Skip initial prompt in agentic search when query is provided

- agentic search run from panel view, should not show the user the query, unles instructions are empty, then let them enter them

└── apps
    └── editor
        ├── package.json
        └── src
            ├── commands
            │   └── agentic-search-command
            │       ├── agentic-search-command.ts
            │       └── index.ts
            ├── constants
            │   └── state-keys.ts
            ├── extension.ts
            ├── features
            │   └── agentic-search
            │       ├── agentic-search-state.ts
            │       ├── agentic-search.ts
            │       ├── index.ts
            │       └── utils
            │           ├── build-agent-prompt.ts
            │           ├── index.ts
            │           └── prompt-for-search-term.ts
            ├── utils
            │   └── agentic-cli-invocation
            │       ├── agents
            │       │   ├── antigravity.ts
            │       │   ├── claude.ts
            │       │   ├── codex.ts
            │       │   ├── cursor.ts
            │       │   ├── grok.ts
            │       │   ├── index.ts
            │       │   └── opencode.ts
            │       ├── index.ts
            │       ├── invoke-agentic-cli.ts
            │       ├── types.ts
            │       └── utils
            │           ├── check-command-exists.ts
            │           ├── format-duration.ts
            │           ├── generate-diff-markdown.ts
            │           └── get-progress-dots.ts
            └── views
                └── prompt
                    ├── backend
                    │   ├── message-handlers
                    │   │   └── handle-agentic-search.ts
                    │   └── prompt-view-provider.ts
                    ├── frontend
                    │   ├── Main
                    │   │   ├── Main.tsx
                    │   │   └── MainView
                    │   │       ├── MainView.tsx
                    │   │       ├── components
                    │   │       │   └── PromptAttachments
                    │   │       │       ├── PromptAttachments.tsx
                    │   │       │       └── index.ts
                    │   │       └── hooks
                    │   │           └── use-keyboard-shortcuts.ts
                    │   ├── Prompt.tsx
                    │   ├── hooks
                    │   │   └── use-prompt
                    │   │       └── use-prompt.ts
                    │   └── i18n
                    │       └── translations
                    │           └── selected-files.ts
                    └── types
                        └── messages.ts

Author: robertpiosik

apps/editor/src/features/agentic-search/agentic-search.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export const agentic_search = async (params: {
   websocket_manager: WebSocketManager
   query: string
   current_instructions: string
+  skip_prompt_if_not_empty?: boolean
 }): Promise<
   | { selected_paths: string[]; matched_paths: string[]; title: string }
   | undefined
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const agentic_search = async (params: {
   }
 
   let query = params.query
+  let first_run = true
 
   while (true) {
     const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('codeWebChat')
@@ -60,19 +62,28 @@ export const agentic_search = async (params: {
       invocation_count,
       build_prompt: async () => {
         while (true) {
-          const query_result = await prompt_for_search_term(query, {
-            show_back_button: true
-          })
+          if (
+            first_run &&
+            params.skip_prompt_if_not_empty &&
+            query.trim() !== ''
+          ) {
+            first_run = false
+          } else {
+            const query_result = await prompt_for_search_term(query, {
+              show_back_button: true
+            })
 
-          if (query_result.back) {
-            return 'back'
-          }
+            if (query_result.back) {
+              return 'back'
+            }
 
-          if (query_result.value === undefined) {
-            return undefined
-          }
+            if (query_result.value === undefined) {
+              return undefined
+            }
 
-          query = query_result.value
+            query = query_result.value
+          }
+          first_run = false
 
           if (query.trim() == '') {
             continue

apps/editor/src/views/prompt/backend/message-handlers/handle-agentic-search.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export const handle_agentic_search = async (
       extension_context: prompt_view_provider.extension_context,
       websocket_manager: prompt_view_provider.websocket_server_instance,
       query: initial_query,
-      current_instructions
+      current_instructions,
+      skip_prompt_if_not_empty: true
     })
 
     if (!result || result === 'back') return