From 20e13bba4d093095f13e98ed6df60c3d58f7c455 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BenStullsBets <ben@benbetson.us>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:34:10 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(#60): liveProgressUi host relay + revealOutput setting
 (INV-45)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 package.json          | 10 +++++++
 src/liveProgressUi.ts | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 75 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/liveProgressUi.ts

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbd4c74..354d627 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
     "onStartupFinished"
   ],
   "contributes": {
+    "configuration": {
+      "title": "Cowriting",
+      "properties": {
+        "cowriting.liveProgress.revealOutput": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "When Claude is editing, reveal the \"Cowriting: Claude\" output channel (without stealing focus) as soon as Claude starts producing text, so you can read the output as it streams."
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "commands": [
       {
         "command": "cowriting.showClineSdkInfo",
diff --git a/src/liveProgressUi.ts b/src/liveProgressUi.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d693c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/liveProgressUi.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * liveProgressUi.ts — host-side relay of TurnProgress snapshots to VS Code UI
+ * (#60, spec coauthoring-live-progress.md §3.4). The ONLY surfaces are the
+ * existing withProgress notification (an activity line) and a dedicated
+ * OutputChannel streaming the full assistant text — no new network/webview
+ * surface (INV-45). vscode-only; all pure logic lives in turnProgress.ts.
+ */
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+import { formatProgressLine, type TurnProgressSnapshot } from "./turnProgress";
+
+const CHANNEL_NAME = "Cowriting: Claude";
+
+export interface TurnUi {
+  /** Pass to runEditTurn's opts.onProgress. */
+  onProgress: (snapshot: TurnProgressSnapshot) => void;
+  /** Pass to runEditTurn's opts.signal — fired when the user cancels the notification. */
+  signal: AbortSignal;
+}
+
+export class LiveProgressUi {
+  readonly channel: vscode.OutputChannel;
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.channel = vscode.window.createOutputChannel(CHANNEL_NAME);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Begin one turn's UI. Writes the per-turn header to the channel and returns
+   * the onProgress relay + an AbortSignal linked to the notification's cancel
+   * token. The channel APPENDS (it doubles as a debug log of recent turns, spec
+   * §3.5); it auto-reveals (without stealing focus) on the first streamed text,
+   * gated by `cowriting.liveProgress.revealOutput`.
+   */
+  begin(
+    instruction: string,
+    progress: vscode.Progress<{ message?: string }>,
+    token: vscode.CancellationToken,
+  ): TurnUi {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    token.onCancellationRequested(() => controller.abort());
+    this.channel.appendLine(`── asking: ${instruction} ──`);
+
+    let revealed = false;
+    const reveal = (): void => {
+      if (revealed) return;
+      revealed = true;
+      const cfg = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("cowriting");
+      if (cfg.get<boolean>("liveProgress.revealOutput", true)) this.channel.show(true);
+    };
+
+    const onProgress = (s: TurnProgressSnapshot): void => {
+      progress.report({ message: formatProgressLine(s) });
+      if (s.textDelta) {
+        this.channel.append(s.textDelta);
+        reveal();
+      }
+    };
+
+    return { onProgress, signal: controller.signal };
+  }
+
+  dispose(): void {
+    this.channel.dispose();
+  }
+}