* feat(tui): make display.mouse_tracking pick which DEC modes to enable
Previously the boolean flag was all-or-nothing across modes 1000+1002+1003+1006.
Inside tmux, mode 1003 (any-motion) makes every mouse cross of the prompt row
fire a clipboard probe that surfaces as "No image in clipboard" — sometimes
dozens in a row. Disabling tracking entirely killed scroll-wheel scrolling too,
since tmux's own scrollback is preempted by the alt-screen TUI.
`display.mouse_tracking` (and `/mouse <preset>`) now accepts `off | wheel |
buttons | all` in addition to the legacy booleans. `wheel` is 1000+1006:
scroll wheel + click only, no drag, no hover — the tmux-friendly subset.
`buttons` adds 1002 for drag-to-select. `all` (= legacy `true`) keeps the
hover-driven UI (scrollbar paginate-on-hover, link mouseenter, etc.).
* fix(tui): repaint + sync mouse mode when display.mouse_tracking changes
Two interacting bugs left the TUI blank when `display.mouse_tracking`
switched at runtime (config edit, /mouse <preset>):
1. AlternateScreen's effect re-runs on every `mouseTracking` change,
tearing down and re-entering the alt screen. After re-entry, ink's
frame buffers are reset by `resetFramesForAltScreen()` but nothing
schedules the follow-up render — the alt screen sits blank until
some other state change happens to trigger one. Add a
`scheduleRender()` in `setAltScreenActive`'s active=true branch so
the freshly-entered alt screen gets a full repaint immediately.
2. `setAltScreenActive` early-returns when `active` hasn't changed,
which silently drops a `mouseTracking` change if the cleanup→setup
pair somehow leaves `altScreenActive` already true. Call
`setAltScreenMouseTracking` explicitly from the AlternateScreen
effect so the in-memory mode and terminal DECSET sequence stay in
sync regardless of how `setAltScreenActive` resolved (the call is a
no-op when the mode is unchanged).
* fix(tui): address copilot review #4341269705
- tui_gateway/server.py: drop the never-referenced _MOUSE_TRACKING_MODES
frozenset (comment #3284802434). _MOUSE_TRACKING_ALIASES already
centralizes the canonical preset set via its values; the separate
constant added no behavior.
- tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py: update the existing
test_config_mouse_uses_documented_key_with_legacy_fallback to assert
the new preset strings ('all'/'off' instead of 'on'/'off',
display.mouse_tracking persisted as 'all' instead of True) and add
test_config_mouse_accepts_preset_strings_and_aliases covering /mouse
set with wheel/click/unknown (comment #3284802453). The on/off legacy
config.set return shape was an implementation detail of the boolean
flag, not a stable API — the slash command, gateway help text, and
docs all advertise the preset values now.
- ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/ink.tsx: schedule a render at the
end of reenterAltScreen() (comment #3284802461). Mirrors the same fix
in setAltScreenActive() from ece0a2f4c — without it, SIGCONT/resize
self-heal/stdin-gap re-entry leaves the alt screen blank because
every caller returns early after invoking us.
* fix(tui): address copilot review #4341308478 round 2
- ui-tui/src/config/env.ts (comment #3284837577): the precedence
comment was misleading. Actual behavior on origin/main is
HERMES_TUI_MOUSE_TRACKING (explicit override) > Termux default >
HERMES_TUI_DISABLE_MOUSE legacy kill-switch. This is preserved from
main; the only change here was the wrong comment that claimed
DISABLE_MOUSE kept kill-switch semantics. Rewrote the comment block
to document the actual precedence ladder.
- tui_gateway/server.py /mouse set (comment #3284837607): replaced
'str(value or "").strip().lower()' with the explicit None idiom
already used for /indicator, so programmatic callers can pass 0 /
False and have them route through _MOUSE_TRACKING_ALIASES → 'off'
instead of collapsing to '' and triggering the toggle path.
- ui-tui/packages/hermes-ink/src/ink/components/AlternateScreen.tsx
(comment #3284837620): always prepend DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING before
enableMouseTrackingFor(...) on mount. Otherwise selecting
'wheel'/'buttons' from a state where DEC 1003 was already asserted
(crash, another app, debugger) would silently leave hover on. Also
unconditionally DISABLE on unmount so a crash mid-mount can't leak
DEC modes back to the host shell.
* chore(release): map nat@nthrow.io to @nthrow for #26681 salvage
* fix(tui): drop redundant setAltScreenMouseTracking in AlternateScreen
Copilot review #4341356637 (comment #3284880417). The explicit
setAltScreenMouseTracking(mouseTracking) after setAltScreenActive(true,
mouseTracking) was defensive paranoia added in the previous fix commit
that's not actually reachable in practice:
- React's cleanup always runs before the next setup, so on any prop
change (mouseTracking or writeRaw) the cleanup sets active=false
first. Setup then sees active was false and applies the new mode
via setAltScreenActive without early-returning.
