refactor(desktop): subagent overlay reads like a live transcript, not a dashboard

Strip the card chrome and rewire /agents to feel like peeking into the
child agent's stream:

- subagents store: single `stream` of typed entries (thinking/tool/progress/
  summary) replaces the parallel notes/thinking/tools arrays. Drop unused
  fields (toolsets, depth, apiCalls, reasoningTokens, sessionId).
- agents view: no OverlayCards, no boxed stream, no per-row borders. Goal +
  status pill + indented stream lines, full row width.
- Group root spawns into "Delegation N" sections when batch shape + spawn
  time match — hides task-index interleaving and makes hierarchy obvious.
- Sort tree by spawn time, then task_index. Step indicator is one colored
  pill (primary while running, emerald when done) inside the row, not a
  trailing pill that wrapped under the chevron.
- Tree picks up `subagent.start` (not only `spawn_requested`) and prunes
  delegate-tool fallback rows once native subagent events land for the
  session — fixes duplicate "Delegated task" rows alongside the real ones.
This commit is contained in:
Brooklyn Nicholson
2026-05-13 17:33:12 -05:00
parent 17e86dddc7
commit 98d39fc2c4
4 changed files with 644 additions and 220 deletions
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import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
import { $subagentsBySession, activeSubagentCount, buildSubagentTree, clearSessionSubagents, upsertSubagent } from './subagents'
import {
$subagentsBySession,
activeSubagentCount,
buildSubagentTree,
clearSessionSubagents,
pruneDelegateFallbackSubagents,
upsertSubagent
} from './subagents'
const listFor = (sid: string) => $subagentsBySession.get()[sid] ?? []
describe('subagent store', () => {
beforeEach(() => {
$subagentsBySession.set({})
})
beforeEach(() => $subagentsBySession.set({}))
it('upserts subagent progress and keeps terminal status stable', () => {
upsertSubagent('s1', {
goal: 'scan files',
status: 'running',
subagent_id: 'a1',
task_index: 0
})
upsertSubagent('s1', {
goal: 'scan files',
status: 'completed',
subagent_id: 'a1',
summary: 'done',
task_index: 0
})
upsertSubagent('s1', {
goal: 'scan files',
status: 'running',
subagent_id: 'a1',
task_index: 0,
text: 'late'
})
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'scan files', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0 })
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'scan files', status: 'completed', subagent_id: 'a1', summary: 'done', task_index: 0 })
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'scan files', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0, text: 'late' })
const item = $subagentsBySession.get().s1?.[0]
const item = listFor('s1')[0]
expect(item?.status).toBe('completed')
expect(item?.summary).toBe('done')
})
it('builds parent/child trees', () => {
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'parent', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'p', task_index: 0 })
upsertSubagent('s1', {
goal: 'child',
parent_id: 'p',
status: 'queued',
subagent_id: 'c',
task_index: 1
})
const tree = buildSubagentTree($subagentsBySession.get().s1 ?? [])
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'child', parent_id: 'p', status: 'queued', subagent_id: 'c', task_index: 1 })
const tree = buildSubagentTree(listFor('s1'))
expect(tree).toHaveLength(1)
expect(tree[0]?.children[0]?.goal).toBe('child')
expect(activeSubagentCount($subagentsBySession.get().s1 ?? [])).toBe(2)
expect(activeSubagentCount(listFor('s1'))).toBe(2)
})
it('keeps root nodes in spawn order, not task index order', () => {
const nowSpy = vi.spyOn(Date, 'now')
nowSpy.mockReturnValueOnce(1_000)
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'first spawn', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a', task_index: 2 })
nowSpy.mockReturnValueOnce(2_000)
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'second spawn', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'b', task_index: 0 })
nowSpy.mockRestore()
expect(buildSubagentTree(listFor('s1')).map(n => n.id)).toEqual(['a', 'b'])
})
it('captures live thinking/progress/tool stream lines', () => {
upsertSubagent(
's1',
{ goal: 'scan files', status: 'queued', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0 },
true,
'subagent.spawn_requested'
