Enhance agent features and improve clientIO functionality

[robgruen]

This pull request introduces a new ServiceActionHandler for Windows service control commands, adds comprehensive unit tests for service-related features, and integrates the service control functionality into the action dispatcher and handler registration. The main changes establish the ability to handle service restart actions, including scenarios for fuzzy matching, elevation, and user confirmation, with full test coverage.

Added missing functionality from previous chat-ui refactor

• Added back file upload button
• Added speech button
• Added camera button
• Added history delineation
• Allowed for queuing messages while dispatcher is loading
• Allowed for chaining choice questions together.
• Implemented missing clientIO interface methods in vscode-shell

New Service Control Handler and Integration:

• Added ServiceActionHandler to handle Windows service control actions (e.g., RestartService), including logic for fuzzy matching, elevation, and user confirmation. (dotnet/autoShell/Handlers/ServiceActionHandler.cs)
• Registered ServiceActionHandler in the action dispatcher factory and handler registration, and updated dispatcher and test constructors to include the new IServiceControlService dependency. (dotnet/autoShell/ActionDispatcher.cs, dotnet/autoShell.Tests/HandlerRegistrationTests.cs, dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ActionDispatcherIntegrationTests.cs) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Unit Tests for Service Control:

• Added ServiceActionHandlerTests to validate all major behaviors of the new handler, including matching by name/description, handling fuzzy matches, elevation, error cases, and confirmation payloads. (dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ServiceActionHandlerTests.cs)
• Added ServiceMatcherTests to thoroughly test the service matching logic for various scenarios (exact, fuzzy, description-based, and fallback cases). (dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ServiceMatcherTests.cs)

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Pull request overview

This PR expands TypeAgent’s end-to-end “client ↔ dispatcher ↔ agent-server ↔ agents ↔ autoShell” capabilities by restoring missing chat-ui features (attachments, speech, interactions, history separation, dynamic displays, feedback/delete affordances, pre-init send queue) and adding a new Windows Service control action (restart service) with matching + elevation flows and tests.

Changes:

• Added Windows service restart support (schema + desktop agent logic + new autoShell service-control implementation + handler registration + .NET tests).
• Restored/implemented missing VS Code shell clientIO/webview bridging features: attachments, Azure Speech mic, dynamic displays, server-driven interactions/choices, user feedback syncing, developer-mode delete UI, and queuing sends while the dispatcher/session initializes.
• Added developer-mode translation capture plumbing (DevTrace) and a new internal npm registry bootstrap script (getNPMRC).

