fix(agent): refine status output and CLI rendering

Keep status output responsive while estimating current context from session history, dropping low-value queue/subagent counters, and marking command-style replies for plain-text rendering in CLI. Also route direct CLI calls through outbound metadata so help/status formatting stays explicit instead of relying on content heuristics.

Made-with: Cursor

nanobot/cli/commands.py

@@ -131,17 +131,30 @@ def _render_interactive_ansi(render_fn) -> str:
     return capture.get()
 
 
-def _print_agent_response(response: str, render_markdown: bool) -> None:
+def _print_agent_response(
+    response: str,
+    render_markdown: bool,
+    metadata: dict | None = None,
+) -> None:
     """Render assistant response with consistent terminal styling."""
     console = _make_console()
     content = response or ""
-    body = Markdown(content) if render_markdown else Text(content)
+    body = _response_renderable(content, render_markdown, metadata)
     console.print()
     console.print(f"[cyan]{__logo__} nanobot[/cyan]")
     console.print(body)
     console.print()
 
 
+def _response_renderable(content: str, render_markdown: bool, metadata: dict | None = None):
+    """Render plain-text command output without markdown collapsing newlines."""
+    if not render_markdown:
+        return Text(content)
+    if (metadata or {}).get("render_as") == "text":
+        return Text(content)
+    return Markdown(content)
+
+
 async def _print_interactive_line(text: str) -> None:
     """Print async interactive updates with prompt_toolkit-safe Rich styling."""
     def _write() -> None:
@@ -153,7 +166,11 @@ async def _print_interactive_line(text: str) -> None:
     await run_in_terminal(_write)
 
 
-async def _print_interactive_response(response: str, render_markdown: bool) -> None:
+async def _print_interactive_response(
+    response: str,
+    render_markdown: bool,
+    metadata: dict | None = None,
+) -> None:
     """Print async interactive replies with prompt_toolkit-safe Rich styling."""
     def _write() -> None:
         content = response or ""
@@ -161,7 +178,7 @@ async def _print_interactive_response(response: str, render_markdown: bool) -> N
             lambda c: (
                 c.print(),
                 c.print(f"[cyan]{__logo__} nanobot[/cyan]"),
-                c.print(Markdown(content) if render_markdown else Text(content)),
+                c.print(_response_renderable(content, render_markdown, metadata)),
                 c.print(),
             )
         )
@@ -750,9 +767,17 @@ def agent(
             nonlocal _thinking
             _thinking = _ThinkingSpinner(enabled=not logs)
             with _thinking:
-                response = await agent_loop.process_direct(message, session_id, on_progress=_cli_progress)
+                response = await agent_loop.process_direct_outbound(
+                    message,
+                    session_id,
+                    on_progress=_cli_progress,
+                )
             _thinking = None
-            _print_agent_response(response, render_markdown=markdown)
+            _print_agent_response(
+                response.content if response else "",
+                render_markdown=markdown,
+                metadata=response.metadata if response else None,
+            )
             await agent_loop.close_mcp()
 
         asyncio.run(run_once())
@@ -787,7 +812,7 @@ def agent(
             bus_task = asyncio.create_task(agent_loop.run())
             turn_done = asyncio.Event()
             turn_done.set()
-            turn_response: list[str] = []
+            turn_response: list[tuple[str, dict]] = []
 
             async def _consume_outbound():
                 while True:
@@ -805,10 +830,14 @@ def agent(
 
                         elif not turn_done.is_set():
                             if msg.content:
-                                turn_response.append(msg.content)
+                                turn_response.append((msg.content, dict(msg.metadata or {})))
                             turn_done.set()
                         elif msg.content:
-                            await _print_interactive_response(msg.content, render_markdown=markdown)
+                            await _print_interactive_response(
+                                msg.content,
+                                render_markdown=markdown,
+                                metadata=msg.metadata,
+                            )
 
                     except asyncio.TimeoutError:
                         continue
@@ -848,7 +877,8 @@ def agent(
                         _thinking = None
 
                         if turn_response:
-                            _print_agent_response(turn_response[0], render_markdown=markdown)
+                            content, meta = turn_response[0]
+                            _print_agent_response(content, render_markdown=markdown, metadata=meta)
                     except KeyboardInterrupt:
                         _restore_terminal()
                         console.print("\nGoodbye!")