feat: Add settings to control diagnostic messages (#5524)

packages/types/src/global-settings.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ export const globalSettingsSchema = z.object({
 	autoCondenseContextPercent: z.number().optional(),
 	maxConcurrentFileReads: z.number().optional(),
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether to include diagnostic messages (errors, warnings) in tool outputs
+	 * @default true
+	 */
+	includeDiagnosticMessages: z.boolean().optional(),
+	/**
+	 * Maximum number of diagnostic messages to include in tool outputs
+	 * @default 50
+	 */
+	maxDiagnosticMessages: z.number().optional(),
+
 	browserToolEnabled: z.boolean().optional(),
 	browserViewportSize: z.string().optional(),
 	screenshotQuality: z.number().optional(),
@@ -261,6 +272,9 @@ export const EVALS_SETTINGS: RooCodeSettings = {
 	showRooIgnoredFiles: true,
 	maxReadFileLine: -1, // -1 to enable full file reading.
 
+	includeDiagnosticMessages: true,
+	maxDiagnosticMessages: 50,
+
 	language: "en",
 	telemetrySetting: "enabled",
 

src/core/mentions/index.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ export async function parseMentions(
 	fileContextTracker?: FileContextTracker,
 	rooIgnoreController?: RooIgnoreController,
 	showRooIgnoredFiles: boolean = true,
+	includeDiagnosticMessages: boolean = true,
+	maxDiagnosticMessages: number = 50,
 ): Promise<string> {
 	const mentions: Set<string> = new Set()
 	let parsedText = text.replace(mentionRegexGlobal, (match, mention) => {
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ export async function parseMentions(
 			}
 		} else if (mention === "problems") {
 			try {
-				const problems = await getWorkspaceProblems(cwd)
+				const problems = await getWorkspaceProblems(cwd, includeDiagnosticMessages, maxDiagnosticMessages)
 				parsedText += `\n\n<workspace_diagnostics>\n${problems}\n</workspace_diagnostics>`
 			} catch (error) {
 				parsedText += `\n\n<workspace_diagnostics>\nError fetching diagnostics: ${error.message}\n</workspace_diagnostics>`
@@ -286,12 +288,18 @@ async function getFileOrFolderContent(
 	}
 }
 
-async function getWorkspaceProblems(cwd: string): Promise<string> {
+async function getWorkspaceProblems(
+	cwd: string,
+	includeDiagnosticMessages: boolean = true,
+	maxDiagnosticMessages: number = 50,
+): Promise<string> {
 	const diagnostics = vscode.languages.getDiagnostics()
 	const result = await diagnosticsToProblemsString(
 		diagnostics,
 		[vscode.DiagnosticSeverity.Error, vscode.DiagnosticSeverity.Warning],
 		cwd,
+		includeDiagnosticMessages,
+		maxDiagnosticMessages,
 	)
 	if (!result) {
 		return "No errors or warnings detected."

src/core/mentions/processUserContentMentions.ts

@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ export async function processUserContentMentions({
 	fileContextTracker,
 	rooIgnoreController,
 	showRooIgnoredFiles = true,
+	includeDiagnosticMessages = true,
+	maxDiagnosticMessages = 50,
 }: {
 	userContent: Anthropic.Messages.ContentBlockParam[]
 	cwd: string
 	urlContentFetcher: UrlContentFetcher
 	fileContextTracker: FileContextTracker
 	rooIgnoreController?: any
 	showRooIgnoredFiles?: boolean
+	includeDiagnosticMessages?: boolean
+	maxDiagnosticMessages?: number
 }) {
 	// Process userContent array, which contains various block types:
 	// TextBlockParam, ImageBlockParam, ToolUseBlockParam, and ToolResultBlockParam.
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ export async function processUserContentMentions({
 							fileContextTracker,
 							rooIgnoreController,
 							showRooIgnoredFiles,
+							includeDiagnosticMessages,
+							maxDiagnosticMessages,
 						),
 					}
 				}
@@ -63,6 +69,8 @@ export async function processUserContentMentions({
 								fileContextTracker,
 								rooIgnoreController,
 								showRooIgnoredFiles,
+								includeDiagnosticMessages,
+								maxDiagnosticMessages,
 							),
 						}
 					}
@@ -81,6 +89,8 @@ export async function processUserContentMentions({
 										fileContextTracker,
 										rooIgnoreController,
 										showRooIgnoredFiles,
+										includeDiagnosticMessages,
+										maxDiagnosticMessages,
 									),
 								}
 							}

src/core/task/Task.ts

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<ClineEvents> {
 		this.consecutiveMistakeLimit = consecutiveMistakeLimit ?? DEFAULT_CONSECUTIVE_MISTAKE_LIMIT
 		this.providerRef = new WeakRef(provider)
 		this.globalStoragePath = provider.context.globalStorageUri.fsPath
-		this.diffViewProvider = new DiffViewProvider(this.cwd)
+		this.diffViewProvider = new DiffViewProvider(this.cwd, this)
 		this.enableCheckpoints = enableCheckpoints
 
 		this.rootTask = rootTask
@@ -1225,7 +1225,11 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<ClineEvents> {
 			}),
 		)
 
