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Problem

Master's v0.35.0 squash-merge (commit `e5bff3c`) introduced content that was never back-merged into dev — primarily the `applies_to:` frontmatter on `.claude/rules/*.md` files. This caused genuine merge conflicts when attempting the v0.35.1 dev → master release PR (#309).

Fix

Merged `origin/master` into `dev` via `git merge -X ours`:

  • `-X ours` — dev's version wins on overlapping lines (dev has v0.35.1 content that must be in the release)
  • Master's `applies_to:` frontmatter preserved on rules files as a non-conflicting addition
  • Fixed one duplicate block in `src/untether/telegram/commands/config.py` that `-X ours` combined incorrectly (two identical `📖 Help guides` lines appended)

Files from master that merged cleanly

  • `.claude/rules/runner-development.md` — added `applies_to:` frontmatter
  • `.claude/rules/telegram-transport.md` — added `applies_to:` frontmatter
  • `.claude/rules/testing-conventions.md` — added `applies_to:` frontmatter
  • No code-behavior changes from master (the v0.35.0 commit was a rollup)

Known acceptable drift

Test plan

  • `uv run pytest` — 2164 passed, 1 skipped, 81.65% coverage
  • `uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/` — 260 files formatted
  • `uv run ruff check src/` — all checks passed
  • CI on this PR
  • After merge, PR chore: release v0.35.1 #309 (dev → master) unblocked

Why this is safe

No behaviour changes. Only additive documentation frontmatter from master, and the duplicate-block fix restores `config.py` to dev's original state.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

* feat: three-mode support, startup mode indicator, dev branch workflow (#158, #159)

* ci: add CODEOWNERS, update action SHA pins, add permission comments

- Create .github/CODEOWNERS requiring @littlebearapps/core review
- Pin setup-uv to v7.4.0 (6ee6290f), download-artifact to v8.0.1 (3e5f45b2)
- Add precise version comments on all action SHAs (codeql v3.32.6,
  pypi-publish v1.13.0, action-gh-release v2.5.0, fetch-metadata v2.5.0)
- Document write permissions with why-comments (OIDC, releases, auto-merge)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: add release guard hooks and document protection in CLAUDE.md

Defence-in-depth hooks prevent Claude Code from pushing to master,
merging PRs, creating tags, or triggering releases. Feature branch
pushes and PR creation remain allowed.

- release-guard.sh: Bash hook blocking master push, tags, releases, PR merge
- release-guard-protect.sh: Edit/Write hook protecting guard files and hooks.json
- release-guard-mcp.sh: GitHub MCP hook blocking merge and master writes
- hooks.json: register all three hooks
- CLAUDE.md: document release guard, update workflow roles, CI pipeline notes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: clarify /config default labels and remove redundant "Works with" lines

Default labels now explain what "default" means for each setting:
- Diff preview: "default (off)" — matches actual behaviour (was "default (on)")
- Model/Reasoning: "default (engine decides)"
- API cost: "default (on)", Subscription usage: "default (off)"
- Plan mode home hint: "agent decides"
- Diff preview home hint: "buttons only"

Added info lines to plan mode and reasoning sub-pages explaining
the default behaviour in more detail.

Removed all 9 "Works with: ..." lines from sub-pages — they're
redundant because engine visibility guards already hide settings
from unsupported engines.

Fixes #119

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: suppress redundant cost footer on error runs

When a run fails (e.g. subscription limit hit), the diagnostic context
line from _extract_error() already shows cost, turns, and API time.
The 💰 cost footer was duplicating this same data in a different format.

Now the cost footer only appears on successful runs where it's the sole
source of cost information. Error runs still show cost in the diagnostic
line, and budget alerts still fire regardless.

Also adds usage field to mock Return dataclass (matching ErrorReturn)
so tests can verify cost footer behaviour on success runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: suppress stall notifications when CPU-active + heartbeat re-render

When cpu_active=True (extended thinking, background agents), suppress
Telegram stall warning notifications and instead trigger a heartbeat
re-render so the elapsed time counter keeps ticking. Notifications
still fire when cpu_active=False or None (no baseline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: CI release-validation tomllib bytes/str mismatch

tomllib.loads() expects str but was receiving bytes from
sys.stdin.buffer.read() and open(...,'rb').read(). First
triggered when PR #122 changed the version (rc1 → rc2).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* docs: integrate screenshots into docs with correct JPG references

- Add 44 screenshots to docs/assets/screenshots/
- Fix all image refs from .png to .jpg across 25 doc files
- README uses absolute raw.githubusercontent.com URLs for PyPI rendering
- Fix 5 filename mismatches (session-auto-resume→chat-auto-resume, etc.)
- Comment out 11 missing screenshots with TODO markers
- Add CAPTURES.md checklist tracking capture status

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: convert markdown images to HTML img tags for GitHub compatibility

Switch from MkDocs `![alt](src){ loading=lazy }` syntax to HTML `<img>`
tags with width="360" and loading="lazy". Fixes two GitHub rendering
issues: `{ loading=lazy }` appearing as visible text, and oversized
images with no width constraint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: fix 3 screenshot mismatches and replace 3 screenshots

