Feature: In-TUI session management commands (/sessions list, browse, delete, etc.)

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Feature Description

Currently, the Hermes TUI has great slash commands for session control within a conversation (/new, /resume, /branch, /title, /compress, /history, etc.). But when you want to browse all sessions, delete old ones, rename them, or export them, you have to exit the TUI entirely and drop back to the WSL/terminal CLI:

hermes sessions list
hermes sessions browse
hermes sessions delete <id>
hermes sessions rename <id> <name>
hermes sessions export <path>
hermes sessions prune

This breaks the experience — it feels like using a software where you have to quit to the OS terminal just to manage your files.

Motivation

• Hermes is already an application; session management should be doable inside it
• The TUI already has a rich slash-command system — this is a natural extension
• /sessions would make Hermes feel like a complete standalone tool, not a CLI wrapper

Proposed Solution

A /sessions slash command that opens an interactive TUI panel (similar to hermes sessions browse but inside the current TUI session), supporting:

1. List view — all sessions sorted by date, showing title, message count, date, model
2. Arrow-key navigation — ↑↓ to select, Enter to switch into that session
3. Keyboard shortcuts — d to delete, r to rename, e to export
4. Search/filter — type to filter session list by keyword
5. Subcommands for quick operations without opening the panel:
   • /sessions list — inline list in chat
   • /sessions delete <id> — quick delete
   • /sessions prune — cleanup old sessions

Alternatives Considered

1. Keep using hermes sessions CLI → breaks the TUI immersion
2. Ask the agent to run CLI commands for you → works, but not interactive/visual enough

Mockup

┌─ Sessions ──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🔍 Filter: [                                          ] │
│                                                       │
│  ▶ 2026-07-01  hermes setup           42 msgs  deep  │
│    2026-06-30  debug cron job         18 msgs  claude │
│    2026-06-28  research GRPO           8 msgs  claude │
│                                                       │
│  [Enter] Open  [d] Delete  [r] Rename  [e] Export     │
│  [Esc] Back                                           │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Summary

One PR addresses #56280. #56628 adds in-TUI routing for session list, delete, rename, and prune commands plus stable numbered selection, but it does not implement the issue's full interactive management panel, search/filtering, keyboard-driven controls, or export support.

Related pull requests

• feat(cli): expand /sessions with delete, rename, prune subcommands #56628 best fix — (+511/-29) — partial fix and best existing fix: the diff routes session-management subcommands through the TUI slash worker, implements list/delete/rename/prune in the classic CLI, preserves displayed session IDs for selection, and adds confirmation and regression coverage. Consistent with the contributor's keep_open review, the revised diff addresses the review's routing, row-selection, and prune-parsing blockers, while the broader interactive panel and export functionality remain absent.

Suggested consolidation

Keep #56628 open with a salvage path as the best existing fix: retain its tested TUI-to-slash-worker routing, session-management subcommands, exact-ID selection, and destructive-operation guards, while narrowing its claim against #56280 or following up with the missing interactive panel and export functionality. There are no competing PRs to close as duplicates.

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