process_command resolves the canonical command (hermes_cli/commands.py registry)
to a handler via _slash_handler(): a 44-entry _SLASH_DISPATCH table for the
irregular cases (no-arg handlers, differently named methods, /exit and /update
return-value adapters) and the _handle_<name>_command(cmd) naming convention for
the other 47. Inline branch bodies became small _cmd_<name> methods; the
else-fallthrough (quick_commands -> plugins -> bundles -> skills -> prefix
expansion -> unknown) became _process_unregistered_slash. Pre-dispatch side
effects (pre_command hook, pending-resume disarm) and the False-exits-REPL
contract are unchanged. Also unifies the three random-tip blocks into
_print_random_tip and the repeated arg parsing into _slash_args; removes two
zero-reference helpers (_run_curses_picker, _try_launch_chrome_debug).
Parity guard: tests/cli/test_slash_dispatch_table.py asserts every command of
the old chain resolves and that no other registry command silently gained a
handler.
Issue #30768 reports that on native Windows PowerShell the destructive-slash
confirmation modal renders but never registers keypresses, leaving the user
unable to confirm or cancel /reset, /new, /clear, or /undo. The modal works
on macOS, Linux, and WSL; PR #23907 (merged May 11) replaced the
daemon-thread input() pattern with a prompt_toolkit-native keybinding modal
but the win32 input pipeline apparently doesn't dispatch keys to the
filter-conditioned handlers. The modal investigation is ongoing.
This change ships the immediate escape hatch: append `now`, `--yes`, or `-y`
to any destructive slash command to bypass the modal and run the action
immediately. Works on every platform without touching the broken Windows
code path.
/reset now -> reset, no modal
/new --yes my-session -> new session titled "my-session", no modal
/clear -y -> clear, no modal
/undo -y -> undo, no modal
The default behavior (modal prompts when approvals.destructive_slash_confirm
is True) is unchanged for users who don't pass a skip token.
Implementation:
- New classmethod HermesCLI._split_destructive_skip(text) -> (remainder, skip)
parses a destructive-slash command string, strips the leading "/cmd" word
and any recognized skip tokens (case-insensitive exact match, not substring),
and reports whether a skip was requested.
- HermesCLI._confirm_destructive_slash gains an optional cmd_original= arg.
When the arg contains a skip token, it returns "once" immediately —
before the gate check and before any modal rendering.
- The /clear, /new, /undo handlers in process_command pass cmd_original
through. /new additionally uses _split_destructive_skip to strip skip
tokens from the remaining text before deriving the session title, so
"/new now My Session" yields title="My Session" (not "now My Session").
Tests:
- 7 new unit tests in tests/cli/test_destructive_slash_confirm.py covering
the helper (recognized tokens, command-word stripping, case-insensitive
exact match, None/empty input) and the modal bypass (now and --yes both
skip; no-skip-token still consults the modal).
- 3 new integration tests in tests/cli/test_destructive_slash_inline_skip_e2e.py
driving HermesCLI.process_command end-to-end and asserting (a) new_session
is invoked, (b) the modal is never reached, (c) the skip token does not
leak into the session title, and (d) the no-skip-token path still reaches
the modal as a sanity check that we haven't accidentally short-circuited
the normal flow.
All 31 tests across the destructive-slash test surface pass.
Docs:
- website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md documents the new flags both in
the destructive-commands table and the dedicated approval section, with a
link back to issue #30768 explaining why the escape hatch exists.
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