@ashx-j/lunr 0.2.12 → 0.2.13

package/dist/modes/interactive/components/settings-selector.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Container, getCapabilities, getKeybindings, Input, SelectList, Settings
 import { getCustomizeBridge } from "../../../core/customize.js";
 import { formatHttpIdleTimeoutMs, HTTP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_CHOICES } from "../../../core/http-dispatcher.js";
 import { MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_DEFAULT, MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MAX, MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MIN } from "../../../core/memory-cap.js";
+import { SKILL_TAG_CHARACTERS, } from "../../../core/settings-manager.js";
 import { getSelectListTheme, getSettingsListTheme, parseAutoThemeSetting, theme, } from "../theme/theme.js";
 import { DynamicBorder } from "./dynamic-border.js";
 import { keyDisplayText } from "./keybinding-hints.js";
@@ -28,17 +29,17 @@ const MODEL_TIER_ROWS = [
     {
         tier: "light",
         label: "Light tier model",
-        description: "Cheap/fast model for simple subagent tasks (lookups, formatting)",
+        description: "Fast, low-cost model for simple subagent tasks",
     },
     {
         tier: "standard",
         label: "Standard tier model",
-        description: "Mid-tier model for typical coding subagent tasks",
+        description: "Balanced model for everyday coding tasks",
     },
     {
         tier: "heavy",
         label: "Heavy tier model",
-        description: "Strongest model for deep reasoning and complex debugging subagents",
+        description: "Strong model for complex reasoning and debugging",
     },
 ];
 /**
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ class ModelTiersSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "enabled",
                 label: "Enable model tiers",
-                description: "Route subagents to per-tier models. An explicit model choice overrides the tier; tiers without a model inherit the parent model.",
+                description: "Route subagent work by model tier",
                 currentValue: this.state.enabled ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
@@ -83,11 +84,15 @@ class ModelTiersSubmenu extends Container {
                     {
                         id: `${tier}-thinking`,
                         label: `${row.label.replace(" model", "")} thinking`,
-                        description: "Reasoning depth for this tier. Inherit uses the parent session level.",
+                        description: "Reasoning level for this tier",
                         currentValue: this.state[tKey] ?? "inherit",
                         disabled: () => !this.state.enabled,
-                        submenu: (_currentValue, done) => new SelectSubmenu(`${row.label} thinking`, "Unset inherits the parent session thinking level.", [
-                            { value: "inherit", label: "inherit", description: "Use the parent session thinking level" },
+                        submenu: (_currentValue, done) => new SelectSubmenu(`${row.label} thinking`, "Inherit uses the parent session's reasoning level", [
+                            {
+                                value: "inherit",
+                                label: "inherit",
+                                description: "Use the parent session's reasoning level",
+                            },
                             ...callbacks.getTierThinkingLevels(tier).map((level) => ({
                                 value: level,
                                 label: level,
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ class MemoryCharCapSubmenu extends Container {
         super();
         this.addChild(new Text(theme.bold(theme.fg("accent", "Memory Character Cap")), 0, 0));
         this.addChild(new Spacer(1));
-        this.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", `Max characters in the memory file (${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MIN}-${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MAX}, default ${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_DEFAULT}).`), 0, 0));
+        this.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", `Maximum agent memory size (${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MIN} to ${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MAX} characters, default ${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_DEFAULT})`), 0, 0));
         this.addChild(new Spacer(1));
         this.input = new Input();
         this.input.setValue(currentValue);
@@ -169,84 +174,84 @@ class CustomizeSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "gutter-rail",
                 label: "Gutter rail",
-                description: "Render a thin left │ rail spanning each turn, closing with ╰.",
+                description: "Turn boundary rail",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getGutterRail() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "prompt-symbol",
                 label: "Prompt symbol",
-                description: "Show the ☾ › prompt glyph on the editor's first line.",
+                description: "Moon prompt glyph",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getPromptSymbol() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-mcp",
                 label: "Footer: MCP status",
-                description: "Show the MCP server status segment in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "MCP server status",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterMcp() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-lsp",
                 label: "Footer: LSP status",
-                description: "Show the LSP status segment in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Language server status",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterLsp() ?? false) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-context",
                 label: "Footer: context meter",
-                description: "Show the context-usage pct/window segment in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Context usage",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterContext() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-tokens",
                 label: "Footer: token counter",
-                description: "Show the ↑in ↓out token totals segment in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Input and output token counts",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterTokens() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-cache-hit-rate",
                 label: "Footer: cache hit rate",
-                description: "Show the latest prompt cache-hit rate when cache usage is reported.",
+                description: "Latest prompt cache hit rate",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterCacheHitRate() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-tps",
