feat(ux): unify "Ask Claude to Edit" + inline prompt at selection; fix keybindings

Operator feedback on the Ask-Claude ergonomics (relates to #42/#43/#60):

- One user-facing command `cowriting.edit` ("Ask Claude to Edit") routes to the
  selection or whole-document flow at runtime via the pure `routeEdit` helper
  (selection → editSelection; none / tab right-click → editDocument). The two
  underlying commands stay registered for the seams + E2E but are hidden from the
  palette, and the split menu pairs collapse to one entry.
- Keybindings with `mac` variants (the missing variant is why ⌃⌥R "didn't work"
  on macOS — Option combos are unreliable there): `cmd+alt+e`/`ctrl+alt+e` for
  Ask-Claude-to-Edit, `cmd+alt+r`/`ctrl+alt+r` for the review panel.
- The instruction prompt now renders INLINE at the selection/cursor via a
  dedicated Comments-API controller (`InlineAskController`, `cowriting.askClaude`)
  instead of the top-center QuickInput — VS Code's Inline-Chat-style placement.
  Both Ask-Claude entry points (editSelection + the preview's askClaude) share it.

Tests: routeEdit unit tests; E2E menu/palette assertions updated for the unified
command; E2E drives the inline prompt by stubbing `api.inlineAsk.prompt`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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",
@@ -49,6 +59,21 @@
         "title": "Apply Agent Edit (internal seam)",
         "category": "Cowriting"
       },
+      {
+        "command": "cowriting.edit",
+        "title": "Ask Claude to Edit",
+        "category": "Cowriting"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "cowriting.askClaude.submit",
+        "title": "Ask Claude to Edit",
+        "category": "Cowriting"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "cowriting.askClaude.cancel",
+        "title": "Cancel",
+        "category": "Cowriting"
+      },
       {
         "command": "cowriting.editSelection",
         "title": "Ask Claude to Edit Selection",
@@ -108,14 +133,30 @@
           "command": "cowriting.rejectProposal",
           "when": "false"
         },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.askClaude.submit",
+          "when": "false"
+        },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.askClaude.cancel",
+          "when": "false"
+        },
         {
           "command": "cowriting.pinDiffBaseline",
           "when": "editorLangId == markdown"
         },
         {
-          "command": "cowriting.editDocument",
+          "command": "cowriting.edit",
           "when": "editorLangId == markdown"
         },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.editSelection",
+          "when": "false"
+        },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.editDocument",
+          "when": "false"
+        },
         {
           "command": "cowriting.acceptAllProposals",
           "when": "editorLangId == markdown"
@@ -130,13 +171,8 @@
       ],
       "editor/title/context": [
         {
-          "command": "cowriting.editSelection",
-          "when": "editorHasSelection && resourceLangId == markdown",
-          "group": "1_cowriting@1"
-        },
-        {
-          "command": "cowriting.editDocument",
-          "when": "!editorHasSelection && resourceLangId == markdown",
+          "command": "cowriting.edit",
+          "when": "resourceLangId == markdown",
           "group": "1_cowriting@1"
         },
         {
@@ -154,13 +190,8 @@
       ],
       "editor/context": [
         {
-          "command": "cowriting.editSelection",
-          "when": "editorHasSelection && editorLangId == markdown && (resourceScheme == file || resourceScheme == untitled)",
-          "group": "1_cowriting@1"
-        },
-        {
-          "command": "cowriting.editDocument",
-          "when": "!editorHasSelection && editorLangId == markdown && (resourceScheme == file || resourceScheme == untitled)",
+          "command": "cowriting.edit",
+          "when": "editorLangId == markdown && (resourceScheme == file || resourceScheme == untitled)",
           "group": "1_cowriting@1"
         },
         {
@@ -174,6 +205,11 @@
           "command": "cowriting.reply",
           "group": "inline",
           "when": "commentController == cowriting.threads"
+        },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.askClaude.submit",
+          "group": "inline",
+          "when": "commentController == cowriting.askClaude"
         }
       ],
       "comments/commentThread/title": [
@@ -186,6 +222,11 @@
           "command": "cowriting.reopenThread",
           "group": "inline",
           "when": "commentController == cowriting.threads && commentThread =~ /^resolved$/"
+        },
+        {
+          "command": "cowriting.askClaude.cancel",
+          "group": "inline",
+          "when": "commentController == cowriting.askClaude"
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -193,7 +234,14 @@
       {
         "command": "cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview",
         "key": "ctrl+alt+r",
+        "mac": "cmd+alt+r",
         "when": "editorLangId == markdown"
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "cowriting.edit",
+        "key": "ctrl+alt+e",
+        "mac": "cmd+alt+e",
+        "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == markdown"
       }
     ]
   },

scripts/smoke-live-turn.mjs

@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ console.log(`instruction: ${instruction}`);
 console.log(`text:        ${text}`);
 try {
   const t0 = Date.now();
-  const result = await runEditTurn(instruction, text);
+  // #60: exercise the live-progress path against the real SDK — log each reduced
+  // snapshot so the smoke shows streaming/activity/tokens, not just the result.
+  const result = await runEditTurn(instruction, text, {
+    onProgress: (s) => {
+      const bits = [s.phase === "tool" ? `tool:${s.tool}` : s.phase, `${s.chars}c`];
+      if (s.tokens) bits.push(`${s.tokens}tok`);
+      console.log(`  progress: ${bits.join(" ")}`);
+    },
+  });
   console.log(`replacement: ${JSON.stringify(result.replacement)}`);
   console.log(`model:       ${result.model}`);
   console.log(`sessionId:   ${result.sessionId}`);

sessions/0056/SESSION-0056.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-26T04-24--2026-06-26T04-54.md

