@volter/supercode-frontend-vscode 0.1.55 → 0.1.56

package/README.md

@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ the pinned workbench's [first-send materialization](https://github.com/volter-ai
 and [draft acceptance](https://github.com/volter-ai/code-oss/blob/f16dc165c0dffe701a7bbf59aefb1c662b206cee/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/widget/chatWidget.ts#L3493)
 paths. A failed startup leaves the draft available to retry.
 
+New Chat highlights the agent from the focused conversation (or an already
+chosen draft) before opening the blank chat. With no matching choice it keeps
+the host/native default. This is a source correction with
+[real Chat qualification still open](../../docs/evidence/chat-agent-picker-focus-2026-10-09.md).
+
 The pending agent/model choice belongs to that blank chat's untitled resource
 and is retired when another conversation opens. Cancelling or opening sign-in
 does not choose an agent. Readiness polling continues to discover

package/dist/extension.js

@@ -948,7 +948,9 @@ export async function activate(context) {
         quick.title = title;
         quick.placeholder = placeholder;
         quick.items = items;
-        quick.activeItems = items.filter(item => item.id === currentId);
+        // Agent choices can also contain a model-configuration row with the same
+        // harness id. The ordinary agent row comes first; activate only that row.
+        quick.activeItems = items.filter(item => item.id === currentId).slice(0, 1);
         return new Promise(resolve => {
             quick.onDidAccept(() => resolve(quick.selectedItems[0]));
             quick.onDidHide(() => resolve(undefined));
@@ -1176,6 +1178,15 @@ export async function activate(context) {
             return;
         }
         await controls.refresh();
+        // Capture the conversation's agent before opening the blank chat clears
+        // focus. A saved conversation need not be the host's active runtime yet.
+        const previousId = focusedResource ? boundId(focusedResource) : controls.state.activeSession;
+        const previousAttachment = focusedResource && attachedIds.has(focusedResource.authority)
+            ? frontends.get(focusedResource.authority) : undefined;
+        const previousHarness = previousAttachment?.session.descriptor?.source_harness
+            ?? draftSelection()?.harness
+            ?? controls.state.sessions.find(session => session.id === previousId)?.selection.harness
+            ?? controls.state.selection.harness;
         const agents = setupAgents(controls.state);
         const localChoices = agents.map(agent => ({ label: agent.name, id: agent.harness,
             description: agent.harness === 'codex' ? (agent.signedIn ? 'Signed in with ChatGPT' : 'Sign in with ChatGPT…')
@@ -1192,7 +1203,7 @@ export async function activate(context) {
             return;
         }
         await chooseNewChat(async () => {
-            const harness = await vscode.window.showQuickPick(choices, { title: 'New chat', placeHolder: 'Choose your coding agent' });
+            const harness = await pickWithCurrent(choices, 'New chat', 'Choose your coding agent', previousHarness);
             if (!harness)
                 return { kind: 'cancelled' };
             if (harness.configure) {

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@volter/supercode-frontend-vscode",
   "displayName": "Volter Harness",
-  "version": "0.1.55",
+  "version": "0.1.56",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "VS Code chat-view frontend for an existing Volter Harness SDK runtime",
   "publisher": "volter-ai-dev",