                 label: "Footer: TPS counter",
-                description: "Show the ✓ 174.0 t/s · tokens-in-time segment in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Token generation speed",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterTps() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-statuses",
                 label: "Footer: feature statuses",
-                description: "Show the plan/goal/swarm status segments in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Active plan, goal, and swarm status",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterStatuses() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-git",
                 label: "Footer: git branch",
-                description: "Show the current git branch and added/removed line counts in the footer stats line.",
+                description: "Git branch and line changes",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterGit() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-plan",
                 label: "Footer: plan usage",
-                description: "Show the live subscription usage percent when the current model is on a plan.",
+                description: "Subscription usage percentage",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterPlan() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "footer-plan-bar",
                 label: "Footer: plan bar",
-                description: "Show the filled █░ bar next to the plan percent. Off keeps the percent only.",
+                description: "Bar beside the subscription usage percentage",
                 currentValue: (bridge?.getFooterPlanBar() ?? true) ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
@@ -308,8 +313,7 @@ class RollbackSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rollback-enabled",
                 label: "Rollback enabled",
-                description: "Copy files before edits so /rollback can restore them. Uses extra disk + processing." +
-                    (sessionForceEnabled ? " (forced on by auto mode)" : ""),
+                description: `Save file snapshots for /rollback${sessionForceEnabled ? ". Always on in Auto mode" : ""}`,
                 currentValue: this.enabled ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
                 disabled: () => sessionForceEnabled,
@@ -317,7 +321,7 @@ class RollbackSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rollback-turns",
                 label: "Rollback turns",
-                description: `How many turns of snapshots to retain (1-20, default 2).`,
+                description: "Number of turns kept for rollback",
                 currentValue: String(config.rollbackTurns),
                 disabled: () => !this.enabled,
                 submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new RollbackTurnsSubmenu(currentValue, submenuDone),
@@ -325,24 +329,24 @@ class RollbackSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rollback-capture",
                 label: "Capture mode",
-                description: "How snapshots are taken: copies = restore edited files + delete tool-created files, hybrid = also delete files created outside tools (tree scope), shadow-git = hidden git repo (needs git).",
+                description: "How rollback snapshots are stored",
                 currentValue: config.rollbackCapture,
                 disabled: () => !this.enabled,
-                submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Rollback Capture Mode", "How file snapshots are captured before edits.", [
+                submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Rollback Capture Mode", "Snapshot storage method", [
                     {
                         value: "copies",
                         label: "copies",
-                        description: "fast; restores edits, deletes tool-created files",
+                        description: "File copies for tool edits and created files",
                     },
                     {
                         value: "hybrid",
                         label: "hybrid",
-                        description: "also deletes files created outside tools (tree scope)",
+                        description: "Track files created outside tools with tree scope",
                     },
                     {
                         value: "shadow-git",
                         label: "shadow-git",
-                        description: "needs git, hidden repo — deferred, falls back to copies",
+                        description: "Reserved mode; currently falls back to copies",
                     },
                 ], currentValue, (value) => {
                     callbacks.onRollbackCaptureChange(value);
@@ -352,15 +356,15 @@ class RollbackSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rollback-scope",
                 label: "Rollback scope",
-                description: "tools = only edit/write changes; tree = also catches bash side-effects via git status (slower on large repos).",
+                description: "Which file changes rollback tracks",
                 currentValue: config.rollbackScope,
                 disabled: () => !this.enabled,
-                submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Rollback Scope", "What file changes to snapshot.", [
-                    { value: "tools", label: "tools", description: "only edit/write tool changes" },
+                submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Rollback Scope", "File changes included in snapshots", [
+                    { value: "tools", label: "tools", description: "Changes made by edit and write tools" },
                     {
                         value: "tree",
                         label: "tree",
-                        description: "also catches bash side-effects; slower on large repos",
+                        description: "Tool and shell changes across the repository",
                     },
                 ], currentValue, (value) => {
                     callbacks.onRollbackScopeChange(value);
@@ -392,7 +396,7 @@ class RollbackTurnsSubmenu extends Container {
         super();
         this.addChild(new Text(theme.bold(theme.fg("accent", "Rollback Turns")), 0, 0));
         this.addChild(new Spacer(1));
-        this.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", "How many turns of snapshots to retain (1-20, default 2)."), 0, 0));
+        this.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", "Number of turns kept for rollback (1 to 20, default 2)"), 0, 0));
         this.addChild(new Spacer(1));
         this.input = new Input();
         this.input.setValue(currentValue);
@@ -463,8 +467,8 @@ class SubscriptionActionSubmenu extends Container {
                 id: "set-active",
                 label: "Set active",
                 description: subs.autoManage()
-                    ? "Manual switching is disabled while Auto-manage subscriptions is on."
