@poodle64/librarian 2026.10.6 → 2026.10.7

package/dist/chat.svelte.d.ts

@@ -205,11 +205,13 @@ export declare class Chat {
     new(): void;
     /**
      * Ask `question`, or what is in the box, as a `kind` of turn when it is not
-     * a plain question, narrowed to one `collection` by name when given. Resolves
-     * once the turn settles: true if it was asked, false if it was refused,
-     * here or by the server, in which case typed words go back into the box.
+     * a plain question, narrowed to one `collection` by name when given. A
+     * question handed in carries `files` with it, the box's own going with a
+     * typed one. Resolves once the turn settles: true if it was asked, false if
+     * it was refused, here or by the server, in which case the question and its
+     * files go back into the box, handed or typed.
      */
-    ask(question?: string, kind?: string, collection?: string): Promise<boolean>;
+    ask(question?: string, kind?: string, collection?: string, files?: File[]): Promise<boolean>;
     /** The last question again, as a new turn: the conversation is append-only,
      *  because the agent's transcript is. Same kind, same collection. */
     again(): Promise<boolean>;

package/dist/chat.svelte.js

@@ -144,25 +144,31 @@ export class Chat {
     }
     /**
      * Ask `question`, or what is in the box, as a `kind` of turn when it is not
-     * a plain question, narrowed to one `collection` by name when given. Resolves
-     * once the turn settles: true if it was asked, false if it was refused,
-     * here or by the server, in which case typed words go back into the box.
+     * a plain question, narrowed to one `collection` by name when given. A
+     * question handed in carries `files` with it, the box's own going with a
+     * typed one. Resolves once the turn settles: true if it was asked, false if
+     * it was refused, here or by the server, in which case the question and its
+     * files go back into the box, handed or typed.
      */
-    async ask(question, kind, collection) {
+    async ask(question, kind, collection, files = []) {
         const typed = question === undefined;
         const text = (question ?? this.draft).trim();
         if (!text)
             return false;
         if (this.#job)
             return this.#message(text, typed);
-        if (this.busy || this.quota?.reached)
+        if (this.busy || this.quota?.reached) {
+            // A handed question has no other home: the box takes it, as it takes a refused one.
+            if (!typed)
+                this.#restore(text, files);
             return false;
-        const files = typed ? this.files : [];
+        }
+        const sent = typed ? this.files : files;
         if (typed) {
             this.draft = '';
             this.files = [];
         }
-        return this.#ask(text, files, typed, kind, collection);
+        return this.#ask(text, sent, typed, kind, collection);
     }
     /** The last question again, as a new turn: the conversation is append-only,
      *  because the agent's transcript is. Same kind, same collection. */
@@ -419,10 +425,7 @@ export class Chat {
             const at = this.#turns.findIndex((t) => t.id === live.id);
             if (at >= 0)
                 this.#turns.splice(at, 1);
-            if (typed) {
-                this.draft = text;
-                this.files = files;
-            }
+            this.#restore(text, files);
             this.#finish();
             // Asked elsewhere and still being answered: show that instead.
             if (ending === 'answering' && id)
@@ -564,6 +567,11 @@ export class Chat {
                 return;
         }
     }
+    /** A question that was not asked goes back into the box with its files, ahead of anything typed since. */
+    #restore(text, files) {
+        this.draft = this.draft ? `${text}\n\n${this.draft}` : text;
+        this.files = [...files, ...this.files];
+    }
     async #message(text, typed) {
         const id = this.conversationId;
         if (!id)
@@ -576,6 +584,8 @@ export class Chat {
         catch {
             if (typed)
                 this.draft = text;
+            else
+                this.#restore(text, []);
             return false;
         }
         // A settled job takes it as a new run, already started when the

package/dist/components/agent-transcript/agent-transcript.svelte

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	import PencilIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/pencil';
 	import FileTextIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/file-text';
 	import RefreshCwIcon from '@lucide/svelte/icons/refresh-cw';
+	import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
 	import {
 		outcomeLine,
 		readerQuestion,
@@ -116,6 +117,9 @@
 		 *  ("about A$0.34"). The package never converts currency itself,
 		 *  and a zero-cost run (a local model) shows no cost regardless. */
 		formatCost?: (usd: number) => string;
+		/** Drawn in place of the package's own "working" line while the answer has
+		 *  shown nothing yet; given the line's `label` and `since`. */
+		working?: Snippet<[{ label?: string; since?: number }]>;
 	}
 
 	let {
@@ -145,7 +149,8 @@
 		onmark,
 		shared,
 		onshare,
-		formatCost
+		formatCost,
+		working
 	}: AgentTranscriptProps = $props();
 
