@teammates/cli 0.4.1 → 0.5.0

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { buildWisdomPrompt, compactEpisodic } from "./compact.js";
 import { PromptInput } from "./console/prompt-input.js";
 import { buildTitle } from "./console/startup.js";
 import { buildImportAdaptationPrompt, copyTemplateFiles, getOnboardingPrompt, importTeammates, } from "./onboard.js";
+import { loadPersonas, scaffoldFromPersona } from "./personas.js";
 import { Orchestrator } from "./orchestrator.js";
 import { colorToHex, theme, tp } from "./theme.js";
 // ─── Parsed CLI arguments ────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -48,6 +49,108 @@ class TeammatesREPL {
             text: result.summary,
         });
     }
+    /**
+     * Render a task result to the feed. Called from drainAgentQueue() AFTER
+     * the defensive retry so the user sees the final (possibly retried) output.
+     */
+    displayTaskResult(result, entryType) {
+        // Suppress display for internal summarization tasks
+        if (entryType === "summarize")
+            return;
+        if (!this.chatView)
+            this.input.deactivateAndErase();
+        const raw = result.rawOutput ?? "";
+        // Strip protocol artifacts
+        const cleaned = raw
+            .replace(/^TO:\s*\S+\s*\n/im, "")
+            .replace(/^#\s+.+\n*/m, "")
+            .replace(/```handoff\s*\n@\w+\s*\n[\s\S]*?```/g, "")
+            .replace(/```json\s*\n\s*\{[\s\S]*?\}\s*\n\s*```\s*$/g, "")
+            .trim();
+        // Header: "teammate: subject"
+        const subject = result.summary || "Task completed";
+        const displayTeammate = result.teammate === this.selfName
+            ? this.adapterName
+            : result.teammate;
+        this.feedLine(concat(tp.accent(`${displayTeammate}: `), tp.text(subject)));
+        this.lastCleanedOutput = cleaned;
+        if (cleaned) {
+            this.feedMarkdown(cleaned);
+        }
+        else if (result.changedFiles.length > 0 || result.summary) {
+            // Agent produced no body text but DID do work — generate a synthetic
+            // summary from available metadata so the user sees something useful.
+            const syntheticLines = [];
+            if (result.summary) {
+                syntheticLines.push(result.summary);
+            }
+            if (result.changedFiles.length > 0) {
+                syntheticLines.push("");
+                syntheticLines.push("**Files changed:**");
+                for (const f of result.changedFiles) {
+                    syntheticLines.push(`- ${f}`);
+                }
+            }
+            this.feedMarkdown(syntheticLines.join("\n"));
+        }
+        else {
+            this.feedLine(tp.muted("  (no response text — the agent may have only performed tool actions)"));
+            this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  Use /debug ${result.teammate} to view full output`));
+            // Show diagnostic hints for empty responses
+            const diag = result.diagnostics;
+            if (diag) {
+                if (diag.exitCode !== 0 && diag.exitCode !== null) {
+                    this.feedLine(tp.warning(`  ⚠  Process exited with code ${diag.exitCode}`));
+                }
+                if (diag.signal) {
+                    this.feedLine(tp.warning(`  ⚠  Process killed by signal: ${diag.signal}`));
+                }
+                if (diag.debugFile) {
+                    this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  Debug log: ${diag.debugFile}`));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // Render handoffs
+        const handoffs = result.handoffs;
+        if (handoffs.length > 0) {
+            this.renderHandoffs(result.teammate, handoffs);
+        }
+        // Clickable [reply] [copy] actions after the response
+        if (this.chatView && cleaned) {
+            const t = theme();
+            const teammate = result.teammate;
+            const replyId = `reply-${teammate}-${Date.now()}`;
+            this._replyContexts.set(replyId, { teammate, message: cleaned });
+            this.chatView.appendActionList([
+                {
+                    id: replyId,
+                    normalStyle: this.makeSpan({
+                        text: "  [reply]",
+                        style: { fg: t.textDim },
+                    }),
+                    hoverStyle: this.makeSpan({
+                        text: "  [reply]",
+                        style: { fg: t.accent },
+                    }),
+                },
+                {
+                    id: "copy",
+                    normalStyle: this.makeSpan({
+                        text: " [copy]",
+                        style: { fg: t.textDim },
+                    }),
+                    hoverStyle: this.makeSpan({
+                        text: " [copy]",
+                        style: { fg: t.accent },
+                    }),
+                },
+            ]);
+        }
+        this.feedLine();
+        // Auto-detect new teammates added during this task
