Give chats files the model reads on demand by crmne · Pull Request #1238 · crmne/ruby_llm

crmne · 2026-10-17T21:21:58Z

Attachments and long tool results ride along with every request today. A 40-page PDF attached to the first question goes out again with every question after it, and a search tool that returns 30,000 characters stays in every request until the conversation ends. The model pays for all of it, and its attention spreads thin.

This attaches a file store to a chat. Nothing large stays in the conversation: it becomes a file, the model sees one line about it, and reads the part it needs with tools.

chat = RubyLLM.chat.with_file_store
chat.ask "Which clauses changed?", with: ["contract-v1.pdf", "contract-v2.pdf"]
chat.ask "Quote the new termination clause" # the model searches the PDFs instead of rereading them

chat.file_store.list # => [#<RubyLLM::StoredFile path: "contract-v1.pdf", ...>, ...]

The method names the thing it attaches, like with_tools and with_schema, and nil removes it, like with_schema(nil):

chat.with_file_store(RubyLLM.file_store.directory("tmp/work"))
chat.with_file_store(RubyLLM.file_store.memory, spill_to_file: 20_000)
chat.with_file_store(nil)

What the model gets

Five tools: list_files, read_file (by lines or by characters, with offset and limit), search_files (grep over the text of every file that can be read as text), write_file, and edit_file (one exact span, like an editor's replace).

What changes in a conversation

Attachments become files. Every attachment is kept in the store. The model sees the files attached to the latest question in full, as today, and one line naming each of them from the next question on. Files other tools return become that line at once, and read_file shows a file in full until the next question. The messages themselves don't change, so UIs keep showing attachments, and with_file_store(nil) sends everything again.
Attachments the provider can't take (a .docx on Anthropic, say) become that line too, so the model reads them as text instead of the request failing.
Long tool results spill to files. A result over 10,000 characters is saved under results/, and the model gets the first 2,000 characters and the path. JSON is saved pretty printed so it reads and greps by line. spill_to_file: changes the limit, and a tool can set its own with spill_to_file 50_000 or opt out with spill_to_file false.
Code execution works on the same files, in one of two modes that follow from the store, with no flag:
- Workspace mode, for a store with a folder on disk (RubyLLM.file_store.directory, or any store whose local_root returns a folder): run_code runs in that folder, like a coding agent. Nothing is copied in or out; the code reads the files in place and its writes land in the store as they happen. The run snapshots size and mtime before and after, so the tool result lists, and after_file_write receives, each file it created or changed. Skills and mounts are linked into the folder read-only for the run and removed after; where the folder has its own file at that path, the run sees that and the result says so. The sandbox can read and write the whole folder, so the guide says to give each store a folder of its own.
- Copy mode, for any other store (memory, Active Storage, custom): each run starts empty and copies in only the files the model names in a new files argument to run_code (paths from list_files; a folder copies everything in it). A name with no file is an error the model sees. What the run writes or changes is saved back, and the result lists paths instead of carrying attachments.
Without a file store, code execution behaves exactly as before.

Converters

read_file and search_files read through converters, cached per file version. Core ships only two: plain text, which reads text files as they are, and OCR, which reads PDFs, scans, and photos with RubyLLM.ocr (model-backed, so it handles real PDFs and tables) and runs only where an app registers it, since each file costs a request. No HTML, Office, or pdf-reader converters: half-built parsers don't belong in core. Without a converter, read_file hands images and PDFs to the model as files, and anything else can be read with code. RubyLLM.file_store.converter returns the two, so registering one needs no class names, and apps register their own by MIME type:

config.file_converters["image/*"] = RubyLLM.file_store.converter.ocr
config.file_converters["application/pdf"] = RubyLLM.file_store.converter.ocr(model: "mistral-ocr-latest")
config.file_converters["application/x-subrip"] = RubyLLM.file_store.converter.text
config.file_converters["application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text"] = ->(file) { OdtReader.new(file.content).text }

The factory has ocr(**options) and text. A converter is anything that answers call with an attachment; the guide's "Writing a Converter" section shows one and suggests shipping them as ruby_llm-converters-<name> gems, matching the ruby_llm-providers-<name> convention (and ruby_llm-file_stores-<name> for stores). Converters stay global in config.file_converters; a context's copy of the config gets its own Hash, so registering one there leaves the global config alone.

