software by Stafford Williams stafford williams

assist · Jun 1–7, 2026 · v0.224–v0.245 · via commits

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

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 18

  • 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 15

  • 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 8

  • 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