Function loadAgentOutput

actions/setup/js/load_agent_output.cjs:44–92

* Load and parse agent output from the GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT file * * This utility handles the common pattern of: * 1. Reading the GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT environment variable * 2. Loading the file content * 3. Validating the JSON structure * 4. Returning parsed items array * * @returns {{ * succ

()

 * }} Result object with success flag and items array (if successful) or error message
 */
function loadAgentOutput() {
  const agentOutputFile = process.env.GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT;

  // No agent output file specified
  if (!agentOutputFile) {
    core.info("No GH_AW_AGENT_OUTPUT environment variable found");
    return { success: false };
  }

  // Read agent output from file
  let outputContent;
  try {
    outputContent = fs.readFileSync(agentOutputFile, "utf8");
  } catch (error) {
    const errorMessage = `Error reading agent output file: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`;
    // Use info instead of error for missing files - this is a normal scenario
    // when the agent fails before producing any safe-outputs
    core.info(errorMessage);
    return { success: false, error: errorMessage };
  }

  // Check for empty content
  if (outputContent.trim() === "") {
    core.info("Agent output content is empty");
    return { success: false };
  }

  core.info(`Agent output content length: ${outputContent.length}`);

  // Parse the validated output JSON
  let validatedOutput;
  try {
    validatedOutput = JSON.parse(outputContent);
  } catch (error) {
    const errorMessage = `Error parsing agent output JSON: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`;
    core.error(errorMessage);
    core.info(`Failed to parse content:\n${truncateForLogging(outputContent)}`);
    return { success: false, error: errorMessage };
  }

  // Validate items array exists
  if (!validatedOutput.items || !Array.isArray(validatedOutput.items)) {
    core.info("No valid items found in agent output");
    core.info(`Parsed content: ${truncateForLogging(JSON.stringify(validatedOutput))}`);
    return { success: false };
  }

  return { success: true, items: validatedOutput.items };
}

module.exports = { loadAgentOutput, truncateForLogging, MAX_LOG_CONTENT_LENGTH };