agent: Improve initial file search quality (#29317)

This PR significantly improves the quality of the initial file search
that occurs when the model doesn't yet know the full path to a file it
needs to read/edit.

Previously, the assertions in file_search often failed on main as the
model attempted to guess full file paths. On this branch, it reliably
calls `find_path` (previously `path_search`) before reading files.

After getting the model to find paths first, I noticed it would try
using `grep` instead of `path_search`. This motivated renaming
`path_search` to `find_path` (continuing the analogy to unix commands)
and adding system prompt instructions about proper tool selection.

Note: I know the command is just called `find`, but that seemed too
general.

In my eval runs, the `file_search` example improved from 40% ± 10% to
98% ± 2%. The only assertion I'm seeing occasionally fail is "glob
starts with `**` or project". We can probably add some instructions in
that regard.

Release Notes:

- N/A
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Agus Zubiaga 2025-04-23 21:24:41 -03:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ pub fn migrate_settings(text: &str) -> Result<Option<String>> {
migrations::m_2025_04_21::SETTINGS_PATTERNS,
&SETTINGS_QUERY_2025_04_21,
),
(
migrations::m_2025_04_23::SETTINGS_PATTERNS,
&SETTINGS_QUERY_2025_04_23,
),
];
run_migrations(text, migrations)
}
@ -214,6 +218,10 @@ define_query!(
SETTINGS_QUERY_2025_04_21,
migrations::m_2025_04_21::SETTINGS_PATTERNS
);
define_query!(
SETTINGS_QUERY_2025_04_23,
migrations::m_2025_04_23::SETTINGS_PATTERNS
);
// custom query
static EDIT_PREDICTION_SETTINGS_MIGRATION_QUERY: LazyLock<Query> = LazyLock::new(|| {
@ -639,7 +647,7 @@ mod tests {
"name": "Custom",
"tools": {
"diagnostics": true,
"path_search": true,
"find_path": true,
"read_file": true
}
}
@ -650,4 +658,40 @@ mod tests {
None,
)
}
#[test]
fn test_rename_path_search_to_find_path() {
assert_migrate_settings(
r#"
{
"assistant": {
"profiles": {
"default": {
"tools": {
"path_search": true,
"read_file": true
}
}
}
}
}
"#,
Some(
r#"
{
"assistant": {
"profiles": {
"default": {
"tools": {
"find_path": true,
"read_file": true
}
}
}
}
}
"#,
),
);
}
}