zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw · error · anyhow::Error

Skill name is empty or only dots after sanitization

Error message

Skill name is empty or only dots after sanitization

What it means

Error "Skill name is empty or only dots after sanitization" thrown in zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw.

Source

Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-runtime/src/skillforge/integrate.rs:153

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/// Escape special characters for TOML basic string values.
fn escape_toml(s: &str) -> String {
    s.replace('\\', "\\\\")
        .replace('"', "\\\"")
        .replace('\n', "\\n")
        .replace('\r', "\\r")
        .replace('\t', "\\t")
        .replace('\u{08}', "\\b")
        .replace('\u{0C}', "\\f")
}

/// Sanitize a string for use as a single path component.
/// Rejects empty names, "..", and names containing path separators or NUL.
fn sanitize_path_component(name: &str) -> Result<String> {
    let trimmed = name.trim().trim_matches('.');
    if trimmed.is_empty() {
        bail!("Skill name is empty or only dots after sanitization");
    }
    let sanitized: String = trimmed
        .chars()
        .map(|c| match c {
            '/' | '\\' | '\0' => '_',
            _ => c,
        })
        .collect();
    if sanitized == ".." || sanitized.contains('/') || sanitized.contains('\\') {
        bail!("Skill name '{}' is unsafe as a path component", name);
    }
    Ok(sanitized)
}

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// Tests
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Solutions

1. Give the skill a name containing at least one non-dot character.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at crates/zeroclaw-runtime/src/skillforge/integrate.rs:153 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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