- first-run.md: rewrite resume line text to match footer screenshot
- interactive-control.md: update planmode show admonition to match screenshot (auto not on)
- switch-engines.md: swap engine-footer.jpg for multi-engine-switch.jpg
- Replace startup-message.jpg with clean v0.34.4 capture (was rc/6-projects)
- Replace cooldown-auto-deny.jpg with post-outline approve/deny buttons
- Replace file-put.jpg with photo save confirmation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add iOS caption limitation note to file transfer guide

Telegram iOS doesn't show a caption field when sending documents via the
File picker, so /file put <path> captions aren't easily accessible.
Added a note with workarounds (use Desktop, send as photo, or let
auto-save handle it). Updated screenshot alt text to match actual
screenshot content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: temp swap README image URLs to feature branch for preview

Will revert to master before merging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: lay out all 3 README screenshots in a single row

Reduce from 360px to 270px each and combine into one <p> block
so all three hero screenshots sit side by side.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap 3rd hero screenshot for config-menu for visual variety

Replace plan-outline-approve (too similar to approval-diff-preview)
with config-menu showing the /config settings grid. The three hero
images now tell: voice input → approve changes → configure everything.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add captions under README hero screenshots

Small <sub> captions: "Send tasks by voice (Whisper transcription)",
"Approve changes remotely", "Configure from Telegram".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: use table layout for README hero screenshots with captions

Fixes stacking issue — <br> in a <p> broke inline flow. A table
keeps images side by side with captions underneath each one.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: replace table layout with single hero collage image

Composite image scales proportionally on mobile instead of requiring
horizontal scroll. Captions baked into the image via ImageMagick.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap middle hero screenshot for full 3-button approval view

Replace approval-diff-preview with approval-buttons-howto showing
Approve / Deny / Pause & Outline Plan — more visually impressive.
Caption now reads "Approve changes remotely (Claude Code)".
Added footnote linking to engine compatibility table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap config-menu for parallel-projects in hero collage

Third hero screenshot now shows 10+ projects running simultaneously
across different repos — much more compelling than a settings menu.
New caption: "Run agents across projects in parallel".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: revert README image URL to master for merge

Swap hero-collage URL back from feature/github-hardening to master.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc3

- fix: preserve all EngineOverrides fields when setting model/planmode/reasoning
  (was silently wiping ask_questions, diff_preview, show_api_cost, etc.)
- fix: /config home page resolves "default" to effective values
- feat: file upload auto-deduplication (append _1, _2 instead of requiring --force)
- feat: media groups without captions now auto-save instead of showing usage text
- feat: resume line visual separation (blank line + ↩️ prefix)
- fix: claude auto-approve echoes updatedInput in control response

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: expand permission policies for Codex CLI and Gemini CLI in /config

Codex gets a new "Approval policy" page (full auto / safe) that passes
--ask-for-approval untrusted when safe mode is selected. Gemini's approval
mode expands from 2 to 3 tiers (read-only / edit files / full access) with
--approval-mode auto_edit for the middle tier. Both engines now show an
"Agent controls" section on the /config home page. Engine-specific model
default hints replace the generic "from CLI settings" text.

Also adds staging.sh helper, context-guard-stop hook, and docs updates.

Closes #131

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc4

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: /config UX overhaul, resume line toggle, cost budget settings, model metadata

/config UX cleanup:
- Convert all binary toggles from 3-column (on/off/clear) to 2-column
  (toggle + clear) for better mobile tap targets
- Merge Engine + Model into combined "Engine & model" page
- Reorganise home page to max 2 buttons per row across all engines
- Split plan mode 3-option rows (off/on/auto) into 2+1 layout
- Add _toggle_row() helper for consistent toggle button rendering

New features:
- #128: Resume line /config toggle — per-chat show_resume_line override
  via EngineOverrides with On/Off/Clear buttons, wired into executor
- #129: Cost budget /config settings — per-chat budget_enabled and
  budget_auto_cancel overrides on the Cost & Usage page, wired into
  _check_cost_budget() in runner_bridge.py

Model metadata improvements:
- Show Claude Code [1m] context window suffix: "opus 4.6 (1M)"
- Strip Gemini CLI "auto-" prefix: "auto-gemini-3" → "gemini-3"
- Future-proof: unknown suffixes default to .upper() (e.g. [500k] → 500K)

Bug fixes:
- #124: Standalone override commands (/planmode, /model, /reasoning) now
  preserve all EngineOverrides fields including new ones
- Error handling: control_response.write_failed catch-all in claude.py,
  ask_question.extraction_failed warning, model.override.failed logging

Hardening:
- Plan outline sent as separate ephemeral message (avoids 4096 char truncation)
- Added show_resume_line, budget_enabled, budget_auto_cancel to
  EngineOverrides, EngineRunOptions, normalize/merge, and all constructors

Tests: 1610 passed, 80.56% coverage, ruff clean.
Integration tested on @untether_dev_bot across all 6 engine chats.

