ayder-cli 2.5.2__tar.gz → 2.5.3__tar.gz

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.5
 Name: ayder-cli
-Version: 2.5.2
+Version: 2.5.3
 Summary: AI agent for any LLMs
 Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/ayder/ayder-cli
 Project-URL: Repository, https://github.com/ayder/ayder-cli.git
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ inside the Ollama summary.
 | `Ctrl+L` | Clear chat |
 | `Ctrl+O` | Toggle tool panel |
 | `Ctrl+T` | Toggle thinking/reasoning blocks |
+| `Shift` + drag | Select text with the mouse (Option in iTerm2 and Terminal.app) |
 | `PageUp` / `PageDown` | Scroll chat view |
 | `Tab` | Auto-complete slash commands |
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/README.md

@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ inside the Ollama summary.
 | `Ctrl+L` | Clear chat |
 | `Ctrl+O` | Toggle tool panel |
 | `Ctrl+T` | Toggle thinking/reasoning blocks |
+| `Shift` + drag | Select text with the mouse (Option in iTerm2 and Terminal.app) |
 | `PageUp` / `PageDown` | Scroll chat view |
 | `Tab` | Auto-complete slash commands |
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/docs/GATE.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Input: the candidate SHA.
    gates and the test suite, and stops at the first failing task.
 4. Copy the final pytest summary line (`=== N passed, M skipped in …s ===`) verbatim.
 
-Last measured: `2909 passed, 2 skipped` on `fix/docs-skill-list-2.5.2` (2026-10-22, release 2.5.2).
+Last measured: `3026 passed, 2 skipped` on `feat/tui-tweaks` (2026-11-13, release 2.5.3).
 
 ## Report format
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md

@@ -329,11 +329,13 @@ AyderApp (Textual App)
 ├── CSS (from theme_manager.py)
 ├── Compose:
 │   ├── Banner (Static)
+│   ├── ToolPanel (custom widget) ← Tool calls; hidden until Ctrl+O, opens at the top (fixed 10% height)
+│   ├── ThinkingPanel (custom widget) ← Reasoning stream; Ctrl+T, opens at the top (fixed 30% height)
+│   ├── AgentPanel (custom widget) ← Agent runs; Ctrl+G, opens at the top (fixed 10% height)
 │   ├── ChatView (custom widget) ← Messages displayed here
-│   ├── ToolPanel (custom widget) ← Tool calls shown here
 │   ├── ActivityBar (custom widget) ← Status indicators
 │   ├── CLIInputBar (custom widget) ← User input
-│   └── StatusBar (custom widget) ← Model, tokens, iterations
+│   └── StatusBar (custom widget) ← Working directory (~ for home, shortened from the left), model, effort, mode, context usage, files
 │
 ├── Screens (Modal):
 │   ├── CLIConfirmScreen ← Tool confirmation with diff
@@ -574,15 +576,15 @@ The TUI module provides a clean, terminal-like interface with:
 - Simple text output with prefixes
 - Minimal borders and chrome design
 - Slash command auto-completion
-- Status bar with contextual information
-- Mouse-free operation optimized for keyboard
+- Status bar with contextual information, starting with the working directory (home shown as `~`; a long path is shortened from the left to at most a third of the bar, never below `…/<last component>`, regardless of the other items, which may overflow the bar's right edge)
+- Keyboard-first operation, with mouse support enabled
 
 It exposes key components like AyderApp, widgets (ChatView, ToolPanel), and screens (CLIConfirmScreen) for building the terminal interface.
 
