repl: background CMD&: with handle/poll (closes #8)
Builds, long-running network calls, and file watches no longer block
the turn. A new "CMD&: <cmd>" marker (analogue of CMD:) tells the REPL
to spawn the command in the background, return immediately, and poll
for completion between user inputs.
Process model: shell-wrapped to avoid needing fork()/execv() FFI.
nohup sh -c '(<cmd>) > <log> 2>&1; echo $? > <status>' </dev/null
>/dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!
The child is reparented to init; we hold only the PID and the path to
the .status sidecar. Completion is detected by the .status file
existing (the wrapper writes it as its last act). No waitpid needed —
the child isn't ours after the popen subshell exits.
Storage: <history.dir>/bg/<id>.log + <id>.status. The directory is
created lazily at startup (mkdir -p). Requires history.dir to be
configured; without it CMD&: emits an error status and the model
sees an "[bg failed to start]" exec-output note.
check_bg_done() runs at the top of each main-loop iteration alongside
check_every_due(). When a job is detected as exited, the REPL:
- emits a status line "[bg:<id> exited <code>, <bytes>, <secs>s wall] <cmd>"
- appends the same string to ctx as exec output, so the model sees
the completion on its next turn (natural follow-up: "ok the build
finished; let me check the log")
Meta surface:
:bg-spawn <cmd> start a bg job directly (no AI needed; also
useful for testing without depending on the
model emitting CMD&:)
:bg-list show running/done jobs (id, pid, state, runtime, cmd)
:bg-output <id> dump the log file to stdout
:bg-kill <id> SIGTERM (note: only delivers if the PID is
still the actual command — long-lived shells
may need pkill by name)
Scope (deliberately limited for v1):
- No callback-mode readline: bg completion detection is pre-prompt,
not mid-readline. If a build finishes while the user is typing,
notification comes when they hit Enter.
- Permission policy DSL (#9) does NOT apply to CMD&: — the
asynchronous gating model wasn't designed for the y/N flow.
Filed as follow-up if needed.
- Norris not extended: helpers.exec_cmd is still synchronous; the
planner doesn't dispatch bg jobs.
- Plan mode interaction: CMD&: in plan mode emits "PLAN: & <cmd>"
and a "[plan] would bg-run: <cmd>" exec-output note, no spawn.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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-- post_cmd = (os.getenv("HOME") or ".") .. "/.aish/hooks/post-cmd",
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-- },
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-- Issue #8: background CMD (CMD&: marker). Requires history.dir set
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-- (logs land at <history.dir>/bg/<id>.log + .status sidecar). The
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-- feature is always-on once history.dir exists — no config flag — but
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-- only fires when the model emits "CMD&: " or the user runs :bg-spawn.
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-- Issue #9: permission policy DSL for AI-suggested CMD: lines. When set,
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-- supersedes shell.confirm_cmd. Patterns are Lua patterns (NOT regex)
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-- per substrate invariant §3 (no compiled extensions). Priority order:
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