Swadhin Biswas feat: implement mervelas cli engine, built-in tools, and reactive UI · 4/3/2026
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import chalk from 'chalk'
import { marked, type Token, type Tokens } from 'marked'
import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi'
import { color } from '../components/design-system/color.js'
import { BLOCKQUOTE_BAR } from '../constants/figures.js'
import { stringWidth } from '../ink/stringWidth.js'
import { supportsHyperlinks } from '../ink/supports-hyperlinks.js'
import type { CliHighlight } from './cliHighlight.js'
import { logForDebugging } from './debug.js'
import { createHyperlink } from './hyperlink.js'
import { stripPromptXMLTags } from './messages.js'
import type { ThemeName } from './theme.js'
// Use \n unconditionally — os.EOL is \r\n on Windows, and the extra \r
// breaks the character-to-segment mapping in applyStylesToWrappedText,
// causing styled text to shift right.
const EOL = '\n'
let markedConfigured = false
export function configureMarked(): void {
if (markedConfigured) return
markedConfigured = true
// Disable strikethrough parsing - the model often uses ~ for "approximate"
// (e.g., ~100) and rarely intends actual strikethrough formatting
marked.use({
tokenizer: {
del() {
return undefined
},
},
})
}
export function applyMarkdown(
content: string,
theme: ThemeName,
highlight: CliHighlight | null = null,
): string {
configureMarked()
return marked
.lexer(stripPromptXMLTags(content))
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('')
.trim()
}
export function formatToken(
token: Token,
theme: ThemeName,
listDepth = 0,
orderedListNumber: number | null = null,
parent: Token | null = null,
highlight: CliHighlight | null = null,
): string {
switch (token.type) {
case 'blockquote': {
const inner = (token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('')
// Prefix each line with a dim vertical bar. Keep text italic but at
// normal brightness — chalk.dim is nearly invisible on dark themes.
const bar = chalk.dim(BLOCKQUOTE_BAR)
return inner
.split(EOL)
.map(line =>
stripAnsi(line).trim() ? `${bar} ${chalk.italic(line)}` : line,
)
.join(EOL)
}
case 'code': {
if (!highlight) {
return token.text + EOL
}
let language = 'plaintext'
if (token.lang) {
if (highlight.supportsLanguage(token.lang)) {
language = token.lang
} else {
logForDebugging(
`Language not supported while highlighting code, falling back to plaintext: ${token.lang}`,
)
}
}
return highlight.highlight(token.text, { language }) + EOL
}
case 'codespan': {
// inline code
return color('permission', theme)(token.text)
}
case 'em':
return chalk.italic(
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, parent, highlight))
.join(''),
)
case 'strong':
return chalk.bold(
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, parent, highlight))
.join(''),
)
case 'heading':
switch (token.depth) {
case 1: // h1
return (
chalk.bold.italic.underline(
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join(''),
) +
EOL +
EOL
)
case 2: // h2
return (
chalk.bold(
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join(''),
) +
EOL +
EOL
)
default: // h3+
return (
chalk.bold(
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join(''),
) +
EOL +
EOL
)
}
case 'hr':
return '---'
case 'image':
return token.href
case 'link': {
// Prevent mailto links from being displayed as clickable links
if (token.href.startsWith('mailto:')) {
// Extract email from mailto: link and display as plain text
const email = token.href.replace(/^mailto:/, '')
return email
}
// Extract display text from the link's child tokens
const linkText = (token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, token, highlight))
.join('')
const plainLinkText = stripAnsi(linkText)
// If the link has meaningful display text (different from the URL),
// show it as a clickable hyperlink. In terminals that support OSC 8,
// users see the text and can hover/click to see the URL.
if (plainLinkText && plainLinkText !== token.href) {
return createHyperlink(token.href, linkText)
}
// When the display text matches the URL (or is empty), just show the URL
return createHyperlink(token.href)
}
case 'list': {
return token.items
.map((_: Token, index: number) =>
formatToken(
_,
theme,
listDepth,
token.ordered ? token.start + index : null,
token,
highlight,
),
)
.join('')
}
case 'list_item':
return (token.tokens ?? [])
.map(
_ =>
`${' '.repeat(listDepth)}${formatToken(_, theme, listDepth + 1, orderedListNumber, token, highlight)}`,
)
.join('')
case 'paragraph':
return (
(token.tokens ?? [])
.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('') + EOL
)
case 'space':
return EOL
case 'br':
return EOL
case 'text':
if (parent?.type === 'link') {
// Already inside a markdown link — the link handler will wrap this
// in an OSC 8 hyperlink. Linkifying here would nest a second OSC 8
// sequence, and terminals honor the innermost one, overriding the
// link's actual href.
