ei-tui 0.5.2 → 0.5.3

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ei-tui",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "author": "Flare576",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",

package/src/core/processor.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
   type ToolProvider,
 } from "./types.js";
 import { buildPersonaFromPersonPrompt } from "../prompts/index.js";
+import { buildSiblingAwarenessSection } from "../prompts/room/index.js";
 import type { PersonaGenerationResult } from "../prompts/generation/types.js";
 
 import type { Storage } from "../storage/interface.js";
@@ -1024,8 +1025,9 @@ export class Processor {
         const isBackingOff = retryAfter !== null && retryAfter > new Date().toISOString();
 
         if (!isBackingOff) {
-          const request = this.stateManager.queue_claimHighest();
+          let request = this.stateManager.queue_claimHighest();
           if (request) {
+            request = this.augmentRoomRequest(request);
             const personaId = request.data.personaId as string | undefined;
             const personaDisplayName = request.data.personaDisplayName as string | undefined;
             const personaSuffix = personaDisplayName ? ` [${personaDisplayName}]` : "";
@@ -1412,6 +1414,28 @@ const toolNextSteps = new Set([
       });
   }
 
+  private augmentRoomRequest(request: LLMRequest): LLMRequest {
+    if (request.next_step !== LLMNextStep.HandleRoomResponse) return request;
+
+    const roomId = request.data.roomId as string | undefined;
+    const parentMessageId = request.data.parentMessageId as string | undefined;
+    const personaDisplayName = request.data.personaDisplayName as string | undefined;
+
+    if (!roomId || !parentMessageId || !personaDisplayName) return request;
+
+    const siblings = this.stateManager.getRoomChildren(roomId, parentMessageId)
+      .filter((m: RoomMessage) => m.role === "persona" && m.verbal_response)
+      .map((m: RoomMessage) => ({
+        name: this.stateManager.persona_getById(m.persona_id ?? "")?.display_name ?? "Participant",
+        verbal_response: m.verbal_response!,
+      }));
+
+    if (siblings.length === 0) return request;
+
+    const siblingSection = buildSiblingAwarenessSection(siblings, personaDisplayName);
+    return { ...request, system: request.system + "\n\n" + siblingSection };
+  }
+
   private classifyLLMError(error: string): string {
     const match = error.match(/\((\d{3})\)/);
     if (match) {

package/src/core/prompt-context-builder.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import { StateManager } from "./state-manager.js";
 import { getEmbeddingService, findTopK } from "./embedding-service.js";
 import type { ResponsePromptData, PromptOutput } from "../prompts/index.js";
 import { buildRoomResponsePrompt } from "../prompts/room/index.js";
-import type { RoomParticipantIdentity, RoomHistoryMessage } from "../prompts/room/types.js";
+import type { RoomParticipantIdentity } from "../prompts/room/types.js";
+import { normalizeRoomMessages } from "./handlers/utils.js";
 
 const QUOTE_LIMIT = 10;
 const DATA_ITEM_LIMIT = 15;
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ export async function buildResponsePromptData(
       traits: persona.traits,
       topics: persona.topics,
       interested_topics: persona.topics.filter(t => t.exposure_desired - t.exposure_current > 0.2),
+      include_message_timestamps: persona.include_message_timestamps,
     },
     human: filteredHuman,
     visible_personas: visiblePersonas,
@@ -231,15 +233,7 @@ export async function buildRoomResponsePromptData(
 
   const filteredHuman = await filterHumanDataByVisibility(human, respondingPersona, currentMessage);
 
