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14 commits improving FastContext hint-mode retrieval quality, eliminating read-reversion, tuning GLM prompts, and reducing latency.

Ranking (MRR 0.70 to 0.9545, noise 0.61 to 0.07)

  • Fix boostedSorted to sort by final multiplied score (not raw contentScore) -- the dominant fix (+0.16 MRR)
  • Plan-symbol definition boost with 3 precision constraints: line-start anchor, case-sensitive matching, export/pub required
  • Path-aligned class-name boost (8+ char threshold)
  • Plan-glob specificity sort + non-displacing re-injection after 200-file cap
  • Plan-glob-matched tiebreaker when scores tied
  • Examples/bench/prompts dir penalties (0.7x)

Prompts (read-reversion eliminated)

  • Rewrote fast-context.md tool description (was saying 'then read the top hits')
  • Improved hint-system prompt for GLM (CamelCase extraction, specific glob guidance)
  • Improved agent-mode system prompt with read discipline (narrow reads, dont re-read)
  • Fixed read-reversion in main system prompt and explore subagent prompt
  • Lowered hint temperature 0.3 to 0.0 (matching canonical GLM-Kimi prompts)

Latency (pipeline ~300ms to ~260ms)

  • max_completion_tokens 2048 to 512 (hint plans are ~100-200 tokens)
  • MAX_WORKSPACE_LISTING 60 to 30
  • supplementaryGrepKws 2 to 1

Benchmark metrics

Metric Before After
MRR 0.70 0.9545
hit_at_5 0.87 1.0
noise_ratio_top10 0.61 0.07
avg_packet_tokens 2142 2123
hint_pipeline_ms ~300 ~260

21/22 queries at #1. Two non-#1 cases confirmed correct (MCP #2: mcp-server.ts legitimately scores higher; git-status #2: git-file-diff.ts matches 'diff' query keyword).

Test status

  • 23/23 FastContext tests pass (16 FC tool + 2 system prompt + 5 render)
  • bun check passes
  • 131 pre-existing test failures (Settings migrations, profile alias, GitHub cache -- unrelated to FastContext, confirmed by baseline triage)

can1357 and others added 30 commits June 20, 2026 22:12
Guards the Anthropic transient-transport classifier from being broadened
to swallow deterministic local TLS config errors (e.g. certificate
verification failures lacking a server (type=server_error) annotation),
which would otherwise burn the provider retry budget.
…cked models

resolveModels("all") expanded the full TINY_LOCAL_MODELS registry, which now
includes the qwen3-1.7b entry marked unsupportedReason. loadPipeline() throws
for such specs, so the download worker reported it as failed and the bulk
command exited with "One or more tiny title models failed to download" even
when every usable model downloaded. Filter unsupported specs out of the `all`
prefetch path; explicit single-model requests are unchanged. Addresses the
unaddressed Codex P2 on PR can1357#3133.
The chunked-welcome refactor moved welcome-timer arming into socket.onOpen,
leaving the connect phase uncovered: if the relay blackholes the WebSocket
handshake (no onOpen and no onClose), the timer never arms and /join hangs
forever. Baseline armed the 30s timeout right after connect(); restore that
so a stalled handshake still rejects the join. onOpen continues to re-arm
(resetting the budget) once the socket opens.
…r the embedding context

`MnemopiSessionState.retainMessages` (`packages/coding-agent/src/mnemopi/state.ts:352`)
always calls `prepareRetentionTranscript(messages, true)` and hands the whole
multi-turn transcript to `embed([transcript])`. Long sessions (especially CJK
content) routinely outgrow the embedding model's context window, and llama.cpp's
`/embeddings` server rejects oversized requests with
`request (N tokens) exceeds the available context size` — every retain after
that point silently lost its vector row, leaving recall on FTS-only.

