fix: fs tools now output better error handling to guide the model more effectively

assets/functions/tools/fs_cat.sh

@@ -10,5 +10,13 @@ set -e
 
 main() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-		cat "$argc_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT" 2>&1 || echo "No such file or path: $argc_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+    local path="$argc_path"
+
+    # An empty result is shown to the model as the opaque literal "DONE"; emit a note instead.
+    if [[ -f "$path" && ! -s "$path" ]]; then
+        echo "(empty file: $path)" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    cat "$path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT" 2>&1 || echo "No such file or path: $path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
 }

assets/functions/tools/fs_glob.sh

@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ main() {
     local search_path="${argc_path:-.}"
 
     if [[ ! -d "$search_path" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: directory not found: $search_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+        echo "Error: directory not found: $search_path" >&2
-        return 1
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     local results

assets/functions/tools/fs_grep.sh

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ main() {
     local include_filter="${argc_include:-}"
 
     if [[ ! -e "$search_path" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: path not found: $search_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+        echo "Error: path not found: $search_path" >&2
-        return 1
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     local grep_args=(-nH --color=never)

assets/functions/tools/fs_ls.sh

@@ -9,5 +9,18 @@ set -e
 
 main() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-    ls -1 "$argc_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT" 2>&1 || echo "No such path: $argc_path" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+    local path="$argc_path"
+    local output
+
+    if ! output=$(ls -1 "$path" 2>&1); then
+        echo "$output" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # An empty result is shown to the model as the opaque literal "DONE"; emit a note instead.
+    if [[ -z "$output" ]]; then
+        echo "(empty directory: $path)" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+    else
+        echo "$output" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+    fi
 }

assets/functions/tools/fs_read.sh

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ main() {
     local limit="${argc_limit:-2000}"
 
     if [[ ! -e "$target" ]]; then
-        echo "Error: path not found: $target" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+        echo "Error: path not found: $target" >&2
-        return 1
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if [[ -d "$target" ]]; then