-  const history: RoomHistoryMessage[] = sourceMessages.map(m => ({
-    speaker_name: m.role === "human"
-      ? (human.settings?.name_display ?? "Human")
-      : (sm.persona_getById(m.persona_id ?? "")?.display_name ?? m.persona_id ?? "Unknown"),
-    speaker_id: m.role === "human" ? "human" : (m.persona_id ?? ""),
-    verbal_response: m.verbal_response,
-    action_response: m.action_response,
-    silence_reason: m.silence_reason,
-  }));
+  const history = normalizeRoomMessages(sourceMessages, sm);
 
   const otherParticipants: RoomParticipantIdentity[] = [];
   for (const pid of room.persona_ids) {
@@ -273,6 +267,7 @@ export async function buildRoomResponsePromptData(
       long_description: respondingPersona.long_description,
       traits: respondingPersona.traits,
       topics: respondingPersona.topics,
+      include_message_timestamps: respondingPersona.include_message_timestamps,
     },
     other_participants: otherParticipants,
     human: filteredHuman,

package/src/core/room-manager.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ async function queueRoomPersonaResponses(
   isTUI: boolean,
   onRoomMessageQueued: (roomId: string) => void
 ): Promise<void> {
-  for (const personaId of room.persona_ids) {
+  const personaIds = room.mode === RoomMode.FreeForAll
+    ? [...room.persona_ids].sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5)
+    : room.persona_ids;
+
+  for (const personaId of personaIds) {
     const persona = sm.persona_getById(personaId);
     if (!persona || persona.is_archived || persona.is_paused) continue;
     if (room.mode === RoomMode.MessagesAgainstPersona && room.judge_persona_id === personaId) continue;
@@ -186,7 +190,9 @@ export async function sendFfaMessage(
       .map(q => q.data.personaId as string)
   );
 
-  for (const personaId of updatedRoom.persona_ids) {
+  const shuffledIds = [...updatedRoom.persona_ids].sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5);
+
+  for (const personaId of shuffledIds) {
     if (alreadyQueued.has(personaId)) continue;
     const persona = sm.persona_getById(personaId);
     if (!persona || persona.is_archived || persona.is_paused) continue;

package/src/prompts/response/index.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ Your role is unique among personas:
   const toolsSection = (data.tools && data.tools.length > 0) ? buildToolsSection() : "";
   const currentTime = formatCurrentTime();
   const conversationState = getConversationStateText(data.delay_ms);
+  const timestampNote = data.persona.include_message_timestamps
+    ? `\nNote: Timestamps are shown to help you understand time context — the user sees them too, no need to echo or reference them.`
+    : "";
 
   return `${identity}
 
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ ${priorities}
 
 ${responseFormat}${toolsSection ? `\n\n${toolsSection}` : ""}
 
-Current time: ${currentTime}
+Current time: ${currentTime}${timestampNote}
 ${conversationState}
 
 ## Final Instructions
@@ -99,6 +102,9 @@ function buildStandardSystemPrompt(data: ResponsePromptData): string {
   const toolsSection = (data.tools && data.tools.length > 0) ? buildToolsSection() : "";
   const currentTime = formatCurrentTime();
   const conversationState = getConversationStateText(data.delay_ms);
+  const timestampNote = data.persona.include_message_timestamps
+    ? `\nNote: Timestamps are shown to help you understand time context — the user sees them too, no need to echo or reference them.`
+    : "";
 
   return `${identity}
 
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ ${priorities}
 
 ${responseFormat}${toolsSection ? `\n\n${toolsSection}` : ""}
 
-Current time: ${currentTime}
+Current time: ${currentTime}${timestampNote}
 ${conversationState}
 
 ## Final Instructions

package/src/prompts/response/types.ts

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ export interface ResponsePromptData {
     topics: PersonaTopic[];
     /** Pre-filtered: topics where exposure_desired - exposure_current > 0.2 */
     interested_topics: PersonaTopic[];
+    /** When true, each message has a timestamp prepended; include a note so the persona doesn't echo them */
+    include_message_timestamps?: boolean;
   };
   human: {
     facts: Fact[];

