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Bohan Jiang e19f7967b9 feat(prompt): thread-first comment reads for agent runs (MUL-2387) (#2816)
* feat(prompt): thread-first comment reads for agent runs (MUL-2387)

PR #2787 added --thread / --recent / --before / --before-id to the
ListComments API and CLI but kept the agent prompt steering at the
legacy "dump everything" recipe. On a long-running issue the flat dump
burns context on chatter unrelated to the trigger; agents acting on the
trigger want the trigger's thread first.

Prompt updates:

- Comment-triggered Workflow (runtime_config.go) now anchors step 2 on
  `multica issue comment list <issue-id> --thread <trigger-comment-id>
  --output json`. Fallback offers `--recent 20 --output json` with the
  stderr `Next thread cursor: --before <ts> --before-id <root-id>` line
  feeding the next-page cursor. `--since` is preserved and explicitly
  marked combinable with --thread / --recent.
- Per-turn buildCommentPrompt (prompt.go) carries the same thread-first
  guidance so a Codex-style runtime that re-reads the per-turn message
  every iteration gets the same steering, even if it ignores the
  injected runtime config.
- Assignment-triggered Workflow keeps the mandatory full-history rule
  (MUL-1124) but now also points at `--recent 20` as the long-issue
  alternative — this is the place that previously had no thread-aware
  guidance at all.
- Default fallback prompt (no trigger comment, no chat, no autopilot,
  no quick-create) gains the same --recent hint without --thread (no
  comment to anchor on).
- Available Commands core line surfaces the new flags so the discovery
  path matches the workflow guidance.

Default CLI/API semantics are unchanged: the unparameterized list still
returns the full chronological dump capped at 2000, --since still works
on its own, and the desktop UI is untouched.

Tests:

- prompt_test.go: TestBuildPromptCommentTriggerPromotesThreadReads pins
  --thread <triggerID>, --recent 20, the stderr cursor phrasing, and
  the absence of the legacy "returns all comments" prose.
- prompt_test.go: TestBuildPromptDefaultMentionsRecent guards the
  no-trigger fallback (mentions --recent, must NOT mention --thread).
- execenv_test.go: TestInjectRuntimeConfigCommentTriggerThreadFirstReads
  asserts the comment-triggered Workflow steers at --thread/--recent,
  the Available Commands line surfaces the new flags, and the legacy
  "read the conversation (returns all comments...)" string is gone.
- execenv_test.go: TestInjectRuntimeConfigAssignmentTriggerMentionsRecent
  keeps the mandatory full-history rule pinned AND asserts --recent is
  offered as the long-issue alternative.

Also fixes the recent+since cursor nit Elon flagged in #2787's second
review: when `since` empties the page, the `len(seenRoot) >= recentN`
check used to emit a cursor anyway. Pagination walks threads in
strictly decreasing last_activity_at — if every comment in this page is
<= since, every older thread's last_activity is also <= since by
transitivity, so the cursor would only invite the caller into a
guaranteed-empty walk. Now suppressed; new tests pin both branches
(suppressed when empty, retained when at least one row passes since).

MUL-2387

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

* fix(comments): suppress recent+since cursor when head thread past since (MUL-2387)

Previous suppression only tripped when the `since` filter emptied the
page. That missed the mixed case Elon flagged in #2787's second review:
the page keeps rows from fresher threads but the head (oldest-active)
thread already sits at or before `since`, so every older page is
guaranteed empty too. Predicating on `headLast <= since` covers both
cases.

Add a recent=2 + since fixture that pins the mixed scenario: root1
(last_activity = base+3m) is filtered out, root2 stays, and the cursor
is suppressed even though the body is non-empty.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

* fix(prompt): clarify --recent is paging, not a replacement (MUL-2387)

Address Elon's second-pass nit on #2816: the assignment-trigger workflow
in runtime_config.go used "you may switch to --recent 20", which reads as
a replacement for the mandatory full-history rule. Rephrase --recent as a
paging strategy ("read the full history page-by-page, not a shortcut that
replaces it") so it cannot conflict with the rule it lives next to.

The default per-turn prompt in prompt.go opened with "If you need comment
history" — that soft conditional contradicts the runtime workflow's
mandatory read. Move it to a neutral "For comment history, follow the
rule in your runtime workflow file" framing that defers to whatever the
workflow says (mandatory for assignment, optional elsewhere) instead of
encoding its own policy.

Keep the runtime/prompt dual-layer fallback intact — different runtimes
propagate the config file vs. the per-turn user prompt with varying
fidelity, so both surfaces need the guidance.

Tests pin the new phrasing against regression:

- TestBuildPromptDefaultMentionsRecent now also forbids "If you need
  comment history" from sneaking back in.
- TestInjectRuntimeConfigAssignmentTriggerMentionsRecent now also forbids
  "you may switch to" / "switch to `--recent" replacement phrasing.

Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>

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Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
2026-05-19 14:42:35 +08:00
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