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prefilter.rs

1//! The free gate before the Stop model call (internal evaluation "stop-prefilter", not published).
2//!
3//! The consequence model (predict.rs) costs one model call (~6 s, ~$0.03-0.07) per turn end, and
4//! most turn ends touch no lesson at all. So word matching first scores this turn alone: the best
5//! BM25 match of its prompt, touches and final message against the lessons, divided by the largest
6//! idf a word can have in this store (scores grow with the number of lessons; this keeps one
7//! threshold valid for a store of 10 or of 100). Below the threshold the hook asks nothing and
8//! costs 0 tokens; at or above it, predict decides as before. Calibrated on the graded preempt
9//! cases and the engineer's real turn ends (eval/preempt/stop_prefilter.py).
10
11use crate::conscience::{self, Challenge};
12
13/// State-file markers that close a turn (hook.rs appends one at every Stop that reaches the conscience).
14/// Never a selection line (`#borg-select`, `#borg-pf`, `#borg-placebo`, `#borg-routed`): those come
15/// mid-turn too and close nothing. Protocol.
16pub const MARKERS: [&str; 2] = ["#borg-asked", "#borg-skip"];
17
18/// Learned (evaluation-decided): pre-registered in the internal evaluation "stop-prefilter" (not
19/// published): 0.9 × the lowest score of any labelled checkpoint with a relevant lesson in its shortlist
20/// (9.28), rounded down. Kept by dated decision (2026-10-31): 9 corrections followed a turn it skipped in a
21/// team store, none about an existing lesson.
22pub const THRESHOLD: f64 = 8.0;
23
24/// What the state file gained since the last Stop: this turn's prompt and touches (plus the drone's
25/// final message, appended by the caller). A live check's ask (`#borg-asked` followed by `#borg-live`,
26/// main.rs `ask_live`) comes during the turn and does not end it.
27pub fn turn(context: &str) -> &str {
28    let mut start = 0;
29    let mut at = 0;
30    let mut lines = context.split_inclusive('\n').peekable();
31    while let Some(line) = lines.next() {
32        at += line.len();
33        let live = lines.peek().is_some_and(|next| next.starts_with("#borg-live "));
34        if MARKERS.iter().any(|m| line.starts_with(m)) && !live {
35            start = at;
36        }
37    }
38    &context[start..]
39}
40
41/// The gate's score of the state file + final message: this turn's best lesson match over the
42/// store's largest idf. 0 for an empty store or a turn that matches nothing.
43pub fn score(challenges: &[Challenge], context: &str) -> f64 {
44    let n = challenges.len() as f64;
45    let top = conscience::rank(challenges, &conscience::work_text(turn(context))).first().map(|(s, _)| *s).unwrap_or(0.0);
46    let idf_max = (1.0 + (n - 0.5) / 1.5).ln();
47    if idf_max > 0.0 { top / idf_max } else { 0.0 }
48}
49
50/// The threshold in force: `BORG_PREFILTER` = "off" (None: always ask the model), a number, or unset
51/// (`THRESHOLD`). An unparsable value keeps the default.
52pub fn threshold() -> Option<f64> {
53    match std::env::var("BORG_PREFILTER") {
54        Ok(v) if v.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("off") => None,
55        Ok(v) => Some(v.trim().parse().unwrap_or(THRESHOLD)),
56        Err(_) => Some(THRESHOLD),
57    }
58}
59
60/// Some(score) when the Stop hook should skip the model call for this state file + final message.
61pub fn skip(challenges: &[Challenge], context: &str) -> Option<f64> {
62    let threshold = threshold()?;
63    let s = score(challenges, context);
64    (s < threshold).then_some(s)
65}
66
67/// `BORG_STOP_GATE=edits` (internal evaluation "whole-store", not published): instead of the lexical score, the model is asked
68/// whenever this turn changed something (an edit tool, or a shell command that is not read-only), and a
69/// read-only or talk-only turn skips. Default (unset or anything else): the lexical gate above.
