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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdds a unified macOS UI automation stack with native AX tooling, timed capture, recording, and verification. It also adds stack-safe GitHub rebasing, changes question-log ordering to chronological output, updates plugin metadata, and reorganizes repository documentation. ChangesmacOS control automation
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This pull request introduces a new macOS UI automation tool, tools control, powered by a compiled Swift binary (ax-tool) and integrated with peekaboo for screen recording and timed actions. It also updates the GitHub merge tool with a stack-safe rebase option that preserves commit SHAs and restacks dependent PRs, and modifies the Q&A log tool to display entries chronologically. The review feedback highlights critical issues with the use of the non-existent Bun.sleepSync API, which will cause runtime errors and block the event loop. The reviewer suggests refactoring the command handlers to be asynchronous, using await Bun.sleep, and properly awaiting waitFor. Additionally, the feedback recommends validating numeric CLI arguments (such as timeout, interval, and duration) as non-negative integers at the entry point, and fixing boolean flag serialization to prevent passing true as a string to the ax-tool binary.
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| export function waitFor(o: CheckOpts & { timeout: number; interval: number }): AxResult { | ||
| const t0 = performance.now(); | ||
| let last: { pass: boolean; state: AxResult } = { pass: false, state: { ok: false } }; | ||
| let polls = 0; | ||
| while (performance.now() - t0 < o.timeout) { | ||
| last = checkOnce(o); | ||
| polls++; | ||
| if (last.pass) { | ||
| return { | ||
| ok: true, | ||
| action: "wait", | ||
| waitedMs: Math.round(performance.now() - t0), | ||
| polls, | ||
| ...(o.gone ? { gone: true } : { element: last.state }), | ||
| }; | ||
| } | ||
| Bun.sleepSync(o.interval); | ||
| } |
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The function waitFor uses Bun.sleepSync, which is not a valid Bun API and will cause a runtime error. We should make waitFor asynchronous and use await Bun.sleep instead.
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| export function waitFor(o: CheckOpts & { timeout: number; interval: number }): AxResult { | |
| const t0 = performance.now(); | |
| let last: { pass: boolean; state: AxResult } = { pass: false, state: { ok: false } }; | |
| let polls = 0; | |
| while (performance.now() - t0 < o.timeout) { | |
| last = checkOnce(o); | |
| polls++; | |
| if (last.pass) { | |
| return { | |
| ok: true, | |
| action: "wait", | |
| waitedMs: Math.round(performance.now() - t0), | |
| polls, | |
| ...(o.gone ? { gone: true } : { element: last.state }), | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| Bun.sleepSync(o.interval); | |
| } | |
| export async function waitFor(o: CheckOpts & { timeout: number; interval: number }): Promise<AxResult> { | |
| const t0 = performance.now(); | |
| let last: { pass: boolean; state: AxResult } = { pass: false, state: { ok: false } }; | |
| let polls = 0; | |
| while (performance.now() - t0 < o.timeout) { | |
| last = checkOnce(o); | |
| polls++; | |
| if (last.pass) { | |
| return { | |
| ok: true, | |
| action: "wait", | |
| waitedMs: Math.round(performance.now() - t0), | |
| polls, | |
| ...(o.gone ? { gone: true } : { element: last.state }), | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| await Bun.sleep(o.interval); | |
| } |
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| .action((opts) => { | ||
| const result = waitFor({ | ||
| ...conditionOpts(opts), | ||
| timeout: Number(opts.timeout), | ||
| interval: Number(opts.interval), | ||
| }); |
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Since waitFor is now asynchronous, we must make the commander action handler async and await the call to waitFor. Additionally, we should validate and normalize the numeric CLI arguments timeout and interval as non-negative integers at the entry point and throw a clear error on invalid input, rather than silently parsing them with Number() or falling back to defaults.
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| .action((opts) => { | |
| const result = waitFor({ | |
| ...conditionOpts(opts), | |
| timeout: Number(opts.timeout), | |
| interval: Number(opts.interval), | |
| }); | |
| .action(async (opts) => { | |
| const timeout = parseInt(opts.timeout, 10); | |
| const interval = parseInt(opts.interval, 10); | |
| if (isNaN(timeout) || timeout < 0) { | |
| throw new Error("Timeout must be a non-negative integer"); | |
| } | |
| if (isNaN(interval) || interval < 0) { | |
| throw new Error("Interval must be a non-negative integer"); | |
| } | |
| const result = await waitFor({ | |
| ...conditionOpts(opts), | |
| timeout, | |
| interval, | |
| }); |
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- Validate numeric CLI arguments (such as context or limits) as non-negative integers and throw a clear error on invalid input, rather than silently falling back to default values.
- Validate and normalize CLI arguments at the entry point (e.g., in a commander action handler) before they are passed to business logic.
| its result JSON and ms wall-clock timing.`) | ||
| .option("--json", "raw JSON output") | ||
| .option("--pretty", "indent JSON output (default compact)") | ||
| .action((planPath, opts) => { |
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Make the commander action handler async so we can use asynchronous sleeps and await waitFor.
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| .action((planPath, opts) => { | |
| .action(async (planPath, opts) => { |
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| if (timeline && typeof step.atMs === "number") { | ||
| const wait = step.atMs - (performance.now() - startedAt); | ||
| if (wait > 0) { | ||
| Bun.sleepSync(wait); | ||
| } | ||
| } |
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Replace Bun.sleepSync with await Bun.sleep to avoid runtime errors and prevent blocking the event loop.
if (timeline && typeof step.atMs === "number") {
const wait = step.atMs - (performance.now() - startedAt);
if (wait > 0) {
await Bun.sleep(wait);
}
}
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| const result = | ||
| cmd === "wait" | ||
| ? waitFor({ | ||
| ...cond, | ||
| timeout: typeof step.timeout === "number" ? step.timeout : 5000, | ||
| interval: typeof step.interval === "number" ? step.interval : 200, | ||
| }) | ||
| : assertEl(cond); |
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Since waitFor is now asynchronous, we must await its result.
const result =
cmd === "wait"
? await waitFor({
...cond,
timeout: typeof step.timeout === "number" ? step.timeout : 5000,
interval: typeof step.interval === "number" ? step.interval : 200,
})
: assertEl(cond);
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| if (!timeline) { | ||
| const stepDelay = typeof step.delay === "number" ? step.delay : delay; | ||
| if (stepDelay > 0) { | ||
| Bun.sleepSync(stepDelay); | ||
| } | ||
| } |
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Replace Bun.sleepSync with await Bun.sleep to avoid runtime errors and prevent blocking the event loop.
if (!timeline) {
const stepDelay = typeof step.delay === "number" ? step.delay : delay;
if (stepDelay > 0) {
await Bun.sleep(stepDelay);
}
}| "stop: drop commands recorded from OTHER terminals/sessions instead of marking them _foreign" | ||
| ) | ||
| .option("--json", "machine output for start/status/stop metadata") | ||
| .action((action: string | undefined, opts) => { |
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Make the commander action handler async so we can use asynchronous sleeps.
