Add a focused output mode with collapsible transcript
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Description
Problem
Long agent turns fill the chat viewport with reasoning, tool calls, and system notices. Users who only want the prompt and final response must visually parse a noisy live transcript.
Proposed behavior
- Add an opt-in
display.focused_outputsetting. - While processing, replace intermediate activity with one animated
Generating…indicator. - Keep prompts, final assistant responses, errors, and direct command results visible.
- Preserve every hidden entry in session history.
- Toggle the complete transcript with
Ctrl+T. - Move queue-mode toggle to
Alt+Qto avoid the existingCtrl+Tconflict.
I have an implementation with focused/full cache separation and targeted regression tests ready on a fork.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the display.focused_output setting, the transcript rendering and cache handling, and the existing Ctrl+T and queue-mode keybinding entry points. Review the targeted regression tests mentioned in the issue. Done means focused mode shows only the specified entries with a Generating… indicator, hidden entries remain in session history, Ctrl+T toggles the transcript, and queue mode uses Alt+Q.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- ai, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100