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Console output tree format analysis

Analysis of Claude Code tree format vs dashboard flat format

✓ Completed
on 2 Jan 2026, 10:55 pm

Output

Console Output: Tree vs Flat Analysis

The Problem

The previous kontask (4d1f6d21) implemented:

  • TodoWrite result filtering ✓
  • Auto-expand for short outputs (≤10 lines) ✓

But the visual format remained flat - not the tree structure you see in Claude Code.

Claude Code Format (What You Want)

● Fixed - duplicate MAX_POLLS...
> Restart konui and konsole
└ Bash(/konnectvol/bin/kon-restart-konui 2>&1 && ...)
  └ konui started on port 8666
    konsole stopped
    konsole started (PID 256968)

Dashboard Format (Current)

● Searching for "saveHistory\s*=\s*function"
  – No matches found
📁 grep -n "saveHistory" /konnectvol/.../dashboard-console.ts | head -40
  – 14 matches found
● Let me look at how the inline saveHistory works...

Flat bullets, no tree lines, results are just – summary

Key Differences

Feature Claude Code Dashboard
Tree characters └ ├ │ ● – →
Child indentation Visual tree hierarchy Simple 2-space indent
Tool + result grouping Parent → children Sequential lines
Multi-line output Nested under tool Collapsible block

What's Next?

To implement tree format, I would need to:

  1. Change appendLine() to use tree characters (└ ├ │)
  2. Track parent-child relationships between tool_use and tool_result
  3. Indent multi-line results under their parent tool
  4. Handle assistant text with ● bullets

Want me to implement the tree format?

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Details

Type General
Status Completed
Scope vibetools
Tags consoleui
Created 2 Jan 2026, 10:55 pm
Updated 2 Jan 2026, 10:55 pm
Created By claude

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