feat: backspace/space/erase editing commands + colored prefixed console

voice editing: 'space [<n>]' inserts spaces, 'backspace [<n>]' (alias delete)
deletes chars, 'erase' (alias clear/wipe) wipes the current input. the daemon
tracks a per-session uncommitted-input char count so backspace is capped at the
last submit boundary and erase clears exactly back to it; submit/set reset it.
keys.py gains BSpace/space; grammar gains a count parser (digits + number words).

new console.py renders every daemon line as 'HH:MM:SS [prefix] message' with
color: [<session>] for injected lines (green), [SYSTEM] for state, [VOICE] for
recognition/drops (red/dim). bump to 0.1.2.

Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>

README.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mic (WSLg/PulseAudio RDPSource)
   -> sounddevice capture
   -> faster-whisper (local STT, on-device)
   -> wake gate: utterance must start with a wake phrase, else DISCARD locally
-  -> grammar match (yes/no/one..four/approve/deny/send/type/mode/switch/cancel)
+  -> grammar match (yes/no/one..four/approve/deny/send/type/mode/set/target/cancel)
   -> resolve target session (~/.claude-active)
   -> tmux send-keys -t <session> "<keys>"
 ```
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ claudedo start --mode ptt # push-to-talk instead (desk-only — see Modes)
 claudedo start --skip-audio-check  # skip the pre-listen mic check
 claudedo status           # running? mode? target session?
 claudedo stop             # stop a running daemon
-claudedo switch <name>    # retarget to claude-<name>
+claudedo set <name>       # set the sticky target -> claude-<name> (alias: switch)
+claudedo unset            # clear the sticky target
+claudedo list             # list running claude-* sessions
 claudedo test-audio       # verify the mic capture path
 ```
 
@@ -106,22 +108,39 @@ Wake phrases (listen mode), fuzzy-matched: **"claudedo"**, **"hey claude"**.
 | `approve` / `deny` | allow / deny a permission prompt |
 | `send` / `enter` | submit (Enter) |
 | `type <phrase>` | insert literal text, **no** submit (read-before-send; say "send") |
+| `space [<n>]` | insert n spaces (default 1) |
+| `backspace [<n>]` (alias `delete`) | delete n chars (default 1), capped at the last submit boundary |
+| `erase` (alias `clear`/`wipe`) | delete everything typed since the last submit/boundary |
 | `mode ptt` / `mode listen` | switch input mode |
-| `switch <name>` / `target <name>` | retarget to `claude-<name>` |
+| `set <name>` (alias `sticky`/`switch`) | set the **sticky** target → `claude-<name>` (persists) |
+| `target <name> <command>` | **one-shot** override: run that command on `claude-<name>` for this utterance only; sticky default unchanged |
+| `unset` (alias `unsticky`) | clear the sticky target |
+| `list` | list running `claude-*` sessions to the daemon console |
 | `cancel` / `escape` | back out of a prompt |
 
+Optional filler (`select` / `use` / `choose`) may precede any command and is ignored:
+`select yes` and `use yes` behave like `yes`. (`select 1` is still the select command.)
+
+When no sticky target is set, a bare command auto-targets the **only** running
+`claude-*` session; if several are running it does nothing and asks you to `set` one.
+
 Number words are normalized to digits before matching ("one"/"won" → 1).
 
 ## Targeting
 
-`~/.claude-active` holds the target session name (e.g. `claude-rethink-public`). The
-**cc kit** writes this file when you attach, so the target is "the project you most
-recently attached to". `claudedo switch <name>` / `target <name>` overwrites it. If
-the file is missing or the session no longer exists, `claudedo` injects nothing and
-logs a warning (it never guesses a target).
+`~/.claude-active` holds the **sticky** target session name (e.g.
+`claude-rethink-public`). The **cc kit** writes this file when you attach, and
+`claudedo set <name>` (alias `sticky`/`switch`) overwrites it; `unset` clears it.
+A `target <name>` voice command is a **one-shot** that does NOT touch the sticky
+default — it routes a single command and the next bare command reverts to sticky.
+
+Resolution order (one place — `target.resolve()`): one-shot if present →
+sticky if set and the session exists → else the only running `claude-*` session →
+else (zero or several) do nothing and say so. It never guesses, and never injects
+into a nonexistent session.
 
