fix(agents): move default view shortcut to Alt+J

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Linked issue

Fixes #1565 (status:approved).

Type

• Bug fix (type:bug)

Summary

• Move the default Agents overlay shortcut from Alt+A to Alt+J, avoiding prompt select-all interception without changing editor dispatch precedence.
• Preserve Alt+A prompt selection and GENTLE_PI_AGENTS_VIEW_KEY overrides, trimming and disabling; retain stop/collapse shortcuts.
• Update documentation and default-registration, override and derived-hint regression coverage.

Changes

File	Change
lib/agents-keys.ts	Default view key becomes alt+j.
tests/gentle-agents.test.ts	Default registration excludes Alt+A; override, disabling and hints remain covered.
README.md, docs/gentle-shell.md	Document the new default and preserved select-all.
odd/tasks/agents-view-alt-j.md	Implementation and verification evidence.

Verification

Updated slice integrated with main at 794cb93a:

• env -u GENTLE_PI_AGENTS_CHILD node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/gentle-agents.test.ts tests/selection-engine.test.ts tests/gentle-shell.test.ts tests/command-palette.test.ts tests/agents-widget.test.ts: 528 passed, independently repeated.
• env -u GENTLE_PI_AGENTS_CHILD pnpm test: 4,882 passed, 0 failed, 34 skipped; provider-contract and runtime-harness passed.
• git diff --check main...HEAD: passed.
• Updated native consolidated reliability review approved and acknowledgement completed.

Earlier-base typecheck, runtime-module, package-file and packed-package checks passed, but were not rerun after integration. Physical terminal/keyboard testing remains outstanding. No shell scripts or skills changed, so shellcheck and skill-load checks are inapplicable.

The process-local child flag is unset for tests because the dev-binary announcement test fails identically on the original base and candidate when GENTLE_PI_AGENTS_CHILD=1 is inherited. No configuration or test-isolation source change is included.

Contributor checklist

• Linked issue is approved.
• Tests and documentation accompany the behavior change.
• Conventional commits, without Co-Authored-By trailers.
• Physical terminal verification.
• Required GitHub CI results, pending after publication.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates
  • Changed the default shortcut for opening the Gentle Agents view from Alt+A to Alt+J.
  • Alt+A remains available for selecting all prompt text.
  • Existing shortcut overrides can still rebind or disable the Agents view shortcut.

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Walkthrough

The default shortcut for opening the Gentle Agents view changes from Alt+A to Alt+J. Documentation and tests reflect the new shortcut. Alt+A remains assigned to prompt select-all.

Changes

Gentle Agents Shortcut

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Change the default shortcut lib/agents-keys.ts, README.md, docs/gentle-shell.md, odd/tasks/agents-view-alt-j.md	The default view shortcut and its documentation change to Alt+J. The task record describes the change and records verification status.
Verify shortcut registration tests/gentle-agents.test.ts	Tests check the Alt+J default, confirm Alt+A is not claimed by default, and cover configured key overrides and related shortcut assertions.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: alan-thegentleman

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4a04b

The shortcut change preserves Alt+A selection while adding Alt+J for the Agents view; no actionable behavior risk is identified.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely states the main change: moving the default Agents view shortcut to Alt+J.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Issue [#1565] requires resolving the default Alt+A collision while preserving extension-shortcut precedence and adding an integration regression test for empty and non-empty drafts. `lib/agents-keys.t…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The shortcut implementation, tests, README and shell documentation updates, and task record all support the fix for [#1565]. No unrelated change is evident.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files.

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Review comments at @lib/agents-keys.ts:
- Line 8: Add an integration test for the composed prompt dispatch that invokes
the registered Agents callback with GentlePromptEditor for both empty and
non-empty drafts. Verify Alt+A selects all and Alt+J opens the Agents overlay,
rather than only checking that alt+j is registered.

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