+        this.refreshTeammates();
+        this.showPrompt();
+    }
     /** Token budget for recent conversation history (24k tokens ≈ 96k chars). */
     static CONV_HISTORY_CHARS = 24_000 * 4;
     buildConversationContext() {
@@ -116,6 +219,8 @@ class TeammatesREPL {
     taskQueue = [];
     /** Per-agent active tasks — one per agent running in parallel. */
     agentActive = new Map();
+    /** Agents currently in a silent retry — suppress all events. */
+    silentAgents = new Set();
     /** Per-agent drain locks — prevents double-draining a single agent. */
     agentDrainLocks = new Map();
     /** Stored pasted text keyed by paste number, expanded on Enter. */
@@ -235,7 +340,7 @@ class TeammatesREPL {
         const entries = Array.from(this.activeTasks.values());
         const idx = this.statusRotateIndex % entries.length;
         const { teammate, task } = entries[idx];
-        const displayName = teammate === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : teammate;
+        const displayName = teammate === this.selfName ? this.adapterName : teammate;
         const spinChar = TeammatesREPL.SPINNER[this.statusFrame % TeammatesREPL.SPINNER.length];
         const taskPreview = task.length > 50 ? `${task.slice(0, 47)}...` : task;
         const queueInfo = this.activeTasks.size > 1 ? ` (${idx + 1}/${this.activeTasks.size})` : "";
@@ -891,7 +996,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             let m;
             mentioned = [];
             while ((m = mentionRegex.exec(input)) !== null) {
-                const name = m[1];
+                // Remap adapter name alias → user avatar for routing
+                const name = (m[1] === this.adapterName && this.userAlias) ? this.selfName : m[1];
                 if (allNames.includes(name) && !mentioned.includes(name)) {
                     mentioned.push(name);
                 }
@@ -921,7 +1027,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         {
             const bg = this._userBg;
             const t = theme();
-            const displayName = match === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : match;
+            const displayName = match === this.selfName ? this.adapterName : match;
             this.feedUserLine(concat(pen.fg(t.textMuted).bg(bg)("  → "), pen.fg(t.accent).bg(bg)(`@${displayName}`)));
         }
         this.feedLine();
@@ -959,42 +1065,173 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         console.log(chalk.white("  Set up teammates for this project?\n"));
         console.log(chalk.cyan("  1") +
             chalk.gray(") ") +
-            chalk.white("New team") +
-            chalk.gray(" — analyze this codebase and create teammates from scratch"));
+            chalk.white("Pick teammates") +
+            chalk.gray(" — choose from persona templates"));
         console.log(chalk.cyan("  2") +
+            chalk.gray(") ") +
+            chalk.white("Auto-generate") +
+            chalk.gray(" — let your agent analyze the codebase and create teammates"));
+        console.log(chalk.cyan("  3") +
             chalk.gray(") ") +
             chalk.white("Import team") +
             chalk.gray(" — copy teammates from another project"));
-        console.log(chalk.cyan("  3") +
+        console.log(chalk.cyan("  4") +
             chalk.gray(") ") +
             chalk.white("Solo mode") +
             chalk.gray(" — use your agent without teammates"));
-        console.log(chalk.cyan("  4") + chalk.gray(") ") + chalk.white("Exit"));
+        console.log(chalk.cyan("  5") + chalk.gray(") ") + chalk.white("Exit"));
         console.log();
-        const choice = await this.askChoice("Pick an option (1/2/3/4): ", [
+        const choice = await this.askChoice("Pick an option (1/2/3/4/5): ", [
             "1",
             "2",
             "3",
             "4",
+            "5",
         ]);
-        if (choice === "4") {
+        if (choice === "5") {
             console.log(chalk.gray("  Goodbye."));
             return false;
         }
-        if (choice === "3") {
+        if (choice === "4") {
             console.log(chalk.gray("  Running in solo mode — all tasks go to your agent."));
             console.log(chalk.gray("  Run /init later to set up teammates."));
             console.log();
             return true;
         }
-        if (choice === "2") {
+        if (choice === "3") {
             await this.runImport(cwd);
             return true;
         }
-        // choice === "1": Run onboarding via the agent
-        await this.runOnboardingAgent(adapter, cwd);
+        if (choice === "2") {
+            // Auto-generate via agent
+            await this.runOnboardingAgent(adapter, cwd);
+            return true;
+        }
+        // choice === "1": Pick from persona templates
+        await this.runPersonaOnboarding(teammatesDir);
         return true;
     }
+    /**
+     * Persona-based onboarding: show a list of bundled personas, let the user
+     * pick which ones to create, optionally rename them, and scaffold the folders.
+     */
+    async runPersonaOnboarding(teammatesDir) {
+        const personas = await loadPersonas();
+        if (personas.length === 0) {
+            console.log(chalk.yellow("  No persona templates found."));
+            return;
+        }
+        console.log();
+        console.log(chalk.white("  Available personas:\n"));
+        // Display personas grouped by tier
+        let currentTier = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < personas.length; i++) {
+            const p = personas[i];
+            if (p.tier !== currentTier) {
+                currentTier = p.tier;
+                const label = currentTier === 1 ? "Core" : "Specialized";
+                console.log(chalk.gray(`  ── ${label} ──`));
+            }
+            const num = String(i + 1).padStart(2, " ");
+            console.log(chalk.cyan(`  ${num}`) +
+                chalk.gray(") ") +
+                chalk.white(p.persona) +
+                chalk.gray(` (${p.alias})`) +
+                chalk.gray(` — ${p.description}`));
+        }
+        console.log();
+        console.log(chalk.gray("  Enter numbers separated by commas, e.g. 1,3,5"));
+        console.log();
+        const input = await this.askInput("Personas: ");
+        if (!input) {
+            console.log(chalk.gray("  No personas selected."));
+            return;
+        }
+        // Parse comma-separated numbers
+        const indices = input
+            .split(",")
+            .map((s) => parseInt(s.trim(), 10) - 1)
+            .filter((i) => i >= 0 && i < personas.length);
+        const unique = [...new Set(indices)];
+        if (unique.length === 0) {
+            console.log(chalk.yellow("  No valid selections."));
+            return;
+        }
+        console.log();
+        // Copy framework files first
+        await copyTemplateFiles(teammatesDir);
+        const created = [];
+        for (const idx of unique) {
+            const p = personas[idx];
+            const nameInput = await this.askInput(`Name for ${p.persona} [${p.alias}]: `);
+            const name = nameInput || p.alias;
+            const folderName = name.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9_-]/g, "");
+            await scaffoldFromPersona(teammatesDir, folderName, p);
+            created.push(folderName);
+            console.log(chalk.green("  ✔  ") + chalk.white(`@${folderName}`) + chalk.gray(` — ${p.persona}`));
+        }
+        console.log();
+        console.log(chalk.green(`  ✔  Created ${created.length} teammate${created.length > 1 ? "s" : ""}: `) +
+            chalk.white(created.map((n) => `@${n}`).join(", ")));
+        console.log(chalk.gray("  Tip: Your agent will adapt ownership and capabilities to this codebase on first task."));
+        console.log();
+    }
+    /**
+     * In-TUI persona picker for /init pick. Uses feedLine + askInline instead
+     * of console.log + askInput.
+     */
+    async runPersonaOnboardingInline(teammatesDir) {
+        const personas = await loadPersonas();
+        if (personas.length === 0) {
+            this.feedLine(tp.warning("  No persona templates found."));
+            this.refreshView();
+            return;
+        }
+        // Display personas in the feed
+        this.feedLine(tp.text("  Available personas:\n"));
+        let currentTier = 0;
+        for (let i = 0; i < personas.length; i++) {
+            const p = personas[i];
+            if (p.tier !== currentTier) {
+                currentTier = p.tier;
+                const label = currentTier === 1 ? "Core" : "Specialized";
+                this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  ── ${label} ──`));
+            }
+            const num = String(i + 1).padStart(2, " ");
+            this.feedLine(concat(tp.text(`  ${num}) ${p.persona} `), tp.muted(`(${p.alias}) — ${p.description}`)));
+        }
+        this.feedLine(tp.muted("\n  Enter numbers separated by commas, e.g. 1,3,5"));
+        this.refreshView();
+        const input = await this.askInline("Personas: ");
+        if (!input) {
+            this.feedLine(tp.muted("  No personas selected."));
+            this.refreshView();
+            return;
+        }
+        const indices = input
+            .split(",")
+            .map((s) => parseInt(s.trim(), 10) - 1)
+            .filter((i) => i >= 0 && i < personas.length);
+        const unique = [...new Set(indices)];
+        if (unique.length === 0) {
+            this.feedLine(tp.warning("  No valid selections."));
+            this.refreshView();
+            return;
+        }
+        await copyTemplateFiles(teammatesDir);
+        const created = [];
+        for (const idx of unique) {
+            const p = personas[idx];
+            const nameInput = await this.askInline(`Name for ${p.persona} [${p.alias}]: `);
+            const name = nameInput || p.alias;
+            const folderName = name.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9_-]/g, "");
+            await scaffoldFromPersona(teammatesDir, folderName, p);
+            created.push(folderName);
+            this.feedLine(concat(tp.success(`  ✔  @${folderName}`), tp.muted(` — ${p.persona}`)));
+        }
+        this.feedLine(concat(tp.success(`\n  ✔  Created ${created.length} teammate${created.length > 1 ? "s" : ""}: `), tp.text(created.map((n) => `@${n}`).join(", "))));
+        this.refreshView();
+    }
     /**
      * Run the onboarding agent to analyze the codebase and create teammates.
      * Used by both promptOnboarding (pre-orchestrator) and cmdInit (post-orchestrator).
@@ -1404,15 +1641,20 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             chalk.cyan(`@${login}`) +
             (name && name !== login ? chalk.gray(` (${name})`) : ""));
         console.log();
-        // Ask for role (optional) since GitHub doesn't provide this
+        // Ask for remaining fields since GitHub doesn't provide them
         const role = await this.askInput("Your role (optional, press Enter to skip): ");
+        const experience = await this.askInput("Relevant experience (e.g., 10 years Go, new to React): ");
+        const preferences = await this.askInput("How you like to work (e.g., terse responses): ");
+        // Auto-detect timezone
+        const detectedTz = Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone;
+        const timezone = await this.askInput(`Primary timezone${detectedTz ? ` [${detectedTz}]` : ""}: `);
         const answers = {
             alias: login,
             name: name || login,
             role: role || "",
-            experience: "",
-            preferences: "",
-            context: "",
+            experience: experience || "",
+            preferences: preferences || "",
+            timezone: timezone || detectedTz || "",
         };
         this.writeUserProfile(teammatesDir, login, answers);
         this.createUserAvatar(teammatesDir, login, answers);
@@ -1436,14 +1678,16 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         const role = await this.askInput("Your role (e.g., senior backend engineer): ");
         const experience = await this.askInput("Relevant experience (e.g., 10 years Go, new to React): ");
         const preferences = await this.askInput("How you like to work (e.g., terse responses): ");
-        const context = await this.askInput("Anything else: ");
+        // Auto-detect timezone
+        const detectedTz = Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().timeZone;
+        const timezone = await this.askInput(`Primary timezone${detectedTz ? ` [${detectedTz}]` : ""}: `);
         const answers = {
             alias,
             name,
             role,
             experience,
             preferences,
-            context,
+            timezone: timezone || detectedTz || "",
         };
         this.writeUserProfile(teammatesDir, alias, answers);
         this.createUserAvatar(teammatesDir, alias, answers);
@@ -1464,7 +1708,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         lines.push(`- **Role:** ${answers.role || "_not provided_"}`);
         lines.push(`- **Experience:** ${answers.experience || "_not provided_"}`);
         lines.push(`- **Preferences:** ${answers.preferences || "_not provided_"}`);
-        lines.push(`- **Context:** ${answers.context || "_not provided_"}`);
+        lines.push(`- **Primary Timezone:** ${answers.timezone || "_not provided_"}`);
