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fix(tools): identify Bob by product name - #1722

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LGTM. Ready for maintainer review.

What was wrong

OpenSpec labeled the bob integration as "Bob Shell," even though its .bob root serves the wider IBM Bob product. The original PR also proposed removing Bob command generation and deleting existing .bob/commands/opsx-*.md files based on a deprecation claim.

IBM's current Bob Shell slash-command documentation explicitly supports custom Markdown commands under .bob/commands/, including the frontmatter OpenSpec generates. Removing the adapter would have broken a supported workflow.

How it was fixed

  • Merged current main and resolved the stale branch conflict.
  • Narrowed the change to the verified display-name and success-label fix.
  • Preserved the Bob command adapter, registry entry, command paths, and existing command tests.
  • Updated docs-lab/reference/supported-tools.md in the current docs format.
  • Replaced the stale OpenSpec change with a strict-valid change that records the narrower behavior.
  • Added a regression test for the user-facing name.

Replication / proof

  • node bin/openspec.js validate rename-bob-to-ibm-bob --strict
  • node build.js
  • tsc --noEmit
  • eslint src/
  • changeset status confirms a patch bump for @fission-ai/openspec.
  • Bob-focused suite: 4 files, 1,255 tests passed.
  • Version-check suite with loopback access: 51 tests passed.
  • Full suite: 5,918 tests passed. The remaining 22 local failures are unchanged on origin/main: 18 require loopback networking blocked by the sandbox, and 4 reproduce in an isolated current-main snapshot.
  • git diff --check

The final PR diff has 8 files and does not change dependencies, workflows, generated command behavior, filesystem cleanup, or release code.

Notes / nits

  • Added .changeset/calm-bob-name.md with user-facing release notes for the naming fix.

caseyg added 3 commits August 25, 2026 15:03
- Rename AI_TOOLS entry from 'Bob Shell' to 'IBM Bob' (name + successLabel)
- Remove bobAdapter from CommandAdapterRegistry and adapters/index.ts
- Add 'bob' to skills-invocable capability path in command-surface.ts
- Add cleanupLegacyBobCommandFiles() to migration.ts for .bob/commands/ cleanup
- Call cleanup from init.ts and update.ts after skills are generated
- Update docs/supported-tools.md: IBM Bob, mark commands as not generated
- Remove bobAdapter tests; update flat-invocation and all-adapters lists
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Walkthrough

The bob tool’s display name and success label change from “Bob Shell” to “IBM Bob.” Its identifier, skills directory, command paths, and invocation syntax remain unchanged. The supported-tools reference and a tool-detection test reflect the new name.

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IBM Bob display name

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update and verify IBM Bob naming
src/core/config.ts, test/core/available-tools.test.ts, docs-lab/reference/supported-tools.md, openspec/changes/rename-bob-to-ibm-bob/*, .changeset/calm-bob-name.md
The bob tool entry and supported-tools reference use “IBM Bob.” The test checks its display name and success label. The OpenSpec change records the naming requirement and implementation tasks. A patch changeset describes the display-name update.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 1a16a

The IBM Bob naming update preserves existing tool selection and command paths, with no material merge risk identified.

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The change affects 4 systems.

Changed systems: openspec, docs-lab, src, test

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Before / after behavior

  • observed — Modified behavior in docs-lab/reference/supported-tools.md: The matrix entry is renamed from Bob Shell to IBM Bob; its tool ID, paths, and invocation syntax are unchanged.
  • observed — Modified behavior in openspec/changes/rename-bob-to-ibm-bob/.openspec.yaml: Adds the schema and created configuration values.
  • observed — Modified behavior in openspec/changes/rename-bob-to-ibm-bob/proposal.md: The proposal describes the IBM Bob naming update, supported-tools reference change, and continued .bob/commands/ generation for Bob Shell. It identifies ai-tool-paths as the modified capability, names the affected code and documentation, and states that command and skill paths do not change.
  • observed — Modified behavior in openspec/changes/rename-bob-to-ibm-bob/specs/ai-tool-paths/spec.md: Adds the IBM Bob tool identity requirement and scenario specifying its display labels and unchanged skill and command paths.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: identifying the Bob integration by its product name, IBM Bob.
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In `@src/core/migration.ts`:
- Around line 74-84: Update the migration loop around the commandFile deletion
and fs.rmSync call to verify the file’s OpenSpec-generated marker or ownership
metadata before removing it. Preserve non-OpenSpec user-authored opsx command
files, while retaining the existing removed count behavior for files that are
confirmed as generated.
- Around line 69-83: Update the migration cleanup around ALL_WORKFLOWS to
resolve and validate the canonical bobCommandsDir, commandFile, and projectPath
relationship before calling fs.rmSync, rejecting symlink-resolved paths outside
the project root. Add a regression test covering symlinks under .bob or
.bob/commands that attempt to redirect deletion externally.

