fix: Harden ACP session stability and recover messages on reconnection

Sessions were silently dying and losing chat history because:
- Pipe write errors (EPIPE) were completely undetected — broken pipe
  writes via Task.detached { handle.write() } failed silently, leaving
  the app unaware the subprocess had crashed
- Reconnection fell back to newSession() when loadSession() failed,
  creating a blank session and permanently losing all conversation context
- No message reconciliation after reconnect — DB-persisted messages
  were never re-fetched, so the UI stayed stale/incomplete
- Keepalive sent bare "\n" which caused json.loads("") parse errors
  in the ACP library every 30 seconds, destabilizing the connection
- TERM=xterm-256color was set on a pipe-based subprocess, risking
  terminal escape sequence pollution in the JSON-RPC stream

Fixes:
- Replace FileHandle.write() with POSIX Darwin.write() + SIGPIPE
  suppression for immediate broken-pipe detection at all write sites
- Send valid JSON-RPC notification {"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"$/ping"}
  as keepalive instead of bare newlines
- Never fall back to newSession() during reconnection — try
  resumeSession then loadSession, fail visibly if both fail
- Add reconcileWithDB() to merge DB-persisted messages with local
  state after successful reconnection
- Finalize streaming messages immediately on disconnect so partial
  content is preserved before reconnection begins
- Use SIGINT instead of SIGTERM for graceful Python subprocess shutdown
- Remove TERM env var from ACP subprocess environment
- Consolidate disconnect cleanup into single idempotent method
- Add isHandlingDisconnect guard against double-handling
- Increase reconnect attempts from 3 to 5 with capped backoff
- Add "Reconnect" button to toolbar error state

Also: bump version to 1.5.1, set deployment target to macOS 14.6
(Sonoma), and update README with rich chat/ACP features, process
controls, skill editing, and corrected system requirements.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-26.2+-blue" alt="macOS">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-14.6+%20Sonoma-blue" alt="macOS">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Swift-6-orange" alt="Swift">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green" alt="License">
   <br><br>
@@ -22,22 +22,23 @@
 - **Dashboard** — System health, token usage, cost tracking, recent sessions with live refresh
 - **Insights** — Usage analytics with token breakdown (including reasoning tokens), cost tracking, model/platform stats, top tools bar chart, activity heatmaps, notable sessions, and time period filtering (7/30/90 days or all time)
 - **Sessions Browser** — Full conversation history with message rendering, model reasoning/thinking display, tool call inspection, full-text search, rename, delete, and JSONL export. Subagent sessions are filtered from the main list and accessible via parent session drill-down
-- **Activity Feed** — Recent tool execution log with filtering by kind and session, detail inspector with pretty-printed arguments
+- **Activity Feed** — Recent tool execution log with filtering by kind and session, detail inspector with pretty-printed arguments and tool output display
-- **Live Chat** — Embedded terminal running `hermes chat` with full ANSI color and Rich formatting via [SwiftTerm](https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm), session persistence across navigation, resume/continue previous sessions, and voice mode controls
+- **Live Chat** — Two modes: **Rich Chat** streams responses in real-time via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) with iMessage-style bubbles, markdown rendering, tool call visualization, thinking/reasoning display, and permission request dialogs; **Terminal** runs `hermes chat` with full ANSI color and Rich formatting via [SwiftTerm](https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm). Both modes support session persistence, resume/continue previous sessions, auto-reconnection with session recovery, and voice mode controls
 - **Memory Viewer/Editor** — View and edit Hermes's MEMORY.md and USER.md with live file-watcher refresh, external memory provider awareness (Honcho, Supermemory, etc.), and profile-scoped memory support with profile picker
-- **Skills Browser** — Browse all installed skills by category with file content viewer, file switcher, and required config warnings for skills that need specific settings
+- **Skills Browser** — Browse and edit installed skills by category with file content viewer, file switcher, and required config warnings for skills that need specific settings
 - **Tools Manager** — Enable/disable toolsets per platform (CLI, Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, Signal, Email, Home Assistant, Webhook, Matrix, Feishu, Mattermost) with toggle switches and segmented platform picker, MCP server status
 - **Gateway Control** — Start/stop/restart the messaging gateway, view platform connection status, manage user pairing (approve/revoke)
 - **Cron Manager** — View scheduled jobs with pre-run scripts, delivery failure tracking, timeout info, and `[SILENT]` job indicators
 - **Log Viewer** — Real-time log tailing for agent.log, errors.log, and gateway.log with level filtering and text search
 - **Project Dashboards** — Custom, agent-generated dashboards for any project. Define stat boxes, charts, tables, progress bars, checklists, rich text, and embedded web views in a simple JSON file — Scarf renders them with live refresh. Let your Hermes agent build and maintain project-specific visualizations automatically
 - **Settings** — Structured config editor for all Hermes settings including model/provider selection, browser backend, reasoning effort, approval mode, cost display, Docker environment, command allowlist, credential management, and more
+- **Hermes Process Control** — Start, stop, and restart the Hermes agent directly from Scarf
 - **Menu Bar** — Status icon showing Hermes running state with quick actions
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- macOS 26.2+
+- macOS 14.6+ (Sonoma)
-- Xcode 26.3+
+- Xcode 16.0+
 - [Hermes agent](https://github.com/hermes-ai/hermes-agent) v0.6.0+ installed at `~/.hermes/` (v0.8.0 recommended for full feature support)
 
 ### Compatibility
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ scarf/
     Sessions/     Conversation browser with rename, delete, export
     Activity/     Tool execution feed with inspector
     Projects/     Agent-generated project dashboards with widget rendering
-    Chat/         Embedded terminal via SwiftTerm with voice controls
+    Chat/         Rich ACP chat and embedded terminal with voice controls
     Memory/       Memory viewer and editor
     Skills/       Skill browser by category
     Tools/        Toolset management per platform
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ Scarf reads Hermes data directly from `~/.hermes/`:
 | `logs/*.log` | Text | Read-only |
 | `gateway_state.json` | JSON | Read-only |
 | `skills/` | Directory tree | Read-only |
+| `hermes acp` | ACP subprocess (JSON-RPC stdio) | Real-time chat |
 | `hermes chat` | Terminal subprocess | Interactive |
 | `hermes tools` | CLI commands | Enable/Disable |
 | `hermes sessions` | CLI commands | Rename/Delete/Export |
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ Everything else uses system frameworks: SQLite3 C API, Foundation JSON, Attribut
 
 Scarf watches `~/.hermes/` for file changes and queries the SQLite database for sessions, messages, and analytics. Views refresh automatically when Hermes writes new data.
 
-The Chat tab spawns `hermes chat` as a subprocess in a pseudo-terminal, giving you the full interactive CLI experience with proper ANSI rendering. Sessions persist across navigation — switch tabs and come back without losing your conversation.
+The Chat tab has two modes. **Rich Chat** communicates with Hermes via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — a JSON-RPC connection over stdio — streaming responses in real-time with automatic reconnection and session recovery on connection loss. **Terminal** mode spawns `hermes chat` in a pseudo-terminal for the full interactive CLI experience with proper ANSI rendering. Sessions persist across navigation in both modes — switch tabs and come back without losing your conversation.
 
 Management actions (renaming sessions, toggling tools, editing memory) call the Hermes CLI or write directly to the appropriate files, keeping Scarf and Hermes in sync.
 

scarf/scarf.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj

@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = scarf/scarf.entitlements;
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 4;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 5;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 3Q6X2L86C4;
 				ENABLE_APP_SANDBOX = NO;
 				ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME = YES;
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.0;
+				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 14.6;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.scarf;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@
 				CODE_SIGN_ENTITLEMENTS = scarf/scarf.entitlements;
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
 				COMBINE_HIDPI_IMAGES = YES;
-				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 4;
+				CURRENT_PROJECT_VERSION = 5;
 				DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = 3Q6X2L86C4;
 				ENABLE_APP_SANDBOX = NO;
 				ENABLE_HARDENED_RUNTIME = YES;
@@ -457,7 +458,8 @@
 					"$(inherited)",
 					"@executable_path/../Frameworks",
 				);
-				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.0;
+				MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = 14.6;
+				MARKETING_VERSION = 1.5.1;
 				PRODUCT_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER = com.scarf;
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 				REGISTER_APP_GROUPS = YES;

