A more capable and less intrusive Ask Pekan
Ask Pekan can now use your selected local ACP provider as a reasoning layer when the built-in voice router cannot understand a request on its own. This makes the assistant useful beyond task lookup: it can resolve projects and destinations, open the main Pekan pages and project panels, prepare a new terminal, insert a terminal command for review without executing it, or propose starting a visible agent session with workspace access. Potentially destructive actions still stop for explicit confirmation, while unambiguous navigation remains immediate. Settings now lets you choose an installed ACP provider and one of the models that provider actually advertises. Model discovery survives an app restart by restoring the hidden assistant session long enough to load its current configuration.
Voice input and assistant output can use different languages. Choose a preferred output language in Settings and Pekan asks the assistant to translate natural-language dictation and prompts while preserving task IDs, names, URLs, file paths, code, commands, and text inside backticks. The global control has moved to the bottom center so it is less likely to cover important controls, includes a microphone icon, and responds to Ctrl or Command plus Shift plus D. Listening, reasoning, and applying are now visibly different states, with an animated reasoning indicator instead of a misleading applying label. Floating status messages can be dismissed, and generic unsupported-task warnings no longer crowd the review card when they do not help explain the request. The composer also has a taller input area and a convenient keyboard shortcut for starting dictation where you are already working.
Highlights
- Ask Pekan can use a selected local ACP provider and model for semantic voice requests.
- Voice requests can navigate Pekan, prepare terminal interactions, and propose visible agent sessions.
- A preferred output language translates natural-language results while preserving operational text exactly.
- The centered Ask Pekan control adds a microphone icon, Ctrl or Command plus Shift plus D, and distinct reasoning feedback.
- Floating assistant messages are dismissible, and unhelpful generic task warnings no longer appear in the review card.