feat(response-viewer): add a Copy Markdown button

.changeset/response-copy-markdown.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"aicodeman": patch
+---
+
+Response viewer: add a Copy Markdown button that copies the raw source of the newest answer (every part of its turn), so headings, lists and code fences paste intact. An empty viewer and a refused clipboard both say so.

docs/wiki/Mobile-Guide.md

@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ Setup in [Notifications And Approvals](Notifications-And-Approvals).
 ## Reading long answers
 
 The terminal viewport is small. **Last Response** (opt-in header button) renders the agent's
-last answer as scrollable text instead, with a **More** button for additional context.
-Persian, Arabic and Hebrew answers read right to left there.
+last answer as scrollable text instead, with a **More** button for additional context and a
+**Copy Markdown** button for its raw source. Persian, Arabic and Hebrew answers read right to
+left there.
 
 The [File Viewer](Working-With-Files) works on phones too, including edit mode, which is
 enough to fix a typo an agent introduced while you are away from your desk.

docs/wiki/Watching-Agents-Work.md

@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ Turning on either starts the watcher.
 
 **Last Response** (header button, opt-in) renders the agent's last answer as scrollable text
 rather than terminal output. It exists mostly for phones, where reading a long answer in a
-terminal viewport is painful. **More** loads additional context. Persian, Arabic and Hebrew
-answers read right to left here, which the terminal cannot do, while code and the file paths
-it links stay left to right.
+terminal viewport is painful. **More** loads additional context. **Copy Markdown** copies the
+newest answer's raw Markdown, every part of its turn, so headings, lists and code fences paste
+intact (the same answer in both views; tool and status blocks are left out). Persian, Arabic
+and Hebrew answers read right to left here, which the terminal cannot do, while code and the
+file paths it links stay left to right.
 
 ## After the fact
 

src/web/public/app.js

@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ class CodemanApp {
     this.terminal = null;
     this.fitAddon = null;
     this.activeSessionId = null;
+    this._responseViewerMarkdown = '';
 
     // ── Session detach / undock (beta) ───────────────────────────────────
     // A "solo window" is a popped-out browser window showing exactly one
@@ -2948,12 +2949,7 @@ class CodemanApp {
         ev.stopPropagation();
         const code = copyBtn.closest('.rv-code-wrap')?.querySelector('pre code');
         const ok = code ? await this._copyText(code.textContent || '') : false;
-        copyBtn.classList.remove('rv-copied', 'rv-copy-failed');
-        copyBtn.classList.add(ok ? 'rv-copied' : 'rv-copy-failed');
-        clearTimeout(copyBtn._resetTimer);
-        copyBtn._resetTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-          copyBtn.classList.remove('rv-copied', 'rv-copy-failed');
-        }, 1500);
+        this._setCopyControlState(copyBtn, ok);
         return;
       }
 
@@ -2997,6 +2993,50 @@ class CodemanApp {
     }
   }
 
+  _setCopyControlState(btn, success) {
+    if (!btn) return;
+    btn.classList.remove('rv-copied', 'rv-copy-failed');
+    btn.classList.add(success ? 'rv-copied' : 'rv-copy-failed');
+    clearTimeout(btn._resetTimer);
+    btn._resetTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      btn.classList.remove('rv-copied', 'rv-copy-failed');
+    }, 1500);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The raw Markdown of the newest answer in a message list: every row of its
+   * turn, or the last row when the reader emits no numeric turns (Codex, the
+   * pane parser). Tool and status blocks share the assistant role but are not
+   * the answer.
+   */
+  _responseViewerMarkdownFrom(messages) {
+    const answers = messages.filter(
+      (msg) => msg && msg.role === 'assistant' && (!msg.kind || msg.kind === 'response') && msg.text?.trim()
+    );
+    const last = answers[answers.length - 1];
+    if (!last) return '';
+    if (typeof last.turn !== 'number') return last.text;
+    return answers
+      .filter((msg) => msg.turn === last.turn)
+      .map((msg) => msg.text)
+      .join('\n\n');
+  }
+
+  /** Copy the raw Markdown source of the answer the response viewer is showing. */
+  async copyResponseViewerMarkdown() {
+    const button = document.getElementById('responseViewerCopyMarkdown');
+    const markdown = this._responseViewerMarkdown || '';
+    if (!markdown) {
+      this._setCopyControlState(button, false);
+      this.showToast('No response content to copy', 'warning');
+      return;
+    }
+    const copied = await this._copyText(markdown);
+    this._setCopyControlState(button, copied);
+    if (copied) this.showToast('Copied response as Markdown', 'success');
+    else this.showToast('Failed to copy response as Markdown', 'error');
+  }
+
   /** Build one response-viewer message so the brief and full views share markup and CSS. */
   _buildResponseViewerMessage(text, role, agentLabel, meta) {
     const div = document.createElement('div');
@@ -3239,6 +3279,8 @@ class CodemanApp {
         }
       }
 
