From affb702e900063e088dffd894ba9d6181fa37b5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Rodrigo Rodriguez (Pragmatismo)" <me@rodrigorodriguez.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:58:58 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(tools): auto-create work directory if missing in
 production
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Added logic to create botserver-stack/data/system/work directory
if it doesn't exist. This ensures production deployments work
without manual directory setup.

Changes:
- Added fs::create_dir_all() in use_tool.rs
- Added fs::create_dir_all() in tool_context.rs
- Logs when directory is created
- Fixes production deployment where /system/work may not exist

This ensures the tool loading works in fresh production environments
where the work folder hasn't been populated yet.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/basic/keywords/use_tool.rs |  8 ++++++++
 src/core/bot/tool_context.rs   | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/basic/keywords/use_tool.rs b/src/basic/keywords/use_tool.rs
index c65c9d29f..7bc46ab85 100644
--- a/src/basic/keywords/use_tool.rs
+++ b/src/basic/keywords/use_tool.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ fn associate_tool_with_session(
     tool_name: &str,
 ) -> Result<String, String> {
     use crate::core::shared::models::schema::session_tool_associations;
+    use std::fs;
 
     // Check if tool's .mcp.json file exists in work directory
     // Use relative path from botserver binary location
@@ -205,6 +206,13 @@ fn associate_tool_with_session(
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("."))
         .join("botserver-stack/data/system");
 
+    // Ensure work directory exists (create if not)
+    let work_base = gb_dir.join("work");
+    if !work_base.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir_all(&work_base).map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create work directory {:?}: {}", work_base, e))?;
+        info!("Created work directory at: {:?}", work_base);
+    }
+
     // Get bot name to construct the path
     let bot_name = get_bot_name_from_id(state, &user.bot_id)?;
     let work_path = Path::new(&gb_dir)
diff --git a/src/core/bot/tool_context.rs b/src/core/bot/tool_context.rs
index 2e668817a..a4e6b0223 100644
--- a/src/core/bot/tool_context.rs
+++ b/src/core/bot/tool_context.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use log::{debug, info, warn};
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::core::shared::utils::DbPool;
@@ -40,7 +40,16 @@ pub fn get_session_tools(
     let gb_dir = std::env::current_dir()
         .unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("."))
         .join("botserver-stack/data/system");
-    let work_path = Path::new(&gb_dir).join("work").join(format!("{}.gbai/{}.gbdialog", bot_name, bot_name));
+
+    // Ensure work directory exists (create if not)
+    let work_base = gb_dir.join("work");
+    if !work_base.exists() {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&work_base)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to create work directory {:?}: {}", work_base, e))?;
+        info!("Created work directory at: {:?}", work_base);
+    }
+
+    let work_path = work_base.join(format!("{}.gbai/{}.gbdialog", bot_name, bot_name));
 
     info!("Loading {} tools for session {} from {:?}", tool_names.len(), session_id, work_path);