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buzz/desktop/src/testing
tulsi cb3144999b add public descriptions to agent personas (#7126)
**Category:** new-feature
**User Impact:** People can add a short public description to an agent
and see what it does directly on agent cards and profiles.

**Problem:** Agent cards previously showed only a model label, so people
had to open an agent and inspect its instructions to understand its
purpose. Public metadata also needed one trustworthy lifecycle across
local edits, relay catalogs, profiles, and portable snapshots.

**Solution:** Add an optional owner-authored description with a
280-character visible-text policy, publish it as profile `about`, and
prefer it on agent cards while retaining the model fallback. Description
metadata is excluded from the spawn-content hash, remains
definition-owned, and is validated independently at every untrusted or
persistence boundary.

<details>
<summary>File changes</summary>

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_config_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_discovery/relay_directory.rs**
Updates relay-directory profile test publication for the expanded
profile contract.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_models_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agent_models_update.rs**
Preserves the effective `about` value when instance edits republish a
complete profile event.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents.rs**
Carries the effective authored description into initial managed-agent
profile publication.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_profile.rs**
Adds `about` to profile reconciliation and keeps description, name, and
avatar synchronized against relay state.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/agents_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/card.rs**
Materializes the definition-owned description before minting a portable
agent card snapshot.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/create.rs**
Normalizes and validates raw authored descriptions before persona
persistence.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/delete_cascade_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound.rs**
Validates descriptions at inbound relay ingress and applies accepted
values to local definitions.


**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/catalog_reconcile_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/inbound/inbound_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/mod.rs**
Centralizes raw-byte validation followed by trim/empty normalization for
description writes.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/pending.rs**
Revalidates descriptions before preparing public persona publications.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/sharing.rs**
Carries the optional public description through this managed-agent
compatibility path.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot.rs**
Materializes definition-owned descriptions into portable instance
snapshots without creating a second persisted authority.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/fidelity_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/import.rs**
Restores snapshot descriptions onto imported definitions while keeping
linked instance copies absent.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/snapshot/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update.rs**
Persists persona description edits, republishes linked profiles, and
preserves legacy avatars during complete kind:0 replacements.


**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/personas/update/name_propagation_tests.rs**
Proves description-only profile sync does not write instance state or
clear a legacy avatar.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot.rs**
Round-trips member descriptions through team snapshots and imported
definitions.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/team_snapshot/tests.rs**
Covers team member description export and import fidelity.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/teams/adopt/apply.rs**
Starts adopted team catalog members without synthesizing an unauthored
description.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/teams/adopt/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/teams/pending/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/teams/sharing/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/egress_guard_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/event_sync_team_catalog_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_description.rs**
Defines the canonical Rust description resolution used by profile
publication and reconciliation.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_events.rs**
Updates managed-agent record construction for the optional public
description field.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot.rs**
Includes descriptions as snapshot profile `about` metadata and validates
them at decode ingress.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_envelope.rs**
Updates managed-agent record construction for the optional public
description field.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/agent_snapshot_tests.rs**
Covers snapshot description export and rejection of unsafe or overlong
imported metadata.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/config_bridge/reader_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/definition_validation.rs**
Adds the shared 280-character visible-text policy for public
descriptions.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/discovery/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/effective_config/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/global_config/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/mod.rs**
Exports the description resolution and validation helpers to
managed-agent consumers.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/nest/render_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/parallelism.rs**
Updates managed-agent fixtures for the optional description field
without changing runtime configuration behavior.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events.rs**
Adds description to persona event content while deliberately excluding
it from the spawn-relevant content hash.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/persona_events/tests.rs**
Pins description event round-tripping and proves description-only edits
do not change the restart hash.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas.rs**
Initializes built-in persona records without authored descriptions for
backward-compatible defaults.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/personas/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/readiness.rs**
Updates managed-agent fixtures for the optional description field
without changing runtime configuration behavior.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/restore.rs**
Includes the effective description in launch-time profile
reconciliation.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/test_fixtures.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/runtime/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/spawn_snapshot/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_catalog/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/team_snapshot.rs**
Updates managed-agent record construction for the optional public
description field.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/teams_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types.rs**
Adds optional description metadata to persona and managed-agent records
and their compatibility projections.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types/requests.rs**
Accepts optional descriptions on persona create and update IPC requests.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/managed_agents/types/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/migration_avatar_tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/persona_catalog.rs**
Parses and validates descriptions at the untrusted community-catalog
boundary.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/persona_catalog_tests.rs**
Covers valid catalog descriptions plus rejection of malformed,
invisible, and overlong values.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/relay.rs**
Publishes and queries kind:0 `about` so relay profiles preserve authored
descriptions.

