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[bug-fix] Fix preset-wrap-drops-argument-hint: inherit argument-hint from core template - #3996

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Bug fix — preset-wrap-drops-argument-hint

Proposed fix for issue #3991, applying the remediation from the bug assessment.

Verdict: Valid · Severity: medium

Summary

Extended the inheritance allowlist in _register_skills and _compose_layers to include argument-hint, so wrap-strategy presets that omit this key now inherit it from the core template instead of silently dropping it (and risking its value being leaked/concatenated into description).

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File Change Notes
src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py modified Added "argument-hint" to two inheritance allowlists (lines ~2746 and ~5728)
tests/test_presets.py added test test_wrap_preset_inherits_argument_hint_from_core — pins the regression

Tests Added or Updated

  • tests/test_presets.py::TestSkillsPreset::test_wrap_preset_inherits_argument_hint_from_core — installs a wrap preset with no argument-hint in its frontmatter against a core template that declares it, then asserts (a) argument-hint is present in the generated SKILL.md with the correct value, and (b) description is exactly the preset's declared string (not a concatenation including the hint value).

Local Verification

  • No project test command could be exercised in this environment (no virtualenv with dependencies available). Fix verified by code inspection: the two changed loop bodies now include "argument-hint" in the key set, which feeds the existing apply_argument_hint dict-based path at line 2781 — the same path PR fix(presets): preserve argument-hint in preset SKILL.md generation #2978 proved correct for the explicit-declaration case.

Deviations from Assessment

None. The fix matches the preferred remediation exactly: one-line addition of "argument-hint" to the allowlist tuple in each of the two locations named by the assessment.

Risks & Review Notes

  • Adding argument-hint to the inheritance allowlist could silently inherit a core value that a preset author intended to omit. Risk is low: argument-hint is a UX hint for Claude's slash-command input only, not a functional directive.
  • The _compose_layers change affects the composed-file path used by non-skills agents; the existing integration tests for those agents should be run during CI.
  • No API breakage: adding argument-hint to a SKILL.md is additive.

Refs #3991 · cc @takaya0

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Apply the remediation from the bug assessment on issue #3991.
Extend the inheritance allowlist in _register_skills and _compose_layers
to include 'argument-hint', so wrap-strategy presets that omit this key
will inherit it from the core template rather than silently dropping it
and risking its value being leaked into description.

Refs #3991

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Pull request overview

Fixes wrap-strategy presets so argument-hint is inherited from core command metadata.

Changes:

  • Adds argument-hint to both composition allowlists.
  • Adds a regression test, though coverage gaps remain.
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File Description
src/specify_cli/presets/__init__.py Inherits argument-hint during command and skill composition.
tests/test_presets.py Tests core argument-hint inheritance.

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Comment thread tests/test_presets.py
previously inherited only scripts/agent_scripts from core_frontmatter,
silently discarding argument-hint and leaking its value into description.
"""
core_arg_hint = "Describe the feature you want to specify"
Comment thread tests/test_presets.py
Comment on lines +4730 to +4731
def test_wrap_preset_inherits_argument_hint_from_core(self, project_dir, temp_dir):
"""A wrap-strategy preset that omits argument-hint must inherit it from the core template.
body, core_frontmatter = _substitute_core_template(body, cmd_name, self.project_root, registrar)
frontmatter = dict(frontmatter)
for key in ("scripts", "agent_scripts"):
for key in ("scripts", "agent_scripts", "argument-hint"):
The existing regression test for #3991 wraps `speckit.specify`, whose stem
is in Claude's ARGUMENT_HINTS map. The string-injection fallback in
post_process_skill_content re-adds argument-hint even when wrap composition
drops it, so that test passes with or without the inheritance fix and does
not actually guard the regression.

Add a parallel test that wraps an extension-like command
(`speckit.myfeature`) absent from ARGUMENT_HINTS, so the wrap-composition
inheritance is the only path that can carry argument-hint into the SKILL.md.
This test fails without the fix and passes with it.

Refs #3991

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Ran the bug-test stage locally (the CI bug-test run was inconclusive — the runner's firewall blocked PyPI, so pytest never ran).

Findings:

  • The fix in _register_skills/_compose_layers is correct; full tests/test_presets.py suite passes.
  • However, the shipped regression test test_wrap_preset_inherits_argument_hint_from_core passes with and without the source fix, so it does not actually guard the regression. It wraps speckit.specify, whose stem is in Claude's ARGUMENT_HINTS map, so post_process_skill_content's string-injection fallback re-adds argument-hint regardless of the inheritance fix (and the test's chosen hint value happens to equal ARGUMENT_HINTS['specify']).

Change pushed (581c3ac): added test_wrap_preset_inherits_argument_hint_for_unmapped_command, which wraps an extension-like command (speckit.myfeature) absent from ARGUMENT_HINTS. Verified it fails without the source fix and passes with it — a genuine regression guard. Full suite: 581 passed.

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