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Session 0056.0 — Transcript
+
+> App: vscode-cowriting-plugin
+> Start: 2026-06-26T04-24 (PST)
+> End: 2026-06-26T04-54 (PST)
+> Type: planning-and-executing
+> Posture: autonomous (yolo)
+> Status: **FINALIZED**
+
+## Launch prompt
+
+`/wgl-planning-and-executing implement #60 (live turn progress) from coauthoring-live-progress.md`
+
+(Continuation of brainstorming session 0055, which graduated the spec; the
+operator said "implement it" → this coding session.)
+
+## Plan
+
+Plan + execute **#60** (P1 feature — live turn progress) from the graduated
+Solution Design `coauthoring-live-progress.md`. Four cuts: (1) pure
+`turnProgress.ts` reducer + tests; (2) `runEditTurn` + `onProgress`/`AbortSignal`;
+(3) `liveProgressUi` + setting + both call sites; (4) host-E2E + smoke.
+Branch `s60-live-progress` → PR → main.
+
+## Pre-state
+
+- Clean `main` at session start (fast-forwarded 13 commits — the sessions/ repo
+  is the code repo itself). Baseline: 222 unit green.
+- #60 has a graduated Solution Design → §4.3 R2(b) satisfied.
+
+## Session arc
+
+1. **Claim + plan.** Claimed 0056 (no in-flight). Wrote the implementation plan
+   with `superpowers:writing-plans` → `docs/superpowers/plans/2026-06-26-live-turn-progress.md`
+   (self-reviewed: full spec coverage, no placeholders). Grounded in the exact SDK
+   types (`AgentToolCallPart.toolName`, `AgentUsage.inputTokens+outputTokens`), the
+   vitest/host-E2E patterns, and the injectable `editTurn` seam. Branch
+   `s60-live-progress`.
+2. **Task 1 — pure reducer.** `src/turnProgress.ts` + `test/turnProgress.test.ts`
+   (13 cases). Fixed the type-only event import: `AgentRuntimeEvent` is exported
+   from **`@cline/shared`**, not `@cline/sdk` (which doesn't re-export it) — caught
+   by typecheck; amended the commit.
+3. **Task 2 — `runEditTurn`.** Added `RunEditTurnOptions {onProgress, signal}`;
+   subscribes to the agent, folds events through the reducer, wires `signal` →
+   `agent.abort()`; `finally` unsubscribes. Mocked-agent unit tests (vitest
+   `doMock` intercepts the dynamic import).
+4. **Task 3 — host relay.** `src/liveProgressUi.ts` (notification line +
+   "Cowriting: Claude" OutputChannel, reveal gated by setting) + `package.json`
+   `contributes.configuration` `cowriting.liveProgress.revealOutput`.
+5. **Tasks 4+5 — both call sites.** `editSelection` (extension.ts) and preview
+   `askClaude`/`runEditAndPropose` (trackChangesPreview.ts) made cancellable,
+   relaying via the shared `liveProgressUi`; widened the `EditTurn` seam to accept
+   `opts?` (back-compat). Added `liveProgressUi` to `CowritingApi`.
+6. **Task 6 — host E2E.** `test/e2e/suite/liveProgress.test.ts`: progress is
+   additive (INV-44), aborted turn proposes nothing (INV-47).
+7. **Task 7 — verify + smoke.** typecheck + 237 unit + build green; enhanced
+   `scripts/smoke-live-turn.mjs` to log progress.
+8. **Subagent review.** Found a **Medium** (a pre-aborted `AbortSignal` was a
+   no-op — `agent.abort()` runs before the SDK's AbortController exists, so the
+   turn ran to completion) + a **Low** (a throwing `onProgress` relay could fail
+   the turn). Fixed both: short-circuit (throw) before `run()` on a pre-aborted
+   signal; wrap the relay in try/catch. Strengthened the unit + E2E to prove it.
+9. **Ship.** Pushed; opened PR #61; operator approved merge despite the
+   concurrency (below). Squash-merged `644885c`; issue #60 auto-closed.
+
+## ⚠️ Concurrency event (mid-session)
+
+Partway through, the shared working tree gained **uncommitted changes this session
+did NOT make** — a `cowriting.edit` / `routeEdit` reach refactor across
+`src/workspacePath.ts`, `test/workspacePath.test.ts`, and the menu/`routeEdit`
+parts of `package.json` + `src/extension.ts`. It broke 3 E2E (`f12Reach` ×2,
+`f11Toolbar` ×1) that still expect the old `editSelection`/`editDocument` command
+surface. Handling: committed **nothing** of it, discarded **nothing**; verified
+#60 green in isolation by stashing it (by path, reversible) — 237 unit + both #60
+E2E pass, only the documented `F10 #38` undo-sandbox flake remains — then popped
+the stash to restore it. Surfaced to the operator, who chose to merge #60 (its 7
+commits are isolated; the PR diff contains none of the foreign WIP).
+
+## Cut state (at finalize)
+
+- **#60 merged** to main (PR #61 squash `644885c`); issue #60 closed.
+- **Plan archived:** `submit-plan.sh` → content repo `plans/2026-06-26-live-turn-progress.md` (`22ec57e`).
+- **Foreign refactor WIP:** still uncommitted in the working tree, untouched —
+  for whoever is doing it to continue/commit (it rebases onto the new main).
+- **Local tree:** left on branch `s60-live-progress` (merged) DELIBERATELY — a
+  `checkout main`/`pull` would have disturbed the foreign uncommitted WIP. Local
+  main not synced; origin/main has #60. Operator should reconcile the local tree
+  + the in-flight refactor.
+- **Memory:** added `session-0056-60-live-progress-shipped.md` + index line.
+
+## Next-session prompt
+
+```
+/wgl-planning-and-executing reconcile the local tree (sync main; land/branch the in-flight cowriting.edit/routeEdit refactor), then pick the next item (open: #59 P1 bug, #57, #58, #32, #35, #40, OQ-2)
+```
+
+## Deferred decisions
+
+- **Left local on `s60-live-progress` (did not sync main):** to avoid disturbing
+  the concurrent uncommitted refactor in the shared tree. Low confidence this is
+  the tidiest end state, but it is the safest for the foreign WIP. Operator to
+  reconcile.
+- **Token field for the activity line:** used `inputTokens + outputTokens` from
+  `AgentUsage` (no `totalTokens` field exists). Cache tokens excluded.
+- **OutputChannel append-not-clear + auto-reveal gating:** per spec §3.5; carried
+  from session 0055's confirmed sub-decisions.

sessions/0057/SESSION-0057.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-26T04-35--INPROGRESS.md

@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-# Session 0056.0 — Transcript
+# Session 0057.0 — Transcript
 
 > App: vscode-cowriting-plugin
-> Start: 2026-06-26T04-24 (PST)
-> Type: planning-and-executing
+> Start: 2026-06-26T04-35 (PST)
+> Type: executing-plans
+> Posture: yolo
+> Claude-Session: 3d66a467-8026-472d-9693-52a37939d493
 > Status: **PLACEHOLDER — claimed at session start; finalized at session end.**
 >
-> This file reserves session ID 0056 for vscode-cowriting-plugin. The driver replaces this
+> This file reserves session ID 0057 for vscode-cowriting-plugin. The driver replaces this
 > body with the full transcript and renames the file to its final
-> SESSION-0056.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-26T04-24--<end>.md form at session end.
+> SESSION-0057.0-TRANSCRIPT-2026-06-26T04-35--<end>.md form at session end.
 
 ## Launch prompt
 

sessions/sessions.json

@@ -166,5 +166,8 @@
   },
   "0056": {
     "title": ""
+  },
+  "0057": {
+    "title": ""
   }
 }

src/extension.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import { GlobalSidecarStore } from "./globalSidecarStore";
 import { SidecarRouter } from "./sidecarRouter";
 import { DiffViewController } from "./diffViewController";
 import { TrackChangesPreviewController } from "./trackChangesPreview";
-import { isAuthorable, selectionRejection } from "./workspacePath";
+import { LiveProgressUi } from "./liveProgressUi";
+import { InlineAskController } from "./inlineAsk";
+import { isAuthorable, routeEdit, selectionRejection } from "./workspacePath";
 
 const CHANNEL_NAME = "Cowriting (Cline SDK)";
 
@@ -23,12 +25,24 @@ export interface CowritingApi {
   diffViewController: DiffViewController;
   trackChangesPreviewController: TrackChangesPreviewController;
   sidecarRouter: SidecarRouter;
+  liveProgressUi: LiveProgressUi;
+  inlineAsk: InlineAskController;
 }
 
 export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undefined {
   // --- POC command (Feature #2), unchanged ---
   const output = vscode.window.createOutputChannel(CHANNEL_NAME);
   context.subscriptions.push(output);
+
+  // #60: shared live-progress UI (notification activity line + "Cowriting: Claude"
+  // OutputChannel) for both Ask-Claude entry points.
+  const liveProgressUi = new LiveProgressUi();
+  context.subscriptions.push(liveProgressUi);
+
+  // The inline "Ask Claude to Edit" prompt — rendered at the selection/cursor via
+  // the Comments API rather than the top-center QuickInput (see inlineAsk.ts).
+  // Shared by both Ask-Claude entry points (editSelection + the preview's askClaude).
+  const inlineAsk = new InlineAskController(context.subscriptions);
   context.subscriptions.push(
     vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.showClineSdkInfo", async () => {
       try {
@@ -104,6 +118,8 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undef
     context.extensionUri,
     attributionController,
     proposalController,
+    liveProgressUi,
+    inlineAsk,
   );
   context.subscriptions.push(trackChangesPreviewController);
 
