Protocol

---
description: Imported skill protocol from langchain
name: protocol
signature: 1d4988af060676e3df0dcb3fc2d3b3554d903c0f6420266e18efac530c73cf92
source: /a0/tmp/skills_research/langchain/libs/deepagents/deepagents/backends/protocol.py
---

"""Protocol definition for pluggable memory backends.

This module defines the BackendProtocol that all backend implementations
must follow. Backends can store files in different locations (state, filesystem,
database, etc.) and provide a uniform interface for file operations.
"""

import abc
import asyncio
from collections.abc import Callable
from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Any, Literal, NotRequired, TypeAlias

from langchain.tools import ToolRuntime
from typing_extensions import TypedDict

FileOperationError = Literal[
    "file_not_found",  # Download: file doesn't exist
    "permission_denied",  # Both: access denied
    "is_directory",  # Download: tried to download directory as file
    "invalid_path",  # Both: path syntax malformed (parent dir missing, invalid chars)
]
"""Standardized error codes for file upload/download operations.

These represent common, recoverable errors that an LLM can understand and potentially fix:
- file_not_found: The requested file doesn't exist (download)
- parent_not_found: The parent directory doesn't exist (upload)
- permission_denied: Access denied for the operation
- is_directory: Attempted to download a directory as a file
- invalid_path: Path syntax is malformed or contains invalid characters
"""


@dataclass
class FileDownloadResponse:
    """Result of a single file download operation.

    The response is designed to allow partial success in batch operations.
    The errors are standardized using FileOperationError literals
    for certain recoverable conditions for use cases that involve
    LLMs performing file operations.

    Attributes:
        path: The file path that was requested. Included for easy correlation
            when processing batch results, especially useful for error messages.
        content: File contents as bytes on success, None on failure.
        error: Standardized error code on failure, None on success.
            Uses FileOperationError literal for structured, LLM-actionable error reporting.

    Examples:
        >>> # Success
        >>> FileDownloadResponse(path="/app/config.json", content=b"{...}", error=None)
        >>> # Failure
        >>> FileDownloadResponse(path="/wrong/path.txt", content=None, error="file_not_found")
    """

    path: str
    content: bytes | None = None
    error: FileOperationError | None = None


@dataclass
class FileUploadResponse:
    """Result of a single file upload operation.

    The response is designed to allow partial success in batch operations.
    The errors are standardized using FileOperationError literals
    for certain recoverable conditions for use cases that involve
    LLMs performing file operations.

    Attributes:
        path: The file path that was requested. Included for easy correlation
            when processing batch results and for clear error messages.
        error: Standardized error code on failure, None on success.
            Uses FileOperationError literal for structured, LLM-actionable error reporting.

    Examples:
        >>> # Success
        >>> FileUploadResponse(path="/app/data.txt", error=None)
        >>> # Failure
        >>> FileUploadResponse(path="/readonly/file.txt", error="permission_denied")
    """

    path: str
    error: FileOperationError | None = None


class FileInfo(TypedDict):
    """Structured file listing info.

    Minimal contract used across backends. Only "path" is required.
    Other fields are best-effort and may be absent depending on backend.
    """

    path: str
    is_dir: NotRequired[bool]
    size: NotRequired[int]  # bytes (approx)
    modified_at: NotRequired[str]  # ISO timestamp if known


class GrepMatch(TypedDict):
    """Structured grep match entry."""

    path: str
    line: int
    text: str


@dataclass
class WriteResult:
    """Result from backend write operations.

    Attributes:
        error: Error message on failure, None on success.
        path: Absolute path of written file, None on failure.
        files_update: State update dict for checkpoint backends, None for external storage.
            Checkpoint backends populate this with {file_path: file_data} for LangGraph state.
            External backends set None (already persisted to disk/S3/database/etc).

    Examples:
        >>> # Checkpoint storage
        >>> WriteResult(path="/f.txt", files_update={"/f.txt": {...}})
        >>> # External storage
        >>> WriteResult(path="/f.txt", files_update=None)
        >>> # Error
        >>> WriteResult(error="File exists")
    """

    error: str | None = None
    path: str | None = None
    files_update: dict[str, Any] | None = None


@dataclass
class EditResult:
    """Result from backend edit operations.