Stores

RubyLLM.file_store.memory (the default) and RubyLLM.file_store.directory(path) build the two stores I ship: FileStore::Memory, and FileStore::Directory, which keeps files in a folder, never follows symlinks, and refuses paths that leave it. A store of your own subclasses RubyLLM::FileStore and implements five methods (list, find, read, write, delete).

In Rails, acts_as_chat records keep their files in Active Storage, in a new ruby_llm_chat_files table, so they live on whatever service the app uses. An attachment already in Active Storage shares its blob with the chat's file instead of being copied. The row keeps the converted text, which apps can encrypts. chat.with_file_store with no store uses it, and chat.with_file_store(owner: user) gives a store that writes files for one person and sees theirs plus the shared ones, for chats several people share. On a record, file_store is the attached store, as on a plain chat, so the owner moved onto with_file_store rather than a builder with the same name. The install generator and the 2.2 upgrade migration both create the table, and the chat UI generator lists a chat's files.

API

chat.with_file_store(store = RubyLLM.file_store.memory, spill_to_file: 10_000) # nil removes it
chat.file_store             # the attached store, or nil
chat.after_file_write { |file| ... }

RubyLLM.file_store.memory
RubyLLM.file_store.directory("tmp/work")
RubyLLM.file_store.converter.ocr(model: "mistral-ocr-latest") # or .text
config.file_converters["image/*"] = RubyLLM.file_store.converter.ocr

class ResearchAgent < RubyLLM::Agent
  file_store spill_to_file: 20_000 # or a store, or a lambda run per chat
  file_store -> { RubyLLM.file_store.directory("tmp/chats/#{chat.id}") }
  file_store nil # removes a parent's store
end

class MyTool < RubyLLM::Tool
  spill_to_file 50_000 # or false
end

# Rails (acts_as_chat)
chat.with_file_store                      # Active Storage, in ruby_llm_chat_files
chat.with_file_store(owner: Current.user) # files for one person in a shared chat
chat.ruby_llm_chat_files

A store of your own that keeps files in a folder opts into workspace mode by defining local_root. Public classes for custom stores and converters: RubyLLM::FileStore, FileStore::Memory, FileStore::Directory, FileStore::Converters::OCR, RubyLLM::StoredFile, RubyLLM::FileNotFoundError, and in Rails RubyLLM::ActiveRecord::FileStore and RubyLLM::ActiveRecord::ChatFile. The model's tools keep their names: list_files, read_file, search_files, write_file, edit_file.

Not in this PR

Quotas, retention, and encryption of the blobs stay with the application. So do long-running sandbox processes: they need a way to detach a run from the job that started it, which is its own change.

Questions I'd like to settle before merging

~~Copying the whole store into every code run costs a download per file per run with Active Storage.~~ Settled: a store with a folder runs code in place, and other stores copy in only the files the model names in files.
With an owner, every file the store writes is that owner's, attachments included. In a shared chat, uploads may want to be shared and tool results private. That could be a per-write owner, or left to the app with two stores.
Turning earlier attachments into lines changes those messages once per new question, which moves the prompt cache boundary back to the first message with an attachment.
The guide is "Chat Files", because "Files" is already the guide for provider uploads, and it is about what a chat does with its files more than about stores.

Tests

Unit specs for the stores (one shared contract run against Memory, Directory, and Active Storage), converters, each tool, the request view, spilling to files, code execution in both modes with a fake sandbox and with a real sandbox (in place in a folder, read-only mounts linked in, and copying named files), agents, and the Rails store with owners and shared blobs, and the store and converter factories. The generator specs cover the install and upgrade migrations and the chat UI's files list. Two cassettes record real flows: Claude and GPT finding one line in a 400-line file. (The Word-file recording went with the Office converter.)

Mutation testing kills every mutant it can place. Most mutants in the new folders get no verdict, because mutineer writes them beside the source, and Zeitwerk finds them when it first loads a namespace that nothing loaded before, the same way mcp/ and transport/ do in the full run. One equivalent mutant is in .mutineer.yml.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features
- Added chat file stores for keeping attachments and long tool results available across conversation turns, with file listing, reading, searching, writing, and editing.
- Added in-memory, directory, and Rails-persisted storage options, plus file converters including OCR for scans and images.
- Code execution can now work with chat files and save generated or updated files for later use.
- Generated chat views now show attached files with download links and readable file sizes.
Documentation
- Added guidance for configuring chat files, converters, code execution, agent support, and Rails persistence.

