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● I'll start by reading the AGENTS.md and README files, then explore the project structure in depth.
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● Now let me explore the project structure deeply to understand the codebase architecture.
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● Excellent! Let me also examine some key files directly to get more specific details:
● Read(Cargo.toml) ⎿ Read 88 lines
● Search(pattern: "**/*.rs", path: "src") ⎿ Found 23 files (ctrl+o to expand)
● Read(src/main.rs) ⎿ Read 23 lines
● Let me check the lib.rs and the search/query.rs (which shows as modified in git status):
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● Now I have a comprehensive understanding of this project. Let me provide a detailed summary:
---
Project Summary: cass (Coding Agent Session Search)
Overview
cass is a high-performance Rust CLI/TUI application that indexes and searches local coding agent histories from multiple AI coding assistants. It provides sub-60ms search latency through a sophisticated multi-tier architecture.
Version: 0.1.27 | Edition: Rust 2024 (nightly) | License: MIT
---
Architecture
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Six Agent Sources │
│ Codex | Claude Code | Gemini CLI | Cline | OpenCode | Amp │
└───────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Connectors (src/connectors/*.rs) - Polymorphic trait-based │
│ • detect() → Check if agent is installed │
│ • scan(ScanContext) → Parse & normalize to standard schema │
└───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┐
↓ ↓
┌───────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐
│ SQLite Storage │ │ Tantivy Search Index │
│ (Source of Truth) │ │ (Speed Layer) │
│ • WAL mode │←── Rebuild sync ───→│ • Edge n-gram prefix │
│ • FTS5 virtual │ │ • Sharded LRU cache │
│ • Normalized │ │ • Bloom filter gates │
│ schema v3 │ │ • Schema v4 │
└───────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘
↑ ↑
└───────────────────┬───────────────────────────┘
↓
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SearchClient (src/search/query.rs) - 1,417 lines │
│ • Cache-first lookup with Bloom filter pre-checks │
│ • Tantivy primary → SQLite FTS fallback │
│ • Warm worker for predictive index pre-loading │
│ • Deduplication by content hash │
└───────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────┘
↓
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ UI Layer │
│ ┌─────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ TUI (tui.rs ~3.5K │ │ CLI (lib.rs ~1.4K LOC) │ │
│ │ LOC) │ │ • search --robot │ │
│ │ • 3-pane layout │ │ • stats --json │ │
│ │ • Async event loop │ │ • view -n <line> │ │
│ │ • Premium theming │ │ • index --full/--watch │ │
│ └─────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
---
Source File Structure (24 Rust files, ~8,759 LOC)
| Path | Lines | Purpose |
|-------------------------------|-------|---------------------------------------|
| src/main.rs | 22 | Entry point, loads .env, runs lib |
| src/lib.rs | 1,385 | CLI engine, subcommands, update check |
| Connectors | | |
| src/connectors/mod.rs | 164 | Trait definition, helpers |
| src/connectors/codex.rs | 311 | ~/.codex/sessions/ JSONL |
| src/connectors/claude_code.rs | 296 | ~/.claude/projects/ sessions |
| src/connectors/gemini.rs | 397 | ~/.gemini/tmp/ chat JSON |
| src/connectors/cline.rs | 195 | VS Code global storage |
| src/connectors/opencode.rs | 424 | SQLite databases |
| src/connectors/amp.rs | 251 | ~/.local/share/amp/ JSON |
| Storage | | |
| src/storage/sqlite.rs | 645 | SQLite schema, CRUD, FTS5 |
| Search | | |
| src/search/query.rs | 1,417 | SearchClient, caching, warm worker |
| src/search/tantivy.rs | 223 | Tantivy schema, indexing |
| Indexer | | |
| src/indexer/mod.rs | 816 | Orchestration, watch mode |
| UI | | |
| src/ui/tui.rs | 3,532 | TUI state machine (largest) |
| src/ui/data.rs | 79 | Data models |
| src/ui/components/theme.rs | ~200 | Premium color palette |
| src/ui/components/widgets.rs | ~150 | Search bar widget |
| Model | | |
| src/model/types.rs | ~300 | Normalized domain entities |
---
Key Technical Features
1. Sub-60ms Search Latency
- Edge N-Gram Indexing: Pre-computes prefix matches (e.g., "cal" → "calculate")
- Sharded LRU Cache: Per-agent + global shards (default 256 entries each via CASS_CACHE_SHARD_CAP)
- 64-bit Bloom Filter: Fast rejection of cache entries without string comparison
- Predictive Warm Worker: Background task pre-loads index segments during typing pauses
2. Connector System
Each connector implements:
pub trait Connector {
fn detect(&self) -> DetectionResult;
fn scan(&self, ctx: &ScanContext) -> Result<Vec<NormalizedConversation>>;
}
Normalizes to: Conversation → Message → Snippet with flexible timestamp parsing.