70pub fn edits_gate() -> bool {
71    std::env::var("BORG_STOP_GATE").is_ok_and(|v| v.trim().eq_ignore_ascii_case("edits"))
72}
73
74/// Programs that only read (with the exceptions in `changes`). Anything else counts as a change.
75const READ_ONLY: &[&str] = &[
76    "ls", "cat", "head", "tail", "less", "more", "grep", "egrep", "rg", "ag", "find", "fd", "tree", "wc", "file", "stat", "du", "df", "pwd", "echo", "printf",
77    "which", "type", "whereis", "env", "printenv", "date", "whoami", "id", "uname", "ps", "jq", "yq", "sort", "uniq", "cut", "tr", "diff", "cmp", "column",
78    "nl", "realpath", "dirname", "basename", "sed", "awk", "cd", "true",
79];
80
81/// git subcommands that only read.
82const GIT_READ: &[&str] = &["status", "log", "diff", "show", "blame", "branch", "rev-parse", "ls-files", "grep", "remote", "describe", "shortlog"];
83
84/// Whether a tool call changes state: an edit tool (Edit, Write, MultiEdit, NotebookEdit), or a Bash
85/// command any part of which is not read-only (`READ_ONLY`, read-only git), redirects output into a
86/// file, or edits in place (`sed -i`, `find -delete/-exec`). Other tools (Read, Grep, Glob, ...) read.
87pub fn changes(tool: &str, input: &serde_json::Value) -> bool {
88    let tool = tool.to_ascii_lowercase();
89    if ["edit", "write", "multiedit", "notebookedit"].contains(&tool.as_str()) {
90        return true;
91    }
92    if tool != "bash" {
93        return false;
94    }
95    let cmd = input.get("command").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str).unwrap_or_default();
96    let cmd = ["2>&1", "&>/dev/null", "2>/dev/null", ">/dev/null", "> /dev/null"].iter().fold(cmd.to_string(), |c, r| c.replace(r, " "));
97    if cmd.contains('>') {
98        return true;
99    }
100    cmd.split(['\n', ';', '|', '&', '(', ')', '`']).map(str::trim).filter(|p| !p.is_empty()).any(|part| {
101        let words: Vec<&str> = part.split_whitespace().skip_while(|w| w.contains('=') && !w.starts_with('-')).collect();
102        let Some(&prog) = words.first() else { return false };
103        let prog = prog.rsplit('/').next().unwrap_or(prog);
104        match prog {
105            "git" => {
106                // The subcommand: the first word after `git` that is not an option (or `-C`/`-c`'s value).
107                let mut rest = words[1..].iter();
108                let sub = loop {
109                    match rest.next() {
110                        Some(&("-C" | "-c")) => {
111                            rest.next();
112                        }
113                        Some(w) if w.starts_with('-') => {}
114                        other => break other.copied(),
115                    }
116                };
117                let mutating_flag = rest.any(|w| ["-d", "-D", "-m", "-M", "--delete", "add", "remove", "rename", "set-url"].contains(w));
118                !sub.is_some_and(|s| GIT_READ.contains(&s)) || mutating_flag
119            }
120            "sed" => words.iter().any(|w| w.starts_with("-i") || *w == "--in-place"),
121            "find" => words.iter().any(|w| ["-delete", "-exec", "-execdir", "-ok"].contains(w)),
122            p => !READ_ONLY.contains(&p),
123        }
124    })
125}
126
127/// What the gate did in a store's session state (`borg status`): turn ends skipped at 0 tokens, turn
128/// ends that asked the model, and the model's cost as logged by `#borg-predict-cost` (USD for Claude,
129/// tokens for `codex:<model>`). Live checks (live.rs) log `#borg-predict-cost` too, and a `live` cost
130/// line each: they are counted apart (`live_checks`, `live_cost`), not as turn ends.
