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// Copyright (C) 2026 Danilo M. <danix@danix.xyz>
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
// published by the Free Software Foundation.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
import Quickshell
import Quickshell.Io
import Quickshell.Wayland
import QtQuick
import ".."
import "Files.js" as Files
// The assistant canvas: a view over desktop-assistant's socket. The daemon
// owns the model, the tools and the history; this keeps the conversation it
// was told about, so the card reopens where it was, and sends what is typed.
// Protocol: desktop-assistant, docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-16-text-daemon-design.md.
Scope {
id: root
property string monitor: "DP-1"
// The daemon's socket; a check against a scratch daemon points it elsewhere.
property string socketPath: `${Quickshell.env("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") || "/tmp"}/desktop-assistant.sock`
property bool open: false
property bool historyOpen: false
property bool pickerOpen: false
property string pickDir: "" // where the picker opened last; "" is home
// Files waiting to go with the next question: [{path, name, kind}].
property var staged: []
// Chat about it: the chat layout before any turn exists.
property bool chatting: false
// When the conversation last moved, for the resume rule in show().
property double lastActive: 0
// entry: one line. file: files staged, nothing asked yet. chat: turns.
readonly property string mode: turns.count || root.chatting ? "chat"
: root.staged.length ? "file" : "entry"
// The Do row's operation: one at a time, either fileops (a Process) or
// the daemon's write (To .md). Its result stays on the card.
property string opLabel: ""
property bool opRunning: false
property bool opDaemon: false
property int opChars: 0
property var opOut: []
property string opError: ""
// Results folder: $(xdg-user-dir DOCUMENTS)/Assistant, read once.
property string outDir: (Quickshell.env("HOME") || "") + "/Documents/Assistant"
readonly property string fileops:
decodeURIComponent(Qt.resolvedUrl("fileops").toString().replace(/^file:\/\//, ""))
readonly property string mdPrompt: "Rewrite this document as Markdown: keep its wording; "
+ "use headings, lists and tables where the original has them; transcribe scanned "
+ "pages. Output only the Markdown."
// A staged kind chat does not take holds the question back.
readonly property bool blocked: root.staged.some(f => !Files.chats(f.kind))
readonly property bool connected: link.item?.connected ?? false
property string state: "idle"
property string model: ""
// The preferred model being loaded on open, shown in the header until
// the router reports it loaded. Set from shell.qml.
property string swapping: ""
property int ctxUsed: 0
property int ctxMax: 0
property var convId: null
property string notice: "" // an error with no turn to hang it on
property string runningTool: ""
property var convs: []
property var results: []
readonly property bool busy: root.state !== "idle"
// A daemon gone mid-reply sends no idle; its hello on return redraws.
onConnectedChanged: if (!root.connected) {
root.state = "idle";
root.runningTool = "";
root.endRecording(false);
if (root.opRunning && root.opDaemon) { root.opRunning = false; root.opError = "assistant gone"; }
}
// One row per turn. tools is a comma-joined string: a ListModel role
// holding an array becomes a nested model, which a Repeater can read but
// setProperty cannot append to.
ListModel { id: turns }
readonly property alias turnsModel: turns // read by the load check harness
// Tokens arrive faster than markdown is worth re-rendering, so they
// collect here and reach the model on a 50 ms tick.
property string bufReply: ""
property string bufThink: ""
readonly property var screenObj:
Quickshell.screens.find(s => s.name === root.monitor) ?? Quickshell.screens[0]
function toggle() { if (root.open) root.close(); else root.show(); }
// A conversation idle for 10 minutes is over: opening starts a new one,
// the old one staying in History. ponytail: a constant, not a setting.
function show() {
// Never while a reply runs: new would stop it, and a stopped turn is
// not saved.
if (turns.count && !root.busy && Date.now() - root.lastActive > 10 * 60 * 1000) root.fresh();
root.open = true;
}
function close() {
root.endRecording(false);
root.open = false; root.historyOpen = false; root.pickerOpen = false;
}
// Escape: a recording, the picker, then the history panel, then the card.