Closes #128, closes #129, fixes #124

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: trigger CI for PR #132

* fix: address 11 CodeRabbit review comments on PR #132

Bug fixes:
- claude.py: fix UnboundLocalError when factory.resume is falsy in
  ask_question.extraction_failed logging path
- ask_question.py: reject malformed option callbacks instead of
  silently falling back to option 0
- files.py: raise FileExistsError when deduplicate_target exhausts
  999 suffixes instead of returning the original (overwrite risk)
- config.py: disambiguate Codex "Full auto" (fa) vs Gemini "Full
  access" (ya) callback IDs and toast labels

Hardening:
- codex.py: add --ask-for-approval to _EXEC_ONLY_FLAGS guard
- model.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- reasoning.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- loop.py: notify user when media group upload fails instead of
  silently dropping
- export.py: log session count instead of identifiers at info level
- config.py: resolve resume-line default from config instead of
  hardcoding True
- staging.sh: pin PyPI index in rollback/reset with --pip-args

Skipped (not applicable):
- CHANGELOG.md: RC versions don't get changelog entries per release
  discipline
- docs/tutorials TODO screenshot: pre-existing, not introduced by PR
- .claude/hooks/context-guard-stop.sh: ContextDocs plugin hook, not
  Untether source

Tests: 1611 passed, 80.48% coverage, ruff clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: replace bare pass with debug log to satisfy bandit B110

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: setup wizard security + UX improvements

- Auto-set allowed_user_ids from captured Telegram user ID during
  onboarding (security: restricts bot to the setup user's account)
- Add "next steps" panel after wizard completion with pointers to
  /config, voice notes, projects, and account lock confirmation
- Update install.md: Python 3.12+ (not just 3.14), dynamic version
  string, /config mention for post-setup changes
- Update first-run.md: /config → Engine & model for default engine

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: plan outline UX — markdown rendering, buttons, cleanup (#139, #140, #141)

- Render outline messages as formatted text via render_markdown() +
  split_markdown_body() instead of raw markdown (#139)
- Add approve/deny buttons to last outline message so users don't
  have to scroll up past long outlines (#140)
- Delete outline messages on approve/deny via module-level
  _OUTLINE_REGISTRY callable from callback handler; suppress stale
  keyboard on progress message (#141)
- 8 new tests for outline rendering, keyboard placement, and cleanup
- Bump version to 0.35.0rc5

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: /continue command — cross-environment resume for all engines (#135)

New `/continue` command resumes the most recent CLI session in the
project directory from Telegram. Enables starting a session in your
terminal and picking it up from your phone.

Engine support: Claude (--continue), Codex (resume --last), OpenCode
(--continue), Pi (--continue), Gemini (--resume latest). AMP not
supported (requires explicit thread ID).

Includes ResumeToken.is_continue flag, build_args for all 6 runners,
reserved command registration, resume emoji prefix stripping for
reply-to-continue, docs (how-to guide, README, commands ref, routing
explanation, conversation modes tutorial), and 99 new test assertions.

Integration tested against @untether_dev_bot — all 5 supported engines
passed secret-recall verification via Telegram MCP.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: agent outbox file delivery + fix cross-chat ask stealing (#143, #144)

Outbox delivery (#143): agents write files to .untether-outbox/ during a
run; Untether sends them as Telegram documents on completion with 📎
captions. Config: outbox_enabled, outbox_dir, outbox_max_files,
outbox_cleanup. Deny-glob security, size limits, auto-cleanup.
Preamble updated for all 6 engines. Integration tested across
Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, and Gemini.

AskUserQuestion fix (#144): _PENDING_ASK_REQUESTS and
_ASK_QUESTION_FLOWS were global dicts with no chat_id scoping — a
pending ask in one chat would steal the next message from any other
chat. Added channel_id contextvar and scoped all ask lookups by it.
Session cleanup now also clears stale pending asks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: v0.35.0 changelog completion + fix #123 updatedInput

- Complete v0.35.0 changelog: add missing entries for /continue (#135),
  /config UX overhaul (#132), resume line toggle (#128), cost budget
  (#129), model metadata, resume line formatting (#127), override
  preservation (#124), and updatedInput fix (#123)
- Fix #123: register input for system-level auto-approved control
  requests so updatedInput is included in the response
- Add parameterised test for all 5 auto-approve types input registration
- Remove unused OutboxResult import (ruff fix)

Issues closed: #115, #118, #123, #124, #126, #127, #134

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.35.0rc6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: rc6 integration test fixes (#145, #146, #147, #148, #149)

- Reduce Telegram API timeout from 120s to 30s (#145)
- OpenCode error runs show error text instead of empty body (#146)
- Pi /continue captures session ID via allow_id_promotion (#147)
- Post-outline approval uses skip_reply to avoid "not found" (#148)
- Orphan progress message cleanup on restart (#149)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: post-outline notification reply + OpenCode empty body (#148, #150)

- #148: skip_reply callback results now bypass the executor's default
  reply_to fallback, sending directly via the transport with no
  reply_to_message_id. Previously, the executor treated reply_to=None
  as "use default" which pointed to the (deleted) outline message.

- #150: OpenCode normal completion with no Text events now falls back
  to last_tool_error. Added state.last_tool_error field populated on
  ToolUse error status. Covers both translate() and stream_end_events().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: suppress post-outline notification to avoid "message not found" (#148)

After outline approval/denial, the progress loop's _send_notify was
firing for the next tool approval, but the notification's reply_to
anchor could reference deleted state. Added _outline_just_resolved
flag to skip one notification cycle after outline cleanup.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: note OpenCode lacks auto-compaction — long sessions degrade (#150)

Added known limitation to OpenCode runner docs and integration testing
playbook. OpenCode sessions accumulate unbounded context (no compaction
events unlike Pi). Workaround: use /new before isolated tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: skip_reply on regular approve path when outline was deleted (#148)

The "Approve Plan" button on outline messages uses the real
ExitPlanMode request_id, routing through the regular approve path
(not the da: synthetic path). When outline messages exist, set
skip_reply=True on the CommandResult to avoid replying to the
just-deleted outline message.

