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assist: User docs site, line comments in high-level review, extension project panes

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Assist finally has user docs: a Starlight site with screenshots captured in a sandbox and a feedback loop from the browser extension straight to the agent writing them. High-level review gained line comments that post with the review.

Added

Internal command badge
Docs feedback from the extension, routed to the doc writer session
User docs site on Astro Starlight with sandboxed screenshots
Issue and PR tokens from the prompt shown on cards
Every command synced as a skill
Deleted files collapsed by default in diffs
Expand toggle on every preview pane
Assist button and outline toggle in GitHub project side panes
assist run add --env, --pre, --filter, --quiet, --param
Gap expanders in high-level review diffs
assist github issue create --milestone, create in /github
Match box filters the structure tree by plain text
Line comments on diffs and test source, posted with the review
Search term highlighted in transcripts
Merge conflicts flagged in high-level review

Changed

summarise command removed
sessions.topBar toggle removed
Draft Auto-start toggle renamed Auto-approve

Fixed

Staged changes lost across a pull
High-level review draft lost on close and reopen
Clones under baseDir not found by origin
assist prs raise running on a merged or closed PR
Sessions not restored mid worktree seeding
Review tests read from the wrong commit
Review not reusing an existing PR checkout

assist: Assist browser extension, high-level review approvals, monorepo verify

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The criteria extension grew into a full assist extension that can send GitHub comments and drive PR reviews from the PR page. High-level reviews can now post approvals, and verify learned to handle monorepos.

Added

Mark done or won't do from the backlog list play menu
Approve & start on item previews and refine plan updates
Sticky diff file headers that toggle on click
Search History by transcript text, keeping generated titles
daemon.log trimmed in place at 50MB
Auto-start toggle for draft sessions
High-level review: Approve posts approval, reopen in a session
prs.slackChannel with fallback
review-ci: no-findings and failed-review comments, token usage
High-level review jump strip and full/half pane toggle
Rainbow pill when usage windows match
Assist browser extension: send GitHub comments, PR-page review menu
Parent issue linked in the preview pane
Server runs relaunch on restore once the port is free
Inline diffs in the high-level file tree, collapsedPaths
Queued commits listed by PR, with diff popover and deploy links
verify.roots for monorepos; diffs against merge-base
assist github issue edit --fetch and create --body
Type to filter the repo picker
Alt+Q opens Updates; Alt+D focuses the preview action
Edit screenshot captions and groups in the pane

Changed

Criteria extension rebranded as the assist extension
Peer PRs approved by anyone hidden from Next
Local daemon restart reloads the page

Fixed

Shell quoting breaking queries on Windows
Pending review lost when a thread failed
Terminals replayed and spawned at the wrong size
Multi-line args mangled on Windows spawn
Development-linked issues not counted
Pre-boot backlog locks treated as live

assist: Shared repo config, review-ci hardening, high-level review sessions

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Repo config moved into the shared database so every node sees the same overrides. The CI reviewer got hardened for real repos, and high-level reviews can now run as their own session.

Added

Grouped --screenshot flags for PRs, seeded into the PR pane
Link to an item's running session
High-level review runs in a session with structure diffs and comments
Fast-forward branches with no upstream
Clone session cards always badged
Assist commands spill out of a clone
Your own open PRs on the Next screen, after peer PRs
Reviewers flag tautological tests; test hierarchy in high-level review
review-ci: per-slot models, Entra, job summary, reopen and ready
Alt+S and Alt+A focus keys on the backlog
Draft chip in the Review dropdown
assist run add --server and --repo
Duplicate config array items
Next issues link to live sessions
Repo config overrides shared via the db, with config import-repos
Restart, pause and check for updates from the Updates page
Node links negotiate protocol ranges

Changed

review-ci skips bot-authored and fork PRs

Fixed

Stale local and fork PR branches on checkout
gh writes in subshells and $( ) not denied
Enter submitting before the repo's mode loads
Git console windows flashing from watch helpers
Codex sandbox failing on CI runners
Ended sessions not taken over
gh close/reopen --comment not denied
Daemon pipe shared across Windows users
Tailscale held by another user not diagnosed

assist: Next view, Tailscale nodes, console clone watcher, keyboard shortcuts

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A new Next view gathers the PRs to review, assigned issues and project pickups in one place. Nodes moved onto Tailscale, the clone watcher became a self-healing console, and nearly everything got a keyboard shortcut.

Added

Updates page from the version badge
Daemon runs the assist auto-update loop
Configurable sessions hotkeys, Alt region keys and a shortcuts sheet
Restart and update linked nodes from the web UI and CLI
GitHub issues marked started on phase-1 runs
Screenshots attached via gh --attach
Console clone watcher that escalates and auto-resolves divergence
Close all sessions in a repo group, asking about nested ones
Nodes linked and served by Tailscale name
assist db drop-retired
Criteria extension self-updates and prints its install link
Tab cycles focused session cards
assist ask reviewable preview and /ask skill
Serving chip and banner ports link to localhost
/review-ci installs a Claude and Codex PR review workflow
Next view: peer PRs, assigned issues and project pickups
assist show opens markdown in the preview pane
worktree.install path list with a web mode picker
/review-high-level command
restructure.maxDepth
Opt-in commands synced as skills
assist sessions output --server and /run-logs
3+ server runs collapse into a dropdown

Changed

/watch retired in favour of the console watcher
SSH node links retired
Voice, journal and handover features removed
PR video upload cap raised to 100MB
prs.required defaults to true

Fixed

Several viewers fighting over a terminal's size
Self-update and web server restart on Windows
Hung node-scoped requests never timing out
Clone closing over unlanded work
Pending question lost after a restart
Tasks killed by a daemon crash never waking
gh api graphql issue mutations not denied
Node links not recovering live after latching

assist: Linked nodes, new-session dialog, releases page

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The biggest week in a while. Assist nodes can now link to each other, over SSH too, replacing the old Windows proxy, and a keyboard-first new-session dialog arrived alongside a releases page that tracks live deployments.