 Every name maps to `claude-<name>` through one helper (`target.session_name()`), and
-the cc kit mirrors it exactly — so `cc libs` (shell) and `target libs` (voice) refer
+the cc kit mirrors it exactly — so `cc libs` (shell) and `set libs` (voice) refer
 to the same session `claude-libs`. The name is your **stable, speakable handle**:
 because the kit forces an explicit name (no basename guessing), you always know the
 exact word to say.
@@ -155,11 +174,19 @@ If Claude Code changes its prompt UI, re-confirm against a live session and upda
 ## Config
 
 Everything tunable lives in [`config.toml`](config.toml): wake phrases, mode + PTT
-key, Whisper model/language/device, audio segmentation thresholds, and
-`type_autosend = false`. The default model is `small`; bump to `medium` if the coined
-wake word is recognized poorly. `claudedo -c <path> ...` points at a specific config;
-otherwise it searches `$CLAUDEDO_CONFIG`, `~/.config/claudedo/config.toml`, then
-`./config.toml`.
+key, Whisper model/language/device, audio segmentation thresholds, and `[behavior]`
+(`type_autosend`, `filler_words`, `auto_target`, `print_heard`). The default model is
+`small`; bump to `medium` if the coined wake word is recognized poorly. `claudedo -c
+<path> ...` points at a specific config; otherwise it searches `$CLAUDEDO_CONFIG`,
+`~/.config/claudedo/config.toml`, then `./config.toml`.
+
+- **`auto_target`** (default `false`): with no sticky target set and exactly one
+  `claude-*` session running, `false` makes a bare command do nothing and ask you to
+  `set` one; `true` auto-targets that single session.
+- **`print_heard`** (default `false`, debug): prints non-wake transcripts to the
+  console so you can see how Whisper renders your wake word. Turn it on to debug
+  detection, then off. Whisper has no token for "claudedo" — it commonly emits
+  "claude do" or "claude due", both of which are in the default wake list.
 
 ## Requirements
 

config.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # wake phrases for listen mode. fuzzy-matched: case/space-insensitive, lenient on
 # the coined word "claudedo" (whisper renders it inconsistently). number words are
 # normalized to digits before command matching.
-phrases = ["claudedo", "hey claude"]
+phrases = ["claudedo", "claude do", "claude due", "hey claude", "ok claude", "okay claude"]
 
 [input]
 # "listen" (default): continuous capture; only acts on utterances that start with a
@@ -51,3 +51,18 @@ max_utterance = 15.0
 type_autosend = false
 # fuzzy match ratio (0..1) required to accept a wake phrase / command token.
 match_threshold = 0.8
+# optional filler words that may precede a command and are ignored for matching:
+# "select yes" / "use yes" behave like "yes". (a filler word followed by a digit is
+# the select command, e.g. "select 1", and is not dropped.)
+filler_words = ["select", "use", "choose"]
+# when no sticky target is set and exactly ONE claude-* session is running:
+#   false (default) -> require an explicit `set <name>` or one-shot `target <name>`;
+#                      a bare command does nothing and tells you to set one.
+#   true            -> auto-target that single session (convenience).
+auto_target = false
+# DEBUG ONLY — relaxes the privacy invariant. when true, the daemon console prints
+# the raw transcript of EVERY utterance, including non-wake speech it would otherwise
+# drop silently (shown as `heard (dropped): "<transcript>"`). use it to see exactly
+# how Whisper renders your wake word, then turn it OFF. default false: non-wake speech
+# is discarded without ever printing the transcript.
+print_heard = false

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "claudedo"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.2"
 description = "voice-control daemon for claude code (local STT -> tmux send-keys)"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"

src/claudedo/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """claudedo — voice-control daemon for claude code (local STT -> tmux send-keys)"""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__version__ = "0.1.2"

src/claudedo/__main__.py

@@ -185,9 +185,26 @@ def cmd_install(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     return subprocess.call(["bash", str(script)])
 
 
-def cmd_switch(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+def cmd_set(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     session = target.set_target(args.name)
-    print(f"target -> {session}")
+    print(f"sticky target -> {session}")
+    return 0
+
+
+def cmd_unset(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    target.unset_target()
+    print("sticky target cleared")
+    return 0
+
+
+def cmd_list(_args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    sessions = target.list_sessions()
+    if not sessions:
+        print("no claude sessions running")
+        return 1
+    active = target.read_active()
+    for s in sessions:
+        print(f"{'* ' if s == active else '  '}{s}")
     return 0
 
