agent-discussion-panel

Agent Discussion Panel (TUI)

Overview

The Agent Discussion Panel is a terminal UI component that renders multi-agent debates as a structured, scrollable panel. It consumes DiscussionResult data (from the AgentOpinion protocol) and renders it using the box-drawing format defined by the agent-discussion formatter skill.

Core principle: The panel is a layout container, not a formatter. It delegates all opinion rendering to the agent-discussion formatter and focuses on panel chrome, streaming lifecycle, and spatial arrangement.

Iron Law:

THE PANEL NEVER FORMATS OPINIONS — IT ARRANGES THEM
Formatting = agent-discussion skill. Layout = this skill.

Relationship to Other Components

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AgentOpinion Protocol (discussion.types.ts)      │
│   Defines: AgentOpinion, DiscussionResult        │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                   │ data
                   ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ agent-discussion (formatter skill)               │
│   Renders: box chars, severity badges, consensus │
└──────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┘
                   │ formatted blocks
                   ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ agent-discussion-panel (THIS skill — TUI layout) │
│   Arranges: header, stream, consensus, summary   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

When to Use

• Building a TUI that displays multi-agent discussion output
• Implementing a codingbuddy terminal dashboard with agent debate panels
• Rendering streaming agent opinions in real time within a bounded panel region
• Displaying EVAL mode consolidated output in a structured panel

When NOT to Use

• Formatting individual agent opinions (use agent-discussion formatter)
• Building web/HTML UIs (this is terminal-only)
• Rendering a single agent's output (no panel needed)
• Logging or piping output to files (panel chrome adds noise)