docs: fix stale README config defaults (wake 0.65, vad 700/15)

the lower [vad]/threshold bullets still said 0.6 / 800ms / max 10; sync to the real
defaults (wake_fuzzy_threshold 0.65, silence_ms 700, max_seconds 15). CLAUDE.md and
COMPACT.md (git-ignored) corrected on disk too (model small.en, same numbers).

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

.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CLAUDE.md
+COMPACT.md
 
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hands-free while another window (a game) is focused.
 It exists because Claude Code's native `/voice` is hardcoded-blocked in WSL (it
 assumes WSL has no audio). Modern WSL2 + WSLg *does* have working mic input via
 PulseAudio/RDP. `claudedo` captures the mic itself, transcribes on-device, and drives
-Claude Code over tmux — fully local, private, backgroundable.
+Claude Code over tmux — fully local and private. You run it in a terminal you watch.
 
 ## How it works
 
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ 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/set/target/cancel)
-  -> resolve target session (~/.claude-active)
+  -> grammar match (yes/no/one..four/approve/deny/send/type/space/backspace/erase/
+                    mode/set/target/unset/list/cancel)
+  -> resolve target session (one-shot > sticky ~/.claude-active > auto/none)
   -> tmux send-keys -t <session> "<keys>"
+  -> log the action to the watched terminal ([session]/[SYSTEM]/[VOICE], colored)
 ```
 
 **Privacy by construction.** STT runs on-device. In listen mode, any speech that
@@ -62,16 +64,19 @@ claudedo test-audio
 ## Usage
 
 **Run it in a terminal you watch — that's the product.** You launch `claudedo
-start`, it does a quick mic check, then drops into a visible listen loop that prints
-`heard → matched → sent` for every utterance. That terminal is your
-recognition/action console; you attach to the `claude-<name>` session in another pane
-to watch the keystrokes land. There is no backgrounding/daemon mode — the whole point
-is the console you read.
+start` and it drops into a visible listen loop (pass `--check` to run a mic check
+first). Each utterance prints a timestamped, colored line — `HH:MM:SS [claude-libs]
+heard "…" →
+typed 'fix'` (green for injected, red for drops, `[SYSTEM]`/`[VOICE]` for state and
+recognition). That terminal is your recognition/action console; you attach to the
+`claude-<name>` session in another pane to watch the keystrokes land. It runs in the
+foreground by design — the console is the point — though `claudedo stop` can signal a
+stray instance.
 
 ```bash
-claudedo start            # mic-check, then the visible listen loop (listen mode default)
+claudedo start            # the visible listen loop (listen mode default; no mic check)
+claudedo start --check    # run a mic check before listening
 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 set <name>       # set the sticky target -> claude-<name> (alias: switch)
@@ -97,9 +102,14 @@ Switch at runtime by voice: "claudedo mode listen" / "claudedo mode ptt".
 
 ## Command grammar
 
-Wake phrases (listen mode), fuzzy-matched: **"claudedo"**, **"hey claude"**.
-"claudedo" is a coined word, so the matcher is lenient (accepts "claude do",
-"clauddo", "cloud do", …). In PTT mode the wake phrase is optional.
+Wake phrases (listen mode), fuzzy-matched. The default list is **"claudedo"**,
+**"claude do"**, **"hey claude"**, **"ok claude"**, **"okay claude"** — Whisper has
+no token for the coined word "claudedo" and renders it as real words ("claude do"),
+so that spelling is listed explicitly. Matching is lenient (case/space-insensitive).
+Add the spellings you actually see (turn on `print_heard` to find them). In PTT mode
+the wake phrase is optional. When a command's wake phrase matched loosely (e.g. you
+said "okay clouds"), the heard line notes which phrase it assumed —
+`heard "okay clouds list" -> LIST (wake: okay claude)`.
 
 | Say | Does |
 |---|---|
@@ -108,21 +118,27 @@ 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) |
+| `space [<n>]` (also `add [a] space`, `insert <n> spaces`) | 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 |
+| `debug <text>` (alias `echo`) | just print what you said to the console (test wake/STT; injects nothing) |
 | `mode ptt` / `mode listen` | switch input mode |
 | `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 |
+| `commands` (alias `help`/`menu`) | print the voice-command menu to the console |
+| `customs` (alias `custom`) | custom commands — arriving in v0.2.0 (stub for now) |
+| `version` | print the claudedo version to the 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.
+When no sticky target is set, a bare command does nothing and asks you to `set` one
+(the default). Set `auto_target = true` to instead auto-use the single running
+`claude-*` session when there's exactly one; with several running it always does
+nothing and asks you to `set` one.
 
