Vsco Code Repl Beep Patc

Goal

• Make Hermes/Codex in VS Code emit a sound when a reply completes.
• Prefer patching the installed extension bundle only when no exposed setting exists.

Use when

• User says Hermes/Codex in VS Code should beep or play a sound after replying.
• Extension settings expose no audio-cue option for reply completion.
• You are on macOS and can use afplay.

Prereqs

1. Inspect the installed extension package first.
   • Typical path: ~/.vscode/extensions/openai.chatgpt-<version>-darwin-arm64/
2. Confirm no direct configuration exists in package.json for reply-complete audio.
3. Search out/extension.js for desktop-notification-show.

Key findings

• In the shipped Codex VS Code extension bundle, desktop-notification-show may be explicitly ignored:
  • case\"desktop-notification-show\":case\"desktop-notification-hide\":break;
• Patching that branch restores sound only if the webview/runtime actually emits desktop-notification-show.
• Empirical finding: reply completion may not travel through desktop-notification-show at all.
• Empirical finding: a coarse log-message completion heuristic can fire at the wrong time and is not reliable for true reply-end semantics.
• Better fallback patch point exists in the webview bundle reducer handling streamed thread events:
  • webview/assets/index-*.js
  • reducer branch: case\turn/completed`inside the function that folds thread events into turn state (seen aroundZfe(...)` in current bundle)
• If extension-side notification patch is insufficient, prefer triggering audio directly from the webview on turn/completed / final assistant completion path instead of routing through ignored desktop notifications.

Patch recipe

1. Backup target file.
   • cp out/extension.js out/extension.js.bak-hermes-beep
2. Replace the ignore branch with a handler that:
   • calls vscode.window.showInformationMessage(...)
   • spawns afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff
3. Use a detached child process so the extension host does not block:
   • require("node:child_process").spawn("afplay", ["/System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff"], { detached: true, stdio: "ignore" }).unref()
4. Validate syntax:
   • node --check <full path to out/extension.js>
5. Tell user to run Developer: Reload Window.

If no beep occurs at true reply completion 6. Do not trust a broad log-message heuristic as the final fix; it can beep at the wrong time. 7. Inspect webview/assets/index-*.js for the thread-event reducer that handles:

• turn/completed
• item/completed
• item/agentMessage/delta

8. Prefer patching the reducer branch for turn/completed or the final assistant-message completion path to trigger audio locally in the webview.
   • Lowest-friction fallback: window.parent.postMessage({ type: 'desktop-notification-show', title: 'Hermes', body: '回复完成' }, '*')
   • More robust fallback when parent routing is unreliable: call audio playback directly in the webview bundle, e.g. new Audio(<data-uri-or-local-safe-source>).play().catch(() => {})
9. If using the webview path, also consider adding a tiny listener in webview/index.html for desktop-notification-show as a backup, but do not assume that listener alone fixes missing upstream events.
10. Validate syntax for patched JS bundle(s) and reload the VS Code window again.

Known-good replacement shape

case"desktop-notification-show":{
  try{
    let n=r?.title??"Hermes",o=r?.body??r?.message??"回复完成";
    ke.window.showInformationMessage(`${n}: ${o}`);
    require("node:child_process").spawn("afplay",["/System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff"],{detached:!0,stdio:"ignore"}).unref()
  }catch(n){
    Y().warning("[hermes-beep] desktop notification failed",{safe:{error:String(n)},sensitive:{}})
  }
  break
}
case"desktop-notification-hide":break;

Verification

• node --check exits 0.
• Manual smoke test:
  1. reload VS Code window
  2. trigger a Hermes/Codex reply
  3. confirm toast + sound
• Optional direct audio test:
  • afplay /System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff

Pitfalls

• This edits installed extension output, not source.
• Extension updates overwrite the patch.
• Bundle is minified; patch exact unique string, not broad regex.
• search_files may not show the minified branch cleanly after patch; rely on exact replace success + node --check.
• On non-macOS systems, replace afplay with platform-appropriate audio command.
• desktop-notification-show restoration alone may still produce no sound if reply completion never emits that message.
• A log-message-based hook is tempting but can fire before true reply completion.
• window.parent.postMessage(...) from the webview may also fail to surface if the host does not route arbitrary message types back into the extension handler; direct in-webview audio is the stronger fallback.

Rollback

• Restore backup:
  • cp out/extension.js.bak-hermes-beep out/extension.js
• Or reinstall/update the extension.

When not to use

• If the extension already exposes a supported reply-audio setting.
• If user only wants standard VS Code audio cues; then prefer settings over patching installed code.