marfrit
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Phase 8 formulate manifest + PHASE0 §11 amendment to add the Phase 8
row (substrate amendment per CLAUDE.md §3 lands same commit).
Four pillars:
1. Per-endpoint /tokenize probe (cached). One round-trip on first
call per (endpoint, model); capability cached for session.
hossenfelder + llama.cpp expose <endpoint>/tokenize (NOT /v1/
tokenize — per real probe; the path is endpoint-local, not
under the OpenAI /v1 prefix). Cloud (OpenRouter) 404s — silent
char/4 fallback.
2. broker.token_count(model_cfg, text) — thin wrapper; tries probe,
falls back to char/4 on miss. Always returns non-negative int;
never errors. 2s tight timeout; failures cache as not-supported.
3. Context:estimate_tokens widened. Accepts optional tokenize_fn at
Context.new; uses it when present, char/4 otherwise. repl.lua
wires `tokenize_fn = function(text) return broker.token_count(
active_cfg, text) end` when cfg.tokenize.use_endpoint = true.
Per-turn _tokens cache to amortize across estimate calls.
4. :cost detail est-vs-actual annotation. When the heuristic
disagrees with the actual prompt_tokens from broker usage by
>10%, show `~est=N`. Silent otherwise. Display-only; no
behavior change.
Resolves Q1 (PHASE0 §13, originally Phase 3) — replace char/4
heuristic on Context:estimate_tokens. Originally targeted at Phase 3
but deferred forward each iteration; now lands.
Baseline already observed during formulate:
- /v1/tokenize -> 404 on hossenfelder; /tokenize -> works
- Body shape: {content: "..."} returns {tokens: [N1, N2, ...]}
- Accuracy gap: char/4 UNDERESTIMATES by ~10% on real code/prose
(508 vs 558 on a 2KB README sample). Material for context-
budget eviction decisions.
Doc covers scope + done-when, tech decisions table, module changes,
per-pillar deep dives, UX surface, out of scope, 6 risk rows, 6
open questions (Q-T4/T5 baseline-bound, others analyze-bound).
Scope confirmed via AskUserQuestion: tokenization (chosen over
cross-session cost persistence and hard rate-limit enforcement).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
aish
aish — AI-augmented conversational shell.
A single REPL that interleaves shell command execution and language-model conversation, backed by a llama.cpp HTTP broker. Implementation is LuaJIT 2.x with FFI bindings to libcurl, GNU readline, and libc — no C extensions, no build step, one source tree.
Why
Three flows that currently live in three windows fold into one:
- "Run this command and show me the output" — fast feedback loop, no copy-paste between terminal and chat.
- "Explain or write code based on the output we just looked at" — exec output is automatically injected into the model's context.
- "Plan and execute a multi-step task with confirmation gates" — landing in Phase 3 as Chuck Norris autonomous mode.
aish is not a wrapper around bash. It's a first-class interactive environment where the shell is one of several execution channels.
Status
| Component | State |
|---|---|
| Repository skeleton | ✅ in this commit |
| Phase 0 manifest | ✅ docs/PHASE0.md — locked |
| Phase 0 implementation | 🔜 next session |
| Phase 1+ | 📋 enumerated in PHASE0.md §11 |
Every module file currently raises not implemented (Phase 0 pending)
when called. luajit main.lua fails loudly at the first un-implemented
function, never silently.
Quick orientation
| Read this | If you want to know |
|---|---|
docs/PHASE0.md §1–2 |
What aish is and what Phase 0 ships |
docs/PHASE0.md §3 |
Technology decisions (LuaJIT, FFI, readline, libcurl, llama.cpp) |
docs/PHASE0.md §4 |
Directory layout — these file names are stable across all phases |
docs/PHASE0.md §5 |
How input is dispatched (meta / shell / AI) |
docs/PHASE0.md §6 |
Broker contract: /v1/chat/completions, CMD: extraction |
docs/PHASE0.md §10 |
Config schema and resolution order |
docs/PHASE0.md §11 |
Phase sequence (what lands when) |
docs/PHASE0.md §13 |
Open questions, tracked per phase |
CLAUDE.md |
Project conventions for AI-assisted contributors |
Directory layout
aish/
├── main.lua # entry point
├── repl.lua # readline loop, dispatch, prompt
├── broker.lua # llama.cpp HTTP client
├── router.lua # input classifier (meta/shell/AI)
├── executor.lua # command exec + CMD: extraction
├── context.lua # in-memory turn history
├── history.lua # disk persistence (Phase 1+)
├── safety.lua # destructive-op gate (Phase 3+)
├── renderer.lua # output formatting
├── config.lua # default model registry + preferences
├── ffi/
│ ├── curl.lua # libcurl easy interface
│ ├── readline.lua # GNU readline
│ ├── pty.lua # forkpty (Phase 1+)
│ └── libc.lua # chdir, errno, strerror
└── docs/
└── PHASE0.md # locked substrate
Build / runtime dependencies
System packages (Debian / ALARM / Arch names):
luajit(>= 2.0)libcurl4/libcurl-openssl-3runtimelibreadline8runtimelibc6runtime (always present)
No compilation, no luarocks, no make. Just luajit main.lua.
Running
Once Phase 0 ships:
luajit main.lua # uses ~/.config/aish/config.lua
luajit main.lua --config ./config.lua # explicit config path
AISH_CONFIG=/path/to/config.lua luajit main.lua
Config resolution order is documented in docs/PHASE0.md §10.
Configuration
config.lua is a Lua file returning a single table. The committed
config.lua in this repo is both the canonical example and the
development-fallback config (lowest precedence). Copy it to
~/.config/aish/config.lua and edit endpoints to your local llama.cpp
servers, or point AISH_CONFIG at your own.
The default endpoints assume mfritsche's home network:
fast→dirac.fritz.box:8081(Qwen2.5-Coder-7B q4 8k ctx)deep→dirac.fritz.box:8080(Qwen2.5-Coder-7B q4 32k ctx)cloud→hossenfelder.fritz.box:8082(forwards to OpenRouter)
Replace these with your own llama.cpp endpoints if you're not on that LAN.
License
Not yet selected. Default-private until decided.
Project conventions
See CLAUDE.md for contribution conventions, commit style,
and the phase-loop discipline this project follows.