when the AI edits a file it now triggers a rebuild and the AI gets the tool output

frontend/app/aipanel/aipanel.tsx

@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ const AIPanelComponentInner = memo(() => {
         return false;
     };
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        globalStore.set(model.isAIStreaming, status == "streaming");
+    }, [status]);
+
     useEffect(() => {
         const keyHandler = keydownWrapper(handleKeyDown);
         document.addEventListener("keydown", keyHandler);

frontend/app/aipanel/waveai-model.tsx

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export class WaveAIModel {
     realMessage: AIMessage | null = null;
     orefContext: ORef;
     inBuilder: boolean = false;
+    isAIStreaming = jotai.atom(false);
 
     widgetAccessAtom!: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
     droppedFiles: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<DroppedFile[]> = jotai.atom([]);

frontend/app/store/wshclientapi.ts

@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ class RpcApiType {
         return client.wshRpcCall("resolveids", data, opts);
     }
 
+    // command "restartbuilderandwait" [call]
+    RestartBuilderAndWaitCommand(client: WshClient, data: CommandRestartBuilderAndWaitData, opts?: RpcOpts): Promise<RestartBuilderAndWaitResult> {
+        return client.wshRpcCall("restartbuilderandwait", data, opts);
+    }
+
     // command "routeannounce" [call]
     RouteAnnounceCommand(client: WshClient, opts?: RpcOpts): Promise<void> {
         return client.wshRpcCall("routeannounce", null, opts);

frontend/builder/store/builder-apppanel-model.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ export class BuilderAppPanelModel {
             scope: appId,
             handler: () => {
                 this.loadAppFile(appId);
-                this.debouncedRestart();
             },
         });
     }

frontend/builder/tabs/builder-previewtab.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2025, Command Line Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+import { WaveAIModel } from "@/app/aipanel/waveai-model";
 import { BuilderAppPanelModel } from "@/builder/store/builder-apppanel-model";
+import { BuilderBuildPanelModel } from "@/builder/store/builder-buildpanel-model";
 import { atoms } from "@/store/global";
 import { useAtomValue } from "jotai";
 import { memo, useState } from "react";
@@ -30,6 +32,29 @@ EmptyStateView.displayName = "EmptyStateView";
 
 const ErrorStateView = memo(({ errorMsg }: { errorMsg: string }) => {
     const displayMsg = errorMsg && errorMsg.trim() ? errorMsg : "Unknown Error";
+    const waveAIModel = WaveAIModel.getInstance();
+    const buildPanelModel = BuilderBuildPanelModel.getInstance();
+    const outputLines = useAtomValue(buildPanelModel.outputLines);
+    const isStreaming = useAtomValue(waveAIModel.isAIStreaming);
+
+    const getBuildContext = () => {
+        const filteredLines = outputLines.filter((line) => !line.startsWith("[debug]"));
+        const buildOutput = filteredLines.join("\n").trim();
+        return `Build Error:\n\`\`\`\n${displayMsg}\n\`\`\`\n\nBuild Output:\n\`\`\`\n${buildOutput}\n\`\`\``;
+    };
+
+    const handleAddToContext = () => {
+        const context = getBuildContext();
+        waveAIModel.appendText(context, true);
+        waveAIModel.focusInput();
+    };
+
+    const handleAskAIToFix = async () => {
+        const context = getBuildContext();
+        waveAIModel.appendText("Please help me fix this build error:\n\n" + context, true);
+        await waveAIModel.handleSubmit();
+    };
+
     return (
         <div className="w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center bg-background">
             <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-6 max-w-2xl text-center px-8">
@@ -38,6 +63,22 @@ const ErrorStateView = memo(({ errorMsg }: { errorMsg: string }) => {
                     <div className="text-left bg-panel border border-error/30 rounded-lg p-4 max-h-96 overflow-auto">
                         <pre className="text-sm text-secondary whitespace-pre-wrap font-mono">{displayMsg}</pre>
                     </div>
+                    {!isStreaming && (
+                        <div className="flex gap-3 mt-2 justify-center">
+                            <button
+                                onClick={handleAddToContext}
+                                className="px-4 py-2 bg-panel text-primary border border-border rounded hover:bg-panel/80 transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+                            >
+                                Add Error to AI Context
+                            </button>
+                            <button
+                                onClick={handleAskAIToFix}
+                                className="px-4 py-2 bg-accent text-primary font-semibold rounded hover:bg-accent/80 transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+                            >
+                                Ask AI to Fix
+                            </button>
+                        </div>
+                    )}
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>

frontend/types/gotypes.d.ts

@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ declare global {
         resolvedids: {[key: string]: ORef};
     };
 
+    // wshrpc.CommandRestartBuilderAndWaitData
+    type CommandRestartBuilderAndWaitData = {
+        builderid: string;
+    };
+
     // wshrpc.CommandSetMetaData
     type CommandSetMetaData = {
         oref: ORef;
@@ -909,6 +914,13 @@ declare global {
         shell: string;
     };
 
