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The shipped surface includes a split command menu, slash action filtering and execution, allowlisted Hermes admin command payloads, update confirmation, command output and failure bubbles, and preserved Intelligence handling for sanitized chat `info` events. *** ## Deliverables ### Files Created | File | Purpose | Lines | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | `src/components/hermes/chat/command-actions.ts` | Typed command action registry, slash aliases, request builders, and safe command output formatting. | 323 | | `src/components/hermes/chat/command-menu.tsx` | Composer command menu and slash suggestion UI. | 247 | | `src/components/hermes/chat/__tests__/command-actions.test.ts` | Focused command helper coverage. | 114 | ### Files Modified | File | Changes | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `src/components/hermes/chat/hermes-chat-tab.tsx` | Wired command execution, slash routing, update confirmation, command messages, duplicate-trigger prevention, compact, new-chat, and Intelligence launcher paths. | | `src/components/hermes/chat/chat-composer.tsx` | Added command menu props, slash suggestion rendering, slash submit routing, and command status copy. | | `src/components/hermes/chat/chat-message-list.tsx` | Rendered command result and failure bubbles with stable preformatted output. | | `src/components/hermes/chat/chat-types.ts` | Extended local chat message metadata for command messages. | | `src/components/hermes/chat/index.ts` | Exported command helpers and types needed by tests and consumers. | | `src/components/hermes/chat/__tests__/hermes-chat-tab.test.tsx` | Added command menu, slash action, update confirmation, failure, duplicate prevention, compact, new-chat, and gate coverage. | | `src/lib/__tests__/hermes-intelligence-events.test.ts` | Preserved coverage that `info` events map to Intelligence activity rather than assistant transcript text. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/spec.md` | Marked the session complete. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/tasks.md` | Recorded 23/23 completed tasks. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/implementation-notes.md` | Recorded task-by-task implementation and verification evidence. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/code-review.md` | Recorded resolved code review evidence. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/security-compliance.md` | Recorded security and GDPR review evidence. | | `.spec_system/specs/phase40-session13-command-ux-and-slash-actions/validation.md` | Recorded PASS validation evidence. | *** ## Technical Decisions 1. **Registry-driven commands**: Menu labels, slash aliases, admin request payloads, and output formatting are generated from one typed local registry so the UI cannot drift into freeform shell execution. 2. **Existing admin boundary**: Status, doctor, version, insights command mode, and update reuse `useHermesAdmin().commands.runCommand` and the existing token/admin-gated endpoint. 3. **Explicit update confirmation**: Update is modeled as an armed state that requires a second explicit run action before sending `confirmation: "update"`. 4. **Command output as local assistant messages**: Success and failure output render through the existing chat message list with redaction and bounded preformatted content. *** ## Test Results | Metric | Value | | -------- | -------------------------------- | | Tests | 4774 | | Passed | 4774 | | Coverage | N/A - coverage was not generated | Additional gates passed: 1. Focused Hermes command suite: 97/97 tests passed. 2. `bun run typecheck` passed. 3. `bun run typecheck:scripts` passed. 4. `bun run lint` passed. 5. Targeted Prettier, ASCII/LF, and `git diff --check` passed. *** ## Lessons Learned 1. Command output needs browser-side redaction even when the bridge already sanitizes output, because local failure text can still include private path or dotfile shapes. 2. Slash command handling should intercept only known fixed aliases; unknown slash text remains a normal prompt to avoid creating an implicit shell. 3. Update confirmation is safest when it is a separate state transition instead of an immediate menu execution path. *** ## Future Considerations Items for future sessions: 1. Session 14 can build on the command and model selector surfaces when wiring Ministry into Pantheon. 2. Session 15 can reuse the confirmation and gated-write patterns for MoA config save UX. 3. 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