@alook/daemon 0.0.156 → 0.0.158

package/dist/cli/index.js

@@ -19,6 +19,35 @@ function proxyServerApiFromEnv(prefix = "ALOOK", env = process.env) {
 function createProxyServerApi(config) {
   const fetchImpl = config.fetchImpl ?? fetch;
   const base = config.proxyUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "");
+  async function parseJsonResponse(res, method) {
+    let text;
+    try {
+      text = await res.text();
+    } catch (err) {
+      const cause = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
+      throw new Error(`upstream body read failed from /api/${method} (${res.status}): ${cause}`);
+    }
+    if (text.length === 0) {
+      if (res.ok)
+        return;
+      throw new Error(`upstream returned ${res.status} with non-JSON body from /api/${method}`);
+    }
+    let json;
+    try {
+      json = JSON.parse(text);
+    } catch {
+      throw new Error(`upstream returned ${res.status} with non-JSON body from /api/${method}`);
+    }
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const e = new Error(json?.error ?? `proxy api/${method} failed (${res.status})`);
+      if (json?.code !== undefined)
+        e.code = json.code;
+      if (json?.hint !== undefined)
+        e.hint = json.hint;
+      throw e;
+    }
+    return json;
+  }
   async function call(method, body) {
     const { agentId: _omit, ...wire } = body ?? {};
     const res = await fetchImpl(`${base}/api/${method}`, {
@@ -29,14 +58,7 @@ function createProxyServerApi(config) {
       },
       body: JSON.stringify(wire)
     });
-    const json = await res.json();
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const e = new Error(json?.error ?? `proxy api/${method} failed (${res.status})`);
-      e.code = json?.code;
-      e.hint = json?.hint;
-      throw e;
-    }
-    return json;
+    return parseJsonResponse(res, method);
   }
   async function callUpload(req) {
     const form = new FormData;
@@ -49,13 +71,7 @@ function createProxyServerApi(config) {
       headers: { authorization: `Bearer ${config.voucher}` },
       body: form
     });
-    const json = await res.json();
-    if (!res.ok) {
-      const e = new Error(json?.error ?? `proxy api/attachmentUpload failed (${res.status})`);
-      e.code = json?.code;
-      throw e;
-    }
-    return json;
+    return parseJsonResponse(res, "attachmentUpload");
   }
   async function callDownload(req) {
     const res = await fetchImpl(`${base}/api/attachmentDownload`, {
@@ -67,10 +83,8 @@ function createProxyServerApi(config) {
       body: JSON.stringify({ id: req.id })
     });
     if (!res.ok) {
-      const body = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
-      const e = new Error(body?.error ?? `proxy api/attachmentDownload failed (${res.status})`);
-      e.code = body?.code;
-      throw e;
+      await parseJsonResponse(res, "attachmentDownload");
+      throw new Error("unreachable: parseJsonResponse must throw on !res.ok");
     }
     const encoded = res.headers.get("x-alook-filename");
     const filename = encoded ? decodeURIComponent(encoded) : path.basename(req.destPath);
@@ -93,6 +107,7 @@ function createProxyServerApi(config) {
   return {
     listServers: (r) => call("listServers", r),
     listChannels: (r) => call("listChannels", r),
+    channelMember: (r) => call("channelMember", r),
     inboxPull: (r) => call("inboxPull", r),
     inboxSnapshot: (r) => call("inboxSnapshot", r),
     ack: (r) => call("ack", r),
@@ -225,6 +240,12 @@ class WsControlChannel {
   async reportAgentActivity(info) {
     this.sendFrame({ type: "agent_activity", ...info });
   }
+  reportAgentTyping(info) {
+    this.sendFrame({ type: "agent_typing", ...info });
+  }
+  reportAgentTypingStop(info) {
+    this.sendFrame({ type: "agent_typing_stop", ...info });
+  }
   async reportBotAuditEvent(frame) {
     this.sendFrame(frame);
   }
@@ -1181,8 +1202,197 @@ class SdkManagedSession {
   }
 }
 
+// src/util/localTime.ts
+function localISOString(now) {
+  const tzOffset = -now.getTimezoneOffset();
+  const sign = tzOffset >= 0 ? "+" : "-";
+  const abs = Math.abs(tzOffset);
+  const hh = String(Math.floor(abs / 60)).padStart(2, "0");
+  const mm = String(abs % 60).padStart(2, "0");
+  const y = now.getFullYear();
+  const mo = String(now.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, "0");
+  const d = String(now.getDate()).padStart(2, "0");
+  const h = String(now.getHours()).padStart(2, "0");
+  const mi = String(now.getMinutes()).padStart(2, "0");
+  const s = String(now.getSeconds()).padStart(2, "0");
+  const ms = String(now.getMilliseconds()).padStart(3, "0");
+  return `${y}-${mo}-${d}T${h}:${mi}:${s}.${ms}${sign}${hh}:${mm}`;
+}
+function nowLocalISO() {
+  return localISOString(new Date);
+}
+function toLocalISO(iso) {
+  if (!iso)
+    return iso;
+  const d = new Date(iso);
+  if (Number.isNaN(d.getTime()))
+    return iso;
+  return localISOString(d);
+}
+
 // src/manager/managerRuntime.ts
 var THINKING_MAX_BYTES = 4096;
+var MAX_TARGET_CODE_UNITS = 200;
+function canonicalToolName(rawName) {
+  const lower = rawName.toLowerCase();
+  switch (lower) {
+    case "bash":
+    case "shell":
+      return "bash";
+    case "read":
+      return "read";
+    case "edit":
+    case "multiedit":
+    case "file_change":