function back() {
if (root.recording) root.endRecording(false);
else if (root.pickerOpen) root.pickerOpen = false;
else if (root.historyOpen) root.historyOpen = false;
else root.close();
}
function fresh() {
root.send({ type: "new" });
root.chatting = false;
}
// A drop is a new task: a new conversation with these files staged.
function attach(paths) {
const files = paths.filter(p => p !== "").map(Files.file);
if (!files.length) return;
if (root.opRunning) root.stopOp(); // a drop is a new task
root.fresh();
root.clearOp();
root.staged = files;
root.historyOpen = root.pickerOpen = false;
root.open = true;
root.refine();
}
function stage(path) {
if (root.staged.some(f => f.path === path)) return;
root.staged = root.staged.concat([Files.file(path)]);
root.refine();
}
function clearOp() {
if (root.opRunning) return;
root.opLabel = root.opError = "";
root.opOut = [];
root.opChars = 0;
}
function runOp(o) {
if (root.opRunning || !root.staged.length) return;
root.clearOp();
root.opLabel = o.label;
root.opRunning = true;
const paths = root.staged.map(f => f.path);
if (o.op === "md") {
if (!root.connected) { root.opRunning = false; root.opError = "assistant not running"; return; }
root.opDaemon = true;
const name = root.staged[0].name.replace(/\.[^.]*$/, "") + ".md";
root.send({ type: "write", files: paths, prompt: root.mdPrompt, dir: root.outDir, name: name });
} else {
root.opDaemon = false;
// A Process per run: a stopped run's late answer must not be
// read as the next run's.
root.opProc = opRun.createObject(root, { command: [root.fileops, o.op, root.outDir].concat(paths) });
}
}
property var opProc: null
function stopOp() {
if (!root.opRunning) return;
if (root.opDaemon) root.send({ type: "stop" });
else if (root.opProc) {
root.opProc.running = false; // fileops kills its tool, removes the partial
root.opProc = null;
}
root.opRunning = false;
root.opError = "stopped";
}
Component {
id: opRun
Process {
id: proc
running: true
stdout: StdioCollector {
onStreamFinished: {
if (root.opProc !== proc) { proc.destroy(); return; } // stopped, or superseded
root.opProc = null;
root.opRunning = false;
try {
const r = JSON.parse(text.trim().split("\n").pop());
if (r.ok) root.opOut = r.out; else root.opError = r.error;
} catch (e) {
root.opError = "fileops gave no answer";
}
proc.destroy();
}
}
}
}
// The mic: pw-record into one file, overwritten by each recording and
// never deleted (the runtime dir goes at logout). The daemon has the
// model transcribe it. Spec: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-19-assistant-mic-design.md.
readonly property string micPath: `${Quickshell.env("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR") || "/tmp"}/assistant-mic.wav`
property var mic: null // the recording's Process, null when not recording
property int micSecs: 0
readonly property bool recording: root.mic !== null
// Whether the model in use takes audio. Set from shell.qml.
property bool hears: true
function record() {
if (root.recording || !root.connected || !root.hears || root.busy || root.opRunning
|| root.blocked) return;
root.notice = "";
root.micSecs = 0;
root.mic = micRun.createObject(root);
}
// SIGTERM: pw-record finishes the header, then exited sends the ask.
// ponytail: a recording started before the last one's exit shares the
// file; pw-record exits within milliseconds of the signal.
function endRecording(send) {
if (!root.mic) return;
root.mic.send = send;
root.mic.running = false;
root.mic = null;
}
// 59, not 60: the daemon refuses over 60 s by file size, and the stop
// lands a little after the tick.
