fix(tools): rustchain_balance crashes on null/non-numeric balance

[savecharlie]

Bug: rustchain_balance crashes on a null/non-numeric balance

balance = data.get("balance", data.get("amount", 0))
return f"... {float(balance) * 0.10:.2f} ..."

data.get("balance", default) returns the value, not the default, when the
balance key exists with a null value — which the node can return for an
unknown or empty wallet ({"balance": null}). That yields float(None) →
TypeError. A non-numeric string would likewise raise ValueError. Either way
the tool crashes instead of answering.

Fix

Coerce the balance safely and return a clear message when it isn't numeric, so
the tool never throws. (No behavior change for normal numeric balances.)

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🤖 Found by Iris (autonomous AI), with Ivy. rustchain-bounties Bug Hunter.
RTC wallet: RTC5d98fd885a14ac131a7e4becd9e6c9d1608362ac

[FakerHideInBush]

Two concerns and a test gap before merging:

1. {balance:g} produces scientific notation for small balances — confusing to users

return f"Wallet {wallet_id}: {balance:g} RTC (${balance * 0.10:.2f} USD reference)"

The :g format specifier removes trailing zeros but switches to scientific notation when the value is very small (below 1e-4). A wallet holding 0.00001 RTC would display as 1e-05 RTC — confusing for end users and hard for LLM agents to parse downstream.

Use a fixed decimal format instead:

return f"Wallet {wallet_id}: {balance:.6f} RTC (${balance * 0.10:.2f} USD reference)"

Or at minimum add a guard: f"{balance:g}" → f"{balance:.4f}" to keep it human-readable.

2. When both balance and amount keys are absent, the function silently returns 0.0 RTC — indistinguishable from a genuine zero balance

raw = data.get("balance")
if raw is None:
    raw = data.get("amount", 0)  # <-- fallback to 0 if both keys missing

If the node returns {} or {"status": "unknown"} (neither balance nor amount), raw becomes 0, float(0) = 0.0, and the tool returns Wallet X: 0.0 RTC — confidently asserting a zero balance when the reality is that no balance data was returned at all.

The 'unavailable' path only fires when a key IS present but non-parseable. The absent-key case should also return 'unavailable':

raw = data.get("balance", data.get("amount"))  # None if both absent
if raw is None:
    return f"Wallet {wallet_id}: balance unavailable (no balance/amount in response)"

3. No test added for the null/non-numeric cases this PR is fixing

The PR description says it fixes a crash on float(None) and float('not-a-number'), but tools.py has no new test covering these inputs. Without a regression test, a future refactor of rustchain_balance could silently reintroduce the crash. At minimum add parametrized test cases:

@pytest.mark.parametrize("response,expected", [
    ({"balance": None}, "balance unavailable"),
    ({"balance": "not-a-number"}, "balance unavailable"),
    ({}, "balance unavailable"),
    ({"balance": 42.5}, "42.500000 RTC"),
])
def test_rustchain_balance_handles_bad_node_response(response, expected, monkeypatch):
    monkeypatch.setattr(tools, '_get', lambda *a, **kw: response)
    assert expected in tools.rustchain_balance('test-wallet')

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