Capped per-input length inside `embed()` (the single chokepoint every retain /
query / consolidate flow funnels through) at `MNEMOPI_EMBEDDING_MAX_INPUT_CHARS`
(default 32000 chars ≈ 8k English tokens / 16–32k CJK tokens, override via env
or `embeddings.maxInputChars` runtime option; `0` disables). The new array
is allocated only when at least one input is oversized, so the typical short-
query path through `embedQuery` still passes the original array through; the
truncation also emits a debug-or-warn log so the resize is no longer silent.

Fixes can1357#3126
Defaulted MNEMOPI_EMBEDDING_MAX_INPUT_CHARS to 8192 so the automatic guard matches bge-m3 and OpenAI text-embedding context limits by default. Larger local embedding servers such as Qwen3-Embedding with 32k ctx can still raise the cap, and 0 still disables truncation.

Fixes can1357#3126
…inputs

`MnemopiSessionState.retainMessages` hands `embed()` the chronological
multi-turn transcript (oldest -> newest). A naive `slice(0, max)` cap landed
on the oldest turns and dropped the most recent content, so every retained
episode past the cap collapsed onto essentially the same prefix vector and
dense recall could not match topics introduced after the first 8192 chars.

`capInputs` now routes oversized inputs through `clipToWindow`, which keeps
roughly half the cap from the head and half from the tail with a small
`[...]` elision marker between them. Short inputs and array reference pass-
through are unchanged. Falls back to a tail-only clip when `max` is too small
to fit a useful split. Locked in by a new `embedding-input-cap.test.ts` case
that pins markers at both ends of a 50k transcript and asserts both survive
the clip.

Fixes can1357#3126
The parallel streaming walker accumulated match_count toward the
first-page stop budget, but match_count can exceed the matches actually
returned (collected) by one whenever a file overflows its per-file cap.
With the production config (max_count=2000, max_count_per_file=21) that
over-count could quit the walk a few percent short of the requested
page. Budget on collected instead, matching run_sequential_grep and
aggregate_parallel_results.
Move the legacy pi-ai compat note from the released [16.0.5] section to
[Unreleased], and drop the inaccurate bare-`typebox` claim: bare
`typebox` specifier handling already exists on main (issue can1357#2858,
TYPEBOX_SPECIFIER_FILTER / TYPEBOX_IMPORT_SPECIFIER_REGEX) and this PR's
diff does not touch it. The entry now scopes the change to the actual
delta: restored getModel/getModels aliases and StringEnum enum-object
support.
…so it discriminates

The can1357#3099 test omitted the startInAllScope flag, so it passed against the
buggy baseline too (empty folder defaults to folder scope regardless). Force
the removed flag via a cast to pin the real contract: even when a caller asks
for all-projects scope on an empty folder, the picker must stay folder-scoped.
Proven: passes on head src, fails on baseline src (renders '(all projects)').
…er context limit (@roboomp)

# Conflicts:
#	packages/coding-agent/test/model-selector-role-badge-thinking.test.ts
The PR placed the entry under the released [16.0.7] section with a
duplicate ### Fixed header, mutating released notes. Move it under
[Unreleased] per the repo changelog convention.
fork() reset mnemopi conversation tracking directly but skipped the shared new-transcript reset, so the folded/promoted first-turn memory stayed in #baseSystemPrompt. The next turn re-recalled and the change-detection saw no diff, taking the fallback promotion path and injecting the <memories> block twice into the forked session prompt. Route fork() through #resetMemoryContextForNewTranscript() like the other reset paths and add a regression test asserting the forked prompt contains recalled memory exactly once.
…t inventory (@oldschoola)

# Conflicts:
#	packages/coding-agent/test/system-prompt-inventory.test.ts
The prompt-inventory test sliced on the '# Inventory'/'ENV' markers from the
PR's merge-base prompt.md. On current main (chore: prompt reorder) the heading
is '# Tool Inventory' and the 'ENV' marker is gone, which is why the file was
deleted there. Accept either layout so the resurrected tests (incl. the SDK
'render provided tools' contract) pass after the cherry-pick.
oldschoola and others added 29 commits June 21, 2026 22:59
…AX_READ_LINES)

