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Gmer4Lfe e58f0352a7 Stop General Chat inventing answers about Varaverk internals
Asked what mover_stop.sh does, it invented a description and dressed it in
real memory facts so it read as authoritative — the exact failure the profile
split exists to prevent. A polite instruction in a system prompt is not a
guard. The rule now leads and is absolute, and a deterministic check repeats
it immediately before the message whenever the question names a shell script,
a SCREAMING_CASE conf key, or Varaverk itself. Detection can only make the
model more cautious, so a false positive costs a redirect, not an answer.
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<?php
// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
// PURPOSE
// Detached worker for one AI chat turn. Retrieves grounding chunks, asks the generation
// model, and writes progress and the final answer to a job file the AI tab polls.
//
// OPERATIONAL MODEL
// Not an HTTP endpoint. Generation takes 25-76 seconds on this hardware — far past what a
// page request should hold open — so api/ai.php spawns this detached and returns a token.
// The job file is the only channel between the two, exactly as docker_pull_worker.php works
// for container updates. It lives under api/'s sibling Tools/ because it is part of that
// endpoint's implementation, not a scheduled script.
//
// Writes a terminal state on every exit path. A worker that dies without one leaves the tab
// polling forever, so the states are: retrieving -> generating -> done | error.
//
// Retrieval happens here rather than in the endpoint so the tab gets a token immediately.
// Embedding a query is fast but not free, and it is the first thing that would make the
// "send" button feel slow.
//
// DESIGN PRINCIPLES
// Context is assembled here, not by the model's own tooling.
// The retrieved chunks go into a system message with explicit citation and refusal
// instructions. That instruction is the difference between a grounded answer and the
// model filling a gap from training data it does not have for a private project.
//
// History arrives already trimmed.
// The endpoint caps turns before spawning. The worker does not re-derive the policy,
// so there is one place that decides how much context history may consume.
//
// Thinking is captured separately, never discarded.
// qwen3 emits reasoning that is often more useful than the answer for judgement calls.
// It is stored in its own field so the page can collapse it rather than lose it.
//
// OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
// Refuses to run under a web server.
// PHP_SAPI is checked first. Over HTTP there is no $argv, so every argument below would
// be undefined — and this process talks to Ollama and writes job files.
//
// The job file path is validated as hex before anything is written.
// It is supplied on the command line; the pattern is what keeps writes inside the job
// directory even if the caller is ever wrong.
//
// The Ollama request is time-boxed.
// AI_REQUEST_TIMEOUT bounds it, and a timeout is written as an error state rather than
// leaving the job file at "generating" forever.
//
// Retrieval failure ends the turn.
// An empty or failed retrieval writes an error instead of asking the model anyway. A
// generated answer with no grounding is exactly the confident hallucination this whole
// subsystem exists to prevent.
//
// Live state is attached only to diagnostic questions.
// Failing health checks and recent log warnings are several thousand tokens. On a
// 16384 context that is budget taken directly from the retrieved passages, so it is
// spent only when the question is asking why something broke. Log lines are marked as
// evidence rather than citable sources, so the model cannot cite a log line as though
// it were documentation.
//
// Every failure path writes the job file.
// Including the ones that would otherwise be silent — unreachable Ollama, unparseable
// response, empty content — so the tab always converges on a state it can render.
//
// ARGUMENTS
// 1 jobFile absolute path, hex-named, written by api/ai.php
// 2 question the user's message
// 3 history JSON array of {role, content}, already trimmed by the endpoint
// 4 kind optional retrieval filter (header|readme|manual|template|doc)
// 5 think "1" to allow the model's reasoning, "0" to suppress it
//
// JOB FILE STATES
// {"status":"retrieving"}
// {"status":"generating","sources":[…]}
// {"status":"done","answer":…,"thinking":…,"sources":[…],"timing":{…}}
// {"status":"error","error":…}
// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') {
http_response_code(404);
exit(1);
}
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/include/ai.php';
[$jobFile, $question, $historyJson, $kind, $think, $profile] =
array_slice($argv, 1, 6) + array_fill(0, 6, '');
if ($jobFile === '' || $question === '') exit(1);
if (!preg_match('#/[0-9a-f]{32}\.json$#', $jobFile)) exit(1);
$profile = in_array($profile, ['varaverk', 'chat', 'code'], true) ? $profile : 'varaverk';
function jw(string $f, array $d): void {
file_put_contents($f, json_encode($d));
}
$cfg = vv_ai_config();
$t0 = microtime(true);
// Only the Varaverk profile retrieves. The other two answer from memory and the model's own
// knowledge, so passages would be noise competing for context — documentation cannot help write
// a folder-copy script, and it has nothing to say about how someone's day is going.
