Tools

OmO treats tools as proof surfaces, not conveniences. Agents should use the same surface a real user touches before claiming work is done.

Tool Stack

Layer	Tools	What they prove
Code intelligence	LSP diagnostics, definitions, references, workspace rename	Type and symbol correctness before a full build.
Structural search	AST-Grep search/replace	Code-pattern changes without brittle string matching.
File safety	Hashline-aware reads/edits	The file did not drift between read and edit in a shared worktree.
Runtime surface	tmux, browser, HTTP requests, CLI drivers	The feature works where users actually touch it.
External knowledge	Context7, web search, GitHub code search, Librarian	Current docs, OSS examples, and remote repo facts.
Continuation	todos, background task notifications, boulder state	Long work resumes instead of silently stopping.

Use LSP when the question is about symbols. Use AST-Grep when the question is about code shape.

Tool	Use
`lsp_diagnostics`	Check language-server errors and warnings on changed files before build.
`lsp_goto_definition`	Confirm where a referenced symbol is defined.
`lsp_find_references`	Find call sites before changing behavior.
`lsp_rename`	Apply a safe project-wide rename after `lsp_prepare_rename`.
`ast_grep_search`	Find AST patterns such as function calls or component shapes.
`ast_grep_replace`	Rewrite matching AST nodes while preserving captured variables.

"Source says it should work" is not a passing result.

Deliverable	Required surface
Web UI	Browser automation: open the page, click/fill, watch console, inspect visual result.
CLI/TUI	tmux: run `--help`, happy path, and at least one bad input.
HTTP API	Live process plus a request client such as `curl` or a small driver.
Library/SDK	Minimal script that imports and executes the changed path end to end.
Documentation site	Build plus route smoke checks for the changed pages.

Source	Best for
Context7	Official package docs and API examples.
Web search	Current public facts, releases, incidents, and pages.
GitHub code search	Real-world usage patterns from public repositories.
Librarian	Multi-repo or external-library synthesis.
Explore	Internal codebase discovery and pattern maps.

OmO exposes many lifecycle hooks, but most workflows depend on a small set of guarantees.

Family	Purpose
Session recovery	Repair missing tool results, empty content, and malformed session state.
Todo continuation	Continue when pending todos remain.
Background notifications	Notify the main agent when delegated work completes or fails.
Interactive shell	Keep CLI/TUI programs alive in tmux instead of one-shot shell calls.
Directory agents	Inject directory-scoped instructions and conventions.