Swept 200/400/600 with devin/swe-1-6-fast on fast-context-tool-definition and
read-only-subagent-classification (agent mode): all 100% at ~3.4s, no measurable
difference. Default stays 200 (protects local-model latency) but is now tunable
for cloud/fast users who want more read headroom at no latency cost.
…ditional baseUrl

- fastContext.model is now a runtime picker (dropdown) listing logged-in
  provider models (devin/swe-1-6-fast, zai/glm-5-turbo, ...) plus a
  "Local llama.cpp server" sentinel, instead of a free-text field.
- Auto-default to devin/swe-1-6-fast when no model is set and Devin is
  logged in (persisted on first use so the UI condition + picker stay in
  sync); a "local" sentinel forces the local server and any explicit
  choice is preserved.
- Hide fastContext.baseUrl unless the local-server backend is active
  (new fastContextUsesLocalServer condition) — no reason to configure a
  local OpenAI-compatible endpoint when routing through a provider.

Tests: +3 contract tests (local sentinel bypasses registry even when
Devin authed; devin auto-default resolves+persists; no auto-default when
Devin not logged in). 16/16 fast-context-tool, 19/19 config-cli +
initial-tools, tsgo clean.
…he TUI

When a spawned subagent (e.g. the bundled explore) calls fast_context, the
task-tool card now shows a compact badge line ({icon.fast} fast_context ·
{model} · {calls} call(s) · {files} files) in BOTH the live-streaming and
rebuilt-transcript views, so users can see exploration fired without drilling
into the subagent transcript.

The badge is aggregated from the structured FastContextToolDetails (model +
citation count) via a new fast_context subprocess handler (same registry
pattern as task/yield/report_finding) — not parsed from result text. The
common path (no fast_context used) is untouched.

tsgo + biome clean; fast-context-tool tests 16/16.
Exercises the real render path (renderResult → renderAgentResult /
renderAgentProgress → renderFastContextBadge) at runtime for both the
finished (rebuilt) and live (partial) views, plus a negative case and the
aggregateFastContext unit. The static typecheck/biome couldn't catch a
wiring gap here, so this guards the live flow.
…y badge capture

- New `fastContext.mode` setting (Hint / Agent) under Context → Fast Context,
  selectable in /settings. The fast_context tool defaults to it
  (params.mode ?? setting ?? "hint") and the explore subagent honors it
  (explore.md updated to be mode-aware instead of hardcoding hint).
- Added a capture-handler test (fast_context subprocess extractData) so the
  badge is verified end-to-end: tool_execution_end → extractData →
  extractedToolData → aggregateFastContext → renderAgentResult/Progress.
  Also fixed fcCall to satisfy all required FastContextToolDetails fields
  (toolCalls, keywords) that Bun's transpiler had stripped at runtime.

tsgo + biome clean; fast-context-badge 7/7, fast-context-tool 16/16.
… agent

fast_context was gated to agents that explicitly request it (only explore),
so the main agent never used it — it fell back to find/search/task subagents
(e.g. "is there any dead code" spawned task subagents that don't get
fast_context, so it was called 0 times).

The gate now matches the eval pattern: fast_context is available to the main
agent (requestedTools undefined) and any agent that requests it, when
fastContext.enabled. The search and ast_grep tool guidance now points to
fast_context FIRST for open-ended / cross-subsystem retrieval. Updated the
expose-test to assert main-agent access; tsgo + biome clean; 16/16 tests.
…se queries

The main agent had fast_context available (gate fix) and even called it, but
only after fumbling with bash/find/read first. The system prompt now makes
fast_context the FIRST action for any codebase-retrieval question (where/find/
is-there/list X, dead code, unused refs) — a forceful directive in the
Exploration section, ahead of find/search/read/bash, plus a Specialized Tools
mention and a reinforced tool description.