Attachments and long tool results travel with every request, so a PDF attached to the first question is sent again with every later one. with_files gives a chat a FileStore and five tools to list, read, search, write, and edit its files. Attachments are kept in the store and become one line naming the file after their own question, long tool results spill to files with a preview, and runs of code start with a copy of the files and save what they write back to them. Converters read text, HTML, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and, with pdf-reader, PDFs; an opt-in converter reads scans with RubyLLM.ocr. Persisted chats keep their files in Active Storage, in a new ruby_llm_chat_files table that the install generator and the 2.2 upgrade create, sharing blobs with message attachments. A store with an owner keeps one person's files apart in a shared chat.

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This pull request adds file stores for chats, tools for listing, reading, searching, writing, and editing files, and converters for supported formats. It integrates stored files with attachments, long tool results, code execution, agents, Active Record persistence, and generated chat views.

Changes: Chat Files

Layer / File(s)	Summary
File metadata and storage `lib/ruby_llm/file_store`, `lib/ruby_llm/stored_file.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm/file_store/{memory,directory,factory}.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/file_store`, `spec/support/file_store_contract.rb`	Adds the `StoredFile` data object and `FileStore` base class, plus memory and directory stores. The stores support normalized paths, metadata, reads, writes, listings, deletion, and text caching.
File text conversion `lib/ruby_llm/configuration.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm/file_store/converters`, `spec/ruby_llm/file_store/converters`, `docs/_core_features/ocr.md`	Adds configurable MIME-type converters, built-in text and OCR converters, and converter factories.
Chat file tools and message handling `lib/ruby_llm/chat.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm/chat/file_references.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm/file_store/tools/`, `lib/ruby_llm/agent.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm/tool.rb`, `lib/ruby_llm.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/chat_file_store_spec.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/file_store/tools_spec.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/agent_file_store_spec.rb`, `docs/_core_features/chat-files.md`, `docs/_core_features/{attachments,tools}.md`, `docs/_getting_started/`, `skills/rubyllm/SKILL.md`	Adds chat and agent file-store configuration, five file tools, attachment references, and configurable tool-result spill limits. Adds usage guides and tests for these behaviors.
Code-execution file synchronization `lib/ruby_llm/code_execution*`, `spec/ruby_llm/chat_code_execution_file_store_spec.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/chat_file_store_sandbox_spec.rb`, `docs/_core_features/{code-execution,sandboxes}.md`, `.github/workflows/_test-matrix.yml`	Code execution uses a directory-backed store in place or copies selected files into a workspace and saves changed files back. The tests and guides cover both modes, callbacks, and sandbox behavior.
Active Record persistence and chat UI `lib/ruby_llm/active_record/`, `lib/ruby_llm/railtie.rb`, `lib/generators/ruby_llm/{install,upgrade,chat_ui}/`, `spec/dummy/db/`, `spec/ruby_llm/active_record/file_store_spec.rb`, `spec/ruby_llm/generators/`, `docs/_advanced/rails*.md`, `docs/_reference/upgrading.md`	Adds the chat-file record, Active Storage-backed store, owner-scoped access, migration support, and generated file listings for chat views.

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Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Chat
  participant FileReferences
  participant FileStore
  participant Model
  participant FileTools
  Chat->>FileReferences: Prepare message history and file references
  FileReferences->>FileStore: Store attachments and long tool results
  FileReferences->>Model: Provide the prepared message view
  Model->>FileTools: Call a file tool
  FileTools->>FileStore: Read or update stored files
  FileTools->>Model: Return the tool result

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Review comments at
@lib/generators/ruby_llm/chat_ui/templates/tailwind/views/chats/_files.html.erb.tt:
- Line 1: Update the files query in the chat UI partial to scope results to
shared files by requiring nil owner_type and owner_id before calling
with_attached_file, matching the owner-scoping fix in the scaffold
_files.html.erb.tt template.