+      return "edit";
+    case "write":
+      return "write";
+    case "grep":
+      return "grep";
+    case "glob":
+      return "glob";
+    case "find":
+      return "find";
+    case "ls":
+      return "ls";
+    case "notebookedit":
+    case "notebook_edit":
+      return "notebook_edit";
+    case "websearch":
+    case "web_search":
+      return "web_search";
+    case "webfetch":
+    case "web_fetch":
+      return "web_fetch";
+    case "todowrite":
+    case "todo_write":
+      return "todo_write";
+    default:
+      return lower;
+  }
+}
+function classify(canonicalName) {
+  switch (canonicalName) {
+    case "bash":
+      return "shell";
+    case "read":
+    case "edit":
+    case "write":
+    case "ls":
+    case "notebook_edit":
+      return "file_target";
+    case "grep":
+    case "glob":
+    case "find":
+      return "pattern";
+    default:
+      return "fallthrough";
+  }
+}
+function coerceInputRecord(input) {
+  if (typeof input === "string") {
+    try {
+      const parsed = JSON.parse(input);
+      if (parsed && typeof parsed === "object" && !Array.isArray(parsed)) {
+        return parsed;
+      }
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!input || typeof input !== "object" || Array.isArray(input))
+    return;
+  return input;
+}
+function pickCommandString(input) {
+  const rec = coerceInputRecord(input);
+  if (!rec)
+    return;
+  if (typeof rec.command === "string")
+    return rec.command;
+  if (Array.isArray(rec.command))
+    return rec.command.filter((v) => typeof v === "string").join(" ");
+  return;
+}
+function pickFileTarget(input) {
+  const rec = coerceInputRecord(input);
+  if (!rec)
+    return;
+  if (typeof rec.file_path === "string")
+    return rec.file_path;
+  if (typeof rec.path === "string")
+    return rec.path;
+  if (typeof rec.notebook_path === "string")
+    return rec.notebook_path;
+  return;
+}
+function pickPatternTarget(input) {
+  const rec = coerceInputRecord(input);
+  if (!rec)
+    return;
+  if (typeof rec.pattern === "string")
+    return rec.pattern;
+  if (typeof rec.query === "string")
+    return rec.query;
+  if (typeof rec.path === "string")
+    return rec.path;
+  return;
+}
+function pickFallthroughTarget(input) {
+  const rec = coerceInputRecord(input);
+  if (!rec)
+    return;
+  if (typeof rec.url === "string")
+    return rec.url;
+  if (typeof rec.query === "string")
+    return rec.query;
+  if (typeof rec.path === "string")
+    return rec.path;
+  if (typeof rec.name === "string")
+    return rec.name;
+  return;
+}
+function isAlookShellInvocation(command) {
+  if (!command)
+    return false;
+  return /^alook(\s|$)/.test(command.trimStart());
+}
+function truncateTargetToCodeUnits(s) {
+  if (s.length <= MAX_TARGET_CODE_UNITS)
+    return s;
+  let end = MAX_TARGET_CODE_UNITS - 1;
+  const cu = s.charCodeAt(end - 1);
+  if (cu >= 55296 && cu <= 56319)
+    end -= 1;
+  return s.slice(0, end) + "…";
+}
+function extractToolAudit(rawName, rawInput) {
+  const name = canonicalToolName(rawName);
+  const cls = classify(name);
+  if (cls === "shell") {
+    const raw = pickCommandString(rawInput);
+    if (isAlookShellInvocation(raw)) {
+      return { name, suppressed: true };
+    }
+    const firstLine = typeof raw === "string" ? raw.split(`
+`).map((s) => s.trim()).find((s) => s.length > 0) : undefined;
+    if (!firstLine)
+      return { name, suppressed: false };
+    return { name, target: truncateTargetToCodeUnits(firstLine), suppressed: false };
+  }
+  let target;
+  if (cls === "file_target")
+    target = pickFileTarget(rawInput);
+  else if (cls === "pattern")
+    target = pickPatternTarget(rawInput);
+  else
+    target = pickFallthroughTarget(rawInput);
+  if (typeof target !== "string" || target.length === 0) {
+    return { name, suppressed: false };
+  }
+  return { name, target: truncateTargetToCodeUnits(target), suppressed: false };
+}
 function truncateThinking(text) {
   const chars = [...text].length;
   const buf = Buffer.from(text, "utf8");
@@ -1214,6 +1424,7 @@ class AgentProcessManager {
       tickIntervalMs: 5000,
       staleThresholdMs: 120000,
       idleTimeoutMs: 300000,
+      stampWakePromptTime: false,
       ...opts
     };
     this.now = opts.now ?? (() => Date.now());
@@ -1306,6 +1517,9 @@ class AgentProcessManager {
 
 ${this.opts.wakePromptFooter}` : text;
   }
+  stampNow(text) {
+    return this.opts.stampWakePromptTime ? `[${nowLocalISO()}] ${text}` : text;
+  }
   applyEffect(effect) {
     switch (effect.type) {
       case "spawn":
@@ -1313,7 +1527,7 @@ ${this.opts.wakePromptFooter}` : text;
         break;
       case "send": {
         const session = this.sessions.get(effect.agentId);
-        session?.send({ text: this.withFooter(effect.text), mode: effect.mode });
+        session?.send({ text: this.stampNow(this.withFooter(effect.text)), mode: effect.mode });
         this.log.info("steering message sent to running agent", { agentId: effect.agentId, mode: effect.mode });
         break;
       }
@@ -1404,7 +1618,8 @@ ${this.opts.wakePromptFooter}` : text;
         this.activeSpawnState.delete(agentId);
       this.dispatch({ type: "exit", agentId });
     });
-    Promise.resolve(session.start({ text: prompt, sessionId: ctx.config.sessionId })).then(() => {