Added

Mouse wheel steps through last message history
SSH node links, nodes doctor, peer logs and trace ids
Node-native panels and cloning on a linked node
Linked nodes replace the Windows proxy
Node name and health API
New-session dialog: Ctrl+N, repo picker, modes, harness, ?new
News nav tab via news.showInNav
Configurable default new-session mode
Build a backlog item with Codex or pi
assist refactor restructure --apply and --check from the import graph
Codex usage tracking and per-harness limits
Clone watcher reaped on last dismissal
Codex routed through LiteLLM in the CLI and daemon
assist github issue edit --parent
Releases page with live env state, graph and assist releases configure
High-level review: native diff viewer and /review-config
Config-gated cli-hook block on npm scripts (cliHook.blockNpmRun)
Filter and keyboard nav in the PRs dropdown
Do-not-merge titles flagged in assist prs status

Changed

Releases tab hidden without configured streams
Server run slot keyed on origin and group

Fixed

Comments in Rust files not detected
Resume watch killed by a daemon restart
Watcher left running after worktree close
Silent respawned run sessions never settling
Session cwd not following a PR review
Version mismatch not blamed on a stale WSL daemon
PRs miscounted in assist prs status
Missing PR number link on review cards

assist: Repo-conditioned advice, PR status overviews, high-level review checklist

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Session advice became composable sections chosen per repo and fed to every harness. PR wrangling got a cross-repo status overview that posts straight to Slack, plus a checklist for high-level reviews.

Added

/prs-status previews and posts a Slack overview with threaded detail
Batch Slack posting with post --parts, threaded in /slack-post
assist github issue started
High-level PR review checklist, stepped in an overlay
assist prs status across repos with unresolved thread counts
Advice injected into Codex and pi sessions
assist chart draws a piped label/value series
assist advise composes repo-conditioned session advice
GitHub refs rendered in --resolves
Comments on rendered files and the markdown preview
Config search matches descriptions
Review output logged to review.log
10MB cap on video uploads

Changed

Advice include/exclude collapsed into one advice.sections map
Watchers ordered above their repo group
Running row sweeps its left edge; static phase dot
Chain toggles named by destination

Fixed

Preview screenshots lost on reject
Chart y axis not fitting the data range
Watchers staying starred on restore
Review findings posting without a preview
Upload size rejection never reaching the user
Codex 0.154 provider overrides

assist: Read-time estimates, usage Items tab, render-rate HUD

Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A busy week of web UI polish: a usage Items tab, tidier backlog rows and a render HUD for hunting re-render loops. assist read-time arrived to estimate how long a PR takes to read.

Added

Render-rate HUD in the web UI, toggled from the hamburger menu
cli-hook denies piping or narrowing assist verify output
Resume conversations from Activity
Codex reviewer runs on a LiteLLM model
Usage Items tab with summary band, repo and status filters, sorting
Video attachments in previews
assist read-time with prose-aware, length-decayed estimates
Auto-merge toggle on the PR preview
assist prs writes allowed via cli-writes
assist litellm list-models
assist transcript merge --no-provenance and --widen-audience

Changed

Backlog rows: title on its own line, one phase meter, real buttons

Fixed

Stored plans showing more than one Review phase
Set-active render loop on the backlog page
Markdown re-renders wiping links
Markdown links not opening in a new tab
Repo labels missing for non-default origins
Missing focus ring on backlog row controls
gh missing-PR error not detected
File palette not scoped to the selected card
Profanity filter mangling 'damned if I know'

assist: Slack post previews, restricted path denies, transcript merging

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Slack posts and issue comment edits now go through a preview first, and the CLI hook got stricter about restricted paths and truncated output. Meeting transcripts can now be merged across several VTT files.

Added

assist transcript clean --timestamps for markdown output
assist transcript merge with NOTE provenance and --select ranges
cli-hook denies reads of restricted paths
cli-hook denies truncating prs list-comments
Approval gate on assist github issue edit-comment
Screenshots on the issue create preview
Rule titles and collapsible scopes
--ref trailers on assist commit
assist sessions rename and the /rename command
Slack post preview with a default channel and thread replies
assist github issue create --parent

Changed

cli-hook denies head/tail on gated commands

Fixed

Preview pane links not navigating on click
Resume not naming the daemon restart it needs
Quoted pipes in a body tripping the cli-hook deny
Selection popover running off screen
Cards outside the selected repo not selectable
Preview footer text not selectable
File palette not scoped to the selected session
Missing markdown styles in the preview pane

assist: Criteria browser extension, repo rules, split launch buttons

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Acceptance-criteria outlining moved into GitHub itself through a browser extension, and repo rules became something assist can list, cite and capture from review comments.

