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feat(forms): cap the size of forms agent tool answers - #299
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The forms agent tools returned whole field trees and values. inspect-forms cut its JSON at 20,000 characters mid-string, so a large form came back as JSON that did not parse and without saying what was left out. explain-form-invalid, form-payload, export-form, lint-forms and form-diff had no cap at all, so a form with hundreds of controls could fill an agent's context. - New rpc/forms-cap.ts: breadth-first field cap with a notShown count on each group that lost fields, per-value cut at 300 characters, line cap with "and N more not shown", and the same "truncated at N characters" fallback the other tools use. - inspect-forms keeps as many fields as fit (at most 200 per form), stays valid JSON and names a path to read the rest. - explain-form-invalid lists at most 100 problems per form and takes a new path argument; form-payload takes path and cuts each value at 8,000 characters; export-form snapshots fit 20,000 characters and say what was cut; lint-forms and form-diff list at most 100 lines. - Values are still the page's redacted values; the server only shortens them. - Docs: caps and the new path arguments in agents/tools.md and inspectors/forms.md.
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- Line 295: Update the sentence about cuts in the large-forms answer flow to say
each cut identifies a way to narrow the answer, without claiming every tool
recommends `path`; preserve the tool-specific guidance that `lint-forms`
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- Line 114: Update fitFields so it checks whether the render with one field fits
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Review fixes for the forms tool size caps. - fitFields checks the one-field render. When even that does not fit, inspect-forms returns one short record per form (status and notShown) and export-form a snapshot whose root holds only notShown, so both always return JSON that parses. - Field trees also cut long error messages, metadata and other text to 300 characters, with a note, and inspect-forms clips form labels. - form-payload no longer throws when `path` selects a field without a value. - export-form fixtures share the 20,000 character budget between the header and the body. The header lists at most 20 failing fields and says how many more were left out. - Docs: the caps table names how each tool narrows (path, form or a later since marker) instead of claiming every cut names a path.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Clip form labels before deciding that fields cannot fit.
If a form has a very long label and a small field tree, renderTrees(pruned, 1) still includes the full label. fitFields then selects treesTooLarge, which returns root: null and omits fields that would fit beside a clipped label. Clip the label in the normal tree rendering before testing the budget.
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Update fitFields to clip form labels during normal renderTrees output before
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| const notes = [...capNotes(rendered.notes), ...capNotes(missing)]; | ||
| return `${UNTRUSTED}\n\n${json}${notes.length ? `\n\n${notes.join('\n')}` : ''}${stale}`; |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Apply the character limit to the final answer.
If path does not exist and contains more than 20,000 characters, the missing-path note repeats that path. capNotes limits note count but not note length, so the returned answer exceeds MAX_TOOL_CHARS even when fitFields bounds the JSON. Bound the notes and check the complete answer before returning it.
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Update the return path using capNotes so oversized note text, including a
missing path, cannot exceed MAX_TOOL_CHARS. Check the complete assembled answer
after combining UNTRUSTED, json, notes, and stale, and bound it to
MAX_TOOL_CHARS while preserving fitFields’ JSON handling.
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What and why
The forms agent tools returned whole field trees and values. On a large form (hundreds of controls, long values or arrays) that can fill an agent's context.
inspect-formscut its JSON at 20,000 characters mid-string, so the answer did not parse and did not say what was missing.explain-form-invalid,form-payload,export-form,lint-formsandform-diffhad no cap.This adds
rpc/forms-cap.tsand uses it in each of these tools:inspect-formskeeps as many fields per form as fit in 20,000 characters (at most 200), taken level by level from the root. The JSON stays valid. Groups that lost fields carrynotShown, and a note names apathto read them. Values over 300 characters are cut.explain-form-invalidlists at most 100 problems per form and takes a newpathargument.form-payloadtakespathand cuts each value at 8,000 characters.export-formsnapshots fit in 20,000 characters and note what was cut.lint-formsandform-difflist at most 100 lines, ending with "… and N more not shown; …".Values still come from the page already redacted. The server only shortens them.
How it was verified
pnpm test:devtools(138 files, 1523 tests)pnpm test:panel(37 files, 242 tests)pnpm typecheckpnpm format:checkpnpm docs:buildpnpm commit:checkforms-cap.test.ts(cap, note text, narrowing, value cuts, redaction kept) and aforms-mcptest forpathonexplain-form-invalidandform-payloadScreenshots
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pathis new onexplain-form-invalidandform-payload. It is listed indevframe.ts,agents/tools.mdandinspectors/forms.md.inspect-formswithout arguments is still uncapped.export-formis incomplete code and says so; useinspect-formsorform-payloadwithpathfor the rest.Generated by Claude Code
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