-                    : "Use this key for new requests.",
+                    ? "Turn off automatic key rotation to switch keys"
+                    : "Use this key for new requests",
                 currentValue: row.active ? "already active" : "activate",
                 values: ["activate"],
                 disabled: () => subs.autoManage() || row.active,
@@ -472,7 +476,7 @@ class SubscriptionActionSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rename",
                 label: "Rename",
-                description: "Display name for this key.",
+                description: "Change the key's display name",
                 currentValue: row.name,
                 submenu: (currentValue, renameDone) => new SubscriptionRenameSubmenu(currentValue, (name) => {
                     if (name === undefined) {
@@ -491,7 +495,7 @@ class SubscriptionActionSubmenu extends Container {
                 label: "Clear exhausted flag",
                 description: row.exhaustedUntil !== undefined
                     ? `Marked exhausted until ${formatSubscriptionExhaustedUntil(row.exhaustedUntil)}.`
-                    : "Only available for keys marked exhausted.",
+                    : "Unavailable until the key is marked exhausted",
                 currentValue: "clear",
                 values: ["clear"],
                 disabled: () => row.exhaustedUntil === undefined,
@@ -499,9 +503,9 @@ class SubscriptionActionSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "remove",
                 label: "Remove",
-                description: "Delete this key. Removing the provider's last key logs it out completely.",
+                description: "Delete this stored key",
                 currentValue: "remove…",
-                submenu: (_currentValue, confirmDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Remove Subscription", `Remove "${row.name}" (${row.providerName})? Removing the provider's last key logs it out.`, [
+                submenu: (_currentValue, confirmDone) => new SelectSubmenu("Remove Subscription", `Delete "${row.name}" from ${row.providerName}? The last key also logs out the provider.`, [
                     { value: "cancel", label: "Cancel" },
                     { value: "remove", label: "Remove key" },
                 ], "cancel", (value) => {
@@ -651,7 +655,7 @@ function singleModeThemeItems(availableThemes) {
         {
             value: AUTOMATIC_THEME_VALUE,
             label: "Automatic",
-            description: "Use separate themes for light and dark terminal appearance",
+            description: "Follow the terminal's light or dark appearance",
         },
         ...themeItems(availableThemes),
     ];
@@ -713,7 +717,7 @@ class ThemeSubmenu extends Container {
     }
     showSingleMenu() {
         this.mode = "single";
-        const menu = new SelectSubmenu("Theme", "Select a theme, or choose Automatic to follow terminal appearance.", singleModeThemeItems(this.availableThemes), this.singleTheme, (value) => {
+        const menu = new SelectSubmenu("Theme", "Choose a theme or follow terminal appearance", singleModeThemeItems(this.availableThemes), this.singleTheme, (value) => {
             if (value === AUTOMATIC_THEME_VALUE) {
                 this.mode = "automatic";
                 this.callbacks.onThemePreview?.(this.getThemeSetting());
@@ -732,16 +736,16 @@ class ThemeSubmenu extends Container {
         const content = new Container();
         content.addChild(new Text(theme.bold(theme.fg("accent", "Automatic Theme")), 0, 0));
         content.addChild(new Spacer(1));
-        content.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", "Choose themes for terminal light and dark appearance."), 0, 0));
+        content.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", "Use different themes for light and dark terminals."), 0, 0));
         content.addChild(new Text(theme.fg("muted", "Light/dark detection requires terminal support."), 0, 0));
         content.addChild(new Spacer(1));
         const items = [
             {
                 id: "light-theme",
                 label: "Light theme",
-                description: "Theme to use in automatic mode when the terminal is light",
+                description: "Theme for light terminals",
                 currentValue: this.lightTheme,
-                submenu: (currentValue, done) => this.createThemeSelect("Light Theme", "Select the theme to use for light terminal appearance", currentValue, done, (value) => {