Added

assist github issue create --project and --status
assist sessions close and the /close command
assist github issue create --type
Roam Claude icon lights up on pi agent activity
assist rules index and /fix-rules
Capture a rule from a preview comment
Cite scoped rules from preview comments
assist transcript clean for .vtt files
assist rules list
Split launch buttons for prompt, draft, bug and design
Browser extension for outlining criteria on GitHub issues
/miro slash command

Changed

Criteria extension signed in CI and follows GitHub theme changes live
add-rule fixes what caused the rule to be ignored

Fixed

Issue preview metadata and labels
Closing <v> tags left in cleaned VTT cues
Session transcript lost after /clear
Criteria extension missing GitHub's issue body textarea

assist: Issue edit previews, issue type normalising, Miro box extraction

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

GitHub issues got a proper editing loop, from previewing body edits and reshaping acceptance criteria to bulk-fixing issue types across a subtree. Miro boards can now be mined for their boxes as YAML.

Added

Insert or convert an acceptance criteria section in the issue preview
Drag, indent and edit acceptance criteria in the issue preview
Save and replay named Miro extracts
Acceptance criteria outline in the issue preview
Filter, dedupe and write Miro extracts to a file
Pick Miro anchors in the preview pane
assist miro extract prints the boxes inside a board rectangle
assist github issue fix-structure normalises a subtree's issue types
assist watch runs a sync after a pull that needs one
assist github issue edit previews an existing issue's body
Collapsible sections in the issue preview
assist github issue comment

Changed

Issue ref in the preview header links to the issue

Fixed

assist github issue edit not detecting the web session
Flaky git origin lookups grouping sessions wrongly
Duplicate repos in the repo selector and history

assist: Comment previews, sessions as activity refs, collapsible sidebar

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Agents' comments now need approval before posting, plus a batch of Windows host fixes.

Added

Approval preview before agents post backlog or PR comments
Collapsible left sidebar
assist backlog record-session links a session to a backlog item
Checkout-only PR review
Draft checkbox in the PR preview

Changed

Preview pane says what it's about to write
Web UI config edits target the right host
Windows host heal announces when it finishes
Daemon handshake rejects version skew

Fixed

Project config writes landing in the Windows global config
assist backlog show not printing comments
pr-decision not reaching the Windows daemon
Windows working directories in the web config API
Stale sessions from deleted temp directories

assist: Codex status and resume, fix-conflict, threaded PR comments

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Codex sessions became first-class, and PR work picked up fix-conflict and threaded comments.

Added

Codex session history and resume
Last agent prompt shown above the terminal
Revert a whole folder, or everything, from the diff tree
assist config keys lists every config key
Comment gate covers C# and Razor
assist fix-conflict rebases a PR and resolves conflicts in a session
Usage tooltip shows when limits recover
Split review button with chain toggles and force re-run
Codex sessions report status on their cards
docs/codex.md on how Codex resume works

Changed

Session respawn split per harness
PR chain toggles remembered per session
PR draft state defaults from config
Phase prompts commit before the phase ends
Card titles use content fetched from a reference URL
assist prs comments grouped by thread
Finished sessions can be joined, with a reason when refused
Launcher relationship set at spawn
Harness threaded through activity, respawn and the web UI

Fixed

Two clones of one repo sharing a worktree identity
PR replies with backticks or newlines mangled; bodies can come from stdin
Codex status lost when the hook fired before registration
Resume flag dropped on respawn
Diff files out of file-tree order

assist: Diff selection comments, masked secrets, Monaco editor, chained reviews

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The web UI grew into a place to review and edit work, with selection comments on diffs, a Monaco editor and a proper diff panel, alongside masked config secrets and chained reviews.

Added

assist sync prunes commands it no longer ships
Revert a path's changes from the diff tree
Verify ring on the running dot
Artifact step in /design
Watcher session in the clone during worktree runs
Resuming a session whose worktree was reaped
Saving files from the /file editor
Monaco file viewer at /file
Per-session diff panel with a file tree
Diff link in the session top bar
Masked config secrets in CLI and /config
Search and per-key help on the /config page
assist review --address-comments and --announce
Review chain toggles in the review dialog
Configurable live-session ceiling and float threshold
Linked GitHub issue on backlog cards
Comment on a diff selection
Current-branch diff scope

Changed

Session top bar keeps ids visible
Session nesting survives daemon restarts
File palette opens paths in the active worktree
Release runs serialised in CI
Runs nest under the card that launched them
Unanchored review findings folded into the review body
Reviewers told never to ask for added comments
Terser PR body guidance shared by raise and edit
prs edit goes through the preview pane
Titles from what reference-only sessions go on to do
Flat session cards on a grid with a fixed sidebar
Usage tooltip colours limits by threshold
PR preview chain split into Review and Post steps
Worktree sessions nest under their backlog run
Scroll position restored per route
Review findings stack under the card's review button
Backlog runs pick the configured harness
PR comments cached under ~/.assist

Fixed

Retry racing the old worktree's teardown
Config scope toggle not showing its real write target
Shell splitter conflating heredocs and input redirects
Masked secrets written back as the mask
Console windows flashing on Windows git spawns
Codex hook using an unsupported schema
Diff base when origin/HEAD is unset
Activity section truncating commits
Deleted clones in the repo list

assist: Editable config page, sticky session top bar, `assist watch`

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The config page became editable and the sessions view was reorganised around a sticky top bar and a queue of waiting sessions.

