feat(busy): add 'steer' as a third display.busy_input_mode option#16279
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Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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…usResearch#16279) Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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…usResearch#16279) Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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…usResearch#16279) Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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…usResearch#16279) Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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…usResearch#16279) Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via /steer — arriving at the agent after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (current default) or queueing for the next turn. Changes: - cli.py: keybinding honors busy_input_mode='steer' by calling agent.steer(text) on the UI thread (thread-safe), with automatic fallback to 'queue' when the agent is missing, steer() is unavailable, images are attached, or steer() rejects the payload. /busy accepts 'steer' as a fourth argument alongside queue/interrupt/status. - gateway/run.py: busy-message handler and the PRIORITY running-agent path both route through running_agent.steer() when the mode is 'steer', with the same fallback-to-queue safety net. Ack wording tells users their message was steered into the current run. Restart-drain queueing now also activates for 'steer' so messages aren't lost across restarts. - agent/onboarding.py: first-touch hint has a steer branch for both CLI and gateway. - hermes_cli/commands.py: /busy args_hint updated to include steer, and 'steer' is registered as a subcommand (completions). - hermes_cli/web_server.py: dashboard select widget offers steer. - hermes_cli/config.py, cli-config.yaml.example, hermes_cli/tips.py: inline docs updated. - website/docs/user-guide/cli.md + messaging/index.md: documented. - Tests: steer set/status path for /busy; onboarding hints; _load_busy_input_mode accepts steer; busy-session ack exercises steer success + two fallback-to-queue branches. Requested on X by @CodingAcct. Default is unchanged (interrupt).
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Summary
Enter while the agent is busy can now inject the typed text via
/steer— arriving after the next tool call — instead of interrupting (default) or queueing for the next turn. Requested on X by @CodingAcct.Default remains
interrupt. Users opt in via/busy steerordisplay.busy_input_mode: steerin config.yaml.Changes
agent.steer()when mode==steer;/busyacceptssteerrunning_agent.steer()on mode==steer;_load_busy_input_mode()accepts steer; restart-drain queueing enabled for steer_load_busy_input_mode+ 3 busy-session ack scenariosFallback behavior (nothing is ever lost)
When mode is
steer, it falls back toqueuesemantics if:steer()steer()raises or returns FalseValidation
scripts/run_tests.sh tests/cli/ tests/agent/test_onboarding.py tests/gateway/test_busy_session_ack.py tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py tests/gateway/test_steer_command.py tests/gateway/test_command_bypass_active_session.py tests/run_agent/test_steer.py