-		const { showRooIgnoredFiles = true } = (await this.providerRef.deref()?.getState()) ?? {}
+		const {
+			showRooIgnoredFiles = true,
+			includeDiagnosticMessages = true,
+			maxDiagnosticMessages = 50,
+		} = (await this.providerRef.deref()?.getState()) ?? {}
 
 		const parsedUserContent = await processUserContentMentions({
 			userContent,
@@ -1234,6 +1238,8 @@ export class Task extends EventEmitter<ClineEvents> {
 			fileContextTracker: this.fileContextTracker,
 			rooIgnoreController: this.rooIgnoreController,
 			showRooIgnoredFiles,
+			includeDiagnosticMessages,
+			maxDiagnosticMessages,
 		})
 
 		const environmentDetails = await getEnvironmentDetails(this, includeFileDetails)

src/core/tools/__tests__/insertContentTool.spec.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ describe("insertContentTool", () => {
 					finalContent: "final content",
 				}),
 				scrollToFirstDiff: vi.fn(),
+				updateDiagnosticSettings: vi.fn(),
 				pushToolWriteResult: vi.fn().mockImplementation(async function (
 					this: any,
 					task: any,

src/core/tools/__tests__/writeToFileTool.spec.ts

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ describe("writeToFileTool", () => {
 				finalContent: "final content",
 			}),
 			scrollToFirstDiff: vi.fn(),
+			updateDiagnosticSettings: vi.fn(),
 			pushToolWriteResult: vi.fn().mockImplementation(async function (
 				this: any,
 				task: any,

src/core/webview/ClineProvider.ts

@@ -1439,7 +1439,8 @@ export class ClineProvider
 			profileThresholds,
 			alwaysAllowFollowupQuestions,
 			followupAutoApproveTimeoutMs,
-			diagnosticsEnabled,
+			includeDiagnosticMessages,
+			maxDiagnosticMessages,
 		} = await this.getState()
 
 		const telemetryKey = process.env.POSTHOG_API_KEY
@@ -1560,7 +1561,8 @@ export class ClineProvider
 			hasOpenedModeSelector: this.getGlobalState("hasOpenedModeSelector") ?? false,
 			alwaysAllowFollowupQuestions: alwaysAllowFollowupQuestions ?? false,
 			followupAutoApproveTimeoutMs: followupAutoApproveTimeoutMs ?? 60000,
-			diagnosticsEnabled: diagnosticsEnabled ?? true,
+			includeDiagnosticMessages: includeDiagnosticMessages ?? true,
+			maxDiagnosticMessages: maxDiagnosticMessages ?? 50,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1726,6 +1728,9 @@ export class ClineProvider
 				codebaseIndexSearchMinScore: stateValues.codebaseIndexConfig?.codebaseIndexSearchMinScore,
 			},
 			profileThresholds: stateValues.profileThresholds ?? {},
+			// Add diagnostic message settings
+			includeDiagnosticMessages: stateValues.includeDiagnosticMessages ?? true,
+			maxDiagnosticMessages: stateValues.maxDiagnosticMessages ?? 50,
 		}
 	}
 

src/core/webview/webviewMessageHandler.ts

@@ -1254,6 +1254,16 @@ export const webviewMessageHandler = async (
 			await updateGlobalState("maxConcurrentFileReads", valueToSave)
 			await provider.postStateToWebview()
 			break
+		case "includeDiagnosticMessages":
+			// Only apply default if the value is truly undefined (not false)
+			const includeValue = message.bool !== undefined ? message.bool : true
+			await updateGlobalState("includeDiagnosticMessages", includeValue)
+			await provider.postStateToWebview()
+			break
+		case "maxDiagnosticMessages":
+			await updateGlobalState("maxDiagnosticMessages", message.value ?? 50)
+			await provider.postStateToWebview()
+			break
 		case "setHistoryPreviewCollapsed": // Add the new case handler
 			await updateGlobalState("historyPreviewCollapsed", message.bool ?? false)
 			// No need to call postStateToWebview here as the UI already updated optimistically