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//! Agent-proposed commands and actions — the `propose` tool's shared model.
//!
//! An agent that needs the user to run something calls `propose`; murmur shows
//! it as a chip above the composer. Two families:
//!
//! - **insert-only** (`shell`, `slash`): `Tab` puts the text into an empty
//! composer; the user reviews and sends it. Never sent by a single key.
//! - **executable** (`restart`): `Enter` on an empty, idle composer runs it.
//!
//! [`vet`] is the one gate. The runtime calls it inside the tool's `execute`
//! (a rejection goes back to the model as a tool error) and murmur calls it on
//! the streamed args (so an arg the runtime would reject is never rendered).
//! It is pure — same input, same verdict on both sides.
//!
//! It lives here because `mur-agent-runtime` must not depend on `mur-core`,
//! and both of them need the type. No I/O.
//!
//! `restart` takes no target: it always means "restart the agent that
//! proposed it", so a proposal aimed at another agent cannot be expressed.
//!
//! Design: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-09-28-murmur-proposal-chip-design.md`.
use std::fmt;
/// Canonical tool name. Shared by the runtime executor and the TUI interceptor.
pub const PROPOSE_TOOL: &str = "propose";
/// Longest label accepted, in chars. The chip is one line above the composer.
pub const LABEL_MAX_CHARS: usize = 80;
/// Longest insert-only command accepted, in chars.
pub const COMMAND_MAX_CHARS: usize = 500;
/// Wire values of the `kind` argument.
pub const KIND_SHELL: &str = "shell";
pub const KIND_SLASH: &str = "slash";
pub const KIND_RESTART: &str = "restart";
/// Allowlist of `kind` values, in schema order.
pub const KINDS: [&str; 3] = [KIND_SHELL, KIND_SLASH, KIND_RESTART];
/// What a proposal does when the user accepts it.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum ProposalKind {
/// Shell command, inserted as `!<cmd>` (murmur's shell mode). Insert-only.
Shell(String),
/// Slash command, inserted as `/<cmd>`. Insert-only.
Slash(String),
/// Restart the proposing agent. Executable. No target by construction.
Restart,
/// A single suggested reply (murmur's ghost), inserted verbatim.
/// Insert-only. Never built by [`vet`] — `reply` is not in [`KINDS`];
/// only murmur's `suggest_replies` reveal constructs it.
Reply(String),
}
/// A vetted proposal. Only [`vet`] builds one from untrusted args.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub struct Proposal {
pub label: String,
pub kind: ProposalKind,
}
impl Proposal {
/// Restart proposal with a caller-supplied label — for murmur's own hints
/// (the `RESTART_HINT` sites), which are trusted, not model output.
pub fn restart(label: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
Self {
label: label.into(),
kind: ProposalKind::Restart,
}
}
/// A suggested reply shown as the composer's ghost text. Insert-only.
pub fn reply(text: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
let text = text.into();
Self {
label: text.clone(),
kind: ProposalKind::Reply(text),
}
}
/// Whether this is a suggested reply (murmur's ghost).
pub fn is_reply(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self.kind, ProposalKind::Reply(_))
}
/// Whether `Enter` may run this proposal. Only native actions qualify;
/// insert-only kinds never run on a single key (spec principle C).
pub fn is_executable(&self) -> bool {
matches!(self.kind, ProposalKind::Restart)
}
/// Text `Tab` puts into an empty composer, or `None` for executable kinds.
pub fn insert_text(&self) -> Option<String> {
match &self.kind {
ProposalKind::Shell(cmd) => Some(format!("!{cmd}")),
ProposalKind::Slash(cmd) => Some(format!("/{cmd}")),
ProposalKind::Reply(text) => Some(text.clone()),
ProposalKind::Restart => None,
}
}
}
/// Why a proposal was rejected. `Display` is the tool error the model reads,
/// so every message says what to change.