@@ -209,17 +225,12 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undef
         return;
       }
       if (!editor) return; // unreachable once reason is null, but narrows the type
-      const instruction = await vscode.window.showInputBox({
-        prompt: "What should Claude do with the selection?",
-        placeHolder: "e.g. tighten this paragraph",
-      });
-      if (!instruction) return;
-      if (editor.selection.isEmpty) {
-        void vscode.window.showWarningMessage("Cowriting: select some text to send to Claude first.");
-        return;
-      }
       const document = editor.document;
-      const selection = editor.selection;
+      const selection = editor.selection; // non-empty (selectionRejection guaranteed it)
+      // The instruction prompt opens INLINE at the selection (inlineAsk), not the
+      // top-center QuickInput — anchored to the text Claude will edit.
+      const instruction = await inlineAsk.prompt(document.uri, selection);
+      if (!instruction) return;
       const selectedText = document.getText(selection);
       // Capture the anchor BEFORE the turn (spec §6.5 PUC-1): mid-turn edits
       // can't skew it — the proposal renders wherever the target re-resolves.
@@ -230,10 +241,28 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undef
       const turnId = `turn-${Date.now().toString(36)}`;
       try {
         await vscode.window.withProgress(
-          { location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification, title: "Cowriting: asking Claude…" },
-          async () => {
+          {
+            location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
+            title: "Cowriting: asking Claude…",
+            cancellable: true,
+          },
+          async (progress, token) => {
             const { runEditTurn } = await import("./liveTurn");
-            const turn = await runEditTurn(instruction, selectedText);
+            const ui = liveProgressUi.begin(instruction, progress, token);
+            let turn;
+            try {
+              turn = await runEditTurn(instruction, selectedText, {
+                onProgress: ui.onProgress,
+                signal: ui.signal,
+              });
+            } catch (err) {
+              // #60 (INV-47): a user cancel surfaces as "cancelled", not a failure.
+              if (token.isCancellationRequested) {
+                void vscode.window.showInformationMessage("Cowriting: Claude edit cancelled.");
+                return;
+              }
+              throw err;
+            }
             if (turn.replacement === "") {
               void vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
                 "Cowriting: Claude returned an empty replacement — nothing was proposed.",
@@ -273,6 +302,28 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undef
     }),
   );
 
+  // The single user-facing "Ask Claude to Edit" gesture (one command, one
+  // keybinding, one menu entry). It routes to the selection flow (editSelection)
+  // or the whole-document flow (editDocument) by selection/context — see
+  // routeEdit. The two underlying commands stay registered for the host E2E
+  // harness and the internal seams, but are hidden from the palette.
+  context.subscriptions.push(
+    vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.edit", async (uri?: vscode.Uri) => {
+      const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+      const route = routeEdit({
+        hasUri: !!uri,
+        uriMatchesActiveEditor: !!uri && editor?.document.uri.toString() === uri.toString(),
+        hasActiveEditor: !!editor,
+        selectionEmpty: editor?.selection.isEmpty ?? true,
+      });
+      if (route === "selection") {
+        await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.editSelection");
+      } else {
+        await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.editDocument", uri);
+      }
+    }),
+  );
+
   // Render threads + attributions for already-open editors, and on future opens.
   const renderIfOpen = (doc: vscode.TextDocument) => {
     if (isAuthorable(doc.uri.scheme)) {
@@ -292,6 +343,8 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext): CowritingApi | undef
     diffViewController,
     trackChangesPreviewController,
     sidecarRouter,
+    liveProgressUi,
+    inlineAsk,
   };
 }
 

src/inlineAsk.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+
+/** Trim the reply text; an empty/whitespace-only instruction is "no instruction". */
+export function normalizeInstruction(text: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  const t = text?.trim();
+  return t ? t : undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * The "Ask Claude to Edit" prompt, rendered INLINE at the selection (or cursor)
+ * instead of the top-center QuickInput. VS Code's native pattern for "ask AI to
+ * edit this" is Inline Chat — an input anchored in the editor at the target. The
+ * stable-API equivalent for a third-party extension is the Comments API: a
+ * transient comment thread whose reply box renders right at the range. (The
+ * coauthoring THREADS feature already uses the Comments API via its own
+ * controller — this is a SEPARATE, dedicated `cowriting.askClaude` controller so
+ * the two never collide.)
+ *
+ * One prompt is live at a time; opening a new one cancels the previous. The
+ * thread carries no comments — it is purely the inline input — and is disposed
+ * as soon as the user submits or cancels.
+ */
+export class InlineAskController {
+  private readonly controller: vscode.CommentController;
+  private pending?: { resolve: (v: string | undefined) => void; thread: vscode.CommentThread };
+
+  constructor(disposables: vscode.Disposable[]) {
+    this.controller = vscode.comments.createCommentController("cowriting.askClaude", "Ask Claude to Edit");
+    // The reply box's prompt + placeholder (Comments API options).
+    this.controller.options = {
+      prompt: "Ask Claude to Edit",
+      placeHolder: "e.g. tighten this paragraph",
+    };
+    disposables.push(
+      this.controller,
+      vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.askClaude.submit", (r: vscode.CommentReply) =>
+        this.finish(normalizeInstruction(r?.text)),
+      ),
+      vscode.commands.registerCommand("cowriting.askClaude.cancel", () => this.finish(undefined)),
+      // The controller itself disposes the live thread on extension teardown.
+      new vscode.Disposable(() => this.finish(undefined)),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Open the inline input anchored at `range` in `uri`'s editor and resolve with
+   * the typed instruction (or `undefined` if cancelled / left empty). Replaces
+   * any prompt already open.
+   */
+  prompt(uri: vscode.Uri, range: vscode.Range): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    // A fresh prompt supersedes any prior one (resolve it as cancelled).
+    this.finish(undefined);
+    return new Promise<string | undefined>((resolve) => {
+      const thread = this.controller.createCommentThread(uri, range, []);
+      thread.label = "Ask Claude to Edit";
+      thread.canReply = true;
+      thread.collapsibleState = vscode.CommentThreadCollapsibleState.Expanded;
+      thread.contextValue = "askClaude";
+      this.pending = { resolve, thread };
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Resolve the live prompt (if any) and tear its thread down. */
+  private finish(value: string | undefined): void {
+    const p = this.pending;
+    this.pending = undefined;
+    if (!p) return;
+    p.thread.dispose();
+    p.resolve(value);
+  }
+}

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();
+  }
+}

src/liveTurn.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  * never bundled (esbuild keeps it external).
  */
 
