Function extractFirstUserMessage

packages/cli/src/utils/sessionUtils.ts:161–186

(messages: MessageRecord[])

 * Extracts the first meaningful user message from conversation messages.
 */
export const extractFirstUserMessage = (messages: MessageRecord[]): string => {
  const userMessage = messages
    // First try filtering out slash commands.
    .filter((msg) => {
      const content = partListUnionToString(msg.content);
      return (
        !content.startsWith('/') &&
        !content.startsWith('?') &&
        content.trim().length > 0
      );
    })
    .find((msg) => msg.type === 'user');

  let content: string;

  if (!userMessage) {
    // Fallback to first user message even if it's a slash command
    const firstMsg = messages.find((msg) => msg.type === 'user');
    if (!firstMsg) return 'Empty conversation';
    content = cleanMessage(partListUnionToString(firstMsg.content));
  } else {
    content = cleanMessage(partListUnionToString(userMessage.content));
  }

  return content;
};

/**
 * Formats a timestamp as relative time.