token-goat 2.6.2 → 2.6.3

package/README.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ permalink: /
 
 Token-Goat sits silently between your AI and your tools. Re-read a file? It gets a one-line hint and a narrow-slice suggestion instead of the full file again. Grab a screenshot? A 100 KB copy reaches the model instead of 10 MB. Run `pytest`, `npm install`, `docker build`, or `cargo`? The thousands of progress bars and passing-test names are stripped to the failures before the output even reaches the context window. Open a PDF, a large Markdown doc, or a CSV? The hook intercepts it — heading tree, page count, or column preview — so the model never pays for the full file. Run `gh run watch` or `next dev` a second time? Prior output is recalled rather than re-run. Compact a long session? It gets a clean structured manifest of edited files and key symbols so nothing important is forgotten. Sessions drop 40–90%+ in cost. You change nothing about how you work.
 
-Works with **Claude Code**, **Gemini CLI**, **Codex CLI**, **Aider**, **Cursor**, **Cline**, **Windsurf**, **Copilot CLI**, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and **pi** ([pi-coding-agent](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi-mono)).
+Works with **Claude Code**, **Gemini CLI**, **Codex CLI**, **Aider**, **Cursor**, **Cline**, **Windsurf**, **Copilot CLI**, and OpenCode, plus **pi** ([pi-coding-agent](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi-mono)).
 
 **Ask your AI to install it fully (give it this GitHub link), or install in one command:**
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The fastest way to reduce AI token costs is fixing these five, not writing short
 | PDF or Office binary (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, .odt) opened via Read | Full read denied; PDF shows page count and outline; Office binaries redirect to `pandoc` or `docx2txt` for text extraction |
 | Large CSV or TSV file (≥10 KB) read in full | Column headers, row count, and 3 sample rows shown; `duckdb` query suggestion for large tabular data |
 | Large TXT or log file (≥20 KB) read in full | Line count + first/last 5 lines shown; `.log`/`.out` files bias toward `--tail 100 --grep`; general catch-all for any file ≥100 KB |
-| Subagent reads a 47–86 KB recon dump (or greps a 73 KB transcript) and overflows its window | `pre_read` denies a full Read at or above `large_read_redirect_bytes` (~45 KB default), and a `content`-mode Grep over one oversized file, redirecting both to surgical reads or a windowed `offset`/`limit` |
+| Subagent reads a 47–86 KB recon dump (or greps a 73 KB transcript) and overflows its window | `pre_read` denies a full Read at or above `large_read_redirect_bytes` (512 KB base, tightened by context pressure to as low as ~92 KB once the session is nearly full — the case that matters most for an already-strained subagent), and a `content`-mode Grep over one oversized file, redirecting both to surgical reads or a windowed `offset`/`limit` |
 | Subagent overflows at "hello" with no idea why | `token-goat baseline` attributes the fixed environmental floor — other plugins' hook dumps, both CLAUDE.md files, MEMORY.md, MCP servers — by owner, suggested fix, and fixed-vs-variable cost |
 | MCP screenshot call lands 10 MB image in context because no file path was passed | `pre_screenshot` denies chrome-devtools and playwright screenshot calls without a `filePath`/`file_path` argument; redirects the model to re-issue with one, so the saved file flows through image-shrink (~39K tokens raw → ~8K compressed) |
 | `curl -v` dumps TLS handshake + all request/response headers | Verbose lines stripped; request line, HTTP status, content-type, and body kept — typically 70–90% smaller |
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ The `--codex` flag patches both Claude Code and Codex CLI in one pass.
 ### Gemini CLI users
 
 ```
-token-goat install --target gemini
+token-goat install --gemini
 ```
 
 This writes hook entries into `~/.gemini/settings.json` using Gemini CLI's `BeforeTool` / `AfterTool` / `SessionStart` / `PreCompress` event names. Token-goat translates between Gemini's snake_case tool names (`run_shell_command`, `read_file`, `grep_search`, etc.) and its internal format automatically. Image shrinking, session hints, post-edit indexing, compact assist, and bash output compression all work. To remove: `token-goat uninstall --gemini`.