+import type { TurnProgressSnapshot } from "./turnProgress";
+import { createTurnProgressState, reduceTurnProgress } from "./turnProgress";
+
 export interface EditTurnResult {
   replacement: string;
   model: string;
@@ -16,6 +19,19 @@ export interface EditTurnResult {
   sessionId: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Options for runEditTurn. Both new fields are purely additive observability /
+ * control over the existing turn (INV-44): `onProgress` streams reduced progress
+ * snapshots out; `signal` cancels the turn in. Neither touches the result path,
+ * and neither pulls `vscode` into this module (INV-43 — `AbortSignal` is a web
+ * standard, the progress snapshot is a domain type).
+ */
+export interface RunEditTurnOptions {
+  modelId?: string;
+  onProgress?: (snapshot: TurnProgressSnapshot) => void;
+  signal?: AbortSignal;
+}
+
 const SYSTEM_PROMPT = [
   "You are a precise text editor embedded in VS Code.",
   "You will be given a piece of text and an instruction.",
@@ -40,7 +56,7 @@ export function extractReplacement(outputText: string, selectedText: string): st
 export async function runEditTurn(
   instruction: string,
   selectedText: string,
-  opts?: { modelId?: string },
+  opts?: RunEditTurnOptions,
 ): Promise<EditTurnResult> {
   const sdk = await import("@cline/sdk");
   const modelId = opts?.modelId ?? "sonnet";
@@ -49,11 +65,41 @@ export async function runEditTurn(
     modelId,
     systemPrompt: SYSTEM_PROMPT,
   });
+
+  // Stream reduced progress snapshots out (INV-44 additive) and wire cancellation
+  // in via the AbortSignal (INV-47). agent.subscribe returns its unsubscribe fn.
+  let state = createTurnProgressState();
+  const unsubscribe = opts?.onProgress
+    ? agent.subscribe((event) => {
+        const next = reduceTurnProgress(state, event);
+        state = next.state;
+        // Observability must never affect the result (INV-44): a throwing relay
+        // is swallowed, not allowed to propagate into the SDK and fail the turn.
+        if (next.snapshot) {
+          try {
+            opts.onProgress!(next.snapshot);
+          } catch {
+            /* progress is best-effort */
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    : undefined;
+  const onAbort = () => agent.abort();
+  opts?.signal?.addEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+
+  try {
+    // A signal already aborted before the turn starts can't be honored by
+    // agent.abort() (the SDK's AbortController isn't created until run()), so
+    // short-circuit to the same aborted outcome the call site reflects (INV-47).
+    if (opts?.signal?.aborted) {
+      throw new Error("claude-code turn aborted: cancelled before start");
+    }
     const result = await agent.run(
       `<instruction>\n${instruction}\n</instruction>\n<text>\n${selectedText}\n</text>`,
     );
     // The SDK's AgentRunResult.status union is "completed" | "aborted" | "failed"
-  // (@cline/shared agent.d.ts) — "completed" is the success status.
+    // (@cline/shared agent.d.ts) — "completed" is the success status. An aborted
+    // turn (user cancel) falls into this throw; the call site reflects "cancelled".
     if (result.status !== "completed") {
       throw new Error(
         `claude-code turn ${result.status}: ${result.error?.message ?? "unknown error"} ` +
@@ -61,4 +107,8 @@ export async function runEditTurn(
       );
     }
     return { replacement: extractReplacement(result.outputText, selectedText), model: modelId, sessionId: result.runId };
+  } finally {
+    unsubscribe?.();
+    opts?.signal?.removeEventListener("abort", onAbort);
+  }
 }

src/trackChangesPreview.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@ import type { ProposalController } from "./proposalController";
 import { renderReview, renderPlain, diffBlocks, diffToBlockHunks, type BlockOp } from "./trackChangesModel";
 import { buildFingerprint } from "./anchorer";
 import { isAuthorable } from "./workspacePath";
-import type { EditTurnResult } from "./liveTurn";
+import type { EditTurnResult, RunEditTurnOptions } from "./liveTurn";
+import type { LiveProgressUi } from "./liveProgressUi";
+import type { InlineAskController } from "./inlineAsk";
 
-/** F11: a host edit turn (selection/document text + instruction → rewrite). Injectable for tests. */
-type EditTurn = (instruction: string, text: string) => Promise<EditTurnResult>;
+/**
+ * F11: a host edit turn (selection/document text + instruction → rewrite).
+ * Injectable for tests. #60: accepts optional turn options (onProgress/signal);
+ * the arg is optional so existing test stubs that ignore it stay valid.
+ */
+type EditTurn = (instruction: string, text: string, opts?: RunEditTurnOptions) => Promise<EditTurnResult>;
 /** F11: what an Ask-Claude gesture edits — a resolved selection range, or the whole document. */
 type EditTarget = { kind: "range"; start: number; end: number } | { kind: "document" };
 
@@ -53,9 +59,9 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
    * F11: the host edit turn (INV-8 — runs host-side, @cline/sdk loaded lazily and
    * never bundled). Injectable so host E2E can stub it (no LLM in CI).
    */
-  private editTurn: EditTurn = async (instruction, text) => {
+  private editTurn: EditTurn = async (instruction, text, opts) => {
     const { runEditTurn } = await import("./liveTurn");
-    return runEditTurn(instruction, text);
+    return runEditTurn(instruction, text, opts);
   };
   /** Monotonic per-session counter minting a stable turnId for each Ask-Claude gesture. */
   private turnSeq = 0;
@@ -68,6 +74,8 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
     private readonly extensionUri: vscode.Uri,
     private readonly attribution: AttributionController,
     private readonly proposals: ProposalController,
+    private readonly liveProgressUi: LiveProgressUi,
+    private readonly inlineAsk: InlineAskController,
   ) {
     this.disposables.push(
       // F11 (SLICE-5): the editor/title gateway passes the tab's resource Uri;
@@ -214,24 +222,55 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Where the inline Ask-Claude input anchors: a range edit pins to its selection;
+   * a whole-document edit pins to the editor's cursor line if this document is the
+   * active editor, else to the document start.
+   */
+  private editTargetAnchor(document: vscode.TextDocument, target: EditTarget): vscode.Range {
+    if (target.kind === "range") {
+      return new vscode.Range(document.positionAt(target.start), document.positionAt(target.end));
+    }
+    const active = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+    if (active && active.document.uri.toString() === document.uri.toString()) {
+      const line = active.selection.active.line;
+      return new vscode.Range(line, 0, line, 0);
+    }
+    return new vscode.Range(0, 0, 0, 0);
+  }
+
   /**
    * F11 (PUC-3/4): prompt host-side for the instruction (keeps the LLM/secret
    * surface out of the sealed webview, INV-8/35), run the edit turn, and surface
    * the result as F4 proposal(s). UI wrapper around `runEditAndPropose`.
    */
   private async askClaude(document: vscode.TextDocument, target: EditTarget): Promise<void> {
-    const instruction = await vscode.window.showInputBox({
-      prompt:
-        target.kind === "document"
-          ? "What should Claude do with the document?"
-          : "What should Claude do with the selection?",
-      placeHolder: "e.g. tighten the prose",
-    });
+    // The instruction prompt opens INLINE (inlineAsk) at the target: the selected
+    // range for a range edit, or the editor's cursor line / the document start for
+    // a whole-document edit — never the top-center QuickInput.
+    const anchor = this.editTargetAnchor(document, target);
+    const instruction = await this.inlineAsk.prompt(document.uri, anchor);
     if (!instruction) return;
     try {
       const ids = await vscode.window.withProgress(
-        { location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification, title: "Cowriting: asking Claude…" },
-        () => this.runEditAndPropose(document, target, instruction),
+        {
+          location: vscode.ProgressLocation.Notification,
+          title: "Cowriting: asking Claude…",
+          cancellable: true,
+        },
+        async (progress, token) => {
+          const ui = this.liveProgressUi.begin(instruction, progress, token);
+          try {
+            return await this.runEditAndPropose(document, target, instruction, {
+              onProgress: ui.onProgress,
+              signal: ui.signal,
+            });
+          } catch (err) {
+            // #60 (INV-47): a user cancel proposes nothing (the benign empty path).
+            if (token.isCancellationRequested) return [] as string[];
+            throw err;
+          }
+        },
       );
       if (ids.length === 0) {
         void vscode.window.showInformationMessage("Cowriting: Claude proposed no changes.");
@@ -258,6 +297,7 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
     document: vscode.TextDocument,
     target: EditTarget,
     instruction: string,
+    opts?: RunEditTurnOptions,
   ): Promise<string[]> {
     const full = document.getText();
     // One turnId per gesture — the document case's N hunk-proposals all share it,
@@ -267,13 +307,13 @@ export class TrackChangesPreviewController implements vscode.Disposable {
       ({ kind: "agent" as const, id: "claude", agent: { sdk: "@cline/sdk", model: turn.model, sessionId: turn.sessionId } });
     if (target.kind === "range") {
       const selected = full.slice(target.start, target.end);
-      const turn = await this.editTurn(instruction, selected);
+      const turn = await this.editTurn(instruction, selected, opts);
       if (turn.replacement === "" || turn.replacement === selected) return [];
       const fp = buildFingerprint(full, { start: target.start, end: target.end });
       const id = await this.proposals.propose(document, fp, turn.replacement, provenance(turn), { turnId, instruction });
       return id ? [id] : [];
     }
-    const turn = await this.editTurn(instruction, full);
+    const turn = await this.editTurn(instruction, full, opts);
     const ids: string[] = [];
     // #47 (INV-39, supersedes INV-37): a document rewrite is cut at BLOCK
     // granularity — one proposal per changed block (the unit a human reviews) —

