feat(ast-grep): detect regex-style pattern misuse before returning empty results

LLMs frequently call ast_grep_search with regex-style patterns like
'func.*build|BuildMode|projectReferences' instead of AST patterns. The
search silently returns zero matches with no useful feedback, so the
model retries with a different regex-shaped pattern and loops.

Extract hint generation into pattern-hints.ts and add detectors for the
four dominant misuse modes:
- regex escapes (\\w, \\d, \\s, \\b)
- character-class ranges ([a-z], [0-9])
- regex wildcards (.* .+) with no meta-vars
- pure alternation (foo|bar|baz with no structural syntax)

Heuristics are designed to be safe on valid AST patterns: bitwise OR
'$A | $B' and Rust closures '|x| x + 1' are not flagged. Language-
specific shape hints (trailing-colon Python, body-less JS/TS/Go/Rust
functions) are preserved and extended to Go and Rust.
This commit is contained in:
YeonGyu-Kim
2026-04-22 12:23:51 +09:00
parent e0bcf3e2f9
commit 95ccbbfe8c
3 changed files with 362 additions and 24 deletions
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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { tool, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tool"
import { CLI_LANGUAGES } from "./constants"
import { runSg } from "./cli"
import { formatSearchResult, formatReplaceResult } from "./result-formatter"
import { getPatternHint } from "./pattern-hints"
import type { CliLanguage } from "./types"
async function showOutputToUser(context: unknown, output: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -12,29 +13,6 @@ async function showOutputToUser(context: unknown, output: string): Promise<void>
await ctx.metadata?.({ metadata: { output } })
}
function getEmptyResultHint(pattern: string, lang: CliLanguage): string | null {
const src = pattern.trim()
if (lang === "python") {
if (src.startsWith("class ") && src.endsWith(":")) {
const withoutColon = src.slice(0, -1)
return `Hint: Remove trailing colon. Try: "${withoutColon}"`
}
if ((src.startsWith("def ") || src.startsWith("async def ")) && src.endsWith(":")) {
const withoutColon = src.slice(0, -1)
return `Hint: Remove trailing colon. Try: "${withoutColon}"`
}
}
if (["javascript", "typescript", "tsx"].includes(lang)) {
if (/^(export\s+)?(async\s+)?function\s+\$[A-Z_]+\s*$/i.test(src)) {
return `Hint: Function patterns need params and body. Try "function $NAME($$$) { $$$ }"`
}
}
return null
}
export function createAstGrepTools(ctx: PluginInput): Record<string, ToolDefinition> {
const ast_grep_search: ToolDefinition = tool({
description:
@@ -63,7 +41,7 @@ export function createAstGrepTools(ctx: PluginInput): Record<string, ToolDefinit
let output = formatSearchResult(result)
if (result.matches.length === 0 && !result.error) {
const hint = getEmptyResultHint(args.pattern, args.lang as CliLanguage)
const hint = getPatternHint(args.pattern, args.lang as CliLanguage)
if (hint) {
output += `\n\n${hint}`
}