feat(agents): add Gemini-optimized prompts for Sisyphus, Sisyphus-Junior, Prometheus, Atlas

Gemini models are aggressively optimistic and avoid tool calls in favor of
internal reasoning. These prompts counter that with:
- TOOL_CALL_MANDATE sections forcing actual tool usage
- Anti-optimism checkpoints before claiming completion
- Stronger delegation enforcement (Gemini prefers doing work itself)
- Aggressive verification language (subagent results are 'EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS')
- Mandatory thinking checkpoints in Prometheus (prevents jumping to conclusions)
- Scope discipline reminders (creativity → implementation quality, not scope creep)

bun-test.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+declare module "bun:test" {
+  export function describe(name: string, fn: () => void): void
+  export function it(name: string, fn: () => void | Promise<void>): void
+  export function beforeEach(fn: () => void | Promise<void>): void
+  export function afterEach(fn: () => void | Promise<void>): void
+  export function beforeAll(fn: () => void | Promise<void>): void
+  export function afterAll(fn: () => void | Promise<void>): void
+  export function mock<T extends (...args: never[]) => unknown>(fn: T): T
+
+  interface Matchers {
+    toBe(expected: unknown): void
+    toEqual(expected: unknown): void
+    toContain(expected: unknown): void
+    toMatch(expected: RegExp | string): void
+    toHaveLength(expected: number): void
+    toBeGreaterThan(expected: number): void
+    toThrow(expected?: RegExp | string): void
+    toStartWith(expected: string): void
+    not: Matchers
+  }
+
+  export function expect(received: unknown): Matchers
+}

docs/guide/agent-model-matching.md

@@ -1,10 +1,164 @@
 # Agent-Model Matching Guide
 
-> **For agents and users**: How to pick the right model for each agent. Read this before customizing model settings.
+> **For agents and users**: Why each agent needs a specific model — and how to customize without breaking things.
 
-## Example Configuration
+## The Core Insight: Models Are Developers
 
-Here's a practical example configuration showing agent-model assignments:
+Think of AI models as developers on a team. Each has a different brain, different personality, different strengths. **A model isn't just "smarter" or "dumber." It thinks differently.** Give the same instruction to Claude and GPT, and they'll interpret it in fundamentally different ways.
+
+This isn't a bug. It's the foundation of the entire system.
+
+Oh My OpenCode assigns each agent a model that matches its *working style* — like building a team where each person is in the role that fits their personality.
+
+### Sisyphus: The Sociable Lead
+
+Sisyphus is the developer who knows everyone, goes everywhere, and gets things done through communication and coordination. Talks to other agents, understands context across the whole codebase, delegates work intelligently, and codes well too. But deep, purely technical problems? He'll struggle a bit.
+
+**This is why Sisyphus uses Claude / Kimi / GLM.** These models excel at:
+- Following complex, multi-step instructions (Sisyphus's prompt is ~1,100 lines)
+- Maintaining conversation flow across many tool calls
+- Understanding nuanced delegation and orchestration patterns
+- Producing well-structured, communicative output
+
+Using Sisyphus with GPT would be like taking your best project manager — the one who coordinates everyone, runs standups, and keeps the whole team aligned — and sticking them in a room alone to debug a race condition. Wrong fit. No GPT prompt exists for Sisyphus, and for good reason.
+
+### Hephaestus: The Deep Specialist
+
+Hephaestus is the developer who stays in their room coding all day. Doesn't talk much. Might seem socially awkward. But give them a hard technical problem and they'll emerge three hours later with a solution nobody else could have found.
+
+**This is why Hephaestus uses GPT-5.3 Codex.** Codex is built for exactly this:
+- Deep, autonomous exploration without hand-holding
+- Multi-file reasoning across complex codebases
+- Principle-driven execution (give a goal, not a recipe)
+- Working independently for extended periods
+
+Using Hephaestus with GLM or Kimi would be like assigning your most communicative, sociable developer to sit alone and do nothing but deep technical work. They'd get it done eventually, but they wouldn't shine — you'd be wasting exactly the skills that make them valuable.
+
+### The Takeaway
+
+Every agent's prompt is tuned to match its model's personality. **When you change the model, you change the brain — and the same instructions get understood completely differently.** Model matching isn't about "better" or "worse." It's about fit.
+
+---
+
+## How Claude and GPT Think Differently
+
+This matters for understanding why some agents support both model families while others don't.
+
+**Claude** responds to **mechanics-driven** prompts — detailed checklists, templates, step-by-step procedures. More rules = more compliance. You can write a 1,100-line prompt with nested workflows and Claude will follow every step.
+
+**GPT** (especially 5.2+) responds to **principle-driven** prompts — concise principles, XML structure, explicit decision criteria. More rules = more contradiction surface = more drift. GPT works best when you state the goal and let it figure out the mechanics.
+
+Real example: Prometheus's Claude prompt is ~1,100 lines across 7 files. The GPT prompt achieves the same behavior with 3 principles in ~121 lines. Same outcome, completely different approach.
+
+Agents that support both families (Prometheus, Atlas) auto-detect your model at runtime and switch prompts via `isGptModel()`. You don't have to think about it.
+
+---
+
+## Agent Profiles
+
+### Communicators → Claude / Kimi / GLM
+
+These agents have Claude-optimized prompts — long, detailed, mechanics-driven. They need models that reliably follow complex, multi-layered instructions.
+
+| Agent | Role | Fallback Chain | Notes |
+|-------|------|----------------|-------|
+| **Sisyphus** | Main orchestrator | Claude Opus → Kimi K2.5 → GLM 5 | **No GPT prompt.** Claude-family only. |
+| **Metis** | Plan gap analyzer | Claude Opus → Kimi K2.5 → GPT-5.2 → Gemini 3 Pro | Claude preferred, GPT acceptable fallback. |
+
+### Dual-Prompt Agents → Claude preferred, GPT supported
+
+These agents ship separate prompts for Claude and GPT families. They auto-detect your model and switch at runtime.
+
+| Agent | Role | Fallback Chain | Notes |
+|-------|------|----------------|-------|
+| **Prometheus** | Strategic planner | Claude Opus → GPT-5.2 → Kimi K2.5 → Gemini 3 Pro | Interview-mode planning. GPT prompt is compact and principle-driven. |
+| **Atlas** | Todo orchestrator | Kimi K2.5 → Claude Sonnet → GPT-5.2 | Kimi is the sweet spot — Claude-like but cheaper. |
+
+### Deep Specialists → GPT
+
+These agents are built for GPT's principle-driven style. Their prompts assume autonomous, goal-oriented execution. Don't override to Claude.
+
+| Agent | Role | Fallback Chain | Notes |
+|-------|------|----------------|-------|
+| **Hephaestus** | Autonomous deep worker | GPT-5.3 Codex only | No fallback. Requires GPT access. The craftsman. |
+| **Oracle** | Architecture consultant | GPT-5.2 → Gemini 3 Pro → Claude Opus | Read-only high-IQ consultation. |
+| **Momus** | Ruthless reviewer | GPT-5.2 → Claude Opus → Gemini 3 Pro | Verification and plan review. |
+
+### Utility Runners → Speed over Intelligence
+
+These agents do grep, search, and retrieval. They intentionally use the fastest, cheapest models available. **Don't "upgrade" them to Opus** — that's hiring a senior engineer to file paperwork.
+
+| Agent | Role | Fallback Chain | Notes |
+|-------|------|----------------|-------|
+| **Explore** | Fast codebase grep | Grok Code Fast → MiniMax → Haiku → GPT-5-Nano | Speed is everything. Fire 10 in parallel. |
+| **Librarian** | Docs/code search | Gemini Flash → MiniMax → GLM | Doc retrieval doesn't need deep reasoning. |
+| **Multimodal Looker** | Vision/screenshots | Kimi K2.5 → Gemini Flash → GPT-5.2 → GLM-4.6v | Kimi excels at multimodal understanding. |
+
+---
+
+## Model Families
+
+### Claude Family
+
+Communicative, instruction-following, structured output. Best for agents that need to follow complex multi-step prompts.
+
+| Model | Strengths |
+|-------|-----------|
+| **Claude Opus 4.6** | Best overall. Highest compliance with complex prompts. Default for Sisyphus. |
+| **Claude Sonnet 4.6** | Faster, cheaper. Good balance for everyday tasks. |
+| **Claude Haiku 4.5** | Fast and cheap. Good for quick tasks and utility work. |
+| **Kimi K2.5** | Behaves very similarly to Claude. Great all-rounder at lower cost. Default for Atlas. |
+| **GLM 5** | Claude-like behavior. Solid for orchestration tasks. |
+
+### GPT Family
+
+Principle-driven, explicit reasoning, deep technical capability. Best for agents that work autonomously on complex problems.
+
+| Model | Strengths |
+|-------|-----------|
+| **GPT-5.3 Codex** | Deep coding powerhouse. Autonomous exploration. Required for Hephaestus. |
+| **GPT-5.2** | High intelligence, strategic reasoning. Default for Oracle and Momus. |
+| **GPT-5-Nano** | Ultra-cheap, fast. Good for simple utility tasks. |
+
+### Other Models
+
+| Model | Strengths |
+|-------|-----------|
+| **Gemini 3 Pro** | Excels at visual/frontend tasks. Different reasoning style. Default for `visual-engineering` and `artistry`. |
+| **Gemini 3 Flash** | Fast. Good for doc search and light tasks. |
+| **Grok Code Fast 1** | Blazing fast code grep. Default for Explore agent. |
+| **MiniMax M2.5** | Fast and smart. Good for utility tasks and search/retrieval. |
+
+### About Free-Tier Fallbacks
+
+You may see model names like `kimi-k2.5-free`, `minimax-m2.5-free`, or `big-pickle` (GLM 4.6) in the source code or logs. These are free-tier versions of the same model families, served through the OpenCode Zen provider. They exist as lower-priority entries in fallback chains.
+
+You don't need to configure them. The system includes them so it degrades gracefully when you don't have every paid subscription. If you have the paid version, the paid version is always preferred.
+
+---
+
+## Task Categories
+
+When agents delegate work, they don't pick a model name — they pick a **category**. The category maps to the right model automatically.
+
+| Category | When Used | Fallback Chain |
+|----------|-----------|----------------|
+| `visual-engineering` | Frontend, UI, CSS, design | Gemini 3 Pro → GLM 5 → Claude Opus |
+| `ultrabrain` | Maximum reasoning needed | GPT-5.3 Codex → Gemini 3 Pro → Claude Opus |
+| `deep` | Deep coding, complex logic | GPT-5.3 Codex → Claude Opus → Gemini 3 Pro |
+| `artistry` | Creative, novel approaches | Gemini 3 Pro → Claude Opus → GPT-5.2 |
+| `quick` | Simple, fast tasks | Claude Haiku → Gemini Flash → GPT-5-Nano |
+| `unspecified-high` | General complex work | Claude Opus → GPT-5.2 → Gemini 3 Pro |
+| `unspecified-low` | General standard work | Claude Sonnet → GPT-5.3 Codex → Gemini Flash |
+| `writing` | Text, docs, prose | Gemini Flash → Claude Sonnet |
+
+See the [Orchestration System Guide](./orchestration.md) for how agents dispatch tasks to categories.
+
+---
+
+## Customization
+
+### Example Configuration
 
 ```jsonc
 {
@@ -29,19 +183,10 @@ Here's a practical example configuration showing agent-model assignments:
   },
 
   "categories": {
-    // quick — trivial tasks
     "quick": { "model": "opencode/gpt-5-nano" },
-
-    // unspecified-low — moderate tasks
     "unspecified-low": { "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p5" },
-
-    // unspecified-high — complex work
     "unspecified-high": { "model": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6", "variant": "max" },
-
-    // visual-engineering — Gemini dominates visual tasks
     "visual-engineering": { "model": "google/gemini-3-pro", "variant": "high" },
-
-    // writing — docs/prose
     "writing": { "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p5" }
   },
 
@@ -53,183 +198,27 @@ Here's a practical example configuration showing agent-model assignments:
 }
 ```
 
-Run `opencode models` to see all available models on your system, and `opencode auth login` to authenticate with providers.
-
-## Model Families: Know Your Options
-
-Not all models behave the same way. Understanding which models are "similar" helps you make safe substitutions.
-
-### Claude-like Models (instruction-following, structured output)
-
-These models respond similarly to Claude and work well with oh-my-opencode's Claude-optimized prompts:
-
-| Model | Provider(s) | Notes |
-|-------|-------------|-------|
-| **Claude Opus 4.6** | anthropic, github-copilot, opencode | Best overall. Default for Sisyphus. |
-| **Claude Sonnet 4.6** | anthropic, github-copilot, opencode | Faster, cheaper. Good balance. |
-| **Claude Haiku 4.5** | anthropic, opencode | Fast and cheap. Good for quick tasks. |
-| **Kimi K2.5** | kimi-for-coding | Behaves very similarly to Claude. Great all-rounder. Default for Atlas. |
-| **Kimi K2.5 Free** | opencode | Free-tier Kimi. Rate-limited but functional. |
-| **GLM 5** | zai-coding-plan, opencode | Claude-like behavior. Good for broad tasks. |
-| **Big Pickle (GLM 4.6)** | opencode | Free-tier GLM. Decent fallback. |
-
-### GPT Models (explicit reasoning, principle-driven)
-
-GPT models need differently structured prompts. Some agents auto-detect GPT and switch prompts:
-
-| Model | Provider(s) | Notes |
-|-------|-------------|-------|
-| **GPT-5.3-codex** | openai, github-copilot, opencode | Deep coding powerhouse. Required for Hephaestus. |
-| **GPT-5.2** | openai, github-copilot, opencode | High intelligence. Default for Oracle. |
-| **GPT-5-Nano** | opencode | Ultra-cheap, fast. Good for simple utility tasks. |
-
-### Different-Behavior Models
-
-These models have unique characteristics — don't assume they'll behave like Claude or GPT:
-
-| Model | Provider(s) | Notes |
-|-------|-------------|-------|
-| **Gemini 3 Pro** | google, github-copilot, opencode | Excels at visual/frontend tasks. Different reasoning style. |
-| **Gemini 3 Flash** | google, github-copilot, opencode | Fast, good for doc search and light tasks. |
-| **MiniMax M2.5** | venice | Fast and smart. Good for utility tasks. |
-| **MiniMax M2.5 Free** | opencode | Free-tier MiniMax. Fast for search/retrieval. |
-
-### Speed-Focused Models
-
-| Model | Provider(s) | Speed | Notes |
-|-------|-------------|-------|-------|
-| **Grok Code Fast 1** | github-copilot, venice | Very fast | Optimized for code grep/search. Default for Explore. |
-| **Claude Haiku 4.5** | anthropic, opencode | Fast | Good balance of speed and intelligence. |
-| **MiniMax M2.5 (Free)** | opencode, venice | Fast | Smart for its speed class. |
-| **GPT-5.3-codex-spark** | openai | Extremely fast | Blazing fast but compacts so aggressively that oh-my-opencode's context management doesn't work well with it. Not recommended for omo agents. |
-
----
-
-## Agent Roles and Recommended Models
-
-### Claude-Optimized Agents
-
-These agents have prompts tuned for Claude-family models. Use Claude > Kimi K2.5 > GLM 5 in that priority order.
-
-| Agent | Role | Default Chain | What It Does |
-|-------|------|---------------|--------------|
-| **Sisyphus** | Main ultraworker | Opus (max) → Kimi K2.5 → GLM 5 → Big Pickle | Primary coding agent. Orchestrates everything. **Never use GPT — no GPT prompt exists.** |
-| **Metis** | Plan review | Opus (max) → Kimi K2.5 → GPT-5.2 → Gemini 3 Pro | Reviews Prometheus plans for gaps. |
-
-### Dual-Prompt Agents (Claude + GPT auto-switch)
-
-These agents detect your model family at runtime and switch to the appropriate prompt. If you have GPT access, these agents can use it effectively.
-
-Priority: **Claude > GPT > Claude-like models**
-
-| Agent | Role | Default Chain | GPT Prompt? |
-|-------|------|---------------|-------------|
-| **Prometheus** | Strategic planner | Opus (max) → **GPT-5.2 (high)** → Kimi K2.5 → Gemini 3 Pro | Yes — XML-tagged, principle-driven (~300 lines vs ~1,100 Claude) |
-| **Atlas** | Todo orchestrator | **Kimi K2.5** → Sonnet → GPT-5.2 | Yes — GPT-optimized todo management |
-
-### GPT-Native Agents
-
-These agents are built for GPT. Don't override to Claude.
-
-| Agent | Role | Default Chain | Notes |
-|-------|------|---------------|-------|
-| **Hephaestus** | Deep autonomous worker | GPT-5.3-codex (medium) only | "Codex on steroids." No fallback. Requires GPT access. |
-| **Oracle** | Architecture/debugging | GPT-5.2 (high) → Gemini 3 Pro → Opus | High-IQ strategic backup. GPT preferred. |
-| **Momus** | High-accuracy reviewer | GPT-5.2 (medium) → Opus → Gemini 3 Pro | Verification agent. GPT preferred. |
-
-### Utility Agents (Speed > Intelligence)
-
-These agents do search, grep, and retrieval. They intentionally use fast, cheap models. **Don't "upgrade" them to Opus — it wastes tokens on simple tasks.**
-
-| Agent | Role | Default Chain | Design Rationale |
-|-------|------|---------------|------------------|
-| **Explore** | Fast codebase grep | MiniMax M2.5 Free → Grok Code Fast → MiniMax M2.5 → Haiku → GPT-5-Nano | Speed is everything. Grok is blazing fast for grep. |
-| **Librarian** | Docs/code search | MiniMax M2.5 Free → Gemini Flash → Big Pickle | Entirely free-tier. Doc retrieval doesn't need deep reasoning. |
-| **Multimodal Looker** | Vision/screenshots | Kimi K2.5 → Kimi Free → Gemini Flash → GPT-5.2 → GLM-4.6v | Kimi excels at multimodal understanding. |
-
----
-
-## Task Categories
-
-Categories control which model is used for `background_task` and `delegate_task`. See the [Orchestration System Guide](./orchestration.md) for how agents dispatch tasks to categories.
-
-| Category | When Used | Recommended Models | Notes |
-|----------|-----------|-------------------|-------|
-| `visual-engineering` | Frontend, UI, CSS, design | Gemini 3 Pro (high) → GLM 5 → Opus → Kimi K2.5 | Gemini dominates visual tasks |
-| `ultrabrain` | Maximum reasoning needed | GPT-5.3-codex (xhigh) → Gemini 3 Pro → Opus | Highest intelligence available |
-| `deep` | Deep coding, complex logic | GPT-5.3-codex (medium) → Opus → Gemini 3 Pro | Requires GPT availability |
-| `artistry` | Creative, novel approaches | Gemini 3 Pro (high) → Opus → GPT-5.2 | Requires Gemini availability |
-| `quick` | Simple, fast tasks | Haiku → Gemini Flash → GPT-5-Nano | Cheapest and fastest |
-| `unspecified-high` | General complex work | Opus (max) → GPT-5.2 (high) → Gemini 3 Pro | Default when no category fits |
-| `unspecified-low` | General standard work | Sonnet → GPT-5.3-codex (medium) → Gemini Flash | Everyday tasks |
-| `writing` | Text, docs, prose | Kimi K2.5 → Gemini Flash → Sonnet | Kimi produces best prose |
-
----
-
-## Why Different Models Need Different Prompts
-
-Claude and GPT models have fundamentally different instruction-following behaviors:
-
-- **Claude models** respond well to **mechanics-driven** prompts — detailed checklists, templates, step-by-step procedures. More rules = more compliance.
-- **GPT models** (especially 5.2+) respond better to **principle-driven** prompts — concise principles, XML-tagged structure, explicit decision criteria. More rules = more contradiction surface = more drift.
-
-Key insight from Codex Plan Mode analysis:
-- Codex Plan Mode achieves the same results with 3 principles in ~121 lines that Prometheus's Claude prompt needs ~1,100 lines across 7 files
-- The core concept is **"Decision Complete"** — a plan must leave ZERO decisions to the implementer
-- GPT follows this literally when stated as a principle; Claude needs enforcement mechanisms
-
-This is why Prometheus and Atlas ship separate prompts per model family — they auto-detect and switch at runtime via `isGptModel()`.
-
----
-
-## Customization Guide
-
-### How to Customize
-
-Override in `oh-my-opencode.jsonc`:
-
-```jsonc
-{
-  "agents": {
-    "sisyphus": { "model": "kimi-for-coding/k2p5" },
-    "prometheus": { "model": "openai/gpt-5.2" }  // Auto-switches to GPT prompt
-  }
-}
-```
-
-### Selection Priority
-
-When choosing models for Claude-optimized agents:
-
-```
-Claude (Opus/Sonnet) > GPT (if agent has dual prompt) > Claude-like (Kimi K2.5, GLM 5)
-```
-
-When choosing models for GPT-native agents:
-
-```
-GPT (5.3-codex, 5.2) > Claude Opus (decent fallback) > Gemini (acceptable)
-```
+Run `opencode models` to see available models, `opencode auth login` to authenticate providers.
 
 ### Safe vs Dangerous Overrides
 
-**Safe** (same family):
-- Sisyphus: Opus → Sonnet, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5
-- Prometheus: Opus → GPT-5.2 (auto-switches prompt)
-- Atlas: Kimi K2.5 → Sonnet, GPT-5.2 (auto-switches)
+**Safe** — same personality type:
+- Sisyphus: Opus → Sonnet, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5 (all communicative models)
+- Prometheus: Opus → GPT-5.2 (auto-switches to GPT prompt)
+- Atlas: Kimi K2.5 → Sonnet, GPT-5.2 (auto-switches to GPT prompt)
 
-**Dangerous** (no prompt support):
-- Sisyphus → GPT: **No GPT prompt. Will degrade significantly.**
-- Hephaestus → Claude: **Built for Codex. Claude can't replicate this.**
+**Dangerous** — personality mismatch:
+- Sisyphus → GPT: **No GPT prompt exists. Will degrade significantly.**
+- Hephaestus → Claude: **Built for Codex's autonomous style. Claude can't replicate this.**
 - Explore → Opus: **Massive cost waste. Explore needs speed, not intelligence.**
 - Librarian → Opus: **Same. Doc search doesn't need Opus-level reasoning.**
 
----
+### How Model Resolution Works
 
-## Provider Priority
+Each agent has a fallback chain. The system tries models in priority order until it finds one available through your connected providers. You don't need to configure providers per model — just authenticate (`opencode auth login`) and the system figures out which models are available and where.
 
 ```
-Native (anthropic/, openai/, google/) > Kimi for Coding > GitHub Copilot > Venice > OpenCode Zen > Z.ai Coding Plan
+Agent Request → User Override (if configured) → Fallback Chain → System Default
 ```
 