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ The `--opencode` flag patches Claude Code and drops a TypeScript bridge plugin i
 token-goat install --openclaw
 ```
 
-The `--openclaw` flag patches Claude Code and drops a TypeScript bridge plugin into `~/.openclaw/plugins/` and registers it in `openclaw.json` — one command, no separate base install. Image shrinking, post-edit indexing, and pre-fetch denial work. Session hints and compact assist don't — no context injection point, no compaction event.
+The `--openclaw` flag patches Claude Code and registers a TypeScript bridge plugin with OpenClaw's gateway: it drops `~/.openclaw/plugins/token-goat.ts` and adds it to `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json`'s `plugins.load.paths` / `plugins.entries` (existing config is merged, never overwritten). OpenClaw's plugin SDK does support `before_tool_call`/`after_tool_call` hooks with the block/rewrite shape token-goat needs; unlike the other bridges, no argument-key remapping is needed at all, since OpenClaw's tool-call params are already snake_case (`file_path`, `command`, etc.) — the same keys token-goat's own `tool_input` uses.
+
+What works: **bash output compression**, **re-read denial** and **surgical-read redirects for oversized first reads**, **image shrinking**, and **post-edit indexing** (all via `before_tool_call`/`after_tool_call`). What doesn't: **session hints** — OpenClaw's tool-call hooks have no context-injection channel, only param rewriting — and the **compaction manifest** — OpenClaw's `before_compaction`/`after_compaction` are observation-only, with no return-value mechanism to inject a manifest into the next turn the way pi's compaction hooks do.
+
+This bridge has not been validated against a live OpenClaw instance — it's built from OpenClaw's documented plugin SDK and hook event types, not dogfooded against a real running gateway. If tool calls aren't being intercepted, the built-in tool name list in `openclaw.ts`'s `TOOL_TO_TG` map is the first thing to check. To remove: `token-goat uninstall --openclaw`.
 
 ### pi users
 
@@ -307,7 +311,7 @@ token-goat install --pi
 
 The `--pi` flag patches Claude Code and drops a TypeScript extension into pi's global extensions directory (`~/.pi/agent/extensions/token-goat.ts`). pi auto-discovers it on the next launch (approve the project-trust prompt the first time). The extension is a normal pi extension — a default-exported factory that subscribes to `session_start`, `tool_call`, `tool_result`, `session_before_compact`, and `session_compact` — and bridges those events into token-goat's `token-goat hook <event>` subprocess protocol.
 
-What works: **bash output compression** (the bash command is rewritten in `tool_call`), **re-read denial** (`tool_call` returns `{ block, reason }` for confirmed re-reads), **image shrinking** and **surgical-read redirects** (args rewritten in place), **post-edit indexing** and **output caching** (`tool_result`), and the **compaction manifest** (captured at `session_before_compact`, re-injected after `session_compact` since pi's compaction replaces rather than appends). Skill-overhead preservation does not apply — pi has no Skill tool; skills are template expansions. To remove: `token-goat uninstall --pi`.
+What works: **bash output compression** (the bash command is rewritten in `tool_call`), **re-read denial** and **surgical-read redirects for oversized first reads** (both return `{ block, reason }` from `tool_call` — a confirmed re-read, or a first read at/above the pressure-scaled `large_read_redirect_bytes` gate, pointing at `token-goat skeleton`/`section`/`symbol` instead), **image shrinking** (`tool_call` rewrites the read path in place to a materialized shrunk copy), **post-edit indexing** and **output caching** (`tool_result`), and the **compaction manifest** (captured at `session_before_compact`, re-injected after `session_compact` since pi's compaction replaces rather than appends). Skill-overhead preservation does not apply — pi has no Skill tool; skills are template expansions. To remove: `token-goat uninstall --pi`.
