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fix(components): cap inspect-component and defer-blocks answers - #300

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What and why

inspect-component returned the whole component detail as JSON with no limit, and defer-blocks printed every block of every page (up to 500 rows per page). Both could send very large answers to an agent.

  • inspect-component: past 20,000 characters, values longer than 1,000 characters show only the start of their JSON, then each list keeps fewer entries. A note names the cut values and how many entries are not shown, and points to the detail of the component-tree resource for the full values.
  • defer-blocks: at most 50 table rows and 50 "Needs attention" entries per page, with "N more ... not shown" and how to narrow (page, or the Defer blocks list in the panel). The whole answer is cut at 20,000 characters.
  • Both reuse the shared capped() helper from router-tools.ts, which now takes an optional hint on how to narrow. The default wording is unchanged for the router, SSR and HTTP tools.
  • No dedicated resource tools exist on main. Resource data in inspect-signals is already capped at 20,000 characters.

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  • pnpm format:check
  • pnpm typecheck
  • pnpm test:devtools (1516 passed), with new tests for both caps and their note text
  • pnpm test:panel (242 passed)
  • pnpm docs:build
  • pnpm commit:check

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  • Values arrive from the page already serialized and redacted; the new code only shortens them.
  • get-signals (source scan) is left uncapped because its typed array schema is shared with the panel.
  • Forms tools are untouched; their size cap is in a separate PR (feat(forms): cap the size of forms agent tool answers #299).

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  • New Features
    • Component inspection results are capped at 20,000 characters. When needed, long values and lists are shortened, with notices identifying truncated values and omitted entries. Full values remain available in the component tree.
    • Defer-block results show up to 50 blocks per page in each list. Omitted counts and guidance help narrow requests when content is omitted or the overall response reaches its 20,000-character limit.

inspect-component returned the whole component detail as JSON, so a
component with large inputs or properties could send hundreds of
kilobytes to an agent. Past 20,000 characters it now cuts each value
longer than 1,000 characters to the start of its JSON, then keeps fewer
entries per list, and names what it left out. The component-tree
resource still has the full detail.

defer-blocks listed every block of every page (up to 500 per page).
It now lists 50 blocks per page in the table and 50 under Needs
attention, says how many more are not shown and how to narrow, and
cuts the answer with the shared capped() helper, which takes an
optional hint on how to narrow.
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The defer-blocks and inspect-component tools now limit response size. Their output reports omitted entries or shortened values. The documentation describes these limits.

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Devtools tool output limits

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Bound defer-block output
packages/devtools/src/rpc/router-tools.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-tools.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/defer-blocks.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md
Defer-block output shows up to 50 table rows and 50 attention entries per page, reports omissions, and applies a 20,000-character answer cap. The cap helper accepts custom truncation guidance. Tests and documentation cover these limits.
Bound inspect-component detail
packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-detail-text.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/__tests__/component-detail-text.test.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-agent.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md
The inspect-component formatter shortens values longer than 1,000 characters and reduces lists when needed to fit the 20,000-character limit. It reports shortened values and omitted entries. Tests cover output limits, redacted values, and fallback guidance to the full component-tree detail.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix


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The tools bound oversized responses and explain what was omitted, while full component detail remains available. The supplied implementation and test evidence indicates no material merge risk.

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  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/devtools/src/tests/component-agent.test.ts: Adds coverage for inspecting a detail larger than 20,000 characters, asserting the response stays within that limit and reports the instance, long values, and omitted properties.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-tools.ts: Imports the capped helper for limiting the generated answer.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-tools.ts: Adds the exported DEFER_ROWS limit, panel guidance text, and documentation describing per-page row limits and whole-answer truncation. deferBlocksText now appends page-selection and panel guidance to its table-cell escaping helper.
  • observed — Modified behavior in packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-tools.ts: Adds a helper that reports omitted counts with guidance, limits each page’s table rows and attention entries to DEFER_ROWS (50), and passes the joined page sections to capped with guidance that varies by page count. Previously, all rows and attention entries were included and sections were returned without a combined-answer cap.

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Review comments at @packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-detail-text.ts:
- Line 54: Update the reduction loop over LISTS in withShortLists to shorten
each directive’s inputs and outputs at every reduction step, not just the
directive list; include the omitted input and output counts in the note so the
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…ective inputs

capped() cut the text at MAX_TOOL_CHARS and then added its note, so a
cut answer ran past the stated limit. It now reserves room for the note,
so the whole answer is at most MAX_TOOL_CHARS.

inspect-component never shortened the inputs and outputs of a
directive, so one directive with hundreds of inputs fell through to the
final cut with no count of what was left out. Each reduction step now
shortens them too and names the omitted counts in the note.
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