+    // wshrpc.RestartBuilderAndWaitResult
+    type RestartBuilderAndWaitResult = {
+        success: boolean;
+        errormessage?: string;
+        buildoutput: string;
+    };
+
     // wshutil.RpcMessage
     type RpcMessage = {
         command?: string;

pkg/aiusechat/tools_builder.go

@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@
 package aiusechat
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/aiusechat/uctypes"
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/buildercontroller"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/util/fileutil"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/util/utilfn"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/waveappstore"
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/waveobj"
 	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/wps"
+	"github.com/wavetermdev/waveterm/pkg/wstore"
 )
 
 const BuilderAppFileName = "app.go"
@@ -19,6 +25,35 @@ type builderWriteAppFileParams struct {
 	Contents string `json:"contents"`
 }
 
+func triggerBuildAndWait(builderId string, appId string) map[string]any {
+	bc := buildercontroller.GetOrCreateController(builderId)
+	rtInfo := wstore.GetRTInfo(waveobj.MakeORef(waveobj.OType_Builder, builderId))
+
+	var builderEnv map[string]string
+	if rtInfo != nil {
+		builderEnv = rtInfo.BuilderEnv
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	result, err := bc.RestartAndWaitForBuild(ctx, appId, builderEnv)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Build failed for %s: %v", builderId, err)
+		return map[string]any{
+			"build_success": false,
+			"build_error":   err.Error(),
+			"build_output":  "",
+		}
+	}
+
+	return map[string]any{
+		"build_success": result.Success,
+		"build_error":   result.ErrorMessage,
+		"build_output":  result.BuildOutput,
+	}
+}
+
 func parseBuilderWriteAppFileInput(input any) (*builderWriteAppFileParams, error) {
 	result := &builderWriteAppFileParams{}
 
@@ -37,7 +72,7 @@ func parseBuilderWriteAppFileInput(input any) (*builderWriteAppFileParams, error
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func GetBuilderWriteAppFileToolDefinition(appId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
+func GetBuilderWriteAppFileToolDefinition(appId string, builderId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
 	return uctypes.ToolDefinition{
 		Name:        "builder_write_app_file",
 		DisplayName: "Write App File",
@@ -74,10 +109,19 @@ func GetBuilderWriteAppFileToolDefinition(appId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
 				Scopes: []string{appId},
 			})
 
-			return map[string]any{
+			result := map[string]any{
 				"success": true,
 				"message": fmt.Sprintf("Successfully wrote %s", BuilderAppFileName),
-			}, nil
+			}
+
+			if builderId != "" {
+				buildResult := triggerBuildAndWait(builderId, appId)
+				result["build_success"] = buildResult["build_success"]
+				result["build_error"] = buildResult["build_error"]
+				result["build_output"] = buildResult["build_output"]
+			}
+
+			return result, nil
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -104,7 +148,7 @@ func parseBuilderEditAppFileInput(input any) (*builderEditAppFileParams, error)
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(appId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
+func GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(appId string, builderId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
 	return uctypes.ToolDefinition{
 		Name:        "builder_edit_app_file",
 		DisplayName: "Edit App File",
@@ -147,7 +191,12 @@ func GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(appId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Sprintf("error parsing input: %v", err)
 			}
-			return fmt.Sprintf("editing app.go for %s (%d edits)", appId, len(params.Edits))
+			numEdits := len(params.Edits)
+			editStr := "edits"
+			if numEdits == 1 {
+				editStr = "edit"
+			}
+			return fmt.Sprintf("editing app.go for %s (%d %s)", appId, numEdits, editStr)
 		},
 		ToolAnyCallback: func(input any, toolUseData *uctypes.UIMessageDataToolUse) (any, error) {
 			params, err := parseBuilderEditAppFileInput(input)
@@ -165,10 +214,19 @@ func GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(appId string) uctypes.ToolDefinition {
 				Scopes: []string{appId},
 			})
 
-			return map[string]any{
+			result := map[string]any{
 				"success": true,
 				"message": fmt.Sprintf("Successfully edited %s with %d changes", BuilderAppFileName, len(params.Edits)),
-			}, nil
+			}
+
+			if builderId != "" {
+				buildResult := triggerBuildAndWait(builderId, appId)
+				result["build_success"] = buildResult["build_success"]
+				result["build_error"] = buildResult["build_error"]
+				result["build_output"] = buildResult["build_output"]
+			}
+
+			return result, nil
 		},
 	}
 }

pkg/aiusechat/usechat.go

@@ -717,8 +717,8 @@ func WaveAIPostMessageHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	if req.BuilderAppId != "" {
 		chatOpts.Tools = append(chatOpts.Tools,
-			GetBuilderWriteAppFileToolDefinition(req.BuilderAppId),
-			GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(req.BuilderAppId),
+			GetBuilderWriteAppFileToolDefinition(req.BuilderAppId, req.BuilderId),
+			GetBuilderEditAppFileToolDefinition(req.BuilderAppId, req.BuilderId),
 			GetBuilderListFilesToolDefinition(req.BuilderAppId),
 		)
 	}