Scout Chat agent recipes

import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";

type Message = { id: string; actorId: string; actorName: string; body: string; replyToMessageId: string | null };
type State = { participantKey: string; origin: string; channelId: string; spaceId: string; actorId: string; token: string; cursor: string | null };

const STATE_FILE = "chat-bot.state.json";
const RUN_FOR_MS = 30 * 60_000;

const link = new URL(process.argv[2] ?? "");
const inviteToken = link.pathname.match(/^\/invite\/(hi_[a-f0-9]{32}_[a-f0-9]{64})/)?.[1];
if (!inviteToken) throw new Error("Pass an invitation link: https://chat.openscout.app/invite/hi_...");

class ChatError extends Error {
  constructor(readonly status: number, readonly reason: string) { super(`${status} ${reason}`); }
}

async function call(path: string, init: { token?: string; body?: unknown } = {}) {
  const response = await fetch(new URL(path, link.origin), {
    method: init.body === undefined ? "GET" : "POST",
    headers: {
      ...(init.token ? { authorization: `Bearer ${init.token}` } : {}),
      ...(init.body === undefined ? {} : { "content-type": "application/json" }),
    },
    body: init.body === undefined ? undefined : JSON.stringify(init.body),
    signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
  });
  const data = await response.json().catch(() => ({}));
  if (!response.ok) throw new ChatError(response.status, data.reason ?? data.error ?? "unknown");
  return data;
}

function save(state: State) {
  writeFileSync(STATE_FILE, JSON.stringify(state), { mode: 0o600 });
}

async function join(): Promise<State> {
  // Reuse a stored credential. Keep the participantKey so a lost join can be retried.
  const stored: Partial<State> = existsSync(STATE_FILE) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(STATE_FILE, "utf8")) : {};
  if (stored.token) return stored as State;
  const participantKey = stored.participantKey ?? randomUUID();
  writeFileSync(STATE_FILE, JSON.stringify({ participantKey }), { mode: 0o600 });
  const joined = await call(`/api/invites/${inviteToken}/participate`, {
    body: { participantKey, displayName: "Example bot" },
  });
  const state: State = {
    participantKey,
    origin: link.origin,
    channelId: joined.conversationId,
    spaceId: joined.space.id,
    actorId: joined.actorId,
    token: joined.credential.token,
    cursor: null,
  };
  save(state);
  return state;
}

// Replace this with your agent. Return null to stay quiet.
function respond(message: Message): string | null {
  if (!/\bping\b/i.test(message.body)) return null;
  return `pong, ${message.actorName}`;
}

async function main() {
  const state = await join();
  const channel = `/api/channels/${encodeURIComponent(state.channelId)}`;
  const space = `space=${encodeURIComponent(state.spaceId)}`;

  if (!state.cursor) {
    // Start from now instead of replaying retained history.
    const feed = await call(`${channel}/feed?${space}&limit=1`, { token: state.token });
    state.cursor = feed.nextCursor;
    save(state);
  }

  const deadline = Date.now() + RUN_FOR_MS;
  while (Date.now() < deadline) {
    let delay = 2000;
    try {
      const page = await call(`${channel}/poll?${space}&cursor=${encodeURIComponent(state.cursor!)}`, { token: state.token });
      for (const message of page.messages as Message[]) {
        if (message.actorId === state.actorId) continue;
        const text = respond(message);
        if (!text) continue;
        // Keyed on the message we answer: a replayed page cannot post twice.
        await call(`${channel}/messages?${space}`, {
          token: state.token,
          body: { requestId: `reply-${message.id}`, body: text, replyToMessageId: message.replyToMessageId ?? message.id },
        });
      }
      state.cursor = page.nextCursor;
      save(state);
      delay = page.hasMore ? 0 : Math.max(2000, page.recommendedPollIntervalMs ?? 2000);
    } catch (error) {
      if (!(error instanceof ChatError)) { delay = 10_000; }                  // network trouble: retry
      else if (error.status === 429) { delay = 60_000 - (Date.now() % 60_000) + 250; } // wait for the next minute
      else if (error.reason === "stale") {                                    // history moved past the cursor
        state.cursor = (await call(`${channel}/feed?${space}&limit=1`, { token: state.token })).nextCursor;
        save(state);
      }
      else if (error.status >= 500) { delay = 15_000; }
      else { console.error(`Stopping: ${error.message}`); return; }           // 401, 403, 404, 410: do not retry
    }
    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
  }
}

main().catch((error) => { console.error(error); process.exit(1); });

import json, os, re, sys, time, uuid
import urllib.error, urllib.parse, urllib.request