Added

Editing and unsetting complex config values in /config
Config source chip per row
Sticky session top bar, on by default
Auto-generated session titles
Ctrl+. jumps to the next waiting session
assist watch and watch wait
Multiple agents per stream

Changed

Repo config overrides deep-merge
Global-only keys force global scope
Lighter card headers with a pulsing waiting dot
Waiting cards float to the top
Drafts stay in the trunk clone
Session diff based on the session's first commit
backlog add and add-phase go through the preview gate
Item preview shows the review plan's phases

assist: Codex and pi harnesses, optimistic launch cards, auto-reload

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Assist stopped being Claude-only, with Codex and pi harnesses alongside it, plus a run of reliability fixes around session launch and status.

Added

Web UI auto-reloads after an update
Review-type modal when picking a PR
Logging of dropped Windows proxy forwards
edit-phase alias for update-phase
pi harness support
Codex command auto-approval hook
All, open and done status filter on backlog
Phase count in usage history
Codex harness support
Optimistic pending card on launch
Backlog type filter in the web UI
React error boundary around the app layout
Average context per rate-limit cycle

Changed

Cards and launchers name the session's harness
Protocol bump so stale daemons heal
Capped vitest workers
xterm packages moved to runtime dependencies
Session launch retries through database outages
Status delivery retries on daemon hiccups
refactor extract handles const arrow functions
Comment gate covers Bicep files

Fixed

Windows sessions not restored with the daemon down
/mnt path rewrite running outside WSL
phaseDone signalling before writes land
Items marked done after an aborted review
Inserted phases being skipped
Multi-line PR bodies mangled on Windows
Usage table dates wrapping

assist: Branch command, sub-tasks, git activity on items, versioned migrations

Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A busy week on backlog items: sub-tasks, git activity and Jira keys all attached to them, plus assist branch, config docs in --help and versioned database migrations.

Added

/design command with its own session type
Token and context-window usage on session cards
Starring any session, persisted across restarts
Config keys documented in each command's --help
verify:config-keys check
VS Code button on session cards
Copy session id from history cards
Pinned header on backlog item detail
Restart control on session cards
Edit and remove sub-tasks
Search backlog by Jira key or item number
Git branch in the status line
backlog add-activity command
Rewind an item to Review from the web
Auto-branching for PR-required stories
Commits, branches and PRs attached to backlog items
Jira key badges on session cards and items
Top-nav button to restart the web server
Address Comments in the card review menu
Sub-tasks on backlog items and /subtask
backlog move-phase reorders phases
Review-and-post entries in review menus
assist branch cuts from the fresh remote default
Session cards grouped by repo
/update-jira posts a session summary

Changed

Database moved onto versioned migrations
Per-phase peak context, transcript tokens and live active time
Backlog item ids prefixed with a
Repo-aware backlog item chips
More concise assist branch slugs with a spinner
Untracked files counted individually in git status
Jira commands consolidated into /jira
Phase-1 runs move the Jira issue to In Progress
Sessions restart from their persisted prompt
Markdown rendering for descriptions and sub-tasks
Comment gate covers #-comment files
backlog add requires a git remote
Clearer review completion gate
Built-in deny for raw git checkout -b and git branch
Comment guard covers YAML files

Fixed

Commit proceeding with autostash conflict markers
Resumed sessions on the wrong backlog phase
Runs silently starting fresh when resume conversation is missing
sessions web ignoring --no-open
Duplicate verify:* commands
Star state and token usage clobbering each other
Card actions triggering card activation
Lingering child processes surviving restart
PR buttons missing right after prs raise
Open PRs resolved from a stale cache
Stale pause file freezing the next run
Auto-run skipped after a draft exits non-zero
Markdown link colours in dark mode
Failed launches being auto-dismissed
macOS notifications hanging the caller
Escape sequence junk in Windows scrollback
Settings sync clobbering user-only keys

assist: PR review in the web UI, per-phase cost tracking, repo summary chips

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

PR review moved into the sessions web view, backlog phases started recording their token and time cost, and session status kept getting more accurate.

Added

Repo summary chips above the backlog
Per-phase token usage and active time
assist backlog set-status command
View review synthesis from the web UI
Unified transcripts workflow
New bugs get a Fix phase automatically
Usage history pagination
Address-comments review mode
Open PRs list and review dropdown in sessions view
Open-PR button on session cards
Version badge when web and daemon mismatch

Changed

Session timer seeded from recorded phase time
AFK timeout disabled so sessions wait for answers
Spinner on cards while chips load
Resumed sessions open as waiting
UI-rendered status echoed to daemon.log
Persistent sidebar layout
History list scoped to the selected repo
cli-hook catches git commit inside larger commands

Fixed

Review button opening the wrong PR
Resumed session not flipping to running on prompt
Idle sessions restoring as running
Session titles lost on restore
Markdown lists not indenting
Clicks in dialogs selecting the card underneath
Card not deselecting on /usage
Stale socket restore loop
AskUserQuestion not showing waiting
Signal files leaking into foreign repos

assist: Scheduled backups, comment edit gate, Jira links on backlog items

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The self-documenting code policy moved into a hook-level comment gate, backups became schedulable, and the Windows daemon path got a round of hardening.

