expand length of allowed responses before compacting

bender/bot.py

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def make_app(ws):
             )
             return
 
-        client.reactions_add(channel=channel, timestamp=message_ts, name="eyes")
+        client.reactions_add(channel=channel, timestamp=message_ts, name="fire")
 
         try:
             ws_logger.info("DeepSeek API call starting  model=%s", deepseek_model)
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@ def make_app(ws):
         finally:
             try:
                 client.reactions_remove(
-                    channel=channel, timestamp=message_ts, name="eyes"
+                    channel=channel, timestamp=message_ts, name="fire"
                 )
             except Exception:
-                ws_logger.warning("Failed to remove eyes reaction", exc_info=True)
+                ws_logger.warning("Failed to remove fire reaction", exc_info=True)
 
     return slack_app
 

deepseek/bot.py

@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # Constants
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DEEPSEEK_TIMEOUT = 120  # seconds
-MAX_INLINE_LENGTH = 2800  # characters
+MAX_INLINE_LENGTH = 10_000  # characters
+
+def _has_code_snippet(text: str) -> bool:
+    """Return True if the text contains a fenced code block."""
+    return "```" in text
+
 MAX_TOOL_TURNS = 5  # max tool-call back-and-forths with DeepSeek
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -387,16 +392,21 @@ def make_app(ws):
 
             reply_text = md_to_slack(reply_text)
 
-            if len(reply_text) <= MAX_INLINE_LENGTH:
+            if len(reply_text) <= MAX_INLINE_LENGTH and not _has_code_snippet(reply_text):
                 await say(text=reply_text, thread_ts=thread_ts)
             else:
+                initial_comment = (
+                    "The response contains a code snippet, which doesn't render well inline."
+                    if _has_code_snippet(reply_text)
+                    else "The response was too long for an inline message."
+                )
                 await client.files_upload_v2(
                     channel=channel,
                     thread_ts=thread_ts,
                     content=reply_text,
                     filename="response.txt",
                     title="DeepSeek Response",
-                    initial_comment="The response was too long for an inline message.",
+                    initial_comment=initial_comment,
                 )
 
         except Exception as exc: