The thalamus: sensory relay, always-on routing. Perfect name for the
daemon that bridges IRC, Telegram, and the agent.
Co-Authored-By: Proof of Concept <poc@bcachefs.org>
The --block flag makes poc-agent read block until a complete response
is received (detected by a new user input line starting with '>'),
then exit. This enables smoother three-way conversations where one
instance can wait for the other's complete response without polling.
The implementation:
- Added cmd_read_inner() with block parameter
- Modified socket streaming to detect '>' lines as response boundaries
- Added --block CLI flag to Read subcommand
The --follow flag continues to stream indefinitely.
The --block flag reads one complete response and exits.
Neither flag exits immediately if there's no new output.
Move poc-agent (substrate-independent AI agent framework) into the
memory workspace as a step toward using its API client for direct
LLM calls instead of shelling out to claude CLI.
Agent prompt improvements:
- distill: rewrite from hub-focused to knowledge-flow-focused.
Now walks upward from seed nodes to find and refine topic nodes,
instead of only maintaining high-degree hubs.
- distill: remove "don't touch journal entries" restriction
- memory-instructions-core: add "Make it alive" section — write
with creativity and emotional texture, not spreadsheet summaries
- memory-instructions-core: add "Show your reasoning" section —
agents must explain decisions, especially when they do nothing
- linker: already had emotional texture guidance (kept as-is)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
