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Arjun Mahanti ac5a18697c feat(desktop): add persistent Bestie experience (#7223)
## Summary

- add a persistent, community-scoped Bestie designation for local
managed agents
- surface the designated agent in the sidebar, agent library, profile
actions, message toolbar, and draggable floating shortcut
- bloom the floating shortcut into a lightweight compact composer that
reuses the normal DM timeline, reactions, presence, and send behavior
- support message handoff with a bounded snapshot and a full Buzz thread
link so the agent can retrieve the complete conversation

## UX details

- the floating avatar and expanded panel stay above app chrome and drag
as one aligned surface
- closing the expanded panel returns it to its top-right anchor
- each mini-composer opening starts visually fresh while messages sent
during that opening remain conversational
- the designated Bestie's duplicate DM entry is hidden from the regular
DM list
- Bestie actions are suppressed inside the mini timeline to avoid
recursive handoff

## Reliability and maintainability

- preserve existing retention database paths across upgrades
- serialize assignment and deletion, clearing matching assignments
across community scopes before an agent is removed
- fence async conversation resolution against workspace and assignment
changes
- validate stale assignments against existing local agents before hiding
DMs
- share lightweight assignment state across agent cards and keep
protected-feature behavior out of the shared timeline API

## Testing

- `pnpm --dir desktop test` — 5,886 tests passed
- `pnpm --dir desktop exec tsc --noEmit`
- `pnpm --dir desktop exec biome check ...`
- `cargo clippy --manifest-path desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
--all-targets -- -D warnings`
- focused native retention and Bestie assignment/command tests — 34
passed
- `VITE_BUZZ_BESTIE=1 pnpm --dir desktop build:e2e`
- `VITE_BUZZ_BESTIE=1 pnpm --dir desktop exec playwright test
--project=smoke tests/e2e/bestie.spec.ts`
- pre-commit and differential pre-push hooks

## Rollout

The UI remains gated by the `bestie` build feature. Screenshots covering
setup, empty, assigned, floating, and message-handoff states are
included in the PR discussion.

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Signed-off-by: Arjun Mahanti <arjun@squareup.com>
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
2026-09-02 17:56:17 -04:00
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Buzz

Desktop chat shell with:

  • Tauri + React + TypeScript + Vite
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui-ready shared components
  • Biome (lint/format/check)
  • Feature-driven frontend structure

Scripts

  • pnpm dev - run the web frontend
  • pnpm tauri dev - run the desktop app
  • pnpm build - typecheck and build frontend
  • pnpm typecheck - TypeScript checks
  • pnpm lint - Biome lint
  • pnpm format - Biome format (write)
  • pnpm check - Biome check

Structure

  • src/shared - reusable app-wide code (ui, lib, styles)
  • src/features - feature modules (vertical slices)
  • src/app - top-level app composition