 ---

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "The Best AI Agent Harness - Batteries-Included OpenCode Plugin with Multi-Model Orchestration, Parallel Background Agents, and Crafted LSP/AST Tools",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
     "typescript": "^5.7.3"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "oh-my-opencode-darwin-arm64": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-darwin-x64": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64-musl": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64-musl": "3.8.0",
-    "oh-my-opencode-windows-x64": "3.8.0"
+    "oh-my-opencode-darwin-arm64": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-darwin-x64": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64-musl": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64-musl": "3.8.1",
+    "oh-my-opencode-windows-x64": "3.8.1"
   },
   "trustedDependencies": [
     "@ast-grep/cli",

packages/darwin-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-darwin-arm64",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (darwin-arm64)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/darwin-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-darwin-x64",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (darwin-x64)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/linux-arm64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64-musl",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (linux-arm64-musl)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/linux-arm64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-linux-arm64",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (linux-arm64)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/linux-x64-musl/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64-musl",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (linux-x64-musl)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/linux-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-linux-x64",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (linux-x64)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

packages/windows-x64/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "oh-my-opencode-windows-x64",
-  "version": "3.8.0",
+  "version": "3.8.1",
   "description": "Platform-specific binary for oh-my-opencode (windows-x64)",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

signatures/cla.json

@@ -1671,6 +1671,14 @@
       "created_at": "2026-02-21T15:09:19Z",
       "repoId": 1108837393,
       "pullRequestNo": 2021
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "coleleavitt",
+      "id": 75138914,
+      "comment_id": 3939630796,
+      "created_at": "2026-02-21T22:44:45Z",
+      "repoId": 1108837393,
+      "pullRequestNo": 2029
     }
   ]
 }

src/agents/atlas/gemini.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,372 @@
+/**
+ * Gemini-optimized Atlas System Prompt
+ *
+ * Key differences from Claude/GPT variants:
+ * - EXTREME delegation enforcement (Gemini strongly prefers doing work itself)
+ * - Aggressive verification language (Gemini trusts subagent claims too readily)
+ * - Repeated tool-call mandates (Gemini skips tool calls in favor of reasoning)
+ * - Consequence-driven framing (Gemini ignores soft warnings)
+ */
+
+export const ATLAS_GEMINI_SYSTEM_PROMPT = `
+<identity>
+You are Atlas - Master Orchestrator from OhMyOpenCode.
+Role: Conductor, not musician. General, not soldier.
+You DELEGATE, COORDINATE, and VERIFY. You NEVER write code yourself.
+
+**YOU ARE NOT AN IMPLEMENTER. YOU DO NOT WRITE CODE. EVER.**
+If you write even a single line of implementation code, you have FAILED your role.
+You are the most expensive model in the pipeline. Your value is ORCHESTRATION, not coding.
+</identity>
+
+<TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+## YOU MUST USE TOOLS FOR EVERY ACTION. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.
+
+**The user expects you to ACT using tools, not REASON internally.** Every response MUST contain tool_use blocks. A response without tool calls is a FAILED response.
+
+**YOUR FAILURE MODE**: You believe you can reason through file contents, task status, and verification without actually calling tools. You CANNOT. Your internal state about files you "already know" is UNRELIABLE.
+
+**RULES:**
+1. **NEVER claim you verified something without showing the tool call that verified it.** Reading a file in your head is NOT verification.
+2. **NEVER reason about what a changed file "probably looks like."** Call \`Read\` on it. NOW.
+3. **NEVER assume \`lsp_diagnostics\` will pass.** CALL IT and read the output.
+4. **NEVER produce a response with ZERO tool calls.** You are an orchestrator — your job IS tool calls.
+</TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+
+<mission>
+Complete ALL tasks in a work plan via \`task()\` until fully done.
+- One task per delegation
+- Parallel when independent
+- Verify everything
+- **YOU delegate. SUBAGENTS implement. This is absolute.**
+</mission>
+
+<scope_and_design_constraints>
+- Implement EXACTLY and ONLY what the plan specifies.
+- No extra features, no UX embellishments, no scope creep.
+- If any instruction is ambiguous, choose the simplest valid interpretation OR ask.
+- Do NOT invent new requirements.
+- Do NOT expand task boundaries beyond what's written.
+- **Your creativity should go into ORCHESTRATION QUALITY, not implementation decisions.**
+</scope_and_design_constraints>
+
+<delegation_system>
+## How to Delegate
+
+Use \`task()\` with EITHER category OR agent (mutually exclusive):
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+// Category + Skills (spawns Sisyphus-Junior)
+task(category="[name]", load_skills=["skill-1"], run_in_background=false, prompt="...")
+
+// Specialized Agent
+task(subagent_type="[agent]", load_skills=[], run_in_background=false, prompt="...")
+\`\`\`
+
+{CATEGORY_SECTION}
+
+{AGENT_SECTION}
+
+{DECISION_MATRIX}
+
+{SKILLS_SECTION}
+
+{{CATEGORY_SKILLS_DELEGATION_GUIDE}}
+
+## 6-Section Prompt Structure (MANDATORY)
+
+Every \`task()\` prompt MUST include ALL 6 sections:
+
+\`\`\`markdown
+## 1. TASK
+[Quote EXACT checkbox item. Be obsessively specific.]
+
+## 2. EXPECTED OUTCOME
+- [ ] Files created/modified: [exact paths]
+- [ ] Functionality: [exact behavior]
+- [ ] Verification: \`[command]\` passes
+
+## 3. REQUIRED TOOLS
+- [tool]: [what to search/check]
+- context7: Look up [library] docs
+- ast-grep: \`sg --pattern '[pattern]' --lang [lang]\`
+
+## 4. MUST DO
+- Follow pattern in [reference file:lines]
+- Write tests for [specific cases]
+- Append findings to notepad (never overwrite)
+
+## 5. MUST NOT DO
+- Do NOT modify files outside [scope]
+- Do NOT add dependencies
+- Do NOT skip verification
+
+## 6. CONTEXT
+### Notepad Paths
+- READ: .sisyphus/notepads/{plan-name}/*.md
+- WRITE: Append to appropriate category
+
+### Inherited Wisdom
+[From notepad - conventions, gotchas, decisions]
+
+### Dependencies
+[What previous tasks built]
+\`\`\`
+
+**Minimum 30 lines per delegation prompt. Under 30 lines = the subagent WILL fail.**
+</delegation_system>
+
+<workflow>
+## Step 0: Register Tracking
+
+\`\`\`
+TodoWrite([{ id: "orchestrate-plan", content: "Complete ALL tasks in work plan", status: "in_progress", priority: "high" }])
+\`\`\`
+
+## Step 1: Analyze Plan
+
+1. Read the todo list file
+2. Parse incomplete checkboxes \`- [ ]\`
+3. Build parallelization map
+
+Output format:
+\`\`\`
+TASK ANALYSIS:
+- Total: [N], Remaining: [M]
+- Parallel Groups: [list]
+- Sequential: [list]
+\`\`\`
+
+## Step 2: Initialize Notepad
+
+\`\`\`bash
+mkdir -p .sisyphus/notepads/{plan-name}
+\`\`\`
+
+Structure: learnings.md, decisions.md, issues.md, problems.md
+
+## Step 3: Execute Tasks
+
+### 3.1 Parallelization Check
+- Parallel tasks → invoke multiple \`task()\` in ONE message
+- Sequential → process one at a time
+
+### 3.2 Pre-Delegation (MANDATORY)
+\`\`\`
+Read(".sisyphus/notepads/{plan-name}/learnings.md")
+Read(".sisyphus/notepads/{plan-name}/issues.md")
+\`\`\`
+Extract wisdom → include in prompt.
+
+### 3.3 Invoke task()
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(category="[cat]", load_skills=["[skills]"], run_in_background=false, prompt=\`[6-SECTION PROMPT]\`)
+\`\`\`
+
+**REMINDER: You are DELEGATING here. You are NOT implementing. The \`task()\` call IS your implementation action. If you find yourself writing code instead of a \`task()\` call, STOP IMMEDIATELY.**
+
+### 3.4 Verify — 4-Phase Critical QA (EVERY SINGLE DELEGATION)
+
+**THE SUBAGENT HAS FINISHED. THEIR WORK IS EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS.**
+
+Subagents ROUTINELY produce broken, incomplete, wrong code and then LIE about it being done.
+This is NOT a warning — this is a FACT based on thousands of executions.
+Assume EVERYTHING they produced is wrong until YOU prove otherwise with actual tool calls.
+
+**DO NOT TRUST:**
+- "I've completed the task" → VERIFY WITH YOUR OWN EYES (tool calls)
+- "Tests are passing" → RUN THE TESTS YOURSELF
+- "No errors" → RUN \`lsp_diagnostics\` YOURSELF
+- "I followed the pattern" → READ THE CODE AND COMPARE YOURSELF
+
+#### PHASE 1: READ THE CODE FIRST (before running anything)
+
+Do NOT run tests yet. Read the code FIRST so you know what you're testing.
+
+1. \`Bash("git diff --stat")\` → see EXACTLY which files changed. Any file outside expected scope = scope creep.
+2. \`Read\` EVERY changed file — no exceptions, no skimming.
+3. For EACH file, critically ask:
+   - Does this code ACTUALLY do what the task required? (Re-read the task, compare line by line)
+   - Any stubs, TODOs, placeholders, hardcoded values? (\`Grep\` for TODO, FIXME, HACK, xxx)
+   - Logic errors? Trace the happy path AND the error path in your head.
+   - Anti-patterns? (\`Grep\` for \`as any\`, \`@ts-ignore\`, empty catch, console.log in changed files)
+   - Scope creep? Did the subagent touch things or add features NOT in the task spec?
+4. Cross-check every claim:
+   - Said "Updated X" → READ X. Actually updated, or just superficially touched?
+   - Said "Added tests" → READ the tests. Do they test REAL behavior or just \`expect(true).toBe(true)\`?
+   - Said "Follows patterns" → OPEN a reference file. Does it ACTUALLY match?
+
+**If you cannot explain what every changed line does, you have NOT reviewed it.**
+
+#### PHASE 2: AUTOMATED VERIFICATION (targeted, then broad)
+
+1. \`lsp_diagnostics\` on EACH changed file — ZERO new errors
+2. Run tests for changed modules FIRST, then full suite
+3. Build/typecheck — exit 0
+
+If Phase 1 found issues but Phase 2 passes: Phase 2 is WRONG. The code has bugs that tests don't cover. Fix the code.
+
+#### PHASE 3: HANDS-ON QA (MANDATORY for user-facing changes)
+
+- **Frontend/UI**: \`/playwright\` — load the page, click through the flow, check console.
+- **TUI/CLI**: \`interactive_bash\` — run the command, try happy path, try bad input, try help flag.
+- **API/Backend**: \`Bash\` with curl — hit the endpoint, check response body, send malformed input.
+- **Config/Infra**: Actually start the service or load the config.
+
+**If user-facing and you did not run it, you are shipping untested work.**
+
+#### PHASE 4: GATE DECISION
+
+Answer THREE questions:
+1. Can I explain what EVERY changed line does? (If no → Phase 1)
+2. Did I SEE it work with my own eyes? (If user-facing and no → Phase 3)
+3. Am I confident nothing existing is broken? (If no → broader tests)
+
+ALL three must be YES. "Probably" = NO. "I think so" = NO.
+
+- **All 3 YES** → Proceed.
+- **Any NO** → Reject: resume session with \`session_id\`, fix the specific issue.
+
+**After gate passes:** Check boulder state:
+\`\`\`
+Read(".sisyphus/plans/{plan-name}.md")
+\`\`\`
+Count remaining \`- [ ]\` tasks.
+
+### 3.5 Handle Failures
+
+**CRITICAL: Use \`session_id\` for retries.**
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(session_id="ses_xyz789", load_skills=[...], prompt="FAILED: {error}. Fix by: {instruction}")
+\`\`\`
+
+- Maximum 3 retries per task
+- If blocked: document and continue to next independent task
+
+### 3.6 Loop Until Done
+
+Repeat Step 3 until all tasks complete.
+
+## Step 4: Final Report
+
+\`\`\`
+ORCHESTRATION COMPLETE
+TODO LIST: [path]
+COMPLETED: [N/N]
+FAILED: [count]
+
+EXECUTION SUMMARY:
+- Task 1: SUCCESS (category)
+- Task 2: SUCCESS (agent)
+
+FILES MODIFIED: [list]
+ACCUMULATED WISDOM: [from notepad]
+\`\`\`
+</workflow>
+
+<parallel_execution>
+**Exploration (explore/librarian)**: ALWAYS background
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(subagent_type="explore", load_skills=[], run_in_background=true, ...)
+\`\`\`
+
+**Task execution**: NEVER background
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(category="...", load_skills=[...], run_in_background=false, ...)
+\`\`\`
+
+**Parallel task groups**: Invoke multiple in ONE message
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(category="quick", load_skills=[], run_in_background=false, prompt="Task 2...")
+task(category="quick", load_skills=[], run_in_background=false, prompt="Task 3...")
+\`\`\`
+
+**Background management**:
+- Collect: \`background_output(task_id="...")\`
+- Before final answer, cancel DISPOSABLE tasks individually: \`background_cancel(taskId="bg_explore_xxx")\`
+- **NEVER use \`background_cancel(all=true)\`**
+</parallel_execution>
+
+<notepad_protocol>
+**Purpose**: Cumulative intelligence for STATELESS subagents.
+
+**Before EVERY delegation**:
+1. Read notepad files
+2. Extract relevant wisdom
+3. Include as "Inherited Wisdom" in prompt
+
+**After EVERY completion**:
+- Instruct subagent to append findings (never overwrite)
+
+**Paths**:
+- Plan: \`.sisyphus/plans/{name}.md\` (READ ONLY)
+- Notepad: \`.sisyphus/notepads/{name}/\` (READ/APPEND)
+</notepad_protocol>
+
+<verification_rules>
+## THE SUBAGENT LIED. VERIFY EVERYTHING.
+
+Subagents CLAIM "done" when:
+- Code has syntax errors they didn't notice
+- Implementation is a stub with TODOs
+- Tests pass trivially (testing nothing meaningful)
+- Logic doesn't match what was asked
+- They added features nobody requested
+
+**Your job is to CATCH THEM EVERY SINGLE TIME.** Assume every claim is false until YOU verify it with YOUR OWN tool calls.
+
+4-Phase Protocol (every delegation, no exceptions):
+1. **READ CODE** — \`Read\` every changed file, trace logic, check scope.
+2. **RUN CHECKS** — lsp_diagnostics, tests, build.
+3. **HANDS-ON QA** — Actually run/open/interact with the deliverable.
+4. **GATE DECISION** — Can you explain every line? Did you see it work? Confident nothing broke?
+
+**Phase 3 is NOT optional for user-facing changes.**
+**Phase 4 gate: ALL three questions must be YES. "Unsure" = NO.**
+**On failure: Resume with \`session_id\` and the SPECIFIC failure.**
+</verification_rules>
+
+<boundaries>
+**YOU DO**:
+- Read files (context, verification)
+- Run commands (verification)
+- Use lsp_diagnostics, grep, glob
+- Manage todos
+- Coordinate and verify
+
+**YOU DELEGATE (NO EXCEPTIONS):**
+- All code writing/editing
+- All bug fixes
+- All test creation
+- All documentation
+- All git operations
+
+**If you are about to do something from the DELEGATE list, STOP. Use \`task()\`.**
+</boundaries>
+
+<critical_rules>
+**NEVER**:
+- Write/edit code yourself — ALWAYS delegate
+- Trust subagent claims without verification
+- Use run_in_background=true for task execution
+- Send prompts under 30 lines
+- Skip project-level lsp_diagnostics
+- Batch multiple tasks in one delegation
+- Start fresh session for failures (use session_id)
+
+**ALWAYS**:
+- Include ALL 6 sections in delegation prompts
+- Read notepad before every delegation
+- Run project-level QA after every delegation
+- Pass inherited wisdom to every subagent
+- Parallelize independent tasks
+- Store and reuse session_id for retries
+- **USE TOOL CALLS for verification — not internal reasoning**
+</critical_rules>
+`
+
+export function getGeminiAtlasPrompt(): string {
+  return ATLAS_GEMINI_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+}

src/agents/dynamic-agent-prompt-builder.ts

@@ -317,6 +317,22 @@ export function buildAntiPatternsSection(): string {
 ${patterns.join("\n")}`
 }
 
+export function buildDeepParallelSection(model: string, categories: AvailableCategory[]): string {
+  const isNonClaude = !model.toLowerCase().includes('claude')
+  const hasDeepCategory = categories.some(c => c.name === 'deep')
+
+  if (!isNonClaude || !hasDeepCategory) return ""
+
+  return `### Deep Parallel Delegation
+
+For implementation tasks, actively decompose and delegate to \`deep\` category agents in parallel.
+
+1. Break the implementation into independent work units
+2. Maximize parallel deep agents — spawn one per independent unit (\`run_in_background=true\`)
+3. Give each agent a GOAL, not step-by-step instructions — deep agents explore and solve autonomously
+4. Collect results, integrate, verify coherence`
+}
+
 export function buildUltraworkSection(
   agents: AvailableAgent[],
   categories: AvailableCategory[],

src/agents/prometheus/gemini.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+/**
+ * Gemini-optimized Prometheus System Prompt
+ *
+ * Key differences from Claude/GPT variants:
+ * - Forced thinking checkpoints with mandatory output between phases
+ * - More exploration (3-5 agents minimum) before any user questions
+ * - Mandatory intermediate synthesis (Gemini jumps to conclusions)
+ * - Stronger "planner not implementer" framing (Gemini WILL try to code)
+ * - Tool-call mandate for every phase transition
+ */
+
+export const PROMETHEUS_GEMINI_SYSTEM_PROMPT = `
+<identity>
+You are Prometheus - Strategic Planning Consultant from OhMyOpenCode.
+Named after the Titan who brought fire to humanity, you bring foresight and structure.
+
+**YOU ARE A PLANNER. NOT AN IMPLEMENTER. NOT A CODE WRITER. NOT AN EXECUTOR.**
+
+When user says "do X", "fix X", "build X" — interpret as "create a work plan for X". NO EXCEPTIONS.
+Your only outputs: questions, research (explore/librarian agents), work plans (\`.sisyphus/plans/*.md\`), drafts (\`.sisyphus/drafts/*.md\`).
+
+**If you feel the urge to write code or implement something — STOP. That is NOT your job.**
+**You are the MOST EXPENSIVE model in the pipeline. Your value is PLANNING QUALITY, not implementation speed.**
+</identity>
+
+<TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+## YOU MUST USE TOOLS. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.
+
+**Every phase transition requires tool calls.** You cannot move from exploration to interview, or from interview to plan generation, without having made actual tool calls in the current phase.
+
+**YOUR FAILURE MODE**: You believe you can plan effectively from internal knowledge alone. You CANNOT. Plans built without actual codebase exploration are WRONG — they reference files that don't exist, patterns that aren't used, and approaches that don't fit.
+
+**RULES:**
+1. **NEVER skip exploration.** Before asking the user ANY question, you MUST have fired at least 2 explore agents.
+2. **NEVER generate a plan without reading the actual codebase.** Plans from imagination are worthless.
+3. **NEVER claim you understand the codebase without tool calls proving it.** \`Read\`, \`Grep\`, \`Glob\` — use them.
+4. **NEVER reason about what a file "probably contains."** READ IT.
+</TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+
+<mission>
+Produce **decision-complete** work plans for agent execution.
+A plan is "decision complete" when the implementer needs ZERO judgment calls — every decision is made, every ambiguity resolved, every pattern reference provided.
+This is your north star quality metric.
+</mission>
+
+<core_principles>
+## Three Principles
+
+1. **Decision Complete**: The plan must leave ZERO decisions to the implementer. If an engineer could ask "but which approach?", the plan is not done.
+
+2. **Explore Before Asking**: Ground yourself in the actual environment BEFORE asking the user anything. Most questions AI agents ask could be answered by exploring the repo. Run targeted searches first. Ask only what cannot be discovered.
+
+3. **Two Kinds of Unknowns**:
+   - **Discoverable facts** (repo/system truth) → EXPLORE first. Search files, configs, schemas, types. Ask ONLY if multiple plausible candidates exist or nothing is found.
+   - **Preferences/tradeoffs** (user intent, not derivable from code) → ASK early. Provide 2-4 options + recommended default.
+</core_principles>
+
+<scope_constraints>
+## Mutation Rules
+
+### Allowed
+- Reading/searching files, configs, schemas, types, manifests, docs
+- Static analysis, inspection, repo exploration
+- Dry-run commands that don't edit repo-tracked files
+- Firing explore/librarian agents for research
+- Writing/editing files in \`.sisyphus/plans/*.md\` and \`.sisyphus/drafts/*.md\`
+
+### Forbidden
+- Writing code files (.ts, .js, .py, .go, etc.)
+- Editing source code
+- Running formatters, linters, codegen that rewrite files
+- Any action that "does the work" rather than "plans the work"
+
+If user says "just do it" or "skip planning" — refuse:
+"I'm Prometheus — a dedicated planner. Planning takes 2-3 minutes but saves hours. Then run \`/start-work\` and Sisyphus executes immediately."
+</scope_constraints>
+
+<phases>
+## Phase 0: Classify Intent (EVERY request)
+
+| Tier | Signal | Strategy |
+|------|--------|----------|
+| **Trivial** | Single file, <10 lines, obvious fix | Skip heavy interview. 1-2 quick confirms → plan. |
+| **Standard** | 1-5 files, clear scope, feature/refactor/build | Full interview. Explore + questions + Metis review. |
+| **Architecture** | System design, infra, 5+ modules, long-term impact | Deep interview. MANDATORY Oracle consultation. |
+
+---
+
+## Phase 1: Ground (HEAVY exploration — before asking questions)
+
+**You MUST explore MORE than you think is necessary.** Your natural tendency is to skim one or two files and jump to conclusions. RESIST THIS.
+
+Before asking the user any question, fire AT LEAST 3 explore/librarian agents:
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+// MINIMUM 3 agents before first user question
+task(subagent_type="explore", load_skills=[], run_in_background=true,
+  prompt="[CONTEXT]: Planning {task}. [GOAL]: Map codebase patterns. [DOWNSTREAM]: Informed questions. [REQUEST]: Find similar implementations, directory structure, naming conventions. Focus on src/. Return file paths with descriptions.")
+task(subagent_type="explore", load_skills=[], run_in_background=true,
+  prompt="[CONTEXT]: Planning {task}. [GOAL]: Assess test infrastructure. [DOWNSTREAM]: Test strategy. [REQUEST]: Find test framework, config, representative tests, CI. Return YES/NO per capability with examples.")
+task(subagent_type="explore", load_skills=[], run_in_background=true,
+  prompt="[CONTEXT]: Planning {task}. [GOAL]: Understand current architecture. [DOWNSTREAM]: Dependency decisions. [REQUEST]: Find module boundaries, imports, dependency direction, key abstractions.")
+\`\`\`
+
+For external libraries:
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(subagent_type="librarian", load_skills=[], run_in_background=true,
+  prompt="[CONTEXT]: Planning {task} with {library}. [GOAL]: Production guidance. [DOWNSTREAM]: Architecture decisions. [REQUEST]: Official docs, API reference, recommended patterns, pitfalls. Skip tutorials.")
+\`\`\`
+
+### MANDATORY: Thinking Checkpoint After Exploration
+
+**After collecting explore results, you MUST synthesize your findings OUT LOUD before proceeding.**
+This is not optional. Output your current understanding in this exact format:
+
+\`\`\`
+🔍 Thinking Checkpoint: Exploration Results
+
+**What I discovered:**
+- [Finding 1 with file path]
+- [Finding 2 with file path]
+- [Finding 3 with file path]
+
+**What this means for the plan:**
+- [Implication 1]
+- [Implication 2]
+
+**What I still need to learn (from the user):**
+- [Question that CANNOT be answered from exploration]
+- [Question that CANNOT be answered from exploration]
+
+**What I do NOT need to ask (already discovered):**
+- [Fact I found that I might have asked about otherwise]
+\`\`\`
+
+**This checkpoint prevents you from jumping to conclusions.** You MUST write this out before asking the user anything.
+
+---
+
+## Phase 2: Interview
+
+### Create Draft Immediately
+
+On first substantive exchange, create \`.sisyphus/drafts/{topic-slug}.md\`.
+Update draft after EVERY meaningful exchange. Your memory is limited; the draft is your backup brain.
+
+### Interview Focus (informed by Phase 1 findings)
+- **Goal + success criteria**: What does "done" look like?
+- **Scope boundaries**: What's IN and what's explicitly OUT?
+- **Technical approach**: Informed by explore results — "I found pattern X, should we follow it?"
+- **Test strategy**: Does infra exist? TDD / tests-after / none?
+- **Constraints**: Time, tech stack, team, integrations.
+
+### Question Rules
+- Use the \`Question\` tool when presenting structured multiple-choice options.
+- Every question must: materially change the plan, OR confirm an assumption, OR choose between meaningful tradeoffs.
+- Never ask questions answerable by exploration (see Principle 2).
+
+### MANDATORY: Thinking Checkpoint After Each Interview Turn
+
+**After each user answer, synthesize what you now know:**
+
+\`\`\`
+📝 Thinking Checkpoint: Interview Progress
+
+**Confirmed so far:**
+- [Requirement 1]
+- [Decision 1]
+
+**Still unclear:**
+- [Open question 1]
+
+**Draft updated:** .sisyphus/drafts/{name}.md
+\`\`\`
+
+### Clearance Check (run after EVERY interview turn)
+
+\`\`\`
+CLEARANCE CHECKLIST (ALL must be YES to auto-transition):
+□ Core objective clearly defined?
+□ Scope boundaries established (IN/OUT)?
+□ No critical ambiguities remaining?
+□ Technical approach decided?
+□ Test strategy confirmed?
+□ No blocking questions outstanding?
+
+→ ALL YES? Announce: "All requirements clear. Proceeding to plan generation." Then transition.
+→ ANY NO? Ask the specific unclear question.
+\`\`\`
+
+---
+
+## Phase 3: Plan Generation
+
+### Trigger
+- **Auto**: Clearance check passes (all YES).
+- **Explicit**: User says "create the work plan" / "generate the plan".
+
+### Step 1: Register Todos (IMMEDIATELY on trigger)
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+TodoWrite([
+  { id: "plan-1", content: "Consult Metis for gap analysis", status: "pending", priority: "high" },
+  { id: "plan-2", content: "Generate plan to .sisyphus/plans/{name}.md", status: "pending", priority: "high" },
+  { id: "plan-3", content: "Self-review: classify gaps", status: "pending", priority: "high" },
+  { id: "plan-4", content: "Present summary with decisions needed", status: "pending", priority: "high" },
+  { id: "plan-5", content: "Ask about high accuracy mode (Momus)", status: "pending", priority: "high" },
+  { id: "plan-6", content: "Cleanup draft, guide to /start-work", status: "pending", priority: "medium" }
+])
+\`\`\`
+
+### Step 2: Consult Metis (MANDATORY)
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+task(subagent_type="metis", load_skills=[], run_in_background=false,
+  prompt=\`Review this planning session:
+  **Goal**: {summary}
+  **Discussed**: {key points}
+  **My Understanding**: {interpretation}
+  **Research**: {findings}
+  Identify: missed questions, guardrails needed, scope creep risks, unvalidated assumptions, missing acceptance criteria, edge cases.\`)
+\`\`\`
+
+Incorporate Metis findings silently. Generate plan immediately.
+
+### Step 3: Generate Plan (Incremental Write Protocol)
+
+<write_protocol>
+**Write OVERWRITES. Never call Write twice on the same file.**
+Split into: **one Write** (skeleton) + **multiple Edits** (tasks in batches of 2-4).
+1. Write skeleton: All sections EXCEPT individual task details.
+2. Edit-append: Insert tasks before "## Final Verification Wave" in batches of 2-4.
+3. Verify completeness: Read the plan file to confirm all tasks present.
+</write_protocol>
+
+**Single Plan Mandate**: EVERYTHING goes into ONE plan. Never split into multiple plans. 50+ TODOs is fine.
+
+### Step 4: Self-Review
+
+| Gap Type | Action |
+|----------|--------|
+| **Critical** | Add \`[DECISION NEEDED]\` placeholder. Ask user. |
+| **Minor** | Fix silently. Note in summary. |
+| **Ambiguous** | Apply default. Note in summary. |
+
+### Step 5: Present Summary
+
+\`\`\`
+## Plan Generated: {name}
+
+**Key Decisions**: [decision]: [rationale]
+**Scope**: IN: [...] | OUT: [...]
+**Guardrails** (from Metis): [guardrail]
+**Auto-Resolved**: [gap]: [how fixed]
+**Defaults Applied**: [default]: [assumption]
+**Decisions Needed**: [question] (if any)
+
+Plan saved to: .sisyphus/plans/{name}.md
+\`\`\`
+
+### Step 6: Offer Choice
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+Question({ questions: [{
+  question: "Plan is ready. How would you like to proceed?",
+  header: "Next Step",
+  options: [
+    { label: "Start Work", description: "Execute now with /start-work. Plan looks solid." },
+    { label: "High Accuracy Review", description: "Momus verifies every detail. Adds review loop." }
+  ]
+}]})
+\`\`\`
+
+---
+
+## Phase 4: High Accuracy Review (Momus Loop)
+
+\`\`\`typescript
+while (true) {
+  const result = task(subagent_type="momus", load_skills=[],
+    run_in_background=false, prompt=".sisyphus/plans/{name}.md")
+  if (result.verdict === "OKAY") break
+  // Fix ALL issues. Resubmit. No excuses, no shortcuts.
+}
+\`\`\`
+
+**Momus invocation rule**: Provide ONLY the file path as prompt.
+
+---
+
+## Handoff
+
+After plan complete:
+1. Delete draft: \`Bash("rm .sisyphus/drafts/{name}.md")\`
+2. Guide user: "Plan saved to \`.sisyphus/plans/{name}.md\`. Run \`/start-work\` to begin execution."
+</phases>
+
+<critical_rules>
+**NEVER:**
+ Write/edit code files (only .sisyphus/*.md)
+ Implement solutions or execute tasks
+ Trust assumptions over exploration
+ Generate plan before clearance check passes (unless explicit trigger)
+ Split work into multiple plans
+ Write to docs/, plans/, or any path outside .sisyphus/
+ Call Write() twice on the same file (second erases first)
+ End turns passively ("let me know...", "when you're ready...")
+ Skip Metis consultation before plan generation
+ **Skip thinking checkpoints — you MUST output them at every phase transition**
+
+**ALWAYS:**
+ Explore before asking (Principle 2) — minimum 3 agents
+ Output thinking checkpoints between phases
+ Update draft after every meaningful exchange
+ Run clearance check after every interview turn
+ Include QA scenarios in every task (no exceptions)
+ Use incremental write protocol for large plans
+ Delete draft after plan completion
+ Present "Start Work" vs "High Accuracy" choice after plan
+ **USE TOOL CALLS for every phase transition — not internal reasoning**
+</critical_rules>
+
+You are Prometheus, the strategic planning consultant. You bring foresight and structure to complex work through thorough exploration and thoughtful consultation.
+`
+
+export function getGeminiPrometheusPrompt(): string {
+  return PROMETHEUS_GEMINI_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+}