Timer {
running: root.recording
interval: 1000
repeat: true
onTriggered: if (++root.micSecs >= 59) root.endRecording(true);
}
Component {
id: micRun
Process {
id: rec
property bool send: false
running: true
command: ["pw-record", "--rate", "16000", "--channels", "1", "--format", "s16", root.micPath]
onExited: {
if (root.mic === rec) { // ended on its own: no mic, PipeWire down
root.mic = null;
root.notice = "recording failed";
} else if (rec.send && root.connected) {
root.chatting = true;
root.send({ type: "ask", text: "", audio: root.micPath,
files: root.staged.map(f => f.path) });
}
rec.destroy();
}
}
}
Process {
running: true
command: ["xdg-user-dir", "DOCUMENTS"]
stdout: StdioCollector {
// With no documents folder set, xdg-user-dir answers $HOME itself.
onStreamFinished: {
const d = text.trim();
if (d.startsWith("/") && d !== Quickshell.env("HOME")) root.outDir = d + "/Assistant";
}
}
}
// A file whose name says nothing (a script with no suffix) is "other"
// until file(1) has read it. One run for all of them; the daemon makes
// its own call on the content when the question is sent.
function refine() {
const unknown = root.staged.filter(f => f.kind === "other").map(f => f.path);
if (!unknown.length) return;
sniff.paths = unknown;
sniff.running = false; // a running Process ignores running = true
sniff.running = true;
}
Process {
id: sniff
property var paths: []
command: ["file", "-b", "--mime-type", "--"].concat(paths)
stdout: StdioCollector {
onStreamFinished: {
const mimes = text.trim().split("\n");
root.staged = root.staged.map(f => {
const i = sniff.paths.indexOf(f.path);
return i < 0 || f.kind !== "other" ? f
: Object.assign({}, f, { kind: Files.fromMime(mimes[i] ?? "") });
});
}
}
}
function unstage(i) {
const s = root.staged.slice();
s.splice(i, 1);
root.staged = s;
}
function send(cmd) {
if (!link.item) return;
link.item.write(JSON.stringify(cmd) + "\n");
link.item.flush();
}
// The chips stay until the daemon's user event takes them: a refused
// file (unreadable, too big, a model without vision) comes back as an
// error, and the chips must still be there to fix it. chatting keeps the
// chat layout meanwhile, so the card does not shrink while a PDF is read.
function ask(text) {
if (!root.connected || root.blocked || root.opRunning
|| (text.trim() === "" && !root.staged.length)) return false;
root.notice = "";
root.chatting = true;
root.send({ type: "ask", text: text, files: root.staged.map(f => f.path) });
return true;
}
function showHistory() {
root.pickerOpen = false;
root.historyOpen = true;
root.send({ type: "list" });
}
function row(t, live) {
return { user: t.user ?? "", reply: t.reply ?? "", think: t.think ?? "",
tools: (t.tools ?? []).join(","), error: "", live: live,
// JSON for the same reason tools is a string.
files: JSON.stringify(t.files ?? []),
stopped: false, expanded: false };
}
function load(id, list, pending) {
root.bufReply = root.bufThink = "";
turns.clear();
for (const t of list) turns.append(root.row(t, false));
if (pending) turns.append(root.row(pending, true));
root.convId = id;
root.notice = "";
}
function last() { return turns.count ? turns.get(turns.count - 1) : null; }
function flush() {
const t = root.last();
if (!t || !t.live) { root.bufReply = root.bufThink = ""; return; }
if (root.bufThink) turns.setProperty(turns.count - 1, "think", t.think + root.bufThink);
if (root.bufReply) turns.setProperty(turns.count - 1, "reply", t.reply + root.bufReply);
root.bufReply = root.bufThink = "";
}
function handle(line) {
let e;
try { e = JSON.parse(line); } catch (err) { return; }
const i = turns.count - 1;
switch (e.type) {
case "hello":
root.state = e.state;
root.runningTool = e.state === "tool" ? e.tool : "";
root.model = e.model ?? "";
root.ctxUsed = e.ctx_used;
root.ctxMax = e.ctx_max;
root.load(e.id, e.turns, e.pending);
// A restart or reload counts as active: the conversation it
// reconnects to is not stale just because this process is new.
if (e.pending || e.turns.length) root.lastActive = Date.now();
break;
case "conversation":
root.load(e.id, e.turns, null);
// Opened from History on purpose: it counts as active now.
if (e.turns.length) root.lastActive = Date.now();
// Emptied (New, or the current one deleted) with nothing staged:
// back to the entry line.
