feat: simplify listen command - remove binding flags, add auto-genera… (#1111)

Co-authored-by: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
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Shubham Naik
2026-02-24 14:11:10 -08:00
committed by GitHub
parent a086957407
commit eb210f22b4
8 changed files with 253 additions and 158 deletions

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@@ -1,27 +1,47 @@
/**
* CLI subcommand: letta listen --name "george"
* CLI subcommand: letta listen --name \"george\"
* Register letta-code as a listener to receive messages from Letta Cloud
*/
import { hostname } from "node:os";
import { parseArgs } from "node:util";
import { render } from "ink";
import { Box, render, Text } from "ink";
import TextInput from "ink-text-input";
import type React from "react";
import { useState } from "react";
import { getServerUrl } from "../../agent/client";
import { settingsManager } from "../../settings-manager";
import { ListenerStatusUI } from "../components/ListenerStatusUI";
export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
// Preprocess args to support --conv as alias for --conversation
const processedArgv = argv.map((arg) =>
arg === "--conv" ? "--conversation" : arg,
);
/**
* Interactive prompt for environment name
*/
function PromptEnvName(props: {
onSubmit: (envName: string) => void;
}): React.ReactElement {
const [value, setValue] = useState("");
return (
<Box flexDirection="column">
<Text>Enter environment name (or press Enter for hostname): </Text>
<TextInput
value={value}
onChange={setValue}
onSubmit={(input) => {
const finalName = input.trim() || hostname();
props.onSubmit(finalName);
}}
/>
</Box>
);
}
export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
// Parse arguments
const { values } = parseArgs({
args: processedArgv,
args: argv,
options: {
name: { type: "string" },
agent: { type: "string" },
conversation: { type: "string", short: "C" },
envName: { type: "string" },
help: { type: "boolean", short: "h" },
},
allowPositionals: false,
@@ -29,30 +49,20 @@ export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
// Show help
if (values.help) {
console.log(
"Usage: letta listen --name <connection-name> [--agent <agent-id>] [--conversation <id>]\n",
);
console.log("Usage: letta listen [--env-name <name>]\n");
console.log(
"Register this letta-code instance to receive messages from Letta Cloud.\n",
);
console.log("Options:");
console.log(
" --name <name> Friendly name for this connection (required)",
);
console.log(
" --agent <id> Bind connection to specific agent (required for CLI usage)",
);
console.log(" --conversation <id>, --conv <id>, -C <id>");
console.log(
" Route messages to a specific conversation",
" --env-name <name> Friendly name for this environment (uses hostname if not provided)",
);
console.log(" -h, --help Show this help message\n");
console.log("Examples:");
console.log(' letta listen --name "george" --agent agent-abc123');
console.log(' letta listen --name "laptop-work" --agent agent-xyz789');
console.log(
' letta listen --name "daily-cron" --agent agent-abc123 --conv conv-xyz789\n',
" letta listen # Uses hostname as default",
);
console.log(' letta listen --env-name "work-laptop"\n');
console.log(
"Once connected, this instance will listen for incoming messages from cloud agents.",
);
@@ -62,29 +72,39 @@ export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
return 0;
}
const connectionName = values.name;
const agentId = values.agent;
const conversationId = values.conversation as string | undefined;
// Load local project settings to access saved environment name
await settingsManager.loadLocalProjectSettings();
if (!connectionName) {
console.error("Error: --name is required\n");
console.error('Usage: letta listen --name "george" --agent agent-abc123\n');
console.error(
"Provide a friendly name to identify this connection (e.g., your name, device name).",
);
return 1;
}
// Determine connection name
let connectionName: string;
if (!agentId) {
console.error("Error: --agent is required\n");
console.error('Usage: letta listen --name "george" --agent agent-abc123\n');
console.error(
"A listener connection needs a default agent to execute messages.",
);
console.error(
"Specify which agent should receive messages from this connection.",
);
return 1;
if (values.envName) {
// Explicitly provided - use it and save to local project settings
connectionName = values.envName;
settingsManager.setListenerEnvName(connectionName);
} else {
// Not provided - check saved local project settings
const savedName = settingsManager.getListenerEnvName();
if (savedName) {
// Reuse saved name
connectionName = savedName;
} else {
// No saved name - prompt user
connectionName = await new Promise<string>((resolve) => {
const { unmount } = render(
<PromptEnvName
onSubmit={(name) => {
unmount();
resolve(name);
}}
/>,
);
});
// Save to local project settings for future runs
settingsManager.setListenerEnvName(connectionName);
}
}
try {
@@ -115,8 +135,6 @@ export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
body: JSON.stringify({
deviceId,
connectionName,
agentId,
...(conversationId && { conversationId }),
}),
});
@@ -144,9 +162,8 @@ export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
const { unmount } = render(
<ListenerStatusUI
agentId={agentId}
connectionId={connectionId}
conversationId={conversationId}
envName={connectionName}
onReady={(callbacks) => {
updateStatusCallback = callbacks.updateStatus;
updateRetryStatusCallback = callbacks.updateRetryStatus;
@@ -165,8 +182,6 @@ export async function runListenSubcommand(argv: string[]): Promise<number> {
wsUrl,
deviceId,
connectionName,
agentId,
defaultConversationId: conversationId,
onStatusChange: (status) => {
clearRetryStatusCallback?.();
updateStatusCallback?.(status);