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Improve frontmatter diagnostics for invalid tools config shape#43409
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[WIP] Improve error message quality for invalid tool configuration
Improve frontmatter diagnostics for invalid Jul 4, 2026
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Improves frontmatter diagnostics for invalid tools config shape. +137 lines new error file, +4/-1 Go, tests included. Medium complexity.
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Syntax/configuration diagnostics were low quality for malformed tool config: the compiler pointed at the wrong line, surfaced parser-internal wording, and sometimes attached non-syntax recovery hints. This change makes the error location, message, and hint category align with the actual authoring mistake.
Diagnostic targeting for scalar-with-children YAML mistakes
tools.<name>key is set to a scalar but followed by nested keys.github: "invalid-string") instead of the child key line.Human-readable message for known tool-shape violation
tools.github tool config must be an object, not a string (for example: toolsets: [default])Context-specific recovery classification
Focused regression coverage
tools.githubscalar + nested key caret/message behavior,