131#[derive(Debug, Default, PartialEq)]
132pub struct Tally {
133    pub skipped: usize,
134    pub asked: usize,
135    pub cost: f64,
136    /// R3b (main.rs `log_cost`): Stop blocks (extra rounds), the questions in them and their size;
137    /// free deliveries (context on a hook that forces no round), their lessons and size.
138    pub rounds: usize,
139    pub questions: usize,
140    pub block_chars: usize,
141    pub free: usize,
142    pub free_lessons: usize,
143    pub free_chars: usize,
144    /// R1 (main.rs `record_verdicts`): model calls that also judged pending lessons, the lessons judged,
145    /// those that got a final verdict, and the characters the judging added to those prompts.
146    pub judge_calls: usize,
147    pub judged: usize,
148    pub judge_resolved: usize,
149    pub judge_chars: usize,
150    /// Live mode (main.rs `live_check`): model calls during the turn, their cost and lessons shown.
151    pub live_checks: usize,
152    pub live_cost: f64,
153    pub live_lessons: usize,
154}
155
156pub fn tally(state: &std::path::Path) -> Tally {
157    let mut t = Tally::default();
158    for e in std::fs::read_dir(state).into_iter().flatten().flatten() {
159        if e.path().extension().is_some_and(|x| x == "cost") {
160            for line in std::fs::read_to_string(e.path()).unwrap_or_default().lines() {
161                let field = |k: &str| line.split_whitespace().find_map(|w| w.strip_prefix(k)).and_then(|v| v.parse::<usize>().ok()).unwrap_or(0);
162                if line.starts_with("block ") {
163                    t.rounds += 1;
164                    t.questions += field("questions=");
165                    t.block_chars += field("chars=");
166                } else if line.starts_with("free ") {
167                    t.free += 1;
168                    t.free_lessons += field("lessons=");
169                    t.free_chars += field("chars=");
170                } else if line.starts_with("live ") {
171                    t.live_checks += 1;
172                    t.live_lessons += field("lessons=");
173                    t.live_cost += line.split_whitespace().find_map(|w| w.strip_prefix("usd=")).and_then(|v| v.parse::<f64>().ok()).unwrap_or(0.0);
174                } else if line.starts_with("judge ") {
175                    t.judge_calls += 1;
176                    t.judged += field("pending=");
177                    t.judge_resolved += field("resolved=");
178                    t.judge_chars += field("chars=");
179                }
180            }
181            continue;
182        }
183        if e.path().extension().is_none_or(|x| x != "ctx") {
184            continue;
185        }
186        for line in std::fs::read_to_string(e.path()).unwrap_or_default().lines() {
187            if line.starts_with("#borg-skip") {
188                t.skipped += 1;
189            } else if let Some(c) = line.strip_prefix("#borg-predict-cost ") {
190                t.asked += 1;
191                t.cost += c.trim().parse::<f64>().unwrap_or(0.0);
192            }
193        }
194    }
195    t.asked = t.asked.saturating_sub(t.live_checks);
196    t.cost = (t.cost - t.live_cost).max(0.0);
197    t
198}
199
200/// The gate's score and what an eval needs beside it (eval/preempt/stop_prefilter.py).
201pub fn features(challenges: &[Challenge], context: &str) -> serde_json::Value {
202    let t = conscience::work_text(turn(context));
203    let t = t.as_ref();
204    let ranked = conscience::rank(challenges, t);
205    let shortlist = conscience::select(challenges, &conscience::work_text(context), 20);
206    let q: std::collections::HashSet<String> = conscience::tokens(t).into_iter().collect();
207    serde_json::json!({
208        "score": score(challenges, context),
209        "turn_scores": ranked.iter().take(20).map(|(s, _)| *s).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
210        "turn_ids": ranked.iter().take(20).map(|(_, c)| c.id.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
211        "qtokens": q.len(),
212        "turn_chars": t.len(),
213        "n": challenges.len(),
214        "shortlist": shortlist.iter().map(|c| c.id.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
215    })
216}
217
218#[cfg(test)]
219mod tests {
220    use super::*;
221
222    fn lesson(id: &str, q: &str) -> Challenge {
223        Challenge { id: id.into(), question: q.into(), ..Default::default() }
224    }
225
226    #[test]
227    fn a_turn_starts_after_the_last_stop_marker() {
228        let ctx = "first prompt\nsrc/a.rs\n#borg-predict-cost 0.05\n#borg-asked L1\nsecond prompt\n#borg-skip 1.20\nthird\nsrc/b.rs\n";
229        assert_eq!(turn(ctx), "third\nsrc/b.rs\n");
230        assert_eq!(turn("only\n"), "only\n");
231        assert_eq!(turn("x\n#borg-asked \n"), "");
232        // A live check's ask is part of the turn, not its end.
