@bastani/atomic 0.9.11-alpha.4 → 0.9.11-alpha.6

package/docs/tui.md

@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ ctx.ui.setStatus("my-ext", undefined);
 
 ### Pattern 4b: Working Indicator Customization
 
-Customize the inline working indicator shown while Atomic is streaming a response.
+Customize the inline Working indicator shown from accepted interactive prompt submission through the active agent turn.
 
 ```typescript
 // Static indicator
@@ -815,11 +815,11 @@ ctx.ui.setWorkingIndicator({
 // Hide the indicator entirely
 ctx.ui.setWorkingIndicator({ frames: [] });
 
-// Restore Atomic's default spinner
+// Restore Atomic's default one-cell identity pulse
 ctx.ui.setWorkingIndicator();
 ```
 
-This only affects the normal streaming working indicator. Compaction and retry loaders keep their built-in styling. During successful post-tool autocompaction, Atomic temporarily replaces the working indicator with the compaction loader and restores the working indicator before the same stream continues; no additional user input is required. Custom frames are rendered verbatim, so extensions must add their own colors when needed.
+This affects the normal Working indicator from accepted prompt submission through response streaming. Working appears immediately during attachment and other pre-stream startup, then continues without a visible gap when the agent turn begins. A no-turn result, prompt failure, or turn completion removes it. An accepted manual retry clears stale status from the prior prompt before showing new pre-stream activity. Factual automatic retry and fallback status takes precedence while that transition is active; ordinary Working resumes only when a later Working lifecycle actually starts. With no extension override, Atomic renders the exact one-cell `∀` immediately before one of its 453 original randomized whimsical working verbs, selected once per turn. Every agent and SDK turn starts at regular weight with a fresh lifecycle-relative 88ms cadence, then follows a ten-frame, theme-aware dark → accent → bright/bold → accent → dark luminance ramp without changing glyph or geometry. Optional theme tone overrides control any desired phases exactly, including terminal palette indices 0–255; Atomic derives omitted tones from selected-surface, `accent`, and `text` roles. Dark, light, custom, and dynamically reloaded themes therefore retain their own palette. Under `NO_COLOR`, the same cadence remains visible through regular/bold weight without foreground-color escapes. Turn completion and terminal cleanup stop the timer cleanly. Restoring Atomic's default after an extension override also restarts at the dark regular phase; custom extension frames and intervals remain unchanged and render verbatim. `ATOMIC_REDUCED_MOTION=1` shows a static regular accent `∀` without an animation timer. The icon and longest message fit standard and 64-column widths. Factual status copy takes precedence. Compaction and retry loaders keep their plain built-in styling. During successful post-tool autocompaction, Atomic temporarily replaces the Working indicator with the compaction loader and restores it before the same stream continues; no additional user input is required.
 
 **Examples:** [working-indicator.ts](https://github.com/bastani-inc/atomic/blob/main/packages/coding-agent/examples/extensions/working-indicator.ts)
 

package/docs/usage.md

@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ The interface has four main areas:
 
 The editor can be replaced temporarily by built-in UI such as `/settings` or by custom extension UI.
 
+### Startup and Working Identity
+
+On an interactive TTY, the startup ∀ assembles from two separated halves in whole-column steps, lands its shadow and session identity, then reveals the one-time manifesto beat. Any key—including Ctrl+C—completes the sequence immediately before normal input routing continues. Terminals narrower than the mark show compact textual identity throughout assembly instead of a blank startup area. Quiet startup suppresses the sequence; a mounted interactive UI without a TTY, or with `ATOMIC_REDUCED_MOTION=1`, starts in the complete settled state. `NO_COLOR` suppresses foreground color across the mark, metadata, and manifesto while retaining weight emphasis.
+
+While ordinary agent work is active, the exact one-cell `∀` remains visible and follows a pronounced ten-frame dark → accent → bright/bold → accent → dark luminance ramp at an 88ms cadence. Optional theme tone overrides control any terminal-supported foreground phase exactly, including palette indices 0–255; Atomic derives omitted tones from selected-surface, `accent`, and `text` roles. Dark, light, custom, and dynamically reloaded themes therefore remain correct without changing glyph shape or geometry. It occupies the same inline, one-row footprint as the standard spinner: one glyph immediately before the existing text. Main and workflow-stage chat preserve all 453 of Atomic's original randomized whimsical working verbs, selecting one message per turn; even the longest fits the tested 64-column surface. Every agent and SDK turn resets to the dark regular phase with a fresh lifecycle-relative cadence, while turn, terminal, error, replacement, and disposal paths stop the active timer cleanly. Restoring the ordinary indicator after an extension override also resets its phase and cadence; extension-provided frames and intervals remain unchanged and render verbatim. Under `NO_COLOR`, regular/bold weight preserves visible activity without foreground-color escapes. With `ATOMIC_REDUCED_MOTION=1`, `∀` remains static, regular, and accent-colored without an animation timer. Factual retry, fallback, error, cancellation, and compaction status suppresses the thematic indicator, while blocker and human-approval/prompt surfaces hide ordinary work chrome and factual receipts remain verbatim.
+
 ### Editor Features
 
 | Feature | How |
@@ -64,8 +70,8 @@ You can submit messages while the agent is still working:
 
 - **Enter** queues a steering message, delivered after the current assistant turn finishes executing its tool calls.
 - **ALT+Enter** queues a follow-up message, delivered after the agent finishes all work.
-- **Escape** or **Ctrl+C** aborts the running agent and restores queued messages to the editor. When idle, Ctrl+C clears the editor (press twice to exit).
-- **ALT+Up** retrieves queued messages back to the editor.
+- **Escape** or **Ctrl+C** aborts active/queued work and pauses queued messages in place. They remain queued, in their original per-queue order, until you submit the next ordinary chat message; that submission resumes the chat and makes each queued item eligible once. After the abort settles, a later idle Ctrl+C clears the editor without releasing the hold, and a second quick idle press exits.
+- **ALT+Up** explicitly retrieves queued messages back to the editor without resuming them. Even when retrieval empties the queue, the pause remains active until the next ordinary submission.
 
