tinyhumansai/openhuman · error

Missing 'pattern' parameter

Error message

Missing 'pattern' parameter

What it means

Glob tool argument guard: the required 'pattern' argument is missing or not a string. Fires before path security validation or the scan task spawns.

Source

Thrown at src/openhuman/tools/impl/filesystem/glob_search.rs:116

        &self,
        args: serde_json::Value,
        _options: ToolCallOptions,
        context: Option<&ToolExecutionContext>,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<ToolResult> {
        self.execute_in_context(args, context).await
    }
}

impl GlobTool {
    async fn execute_in_context(
        &self,
        args: serde_json::Value,
        context: Option<&ToolExecutionContext>,
    ) -> anyhow::Result<ToolResult> {
        let pattern_str = args
            .get("pattern")
            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Missing 'pattern' parameter"))?;
        // Default the search root to "." — which `validate_path` resolves to the
        // action sandbox (action_dir), the same root file_read/grep/list use.
        let search_path = args
            .get("path")
            .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
            .map(str::trim)
            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
            .unwrap_or(".");
        let max_results = args
            .get("max_results")
            .and_then(|v| v.as_u64())
            .map(|n| (n as usize).max(1))
            .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_MAX_RESULTS);

        if self.security.is_rate_limited() {
            return Ok(ToolResult::error(
                "Rate limit exceeded: too many actions in the last hour",
            ));

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Solutions

1. Pass 'pattern' as a glob string (e.g. '**/*.rs')
2. Combine with a 'path' argument to scope the search

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/openhuman/tools/impl/filesystem/glob_search.rs:116 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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