@polycode-projects/the-mechanical-code-talker 0.9.1 → 0.9.2

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@polycode-projects/the-mechanical-code-talker",
-  "version": "0.9.1",
+  "version": "0.9.2",
   "private": false,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "The Mechanical Code Talker (tmct) — a tolerant, offline, $0 chat surface that guides you toward precision queries about a software repository. ELIZA/PARRY-style but domain-obsessed with code. No model calls; no codebase index of its own.",

package/src/chat.mjs

@@ -2987,6 +2987,12 @@ export async function runChat({
   gitRoot = gitToplevel,
   ephemeral = false,
 } = {}) {
+  // createSession's first-run seed (~2-3s, corpus/seon + ConceptNet) produces ZERO
+  // output until it fully resolves — found live: an operator reported `npm run chat`
+  // appearing to hang with total silence. This one line is cheap on every run (a
+  // fast subsequent run just flashes it briefly) and removes the "is this even
+  // running" uncertainty during the one case that's genuinely slow.
+  output.write("tmct — starting…\n");
   const session = await createSession({ repoPath, source, env, cwd, gitRoot, ephemeral });
 
   const dim = (s) => (env.NO_COLOR || !output.isTTY ? s : `\x1b[2m${s}\x1b[0m`);

package/src/tui/app.mjs

@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ export function App({ session }) {
  *  which also triggers the memory fold — stream flush). Returns
  *  { logFile, sidecarFile, turns } exactly like runChat. */
 export async function runTui({ repoPath, stdout = process.stdout, stdin = process.stdin, ...sessionOpts } = {}) {
+  // Same reasoning as runChat's equivalent line (src/chat.mjs): createSession's
+  // first-run seed is silent for ~2-3s, and nothing is written to the terminal
+  // (not even the alternate-screen switch below) until it resolves — this was
+  // reported live as an apparent hang. One cheap line on the PRIMARY screen,
+  // before the alt-screen switch, so there's visible proof of life immediately.
+  stdout.write("tmct — starting…\n");
   const session = await createSession({ repoPath, ...sessionOpts });
   stdout.write("\x1b[?1049h\x1b[H"); // alternate screen buffer + home — a clean full-screen canvas
   const app = render(h(App, { session }), { stdout, stdin, exitOnCtrlC: true });