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On main after #120 (2946733). Fixes a defect in #120's citation parser found by Jacob with a reproduction.

The defect

#120's parser accepted only a plain non-negative integer for kai_view's offset, and on anything else fell back to row coordinates for that source. The engine's file tool (flexInt, kai-engine v0.6.73) accepts an integer, null, "", "0.0", " 0 ", a float, and negatives (clamped to 0). So a call written {"offset": "0.0"} produced a row-addressed source, and a citation of "file line 1" resolved — validly under the row contract — to the tool-call header line. A citation that resolves to the wrong thing silently is worse than one that fails.

What changed

  • rcViewOffset mirrors the tool's flexInt exactly (integer as-is; null → 0; string trimmed, "" → 0, else %g float truncated; JSON float truncated; the view's negative clamp to 0). An offset the tool would refuse is refused here too.
  • Unmapped, never rows. A kai_view result whose file mapping cannot be established — unreadable arguments, no file named, an unparseable offset, no N: text rows, rows not starting at offset+1 — gets coordinate unmapped: rendered for context with a header saying it cannot be cited, and any citation into it is invalid (degrading its allegation like any invalid citation). There is no silent switch to another coordinate system.

Tests — against the real file tool

review_commit_viewtool_test.go builds tools.FileTools{Set: projects.Single(dir)} on a temp workspace and runs the real kai_view:

  • fourteen offset spellings (absent, 0, 0.0, "0.0", null, "", " 0 ", -5, "-5", 3, "3", 3.9, " 3 ", "1e1") — the parser's first line equals the tool's first returned line in every case, "file line N" cites the file's line and never the header, and the line before the slice is not citable;
  • "offset": "abc" — the tool returns an error response (no source would exist), and the parser independently refuses it, so the two rejection sets stay aligned;
  • a slice past the end → unmapped, uncitable; a truncated slice → only the returned lines citable (real tool output on the record).
  • Existing tests updated where they had encoded the old fallback: no-row results and offset-mismatched rows are now unmapped and uncitable; the full-evidence test's row-less kai_view result is unmapped and still reaches the challenger in full.

Focused run ok; CI command GOWORK=off go test -timeout 5m -skip 'TestRunCompletion' ./...exit 0, all packages ok.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved citation handling for file-view results with invalid, missing, or mismatched line mappings.
    • Prevented unsupported sources from receiving fabricated row-based citations.
    • Unmappable results now remain available as context while clearly indicating that citations are unavailable.
    • Improved handling of offsets, including alternate formats, defaults, invalid values, and ranges beyond file contents.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified when file-view results can be cited and how unmappable results are presented.

…mappable view result is uncitable, never row-addressed

Follow-up to the declared-coordinates change. Its parser accepted only a
plain non-negative integer for kai_view's offset and, on anything else, fell
back to ROW coordinates for that source. The engine's file tool (flexInt,
kai-engine v0.6.73) accepts an integer, null, "", "0.0", " 0 ", a float and
negatives (clamped to 0). So a call written {"offset": "0.0"} produced a
row-addressed source, and a citation of "file line 1" resolved — validly, by
the row contract — to the tool-call header line. Reported by Jacob with a
reproduction.

rcViewOffset now mirrors flexInt exactly, plus the view's negative clamp. A
kai_view result whose file mapping cannot be established for any reason — an
offset the tool would refuse, no "N: text" rows, rows not starting at
offset+1 — is UNMAPPED: rendered for context with a header saying it cannot
be cited, and any citation into it is invalid (degrading its allegation as
any invalid citation does). There is no fallback to rows.

Regression tests drive the REAL file tool (tools.FileTools on a temp
workspace): fourteen offset spellings map to the same first line the tool
returned and "file line N" reaches the file's line, never the header; an
offset the tool refuses is also refused by the parser; a slice past the end
is unmapped; a truncated slice exposes only the returned lines.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Walkthrough

The change applies file-tool offset semantics to kai_view citation mapping. Unmapped results remain visible as context but cannot be cited. Tests cover parsing, boundary cases, real-tool behavior, and updated evidence documentation.

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kai_view Citation Mapping

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mapping and citation behavior
cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go
rcToolSource parses offsets using engine-compatible rules and marks unreliable mappings as unmapped. rcRenderSource renders context-only sources, and rcExtractCitation rejects citations to them.
Existing behavior validation
cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge_test.go, cmd/kai/review_commit_coordinates_test.go
Tests now expect unmapped sources for missing or invalid file-line mappings and verify preserved context and citation rejection.
Real tool validation and documentation
cmd/kai/review_commit_viewtool_test.go, docs/review-evidence.md
Integration tests cover real kai_view offset spellings, truncation, past-end views, and citation boundaries. Documentation describes the updated mapping rules.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant kai_view
  participant rcToolSource
  participant rcRenderSource
  participant rcExtractCitation
  kai_view->>rcToolSource: return view output and offset
  rcToolSource->>rcRenderSource: classify source mapping
  rcRenderSource-->>rcToolSource: render mapped or context-only source
  rcToolSource->>rcExtractCitation: request citation extraction
  rcExtractCitation-->>rcToolSource: accept mapped citation or reject unmapped source
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Malformed or misaligned tool output can be cited as a different file region. Reject the mapping when its first numbered row does not match the requested offset before merging.

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🟠 Major · Reject a mismatched first numbered row. · review_commit_challenge.go:274-278

cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go:274-278
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject a mismatched first numbered row.

Before rows starts, rcFileViewRows skips numbered rows that do not equal offset+1. A result such as 10: x\n11: y\n with offset 10 therefore maps line 11 instead of becoming unmapped.

Return no mapping when the first numbered row does not match want.

Proposed fix
 		n, err := strconv.Atoi(m[1])
 		if err != nil || n != want {
-			if rows != nil {
-				break
-			}
-			continue
+			if rows == nil {
+				return 0, nil
+			}
+			break
 		}
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In `@cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go` around lines 274 - 278, Update the
numbered-row handling in rcFileViewRows so a mismatched or unparsable first row
returns no mapping immediately when rows is nil; retain the existing break
behavior for mismatches encountered after rows has started.

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In `@cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go`:
- Around line 274-278: Update the numbered-row handling in rcFileViewRows so a
mismatched or unparsable first row returns no mapping immediately when rows is
nil; retain the existing break behavior for mismatches encountered after rows
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  • cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go
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cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go modified · +70 −14
cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge_test.go modified · +5 −4
cmd/kai/review_commit_coordinates_test.go modified · +16 −6
cmd/kai/review_commit_viewtool_test.go modified · +121 −0
docs/review-evidence.md modified · +8 −2
What I opened — 9 files, 12 turns, 1m43s
  • cmd/kai/review_commit.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_challenge_test.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_citation_test.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_coordinates_test.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_fast.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_publication_test.go
  • cmd/kai/review_commit_viewtool_test.go
  • docs/review-evidence.md
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newly pinned kai-ci image (kai v0.35.84) — a large-file change, to exercise
file-line citation coordinates in production.
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