feat: show AI progress and configure prompt directory

app/agentic.py

@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ def load_prompt_templates(prompt_dir: Path) -> PromptTemplates:
             (prompt_dir / "USER.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         )
     except OSError as exc:
-        raise AgentError("Could not load prompts/MASTER.txt and prompts/USER.txt") from exc
+        raise AgentError(
+            f"Could not load {prompt_dir / 'MASTER.txt'} and {prompt_dir / 'USER.txt'}"
+        ) from exc
     if not master.strip() or not user.strip():
         raise AgentError("Prompt templates must not be empty")
     return PromptTemplates(master=master, user=user)

app/commands/builtins.py

@@ -54,11 +54,19 @@ def _split_transcript(value: str, *, limit: int = 4000) -> list[str]:
     return chunks
 
 
-async def _dislike(message: Any) -> None:
+async def _set_reaction(message: Any, emoji: str | None) -> None:
     try:
-        await message.react("👎")
+        await message.react(emoji)
     except Exception:
-        log.exception("Could not add a dislike reaction to message %s", getattr(message, "id", None))
+        log.exception(
+            "Could not set reaction %r on message %s",
+            emoji,
+            getattr(message, "id", None),
+        )
+
+
+async def _dislike(message: Any) -> None:
+    await _set_reaction(message, "👎")
 
 
 def _transcribable_media(message: Any) -> Any | None:
@@ -416,6 +424,7 @@ async def echo(ctx: "CommandContext") -> None:
     category="shared",
 ).shared()
 async def ai(ctx: "CommandContext") -> None:
+    await _set_reaction(ctx.message, "🤔")
     failed = False
     try:
         invocation = parse_agent_invocation(ctx.args, ctx.manager.config.ai)
@@ -436,6 +445,8 @@ async def ai(ctx: "CommandContext") -> None:
 
     if failed:
         await _dislike(ctx.message)
+    else:
+        await _set_reaction(ctx.message, None)
 
 
 @command_registry.command(

app/config.py

@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ def _parse_elevenlabs_config(raw: Any) -> ElevenLabsConfig:
 def _parse_ai_config(raw: Any) -> AiConfig:
     raw_config = _parse_mapping(raw, field_name="ai")
 
+    raw_prompt_dir = raw_config.get("prompt_dir", "prompts")
+    prompt_dir_value = str(raw_prompt_dir).strip()
+    if os.environ.get("AI_PROMPT_DIR") is not None:
+        prompt_dir_value = os.environ["AI_PROMPT_DIR"].strip()
+    if not prompt_dir_value:
+        raise ValueError("ai.prompt_dir is required")
+    prompt_dir = Path(prompt_dir_value).expanduser()
+
     def parse_provider(
         name: str,
         *,
@@ -286,6 +294,7 @@ def _parse_ai_config(raw: Any) -> AiConfig:
     return AiConfig(
         glm=glm,
         deepseek=deepseek,
+        prompt_dir=prompt_dir,
         max_context_messages=max_context_messages,
         max_media_bytes=max_media_bytes,
         max_tool_rounds=max_tool_rounds,
@@ -439,7 +448,9 @@ def load_app_config(root: Path) -> AppConfig:
 
     elevenlabs = _parse_elevenlabs_config(raw.get("elevenlabs"))
     ai = _parse_ai_config(raw.get("ai"))
-    ai.prompt_dir = root / "prompts"
+    if not ai.prompt_dir.is_absolute():
+        ai.prompt_dir = root / ai.prompt_dir
+    ai.prompt_dir = ai.prompt_dir.resolve()
     ai.base_dir = root
 
     if not accounts: