feat(tool-server): run-script — agent-authored JavaScript interaction scripts (opt-in) - #995
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Four classified failure codes for the run-script tool: RUN_SCRIPT_SYNTAX_ERROR (body would not compile), RUN_SCRIPT_THREW (script logic threw), RUN_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT (deadline overrun), and RUN_SCRIPT_STEP_FAILED (a ui.* facade call's underlying tool failed), so each surfaces its own recovery guidance. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
Gates the run-script tool behind an opt-in flag: it executes model-written JavaScript locally in the tool-server process, so it is off unless enabled with `argent enable run-script`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
An agent-authored JavaScript program that drives the device through many interaction steps in one call, branching on what it observes on screen — the case run-sequence (fixed step list, no logic) and flow-execute (replay a saved .yaml) do not cover. The body is plain JavaScript (no TypeScript, no transpiler dependency) run in a node:vm context whose only injected globals are the `ui` device facade and a capped `console` — no require/import/process/fs/network. The facade is built on the existing engine pieces (invokeSubTool for real tools, ui-tree-match for selectors/settle/scroll) rather than reimplementing device logic; ui.tap settles the tree and post-verifies the tap took effect (guards the iOS fire-and-forget tap). The run honours an overall deadline (default 120s, max 600s) chained to ctx.signal, cancelling in-flight sub-tools. longRunning + lazy services mirror run-sequence. EXPECTED_TOOL_COUNT 77 -> 78. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
Add run-script to both auto-capture sets with a run-sequence-sized (15s) settle cap, so one screenshot + element tree is captured after the whole scripted run rather than per ui.* step. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
Add the run-script section to the argent-device-interact skill (full `ui` .d.ts authoring reference plus two worked examples — branch+await and scrollUntilVisible+fill), a one-line mention in the argent interaction rule, and a row in the tools reference table. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to This adds an opt-in scripting capability without changing default behavior, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Agent
participant runScript
participant ChildRunner
participant UiFacade
participant DeviceSubTools
Agent->>runScript: Submit script, device, and timeout
runScript->>ChildRunner: Start isolated script process
ChildRunner->>UiFacade: Request ui method over IPC
UiFacade->>DeviceSubTools: Invoke device interaction sub-tool
DeviceSubTools-->>UiFacade: Return interaction result
UiFacade-->>ChildRunner: Return method result or classified failure
ChildRunner-->>runScript: Return logs, steps, and secret-use status
runScript-->>Agent: Return result or classified failure
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In `@packages/argent-mcp/src/auto-capture.ts`:
- Line 26: Remove “run-script” from both auto-capture sets so script results are
never automatically captured based solely on the original script text; do not
rely on containsSecretPlaceholder to detect dynamically constructed markers. Add
a regression test covering a script that constructs a secret placeholder before
passing it through ui.fill.
In `@packages/argent-mcp/test/auto-capture.test.ts`:
- Line 351: Isolate the getAutoScreenshotDelayMs("run-script") assertion from
external ARGENT_AUTO_SCREENSHOT_DELAY_MS values by clearing the environment
variable before the relevant test suite and restoring its original value
afterward, or move the assertion into the existing describe block that already
scopes this cleanup.
In `@packages/docs/docs/reference/tools.mdx`:
- Line 56: Add a dedicated run-script feature page under the features
documentation, covering the capability and its opt-in run-script flag, while
keeping the existing reference entry consistent with the new page.
In `@packages/tool-server/src/tools/run-script/index.ts`:
- Line 50: Update runScript’s compiled.runInContext evaluation to enforce
timeout_ms directly through the VM execution options, and map the resulting
timeout error to RUN_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT. Add a regression test covering a
synchronous infinite loop while preserving existing asynchronous timeout
behavior.
Apply the same fix in `@packages/tool-server/src/tools/run-script/runtime.ts` at
line 214.
- Line 31: Replace the current node:vm-only execution around the run-script tool
with a separate process isolation boundary, using IPC to expose the async ui
facade and captured console to the script. Ensure the child process cannot
access the tool-server process or host globals such as process, require, fs, or
network, while preserving the documented ui API and script result/error
propagation.
Apply the same fix in `@packages/tool-server/src/tools/run-script/runtime.ts` at
line 205.
