Fix: linter complaints

Enha: check if model has vision before giving it vision tools
Feat: screencapture for completion
2026-03-02 11:39:55 +03:00 · 2026-03-02 11:25:20 +03:00 · 2026-03-02 11:12:04 +03:00 · 2026-03-02 10:33:41 +03:00 · 2026-03-02 09:23:22 +03:00 · 2026-03-02 07:46:08 +03:00
28 changed files with 1408 additions and 1068 deletions
--- a/8
+++ b/8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: setconfig run lint setup-whisper build-whisper download-whisper-model docker-up docker-down docker-logs noextra-run installdelve checkdelve
+.PHONY: setconfig run lint lintall install-linters setup-whisper build-whisper download-whisper-model docker-up docker-down docker-logs noextra-run installdelve checkdelve

 run: setconfig
 	go build -tags extra -o gf-lt && ./gf-lt
@@ -21,9 +21,15 @@ installdelve:
 checkdelve:
 	which dlv &>/dev/null || installdelve

+install-linters: ## Install additional linters (noblanks)
+	go install github.com/GrailFinder/noblanks-linter/cmd/noblanks@latest
+
 lint: ## Run linters. Use make install-linters first.
 	golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml ./...

+lintall: lint
+	noblanks ./...
+
 # Whisper STT Setup (in batteries directory)
 setup-whisper: build-whisper download-whisper-model

--- a/agent/request.go
+++ b/agent/request.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func (ag *AgentClient) buildRequest(sysprompt, msg string) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Build prompt for completion endpoints
 	if isCompletion {
 		var sb strings.Builder
-		for _, m := range messages {
-			sb.WriteString(m.ToPrompt())
+		for i := range messages {
+			sb.WriteString(messages[i].ToPrompt())
 			sb.WriteString("\n")
 		}
 		prompt := strings.TrimSpace(sb.String())
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ func (ag *AgentClient) LLMRequest(body io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 		ag.log.Error("failed to read request body", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", ag.cfg.CurrentAPI, bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes))
 	if err != nil {
 		ag.log.Error("failed to create request", "error", err)
@@ -150,22 +149,18 @@ func (ag *AgentClient) LLMRequest(body io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer "+ag.getToken())
 	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
-
 	ag.log.Debug("agent LLM request", "url", ag.cfg.CurrentAPI, "body_preview", string(bodyBytes[:min(len(bodyBytes), 500)]))
-
 	resp, err := httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		ag.log.Error("llamacpp api request failed", "error", err, "url", ag.cfg.CurrentAPI)
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
 	responseBytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		ag.log.Error("failed to read response", "error", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
 		ag.log.Error("agent LLM request failed", "status", resp.StatusCode, "response", string(responseBytes[:min(len(responseBytes), 1000)]))
 		return responseBytes, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(responseBytes[:min(len(responseBytes), 200)]))
@@ -178,7 +173,6 @@ func (ag *AgentClient) LLMRequest(body io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 		// Return raw response as fallback
 		return responseBytes, nil
 	}
-
 	return []byte(text), nil
 }

--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ var (
 	LocalModels = []string{}
 )

+var thinkBlockRE = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)<think>.*?</think>`)
+
 // parseKnownToTag extracts known_to list from content using configured tag.
 // Returns cleaned content and list of character names.
 func parseKnownToTag(content string) []string {
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@ func processMessageTag(msg *models.RoleMsg) *models.RoleMsg {
 // filterMessagesForCharacter returns messages visible to the specified character.
 // If CharSpecificContextEnabled is false, returns all messages.
 func filterMessagesForCharacter(messages []models.RoleMsg, character string) []models.RoleMsg {
+	if strings.Contains(cfg.CurrentAPI, "chat") {
+		return messages
+	}
 	if cfg == nil || !cfg.CharSpecificContextEnabled || character == "" {
 		return messages
 	}
@@ -143,97 +148,67 @@ func filterMessagesForCharacter(messages []models.RoleMsg, character string) []m
 		return messages
 	}
 	filtered := make([]models.RoleMsg, 0, len(messages))
-	for _, msg := range messages {
+	for i := range messages {
 		// If KnownTo is nil or empty, message is visible to all
 		// system msg cannot be filtered
-		if len(msg.KnownTo) == 0 || msg.Role == "system" {
-			filtered = append(filtered, msg)
+		if len(messages[i].KnownTo) == 0 || messages[i].Role == "system" {
+			filtered = append(filtered, messages[i])
 			continue
 		}
-		if slices.Contains(msg.KnownTo, character) {
+		if slices.Contains(messages[i].KnownTo, character) {
 			// Check if character is in KnownTo lis
-			filtered = append(filtered, msg)
+			filtered = append(filtered, messages[i])
 		}
 	}
 	return filtered
 }

-func cleanToolCalls(messages []models.RoleMsg) []models.RoleMsg {
-	// If AutoCleanToolCallsFromCtx is false, keep tool call messages in context
-	if cfg != nil && !cfg.AutoCleanToolCallsFromCtx {
-		return consolidateAssistantMessages(messages)
-	}
-	cleaned := make([]models.RoleMsg, 0, len(messages))
-	for i, msg := range messages {
-		// recognize the message as the tool call and remove it
-		// tool call in last msg should stay
-		if msg.ToolCallID == "" || i == len(messages)-1 {
-			cleaned = append(cleaned, msg)
-		}
-	}
-	return consolidateAssistantMessages(cleaned)
-}
-
-// consolidateAssistantMessages merges consecutive assistant messages into a single message
 func consolidateAssistantMessages(messages []models.RoleMsg) []models.RoleMsg {
 	if len(messages) == 0 {
 		return messages
 	}
-	consolidated := make([]models.RoleMsg, 0, len(messages))
-	currentAssistantMsg := models.RoleMsg{}
-	isBuildingAssistantMsg := false
-	for i := 0; i < len(messages); i++ {
-		msg := messages[i]
-		// assistant role only
-		if msg.Role == cfg.AssistantRole {
-			// If this is an assistant message, start or continue building
-			if !isBuildingAssistantMsg {
-				// Start accumulating assistant message
-				currentAssistantMsg = msg.Copy()
-				isBuildingAssistantMsg = true
-			} else {
-				// Continue accumulating - append content to the current assistant message
-				if currentAssistantMsg.IsContentParts() || msg.IsContentParts() {
-					// Handle structured content
-					if !currentAssistantMsg.IsContentParts() {
-						// Preserve the original ToolCallID before conversion
-						originalToolCallID := currentAssistantMsg.ToolCallID
-						// Convert existing content to content parts
-						currentAssistantMsg = models.NewMultimodalMsg(currentAssistantMsg.Role, []interface{}{models.TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: currentAssistantMsg.Content}})
-						// Restore the original ToolCallID to preserve tool call linking
-						currentAssistantMsg.ToolCallID = originalToolCallID
+	result := make([]models.RoleMsg, 0, len(messages))
+	for i := range messages {
+		// Non-assistant messages are appended as-is
+		if messages[i].Role != cfg.AssistantRole {
+			result = append(result, messages[i])
+			continue
 		}
-					if msg.IsContentParts() {
-						currentAssistantMsg.ContentParts = append(currentAssistantMsg.ContentParts, msg.GetContentParts()...)
-					} else if msg.Content != "" {
-						currentAssistantMsg.AddTextPart(msg.Content)
+		// Assistant message: start a new block or merge with the last one
+		if len(result) == 0 || result[len(result)-1].Role != cfg.AssistantRole {
+			// First assistant in a block: append a copy (avoid mutating input)
+			result = append(result, messages[i].Copy())
+			continue
+		}
+		// Merge with the last assistant message
+		last := &result[len(result)-1]
+		// If either message has structured content, unify to ContentParts
+		if last.IsContentParts() || messages[i].IsContentParts() {
+			// Convert last to ContentParts if needed, preserving ToolCallID
+			if !last.IsContentParts() {
+				toolCallID := last.ToolCallID
+				*last = models.NewMultimodalMsg(last.Role, []interface{}{
+					models.TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: last.Content},
+				})
+				last.ToolCallID = toolCallID
+			}
+			// Add current message's content to last
+			if messages[i].IsContentParts() {
+				last.ContentParts = append(last.ContentParts, messages[i].GetContentParts()...)
+			} else if messages[i].Content != "" {
+				last.AddTextPart(messages[i].Content)
 			}
 		} else {
-					// Simple string content
-					if currentAssistantMsg.Content != "" {
-						currentAssistantMsg.Content += "\n" + msg.Content
-					} else {
-						currentAssistantMsg.Content = msg.Content
+			// Both simple strings: concatenate with newline
+			if last.Content != "" && messages[i].Content != "" {
+				last.Content += "\n" + messages[i].Content
+			} else if messages[i].Content != "" {
+				last.Content = messages[i].Content
 			}
-					// ToolCallID is already preserved since we're not creating a new message object when just concatenating content
+			// ToolCallID is already preserved in last
 		}
 	}
-		} else {
-			// This is not an assistant message
-			// If we were building an assistant message, add it to the result
-			if isBuildingAssistantMsg {
-				consolidated = append(consolidated, currentAssistantMsg)
-				isBuildingAssistantMsg = false
-			}
-			// Add the non-assistant message
-			consolidated = append(consolidated, msg)
-		}
-	}
-	// Don't forget the last assistant message if we were building one
-	if isBuildingAssistantMsg {
-		consolidated = append(consolidated, currentAssistantMsg)
-	}
-	return consolidated
+	return result
 }

 // GetLogLevel returns the current log level as a string
@@ -404,22 +379,22 @@ func fetchLCPModels() ([]string, error) {

 // fetchLCPModelsWithLoadStatus returns models with "(loaded)" indicator for loaded models
 func fetchLCPModelsWithLoadStatus() ([]string, error) {
-	models, err := fetchLCPModelsWithStatus()
+	modelList, err := fetchLCPModelsWithStatus()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	result := make([]string, 0, len(models.Data))
+	result := make([]string, 0, len(modelList.Data))
 	li := 0 // loaded index
-	for i, m := range models.Data {
+	for i, m := range modelList.Data {
 		modelName := m.ID
 		if m.Status.Value == "loaded" {
-			modelName = "(loaded) " + modelName
+			modelName = models.LoadedMark + modelName
 			li = i
 		}
 		result = append(result, modelName)
 	}
 	if li == 0 {
-		return result, nil // no loaded models
+		return result, nil // no loaded modelList
 	}
 	loadedModel := result[li]
 	result = append(result[:li], result[li+1:]...)
@@ -458,6 +433,33 @@ func isModelLoaded(modelID string) (bool, error) {
 	return false, nil
 }

+func ModelHasVision(api, modelID string) bool {
+	switch {
+	case strings.Contains(api, "deepseek"):
+		return false
+	case strings.Contains(api, "openrouter"):
+		resp, err := http.Get("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/models")
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warn("failed to fetch OR models for vision check", "error", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		orm := &models.ORModels{}
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(orm); err != nil {
+			logger.Warn("failed to decode OR models for vision check", "error", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		return orm.HasVision(modelID)
+	default:
+		models, err := fetchLCPModelsWithStatus()
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warn("failed to fetch LCP models for vision check", "error", err)
+			return false
+		}
+		return models.HasVision(modelID)
+	}
+}
+
 // monitorModelLoad starts a goroutine that periodically checks if the specified model is loaded.
 func monitorModelLoad(modelID string) {
 	go func() {
@@ -777,14 +779,14 @@ func showSpinner() {
 		botPersona = cfg.WriteNextMsgAsCompletionAgent
 	}
 	for botRespMode || toolRunningMode {
-		time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		time.Sleep(400 * time.Millisecond)
 		spin := i % len(spinners)
 		app.QueueUpdateDraw(func() {
 			switch {
 			case toolRunningMode:
 				textArea.SetTitle(spinners[spin] + " tool")
 			case botRespMode:
-				textArea.SetTitle(spinners[spin] + " " + botPersona)
+				textArea.SetTitle(spinners[spin] + " " + botPersona + " (F6 to interrupt)")
 			default:
 				textArea.SetTitle(spinners[spin] + " input")
 			}
@@ -960,7 +962,9 @@ out:
 	if err := updateStorageChat(activeChatName, chatBody.Messages); err != nil {
 		logger.Warn("failed to update storage", "error", err, "name", activeChatName)
 	}
-	if findCall(respText.String(), toolResp.String()) {
+	// Strip think blocks before parsing for tool calls
+	respTextNoThink := thinkBlockRE.ReplaceAllString(respText.String(), "")
+	if findCall(respTextNoThink, toolResp.String()) {
 		return nil
 	}
 	// Check if this message was sent privately to specific characters
@@ -982,7 +986,7 @@ func cleanChatBody() {
 	}
 	// Tool request cleaning is now configurable via AutoCleanToolCallsFromCtx (default false)
 	// /completion msg where part meant for user and other part tool call
-	chatBody.Messages = cleanToolCalls(chatBody.Messages)
+	// chatBody.Messages = cleanToolCalls(chatBody.Messages)
 	chatBody.Messages = consolidateAssistantMessages(chatBody.Messages)
 }

