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hermes-agent/scripts/LIVETEST_README.md
teknium1 1709776120 test(tool-search): add live A/B harness, drop checked-in transcripts
Brings in the tool_search live-test harness from the original PR but leaves
out the 11 checked-in scripts/out/*.json transcript files — those are
non-deterministic model output that goes stale the moment the model changes
and were the bulk of the diff. scripts/out/ is now gitignored so a harness
run never re-commits them.

Fixes on top:
- API-key loading goes through hermes_cli.env_loader.load_hermes_dotenv
  instead of hand-parsing ~/.hermes/.env and assigning the value to a local.
  The canonical loader never materializes the secret in a local variable in
  this module, which clears the four CodeQL high alerts
  (py/clear-text-storage / py/clear-text-logging-sensitive-data at the
  transcript write/print sites — they were tracing the key from the
  hand-rolled parser into the records) and removes a hand-rolled parser.
- encoding='utf-8' on every write_text/read_text in both harness scripts
  (Windows-footgun hygiene).

Co-authored-by: teknium1 <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
2026-05-29 02:04:12 -07:00

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# Tool Search live test harness
Runs five scenarios against a real model (Claude Haiku 4.5 via OpenRouter) to
verify that the bridge tools work end-to-end. Records transcripts in
`scripts/out/`.
## Running
```bash
cd <repo root>
python3 scripts/tool_search_livetest.py # runs all 5 scenarios x 2 modes
python3 scripts/analyze_livetest.py # side-by-side report
```
Requires `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` set or present in `~/.hermes/.env`.
## What it verifies
| Scenario | Tests |
|----------|-------|
| A obvious_single | BM25 retrieval on an obvious tool name (github_create_issue) |
| B vague_paraphrased | Retrieval when the model has to paraphrase ("schedule meeting" → evt_create) |
| C multi_tool_chain | Multi-step task chaining two deferred tools (GitHub + Slack) |
| D core_plus_deferred | Mixed: core tool (read_file) called directly, deferred tool (Slack) via bridge |
| E no_tool_needed | Pure-knowledge prompt; verify no spurious tool_search invocations |
Each scenario runs with `tool_search.enabled = on` and again with `off` for an
A/B baseline. The harness records:
- bridge_calls (the tool_search / tool_describe / tool_call sequence the model emitted)
- underlying_tool_calls (what actually ran through the registry dispatcher)
- final_response, iteration count, elapsed time, any errors
## Output structure
```
scripts/out/
<scenario>__enabled.json # tool_search ON
<scenario>__disabled.json # tool_search OFF
_summary.json # one-line summary across all runs
```
The 2026-05 baseline run is checked in for reference. Re-running may produce
slightly different transcripts (the model is non-deterministic) but the
expected_underlying_tools assertions should remain satisfied.