feat(runner): llm picks one number from weighted candidates

drop the seeded-root call for a setup-only precedence path, render a
numbered weighted candidate list, pin a reasoning-first choice schema,
strict-skip when chosen_action does not echo the numbered entry, and let
the model supply typed values (corpus fallback when empty).
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@@ -23,25 +23,18 @@ const (
// while keeping the UI legible.
llmMaxImageEdge = 1024
// llmHistorySize is how many recent actions (and the screen each led to) the
// prompt carries to discourage loops.
// prompt carries as context.
llmHistorySize = 5
// llmMaxRanked caps the ranked-index list the model returns.
llmMaxRanked = 5
// swipeMinMagnitude is the floor for an LLM-chosen swipe distance, matching
// the seeded swipe builder's minimum.
swipeMinMagnitude = 200
)
// llmSystemPrompt frames the selection task. The model only ranks the numbered
// candidates the system already enumerated; it never invents actions. The kind
// semantics matter: every visible element doubles as a Swipe origin, so a
// control whose only candidate is Swipe is NOT pressable — without the
// explanation models pick `Swipe "Submit"` intending to press Submit and loop
// forever on a disabled button.
const llmSystemPrompt = "You are exploring this app to surface bugs. Choose the most useful next action from the numbered candidates. " +
"Candidate kinds: Tap/DoubleTap/LongPress press a control; InputText types into a field; Scroll and Swipe only pan the view — they never press the element they are labeled with. " +
"A button that has no Tap candidate is disabled; satisfy its preconditions first (usually InputText into a field) instead of swiping it. " +
"Avoid repeating recent actions; prefer progress into new screens. Return only your ranked choices."
// llmSystemPrompt frames the selection task: a short, generic bug-hunting
// instruction. Each candidate is already a concrete, correctly-labeled action
// with a weight hinting the spec's testing priority; the model reads the
// screenshot, picks ONE number, and echoes that action so a mismatch can be
// caught. The app-specific description (spec instructions) is appended.
const llmSystemPrompt = "You are exercising a UI to find bugs. Each turn you get a screenshot and a numbered list of concrete actions, each with a weight hinting how much the test author wants it exercised (higher = more). " +
"Pick the ONE action most likely to make progress or expose a defect, and feel free to repeat an action when repetition is what would trip a bug. " +
"Respond with your reasoning, the chosen number, and chosen_action copied verbatim from that line. For a typing action, also provide the text to enter."
// llmSource selects each step's action with an OpenAI-compatible vision model
// instead of the seeded random pick. It replaces ONLY the pick: the candidate list, the input
@@ -60,21 +53,21 @@ type llmSource struct {
// lastSource/lastReasoning describe the most recent NextAction so the runner
// can stamp the trace. lastSource is "llm" only when the LLM (not setup)
// chose the action; lastReasoning is the model's rationale. lastRanked is
// the model's full ranked list and lastChosenRank the 1-based position in it
// that won (1 = top pick), so the trace can reconcile reasoning with action.
lastSource string
lastReasoning string
lastRanked []int
lastChosenRank int
// chose the action; lastReasoning is the model's rationale. lastChoice is the
// 1-based number it picked and lastChosenAction the description it echoed, so
// the trace shows what the model believed it was doing.
lastSource string
lastReasoning string
lastChoice int
lastChosenAction string
}
// llmSelection is the outcome of one LLM selection call.
type llmSelection struct {
action verifier.Action
reasoning string
ranked []int
chosenRank int // 1-based position in ranked that produced action
action verifier.Action
reasoning string
choice int
chosenAction string
}
// NextAction returns the step's action. Setup precedence is preserved by
@@ -83,11 +76,13 @@ type llmSelection struct {
func (s *llmSource) NextAction(ctx context.Context) (verifier.Action, error) {
s.lastSource = ""
s.lastReasoning = ""
s.lastRanked = nil
s.lastChosenRank = 0
s.lastChoice = 0
s.lastChosenAction = ""
s.history.completeLast(s.verifier.CurrentScreen())
action, err := s.verifier.NextAction()
// Setup precedence only: the LLM replaces the seeded action root, so we run
// setup (e.g. login) first but never the weighted picker.
action, err := s.verifier.SetupAction()
if err == nil {
s.history.add(describeAction(action))
return action, nil
@@ -98,23 +93,23 @@ func (s *llmSource) NextAction(ctx context.Context) (verifier.Action, error) {
selection, ok := s.selectViaLLM(ctx)
if !ok {
// Any failure (HTTP error, unusable output, no valid index) skips the
// step; the next step re-observes and tries again. No backend mixing.
// Any failure (HTTP error, unusable output, invalid choice, echo
// mismatch) skips the step; the next step re-observes and tries again.
return verifier.Action{}, verifier.ErrNoAction
}
s.lastSource = "llm"
s.lastReasoning = selection.reasoning
s.lastRanked = selection.ranked
s.lastChosenRank = selection.chosenRank
s.lastChoice = selection.choice
s.lastChosenAction = selection.chosenAction
s.history.add(describeAction(selection.action))
return selection.action, nil
}
// selectViaLLM runs one multimodal call and maps the first valid ranked index
// to an action. It returns ok=false on any error/empty/invalid output, logging
// the cause; the caller turns that into a skipped step.