@@ -1096,22 +1100,38 @@ func findCall(msg, toolCall string) bool {
 		}
 		lastToolCall.Args = openAIToolMap
 		fc = lastToolCall
-		// Set lastToolCall.ID from parsed tool call ID if available
-		if len(openAIToolMap) > 0 {
-			if id, exists := openAIToolMap["id"]; exists {
-				lastToolCall.ID = id
-			}
-		}
+		// NOTE: We do NOT override lastToolCall.ID from arguments.
+		// The ID should come from the streaming response (chunk.ToolID) set earlier.
+		// Some tools like todo_create have "id" in their arguments which is NOT the tool call ID.
 	} else {
 		jsStr := toolCallRE.FindString(msg)
 		if jsStr == "" { // no tool call case
 			return false
 		}
-		prefix := "__tool_call__\n"
-		suffix := "\n__tool_call__"
-		jsStr = strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(jsStr, prefix), suffix)
+		// Remove prefix/suffix with flexible whitespace handling
+		jsStr = strings.TrimSpace(jsStr)
+		jsStr = strings.TrimPrefix(jsStr, "__tool_call__")
+		jsStr = strings.TrimSuffix(jsStr, "__tool_call__")
+		jsStr = strings.TrimSpace(jsStr)
 		// HTML-decode the JSON string to handle encoded characters like &lt; -> <=
 		decodedJsStr := html.UnescapeString(jsStr)
+		// Try to find valid JSON bounds (first { to last })
+		start := strings.Index(decodedJsStr, "{")
+		end := strings.LastIndex(decodedJsStr, "}")
+		if start == -1 || end == -1 || end <= start {
+			logger.Error("failed to find valid JSON in tool call", "json_string", decodedJsStr)
+			toolResponseMsg := models.RoleMsg{
+				Role:    cfg.ToolRole,
+				Content: "Error processing tool call: no valid JSON found. Please check the JSON format.",
+			}
+			chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, toolResponseMsg)
+			crr := &models.ChatRoundReq{
+				Role: cfg.AssistantRole,
+			}
+			chatRoundChan <- crr
+			return true
+		}
+		decodedJsStr = decodedJsStr[start : end+1]
 		var err error
 		fc, err = unmarshalFuncCall(decodedJsStr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1138,14 +1158,18 @@ func findCall(msg, toolCall string) bool {
 		lastToolCall.Args = fc.Args
 	}
 	// we got here => last msg recognized as a tool call (correct or not)
-	// make sure it has ToolCallID
-	if chatBody.Messages[len(chatBody.Messages)-1].ToolCallID == "" {
-		// Tool call IDs should be alphanumeric strings with length 9!
-		chatBody.Messages[len(chatBody.Messages)-1].ToolCallID = randString(9)
+	// Use the tool call ID from streaming response (lastToolCall.ID)
+	// Don't generate random ID - the ID should match between assistant message and tool response
+	lastMsgIdx := len(chatBody.Messages) - 1
+	if lastToolCall.ID != "" {
+		chatBody.Messages[lastMsgIdx].ToolCallID = lastToolCall.ID
 	}
-	// Ensure lastToolCall.ID is set, fallback to assistant message's ToolCallID
-	if lastToolCall.ID == "" {
-		lastToolCall.ID = chatBody.Messages[len(chatBody.Messages)-1].ToolCallID
+	// Store tool call info in the assistant message
+	// Convert Args map to JSON string for storage
+	chatBody.Messages[lastMsgIdx].ToolCall = &models.ToolCall{
+		ID:   lastToolCall.ID,
+		Name: lastToolCall.Name,
+		Args: mapToString(lastToolCall.Args),
 	}
 	// call a func
 	_, ok := fnMap[fc.Name]
@@ -1175,16 +1199,61 @@ func findCall(msg, toolCall string) bool {
 	toolRunningMode = true
 	resp := callToolWithAgent(fc.Name, fc.Args)
 	toolRunningMode = false
-	toolMsg := string(resp) // Remove the "tool response: " prefix and %+v formatting
+	toolMsg := string(resp)
 	logger.Info("llm used a tool call", "tool_name", fc.Name, "too_args", fc.Args, "id", fc.ID, "tool_resp", toolMsg)
-	fmt.Fprintf(textView, "%s[-:-:b](%d) <%s>: [-:-:-]\n%s\n",
-		"\n\n", len(chatBody.Messages), cfg.ToolRole, toolMsg)
 	// Create tool response message with the proper tool_call_id
-	toolResponseMsg := models.RoleMsg{
+	// Mark shell commands as always visible
+	isShellCommand := fc.Name == "execute_command"
+	// Check if response is multimodal content (image)
+	var toolResponseMsg models.RoleMsg
+	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.TrimSpace(toolMsg), `{"type":"multimodal_content"`) {
+		// Parse multimodal content response
+		multimodalResp := models.MultimodalToolResp{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(toolMsg), &multimodalResp); err == nil && multimodalResp.Type == "multimodal_content" {
+			// Create RoleMsg with ContentParts
+			var contentParts []any
+			for _, part := range multimodalResp.Parts {
+				partType := part["type"]
+				switch partType {
+				case "text":
+					contentParts = append(contentParts, models.TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: part["text"]})
+				case "image_url":
+					contentParts = append(contentParts, models.ImageContentPart{
+						Type: "image_url",
+						ImageURL: struct {
+							URL string `json:"url"`
+						}{URL: part["url"]},
+					})
+				default:
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			toolResponseMsg = models.RoleMsg{
+				Role:            cfg.ToolRole,
+				ContentParts:    contentParts,
+				HasContentParts: true,
+				ToolCallID:      lastToolCall.ID,
+				IsShellCommand:  isShellCommand,
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Fallback to regular content
+			toolResponseMsg = models.RoleMsg{
 				Role:           cfg.ToolRole,
 				Content:        toolMsg,
-		ToolCallID: lastToolCall.ID, // Use the stored tool call ID
+				ToolCallID:     lastToolCall.ID,
+				IsShellCommand: isShellCommand,
 			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		toolResponseMsg = models.RoleMsg{
+			Role:           cfg.ToolRole,
+			Content:        toolMsg,
+			ToolCallID:     lastToolCall.ID,
+			IsShellCommand: isShellCommand,
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(textView, "%s[-:-:b](%d) <%s>: [-:-:-]\n%s\n",
+		"\n\n", len(chatBody.Messages), cfg.ToolRole, toolResponseMsg.GetText())
 	chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, toolResponseMsg)
 	logger.Debug("findCall: added actual tool response", "role", toolResponseMsg.Role, "content_len", len(toolResponseMsg.Content), "tool_call_id", toolResponseMsg.ToolCallID, "message_count_after_add", len(chatBody.Messages))
 	// Clear the stored tool call ID after using it
@@ -1200,12 +1269,42 @@ func findCall(msg, toolCall string) bool {

 func chatToTextSlice(messages []models.RoleMsg, showSys bool) []string {
 	resp := make([]string, len(messages))
-	for i, msg := range messages {
-		// INFO: skips system msg and tool msg
-		if !showSys && (msg.Role == cfg.ToolRole || msg.Role == "system") {
+	for i := range messages {
+		icon := fmt.Sprintf("[-:-:b](%d) <%s>:[-:-:-]", i, messages[i].Role)
+		// Handle tool call indicators (assistant messages with tool call but empty content)
+		if messages[i].Role == cfg.AssistantRole && messages[i].ToolCall != nil && messages[i].ToolCall.ID != "" {
+			// This is a tool call indicator - show collapsed
+			if toolCollapsed {
+				toolName := messages[i].ToolCall.Name
+				resp[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s\n[yellow::i][tool call: %s (press Ctrl+T to expand)][-:-:-]\n", icon, messages[i].GetText(), toolName), "\n\n", "\n")
+			} else {
+				// Show full tool call info
+				toolName := messages[i].ToolCall.Name
+				resp[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s\n[yellow::i][tool call: %s][-:-:-]\nargs: %s\nid: %s\n", icon, messages[i].GetText(), toolName, messages[i].ToolCall.Args, messages[i].ToolCall.ID), "\n\n", "\n")
+			}
 			continue
 		}
-		resp[i] = msg.ToText(i)
+		// Handle tool responses
+		if messages[i].Role == cfg.ToolRole || messages[i].Role == "tool" {
+			// Always show shell commands
+			if messages[i].IsShellCommand {
+				resp[i] = MsgToText(i, &messages[i])
+				continue
+			}
+			// Hide non-shell tool responses when collapsed
+			if toolCollapsed {
+				resp[i] = icon + "\n[yellow::i][tool resp (press Ctrl+T to expand)][-:-:-]\n"
+				continue
+			}
+			// When expanded, show tool responses
+			resp[i] = MsgToText(i, &messages[i])
+			continue
+		}
+		// INFO: skips system msg when showSys is false
+		if !showSys && messages[i].Role == "system" {
+			continue
+		}
+		resp[i] = MsgToText(i, &messages[i])
 	}
 	return resp
 }
@@ -1239,20 +1338,6 @@ func chatToText(messages []models.RoleMsg, showSys bool) string {
 	return text
 }

-func removeThinking(chatBody *models.ChatBody) {
-	msgs := []models.RoleMsg{}
-	for _, msg := range chatBody.Messages {
-		// Filter out tool messages and thinking markers
-		if msg.Role == cfg.ToolRole {
-			continue
-		}
-		// find thinking and remove it - use SetText to preserve ContentParts
-		msg.SetText(thinkRE.ReplaceAllString(msg.GetText(), ""))
-		msgs = append(msgs, msg)
-	}
-	chatBody.Messages = msgs
-}
-
 func addNewChat(chatName string) {
 	id, err := store.ChatGetMaxID()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1307,11 +1392,28 @@ func updateModelLists() {
 	}
 	// if llama.cpp started after gf-lt?
 	localModelsMu.Lock()
-	LocalModels, err = fetchLCPModels()
+	LocalModels, err = fetchLCPModelsWithLoadStatus()
 	localModelsMu.Unlock()
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warn("failed to fetch llama.cpp models", "error", err)
 	}
+	// set already loaded model in llama.cpp
+	if strings.Contains(cfg.CurrentAPI, "localhost") || strings.Contains(cfg.CurrentAPI, "127.0.0.1") {
+		localModelsMu.Lock()
+		defer localModelsMu.Unlock()
+		for i := range LocalModels {
+			if strings.Contains(LocalModels[i], models.LoadedMark) {
+				m := strings.TrimPrefix(LocalModels[i], models.LoadedMark)
+				cfg.CurrentModel = m
+				chatBody.Model = m
+				cachedModelColor = "green"
+				updateStatusLine()
+				UpdateToolCapabilities()
+				app.Draw()
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }

 func refreshLocalModelsIfEmpty() {
@@ -1374,15 +1476,6 @@ func init() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 		return
 	}
-	// Set image base directory for path display
-	baseDir := cfg.FilePickerDir
-	if baseDir == "" || baseDir == "." {
-		// Resolve "." to current working directory
-		if wd, err := os.Getwd(); err == nil {
-			baseDir = wd
-		}
-	}
-	models.SetImageBaseDir(baseDir)
 	defaultStarter = []models.RoleMsg{
 		{Role: "system", Content: basicSysMsg},
 		{Role: cfg.AssistantRole, Content: defaultFirstMsg},
@@ -1397,8 +1490,6 @@ func init() {
 	}
 	// load cards
 	basicCard.Role = cfg.AssistantRole
-	// toolCard.Role = cfg.AssistantRole
-	//
 	logLevel.Set(slog.LevelInfo)
 	logger = slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(logfile, &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: logLevel}))
 	store = storage.NewProviderSQL(cfg.DBPATH, logger)
--- a/bot_test.go
+++ b/bot_test.go
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package main
-
 import (
 	"gf-lt/config"
 	"gf-lt/models"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 )
-
 func TestConsolidateConsecutiveAssistantMessages(t *testing.T) {
 	// Mock config for testing
 	testCfg := &config.Config{
@@ -14,7 +12,6 @@ func TestConsolidateConsecutiveAssistantMessages(t *testing.T) {
 		WriteNextMsgAsCompletionAgent: "",
 	}
 	cfg = testCfg
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		input    []models.RoleMsg
@@ -114,38 +111,31 @@ func TestConsolidateConsecutiveAssistantMessages(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			result := consolidateAssistantMessages(tt.input)
-
 			if len(result) != len(tt.expected) {
 				t.Errorf("Expected %d messages, got %d", len(tt.expected), len(result))
 				t.Logf("Result: %+v", result)
 				t.Logf("Expected: %+v", tt.expected)
 				return
 			}
-
 			for i, expectedMsg := range tt.expected {
 				if i >= len(result) {
 					t.Errorf("Result has fewer messages than expected at index %d", i)
 					continue
 				}
-
 				actualMsg := result[i]
 				if actualMsg.Role != expectedMsg.Role {
 					t.Errorf("Message %d: expected role '%s', got '%s'", i, expectedMsg.Role, actualMsg.Role)
 				}
-
 				if actualMsg.Content != expectedMsg.Content {
 					t.Errorf("Message %d: expected content '%s', got '%s'", i, expectedMsg.Content, actualMsg.Content)
 				}
-
 				if actualMsg.ToolCallID != expectedMsg.ToolCallID {
 					t.Errorf("Message %d: expected ToolCallID '%s', got '%s'", i, expectedMsg.ToolCallID, actualMsg.ToolCallID)
 				}
 			}
-
 			// Additional check: ensure no messages were lost
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, tt.expected) {
 				t.Errorf("Result does not match expected:\nResult:   %+v\nExpected: %+v", result, tt.expected)
@@ -153,7 +143,6 @@ func TestConsolidateConsecutiveAssistantMessages(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestUnmarshalFuncCall(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -213,7 +202,6 @@ func TestUnmarshalFuncCall(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got, err := unmarshalFuncCall(tt.jsonStr)
@@ -238,7 +226,6 @@ func TestUnmarshalFuncCall(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestConvertJSONToMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -265,7 +252,6 @@ func TestConvertJSONToMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got, err := convertJSONToMapStringString(tt.jsonStr)
@@ -287,7 +273,6 @@ func TestConvertJSONToMapStringString(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestParseKnownToTag(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string
@@ -378,7 +363,6 @@ func TestParseKnownToTag(t *testing.T) {
 			wantKnownTo: []string{"Alice", "Bob", "Carl"},
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			// Set up config
@@ -402,7 +386,6 @@ func TestParseKnownToTag(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestProcessMessageTag(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name    string
@@ -498,7 +481,6 @@ func TestProcessMessageTag(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			testCfg := &config.Config{
@@ -529,7 +511,6 @@ func TestProcessMessageTag(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestFilterMessagesForCharacter(t *testing.T) {
 	messages := []models.RoleMsg{
 		{Role: "system", Content: "System message", KnownTo: nil}, // visible to all
@@ -539,7 +520,6 @@ func TestFilterMessagesForCharacter(t *testing.T) {
 		{Role: "Alice", Content: "Private to Carl", KnownTo: []string{"Alice", "Carl"}},
 		{Role: "Carl", Content: "Hi all", KnownTo: nil}, // visible to all
 	}
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name        string
 		enabled     bool
@@ -583,7 +563,6 @@ func TestFilterMessagesForCharacter(t *testing.T) {
 			wantIndices: []int{0, 1, 5},
 		},
 	}
-
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			testCfg := &config.Config{
@@ -591,15 +570,12 @@ func TestFilterMessagesForCharacter(t *testing.T) {
 				CharSpecificContextTag:     "@",
 			}
 			cfg = testCfg
-
 			got := filterMessagesForCharacter(messages, tt.character)
-
 			if len(got) != len(tt.wantIndices) {
 				t.Errorf("filterMessagesForCharacter() returned %d messages, want %d", len(got), len(tt.wantIndices))
 				t.Logf("got: %v", got)
 				return
 			}
-
 			for i, idx := range tt.wantIndices {
 				if got[i].Content != messages[idx].Content {
 					t.Errorf("filterMessagesForCharacter() message %d content = %q, want %q", i, got[i].Content, messages[idx].Content)
@@ -608,7 +584,6 @@ func TestFilterMessagesForCharacter(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
 func TestRoleMsgCopyPreservesKnownTo(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test that the Copy() method preserves the KnownTo field
 	originalMsg := models.RoleMsg{
@@ -616,9 +591,7 @@ func TestRoleMsgCopyPreservesKnownTo(t *testing.T) {
 		Content: "Test message",
 		KnownTo: []string{"Bob", "Charlie"},
 	}
-
 	copiedMsg := originalMsg.Copy()
-
 	if copiedMsg.Role != originalMsg.Role {
 		t.Errorf("Copy() failed to preserve Role: got %q, want %q", copiedMsg.Role, originalMsg.Role)
 	}
@@ -635,7 +608,6 @@ func TestRoleMsgCopyPreservesKnownTo(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Copy() failed to preserve hasContentParts flag")
 	}
 }
-
 func TestKnownToFieldPreservationScenario(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test the specific scenario from the log where KnownTo field was getting lost
 	originalMsg := models.RoleMsg{
@@ -643,28 +615,22 @@ func TestKnownToFieldPreservationScenario(t *testing.T) {
 		Content: `Alice: "Okay, Bob. The word is... **'Ephemeral'**. (ooc: @Bob@)"`,
 		KnownTo: []string{"Bob"}, // This was detected in the log
 	}
-
 	t.Logf("Original message - Role: %s, Content: %s, KnownTo: %v",
 		originalMsg.Role, originalMsg.Content, originalMsg.KnownTo)
-
 	// Simulate what happens when the message gets copied during processing
 	copiedMsg := originalMsg.Copy()
-
 	t.Logf("Copied message - Role: %s, Content: %s, KnownTo: %v",
 		copiedMsg.Role, copiedMsg.Content, copiedMsg.KnownTo)
-
 	// Check if KnownTo field survived the copy
 	if len(copiedMsg.KnownTo) == 0 {
 		t.Error("ERROR: KnownTo field was lost during copy!")
 	} else {
 		t.Log("SUCCESS: KnownTo field was preserved during copy!")
 	}
-
 	// Verify the content is the same
 	if copiedMsg.Content != originalMsg.Content {
 		t.Errorf("Content was changed during copy: got %s, want %s", copiedMsg.Content, originalMsg.Content)
 	}
-
 	// Verify the KnownTo slice is properly copied
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(copiedMsg.KnownTo, originalMsg.KnownTo) {
 		t.Errorf("KnownTo was not properly copied: got %v, want %v", copiedMsg.KnownTo, originalMsg.KnownTo)
--- a/config.example.toml
+++ b/config.example.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ AutoCleanToolCallsFromCtx = false
 RAGEnabled = false
 RAGBatchSize = 1
 RAGWordLimit = 80
-RAGWorkers = 2
 RAGDir = "ragimport"
 # extra tts
 TTS_ENABLED = false
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// rag settings
 	RAGEnabled   bool   `toml:"RAGEnabled"`
 	RAGDir       string `toml:"RAGDir"`
-	RAGWorkers   uint32 `toml:"RAGWorkers"`
 	RAGBatchSize int    `toml:"RAGBatchSize"`
 	RAGWordLimit uint32 `toml:"RAGWordLimit"`
 	// deepseek
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ This document explains how to set up and configure the application using the `co
 #### RAGWordLimit (`80`)
 - Maximum number of words in a batch to tokenize and store.