+                submenu: (currentValue, done) => this.createThemeSelect("Light Theme", "Theme for light terminals", currentValue, done, (value) => {
                     this.lightTheme = value;
                     this.callbacks.onThemePreview?.(this.getThemeSetting());
                     done(value);
@@ -750,9 +754,9 @@ class ThemeSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "dark-theme",
                 label: "Dark theme",
-                description: "Theme to use in automatic mode when the terminal is dark",
+                description: "Theme for dark terminals",
                 currentValue: this.darkTheme,
-                submenu: (currentValue, done) => this.createThemeSelect("Dark Theme", "Select the theme to use for dark terminal appearance", currentValue, done, (value) => {
+                submenu: (currentValue, done) => this.createThemeSelect("Dark Theme", "Theme for dark terminals", currentValue, done, (value) => {
                     this.darkTheme = value;
                     this.callbacks.onThemePreview?.(this.getThemeSetting());
                     done(value);
@@ -761,14 +765,14 @@ class ThemeSubmenu extends Container {
             {
                 id: "apply",
                 label: "Apply",
-                description: "Save and go back",
+                description: "Save theme settings",
                 currentValue: "save and go back",
                 values: ["save and go back"],
             },
             {
                 id: "single-mode",
                 label: "Change mode",
-                description: "Switch to one theme for light and dark",
+                description: "Use one theme for all terminal appearances",
                 currentValue: "switch to single theme",
                 values: ["switch to single theme"],
             },
@@ -826,42 +830,42 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "autocompact",
                 label: "Auto-compact",
-                description: "Automatically compact context when it gets too large",
+                description: "Compact context before it reaches the model limit",
                 currentValue: config.autoCompact ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             },
             {
                 id: "steering-mode",
                 label: "Steering mode",
-                description: "Enter while streaming queues steering messages. 'one-at-a-time': deliver one, wait for response. 'all': deliver all at once.",
+                description: "How new messages interrupt a streaming response",
                 currentValue: config.steeringMode,
                 values: ["one-at-a-time", "all"],
             },
             {
                 id: "follow-up-mode",
                 label: "Follow-up mode",
-                description: `${followUpKey} queues follow-up messages until agent stops. 'one-at-a-time': deliver one, wait for response. 'all': deliver all at once.`,
+                description: `How ${followUpKey} messages run after the current response`,
                 currentValue: config.followUpMode,
                 values: ["one-at-a-time", "all"],
             },
             {
                 id: "transport",
                 label: "Transport",
-                description: "Preferred transport for providers that support multiple transports",
+                description: "Connection method for supported providers",
                 currentValue: config.transport,
                 values: ["sse", "websocket", "websocket-cached", "auto"],
             },
             {
                 id: "http-idle-timeout",
                 label: "HTTP idle timeout",
-                description: "Maximum idle gap while waiting for HTTP headers or body chunks. Disable for local models that pause longer than five minutes.",
+                description: "Time before an inactive HTTP request times out",
                 currentValue: formatHttpIdleTimeoutMs(config.httpIdleTimeoutMs),
                 values: HTTP_IDLE_TIMEOUT_CHOICES.map((choice) => choice.label),
             },
             {
                 id: "hide-thinking",
                 label: "Hide thinking",
-                description: "Hide thinking blocks in assistant responses",
+                description: "Thinking block visibility",
                 currentValue: config.hideThinkingBlock ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             },
@@ -870,7 +874,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
                 // "✻ Thought for Xs" + first sentence. Disabled when thinking is hidden.
