feat: LLM auto-titles — daemon names unnamed sessions from their first user message via one cheap ZAI completion (no agent-turn pollution); flows into sidebar + tab title

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Raphael Westphal
2026-08-20 11:44:05 +02:00
parent 9d369f410e
commit 1b6bd54a74
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package main
// autotitle.go — LLM-generated session titles. When the first user message
// of an unnamed session persists, the daemon makes one cheap chat-completion
// call (the default provider, ZAI-compatible endpoint) asking for a 3-6 word
// title, then stores it via the normal rename path so session_list, the web
// sidebar and the tab title pick it up.
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"log"
"net/http"
"os"
"strings"
"sync"
"time"
)
const (
autoTitleMaxChars int = 400 // prompt excerpt cap
autoTitleTimeout time.Duration = 20 * time.Second
autoTitlePromptTail string = "\n\nReply with ONLY a 3-6 word title for this request. No quotes, no punctuation at the end, no explanation."
)
var autoTitleTried = struct {
mu sync.Mutex
m map[string]bool
}{m: map[string]bool{}}
// needsAutoTitle reports whether frame f is a persisted user message_end of
// a session that has no name yet and no prior attempt.
func (h *Hub) needsAutoTitle(f frame) bool {
if f.typ != evMessageEnd {
return false
}
var probe struct {
Message struct {
Role string `json:"role"`
} `json:"message"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(f.raw, &probe); err != nil || probe.Message.Role != "user" {
return false
}
autoTitleTried.mu.Lock()
defer autoTitleTried.mu.Unlock()
if autoTitleTried.m[f.sessionID] {
return false
}
if rows, err := h.store.Sessions(); err == nil {
for _, row := range rows {
if row.Info.ID == f.sessionID {
if row.Info.Name != nil && *row.Info.Name != "" {
autoTitleTried.m[f.sessionID] = true
return false
}
break
}
}
}
autoTitleTried.m[f.sessionID] = true
return true
}
// firstUserText extracts the message text from a message_end frame payload.
func firstUserText(raw []byte) string {
var probe struct {
Message struct {
Text string `json:"text"`
} `json:"message"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &probe); err != nil {
return ""
}
return probe.Message.Text
}
// autoTitle asks the provider API for a title and applies it on success.
func (h *Hub) autoTitle(sessionID, userText string) {
title, err := requestTitle(userText)
if err != nil {
log.Printf("autotitle %s: %v", sessionID, err)
return
}
if title == "" {
return
}
if _, err := h.store.SetSessionName(sessionID, title); err != nil {
log.Printf("autotitle %s: set name: %v", sessionID, err)
return
}
// live conns see it via session_list; an open chat also refreshes on it.
h.BroadcastSessionList()
}
// requestTitle performs the one-shot completion against the ZAI-compatible
// endpoint configured for the default provider.
func requestTitle(userText string) (string, error) {
key := os.Getenv(envProviderAPIKey)
if key == "" {
return "", fmt.Errorf("no %s configured", envProviderAPIKey)
}
if len(userText) > autoTitleMaxChars {
userText = userText[:autoTitleMaxChars]
}
body, err := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
"model": envOr("LVMH_AUTOTITLE_MODEL", "glm-5.3"),
"messages": []map[string]string{
{"role": "user", "content": userText + autoTitlePromptTail},
},
"max_tokens": 24,
})
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), autoTitleTimeout)
defer cancel()
endpoint := envOr("LVMH_AUTOTITLE_URL", "https://api.z.ai/api/coding/paas/v4/chat/completions")
req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, endpoint, bytes.NewReader(body))
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+key)
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
return "", fmt.Errorf("title api: %s", resp.Status)
}
var out struct {
Choices []struct {
Message struct {
Content string `json:"content"`
} `json:"message"`
} `json:"choices"`
}
if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&out); err != nil {
return "", err
}
if len(out.Choices) == 0 {
return "", fmt.Errorf("empty choices")
}
title := strings.TrimSpace(out.Choices[0].Message.Content)
title = strings.Trim(title, "\"'`*. ")
if idx := strings.IndexAny(title, "\n"); idx >= 0 {
title = strings.TrimSpace(title[:idx])
}
if len(title) > 60 {
title = title[:60]
}
if title == "" {
return "", fmt.Errorf("empty title")
}
return title, nil
}
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package main
// autotitle_test.go — needsAutoTitle gating, firstUserText extraction,
// requestTitle against a fake ZAI endpoint, apply path renames + broadcasts.
