From c72003b0b60eb4e622f07fb2c23fd5eb14874748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:38:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Implemented the path normalization fix for the oracle
 and explore agents

---
 assets/agents/explore/tools.sh | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
 assets/agents/oracle/tools.sh  | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/assets/agents/explore/tools.sh b/assets/agents/explore/tools.sh
index 510d4f3..6fc9384 100755
--- a/assets/agents/explore/tools.sh
+++ b/assets/agents/explore/tools.sh
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@ _project_dir() {
   (cd "${dir}" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || echo "${dir}"
 }
 
+# Normalize a path to be relative to project root.
+# Strips the project_dir prefix if the LLM passes an absolute path.
+_normalize_path() {
+  local input_path="$1"
+  local project_dir
+  project_dir=$(_project_dir)
+
+  if [[ "${input_path}" == /* ]]; then
+    input_path="${input_path#"${project_dir}"/}"
+  fi
+
+  input_path="${input_path#./}"
+  echo "${input_path}"
+}
+
 # @cmd Get project structure and layout
 get_structure() {
   local project_dir
@@ -78,6 +93,7 @@ search_content() {
     grep -v '/node_modules/' | \
     grep -v '/.git/' | \
     grep -v '/dist/' | \
+    sed "s|^${project_dir}/||" | \
     head -30) || true
   
   if [[ -n "${results}" ]]; then
@@ -91,8 +107,9 @@ search_content() {
 # @option --path! Path to the file (relative to project root)
 # @option --lines Maximum lines to read (default: 200)
 read_file() {
+  local file_path
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-  local file_path="${argc_path}"
+  file_path=$(_normalize_path "${argc_path}")
   local max_lines="${argc_lines:-200}"
   local project_dir
   project_dir=$(_project_dir)
@@ -122,7 +139,8 @@ read_file() {
 # @cmd Find similar files to a given file (for pattern matching)
 # @option --path! Path to the reference file
 find_similar() {
-  local file_path="${argc_path}"
+  local file_path
+  file_path=$(_normalize_path "${argc_path}")
   local project_dir
   project_dir=$(_project_dir)
   
@@ -138,7 +156,7 @@ find_similar() {
     ! -name "$(basename "${file_path}")" \
     ! -name "*test*" \
     ! -name "*spec*" \
-    2>/dev/null | head -5)
+    2>/dev/null | sed "s|^${project_dir}/||" | head -5)
   
   if [[ -n "${results}" ]]; then
     echo "${results}" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
@@ -147,7 +165,7 @@ find_similar() {
       ! -name "$(basename "${file_path}")" \
       ! -name "*test*" \
       -not -path '*/target/*' \
-      2>/dev/null | head -5)
+      2>/dev/null | sed "s|^${project_dir}/||" | head -5)
     if [[ -n "${results}" ]]; then
       echo "${results}" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
     else
diff --git a/assets/agents/oracle/tools.sh b/assets/agents/oracle/tools.sh
index 6e9f4a2..4eb0a16 100755
--- a/assets/agents/oracle/tools.sh
+++ b/assets/agents/oracle/tools.sh
@@ -14,21 +14,38 @@ _project_dir() {
   (cd "${dir}" 2>/dev/null && pwd) || echo "${dir}"
 }
 
+# Normalize a path to be relative to project root.
+# Strips the project_dir prefix if the LLM passes an absolute path.
+_normalize_path() {
+  local input_path="$1"
+  local project_dir
+  project_dir=$(_project_dir)
+
+  if [[ "${input_path}" == /* ]]; then
+    input_path="${input_path#"${project_dir}"/}"
+  fi
+
+  input_path="${input_path#./}"
+  echo "${input_path}"
+}
+
 # @cmd Read a file for analysis
 # @option --path! Path to the file (relative to project root)
 read_file() {
   local project_dir
   project_dir=$(_project_dir)
+  local file_path
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-  local full_path="${project_dir}/${argc_path}"
+  file_path=$(_normalize_path "${argc_path}")
+  local full_path="${project_dir}/${file_path}"
   
   if [[ ! -f "${full_path}" ]]; then
-    error "File not found: ${argc_path}" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
+    error "File not found: ${file_path}" >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
     return 1
   fi
 
   {
-  	info "Reading: ${argc_path}"
+  	info "Reading: ${file_path}"
   	echo ""
   	cat "${full_path}"
   } >> "$LLM_OUTPUT"
@@ -80,6 +97,7 @@ search_code() {
     grep -v '/target/' | \
     grep -v '/node_modules/' | \
     grep -v '/.git/' | \
+    sed "s|^${project_dir}/||" | \
     head -30) || true
   
   if [[ -n "${results}" ]]; then
@@ -113,7 +131,8 @@ analyze_with_command() {
 # @cmd List directory contents
 # @option --path Path to list (default: project root)
 list_directory() {
-  local dir_path="${argc_path:-.}"
+  local dir_path
+  dir_path=$(_normalize_path "${argc_path:-.}")
   local project_dir
   project_dir=$(_project_dir)
   local full_path="${project_dir}/${dir_path}"