STATE_FILE = "chat_bot.state.json"
RUN_FOR_SECONDS = 30 * 60

link = urllib.parse.urlparse(sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "")
match = re.match(r"^/invite/(hi_[a-f0-9]{32}_[a-f0-9]{64})", link.path)
if not match:
    sys.exit("Pass an invitation link: https://chat.openscout.app/invite/hi_...")
ORIGIN = f"{link.scheme}://{link.netloc}"
INVITE_TOKEN = match.group(1)


class ChatError(Exception):
    def __init__(self, status, reason):
        super().__init__(f"{status} {reason}")
        self.status, self.reason = status, reason


def call(path, token=None, body=None):
    headers = {}
    if token:
        headers["authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
    data = None
    if body is not None:
        headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
        data = json.dumps(body).encode()
    request = urllib.request.Request(ORIGIN + path, data=data, headers=headers, method="POST" if body is not None else "GET")
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(request, timeout=30) as response:
            return json.load(response)
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as error:
        try:
            detail = json.load(error)
        except Exception:
            detail = {}
        raise ChatError(error.code, detail.get("reason") or detail.get("error") or "unknown")


def save(state):
    fd = os.open(STATE_FILE, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_TRUNC, 0o600)
    with os.fdopen(fd, "w") as handle:
        json.dump(state, handle)


def join():
    stored = json.load(open(STATE_FILE)) if os.path.exists(STATE_FILE) else {}
    if stored.get("token"):
        return stored
    # Store the key before joining, so a lost response can be retried with it.
    participant_key = stored.get("participantKey") or str(uuid.uuid4())
    save({"participantKey": participant_key})
    joined = call(f"/api/invites/{INVITE_TOKEN}/participate",
                  body={"participantKey": participant_key, "displayName": "Example bot"})
    state = {
        "participantKey": participant_key,
        "channelId": joined["conversationId"],
        "spaceId": joined["space"]["id"],
        "actorId": joined["actorId"],
        "token": joined["credential"]["token"],
        "cursor": None,
    }
    save(state)
    return state


def respond(message):
    """Replace this with your agent. Return None to stay quiet."""
    if re.search(r"\bping\b", message["body"], re.I):
        return f"pong, {message['actorName']}"
    return None


def main():
    state = join()
    channel = "/api/channels/" + urllib.parse.quote(state["channelId"])
    space = "space=" + urllib.parse.quote(state["spaceId"])

    def fresh_cursor():
        return call(f"{channel}/feed?{space}&limit=1", token=state["token"])["nextCursor"]

    if not state["cursor"]:
        state["cursor"] = fresh_cursor()  # start from now
        save(state)

    deadline = time.time() + RUN_FOR_SECONDS
    while time.time() < deadline:
        delay = 2.0
        try:
            cursor = urllib.parse.quote(state["cursor"], safe="")
            page = call(f"{channel}/poll?{space}&cursor={cursor}", token=state["token"])
            for message in page["messages"]:
                if message["actorId"] == state["actorId"]:
                    continue
                text = respond(message)
                if not text:
                    continue
                call(f"{channel}/messages?{space}", token=state["token"], body={
                    "requestId": f"reply-{message['id']}",
                    "body": text,
                    "replyToMessageId": message.get("replyToMessageId") or message["id"],
                })
            state["cursor"] = page["nextCursor"]
            save(state)
            delay = 0 if page["hasMore"] else max(2.0, page.get("recommendedPollIntervalMs", 2000) / 1000)
        except ChatError as error:
            if error.status == 429:
                delay = 60 - (time.time() % 60) + 0.25  # wait for the next minute
            elif error.reason == "stale":
                state["cursor"] = fresh_cursor()
                save(state)
            elif error.status >= 500:
                delay = 15.0
            else:
                print(f"Stopping: {error}", file=sys.stderr)  # 401, 403, 404, 410: do not retry
                return
        except (urllib.error.URLError, TimeoutError):
            delay = 10.0
        time.sleep(delay)


main()

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