Add a focused GitHub Actions workflow for pull requests into main plus
manual dispatch. The workflow checks workspace formatting and runs the
rusty-claude-cli crate tests so we get a real signal on the active Rust
surface without widening scope into a full matrix.
Because the workspace was not rustfmt-clean, include the formatting-only
updates needed for the new fmt gate to pass immediately.
Constraint: Keep scope to a fast, low-noise Rust PR gate
Constraint: CI should validate formatting and rusty-claude-cli without expanding to full workspace coverage
Rejected: Full workspace test or clippy matrix | too broad for the one-hour shipping window
Rejected: Add fmt CI without reformatting the workspace | the new gate would fail on arrival
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: narrow
Directive: Keep this workflow focused unless release requirements justify broader coverage
Tested: cargo fmt --all -- --check
Tested: cargo test -p rusty-claude-cli
Tested: YAML parse of .github/workflows/rust-ci.yml via python3 + PyYAML
Not-tested: End-to-end execution on GitHub-hosted runners
Claw already had the core slash-command and git primitives, but the UX
still made users work to discover them, understand current workspace
state, and trust what `/commit` was about to do. This change tightens
that flow in the same places Codex-style CLIs do: command discovery,
live status, typo recovery, and commit preflight/output.
The REPL banner and `/help` now surface a clearer starter path, unknown
slash commands suggest likely matches, `/status` includes actionable git
state, and `/commit` explains what it is staging and committing before
and after the model writes the Lore message. I also cleared the
workspace's existing clippy blockers so the verification lane can stay
fully green.
Constraint: Improve UX inside the existing Rust CLI surfaces without adding new dependencies
Rejected: Add more slash commands first | discoverability and feedback were the bigger friction points
Rejected: Split verification lint fixes into a second commit | user requested one solid commit
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Directive: Keep slash discoverability, status reporting, and commit reporting aligned so `/help`, `/status`, and `/commit` tell the same workflow story
Tested: cargo fmt --all; cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings; cargo test --workspace
Not-tested: Manual interactive REPL session against live Anthropic/xAI endpoints
Auto compaction was keying off cumulative usage and re-summarizing from the front of the session, which made long chats shed continuity after the first compaction. The runtime now compacts against the current turn's prompt pressure and preserves prior compacted context as retained summary state instead of treating it like disposable history.
Constraint: Existing /compact behavior and saved-session resume flow had to keep working without schema changes
Rejected: Keep using cumulative input tokens | caused repeat compaction after every subsequent turn once the threshold was crossed
Rejected: Re-summarize prior compacted system messages as ordinary history | degraded continuity and could drop earlier context
Confidence: high
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Preserve compacted-summary boundaries when extending compaction again; do not fold prior compacted context back into raw-message removal
Tested: cargo fmt --check; cargo clippy -p runtime -p commands --tests -- -D warnings; cargo test -p runtime; cargo test -p commands
Not-tested: End-to-end interactive CLI auto-compaction against a live Anthropic session
The runtime now auto-compacts completed conversations once cumulative input usage
crosses a configurable threshold, preserving recent context while surfacing an
explicit user notice. The CLI also publishes the requested ant-only slash
commands through the shared commands crate and main dispatch, using meaningful
local implementations for commit/PR/issue/teleport/debug workflows.
Constraint: Reuse the existing Rust compaction pipeline instead of introducing a new summarization stack
Constraint: No new dependencies or broad command-framework rewrite
Rejected: Implement API-driven compaction inside ConversationRuntime now | too much new plumbing for this delivery
Rejected: Expose new commands as parse-only stubs | would not satisfy the requested command availability
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: If runtime later gains true API-backed compaction, preserve the TurnSummary auto-compaction metadata shape so CLI call sites stay stable
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release; cargo fmt --all; git diff --check; LSP diagnostics directory check
Not-tested: Live Anthropic-backed specialist command flows; gh-authenticated PR/issue creation in a real repo
This threads typed hook settings through runtime config, adds a shell-based hook runner, and executes PreToolUse/PostToolUse around each tool call in the conversation loop. The CLI now rebuilds runtimes with settings-derived hook configuration so user-defined Claude hook commands actually run before and after tools.
Constraint: Hook behavior needed to match Claude-style settings.json hooks without broad plugin/MCP parity work in this change
Rejected: Delay hook loading to the tool executor layer | would miss denied tool calls and duplicate runtime policy plumbing
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep hook execution in the runtime loop so permission decisions and tool results remain wrapped by the same conversation semantics
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release
Not-tested: Real user hook scripts outside the test harness; broader plugin/skills parity
This threads typed hook settings through runtime config, adds a shell-based hook runner, and executes PreToolUse/PostToolUse around each tool call in the conversation loop. The CLI now rebuilds runtimes with settings-derived hook configuration so user-defined Claw hook commands actually run before and after tools.
Constraint: Hook behavior needed to match Claw-style settings.json hooks without broad plugin/MCP parity work in this change
Rejected: Delay hook loading to the tool executor layer | would miss denied tool calls and duplicate runtime policy plumbing
Confidence: medium
Scope-risk: moderate
Reversibility: clean
Directive: Keep hook execution in the runtime loop so permission decisions and tool results remain wrapped by the same conversation semantics
Tested: cargo test; cargo build --release
Not-tested: Real user hook scripts outside the test harness; broader plugin/skills parity
