operator inbox view on dashboard; agent ui doesn't clobber typing

hive-ag3nt/assets/app.js

@@ -161,27 +161,44 @@
   }
 
   let headerSet = false;
+  let lastStatus = null;
+  let lastOutputLen = -1;
+  let pollTimer = null;
   async function refreshState() {
     try {
       const resp = await fetch('/api/state');
       if (!resp.ok) throw new Error('http ' + resp.status);
       const s = await resp.json();
       if (!headerSet) { setHeader(s.label, s.dashboard_port); headerSet = true; }
-      const root = $('status');
-      root.innerHTML = '';
-      if (s.status === 'online') renderOnline(s.label, root);
-      else if (s.status === 'needs_login_idle') renderNeedsLoginIdle(root);
-      else if (s.status === 'needs_login_in_progress') renderLoginInProgress(s.session || {}, root);
+      // Skip the re-render if nothing structurally changed. The most
+      // common case is `online` polling itself — without this guard, the
+      // operator's <input value> gets clobbered every cycle.
+      const outLen = s.session?.output?.length ?? -1;
+      const dirty =
+        s.status !== lastStatus ||
+        (s.status === 'needs_login_in_progress' && outLen !== lastOutputLen);
+      if (dirty) {
+        const root = $('status');
+        root.innerHTML = '';
+        if (s.status === 'online') renderOnline(s.label, root);
+        else if (s.status === 'needs_login_idle') renderNeedsLoginIdle(root);
+        else if (s.status === 'needs_login_in_progress') renderLoginInProgress(s.session || {}, root);
+        lastStatus = s.status;
+        lastOutputLen = outLen;
+      }
+      // Only poll while a login is in flight — otherwise SSE turn_end
+      // events trigger a refresh, and the operator can type into the
+      // send form without it getting cleared every few seconds.
+      if (pollTimer) { clearTimeout(pollTimer); pollTimer = null; }
+      if (s.status === 'needs_login_in_progress') {
+        pollTimer = setTimeout(refreshState, 1500);
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('refreshState failed', err);
+      pollTimer = setTimeout(refreshState, 5000);
     }
   }
   refreshState();
-  // Mid-login refresh on a short interval so the output buffer updates.
-  setInterval(() => {
-    // Cheap; api/state is small. Could subscribe to SSE state events later.
-    refreshState();
-  }, 3000);
 
   // ─── live event stream ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
   (function() {

hive-c0re/assets/app.js

@@ -165,6 +165,28 @@
     root.append(ul);
   }
 
+  function renderInbox(s) {
+    const root = $('inbox-section');
+    root.innerHTML = '';
+    if (!s.operator_inbox || !s.operator_inbox.length) {
+      root.append(el('p', { class: 'empty' }, '▓ no messages ▓'));
+      return;
+    }
+    const fmt = (n) => new Date(n * 1000).toISOString().replace('T', ' ').slice(0, 19);
+    const ul = el('ul', { class: 'inbox' });
+    for (const m of s.operator_inbox) {
+      const li = el('li');
+      li.append(
+        el('span', { class: 'msg-ts' }, fmt(m.at)), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'msg-from' }, m.from), ' ',
+        el('span', { class: 'msg-sep' }, '→ '),
+        el('span', { class: 'msg-body' }, m.body),
+      );
+      ul.append(li);
+    }
+    root.append(ul);
+  }
+
   function renderApprovals(s) {
     const root = $('approvals-section');
     root.innerHTML = '';
@@ -223,6 +245,7 @@
       if (!resp.ok) throw new Error('http ' + resp.status);
       const s = await resp.json();
       renderContainers(s);
+      renderInbox(s);
       renderApprovals(s);
       // Auto-refresh while a spawn is in flight; otherwise back off.
       const next = s.transients.length ? 2000 : 0;
@@ -246,6 +269,8 @@
     es.onmessage = (e) => {
       let m;
       try { m = JSON.parse(e.data); } catch { return; }
+      // Live-update the inbox when claude sends to operator.
+      if (m.kind === 'sent' && m.to === 'operator') refreshState();
       const row = document.createElement('div');
       row.className = 'msgrow ' + m.kind;
       const kind = m.kind === 'sent' ? '→' : '✓';

hive-c0re/assets/dashboard.css

@@ -184,6 +184,26 @@ summary:hover { color: var(--purple); }
 .diff .diff-hunk { color: var(--cyan); }
 .diff .diff-file { color: var(--purple); font-weight: bold; }
 .diff .diff-ctx  { color: var(--fg); }
+.inbox {
+  background: var(--bg-elev);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  padding: 0.5em 0.8em;
+  max-height: 24em;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+.inbox li {
+  padding: 0.25em 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto 1fr;
+  gap: 0.5em;
+  align-items: baseline;
+}
+.inbox li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
+.inbox .msg-ts   { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.85em; }
+.inbox .msg-from { color: var(--amber); }
+.inbox .msg-sep  { color: var(--muted); }
+.inbox .msg-body { color: var(--fg); white-space: pre-wrap; word-break: break-word; }
 .msgflow {
   background: var(--bg-elev);
   border: 1px solid var(--border);

hive-c0re/assets/index.html

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
     <p class="meta">loading…</p>
   </div>
 
