redhat-et / redhat-et/docsclaw
Add glob tool for file search by name pattern
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 2
- Forks
- 1
- Avg merge
- 6h 9m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
Summary
Add a glob tool that finds files by name pattern within the workspace. Essential for discovering project structure and locating files.
Motivation
A coding agent needs to answer questions like "find all Go test files", "where is the main.go", "list all YAML configs." The exec tool can run find, but a dedicated tool provides:
- Workspace boundary enforcement
- Structured output (sorted file list)
- No shell injection risk
- Consistent cross-platform behavior
Proposed interface
{
"name": "glob",
"parameters": {
"pattern": "string — glob pattern, e.g. '**/*.go', 'cmd/*/main.go'",
"path": "string — optional subdirectory to search (default: workspace root)",
"max_results": "integer — maximum files to return (default: 100)"
}
}
Implementation notes
- Use
github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4for**support (Go'sfilepath.Globdoesn't support**) - Or: shell out to
fdif available, fall back tofilepath.Walk+filepath.Match - Enforce workspace boundary (same logic as
read_file) - Respect
.gitignoreif in a git repo - Sort results by path for deterministic output
- Return one file path per line
Related
- Part of the coding agent capabilities gap analysis
- Pairs with edit_file (#26) and grep (#27) for code navigation + editing workflow
- #7 — Specialized Dockerfiles (coding flavor would bundle fd)
Contributor guide
No contributing guide indexed for this repository
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 tracing the existing read_file workspace-boundary logic, then review the related edit_file (#26) and grep (#27) tools for interface conventions. Define the glob tool around the proposed pattern, path, and max_results parameters; done means workspace-safe, deterministic, gitignore-aware file paths with cross-platform behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100