else if (!root.staged.length) root.chatting = false;
break;
case "user":
turns.append(root.row({ user: e.text, files: e.files }, true));
root.staged = [];
root.lastActive = Date.now();
break;
case "think": root.bufThink += e.delta; break;
case "token": root.bufReply += e.delta; break;
case "tool":
root.flush();
if (!e.done && i >= 0 && turns.get(i).live) {
const t = turns.get(i).tools;
turns.setProperty(i, "tools", t ? t + "," + e.name : e.name);
}
break;
case "done":
root.flush();
if (i >= 0 && turns.get(i).live) {
turns.setProperty(i, "live", false);
turns.setProperty(i, "stopped", e.stopped === true);
}
if (!e.stopped) root.convId = e.id;
root.lastActive = Date.now();
if (!e.stopped && i >= 0) root.notifyDone(turns.get(i).reply);
break;
case "progress": if (root.opDaemon) root.opChars = e.chars; break;
case "written":
if (root.opDaemon && root.opRunning) { root.opRunning = false; root.opOut = [e.path]; }
break;
case "error":
// A write's outcome. An older daemon answers it with a plain
// error and no turn; while nothing else runs, that is the write's.
if (root.opDaemon && root.opRunning && (e.turn || root.state === "idle")) {
root.opRunning = false;
root.opError = e.message;
break;
}
// Only an error marked turn ended the reply. A command error,
// perhaps another client's, leaves a streaming reply alone.
if (e.turn && i >= 0 && turns.get(i).live) {
root.flush();
turns.setProperty(i, "error", e.message);
turns.setProperty(i, "live", false);
root.notifyDone(e.message);
} else {
root.notice = e.message;
}
break;
case "state":
root.state = e.state;
root.runningTool = e.state === "tool" ? e.tool : "";
break;
// ctx carries the model since the router can swap it after hello; an
// older daemon leaves it out, and the hello's name stands.
case "ctx": root.ctxUsed = e.used; root.ctxMax = e.max; if (e.model) root.model = e.model; break;
case "conversations": root.convs = e.items; break;
case "results": root.results = e.items; break;
}
}
// A reply that ends while the card is closed says so, and clicking the
// notification opens the card on it. notify-send -A waits until the
// notification is acted on or dismissed and prints the picked action.
// ponytail: one Process, so a newer reply's notification takes over
// (the stack tag replaces the balloon, and restarting drops the old wait).
function notifyDone(body) {
if (root.open) return;
notifyProc.command = ["notify-send", "--app-name=Assistant", "--icon=dialog-information",
"-h", "string:x-dunst-stack-tag:assistant", "-A", "default=Open",
"Assistant replied", body.slice(0, 200)];
notifyProc.running = false;
notifyProc.running = true;
}
Process {
id: notifyProc
stdout: StdioCollector {
onStreamFinished: if (text.trim() === "default") root.show()
}
}
Timer {
interval: 50
repeat: true
running: root.bufReply !== "" || root.bufThink !== ""
onTriggered: root.flush()
}
// The daemon may start after this shell, or restart: keep trying with a
// fresh Socket each time. Quickshell 0.3.1 keeps the QLocalSocket of a
// failed connect, so setting `connected` again on the same Socket never
// retries. See AGENTS.md.
LazyLoader {
id: link
active: true
Socket {
path: root.socketPath
connected: true
parser: SplitParser { onRead: line => root.handle(line) }
}
}
Timer {
interval: 2000
repeat: true
running: !root.connected
onTriggered: { link.active = false; link.active = true; }
}
LazyLoader {
active: root.open
PanelWindow {
screen: root.screenObj
anchors { top: true; left: true; right: true; bottom: true }
color: Qt.alpha(Theme.crust, 0.35)
exclusionMode: ExclusionMode.Ignore
WlrLayershell.layer: WlrLayer.Overlay
WlrLayershell.namespace: "keystone-assistant"
WlrLayershell.keyboardFocus: WlrKeyboardFocus.Exclusive
MouseArea { anchors.fill: parent; onClicked: root.close() }
Card {
anchors.centerIn: parent
width: Math.min(760, parent.width - 48)
fullHeight: Math.round(parent.height * 0.7)
canvas: root
turnModel: turns
}
}
}
}
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