                 id: "thinking-collapse",
                 label: "Collapse thinking",
-                description: "Collapse completed thinking blocks to a short summary",
+                description: "Short summaries for completed thinking",
                 currentValue: config.thinkingCollapse ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
                 disabled: () => config.hideThinkingBlock,
@@ -878,7 +882,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "cache-miss-notices",
                 label: "Cache miss notices",
-                description: "Show transcript notices for significant prompt-cache misses",
+                description: "Prompt cache miss notices in the transcript",
                 currentValue: config.showCacheMissNotices ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             },
@@ -887,35 +891,35 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
                 // applies; the row displays "short" as the implicit default.
                 id: "cache-retention",
                 label: "Cache retention",
-                description: "Prompt-cache TTL: short (5 min), long (1h where supported), or none",
+                description: "Prompt cache lifetime",
                 currentValue: config.cacheRetention,
                 values: ["short", "long", "none"],
             },
             {
                 id: "quiet-startup",
                 label: "Quiet startup",
-                description: "Disable verbose printing at startup",
+                description: "Startup log visibility",
                 currentValue: config.quietStartup ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             },
             {
                 id: "smooth-streaming",
                 label: "Smooth streaming",
-                description: "Reveal responses grapheme by grapheme (~30 FPS typewriter)",
+                description: "Typewriter-style response streaming",
                 currentValue: config.smoothStreaming ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             },
             {
                 id: "agent-memory",
                 label: "Agent memory",
-                description: "Inject durable facts and allow the model to add, inspect, and remove them.",
+                description: "Durable facts the agent can manage",
                 currentValue: config.memoryEnabled ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
             {
                 id: "memory-char-cap",
                 label: "Memory character cap",
-                description: `Max characters in the durable-facts memory file (${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MIN}-${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_MAX}, default ${MEMORY_CHAR_CAP_DEFAULT}). Also settable via /memory-char-cap.`,
+                description: "Maximum agent memory size",
                 currentValue: String(config.memoryCharCap),
                 submenu: (currentValue, submenuDone) => new MemoryCharCapSubmenu(currentValue, submenuDone),
             },
@@ -923,52 +927,52 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
                 id: "search-curator",
                 label: "Search curator",
                 description: curatorAvailable
-                    ? "pi-web-access search curator: off = raw results, on = browser curator with summary draft, auto-summary = summary without the curator. Also settable via /curator."
-                    : "pi-web-access is not loaded; the search curator is unavailable.",
+                    ? "Web search review and summary mode"
+                    : "Unavailable because web access is not loaded",
                 currentValue: config.searchCurator ?? "unavailable",
                 values: curatorAvailable ? SEARCH_CURATOR_VALUES : undefined,
             },
             {
                 id: "session-retention-days",
                 label: "Session retention",
-                description: "Auto-delete session files older than N days at launch (0 = keep forever)",
+                description: "How long session files are kept",
                 currentValue: String(config.sessionRetentionDays),
                 values: ["0", "7", "14", "30", "60", "90", "365"],
             },
             {
                 id: "default-project-trust",
                 label: "Default project trust",
-                description: "Fallback behavior when no extension or saved trust decision decides project trust",
+                description: "Trust choice when a project has no saved decision",
                 currentValue: DEFAULT_PROJECT_TRUST_LABELS[config.defaultProjectTrust],
                 values: Object.values(DEFAULT_PROJECT_TRUST_LABELS),
             },
             {
                 id: "default-permission-mode",
                 label: "Default permission mode",
-                description: "Permission mode new sessions start with: manual = approve every action, yolo = auto-approve tools, plan = read-only, auto = fully autonomous. Change per-session with /mode or Shift+Tab.",
+                description: "Starting permission mode for new sessions",
                 currentValue: config.defaultPermissionMode,
                 values: ["manual", "yolo", "plan", "auto"],
             },
             {
                 id: "double-escape-action",
                 label: "Double-escape action",
-                description: "Action when pressing Escape twice with empty editor",