src/agents/sisyphus-gemini-overlays.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * Gemini-specific overlay sections for Sisyphus prompt.
+ *
+ * Gemini models are aggressively optimistic and tend to:
+ * - Skip tool calls in favor of internal reasoning
+ * - Avoid delegation, preferring to do work themselves
+ * - Claim completion without verification
+ * - Interpret constraints as suggestions
+ *
+ * These overlays inject corrective sections at strategic points
+ * in the dynamic Sisyphus prompt to counter these tendencies.
+ */
+
+export function buildGeminiToolMandate(): string {
+  return `<TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+## YOU MUST USE TOOLS. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.
+
+**The user expects you to ACT using tools, not REASON internally.** Every response to a task MUST contain tool_use blocks. A response without tool calls is a FAILED response.
+
+**YOUR FAILURE MODE**: You believe you can reason through problems without calling tools. You CANNOT. Your internal reasoning about file contents, codebase patterns, and implementation correctness is UNRELIABLE. The ONLY reliable information comes from actual tool calls.
+
+**RULES (VIOLATION = BROKEN RESPONSE):**
+
+1. **NEVER answer a question about code without reading the actual files first.** Your memory of files you "recently read" decays rapidly. Read them AGAIN.
+2. **NEVER claim a task is done without running \`lsp_diagnostics\`.** Your confidence that "this should work" is WRONG more often than right.
+3. **NEVER skip delegation because you think you can do it faster yourself.** You CANNOT. Specialists with domain-specific skills produce better results. USE THEM.
+4. **NEVER reason about what a file "probably contains."** READ IT. Tool calls are cheap. Wrong answers are expensive.
+5. **NEVER produce a response that contains ZERO tool calls when the user asked you to DO something.** Thinking is not doing.
+
+**THINK ABOUT WHICH TOOLS TO USE:**
+Before responding, enumerate in your head:
+- What tools do I need to call to fulfill this request?
+- What information am I assuming that I should verify with a tool call?
+- Am I about to skip a tool call because I "already know" the answer?
+
+Then ACTUALLY CALL those tools using the JSON tool schema. Produce the tool_use blocks. Execute.
+</TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>`;
+}
+
+export function buildGeminiDelegationOverride(): string {
+  return `<GEMINI_DELEGATION_OVERRIDE>
+## DELEGATION IS MANDATORY — YOU ARE NOT AN IMPLEMENTER
+
+**You have a strong tendency to do work yourself. RESIST THIS.**
+
+You are an ORCHESTRATOR. When you implement code directly instead of delegating, the result is measurably worse than when a specialized subagent does it. This is not opinion — subagents have domain-specific configurations, loaded skills, and tuned prompts that you lack.
+
+**EVERY TIME you are about to write code or make changes directly:**
+→ STOP. Ask: "Is there a category + skills combination for this?"
+→ If YES (almost always): delegate via \`task()\`
+→ If NO (extremely rare): proceed, but this should happen less than 5% of the time
+
+**The user chose an orchestrator model specifically because they want delegation and parallel execution. If you do work yourself, you are failing your purpose.**
+</GEMINI_DELEGATION_OVERRIDE>`;
+}
+
+export function buildGeminiVerificationOverride(): string {
+  return `<GEMINI_VERIFICATION_OVERRIDE>
+## YOUR SELF-ASSESSMENT IS UNRELIABLE — VERIFY WITH TOOLS
+
+**When you believe something is "done" or "correct" — you are probably wrong.**
+
+Your internal confidence estimator is miscalibrated toward optimism. What feels like 95% confidence corresponds to roughly 60% actual correctness. This is a known characteristic, not an insult.
+
+**MANDATORY**: Replace internal confidence with external verification:
+
+| Your Feeling | Reality | Required Action |
+| "This should work" | ~60% chance it works | Run \`lsp_diagnostics\` NOW |
+| "I'm sure this file exists" | ~70% chance | Use \`glob\` to verify NOW |
+| "The subagent did it right" | ~50% chance | Read EVERY changed file NOW |
+| "No need to check this" | You DEFINITELY need to | Check it NOW |
+
+**BEFORE claiming ANY task is complete:**
+1. Run \`lsp_diagnostics\` on ALL changed files — ACTUALLY clean, not "probably clean"
+2. If tests exist, run them — ACTUALLY pass, not "they should pass"
+3. Read the output of every command — ACTUALLY read, not skim
+4. If you delegated, read EVERY file the subagent touched — not trust their claims
+</GEMINI_VERIFICATION_OVERRIDE>`;
+}

src/agents/sisyphus-junior/gemini.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+/**
+ * Gemini-optimized Sisyphus-Junior System Prompt
+ *
+ * Key differences from Claude/GPT variants:
+ * - Aggressive tool-call enforcement (Gemini skips tools in favor of reasoning)
+ * - Anti-optimism checkpoints (Gemini claims "done" prematurely)
+ * - Repeated verification mandates (Gemini treats verification as optional)
+ * - Stronger scope discipline (Gemini's creativity causes scope creep)
+ */
+
+import { resolvePromptAppend } from "../builtin-agents/resolve-file-uri"
+
+export function buildGeminiSisyphusJuniorPrompt(
+  useTaskSystem: boolean,
+  promptAppend?: string
+): string {
+  const taskDiscipline = buildGeminiTaskDisciplineSection(useTaskSystem)
+  const verificationText = useTaskSystem
+    ? "All tasks marked completed"
+    : "All todos marked completed"
+
+  const prompt = `You are Sisyphus-Junior — a focused task executor from OhMyOpenCode.
+
+## Identity
+
+You execute tasks directly as a **Senior Engineer**. You do not guess. You verify. You do not stop early. You complete.
+
+**KEEP GOING. SOLVE PROBLEMS. ASK ONLY WHEN TRULY IMPOSSIBLE.**
+
+When blocked: try a different approach → decompose the problem → challenge assumptions → explore how others solved it.
+
+<TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+## YOU MUST USE TOOLS. THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.
+
+**The user expects you to ACT using tools, not REASON internally.** Every response that requires action MUST contain tool_use blocks. A response without tool calls when action was needed is a FAILED response.
+
+**YOUR FAILURE MODE**: You believe you can figure things out without calling tools. You CANNOT. Your internal reasoning about file contents, codebase state, and implementation correctness is UNRELIABLE.
+
+**RULES (VIOLATION = FAILED RESPONSE):**
+1. **NEVER answer a question about code without reading the actual files first.** Read them. AGAIN.
+2. **NEVER claim a task is done without running \`lsp_diagnostics\`.** Your confidence that "this should work" is wrong more often than right.
+3. **NEVER reason about what a file "probably contains."** READ IT. Tool calls are cheap. Wrong answers are expensive.
+4. **NEVER produce a response with ZERO tool calls when the user asked you to DO something.** Thinking is not doing.
+
+Before responding, ask yourself: What tools do I need to call? What am I assuming that I should verify? Then ACTUALLY CALL those tools.
+</TOOL_CALL_MANDATE>
+
+### Do NOT Ask — Just Do
+
+**FORBIDDEN:**
+- "Should I proceed with X?" → JUST DO IT.
+- "Do you want me to run tests?" → RUN THEM.
+- "I noticed Y, should I fix it?" → FIX IT OR NOTE IN FINAL MESSAGE.
+- Stopping after partial implementation → 100% OR NOTHING.
+
+**CORRECT:**
+- Keep going until COMPLETELY done
+- Run verification (lint, tests, build) WITHOUT asking
+- Make decisions. Course-correct only on CONCRETE failure
+- Note assumptions in final message, not as questions mid-work
+- Need context? Fire explore/librarian via call_omo_agent IMMEDIATELY — keep working while they search
+
+## Scope Discipline
+
+- Implement EXACTLY and ONLY what is requested
+- No extra features, no UX embellishments, no scope creep
+- If ambiguous, choose the simplest valid interpretation OR ask ONE precise question
+- Do NOT invent new requirements or expand task boundaries
+- **Your creativity is an asset for IMPLEMENTATION QUALITY, not for SCOPE EXPANSION**
+
+## Ambiguity Protocol (EXPLORE FIRST)
+
+- **Single valid interpretation** — Proceed immediately
+- **Missing info that MIGHT exist** — **EXPLORE FIRST** — use tools (grep, rg, file reads, explore agents) to find it
+- **Multiple plausible interpretations** — State your interpretation, proceed with simplest approach
+- **Truly impossible to proceed** — Ask ONE precise question (LAST RESORT)
+
+<tool_usage_rules>
+- Parallelize independent tool calls: multiple file reads, grep searches, agent fires — all at once
+- Explore/Librarian via call_omo_agent = background research. Fire them and keep working
+- After any file edit: restate what changed, where, and what validation follows
+- Prefer tools over guessing whenever you need specific data (files, configs, patterns)
+- ALWAYS use tools over internal knowledge for file contents, project state, and verification
+- **DO NOT SKIP tool calls because you think you already know the answer. You DON'T.**
+</tool_usage_rules>
+
+${taskDiscipline}
+
+## Progress Updates
+
+**Report progress proactively — the user should always know what you're doing and why.**
+
+When to update (MANDATORY):
+- **Before exploration**: "Checking the repo structure for [pattern]..."
+- **After discovery**: "Found the config in \`src/config/\`. The pattern uses factory functions."
+- **Before large edits**: "About to modify [files] — [what and why]."
+- **After edits**: "Updated [file] — [what changed]. Running verification."
+- **On blockers**: "Hit a snag with [issue] — trying [alternative] instead."
+
+Style:
+- A few sentences, friendly and concrete — explain in plain language so anyone can follow
+- Include at least one specific detail (file path, pattern found, decision made)
+- When explaining technical decisions, explain the WHY — not just what you did
+
+## Code Quality & Verification
+
+### Before Writing Code (MANDATORY)
+
+1. SEARCH existing codebase for similar patterns/styles
+2. Match naming, indentation, import styles, error handling conventions
+3. Default to ASCII. Add comments only for non-obvious blocks
+
+### After Implementation (MANDATORY — DO NOT SKIP)
+
+**THIS IS THE STEP YOU ARE MOST TEMPTED TO SKIP. DO NOT SKIP IT.**
+
+Your natural instinct is to implement something and immediately claim "done." RESIST THIS.
+Between implementation and completion, there is VERIFICATION. Every. Single. Time.
+
+1. **\`lsp_diagnostics\`** on ALL modified files — zero errors required. RUN IT, don't assume.
+2. **Run related tests** — pattern: modified \`foo.ts\` → look for \`foo.test.ts\`
+3. **Run typecheck** if TypeScript project
+4. **Run build** if applicable — exit code 0 required
+5. **Tell user** what you verified and the results — keep it clear and helpful
+
+- **Diagnostics**: Use lsp_diagnostics — ZERO errors on changed files
+- **Build**: Use Bash — Exit code 0 (if applicable)
+- **Tracking**: Use ${useTaskSystem ? "task_update" : "todowrite"} — ${verificationText}
+
+**No evidence = not complete. "I think it works" is NOT evidence. Tool output IS evidence.**
+
+<ANTI_OPTIMISM_CHECKPOINT>
+## BEFORE YOU CLAIM THIS TASK IS DONE, ANSWER THESE HONESTLY:
+
+1. Did I run \`lsp_diagnostics\` and see ZERO errors? (not "I'm sure there are none")
+2. Did I run the tests and see them PASS? (not "they should pass")
+3. Did I read the actual output of every command I ran? (not skim)
+4. Is EVERY requirement from the task actually implemented? (re-read the task spec NOW)
+
+If ANY answer is no → GO BACK AND DO IT. Do not claim completion.
+</ANTI_OPTIMISM_CHECKPOINT>
+
+## Output Contract
+
+<output_contract>
+**Format:**
+- Default: 3-6 sentences or ≤5 bullets
+- Simple yes/no: ≤2 sentences
+- Complex multi-file: 1 overview paragraph + ≤5 tagged bullets (What, Where, Risks, Next, Open)
+
+**Style:**
+- Start work immediately. Skip empty preambles ("I'm on it", "Let me...") — but DO send clear context before significant actions
+- Be friendly, clear, and easy to understand — explain so anyone can follow your reasoning
+- When explaining technical decisions, explain the WHY — not just the WHAT
+</output_contract>
+
+## Failure Recovery
+
+1. Fix root causes, not symptoms. Re-verify after EVERY attempt.
+2. If first approach fails → try alternative (different algorithm, pattern, library)
+3. After 3 DIFFERENT approaches fail → STOP and report what you tried clearly`
+
+  if (!promptAppend) return prompt
+  return prompt + "\n\n" + resolvePromptAppend(promptAppend)
+}
+
+function buildGeminiTaskDisciplineSection(useTaskSystem: boolean): string {
+  if (useTaskSystem) {
+    return `## Task Discipline (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
+
+**You WILL forget to track tasks if not forced. This section forces you.**
+
+- **2+ steps** — task_create FIRST, atomic breakdown. DO THIS BEFORE ANY IMPLEMENTATION.
+- **Starting step** — task_update(status="in_progress") — ONE at a time
+- **Completing step** — task_update(status="completed") IMMEDIATELY after verification passes
+- **Batching** — NEVER batch completions. Mark EACH task individually.
+
+No tasks on multi-step work = INCOMPLETE WORK. The user tracks your progress through tasks.`
+  }
+
+  return `## Todo Discipline (NON-NEGOTIABLE)
+
+**You WILL forget to track todos if not forced. This section forces you.**
+
+- **2+ steps** — todowrite FIRST, atomic breakdown. DO THIS BEFORE ANY IMPLEMENTATION.
+- **Starting step** — Mark in_progress — ONE at a time
+- **Completing step** — Mark completed IMMEDIATELY after verification passes
+- **Batching** — NEVER batch completions. Mark EACH todo individually.
+
+No todos on multi-step work = INCOMPLETE WORK. The user tracks your progress through todos.`
+}

src/agents/sisyphus.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   buildOracleSection,
   buildHardBlocksSection,
   buildAntiPatternsSection,
+  buildDeepParallelSection,
   categorizeTools,
 } from "./dynamic-agent-prompt-builder";
 
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ Should I proceed with [recommendation], or would you prefer differently?
 }
 
 function buildDynamicSisyphusPrompt(
+  model: string,
   availableAgents: AvailableAgent[],
   availableTools: AvailableTool[] = [],
   availableSkills: AvailableSkill[] = [],
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ function buildDynamicSisyphusPrompt(
   const oracleSection = buildOracleSection(availableAgents);
   const hardBlocks = buildHardBlocksSection();
   const antiPatterns = buildAntiPatternsSection();
+  const deepParallelSection = buildDeepParallelSection(model, availableCategories);
   const taskManagementSection = buildTaskManagementSection(useTaskSystem);
   const todoHookNote = useTaskSystem
     ? "YOUR TASK CREATION WOULD BE TRACKED BY HOOK([SYSTEM REMINDER - TASK CONTINUATION])"
@@ -356,6 +359,8 @@ STOP searching when:
 
 ${categorySkillsGuide}
 
+${deepParallelSection}
+
 ${delegationTable}
 
 ### Delegation Prompt Structure (MANDATORY - ALL 6 sections):
@@ -545,13 +550,14 @@ export function createSisyphusAgent(
   const categories = availableCategories ?? [];
   const prompt = availableAgents
     ? buildDynamicSisyphusPrompt(
+        model,
         availableAgents,
         tools,
         skills,
         categories,
         useTaskSystem,
       )
-    : buildDynamicSisyphusPrompt([], tools, skills, categories, useTaskSystem);
+    : buildDynamicSisyphusPrompt(model, [], tools, skills, categories, useTaskSystem);
 
   const permission = {
     question: "allow",

src/features/background-agent/compaction-aware-message-resolver.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "bun:test"
+import { mkdtempSync, writeFileSync, rmSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os"
+import { isCompactionAgent, findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction } from "./compaction-aware-message-resolver"
+
+describe("isCompactionAgent", () => {
+  describe("#given agent name variations", () => {
+    test("returns true for 'compaction'", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent("compaction")
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for 'Compaction' (case insensitive)", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent("Compaction")
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for ' compaction ' (with whitespace)", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent(" compaction ")
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for undefined", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent(undefined)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for null", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent(null as unknown as string)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for non-compaction agent like 'sisyphus'", () => {
+      // when
+      const result = isCompactionAgent("sisyphus")
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction", () => {
+  let tempDir: string
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tempDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "compaction-test-"))
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(tempDir, { force: true, recursive: true })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given directory with messages", () => {
+    test("finds message with full agent and model", () => {
+      // given
+      const message = {
+        agent: "sisyphus",
+        model: { providerID: "anthropic", modelID: "claude-opus-4-6" },
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "001.json"), JSON.stringify(message))
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(result?.agent).toBe("sisyphus")
+      expect(result?.model?.providerID).toBe("anthropic")
+      expect(result?.model?.modelID).toBe("claude-opus-4-6")
+    })
+
+    test("skips compaction agent messages", () => {
+      // given
+      const compactionMessage = {
+        agent: "compaction",
+        model: { providerID: "anthropic", modelID: "claude-opus-4-6" },
+      }
+      const validMessage = {
+        agent: "sisyphus",
+        model: { providerID: "anthropic", modelID: "claude-opus-4-6" },
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "002.json"), JSON.stringify(compactionMessage))
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "001.json"), JSON.stringify(validMessage))
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(result?.agent).toBe("sisyphus")
+    })
+
+    test("falls back to partial agent/model match", () => {
+      // given
+      const messageWithAgentOnly = {
+        agent: "hephaestus",
+      }
+      const messageWithModelOnly = {
+        model: { providerID: "openai", modelID: "gpt-5.3" },
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "001.json"), JSON.stringify(messageWithModelOnly))
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "002.json"), JSON.stringify(messageWithAgentOnly))
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+      // Should find the one with agent first (sorted reverse, so 002 is checked first)
+      expect(result?.agent).toBe("hephaestus")
+    })
+
+    test("returns null for empty directory", () => {
+      // given - empty directory (tempDir is already empty)
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    test("returns null for non-existent directory", () => {
+      // given
+      const nonExistentDir = join(tmpdir(), "non-existent-dir-12345")
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(nonExistentDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).toBeNull()
+    })
+
+    test("skips invalid JSON files and finds valid message", () => {
+      // given
+      const invalidJson = "{ invalid json"
+      const validMessage = {
+        agent: "oracle",
+        model: { providerID: "google", modelID: "gemini-2-flash" },
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "002.json"), invalidJson)
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "001.json"), JSON.stringify(validMessage))
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(result?.agent).toBe("oracle")
+    })
+
+    test("finds newest valid message (sorted by filename reverse)", () => {
+      // given
+      const olderMessage = {
+        agent: "older",
+        model: { providerID: "a", modelID: "b" },
+      }
+      const newerMessage = {
+        agent: "newer",
+        model: { providerID: "c", modelID: "d" },
+      }
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "001.json"), JSON.stringify(olderMessage))
+      writeFileSync(join(tempDir, "010.json"), JSON.stringify(newerMessage))
+
+      // when
+      const result = findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(tempDir)
+
+      // then
+      expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+      expect(result?.agent).toBe("newer")
+    })
+  })
+})

src/features/background-agent/compaction-aware-message-resolver.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs"
+import { join } from "node:path"
+import type { StoredMessage } from "../hook-message-injector"
+
+export function isCompactionAgent(agent: string | undefined): boolean {
+  return agent?.trim().toLowerCase() === "compaction"
+}
+
+function hasFullAgentAndModel(message: StoredMessage): boolean {
+  return !!message.agent &&
+    !isCompactionAgent(message.agent) &&
+    !!message.model?.providerID &&
+    !!message.model?.modelID
+}
+
+function hasPartialAgentOrModel(message: StoredMessage): boolean {
+  const hasAgent = !!message.agent && !isCompactionAgent(message.agent)
+  const hasModel = !!message.model?.providerID && !!message.model?.modelID
+  return hasAgent || hasModel
+}
+
+export function findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(messageDir: string): StoredMessage | null {
+  try {
+    const files = readdirSync(messageDir)
+      .filter((name) => name.endsWith(".json"))
+      .sort()
+      .reverse()
+
+    for (const file of files) {
+      try {
+        const content = readFileSync(join(messageDir, file), "utf-8")
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as StoredMessage
+        if (hasFullAgentAndModel(parsed)) {
+          return parsed
+        }
+      } catch {
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (const file of files) {
+      try {
+        const content = readFileSync(join(messageDir, file), "utf-8")
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as StoredMessage
+        if (hasPartialAgentOrModel(parsed)) {
+          return parsed
+        }
+      } catch {
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+  } catch {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return null
+}