In `@packages/tool-server/src/tools/run-script/runtime.ts`:
- Line 69: Update the log-recording logic around lines.push and LOG_CAP so lines
remains a rolling buffer limited to LOG_CAP entries as each formatted record is
added, rather than truncating only when returning the final result. Preserve the
newest entries and existing output formatting.
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Replace the node:vm sandbox with a separate, disposable Node.js process the tool-server forks per call. The script body runs there with only `ui` and a captured `console`; each ui.* call crosses the fork IPC boundary back to the parent, where the unchanged facade runs against the device. The runner ships as an embedded string written to a temp .cjs at spawn, so it survives esbuild bundling with no asset-copy step. - A constructor escape now reaches only a throwaway child launched with an empty env and temp cwd — no facade internals, tool-server state, or auth token (CodeRabbit F1, critical). - The deadline kills the child (SIGTERM, then SIGKILL after a grace), which also terminates a synchronous `while (true)` loop that never yields (F3, major). - Console is captured child-side in a rolling buffer capped as each record is added, so a finite log flood can't exhaust memory (F6, minor). Updates the tool/flag/skill wording from "node:vm sandbox" to the child-process model. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
A run-script body can build a `{{secret:...}}` placeholder dynamically, so the
request args carry no marker and containsSecretPlaceholder skips neither the
auto-screenshot nor the element tree — handing the resolved plaintext back to
the model as pixels and text (CodeRabbit F2, major).
The parent-side facade now flags the run (`secretsUsed: true`) when it forwards a
placeholder to the keyboard/paste sub-tools, and the MCP auto-capture layer skips
both captures when the result carries that flag, in addition to the existing
request-arg scan.
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- tool-server: sync infinite-loop kill (RUN_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT), constructor-escape probe reaching only a throwaway child, console-flood cap, and secretsUsed set from a dynamically built placeholder / omitted otherwise. - argent-mcp: resultUsedSecret unit tests, and isolate ARGENT_AUTO_SCREENSHOT_DELAY_MS around the run-script delay assertion so it no longer fails when the process exports a larger floor (CodeRabbit F4, minor). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
Add packages/docs/docs/features/run-script.mdx covering what run-script is, the flag opt-in, the ui facade, an example, the child-process isolation model, and when to use it over run-sequence / flow-execute (CodeRabbit F5, minor). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GVRtJEwZ7SgYR6zF667t8p
…rding The feature page overclaimed that a script "cannot reach the tool-server's own state, secrets, or auth token" — the child has full node:fs/os and can read on-disk secrets. Reword to state only what holds: process isolation (empty env, no access to the tool-server's memory, env vars, or in-process state), not a security jail, so bodies are trusted input. Also drop the leftover "sandbox vm" from the tool searchHint and the "run-script sandbox" comment in types.ts. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KVZyNJx41ixxh2HrZMUwzx
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- Stream each console record from child to parent as it is produced, so the
console tail survives the timeout / interrupt / unexpected-exit paths where
the child dies before sending its final logs (previously those paths passed
empty logs and logsTail was dead code there).
- Cap each console record at LOG_BUFFER_CAP before buffering, so one giant
line (console.log("X".repeat(1e8))) can no longer be retained whole by the
length-only trim loop; mirrored on the new parent-side buffer.
- Guard handleUi with an own-property check so a compromised child cannot have
the parent invoke inherited members (constructor, hasOwnProperty, …).
- Make killChild idempotent (killing / childExiting state) so the normal
completion path no longer emits a stray SIGTERM + SIGKILL grace timer, and
the timeout/abort escalation is not duplicated.
- Fork the child as its own process-group leader and signal the group
(process.kill(-pid)) with a fallback to child.kill, so detached
grandchildren are taken down too.
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- Timeout carries the console tail: a marker logged before while(true){} must
appear in the RUN_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT failure detail.
- Inherited-member ui calls (constructor / hasOwnProperty) get the clean
unknown-method error and never reach a sub-tool.
- A single 50k-char console line is bounded with a truncation marker.