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| .action((action: string | undefined, opts) => { | |
| .action(async (action: string | undefined, opts) => { |
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| stopActivityRecorder(session); | ||
| Bun.sleepSync(150); | ||
| const { plan, foreignCount } = synthesizePlan(session, opts.app, !!opts.excludeForeign); |
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Replace Bun.sleepSync with await Bun.sleep to avoid runtime errors and prevent blocking the event loop.
stopActivityRecorder(session);
await Bun.sleep(150);
const { plan, foreignCount } = synthesizePlan(session, opts.app, !!opts.excludeForeign);
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| if (!action && opts.duration) { | ||
| doStart(); | ||
| const secs = Number(opts.duration); | ||
| out.println(`${pc.green("recording")} for ${secs}s (mode=${mode}) — go do the thing...`); | ||
| Bun.sleepSync(secs * 1000 + 300); | ||
| doStop(); | ||
| return; | ||
| } |
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Replace Bun.sleepSync with await Bun.sleep to avoid runtime errors and prevent blocking the event loop. Additionally, validate the numeric CLI argument duration as a non-negative integer and throw a clear error on invalid input.
if (!action && opts.duration) {
const secs = parseInt(opts.duration, 10);
if (isNaN(secs) || secs < 0) {
throw new Error("Duration must be a non-negative integer");
}
doStart();
out.println(`${pc.green("recording")} for ${secs}s (mode=${mode}) — go do the thing...`);
await Bun.sleep(secs * 1000 + 300);
doStop();
return;
}References
- Validate numeric CLI arguments (such as context or limits) as non-negative integers and throw a clear error on invalid input, rather than silently falling back to default values.
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| for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(step)) { | ||
| // "_"-prefixed keys are annotations (_label, _foreign), not flags. | ||
| if (k === "do" || k === "app" || k === "delay" || k === "atMs" || k.startsWith("_") || v == null) { | ||
| continue; | ||
| } | ||
| args.push(`--${k}`, String(v)); | ||
| } |
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When serializing step options to CLI arguments, boolean values (e.g., clear: true) are currently serialized as --clear true. If the underlying ax-tool binary expects a boolean flag without a value, this will cause argument parsing errors. We should only push the flag name when the value is true.
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| for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(step)) { | |
| // "_"-prefixed keys are annotations (_label, _foreign), not flags. | |
| if (k === "do" || k === "app" || k === "delay" || k === "atMs" || k.startsWith("_") || v == null) { | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| args.push(`--${k}`, String(v)); | |
| } | |
| for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(step)) { | |
| // "_"-prefixed keys are annotations (_label, _foreign), not flags. | |
| if (k === "do" || k === "app" || k === "delay" || k === "atMs" || k.startsWith("_") || v == null) { | |
| continue; | |
| } | |
| if (typeof v === "boolean") { | |
| if (v) { | |
| args.push(`--${k}`); | |
| } | |
| } else { | |
| args.push(`--${k}`, String(v)); | |
| } | |
| } |
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493-493: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUse the head SHA returned by
updatePullBase.Line 493 receives the freshest dependent tip, but Line 570 leases against the older pre/post-list snapshot. A push before retargeting therefore causes an unnecessary restack failure after the parent has already merged.
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const updated = await client.updatePullBase(owner, repo, dep.number, pr.baseRef); +dep.headSha = updated.headSha ?? dep.headSha;Also applies to: 570-603
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate. In `@src/github/lib/merge.ts` at line 493, Update the merge flow around client.updatePullBase and the leasing logic near the dependent restack path to capture the head SHA returned by updatePullBase and use that value when creating the lease, rather than the older pre/post-list snapshot. Ensure the fresh SHA is propagated through the affected logic so pushes before retargeting do not trigger a stale-head restack failure.
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/specs/2026-07-18-macos-control-decisions.md`:
- Line 25: Update the binary-resolution assumption to reference the unified
tools control runner at src/control/lib/runner.ts instead of the stale
src/ax/lib/runner.ts path, while preserving the repo-relative and non-hardcoded
HOME path requirements.
- Line 58: Update the stale status note in the macOS control decisions document
to reflect that hard verification for set/type is implemented, either by marking
the work complete or clearly framing the note as historical context. Preserve
the existing statement that the 150ms/100ms timing values remain unchanged.
In `@native/ax-tool/README.md`:
- Line 5: Update native/ax-tool/README.md to reference the renamed tools control
TypeScript wrapper under src/control/ instead of tools ax/src/ax, and revise the
command documentation to include all 22 native dispatch commands, including
apps, scroll, ocr, and record. Update the main.swift size reference to
approximately 2,330 lines while preserving the existing usage guidance and
formatting descriptions.
In `@native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift`:
- Around line 951-955: The duplicated target-flag checks in
native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift at lines 951-955 and 1088-1094 must be
centralized. Add a shared helper for element-target detection containing --id,
--role, --title, --desc, --q, --text, and --subrole, then use it in both the
focus flow around resolveElement and the type command; ensure both sites use the
helper rather than maintaining separate flag lists.
- Around line 90-115: The performActionWithTimeout function must distinguish
genuine hangs from known actions that intentionally enter nested run loops.
Return an explicit timeout AXError when the semaphore wait expires, and add an
explicit allowlist or parameter for only the known menu/dialog-opening actions
that may treat timeout as success; preserve the detached execution behavior and
return the worker’s result when it completes.
- Around line 296-301: Update resolveElement so the --id lookup honors the
requested --window scope before calling findInApp. When --window is provided,
restrict the search to that window; preserve the existing all-window lookup only
when no window scope is specified, while retaining the current not-found
handling.
- Around line 1745-1797: Update cmdSnapshot and cmdRestore to preserve and
restore the exact application instance and focused window. In cmdSnapshot, use
AXFocusedWindow for the captured app and store its identifying attributes, while
retaining the process pid. In cmdRestore, prefer the saved pid when locating the
running application, then raise the matching captured window using its saved
identifier or title, with name-based lookup only as fallback.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/references/capture.md`:
- Line 25: Update the “Scroll content” row in the macOS control reference to
document the native tools control scroll commands instead of directing users to
peekaboo scroll. Mention Peekaboo only as fallback guidance for scroll cases
unsupported by the native control commands.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/references/peekaboo.md`:
- Around line 157-167: Redact the machine-specific live verification transcript
in the Peekaboo reference, especially the `/Users/Martin/...` path and
environment-specific host details. Replace it with clearly labeled illustrative
output using `$HOME` or placeholder paths, or remove the transcript while
preserving the general explanation of handshake and partial permission results.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/SKILL.md`:
- Around line 197-199: Update the step-field contract near steps[].do to include
all supported fields, specifically q, crop, delay, and per-step app, while
preserving the existing fields and wait/assert-specific options. Ensure the
wording accurately describes fields accepted by the runner so plans can use
universal search, per-step timing, and capture crops.
In `@src/azure-devops/CLAUDE.md`:
- Around line 13-20: Update the “Usage with context7 MCP” example fence to use
text instead of bash, and ensure a blank line precedes the fenced block so the
MCP tool-call notation is clearly presented as pseudocode.
In `@src/control/commands/discovery.ts`:
- Around line 18-20: Route every JSON response in the discovery command handlers
(list, tree, find, apps, window, attrs, and actions) through the structured
output API using out.result() or out.print() instead of out.println; update the
preflight failure path to emit its JSON failure through that channel before
process.exit. Apply the same structured-output change to the wait and assert
JSON handlers in verify.ts, covering all listed sites:
src/control/commands/discovery.ts lines 18-20, 45-47, 85-87, 118-120, 159-161,
194-196, 220-222, and 254-260, plus src/control/commands/verify.ts lines 134-136
and 159-161.
- Around line 340-343: Await the asynchronous Bun.write call in the opts.save
branch before printing the “saved” success message. Update the save handling
around result.suggestedPlan and ensure the success output executes only after
the write resolves.
In `@src/control/commands/interact.ts`:
- Line 104: Update the success message in the perform interaction command to
render the resolved target via targetLabel(opts, result) instead of opts.id.
Preserve the existing formatting and action text while ensuring query-, role-,
title-, description-, and subrole-targeted operations display the resolved
target.