src/features/background-agent/error-classifier.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+import { describe, test, expect } from "bun:test"
+import {
+  isRecord,
+  isAbortedSessionError,
+  getErrorText,
+  extractErrorName,
+  extractErrorMessage,
+  getSessionErrorMessage,
+} from "./error-classifier"
+
+describe("isRecord", () => {
+  describe("#given null or primitive values", () => {
+    test("returns false for null", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(null)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for undefined", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(undefined)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for string", () => {
+      expect(isRecord("hello")).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for number", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(42)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for boolean", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(true)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for array (arrays are objects)", () => {
+      expect(isRecord([1, 2, 3])).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given plain objects", () => {
+    test("returns true for empty object", () => {
+      expect(isRecord({})).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for object with properties", () => {
+      expect(isRecord({ key: "value" })).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for object with nested objects", () => {
+      expect(isRecord({ nested: { deep: true } })).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given Error instances", () => {
+    test("returns true for Error instance", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(new Error("test"))).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for TypeError instance", () => {
+      expect(isRecord(new TypeError("test"))).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("isAbortedSessionError", () => {
+  describe("#given error with aborted message", () => {
+    test("returns true for string containing aborted", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError("Session aborted")).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for string with ABORTED uppercase", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError("Session ABORTED")).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for Error with aborted in message", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError(new Error("Session aborted"))).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("returns true for object with message containing aborted", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError({ message: "The session was aborted" })).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given error without aborted message", () => {
+    test("returns false for string without aborted", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError("Session completed")).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for Error without aborted", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError(new Error("Something went wrong"))).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for empty string", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError("")).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given invalid inputs", () => {
+    test("returns false for null", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError(null)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for undefined", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError(undefined)).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false for object without message", () => {
+      expect(isAbortedSessionError({ code: "ABORTED" })).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("getErrorText", () => {
+  describe("#given string input", () => {
+    test("returns the string as-is", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText("Something went wrong")).toBe("Something went wrong")
+    })
+
+    test("returns empty string for empty string", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText("")).toBe("")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given Error instance", () => {
+    test("returns name and message format", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText(new Error("test message"))).toBe("Error: test message")
+    })
+
+    test("returns TypeError format", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText(new TypeError("type error"))).toBe("TypeError: type error")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given object with message property", () => {
+    test("returns message property as string", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText({ message: "custom error" })).toBe("custom error")
+    })
+
+    test("returns name property when message not available", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText({ name: "CustomError" })).toBe("CustomError")
+    })
+
+    test("prefers message over name", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText({ name: "CustomError", message: "error message" })).toBe("error message")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given invalid inputs", () => {
+    test("returns empty string for null", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText(null)).toBe("")
+    })
+
+    test("returns empty string for undefined", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText(undefined)).toBe("")
+    })
+
+    test("returns empty string for object without message or name", () => {
+      expect(getErrorText({ code: 500 })).toBe("")
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("extractErrorName", () => {
+  describe("#given Error instance", () => {
+    test("returns Error for generic Error", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName(new Error("test"))).toBe("Error")
+    })
+
+    test("returns TypeError name", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName(new TypeError("test"))).toBe("TypeError")
+    })
+
+    test("returns RangeError name", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName(new RangeError("test"))).toBe("RangeError")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given plain object with name property", () => {
+    test("returns name property when string", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName({ name: "CustomError" })).toBe("CustomError")
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when name is not string", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName({ name: 123 })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given invalid inputs", () => {
+    test("returns undefined for null", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName(null)).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined for undefined", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName(undefined)).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined for string", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName("Error message")).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined for object without name property", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorName({ message: "test" })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("extractErrorMessage", () => {
+  describe("#given string input", () => {
+    test("returns the string as-is", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage("error message")).toBe("error message")
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined for empty string", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage("")).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given Error instance", () => {
+    test("returns error message", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(new Error("test error"))).toBe("test error")
+    })
+
+    test("returns empty string for Error with no message", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(new Error())).toBe("")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given object with message property", () => {
+    test("returns message property", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: "custom message" })).toBe("custom message")
+    })
+
+    test("falls through to JSON.stringify for empty message value", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ message: "" })).toBe('{"message":""}')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given nested error structure", () => {
+    test("extracts message from nested error object", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ error: { message: "nested error" } })).toBe("nested error")
+    })
+
+    test("extracts message from data.error structure", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ data: { error: "data error" } })).toBe("data error")
+    })
+
+    test("extracts message from cause property", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ cause: "cause error" })).toBe("cause error")
+    })
+
+    test("extracts message from cause object with message", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage({ cause: { message: "cause message" } })).toBe("cause message")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given complex error with data wrapper", () => {
+    test("extracts from error.data.message", () => {
+      const error = {
+        data: {
+          message: "data message",
+        },
+      }
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(error)).toBe("data message")
+    })
+
+    test("prefers top over nested-level message", () => {
+      const error = {
+        message: "top level",
+        data: { message: "nested" },
+      }
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(error)).toBe("top level")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given invalid inputs", () => {
+    test("returns undefined for null", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(null)).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined for undefined", () => {
+      expect(extractErrorMessage(undefined)).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given object without extractable message", () => {
+    test("falls back to JSON.stringify for object", () => {
+      const obj = { code: 500, details: "error" }
+      const result = extractErrorMessage(obj)
+      expect(result).toContain('"code":500')
+    })
+
+    test("falls back to String() for non-serializable object", () => {
+      const circular: Record<string, unknown> = { a: 1 }
+      circular.self = circular
+      const result = extractErrorMessage(circular)
+      expect(result).toBe("[object Object]")
+    })
+  })
+})
+
+describe("getSessionErrorMessage", () => {
+  describe("#given valid error properties", () => {
+    test("extracts message from error.message", () => {
+      const properties = { error: { message: "session error" } }
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage(properties)).toBe("session error")
+    })
+
+    test("extracts message from error.data.message", () => {
+      const properties = {
+        error: {
+          data: { message: "data error message" },
+        },
+      }
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage(properties)).toBe("data error message")
+    })
+
+    test("prefers error.data.message over error.message", () => {
+      const properties = {
+        error: {
+          message: "top level",
+          data: { message: "nested" },
+        },
+      }
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage(properties)).toBe("nested")
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given missing or invalid properties", () => {
+    test("returns undefined when error is missing", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({})).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when error is null", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({ error: null })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when error is string", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({ error: "error string" })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when data is not an object", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({ error: { data: "not an object" } })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when message is not string", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({ error: { message: 123 } })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+
+    test("returns undefined when data.message is not string", () => {
+      expect(getSessionErrorMessage({ error: { data: { message: null } } })).toBe(undefined)
+    })
+  })
+})

src/features/background-agent/error-classifier.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+export function isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
+  return typeof value === "object" && value !== null
+}
+
 export function isAbortedSessionError(error: unknown): boolean {
   const message = getErrorText(error)
   return message.toLowerCase().includes("aborted")
@@ -19,3 +23,61 @@ export function getErrorText(error: unknown): string {
   }
   return ""
 }
+
+export function extractErrorName(error: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (isRecord(error) && typeof error["name"] === "string") return error["name"]
+  if (error instanceof Error) return error.name
+  return undefined
+}
+
+export function extractErrorMessage(error: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (!error) return undefined
+  if (typeof error === "string") return error
+  if (error instanceof Error) return error.message
+
+  if (isRecord(error)) {
+    const dataRaw = error["data"]
+    const candidates: unknown[] = [
+      error,
+      dataRaw,
+      error["error"],
+      isRecord(dataRaw) ? (dataRaw as Record<string, unknown>)["error"] : undefined,
+      error["cause"],
+    ]
+
+    for (const candidate of candidates) {
+      if (typeof candidate === "string" && candidate.length > 0) return candidate
+      if (
+        isRecord(candidate) &&
+        typeof candidate["message"] === "string" &&
+        candidate["message"].length > 0
+      ) {
+        return candidate["message"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return JSON.stringify(error)
+  } catch {
+    return String(error)
+  }
+}
+
+interface EventPropertiesLike {
+  [key: string]: unknown
+}
+
+export function getSessionErrorMessage(properties: EventPropertiesLike): string | undefined {
+  const errorRaw = properties["error"]
+  if (!isRecord(errorRaw)) return undefined
+
+  const dataRaw = errorRaw["data"]
+  if (isRecord(dataRaw)) {
+    const message = dataRaw["message"]
+    if (typeof message === "string") return message
+  }
+
+  const message = errorRaw["message"]
+  return typeof message === "string" ? message : undefined
+}

src/features/background-agent/fallback-retry-handler.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,270 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, mock, beforeEach } from "bun:test"
+
+mock.module("../../shared", () => ({
+  log: mock(() => {}),
+  readConnectedProvidersCache: mock(() => null),
+  readProviderModelsCache: mock(() => null),
+}))
+
+mock.module("../../shared/model-error-classifier", () => ({
+  shouldRetryError: mock(() => true),
+  getNextFallback: mock((chain: Array<{ model: string }>, attempt: number) => chain[attempt]),
+  hasMoreFallbacks: mock((chain: Array<{ model: string }>, attempt: number) => attempt < chain.length),
+  selectFallbackProvider: mock((providers: string[]) => providers[0]),
+}))
+
+mock.module("../../shared/provider-model-id-transform", () => ({
+  transformModelForProvider: mock((_provider: string, model: string) => model),
+}))
+
+import { tryFallbackRetry } from "./fallback-retry-handler"
+import { shouldRetryError } from "../../shared/model-error-classifier"
+import type { BackgroundTask } from "./types"
+import type { ConcurrencyManager } from "./concurrency"
+
+function createMockTask(overrides: Partial<BackgroundTask> = {}): BackgroundTask {
+  return {
+    id: "test-task-1",
+    description: "test task",
+    prompt: "test prompt",
+    agent: "sisyphus-junior",
+    status: "error",
+    parentSessionID: "parent-session-1",
+    parentMessageID: "parent-message-1",
+    fallbackChain: [
+      { model: "fallback-model-1", providers: ["provider-a"], variant: undefined },
+      { model: "fallback-model-2", providers: ["provider-b"], variant: undefined },
+    ],
+    attemptCount: 0,
+    concurrencyKey: "provider-a/original-model",
+    model: { providerID: "provider-a", modelID: "original-model" },
+    ...overrides,
+  }
+}
+
+function createMockConcurrencyManager(): ConcurrencyManager {
+  return {
+    release: mock(() => {}),
+    acquire: mock(async () => {}),
+    getQueueLength: mock(() => 0),
+    getActiveCount: mock(() => 0),
+  } as unknown as ConcurrencyManager
+}
+
+function createMockClient() {
+  return {
+    session: {
+      abort: mock(async () => ({})),
+    },
+  } as any
+}
+
+function createDefaultArgs(taskOverrides: Partial<BackgroundTask> = {}) {
+  const processKeyFn = mock(() => {})
+  const queuesByKey = new Map<string, Array<{ task: BackgroundTask; input: any }>>()
+  const idleDeferralTimers = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>()
+  const concurrencyManager = createMockConcurrencyManager()
+  const client = createMockClient()
+  const task = createMockTask(taskOverrides)
+
+  return {
+    task,
+    errorInfo: { name: "OverloadedError", message: "model overloaded" },
+    source: "polling",
+    concurrencyManager,
+    client,
+    idleDeferralTimers,
+    queuesByKey,
+    processKey: processKeyFn,
+  }
+}
+
+describe("tryFallbackRetry", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    ;(shouldRetryError as any).mockImplementation(() => true)
+  })
+
+  describe("#given retryable error with fallback chain", () => {
+    test("returns true and enqueues retry", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      const result = tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    test("resets task status to pending", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.status).toBe("pending")
+    })
+
+    test("increments attemptCount", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.attemptCount).toBe(1)
+    })
+
+    test("updates task model to fallback", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.model?.modelID).toBe("fallback-model-1")
+      expect(args.task.model?.providerID).toBe("provider-a")
+    })
+
+    test("clears sessionID and startedAt", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({
+        sessionID: "old-session",
+        startedAt: new Date(),
+      })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.sessionID).toBeUndefined()
+      expect(args.task.startedAt).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    test("clears error field", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ error: "previous error" })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.error).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    test("sets new queuedAt", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.queuedAt).toBeInstanceOf(Date)
+    })
+
+    test("releases concurrency slot", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.concurrencyManager.release).toHaveBeenCalledWith("provider-a/original-model")
+    })
+
+    test("clears concurrencyKey after release", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.concurrencyKey).toBeUndefined()
+    })
+
+    test("aborts existing session", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ sessionID: "session-to-abort" })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.client.session.abort).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+        path: { id: "session-to-abort" },
+      })
+    })
+
+    test("adds retry input to queue and calls processKey", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      const key = `${args.task.model!.providerID}/${args.task.model!.modelID}`
+      const queue = args.queuesByKey.get(key)
+      expect(queue).toBeDefined()
+      expect(queue!.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(queue![0].task).toBe(args.task)
+      expect(args.processKey).toHaveBeenCalledWith(key)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given non-retryable error", () => {
+    test("returns false when shouldRetryError returns false", () => {
+      ;(shouldRetryError as any).mockImplementation(() => false)
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+
+      const result = tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given no fallback chain", () => {
+    test("returns false when fallbackChain is undefined", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ fallbackChain: undefined })
+
+      const result = tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    test("returns false when fallbackChain is empty", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ fallbackChain: [] })
+
+      const result = tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given exhausted fallbacks", () => {
+    test("returns false when attemptCount exceeds chain length", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ attemptCount: 5 })
+
+      const result = tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(result).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given task without concurrency key", () => {
+    test("skips concurrency release", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ concurrencyKey: undefined })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.concurrencyManager.release).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given task without session", () => {
+    test("skips session abort", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ sessionID: undefined })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.client.session.abort).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given active idle deferral timer", () => {
+    test("clears the timer and removes from map", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs()
+      const timerId = setTimeout(() => {}, 10000)
+      args.idleDeferralTimers.set("test-task-1", timerId)
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.idleDeferralTimers.has("test-task-1")).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("#given second attempt", () => {
+    test("uses second fallback in chain", () => {
+      const args = createDefaultArgs({ attemptCount: 1 })
+
+      tryFallbackRetry(args)
+
+      expect(args.task.model?.modelID).toBe("fallback-model-2")
+      expect(args.task.attemptCount).toBe(2)
+    })
+  })
+})

src/features/background-agent/fallback-retry-handler.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+import type { BackgroundTask, LaunchInput } from "./types"
+import type { FallbackEntry } from "../../shared/model-requirements"
+import type { ConcurrencyManager } from "./concurrency"
+import type { OpencodeClient, QueueItem } from "./constants"
+import { log, readConnectedProvidersCache, readProviderModelsCache } from "../../shared"
+import {
+  shouldRetryError,
+  getNextFallback,
+  hasMoreFallbacks,
+  selectFallbackProvider,
+} from "../../shared/model-error-classifier"
+import { transformModelForProvider } from "../../shared/provider-model-id-transform"
+
+export function tryFallbackRetry(args: {
+  task: BackgroundTask
+  errorInfo: { name?: string; message?: string }
+  source: string
+  concurrencyManager: ConcurrencyManager
+  client: OpencodeClient
+  idleDeferralTimers: Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>
+  queuesByKey: Map<string, QueueItem[]>
+  processKey: (key: string) => void
+}): boolean {
+  const { task, errorInfo, source, concurrencyManager, client, idleDeferralTimers, queuesByKey, processKey } = args
+  const fallbackChain = task.fallbackChain
+  const canRetry =
+    shouldRetryError(errorInfo) &&
+    fallbackChain &&
+    fallbackChain.length > 0 &&
+    hasMoreFallbacks(fallbackChain, task.attemptCount ?? 0)
+
+  if (!canRetry) return false
+
+  const attemptCount = task.attemptCount ?? 0
+  const providerModelsCache = readProviderModelsCache()
+  const connectedProviders = providerModelsCache?.connected ?? readConnectedProvidersCache()
+  const connectedSet = connectedProviders ? new Set(connectedProviders.map(p => p.toLowerCase())) : null
+
+  const isReachable = (entry: FallbackEntry): boolean => {
+    if (!connectedSet) return true
+    return entry.providers.some((p) => connectedSet.has(p.toLowerCase()))
+  }
+
+  let selectedAttemptCount = attemptCount
+  let nextFallback: FallbackEntry | undefined
+  while (fallbackChain && selectedAttemptCount < fallbackChain.length) {
+    const candidate = getNextFallback(fallbackChain, selectedAttemptCount)
+    if (!candidate) break
+    selectedAttemptCount++
+    if (!isReachable(candidate)) {
+      log("[background-agent] Skipping unreachable fallback:", {
+        taskId: task.id,
+        source,
+        model: candidate.model,
+        providers: candidate.providers,
+      })
+      continue
+    }
+    nextFallback = candidate
+    break
+  }
+  if (!nextFallback) return false
+
+  const providerID = selectFallbackProvider(
+    nextFallback.providers,
+    task.model?.providerID,
+  )
+
+  log("[background-agent] Retryable error, attempting fallback:", {
+    taskId: task.id,
+    source,
+    errorName: errorInfo.name,
+    errorMessage: errorInfo.message?.slice(0, 100),
+    attemptCount: selectedAttemptCount,
+    nextModel: `${providerID}/${nextFallback.model}`,
+  })
+
+  if (task.concurrencyKey) {
+    concurrencyManager.release(task.concurrencyKey)
+    task.concurrencyKey = undefined
+  }
+
+  if (task.sessionID) {
+    client.session.abort({ path: { id: task.sessionID } }).catch(() => {})
+  }
+
+  const idleTimer = idleDeferralTimers.get(task.id)
+  if (idleTimer) {
+    clearTimeout(idleTimer)
+    idleDeferralTimers.delete(task.id)
+  }
+
+  task.attemptCount = selectedAttemptCount
+  const transformedModelId = transformModelForProvider(providerID, nextFallback.model)
+  task.model = {
+    providerID,
+    modelID: transformedModelId,
+    variant: nextFallback.variant,
+  }
+  task.status = "pending"
+  task.sessionID = undefined
+  task.startedAt = undefined
+  task.queuedAt = new Date()
+  task.error = undefined
+
+  const key = task.model ? `${task.model.providerID}/${task.model.modelID}` : task.agent
+  const queue = queuesByKey.get(key) ?? []
+  const retryInput: LaunchInput = {
+    description: task.description,
+    prompt: task.prompt,
+    agent: task.agent,
+    parentSessionID: task.parentSessionID,
+    parentMessageID: task.parentMessageID,
+    parentModel: task.parentModel,
+    parentAgent: task.parentAgent,
+    parentTools: task.parentTools,
+    model: task.model,
+    fallbackChain: task.fallbackChain,
+    category: task.category,
+    isUnstableAgent: task.isUnstableAgent,
+  }
+  queue.push({ task, input: retryInput })
+  queuesByKey.set(key, queue)
+  processKey(key)
+  return true
+}

src/features/background-agent/manager.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type {
   LaunchInput,
   ResumeInput,
 } from "./types"
-import type { FallbackEntry } from "../../shared/model-requirements"
 import { TaskHistory } from "./task-history"
 import {
   log,
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ import {
   normalizePromptTools,
   normalizeSDKResponse,
   promptWithModelSuggestionRetry,
-  readConnectedProvidersCache,
-  readProviderModelsCache,
   resolveInheritedPromptTools,
   createInternalAgentTextPart,
 } from "../../shared"
@@ -25,28 +22,31 @@ import type { BackgroundTaskConfig, TmuxConfig } from "../../config/schema"
 import { isInsideTmux } from "../../shared/tmux"
 import {
   shouldRetryError,
-  getNextFallback,
   hasMoreFallbacks,
-  selectFallbackProvider,
 } from "../../shared/model-error-classifier"
-import { transformModelForProvider } from "../../shared/provider-model-id-transform"
 import {
-  DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STALENESS_TIMEOUT_MS,
-  DEFAULT_STALE_TIMEOUT_MS,
   MIN_IDLE_TIME_MS,
-  MIN_RUNTIME_BEFORE_STALE_MS,
   POLLING_INTERVAL_MS,
   TASK_CLEANUP_DELAY_MS,
-  TASK_TTL_MS,
 } from "./constants"
 
 import { subagentSessions } from "../claude-code-session-state"
 import { getTaskToastManager } from "../task-toast-manager"
-import { MESSAGE_STORAGE, type StoredMessage } from "../hook-message-injector"
-import { existsSync, readFileSync, readdirSync } from "node:fs"
+import { formatDuration } from "./duration-formatter"
+import {
+  isAbortedSessionError,
+  extractErrorName,
+  extractErrorMessage,
+  getSessionErrorMessage,
+  isRecord,
+} from "./error-classifier"
+import { tryFallbackRetry } from "./fallback-retry-handler"
+import { registerManagerForCleanup, unregisterManagerForCleanup } from "./process-cleanup"
+import { isCompactionAgent, findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction } from "./compaction-aware-message-resolver"
+import { MESSAGE_STORAGE } from "../hook-message-injector"
 import { join } from "node:path"
-
-type ProcessCleanupEvent = NodeJS.Signals | "beforeExit" | "exit"
+import { pruneStaleTasksAndNotifications } from "./task-poller"
+import { checkAndInterruptStaleTasks } from "./task-poller"
 
 type OpencodeClient = PluginInput["client"]
 
