Repeating fields

[MickCrozier]

Using the webviewer agent.
One of the first things I asked the agent to do was create a migration script between old repeating fields, and the new related line items table.

But the agent while understanding what a repeating field is, couldn't identify them with confidence... it guessed many correctly, but had no factual info or how many reps.

I tried updating the fields.index generated by fmcontext.sh to include max repetitions in a new column but that didn't work.... Seems the webviewer agent can't see the index.

So - Thoughts on how to expose this to the agent?

[petrowsky]

This isn't likely an issue with the agent in the webviewer. The way the webviewer works is different than using the cli/ide. In an external editor the agent is guided (via skills and more) to provide the proper fmxmlsnippet and then directly pushed onto the clipboard.

In the webviewer, it's doing a direct translation of the HR (human-readable) script into fmxmlsnippet using a translator. So, what needs to happen is to discuss (via your prompt) with the agent, in an editor (claude, cursor, etc.) about the fact that repetitions aren't being translated properly. The agent, in the webviewer has far less to work with than in cli/editor land.

If you have an example of the script (either fmxmlsnippet or HR) and the prompt you used then we can troubleshoot it.

[petrowsky]

Although, if the agent can't figure out how to compose the logic (unlikely) then that would be on the agent. The test is to copy your prompt and use it within clean agent sessions in both the cli/ide and the webviewer to compare results - realizing they are probabilistic results.