 
 **Project-local install (single project only).** pi also loads extensions from a project's `.pi/extensions/` directory (after the project is trusted). To install for one project without touching the global directory, drop the extension there:
 
@@ -355,12 +359,12 @@ To upgrade cleanly:
 | Command | What it does |
 |---------|-------------|
 | `token-goat symbol <name>` | Jump to a symbol definition. |
-| `token-goat read "file::symbol"` | Pull one function or class, not the whole file. Supports qualified lookups (`read "file.py::Class.method"`) and line ranges: `read "file.py@10-40"` for lines 10 to 40 inclusive, or `read "file.py@42"` for one line. Line ranges read straight from disk, so they work on any file, including paths outside an indexed project. |
+| `token-goat read "file::symbol"` | Pull one function or class, not the whole file. Supports qualified lookups (`read "file.py::Class.method"`) and line ranges: `read "file.py@10-40"` for lines 10 to 40 inclusive, or `read "file.py@42"` for one line. Line ranges read straight from disk, so they work on any file, including paths outside an indexed project. `--force-refresh` reparses the file from disk and updates the index before querying — for files touched by git operations, external tools, or direct filesystem writes that bypass the normal post-edit indexing hook. |
 | `token-goat replace <file>` | Replace one string in a file using `--old-from`/`--new-from` or `--old-b64`/`--new-b64`; `--all` replaces every match. |
 | `token-goat section "doc.md::Heading"` | Pull one Markdown section by heading. A miss that is an unambiguous prefix of exactly one heading auto-redirects with a `(redirected from: …)` marker (and a `redirectedFrom` field under `--json`). Disambiguate duplicates with `"doc.md::Heading#2"`. |
 | `token-goat skill-section "<name>::<heading>"` | Extract a named section from an installed skill without reading the full skill file. |
-| `token-goat skeleton "file"` | Show all signatures in a file without bodies — typically 70–90% fewer tokens than a full read. |
-| `token-goat outline "file"` | List top-level symbols with line ranges and docstring hints — one-glance file map. |
+| `token-goat skeleton "file"` | Show all signatures in a file without bodies — typically 70–90% fewer tokens than a full read. `--force-refresh` reparses from disk first, bypassing a stale index. |
+| `token-goat outline "file"` | List top-level symbols with line ranges and docstring hints — one-glance file map. `--force-refresh` reparses from disk first, bypassing a stale index. |
 | `token-goat scope "file:line"` | Show symbols in scope at a given line — avoids reading the whole file to understand locals. |
 | `token-goat exports "file"` | List public (exported) symbols with types and docstring hints. |
 | `token-goat refs "<name>"` | Show all files and line numbers where a symbol is referenced. Pass a comma-separated spec (`a,b,c` or `file::a,b`) to merge several symbols' references into one call, each group headed by its symbol name. |
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ To upgrade cleanly:
 | `token-goat dead` | Surface functions, methods, and classes with no recorded callers in the project index. Private names and common entry points (`main`, `app`, etc.) are excluded by default. `--include-private` lifts the underscore filter; `--kind` narrows to specific symbol types; `--top N` caps output; `--json` for structured output. Results are a heuristic lead — dynamic dispatch and external callers are invisible to static indexing. |
 | `token-goat coverage-gaps` | Find callables in non-test source files that never appear in a test file's reference records. Useful for spotting untested surface area before a refactor or release. `--top N` caps output; `--json` for structured output. |
 | `token-goat recent [N]` | Show the N most recently edited/accessed files with their symbols. |
-| `token-goat grep "<pattern>"` | Built-in fallback regex search over files (no `rg` shell-out, no caching) — session-aware dedup for raw `rg`/`grep` Bash calls is a separate hook, not this command. |
