Use base-R standalone files for functionality copied in Positron?
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Description
It might be helpful if the functionality we copied over to Ark for tool calls in Positron was implemented in base-R only standalone files. This way the functionality is updated and tested in one place, usethis can be used to manage updates (https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_standalone.html), and we wouldn't need to adapt the code to base R when we need to update.
You can see which functions we adapted in https://github.com/posit-dev/ark/pull/868 (files help.R and llm_tools.R).
This is just a suggestion, I'd understand if you think this would be impractical or too constraining on your end.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the functionality adapted in Ark PR 868, especially the standalone files help.R and llm_tools.R. Compare those files with the corresponding Positron tool-call functionality and investigate whether base-R standalone files can be managed with usethis. Done means the approach is defined and the affected functionality has a single maintainable implementation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100