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defmodule AI.Util do
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# On average, English words about 4.5 characters long, plus a space or
# punctuation. OpenAI posits that 1 token ~= 4 characters in English text.
#
# We can use these to approximate a reasonable max length for messages to
# mitigate the risk of a single, new message being added to a conversation
# that blows so far past the model's context window that it prevents even
# compaction from working effectively:
# - 5 bytes per word * 10,000 words = 50,000 bytes
#
# The current crop of models have a context window of 400k tokens:
# - 400,000 tokens * 4 bytes per token = 1,600,000 bytes
# - 1,600,000 bytes / 50,000 bytes per message = 32 messages
#
# That seems like a reasonable baseline threshold to start with.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@max_msg_length 50_000
@role_system "developer"
@role_user "user"
@role_assistant "assistant"
@role_tool "tool"
@type tool_call :: %{
id: binary,
type: binary,
function: %{name: binary, arguments: binary}
}
@type tool_call_parsed :: %{
id: binary,
type: binary,
function: %{name: binary, arguments: map}
}
@type content_msg :: %{role: binary, content: binary}
@type tool_request_msg :: %{
role: binary,
content: nil,
tool_calls: [tool_call_parsed]
}
@type tool_response_msg :: %{
role: binary,
name: binary,
tool_call_id: binary,
content: binary
}
@type msg ::
content_msg
| tool_request_msg
| tool_response_msg
@type msg_list :: [msg]
# Computes the cosine similarity between two vectors
@spec cosine_similarity([float], [float]) :: float
def cosine_similarity(vec1, vec2) do
if length(vec1) != length(vec2) do
raise ArgumentError, """
Vectors must have the same length to compute cosine similarity.
- Left: #{length(vec1)}
- Right: #{length(vec2)}
"""
end
dot_product = Enum.zip(vec1, vec2) |> Enum.reduce(0.0, fn {a, b}, acc -> acc + a * b end)
magnitude1 = :math.sqrt(Enum.reduce(vec1, 0.0, fn x, acc -> acc + x * x end))
magnitude2 = :math.sqrt(Enum.reduce(vec2, 0.0, fn x, acc -> acc + x * x end))
if magnitude1 == 0.0 or magnitude2 == 0.0 do
0.0
else
dot_product / (magnitude1 * magnitude2)
end
end
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Building transcripts
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@doc """
Builds a "transcript" of the research process by converting the messages into
text. This is most commonly used to generate a transcript of the research
performed in a conversation for various agents and tool calls.
"""
@spec research_transcript([msg]) :: binary
def research_transcript(msgs) do
# Make a lookup for tool call args by id
tool_call_args = build_tool_call_args(msgs)
msgs
# Drop all messages until the first user message
|> Enum.drop_while(&(&1.role != @role_user))
# Convert messages into text
|> Enum.reduce([], fn
%{role: @role_user, content: content}, acc ->
["# USER:\n#{content}" | acc]
%{role: @role_assistant, content: content}, acc when is_binary(content) ->
# Ignore <think> messages, which are used to indicate the assistant is thinking
if String.starts_with?(content, "<think>") do
acc
else
["# ASSISTANT:\n#{content}" | acc]
end
# May be present in older conversations.
%{role: "system", content: _}, acc ->
acc
%{role: @role_system, content: _content}, acc ->
acc
%{role: @role_tool, tool_call_id: id, name: name, content: content}, acc ->
args = tool_call_args[id] |> Jason.encode!()
text = """
# TOOL CALL
Performed research using the tool, `#{name}`, with the following arguments:
`#{args}`
Result:
#{content}
"""
[text | acc]
_msg, acc ->
acc
end)
|> Enum.reverse()
|> Enum.join("\n-----\n")
end
defp build_tool_call_args(msgs) do
msgs
|> Enum.reduce(%{}, fn msg, acc ->
case msg do
%{role: @role_assistant, content: nil, tool_calls: tool_calls} ->
tool_calls
|> Enum.map(fn %{id: id, function: %{arguments: args}} -> {id, args} end)
|> Enum.into(acc)
_ ->
acc
end
end)
end
@doc """
Extracts the user's *most recent* query from the conversation messages.
"""
@spec user_query([msg]) :: binary | nil
def user_query(messages) do
messages
|> Enum.filter(&(&1.role == @role_user))
|> List.first()
|> then(& &1.content)
end
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Messages
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@doc """
Creates a system message object, used to define the assistant's behavior for
the conversation.