scarf/scarf/Core/Models/ACPMessages.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+import Foundation
+
+// MARK: - JSON-RPC Transport
+
+struct ACPRequest: Encodable {
+    let jsonrpc = "2.0"
+    let id: Int
+    let method: String
+    let params: [String: AnyCodable]
+}
+
+struct ACPRawMessage: Decodable {
+    let jsonrpc: String?
+    let id: Int?
+    let method: String?
+    let result: AnyCodable?
+    let error: ACPError?
+    let params: AnyCodable?
+
+    var isResponse: Bool { id != nil && method == nil }
+    var isNotification: Bool { method != nil && id == nil }
+    var isRequest: Bool { method != nil && id != nil }
+}
+
+struct ACPError: Decodable, Sendable {
+    let code: Int
+    let message: String
+}
+
+// MARK: - AnyCodable (for dynamic JSON)
+
+struct AnyCodable: Codable, Sendable {
+    let value: Any
+
+    init(_ value: Any) { self.value = value }
+
+    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.singleValueContainer()
+        if container.decodeNil() {
+            value = NSNull()
+        } else if let bool = try? container.decode(Bool.self) {
+            value = bool
+        } else if let int = try? container.decode(Int.self) {
+            value = int
+        } else if let double = try? container.decode(Double.self) {
+            value = double
+        } else if let string = try? container.decode(String.self) {
+            value = string
+        } else if let array = try? container.decode([AnyCodable].self) {
+            value = array.map(\.value)
+        } else if let dict = try? container.decode([String: AnyCodable].self) {
+            value = dict.mapValues(\.value)
+        } else {
+            value = NSNull()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.singleValueContainer()
+        switch value {
+        case is NSNull:
+            try container.encodeNil()
+        case let bool as Bool:
+            try container.encode(bool)
+        case let int as Int:
+            try container.encode(int)
+        case let double as Double:
+            try container.encode(double)
+        case let string as String:
+            try container.encode(string)
+        case let array as [Any]:
+            try container.encode(array.map { AnyCodable($0) })
+        case let dict as [String: Any]:
+            try container.encode(dict.mapValues { AnyCodable($0) })
+        default:
+            try container.encodeNil()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Accessors
+
+    var stringValue: String? { value as? String }
+    var intValue: Int? { value as? Int }
+    var dictValue: [String: Any]? { value as? [String: Any] }
+    var arrayValue: [Any]? { value as? [Any] }
+}
+
+// MARK: - ACP Events (parsed from session/update notifications)
+
+enum ACPEvent: Sendable {
+    case messageChunk(sessionId: String, text: String)
+    case thoughtChunk(sessionId: String, text: String)
+    case toolCallStart(sessionId: String, call: ACPToolCallEvent)
+    case toolCallUpdate(sessionId: String, update: ACPToolCallUpdateEvent)
+    case permissionRequest(sessionId: String, requestId: Int, request: ACPPermissionRequestEvent)
+    case promptComplete(sessionId: String, response: ACPPromptResult)
+    case availableCommands(sessionId: String, commands: [[String: Any]])
+    case connectionLost(reason: String)
+    case unknown(sessionId: String, type: String)
+}
+
+struct ACPToolCallEvent: Sendable {
+    let toolCallId: String
+    let title: String
+    let kind: String
+    let status: String
+    let content: String
+    let rawInput: [String: Any]?
+
+    var functionName: String {
+        // title format is "functionName: summary" or just "functionName"
+        let parts = title.split(separator: ":", maxSplits: 1)
+        return String(parts.first ?? Substring(title)).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+    }
+
+    var argumentsSummary: String {
+        let parts = title.split(separator: ":", maxSplits: 1)
+        if parts.count > 1 {
+            return String(parts[1]).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        }
+        return ""
+    }
+
+    var argumentsJSON: String {
+        guard let input = rawInput,
+              let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: input),
+              let str = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) else { return "{}" }
+        return str
+    }
+}
+
+struct ACPToolCallUpdateEvent: Sendable {
+    let toolCallId: String
+    let kind: String
+    let status: String
+    let content: String
+    let rawOutput: String?
+}
+
+struct ACPPermissionRequestEvent: Sendable {
+    let toolCallTitle: String
+    let toolCallKind: String
+    let options: [(optionId: String, name: String)]
+}
+
+struct ACPPromptResult: Sendable {
+    let stopReason: String
+    let inputTokens: Int
+    let outputTokens: Int
+    let thoughtTokens: Int
+    let cachedReadTokens: Int
+}
+
+// MARK: - Event Parsing
+
+enum ACPEventParser {
+    static func parse(notification: ACPRawMessage) -> ACPEvent? {
+        guard notification.method == "session/update",
+              let params = notification.params?.dictValue,
+              let sessionId = params["sessionId"] as? String,
+              let update = params["update"] as? [String: Any],
+              let updateType = update["sessionUpdate"] as? String else {
+            return nil
+        }
+
+        switch updateType {
+        case "agent_message_chunk":
+            let text = extractContentText(from: update)
+            return .messageChunk(sessionId: sessionId, text: text)
+
+        case "agent_thought_chunk":
+            let text = extractContentText(from: update)
+            return .thoughtChunk(sessionId: sessionId, text: text)
+
+        case "tool_call":
+            let event = ACPToolCallEvent(
+                toolCallId: update["toolCallId"] as? String ?? "",
+                title: update["title"] as? String ?? "",
+                kind: update["kind"] as? String ?? "other",
+                status: update["status"] as? String ?? "pending",
+                content: extractContentArrayText(from: update),
+                rawInput: update["rawInput"] as? [String: Any]
+            )
+            return .toolCallStart(sessionId: sessionId, call: event)
+
+        case "tool_call_update":
+            let event = ACPToolCallUpdateEvent(
+                toolCallId: update["toolCallId"] as? String ?? "",
+                kind: update["kind"] as? String ?? "other",
+                status: update["status"] as? String ?? "completed",
+                content: extractContentArrayText(from: update),
+                rawOutput: update["rawOutput"] as? String
+            )
+            return .toolCallUpdate(sessionId: sessionId, update: event)
+
+        case "available_commands_update":
+            let commands = update["availableCommands"] as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
+            return .availableCommands(sessionId: sessionId, commands: commands)
+
+        default:
+            return .unknown(sessionId: sessionId, type: updateType)
+        }
+    }
+
+    static func parsePermissionRequest(_ message: ACPRawMessage) -> ACPEvent? {
+        guard message.method == "session/request_permission",
+              let params = message.params?.dictValue,
+              let sessionId = params["sessionId"] as? String,
+              let requestId = message.id else { return nil }
+
+        let toolCall = params["toolCall"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:]
+        let optionsRaw = params["options"] as? [[String: Any]] ?? []
+        let options = optionsRaw.compactMap { opt -> (optionId: String, name: String)? in
+            guard let id = opt["optionId"] as? String,
+                  let name = opt["name"] as? String else { return nil }
+            return (optionId: id, name: name)
+        }
+
+        let event = ACPPermissionRequestEvent(
+            toolCallTitle: toolCall["title"] as? String ?? "",
+            toolCallKind: toolCall["kind"] as? String ?? "other",
+            options: options
+        )
+        return .permissionRequest(sessionId: sessionId, requestId: requestId, request: event)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Content Extraction
+
+    private static func extractContentText(from update: [String: Any]) -> String {
+        if let content = update["content"] as? [String: Any],
+           let text = content["text"] as? String {
+            return text
+        }
+        return ""
+    }
+
+    private static func extractContentArrayText(from update: [String: Any]) -> String {
+        if let contentArray = update["content"] as? [[String: Any]] {
+            return contentArray.compactMap { item -> String? in
+                guard let inner = item["content"] as? [String: Any] else { return nil }
+                return inner["text"] as? String
+            }.joined(separator: "\n")
+        }
+        return ""
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Core/Services/ACPClient.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,516 @@
+import Foundation
+import os
+
+/// Manages a `hermes acp` subprocess and communicates via JSON-RPC over stdio.
+/// Provides an async event stream for real-time session updates.
+actor ACPClient {
+    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "com.scarf", category: "ACPClient")
+
+    private var process: Process?
+    private var stdinPipe: Pipe?
+    private var stdoutPipe: Pipe?
+    private var stderrPipe: Pipe?
+    private var stdinFd: Int32 = -1
+
+    private var nextRequestId = 1
+    private var pendingRequests: [Int: CheckedContinuation<AnyCodable?, Error>] = [:]
+    private var readTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var stderrTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var keepaliveTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var eventContinuation: AsyncStream<ACPEvent>.Continuation?
+    private var _eventStream: AsyncStream<ACPEvent>?
+
+    private(set) var isConnected = false
+    private(set) var currentSessionId: String?
+    private(set) var statusMessage = ""
+
+    /// Check if the underlying process is still alive and connected.
+    var isHealthy: Bool {
+        guard isConnected, let process else { return false }
+        return process.isRunning
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Event Stream
+
+    /// Access the event stream. Must call `start()` first.
+    var events: AsyncStream<ACPEvent> {
+        guard let stream = _eventStream else {
+            // Return an empty stream if not started
+            return AsyncStream { $0.finish() }
+        }
+        return stream
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Lifecycle
+
+    func start() async throws {
+        guard process == nil else { return }
+
+        // Ignore SIGPIPE so broken-pipe writes return EPIPE instead of crashing
+        signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN)
+
+        // Create the event stream BEFORE anything else so no events are lost
+        let (stream, continuation) = AsyncStream.makeStream(of: ACPEvent.self)
+        self._eventStream = stream
+        self.eventContinuation = continuation
+
+        let proc = Process()
+        proc.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: HermesPaths.hermesBinary)
+        proc.arguments = ["acp"]
+
+        let stdin = Pipe()
+        let stdout = Pipe()
+        let stderr = Pipe()
+
+        proc.standardInput = stdin
+        proc.standardOutput = stdout
+        proc.standardError = stderr
+
+        // ACP uses JSON-RPC over pipes — do NOT set TERM to avoid terminal escape pollution
+        var env = ProcessInfo.processInfo.environment
+        env.removeValue(forKey: "TERM")
+        proc.environment = env
+
+        proc.terminationHandler = { [weak self] proc in
+            Task { await self?.handleTermination(exitCode: proc.terminationStatus) }
+        }
+
+        statusMessage = "Starting hermes acp..."
+
+        do {
+            try proc.run()
+        } catch {
+            statusMessage = "Failed to start: \(error.localizedDescription)"
+            logger.error("Failed to start hermes acp: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+            continuation.finish()
+            throw error
+        }
+
+        self.process = proc
+        self.stdinPipe = stdin
+        self.stdoutPipe = stdout
+        self.stderrPipe = stderr
+        self.stdinFd = stdin.fileHandleForWriting.fileDescriptor
+        self.isConnected = true
+
+        // Start reading stdout BEFORE sending initialize (so we catch the response)
+        startReadLoop(stdout: stdout, stderr: stderr)
+        logger.info("hermes acp process started (pid: \(proc.processIdentifier))")
+        statusMessage = "Initializing..."
+
+        // Initialize the ACP connection
+        let initParams: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "protocolVersion": AnyCodable(1),
+            "clientCapabilities": AnyCodable([String: Any]()),
+            "clientInfo": AnyCodable([
+                "name": "Scarf",
+                "version": "1.0"
+            ] as [String: Any])
+        ]
+        _ = try await sendRequest(method: "initialize", params: initParams)
+        statusMessage = "Connected"
+        logger.info("ACP connection initialized")
+        startKeepalive()
+    }
+
+    func stop() async {
+        readTask?.cancel()
+        readTask = nil
+        stderrTask?.cancel()
+        stderrTask = nil
+        keepaliveTask?.cancel()
+        keepaliveTask = nil
+        eventContinuation?.finish()
+        eventContinuation = nil
+        _eventStream = nil
+
+        for (_, continuation) in pendingRequests {
+            continuation.resume(throwing: CancellationError())
+        }
+        pendingRequests.removeAll()
+
+        // Close stdin first so the subprocess sees EOF and can shut down gracefully
+        stdinPipe?.fileHandleForWriting.closeFile()
+
+        if let process, process.isRunning {
+            // SIGINT for graceful Python shutdown (raises KeyboardInterrupt cleanly)
+            process.interrupt()
+            // Watchdog: force-kill if still running after 2 seconds
+            let watchdogProcess = process
+            Task.detached {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 2_000_000_000)
+                if watchdogProcess.isRunning {
+                    watchdogProcess.terminate()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        stdinPipe?.fileHandleForReading.closeFile()
+        stdoutPipe?.fileHandleForReading.closeFile()
+        stderrPipe?.fileHandleForReading.closeFile()
+
+        process = nil
+        stdinPipe = nil
+        stdoutPipe = nil
+        stderrPipe = nil
+        stdinFd = -1
+        isConnected = false
+        currentSessionId = nil
+        statusMessage = "Disconnected"
+        logger.info("ACP client stopped")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Keepalive
+
+    private func startKeepalive() {
+        keepaliveTask = Task { [weak self] in
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 30_000_000_000) // 30 seconds
+                guard !Task.isCancelled else { break }
+                await self?.sendKeepalive()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Valid JSON-RPC notification used as a keepalive probe.
+    /// Sending bare newlines causes `json.loads("")` errors in the ACP library.
+    private static let keepalivePayload: Data = {
+        let json = #"{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"$/ping"}"# + "\n"
+        return Data(json.utf8)
+    }()
+
+    private func sendKeepalive() {
+        let fd = stdinFd
+        guard fd >= 0 else { return }
+        Task.detached { [weak self] in
+            let ok = Self.safeWrite(fd: fd, data: Self.keepalivePayload)
+            if !ok {
+                await self?.handleWriteFailed()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Session Management
+
+    func newSession(cwd: String) async throws -> String {
+        statusMessage = "Creating session..."
+        let params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "cwd": AnyCodable(cwd),
+            "mcpServers": AnyCodable([Any]())
+        ]
+        let result = try await sendRequest(method: "session/new", params: params)
+        guard let dict = result?.dictValue,
+              let sessionId = dict["sessionId"] as? String else {
+            throw ACPClientError.invalidResponse("Missing sessionId in session/new response")
+        }
+        currentSessionId = sessionId
+        statusMessage = "Session ready"
+        logger.info("Created new ACP session: \(sessionId)")
+        return sessionId
+    }
+
+    func loadSession(cwd: String, sessionId: String) async throws -> String {
+        statusMessage = "Loading session \(sessionId.prefix(12))..."
+        let params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "cwd": AnyCodable(cwd),
+            "sessionId": AnyCodable(sessionId),
+            "mcpServers": AnyCodable([Any]())
+        ]
+        let result = try await sendRequest(method: "session/load", params: params)
+        // ACP returns {} on success (no sessionId echoed), or an error if not found.
+        // If we got here without throwing, the session was loaded. Use the ID we sent.
+        let loadedId = (result?.dictValue?["sessionId"] as? String) ?? sessionId
+        currentSessionId = loadedId
+        statusMessage = "Session loaded"
+        logger.info("Loaded ACP session: \(loadedId)")
+        return loadedId
+    }
+
+    func resumeSession(cwd: String, sessionId: String) async throws -> String {
+        statusMessage = "Resuming session..."
+        let params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "cwd": AnyCodable(cwd),
+            "sessionId": AnyCodable(sessionId),
+            "mcpServers": AnyCodable([Any]())
+        ]
+        let result = try await sendRequest(method: "session/resume", params: params)
+        guard let dict = result?.dictValue,
+              let resumedId = dict["sessionId"] as? String else {
+            throw ACPClientError.invalidResponse("Missing sessionId in session/resume response")
+        }
+        currentSessionId = resumedId
+        statusMessage = "Session resumed"
+        logger.info("Resumed ACP session: \(resumedId)")
+        return resumedId
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Messaging
+
+    func sendPrompt(sessionId: String, text: String) async throws -> ACPPromptResult {
+        statusMessage = "Sending prompt..."
+        let messageId = UUID().uuidString
+        let params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "sessionId": AnyCodable(sessionId),
+            "messageId": AnyCodable(messageId),
+            "prompt": AnyCodable([
+                ["type": "text", "text": text] as [String: Any]
+            ] as [Any])
+        ]
+        let result = try await sendRequest(method: "session/prompt", params: params)
+        let dict = result?.dictValue ?? [:]
+        let usage = dict["usage"] as? [String: Any] ?? [:]
+
+        statusMessage = "Ready"
+        return ACPPromptResult(
+            stopReason: dict["stopReason"] as? String ?? "end_turn",
+            inputTokens: usage["inputTokens"] as? Int ?? 0,
+            outputTokens: usage["outputTokens"] as? Int ?? 0,
+            thoughtTokens: usage["thoughtTokens"] as? Int ?? 0,
+            cachedReadTokens: usage["cachedReadTokens"] as? Int ?? 0
+        )
+    }
+
+    func cancel(sessionId: String) async throws {
+        let params: [String: AnyCodable] = [
+            "sessionId": AnyCodable(sessionId)
+        ]
+        _ = try await sendRequest(method: "session/cancel", params: params)
+        statusMessage = "Cancelled"
+    }
+
+    func respondToPermission(requestId: Int, optionId: String) {
+        let response: [String: Any] = [
+            "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+            "id": requestId,
+            "result": [
+                "outcome": [
+                    "kind": optionId == "deny" ? "rejected" : "allowed",
+                    "optionId": optionId
+                ] as [String: Any]
+            ] as [String: Any]
+        ]
+        writeJSON(response)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - JSON-RPC Transport
+
+    private func sendRequest(method: String, params: [String: AnyCodable]) async throws -> AnyCodable? {
+        let requestId = nextRequestId
+        nextRequestId += 1
+
+        let request = ACPRequest(id: requestId, method: method, params: params)
+
+        guard let data = try? JSONEncoder().encode(request) else {
+            throw ACPClientError.encodingFailed
+        }
+
+        logger.debug("Sending: \(method) (id: \(requestId))")
+
+        // session/prompt streams events and can run for minutes — no hard timeout.
+        // Control messages get a 30s watchdog.
+        let timeoutTask: Task<Void, Error>? = if method != "session/prompt" {
+            Task { [weak self] in
+                try await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 30 * 1_000_000_000)
+                await self?.timeoutRequest(id: requestId, method: method)
+            }
+        } else {
+            nil
+        }
+
+        defer { timeoutTask?.cancel() }
+
+        let fd = stdinFd
+        return try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { (continuation: CheckedContinuation<AnyCodable?, Error>) in
+            pendingRequests[requestId] = continuation
+
+            guard fd >= 0 else {
+                pendingRequests.removeValue(forKey: requestId)
+                continuation.resume(throwing: ACPClientError.notConnected)
+                return
+            }
+
+            var payload = data
+            payload.append(contentsOf: "\n".utf8)
+            // Write in a detached task to avoid blocking the actor's executor.
+            // The continuation is already stored; the response arrives via the read loop.
+            Task.detached { [weak self] in
+                let ok = Self.safeWrite(fd: fd, data: payload)
+                if !ok {
+                    await self?.handleWriteFailedForRequest(id: requestId)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func timeoutRequest(id: Int, method: String) {
+        guard let continuation = pendingRequests.removeValue(forKey: id) else { return }
+        logger.error("Request timed out: \(method) (id: \(id))")
+        statusMessage = "Request timed out"
+        continuation.resume(throwing: ACPClientError.requestTimeout(method: method))
+    }
+
+    private func writeJSON(_ dict: [String: Any]) {
+        let fd = stdinFd
+        guard fd >= 0,
+              let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: dict) else { return }
+        var payload = data
+        payload.append(contentsOf: "\n".utf8)
+        Task.detached { [weak self] in
+            let ok = Self.safeWrite(fd: fd, data: payload)
+            if !ok {
+                await self?.handleWriteFailed()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Read Loop
+
+    private func startReadLoop(stdout: Pipe, stderr: Pipe) {
+        // Read stdout for JSON-RPC messages
+        readTask = Task.detached { [weak self] in
+            let handle = stdout.fileHandleForReading
+            var buffer = Data()
+
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                let chunk = handle.availableData
+                if chunk.isEmpty { break } // EOF
+                buffer.append(chunk)
+
+                while let newlineIndex = buffer.firstIndex(of: UInt8(ascii: "\n")) {
+                    let lineData = Data(buffer[buffer.startIndex..<newlineIndex])
+                    buffer = Data(buffer[buffer.index(after: newlineIndex)...])
+
+                    guard !lineData.isEmpty else { continue }
+
+                    if let lineStr = String(data: lineData, encoding: .utf8) {
+                        await self?.logger.debug("ACP recv: \(lineStr.prefix(200))")
+                    }
+
+                    do {
+                        let message = try JSONDecoder().decode(ACPRawMessage.self, from: lineData)
+                        await self?.handleMessage(message)
+                    } catch {
+                        await self?.logger.warning("Failed to decode ACP message: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            await self?.handleReadLoopEnded()
+        }
+
+        // Read stderr in background for diagnostic logging
+        stderrTask = Task.detached { [weak self] in
+            let handle = stderr.fileHandleForReading
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                let data = handle.availableData
+                if data.isEmpty { break }
+                if let text = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)?.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines),
+                   !text.isEmpty {
+                    await self?.logger.info("ACP stderr: \(text.prefix(500))")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func handleMessage(_ message: ACPRawMessage) {
+        if message.isResponse {
+            if let requestId = message.id,
+               let continuation = pendingRequests.removeValue(forKey: requestId) {
+                if let error = message.error {
+                    logger.error("ACP RPC error (id: \(requestId)): \(error.message)")
+                    statusMessage = "Error: \(error.message)"
+                    continuation.resume(throwing: ACPClientError.rpcError(code: error.code, message: error.message))
+                } else {
+                    logger.debug("ACP response (id: \(requestId))")
+                    continuation.resume(returning: message.result)
+                }
+            } else {
+                logger.warning("ACP response for unknown request id: \(message.id ?? -1)")
+            }
+        } else if message.isNotification {
+            if let event = ACPEventParser.parse(notification: message) {
+                logger.debug("ACP event: \(String(describing: event).prefix(100))")
+                eventContinuation?.yield(event)
+            }
+        } else if message.isRequest {
+            if message.method == "session/request_permission",
+               let event = ACPEventParser.parsePermissionRequest(message) {
+                statusMessage = "Permission required"
+                eventContinuation?.yield(event)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Disconnect Cleanup
+
+    /// Single idempotent cleanup path for all disconnect scenarios.
+    private func performDisconnectCleanup(reason: String) {
+        guard isConnected else { return }
+        logger.warning("ACP disconnecting: \(reason)")
+        isConnected = false
+        statusMessage = "Connection lost"
+        for (_, continuation) in pendingRequests {
+            continuation.resume(throwing: ACPClientError.processTerminated)
+        }
+        pendingRequests.removeAll()
+        eventContinuation?.finish()
+        eventContinuation = nil
+    }
+
+    private func handleReadLoopEnded() {
+        performDisconnectCleanup(reason: "read loop ended (EOF)")
+    }
+
+    private func handleTermination(exitCode: Int32) {
+        performDisconnectCleanup(reason: "process exited (\(exitCode))")
+    }
+
+    private func handleWriteFailed() {
+        performDisconnectCleanup(reason: "write failed (broken pipe)")
+    }
+
+    private func handleWriteFailedForRequest(id: Int) {
+        if let continuation = pendingRequests.removeValue(forKey: id) {
+            continuation.resume(throwing: ACPClientError.processTerminated)
+        }
+        performDisconnectCleanup(reason: "write failed (broken pipe)")
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Safe POSIX Write
+
+    /// Write data to a file descriptor using POSIX write(), returning false on error.
+    /// Handles partial writes and returns false on EPIPE or other errors.
+    private static func safeWrite(fd: Int32, data: Data) -> Bool {
+        data.withUnsafeBytes { buf in
+            guard let base = buf.baseAddress else { return false }
+            var written = 0
+            let total = buf.count
+            while written < total {
+                let result = Darwin.write(fd, base.advanced(by: written), total - written)
+                if result <= 0 { return false }
+                written += result
+            }
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Errors
+
+enum ACPClientError: Error, LocalizedError {
+    case notConnected
+    case encodingFailed
+    case invalidResponse(String)
+    case rpcError(code: Int, message: String)
+    case processTerminated
+    case requestTimeout(method: String)
+
+    var errorDescription: String? {
+        switch self {
+        case .notConnected: return "ACP client is not connected"
+        case .encodingFailed: return "Failed to encode JSON-RPC request"
+        case .invalidResponse(let msg): return "Invalid ACP response: \(msg)"
+        case .rpcError(let code, let msg): return "ACP error \(code): \(msg)"
+        case .processTerminated: return "ACP process terminated unexpectedly"
+        case .requestTimeout(let method): return "ACP request '\(method)' timed out"
+        }
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Core/Services/HermesDataService.swift