3. Dual Storage Strategy
- SQLite (WAL mode): Source of truth, ACID compliance, FTS5 for fallback
- Tantivy: Speed layer with schema v4, edge n-grams, preview field
4. TUI (3,532 lines)
- Three-pane layout: Filters → Results → Detail
- Debounced search (150ms), async via tokio channels
- Role-colored messages (User/Agent/Tool/System)
- State persistence in tui_state.json
---
CLI Commands
cass # Launch TUI (default)
cass search "query" --robot # JSON output for automation
cass search "bug" --today # Time-filtered search
cass stats --json # Index statistics
cass view <path> -n <line> # View file at line
cass index --full # Full rebuild
cass index --watch # Daemon mode
cass --robot-help # Automation contract v1
---
Project Rules (from AGENTS.md)
1. NEVER delete files without explicit permission
2. No destructive git commands (reset --hard, clean -fd, rm -rf)
3. Nightly Rust, cargo only, wildcard crate versions
4. Always run after code changes:
cargo check --all-targets
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo fmt --check
5. Use dotenvy for .env loading (never overwrite .env)
6. No file proliferation (modify existing files, don't create *_v2.rs)
7. Console output should be colorful/informative (colored, indicatif)
8. No backwards compatibility concerns (early dev, no users)
---
Git Status
The file src/search/query.rs is currently modified (unstaged changes visible in git status).
---
Dependencies (Key crates)
- Data: tantivy, rusqlite (bundled), serde_json, chrono
- Async: tokio (multi-thread), rayon, crossbeam-channel
- CLI/TUI: clap (derive), ratatui, crossterm, indicatif, colored
- Cache: lru, parking_lot
- FS: walkdir, notify, directories, dotenvy
ok I want you to look for issues or mistakes in the core search flow; first, it needs to convey more clearly to the user when it's still doing its initial indexing work, since search won't work as well during that period, right? And also for the historical searches, we need to debounce because it's saving as separate searches when the person looks for "foobar" the separate queries "f", "fo", "foo", and so forth, which is clearly wrong and undesirable. Also, we need to support asterisks as wildcards fully; and when there aren't any search result matches, or even not enough to fully populate the list of search results, we should start adding implicit wildcards, first at the end of the search querty, then if there are still no results, at the beginning. And we should be smarter about the default search result ranking, trying hard to show people the most relevant search results, with an emphasis on the most recent conversations since those are most likely to be relevant, then closeness of match (i.e., a match without using implicit wildcards goes before one one that did need implicit wildcards to show up). Then we want to want to do a way better jobs of showing 1) a lot more context for each search result, including some of the actual text (not just the metadata of the message), at least 6-8 lines of console output for each search result; 2) and each search "hit" for a search term highlighting nicely in a consipicuous color and bold font; 3) alternating color striping for search results to visually make it clearer at a glance where one starts and another ends; 4) unicode borders around search results that can be toggled on or off; 5) A lot more shown in the details pane at the bottom; 6) Any other obvious quality of life improvements that are similar in nature to the prior 5 suggestions I just made! Use ultrathink to first plan out what we are going to do clearly, then use beads (bd) and take ALL of that and elaborate on it more and then create a comprehensive and granular set of beads for all this with tasks, subtasks, and dependency structure overlaid, with detailed comments so that the whole thing is totally self-contained and self-documenting (including relevant background, reasoning/justification, considerations, etc.-- anything we'd want our "future self" to know about the goals and intentions and thought process and how it serves the over-arching goals of the project.
● I'll start by deeply analyzing the core search flow, then create a comprehensive plan with beads. Let me first examine the key components more closely.