src/turnProgress.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/**
+ * turnProgress.ts — pure reduction of @cline/sdk Agent runtime events into a
+ * small UI-facing progress snapshot (#60, spec coauthoring-live-progress.md §3.2).
+ *
+ * INV-43: vscode-free. INV-46: a pure function — no vscode, no SDK runtime
+ * dependency (`AgentRuntimeEvent` is imported TYPE-only, so it is erased at
+ * compile and never pulls the ESM SDK into the bundle). All event→state logic
+ * lives here so it is unit-tested in isolation; the UI call sites only format and
+ * relay snapshots.
+ */
+import type { AgentRuntimeEvent } from "@cline/shared";
+
+export type TurnPhase = "thinking" | "writing" | "tool";
+
+export interface TurnProgressSnapshot {
+  phase: TurnPhase;
+  /** present iff phase === "tool" — the running tool's name. */
+  tool?: string;
+  /** accumulated assistant-text length so far. */
+  chars: number;
+  /** running total tokens (input+output); undefined until the first usage event. */
+  tokens?: number;
+  /** the new assistant-text chunk since the last snapshot (for the OutputChannel). */
+  textDelta?: string;
+}
+
+export interface TurnProgressState {
+  phase: TurnPhase;
+  chars: number;
+  tokens?: number;
+  /** stack of tool names currently running (depth-tracked for overlap). */
+  activeTools: string[];
+  /** true once any assistant text has streamed (tool-finish then reverts to writing). */
+  sawText: boolean;
+}
+
+export function createTurnProgressState(): TurnProgressState {
+  return { phase: "thinking", chars: 0, tokens: undefined, activeTools: [], sawText: false };
+}
+
+function restingPhase(state: TurnProgressState): TurnPhase {
+  if (state.activeTools.length) return "tool";
+  return state.sawText ? "writing" : "thinking";
+}
+
+function toSnapshot(state: TurnProgressState, textDelta?: string): TurnProgressSnapshot {
+  return {
+    phase: state.phase,
+    tool: state.phase === "tool" ? state.activeTools[state.activeTools.length - 1] : undefined,
+    chars: state.chars,
+    tokens: state.tokens,
+    textDelta,
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fold one SDK event into the state, returning the next state and the snapshot to
+ * emit (snapshot undefined for events that don't change the surface).
+ */
+export function reduceTurnProgress(
+  state: TurnProgressState,
+  event: AgentRuntimeEvent,
+): { state: TurnProgressState; snapshot?: TurnProgressSnapshot } {
+  switch (event.type) {
+    case "run-started":
+    case "turn-started": {
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, phase: restingPhase(state) };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    case "assistant-text-delta": {
+      const next: TurnProgressState = {
+        ...state,
+        phase: state.activeTools.length ? "tool" : "writing",
+        chars: event.accumulatedText.length,
+        sawText: true,
+      };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next, event.text) };
+    }
+    case "assistant-reasoning-delta": {
+      // Reasoning TEXT is not surfaced (operator fork); collapse to motion only.
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, phase: state.activeTools.length ? "tool" : "thinking" };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    case "tool-started": {
+      const activeTools = [...state.activeTools, event.toolCall.toolName];
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, phase: "tool", activeTools };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    case "tool-updated": {
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, phase: "tool" };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    case "tool-finished": {
+      const name = event.toolCall.toolName;
+      const idx = state.activeTools.lastIndexOf(name);
+      const activeTools = idx >= 0 ? state.activeTools.filter((_, i) => i !== idx) : state.activeTools.slice(0, -1);
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, activeTools, phase: "thinking" };
+      next.phase = restingPhase(next);
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    case "usage-updated": {
+      const tokens = event.usage.inputTokens + event.usage.outputTokens || undefined;
+      const next: TurnProgressState = { ...state, tokens };
+      return { state: next, snapshot: toSnapshot(next) };
+    }
+    default:
+      return { state };
+  }
+}
+
+/** Render the notification activity line from a snapshot (pure; spec §2.1). */
+export function formatProgressLine(s: TurnProgressSnapshot): string {
+  let head: string;
+  if (s.phase === "tool") head = `running ${s.tool ?? "tool"}…`;
+  else if (s.phase === "writing") head = `writing… (${s.chars} chars)`;
+  else head = "thinking…";
+  return s.tokens ? `${head} · ${formatTokens(s.tokens)} tokens` : head;
+}
+
+export function formatTokens(n: number): string {
+  return n >= 1000 ? `${(n / 1000).toFixed(1)}k` : String(n);
+}

src/workspacePath.ts

@@ -60,3 +60,29 @@ export function selectionRejection(ctx: SelectionContext): string | null {
   }
   return null;
 }
+
+export interface EditRouteContext {
+  /** Was the command invoked on a specific resource (a tab right-click)? */
+  hasUri: boolean;
+  /** Does that resource match the focused editor's document? */
+  uriMatchesActiveEditor: boolean;
+  /** Is there a focused text editor at all? */
+  hasActiveEditor: boolean;
+  /** Is the focused editor's selection empty (no highlight)? */
+  selectionEmpty: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Route the single "Ask Claude to Edit" gesture (`cowriting.edit`) to the
+ * selection or whole-document flow. One conceptual command, two destinations:
+ *
+ * - A tab right-click on a document that ISN'T the focused editor has no
+ *   selection to act on → edit the whole document.
+ * - Otherwise a non-empty selection in the focused editor → edit the selection;
+ *   an empty selection (or no editor) → edit the whole document.
+ */
+export function routeEdit(ctx: EditRouteContext): "selection" | "document" {
+  if (ctx.hasUri && !ctx.uriMatchesActiveEditor) return "document";
+  if (ctx.hasActiveEditor && !ctx.selectionEmpty) return "selection";
+  return "document";
+}

test/e2e/suite-no-workspace/noWorkspace.test.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ suite("no-workspace authoring (F8 — real folder-less, #8 lineage)", () => {
       "cowriting.reply",
       "cowriting.resolveThread",
       "cowriting.reopenThread",
+      "cowriting.edit",
       "cowriting.editSelection",
+      "cowriting.askClaude.submit",
+      "cowriting.askClaude.cancel",
       "cowriting.applyAgentEdit",
       "cowriting.proposeAgentEdit",
     ]) {

test/e2e/suite/f11Toolbar.test.ts

@@ -174,16 +174,22 @@ suite("F11 preview toolbar (host E2E — message → seam wiring, no LLM)", () =
     assert.strictEqual(api.proposalController.listProposals(doc).length, 0, "no proposals left pending");
   });
 