 Number words are normalized to digits before matching ("one"/"won" → 1).
 
@@ -135,9 +151,9 @@ 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.
+sticky if set and the session exists → else, only if `auto_target = true`, the single
+running `claude-*` session → else (default, or zero/several sessions) 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 `set libs` (voice) refer
@@ -174,19 +190,34 @@ 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 `[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 `$CLAUDEDO_CONFIG`,
-`~/.config/claudedo/config.toml`, then `./config.toml`.
+key, Whisper model/language/device, `[vad]` endpointing, and `[behavior]`
+(`type_autosend`, fuzzy thresholds, `filler_words`, `auto_target`, `print_heard`).
+The default model is **`small.en`** (the English-only small model — ~1s/command on a
+strong CPU, more accurate on English than multilingual `small` at the same speed);
+`medium`/`medium.en` are more accurate but ~3× slower (noticeable lag), `base.en` is
+snappier/less accurate, `large-v3` most accurate/slowest. Every `heard` line shows the
+STT latency as `(<ms>/<audio>s)` so you can see what a model change costs. VAD
+endpointing ends a capture after `[vad].silence_ms` (700) of trailing silence, capped
+at `max_seconds` (15). `claudedo -c <path> ...` points at a specific config; otherwise
+it searches
+`$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.
+- **STT biasing.** The transcriber is seeded with an `initial_prompt` built from the
+  configured wake phrases + command vocabulary (one source — `grammar.vocabulary()`),
+  so Whisper is conditioned to expect "claudedo" and the command words.
+- **Split fuzzy thresholds.** `wake_fuzzy_threshold` (default `0.65`, lenient) vs
+  `command_fuzzy_threshold` (default `0.8`, tight). The asymmetry is deliberate: a
+  false *wake* is cheap (it wakes, finds no command, does nothing), but a false
+  *command* fires the wrong action. Prefer expanding command synonyms over loosening
+  the command threshold.
+- **`[vad]` endpointing.** Capture starts on speech and ends after `silence_ms`
+  (default 700) of trailing silence — Alexa-style record-until-pause — capped at
+  `max_seconds` (default 15). The pause both ends a command and separates it from
+  following chatter (the chatter is a separate capture the wake gate discards).
+- **`auto_target`** (default `false`): with no sticky target and one session running,
+  `false` does nothing and asks you to `set`; `true` auto-uses that session.
+- **`print_heard`** (default `false`, debug): prints non-wake transcripts so you can
+  see how Whisper renders your wake word, then tune the wake list/threshold.
 
 ## 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", "claude do", "claude due", "hey claude", "ok claude", "okay claude"]
+phrases = ["claudedo", "claude do", "hey claude", "ok claude", "okay claude"]
 
 [input]
 # "listen" (default): continuous capture; only acts on utterances that start with a
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ mode = "listen"
 ptt_key = "space"
 
 [stt]
-# faster-whisper model size. "small" is a good accuracy/latency balance for the
-# short command grammar (~sub-second per chunk on a strong cpu). if the coined wake
-# word "claudedo" is recognized poorly, bump to "medium" (slower per chunk).
-model = "small"
+# faster-whisper model size. "small.en" is the default — the English-only small model
+# (~1s/command on a strong cpu, more accurate on english than multilingual "small" at
+# the same speed). "medium"/"medium.en" are more accurate but ~3x slower (noticeable
+# lag); "large-v3" is most accurate and slowest. drop to "base.en" for max snappiness
+# (less accurate). bump only if recognition is poor.
+model = "small.en"
 language = "en"
 # mic device: "auto", or a sounddevice device index (integer) / substring of a
 # device name. run `claudedo test-audio` to list devices.
@@ -36,21 +38,31 @@ compute = "auto"
 # capture parameters. 16 kHz mono is what whisper expects.
 samplerate = 16000
 channels = 1
-# listen-mode silence segmentation: an utterance ends after this many seconds below
-# the rms threshold. keeps latency low without streaming.
+# rms energy below this counts as silence (the VAD onset/endpoint floor).
 silence_threshold = 0.012
-silence_duration = 0.8
 # ignore utterances shorter than this (clicks, coughs).
 min_utterance = 0.3
-# hard cap on a single utterance so a stuck stream can't grow unbounded.
-max_utterance = 15.0
+
+[vad]
+# Alexa-style record-until-pause endpointing (listen mode). capture starts on speech
+# onset and ends after this much trailing silence — the natural end of an utterance.
+# a real pause both ends the command AND separates it from following chatter (the
+# chatter becomes a separate capture that the wake gate then discards).
+silence_ms = 700
+# hard cap so continuous noise can't record forever (also the ceiling for a long
+# dictated `type` phrase).
+max_seconds = 15.0
 