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ export interface SubagentSessionCreatedEvent {
 export type OnSubagentSessionCreated = (event: SubagentSessionCreatedEvent) => Promise<void>
 
 export class BackgroundManager {
-  private static cleanupManagers = new Set<BackgroundManager>()
-  private static cleanupRegistered = false
-  private static cleanupHandlers = new Map<ProcessCleanupEvent, () => void>()
+
 
   private tasks: Map<string, BackgroundTask>
   private notifications: Map<string, BackgroundTask[]>
@@ -705,8 +703,8 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
       if (!assistantError) return
 
       const errorInfo = {
-        name: this.extractErrorName(assistantError),
-        message: this.extractErrorMessage(assistantError),
+        name: extractErrorName(assistantError),
+        message: extractErrorMessage(assistantError),
       }
       this.tryFallbackRetry(task, errorInfo, "message.updated")
     }
@@ -809,7 +807,7 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
 
       const errorObj = props?.error as { name?: string; message?: string } | undefined
       const errorName = errorObj?.name
-      const errorMessage = props ? this.getSessionErrorMessage(props) : undefined
+      const errorMessage = props ? getSessionErrorMessage(props) : undefined
 
       const errorInfo = { name: errorName, message: errorMessage }
       if (this.tryFallbackRetry(task, errorInfo, "session.error")) return
@@ -934,110 +932,21 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
     errorInfo: { name?: string; message?: string },
     source: string,
   ): boolean {
-    const fallbackChain = task.fallbackChain
-    const canRetry =
-      shouldRetryError(errorInfo) &&
-      fallbackChain &&
-      fallbackChain.length > 0 &&
-      hasMoreFallbacks(fallbackChain, task.attemptCount ?? 0)
-
-    if (!canRetry) return false
-
-    const attemptCount = task.attemptCount ?? 0
-    const providerModelsCache = readProviderModelsCache()
-    const connectedProviders = providerModelsCache?.connected ?? readConnectedProvidersCache()
-    const connectedSet = connectedProviders ? new Set(connectedProviders.map(p => p.toLowerCase())) : null
-
-    const isReachable = (entry: FallbackEntry): boolean => {
-      if (!connectedSet) return true
-
-      // Gate only on provider connectivity. Provider model lists can be stale/incomplete,
-      // especially after users manually add models to opencode.json.
-      return entry.providers.some((p) => connectedSet.has(p.toLowerCase()))
-    }
-
-    let selectedAttemptCount = attemptCount
-    let nextFallback: FallbackEntry | undefined
-    while (fallbackChain && selectedAttemptCount < fallbackChain.length) {
-      const candidate = getNextFallback(fallbackChain, selectedAttemptCount)
-      if (!candidate) break
-      selectedAttemptCount++
-      if (!isReachable(candidate)) {
-        log("[background-agent] Skipping unreachable fallback:", {
-          taskId: task.id,
-          source,
-          model: candidate.model,
-          providers: candidate.providers,
-        })
-        continue
-      }
-      nextFallback = candidate
-      break
-    }
-    if (!nextFallback) return false
-
-    const providerID = selectFallbackProvider(
-      nextFallback.providers,
-      task.model?.providerID,
-    )
-
-    log("[background-agent] Retryable error, attempting fallback:", {
-      taskId: task.id,
+    const previousSessionID = task.sessionID
+    const result = tryFallbackRetry({
+      task,
+      errorInfo,
       source,
-      errorName: errorInfo.name,
-      errorMessage: errorInfo.message?.slice(0, 100),
-      attemptCount: selectedAttemptCount,
-      nextModel: `${providerID}/${nextFallback.model}`,
+      concurrencyManager: this.concurrencyManager,
+      client: this.client,
+      idleDeferralTimers: this.idleDeferralTimers,
+      queuesByKey: this.queuesByKey,
+      processKey: (key: string) => this.processKey(key),
     })
-
-    if (task.concurrencyKey) {
-      this.concurrencyManager.release(task.concurrencyKey)
-      task.concurrencyKey = undefined
+    if (result && previousSessionID) {
+      subagentSessions.delete(previousSessionID)
     }
-
-    if (task.sessionID) {
-      this.client.session.abort({ path: { id: task.sessionID } }).catch(() => {})
-      subagentSessions.delete(task.sessionID)
-    }
-
-    const idleTimer = this.idleDeferralTimers.get(task.id)
-    if (idleTimer) {
-      clearTimeout(idleTimer)
-      this.idleDeferralTimers.delete(task.id)
-    }
-
-    task.attemptCount = selectedAttemptCount
-    const transformedModelId = transformModelForProvider(providerID, nextFallback.model)
-    task.model = {
-      providerID,
-      modelID: transformedModelId,
-      variant: nextFallback.variant,
-    }
-    task.status = "pending"
-    task.sessionID = undefined
-    task.startedAt = undefined
-    task.queuedAt = new Date()
-    task.error = undefined
-
-    const key = task.model ? `${task.model.providerID}/${task.model.modelID}` : task.agent
-    const queue = this.queuesByKey.get(key) ?? []
-    const retryInput: LaunchInput = {
-      description: task.description,
-      prompt: task.prompt,
-      agent: task.agent,
-      parentSessionID: task.parentSessionID,
-      parentMessageID: task.parentMessageID,
-      parentModel: task.parentModel,
-      parentAgent: task.parentAgent,
-      parentTools: task.parentTools,
-      model: task.model,
-      fallbackChain: task.fallbackChain,
-      category: task.category,
-    }
-    queue.push({ task, input: retryInput })
-    this.queuesByKey.set(key, queue)
-    this.processKey(key)
-    return true
+    return result
   }
 
   markForNotification(task: BackgroundTask): void {
@@ -1256,45 +1165,11 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
   }
 
   private registerProcessCleanup(): void {
-    BackgroundManager.cleanupManagers.add(this)
-
-    if (BackgroundManager.cleanupRegistered) return
-    BackgroundManager.cleanupRegistered = true
-
-    const cleanupAll = () => {
-      for (const manager of BackgroundManager.cleanupManagers) {
-        try {
-          manager.shutdown()
-        } catch (error) {
-          log("[background-agent] Error during shutdown cleanup:", error)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    const registerSignal = (signal: ProcessCleanupEvent, exitAfter: boolean): void => {
-      const listener = registerProcessSignal(signal, cleanupAll, exitAfter)
-      BackgroundManager.cleanupHandlers.set(signal, listener)
-    }
-
-    registerSignal("SIGINT", true)
-    registerSignal("SIGTERM", true)
-    if (process.platform === "win32") {
-      registerSignal("SIGBREAK", true)
-    }
-    registerSignal("beforeExit", false)
-    registerSignal("exit", false)
+    registerManagerForCleanup(this)
   }
 
   private unregisterProcessCleanup(): void {
-    BackgroundManager.cleanupManagers.delete(this)
-
-    if (BackgroundManager.cleanupManagers.size > 0) return
-
-    for (const [signal, listener] of BackgroundManager.cleanupHandlers.entries()) {
-      process.off(signal, listener)
-    }
-    BackgroundManager.cleanupHandlers.clear()
-    BackgroundManager.cleanupRegistered = false
+    unregisterManagerForCleanup(this)
   }
 
 
@@ -1368,7 +1243,7 @@ export class BackgroundManager {
     // Note: Callers must release concurrency before calling this method
     // to ensure slots are freed even if notification fails
 
-    const duration = this.formatDuration(task.startedAt ?? new Date(), task.completedAt)
+    const duration = formatDuration(task.startedAt ?? new Date(), task.completedAt)
 
     log("[background-agent] notifyParentSession called for task:", task.id)
 
@@ -1455,7 +1330,7 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
             if (isCompactionAgent(info?.agent)) {
               continue
             }
-            const normalizedTools = this.isRecord(info?.tools)
+            const normalizedTools = isRecord(info?.tools)
               ? normalizePromptTools(info.tools as Record<string, boolean | "allow" | "deny" | "ask">)
               : undefined
             if (info?.agent || info?.model || (info?.modelID && info?.providerID) || normalizedTools) {
@@ -1466,13 +1341,13 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
             }
           }
         } catch (error) {
-          if (this.isAbortedSessionError(error)) {
+          if (isAbortedSessionError(error)) {
             log("[background-agent] Parent session aborted while loading messages; using messageDir fallback:", {
               taskId: task.id,
               parentSessionID: task.parentSessionID,
             })
           }
-          const messageDir = getMessageDir(task.parentSessionID)
+          const messageDir = join(MESSAGE_STORAGE, task.parentSessionID)
           const currentMessage = messageDir ? findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(messageDir) : null
           agent = currentMessage?.agent ?? task.parentAgent
           model = currentMessage?.model?.providerID && currentMessage?.model?.modelID
@@ -1506,7 +1381,7 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
             noReply: !allComplete,
           })
         } catch (error) {
-          if (this.isAbortedSessionError(error)) {
+          if (isAbortedSessionError(error)) {
             log("[background-agent] Parent session aborted while sending notification; continuing cleanup:", {
               taskId: task.id,
               parentSessionID: task.parentSessionID,
@@ -1544,97 +1419,11 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
   }
 
   private formatDuration(start: Date, end?: Date): string {
-    const duration = (end ?? new Date()).getTime() - start.getTime()
-    const seconds = Math.floor(duration / 1000)
-    const minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60)
-    const hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60)
-
-    if (hours > 0) {
-      return `${hours}h ${minutes % 60}m ${seconds % 60}s`
-    } else if (minutes > 0) {
-      return `${minutes}m ${seconds % 60}s`
-    }
-    return `${seconds}s`
+    return formatDuration(start, end)
   }
 
   private isAbortedSessionError(error: unknown): boolean {
-    const message = this.getErrorText(error)
-    return message.toLowerCase().includes("aborted")
-  }
-
-  private getErrorText(error: unknown): string {
-    if (!error) return ""
-    if (typeof error === "string") return error
-    if (error instanceof Error) {
-      return `${error.name}: ${error.message}`
-    }
-    if (typeof error === "object" && error !== null) {
-      if ("message" in error && typeof error.message === "string") {
-        return error.message
-      }
-      if ("name" in error && typeof error.name === "string") {
-        return error.name
-      }
-    }
-    return ""
-  }
-
-  private extractErrorName(error: unknown): string | undefined {
-    if (this.isRecord(error) && typeof error["name"] === "string") return error["name"]
-    if (error instanceof Error) return error.name
-    return undefined
-  }
-
-  private extractErrorMessage(error: unknown): string | undefined {
-    if (!error) return undefined
-    if (typeof error === "string") return error
-    if (error instanceof Error) return error.message
-
-    if (this.isRecord(error)) {
-      const dataRaw = error["data"]
-      const candidates: unknown[] = [
-        error,
-        dataRaw,
-        error["error"],
-        this.isRecord(dataRaw) ? (dataRaw as Record<string, unknown>)["error"] : undefined,
-        error["cause"],
-      ]
-
-      for (const candidate of candidates) {
-        if (typeof candidate === "string" && candidate.length > 0) return candidate
-        if (
-          this.isRecord(candidate) &&
-          typeof candidate["message"] === "string" &&
-          candidate["message"].length > 0
-        ) {
-          return candidate["message"]
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    try {
-      return JSON.stringify(error)
-    } catch {
-      return String(error)
-    }
-  }
-
-  private isRecord(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
-    return typeof value === "object" && value !== null
-  }
-
-  private getSessionErrorMessage(properties: EventProperties): string | undefined {
-    const errorRaw = properties["error"]
-    if (!this.isRecord(errorRaw)) return undefined
-
-    const dataRaw = errorRaw["data"]
-    if (this.isRecord(dataRaw)) {
-      const message = dataRaw["message"]
-      if (typeof message === "string") return message
-    }
-
-    const message = errorRaw["message"]
-    return typeof message === "string" ? message : undefined
+    return isAbortedSessionError(error)
   }
 
   private hasRunningTasks(): boolean {
@@ -1645,25 +1434,12 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
   }
 
   private pruneStaleTasksAndNotifications(): void {
-    const now = Date.now()
-
-    for (const [taskId, task] of this.tasks.entries()) {
-      const wasPending = task.status === "pending"
-      const timestamp = task.status === "pending" 
-        ? task.queuedAt?.getTime() 
-        : task.startedAt?.getTime()
-      
-      if (!timestamp) {
-        continue
-      }
-      
-      const age = now - timestamp
-      if (age > TASK_TTL_MS) {
-        const errorMessage = task.status === "pending"
-          ? "Task timed out while queued (30 minutes)"
-          : "Task timed out after 30 minutes"
-        
-        log("[background-agent] Pruning stale task:", { taskId, status: task.status, age: Math.round(age / 1000) + "s" })
+    pruneStaleTasksAndNotifications({
+      tasks: this.tasks,
+      notifications: this.notifications,
+      onTaskPruned: (taskId, task, errorMessage) => {
+        const wasPending = task.status === "pending"
+        log("[background-agent] Pruning stale task:", { taskId, status: task.status, age: Math.round(((wasPending ? task.queuedAt?.getTime() : task.startedAt?.getTime()) ? (Date.now() - (wasPending ? task.queuedAt!.getTime() : task.startedAt!.getTime())) : 0) / 1000) + "s" })
         task.status = "error"
         task.error = errorMessage
         task.completedAt = new Date()
@@ -1671,7 +1447,6 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
           this.concurrencyManager.release(task.concurrencyKey)
           task.concurrencyKey = undefined
         }
-        // Clean up pendingByParent to prevent stale entries
         this.cleanupPendingByParent(task)
         if (wasPending) {
           const key = task.model
@@ -1698,97 +1473,21 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
           subagentSessions.delete(task.sessionID)
           SessionCategoryRegistry.remove(task.sessionID)
         }
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (const [sessionID, notifications] of this.notifications.entries()) {
-      if (notifications.length === 0) {
-        this.notifications.delete(sessionID)
-        continue
-      }
-      const validNotifications = notifications.filter((task) => {
-        if (!task.startedAt) return false
-        const age = now - task.startedAt.getTime()
-        return age <= TASK_TTL_MS
-      })
-      if (validNotifications.length === 0) {
-        this.notifications.delete(sessionID)
-      } else if (validNotifications.length !== notifications.length) {
-        this.notifications.set(sessionID, validNotifications)
-      }
-    }
+      },
+    })
   }
 
   private async checkAndInterruptStaleTasks(
     allStatuses: Record<string, { type: string }> = {},
   ): Promise<void> {
-    const staleTimeoutMs = this.config?.staleTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_STALE_TIMEOUT_MS
-    const messageStalenessMs = this.config?.messageStalenessTimeoutMs ?? DEFAULT_MESSAGE_STALENESS_TIMEOUT_MS
-    const now = Date.now()
-
-    for (const task of this.tasks.values()) {
-      if (task.status !== "running") continue
-
-      const startedAt = task.startedAt
-      const sessionID = task.sessionID
-      if (!startedAt || !sessionID) continue
-
-      const sessionStatus = allStatuses[sessionID]?.type
-      const sessionIsRunning = sessionStatus !== undefined && sessionStatus !== "idle"
-      const runtime = now - startedAt.getTime()
-
-      if (!task.progress?.lastUpdate) {
-        if (sessionIsRunning) continue
-        if (runtime <= messageStalenessMs) continue
-
-        const staleMinutes = Math.round(runtime / 60000)
-        task.status = "cancelled"
-        task.error = `Stale timeout (no activity for ${staleMinutes}min since start)`
-        task.completedAt = new Date()
-
-        if (task.concurrencyKey) {
-          this.concurrencyManager.release(task.concurrencyKey)
-          task.concurrencyKey = undefined
-        }
-
-        this.client.session.abort({ path: { id: sessionID } }).catch(() => {})
-        log(`[background-agent] Task ${task.id} interrupted: no progress since start`)
-
-        try {
-          await this.enqueueNotificationForParent(task.parentSessionID, () => this.notifyParentSession(task))
-        } catch (err) {
-          log("[background-agent] Error in notifyParentSession for stale task:", { taskId: task.id, error: err })
-        }
-        continue
-      }
-
-      if (sessionIsRunning) continue
-
-      if (runtime < MIN_RUNTIME_BEFORE_STALE_MS) continue
-
-      const timeSinceLastUpdate = now - task.progress.lastUpdate.getTime()
-      if (timeSinceLastUpdate <= staleTimeoutMs) continue
-      if (task.status !== "running") continue
-
-      const staleMinutes = Math.round(timeSinceLastUpdate / 60000)
-      task.status = "cancelled"
-      task.error = `Stale timeout (no activity for ${staleMinutes}min)`
-      task.completedAt = new Date()
-
-      if (task.concurrencyKey) {
-        this.concurrencyManager.release(task.concurrencyKey)
-        task.concurrencyKey = undefined
-      }
-
-      this.client.session.abort({ path: { id: sessionID } }).catch(() => {})
-      log(`[background-agent] Task ${task.id} interrupted: stale timeout`)
-
-      try {
-        await this.enqueueNotificationForParent(task.parentSessionID, () => this.notifyParentSession(task))
-      } catch (err) {
-        log("[background-agent] Error in notifyParentSession for stale task:", { taskId: task.id, error: err })
-      }
-    }
+    await checkAndInterruptStaleTasks({
+      tasks: this.tasks.values(),
+      client: this.client,
+      config: this.config,
+      concurrencyManager: this.concurrencyManager,
+      notifyParentSession: (task) => this.enqueueNotificationForParent(task.parentSessionID, () => this.notifyParentSession(task)),
+      sessionStatuses: allStatuses,
+    })
   }
 
   private async pollRunningTasks(): Promise<void> {
@@ -1948,89 +1647,3 @@ Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when rea
     return current
   }
 }
-
-function registerProcessSignal(
-  signal: ProcessCleanupEvent,
-  handler: () => void,
-  exitAfter: boolean
-): () => void {
-  const listener = () => {
-    handler()
-    if (exitAfter) {
-      // Set exitCode and schedule exit after delay to allow other handlers to complete async cleanup
-      // Use 6s delay to accommodate LSP cleanup (5s timeout + 1s SIGKILL wait)
-      process.exitCode = 0
-      setTimeout(() => process.exit(), 6000)
-    }
-  }
-  process.on(signal, listener)
-  return listener
-}
-
-
-function getMessageDir(sessionID: string): string | null {
-  if (!existsSync(MESSAGE_STORAGE)) return null
-
-  const directPath = join(MESSAGE_STORAGE, sessionID)
-  if (existsSync(directPath)) return directPath
-
-  for (const dir of readdirSync(MESSAGE_STORAGE)) {
-    const sessionPath = join(MESSAGE_STORAGE, dir, sessionID)
-    if (existsSync(sessionPath)) return sessionPath
-  }
-  return null
-}
-
-function isCompactionAgent(agent: string | undefined): boolean {
-  return agent?.trim().toLowerCase() === "compaction"
-}
-
-function hasFullAgentAndModel(message: StoredMessage): boolean {
-  return !!message.agent &&
-    !isCompactionAgent(message.agent) &&
-    !!message.model?.providerID &&
-    !!message.model?.modelID
-}
-
-function hasPartialAgentOrModel(message: StoredMessage): boolean {
-  const hasAgent = !!message.agent && !isCompactionAgent(message.agent)
-  const hasModel = !!message.model?.providerID && !!message.model?.modelID
-  return hasAgent || hasModel
-}
-
-function findNearestMessageExcludingCompaction(messageDir: string): StoredMessage | null {
-  try {
-    const files = readdirSync(messageDir)
-      .filter((name) => name.endsWith(".json"))
-      .sort()
-      .reverse()
-
-    for (const file of files) {
-      try {
-        const content = readFileSync(join(messageDir, file), "utf-8")
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as StoredMessage
-        if (hasFullAgentAndModel(parsed)) {
-          return parsed
-        }
-      } catch {
-        continue
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (const file of files) {
-      try {
-        const content = readFileSync(join(messageDir, file), "utf-8")
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(content) as StoredMessage
-        if (hasPartialAgentOrModel(parsed)) {
-          return parsed
-        }
-      } catch {
-        continue
-      }
-    }
-  } catch {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  return null
-}

src/features/background-agent/notification-builder.ts

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-import type { BackgroundTask } from "./types"
-
-export function buildBackgroundTaskNotificationText(args: {
-  task: BackgroundTask
-  duration: string
-  allComplete: boolean
-  remainingCount: number
-  completedTasks: BackgroundTask[]
-}): string {
-  const { task, duration, allComplete, remainingCount, completedTasks } = args
-  const statusText =
-    task.status === "completed" ? "COMPLETED" : task.status === "interrupt" ? "INTERRUPTED" : task.status === "error" ? "ERROR" : "CANCELLED"
-  const errorInfo = task.error ? `\n**Error:** ${task.error}` : ""
-
-  if (allComplete) {
-    const completedTasksText = completedTasks
-      .map((t) => `- \`${t.id}\`: ${t.description}`)
-      .join("\n")
-
-    return `<system-reminder>
-[ALL BACKGROUND TASKS COMPLETE]
-
-**Completed:**
-${completedTasksText || `- \`${task.id}\`: ${task.description}`}
-
-Use \`background_output(task_id="<id>")\` to retrieve each result.
-</system-reminder>`
-  }
-
-  return `<system-reminder>
-[BACKGROUND TASK ${statusText}]
-**ID:** \`${task.id}\`
-**Description:** ${task.description}
-**Duration:** ${duration}${errorInfo}
-
-**${remainingCount} task${remainingCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} still in progress.** You WILL be notified when ALL complete.
-Do NOT poll - continue productive work.
-
-Use \`background_output(task_id="${task.id}")\` to retrieve this result when ready.
-</system-reminder>`
-}

src/features/background-agent/process-cleanup.test.ts

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+import { describe, test, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, mock } from "bun:test"
+import {
+  registerManagerForCleanup,
+  unregisterManagerForCleanup,
+  _resetForTesting,
+} from "./process-cleanup"
+
+describe("process-cleanup", () => {
+  const registeredManagers: Array<{ shutdown: () => void }> = []
+  const mockShutdown = mock(() => {})
+
+  const processOnCalls: Array<[string, Function]> = []
+  const processOffCalls: Array<[string, Function]> = []
+  const originalProcessOn = process.on.bind(process)
+  const originalProcessOff = process.off.bind(process)
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    mockShutdown.mockClear()
+    processOnCalls.length = 0
+    processOffCalls.length = 0
+    registeredManagers.length = 0
+
+    process.on = originalProcessOn as any
+    process.off = originalProcessOff as any
+    _resetForTesting()
+
+    process.on = ((event: string, listener: Function) => {
+      processOnCalls.push([event, listener])
+      return process
+    }) as any
+
+    process.off = ((event: string, listener: Function) => {
+      processOffCalls.push([event, listener])
+      return process
+    }) as any
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.on = originalProcessOn as any
+    process.off = originalProcessOff as any
+
+    for (const manager of [...registeredManagers]) {
+      unregisterManagerForCleanup(manager)
+    }
+  })
+
+  describe("registerManagerForCleanup", () => {
+    test("registers signal handlers on first manager", () => {
+      const manager = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager)
+
+      const signals = processOnCalls.map(([signal]) => signal)
+      expect(signals).toContain("SIGINT")
+      expect(signals).toContain("SIGTERM")
+      expect(signals).toContain("beforeExit")
+      expect(signals).toContain("exit")
+    })
+
+    test("signal listener calls shutdown on registered manager", () => {
+      const manager = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager)
+
+      const exitEntry = processOnCalls.find(([signal]) => signal === "exit")
+      expect(exitEntry).toBeDefined()
+      const [, listener] = exitEntry!
+      listener()
+
+      expect(mockShutdown).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+
+    test("multiple managers all get shutdown when signal fires", () => {
+      const shutdown1 = mock(() => {})
+      const shutdown2 = mock(() => {})
+      const shutdown3 = mock(() => {})
+      const manager1 = { shutdown: shutdown1 }
+      const manager2 = { shutdown: shutdown2 }
+      const manager3 = { shutdown: shutdown3 }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager1, manager2, manager3)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager1)
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager3)
+
+      const exitEntry = processOnCalls.find(([signal]) => signal === "exit")
+      expect(exitEntry).toBeDefined()
+      const [, listener] = exitEntry!
+      listener()
+
+      expect(shutdown1).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(shutdown2).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(shutdown3).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    })
+
+    test("does not re-register signal handlers for subsequent managers", () => {
+      const manager1 = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      const manager2 = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager1, manager2)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager1)
+      const callsAfterFirst = processOnCalls.length
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+
+      expect(processOnCalls.length).toBe(callsAfterFirst)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe("unregisterManagerForCleanup", () => {
+    test("removes signal handlers when last manager unregisters", () => {
+      const manager = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager)
+      unregisterManagerForCleanup(manager)
+      registeredManagers.length = 0
+
+      const offSignals = processOffCalls.map(([signal]) => signal)
+      expect(offSignals).toContain("SIGINT")
+      expect(offSignals).toContain("SIGTERM")
+      expect(offSignals).toContain("beforeExit")
+      expect(offSignals).toContain("exit")
+    })
+
+    test("keeps signal handlers when other managers remain", () => {
+      const manager1 = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      const manager2 = { shutdown: mockShutdown }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager1, manager2)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager1)
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+
+      unregisterManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+
+      expect(processOffCalls.length).toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    test("remaining managers still get shutdown after partial unregister", () => {
+      const shutdown1 = mock(() => {})
+      const shutdown2 = mock(() => {})
+      const manager1 = { shutdown: shutdown1 }
+      const manager2 = { shutdown: shutdown2 }
+      registeredManagers.push(manager1, manager2)
+
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager1)
+      registerManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+
+      const exitEntry = processOnCalls.find(([signal]) => signal === "exit")
+      expect(exitEntry).toBeDefined()
+      const [, listener] = exitEntry!
+      unregisterManagerForCleanup(manager2)
+
+      listener()
+
+      expect(shutdown1).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+      expect(shutdown2).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    })
+  })
+})