- On the impossible 'active stayed true' path, the writeRaw above has
already sent DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING + enableMouseTrackingFor(newMode)
to the terminal, so the in-memory mode would lag but the visible
state is already correct.
Removing the redundant call means a single DEC sequence per mount.
If the 'active stayed true' path ever manifests in practice, the
right fix is in setAltScreenActive (track mode regardless of the
active early-return), not here.
* fix(tui): always DISABLE before enableMouseTrackingFor in ink.tsx
Copilot review #4341379994 (comments #3284900825, #3284900840,
#3284900852). Three remaining call sites in ink.tsx still re-enabled
mouse tracking without first sending DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING:
- handleResize alt-screen recovery (line ~577)
- reassertTerminalModes stdin-gap re-assertion (line ~1351)
- reenterAltScreen SIGCONT/resize/stdin-gap self-heal (line ~1408)
For 'wheel'/'buttons' presets, omitting DISABLE leaves any externally-
asserted DEC 1003 (other apps, prior crash, tmux state) still active
and the hover-free preset silently has hover on. DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING
is idempotent and safe to send unconditionally — it resets all four
modes. Matches the pattern already in setAltScreenMouseTracking and
the AlternateScreen mount path.
* fix(tui): always DISABLE before enableMouseTrackingFor in exitAlternateScreen
Copilot review #4341452823 (comment #3284959762). exitAlternateScreen()
was the last call site in ink.tsx still re-enabling mouse tracking
without DISABLE first. Editors (vim/nvim/less) and tmux can leave
DEC 1003 hover asserted across the handoff back; without DISABLE,
'wheel'/'buttons' presets silently kept hover on after the editor
quit. Now all five enableMouseTrackingFor() call sites in ink.tsx
prepend DISABLE_MOUSE_TRACKING — handleResize, reassertTerminalModes,
reenterAltScreen, setAltScreenMouseTracking, exitAlternateScreen.
* fix(tui): add defensive default to enableMouseTrackingFor switch
Copilot review #4341485231 (comment #3284979323). TS exhaustive switch
returns string per the type system, but a JS caller / corrupted config
/ hot-reload-in-dev could reach the function with an unknown value at
runtime. Without a default, that path returns undefined which then
concatenates as the literal string 'undefined' into the terminal byte
stream — visibly garbling output. Treat unknown as 'off' (no DEC
sequences) so the worst case is silent input loss rather than a
wrecked screen.
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Co-authored-by: Nat Thrower <nat@nthrow.io>
* docs: deep audit — fix stale config keys, missing commands, and registry drift
Cross-checked ~80 high-impact docs pages (getting-started, reference, top-level
user-guide, user-guide/features) against the live registries:
hermes_cli/commands.py COMMAND_REGISTRY (slash commands)
hermes_cli/auth.py PROVIDER_REGISTRY (providers)
hermes_cli/config.py DEFAULT_CONFIG (config keys)
toolsets.py TOOLSETS (toolsets)
tools/registry.py get_all_tool_names() (tools)
python -m hermes_cli.main <subcmd> --help (CLI args)
reference/
- cli-commands.md: drop duplicate hermes fallback row + duplicate section,
add stepfun/lmstudio to --provider enum, expand auth/mcp/curator subcommand
lists to match --help output (status/logout/spotify, login, archive/prune/
list-archived).
- slash-commands.md: add missing /sessions and /reload-skills entries +
correct the cross-platform Notes line.
- tools-reference.md: drop bogus '68 tools' headline, drop fictional
'browser-cdp toolset' (these tools live in 'browser' and are runtime-gated),
add missing 'kanban' and 'video' toolset sections, fix MCP example to use
the real mcp_<server>_<tool> prefix.
- toolsets-reference.md: list browser_cdp/browser_dialog inside the 'browser'
row, add missing 'kanban' and 'video' toolset rows, drop the stale
'38 tools' count for hermes-cli.
- profile-commands.md: add missing install/update/info subcommands, document
fish completion.
- environment-variables.md: dedupe GMI_API_KEY/GMI_BASE_URL rows (kept the
one with the correct gmi-serving.com default).
- faq.md: Anthropic/Google/OpenAI examples — direct providers exist (not just
via OpenRouter), refresh the OpenAI model list.
getting-started/
- installation.md: PortableGit (not MinGit) is what the Windows installer
fetches; document the 32-bit MinGit fallback.
