From 3896b3db434f4decb141efb48491a5faec7b6ed1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lneely@pascom.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:07:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Assist: add Comments view for beads; add
 read_bead_comments.sh tool

---
 cmd/Assist/main.go             | 74 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 mcptools/read_bead_comments.sh | 17 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 mcptools/read_bead_comments.sh

diff --git a/cmd/Assist/main.go b/cmd/Assist/main.go
index 2eb531c..99c0703 100644
--- a/cmd/Assist/main.go
+++ b/cmd/Assist/main.go
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ func openViewBeadWindow(beadID string, mount string) error {
 	}
 
 	w.Name(fmt.Sprintf("/AnviLLM/Tasks/%s", beadID))
-	w.Write("tag", []byte("Get Put New Blocks "))
+	w.Write("tag", []byte("Get Put New Blocks Comments "))
 
 	go handleViewBeadWindow(w, beadID, mount)
 	return nil
@@ -2396,6 +2396,10 @@ func handleViewBeadWindow(w *acme.Win, beadID string, mount string) {
 				} else if err := addBlocksDep(beadID, arg, mount); err != nil {
 					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error adding blocks dep: %v\n", err)
 				}
+			case "Comments":
+				if err := openCommentsWindow(beadID, mount); err != nil {
+					fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error opening comments window: %v\n", err)
+				}
 			default:
 				w.WriteEvent(e)
 			}
@@ -2453,6 +2457,74 @@ func refreshViewBeadWindow(w *acme.Win, beadID string, mount string) {
 	w.Ctl("show")
 }
 
+func openCommentsWindow(beadID string, mount string) error {
+	w, err := acme.New()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	w.Name(fmt.Sprintf("/AnviLLM/Tasks/%s/comments", beadID))
+	w.Write("tag", []byte("Get "))
+
+	go handleCommentsWindow(w, beadID, mount)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func handleCommentsWindow(w *acme.Win, beadID string, mount string) {
+	defer w.CloseFiles()
+	refreshCommentsWindow(w, beadID, mount)
+
+	for e := range w.EventChan() {
+		switch e.C2 {
+		case 'x', 'X':
+			if string(e.Text) == "Get" {
+				refreshCommentsWindow(w, beadID, mount)
+			} else {
+				w.WriteEvent(e)
+			}
+		default:
+			w.WriteEvent(e)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func refreshCommentsWindow(w *acme.Win, beadID string, mount string) {
+	data, err := readFile(filepath.Join("beads", mount, beadID, "comments"))
+	if err != nil {
+		w.Addr(",")
+		w.Write("data", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading comments: %v\n", err)))
+		w.Ctl("clean")
+		return
+	}
+
+	var comments []struct {
+		Author    string `json:"author"`
+		Body      string `json:"body"`
+		CreatedAt string `json:"created_at"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &comments); err != nil {
+		w.Addr(",")
+		w.Write("data", []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Error parsing comments: %v\n", err)))
+		w.Ctl("clean")
+		return
+	}
+
+	var buf strings.Builder
+	if len(comments) == 0 {
+		buf.WriteString("No comments.\n")
+	} else {
+		for _, c := range comments {
+			buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("--- %s (%s) ---\n%s\n\n", c.Author, c.CreatedAt, c.Body))
+		}
+	}
+
+	w.Addr(",")
+	w.Write("data", []byte(buf.String()))
+	w.Ctl("clean")
+	w.Addr("0")
+	w.Ctl("dot=addr")
+	w.Ctl("show")
+}
+
 func getBead(beadID string, mount string) (*Bead, error) {
 	if !isConnected() {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("not connected to anvilsrv")
diff --git a/mcptools/read_bead_comments.sh b/mcptools/read_bead_comments.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e91955c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mcptools/read_bead_comments.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# capabilities: beads
+# description: Read comments for a bead
+# Usage: read_comments.sh <mount> <bead-id>
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if cat /etc/shadow >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "Error: This script must be run via execute_code tool" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+    echo "usage: read_comments.sh <mount> <bead-id>" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+9p read "agent/beads/$1/$2/comments" 2>/dev/null || echo "[]"