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Changes from 2025-10-28 01:32:59 to 2025-10-28 01:46:13 Sessions: 1 (3 exchanges)

AI Development Sessions

Session 1 (13m)

Exchange 1: Add @ File Picker to TUI Prompt Input

User: cagent has tool calls. they're defined in configuration files. it behaves very similar to claude code in practice. given this, help me implement a TUI affordance for using at symbol to pick a local file or directory name to include in the promp

Agent: claude-code
Impact: 14 file(s) changed

Agent reply: I'll help you implement an @ file picker affordance in the cagent TUI! Let me first explore the TUI code structure and then implement this feature.

Intent: Users need a quick way to reference local files and directories in their prompts, similar to Claude Code's @ mention feature. This provides a discoverable, keyboard-driven interface for file selection without leaving the chat input flow.

Approach: Created a reusable file picker component that triggers when @ is typed in the editor. The picker uses bubbletea's file browser model and integrates with the existing editor component's input handling, inserting selected paths inline.

Summary: Enables users to easily include file paths in prompts for context-aware AI interactions. Improves workflow efficiency by reducing manual path typing and errors.

Tags: TUI, file-picker, user-input, UX-enhancement, context-injection Complexity: medium

Files modified:

  • pkg/tui/components/editor/editor.go (modify)
  • pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)
  • pkg/tui/page/chat/chat.go (modify)

Exchange 2: Fix file picker to show only on @ symbol

User: ok. but this file picker shows up on first run until I hit escape. it should only show up when I type an at symbol (@) into a prompt

Agent: claude-code
Impact: 1 file(s) changed

Agent reply: You're absolutely right! The file picker is initialized with visible: true by default. Let me fix that:

Perfect! Fixed. The file picker now starts hidden (visible: false) and will only appear when you type @ in the editor. The build succeeded without errors.

Intent: The file picker was incorrectly appearing on application startup instead of only when the user types '@' in a prompt. This created a poor first-run experience where users had to dismiss an unwanted UI element.

Approach: Changed the file picker's initial visibility state from visible: true to visible: false in the component initialization, ensuring it remains hidden until explicitly triggered by the @ symbol input.

Summary: Users now see a clean interface on startup, with the file picker appearing only when contextually relevant during prompt composition.

Tags: ui-fix, file-picker, user-experience, initialization, visibility Complexity: low

Files modified:

  • pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)

Exchange 3: Add Backspace Support to File Picker Filter

User: ok. after the at sign, I see the picker and can type to filter but can't delete (backspace) while I'm typing to filter

Agent: claude-code
Impact: 1 file(s) changed

Agent reply: Good catch! Let me add backspace handling to allow deleting filter characters:

Perfect! Now backspace works when filtering. The behavior is:

  • With filter active: Backspace removes the last character from the filter
  • With no filter: Backspace/←/h navigates to the parent directory

Build...

Intent: Users could type to filter files in the picker but couldn't correct mistakes by deleting characters, breaking the expected text editing experience. Backspace needed to intelligently remove filter characters when a filter exists, while still navigating to parent directory when the filter is empty.

Approach: Added backspace key handling (tea.KeyBackspace) to the file picker's update function that removes the last character from the filter string when active, preserving existing navigation behavior when no filter is present.

Summary: Users can now naturally edit their filter text with backspace, making the file picker feel more intuitive and allowing quick correction of typos without clearing the entire filter.

Tags: file-picker, keyboard-input, filter-editing, ux-improvement, text-editing Complexity: low

Files modified:

  • pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)

Synced with Intent at 2025-10-27 21:47:33

Changes from 2025-10-28 01:32:59 to 2025-10-28 01:46:13
Sessions: 1 (3 exchanges)

## AI Development Sessions

### Session 1 (13m)

####  Exchange 1: Add @ File Picker to TUI Prompt Input

**User:** cagent has tool calls. they're defined in configuration files. it behaves very similar to claude code in practice. given this, help me implement a TUI affordance for using at symbol to pick a local file or directory name to include in the promp

**Agent:** claude-code
**Impact:** 14 file(s) changed

**Agent reply:** I'll help you implement an `@` file picker affordance in the cagent TUI! Let me first explore the TUI code structure and then implement this feature.

**Intent:** Users need a quick way to reference local files and directories in their prompts, similar to Claude Code's @ mention feature. This provides a discoverable, keyboard-driven interface for file selection without leaving the chat input flow.

**Approach:** Created a reusable file picker component that triggers when @ is typed in the editor. The picker uses bubbletea's file browser model and integrates with the existing editor component's input handling, inserting selected paths inline.

**Summary:** Enables users to easily include file paths in prompts for context-aware AI interactions. Improves workflow efficiency by reducing manual path typing and errors.

**Tags:** TUI, file-picker, user-input, UX-enhancement, context-injection
**Complexity:** medium

**Files modified:**
- pkg/tui/components/editor/editor.go (modify)
- pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)
- pkg/tui/page/chat/chat.go (modify)

####  Exchange 2: Fix file picker to show only on @ symbol

**User:** ok. but this file picker shows up on first run until I hit escape. it should only show up when I type an at symbol (@) into a prompt

**Agent:** claude-code
**Impact:** 1 file(s) changed

**Agent reply:** You're absolutely right! The file picker is initialized with `visible: true` by default. Let me fix that:

Perfect! Fixed. The file picker now starts hidden (`visible: false`) and will only appear when you type `@` in the editor. The build succeeded without errors.

**Intent:** The file picker was incorrectly appearing on application startup instead of only when the user types '@' in a prompt. This created a poor first-run experience where users had to dismiss an unwanted UI element.

**Approach:** Changed the file picker's initial visibility state from `visible: true` to `visible: false` in the component initialization, ensuring it remains hidden until explicitly triggered by the @ symbol input.

**Summary:** Users now see a clean interface on startup, with the file picker appearing only when contextually relevant during prompt composition.

**Tags:** ui-fix, file-picker, user-experience, initialization, visibility
**Complexity:** low

**Files modified:**
- pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)

####  Exchange 3: Add Backspace Support to File Picker Filter

**User:** ok. after the at sign, I see the picker and can type to filter but can't delete (backspace) while I'm typing to filter

**Agent:** claude-code
**Impact:** 1 file(s) changed

**Agent reply:** Good catch! Let me add backspace handling to allow deleting filter characters:

Perfect! Now backspace works when filtering. The behavior is:
- **With filter active**: Backspace removes the last character from the filter
- **With no filter**: Backspace/←/h navigates to the parent directory

Build...

**Intent:** Users could type to filter files in the picker but couldn't correct mistakes by deleting characters, breaking the expected text editing experience. Backspace needed to intelligently remove filter characters when a filter exists, while still navigating to parent directory when the filter is empty.

**Approach:** Added backspace key handling (tea.KeyBackspace) to the file picker's update function that removes the last character from the filter string when active, preserving existing navigation behavior when no filter is present.

**Summary:** Users can now naturally edit their filter text with backspace, making the file picker feel more intuitive and allowing quick correction of typos without clearing the entire filter.

**Tags:** file-picker, keyboard-input, filter-editing, ux-improvement, text-editing
**Complexity:** low

**Files modified:**
- pkg/tui/components/filepicker/filepicker.go (modify)

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