Added

assist backlog associate-jira and /associate-jira
Protocol-version handshake between daemons
Unmerged files in web git status
PreToolUse gate blocking new code comments
Maintainability override marker
assist daemon drain clears all sessions
Phase name shown on session cards
assist backup schedule installs a cron cadence
assist verify forbidden-strings config-driven check

Changed

Comment gate allows trimming existing comments
Comment allow pin delivered out-of-band
Block-comments verify step removed
Review phase rewinds only after confirmation
Daemon logging unified into assist.log
Faster Windows connect and create timeouts
Hard cap on session fan-out
Web server binds before the daemon is ready
Session-card prompt clamped to five lines
Cards show running as soon as the session thinks
Backup and restore locate the database themselves
Last Biome references removed

Fixed

Sessions going idle after a tool completes
--once sessions not auto-dismissing after restore
Daemon replaying its whole log to reconnecting browsers
Silent Windows create failures
Unbounded growth in Windows session ids
Windows proxy running on the Windows host itself
Missed or double-counted usage-peak resets
Import sort disagreement between linter and formatter
Auto-fix verify scripts not runnable
Wrapped URLs in the web terminal not clickable

assist: Windows sessions from WSL, Biome to oxc, hook-driven status, netcap

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Windows-host sessions became drivable from the WSL dashboard, linting moved from Biome to oxc, session status switched to Claude Code hooks, and netcap arrived for extracting LinkedIn posts.

Added

assist netcap captures browser traffic via an extension
assist netcap extract parses LinkedIn posts
Backup command and backups view
WebGL terminal rendering
Warning when committing off the expected branch
Keepalive on the WSL to Windows proxy
Update assist from the web menu
Backlog runs can pause at review
assist prs reply for PR review threads
/strip-comments command
Cmd+C and Cmd+V in the terminal on macOS
Persisted peak usage history
Selected session persists and is shared
Starring backlog items and sessions
Toast on session launch
Launch and drive Windows sessions from the WSL dashboard
Rate limits indicator in the nav bar
Hamburger menu with restart actions
Daemon proxies Windows sessions over TCP
assist prs edit for existing PRs
/prs-slack posts a PR to Slack

Changed

verify --timer renamed to --measure, formats in place
Usage history ordered newest first, keeps pre-reset peak
Session timer counts running time only
Backlog web view polls for status
Edit action removed from the backlog web view
Session status driven by Claude Code hooks
Daemon restarts itself after an update
assist commit pull autostashes
Biome replaced with oxc for lint and format
Bounded Windows reconnect and daemon spawn retries
Backlog database renamed to assist database
Handovers stored in the database
PR bodies rejected when one wall of text
Complexity report suggests how to improve maintainability
Windows daemon auto-heals on version drift
Faster assist refactor rename file
assist prs create renamed to prs raise
Built-in deny for gh pr edit
cli-hook fails closed on denies in compound commands
News feeds folded into the sessions web UI

Fixed

Sessions reading the wrong transcript
Restored update session not showing done
Restored session cards losing metadata
Failed session restores failing silently
Items without a plan not rewinding through review
Slow tab switching in the web view
assist review running codex outside the repo
Seq query time window
Final backlog phase signalling done before committing
Backlog origin resolution on Windows
Starting a session with an empty prompt

assist: Launch from the web UI, session cards, transcript history

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Backlog work now launches and runs from the web dashboard, with richer session cards, a proper web terminal and a transcript view for finished sessions.

Added

Restart menu in the web terminal on Ctrl+R
Copy and paste in the web terminal
Read-only transcript view for closed sessions
Auto-advance toggle to pause between phases
Mark-done button on backlog cards
--no-open flag for sessions and backlog web
Git status counts in the toolbar
Refine launch from a session card
Clickable links in the terminal
--ignore glob for maintainability runs
Session type, title, repo and activity chips on cards
Per-card auto-run toggle
Keyboard-searchable repo selector
Open in GitHub toolbar action
assist verify comment-policy check
Play and Refine buttons on backlog items
Free-prompt launch for draft and bug
Open in VS Code toolbar action
assist run <n> falls through to backlog run

Changed

Built-in deny for git commit in favour of assist commit
Repo selector orders by recency
Pinned overrides for vulnerable transitive dependencies
Server restart no longer opens a new browser tab
/jira fetches through the Atlassian MCP server
Review findings validated against the diff before posting
Backlog items cached across view switches
Card selection defaults and reselects the top card
Prompt input submits on Enter and handles multiline
Auto-run reuses existing draft or bug cards
Lightweight summary loaders for backlog list
Repo selector follows the active card
Backlog lock and activity files moved under ~/.assist
--once sessions auto-dismiss when done
Completed-item filtering moved server-side
Old sidebar run-command list removed

Fixed

Web terminal dead after server restart
Paste registering twice in the web terminal
Browser opening under WSL
Daemon restart resuming the wrong session
Backlog sessions restoring through a bare resume
Session lock not released on dismiss
Previous repo's items flashing in on project switch
Resuming a run after its review phase was rewound

assist: Backlog on Postgres and Drizzle, PR review gate, session daemon

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The backlog moved to a shared Postgres database on Drizzle, PR creation gained a review gate, and web sessions moved into a daemon that survives server restarts.