// selectViaLLM runs one multimodal call and maps the chosen number to an action.
// It returns ok=false on any error/empty/invalid output, logging the cause; the
// caller turns that into a skipped step.
func (s *llmSource) selectViaLLM(ctx context.Context) (llmSelection, bool) {
candidates := s.verifier.AllCandidates()
candidates := s.verifier.Candidates()
if len(candidates) == 0 {
return llmSelection{}, false
}
@@ -129,24 +124,56 @@ func (s *llmSource) selectViaLLM(ctx context.Context) (llmSelection, bool) {
return llmSelection{}, false
}
ranked, reasoning, err := parseRanked(response.Choices[0].Message.Content)
output, err := parseChoice(response.Choices[0].Message.Content)
if err != nil {
s.logger.Warn("llm output unusable", "err", err)
return llmSelection{}, false
}
for position, index := range ranked {
if index < 0 || index >= len(candidates) {
continue
}
action, err := actionFromCandidate(candidates[index], s.verifier.SampleInput)
if err != nil {
s.logger.Warn("building action from candidate failed", "index", index, "err", err)
continue
}
return llmSelection{action: action, reasoning: reasoning, ranked: ranked, chosenRank: position + 1}, true
// choice is 1-based into the numbered list.
if output.Choice < 1 || output.Choice > len(candidates) {
s.logger.Warn("llm choice out of range", "choice", output.Choice, "candidates", len(candidates))
return llmSelection{}, false
}
s.logger.Warn("llm returned no valid candidate index", "ranked", ranked, "candidates", len(candidates))
return llmSelection{}, false
candidate := candidates[output.Choice-1]
// Strict skip: the echoed action must match the numbered entry, so a model
// that reasoned about one target but named a number for another cannot act.
if strings.TrimSpace(output.ChosenAction) != candidate.Description {
s.logger.Warn("llm chosen_action mismatch; skipping",
"choice", output.Choice, "echoed", output.ChosenAction, "candidate", candidate.Description)
return llmSelection{}, false
}
action, err := s.actionForCandidate(candidate, output.Text)
if err != nil {
s.logger.Warn("building action from candidate failed", "choice", output.Choice, "err", err)
return llmSelection{}, false
}
return llmSelection{
action: action,
reasoning: output.Reasoning,
choice: output.Choice,
chosenAction: candidate.Description,
}, true
}
// actionForCandidate turns a chosen candidate into the executable action. The
// candidate already carries a ready action; only builtin typing needs the
// model's value spliced in (authored InputText keeps its sampled value, and any
// other kind runs verbatim).
func (s *llmSource) actionForCandidate(candidate verifier.ActionCandidate, text string) (verifier.Action, error) {
action := candidate.Action
if candidate.Kind == verifier.ActionKindInputText && candidate.LLMText {
if strings.TrimSpace(text) == "" {
// The model omitted a value; fall back to the shared corpus sampler
// so typing still exercises an edge-case string.
sampled, err := s.verifier.SampleInput()
if err != nil {
return verifier.Action{}, err
}
text = sampled
}
action.Text = text
}
return action, nil
}
// buildRequest assembles the one-shot multimodal request: a system frame, the
@@ -165,7 +192,7 @@ func (s *llmSource) buildRequest(candidates []verifier.ActionCandidate) llmclien
{Role: "system", Content: []llmclient.ContentPart{llmclient.TextPart(s.systemPrompt())}},
{Role: "user", Content: userParts},
},
ResponseFormat: rankedResponseFormat(),
ResponseFormat: choiceResponseFormat(len(candidates)),
}
}
@@ -179,12 +206,17 @@ func (s *llmSource) systemPrompt() string {
return llmSystemPrompt + "\n\n" + s.instructions
}
// userPrompt renders the numbered candidate list and the recent-action memory.
// userPrompt renders the numbered candidate list (with weights) and the
// recent-action memory.
func (s *llmSource) userPrompt(candidates []verifier.ActionCandidate) string {
var builder strings.Builder
builder.WriteString("Candidate actions on the current screen:\n")
builder.WriteString("Actions available on the current screen:\n")
for _, candidate := range candidates {
fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "#%d %s %q\n", candidate.Index, candidate.Kind, candidate.Label)
fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "%d. %s", candidate.Index, candidate.Description)
if candidate.Weighted {
fmt.Fprintf(&builder, " (w%d)", candidate.Weight)
}
builder.WriteByte('\n')
}
if recent := s.history.recent(); len(recent) > 0 {
builder.WriteString("\nYour recent actions (oldest first) and the screen each led to:\n")
@@ -196,88 +228,58 @@ func (s *llmSource) userPrompt(candidates []verifier.ActionCandidate) string {
fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "- %s -> %s\n", entry.action, screen)
}
}
builder.WriteString("\nReturn your ranked candidate indices, most useful first.")
