User-approved goal for interactive command completion and hinting in the repl
(raw mode primary), driven by the punk::args documentation corpus:
- command-word resolution via the same doc-lookup flow as 'i' (ensembles,
subcommands, ensemble parameters - characterized in cmdflow.test), argument
position via the definitions (options, choices with parse-consistent
prefix/deny/reserve matching, literals, multi-form awareness per G-041)
- activation preserves the editbuf's literal-tab support (tab is content in
this shell - completion cannot exclusively claim plain Tab; trigger scheme
decided and recorded at implementation)
- per-subshell completion-provider seam: the punk::args completer is the
default provider; a subshell can declare an alternative or none - minimum
bar is a clean disable for language subshells such as an interactive xtal
session (full xtal completion out of scope, not precluded)
- introspection must not execute candidate commands (arginfo principle);
no per-keystroke terminal queries added when idle (G-013 approach note)
Detail-file weaves from the same direction:
- G-041: form candidacy should be exposed as an API accepting PARTIAL argument
lists (per-form compatibility while typing) for the G-044 hinting consumer
- G-043: subshell definitions gain a repl-behaviour composition aspect
(completion/syntax provider); xtal-style language subshells recorded as the
motivating scenario, an actual xtal session deferred to its own future goal
- G-013: raw editor essentials noted as G-044's prerequisite; the editbuf
literal-tab constraint recorded as a standing approach note
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Both user-approved after a review of the intended plugin facility (punk::mix::init
pluginmgr todos, the punk::pluginmgr 0.5.1 tcllib fork, punk::cap provider/handler
system, punk::cap::handlers::templates pathtype resolution, punk::overlay
commandset composition and its toml-CLI todo).
- G-042: a named subshell declares help topics (name/aliases/summary/text) in
punk::config stored configuration, registered into the ::punk::helptopic
registry on entry and restored on exit, with an explicit shadowing policy.
Text-content only - config is data; code-bearing topics belong to the plugin
path where the trust story lives. Detail file records the registry seam
(punk 0.2.0), dependencies (hard on G-014; beneficial G-040/G-008/G-009),
and the plugin-facility relationship from the review.
- G-043: the umbrella for that plugin path - a punk.subshell capability whose
providers supply commandset bindings (punk::overlay import), help topics
(G-042's registry API) and config defaults per named subshell, with a
validating punk::cap handler, an equivalent data-only stored-config
declaration path (absorbing punk::overlay's ".toml configuration files for
defining CLI configurations" todo), and punk::pluginmgr as the discovery/
safe-interp trust layer for untrusted providers. Also absorbs punk::cap
housekeeping found in the review: pkg_unregister api-object cleanup and
unhandled-capability discoverability (the deliberate punk.isbogus silence).
Assisted-by: harness=claude; primary-model=claude-fable-5; api-location=anthropic.com
Julian Noble