+| `token-goat grep "<pattern>" [paths...]` | Built-in fallback regex search over files (no `rg` shell-out, no caching) — session-aware dedup for raw `rg`/`grep` Bash calls is a separate hook, not this command. Accepts zero or more paths: omit to walk cwd, or pass several to search them together with hits merged in argument order under one `--max-lines` cap. `-C, --context <n>` shows `n` lines before and after each match. |
 | `token-goat semantic "<query>"` | Find code by meaning, not by filename: embedding-vector similarity search over indexed file chunks, falling back to full-text search (BM25) over symbol names/bodies if no vector index exists yet (e.g. optional embedding deps unavailable, or `indexing.embeddings_enabled` is off). `--limit <n>` caps result count. |
 | `token-goat map` | Get a compact orientation of the repo. Add `--compact` to fit a fixed 2000-token budget. |
 | `token-goat arch` | Project-wide import graph summary: hub modules (most imported), entry points (nothing imports them), and circular chains. Complements `token-goat deps <file>` for per-file depth. |
@@ -405,6 +409,7 @@ To upgrade cleanly:
 | `token-goat compact-hint --session-id <id>` | Inspect the compaction manifest for a session. Add `--trigger auto` to preview the pressure-aware budget the live PreCompact hook would use. |
 | `token-goat resume <session_id>` | Emit a single post-compact recovery packet — top skills, last two Bash outputs, top edited-file diffs, and `git diff --stat`, capped at ~2000 tokens. Replaces 5-10 round-trips. |
 | `token-goat config list / get / set / validate` | Inspect or edit `config.toml` from the CLI. `validate` reports unknown keys with did-you-mean suggestions. |
+| `token-goat config-get <file> <key>` | Look up one key from a config-shaped file (TOML/INI `key = value`, or YAML) without reading the whole thing. On a `.md` file, a leading `---`-fenced YAML frontmatter block (Jekyll/Hugo/SKILL.md style) is checked first and takes precedence over the TOML/INI fallback; a `.md` file with no frontmatter, or an unclosed fence, falls through to the normal lookup unchanged. |
 | `token-goat clean-cache` | Prune on-disk caches to their configured floor without waiting for the worker. |
 | `token-goat prune-cache` | Manually trigger LRU eviction across all cache directories (images, bash, web, skills). |
 | `token-goat session-summary` | Compact one-liner about current session state — designed for orchestrators and multi-agent loops. |
@@ -490,25 +495,25 @@ Contains the symbol index (`global.db`, per-project `.db` files), session cache,
 |------|------|
 | `~/.codex/config.toml` | Hooks block with Codex-specific matchers (`view_image|Bash`, `apply_patch`, `web_search`). Existing hooks preserved. |
 | `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` | A delimited block (`<!-- token-goat-codex-begin -->` … `<!-- token-goat-codex-end -->`) with the same routing guidance, adapted for Codex tool names. |
+| `~/.codex/hooks/token-goat-shim.js` | The hook script `config.toml`'s hook commands invoke (`node "<path>" <event>`). Strips internal `_tg_*` keys and injects `hookSpecificOutput.hookEventName` to satisfy Codex's strict schemas. Regenerated on every `install --codex` run. |
 
-**With `--opencode`** (opencode plugin)
+**With `--gemini`** (Gemini CLI integration)
 
 | Path | What |
 |------|------|
-| `~/.config/opencode/plugins/token-goat.ts` (Linux/macOS) or `%APPDATA%\opencode\plugins\token-goat.ts` (Windows) | TypeScript bridge plugin. Fires on `tool.execute.before`, `tool.execute.after`, and `experimental.session.compacting`. Covers image shrinking, post-edit indexing, and compact assist. |
+| `~/.gemini/settings.json` | Hook entries under Gemini's `BeforeTool`, `AfterTool`, `SessionStart`, and `PreCompress` events, using Gemini's own snake_case tool-name matchers (`run_shell_command`, `read_file`, `grep_search`, etc.). Existing hooks preserved; a timestamped `.bak` is written before any change. |
 
-**With `--openclaw`** (openclaw plugin)
+**With `--opencode`** (opencode plugin)
 
 | Path | What |
 |------|------|
-| `~/.openclaw/plugins/token-goat-bridge.ts` | TypeScript bridge plugin. Fires on `before_tool_call` and `after_tool_call`. Covers image shrinking, post-edit indexing, and pre-fetch denial. |