- Around line 19-21: Replace the repeated JSON output and exit logic with a
shared result emitter that uses the repository’s machine-output API, ensuring
only out.result() or out.print() writes structured stdout and preserving the
existing result-based exit status. Apply this to get, set, press, perform,
focus, click, type, hotkey, scroll, screenshot, ocr, snapshot, and restore
across src/control/commands/interact.ts lines 19-21, 53-55, 74-76, 96-98,
117-119, 139-141, 181-183, 216-218, 252-254, 295-297, 340-342 and
src/control/commands/state.ts lines 15-17, 38-40.
In `@src/control/commands/record-plan.ts`:
- Around line 252-265: The hotkey construction in the combo-handling branch
currently filters out the shift modifier. Preserve all recorded modifiers by
joining the full mods collection with keyName, leaving cmd, ctrl, alt, and shift
intact.
- Around line 315-320: Update dedupeMerged to require matching app and
target/element details in addition to equivalent verbs and the 1.5-second
timestamp window, so unrelated clicks are retained. Ensure each command step can
consume at most one corresponding activity event rather than allowing repeated
matches.
- Around line 72-80: Update readSession to catch the parsing error with an error
parameter, log it with clear session-state context, and propagate the failure
instead of returning null. Ensure the start flow aborts before wiping logs or
mutating recording state when RECORD_SESSION is corrupt, while preserving the
null result when the session file does not exist.
- Around line 83-99: Update readJsonl to parse each non-empty line with
SafeJSON.parse(trimmed, { strict: true }) and only tolerate a malformed final
line when it is the file’s unterminated trailing fragment. Propagate or report
parse errors for malformed records occurring earlier, rather than silently
skipping them.
- Around line 543-548: In the duration-driven branch of the command flow, parse
and validate opts.duration as a finite positive number before calling doStart().
Reject NaN, infinity, zero, and negative values without starting the recorder;
only proceed with the existing output, sleep, and doStop() sequence after
validation succeeds.
- Around line 455-458: Update the shutdown flow around stopActivityRecorder and
synthesizePlan to wait for confirmed recorder termination or an explicit
completion signal before reading the log. Replace the fixed Bun.sleepSync(150)
delay with bounded polling or completion-aware synchronization, then preserve
the existing synthesis and RECORD_SESSION cleanup order.
- Around line 461-469: Update the stop command’s `opts.out` handling and the
related JSON paths around the plan-writing flow to honor machine-output mode:
emit structured stop metadata rather than colored human-readable messages, and
route all JSON stdout through `out.result()` or `out.print()`. Keep the existing
human-readable `out.println()` output only for non-JSON execution.
In `@src/control/commands/run.ts`:
- Around line 251-257: Update the plan argument serialization loop in run.ts
(lines 251-257) to emit standalone --flag arguments only for boolean values that
are true, omit false booleans, and preserve value serialization for non-boolean
options. In record-plan.ts (lines 137-143), retain boolean option values as
typed booleans instead of converting them to strings.
- Around line 136-149: Unify element-targeted click handling across all three
sites: in src/control/commands/run.ts lines 136-149, translate selector-based
clicks into the supported AX action shape or reject them before capture starts;
in src/control/commands/record-plan.ts lines 206-232, emit the selector shape
understood by both sequential and capture execution; and in
src/control/lib/capture-with-actions.ts lines 1841-1852, execute selector-based
clicks or validate coords before accessing them so missing coordinates cannot
cause an undefined dereference.
- Around line 173-175: Update the plan execution flow around the snapshot and
restore handling in run.ts to capture both runAx(["snapshot"]) and restore
results instead of ignoring or discarding failures. Propagate snapshot failures
into the plan result, set restored to false when restoration fails, and ensure
the overall plan is failed or warned according to the existing result-handling
conventions.
In `@src/control/commands/verify.ts`:
- Around line 18-23: Update the --gone handling in the verify command around
runAx so it passes only when the AX result explicitly confirms the target is not
found. Do not interpret generic state.ok false values—including spawn failures,
empty output, or invalid JSON—as evidence of absence; propagate those
runtime/transport failures as failed verification while preserving normal
success and failure behavior for non-gone assertions.
In `@src/control/index.ts`:
- Around line 29-34: Update the capture dispatch around the process.argv check
so it does not depend on fixed argument positions. Detect the capture subcommand
after any valid global options, or move the delegation into the registered
Commander command action, while preserving the existing script path, argument
forwarding, inherited stdio, and exit-status handling.
- Line 14: Replace the synchronous spawnSync capture handoff in
src/control/index.ts (sites 14 and 31-33) with Bun.spawn(), await the child
process exit, and preserve the existing arguments and capture behavior. Apply
the same async Bun.spawn() change to the delegated tools control runner in
src/macos/commands/control/index.ts (sites 1 and 12-19), removing the
node:child_process import and awaiting completion.
In `@src/control/lib/capture-with-actions.ts`:
- Line 1418: Update the outPath construction near the clickmap output handling
and the corresponding code at the additional occurrence to avoid direct
process.env.TMPDIR access. Reuse the repository’s environment abstraction or
platform temporary-directory helper so configured test overrides remain
effective, while preserving the existing CLI argument precedence and filename
generation.
- Around line 1812-1828: Move the `actualMs` assignment in the action-dispatch
flow so it is computed immediately before the action is executed, after
refocusing and target resolution complete. Ensure timeline auditing records the
dispatch time rather than the earlier time captured before `ambientFocusApp`
handling.
- Around line 1922-1929: Update the targeted-scrolling branch in
capture-with-actions to inspect the result of runCmd for the peekaboo move. When
cursor movement fails, propagate the failure or add a warning and prevent the
action from silently proceeding as though it targeted the requested coordinates;
preserve the existing negative-coordinate handling.
- Around line 562-573: Update every subprocess JSON parsing call in the affected
parsing paths, including the one using SafeJSON.parse within the shown data
extraction block, to pass the options object with strict set to true. Apply the
same strict parsing form at the additional occurrences identified by the review
while preserving the existing payload extraction and parse-failure behavior.
- Around line 1659-1678: Update startCapture to reliably associate the
discovered session directory with the Bun.spawn capture process instead of
selecting the first new directory from readdirSync. Use an ownership token,
process-specific output, or an exclusive capture lock, and ensure concurrent or
failed captures cannot claim another runner’s session while preserving the
existing readiness check for keep-0001.png.
- Around line 2008-2025: Update the final parsing flow around SafeJSON.parse in
the capture result handling to remove Peekaboo’s known stdout prefix/noise
before parsing. Reuse the existing visualizer-prefix cleanup behavior or helper,
then parse the cleaned JSON while preserving the current failure diagnosis and
warning handling for genuinely invalid output.
- Around line 774-801: Update the native-tool availability flow around
AX_TOOL_AVAILABLE and runAxAction so the first action attempts ensureBinary()
when the compiled ax-tool is missing, then uses the newly built binary if
successful. Avoid permanently caching the initial unavailable state, while
preserving the existing osascript fallback and the errors for perform/q when the
build cannot be completed.
- Around line 1854-1863: Update the "focus" action handling around focusWindow
so an osascript/app-only fallback is not reported as successful when
action.windowTitle is specified. Only set ambientFocusApp and return the
successful result when the requested window title was actually honored;
otherwise preserve the failure result and detail so subsequent input does not
target the wrong window.
- Around line 1241-1247: Replace the manual process.argv parsing around the CLI
entrypoint and the preflight, clickmap, recrop, and plan-execution branches with
a Commander program using subcommands and declared options. Move each branch’s
positional arguments and flags into Commander definitions so missing option
values, duplicates, and invalid inputs are validated consistently, then dispatch
using the parsed command options while preserving the existing command behavior
and help/exit handling.
- Around line 2089-2111: Update the process-exit handling after the result
logging to exit nonzero when either captureFailed or actionsFailed is true.
Preserve the existing successful exit behavior only when both capture parsing
and all fired actions succeed, while keeping the JSON ok calculation unchanged.