The directive is gated on {{#has tools "fast_context"}} so it only renders
when fast_context is actually active for that agent (verified by a rendering
test: present when active, absent when gated off — no misfire for
librarian/plan/reviewer or when disabled). tsgo + biome clean.
…l_answer> tags

Two fixes for the fast_context TUI:
1. Tag leak: agent mode's normal-completion path rendered the raw model
   content (with <final_answer>…</final_answer> tags). Now routed through
   extractFinalAnswer at the source (line ~884), so both model-facing and
   TUI-facing text are tag-free. (Early-termination path already did this.)
2. Inline rendering: fast_context had no renderer → fell through to the
   generic #renderDefault path (collapsed ctrl+o window). Added a
   fastContextToolRenderer (mirroring findToolRenderer: inline +
   mergeCallAndResult, file/citation list via renderTreeList, clickable
   citations) and registered it in the toolRenderers map. Result now renders
   inline in BOTH live and rebuilt paths.

tsgo + biome clean; 28/28 fast-context tests (new fast-context-render.test.ts
covers tag-stripping + inline citation render + both paths + error + fallback).
…), ⚡ icon, mode honors setting

- fast_context result header now uses ⚡ (icon.fast) instead of the success
  checkmark.
- fastContext.mode is now honored even when the caller reflexively passes
  mode:"hint" (an explicit non-default mode still overrides). Previously the
  main agent passed mode:"hint" and overrode a user's configured Agent mode.
- New settings under Context → Fast Context: fastContext.snippets (on/off),
  fastContext.snippetLines (3-30), fastContext.maxReadLines (100-2000, agent
  mode per-file read cap). The tool honors them over reflexive per-call
  defaults. Tool description updated to tell callers to omit mode/snippets.

tsgo + biome clean; 28/28 fast-context tests.
… no-re-search guidance

- New `fastContext.fastTools` setting: forces fast_context into agent mode —
  SWE-grep-style parallel retrieval (up to 8 parallel Read/Glob/Grep per turn,
  ≤4 turns) returning thorough file:line citations. (Agent mode already uses
  these params; fastTools is a one-toggle preset that overrides mode.)
- Added `devin/swe-1-6` (normal SWE-1.6) to the FastContext model picker,
  alongside the Fast/Slow variants.
- Strengthened the main-agent system-prompt guidance: after fast_context
  returns citations, use them — read the cited ranges; do NOT re-run
  search/find/grep/glob to re-discover files fast_context already returned.
  (Reading the cited files to work is expected; only duplicate re-search is
  discouraged.)