- installation.md / termux.md: installer prefers .[termux-all] then falls
back to .[termux].
- nix-setup.md: Python 3.12 (not 3.11), Node.js 22 (not 20); fix invalid
'nix flake update --flake' invocation.
- updating.md: 'hermes backup restore --state pre-update' doesn't exist —
point at the snapshot/quick-snapshot flow; correct config key
'updates.pre_update_backup' (was 'update.backup').
user-guide/
- configuration.md: api_max_retries default 3 (not 2); display.runtime_footer
is the real key (not display.runtime_metadata_footer); checkpoints defaults
enabled=false / max_snapshots=20 (not true / 50).
- configuring-models.md: 'hermes model list' / 'hermes model set ...' don't
exist — hermes model is interactive only.
- tui.md: busy_indicator -> tui_status_indicator with values
kaomoji|emoji|unicode|ascii (not kawaii|minimal|dots|wings|none).
- security.md: SSH backend keys (TERMINAL_SSH_HOST/USER/KEY) live in .env,
not config.yaml.
- windows-wsl-quickstart.md: there is no 'hermes api' subcommand — the
OpenAI-compatible API server runs inside hermes gateway.
user-guide/features/
- computer-use.md: approvals.mode (not security.approval_level); fix broken
./browser-use.md link to ./browser.md.
- fallback-providers.md: top-level fallback_providers (not
model.fallback_providers); the picker is subcommand-based, not modal.
- api-server.md: API_SERVER_* are env vars — write to per-profile .env,
not 'hermes config set' which targets YAML.
- web-search.md: drop web_crawl as a registered tool (it isn't); deep-crawl
modes are exposed through web_extract.
- kanban.md: failure_limit default is 2, not '~5'.
- plugins.md: drop hard-coded '33 providers' count.
- honcho.md: fix unclosed quote in echo HONCHO_API_KEY snippet; document
that 'hermes honcho' subcommand is gated on memory.provider=honcho;
reconcile subcommand list with actual --help output.
- memory-providers.md: legacy 'hermes honcho setup' redirect documented.
Verified via 'npm run build' — site builds cleanly; broken-link count went
from 149 to 146 (no regressions, fixed a few in passing).
* docs: round 2 audit fixes + regenerate skill catalogs
Follow-up to the previous commit on this branch:
Round 2 manual fixes:
- quickstart.md: KIMI_CODING_API_KEY mentioned alongside KIMI_API_KEY;
voice-mode and ACP install commands rewritten — bare 'pip install ...'
doesn't work for curl-installed setups (no pip on PATH, not in repo
dir); replaced with 'cd ~/.hermes/hermes-agent && uv pip install -e
".[voice]"'. ACP already ships in [all] so the curl install includes it.
- cli.md / configuration.md: 'auxiliary.compression.model' shown as
'google/gemini-3-flash-preview' (the doc's own claimed default);
actual default is empty (= use main model). Reworded as 'leave empty
(default) or pin a cheap model'.
- built-in-plugins.md: added the bundled 'kanban/dashboard' plugin row
that was missing from the table.
Regenerated skill catalogs:
- ran website/scripts/generate-skill-docs.py to refresh all 163 per-skill
pages and both reference catalogs (skills-catalog.md,
optional-skills-catalog.md). This adds the entries that were genuinely
missing — productivity/teams-meeting-pipeline (bundled),
optional/finance/* (entire category — 7 skills:
3-statement-model, comps-analysis, dcf-model, excel-author, lbo-model,
merger-model, pptx-author), creative/hyperframes,
creative/kanban-video-orchestrator, devops/watchers,
productivity/shop-app, research/searxng-search,
apple/macos-computer-use — and rewrites every other per-skill page from
the current SKILL.md. Most diffs are tiny (one line of refreshed
metadata).
Validation:
- 'npm run build' succeeded.
- Broken-link count moved 146 -> 155 — the +9 are zh-Hans translation
shells that lag every newly-added skill page (pre-existing pattern).
No regressions on any en/ page.
PR #16046 added /busy and /verbose hints to the classic CLI and the
gateway runner but skipped the Ink TUI (and therefore the dashboard
/chat page, which embeds the TUI via PTY). This extends the same
latch to the TUI with TUI-native wording.
The TUI's busy-input model is not the /busy knob from the CLI —
single Enter while busy auto-queues, double Enter on an empty line
interrupts. The new busy-input hint teaches THAT gesture instead of
telling the user to flip a config that does not apply.