- Around line 1992-1996: Update the exit timeout logic around proc.exited and
the exitGraceMs timer to use only the remaining capture time after actions
complete, rather than cap.duration in full. Calculate the elapsed capture time
or remaining deadline from the capture start, then race proc.exited against that
remaining duration plus exitGraceMs, preserving the existing exitedInTime
behavior.
In `@src/control/lib/runner.ts`:
- Around line 31-34: Update recordSource to import and use the typed env utility
from `@app/utils/env` for CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID, ITERM_SESSION_ID,
TERM_SESSION_ID, and TMUX_PANE instead of accessing process.env directly;
preserve the existing filtering, joining, and "unknown" fallback behavior.
- Around line 46-57: The command-recording try/catch in the runner flow should
no longer silently discard errors. Update the catch around SafeJSON.parse,
readFileSync, and appendFileSync to capture err and log the failure with session
and command context, while preserving the existing best-effort behavior of
allowing command execution to continue.
- Around line 66-83: Update ensureBinary to support a forced-build mode and
avoid returning BINARY_PATH when Swift sources or Package.swift are newer than
the binary. Preserve the existing fast path for up-to-date binaries, but invoke
the Swift release build when force-build is requested or source/package
freshness requires it, then retain the existing success and failure handling.
- Around line 112-114: Update the parsing in the runner’s subprocess handling
try block to use strict RFC 8259 JSON parsing instead of SafeJSON.parse.
Preserve the existing AxResult cast and maybeRecord(args, parsed.ok) behavior
after parsing.
- Around line 1-2: Migrate src/control/lib/runner.ts from synchronous Node and
process APIs to async Bun APIs: use Bun.spawn for build/run processes,
Response-based reads for streams, Bun.write for record-session I/O, and Bun.env
for environment access. Replace console.error with the established `@app/logger`
diagnostics. Propagate the async contract through runAx and every command
handler that invokes it, preserving existing build, execution, and recording
behavior.
In `@src/github/lib/merge.test.ts`:
- Around line 233-258: Update the merge test’s operation recording around the
GitHub calls and restack mock so both contribute to a single ordered event
sequence. In the assertions near fastForwardBase, updatePullBase, and
restackCalls, verify the documented sequence: discover, head restack,
fast-forward, retarget, then child restack, while preserving the existing
payload assertions.
In `@src/github/lib/merge.ts`:
- Around line 425-445: Update the merge flow around fastForwardBase and the
branch-deletion path to use one consistent head SHA lease. Atomically
fast-forward the base only when the PR head ref still equals effectiveHeadSha,
then delete the head branch with a lease against that same successfully landed
SHA; abort without landing or deleting if the source-ref check fails.
In `@src/github/lib/stack-restack.test.ts`:
- Around line 4-20: Expand coverage beyond createNoopStackRestack by testing the
production restack engine through an injectable command runner. Add cases for
lease mismatch rejection, already-linear branches, correct --onto arguments,
conflict-triggered aborts, force-with-lease pushes, and cleanup failures, while
preserving the existing noop behavior test.
In `@src/github/lib/stack-restack.ts`:
- Around line 61-66: Update authedCloneUrl and the clone flow to keep the
repository URL token-free; configure authentication through Git’s credential
helper or askpass mechanism instead. Ensure the token is not exposed in process
arguments, .git/config, or propagated Git output, including the related logic
around lines 100–109.
In `@src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts`:
- Around line 61-67: Use in-memory SQLite for both source-adjacent database
tests: in src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts lines 61-67, remove the temporary
qa.db path and open the schema with openReadModel(":memory:"); in
src/question/commands/log.test.ts lines 12-13, pass ":memory:" to renderDigest
instead of creating a temporary database file.
In `@src/question/lib/read-model.ts`:
- Around line 190-197: Update the SQL in the read-model query to add a stable
secondary sort key to both inner and outer ORDER BY clauses, preserving the
newest-to-oldest selection and oldest-to-newest output. Extend the relevant test
to include entries with equal timestamps and assert the deterministic selection
and ordering.
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In `@src/github/lib/merge.ts`:
- Line 493: Update the merge flow around client.updatePullBase and the leasing
logic near the dependent restack path to capture the head SHA returned by
updatePullBase and use that value when creating the lease, rather than the older
pre/post-list snapshot. Ensure the fresh SHA is propagated through the affected
logic so pushes before retargeting do not trigger a stale-head restack failure.
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| - Binary resolution via `src/ax/lib/runner.ts` pattern (repo-relative), never hardcoded HOME paths. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Update the stale runner path.
This assumption still points to src/ax/lib/runner.ts, but the architecture declared below uses src/control/lib/runner.ts. Align the path with the unified tools control implementation.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@docs/specs/2026-07-18-macos-control-decisions.md` at line 25, Update the
binary-resolution assumption to reference the unified tools control runner at
src/control/lib/runner.ts instead of the stale src/ax/lib/runner.ts path, while
preserving the repo-relative and non-hardcoded HOME path requirements.
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| - None blocking. Timing values in `set` (150ms/100ms) stay untouched until hard-verify lands (user froze changes). |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the stale hard-verification status note.
plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/SKILL.md documents hard verification for set/type as implemented, so saying it has not landed makes this decision record contradict the shipped contract. Reword this as historical context or mark the work complete.
🧰 Tools
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[grammar] ~58-~58: Ensure spelling is correct
Context: ...st) until smooth. ## Open questions - None blocking. Timing values in set (150ms/...
(QB_NEW_EN_ORTHOGRAPHY_ERROR_IDS_1)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@docs/specs/2026-07-18-macos-control-decisions.md` at line 58, Update the
stale status note in the macOS control decisions document to reflect that hard
verification for set/type is implemented, either by marking the work complete or
clearly framing the note as historical context. Preserve the existing statement
that the 150ms/100ms timing values remain unchanged.
| | Type text, key combos | `tools control type/hotkey` | CGEvent, ~8ms/char, no bridge | | ||
| | Click through panels, fill forms, screenshot each step | `tools control run plan.json` | Sequential plan runner with snapshot/restore, ~100ms/step | | ||
| | Record a transition/animation (multi-frame video) | `tools control capture` + `peekaboo capture live` | Only peekaboo does diff-sampled video + contact sheets | | ||
| | Scroll content | `peekaboo scroll` | control doesn't have scroll yet | |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the obsolete scroll limitation.
tools control scroll is now documented and implemented, so this line incorrectly directs users to peekaboo scroll. Update it to describe the native control scroll commands and reserve Peekaboo guidance for unsupported cases.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/references/capture.md` at line 25,
Update the “Scroll content” row in the macOS control reference to document the
native tools control scroll commands instead of directing users to peekaboo
scroll. Mention Peekaboo only as fallback guidance for scroll cases unsupported
by the native control commands.
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| Live verification output (read-only, no state changed): | ||
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| Selected: remote gui via /Users/Martin/Library/Application Support/Peekaboo/bridge.sock (build 3.9.3) | ||
| Candidates: | ||
| - .../Peekaboo/bridge.sock — OK (gui, ops: 69/69 enabled, perm: SR=Y AX=Y AS=Y) | ||
| - .../Claude/bridge.sock — No such file or directory (Claude.app not running / no bridge socket) | ||
| - .../clawdis/bridge.sock — OK (gui, ops: 57/69 enabled, perm: SR=N AX=Y AS=N) | ||
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| This confirms the SKILL.md troubleshooting section's host-order claim and shows the candidate probe is genuinely a live handshake per socket, not a static guess — a candidate can be "OK" (handshake succeeded) yet report a partial `perm:` grant (here, `clawdis` has Accessibility but not Screen Recording or AppleScript), and a candidate can be entirely absent (no socket file) if that host app isn't running. |
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Redact machine-specific diagnostic output.
