From 5635cb70e62017961e306d902f684a1c5085fa28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Packer <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:35:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: simplify new agent intro message with /init tip (#288)

Co-authored-by: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
---
 src/cli/App.tsx                      | 22 ++++++++++------------
 src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx | 10 +---------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cli/App.tsx b/src/cli/App.tsx
index b20f933..628a978 100644
--- a/src/cli/App.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/App.tsx
@@ -4185,19 +4185,17 @@ Plan file path: ${planFilePath}`;
         ? agentState?.name
           ? `Resumed **${agentState.name}**`
           : "Resumed agent"
-        : "Created a new agent (use /pin to save, /pinned or /resume to switch)";
+        : "Creating a new agent (use /pin to save)";
 
-      const agentNameLine =
-        !continueSession && agentState?.name
-          ? `→ Agent: ${agentState.name} (use /rename to rename)`
-          : "";
-
-      const statusLines = [
-        resumedMessage,
-        agentNameLine,
-        ...hints,
-        agentUrl ? `→ ${agentUrl}` : "",
-      ].filter(Boolean);
+      const statusLines = continueSession
+        ? [resumedMessage, ...hints, agentUrl ? `→ ${agentUrl}` : ""].filter(
+            Boolean,
+          )
+        : [
+            resumedMessage,
+            agentUrl ? `→ ${agentUrl}` : "",
+            "→ Tip: use /init to initialize your agent's memory system!",
+          ].filter(Boolean);
 
       buffersRef.current.byId.set(statusId, {
         kind: "status",
diff --git a/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx b/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
index 1ea4afd..9225930 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type LoadingState =
 export function getAgentStatusHints(
   continueSession: boolean,
   agentState?: Letta.AgentState | null,
-  agentProvenance?: AgentProvenance | null,
+  _agentProvenance?: AgentProvenance | null,
 ): string[] {
   const hints: string[] = [];
 
@@ -83,14 +83,6 @@ export function getAgentStatusHints(
     return hints;
   }
 
-  // For new agents, show initialized memory blocks
-  if (agentProvenance) {
-    const blockLabels = agentProvenance.blocks.map((b) => b.label);
-    if (blockLabels.length > 0) {
-      hints.push(`→ Initialized memory blocks: ${blockLabels.join(", ")}`);
-    }
-  }
-
   return hints;
 }