-  // SLICE-3: the document-scoped command exists for #42 reuse, guarded on markdown.
-  test("cowriting.editDocument is a registered command, palette-guarded on markdown", async () => {
+  // SLICE-3: the document-scoped command stays registered for #42 reuse (now behind
+  // the unified `cowriting.edit`). editDocument is hidden from the palette; the
+  // markdown-guarded user-facing palette command is `cowriting.edit`.
+  test("cowriting.editDocument stays registered; cowriting.edit is the markdown-guarded palette command", async () => {
     const all = await vscode.commands.getCommands(true);
     assert.ok(all.includes("cowriting.editDocument"), "editDocument command registered");
-    const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../../../../package.json"), "utf8"));
-    const entry = (pkg.contributes.menus.commandPalette as Array<{ command: string; when?: string }>).find(
-      (m) => m.command === "cowriting.editDocument",
-    );
-    assert.ok(entry, "editDocument has a commandPalette entry");
-    assert.match(entry!.when ?? "", /editorLangId == markdown/, "guarded on markdown");
+    assert.ok(all.includes("cowriting.edit"), "unified edit command registered");
+    const palette = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../../../../package.json"), "utf8")).contributes
+      .menus.commandPalette as Array<{ command: string; when?: string }>;
+    // editDocument is hidden (routed via cowriting.edit).
+    const docEntry = palette.find((m) => m.command === "cowriting.editDocument");
+    assert.strictEqual(docEntry?.when, "false", "editDocument hidden from the palette");
+    // cowriting.edit is the user-facing, markdown-guarded entry.
+    const editEntry = palette.find((m) => m.command === "cowriting.edit");
+    assert.ok(editEntry, "cowriting.edit has a commandPalette entry");
+    assert.match(editEntry!.when ?? "", /editorLangId == markdown/, "guarded on markdown");
   });
 
   // SLICE-5: the minimal right-click gateway lives in editor/title (markdown only).

test/e2e/suite/f12Reach.test.ts

@@ -31,43 +31,37 @@ function menu(id: string): Array<{ command: string; when?: string; group?: strin
 }
 
 // SLICE-1 / #42 (reach): "Ask Claude to Edit" reachable from the editor BODY and
-// the editor TAB, selection-aware (selection → editSelection; no selection →
-// editDocument), both markdown/authorable-gated, both routing through the single
-// runEditAndPropose path (INV-38). The menu `when` clauses are declarative, so we
-// assert them directly; the tab-targeting behavior is exercised through the command.
+// the editor TAB. The two split commands (editSelection / editDocument) were
+// unified behind ONE user-facing command `cowriting.edit` that auto-routes by
+// selection at runtime (routeEdit: selection → editSelection, none → editDocument)
+// — so the menus carry a SINGLE selection-agnostic entry, both markdown/authorable
+// -gated. The routing itself is unit-tested (routeEdit) and exercised through the
+// command below; here we assert the declarative menu `when` clauses.
 suite("F12 SLICE-1 — Ask-Claude reach (#42, INV-38)", () => {
-  // PUC-1/2: editor BODY (editor/context) is selection-aware + markdown-gated.
-  test("editor/context offers editSelection (with selection) and editDocument (without), markdown+authorable", () => {
+  // PUC-1/2: editor BODY (editor/context) offers the single unified entry,
+  // markdown + authorable gated, NOT selection-gated (it routes both cases).
+  test("editor/context offers a single 'Ask Claude to Edit' (cowriting.edit), markdown+authorable", () => {
     const m = menu("editor/context");
-    const sel = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editSelection");
-    const doc = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editDocument");
-    assert.ok(sel, "editSelection is in editor/context");
-    assert.ok(doc, "editDocument is in editor/context");
-
-    assert.match(sel!.when ?? "", /editorHasSelection/, "editSelection shows only with a selection");
-    assert.ok(!/!\s*editorHasSelection/.test(sel!.when ?? ""), "editSelection is not gated on NO selection");
-    assert.match(sel!.when ?? "", /editorLangId == markdown/, "editSelection gated on markdown");
-    assert.match(sel!.when ?? "", /resourceScheme == file|resourceScheme == untitled/, "editSelection gated authorable");
-
-    assert.match(doc!.when ?? "", /!\s*editorHasSelection/, "editDocument shows only without a selection");
-    assert.match(doc!.when ?? "", /editorLangId == markdown/, "editDocument gated on markdown");
-    assert.match(doc!.when ?? "", /resourceScheme == file|resourceScheme == untitled/, "editDocument gated authorable");
+    const edit = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.edit");
+    assert.ok(edit, "cowriting.edit is in editor/context");
+    assert.match(edit!.when ?? "", /editorLangId == markdown/, "gated on markdown");
+    assert.match(edit!.when ?? "", /resourceScheme == file|resourceScheme == untitled/, "gated authorable");
+    assert.ok(!/editorHasSelection/.test(edit!.when ?? ""), "not selection-gated — one entry routes both cases");
+    // The old split pair is gone from the menu (the commands stay registered/hidden).
+    assert.ok(!m.some((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editSelection"), "old editSelection menu entry removed");
+    assert.ok(!m.some((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editDocument"), "old editDocument menu entry removed");
   });
 
-  // PUC-3: editor TAB (editor/title/context) carries the same selection-aware pair.
-  test("editor/title/context offers editSelection (with selection) and editDocument (without), markdown-gated", () => {
+  // PUC-3: editor TAB (editor/title/context) carries the same single entry.
+  test("editor/title/context offers a single 'Ask Claude to Edit' (cowriting.edit), markdown-gated", () => {
     const m = menu("editor/title/context");
-    const sel = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editSelection");
-    const doc = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editDocument");
-    assert.ok(sel, "editSelection is in editor/title/context");
-    assert.ok(doc, "editDocument is in editor/title/context");
-
-    assert.match(sel!.when ?? "", /editorHasSelection/, "tab editSelection shows only with a selection");
-    assert.ok(!/!\s*editorHasSelection/.test(sel!.when ?? ""), "tab editSelection is not gated on NO selection");
-    assert.match(sel!.when ?? "", /resourceLangId == markdown/, "tab editSelection gated on markdown");
-
-    assert.match(doc!.when ?? "", /!\s*editorHasSelection/, "tab editDocument shows only without a selection");
-    assert.match(doc!.when ?? "", /resourceLangId == markdown/, "tab editDocument gated on markdown");
+    const edit = m.find((e) => e.command === "cowriting.edit");
+    assert.ok(edit, "cowriting.edit is in editor/title/context");
+    assert.match(edit!.when ?? "", /resourceLangId == markdown/, "tab entry gated on markdown");
+    assert.ok(
+      !m.some((e) => e.command === "cowriting.editSelection" || e.command === "cowriting.editDocument"),
+      "old split pair removed from the tab menu",
+    );
   });
 