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ actor HermesDataService {
     private var hasV07Schema = false
 
     func open() -> Bool {
+        if db != nil { return true }
         let path = HermesPaths.stateDB
         guard FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: path) else { return false }
         let flags = SQLITE_OPEN_READONLY | SQLITE_OPEN_NOMUTEX
@@ -157,6 +158,17 @@ actor HermesDataService {
         return messages
     }
 
+    func fetchToolResult(callId: String) -> String? {
+        guard let db else { return nil }
+        let sql = "SELECT content FROM messages WHERE role = 'tool' AND tool_call_id = ? LIMIT 1"
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return nil }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 1, callId, -1, sqliteTransient)
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return nil }
+        return columnText(stmt!, 0)
+    }
+
     func fetchRecentToolCalls(limit: Int = QueryDefaults.toolCallLimit) -> [HermesMessage] {
         guard let db else { return [] }
         let sql = """
@@ -206,6 +218,81 @@ actor HermesDataService {
         return previews
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Single-Row Queries
+
+    struct MessageFingerprint: Equatable, Sendable {
+        let count: Int
+        let maxId: Int
+        let maxTimestamp: Double
+
+        static let empty = MessageFingerprint(count: 0, maxId: 0, maxTimestamp: 0)
+    }
+
+    func fetchMessageFingerprint(sessionId: String) -> MessageFingerprint {
+        guard let db else { return .empty }
+        let sql = "SELECT COUNT(*), COALESCE(MAX(id), 0), COALESCE(MAX(timestamp), 0) FROM messages WHERE session_id = ?"
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return .empty }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 1, sessionId, -1, sqliteTransient)
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return .empty }
+        return MessageFingerprint(
+            count: Int(sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 0)),
+            maxId: Int(sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 1)),
+            maxTimestamp: sqlite3_column_double(stmt, 2)
+        )
+    }
+
+    func fetchMessageCount(sessionId: String) -> Int {
+        guard let db else { return 0 }
+        let sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM messages WHERE session_id = ?"
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return 0 }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 1, sessionId, -1, sqliteTransient)
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return 0 }
+        return Int(sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 0))
+    }
+
+    func fetchSession(id: String) -> HermesSession? {
+        guard let db else { return nil }
+        let sql = "SELECT \(sessionColumns) FROM sessions WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1"
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return nil }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        sqlite3_bind_text(stmt, 1, id, -1, sqliteTransient)
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return nil }
+        return sessionFromRow(stmt!)
+    }
+
+    func fetchMostRecentlyActiveSessionId() -> String? {
+        guard let db else { return nil }
+        let sql = "SELECT session_id FROM messages ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 1"
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return nil }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return nil }
+        return columnText(stmt!, 0)
+    }
+
+    func fetchMostRecentlyStartedSessionId(after: Date? = nil) -> String? {
+        guard let db else { return nil }
+        let sql: String
+        if after != nil {
+            sql = "SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE parent_session_id IS NULL AND started_at > ? ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT 1"
+        } else {
+            sql = "SELECT id FROM sessions WHERE parent_session_id IS NULL ORDER BY started_at DESC LIMIT 1"
+        }
+        var stmt: OpaquePointer?
+        guard sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, nil) == SQLITE_OK else { return nil }
+        defer { sqlite3_finalize(stmt) }
+        if let after {
+            sqlite3_bind_double(stmt, 1, after.timeIntervalSince1970)
+        }
+        guard sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW else { return nil }
+        return columnText(stmt!, 0)
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Stats
 
     struct SessionStats: Sendable {

scarf/scarf/Core/Services/HermesFileService.swift

@@ -199,15 +199,23 @@ struct HermesFileService: Sendable {
     }
 
     func loadSkillContent(path: String) -> String {
-        // Validate path stays within the skills directory to prevent traversal
+        guard isValidSkillPath(path) else { return "" }
-        guard !path.contains(".."),
-              path.hasPrefix(HermesPaths.skillsDir) else {
-            print("[Scarf] Rejected skill path outside skills directory: \(path)")
-            return ""
-        }
         return readFile(path) ?? ""
     }
 
+    func saveSkillContent(path: String, content: String) {
+        guard isValidSkillPath(path) else { return }
+        writeFile(path, content: content)
+    }
+
+    private func isValidSkillPath(_ path: String) -> Bool {
+        guard !path.contains(".."), path.hasPrefix(HermesPaths.skillsDir) else {
+            print("[Scarf] Rejected skill path outside skills directory: \(path)")
+            return false
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
     private func parseSkillRequiredConfig(_ path: String) -> [String] {
         guard let content = readFile(path) else { return [] }
         var result: [String] = []
@@ -235,6 +243,10 @@ struct HermesFileService: Sendable {
     // MARK: - Hermes Process
 
     func isHermesRunning() -> Bool {
+        hermesPID() != nil
+    }
+
+    func hermesPID() -> pid_t? {
         let pipe = Pipe()
         let process = Process()
         process.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: "/usr/bin/pgrep")
@@ -245,12 +257,21 @@ struct HermesFileService: Sendable {
             try process.run()
             process.waitUntilExit()
             let data = pipe.fileHandleForReading.readDataToEndOfFile()
-            return !data.isEmpty
+            let output = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
+            guard let firstLine = output.components(separatedBy: "\n").first(where: { !$0.isEmpty }),
+                  let pid = pid_t(firstLine.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)) else { return nil }
+            return pid
         } catch {
-            return false
+            return nil
         }
     }
 
+    @discardableResult
+    func stopHermes() -> Bool {
+        guard let pid = hermesPID() else { return false }
+        return kill(pid, SIGTERM) == 0
+    }
+
     // MARK: - File I/O
 
     private func readFile(_ path: String) -> String? {

scarf/scarf/Core/Utilities/MarkdownContentView.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct MarkdownContentView: View {
+    let content: String
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
+            ForEach(Array(parseBlocks().enumerated()), id: \.offset) { _, block in
+                blockView(block)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private func blockView(_ block: MarkdownBlock) -> some View {
+        switch block {
+        case .heading(let level, let text):
+            headingView(level: level, text: text)
+        case .paragraph(let text):
+            Text(MarkdownRenderer.inlineAttributedString(text))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+        case .codeBlock(let code, let language):
+            codeBlockView(code: code, language: language)
+        case .bulletItem(let text, let indent):
+            bulletView(text: text, indent: indent)
+        case .numberedItem(let number, let text):
+            numberedView(number: number, text: text)
+        case .blockquote(let text):
+            blockquoteView(text: text)
+        case .horizontalRule:
+            Divider().padding(.vertical, 4)
+        case .blank:
+            Spacer().frame(height: 4)
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Block Views
+
+    private func headingView(level: Int, text: String) -> some View {
+        let font: Font = switch level {
+        case 1: .title.bold()
+        case 2: .title2.bold()
+        case 3: .title3.bold()
+        case 4: .headline
+        default: .subheadline.bold()
+        }
+        return Text(MarkdownRenderer.inlineAttributedString(text))
+            .font(font)
+            .textSelection(.enabled)
+            .padding(.top, level <= 2 ? 8 : 4)
+    }
+
+    private func codeBlockView(code: String, language: String?) -> some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            if let lang = language, !lang.isEmpty {
+                Text(lang)
+                    .font(.caption2.bold())
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            }
+            Text(code)
+                .font(.system(.callout, design: .monospaced))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+        }
+        .padding(10)
+        .background(Color(.textBackgroundColor).opacity(0.5))
+        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6))
+        .overlay(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6)
+                .strokeBorder(.quaternary, lineWidth: 1)
+        )
+    }
+
+    private func bulletView(text: String, indent: Int) -> some View {
+        HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline, spacing: 6) {
+            Text("\u{2022}")
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+            Text(MarkdownRenderer.inlineAttributedString(text))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+        }
+        .padding(.leading, CGFloat(indent) * 16)
+    }
+
+    private func numberedView(number: Int, text: String) -> some View {
+        HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline, spacing: 6) {
+            Text("\(number).")
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .frame(width: 20, alignment: .trailing)
+            Text(MarkdownRenderer.inlineAttributedString(text))
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func blockquoteView(text: String) -> some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 0) {
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 1)
+                .fill(.blue.opacity(0.5))
+                .frame(width: 3)
+            Text(MarkdownRenderer.inlineAttributedString(text))
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                .padding(.leading, 10)
+        }
+        .padding(.vertical, 2)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Parser
+
+    private func parseBlocks() -> [MarkdownBlock] {
+        var blocks: [MarkdownBlock] = []
+        let lines = content.components(separatedBy: "\n")
+        var i = 0
+
+        // Skip YAML frontmatter (--- delimited block at start of file)
+        if i < lines.count && lines[i].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) == "---" {
+            i += 1
+            while i < lines.count {
+                if lines[i].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) == "---" {
+                    i += 1
+                    break
+                }
+                i += 1
+            }
+        }
+
+        while i < lines.count {
+            let line = lines[i]
+            let trimmed = line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+
+            // Blank line
+            if trimmed.isEmpty {
+                if blocks.last != .blank {
+                    blocks.append(.blank)
+                }
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Code block (fenced)
+            if trimmed.hasPrefix("```") {
+                let language = String(trimmed.dropFirst(3)).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+                var codeLines: [String] = []
+                i += 1
+                while i < lines.count {
+                    if lines[i].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).hasPrefix("```") {
+                        i += 1
+                        break
+                    }
+                    codeLines.append(lines[i])
+                    i += 1
+                }
+                blocks.append(.codeBlock(codeLines.joined(separator: "\n"), language: language.isEmpty ? nil : language))
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Heading
+            if let heading = parseHeading(trimmed) {
+                blocks.append(heading)
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Horizontal rule
+            if isHorizontalRule(trimmed) {
+                blocks.append(.horizontalRule)
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Blockquote
+            if trimmed.hasPrefix("> ") {
+                var quoteLines: [String] = []
+                while i < lines.count {
+                    let l = lines[i].trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+                    if l.hasPrefix("> ") {
+                        quoteLines.append(String(l.dropFirst(2)))
+                    } else if l.hasPrefix(">") {
+                        quoteLines.append(String(l.dropFirst(1)))
+                    } else {
+                        break
+                    }
+                    i += 1
+                }
+                blocks.append(.blockquote(quoteLines.joined(separator: " ")))
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Bullet list
+            if let bullet = parseBullet(line) {
+                blocks.append(bullet)
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Numbered list
+            if let numbered = parseNumbered(trimmed) {
+                blocks.append(numbered)
+                i += 1
+                continue
+            }
+
+            // Paragraph — each line is its own paragraph to preserve line breaks
+            blocks.append(.paragraph(trimmed))
+            i += 1
+        }
+
+        return blocks
+    }
+
+    private func parseHeading(_ line: String) -> MarkdownBlock? {
+        let levels: [(prefix: String, level: Int)] = [
+            ("##### ", 5), ("#### ", 4), ("### ", 3), ("## ", 2), ("# ", 1)
+        ]
+        for (prefix, level) in levels {
+            if line.hasPrefix(prefix) {
+                return .heading(level, String(line.dropFirst(prefix.count)))
+            }
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+
+    private func parseBullet(_ line: String) -> MarkdownBlock? {
+        let indent = line.prefix(while: { $0 == " " }).count / 2
+        let trimmed = line.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+        if trimmed.hasPrefix("- ") {
+            return .bulletItem(String(trimmed.dropFirst(2)), indent: indent)
+        }
+        if trimmed.hasPrefix("* ") {
+            return .bulletItem(String(trimmed.dropFirst(2)), indent: indent)
+        }
+        return nil
+    }
+
+    private func parseNumbered(_ line: String) -> MarkdownBlock? {
+        guard let dotIdx = line.firstIndex(of: ".") else { return nil }
+        let numStr = String(line[line.startIndex..<dotIdx])
+        guard let num = Int(numStr), line[line.index(after: dotIdx)...].hasPrefix(" ") else { return nil }
+        let text = String(line[line.index(dotIdx, offsetBy: 2)...])
+        return .numberedItem(num, text)
+    }
+
+    private func isHorizontalRule(_ line: String) -> Bool {
+        let stripped = line.replacingOccurrences(of: " ", with: "")
+        return (stripped.allSatisfy({ $0 == "-" }) && stripped.count >= 3) ||
+               (stripped.allSatisfy({ $0 == "*" }) && stripped.count >= 3) ||
+               (stripped.allSatisfy({ $0 == "_" }) && stripped.count >= 3)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Block Model
+
+private enum MarkdownBlock: Equatable {
+    case heading(Int, String)
+    case paragraph(String)
+    case codeBlock(String, language: String?)
+    case bulletItem(String, indent: Int)
+    case numberedItem(Int, String)
+    case blockquote(String)
+    case horizontalRule
+    case blank
+}

