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

View a tutorial here.

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

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.

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

• XML Section (as an XML code block).

Only return the XML, nothing else, inside this code block.

• Include all changed, created, or deleted files.
• For each file, create a <file> element containing:
  • <file_summary>: A brief summary of the change.
  • <file_operation>: CREATE, UPDATE, or DELETE.
  • <file_path>: The full path to the file.
  • <file_code>: For CREATE and UPDATE, include the complete file code without omissions.
    For DELETE, <file_code> is not necessary.
• Each file should be in its own <file> element.
• Enclose everything in a <code_changes> block with a nested <changed_files> block.
• Use a <![CDATA[ ... ]]> block for the code inside <file_code> to avoid breaking the XML with special characters.

<code_changes>
  <changed_files>
    <file>
      <file_summary>BRIEF CHANGE SUMMARY HERE</file_summary>
      <file_operation>CREATE|UPDATE|DELETE</file_operation>
      <file_path>/full/path/to/file</file_path>
      <file_code><![CDATA[
__FULL FILE CODE HERE__
]]></file_code>
    </file>
    <!-- Additional <file> blocks for other files -->
  </changed_files>
</code_changes>

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