app/cli/commands/ask-post.ts

Ladder Summary

file The file implements a CLI command that posts an **Ask** directly into a lane’s queue. It exports the `AskPostOptions` interface (defining optional fields such as `kind`, `from`, `description`, `payload`, and `priority`) and the `askPost(repoSlug, laneId, options)` async function, which resolves the repository, builds a payload (parsing JSON or using a description), calls the engine’s `ask` function, and prints a confirmation with the new ask’s ID, kind and source.

// `zz ask post <repo> <lane>`: lets a human post an Ask into a Lane's

// queue directly, without writing a throwaway script -- mainly for

// driving/testing `zz work`'s loop by hand (propose some work, watch an

// agent pick it up).

import { resolveRepo } from "../lib/repo.js";

import { ask } from "../../engine/lane.js";

import type { AskKind } from "../../engine/types.js";

export interface AskPostOptions {

kind?: string;

from?: string;

description?: string;

payload?: string;

priority?: number;

}

export async function askPost(repoSlug: string, laneId: string, options: AskPostOptions): Promise<void> {

const repo = resolveRepo(repoSlug);

const kind = (options.kind ?? "work") as AskKind;

const from = options.from ?? "human";

let payload: unknown;

if (options.payload) {

payload = JSON.parse(options.payload);

} else if (options.description) {

payload = { description: options.description };

}

const posted = await ask(repo.slug, laneId, { kind, from, payload, priority: options.priority });

console.log(`posted ${posted.id} (kind "${kind}", from "${from}") into ${repoSlug}/${laneId}`);

}