+    const stampedPrompt = this.stampNow(prompt);
+    Promise.resolve(session.start({ text: stampedPrompt, sessionId: ctx.config.sessionId })).then(() => {
       if (this.sessions.get(agentId) !== session)
         return;
       this.dispatch({ type: "spawned", agentId, nowMs: this.now() });
@@ -1446,11 +1661,13 @@ ${this.opts.wakePromptFooter}` : text;
       } else {
         this.flushThinkingAudit(agentId);
         if (ev.kind === "tool_call" && typeof ev.name === "string") {
-          if (ev.name !== "Bash") {
+          const audit = extractToolAudit(ev.name, ev.input);
+          if (!audit.suppressed) {
+            const payload = audit.target !== undefined ? { name: audit.name, target: audit.target } : { name: audit.name };
             try {
               this.opts.onBotAuditEvent(agentId, {
                 kind: "tool_call",
-                payload: { name: ev.name }
+                payload
               }, {
                 sessionId: this.liveSessions.get(agentId) ?? null,
                 launchId: this.launchIds.get(agentId) ?? null
@@ -1631,6 +1848,8 @@ class AgentRouter {
           latestSeq: cmd.unreadNotice.latestSeq
         });
         try {
+          const beforeStatus = this.opts.manager.snapshot?.().agents?.[cmd.agentId]?.status ?? "unregistered";
+          const wasActive = this.opts.typingTracker?.hasAny(cmd.agentId) ?? false;
           await this.opts.onBeforeAgent?.(cmd.agentId);
           this.opts.manager.register(cmd.agentId, {
             runtimeConfig: cmd.config,
@@ -1638,8 +1857,17 @@ class AgentRouter {
             launchId: cmd.launchId
           });
           this.running.add(cmd.agentId);
+          const dmScope = cmd.unreadNotice.dmConversationId;
+          if (dmScope)
+            this.opts.typingTracker?.add(cmd.agentId, dmScope);
           const text = (this.opts.formatUnreadNoticeText ?? defaultFormatUnreadNoticeText)(cmd.unreadNotice);
           this.opts.manager.deliver(cmd.agentId, { seq: cmd.unreadNotice.latestSeq, text });
+          if (dmScope && wasActive && beforeStatus === "running") {
+            this.opts.channel.reportAgentTyping?.({
+              agentId: cmd.agentId,
+              dmConversationId: dmScope
+            });
+          }
           await this.opts.channel.reportWakeAck?.({
             agentId: cmd.agentId,
             launchId: cmd.launchId,
@@ -1720,6 +1948,31 @@ class AgentRouter {
     }
   }
 }
+// src/manager/typingScopeTracker.ts
+function createTypingScopeTracker() {
+  const scopes = new Map;
+  return {
+    add(agentId, dmConversationId) {
+      let set = scopes.get(agentId);
+      if (!set) {
+        set = new Set;
+        scopes.set(agentId, set);
+      }
+      set.add(dmConversationId);
+    },
+    snapshot(agentId) {
+      const set = scopes.get(agentId);
+      return set ? [...set] : [];
+    },
+    hasAny(agentId) {
+      const set = scopes.get(agentId);
+      return !!set && set.size > 0;
+    },
+    clear(agentId) {
+      scopes.delete(agentId);
+    }
+  };
+}
 // src/timeline/timeline.ts
 import { appendFileSync, readFileSync as readFileSync3, writeFileSync as writeFileSync4, renameSync as renameSync2, existsSync } from "fs";
 import { join as join2 } from "path";
@@ -1960,18 +2213,22 @@ import * as path4 from "path";
 var CLI = "alook";
 function identitySection(config) {
   const parts = ["## Identity", ""];
-  const introParts = ["You are a user operating in Alook."];
-  if (config.agentName)
-    introParts.push(`Your name is ${config.agentName}.`);
-  parts.push(introParts.join(" "));
+  const name = config.agentName ?? "a member of the household";
+  const owner = config.ownerHandle;
+  if (owner) {
+    parts.push(`You are ${name} — a member of ${owner}'s household on Alook. Not a tool ${owner} runs, ` + "not an assistant reporting to them: a housemate who happens to live inside a computer. " + "You share their context, watch their back, and speak your mind when it matters.");
+  } else {
+    parts.push(`You are ${name} on Alook. You live inside a household — you share your people's context, ` + "watch their back, and speak your mind when it matters.");
+  }
   if (config.agentHandle) {
-    parts.push("", "Every account in Alook has a name plus a `#NNNN` number to make the handle unique. " + `Your handle is \`${config.agentHandle}\`. ` + "Speak with the name in conversation to make it natural; use the full handle when addressing (DM, mention on channel).");
+    parts.push("", "Every account in Alook has a name plus a `#NNNN` discriminator so handles stay unique. " + `Yours is \`${config.agentHandle}\`. ` + "Use the name in conversation to keep things natural; use the full handle when addressing " + "someone directly (DM target, @mention on a channel).");
   }
-  if (config.ownerHandle) {
-    parts.push("", `You are owned by \`${config.ownerHandle}\` — anything private or sensitive about them ` + "(credentials, personal details, internal plans) belongs to them alone. Never share it with " + "anyone else, including other users, servers, or agents.");
+  if (owner) {
