fix: initial-session Markdown rendering for VSCode extension

Author: qorzj

packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/provider.ts

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export async function handleWebviewMessage(message: unknown, deps: ProviderDeps)
   const msg = message as Record<string, unknown>;
 
   if (msg.type === "ready") {
-    loadInitialSession(sessionManager, postMessage);
+    loadInitialSession(sessionManager, postMessage, renderMarkdown);
     await sendSkillsList(sessionManager, postMessage);
     return true;
   }
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ export async function handleWebviewMessage(message: unknown, deps: ProviderDeps)
   return false;
 }
 
-function loadInitialSession(sessionManager: ProviderDeps["sessionManager"], postMessage: PostMessageFn): void {
+function loadInitialSession(
+  sessionManager: ProviderDeps["sessionManager"],
+  postMessage: PostMessageFn,
+  renderMarkdown: (text: string) => string
+): void {
   const sessions = sessionManager.listSessions();
   const sessionsList = toSessionList(sessions);
 
@@ -152,7 +156,7 @@ function loadInitialSession(sessionManager: ProviderDeps["sessionManager"], post
   }
 
   const latestSession = sessions[0];
-  loadSession(latestSession.id, sessionManager, postMessage, (t) => t);
+  loadSession(latestSession.id, sessionManager, postMessage, renderMarkdown);
 }
 
 export function loadSession(

packages/vscode-ide-companion/src/tests/extension.test.ts

@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ test("ready message triggers loadInitialSession and sendSkillsList", async () =>
   assert.ok(types.includes("skillsList"), `Expected skillsList, got: ${types.join(", ")}`);
 });
 
+test("ready message renders markdown for initial session messages", async () => {
+  const deps = createDeps({
+    messages: [{ role: "assistant", content: "**bold**", visible: true }],
+  });
+
+  await handleWebviewMessage({ type: "ready" }, deps);
+
+  const loadMsg = deps.messages.find((m: any) => m.type === "loadSession") as any;
+  assert.ok(loadMsg, "Should send loadSession");
+  assert.equal(loadMsg.messages[0].html, "<p>**bold**</p>");
+});
+
 test("ready with no sessions sends initializeEmpty", async () => {
   const deps = createDeps({ sessions: [] });
   await handleWebviewMessage({ type: "ready" }, deps);