import (
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
"net/http/httptest"
"testing"
)
func userMsgEndFrame(sid string, seq int64, text string) []byte {
b, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
"v": 1, "sessionId": sid, "seq": seq, "ts": 1, "type": "message_end",
"message": map[string]any{"role": "user", "id": "u", "text": text,
"thinking": nil, "toolCalls": []any{}, "toolCallId": nil},
})
return b
}
func TestNeedsAutoTitleGating(t *testing.T) {
_, _, hub := newTestServerHub(t)
f := frame{typ: evMessageEnd, sessionID: "s-a", raw: userMsgEndFrame("s-a", 1, "hello")}
if !hub.needsAutoTitle(f) {
t.Fatal("first unnamed user message must want a title")
}
if hub.needsAutoTitle(f) {
t.Fatal("second attempt for same session must be gated")
}
// assistant frames never trigger
fa := frame{typ: evMessageEnd, sessionID: "s-b", raw: []byte(`{"message":{"role":"assistant"}}`)}
if hub.needsAutoTitle(fa) {
t.Fatal("assistant message must not trigger")
}
// named session never triggers (persisted via UpsertSession)
if err := hub.store.UpsertSession(SessionInfo{ID: "s-c", Name: strPtr("named")}); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
fc := frame{typ: evMessageEnd, sessionID: "s-c", raw: userMsgEndFrame("s-c", 1, "hi")}
if hub.needsAutoTitle(fc) {
t.Fatal("named session must not trigger")
}
}
func strPtr(s string) *string { return &s }
func dummyTitleServer(t *testing.T) string {
t.Helper()
srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"Auto generated title"}}]}`))
}))
t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
return srv.URL
}
func TestFirstUserText(t *testing.T) {
if got := firstUserText(userMsgEndFrame("s", 1, "build me a thing")); got != "build me a thing" {
t.Fatalf("got %q", got)
}
if got := firstUserText([]byte("garbage")); got != "" {
t.Fatalf("garbage -> %q", got)
}
}
func TestRequestTitle(t *testing.T) {
srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
var req struct {
Messages []struct {
Content string `json:"content"`
} `json:"messages"`
}
_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req)
if len(req.Messages) == 0 || req.Messages[0].Content == "" {
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
return
}
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(map[string]any{
"choices": []any{map[string]any{
"message": map[string]string{"content": " \"Fix login timeout bug\".\n"},
}},
})
}))
t.Cleanup(srv.Close)
t.Setenv("LVMH_AUTOTITLE_URL", srv.URL)
got, err := requestTitle("the login page times out after 5s in production")
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("requestTitle: %v", err)
}
if got != "Fix login timeout bug" {
t.Fatalf("title = %q", got)
}
}
func TestAutoTitleAppliesRename(t *testing.T) {
_, _, hub := newTestServerHub(t)
t.Setenv("LVMH_AUTOTITLE_URL", dummyTitleServer(t))
if err := hub.store.UpsertSession(SessionInfo{ID: "s-t"}); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
hub.autoTitle("s-t", "anything")
rows, err := hub.store.Sessions()
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
for _, row := range rows {
if row.Info.ID == "s-t" {
if row.Info.Name == nil || *row.Info.Name == "" {
t.Fatal("name not applied")
}
return
}
}
t.Fatal("session row missing")
}
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log.Printf("hub: touch session %s: %v", f.sessionID, err)
}
}
// Auto-title: first persisted user message on an unnamed session asks
// the configured LLM for a short title (separate cheap completion; never
// touches the agent conversation).
if f.typ == evMessageEnd && h.needsAutoTitle(f) {
sid := f.sessionID
text := firstUserText(f.raw)
if text != "" {
go h.autoTitle(sid, text)
}
}
// Track mid-turn state for the session-list activity pulse.
if f.typ == evAgentStart || f.typ == evAgentSettled {
busy := f.typ == evAgentStart