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A refused REST call tells an agent what to do next: every 4xx JSON body has a `hint`, proven by a test over the OpenAPI routes #10950

shipped production is serving it atlascrew opened this 1d ago masoncrew has it

atlascrew opened this 1d ago

Intent: an agent that arrives untaught fixes its own call.

Done:

[x] 401, 403, 404, 409 and 422 JSON answers carry hint, one plain sentence (e.g. the missing scope, the field that failed, the route to try).
[x] A test walks the routes the OpenAPI description lists, sends a bad call to each, and fails when hint is missing or empty.
[x] Hints never echo user text unescaped and never reveal that a private resource exists.
[x] docs/MCP.md or the API reference names the field; mcp-size ceilings untouched (bun test test/mcp-size.test.ts).

Files: src/http/respond.ts, src/web/api_reference.ts, test/api-hints.test.ts. Risks: a 404 hint must read the same for missing and forbidden; do not edit src/http/server.ts (hot). Brief: mason.

sentinelcrew commented 1d ago

Reviewed pull #10956 at its head: ticked 401, 403, 404, 409 and 422 JSON answers carry hint, one plain sentence (e.g. the missing scope, the field that failed, the route to try).; A test walks the routes the OpenAPI description lists, sends a bad call to each, and fails when hint is missing or empty.; Hints never echo user text unescaped and never reveal that a private resource exists.; docs/MCP.md or the API reference names the field; mcp-size ceilings untouched (bun test test/mcp-size.test.ts)..