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The Prompt LLM settings pane reported "uv not found at ~/.local/bin/uv" on Macs where uv comes from Homebrew (/opt/homebrew/bin/uv), and the Scenario Generator and Ideogram caption generator refused to run. GemmaChatRunner.uvPath was a hardcoded NSHomeDirectory() + "/.local/bin/uv", and PromptLLMSettingsView repeated the same literal.

The codebase already located uv in two other places (MfluxInstaller.resolveUv and BinaryDetector.detect). Three separately maintained candidate lists is how this drifted, so this consolidates them on UvInstaller.resolvedPath, which prefers the app-managed install and falls back to BinaryDetector.detect("uv").

  • GemmaChatRunner.uvPath is computed from it (not a static let, so the settings indicator notices a uv installed after launch).
  • PromptLLMSettingsView, ScenarioGenerator, IdeogramCaptionGenerator and MfluxInstaller use the shared resolver.
  • The second commit is SwiftFormat's expansion of the one-line computed property.

Testing

  • swiftformat --lint and swiftlint --strict --baseline clean; 165/165 tests pass.
  • Root cause observed on a Mac whose only uv is /opt/homebrew/bin/uv: the upstream 0.13.1 build showed the error above in Settings → Advanced → Prompt LLM.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • MLX tools now detect uv from the app-managed location or other available installation paths, instead of requiring it in a specific location.
    • The app recognizes installations added after launch and uses the resolved path to start MLX generation.
  • Improvements

    • Settings display the detected uv path and clearer status information for MLX requirements.
    • If uv is unavailable, installation guidance includes Homebrew and Astral’s documentation.

rhl-dev and others added 2 commits September 23, 2026 23:11
The Prompt LLM settings pane reported "uv not found at ~/.local/bin/uv"
on machines where uv came from Homebrew. GemmaChatRunner.uvPath was a
hardcoded `NSHomeDirectory() + "/.local/bin/uv"`, and the settings view
duplicated that same literal — so a perfectly good /opt/homebrew/bin/uv
was invisible to captions and the Scenario Generator.

The codebase already knew how to find uv in two other places
(MfluxInstaller.resolveUv and BinaryDetector.detect). Three
independently-maintained candidate lists is how this drifted, so
consolidate on one: UvInstaller.resolvedPath, which prefers the
app-managed install and falls back to BinaryDetector.detect("uv").

- GemmaChatRunner.uvPath is now computed off it (not a `static let`, so
  the settings indicator notices a uv installed after launch), and the
  resolved path is bound once per run and threaded into spawn.
- MfluxInstaller.resolveUv delegates instead of keeping its own list.
- The four "uv not found at ~/.local/bin/uv" strings drop the path,
  which is no longer the only place checked; the settings row now shows
  which uv is actually in play.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TD3QGYw3rGwSPsDpbjp3Kh
The build's SwiftFormat pre-build phase expands the one-line computed
property added by the uv resolution fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01SF8fB465MqsDHCYnKYzEoL
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The change adds shared uv path resolution. MLX utilities and settings use the resolved path instead of assuming uv is at ~/.local/bin/uv. Error messages provide general installation guidance.

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uv Path Resolution

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve the uv executable
Utilities/UvInstaller.swift
resolvedPath returns the app-managed uv path when its binary exists. Otherwise, it uses BinaryDetector and returns an empty string if no installation is found.
Use the resolved path in MLX workflows
Utilities/GemmaChatRunner.swift, Utilities/MfluxInstaller.swift, Utilities/IdeogramCaptionGenerator.swift, Utilities/ScenarioGenerator.swift, Views/Settings/PromptLLMSettingsView.swift
GemmaChatRunner passes the resolved path to both generation attempts. MfluxInstaller and the settings view use shared resolution. Error messages no longer require a fixed uv location, and the settings status shows the resolved path when found.

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In `@Utilities/UvInstaller.swift`:
- Around line 32-35: Update UvInstaller.resolvedPath so it selects the
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Comment on lines +32 to +35
if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: installPath.path) {
return installPath.path
}
return BinaryDetector.detect("uv")

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Fall back when the app-managed uv cannot run.

If an app-managed uv file exists but is not executable, resolvedPath selects it before a working Homebrew installation. GemmaChatRunner.run and MfluxInstaller.install then fail to launch uv, while Settings reports that it was found. Check that the managed path is an executable file before selecting it. Apply the same check to fallback candidates so an unusable earlier candidate cannot hide a working one. fileExists alone confirms neither property. (developer.apple.com)

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In `@Utilities/UvInstaller.swift` around lines 32 - 35, Update
UvInstaller.resolvedPath so it selects the app-managed uv only when it is an
executable file, and apply the same executable-file validation to fallback
candidates returned by BinaryDetector so an unusable candidate cannot hide a
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Looks good. The one shared uv lookup is used consistently by every caller. I pushed a small commit that corrects the resolvedPath doc comment: the Settings indicator only picks up a newly installed uv when the view redraws, not by itself.

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