In `@src/core/update.ts`:
- Around line 377-379: Update execute() so cleanupLegacyBobCommandFiles runs for
configured Bob projects before returning from the toolsToUpdateSet-empty
up-to-date path, ensuring stale legacy command files are removed even when no
tools need updating.
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- Guard bobCommandsDir and each commandFile against symlink escape
  using areProjectArtifacts() before deletion
- Only remove files containing 'argument-hint:' frontmatter (OpenSpec
  marker), leaving user-authored files with matching names intact
- Run cleanupLegacyBobCommandFiles on the up-to-date early-return
  path in update.ts so stale .bob/commands/ files are cleaned even
  when no tools need a version update

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♻️ Duplicate comments (1)
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91-92: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match argument-hint: only in YAML frontmatter.

Lines 91-92 accept the text anywhere in the file. A user-authored opsx-*.md file can mention argument-hint: in its Markdown body and then be deleted when the replacement skill exists. Parse the opening frontmatter block before checking this field.

Proposed fix
 const content = fs.readFileSync(commandFile, 'utf-8');
-if (!content.includes('argument-hint:')) continue;
+const frontmatter = content.match(/^---\r?\n([\s\S]*?)\r?\n---(?:\r?\n|$)/)?.[1];
+if (!frontmatter || !/^argument-hint:/m.test(frontmatter)) continue;
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In `@src/core/migration.ts` around lines 91 - 92, Update the migration logic
around content and the argument-hint check to parse only the opening YAML
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In `@src/core/migration.ts`:
- Around line 91-92: Update the migration logic around content and the
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@clay-good clay-good added the backlog Real issue or feature queued for later implementation label Aug 27, 2026
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Status: not ready; deferring to backlog.

The IBM Bob rename makes sense, but I could not substantiate the premise for removing command support. IBM's current documentation still explicitly supports .bob/commands/ and says custom slash commands work across Bob Shell and Bob IDE:
https://bob.ibm.com/docs/shell/features/slash-commands
https://bob.ibm.com/docs/ide/features/slash-commands

The Shell documentation also presents argument-hint as ordinary user-authored command metadata, so that field alone cannot establish OpenSpec ownership before deletion. The new cleanup currently accepts any existing replacement path, without checking that it is a usable generated skill.

Please provide the supported-version/deprecation evidence before retiring the adapter and automatically deleting commands. A rename-only change could be considered independently. No implementation changes made during this review.

@clay-good clay-good changed the title feat: rename IBM Bob entry and make skills-only fix(tools): identify Bob by product name Sep 28, 2026
@clay-good clay-good removed the backlog Real issue or feature queued for later implementation label Sep 28, 2026

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The IBM Bob naming correction is sound, but this changes the user-visible tool picker/success label and documentation without a changeset. CONTRIBUTING.md requires pnpm changeset for user-affecting changes. Please add a patch changeset. The docs-lab change will also require final review from @TabishB.

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@alfred-openspec Addressed the changeset request in 206f1052: .changeset/calm-bob-name.md now contains explicit user-facing release notes and pnpm exec changeset status --since=origin/main reports a patch bump for @fission-ai/openspec. The strict OpenSpec change validation also passes. @TabishB remains requested for the docs-lab review.

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Reviewed the current head. This keeps the Bob integration contract intact while correcting the product-facing name, with a changeset, regression coverage, and canonical docs update. Hosted CI is green. Approved. Final review of the docs-lab change still belongs to @TabishB.

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