 [behavior]
 # dictation never auto-submits: "type <phrase>" inserts literal text only; you say
 # "send" separately to submit (read-before-send).
 type_autosend = false
-# fuzzy match ratio (0..1) required to accept a wake phrase / command token.
-match_threshold = 0.8
+# fuzzy match ratios (0..1). the asymmetry is deliberate: a false WAKE is cheap (it
+# wakes, finds no command, does nothing), so wake is lenient; a false COMMAND fires
+# the WRONG action, so commands stay tight. lower = more lenient = more matches.
+# prefer expanding command synonyms over loosening command_fuzzy_threshold.
+wake_fuzzy_threshold = 0.65
+command_fuzzy_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.)

install.sh

@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ mkdir -p "$CONF_DIR"
 install -m 0644 "$REPO_DIR/shell/cc.sh" "$CONF_DIR/cc.sh"
 echo "  wrote $CONF_DIR/cc.sh"
 
+# install config.toml to the standard location so the daemon finds it from any dir.
+# never clobber an edited user config: copy only if absent, else drop a .new to diff.
+if [ ! -f "$CONF_DIR/config.toml" ]; then
+    install -m 0644 "$REPO_DIR/config.toml" "$CONF_DIR/config.toml"
+    echo "  wrote $CONF_DIR/config.toml"
+elif ! cmp -s "$REPO_DIR/config.toml" "$CONF_DIR/config.toml"; then
+    install -m 0644 "$REPO_DIR/config.toml" "$CONF_DIR/config.toml.new"
+    echo "  kept your $CONF_DIR/config.toml; new default written to config.toml.new (diff to merge)"
+else
+    echo "  $CONF_DIR/config.toml already current"
+fi
+
 # wire EVERY rc that exists (the user may have both zsh and bash).
 wired_any=0
 for RC in "$HOME/.zshrc" "$HOME/.bashrc"; do

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "claudedo"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.4"
 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__ = "0.1.2"
+__version__ = "0.1.4"

src/claudedo/__main__.py

@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ def cmd_start(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     config = _load_or_die(args.config)
     if args.mode:
         config.mode = args.mode
-    if not args.skip_audio_check:
+    if args.check:
         print("checking mic before listening (speak briefly) ...")
         peak = _probe_mic(config, seconds=2.0, verbose=False)
         if peak is None or peak < 0.02:
             print("mic check failed — no usable input.", file=sys.stderr)
-            print("run `claudedo test-audio` to debug; or `claudedo start --skip-audio-check`",
+            print("run `claudedo test-audio` to debug, or `claudedo start` to skip the check",
                   file=sys.stderr)
             return 1
         print(f"mic OK (peak {peak:.3f}).")
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
 
     sp = sub.add_parser("start", help="run the daemon (foreground)")
     sp.add_argument("--mode", choices=("listen", "ptt"), help="override input mode")
-    sp.add_argument("--skip-audio-check", action="store_true",
-                    help="skip the pre-listen mic check")
+    sp.add_argument("--check", action="store_true",
+                    help="run a mic check before listening (off by default)")
     sp.set_defaults(func=cmd_start)
 
     sub.add_parser("stop", help="stop a running daemon").set_defaults(func=cmd_stop)

src/claudedo/config.py

@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ except ModuleNotFoundError:
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _VALID_MODES = ("listen", "ptt")
-_VALID_MODELS = ("tiny", "base", "small", "medium", "large-v2", "large-v3")
+_VALID_MODELS = (
+    "tiny", "base", "small", "medium", "large-v1", "large-v2", "large-v3",
+    "tiny.en", "base.en", "small.en", "medium.en",
+)
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATHS = (
     Path(os.environ.get("CLAUDEDO_CONFIG", "")) if os.environ.get("CLAUDEDO_CONFIG") else None,
@@ -44,11 +47,12 @@ class Config:
     samplerate: int
     channels: int
     silence_threshold: float
-    silence_duration: float
+    vad_silence_ms: int
+    vad_max_seconds: float
     min_utterance: float
-    max_utterance: float
     type_autosend: bool
-    match_threshold: float
+    wake_fuzzy_threshold: float
+    command_fuzzy_threshold: float
     filler_words: tuple[str, ...]
     auto_target: bool
     print_heard: bool
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ def load_config(explicit: str | os.PathLike | None = None) -> Config:
     if mode not in _VALID_MODES:
         raise ConfigError(f"[input].mode must be one of {_VALID_MODES}, got {mode!r}")
 
