* **#2 — dedupe `_PLACEHOLDER_RE`.** The same regex was compiled in
`recipe.py` and `language_render.py`. Promote to module-level
`PLACEHOLDER_RE` in `recipe.py` (its primary owner — declares
template syntax) and import from `language_render.py`.
* **#3 — centralize language column names.** `io_utils.py` had
hardcoded `{"language_persistent", "language_events"}` literals at
two sites. Replace with `LANGUAGE_COLUMNS` import so a future column
rename can't silently desync.
* **#4 — defensive collate preserved-keys.** `lerobot_collate_fn`
silently filtered language fields from samples that didn't have
them, which would hand downstream consumers a preserved list
shorter than the tensor batch. Now: if any sample carries a key,
every sample in the batch must carry it; otherwise raise a
`ValueError` so the upstream rendering bug surfaces at the boundary.
* **#5 — `_scalar` rejects non-singleton lists.** Previously a zero-
or multi-element list fell through and triggered confusing
`float([])` errors downstream. Now raises `ValueError` with the
actual length.
* **#6 — refactor `_extract_complementary_data`.** Replace 11 lines
of `key = {... if ... else {}}` plus an 11-line splat dict with a
single `_COMPLEMENTARY_KEYS` tuple iterated once.
* **#7 — document `EXTENDED_STYLES`.** Was an empty `set()` with no
comment. Add a docstring explaining it's an intentional extension
point: downstream modules append project-local styles before
`column_for_style` is called.
* **#9 — `tools.mdx` notes the runtime layer is future work.** The
page referenced `src/lerobot/tools/`, `registry.py`, and
`get_tools(meta)` — none exist in this PR. Added a callout at the
start of "How to add your own tool" plus a note on the
implementations paragraph.
* **#10 — tests for YAML round-trip, malformed rows, blend
validation.** `test_recipe.py` grew from 1 case to 12 covering:
blend-or-messages exclusivity, target-turn requirement, blend
emptiness, weight presence/positivity, nested-blend rejection,
`from_dict` with nested blends, `from_yaml` / `load_recipe`
agreement, top-level non-mapping rejection. Added a malformed-row
test for `_normalize_rows` that asserts non-dict entries raise
`TypeError`.
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Stores OpenAI-style function schemas at ``meta/info.json["tools"]`` so
datasets can declare which tools are available (today: just ``say``;
tomorrow: per-dataset extensions). The ``DEFAULT_TOOLS`` constant
fills in for unannotated datasets so chat-template consumers don't
have to special-case anything.
Three pieces:
- ``language.py``: ``SAY_TOOL_SCHEMA`` and ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``
constants. Single source of truth — PR 2's writer and PR 3's
runtime tool registry will both import from here instead of
duplicating the dict.
- ``dataset_metadata.py``: ``LeRobotDatasetMetadata.tools`` property
reads ``info.json["tools"]`` and falls back to ``DEFAULT_TOOLS``.
Returns deep-copied dicts so callers can mutate the result safely.
- ``docs/source/tools.mdx``: spec page covering the catalog, per-row
invocations, and the three-step "how to add a new tool" workflow
(declare schema, implement, register). Linked from the docs
toctree under the Datasets section.
This lays the groundwork for PR 2's pipeline writing the catalog out
during annotation, and PR 3's ``src/lerobot/tools/`` package shipping
runnable implementations (one file per tool — first up:
``say.py`` wrapping Kyutai's pocket-tts).
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Pepijn