 ### TUI Application File Summary (src/ayder_cli/tui/app.py)
 
 AyderApp is the main Textual application implementing a chat-style interface:
-- **Layout**: Banner, ChatView, ToolPanel, ActivityBar, CLIInputBar, StatusBar
+- **Layout**: ToolPanel, ThinkingPanel and AgentPanel (hidden by default; they open at the top, above the chat, at a fixed 10% / 30% / 10% of the screen height with their content scrolling inside, and toggling prints no chat message), ChatView, ActivityBar, CLIInputBar, StatusBar
 - **Keybindings**: Ctrl+Q (quit), Ctrl+C/X (cancel), Ctrl+L (clear), Ctrl+O (toggle tools)
 - **Features**:
   - Async processing with worker threads
@@ -594,7 +596,7 @@ AyderApp is the main Textual application implementing a chat-style interface:
 The application manages:
 - LLM provider setup and configuration
 - Tool registry initialization with middleware
-- System prompt construction (base prompt + environment section + tool prompts + skill catalog; no project tree). The environment section (`prompts.build_environment_prompt`) gives the absolute working directory and the session start date and time (ISO 8601, local time with UTC offset). It is built once per session and reused on `/model` rebuilds. A resumed session (`--resume`) restores the provider it last used (the session file stores it; a provider no longer configured falls back to the default with a warning) and its `--system-prompt` text, keeps its history, and rebuilds the system prompt for the current session, so the scratch directory, start time, tool prompts and agent capability prompts are current; `/model` rebuilds keep the capability prompts.
+- System prompt construction (base prompt + environment section + tool prompts + skill catalog; no project tree). The environment section (`prompts.build_environment_prompt`) gives the absolute working directory and the session start date and time (ISO 8601, local time with UTC offset). It also tells the model that replies render as Markdown (paragraphs separated by a blank line, no fixed-width wrapping). It is built once per session and reused on `/model` rebuilds. A resumed session (`--resume`) restores the provider it last used (the session file stores it; a provider no longer configured falls back to the default with a warning) and its `--system-prompt` text, keeps its history, and rebuilds the system prompt for the current session, so the scratch directory, start time, tool prompts and agent capability prompts are current; `/model` rebuilds keep the capability prompts.
 - Process manager for background operations
 
 ### Chat Loop Summary (src/ayder_cli/loops/chat_loop.py)

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "ayder-cli"
-version = "2.5.2"
+version = "2.5.3"
 description = "AI agent for any LLMs"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/prompts.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Session start: {started_at}{scratch_line}
 Your workspace is {workspace}.
 Outside it, read only paths the user names or the task requires, and create,
 modify or initialize nothing (including `git init`) without the user's consent.{scratch_rule}
+Replies are rendered as Markdown. Separate paragraphs with a blank line; do not wrap lines at a fixed width.
 """
 
 # REASON: Models put temporary files in /tmp by habit. A per-session directory

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/themes/ayder.py

@@ -659,16 +659,15 @@ BannerWidget .banner-version {
     color: $success;
 }
 
-/* ToolPanel - The panel that slides up/appears above the input bar showing running tools.
-   Targets 'ToolPanel' in widgets.py. */
+/* ToolPanel - The panel that opens at the top of the screen, above the chat view, showing running tools.
+   Fixed at 10% of the screen height from the moment it opens, whatever it holds;
+   its content scrolls inside. Targets 'ToolPanel' in widgets.py. */
 ToolPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    min-height: 6;
-    max-height: 24%;
+    height: 10%;
     background: $background;
-    border-top: solid ansi_bright_black;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid ansi_bright_black;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -688,14 +687,14 @@ ToolPanel .tool-item.completed {
 }
 
 /* AgentPanel - Scrollable panel for agent run history.
-   Toggled with Ctrl+G. Targets 'AgentPanel' in widgets.py. */
+   Toggled with Ctrl+G. Fixed at 10% of the screen height; content scrolls inside.
+   Targets 'AgentPanel' in widgets.py. */
 AgentPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    max-height: 40%;
+    height: 10%;
     background: $background;
-    border-top: solid ansi_bright_black;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid ansi_bright_black;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -734,15 +733,15 @@ AgentPanel .agent-detail {
 }
 
