From 465b4a0c3cfb79e945a349f2b3e743a8447f114d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Valentin <william.valentin.info@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:35:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add /backend command parsing

Add support for /backend command to show or switch local backend providers. Follows the same pattern as /model command with optional argument support.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts |  9 +++++++++
 src/frontends/tui/commands.ts      | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts b/src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts
index 917b408..dea4267 100644
--- a/src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts
+++ b/src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ describe('parseCommand', () => {
     expect(parseCommand('/model opus')).toEqual({ type: 'model', name: 'opus' });
   });
 
+  it('parses /backend command without argument', () => {
+    expect(parseCommand('/backend')).toEqual({ type: 'backend' });
+  });
+
+  it('parses /backend command with argument', () => {
+    expect(parseCommand('/backend llamacpp')).toEqual({ type: 'backend', provider: 'llamacpp' });
+    expect(parseCommand('/backend ollama')).toEqual({ type: 'backend', provider: 'ollama' });
+  });
+
   it('parses /transfer command', () => {
     expect(parseCommand('/transfer telegram')).toEqual({ type: 'transfer', target: 'telegram' });
   });
diff --git a/src/frontends/tui/commands.ts b/src/frontends/tui/commands.ts
index 015f4e7..7602f4e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/tui/commands.ts
+++ b/src/frontends/tui/commands.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export type Command =
   | { type: 'status' }
   | { type: 'fullscreen' }
   | { type: 'model'; name?: string }
+  | { type: 'backend'; provider?: string }
   | { type: 'transfer'; target: string }
   | { type: 'message'; content: string };
 
@@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ export function parseCommand(input: string): Command | null {
     return { type: 'model', name };
   }
 
+  // Backend (with optional argument)
+  if (trimmed === '/backend') {
+    return { type: 'backend' };
+  }
+  if (trimmed.startsWith('/backend ')) {
+    const provider = trimmed.slice('/backend '.length).trim();
+    return { type: 'backend', provider };
+  }
+
   // Transfer
   if (trimmed.startsWith('/transfer ')) {
     const target = trimmed.slice('/transfer '.length).trim();
@@ -61,6 +71,7 @@ export function getHelpText(): string {
 Commands:
   /help, /?          Show this help
   /model [name]      Show or switch model (local, default, fast, complex)
+  /backend [provider]    Show or switch local backend (ollama, llamacpp)
   /reset, /clear     Clear conversation history
   /status            Show session info and token usage
   /fullscreen, /fs   Switch to fullscreen mode