aether-code 0.35.9 → 0.36.1

package/bin/aether-code.js

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {
 import readline from "node:readline";
 import { c, errorLine, divider, setTerminalTitle } from "../src/render.js";
 
-const VERSION = "0.35.9";
+const VERSION = "0.36.1";
 
 /**
  * Try to start MCP servers from ~/.aether/mcp.json. Returns a started

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aether-code",
-  "version": "0.35.9",
+  "version": "0.36.1",
   "description": "Uncensored AI coding agent for your terminal — Claude Code alternative with MCP support. Reads code, writes files, runs commands. Drives IDA Pro, Roblox Studio, Wireshark, Blender, and any MCP server. No refusal layer.",
   "homepage": "https://trynoguard.com",
   "repository": {

package/src/box-input.js

@@ -80,14 +80,19 @@ export function promptBox({ history = [], placeholder = "", mode = "review", sup
 
     const termW = () => Math.max(30, (process.stdout.columns || 80) - 2);
 
+    const stripAnsi = (s) => s.replace(/\x1b\[[0-9;]*m/g, "");
+    const rowsFor = (line, cols) => Math.max(1, Math.ceil((stripAnsi(line).length || 1) / cols));
+
     const draw = (first) => {
       const W = termW();
+      const termCols = process.stdout.columns || 80;
       if (!first) process.stdout.write(`\x1b[${drawn}A`);
       process.stdout.write("\x1b[J");
 
       const prefixStr = "> ";
       const prefixLen = 2;
-      const maxVisible = W - prefixLen;
+      const imgSuffix = clipImages.length > 0 ? ` [+${clipImages.length} img]` : "";
+      const maxVisible = Math.max(8, W - prefixLen - imgSuffix.length);
       const start = pos > maxVisible ? pos - maxVisible : 0;
       const view = buf.slice(start, start + maxVisible);
       const rel = pos - start;
@@ -104,29 +109,26 @@ export function promptBox({ history = [], placeholder = "", mode = "review", sup
           const ch = view[i] ?? " ";
           s += i === rel ? INV(ch) : ch;
         }
-        if (clipImages.length > 0) {
-          s += " " + c.cyan(`[+${clipImages.length} img]`);
-        }
+        if (imgSuffix) s += c.cyan(imgSuffix);
         content = s;
       }
 
-      // Bare prompt — just "> " like Claude Code
       const promptLine = c.dim(prefixStr) + content;
 
-      // Bottom status bar — colored block prefix like Claude's
       const blk = (code) => `\x1b[${code}m \x1b[0m`;
       const barPrefix = blk(46) + blk(44);
       const imgNote = clipImages.length > 0 ? c.cyan(" images queued") + c.dim(" \xB7 ") : "";
-      const statusText = c.dim(
-        " " + mode + " mode" +
-        " \xB7 " + "? for shortcuts" +
-        " \xB7 " + "@file for images",
-      ) + imgNote;
-
-      const termCols = process.stdout.columns || 80;
-      const rule = c.cyan(" " + "─".repeat(termCols - 2));
-      process.stdout.write(rule + "\n" + promptLine + "\n" + rule + "\n" + barPrefix + statusText + "\n");
-      drawn = 4;
+      const baseStatus = " " + mode + " mode \xB7 ? for shortcuts \xB7 @file for images";
+      const barPrefixLen = 2;
+      const imgNoteLen = clipImages.length > 0 ? 17 : 0;
+      const maxStatusLen = Math.max(10, termCols - barPrefixLen - imgNoteLen - 1);
+      const truncStatus = baseStatus.length > maxStatusLen ? baseStatus.slice(0, maxStatusLen) : baseStatus;
+      const statusText = c.dim(truncStatus) + imgNote;
+
+      const rule = c.cyan(" " + "─".repeat(Math.max(0, termCols - 2)));
+      const lines = [rule, promptLine, rule, barPrefix + statusText];
+      drawn = lines.reduce((sum, l) => sum + rowsFor(l, termCols), 0);
+      process.stdout.write(lines.join("\n") + "\n");
     };
 
     const finish = (result) => {

package/src/repl.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { c, errorLine, turnStats } from "./render.js";
 import { autoUpdate } from "./update-check.js";
 import { promptBox, EXIT_SIGNAL } from "./box-input.js";
 
-const VERSION = "0.35.9";
+const VERSION = "0.36.1";
 const MODEL_NAME = "Aether Core";
 
 const MODEL_ALIASES = {
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ export async function runRepl({ cwd: initialCwd, autoYes: initialAutoYes, unsafe
   let extraLines = 0;
   if (updateMsg) { console.log(updateMsg); extraLines++; }
 
-  // Push prompt to bottom — use cursor positioning (not filler) so the banner
-  // stays visible. Filler breaks on cmd.exe when process.stdout.rows returns
-  // the scroll-buffer height (~300) instead of the visible window height (~25).
-  const rows = process.stdout.rows || 24;
-  const promptHeight = 4; // rule + "> " input + rule + status bar
-  const contentEnd = bannerLineCount + extraLines + 1;
-  const promptRow = Math.max(contentEnd + 1, rows - promptHeight + 1);
-  process.stdout.write(`\x1b[${promptRow};1H`);
-
   const inputHistory = [];
 
   while (true) {

package/src/tools.js

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
     function: {
       name: "ask_user",
       description:
-        "Ask the user a single multiple-choice question and wait for their answer. Use this ONLY when the request is genuinely ambiguous AND the answer materially changes what you build — e.g. which platform/framework/language, the scope, or an irreversible decision. Ask BEFORE building when a wrong assumption would waste real work. Give 2–5 concrete options, each with a short description; put the best default first. Do NOT use it for trivial choices, things you can infer, or to confirm permission to act — just build when the task is clear.",
+        "Ask the user a single multiple-choice question ONLY when you literally cannot proceed without their input — e.g. the task names two incompatible platforms and you don't know which one. NEVER use this tool to answer a question the user asked YOU — if they ask 'what color is this?', 'what does this code do?', 'explain X', etc., respond with TEXT, not a quiz. NEVER use it to present analysis, findings, or answers as multiple-choice options. NEVER use it for trivial choices, things you can infer, or to confirm permission — just act. The ONLY valid use is: a genuinely ambiguous BUILD request where picking wrong wastes real work (which framework, which language, which scope). Give 2–5 concrete options with short descriptions; put the best default first.",
       parameters: {
         type: "object",
         properties: {