package/src/prompts/room/index.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import type { RoomResponsePromptData, RoomJudgePromptData, PromptOutput } from "./types.js";
 import { formatCurrentTime } from "../../core/format-utils.js";
+import { formatMessagesAsPlaceholders } from "../message-utils.js";
 import {
   buildRoomParticipantsSection,
   buildRoomHistorySection,
@@ -14,6 +15,8 @@ import {
   buildJudgeCandidatesSection,
   buildJudgeDecisionFormatSection,
 } from "./sections.js";
+
+export { buildSiblingAwarenessSection } from "./sections.js";
 import {
   buildHumanSection,
   buildQuotesSection,
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ export function buildRoomResponsePrompt(data: RoomResponsePromptData): PromptOut
   const responseFormat = buildRoomResponseFormatSection();
   const toolsSection = tools && tools.length > 0 ? buildToolsSection() : "";
   const currentTime = formatCurrentTime();
+  const timestampNote = persona.include_message_timestamps
+    ? `Note: Timestamps are shown to help you understand time context — the user sees them too, no need to echo or reference them.`
+    : "";
 
   const system = [
     identity,
@@ -61,10 +67,10 @@ export function buildRoomResponsePrompt(data: RoomResponsePromptData): PromptOut
     guidelines,
     responseFormat,
     toolsSection,
-    `Current time: ${currentTime}`,
+    `Current time: ${currentTime}${timestampNote ? `\n${timestampNote}` : ""}`,
   ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
 
-  const user = buildRoomHistorySection(history) +
+  const user = formatMessagesAsPlaceholders(history, name) +
     `\n\nRespond to the conversation above as ${name}. Call the \`submit_response\` tool with your response. If the tool is unavailable, use the JSON format in the Response Format section.`;
 
   return { system, user };

package/src/prompts/room/sections.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,22 @@ Rules:
 - If the \`submit_response\` tool is unavailable, return the JSON object directly as your entire reply — no prose, no preamble`;
 }
 
+export function buildSiblingAwarenessSection(
+  siblings: Array<{ name: string; verbal_response: string }>,
+  personaName: string
+): string {
+  if (siblings.length === 0) return "";
+  const lines = siblings.map(s => `**${s.name}**: "${s.verbal_response}"`);
+  const header = siblings.length === 1
+    ? "## Another voice has already responded this round"
+    : "## Others have already responded this round";
+  return `${header}
+
+${lines.join("\n\n")}
+
+Find the angle that's distinctly yours on this same moment — don't try to cover more ground, just be the version of this reaction that only *${personaName}* could give.`;
+}
+
 export function buildJudgeCandidatesSection(candidates: RoomJudgeCandidate[]): string {
   const lines = candidates.map((c, i) => {
     const speaker = c.speaker_id === "human" ? "Human" : c.speaker_name;

package/src/prompts/room/types.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Room Prompt Types
  */
 
-import type { Fact, PersonaTrait, Topic, Person, Quote, PersonaTopic, ToolDefinition } from "../../core/types.js";
+import type { Fact, Message, PersonaTrait, Topic, Person, Quote, PersonaTopic, ToolDefinition } from "../../core/types.js";
 import type { RoomMode } from "../../core/types.js";
 
 export interface RoomParticipantIdentity {
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface RoomResponsePromptData {
     long_description?: string;
     traits: PersonaTrait[];
     topics: PersonaTopic[];
+    include_message_timestamps?: boolean;
   };
   other_participants: RoomParticipantIdentity[];
   human: {
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ export interface RoomResponsePromptData {
     /** Pre-filtered: topics where exposure_desired - exposure_current > 0.2 */
     interested_topics: Topic[];
   };
-  history: RoomHistoryMessage[];
+  history: Message[];
   isTUI: boolean;
   tools?: ToolDefinition[];
 }

package/tui/src/components/MessageList.tsx

@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export function MessageList() {
           backgroundColor="#0f1419"
           stickyScroll={true}
           stickyStart="bottom"
+          viewportCulling={true}
         >
           <For each={messagesWithQuotes()}>
             {(message, index) => {

package/tui/src/components/RoomMessageList.tsx

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ export function RoomMessageList() {
           backgroundColor="#0f1419"
           stickyScroll={true}
           stickyStart="bottom"
+          viewportCulling={true}
         >
           <For each={displayMessagesWithQuotes()}>
             {(msg) => {