From b80e4dd7de0e7c68ea50121ab9d69c4d6dc7f618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: seb <sebgreenbus@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:26:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] u

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+'use strict';
+
+import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { input } from '@inquirer/prompts';
+import { defineTool } from 'llmorbiter';
+import { emitToolCall, clip } from './notify.js';
+
+export const askExpertTool = defineTool({
+    name: 'ask_an_expert',
+    description:
+        'Ask a human expert a question. Use this ONLY as a last resort, but you ' +
+        'MUST use it every time something is confusing, unclear, or progress ' +
+        'seems difficult—do not keep guessing or spinning. The question is ' +
+        'presented to the user as a copy-pasteable block that they can hand to an ' +
+        'expert, and their reply (the expert\'s answer) is returned to you. ' +
+        'Provide a self-contained `question`; put any supporting detail the ' +
+        'expert will need (error messages, code, what you already tried) in the ' +
+        'optional `context`.',
+    parameters: {
+        type: 'object',
+        additionalProperties: false,
+        required: ['question'],
+        properties: {
+            question: {
+                type: 'string',
+                description: 'The question to put to the expert. Keep it concise and specific.',
+            },
+            context: {
+                type: 'string',
+                description:
+                    'Optional supporting detail the expert needs to answer well ' +
+                    '(error messages, relevant code, what you already tried, etc.).',
+            },
+        },
+    },
+    invoke: async ({ question, context = '' }) => {
+        const hasContext = context && context.trim().length > 0;
+
+        // Present the question as a single, self-contained block the user can
+        // select and copy straight into a chat with their expert.
+        const lines = [hasContext ? `Question: ${question}` : question];
+        if (hasContext) {
+            lines.push('', 'Context:', context.trim());
+        }
+        const message = lines.join('\n');
+
+        console.log('');
+        console.log(chalk.blue.bold('  🧑\u200d🔬 Ask an expert — copy & paste this to your expert:'));
+        console.log(chalk.dim('  ┌' + '─'.repeat(60)));
+        for (const line of message.split('\n')) {
+            console.log(chalk.white('  │ ' + line));
+        }
+        console.log(chalk.dim('  └' + '─'.repeat(60)));
+        console.log('');
+
+        // Wait for the user to bring back the expert's answer.
+        const answer = await input({
+            message: chalk.bold.blue("Expert's answer (paste it here)"),
+            prefix: chalk.blue('›'),
+            theme: {
+                prefix: chalk.blue('›'),
+                style: { answer: chalk.white, message: chalk.bold.blue },
+            },
+        });
+
+        console.log('');
+        return { answer };
+    },
+});
+
+/**
+ * Call notification: the question being put to the expert.
+ */
+export function notifyCall(args = {}) {
+    emitToolCall(askExpertTool.name, clip(JSON.stringify(args.question ?? '')));
+}