scarf/scarf/Core/Utilities/MarkdownRenderer.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import Foundation
+
+enum MarkdownRenderer {
+    /// Inline-only rendering — bold, italic, code spans, links. Preserves whitespace/newlines.
+    static func inlineAttributedString(_ text: String) -> AttributedString {
+        (try? AttributedString(markdown: text, options: .init(
+            interpretedSyntax: .inlineOnlyPreservingWhitespace
+        ))) ?? AttributedString(text)
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Activity/ViewModels/ActivityViewModel.swift

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ final class ActivityViewModel {
     var filterKind: ToolKind?
     var filterSessionId: String?
     var selectedEntry: ActivityEntry?
+    var toolResult: String?
     var sessionPreviews: [String: String] = [:]
     var isLoading = true
 
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ final class ActivityViewModel {
         isLoading = false
     }
 
+    func selectEntry(_ entry: ActivityEntry?) async {
+        selectedEntry = entry
+        if let entry {
+            toolResult = await dataService.fetchToolResult(callId: entry.id)
+        } else {
+            toolResult = nil
+        }
+    }
+
     func cleanup() async {
         await dataService.close()
     }

scarf/scarf/Features/Activity/Views/ActivityView.swift

@@ -57,11 +57,8 @@ struct ActivityView: View {
         List(selection: Binding(
             get: { viewModel.selectedEntry?.id },
             set: { id in
-                if let id {
+                let entry = id.flatMap { id in viewModel.filteredActivity.first(where: { $0.id == id }) }
-                    viewModel.selectedEntry = viewModel.filteredActivity.first(where: { $0.id == id })
+                Task { await viewModel.selectEntry(entry) }
-                } else {
-                    viewModel.selectedEntry = nil
-                }
             }
         )) {
             ForEach(viewModel.filteredActivity) { entry in
@@ -146,14 +143,32 @@ struct ActivityView: View {
                             .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6))
                     }
 
+                    if let result = viewModel.toolResult, !result.isEmpty {
+                        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+                            Text("Output")
+                                .font(.caption.bold())
+                                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                            Text(result)
+                                .font(.system(.caption, design: .monospaced))
+                                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                                .lineLimit(50)
+                                .padding(8)
+                                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                                .background(Color(.textBackgroundColor).opacity(0.5))
+                                .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6))
+                                .overlay(
+                                    RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6)
+                                        .strokeBorder(.quaternary, lineWidth: 1)
+                                )
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     if !entry.messageContent.isEmpty {
                         VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
                             Text("Assistant Message")
                                 .font(.caption.bold())
                                 .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                            Text(entry.messageContent)
+                            MarkdownContentView(content: entry.messageContent)
-                                .font(.caption)
-                                .textSelection(.enabled)
                                 .padding(8)
                                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
                                 .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.5))

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/ViewModels/ChatViewModel.swift

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import Foundation
 import AppKit
 import SwiftTerm
+import os
 
 @Observable
 final class ChatViewModel {
+    private let logger = Logger(subsystem: "com.scarf", category: "ChatViewModel")
     private let dataService = HermesDataService()
     private let fileService = HermesFileService()
 
@@ -14,33 +16,424 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
     var voiceEnabled = false
     var ttsEnabled = false
     var isRecording = false
+    var displayMode: ChatDisplayMode = .richChat
+    let richChatViewModel = RichChatViewModel()
     private var coordinator: Coordinator?
 
+    // ACP state
+    private var acpClient: ACPClient?
+    private var acpEventTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var acpPromptTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var healthMonitorTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var reconnectTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var isHandlingDisconnect = false
+    var isACPConnected: Bool { acpClient != nil && hasActiveProcess }
+    var acpStatus: String = ""
+    var acpError: String?
+
+    private static let maxReconnectAttempts = 5
+    private static let reconnectBaseDelay: UInt64 = 1_000_000_000 // 1 second
+    private static let maxReconnectDelay: UInt64 = 16_000_000_000 // 16 seconds
+
     var hermesBinaryExists: Bool {
         FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: HermesPaths.hermesBinary)
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Session Lifecycle
+
     func startNewSession() {
         voiceEnabled = false
         ttsEnabled = false
         isRecording = false
-        launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat"])
+        richChatViewModel.reset()
+
+        if displayMode == .richChat {
+            startACPSession(resume: nil)
+        } else {
+            launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat"])
+        }
     }
 
     func resumeSession(_ sessionId: String) {
         voiceEnabled = false
         ttsEnabled = false
         isRecording = false
-        launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat", "--resume", sessionId])
+        richChatViewModel.reset()
+
+        if displayMode == .richChat {
+            startACPSession(resume: sessionId)
+        } else {
+            richChatViewModel.setSessionId(sessionId)
+            launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat", "--resume", sessionId])
+        }
     }
 
     func continueLastSession() {
         voiceEnabled = false
         ttsEnabled = false
         isRecording = false
-        launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat", "--continue"])
+        richChatViewModel.reset()
+
+        if displayMode == .richChat {
+            // Find most recent session and resume via ACP
+            Task { @MainActor in
+                let opened = await dataService.open()
+                guard opened else { return }
+                let sessionId = await dataService.fetchMostRecentlyActiveSessionId()
+                await dataService.close()
+                if let sessionId {
+                    startACPSession(resume: sessionId)
+                } else {
+                    startACPSession(resume: nil)
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            launchTerminal(arguments: ["chat", "--continue"])
+        }
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Send Message
+
+    func sendText(_ text: String) {
+        if displayMode == .richChat {
+            if let client = acpClient {
+                sendViaACP(client: client, text: text)
+            } else {
+                // Auto-start ACP and send the queued message
+                autoStartACPAndSend(text: text)
+            }
+        } else if let tv = terminalView {
+            sendToTerminal(tv, text: text + "\r")
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Start ACP for the current or most recent session, then send the queued prompt.
+    private func autoStartACPAndSend(text: String) {
+        // Show the user message immediately
+        richChatViewModel.addUserMessage(text: text)
+
+        Task { @MainActor in
+            // Find a session to resume: prefer current sessionId, then most recent
+            var sessionToResume = richChatViewModel.sessionId
+            if sessionToResume == nil {
+                let opened = await dataService.open()
+                if opened {
+                    sessionToResume = await dataService.fetchMostRecentlyActiveSessionId()
+                    await dataService.close()
+                }
+            }
+
+            let client = ACPClient()
+            self.acpClient = client
+
+            do {
+                try await client.start()
+                acpStatus = await client.statusMessage
+                startACPEventLoop(client: client)
+                startHealthMonitor(client: client)
+
+                let cwd = NSHomeDirectory()
+
+                hasActiveProcess = true
+
+                let resolvedSessionId: String
+                if let existing = sessionToResume {
+                    acpStatus = "Loading session..."
+                    do {
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.loadSession(cwd: cwd, sessionId: existing)
+                    } catch {
+                        logger.info("Session \(existing) not found in ACP, creating new session")
+                        acpStatus = "Creating new session..."
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.newSession(cwd: cwd)
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    acpStatus = "Creating session..."
+                    resolvedSessionId = try await client.newSession(cwd: cwd)
+                }
+
+                richChatViewModel.setSessionId(resolvedSessionId)
+                acpStatus = "Connected (\(resolvedSessionId.prefix(12)))"
+
+                // Now send the queued prompt
+                sendViaACP(client: client, text: text)
+            } catch {
+                let msg = error.localizedDescription
+                logger.error("Auto-start ACP failed: \(msg)")
+                acpStatus = "Failed"
+                acpError = msg
+                hasActiveProcess = false
+                acpClient = nil
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func sendViaACP(client: ACPClient, text: String) {
+        guard let sessionId = richChatViewModel.sessionId else {
+            acpError = "No session ID — cannot send"
+            return
+        }
+
+        // Don't duplicate user message if autoStartACPAndSend already added it
+        if richChatViewModel.messages.last?.isUser != true
+            || richChatViewModel.messages.last?.content != text {
+            richChatViewModel.addUserMessage(text: text)
+        }
+
+        acpStatus = "Agent working..."
+        acpPromptTask = Task { @MainActor in
+            do {
+                let result = try await client.sendPrompt(sessionId: sessionId, text: text)
+                acpStatus = "Ready"
+                richChatViewModel.handleACPEvent(
+                    .promptComplete(sessionId: sessionId, response: result)
+                )
+            } catch is CancellationError {
+                acpStatus = "Cancelled"
+            } catch {
+                let msg = error.localizedDescription
+                logger.error("ACP prompt failed: \(msg)")
+                acpStatus = "Error"
+                acpError = msg
+                richChatViewModel.handleACPEvent(
+                    .promptComplete(sessionId: sessionId, response: ACPPromptResult(
+                        stopReason: "error",
+                        inputTokens: 0, outputTokens: 0,
+                        thoughtTokens: 0, cachedReadTokens: 0
+                    ))
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - ACP Session Management
+
+    private func startACPSession(resume sessionId: String?) {
+        stopACP()
+        acpError = nil
+        acpStatus = "Starting..."
+
+        let client = ACPClient()
+        self.acpClient = client
+
+        Task { @MainActor in
+            do {
+                // Start ACP process and event loop FIRST
+                try await client.start()
+                acpStatus = await client.statusMessage
+                startACPEventLoop(client: client)
+                startHealthMonitor(client: client)
+
+                let cwd = NSHomeDirectory()
+
+                // Mark active BEFORE setting session ID so .task(id:) sees isACPMode=true
+                // and doesn't wipe messages with a DB refresh
+                hasActiveProcess = true
+
+                let resolvedSessionId: String
+                if let sessionId {
+                    acpStatus = "Loading session..."
+                    do {
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.loadSession(cwd: cwd, sessionId: sessionId)
+                    } catch {
+                        logger.info("Session \(sessionId) not found in ACP, creating new session with history")
+                        acpStatus = "Creating new session..."
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.newSession(cwd: cwd)
+                    }
+                    // Load messages from both origin CLI session and ACP session
+                    await richChatViewModel.loadSessionHistory(
+                        sessionId: sessionId,
+                        acpSessionId: resolvedSessionId
+                    )
+                } else {
+                    acpStatus = "Creating session..."
+                    resolvedSessionId = try await client.newSession(cwd: cwd)
+                }
+
+                richChatViewModel.setSessionId(resolvedSessionId)
+                acpStatus = "Connected (\(resolvedSessionId.prefix(12)))"
+
+                // Refresh session list so the new ACP session appears in the Resume menu
+                await loadRecentSessions()
+
+                logger.info("ACP session ready: \(resolvedSessionId)")
+            } catch {
+                let msg = error.localizedDescription
+                logger.error("Failed to start ACP session: \(msg)")
+                acpStatus = "Failed"
+                acpError = msg
+                hasActiveProcess = false
+                acpClient = nil
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func startACPEventLoop(client: ACPClient) {
+        acpEventTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            let eventStream = await client.events
+            for await event in eventStream {
+                guard !Task.isCancelled else { break }
+                self?.richChatViewModel.handleACPEvent(event)
+                self?.acpStatus = await client.statusMessage
+            }
+            // Stream ended — if we weren't cancelled, the connection died
+            if !Task.isCancelled {
+                self?.handleConnectionDied()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func startHealthMonitor(client: ACPClient) {
+        healthMonitorTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            while !Task.isCancelled {
+                try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 5_000_000_000)
+                guard !Task.isCancelled else { break }
+                let healthy = await client.isHealthy
+                if !healthy {
+                    self?.handleConnectionDied()
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func handleConnectionDied() {
+        guard acpClient != nil, !isHandlingDisconnect else { return }
+        isHandlingDisconnect = true
+        logger.warning("ACP connection died")
+
+        // Finalize any in-progress streaming message before reconnection
+        richChatViewModel.finalizeOnDisconnect()
+
+        // Save session ID for reconnection before cleaning up
+        let savedSessionId = richChatViewModel.sessionId
+
+        // Clean up the dead client
+        acpPromptTask?.cancel()
+        acpPromptTask = nil
+        acpEventTask?.cancel()
+        acpEventTask = nil
+        healthMonitorTask?.cancel()
+        healthMonitorTask = nil
+        if let client = acpClient {
+            Task { await client.stop() }
+        }
+        acpClient = nil
+        hasActiveProcess = false
+
+        // Attempt auto-reconnect if we have a session to restore
+        guard let savedSessionId else {
+            showConnectionFailure()
+            isHandlingDisconnect = false
+            return
+        }
+        attemptReconnect(sessionId: savedSessionId)
+    }
+
+    private func attemptReconnect(sessionId: String) {
+        reconnectTask?.cancel()
+        acpError = nil
+
+        reconnectTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            guard let self else { return }
+
+            for attempt in 1...Self.maxReconnectAttempts {
+                guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+
+                acpStatus = "Reconnecting (\(attempt)/\(Self.maxReconnectAttempts))..."
+                logger.info("Reconnect attempt \(attempt)/\(Self.maxReconnectAttempts) for session \(sessionId)")
+
+                // Backoff delay (skip on first attempt for fast recovery)
+                if attempt > 1 {
+                    let delay = min(
+                        Self.reconnectBaseDelay * UInt64(1 << (attempt - 1)),
+                        Self.maxReconnectDelay
+                    )
+                    try? await Task.sleep(nanoseconds: delay)
+                    guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+                }
+
+                let client = ACPClient()
+                do {
+                    try await client.start()
+
+                    let cwd = NSHomeDirectory()
+                    let resolvedSessionId: String
+
+                    // Try resumeSession first (designed for reconnection), then loadSession.
+                    // NEVER fall back to newSession — that loses all conversation context.
+                    do {
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.resumeSession(cwd: cwd, sessionId: sessionId)
+                    } catch {
+                        logger.info("session/resume failed, trying session/load: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                        resolvedSessionId = try await client.loadSession(cwd: cwd, sessionId: sessionId)
+                    }
+
+                    // Success — wire up the new client
+                    self.acpClient = client
+                    self.hasActiveProcess = true
+                    richChatViewModel.setSessionId(resolvedSessionId)
+
+                    // Reconcile in-memory messages with what Hermes persisted to DB
+                    await richChatViewModel.reconcileWithDB(sessionId: resolvedSessionId)
+
+                    acpStatus = "Reconnected (\(resolvedSessionId.prefix(12)))"
+                    acpError = nil
+
+                    startACPEventLoop(client: client)
+                    startHealthMonitor(client: client)
+
+                    isHandlingDisconnect = false
+                    logger.info("Reconnected successfully on attempt \(attempt)")
+                    return
+                } catch {
+                    logger.warning("Reconnect attempt \(attempt) failed: \(error.localizedDescription)")
+                    await client.stop()
+                    continue
+                }
+            }
+
+            // All attempts exhausted
+            guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+            showConnectionFailure()
+            isHandlingDisconnect = false
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func showConnectionFailure() {
+        richChatViewModel.handleACPEvent(.connectionLost(reason: "The ACP process terminated unexpectedly"))
+        acpStatus = "Connection lost"
+        acpError = "Connection lost. Use the Session menu to reconnect."
+    }
+
+    func stopACP() {
+        reconnectTask?.cancel()
+        reconnectTask = nil
+        acpPromptTask?.cancel()
+        acpPromptTask = nil
+        acpEventTask?.cancel()
+        acpEventTask = nil
+        healthMonitorTask?.cancel()
+        healthMonitorTask = nil
+        if let client = acpClient {
+            Task { await client.stop() }
+        }
+        acpClient = nil
+        hasActiveProcess = false
+        isHandlingDisconnect = false
+    }
+
+    /// Respond to a permission request from the ACP agent.
+    func respondToPermission(optionId: String) {
+        guard let client = acpClient,
+              let permission = richChatViewModel.pendingPermission else { return }
+        Task {
+            await client.respondToPermission(requestId: permission.requestId, optionId: optionId)
+        }
+        richChatViewModel.pendingPermission = nil
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Recent Sessions
+
     func loadRecentSessions() async {
         let opened = await dataService.open()
         guard opened else { return }
@@ -55,6 +448,8 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
         return session.id
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Voice (terminal mode only)
+
     func toggleVoice() {
         guard let tv = terminalView else { return }
         if voiceEnabled {
@@ -76,18 +471,21 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
 
