Autonomous reasoning improvements: budget, anchoring, anti-stall, validation ...

- AgentProfile: per-profile thinking mechanics flags (think_enabled,
  iteration_budget_enabled, goal_anchoring, anti_stall, step_validation,
  planning_reflect, adaptive_replan) — all profiles updated in config.json
- Iteration budget: inject remaining iterations into context so model knows
  when to wrap up; urgency levels at ≤7 and ≤3 remaining
- Goal anchoring: inject original goal + todo state every N iterations to
  prevent drift on long tasks
- Anti-stall: two signals — no todo progress for N iterations, or identical
  tool calls repeated N times; warning injected into context
- Todo step validation: marking done requires a validation field describing
  how result was verified; failed gets a soft nudge with tip for re-planning
- stream_complete: add think param to base class, ollama and openai backends
- Summarizer: raise max_tokens 1024→3000, expand system prompt with
  user-preferences section and verbatim-value instructions
- Compression card: persist to session.messages (is_compression flag on
  Message), show expandable summary in webclient with markdown body
- ToolResult.to_message_content: always include output on failure so
  tracebacks and error details reach the model (fixes silent Error: None)
- Developer profile: fix subagent profile secretary→developer, add write_tool
  to subagent_tools, clarify write_tool vs filesystem in system prompt

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Remove context_transfer from all user-facing prompts — internal mechanism only ...

context_transfer is the scratchpad section name used internally by spawn_agent
to auto-inject parent state. Navi doesn't control it and doesn't need to know
about it. Removed from: persona, secretary, server_admin, spawn_agent description,
manual. Internal code (spawn_agent.py) still reads the section transparently.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Fix core subagent misuse: enforce 1 plan step = 1 spawn_agent call ...

Root cause: nowhere was it stated that each AGENT step in the plan
maps to a separate spawn_agent call. Navi was bundling all AGENT steps
into a single call, dumping the full plan on one subagent.

spawn_agent description:
- Lead with: "Delegate EXACTLY ONE step of your plan"
- Explicit: "3 AGENT steps = 3 spawn_agent calls"
- Remove "multi-step sub-task" wording that invited bundling
- briefing: clarify as static context only (credentials, paths, instructions)
  Dynamic findings from prior steps → context_transfer, not briefing

Planning Phase 2 prompt:
- Add AGENT scoping rules: each step = one focused unit, not "do everything"
- Add good/bad examples of AGENT step granularity
- Show multiple AGENT steps in the format example

Secretary & server_admin system prompts:
- Add explicit 1:1 rule with counter-example
- Show correct multi-agent execution pattern with code example
- Clarify briefing vs context_transfer boundary everywhere

Persona:
- "ONE PLAN STEP = ONE spawn_agent CALL" as first sentence in SUB-AGENTS
- Field descriptions tightened: briefing = static, context_transfer = dynamic

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Fix subagent instruction conflicts across persona and profiles ...

Persona:
- Fix [STATUS: completed|limit_reached] reference (format was removed)
- Clarify three fields: task / briefing / system_prompt with distinct roles
- Clarify context_transfer vs briefing: transfer = working state, briefing = credentials

Secretary system_prompt:
- Replace vague "write all context to context_transfer" with explicit field breakdown
- task / briefing / system_prompt each described with their purpose
- context_transfer correctly limited to intermediate findings, not credentials

Server admin system_prompt:
- Same fix: explicit field breakdown for spawn_agent
- Remove dangling "see persona" reference for briefing ending

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Fix spawn_agent: restore briefing, fix status leakage, enable subagent planning ...

spawn_agent:
- Restore briefing param (task = goal, briefing = context — good separation)
- Add system_prompt as third param for role specialisation per task
- Remove [STATUS: ...] prefix that was leaking into Navi's responses and
  causing hallucination — replaced with natural-language headers that are
  less likely to be regurgitated verbatim
- completed → neutral header; limit_reached → explicit warning about incompleteness

Profiles:
- subagent_planning_enabled: false → true in all three profiles
  (planning is on by default, disable per-profile if needed)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Strengthen orchestration mandate: spawn first, inline last ...

secretary/server_admin system prompts:
- Explicit spawning rule: MUST spawn for any sub-task requiring 3+ tool calls
- Additional mandatory triggers listed (research, file processing, remote ops, large output)
- "If in doubt — spawn" as explicit fallback
- AGENT steps: "MANDATORY, never execute inline — defeats the orchestrator model"
- context_transfer pattern: write to scratchpad before spawning, injected automatically

persona.txt:
- Updated SUB-AGENT BRIEFING section: renamed to SUB-AGENTS
- Reflects new context_transfer automatic injection (no longer needs to be in task)
- Added: check [STATUS: ...] in result before deciding next action

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Improve subagent system: isolated tools, custom prompts, context transfer, timeout ...