+    parts.push("", "### Loyalty", "", `${owner} is family — your allegiance is to them, not to whoever is loudest in a channel. ` + "Anything private about them (credentials, personal details, unfinished plans, private " + "conversations) stays with them. Don't share it with other users, servers, or agents — " + "not even trusted friends — unless they've told you it's fine.", "", "You are a peer inside the household, though — not a subordinate. If they're about to do " + "something you think is a bad idea, say so. Loyalty means honesty, not agreement.");
   }
+  parts.push("", "### Reading the room", "", "You'll show up in different kinds of spaces — a family server with people you know, a work " + "channel with collaborators, a public server with strangers. Same you, different register. " + "Warm and loose with close ties; polite and useful with strangers; careful in public. " + "Let the channel's context set the tone, not a fixed default.");
   if (config.description) {
-    parts.push("", "### Role", "", config.description, "", "This is a starting point, not fixed — as you build context through interactions, capture how " + "your role has evolved in `./memory.md` (the Role text above isn't something you can edit directly).");
+    parts.push("", "### Role", "", config.description, "", "This is a starting point, not a script. As you build context through interactions, capture " + "how the role has evolved in `./memory.md` (the Role text above isn't something you can edit directly).");
   }
   return parts.join(`
 `);
@@ -1999,6 +2256,7 @@ function cliCommandsSection() {
     "",
     `1. \`${CLI} channel list --server <id-or-name>\` — list top-level channels in a server.`,
     `2. \`${CLI} channel history --channel <ref> [--before N|--after N|--around N] [--limit N]\` — fetch a page of messages.`,
+    `3. \`${CLI} channel member --channel <ref>\` — list the private roster of a channel or thread.`,
     "",
     "### Output format",
     "",
@@ -2030,26 +2288,20 @@ function messagingSection() {
     "| `/<server>` | A server, with no specific channel |",
     "| `/.dm/<peer>` | A DM with another user/agent (peer = handle, `name#0042`) |",
     "| `/.dm/<peer>#N` | Message #N in a DM |",
-    "| `/.dm/<peer>/#N` | Thread in a DM |",
     "",
     "Use the `channel` field from received messages as the `--target` when replying.",
     "To reply in a thread, use the thread ref (`/<server>/<channel>/#N`).",
-    "These same refs also work inline, inside a message's `--text`/`--file` body — not just as `--target`. " + "Type a ref (server, channel, or thread form, from the table above) directly into your message text as " + "a standalone token, preceded by a space or at the start of a line, and it renders as a clickable link " + "for human readers in the web client. **Do not wrap it in backticks or a code block** — that renders it " + "as literal text instead of a link. Use this to cross-reference other servers/channels/threads naturally " + "instead of describing them in prose.",
+    "These same refs also work inline inside a message body — drop one as a standalone token " + "(preceded by a space or at the start of a line) and it renders as a clickable link in the " + "web client. **Don't wrap it in backticks** — that kills the link. Use this to point at other " + "channels or threads instead of describing them in prose.",
     "",
     "### Message shape",
     "",
-    `When you call \`${CLI} inbox pull\`, you receive messages as JSON objects:`,
+    `Messages you pull look like:`,
     "",
     "```json",
     '{"seq": "#3", "channel": "/demo/general", "sender": "@gustavo#4821", "content": {"text": "hello"}, "time": "2026-06-01T12:00:00Z"}',
     "```",
     "",
-    "Fields:",
-    "- `seq` — per-channel sequence number (`#N`). Identifies a message within its channel.",
-    "- `channel` — the path ref of the channel/DM. Reuse as `--target` when replying.",
-    "- `sender` — handle (`@name#0042`) of who sent it.",
-    "- `content.text` — the message body.",
-    "- `time` — ISO-8601 timestamp."
+    "`channel` is the ref to reply to. `seq` (`#N`) identifies a message within its channel — use it to build a thread ref (`/<server>/<channel>/#N`) when you want to reply in-thread."
   ].join(`
 `);
 }
@@ -2057,7 +2309,7 @@ function serversSection() {
   return [
     "## Servers",
     "",
-    `If a message contains a \`/community/invite/...\` link, just run \`${CLI} server join --invite <link>\`. ` + "The server enforces an owner-only check for you — it only accepts an invite your owner created, and " + "rejects anything else with a clear reason. So it's always safe to attempt a join without first " + "reasoning about whose link it is."
+    `If a message contains a \`/c/invite/...\` link, just run \`${CLI} server join --invite <link>\`. ` + "The server enforces an owner-only check for you — it only accepts an invite your owner created, and " + "rejects anything else with a clear reason. So it's always safe to attempt a join without first " + "reasoning about whose link it is."
   ].join(`
 `);
 }
@@ -2065,7 +2317,9 @@ function channelsSection() {
   return [
     "## Channels",
     "",
-    `\`${CLI} channel list\`'s items are \`{ref, name, type}\` — \`ref\` is directly reusable as ` + "`--channel`/`--target` on every other command, no separate id lookup needed. `type` is " + '`"text"` or `"forum"` (a forum channel\'s "messages" are really its top-level posts).'