 /* ThinkingPanel - Scrollable panel showing the model's reasoning stream.
-   Toggled with Ctrl+T. Taller than the tool/agent panels because reasoning is
-   long-form. Targets 'ThinkingPanel' in widgets.py. */
+   Toggled with Ctrl+T. Fixed at 30% of the screen height, three times the
+   tool/agent panels, because reasoning is long-form; content scrolls inside.
+   Targets 'ThinkingPanel' in widgets.py. */
 ThinkingPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    max-height: 60%;
+    height: 30%;
     background: $background;
-    border-top: solid ansi_bright_black;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid ansi_bright_black;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -778,21 +777,14 @@ Screen:inline {
 }
 
 #tool-panel {
-    height: auto;
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 20%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
 #agent-panel {
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 40%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
 #thinking-panel {
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 60%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/themes/claude.py

@@ -596,16 +596,15 @@ BannerWidget .banner-version {
     color: #5cb870;
 }
 
-/* ToolPanel - The panel that slides up/appears above the input bar showing running tools.
-   Targets 'ToolPanel' in widgets.py. */
+/* ToolPanel - The panel that opens at the top of the screen, above the chat view, showing running tools.
+   Fixed at 10% of the screen height from the moment it opens, whatever it holds;
+   its content scrolls inside. Targets 'ToolPanel' in widgets.py. */
 ToolPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    min-height: 6;
-    max-height: 24%;
+    height: 10%;
     background: #0a0a18;
-    border-top: solid #333350;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid #333350;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -625,14 +624,14 @@ ToolPanel .tool-item.completed {
 }
 
 /* AgentPanel - Scrollable panel for agent run history.
-   Toggled with Ctrl+G. Targets 'AgentPanel' in widgets.py. */
+   Toggled with Ctrl+G. Fixed at 10% of the screen height; content scrolls inside.
+   Targets 'AgentPanel' in widgets.py. */
 AgentPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    max-height: 40%;
+    height: 10%;
     background: #0a0a18;
-    border-top: solid #333350;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid #333350;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -671,15 +670,15 @@ AgentPanel .agent-detail {
 }
 
 /* ThinkingPanel - Scrollable panel showing the model's reasoning stream.
-   Toggled with Ctrl+T. Taller than the tool/agent panels because reasoning is
-   long-form. Targets 'ThinkingPanel' in widgets.py. */
+   Toggled with Ctrl+T. Fixed at 30% of the screen height, three times the
+   tool/agent panels, because reasoning is long-form; content scrolls inside.
+   Targets 'ThinkingPanel' in widgets.py. */
 ThinkingPanel {
     layout: vertical;
-    height: auto;
-    max-height: 60%;
+    height: 30%;
     background: #0a0a18;
-    border-top: solid #333350;
-    padding: 1 1;
+    border-bottom: solid #333350;
+    padding: 0 1;
     overflow-y: scroll;
     display: none;
 }
@@ -715,21 +714,14 @@ Screen:inline {
 }
 
 #tool-panel {
-    height: auto;
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 20%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
 #agent-panel {
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 40%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 
 #thinking-panel {
-    min-height: 0;
-    max-height: 60%;
     width: 100%;
 }
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/tui/__init__.py

@@ -81,10 +81,11 @@ def run_tui(
         raise SystemExit(1)
 
     try:
-        app.run(inline=True, mouse=False)
+        app.run(inline=True, mouse=True)
     finally:
-        # Ensure mouse reporting is disabled after exit — Textual's driver may
-        # leave it on if the shutdown path doesn't fully complete (e.g. Ctrl+Q).
+        # Mouse is enabled for the session; make sure reporting is switched off
+        # on exit — Textual's driver may leave it on if the shutdown path doesn't
+        # fully complete (e.g. Ctrl+Q or a crash).
         sys.stdout.write(
             "\033[?1000l"  # disable mouse click tracking
             "\033[?1002l"  # disable mouse button-event tracking