-    model = _require(raw, "stt", "model", (str,), "small")
+    model = _require(raw, "stt", "model", (str,), "small.en")
     if model not in _VALID_MODELS:
         log.warning("unknown stt model %r — passing through to faster-whisper", model)
 
@@ -113,19 +117,25 @@ def load_config(explicit: str | os.PathLike | None = None) -> Config:
         samplerate=int(_require(raw, "audio", "samplerate", (int,), 16000)),
         channels=int(_require(raw, "audio", "channels", (int,), 1)),
         silence_threshold=float(_require(raw, "audio", "silence_threshold", (int, float), 0.012)),
-        silence_duration=float(_require(raw, "audio", "silence_duration", (int, float), 0.8)),
+        vad_silence_ms=int(_require(raw, "vad", "silence_ms", (int,), 700)),
+        vad_max_seconds=float(_require(raw, "vad", "max_seconds", (int, float), 15.0)),
         min_utterance=float(_require(raw, "audio", "min_utterance", (int, float), 0.3)),
-        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)),
+        wake_fuzzy_threshold=float(_require(raw, "behavior", "wake_fuzzy_threshold", (int, float), 0.65)),
+        command_fuzzy_threshold=float(_require(raw, "behavior", "command_fuzzy_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:
-        raise ConfigError("[behavior].match_threshold must be in (0, 1]")
+    for label, val in (("wake_fuzzy_threshold", cfg.wake_fuzzy_threshold),
+                       ("command_fuzzy_threshold", cfg.command_fuzzy_threshold)):
+        if not 0.0 < val <= 1.0:
+            raise ConfigError(f"[behavior].{label} must be in (0, 1]")
+    if cfg.vad_silence_ms <= 0 or cfg.vad_max_seconds <= 0:
+        raise ConfigError("[vad].silence_ms and max_seconds must be positive")
     if cfg.samplerate <= 0 or cfg.channels <= 0:
         raise ConfigError("[audio].samplerate and channels must be positive")
     return cfg

src/claudedo/console.py

@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ _COLORS = {
     "red": "\033[31m",
     "yellow": "\033[33m",
     "cyan": "\033[36m",
+    "blue": "\033[34m",
+    "brightblue": "\033[94m",
+    "magenta": "\033[35m",
     "dim": "\033[2m",
     "bold": "\033[1m",
 }
 
 SYSTEM = "SYSTEM"
 VOICE = "VOICE"
+HELP = "HELP"
 
 
 class Console:
@@ -45,7 +49,17 @@ class Console:
             return text
         return f"{_COLORS[color]}{text}{RESET}"
 
+    def paint(self, text: str, color: str | None) -> str:
+        """public colorizer for pre-coloring a fragment of a message (e.g. a command
+        word) before passing it to emit() with color=None"""
+        return self._paint(text, color)
+
     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)
+
+    def line(self, message: str, color: str | None = None) -> None:
+        """print a bare continuation line (no timestamp/prefix) — for multi-row blocks
+        like the help menu, indented under a preceding header"""
+        print(self._paint(message, color), file=self.stream, flush=True)

src/claudedo/daemon.py

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ import sys
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from . import audio, grammar, inject, target
+from . import __version__, audio, grammar, inject, target
 from .config import Config
-from .console import SYSTEM, VOICE, Console
+from .console import HELP, SYSTEM, VOICE, Console
 from .stt import Transcriber
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ class Daemon:
         self._ptt = _PTTKey()
         self._pending: dict[str, int] = {}
         self._console = Console()
+        self._last_stt_ms = 0.0
+        self._last_audio_s = 0.0
 
     def _install_signals(self) -> None:
         signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self._on_signal)
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ class Daemon:
             model=cfg.stt_model, language=cfg.stt_language,
             device=cfg.stt_compute if cfg.stt_compute in ("cpu", "cuda") else "auto",
             compute_type="auto",
+            initial_prompt=grammar.initial_prompt(cfg.wake_phrases),
         )
         if audio.warm_up(cfg.samplerate, cfg.channels, self._device):
             log.info("mic warmed up (source live)")
@@ -151,46 +154,76 @@ class Daemon:
             return audio.record_while(
                 cfg.samplerate, cfg.channels, self._device,
                 held=lambda: not self._ptt.wait_press(self.stopped),
-                max_utterance=cfg.max_utterance, min_utterance=cfg.min_utterance,
+                max_utterance=cfg.vad_max_seconds, min_utterance=cfg.min_utterance,
             )
         return audio.record_until_silence(
             cfg.samplerate, cfg.channels, self._device,
-            silence_threshold=cfg.silence_threshold, silence_duration=cfg.silence_duration,
-            min_utterance=cfg.min_utterance, max_utterance=cfg.max_utterance,
+            silence_threshold=cfg.silence_threshold, silence_duration=cfg.vad_silence_ms / 1000.0,
+            min_utterance=cfg.min_utterance, max_utterance=cfg.vad_max_seconds,
             stop=self.stopped,
         )
 