This committed example exposes the personal path /Users/Martin/... and records environment-specific bridge and variable state. Replace it with $HOME/placeholder paths and clearly labeled illustrative output, or omit the live transcript entirely.
Also applies to: 243-243
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[warning] 159-159: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
(MD040, fenced-code-language)
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/references/peekaboo.md` around
lines 157 - 167, Redact the machine-specific live verification transcript in the
Peekaboo reference, especially the `/Users/Martin/...` path and
environment-specific host details. Replace it with clearly labeled illustrative
output using `$HOME` or placeholder paths, or remove the transcript while
preserving the general explanation of handshake and partial permission results.
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| - `steps[].do` — any command name (focus/click/press/set/type/get/find/attrs/actions/perform/window/scroll/hotkey/screenshot/wait/assert) | ||
| - Steps take the same fields as CLI flags: `id`, `role`, `title`, `desc`, `subrole`, `window`, `value`, `text`, `action`, `keys`, `direction`, `amount`, `path` | ||
| - `wait`/`assert` steps additionally take `timeout`, `interval`, `gone`, `for`, `expect`, `contains` |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Document the full step-field contract.
This list omits supported fields such as q, crop, delay, and per-step app, even though the runner accepts them. Add those fields or change the wording so users do not incorrectly conclude that universal search, per-step timing, or capture crops are unavailable in plans.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@plugins/genesis-tools/skills/macos-control/SKILL.md` around lines 197 - 199,
Update the step-field contract near steps[].do to include all supported fields,
specifically q, crop, delay, and per-step app, while preserving the existing
fields and wait/assert-specific options. Ensure the wording accurately describes
fields accepted by the runner so plans can use universal search, per-step
timing, and capture crops.
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| headRestack = await restack.restackBranch({ | ||
| owner, | ||
| repo, | ||
| branch: pr.headRef, | ||
| expectedHeadSha: pr.headSha, | ||
| newBase: pr.baseRef, | ||
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| effectiveHeadSha = headRestack.headSha; | ||
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| logLine(log, ` head restacked: ${pr.headSha.slice(0, 7)} → ${effectiveHeadSha.slice(0, 7)}`); | ||
| } else { | ||
| logLine(log, ` head already linear on ${pr.baseRef}`); | ||
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| `Fast-forwarding origin/${pr.baseRef} → ${effectiveHeadSha.slice(0, 7)} ` + | ||
| `(preserves SHAs; dependents stay stackable)...` | ||
| ); | ||
| mergeResult = await client.fastForwardBase(owner, repo, pr.baseRef, effectiveHeadSha); |
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Make landing and deletion conditional on the same head SHA.
The restack lease only validates the head at push time. A concurrent push afterward lets Line 445 fast-forward the base to a stale SHA, and Line 653 can then delete the branch containing the newer commits. Land the base with an atomic source-ref check and delete with a lease against the landed head SHA.
Also applies to: 638-654
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/github/lib/merge.ts` around lines 425 - 445, Update the merge flow around
fastForwardBase and the branch-deletion path to use one consistent head SHA
lease. Atomically fast-forward the base only when the PR head ref still equals
effectiveHeadSha, then delete the head branch with a lease against that same
successfully landed SHA; abort without landing or deleting if the source-ref
check fails.
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| describe("createNoopStackRestack", () => { | ||
| test("returns expected head unchanged", async () => { | ||
| const restack = createNoopStackRestack(); | ||
| const result = await restack.restackBranch({ | ||
| owner: "o", | ||
| repo: "r", | ||
| branch: "feat", | ||
| expectedHeadSha: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", | ||
| newBase: "main", | ||
| oldBaseSha: "bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb", | ||
| }); | ||
| expect(result).toEqual({ | ||
| headSha: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", | ||
| rebased: false, | ||
| alreadyLinear: true, | ||
| }); | ||
| }); |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Add coverage for the production restack engine.
This only tests the noop implementation. Before shipping branch-rewriting logic, cover lease mismatch rejection, already-linear branches, --onto arguments, conflict aborts, force-with-lease pushes, and cleanup failures—preferably through an injectable command runner.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/github/lib/stack-restack.test.ts` around lines 4 - 20, Expand coverage
beyond createNoopStackRestack by testing the production restack engine through
an injectable command runner. Add cases for lease mismatch rejection,
already-linear branches, correct --onto arguments, conflict-triggered aborts,
force-with-lease pushes, and cleanup failures, while preserving the existing
noop behavior test.
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| function authedCloneUrl(owner: string, repo: string, token: string | undefined): string { | ||
| if (token) { | ||
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🔒 Security & Privacy | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Keep the GitHub token out of the clone URL.
Line 63 exposes the token through process arguments, .git/config, and potentially Git error output that is propagated to logs/stdout. Configure Git authentication through a credential helper or askpass mechanism while keeping the remote URL token-free.
Also applies to: 100-109
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/github/lib/stack-restack.ts` around lines 61 - 66, Update authedCloneUrl
and the clone flow to keep the repository URL token-free; configure
authentication through Git’s credential helper or askpass mechanism instead.
Ensure the token is not exposed in process arguments, .git/config, or propagated
Git output, including the related logic around lines 100–109.
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| const logBase = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "qa-log-")); | ||
| const dbPath = join(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "qa-db-")), "qa.db"); | ||
| const t0 = 1779000000000; | ||
| appendEntry(e("old", { ts: t0, question: "oldest" }), logBase); | ||
| appendEntry(e("mid", { ts: t0 + 1000, question: "middle" }), logBase); | ||
| appendEntry(e("new", { ts: t0 + 2000, question: "newest" }), logBase); | ||
| const db = openReadModel(dbPath); |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Use in-memory SQLite for both source-adjacent database tests.
src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts#L61-L67: replace the temporaryqa.dbpath and open the schema withopenReadModel(":memory:").src/question/commands/log.test.ts#L12-L13: pass":memory:"torenderDigestinstead of creating a temporary database file.
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src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts#L61-L67(this comment)src/question/commands/log.test.ts#L12-L13
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts` around lines 61 - 67, Use in-memory
SQLite for both source-adjacent database tests: in
src/question/lib/read-model.test.ts lines 61-67, remove the temporary qa.db path
and open the schema with openReadModel(":memory:"); in
src/question/commands/log.test.ts lines 12-13, pass ":memory:" to renderDigest
instead of creating a temporary database file.
Source: Coding guidelines
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| // Window = last N by time (DESC + LIMIT), then re-order ASC so digests read | ||
| // oldest→newest (build-log / chat chronological). Callers that used to reverse | ||
| // a DESC result no longer need to. | ||
| const sql = ` | ||
| SELECT * FROM ( | ||
| SELECT * FROM entries WHERE ${where.join(" AND ")} ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT ? | ||
| ) ORDER BY ts ASC | ||
| `; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Make equal-timestamp results deterministic.
When multiple entries share the same ts, ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT ? can select an arbitrary subset, and the outer ordering leaves ties arbitrary as well. Add a stable secondary key (for example id, or rowid if insertion order is intended) to both ORDER BY clauses and cover equal timestamps in the test.
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- SELECT * FROM entries WHERE ${where.join(" AND ")} ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT ?
