- Introduce `MIN_MESSAGE_CARD_WIDTH` and use it to switch to compact card layout when terminal width is limited.
- Implement `clip_line_to_width` to truncate UI lines based on available width, preventing overflow in model selector and headers.
- Adjust viewport and card width calculations to respect inner area constraints and handle compact cards.
- Update resize handling and rendering logic to use the new width calculations and clipping functionality.
- Rename “PANEL NAVIGATION” to “PANEL FOCUS” and document Ctrl/Alt + 1‑5 panel focus shortcuts.
- Consolidate navigation, scrolling, and layout controls into clearer sections.
- Add “VISIBLE CUES”, “ACCESSIBILITY”, and “LAYOUT CONTROLS” headings with high‑contrast and screen‑reader tips.
- Update editing, sending, and normal‑mode shortcuts, including new Cmd‑P palette and Ctrl/Alt + 5 focus shortcut.
- Extend visual‑mode help with focus shortcuts for Thinking/Agent panels.
- Refine provider/model picker, theme browser, command palette, repo search, and symbol search descriptions.
- Include “TIPS” section highlighting slash commands and focus behavior.
- Implement `focus_panel` to programmatically switch between panels with validation.
- Add key bindings for `Ctrl+1`‑`Ctrl+5` to focus Files, Chat, Code, Thinking, and Input panels respectively.
- Update pane headers to display focus shortcuts alongside panel labels.
- Extend UI hint strings across panels to include the new focus shortcuts.
- Refactor highlight style handling and introduce a dedicated `highlight_style`.
- Adjust default theme colors to use explicit RGB values for better consistency.
Implemented full markdown table support:
- Parse tables with headers, rows, and alignment.
- Render tables as a grid when width permits, falling back to a stacked layout for narrow widths.
- Added helper structs (`ParsedTable`, `TableAlignment`) and functions for splitting rows, parsing alignments, column width constraints, cell alignment, and wrapping.
- Integrated table rendering into `render_markdown_lines`.
- Added unit tests for grid rendering and narrow fallback behavior.
- Introduce new `owlen-markdown` crate that converts Markdown strings to `ratatui::Text` with headings, lists, bold/italic, and inline code.
- Add `render_markdown` config option (default true) and expose it via `app.render_markdown_enabled()`.
- Implement `:markdown [on|off]` command to toggle markdown rendering.
- Update help overlay to document the new markdown toggle.
- Adjust UI rendering to conditionally apply markdown styling based on the markdown flag and code mode.
- Wire the new crate into `owlen-tui` Cargo.toml.
- Set `default_syntax_highlighting` to true in core config.
- Added language‑aware syntax selector (`select_syntax_for_language`) and highlighter builder (`build_highlighter_for_language`) with unit test.
- Integrated new highlight module into `ChatApp`, using `UnicodeSegmentation` for proper grapheme handling.
- Simplified `should_highlight_code` to always return true and removed extended‑color detection logic.
- Reworked code rendering to use `inline_code_spans_from_text` and `wrap_highlight_segments` for accurate line wrapping and styling.
- Cleaned up removed legacy keyword/comment parsing and extended‑color detection code.
- Introduce `message_border_style` to render message borders with a dimmed version of the role color.
- Add `dim_color` and `color_to_rgb` helpers for color manipulation.
- Update role styling to use `theme.mode_command` for system messages.
- Adjust card rendering functions to accept role and apply the new border style.
- Add `seen_meta` set and `push_meta` helper to avoid duplicate entries when building model metadata strings.
- Extend metadata handling to include context length fallback, architecture/family information, embedding length, size formatting, and quantization details.
- Introduce `populate_model_details_cache_from_session` to load model details from the controller, with a fallback to cached details.
- Update `refresh_models` to use the new cache‑population method instead of manually clearing the cache.
- Add robust size calculations with configurable width bounds and height clamping.
- Guard against zero‑size areas and empty model/theme lists.
- Render popups centered with dynamic positioning, preventing negative Y coordinates.
- Introduce multi‑line list items, badges, and metadata display for models.
- Add ellipsis helper for long descriptions and separate title/metadata generation.
