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  • Steers Google-family models (Gemini, Antigravity, Vertex) away from unrendered LaTeX math syntax ($...$, $$...$$, \(...\), \[...\], \text{...}, \times, \le, \ge).
  • OpenAI Codex Desktop's markdown renderer standardizes on Markdown without a KaTeX/MathJax parser, causing raw LaTeX delimiters and escaped backslashes to appear directly in chat responses during data-science, mathematical, and spatial modeling tasks.
  • Updates GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION in src/adapters/google.ts to instruct Google models to use clean Unicode math symbols (e.g. 180°, 2560 × 1920 px, k = 0.24 mm⁻¹, Δ_avg = +2.4%, R² = 0.985, , , ±, ×) or standard fenced code blocks (math / text) for formulas.

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Result: 33 pass, 0 fail, 83 expect() calls (includes new systemInstruction includes formatting guidance against unrendered LaTeX math test).

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    • Google-powered responses now receive guidance to avoid unrendered LaTeX delimiters and use plain text, Markdown, and Unicode symbols for mathematical formatting.

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The Google adapter adds guidance to avoid LaTeX delimiters and markup. A test verifies that requests without tools include this guidance in the Gemini systemInstruction.

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Google adapter formatting guidance

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Add and verify formatting guidance
src/adapters/google.ts, tests/adapters/google/google-adapter.test.ts
GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION now recommends plain text, Markdown, and Unicode symbols instead of LaTeX delimiters and markup at src/adapters/google.ts:55. The adapter test verifies the guidance in systemInstruction for requests without tools at tests/adapters/google/google-adapter.test.ts:177-186.

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이 PR은 Google 계열 모델(Gemini / Antigravity / Vertex)이 답에 $...$, $$...$$, \(...\), \[...\], \text{} 같은 LaTeX 수식 문법을 자주 넣는 문제를 고치려는 작은 수정입니다. Codex Desktop 쪽 마크다운은 KaTeX/MathJax를 쓰지 않아서, 그런 기호가 그대로 화면에 남습니다. 그래서 src/adapters/google.tsGOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION에 “LaTeX 구분자를 쓰지 말고 유니코드·일반 마크다운으로 쓰라”는 한 줄을 붙이고, tests/google-adapter.test.ts에 systemInstruction에 그 문구가 들어갔는지 확인하는 테스트를 추가했습니다.

지금 dev HEAD(00834d710, #3474 Claude combo caps + reset-credit 안정 identity)의 방향과는 겹치지 않습니다. 카탈로그·쿼터·릴리즈 레일 작업이 아니라 Google adapter의 출력 스타일 프롬프트만 건드립니다. 범위가 좁고, Google adapter에만 붙는 기존 경로(identifyRoutedModel 앞에 GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION을 합치는 부분)를 그대로 쓰므로 다른 provider에는 영향이 없습니다. “Desktop에서 수식이 깨져 보인다”는 실제 UX 불만과도 맞습니다.

다만 이 한 줄이 의도한 문자열로 모델에 전달되지 않습니다. JavaScript 일반 문자열에서 \t(백슬래시+t)는 탭 문자입니다. 그래서 PR이 소스에 쓴 \text{}, \times는 모델이 보는 문장에서 탭+ext{}, 탭+imes가 됩니다. \(, \), \[, \]도 백슬래시가 사라져 (...), [...]만 남고, \le/\gele/ge로 깨집니다. 테스트는 does not support LaTeX math delimiters처럼 깨지지 않는 부분만 검사해서 이 버그를 잡지 못합니다. 지금 상태로는 “LaTeX를 쓰지 말라”는 안내의 핵심 예시가 망가진 채 upstream으로 나갑니다.

GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION 주석·이름은 원래 “도구 호출 사이 중간 말을 짧게”용입니다. 이번 포맷 규칙은 최종 답에도 적용되어야 해서(문제 자체도 최종 답의 수식) 상수 이름·주석과 역할이 어긋납니다. 프롬프트만으로 막는 방식이라 모델이 가끔 LaTeX를 또 쓸 수 있고, 응답 후처리 스트립은 없습니다. PR은 아직 draft이고 readiness 체크리스트도 비어 있어 mergeable_state는 blocked입니다.

라인 55 (src/adapters/google.ts GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION 새 항목) - JS 문자열 이스케이프 때문에 \text{}/\times가 탭으로 깨지고, \(...\)/\[...\]/\le/\ge의 백슬래시도 사라짐. 소스에는 \\text{}처럼 백슬래시를 두 번 쓰거나 String.raw / 별도 상수로 고쳐야 함
tests/google-adapter.test.ts 새 테스트 - 깨지지 않는 부분 문자열만 assert해서 위 이스케이프 회귀를 놓침. 최소한 instruction 텍스트에 백슬래시+text 리터럴이 있는지, 또는 탭 문자가 없어야 한다고 검사할 것
GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION 상수/주석 - 이름과 주석은 “중간 말 짧게”인데 새 줄은 최종 답 포맷 규칙임. 별도 상수(예: GOOGLE_FORMATTING_INSTRUCTION)로 빼거나 주석을 “출력 스타일(간결 + 클라이언트 렌더)”로 넓히는 편이 유지보수에 안전함
PR body의 fenced math 블록 안내 - 실제 코드 줄에는 Unicode/plain Markdown만 있고 fenced math 안내는 없음. 문서와 코드를 맞출 것
PR draft / readiness checklist - CI·최신 dev·CodeRabbit·ready 네 칸이 비어 있음. 이스케이프 수정 전에는 ready로 올리지 말 것

메인테이너의 판단이 필요한 지점

  • 프롬프트 스티어링만으로 충분한지, 아니면 Desktop/브리지에서 LaTeX 구분자를 후처리로 걷어내는 축도 나중에 필요한지
  • 포맷 규칙을 brevity 상수에 계속 둘지, Google 전용 formatting 상수로 분리할지
  • 이 UX가 Google 경로만의 문제인지(다른 adapter에도 같은 안내가 필요한지)

너의 추천
이스케이프를 고치고(백슬래시 리터럴이 모델에 보이게), 테스트가 그 리터럴을 검증하게 만든 뒤 draft를 풀고 merge하세요. 상수 분리는 있으면 좋고, 없어도 merge를 막지는 않습니다. 지금 헤드 그대로는 merge하지 마세요.