     func pushToTalk() {
         guard let tv = terminalView, voiceEnabled else { return }
-        // Ctrl+B = ASCII 0x02
         let ctrlB: [UInt8] = [0x02]
         tv.send(source: tv, data: ctrlB[0..<1])
         isRecording.toggle()
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Terminal Mode
+
     private func sendToTerminal(_ tv: LocalProcessTerminalView, text: String) {
         let bytes = Array(text.utf8)
         tv.send(source: tv, data: bytes[0..<bytes.count])
     }
 
     private func launchTerminal(arguments: [String]) {
+        stopACP()
+
         if let existing = terminalView {
             existing.terminate()
             existing.removeFromSuperview()
@@ -102,6 +500,7 @@ final class ChatViewModel {
             self?.hasActiveProcess = false
             self?.voiceEnabled = false
             self?.isRecording = false
+            Task { await self?.richChatViewModel.refreshMessages() }
         })
         terminal.processDelegate = coord
         self.coordinator = coord

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/ViewModels/RichChatViewModel.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,509 @@
+import Foundation
+
+enum ChatDisplayMode: String, CaseIterable {
+    case terminal
+    case richChat
+}
+
+struct MessageGroup: Identifiable {
+    let id: Int
+    let userMessage: HermesMessage?
+    let assistantMessages: [HermesMessage]
+    let toolResults: [String: HermesMessage]
+
+    var allMessages: [HermesMessage] {
+        var result: [HermesMessage] = []
+        if let user = userMessage { result.append(user) }
+        result.append(contentsOf: assistantMessages)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    var toolCallCount: Int {
+        assistantMessages.reduce(0) { $0 + $1.toolCalls.count }
+    }
+}
+
+@Observable
+final class RichChatViewModel {
+    private let dataService = HermesDataService()
+
+    var messages: [HermesMessage] = []
+    var currentSession: HermesSession?
+    var messageGroups: [MessageGroup] = []
+    var isAgentWorking = false
+    var pendingPermission: PendingPermission?
+
+    var hasMessages: Bool { !messages.isEmpty }
+
+    private(set) var sessionId: String?
+    /// The original CLI session ID when resuming a CLI session via ACP.
+    /// Used to combine old CLI messages with new ACP messages.
+    private(set) var originSessionId: String?
+    private var nextLocalId = -1
+    private var streamingAssistantText = ""
+    private var streamingThinkingText = ""
+    private var streamingToolCalls: [HermesToolCall] = []
+
+    // DB polling state (used in terminal mode fallback)
+    private var lastKnownFingerprint: HermesDataService.MessageFingerprint?
+    private var debounceTask: Task<Void, Never>?
+    private var resetTimestamp: Date?
+    private var userSendPending = false
+    private var activePollingTimer: Timer?
+
+    struct PendingPermission {
+        let requestId: Int
+        let title: String
+        let kind: String
+        let options: [(optionId: String, name: String)]
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Reset
+
+    func reset() {
+        debounceTask?.cancel()
+        stopActivePolling()
+        Task { await dataService.close() }
+        messages = []
+        messageGroups = []
+        currentSession = nil
+        lastKnownFingerprint = nil
+        sessionId = nil
+        originSessionId = nil
+        isAgentWorking = false
+        userSendPending = false
+        resetTimestamp = Date()
+        nextLocalId = -1
+        streamingAssistantText = ""
+        streamingThinkingText = ""
+        streamingToolCalls = []
+        pendingPermission = nil
+    }
+
+    func setSessionId(_ id: String?) {
+        sessionId = id
+        lastKnownFingerprint = nil
+    }
+
+    func cleanup() async {
+        stopActivePolling()
+        debounceTask?.cancel()
+        await dataService.close()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - ACP Event Handling
+
+    /// Add a user message immediately (before DB write) for instant UI feedback.
+    func addUserMessage(text: String) {
+        let id = nextLocalId
+        nextLocalId -= 1
+        let message = HermesMessage(
+            id: id,
+            sessionId: sessionId ?? "",
+            role: "user",
+            content: text,
+            toolCallId: nil,
+            toolCalls: [],
+            toolName: nil,
+            timestamp: Date(),
+            tokenCount: nil,
+            finishReason: nil,
+            reasoning: nil
+        )
+        messages.append(message)
+        isAgentWorking = true
+        streamingAssistantText = ""
+        streamingThinkingText = ""
+        streamingToolCalls = []
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    /// Process a streaming ACP event and update the message list.
+    func handleACPEvent(_ event: ACPEvent) {
+        switch event {
+        case .messageChunk(_, let text):
+            appendMessageChunk(text: text)
+        case .thoughtChunk(_, let text):
+            appendThoughtChunk(text: text)
+        case .toolCallStart(_, let call):
+            handleToolCallStart(call)
+        case .toolCallUpdate(_, let update):
+            handleToolCallComplete(update)
+        case .permissionRequest(_, let requestId, let request):
+            pendingPermission = PendingPermission(
+                requestId: requestId,
+                title: request.toolCallTitle,
+                kind: request.toolCallKind,
+                options: request.options
+            )
+        case .promptComplete:
+            handlePromptComplete()
+        case .connectionLost(let reason):
+            handleConnectionLost(reason: reason)
+        case .availableCommands, .unknown:
+            break
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func appendMessageChunk(text: String) {
+        streamingAssistantText += text
+        upsertStreamingMessage()
+    }
+
+    private func appendThoughtChunk(text: String) {
+        streamingThinkingText += text
+        upsertStreamingMessage()
+    }
+
+    private func handleToolCallStart(_ call: ACPToolCallEvent) {
+        let toolCall = HermesToolCall(
+            callId: call.toolCallId,
+            functionName: call.functionName,
+            arguments: call.argumentsJSON
+        )
+        streamingToolCalls.append(toolCall)
+        upsertStreamingMessage()
+    }
+
+    private func handleToolCallComplete(_ update: ACPToolCallUpdateEvent) {
+        // Finalize the streaming assistant message (with its tool calls) as a permanent message
+        finalizeStreamingMessage()
+
+        // Add tool result message
+        let id = nextLocalId
+        nextLocalId -= 1
+        messages.append(HermesMessage(
+            id: id,
+            sessionId: sessionId ?? "",
+            role: "tool",
+            content: update.rawOutput ?? update.content,
+            toolCallId: update.toolCallId,
+            toolCalls: [],
+            toolName: nil,
+            timestamp: Date(),
+            tokenCount: nil,
+            finishReason: nil,
+            reasoning: nil
+        ))
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    private func handlePromptComplete() {
+        // Finalize any remaining streaming content
+        finalizeStreamingMessage()
+        isAgentWorking = false
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    private func handleConnectionLost(reason: String) {
+        finalizeStreamingMessage()
+        let id = nextLocalId
+        nextLocalId -= 1
+        messages.append(HermesMessage(
+            id: id,
+            sessionId: sessionId ?? "",
+            role: "system",
+            content: "Connection lost: \(reason). Use the Session menu to start or resume a session.",
+            toolCallId: nil,
+            toolCalls: [],
+            toolName: nil,
+            timestamp: Date(),
+            tokenCount: nil,
+            finishReason: nil,
+            reasoning: nil
+        ))
+        isAgentWorking = false
+        pendingPermission = nil
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Streaming Message Management
+
+    private static let streamingId = 0
+
+    /// Insert or update the in-progress streaming assistant message (id=0).
+    private func upsertStreamingMessage() {
+        let msg = HermesMessage(
+            id: Self.streamingId,
+            sessionId: sessionId ?? "",
+            role: "assistant",
+            content: streamingAssistantText,
+            toolCallId: nil,
+            toolCalls: streamingToolCalls,
+            toolName: nil,
+            timestamp: Date(),
+            tokenCount: nil,
+            finishReason: nil,
+            reasoning: streamingThinkingText.isEmpty ? nil : streamingThinkingText
+        )
+
+        if let idx = messages.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == Self.streamingId }) {
+            messages[idx] = msg
+        } else {
+            messages.append(msg)
+        }
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    /// Convert the streaming message (id=0) into a permanent message and reset streaming state.
+    private func finalizeStreamingMessage() {
+        guard let idx = messages.firstIndex(where: { $0.id == Self.streamingId }) else { return }
+
+        // Only finalize if there's actual content
+        let hasContent = !streamingAssistantText.isEmpty
+            || !streamingThinkingText.isEmpty
+            || !streamingToolCalls.isEmpty
+
+        if hasContent {
+            let id = nextLocalId
+            nextLocalId -= 1
+            messages[idx] = HermesMessage(
+                id: id,
+                sessionId: sessionId ?? "",
+                role: "assistant",
+                content: streamingAssistantText,
+                toolCallId: nil,
+                toolCalls: streamingToolCalls,
+                toolName: nil,
+                timestamp: Date(),
+                tokenCount: nil,
+                finishReason: streamingToolCalls.isEmpty ? "stop" : nil,
+                reasoning: streamingThinkingText.isEmpty ? nil : streamingThinkingText
+            )
+        } else {
+            // Remove empty streaming placeholder
+            messages.remove(at: idx)
+        }
+
+        // Reset streaming state for next chunk
+        streamingAssistantText = ""
+        streamingThinkingText = ""
+        streamingToolCalls = []
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Disconnect Recovery
+
+    /// Finalize streaming state on disconnect, before reconnection attempts begin.
+    /// Saves partial content as a permanent message without adding a system message.
+    func finalizeOnDisconnect() {
+        finalizeStreamingMessage()
+        isAgentWorking = false
+        pendingPermission = nil
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    /// Reconcile in-memory messages with DB state after a successful reconnection.
+    /// Merges DB-persisted messages with any local-only messages (e.g., user messages
+    /// that the ACP process may not have persisted before crashing).
+    func reconcileWithDB(sessionId: String) async {
+        let opened = await dataService.open()
+        guard opened else { return }
+
+        var dbMessages = await dataService.fetchMessages(sessionId: sessionId)
+
+        // If we have an origin session (CLI session continued via ACP),
+        // include those messages too
+        if let origin = originSessionId, origin != sessionId {
+            let originMessages = await dataService.fetchMessages(sessionId: origin)
+            if !originMessages.isEmpty {
+                dbMessages = originMessages + dbMessages
+                dbMessages.sort { ($0.timestamp ?? .distantPast) < ($1.timestamp ?? .distantPast) }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let session = await dataService.fetchSession(id: sessionId)
+        await dataService.close()
+
+        // Find local-only user messages not yet in DB.
+        // Local messages have negative IDs; DB messages have positive IDs.
+        let dbUserContents = Set(dbMessages.filter(\.isUser).map(\.content))
+        let localOnlyMessages = messages.filter { msg in
+            msg.id < 0 && msg.isUser && !dbUserContents.contains(msg.content)
+        }
+
+        // Build reconciled list: DB messages + unmatched local user messages
+        var reconciled = dbMessages
+        for localMsg in localOnlyMessages {
+            if let ts = localMsg.timestamp,
+               let insertIdx = reconciled.firstIndex(where: { ($0.timestamp ?? .distantPast) > ts }) {
+                reconciled.insert(localMsg, at: insertIdx)
+            } else {
+                reconciled.append(localMsg)
+            }
+        }
+
+        messages = reconciled
+        currentSession = session
+        let minId = reconciled.map(\.id).min() ?? 0
+        nextLocalId = min(minId - 1, -1)
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Load History from DB (for resumed sessions)
+
+    /// Load message history from the DB, optionally combining an origin session
+    /// (e.g., CLI session) with the current ACP session.
+    func loadSessionHistory(sessionId: String, acpSessionId: String? = nil) async {
+        self.sessionId = sessionId
+        let opened = await dataService.open()
+        guard opened else { return }
+
+        var allMessages = await dataService.fetchMessages(sessionId: sessionId)
+        let session = await dataService.fetchSession(id: sessionId)
+
+        // If the ACP session is different from the origin, load its messages too
+        // and combine them chronologically
+        if let acpId = acpSessionId, acpId != sessionId {
+            originSessionId = sessionId
+            self.sessionId = acpId
+            let acpMessages = await dataService.fetchMessages(sessionId: acpId)
+            if !acpMessages.isEmpty {
+                allMessages.append(contentsOf: acpMessages)
+                allMessages.sort { ($0.timestamp ?? .distantPast) < ($1.timestamp ?? .distantPast) }
+            }
+        }
+
+        messages = allMessages
+        currentSession = session
+        let minId = allMessages.map(\.id).min() ?? 0
+        nextLocalId = min(minId - 1, -1)
+        buildMessageGroups()
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - DB Polling (terminal mode fallback)
+
+    func markAgentWorking() {
+        isAgentWorking = true
+        userSendPending = true
+        startActivePolling()
+    }
+
+    func scheduleRefresh() {
+        debounceTask?.cancel()
+        debounceTask = Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+            try? await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(100))
+            guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
+            await self?.refreshMessages()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func refreshMessages() async {
+        let opened = await dataService.open()
+        guard opened else { return }
+
+        if sessionId == nil {
+            if let resetTime = resetTimestamp {
+                if let candidate = await dataService.fetchMostRecentlyStartedSessionId(after: resetTime) {
+                    sessionId = candidate
+                }
+            }
+            if sessionId == nil {
+                sessionId = await dataService.fetchMostRecentlyActiveSessionId()
+            }
+        }
+
+        guard let sessionId else { return }
+
+        let fingerprint = await dataService.fetchMessageFingerprint(sessionId: sessionId)
+
+        if fingerprint != lastKnownFingerprint {
+            let fetched = await dataService.fetchMessages(sessionId: sessionId)
+            let session = await dataService.fetchSession(id: sessionId)
+            lastKnownFingerprint = fingerprint
+
+            messages = fetched
+            currentSession = session
+            buildMessageGroups()
+
+            let derivedWorking = deriveAgentWorking(from: fetched)
+            if userSendPending {
+                if fetched.last?.isUser == true {
+                    userSendPending = false
+                }
+                isAgentWorking = true
+            } else {
+                let wasWorking = isAgentWorking
+                isAgentWorking = derivedWorking
+                if wasWorking && !derivedWorking {
+                    stopActivePolling()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func startActivePolling() {
+        stopActivePolling()
+        activePollingTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 0.5, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in
+            Task { @MainActor [weak self] in
+                await self?.refreshMessages()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func stopActivePolling() {
+        activePollingTimer?.invalidate()
+        activePollingTimer = nil
+    }
+
+    private func deriveAgentWorking(from fetched: [HermesMessage]) -> Bool {
+        guard let last = fetched.last else { return false }
+        if last.isUser { return true }
+        if last.isToolResult { return true }
+        if last.isAssistant {
+            if !last.toolCalls.isEmpty {
+                let allCallIds = Set(last.toolCalls.map(\.callId))
+                let resultCallIds = Set(fetched.compactMap { $0.isToolResult ? $0.toolCallId : nil })
+                return !allCallIds.subtracting(resultCallIds).isEmpty
+            }
+            return last.finishReason == nil
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Message Grouping
+
+    private func buildMessageGroups() {
+        var groups: [MessageGroup] = []
+        var currentUser: HermesMessage?
+        var currentAssistant: [HermesMessage] = []
+        var currentToolResults: [String: HermesMessage] = [:]
+        var groupIndex = 0
+
+        func flushGroup() {
+            if currentUser != nil || !currentAssistant.isEmpty {
+                // Use stable sequential IDs so SwiftUI doesn't re-create views
+                // when streaming messages finalize (id changes from 0 to -N)
+                groups.append(MessageGroup(
+                    id: groupIndex,
+                    userMessage: currentUser,
+                    assistantMessages: currentAssistant,
+                    toolResults: currentToolResults
+                ))
+                groupIndex += 1
+            }
+            currentUser = nil
+            currentAssistant = []
+            currentToolResults = [:]
+        }
+
+        for message in messages {
+            if message.isUser {
+                flushGroup()
+                currentUser = message
+            } else if message.isToolResult {
+                if let callId = message.toolCallId {
+                    currentToolResults[callId] = message
+                }
+                currentAssistant.append(message)
+            } else {
+                if currentUser == nil && !currentAssistant.isEmpty && message.isAssistant {
+                    flushGroup()
+                }
+                currentAssistant.append(message)
+            }
+        }
+        flushGroup()
+
+        messageGroups = groups
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/ChatView.swift

