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Context and prompting

Status: Implemented · Code: Scripts/main.js

Asking

Command Shortcut Context attached
claudenova.ask ⌘⇧L The active editor's selection, if any
claudenova.askAboutSelection ⌃⌘L Required — warns when nothing is selected
claudenova.addFileContext The active file's path
claudenova.addFiles Files/folders chosen from showFileChooser
claudenova.plan ⌘⇧P As ask, in plan mode

A context object is {label, content(question)}. The label appears in the transcript under the user turn and in the input palette's title; content() wraps the question with the attachment.

Selection payload

selectionContext() computes 1-based line numbers by counting newlines before the selection, and fences the text with the document's syntax name:

<question>

From `src/parser.js` lines 1024:
```javascript
<selected text>

Controlled by `claudenova.includeSelection`.

## Prompting

`showInputPalette` (not `showInputPanel`) — it is the palette-style single-line
field, consistent with Nova's other quick entry points. Nova has no multi-line
input available to extensions; for long-form input the pattern used elsewhere in
this extension is to open a scratch document instead (see [plan mode](plan-mode.md)).