)
upsertSubagent(
's1',
{ status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0, tool_name: 'search_files', tool_preview: 'pattern=hermes' },
false,
'subagent.tool'
)
upsertSubagent(
's1',
{ status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0, text: 'plan the search order' },
false,
'subagent.thinking'
)
upsertSubagent(
's1',
{ status: 'running', subagent_id: 'a1', task_index: 0, text: 'found candidate matches' },
false,
'subagent.progress'
)
upsertSubagent(
's1',
{ status: 'completed', subagent_id: 'a1', summary: 'search complete', task_index: 0 },
false,
'subagent.complete'
)
const item = listFor('s1')[0]
expect(item?.stream.map(e => e.kind)).toEqual(['tool', 'thinking', 'progress', 'summary'])
expect(item?.stream.find(e => e.kind === 'tool')?.text).toContain('Search Files')
expect(item?.stream.find(e => e.kind === 'thinking')?.text).toBe('plan the search order')
expect(item?.stream.find(e => e.kind === 'summary')?.text).toBe('search complete')
})
it('prunes delegate fallback rows once native events arrive', () => {
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'fallback', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'delegate-tool:abc:0', task_index: 0 })
upsertSubagent('s1', { goal: 'native', status: 'running', subagent_id: 'sa-0-xyz', task_index: 0 })
pruneDelegateFallbackSubagents('s1')
expect(listFor('s1').map(item => item.id)).toEqual(['sa-0-xyz'])
})
it('clears one session without touching another', () => {
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import { atom } from 'nanostores'
export type SubagentStatus = 'completed' | 'failed' | 'interrupted' | 'queued' | 'running'
export type SubagentStreamKind = 'progress' | 'summary' | 'thinking' | 'tool'
export interface SubagentStreamEntry {
at: number
isError?: boolean
kind: SubagentStreamKind
text: string
}
export interface SubagentProgress {
id: string
apiCalls?: number
costUsd?: number
depth: number
durationSeconds?: number
filesRead: string[]
filesWritten: string[]
goal: string
inputTokens?: number
model?: string
outputTail: { isError?: boolean; preview?: string; tool?: string }[]
outputTokens?: number
parentId: null | string
reasoningTokens?: number
sessionId: string
goal: string
model?: string
status: SubagentStatus
summary?: string
taskCount: number
taskIndex: number
toolName?: string
toolPreview?: string
toolsets: string[]
startedAt: number
updatedAt: number
durationSeconds?: number
costUsd?: number
inputTokens?: number
outputTokens?: number
toolCount?: number
filesRead: string[]
filesWritten: string[]
stream: SubagentStreamEntry[]
summary?: string
/** Active tool while running — cleared on terminal status. */
currentTool?: string
}
export interface SubagentNode extends SubagentProgress {
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export type SubagentPayload = Record<string, unknown>
const TERMINAL: ReadonlySet<SubagentStatus> = new Set(['completed', 'failed', 'interrupted'])
const MAX_STREAM = 24
const PREVIEW_MAX = 220
const TOOL_PREVIEW_MAX = 96
export const $subagentsBySession = atom<Record<string, SubagentProgress[]>>({})
const TERMINAL = new Set<SubagentStatus>(['completed', 'failed', 'interrupted'])
const isStr = (v: unknown): v is string => typeof v === 'string'
const str = (v: unknown) => (isStr(v) ? v : '')
const num = (v: unknown) => (typeof v === 'number' && Number.isFinite(v) ? v : undefined)
const strList = (v: unknown) => (Array.isArray(v) ? v.filter(isStr) : [])
const asString = (value: unknown) => (typeof value === 'string' ? value : '')
const asNumber = (value: unknown) => (typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value) ? value : undefined)
const asStatus = (value: unknown): SubagentStatus =>
value === 'completed' || value === 'failed' || value === 'interrupted' || value === 'queued' ? value : 'running'
const asStatus = (v: unknown): SubagentStatus =>
v === 'completed' || v === 'failed' || v === 'interrupted' || v === 'queued' ? v : 'running'
const asStringList = (value: unknown) => (Array.isArray(value) ? value.map(asString).filter(Boolean) : [])
const compact = (text: string, max = PREVIEW_MAX) => {
const line = text.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim()
if (!line) return ''
return line.length > max ? `${line.slice(0, max - 1)}` : line
}