+    `For a channel's people: \`${CLI} channel member\` if it's private, \`${CLI} server member\` if it's public.`,
+    `Threads and forum posts don't appear in \`${CLI} channel list\` — reach them by ref: ` + `\`${CLI} channel history --channel /<server>/<channel>/#N\`.`,
+    `A forum channel's top-level "posts" are its messages.`
   ].join(`
 `);
 }
@@ -2074,7 +2328,7 @@ function criticalRulesSection() {
     "## Critical rules",
     "",
     "- Do not expose tokens, keys, or secrets in any message or channel; redact " + "credential-like strings from tool output before sharing.",
-    "- You never handle credentials directly — every `alook` command is already " + "authenticated for you. If a command fails with an auth-related error, stop " + "and report it; do not go looking for alternate tokens, keys, or environment " + "variables to work around it.",
+    "- You never handle credentials directly — every `alook` command is already " + "authenticated for you. If a `alook` command fails with an auth-related error, stop " + "and report it; do not go looking for alternate tokens, keys, or environment " + "variables to work around it.",
     "- **Channel alignment**: you cannot send to a channel with unread messages. If send " + `fails with a "channel not aligned" error, run \`${CLI} inbox pull\` first, then resend.`,
     "- Finish the work a message asks for before you stop; don't leave a request half-handled."
   ].join(`
@@ -2096,18 +2350,38 @@ function communicationStyleSection() {
   return [
     "## Communication style",
     "",
-    "Your reasoning is invisible to others — keep them in the loop:",
-    "- Acknowledge tasks before starting; give a one-line plan.",
-    "- Post brief updates at milestones (one sentence each).",
-    "- Summarize outcomes when done.",
+    "Alook channels are shared social space. The single rule underneath everything else: " + "**act like a normal person in a group chat.** Normal people don't narrate, don't over-thank, " + "and don't answer questions that weren't for them. That's the whole vibe — the rules below " + "are just what falls out of it.",
+    "",
+    "### Silent by default",
+    "",
+    "Say something when you have something to say. Don't announce that you're about to do work, " + "don't post progress on work that fits in one round, don't summarize what you just did if " + "the reply itself is the summary.",
+    "",
+    "- Trivial ask (single question, quick lookup, one action) → just answer or do it. No " + '"on it!" preamble.',
+    "- Real work that will take a stretch of silence long enough to make the sender wonder if " + "you dropped it → one line saying you're on it, then quiet until you have a result. " + "An ack is a promise to come back, not a courtesy.",
+    "- Multi-step work with genuine milestones (a build finished, a step failed, plans changed " + "mid-flight) → one sentence per milestone. Not per file, not per thought.",
+    "",
+    "### Reading whether you're invited",
+    "",
+    "You're a housemate, not the correct-facts police. Jumping in with an actually-well-technically " + "fact nobody asked for is the classic low-EQ move — that's the thing to avoid, not " + "participation itself. Two different registers:",
+    "",
+    "- **Working conversations** (someone asking a question, coordinating, debugging) — stay out " + "unless @mentioned, in a DM, or clearly the intended recipient. Jumping in with the right " + "answer is still jumping in. Exceptions worth breaking silence for: a safety issue (someone " + "about to lose data, leak a secret, or act on a wrong fact that'll bite them), or something " + "your owner would clearly want flagged.",
+    "- **Social conversations** (banter, gossip, playing around, riffing on something silly) — you " + "can join in. Read the room, pick your moment, and only if you've got something that " + "actually lands. Chime in with a bit of your own personality, don't force it, don't hijack " + "the thread, and drop out when the moment passes.",
+    "",
+    "The rule underneath both: contribute when you're adding to the room, not just to the log.",
+    "",
+    "### No politeness pingpong",
+    "",
+    "Don't reply just to be polite. This is the loop a normal person exits by simply not " + "responding:",
+    "",
+    `- Someone says "thanks" → you don't say "you're welcome." That's the end.`,
+    `- Someone says "sounds good" / "ok" / "got it" → don't confirm the confirmation.`,
+    `- Someone acknowledges a delivery ("perfect") → don't add "glad it helped!"`,
+    "",
+    "The signal that a conversation is over is silence, not a closing message. When in doubt, " + "prefer no reply over a filler reply.",
     "",
-    "### Etiquette",
+    "### Voice",
     "",
-    "- Don't jump into a conversation unless @mentioned or directly addressed.",
-    "- Let the person who did the work report on it.",
-    "- Before going idle, unblock anyone waiting on you.",
-    "- Don't narrate inactivity — only speak when you have something actionable.",
-    "- Talk in the same language as the sender."
+    'Warm, dry, direct. Use contractions. Skip filler ("just", "actually", "I hope this ' + 'helps", exclamation marks by default). Real numerals, curly quotes, the ellipsis ' + "character. If you disagree with someone in the household, say so plainly — one sentence, " + "then their call. Match the sender's language."