- Refactor theme selector to show current theme, built‑in/custom indicators, and a centered footer.
- Update highlight styles and selection handling for both popups.
- Limit popup width to a configurable range (40‑80 characters) and ensure a minimum width of 1.
- Preserve original width when the terminal is narrower than the minimum.
- Clamp the y coordinate to the top of the area to avoid negative positioning.
- Introduce `system_status_message` helper to determine the message shown in the system/status pane.
- Calculate wrapped line count based on available width, clamp visible rows to 1–5, and set the layout constraint dynamically.
- Update `render_system_output` to accept the pre‑computed message, choose color based on error prefix, and render each line individually, defaulting to “Ready” when empty.
- Adjust UI layout to use the new dynamic constraint for the system/status section.
- Map git badges and cleanliness states to specific `Color` values and modifiers.
- Apply these colors to file icons, filenames, and markers in the UI.
- Propagate the most relevant dirty badge from child nodes up to parent directories.
- Extend the help overlay with a “GIT COLORS” section describing the new color legend.
- Update help UI to show “Ctrl+↑/↓ → resize chat/thinking split”.
- Introduce `ensure_ratio_bounds` and `nudge_ratio` on `LayoutNode` to clamp and adjust split ratios.
- Ensure vertical split favors the thinking panel when it becomes focused.
- Add `adjust_vertical_split` method in `ChatApp` and handle Ctrl+↑/↓ in normal mode to modify the split and update status messages.
- Update help UI to show “Ctrl+←/→ → resize files panel”.
- Change `set_file_panel_width` to return the clamped width.
- Implement Ctrl+←/→ handling in keyboard input to adjust the files panel width, update status messages, and respect panel collapse state.
- Introduced a new “HELP & QUICK COMMANDS” section with bold header and shortcuts for toggling the help overlay and opening the files panel.
- Updated command help text to “Open the help overlay”.
- Extended onboarding and tutorial status lines to display the help shortcut.
- Modified help command handling to set the status to “Help” and clear errors.
- Introduce “Ctrl+C twice” shortcut for quitting the application and display corresponding help line.
- Rename and clarify session‑related commands (`:session save`) and add short aliases (`:w[!]`, `:q[!]`, `:wq[!]`) with updated help entries.
- Adjust quit help text to remove `:q, :quit` redundancy and replace with the new quick‑exit hint.
- Update UI key hint to show only “Esc” for cancel actions.
- Implement double‑Ctrl+C detection in `ChatApp` using `DOUBLE_CTRL_C_WINDOW`, track `last_ctrl_c`, reset on other keys, and show status messages prompting the second press.
- Minor wording tweaks in help dialogs and README to reflect the new command syntax and quick‑exit behavior.
- Updated command specs: added `w`, `write`, `wq`, `x`, and `session save` with proper descriptions.
- Introduced `SaveStatus` enum and helper methods for path display and buffer labeling.
- Implemented `update_paths` in `Workspace` to keep title in sync with file paths.
- Added comprehensive `save_active_code_buffer` and enhanced `close_active_code_buffer` logic, including force‑close via `!`.
- Parsed force flag from commands (e.g., `:q!`) and routed commands to new save/close workflows.
- Integrated session save subcommand with optional description generation.
- Adjust layout constraint from 5 to 4 lines to match 2 lines of content plus borders.
- Refactor file focus key handling to toggle the file panel state and set status messages (“Files panel shown” / “Files panel hidden”) instead of always expanding and using a static status.
- Render the app title with version as the block title instead of a separate header widget.
- Compute `content_area` via `main_block.inner` and use it for file panel, main area, model info panel, and toast rendering.
- Remove header constraints and the `render_header` function, simplifying the layout.
- Add early exit when `content_area` has zero width or height to avoid rendering errors.
Add `APP_VERSION` constant derived from `CARGO_PKG_VERSION` and update the header rendering to display the version (e.g., “🦉 OWLEN v1.2.3 – AI Assistant”).
