overseer v2 6 (tool actions, text chat)

server/config.example.yaml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ llmCommentary:
 overseerControl:
   enabled: false
   observeOnly: true
+  alwaysRunModel: false
   name: "The Overseer"
   model: "qwen2.5:7b-instruct"
   ollamaServer: "http://127.0.0.1:11434"

server/src/services/chatService/index.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function sendSystemMessage(text, options = {}) {
   const normalized = normalizeUserText(text);
   const clean = normalized.trim();
   if (!clean) return null;
-  const safe = clean.length > 256 ? `${clean.slice(0, 253)}...` : clean;
+  const safe = clean;
   const message = buildMessage(null, safe, {
     nickname: String(options.nickname || 'The Overseer'),
     role: 'user',

server/src/services/overseerControlService/contextBuilder.js

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function buildModelMessages({ systemPrompt, stateUpdate, conversationMessages, a
   messages.push({
     role: 'user',
     content:
-      'Use tool calls when needed. If no tool is needed, either respond with one short chat line or SKIP.',
+      'Use tool calls when needed. If no tool is needed, respond with one short in-character chat line.',
   });
   return messages;
 }

server/src/services/overseerControlService/index.js

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const model = String(overseerConfig.model || '').trim();
 const ollamaUrl = String(overseerConfig.ollamaUrl || overseerConfig.ollamaServer || '').trim();
 const gateIntervalMs = normalizeMs(Number(overseerConfig.gateIntervalMs), DEFAULT_GATE_INTERVAL_MS);
 const heartbeatMs = normalizeMs(Number(overseerConfig.heartbeatMs), DEFAULT_HEARTBEAT_MS);
+const alwaysRunModel = Boolean(overseerConfig.alwaysRunModel);
 const ollamaClient = ollamaUrl ? new Ollama({ host: ollamaUrl }) : null;
 
 const runtime = {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ let status = {
   promptPath: PROMPT_PATH,
   gateIntervalMs,
   heartbeatMs,
+  alwaysRunModel,
   running: false,
   inFlight: false,
   phase: 'idle',
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ function buildRosterSummary() {
 }
 
 function computeTriggerReason() {
+  if (alwaysRunModel) return 'loop_tick';
   const recent = getRecentMessages(1, { includeSystem: false });
   const last = recent[recent.length - 1];
   if (last && Date.now() - Number(last.ts || 0) < 5000) {
@@ -166,6 +169,13 @@ function inferDecision({ toolCalls, chatText }) {
   return 'SKIP';
 }
 
+function normalizeChatDraft(text) {
+  const next = String(text || '').trim();
+  if (!next) return null;
+  if (next.toUpperCase() === 'SKIP') return null;
+  return next;
+}
+
 async function runDecision(triggerReason) {
   const runId = runtime.tickCount;
   updateStatus({ phase: 'context_build', currentRunId: runId, lastTriggerReason: triggerReason, lastError: null, lastErrorDetails: null });
@@ -223,7 +233,7 @@ async function runDecision(triggerReason) {
 
   const rawOutput = String(payload?.message?.content || '');
   const toolCalls = normalizeToolCalls(payload);
-  const chatDraft = rawOutput.trim() || null;
+  const chatDraft = normalizeChatDraft(rawOutput);
   const decision = inferDecision({ toolCalls, chatText: chatDraft });
 
   const generationMs = Math.max(0, Date.now() - generationStart);

server/src/services/overseerControlService/runtimeHelpers.js

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function buildAdminState(status, runHistory) {
       ollamaUrl: status.ollamaUrl,
       gateIntervalMs: status.gateIntervalMs,
       heartbeatMs: status.heartbeatMs,
+      alwaysRunModel: status.alwaysRunModel,
       observeOnly: status.observeOnly,
       promptPath: status.promptPath,
     },

server/src/services/overseerControlService/tools/chatSay.js

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module.exports = {
   parameters: {
     type: 'object',
     properties: {
-      text: { type: 'string', minLength: 1, maxLength: 220 },
+      text: { type: 'string', minLength: 1 },
     },
     required: ['text'],
     additionalProperties: false,

server/src/services/overseerControlService/tools/index.js

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const chatSay = require('./chatSay');
 const memoryRead = require('./memoryRead');
 const memoryWrite = require('./memoryWrite');
 const liftUp = require('./liftUp');
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ const haSetEntity = require('./haSetEntity');
 const buttonBoxAddCount = require('./buttonBoxAddCount');
 
 const TOOL_DEFINITIONS = [
-  chatSay,
   memoryRead,
   memoryWrite,
   liftUp,