From 495de0d5283dd3e4a6ef715b596c4a2892e95915 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Soarez <igor@soarez.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 21:18:02 +0100
Subject: Web search for pi through an existing Chrome over CDP
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Attaches to a browser that is already running — never launches one —
using the same endpoint configuration as pi-browser-harness, so a single
/browser-target choice governs both packages.

One tool, castle_cdp_search, deliberately not named web_search so it
coexists with pi-web-access rather than shadowing it.

Notes from validating against castle's Chrome:

- tbs=qdr:*, the parameter Google's own Tools menu writes, renders an
  empty page on this profile; the older as_qdr=* works. Any date filter
  combined with udm=14 is also empty, so recency drops udm.
- Target.createTarget must not be raced against the abort signal:
  raceAbort abandons the promise but cannot cancel the command, and the
  command's side effect is a tab nothing is left holding.
- A search cancelled while queued has to be removed from the semaphore
  queue, or the slot handed to it later is never counted back.
- A decaying rate-limit block stops serving /sorry/ and returns an empty
  results page instead, indistinguishable from a genuine zero-hit search.
---
 src/errors.ts | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/errors.ts

(limited to 'src/errors.ts')

diff --git a/src/errors.ts b/src/errors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d003e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/errors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/**
+ * Failure vocabulary.
+ *
+ * Every one of these is *thrown*, never returned. pi only sets `isError: true`
+ * on a tool result when `execute()` throws — a returned object with an `error`
+ * field looks to the model exactly like a successful search that found nothing.
+ *
+ * `SearchChallengeError` is the one the agent is expected to act on rather than
+ * just report: it means a human has to touch the browser before search can work
+ * again, so its message says so in words the agent can pass to the operator.
+ */
+
+/** The search engine served a captcha, consent wall, or other human check. */
+export class SearchChallengeError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "SearchChallengeError";
+  /** Machine-readable flavour of the challenge, for callers that branch on it. */
+  readonly challenge: string;
+  /** The page the human needs to visit to clear it. */
+  readonly pageUrl: string;
+  /** Which browser is blocked, e.g. "10.88.0.25:9223 (built-in default)". */
+  readonly endpoint: string;
+
+  constructor(options: { challenge: string; pageUrl: string; endpoint: string; detail?: string | undefined }) {
+    super(
+      [
+        `Search is blocked by a human verification challenge (${options.challenge}).`,
+        options.detail ? `Page said: ${options.detail}` : null,
+        `This cannot be solved by the agent — a person has to clear it in the browser at ${options.endpoint}.`,
+        `Ask the user to open ${options.pageUrl} in that Chrome, complete the challenge or accept the consent dialog,`,
+        `then retry the search. The cookie it sets persists in that browser profile, so one pass unblocks later searches.`,
+      ]
+        .filter((line) => line !== null)
+        .join(" "),
+    );
+    this.challenge = options.challenge;
+    this.pageUrl = options.pageUrl;
+    this.endpoint = options.endpoint;
+  }
+}
+
+/** The browser could not be reached or spoke CDP badly. */
+export class BrowserUnavailableError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "BrowserUnavailableError";
+}
+
+/** The search itself ran but produced nothing usable. */
+export class NoResultsError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "NoResultsError";
+}
+
+/** The per-search deadline expired, or the user pressed Esc. */
+export class SearchAbortedError extends Error {
+  override readonly name = "SearchAbortedError";
+}
+
+export const messageOf = (e: unknown): string => (e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e));
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