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In `@packages/docs/docs/features/run-script.mdx`:
- Line 9: Rewrite the run-script documentation prose in short Simplified
Technical English sentences, including the text around the run-script
description and other similar multi-clause passages on the page. Move tool
comparisons into a table or list, and change instructional wording to imperative
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Per docs style guide (ASD-STE100): one idea per sentence, active voice, named actors, tool comparison as a table, imperative instructions. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KVZyNJx41ixxh2HrZMUwzx
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In `@packages/docs/docs/features/run-script.mdx`:
- Line 73: Update the run-script documentation around the final screenshot and
element-tree capture to state that each capture is conditional on the
automatic-capture settings and tool-specific predicates, and that using a secret
suppresses any enabled final captures.
- Line 50: Revise the secret-placeholder guidance near the run-script
documentation to limit confidentiality to the specific call that consumes the
secret. State that scripts must not read or log the resolved value, and clarify
that screen data, ui.describe output, or captured console logs can expose it
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…re conditions The placeholder protects only the fill call: describe/console can still expose a typed secret, so say so and tell scripts not to read or log it. The final screenshot/tree capture depends on the auto-capture settings; secret use suppresses the enabled captures. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01KVZyNJx41ixxh2HrZMUwzx
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feat(tool-server):
run-script— agent-authored JavaScript interaction scripts (opt-in)What
New opt-in tool
run-script: the agent submits a JavaScript program that drives thedevice through multiple steps in one tool call, observing the screen and branching
between steps. It covers the case
run-sequenceexplicitly excludes ("any stepdepends on the result of a previous one") without paying one round-trip per step.
Example script body:
Design
run-script, default OFF. The tool executes agent-authored code inthe tool-server process; it is hidden until
argent enable run-script.ship as a
.d.tsblock in theargent-device-interactskill.forked per call,empty env, temp cwd);
uicalls cross an IPC boundary back to the tool-server,which executes the real facade. Process isolation, not a jail — a constructor
escape reaches only a throwaway child with no tool-server state or auth token.
The deadline kills the child, so synchronous infinite loops are also terminated.
consoleis captured child-side, capped at write time.{{secret:...}}placeholder(including dynamically constructed ones) to
keyboard/paste.utils/ui-tree-match.ts,actions via
invokeSubTool(same path asrun-sequence), so cancellation,capability checks and telemetry attribution are inherited.
ui.tapsettles andpost-verifies (guards iOS sim gesture-tap reports success while touches silently fail to land; not recoverable via Argent's own tools #547);
ui.fillreuses the flow runner's focus settle;ui.awaitkeepsawait-ui-elementsemantics.run-sequence.longRunning; deadline chained toctx.signal; failure codesRUN_SCRIPT_SYNTAX_ERROR/_THREW/_TIMEOUT/_STEP_FAILED.Measured cost
Same 10-step Settings flow, driven mechanically through the MCP adapter
(auto-capture included), Pixel 7 emulator (API 35) and iOS 26.4 simulator. Token
counts via tiktoken
o200k_base(approximate). cached/uncached = total billedinput with/without prompt caching.
Android
run-sequencerun-script(this PR)iOS simulator
run-sequencerun-script(this PR)Versus individual tools (the only current option for dependent steps): 1.3–1.5×
cheaper cached, ~7× cheaper uncached, 2 round-trips instead of 12. Versus
run-sequence: ~12% more expensive cached — expected, sincerun-sequenceis oneblind call and cannot observe or branch. Precedents in this repo: #396 (added
await-ui-elementas arun-sequencestep), #958 (auto-describe justified byturn/cost measurement). Happy to share the measurement harness.
Gates
@argent/mcp: 89 passtsc --build,typecheck:tests,knip --max-issues 0cleanEXPECTED_TOOL_COUNT77→78; interaction formatters; no top-level schemacombinators; docs table, skill and rule updated
Limitations
roleis platform-specific;text/identifierare the portable fields(same as
await-ui-elementtoday)..d.tsshould live are open fordiscussion.
Benchmark environment: macOS 26.6, Xcode 26.4, iOS 26.4 simulator, Pixel 7 AVD
API 35 (arm64), base a2ed83e, branch ced349b.
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New Features
run-scripttool for multi-step device interactions with conditionals, loops, retries, and waits.run-script.Documentation
Bug Fixes