use crate::engine::SymbolicAnswer;
use crate::event_log::EventLog;
use crate::solver_handlers::{finalize_simple, try_concept_lookup};
use crate::solver_helpers::last_assistant_turn;
use crate::web_search_core::{WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS, WEB_SEARCH_RRF_K};
struct ProceduralHowToTask {
task: String,
action: String,
object: String,
}
pub fn try_how_to_procedure(
prompt: &str,
normalized: &str,
log: &mut EventLog,
) -> Option<SymbolicAnswer> {
let task = extract_procedural_how_to_task(normalized)?;
let query = format!("how to {}", task.task);
let wikihow_candidate = wikihow_page_title(&task.task);
let wikihow_api_url = format!(
"https://www.wikihow.com/api.php?action=parse&page={wikihow_candidate}\
&prop=text%7Csections%7Cdisplaytitle&format=json&origin=*"
);
log.append("procedural_how_to:request", task.task.clone());
log.append("procedural_how_to:action", task.action.clone());
if !task.object.is_empty() {
log.append("procedural_how_to:object", task.object.clone());
}
log.append("procedural_how_to:stage", "wikipedia".to_owned());
log.append("procedural_how_to:stage", "wikidata".to_owned());
log.append("procedural_how_to:stage", "wikihow_api".to_owned());
log.append(
"procedural_how_to:wikihow_candidate",
wikihow_candidate.clone(),
);
log.append("http_fetch:request", wikihow_api_url.clone());
log.append("procedural_how_to:stage", "web_search".to_owned());
log.append("web_search:request", query.clone());
for provider in WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS {
log.append("web_search:provider", (*provider).to_owned());
}
log.append("web_search:combined", format!("rrf:k={WEB_SEARCH_RRF_K}"));
log.append(
"procedural_how_to:stage",
"recursive_fetch_check".to_owned(),
);
log.append(
"procedural_how_to:source_gate",
"explicit_steps_only".to_owned(),
);
let provider_summary = WEB_SEARCH_PROVIDERS.join(", ");
let body = format!(
"Procedural discovery plan for `{}` (action `{}`, object `{}`).\n\n\
I do not answer this from a memoized recipe. The solver first checks \
Wikipedia for topic context and Wikidata for entity/action/object hints. \
It then tries wikiHow's CORS-readable MediaWiki parse API candidate \
`{}` via `{}`. If those sources do not expose usable steps, the fallback \
path runs web search for `{}` across {} and merges the top results with \
reciprocal rank fusion (k = {}). The final recursive fetch check only \
accepts pages that actually contain explicit ordered or instructional \
steps for `{}`.",
task.task,
task.action,
task.object,
wikihow_candidate,
wikihow_api_url,
query,
provider_summary,
WEB_SEARCH_RRF_K,
task.task,
);
Some(finalize_simple(
prompt,
log,
"procedural_how_to",
"response:procedural_how_to",
&body,
0.78,
))
}
pub fn try_how_it_works(
prompt: &str,
normalized: &str,
log: &mut EventLog,
) -> Option<SymbolicAnswer> {
let is_how_it_works = normalized == "how it works?"
|| normalized == "how it works"
|| normalized == "how does it work?"
|| normalized == "how does it work"
|| normalized.starts_with("how does it work")
|| normalized.starts_with("how it works")
|| normalized.starts_with("how does ")
&& (normalized.ends_with(" work?") || normalized.ends_with(" work"));
if !is_how_it_works {
return None;
}
log.append("followup:how_it_works", normalized.to_owned());
let subject = extract_how_it_works_subject(normalized);
if let Some(ref term) = subject {
use crate::concepts::{extract_concept_query, lookup_concept_query};
if let Some(query) = extract_concept_query(&format!("what is {term}")) {
if lookup_concept_query(&query).is_some() {
log.append("followup:subject", format!("inline:{term}"));
return try_concept_lookup(&format!("what is {term}"), log);
}
}
}
if let Some(prior) = last_assistant_turn(log).map(str::to_owned) {
log.append("followup:prior_turn", "assistant".to_owned());
if let Some(term) = extract_topic_from_prior_reply(&prior) {
use crate::concepts::{extract_concept_query, lookup_concept_query};
if let Some(query) = extract_concept_query(&format!("what is {term}")) {
if lookup_concept_query(&query).is_some() {
log.append("followup:subject", format!("prior_reply:{term}"));
return try_concept_lookup(&format!("what is {term}"), log);
}
}
let body = format!(
"To explain how {term} works: I know the term from the prior conversation \
but do not have a detailed symbolic rule for it yet. Add a Links Notation \
fact with the mechanism description, then ask again."