     def _handle(self, transcript: str) -> None:
         cfg = self.config
         require_wake = self.mode == "listen"
-        parsed = grammar.parse(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases, cfg.match_threshold, require_wake,
-                               filler=cfg.filler_words)
+        parsed = grammar.parse(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases, cfg.wake_fuzzy_threshold,
+                               cfg.command_fuzzy_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")
+            self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard "{transcript}" -> no command matched {self._timing()}',
+                               "yellow")
             return
         action = parsed.action
 
+        # a command was recognized — echo what we heard (green) before acting. note the
+        # matched wake phrase (magenta) when the transcript didn't literally contain it
+        # (so a loose match like "okay clouds" -> "okay claude" is visible).
+        head = self._console.paint(f'heard "{transcript}" -> {self._describe(action)}', "green")
+        note = ""
+        if parsed.wake and parsed.wake.replace(" ", "") not in transcript.lower().replace(" ", ""):
+            note = (self._console.paint(" (wake: ", "green")
+                    + self._console.paint(parsed.wake, "magenta")
+                    + self._console.paint(")", "green"))
+        tail = self._console.paint(f" {self._timing()}", "green")
+        self._console.emit(VOICE, f"{head}{note}{tail}")
+
+        def blue(s):
+            return self._console.paint(s, "brightblue")
         if action.name == "mode":
             new_mode = str(action.arg)
             if new_mode != self.mode:
                 self.mode = new_mode
-                self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"mode -> {new_mode}", "cyan")
+                self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"{blue('mode')} -> {new_mode}")
                 self._refresh_state()
             return
         if action.name == "set":
             session = target.set_target(str(action.arg))
             self._pending.pop(session, None)
-            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"set sticky -> {session}", "cyan")
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"{blue('set sticky')} -> {session}")
             self._refresh_state()
             return
         if action.name == "unset":
             target.unset_target()
-            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "unset (cleared)", "cyan")
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"{blue('unset')} (cleared)")
             self._refresh_state()
             return
         if action.name == "list":
             sessions = target.list_sessions()
-            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "list -> " + (", ".join(sessions) if sessions else "(none running)"))
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"{blue('list')} -> "
+                               + (", ".join(sessions) if sessions else "(none running)"))
+            return
+        if action.name == "commands":
+            self._console.emit(HELP, "voice commands:")
+            for usage, desc in grammar.command_menu():
+                self._console.line(f"    {self._console.paint(f'{usage:<26}', 'brightblue')} {desc}")
+            return
+        if action.name == "customs":
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, "custom commands arrive in v0.2.0 (contexts.toml)")
+            return
+        if action.name == "version":
+            self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"claudedo {__version__}")
+            return
+        if action.name == "debug":
+            self._console.emit(VOICE, f'debug: "{action.arg}"', "yellow")
             return
 
         session, reason = target.resolve(parsed.one_shot, auto_target=cfg.auto_target)
@@ -198,12 +231,15 @@ class Daemon:
             self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard "{transcript}" -> {reason} -> '
                                f'{self._describe(action)} did nothing', "red")
             return
-        self._inject(session, transcript, reason, action)
+        self._inject(session, action)
 
-    def _inject(self, session: str, transcript: str, reason: str, action) -> None:
+    def _inject(self, session: 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})'
+        buffer so backspace/erase delete only back to the last submit boundary.
+
+        the 'heard ...' echo is already printed by _handle and the [session] prefix
+        names the target, so these lines just report the keystrokes injected.
+        """
         name = action.name
 