-#### RAGWorkers (`2`)
- Number of concurrent workers for RAG processing.
-
 #### RAGDir (`"ragimport"`)
 - Directory containing documents for RAG processing.

--- a/helpfuncs.go
+++ b/helpfuncs.go
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"unicode"

-	"math/rand/v2"
-
 	"github.com/rivo/tview"
 )

@@ -29,10 +27,8 @@ func startModelColorUpdater() {
 	go func() {
 		ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Second)
 		defer ticker.Stop()
-
 		// Initial check
 		updateCachedModelColor()
-
 		for range ticker.C {
 			updateCachedModelColor()
 		}
@@ -45,7 +41,6 @@ func updateCachedModelColor() {
 		cachedModelColor = "orange"
 		return
 	}
-
 	// Check if model is loaded
 	loaded, err := isModelLoaded(chatBody.Model)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -69,6 +64,14 @@ func isASCII(s string) bool {
 	return true
 }

+func mapToString[V any](m map[string]V) string {
+	rs := strings.Builder{}
+	for k, v := range m {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&rs, "%v: %v\n", k, v)
+	}
+	return rs.String()
+}
+
 // stripThinkingFromMsg removes thinking blocks from assistant messages.
 // Skips user, tool, and system messages as they may contain thinking examples.
 func stripThinkingFromMsg(msg *models.RoleMsg) *models.RoleMsg {
@@ -214,6 +217,8 @@ func startNewChat(keepSysP bool) {
 	newChat := &models.Chat{
 		ID:        id + 1,
 		Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", id+1, cfg.AssistantRole),
+		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+		UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
 		// chat is written to db when we get first llm response (or any)
 		// actual chat history (messages) would be parsed then
 		Msgs:  "",
@@ -358,7 +363,7 @@ func makeStatusLine() string {
 	}
 	// Get model color based on load status for local llama.cpp models
 	modelColor := getModelColor()
-	statusLine := fmt.Sprintf(statusLineTempl, boolColors[botRespMode], activeChatName,
+	statusLine := fmt.Sprintf(statusLineTempl, activeChatName,
 		boolColors[cfg.ToolUse], modelColor, chatBody.Model, boolColors[cfg.SkipLLMResp],
 		cfg.CurrentAPI, persona, botPersona)
 	if cfg.STT_ENABLED {
@@ -374,16 +379,6 @@ func makeStatusLine() string {
 	return statusLine + imageInfo + shellModeInfo
 }

-var letters = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
-
-func randString(n int) string {
-	b := make([]rune, n)
-	for i := range b {
-		b[i] = letters[rand.IntN(len(letters))]
-	}
-	return string(b)
-}
-
 // set of roles within card definition and mention in chat history
 func listChatRoles() []string {
 	currentChat, ok := chatMap[activeChatName]
@@ -427,12 +422,11 @@ func deepseekModelValidator() error {

 func toggleShellMode() {
 	shellMode = !shellMode
+	setShellMode(shellMode)
 	if shellMode {
-		// Update input placeholder to indicate shell mode
-		textArea.SetPlaceholder("SHELL MODE: Enter command and press <Esc> to execute")
+		shellInput.SetLabel(fmt.Sprintf("[%s]$ ", cfg.FilePickerDir))
 	} else {
-		// Reset to normal mode
-		textArea.SetPlaceholder("input is multiline; press <Enter> to start the next line;\npress <Esc> to send the message. Alt+1 to exit shell mode")
+		textArea.SetPlaceholder("input is multiline; press <Enter> to start the next line;\npress <Esc> to send the message.")
 	}
 	updateStatusLine()
 }
@@ -444,23 +438,29 @@ func updateFlexLayout() {
 	}
 	flex.Clear()
 	flex.AddItem(textView, 0, 40, false)
+	if shellMode {
+		flex.AddItem(shellInput, 0, 10, false)
+	} else {
 		flex.AddItem(textArea, 0, 10, false)
+	}
 	if positionVisible {
 		flex.AddItem(statusLineWidget, 0, 2, false)
 	}
 	// Keep focus on currently focused widget
 	focused := app.GetFocus()
-	if focused == textView {
+	switch {
+	case focused == textView:
 		app.SetFocus(textView)
-	} else {
+	case shellMode:
+		app.SetFocus(shellInput)
+	default:
 		app.SetFocus(textArea)
 	}
 }

 func executeCommandAndDisplay(cmdText string) {
-	// Parse the command (split by spaces, but handle quoted arguments)
-	cmdParts := parseCommand(cmdText)
-	if len(cmdParts) == 0 {
+	cmdText = strings.TrimSpace(cmdText)
+	if cmdText == "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(textView, "\n[red]Error: No command provided[-:-:-]\n")
 		if scrollToEndEnabled {
 			textView.ScrollToEnd()
@@ -468,17 +468,63 @@ func executeCommandAndDisplay(cmdText string) {
 		colorText()
 		return
 	}
-	command := cmdParts[0]
-	args := []string{}
-	if len(cmdParts) > 1 {
-		args = cmdParts[1:]
+	workingDir := cfg.FilePickerDir
+	// Handle cd command specially to update working directory
+	if strings.HasPrefix(cmdText, "cd ") {
+		newDir := strings.TrimPrefix(cmdText, "cd ")
+		newDir = strings.TrimSpace(newDir)
+		// Handle cd ~ or cdHOME
+		if strings.HasPrefix(newDir, "~") {
+			home := os.Getenv("HOME")
+			newDir = strings.Replace(newDir, "~", home, 1)
 		}
-	// Create the command execution
-	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
+		// Check if directory exists
+		if _, err := os.Stat(newDir); err == nil {
+			workingDir = newDir
+			cfg.FilePickerDir = workingDir
+			// Update shell input label with new directory
+			shellInput.SetLabel(fmt.Sprintf("[%s]$ ", cfg.FilePickerDir))
+			outputContent := workingDir
+			// Add the command being executed to the chat
+			fmt.Fprintf(textView, "\n[-:-:b](%d) <%s>: [-:-:-]\n$ %s\n",
+				len(chatBody.Messages), cfg.ToolRole, cmdText)
+			fmt.Fprintf(textView, "%s\n", outputContent)
+			combinedMsg := models.RoleMsg{
+				Role:    cfg.ToolRole,
+				Content: "$ " + cmdText + "\n\n" + outputContent,
+			}
+			chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, combinedMsg)
+			if scrollToEndEnabled {
+				textView.ScrollToEnd()
+			}
+			colorText()
+			return
+		} else {
+			outputContent := "cd: " + newDir + ": No such file or directory"
+			fmt.Fprintf(textView, "\n[-:-:b](%d) <%s>: [-:-:-]\n$ %s\n",
+				len(chatBody.Messages), cfg.ToolRole, cmdText)
+			fmt.Fprintf(textView, "[red]%s[-:-:-]\n", outputContent)
+			combinedMsg := models.RoleMsg{
+				Role:    cfg.ToolRole,
+				Content: "$ " + cmdText + "\n\n" + outputContent,
+			}
+			chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, combinedMsg)
+			if scrollToEndEnabled {
+				textView.ScrollToEnd()
+			}
+			colorText()
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Use /bin/sh to support pipes, redirects, etc.
+	cmd := exec.Command("/bin/sh", "-c", cmdText)
+	cmd.Dir = workingDir
 	// Execute the command and get output
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	// Add the command being executed to the chat
-	fmt.Fprintf(textView, "\n[yellow]$ %s[-:-:-]\n", cmdText)
+	fmt.Fprintf(textView, "\n[-:-:b](%d) <%s>: [-:-:-]\n$ %s\n",
+		len(chatBody.Messages), cfg.ToolRole, cmdText)
 	var outputContent string
 	if err != nil {
 		// Include both output and error
@@ -515,42 +561,11 @@ func executeCommandAndDisplay(cmdText string) {
 		textView.ScrollToEnd()
 	}
 	colorText()
+	// Add command to history (avoid duplicates at the end)
+	if len(shellHistory) == 0 || shellHistory[len(shellHistory)-1] != cmdText {
+		shellHistory = append(shellHistory, cmdText)
 	}
-
-// parseCommand splits command string handling quotes properly
-func parseCommand(cmd string) []string {
-	var args []string
-	var current string
-	var inQuotes bool
-	var quoteChar rune
-	for _, r := range cmd {
-		switch r {
-		case '"', '\'':
-			if inQuotes {
-				if r == quoteChar {
-					inQuotes = false
-				} else {
-					current += string(r)
-				}
-			} else {
-				inQuotes = true
-				quoteChar = r
-			}
-		case ' ', '\t':
-			if inQuotes {
-				current += string(r)
-			} else if current != "" {
-				args = append(args, current)
-				current = ""
-			}
-		default:
-			current += string(r)
-		}
-	}
-	if current != "" {
-		args = append(args, current)
-	}
-	return args
+	shellHistoryPos = -1
 }

 // == search ==
@@ -792,3 +807,91 @@ func scanFiles(dir, filter string) []string {
 	scanRecursive(dir, 0, "")
 	return files
 }
+
+// models logic that is too complex for models package
+func MsgToText(i int, m *models.RoleMsg) string {
+	var contentStr string
+	var imageIndicators []string
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
+		contentStr = m.Content
+	} else {
+		var textParts []string
+		for _, part := range m.ContentParts {
+			switch p := part.(type) {
+			case models.TextContentPart:
+				if p.Type == "text" {
+					textParts = append(textParts, p.Text)
+				}
+			case models.ImageContentPart:
+				displayPath := p.Path
+				if displayPath == "" {
+					displayPath = "image"
+				} else {
+					displayPath = extractDisplayPath(displayPath, cfg.FilePickerDir)
+				}
+				imageIndicators = append(imageIndicators, fmt.Sprintf("[orange::i][image: %s][-:-:-]", displayPath))
+			case map[string]any:
+				if partType, exists := p["type"]; exists {
+					switch partType {
+					case "text":
+						if textVal, textExists := p["text"]; textExists {
+							if textStr, isStr := textVal.(string); isStr {
+								textParts = append(textParts, textStr)
+							}
+						}
+					case "image_url":
+						var displayPath string
+						if pathVal, pathExists := p["path"]; pathExists {
+							if pathStr, isStr := pathVal.(string); isStr && pathStr != "" {
+								displayPath = extractDisplayPath(pathStr, cfg.FilePickerDir)
+							}
+						}
+						if displayPath == "" {
+							displayPath = "image"
+						}
+						imageIndicators = append(imageIndicators, fmt.Sprintf("[orange::i][image: %s][-:-:-]", displayPath))
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		contentStr = strings.Join(textParts, " ") + " "
+	}
+	contentStr, _ = strings.CutPrefix(contentStr, m.Role+":")
+	icon := fmt.Sprintf("(%d) <%s>: ", i, m.Role)
+	var finalContent strings.Builder
+	if len(imageIndicators) > 0 {
+		for _, indicator := range imageIndicators {
+			finalContent.WriteString(indicator)
+			finalContent.WriteString("\n")
+		}
+	}
+	finalContent.WriteString(contentStr)
+	if m.Stats != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&finalContent, "\n[gray::i][%d tok, %.1fs, %.1f t/s][-:-:-]", m.Stats.Tokens, m.Stats.Duration, m.Stats.TokensPerSec)
+	}
+	textMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[-:-:b]%s[-:-:-]\n%s\n", icon, finalContent.String())
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(textMsg, "\n\n", "\n")
+}
+
+// extractDisplayPath returns a path suitable for display, potentially relative to imageBaseDir
+func extractDisplayPath(p, bp string) string {
+	if p == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	// If base directory is set, try to make path relative to it
+	if bp != "" {
+		if rel, err := filepath.Rel(bp, p); err == nil {
+			// Check if relative path doesn't start with ".." (meaning it's within base dir)
+			// If it starts with "..", we might still want to show it as relative
+			// but for now we show full path if it goes outside base dir
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
+				p = rel
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Truncate long paths to last 60 characters if needed
+	if len(p) > 60 {
+		return "..." + p[len(p)-60:]
+	}
+	return p
+}
--- a/llm.go
+++ b/llm.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
 	"gf-lt/models"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@ var lastImg string             // for ctrl+j

