fix: render valid TOML when a command body contains backslashes (#3135)

render_toml_command() emitted the body inside a multiline *basic* TOML
string ("""..."""), which processes backslash escape sequences. A command
body containing a backslash — e.g. a Windows path like C:\Users\... whose
\U reads as an invalid unicode escape — therefore produced unparseable TOML
("Invalid hex value"), so the generated Gemini/Tabnine command file failed
to load. A body ending in a backslash also silently ate the closing newline
via TOML line-continuation.

Route bodies containing a backslash to the multiline *literal* form
('''...'''), which does not process escapes, or to the escaped basic string
when both triple-quote styles are present. Mirrors the escaping already done
by base.py's TomlIntegration.

Add tests covering a Windows path, a trailing backslash, and the
backslash + both-triple-quote-styles fallback.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: jawwad-ali

src/specify_cli/agents.py

@@ -236,9 +236,14 @@ def render_toml_command(self, frontmatter: dict, body: str, source_id: str) -> s
         toml_lines.append(f"# Source: {source_id}")
         toml_lines.append("")
 
-        # Keep TOML output valid even when body contains triple-quote delimiters.
-        # Prefer multiline forms, then fall back to escaped basic string.
-        if '"""' not in body:
+        # Keep TOML output valid even when body contains triple-quote delimiters
+        # or backslashes. Prefer multiline forms, then fall back to escaped basic
+        # string. A multiline *basic* string ("""...""") processes backslash escape
+        # sequences, so a body containing a backslash (e.g. a Windows path
+        # ``C:\\Users\\...`` whose ``\\U`` reads as an invalid unicode escape) would
+        # produce unparseable TOML — route those to the *literal* form ('''...'''),
+        # which does not process escapes, or to the escaped basic string.
+        if '"""' not in body and "\\" not in body:
             toml_lines.append('prompt = """')
             toml_lines.append(body)
             toml_lines.append('"""')

tests/test_extensions.py

@@ -1669,6 +1669,47 @@ def test_render_toml_command_preserves_multiline_description(self):
 
         assert parsed["description"] == "first line\nsecond line\n"
 
+    def test_render_toml_command_preserves_backslashes_in_body(self):
+        """A backslash in the body (e.g. a Windows path) must not break TOML.
+
+        A multiline basic string ("\"\"\"") processes backslash escapes, so
+        ``C:\\Users`` (``\\U``) would render as invalid TOML; the body must
+        round-trip with backslashes intact.
+        """
+        from specify_cli.agents import CommandRegistrar as AgentCommandRegistrar
+
+        registrar = AgentCommandRegistrar()
+        output = registrar.render_toml_command(
+            {"description": "x"},
+            r"Run C:\Users\dev\tool.exe then report.",
+            "extension:test-ext",
+        )
+        parsed = tomllib.loads(output)  # must not raise
+        assert parsed["prompt"].strip() == r"Run C:\Users\dev\tool.exe then report."
+
+    def test_render_toml_command_handles_trailing_backslash(self):
+        """A body ending in a backslash must round-trip without corruption."""
+        from specify_cli.agents import CommandRegistrar as AgentCommandRegistrar
+
+        registrar = AgentCommandRegistrar()
+        output = registrar.render_toml_command(
+            {"description": "x"},
+            "path ends with sep\\",
+            "extension:test-ext",
+        )
+        parsed = tomllib.loads(output)
+        assert parsed["prompt"].strip() == "path ends with sep\\"
+
+    def test_render_toml_command_backslash_with_both_triple_quotes_escapes(self):
+        """Body with a backslash and both triple-quote styles → escaped basic string."""
+        from specify_cli.agents import CommandRegistrar as AgentCommandRegistrar
+
+        registrar = AgentCommandRegistrar()
+        body = "a \\ b\nc \"\"\" d\ne ''' f"
+        output = registrar.render_toml_command({"description": "x"}, body, "extension:test-ext")
+        parsed = tomllib.loads(output)
+        assert parsed["prompt"] == body
+
     def test_register_commands_for_claude(self, extension_dir, project_dir):
         """Test registering commands for Claude agent."""
         # Create .claude directory