+  <h2>◆ 0PER4T0R 1NB0X ◆</h2>
+  <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════</div>
+  <div id="inbox-section">
+    <p class="meta">loading…</p>
+  </div>
+
   <h2>◆ P3NDING APPR0VALS ◆</h2>
   <div class="divider">══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════</div>
   <div id="approvals-section">

hive-c0re/src/agent_server.rs

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &AgentRequest, agent: &str, broker: &Broker) -> AgentResp
             },
         },
         AgentRequest::OperatorMsg { body } => match broker.send(&Message {
-            from: "operator".to_owned(),
+            from: hive_sh4re::OPERATOR_RECIPIENT.to_owned(),
             to: agent.to_owned(),
             body: body.clone(),
         }) {

hive-c0re/src/broker.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_messages_undelivered
 /// may drop events past this; we send a `lagged` notice in their stream.
 const EVENT_CHANNEL: usize = 256;
 
+/// One row in a `recent_for()` query — the broker's flat view of a
+/// message addressed to a given recipient.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct InboxRow {
+    pub id: i64,
+    pub from: String,
+    pub body: String,
+    pub at: i64,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case", tag = "kind")]
 pub enum MessageEvent {
@@ -86,6 +96,32 @@ impl Broker {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Latest `limit` messages addressed to `recipient`, newest-first.
+    /// Includes delivered + undelivered alike — used for the operator
+    /// inbox view on the dashboard. Caller decides what to show.
+    pub fn recent_for(&self, recipient: &str, limit: u64) -> Result<Vec<InboxRow>> {
+        let conn = self.conn.lock().unwrap();
+        let limit_i =
+            i64::try_from(limit.min(i64::MAX as u64)).unwrap_or(i64::MAX);
+        let mut stmt = conn.prepare(
+            "SELECT id, sender, body, sent_at
+               FROM messages
+              WHERE recipient = ?1
+              ORDER BY id DESC
+              LIMIT ?2",
+        )?;
+        let rows = stmt.query_map(params![recipient, limit_i], |row| {
+            Ok(InboxRow {
+                id: row.get(0)?,
+                from: row.get(1)?,
+                body: row.get(2)?,
+                at: row.get(3)?,
+            })
+        })?;
+        rows.collect::<rusqlite::Result<Vec<_>>>()
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+    }
+
     /// Number of undelivered messages addressed to `recipient`. Non-mutating
     /// — used by the harness to surface "N unread" in tool-result status
     /// lines without popping the queue.

hive-c0re/src/dashboard.rs

@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ struct StateSnapshot {
     containers: Vec<ContainerView>,
     transients: Vec<TransientView>,
     approvals: Vec<ApprovalView>,
+    /// Latest messages addressed to `operator` — surfaces agent replies
+    /// asynchronously so the operator can see them without watching the
+    /// live panel during a turn.
+    operator_inbox: Vec<crate::broker::InboxRow>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
@@ -217,6 +221,12 @@ async fn api_state(
         approval_views.push(view);
     }
 
+    let operator_inbox = state
+        .coord
+        .broker
+        .recent_for(hive_sh4re::OPERATOR_RECIPIENT, 50)
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+
     axum::Json(StateSnapshot {
         hostname,
         manager_port: MANAGER_PORT,
@@ -224,6 +234,7 @@ async fn api_state(
         containers,
         transients,
         approvals: approval_views,
+        operator_inbox,
     })
 }
 

hive-c0re/src/manager_server.rs

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ async fn dispatch(req: &ManagerRequest, coord: &Coordinator) -> ManagerResponse
             },
         },
         ManagerRequest::OperatorMsg { body } => match coord.broker.send(&Message {
-            from: "operator".to_owned(),
+            from: hive_sh4re::OPERATOR_RECIPIENT.to_owned(),
             to: MANAGER_AGENT.to_owned(),
             body: body.clone(),
         }) {

hive-sh4re/src/lib.rs

@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ pub enum AgentResponse {
 /// Logical name the broker uses for the manager.
 pub const MANAGER_AGENT: &str = "manager";
 
+/// Logical name the broker uses for the human operator. Messages with
+/// `to = OPERATOR_RECIPIENT` accumulate in sqlite and surface on the
+/// dashboard's inbox view — they are never `recv`'d by an agent harness.
+pub const OPERATOR_RECIPIENT: &str = "operator";
+
 /// Sender hive-c0re uses for events it pushes into the manager's inbox.
 /// Manager harness recognises this and parses the body as a `HelperEvent`.
 pub const SYSTEM_SENDER: &str = "system";