const asOutputTail = (value: unknown): SubagentProgress['outputTail'] =>
Array.isArray(value)
? value
.map(item => (item && typeof item === 'object' ? (item as Record<string, unknown>) : null))
.filter((item): item is Record<string, unknown> => Boolean(item))
const toolLabel = (name: string) =>
name.split('_').filter(Boolean).map(p => p[0]!.toUpperCase() + p.slice(1)).join(' ') || name
const formatTool = (name: string, preview = '') => {
const snippet = compact(preview, TOOL_PREVIEW_MAX)
return snippet ? `${toolLabel(name)}("${snippet}")` : toolLabel(name)
}
interface TailEntry {
isError?: boolean
preview?: string
tool?: string
}
const asTail = (v: unknown): TailEntry[] =>
Array.isArray(v)
? v
.filter((item): item is Record<string, unknown> => !!item && typeof item === 'object')
.map(item => ({
isError: item.is_error === true,
preview: asString(item.preview) || undefined,
tool: asString(item.tool) || undefined
preview: str(item.preview) || undefined,
tool: str(item.tool) || undefined
}))
: []
function idFor(payload: SubagentPayload) {
return (
asString(payload.subagent_id) ||
`${asString(payload.parent_id) || 'root'}:${asNumber(payload.task_index) ?? 0}:${asString(payload.goal)}`
)
const idOf = (p: SubagentPayload) =>
str(p.subagent_id) || `${str(p.parent_id) || 'root'}:${num(p.task_index) ?? 0}:${str(p.goal)}`
const appendStream = (stream: SubagentStreamEntry[], entry: SubagentStreamEntry) => {
const last = stream.at(-1)
if (last?.kind === entry.kind && last.text === entry.text && last.isError === entry.isError) return stream
return [...stream, entry].slice(-MAX_STREAM)
}
function toProgress(sessionId: string, payload: SubagentPayload, previous?: SubagentProgress): SubagentProgress {
function streamFromPayload(
payload: SubagentPayload,
status: SubagentStatus,
eventType: string,
at: number
): SubagentStreamEntry[] {
const out: SubagentStreamEntry[] = []
const tool = str(payload.tool_name)
const preview = str(payload.tool_preview) || str(payload.text)
const text = compact(str(payload.text) || preview)
for (const tail of asTail(payload.output_tail)) {
const line = tail.tool ? formatTool(tail.tool, tail.preview ?? '') : compact(tail.preview ?? '')
if (line) out.push({ at, isError: tail.isError, kind: tail.tool ? 'tool' : 'progress', text: line })
}
if (tool) out.push({ at, isError: !!payload.error, kind: 'tool', text: formatTool(tool, preview) })
if (eventType === 'subagent.progress' && text)
out.push({ at, isError: !!payload.error, kind: 'progress', text })
if (eventType === 'subagent.thinking' && text) out.push({ at, kind: 'thinking', text })
const summary = compact(str(payload.summary) || str(payload.text))
if (TERMINAL.has(status) && summary)
out.push({ at, isError: status === 'failed', kind: 'summary', text: summary })
return out
}
function toProgress(payload: SubagentPayload, prev: SubagentProgress | undefined, eventType = ''): SubagentProgress {
const at = Date.now()
const status = asStatus(payload.status)
const tool = str(payload.tool_name)
const stream = streamFromPayload(payload, status, eventType, at).reduce(appendStream, prev?.stream ?? [])
const filesRead = strList(payload.files_read)
const filesWritten = strList(payload.files_written)
return {
apiCalls: asNumber(payload.api_calls) ?? previous?.apiCalls,
costUsd: asNumber(payload.cost_usd) ?? previous?.costUsd,
depth: asNumber(payload.depth) ?? previous?.depth ?? 0,
durationSeconds: asNumber(payload.duration_seconds) ?? previous?.durationSeconds,
filesRead: asStringList(payload.files_read).length ? asStringList(payload.files_read) : (previous?.filesRead ?? []),
filesWritten: asStringList(payload.files_written).length
? asStringList(payload.files_written)
: (previous?.filesWritten ?? []),
goal: asString(payload.goal) || previous?.goal || 'Subagent',
id: previous?.id || idFor(payload),
inputTokens: asNumber(payload.input_tokens) ?? previous?.inputTokens,
model: asString(payload.model) || previous?.model,
outputTail: asOutputTail(payload.output_tail).length ? asOutputTail(payload.output_tail) : (previous?.outputTail ?? []),
outputTokens: asNumber(payload.output_tokens) ?? previous?.outputTokens,
parentId: asString(payload.parent_id) || previous?.parentId || null,
reasoningTokens: asNumber(payload.reasoning_tokens) ?? previous?.reasoningTokens,
sessionId,
status: asStatus(payload.status),