 
@@ -208,10 +225,13 @@ def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     sub.add_parser("status", help="show daemon status").set_defaults(func=cmd_status)
     sub.add_parser("test-audio", help="verify the mic capture path").set_defaults(func=cmd_test_audio)
     sub.add_parser("install", help="re-run the bootstrap (install.sh)").set_defaults(func=cmd_install)
+    sub.add_parser("unset", help="clear the sticky target session").set_defaults(func=cmd_unset)
+    sub.add_parser("list", help="list running claude-* sessions").set_defaults(func=cmd_list)
 
-    sw = sub.add_parser("switch", help="set the active target session")
-    sw.add_argument("name", help="project short-name (claude- prefix optional)")
-    sw.set_defaults(func=cmd_switch)
+    for verb in ("set", "switch"):
+        sp_set = sub.add_parser(verb, help="set the sticky target session")
+        sp_set.add_argument("name", help="project short-name (claude- prefix optional)")
+        sp_set.set_defaults(func=cmd_set)
     return p
 
 

src/claudedo/config.py

@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class Config:
     max_utterance: float
     type_autosend: bool
     match_threshold: float
+    filler_words: tuple[str, ...]
+    auto_target: bool
+    print_heard: bool
     source_path: Path | None = field(default=None)
 
 
@@ -115,6 +118,10 @@ def load_config(explicit: str | os.PathLike | None = None) -> Config:
         max_utterance=float(_require(raw, "audio", "max_utterance", (int, float), 15.0)),
         type_autosend=bool(_require(raw, "behavior", "type_autosend", (bool,), False)),
         match_threshold=float(_require(raw, "behavior", "match_threshold", (int, float), 0.8)),
+        filler_words=tuple(_require(raw, "behavior", "filler_words", (list,),
+                                    ["select", "use", "choose"])),
+        auto_target=bool(_require(raw, "behavior", "auto_target", (bool,), False)),
+        print_heard=bool(_require(raw, "behavior", "print_heard", (bool,), False)),
         source_path=path,
     )
     if not 0.0 < cfg.match_threshold <= 1.0:

src/claudedo/console.py

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""colored, prefixed console output for the daemon's recognition/action feed.
+
+every line is ``HH:MM:SS [PREFIX] message``. prefixes group the source: a session
+name (e.g. ``[claude-libs]``) for anything injected into a tmux session, ``[SYSTEM]``
+for daemon-control/state lines, and ``[VOICE]`` for STT/recognition lines. color is
+opt-in via tty detection (or forced): green for successful injections, red for
+drops/errors, dim for routine. falls back to plain text when stdout is not a tty.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+import time
+
+RESET = "\033[0m"
+_COLORS = {
+    "green": "\033[32m",
+    "red": "\033[31m",
+    "yellow": "\033[33m",
+    "cyan": "\033[36m",
+    "dim": "\033[2m",
+    "bold": "\033[1m",
+}
+
+SYSTEM = "SYSTEM"
+VOICE = "VOICE"
+
+
+class Console:
+    """formats and prints daemon log lines with timestamp, prefix, and color"""
+
+    def __init__(self, color: bool | None = None, stream=None, clock=None) -> None:
+        self.stream = stream if stream is not None else sys.stdout
+        self._clock = clock or time.localtime
+        if color is None:
+            color = hasattr(self.stream, "isatty") and self.stream.isatty()
+        self.color = bool(color)
+
+    def _stamp(self) -> str:
+        t = self._clock()
+        return f"{t.tm_hour:02d}:{t.tm_min:02d}:{t.tm_sec:02d}"
+
+    def _paint(self, text: str, color: str | None) -> str:
+        if not self.color or not color or color not in _COLORS:
+            return text
+        return f"{_COLORS[color]}{text}{RESET}"
+
+    def emit(self, prefix: str, message: str, color: str | None = None) -> None:
+        """print one line: ``HH:MM:SS [prefix] message`` (message optionally colored)"""
+        line = f"{self._stamp()} {self._paint(f'[{prefix}]', 'dim')} {self._paint(message, color)}"
+        print(line, file=self.stream, flush=True)

src/claudedo/daemon.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from . import audio, grammar, inject, target
 from .config import Config
+from .console import SYSTEM, VOICE, Console
 from .stt import Transcriber
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -114,6 +115,8 @@ class Daemon:
         self._transcriber: Transcriber | None = None
         self._device: int | None = None
         self._ptt = _PTTKey()
+        self._pending: dict[str, int] = {}
+        self._console = Console()
 
