fix(tui): narrow tool inventory query detection

src/daemon/routing.test.ts

@@ -1134,6 +1134,78 @@ describe('daemon external backend integration', () => {
     expect(reply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ text: 'Available tools (authoritative):\n- file.read' }));
   });
 
+  it('does not force native processing for incidental tool wording', async () => {
+    const processSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentOrchestrator.prototype, 'process')
+      .mockResolvedValue('native response');
+    const history: Array<{ role: 'user' | 'assistant'; content: string }> = [];
+    const session = {
+      id: 'telegram:external-incidental-tool',
+      addMessage: vi.fn((msg: { role: 'user' | 'assistant'; content: string }) => {
+        history.push(msg);
+        return msg;
+      }),
+      getHistory: vi.fn(() => [...history]),
+      clear: vi.fn(),
+      replaceHistory: vi.fn(),
+      getConfig: vi.fn(() => undefined),
+      setConfig: vi.fn(),
+      deleteConfig: vi.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const externalBackend = {
+      name: 'codex',
+      process: vi.fn(async () => 'external backend response'),
+    };
+
+    const router = createMessageRouter({
+      sessionManager: {
+        getSession: vi.fn(() => session),
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['sessionManager'],
+      modelRouter: {
+        getAvailableTiers: () => ['fast', 'default', 'complex', 'local'],
+        getAllLabels: () => ({ fast: 'fast', default: 'default', complex: 'complex', local: 'local' }),
+        getLabel: (tier: string) => tier,
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['modelRouter'],
+      systemPrompt: 'test prompt',
+      toolRegistry: {
+        clone() { return this; },
+        register: vi.fn(),
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['toolRegistry'],
+      toolExecutor: {} as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['toolExecutor'],
+      config: {
+        agents: {
+          primary_tier: 'default',
+          delegation: {
+            compaction: 'fast',
+            memory_extraction: 'fast',
+            classification: 'fast',
+            tool_summarisation: 'fast',
+            complex_reasoning: 'complex',
+          },
+          max_delegation_depth: 3,
+          max_iterations: 10,
+        },
+        compaction: { enabled: false },
+        models: { default: { provider: 'anthropic', model: 'claude' } },
+      } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['config'],
+      externalBackends: { codex: externalBackend } as unknown as MessageRouterDeps['externalBackends'],
+      defaultName: 'codex',
+    });
+
+    const reply = vi.fn(async (_message: OutboundMessage) => {});
+    await router.handler({
+      id: 'm-external-incidental-tool',
+      channel: 'telegram',
+      senderId: 'external-incidental-tool',
+      text: 'The json by default is up to you, same as for gemini, codex is your tool, so decide what format is best for you to deal with.',
+      timestamp: Date.now(),
+    } as MessageRouterInput, reply);
+
+    expect(externalBackend.process).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(processSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(reply).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ text: 'external backend response' }));
+  });
+
   it('falls back to native processing when external backend fails', async () => {
     const processSpy = vi.spyOn(AgentOrchestrator.prototype, 'process')
       .mockResolvedValue('native fallback response');

src/daemon/routing.ts

@@ -146,16 +146,21 @@ function shouldForceNativeForCapabilityQuery(text: string): boolean {
   if (!normalized) {
     return false;
   }
-  return (
+  if (
     normalized.includes('available tools')
     || normalized.includes('what tools')
     || normalized.includes('which tools')
     || normalized.includes('tool list')
     || normalized.includes('list tools')
-    || normalized.includes('your tools')
     || normalized.includes('what can you do')
-    || normalized.includes('can you do')
+  ) {
-    || normalized.includes('capabilities')
+    return true;
+  }
+  return (
+    /\b(?:show|list|check)\s+(?:me\s+)?(?:your\s+)?(?:available\s+|new\s+)?tools?\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\b(?:what|which)\s+tools?\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\btools?\s+(?:do\s+you\s+have|are\s+available)\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\b(?:show|list|what\s+are)\s+(?:your\s+)?capabilities\b/.test(normalized)
   );
 }
 

src/frontends/tui/commands.test.ts

@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ describe('getCommandCompletions', () => {
 
 describe('isToolInventoryQuery', () => {
   it('detects common capability/tool-list prompts', () => {
-    expect(isToolInventoryQuery('Check out your new tools')).toBe(true);
+    expect(isToolInventoryQuery('check your new tools')).toBe(true);
     expect(isToolInventoryQuery('what tools do you have?')).toBe(true);
     expect(isToolInventoryQuery('show capabilities')).toBe(true);
   });
@@ -221,5 +221,6 @@ describe('isToolInventoryQuery', () => {
   it('does not match unrelated prompts', () => {
     expect(isToolInventoryQuery('write a shell script')).toBe(false);
     expect(isToolInventoryQuery('summarize this doc')).toBe(false);
+    expect(isToolInventoryQuery('The json by default is up to you, same as for gemini, codex is your tool, so decide what format is best for you to deal with.')).toBe(false);
   });
 });

src/frontends/tui/commands.ts

@@ -25,20 +25,22 @@ export function isToolInventoryQuery(input: string): boolean {
   if (!normalized) {
     return false;
   }
-  const hasToolsWord = /\btools?\b/.test(normalized);
+  if (
-  const hasInventoryIntent = /\b(check|show|list|what|which|available|new|have)\b/.test(normalized);
-  return (
     normalized.includes('available tools')
     || normalized.includes('what tools')
     || normalized.includes('which tools')
     || normalized.includes('tool list')
     || normalized.includes('list tools')
-    || normalized.includes('new tools')
-    || normalized.includes('your tools')
     || normalized.includes('what can you do')
-    || normalized.includes('can you do')
+  ) {
-    || normalized.includes('capabilities')
+    return true;
-    || (hasToolsWord && hasInventoryIntent)
+  }
+
+  return (
+    /\b(?:show|list|check)\s+(?:me\s+)?(?:your\s+)?(?:available\s+|new\s+)?tools?\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\b(?:what|which)\s+tools?\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\btools?\s+(?:do\s+you\s+have|are\s+available)\b/.test(normalized)
+    || /\b(?:show|list|what\s+are)\s+(?:your\s+)?capabilities\b/.test(normalized)
   );
 }