chore: allow renaming agent (#83)

Co-authored-by: Shubham Naik <shub@memgpt.ai>

src/cli/App.tsx

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export default function App({
   // Model selector state
   const [modelSelectorOpen, setModelSelectorOpen] = useState(false);
   const [llmConfig, setLlmConfig] = useState<LlmConfig | null>(null);
+  const [agentName, setAgentName] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Token streaming preference (can be toggled at runtime)
   const [tokenStreamingEnabled, setTokenStreamingEnabled] =
@@ -397,8 +398,9 @@ export default function App({
           const client = await getClient();
           const agent = await client.agents.retrieve(agentId);
           setLlmConfig(agent.llm_config);
+          setAgentName(agent.name);
         } catch (error) {
-          console.error("Error fetching llm_config:", error);
+          console.error("Error fetching agent config:", error);
         }
       };
       fetchConfig();
@@ -1014,6 +1016,69 @@ export default function App({
           return { submitted: true };
         }
 
+        // Special handling for /rename command - rename the agent
+        if (msg.trim().startsWith("/rename")) {
+          const parts = msg.trim().split(/\s+/);
+          const newName = parts.slice(1).join(" ");
+
+          if (!newName) {
+            const cmdId = uid("cmd");
+            buffersRef.current.byId.set(cmdId, {
+              kind: "command",
+              id: cmdId,
+              input: msg,
+              output: "Please provide a new name: /rename <name>",
+              phase: "finished",
+              success: false,
+            });
+            buffersRef.current.order.push(cmdId);
+            refreshDerived();
+            return { submitted: true };
+          }
+
+          const cmdId = uid("cmd");
+          buffersRef.current.byId.set(cmdId, {
+            kind: "command",
+            id: cmdId,
+            input: msg,
+            output: `Renaming agent to "${newName}"...`,
+            phase: "running",
+          });
+          buffersRef.current.order.push(cmdId);
+          refreshDerived();
+
+          setCommandRunning(true);
+
+          try {
+            const client = await getClient();
+            await client.agents.modify(agentId, { name: newName });
+            setAgentName(newName);
+
+            buffersRef.current.byId.set(cmdId, {
+              kind: "command",
+              id: cmdId,
+              input: msg,
+              output: `Agent renamed to "${newName}"`,
+              phase: "finished",
+              success: true,
+            });
+            refreshDerived();
+          } catch (error) {
+            buffersRef.current.byId.set(cmdId, {
+              kind: "command",
+              id: cmdId,
+              input: msg,
+              output: `Failed: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+              phase: "finished",
+              success: false,
+            });
+            refreshDerived();
+          } finally {
+            setCommandRunning(false);
+          }
+          return { submitted: true };
+        }
+
         // Immediately add command to transcript with "running" phase
         const cmdId = uid("cmd");
         buffersRef.current.byId.set(cmdId, {
@@ -1662,6 +1727,7 @@ export default function App({
               onInterrupt={handleInterrupt}
               interruptRequested={interruptRequested}
               agentId={agentId}
+              agentName={agentName}
             />
 
             {/* Model Selector - conditionally mounted as overlay */}

src/cli/commands/registry.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ export const commands: Record<string, Command> = {
       return "Removing tools...";
     },
   },
+  "/rename": {
+    desc: "Rename the current agent",
+    handler: () => {
+      // Handled specially in App.tsx to access agent ID and client
+      return "Renaming agent...";
+    },
+  },
 };
 
 /**

src/cli/components/CommandPreview.tsx

@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ const commandList = Object.entries(commands).map(([cmd, { desc }]) => ({
 export function CommandPreview({
   currentInput,
   agentId,
+  agentName,
   serverUrl,
 }: {
   currentInput: string;
   agentId?: string;
+  agentName?: string | null;
   serverUrl?: string;
 }) {
   if (!currentInput.startsWith("/")) {
@@ -40,7 +42,14 @@ export function CommandPreview({
         </Box>
       ))}
       {showBottomBar && (
-        <Box marginTop={1} paddingTop={1} borderTop borderColor="gray">
+        <Box
+          marginTop={1}
+          paddingTop={1}
+          borderTop
+          borderColor="gray"
+          flexDirection="column"
+        >
+          {agentName && <Text dimColor>Agent: {agentName}</Text>}
           {isCloudUser ? (
             <Link url={`https://app.letta.com/agents/${agentId}`}>
               <Text dimColor>View agent in ADE</Text>

src/cli/components/InputAssist.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ interface InputAssistProps {
   onFileSelect: (path: string) => void;
   onAutocompleteActiveChange: (isActive: boolean) => void;
   agentId?: string;
+  agentName?: string | null;
   serverUrl?: string;
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ export function InputAssist({
   onFileSelect,
   onAutocompleteActiveChange,
   agentId,
+  agentName,
   serverUrl,
 }: InputAssistProps) {
   // Show file autocomplete when @ is present
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ export function InputAssist({
       <CommandPreview
         currentInput={currentInput}
         agentId={agentId}
+        agentName={agentName}
         serverUrl={serverUrl}
       />
     );

src/cli/components/InputRich.tsx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function Input({
   onInterrupt,
   interruptRequested = false,
   agentId,
+  agentName,
 }: {
   visible?: boolean;
   streaming: boolean;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export function Input({
   onInterrupt?: () => void;
   interruptRequested?: boolean;
   agentId?: string;
+  agentName?: string | null;
 }) {
   const [value, setValue] = useState("");
   const [escapePressed, setEscapePressed] = useState(false);
@@ -478,6 +480,7 @@ export function Input({
           onFileSelect={handleFileSelect}
           onAutocompleteActiveChange={setIsAutocompleteActive}
           agentId={agentId}
+          agentName={agentName}
           serverUrl={serverUrl}
         />