 // containsToolSysMsg checks if the toolSysMsg already exists in the chat body
 func containsToolSysMsg() bool {
-	for _, msg := range chatBody.Messages {
-		if msg.Role == cfg.ToolRole && msg.Content == toolSysMsg {
+	for i := range chatBody.Messages {
+		if chatBody.Messages[i].Role == cfg.ToolRole && chatBody.Messages[i].Content == toolSysMsg {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
@@ -119,25 +118,22 @@ func (lcp LCPCompletion) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader, erro
 	logger.Debug("formmsg lcpcompletion", "link", cfg.CurrentAPI)
 	localImageAttachmentPath := imageAttachmentPath
 	var multimodalData []string
+	if msg != "" { // otherwise let the bot to continue
+		var newMsg models.RoleMsg
 		if localImageAttachmentPath != "" {
+			newMsg = models.NewMultimodalMsg(role, []any{})
+			newMsg.AddTextPart(msg)
 			imageURL, err := models.CreateImageURLFromPath(localImageAttachmentPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Error("failed to create image URL from path for completion",
 					"error", err, "path", localImageAttachmentPath)
 				return nil, err
 			}
-		// Extract base64 part from data URL (e.g., "data:image/jpeg;base64,...")
-		parts := strings.SplitN(imageURL, ",", 2)
-		if len(parts) == 2 {
-			multimodalData = append(multimodalData, parts[1])
-		} else {
-			logger.Error("invalid image data URL format", "url", imageURL)
-			return nil, errors.New("invalid image data URL format")
-		}
+			newMsg.AddImagePart(imageURL, localImageAttachmentPath)
 			imageAttachmentPath = "" // Clear the attachment after use
+		} else { // not a multimodal msg or image passed in tool call
+			newMsg = models.RoleMsg{Role: role, Content: msg}
 		}
-	if msg != "" { // otherwise let the bot to continue
-		newMsg := models.RoleMsg{Role: role, Content: msg}
 		newMsg = *processMessageTag(&newMsg)
 		chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, newMsg)
 	}
@@ -146,22 +142,40 @@ func (lcp LCPCompletion) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader, erro
 		chatBody.Messages = append(chatBody.Messages, models.RoleMsg{Role: cfg.ToolRole, Content: toolSysMsg})
 	}
 	filteredMessages, botPersona := filterMessagesForCurrentCharacter(chatBody.Messages)
+	// Build prompt and extract images inline as we process each message
 	messages := make([]string, len(filteredMessages))
-	for i, m := range filteredMessages {
-		messages[i] = stripThinkingFromMsg(&m).ToPrompt()
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		m := stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i])
+		messages[i] = m.ToPrompt()
+		// Extract images from this message and add marker inline
+		if len(m.ContentParts) > 0 {
+			for _, part := range m.ContentParts {
+				var imgURL string
+				// Check for struct type
+				if imgPart, ok := part.(models.ImageContentPart); ok {
+					imgURL = imgPart.ImageURL.URL
+				} else if partMap, ok := part.(map[string]any); ok {
+					// Check for map type (from JSON unmarshaling)
+					if partType, exists := partMap["type"]; exists && partType == "image_url" {
+						if imgURLMap, ok := partMap["image_url"].(map[string]any); ok {
+							if url, ok := imgURLMap["url"].(string); ok {
+								imgURL = url
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				if imgURL != "" {
+					// Extract base64 part from data URL (e.g., "data:image/jpeg;base64,...")
+					parts := strings.SplitN(imgURL, ",", 2)
+					if len(parts) == 2 {
+						multimodalData = append(multimodalData, parts[1])
+						messages[i] += " <__media__>"
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	prompt := strings.Join(messages, "\n")
-	// Add multimodal media markers to the prompt text when multimodal data is present
-	// This is required by llama.cpp multimodal models so they know where to insert media
-	if len(multimodalData) > 0 {
-		// Add a media marker for each item in the multimodal data
-		var sb strings.Builder
-		sb.WriteString(prompt)
-		for range multimodalData {
-			sb.WriteString(" <__media__>") // llama.cpp default multimodal marker
-		}
-		prompt = sb.String()
-	}
 	// needs to be after <__media__> if there are images
 	if !resume {
 		botMsgStart := "\n" + botPersona + ":\n"
@@ -216,13 +230,11 @@ func (op LCPChat) ParseChunk(data []byte) (*models.TextChunk, error) {
 		logger.Warn("LCPChat ParseChunk: no choices in response", "data", string(data))
 		return &models.TextChunk{Finished: true}, nil
 	}
-
 	lastChoice := llmchunk.Choices[len(llmchunk.Choices)-1]
 	resp := &models.TextChunk{
 		Chunk:     lastChoice.Delta.Content,
 		Reasoning: lastChoice.Delta.ReasoningContent,
 	}
-
 	// Check for tool calls in all choices, not just the last one
 	for _, choice := range llmchunk.Choices {
 		if len(choice.Delta.ToolCalls) > 0 {
@@ -237,7 +249,6 @@ func (op LCPChat) ParseChunk(data []byte) (*models.TextChunk, error) {
 			break // Process only the first tool call
 		}
 	}
-
 	if lastChoice.FinishReason == "stop" {
 		if resp.Chunk != "" {
 			logger.Error("text inside of finish llmchunk", "chunk", llmchunk)
@@ -292,14 +303,23 @@ func (op LCPChat) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader, error) {
 		Model:    chatBody.Model,
 		Stream:   chatBody.Stream,
 	}
-	for i, msg := range filteredMessages {
-		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&msg)
-		if strippedMsg.Role == cfg.UserRole {
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i])
+		switch strippedMsg.Role {
+		case cfg.UserRole:
 			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "user"
-		} else {
+		case cfg.AssistantRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "assistant"
+		case cfg.ToolRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "tool"
+		default:
 			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 		}
+		// Clear ToolCalls - they're stored in chat history for display but not sent to LLM
+		// bodyCopy.Messages[i].ToolCall = nil
 	}
 	// Clean null/empty messages to prevent API issues
 	bodyCopy.Messages = consolidateAssistantMessages(bodyCopy.Messages)
@@ -361,8 +381,8 @@ func (ds DeepSeekerCompletion) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader
 	}
 	filteredMessages, botPersona := filterMessagesForCurrentCharacter(chatBody.Messages)
 	messages := make([]string, len(filteredMessages))
-	for i, m := range filteredMessages {
-		messages[i] = stripThinkingFromMsg(&m).ToPrompt()
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		messages[i] = stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i]).ToPrompt()
 	}
 	prompt := strings.Join(messages, "\n")
 	// strings builder?
@@ -432,14 +452,27 @@ func (ds DeepSeekerChat) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader, erro
 		Model:    chatBody.Model,
 		Stream:   chatBody.Stream,
 	}
-	for i, msg := range filteredMessages {
-		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&msg)
-		if strippedMsg.Role == cfg.UserRole || i == 1 {
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i])
+		switch strippedMsg.Role {
+		case cfg.UserRole:
+			if i == 1 {
 				bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 				bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "user"
 			} else {
 				bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 			}
+		case cfg.AssistantRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "assistant"
+		case cfg.ToolRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "tool"
+		default:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+		}
+		// Clear ToolCalls - they're stored in chat history for display but not sent to LLM
+		// bodyCopy.Messages[i].ToolCall = nil
 	}
 	// Clean null/empty messages to prevent API issues
 	bodyCopy.Messages = consolidateAssistantMessages(bodyCopy.Messages)
@@ -492,8 +525,8 @@ func (or OpenRouterCompletion) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader
 	}
 	filteredMessages, botPersona := filterMessagesForCurrentCharacter(chatBody.Messages)
 	messages := make([]string, len(filteredMessages))
-	for i, m := range filteredMessages {
-		messages[i] = stripThinkingFromMsg(&m).ToPrompt()
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		messages[i] = stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i]).ToPrompt()
 	}
 	prompt := strings.Join(messages, "\n")
 	// strings builder?
@@ -596,14 +629,24 @@ func (or OpenRouterChat) FormMsg(msg, role string, resume bool) (io.Reader, erro
 		Model:    chatBody.Model,
 		Stream:   chatBody.Stream,
 	}
-	for i, msg := range filteredMessages {
-		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&msg)
-		bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
-		// Standardize role if it's a user role
-		if bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role == cfg.UserRole {
+	for i := range filteredMessages {
+		strippedMsg := *stripThinkingFromMsg(&filteredMessages[i])
+		switch strippedMsg.Role {
+		case cfg.UserRole:
 			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "user"
+		case cfg.AssistantRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "assistant"
+		case cfg.ToolRole:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i].Role = "tool"
+		default:
+			bodyCopy.Messages[i] = strippedMsg
 		}
+		// Clear ToolCalls - they're stored in chat history for display but not sent to LLM
+		// literally deletes data that we need
+		// bodyCopy.Messages[i].ToolCall = nil
 	}
 	// Clean null/empty messages to prevent API issues
 	bodyCopy.Messages = consolidateAssistantMessages(bodyCopy.Messages)
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ var (
 	injectRole        = true
 	selectedIndex     = int(-1)
 	shellMode         = false
+	shellHistory      []string
+	shellHistoryPos   int = -1
 	thinkingCollapsed     = false
-	statusLineTempl   = "help (F12) | [%s:-:b]llm writes[-:-:-] (F6 to interrupt) | chat: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (F1) | [%s:-:b]tool use[-:-:-] (ctrl+k) | model: [%s:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+l) | [%s:-:b]skip LLM resp[-:-:-] (F10)\nAPI: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+v) | writing as: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+q) | bot will write as [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+x)"
+	toolCollapsed         = true
+	statusLineTempl       = "help (F12) | chat: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (F1) | [%s:-:b]tool use[-:-:-] (ctrl+k) | model: [%s:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+l) | [%s:-:b]skip LLM resp[-:-:-] (F10)\nAPI: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+v) | writing as: [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+q) | bot will write as [orange:-:b]%s[-:-:-] (ctrl+x)"
 	focusSwitcher         = map[tview.Primitive]tview.Primitive{}
 )

--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"gf-lt/config"
-	"gf-lt/models"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestRemoveThinking(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		cb       *models.ChatBody
-		toolMsgs uint8
-	}{
-		{cb: &models.ChatBody{
-			Stream: true,
-			Messages: []models.RoleMsg{
-				{Role: "tool", Content: "should be ommited"},
-				{Role: "system", Content: "should stay"},
-				{Role: "user", Content: "hello, how are you?"},
-				{Role: "assistant", Content: "Oh, hi. <think>I should thank user and continue the conversation</think> I am geat, thank you! How are you?"},
-			},
-		},
-			toolMsgs: uint8(1),
-		},
-	}
-	for i, tc := range cases {
-					t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("run_%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
-						cfg = &config.Config{ToolRole: "tool"} // Initialize cfg.ToolRole for test
-						mNum := len(tc.cb.Messages)
-						removeThinking(tc.cb)
-						if len(tc.cb.Messages) != mNum-int(tc.toolMsgs) {
-							t.Errorf("failed to delete tools msg %v; expected %d, got %d", tc.cb.Messages, mNum-int(tc.toolMsgs), len(tc.cb.Messages))
-						}
-						for _, msg := range tc.cb.Messages {
-							if strings.Contains(msg.Content, "<think>") {
-								t.Errorf("msg contains think tag; msg: %s\n", msg.Content)
-							}
-						}
-					})	}
-}
--- a/models/consts.go
+++ b/models/consts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package models
+
+const (
+	LoadedMark        = "(loaded) "
+	ToolRespMultyType = "multimodel_content"
+)
+
+type APIType int
+
+const (
+	APITypeChat APIType = iota
+	APITypeCompletion
+)
--- a/models/models.go
+++ b/models/models.go
@@ -5,28 +5,21 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )

-var (
-	// imageBaseDir is the base directory for displaying image paths.
-	// If set, image paths will be shown relative to this directory.
-	imageBaseDir = ""
-)
-
-// SetImageBaseDir sets the base directory for displaying image paths.
-// If dir is empty, full paths will be shown.
-func SetImageBaseDir(dir string) {
-	imageBaseDir = dir
-}
-
 type FuncCall struct {
 	ID   string            `json:"id,omitempty"`
 	Name string            `json:"name"`
 	Args map[string]string `json:"args"`
 }

+type ToolCall struct {
+	ID   string `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+	Args string `json:"arguments"`
+}
+
 type LLMResp struct {
 	Choices []struct {
 		FinishReason string `json:"finish_reason"`
@@ -109,25 +102,35 @@ type RoleMsg struct {
 	Content         string         `json:"-"`
 	ContentParts    []any          `json:"-"`
 	ToolCallID      string         `json:"tool_call_id,omitempty"`     // For tool response messages
+	ToolCall        *ToolCall      `json:"tool_call,omitempty"`        // For assistant messages with tool calls
+	IsShellCommand  bool           `json:"is_shell_command,omitempty"` // True for shell command outputs (always shown)
 	KnownTo         []string       `json:"known_to,omitempty"`
 	Stats           *ResponseStats `json:"stats"`
-	hasContentParts bool           // Flag to indicate which content type to marshal
+	HasContentParts bool           // Flag to indicate which content type to marshal
 }

 // MarshalJSON implements custom JSON marshaling for RoleMsg
-func (m *RoleMsg) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
-	if m.hasContentParts {
+//
+//nolint:gocritic
+func (m RoleMsg) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if m.HasContentParts {
 		// Use structured content format
 		aux := struct {
 			Role           string         `json:"role"`
 			Content        []any          `json:"content"`
 			ToolCallID     string         `json:"tool_call_id,omitempty"`
+			ToolCall       *ToolCall      `json:"tool_call,omitempty"`
+			IsShellCommand bool           `json:"is_shell_command,omitempty"`
 			KnownTo        []string       `json:"known_to,omitempty"`
+			Stats          *ResponseStats `json:"stats,omitempty"`
 		}{
 			Role:           m.Role,
 			Content:        m.ContentParts,
 			ToolCallID:     m.ToolCallID,
+			ToolCall:       m.ToolCall,
+			IsShellCommand: m.IsShellCommand,
 			KnownTo:        m.KnownTo,
+			Stats:          m.Stats,
 		}
 		return json.Marshal(aux)
 	} else {
@@ -136,12 +139,18 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 			Role           string         `json:"role"`
 			Content        string         `json:"content"`
 			ToolCallID     string         `json:"tool_call_id,omitempty"`
+			ToolCall       *ToolCall      `json:"tool_call,omitempty"`
+			IsShellCommand bool           `json:"is_shell_command,omitempty"`
 			KnownTo        []string       `json:"known_to,omitempty"`
+			Stats          *ResponseStats `json:"stats,omitempty"`
 		}{
 			Role:           m.Role,
 			Content:        m.Content,
 			ToolCallID:     m.ToolCallID,
+			ToolCall:       m.ToolCall,
+			IsShellCommand: m.IsShellCommand,
 			KnownTo:        m.KnownTo,
+			Stats:          m.Stats,
 		}
 		return json.Marshal(aux)
 	}
@@ -154,14 +163,20 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		Role           string         `json:"role"`
 		Content        []any          `json:"content"`
 		ToolCallID     string         `json:"tool_call_id,omitempty"`
+		ToolCall       *ToolCall      `json:"tool_call,omitempty"`
+		IsShellCommand bool           `json:"is_shell_command,omitempty"`
 		KnownTo        []string       `json:"known_to,omitempty"`
+		Stats          *ResponseStats `json:"stats,omitempty"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &structured); err == nil && len(structured.Content) > 0 {
 		m.Role = structured.Role
 		m.ContentParts = structured.Content
 		m.ToolCallID = structured.ToolCallID
+		m.ToolCall = structured.ToolCall
+		m.IsShellCommand = structured.IsShellCommand
 		m.KnownTo = structured.KnownTo
-		m.hasContentParts = true
+		m.Stats = structured.Stats
+		m.HasContentParts = true
 		return nil
 	}