Also added reply_to_message_id and text_preview to transport.send.failed
warning for easier debugging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: update changelog for rc6 integration test fixes (#145-#150)

Updated fix descriptions for #146/#150 (OpenCode last_tool_error
fallback) and #148 (regular approve path skip_reply). Added docs
section for OpenCode compaction limitation. Updated test counts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* style: fix formatting after merge resolution

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: address CodeRabbit review comments on PR #151

- bridge.py: replace text_preview with text_len in send failure warning
  to avoid logging raw message content (security)
- runner_bridge.py: move unregister_progress() after send_result_message()
  to avoid orphan window between ephemeral cleanup and final message send
- cross-environment-resume.md: add language spec to code block

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: resolve /config "default" labels to effective on/off values (#152)

Sub-pages showed "Current: default" or "default (on/off)" while buttons
already showed the resolved value. Now all boolean-toggle settings show
the effective on/off value in both text and buttons.

Affected: verbose, ask mode, diff preview, API cost, subscription usage,
budget enabled/auto-cancel, resume line. Home page cost & resume labels
also resolved.

Plan mode, model, and reasoning keep "default" since they depend on CLI
settings and aren't simple on/off booleans.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: update changelog for rc7 config default labels fix (#152)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: update documentation for v0.35.0

- fix missing nav entries in zensical.toml (cross-env resume, Gemini/Amp runners)
- rewrite inline-settings.md for /config UX overhaul (2-column toggles, budget/resume toggles)
- update plan-mode.md with outline rendering, buttons-on-last-chunk, ephemeral cleanup
- update interactive-control tutorial with outline UX improvements
- add orphan progress cleanup section to operations.md
- add engine-specific approval policies to interactive-approval.md
- add per-chat budget overrides to cost-budgets.md
- update module-map.md with Gemini/Amp and new modules (outbox, progress persistence, proc_diag)
- update architecture.md mermaid diagrams with all 6 engines
- bump specification.md to v0.35.0, add progress persistence and outbox sections
- add v0.35.0 screenshot entries to CAPTURES.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: broaden frozen ring buffer stall escalation beyond MCP tools (#155)

Frozen ring buffer escalation was gated on `mcp_server is not None`,
so general stalls with cpu_active=True and no MCP tool running were
silently suppressed indefinitely. Broadened to fire for all stalls
after 3+ checks with no new JSONL events regardless of tool type.

New notification: "CPU active, no new events" for non-MCP frozen stalls.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: tool approval buttons no longer suppressed after outline approval (#156)

After "Approve Plan" on an outline, the stale discuss_approve action
remained in ProgressTracker with completed=False. The renderer picked
up its stale "Approve Plan"/"Deny" buttons first, then the suppression
logic at line 994 stripped ALL buttons — including new Write/Edit/Bash
approval buttons. Claude blocked indefinitely waiting for approval.

Fix: after suppressing stale buttons, complete the discuss_approve
action(s) in the tracker, reset _outline_sent, and trigger a re-render
so subsequent tool requests get their own Approve/Deny buttons.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: add workflow mode indicator to startup message, fix startup crash on topics validation failure (#158, #159)

Features:
- Startup message now shows mode: assistant/workspace/handoff
- Derived from session_mode + topics.enabled config values
- _resolve_mode_label() helper in backend.py

Bug fixes:
- Fix UnboundLocalError crash when topics validation fails on startup (#158)
  - Moved import signal and shutdown imports before try block in loop.py
- Downgrade can_manage_topics check from fatal error to warning (#159)
  - Bot can now start without manage_topics admin right
  - Existing topics work fine; only topic creation/editing affected

Tests:
- 17 new unit tests for stateless/handoff mode (test_stateless_mode.py)
  - _should_show_resume_line, _chat_session_key, ResumeResolver, ResumeLineProxy
  - Integration-level: stateless shows resume lines, no auto-resume, chat hides lines
- 3 new tests for mode indicator in startup message (test_telegram_backend.py)

Docs:
- New docs/reference/modes.md — comprehensive reference for all 3 workflow modes
- Updated docs/reference/index.md and zensical.toml nav with modes page

* docs: comprehensive three-mode coverage across all documentation

New:
- docs/how-to/choose-a-mode.md — decision tree, mode comparison, mermaid
  sequence diagrams, configuration examples, switching guide, workspace
  prerequisites

Updated:
- README.md — improved three-mode description in features list
- docs/tutorials/install.md — added mode selection step (section 10)
- docs/tutorials/first-run.md — added 'What mode am I in?' tip
- docs/reference/config.md — cross-linked session_mode/show_resume_line to modes.md
- docs/reference/transports/telegram.md — added mode requirement callouts
  for forum topics and chat sessions sections
- docs/how-to/chat-sessions.md — added session persistence explanation
  (state files, auto-resume mechanics, handoff note)
- docs/how-to/topics.md — expanded prerequisites checklist with group
  privacy, can_manage_topics, and re-add steps
- docs/how-to/cross-environment-resume.md — added handoff mode terminal
  workflow with mermaid sequence diagram
- docs/how-to/index.md — added 'Getting started' section with choose-a-mode
- zensical.toml — added choose-a-mode to nav

