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#!/usr/bin/env bash # agent-lib.sh — shared plumbing for all claude -p agents

AGENTS_DIR="${AGENTS_DIR:-$HOME/Code/github.com/craigjperry2/tiny-agents}" SKILLS_DIR="$AGENTS_DIR/skills" CLAUDE_OPTS="${CLAUDE_OPTS:-}"

# Build a system prompt by concatenating skill files # Usage: load_skills core/unix-output.md domain/git.md output/plain-text.md load_skills() { local combined="" for skill in "$@"; do local path="$SKILLS_DIR/$skill" if [[ -f "$path" ]]; then combined+=$'\n\n'"$(cat "$path")" else echo "[agent-lib] WARNING: skill not found: $skill" >&2 fi done echo "$combined" }

# Core invocation: reads stdin, prepends system prompt, calls claude -p # Usage: run_agent <system_prompt> [extra claude opts...] run_agent() { local system_prompt="$1" shift local stdin_content stdin_content=$(cat) # buffer stdin

    if [[ -z "$stdin_content" ]]; then
        echo "[agent] ERROR: no input on stdin" >&2
        exit 1
    fi

    # Combine system prompt with stdin as user message
    printf '%s' "$stdin_content" \
        | claude -p \
            --system-prompt "$system_prompt" \
            --output-format text \
            $CLAUDE_OPTS \
            "$@"
}

# Run agent then pipe through a guard # Usage: run_agent_guarded <guard_name> <system_prompt> run_agent_guarded() { local guard="$1" shift local system_prompt="$1" shift

    local output
    output=$(run_agent "$system_prompt" "$@")
    local agent_exit=$?

    if [[ $agent_exit -ne 0 ]]; then
        echo "$output"
        exit $agent_exit
    fi

    # Pass through guard
    echo "$output" | "$AGENTS_DIR/guards/$guard"
    exit $?
}

# For structured output: run agent then validate with jq run_json_agent() { local system_prompt="$1" shift run_agent "$system_prompt" --output-format text "$@" | guard-json-valid }




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