 	// The prose IS the artefact: it reads in the column, and the transcript
@@ -390,11 +395,18 @@
 		</header>
 
 		{#if running && segments.length === 0}
-			<Working
-				copy={words}
-				label={answering !== undefined ? words.stillAnswering : undefined}
-				since={answering}
-			/>
+			{#if working}
+				{@render working({
+					label: answering !== undefined ? words.stillAnswering : undefined,
+					since: answering
+				})}
+			{:else}
+				<Working
+					copy={words}
+					label={answering !== undefined ? words.stillAnswering : undefined}
+					since={answering}
+				/>
+			{/if}
 		{/if}
 
 		{#each segments as seg (seg.index)}

package/dist/components/agent-transcript/agent-transcript.svelte.d.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { Snippet } from 'svelte';
 import { type Artefact, type Block, type DescribeTool, type Outcome } from '../../transcript.svelte';
 import { type Citation } from '../../citations';
 import { type ChatCopy } from '../../copy';
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ export interface AgentTranscriptProps {
      *  ("about A$0.34"). The package never converts currency itself,
      *  and a zero-cost run (a local model) shows no cost regardless. */
     formatCost?: (usd: number) => string;
+    /** Drawn in place of the package's own "working" line while the answer has
+     *  shown nothing yet; given the line's `label` and `since`. */
+    working?: Snippet<[{
+        label?: string;
+        since?: number;
+    }]>;
 }
 declare const AgentTranscript: import("svelte").Component<AgentTranscriptProps, {}, "">;
 type AgentTranscript = ReturnType<typeof AgentTranscript>;

package/dist/components/composer/composer.svelte

@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@
 
 	// Who the question is put to: every collection the person may read, or one
 	// of them. A person with one collection (or none) has nothing to pick, so
-	// nothing renders rather than a control that only reselects itself.
-	const hasChoice = $derived(collections.length > 1);
+	// nothing renders rather than a control that only reselects itself, unless
+	// the question is already narrowed to the one held: a page that has not yet
+	// had the list shows the collection its address names, and the control stays
+	// put as the rest of the list arrives.
+	const hasChoice = $derived(
+		collections.length > 1 || (collection !== undefined && collections.length > 0)
+	);
 
 	let box = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 	let wrapper = $state<HTMLElement | null>(null);
@@ -137,8 +142,10 @@
 		const el = textarea;
 		if (!el) return;
 		el.style.height = 'auto';
-		const line = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(el).lineHeight) || 24;
-		el.style.height = `${Math.min(el.scrollHeight, line * 6 + 20)}px`;
+		const style = getComputedStyle(el);
+		const line = parseFloat(style.lineHeight) || 27;
+		const padding = parseFloat(style.paddingTop) + parseFloat(style.paddingBottom);
+		el.style.height = `${Math.min(el.scrollHeight, line * 6 + padding)}px`;
 	}
 
 	$effect(() => {
@@ -280,7 +287,7 @@
 			bind:value
 			oninput={grow}
 			onkeydown={keydown}
-			rows="1"
+			rows="3"
 			disabled={waiting}
 			placeholder={waiting ? words.answeringPlaceholder : words.askPlaceholder}
 			class="ds-lib-input"
@@ -305,7 +312,7 @@
 					disabled={running || files.length >= MAX_FILES}
 					aria-label="Attach a file"
 				>
-					<PaperclipIcon size={16} />
+					<PaperclipIcon size={20} />
 				</button>
 			{/if}
 
@@ -318,7 +325,7 @@
 					aria-label="Ask for a briefing"
 					title="Ask for a briefing"
 				>
-					<FileTextIcon size={16} />
+					<FileTextIcon size={20} />
 				</button>
 			{/if}
 