* docs: add three-mode summary table to README Quick Start section

* feat: migrate to dev branch workflow — dev→TestPyPI, master→PyPI

Branch model:
- feature/* → PR → dev (TestPyPI auto-publish) → PR → master (PyPI)
- master always matches latest PyPI release
- dev is the integration/staging branch

CI changes:
- ci.yml: TestPyPI publish triggers on dev push (was master)
- ci.yml, codeql.yml: CI runs on both master and dev pushes
- dependabot.yml: PRs target dev branch

Hook changes:
- release-guard.sh: updated messages to mention dev branch
- release-guard-mcp.sh: updated messages to mention dev branch
- Both hooks already allow dev pushes (only block master/main)

Documentation:
- CLAUDE.md: updated 3-phase workflow, CI table, release guard docs
- dev-workflow.md: added branch model section
- release-discipline.md: added dev branch staging notes

* ci: retrigger CI for PR #160

* feat: allow Claude Code to merge PRs targeting dev branch only

Release guard hooks now check the PR's base branch:
- dev → allowed (TestPyPI/staging)
- master/main → blocked (PyPI releases remain Nathan-only)

Both Bash hook (gh pr merge) and MCP hook (merge_pull_request)
updated with base branch checking via gh pr view.

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.35.0rc7

* docs: add workflow mode indicator to CLAUDE.md (#162)

* ci: add CODEOWNERS, update action SHA pins, add permission comments

- Create .github/CODEOWNERS requiring @littlebearapps/core review
- Pin setup-uv to v7.4.0 (6ee6290f), download-artifact to v8.0.1 (3e5f45b2)
- Add precise version comments on all action SHAs (codeql v3.32.6,
  pypi-publish v1.13.0, action-gh-release v2.5.0, fetch-metadata v2.5.0)
- Document write permissions with why-comments (OIDC, releases, auto-merge)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: add release guard hooks and document protection in CLAUDE.md

Defence-in-depth hooks prevent Claude Code from pushing to master,
merging PRs, creating tags, or triggering releases. Feature branch
pushes and PR creation remain allowed.

- release-guard.sh: Bash hook blocking master push, tags, releases, PR merge
- release-guard-protect.sh: Edit/Write hook protecting guard files and hooks.json
- release-guard-mcp.sh: GitHub MCP hook blocking merge and master writes
- hooks.json: register all three hooks
- CLAUDE.md: document release guard, update workflow roles, CI pipeline notes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: clarify /config default labels and remove redundant "Works with" lines

Default labels now explain what "default" means for each setting:
- Diff preview: "default (off)" — matches actual behaviour (was "default (on)")
- Model/Reasoning: "default (engine decides)"
- API cost: "default (on)", Subscription usage: "default (off)"
- Plan mode home hint: "agent decides"
- Diff preview home hint: "buttons only"

Added info lines to plan mode and reasoning sub-pages explaining
the default behaviour in more detail.

Removed all 9 "Works with: ..." lines from sub-pages — they're
redundant because engine visibility guards already hide settings
from unsupported engines.

Fixes #119

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: suppress redundant cost footer on error runs

When a run fails (e.g. subscription limit hit), the diagnostic context
line from _extract_error() already shows cost, turns, and API time.
The 💰 cost footer was duplicating this same data in a different format.

Now the cost footer only appears on successful runs where it's the sole
source of cost information. Error runs still show cost in the diagnostic
line, and budget alerts still fire regardless.

Also adds usage field to mock Return dataclass (matching ErrorReturn)
so tests can verify cost footer behaviour on success runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: suppress stall notifications when CPU-active + heartbeat re-render

When cpu_active=True (extended thinking, background agents), suppress
Telegram stall warning notifications and instead trigger a heartbeat
re-render so the elapsed time counter keeps ticking. Notifications
still fire when cpu_active=False or None (no baseline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: CI release-validation tomllib bytes/str mismatch

tomllib.loads() expects str but was receiving bytes from
sys.stdin.buffer.read() and open(...,'rb').read(). First
triggered when PR #122 changed the version (rc1 → rc2).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* docs: integrate screenshots into docs with correct JPG references

- Add 44 screenshots to docs/assets/screenshots/
- Fix all image refs from .png to .jpg across 25 doc files
- README uses absolute raw.githubusercontent.com URLs for PyPI rendering
- Fix 5 filename mismatches (session-auto-resume→chat-auto-resume, etc.)
- Comment out 11 missing screenshots with TODO markers
- Add CAPTURES.md checklist tracking capture status

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: convert markdown images to HTML img tags for GitHub compatibility

Switch from MkDocs `![alt](src){ loading=lazy }` syntax to HTML `<img>`
tags with width="360" and loading="lazy". Fixes two GitHub rendering
issues: `{ loading=lazy }` appearing as visible text, and oversized
images with no width constraint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: fix 3 screenshot mismatches and replace 3 screenshots

- first-run.md: rewrite resume line text to match footer screenshot
- interactive-control.md: update planmode show admonition to match screenshot (auto not on)
- switch-engines.md: swap engine-footer.jpg for multi-engine-switch.jpg
- Replace startup-message.jpg with clean v0.34.4 capture (was rc/6-projects)
- Replace cooldown-auto-deny.jpg with post-outline approve/deny buttons
- Replace file-put.jpg with photo save confirmation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add iOS caption limitation note to file transfer guide