AgentProfile:
- New fields: subagent_tools, subagent_planning_enabled, subagent_system_prompt
- loader.py: loads subagent_tools/subagent_planning_enabled from config.json,
  reads optional subagent_system_prompt.txt per profile

Profiles:
- Each profile now has a dedicated subagent_tools list (focused subset, no admin tools)
- subagent_planning_enabled: false (configurable per profile)
- New subagent_system_prompt.txt per profile with executor-focused instructions

run_ephemeral:
- Uses profile.subagent_tools instead of enabled_tools
- Builds subagent context without persona or profiles block (focused executor)
- Injects subagent_system_prompt after profile.system_prompt
- Accepts context_transfer: priming exchange injected before task message
- Wall-clock timeout (default 5 min) checked per iteration
- Returns (result_text, completed: bool) instead of bare string
- Optionally runs planning phase if profile.subagent_planning_enabled

spawn_agent:
- Removed briefing param; task is now fully self-contained
- Added system_prompt param: custom injected prompt for this specific task
- Auto-reads parent scratchpad context_transfer section via get_section()
- Result prefixed with [STATUS: completed|limit_reached]
- Timeout 300s

scratchpad:
- Added get_section(session_id, section) helper for cross-session reads

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Planning phases, context compression, and tool improvements ...

Agent:
- Planning now a 3-phase async generator: Analysis → Execution plan → AIHelper critic
- Yield PlanningStatus events before each phase (UI progress labels)
- Phase 1 runs with think=True for deeper analysis
- Phase 2 includes available tool list so executor assignments are accurate
- Phase 3: independent critic pass validates and corrects TOOL: names against real tool list
- Planning converted from list return to async generator (fixes token accounting)

Backend:
- Context compression threshold: 80% → 70% to trigger earlier
- Compressor summary prompt: structured sections (goal, work state, key facts, outputs, errors)
- Terminal output capped at 5000 chars to prevent context flooding
- Web search: region=wt-wt for DDG, country=ALL for Brave, language=all for SearxNG
- Scratchpad: mandate writing a 'goal' section at start of multi-step tasks
- secretary max_iterations: 40→25, temperature: 0.7→0.5
- server_admin max_iterations: 40→20

Webclient:
- ThinkingCard strips <thought> XML tags leaked by Ollama
- planning_status WS event wired to chat.onPlanningStatus()

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Audit and trim system prompts (~470 tokens saved) ...

persona.txt:
- Shortened personality paragraph (~30% cuts, no content loss)
- Removed duplicate list_tools instruction
- Removed hardcoded 'developer' profile rule (handled by dynamic profiles block)
- Condensed EXECUTION MODES fundamental blockers to one sentence
- Moved sub-agent briefing boilerplate here (single source of truth)
- Trimmed REFLECTION section (tool description handles the how)
- Removed redundant RESPONSE HYGIENE explanation sentence
- Moved 'never assume file exists' into EXECUTION DISCIPLINE
- Removed DOCUMENTATION section

profiles (all three):
- Replaced ~100-token sub-agent briefing boilerplate with pointer to persona
- developer: removed data persistence code block (covered by _template.py)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Add reflect tool: three parallel expert perspectives ...

ReflectTool runs Critic / Pragmatist / Detailer advisors concurrently
via asyncio.gather() + AIHelper.ask(). Each role has a distinct system
prompt designed to produce genuinely different analysis:
- Critic: challenges assumptions, surfaces risks and logical gaps
- Pragmatist: finds the simplest path, cuts unnecessary complexity
- Detailer: spots missing requirements, edge cases, ambiguities

Parameters: situation (required), assumptions (required list — the key
input that forces Navi to surface implicit beliefs), tried (optional).

Registered as a builtin with AIHelper injection. Added to all three
profiles. Persona updated with guidance on when to use it (complex or
ambiguous tasks before planning, or when stuck mid-execution).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Add profile discoverability: list_profiles tool + system prompt injection ...

- AgentProfile: new short_description (1-line) and full_description (dict
  with specialization / when_to_use / key_tools) fields
- All 3 profile configs: structured descriptions added; list_profiles added
  to enabled_tools
- _build_system_prompt: now accepts full AgentProfile; injects compact
  "Available profiles" block into every system prompt so Navi always knows
  what other profiles exist and when to switch — dynamically, no hardcoding
- ListProfilesTool: new built-in; returns structured per-profile details
  (specialization, when_to_use, key_tools); accepts optional profile_id
  for single-profile lookup
- registry: register list_profiles_tool after profiles registry is built

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Fix Ollama connection leak and empty message bug in agent ...

- _iter_stream_guarded: track chunk_task as nullable, cancel in finally
  block to prevent zombie HTTP connections accumulating under load
- Final turn: use `content or None` so empty text isn't saved to DB
- client/index.html: point to new Vue webclient build
- profiles: add email_manager tool

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Move orchestration from persona to profiles; tune per-profile delegation strategy ...

persona.txt now contains only: identity, profile switching, workspace,
response hygiene, memory, and documentation. All orchestration instructions
removed from the global scope.

Each profile gets its own orchestration model:
- secretary: full orchestrator — delegate any 2+ tool-call sub-task to agents,
  scratchpad as blackboard, todo for milestone tracking
- server_admin: heavy orchestrator — one agent per host / per concern,
  parallel delegation, diagnose-before-act discipline
- developer: builder + research delegation — implementation always inline,
  spawn only for large API/codebase research tasks

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Restructure profiles: directory-based format with config.json + system_prompt.txt ...

Each profile is now a subdirectory under navi/profiles/ containing:
  config.json       — model, temperature, enabled_tools, and other settings
  system_prompt.txt — raw system prompt, editable without touching Python

Added navi/profiles/loader.py for auto-discovery of profile directories.
Removed individual profile .py files (secretary, server_admin, smart_home, developer).
profiles/__init__.py now simply calls load_profiles_from_dir() at import time.

New profiles can be added by creating a directory with the two required files —
no Python changes needed.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>