feat: !health returns list for separate LoRa messages, partial name distance matching

- build_lora_compact returns list[str] instead of str
- Each line is a separate LoRa message (no chunking needed)
- main.py handles list responses from commands
- _try_compute_distance supports partial names (TVM Pearl → TVM Pearl Relay)
- Ambiguous names detected (TVM → asks which node)
- Max message size: 54 bytes (well under 228 byte limit)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

meshai/main.py

@@ -344,15 +344,17 @@ class MeshAI:
 
             # Determine response
             if result.route_type == RouteType.COMMAND:
-                # Chunk command output same as LLM responses
+                if isinstance(result.response, list):
+                    # Command returned pre-split messages — send directly
+                    messages = result.response
+                else:
+                    # Single string — chunk it
                     from .chunker import chunk_response
-                raw = result.response if isinstance(result.response, str) else str(result.response)
                     messages, remaining = chunk_response(
-                    raw,
+                        result.response,
                         max_chars=self.config.response.max_length,
                         max_messages=self.config.response.max_messages,
                     )
-                # Store remaining for continuation
                     if remaining:
                         self.router.continuations.store(message.sender_id, remaining)
             elif result.route_type == RouteType.LLM:

meshai/mesh_reporter.py

@@ -1503,24 +1503,24 @@ class MeshReporter:
 
         return recs
 
-    def build_lora_compact(self, scope: str, scope_value: str = None) -> str:
+    def build_lora_compact(self, scope: str, scope_value: str = None) -> list[str]:
-        """Build LoRa-optimized summary with personality for !health command."""
+        """Build LoRa-optimized summary. Returns list of messages (one per line)."""
         health = self.health_engine.mesh_health
         if not health:
-            return "📡 No mesh data yet."
+            return ["📡 No mesh data yet."]
 
         if scope == "region" and scope_value:
             region = self._find_region(scope_value)
             if not region:
-                return f"Region '{scope_value}' not found."
+                return [f"Region '{scope_value}' not found."]
             return self._region_lora_compact(region)
 
         if scope == "node" and scope_value:
-            return self.build_node_compact(scope_value)
+            return [self.build_node_compact(scope_value)]
 
         s = health.score
 
-        # Color dot — no numbers shown
+        # Color dot — no numbers
         if s.composite >= 100:
             dot = "🔵"
             mood = "perfect"
@@ -1534,8 +1534,7 @@ class MeshReporter:
             dot = "🔴"
             mood = "critical"
 
-        # Each line ends with period so chunker sends each as separate message
+        lines = [f"📡 Mesh {dot} {mood}"]
-        lines = [f"📡 Mesh {dot} {mood}."]
 
         offline_infra = [n for n in health.nodes.values() if n.is_infrastructure and not n.is_online]
         if offline_infra:
@@ -1543,10 +1542,10 @@ class MeshReporter:
                 (n.long_name or n.short_name or str(n.node_num)) for n in offline_infra[:3]
             )
             more = f" +{len(offline_infra)-3}" if len(offline_infra) > 3 else ""
-            lines.append(f"🏗️ {s.infra_online}/{s.infra_total} routers up.")
+            lines.append(f"🏗️ {s.infra_online}/{s.infra_total} routers up")
-            lines.append(f"❌ Down: {offline_names}{more}.")
+            lines.append(f"❌ Down: {offline_names}{more}")
         else:
-            lines.append(f"🏗️ All {s.infra_total} routers up ✅.")
+            lines.append(f"🏗️ All {s.infra_total} routers up ✅")
 
         nodes_with_gw = [n for n in health.nodes.values() if n.avg_gateways is not None]
         if nodes_with_gw:
@@ -1554,30 +1553,30 @@ class MeshReporter:
             full = sum(1 for n in nodes_with_gw if n.avg_gateways >= total_sources)
             single = sum(1 for n in nodes_with_gw if n.avg_gateways <= 1.0)
             if single > 0:
-                lines.append(f"📶 {full} nodes full coverage, {single} on thin ice with 1 gw.")
+                lines.append(f"📶 {full} nodes full coverage, {single} on thin ice with 1 gw")
             else:
-                lines.append(f"📶 {full} nodes full coverage ✅.")
+                lines.append(f"📶 {full} nodes full coverage ✅")
 
         high_util = [n for n in health.nodes.values()
                      if n.channel_utilization is not None and n.channel_utilization > 15]
         if high_util:
             worst = max(high_util, key=lambda n: n.channel_utilization)
             worst_name = worst.long_name or worst.short_name or str(worst.node_num)
-            lines.append(f"🔥 {worst_name} running hot at {worst.channel_utilization:.0f}% util.")
+            lines.append(f"🔥 {worst_name} running hot at {worst.channel_utilization:.0f}% util")
 
         infra_nodes = [n for n in health.nodes.values() if n.is_infrastructure]
         bat_low = [n for n in infra_nodes if n.battery_percent is not None and 0 < n.battery_percent < 20]
         if bat_low:
             low_names = ", ".join(n.long_name or n.short_name or str(n.node_num) for n in bat_low)
-            lines.append(f"🔋 ⚠️ {low_names} low battery.")
+            lines.append(f"🔋 ⚠️ {low_names} low battery")
         else:
-            lines.append(f"🔋 All infra powered up ✅.")
+            lines.append(f"🔋 All infra powered up ✅")
 