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/tui/app.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from textual.app import App, ComposeResult, InvalidThemeError
 from textual.css.query import NoMatches
 from textual.widgets import Static
 from textual.timer import Timer
-from textual import on
+from textual import messages, on
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class AyderApp(App):
     # switches App.theme (the palette) live — handy for previewing palettes on
     # the ayder layout before pinning one via [ui] palette.
     ENABLE_COMMAND_PALETTE = True
-    ENABLE_MOUSE_SUPPORT = False
+    ENABLE_MOUSE_SUPPORT = True
 
     BINDINGS = [
         ("ctrl+q", "quit", "Quit"),
@@ -721,10 +721,11 @@ class AyderApp(App):
 
     def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
         """Compose the UI layout - terminal style with scrolling content."""
-        yield ChatView(id="chat-view")
+        # Toggle panels open at the top; the chat stays next to the input bar.
         yield ToolPanel(id="tool-panel")
         yield ThinkingPanel(id="thinking-panel")
         yield AgentPanel(id="agent-panel")
+        yield ChatView(id="chat-view")
         yield ActivityBar(id="activity-bar")
         yield CLIInputBar(commands=self.commands, id="input-bar")
         yield StatusBar(
@@ -734,6 +735,17 @@ class AyderApp(App):
             id="status-bar",
         )
 
+    def _on_terminal_supports_synchronized_output(
+        self, message: messages.TerminalSupportsSynchronizedOutput
+    ) -> None:
+        # EXPERIMENT, judged live by the operator: textual 8.2.7 leaves synchronized
+        # output (DEC 2026) off in inline mode, yet App._display already writes each
+        # inline frame as one sequence between _begin_update/_end_update, so the
+        # terminal can apply a whole frame atomically. Relies on private textual
+        # 8.2.7 API (exact pin); drop this if it does not help.
+        if self._driver is not None:
+            self._sync_available = True
+
     def on_mount(self) -> None:
         """Called when app is mounted."""
         install_asyncio_handler(asyncio.get_running_loop())
@@ -776,7 +788,6 @@ class AyderApp(App):
         )
         spacer_h = max(0, viewport_h - content_h)
         self._banner_spacer.styles.height = spacer_h
-        chat_view.scroll_end(animate=False)
 
     @property
     def _is_processing(self) -> bool:
@@ -1092,9 +1103,11 @@ class AyderApp(App):
     def _after_turn_finished(self) -> None:
         """UI teardown after a turn fully exits; the consumer pulls the next one."""
         self._set_inbox_status("idle")
-        self._maybe_stop_activity_timer()
         try:
+            # Clear first: a text-only turn ends with the bar still "generating",
+            # which keeps the stop check below from ever seeing an idle bar.
             self.query_one("#activity-bar", ActivityBar).clear()
+            self._maybe_stop_activity_timer()
             self.query_one("#input-bar", CLIInputBar).focus_input()
         except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - teardown guard: post-turn UI cleanup is cosmetic and must not kill the app
             logger.opt(exception=True).debug("Post-turn UI teardown failed")
@@ -1146,28 +1159,15 @@ class AyderApp(App):
 
     def action_toggle_tools(self) -> None:
         """Toggle the tool context panel."""
-        tool_panel = self.query_one("#tool-panel", ToolPanel)
-        visible = tool_panel.toggle()
-        chat_view = self.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
-        state = "visible" if visible else "hidden"
-        chat_view.add_system_message(f"Tool panel {state} (Ctrl+O to toggle)")
+        self.query_one("#tool-panel", ToolPanel).toggle()
 
     def action_toggle_thinking(self) -> None:
         """Toggle the thinking/reasoning panel (mirrors Ctrl+O / Ctrl+G)."""
-        thinking_panel = self.query_one("#thinking-panel", ThinkingPanel)
-        visible = thinking_panel.toggle()
-        self._show_thinking = visible
-        chat_view = self.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
-        state = "visible" if visible else "hidden"
-        chat_view.add_system_message(f"Thinking panel {state} (Ctrl+T to toggle)")
+        self._show_thinking = self.query_one("#thinking-panel", ThinkingPanel).toggle()
 