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ struct ChatView: View {
     @Environment(HermesFileWatcher.self) private var fileWatcher
 
     var body: some View {
+        @Bindable var vm = viewModel
         VStack(spacing: 0) {
             toolbar
             Divider()
-            terminalArea
+            chatArea
         }
         .navigationTitle("Chat")
         .task { await viewModel.loadRecentSessions() }
@@ -19,16 +20,42 @@ struct ChatView: View {
 
     private var toolbar: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 12) {
-            Image(systemName: "terminal")
+            Image(systemName: viewModel.displayMode == .terminal ? "terminal" : "bubble.left.and.text.bubble.right")
                 .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
 
             if viewModel.hasActiveProcess {
                 Circle()
                     .fill(.green)
                     .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
-                Text("Active")
+                Text(viewModel.acpStatus.isEmpty ? "Active" : viewModel.acpStatus)
                     .font(.caption)
                     .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+            } else if let error = viewModel.acpError {
+                Circle()
+                    .fill(.red)
+                    .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
+                Text(error)
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.red)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                    .help(error)
+                if let sid = viewModel.richChatViewModel.sessionId {
+                    Button("Reconnect") {
+                        viewModel.resumeSession(sid)
+                    }
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .buttonStyle(.bordered)
+                    .controlSize(.small)
+                }
+            } else if !viewModel.acpStatus.isEmpty {
+                Circle()
+                    .fill(.yellow)
+                    .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
+                Text(viewModel.acpStatus)
+                    .font(.caption)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
             } else {
                 Circle()
                     .fill(.secondary)
@@ -40,10 +67,21 @@ struct ChatView: View {
 
             Spacer()
 
-            if viewModel.hasActiveProcess {
+            if viewModel.hasActiveProcess && viewModel.displayMode == .terminal {
                 voiceControls
             }
 
+            Picker("View", selection: Bindable(viewModel).displayMode) {
+                Image(systemName: "terminal")
+                    .help("Terminal")
+                    .tag(ChatDisplayMode.terminal)
+                Image(systemName: "bubble.left.and.text.bubble.right")
+                    .help("Rich Chat")
+                    .tag(ChatDisplayMode.richChat)
+            }
+            .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+            .fixedSize()
+
             if !viewModel.hermesBinaryExists {
                 Label("Hermes binary not found", systemImage: "exclamationmark.triangle")
                     .font(.caption)
@@ -51,6 +89,13 @@ struct ChatView: View {
             }
 
             Menu {
+                if viewModel.hasActiveProcess, let activeId = viewModel.richChatViewModel.sessionId {
+                    Button("Return to Active Session (\(activeId.prefix(8))...)") {
+                        // Already active — just ensure we're showing it
+                    }
+                    .disabled(true)
+                    Divider()
+                }
                 Button("New Session") {
                     viewModel.startNewSession()
                 }
@@ -137,6 +182,16 @@ struct ChatView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var chatArea: some View {
+        switch viewModel.displayMode {
+        case .terminal:
+            terminalArea
+        case .richChat:
+            richChatArea
+        }
+    }
+
     @ViewBuilder
     private var terminalArea: some View {
         if let terminal = viewModel.terminalView {
@@ -157,4 +212,119 @@ struct ChatView: View {
             .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
         }
     }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var richChatArea: some View {
+        ZStack {
+            // Keep terminal alive in background if it exists (terminal mode session)
+            if let terminal = viewModel.terminalView {
+                PersistentTerminalView(terminalView: terminal)
+                    .frame(width: 0, height: 0)
+                    .opacity(0)
+                    .allowsHitTesting(false)
+            }
+
+            if viewModel.hermesBinaryExists {
+                RichChatView(
+                    richChat: viewModel.richChatViewModel,
+                    onSend: { viewModel.sendText($0) },
+                    isEnabled: viewModel.hasActiveProcess || viewModel.hermesBinaryExists
+                )
+            } else {
+                ContentUnavailableView(
+                    "Hermes Not Found",
+                    systemImage: "terminal",
+                    description: Text("Expected at \(HermesPaths.hermesBinary)")
+                )
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+            }
+        }
+        // Permission approval sheet
+        .sheet(item: permissionBinding) { permission in
+            PermissionApprovalView(
+                title: permission.title,
+                kind: permission.kind,
+                options: permission.options,
+                onRespond: { optionId in
+                    viewModel.respondToPermission(optionId: optionId)
+                }
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var permissionBinding: Binding<RichChatViewModel.PendingPermission?> {
+        Binding(
+            get: { viewModel.richChatViewModel.pendingPermission },
+            set: { viewModel.richChatViewModel.pendingPermission = $0 }
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Permission Approval View
+
+extension RichChatViewModel.PendingPermission: @retroactive Identifiable {
+    var id: Int { requestId }
+}
+
+struct PermissionApprovalView: View {
+    let title: String
+    let kind: String
+    let options: [(optionId: String, name: String)]
+    let onRespond: (String) -> Void
+    @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 16) {
+            Image(systemName: kindIcon)
+                .font(.title)
+                .foregroundStyle(kindColor)
+
+            Text("Tool Approval Required")
+                .font(.headline)
+
+            Text(title)
+                .font(.body.monospaced())
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
+                .padding(.horizontal)
+
+            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                ForEach(options, id: \.optionId) { option in
+                    if option.optionId == "deny" {
+                        Button(option.name) {
+                            onRespond(option.optionId)
+                            dismiss()
+                        }
+                        .buttonStyle(.bordered)
+                    } else {
+                        Button(option.name) {
+                            onRespond(option.optionId)
+                            dismiss()
+                        }
+                        .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(24)
+        .frame(minWidth: 350)
+    }
+
+    private var kindIcon: String {
+        switch kind {
+        case "execute": return "terminal"
+        case "edit": return "pencil"
+        case "delete": return "trash"
+        default: return "wrench"
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var kindColor: Color {
+        switch kind {
+        case "execute": return .orange
+        case "edit": return .blue
+        case "delete": return .red
+        default: return .secondary
+        }
+    }
 }