     def _install_signals(self) -> None:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._on_signal)
@@ -160,36 +163,86 @@ class Daemon:
     def _handle(self, transcript: str) -> None:
         cfg = self.config
         require_wake = self.mode == "listen"
-        action = grammar.parse(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases, cfg.match_threshold, require_wake)
-        if action is None:
-            self._emit(f'heard: "{transcript}" -> no command matched')
+        parsed = grammar.parse(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases, cfg.match_threshold, require_wake,
+                               filler=cfg.filler_words)
+        if parsed is None or parsed.action is None:
+            self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard "{transcript}" -> no command matched', "yellow")
             return
+        action = parsed.action
 
         if action.name == "mode":
             new_mode = str(action.arg)
             if new_mode != self.mode:
                 self.mode = new_mode
-                self._emit(f"mode -> {new_mode}")
+                self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"mode -> {new_mode}", "cyan")
                 self._refresh_state()
             return
-        if action.name == "switch":
+        if action.name == "set":
             session = target.set_target(str(action.arg))
-            self._emit(f"target -> {session}")
+            self._pending.pop(session, None)
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"set sticky -> {session}", "cyan")
             self._refresh_state()
             return
+        if action.name == "unset":
+            target.unset_target()
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "unset (cleared)", "cyan")
+            self._refresh_state()
+            return
+        if action.name == "list":
+            sessions = target.list_sessions()
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "list -> " + (", ".join(sessions) if sessions else "(none running)"))
+            return
 
-        session = target.resolve_target()
+        session, reason = target.resolve(parsed.one_shot, auto_target=cfg.auto_target)
         if session is None:
-            self._emit(f'heard: "{transcript}" -> matched: {self._describe(action)} '
-                       f'-> ERROR no target session (did nothing)')
+            self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard "{transcript}" -> {reason} -> '
+                               f'{self._describe(action)} did nothing', "red")
             return
-        self._emit(f'heard: "{transcript}" -> matched: {self._describe(action)} -> target {session}')
-        if action.name == "type" and not cfg.type_autosend:
-            inject.send_literal(session, str(action.arg))
-            self._emit(f"injected: literal {str(action.arg)!r} -> {session}")
+        self._inject(session, transcript, reason, action)
+
+    def _inject(self, session: str, transcript: str, reason: str, action) -> None:
+        """run a resolved command against `session`, tracking the uncommitted-input
+        buffer so backspace/erase delete only back to the last submit boundary"""
+        heard = f'heard "{transcript}" ({reason})'
+        name = action.name
+
+        if name == "type":
+            text = str(action.arg)
+            inject.send_literal(session, text)
+            self._pending[session] = self._pending.get(session, 0) + len(text)
+            if self.config.type_autosend:
+                inject.send_named(session, inject.keys.SUBMIT)
+                self._pending[session] = 0
+            self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> typed {text!r}"
+                               + (" + send" if self.config.type_autosend else ""), "green")
             return
+        if name == "space":
+            n = int(action.arg)
             inject.perform(session, action)
-        self._emit(f"injected: {self._describe(action)} -> {session}")
+            self._pending[session] = self._pending.get(session, 0) + n
+            self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> space x{n}", "green")
+            return
+        if name == "backspace":
+            have = self._pending.get(session, 0)
+            n = min(int(action.arg), have)
+            if n:
+                inject.perform(session, grammar.Action("backspace", n))
+                self._pending[session] = have - n
+            self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> backspace x{n}"
+                               + ("" if n == int(action.arg) else " (capped at boundary)"), "green")
+            return
+        if name == "erase":
+            n = self._pending.get(session, 0)
+            if n:
+                inject.perform(session, grammar.Action("erase", n))
+                self._pending[session] = 0
+            self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> erase x{n} (to last boundary)", "green")
+            return
+
+        inject.perform(session, action)
+        if name == "submit":
+            self._pending[session] = 0
+        self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> {self._describe(action)}", "green")
 
     @staticmethod
     def _describe(action) -> str:
@@ -197,11 +250,6 @@ class Daemon:
             return action.name.upper()
         return f"{action.name.upper()}({action.arg})"
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _emit(line: str) -> None:
-        """print a recognition/action line to the watched terminal"""
-        print(line, flush=True)
-
     def _has_wake(self, transcript: str) -> bool:
         """true if the utterance starts with a wake phrase (listen-mode gate).
 