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File	Description
ts/tools/scripts/getNPMRC.mjs	New script to pull/push repo .npmrc from Key Vault and set pnpm tokenHelper auth.
ts/tools/scripts/getNPMRC.config.json	Vault/secret/path configuration for getNPMRC.
ts/pnpm-workspace.yaml	Adds more onlyBuiltDependencies entries for pnpm builds.
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/webview/vscode-theme.css	VS Code shell theme overlay tweaks (agent icon styling).
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/webview/main.ts	Webview wiring for attachments, speech token flow, interactions, dynamic displays, feedback, and history separator.
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/webview/azureSpeechProvider.ts	Azure Speech-backed SpeechInputProvider for VS Code webview.
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/bridge/messages.ts	Expands bridge message contracts (attachments, choices, interactions, feedback, speech token).
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/bridge/clientIO.ts	Implements previously-no-op ClientIO methods by forwarding to webview (choices/interactions/dynamic display/feedback/dev mode).
ts/packages/vscode-shell/src/agentServerBridge.ts	Queues sends until session is ready; adds developer-mode hydration; bridges new messages (choice/interaction/feedback/speech token/dynamic display).
ts/packages/vscode-shell/package.json	Adds Speech SDK dependency for VS Code shell webview.
ts/packages/shell/src/renderer/src/chatPanelBridge.ts	Aligns Electron shell behavior: history separator label import, pre-init send queue, dev-mode delete hook, dev-mode seeding.
ts/packages/dispatcher/types/src/dispatcher.ts	Adds getDeveloperMode() to Dispatcher interface.
ts/packages/dispatcher/rpc/test/dispatcherRpc.spec.ts	Updates stub dispatcher for new getDeveloperMode() method.
ts/packages/dispatcher/rpc/src/dispatcherTypes.ts	Adds RPC surface for getDeveloperMode.
ts/packages/dispatcher/rpc/src/dispatcherServer.ts	Implements getDeveloperMode RPC endpoint.
ts/packages/dispatcher/rpc/src/dispatcherClient.ts	Adds getDeveloperMode RPC client method.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/test/confirmTranslation.spec.ts	Ensures confirm prompt is gated by confirmActions (not developerMode).
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/test/chainedChoice.spec.ts	Regression test: choice callback returning a new pending choice must render the second card.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/translation/interpretRequest.ts	Adds DevTrace begin + translation capture persistence.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/translation/confirmTranslation.ts	Changes confirmation gating to confirmActions instead of developerMode.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/dispatcher.ts	Uses emitActionResult for choice callback results (enables chained pendingChoice rendering); adds getDeveloperMode.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/context/system/handlers/configCommandHandlers.ts	Implements @config dev on [--confirm] and @config dev off + client notifications.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/context/devTrace.ts	New DevTrace capture implementation writing dev-captures/translate-*.json.
ts/packages/dispatcher/dispatcher/src/context/commandHandlerContext.ts	Adds confirmActions, devTrace, dispatcher option developerMode, and hooks prompt logging to DevTrace.
ts/packages/chat-ui/test/chatPanel.spec.ts	Updates tests for removal of feedback “trash/hide” hook from ChatPanel.
ts/packages/chat-ui/styles/chat.css	Adds styling for developer-mode per-message delete split button and menu.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/webSpeechProvider.ts	New default Web Speech API provider for browser hosts when no host speech provider is injected.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/index.ts	Exports formatHistorySeparatorLabel.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/icons.ts	Adds chevron-down icon for split-button menu.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/feedbackWidget.ts	Removes the old trash/hide affordance from feedback widget.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/deleteControl.ts	New developer-mode delete split-button + menu implementation.
ts/packages/chat-ui/src/chatPanel.ts	Restores attach button w/ web-native picker, default speech provider, developer-mode delete affordance, and exports history separator label helper.
ts/packages/agentServer/server/src/speechToken.ts	Implements server-side Azure Speech token vending w/ caching.
ts/packages/agentServer/server/src/server.ts	Adds --dev startup option to enable developer mode by default.
ts/packages/agentServer/server/src/connectionHandler.ts	Exposes getSpeechToken on the agent-server RPC surface.
ts/packages/agentServer/server/package.json	Adds start:dev script to start server with --dev.
ts/packages/agentServer/protocol/src/protocol.ts	Adds SpeechToken type + getSpeechToken() RPC in protocol.
ts/packages/agentServer/protocol/src/index.ts	Exports SpeechToken.
ts/packages/agentServer/client/test/conversation-stubConnection.ts	Updates stub connection with getSpeechToken.
ts/packages/agentServer/client/src/index.ts	Re-exports SpeechToken type from protocol.
ts/packages/agentServer/client/src/agentServerClient.ts	Adds getSpeechToken() client method.
ts/packages/agents/github-cli/test/githubCliBuildArgs.spec.ts	Adds tests for mapping “unassigned” assignee requests to --search no:assignee.
ts/packages/agents/github-cli/src/github-cliSchema.ts	Documents assignee option for issue/pr list actions.
ts/packages/agents/github-cli/src/github-cliSchema.agr	Adds grammar for “unassigned issues …” mapping to assignee: "none".
ts/packages/agents/github-cli/src/github-cliActionHandler.ts	Implements unassigned assignee sentinel mapping and exports buildArgs for tests.
ts/packages/agents/desktop/src/desktopSchema.agr	Adds new service control grammar rules mapping to RestartService.
ts/packages/agents/desktop/src/actionsSchema.ts	Adds RestartService action schema + parameters (matchBy/elevate).
ts/packages/agents/desktop/src/actionHandler.ts	Adds choice-based confirmation + elevation flows for service restart results from autoShell.
ts/packages/agents/browser/src/extension/serviceWorker/dispatcherConnection.ts	Adds getSpeechToken to browser extension’s agent-server adapter.
ts/package.json	Adds getNPMRC and start:agent-server:dev scripts; updates onlyBuiltDependencies.
ts/.vscode/tasks.json	Adds task for installing the VS Code chat extension locally.
ts/.vscode/settings.json	Improves watcher/search excludes; sets a server start command.
ts/.vscode/extensions.json	Recommends the typeagent.vscode-chat extension.
ts/.gitignore	Ignores root /.npmrc and config.local.yaml.bak.
dotnet/autoShell/Services/WindowsServiceControlService.cs	Implements service enumeration/matching + restart, with elevation fallback.
dotnet/autoShell/Services/ServiceMatcher.cs	Pure matching logic (exact/fuzzy, description coverage) for services.
dotnet/autoShell/Services/IServiceControlService.cs	Defines service control abstraction and result contract.
dotnet/autoShell/Handlers/ServiceActionHandler.cs	Adds RestartService action handler returning confirm/elevation payloads.
dotnet/autoShell/autoShell.csproj	Adds ServiceController package dependency.
dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ServiceMatcherTests.cs	Unit tests for ServiceMatcher exact/fuzzy/description matching behavior.
dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ServiceActionHandlerTests.cs	Unit tests for handler behavior incl. confirm/elevation payloads.
dotnet/autoShell.Tests/HandlerRegistrationTests.cs	Registers new handler in test handler set.
dotnet/autoShell.Tests/ActionDispatcherIntegrationTests.cs	Updates dispatcher construction for new service-control dependency.
dotnet/autoShell/ActionDispatcher.cs	Wires WindowsServiceControlService + ServiceActionHandler into dispatcher creation.

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[robgruen]

Any objection to me using the same approach as eslint by using suppression comments?

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[curtisman]

Sure