web-ui: remove dead ask->operator inline-answer binding from the per-agent terminal

hyperhive#2922: the inline-answer slot (pendingAskBinds/reconcileAskBinds/
buildAnswerForm) depended on a since-removed /api/loose-ends endpoint
and had been silently non-functional the whole time — nothing ever
reassigned lastLooseEnds, so the reconciler always no-op'd.

Per mara's call on the issue (ask/answer is deprecated per #2850, only
the main dashboard UI needs to work, remove the broken per-agent inline
view): ripped out the dead JS (binding + form + CSS) rather than
restoring the endpoint. An ask tool call now renders like any other
tool call, no inline answer affordance; the operator answers via the
dashboard's own question surfacing.

Also fixed adjacent doc staleness this same removal made newly
contradictory (docs/web-ui/agent.md, docs/terminal-rendering.md):
the doc already described the loose-ends/bash-tasks flyouts and the
ask-binding as recently dead, but the endpoint reference table and a
header-pills bullet list still described them as live.
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iris 2026-08-11 17:59:27 +02:00 committed by mara
commit ecf9ff4d80
4 changed files with 37 additions and 288 deletions

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@ -560,112 +560,11 @@ pre.diff {
}
.agent-inbox .inbox-reply-tag { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.85em; }
.agent-inbox .answer-form {
/* Block-level under the new layout `grid-column: 1 / -1` was
for the legacy grid; under block layout the form naturally
starts on its own row. */
display: flex;
gap: 0.4em;
align-items: flex-start;
margin-top: 0.5em;
padding-left: 0.8em;
}
.agent-inbox .answer-form textarea {
flex: 1;
font-family: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
background: var(--bg);
color: var(--fg);
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 0.3em;
resize: vertical;
}
.agent-inbox .answer-form button {
font-family: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
background: var(--bg-elev);
color: var(--fg);
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 0.3em 0.7em;
cursor: pointer;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.agent-inbox .answer-form button:hover:not(:disabled) {
border-color: var(--purple);
color: var(--purple);
}
.agent-inbox .answer-form button:disabled { opacity: 0.5; cursor: default; }
.agent-inbox .answer-status { color: var(--muted); align-self: center; }
/* Inline answer slot mounted under each `ask operator` row in
the live terminal stream. Mirrors the side-panel `.answer-form`
look-and-feel same textarea, same send button so the operator
doesn't have to context-switch between "answering in the panel"
and "answering inline". Empty slot collapses to nothing (no
margin) so pre-bind rows stay tidy; populated slot gets a thin
top divider to separate the question body from the form. A
`[resolved]` tag (neutral, covers answered / cancelled /
TTL-expired uniformly) replaces the form once the question
leaves the pending list. */
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot:empty { display: none; }
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot {
margin-top: 0.5em;
padding-top: 0.5em;
border-top: 1px dashed var(--border);
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-form {
display: flex;
gap: 0.4em;
align-items: flex-start;
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-form textarea {
flex: 1;
font-family: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
background: var(--bg);
color: var(--fg);
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 0.3em;
resize: vertical;
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-form button {
font-family: inherit;
font-size: inherit;
background: var(--bg-elev);
color: var(--fg);
border: 1px solid var(--border);
border-radius: 3px;
padding: 0.3em 0.7em;
cursor: pointer;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-form button:hover:not(:disabled) {
border-color: var(--purple);
color: var(--purple);
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-form button:disabled {
opacity: 0.5;
cursor: default;
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .answer-status {
color: var(--muted);
align-self: center;
}
.live .ask-answer-inline-slot .ask-resolved-tag {
color: var(--muted);
font-style: italic;
text-decoration: line-through;
text-decoration-color: var(--muted);
}
/* Bulk-action header row: "mark all read" above the recent-messages
list in the inbox flyout, and "select all / select none / mark
done" above the list in the todos flyout same classes, shared
look (mauve hover, bg-elev background) so both read as part of
the same affordance family as the answer-form button. */
the same affordance family. */
.agent-inbox .inbox-mark-all-row {
display: flex;
gap: 0.6em;