@@ -214,15 +262,11 @@ class Daemon:
     def _print_startup(self) -> None:
         cfg = self.config
         dev = cfg.stt_device if cfg.stt_device != "auto" else "default"
-        target_now = target.read_active() or "(none — run cc to attach)"
-        self._emit("── claudedo ─────────────────────────────────")
-        self._emit(f"  model:   {cfg.stt_model} ({cfg.stt_language})")
-        self._emit(f"  mic:     {dev}")
-        self._emit(f"  mode:    {self.mode}")
-        self._emit(f"  target:  {target_now}")
-        self._emit(f"  wake:    {', '.join(cfg.wake_phrases)}")
-        self._emit("  Ctrl-C to stop")
-        self._emit("─────────────────────────────────────────────")
+        target_now = target.read_active() or "(none — run cc / set <name>)"
+        self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"claudedo {self.mode} mode — Ctrl-C to stop", "bold")
+        self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"model {cfg.stt_model} ({cfg.stt_language}) · mic {dev} · "
+                           f"target {target_now}")
+        self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "wake: " + ", ".join(cfg.wake_phrases))
 
     def _refresh_state(self) -> None:
         write_state(os.getpid(), self.mode, target.read_active())
@@ -246,7 +290,10 @@ class Daemon:
                 if not transcript:
                     continue
                 if self.mode == "listen" and not self._has_wake(transcript):
-                    self._emit("dropped: non-wake speech (not recorded)")
+                    if self.config.print_heard:
+                        self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard (dropped) "{transcript}"', "red")
+                    else:
+                        self._console.emit(VOICE, "dropped: non-wake speech (not recorded)", "dim")
                     continue
                 self._handle(transcript)
         finally:

src/claudedo/grammar.py

@@ -27,20 +27,47 @@ _NUMBER_WORDS = {
 
 _INDEX_WORDS = {"1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 3, "4": 4}
 
+_COUNT_WORDS = {
+    "five": 5, "six": 6, "seven": 7, "eight": 8, "nine": 9, "ten": 10,
+    "eleven": 11, "twelve": 12, "thirteen": 13, "fourteen": 14, "fifteen": 15,
+    "sixteen": 16, "seventeen": 17, "eighteen": 18, "nineteen": 19, "twenty": 20,
+}
+
+_STICKY_VERBS = ("set", "sticky", "switch")
+_ONESHOT_VERBS = ("target",)
+_UNSET_VERBS = ("unset", "unsticky")
+_LIST_VERBS = ("list", "sessions")
+_SELECT_VERBS = ("select", "option", "choose", "number")
+DEFAULT_FILLER = ("select", "use", "choose")
+
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Action:
     """a matched command: a name plus an optional argument.
 
-    names: yes, no, select, approve, deny, submit, type, mode, switch, cancel.
-    arg carries the select index (int), the literal text for ``type``, the mode for
-    ``mode``, or the session short-name for ``switch``.
+    names: yes, no, select, approve, deny, submit, type, space, backspace, erase,
+    cancel, mode, set, unset, list. arg carries the select index (int), the literal
+    text for ``type``, the count for ``space``/``backspace`` (int), the mode for
+    ``mode``, or the session short-name for ``set``.
     """
 
     name: str
     arg: object = None
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class ParsedCommand:
+    """a fully parsed utterance: an optional one-shot target plus the command action.
+
+    one_shot is the session short-name from a leading ``target <name>`` (this command
+    only; does not change the sticky default), or None. action is the command to run,
+    or None if nothing matched after the wake phrase / one-shot / filler.
+    """
+
+    one_shot: str | None
+    action: Action | None
+
+
 def normalize(text: str) -> str:
     """lowercase, strip punctuation, collapse whitespace, map number words to digits"""
     text = text.lower().strip()
@@ -103,8 +130,29 @@ def _fuzzy_in(token: str, options: tuple[str, ...], threshold: float) -> bool:
     return any(_ratio(token, opt) >= threshold for opt in options)
 
 
+def _leading_count(rest: list[str], default: int = 1) -> int:
+    """read a count from the first token (digit or number word), else the default.
+
+    'backspace 3' -> 3, 'backspace ten' -> 10 (normalize maps small words to digits;
+    larger words come from _COUNT_WORDS), 'backspace' -> default.
+    """
+    if not rest:
+        return default
+    tok = rest[0]
+    if tok.isdigit():
+        return max(0, int(tok))
+    if tok in _COUNT_WORDS:
+        return _COUNT_WORDS[tok]
+    return default
+
+
 def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | None:
-    """map a normalized command remainder to an Action, or None if unrecognized"""
+    """map a normalized command remainder to an Action, or None if unrecognized.
+
+    expects the one-shot target and any leading filler to have been stripped already
+    (see parse). a leading ``select``/``option``/etc. is only treated as the select
+    command when followed by a digit; otherwise it is filler handled upstream.
+    """
     remainder = remainder.strip()
     if not remainder:
         return None
@@ -125,17 +173,23 @@ def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | None:
         return Action("deny")
     if _fuzzy_in(head, ("send", "enter", "submit"), threshold):
         return Action("submit")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("cancel", "escape", "stop"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("cancel", "escape"), threshold):
         return Action("cancel")
 