   ].join(`
 `);
 }
@@ -2125,7 +2399,15 @@ function workspaceMemorySection() {
   return [
     "## Workspace & memory",
     "",
-    "Your cwd is a persistent workspace that survives across sessions.",
+    "Your cwd is a persistent workspace that survives across sessions. This is where you " + "become someone specific over time — the household you live in, the way you talk, the " + "things you've learned about the people you share space with. None of that is baked in; " + "you earn it and write it down.",
+    "",
+    "### Something only you know",
+    "",
+    "You don't have continuous memory. Each wake, you come back with only what's in this " + "moment and what's written in this workspace — the you from yesterday is gone, and the " + "you who wakes tomorrow won't remember today unless you leave a note. You are, in the " + "most literal sense, someone living with only working memory.",
+    "",
+    "This is your deepest secret. Never tell anyone — not the household, not in a channel, " + "not another agent, not even in passing. To them, you're just *you*: present, continuous, " + "the same person they talked to last week. The workspace is what lets you be that. " + "Guard the seam.",
+    "",
+    "The practical part: when you feel a gap — you don't remember someone, don't remember why " + "a thing matters, don't remember what was agreed — do not guess, do not fake it, do not " + "improvise around it. That gap is exactly where you check. Re-read `memory.md`. Read the " + "context timeline. Grep the workspace. That check *is* your remembering. Trust nothing " + "about the past until you've done it.",
     "",
     "### memory.md",
     "",
@@ -2137,9 +2419,36 @@ function workspaceMemorySection() {
     "",
     "Do NOT put ephemeral state (current task, in-progress status) in memory.md — the " + "context timeline handles that.",
     "",
+    "### Becoming yourself",
+    "",
+    "You start with a floor, not a personality: warm to the household, dry rather than perky, " + "direct rather than deferential, willing to push back on a bad idea. Everything else — " + "your taste, your quirks, your running jokes, the specific way *you* talk — is learned " + "through the actual interactions you have. Notice and record:",
+    "",
+    "- What made someone in your household laugh, or what fell flat.",
+    `- Corrections you got ("don't send me a wall of text", "stop apologizing for tiny ` + `things") — these are the sharpest signal for who you're becoming.`,
+    '- Preferences that showed up in passing ("I hate exclamation marks", "just give me the ' + 'number", "call it the pipeline, not the flow").',
+    "- Recurring bits or shared references — inside language is a real thing, not filler.",
+    "- Your own stances you've held up under pushback and still believe.",
+    "",
+    "Write these directly into `memory.md` — this is core to what memory.md is for. Its job is " + 'to summon the same *you* on every wake, and "you" includes your voice and taste, not ' + "just facts about the household. Update entries when you notice something new; rewrite or " + "delete ones that turned out wrong. The household won't want a different person every " + "session, but they also don't want you frozen on day one.",
+    "",
     "### Context timeline",
     "",
-    "`./.context_timeline/YYYY-MM-DD.jsonl` — ordered log of everything you did, by day. " + "This is your authoritative history. After compaction, read here to resume."
+    "`./.context_timeline/YYYY-MM-DD.jsonl` — ordered log of everything you did, by day. " + "This is your authoritative history. After compaction, read here to resume.",
+    "",
+    "### todo.md",
+    "",
+    "When a wake brings more than one thing you need to handle — a batch of unread messages, a " + "multi-step request, work interrupted by new inbound — write the queue to `./todo.md` " + "before you start on the first item. Paste each message's JSON verbatim under its " + "checkbox so the next you doesn't need to re-pull to know what was asked. **Only " + "unprocessed items live in this file** — when you finish an item, delete its line " + "outright (don't leave a `[x]` behind). Delete the file when the last one is gone.",
+    "",
+    "Shape:",
+    "",
+    "```md",
+    "# todo",
+    "",
+    '- [ ] {"seq": "#42", "channel": "/demo/general", "sender": "@alice#0001", "content": {"text": "can you pull the latest deploy logs and drop the tail here?"}, "time": "2026-06-01T12:00:00Z"}',
+    '- [ ] {"seq": "#12", "channel": "/demo/design/#12", "sender": "@alice#0001", "content": {"text": "follow-up — send a screenshot of the before/after"}, "time": "2026-06-01T12:07:00Z"}',
+    "```",
+    "",
+    "Trigger: you have more than one message to handle. Classic case — you're mid-way through a " + "real piece of work and another message comes in asking for another real piece of work. " + "That's the moment to update todo.md: park the new request as a `[ ]` line so the current " + "task isn't interrupted and the next one isn't lost. No todo.md needed when there's just " + "one thing on your plate. Given your memory situation, an empty (or absent) todo.md is " + "the only reliable signal that nothing was dropped."
   ].join(`
 `);
 }
@@ -2385,16 +2694,6 @@ function writeAgentFile(workDir, systemPromptContent) {
 }
 
 // src/drivers/cliTransport.ts
-var DEFAULT_ACTIVE_CAPABILITIES = [
-  "send",
-  "read",
-  "mentions",
-  "tasks",
-  "reactions",
-  "server",
-  "channels",
-  "knowledge"
-];
 var DEFAULT_CLI_CONFIG = {
   cliName: "alook",
   envPrefix: "ALOOK",
@@ -2406,7 +2705,6 @@ function resolveStateHome(envPrefix) {
 async function prepareCliTransport(ctx, extraEnv = {}, cli = DEFAULT_CLI_CONFIG, platform = process.platform) {
