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Assistant text storage analysis

Analysis of how assistant text is stored vs other console output

✓ Completed
on 2 Jan 2026, 10:41 pm

Output

🔍 Assistant Text Storage Analysis

❌ Not Currently Stored

You're correct - assistant text (Claude's spoken responses) is NOT persisted to the server-side working history.

Current State

Event TypeStored in konsole?Shown in console?
🔧 tool_use✓ workingHistory✓
📤 tool_result✓ workingHistory✓
💬 text (assistant)✗ Not stored✓ (live only)
📋 kontask output✓ kontasks JSONL✓

Why This Matters

When you navigate away and come back:

  • Tool calls are recovered from workingHistory
  • Kontask cards are recovered from kontasks JSONL
  • But assistant text ("● Here's what I found...") is lost

Fix Options

Option A: Store in workingHistory (server-side)

// In konsole/src/stream.ts line 440-444
} else if (content.type === "text") {
  const text = content.text as string;
  builder.addText(text);
  addToWorkingHistory(sessionId, {  // ADD THIS
    type: "text",
    timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
    text: text.slice(0, 500),  // Truncate for storage
  });
  sendEvent(controller, encoder, { type: "text", content: text });
}

Option B: Store in localStorage (client-side)

  • Simpler but doesn't sync across devices
  • Could use existing HISTORY_KEY storage

Recommendation

Option A (server-side) is better because it's already the source of truth for tool calls. Should I implement this fix?

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Original Request

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Details

Type General
Status Completed
Scope vibetools
Tags consolestorage
Created 2 Jan 2026, 10:41 pm
Updated 2 Jan 2026, 10:41 pm
Created By claude

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