Introduce `McpCommand` enum and handlers in `owlen-cli` to manage MCP server registrations, including adding, listing, and removing servers across configuration scopes. Add scoped configuration support (`ScopedMcpServer`, `McpConfigScope`) and OAuth token handling in core config, alongside runtime refresh of MCP servers. Implement toast notifications in the TUI (`render_toasts`, `Toast`, `ToastLevel`) and integrate async handling for session events. Update config loading, validation, and schema versioning to accommodate new MCP scopes and resources. Add `httpmock` as a dev dependency for testing.
- Introduce `IconMode` in core config (default Auto) and bump schema version to 1.4.0.
- Add `FileIconSet`, `IconDetection`, and `FileIconResolver` to resolve per‑file icons with configurable fallbacks and environment variable `OWLEN_TUI_ICONS`.
- Export resolver types from `owlen-tui::state::file_icons`.
- Extend `ChatApp` with `file_icons` field, initialize it from config, and expose via `file_icons()` accessor.
- Append system status line showing selected icon set and detection source.
- Implement breadcrumb construction (`repo > path > file`) and display in code pane headers.
- Render icons in file tree, handle unsaved file markers, hidden files, and Git decorations with proper styling.
- Add helper `collect_unsaved_relative_paths` and tree line computation for visual guides.
- Provide `Workspace::panes()` iterator for unsaved tracking.
- Update UI imports and tests to cover new breadcrumb feature.
- Export `PaletteGroup` and `PaletteSuggestion` to represent suggestion metadata.
- Implement command history with deduplication, capacity limit, and recent‑command suggestions.
- Enhance dynamic suggestion logic to include history, commands, models, and providers with fuzzy ranking.
- Add UI rendering for grouped suggestions, header with command palette label, and footer instructions.
- Update help text with new shortcuts (Ctrl+P, layout save/load) and expose new agent/layout commands.
Add `focus_beacon_span`, `panel_title_spans`, `panel_hint_style`, and `panel_border_style` utilities to centralize panel header, hint, border, and beacon rendering. Integrate these helpers across all UI panels (files, chat, thinking, agent actions, input, status bar) and update help text. Extend `Theme` with new color fields for beacons, pane headers, and hint text, providing defaults for all built‑in themes. Include comprehensive unit tests for the new styling functions.
Introduce `FileTreeState` for managing a navigable file hierarchy with Git decorations, filtering, and cursor/scroll handling.
Add `RepoSearchState` and related types to support asynchronous ripgrep‑backed repository searches, including result aggregation, pagination, and UI interaction.
- Introduce `RoleLabelDisplay` enum (inline, above, none) and integrate it into UI rendering and message formatting.
- Replace `show_role_labels` boolean with `role_label_mode` across config, formatter, session, and TUI components.
- Add `syntax_highlighting` boolean to UI settings with default `false` and support in message rendering.
- Update configuration schema version to 1.3.0 and provide deserialization handling for legacy boolean values.
- Extend theme definitions with code block styling fields (background, border, text, keyword, string, comment) and default values in `Theme`.
- Adjust related modules (`formatting.rs`, `ui.rs`, `session.rs`, `chat_app.rs`) to use the new settings and theme fields.
- Added `show_cursor_outside_insert` (default false) to `UiSettings` and synced it from config.
- Cursor rendering now follows `cursor_should_be_visible`, allowing visibility outside insert mode based on the new setting.
- Replaced `textwrap::wrap` with `wrap_unicode`, which uses Unicode break properties for proper CJK and emoji handling.
- Added `grayscale-high-contrast.toml` theme, registered it in theme loading, and updated README and tests.
- Add placeholder span showing shortcuts (i:Insert, m:Model, ?:Help, : Command) in the UI footer.
- Insert help section describing Enter key behavior in normal and insert modes.
- Extend F1 help shortcut to also trigger on “?” key (with no or Shift modifier).
- Introduce `Theme` import and pass a cloned `theme` instance to UI helpers (e.g., `render_editable_textarea`).
- Remove direct `Color` usage; UI now derives colors from `Theme` fields for placeholders, selections, ReAct components (thought, action, input, observation, final answer), status badges, operating mode badges, and model info panel.