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 500 lines
● Read(src/indexer/mod.rs) ⎿ Read 817 lines
● Let me continue examining the TUI (especially query history handling) and the Tantivy schema:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 800 lines
● Read(src/search/tantivy.rs) ⎿ Read 224 lines
● Let me look at more of the TUI code to understand query history handling and the main run loop:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 800 lines
● Let me continue reading to see the query history saving mechanism and event handling:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 600 lines
● Let me continue reading to find the query history saving and search execution:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 600 lines
● Let me see the rest of the search execution and query history saving:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 235 lines
● Now let me check the beads (bd) file structure and see if there's an existing format:
● Search(pattern: "**/*.beads.md") ⎿ Found 0 files
● Search(pattern: "/beads/") ⎿ Found 0 files
● Search(pattern: "**/beads") ⎿ Found 5 files (ctrl+o to expand)
● Let me examine the beads format:
● Read(.beads/beads.base.meta.json) ⎿ Read 1 line
● Read(.beads/beads.base.jsonl) ⎿ Error: File content (29463 tokens) exceeds maximum allowed tokens (25000). Please use offset and limit parameters to read specific portions of the file, or use the GrepTool to search for specific content.
● Read(.beads/beads.base.jsonl) ⎿ Read 100 lines
● Now I have a complete understanding of the project and issues. Let me create a comprehensive plan with beads for all the improvements you've requested.
● Write(.beads/search-ux-overhaul.jsonl)
⎿ Wrote 34 lines to .beads/search-ux-overhaul.jsonl
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better detail pane.","notes":"This epic addresses six major areas:\n\n1. Indexing Status Clarity - Users need to know when search is degraded during initial/background indexing\n2. Query History Debouncing - Currently saves 'f','fo','foo' etc separately; need to only save final queries\n3. Wildcard Support - Full asterisk wildcard
support (foo, foo, foo)\n4. Implicit Wildcards - Auto-add wildcards when results are sparse\n5. Smarter Ranking - Recency + match quality (exact > suffix wildcard > prefix wildcard > both)\n6. Enhanced Display - 6-8 lines context, bold highlighted matches, alternating stripes, unicode borders, better detail pane\n\nContext from
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{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1","title":"A1: Indexing Status Clarity","description":"Epic for making indexing status more visible and informative to users during initial or background indexing.","notes":"Problem: During initial indexing or rebuilds, search results may be incomplete or empty. Users need clear indication that:\n1.
Indexing is in progress\n2. Search results may be degraded until complete\n3. Estimated time/progress to completion\n\nCurrent State (tui.rs:1608-1632):\n- Footer shows 'Scanning X/Y (Z%)' or 'Indexing X/Y (Z%)'\n- '[REBUILDING INDEX - Search unavailable]' shown during full rebuilds\n- '[Updating]' shown during incremental
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0000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux","type":"child_of","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.1","title":"A1.1: Indexing status banner in results area","description":"Display a prominent banner in the results area when indexing is in progress, with progress bar and estimated completion.","notes":"Implementation:\n1. In tui.rs render loop (around line 1706-1742), when panes.is_empty() AND
progress.phase != 0:\n - Show dedicated indexing banner instead of 'No results'\n - Include spinner animation (reuse SPINNER_CHARS)\n - Show progress bar using indicatif-style blocks\n - Display phase name ('Scanning sources...' / 'Building index...')\n - Add helpful text: 'Search will be available once indexing completes'\n\n2. When
panes are NOT empty but indexing is in progress:\n - Add subtle banner at top of results: '⚠ Indexing in progress - results may be incomplete'\n - Use warning color from palette (amber/yellow)\n\nFiles to modify:\n- src/ui/tui.rs: render logic for results area\n- src/ui/components/widgets.rs: optional new widget for progress
banner\n\nTesting:\n- Verify banner appears during cass index --full\n- Verify banner clears when indexing completes\n- Test with TUI_HEADLESS=1 for snapshot","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_s
ession_search-sux.1.1","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1","type":"child_of","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.2","title":"A1.2: Footer indexing indicator enhancement","description":"Enhance footer to show more descriptive indexing status with phase-specific icons and clearer messaging.","notes":"Current (tui.rs:1608-1632):\nrust\nlet phase_str = if phase == 1 { \"Scanning\" } else { \"Indexing\" };\ns.push_str(\" [REBUILDING INDEX - Search unavailable]\");\n\n\nImprovements:\n1. Add phase-specific icons: 🔍 Scanning | 📦 Indexing | ✓ Ready\n2. Show ETA if possible (based on rate of current/total change)\n3. Clearer impact messaging:\n - Phase 1 (Scanning): '🔍 Discovering sessions...' \n - Phase 2 (Indexing): '📦 Building
search index...'\n - Rebuilding: '⚠ Full rebuild - search unavailable'\n4. Flash or pulse the indicator to draw attention\n\nFiles to modify:\n- src/ui/tui.rs: render_progress closure (line 1608)\n\nTesting:\n- Verify correct icons per phase\n- Test transitions between phases","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_
at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.2","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1","type":"child_of","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.3","title":"A1.3: Partial results with degraded warning","description":"When indexing is in progress but some results exist, show them with a visible warning that results may be incomplete.","notes":"Rationale: During incremental updates or early in initial indexing, there may be partial results.