**desktop/src-tauri/src/relay/tests.rs**
Updates managed-agent/persona fixtures for the optional description
field while preserving the behavior under test.

**desktop/src/features/agents/AGENTS.md**
Documents description ownership, validation, snapshot, hashing, and
display invariants for future changes.

**desktop/src/features/agents/lib/agentDescription.test.mjs**
Pins Unicode counting, paste clamping, trimming, and empty
authored-description behavior.

**desktop/src/features/agents/lib/agentDescription.ts**
Provides shared display resolution, Unicode-scalar counting, and paste
clamping for descriptions.

**desktop/src/features/agents/lib/personaCatalogRelay.ts**
Maps validated catalog descriptions into catalog persona projections.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentDefinitionDialog.tsx**
Adds the description draft to create and edit submission while
extracting identity fields from the large dialog.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentDescriptionField.tsx**
Renders the public description input, helper copy, and Unicode-aware
near-limit counter.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/AgentIdentityCard.tsx**
Generalizes the card second line to show a two-line description or the
existing model fallback.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/UnifiedAgentsSection.tsx**
Prefers authored descriptions on persona cards and retains model labels
when no description exists.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/personaDialogState.test.mjs**
Verifies edit and duplicate drafts preserve authored descriptions.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/personaDialogState.ts**
Seeds authored descriptions into edit and duplicate dialog drafts.

**desktop/src/features/agents/ui/usePersonaActions.ts**
Preserves descriptions when copying catalog personas into local
definitions.

**desktop/src/shared/api/personaTypes.ts**
Defines description-bearing persona wire types in a focused module split
from the size-constrained API type file.

**desktop/src/shared/api/tauriPersonas.test.mjs**
Verifies raw persona descriptions map into the frontend model and absent
values become null.

**desktop/src/shared/api/tauriPersonas.ts**
Maps description fields across Tauri and preserves raw authored bytes
for authoritative Rust validation.

**desktop/src/shared/api/types.ts**
Re-exports the extracted persona types without changing consumer import
paths.

**desktop/src/testing/e2eBridge.ts**
Extends mock persona create, update, publication, and catalog parsing
with production-shaped description behavior.

**desktop/tests/e2e/agents.spec.ts**
Verifies an edited description persists and appears on the agent card.

</details>

### Reproduction Steps

1. Open **Agents**, edit a custom or built-in agent, and enter a
sentence in **Description**.
2. Save the agent and confirm the sentence appears as the second line on
its card.
3. Reopen the agent and confirm the authored description is restored;
clear it and confirm the card returns to the model label.
4. Paste more than 280 Unicode characters and confirm the field keeps
the first 280 characters and shows the near-limit counter.
5. Share or export/import the agent and confirm the description survives
in the catalog/profile or snapshot without showing a restart-required
badge for a description-only edit.

### Screenshots / Demo

The focused Playwright flow `built-in persona edits persist` exercises
the edited dialog, persisted value, and resulting card subtitle.
Screenshots can be added after review if the field placement or two-line
card treatment needs visual iteration.

### Verification

- `cargo test --manifest-path desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml --lib` —
3,029 passed
- `cd desktop && pnpm test` — 5,805 passed
- `cd desktop && pnpm exec tsc --noEmit`
- Focused Playwright: `built-in persona edits persist` — passed
- Pre-push desktop, Tauri, typecheck, test, file-size, and branch-skew
gates — passed

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Signed-off-by: tulsi <tulsi@block.xyz>
2026-08-31 17:12:52 -04:00
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