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State the shape rules of var and the Run window's args rows - #3
Two commits that bring four decision pages to the code of cppalliance/runvil-harness#13 and of the Workshop change that follows it.
What changed
prompt-language.md, the entry on var. A write is checked by the rules of json.encode, and a write that would leave its table neither a list nor an object raises. The entry gives the reason: the read-back of var at the end of the block would otherwise fail on the table, or drop a part of it with no message.
tasks-and-fanout.md, the entry on tasks.spawn.opts takes the keys args, item, and index, and any other key raises, so a misspelled option fails at the call.
workshop-app.md. The contract route answers without an input field, and its args field is the prompt's declaration as JSON Schema.
workshop-ui.md. The Run window draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level, and the page names the control of each type.
No entry is added or removed, so the counts in README.md are unchanged.
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Documentation
Clarified that var writes follow JSON encoding rules, including errors for unsupported table shapes, and that views follow their underlying tables for length and iteration.
Documented the accepted options for tasks.spawn and clarified that unknown options produce an error.
Updated the /prompts/contract response documentation to omit the input field.
Added details on how prompt argument types are represented in the Run window.
Two entries follow the code. The entry on `var` in `prompt-language.md` says that a write is checked by the rules of `json.encode` and that a write which would leave its table neither a list nor an object raises, with the reason for the rule. The entry on `tasks.spawn` in `tasks-and-fanout.md` says that `opts` takes `args`, `item`, and `index`, and that any other key raises.
Plan: runvil-harness/plan/2026-11-13-3-json-args.plan.md
The contract route of Workshop sends a prompt's `args` declaration as JSON Schema and has no `input` field, and the Run window draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level. `workshop-app.md` and `workshop-ui.md` say so.
- `workshop-app.md` lists the fields of `ContractResponse` without `input` and names `ArgsSchema::as_json` as the source of `args`.
- `workshop-ui.md` names the control of each argument type, and says that a string named `text` gets a multiline box.
Plan: runvil-harness/plan/2026-11-13-3-json-args.plan.md
These documentation updates are low risk. Before merging, state the json.null exception in the var write rule, and say whether the Run window draws a row for the implicit text argument.
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- Line 262: Update the userdata validation description for the `var` proxy so it
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- Line 179: Update the Run window description to state that when a prompt omits
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`var` is an empty proxy table over a hidden data table, and each table that an author reads from it is a view of the same kind. The proxy checks each write at the assigning line: a function, a userdata, or a thread raises an error that says the value `must be JSON data`, and a key that JSON data has no place for, such as a boolean or an index past the end of a list, raises an error that names the key. A view measures and iterates like the table it stands for: `#` gives the length of the data, `pairs` and `next` visit its entries, and `var.items[#var.items + 1] = x` appends to a list.
`var` is an empty proxy table over a hidden data table, and each table that an author reads from it is a view of the same kind. The proxy checks each write at the assigning line, by the rules of `json.encode`: a function, a userdata, or a thread raises an error that says the value `must be JSON data`, and a table that mixes list items and named keys raises an error that names it. A write that would leave its table neither a list nor an object raises too, such as a boolean key, a named field in a list, or an index past the end of a list. A view measures and iterates like the table it stands for: `#` gives the length of the data, `pairs` and `next` visit its entries, and `var.items[#var.items + 1] = x` appends to a list.
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Exempt json.null from the userdata rule.
This sentence says every userdata raises, but Line 302 explicitly exempts json.null. The contradiction makes it unclear whether authors can store JSON null in var. State the exception here or reconcile the two rules.
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Review comment at @decisions/prompt-language.md at line 262:
Update the userdata validation description for the `var` proxy so it explicitly exempts `json.null` from the rejection rule, consistent with the exception stated elsewhere. Preserve the existing errors for other userdata values.
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### The Run window shows what a prompt declares, and its Run button has an empty click handler
Run > New Run Window runs `workbench.action.newRunWindow`, which opens a `run` panel in the main zone and loads the focused editor's file. The panel posts the prompt's text to the server route `POST /prompts/contract` and draws one row for each front-matter key except `uses`. The owner's rule: "let's keep the UI simple, one row for each thing."
Run > New Run Window runs `workbench.action.newRunWindow`, which opens a `run` panel in the main zone and loads the focused editor's file. The panel posts the prompt's text to the server route `POST /prompts/contract` and draws one row for each front-matter key except `uses`. For `args` it draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level: a switch for a boolean, a number field for an integer or a number, a text field for a string, and a box of JSON text for a list or an object. A string named `text` gets a multiline box, because `text` is the Engine's name for free text. The owner's rule: "let's keep the UI simple, one row for each thing."
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Document the implicit text row in the Run window description.
prompt-language.md gives a prompt without args one optional string argument named text. This paragraph limits the rows to arguments the prompt declares, so it does not say whether that implicit argument gets a row. Name the case so the page matches the language contract:
Suggested fix
-For `args` it draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level: a switch for a boolean, a number field for an integer or a number, a text field for a string, and a box of JSON text for a list or an object.+For `args` it draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level, or the implicit optional string `text` when the prompt omits `args` ([The prompt language](prompt-language.md)): a switch for a boolean, a number field for an integer or a number, a text field for a string, and a box of JSON text for a list or an object.
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Review comment at @decisions/workshop-ui.md at line 179:
Update the Run window description to state that when a prompt omits args, it still draws a row for the implicit optional string argument text, and link to The prompt language. Preserve the existing row descriptions for explicitly declared arguments.
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Summary
Two commits that bring four decision pages to the code of cppalliance/runvil-harness#13 and of the Workshop change that follows it.
What changed
prompt-language.md, the entry onvar. A write is checked by the rules ofjson.encode, and a write that would leave its table neither a list nor an object raises. The entry gives the reason: the read-back ofvarat the end of the block would otherwise fail on the table, or drop a part of it with no message.tasks-and-fanout.md, the entry ontasks.spawn.optstakes the keysargs,item, andindex, and any other key raises, so a misspelled option fails at the call.workshop-app.md. The contract route answers without aninputfield, and itsargsfield is the prompt's declaration as JSON Schema.workshop-ui.md. The Run window draws one row for each argument the prompt declares at the top level, and the page names the control of each type.No entry is added or removed, so the counts in
README.mdare unchanged.Summary by CodeRabbit
varwrites follow JSON encoding rules, including errors for unsupported table shapes, and that views follow their underlying tables for length and iteration.tasks.spawnand clarified that unknown options produce an error./prompts/contractresponse documentation to omit theinputfield.