LLM Loop on Debug - Malformed JSON

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Auto-Debug …doesn’t. For context, it created code with ```python at the beginning of the .py files, which obviously won’t work.
So I click in the error and hit Auto-Debug.

   ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

> Thought: The error message indicates that there's a syntax error on line 1 of the file main.py. The line contains python which is not valid Python syntax. This is typically used in markdown files to denote the start of a Python code block, not in Python files themselves. I should remove this line to fix the error.
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> It seems like you have a syntax error on the first line of your main.py file. The line python is not valid Python syntax. This is typically used in markdown files to denote the start of a Python code block, not in Python files themselves. Let's remove this line to fix the error.
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> Reading main.py:1...
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> Thought: As suspected, the first line of the file is python. I'll remove this line to fix the syntax error.It seems like I made a mistake with the EDIT action. I should replace the content of the first line with an empty string instead of trying to delete a range of characters.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.
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> Opening main.py to be in view before editing.
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> Thought: As I thought, the first line of the file is python which is causing the syntax error. I need to remove this line.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.
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> Opening main.py to be in view before editing.
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> Thought: As I thought, the first line of the file is python which is causing the syntax error. I need to remove this line.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.It seems like I made another mistake with the EDIT action. I should provide the new content on the next line after the parameters JSON, enclosed in backticks. Since I want to remove the first line, the new content should be an empty string.
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Which feature outputted this? Will want to fix. Are you using GPT-4?

Auto-Debug …doesn’t

If the error is that theres a “```python” at the top of the file, the AI will probably be very confused. This is often how it’s shown codeblocks, so it probably doesn’t actually think that that line is in the file.

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I tried the “File/New AI Project” function. It put the codeblock ‘’'python header in every python file, but not in requirements.txt

IIRC the cursor-tutor main.py example file had this issue as well. I generated code below whatever instruction text was in there, and it errored similarly. I tried “Auto-Debug” and this was the result:

Thought: The error message indicates that there is an unterminated string literal at line 15. I should check the code around that line to see what’s going wrong.

Reading projects/python/main.py:10…

Thought: The error is clear now. The string literal starting at line 11 is not properly terminated. The user has used four single quotes at line 15 to close the string, but Python’s multiline strings are enclosed in triple quotes, either ‘’’ or “”".

The issue is with the string literal termination at line 15. Python’s multiline strings are enclosed in triple quotes, either ‘’’ or “”". You’ve used four single quotes, which is causing the syntax error. I’ll correct this for you.

Thought: It seems there was a mistake in the action command. The correct argument for specifying the end line is “endLineInclusive”. Let’s correct this and try again.

Thought: It seems I made a mistake in the action command. The EDIT action doesn’t support startChar and endChar arguments. I need to replace the entire line content instead.

Thought: It seems there was a mistake in the JSON format of the EDIT action. The “content” field should be “newContent”. Let’s correct this and try again.

Thought: It seems there was a mistake in the JSON format of the EDIT action. The “content” field should be “newContent”. Let’s correct this and try again.

…to infinity

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Do you have GPT-4 enabled in the chat?

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Yes, it seems to indicate so. I installed .7.x? yesterday, updated to .8.x today, and I’m on the free plan. GPT-4 is underlined.