fix: regular expressions in ripgrep

core/tools/definitions/grepSearch.ts

@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ export const grepSearchTool: Tool = {
   function: {
     name: BuiltInToolNames.GrepSearch,
     description:
-      "Performs a regex search over the repository using ripgrep. Will not include results for many build, cache, secrets dirs/files. Output may be truncated, so use targeted queries",
+      "Performs a regular expression (regex) search over the repository using ripgrep. Will not include results for many build, cache, secrets dirs/files. Output may be truncated, so use targeted queries",
     parameters: {
       type: "object",
       required: ["query"],
       properties: {
         query: {
           type: "string",
           description:
-            "The search query to use. Must be the exact string to be searched or a valid ripgrep expression. Use regex with alternation (e.g., 'word1|word2|word3) or character classes to find multiple potential words in a single search.",
+            "The regex pattern to search for within file contents. Use regex with alternation (e.g., 'word1|word2|word3') or character classes to find multiple potential words in a single search.",
         },
       },
     },

core/util/regexValidator.ts

@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ export function prepareQueryForRipgrep(query: string): {
   query: string;
   warning?: string;
 } {
-  // Check if it looks like a literal search that should be escaped
-  if (looksLikeLiteralSearch(query)) {
-    return {
-      query: escapeLiteralForRegex(query),
-      warning:
-        "Query contained special regex characters and was escaped for literal text search",
-    };
-  }
-
-  // Otherwise validate and sanitize as regex
   const validation = validateAndSanitizeRegex(query);
 
   return {