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A Terminal Protocol for Program Status (OSC 7501) mitchellh.com

flopsamjetsama day ago

Brings back to mind the old IBM 3270 terminal status line (everything old is new again :). Actually think this is quite a good idea.

paaloeye5 hours ago

> Actually think this is quite a good idea.

That's what I thought in the beginning. Once I read the spec to the end, it's clear to me that it's overly specific to one use-case — TUI AI agents.

E.g. `kind := permission | question | auth` doesn't make much sense anywhere outside of that use case. The list goes on...

I also found comms around it super muddy, AI agent use case is mentioned but deceivingly watered down with other use-cases.

Overall, that spec is no where close to Kitty/Kovid's level. It's super sad, since mitchellh's work is usually super high quality.

I hope the community will push back and the spec will get better.

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