2 files changed, 40 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ac3cdd..a6ffc86 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .PHONY: all
-all: build
-build:
+all:
         go build -o bin/pico .
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index df82ac9..c17cf5e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -301,9 +301,7 @@ func toolBash(in map[string]any) (string, error) {
         case out = <-done:
         case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
                 // Kill the GROUP, not just sh: `sh -c "sleep 60"` forks, and the
-                // grandchild inherits the pipe's write end. Killing sh alone leaves
-                // the pipe open and the drain below blocks until the grandchild
-                // exits on its own -- a 30s timeout that takes 60s.
+                // grandchild inherits the pipe's write end.
                 if err := syscall.Kill(-cmd.Process.Pid, syscall.SIGKILL); err != nil {
                         cmd.Process.Kill()
                 }
@@ -500,10 +498,20 @@ func agentLoop(messages *[]message) error {
                         }
                         switch b.Type {
                         case "text":
-                                fmt.Printf("\n%s⏺%s %s\n", cyan, reset, renderMarkdown(b.Text))
+                                if bareMode {
+                                        // In bare mode, output raw text without leading newline or markers.
+                                        fmt.Print(b.Text)
+                                        if !strings.HasSuffix(b.Text, "\n") {
+                                                fmt.Print("\n")
+                                        }
+                                } else {
+                                        fmt.Printf("\n%s⏺%s %s\n", cyan, reset, renderMarkdown(b.Text))
+                                }
                         case "tool_use":
-                                fmt.Printf("\n%s⏺ %s%s(%s%s%s)\n",
-                                        green, capitalize(b.Name), reset, dim, argPreview(b.Name, b.Input), reset)
+                                if !bareMode {
+                                        fmt.Printf("\n%s⏺ %s%s(%s%s%s)\n",
+                                                green, capitalize(b.Name), reset, dim, argPreview(b.Name, b.Input), reset)
+                                }
                                 out := runTool(b.Name, b.Input)
                                 printResult(out)
                                 results = append(results, toolResult{"tool_result", b.ID, out})
@@ -560,7 +568,18 @@ func argPreview(name string, input json.RawMessage) string {
         return ""
 }
 
+// Global flag indicating bare (non‑interactive) mode.
+var bareMode bool
+
 func printResult(out string) {
+        if bareMode {
+                // In bare mode output the raw result.
+                fmt.Print(out)
+                if !strings.HasSuffix(out, "\n") {
+                        fmt.Print("\n")
+                }
+                return
+        }
         lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
         preview := truncate(lines[0], 60)
         if len(lines) > 1 {
@@ -574,6 +593,20 @@ func printResult(out string) {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REPL
 
 func main() {
+        fi, _ := os.Stdin.Stat()
+        bareMode = (fi.Mode() & os.ModeCharDevice) == 0
+
+        if bareMode {
+                data, _ := io.ReadAll(os.Stdin)
+                line := strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
+                if line == "" {
+                        return
+                }
+                messages := []message{{"user", line}}
+                _ = agentLoop(&messages) // errors are printed inside agentLoop via fmt.Printf in interactive mode; here we ignore.
+                return
+        }
+
         cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
         fmt.Printf("%spico%s | %s%s | %s%s\n\n", bold, reset, dim, model, cwd, reset)