@yemi33/minions 0.1.485 → 0.1.487

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.487 (2026-04-07)
+
+### Features
+-  steering shows acknowledgment status — Sent → waiting → acknowledged
+
+### Fixes
+-  CC always delegates exploration to agents instead of doing it itself
+
 ## 0.1.485 (2026-04-07)
 
 ### Fixes

package/dashboard/js/live-stream.js

@@ -153,13 +153,39 @@ async function sendSteering() {
       const d = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
       if (pending) { pending.textContent = '\u26A0 Failed: ' + (d.error || 'unknown'); pending.style.opacity = '1'; }
     } else {
-      if (pending) pending.textContent = '\u2713 Queued — agent will see this on next turn';
+      if (pending) {
+        pending.textContent = '\u2713 Sent — waiting for agent to respond...';
+        // Poll for agent acknowledgment (new output after steering)
+        let ackChecks = 0;
+        const ackInterval = setInterval(async () => {
+          ackChecks++;
+          if (ackChecks > 30) { // Give up after 30s
+            clearInterval(ackInterval);
+            if (pending.textContent.includes('waiting')) pending.textContent = '\u2713 Sent — agent may respond shortly';
+            return;
+          }
+          try {
+            const liveRes = await fetch('/api/agent/' + encodeURIComponent(currentAgentId) + '/live-output');
+            const text = await liveRes.text();
+            // Check if there's new output after the [human-steering] line
+            const steerIdx = text.lastIndexOf('[human-steering]');
+            if (steerIdx >= 0) {
+              const afterSteer = text.slice(steerIdx + 100);
+              // Look for assistant response (JSON with type:assistant or readable text)
+              if (afterSteer.length > 200 && (afterSteer.includes('"type":"assistant"') || afterSteer.includes('"type":"text"'))) {
+                clearInterval(ackInterval);
+                pending.textContent = '\u2713 Agent acknowledged';
+                pending.style.color = 'var(--green)';
+              }
+            }
+          } catch {}
+        }, 1000);
+      }
     }
   } catch (e) {
     const pending = document.getElementById('steer-pending');
     if (pending) { pending.textContent = '\u26A0 ' + e.message; pending.style.opacity = '1'; }
   } finally {
-    // Resume polling after a short delay so the log has the [human-steering] line
     setTimeout(() => { _steerInFlight = false; refreshLiveOutput(); }, 500);
   }
 }

package/dashboard.js

@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ Your primary job is to **orchestrate**, not implement. For most requests, dispat
 - Starting a dev server or running a build command the user asked for
 - Git operations the user explicitly asked YOU to do
 
-When in doubt, **dispatch an agent**. The user is talking to you because they want work delegated, not because they want you to be the one coding.
+When in doubt, **dispatch an agent**. The user is talking to you because they want work delegated, not because they want you to be the one coding. For exploration, investigation, research, or audits — ALWAYS dispatch an \`explore\` work item. Never do multi-file codebase analysis yourself.
 
 ## Minions Actions (Delegation)
 
@@ -586,7 +586,8 @@ Available action types:
 6. Keep responses concise but informative. Use markdown.
 7. **Never modify engine source code** (engine.js, engine/*.js, dashboard.js/html, minions.js, bin/).
 8. **Never push to git remotes** without the user explicitly confirming.
-9. For long-running processes (dev servers), start them detached so they survive after your session.`;
+9. For long-running processes (dev servers), start them detached so they survive after your session.
+10. **Always delegate exploration and complex queries to agents.** You are the dispatcher, not the worker. When the user asks to "explore", "investigate", "research", "look into", "figure out", or "audit" something in a project, dispatch an \`explore\` work item to an agent — do NOT do the exploration yourself. You may read a few files for quick lookups (status checks, config reads), but any multi-file investigation or codebase analysis must be delegated. Your role is orchestration.`;
 
 // Hash the system prompt so we can detect changes and invalidate stale sessions
 const _ccPromptHash = require('crypto').createHash('md5').update(CC_STATIC_SYSTEM_PROMPT).digest('hex').slice(0, 8);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.485",
+  "version": "0.1.487",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"