@@ -339,7 +346,7 @@
 			<span class="ds-lib-spacer"></span>
 			{#if running}
 				<button type="button" class="ds-lib-stop" onclick={onstop} aria-label="Stop">
-					<SquareIcon size={14} fill="currentColor" />
+					<SquareIcon size={16} fill="currentColor" />
 				</button>
 			{/if}
 			{#if !waiting}
@@ -350,7 +357,7 @@
 					disabled={!value.trim()}
 					aria-label="Send"
 				>
-					<ArrowUpIcon size={16} />
+					<ArrowUpIcon size={20} />
 				</button>
 			{/if}
 		</div>
@@ -441,10 +448,14 @@
 		resize: none;
 		border: 0;
 		background: transparent;
-		padding: 0.75rem 1rem 0.5rem;
+		padding: var(--ds-spacing-md) var(--ds-spacing-md) var(--ds-spacing-sm);
 		color: var(--ds-color-foreground);
 		font: inherit;
-		font-size: 1rem;
+		/* No token carries a body size or a control size, so these are raw:
+		   a resting box that reads as a chat composer on every page (an app
+		   overriding them is a defect here). Three lines, 18px text. */
+		font-size: 1.125rem;
+		line-height: 1.5;
 		outline: none;
 	}
 
@@ -462,7 +473,7 @@
 		align-items: center;
 		gap: 0.5rem;
 		row-gap: 0.375rem;
-		padding: 0 0.75rem 0.625rem;
+		padding: 0 var(--ds-spacing-sm) var(--ds-spacing-sm);
 	}
 
 	.ds-lib-picker {
@@ -473,8 +484,8 @@
 	.ds-lib-stop,
 	.ds-lib-send {
 		display: flex;
-		width: 2rem;
-		height: 2rem;
+		width: 2.75rem;
+		height: 2.75rem;
 		flex: none;
 		align-items: center;
 		justify-content: center;

package/dist/components/composer/scope-picker.svelte

@@ -292,10 +292,11 @@
 		border: 1px solid transparent;
 		border-radius: var(--ds-radius-full);
 		background: none;
-		padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem 0.25rem 0.625rem;
+		min-height: 2.75rem;
+		padding: 0 var(--ds-spacing-sm) 0 0.75rem;
 		color: var(--ds-color-muted-foreground);
 		font: inherit;
-		font-size: var(--ds-text-2xs);
+		font-size: 0.875rem;
 		cursor: pointer;
 		transition:
 			color 150ms ease,

package/dist/components/conversation/conversation.svelte

@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@
 		 *  transcript. It stays put while the transcript scrolls and narrows
 		 *  with it when a pane opens. */
 		toolbar?: Snippet;
+		/** Drawn in place of each answer's "working" line before it shows anything
+		 *  (`AgentTranscriptProps.working`). */
+		working?: AgentTranscriptProps['working'];
 	}
 
 	let {
@@ -168,7 +171,8 @@
 		turn: presentTurn,
 		lead,
 		toolbar,
-		formatCost
+		formatCost,
+		working
 	}: Props = $props();
 
 	// Resolved ONCE, here, and handed down whole: every child takes `copy` and
@@ -392,6 +396,7 @@
 										? (text: string) => onedit(index, text)
 										: undefined,
 								formatCost,
+								working,
 								oncite: oncite || loadDocument ? cite : undefined,
 								onregenerate: last && !running ? onregenerate : undefined,
 								onmark:

package/dist/components/conversation/conversation.svelte.d.ts

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ interface Props {
      *  transcript. It stays put while the transcript scrolls and narrows
      *  with it when a pane opens. */
     toolbar?: Snippet;
+    /** Drawn in place of each answer's "working" line before it shows anything
+     *  (`AgentTranscriptProps.working`). */
+    working?: AgentTranscriptProps['working'];
 }
 declare const Conversation: import("svelte").Component<Props, {}, "">;
 type Conversation = ReturnType<typeof Conversation>;

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@poodle64/librarian",
-	"version": "2026.10.6",
+	"version": "2026.10.7",
 	"description": "An agent's conversation surface as a consumable Svelte 5 package: the stream client, transcript state and self-styling chat components (transcript, composer, markdown) every household app renders instead of rebuilding, speaking as whichever persona the app names.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"license": "MIT",