feat(claudbg-xokw): accept 'msgs' as alias for 'messages' in filter fields

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.beans/claudbg-xokw--filter-accept-msgsmessages-as-aliases-for-message.md

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ---
 # claudbg-xokw
 title: 'Filter: accept ''msgs''/''messages'' as aliases for message count filter'
-status: todo
+status: completed
 type: bug
+priority: normal
 created_at: 2026-04-01T16:47:06Z
-updated_at: 2026-04-01T16:47:06Z
+updated_at: 2026-04-01T16:51:12Z
 ---
 
 For filtering, both 'msgs' and 'messages' should be accepted as field names when filtering on message count, since the UI displays the column as 'msgs'.
+
+## Summary of Changes\n\nAdded 'messages' as alias for 'msgs' in filter field matching so both forms work for filtering by message count.

src/filter.rs

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl Key {
             "project" => Some(Key::Project),
             "id" => Some(Key::Id),
             "agents" => Some(Key::Agents),
-            "messages" => Some(Key::Messages),
+            "messages" | "msgs" => Some(Key::Messages),
             "in" => Some(Key::In),
             "out" => Some(Key::Out),
             "tokens" => Some(Key::Tokens),
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ fn parse_atom(atom: &str) -> Result<Predicate> {
 
     let key = Key::parse(key_str).ok_or_else(|| {
         AppError::Parse(format!(
-            "unknown filter key '{key_str}' — valid keys: model, project, id, agents, messages, in, out, tokens, date"
+            "unknown filter key '{key_str}' — valid keys: model, project, id, agents, messages, msgs, in, out, tokens, date"
         ))
     })?;
 
@@ -509,7 +509,11 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     /// Build a row with the given token counts; all other fields use fixed defaults.
-    fn make_row_with_tokens(full_id: &str, input_tokens: u64, output_tokens: u64) -> SessionListItem {
+    fn make_row_with_tokens(
+        full_id: &str,
+        input_tokens: u64,
+        output_tokens: u64,
+    ) -> SessionListItem {
         SessionListItem {
             short_id: full_id.get(..8).unwrap_or(full_id).to_string(),
             full_id: full_id.to_string(),
@@ -1071,7 +1075,8 @@ mod tests {
     fn in_and_out_combined() {
         // Large input AND small output — very "reading-heavy" sessions.
         let f = Filter::parse("in>10000 AND out<500").unwrap();
-        let reading_heavy = make_row_with_tokens("aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", 50000, 200);
+        let reading_heavy =
+            make_row_with_tokens("aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", 50000, 200);
         let balanced = make_row_with_tokens("bbbbbbbb-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", 50000, 2000);
         assert!(f.matches(&reading_heavy));
         assert!(!f.matches(&balanced));

src/tui/modals/help_modal.rs

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const HELP_TEXT: &str = "\
   project:foo    substring\n\
   id:abc         substring\n\
   agents>0       numeric\n\
-  messages<50    numeric\n\
+  messages<50    numeric (alias: msgs)\n\
   in>5000        input tokens\n\
   out<1000       output tokens\n\
   tokens>50000   total tokens\n\