From 9dca8880ccb3af36ca3a49788b85c4ecf352bcfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Quinn <6428977+marcusquinn@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:27:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use word boundaries in grep patterns to prevent false
 positives (#100)

Address PR #86 review feedback from Gemini:
- Line 145: replace 'grep -i error|fail|exception' with grep -E -i '\b(error|fail|exception)'
- Line 224: replace 'grep -i ERROR|WARNING' with grep -E -i '\b(ERROR|WARNING)\b'

Using \b word boundaries prevents substring matches (e.g. 'exception' in
'unexceptional') and removes the unnecessary cat pipe (UUOC).

Closes #94
---
 .agents/error-checking-feedback-loops.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.agents/error-checking-feedback-loops.md b/.agents/error-checking-feedback-loops.md
index 90cb3f2..5df7858 100644
--- a/.agents/error-checking-feedback-loops.md
+++ b/.agents/error-checking-feedback-loops.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ npm run test:playground:multisite
 2. **Analyze Output for Errors**:
 
    ```bash
-   grep -i 'error\|fail\|exception' test-output.log
+   grep -E -i '\b(error|fail|exception)' test-output.log
    ```
 
 3. **Parse Structured Test Results** (if available):
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ npm run lint:css
 2. **Analyze Output for Errors**:
 
    ```bash
-   grep -i 'ERROR\|WARNING' phpcs-output.log
+   grep -E -i '\b(ERROR|WARNING)\b' phpcs-output.log
    ```
 
 3. **Automatically Fix Issues** (when possible):