Some MCP servers expose tools that take absolute paths as arguments. To
interact with these, the agent needs to know the absolute path to the
project directories, not just their names. This PR changes the system
prompt to include the full path to each worktree, and updates some tool
descriptions to reflect this.
Todo:
* [x] Run evals, make sure assistant still understand how to specify
paths for tools, now that we include abs paths in the system prompt.
Release Notes:
- Improved the agent's ability to use MPC tools that require absolute
paths to files and directories in the project.
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Co-authored-by: Ben Brandt <benjamin.j.brandt@gmail.com>
This PR removes the code for the "Suggest Edits" functionality from
Assistant1.
This feature was already disabled entirely with the launch of the Agent,
we're just cleaning up the unused code.
Release Notes:
- N/A
This change updates the system prompt to conditionally include
`grep`-related instructions based on whether the `grep` tool is enabled.
Implementation details:
1. Add a `has_tool` handlebars helper.
2. Pass the `model` to all locations where the prompt is built.
3. Use `{{#if has_tool "grep"}}` in the system prompt to gate
`grep`-specific instructions.
Testing:
- Unit tests for the `hasTool` helper.
- Unit tests to verify that `grep`-related instructions are included /
omitted from the prompt as appropriate.
- Manual agent evaluation:
- Setup: Asked the Agent "List all impls of MyTrait in the project"
using a custom "No tools" profile (all tools disabled).
- Before the change: The Agent attempted to call `grep`, encountered an
error, then realized the tool was unavailable.
- After the change: The Agent immediately asked to enable a search tool.
Note: in principle, `grep`/`read_file` tool descriptions alone might be
enough, but to confirm this we need more evaluation. If it turns out to
be true, we'll be able to remove grep-specific instructions from the
system prompt and undo this change.
Release Notes:
- N/A
When using the agent with a project shared by a collaborator, rules file
loading didn't work as it was trying to read from the client's
filesystem
Release Notes:
- Fixed rules file loading when using the agent with a project shared by
a collaborator.
Now that we've established a proper eval in tree, this PR is reboots of
our agent loop back to a set of minimal tools and simpler prompts. We
should aim to get this branch feeling subjectively competitive with
what's on main and then merge it, and build from there.
Let's invest in our eval and use it to drive better performance of the
agent loop. How you can help: Pick an example, and then make the outcome
faster or better. It's fine to even use your own subjective judgment, as
our evaluation criteria likely need tuning as well at this point. Focus
on making the agent work better in your own subjective experience first.
Let's focus on simple/practical improvements to make this thing work
better, then determine how we can craft our judgment criteria to lock
those improvements in.
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Max <max@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Antonio <antonio@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Agus <agus@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Richard <richard@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Max Brunsfeld <maxbrunsfeld@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Antonio Scandurra <me@as-cii.com>
Co-authored-by: Michael Sloan <mgsloan@gmail.com>
Related to #28490.
- Default prompts from the prompt library are now included as "user
rules" in the system prompt.
- Presence of these user rules is shown at the beginning of the thread
in the UI.
_ Now uses an `Entity<PromptStore>` instead of an `Arc<PromptStore>`.
Motivation for this is emitting a `PromptsUpdatedEvent`.
- Now disallows concurrent reloading of the system prompt. Before this
change it was possible for reloads to race.
Release Notes:
- agent: Added support for including default prompts from the Prompt
Library as "user rules" in the system prompt.
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Co-authored-by: Danilo Leal <daniloleal09@gmail.com>
Release Notes:
- Fixed a regression that caused the agent to hang sometimes.
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Co-authored-by: Thomas Mickley-Doyle <tmickleydoyle@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Nathan Sobo <nathan@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Michael Sloan <mgsloan@gmail.com>
Release Notes:
- agent: Replace `bash` tool with `terminal` tool which uses the current
shell
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Co-authored-by: Bennet <bennet@zed.dev>
Co-authored-by: Antonio <antonio@zed.dev>
Trying out sending the model a reminder message about code blocks in the
system prompt. If this seems to work well, we can include more specific
reminder messages, e.g. tool-specific ones.
Release Notes:
- N/A
