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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import contextlib
+import inspect
+from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import click
+
+with contextlib.suppress(ImportError):
+    import readline as _readline
+
+    _ = _readline
+
+from plyngent.cli.display import render_events
+from plyngent.cli.selection import select_model, select_provider
+from plyngent.runtime import ProviderNotSupportedError
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from plyngent.cli.state import ReplState
+
+HELP_TEXT = """\
+Commands:
+  /help              Show this help
+  /quit, /exit       Leave the REPL
+  /clear             Clear in-memory conversation (keeps session id)
+  /sessions          List sessions
+  /new [name]        Start a new session
+  /resume <id>       Resume a session by id
+  /provider [name]   Show or switch provider
+  /model [id]        Show or switch model
+  /tools [on|off]    Show or toggle tools
+"""
+
+type SlashHandler = Callable[[], None | Awaitable[None]]
+
+
+async def _cmd_sessions(state: ReplState) -> None:
+    sessions = await state.memory.list_sessions()
+    if not sessions:
+        click.echo("(no sessions)")
+        return
+    for session in sessions:
+        marker = "*" if session.sid == state.session_id else " "
+        click.echo(f"{marker} {session.sid}\t{session.name}\tupdated={session.updated_at}")
+
+
+async def _cmd_new(state: ReplState, arg: str) -> None:
+    name = arg.strip() or "chat"
+    await state.new_session(name=name)
+    click.echo(f"new session id={state.session_id} name={name}")
+
+
+async def _cmd_resume(state: ReplState, arg: str) -> None:
+    if not arg.strip():
+        click.echo("usage: /resume <session_id>")
+        return
+    try:
+        session_id = int(arg.strip())
+    except ValueError:
+        click.echo("session id must be an integer")
+        return
+    try:
+        await state.resume_session(session_id)
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        click.echo(f"error: {exc}")
+        return
+    click.echo(f"resumed session {session_id} ({len(state.agent.messages)} messages)")
+
+
+def _cmd_provider(state: ReplState, arg: str) -> None:
+    if not arg.strip():
+        click.echo(f"provider={state.provider_name}")
+        return
+    try:
+        name, provider = select_provider(state.config.providers, preferred=arg.strip())
+        state.provider_name = name
+        state.provider = provider
+        state.rebuild_client()
+        click.echo(f"switched provider to {name}")
+    except (click.ClickException, ProviderNotSupportedError) as exc:
+        click.echo(f"error: {exc}")
+
+
+def _cmd_model(state: ReplState, arg: str) -> None:
+    if not arg.strip():
+        click.echo(f"model={state.model}")
+        return
+    try:
+        state.model = select_model(state.provider, preferred=arg.strip())
+        state.rebuild_client()
+        click.echo(f"switched model to {state.model}")
+    except click.ClickException as exc:
+        click.echo(f"error: {exc}")
+
+
+def _cmd_tools(state: ReplState, arg: str) -> None:
+    token = arg.strip().lower()
+    if not token:
+        click.echo(f"tools={'on' if state.tools_enabled else 'off'}")
+        return
+    if token in {"on", "1", "true", "yes"}:
+        state.tools_enabled = True
+    elif token in {"off", "0", "false", "no"}:
+        state.tools_enabled = False
+    else:
+        click.echo("usage: /tools [on|off]")
+        return
+    state.rebuild_client()
+    click.echo(f"tools={'on' if state.tools_enabled else 'off'}")
+
+
+def _cmd_clear(state: ReplState) -> None:
+    state.agent.messages.clear()
+    click.echo("conversation cleared")
+
+
+async def _dispatch_slash(state: ReplState, command: str, arg: str) -> bool:
+    if command in {"quit", "exit", "q"}:
+        return False
+
+    handlers: dict[str, SlashHandler] = {
+        "help": lambda: click.echo(HELP_TEXT),
+        "clear": lambda: _cmd_clear(state),
+        "sessions": lambda: _cmd_sessions(state),
+        "new": lambda: _cmd_new(state, arg),
+        "resume": lambda: _cmd_resume(state, arg),
+        "provider": lambda: _cmd_provider(state, arg),
+        "model": lambda: _cmd_model(state, arg),
+        "tools": lambda: _cmd_tools(state, arg),
+    }
+    handler = handlers.get(command)
+    if handler is None:
+        click.echo(f"unknown command /{command}; try /help")
+        return True
+    result = handler()
+    if inspect.isawaitable(result):
+        await result
+    return True
+
+
+async def handle_slash(state: ReplState, line: str) -> bool:
+    """Handle a slash command. Returns False if the REPL should exit."""
+    body = line[1:].strip()
+    if not body:
+        return True
+    command, _, rest = body.partition(" ")
+    return await _dispatch_slash(state, command.lower(), rest.strip())
+
+
+def _read_line() -> str:
+    """Blocking readline input (intentional for TTY REPL)."""
+    return input("> ").strip()
+
+
+async def run_repl(state: ReplState) -> None:
+    """Interactive chat loop with readline editing."""
+    click.echo(
+        f"plyngent chat  provider={state.provider_name}  model={state.model}  "
+        f"session={state.session_id}  tools={'on' if state.tools_enabled else 'off'}"
+    )
+    click.echo("Type /help for commands. Empty line is ignored.")
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            line = _read_line()
+        except EOFError:
+            click.echo()
+            break
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            click.echo()
+            continue
+
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        if line.startswith("/"):
+            cont = await handle_slash(state, line)
+            if not cont:
+                break
+            continue
+
+        click.secho("user: ", fg="green", nl=False)
+        click.echo(line)
+        try:
+            await render_events(state.agent.run(line))
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 — show API/runtime errors in REPL
+            click.secho(f"error: {exc}", fg="red")