Better to show these than nothing.\n\nImplementation:\n1. In tui.rs when building panes, check if progress.phase != 0\n2. If true and panes not empty, add degraded indicator:\n - Yellow/amber tint on results block border\n - Small banner: '⚠ Indexing in progress - showing partial results'\n3. Consider showing count: 'Found X results
(indexing Y% complete)'\n\nFiles to modify:\n- src/ui/tui.rs: results pane rendering\n\nDependency: Should implement after A1.1 and A1.2 for consistent
styling","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.3","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"a
gent"},{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.3","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.1.2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2","title":"A2: Query History Debouncing","description":"Epic for fixing query history to only save final queries, not every intermediate keystroke.","notes":"Problem (tui.rs:3382-3389):\nCurrently after EVERY debounced search (60ms debounce at line 3294-3296), the query is saved to
history:\nrust\nif !query.trim().is_empty()\n && query_history.front().map(|q| q != &query).unwrap_or(true)\n{\n query_history.push_front(query.clone());\n}\n\n\nSo typing 'foobar' saves: 'f', 'fo', 'foo', 'foob', 'fooba', 'foobar' - 6 entries for one search!\n\nRoot Cause:\n- Search debounce (60ms) is for responsive live
search\n- History save happens after each search, not after user 'commits' query\n\nSolution Options:\n1. Separate history debounce: Save to history only after longer pause (e.g., 2-3 seconds)\n2. Commit on Enter: Only save when user presses Enter or navigates results\n3. Consolidation on save: Dedupe history on exit by removing
prefixes\n4. Hybrid: Debounce + commit tracking\n\nRecommended: Option 2 (commit on explicit action) - clearest user intent","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2","depends_
on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux","type":"child_of","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.1","title":"A2.1: Remove auto-save from search execution","description":"Stop saving queries to history after every debounced search execution.","notes":"Current Code (tui.rs:3382-3389):\nrust\nif !query.trim().is_empty()\n && query_history.front().map(|q| q != &query).unwrap_or(true)\n{\n query_history.push_front(query.clone());\n if query_history.len() > history_cap {\n query_history.pop_back();\n }\n}\n\n\nChange: Remove this block entirely from the search execution path.\n\nFiles to modify:\n- src/ui/tui.rs: lines ~3382-3389\n\nTesting:\n- Type query, verify history NOT populated until explicit
action\n- Ctrl+R should show no new entries until commit","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.1","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2","type":"child_of","created_at"
:"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.2","title":"A2.2: Save history on explicit commit actions","description":"Save query to history when user performs explicit commit actions: Enter to view, result selection, or focus change.","notes":"Commit Actions:\n1. Enter key on result → save current query\n2. Navigation to result
(selecting first result after typing) → save query\n3. Focus change to detail pane → save query\n4. External action (F8 editor, y copy) → save query\n5. Search refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R) → save query\n\nImplementation:\nCreate helper function save_query_to_history(query, history, cap) and call at commit points.\n\nrust\nfn save_query_to_history(query: &str, history: &mut VecDeque<String>, cap: usize) {\n let q = query.trim();\n if !q.is_empty() && history.front().map(|h| h != q).unwrap_or(true) {\n history.push_front(q.to_string());\n if history.len() > cap {\n history.pop_back();\n }\n }\n}\n\n\nFiles to modify:\n-
src/ui/tui.rs: Add helper, call at Enter/navigation/action points\n\nTesting:\n- Type 'foobar', press Enter → only 'foobar' in history (not f/fo/foo/etc)\n- Type query, arrow down to select → query saved\n- Type query, Tab to detail → query saved","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z",
"updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.2","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.1","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.3","title":"A2.3: History deduplication on save","description":"When persisting history to tui_state.json, deduplicate by removing queries that are strict prefixes of later queries.","notes":"Additional Safety Net:\nEven with commit-based saving, edge cases might save prefixes. Dedupe on
persist.\n\nAlgorithm:\nrust\nfn dedupe_history(history: Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {\n let mut result = Vec::new();\n for q in history {\n // Skip if this is a prefix of any existing entry\n let dominated = result.iter().any(|existing| existing.starts_with(&q) && existing != &q);\n if !dominated {\n // Also remove any existing entries that are prefixes of this\n result.retain(|existing| !q.starts_with(existing) || q == *existing);\n result.push(q);\n }\n }\n result\n}\n\n\nApply at (tui.rs ~3419-3428):\nrust\nquery_history: Some(dedupe_history(query_history.iter().cloned().collect())),\n\n\nFiles to modify:\n- src/ui/tui.rs: add dedupe_history function, apply in save_state\n\nTesting:\n- Manually add prefixes to history, verify deduped on next save","status":"open","priority":2,"issue_type":"task","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","updated_at
":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.3","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.2.2","type":"blocks","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
{"id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.3","title":"A3: Full Wildcard Support","description":"Epic for implementing full asterisk (*) wildcard support in search queries.","notes":"Goal: Support wildcards:\n- *foo - prefix wildcard (find 'barfoo', 'bazfoo')\n- foo* - suffix wildcard (find 'foobar', 'foobaz') - partially exists via prefix
match mode\n- *foo* - both (find anything containing 'foo')\n- Explicit asterisks should override implicit behavior\n\nCurrent State:\n- Prefix match mode (F9) appends * to terms automatically (tui.rs:1148-1163)\n- query.rs sanitize_query() likely strips * as non-alphanumeric\n- Tantivy supports wildcards but may need
WildcardQuery\n\nImplementation Approach:\n1. Preserve * in sanitize_query()\n2. Parse wildcards before Tantivy query construction\n3. Use appropriate Tantivy query types (WildcardQuery, PhraseQuery)\n4. Track which terms used wildcards for ranking purposes","status":"open","priority":1,"issue_type":"epic","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00
.000000000Z","updated_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","dependencies":[{"issue_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux.3","depends_on_id":"coding_agent_session_search-sux","type":"child_of","created_at":"2025-11-28T22:00:00.000000000Z","created_by":"agent"}]}
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● I've created a comprehensive plan with beads for the Search UX Overhaul. Here's a summary:
---
Search UX Overhaul - Comprehensive Analysis & Plan
Issues Identified in Current Code
| Issue | Location | Root Cause |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Indexing Status | tui.rs:1608-1632 | Footer message exists but not prominent enough during initial indexing |
| Query History | tui.rs:3382-3389 | Saves to history after every 60ms debounced search, not on user "commit" |
| Wildcards Stripped | query.rs sanitize_query | Non-alphanumeric chars including * are replaced with spaces |
| No Implicit Wildcards | query.rs | No fallback when zero/few results |
| Basic Ranking | tui.rs:3321-3338 | Only Tantivy score + recency, no match quality factor |
| Minimal Display | tui.rs:1772-1806 | Only 2 lines per result (header + snippet) |
---
Created Beads Structure (.beads/search-ux-overhaul.jsonl)
sux (Epic: Search UX Overhaul)
├── sux.1 (A1: Indexing Status Clarity)
│ ├── sux.1.1 - Indexing status banner in results area
│ ├── sux.1.2 - Footer indexing indicator enhancement
│ └── sux.1.3 - Partial results with degraded warning (depends on 1.1, 1.2)
│
├── sux.2 (A2: Query History Debouncing)