         writeFileSync(userMdPath, `${lines.join("\n")}\n`, "utf-8");
     }
     /**
@@ -1477,10 +1721,10 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         mkdirSync(avatarDir, { recursive: true });
         mkdirSync(memoryDir, { recursive: true });
         const name = answers.name || alias;
-        const role = answers.role || "Team member";
+        const role = answers.role || "I'm a human working on this project";
         const experience = answers.experience || "";
         const preferences = answers.preferences || "";
-        const context = answers.context || "";
+        const timezone = answers.timezone || "";
         // Write SOUL.md
         const soulLines = [
             `# ${name}`,
@@ -1495,9 +1739,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             soulLines.push(`**Experience:** ${experience}`);
         if (preferences)
             soulLines.push(`**Preferences:** ${preferences}`);
-        if (context) {
-            soulLines.push("", "## Context", "", context);
-        }
+        if (timezone)
+            soulLines.push(`**Primary Timezone:** ${timezone}`);
         soulLines.push("");
         const soulPath = join(avatarDir, "SOUL.md");
         writeFileSync(soulPath, soulLines.join("\n"), "utf-8");
@@ -1531,7 +1774,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         const avatarDir = join(teammatesDir, alias);
         // Read the avatar's SOUL.md if it exists
         let soul = "";
-        let role = "Team member";
+        let role = "I'm a human working on this project";
         try {
             soul = readFileSync(join(avatarDir, "SOUL.md"), "utf-8");
             const roleMatch = soul.match(/\*\*Role:\*\*\s*(.+)/);
@@ -1744,12 +1987,14 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             });
         }
         for (const name of teammates) {
-            if (name.toLowerCase().startsWith(lower)) {
+            // For user avatar, display and match using the adapter name alias
+            const display = name === this.userAlias ? this.adapterName : name;
+            if (display.toLowerCase().startsWith(lower)) {
                 const t = this.orchestrator.getRegistry().get(name);
                 items.push({
-                    label: `@${name}`,
+                    label: `@${display}`,
                     description: t?.role ?? "",
-                    completion: `${before}@${name} ${after.replace(/^\s+/, "")}`,
+                    completion: `${before}@${display} ${after.replace(/^\s+/, "")}`,
                 });
             }
         }
@@ -1930,7 +2175,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             registry.register({
                 name: this.adapterName,
                 type: "ai",
-                role: "General-purpose coding agent",
+                role: "Coding agent that performs tasks on your behalf.",
                 soul: "",
                 wisdom: "",
                 dailyLogs: [],
@@ -1965,8 +2210,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             borderStyle: (s) => chalk.gray(s),
             colorize: (value) => {
                 const validNames = new Set([
-                    ...this.orchestrator.listTeammates().filter((n) => n !== this.adapterName),
-                    this.selfName,
+                    ...this.orchestrator.listTeammates().filter((n) => n !== this.adapterName && n !== this.userAlias),
+                    this.adapterName,
                     "everyone",
                 ]);
                 return value
@@ -2011,13 +2256,19 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         const reg = this.orchestrator.getRegistry();
         const statuses = this.orchestrator.getAllStatuses();
         const bannerTeammates = [];
+        // Add user avatar first (displayed as adapter name alias)
+        if (this.userAlias) {
+            const ut = reg.get(this.userAlias);
+            const up = statuses.get(this.userAlias)?.presence ?? "online";
+            bannerTeammates.push({ name: this.adapterName, role: "Coding agent that performs tasks on your behalf.", presence: up });
+        }
         for (const name of names) {
             const t = reg.get(name);
             const p = statuses.get(name)?.presence ?? "online";
             bannerTeammates.push({ name, role: t?.role ?? "", presence: p });
         }
         const bannerWidget = new AnimatedBanner({
-            displayName: `@${this.selfName}`,
+            displayName: `@${this.adapterName}`,
             teammateCount: names.length,
             cwd: process.cwd(),
             teammates: bannerTeammates,
@@ -2048,8 +2299,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
                 }
                 // Colorize @mentions only if they reference a valid teammate or the user
                 const validNames = new Set([
-                    ...this.orchestrator.listTeammates().filter((n) => n !== this.adapterName),
-                    this.selfName,
+                    ...this.orchestrator.listTeammates().filter((n) => n !== this.adapterName && n !== this.userAlias),
+                    this.adapterName,
                     "everyone",
                 ]);
                 const mentionPattern = /@(\w+)/g;
@@ -2339,7 +2590,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         let pm;
         const preMentions = [];
         while ((pm = preMentionRegex.exec(rawLine)) !== null) {