- ) ORDER BY ts ASC
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| // Window = last N by time (DESC + LIMIT), then re-order ASC so digests read | |
| // oldest→newest (build-log / chat chronological). Callers that used to reverse | |
| // a DESC result no longer need to. | |
| const sql = ` | |
| SELECT * FROM ( | |
| SELECT * FROM entries WHERE ${where.join(" AND ")} ORDER BY ts DESC LIMIT ? | |
| ) ORDER BY ts ASC | |
| `; | |
| // Window = last N by time (DESC + LIMIT), then re-order ASC so digests read | |
| // oldest→newest (build-log / chat chronological). Callers that used to reverse | |
| // a DESC result no longer need to. | |
| const sql = ` | |
| SELECT * FROM ( | |
| SELECT * FROM entries WHERE ${where.join(" AND ")} ORDER BY ts DESC, id DESC LIMIT ? | |
| ) ORDER BY ts ASC, id ASC | |
| `; |
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@src/question/lib/read-model.ts` around lines 190 - 197, Update the SQL in the
read-model query to add a stable secondary sort key to both inner and outer
ORDER BY clauses, preserving the newest-to-oldest selection and oldest-to-newest
output. Extend the relevant test to include entries with equal timestamps and
assert the deterministic selection and ordering.
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| Compiled Swift CLI for macOS UI automation via the Accessibility (AX) API. Element-targeted, cursor-free where possible, ~10-30x faster than osascript/System Events (~66ms get, ~130ms list, ~151ms press vs 2-5s). | ||
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| Consumed by the `tools ax` TypeScript wrapper (`src/ax/`) — prefer that interface; it auto-builds this binary on first run. Direct binary use is identical minus the human-friendly output formatting. |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Update the README to match the renamed command surface.
The wrapper is now tools control under src/control/. The native dispatch also exposes 22 commands—the table omits apps, scroll, ocr, and record—and main.swift is now roughly 2,330 lines. These stale details direct users to a nonexistent interface.
Also applies to: 21-28, 58-63
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@native/ax-tool/README.md` at line 5, Update native/ax-tool/README.md to
reference the renamed tools control TypeScript wrapper under src/control/
instead of tools ax/src/ax, and revise the command documentation to include all
22 native dispatch commands, including apps, scroll, ocr, and record. Update the
main.swift size reference to approximately 2,330 lines while preserving the
existing usage guidance and formatting descriptions.
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| // Detached-thread runner (Peekaboo pattern): AXUIElementPerformAction can | ||
| // block forever if the action opens a nested run loop (context menus, sheets). | ||
| // Run on a detached thread, race against a timeout. | ||
| func performActionWithTimeout( | ||
| _ element: AXUIElement, | ||
| action: String, | ||
| timeoutMs: Int = 5000 | ||
| ) -> AXError { | ||
| let sem = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0) | ||
| var result: AXError = .failure | ||
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| result = AXUIElementPerformAction(element, action as CFString) | ||
| sem.signal() | ||
| } | ||
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| let timeout = DispatchTime.now() + .milliseconds(timeoutMs) | ||
| let waitResult = sem.wait(timeout: timeout) | ||
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| if waitResult == .timedOut { | ||
| // For menu/dialog-opening actions, timeout means the action DID fire | ||
| // and is blocking in a nested run loop — that's success, not failure. | ||
| return .success | ||
| } | ||
| return result |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not treat every AX action timeout as success.
The detached thread remains alive after timeout and may execute after the plan has advanced. Genuine hangs are also reported as successful. Return an explicit timeout and let only known nested-run-loop actions opt into timeout-as-success.
🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.
In `@native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift` around lines 90 - 115, The
performActionWithTimeout function must distinguish genuine hangs from known
actions that intentionally enter nested run loops. Return an explicit timeout
AXError when the semaphore wait expires, and add an explicit allowlist or
parameter for only the known menu/dialog-opening actions that may treat timeout
as success; preserve the detached execution behavior and return the worker’s
result when it completes.
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| func resolveElement(_ appElement: AXUIElement, _ appName: String, ignoreTextFlag: Bool = false) -> AXUIElement { | ||
| if let id = argValue("--id") { | ||
| guard let el = findInApp(appElement, id: id) else { | ||
| errorExit("element not found: \(id) in \(appName)") | ||
| } | ||
| return el |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Honor --window when resolving --id.
This early branch searches every application window before windowScope is applied. Duplicate identifiers can therefore operate on the wrong window despite an explicit --window argument.
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In `@native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift` around lines 296 - 301, Update
resolveElement so the --id lookup honors the requested --window scope before
calling findInApp. When --window is provided, restrict the search to that
window; preserve the existing all-window lookup only when no window scope is
specified, while retaining the current not-found handling.
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| let hasTarget = argValue("--id") != nil || argValue("--role") != nil || | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Centralize native element-target detection.
The duplicated flag lists have diverged, causing valid targets to be silently ignored.
native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift#L951-L955: include--q,--text, and--subroleforfocus.native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift#L1088-L1094: include--subrolefortype.- Move the complete flag test into one shared helper used by both commands.
As per coding guidelines, recurring bugs should be fixed at the shared source.
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In `@native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift` around lines 951 - 955, The duplicated
target-flag checks in native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift at lines 951-955 and
1088-1094 must be centralized. Add a shared helper for element-target detection
containing --id, --role, --title, --desc, --q, --text, and --subrole, then use
it in both the focus flow around resolveElement and the type command; ensure
both sites use the helper rather than maintaining separate flag lists.
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| let mousePos = CGEvent(source: nil)!.location | ||
| let frontApp = NSWorkspace.shared.frontmostApplication | ||
| let appName = frontApp?.localizedName ?? "" | ||
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| if let id = axStringAttribute(w, "AXIdentifier") { result["windowId"] = id } | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Restore the exact process and focused window captured.
The snapshot stores pid but records wins.first; restore then ignores the PID and activates the first process with the same name. Multi-window or same-named application instances can therefore restore to the wrong target. Capture AXFocusedWindow and prefer the saved PID during restoration.
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In `@native/ax-tool/Sources/main.swift` around lines 1745 - 1797, Update
cmdSnapshot and cmdRestore to preserve and restore the exact application
instance and focused window. In cmdSnapshot, use AXFocusedWindow for the
captured app and store its identifying attributes, while retaining the process
pid. In cmdRestore, prefer the saved pid when locating the running application,
then raise the matching captured window using its saved identifier or title,
with name-based lookup only as fallback.
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| process.exit(result.ok === false ? 1 : 0); |
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Route all structured output through the machine-output API.
The repeated --json branches bypass the repository’s stdout contract. Extract a shared result emitter and replace each site:
src/control/commands/interact.ts#L19-L21: updateget.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L53-L55: updateset.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L74-L76: updatepress.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L96-L98: updateperform.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L117-L119: updatefocus.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L139-L141: updateclick.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L181-L183: updatetype.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L216-L218: updatehotkey.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L252-L254: updatescroll.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L295-L297: updatescreenshot.src/control/commands/interact.ts#L340-L342: updateocr.src/control/commands/state.ts#L15-L17: updatesnapshot.src/control/commands/state.ts#L38-L40: updaterestore.
As per coding guidelines, only out.result() and out.print() may write machine-readable results to stdout.
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src/control/commands/interact.ts#L19-L21(this comment)src/control/commands/interact.ts#L53-L55src/control/commands/interact.ts#L74-L76src/control/commands/interact.ts#L96-L98src/control/commands/interact.ts#L117-L119src/control/commands/interact.ts#L139-L141src/control/commands/interact.ts#L181-L183src/control/commands/interact.ts#L216-L218src/control/commands/interact.ts#L252-L254src/control/commands/interact.ts#L295-L297src/control/commands/interact.ts#L340-L342src/control/commands/state.ts#L15-L17src/control/commands/state.ts#L38-L40
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In `@src/control/commands/interact.ts` around lines 19 - 21, Replace the repeated
JSON output and exit logic with a shared result emitter that uses the
repository’s machine-output API, ensuring only out.result() or out.print()
writes structured stdout and preserving the existing result-based exit status.