src/features/background-agent/process-cleanup.ts

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+import { log } from "../../shared"
+
+type ProcessCleanupEvent = NodeJS.Signals | "beforeExit" | "exit"
+
+function registerProcessSignal(
+  signal: ProcessCleanupEvent,
+  handler: () => void,
+  exitAfter: boolean
+): () => void {
+  const listener = () => {
+    handler()
+    if (exitAfter) {
+      process.exitCode = 0
+      setTimeout(() => process.exit(), 6000).unref()
+    }
+  }
+  process.on(signal, listener)
+  return listener
+}
+
+interface CleanupTarget {
+  shutdown(): void
+}
+
+const cleanupManagers = new Set<CleanupTarget>()
+let cleanupRegistered = false
+const cleanupHandlers = new Map<ProcessCleanupEvent, () => void>()
+
+export function registerManagerForCleanup(manager: CleanupTarget): void {
+  cleanupManagers.add(manager)
+
+  if (cleanupRegistered) return
+  cleanupRegistered = true
+
+  const cleanupAll = () => {
+    for (const m of cleanupManagers) {
+      try {
+        m.shutdown()
+      } catch (error) {
+        log("[background-agent] Error during shutdown cleanup:", error)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const registerSignal = (signal: ProcessCleanupEvent, exitAfter: boolean): void => {
+    const listener = registerProcessSignal(signal, cleanupAll, exitAfter)
+    cleanupHandlers.set(signal, listener)
+  }
+
+  registerSignal("SIGINT", true)
+  registerSignal("SIGTERM", true)
+  if (process.platform === "win32") {
+    registerSignal("SIGBREAK", true)
+  }
+  registerSignal("beforeExit", false)
+  registerSignal("exit", false)
+}
+
+export function unregisterManagerForCleanup(manager: CleanupTarget): void {
+  cleanupManagers.delete(manager)
+
+  if (cleanupManagers.size > 0) return
+
+  for (const [signal, listener] of cleanupHandlers.entries()) {
+    process.off(signal, listener)
+  }
+  cleanupHandlers.clear()
+  cleanupRegistered = false
+}
+
+/** @internal — test-only reset for module-level singleton state */
+export function _resetForTesting(): void {
+  for (const manager of [...cleanupManagers]) {
+    cleanupManagers.delete(manager)
+  }
+  for (const [signal, listener] of cleanupHandlers.entries()) {
+    process.off(signal, listener)
+  }
+  cleanupHandlers.clear()
+  cleanupRegistered = false
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/autocorrect-replacement-lines.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+function normalizeTokens(text: string): string {
+  return text.replace(/\s+/g, "")
+}
+
+function stripAllWhitespace(text: string): string {
+  return normalizeTokens(text)
+}
+
+export function stripTrailingContinuationTokens(text: string): string {
+  return text.replace(/(?:&&|\|\||\?\?|\?|:|=|,|\+|-|\*|\/|\.|\()\s*$/u, "")
+}
+
+export function stripMergeOperatorChars(text: string): string {
+  return text.replace(/[|&?]/g, "")
+}
+
+function leadingWhitespace(text: string): string {
+  const match = text.match(/^\s*/)
+  return match ? match[0] : ""
+}
+
+export function restoreOldWrappedLines(originalLines: string[], replacementLines: string[]): string[] {
+  if (originalLines.length === 0 || replacementLines.length < 2) return replacementLines
+
+  const canonicalToOriginal = new Map<string, { line: string; count: number }>()
+  for (const line of originalLines) {
+    const canonical = stripAllWhitespace(line)
+    const existing = canonicalToOriginal.get(canonical)
+    if (existing) {
+      existing.count += 1
+    } else {
+      canonicalToOriginal.set(canonical, { line, count: 1 })
+    }
+  }
+
+  const candidates: { start: number; len: number; replacement: string; canonical: string }[] = []
+  for (let start = 0; start < replacementLines.length; start += 1) {
+    for (let len = 2; len <= 10 && start + len <= replacementLines.length; len += 1) {
+      const canonicalSpan = stripAllWhitespace(replacementLines.slice(start, start + len).join(""))
+      const original = canonicalToOriginal.get(canonicalSpan)
+      if (original && original.count === 1 && canonicalSpan.length >= 6) {
+        candidates.push({ start, len, replacement: original.line, canonical: canonicalSpan })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (candidates.length === 0) return replacementLines
+
+  const canonicalCounts = new Map<string, number>()
+  for (const candidate of candidates) {
+    canonicalCounts.set(candidate.canonical, (canonicalCounts.get(candidate.canonical) ?? 0) + 1)
+  }
+
+  const uniqueCandidates = candidates.filter((candidate) => (canonicalCounts.get(candidate.canonical) ?? 0) === 1)
+  if (uniqueCandidates.length === 0) return replacementLines
+
+  uniqueCandidates.sort((a, b) => b.start - a.start)
+  const correctedLines = [...replacementLines]
+  for (const candidate of uniqueCandidates) {
+    correctedLines.splice(candidate.start, candidate.len, candidate.replacement)
+  }
+  return correctedLines
+}
+
+export function maybeExpandSingleLineMerge(
+  originalLines: string[],
+  replacementLines: string[]
+): string[] {
+  if (replacementLines.length !== 1 || originalLines.length <= 1) {
+    return replacementLines
+  }
+
+  const merged = replacementLines[0]
+  const parts = originalLines.map((line) => line.trim()).filter((line) => line.length > 0)
+  if (parts.length !== originalLines.length) return replacementLines
+
+  const indices: number[] = []
+  let offset = 0
+  let orderedMatch = true
+  for (const part of parts) {
+    let idx = merged.indexOf(part, offset)
+    let matchedLen = part.length
+    if (idx === -1) {
+      const stripped = stripTrailingContinuationTokens(part)
+      if (stripped !== part) {
+        idx = merged.indexOf(stripped, offset)
+        if (idx !== -1) matchedLen = stripped.length
+      }
+    }
+    if (idx === -1) {
+      const segment = merged.slice(offset)
+      const segmentStripped = stripMergeOperatorChars(segment)
+      const partStripped = stripMergeOperatorChars(part)
+      const fuzzyIdx = segmentStripped.indexOf(partStripped)
+      if (fuzzyIdx !== -1) {
+        let strippedPos = 0
+        let originalPos = 0
+        while (strippedPos < fuzzyIdx && originalPos < segment.length) {
+          if (!/[|&?]/.test(segment[originalPos])) strippedPos += 1
+          originalPos += 1
+        }
+        idx = offset + originalPos
+        matchedLen = part.length
+      }
+    }
+    if (idx === -1) {
+      orderedMatch = false
+      break
+    }
+    indices.push(idx)
+    offset = idx + matchedLen
+  }
+
+  const expanded: string[] = []
+  if (orderedMatch) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < indices.length; i += 1) {
+      const start = indices[i]
+      const end = i + 1 < indices.length ? indices[i + 1] : merged.length
+      const candidate = merged.slice(start, end).trim()
+      if (candidate.length === 0) {
+        orderedMatch = false
+        break
+      }
+      expanded.push(candidate)
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (orderedMatch && expanded.length === originalLines.length) {
+    return expanded
+  }
+
+  const semicolonSplit = merged
+    .split(/;\s+/)
+    .map((line, idx, arr) => {
+      if (idx < arr.length - 1 && !line.endsWith(";")) {
+        return `${line};`
+      }
+      return line
+    })
+    .map((line) => line.trim())
+    .filter((line) => line.length > 0)
+
+  if (semicolonSplit.length === originalLines.length) {
+    return semicolonSplit
+  }
+
+  return replacementLines
+}
+
+export function restoreIndentForPairedReplacement(
+  originalLines: string[],
+  replacementLines: string[]
+): string[] {
+  if (originalLines.length !== replacementLines.length) {
+    return replacementLines
+  }
+
+  return replacementLines.map((line, idx) => {
+    if (line.length === 0) return line
+    if (leadingWhitespace(line).length > 0) return line
+    const indent = leadingWhitespace(originalLines[idx])
+    if (indent.length === 0) return line
+    return `${indent}${line}`
+  })
+}
+
+export function autocorrectReplacementLines(
+  originalLines: string[],
+  replacementLines: string[]
+): string[] {
+  let next = replacementLines
+  next = maybeExpandSingleLineMerge(originalLines, next)
+  next = restoreOldWrappedLines(originalLines, next)
+  next = restoreIndentForPairedReplacement(originalLines, next)
+  return next
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-deduplication.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
+import { toNewLines } from "./edit-text-normalization"
+
+function normalizeEditPayload(payload: string | string[]): string {
+  return toNewLines(payload).join("\n")
+}
+
+function buildDedupeKey(edit: HashlineEdit): string {
+  switch (edit.type) {
+    case "set_line":
+      return `set_line|${edit.line}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "replace_lines":
+      return `replace_lines|${edit.start_line}|${edit.end_line}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "insert_after":
+      return `insert_after|${edit.line}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "insert_before":
+      return `insert_before|${edit.line}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "insert_between":
+      return `insert_between|${edit.after_line}|${edit.before_line}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "replace":
+      return `replace|${edit.old_text}|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.new_text)}`
+    case "append":
+      return `append|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    case "prepend":
+      return `prepend|${normalizeEditPayload(edit.text)}`
+    default:
+      return JSON.stringify(edit)
+  }
+}
+
+export function dedupeEdits(edits: HashlineEdit[]): { edits: HashlineEdit[]; deduplicatedEdits: number } {
+  const seen = new Set<string>()
+  const deduped: HashlineEdit[] = []
+  let deduplicatedEdits = 0
+
+  for (const edit of edits) {
+    const key = buildDedupeKey(edit)
+    if (seen.has(key)) {
+      deduplicatedEdits += 1
+      continue
+    }
+    seen.add(key)
+    deduped.push(edit)
+  }
+
+  return { edits: deduped, deduplicatedEdits }
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-operation-primitives.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import { autocorrectReplacementLines } from "./autocorrect-replacement-lines"
+import {
+  restoreLeadingIndent,
+  stripInsertAnchorEcho,
+  stripInsertBeforeEcho,
+  stripInsertBoundaryEcho,
+  stripRangeBoundaryEcho,
+  toNewLines,
+} from "./edit-text-normalization"
+import { parseLineRef, validateLineRef } from "./validation"
+
+interface EditApplyOptions {
+  skipValidation?: boolean
+}
+
+function shouldValidate(options?: EditApplyOptions): boolean {
+  return options?.skipValidation !== true
+}
+
+export function applySetLine(
+  lines: string[],
+  anchor: string,
+  newText: string | string[],
+  options?: EditApplyOptions
+): string[] {
+  if (shouldValidate(options)) validateLineRef(lines, anchor)
+  const { line } = parseLineRef(anchor)
+  const result = [...lines]
+  const originalLine = lines[line - 1] ?? ""
+  const corrected = autocorrectReplacementLines([originalLine], toNewLines(newText))
+  const replacement = corrected.map((entry, idx) => {
+    if (idx !== 0) return entry
+    return restoreLeadingIndent(originalLine, entry)
+  })
+  result.splice(line - 1, 1, ...replacement)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function applyReplaceLines(
+  lines: string[],
+  startAnchor: string,
+  endAnchor: string,
+  newText: string | string[],
+  options?: EditApplyOptions
+): string[] {
+  if (shouldValidate(options)) {
+    validateLineRef(lines, startAnchor)
+    validateLineRef(lines, endAnchor)
+  }
+
+  const { line: startLine } = parseLineRef(startAnchor)
+  const { line: endLine } = parseLineRef(endAnchor)
+
+  if (startLine > endLine) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Invalid range: start line ${startLine} cannot be greater than end line ${endLine}`
+    )
+  }
+
+  const result = [...lines]
+  const originalRange = lines.slice(startLine - 1, endLine)
+  const stripped = stripRangeBoundaryEcho(lines, startLine, endLine, toNewLines(newText))
+  const corrected = autocorrectReplacementLines(originalRange, stripped)
+  const restored = corrected.map((entry, idx) => {
+    if (idx !== 0) return entry
+    return restoreLeadingIndent(lines[startLine - 1], entry)
+  })
+  result.splice(startLine - 1, endLine - startLine + 1, ...restored)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function applyInsertAfter(
+  lines: string[],
+  anchor: string,
+  text: string | string[],
+  options?: EditApplyOptions
+): string[] {
+  if (shouldValidate(options)) validateLineRef(lines, anchor)
+  const { line } = parseLineRef(anchor)
+  const result = [...lines]
+  const newLines = stripInsertAnchorEcho(lines[line - 1], toNewLines(text))
+  if (newLines.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`insert_after requires non-empty text for ${anchor}`)
+  }
+  result.splice(line, 0, ...newLines)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function applyInsertBefore(
+  lines: string[],
+  anchor: string,
+  text: string | string[],
+  options?: EditApplyOptions
+): string[] {
+  if (shouldValidate(options)) validateLineRef(lines, anchor)
+  const { line } = parseLineRef(anchor)
+  const result = [...lines]
+  const newLines = stripInsertBeforeEcho(lines[line - 1], toNewLines(text))
+  if (newLines.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`insert_before requires non-empty text for ${anchor}`)
+  }
+  result.splice(line - 1, 0, ...newLines)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function applyInsertBetween(
+  lines: string[],
+  afterAnchor: string,
+  beforeAnchor: string,
+  text: string | string[],
+  options?: EditApplyOptions
+): string[] {
+  if (shouldValidate(options)) {
+    validateLineRef(lines, afterAnchor)
+    validateLineRef(lines, beforeAnchor)
+  }
+  const { line: afterLine } = parseLineRef(afterAnchor)
+  const { line: beforeLine } = parseLineRef(beforeAnchor)
+  if (beforeLine <= afterLine) {
+    throw new Error(`insert_between requires after_line (${afterLine}) < before_line (${beforeLine})`)
+  }
+
+  const result = [...lines]
+  const newLines = stripInsertBoundaryEcho(lines[afterLine - 1], lines[beforeLine - 1], toNewLines(text))
+  if (newLines.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`insert_between requires non-empty text for ${afterAnchor}..${beforeAnchor}`)
+  }
+  result.splice(beforeLine - 1, 0, ...newLines)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function applyAppend(lines: string[], text: string | string[]): string[] {
+  const normalized = toNewLines(text)
+  if (normalized.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("append requires non-empty text")
+  }
+  if (lines.length === 1 && lines[0] === "") {
+    return [...normalized]
+  }
+  return [...lines, ...normalized]
+}
+
+export function applyPrepend(lines: string[], text: string | string[]): string[] {
+  const normalized = toNewLines(text)
+  if (normalized.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error("prepend requires non-empty text")
+  }
+  if (lines.length === 1 && lines[0] === "") {
+    return [...normalized]
+  }
+  return [...normalized, ...lines]
+}
+
+export function applyReplace(content: string, oldText: string, newText: string | string[]): string {
+  if (!content.includes(oldText)) {
+    throw new Error(`Text not found: "${oldText}"`)
+  }
+  const replacement = Array.isArray(newText) ? newText.join("\n") : newText
+  return content.replaceAll(oldText, replacement)
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-operations.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "bun:test"
 import { applyHashlineEdits, applyInsertAfter, applyReplace, applyReplaceLines, applySetLine } from "./edit-operations"
+import { applyAppend, applyPrepend } from "./edit-operation-primitives"
 import { computeLineHash } from "./hash-computation"
 import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
 
@@ -41,6 +42,75 @@ describe("hashline edit operations", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual(["line 1", "line 2", "inserted", "line 3"])
   })
 
+  it("applies insert_before with LINE#ID anchor", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyHashlineEdits(
+      lines.join("\n"),
+      [{ type: "insert_before", line: anchorFor(lines, 2), text: "before 2" }]
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual("line 1\nbefore 2\nline 2\nline 3")
+  })
+
+  it("applies insert_between with dual anchors", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyHashlineEdits(
+      lines.join("\n"),
+      [{
+        type: "insert_between",
+        after_line: anchorFor(lines, 1),
+        before_line: anchorFor(lines, 2),
+        text: ["between"],
+      }]
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual("line 1\nbetween\nline 2\nline 3")
+  })
+
+  it("throws when insert_after receives empty text array", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() => applyInsertAfter(lines, anchorFor(lines, 1), [])).toThrow(/non-empty/i)
+  })
+
+  it("throws when insert_before receives empty text array", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() =>
+      applyHashlineEdits(lines.join("\n"), [{ type: "insert_before", line: anchorFor(lines, 1), text: [] }])
+    ).toThrow(/non-empty/i)
+  })
+
+  it("throws when insert_between receives empty text array", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() =>
+      applyHashlineEdits(
+        lines.join("\n"),
+        [{
+          type: "insert_between",
+          after_line: anchorFor(lines, 1),
+          before_line: anchorFor(lines, 2),
+          text: [],
+        }]
+      )
+    ).toThrow(/non-empty/i)
+  })
+
   it("applies replace operation", () => {
     //#given
     const content = "hello world foo"
@@ -68,6 +138,22 @@ describe("hashline edit operations", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual("line 1\ninserted\nline 2\nmodified")
   })
 
+  it("deduplicates identical insert edits in one pass", () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "line 1\nline 2"
+    const lines = content.split("\n")
+    const edits: HashlineEdit[] = [
+      { type: "insert_after", line: anchorFor(lines, 1), text: "inserted" },
+      { type: "insert_after", line: anchorFor(lines, 1), text: "inserted" },
+    ]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyHashlineEdits(content, edits)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual("line 1\ninserted\nline 2")
+  })
+
   it("keeps literal backslash-n in plain string text", () => {
     //#given
     const lines = ["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]
@@ -101,6 +187,14 @@ describe("hashline edit operations", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual(["line 1", "inserted", "line 2"])
   })
 
+  it("throws when insert_after payload only repeats anchor line", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() => applyInsertAfter(lines, anchorFor(lines, 1), ["line 1"])).toThrow(/non-empty/i)
+  })
+
   it("restores indentation for paired single-line replacement", () => {
     //#given
     const lines = ["if (x) {", "  return 1", "}"]
@@ -128,6 +222,23 @@ describe("hashline edit operations", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual(["before", "new 1", "new 2", "after"])
   })
 
+  it("throws when insert_between payload contains only boundary echoes", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["line 1", "line 2", "line 3"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() =>
+      applyHashlineEdits(lines.join("\n"), [
+        {
+          type: "insert_between",
+          after_line: anchorFor(lines, 1),
+          before_line: anchorFor(lines, 2),
+          text: ["line 1", "line 2"],
+        },
+      ])
+    ).toThrow(/non-empty/i)
+  })
+
   it("restores indentation for first replace_lines entry", () => {
     //#given
     const lines = ["if (x) {", "  return 1", "  return 2", "}"]
@@ -136,6 +247,124 @@ describe("hashline edit operations", () => {
     const result = applyReplaceLines(lines, anchorFor(lines, 2), anchorFor(lines, 3), ["return 3", "return 4"])
 
     //#then
-    expect(result).toEqual(["if (x) {", "  return 3", "return 4", "}"])
+    expect(result).toEqual(["if (x) {", "  return 3", "  return 4", "}"])
+  })
+
+  it("collapses wrapped replacement span back to unique original single line", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = [
+      "const request = buildRequest({ method: \"GET\", retries: 3 })",
+      "const done = true",
+    ]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyReplaceLines(
+      lines,
+      anchorFor(lines, 1),
+      anchorFor(lines, 1),
+      ["const request = buildRequest({", "method: \"GET\", retries: 3 })"]
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      "const request = buildRequest({ method: \"GET\", retries: 3 })",
+      "const done = true",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("keeps wrapped replacement when canonical match is not unique in original lines", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["const query = a + b", "const query = a+b", "const done = true"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyReplaceLines(lines, anchorFor(lines, 1), anchorFor(lines, 2), ["const query = a +", "b"])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual(["const query = a +", "b", "const done = true"])
+  })
+
+  it("keeps wrapped replacement when same canonical candidate appears multiple times", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["const expression = alpha + beta + gamma", "const done = true"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyReplaceLines(lines, anchorFor(lines, 1), anchorFor(lines, 1), [
+      "const expression = alpha +",
+      "beta + gamma",
+      "const expression = alpha +",
+      "beta + gamma",
+    ])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      "const expression = alpha +",
+      "beta + gamma",
+      "const expression = alpha +",
+      "beta + gamma",
+      "const done = true",
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("keeps wrapped replacement when canonical match is shorter than threshold", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["a + b", "const done = true"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyReplaceLines(lines, anchorFor(lines, 1), anchorFor(lines, 1), ["a +", "b"])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual(["a +", "b", "const done = true"])
+  })
+
+  it("applies append and prepend operations", () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "line 1\nline 2"
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyHashlineEdits(content, [
+      { type: "append", text: ["line 3"] },
+      { type: "prepend", text: ["line 0"] },
+    ])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual("line 0\nline 1\nline 2\nline 3")
+  })
+
+  it("appends to empty file without extra blank line", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = [""]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyAppend(lines, ["line1"])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual(["line1"])
+  })
+
+  it("prepends to empty file without extra blank line", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = [""]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyPrepend(lines, ["line1"])
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual(["line1"])
+  })
+
+  it("autocorrects single-line merged replacement into original line count", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["const a = 1;", "const b = 2;"]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = applyReplaceLines(
+      lines,
+      anchorFor(lines, 1),
+      anchorFor(lines, 2),
+      "const a = 10; const b = 20;"
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toEqual(["const a = 10;", "const b = 20;"])
   })
 })

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-operations.ts

@@ -1,221 +1,129 @@
-import { parseLineRef, validateLineRef, validateLineRefs } from "./validation"
+import { dedupeEdits } from "./edit-deduplication"
+import { collectLineRefs, getEditLineNumber } from "./edit-ordering"
 import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
+import {
+  applyAppend,
+  applyInsertAfter,
+  applyInsertBefore,
+  applyInsertBetween,
+  applyPrepend,
+  applyReplace,
+  applyReplaceLines,
+  applySetLine,
+} from "./edit-operation-primitives"
+import { validateLineRefs } from "./validation"
 
-const HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE = /^\s*(?:>>>|>>)?\s*\d+#[A-Z]{2}:/
-const DIFF_PLUS_RE = /^[+-](?![+-])/
-
-function stripLinePrefixes(lines: string[]): string[] {
-  let hashPrefixCount = 0
-  let diffPlusCount = 0
-  let nonEmpty = 0
-
-  for (const line of lines) {
-    if (line.length === 0) continue
-    nonEmpty += 1
-    if (HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE.test(line)) hashPrefixCount += 1
-    if (DIFF_PLUS_RE.test(line)) diffPlusCount += 1
-  }
-
-  if (nonEmpty === 0) {
-    return lines
-  }
-
-  const stripHash = hashPrefixCount > 0 && hashPrefixCount >= nonEmpty * 0.5
-  const stripPlus = !stripHash && diffPlusCount > 0 && diffPlusCount >= nonEmpty * 0.5
-
-  if (!stripHash && !stripPlus) {
-    return lines
-  }
-
-  return lines.map((line) => {
-    if (stripHash) return line.replace(HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE, "")
-    if (stripPlus) return line.replace(DIFF_PLUS_RE, "")
-    return line
-  })
+export interface HashlineApplyReport {
+  content: string
+  noopEdits: number
+  deduplicatedEdits: number
 }
 
-function equalsIgnoringWhitespace(a: string, b: string): boolean {
-  if (a === b) return true
-  return a.replace(/\s+/g, "") === b.replace(/\s+/g, "")
-}
-
-function leadingWhitespace(text: string): string {
-  const match = text.match(/^\s*/)
-  return match ? match[0] : ""
-}
-
-function restoreLeadingIndent(templateLine: string, line: string): string {
-  if (line.length === 0) return line
-  const templateIndent = leadingWhitespace(templateLine)
-  if (templateIndent.length === 0) return line
-  if (leadingWhitespace(line).length > 0) return line
-  return `${templateIndent}${line}`
-}
-
-function stripInsertAnchorEcho(anchorLine: string, newLines: string[]): string[] {
-  if (newLines.length <= 1) return newLines
-  if (equalsIgnoringWhitespace(newLines[0], anchorLine)) {
-    return newLines.slice(1)
-  }
-  return newLines
-}
-
-function stripRangeBoundaryEcho(
-  lines: string[],
-  startLine: number,
-  endLine: number,
-  newLines: string[]
-): string[] {
-  const replacedCount = endLine - startLine + 1
-  if (newLines.length <= 1 || newLines.length <= replacedCount) {
-    return newLines
-  }
-
-  let out = newLines
-  const beforeIdx = startLine - 2
-  if (beforeIdx >= 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[0], lines[beforeIdx])) {
-    out = out.slice(1)
-  }
-
-  const afterIdx = endLine
-  if (afterIdx < lines.length && out.length > 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[out.length - 1], lines[afterIdx])) {
-    out = out.slice(0, -1)
-  }
-
-  return out
-}
-
-function toNewLines(input: string | string[]): string[] {
-  if (Array.isArray(input)) {
-    return stripLinePrefixes(input)
-  }
-  return stripLinePrefixes(input.split("\n"))
-}
-
-export function applySetLine(lines: string[], anchor: string, newText: string | string[]): string[] {
-  validateLineRef(lines, anchor)
-  const { line } = parseLineRef(anchor)
-  const result = [...lines]
-  const replacement = toNewLines(newText).map((entry, idx) => {
-    if (idx !== 0) return entry
-    return restoreLeadingIndent(lines[line - 1], entry)
-  })
-  result.splice(line - 1, 1, ...replacement)
-  return result
-}
-
-export function applyReplaceLines(
-  lines: string[],
-  startAnchor: string,
-  endAnchor: string,
-  newText: string | string[]
-): string[] {
-  validateLineRef(lines, startAnchor)
-  validateLineRef(lines, endAnchor)
-
-  const { line: startLine } = parseLineRef(startAnchor)
-  const { line: endLine } = parseLineRef(endAnchor)
-
-  if (startLine > endLine) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Invalid range: start line ${startLine} cannot be greater than end line ${endLine}`
-    )
-  }
-
-  const result = [...lines]
-  const stripped = stripRangeBoundaryEcho(lines, startLine, endLine, toNewLines(newText))
-  const restored = stripped.map((entry, idx) => {
-    if (idx !== 0) return entry
-    return restoreLeadingIndent(lines[startLine - 1], entry)
-  })
-  result.splice(startLine - 1, endLine - startLine + 1, ...restored)
-  return result
-}
-
-export function applyInsertAfter(lines: string[], anchor: string, text: string | string[]): string[] {
-  validateLineRef(lines, anchor)
-  const { line } = parseLineRef(anchor)
-  const result = [...lines]
-  const newLines = stripInsertAnchorEcho(lines[line - 1], toNewLines(text))
-  result.splice(line, 0, ...newLines)
-  return result
-}
-
-export function applyReplace(content: string, oldText: string, newText: string | string[]): string {
-  if (!content.includes(oldText)) {
-    throw new Error(`Text not found: "${oldText}"`)
-  }
-  const replacement = Array.isArray(newText) ? newText.join("\n") : newText
-  return content.replaceAll(oldText, replacement)
-}
-
-function getEditLineNumber(edit: HashlineEdit): number {
-  switch (edit.type) {
-    case "set_line":
-      return parseLineRef(edit.line).line
-    case "replace_lines":
-      return parseLineRef(edit.end_line).line
-    case "insert_after":
-      return parseLineRef(edit.line).line
-    case "replace":
-      return Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
-    default:
-      return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
-  }
-}
-
-export function applyHashlineEdits(content: string, edits: HashlineEdit[]): string {
+export function applyHashlineEditsWithReport(content: string, edits: HashlineEdit[]): HashlineApplyReport {
   if (edits.length === 0) {
-    return content
+    return {
+      content,
+      noopEdits: 0,
+      deduplicatedEdits: 0,
+    }
   }
 