"""
@spec system_msg(binary) :: content_msg
def system_msg(msg) do
%{role: @role_system, content: msg}
|> validate_msg_length()
end
@doc """
Creates a user message object, representing the user's input prompt.
"""
@spec user_msg(binary) :: content_msg
def user_msg(msg) do
%{role: @role_user, content: msg}
|> validate_msg_length()
end
@doc """
Creates an assistant message object, representing the assistant's response.
"""
@spec assistant_msg(binary) :: content_msg
def assistant_msg(msg) do
%{role: @role_assistant, content: msg}
|> validate_msg_length()
end
@doc """
This is the tool outputs message, which must come immediately after the
`assistant_tool_msg/3` message with the same `tool_call_id` (`id`).
"""
@spec tool_msg(binary, binary, any) :: tool_response_msg
def tool_msg(id, func, output) do
output =
if is_binary(output) do
output
else
inspect(output, pretty: true)
end
output = spill_tool_output_if_needed(id, func, output)
output = """
#{output}
Tool call with ID `#{id}` completed using the function `#{func}`.
"""
%{
role: @role_tool,
name: func,
tool_call_id: id,
content: output
}
|> validate_msg_length()
end
@doc """
A guard to identify system messages.
"""
defguard is_system_msg?(msg)
when is_map(msg) and
msg.role in [@role_system, "system"]
# When a tool produces a very large output, writing the entire contents into the
# conversation can blow past the model's context window. For tool outputs, we
# instead spill the full content to a temporary file and return a preview plus
# explicit instructions for using `shell_tool` to inspect the file.
defp spill_tool_output_if_needed(_id, _func, output) when is_binary(output) do
if String.length(output) <= @max_msg_length do
output
else
# Use a temp path that the model can reference with shell_tool. We rely
# on Briefly for atomic, race-safe temp file creation and cleanup when
# the owning process or BEAM exits.
with dir when is_binary(dir) <- System.tmp_dir(),
{:ok, filename} <-
Services.TempFile.mktemp(
directory: dir,
prefix: "fnord-tool-",
extname: ".log"
),
# Best-effort write; if it fails, we fall back to normal truncation.
:ok <- File.write(filename, output) do
bytes = byte_size(output)
lines = output |> String.split("\n") |> length()
header = """
[fnord: tool output truncated]
Full output saved to: #{filename}
Size: #{bytes} bytes (#{lines} lines)
This file will be automatically cleaned up after your next complete response to the user.
To inspect more of this output, use `shell_tool` with a command like:
- `cat #{filename}`
- `sed -n 'START,ENDp' #{filename}`
--- Begin truncated preview ---
"""
# Reserve room for the header and a closing footer inside @max_msg_length.
# This keeps validate_msg_length/1 as a final safety net rather than the
# primary truncation mechanism for tool outputs.
header_len = String.length(header)
footer = "\n--- End truncated preview ---"
footer_len = String.length(footer)
# Leave a bit of extra slack so that validate_msg_length/1 is less likely
# to trim off the footer we add here.
safety_margin = 200
max_preview_len = max(@max_msg_length - header_len - footer_len - safety_margin, 0)
preview = String.slice(output, 0, max_preview_len)
header <> preview <> footer
else
{:error, _reason} ->
# If we cannot write the tmp file, fall back to the original output and
# let validate_msg_length/1 handle truncation.
output
end
end
end
defp spill_tool_output_if_needed(_id, _func, output), do: output
@doc """
This is the tool call message, which must come immediately before the
`tool_msg/3` message with the same `tool_call_id` (`id`).
"""
@spec assistant_tool_msg(binary, binary, binary) :: tool_request_msg
def assistant_tool_msg(id, func, args) do
%{
role: @role_assistant,
content: nil,
tool_calls: [
%{
id: id,
type: "function",
function: %{
name: func,
arguments: args
}
}
]
}
end
defp validate_msg_length(%{content: content} = msg) when is_binary(content) do
if String.length(content) > @max_msg_length do
warning = "(msg truncated due to size)"
wlen = String.length(warning)
max = @max_msg_length - wlen
%{msg | content: String.slice(content, 0, max) <> warning}
else
msg
end
end
defp validate_msg_length(msg), do: msg
end