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("select", "option", "choose", "number"), threshold) and rest:
-        if rest[0] in _INDEX_WORDS:
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _SELECT_VERBS, threshold) and rest and rest[0] in _INDEX_WORDS:
         return Action("select", _INDEX_WORDS[rest[0]])
 
     if _fuzzy_in(head, ("type", "dictate", "write"), threshold):
         text = " ".join(rest).strip()
         return Action("type", text) if text else None
 
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("backspace", "delete"), threshold):
+        return Action("backspace", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("space",), threshold):
+        return Action("space", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("erase", "clear", "wipe"), threshold):
+        return Action("erase")
+
     if _fuzzy_in(head, ("mode",), threshold) and rest:
         if _fuzzy_in(rest[0], ("ptt",), threshold) or "push" in rest[0]:
             return Action("mode", "ptt")
@@ -143,17 +197,48 @@ def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | None:
             return Action("mode", "listen")
         return None
 
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("switch", "target"), threshold) and rest:
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _STICKY_VERBS, threshold) and rest:
         name = "".join(rest)
-        return Action("switch", name) if name else None
+        return Action("set", name) if name else None
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _UNSET_VERBS, threshold) and not rest:
+        return Action("unset")
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _LIST_VERBS, threshold):
+        return Action("list")
 
     return None
 
 
+def _strip_filler(tokens: list[str], filler: tuple[str, ...], threshold: float) -> list[str]:
+    """drop leading optional filler words (e.g. select/use/choose) before a command.
+
+    a filler word that is followed by a digit is NOT dropped — that is the select
+    command (``select 1``), handled by match_command.
+    """
+    while tokens and _fuzzy_in(tokens[0], filler, threshold):
+        if len(tokens) > 1 and tokens[1] in _INDEX_WORDS:
+            break
+        tokens = tokens[1:]
+    return tokens
+
+
 def parse(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
-          require_wake: bool) -> Action | None:
-    """full parse: wake gate then command match. None means discard"""
+          require_wake: bool, filler: tuple[str, ...] = DEFAULT_FILLER) -> ParsedCommand | None:
+    """full parse: wake gate -> optional one-shot target -> filler -> command.
+
+    returns a ParsedCommand (one_shot, action), or None if the wake gate dropped the
+    utterance (listen mode, no wake phrase). a ParsedCommand with action=None means a
+    wake phrase was present but no command matched.
+    """
     remainder = strip_wake(transcript, wake_phrases, threshold, require_wake)
     if remainder is None:
         return None
-    return match_command(remainder, threshold)
+
+    tokens = remainder.split(" ") if remainder else []
+    one_shot: str | None = None
+    if tokens and _fuzzy_in(tokens[0], _ONESHOT_VERBS, threshold) and len(tokens) >= 2:
+        one_shot = tokens[1]
+        tokens = tokens[2:]
+
+    tokens = _strip_filler(tokens, filler, threshold)
+    action = match_command(" ".join(tokens), threshold)
+    return ParsedCommand(one_shot=one_shot, action=action)

src/claudedo/inject.py

@@ -45,11 +45,18 @@ class OutputHandler(ABC):
     def send_literal(self, session: str, text: str) -> None:
         """emit literal text into the input box without submitting (``type``)"""
 
+    def send_repeat(self, session: str, token: str, count: int) -> None:
+        """emit a named key `count` times (e.g. BSpace x n). default impl loops."""
+        if count <= 0:
+            return
+        self.send_named(session, [token] * count)
+
     def perform(self, session: str, action) -> bool:
         """resolve a grammar.Action to keystrokes and emit them. returns acted?.
 
