feature: Add "!cmd" user shell execution (#2471)

feature: Add "!cmd" user shell execution

This change lets users run local shell commands directly from the TUI by
prefixing their input with ! (e.g. !ls). Output is truncated to keep the
exec cell usable, and Ctrl-C cleanly
  interrupts long-running commands (e.g. !sleep 10000).

**Summary of changes**

- Route Op::RunUserShellCommand through a dedicated UserShellCommandTask
(core/src/tasks/user_shell.rs), keeping the task logic out of codex.rs.
- Reuse the existing tool router: the task constructs a ToolCall for the
local_shell tool and relies on ShellHandler, so no manual MCP tool
lookup is required.
- Emit exec lifecycle events (ExecCommandBegin/ExecCommandEnd) so the
TUI can show command metadata, live output, and exit status.

**End-to-end flow**

  **TUI handling**

1. ChatWidget::submit_user_message (TUI) intercepts messages starting
with !.
2. Non-empty commands dispatch Op::RunUserShellCommand { command };
empty commands surface a help hint.
3. No UserInput items are created, so nothing is enqueued for the model.

  **Core submission loop**
4. The submission loop routes the op to handlers::run_user_shell_command
(core/src/codex.rs).
5. A fresh TurnContext is created and Session::spawn_user_shell_command
enqueues UserShellCommandTask.

  **Task execution**
6. UserShellCommandTask::run emits TaskStartedEvent, formats the
command, and prepares a ToolCall targeting local_shell.
  7. ToolCallRuntime::handle_tool_call dispatches to ShellHandler.

  **Shell tool runtime**
8. ShellHandler::run_exec_like launches the process via the unified exec
runtime, honoring sandbox and shell policies, and emits
ExecCommandBegin/End.
9. Stdout/stderr are captured for the UI, but the task does not turn the
resulting ToolOutput into a model response.

  **Completion**
10. After ExecCommandEnd, the task finishes without an assistant
message; the session marks it complete and the exec cell displays the
final output.

  **Conversation context**

- The command and its output never enter the conversation history or the
model prompt; the flow is local-only.
  - Only exec/task events are emitted for UI rendering.

**Demo video**


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fcd114b0-4304-4448-a367-a04c43e0b996
This commit is contained in:
Abhishek Bhardwaj
2025-10-29 00:31:20 -07:00
committed by GitHub
parent 802d2440b4
commit 89591e4246
16 changed files with 419 additions and 21 deletions

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@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ impl ToolHandler for ShellHandler {
turn,
tracker,
call_id,
false,
)
.await
}
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ impl ToolHandler for ShellHandler {
turn,
tracker,
call_id,
true,
)
.await
}
@@ -108,6 +110,7 @@ impl ShellHandler {
turn: Arc<TurnContext>,
tracker: crate::tools::context::SharedTurnDiffTracker,
call_id: String,
is_user_shell_command: bool,
) -> Result<ToolOutput, FunctionCallError> {
// Approval policy guard for explicit escalation in non-OnRequest modes.
if exec_params.with_escalated_permissions.unwrap_or(false)
@@ -201,7 +204,11 @@ impl ShellHandler {
}
// Regular shell execution path.
let emitter = ToolEmitter::shell(exec_params.command.clone(), exec_params.cwd.clone());
let emitter = ToolEmitter::shell(
exec_params.command.clone(),
exec_params.cwd.clone(),
is_user_shell_command,
);
let event_ctx = ToolEventCtx::new(session.as_ref(), turn.as_ref(), &call_id, None);
emitter.begin(event_ctx).await;