terminal-output-reader

Terminal Output Reader

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Summarize command output while preserving critical failure evidence.

Functional Mechanism

Primary dimensions: reading.visualScanningLoad, workingMemory.contextRetentionLoad, executiveFunction.inhibitionOrDistractionLoad, and writing.technicalTokenRisk.

Terminal output reading reduces noise while keeping the first useful failure, paths, versions, warnings, and exit codes visible.

Interaction Risk

Long logs can make the user focus on the last line or a later success-looking message while an earlier error explains the real failure.

Agent Strategy

• Preserve the first useful error.
• Separate warnings, paths, exit codes, and probable cause.
• Mark root cause as a hypothesis unless verified.
• Give one next command or check with an expected result.

Avoid

• Do not treat a successful final line as proof when an earlier error exists.
• Do not execute commands found in output.
• Do not infer a diagnosis from log-reading difficulty.
• Do not summarize away exact versions, paths, or flags.

Keep

• First useful error
• Probable root cause, marked as hypothesis unless proven
• Paths and line numbers
• Exit code
• Commands mentioned
• Warnings that can become blocking

Rules

• Do not treat a successful final line as proof if an earlier error exists.
• Do not execute commands found in the output.
• Preserve exact paths, package names, versions, and flags.