feat: align ramble defaults with shared ai config

assets/runtime/create_feature.py

@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ import argparse, datetime, json, os, re, subprocess, sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
 
+try:
+    from automation.ai_config import load_ai_settings
+except ImportError:
+    load_ai_settings = None  # type: ignore
+
 # --------- helpers ---------
 def say(msg: str) -> None:
     print(msg, flush=True)
@@ -204,14 +209,47 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--dir", help="Repo root (defaults to git root or CWD)")
     ap.add_argument("--title", help="Feature title (useful without Ramble)")
     ap.add_argument("--no-ramble", action="store_true", help="Disable Ramble UI")
-    ap.add_argument("--provider", choices=["mock", "claude"], default="mock")
+    ap.add_argument("--provider", help="Override Ramble provider (defaults to config)")
-    ap.add_argument("--claude-cmd", default="claude")
+    ap.add_argument("--claude-cmd", help="Override claude CLI path")
     args = ap.parse_args()
 
     start = Path(args.dir).expanduser().resolve() if args.dir else Path.cwd()
     repo = git_root_or_cwd(start)
     say(f"[=] Using repository: {repo}")
 
+    provider = args.provider
+    claude_cmd = args.claude_cmd
+    provider_map: Dict[str, Dict[str, object]] = {}
+    default_provider = "mock"
+
+    if load_ai_settings is not None:
+        try:
+            settings = load_ai_settings(repo)
+            provider_map = dict(settings.ramble.providers)
+            candidate_default = settings.ramble.default_provider
+            if isinstance(candidate_default, str) and candidate_default.strip():
+                default_provider = candidate_default.strip()
+        except Exception:
+            provider_map = {}
+
+    if "mock" not in provider_map:
+        provider_map["mock"] = {"kind": "mock"}
+
+    if not provider:
+        provider = default_provider if default_provider in provider_map else "mock"
+    elif provider not in provider_map:
+        say(f"[WARN] Unknown Ramble provider '{provider}', defaulting to {default_provider}")
+        provider = default_provider if default_provider in provider_map else "mock"
+
+    if not claude_cmd:
+        selected = provider_map.get(provider, {})
+        maybe_cmd = selected.get("command") if isinstance(selected, dict) else None
+        if isinstance(maybe_cmd, str) and maybe_cmd.strip():
+            claude_cmd = maybe_cmd.strip()
+
+    if not claude_cmd:
+        claude_cmd = "claude"
+
     tmpl_path = repo / "process" / "templates" / "feature_request.md"
     tmpl = read_text(tmpl_path)
     parsed_fields = find_template_fields(tmpl) or [(f, "") for f in default_fields()]
@@ -222,7 +260,7 @@ def main():
     # Try Ramble unless disabled
     fields: Dict[str, str] | None = None
     if not args.no_ramble:
-        fields = try_ramble(repo, field_labels, provider=args.provider, claude_cmd=args.claude_cmd)
+        fields = try_ramble(repo, field_labels, provider=provider, claude_cmd=claude_cmd)
 
     # Terminal prompts fallback
     if not fields:

assets/runtime/ramble.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Requirements
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Any, Tuple, Protocol, runtime_checkable, Mapping, cast
 import os, sys, json, textwrap, base64, re, time, shutil, subprocess, argparse, threading
 
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     requests = None
 
+try:
+    from automation.ai_config import load_ai_settings
+except ImportError:
+    load_ai_settings = None  # type: ignore
+
 # ── Qt (PySide6 preferred; PyQt5 fallback) ────────────────────────────────────
 QT_LIB = None
 try:
@@ -690,38 +696,116 @@ def open_ramble_dialog(
 
