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wm-tui is now a Bun/OpenTUI frontend (skills/remove-ai-marks/tui) that
drives a Python bridge (scripts/tui_bridge.py) over JSON Lines. The bridge
is the only place a CleanRequest is built; PROTOCOL.md documents the wire
format. First run shows onboarding. The Textual tui_app.py and its tests
are removed.

Pipeline steps are now typed actions (pipeline_actions.py) with a code and
an effect, so callers stop parsing prose. Scanners return notes separately
from findings, so context such as a CMS generator is never counted as a mark.

Fixes found along the way:

  • external_command: kill the process group even when the leader exits
    before its group id is read (getpgid fails on a zombie on macOS), and
    sweep the group until empty.
  • container_meta: _META_ATTR_RE matched a literal "s*=s*"; markdown C2PA
    detection matched any finding containing "content"; value hits no longer
    duplicate key hits.
  • image_meta: _contains_any dedupes case-insensitively.
  • common: drop dead confidence rules for strings that are now notes.

Closes #50 (the Textual TUI and its flaky tests are removed).

New dependency: the TUI frontend needs Bun at runtime (@opentui/solid, solid-js, pinned in skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/bun.lock). The Python package gains no dependencies. CI does not run bun test yet.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a terminal interface for selecting files, inspecting findings, tracking cleaning progress, and reviewing results.
    • Includes first-run setup, saved settings, endpoint configuration, and confirmation prompts for sensitive operations.
    • Cleaning reports now include structured action details, while inspection separates contextual notes from findings.
  • Improvements
    • The terminal interface runs through Bun and installs its frontend dependencies when needed. Textual-based setup guidance and the tui optional extra are no longer available.
    • Inspection now flags hidden-character findings in supported documents and distinguishes contextual metadata from actionable findings.

wm-tui is now a Bun/OpenTUI frontend (skills/remove-ai-marks/tui) that
drives a Python bridge (scripts/tui_bridge.py) over JSON Lines. The bridge
is the only place a CleanRequest is built; PROTOCOL.md documents the wire
format. First run shows onboarding. The Textual tui_app.py and its tests
are removed.

Pipeline steps are now typed actions (pipeline_actions.py) with a code and
an effect, so callers stop parsing prose. Scanners return notes separately
from findings, so context such as a CMS generator is never counted as a mark.

Fixes found along the way:
- external_command: kill the process group even when the leader exits
  before its group id is read (getpgid fails on a zombie on macOS), and
  sweep the group until empty.
- container_meta: _META_ATTR_RE matched a literal "s*=s*"; markdown C2PA
  detection matched any finding containing "content"; value hits no longer
  duplicate key hits.
- image_meta: _contains_any dedupes case-insensitively.
- common: drop dead confidence rules for strings that are now notes.
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Walkthrough

The pull request replaces the Textual terminal UI with a Bun/OpenTUI frontend and Python JSON-Lines bridge. It adds structured cleaning-action reports, separates inspection notes from findings, and updates input selection and POSIX process cleanup.

Changes

Bun/OpenTUI migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Package setup and launcher
README.md, pyproject.toml, requirements-test.txt, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/tui.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/*
The project removes the Textual extra and packages the Bun frontend. The launcher prepares and starts the frontend.
Python bridge and workflow
skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/tui_bridge.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/tui_core.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/rewrite_text.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/configuration.py
The bridge handles planning, inspection, cleaning, settings, endpoint checks, and history over JSON Lines. The core module composes requests and formats results.
Frontend protocol, state, and interaction
skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/src/*, skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/src/ui/*, skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/test/*
The frontend defines bridge types, manages application state, renders the workflow and dialogs, and tests prompt and cleaning interactions.

Structured pipeline reports

Layer / File(s) Summary
Action report model and pipeline integration
skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/pipeline_actions.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/clean_asset.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/clean_file.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/morphomod.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/container_meta.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/image_meta.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/heif_meta.py
Cleaning actions now use typed records with codes, effects, parameters, and serialized report details.
Findings, notes, and validation
skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/common.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/inspect_file.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/inspect_image.py, tests/test_*.py
Scanner results distinguish contextual notes from findings. Inspection commands print notes, and tests cover result shapes and action details.