+                description: "Action for double Escape in an empty editor",
                 currentValue: config.doubleEscapeAction,
                 values: ["tree", "fork", "none"],
             },
             {
                 id: "tree-filter-mode",
                 label: "Tree filter mode",
-                description: "Default filter when opening /tree",
+                description: "Default /tree filter",
                 currentValue: config.treeFilterMode,
                 values: ["default", "no-tools", "user-only", "labeled-only", "all"],
             },
             {
                 id: "thinking",
                 label: "Thinking level",
-                description: "Reasoning depth for thinking-capable models",
+                description: "Reasoning level for supported models",
                 currentValue: config.thinkingLevel,
-                submenu: (currentValue, done) => new SelectSubmenu("Thinking Level", "Select reasoning depth for thinking-capable models", config.availableThinkingLevels.map((level) => ({
+                submenu: (currentValue, done) => new SelectSubmenu("Thinking Level", "Reasoning level for supported models", config.availableThinkingLevels.map((level) => ({
                     value: level,
                     label: level,
                     description: THINKING_DESCRIPTIONS[level],
@@ -980,21 +984,21 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "theme",
                 label: "Theme",
-                description: "Color theme for the interface",
+                description: "Interface color theme",
                 currentValue: config.currentTheme,
                 submenu: (currentValue, done) => new ThemeSubmenu(currentValue, config.terminalTheme, config.availableThemes, callbacks, done),
             },
             {
                 id: "model-tiers",
                 label: "Model tiers",
-                description: "Route subagents to light/standard/heavy tier models. An explicit model choice overrides the tier.",
+                description: "Subagent model routing",
                 currentValue: config.modelTiers.enabled ? "on" : "off",
                 submenu: (currentValue, done) => new ModelTiersSubmenu(currentValue, config.modelTiers, callbacks, done),
             },
             {
                 id: "plan-usage-window",
                 label: "Plan usage window",
-                description: "Preferred subscription window for the footer bar. Missing 5h falls back to weekly.",
+                description: "Subscription usage period shown in the footer",
                 currentValue: config.planUsageWindow,
                 values: ["5h", "weekly"],
             },
@@ -1002,7 +1006,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "customize",
                 label: "Customize",
-                description: "lunR TUI customizations: gutter rail, prompt symbol, footer segments",
+                description: "Interface and footer options",
                 currentValue: "configure",
                 submenu: (_currentValue, done) => new CustomizeSubmenu(config, callbacks, done),
             },
@@ -1010,7 +1014,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "rollback",
                 label: "Rollback",
-                description: "Pre-edit file snapshots so /rollback can restore them. Capture mode, scope, retention.",
+                description: "Rollback behavior options",
                 currentValue: config.rollbackEnabled ? "on" : "off",
                 submenu: (currentValue, done) => new RollbackSubmenu(currentValue, config, callbacks, callbacks.isRollbackSessionForceEnabled(), done),
             },
@@ -1018,7 +1022,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             {
                 id: "auto-manage-subscriptions",
                 label: "Auto-manage subscriptions",
-                description: "When on, lunr rotates API keys automatically on usage limits and the model selector won't offer manual subscription switching.",
+                description: "Automatic API key rotation after usage limits",
                 currentValue: config.autoManageSubscriptions ? "on" : "off",
                 values: ["on", "off"],
             },
@@ -1029,7 +1033,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             items.push({
                 id: "subscriptions",
                 label: "Subscriptions",
-                description: "Per-provider API key pools: set the active key, rename, clear exhaustion, remove.",
+                description: "Saved API key management",
                 currentValue: config.subscriptionCount === 0
                     ? "none"
                     : `${config.subscriptionCount} key${config.subscriptionCount === 1 ? "" : "s"}`,
@@ -1042,14 +1046,14 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
             items.splice(1, 0, {
                 id: "show-images",
                 label: "Show images",
-                description: "Render images inline in terminal",
+                description: "Inline terminal image rendering",
                 currentValue: config.showImages ? "true" : "false",
                 values: ["true", "false"],
             });
             items.splice(2, 0, {
                 id: "image-width-cells",
                 label: "Image width",
-                description: "Preferred inline image width in terminal cells",