Telegram iOS doesn't show a caption field when sending documents via the
File picker, so /file put <path> captions aren't easily accessible.
Added a note with workarounds (use Desktop, send as photo, or let
auto-save handle it). Updated screenshot alt text to match actual
screenshot content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: temp swap README image URLs to feature branch for preview

Will revert to master before merging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: lay out all 3 README screenshots in a single row

Reduce from 360px to 270px each and combine into one <p> block
so all three hero screenshots sit side by side.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap 3rd hero screenshot for config-menu for visual variety

Replace plan-outline-approve (too similar to approval-diff-preview)
with config-menu showing the /config settings grid. The three hero
images now tell: voice input → approve changes → configure everything.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add captions under README hero screenshots

Small <sub> captions: "Send tasks by voice (Whisper transcription)",
"Approve changes remotely", "Configure from Telegram".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: use table layout for README hero screenshots with captions

Fixes stacking issue — <br> in a <p> broke inline flow. A table
keeps images side by side with captions underneath each one.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: replace table layout with single hero collage image

Composite image scales proportionally on mobile instead of requiring
horizontal scroll. Captions baked into the image via ImageMagick.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap middle hero screenshot for full 3-button approval view

Replace approval-diff-preview with approval-buttons-howto showing
Approve / Deny / Pause & Outline Plan — more visually impressive.
Caption now reads "Approve changes remotely (Claude Code)".
Added footnote linking to engine compatibility table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap config-menu for parallel-projects in hero collage

Third hero screenshot now shows 10+ projects running simultaneously
across different repos — much more compelling than a settings menu.
New caption: "Run agents across projects in parallel".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: revert README image URL to master for merge

Swap hero-collage URL back from feature/github-hardening to master.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc3

- fix: preserve all EngineOverrides fields when setting model/planmode/reasoning
  (was silently wiping ask_questions, diff_preview, show_api_cost, etc.)
- fix: /config home page resolves "default" to effective values
- feat: file upload auto-deduplication (append _1, _2 instead of requiring --force)
- feat: media groups without captions now auto-save instead of showing usage text
- feat: resume line visual separation (blank line + ↩️ prefix)
- fix: claude auto-approve echoes updatedInput in control response

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: expand permission policies for Codex CLI and Gemini CLI in /config

Codex gets a new "Approval policy" page (full auto / safe) that passes
--ask-for-approval untrusted when safe mode is selected. Gemini's approval
mode expands from 2 to 3 tiers (read-only / edit files / full access) with
--approval-mode auto_edit for the middle tier. Both engines now show an
"Agent controls" section on the /config home page. Engine-specific model
default hints replace the generic "from CLI settings" text.

Also adds staging.sh helper, context-guard-stop hook, and docs updates.

Closes #131

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc4

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: /config UX overhaul, resume line toggle, cost budget settings, model metadata

/config UX cleanup:
- Convert all binary toggles from 3-column (on/off/clear) to 2-column
  (toggle + clear) for better mobile tap targets
- Merge Engine + Model into combined "Engine & model" page
- Reorganise home page to max 2 buttons per row across all engines
- Split plan mode 3-option rows (off/on/auto) into 2+1 layout
- Add _toggle_row() helper for consistent toggle button rendering

New features:
- #128: Resume line /config toggle — per-chat show_resume_line override
  via EngineOverrides with On/Off/Clear buttons, wired into executor
- #129: Cost budget /config settings — per-chat budget_enabled and
  budget_auto_cancel overrides on the Cost & Usage page, wired into
  _check_cost_budget() in runner_bridge.py

Model metadata improvements:
- Show Claude Code [1m] context window suffix: "opus 4.6 (1M)"
- Strip Gemini CLI "auto-" prefix: "auto-gemini-3" → "gemini-3"
- Future-proof: unknown suffixes default to .upper() (e.g. [500k] → 500K)

Bug fixes:
- #124: Standalone override commands (/planmode, /model, /reasoning) now
  preserve all EngineOverrides fields including new ones
- Error handling: control_response.write_failed catch-all in claude.py,
  ask_question.extraction_failed warning, model.override.failed logging

Hardening:
- Plan outline sent as separate ephemeral message (avoids 4096 char truncation)
- Added show_resume_line, budget_enabled, budget_auto_cancel to
  EngineOverrides, EngineRunOptions, normalize/merge, and all constructors

Tests: 1610 passed, 80.56% coverage, ruff clean.
Integration tested on @untether_dev_bot across all 6 engine chats.

