.response_style {
517            parts.push(format!("## Response Format\n\n{}", style));
518        }
519
520        // 4. Guidelines: style-specific + custom
521        let style_guidelines = style.guidelines();
522        if style_guidelines.is_some() || self.guidelines.is_some() {
523            let mut guidelines_parts = Vec::new();
524            if let Some(sg) = style_guidelines {
525                guidelines_parts.push(sg.to_string());
526            }
527            if let Some(ref g) = self.guidelines {
528                guidelines_parts.push(g.clone());
529            }
530            parts.push(format!(
531                "## Guidelines\n\n{}",
532                guidelines_parts.join("\n\n")
533            ));
534        }
535
536        // 5. Extra freeform instructions.
537        if let Some(ref extra) = self.extra {
538            parts.push(extra.clone());
539        }
540
541        parts.join("\n\n")
542    }
543
544    /// Returns true if all slots are empty (use pure default prompt).
545    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
546        self.style.is_none()
547            && self.role.is_none()
548            && self.guidelines.is_none()
549            && self.response_style.is_none()
550            && self.extra.is_none()
551    }
552
553    /// Set the agent style explicitly.
554    pub fn with_style(mut self, style: AgentStyle) -> Self {
555        self.style = Some(style);
556        self
557    }
558
559    /// Set the role/identity.
560    pub fn with_role(mut self, role: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
561        self.role = Some(role.into());
562        self
563    }
564
565    /// Set custom guidelines.
566    pub fn with_guidelines(mut self, guidelines: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
567        self.guidelines = Some(guidelines.into());
568        self
569    }
570
571    /// Set custom response style.
572    pub fn with_response_style(mut self, style: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
573        self.response_style = Some(style.into());
574        self
575    }
576
577    /// Set extra instructions.
578    pub fn with_extra(mut self, extra: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
579        self.extra = Some(extra.into());
580        self
581    }
582}
583
584// ============================================================================
585// Helper Functions
586// ============================================================================
587
588/// Render a template by replacing `{key}` placeholders with values
589pub fn render(template: &str, vars: &[(&str, &str)]) -> String {
590    let mut result = template.to_string();
591    for (key, value) in vars {
592        result = result.replace(&format!("{{{}}}", key), value);
593    }
594    result
595}
596
597#[cfg(test)]
598#[path = "prompts/tests.rs"]
599mod tests;