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum VetError {
NotAnObject,
MissingField(&'static str),
UnknownKind(String),
EmptyField(&'static str),
TooLong { field: &'static str, max: usize },
ControlChar(&'static str),
Placeholder { field: &'static str, token: String },
SecretShaped(&'static str),
RestartTakesNoCommand,
}
impl fmt::Display for VetError {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
match self {
Self::NotAnObject => write!(f, "propose: arguments must be a JSON object"),
Self::MissingField(k) => write!(f, "propose: `{k}` is required"),
Self::UnknownKind(k) => write!(
f,
"propose: kind `{k}` is not allowed; use one of {}",
KINDS.join(", ")
),
Self::EmptyField(k) => write!(f, "propose: `{k}` must not be empty"),
Self::TooLong { field, max } => {
write!(f, "propose: `{field}` is longer than {max} characters")
}
Self::ControlChar(k) => write!(
f,
"propose: `{k}` contains a newline or control character; propose one single-line command"
),
Self::Placeholder { field, token } => write!(
f,
"propose: `{field}` contains the placeholder `{token}`; write the concrete value"
),
Self::SecretShaped(k) => write!(
f,
"propose: `{k}` looks like it contains a secret; never put credentials in a proposal"
),
Self::RestartTakesNoCommand => write!(
f,
"propose: `restart` takes no `command`; it always restarts you, the proposing agent"
),
}
}
}
impl std::error::Error for VetError {}
/// Vet raw `propose` tool args into a [`Proposal`].
///
/// Rejects: missing/empty/over-long fields, kinds outside the allowlist,
/// newlines or control characters, unresolved placeholders (`<name>`,
/// `{agent}`, `{{x}}`), secret-shaped strings, and a `command` on `restart`.
pub fn vet(args: &serde_json::Value) -> Result<Proposal, VetError> {
let obj = args.as_object().ok_or(VetError::NotAnObject)?;
let label = str_field(obj, "label")?.ok_or(VetError::MissingField("label"))?;
let kind = str_field(obj, "kind")?.ok_or(VetError::MissingField("kind"))?;
let command = str_field(obj, "command")?;
check_text("label", label, LABEL_MAX_CHARS)?;
let kind = match kind {
KIND_RESTART => {
if command.is_some() {
return Err(VetError::RestartTakesNoCommand);
}
ProposalKind::Restart
}
KIND_SHELL | KIND_SLASH => {
let raw = command.ok_or(VetError::MissingField("command"))?;
// Check the raw string: `trim()` below would silently drop a
// trailing `\n`/`\r` and let it through.
if raw.chars().any(char::is_control) {
return Err(VetError::ControlChar("command"));
}
// Accept the prefix the model may add; store the bare command.
let prefix = if kind == KIND_SHELL { '!' } else { '/' };
let cmd = raw.trim().strip_prefix(prefix).unwrap_or(raw.trim()).trim();
check_text("command", cmd, COMMAND_MAX_CHARS)?;
if kind == KIND_SHELL {
ProposalKind::Shell(cmd.to_string())
} else {
ProposalKind::Slash(cmd.to_string())
}
}
other => return Err(VetError::UnknownKind(other.to_string())),
};
Ok(Proposal {
label: label.trim().to_string(),
kind,
})
}
fn str_field<'a>(
obj: &'a serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
key: &'static str,
) -> Result<Option<&'a str>, VetError> {
match obj.get(key) {
None | Some(serde_json::Value::Null) => Ok(None),
Some(serde_json::Value::String(s)) => Ok(Some(s.as_str())),
Some(_) => Err(VetError::MissingField(key)),
}
}
fn check_text(field: &'static str, s: &str, max: usize) -> Result<(), VetError> {
if s.chars().any(char::is_control) {
return Err(VetError::ControlChar(field));
}
if s.trim().is_empty() {
return Err(VetError::EmptyField(field));
}
if s.chars().count() > max {
return Err(VetError::TooLong { field, max });
}
if let Some(token) = find_placeholder(s) {
return Err(VetError::Placeholder { field, token });
}
if matches!(crate::redact::redact_secrets(s), std::borrow::Cow::Owned(_)) {
return Err(VetError::SecretShaped(field));
}
Ok(())
}
/// First template-style placeholder in `s`: `<ident>`, `{ident}`, `{{ident}}`.
/// `${VAR}` is a shell expansion, not a placeholder, and is left alone.
fn find_placeholder(s: &str) -> Option<String> {
use regex_lite::Regex;
use std::sync::OnceLock;
static RX: OnceLock<Regex> = OnceLock::new();
let rx = RX.get_or_init(|| {
Regex::new(r"<[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_-]*>|(^|[^$])(\{\{?[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_-]*\}\}?)")
.expect("static placeholder regex")
});
let caps = rx.captures(s)?;
let m = caps.get(2).or_else(|| caps.get(0))?;
Some(m.as_str().to_string())
}
#[cfg(test)]
#[path = "proposal_tests.rs"]
mod tests;