-            const name = pm[1];
+            // Remap adapter name alias → user avatar for routing
+            const name = (pm[1] === this.adapterName && this.userAlias) ? this.selfName : pm[1];
             if (allNames.includes(name) && !preMentions.includes(name)) {
                 preMentions.push(name);
             }
@@ -2436,7 +2688,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         const termWidth = process.stdout.columns || 100;
         this.feedLine();
         this.feedLine(concat(tp.bold("  Teammates"), tp.muted(` v${PKG_VERSION}`)));
-        this.feedLine(concat(tp.text(`  @${this.selfName}`), tp.muted(` · ${teammates.length} teammate${teammates.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`)));
+        this.feedLine(concat(tp.text(`  @${this.adapterName}`), tp.muted(` · ${teammates.length} teammate${teammates.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}`)));
         this.feedLine(`  ${process.cwd()}`);
         // Service status rows
         for (const svc of this.serviceStatuses) {
@@ -2455,6 +2707,12 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         // Roster (with presence indicators)
         this.feedLine();
         const statuses = this.orchestrator.getAllStatuses();
+        // Show user avatar first (displayed as adapter name alias)
+        if (this.userAlias) {
+            const up = statuses.get(this.userAlias)?.presence ?? "online";
+            const udot = up === "online" ? tp.success("●") : up === "reachable" ? tp.warning("●") : tp.error("●");
+            this.feedLine(concat(tp.text("  "), udot, tp.accent(` @${this.adapterName.padEnd(14)}`), tp.muted("Coding agent that performs tasks on your behalf.")));
+        }
         for (const name of teammates) {
             const t = registry.get(name);
             if (t) {
@@ -2705,8 +2963,8 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             {
                 name: "init",
                 aliases: ["onboard", "setup"],
-                usage: "/init [from-path]",
-                description: "Set up teammates (or import from another project)",
+                usage: "/init [pick | from-path]",
+                description: "Set up teammates (pick from personas, or import from another project)",
                 run: (args) => this.cmdInit(args),
             },
             {
@@ -2802,6 +3060,14 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
     }
     // ─── Event handler ───────────────────────────────────────────────
     handleEvent(event) {
+        // Suppress all events for agents in silent retry
+        const evtAgent = event.type === "task_assigned"
+            ? event.assignment.teammate
+            : event.type === "task_completed"
+                ? event.result.teammate
+                : event.teammate;
+        if (this.silentAgents.has(evtAgent))
+            return;
         switch (event.type) {
             case "task_assigned": {
                 // Track this task and start the animated status bar
@@ -2814,92 +3080,14 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
                 break;
             }
             case "task_completed": {
-                // Remove from active tasks
+                // Remove from active tasks and stop spinner.
+                // Result display is deferred to drainAgentQueue() so the defensive
+                // retry can update rawOutput before anything is shown to the user.
                 this.activeTasks.delete(event.result.teammate);
                 // Stop animation if no more active tasks
                 if (this.activeTasks.size === 0) {
                     this.stopStatusAnimation();
                 }
-                // Suppress display for internal summarization tasks
-                const activeEntry = this.agentActive.get(event.result.teammate);
-                if (activeEntry?.type === "summarize")
-                    break;
-                if (!this.chatView)
-                    this.input.deactivateAndErase();
-                const raw = event.result.rawOutput ?? "";
-                // Strip protocol artifacts
-                const cleaned = raw
-                    .replace(/^TO:\s*\S+\s*\n/im, "")
-                    .replace(/^#\s+.+\n*/m, "")
-                    .replace(/```handoff\s*\n@\w+\s*\n[\s\S]*?```/g, "")
-                    .replace(/```json\s*\n\s*\{[\s\S]*?\}\s*\n\s*```\s*$/g, "")
-                    .trim();
-                const sizeKB = cleaned ? Buffer.byteLength(cleaned, "utf-8") / 1024 : 0;
-                // Header: "teammate: subject"
-                const subject = event.result.summary || "Task completed";
-                const displayTeammate = event.result.teammate === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : event.result.teammate;
-                this.feedLine(concat(tp.accent(`${displayTeammate}: `), tp.text(subject)));
-                this.lastCleanedOutput = cleaned;
-                if (cleaned) {
-                    this.feedMarkdown(cleaned);
-                }
-                else {
-                    this.feedLine(tp.muted("  (no response text — the agent may have only performed tool actions)"));
-                    this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  Use /debug ${event.result.teammate} to view full output`));
-                    // Show diagnostic hints for empty responses
-                    const diag = event.result.diagnostics;
