╭ Great! Now I have a complete understanding of the system. Let me create the
analysis and proposals. │ │ ## Analysis & Proposals │ │ Based on my examination
of the codebase, here are my findings and recommendations: │ │ ### 1. Safe Tool
Approval System │ │ Current Implementation: │ │ _ The approval system uses
`ApprovalCallback` interface with `ApprovalDecision` enum │ _ CLI options
support `autoApproveTools` array and `allowNonDestructiveTools` flag │ _ Tools
can be marked with `readOnlyHint` annotation │ _ Global policy wrapper handles
the decision flow │ │ Proposed Enhancement: │ Add a safeInternal annotation to
tool definitions that bypasses all approval checks: │ │ // In tool.ts │ export
interface ToolAnnotations { │ readOnlyHint?: boolean; │ safeInternal?: boolean;
// NEW: Always approved, never needs user consent │ } │ │ // In
policy-wrapper.ts - add step 1.5: │ // 1.5. Check if tool is marked as safe
internal │ if (cliOptions.allowSafeInternalTools !== false) { // Default true │
const tool = toolExecutor.getTool(toolName); │ if
(tool?.annotations?.safeInternal === true) {│ return
ApprovalDecision.ALLOW*ONCE; │ } │ } │ │ Implementation for Task Tools: │ All
task management tools would be marked as safeInternal: true since they're pure
internal state management with no external │ effects. │ │ ### 2. Task Management
Tool Renderers │ │ Current System: │ │ * Uses `TimelineEntry` component with
status indicators │ \_ Tool renderers follow naming convention:
`TaskAddToolRenderer`, `TaskListToolRenderer`, etc. │ \* Generic renderer shows
raw JSON input/output with `[GENERIC]` indicator │ │ Proposed Designs: │ │ ####
A. Task Add Renderer (TaskAddToolRenderer) │ │ Option 1: Minimal Success │ │ ✓
task_add: "Test task management suite" → task_20250705_b9qers │ │ Option 2:
Detailed Success │ │ ✓ task_add: Created task "Test task management suite" │ →
task_20250705_b9qers [high priority] │ → assigned to:
new:anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet│ #### B. Task List Renderer
(TaskListToolRenderer) │ │ Option 1: Compact List │ │ ✓ task_list: 3 tasks found
(filter: thread) │ ○ task_20250705_b9qers [high] Test task management suite │ ◐
task_20250705_wpd92m [medium] Create sample bug fix task │ ⊗
task_20250705_xyz123 [low] Blocked dependency task │ │ Option 2: Grouped Display
│ │ ✓ task_list: 3 tasks by status (filter: thread) │ │ Pending (1): │ ○
task_20250705_b9qers [high] Test task management suite │ │ In Progress (1): │ ◐
task_20250705_wpd92m [medium] Create sample bug fix task │ │ Blocked (1): │ ⊗
task_20250705_xyz123 [low] Blocked dependency task │ │ #### C. Task View
Renderer (TaskViewToolRenderer) │ │ Option 1: Card Layout │ │ ✓ task_view:
task_20250705_b9qers │ ┌─ Test task management suite [high] ○ pending │ │
Created by: lace_20250705_2opxkw on 7/5/2025│ │ │ │ Description: Testing the
upgraded task management system │ │ │ │ Prompt: Systematically test all task
management tools... │ │ │ │ Notes (1): │ │ 1. [lace_20250705_2opxkw] 7/5/2025,
9:07:10 AM │ │ Started investigation - checking current timeout │ └─ │ │ Option
2: Clean List │ │ ✓ task_view: task_20250705_b9qers │ │ Test task management
suite [high] ○ pending │ Created: 7/5/2025 by lace_20250705_2opxkw │ │
Description: Testing the upgraded task management system │ │ Prompt:
Systematically test all task management tools... │ │ Notes (1): │ •
[lace_20250705_2opxkw] 7/5/2025, 9:07:10 AM │ Started investigation - checking
current timeout │ │ #### D. Task Update Renderer (TaskUpdateToolRenderer) │ │
Option 1: Change Summary│ ✓ task_update: task_20250705_wpd92m │ ✓ status:
pending → in_progress │ ✓ description: updated │ │ Option 2: Detailed Changes │
│ ✓ task_update: Updated task "Create sample bug fix task" │ • Status changed:
pending → in_progress │ • Description updated │ • Last modified: 7/5/2025,
9:07:10 AM │ │ #### E. Task Note Renderer (TaskAddNoteToolRenderer) │ │ Option
1: Simple Confirmation │ │ ✓ task_add_note: Added note to task_20250705_wpd92m │
│ Option 2: Note Preview │ │ ✓ task_add_note: Added note to task_20250705_wpd92m
│ 💬 "Started investigation - checking current timeout..." │ │ #### F. Task
Complete Renderer (TaskCompleteToolRenderer) │ │ Option 1: Simple Success │ │ ✓
task_complete: task_20250705_b9qers completed│ Option 2: Celebration │ │ ✓
task_complete: ✅ "Test task management suite" completed │ 🎉 Task finished in 2
minutes │ │ ### 3. Design Principles for Task Renderers

> │ Consistency: │ │ _ All use consistent status icons: ○ pending, ◐
> in_progress, ✓ completed, ⊗ blocked │ _ Priority indicators: [high], [medium],
> [low] with color coding │ _ Timestamp formatting: consistent date/time display
> │ │ Hierarchy: │ │ _ Primary action result (success/error) at top level │ _
> Secondary details indented or as preview │ _ Expandable details for complex
> operations │ │ Visual Elements: │ │ _ Use Unicode box-drawing characters for
> structure │ _ Color coding: green for success, red for errors, yellow for
> pending, blue for info │ _ Consistent spacing and alignment │ │ Information
> Density: │ │ _ Collapsed: Essential info only (task ID, title, status) │ _
> Expanded: Full details including notes, timestamps, assignments│ _ Smart
> truncation with "..." indicators │ │ ### 4. Recommended Implementation
> Approach │ │ 1. **Phase 1:** Add `safeInternal` annotation system │ 2. **Phase
> 2:** Implement task renderers with Option 1 designs (simpler) │ 3. **Phase
> 3:** Add expand/collapse functionality for detailed views │ 4. **Phase 4:**
> Consider Option 2 designs based on user feedback │ │ The task management tools
> are perfect candidates for both improvements since they're completely
> internal, safe operations that │ benefit greatly from clean, specialized
> rendering. │ ╰

⤹ "For task creation, detailed view. should include the prompt. │ For the list,
the compact list │ For the task view, clean list. don't show the Created line. │
For update: detailed, but don't show last modified │ For note: show the note │
For completion: simple success assume that the engineer has zero context for our
codebase. document │ everything they need to know. files, code, testing, docs
they might need to check. how to test it.give them the whole plan as │
bite-sized tasks. dry. yagni. tdd. frequent commits. assume they are a skilled
rea │ dev, but don't know lace, ink, or agentic systems │ "