-| `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` | Plugin entry added under `plugins.entries`. Existing entries preserved. |
+| `~/.config/opencode/plugins/token-goat.ts` (Linux/macOS) or `%APPDATA%\opencode\plugins\token-goat.ts` (Windows) | TypeScript bridge plugin. Fires on `tool.execute.before`, `tool.execute.after`, and `experimental.session.compacting`. Covers image shrinking, post-edit indexing, and compact assist. |
 
 **With `--pi`** (pi extension)
 
 | Path | What |
 |------|------|
-| `~/.pi/agent/extensions/token-goat.ts` | TypeScript extension (default-exported `ExtensionAPI` factory). Subscribes to `session_start`, `tool_call`, `tool_result`, `session_before_compact`, and `session_compact`. Covers bash compression, re-read denial, image shrinking, surgical-read redirects, post-edit indexing, output caching, and the compaction manifest. A project-local install writes `<project>/.pi/extensions/token-goat.ts` instead. |
+| `~/.pi/agent/extensions/token-goat.ts` | TypeScript extension (default-exported `ExtensionAPI` factory). Subscribes to `session_start`, `tool_call`, `tool_result`, `session_before_compact`, and `session_compact`. Covers bash compression, re-read denial, pressure-scaled surgical-read redirects for oversized first reads, image shrinking, post-edit indexing, output caching, and the compaction manifest. A project-local install writes `<project>/.pi/extensions/token-goat.ts` instead. |
 
 **With `--hermes`** (Hermes Agent integration)
 
@@ -516,6 +521,13 @@ Contains the symbol index (`global.db`, per-project `.db` files), session cache,
 |------|------|
 | `~/.claude/settings.json` | No new entries beyond the base Claude Code install. Hermes delegates tasks to Claude Code via `claude -p '<task>'`, which loads hooks from this file normally. `token-goat install --hermes` verifies the hooks are present and reports the result. To remove the Hermes detection: `token-goat uninstall --hermes` (removes no files — Hermes shares the Claude Code hook entries). |
 
+**With `--openclaw`** (OpenClaw plugin)
+
+| Path | What |
+|------|------|
+| `~/.openclaw/plugins/token-goat.ts` | TypeScript bridge plugin (`definePluginEntry` registration). Subscribes to `session_start`, `session_end`, `before_tool_call`, `after_tool_call`, and `before_compaction`. Covers bash compression, re-read denial, pressure-scaled surgical-read redirects for oversized first reads, image shrinking, and post-edit indexing. Not validated against a live OpenClaw instance — see README's "openclaw users" section. |
+| `~/.openclaw/openclaw.json` | Adds the plugin path to `plugins.load.paths` and an entry to `plugins.entries.token-goat`. Existing config preserved; a timestamped `.bak` is written before any change. |
+
 ## Zero maintenance
 
 After install, there is nothing to start, stop, or restart. The worker runs at logon on Windows, Linux, and macOS; on WSL without systemd, the SessionStart hook covers it. Survives reboots on every platform. `token-goat uninstall` reverses every change, including the startup entry.
@@ -756,7 +768,7 @@ Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\dfk-helper\token-goat"
 token-goat uninstall
 ```
 
-Reverses everything in [What gets installed?](#what-gets-installed): the scheduled task or systemd unit, the registry value or `.desktop` or `.plist`, the hook entries in `settings.json`, the `CLAUDE.md` block, the skill directory. Add `--codex`, `--gemini`, `--opencode`, `--openclaw`, `--pi`, or `--hermes` to also strip those integrations. Add `--purge` to also delete the data directory (cache, index, models, logs). Nothing else on the system depends on it.
+Reverses everything in [What gets installed?](#what-gets-installed): the scheduled task or systemd unit, the registry value or `.desktop` or `.plist`, the hook entries in `settings.json`, the `CLAUDE.md` block, the skill directory. Add `--codex`, `--gemini`, `--opencode`, `--pi`, `--hermes`, or `--openclaw` to also strip those integrations. Add `--purge` to also delete the data directory (cache, index, models, logs). Nothing else on the system depends on it.
 
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