@misterhuydo/sentinel 1.2.2 → 1.2.4

package/.cairn/.hint-lock

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2026-03-23T09:25:27.661Z
+2026-03-23T09:57:32.803Z

package/.cairn/session.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "message": "Auto-checkpoint at 2026-03-23T09:42:32.547Z",
-  "checkpoint_at": "2026-03-23T09:42:32.548Z",
+  "message": "Auto-checkpoint at 2026-03-23T09:50:06.054Z",
+  "checkpoint_at": "2026-03-23T09:50:06.055Z",
   "active_files": [],
   "notes": [],
   "mtime_snapshot": {}

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@misterhuydo/sentinel",
-  "version": "1.2.2",
+  "version": "1.2.4",
   "description": "Sentinel — Autonomous DevOps Agent installer and manager",
   "bin": {
     "sentinel": "./bin/sentinel.js"

package/python/sentinel/sentinel_boss.py

@@ -368,6 +368,14 @@ _TOOLS = [
                     "description": "Max matching lines to return per source (default 30)",
                     "default": 30,
                 },
+                "tail": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "description": (
+                        "Number of log lines to fetch from the server before grepping (default: config value, typically 500). "
+                        "Increase when the user asks for a longer time window — e.g. 'yesterday up to now' → use 5000-10000. "
+                        "Higher values take longer but cover more history."
+                    ),
+                },
             },
             "required": ["query"],
         },
@@ -1084,6 +1092,7 @@ async def _run_tool(name: str, inputs: dict, cfg_loader, store, slack_client=Non
         query       = inputs.get("query", "")
         source      = inputs.get("source", "").lower()
         max_matches = int(inputs.get("max_matches", 30))
+        tail_override = inputs.get("tail")
 
         # ── Live fetch path: SSH to servers and grep in real time ──────────────
         script = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "scripts" / "fetch_log.sh"
@@ -1095,6 +1104,8 @@ async def _run_tool(name: str, inputs: dict, cfg_loader, store, slack_client=Non
                 for props in props_files:
                     env = os.environ.copy()
                     env["GREP_FILTER"] = query
+                    if tail_override:
+                        env["TAIL"] = str(tail_override)
                     try:
                         r = subprocess.run(
                             ["bash", str(script), str(props)],
@@ -1115,6 +1126,11 @@ async def _run_tool(name: str, inputs: dict, cfg_loader, store, slack_client=Non
                     "mode": "live",
                     "total_matches": total,
                     "results": live_results,
+                    "note": (
+                        "Results already include a per-source breakdown. "
+                        "Do NOT call search_logs again with a source filter to 'refine' — "
+                        "use these results directly."
+                    ) if total > 0 else None,
                 })
 
         # ── Fallback: search locally-cached log files ──────────────────────────
@@ -1157,9 +1173,8 @@ async def _run_tool(name: str, inputs: dict, cfg_loader, store, slack_client=Non
         }
         if files_searched == 0:
             result["warning"] = (
-                "No cached log files found for this source filter. "
-                "This means the source name was not recognised — not that there are no log entries. "
-                "Try search_logs without a source filter to search all sources."
+                "Source name not recognised in cached files — this is a lookup failure, not 'no results'. "
+                "If you already have results from a broader search_logs call, use those. Stop retrying."
             )
         return json.dumps(result)