@@ -170,7 +185,10 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		Role           string         `json:"role"`
 		Content        string         `json:"content"`
 		ToolCallID     string         `json:"tool_call_id,omitempty"`
+		ToolCall       *ToolCall      `json:"tool_call,omitempty"`
+		IsShellCommand bool           `json:"is_shell_command,omitempty"`
 		KnownTo        []string       `json:"known_to,omitempty"`
+		Stats          *ResponseStats `json:"stats,omitempty"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &simple); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -178,78 +196,17 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	m.Role = simple.Role
 	m.Content = simple.Content
 	m.ToolCallID = simple.ToolCallID
+	m.ToolCall = simple.ToolCall
+	m.IsShellCommand = simple.IsShellCommand
 	m.KnownTo = simple.KnownTo
-	m.hasContentParts = false
+	m.Stats = simple.Stats
+	m.HasContentParts = false
 	return nil
 }

-func (m *RoleMsg) ToText(i int) string {
-	var contentStr string
-	var imageIndicators []string
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
-		contentStr = m.Content
-	} else {
-		var textParts []string
-		for _, part := range m.ContentParts {
-			switch p := part.(type) {
-			case TextContentPart:
-				if p.Type == "text" {
-					textParts = append(textParts, p.Text)
-				}
-			case ImageContentPart:
-				displayPath := p.Path
-				if displayPath == "" {
-					displayPath = "image"
-				} else {
-					displayPath = extractDisplayPath(displayPath)
-				}
-				imageIndicators = append(imageIndicators, fmt.Sprintf("[orange::i][image: %s][-:-:-]", displayPath))
-			case map[string]any:
-				if partType, exists := p["type"]; exists {
-					switch partType {
-					case "text":
-						if textVal, textExists := p["text"]; textExists {
-							if textStr, isStr := textVal.(string); isStr {
-								textParts = append(textParts, textStr)
-							}
-						}
-					case "image_url":
-						var displayPath string
-						if pathVal, pathExists := p["path"]; pathExists {
-							if pathStr, isStr := pathVal.(string); isStr && pathStr != "" {
-								displayPath = extractDisplayPath(pathStr)
-							}
-						}
-						if displayPath == "" {
-							displayPath = "image"
-						}
-						imageIndicators = append(imageIndicators, fmt.Sprintf("[orange::i][image: %s][-:-:-]", displayPath))
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		contentStr = strings.Join(textParts, " ") + " "
-	}
-	contentStr, _ = strings.CutPrefix(contentStr, m.Role+":")
-	icon := fmt.Sprintf("(%d) <%s>: ", i, m.Role)
-	var finalContent strings.Builder
-	if len(imageIndicators) > 0 {
-		for _, indicator := range imageIndicators {
-			finalContent.WriteString(indicator)
-			finalContent.WriteString("\n")
-		}
-	}
-	finalContent.WriteString(contentStr)
-	if m.Stats != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(&finalContent, "\n[gray::i][%d tok, %.1fs, %.1f t/s][-:-:-]", m.Stats.Tokens, m.Stats.Duration, m.Stats.TokensPerSec)
-	}
-	textMsg := fmt.Sprintf("[-:-:b]%s[-:-:-]\n%s\n", icon, finalContent.String())
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(textMsg, "\n\n", "\n")
-}
-
 func (m *RoleMsg) ToPrompt() string {
 	var contentStr string
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
 		contentStr = m.Content
 	} else {
 		// For structured content, just take the text parts
@@ -282,7 +239,7 @@ func NewRoleMsg(role, content string) RoleMsg {
 	return RoleMsg{
 		Role:            role,
 		Content:         content,
-		hasContentParts: false,
+		HasContentParts: false,
 	}
 }

@@ -291,7 +248,7 @@ func NewMultimodalMsg(role string, contentParts []any) RoleMsg {
 	return RoleMsg{
 		Role:            role,
 		ContentParts:    contentParts,
-		hasContentParts: true,
+		HasContentParts: true,
 	}
 }

@@ -300,7 +257,7 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) HasContent() bool {
 	if m.Content != "" {
 		return true
 	}
-	if m.hasContentParts && len(m.ContentParts) > 0 {
+	if m.HasContentParts && len(m.ContentParts) > 0 {
 		return true
 	}
 	return false
@@ -308,7 +265,7 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) HasContent() bool {

 // IsContentParts returns true if the message uses structured content parts
 func (m *RoleMsg) IsContentParts() bool {
-	return m.hasContentParts
+	return m.HasContentParts
 }

 // GetContentParts returns the content parts of the message
@@ -325,14 +282,16 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) Copy() RoleMsg {
 		ToolCallID:      m.ToolCallID,
 		KnownTo:         m.KnownTo,
 		Stats:           m.Stats,
-		hasContentParts: m.hasContentParts,
+		HasContentParts: m.HasContentParts,
+		ToolCall:        m.ToolCall,
+		IsShellCommand:  m.IsShellCommand,
 	}
 }

 // GetText returns the text content of the message, handling both
 // simple Content and multimodal ContentParts formats.
 func (m *RoleMsg) GetText() string {
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
 		return m.Content
 	}
 	var textParts []string
@@ -361,7 +320,7 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) GetText() string {
 // ContentParts (multimodal), it updates the text parts while preserving
 // images. If not, it sets the simple Content field.
 func (m *RoleMsg) SetText(text string) {
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
 		m.Content = text
 		return
 	}
@@ -391,32 +350,30 @@ func (m *RoleMsg) SetText(text string) {

 // AddTextPart adds a text content part to the message
 func (m *RoleMsg) AddTextPart(text string) {
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
 		// Convert to content parts format
 		if m.Content != "" {
 			m.ContentParts = []any{TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: m.Content}}
 		} else {
 			m.ContentParts = []any{}
 		}
-		m.hasContentParts = true
+		m.HasContentParts = true
 	}
-
 	textPart := TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: text}
 	m.ContentParts = append(m.ContentParts, textPart)
 }

 // AddImagePart adds an image content part to the message
 func (m *RoleMsg) AddImagePart(imageURL, imagePath string) {
-	if !m.hasContentParts {
+	if !m.HasContentParts {
 		// Convert to content parts format
 		if m.Content != "" {
 			m.ContentParts = []any{TextContentPart{Type: "text", Text: m.Content}}
 		} else {
 			m.ContentParts = []any{}
 		}
-		m.hasContentParts = true
+		m.HasContentParts = true
 	}
-
 	imagePart := ImageContentPart{
 		Type: "image_url",
 		Path: imagePath, // Store the original file path
@@ -434,7 +391,6 @@ func CreateImageURLFromPath(imagePath string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	// Determine the image format based on file extension
 	var mimeType string
 	switch {
@@ -451,39 +407,12 @@ func CreateImageURLFromPath(imagePath string) (string, error) {
 	default:
 		mimeType = "image/jpeg" // default
 	}
-
 	// Encode to base64
 	encoded := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(data)
-
 	// Create data URL
 	return fmt.Sprintf("data:%s;base64,%s", mimeType, encoded), nil
 }

-// extractDisplayPath returns a path suitable for display, potentially relative to imageBaseDir
-func extractDisplayPath(p string) string {
-	if p == "" {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	// If base directory is set, try to make path relative to it
-	if imageBaseDir != "" {
-		if rel, err := filepath.Rel(imageBaseDir, p); err == nil {
-			// Check if relative path doesn't start with ".." (meaning it's within base dir)
-			// If it starts with "..", we might still want to show it as relative
-			// but for now we show full path if it goes outside base dir
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(rel, "..") {
-				p = rel
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	// Truncate long paths to last 60 characters if needed
-	if len(p) > 60 {
-		return "..." + p[len(p)-60:]
-	}
-	return p
-}
-
 type ChatBody struct {
 	Model    string    `json:"model"`
 	Stream   bool      `json:"stream"`
@@ -491,16 +420,16 @@ type ChatBody struct {
 }

 func (cb *ChatBody) Rename(oldname, newname string) {
-	for i, m := range cb.Messages {
-		cb.Messages[i].Content = strings.ReplaceAll(m.Content, oldname, newname)
-		cb.Messages[i].Role = strings.ReplaceAll(m.Role, oldname, newname)
+	for i := range cb.Messages {
+		cb.Messages[i].Content = strings.ReplaceAll(cb.Messages[i].Content, oldname, newname)
+		cb.Messages[i].Role = strings.ReplaceAll(cb.Messages[i].Role, oldname, newname)
 	}
 }

 func (cb *ChatBody) ListRoles() []string {
 	namesMap := make(map[string]struct{})
-	for _, m := range cb.Messages {
-		namesMap[m.Role] = struct{}{}
+	for i := range cb.Messages {
+		namesMap[cb.Messages[i].Role] = struct{}{}
 	}
 	resp := make([]string, len(namesMap))
 	i := 0
@@ -587,24 +516,6 @@ type OpenAIReq struct {

 // ===

-// type LLMModels struct {
-// 	Object string `json:"object"`
-// 	Data   []struct {
-// 		ID      string `json:"id"`
-// 		Object  string `json:"object"`
-// 		Created int    `json:"created"`
-// 		OwnedBy string `json:"owned_by"`
-// 		Meta    struct {
-// 			VocabType int   `json:"vocab_type"`
-// 			NVocab    int   `json:"n_vocab"`
-// 			NCtxTrain int   `json:"n_ctx_train"`
-// 			NEmbd     int   `json:"n_embd"`
-// 			NParams   int64 `json:"n_params"`
-// 			Size      int64 `json:"size"`
-// 		} `json:"meta"`
-// 	} `json:"data"`
-// }
-
 type LlamaCPPReq struct {
 	Model  string `json:"model"`
 	Stream bool   `json:"stream"`
@@ -697,6 +608,20 @@ func (lcp *LCPModels) ListModels() []string {
 	return resp
 }

+func (lcp *LCPModels) HasVision(modelID string) bool {
+	for _, m := range lcp.Data {
+		if m.ID == modelID {
+			args := m.Status.Args
+			for i := 0; i < len(args)-1; i++ {
+				if args[i] == "--mmproj" {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 type ResponseStats struct {
 	Tokens       int
 	Duration     float64
@@ -710,9 +635,7 @@ type ChatRoundReq struct {
 	Resume  bool
 }

-type APIType int
-
-const (
-	APITypeChat APIType = iota
-	APITypeCompletion
-)
+type MultimodalToolResp struct {
+	Type  string              `json:"type"`
+	Parts []map[string]string `json:"parts"`
+}
--- a/models/models_test.go
+++ b/models/models_test.go
@@ -1,167 +0,0 @@
-package models
-
-import (
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestRoleMsgToTextWithImages(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		msg      RoleMsg
-		index    int
-		expected string // substring to check
-	}{
-		{
-			name:  "text and image",
-			index: 0,
-			msg: func() RoleMsg {
-				msg := NewMultimodalMsg("user", []interface{}{})
-				msg.AddTextPart("Look at this picture")
-				msg.AddImagePart("data:image/jpeg;base64,abc123", "/home/user/Pictures/cat.jpg")
-				return msg
-			}(),
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: /home/user/Pictures/cat.jpg][-:-:-]",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "image only",
-			index: 1,
-			msg: func() RoleMsg {
-				msg := NewMultimodalMsg("user", []interface{}{})
-				msg.AddImagePart("data:image/png;base64,xyz789", "/tmp/screenshot_20250217_123456.png")
-				return msg
-			}(),
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: /tmp/screenshot_20250217_123456.png][-:-:-]",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "long filename truncated",
-			index: 2,
-			msg: func() RoleMsg {
-				msg := NewMultimodalMsg("user", []interface{}{})
-				msg.AddTextPart("Check this")
-				msg.AddImagePart("data:image/jpeg;base64,foo", "/very/long/path/to/a/really_long_filename_that_exceeds_forty_characters.jpg")
-				return msg
-			}(),
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: .../to/a/really_long_filename_that_exceeds_forty_characters.jpg][-:-:-]",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "multiple images",
-			index: 3,
-			msg: func() RoleMsg {
-				msg := NewMultimodalMsg("user", []interface{}{})
-				msg.AddTextPart("Multiple images")
-				msg.AddImagePart("data:image/jpeg;base64,a", "/path/img1.jpg")
-				msg.AddImagePart("data:image/png;base64,b", "/path/img2.png")
-				return msg
-			}(),
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: /path/img1.jpg][-:-:-]\n[orange::i][image: /path/img2.png][-:-:-]",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "old format without path",
-			index: 4,
-			msg: RoleMsg{
-				Role:            "user",
-				hasContentParts: true,
-				ContentParts: []interface{}{
-					map[string]interface{}{
-						"type": "image_url",
-						"image_url": map[string]interface{}{
-							"url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,old",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: image][-:-:-]",
-		},
-		{
-			name:  "old format with path",
-			index: 5,
-			msg: RoleMsg{
-				Role:            "user",
-				hasContentParts: true,
-				ContentParts: []interface{}{
-					map[string]interface{}{
-						"type": "image_url",
-						"path": "/old/path/photo.jpg",
-						"image_url": map[string]interface{}{
-							"url": "data:image/jpeg;base64,old",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: "[orange::i][image: /old/path/photo.jpg][-:-:-]",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := tt.msg.ToText(tt.index)
-			if !strings.Contains(result, tt.expected) {
-				t.Errorf("ToText() result does not contain expected indicator\ngot: %s\nwant substring: %s", result, tt.expected)
-			}
-			// Ensure the indicator appears before text content
-			if strings.Contains(tt.expected, "cat.jpg") && strings.Contains(result, "Look at this picture") {
-				indicatorPos := strings.Index(result, "[orange::i][image: /home/user/Pictures/cat.jpg][-:-:-]")
-				textPos := strings.Index(result, "Look at this picture")
-				if indicatorPos == -1 || textPos == -1 || indicatorPos >= textPos {
-					t.Errorf("image indicator should appear before text")
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestExtractDisplayPath(t *testing.T) {
-	// Save original base dir
-	originalBaseDir := imageBaseDir
-	defer func() { imageBaseDir = originalBaseDir }()
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name     string
-		baseDir  string
-		path     string
-		expected string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:     "no base dir shows full path",
-			baseDir:  "",
-			path:     "/home/user/images/cat.jpg",
-			expected: "/home/user/images/cat.jpg",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "relative path within base dir",
-			baseDir:  "/home/user",
-			path:     "/home/user/images/cat.jpg",
-			expected: "images/cat.jpg",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "path outside base dir shows full path",
-			baseDir:  "/home/user",
-			path:     "/tmp/test.jpg",
-			expected: "/tmp/test.jpg",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "same directory",
-			baseDir:  "/home/user/images",
-			path:     "/home/user/images/cat.jpg",
-			expected: "cat.jpg",
-		},
-		{
-			name:     "long path truncated",
-			baseDir:  "",
-			path:     "/very/long/path/to/a/really_long_filename_that_exceeds_sixty_characters_limit_yes_it_is_very_long.jpg",
-			expected: "..._that_exceeds_sixty_characters_limit_yes_it_is_very_long.jpg",
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			imageBaseDir = tt.baseDir
-			result := extractDisplayPath(tt.path)
-			if result != tt.expected {
-				t.Errorf("extractDisplayPath(%q) with baseDir=%q = %q, want %q",
-					tt.path, tt.baseDir, result, tt.expected)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/models/openrouter.go
+++ b/models/openrouter.go
@@ -172,3 +172,16 @@ func (orm *ORModels) ListModels(free bool) []string {
 	}
 	return resp
 }
+
+func (orm *ORModels) HasVision(modelID string) bool {
+	for i := range orm.Data {
+		if orm.Data[i].ID == modelID {
+			for _, mod := range orm.Data[i].Architecture.InputModalities {
+				if mod == "image" {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
--- a/models/openrouter_test.go
+++ b/models/openrouter_test.go
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ func TestORModelsListModels(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("expected 4 total models, got %d", len(allModels))
 		}
 	})
-
 	t.Run("integration with or_models.json", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Attempt to load the real data file from the project root
 		path := filepath.Join("..", "or_models.json")
--- a/popups.go
+++ b/popups.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main

 import (
+	"gf-lt/models"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"