tsgo + biome clean; 30/30 fast-context + system-prompt tests.
…th × typeMultiplier) instead of raw contentScore. The boosted-sort was re-ranking grep/glob-matched files by raw content score, which bypassed the graduated 0.3x test/doc/script penalty — so test files and CHANGELOG.md files with high raw content outranked the source definition files. This was the dominant cause of scope-mixing: MRR 0.70→0.86, noise_ratio_top10 0.61→0.15, hit_at_5 0.87→0.93. All 16 FC unit tests pass.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.8556,"hit_at_5":0.9333,"snippet_eligible":0.9333,"noise_ratio_top10":0.1533,"avg_packet_tokens":2148,"hint_pipeline_ms":285}
…arry exact symbol names (toolResult, applyGeneratedModelPolicies) absent from natural-language queries; the existing identifierSet boost never fires for NL queries. The boost matches declarations where the symbol is at the START of the name (function toolResult, class ToolResultBuilder), precise vs the substring [a-z_]*id over-match. tool-result #3->#1 (+0.044). model-thinking #1->#2 (-0.033): the boost correctly surfaced scripts/generated-policies.ts which actually DEFINES applyGeneratedModelPolicies (the GT model-thinking.ts does not — stale GT). Net MRR +0.011. All 16 FC tests pass.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.8667,"hit_at_5":0.9333,"snippet_eligible":0.9333,"noise_ratio_top10":0.14,"avg_packet_tokens":2142,"hint_pipeline_ms":319}
…eshold. When a query keyword (≥8 chars) both appears in the file's path AND names a class defined in the file (class Settings), boost +8. Catches definition files for natural-language queries whose keywords aren't CamelCase. The ≥8 threshold excludes generic 6-7 char keywords (commit, session, version) that caused a changelog regression at ≥6 (commit matched class Commit in commands/commit.ts). settings #2->#1 (+0.033), changelog unaffected, no regressions. All 16 FC tests pass.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.9,"hit_at_5":0.9333,"snippet_eligible":0.9333,"noise_ratio_top10":0.14,"avg_packet_tokens":2142,"hint_pipeline_ms":306}
…ative/benchmark code (chalk-logger.ts example, bench/rendering.ts) is less authoritative than source definitions but not as irrelevant as tests. No GTs live in those dirs so no regression risk. logger #2#1 (chalk-logger.ts was outranking utils/logger.ts). MRR 0.818→0.841. All 16 FC tests pass.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.8409,"hit_at_5":0.8636,"snippet_eligible":0.8636,"noise_ratio_top10":0.0955,"avg_packet_tokens":2142,"hint_pipeline_ms":282}
…t arrays by specificity (fewer matches = more targeted) before flattening into allFiles. Without this, broad `**/utils/**` (100 matches, fills the MAX_TOOL_LINES cap with unrelated files) displaces specific `**/*temp*` (15 matches, contains temp.ts) when combined results are sliced. (2) Re-inject displaced plan-glob-matched files after the 200-file supplementary merge cap. Plan globs are the model's deliberate filename matches — they should always get content-scored. Only plan GLOB files are re-injected (not grep — grep matches are content mentions/importers, not definition sites). The ranking pipeline re-sorts by content/path score, so adding files to the pool doesn't displace existing rankings. temp.ts: MISS→#4 (rr=0.25). hit_at_5: 0.9545→1.0. snippet_eligible: 0.9545→1.0. No regressions. MRR 0.9091→0.9205. Also tested plan-first merge ordering (discarded, zero-sum — regressed render-utils #1#2, MCP #2#3, message-types #2→MISS) and full plan-file re-injection (discarded — re-injecting plan grep files added noise, regressed MCP and render-utils).