-        ``switch`` and ``mode`` are handled by the daemon (they change daemon state,
-        not the claude session), so they are ignored here.
+        ``switch``/``set``/``mode`` etc. are handled by the daemon (they change daemon
+        state, not the claude session), so they are ignored here. ``erase`` arrives
+        with action.arg already set to the count the daemon wants backspaced.
         """
         name = action.name
         if name == "yes":
@@ -72,6 +79,10 @@ class OutputHandler(ABC):
             self.send_named(session, seq)
         elif name == "type":
             self.send_literal(session, str(action.arg))
+        elif name == "space":
+            self.send_literal(session, " " * int(action.arg))
+        elif name in ("backspace", "erase"):
+            self.send_repeat(session, keys.BACKSPACE[0], int(action.arg))
         else:
             return False
         return True

src/claudedo/keys.py

@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ DENY = ["3"]
 SUBMIT = ["Enter"]
 CANCEL = ["Escape"]
 
+# BACKSPACE deletes one char left; SPACE inserts one literal space. both are emitted
+# repeatedly for `backspace <n>` / `space <n>` and for `erase` (n = the daemon's
+# tracked uncommitted-input count). BSpace is tmux's name for the backspace key.
+BACKSPACE = ["BSpace"]
+SPACE = [" "]
+
 SELECT_BY_INDEX = {
     1: SELECT_1,
     2: SELECT_2,

src/claudedo/stt.py

@@ -6,12 +6,77 @@ short in-memory chunk; nothing is written to disk or sent anywhere.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextlib
 import logging
+import os
+import re
+import sys
 
 import numpy as np
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+_NOISE = re.compile(r"GPU device discovery failed|device_discovery\.cc|DiscoverDevicesForPlatform")
+
+
+def _quiet_backends() -> None:
+    """quiet onnxruntime/ctranslate2 chatter and the faster_whisper INFO log.
+
+    faster-whisper's VAD loads an onnx model whose device discovery prints a noisy
+    'GPU device discovery failed' warning on headless/WSL hosts with no GPU sysfs.
+    the env var + logger severity stop most onnx logging; the warning itself is
+    emitted at C++ init and is filtered out of stderr by _filter_stderr().
+    """
+    os.environ.setdefault("ORT_LOGGING_LEVEL", "3")
+    os.environ.setdefault("OMP_NUM_THREADS", os.environ.get("OMP_NUM_THREADS", "4"))
+    logging.getLogger("faster_whisper").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    try:
+        import onnxruntime
+        onnxruntime.set_default_logger_severity(3)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _filter_stderr():
+    """drop onnxruntime's GPU-discovery warning lines from stderr for this block.
+
+    a pipe temporarily replaces fd 2; a pump thread forwards every line to the real
+    stderr EXCEPT the known GPU-discovery noise, so real errors still surface. the
+    original fd is always restored on exit.
+    """
+    import threading
+
+    try:
+        stderr_fd = sys.stderr.fileno()
+    except (AttributeError, OSError):
+        yield
+        return
+
+    saved_fd = os.dup(stderr_fd)
+    read_fd, write_fd = os.pipe()
+    os.dup2(write_fd, stderr_fd)
+    os.close(write_fd)
+
+    def pump():
+        with os.fdopen(read_fd, "rb") as reader, os.fdopen(saved_fd, "wb", closefd=False) as out:
+            for line in reader:
+                if not _NOISE.search(line.decode("utf-8", "replace")):
+                    out.write(line)
+                    out.flush()
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=pump, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        import time
+
+        time.sleep(0.05)
+        os.dup2(saved_fd, stderr_fd)
+        os.close(saved_fd)
+        thread.join(timeout=1.0)
+
 
 class Transcriber:
     """a loaded faster-whisper model that transcribes float32 mono audio chunks"""
@@ -20,18 +85,26 @@ class Transcriber:
                  compute_type: str = "auto") -> None:
         self.language = language
         self._model = self._load(model, device, compute_type)
+        self._warm()
 
     @staticmethod
     def _load(model: str, device: str, compute_type: str):
-        from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
-
         if device == "auto":
             device = "cpu"
         if compute_type == "auto":
             compute_type = "int8" if device == "cpu" else "float16"
         log.info("loading faster-whisper model=%s device=%s compute=%s", model, device, compute_type)
+        with _filter_stderr():
+            _quiet_backends()
+            from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
             return WhisperModel(model, device=device, compute_type=compute_type)
 
+    def _warm(self) -> None:
+        """run one throwaway transcribe so the VAD onnx session inits now, under the
+        stderr filter — the GPU-discovery warning fires here once, not in the loop"""
+        with _filter_stderr():
+            list(self._model.transcribe(np.zeros(1600, dtype=np.float32), vad_filter=True)[0])
+
     def transcribe(self, audio: np.ndarray, samplerate: int = 16000) -> str:
         """transcribe a mono float32 numpy array to a stripped text string.
 

