improvement(utils): share escapeRegExp, compareStrings and isRecordLike

[waleedlatif1]

Summary

• Adds escapeRegExp, hasRegexMetacharacter and compareStrings to @sim/utils/string, and replaces the duplicated copies across apps and packages
• escapeRegExp: 9 named copies plus 9 inline replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&') bodies, spanning apps/sim, apps/desktop and packages/emcn. executor/constants no longer exports it, so tools/http/utils drops its only edge to that module
• compareStrings: 7 identical copies in the secret-provenance and matcher code, plus the catalog cursor comparator that argued the same case in its own words
• isRecordLike: adopts the helper @sim/utils/object already exported, replacing 8 identical local isRecord copies. ServiceNow keeps its domain-typed name but delegates the predicate
• One character class now backs both the escaper and isPlainText's metacharacter test, which previously each declared their own
• Documents all three in the CLAUDE.md and global-rule helper lists

No behavior changes: every removed body was character-identical to the shared one. Two copies are deliberately left alone — the Pi search one is source text injected into a sandbox and cannot import, and ts-sdk is published without a @sim/utils dependency.

Type of Change

• Refactor / improvement

Testing

• bun run type-check clean in apps/sim, apps/desktop, packages/{utils,emcn,sim-cli}
• Targeted vitest over every touched area: 5,527 tests in apps/sim, 1,657 in desktop, 1,165 in sim-cli, 348 in emcn, 50 in utils (13 new, covering both helpers and their agreement with each other)
• bun run lint, bun run check:audits (47/47), bun run test:scripts (351), check-block-registry, docs-manifest:check all pass

Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-reviewed my changes
• Tests added/updated and passing
• No new warnings introduced
• I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms outlined in the Contributor License Agreement (CLA)

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Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge because the shared helpers preserve the removed implementations’ behavior and no dangling callers or rule violations remain.

Summary

This PR centralizes duplicated string and object utilities without changing their behavior.

• Adds shared escapeRegExp, hasRegexMetacharacter, and compareStrings utilities with focused tests.
• Replaces equivalent local regex escaping, string comparison, and record-guard implementations across applications and packages.
• Removes the executor constants dependency from callers that only needed regex escaping.
• Documents the preferred shared helpers in repository guidance.

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Confidence score: 5/5

• Automated review surfaced no issues in the provided summaries.
• No files require special attention.

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