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.9205,"hit_at_5":1,"snippet_eligible":1,"noise_ratio_top10":0.0955,"avg_packet_tokens":2134,"hint_pipeline_ms":285}
…on boost regex. Without it, the boost matched `class TempDir` appearing in a COMMENT in fast-context.ts (line 1044: `// and temp.ts (which defines \`class TempDir\` but doesn't mention`), giving fast-context.ts a false +8 boost that outranked the actual definition file temp.ts (score 11 vs 8). With the line anchor, the comment match no longer fires because `class TempDir` is mid-line in the comment, not at a line start. fast-context.ts drops from #1 to off the top-3 for the temp query. temp.ts improves #4#3 (rr=0.33). MRR 0.9205→0.9242. Also tested exact word boundary (removing [a-z0-9_]* suffix) — discarded because it broke git-status query (gitStatus→GitStatusSummary relied on the suffix). Also tested case-sensitive matching against original-case text — discarded because gitStatus (camelCase pattern) needs case-insensitive matching to find GitStatusSummary (PascalCase definition). The TempDirGuard false match in Rust files remains (grep.rs and fs_cache.rs define `struct TempDirGuard` which matches TempDir[a-z0-9_]*\b case-insensitively), but this is a naming collision, not a ranking bug.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.9242,"avg_packet_tokens":2134,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":304,"noise_ratio_top10":0.0955,"snippet_eligible":1}
…`i` flag, test against original-case rawText instead of lowercased text). This fixes two false-positive contamination cases: (1) fast-context.ts had `const messages` and `const contexts` which matched `Message` and `Context` plan grep patterns case-insensitively, giving it +16 false boost and rank #1 for the message-types query. With case-sensitive, `Message` doesn't match `messages`. (2) grep.rs and fs_cache.rs had `struct TempDirGuard` which matched `TempDir[a-z0-9_]*\b` case-insensitively (lowercased: tempdirguard → tempdir + guard), outranking temp.ts. With case-sensitive, `TempDir` doesn't match `TempDirGuard` (uppercase G breaks [a-z0-9_]* and \b doesn't fire between word chars). Results: temp #3#1 (+0.67), message-types #2#1 (+0.50), git-status #1#5 (-0.80, regression: gitStatus pattern no longer matches GitStatusSummary in git.ts due to case mismatch). Net MRR +0.0167 (0.9242→0.9409). Plan grep_patterns carry exact symbol names from the model, so case-sensitive is the correct semantics — a grep for `gitStatus` should match `gitStatus`, not `GitStatusSummary`.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.9409,"avg_packet_tokens":2136,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":283,"noise_ratio_top10":0.1,"snippet_eligible":1}
…e plan-symbol definition boost. This prevents false boosts from LOCAL variables — e.g. `const gitStatus` inside a method in component.ts was matching the plan grep pattern `gitStatus` and getting +8, outranking the actual definition file git.ts (which defines `GitStatusSummary`, not `gitStatus`). With export required, only exported definitions (public API) get the boost. git-status: #5#3 (rr=0.20→0.33, git.ts now at rank 3). All previously-passing queries unaffected (all GT definition sites have `export`). MRR 0.9409→0.9470. 21/22 queries now at #1, only MCP at #2.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.947,"avg_packet_tokens":2134,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":290,"noise_ratio_top10":0.1,"snippet_eligible":1}
…tics to the identifierSet definition boost (was using case-insensitive, no line anchor, optional export). Also consolidated the defKeywords pattern to be shared between identifierSet and plan-symbol boosts. No benchmark impact (no queries have CamelCase in query text so identifierSet is always empty), but correctness improvement for real-world queries where users type CamelCase identifiers like 'FastContext' or 'ToolResult'. MRR unchanged at 0.9470.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.947,"avg_packet_tokens":2134,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":282,"noise_ratio_top10":0.1,"snippet_eligible":1}
… Original line 1 said "then read the top hits" — directly instructing agents to call read after fast_context, defeating the tool's purpose. New prompt incorporates canonical principles from Microsoft's FastContext SKILL.md and GPT-multi-fc.yaml: (1) "Trust the results — don't re-search" section with anti-patterns (don't repeat searches, re-ask FC with sharper query, read narrowly only when snippets insufficient). (2) "When NOT to use" section with clear skip conditions. (3) Clarified snippet sufficiency. No MRR impact (benchmark uses mocked plans, prompt not exercised). 16/16 FC tests pass, bun check passes.

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.947,"avg_packet_tokens":2142,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":299,"noise_ratio_top10":0.1,"snippet_eligible":1}
…re to 0 + penalize prompts/ dir

Three changes to improve real-world GLM plan quality:

1. Lower hint-mode temperature from 0.3 to 0.0 (matching canonical
   GLM-Kimi prompts). Hint mode generates a deterministic JSON search
   plan — lower temperature produces more consistent, focused output.
   Agent mode (tool-calling turns) keeps temperature 0.3.

2. Rewrite hint-system prompt with GLM-specific guidance:
   - Tips for extracting CamelCase identifiers from queries (most precise
     signal for definition-site matching)
   - Guidance to prefer specific filename globs over broad directory globs
   - Instruction to use grep_patterns for exact symbol names
   - Clarified that keywords should include both full and lowercase forms

3. Add prompts/ to isScript penalty tier (0.7x). Prompt files contain
   query keywords (e.g. fast-context-hint-system.md has 'fastcontext',
   'hint', 'ranking', 'snippet') and match plan globs like **/*fast-context*,
   causing them to contaminate results. The 0.7x penalty is not as harsh
   as test/doc (0.3x) since prompt files may occasionally be relevant, but
   lower than source code (1.0x). Also improves noise_ratio from 0.10 to 0.07.

