monty-updater

name	monty-updater
description	Use when checking whether a new pydantic-monty release affects dspy-monty-interpreter — fetches Monty's GitHub releases, compares to the pinned version in pyproject.toml, and recommends what (if anything) to update.
metadata	{"author":"dbreunig"}

monty-updater

Purpose

dspy-monty-interpreter is a thin adapter that exposes Monty (a Rust-built sandboxed Python interpreter, distributed on PyPI as pydantic-monty) as a DSPy CodeInterpreter. When Monty ships a new release, this skill audits whether the adapter needs changes — bug fixes, version bumps, new features to surface, or breaking-change handling.

What the adapter actually does (so you can judge release impact)

Single class: MontyInterpreter in src/dspy_monty_interpreter/interpreter.py. Conforms to DSPy's CodeInterpreter protocol (tools, output_fields, _tools_registered, start, execute, shutdown).

Key Monty surface area it consumes (from pydantic_monty):

• MontyRepl — persistent incremental REPL. Created in _new_repl(), replaced on shutdown() and whenever RLM resets _tools_registered = False.
• MontyRepl.feed_run(code, inputs=, external_functions=, print_callback=, mount=, os=) — the one execution call. Any signature change here is a breaking change. (skip_type_check= also exists but adapter does not use it.)
• MontyRuntimeError, MontySyntaxError — caught and re-raised as DSPy CodeInterpreterError / Python SyntaxError.
• MountDir — passed through as mounts constructor arg. (Renamed from MountDirectory in 0.0.13.)
• AbstractOS — passed through as os_access constructor arg, forwarded to feed_run(os=…). OSAccess is the concrete subclass users most often instantiate.
• ResourceLimits — passed through as resource_limits constructor arg, forwarded to MontyRepl(limits=…).

Adapter responsibilities Monty does NOT provide:

• Strips markdown ```python fences before execution.
• Injects a SUBMIT(...) external function that captures args into a box and returns None (so the VM continues past the call). Honored even if a runtime error fires after SUBMIT.
• Wraps every user tool with a callback shim that fires DSPy on_tool_start / on_tool_end and threads ACTIVE_CALL_ID.
• Builds output: print buffer wins over expression value; both stringified.

Project goals (informs the recommendation):

• Stay a thin adapter — push capability into Monty, keep wrapping minimal.
• Track real Monty capability: as Monty grows (classes, more stdlib, match stmts) update README's "limitations" list.
• Maintain compatibility with dspy>=3.0's CodeInterpreter protocol.
• Currently pinned: pydantic-monty>=0.0.15 in pyproject.toml.

Workflow

1. Read the current pin. Open pyproject.toml, find the pydantic-monty>=X.Y.Z line. Record X.Y.Z.
2. Fetch releases. WebFetch https://github.com/pydantic/monty/releases. If that's noisy, also try the GitHub API: https://api.github.com/repos/pydantic/monty/releases (no auth needed for public reads, but rate-limited).
3. Identify unreviewed releases. List every release with a tag > X.Y.Z. If none, report "up to date" and stop.
4. Pull each release's notes. For each new tag, read its body. Categorize each bullet as:
   • Breaking — signature, exception, or behavior change in any symbol the adapter imports (see surface-area list above). feed_run signature changes are the highest-risk class.
   • Bug fix — may let us delete an adapter workaround, or fix a known issue in our test suite.
   • New capability — new builtins, syntax support (classes, match), new stdlib modules, new MontyRepl features, new ResourceLimits knobs, new mount options. These usually warrant README updates and sometimes new constructor params.
   • Internal — Rust refactors, perf, no Python-visible change. Note but no action.
5. Cross-check against the adapter. For each Breaking/New item, grep the relevant symbol in src/dspy_monty_interpreter/ and tests/. State the exact file:line that would change.
6. Recommend. Produce a punch list for the user with these sections (omit empty sections):
   • Required changes (breaking-change fixes, version-pin bump)
   • Suggested enhancements (surface a new Monty feature through the adapter)
   • Docs/README updates (limitation list changes, version requirement bumps)
   • No action (changes that don't affect us, with one-line reasons) Include the proposed new pin (e.g. pydantic-monty>=A.B.C) and whether this warrants a dspy-monty-interpreter patch/minor/major bump.

Do not edit code or bump versions in this skill. Stop at the recommendation. The user decides; release work runs through the release skill.

Quick reference

Thing to check	Where
Current pin	pyproject.toml line ~24
Adapter surface area	src/dspy_monty_interpreter/interpreter.py
Stated limitations	README.md (top section)
Tests that exercise Monty behavior	tests/test_interpreter.py
Monty releases	https://github.com/pydantic/monty/releases
Monty PyPI metadata	https://pypi.org/pypi/pydantic-monty/json

Common mistakes

• Skipping the surface-area check. A release note saying "added match statement support" sounds neutral but should trigger a README limitations-list edit.
• Treating any MontyRepl change as breaking. Only changes to symbols listed in the surface-area section above affect us. Internal Monty changes are noise.
• Forgetting intermediate releases. If we're on 0.0.10 and latest is 0.0.13, review 0.0.11, 0.0.12, AND 0.0.13 — a feature added in .11 and removed in .13 still matters for our changelog narrative.
• Recommending a version bump without checking requires-python. If Monty raises its Python floor, our pyproject.toml requires-python = ">=3.10" may need to follow.

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Source: dbreunig/dspy-monty-interpreter — distributed by TomeVault.