);
log.append("followup:subject", format!("prior_reply_no_record:{term}"));
return Some(finalize_simple(
prompt,
log,
"concept_elaboration_missing",
"response:concept_elaboration_missing",
&body,
0.3,
));
}
}
let body = String::from(
"I answered that way because the prompt matched a deterministic Links Notation rule. \
To ask about a specific topic, try \"how does X work?\" where X is a concept I know \
(e.g. \"how does Wikipedia work?\"). The evidence and trace events are appended to \
the log; see the trace link for the full chain.",
);
Some(finalize_simple(
prompt,
log,
"meta_explanation",
"response:meta_explanation",
&body,
0.5,
))
}
fn extract_how_it_works_subject(normalized: &str) -> Option<String> {
if let Some(rest) = normalized.strip_prefix("how does ") {
let term = rest.trim_end_matches('?').trim_end_matches(" work").trim();
if !term.is_empty() && term != "it" {
return Some(term.to_owned());
}
}
None
}
fn extract_procedural_how_to_task(normalized: &str) -> Option<ProceduralHowToTask> {
const PREFIXES: &[&str] = &[
"please tell me how to ",
"please show me how to ",
"tell me how to ",
"show me how to ",
"what are the steps to ",
"what steps do i need to ",
"what steps do we need to ",
"how should i ",
"how should we ",
"how could i ",
"how could we ",
"how would i ",
"how would we ",
"how can i ",
"how can we ",
"how do i ",
"how do we ",
"how to ",
];
let clean_prompt = clean_procedural_fragment(normalized);
for prefix in PREFIXES {
if let Some(rest) = clean_prompt.strip_prefix(prefix) {
return build_procedural_task(rest);
}
}
None
}
fn build_procedural_task(raw_task: &str) -> Option<ProceduralHowToTask> {
let task = clean_procedural_fragment(raw_task);
if task.is_empty() {
return None;
}
let (action, object) = {
let mut parts = task.splitn(2, char::is_whitespace);
let action = parts.next()?.trim();
if action.is_empty() {
return None;
}
let object = parts.next().unwrap_or("").trim();
(action.to_owned(), object.to_owned())
};
Some(ProceduralHowToTask {
task,
action,
object,
})
}
fn clean_procedural_fragment(value: &str) -> String {
let mut clean = value
.trim()
.trim_matches(|character: char| matches!(character, '`' | '"' | '\'' | ' '))
.trim_end_matches(['?', '!', '.', ',', ';', ':'])
.trim()
.to_owned();
for suffix in [
" step by step",
" in steps",
" with steps",
" for me",
" please",
] {
if let Some(stripped) = clean.strip_suffix(suffix) {
clean = stripped.trim().to_owned();
break;
}
}
clean
}
fn wikihow_page_title(task: &str) -> String {
task.split(|character: char| !character.is_alphanumeric())
.filter(|word| !word.is_empty())
.map(capitalize_word)
.collect::<Vec<_>>()
.join("-")
}
fn capitalize_word(word: &str) -> String {
let mut chars = word.chars();
let Some(first) = chars.next() else {
return String::new();
};
format!("{}{rest}", first.to_uppercase(), rest = chars.as_str())
}
fn extract_topic_from_prior_reply(reply: &str) -> Option<String> {
let first_line = reply.lines().next().unwrap_or("").trim();
if let Some(paren_pos) = first_line.find('(') {
let candidate = first_line[..paren_pos].trim();
if !candidate.is_empty() {
return Some(candidate.to_lowercase());
}
}
let stop_words = [
"I", "The", "A", "An", "In", "To", "For", "Of", "And", "Or", "Source",
];
for word in reply.split_whitespace() {
let clean = word.trim_matches(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric());
if clean.len() >= 2
&& clean.chars().next().is_some_and(char::is_uppercase)
&& !stop_words.contains(&clean)
{
return Some(clean.to_lowercase());
}
}
None
}