@kernel.chat/kbot 3.99.26 → 3.99.28

package/dist/agent.js

@@ -112,14 +112,16 @@ let weakModelWarningShown = false;
 // ── Local-first execution ──
 async function tryLocalFirst(message) {
     const lower = message.toLowerCase().trim();
-    // Pure-arithmetic short-circuit. When the whole message reduces to a single
-    // "what is a op b" / bare "a op b" / "compute a op b" query, return the
-    // computed answer directly — never involve an LLM. Eval on 2026-04-20
-    // showed gemma4:latest ignoring an injected MATH GUARD block ("123 % 7 = 4"
-    // prepended to the message, answer still "2"). If we already have the
-    // answer deterministically, there is no reason to ask the model.
-    if (/^(?:what\s+is|what['']s|compute|calculate|evaluate)\s+[-\d.\s+*×/÷%]+\??$/i.test(lower)
-        || /^[-\d.\s+*×/÷%]+\??$/.test(lower)) {
+    // Pure-arithmetic short-circuit. If the message contains exactly one
+    // arithmetic expression and reads as a request for the numeric answer
+    // ("what is X", "calculate X", or bare X), return the JS-computed answer
+    // directly — never involve an LLM. Eval on 2026-04-20 showed gemma4:latest
+    // ignoring an injected MATH GUARD ("123 % 7 = 4" prepended to the user
+    // message, answer still "2"). If the answer is deterministic, do not ask
+    // the model.
+    const looksArithmetic = /\b(?:what\s+is|what['']s|compute|calculate|evaluate)\b/i.test(lower)
+        || /^[-\d.\s+*×/÷%()?]+$/.test(lower);
+    if (looksArithmetic && message.length < 200) {
         const { extractArithmetic } = await import('./math-guard.js');
         const exprs = extractArithmetic(message);
         if (exprs.length === 1) {
@@ -170,6 +172,31 @@ async function tryLocalFirst(message) {
     if (lower === 'pwd' || lower === 'where am i') {
         return process.cwd();
     }
+    // Identity short-circuit — deterministic answers for self-queries that
+    // small models confabulate on. Eval 2026-04-20 showed gemma4:latest
+    // answering "v3.99.14" for "what version are you" even with the IDENTITY
+    // GUARD block prepended to the user message. If the answer is derivable
+    // from package.json + config, return it directly.
+    if (message.length < 120) {
+        const { detectIdentityQuery } = await import('./identity-guard.js');
+        const kinds = detectIdentityQuery(message);
+        if (kinds.size > 0) {
+            try {
+                const { readFileSync } = await import('node:fs');
+                const { fileURLToPath } = await import('node:url');
+                const { dirname, join } = await import('node:path');
+                const here = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+                const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(join(here, '..', 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
+                if (kinds.has('version') && !kinds.has('product') && !kinds.has('model') && !kinds.has('provider')) {
+                    return `v${pkg.version}`;
+                }
+                if (kinds.has('product') || kinds.has('version')) {
+                    return `@kernel.chat/kbot v${pkg.version} — an open-source terminal AI agent.`;
+                }
+            }
+            catch { /* fall through to LLM */ }
+        }
+    }
     return null;
 }
 /** Anthropic Messages API (Claude) */

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@kernel.chat/kbot",
-  "version": "3.99.26",
+  "version": "3.99.28",
   "description": "Open-source terminal AI agent. 787+ tools, 35 agents, 20 providers. Dreams, learns, watches your system. Controls your phone. Fully local, fully sovereign. MIT.",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": {