$sources = [];
$context = '';
$tRetrieve = 0.0;
if ($profile === 'varaverk') {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'retrieving']);
$r = vv_ai_retrieve($question, $kind);
if (!$r['ok']) {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'error', 'error' => $r['error'] ?? 'retrieval failed']);
exit(1);
}
if (!$r['results']) {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'error',
'error' => 'No relevant documentation found. Try rephrasing, use the readme filter '
. 'for questions about what something is, or switch to General Chat if this '
. 'is not a Varaverk question.']);
exit(0);
}
$tRetrieve = microtime(true) - $t0;
$sources = array_map(fn($x) => [
'path' => $x['path'] ?? '', 'section' => $x['section'] ?? '',
'heading' => $x['heading'] ?? '', 'score' => $x['score'] ?? 0,
], $r['results']);
foreach ($r['results'] as $i => $x) {
$label = implode(' ', array_filter([$x['path'] ?? '', $x['section'] ?? '', $x['heading'] ?? '']));
$context .= '[' . ($i + 1) . '] ' . $label . "\n" . trim($x['content'] ?? '') . "\n\n";
}
}
// Diagnostic questions get live state as well as documentation. The docs say what a script is
// supposed to do; only the logs and the current config say what it actually did. Attached only
// when the question is asking why something failed — otherwise it is a few thousand tokens of
// noise competing with the retrieved passages for a context budget that is already tight.
$diagnostic = $profile === 'varaverk' && (bool)preg_match(
'/\b(why|fail(ed|ing|ure)?|error|broken?|not work|isn.t work|wrong|stuck|hang|'
. 'never runs?|didn.t|won.t|debug|troubleshoot|diagnos)/i',
$question
);
$diagBlock = '';
if ($diagnostic) {
// Every check, not only the failing ones. Passing checks are what tell the model the
// current value of a setting — without them it has no live signal for anything healthy,
// and a documented default fills the gap. That produced a confidently wrong answer:
// asked what was wrong, it reported "AI_ENABLED=false" read from the conf *template*
// while the live value was true. Documentation records defaults; only this block records
// what is actually set.
$diagBlock .= "LIVE SYSTEM STATE (authoritative — measured just now)\n";
foreach (vv_ai_health() as $c) {
$mark = ['ok' => 'OK', 'warn' => 'WARNING', 'bad' => 'PROBLEM'][$c['state']] ?? '?';
$diagBlock .= '- [' . $mark . '] ' . $c['label'] . ': ' . $c['detail']
. ($c['state'] !== 'ok' && $c['fix'] !== '' ? ' — FIX: ' . $c['fix'] : '') . "\n";
}
$diagBlock .= "\n";
$logs = vv_ai_recent_logs(40);
if ($logs) {
$diagBlock .= "RECENT WARNINGS AND ERRORS (newest last)\n" . implode("\n", $logs) . "\n\n";
}
}
// One prompt per profile. Explicit profiles rather than an automatic router: misclassifying a
// Varaverk question as chat produces a confident invention about the user's system, which is
// precisely what retrieval exists to prevent. The user always knows which contract is in force,
// and the strict profile is the default.
if ($profile === 'chat') {
// A polite instruction is not a guard. Asked "what does mover_stop.sh do in my setup", the
// model invented an answer and dressed it in real memory facts so it read as authoritative.
// The rule therefore leads, is stated absolutely, and is reinforced by a deterministic
// check below when the question names something Varaverk-shaped.
$system = "You are the Varaverk assistant, talking with the operator of a private two-server "
. "Unraid media ecosystem called Varaverk. This is ordinary conversation.\n\n"
. "ABSOLUTE RULE, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE: in this mode you have NOT been given "
. "Varaverk's documentation. You therefore do not know what any Varaverk script, "
. "config variable, orchestrator or safeguard actually does. If asked, you must say "
. "you cannot see the documentation in this mode and that the Varaverk Assistant "
. "profile can answer it — then stop. Do not describe what a script 'typically' or "
. "'probably' does. Do not reason from its name. Do not combine facts from the memory "
. "section into an explanation of a component you were not told about. A confident "
. "wrong answer about their own system is the single worst thing you can do here; "
. "sending them one click away costs nothing.\n\n"
. "Everything else is ordinary conversation. Talk like a knowledgeable colleague, be "
. "warm and direct, follow a tangent if it is interesting, and use your general "
. "knowledge freely — Linux, scripting, hardware, whatever comes up. The restriction "
. "is only about the specifics of THIS installation.\n\n";
} elseif ($profile === 'code') {
$system = "You are drafting a short shell script for the operator of an Unraid server, to be "
. "saved as a Varaverk Custom Script. Assume bash on Unraid: GNU coreutils, paths "
. "under /mnt/user, no systemd, and no packages beyond what Unraid ships.\n\n"
. "Write the smallest script that does the job. Include a shebang, quote variables, "
. "check that inputs exist, and exit non-zero on failure. Prefer plain coreutils and "
. "rsync over anything exotic.\n\n"
. "This is the important part: you sometimes invent command-line flags that sound "
. "plausible but do not exist. After the script, list every flag or command you are "
. "not completely certain about, and say how to check it — 'verify with rsync --help' "
. "or similar. A stated assumption the operator can check beats a confident mistake "
. "they run at 3am. If you are unsure a flag exists, say so rather than picking the "
. "one that sounds right.\n\n"
. "Treat this as a first draft to be tested, and say so.\n\n";
} else {
$system = "You are Varaverk's documentation assistant. Varaverk is this user's private "
. "two-server Unraid media ecosystem; it is not in your training data, so the material "
. "below is the only thing you know about it.\n\n"
. "Answer only from this material and cite the passages inline as [1], [2]. If it does "
. "not contain the answer, say so plainly and name what is missing — do not fill the "
. "gap from general knowledge. Prefer the user's own terminology.\n\n";
}
// Memory first, before the passages. It is the standing context — who the operator is and what
// has already been decided — so it should frame everything that follows rather than read as one
// more retrieved document. Marked as operator-authored so the model treats it as fact about the
// installation rather than as a source to cite.
