RIP-3 cutover. The free-form /chat panel (general.help) now answers through a
page-scoped single-call console (AskConsole → POST /api/agent/ask) instead of
the streaming Anthropic runtime, so the in-app assistant runs on ANY configured
backend, including a local OpenAI-compatible model (Qwen behind
llama.cpp/Ollama/vLLM). No tool loop, no NDJSON stream, no Anthropic wire format.
Threads still persist: the ask route gains an opt-in persist branch that writes
both turns to agent_conversations/agent_messages as canonical Anthropic text
blocks, so the /chat sidebar and "resume a thread" keep working across old
streaming threads and new single-call ones. Page-scoped one-off asks (a report
page) omit persist and stay stateless.
Scope: only general.help is wired to the console. The tool-loop intents
(transaction.categorization, invoice.draft, supplier_invoice.review) and the
docked AgentSheet still use AgentChat + run-turn.ts because they stage
operations and need the tool loop, so run-turn.ts is intentionally NOT deleted
here (the plan gates its deletion on "once nothing calls them"; RIP-4 migrates
the rest).
- lib/agent/ask/persist.ts: resolveChatConversation (create/resume, ownership),
persistUserTurn, persistAssistantTurn (append + roll last_message_* forward)
- app/api/agent/ask/route.ts: persist branch (resolve → user turn → answer →
assistant turn), returns conversation_id; 404 on a foreign conversation
- components/agent/AskConsole.tsx: the console UI (approved sign-off design):
user bubble + bare-prose answer, thinking indicator, empty/503/paywall states
- ChatConversationView / ChatNewStarter: branch general.help → AskConsole,
every other intent keeps AgentChat unchanged
Co-authored-by: Jakob Wennberg <311770904+jakobwennberg-oss@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
