fix(adapters): decide code mode from tool semantics, not from the name exec - #1951
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…udge Routed providers were told the valid names were exactly the flat top-level catalog. In Codex code mode, deferred helpers such as tools.codex_app__list_threads stay callable inside exec even when they are omitted from the listed names and from exec description. Discover them from the isolate global ALL_TOOLS, not tools.ALL_TOOLS.
…tch callable CodeRabbit on #1895: use the transformed exec wire name in the shared catalog nudge, and do not forbid apply_patch at the top level when that tool is separately advertised in code mode.
…e exec The shared catalog nudge classified any advertised tool named exec as Codex code mode. That is too broad in two directions the review named. A provider can advertise an ordinary structured exec that takes a shell string, and a catalog can list exec alongside exec_command or shell_command, which is the flat-bridge shape rather than code mode. Both of those turns were being told that exec is JavaScript evaluated in a V8 isolate and that shell is reachable only as a nested tools.* helper. A model that believes it sends the wrong arguments, or avoids a legitimate top-level execution tool because it thinks the tool is something else. The repository already had the right predicate - a freeform exec with no visible bare shell bridge - but it lived in the Cursor tool definitions behind a provider namespace check, and this nudge is shared by Anthropic, Google, Kiro, OpenAI-chat and command-code. So the same two halves are defined here without the provider gate, and the decision happens in the tool-object entry point while freeform still exists. Reducing to wire names first throws away the only field that distinguishes the two tools. The name-only entry point can no longer guess. It accepts a verified wire name from a caller that had the objects, and falls back to the generic parent-tool sentence otherwise - which is the honest answer when the metadata needed to decide was never passed in. Regressions cover the three cases from the review: a structured exec gets generic guidance, freeform exec beside either shell bridge is not classified as nested-only, and a transformed freeform exec such as custom_exec still gets the code-mode guidance.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change detects Codex code mode from freeform ChangesCode-mode tool catalog guidance
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to A namespaced shell tool can cause a valid freeform exec tool to receive the wrong usage guidance, leading models to send incorrect arguments or miss the intended execution path. The PR is not merge-ready until the bare-tool check is corrected and covered by a regression test. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Tools as OcxTool[]
participant Builder as buildNonOpenAIToolCatalogNudgeForTools
participant Catalog as buildNonOpenAIToolCatalogNudgeFromNames
participant Guidance as catalog nudge
Tools->>Builder: provide tool objects and freeform metadata
Builder->>Builder: identify freeform exec without bare shell bridge
Builder->>Catalog: pass verified code-mode wire name
Catalog->>Guidance: generate nested-helper discovery guidance
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In `@src/adapters/tool-catalog-nudge.ts`:
- Around line 35-37: Update isBareShellBridgeTool to inspect the tool namespace
and classify a tool as a bare shell bridge only when its namespace is absent and
its name is in CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES. Add a regression test covering a
freeform bare exec alongside a namespaced exec_command, ensuring only the bare
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| function isBareShellBridgeTool(tool: Pick<OcxTool, "name">): boolean { | ||
| return (CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(tool.name); | ||
| } |
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Check namespace before classifying a shell bridge as bare.
Line 35 checks only tool.name. A namespaced tool such as mcp__other__exec_command is not a bare shell bridge, but Line 132 will suppress Codex code-mode guidance when it is present. The freeform exec tool then receives generic guidance and the model does not receive the nested-helper discovery contract.
Include namespace in the predicate and require it to be absent. Add a regression test with a freeform bare exec plus a namespaced exec_command.
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-function isBareShellBridgeTool(tool: Pick<OcxTool, "name">): boolean {
- return (CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(tool.name);
+function isBareShellBridgeTool(tool: Pick<OcxTool, "namespace" | "name">): boolean {
+ return !tool.namespace
+ && (CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(tool.name);
}As per path instructions, src/** changes must not introduce provider or adapter contract drift. The PR objective also requires exclusion only for a visible bare shell bridge.
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| function isBareShellBridgeTool(tool: Pick<OcxTool, "name">): boolean { | |
| return (CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(tool.name); | |
| } | |
| function isBareShellBridgeTool(tool: Pick<OcxTool, "namespace" | "name">): boolean { | |
| return !tool.namespace | |
| && (CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES as readonly string[]).includes(tool.name); | |
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In `@src/adapters/tool-catalog-nudge.ts` around lines 35 - 37, Update
isBareShellBridgeTool to inspect the tool namespace and classify a tool as a
bare shell bridge only when its namespace is absent and its name is in
CODEX_SHELL_BRIDGE_TOOL_NAMES. Add a regression test covering a freeform bare
exec alongside a namespaced exec_command, ensuring only the bare tool triggers
the shell-bridge exclusion and guidance behavior remains unchanged.
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| // `exec` from an ordinary structured tool that happens to share the name. | ||
| const codeModeExecTool = visible?.find(isCodexCodeModeExecTool); | ||
| const codeModeExecName = codeModeExecTool | ||
| && !visible?.some(isBareShellBridgeTool) |
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In src/adapters/tool-catalog-nudge.ts, when a freeform exec is advertised alongside an MCP tool such as { namespace: "mcp__remote", name: "exec_command" }, this condition suppresses code-mode guidance because isBareShellBridgeTool checks only the raw name. The actual top-level wire tool is mcp__remote__exec_command, not the bare shell bridge, so the turn remains Codex code mode; without the V8/ALL_TOOLS guidance, routed models can send shell strings to exec or miss nested helpers. Require !tool.namespace here, matching Cursor's existing isBareCodexShellBridgeTool predicate.
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Three PRs landed and four are held, each for a reason that belongs to the PR rather than to my schedule. The part worth keeping is the defect I introduced. #1951 fixed #1895's blocker by deciding code mode from freeform metadata rather than the name exec, but my port of the shell-bridge predicate dropped the Cursor original's !tool.namespace requirement - so a namespaced MCP exec_command cancelled code mode on a genuine code-mode turn and silently stripped the guidance. It failed safe, generic rather than false guidance, which is precisely why nothing caught it and why an audit that runs the predicate against adversarial catalogs beats one that reads it. #1953 fixes it, driven red first, and a second reviewer then failed to break the classifier across ten catalog shapes.
Gate on dev at 87f7f97: 12807 pass, 10 skip, 0 fail across 826 files, with typecheck and privacy scan green. Promoted 107 commits to preview (a43150c) and main (7979903), both verified by ancestry rather than by the merge reporting success. Recording which PRs did not exist when the campaign started - lidge-jun#1951, lidge-jun#1953, lidge-jun#1955, lidge-jun#1960 and lidge-jun#1961 all came out of auditing the plan rather than executing it. Two of them fix defects I introduced myself, which is the part of this campaign most worth remembering. Every remaining item carries its reason in the table rather than sitting unexplained.
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Summary
Takes #1895 and resolves its blocking review finding. Supersedes that PR.
The shared catalog nudge classified any advertised tool named
execas Codex code mode.That is too broad in two directions:
execthat takes a shell string;execalongsideexec_command/shell_command, which is the flat-bridgeshape, not code mode.
Both of those turns were being told that
execis JavaScript evaluated in a V8 isolate andthat shell is reachable only as a nested
tools.*helper. A model that believes it sends thewrong arguments, or avoids a legitimate top-level execution tool because it thinks the tool is
something else.
The repository already had the right predicate — a
freeformexecwith no visible bareshell bridge — but it lives in
src/adapters/cursor/tool-definitions.tsbehind a Cursornamespace check, and this nudge is shared by Anthropic, Google, Kiro, OpenAI-chat and
command-code. So the same two halves are defined here without the provider gate, and the
decision happens in the tool-object entry point while
freeformstill exists. Reducing towire names first throws away the only field that distinguishes the two tools.
The name-only entry point no longer guesses. It accepts a verified wire name from a caller that
had the objects, and otherwise falls back to the generic parent-tool sentence — the honest
answer when the metadata needed to decide was never passed in.
Verification
Regressions cover exactly the three cases the review asked for:
{ name: "exec", freeform: false }→ generic guidance, not code-mode guidancefreeform
execplus a visibleexec_commandorshell_command→ not classified as nested-onlya transformed freeform
exec(custom_exec,cx_exec) → still receives code-mode guidancebun run typecheck— passed.bun test tests/tool-catalog-nudge.test.ts tests/cursor-tool-definitions.test.ts tests/cursor-hardening.test.ts— 72 pass, 0 fail.Checklist
devSupersedes #1895.
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