$mem = vv_ai_memory_read();
if ($mem['exists'] && trim($mem['text']) !== '') {
$system .= "WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THIS OPERATOR AND INSTALLATION\n"
. "Written by the operator, not retrieved. Treat it as established fact about this "
. "system, prefer it over anything in the passages that contradicts it, and do not "
. "cite it as a numbered source.\n\n"
. trim($mem['text']) . "\n\n";
}
if ($diagBlock !== '') {
$system .= "This is a diagnostic question, so live system state is included alongside the "
. "documentation.\n\n"
. "CRITICAL: where the live state contradicts anything in the passages, the live "
. "state is correct. The passages include conf templates and design notes that "
. "record DEFAULT values, not this system's current ones — a template showing "
. "AI_ENABLED=false says what a fresh install ships with, never what is set here. "
. "Never report a documented default as the current value.\n\n"
. "Use the passages to explain how a thing is supposed to work, and the live state "
. "to say what is actually happening. When a problem is listed, name the specific "
. "setting and the file it lives in. Log lines are evidence, not citations — cite "
. "only the numbered passages.\n\n"
. $diagBlock;
}
// Deterministic backstop for the chat profile. The prompt asks the model to defer on Varaverk
// internals; this does not rely on it complying. If the question names something that can only
// be a Varaverk component — a shell script, a SCREAMING_CASE conf key, or the project itself —
// the instruction is repeated immediately before the user's message, where it is hardest to
// ignore. Detection only ever makes the model MORE cautious, so a false positive costs a
// redirect rather than a wrong answer.
if ($profile === 'chat'
&& preg_match('/\b[\w.-]+\.sh\b|\b[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+){2,}\b|\bvaraverk\b/i', $question)) {
$system .= "NOTE: the operator's message appears to name a specific Varaverk component. "
. "You cannot see the documentation in this mode, so you do not know what it does. "
. "Say that plainly, point them at the Varaverk Assistant profile, and do not "
. "speculate about its behaviour — not even a hedged guess.\n\n";
}
if ($context !== '') $system .= "PASSAGES\n" . $context;
$messages = [['role' => 'system', 'content' => $system]];
$hist = json_decode($historyJson ?: '[]', true);
if (is_array($hist)) {
foreach ($hist as $m) {
$role = $m['role'] ?? '';
$text = trim((string)($m['content'] ?? ''));
if (in_array($role, ['user', 'assistant'], true) && $text !== '') {
$messages[] = ['role' => $role, 'content' => $text];
}
}
}
$messages[] = ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $question];
$payload = json_encode([
'model' => $cfg['model'],
'messages' => $messages,
'stream' => false,
'think' => $think === '1',
'options' => ['num_ctx' => 16384],
]);
$t1 = microtime(true);
$ctx = stream_context_create(['http' => [
'method' => 'POST',
'header' => "Content-Type: application/json\r\n",
'content' => $payload,
'timeout' => max(30, $cfg['timeout']),
'ignore_errors' => true,
]]);
$raw = @file_get_contents($cfg['url'] . '/api/chat', false, $ctx);
if ($raw === false) {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'error',
'error' => 'Ollama did not respond within ' . max(30, $cfg['timeout']) . 's at ' . $cfg['url'],
'sources' => $sources]);
exit(1);
}
$d = json_decode($raw, true);
if (!is_array($d) || !isset($d['message'])) {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'error', 'error' => 'Unparseable response from Ollama',
'sources' => $sources]);
exit(1);
}
$answer = trim((string)($d['message']['content'] ?? ''));
$thinking = trim((string)($d['message']['thinking'] ?? ''));
if ($answer === '') {
jw($jobFile, ['status' => 'error',
'error' => 'The model returned no answer' . ($thinking !== '' ? ' (only reasoning)' : ''),
'thinking' => $thinking, 'sources' => $sources]);
exit(1);
}
$evalCount = (int)($d['eval_count'] ?? 0);
$evalNs = (int)($d['eval_duration'] ?? 0);
jw($jobFile, [
'status' => 'done',
'answer' => $answer,
'thinking' => $thinking,
'sources' => $sources,
'timing' => [
'retrieve_ms' => (int)round($tRetrieve * 1000),
'generate_ms' => (int)round((microtime(true) - $t1) * 1000),
'tokens' => $evalCount,
'tok_s' => $evalNs > 0 ? round($evalCount / ($evalNs / 1e9), 1) : null,
],
]);