Apply this to get, set, press, perform, focus, click, type, hotkey, scroll,
screenshot, ocr, snapshot, and restore across src/control/commands/interact.ts
lines 19-21, 53-55, 74-76, 96-98, 117-119, 139-141, 181-183, 216-218, 252-254,
295-297, 340-342 and src/control/commands/state.ts lines 15-17, 38-40.
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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In `@src/control/lib/runner.ts` around lines 1 - 2, Migrate
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APIs: use Bun.spawn for build/run processes, Response-based reads for streams,
Bun.write for record-session I/O, and Bun.env for environment access. Replace
console.error with the established `@app/logger` diagnostics. Propagate the async
contract through runAx and every command handler that invokes it, preserving
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win
Log recording failures instead of silently dropping commands.
Malformed session state or an append failure produces an incomplete recording with no indication that plan synthesis lost actions. Catch err, log it with session and command context, then preserve the best-effort behavior.
As per coding guidelines, errors must not be swallowed by a bare catch {}.
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In `@src/control/lib/runner.ts` around lines 46 - 57, The command-recording
try/catch in the runner flow should no longer silently discard errors. Update
the catch around SafeJSON.parse, readFileSync, and appendFileSync to capture err
and log the failure with session and command context, while preserving the
existing best-effort behavior of allowing command execution to continue.
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Make build/rebuild invalidate stale binaries.
Any existing binary is returned immediately, even when Swift sources changed. The downstream tools control build command therefore cannot rebuild despite its description. Add a forced-build mode and a source/package freshness check for normal automatic builds.
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In `@src/control/lib/runner.ts` around lines 66 - 83, Update ensureBinary to
support a forced-build mode and avoid returning BINARY_PATH when Swift sources
or Package.swift are newer than the binary. Preserve the existing fast path for
up-to-date binaries, but invoke the Swift release build when force-build is
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Parse native subprocess output in strict mode.
This is a subprocess boundary, so lenient comment/trailing-comma parsing can accept output that violates the native JSON contract.
- const parsed = SafeJSON.parse(stdout) as AxResult;
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runner’s subprocess handling try block to use strict RFC 8259 JSON parsing
instead of SafeJSON.parse. Preserve the existing AxResult cast and
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17 commands over the C AX API: discovery (list/tree/find/window/attrs/ actions/preflight), inspection (get), interaction (press/perform/set/ click/focus/type/hotkey/screenshot), state (snapshot/restore), plan runner (run). Fuzzy role matching, /regex/ targeting, --q priority cascade with ambiguity refusal, visibility guards on CGEvent paths, AX-focus-first with CGEvent click fallback. ~10-30x faster than osascript (~66ms get, ~151ms press vs 2-5s).
src/ax: commander CLI over the native binary — all 17 subcommands with human-friendly output and --json raw mode; plan runner with per-step timing and restore. src/ax/lib/runner.ts resolves the binary and auto-builds it on first run (120s timeout, stderr progress). tools macos ax delegates to tools ax. build:native script added.
Skill doc teaching agents the ax CLI: discovery/inspection/interaction command reference, targeting modes (id/q/text/role/desc/subrole/window, fuzzy + regex), press-vs-click-vs-set decision table, plan runner contract, browser-specific notes, common AX actions.
Snapshot of ~/.claude/skills/screen-capture/scripts/capture-with-actions.ts in its original form (peekaboo capture live + timed action timeline + crops + preflight + clickmap + vitrinka push). Sole change: ax-tool binary path resolves repo-relative via import.meta.dir instead of a hardcoded HOME path. Commander breakdown into src/control/commands/ follows as a separate behavior-frozen refactor. Lint intentionally skipped for this archival commit; the refactor commit brings the code under repo lint rules.
src/ax becomes src/control with commands/ split: discovery (list/tree/ find/window/attrs/actions/preflight), interact (get/set/press/perform/ focus/click/type/hotkey/screenshot), state (snapshot/restore/build), run (plan runner). Shared targeting options/args/label dedupe into lib/target.ts. The capture runner moves to lib/capture-with-actions.ts, exposed verbatim as 'tools control capture <args>' via raw-argv passthrough (own argv parsing, flags untouched). tools macos control replaces tools macos ax. Behavior frozen; capture runner brought under repo lint (biome + SafeJSON) and tsconfig (two latent type errors: missing onError on marker variants, unguarded axId in osascript fallback).
SKILL.md: tools ax renamed to tools control throughout, recording section points at tools control capture, screen-capture trigger phrases merged into the description, machine-local paths dropped. New resources: references/capture.md (full recording discipline — mental model, target resolution, runner contract, crop markers, troubleshooting, anti-patterns), references/peekaboo.md (flag tables, copied from the standalone skill), references/vitrinka.md (optional board publishing).
…ype, merged preflight Findings from the blind sonnet UX test (score 6/10) plus user-directed hardening: - screenshot/window targeting fails loud: --window with 0 or 2+ substring matches errors with a candidates list instead of silently capturing a different window (the Find-in-page-as-main bug); unscoped screenshot picks largest-area real window instead of z-order first, reporting otherWindows + pickedBy - screenshot --crop x,y,w,h (pixels of the captured image) - set/type hard-verify: refuse when target app is not frontmost after activation; read the field back after typing, retry once on mismatch, then fail loud with fieldValue/expected; type --return moved after verification - find: --window scoping, and count:0 with --title adds a hint that Chromium/SwiftUI put text in AXDescription - window: transient flag on AXUnknown/AXHelpTag/h<=50 popups - hotkey --app: activates target and refuses if it cannot become frontmost - new apps command: running apps (name/pid/bundleId/frontmost) - preflight merged: screens (NSScreen points/scale/framePixels/originCG), frontmost app, browser tab via NSAppleScript (Chromium dialects+Safari), phantom-strip separation, elements grouped by id OR desc OR title (browsers no longer report addressableCount 0), 15/role truncation with --wanted elements:<Role> full pull, --wanted group selection, units reminder; suggested plan targets by id or q - JSON output compact by default, --pretty to indent - help rewritten: preflight promoted to run-this-first, desc-vs-title note, verify semantics documented
…, compact JSON
- find gains --q/--text/--subrole/--window/--exact and prints the
desc-vs-title hint on empty results
- new apps command (valid --app values)
- hotkey --app/--hold, screenshot --crop passthrough
- preflight --wanted passthrough; human output shows screens/frontmost/
browser tab/phantom count and labels desc-addressable elements
- run: one schema — sequential steps, atMs timeline mode, and capture{}
delegation to the capture runner; top-level ok true only when every
step passed, failedSteps count added, nonzero exit on any failure
- JSON output compact by default, --pretty to indent (42% smaller)
- program help promotes preflight as run-this-first
- SKILL.md updated for the new surface
…y fail-loud, browserTab pidMatch UX iteration 2 findings (score 7/10, up from 6): two same-named Brave processes exposed three holes. - --app <pid> now actually resolves by pid (was documented in two places but findApp never tried numeric match); unknown pid errors cleanly - name/bundleId resolution fails loud when 2+ processes match a tier, listing name/pid/bundleId candidates and pointing at --app <pid>; regular-activation apps still win over background helpers - preflight browserTab cross-checks the AppleScript-reported tab title against the queried pid's AX window titles: pidMatch true/false plus a warning when the answer likely came from the OTHER instance (AppleScript addresses apps by name, not pid). Verified live: rickroll tab correctly attributed to pid 9539, pid 52578 flagged pidMatch:false - preflight resolves the display name when --app is a pid so browser detection still works