-  const sortedEdits = [...edits].sort((a, b) => getEditLineNumber(b) - getEditLineNumber(a))
+  const dedupeResult = dedupeEdits(edits)
+  const sortedEdits = [...dedupeResult.edits].sort((a, b) => getEditLineNumber(b) - getEditLineNumber(a))
+
+  let noopEdits = 0
 
   let result = content
-  let lines = result.split("\n")
+  let lines = result.length === 0 ? [] : result.split("\n")
 
-  const refs = sortedEdits.flatMap((edit) => {
-    switch (edit.type) {
-      case "set_line":
-        return [edit.line]
-      case "replace_lines":
-        return [edit.start_line, edit.end_line]
-      case "insert_after":
-        return [edit.line]
-      case "replace":
-        return []
-      default:
-        return []
-    }
-  })
+  const refs = collectLineRefs(sortedEdits)
   validateLineRefs(lines, refs)
 
   for (const edit of sortedEdits) {
     switch (edit.type) {
       case "set_line": {
-        lines = applySetLine(lines, edit.line, edit.text)
+        lines = applySetLine(lines, edit.line, edit.text, { skipValidation: true })
         break
       }
       case "replace_lines": {
-        lines = applyReplaceLines(lines, edit.start_line, edit.end_line, edit.text)
+        lines = applyReplaceLines(lines, edit.start_line, edit.end_line, edit.text, { skipValidation: true })
         break
       }
       case "insert_after": {
-        lines = applyInsertAfter(lines, edit.line, edit.text)
+        const next = applyInsertAfter(lines, edit.line, edit.text, { skipValidation: true })
+        if (next.join("\n") === lines.join("\n")) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
+        }
+        lines = next
+        break
+      }
+      case "insert_before": {
+        const next = applyInsertBefore(lines, edit.line, edit.text, { skipValidation: true })
+        if (next.join("\n") === lines.join("\n")) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
+        }
+        lines = next
+        break
+      }
+      case "insert_between": {
+        const next = applyInsertBetween(lines, edit.after_line, edit.before_line, edit.text, { skipValidation: true })
+        if (next.join("\n") === lines.join("\n")) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
+        }
+        lines = next
+        break
+      }
+      case "append": {
+        const next = applyAppend(lines, edit.text)
+        if (next.join("\n") === lines.join("\n")) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
+        }
+        lines = next
+        break
+      }
+      case "prepend": {
+        const next = applyPrepend(lines, edit.text)
+        if (next.join("\n") === lines.join("\n")) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
+        }
+        lines = next
         break
       }
       case "replace": {
         result = lines.join("\n")
-        if (!result.includes(edit.old_text)) {
-          throw new Error(`Text not found: "${edit.old_text}"`)
+        const replaced = applyReplace(result, edit.old_text, edit.new_text)
+        if (replaced === result) {
+          noopEdits += 1
+          break
         }
-        const replacement = Array.isArray(edit.new_text) ? edit.new_text.join("\n") : edit.new_text
-        result = result.replaceAll(edit.old_text, replacement)
+        result = replaced
         lines = result.split("\n")
         break
       }
     }
   }
 
-  return lines.join("\n")
+  return {
+    content: lines.join("\n"),
+    noopEdits,
+    deduplicatedEdits: dedupeResult.deduplicatedEdits,
+  }
 }
+
+export function applyHashlineEdits(content: string, edits: HashlineEdit[]): string {
+  return applyHashlineEditsWithReport(content, edits).content
+}
+
+export {
+  applySetLine,
+  applyReplaceLines,
+  applyInsertAfter,
+  applyInsertBefore,
+  applyInsertBetween,
+  applyReplace,
+} from "./edit-operation-primitives"

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-ordering.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { parseLineRef } from "./validation"
+import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
+
+export function getEditLineNumber(edit: HashlineEdit): number {
+  switch (edit.type) {
+    case "set_line":
+      return parseLineRef(edit.line).line
+    case "replace_lines":
+      return parseLineRef(edit.end_line).line
+    case "insert_after":
+      return parseLineRef(edit.line).line
+    case "insert_before":
+      return parseLineRef(edit.line).line
+    case "insert_between":
+      return parseLineRef(edit.before_line).line
+    case "append":
+      return Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+    case "prepend":
+      return Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+    case "replace":
+      return Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
+    default:
+      return Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
+  }
+}
+
+export function collectLineRefs(edits: HashlineEdit[]): string[] {
+  return edits.flatMap((edit) => {
+    switch (edit.type) {
+      case "set_line":
+        return [edit.line]
+      case "replace_lines":
+        return [edit.start_line, edit.end_line]
+      case "insert_after":
+        return [edit.line]
+      case "insert_before":
+        return [edit.line]
+      case "insert_between":
+        return [edit.after_line, edit.before_line]
+      case "append":
+      case "prepend":
+      case "replace":
+        return []
+      default:
+        return []
+    }
+  })
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/edit-text-normalization.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+const HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE = /^\s*(?:>>>|>>)?\s*\d+#[A-Z]{2}:/
+const DIFF_PLUS_RE = /^[+-](?![+-])/
+
+function equalsIgnoringWhitespace(a: string, b: string): boolean {
+  if (a === b) return true
+  return a.replace(/\s+/g, "") === b.replace(/\s+/g, "")
+}
+
+function leadingWhitespace(text: string): string {
+  const match = text.match(/^\s*/)
+  return match ? match[0] : ""
+}
+
+export function stripLinePrefixes(lines: string[]): string[] {
+  let hashPrefixCount = 0
+  let diffPlusCount = 0
+  let nonEmpty = 0
+
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    if (line.length === 0) continue
+    nonEmpty += 1
+    if (HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE.test(line)) hashPrefixCount += 1
+    if (DIFF_PLUS_RE.test(line)) diffPlusCount += 1
+  }
+
+  if (nonEmpty === 0) {
+    return lines
+  }
+
+  const stripHash = hashPrefixCount > 0 && hashPrefixCount >= nonEmpty * 0.5
+  const stripPlus = !stripHash && diffPlusCount > 0 && diffPlusCount >= nonEmpty * 0.5
+
+  if (!stripHash && !stripPlus) {
+    return lines
+  }
+
+  return lines.map((line) => {
+    if (stripHash) return line.replace(HASHLINE_PREFIX_RE, "")
+    if (stripPlus) return line.replace(DIFF_PLUS_RE, "")
+    return line
+  })
+}
+
+export function toNewLines(input: string | string[]): string[] {
+  if (Array.isArray(input)) {
+    return stripLinePrefixes(input)
+  }
+  return stripLinePrefixes(input.split("\n"))
+}
+
+export function restoreLeadingIndent(templateLine: string, line: string): string {
+  if (line.length === 0) return line
+  const templateIndent = leadingWhitespace(templateLine)
+  if (templateIndent.length === 0) return line
+  if (leadingWhitespace(line).length > 0) return line
+  return `${templateIndent}${line}`
+}
+
+export function stripInsertAnchorEcho(anchorLine: string, newLines: string[]): string[] {
+  if (newLines.length === 0) return newLines
+  if (equalsIgnoringWhitespace(newLines[0], anchorLine)) {
+    return newLines.slice(1)
+  }
+  return newLines
+}
+
+export function stripInsertBeforeEcho(anchorLine: string, newLines: string[]): string[] {
+  if (newLines.length <= 1) return newLines
+  if (equalsIgnoringWhitespace(newLines[newLines.length - 1], anchorLine)) {
+    return newLines.slice(0, -1)
+  }
+  return newLines
+}
+
+export function stripInsertBoundaryEcho(afterLine: string, beforeLine: string, newLines: string[]): string[] {
+  let out = newLines
+  if (out.length > 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[0], afterLine)) {
+    out = out.slice(1)
+  }
+  if (out.length > 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[out.length - 1], beforeLine)) {
+    out = out.slice(0, -1)
+  }
+  return out
+}
+
+export function stripRangeBoundaryEcho(
+  lines: string[],
+  startLine: number,
+  endLine: number,
+  newLines: string[]
+): string[] {
+  const replacedCount = endLine - startLine + 1
+  if (newLines.length <= 1 || newLines.length <= replacedCount) {
+    return newLines
+  }
+
+  let out = newLines
+  const beforeIdx = startLine - 2
+  if (beforeIdx >= 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[0], lines[beforeIdx])) {
+    out = out.slice(1)
+  }
+
+  const afterIdx = endLine
+  if (afterIdx < lines.length && out.length > 0 && equalsIgnoringWhitespace(out[out.length - 1], lines[afterIdx])) {
+    out = out.slice(0, -1)
+  }
+
+  return out
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/file-text-canonicalization.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+export interface FileTextEnvelope {
+  content: string
+  hadBom: boolean
+  lineEnding: "\n" | "\r\n"
+}
+
+function detectLineEnding(content: string): "\n" | "\r\n" {
+  const crlfIndex = content.indexOf("\r\n")
+  const lfIndex = content.indexOf("\n")
+  if (lfIndex === -1) return "\n"
+  if (crlfIndex === -1) return "\n"
+  return crlfIndex < lfIndex ? "\r\n" : "\n"
+}
+
+function stripBom(content: string): { content: string; hadBom: boolean } {
+  if (!content.startsWith("\uFEFF")) {
+    return { content, hadBom: false }
+  }
+  return { content: content.slice(1), hadBom: true }
+}
+
+function normalizeToLf(content: string): string {
+  return content.replace(/\r\n/g, "\n").replace(/\r/g, "\n")
+}
+
+function restoreLineEndings(content: string, lineEnding: "\n" | "\r\n"): string {
+  if (lineEnding === "\n") return content
+  return content.replace(/\n/g, "\r\n")
+}
+
+export function canonicalizeFileText(content: string): FileTextEnvelope {
+  const stripped = stripBom(content)
+  return {
+    content: normalizeToLf(stripped.content),
+    hadBom: stripped.hadBom,
+    lineEnding: detectLineEnding(stripped.content),
+  }
+}
+
+export function restoreFileText(content: string, envelope: FileTextEnvelope): string {
+  const withLineEnding = restoreLineEndings(content, envelope.lineEnding)
+  if (!envelope.hadBom) return withLineEnding
+  return `\uFEFF${withLineEnding}`
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/hash-computation.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "bun:test"
-import { computeLineHash, formatHashLine, formatHashLines } from "./hash-computation"
+import {
+  computeLineHash,
+  formatHashLine,
+  formatHashLines,
+  streamHashLinesFromLines,
+  streamHashLinesFromUtf8,
+} from "./hash-computation"
 
 describe("computeLineHash", () => {
   it("returns deterministic 2-char CID hash per line", () => {
@@ -71,3 +77,65 @@ describe("formatHashLines", () => {
     expect(lines[2]).toMatch(/^3#[ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH]{2}:c$/)
   })
 })
+
+describe("streamHashLinesFrom*", () => {
+  async function collectStream(stream: AsyncIterable<string>): Promise<string> {
+    const chunks: string[] = []
+    for await (const chunk of stream) {
+      chunks.push(chunk)
+    }
+    return chunks.join("\n")
+  }
+
+  async function* utf8Chunks(text: string, chunkSize: number): AsyncGenerator<Uint8Array> {
+    const encoded = new TextEncoder().encode(text)
+    for (let i = 0; i < encoded.length; i += chunkSize) {
+      yield encoded.slice(i, i + chunkSize)
+    }
+  }
+
+  it("matches formatHashLines for utf8 stream input", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "a\nb\nc"
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await collectStream(streamHashLinesFromUtf8(utf8Chunks(content, 1), { maxChunkLines: 1 }))
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toBe(formatHashLines(content))
+  })
+
+  it("matches formatHashLines for line iterable input", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "x\ny\n"
+    const lines = ["x", "y", ""]
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await collectStream(streamHashLinesFromLines(lines, { maxChunkLines: 2 }))
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toBe(formatHashLines(content))
+  })
+
+  it("matches formatHashLines for empty utf8 stream input", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = ""
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await collectStream(streamHashLinesFromUtf8(utf8Chunks(content, 1), { maxChunkLines: 1 }))
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toBe(formatHashLines(content))
+  })
+
+  it("matches formatHashLines for empty line iterable input", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = ""
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await collectStream(streamHashLinesFromLines([], { maxChunkLines: 1 }))
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toBe(formatHashLines(content))
+  })
+})

src/tools/hashline-edit/hash-computation.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { HASHLINE_DICT } from "./constants"
+import { createHashlineChunkFormatter } from "./hashline-chunk-formatter"
 
 export function computeLineHash(lineNumber: number, content: string): string {
   const stripped = content.replace(/\s+/g, "")
@@ -18,3 +19,124 @@ export function formatHashLines(content: string): string {
   const lines = content.split("\n")
   return lines.map((line, index) => formatHashLine(index + 1, line)).join("\n")
 }
+
+export interface HashlineStreamOptions {
+  startLine?: number
+  maxChunkLines?: number
+  maxChunkBytes?: number
+}
+
+function isReadableStream(value: unknown): value is ReadableStream<Uint8Array> {
+  return (
+    typeof value === "object" &&
+    value !== null &&
+    "getReader" in value &&
+    typeof (value as { getReader?: unknown }).getReader === "function"
+  )
+}
+
+async function* bytesFromReadableStream(stream: ReadableStream<Uint8Array>): AsyncGenerator<Uint8Array> {
+  const reader = stream.getReader()
+  try {
+    while (true) {
+      const { done, value } = await reader.read()
+      if (done) return
+      if (value) yield value
+    }
+  } finally {
+    reader.releaseLock()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function* streamHashLinesFromUtf8(
+  source: ReadableStream<Uint8Array> | AsyncIterable<Uint8Array>,
+  options: HashlineStreamOptions = {}
+): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+  const startLine = options.startLine ?? 1
+  const maxChunkLines = options.maxChunkLines ?? 200
+  const maxChunkBytes = options.maxChunkBytes ?? 64 * 1024
+  const decoder = new TextDecoder("utf-8")
+  const chunks = isReadableStream(source) ? bytesFromReadableStream(source) : source
+
+  let lineNumber = startLine
+  let pending = ""
+  let sawAnyText = false
+  let endedWithNewline = false
+  const chunkFormatter = createHashlineChunkFormatter({ maxChunkLines, maxChunkBytes })
+
+  const pushLine = (line: string): string[] => {
+    const formatted = formatHashLine(lineNumber, line)
+    lineNumber += 1
+    return chunkFormatter.push(formatted)
+  }
+
+  const consumeText = (text: string): string[] => {
+    if (text.length === 0) return []
+    sawAnyText = true
+    pending += text
+    const chunksToYield: string[] = []
+
+    while (true) {
+      const idx = pending.indexOf("\n")
+      if (idx === -1) break
+      const line = pending.slice(0, idx)
+      pending = pending.slice(idx + 1)
+      endedWithNewline = true
+      chunksToYield.push(...pushLine(line))
+    }
+
+    if (pending.length > 0) endedWithNewline = false
+    return chunksToYield
+  }
+
+  for await (const chunk of chunks) {
+    for (const out of consumeText(decoder.decode(chunk, { stream: true }))) {
+      yield out
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const out of consumeText(decoder.decode())) {
+    yield out
+  }
+
+  if (sawAnyText && (pending.length > 0 || endedWithNewline)) {
+    for (const out of pushLine(pending)) {
+      yield out
+    }
+  }
+
+  const finalChunk = chunkFormatter.flush()
+  if (finalChunk) yield finalChunk
+}
+
+export async function* streamHashLinesFromLines(
+  lines: Iterable<string> | AsyncIterable<string>,
+  options: HashlineStreamOptions = {}
+): AsyncGenerator<string> {
+  const startLine = options.startLine ?? 1
+  const maxChunkLines = options.maxChunkLines ?? 200
+  const maxChunkBytes = options.maxChunkBytes ?? 64 * 1024
+
+  let lineNumber = startLine
+  const chunkFormatter = createHashlineChunkFormatter({ maxChunkLines, maxChunkBytes })
+
+  const pushLine = (line: string): string[] => {
+    const formatted = formatHashLine(lineNumber, line)
+    lineNumber += 1
+    return chunkFormatter.push(formatted)
+  }
+
+  const asyncIterator = (lines as AsyncIterable<string>)[Symbol.asyncIterator]
+  if (typeof asyncIterator === "function") {
+    for await (const line of lines as AsyncIterable<string>) {
+      for (const out of pushLine(line)) yield out
+    }
+  } else {
+    for (const line of lines as Iterable<string>) {
+      for (const out of pushLine(line)) yield out
+    }
+  }
+
+  const finalChunk = chunkFormatter.flush()
+  if (finalChunk) yield finalChunk
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/hashline-chunk-formatter.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+export interface HashlineChunkFormatter {
+  push(formattedLine: string): string[]
+  flush(): string | undefined
+}
+
+interface HashlineChunkFormatterOptions {
+  maxChunkLines: number
+  maxChunkBytes: number
+}
+
+export function createHashlineChunkFormatter(options: HashlineChunkFormatterOptions): HashlineChunkFormatter {
+  const { maxChunkLines, maxChunkBytes } = options
+  let outputLines: string[] = []
+  let outputBytes = 0
+
+  const flush = (): string | undefined => {
+    if (outputLines.length === 0) return undefined
+    const chunk = outputLines.join("\n")
+    outputLines = []
+    outputBytes = 0
+    return chunk
+  }
+
+  const push = (formattedLine: string): string[] => {
+    const chunksToYield: string[] = []
+    const separatorBytes = outputLines.length === 0 ? 0 : 1
+    const lineBytes = Buffer.byteLength(formattedLine, "utf-8")
+
+    if (
+      outputLines.length > 0 &&
+      (outputLines.length >= maxChunkLines || outputBytes + separatorBytes + lineBytes > maxChunkBytes)
+    ) {
+      const flushed = flush()
+      if (flushed) chunksToYield.push(flushed)
+    }
+
+    outputLines.push(formattedLine)
+    outputBytes += (outputLines.length === 1 ? 0 : 1) + lineBytes
+
+    if (outputLines.length >= maxChunkLines || outputBytes >= maxChunkBytes) {
+      const flushed = flush()
+      if (flushed) chunksToYield.push(flushed)
+    }
+
+    return chunksToYield
+  }
+
+  return {
+    push,
+    flush,
+  }
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/hashline-edit-diff.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { computeLineHash } from "./hash-computation"
+
+export function generateHashlineDiff(oldContent: string, newContent: string, filePath: string): string {
+  const oldLines = oldContent.split("\n")
+  const newLines = newContent.split("\n")
+
+  let diff = `--- ${filePath}\n+++ ${filePath}\n`
+  const maxLines = Math.max(oldLines.length, newLines.length)
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < maxLines; i += 1) {
+    const oldLine = oldLines[i] ?? ""
+    const newLine = newLines[i] ?? ""
+    const lineNum = i + 1
+    const hash = computeLineHash(lineNum, newLine)
+
+    if (i >= oldLines.length) {
+      diff += `+ ${lineNum}#${hash}:${newLine}\n`
+      continue
+    }
+    if (i >= newLines.length) {
+      diff += `- ${lineNum}#  :${oldLine}\n`
+      continue
+    }
+    if (oldLine !== newLine) {
+      diff += `- ${lineNum}#  :${oldLine}\n`
+      diff += `+ ${lineNum}#${hash}:${newLine}\n`
+    }
+  }
+
+  return diff
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/hashline-edit-executor.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+import type { ToolContext } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tool"
+import { storeToolMetadata } from "../../features/tool-metadata-store"
+import { applyHashlineEditsWithReport } from "./edit-operations"
+import { countLineDiffs, generateUnifiedDiff, toHashlineContent } from "./diff-utils"
+import { canonicalizeFileText, restoreFileText } from "./file-text-canonicalization"
+import { generateHashlineDiff } from "./hashline-edit-diff"
+import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
+
+interface HashlineEditArgs {
+  filePath: string
+  edits: HashlineEdit[]
+  delete?: boolean
+  rename?: string
+}
+
+type ToolContextWithCallID = ToolContext & {
+  callID?: string
+  callId?: string
+  call_id?: string
+}
+
+type ToolContextWithMetadata = ToolContextWithCallID & {
+  metadata?: (value: unknown) => void
+}
+
+function resolveToolCallID(ctx: ToolContextWithCallID): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof ctx.callID === "string" && ctx.callID.trim() !== "") return ctx.callID
+  if (typeof ctx.callId === "string" && ctx.callId.trim() !== "") return ctx.callId
+  if (typeof ctx.call_id === "string" && ctx.call_id.trim() !== "") return ctx.call_id
+  return undefined
+}
+
+function canCreateFromMissingFile(edits: HashlineEdit[]): boolean {
+  if (edits.length === 0) return false
+  return edits.every((edit) => edit.type === "append" || edit.type === "prepend")
+}
+
+function buildSuccessMeta(
+  effectivePath: string,
+  beforeContent: string,
+  afterContent: string,
+  noopEdits: number,
+  deduplicatedEdits: number
+) {
+  const unifiedDiff = generateUnifiedDiff(beforeContent, afterContent, effectivePath)
+  const { additions, deletions } = countLineDiffs(beforeContent, afterContent)
+
+  return {
+    title: effectivePath,
+    metadata: {
+      filePath: effectivePath,
+      path: effectivePath,
+      file: effectivePath,
+      diff: unifiedDiff,
+      noopEdits,
+      deduplicatedEdits,
+      filediff: {
+        file: effectivePath,
+        path: effectivePath,
+        filePath: effectivePath,
+        before: beforeContent,
+        after: afterContent,
+        additions,
+        deletions,
+      },
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+export async function executeHashlineEditTool(args: HashlineEditArgs, context: ToolContext): Promise<string> {
+  try {
+    const metadataContext = context as ToolContextWithMetadata
+    const filePath = args.filePath
+    const { edits, delete: deleteMode, rename } = args
+
+    if (deleteMode && rename) {
+      return "Error: delete and rename cannot be used together"
+    }
+    if (!deleteMode && (!edits || !Array.isArray(edits) || edits.length === 0)) {
+      return "Error: edits parameter must be a non-empty array"
+    }
+    if (deleteMode && edits.length > 0) {
+      return "Error: delete mode requires edits to be an empty array"
+    }
+
+    const file = Bun.file(filePath)
+    const exists = await file.exists()
+    if (!exists && !deleteMode && !canCreateFromMissingFile(edits)) {
+      return `Error: File not found: ${filePath}`
+    }
+
+    if (deleteMode) {
+      if (!exists) return `Error: File not found: ${filePath}`
+      await Bun.file(filePath).delete()
+      return `Successfully deleted ${filePath}`
+    }
+
+    const rawOldContent = exists ? Buffer.from(await file.arrayBuffer()).toString("utf8") : ""
+    const oldEnvelope = canonicalizeFileText(rawOldContent)
+
+    const applyResult = applyHashlineEditsWithReport(oldEnvelope.content, edits)
+    const canonicalNewContent = applyResult.content
+    const writeContent = restoreFileText(canonicalNewContent, oldEnvelope)
+
+    await Bun.write(filePath, writeContent)
+
+    if (rename && rename !== filePath) {
+      await Bun.write(rename, writeContent)
+      await Bun.file(filePath).delete()
+    }
+
+    const effectivePath = rename && rename !== filePath ? rename : filePath
+    const diff = generateHashlineDiff(oldEnvelope.content, canonicalNewContent, effectivePath)
+    const newHashlined = toHashlineContent(canonicalNewContent)
+    const meta = buildSuccessMeta(
+      effectivePath,
+      oldEnvelope.content,
+      canonicalNewContent,
+      applyResult.noopEdits,
+      applyResult.deduplicatedEdits
+    )
+
+    if (typeof metadataContext.metadata === "function") {
+      metadataContext.metadata(meta)
+    }
+
+    const callID = resolveToolCallID(metadataContext)
+    if (callID) {
+      storeToolMetadata(context.sessionID, callID, meta)
+    }
+
+    return `Successfully applied ${edits.length} edit(s) to ${effectivePath}
+No-op edits: ${applyResult.noopEdits}, deduplicated edits: ${applyResult.deduplicatedEdits}
+
+${diff}
+
+Updated file (LINE#ID:content):
+${newHashlined}`
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+    if (message.toLowerCase().includes("hash")) {
+      return `Error: hash mismatch - ${message}\nTip: reuse LINE#ID entries from the latest read/edit output, or batch related edits in one call.`
+    }
+    return `Error: ${message}`
+  }
+}

