privateer-agent 0.12.41 → 0.12.42

package/extensions/privateer-models.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   fetchAccountCatalog,
 } from "../src/providers/account.ts";
 import { writePiDefaultModel } from "../src/providers/defaultModel.ts";
+import { acceptsImages } from "../src/providers/vision.ts";
 
 // A minimal view of Pi's theme (passed to the ui.custom factory) — enough to color
 // text without pulling Pi's internal theme types into an extension.
@@ -402,6 +403,9 @@ export default function privateerModels(pi: {
                 `Model: ${match.provider}/${match.id}  ·  ${TIERS[tier].label}`,
                 "info",
               );
+              if (!acceptsImages(`${match.provider}/${match.id}`)) {
+                ui?.notify?.(`${match.provider}/${match.id} can't see images — files will be dropped silently.`, "warning");
+              }
               return;
             } catch (e) {
               ui?.notify?.(`Couldn't switch model: ${(e as Error).message}`, "error");
@@ -448,6 +452,9 @@ export default function privateerModels(pi: {
           `Model: ${chosen.provider}/${chosen.id}  ·  ${TIERS[chosen.tier].label}`,
           "info",
         );
+        if (!acceptsImages(`${chosen.provider}/${chosen.id}`)) {
+          ui.notify?.(`${chosen.provider}/${chosen.id} can't see images — files will be dropped silently.`, "warning");
+        }
       } catch (e) {
         ui.notify?.(`Couldn't switch model: ${(e as Error).message}`, "error");
       }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "privateer-agent",
-  "version": "0.12.41",
+  "version": "0.12.42",
   "description": "Privacy-first terminal coding agent — bring your own model across 20 providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google, local Ollama…). Safe-by-default permissions, MCP, sub-agents, workflows, and verifiable TEE inference. Built on the Pi toolkit.",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",

package/src/cli/chat.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ async function main() {
   const { pickerCatalog, hiddenAccountNotice, hiddenAccountTitleSuffix } = await import("../providers/modelCatalog.ts");
   const { resolveDefaultModel, resolveSignedInModel, savedPiDefaultSpec, writePiDefaultModel } =
     await import("../providers/defaultModel.ts");
+  const { acceptsImages } = await import("../providers/vision.ts");
   const { postOutbox } = await import("../outbox/cloudOutbox.ts");
   const { addPendingCloud } = await import("../routines/store.ts");
 
@@ -434,6 +435,14 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   console.log(`${DIM}privateer-agent — lean REPL. Loading ${provider}/${modelId}…${RESET}`);
+  // A saved pick (settings.json) or an old BYO/env default can silently outrank the
+  // vision-capable account default (see defaultModel.ts's precedence). Pi drops image
+  // blocks for a model that doesn't declare the modality with NO error — `read` on a
+  // screenshot just quietly answers about nothing — so make that failure visible
+  // instead of letting a user discover it turn by turn. /model to switch.
+  if (!acceptsImages(spec)) {
+    console.log(`${YELLOW}⚠ ${provider}/${modelId} can't see images — @file/read on a picture or video frame will be dropped silently. Run /model to switch.${RESET}`);
+  }
   if (noQuarterActive()) applyNoQuarter(true); // launched with --no-quarter: say so up front
 
   const services = await createAgentSessionServices({
@@ -732,6 +741,9 @@ async function main() {
       writePiDefaultModel(sp);
       const m = `model → ${sp}`;
       console.log(`${DIM}${m}${RESET}`);
+      if (!acceptsImages(sp)) {
+        console.log(`${YELLOW}⚠ ${sp} can't see images — @file/read on a picture will be dropped silently.${RESET}`);
+      }
       relay?.sendContext({ model: currentSpec, cwd, version: agentVersion() }); // banner follows the switch
       if (remote) relay?.sendNotice(m);
     } catch (e) {