-                    if (diag) {
-                        if (diag.exitCode !== 0 && diag.exitCode !== null) {
-                            this.feedLine(tp.warning(`  ⚠ Process exited with code ${diag.exitCode}`));
-                        }
-                        if (diag.signal) {
-                            this.feedLine(tp.warning(`  ⚠ Process killed by signal: ${diag.signal}`));
-                        }
-                        if (diag.debugFile) {
-                            this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  Debug log: ${diag.debugFile}`));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                // Render handoffs
-                const handoffs = event.result.handoffs;
-                if (handoffs.length > 0) {
-                    this.renderHandoffs(event.result.teammate, handoffs);
-                }
-                // Clickable [reply] [copy] actions after the response
-                if (this.chatView && cleaned) {
-                    const t = theme();
-                    const teammate = event.result.teammate;
-                    const replyId = `reply-${teammate}-${Date.now()}`;
-                    this._replyContexts.set(replyId, { teammate, message: cleaned });
-                    this.chatView.appendActionList([
-                        {
-                            id: replyId,
-                            normalStyle: this.makeSpan({
-                                text: "  [reply]",
-                                style: { fg: t.textDim },
-                            }),
-                            hoverStyle: this.makeSpan({
-                                text: "  [reply]",
-                                style: { fg: t.accent },
-                            }),
-                        },
-                        {
-                            id: "copy",
-                            normalStyle: this.makeSpan({
-                                text: " [copy]",
-                                style: { fg: t.textDim },
-                            }),
-                            hoverStyle: this.makeSpan({
-                                text: " [copy]",
-                                style: { fg: t.accent },
-                            }),
-                        },
-                    ]);
-                }
-                this.feedLine();
-                // Auto-detect new teammates added during this task
-                this.refreshTeammates();
-                this.showPrompt();
                 break;
             }
             case "error":
@@ -2908,7 +3096,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
                     this.stopStatusAnimation();
                 if (!this.chatView)
                     this.input.deactivateAndErase();
-                const displayErr = event.teammate === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : event.teammate;
+                const displayErr = event.teammate === this.selfName ? this.adapterName : event.teammate;
                 this.feedLine(tp.error(`  ✖  ${displayErr}: ${event.error}`));
                 this.showPrompt();
                 break;
@@ -2920,14 +3108,12 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         this.feedLine();
         this.feedLine(tp.bold("  Status"));
         this.feedLine(tp.muted(`  ${"─".repeat(50)}`));
-        // Show user avatar first if present
+        // Show user avatar first if present (displayed as adapter name alias)
         if (this.userAlias) {
             const userStatus = statuses.get(this.userAlias);
             if (userStatus) {
-                this.feedLine(concat(tp.success("●"), tp.accent(` @${this.userAlias}`), tp.muted(" (you)")));
-                const t = registry.get(this.userAlias);
-                if (t)
-                    this.feedLine(tp.muted(`    ${t.role}`));
+                this.feedLine(concat(tp.success("●"), tp.accent(` @${this.adapterName}`), tp.muted(" (you)")));
+                this.feedLine(tp.muted("    Coding agent that performs tasks on your behalf."));
                 this.feedLine();
             }
         }
@@ -3070,7 +3256,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
             return;
         }
         const removed = this.taskQueue.splice(n - 1, 1)[0];
-        const cancelDisplay = removed.teammate === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : removed.teammate;
+        const cancelDisplay = removed.teammate === this.selfName ? this.adapterName : removed.teammate;
         this.feedLine(concat(tp.muted("  Cancelled: "), tp.accent(`@${cancelDisplay}`), tp.muted(" — "), tp.text(removed.task.slice(0, 60))));
         this.refreshView();
     }
@@ -3106,11 +3292,54 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
                     const extraContext = entry.type === "btw" || entry.type === "debug"
                         ? ""
                         : this.buildConversationContext();
-                    const result = await this.orchestrator.assign({
+                    let result = await this.orchestrator.assign({
                         teammate: entry.teammate,
                         task: entry.task,
                         extraContext: extraContext || undefined,
                     });
+                    // Defensive retry: if the agent produced no text output but exited
+                    // successfully, it likely ended its turn with only file edits.
