From f13d0441110dd1be185f90c75196f29b9cffa151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Kell <mtkell@kellengineering.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:26:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(scripts): add cargo and perl auto-discovery to
 verify_agent_work.ps1

---
 scripts/verify_agent_work.ps1 | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/verify_agent_work.ps1 b/scripts/verify_agent_work.ps1
index fa6a237..ed36b09 100644
--- a/scripts/verify_agent_work.ps1
+++ b/scripts/verify_agent_work.ps1
@@ -9,13 +9,35 @@ $RootDir = "$PSScriptRoot\.."
 $StartTime = Get-Date
 $FailCount = 0
 
+# Locate Perl — required by openssl-sys build script (bundled-sqlcipher-vendored-openssl)
+if (-not (Get-Command perl -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    $PerlCandidates = @(
+        "C:\Strawberry\perl\bin",
+        "C:\Perl\bin",
+        "C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin",
+        "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\usr\bin"
+    )
+    foreach ($perlDir in $PerlCandidates) {
+        if (Test-Path "$perlDir\perl.exe") {
+            $env:PATH = "$perlDir;$env:PATH"
+            Write-Host "  INFO: Found perl at $perlDir\perl.exe" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+            break
+        }
+    }
+    if (-not (Get-Command perl -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+        Write-Host "  WARN: perl not found - openssl-sys (chronogrid_core/ffi) builds may fail." -ForegroundColor Yellow
+    }
+}
+
 # Locate cargo — try common install locations if not already on PATH
 $CargoExe = "cargo"
 if (-not (Get-Command cargo -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
     $CandidatePaths = @(
         "$env:USERPROFILE\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe",
         "C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe",
-        "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Rust\bin\cargo.exe"
+        "D:\Users\$env:USERNAME\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe",
+        "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Rust\bin\cargo.exe",
+        "C:\Users\mtkel\.cargo\bin\cargo.exe"
     )
     foreach ($candidate in $CandidatePaths) {
         if (Test-Path $candidate) {