Building Safe Code Editing Tools for AI Agents - Part 2, Section 2

Part 2 Section 2 — Building an Agent That Fixes Your Code We implement the core helper functions for the agent: get_file_content — Safe read with path validation, max size limit, and truncation. write_file — Safe write with path checks and automatic parent directory creation. run_python_file — Run a .py file in a subprocess with timeout and stdout/stderr capture. call_tool — Look up and invoke tools by name with proper error handling. get_api_response — Chat API wrapper with retries and exponential backoff. Code-fixing agent • Python • file I/O security • tool calling • API retries 💻 Code Re…