Changes:
- agent/onboarding.py — add busy_input_hint_tui() + tool_progress_hint_tui()
- tui_gateway/server.py — onboarding.claim JSON-RPC (Ink triggers busy
hint on enqueue) + _maybe_emit_onboarding_hint helper hooked into
_on_tool_complete for the 30s/tool_progress=all path. Same
config.yaml latch so each hint fires at most once per install across
CLI, gateway, and TUI combined.
- ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts — OnboardingClaimResponse + onboarding.hint event
- ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts — render the hint event as sys()
- ui-tui/src/app/useSubmission.ts — claim busy_input_prompt on first
busy enqueue
- tests/agent/test_onboarding.py — +3 cases for TUI hint shape
- tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py — +4 cases for onboarding.claim
- website/docs/user-guide/tui.md — new 'Interrupting and queueing'
section explaining the TUI's double-Enter model and the hints
Validation:
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/agent/test_onboarding.py \
tests/tui_gateway/test_protocol.py \
tests/gateway/test_busy_session_ack.py
-> 66 passed
npm --prefix ui-tui run type-check -> clean
npm --prefix ui-tui run lint -> clean
npm --prefix ui-tui run build -> clean
Extends SECTION_DEFAULTS so the out-of-the-box TUI shows the turn as
a live transcript (reasoning + tool calls streaming inline) instead of
a wall of `▸` chevrons the user has to click every turn.
Final default matrix:
- thinking: expanded
- tools: expanded
- activity: hidden (unchanged from the previous commit)
- subagents: falls through to details_mode (collapsed by default)
Everything explicit in `display.sections` still wins, so anyone who
already pinned an override keeps their layout. One-line revert is
`display.sections.<name>: collapsed`.
The activity panel (gateway hints, terminal-parity nudges, background
notifications) is noise for the typical day-to-day user, who only cares
about thinking + tools + streamed content. Make `hidden` the built-in
default for that section so users land on the quiet mode out of the box.
Tool failures still render inline on the failing tool row, so this
default suppresses the noise feed without losing the signal.
Opt back in with `display.sections.activity: collapsed` (chevron) or
`expanded` (always open) in `~/.hermes/config.yaml`, or live with
`/details activity collapsed`.
Implementation: SECTION_DEFAULTS in domain/details.ts, applied as the
fallback in `sectionMode()` between the explicit override and the
global details_mode. Existing `display.sections.activity` overrides
take precedence — no migration needed for users who already set it.
The example-skin.yaml was removed as part of the stale docs cleanup.
Docusaurus features/skins.md covers the same material.
Also update AUTHOR_MAP for balyan.sid@gmail.com → alt-glitch (actual
GitHub login; balyansid returns 404).
The status bar was showing stale lifecycle text ("running…") while the
face+verb stream flickered through the thinking panel as Python pushed
thinking.delta events. That's backwards — the face ticker is the
primary "I'm alive" signal, it belongs in the status bar; the thinking
panel is for substantive reasoning and tool activity.
Status bar now reads `ui.busy`: when true, renders a local `<FaceTicker>`
cycling FACES × VERBS on a 2.5s interval, unaffected by server events.
When false, the bar shows the actual status string (ready, starting
agent…, interrupted, etc.).
Side effect: `scheduleThinkingStatus` still patches `ui.status` with
Python's face text, but while busy the bar ignores that string and uses
the ticker instead. No server-side changes needed — Python keeps
emitting thinking.delta as a liveness heartbeat, the TUI just doesn't
let it fight the status bar.
"Ink" is the React reconciler — implementation detail, not branding.
Consistent naming: the classic CLI is the CLI, the new one is the TUI.
Updated docs: user-guide/tui.md, user-guide/cli.md cross-link, quickstart,
cli-commands reference, environment-variables reference.
Updated code: main.py --tui help text, server.py user-visible setup
error, AGENTS.md "TUI Architecture" section.
Kept "Ink" only where it is literally the library (hermes-ink internal
source comments, AGENTS.md tree note flagging ui-tui/ as a React/Ink dir).
New primary guide at `user-guide/tui.md` covering launch, requirements,
keybindings, slash commands, status line, configuration, sessions, and
the revert path. Matches the voice of `user-guide/cli.md`.
Cross-links:
- `user-guide/cli.md`: tip callout pointing readers at the Ink TUI
- `getting-started/quickstart.md`: shows both `hermes` and `hermes --tui`
under "Start Chatting" so first-run users know they have the choice
- `reference/environment-variables.md`: new "Interface" section with
`HERMES_TUI` and `HERMES_TUI_DIR`
- `reference/cli-commands.md`: `--tui` and `--dev` added to global options
Sidebar: `user-guide/tui` slotted right after `user-guide/cli`.