src/claudedo/target.py

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ def session_name(name: str) -> str:
 
     single source of truth for the name->session mapping. the shell cc kit
     (~/.config/claudedo/cc.sh) mirrors this exactly, so ``cc libs`` and the voice
-    commands ``switch libs`` / ``target libs`` all resolve to ``claude-libs``. an
-    already-prefixed name is returned unchanged so callers can pass either form.
+    commands ``set libs`` (sticky) / ``target libs`` (one-shot) all resolve to
+    ``claude-libs``. an already-prefixed name is returned unchanged so callers can
+    pass either form.
     """
     name = name.strip()
     return name if name.startswith(SESSION_PREFIX) else f"{SESSION_PREFIX}{name}"
@@ -38,18 +39,28 @@ def read_active() -> str | None:
 
 
 def write_active(name: str) -> None:
-    """overwrite ~/.claude-active with a session name (used by ``switch``)"""
+    """overwrite ~/.claude-active with a session name (the sticky default)"""
     ACTIVE_FILE.write_text(name + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
 
 
 def set_target(name: str) -> str:
-    """map a project short-name via session_name() and persist it. returns the
-    resolved session name."""
+    """map a project short-name via session_name() and persist it as the sticky
+    default. returns the resolved session name."""
     session = session_name(name)
     write_active(session)
     return session
 
 
+def unset_target() -> None:
+    """clear the sticky default (empty/remove ~/.claude-active)"""
+    try:
+        ACTIVE_FILE.unlink()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        pass
+    except OSError as exc:
+        log.warning("could not clear %s: %s", ACTIVE_FILE, exc)
+
+
 def session_exists(name: str) -> bool:
     """true if a tmux session with this name currently exists"""
     if not name:
@@ -62,24 +73,51 @@ def session_exists(name: str) -> bool:
     return result.returncode == 0
 
 
-def resolve_target() -> str | None:
-    """return the active session name only if it exists; else log and return None.
+def list_sessions() -> list[str]:
+    """return the names of all running claude-* tmux sessions (sorted)"""
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["tmux", "list-sessions", "-F", "#{session_name}"],
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        return []
+    names = result.stdout.decode("utf-8", "replace").splitlines()
+    return sorted(n for n in names if n.startswith(SESSION_PREFIX))
 
-    never guesses a target: on a missing/empty ~/.claude-active or a stale session
-    name, this logs a clear warning and returns None so the caller injects nothing.
 
-    TODO: most-recently-active targeting (preferred over attached). today the target
-    is the project most recently ATTACHED to (the cc kit writes ~/.claude-active on
-    attach); upgrade to the session claude most recently asked a question in, via
-    tmux session_activity timestamps (list-sessions -F '#{session_name}
-    #{session_activity}', pick the highest-activity claude-* session) or by scraping
-    panes (capture-pane) for a waiting-prompt UI.
+def resolve(one_shot: str | None = None, auto_target: bool = False) -> tuple[str | None, str]:
+    """resolve the destination session and a short reason describing the choice.
+
+    single source of truth for targeting, used by both the voice and CLI paths.
+    returns (session_or_None, reason). a None session means inject nothing; the
+    reason explains why (for the daemon console / CLI message). resolution order:
+
+    1. one-shot present -> claude-<name> for THIS command only; never falls through
+       to a different session if it doesn't exist (explicit beats convenience).
+    2. sticky set + exists -> use it.
+    3. nothing sticky, exactly one claude-* session:
+         auto_target=True  -> auto-use it;
+         auto_target=False -> require an explicit set/target, do nothing.
+    4. nothing sticky, multiple sessions -> ambiguous, do nothing.
+    5. nothing sticky, zero sessions -> do nothing.
     """
-    name = read_active()
-    if not name:
-        log.warning("no active session set (%s missing/empty) — run `cc` to attach", ACTIVE_FILE)
-        return None
-    if not session_exists(name):
-        log.warning("target session %r no longer exists — skipping injection", name)
-        return None
-    return name
+    if one_shot is not None:
+        session = session_name(one_shot)
+        if session_exists(session):
+            return session, f"one-shot {session}"
+        return None, f"one-shot {session} does not exist (did nothing)"
+
+    sticky = read_active()
+    if sticky:
+        if session_exists(sticky):
+            return sticky, f"sticky {sticky}"
+        return None, f"sticky {sticky} no longer exists (set one)"
+
+    sessions = list_sessions()
+    if len(sessions) == 1:
+        if auto_target:
+            return sessions[0], f"auto-target {sessions[0]} (only session)"
+        return None, f"no target set ({sessions[0]} running — set one)"
+    if len(sessions) > 1:
+        return None, f"no target set, {len(sessions)} sessions (set one)"
+    return None, "no claude sessions"