Input selection and process cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Request selection and alias checks
skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/clean_request.py, skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/common.py, tests/test_clean_request.py
Request handling selects inputs and checks output collisions using alias keys. Tests cover path identity and larger plans.
Process cleanup and supporting updates
skills/remove-ai-marks/scripts/external_command.py, tests/test_external_command.py, skills/clean-user-facing-text/scripts/*
POSIX timeout cleanup sweeps the process group after the leader exits. Stream configuration suppresses selected errors.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~90 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant OpenTUI as OpenTUI frontend
  participant PythonBridge as Python JSON-Lines bridge
  participant Pipeline as Cleaning pipeline
  User->>OpenTUI: Enter paths, flags, or a command
  OpenTUI->>PythonBridge: Send plan, inspect, or clean request
  PythonBridge->>Pipeline: Compose and run workflow
  Pipeline-->>PythonBridge: Return plans, events, and results
  PythonBridge-->>OpenTUI: Send response and event frames
  OpenTUI-->>User: Display progress and results
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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 13e71

Windows users entering paths with backslashes can get an empty plan instead of processing their files. The issue is bounded and has a forward-slash workaround, but the path handling should be corrected.

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The pull request contains changes unrelated to resolving issue #50. Examples include typed pipeline actions, scanner-note classification, container and image metadata behavior, confidence rules, path-… Split the unrelated pipeline, metadata, confidence, path-alias, process-cleanup, configuration, and stream changes into separate pull requests. Keep this pull request limited to the TUI replacement or removal, its bridge, and the code and t…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 32.15% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 647 functions across 51 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely summarizes the main change: replacing the Textual TUI with an OpenTUI frontend and JSON Lines bridge.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #50 targets flaky Textual tests that query unmounted widgets. The pull request removes the Textual application, its dependency, tests/test_tui.py, and the Textual end-to-end tests. The replace…
Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The pull request contains changes unrelated to resolving issue #50. Examples include typed pipeline actions, scanner-note classification, container and image metadata behavior, confidence rules, path-alias optimization, process-group cleanup, rewrite configuration, and unrelated stream changes. Some bridge and frontend changes support the TUI replacement, but these additional changes are not required to remove the flaky Textual test path.

Resolution

Split the unrelated pipeline, metadata, confidence, path-alias, process-cleanup, configuration, and stream changes into separate pull requests. Keep this pull request limited to the TUI replacement or removal, its bridge, and the code and tests required for that replacement.

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In `@skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/src/prompt.ts`:
- Around line 99-103: Update expandHome to default its home directory from
os.homedir() instead of HOME, and expand both ~/ and ~\ prefixes while
preserving the existing behavior for other paths.
- Around line 51-54: Update parsePrompt so slash-prefixed input is classified as
a command only when its name exists in the command registry; let unknown names,
including top-level paths, fall through to path parsing. Pass the existing
registry into parsePrompt from its caller and preserve argument parsing for
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In `@skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/src/store.ts`:
- Line 297: In the confirmed retry path using confirm and clean, await the clean
call before returning so the surrounding finally block does not clear app.run
while the retry is still running.

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- Around line 159-166: Update test_human_report_lists_notes_apart_from_findings
to isolate the subprocess from optional tools by passing _run an environment
with a PATH that contains no tools; keep the existing fixture and assertions
unchanged.

In `@tests/test_tui_bridge.py`:
- Line 1480: Update the Pillow imports in
test_a_bridge_dry_run_reads_as_sentences_not_key_value_dumps and
test_a_visible_clean_says_what_it_did_to_the_pixels to use pytest.importorskip,
so both tests skip when Pillow is unavailable.
- Around line 1604-1607: Update the history-command assertion to parse each
`entry["command"]` with `shlex.split` instead of `str.split`, so shell quoting
is removed before comparing the final argument with `str(source)`. Add the
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Two tests imported PIL, which the base CI install lacks; history commands are shlex-quoted, so a Windows path carries quotes; the Bun hint check now compares the whole hint instead of a URL substring (CodeQL py/incomplete-url-substring-sanitization).
- A /word runs only when it names a command, so /tmp adds a folder.
- expandHome uses os.homedir(), which is set on Windows.
- An accepted confirmation awaits the retried clean, so finally no longer clears the run and Esc still stops it (new test fails without the fix).
- The history test parses the shell-quoted command with shlex.
- The notes test tolerates an extra c2patool finding when the tool is on PATH.

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🟡 Minor · Preserve ordinary Windows path separators during argument splitting. · prompt.ts:15-58

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve ordinary Windows path separators during argument splitting.

When a user enters C:\Users\name\file, splitArgs removes each backslash and produces C:Usersnamefile. The bridge then checks that transformed path, so the valid input can appear as a nonexistent file and the plan returns no files.

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-    } else if (ch === "\\" && i + 1 < text.length) {
+    } else if (
+      ch === "\\" &&
+      i + 1 < text.length &&
+      /[\s"'\\]/.test(text[i + 1]!)
+    ) {
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In `@skills/remove-ai-marks/tui/src/prompt.ts` around lines 15 - 58, Update the
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