Add conditional for Python agent tools#25677
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This solution will break simple prompts such as create a python file to do xyz and verify it works correctly
The problem here is that the model uses this tool to install npm packages.
Thats wrong.
I would try updating the prompts to include text such as Do NOT use this tool to install npm or other non-python packages
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| "when": "editorLangId == python || resourceLangId == python || notebookType == jupyter-notebook" |
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This would break simple cases like a pomrpt such as create a python/notebook file that does ....
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gotcha- I was going off of Connor's comment about using a "when" statement but this makes sense
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I'd suggest tweaking to be more descriptive when not to use this
IMPORTANT: This tool should only be used for Python environments and Python Packages - do not use for non-Python packages.
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fixes #25644