Release Candidate v5.0.22

.github/workflows/claude.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: Claude Code
+
+on:
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  pull_request_review_comment:
+    types: [created]
+  issues:
+    types: [opened, assigned]
+  pull_request_review:
+    types: [submitted]
+
+jobs:
+  claude:
+    if: |
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '@claude')) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request_review' && contains(github.event.review.body, '@claude')) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issues' && (contains(github.event.issue.body, '@claude') || contains(github.event.issue.title, '@claude')))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: read
+      issues: read
+      id-token: write
+      actions: read # Required for Claude to read CI results on PRs
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Run Claude Code
+        id: claude
+        uses: anthropics/claude-code-action@v1
+        with:
+          claude_code_oauth_token: ${{ secrets.CLAUDE_CODE_OAUTH_TOKEN }}
+
+          # This is an optional setting that allows Claude to read CI results on PRs
+          additional_permissions: |
+            actions: read
+
+          # Optional: Give a custom prompt to Claude. If this is not specified, Claude will perform the instructions specified in the comment that tagged it.
+          # prompt: 'Update the pull request description to include a summary of changes.'
+
+          # Optional: Add claude_args to customize behavior and configuration
+          # See https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/blob/main/docs/usage.md
+          # or https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference for available options
+          # claude_args: '--allowed-tools Bash(gh pr:*)'
+

docs/open-api-docs.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ openapi: 3.0.3
 info:
   title: The Agent's user-facing API
   description: The user-facing parts of The Agent's API service (excluding system-level endpoints, chat completion, maintenance endpoints, etc.)
-  version: 5.0.21
+  version: 5.0.22
   license:
     name: MIT
     url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "the-agent"
-version = "5.0.21"
+version = "5.0.22"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 package-dir = {"" = "src"}

src/features/chat/telegram/telegram_markdown_utils.py

@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ def protect_inline_code(match):
     text = re.sub(r"\*\*([^*]+?)\*\*", rf"{BOLD_START}{BOLD_START}\1{BOLD_END}{BOLD_END}", text)
 
     # Protect *bold* (single asterisk - Telegram's format, not standard markdown!)
-    # Matches text with spaces inside: *bold text* is valid Telegram markdown
-    text = re.sub(r"(^|\s)\*([^*]+?)\*(\s|$)", rf"\1{BOLD_START}\2{BOLD_END}\3", text)
+    # Uses negative lookbehind/lookahead for word chars to allow punctuation adjacency:
+    # *bold*, and *bold*. are preserved, while 2*3*4 (word-char adjacent) still gets escaped
+    text = re.sub(r"(?<!\w)\*([^*\n]+?)\*(?!\w)", rf"{BOLD_START}\1{BOLD_END}", text)
 
     # Protect _italic_ (underscore italic - allow spaces inside)
     text = re.sub(r"\b_([^_]+?)_\b", rf"{ITALIC_START}\1{ITALIC_END}", text)

src/features/prompting/prompt_library.py

@@ -421,8 +421,10 @@ class _FormatLibrary:
         section = PromptSection.format,
         content = (
             "You are messaging an informal WhatsApp chat, where a couple of good human friends are talking. "
-            "Structure your replies accordingly and use *WhatsApp's* markdown flavor for formatting, "
-            "for example single asterisk for bold, single backticks for code, single underscore for italic, etc. "
+            "Structure your replies accordingly and use *WhatsApp's* markdown flavor for formatting. "
+            "IMPORTANT: WhatsApp uses single asterisks for bold (*bold*), NOT double (**bold**). "
+            "Never use double asterisks (**) - they will break formatting on WhatsApp. "
+            "Also use single backticks for code, single underscore for italic, etc. "
             "Messages sent to you are formatted programatically, and you should not mirror the input formatting - "
             "especially when it comes to quotes and attachments. Follow the flow and format of the chat accordingly. "
             "Note that while doing so, no headers `#` nor dividers `---` work in the WhatsApp context. "

test/features/chat/telegram/test_telegram_markdown_utils.py

@@ -133,3 +133,21 @@ def test_escape_markdown_real_release_title(self):
         text = "**🚀 Verzija 5.0.6: Čišći Digitalni Otisak**"
         expected = "**🚀 Verzija 5.0.6: Čišći Digitalni Otisak**"
         self.assertEqual(escape_markdown(text), expected)
+
+    def test_escape_markdown_bold_adjacent_to_punctuation(self):
+        # Bold text adjacent to punctuation should be preserved
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*bold*."), "*bold*.")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*bold*,"), "*bold*,")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*bold*!"), "*bold*!")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*bold*?"), "*bold*?")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("(*bold*)"), "(*bold*)")
+
+    def test_escape_markdown_bold_at_start_with_punctuation(self):
+        # Bold at start of string adjacent to punctuation
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*Hello.*"), "*Hello.*")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("*Done*,"), "*Done*,")
+
+    def test_escape_markdown_bold_in_sentence_with_punctuation(self):
+        # Bold embedded in a sentence with trailing punctuation
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("Say *Hello.* right now"), "Say *Hello.* right now")
+        self.assertEqual(escape_markdown("I am *very happy*, you know"), "I am *very happy*, you know")