   // PUC-3 behavior: editDocument invoked with a tab URI targets THAT document,
@@ -83,8 +77,8 @@ suite("F12 SLICE-1 — Ask-Claude reach (#42, INV-38)", () => {
     await settle();
 
     // Stub the instruction prompt (sealed input box can't run in CI) + the LLM turn.
-    const origInput = vscode.window.showInputBox;
-    (vscode.window as any).showInputBox = async () => "rewrite it";
+    const origPrompt = api.inlineAsk.prompt;
+    (api.inlineAsk as any).prompt = async () => "rewrite it";
     ctl.setEditTurnForTest(async () => ({
       replacement: "# Tab\n\nThe REWRITTEN tab paragraph.\n",
       model: "sonnet",
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ suite("F12 SLICE-1 — Ask-Claude reach (#42, INV-38)", () => {
       await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.editDocument", b.doc.uri);
       await settle();
     } finally {
-      (vscode.window as any).showInputBox = origInput;
+      (api.inlineAsk as any).prompt = origPrompt;
     }
 
     // The proposal(s) landed on the TAB doc (B), and the ACTIVE doc (A) has none.
@@ -116,8 +110,8 @@ suite("F12 SLICE-1 — Ask-Claude reach (#42, INV-38)", () => {
     await vscode.window.showTextDocument(a.doc);
     await settle();
 
-    const origInput = vscode.window.showInputBox;
-    (vscode.window as any).showInputBox = async () => "rewrite it";
+    const origPrompt = api.inlineAsk.prompt;
+    (api.inlineAsk as any).prompt = async () => "rewrite it";
     ctl.setEditTurnForTest(async () => ({
       replacement: "# No arg\n\nThe REWRITTEN active doc paragraph.\n",
       model: "sonnet",
@@ -127,7 +121,7 @@ suite("F12 SLICE-1 — Ask-Claude reach (#42, INV-38)", () => {
       await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.editDocument");
       await settle();
     } finally {
-      (vscode.window as any).showInputBox = origInput;
+      (api.inlineAsk as any).prompt = origPrompt;
     }
     assert.ok(api.proposalController.listProposals(a.doc).length >= 1, "active doc received the proposal(s) on no-arg");
   });

test/e2e/suite/liveProgress.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import * as assert from "assert";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as path from "path";
+import * as vscode from "vscode";
+import type { CowritingApi } from "../../../src/extension";
+
+const WS = process.env.E2E_WORKSPACE!;
+const settle = () => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 400));
+
+async function getApi(): Promise<CowritingApi> {
+  const ext = vscode.extensions.getExtension("benstull.vscode-cowriting-plugin")!;
+  const api = (await ext.activate()) as CowritingApi;
+  assert.ok(api?.trackChangesPreviewController, "exports preview controller");
+  return api;
+}
+
+async function freshDoc(rel: string, body: string): Promise<vscode.TextDocument> {
+  const abs = path.join(WS, rel);
+  fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(abs), { recursive: true });
+  fs.writeFileSync(abs, body, "utf8");
+  const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(vscode.Uri.file(abs));
+  await vscode.window.showTextDocument(doc);
+  await settle();
+  return doc;
+}
+
+// #60 host E2E (no LLM): live progress is purely additive observability. The
+// harness can't read notification subtitles, so it asserts the CONTRACT —
+// progress events don't change the proposals (INV-44), and an aborted turn
+// proposes nothing (INV-47). The live notification/OutputChannel UI itself is
+// covered by the turnProgress unit tests + the manual smoke.
+suite("#60 live turn progress (additive + cancel)", () => {
+  test("a stub that emits progress still produces the same proposals (INV-44)", async () => {
+    const doc = await freshDoc("docs/live60-additive.md", "# Title\n\nOld paragraph.\n");
+    const api = await getApi();
+    const ctl = api.trackChangesPreviewController;
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview");
+    await settle();
+
+    // The stub honors opts.onProgress (emitting synthetic snapshots) but returns
+    // the same rewrite — proposals must be unaffected by progress events.
+    ctl.setEditTurnForTest(async (_i, _text, opts) => {
+      opts?.onProgress?.({ phase: "writing", chars: 5 });
+      opts?.onProgress?.({ phase: "writing", chars: 13, tokens: 1234, textDelta: "New paragraph." });
+      return { replacement: "# Title\n\nNew paragraph.\n", model: "sonnet", sessionId: "e2e-live60" };
+    });
+
+    const ids = await ctl.runEditAndPropose(doc, { kind: "document" }, "rewrite the paragraph");
+    await settle();
+    assert.strictEqual(ids.length, 1, "one changed block → one proposal, regardless of progress events");
+    const view = api.proposalController.listProposals(doc).find((v) => v.id === ids[0]);
+    assert.ok(view, "the proposal is live");
+    assert.ok(doc.getText().includes("Old paragraph."), "document unchanged by propose (INV-10)");
+  });
+
+  test("an aborted turn proposes nothing (INV-47)", async () => {
+    const doc = await freshDoc("docs/live60-cancel.md", "# Title\n\nOld paragraph.\n");
+    const api = await getApi();
+    const ctl = api.trackChangesPreviewController;
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand("cowriting.showTrackChangesPreview");
+    await settle();
+
+    // The stub throws ONLY when the aborted signal reached it — so if opts.signal
+    // failed to thread through runEditAndPropose, the stub would instead return a
+    // rewrite and create a proposal, failing this test. That proves propagation.
+    ctl.setEditTurnForTest(async (_i, _text, opts) => {
+      if (opts?.signal?.aborted) throw new Error("claude-code turn aborted");
+      return { replacement: "# Title\n\nSHOULD NOT BE PROPOSED.\n", model: "sonnet", sessionId: "e2e-live60-nope" };
+    });
+
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    ac.abort();
+    let ids: string[] = [];
+    try {
+      ids = await ctl.runEditAndPropose(doc, { kind: "document" }, "rewrite", { signal: ac.signal });
+    } catch {
+      ids = [];
+    }
+    await settle();
+    assert.strictEqual(ids.length, 0, "aborted turn must create no proposals");
+    assert.strictEqual(api.proposalController.listProposals(doc).length, 0, "no pending proposals after abort");
+  });
+});

test/liveTurn.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
-import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { extractReplacement } from "../src/liveTurn";
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { extractReplacement, runEditTurn } from "../src/liveTurn";
+
+// A fake Agent that replays a scripted event list to subscribers, supports abort,
+// and resolves agent.run() with a completed (or aborted) result.
+const runs = { count: 0 };
+function fakeSdk(events: any[]) {
+  return {
+    Agent: class {
+      private listeners: ((e: any) => void)[] = [];
+      constructor(_cfg: unknown) {}
+      subscribe(fn: (e: any) => void) {
+        this.listeners.push(fn);
+        return () => {
+          this.listeners = this.listeners.filter((l) => l !== fn);
+        };
+      }
+      // The real SDK's abort() is a no-op before run() creates its AbortController,
+      // so this fake does NOT cooperate with a pre-abort — proving runEditTurn's own
+      // short-circuit, not the fake's leniency.
+      abort() {}
+      async run(_input: string) {
+        runs.count += 1;
+        for (const e of events) for (const l of this.listeners) l(e);
+        return { status: "completed", outputText: "EDITED", runId: "r1" };
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
 