Added

Session daemon keeps web sessions alive across server restarts
assist daemon run, status, stop and restart
--once flag for launcher commands
assist signal done completion marker
In-progress highlight and chip on backlog items
assist review <number> checks out and reviews a PR
assist review --backlog files findings as a backlog item
assist github commits <org> commit leaderboard
assist prs create with content validation
Top-level assist ls shortcut for backlog list
assist review-comments [number] launcher
backlog next accepts a start id
assist backlog move-repo retags items after a repo rename
refine alias on the backlog command
Optional git pull --ff-only before backlog commands
Loading spinner on backlog list searches
assist backlog export and import via Postgres COPY
Granular add, edit and remove flags for backlog lists

Changed

assist review gitignores .assist/reviews before writing
Pointer cursor on web UI buttons and links
/draft and /refine enforce vertical slicing
SHA mode removed from assist review
Shared repo selector across backlog and sessions views
gh pr create denied in favour of assist prs create
/pr requires previewing title and body before publishing
backlog run and next default to write mode
Targeted single-item reads and writes
Backlog chip colours derived from theme
Backlog data layer moved to Drizzle, tests on PGlite
Shorter unambiguous repo labels in backlog list
backlog update renamed to update-field
cli-hook denies piped assist complexity with sub-command hint
Backlog moved from per-repo SQLite to a global Postgres database

Fixed

Duplicate daemon spawns on concurrent restarts
PTY spawn failure crashing the server
gh pr diff failing on PRs over 300 files
Extracted imports landing above suppression comments
Backlog tab stuck on its last sub-view
Phase appended during review getting skipped
Phases added mid-run being skipped
Backlog commands hanging after output

assist: Handover and recall skills, backlog runs gated on handover

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Cross-session continuity: handover notes get written, surfaced at session start, and backlog runs won't proceed until they've been read.

Added

assist handover archive to set a pending handover aside
/handover skill writes a structured .assist/HANDOVER.md
/recall skill summarises the previous session
Prior handovers archived before being overwritten

Changed

backlog run and backlog next refuse to start with a pending handover
SessionStart hook surfaces the handover directly
Session-walking /recall plumbing removed
Shared JSONL parsing between handover and session summaries

assist: Review handles missing Codex, clearer reviewer failures

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Hardening assist review so a missing or failing reviewer is handled gracefully and explained.

Changed

Reviewer failures show exit code, stderr and fast-fail hints
Offer to install Codex, else review with Claude alone
Reviewer spawn code split into smaller pieces

Fixed

assist review crashing when codex is not installed

assist: assist review with Claude and Codex, backlog shortcuts, skott

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The week centred on assist review, which pits Claude and Codex against a diff and merges their findings into PR comments.

Added

assist review <sha> reviews a single commit locally
/next [id] runs a specific backlog item
assist backlog stop parks an in-progress item
assist review runs Claude and Codex as PR reviewers
--refine and --apply review flags

Changed

Stricter reviewer guidelines and tone
Jira context via the Atlassian MCP server
skott replaces madge for circular dependency checks
/draft defers codebase reads until after the description
Reviews use PR diff and prior comments
Spinner progress per reviewer
Reworked severity rubric

Fixed

refactor rename symbol loading the wrong tsconfig in monorepos

assist: MSSQL queries, /forward-comments, /verify-new

Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Database access came to MSSQL, plus slash commands for forwarding offline review feedback and registering verify checks.

Added

/verify-new slash command for quiet verify entries
/forward-comments posts outside reviews as PR line comments
assist sql query and mutate for MSSQL

Fixed

assist backlog failing from a subdirectory
prs using upstream instead of origin on forks
run add verify:* creating slash command files

assist: Mermaid export via Kroki, Roam port file fix

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A short week that added mermaid diagram export and restored the Claude icon in Roam.

Added

assist mermaid export renders markdown diagrams to SVG

Fixed

Roam icon missing due to channel-specific port files

assist: Temp-dir redirects approved, verify init targets assist.yml

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A quiet week of fixes and refinements, mainly loosening the cli-hook parser for safe temp-file redirects.

Changed

cli-hook approves redirects into the OS temp directory
Specific rejection reasons from the command parser
verify init writes to assist.yml, --package-json opt-out

Fixed

devlog next crashing on Windows git log format

assist: Web sessions dashboard, unified web UI, global deny rules

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The week built a browser dashboard for Claude Code sessions and folded the backlog view into it as one app.

Added

Mode buttons in the sessions tab
Global deny config across all projects
roam activity commands for Codex
Spike on auto-extracting skills from session transcripts
Run execution and retry from the web dashboard
Phase rewind in the backlog web view
Prompt frequency analyzer
session summarise command
Repo selector on the new-session form
Web sessions dashboard with history and resume

Changed

Sessions and backlog merged into one MUI app
Prompt input always visible
Bare assist opens the sessions dashboard
Suffix matching for assist run names
Hover states on card buttons
Softer help-discovery hint in backlog output

Fixed

PowerShell $null redirects in cli-hook
seq timestamp filters dropped, relative time added
Cross-platform browser open
Caveman skill prefix and qualified name

assist: Backlog refine and rewind, linked run configs, activity chart

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly backlog and run command expansion, with a steady stream of cli-hook and Windows fixes.

Added

Caveman config for terse Claude replies
Linked run configs from external assist.yml files
backlog add-phase --position
backlog refine, rewind-phase and delete-comment
run remove and run add --cwd
activity command with a weekly chart
/add-command slash command
Auto-commit toggle for backlog add
/next auto-picks a lone backlog item

Changed

cd approved into directories Read can access
Single .assist* gitignore pattern
1-based phase numbering throughout
run help lists configured commands
Backtick formatting in PR bodies

Fixed

Duplicate gitignore entries on CRLF files
remove-phase tripping FK checks
backlog add --desc storing literal \n
Shell builtins true and false rejected
Linked bash -c run commands hanging on Windows
Deny-rule check on unparseable commands
/next terminating the wrong Claude session
Activity chart labels and date range
fd redirects blocking allowed commands on macOS

assist: SQLite backlog storage, permission overhaul, looping backlog next

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Backlog storage moved to SQLite and the permission system was split into reads, writes and deny rules, with plenty of workflow polish for continuous backlog sessions.