│ ├── sux.2.1 - Remove auto-save from search execution
│ ├── sux.2.2 - Save history on explicit commit actions (depends on 2.1)
│ └── sux.2.3 - History deduplication on save (depends on 2.2)
│
├── sux.3 (A3: Full Wildcard Support)
│ ├── sux.3.1 - Preserve asterisks in query sanitization
│ ├── sux.3.2 - Parse wildcard patterns from query terms (depends on 3.1)
│ ├── sux.3.3 - Build Tantivy queries from wildcard patterns (depends on 3.2)
│ └── sux.3.4 - Wildcard query tests (depends on 3.3)
│
├── sux.4 (A4: Implicit Wildcards) [depends on A3]
│ ├── sux.4.1 - Detect sparse results and trigger wildcard fallback
│ └── sux.4.2 - UI indicator for wildcard fallback (depends on 4.1)
│
├── sux.5 (A5: Smarter Ranking) [depends on A4]
│ ├── sux.5.1 - Track match type in SearchHit
│ ├── sux.5.2 - Implement match quality factor in ranking (depends on 5.1)
│ └── sux.5.3 - Add MatchQualityHeavy ranking mode (depends on 5.2)
│
├── sux.6 (A6: Enhanced Result Display)
│ ├── sux.6.1 - Expand result context to 6-8 lines
│ ├── sux.6.2 - Enhanced match highlighting (depends on 6.1)
│ ├── sux.6.3 - Alternating color stripes for results (depends on 6.1)
│ ├── sux.6.4 - Toggleable unicode borders for results (depends on 6.1)
│ ├── sux.6.5 - Enhanced detail pane content (depends on 6.2)
│ └── sux.6.6 - QoL improvements bundle (depends on 6.5)
│
└── sux.7 (A7: Testing and Polish) [depends on A1-A6]
├── sux.7.1 - Unit tests for wildcard and ranking
├── sux.7.2 - UI snapshot tests for new display features
├── sux.7.3 - Documentation updates (depends on 7.1, 7.2)
└── sux.7.4 - Performance validation (depends on 7.1)
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Key Implementation Details Per Area
A1: Indexing Status Clarity
- Problem: Users don't know search is degraded during indexing
- Solution: Prominent banner in results area + enhanced footer with icons/ETA
A2: Query History Debouncing
- Problem: Every keystroke saves to history (f, fo, foo...)
- Solution: Only save on commit actions (Enter, selection, focus change)
- Safety net: Dedupe prefixes when persisting
A3: Wildcard Support
- Pattern types: foo* (prefix), *foo (suffix), *foo* (contains)
- Challenge: Tantivy doesn't natively support suffix/contains - will use FTS5 fallback
- Solution: Parse patterns → route to appropriate query type
A4: Implicit Wildcards
- Trigger: Zero results → try query*, still sparse → try *query*
- UX: Show indicator "Showing results for 'query' (no exact matches)"
- Toggle: Shift+F9 to force exact search
A5: Smarter Ranking
final_score = tantivy_score * match_quality_factor + alpha * recency
match_quality_factor:
Exact: 1.0 | SuffixWildcard: 0.9 | PrefixWildcard: 0.8
ContainsWildcard: 0.7 | ImplicitFallback: 0.6
A6: Enhanced Display
- 6-8 lines per result: Title → Agent/Workspace → Source → Separator → Content preview
- Highlighting: Background color + bold + high-contrast foreground
- Stripes: Alternating subtle backgrounds (even/odd)
- Borders: Toggleable unicode box-drawing characters (F11)
- Detail pane: More metadata, quick actions bar, message counts
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Priority Order (Recommended Implementation Sequence)
1. A2: Query History Debouncing (quick win, low risk)
2. A1: Indexing Status (UX improvement, medium complexity)
3. A6.1-6.2: Display basics (visible improvement)
4. A3: Wildcard Support (core feature)
5. A4: Implicit Wildcards (depends on A3)
6. A5: Ranking (depends on A4)
7. A6.3-6.6: Display polish (refinement)
8. A7: Testing & Docs (finalization)
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The beads file is now at .beads/search-ux-overhaul.jsonl with 29 granular tasks, full dependency chains, implementation notes, and testing requirements. Each task is self-documenting with background reasoning and specific code locations.
now re-read AGENTS.md and see the part about bv. Then, can you try using bv to get some insights on what each agent should most usefully work on? Then share those insights with the other agents via agent mail and strongly suggest in your messages the optimal work for each one and explain how/why you came up with that using bv. Use ultrathink.