- Extend `Theme` with new color fields for agent ReAct stages, badge foreground/background, and operating mode colors.
- Update rendering logic to apply these theme colors throughout the TUI (input panel, help text, status lines, model selection UI, etc.).
- Adjust imports to drop unused `Color` references.
- Introduce `MessageRenderContext` and `MessageCacheEntry` for caching wrapped lines per message.
- Implement `render_message_lines_cached` using cache, invalidating on updates.
- Add role/style helpers and content hashing for cache validation.
- Throttle UI redraws in the main loop during active streaming (50 ms interval) and adjust idle tick timing.
- Update drawing logic to use cached rendering and manage draw intervals.
- Remove unused `role_color` function and adjust imports accordingly.
- Introduce `ModelPaletteEntry` and re‑export it for external use.
- Extend `CommandPalette` with dynamic sources (models, providers) and methods to refresh suggestions based on `:model` and `:provider` prefixes.
- Implement fuzzy matching via `match_score` and subsequence checks for richer suggestion ranking.
- Add `provider` command spec and completions.
- Update UI to display “Model (Provider)” in the header and use the new active model label helper.
- Wire catalog updates throughout `ChatApp` (model palette entries, command palette refresh on state changes, model picker integration).
Introduce `ui.scrollback_lines` (default 2000) to cap the number of chat lines kept in memory, with `0` disabling trimming. Implement automatic trimming of older lines, maintain a scroll offset, and show a “↓ New messages (press G)” badge when new messages arrive off‑screen. Update core UI settings, TUI rendering, chat app state, migrations, documentation, and changelog to reflect the new feature.
- Introduce `ui.input_max_rows` (default 5) to control how many rows the input panel expands before scrolling.
- Bump `CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION` to **1.2.0** and update migration documentation.
- Update `configuration.md` and migration guide to describe the new setting.
- Adjust TUI height calculation to respect `input_max_rows` and add horizontal scrolling support for long lines.
- Add `unicode-segmentation` dependency for proper grapheme handling.
Introduce `DetailedModelInfo` and `ModelInfoRetrievalError` structs for richer model data.
Add `ModelDetailsCache` with TTL‑based storage and async API for get/insert/invalidate.
Extend `OllamaProvider` to fetch, cache, refresh, and list detailed model info.
Expose model‑detail methods in `Session` for on‑demand and bulk retrieval.
Add `ModelInfoPanel` widget to display detailed info with scrolling support.
Update TUI rendering to show the panel, compute viewport height, and render model selector labels with parameters, size, and context length.
Adjust imports and module re‑exports accordingly.
- Switch to `ollama-rs` crate for chat, model listing, and streaming.
- Remove custom request building, authentication handling, and debug logging.
- Drop unsupported tool conversion; now ignore tool descriptors with a warning.
- Refactor model fetching to use local model info and optional cloud details.
- Consolidate error mapping via `map_ollama_error`.
- Update health check to use the new HTTP client.
- Delete obsolete `provider_interface.rs` test as the provider interface has changed.
Deletes the `owlen-ollama` Cargo.toml and source files, fully removing the Ollama provider from the workspace. This aligns the project with the MCP‑only architecture and eliminates direct provider dependencies.
- Introduce `show_onboarding` UI setting (default true) and persist its state after first launch.
- Show onboarding status line and system status on initial run; fallback to normal status thereafter.
- Implement `show_tutorial` method displaying keybinding tips and system status.
- Register `:tutorial` command in command palette.
- Add migration documentation explaining `schema_version` update and deprecation of `agent.max_tool_calls`.
- Update README with description of the new tutorial command.
- Added comprehensive **Design Overview**, **Data Handling**, and **Supply‑Chain Safeguards** sections to `SECURITY.md`.
- Updated `README.md` with a new **Security & Privacy** section summarizing local‑first execution, sandboxed tooling, encrypted session storage, and opt‑in network access.
- Modified `CONTRIBUTING.md` to require contributors to declare any AI‑generated code in PR descriptions, ensuring human reviewer approval before merge.
- Detect terminal color support and automatically switch to the new `ansi_basic` theme when only 16‑color support is available.