     def action_toggle_agents(self) -> None:
         """Toggle the agent panel."""
-        agent_panel = self.query_one("#agent-panel", AgentPanel)
-        visible = agent_panel.toggle()
-        chat_view = self.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
-        state = "visible" if visible else "hidden"
-        chat_view.add_system_message(f"Agent panel {state} (Ctrl+G to toggle)")
+        self.query_one("#agent-panel", AgentPanel).toggle()
 
     def action_show_help(self) -> None:
         """Show help modal with keybindings."""
@@ -1187,8 +1187,6 @@ class AyderApp(App):
             return
         chat_view = self.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
         chat_view.scroll_page_down(animate=False)
-        if chat_view.scroll_offset.y >= chat_view.max_scroll_y:
-            chat_view.enable_follow_mode()
 
     def _scroll_open_panel(self, motion: str) -> bool:
         """Scroll a visible scrollable panel — the agents (Ctrl+G) or thinking

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/tui/screens.py

@@ -741,6 +741,10 @@ class AgentListScreen(ModalScreen[str | None]):
             self.dismiss(None)
 
 
+# Mouse support captures the mouse, so the terminal's own selection needs a modifier.
+SELECT_TEXT_HINT = "Hold Shift to select text with the mouse (Option in iTerm2 and Terminal.app)."
+
+
 class CLIHelpScreen(ModalScreen[None]):
     """Centered help modal showing all keybindings, dynamically generated."""
 
@@ -758,6 +762,8 @@ class CLIHelpScreen(ModalScreen[None]):
             for key, desc in entries:
                 lines.append(f"    {key:<16}{desc}")
             lines.append("")
+        lines.append(f"  {SELECT_TEXT_HINT}")
+        lines.append("")
         lines.append("          Press Esc to close")
         return "\n".join(lines)
 

{ayder_cli-2.5.2 → ayder_cli-2.5.3}/src/ayder_cli/tui/widgets.py

@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ from typing import Any
 from textual.app import ComposeResult
 from textual.containers import Horizontal, VerticalScroll, Container
 from textual.css.query import NoMatches
+from textual.geometry import Size
 from textual.message import Message
 from textual.reactive import reactive
 from textual.suggester import SuggestFromList
+from textual.widget import Widget
 from textual.widgets import Static, Input, Label, TextArea
+from rich.cells import cell_len
 from rich.text import Text
 from rich.markdown import Markdown
 from rich.spinner import Spinner
@@ -52,15 +55,58 @@ class ChatView(VerticalScroll):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self._message_widgets: list[Static] = []
         self._thinking_visible: bool = False
-        self._follow_mode: bool = True
+
+    def on_mount(self) -> None:
+        """Anchor to the bottom: follow the end of the chat.
+
+        Textual re-pins an anchored widget to its end inside the same layout
+        pass as any resize or new content, so a panel opening or a message
+        arriving never draws a frame at a stale offset. Scrolling up releases
+        the anchor; scrolling back to the end re-arms it.
+        """
+        self.anchor()
+
+    def _size_updated(
+        self, size: Size, virtual_size: Size, container_size: Size, layout: bool = True
+    ) -> bool:
+        # Textual pins an anchored widget using the pre-resize container_size, so
+        # the first frame after a resize (a panel opening) draws at a stale offset.
+        # Re-pin once the new size is in, then ask for another layout: the
+        # compositor placed the children with the stale offset, and a silent
+        # set_reactive does not move them (without it every open after the first
+        # left the newest rows cut off). Relies on private Widget/scrollbar
+        # attributes of textual 8.2.7; the draw-spy and painted-rows tests in
+        # test_panel_layout guard it.
+        updated = super()._size_updated(size, virtual_size, container_size, layout)
+        if updated and self._anchored and not self._anchor_released:
+            stale = self.scroll_y
+            end = self.max_scroll_y
+            self.set_reactive(Widget.scroll_y, end)
+            self.set_reactive(Widget.scroll_target_y, end)
+            self.vertical_scrollbar._reactive_position = end  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+            if end != stale:
+                self.refresh(layout=True)
+        return updated
+
+    def release_anchor(self) -> None:
+        # Textual re-arms an anchor only in watch_scroll_y, so a scroll that lands
+        # where it already is (PageDown at the end) would leave it released for
+        # good. Re-check once the scroll has landed; a user who scrolled up stays
+        # released because scroll_y is then below the end.
+        super().release_anchor()
+        self.call_after_refresh(self._reanchor_at_end)
+
+    def _reanchor_at_end(self) -> None:
+        if self.scroll_y >= self.max_scroll_y:
+            self.anchor()
 