+      this._responseViewerMarkdown = this._responseViewerMarkdownFrom(turnMessages) || lastResponse;
+
       const body = document.getElementById('responseViewerBody');
       if (turnMessages.length > 0) {
         // The whole last turn, rendered exactly as the full view renders that
@@ -3318,6 +3360,9 @@ class CodemanApp {
         return;
       }
 
+      // Keep the brief view's answer when this history holds none of its own.
+      this._responseViewerMarkdown = this._responseViewerMarkdownFrom(messages) || this._responseViewerMarkdown;
+
       // Render conversation thread
       const agentLabel = this._getResponseViewerAgentLabel();
       body.innerHTML = '';

src/web/public/i18n.js

@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@
     'No full conversation history available for this session': '此会话没有可显示的完整对话历史',
     'Last Response': '最近一次回复',
     More: '更多',
+    'Copy Markdown': '复制 Markdown',
+    'Copy response as Markdown': '将回复复制为 Markdown',
+    'Copied response as Markdown': '已将回复复制为 Markdown',
+    'Failed to copy response as Markdown': '无法将回复复制为 Markdown',
+    'No response content to copy': '没有可复制的回复内容',
     'Codeman version': '{name}版本',
     Stop: '停止',
     Watching: '监视中',

src/web/public/index.html

@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ <h3 class="history-title" id="historyTitle">Resume Conversation</h3>
         <span id="responseViewerTitle">Last Response</span>
         <div class="response-viewer-actions">
           <button class="response-viewer-more" id="responseViewerMore" onclick="app.loadFullContext()">More</button>
+          <button class="response-viewer-more response-viewer-copy-markdown" id="responseViewerCopyMarkdown" type="button" onclick="app.copyResponseViewerMarkdown()" title="Copy response as Markdown" aria-label="Copy response as Markdown">Copy Markdown</button>
           <button class="response-viewer-close" onclick="app.toggleResponseViewer()">&times;</button>
         </div>
       </div>

src/web/public/mobile.css

@@ -1776,6 +1776,27 @@ html.mobile-init .file-browser-panel {
     max-height: 92dvh;
   }
 
+  .response-viewer-header {
+    gap: 8px;
+    padding: 12px;
+  }
+
+  .response-viewer-header > span {
+    min-width: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+  }
+
+  .response-viewer-actions {
+    flex-shrink: 0;
+    gap: 4px;
+  }
+
+  .response-viewer-more {
+    padding: 3px 7px;
+  }
+
   .response-viewer-body {
     font-size: 14.5px;
     line-height: 1.65;

src/web/public/styles.css

@@ -14924,6 +14924,20 @@ html:is([data-skin="paper-gray"], [data-skin="solarized-light"], [data-skin="cat
   background: var(--control-bg-hover);
 }
 
+.response-viewer-copy-markdown {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.response-viewer-copy-markdown.rv-copied {
+  color: var(--green);
+  border-color: var(--green);
+}
+
+.response-viewer-copy-markdown.rv-copy-failed {
+  color: var(--red);
+  border-color: var(--red);
+}
+
 .response-viewer-close {
   background: none;
   border: none;