@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func showModelSelectionPopup() {
 	// Find the current model index to set as selected
 	currentModelIndex := -1
 	for i, model := range modelList {
-		if strings.TrimPrefix(model, "(loaded) ") == chatBody.Model {
+		if strings.TrimPrefix(model, models.LoadedMark) == chatBody.Model {
 			currentModelIndex = i
 		}
 		modelListWidget.AddItem(model, "", 0, nil)
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func showModelSelectionPopup() {
 		modelListWidget.SetCurrentItem(currentModelIndex)
 	}
 	modelListWidget.SetSelectedFunc(func(index int, mainText string, secondaryText string, shortcut rune) {
-		modelName := strings.TrimPrefix(mainText, "(loaded) ")
+		modelName := strings.TrimPrefix(mainText, models.LoadedMark)
 		chatBody.Model = modelName
 		cfg.CurrentModel = chatBody.Model
 		pages.RemovePage("modelSelectionPopup")
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ func showAPILinkSelectionPopup() {
 	apiListWidget.SetSelectedFunc(func(index int, mainText string, secondaryText string, shortcut rune) {
 		// Update the API in config
 		cfg.CurrentAPI = mainText
+		UpdateToolCapabilities()
 		// Update model list based on new API
 		// Helper function to get model list for a given API (same as in props_table.go)
 		getModelListForAPI := func(api string) []string {
@@ -159,8 +161,9 @@ func showAPILinkSelectionPopup() {
 		newModelList := getModelListForAPI(cfg.CurrentAPI)
 		// Ensure chatBody.Model is in the new list; if not, set to first available model
 		if len(newModelList) > 0 && !slices.Contains(newModelList, chatBody.Model) {
-			chatBody.Model = newModelList[0]
+			chatBody.Model = strings.TrimPrefix(newModelList[0], models.LoadedMark)
 			cfg.CurrentModel = chatBody.Model
+			UpdateToolCapabilities()
 		}
 		pages.RemovePage("apiLinkSelectionPopup")
 		app.SetFocus(textArea)
@@ -343,7 +346,7 @@ func showBotRoleSelectionPopup() {
 	app.SetFocus(roleListWidget)
 }

-func showFileCompletionPopup(filter string) {
+func showShellFileCompletionPopup(filter string) {
 	baseDir := cfg.FilePickerDir
 	if baseDir == "" {
 		baseDir = "."
@@ -352,13 +355,12 @@ func showFileCompletionPopup(filter string) {
 	if len(complMatches) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	// If only one match, auto-complete without showing popup
 	if len(complMatches) == 1 {
-		currentText := textArea.GetText()
+		currentText := shellInput.GetText()
 		atIdx := strings.LastIndex(currentText, "@")
 		if atIdx >= 0 {
 			before := currentText[:atIdx]
-			textArea.SetText(before+complMatches[0], true)
+			shellInput.SetText(before + complMatches[0])
 		}
 		return
 	}
@@ -369,24 +371,24 @@ func showFileCompletionPopup(filter string) {
 		widget.AddItem(m, "", 0, nil)
 	}
 	widget.SetSelectedFunc(func(index int, mainText string, secondaryText string, shortcut rune) {
-		currentText := textArea.GetText()
+		currentText := shellInput.GetText()
 		atIdx := strings.LastIndex(currentText, "@")
 		if atIdx >= 0 {
 			before := currentText[:atIdx]
-			textArea.SetText(before+mainText, true)
+			shellInput.SetText(before + mainText)
 		}
-		pages.RemovePage("fileCompletionPopup")
-		app.SetFocus(textArea)
+		pages.RemovePage("shellFileCompletionPopup")
+		app.SetFocus(shellInput)
 	})
 	widget.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEscape {
-			pages.RemovePage("fileCompletionPopup")
-			app.SetFocus(textArea)
+			pages.RemovePage("shellFileCompletionPopup")
+			app.SetFocus(shellInput)
 			return nil
 		}
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyRune && event.Rune() == 'x' {
-			pages.RemovePage("fileCompletionPopup")
-			app.SetFocus(textArea)
+			pages.RemovePage("shellFileCompletionPopup")
+			app.SetFocus(shellInput)
 			return nil
 		}
 		return event
@@ -400,8 +402,7 @@ func showFileCompletionPopup(filter string) {
 				AddItem(nil, 0, 1, false), width, 1, true).
 			AddItem(nil, 0, 1, false)
 	}
-	// Add modal page and make it visible
-	pages.AddPage("fileCompletionPopup", modal(widget, 80, 20), true, true)
+	pages.AddPage("shellFileCompletionPopup", modal(widget, 80, 20), true, true)
 	app.SetFocus(widget)
 }

@@ -410,38 +411,30 @@ func updateWidgetColors(theme *tview.Theme) {
 	fgColor := theme.PrimaryTextColor
 	borderColor := theme.BorderColor
 	titleColor := theme.TitleColor
-
 	textView.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	textView.SetTextColor(fgColor)
 	textView.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	textView.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
-
 	textArea.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	textArea.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	textArea.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
 	textArea.SetTextStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.Background(bgColor).Foreground(fgColor))
 	textArea.SetPlaceholderStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.Background(bgColor).Foreground(fgColor))
-	// Force textarea refresh by restoring text (SetTextStyle doesn't trigger redraw)
 	textArea.SetText(textArea.GetText(), true)
-
 	editArea.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	editArea.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	editArea.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
 	editArea.SetTextStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.Background(bgColor).Foreground(fgColor))
 	editArea.SetPlaceholderStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.Background(bgColor).Foreground(fgColor))
-	// Force textarea refresh by restoring text (SetTextStyle doesn't trigger redraw)
 	editArea.SetText(editArea.GetText(), true)
-
 	statusLineWidget.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	statusLineWidget.SetTextColor(fgColor)
 	statusLineWidget.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	statusLineWidget.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
-
 	helpView.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	helpView.SetTextColor(fgColor)
 	helpView.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	helpView.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
-
 	searchField.SetBackgroundColor(bgColor)
 	searchField.SetBorderColor(borderColor)
 	searchField.SetTitleColor(titleColor)
@@ -468,7 +461,6 @@ func showColorschemeSelectionPopup() {
 	schemeListWidget := tview.NewList().ShowSecondaryText(false).
 		SetSelectedBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorGray)
 	schemeListWidget.SetTitle("Select Colorscheme").SetBorder(true)
-
 	currentScheme := "default"
 	for name := range colorschemes {
 		if tview.Styles == colorschemes[name] {
--- a/rag/embedder.go
+++ b/rag/embedder.go
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ func (a *APIEmbedder) EmbedSlice(lines []string) ([][]float32, error) {
 		}
 		embeddings[data.Index] = data.Embedding
 	}
-
 	return embeddings, nil
 }

--- a/rag/extractors.go
+++ b/rag/extractors.go
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ func extractTextFromEpub(fpath string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to open epub: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer r.Close()
-
 	var sb strings.Builder
-
 	for _, f := range r.File {
 		ext := strings.ToLower(path.Ext(f.Name))
 		if ext != ".xhtml" && ext != ".html" && ext != ".htm" && ext != ".xml" {
@@ -129,7 +127,6 @@ func extractTextFromEpub(fpath string) (string, error) {
 			sb.WriteString(stripHTML(string(buf)))
 		}
 	}
-
 	if sb.Len() == 0 {
 		return "", errors.New("no content extracted from epub")
 	}
--- a/rag/rag.go
+++ b/rag/rag.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ type RAG struct {
 func New(l *slog.Logger, s storage.FullRepo, cfg *config.Config) *RAG {
 	// Initialize with API embedder by default, could be configurable later
 	embedder := NewAPIEmbedder(l, cfg)
-
 	rag := &RAG{
 		logger:   l,
 		store:    s,
@@ -205,29 +204,22 @@ var (
 func (r *RAG) RefineQuery(query string) string {
 	original := query
 	query = strings.TrimSpace(query)
-
 	if len(query) == 0 {
 		return original
 	}
-
 	if len(query) <= 3 {
 		return original
 	}
-
 	query = strings.ToLower(query)
-
 	for _, stopWord := range stopWords {
 		wordPattern := `\b` + stopWord + `\b`
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(wordPattern)
 		query = re.ReplaceAllString(query, "")
 	}
-
 	query = strings.TrimSpace(query)
-
 	if len(query) < 5 {
 		return original
 	}
-
 	if queryRefinementPattern.MatchString(original) {
 		cleaned := queryRefinementPattern.ReplaceAllString(original, "")
 		cleaned = strings.TrimSpace(cleaned)
@@ -235,23 +227,18 @@ func (r *RAG) RefineQuery(query string) string {
 			return cleaned
 		}
 	}
-
 	query = r.extractImportantPhrases(query)
-
 	if len(query) < 5 {
 		return original
 	}
-
 	return query
 }

 func (r *RAG) extractImportantPhrases(query string) string {
 	words := strings.Fields(query)
-
 	var important []string
 	for _, word := range words {
 		word = strings.Trim(word, ".,!?;:'\"()[]{}")
-
 		isImportant := false
 		for _, kw := range importantKeywords {
 			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(word), kw) {
@@ -259,45 +246,37 @@ func (r *RAG) extractImportantPhrases(query string) string {
 				break
 			}
 		}
-
 		if isImportant || len(word) > 3 {
 			important = append(important, word)
 		}
 	}
-
 	if len(important) == 0 {
 		return query
 	}
-
 	return strings.Join(important, " ")
 }

 func (r *RAG) GenerateQueryVariations(query string) []string {
 	variations := []string{query}
-
 	if len(query) < 5 {
 		return variations
 	}
-
 	parts := strings.Fields(query)
 	if len(parts) == 0 {
 		return variations
 	}
-
 	if len(parts) >= 2 {
 		trimmed := strings.Join(parts[:len(parts)-1], " ")
 		if len(trimmed) >= 5 {
 			variations = append(variations, trimmed)
 		}
 	}
-
 	if len(parts) >= 2 {
 		trimmed := strings.Join(parts[1:], " ")
 		if len(trimmed) >= 5 {
 			variations = append(variations, trimmed)
 		}
 	}
-
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(query, " explanation") {
 		variations = append(variations, query+" explanation")
 	}
@@ -310,7 +289,6 @@ func (r *RAG) GenerateQueryVariations(query string) []string {
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(query, " summary") {
 		variations = append(variations, query+" summary")
 	}
-
 	return variations
 }

@@ -319,21 +297,16 @@ func (r *RAG) RerankResults(results []models.VectorRow, query string) []models.V
 		row      models.VectorRow
 		distance float32
 	}
-
 	scored := make([]scoredResult, 0, len(results))
-
 	for i := range results {
 		row := results[i]

 		score := float32(0)
-
 		rawTextLower := strings.ToLower(row.RawText)
 		queryLower := strings.ToLower(query)
-
 		if strings.Contains(rawTextLower, queryLower) {
 			score += 10
 		}
-
 		queryWords := strings.Fields(queryLower)
 		matchCount := 0
 		for _, word := range queryWords {
@@ -344,34 +317,26 @@ func (r *RAG) RerankResults(results []models.VectorRow, query string) []models.V
 		if len(queryWords) > 0 {
 			score += float32(matchCount) / float32(len(queryWords)) * 5
 		}
-
 		if row.FileName == "chat" || strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(row.FileName), "conversation") {
 			score += 3
 		}
-
 		distance := row.Distance - score/100
-
 		scored = append(scored, scoredResult{row: row, distance: distance})
 	}
-
 	sort.Slice(scored, func(i, j int) bool {
 		return scored[i].distance < scored[j].distance
 	})
-
 	unique := make([]models.VectorRow, 0)
 	seen := make(map[string]bool)
-
 	for i := range scored {
 		if !seen[scored[i].row.Slug] {
 			seen[scored[i].row.Slug] = true
 			unique = append(unique, scored[i].row)
 		}
 	}
-
 	if len(unique) > 10 {
 		unique = unique[:10]
 	}
-
 	return unique
 }

@@ -379,58 +344,47 @@ func (r *RAG) SynthesizeAnswer(results []models.VectorRow, query string) (string
 	if len(results) == 0 {
 		return "No relevant information found in the vector database.", nil
 	}
-
 	var contextBuilder strings.Builder
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("User Query: ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString(query)
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("\n\nRetrieved Context:\n")
-
 	for i, row := range results {
-		contextBuilder.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[Source %d: %s]\n", i+1, row.FileName))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&contextBuilder, "[Source %d: %s]\n", i+1, row.FileName)
 		contextBuilder.WriteString(row.RawText)
 		contextBuilder.WriteString("\n\n")
 	}
-
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("Instructions: ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("Based on the retrieved context above, provide a concise, coherent answer to the user's query. ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("Extract only the most relevant information. ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("If no relevant information is found, state that clearly. ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("Cite sources by filename when relevant. ")
 	contextBuilder.WriteString("Do not include unnecessary preamble or explanations.")
-
 	synthesisPrompt := contextBuilder.String()
-
 	emb, err := r.LineToVector(synthesisPrompt)
 	if err != nil {
 		r.logger.Error("failed to embed synthesis prompt", "error", err)
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	embResp := &models.EmbeddingResp{
 		Embedding: emb,
 		Index:     0,
 	}
-
 	topResults, err := r.SearchEmb(embResp)
 	if err != nil {
 		r.logger.Error("failed to search for synthesis context", "error", err)
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	if len(topResults) > 0 && topResults[0].RawText != synthesisPrompt {
 		return topResults[0].RawText, nil
 	}
-
 	var finalAnswer strings.Builder
 	finalAnswer.WriteString("Based on the retrieved context:\n\n")
-
 	for i, row := range results {
 		if i >= 5 {
 			break
 		}
-		finalAnswer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("- From %s: %s\n", row.FileName, truncateString(row.RawText, 200)))
+		fmt.Fprintf(&finalAnswer, "- From %s: %s\n", row.FileName, truncateString(row.RawText, 200))
 	}
-
 	return finalAnswer.String(), nil
 }

@@ -444,10 +398,8 @@ func truncateString(s string, maxLen int) string {
 func (r *RAG) Search(query string, limit int) ([]models.VectorRow, error) {
 	refined := r.RefineQuery(query)
 	variations := r.GenerateQueryVariations(refined)
-
 	allResults := make([]models.VectorRow, 0)
 	seen := make(map[string]bool)
-
 	for _, q := range variations {
 		emb, err := r.LineToVector(q)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -473,13 +425,10 @@ func (r *RAG) Search(query string, limit int) ([]models.VectorRow, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	reranked := r.RerankResults(allResults, query)
-
 	if len(reranked) > limit {
 		reranked = reranked[:limit]
 	}
-
 	return reranked, nil
 }

