Render write tool output as syntax-highlighted code in pi-web chat transcript
Session from pi-web on Hugging Face by woxQAQ · MIT · condensed by Coders Talk
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0interventions
GOAL
Replace the 'Successfully wrote xxx bytes to xxx' result text shown for write tool calls with a syntax-highlighted code block rendering the actual file content.
- +0Prompt · +0Don't show 'Successfully wrote xxx bytes to xxx'; instead render a syntax-highlighted code block of the written file
- +0mAgent did · +0mSearched the codebase for existing tool block rendering logic, read toolBlock.ts, ChatTranscript.vue, transcript.ts, HighlightedCode.vue and codeHighlight.ts to understand how tool results are modeled and rendered
- +0mAgent did · +0mChecked package.json files to understand build/test scripts for the web package and monorepo root
- +2mAgent did · +2mAdded buildToolDetailModel() in toolBlock.ts to classify tool details into diff/code/bash/text/empty, and updated toolBlock.test.ts with new tests for write details
- +2mAgent did · +2mUpdated ChatTranscript.vue to use the new detail model with a cache, wired write blocks to render via HighlightedCode like read blocks, and added an empty-file state
- +3mFail · +3mGrep for toolBlockTextResult/toolBlockDiff usages returned no output, exiting with code 1, indicating leftover references may have been missed
- +3mAgent did · +3mRe-read toolBlock.ts and the relevant ChatTranscript.vue sections to confirm the refactor was consistent and no stale references remained
- +3mAgent did · +3mRan the toolBlock test suite, built the web package, and checked git status to confirm only the intended three files were modified
- +4mOutcome · +4mWrite tool details now render via HighlightedCode with file-path-based syntax highlighting; added regression test verifying write details use file content not success text; build passed and tests passed
VERDICT
Next time I'd point directly at toolBlock.ts and ChatTranscript.vue upfront since I already knew roughly where tool rendering logic lived, instead of letting the agent grep broadly first. The build and test run at the end did the real work of confirming the refactor was safe, since the agent's own grep check for stale references came back empty and needed a manual re-read to double check.