software by Stafford Williams stafford williams

assist · Jun 15–21, 2026 · v0.286–v0.312 · via commits

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

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 21

  • 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 20

  • 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 11

  • 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