builder.WriteString("\nPick one action by its number.")
return builder.String()
}
// rankedResponseFormat is the strict structured-output schema: a short
// reasoning string and a ranked list of candidate indices.
func rankedResponseFormat() *llmclient.ResponseFormat {
// choiceResponseFormat is the strict structured-output schema. Field order is
// pinned via raw JSON with reasoning FIRST, so the model reasons before it
// commits to a number (a materially better ordering than answer-first). text is
// required by strict mode but empty for non-typing actions.
func choiceResponseFormat(candidateCount int) *llmclient.ResponseFormat {
schema := fmt.Sprintf(`{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"reasoning": {"type": "string", "description": "One short sentence on what you are trying to do and why this action."},
"choice": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 1, "maximum": %d, "description": "The number of the chosen action."},
"chosen_action": {"type": "string", "description": "The chosen action's text, copied verbatim from its numbered line."},
"text": {"type": "string", "description": "For a typing action, the text to enter; otherwise an empty string."}
},
"required": ["reasoning", "choice", "chosen_action", "text"],
"additionalProperties": false
}`, candidateCount)
return &llmclient.ResponseFormat{
Type: "json_schema",
JSONSchema: llmclient.JSONSchema{
Name: "ranked_actions",
Name: "action_choice",
Strict: true,
Schema: map[string]any{
"type": "object",
"properties": map[string]any{
"reasoning": map[string]any{
"type": "string",
"description": "One short sentence on why the top choice is most useful.",
},
"ranked": map[string]any{
"type": "array",
"items": map[string]any{"type": "integer"},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": llmMaxRanked,
},
},
"required": []string{"reasoning", "ranked"},
"additionalProperties": false,
},
Schema: json.RawMessage(schema),
},
}
}
// rankedOutput is the model's structured response.
type rankedOutput struct {
Reasoning string `json:"reasoning"`
Ranked []int `json:"ranked"`
// choiceOutput is the model's structured response, reasoning first.
type choiceOutput struct {
Reasoning string `json:"reasoning"`
Choice int `json:"choice"`
ChosenAction string `json:"chosen_action"`
Text string `json:"text"`
}
// parseRanked decodes the model's JSON content into ranked indices + reasoning.
func parseRanked(content string) ([]int, string, error) {
// parseChoice decodes the model's JSON content into the structured choice.
func parseChoice(content string) (choiceOutput, error) {
content = strings.TrimSpace(content)
if content == "" {
return nil, "", errors.New("empty content")
return choiceOutput{}, errors.New("empty content")
}
var out rankedOutput
var out choiceOutput
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &out); err != nil {
return nil, "", err
return choiceOutput{}, err
}
if len(out.Ranked) == 0 {
return nil, "", errors.New("no ranked indices")
if out.Choice == 0 {
return choiceOutput{}, errors.New("no choice")
}
return out.Ranked, out.Reasoning, nil
}
// actionFromCandidate maps a chosen candidate to a concrete action, reusing the
// corpus sampler for InputText text and the seeded gesture geometry for
// swipe/scroll. sampleInput is verifier.SampleInput, injected for testability.
func actionFromCandidate(candidate verifier.ActionCandidate, sampleInput func() (string, error)) (verifier.Action, error) {
action := verifier.Action{Kind: candidate.Kind, On: candidate.Selector, X: candidate.X, Y: candidate.Y}
switch candidate.Kind {
case verifier.ActionKindInputText:
text, err := sampleInput()
if err != nil {
return verifier.Action{}, err
}
action.Text = text
case verifier.ActionKindScroll:
action.Direction = "down"
// Leave endpoints zero so the runner derives the gesture from the target
// bounds (scrollEndpoints), exactly as for an authored Scroll.
action.X, action.Y = 0, 0
case verifier.ActionKindSwipe:
// A vertical drag upward from the center reveals lower content, sized off
// the element height like the seeded swipe builder.
magnitude := max(swipeMinMagnitude, candidate.Height*4/10)
action.FromX, action.FromY = candidate.X, candidate.Y
action.ToX = candidate.X
action.ToY = max(0, candidate.Y-magnitude)
action.X, action.Y = 0, 0
}
return action, nil
return out, nil
}
// describeAction renders a short action summary for the recent-action memory.
@@ -357,8 +359,8 @@ func stampActionSource(traceAction *trace.Action, source ActionSource) {
}
traceAction.Source = llm.lastSource
traceAction.LLMReasoning = llm.lastReasoning
traceAction.LLMRanked = llm.lastRanked
traceAction.LLMChosenRank = llm.lastChosenRank
traceAction.LLMChoice = llm.lastChoice
traceAction.LLMChosenAction = llm.lastChosenAction
}
// screenshotDataURL downscales the PNG and encodes it as a data URL for the