         if name == "type":
@@ -213,36 +249,38 @@ class Daemon:
             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}"
+            self._console.emit(session, f"typed {text!r}"
                                + (" + send" if self.config.type_autosend else ""), "green")
             return
         if name == "space":
             n = int(action.arg)
             inject.perform(session, action)
             self._pending[session] = self._pending.get(session, 0) + n
-            self._console.emit(session, f"{heard} -> space x{n}", "green")
+            self._console.emit(session, f"space x{n}", "green")
             return
         if name == "backspace":
-            have = self._pending.get(session, 0)
-            n = min(int(action.arg), have)
+            n = int(action.arg)
             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")
+                inject.perform(session, action)
+                self._pending[session] = max(0, self._pending.get(session, 0) - n)
+            self._console.emit(session, f"backspace x{n}", "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")
+            self._console.emit(session, f"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")
+        self._console.emit(session, f"injected {self._describe(action)}", "green")
+
+    def _timing(self) -> str:
+        """compact STT latency suffix for heard lines (transcribe ms on audio secs)"""
+        return f"({self._last_stt_ms:.0f}ms/{self._last_audio_s:.1f}s)"
 
     @staticmethod
     def _describe(action) -> str:
@@ -257,7 +295,8 @@ class Daemon:
         invariant: non-command speech is discarded, never recorded.
         """
         cfg = self.config
-        return grammar.strip_wake(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases, cfg.match_threshold, True) is not None
+        return grammar.strip_wake(transcript, cfg.wake_phrases,
+                                  cfg.wake_fuzzy_threshold, True) is not None
 
     def _print_startup(self) -> None:
         cfg = self.config
@@ -266,7 +305,8 @@ class Daemon:
         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))
+        wakes = ", ".join(self._console.paint(p, "magenta") for p in cfg.wake_phrases)
+        self._console.emit(SYSTEM, f"wake: {wakes}")
 
     def _refresh_state(self) -> None:
         write_state(os.getpid(), self.mode, target.read_active())
@@ -286,12 +326,15 @@ class Daemon:
                     break
                 if audio_chunk is None:
                     continue
+                t0 = time.monotonic()
                 transcript = self._transcriber.transcribe(audio_chunk, self.config.samplerate)
+                self._last_stt_ms = (time.monotonic() - t0) * 1000.0
+                self._last_audio_s = audio_chunk.size / self.config.samplerate
                 if not transcript:
                     continue
                 if self.mode == "listen" and not self._has_wake(transcript):
                     if self.config.print_heard:
-                        self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard (dropped) "{transcript}"', "red")
+                        self._console.emit(VOICE, f'heard (dropped) "{transcript}" {self._timing()}', "red")
                     else:
                         self._console.emit(VOICE, "dropped: non-wake speech (not recorded)", "dim")
                     continue

src/claudedo/grammar.py

@@ -33,11 +33,37 @@ _COUNT_WORDS = {
     "sixteen": 16, "seventeen": 17, "eighteen": 18, "nineteen": 19, "twenty": 20,
 }
 
+_YES_VERBS = ("yes", "yeah", "yep", "yup")
+_NO_VERBS = ("no", "nope", "nah")
+_APPROVE_VERBS = ("approve", "allow")
+_DENY_VERBS = ("deny", "reject")
+_SUBMIT_VERBS = ("send", "enter", "submit")
+_CANCEL_VERBS = ("cancel", "escape")
+_TYPE_VERBS = ("type", "dictate", "write")
+_BACKSPACE_VERBS = ("backspace", "delete")
+_SPACE_VERBS = ("space", "spacebar")
+_ADD_VERBS = ("add", "insert")
+_ERASE_VERBS = ("erase", "clear", "wipe")
+_DEBUG_VERBS = ("debug", "echo")
+_MODE_VERBS = ("mode",)
 _STICKY_VERBS = ("set", "sticky", "switch")
 _ONESHOT_VERBS = ("target",)
 _UNSET_VERBS = ("unset", "unsticky")
 _LIST_VERBS = ("list", "sessions")
+_COMMANDS_VERBS = ("commands", "help", "menu")
+_CUSTOMS_VERBS = ("customs", "custom")
+_VERSION_VERBS = ("version",)
 _SELECT_VERBS = ("select", "option", "choose", "number")
+
+# every command/synonym word, for biasing the STT toward the vocabulary we expect.
+_COMMAND_WORDS = (
+    _YES_VERBS + _NO_VERBS + _APPROVE_VERBS + _DENY_VERBS + _SUBMIT_VERBS
+    + _CANCEL_VERBS + _TYPE_VERBS + _BACKSPACE_VERBS + _SPACE_VERBS + _ADD_VERBS
+    + _ERASE_VERBS + _DEBUG_VERBS + _MODE_VERBS + _STICKY_VERBS + _ONESHOT_VERBS + _UNSET_VERBS
+    + _LIST_VERBS + _COMMANDS_VERBS + _CUSTOMS_VERBS + _VERSION_VERBS
+    + _SELECT_VERBS + ("ptt", "listen")
+    + ("one", "two", "three", "four")
+)
 DEFAULT_FILLER = ("select", "use", "choose")
 
