@yemi33/minions 0.1.571 → 0.1.573

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.571 (2026-04-08)
+## 0.1.573 (2026-04-08)
+
+### Fixes
+-  remove dead stdin prepend path, clean up spawn-agent cache logic
+
+## 0.1.572 (2026-04-08)
 
 ### Features
 -  include agent dispatches in LLM Call Performance tile
@@ -9,6 +14,7 @@
 -  add ccModel/ccEffort settings and agent runtime tracking
 
 ### Fixes
+-  always use --system-prompt-file, remove spawnSync --help check
 -  remove dead Context Pressure tile from engine page
 
 ### Other

package/engine/spawn-agent.js

@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ const env = cleanChildEnv();
 let claudeBin;
 let claudeIsNative = false; // true = native binary, false = node cli.js
 const capsCachePath = path.join(__dirname, 'claude-caps.json');
-let _sysPromptFileSupported = null;
+let _cacheHit = false;
 
 // Fast path: use cached binary path if it still exists on disk
 const caps = safeJson(capsCachePath);
 if (caps?.claudeBin && fs.existsSync(caps.claudeBin)) {
   claudeBin = caps.claudeBin;
   claudeIsNative = !!caps.claudeIsNative;
-  _sysPromptFileSupported = caps.sysPromptFile ?? null;
+  _cacheHit = true;
 }
 
 // Strategy 1: Check if `claude` is on PATH (native installer or npm global bin)
@@ -114,38 +114,10 @@ if (!claudeBin) {
   process.exit(78); // 78 = configuration error (distinct from runtime failures)
 }
 
-// Check if --system-prompt-file is supported (cached alongside binary path above)
+// Save binary path cache on first resolution (subsequent spawns use fast path)
 let actualArgs = cliArgs;
-if (_sysPromptFileSupported === null) {
-  try {
-    const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
-    const testResult = claudeIsNative
-      ? spawnSync(claudeBin, ['--help'], { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 10000, windowsHide: true })
-      : spawnSync(process.execPath, [claudeBin, '--help'], { encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 10000, windowsHide: true });
-    _sysPromptFileSupported = (testResult.stdout || '').includes('system-prompt-file');
-  } catch { _sysPromptFileSupported = true; /* assume supported */ }
-  // Save binary path + capability flag together
-  try { safeWrite(capsCachePath, { claudeBin, claudeIsNative, sysPromptFile: _sysPromptFileSupported }); } catch {}
-}
-if (!isResume) try {
-  if (!_sysPromptFileSupported) {
-    // Not supported — fall back to inline but safe: use --append-system-prompt with chunking
-    // or just inline if under 30KB
-    fs.unlinkSync(sysTmpPath);
-    if (Buffer.byteLength(sysPrompt) < 30000) {
-      actualArgs = ['-p', '--system-prompt', sysPrompt, ...extraArgs];
-    } else {
-      // Too large for inline — split: short identity as --system-prompt, rest prepended to user prompt
-      // Extract first section (agent identity) as the system prompt, rest goes into user context
-      const splitIdx = sysPrompt.indexOf('\n---\n');
-      const shortSys = splitIdx > 0 && splitIdx < 2000
-        ? sysPrompt.slice(0, splitIdx)
-        : sysPrompt.slice(0, 1500) + '\n\n[System prompt truncated for CLI arg limit — full context provided below in user message]';
-      actualArgs = ['-p', '--system-prompt', shortSys, ...extraArgs];
-    }
-  }
-} catch {
-  // If help check fails, try file approach anyway
+if (!_cacheHit) {
+  try { safeWrite(capsCachePath, { claudeBin, claudeIsNative }); } catch {}
 }
 
 const proc = claudeIsNative
@@ -158,14 +130,9 @@ fs.appendFile(debugPath, `PID=${proc.pid || 'none'}\nargs=${actualArgs.join(' ')
 const pidFile = promptFile.replace(/prompt-/, 'pid-').replace(/\.md$/, '.pid');
 fs.writeFileSync(pidFile, String(proc.pid || ''));
 
-// Send prompt via stdin — if system prompt was truncated, prepend the full context
+// Send prompt via stdin
 try {
-  if (!isResume && Buffer.byteLength(sysPrompt) >= 30000) {
-    // System prompt was too large for CLI — prepend full context to user prompt
-    proc.stdin.write(`## Full Agent Context\n\n${sysPrompt}\n\n---\n\n## Your Task\n\n${prompt}`);
-  } else {
-    proc.stdin.write(prompt);
-  }
+  proc.stdin.write(prompt);
   proc.stdin.end();
 } catch (err) {
   console.error(`FATAL: stdin write failed (broken pipe): ${err.message}`);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.571",
+  "version": "0.1.573",
   "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"