Added

wontdo backlog status
Full-text search across backlog items
Browser routing and deep links in the backlog web UI
Deny rules via cli-hook deny
Linking backlog items to each other
--dir option for backlog commands
seq --from time range and --file input
Global sync auto-confirm option
backlog next loops while items remain
draft and bug launch modes chaining into /next
ls alias and top-level a alias

Changed

Backlog stored in SQLite with a JSONL mirror
backlog add takes CLI options instead of a file
Prompt before auto-starting a single item
Permissions split into reads and writes, merged across tools
Backlog comments inlined into phase prompts
Edit mode for draft and bug
Historical Seq queries use /api/data
Auto-commit after backlog add

Fixed

Backlog parse errors silently dropping items
Legacy rows crashing backlog ls
Literal backticks in quoted args for splitCompound
Allow matchers with ./ prefix or no :* suffix
Crash on Ctrl-C during prompts
Summary saved on phase-done instead of done

assist: Backlog phased orchestration, dotnet inspect overhaul, Seq queries

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A big week that turned the backlog into a phased orchestration system, overhauled .NET inspections and added Seq log queries and window screenshots.

Added

Phased backlog execution with manual checks and auto-advance
Auto-generated review phase and auto-done on plan completion
refactor extract moves functions and private deps to new files
/draft, /bug, test-cover and test-review commands
backlog show, item comments and summaries
coverage command for test coverage metrics
Plan progress in the backlog web view
assist screenshot and /screenshot window capture
/raven slash command
roam show-claude-code-icon forwards hook activity to Roam
dotnet inspect --scope, --suppress and --only options
assist seq and /seq for querying Seq logs
Roslyn analysis via dotnet inspect --roslyn
/inspect slash command

Changed

Test coverage raised to 17% with BDD-style tests
Backlog aliases, numbered criteria and -w write flag
Shell read commands moved into assist.cli-reads
seq query defaults to 1000 results and warns at the limit
netframework replaced by unified dotnet namespace
InspectCode by default, unreliable .Global rules filtered
Rate limit colour reflects consumption pace
Shared connection auth for RavenDB and Seq
/review-comments groups PR comments by thread

Fixed

refactor extract import rewriting and stale import cleanup
Single-word CLI read commands not matching
Config not found when run from a subdirectory

assist: RavenDB queries, Jira view, backlog status dropdown, rate limits

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

RavenDB querying via 1Password-backed connections led the week, alongside backlog triage in the browser and rate limit visibility in the status line.

Added

Rate limit usage and reset countdown in the status line
Status dropdown in the backlog web detail view
RavenDB auth, connections, query, collections and search commands
jira view prints issue title and description

Changed

CLI hook reads commands only from the assist.cli-reads manifest
Shared Jira issue fetch logic

assist: Jira integration, RSS news reader, refactor rename, madge checks

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A week of new integrations, from Jira acceptance criteria and an RSS reader to ts-morph powered rename refactors and circular dependency checks.

Added

/jira Claude command for issue context
refactor rename file and refactor rename symbol via ts-morph
madge circular dependency check in verify init
RSS and Atom news reader with news add and news web
jira auth and jira ac for acceptance criteria

Changed

verify init skips checks already in assist.yml
Removed circular dependencies in backlog web UI and restructure planner
Shared web server utilities extracted

Fixed

MSYS path test failing on non-Windows platforms
prs fixed resolving threads before pushing the commit
Noisy JSON output from gh api when resolving PR threads

assist: Compound command approval, .NET Framework deps, run parameters

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly about smarter auto-approval of shell commands, plus new tooling for .NET Framework dependencies and parameterised run commands.

Added

devlog repos summary of devlog status across repos
netframework deps dependency tree for .NET Framework projects
Named positional parameters for run add commands
Elapsed time printed after each run
CLI hook splits compound commands and checks each part

Changed

Devlog skip days moved to the blog repo config
CLI reads lookup in pure JavaScript
assist update runs npm install after pulling
Consolidated cli-hook subcommands

Fixed

npm install detection through fnm and nvm wrappers

assist: Voice daemon, Python complexity checks, CLI read permissions

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The week was mostly about a voice interaction daemon for Claude Code, followed by Python complexity checks and auto-approving read-only CLI commands.

Added

cli-discover and cli-hook auto-approve read-only CLI commands
Auto-approve read-only gh api calls
/sync slash command
--verbose flag for debugging
Radon complexity and maintainability checks for Python
ast alias for assist
Voice daemon with wake and submit words
prs comment posts new review comments
Verify all mode and diff-based filters
Run environment support and no-venv check

Changed

commit accepts a message without file arguments
new adds VS Code config for Vite projects
Voice runtime dependencies made optional
Shorter notification sound on WSL
GPU speech-to-text for the voice daemon
Context percentage colouring in the status line
commit accepts file lists and status output
list-comments paginates for large PRs
backlog list hides completed items

Fixed

Commit argument order puts the message first
Shell argument escaping
Lock file sync and commit during releases
isGitRepo matching parent directories
Silence detection after smart turn checks
Word-level diff for voice typing

assist: Backlog web UI, journal and standup, verify from run configs

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly about giving the backlog a React web UI, plus journal and standup commands and verify steps from run configs.

