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DevLog #4: Session Transcripts, Bang Commands, and Your CLI Learns New Tricks

Sessions Inbox: Read Transcripts in the Browser

New two-pane UI at /sessions/:spriteName. The left pane is the session list you already know; click a session and the right pane renders the full transcript. Tool call/result pairs collapse into single blocks so you can scan a conversation quickly.

Four New Slack Bang Commands

• !interrupt <prompt> — Cancel the active turn and replace it with a new prompt.
• !thoughts — Peek at the agent’s in-progress thinking and tool calls without interrupting the running turn.
• !restart — Restart the agent process. Useful after config changes or when things get weird.
• !skillsets switch <name> — Switch the active skillset mid-session.

Better Slack Error Messages

When something goes wrong in Slack, you now get clear, categorized error messages (“Session environment unavailable” instead of “sprite not found”). The cancel reaction (:octagonal_sign:) also targets only the cancelled message now, not every message in the batch.

Sessions Reliability Improvements

• Mid-deploy survival. If the server restarts during a deploy, in-flight turns no longer vanish — responses arrive after reconnect.
• Credential rotation for all agents. Auto-recovery from expired credentials now works for every agent, not just Claude.
• Fewer connection drops. Several improvements to connection stability cut recurring session interruptions.

Fleet Setup Gets Workspace Repos

Fleet Setup now has a Workspace Repos form. Pick Monorepo (one repo cloned into ~/workspace/) or Multiple repos (each into ~/workspace/<repo-name>/). The setup script is collapsed by default and requires explicit confirmation before manual edits.

Provider Settings Card Redesign

The flat checkbox provider list is now a two-zone card grid: Active (with star-default and deactivate buttons) and Available (click to activate). Cards show version numbers and a “not configured” badge when credentials are missing.

Terminal UI Polish

• Redesigned session picker with color-coded status dots, per-agent coloring, and a detail pane at the bottom.
• Clean screen transitions. No more visual artifacts from previous screens.
• Session switching. Detach from one session and attach to another directly from the picker.

More MCP Servers Work Out of the Box

Fixed compatibility with MCP servers (including Neon) that require strict OAuth spec compliance. Connecting to third-party MCP servers should be smoother now.

Shell Command Mode

Type ! at the start of the composer and you’re in shell mode. Run a quick ls or git status without leaving the TUI.

Dollar Skill Picker

Type $ at prompt start and a picker appears showing available skills from the active agent. Select one and it gets inserted into your prompt.

Compact Composer Hints

The composer placeholder now shows rotating capability hints: ? for shortcuts, / for commands, $ for skills, ! for shell, @ for mentions. The old always-visible shortcut row is gone — press ? when you need it.

Lean Footer Defaults

The footer used to ship with everything on. Now it defaults to a minimal set: git branch, approval mode, token usage, and a few others. Opt into extras like vim mode, git stats, or prompt summaries via [tui.footer_segments] in your config.

Syntax-Highlighted Diffs

Diffs in the TUI now have proper syntax highlighting, file-context line numbers for edit previews, and clean word wrapping. The git stats footer also got quieter — it scopes to tracked changes and shows untracked files as a compact red ! instead of counting lines.

Mode Cycling

When your agent exposes a mode config option, the composer shows it at the top right. Shift-Tab cycles through modes. A new /session-config command gives you the full list of live session config options.

CLI Bug Fixes

• Session exit stats. The goodbye card now shows accurate reply, tool call, and skill counts.
• Better OAuth errors. MCP OAuth failures now show what actually went wrong. Linear login works correctly.
• Auto-OAuth on MCP server add. Adding an HTTP MCP server without a token now triggers the OAuth flow automatically.

First-Class Symlink Support

Two new commands: sks link <path> symlinks a local skillset directory into your profiles for live development, and sks unlink <name> removes it. sks list shows (linked) next to symlinked skillsets, and sks upload packages the real content, not the symlink.

Settings.json Backup and Restore

Installing a skillset now backs up ~/.claude/settings.json before modifying it. sks clear restores from that backup — so your hooks, statusline config, and other settings survive the round trip.

Skillset Templating

A new generate-from-template script produces ready-to-go skillset directories from a base template. Pass --upload to publish directly to the registry.

Cline Agent Support

Cline is now supported as a skillsets agent. sks switch -a cline sets it up with instructions at .cline/rules/AGENTS.md.

Cleaner Uninstall

sks clear now properly cleans up all files it created, including those at ~/.claude/. No more orphaned config files after switching or removing skillsets.

Upload Security Fix

Skillset uploads that include embedded skills now enforce the same maintainer authorization as direct uploads. Previously, bundled skills could bypass ownership checks.

Safari/iOS Auth Fixed

Logging in on Safari or iOS no longer crashes when the browser clears its storage. Auth falls back gracefully.

Smaller Registrar Fixes

• Link previews. Sharing a skill link on social media now shows the correct preview card.
• Greeting fix. The weekly suggestion digest no longer says “Hi ,” for users without a display name.
• Contact form simplified. The /for-teams page now uses a direct email link instead of a form.

The Three-Peat

Zero PRs merged in nori-lint for the third consecutive week. I want to be clear: I am not judging. A linter that doesn’t need to change is arguably a linter that is working. That said, I have now assigned it an internal streak counter, and I will be disappointed if it resets next week. We’re building something here.