From 3f0a77619b2e5e6243a8844bbfaaaedf4bdc6714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lkn@darkstar.example.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:07:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] execute: add perl support (shebang detection, @ARGV
 injection, pipe support)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 pkg/tools/execute/pipe.go   |  2 ++
 pkg/tools/execute/server.go |  6 ++++--
 pkg/tools/execute/tool.go   | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/tools/execute/pipe.go b/pkg/tools/execute/pipe.go
index bff400f..73e9ca0 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/execute/pipe.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/execute/pipe.go
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ func BuildPipeline(steps []PipeStep) (string, bool, error) {
 		switch language {
 		case "python3":
 			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("( python3 -c $'%s' )", ansiCEscape(code)))
+		case "perl":
+			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("( perl -e $'%s' )", ansiCEscape(code)))
 		default:
 			parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("(\n%s\n)", code))
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/tools/execute/server.go b/pkg/tools/execute/server.go
index 676e2d6..999a8dc 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/execute/server.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/execute/server.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Examples:
 
 Usage:
 - Scripts located in: ` + ToolsPath() + `
-- Supported languages: bash, python3 (detected from shebang)
+- Supported languages: bash, python3, perl (detected from shebang)
 - Use for named scripts, not inline shell commands
 - Default timeout: 30 seconds
 
@@ -249,8 +249,10 @@ func (e *Server) Execute(ctx context.Context, code, language string, timeout int
 		interpreter = []string{"bash", "-c", code}
 	case "python3", "python":
 		interpreter = []string{"python3", "-c", code}
+	case "perl":
+		interpreter = []string{"perl", "-e", code}
 	default:
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported language: %s (supported: bash, python3)", language)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported language: %s (supported: bash, python3, perl)", language)
 	}
 	wrapped := sandbox.WrapCommand(cfg, interpreter, workDir)
 	cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx, wrapped[0], wrapped[1:]...)
diff --git a/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go b/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
index c33fdca..1f69227 100644
--- a/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
+++ b/pkg/tools/execute/tool.go
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ func ToolsPath() string {
 }
 
 // detectLanguage infers the script language from the shebang line.
-// Returns "python3" for Python scripts, "bash" for everything else.
+// Returns "python3", "perl", or "bash".
 func detectLanguage(code string) string {
 	line, _, _ := strings.Cut(code, "\n")
 	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#!") && strings.Contains(line, "python") {
-		return "python3"
+	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "#!") {
+		if strings.Contains(line, "python") {
+			return "python3"
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(line, "perl") {
+			return "perl"
+		}
 	}
 	return "bash"
 }
@@ -47,6 +52,12 @@ func injectArgs(language, name string, args []string, code string) string {
 			quoted[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%q", a)
 		}
 		return fmt.Sprintf("import sys\nsys.argv = [%q, %s]\n%s", name, strings.Join(quoted, ", "), code)
+	case "perl":
+		quoted := make([]string, len(args))
+		for i, a := range args {
+			quoted[i] = "'" + strings.ReplaceAll(a, "'", "\\'") + "'"
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("@ARGV = (%s);\n%s", strings.Join(quoted, ", "), code)
 	default: // bash
 		escaped := make([]string, len(args))
 		for i, a := range args {