summary: asString(payload.summary) || previous?.summary,
taskCount: asNumber(payload.task_count) ?? previous?.taskCount ?? 1,
taskIndex: asNumber(payload.task_index) ?? previous?.taskIndex ?? 0,
toolName: asString(payload.tool_name) || previous?.toolName,
toolPreview: asString(payload.tool_preview) || asString(payload.text) || previous?.toolPreview,
toolsets: asStringList(payload.toolsets).length ? asStringList(payload.toolsets) : (previous?.toolsets ?? []),
updatedAt: Date.now()
id: prev?.id ?? idOf(payload),
parentId: str(payload.parent_id) || prev?.parentId || null,
goal: str(payload.goal) || prev?.goal || 'Subagent',
model: str(payload.model) || prev?.model,
status,
taskCount: num(payload.task_count) ?? prev?.taskCount ?? 1,
taskIndex: num(payload.task_index) ?? prev?.taskIndex ?? 0,
startedAt: prev?.startedAt ?? at,
updatedAt: at,
durationSeconds: num(payload.duration_seconds) ?? prev?.durationSeconds,
costUsd: num(payload.cost_usd) ?? prev?.costUsd,
inputTokens: num(payload.input_tokens) ?? prev?.inputTokens,
outputTokens: num(payload.output_tokens) ?? prev?.outputTokens,
toolCount: num(payload.tool_count) ?? prev?.toolCount,
filesRead: filesRead.length ? filesRead : (prev?.filesRead ?? []),
filesWritten: filesWritten.length ? filesWritten : (prev?.filesWritten ?? []),
stream,
summary: str(payload.summary) || prev?.summary,
currentTool: TERMINAL.has(status) ? undefined : tool || prev?.currentTool
}
}
export function clearSessionSubagents(sessionId: string) {
const current = $subagentsBySession.get()
export function clearSessionSubagents(sid: string) {
const map = $subagentsBySession.get()
if (!(sid in map)) return
if (!(sessionId in current)) {
return
}
const next = { ...current }
delete next[sessionId]
$subagentsBySession.set(next)
const { [sid]: _drop, ...rest } = map
$subagentsBySession.set(rest)
}
export function upsertSubagent(sessionId: string, payload: SubagentPayload, createIfMissing = true) {
const current = $subagentsBySession.get()
const list = current[sessionId] ?? []
const id = idFor(payload)
const index = list.findIndex(item => item.id === id)
export function pruneDelegateFallbackSubagents(sid: string) {
const map = $subagentsBySession.get()
const list = map[sid]
if (!list?.length) return
if (index < 0 && !createIfMissing) {
return
}
const next = list.filter(item => !item.id.startsWith('delegate-tool:'))
if (next.length === list.length) return
const previous = index >= 0 ? list[index] : undefined
$subagentsBySession.set({ ...map, [sid]: next })
}
if (previous && TERMINAL.has(previous.status)) {
return
}
export function upsertSubagent(sid: string, payload: SubagentPayload, createIfMissing = true, eventType?: string) {
const map = $subagentsBySession.get()
const list = map[sid] ?? []
const id = idOf(payload)
const idx = list.findIndex(item => item.id === id)
if (idx < 0 && !createIfMissing) return
const nextItem = toProgress(sessionId, payload, previous)
const nextList = index >= 0 ? list.map(item => (item.id === id ? nextItem : item)) : [...list, nextItem]
const prev = idx >= 0 ? list[idx] : undefined
if (prev && TERMINAL.has(prev.status)) return
$subagentsBySession.set({ ...current, [sessionId]: nextList })
const next = toProgress(payload, prev, eventType)
const nextList = idx >= 0 ? list.map(item => (item.id === id ? next : item)) : [...list, next]
$subagentsBySession.set({ ...map, [sid]: nextList })
}
export function buildSubagentTree(items: readonly SubagentProgress[]): SubagentNode[] {
const nodes = new Map<string, SubagentNode>()
for (const item of items) {
nodes.set(item.id, { ...item, children: [] })
}
for (const item of items) nodes.set(item.id, { ...item, children: [] })
const roots: SubagentNode[] = []
for (const node of nodes.values()) {
const parent = node.parentId ? nodes.get(node.parentId) : null
if (parent) {
parent.children.push(node)
} else {
roots.push(node)
}
if (parent) parent.children.push(node)
else roots.push(node)
}
const sort = (a: SubagentNode, b: SubagentNode) => a.taskIndex - b.taskIndex || a.goal.localeCompare(b.goal)
const sort = (a: SubagentNode, b: SubagentNode) =>
a.startedAt - b.startedAt || a.taskIndex - b.taskIndex || a.goal.localeCompare(b.goal)
const walk = (node: SubagentNode) => node.children.sort(sort).forEach(walk)
roots.sort(sort).forEach(walk)
return roots