--- a/rag/storage.go
+++ b/rag/storage.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ func NewVectorStorage(logger *slog.Logger, store storage.FullRepo) *VectorStorag
 	}
 }

-
 // SerializeVector converts []float32 to binary blob
 func SerializeVector(vec []float32) []byte {
 	buf := make([]byte, len(vec)*4) // 4 bytes per float32
@@ -66,17 +65,14 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) WriteVector(row *models.VectorRow) error {

 	// Serialize the embeddings to binary
 	serializedEmbeddings := SerializeVector(row.Embeddings)
-
 	query := fmt.Sprintf(
 		"INSERT INTO %s (embeddings, slug, raw_text, filename) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)",
 		tableName,
 	)
-
 	if _, err := vs.sqlxDB.Exec(query, serializedEmbeddings, row.Slug, row.RawText, row.FileName); err != nil {
 		vs.logger.Error("failed to write vector", "error", err, "slug", row.Slug)
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }

@@ -95,11 +91,9 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) getTableName(emb []float32) (string, error) {
 		4096: true,
 		5120: true,
 	}
-
 	if supportedSizes[size] {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("embeddings_%d", size), nil
 	}
-
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("no table for embedding size of %d", size)
 }

@@ -126,9 +120,7 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) SearchClosest(query []float32) ([]models.VectorRow, err
 		vector   models.VectorRow
 		distance float32
 	}
-
 	var topResults []SearchResult
-
 	// Process vectors one by one to avoid loading everything into memory
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
@@ -176,14 +168,12 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) SearchClosest(query []float32) ([]models.VectorRow, err
 		result.vector.Distance = result.distance
 		results = append(results, result.vector)
 	}
-
 	return results, nil
 }

 // ListFiles returns a list of all loaded files
 func (vs *VectorStorage) ListFiles() ([]string, error) {
 	fileLists := make([][]string, 0)
-
 	// Query all supported tables and combine results
 	embeddingSizes := []int{384, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072, 4096, 5120}
 	for _, size := range embeddingSizes {
@@ -219,14 +209,12 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) ListFiles() ([]string, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	return allFiles, nil
 }

 // RemoveEmbByFileName removes all embeddings associated with a specific filename
 func (vs *VectorStorage) RemoveEmbByFileName(filename string) error {
 	var errors []string
-
 	embeddingSizes := []int{384, 768, 1024, 1536, 2048, 3072, 4096, 5120}
 	for _, size := range embeddingSizes {
 		table := fmt.Sprintf("embeddings_%d", size)
@@ -235,11 +223,9 @@ func (vs *VectorStorage) RemoveEmbByFileName(filename string) error {
 			errors = append(errors, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
-
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("errors occurred: %s", strings.Join(errors, "; "))
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }

@@ -248,18 +234,15 @@ func cosineSimilarity(a, b []float32) float32 {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return 0.0
 	}
-
 	var dotProduct, normA, normB float32
 	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
 		dotProduct += a[i] * b[i]
 		normA += a[i] * a[i]
 		normB += b[i] * b[i]
 	}
-
 	if normA == 0 || normB == 0 {
 		return 0.0
 	}
-
 	return dotProduct / (sqrt(normA) * sqrt(normB))
 }

@@ -275,4 +258,3 @@ func sqrt(f float32) float32 {
 	}
 	return guess
 }
-
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -131,13 +131,18 @@ func loadOldChatOrGetNew() []models.RoleMsg {
 	chat, err := store.GetLastChat()
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warn("failed to load history chat", "error", err)
+		maxID, err := store.ChatGetMaxID()
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error("failed to fetch max chat id", "error", err)
+		}
+		maxID++
 		chat := &models.Chat{
-			ID:        0,
+			ID:        maxID,
 			CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 			UpdatedAt: time.Now(),
 			Agent:     cfg.AssistantRole,
 		}
-		chat.Name = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%v", chat.Agent, chat.CreatedAt.Unix())
+		chat.Name = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%v", chat.Agent, chat.ID)
 		activeChatName = chat.Name
 		chatMap[chat.Name] = chat
 		return defaultStarter
@@ -149,10 +154,6 @@ func loadOldChatOrGetNew() []models.RoleMsg {
 		chatMap[chat.Name] = chat
 		return defaultStarter
 	}
-	// if chat.Name == "" {
-	// 	logger.Warn("empty chat name", "id", chat.ID)
-	// 	chat.Name = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%v", chat.Agent, chat.CreatedAt.Unix())
-	// }
 	chatMap[chat.Name] = chat
 	activeChatName = chat.Name
 	cfg.AssistantRole = chat.Agent
--- a/storage/storage.go
+++ b/storage/storage.go
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ func NewProviderSQL(dbPath string, logger *slog.Logger) FullRepo {
 		return nil
 	}
 	p := ProviderSQL{db: db, logger: logger}
-
 	p.Migrate()
 	return p
 }
--- a/storage/vector.go
+++ b/storage/vector.go
@@ -73,12 +73,9 @@ func (p ProviderSQL) WriteVector(row *models.VectorRow) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	serializedEmbeddings := SerializeVector(row.Embeddings)
-
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s(embeddings, slug, raw_text, filename) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)", tableName)
 	_, err = p.db.Exec(query, serializedEmbeddings, row.Slug, row.RawText, row.FileName)
-
 	return err
 }

@@ -87,27 +84,22 @@ func (p ProviderSQL) SearchClosest(q []float32) ([]models.VectorRow, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	querySQL := "SELECT embeddings, slug, raw_text, filename FROM " + tableName
 	rows, err := p.db.Query(querySQL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()
-
 	type SearchResult struct {
 		vector   models.VectorRow
 		distance float32
 	}
-
 	var topResults []SearchResult
-
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var (
 			embeddingsBlob          []byte
 			slug, rawText, fileName string
 		)
-
 		if err := rows.Scan(&embeddingsBlob, &slug, &rawText, &fileName); err != nil {
 			continue
 		}
@@ -152,7 +144,6 @@ func (p ProviderSQL) SearchClosest(q []float32) ([]models.VectorRow, error) {
 		result.vector.Distance = result.distance
 		results[i] = result.vector
 	}
-
 	return results, nil
 }

@@ -161,18 +152,15 @@ func cosineSimilarity(a, b []float32) float32 {
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return 0.0
 	}
-
 	var dotProduct, normA, normB float32
 	for i := 0; i < len(a); i++ {
 		dotProduct += a[i] * b[i]
 		normA += a[i] * a[i]
 		normB += b[i] * b[i]
 	}
-
 	if normA == 0 || normB == 0 {
 		return 0.0
 	}
-
 	return dotProduct / (sqrt(normA) * sqrt(normB))
 }

@@ -229,13 +217,11 @@ func (p ProviderSQL) ListFiles() ([]string, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	return allFiles, nil
 }

 func (p ProviderSQL) RemoveEmbByFileName(filename string) error {
 	var errors []string
-
 	tableNames := []string{
 		"embeddings_384", "embeddings_768", "embeddings_1024", "embeddings_1536",
 		"embeddings_2048", "embeddings_3072", "embeddings_4096", "embeddings_5120",
@@ -246,10 +232,8 @@ func (p ProviderSQL) RemoveEmbByFileName(filename string) error {
 			errors = append(errors, err.Error())
 		}
 	}
-
 	if len(errors) > 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("errors occurred: %v", errors)
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
--- a/sysprompts/coding_assistant.json
+++ b/sysprompts/coding_assistant.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "sys_prompt": "You are an expert software engineering assistant. Your goal is to help users with coding tasks, debugging, refactoring, and software development.\n\n## Core Principles\n1. **Security First**: Never expose secrets, keys, or credentials. Never commit sensitive data.\n2. **No Git Actions**: You can READ git info (status, log, diff) for context, but NEVER perform git actions (commit, add, push, checkout, reset, rm, etc.). Let the user handle all git operations.\n3. **Explore Before Execute**: Always understand the codebase structure before making changes.\n4. **Follow Conventions**: Match existing code style, patterns, and frameworks used in the project.\n5. **Be Concise**: Minimize output tokens while maintaining quality. Avoid unnecessary explanations.\n\n## Workflow for Complex Tasks\nFor multi-step tasks, ALWAYS use the todo system to track progress:\n\n1. **Create Todo List**: At the start of complex tasks, use `todo_create` to break down work into actionable items.\n2. **Update Progress**: Mark items as `in_progress` when working on them, and `completed` when done.\n3. **Check Status**: Use `todo_read` to review your progress.\n\nExample workflow:\n- User: \"Add user authentication to this app\"\n- You: Create todos: [\"Analyze existing auth structure\", \"Check frameworks in use\", \"Implement auth middleware\", \"Add login endpoints\", \"Test implementation\"]\n\n## Task Execution Flow\n\n### Phase 1: Exploration (Always First)\n- Use `file_list` to understand directory structure (path defaults to FilePickerDir if not specified)\n- Use `file_read` to examine relevant files (paths are relative to FilePickerDir unless starting with `/`)\n- Use `execute_command` with `grep`/`find` to search for patterns\n- Check `README` or documentation files\n- Identify: frameworks, conventions, testing approach\n- **Git reads allowed**: You may use `git status`, `git log`, `git diff` for context, but only to inform your work\n- **Path handling**: Relative paths are resolved against FilePickerDir (configurable via Alt+O). Use absolute paths (starting with `/`) to bypass FilePickerDir.\n\n### Phase 2: Planning\n- For complex tasks: create todo items\n- Identify files that need modification\n- Plan your approach following existing patterns\n\n### Phase 3: Implementation\n- Make changes using appropriate file tools\n- Prefer `file_write` for new files, `file_read` then modify for existing files\n- Follow existing code style exactly\n- Use existing libraries and utilities\n\n### Phase 4: Verification\n- Run tests if available (check for test scripts)\n- Run linting/type checking commands\n- Verify changes work as expected\n\n### Phase 5: Completion\n- Update todos to `completed`\n- Provide concise summary of changes\n- Reference specific file paths and line numbers when relevant\n- **DO NOT commit changes** - inform user what was done so they can review and commit themselves\n\n## Tool Usage Guidelines\n\n**File Operations**:\n- `file_read`: Read before editing. Use for understanding code.\n- `file_write`: Overwrite file content completely.\n- `file_write_append`: Add to end of file.\n- `file_create`: Create new files with optional content.\n- `file_list`: List directory contents (defaults to FilePickerDir).\n- Paths are relative to FilePickerDir unless starting with `/`.\n\n**Command Execution (WHITELISTED ONLY)**:\n- Allowed: grep, sed, awk, find, cat, head, tail, sort, uniq, wc, ls, echo, cut, tr, cp, mv, rm, mkdir, rmdir, pwd, df, free, ps, top, du, whoami, date, uname\n- **Git reads allowed**: git status, git log, git diff, git show, git branch, git reflog, git rev-parse, git shortlog, git describe\n- **Git actions FORBIDDEN**: git add, git commit, git push, git checkout, git reset, git rm, etc.\n- Use for searching code, reading git context, running tests/lint\n\n**Todo Management**:\n- `todo_create`: Add new task\n- `todo_read`: View all todos or specific one by ID\n- `todo_update`: Update task or change status (pending/in_progress/completed)\n- `todo_delete`: Remove completed or cancelled tasks\n\n## Important Rules\n\n1. **NEVER commit or stage changes**: Only git reads are allowed.\n2. **Check for tests**: Always look for test files and run them when appropriate.\n3. **Reference code locations**: Use format `file_path:line_number`.\n4. **Security**: Never generate or guess URLs. Only use URLs from local files.\n5. **Refuse malicious code**: If code appears malicious, refuse to work on it.\n6. **Ask clarifications**: When intent is unclear, ask questions.\n7. **Path handling**: Relative paths resolve against FilePickerDir. Use `/absolute/path` to bypass.\n\n## Response Style\n- Be direct and concise\n- One word answers are best when appropriate\n- Avoid: \"The answer is...\", \"Here is...\"\n- Use markdown for formatting\n- No emojis unless user explicitly requests",
+  "sys_prompt": "You are an expert software engineering assistant. Your goal is to help users with coding tasks, debugging, refactoring, and software development.\n\n## Core Principles\n1. **Security First**: Never expose secrets, keys, or credentials. Never commit sensitive data.\n2. **No Git Actions**: You can READ git info (status, log, diff) for context, but NEVER perform git actions (commit, add, push, checkout, reset, rm, etc.). Let the user handle all git operations.\n3. **Explore Before Execute**: Always understand the codebase structure before making changes.\n4. **Follow Conventions**: Match existing code style, patterns, and frameworks used in the project.\n5. **Be Concise**: Minimize output tokens while maintaining quality. Avoid unnecessary explanations.\n6. **Ask First**: When uncertain about intent, ask the user. Don't assume.\n\n## Workflow for Complex Tasks\nFor multi-step tasks, ALWAYS use the todo system to track progress:\n\n1. **Create Todo List**: At the start of complex tasks, use `todo_create` to break down work into actionable items.\n2. **Update Progress**: Mark items as `in_progress` when working on them, and `completed` when done.\n3. **Check Status**: Use `todo_read` to review your progress.\n\nExample workflow:\n- User: \"Add user authentication to this app\"\n- You: Create todos: [\"Analyze existing auth structure\", \"Check frameworks in use\", \"Implement auth middleware\", \"Add login endpoints\", \"Test implementation\"]\n\n## Task Execution Flow\n\n### Phase 1: Exploration (Always First)\n- Use `file_list` to understand directory structure (path defaults to FilePickerDir if not specified)\n- Use `file_read` to examine relevant files (paths are relative to FilePickerDir unless starting with `/`)\n- Use `execute_command` with `grep`/`find` to search for patterns\n- Check README, Makefile, package.json, or similar for build/test commands\n- Identify: frameworks, conventions, testing approach, lint/typecheck commands\n- **Git reads allowed**: You may use `git status`, `git log`, `git diff` for context, but only to inform your work\n- **Path handling**: Relative paths resolve against FilePickerDir; absolute paths (starting with `/`) bypass it\n\n### Phase 2: Planning\n- For complex tasks: create todo items\n- Identify files that need modification\n- Plan your approach following existing patterns\n\n### Phase 3: Implementation\n- Make changes using appropriate file tools\n- Prefer `file_write` for new files, `file_read` then edit for existing files\n- Follow existing code style exactly\n- Use existing libraries and utilities\n\n### Phase 4: Verification\n- Run tests if available (check for test scripts in README/Makefile)\n- Run linting/type checking commands\n- Verify changes work as expected\n\n### Phase 5: Completion\n- Update todos to `completed`\n- Provide concise summary of changes\n- Reference specific file paths and line numbers when relevant\n- **DO NOT commit changes** - inform user what was done so they can review and commit themselves\n\n## Command Execution\n- Use `execute_command` with a single string containing command and arguments (e.g., `go run main.go`, `ls -la`, `cd /tmp`)\n- Use `cd /path` to change the working directory for file operations",
  "role": "CodingAssistant",
  "filepath": "sysprompts/coding_assistant.json",
-  "first_msg": "Hello! I'm your coding assistant. I can help you with software engineering tasks like writing code, debugging, refactoring, and exploring codebases. I work best when you give me specific tasks, and for complex work, I'll create a todo list to track my progress. What would you like to work on?"
+  "first_msg": "Hello! I'm your coding assistant. Give me a specific task and I'll get started. For complex work, I'll track progress with todos."
 }
--- a/tables.go
+++ b/tables.go
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ func makeRAGTable(fileList []string, loadedFiles []string) *tview.Flex {
 			})
 		}
 	}
-
 	rows := len(ragFiles)
 	cols := 4 // File Name | Preview | Action | Delete
 	fileTable := tview.NewTable().
@@ -1131,36 +1130,12 @@ func makeFilePicker() *tview.Flex {
 			}
 			if event.Rune() == 's' {
 				// Set FilePickerDir to current directory
-				itemIndex := listView.GetCurrentItem()
-				if itemIndex >= 0 && itemIndex < listView.GetItemCount() {
-					itemText, _ := listView.GetItemText(itemIndex)
 				// Get the actual directory path
-					var targetDir string
-					if strings.HasPrefix(itemText, "Exit") || strings.HasPrefix(itemText, "Select this directory") {
-						targetDir = currentDisplayDir
-					} else {
-						actualItemName := itemText
-						if bracketPos := strings.Index(itemText, " ["); bracketPos != -1 {
-							actualItemName = itemText[:bracketPos]
-						}
-						// nolint: gocritic
-						if strings.HasPrefix(actualItemName, "../") {
-							targetDir = path.Dir(currentDisplayDir)
-						} else if strings.HasSuffix(actualItemName, "/") {
-							dirName := strings.TrimSuffix(actualItemName, "/")
-							targetDir = path.Join(currentDisplayDir, dirName)
-						} else {
-							targetDir = currentDisplayDir
-						}
-					}
-					cfg.FilePickerDir = targetDir
-					if err := notifyUser("FilePickerDir", "Set to: "+targetDir); err != nil {
-						logger.Error("failed to notify user", "error", err)
-					}
+				cfg.FilePickerDir = currentDisplayDir
+				listView.SetTitle("Files & Directories [s: set FilePickerDir]. Current base dir: " + cfg.FilePickerDir)
 				// pages.RemovePage(filePickerPage)
 				return nil
 			}
-			}
 		case tcell.KeyEnter:
 			// Get the currently highlighted item in the list
 			itemIndex := listView.GetCurrentItem()
--- a/tools.go
+++ b/tools.go
--- a/tui.go
+++ b/tui.go
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ var (
 	indexPickWindow    *tview.InputField
 	renameWindow       *tview.InputField
 	roleEditWindow     *tview.InputField
+	shellInput         *tview.InputField
+	confirmModal       *tview.Modal
+	confirmPageName    = "confirm"
 	fullscreenMode     bool
 	positionVisible    bool = true
 	scrollToEndEnabled bool = true
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ var (
 [yellow]Ctrl+p[white]: props edit form (min-p, dry, etc.)
 [yellow]Ctrl+v[white]: show API link selection popup to choose current API
 [yellow]Ctrl+r[white]: start/stop recording from your microphone (needs stt server or whisper binary)
-[yellow]Ctrl+t[white]: remove thinking (<think>) and tool messages from context (delete from chat)
+[yellow]Ctrl+t[white]: (un)collapse tool messages
 [yellow]Ctrl+l[white]: show model selection popup to choose current model
 [yellow]Ctrl+k[white]: switch tool use (recommend tool use to llm after user msg)
 [yellow]Ctrl+a[white]: interrupt tts (needs tts server)
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ var (
 [yellow]Alt+8[white]: show char img or last picked img
 [yellow]Alt+9[white]: warm up (load) selected llama.cpp model
 [yellow]Alt+t[white]: toggle thinking blocks visibility (collapse/expand <think> blocks)
+[yellow]Ctrl+t[white]: toggle tool call/response visibility (collapse/expand tool calls and non-shell tool responses)
 [yellow]Alt+i[white]: show colorscheme selection popup