Closes #128, closes #129, fixes #124

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: trigger CI for PR #132

* fix: address 11 CodeRabbit review comments on PR #132

Bug fixes:
- claude.py: fix UnboundLocalError when factory.resume is falsy in
  ask_question.extraction_failed logging path
- ask_question.py: reject malformed option callbacks instead of
  silently falling back to option 0
- files.py: raise FileExistsError when deduplicate_target exhausts
  999 suffixes instead of returning the original (overwrite risk)
- config.py: disambiguate Codex "Full auto" (fa) vs Gemini "Full
  access" (ya) callback IDs and toast labels

Hardening:
- codex.py: add --ask-for-approval to _EXEC_ONLY_FLAGS guard
- model.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- reasoning.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- loop.py: notify user when media group upload fails instead of
  silently dropping
- export.py: log session count instead of identifiers at info level
- config.py: resolve resume-line default from config instead of
  hardcoding True
- staging.sh: pin PyPI index in rollback/reset with --pip-args

Skipped (not applicable):
- CHANGELOG.md: RC versions don't get changelog entries per release
  discipline
- docs/tutorials TODO screenshot: pre-existing, not introduced by PR
- .claude/hooks/context-guard-stop.sh: ContextDocs plugin hook, not
  Untether source

Tests: 1611 passed, 80.48% coverage, ruff clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: replace bare pass with debug log to satisfy bandit B110

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: setup wizard security + UX improvements

- Auto-set allowed_user_ids from captured Telegram user ID during
  onboarding (security: restricts bot to the setup user's account)
- Add "next steps" panel after wizard completion with pointers to
  /config, voice notes, projects, and account lock confirmation
- Update install.md: Python 3.12+ (not just 3.14), dynamic version
  string, /config mention for post-setup changes
- Update first-run.md: /config → Engine & model for default engine

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: plan outline UX — markdown rendering, buttons, cleanup (#139, #140, #141)

- Render outline messages as formatted text via render_markdown() +
  split_markdown_body() instead of raw markdown (#139)
- Add approve/deny buttons to last outline message so users don't
  have to scroll up past long outlines (#140)
- Delete outline messages on approve/deny via module-level
  _OUTLINE_REGISTRY callable from callback handler; suppress stale
  keyboard on progress message (#141)
- 8 new tests for outline rendering, keyboard placement, and cleanup
- Bump version to 0.35.0rc5

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: /continue command — cross-environment resume for all engines (#135)

New `/continue` command resumes the most recent CLI session in the
project directory from Telegram. Enables starting a session in your
terminal and picking it up from your phone.

Engine support: Claude (--continue), Codex (resume --last), OpenCode
(--continue), Pi (--continue), Gemini (--resume latest). AMP not
supported (requires explicit thread ID).

Includes ResumeToken.is_continue flag, build_args for all 6 runners,
reserved command registration, resume emoji prefix stripping for
reply-to-continue, docs (how-to guide, README, commands ref, routing
explanation, conversation modes tutorial), and 99 new test assertions.

Integration tested against @untether_dev_bot — all 5 supported engines
passed secret-recall verification via Telegram MCP.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: agent outbox file delivery + fix cross-chat ask stealing (#143, #144)

Outbox delivery (#143): agents write files to .untether-outbox/ during a
run; Untether sends them as Telegram documents on completion with 📎
captions. Config: outbox_enabled, outbox_dir, outbox_max_files,
outbox_cleanup. Deny-glob security, size limits, auto-cleanup.
Preamble updated for all 6 engines. Integration tested across
Claude, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, and Gemini.

AskUserQuestion fix (#144): _PENDING_ASK_REQUESTS and
_ASK_QUESTION_FLOWS were global dicts with no chat_id scoping — a
pending ask in one chat would steal the next message from any other
chat. Added channel_id contextvar and scoped all ask lookups by it.
Session cleanup now also clears stale pending asks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: v0.35.0 changelog completion + fix #123 updatedInput

- Complete v0.35.0 changelog: add missing entries for /continue (#135),
  /config UX overhaul (#132), resume line toggle (#128), cost budget
  (#129), model metadata, resume line formatting (#127), override
  preservation (#124), and updatedInput fix (#123)
- Fix #123: register input for system-level auto-approved control
  requests so updatedInput is included in the response
- Add parameterised test for all 5 auto-approve types input registration
- Remove unused OutboxResult import (ruff fix)

Issues closed: #115, #118, #123, #124, #126, #127, #134

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.35.0rc6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: rc6 integration test fixes (#145, #146, #147, #148, #149)

- Reduce Telegram API timeout from 120s to 30s (#145)
- OpenCode error runs show error text instead of empty body (#146)
- Pi /continue captures session ID via allow_id_promotion (#147)
- Post-outline approval uses skip_reply to avoid "not found" (#148)
- Orphan progress message cleanup on restart (#149)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: post-outline notification reply + OpenCode empty body (#148, #150)

- #148: skip_reply callback results now bypass the executor's default
  reply_to fallback, sending directly via the transport with no
  reply_to_message_id. Previously, the executor treated reply_to=None
  as "use default" which pointed to the (deleted) outline message.

- #150: OpenCode normal completion with no Text events now falls back
  to last_tool_error. Added state.last_tool_error field populated on
  ToolUse error status. Covers both translate() and stream_end_events().

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: suppress post-outline notification to avoid "message not found" (#148)

After outline approval/denial, the progress loop's _send_notify was
firing for the next tool approval, but the notification's reply_to
anchor could reference deleted state. Added _outline_just_resolved
flag to skip one notification cycle after outline cleanup.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: note OpenCode lacks auto-compaction — long sessions degrade (#150)

Added known limitation to OpenCode runner docs and integration testing
playbook. OpenCode sessions accumulate unbounded context (no compaction
events unlike Pi). Workaround: use /new before isolated tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: skip_reply on regular approve path when outline was deleted (#148)

The "Approve Plan" button on outline messages uses the real
ExitPlanMode request_id, routing through the regular approve path
(not the da: synthetic path). When outline messages exist, set
skip_reply=True on the CommandResult to avoid replying to the
just-deleted outline message.