    Attributes:
        error: Error message on failure, None on success.
        path: Absolute path of edited file, None on failure.
        files_update: State update dict for checkpoint backends, None for external storage.
            Checkpoint backends populate this with {file_path: file_data} for LangGraph state.
            External backends set None (already persisted to disk/S3/database/etc).
        occurrences: Number of replacements made, None on failure.

    Examples:
        >>> # Checkpoint storage
        >>> EditResult(path="/f.txt", files_update={"/f.txt": {...}}, occurrences=1)
        >>> # External storage
        >>> EditResult(path="/f.txt", files_update=None, occurrences=2)
        >>> # Error
        >>> EditResult(error="File not found")
    """

    error: str | None = None
    path: str | None = None
    files_update: dict[str, Any] | None = None
    occurrences: int | None = None


class BackendProtocol(abc.ABC):
    """Protocol for pluggable memory backends (single, unified).

    Backends can store files in different locations (state, filesystem, database, etc.)
    and provide a uniform interface for file operations.

    All file data is represented as dicts with the following structure:
    {
        "content": list[str], # Lines of text content
        "created_at": str, # ISO format timestamp
        "modified_at": str, # ISO format timestamp
    }
    """

    def ls_info(self, path: str) -> list["FileInfo"]:
        """List all files in a directory with metadata.

        Args:
            path: Absolute path to the directory to list. Must start with '/'.

        Returns:
            List of FileInfo dicts containing file metadata:

            - `path` (required): Absolute file path
            - `is_dir` (optional): True if directory
            - `size` (optional): File size in bytes
            - `modified_at` (optional): ISO 8601 timestamp
        """

    async def als_info(self, path: str) -> list["FileInfo"]:
        """Async version of ls_info."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.ls_info, path)

    def read(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        offset: int = 0,
        limit: int = 2000,
    ) -> str:
        """Read file content with line numbers.

        Args:
            file_path: Absolute path to the file to read. Must start with '/'.
            offset: Line number to start reading from (0-indexed). Default: 0.
            limit: Maximum number of lines to read. Default: 2000.

        Returns:
            String containing file content formatted with line numbers (cat -n format),
            starting at line 1. Lines longer than 2000 characters are truncated.

            Returns an error string if the file doesn't exist or can't be read.

        !!! note
            - Use pagination (offset/limit) for large files to avoid context overflow
            - First scan: `read(path, limit=100)` to see file structure
            - Read more: `read(path, offset=100, limit=200)` for next section
            - ALWAYS read a file before editing it
            - If file exists but is empty, you'll receive a system reminder warning
        """

    async def aread(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        offset: int = 0,
        limit: int = 2000,
    ) -> str:
        """Async version of read."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.read, file_path, offset, limit)

    def grep_raw(
        self,
        pattern: str,
        path: str | None = None,
        glob: str | None = None,
    ) -> list["GrepMatch"] | str:
        """Search for a literal text pattern in files.

        Args:
            pattern: Literal string to search for (NOT regex).
                     Performs exact substring matching within file content.
                     Example: "TODO" matches any line containing "TODO"

            path: Optional directory path to search in.
                  If None, searches in current working directory.
                  Example: "/workspace/src"

            glob: Optional glob pattern to filter which FILES to search.
                  Filters by filename/path, not content.
                  Supports standard glob wildcards:
                  - `*` matches any characters in filename
                  - `**` matches any directories recursively
                  - `?` matches single character
                  - `[abc]` matches one character from set

        Examples:
                  - "*.py" - only search Python files
                  - "**/*.txt" - search all .txt files recursively
                  - "src/**/*.js" - search JS files under src/
                  - "test[0-9].txt" - search test0.txt, test1.txt, etc.

        Returns:
            On success: list[GrepMatch] with structured results containing:
                - path: Absolute file path
                - line: Line number (1-indexed)
                - text: Full line content containing the match

            On error: str with error message (e.g., invalid path, permission denied)
        """

    async def agrep_raw(
        self,
        pattern: str,
        path: str | None = None,
        glob: str | None = None,
    ) -> list["GrepMatch"] | str:
        """Async version of grep_raw."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.grep_raw, pattern, path, glob)

    def glob_info(self, pattern: str, path: str = "/") -> list["FileInfo"]:
        """Find files matching a glob pattern.