     def disable_follow_mode(self) -> None:
-        """Disable auto-scroll on new messages (user is reading history)."""
-        self._follow_mode = False
+        """Stop following the end (user is reading history)."""
+        self.release_anchor()
 
     def enable_follow_mode(self) -> None:
-        """Re-enable auto-scroll on new messages."""
-        self._follow_mode = True
+        """Follow the end again and jump to it."""
+        self.anchor()
 
     def _create_text(
         self, content: str, msg_type: MessageType, metadata: dict | None = None
@@ -137,8 +183,6 @@ class ChatView(VerticalScroll):
                     text = self._create_text(full_content, msg_type, metadata)
                     if text:
                         last_widget.update(text)
-                if self._follow_mode:
-                    self.scroll_end(animate=False)
                 return
 
         self.messages.append(
@@ -163,9 +207,6 @@ class ChatView(VerticalScroll):
                 if msg_type == MessageType.THINKING and not self._thinking_visible:
                     msg_widget.display = False
 
-        if self._follow_mode:
-            self.scroll_end(animate=False)
-
     def add_user_message(self, content: str) -> None:
         """Add a user message."""
         self.add_message(content, MessageType.USER)
@@ -241,6 +282,7 @@ class ToolPanel(Container):
         widget = Static(spinner, classes="tool-item running")
         self._tools[tool_call_id] = (widget, spinner, tool_name, args_str, False)
         self.mount(widget)
+        self.call_after_refresh(self.scroll_end, animate=False)
 
     def complete_tool(self, tool_call_id: str, result: str = "") -> None:
         """Mark a tool as completed."""
@@ -260,6 +302,7 @@ class ToolPanel(Container):
         widget.remove_class("running")
         widget.add_class("completed")
         self._tools[tool_call_id] = (widget, None, tool_name, args_str, True)
+        self.call_after_refresh(self.scroll_end, animate=False)
 
     def update_spinners(self) -> None:
         """Re-render running tool spinners (they auto-advance based on time)."""
@@ -298,8 +341,9 @@ class ThinkingPanel(Container):
     Toggled with Ctrl+T, mirroring ToolPanel (Ctrl+O) and AgentPanel (Ctrl+G):
     reasoning is streamed in silently while the ActivityBar spinner shows the
     ambient "Thinking..." status, and the user opens the panel to read the full
-    chain. It is taller than the other panels because reasoning is long-form,
-    and shows the complete accumulated text (scrollable) rather than a tail.
+    chain. Its height is a fixed 30% of the screen (three times the other
+    panels) because reasoning is long-form; it shows the complete accumulated text,
+    scrolling inside the panel, rather than a tail.
     """
 
     # Minimum seconds between re-renders while the panel is open. Reasoning
@@ -934,8 +978,6 @@ class _SubmitTextArea(TextArea):
                 return
             chat_view = self.app.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
             chat_view.scroll_page_down(animate=False)
-            if chat_view.scroll_offset.y >= chat_view.max_scroll_y:
-                chat_view.enable_follow_mode()
             return
 
         if event.key == "ctrl+pageup":
@@ -955,8 +997,6 @@ class _SubmitTextArea(TextArea):
                 return
             chat_view = self.app.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
             chat_view.scroll_down(animate=False)
-            if chat_view.scroll_offset.y >= chat_view.max_scroll_y:
-                chat_view.enable_follow_mode()
             return
 
         if event.key == "home":
@@ -976,7 +1016,6 @@ class _SubmitTextArea(TextArea):
                 return
             chat_view = self.app.query_one("#chat-view", ChatView)
             chat_view.enable_follow_mode()
-            chat_view.scroll_end(animate=False)
             return
 
         self._reset_tab_cycle()
@@ -1147,6 +1186,69 @@ class CLIInputBar(Horizontal):
         self._input.insert(text)
 