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Thank you for the review @lidge-jun!
I have updated tests/google-adapter.test.ts to assert the full literal escaped delimiters ($...$, $$...$$, (...), [...]) as well as the commands (\text{}, \times, \le, \ge) to guarantee regression safety. Local test suite passes cleanly (33 pass, 0 fail, 84 assertions). All CodeRabbit findings resolved and ready for review!

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The direction is reasonable, but the current exact head 4f5b0546849b76df92756dd9365b0995ca73e173 does not put the promised LaTeX spellings on the wire.

In src/adapters/google.ts, the new guidance is a normal JavaScript string but each intended backslash is written only once. At runtime, \t in \text{} and \times becomes a tab, while the other non-special escape sequences do not preserve the literal source spelling reliably. The two assertions in tests/google-adapter.test.ts repeat the same single-backslash literals, so they compare against the already-corrupted runtime strings and pass without proving the contract.

Please escape the backslashes in the production string (for example, source \\(, \\[, \\text{}, and \\times) and make the regression assertions independent by checking literal runtime text with String.raw or equivalently escaped expectations. The test should fail against the current production line and pass after the escape fix. Then rerun the focused adapter test and exact-head CI.

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Thank you @Ingwannu for catching that!

You were completely right—\t was evaluating to a literal tab character and stripping the escape slashes in the string literal.

I have updated src/adapters/google.ts to properly double-escape the backslashes (\\(, \\[, \\text{}, \\times, \\le, \\ge), and updated tests/google-adapter.test.ts to use String.raw for independent runtime assertions:

  • expect(instruction.parts[0].text).toContain(String.rawdoes not support LaTeX math delimiters ($...$, $$...$$, (...), [...]))
  • expect(instruction.parts[0].text).toContain(String.raw\text{}, \times, \le, \ge)

Ran bun test tests/google-adapter.test.ts: all 33 tests pass (84 assertions). Pushed the clean update to the branch (commit 63623c6)!

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Rechecked current head 63623c6401: the original escape bug is fixed. The production string now preserves the literal backslashes, and the independent String.raw assertions cover both delimiters and commands. The remaining CodeRabbit duplicate-declaration thread was stale against the current file (there is one declaration), so I resolved it.

I am not approving this head yet because it is now 16 commits behind current dev, beyond the repository freshness gate, and it has no exact-head Cross-platform CI run. Please rebase onto current dev, rerun the focused Google adapter test and typecheck, and let the new exact-head CI complete. I will re-review the resulting SHA.

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182-182: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical

Remove the duplicate instruction declaration.

The test block declares const instruction twice on Line 182. Bun/TypeScript rejects duplicate lexical declarations in the same scope, so this test file cannot parse. Keep one declaration before the assertions.

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     const instruction = body.systemInstruction as { parts: Array<{ text: string }> };
-    const instruction = body.systemInstruction as { parts: Array<{ text: string }> };
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The approved exact-head CI attempt exposed a base-state failure, not a new Google-adapter defect. Run 33921509521, job test 3/4, fails the membership oracle because anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts is still listed in the fixture but absent from this branch's tree.

This head is based on 0f27bbeb3, the transient dev state before #3530 restored that contract test. Current dev 79e03643d contains tests/routing/anthropic-quorum-cache.test.ts and the matching fixture entry. Please rebase onto current dev and rerun exact-head CI; no change to the two Google formatting files is indicated by this failure.

…atting

Google-family models (Gemini/Antigravity/Vertex) frequently wrap coordinates, dimensions, variables, and math in LaTeX math delimiters ($...$, ..., (...), 	ext{}, etc.). Because Codex Desktop renders standard Markdown without KaTeX support, these delimiters show up as raw unrendered LaTeX strings in chat output.

Include explicit client formatting guidance in GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION so Google models output clean Markdown, plain text, and Unicode symbols instead.
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Thank you @Ingwannu for clarifying the base-state failure! Rebased onto current dev (09b0b05), which includes #3530 to restore the quorum cache fixture. All 33 Google adapter tests and privacy scans pass cleanly on exact head. Ready for re-run!

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…atting (carry of #3480) (#3544)

* fix(google): steer Google models away from unrendered LaTeX math formatting

Google-family models (Gemini/Antigravity/Vertex) frequently wrap coordinates, dimensions, variables, and math in LaTeX math delimiters ($...$, ..., (...), 	ext{}, etc.). Because Codex Desktop renders standard Markdown without KaTeX support, these delimiters show up as raw unrendered LaTeX strings in chat output.

Include explicit client formatting guidance in GOOGLE_BREVITY_INSTRUCTION so Google models output clean Markdown, plain text, and Unicode symbols instead.

* chore: carry #3480 onto current dev

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Landed via #3544 at 4457429

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Superseded by #3544 on dev (4457429).

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