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/CodeBlockView.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import SwiftUI
+import AppKit
+
+struct CodeBlockView: View {
+    let code: String
+    let language: String?
+
+    @State private var copied = false
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
+            if let language, !language.isEmpty {
+                HStack {
+                    Text(language)
+                        .font(.caption2.bold())
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    Spacer()
+                    copyButton
+                }
+                .padding(.horizontal, 10)
+                .padding(.top, 6)
+                .padding(.bottom, 2)
+            } else {
+                HStack {
+                    Spacer()
+                    copyButton
+                }
+                .padding(.horizontal, 10)
+                .padding(.top, 6)
+            }
+
+            ScrollView(.horizontal, showsIndicators: false) {
+                Text(code)
+                    .font(.system(size: 12, design: .monospaced))
+                    .foregroundStyle(Color(nsColor: NSColor(red: 0.85, green: 0.87, blue: 0.91, alpha: 1.0)))
+                    .textSelection(.enabled)
+                    .padding(.horizontal, 10)
+                    .padding(.bottom, 8)
+                    .padding(.top, 4)
+            }
+        }
+        .background(Color(nsColor: NSColor(red: 0.11, green: 0.12, blue: 0.14, alpha: 1.0)))
+        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8))
+    }
+
+    private var copyButton: some View {
+        Button {
+            NSPasteboard.general.clearContents()
+            NSPasteboard.general.setString(code, forType: .string)
+            copied = true
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1.5) {
+                copied = false
+            }
+        } label: {
+            Image(systemName: copied ? "checkmark" : "doc.on.doc")
+                .font(.caption2)
+                .foregroundStyle(copied ? .green : .secondary)
+        }
+        .buttonStyle(.plain)
+        .help("Copy code")
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/RichChatInputBar.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct RichChatInputBar: View {
+    let onSend: (String) -> Void
+    let isEnabled: Bool
+
+    @State private var text = ""
+    @FocusState private var isFocused: Bool
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(alignment: .bottom, spacing: 8) {
+            TextEditor(text: $text)
+                .font(.body)
+                .scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
+                .focused($isFocused)
+                .frame(minHeight: 28, maxHeight: 120)
+                .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+                .padding(.horizontal, 8)
+                .padding(.vertical, 4)
+                .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.5))
+                .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))
+                .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) {
+                    if text.isEmpty {
+                        Text("Message Hermes...")
+                            .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                            .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+                            .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                            .allowsHitTesting(false)
+                    }
+                }
+                .onKeyPress(.return, phases: .down) { press in
+                    if press.modifiers.contains(.shift) {
+                        return .ignored
+                    }
+                    send()
+                    return .handled
+                }
+
+            Button {
+                send()
+            } label: {
+                Image(systemName: "arrow.up.circle.fill")
+                    .font(.title2)
+                    .foregroundStyle(canSend ? Color.accentColor : .secondary)
+            }
+            .buttonStyle(.plain)
+            .disabled(!canSend)
+            .help("Send message (Enter)")
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        .padding(.vertical, 8)
+        .background(.bar)
+    }
+
+    private var canSend: Bool {
+        isEnabled && !text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty
+    }
+
+    private func send() {
+        let trimmed = text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        guard !trimmed.isEmpty, isEnabled else { return }
+        onSend(trimmed)
+        text = ""
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/RichChatMessageList.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct RichChatMessageList: View {
+    let groups: [MessageGroup]
+    let isWorking: Bool
+
+    /// Track the last group's assistant content length to detect streaming updates.
+    private var scrollAnchor: String {
+        if isWorking { return "typing-indicator" }
+        if let last = groups.last { return "group-\(last.id)" }
+        return "scroll-top"
+    }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        ScrollViewReader { proxy in
+            ScrollView {
+                LazyVStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 16) {
+                    Spacer(minLength: 0)
+                        .id("scroll-top")
+                    ForEach(groups) { group in
+                        MessageGroupView(group: group)
+                            .id("group-\(group.id)")
+                    }
+
+                    if isWorking {
+                        typingIndicator
+                            .id("typing-indicator")
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding()
+            }
+            .defaultScrollAnchor(.bottom)
+            // Scroll on new groups
+            .onChange(of: groups.count) {
+                scrollToBottom(proxy: proxy)
+            }
+            // Scroll when agent starts/stops working
+            .onChange(of: isWorking) {
+                scrollToBottom(proxy: proxy)
+            }
+            // Scroll on streaming content updates (group content changes)
+            .onChange(of: scrollAnchor) {
+                scrollToBottom(proxy: proxy)
+            }
+            // Scroll on last message content change (streaming text)
+            .onChange(of: groups.last?.assistantMessages.last?.content ?? "") {
+                scrollToBottom(proxy: proxy, animated: false)
+            }
+            // Scroll on tool call count change
+            .onChange(of: groups.last?.toolCallCount ?? 0) {
+                scrollToBottom(proxy: proxy)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func scrollToBottom(proxy: ScrollViewProxy, animated: Bool = true) {
+        let target = scrollAnchor
+        if animated {
+            withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.15)) {
+                proxy.scrollTo(target, anchor: .bottom)
+            }
+        } else {
+            proxy.scrollTo(target, anchor: .bottom)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var typingIndicator: some View {
+        HStack {
+            HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                ForEach(0..<3, id: \.self) { _ in
+                    Circle()
+                        .fill(.secondary)
+                        .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
+                        .opacity(0.6)
+                }
+            }
+            .padding(.horizontal, 14)
+            .padding(.vertical, 10)
+            .background(Color.secondary.opacity(0.1))
+            .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))
+
+            Spacer(minLength: 80)
+        }
+        .symbolEffect(.pulse)
+    }
+}
+
+struct MessageGroupView: View {
+    let group: MessageGroup
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            if let user = group.userMessage {
+                RichMessageBubble(message: user, toolResults: [:])
+            }
+
+            ForEach(group.assistantMessages.filter(\.isAssistant)) { message in
+                RichMessageBubble(message: message, toolResults: group.toolResults)
+            }
+
+            if group.toolCallCount > 1 {
+                toolSummary
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var toolSummary: some View {
+        let kinds = toolKindCounts
+        if !kinds.isEmpty {
+            HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                Image(systemName: "wrench")
+                    .font(.caption2)
+                Text(summaryText(kinds))
+                    .font(.caption2)
+            }
+            .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .center)
+            .padding(.vertical, 2)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private var toolKindCounts: [ToolKind: Int] {
+        var counts: [ToolKind: Int] = [:]
+        for msg in group.assistantMessages where msg.isAssistant {
+            for call in msg.toolCalls {
+                counts[call.toolKind, default: 0] += 1
+            }
+        }
+        return counts
+    }
+
+    private func summaryText(_ kinds: [ToolKind: Int]) -> String {
+        let total = kinds.values.reduce(0, +)
+        let parts = kinds.sorted(by: { $0.value > $1.value })
+            .map { "\($0.value) \($0.key.rawValue)" }
+            .joined(separator: ", ")
+        return "Used \(total) tools (\(parts))"
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/RichChatView.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct RichChatView: View {
+    @Bindable var richChat: RichChatViewModel
+    var onSend: (String) -> Void
+    var isEnabled: Bool
+    @Environment(HermesFileWatcher.self) private var fileWatcher
+    @Environment(ChatViewModel.self) private var chatViewModel
+
+    /// In ACP mode, events drive updates directly — no DB polling needed.
+    private var isACPMode: Bool { chatViewModel.isACPConnected }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            SessionInfoBar(
+                session: richChat.currentSession,
+                isWorking: richChat.isAgentWorking
+            )
+            Divider()
+
+            if richChat.messageGroups.isEmpty && !richChat.isAgentWorking {
+                ContentUnavailableView(
+                    "Chat Messages",
+                    systemImage: "bubble.left.and.text.bubble.right",
+                    description: Text("Messages will appear here as the conversation progresses.")
+                )
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
+            } else {
+                RichChatMessageList(
+                    groups: richChat.messageGroups,
+                    isWorking: richChat.isAgentWorking
+                )
+            }
+
+            Divider()
+            RichChatInputBar(
+                onSend: { text in
+                    onSend(text)
+                },
+                isEnabled: isEnabled
+            )
+        }
+        // DB polling fallback for terminal mode only — never overwrite ACP messages
+        .onChange(of: fileWatcher.lastChangeDate) {
+            if !isACPMode, !richChat.hasMessages, richChat.sessionId != nil {
+                richChat.scheduleRefresh()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/RichMessageBubble.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct RichMessageBubble: View {
+    let message: HermesMessage
+    let toolResults: [String: HermesMessage]
+
+    var body: some View {
+        if message.isUser {
+            userBubble
+        } else if message.isAssistant {
+            assistantBubble
+        }
+        // Tool result messages are rendered inline in ToolCallCard, not as standalone bubbles
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - User Bubble
+
+    private var userBubble: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .trailing, spacing: 2) {
+            HStack {
+                Spacer(minLength: 80)
+                Text(message.content)
+                    .textSelection(.enabled)
+                    .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+                    .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                    .background(Color.accentColor.opacity(0.15))
+                    .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))
+            }
+            if let time = message.timestamp {
+                Text(time, style: .time)
+                    .font(.caption2)
+                    .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                    .padding(.trailing, 4)
+            }
+        }
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .trailing)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Assistant Bubble
+
+    private var assistantBubble: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 2) {
+            HStack {
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+                    if message.hasReasoning {
+                        reasoningSection
+                    }
+
+                    if !message.content.isEmpty {
+                        contentView
+                    }
+
+                    if !message.toolCalls.isEmpty {
+                        toolCallsSection
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+                .padding(.vertical, 8)
+                .background(Color.secondary.opacity(0.1))
+                .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12))
+
+                Spacer(minLength: 40)
+            }
+
+            metadataFooter
+        }
+        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Content Rendering
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var contentView: some View {
+        let blocks = parseContentBlocks(message.content)
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 8) {
+            ForEach(Array(blocks.enumerated()), id: \.offset) { _, block in
+                switch block {
+                case .text(let text):
+                    MarkdownContentView(content: text)
+                case .code(let code, let language):
+                    CodeBlockView(code: code, language: language)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Reasoning
+
+    private var reasoningSection: some View {
+        DisclosureGroup {
+            Text(message.reasoning ?? "")
+                .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+        } label: {
+            HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                Text("Reasoning")
+                if let tokens = message.tokenCount, tokens > 0 {
+                    Text("(\(tokens) tokens)")
+                        .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .font(.caption.bold())
+        .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Tool Calls
+
+    private var toolCallsSection: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            ForEach(message.toolCalls) { call in
+                ToolCallCard(
+                    call: call,
+                    result: toolResults[call.callId]
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // MARK: - Metadata Footer
+
+    private var metadataFooter: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 8) {
+            if let tokens = message.tokenCount, tokens > 0 {
+                Text("\(tokens) tokens")
+            }
+            if let reason = message.finishReason, !reason.isEmpty {
+                Text(reason)
+            }
+            if let time = message.timestamp {
+                Text(time, style: .time)
+            }
+        }
+        .font(.caption2)
+        .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+        .padding(.leading, 4)
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Content Block Parsing
+
+private enum ContentBlock {
+    case text(String)
+    case code(String, String?)
+}
+
+private func parseContentBlocks(_ content: String) -> [ContentBlock] {
+    var blocks: [ContentBlock] = []
+    let lines = content.components(separatedBy: "\n")
+    var currentText: [String] = []
+    var currentCode: [String] = []
+    var codeLanguage: String?
+    var inCode = false
+
+    for line in lines {
+        if !inCode && line.hasPrefix("```") {
+            if !currentText.isEmpty {
+                blocks.append(.text(currentText.joined(separator: "\n")))
+                currentText = []
+            }
+            inCode = true
+            let lang = String(line.dropFirst(3)).trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+            codeLanguage = lang.isEmpty ? nil : lang
+        } else if inCode && line.hasPrefix("```") {
+            blocks.append(.code(currentCode.joined(separator: "\n"), codeLanguage))
+            currentCode = []
+            codeLanguage = nil
+            inCode = false
+        } else if inCode {
+            currentCode.append(line)
+        } else {
+            currentText.append(line)
+        }
+    }
+
+    if inCode && !currentCode.isEmpty {
+        blocks.append(.code(currentCode.joined(separator: "\n"), codeLanguage))
+    }
+    if !currentText.isEmpty {
+        let text = currentText.joined(separator: "\n").trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        if !text.isEmpty {
+            blocks.append(.text(text))
+        }
+    }
+
+    return blocks
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/SessionInfoBar.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct SessionInfoBar: View {
+    let session: HermesSession?
+    let isWorking: Bool
+
+    var body: some View {
+        HStack(spacing: 16) {
+            if let session {
+                HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                    Circle()
+                        .fill(isWorking ? .green : .secondary)
+                        .frame(width: 6, height: 6)
+                        .opacity(isWorking ? 1 : 0.6)
+                    if isWorking {
+                        Text("Working")
+                            .font(.caption)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.green)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if let title = session.title, !title.isEmpty {
+                    Text(title)
+                        .font(.caption.bold())
+                        .lineLimit(1)
+                        .truncationMode(.tail)
+                }
+
+                if let model = session.model {
+                    Label(model, systemImage: "cpu")
+                }
+
+                Label("\(formatTokens(session.inputTokens)) in / \(formatTokens(session.outputTokens)) out", systemImage: "number")
+                    .contentTransition(.numericText())
+
+                if session.reasoningTokens > 0 {
+                    Label("\(formatTokens(session.reasoningTokens)) reasoning", systemImage: "brain")
+                }
+
+                if let cost = session.displayCostUSD {
+                    Label(String(format: "$%.4f%@", cost, session.costIsActual ? "" : " est."), systemImage: "dollarsign.circle")
+                        .contentTransition(.numericText())
+                }
+
+                if let start = session.startedAt {
+                    Label {
+                        Text(start, style: .relative)
+                            .monospacedDigit()
+                    } icon: {
+                        Image(systemName: "clock")
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Spacer()
+
+                Label(session.source, systemImage: session.sourceIcon)
+            } else {
+                Text("No active session")
+                    .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                Spacer()
+            }
+        }
+        .font(.caption)
+        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+        .padding(.horizontal)
+        .padding(.vertical, 6)
+        .background(.bar)
+    }
+
+    private func formatTokens(_ count: Int) -> String {
+        if count >= 1_000_000 {
+            return String(format: "%.1fM", Double(count) / 1_000_000)
+        } else if count >= 1_000 {
+            return String(format: "%.1fK", Double(count) / 1_000)
+        }
+        return "\(count)"
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Chat/Views/ToolCallCard.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+import SwiftUI
+
+struct ToolCallCard: View {
+    let call: HermesToolCall
+    let result: HermesMessage?
+
+    @State private var expanded = false
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 0) {
+            Button {
+                withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.2)) { expanded.toggle() }
+            } label: {
+                HStack(spacing: 6) {
+                    RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 1)
+                        .fill(toolColor)
+                        .frame(width: 3, height: 16)
+
+                    Image(systemName: call.toolKind.icon)
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(toolColor)
+
+                    Text(call.functionName)
+                        .font(.caption.monospaced().bold())
+                        .foregroundStyle(.primary)
+
+                    Text(call.argumentsSummary)
+                        .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                        .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                        .lineLimit(1)
+                        .truncationMode(.middle)
+
+                    Spacer()
+
+                    if result != nil {
+                        Image(systemName: "checkmark.circle.fill")
+                            .font(.caption2)
+                            .foregroundStyle(.green)
+                    } else {
+                        ProgressView()
+                            .controlSize(.mini)
+                    }
+
+                    Image(systemName: expanded ? "chevron.down" : "chevron.right")
+                        .font(.caption2)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                }
+            }
+            .buttonStyle(.plain)
+            .padding(.vertical, 4)
+            .padding(.horizontal, 8)
+
+            if expanded {
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
+                    if !call.arguments.isEmpty && call.arguments != "{}" {
+                        Text("Arguments")
+                            .font(.caption2.bold())
+                            .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                        Text(formatJSON(call.arguments))
+                            .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                            .textSelection(.enabled)
+                            .padding(6)
+                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                            .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.5))
+                            .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 4))
+                    }
+
+                    if let result, !result.content.isEmpty {
+                        Text("Result")
+                            .font(.caption2.bold())
+                            .foregroundStyle(.tertiary)
+                        ToolResultContent(content: result.content)
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding(.horizontal, 8)
+                .padding(.bottom, 6)
+            }
+        }
+        .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.3))
+        .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 6))
+    }
+
+    private var toolColor: Color {
+        switch call.toolKind {
+        case .read: return .green
+        case .edit: return .blue
+        case .execute: return .orange
+        case .fetch: return .purple
+        case .browser: return .indigo
+        case .other: return .secondary
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func formatJSON(_ raw: String) -> String {
+        guard let data = raw.data(using: .utf8),
+              let obj = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data),
+              let pretty = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: obj, options: .prettyPrinted),
+              let str = String(data: pretty, encoding: .utf8) else {
+            return raw
+        }
+        return str
+    }
+}
+
+struct ToolResultContent: View {
+    let content: String
+
+    @State private var showAll = false
+
+    private var lines: [String] { content.components(separatedBy: "\n") }
+    private var isLong: Bool { lines.count > 8 }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            Text(showAll ? content : lines.prefix(8).joined(separator: "\n"))
+                .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                .padding(6)
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+                .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.5))
+                .clipShape(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 4))
+
+            if isLong {
+                Button(showAll ? "Show less" : "Show all \(lines.count) lines") {
+                    withAnimation { showAll.toggle() }
+                }
+                .font(.caption2)
+                .foregroundStyle(Color.accentColor)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

scarf/scarf/Features/Health/ViewModels/HealthViewModel.swift

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ struct HealthSection: Identifiable {
 