 
+_STATUS_SEP = " | "
+
+
+def _abbreviate_home(path: Path | str) -> str:
+    """Show a path with the home directory as ``~`` (``~`` itself for home)."""
+    path = Path(path)
+    try:
+        relative = path.relative_to(Path.home())
+    except (ValueError, RuntimeError):  # not under home, or no home to compare to
+        return str(path)
+    return "~" if not relative.parts else f"~/{relative.as_posix()}"
+
+
+def _shorten_left(text: str, width: int) -> str:
+    """Fit a path into ``width`` cells, dropping leading components for ``…``.
+
+    ``~/Vscode/ayder-cli/src`` in 15 cells becomes ``…/ayder-cli/src``. When even
+    the last component is too wide, its tail is kept: ``…ongname``.
+    """
+    if width <= 0:
+        return ""
+    if cell_len(text) <= width:
+        return text
+    parts = [part for part in text.split("/") if part]
+    if width == 1 or not parts:
+        return "…"
+    kept: list[str] = []
+    for part in reversed(parts):
+        if cell_len("…/" + "/".join([part, *kept])) > width:
+            break
+        kept.insert(0, part)
+    if kept:
+        return "…/" + "/".join(kept)
+    return "…" + parts[-1][-(width - 1):]
+
+
+class _CwdLabel(Label):
+    """The working directory, shortened from the left to the width it is given."""
+
+    def __init__(self, display: str, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__("", **kwargs)
+        self.display_text = display
+
+    def get_content_width(self, container: Size, viewport: Size) -> int:
+        """Width from the path and the bar alone, never from the other items.
+
+        The path is shortened from the left to at most a third of the bar, but
+        never below ``…/<last component>`` (or the whole path, if shorter). The
+        items on its right may overflow the bar; the cwd stays visible.
+        """
+        sep = cell_len(_STATUS_SEP)
+        last = self.display_text.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        budget = max(container.width // 3, cell_len(f"…/{last}"))
+        shown = _shorten_left(self.display_text, min(budget, container.width - sep))
+        return cell_len(shown) + sep
+
+    def render(self) -> Text:
+        room = self.size.width - cell_len(_STATUS_SEP)
+        if room < 1:
+            return Text("")
+        return Text(_shorten_left(self.display_text, room) + _STATUS_SEP)
+
+
 class StatusBar(Horizontal):
     """
     CLI-style status bar showing context info.
@@ -1157,9 +1259,11 @@ class StatusBar(Horizontal):
         model: str = "default",
         permissions: set | None = None,
         effort: str = "default",
+        cwd: Path | str | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._cwd_display = _abbreviate_home(cwd if cwd is not None else Path.cwd())
         self.model = model
         self.effort = effort
         self.token_count = 0
@@ -1168,6 +1272,7 @@ class StatusBar(Horizontal):
 
     def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
         mode_str = "".join(sorted(self._permissions))
+        yield _CwdLabel(self._cwd_display, id="cwd-label")
         yield Label(markup_or_plain(f"model: {self.model}"), id="model-label")
         yield Label(f" | effort: {self.effort}", id="effort-label")
         yield Label(markup_or_plain(f" | mode: {mode_str}"), id="mode-label")
@@ -1342,6 +1447,7 @@ class AgentPanel(Container):
         )
         self._entries[run_id] = entry
         self.mount(status_widget)
+        self.call_after_refresh(self.scroll_end, animate=False)
 
     def complete_agent(self, run_id: int, summary: str, status: str = "completed") -> None:
         """Mark agent as completed with full summary. Lookup by run_id."""