Added bang(!) commands as a shell passthrough

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/passthroughCommandProcessor.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Config } from '@gemini-code/server';
 import { type PartListUnion } from '@google/genai';
 import { HistoryItem, StreamingState } from '../types.js';
+import { getCommandFromQuery } from '../utils/commandUtils.js';
 
 // Helper function (consider moving to a shared util if used elsewhere)
 const addHistoryItem = (
@@ -40,15 +41,14 @@ export const usePassthroughProcessor = (
         return false;
       }
 
-      // Passthrough commands don't start with special characters like '/' or '@'
-      if (trimmedQuery.startsWith('/') || trimmedQuery.startsWith('@')) {
+      const [symbol, command] = getCommandFromQuery(trimmedQuery);
+
+      // Passthrough commands don't start with symbol
+      if (symbol !== undefined) {
         return false;
       }
 
-      const commandParts = trimmedQuery.split(/\s+/);
-      const commandName = commandParts[0];
-
-      if (config.getPassthroughCommands().includes(commandName)) {
+      if (config.getPassthroughCommands().includes(command)) {
         // Add user message *before* execution starts
         const userMessageTimestamp = Date.now();
         addHistoryItem(
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export const usePassthroughProcessor = (
         // Execute and capture output
         const targetDir = config.getTargetDir();
         setDebugMessage(
-          `Executing shell command in ${targetDir}: ${trimmedQuery}`,
+          `Executing pass through command in ${targetDir}: ${trimmedQuery}`,
         );
         const execOptions = {
           cwd: targetDir,

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { exec as _exec } from 'child_process';
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { Config } from '@gemini-code/server';
+import { type PartListUnion } from '@google/genai';
+import { HistoryItem, StreamingState } from '../types.js';
+import { getCommandFromQuery } from '../utils/commandUtils.js';
+
+// Helper function (consider moving to a shared util if used elsewhere)
+const addHistoryItem = (
+  setHistory: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<HistoryItem[]>>,
+  itemData: Omit<HistoryItem, 'id'>,
+  id: number,
+) => {
+  setHistory((prevHistory) => [
+    ...prevHistory,
+    { ...itemData, id } as HistoryItem,
+  ]);
+};
+
+export const useShellCommandProcessor = (
+  setHistory: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<HistoryItem[]>>,
+  setStreamingState: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<StreamingState>>,
+  setDebugMessage: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string>>,
+  getNextMessageId: (baseTimestamp: number) => number,
+  config: Config,
+) => {
+  const handleShellCommand = useCallback(
+    (rawQuery: PartListUnion): boolean => {
+      if (typeof rawQuery !== 'string') {
+        return false; // Passthrough only works with string commands
+      }
+
+      const [symbol] = getCommandFromQuery(rawQuery);
+      if (symbol !== '!' && symbol !== '$') {
+        return false;
+      }
+      // Remove symbol from rawQuery
+      const trimmed = rawQuery.trim().slice(1);
+
+      // Add user message *before* execution starts
+      const userMessageTimestamp = Date.now();
+      addHistoryItem(
+        setHistory,
+        { type: 'user', text: rawQuery },
+        userMessageTimestamp,
+      );
+
+      // Execute and capture output
+      const targetDir = config.getTargetDir();
+      setDebugMessage(`Executing shell command in ${targetDir}: ${trimmed}`);
+      const execOptions = {
+        cwd: targetDir,
+      };
+
+      // Set state to Responding while the command runs
+      setStreamingState(StreamingState.Responding);
+
+      _exec(trimmed, execOptions, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        const timestamp = getNextMessageId(userMessageTimestamp); // Use user message time as base
+        if (error) {
+          addHistoryItem(
+            setHistory,
+            { type: 'error', text: error.message },
+            timestamp,
+          );
+        } else if (stderr) {
+          // Treat stderr as info for passthrough, as some tools use it for non-error output
+          addHistoryItem(setHistory, { type: 'info', text: stderr }, timestamp);
+        } else {
+          // Add stdout as an info message
+          addHistoryItem(
+            setHistory,
+            { type: 'info', text: stdout || '(Command produced no output)' },
+            timestamp,
+          );
+        }
+        // Set state back to Idle *after* command finishes and output is added
+        setStreamingState(StreamingState.Idle);
+      });
+
+      return true; // Command was handled
+    },
+    [config, setDebugMessage, setHistory, setStreamingState, getNextMessageId],
+  );
+
+  return { handleShellCommand };
+};

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { type PartListUnion } from '@google/genai';
 import { HistoryItem } from '../types.js';
-import { isSlashCommand } from '../utils/commandUtils.js';
+import { getCommandFromQuery } from '../utils/commandUtils.js';
 
 export interface SlashCommand {
   name: string; // slash command
@@ -88,30 +88,31 @@ export const useSlashCommandProcessor = (
     // Removed /theme command, handled in App.tsx
   ];
 
-  // Checks if the query is a slash command and executes it if it is.
+  // Checks if the query is a slash command and executes the command if it is.
   const handleSlashCommand = useCallback(
     (rawQuery: PartListUnion): boolean => {
       if (typeof rawQuery !== 'string') {
         return false;
       }
 
-      const trimmedQuery = rawQuery.trim();
-      if (!isSlashCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
-        return false; // Not a slash command
+      const trimmed = rawQuery.trim();
+      const [symbol, test] = getCommandFromQuery(trimmed);
+
+      // Skip non slash commands
+      if (symbol !== '/') {
+        return false;
       }
 
-      const commandName = trimmedQuery.slice(1).split(/\s+/)[0]; // Get command name after '/'
-
       for (const cmd of slashCommands) {
-        if (commandName === cmd.name) {
+        if (test === cmd.name) {
           // Add user message *before* execution
           const userMessageTimestamp = Date.now();
           addHistoryItem(
             setHistory,
-            { type: 'user', text: trimmedQuery },
+            { type: 'user', text: trimmed },
             userMessageTimestamp,
           );
-          cmd.action(trimmedQuery);
+          cmd.action(trimmed);
           return true; // Command was handled
         }
       }

packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
 } from '../types.js';
 import { isAtCommand } from '../utils/commandUtils.js'; // Import the @ command checker
 import { useSlashCommandProcessor } from './slashCommandProcessor.js';
+import { useShellCommandProcessor } from './shellCommandProcessor.js';
 import { usePassthroughProcessor } from './passthroughCommandProcessor.js';
 import { handleAtCommand } from './atCommandProcessor.js'; // Import the @ command handler
 import { findSafeSplitPoint } from '../utils/markdownUtilities.js'; // Import the split point finder
@@ -75,6 +76,14 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
     getNextMessageId,
   );
 
+  const { handleShellCommand } = useShellCommandProcessor(
+    setHistory,
+    setStreamingState,
+    setDebugMessage,
+    getNextMessageId,
+    config,
+  );
+
   const { handlePassthroughCommand } = usePassthroughProcessor(
     setHistory,
     setStreamingState,
@@ -154,14 +163,19 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
         const trimmedQuery = query.trim();
         setDebugMessage(`User query: '${trimmedQuery}'`);
 
-        // 1. Check for Slash Commands
+        // 1. Check for Slash Commands (/)
         if (handleSlashCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
-          return; // Handled, exit
+          return;
         }
 
-        // 2. Check for Passthrough Commands
+        // 2. Check for Shell Commands (! or $)
+        if (handleShellCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // 3. Check for Passthrough Commands
         if (handlePassthroughCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
-          return; // Handled, exit
+          return;
         }
 
         // 3. Check for @ Commands using the utility function