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This PR gates the unified <user_message> tag changes (from commit 08570c0) behind an experimental VSCode setting, allowing users to opt-in while maintaining backward compatibility.

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New Experimental Setting:

  • Added UNIFIED_USER_MESSAGE_TAG experiment (disabled by default)
  • When disabled (default), uses legacy context-specific tags: <task>, <feedback>, <answer>
  • When enabled, uses unified <user_message> tag for all user content contexts

Implementation:

Testing

  • Type checks pass
  • Backward compatible: default behavior unchanged (experiment disabled by default)
  • Users can enable via VSCode settings to test the unified tag behavior

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Important

Introduces UNIFIED_USER_MESSAGE_TAG experiment to toggle between unified and legacy user message tags, affecting multiple files and ensuring backward compatibility.

  • Behavior:
    • Introduces UNIFIED_USER_MESSAGE_TAG experiment to toggle between unified <user_message> and legacy tags (<task>, <feedback>, <answer>).
    • Default behavior uses legacy tags; unified tags are used when the experiment is enabled.
  • Implementation:
    • Adds userContentTags.ts for tag handling functions like wrapUserContent() and hasUserContentTags().
    • Updates Task.ts, AskFollowupQuestionTool.ts, AttemptCompletionTool.ts, ExecuteCommandTool.ts, and ReadFileTool.ts to conditionally use unified tags based on experiment setting.
    • Modifies formatResponse functions in responses.ts to accept useUnifiedTag parameter.
  • Experiments:
    • Adds UNIFIED_USER_MESSAGE_TAG to experiment.ts and experiments.ts with default disabled state.

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Closes #10658
(from Linear COM-450)

- Add UNIFIED_USER_MESSAGE_TAG experiment (disabled by default)
- Create userContentTags utility for conditional tag formatting
- Update Task.ts to conditionally wrap task/resume content
- Update tool files (AskFollowupQuestion, AttemptCompletion, ExecuteCommand) to conditionally wrap feedback/answers
- Update formatResponse functions to accept useUnifiedTag parameter
- Update presentAssistantMessage.ts to pass experiment flag
- Update ReadFileTool.ts to pass experiment flag
- Update processUserContentMentions.ts to detect tags based on experiment

When experiment is disabled (default):
- Uses legacy tags: <task>, <feedback>, <answer>
- Maintains backward compatibility

When experiment is enabled:
- Uses unified <user_message> tag for all contexts
- Simplifies tag detection and handling

Relates to COM-450
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Review complete. Found 1 issue that needs attention:

  • wrapUserContent is imported in Task.ts but not used; initial task messages still use hardcoded <task> tags instead of the conditional wrapper

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import { DiffStrategy, type ToolUse, type ToolParamName, toolParamNames } from "../../shared/tools"
import { EXPERIMENT_IDS, experiments } from "../../shared/experiments"
import { getModelMaxOutputTokens } from "../../shared/api"
import { wrapUserContent } from "../../utils/userContentTags"
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wrapUserContent is imported here but never used in this file. The initial task message in startTask() around line 1867 still uses hardcoded <task> tags (text: \\n${task}\n`) instead of calling this utility. If the experiment flag is enabled, task start messages will still emit rather than<user_message>`, which contradicts the PR description's claim that task start messages are conditionally wrapped.

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Inconsistent user content wrapper tags across codebase

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