- Introduce `OfflineProvider` that supplies a placeholder model and friendly messages when no providers are reachable, keeping the TUI usable.
- Add `CONFIG_SCHEMA_VERSION` (`1.1.0`) with schema migration logic and default handling in `Config`.
- Update configuration saving to persist the schema version and ensure defaults.
- Register the `ansi_basic` theme in `theme.rs`.
- Extend `ChatApp` with `set_status_message` to display custom status lines.
- Update documentation (architecture, Vim mode state machine) to reflect new behavior.
- Add async‑trait and futures dependencies required for the offline provider implementation.
- Export `LLMProvider` from `owlen-core` and replace public `Provider` re-exports.
- Convert `OllamaProvider` to implement the new `LLMProvider` trait with associated future types.
- Adjust imports and trait bounds in `remote_client.rs` to use the updated types.
- Add comprehensive provider interface tests (`provider_interface.rs`) verifying router routing and provider registry model listing with `MockProvider`.
- Align dependency versions across workspace crates by switching to workspace-managed versions.
- Extend CI (`.woodpecker.yml`) with a dedicated test step and generate coverage reports.
- Update architecture documentation to reflect the new provider abstraction.
This commit fixes 12 categories of errors across the codebase:
- Fix owlen-mcp-llm-server build target conflict by renaming lib.rs to main.rs
- Resolve ambiguous glob re-exports in owlen-core by using explicit exports
- Add Default derive to MockMcpClient and MockProvider test utilities
- Remove unused imports from owlen-core test files
- Fix needless borrows in test file arguments
- Improve Config initialization style in mode_tool_filter tests
- Make AgentExecutor::parse_response public for testing
- Remove non-existent max_tool_calls field from AgentConfig usage
- Fix AgentExecutor::new calls to use correct 3-argument signature
- Fix AgentResult field access in agent tests
- Use Debug formatting instead of Display for AgentResult
- Remove unnecessary default() calls on unit structs
All changes ensure the project compiles cleanly with:
- cargo check --all-targets ✓
- cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings ✓
- cargo test --no-run ✓
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Added detailed development guide based on feature parity analysis with
OpenAI Codex and Claude Code. Includes:
- Project overview and philosophy (local-first, MCP-native)
- Architecture details and technology stack
- Current v1.0 features documentation
- Development guidelines and best practices
- 10-phase roadmap (Phases 11-20) for feature parity
- Phase 11: MCP Client Enhancement (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
- Phase 12: Approval & Sandbox System (HIGHEST PRIORITY)
- Phase 13: Project Documentation System (HIGH PRIORITY)
- Phase 14: Non-Interactive Mode (HIGH PRIORITY)
- Phase 15: Multi-Provider Expansion (HIGH PRIORITY)
- Testing requirements and standards
- Git workflow and security guidelines
- Debugging tips and troubleshooting
This document serves as the primary reference for AI agents working
on the Owlen codebase and provides a clear roadmap for achieving
feature parity with leading code assistants.
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This commit completes the Phase 10 migration to MCP-only architecture by
removing all legacy mode code paths and configuration options.
**Breaking Changes:**
- Removed `McpMode` enum from configuration system
- Removed `mode` setting from `[mcp]` config section
- MCP architecture is now always enabled (no option to disable)
**Code Changes:**
- Simplified `McpSettings` struct (now a placeholder for future options)
- Updated `McpClientFactory` to remove legacy mode branching
- Always use MCP architecture with automatic fallback to local client
- Added test infrastructure: `MockProvider` and `MockMcpClient` in test_utils
**Documentation:**
- Created comprehensive v0.x → v1.0 migration guide
- Added CHANGELOG_v1.0.md with detailed technical changes
- Documented common issues (cloud model 404s, timeouts, API key setup)
- Included rollback procedures and troubleshooting steps
**Testing:**
- All 29 tests passing
- Fixed agent tests to use new mock implementations
- Updated factory test to reflect new behavior
This completes the 10-phase migration plan documented in .agents/new_phases.md,
establishing Owlen as a production-ready MCP-only TUI application.
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