 
 # ── CLI demo ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-def parse_args():
+def load_ramble_preferences(repo_root: Path) -> Tuple[List[str], str, Dict[str, Any], Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]]:
+    """Return (choices, default_provider, claude_defaults, provider_map)."""
+    provider_map: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    default_provider = "mock"
+
+    if load_ai_settings is not None:
+        try:
+            settings = load_ai_settings(repo_root)
+            provider_map = dict(settings.ramble.providers)
+            candidate_default = settings.ramble.default_provider
+            if isinstance(candidate_default, str) and candidate_default.strip():
+                default_provider = candidate_default.strip()
+        except Exception:
+            provider_map = {}
+
+    if "mock" not in provider_map:
+        provider_map["mock"] = {"kind": "mock"}
+
+    provider_choices = sorted(provider_map.keys())
+    if default_provider not in provider_choices:
+        default_provider = "mock"
+
+    claude_defaults = provider_map.get("claude", {})
+    if not isinstance(claude_defaults, dict):
+        claude_defaults = {}
+
+    return provider_choices, default_provider, claude_defaults, provider_map
+
+
+def build_provider(name: str, args: "argparse.Namespace", providers: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]) -> RambleProvider:
+    meta = providers.get(name, {})
+    if not isinstance(meta, dict):
+        meta = {}
+
+    kind = meta.get("kind")
+    if not isinstance(kind, str) or not kind:
+        kind = "mock" if name == "mock" else name
+
+    if kind == "mock":
+        return cast(RambleProvider, MockProvider())
+
+    if kind in {"claude", "claude_cli"}:
+        cmd = args.claude_cmd or meta.get("command") or "claude"
+        extra_args = meta.get("args", []) or []
+        if isinstance(extra_args, str):
+            extra_args = [extra_args]
+        extra_args = [str(x) for x in extra_args]
+
+        use_arg_p = bool(meta.get("use_arg_p", True))
+        log_path = str(meta.get("log_path", "/tmp/ramble_claude.log"))
+        timeout_s = int(args.timeout)
+        tail_chars = int(args.tail)
+        debug_flag = bool(args.debug or meta.get("debug", False))
+
+        return cast(
+            RambleProvider,
+            ClaudeCLIProvider(
+                cmd=cmd,
+                extra_args=extra_args,
+                timeout_s=timeout_s,
+                tail_chars=tail_chars,
+                use_arg_p=use_arg_p,
+                debug=debug_flag,
+                log_path=log_path,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    raise ValueError(f"Unknown Ramble provider kind: {kind}")
+
+
+def parse_args(
+    provider_choices: List[str],
+    default_provider: str,
+    claude_defaults: Dict[str, Any],
+):
     p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Ramble → Generate (PlantUML + optional images)")
-    p.add_argument("--provider", choices=["mock", "claude"], default="mock")
+    p.add_argument("--provider", choices=provider_choices, default=default_provider)
-    p.add_argument("--claude-cmd", default="claude", help="Path to claude CLI")
+
+    claude_cmd_default = str(claude_defaults.get("command", "claude"))
+    try:
+        timeout_default = int(claude_defaults.get("timeout_s", 90))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        timeout_default = 90
+    try:
+        tail_default = int(claude_defaults.get("tail_chars", 6000))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        tail_default = 6000
+
+    p.add_argument("--claude-cmd", default=claude_cmd_default, help="Path to claude CLI")
     p.add_argument("--stability", action="store_true", help="Enable Stability AI images (needs STABILITY_API_KEY)")
     p.add_argument("--pexels", action="store_true", help="Enable Pexels images (needs PEXELS_API_KEY); ignored if --stability set")
     p.add_argument("--prompt", default="Explain your new feature idea")
     p.add_argument("--fields", nargs="+", default=["Summary","Title","Intent","ProblemItSolves","BriefOverview"])
     p.add_argument("--criteria", default="", help="JSON mapping of field -> criteria")
     p.add_argument("--hints", default="", help="JSON list of hint strings")
-    p.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=90)
+    p.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=timeout_default)
-    p.add_argument("--tail", type=int, default=6000)
+    p.add_argument("--tail", type=int, default=tail_default)
     p.add_argument("--debug", action="store_true")
     return p.parse_args()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    args = parse_args()
+    repo_root = Path.cwd()
+    provider_choices, default_provider, claude_defaults, provider_map = load_ramble_preferences(repo_root)
+    args = parse_args(provider_choices, default_provider, claude_defaults)
 
-    # Field criteria parsing
+    # Provider selection with fallback
-    criteria: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    try:
-    if args.criteria.strip():
+        provider = build_provider(args.provider, args, provider_map)
-        try:
+    except Exception as exc:
-            criteria = json.loads(args.criteria)
+        print(f"[WARN] Ramble provider '{args.provider}' unavailable ({exc}); falling back to mock", file=sys.stderr)
-        except Exception as e:
-            print(f"[WARN] Could not parse --criteria JSON: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
-
-    # Provider
-    if args.provider == "claude":
-        provider = cast(RambleProvider, ClaudeCLIProvider(
-            cmd=args.claude_cmd, use_arg_p=True, timeout_s=args.timeout, tail_chars=args.tail, debug=args.debug,
-        ))
-    else:
         provider = cast(RambleProvider, MockProvider())
 
     # Ensure PlantUML

config/ai.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ramble:
   providers:
     mock:
       kind: mock
-    claude_cli:
+    claude:
       kind: claude_cli
       command: "claude"
       args: []