11 // compactionTries is the most calls for one node.
12 const compactionTries = 5
14 // ruler shows the model the size limit of a line. Models cannot count bytes,
15 // and a sample line as the ruler gets its content copied.
16 var ruler = strings.Repeat("-", nodeBytes)
18 // Compactor builds the nodes of one agent with a model. A compaction is a call
19 // like a turn, with the same system prompt and tools, so it reads them from the
20 // prompt cache of the turns. The tools are never called. After them comes one
21 // user message with the compaction view up to the node and the task.
23 // When the line is over nodeBytes, the next try sends the same view and task,
24 // plus a note with the size of the newest line and its cut at the limit. A try
25 // never sends the model's earlier reply or reasoning back, so every try has the
26 // same cached prefix and about the same size. After at most compactionTries
27 // tries, the shortest line is the node. A few bytes over the limit is fine,
28 // because the view measures the real sizes. A call that fails before any line
29 // fails the build, and the core tries it again at the next message.
30 type Compactor struct {
37 // newCompactor returns the compactor of the agent name, which sends its calls
38 // through client with model.
39 func newCompactor(client *Client, name string, model ModelConfig) *Compactor {
43 instructions: prompt(name),
48 // Summarize returns the line of the node of task.
49 func (c *Compactor) Summarize(ctx context.Context, task Task) (string, error) {
50 view := task.Context + "\n"
51 text, err := compactionTask(task)
58 for len(lines) < compactionTries {
59 parts := []string{view, text}
61 parts = append(parts, note)
65 response, err = c.client.Create(ctx, Request{
67 Effort: c.model.Effort,
68 Instructions: c.instructions,
70 Input: []any{userMessage(parts...)},
76 line := strings.TrimSpace(response.Text)
78 err = errors.New("compaction gave no line")
82 lines = append(lines, line)
83 if len(line) <= nodeBytes {
91 return "", fmt.Errorf("compact node (%d, %d): %w", task.Level, task.Index, err)
94 return shortest(lines), nil
97 // compactionTask returns the task of a build, with its input.
98 func compactionTask(task Task) (string, error) {
99 if task.Level == 0 && len(task.Input) == 1 {
100 return fmt.Sprintf(`Compaction: compress message %d into one line of at most %d bytes
101 (about 70 words), the length of this ruler:
105 </input>`, task.Index, nodeBytes, ruler, task.Input[0]), nil
108 if task.Level > 0 && len(task.Input) == 2 {
109 first := task.Index << task.Level
110 half := 1 << (task.Level - 1)
112 return fmt.Sprintf(`Compaction: merge lines %d+%d and %d+%d, adjacent, into one line of at most
113 %d bytes (about 70 words), the length of this ruler:
115 <chat> may hold their messages, %d to %d, in more detail: take details
116 of them from there too.
120 </input>`, first, half, first+half, half, nodeBytes, ruler, first, nodeEnd(task.Level, task.Index)-1, task.Input[0], task.Input[1]), nil
123 return "", fmt.Errorf("node (%d, %d) has %d inputs", task.Level, task.Index, len(task.Input))
126 // tooLong returns the note for a line over nodeBytes: its size and its first
127 // nodeBytes bytes, which show the model where the limit cuts it.
128 func tooLong(line string) string {
129 return fmt.Sprintf(`Too long: your last line for this <input> was %d bytes,
130 over the %d-byte limit. Write the whole line again, cutting just
131 enough of the least valuable items to fit before this cut:
132 %s| ← LIMIT`, len(line), nodeBytes, cutLine(line))
135 // cutLine returns the first nodeBytes bytes of line, without a part of a
136 // character at the end.
137 func cutLine(line string) string {
138 if len(line) <= nodeBytes {
142 cut := line[:nodeBytes]
143 for !utf8.ValidString(cut) {
144 cut = cut[:len(cut)-1]
150 // shortest returns the first of the shortest lines.
151 func shortest(lines []string) string {
153 for _, line := range lines[1:] {
154 if len(line) < len(best) {