moeru-ai/airi · error · Error

Search query is empty. Please provide a query to search.

Error message

Search query is empty. Please provide a query to search.

What it means

Thrown by handleSearchTweets when the parsed command's content is falsy — i.e. 'search tweets:' was sent with no query string. This is a plain Error raised before any browser/API call; no search is executed.

Source

Thrown at integrations/twitter-services/src/adapters/airi-adapter.ts:158

    }
  }

  private async handleSearchTweets(content: string): Promise<boolean> {
    if (content) {
      const tweets = await this.twitterServices.tweet.searchTweets(content)
      logger.main.log(`Found ${tweets.length} tweets for query: ${content}`)
      // Return results to the user
      this.client.send({
        type: 'input:text',
        data: {
          text: `Found ${tweets.length} tweets for '${content}':
${tweets.slice(0, 5).map((t: Tweet) => `- ${t.text.substring(0, 100)}...`).join('\n')}`,
        },
      })
      return true
    }
    else {
      throw new Error('Search query is empty. Please provide a query to search.')
    }
  }

  private async handleLikeTweet(content: string): Promise<void> {
    if (content) {
      await this.twitterServices.tweet.likeTweet(content)
      logger.main.log(`Liked tweet: ${content}`)
    }
    else {
      throw new Error('Tweet ID is empty. Please provide a tweet ID to like.')
    }
  }

  private async handleRetweet(content: string): Promise<void> {
    if (content) {
      await this.twitterServices.tweet.retweet(content)
      logger.main.log(`Retweeted: ${content}`)
    }

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Solutions

1. Provide a non-empty query after 'search tweets:'.
2. Validate content in the parser and reject/reprompt before reaching the handler.
3. Have the adapter reply with usage guidance instead of throwing on empty content.

Example fix

// before
if (content) { /* search */ } else {
  throw new Error('Search query is empty. Please provide a query to search.')
}

// after
const q = content?.trim()
if (!q) {
  this.client.send({ type: 'input:text', data: { text: 'Usage: search tweets: <query>' } })
  return false
}

const q = (content ?? '').trim()
if (!q) {
  throw new Error('Search query required')
}
await adapter.handleSearchTweets(q)

function isEmptySearchQueryError(e: unknown): boolean {
  return e instanceof Error && /Search query is empty/.test(e.message)
}

try {
  await this.handleSearchTweets(content)
} catch (e) {
  if (e instanceof Error && /Search query is empty/.test(e.message)) {
    this.client.send({ type: 'input:text', data: { text: 'Usage: search tweets: <query>' } })
  } else throw e
}

When it happens

Trigger: User sends 'search tweets:' or 'search tweets: ' (whitespace-only); parseTwitterCommand matched the 'search tweets' prefix but content trimmed to empty.

Common situations: Premature submit; parser dropped the query payload; LLM emitted only the command keyword; empty input forwarded by the AIRI input:text event.

Related errors

• Tweet text is empty. Please provide text to post.
• Tweet ID is empty. Please provide a tweet ID to like.
• Tweet ID is empty. Please provide a tweet ID to retweet.
• Username is empty. Please provide a username to retrieve.
• Unknown X command: ${input}. Supported commands: "post tweet

AI-assisted analysis of moeru-ai/airi@27111382b4 (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/78d908b896e8d542. Report an issue: GitHub.