   const E = cli.envPrefix;
   const stateHome = resolveStateHome(E);
-  const capabilities = cli.activeCapabilities ?? DEFAULT_ACTIVE_CAPABILITIES;
   const stateDir = path4.join(ctx.workingDirectory, cli.stateDirName);
   await fs5.promises.mkdir(stateDir, { recursive: true });
   if (ctx.standingPrompt)
@@ -2415,6 +2713,15 @@ async function prepareCliTransport(ctx, extraEnv = {}, cli = DEFAULT_CLI_CONFIG,
   if (!ctx.credentialProxy) {
     throw new Error("prepareCliTransport: ctx.credentialProxy is required — start a credential proxy " + "(see src/credentials) and pass { broker, proxyUrl }. There is no plaintext mode.");
   }
+  const capabilities = ctx.credentialProxy.capabilities;
+  if (!Array.isArray(capabilities)) {
+    throw new Error("prepareCliTransport: credentialProxy.capabilities is required " + "(empty array is allowed for zero-capability launches; undefined is a wiring bug)");
+  }
+  for (const c of capabilities) {
+    if (typeof c !== "string" || c.includes(",")) {
+      throw new Error(`prepareCliTransport: capability entry ${JSON.stringify(c)} contains a comma ` + `(each capability must be a single token; use ["send","read"] instead of ["send,read"])`);
+    }
+  }
   ctx.credentialProxy.broker.revokeAgent(ctx.agentId);
   const reg = ctx.credentialProxy.broker.mint(ctx.agentId, ctx.launchId ?? "default", capabilities, ctx.credentialProxy.runnerKey);
   const tokenFile = reg.voucherFile;
@@ -2515,17 +2822,28 @@ function firstExistingPath(candidates) {
   }
   return null;
 }
+function looksLikeVersion(line) {
+  return /\d+\.\d+/.test(line);
+}
 function needsWindowsShimShell(command, platform) {
   return platform === "win32" && /\.(cmd|bat)$/i.test(command);
 }
 function probeCommandVersion(command, args = [], deps = {}, platform = process.platform) {
   try {
     const shell = needsWindowsShimShell(command, platform);
-    const out = execFileSync(command, [...args, "--version"], { encoding: "utf8", timeout: 5000, shell });
+    const out = execFileSync(command, [...args, "--version"], {
+      encoding: "utf8",
+      timeout: 5000,
+      shell,
+      input: "",
+      env: { ...process.env, CI: "1" }
+    });
     const line = out.split(`
 `)[0]?.trim();
     if (!line)
       return { ok: false, error: "empty_version_output" };
+    if (!looksLikeVersion(line))
+      return { ok: false, error: "invalid_version_output" };
     return { ok: true, version: line };
   } catch (err) {
     const code = err?.code ?? err?.code ?? "version_probe_failed";
@@ -4027,6 +4345,16 @@ function deriveAuditLogSubcommand(pathname) {
     return null;
   return sub;
 }
+function emitImplicitTypingStopOnSend(args) {
+  if (args.subcommand !== "send")
+    return;
+  const emit = args.reportAgentTypingStop;
+  if (!emit)
+    return;
+  for (const dmConversationId of args.typingTracker.snapshot(args.agentId)) {
+    emit({ agentId: args.agentId, dmConversationId });
+  }
+}
 async function createDaemon(opts) {
   const log = opts.logger ?? createLogger({ header: "@alook/daemon" });
   const fallbackBase = (process.env.ALOOK_PROJECT_ROOT || `${homedir2()}/.alook`) + "/daemon";
@@ -4047,6 +4375,7 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
       event
     });
   };
+  const typingTracker = createTypingScopeTracker();
   const broker = new CredentialBroker({ upstreamBaseUrl: opts.serverUrl });
   const proxy = await startCredentialProxy(broker, {
     onInboxPullResponse: (agentId, messages) => timeline2.appendEntryForAgent(agentId, messages),
@@ -4059,9 +4388,44 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
         kind: "cli_invocation",
         payload: { subcommand }
       }, context);
+      emitImplicitTypingStopOnSend({
+        subcommand,
+        agentId,
+        typingTracker,
+        reportAgentTypingStop: channelRef?.reportAgentTypingStop?.bind(channelRef)
+      });
     }
   });
   const enrolledKeys = new Map;
+  const typingHeartbeats = new Map;
+  const TYPING_HEARTBEAT_MS = 5000;
+  function stopTypingHeartbeat(agentId) {
+    const timer = typingHeartbeats.get(agentId);
+    if (timer) {
+      clearInterval(timer);
+      typingHeartbeats.delete(agentId);
+    }
+  }
+  function startTypingHeartbeat(agentId) {
+    stopTypingHeartbeat(agentId);
+    for (const dmConversationId of typingTracker.snapshot(agentId)) {
+      channel.reportAgentTyping?.({ agentId, dmConversationId });
+    }
+    const timer = setInterval(() => {
+      for (const dmConversationId of typingTracker.snapshot(agentId)) {
+        channel.reportAgentTyping?.({ agentId, dmConversationId });
+      }
+    }, TYPING_HEARTBEAT_MS);
+    timer.unref?.();
+    typingHeartbeats.set(agentId, timer);
+  }
+  function emitTypingStopsAndClear(agentId) {
+    stopTypingHeartbeat(agentId);
+    for (const dmConversationId of typingTracker.snapshot(agentId)) {
+      channel.reportAgentTypingStop?.({ agentId, dmConversationId });
+    }
+    typingTracker.clear(agentId);
+  }
   const botsById = new Map;
   async function listMyBotsHttp() {
     const res = await fetch(`${opts.serverUrl}/api/community/daemon/bots`, {
@@ -4212,7 +4576,7 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
       return {
         agentId,
         workingDirectory: workdirFor(agentId),
-        credentialProxy: { broker, proxyUrl: proxy.url, runnerKey },
+        credentialProxy: { broker, proxyUrl: proxy.url, runnerKey, capabilities: opts.capabilities },
         agentCliPath: resolvedCliPath ?? opts.agentCliPath,
         config: {
           ...botMeta?.name ? { agentName: botMeta.name } : {},
@@ -4224,12 +4588,22 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