Added

Completed toggle, delete and story/bug types in backlog UI
verify list and run list commands
hardcoded-colors ignore config
assist backlog web React UI
run add generates a command file
/journal and /standup Claude commands

Changed

Backlog UI on Base UI and Tailwind
Backlog web opens the browser and is the default
Verify picks up run configs alongside package scripts

Fixed

Config saving dropping unknown keys
Commit config missing defaults

assist: Restructure command, backlog, self-update, Roam OAuth

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The week started with a restructure command used on assist itself, then moved on to a terminal backlog, self-update and Roam Research auth.

Added

roam auth OAuth flow for Roam Research
assist update self-updates via npm
Skip option in /review-comments
backlog command and /next-backlog-item
assist new scaffolds a Vite React TypeScript project
tsup support in vscode init
Default action for complexity
SHA validation for prs fixed
refactor restructure and /restructure reorganise coupled files
readme CLI command

Changed

More git commands in the permissions allow list
Maintainability checks wired into verify init
Clearer maintainability error message
gh pr view and gh pr diff allowed
Codebase restructured into focused sub-modules
wontfix reasons capped at 15 words

Fixed

Permissions allow list for complexity commands

assist: PR review workflow, transcripts, config command, maintainability gate

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly about rounding out the PR review workflow, with meeting transcript commands and a maintainability gate in verify along the way.

Added

Maintainability index as a verify step
complexity.ignore config
Custom lint verify scripts
config command with Zod-validated defaults
sync copies user-level CLAUDE.md
transcript format converts VTT to markdown
transcript summarise saves linked summaries
prs fixed and prs wontfix reply and resolve
prs reply and prs resolve commands
/readme Claude command checks for undocumented commands

Changed

Type checking in the release pipeline
notify configurable, enabled by default
prs list-comments includes resolved comments
wontfix validates commit SHAs
Clear message when all threads are resolved
/review-comments skips resolved threads
7-character SHAs and LF line endings

Fixed

Claude commands missing from the published package

assist: Desktop notifications, complexity metrics, PR review comments

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Desktop notifications for Claude Code, plus the start of code complexity metrics and PR review comment handling.

Added

complexity command for maintainability metrics
prs comments shows PR review comments
/review-comments Claude command
Lint rule against .js import extensions
notify shows desktop notifications from Claude Code hooks

Changed

Source files renamed to camelCase
Removed unused enable-ralph command
devlog next reads the version from package.json

Fixed

PR comments on Windows paths and 404s
knip passing despite config hints
macOS notifications disappearing immediately

assist: PR listing, run command, status line, npm releases

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A busy week adding PR listing, configurable run commands and a Claude Code status line, with releases now published to npm automatically.

Added

status-line command for Claude Code
Conventional commit validation for commit
Configurable pull and push on commit
deploy redirect injects a trailing slash redirect
run executes named commands from assist.yml
run add registers new run configs
prs lists pull requests with filtering and paging
Automated npm publishing as @staff0rd/assist

Changed

deploy init offers to install netlify-cli
VS Code config organises imports via Biome on save
Shared ESLint removal for lint init and new
Config loads from .claude/assist.yml first

Fixed

Confirm prompts rendering badly under WSL
run add mangling arguments with colons

assist: Lint init overrides, quieter test output

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

A small fix week for lint init plus cleaner verify output.

Changed

verify:test uses vitest's dot reporter
Each verify setup function in its own file

Fixed

lint init not copying biome overrides

assist: Project scaffolding, lint and deploy init, filename conventions

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The week was split between a big refactoring pass and new scaffolding commands that set up linting and CI for fresh projects.

Added

devlog.name overrides the project name
new command scaffolds a project with vite config
lint init sets up biome
deploy init adds a GitHub Actions workflow
Biome filename convention enforcement

Changed

Devlog prompt prefers existing tags and diffs before skipping
Large modules split into focused files
Quieter jscpd output with outdated config detection
Shared package.json reading utility

assist: Init commands, hardcoded colour check, verify in refactor check

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A week of project setup commands, with refactor check now running the project's own verify scripts.

Added

Refactor check runs verify:* package scripts
Devlog available as a Claude Code skill
vscode init and a general init framework
verify hardcoded-colors check
--reverse option for devlog diff
Skip day and git permissions config

Changed

verify init handles installs, vitest and vite-only builds
README documents the devlog commands

assist: Devlog command, verify timer, sync diffs

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Mostly about the new devlog command for tracking what needs writing up after each release.

Added

devlog next suggests the next version from unlogged commits
devlog skip marks dates as intentionally skipped
devlog diff with --since, --verbose and per-date status
--timer option for verify

Changed

Sync shows line-by-line diffs when copying settings
Verify and commit added to global permissions
Devlog code split into separate modules

Fixed

Verify failing to find package.json from subdirectories

assist: Configurable max-lines for refactor checks

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A small week making the refactor file length threshold configurable.

Added

--max-lines option for refactor check

Changed

README clarifies what the tool does

assist: Assist CLI genesis, refactor checks, git filters

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT

The first week of assist, a CLI to streamline my workflow, mostly spent shaping the refactor command.

Added

--modified, --staged and --unstaged filters for refactor check
Static import lint check
refactor next shows the next violation to fix
assist CLI with commit, sync and verify commands
Lint and refactor commands with an ignore mechanism

Changed

Removed unused refactor check next subcommand
Test files excluded from refactor checks
Inline extraction tips and shared violation logging
Bundling switched from tsc to tsup
Installation docs and CLAUDE.md

Fixed

Noisy stderr in verify output
Refactor ignores not respecting maxLines