…ate+OCR wiring - wait/assert commands (verify.ts): poll or single-shot element conditions (exists/enabled/focused/value/contains/gone); work as plan steps too - scroll + ocr + screenshot --annotate registered in TS layer (were Swift-only) - record-plan: commands mode (runner logs action commands while session active), activity mode (Swift 'record' CGEvent tap streams NDJSON, clicks resolved to AX elements), all mode (merged + deduped vs synthetic events); start/stop/status + one-shot --duration; keystroke/hotkey/scroll coalescing, US-keycode hotkey names (layout-independent replay) - run.ts dispatches wait/assert steps TS-side
…est 3B) Agent blind3b proved commands-mode recording splices in concurrent sessions' commands (3 of its 8 steps belonged to a parallel agent). Fixes: - runner tags each recorded command with a session identity (recordSource: CLAUDE_CODE_SESSION_ID/ITERM/TERM_SESSION_ID/TMUX_PANE composite) - synthesis marks foreign steps "_foreign"; stop + status warn loudly; stop --exclude-foreign drops them; status lists last 5 buffered commands ([foreign] tagged) and full list in --json - numeric flag values (amount/timeout/...) typed as numbers in plan JSON - run.ts ignores "_"-prefixed step keys (also fixes preflight _label leak) - preflight --wanted plan no longer prints 'undefined elements' - SKILL.md: multi-session recording warning
… boxes, wait/assert docs
- run: plain-text FAIL lines now carry the failure reason + string actual
(was: 'FAIL Chat 128ms' with the ambiguity reason only in --json)
- run --help: document wait/assert step fields (gone/for/expect/contains/
timeout/interval) with examples
- annotate: skip boxes with <30% visible area or <10px visible edge — legend
no longer numbers boxes that don't visibly render (edge slivers)
- wait: timeout error echoes target + app + condition ('--q X in Genesis:
exists not met'); --gone help clarifies never-existed passes immediately
- hotkey --keys help: bare-key examples (escape/return/tab) + aliases
…te window scoping, type race, window --action, depth reach Round 4C (TextEdit): - window --action move/resize/minimize/maximize/close/focus + --x/--y/ --width/--height registered in TS (Swift-only before — 'no way to move a window' was the agent's top finding); verified end-to-end (120,120 700x450) - type: bringFrontmost + focus-settle polling, --end flag (cursor to end before typing — AXSelectedTextRange, Cmd+Down fallback), --clear/--return/ --delay registered in TS, distinct errors for 'landed NOWHERE' (safe click-retry once) vs 'landed in a different element' (no retry), cursor semantics documented - set/hotkey/click/focus/scroll share new bringFrontmost() helper — re-activates each poll ~1.5s (single activate() + fixed sleep races right after another app's activation) Round 4D (Brave): - scroll: synthetic wheel events are DROPPED for background apps (verified empirically: identical event scrolls when frontmost, no-ops when not) — wheel path now activates the app first and fails loud if it cannot; no-target default aims at the app main-window center (was location (0,0) = menu bar) - annotate: AX window matched to the CAPTURED window by FRAME (±6pt) with title fallback — .first fallback annotated a phantom translate popup's elements onto the real window's screenshot; no match now means no boxes rather than wrong boxes (normal case verified: 140 elements) - find: 0 matches at default depth emits a hint (browser content nests past 15 — retry --depth 40); --depth now applies to ALL element targeting (get/press/click/wait/assert) via targetSearchDepth() + TS passthrough - preflight human output: 'frontmost now: X — preflight does not activate' - wait/assert --for help disambiguated from --expect/--contains
…re section, ocr --window parity Round-5 agent found ZERO tool bugs (its one failure was targeting error the --q flag would have prevented — which SKILL.md never listed). Fixes: - SKILL Targeting section leads with --q (universal search) + --depth - snapshot/restore documented as standalone commands with capture->disrupt-> restore example (restore takes literal JSON, not a path) - ocr accepts --window (Swift always honored it via the shared capture helper; only the TS wrapper rejected the flag) - Output section: human summary is the default, --json for machine JSON; list/find label-column legend
…failure diagnosis, exit codes
- CRITICAL: run + capture{} with 'steps' crashed (spread of undefined
plan.actions in capture-with-actions.ts:1751). run now normalizes before
delegating: steps->actions, press/set/perform -> ax-* verbs, id -> axId,
plan.app propagated per action; the capture script also aliases steps
itself for direct invocations. Verified: blind6's crashing plan now runs,
action fires as ax-press ok
- capture parse fallback: bare {parseError,raw:""} replaced with a real
diagnosis (exit code, SIGTRAP note, standalone repro command, 'element
control keeps working') + warning; top-level ok field; capture failure
exits 1 (was 0)
- ROOT CAUSE of 3/3 capture failures: peekaboo 3.0.0-beta3 'capture live'
itself crashes (exit 133 SIGTRAP, zero output, clean env, permissions
granted; 'peekaboo image' works) — upstream binary bug, documented in
SKILL; wrapper now reports it crisply instead of parseError
- capture preflight cross-checks CGWindowList against the AX window list:
CG-only windows (other Spaces / stale — blind6's 'Genesis Capture · OCR'
phantom) marked axVisible:false and never picked as crop basis; verified
pickedWindow now the real AX-visible Genesis window
- run: unknown step verb pre-validated with the FULL vocabulary (old error
listed 14 of 21 commands)
- --json mode now exits 1 on ok:false across all commands (20 call sites —
was: JSON printed, exit 0, failures invisible to exit-code gating)
…egend clamping, window title matching - scroll first-call race (HIGH, 3x reproduced): NSWorkspace.frontmostApplication caches/lags in a runloop-less CLI, so bringFrontmost declared failure right as its own activation landed. New frontmostPid() reads the AX system-wide focused application (WindowServer truth, no runloop needed); poll window 3s with CFRunLoopRunInMode pumping. Verified on the exact repro (cmux frontmost -> scroll Brave): first call succeeds - annotate legend: px now reports the VISIBLE intersection (clamped to image bounds) + 'clipped': true when clamped — no legend box can claim pixels the PNG doesn't have (verified: 0 out-of-bounds, 2 flagged) - screenshot/ocr --window: substring also matches AX window titles (frame- correlated) — CG titles can be shorter (Brave drops ' - Brave - Main'), so a substring copied from 'window' output now always works; candidates list prefers AX titles - record-plan help: explicit 'read-only commands are NOT recorded' callout
…us path
peekaboo upgraded 3.0.0-beta3 -> 3.9.4: 'capture live' works again (full
pipeline verified: ok:true, frames captured with motion, ~1ms action
precision, unified steps+capture{} plan runs end-to-end).
New 3.9.4 issue found: 'peekaboo window focus' HANGS indefinitely (killed at
30s+); the wrapper was burning its 15s timeout every capture before the
osascript fallback. focusWindow now goes ax-tool FIRST (native activate +
window raise, both plan focus{} and mid-capture focus actions), peekaboo
capped at 5s, osascript last. Verified: capture run with zero warnings.
SKILL: capture notes updated (beta3 crash historical, 3.9.4 verified; focus
path documented).
@app/utils -> @genesiscz/utils and stale @app/logger imports in src/control were introduced before master absorbed the repo-wide cutover; codemod + manual rewrite + biome import-order fix bring them in line.
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Native macOS UI automation for GenesisTools:
tools control(renamed fromtools ax) — a Swiftax-toolCLI over the Accessibility API plus a TypeScript wrapper, unified with the screen-capture runner.Highlights
ax-tool— click/type/set-value/find/inspect via AX API, auto-built on first usetools controlcommand suite — apps, find filters, unifiedrunplans, wait/assert, scroll, record-plan, annotate + OCR wiring, compact JSON outputmacos-controlplugin skill — screen-capture skill merged in; skill docs audited across roundsAlso carries a few small pre-branch fixes (github stack-safe merge --rebase, question log ordering, root CLAUDE.md slimming) that predate the control work.
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
tools control, including discovery, interaction, screenshots, OCR, recording, verification, snapshots, and timed plan execution.Bug Fixes
Documentation
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