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+"""
+Convert AI markdown output → Telegram HTML.
+Supports: **bold**, *italic*, `code`, ```blocks```, ~~strike~~, ||spoiler||,
+          [links](url), # headers, bullet lists, horizontal rules, markdown tables.
+"""
+import re
+from html import escape as _esc
+
+
+def _split_table_row(line: str) -> list[str]:
+    return [_plain_table_cell(cell.strip()) for cell in line.strip().strip("|").split("|")]
+
+
+def _plain_table_cell(cell: str) -> str:
+    cell = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)", r"\1 (\2)", cell)
+    cell = re.sub(r"(```|`|\*\*|__|\*|_|~~|\|\|)", "", cell)
+    return cell.strip()
+
+
+def _is_table_separator(line: str) -> bool:
+    cells = _split_table_row(line)
+    return bool(cells) and all(re.fullmatch(r":?-{3,}:?", cell.strip()) for cell in cells)
+
+
+def _render_table(lines: list[str]) -> str:
+    rows = [_split_table_row(line) for line in lines if not _is_table_separator(line)]
+    if not rows:
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+    width = max(len(row) for row in rows)
+    normalized = [row + [""] * (width - len(row)) for row in rows]
+    col_widths = [max(len(row[i]) for row in normalized) for i in range(width)]
+
+    rendered = []
+    for idx, row in enumerate(normalized):
+        rendered.append("  ".join(row[i].ljust(col_widths[i]) for i in range(width)).rstrip())
+        if idx == 0 and len(normalized) > 1:
+            rendered.append("  ".join("-" * col_widths[i] for i in range(width)).rstrip())
+    return "```\n" + "\n".join(rendered) + "\n```"
+
+
+def _normalize_tables(text: str) -> str:
+    lines = text.splitlines()
+    out: list[str] = []
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(lines):
+        if (
+            "|" in lines[i]
+            and i + 1 < len(lines)
+            and "|" in lines[i + 1]
+            and _is_table_separator(lines[i + 1])
+        ):
+            block = [lines[i], lines[i + 1]]
+            i += 2
+            while i < len(lines) and "|" in lines[i] and lines[i].strip():
+                block.append(lines[i])
+                i += 1
+            out.append(_render_table(block))
+            continue
+        out.append(lines[i])
+        i += 1
+    return "\n".join(out)
+
+
+def _protect(text: str) -> tuple[str, list[str]]:
+    """Extract code blocks/inline code and replace with placeholders."""
+    saved: list[str] = []
+
+    def _save_block(m: re.Match) -> str:
+        lang = (m.group(1) or "").strip()
+        code = _esc(m.group(2))
+        tag = f'<pre><code class="language-{lang}">{code}</code></pre>' if lang else f"<pre>{code}</pre>"
+        saved.append(tag)
+        return f"\x00BLK{len(saved)-1}\x00"
+
+    def _save_inline(m: re.Match) -> str:
+        saved.append(f"<code>{_esc(m.group(1))}</code>")
+        return f"\x00INL{len(saved)-1}\x00"
+
+    text = re.sub(r"```(\w*)\n?(.*?)```", _save_block, text, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    text = re.sub(r"`([^`\n]+)`", _save_inline, text)
+    return text, saved
+
+
+def _restore(text: str, saved: list[str]) -> str:
+    for i, block in enumerate(saved):
+        text = text.replace(f"\x00BLK{i}\x00", block)
+        text = text.replace(f"\x00INL{i}\x00", block)
+    return text
+
+
+def md_to_tg(text: str) -> str:
+    """Convert AI markdown response to Telegram-safe HTML."""
+    text = _normalize_tables(text)
+    text, saved = _protect(text)
+
+    # Escape HTML special chars in non-code content
+    text = _esc(text)
+
+    # ── Block-level ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Headers → bold line
+    text = re.sub(r"^#{1,6}\s+(.+)$", r"<b>\1</b>", text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+
+    # Horizontal rule
+    text = re.sub(r"^[-*_]{3,}$", "────────────────", text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+
+    # ── Inline ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Bold **text** or __text__
+    text = re.sub(r"\*\*(.+?)\*\*", r"<b>\1</b>", text, flags=re.DOTALL)
+    text = re.sub(r"__(.+?)__", r"<b>\1</b>", text)
+
+    # Italic *text* or _text_ (don't match ** or __)
+    text = re.sub(r"(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)([^*\n]+?)(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)", r"<i>\1</i>", text)
+    text = re.sub(r"(?<!_)_(?!_)([^_\n]+?)(?<!_)_(?!_)", r"<i>\1</i>", text)
+
+    # Strikethrough ~~text~~
+    text = re.sub(r"~~(.+?)~~", r"<s>\1</s>", text, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Spoiler ||text||
+    text = re.sub(r"\|\|(.+?)\|\|", r"<tg-spoiler>\1</tg-spoiler>", text, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Links [text](url) — must use HTML escape for the URL too
+    def _link(m: re.Match) -> str:
+        label = m.group(1)
+        url = m.group(2).replace('"', "&quot;")
+        return f'<a href="{url}">{label}</a>'
+    text = re.sub(r"\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)", _link, text)
+
+    text = _restore(text, saved)
+    return text
+
+
+def safe_send(text: str) -> tuple[str, str | None]:
+    """Return (formatted_text, parse_mode). Falls back to plain if formatting looks empty."""
+    formatted = md_to_tg(text)
+    from telegram.constants import ParseMode
+    return formatted, ParseMode.HTML
+
+
+# Matches raw XML-style tool call blocks that some models leak into text output.
+# Covers: <tool_call>...</tool_call>, <longcattoolcall>...</longcattoolcall>,
+#         <function_calls>...</function_calls>, <function=name>...</function>, etc.
+_RAW_TOOL_CALL_RE = re.compile(
+    r"<\w*tool\w*>.*?</\w*tool\w*>"
+    r"|<function[^>]*>.*?</function[^>]*>"
+    r"|<function_calls>.*?</function_calls>"
+    r"|<\w*toolcall\w*>.*?</\w*toolcall\w*>",
+    re.DOTALL | re.IGNORECASE,
+)
+
+
+def strip_raw_tool_calls(text: str) -> str:
+    """Remove raw XML tool-call blocks that models sometimes leak into responses."""
+    cleaned = _RAW_TOOL_CALL_RE.sub("", text).strip()
+    # Collapse any runs of blank lines left behind
+    cleaned = re.sub(r"\n{3,}", "\n\n", cleaned)
+    return cleaned