233        assert_eq!(turn("a\n#borg-asked L1\nb\n#borg-asked L2\n#borg-live L2 ms=5\nc\n"), "b\n#borg-asked L2\n#borg-live L2 ms=5\nc\n");
234    }
235
236    #[test]
237    fn scores_this_turn_only_and_normalises_by_store_size() {
238        let ls: Vec<Challenge> = (0..30)
239            .map(|i| lesson(&format!("L{i}"), &format!("unrelated filler words number{i} about gardening")))
240            .chain([lesson("lock", "Did I hold the websocket send lock across the await on the delivery queue?")])
241            .collect();
242        let hit = "plan: hold the websocket send lock while awaiting the delivery queue";
243        assert!(score(&ls, hit) > score(&ls, "ok, thanks"), "a turn about a lesson scores above chat");
244        let earlier = format!("{hit}\n#borg-asked lock\nok, thanks\n");
245        assert_eq!(score(&ls, &earlier), score(&ls, "ok, thanks"), "earlier turns do not count");
246        assert_eq!(score(&[], hit), 0.0);
247        assert_eq!(score(&ls[..1], "nothing matches here"), 0.0, "a store of one has idf 0 or no match");
248    }
249
250    /// A bookkeeping line in the turn (`#borg-answer` carries the drone's last proposal, `#borg-p` lesson
251    /// ids) is not the turn's work: it scores nothing.
252    #[test]
253    fn bookkeeping_lines_score_nothing() {
254        let ls: Vec<Challenge> = (0..30)
255            .map(|i| lesson(&format!("L{i}"), &format!("unrelated filler words number{i} about gardening")))
256            .chain([lesson("lock", "Did I hold the websocket send lock across the await on the delivery queue?")])
257            .collect();
258        let marked = "ok, thanks\n#borg-answer hold the websocket send lock while awaiting the delivery queue\n#borg-p lock=0.9\n";
259        assert_eq!(score(&ls, marked), score(&ls, "ok, thanks\n"));
260        assert!(features(&ls, marked)["turn_ids"].as_array().unwrap().is_empty(), "{}", features(&ls, marked));
261    }
262
263    /// Why the held-out result was fixed in advance (internal evaluation "stop-prefilter", not published): query words are a set
264    /// and every BM25 term is positive, so adding words to a turn never lowers its score. A checkpoint
265    /// whose brief alone reaches the threshold passes whatever the drone adds to it.
266    #[test]
267    fn adding_words_to_a_turn_never_lowers_its_score() {
268        let ls: Vec<Challenge> = (0..20)
269            .map(|i| lesson(&format!("L{i}"), &format!("question {i} about retries, timeouts and module{i} wiring")))
270            .chain([lesson("lock", "Did I hold the websocket send lock across the await on the delivery queue?")])