        Args:
            pattern: Glob pattern with wildcards to match file paths.
                     Supports standard glob syntax:
                     - `*` matches any characters within a filename/directory
                     - `**` matches any directories recursively
                     - `?` matches a single character
                     - `[abc]` matches one character from set

            path: Base directory to search from. Default: "/" (root).
                  The pattern is applied relative to this path.

        Returns:
            list of FileInfo
        """

    async def aglob_info(self, pattern: str, path: str = "/") -> list["FileInfo"]:
        """Async version of glob_info."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.glob_info, pattern, path)

    def write(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        content: str,
    ) -> WriteResult:
        """Write content to a new file in the filesystem, error if file exists.

        Args:
            file_path: Absolute path where the file should be created.
                       Must start with '/'.
            content: String content to write to the file.

        Returns:
            WriteResult
        """

    async def awrite(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        content: str,
    ) -> WriteResult:
        """Async version of write."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.write, file_path, content)

    def edit(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        old_string: str,
        new_string: str,
        replace_all: bool = False,
    ) -> EditResult:
        """Perform exact string replacements in an existing file.

        Args:
            file_path: Absolute path to the file to edit. Must start with '/'.
            old_string: Exact string to search for and replace.
                       Must match exactly including whitespace and indentation.
            new_string: String to replace old_string with.
                       Must be different from old_string.
            replace_all: If True, replace all occurrences. If False (default),
                        old_string must be unique in the file or the edit fails.

        Returns:
            EditResult
        """

    async def aedit(
        self,
        file_path: str,
        old_string: str,
        new_string: str,
        replace_all: bool = False,
    ) -> EditResult:
        """Async version of edit."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.edit, file_path, old_string, new_string, replace_all)

    def upload_files(self, files: list[tuple[str, bytes]]) -> list[FileUploadResponse]:
        """Upload multiple files to the sandbox.

        This API is designed to allow developers to use it either directly or
        by exposing it to LLMs via custom tools.

        Args:
            files: List of (path, content) tuples to upload.

        Returns:
            List of FileUploadResponse objects, one per input file.
            Response order matches input order (response[i] for files[i]).
            Check the error field to determine success/failure per file.

        Examples:
            ```python
            responses = sandbox.upload_files(
                [
                    ("/app/config.json", b"{...}"),
                    ("/app/data.txt", b"content"),
                ]
            )
            ```
        """

    async def aupload_files(self, files: list[tuple[str, bytes]]) -> list[FileUploadResponse]:
        """Async version of upload_files."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.upload_files, files)

    def download_files(self, paths: list[str]) -> list[FileDownloadResponse]:
        """Download multiple files from the sandbox.

        This API is designed to allow developers to use it either directly or
        by exposing it to LLMs via custom tools.

        Args:
            paths: List of file paths to download.

        Returns:
            List of FileDownloadResponse objects, one per input path.
            Response order matches input order (response[i] for paths[i]).
            Check the error field to determine success/failure per file.
        """

    async def adownload_files(self, paths: list[str]) -> list[FileDownloadResponse]:
        """Async version of download_files."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.download_files, paths)


@dataclass
class ExecuteResponse:
    """Result of code execution.

    Simplified schema optimized for LLM consumption.
    """

    output: str
    """Combined stdout and stderr output of the executed command."""

    exit_code: int | None = None
    """The process exit code. 0 indicates success, non-zero indicates failure."""

    truncated: bool = False
    """Whether the output was truncated due to backend limitations."""


class SandboxBackendProtocol(BackendProtocol):
    """Protocol for sandboxed backends with isolated runtime.

    Sandboxed backends run in isolated environments (e.g., separate processes,
    containers) and communicate via defined interfaces.
    """

    def execute(
        self,
        command: str,
    ) -> ExecuteResponse:
        """Execute a command in the process.

        Simplified interface optimized for LLM consumption.

        Args:
            command: Full shell command string to execute.

        Returns:
            ExecuteResponse with combined output, exit code, optional signal, and truncation flag.
        """

    async def aexecute(
        self,
        command: str,
    ) -> ExecuteResponse:
        """Async version of execute."""
        return await asyncio.to_thread(self.execute, command)

    @property
    def id(self) -> str:
        """Unique identifier for the sandbox backend instance."""


BackendFactory: TypeAlias = Callable[[ToolRuntime], BackendProtocol]
BACKEND_TYPES = BackendProtocol | BackendFactory