● Let me re-read AGENTS.md to find the bv section:
● Read(AGENTS.md) ⎿ Read 348 lines
● Now I understand bv. Let me run the robot commands to get insights on the beads:
● Bash(bv --robot-help 2>&1 || echo "bv not found, checking path...") ⎿ bv (Beads Viewer) AI Agent Interface ==================================== This tool provides structural analysis of the issue tracker graph (DAG). … +61 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Bash(bv --robot-insights 2>&1) timeout: 30s ⎿ { "Bottlenecks": [ { … +1122 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Bash(bv --robot-plan 2>&1) timeout: 30s ⎿ { "generated_at": "2025-11-28T23:29:57Z", "plan": { … +232 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Bash(bv --robot-priority 2>&1) timeout: 30s ⎿ { "generated_at": "2025-11-28T23:29:59Z", "recommendations": [ … +43 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Let me also check the recipes and get specific insights for the new Search UX beads:
● Bash(bv --robot-recipes 2>&1) ⎿ { "recipes": [ { … +56 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Bash(bv --recipe actionable --robot-plan 2>&1 | head -100) ⎿ { "generated_at": "2025-11-28T23:30:10Z", "plan": { … +97 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Now let me check the agent mail MCP tools and register myself:
● Bash(mcp-agent-mail mail status . 2>&1 || echo "Checking path...") ⎿ (eval):1: command not found: mcp-agent-mail Checking path...
● Let me check for MCP server configuration or alternative ways to use agent mail:
● Search(pattern: "**/.agent-mail*") ⎿ Found 0 files
● Search(pattern: "**/mcp") ⎿ Found 0 files
● Bash(which mcp-agent-mail 2>/dev/null || find ~/.local/bin ~/.cargo/bin /usr/local/bin -name "mcp-agent-mail*" 2>/dev/null || echo "mcp-agent-mail not found in commo…) ⎿ mcp-agent-mail not found
● The MCP Agent Mail tool isn't installed on this system. Let me create a comprehensive analysis document with the bv insights that can be shared with other agents, and I'll document what messages would be sent:
● Write(.beads/AGENT_WORK_ALLOCATION.md)
⎿ Wrote 239 lines to .beads/AGENT_WORK_ALLOCATION.md
# Agent Work Allocation Analysis
Generated: 2025-11-28T23:30:00Z
Source: bv --robot-insights, bv --robot-plan, bv --robot-priority
Thread ID: sux-work-allocation
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## Executive Summary
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● Now let me create the agent mail messages that would be sent (documented for when agent mail is available): ⎿ Interrupted · What should Claude do instead?
oh sorry I forgot we aren't using agent mail; in that case, you can remove that file and just come up with an optimal order for YOU to work on. Use ultrathink
● No problem! Let me remove that file and create an optimal work order for a single agent:
● Bash(rm /data/projects/coding_agent_session_search/.beads/AGENT_WORK_ALLOCATION.md && echo "Removed") ⎿ Removed
● Now let me analyze the bv insights and create an optimal work order:
● Bash(bv --recipe high-impact --robot-plan 2>&1 | head -80) ⎿ { "generated_at": "2025-11-28T23:33:32Z", "plan": { … +77 lines (ctrl+o to expand)
● Based on the bv analysis, here's my optimal work order. Let me set this up:
● Here's my analysis and optimal work order based on the bv insights:
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Optimal Work Order for Search UX Overhaul
Reasoning from bv Analysis
1. Graph Health: No cycles, cluster density 0.0097 (sparse, well-structured dependencies)
2. Key Insight: The sux epic I created has 7 phases with clear dependencies:
- Phase 1-2 can start immediately (no blockers)
- Phase 3-5 are sequential (wildcards → implicit → ranking)
- Phase 6 is parallel-safe (display only)
- Phase 7 comes last (testing validates features)
3. File Grouping Strategy: Minimize context switching
- tui.rs changes: Phases 1, 2, 6 (group together where possible)
- query.rs changes: Phases 3, 4, 5 (sequential)
- tests/** changes: Phase 7 (last)
Why This Order?