Review comments at
@lib/generators/ruby_llm/chat_ui/templates/views/chats/_files.html.erb.tt:
- Line 1: Update the generated files listing to include only shared rows by
filtering `ruby_llm_chat_files` where both owner fields are nil before attaching
files. Add a brief comment explaining how applications can extend the scope for
owner-specific files, and apply the same change to the Tailwind template.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/chat/file_references.rb:
- Around line 99-101: Update the read-call tracking used by view_of to retain
each read_file call’s path keyed by call ID, then use that stored path when
calling reference instead of attachment.filename so earlier image references
preserve the path needed to reopen the file.
- Around line 70-79: Update FileReferences#spill to sanitize tool_call.name
before using it in the generated result path, and fall back to returning the
original content if saving the spilled result fails so the completed tool result
is still added.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store.rb:
- Around line 77-80: Update FileStore.filename to remove leading dots from the
sanitized basename and return the existing fallback name if stripping them
leaves the name empty. Add a contract example verifying that an attachment named
`.env` can be stored.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store/converters/html.rb:
- Line 17: Replace the repeated lazy-regex scans in the HTML conversion
pipeline, including the comment, HIDDEN, and tag-removal patterns, with bounded
index-based scanning so malformed input cannot trigger quadratic work. Preserve
the existing removal and block-separation behavior for closed tokens, and handle
an unclosed opening token without rescanning the remaining input from every
later position.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store/converters/office.rb:
- Around line 83-86: Update `column_index` to parse only one to three uppercase
column letters immediately followed by a row number, preventing oversized cell
indexes while preserving valid Excel references.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store/converters/zip.rb:
- Around line 37-38: In the `read` method, validate that the local-header slice
at `offset + 26` contains all four bytes before unpacking it; raise `Zip::Error`
for a truncated header so callers rescuing `Zip::Error` handle the malformed
archive consistently with `read_directory`.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store/directory.rb:
- Around line 62-64: Update the temporary filename created before File.binwrite
and File.rename to begin with a dot while keeping it in the same directory as
the destination, so walk and find exclude it during writes and after an
interrupted write.

Review comments at @lib/ruby_llm/file_store/tools/search.rb:
- Around line 46-54: Update `scope` to treat `.` and `/`, after trimming
whitespace, like an empty path and return `store.list` without calling
`path_for`; preserve the existing handling of other paths.

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CodeQL flagged the regular expressions that stripped tags from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and HTML files: a file with many unclosed tags made them quadratic. The converters now walk each document once, and a < that opens no tag stays text.

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chat.with_files(store:) becomes chat.with_file_store(store), positional like with_tools and with_schema, and nil removes it. chat.files becomes chat.file_store, and the agent macro becomes file_store. On a Rails record, file_store is now the attached store, so the owner moves onto with_file_store(owner:). RubyLLM.file_store builds the shipped stores (memory, directory) and, through converter, the built-in converters (ocr, pdf, office, html, text), so user code needs no class names. A copied configuration gets its own file_converters Hash, so registering a converter on a context leaves the global one alone.

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Split the migration summary into shorter sentences.

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With a store that keeps its files in a folder (FileStore#local_root, which FileStore::Directory answers), run_code runs in that folder: nothing is copied in or out, writes land in the store as they happen, and each file the run created or changed, found by comparing size and mtime, goes to after_file_write. Skills and mounts are linked into the folder read-only for the run and removed after. Other stores no longer copy every file into every run: the model names the files its code reads in run_code's new files argument, and a name with no file is an error it sees. spill_over becomes spill_to_file, on with_file_store, the agent macro, and the Tool macro. The sandbox CI job runs the renamed spec file.

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The HTML, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF converters, with the ZIP and XML readers under them and the pdf-reader dependency, are gone. Core reads text files as they are and reads PDFs, scans, and photos with the OCR converter where an app registers it. Other formats take a converter of the app's own, which the guide shows, with a suggested gem name.

A long tool result the store cannot save goes to the model whole, and its file name keeps only safe characters, so a failed write never loses a result whose tool already ran. The line for an earlier read_file result names the path the model read. Attachment names lose leading dots, which a folder store refuses. A folder store writes through a hidden temporary file. search_files takes . and / for every file, as list_files does. The chat UI lists only the files without an owner.

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