 On Windows Terminal, ALT+Enter is fullscreen by default. Remap it as described in [Terminal setup](/terminal-setup) if you want Atomic to receive the shortcut.
 
@@ -109,6 +115,15 @@ Use context files for project conventions, commands, safety rules, and preferenc
 
 ### System Prompt Files
 
+Atomic's default `Guidelines` section applies Orwell's six writing rules to every standard session:
+
+1. Never use a familiar printed metaphor, simile, or figure of speech.
+2. Never use a long word where a short one will do.
+3. Cut every word that can be cut.
+4. Use active rather than passive voice where possible.
+5. Prefer everyday English to foreign phrases, scientific terms, and jargon.
+6. Break any rule rather than say anything outright barbarous.
+
 Replace the default system prompt with:
 
 - `.atomic/SYSTEM.md` for a project
@@ -293,6 +308,7 @@ atomic --tools read,search,find,ls -p "Review the code"
 | `ATOMIC_CODING_AGENT_DIR` | Override config directory; default is `~/.atomic/agent`. Bundled intercom runtime/config files live under its `intercom/` subdirectory |
 | `ATOMIC_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR` | Override session storage directory; overridden by `--session-dir` |
 | `ATOMIC_PACKAGE_DIR` | Override package directory, useful for Nix/Guix store paths |
+| `ATOMIC_REDUCED_MOTION` | Set to `1` to skip startup choreography and render the ordinary working identity as a static regular accent `∀` without a timer |
 | `ATOMIC_OFFLINE` | Disable startup network operations, including update checks, package update checks, and install/update telemetry |
 | `ATOMIC_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK` | Skip the Atomic version update check at startup. This prevents the latest-version request |
 | `ATOMIC_TELEMETRY` | Override install/update telemetry: `1`/`true`/`yes` or `0`/`false`/`no`. This does not disable update checks |
@@ -300,6 +316,18 @@ atomic --tools read,search,find,ls -p "Review the code"
 | `PI_CACHE_RETENTION` | Provider/upstream-specific prompt-cache retention knob; set to `long` where supported |
 | `VISUAL`, `EDITOR` | External editor for CTRL+G |
 
+Every foreground or background bash execution receives one execution-time snapshot of the active session:
+
+| Atomic variable | Exact compatibility alias | Value |
+|-----------------|---------------------------|-------|
+| `ATOMIC_SESSION_ID` | `PI_SESSION_ID` | Active session ID |
+| `ATOMIC_SESSION_FILE` | `PI_SESSION_FILE` | Active session JSONL path; omitted for unsaved sessions |
+| `ATOMIC_PROVIDER` | `PI_PROVIDER` | Active model provider; omitted when no model is selected |
+| `ATOMIC_MODEL` | `PI_MODEL` | Active model ID; omitted when no model is selected |
+| `ATOMIC_REASONING_LEVEL` | `PI_REASONING_LEVEL` | Active reasoning level |
+
+The snapshot is taken when the command executes, not when the tool is created, so resumed sessions, workflow stages, isolated sessions, model changes, and concurrent sessions cannot reuse stale metadata. Atomic preserves all unrelated inherited and caller-supplied environment variables; only the ten names above are cleared and overlaid. Factory-created bash tools expose the same metadata by default and can set `exposeSessionEnvironment: false` to omit it.
+
 `PI_*` aliases are also supported for app-specific `ATOMIC_*` variables for legacy compatibility. For example, [Intercom](/intercom) honors `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR` when `ATOMIC_CODING_AGENT_DIR` is unset and still reads legacy `~/.pi/agent/intercom/config.json` when the Atomic config is absent. `PI_CACHE_RETENTION` is not one of those aliases and has no `ATOMIC_*` equivalent. Use `PI_CACHE_RETENTION=long` when configuring prompt-cache retention for providers/upstreams that support long-lived caches. Intercom's default broker starter works across Node-based installs, Bun source checkouts, and standalone Atomic binaries without requiring `npx`, `tsx`, or `bun` to be present on `PATH`; custom broker commands remain explicit opt-in overrides.
 
 ## Design Principles

package/docs/windows.md

@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ On Windows, Atomic canonicalizes paths before starting native filesystem watcher
 
 When self-update starts on Windows, Atomic first cleans any previous `.atomic-native-quarantine` directory under the global package root. If native add-ons from the current install are loaded by the running process, Atomic moves those files into a per-run quarantine directory and copies them back into place before invoking the package manager. This lets the package manager replace native dependency files that Windows would otherwise keep locked.
 
-If Atomic cannot safely self-update the current installation, it exits with a clear message instead of guessing. The message explains that the install is unsupported, unmanaged, or not writable; prints the detected executable path when available; and tells you to update Atomic with the package manager, wrapper, source checkout, or release artifact that originally installed it.
+If Atomic cannot safely self-update the current installation, it exits with a clear message instead of guessing. The message explains that the install is unsupported, unmanaged, or not writable; prints the detected executable path when available; and tells you to update Atomic with the package manager, wrapper, source checkout, or release artifact that originally installed it. Standalone Bun binaries direct users to the current [Atomic releases](https://github.com/bastani-inc/atomic/releases/latest), never upstream Pi artifacts.