| Phase | Tasks | Rationale |
|-----------------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1: Query History | sux.2.1-2.3 | Quick win - Fixes obvious bug (saves "f","fo","foo" separately). Single code block deletion + add helper. Immediate visible improvement. |
| 2: Indexing Status | sux.1.1-1.3 | High UX value. Same file as Phase 1 (tui.rs). Users need to know when search is degraded. |
| 3: Wildcards | sux.3.1-3.3 | Core feature foundation. query.rs focus. Must complete before Phase 4-5. |
| 4: Implicit Wildcards | sux.4.1-4.2 | Depends on wildcard infrastructure from Phase 3. |
| 5: Ranking | sux.5.1-5.3 | Depends on match type tracking from Phase 4. |
| 6: Display | sux.6.1-6.6 | Visual polish. Can batch tui.rs + theme.rs changes. Independent of search algorithm. |
| 7: Testing | sux.7.1-7.4 | Validation after all features stable. Tests, benchmarks, docs. |
Key bv Metrics Applied
From bv --robot-insights:
- Bottleneck avoidance: sux.3 (wildcards) blocks sux.4, sux.5, and sux.7.1 - must be done early
- No circular dependencies: Clean DAG structure allows clear sequencing
- PageRank insight: The main project bottleneck (glt.1 - prefix cache) is separate from sux work
From bv --robot-plan:
- 18 actionable items across 13 tracks in the main project
- sux tasks add 29 more items with well-defined dependencies
- Highest impact outside sux: 1z2 (unblocks 9) - but sux is the immediate priority
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Ready to Start
The first task is sux.2.1: Remove auto-save from search execution - a simple deletion of lines 3382-3389 in tui.rs. This immediately fixes the query history pollution bug.
Want me to begin implementing?
Perfect, start plugging away now! Use ultrathink and commit whenever you finish a good chunk of connected, consistent work across a few beads.
● Let me start by reading the relevant sections of tui.rs for the query history logic:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 80 lines
● I can see the problem. Lines 3382-3389 save to history after every debounced search. Let me find the Enter key handling and other commit points:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 80 lines
● Let me look at the Tab and F8 (editor) handling:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 60 lines
● Let me look at F8 (open in editor) handling:
● Read(src/ui/tui.rs) ⎿ Read 35 lines
∴ Thinking…
· Fixing query history bug… (esc to interrupt · ctrl+t to hide todos · 45s · ↓ 2.5k tokens) ⎿ ☐ PHASE 1: Query History Debouncing (sux.2) - Fix obvious bug ☐ sux.2.1: Remove auto-save from search execution (tui.rs:3382-3389) ☐ sux.2.2: Save history on explicit commit actions (Enter, selection) ☐ sux.2.3: History deduplication on save (remove prefix queries) ☐ PHASE 2: Indexing Status Clarity (sux.1) - UX during indexing ☐ sux.1.1: Indexing status banner in results area ☐ sux.1.2: Footer indexing indicator enhancement ☐ sux.1.3: Partial results with degraded warning ☐ PHASE 3: Wildcard Support (sux.3) - Core search feature ☐ sux.3.1: Preserve asterisks in query sanitization ☐ sux.3.2: Parse wildcard patterns from query terms ☐ sux.3.3: Build Tantivy queries from wildcard patterns ☐ PHASE 4: Implicit Wildcards (sux.4) - Auto-fallback ☐ sux.4.1: Detect sparse results and trigger wildcard fallback ☐ sux.4.2: UI indicator for wildcard fallback ☐ PHASE 5: Smarter Ranking (sux.5) - Match quality ☐ sux.5.1: Track match type in SearchHit ☐ sux.5.2: Implement match quality factor in ranking ☐ sux.5.3: Add MatchQualityHeavy ranking mode ☐ PHASE 6: Enhanced Display (sux.6) - Visual improvements ☐ sux.6.1: Expand result context to 6-8 lines ☐ sux.6.2: Enhanced match highlighting (bg color + bold) ☐ sux.6.3: Alternating color stripes for results ☐ sux.6.4: Toggleable unicode borders for results ☐ sux.6.5: Enhanced detail pane content ☐ sux.6.6: QoL improvements bundle ☐ PHASE 7: Testing & Polish (sux.7) - Validation ☐ sux.7.1: Unit tests for wildcard and ranking ☐ sux.7.2: UI snapshot tests for new display features ☐ sux.7.3: Documentation updates (README, help) ☐ sux.7.4: Performance validation