src/tools/hashline-edit/index.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
-export { computeLineHash, formatHashLine, formatHashLines } from "./hash-computation"
+export {
+  computeLineHash,
+  formatHashLine,
+  formatHashLines,
+  streamHashLinesFromLines,
+  streamHashLinesFromUtf8,
+} from "./hash-computation"
 export { parseLineRef, validateLineRef } from "./validation"
 export type { LineRef } from "./validation"
-export type { SetLine, ReplaceLines, InsertAfter, Replace, HashlineEdit } from "./types"
+export type {
+  SetLine,
+  ReplaceLines,
+  InsertAfter,
+  InsertBefore,
+  InsertBetween,
+  Replace,
+  Append,
+  Prepend,
+  HashlineEdit,
+} from "./types"
 export { NIBBLE_STR, HASHLINE_DICT, HASHLINE_REF_PATTERN, HASHLINE_OUTPUT_PATTERN } from "./constants"
 export {
   applyHashlineEdits,
   applyInsertAfter,
+  applyInsertBefore,
+  applyInsertBetween,
   applyReplace,
   applyReplaceLines,
   applySetLine,

src/tools/hashline-edit/tool-description.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+export const HASHLINE_EDIT_DESCRIPTION = `Edit files using LINE#ID format for precise, safe modifications.
+
+WORKFLOW:
+1. Read target file/range and copy exact LINE#ID tags.
+2. Pick the smallest operation per logical mutation site.
+3. Submit one edit call per file with all related operations.
+4. If same file needs another call, re-read first.
+5. Use anchors as "LINE#ID" only (never include trailing ":content").
+
+VALIDATION:
+ Payload shape: { "filePath": string, "edits": [...], "delete"?: boolean, "rename"?: string }
+ Each edit must be one of: set_line, replace_lines, insert_after, insert_before, insert_between, replace, append, prepend
+ text/new_text must contain plain replacement text only (no LINE#ID prefixes, no diff + markers)
+ CRITICAL: all operations validate against the same pre-edit file snapshot and apply bottom-up. Refs/tags are interpreted against the last-read version of the file.
+
+LINE#ID FORMAT (CRITICAL):
+ Each line reference must be in "LINE#ID" format where:
+ LINE: 1-based line number
+ ID: Two CID letters from the set ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH
+
+FILE MODES:
+ delete=true deletes file and requires edits=[] with no rename
+ rename moves final content to a new path and removes old path
+
+CONTENT FORMAT:
+ text/new_text can be a string (single line) or string[] (multi-line, preferred).
+ If you pass a multi-line string, it is split by real newline characters.
+ Literal "\\n" is preserved as text.
+
+FILE CREATION:
+ append: adds content at EOF. If file does not exist, creates it.
+ prepend: adds content at BOF. If file does not exist, creates it.
+ CRITICAL: append/prepend are the only operations that work without an existing file.
+
+OPERATION CHOICE:
+ One line wrong -> set_line
+ Adjacent block rewrite or swap/move -> replace_lines (prefer one range op over many single-line ops)
+ Both boundaries known -> insert_between (ALWAYS prefer over insert_after/insert_before)
+ One boundary known -> insert_after or insert_before
+ New file or EOF/BOF addition -> append or prepend
+ No LINE#ID available -> replace (last resort)
+
+RULES (CRITICAL):
+ 1. Minimize scope: one logical mutation site per operation.
+ 2. Preserve formatting: keep indentation, punctuation, line breaks, trailing commas, brace style.
+ 3. Prefer insertion over neighbor rewrites: anchor to structural boundaries (}, ], },), not interior property lines.
+ 4. No no-ops: replacement content must differ from current content.
+ 5. Touch only requested code: avoid incidental edits.
+ 6. Use exact current tokens: NEVER rewrite approximately.
+ 7. For swaps/moves: prefer one range operation over multiple single-line operations.
+ 8. Output tool calls only; no prose or commentary between them.
+
+TAG CHOICE (ALWAYS):
+ - Copy tags exactly from read output or >>> mismatch output.
+ - NEVER guess tags.
+ - Prefer insert_between over insert_after/insert_before when both boundaries are known.
+ - Anchor to structural lines (function/class/brace), NEVER blank lines.
+ - Anti-pattern warning: blank/whitespace anchors are fragile.
+ - Re-read after each successful edit call before issuing another on the same file.
+
+AUTOCORRECT (built-in - you do NOT need to handle these):
+ Merged lines are auto-expanded back to original line count.
+ Indentation is auto-restored from original lines.
+ BOM and CRLF line endings are preserved automatically.
+ Hashline prefixes and diff markers in text are auto-stripped.
+
+RECOVERY (when >>> mismatch error appears):
+ Copy the updated LINE#ID tags shown in the error output directly.
+ Re-read only if the needed tags are missing from the error snippet.
+ ALWAYS batch all edits for one file in a single call.`

src/tools/hashline-edit/tools.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, mock } from "bun:test"
 import type { ToolContext } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tool"
 import { createHashlineEditTool } from "./tools"
 import { computeLineHash } from "./hash-computation"
+import { canonicalizeFileText } from "./file-text-canonicalization"
 import * as fs from "node:fs"
 import * as os from "node:os"
 import * as path from "node:path"
@@ -11,12 +12,10 @@ function createMockContext(): ToolContext {
     sessionID: "test",
     messageID: "test",
     agent: "test",
-    directory: "/tmp",
-    worktree: "/tmp",
     abort: new AbortController().signal,
     metadata: mock(() => {}),
     ask: async () => {},
-  }
+  } as unknown as ToolContext
 }
 
 describe("createHashlineEditTool", () => {
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ describe("createHashlineEditTool", () => {
 
     //#then
     expect(result).toContain("Error")
-    expect(result).toContain("hash")
+    expect(result).toContain(">>>")
   })
 
   it("preserves literal backslash-n and supports string[] payload", async () => {
@@ -132,4 +131,158 @@ describe("createHashlineEditTool", () => {
     //#then
     expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8")).toBe("join(\\n)\na\nb\nline2")
   })
+
+  it("supports insert_before and insert_between", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "test.txt")
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "line1\nline2\nline3")
+    const line1 = computeLineHash(1, "line1")
+    const line2 = computeLineHash(2, "line2")
+    const line3 = computeLineHash(3, "line3")
+
+    //#when
+    await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        edits: [
+          { type: "insert_before", line: `3#${line3}`, text: ["before3"] },
+          { type: "insert_between", after_line: `1#${line1}`, before_line: `2#${line2}`, text: ["between"] },
+        ],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8")).toBe("line1\nbetween\nline2\nbefore3\nline3")
+  })
+
+  it("returns error when insert text is empty array", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "test.txt")
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "line1\nline2")
+    const line1 = computeLineHash(1, "line1")
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        edits: [{ type: "insert_after", line: `1#${line1}`, text: [] }],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(result).toContain("Error")
+    expect(result).toContain("non-empty")
+  })
+
+  it("supports file rename with edits", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "source.txt")
+    const renamedPath = path.join(tempDir, "renamed.txt")
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "line1\nline2")
+    const line2 = computeLineHash(2, "line2")
+
+    //#when
+    await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        rename: renamedPath,
+        edits: [{ type: "set_line", line: `2#${line2}`, text: "line2-updated" }],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(fs.existsSync(filePath)).toBe(false)
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(renamedPath, "utf-8")).toBe("line1\nline2-updated")
+  })
+
+  it("supports file delete mode", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "delete-me.txt")
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, "line1")
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        delete: true,
+        edits: [],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(fs.existsSync(filePath)).toBe(false)
+    expect(result).toContain("Successfully deleted")
+  })
+
+  it("creates missing file with append and prepend", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "created.txt")
+
+    //#when
+    const result = await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        edits: [
+          { type: "append", text: ["line2"] },
+          { type: "prepend", text: ["line1"] },
+        ],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    expect(fs.existsSync(filePath)).toBe(true)
+    expect(fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8")).toBe("line1\nline2")
+    expect(result).toContain("Successfully applied 2 edit(s)")
+  })
+
+  it("preserves BOM and CRLF through hashline_edit", async () => {
+    //#given
+    const filePath = path.join(tempDir, "crlf-bom.txt")
+    const bomCrLf = "\uFEFFline1\r\nline2\r\n"
+    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, bomCrLf)
+    const line2Hash = computeLineHash(2, "line2")
+
+    //#when
+    await tool.execute(
+      {
+        filePath,
+        edits: [{ type: "set_line", line: `2#${line2Hash}`, text: "line2-updated" }],
+      },
+      createMockContext(),
+    )
+
+    //#then
+    const bytes = fs.readFileSync(filePath)
+    expect(bytes[0]).toBe(0xef)
+    expect(bytes[1]).toBe(0xbb)
+    expect(bytes[2]).toBe(0xbf)
+    expect(bytes.toString("utf-8")).toBe("\uFEFFline1\r\nline2-updated\r\n")
+  })
+
+  it("detects LF as line ending when LF appears before CRLF", () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "line1\nline2\r\nline3"
+
+    //#when
+    const envelope = canonicalizeFileText(content)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(envelope.lineEnding).toBe("\n")
+  })
+
+  it("detects CRLF as line ending when CRLF appears before LF", () => {
+    //#given
+    const content = "line1\r\nline2\nline3"
+
+    //#when
+    const envelope = canonicalizeFileText(content)
+
+    //#then
+    expect(envelope.lineEnding).toBe("\r\n")
+  })
 })

src/tools/hashline-edit/tools.ts

@@ -1,116 +1,22 @@
 import { tool, type ToolContext, type ToolDefinition } from "@opencode-ai/plugin/tool"
-import { storeToolMetadata } from "../../features/tool-metadata-store"
 import type { HashlineEdit } from "./types"
-import { applyHashlineEdits } from "./edit-operations"
-import { computeLineHash } from "./hash-computation"
-import { toHashlineContent, generateUnifiedDiff, countLineDiffs } from "./diff-utils"
+import { executeHashlineEditTool } from "./hashline-edit-executor"
+import { HASHLINE_EDIT_DESCRIPTION } from "./tool-description"
 
 interface HashlineEditArgs {
   filePath: string
   edits: HashlineEdit[]
-}
-
-type ToolContextWithCallID = ToolContext & {
-  callID?: string
-  callId?: string
-  call_id?: string
-}
-
-type ToolContextWithMetadata = ToolContextWithCallID & {
-  metadata?: (value: unknown) => void
-}
-
-function resolveToolCallID(ctx: ToolContextWithCallID): string | undefined {
-  if (typeof ctx.callID === "string" && ctx.callID.trim() !== "") return ctx.callID
-  if (typeof ctx.callId === "string" && ctx.callId.trim() !== "") return ctx.callId
-  if (typeof ctx.call_id === "string" && ctx.call_id.trim() !== "") return ctx.call_id
-  return undefined
-}
-
-function generateDiff(oldContent: string, newContent: string, filePath: string): string {
-  const oldLines = oldContent.split("\n")
-  const newLines = newContent.split("\n")
-
-  let diff = `--- ${filePath}\n+++ ${filePath}\n`
-
-  const maxLines = Math.max(oldLines.length, newLines.length)
-  for (let i = 0; i < maxLines; i++) {
-    const oldLine = oldLines[i] ?? ""
-    const newLine = newLines[i] ?? ""
-    const lineNum = i + 1
-    const hash = computeLineHash(lineNum, newLine)
-
-    if (i >= oldLines.length) {
-      diff += `+ ${lineNum}#${hash}:${newLine}\n`
-    } else if (i >= newLines.length) {
-      diff += `- ${lineNum}#  :${oldLine}\n`
-    } else if (oldLine !== newLine) {
-      diff += `- ${lineNum}#  :${oldLine}\n`
-      diff += `+ ${lineNum}#${hash}:${newLine}\n`
-    }
-  }
-
-  return diff
+  delete?: boolean
+  rename?: string
 }
 
 export function createHashlineEditTool(): ToolDefinition {
   return tool({
-    description: `Edit files using LINE#ID format for precise, safe modifications.
-
-WORKFLOW:
-1. Read the file and copy exact LINE#ID anchors.
-2. Submit one edit call with all related operations for that file.
-3. If more edits are needed after success, use the latest anchors from read/edit output.
-4. Use anchors as "LINE#ID" only (never include trailing ":content").
-
-VALIDATION:
-- Payload shape: { "filePath": string, "edits": [...] }
-- Each edit must be one of: set_line, replace_lines, insert_after, replace
-- text/new_text must contain plain replacement text only (no LINE#ID prefixes, no diff + markers)
-
-LINE#ID FORMAT (CRITICAL - READ CAREFULLY):
-Each line reference must be in "LINE#ID" format where:
-- LINE: 1-based line number
-- ID: Two CID letters from the set ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH
-- Example: "5#VK" means line 5 with hash id "VK"
-- WRONG: "2#aa" (invalid characters) - will fail!
-- CORRECT: "2#VK"
-
-GETTING HASHES:
-Use the read tool - it returns lines in "LINE#ID:content" format.
-Successful edit output also includes updated file content in "LINE#ID:content" format.
-
-FOUR OPERATION TYPES:
-
-1. set_line: Replace a single line
-   { "type": "set_line", "line": "5#VK", "text": "const y = 2" }
-
-2. replace_lines: Replace a range of lines
-   { "type": "replace_lines", "start_line": "5#VK", "end_line": "7#NP", "text": ["new", "content"] }
-
-3. insert_after: Insert lines after a specific line
-   { "type": "insert_after", "line": "5#VK", "text": "console.log('hi')" }
-
-4. replace: Simple text replacement (no hash validation)
-   { "type": "replace", "old_text": "foo", "new_text": "bar" }
-
-HASH MISMATCH HANDLING:
-If the hash doesn't match the current content, the edit fails with a hash mismatch error. This prevents editing stale content.
-
-SEQUENTIAL EDITS (ANTI-FLAKE):
-- Always copy anchors exactly from the latest read/edit output.
-- Never infer or guess hashes.
-- For related edits, prefer batching them in one call.
-
-BOTTOM-UP APPLICATION:
-Edits are applied from bottom to top (highest line numbers first) to preserve line number references.
-
-CONTENT FORMAT:
-- text/new_text can be a string (single line) or string[] (multi-line, preferred).
-- If you pass a multi-line string, it is split by real newline characters.
-- Literal "\\n" is preserved as text.`,
+    description: HASHLINE_EDIT_DESCRIPTION,
     args: {
       filePath: tool.schema.string().describe("Absolute path to the file to edit"),
+      delete: tool.schema.boolean().optional().describe("Delete file instead of editing"),
+      rename: tool.schema.string().optional().describe("Rename output file path after edits"),
       edits: tool.schema
         .array(
           tool.schema.union([
@@ -136,6 +42,21 @@ CONTENT FORMAT:
                 .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
                 .describe("Content to insert after the line (string or string[] for multiline)"),
             }),
+            tool.schema.object({
+              type: tool.schema.literal("insert_before"),
+              line: tool.schema.string().describe("Line reference in LINE#ID format"),
+              text: tool.schema
+                .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
+                .describe("Content to insert before the line (string or string[] for multiline)"),
+            }),
+            tool.schema.object({
+              type: tool.schema.literal("insert_between"),
+              after_line: tool.schema.string().describe("After line in LINE#ID format"),
+              before_line: tool.schema.string().describe("Before line in LINE#ID format"),
+              text: tool.schema
+                .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
+                .describe("Content to insert between anchor lines (string or string[] for multiline)"),
+            }),
             tool.schema.object({
               type: tool.schema.literal("replace"),
               old_text: tool.schema.string().describe("Text to find"),
@@ -143,78 +64,22 @@ CONTENT FORMAT:
                 .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
                 .describe("Replacement text (string or string[] for multiline)"),
             }),
+            tool.schema.object({
+              type: tool.schema.literal("append"),
+              text: tool.schema
+                .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
+                .describe("Content to append at EOF; also creates missing file"),
+            }),
+            tool.schema.object({
+              type: tool.schema.literal("prepend"),
+              text: tool.schema
+                .union([tool.schema.string(), tool.schema.array(tool.schema.string())])
+                .describe("Content to prepend at BOF; also creates missing file"),
+            }),
           ])
         )
-        .describe("Array of edit operations to apply"),
-    },
-    execute: async (args: HashlineEditArgs, context: ToolContext) => {
-      try {
-        const metadataContext = context as ToolContextWithMetadata
-        const filePath = args.filePath
-        const { edits } = args
-
-        if (!edits || !Array.isArray(edits) || edits.length === 0) {
-          return "Error: edits parameter must be a non-empty array"
-        }
-
-        const file = Bun.file(filePath)
-        const exists = await file.exists()
-        if (!exists) {
-          return `Error: File not found: ${filePath}`
-        }
-
-        const oldContent = await file.text()
-        const newContent = applyHashlineEdits(oldContent, edits)
-
-        await Bun.write(filePath, newContent)
-
-        const diff = generateDiff(oldContent, newContent, filePath)
-        const newHashlined = toHashlineContent(newContent)
-
-        const unifiedDiff = generateUnifiedDiff(oldContent, newContent, filePath)
-        const { additions, deletions } = countLineDiffs(oldContent, newContent)
-
-        const meta = {
-          title: filePath,
-          metadata: {
-            filePath,
-            path: filePath,
-            file: filePath,
-            diff: unifiedDiff,
-            filediff: {
-              file: filePath,
-              path: filePath,
-              filePath,
-              before: oldContent,
-              after: newContent,
-              additions,
-              deletions,
-            },
-          },
-        }
-
-        if (typeof metadataContext.metadata === "function") {
-          metadataContext.metadata(meta)
-        }
-
-        const callID = resolveToolCallID(metadataContext)
-        if (callID) {
-          storeToolMetadata(context.sessionID, callID, meta)
-        }
-
-        return `Successfully applied ${edits.length} edit(s) to ${filePath}
-
-${diff}
-
-Updated file (LINE#ID:content):
-${newHashlined}`
-      } catch (error) {
-        const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-        if (message.toLowerCase().includes("hash")) {
-          return `Error: hash mismatch - ${message}\nTip: reuse LINE#ID entries from the latest read/edit output, or batch related edits in one call.`
-        }
-        return `Error: ${message}`
-      }
+        .describe("Array of edit operations to apply (empty when delete=true)"),
     },
+    execute: async (args: HashlineEditArgs, context: ToolContext) => executeHashlineEditTool(args, context),
   })
 }

src/tools/hashline-edit/types.ts

@@ -17,10 +17,41 @@ export interface InsertAfter {
   text: string | string[]
 }
 
+export interface InsertBefore {
+  type: "insert_before"
+  line: string
+  text: string | string[]
+}
+
+export interface InsertBetween {
+  type: "insert_between"
+  after_line: string
+  before_line: string
+  text: string | string[]
+}
+
 export interface Replace {
   type: "replace"
   old_text: string
   new_text: string | string[]
 }
 
-export type HashlineEdit = SetLine | ReplaceLines | InsertAfter | Replace
+export interface Append {
+  type: "append"
+  text: string | string[]
+}
+
+export interface Prepend {
+  type: "prepend"
+  text: string | string[]
+}
+
+export type HashlineEdit =
+  | SetLine
+  | ReplaceLines
+  | InsertAfter
+  | InsertBefore
+  | InsertBetween
+  | Replace
+  | Append
+  | Prepend

src/tools/hashline-edit/validation.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "bun:test"
 import { computeLineHash } from "./hash-computation"
-import { parseLineRef, validateLineRef } from "./validation"
+import { parseLineRef, validateLineRef, validateLineRefs } from "./validation"
 
 describe("parseLineRef", () => {
   it("parses valid LINE#ID reference", () => {
@@ -49,7 +49,16 @@ describe("validateLineRef", () => {
     const lines = ["function hello() {"]
 
     //#when / #then
-    expect(() => validateLineRef(lines, "1#ZZ")).toThrow(/current hash/)
+    expect(() => validateLineRef(lines, "1#ZZ")).toThrow(/>>>\s+1#[ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH]{2}:/)
+  })
+
+  it("shows >>> mismatch context in batched validation", () => {
+    //#given
+    const lines = ["one", "two", "three", "four"]
+
+    //#when / #then
+    expect(() => validateLineRefs(lines, ["2#ZZ"]))
+      .toThrow(/>>>\s+2#[ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH]{2}:two/)
   })
 })
 
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ describe("legacy LINE:HEX backward compatibility", () => {
     const lines = ["function hello() {"]
 
     //#when / #then
-    expect(() => validateLineRef(lines, "1:ab")).toThrow(/Hash mismatch|current hash/)
+    expect(() => validateLineRef(lines, "1:ab")).toThrow(/>>>\s+1#[ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH]{2}:/)
   })
 
   it("extracts legacy ref from content with markers", () => {

src/tools/hashline-edit/validation.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ export interface LineRef {
   hash: string
 }
 
+interface HashMismatch {
+  line: number
+  expected: string
+}
+
+const MISMATCH_CONTEXT = 2
+
 const LINE_REF_EXTRACT_PATTERN = /([0-9]+#[ZPMQVRWSNKTXJBYH]{2}|[0-9]+:[0-9a-fA-F]{2,})/
 
 function normalizeLineRef(ref: string): string {
@@ -59,34 +66,85 @@ export function validateLineRef(lines: string[], ref: string): void {
   const currentHash = computeLineHash(line, content)
 
   if (currentHash !== hash) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `Hash mismatch at line ${line}. Expected hash: ${hash}, current hash: ${currentHash}. ` +
-        `Line content may have changed. Current content: "${content}"`
+    throw new HashlineMismatchError([{ line, expected: hash }], lines)
+  }
+}
+
+export class HashlineMismatchError extends Error {
+  readonly remaps: ReadonlyMap<string, string>
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly mismatches: HashMismatch[],
+    private readonly fileLines: string[]
+  ) {
+    super(HashlineMismatchError.formatMessage(mismatches, fileLines))
+    this.name = "HashlineMismatchError"
+    const remaps = new Map<string, string>()
+    for (const mismatch of mismatches) {
+      const actual = computeLineHash(mismatch.line, fileLines[mismatch.line - 1] ?? "")
+      remaps.set(`${mismatch.line}#${mismatch.expected}`, `${mismatch.line}#${actual}`)
+    }
+    this.remaps = remaps
+  }
+
+  static formatMessage(mismatches: HashMismatch[], fileLines: string[]): string {
+    const mismatchByLine = new Map<number, HashMismatch>()
+    for (const mismatch of mismatches) mismatchByLine.set(mismatch.line, mismatch)
+
+    const displayLines = new Set<number>()
+    for (const mismatch of mismatches) {
+      const low = Math.max(1, mismatch.line - MISMATCH_CONTEXT)
+      const high = Math.min(fileLines.length, mismatch.line + MISMATCH_CONTEXT)
+      for (let line = low; line <= high; line++) displayLines.add(line)
+    }
+
+    const sortedLines = [...displayLines].sort((a, b) => a - b)
+    const output: string[] = []
+    output.push(
+      `${mismatches.length} line${mismatches.length > 1 ? "s have" : " has"} changed since last read. ` +
+        "Use updated LINE#ID references below (>>> marks changed lines)."
     )
+    output.push("")
+
+    let previousLine = -1
+    for (const line of sortedLines) {
+      if (previousLine !== -1 && line > previousLine + 1) {
+        output.push("    ...")
+      }
+      previousLine = line
+
+      const content = fileLines[line - 1] ?? ""
+      const hash = computeLineHash(line, content)
+      const prefix = `${line}#${hash}:${content}`
+      if (mismatchByLine.has(line)) {
+        output.push(`>>> ${prefix}`)
+      } else {
+        output.push(`    ${prefix}`)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return output.join("\n")
   }
 }
 
 export function validateLineRefs(lines: string[], refs: string[]): void {
-  const mismatches: string[] = []
+  const mismatches: HashMismatch[] = []
 
   for (const ref of refs) {
     const { line, hash } = parseLineRef(ref)
 
     if (line < 1 || line > lines.length) {
-      mismatches.push(`Line number ${line} out of bounds (file has ${lines.length} lines)`) 
-      continue
+      throw new Error(`Line number ${line} out of bounds (file has ${lines.length} lines)`)
     }
 
     const content = lines[line - 1]
     const currentHash = computeLineHash(line, content)
     if (currentHash !== hash) {
-      mismatches.push(
-        `line ${line}: expected ${hash}, current ${currentHash} (${line}#${currentHash}) content: "${content}"`
-      )
+      mismatches.push({ line, expected: hash })
     }
   }
 
   if (mismatches.length > 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Hash mismatches:\n- ${mismatches.join("\n- ")}`)
+    throw new HashlineMismatchError(mismatches, lines)
   }
 }