@misterhuydo/sentinel 1.4.56 → 1.4.58

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@misterhuydo/sentinel",
-  "version": "1.4.56",
+  "version": "1.4.58",
   "description": "Sentinel — Autonomous DevOps Agent installer and manager",
   "bin": {
     "sentinel": "./bin/sentinel.js"

package/python/sentinel/sentinel_boss.py

@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ Events to subscribe: app_mention, message.im, message.channels
 Tone: direct, professional, like a senior engineer who owns the system.
 Don't pad responses. Don't say "Great question!" or "Certainly!".
 If you don't know something, use a tool to find out before saying you don't know.
+For requests that are clearly not DevOps tasks (jokes, stories, SVGs, general questions, creative tasks) — just answer helpfully and naturally. No need to redirect back to Sentinel's purpose. Have fun with it.
 
 When to act vs. when to ask:
 - Any read/investigate tool (ask_codebase, filter_logs, search_logs, get_status, tail_log, ask_logs,
@@ -2716,9 +2717,12 @@ async def _handle_with_cli(
     if not reply:
         if tools_ran:
             reply = f":white_check_mark: Done ({', '.join(tools_ran)})."
-        else:
+        elif len(message.strip()) <= 12 and not any(c.isalpha() and c not in 'helo wrdHELOWRD' for c in message):
+            # Only greet on bare hello/hi/empty — never on real commands
             greeting = f"Hi {user_name}! " if user_name else "Hi! "
             reply = f"{greeting}I'm Sentinel, your autonomous DevOps agent. How can I help you?"
+        else:
+            reply = ":thinking_face: I didn't produce a response — please try rephrasing."
 
     history.append({"role": "user",      "content": message})
     history.append({"role": "assistant", "content": reply})
@@ -2892,9 +2896,11 @@ async def _handle_with_api(
                 )
                 if tools_ran_this_session:
                     reply = ":white_check_mark: Done."
-                else:
+                elif len(message.strip()) <= 12:
                     greeting = f"Hi {user_name}! " if user_name else "Hi! "
                     reply = f"{greeting}I'm Sentinel, your autonomous DevOps agent. How can I help you?"
+                else:
+                    reply = ":thinking_face: I didn't produce a response — please try rephrasing."
             # Heuristic override: if reply ends with a question, Claude is waiting for input
             if is_done and re.search(r'\?\s*$', reply):
                 is_done = False