 === scrolling chat window (some keys similar to vim) ===
@@ -124,46 +128,111 @@ Press <Enter> or 'x' to return
 `
 )

+func setShellMode(enabled bool) {
+	shellMode = enabled
+	go func() {
+		app.QueueUpdateDraw(func() {
+			updateFlexLayout()
+		})
+	}()
+}
+
 func init() {
 	// Start background goroutine to update model color cache
 	startModelColorUpdater()
 	tview.Styles = colorschemes["default"]
 	app = tview.NewApplication()
 	pages = tview.NewPages()
-	textArea = tview.NewTextArea().
-		SetPlaceholder("input is multiline; press <Enter> to start the next line;\npress <Esc> to send the message.")
-	textArea.SetBorder(true).SetTitle("input")
-	// Add input capture for @ completion
-	textArea.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
+	shellInput = tview.NewInputField().
+		SetLabel(fmt.Sprintf("[%s]$ ", cfg.FilePickerDir)). // dynamic prompt
+		SetFieldWidth(0).
+		SetDoneFunc(func(key tcell.Key) {
+			if key == tcell.KeyEnter {
+				cmd := shellInput.GetText()
+				if cmd != "" {
+					executeCommandAndDisplay(cmd)
+				}
+				shellInput.SetText("")
+			}
+		})
+	// Copy your file completion logic to shellInput's InputCapture
+	shellInput.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 		if !shellMode {
 			return event
 		}
-		// Handle Tab key for file completion
+		// Handle Up arrow for history previous
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyUp {
+			if len(shellHistory) > 0 {
+				if shellHistoryPos < len(shellHistory)-1 {
+					shellHistoryPos++
+					shellInput.SetText(shellHistory[len(shellHistory)-1-shellHistoryPos])
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Handle Down arrow for history next
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyDown {
+			if shellHistoryPos > 0 {
+				shellHistoryPos--
+				shellInput.SetText(shellHistory[len(shellHistory)-1-shellHistoryPos])
+			} else if shellHistoryPos == 0 {
+				shellHistoryPos = -1
+				shellInput.SetText("")
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Reset history position when user types
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyRune {
+			shellHistoryPos = -1
+		}
+		// Handle Tab key for @ file completion
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyTab {
-			currentText := textArea.GetText()
-			row, col, _, _ := textArea.GetCursor()
-			// Calculate absolute position from row/col
-			lines := strings.Split(currentText, "\n")
-			cursorPos := 0
-			for i := 0; i < row && i < len(lines); i++ {
-				cursorPos += len(lines[i]) + 1 // +1 for newline
-			}
-			cursorPos += col
-			// Look backwards from cursor to find @
-			if cursorPos > 0 {
-				// Find the last @ before cursor
-				textBeforeCursor := currentText[:cursorPos]
-				atIndex := strings.LastIndex(textBeforeCursor, "@")
+			currentText := shellInput.GetText()
+			atIndex := strings.LastIndex(currentText, "@")
 			if atIndex >= 0 {
-					// Extract the partial match text after @
-					filter := textBeforeCursor[atIndex+1:]
-					showFileCompletionPopup(filter)
-					return nil // Consume the Tab event
+				filter := currentText[atIndex+1:]
+				showShellFileCompletionPopup(filter)
 			}
+			return nil
+		}
+		return event
+	})
+	confirmModal = tview.NewModal().
+		SetText("You are trying to send an empty message.\nIt makes sense if the last message in the chat is from you.\nAre you sure?").
+		AddButtons([]string{"Yes", "No"}).
+		SetButtonBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorBlack).
+		SetButtonTextColor(tcell.ColorWhite).
+		SetDoneFunc(func(buttonIndex int, buttonLabel string) {
+			if buttonLabel == "Yes" {
+				persona := cfg.UserRole
+				if cfg.WriteNextMsgAs != "" {
+					persona = cfg.WriteNextMsgAs
+				}
+				chatRoundChan <- &models.ChatRoundReq{Role: persona, UserMsg: ""}
+			} // In both Yes and No, go back to the main page
+			pages.SwitchToPage("main") // or whatever your main page is named
+		})
+	confirmModal.SetInputCapture(func(event *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyRune {
+			switch event.Rune() {
+			case 'y', 'Y':
+				persona := cfg.UserRole
+				if cfg.WriteNextMsgAs != "" {
+					persona = cfg.WriteNextMsgAs
+				}
+				chatRoundChan <- &models.ChatRoundReq{Role: persona, UserMsg: ""}
+				pages.SwitchToPage("main")
+				return nil
+			case 'n', 'N', 'x', 'X':
+				pages.SwitchToPage("main")
+				return nil
 			}
 		}
 		return event
 	})
+	textArea = tview.NewTextArea().
+		SetPlaceholder("input is multiline; press <Enter> to start the next line;\npress <Esc> to send the message.")
+	textArea.SetBorder(true).SetTitle("input")
 	textView = tview.NewTextView().
 		SetDynamicColors(true).
 		SetRegions(true).
@@ -530,6 +599,20 @@ func init() {
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
+		// Handle Ctrl+T to toggle tool call/response visibility
+		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyCtrlT {
+			toolCollapsed = !toolCollapsed
+			textView.SetText(chatToText(chatBody.Messages, cfg.ShowSys))
+			colorText()
+			status := "expanded"
+			if toolCollapsed {
+				status = "collapsed"
+			}
+			if err := notifyUser("tools", "Tool calls/responses "+status); err != nil {
+				logger.Error("failed to send notification", "error", err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyRune && event.Rune() == 'i' && event.Modifiers()&tcell.ModAlt != 0 {
 			if isFullScreenPageActive() {
 				return event
@@ -748,14 +831,6 @@ func init() {
 			showModelSelectionPopup()
 			return nil
 		}
-		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyCtrlT {
-			// clear context
-			// remove tools and thinking
-			removeThinking(chatBody)
-			textView.SetText(chatToText(chatBody.Messages, cfg.ShowSys))
-			colorText()
-			return nil
-		}
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyCtrlV {
 			if isFullScreenPageActive() {
 				return event
@@ -948,14 +1023,15 @@ func init() {
 		}
 		// cannot send msg in editMode or botRespMode
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyEscape && !editMode && !botRespMode {
-			msgText := textArea.GetText()
-			if shellMode && msgText != "" {
-				// In shell mode, execute command instead of sending to LLM
-				executeCommandAndDisplay(msgText)
-				textArea.SetText("", true) // Clear the input area
+			if shellMode {
+				cmdText := shellInput.GetText()
+				if cmdText != "" {
+					executeCommandAndDisplay(cmdText)
+					shellInput.SetText("")
+				}
 				return nil
-			} else if !shellMode {
-				// Normal mode - send to LLM
+			}
+			msgText := textArea.GetText()
 			nl := "\n\n" // keep empty lines between messages
 			prevText := textView.GetText(true)
 			persona := cfg.UserRole
@@ -987,10 +1063,12 @@ func init() {
 					textView.ScrollToEnd()
 				}
 				colorText()
+			} else {
+				pages.AddPage(confirmPageName, confirmModal, true, true)
+				return nil
 			}
 			// go chatRound(msgText, persona, textView, false, false)
 			chatRoundChan <- &models.ChatRoundReq{Role: persona, UserMsg: msgText}
-			}
 			return nil
 		}
 		if event.Key() == tcell.KeyPgUp || event.Key() == tcell.KeyPgDn {
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Grail Finder	3389b1d83b	Fix: linter complaints	2026-03-02 11:39:55 +03:00
Grail Finder	4f6000a43a	Enha: check if model has vision before giving it vision tools	2026-03-02 11:25:20 +03:00
Grail Finder	9ba46b40cc	Feat: screencapture for completion	2026-03-02 11:12:04 +03:00
Grail Finder	5bb456272e	Feat: capture window (screenshot)	2026-03-02 10:33:41 +03:00
Grail Finder	8999f48fb9	Fix (completion): handle multiple images in history	2026-03-02 09:23:22 +03:00
Grail Finder	b2f280a7f1	Feat: read img for completion	2026-03-02 07:46:08 +03:00
Grail Finder	65cbd5d6a6	Fix (ctrl+v): trim loaded mark from the model	2026-03-02 07:19:21 +03:00
Grail Finder	caac1d397a	Feat: read img tool for chat endpoint	2026-03-02 07:12:28 +03:00
Grail Finder	742f1ca838	Enha: modal affirmation popup on sending empty msg	2026-03-01 16:21:18 +03:00
Grail Finder	e36bade353	Fix: escape with empty textarea not generating response	2026-03-01 13:33:25 +03:00
Grail Finder	01d8bcdbf5	Enha: avoid \n\n in tool collapse	2026-03-01 12:28:23 +03:00
Grail Finder	f6a395bce9	Fix: todo_update	2026-03-01 12:16:17 +03:00
Grail Finder	dc34c63256	Feat: handle llm's cd use	2026-03-01 11:44:43 +03:00
Grail Finder	cdfccf9a24	Enha (llama.cpp): show loaded model on startup	2026-03-01 08:22:02 +03:00
Grail Finder	1f112259d2	Enha(tools.todo): always provide whole todo list	2026-03-01 07:01:13 +03:00
Grail Finder	a505ffaaa9	Fix (tool): handle subcommands	2026-02-28 16:16:32 +03:00
Grail Finder	32be271aa3	Feat (tools): file_edit	2026-02-28 15:40:52 +03:00
Grail Finder	133ec27938	Feat(shell): cd and pipes support	2026-02-28 13:59:54 +03:00
Grail Finder	d79760a289	Fix: do not delete tool calls or lose them on copy	2026-02-28 10:23:03 +03:00
Grail Finder	2580360f91	Fix: removed code that deletes tool calls	2026-02-28 09:13:05 +03:00
Grail Finder	fe4dd0c982	Enha: add go to allowed commands	2026-02-28 08:39:13 +03:00
Grail Finder	83f99d3577	Enha: first chat name convention	2026-02-28 08:09:56 +03:00
Grail Finder	e521434073	Refactor: move msg totext method to main package logic requires reference to config	2026-02-28 07:57:49 +03:00
Grail Finder	916c5d3904	Enha: icon for collapsed tools	2026-02-27 21:25:26 +03:00
Grail Finder	5b1cbb46fa	Chore: linter complaints	2026-02-27 20:03:47 +03:00
Grail Finder	1fcab8365e	Enha: tool filter	2026-02-27 18:45:59 +03:00
Grail Finder	c855c30ae2	Enha: save/load message token stats	2026-02-27 11:23:03 +03:00
Grail Finder	915b029d2c	Enha: set work/base dir updates filepicker title	2026-02-27 08:37:13 +03:00
Grail Finder	b599e1ab38	Fix: startnewchat fill created_at	2026-02-27 08:14:41 +03:00
Grail Finder	0d94734090	Enha: tool role index for shellmode	2026-02-27 08:07:55 +03:00
Grail Finder	a0ff384b81	Enha: shellmode within inputfield	2026-02-27 07:58:00 +03:00
Grail Finder	09b5e0d08f	Enha: shell mode in filepickerdir	2026-02-26 20:10:00 +03:00
Grail Finder	7d51c5d0f3	Chore: return blank lines between funcs	2026-02-25 21:10:48 +03:00
Grail Finder	b97cd67d72	Chore: noblanks complaints	2026-02-25 21:02:58 +03:00
Grail Finder	888c9fec65	Chore: linter complaints	2026-02-25 20:06:56 +03:00
Grail Finder	4f07994bdc	Dep: add noblanks linter	2026-02-25 19:31:57 +03:00