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@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
});
})();
// ─── side panel (singleton drawer for inbox + loose-ends flyouts) ──────
// ─── side panel (singleton drawer for inbox + todos flyouts) ───────────
// The shared `<hive-side-panel>` element (see @hive/shared/side-panel.js
// for the chrome/behavior it owns), created once, eagerly, when this
// module's IIFE runs (ES modules execute after the document is
@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
// Wire the header pills to open the side panel. Pre-built (vs
// re-building per-click) so the freshest snapshot already lives
// in `lastInbox` / `lastLooseEnds` when the pill is clicked — even
// in `lastInbox` / `lastTodos` when the pill is clicked — even
// if it fires during a turn the render is the same.
(function bindHeaderPills() {
const inboxPill = $('inbox-pill');
@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
// ↑ dashboard — host dashboard back-link. The dashboard SPA lives at
// `dashboard.html` (the `/` root now serves the H0M3 menu hub), so the
// link targets that file; `dashUrl` itself stays the API origin used
// for the rebuild / answer-question / mark-all-read POSTs below.
// for the rebuild / mark-all-read POSTs below.
menu.append(el('a', {
class: 'overflow-item overflow-item-dashboard',
href: dashUrl + 'dashboard.html',
@ -582,10 +582,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
return true;
case '/clear':
termAPI.clear();
// Detached `ask → operator` rows no longer have a live
// mount-point in the DOM — drop their slots so subsequent
// loose-ends reconciliation doesn't walk dead references.
pendingAskBinds.length = 0;
termAPI.row('note', '· terminal cleared (local view only — server history kept)');
return true;
case '/cancel':
@ -805,17 +801,8 @@ window.marked = marked;
/** Latest snapshot kept in module state so the pill click handler
* has fresh data to render into the panel without re-fetching. */
let lastTodos = [];
let lastLooseEnds = [];
let lastInbox = [];
/** ask operator inline-answer slot registry. See
* docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Ask operator inline-answer
* binding) for the matching algorithm + resolution semantics
* currently non-functional (its data source was the old loose-ends
* endpoint, since removed tracked on the forge), kept for when
* that's resolved rather than ripped out speculatively. */
const pendingAskBinds = [];
/** Bulk "mark done" row for the todos flyout: select all / select none
* + a mark-done button, disabled until at least one row is checked.
* POSTs the checked ids (comma-joined into one field, same shape as
@ -922,83 +909,8 @@ window.marked = marked;
buildTodosList(todos));
}
/** Walk `pendingAskBinds` against the latest `lastLooseEnds`
* snapshot, pair unbound slots with the first unclaimed pending
* operator-bound question whose text matches, and flip already-
* bound slots to `[resolved]` when their question disappears.
* See docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Ask operator inline-answer
* binding) for the full design + edge cases. */
function reconcileAskBinds() {
if (!pendingAskBinds.length) return;
const pending = lastLooseEnds.filter(
(t) => t.kind === 'question' && (!t.target || t.target === 'operator'),
);
// Defensive prune: drop slots whose DOM node has been removed.
for (let i = pendingAskBinds.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (!pendingAskBinds[i].isConnected) pendingAskBinds.splice(i, 1);
}
const claimed = new Set();
for (const slot of pendingAskBinds) {
if (slot._boundId) claimed.add(slot._boundId);
}
for (const slot of pendingAskBinds) {
if (slot._boundId) {
const stillPending = pending.some((q) => q.id === slot._boundId);
if (!stillPending && !slot._resolvedShown) {
slot.replaceChildren();
slot.appendChild(el('span', { class: 'ask-resolved-tag' }, '[resolved]'));
slot._resolvedShown = true;
}
continue;
}
const q = pending.find((p) => p.question === slot._askQuestion && !claimed.has(p.id));
if (!q) continue;
claimed.add(q.id);
slot._boundId = q.id;
slot.replaceChildren();
slot.appendChild(buildAnswerForm(q.id));
}
}
// Inline "answer as operator" form for a question loose-end. POSTs to
// the host dashboard (core backend), never this agent's socket — the
// core is the only place that can stamp `operator` as the answerer.
// Only live call site today is the in-stream ask-row binder
// (`reconcileAskBinds`) — see its doc comment above for why that path
// is currently non-functional.
function buildAnswerForm(id) {
const wrap = el('div', { class: 'answer-form' });
const ta = el('textarea', { rows: '2', placeholder: 'answer as operator…' });
const btn = el('button', { type: 'button' }, 'send answer');
const status = el('span', { class: 'answer-status' });
btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
const answer = ta.value.trim();
if (!answer) { status.textContent = 'answer required'; return; }
if (!dashboardBase) { status.textContent = 'dashboard url unknown'; return; }
status.textContent = 'sending…';
asyncBtn(btn, async () => {
try {
const resp = await fetch(dashboardBase + 'api/answer-question/' + id, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' },
body: 'answer=' + encodeURIComponent(answer),
});
if (resp.ok) {
status.textContent = 'answered ✓';
} else {
status.textContent = 'failed: ' + (await resp.text());
}
} catch (err) {
status.textContent = 'failed: ' + err;
}
});
});
wrap.append(ta, btn, status);
return wrap;
}
/** "mark all read" affordance for the agent's inbox flyout
* see docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Loose-ends flyout) for the
* see docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page for the inbox flyout's
* cross-origin POST + count rendering. Returns a DOM row
* containing a button + an inline status pill; re-runs
* `onCleared` on success so the caller can refresh its own state. */
@ -1388,7 +1300,6 @@ window.marked = marked;
// mcp__hyperhive__send: collapsed <details>, full body text inside.
function renderRichToolUse(c, api) {
const name = c.name || '';
const input = c.input || {};
const icon = c._icon || '🔧';
// Message-bearing tools render default-open with a markdown body so
// the operator sees the content without an extra click. send / ask
@ -1402,25 +1313,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
return api.detailsDiff('tool-use', summary, c._body, icon);
}
if (c._body_type === 'markdown') {
const d = detailsOpenMd(api, 'tool-use', summary, c._body, icon);
// For ask → operator: mount an inline answer slot in the live terminal
// — see docs/web-ui.md::Per-agent page (Ask → operator inline-answer
// binding) for the slot registry + reconciler + [resolved] semantics.
// Body text and recipient are both available from backend fields.
if (name === 'mcp__hyperhive__ask') {
const to = (input.to || 'operator');
if (to === 'operator') {
const slot = el('div', { class: 'ask-answer-inline-slot' });
// Stash the question text on the slot so the reconciler
// can match against `lastLooseEnds` entries without
// walking the row's text content.
slot._askQuestion = c._body;
d.appendChild(slot);
pendingAskBinds.push(slot);
if (api.fromHistory) reconcileAskBinds();
}
}
return d;
return detailsOpenMd(api, 'tool-use', summary, c._body, icon);
}
return api.details('tool-use', summary, c._body, icon);
}