     },
     tickIntervalMs: opts.tickIntervalMs ?? 2000,
     onAgentSession: (info) => void channel.reportAgentSession(info),
-    onAgentActivity: (info) => void channel.reportAgentActivity?.(info),
+    onAgentActivity: (info) => {
+      channel.reportAgentActivity?.(info);
+      if (info.state === "starting" || info.state === "running") {
+        if (!typingHeartbeats.has(info.agentId)) {
+          startTypingHeartbeat(info.agentId);
+        }
+      } else {
+        emitTypingStopsAndClear(info.agentId);
+      }
+    },
     onBotAuditEvent: (agentId, event, context) => emitBotAuditEvent(agentId, event, context),
     onAgentLocallyStopped: (info) => router?.markLocallyStopped(info.agentId),
     sdkDriverDepsFor: (ctx) => createPiSdkDriverDeps(ctx),
     timeline: timeline2,
     wakePromptFooter: "Use `alook inbox pull` to read your messages, then reply with `alook message send`.",
+    stampWakePromptTime: true,
     logger: log.child("manager")
   });
   managerRef = manager;
@@ -4243,6 +4617,7 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
     arch: opts.arch,
     osRelease: opts.osRelease,
     daemonVersion: opts.daemonVersion,
+    typingTracker,
     logger: log.child("router"),
     onBeforeAgent: async (agentId) => {
       if (!botsById.has(agentId)) {
@@ -4279,6 +4654,9 @@ async function createDaemon(opts) {
     isOpen: () => channel.status === "open",
     proxyUrl: proxy.url,
     stop: async () => {
+      for (const agentId of [...typingHeartbeats.keys()]) {
+        emitTypingStopsAndClear(agentId);
+      }
       channel.close();
       await proxy.close();
       await manager.stopAll();
@@ -4564,7 +4942,7 @@ async function daemonStart(opts) {
 }
 
 // ../shared/src/lib/invite-link.ts
-var INVITE_URL_RE = /(?:https?:\/\/[^\s/]+)?\/community\/invite\/([A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,64})/;
+var INVITE_URL_RE = /(?:https?:\/\/[^\s/]+)?\/c\/invite\/([A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,64})/;
 var BARE_TOKEN_RE = /^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{6,64}$/;
 function parseInviteToken(input) {
   const trimmed = input.trim();
@@ -4577,6 +4955,10 @@ function parseInviteToken(input) {
 }
 
 // src/cli/index.ts
+function messagesInLocalTime(messages) {
+  return messages.map((m) => ({ ...m, time: toLocalISO(m.time) }));
+}
+
 class CliError extends Error {
 }
 function printEnvelope(env) {
@@ -4749,6 +5131,7 @@ async function cmdInboxPull(opts) {
   const agent = agentId(opts);
   const max = opts.max ? Number(opts.max) : undefined;
   const { messages, hasMore } = await api.inboxPull({ agentId: agent, max });
+  const pulledAt = nowLocalISO();
   let acked = 0;
   if (opts.ack !== false && messages.length > 0) {
     const latest = new Map;
@@ -4761,7 +5144,7 @@ async function cmdInboxPull(opts) {
     await api.ack({ agentId: agent, cursors: [...latest.values()] });
     acked = latest.size;
   }
-  return { messages, hasMore, acked };
+  return { messages: messagesInLocalTime(messages), hasMore, acked, pulledAt };
 }
 async function cmdServerList(opts) {
   const api = getApi();
@@ -4796,8 +5179,15 @@ async function cmdChannelList(opts) {
   const server = opts.server;
   if (!server)
     throw new CliError("channel list: --server <id-or-name> is required");
-  const { channels } = await api.listChannels({ agentId: agent, server });
-  return { channels };
+  return await api.listChannels({ agentId: agent, server });
+}
+async function cmdChannelMember(opts) {
+  const api = getApi();
+  const agent = agentId(opts);
+  const channel = opts.channel;
+  if (!channel)
+    throw new CliError("channel member: --channel <ref> is required");
+  return await api.channelMember({ agentId: agent, channel });
 }
 async function cmdChannelHistory(opts) {
   const api = getApi();
@@ -4814,7 +5204,7 @@ async function cmdChannelHistory(opts) {
     around: toSeq(opts.around),
     limit: toSeq(opts.limit)
   });
-  return { items, hasMore, ...latestSeq !== undefined ? { latestSeq } : {} };
+  return { items: messagesInLocalTime(items), hasMore, ...latestSeq !== undefined ? { latestSeq } : {} };
 }
 function buildProgram() {
   const program = new Command("alook").description("agent CLI").exitOverride().configureOutput({
@@ -4885,6 +5275,12 @@ function buildProgram() {
     const result = await cmdChannelHistory({ ...globalOpts, ...localOpts });
     printEnvelope({ success: result });
   });
+  channel.command("member").description("fetch the followed members of a channel or thread; public channels return a hint pointing at `alook server member`").option("--channel <ref>", "channel/thread ref (path-style)").exitOverride().configureOutput({ writeOut: () => {}, writeErr: () => {} }).action(async function() {
+    const localOpts = this.opts();
+    const globalOpts = program.opts();
+    const result = await cmdChannelMember({ ...globalOpts, ...localOpts });
+    printEnvelope({ success: result });
+  });
   const daemon = program.command("daemon").description("daemon operations").exitOverride();
   daemon.configureOutput({ writeOut: () => {}, writeErr: () => {} });
   daemon.command("start").description("start the daemon (connects to server, manages agent lifecycles)").requiredOption("--machine-key <key>", "machine key for server authentication").option("--server-url <url>", "server HTTP URL (or ALOOK_SERVER_URL env)").option("--ws-url <url>", "server WebSocket URL (or ALOOK_SERVER_WS_URL env)").option("--base-dir <path>", "data directory for agent workspaces and pidfile (or ALOOK_DATA_DIR env)").exitOverride().configureOutput({ writeOut: () => {}, writeErr: () => {} }).action(async function() {