 
@@ -61,11 +87,14 @@ class ParsedCommand:
 
     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.
+    or None if nothing matched after the wake phrase / one-shot / filler. wake is the
+    configured wake phrase that matched (e.g. "okay claude" for a heard "okay clouds"),
+    or None.
     """
 
     one_shot: str | None
     action: Action | None
+    wake: str | None = None
 
 
 def normalize(text: str) -> str:
@@ -79,6 +108,52 @@ def normalize(text: str) -> str:
     return " ".join(tokens)
 
 
+def vocabulary(wake_phrases: list[str]) -> list[str]:
+    """the wake + command vocabulary, deduped in first-seen order.
+
+    single source for biasing the STT: the same wake phrases the matcher uses plus
+    every command/synonym word in _COMMAND_WORDS. no separate hardcoded copy.
+    """
+    seen: dict[str, None] = {}
+    for word in list(wake_phrases) + list(_COMMAND_WORDS):
+        key = word.strip()
+        if key and key not in seen:
+            seen[key] = None
+    return list(seen)
+
+
+def initial_prompt(wake_phrases: list[str]) -> str:
+    """a comma-joined vocabulary string to pass faster-whisper as initial_prompt,
+    conditioning transcription toward the words we expect (esp. the coined wake)"""
+    return ", ".join(vocabulary(wake_phrases))
+
+
+def command_menu() -> list[tuple[str, str]]:
+    """the voice command menu as (usage, description) rows, for the `commands` cmd.
+
+    a small curated list keyed off the verb groups — the speakable command surface,
+    NOT the cc shell kit.
+    """
+    return [
+        ("yes / no", "answer a yes/no prompt"),
+        ("one..four", "pick numbered option 1-4"),
+        ("approve / deny", "allow / deny a permission prompt"),
+        ("send", "submit (Enter)"),
+        ("cancel", "back out (Escape)"),
+        ("type <text>", "insert literal text (no submit)"),
+        ("space [n] / add a space", "insert n spaces"),
+        ("backspace [n]", "delete n chars (to last submit)"),
+        ("erase", "wipe the current input"),
+        ("debug <text>", "echo to console (no inject)"),
+        ("set <name>", "sticky target -> claude-<name>"),
+        ("target <name> <cmd>", "one-shot to another session"),
+        ("unset / list", "clear sticky / list sessions"),
+        ("mode ptt|listen", "switch input mode"),
+        ("commands / customs", "this menu / custom commands (v0.2.0)"),
+        ("version", "print the claudedo version"),
+    ]
+
+
 def _ratio(a: str, b: str) -> float:
     return SequenceMatcher(None, a, b).ratio()
 
@@ -89,13 +164,15 @@ def _wake_variants(phrase: str) -> set[str]:
     return {norm, norm.replace(" ", "")}
 
 
-def strip_wake(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
-               require_wake: bool) -> str | None:
-    """return the command remainder after the wake phrase.
+def strip_wake_match(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
+                     require_wake: bool) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    """return (command remainder, matched wake phrase).
 
-    if ``require_wake`` (listen mode) and no wake phrase is found at the start,
-    return None so the daemon discards the utterance. if not required (ptt mode),
-    a leading wake phrase is stripped when present but its absence is fine.
+    if ``require_wake`` (listen mode) and no wake phrase is found at the start, the
+    remainder is None so the daemon discards the utterance. if not required (ptt
+    mode), a leading wake phrase is stripped when present but its absence is fine.
+    the matched phrase is the configured wake phrase that best matched (e.g. "okay
+    claude" for a heard "okay clouds"), or None when none matched.
 
     matches leniently on a despaced prefix (whisper splits/joins the coined word
     inconsistently) but always slices the remainder on a WORD boundary of the
@@ -103,10 +180,11 @@ def strip_wake(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
     """
     norm = normalize(transcript)
     if not norm:
-        return None if require_wake else ""
+        return (None, None) if require_wake else ("", None)
     words = norm.split(" ")
 
     best_remainder: str | None = None
+    best_phrase: str | None = None
     best_score = 0.0
     for phrase in wake_phrases:
         variants = _wake_variants(phrase)
@@ -120,10 +198,18 @@ def strip_wake(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
                 if score >= threshold and score > best_score:
                     best_score = score
                     best_remainder = " ".join(words[take:]).strip()
+                    best_phrase = phrase
 