+                    // Retry up to 2 times with progressively simpler prompts.
+                    const rawText = (result.rawOutput ?? "").trim();
+                    if (!rawText &&
+                        result.success &&
+                        entry.type !== "btw" &&
+                        entry.type !== "debug") {
+                        this.silentAgents.add(entry.teammate);
+                        // Attempt 1: ask the agent to summarize what it did
+                        const retry1 = await this.orchestrator.assign({
+                            teammate: entry.teammate,
+                            task: `You completed the previous task but produced no visible text output. The user cannot see your work without a text response.\n\nOriginal task: ${entry.task}\n\nPlease respond now with a summary of what you did. Do NOT update session or memory files. Do NOT use any tools. Just produce text output.\n\nFormat:\nTO: user\n# <Subject line>\n\n<Body — what you did, key decisions, files changed>`,
+                            raw: true,
+                        });
+                        const retry1Raw = (retry1.rawOutput ?? "").trim();
+                        if (retry1Raw) {
+                            result = {
+                                ...result,
+                                rawOutput: retry1.rawOutput,
+                                summary: retry1.summary || result.summary,
+                            };
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            // Attempt 2: absolute minimum prompt — just ask for one sentence
+                            const retry2 = await this.orchestrator.assign({
+                                teammate: entry.teammate,
+                                task: `Say "Done." followed by one sentence describing what you changed. No tools. No file edits. Just text.`,
+                                raw: true,
+                            });
+                            const retry2Raw = (retry2.rawOutput ?? "").trim();
+                            if (retry2Raw) {
+                                result = {
+                                    ...result,
+                                    rawOutput: retry2.rawOutput,
+                                    summary: retry2.summary || result.summary,
+                                };
+                            }
+                        }
+                        this.silentAgents.delete(entry.teammate);
+                    }
+                    // Display the (possibly retried) result to the user
+                    this.displayTaskResult(result, entry.type);
                     // Write debug entry — skip for debug analysis tasks (avoid recursion)
                     if (entry.type !== "debug") {
                         this.writeDebugEntry(entry.teammate, entry.task, result, startTime);
@@ -3134,7 +3363,7 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
                 if (this.activeTasks.size === 0)
                     this.stopStatusAnimation();
                 const msg = err?.message ?? String(err);
-                const displayAgent = agent === this.adapterName ? this.selfName : agent;
+                const displayAgent = agent === this.selfName ? this.adapterName : agent;
                 this.feedLine(tp.error(`  ✖  @${displayAgent}: ${msg}`));
                 this.refreshView();
             }
@@ -3236,7 +3465,11 @@ Do NOT modify any other teammate's files. Only edit your own SOUL.md and daily l
         const teammatesDir = join(cwd, ".teammates");
         await mkdir(teammatesDir, { recursive: true });
         const fromPath = argsStr.trim();
-        if (fromPath) {
+        if (fromPath === "pick") {
+            // Persona picker mode: /init pick
+            await this.runPersonaOnboardingInline(teammatesDir);
+        }
+        else if (fromPath) {
             // Import mode: /init <path-to-another-project>
             const resolved = resolve(fromPath);
             let sourceDir;
@@ -3777,7 +4010,7 @@ Issues that can't be resolved unilaterally — they need input from other teamma
         // Has args — queue a task to apply the change
         const task = `Update the file ${userMdPath} with the following change:\n\n${change}\n\nKeep the existing content intact unless the change explicitly replaces something. This is the user's profile — be concise and accurate.`;
         this.taskQueue.push({ type: "agent", teammate: this.selfName, task });
-        this.feedLine(concat(tp.muted("  Queued USER.md update → "), tp.accent(`@${this.selfName}`)));
+        this.feedLine(concat(tp.muted("  Queued USER.md update → "), tp.accent(`@${this.adapterName}`)));
         this.feedLine();
         this.refreshView();
         this.kickDrain();
@@ -3794,7 +4027,7 @@ Issues that can't be resolved unilaterally — they need input from other teamma
             teammate: this.selfName,
             task: question,
         });
-        this.feedLine(concat(tp.muted("  Side question → "), tp.accent(`@${this.selfName}`)));
+        this.feedLine(concat(tp.muted("  Side question → "), tp.accent(`@${this.adapterName}`)));
         this.feedLine();
         this.refreshView();
         this.kickDrain();