software by Stafford Williams stafford williams

assist · Jul 6–12, 2026 · v0.350–v0.386 · via commits

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

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 25

  • /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 15

  • 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 17

  • 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