Add relay_json module, update dialogue and file_ops, update local settings

tests/test_file_ops.py

@@ -264,3 +264,66 @@ def test_write_creates_parent_directories(tmp_path):
     action = file_ops.parse(_cmd({"op": "write", "path": str(target), "content": "hi"}))
     file_ops.execute(action)
     assert target.read_text() == "hi"
+
+
+# ── lenient JSON (see relay_json) ───────────────────────────────────────────
+# Machine-written JSON fails in a small, repeatable set of ways. Observed live
+# 2026-07-30: a stray quote after `false` cost a whole desk turn — rejected,
+# re-sent identically, rejected again, then abandoned with a promise to the
+# user that nothing fulfilled.
+
+def test_the_stray_quote_that_cost_a_live_turn_now_parses():
+    action = file_ops.parse(
+        'filectl {"op":"list","path":"/home/maji/Documents","pattern":"*","recursive":false"}'
+    )
+    assert action["action"] == "list"
+    assert action["path"] == "/home/maji/Documents"
+    assert action["recursive"] is False
+    assert action["_repairs"] == ["removed a stray quote after a bare value"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("payload,expected", [
+    ('{"op": "read", "path": "/tmp/a.txt",}', "removed a trailing comma"),
+    ("{'op': 'read', 'path': '/tmp/a.txt'}", "converted single-quoted strings to double-quoted"),
+    ('{“op”: “read”, “path”: “/tmp/a.txt”}', "replaced smart quotes with straight ones"),
+    ('```json {"op": "read", "path": "/tmp/a.txt"} ```', "stripped a markdown code fence"),
+])
+def test_common_model_json_mistakes_are_repaired(payload, expected):
+    action = file_ops.parse("filectl " + payload)
+    assert action["action"] == "read"
+    assert action["path"] == "/tmp/a.txt"
+    assert expected in action["_repairs"]
+
+
+def test_python_literals_are_converted():
+    action = file_ops.parse('filectl {"op": "list", "path": "/tmp", "recursive": True}')
+    assert action["recursive"] is True
+
+
+def test_a_repair_is_reported_in_the_output_never_hidden(tmp_path):
+    """Silently fixing it would work today and guarantee the same broken call
+    tomorrow — the model has to be told while it still has the turn."""
+    (tmp_path / "a.txt").write_text("hello", encoding="utf-8")
+    action = file_ops.parse(
+        'filectl {"op":"list","path":"%s","recursive":false"}' % tmp_path
+    )
+    output = file_ops.execute(action)
+    assert "a.txt" in output
+    assert "your JSON was malformed" in output
+    assert "stray quote" in output
+
+
+def test_valid_json_gets_no_repair_note(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "a.txt").write_text("hello", encoding="utf-8")
+    action = file_ops.parse('filectl {"op": "list", "path": "%s"}' % tmp_path)
+    assert "_repairs" not in action
+    assert "malformed" not in file_ops.execute(action)
+
+
+def test_genuinely_unparseable_json_points_at_the_character():
+    """"Expecting ',' delimiter: char 74" is not something a model can act on."""
+    with pytest.raises(file_ops.FileOpError) as excinfo:
+        file_ops.parse('filectl {"op": "read", "path": "/tmp/a.txt" "extra": 1}')
+    message = str(excinfo.value)
+    assert "^" in message           # caret under the offending character
+    assert '"extra"' in message     # ...and the fragment around it