Phase 3 commit #1 per docs/PHASE3.md §12. Static-pattern destructive-op heuristic; no LLM second-opinion yet (lands in commit #2). Implementation: - 34 patterns in DESTRUCTIVE_PATTERNS table, grouped: 9 shell-wrapper patterns (R-B1 — bash -c / sh -c / zsh -c / eval / python -c / perl -e / pipe-to-sh both forms / pipe-to-bash both forms / xargs ... rm). HALT on the wrapper itself; user reads the inner before proceeding. 10 filesystem destructive (rm -rf, find -delete, dd to device, mkfs, shred, wipefs, truncate -s 0, ...). 5 version-control destructive (git push --force/-f, git reset --hard, git clean -fd, git branch -D). 5 database/process (DROP TABLE/DATABASE, TRUNCATE TABLE, kill/pkill -9). 2 permission (chmod 777, chown on root path). - ci=true flag for case-insensitive SQL patterns; rule patterns must be lowercase when ci is set (matcher lowercases input). - pkill -9 ordered BEFORE kill -9; kill rule uses %f[%w] frontier so "pkill -9 nginx" reports "pkill -9" not "kill -9" substring match. - M._patterns exposes the rule table for :safety patterns meta (Phase 3 commit #5) and for the test corpus. - M.norris_step stub stays — lands in commit #4. Test corpus (test_safety.lua, 87 cases): - 49 destructive cases across all categories (incl. all 11 wrapper forms, the canonical curl|sh end-of-string bypass, sudo-prefixed rm -rf, etc.). - 38 safe cases (read-only commands, non-destructive variants of risky verbs like "git push" without --force, "find" without -delete, "chmod 644", "kill 1234" without -9, etc.). - Documented one accepted false positive: echo "rm -rf /" matches the rm pattern by substring — Norris user can proceed after reading; tradeoff between false positives and false negatives, biased toward false positives per §5. - Run from repo root: `luajit test_safety.lua`. Exit 0 on pass. - Verified all 87 pass at commit time. R-C4 / readline rebind, broker opts.max_tokens, LLM second-opinion, norris_step planner, repl driver, and the wider Norris UX land in subsequent commits per §12. 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.