Windows incorrect paths in request_files

[tvturnhout]

In windows, when starting tinycoder in the correct folder it has trouble fetching files as it refers to them incorrectly:

<request_files>
./path/to/pdf/template (e.g., templates/offerte.html, offerte.blade.php, OffertePdf.jsx, offerte.pdfmake.ts)
./path/to/styles (e.g., styles/print.css, offerte.css, pdfStyles.ts)
./path/to/pdf/generator (e.g., generatePdf.ts, puppeteer.ts, dompdf config, pdfmake config)
</request_files>

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LLM requested additional file context.
WARNING: LLM requested non-existent files: ./path/to/pdf/template (e.g., templates/offerte.html, offerte.blade.php, OffertePdf.jsx, offerte.pdfmake.ts), ./path/to/styles (e.g., styles/print.css, offerte.css, pdfStyles.ts), ./path/to/pdf/generator (e.g., generatePdf.ts, puppeteer.ts, dompdf config, pdfmake config)
No new, existing files to add from LLM's request.

[koenvaneijk]

If the LLM output was literally (which I assume is the case):

"./path/to/pdf/template (e.g., templates/offerte.html, offerte.blade.php, OffertePdf.jsx, offerte.pdfmake.ts)"

This is expected behavior as this is not a valid path. Likely there is an issue with the file listing provided to the LLM, or the LLM made a simple mistake by suggesting invalid paths.

[tvturnhout]

It seems to be an issue with the file listing (or lack thereof) indeed after which the LLM periodically "guesses" the files to request.

[koenvaneijk]

What type of files do you have in this path? This can happen in .js only projects in /code mode without files added to context. Might need to tweak the system prompt in that case.

[tvturnhout]

Thanks for the feedback. This is the structure of my project:

│ banner.png
│ banner2.png
│ index.html
│ logo.png
│
├───css
│ styles.css
│
├───data
│ costs.js
│ prices.js
│ prices.json
│ trailers.js
│
└───js
calc.js
main.js
ui.js

Example .tinycoder.chat.history.md when asking about html files in this directory:

.tinycoder.chat.history.md cleared at 2025-09-01 22:20:25

please describe the working of the html

I’m happy to describe how the HTML works, but I need the actual file contents to give an accurate explanation. Please share the relevant HTML file(s).

<request_files>
./index.html
./templates/base.html
./templates/*.html
./public/index.html
</request_files>

If the page’s behavior depends on linked assets, please also include the CSS/JS referenced by the HTML (we can request more specifically after seeing the HTML).

In this case it did "guess" the correct index.html but also included other non-existent files.