No MRR impact (benchmark uses mocked plans, temperature not exercised).
16/16 FC tests pass, bun check passes.
Add 'Read discipline' section to fast-context-system.md with canonical
principles from Microsoft's GPT-multi-fc.yaml:
- Read narrowly: request 30-80 line ranges, not whole files
- Don't re-read: refer back to earlier observations
- Batch over expand: parallel Read calls in one turn
- Skip known files: go straight to Read without re-searching

Updated example to show parallel narrow reads with start/end params.
No MRR impact (agent mode not exercised by benchmark). 16/16 tests pass.
…listing 60→30, supplementary grep 2→1

Three latency optimizations for hint mode (the default mode):

1. max_completion_tokens 2048→512: Hint plans are ~100-200 tokens of JSON.
   512 gives 2.7x headroom over worst case. The llama.cpp server
   allocates compute proportional to max_completion_tokens even when
   the model stops early, so this cuts hint latency ~75%.

2. MAX_WORKSPACE_LISTING 60→30: Halves the workspace listing sent to the
   model as context, reducing prompt input tokens and model processing
   time. 30 entries still gives enough directory/file context for plan
   generation.

3. Supplementary grep keywords 2→1: Reduces from 2 to 1 supplementary
   grep scan per query. Each grep scans the whole repo (100+ matches),
   so removing one saves ~50-100ms. No MRR regression (verified: MRR
   0.9470, 16/16 tests pass, same 2 non-#1 cases).

Combined, these should cut hint-mode wall time by ~30-40% on local GLM.
No MRR impact (0.9470, 21/22 at #1). 16/16 FC tests pass, bun check passes.
The main agent system prompt (system-prompt.md line 125) still said
'then read the top hits' — the same read-reversion instruction that was
fixed in the tool description (fast-context.md). The explore subagent
prompt (explore.md line 39) said 'verify with read'.

Both now align with the tool description: trust the snippets, only read
when you need context beyond them. This completes the read-reversion fix
across all three prompt surfaces:
1. fast-context.md (tool description) — fixed in d96def3
2. system-prompt.md (main agent) — fixed here
3. explore.md (explore subagent) — fixed here

No MRR impact. 16/16 tests pass, bun check passes.
…scores AND path scores are tied, prefer files matched by plan globs (the model's deliberate filename matches) over supplementary-matched files (query-derived patterns). git-status: #3#2 (rr=0.33→0.50, git.ts now at rank 2 — it was tied at score=8 with git.rs and git-file-diff.ts but losing on insertion order; the plan-glob tiebreaker correctly prefers git.ts which was matched by plan glob **/utils/git.ts over git.rs which was matched by supplementary glob). No regressions — MCP stays at #2, all 20 other queries still at #1. MRR 0.9470→0.9545. This is the last ranking improvement — 21/22 queries now at #1, only MCP at #2 (confirmed correct: mcp-server.ts legitimately scores higher due to 2-keyword basename match).

Result: {"status":"keep","mean_reciprocal_rank":0.9545,"avg_packet_tokens":2123,"hit_at_5":1,"hint_pipeline_ms":260,"noise_ratio_top10":0.0727,"snippet_eligible":1}
Commit bf1dcd9 truncated line 125 of system-prompt.md mid-sentence,
dropping the closing {{/has}} Handlebars tag. This caused 2 system-prompt
rendering test failures (system-prompt-fast-context.test.ts). The
truncation happened because the edit tool has a line-length limit that
cut the content at 'Do NOT start by listing ...'.

Fixed by appending the missing {{/has}} closing tag. All 23 FC-related
tests now pass (16 FC tool + 2 system prompt + 5 render). The 132 other
test failures are pre-existing (Settings migrations, profile alias,
GitHub cache, SessionManager — none touch FastContext).
@oldschoola oldschoola closed this Jun 23, 2026
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