 @Observable
 final class HealthViewModel {
+    private let fileService = HermesFileService()
+
     var version = ""
     var updateInfo = ""
     var hasUpdate = false
@@ -31,9 +33,13 @@ final class HealthViewModel {
     var warningCount = 0
     var okCount = 0
     var isLoading = false
+    var hermesRunning = false
+    var hermesPID: pid_t?
+    var actionMessage: String?
 
     func load() {
         isLoading = true
+        refreshProcessStatus()
         loadVersion()
         let statusOutput = runHermes(["status"]).output
         statusSections = parseOutput(statusOutput)
@@ -43,6 +49,41 @@ final class HealthViewModel {
         isLoading = false
     }
 
+    func refreshProcessStatus() {
+        hermesPID = fileService.hermesPID()
+        hermesRunning = hermesPID != nil
+    }
+
+    func stopHermes() {
+        fileService.stopHermes()
+        actionMessage = "Stop signal sent"
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) { [weak self] in
+            self?.refreshProcessStatus()
+            self?.actionMessage = nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    func startHermes() {
+        runHermes(["gateway", "start"])
+        actionMessage = "Start requested"
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3) { [weak self] in
+            self?.refreshProcessStatus()
+            self?.actionMessage = nil
+        }
+    }
+
+    func restartHermes() {
+        fileService.stopHermes()
+        actionMessage = "Restarting..."
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) { [weak self] in
+            self?.runHermes(["gateway", "start"])
+            DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3) { [weak self] in
+                self?.refreshProcessStatus()
+                self?.actionMessage = nil
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private func loadVersion() {
         let output = runHermes(["version"]).output
         let lines = output.components(separatedBy: "\n")

scarf/scarf/Features/Health/Views/HealthView.swift

@@ -29,36 +29,75 @@ struct HealthView: View {
     // MARK: - Header
 
     private var headerBar: some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 16) {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
-            if !viewModel.version.isEmpty {
+            HStack(spacing: 16) {
-                Text(viewModel.version)
+                if !viewModel.version.isEmpty {
-                    .font(.system(.caption, design: .monospaced))
+                    Text(viewModel.version)
-                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                        .font(.system(.caption, design: .monospaced))
-            }
+                        .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-
-            if viewModel.hasUpdate {
-                HStack(spacing: 4) {
-                    Image(systemName: "arrow.triangle.2.circlepath")
-                        .font(.caption2)
-                    Text(viewModel.updateInfo)
-                        .font(.caption)
                 }
-                .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+
+                if viewModel.hasUpdate {
+                    HStack(spacing: 4) {
+                        Image(systemName: "arrow.triangle.2.circlepath")
+                            .font(.caption2)
+                        Text(viewModel.updateInfo)
+                            .font(.caption)
+                    }
+                    .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+                }
+
+                Spacer()
+
+                HStack(spacing: 12) {
+                    MiniCount(count: viewModel.okCount, color: .green, icon: "checkmark.circle.fill")
+                    MiniCount(count: viewModel.warningCount, color: .orange, icon: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill")
+                    MiniCount(count: viewModel.issueCount, color: .red, icon: "xmark.circle.fill")
+                }
+
+                Button("Refresh") { viewModel.load() }
+                    .controlSize(.small)
             }
+            .padding(.horizontal)
+            .padding(.vertical, 8)
 
-            Spacer()
+            Divider()
 
-            HStack(spacing: 12) {
+            HStack(spacing: 16) {
-                MiniCount(count: viewModel.okCount, color: .green, icon: "checkmark.circle.fill")
+                HStack(spacing: 6) {
-                MiniCount(count: viewModel.warningCount, color: .orange, icon: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill")
+                    Circle()
-                MiniCount(count: viewModel.issueCount, color: .red, icon: "xmark.circle.fill")
+                        .fill(viewModel.hermesRunning ? .green : .red)
-            }
+                        .frame(width: 8, height: 8)
+                    Text(viewModel.hermesRunning ? "Hermes Running" : "Hermes Stopped")
+                        .font(.caption.bold())
+                    if let pid = viewModel.hermesPID {
+                        Text("PID \(pid)")
+                            .font(.caption.monospaced())
+                            .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    }
+                }
 
-            Button("Refresh") { viewModel.load() }
+                if let msg = viewModel.actionMessage {
+                    Label(msg, systemImage: "arrow.triangle.2.circlepath")
+                        .font(.caption)
+                        .foregroundStyle(.orange)
+                }
+
+                Spacer()
+
+                HStack(spacing: 8) {
+                    Button("Start") { viewModel.startHermes() }
+                        .disabled(viewModel.hermesRunning)
+                    Button("Stop") { viewModel.stopHermes() }
+                        .disabled(!viewModel.hermesRunning)
+                    Button("Restart") { viewModel.restartHermes() }
+                        .disabled(!viewModel.hermesRunning)
+                }
                 .controlSize(.small)
+            }
+            .padding(.horizontal)
+            .padding(.vertical, 8)
         }
-        .padding(.horizontal)
-        .padding(.vertical, 8)
     }
 
     // MARK: - Grid

scarf/scarf/Features/Insights/ViewModels/InsightsViewModel.swift

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct ToolUsage: Identifiable {
 }
 
 struct NotableSession: Identifiable {
-    var id: String { session.id }
+    var id: String { "\(session.id)-\(label)" }
     let label: String
     let value: String
     let session: HermesSession

scarf/scarf/Features/Memory/ViewModels/MemoryViewModel.swift

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ final class MemoryViewModel {
     var userCharCount: Int { userContent.count }
 
     var hasExternalProvider: Bool {
-        !memoryProvider.isEmpty && memoryProvider != "file"
+        let stripped = memoryProvider
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
+            .trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet(charactersIn: "'\""))
+        return !stripped.isEmpty && stripped != "file"
     }
 
     var hasMultipleProfiles: Bool { !profiles.isEmpty }

scarf/scarf/Features/Memory/Views/MemoryView.swift

@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ struct MemoryView: View {
                     .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                     .padding()
             } else {
-                Text(markdownAttributed(content))
+                MarkdownContentView(content: content)
-                    .textSelection(.enabled)
                     .padding()
                     .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
                     .background(.quaternary.opacity(0.5))
@@ -93,14 +92,17 @@ struct MemoryView: View {
             }
             .padding()
             Divider()
-            TextEditor(text: $viewModel.editText)
+            HSplitView {
-                .font(.system(.body, design: .monospaced))
+                TextEditor(text: $viewModel.editText)
-                .padding(8)
+                    .font(.system(.body, design: .monospaced))
+                    .padding(8)
+                ScrollView {
+                    MarkdownContentView(content: viewModel.editText)
+                        .padding()
+                        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .topLeading)
+                }
+            }
         }
-        .frame(minWidth: 600, minHeight: 400)
+        .frame(minWidth: 800, minHeight: 500)
-    }
-
-    private func markdownAttributed(_ text: String) -> AttributedString {
-        (try? AttributedString(markdown: text, options: .init(interpretedSyntax: .inlineOnlyPreservingWhitespace))) ?? AttributedString(text)
     }
 }

scarf/scarf/Features/Projects/Views/Widgets/TextWidgetView.swift

@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ struct TextWidgetView: View {
                 .font(.caption)
                 .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
             if let content = widget.content {
-                if widget.format == "markdown",
+                if widget.format == "markdown" {
-                   let attributed = try? AttributedString(markdown: content) {
+                    MarkdownContentView(content: content)
-                    Text(attributed)
-                        .font(.callout)
                 } else {
                     Text(content)
                         .font(.callout)

scarf/scarf/Features/Sessions/Views/SessionDetailView.swift

@@ -139,8 +139,12 @@ struct MessageBubble: View {
                         .foregroundStyle(.orange)
                     }
                     if !message.content.isEmpty {
-                        Text(message.content)
+                        if message.isAssistant {
-                            .textSelection(.enabled)
+                            MarkdownContentView(content: message.content)
+                        } else {
+                            Text(message.content)
+                                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                        }
                     }
                     if !message.toolCalls.isEmpty {
                         ForEach(message.toolCalls) { call in

scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/ViewModels/SkillsViewModel.swift

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ final class SkillsViewModel {
     var selectedFileName: String?
     var searchText = ""
     var missingConfig: [String] = []
+    var isEditing = false
+    var editText = ""
     private var currentConfig = HermesConfig.empty
 
     var filteredCategories: [HermesSkillCategory] {
@@ -61,4 +63,29 @@ final class SkillsViewModel {
         selectedFileName = file
         skillContent = fileService.loadSkillContent(path: skill.path + "/" + file)
     }
+
+    var isMarkdownFile: Bool {
+        selectedFileName?.hasSuffix(".md") == true
+    }
+
+    private var currentFilePath: String? {
+        guard let skill = selectedSkill, let file = selectedFileName else { return nil }
+        return skill.path + "/" + file
+    }
+
+    func startEditing() {
+        editText = skillContent
+        isEditing = true
+    }
+
+    func saveEdit() {
+        guard let path = currentFilePath else { return }
+        fileService.saveSkillContent(path: path, content: editText)
+        skillContent = editText
+        isEditing = false
+    }
+
+    func cancelEditing() {
+        isEditing = false
+    }
 }

scarf/scarf/Features/Skills/Views/SkillsView.swift

@@ -99,17 +99,57 @@ struct SkillsView: View {
                     }
                     if !viewModel.skillContent.isEmpty {
                         Divider()
-                        Text(viewModel.skillContent)
+                        HStack {
-                            .font(.system(.body, design: .monospaced))
+                            Spacer()
-                            .textSelection(.enabled)
+                            Button("Edit") { viewModel.startEditing() }
+                                .controlSize(.small)
+                        }
+                        if viewModel.isMarkdownFile {
+                            MarkdownContentView(content: viewModel.skillContent)
+                        } else {
+                            Text(viewModel.skillContent)
+                                .font(.system(.body, design: .monospaced))
+                                .textSelection(.enabled)
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 .padding()
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .topLeading)
             }
+            .sheet(isPresented: $viewModel.isEditing) {
+                skillEditorSheet
+            }
         } else {
             ContentUnavailableView("Select a Skill", systemImage: "lightbulb", description: Text("Choose a skill from the list"))
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
         }
     }
+
+    private var skillEditorSheet: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 0) {
+            HStack {
+                Text("Edit \(viewModel.selectedFileName ?? "File")")
+                    .font(.headline)
+                Spacer()
+                Button("Cancel") { viewModel.cancelEditing() }
+                Button("Save") { viewModel.saveEdit() }
+                    .buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
+            }
+            .padding()
+            Divider()
+            HSplitView {
+                TextEditor(text: $viewModel.editText)
+                    .font(.system(.body, design: .monospaced))
+                    .padding(8)
+                if viewModel.isMarkdownFile {
+                    ScrollView {
+                        MarkdownContentView(content: viewModel.editText)
+                            .padding()
+                            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .topLeading)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .frame(minWidth: 800, minHeight: 500)
+    }
 }

scarf/scarf/scarfApp.swift

@@ -54,6 +54,33 @@ final class MenuBarStatus {
         timer = nil
     }
 
+    func startHermes() {
+        let process = Process()
+        process.executableURL = URL(fileURLWithPath: HermesPaths.hermesBinary)
+        process.arguments = ["gateway", "start"]
+        process.standardOutput = Pipe()
+        process.standardError = Pipe()
+        try? process.run()
+        process.waitUntilExit()
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 3) { [weak self] in
+            self?.refresh()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func stopHermes() {
+        fileService.stopHermes()
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) { [weak self] in
+            self?.refresh()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func restartHermes() {
+        fileService.stopHermes()
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) { [weak self] in
+            self?.startHermes()
+        }
+    }
+
     private func refresh() {
         hermesRunning = fileService.isHermesRunning()
         gatewayRunning = fileService.loadGatewayState()?.isRunning ?? false
@@ -69,6 +96,13 @@ struct MenuBarMenu: View {
             Label(status.hermesRunning ? "Hermes Running" : "Hermes Stopped", systemImage: status.hermesRunning ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
             Label(status.gatewayRunning ? "Gateway Running" : "Gateway Stopped", systemImage: status.gatewayRunning ? "circle.fill" : "circle")
             Divider()
+            Button("Start Hermes") { status.startHermes() }
+                .disabled(status.hermesRunning)
+            Button("Stop Hermes") { status.stopHermes() }
+                .disabled(!status.hermesRunning)
+            Button("Restart Hermes") { status.restartHermes() }
+                .disabled(!status.hermesRunning)
+            Divider()
             Button("Open Dashboard") {
                 coordinator.selectedSection = .dashboard
                 NSApplication.shared.activate()