+                description: "Inline image width in terminal cells",
                 currentValue: String(config.imageWidthCells),
                 values: ["60", "80", "120"],
             });
@@ -1058,7 +1062,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(supportsImages ? 3 : 1, 0, {
             id: "auto-resize-images",
             label: "Auto-resize images",
-            description: "Resize large images to 2000x2000 max for better model compatibility",
+            description: "Limit images to 2000 x 2000 pixels",
             currentValue: config.autoResizeImages ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
@@ -1067,7 +1071,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(autoResizeIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "block-images",
             label: "Block images",
-            description: "Prevent images from being sent to LLM providers",
+            description: "Prevent images from reaching model providers",
             currentValue: config.blockImages ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
@@ -1076,16 +1080,25 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(blockImagesIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "skill-commands",
             label: "Skill commands",
-            description: "Register skills as /skill:name commands",
+            description: "Skills as /skill:name commands",
             currentValue: config.enableSkillCommands ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
-        // Hardware cursor toggle (insert after skill-commands)
+        // Skill tag character (insert after skill-commands)
         const skillCommandsIndex = items.findIndex((item) => item.id === "skill-commands");
         items.splice(skillCommandsIndex + 1, 0, {
+            id: "skill-tag-character",
+            label: "Skill tag",
+            description: "After a space, this character lists skills to tag in the message",
+            currentValue: config.skillTagCharacter,
+            values: [...SKILL_TAG_CHARACTERS],
+        });
+        // Hardware cursor toggle (insert after skill-tag-character)
+        const skillTagIndex = items.findIndex((item) => item.id === "skill-tag-character");
+        items.splice(skillTagIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "show-hardware-cursor",
             label: "Show hardware cursor",
-            description: "Show the terminal cursor while still positioning it for IME support",
+            description: "Terminal cursor for input method editors",
             currentValue: config.showHardwareCursor ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
@@ -1094,7 +1107,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(hardwareCursorIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "editor-padding",
             label: "Editor padding",
-            description: "Horizontal padding for input editor (0-3)",
+            description: "Horizontal editor padding",
             currentValue: String(config.editorPaddingX),
             values: ["0", "1", "2", "3"],
         });
@@ -1103,7 +1116,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(editorPaddingIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "output-padding",
             label: "Output padding",
-            description: "Horizontal padding for user messages, assistant messages, and thinking",
+            description: "Horizontal message padding",
             currentValue: String(config.outputPad),
             values: ["0", "1"],
         });
@@ -1112,7 +1125,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(outputPaddingIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "autocomplete-max-visible",
             label: "Autocomplete max items",
-            description: "Max visible items in autocomplete dropdown (3-20)",
+            description: "Visible autocomplete items",
             currentValue: String(config.autocompleteMaxVisible),
             values: ["3", "5", "7", "10", "15", "20"],
         });
@@ -1121,7 +1134,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(autocompleteIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "clear-on-shrink",
             label: "Clear on shrink",
-            description: "Clear empty rows when content shrinks (may cause flicker)",
+            description: "Clear leftover terminal rows when content shrinks",
             currentValue: config.clearOnShrink ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
@@ -1130,7 +1143,7 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
         items.splice(clearOnShrinkIndex + 1, 0, {
             id: "terminal-progress",
             label: "Terminal progress",
-            description: "Show OSC 9;4 progress indicators in the terminal tab bar",
+            description: "Progress in supported terminal tabs",
             currentValue: config.showTerminalProgress ? "true" : "false",
             values: ["true", "false"],
         });
@@ -1156,6 +1169,9 @@ export class SettingsSelectorComponent extends Container {
                 case "skill-commands":
                     callbacks.onEnableSkillCommandsChange(newValue === "true");
                     break;
+                case "skill-tag-character":
+                    callbacks.onSkillTagCharacterChange(newValue);
+                    break;
                 case "steering-mode":
                     callbacks.onSteeringModeChange(newValue);
                     break;