/tools — lists loaded tools
/tool_load X — loads a tool by name
System prompt updated to instruct the agent to use ctl for tool
management instead of writing to a tools file.
/models now lists available models for the agent's backend via ctl.
One fewer file in the agent namespace. The root-level models file
(all backends) remains unchanged.
The ctl file is now a Request handler: write a command, read the
response. Commands with no args return current state:
/model → prints current model
/agent → prints current profile
/cwd → prints working directory
/name → prints agent name
/model X → switches model, returns new model
/compact → compacts, returns 'ok'
o ctl now uses 'ollie-9p rdwr' to get the response.
This enables /model (no args) to show the current model from
any frontend.
The slash prefix in prompts now routes directly to the agent's ctl
file. No special-cased commands in the agent — the ctl handler is the
single command surface:
/stop, /compact, /clear, /model X, /inject X, /agent X, /cwd X
New ctl commands:
inject <text> — overwrites any pending inject (replaces /i and /irw)
agent <name> — switch agent profile (moved from commands.go)
Agent methods added: Compact(), Clear(), SwitchProfile() — called by
the ctl handler, testable independently.
HandleCommand is now a thin trampoline: strip /, run 'o ctl <rest>'.
commands.go reduced from 155 to 50 lines.
REPL: / → o ctl, !q/!quit → exit TUI.
The sandbox escape mechanism is a bypass, not privilege elevation.
The old name caused the agent to confuse it with sudo.
- elevate/ → bypass/ (package, types, tests)
- elevate_notify.go → bypass_notify.go
- Namespace: /elevate → /bypass, session/*/elevate → session/*/bypass
- Tool arg: "elevated" → "bypass"
- Env: OLLIE_ELEVATE_SOCKET → OLLIE_BYPASS_SOCKET
- File: elevate-policy.yaml → bypass-policy.yaml
- All docs, prompts, and scripts updated
- Merge readloop into read -l (loop mode)
- Remove chatstream command (TUI uses 'o read chat' directly)
- Rework ctl: o ctl <cmd> [session] [agent] — dispatches to
session ctl for kill/pause/resume, agent ctl for the rest
- Add trap EXIT to kill background statewait loop (fixes zombie)
- Remove -1 compatibility flag from generate
- Remove no-op bracketed paste bind from prompt REPL
- Fix /i help text: 'inject prompt (mid-turn or queued)'
- Update all help text to reflect current commands
- Delete agent/usage_log.go — wrote JSONL to disk but nothing read it
- Remove appendUsageLog call from turn.go
- Remove dead 'offset' from AGENT_FILES tab-completion list
- TUI: grep markers+fences from o log (single read, not streaming)
- fifo.in + fifo.out → single fifo (write enqueues, read dequeues)
- cost + usage + ctxsz → single stats (key=value lines)
- Remove connection (no consumers, heartbeat handles it)
- Remove dead prevPrompt field and write (prompt.prev gone from spec)
- Clean AGENT_FILES: remove state, context, tail (all already absent
from spec, were only in the tab-completion list)
chat — strips [[[...]]] markers and source fences at the byte level.
Partial lines pass through immediately for true streaming. Terminals
and text editors use this.
chat.raw — full block-structured stream with markers and fences.
GUIs that parse blocks (KDE, web) use this.
The TUI no longer pipes through grep (which was line-buffering and
killing char-by-char streaming since Aug 4).
The stripMarkers state machine processes each chunk from the server:
- Complete lines starting with [[[ and ending with ]]] → dropped
- Fence lines (```...) → dropped (open toggles in-fence state)
- Partial lines (no trailing \n) → always emitted immediately
- Everything else → passed through
Switch from 'read -e' to plain 'read' so multi-line paste can be
captured. Readline was consuming pasted lines individually.
Increase drain timeout to 100ms.
- Add 'o log [-n N]' to read last N lines from agent log (default 1000)
- Rename 'o tail' to 'o chatstream' for clarity
- Update TUI to show log history before streaming chat
Tools like file_write, file_edit, and shell now reset the agent's step
counter when called successfully. This allows the agent to continue
working without hitting the soft step-budget guardrail as long as it's
making active progress (writing files, running commands) rather than
looping on research/reading.
Changes:
- Add ResetsCounter bool to ToolInfo and MetaFile structs
- Parse resetsCounter from .meta JSON files
- Reset step counter in agent loop when ResetsCounter tool succeeds
- Add resetsCounter: true to file_write, file_edit, shell
- Reduce maxSteps from 50 to 25 (resetsCounter makes this safe)
Wrap bold escape sequences in \001/\002 markers so readline
correctly tracks cursor position. Fixes Ctrl+U, Ctrl+W, and
other readline kill commands after typing several characters.
- Remove auto-resolution of session/agent (was slow, unexpected)
- Path classification determines required context level immediately
- Errors are fast and actionable with clear fix instructions
- Root-level paths work without any context
- o env now just prints export statements without requiring context
Supports C-a, C-e, C-u, C-k, M-b, M-f, arrow keys, etc.
Sent prompts and slash commands are added to readline history
so up-arrow recalls previous inputs.
o kill: kills the active session.
Prompt REPL now supports slash commands:
/stop, /compact, /kill, /clear, /model X, /backend X, /cwd X, /help
Slash commands are handled locally without sending to the agent.
o tui: launches a 4-pane tmux layout with:
- chat stream (left, large)
- statewait monitor (top-right, reactive)
- spare shell with session/agent exported (bottom-right)
- prompt REPL (bottom, full width)
o stop: shorthand for 'o ctl stop' to interrupt a running agent.
Nodes in the 9P namespace can now declare alternate names (Aliases)
that resolve during Twalk but are invisible in directory listings.
Session dirs alias their immutable RunnableID(), agent dirs alias
their ID(). Clients can use session/{uuid}/agent/{uuid}/... paths
that remain valid across renames.
Changes:
- fs/fsnode.go: Add Aliases []string field, Alias() NodeOption
- fs/builder.go: findChild checks aliases via matchAlias helper
- fs/sessionfiles.go: Session dirs get Alias(s.RunnableID())
- fs/agentfiles.go: Agent dirs get Alias(a.ID())
- fs/spec.go: Add /aliases file (read-only alias→path table)
- fs/rootfiles.go: readAliases handler
- fs/lifecycle.go: buildIndex includes immutable ID in session/idx
- doc/edsl.md: Document Aliases field and behavior
- prompts: Update session/idx format documentation
The KDE GUI submodule now uses immutable IDs in all 9P paths,
fixing disconnected indicators after session rename.
skill_list and skill_load are now external shell scripts (data/tools/).
Removed from builtins: SkillList, SkillLoad, SkillActive.
Removed: toolsrv/skills.go, tools/builtin/skill.go, WithSkillsRegistry,
SkillsRegistry accessor, ListSkillsTools.
ollie-remote no longer initializes a skills registry.
The demarcation: built-ins mutate agent internals (tool schema, context
injection). Skills are just file reads — no special treatment needed.
Ollie Agent
Levi Neely