software by Stafford Williams stafford williams

assist · Jun 8–12, 2026 · v0.258–v0.281 · via commits

Launch from the web UI, session cards, transcript history

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 19

  • 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 16

  • 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 8

  • 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