 describe("extractReplacement", () => {
   it("returns plain text untouched", () => {
@@ -24,3 +51,33 @@ describe("extractReplacement", () => {
     expect(extractReplacement("```\nplain\n```", "plain old text")).toBe("plain");
   });
 });
+
+describe("runEditTurn progress + cancel", () => {
+  it("emits progress snapshots and returns the replacement unchanged (INV-44)", async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    vi.doMock("@cline/sdk", () =>
+      fakeSdk([
+        { type: "assistant-text-delta", text: "ED", accumulatedText: "ED" },
+        { type: "usage-updated", usage: { inputTokens: 10, outputTokens: 5, cacheReadTokens: 0, cacheWriteTokens: 0 } },
+      ]),
+    );
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    const turn = await runEditTurn("do it", "old", { onProgress: (s) => seen.push(s.phase) });
+    expect(turn.replacement).toBe("EDITED");
+    expect(seen).toContain("writing");
+    vi.doUnmock("@cline/sdk");
+    vi.resetModules();
+  });
+
+  it("a pre-aborted AbortSignal short-circuits before run() and throws (INV-47)", async () => {
+    vi.resetModules();
+    vi.doMock("@cline/sdk", () => fakeSdk([]));
+    runs.count = 0;
+    const ac = new AbortController();
+    ac.abort();
+    await expect(runEditTurn("do it", "old", { signal: ac.signal })).rejects.toThrow(/aborted/);
+    expect(runs.count).toBe(0); // the turn never ran — no proposal could be produced
+    vi.doUnmock("@cline/sdk");
+    vi.resetModules();
+  });
+});

test/turnProgress.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import {
+  createTurnProgressState,
+  reduceTurnProgress,
+  formatProgressLine,
+  formatTokens,
+  type TurnProgressSnapshot,
+} from "../src/turnProgress";
+
+// Minimal event factories — structurally match the @cline/sdk AgentRuntimeEvent
+// members the reducer reads. `as any` because we only supply the fields used.
+const ev = (e: any) => e as any;
+const textDelta = (text: string, accumulatedText: string) =>
+  ev({ type: "assistant-text-delta", text, accumulatedText });
+const toolStarted = (toolName: string) => ev({ type: "tool-started", toolCall: { toolName } });
+const toolFinished = (toolName: string) => ev({ type: "tool-finished", toolCall: { toolName } });
+const usage = (inputTokens: number, outputTokens: number) =>
+  ev({ type: "usage-updated", usage: { inputTokens, outputTokens, cacheReadTokens: 0, cacheWriteTokens: 0 } });
+
+// Drive a sequence of events, returning every emitted snapshot.
+function run(events: any[]): TurnProgressSnapshot[] {
+  let state = createTurnProgressState();
+  const out: TurnProgressSnapshot[] = [];
+  for (const e of events) {
+    const r = reduceTurnProgress(state, e);
+    state = r.state;
+    if (r.snapshot) out.push(r.snapshot);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+describe("reduceTurnProgress", () => {
+  it("starts in thinking", () => {
+    const s = run([ev({ type: "run-started" })]);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.phase).toBe("thinking");
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.chars).toBe(0);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.tokens).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("text deltas move to writing and accumulate chars + carry the delta", () => {
+    const s = run([textDelta("Hel", "Hel"), textDelta("lo", "Hello")]);
+    expect(s.map((x) => x.phase)).toEqual(["writing", "writing"]);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.chars).toBe(5);
+    expect(s.map((x) => x.textDelta)).toEqual(["Hel", "lo"]);
+  });
+
+  it("usage sets a running token total (input+output)", () => {
+    const s = run([textDelta("Hi", "Hi"), usage(1000, 234)]);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.tokens).toBe(1234);
+  });
+
+  it("tool start shows the tool name; tool finish reverts to writing once text was seen", () => {
+    const s = run([textDelta("x", "x"), toolStarted("read_file"), toolFinished("read_file")]);
+    expect(s[1].phase).toBe("tool");
+    expect(s[1].tool).toBe("read_file");
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.phase).toBe("writing");
+  });
+
+  it("tool finish reverts to thinking when no text was seen", () => {
+    const s = run([toolStarted("grep"), toolFinished("grep")]);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.phase).toBe("thinking");
+  });
+
+  it("overlapping tools resolve in order", () => {
+    const s = run([toolStarted("a"), toolStarted("b"), toolFinished("b"), toolFinished("a")]);
+    expect(s.map((x) => x.phase)).toEqual(["tool", "tool", "tool", "thinking"]);
+    expect(s[1].tool).toBe("b");
+    expect(s[2].tool).toBe("a");
+  });
+
+  it("reasoning deltas stay thinking and surface no text", () => {
+    const s = run([ev({ type: "assistant-reasoning-delta", text: "secret", accumulatedText: "secret" })]);
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.phase).toBe("thinking");
+    expect(s.at(-1)!.textDelta).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("ignores lifecycle/finish events (no snapshot)", () => {
+    const s = run([ev({ type: "turn-finished" }), ev({ type: "run-finished" })]);
+    expect(s).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("formatProgressLine / formatTokens", () => {
+  it("thinking", () => {
+    expect(formatProgressLine({ phase: "thinking", chars: 0 })).toBe("thinking…");
+  });
+  it("writing with chars", () => {
+    expect(formatProgressLine({ phase: "writing", chars: 412 })).toBe("writing… (412 chars)");
+  });
+  it("writing with chars + tokens", () => {
+    expect(formatProgressLine({ phase: "writing", chars: 412, tokens: 1234 })).toBe(
+      "writing… (412 chars) · 1.2k tokens",
+    );
+  });
+  it("tool with name", () => {
+    expect(formatProgressLine({ phase: "tool", tool: "read_file", chars: 0 })).toBe("running read_file…");
+  });
+  it("formats token magnitudes", () => {
+    expect(formatTokens(950)).toBe("950");
+    expect(formatTokens(1234)).toBe("1.2k");
+  });
+});

test/workspacePath.test.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
-import { isAuthorable, isUnderRoot, selectionRejection } from "../src/workspacePath";
+import { isAuthorable, isUnderRoot, routeEdit, selectionRejection } from "../src/workspacePath";
 
 describe("isUnderRoot", () => {
   const root = "/a/vscode-cowriting-plugin/sandbox";
@@ -58,3 +58,27 @@ describe("selectionRejection — F8 widened (accepts out-of-folder + untitled)",
     expect(msg).not.toMatch(/select some text/i);
   });
 });
+
+describe("routeEdit (single Ask-Claude-to-Edit gesture)", () => {
+  const focused = { hasUri: false, uriMatchesActiveEditor: false, hasActiveEditor: true, selectionEmpty: false };
+
+  it("non-empty selection in the focused editor → selection", () => {
+    expect(routeEdit(focused)).toBe("selection");
+  });
+  it("empty selection in the focused editor → document", () => {
+    expect(routeEdit({ ...focused, selectionEmpty: true })).toBe("document");
+  });
+  it("no active editor → document", () => {
+    expect(routeEdit({ ...focused, hasActiveEditor: false, selectionEmpty: true })).toBe("document");
+  });
+  it("tab right-click on a doc that ISN'T the focused editor → document (no selection to act on)", () => {
+    expect(routeEdit({ hasUri: true, uriMatchesActiveEditor: false, hasActiveEditor: true, selectionEmpty: false })).toBe(
+      "document",
+    );
+  });
+  it("tab right-click on the focused editor with a selection → selection", () => {
+    expect(routeEdit({ hasUri: true, uriMatchesActiveEditor: true, hasActiveEditor: true, selectionEmpty: false })).toBe(
+      "selection",
+    );
+  });
+});