     if best_remainder is not None:
-        return best_remainder
-    return None if require_wake else norm
+        return best_remainder, best_phrase
+    return (None, None) if require_wake else (norm, None)
+
+
+def strip_wake(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
+               require_wake: bool) -> str | None:
+    """return the command remainder after the wake phrase (None if no wake in listen
+    mode). thin wrapper over strip_wake_match for callers that don't need the phrase"""
+    return strip_wake_match(transcript, wake_phrases, threshold, require_wake)[0]
 
 
 def _fuzzy_in(token: str, options: tuple[str, ...], threshold: float) -> bool:
@@ -163,34 +249,42 @@ def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | None:
     if head in _INDEX_WORDS:
         return Action("select", _INDEX_WORDS[head])
 
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("yes", "yeah", "yep", "yup"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _YES_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("yes")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("no", "nope", "nah"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _NO_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("no")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("approve", "allow"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _APPROVE_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("approve")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("deny", "reject"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _DENY_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("deny")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("send", "enter", "submit"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _SUBMIT_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("submit")
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("cancel", "escape"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _CANCEL_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("cancel")
 
     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):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _TYPE_VERBS, threshold):
         text = " ".join(rest).strip()
         return Action("type", text) if text else None
 
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("backspace", "delete"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _BACKSPACE_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("backspace", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("space",), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _SPACE_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("space", _leading_count(rest, default=1))
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("erase", "clear", "wipe"), threshold):
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _ADD_VERBS, threshold) and rest:
+        tail = [t for t in rest if t not in ("a", "an")]
+        if any(_fuzzy_in(t, ("space", "spaces"), threshold) for t in tail):
+            count = next((int(t) for t in tail if t.isdigit()),
+                         next((_COUNT_WORDS[t] for t in tail if t in _COUNT_WORDS), 1))
+            return Action("space", count)
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _ERASE_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("erase")
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _DEBUG_VERBS, threshold):
+        return Action("debug", " ".join(rest).strip())
 
-    if _fuzzy_in(head, ("mode",), threshold) and rest:
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _MODE_VERBS, threshold) and rest:
         if _fuzzy_in(rest[0], ("ptt",), threshold) or "push" in rest[0]:
             return Action("mode", "ptt")
         if _fuzzy_in(rest[0], ("listen",), threshold):
@@ -202,8 +296,14 @@ def match_command(remainder: str, threshold: float) -> Action | 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, _CUSTOMS_VERBS, threshold):
+        return Action("customs")
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _COMMANDS_VERBS, threshold):
+        return Action("commands")
     if _fuzzy_in(head, _LIST_VERBS, threshold):
         return Action("list")
+    if _fuzzy_in(head, _VERSION_VERBS, threshold):
+        return Action("version")
 
     return None
 
@@ -221,24 +321,28 @@ def _strip_filler(tokens: list[str], filler: tuple[str, ...], threshold: float)
     return tokens
 
 
-def parse(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], threshold: float,
-          require_wake: bool, filler: tuple[str, ...] = DEFAULT_FILLER) -> ParsedCommand | None:
+def parse(transcript: str, wake_phrases: list[str], wake_threshold: float,
+          command_threshold: float, 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.
+    wake_threshold gates the wake phrase (lenient — a false wake is cheap, it just
+    finds no command); command_threshold gates the command words (stricter — a false
+    command fires the wrong action). 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)
+    remainder, wake = strip_wake_match(transcript, wake_phrases, wake_threshold, require_wake)
     if remainder is None:
         return None
 
     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:
+    if tokens and _fuzzy_in(tokens[0], _ONESHOT_VERBS, command_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)
+    tokens = _strip_filler(tokens, filler, command_threshold)
+    action = match_command(" ".join(tokens), command_threshold)
+    return ParsedCommand(one_shot=one_shot, action=action, wake=wake)

src/claudedo/stt.py

@@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ class Transcriber:
     """a loaded faster-whisper model that transcribes float32 mono audio chunks"""
 
     def __init__(self, model: str = "small", language: str = "en", device: str = "auto",
-                 compute_type: str = "auto") -> None:
+                 compute_type: str = "auto", initial_prompt: str | None = None) -> None:
         self.language = language
+        self.initial_prompt = initial_prompt
         self._model = self._load(model, device, compute_type)
         self._warm()
 
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ class Transcriber:
             beam_size=1,
             vad_filter=True,
             condition_on_previous_text=False,
+            initial_prompt=self.initial_prompt,
         )
         text = " ".join(seg.text for seg in segments).strip()
         return text