271            .collect();
272        let brief = "plan: hold the websocket send lock while awaiting the delivery queue";
273        let base = score(&ls, brief);
274        assert!(base > 0.0);
275        let mut turn = brief.to_string();
276        for extra in ["ok", "retries retries retries", "module3 wiring timeouts", "lock lock lock lock", "unrelated gardening words"] {
277            turn.push('\n');
278            turn.push_str(extra);
279            let s = score(&ls, &turn);
280            assert!(s >= base - 1e-12, "{extra:?} lowered the score: {s} < {base}");
281        }
282    }
283
284    #[test]
285    fn edit_tools_and_state_changing_commands_count_as_changes() {
286        let bash = |c: &str| changes("Bash", &serde_json::json!({"command": c}));
287        assert!(changes("Edit", &serde_json::json!({})) && changes("write", &serde_json::json!({})) && changes("MultiEdit", &serde_json::json!({})));
288        assert!(!changes("Read", &serde_json::json!({"file_path": "/x"})) && !changes("Grep", &serde_json::json!({})));
289        for read in [
290            "ls -la src",
291            "cat a.rs | head -20 2>&1",
292            "rg -n foo crates/ > /dev/null",
293            "git status && git log --oneline -5",
294            "git -C /repo diff HEAD~1",
295            "sed -n 1,80p main.rs",
296            "find . -name '*.rs' | wc -l",
297            "cd /x && grep -r foo .",
298            "LANG=C sort a | uniq -c",
299        ] {
300            assert!(!bash(read), "{read}");
301        }
302        for change in [
303            "cargo build",
304            "rm -rf target",
305            "echo x > notes.md",
306            "git commit -m x",
307            "git -C /repo checkout -b y",
308            "git branch -D old",
309            "sed -i s/a/b/ f.rs",
310            "find . -name '*.tmp' -delete",
311            "ls && mv a b",
312            "python3 script.py",
313        ] {
314            assert!(bash(change), "{change}");
315        }
316        assert!(!bash(""));
317    }
318
319    #[test]
320    fn tallies_skips_and_model_calls_across_sessions() {
321        let d = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("borg-prefilter-tally-{}", std::process::id()));
322        let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&d);
323        std::fs::create_dir_all(&d).unwrap();
324        std::fs::write(d.join("a.ctx"), "p\n#borg-skip 1.50\nq\n#borg-predict-cost 0.0500\n#borg-asked L1\n").unwrap();
325        std::fs::write(d.join("b.ctx"), "#borg-skip 0.00\n#borg-predict-cost 0.0250\n#borg-asked \n").unwrap();
326        std::fs::write(d.join("b.prompts"), "#borg-skip in a prompt file does not count\n").unwrap();
327        std::fs::write(d.join("a.cost"), "free event=UserPromptSubmit lessons=3 chars=900\nblock questions=7 chars=2100\nblock questions=2 chars=600\n")
328            .unwrap();
329        std::fs::write(d.join("b.cost"), "free event=PostToolUse lessons=1 chars=300\njudge call=2 pending=3 resolved=2 chars=4100\n").unwrap();
330        let t = tally(&d);
331        assert_eq!((t.skipped, t.asked), (2, 2));
332        assert_eq!((t.live_checks, t.live_lessons), (0, 0));
333        assert_eq!((t.rounds, t.questions, t.block_chars), (2, 9, 2700));
334        assert_eq!((t.free, t.free_lessons, t.free_chars), (2, 4, 1200));
335        assert_eq!((t.judge_calls, t.judged, t.judge_resolved, t.judge_chars), (1, 3, 2, 4100));
336        assert!((t.cost - 0.075).abs() < 1e-9);
337        // A live check logs its call like a turn end's, and a `live` cost line: it is counted apart.
338        std::fs::write(d.join("c.ctx"), "p\n#borg-predict-cost 0.0400\n#borg-live-skip 1.00\n").unwrap();
339        std::fs::write(d.join("c.cost"), "live usd=0.0400 lessons=8\n").unwrap();
340        let t = tally(&d);
341        assert_eq!((t.skipped, t.asked, t.live_checks, t.live_lessons), (2, 2, 1, 8));
342        assert!((t.cost - 0.075).abs() < 1e-9 && (t.live_cost - 0.04).abs() < 1e-9);
343        assert_eq!(tally(&d.join("absent")), Tally::default());
344    }
345}