         env_nodes = [n for n in health.nodes.values() if n.has_environment_sensor]
         if env_nodes:
             temps = [n.temperature for n in env_nodes if _is_valid_temperature(n.temperature)]
             if temps:
-                lines.append(f"🌡️ {min(temps):.0f}–{max(temps):.0f}°C across {len(env_nodes)} sensors.")
+                lines.append(f"🌡️ {min(temps):.0f}–{max(temps):.0f}°C across {len(env_nodes)} sensors")
 
         region_parts = []
         for region in health.regions:
@@ -1595,12 +1594,12 @@ class MeshReporter:
             else:
                 region_parts.append(f"{name} 🔴")
         if region_parts:
-            lines.append(" | ".join(region_parts) + ".")
+            lines.append(" | ".join(region_parts))
 
-        return "\n".join(lines)
+        return lines
 
-    def _region_lora_compact(self, region) -> str:
+    def _region_lora_compact(self, region) -> list[str]:
-        """Compact region display for !region [name]."""
+        """Compact region display. Returns list of messages."""
         rs = region.score
         context = self._region_context(region.name)
         name = context.split("(")[0].strip() if context else region.name
@@ -1614,8 +1613,8 @@ class MeshReporter:
         else:
             dot = "🔴"
 
-        lines = [f"📡 {name} {dot}."]
+        lines = [f"📡 {name} {dot}"]
-        lines.append(f"🏗️ {rs.infra_online}/{rs.infra_total} infra | 📡 {rs.util_percent:.0f}% util.")
+        lines.append(f"🏗️ {rs.infra_online}/{rs.infra_total} infra | {rs.util_percent:.0f}% util")
 
         offline = []
         for nid_str in region.node_ids:
@@ -1627,9 +1626,9 @@ class MeshReporter:
             if node and node.is_infrastructure and not node.is_online:
                 offline.append(node.long_name or node.short_name or str(nid))
         if offline:
-            lines.append(f"❌ Down: {', '.join(offline)}.")
+            lines.append(f"❌ Down: {', '.join(offline)}")
 
-        return "\n".join(lines)
+        return lines
 
     def list_regions_compact(self) -> str:
         """List all regions with scores for !region command."""

meshai/router.py

@@ -476,13 +476,21 @@ class MessageRouter:
 
         query_lower = query.lower()
 
-        # Build name -> node lookup
+        # Build name -> node lookup (include partial long_name matches)
         node_names = {}
         for node in health.nodes.values():
             if node.short_name:
                 node_names[node.short_name.lower()] = node
             if node.long_name:
-                node_names[node.long_name.lower()] = node
+                full = node.long_name.lower()
+                node_names[full] = node
+                # Add partial matches: "TVM Pearl Relay" also matches "TVM Pearl"
+                words = full.split()
+                if len(words) >= 2:
+                    for i in range(2, len(words) + 1):
+                        partial = " ".join(words[:i])
+                        if partial not in node_names:
+                            node_names[partial] = node
 
         # AIDA aliases
         aida_node = health.nodes.get(0x27780c47)
@@ -492,6 +500,7 @@ class MessageRouter:
 
         # Find mentioned nodes (longest names first)
         found_nodes = []
+
         for name in sorted(node_names.keys(), key=len, reverse=True):
             if name in query_lower and len(name) >= 2:
                 node = node_names[name]
@@ -500,6 +509,38 @@ class MessageRouter:
                 if len(found_nodes) >= 2:
                     break
 
+        # If we only found one or zero nodes, check for ambiguous short terms
+        if len(found_nodes) < 2:
+            query_words = query_lower.replace("?", "").replace("!", "").split()
+            candidate_terms = list(query_words)
+            for i in range(len(query_words) - 1):
+                candidate_terms.append(f"{query_words[i]} {query_words[i+1]}")
+
+            skip_words = {"how", "far", "is", "from", "the", "to", "and", "between", "what",
+                         "distance", "away", "are", "apart", "tell", "me", "about", "a", "an"}
+
+            for term in candidate_terms:
+                if term in skip_words or len(term) < 2:
+                    continue
+                matches = []
+                seen_nums = set()
+                for node in health.nodes.values():
+                    if node.node_num in seen_nums:
+                        continue
+                    name_lower = (node.long_name or "").lower()
+                    short_lower = (node.short_name or "").lower()
+                    if term in name_lower or term == short_lower:
+                        matches.append(node)
+                        seen_nums.add(node.node_num)
+
+                if len(matches) > 1:
+                    names = [f"  - {n.long_name or n.short_name} ({n.short_name})"
+                             for n in matches[:6]]
+                    return (
+                        f"AMBIGUOUS: '{term}' matches multiple nodes. "
+                        f"Ask the user which one they mean:\n" + "\n".join(names)
+                    )
+
         if len(found_nodes) == 2:
             return self.mesh_reporter.build_distance(
                 str(found_nodes[0].node_num),
@@ -513,6 +554,7 @@ class MessageRouter:
 
         return ""
 
+
     async def generate_llm_response(self, message: MeshMessage, query: str) -> str:
         """Generate LLM response for a message.