From 96a140a83c21143ee489f99c1b5c8c370bd42f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi Neely <lneely@pascom.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:19:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add React() for emoji reactions on assistant messages

New method on the Core interface that appends a lightweight user
message to session history without triggering a model turn. The
agent sees the reaction as context on its next turn.

Used by the 9P react file: echo emoji > s/{id}/react
---
 pkg/agent/core.go  | 9 +++++++++
 pkg/agent/types.go | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/agent/core.go b/pkg/agent/core.go
index 1e19dcb..baaf280 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/core.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/core.go
@@ -607,6 +607,15 @@ func (s *agent) InjectSystemEvent(content string) {
 	s.Queue("<detached-process-result>\n" + content + "\n</detached-process-result>")
 }
 
+func (s *agent) React(emoji string) {
+	if s.session == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	msg := "[reacted " + emoji + " to your previous response]"
+	s.session.appendUserMessage(msg)
+	s.emit(Event{Role: "user", Content: msg})
+}
+
 func (s *agent) AgentName() string {
 	v := s.agentName
 	s.log.Debug("AgentName() = %q", v)
diff --git a/pkg/agent/types.go b/pkg/agent/types.go
index 2192968..d6e2367 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/types.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/types.go
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ type Core interface {
 	// context and emits it on the event bus. The agent sees it on its next
 	// turn; it appears in the chat log immediately.
 	InjectSystemEvent(content string)
+
+	// React records an emoji reaction to the most recent assistant response.
+	// The reaction is appended to session history as a lightweight user message
+	// and emitted to the chat bus, but does NOT trigger a new agent turn.
+	// The agent sees it as context on its next turn.
+	React(emoji string)
 }
 
 // DetachedInfo describes a detached process for external consumers.