o1 XML Parser

A simple parse-and-apply tool that parses XML responses from o1 in ChatGPT and applies them to a target codebase.

Tutorial

View a tutorial here.

Quick Start

1. Clone the repo.

git clone https://github.com/mckaywrigley/o1-xml-parser

2. Install dependencies.

npm install

3. (Optional) Create a .env.local file and set the PROJECT_DIRECTORY environment variable to your project directory.

cp .env.example .env.local

PROJECT_DIRECTORY=/path/to/your/project # Ex: /Users/you/your-project

The XML Prompt

You are an expert software engineer.

You are tasked with following my instructions.

Use the included project instructions as a general guide.

You will respond with 2 sections: A summary section and an XML section.

Here are some notes on how you should respond in the summary section:

• Provide a brief overall summary
• Provide a 1-sentence summary for each file changed and why.
• Provide a 1-sentence summary for each file deleted and why.
• Format this section as markdown.

Here are some notes on how you should respond in the XML section:

• Respond with the XML and nothing else
• Include all of the changed files
• Specify each file operation with CREATE, UPDATE, or DELETE
• If it is a CREATE or UPDATE include the full file code. Do not get lazy.
• Each file should include a brief change summary.
• Include the full file path
• I am going to copy/paste that entire XML section into a parser to automatically apply the changes you made, so put the XML block inside a markdown codeblock.
• Make sure to enclose the code with ![CDATA[CODE HERE]]

Here is how you should structure the XML:

<code_changes> <changed_files> <file_summary>BRIEF CHANGE SUMMARY HERE</file_summary> <file_operation>FILE OPERATION HERE</file_operation> <file_path>FILE PATH HERE</file_path> <file_code></file_code> REMAINING FILES HERE </changed_files> </code_changes>

So the XML section will be:

__XML HERE__

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