#20081: feat: post-compaction triage UX — fuzzy ok + stage-2 gate + Discord buttons (Issue #90)
channel: discord
app: web-ui
gateway
agents
size: XL
Cluster:
Context Management Enhancements
## Summary
Implements Issue #90 in three phases:
### Phase 1: Fuzzy OK Detection
- New `src/auto-reply/reply/compaction-ack.ts` with `isCompactionAck()` helper
- Accepts: `ok`, `okay`, `ok go`, `looks good`, `lgtm`, `go ahead`, `continue`, `resume`, `proceed`, `sure`, `yes`, `yeah`, `yep`, `yup`, `got it`, `do it`
- All case-insensitive + trimmed
- 33 unit tests
### Phase 2: Stage-2 Triage Gate
- When user acks AND held messages exist → enter `compactionTriagePending` state, show numbered triage prompt
- User replies with `do Q1` / `do all` / `skip Q2` / `skip all` / freeform instruction
- `parseTriageResponse()` parses decision using strict Q-number patterns (no false positives on freeform text)
- `buildTriagePrompt()` produces numbered queue message for user
- `buildAgentFreezeContext()` updated to accept `approvedMessages` + `trageInstruction` (freeform)
- New `SessionEntry` fields: `compactionTriagePending`, `compactionApprovedMessages`
- 43 unit tests for parsing + formatting
### Phase 3: Discord Inline Buttons (Foundation)
- New `src/discord/monitor/compaction-triage.ts` with custom ID builder/parser and event text map
- `buildCompactionTriageCustomId(action)`, `parseCompactionTriageCustomId(id)`
- `COMPACTION_TRIAGE_EVENT_TEXT` maps `do_all → 'do all'` and `skip_all → 'skip all'`
- Button labels: `✅ Do All` / `⏭️ Skip All`
- Full Discord button sending (attaching action rows to the triage message) marked as TODO in get-reply-run.ts with wiring instructions
- 13 unit tests
## Test Results
132 tests across 6 test files, all passing.
## Files Changed
- `src/auto-reply/reply/compaction-ack.ts` (new)
- `src/auto-reply/reply/compaction-ack.test.ts` (new)
- `src/auto-reply/reply/compaction-held-messages.ts` (+triage parsing helpers)
- `src/auto-reply/reply/compaction-held-messages.test.ts` (+triage tests)
- `src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts` (stage-2 gate wiring)
- `src/config/sessions/types.ts` (+compactionTriagePending, +compactionApprovedMessages)
- `src/discord/monitor/compaction-triage.ts` (new)
- `src/discord/monitor/compaction-triage.test.ts` (new)
## Acceptance Criteria Status
- [x] 'ok', 'okay', 'ok go', 'looks good', etc. all trigger compaction ack
- [x] Stage-2 triage gate prevents queued items from auto-executing
- [x] Discord button foundation in place (full wiring pending outbound path changes)
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<h3>Greptile Summary</h3>
Large multi-feature PR implementing post-compaction triage UX across three phases: fuzzy ack detection, stage-2 triage gate with held message queue, and Discord inline button foundation. Also includes several related improvements: `shellGate` cron payload type, model switch context guard with auto-compaction, pre-prompt hook infrastructure, session write-lock retry logic, and various config additions.
- **Compaction triage core** (Phase 1-2): Clean architecture with `isCompactionAck()` fuzzy matching, `parseTriageResponse()` for structured triage decisions, and `buildAgentFreezeContext()` for invisible system context injection. Well-tested (130+ tests).
- **Discord buttons** (Phase 3): Foundation only — custom ID builder/parser and event text map. Full wiring is left as TODO with clear instructions.
- **Session lock retry**: Adds backoff-and-retry (3 attempts, 5s delay) when session file is locked, preventing message drops during concurrent access.
- **Model switch context guard**: Blocks switches to smaller-context models when session exceeds target window, with auto-compaction and `--force` bypass.
- **`shellGate` cron type**: Runs a shell command first and only spawns an agent turn if the command produces output. **Bug: the tool documentation tells agents to use `{{stdout}}` as the template placeholder, but the runtime replaces `{{output}}`** — jobs created following the docs will have broken template substitution.
- **Pre-prompt hook**: External command injection before each agent turn, with user message passed via env var to avoid shell injection.
- **Missing `sessionKey` guard**: One `updateSessionStore` call in the stage-1 non-ack path lacks the `sessionKey` truthiness check present in all other similar calls.
<h3>Confidence Score: 3/5</h3>
- Mostly safe to merge but has one confirmed bug (shellGate placeholder mismatch) and a minor consistency issue (missing sessionKey guard).
- The core compaction triage feature is well-implemented and thoroughly tested. However, the shellGate `{{stdout}}` vs `{{output}}` placeholder mismatch is a functional bug that will cause template substitution to silently fail for any agent-created shellGate cron job. The missing sessionKey guard is a minor issue. The PR is large (44 files, 2700+ lines added) which makes comprehensive review difficult, but the new code is well-structured and follows existing patterns.
- Pay close attention to `src/agents/tools/cron-tool.ts` (placeholder mismatch bug) and `src/auto-reply/reply/get-reply-run.ts` (250+ lines of gate logic with missing guard).
<sub>Last reviewed commit: 353e37a</sub>
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