package cmd import ( "bufio" "encoding/json" "fmt" "os" "os/exec" "path/filepath" "sort" "strings" "time" "github.com/spf13/cobra" "github.com/steveyegge/gastown/internal/events" "github.com/steveyegge/gastown/internal/style" "github.com/steveyegge/gastown/internal/workspace" ) var ( seanceRole string seanceRig string seanceRecent int seanceTalk string seancePrompt string seanceJSON bool ) var seanceCmd = &cobra.Command{ Use: "seance", GroupID: GroupDiag, Short: "Talk to your predecessor sessions", Long: `Seance lets you literally talk to predecessor sessions. "Where did you put the stuff you left for me?" - The #1 handoff question. Instead of parsing logs, seance spawns a Claude subprocess that resumes a predecessor session with full context. You can ask questions directly: - "Why did you make this decision?" - "Where were you stuck?" - "What did you try that didn't work?" DISCOVERY: gt seance # List recent sessions from events gt seance --role crew # Filter by role type gt seance --rig gastown # Filter by rig gt seance --recent 10 # Last N sessions THE SEANCE (talk to predecessor): gt seance --talk # Interactive conversation gt seance --talk -p "Where is X?" # One-shot question The --talk flag spawns: claude --fork-session --resume This loads the predecessor's full context without modifying their session. Sessions are discovered from: 1. Events emitted by SessionStart hooks (~/gt/.events.jsonl) 2. The [GAS TOWN] beacon makes sessions searchable in /resume`, RunE: runSeance, } func init() { seanceCmd.Flags().StringVar(&seanceRole, "role", "", "Filter by role (crew, polecat, witness, etc.)") seanceCmd.Flags().StringVar(&seanceRig, "rig", "", "Filter by rig name") seanceCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&seanceRecent, "recent", "n", 20, "Number of recent sessions to show") seanceCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&seanceTalk, "talk", "t", "", "Session ID to commune with") seanceCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&seancePrompt, "prompt", "p", "", "One-shot prompt (with --talk)") seanceCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&seanceJSON, "json", false, "Output as JSON") rootCmd.AddCommand(seanceCmd) } // sessionEvent represents a session_start event from our event stream. type sessionEvent struct { Timestamp string `json:"ts"` Type string `json:"type"` Actor string `json:"actor"` Payload map[string]interface{} `json:"payload"` } func runSeance(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { // If --talk is provided, spawn a seance if seanceTalk != "" { return runSeanceTalk(seanceTalk, seancePrompt) } // Otherwise, list discoverable sessions return runSeanceList() } func runSeanceList() error { townRoot, err := workspace.FindFromCwd() if err != nil || townRoot == "" { return fmt.Errorf("not in a Gas Town workspace") } // Read session events from our event stream sessions, err := discoverSessions(townRoot) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("discovering sessions: %w", err) } // Apply filters var filtered []sessionEvent for _, s := range sessions { if seanceRole != "" { actor := strings.ToLower(s.Actor) if !strings.Contains(actor, strings.ToLower(seanceRole)) { continue } } if seanceRig != "" { actor := strings.ToLower(s.Actor) if !strings.Contains(actor, strings.ToLower(seanceRig)) { continue } } filtered = append(filtered, s) } // Apply limit if seanceRecent > 0 && len(filtered) > seanceRecent { filtered = filtered[:seanceRecent] } if seanceJSON { enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout) enc.SetIndent("", " ") return enc.Encode(filtered) } if len(filtered) == 0 { fmt.Println("No session events found.") fmt.Println(style.Dim.Render("Sessions are discovered from ~/gt/.events.jsonl")) fmt.Println(style.Dim.Render("Ensure SessionStart hooks emit session_start events")) return nil } // Print header fmt.Printf("%s\n\n", style.Bold.Render("Discoverable Sessions")) // Column widths idWidth := 12 roleWidth := 26 timeWidth := 16 topicWidth := 28 fmt.Printf("%-*s %-*s %-*s %-*s\n", idWidth, "SESSION_ID", roleWidth, "ROLE", timeWidth, "STARTED", topicWidth, "TOPIC") fmt.Printf("%s\n", strings.Repeat("─", idWidth+roleWidth+timeWidth+topicWidth+6)) for _, s := range filtered { sessionID := getPayloadString(s.Payload, "session_id") if len(sessionID) > idWidth { sessionID = sessionID[:idWidth-1] + "…" } role := s.Actor if len(role) > roleWidth { role = role[:roleWidth-1] + "…" } timeStr := formatEventTime(s.Timestamp) topic := getPayloadString(s.Payload, "topic") if topic == "" { topic = "-" } if len(topic) > topicWidth { topic = topic[:topicWidth-1] + "…" } fmt.Printf("%-*s %-*s %-*s %-*s\n", idWidth, sessionID, roleWidth, role, timeWidth, timeStr, topicWidth, topic) } fmt.Printf("\n%s\n", style.Bold.Render("Talk to a predecessor:")) fmt.Printf(" gt seance --talk \n") fmt.Printf(" gt seance --talk -p \"Where did you put X?\"\n") return nil } func runSeanceTalk(sessionID, prompt string) error { // Expand short IDs if needed (user might provide partial) // For now, require full ID or let claude --resume handle it fmt.Printf("%s Summoning session %s...\n\n", style.Bold.Render("🔮"), sessionID) // Build the command args := []string{"--fork-session", "--resume", sessionID} if prompt != "" { // One-shot mode with --print args = append(args, "--print", prompt) cmd := exec.Command("claude", args...) cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("seance failed: %w", err) } return nil } // Interactive mode - just launch claude cmd := exec.Command("claude", args...) cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr fmt.Printf("%s\n", style.Dim.Render("You are now talking to your predecessor. Ask them anything.")) fmt.Printf("%s\n\n", style.Dim.Render("Exit with /exit or Ctrl+C")) if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { // Exit errors are normal when user exits if exitErr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok { if exitErr.ExitCode() == 0 || exitErr.ExitCode() == 130 { return nil // Normal exit or Ctrl+C } } return fmt.Errorf("seance ended: %w", err) } return nil } // discoverSessions reads session_start events from our event stream. func discoverSessions(townRoot string) ([]sessionEvent, error) { eventsPath := filepath.Join(townRoot, events.EventsFile) file, err := os.Open(eventsPath) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { return nil, nil } return nil, err } defer file.Close() var sessions []sessionEvent scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file) // Increase buffer for large lines buf := make([]byte, 0, 64*1024) scanner.Buffer(buf, 1024*1024) for scanner.Scan() { var event sessionEvent if err := json.Unmarshal(scanner.Bytes(), &event); err != nil { continue } if event.Type == events.TypeSessionStart { sessions = append(sessions, event) } } // Sort by timestamp descending (most recent first) sort.Slice(sessions, func(i, j int) bool { return sessions[i].Timestamp > sessions[j].Timestamp }) return sessions, scanner.Err() } func getPayloadString(payload map[string]interface{}, key string) string { if v, ok := payload[key]; ok { if s, ok := v.(string); ok { return s } } return "" } func formatEventTime(ts string) string { t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, ts) if err != nil { return ts } return t.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04") }