return token.text
}
if (parent?.type === 'list_item') {
return `${orderedListNumber === null ? '-' : getListNumber(listDepth, orderedListNumber) + '.'} ${token.tokens ? token.tokens.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, listDepth, orderedListNumber, token, highlight)).join('') : linkifyIssueReferences(token.text)}${EOL}`
}
return linkifyIssueReferences(token.text)
case 'table': {
const tableToken = token as Tokens.Table
// Helper function to get the text content that will be displayed (after stripAnsi)
function getDisplayText(tokens: Token[] | undefined): string {
return stripAnsi(
tokens
?.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('') ?? '',
)
}
// Determine column widths based on displayed content (without formatting)
const columnWidths = tableToken.header.map((header, index) => {
let maxWidth = stringWidth(getDisplayText(header.tokens))
for (const row of tableToken.rows) {
const cellLength = stringWidth(getDisplayText(row[index]?.tokens))
maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, cellLength)
}
return Math.max(maxWidth, 3) // Minimum width of 3
})
// Format header row
let tableOutput = '| '
tableToken.header.forEach((header, index) => {
const content =
header.tokens
?.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('') ?? ''
const displayText = getDisplayText(header.tokens)
const width = columnWidths[index]!
const align = tableToken.align?.[index]
tableOutput +=
padAligned(content, stringWidth(displayText), width, align) + ' | '
})
tableOutput = tableOutput.trimEnd() + EOL
// Add separator row
tableOutput += '|'
columnWidths.forEach(width => {
// Always use dashes, don't show alignment colons in the output
const separator = '-'.repeat(width + 2) // +2 for spaces on each side
tableOutput += separator + '|'
})
tableOutput += EOL
// Format data rows
tableToken.rows.forEach(row => {
tableOutput += '| '
row.forEach((cell, index) => {
const content =
cell.tokens
?.map(_ => formatToken(_, theme, 0, null, null, highlight))
.join('') ?? ''
const displayText = getDisplayText(cell.tokens)
const width = columnWidths[index]!
const align = tableToken.align?.[index]
tableOutput +=
padAligned(content, stringWidth(displayText), width, align) + ' | '
})
tableOutput = tableOutput.trimEnd() + EOL
})
return tableOutput + EOL
}
case 'escape':
// Markdown escape: \) → ), \\ → \, etc.
return token.text
case 'def':
case 'del':
case 'html':
// These token types are not rendered
return ''
}
return ''
}
// Matches owner/repo#NNN style GitHub issue/PR references. The qualified form
// is unambiguous — bare #NNN was removed because it guessed the current repo
// and was wrong whenever the assistant discussed a different one.
// Owner segment disallows dots (GitHub usernames are alphanumerics + hyphens
// only) so hostnames like docs.github.io/guide#42 don't false-positive. Repo
// segment allows dots (e.g. cc.kurs.web). Lookbehind is avoided — it defeats
// YARR JIT in JSC.
const ISSUE_REF_PATTERN =
/(^|[^\w./-])([A-Za-z0-9][\w-]*\/[A-Za-z0-9][\w.-]*)#(\d+)\b/g
/**
* Replaces owner/repo#123 references with clickable hyperlinks to GitHub.
*/
function linkifyIssueReferences(text: string): string {
if (!supportsHyperlinks()) {
return text
}
return text.replace(
ISSUE_REF_PATTERN,
(_match, prefix, repo, num) =>
prefix +
createHyperlink(
`https://github.com/${repo}/issues/${num}`,
`${repo}#${num}`,
),
)
}
function numberToLetter(n: number): string {
let result = ''
while (n > 0) {
n--
result = String.fromCharCode(97 + (n % 26)) + result
n = Math.floor(n / 26)
}
return result
}
const ROMAN_VALUES: ReadonlyArray<[number, string]> = [
[1000, 'm'],
[900, 'cm'],
[500, 'd'],
[400, 'cd'],
[100, 'c'],
[90, 'xc'],
[50, 'l'],
[40, 'xl'],
[10, 'x'],
[9, 'ix'],
[5, 'v'],
[4, 'iv'],
[1, 'i'],
]
function numberToRoman(n: number): string {
let result = ''
for (const [value, numeral] of ROMAN_VALUES) {
while (n >= value) {
result += numeral
n -= value
}
}
return result
}
function getListNumber(listDepth: number, orderedListNumber: number): string {
switch (listDepth) {
case 0:
case 1:
return orderedListNumber.toString()
case 2:
return numberToLetter(orderedListNumber)
case 3:
return numberToRoman(orderedListNumber)
default:
return orderedListNumber.toString()
}
}
/**
* Pad `content` to `targetWidth` according to alignment. `displayWidth` is the
* visible width of `content` (caller computes this, e.g. via stringWidth on
* stripAnsi'd text, so ANSI codes in `content` don't affect padding).
*/
export function padAligned(
content: string,
displayWidth: number,
targetWidth: number,
align: 'left' | 'center' | 'right' | null | undefined,
): string {
const padding = Math.max(0, targetWidth - displayWidth)
if (align === 'center') {
const leftPad = Math.floor(padding / 2)
return ' '.repeat(leftPad) + content + ' '.repeat(padding - leftPad)
}
if (align === 'right') {
return ' '.repeat(padding) + content
}
return content + ' '.repeat(padding)
}