Also added reply_to_message_id and text_preview to transport.send.failed
warning for easier debugging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: update changelog for rc6 integration test fixes (#145-#150)

Updated fix descriptions for #146/#150 (OpenCode last_tool_error
fallback) and #148 (regular approve path skip_reply). Added docs
section for OpenCode compaction limitation. Updated test counts.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* style: fix formatting after merge resolution

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: address CodeRabbit review comments on PR #151

- bridge.py: replace text_preview with text_len in send failure warning
  to avoid logging raw message content (security)
- runner_bridge.py: move unregister_progress() after send_result_message()
  to avoid orphan window between ephemeral cleanup and final message send
- cross-environment-resume.md: add language spec to code block

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: resolve /config "default" labels to effective on/off values (#152)

Sub-pages showed "Current: default" or "default (on/off)" while buttons
already showed the resolved value. Now all boolean-toggle settings show
the effective on/off value in both text and buttons.

Affected: verbose, ask mode, diff preview, API cost, subscription usage,
budget enabled/auto-cancel, resume line. Home page cost & resume labels
also resolved.

Plan mode, model, and reasoning keep "default" since they depend on CLI
settings and aren't simple on/off booleans.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: update changelog for rc7 config default labels fix (#152)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: update documentation for v0.35.0

- fix missing nav entries in zensical.toml (cross-env resume, Gemini/Amp runners)
- rewrite inline-settings.md for /config UX overhaul (2-column toggles, budget/resume toggles)
- update plan-mode.md with outline rendering, buttons-on-last-chunk, ephemeral cleanup
- update interactive-control tutorial with outline UX improvements
- add orphan progress cleanup section to operations.md
- add engine-specific approval policies to interactive-approval.md
- add per-chat budget overrides to cost-budgets.md
- update module-map.md with Gemini/Amp and new modules (outbox, progress persistence, proc_diag)
- update architecture.md mermaid diagrams with all 6 engines
- bump specification.md to v0.35.0, add progress persistence and outbox sections
- add v0.35.0 screenshot entries to CAPTURES.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: broaden frozen ring buffer stall escalation beyond MCP tools (#155)

Frozen ring buffer escalation was gated on `mcp_server is not None`,
so general stalls with cpu_active=True and no MCP tool running were
silently suppressed indefinitely. Broadened to fire for all stalls
after 3+ checks with no new JSONL events regardless of tool type.

New notification: "CPU active, no new events" for non-MCP frozen stalls.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: tool approval buttons no longer suppressed after outline approval (#156)

After "Approve Plan" on an outline, the stale discuss_approve action
remained in ProgressTracker with completed=False. The renderer picked
up its stale "Approve Plan"/"Deny" buttons first, then the suppression
logic at line 994 stripped ALL buttons — including new Write/Edit/Bash
approval buttons. Claude blocked indefinitely waiting for approval.

Fix: after suppressing stale buttons, complete the discuss_approve
action(s) in the tracker, reset _outline_sent, and trigger a re-render
so subsequent tool requests get their own Approve/Deny buttons.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: add workflow mode indicator to startup message, fix startup crash on topics validation failure (#158, #159)

Features:
- Startup message now shows mode: assistant/workspace/handoff
- Derived from session_mode + topics.enabled config values
- _resolve_mode_label() helper in backend.py

Bug fixes:
- Fix UnboundLocalError crash when topics validation fails on startup (#158)
  - Moved import signal and shutdown imports before try block in loop.py
- Downgrade can_manage_topics check from fatal error to warning (#159)
  - Bot can now start without manage_topics admin right
  - Existing topics work fine; only topic creation/editing affected

Tests:
- 17 new unit tests for stateless/handoff mode (test_stateless_mode.py)
  - _should_show_resume_line, _chat_session_key, ResumeResolver, ResumeLineProxy
  - Integration-level: stateless shows resume lines, no auto-resume, chat hides lines
- 3 new tests for mode indicator in startup message (test_telegram_backend.py)

Docs:
- New docs/reference/modes.md — comprehensive reference for all 3 workflow modes
- Updated docs/reference/index.md and zensical.toml nav with modes page

* docs: comprehensive three-mode coverage across all documentation

New:
- docs/how-to/choose-a-mode.md — decision tree, mode comparison, mermaid
  sequence diagrams, configuration examples, switching guide, workspace
  prerequisites

Updated:
- README.md — improved three-mode description in features list
- docs/tutorials/install.md — added mode selection step (section 10)
- docs/tutorials/first-run.md — added 'What mode am I in?' tip
- docs/reference/config.md — cross-linked session_mode/show_resume_line to modes.md
- docs/reference/transports/telegram.md — added mode requirement callouts
  for forum topics and chat sessions sections
- docs/how-to/chat-sessions.md — added session persistence explanation
  (state files, auto-resume mechanics, handoff note)
- docs/how-to/topics.md — expanded prerequisites checklist with group
  privacy, can_manage_topics, and re-add steps
- docs/how-to/cross-environment-resume.md — added handoff mode terminal
  workflow with mermaid sequence diagram
- docs/how-to/index.md — added 'Getting started' section with choose-a-mode
- zensical.toml — added choose-a-mode to nav

* docs: add three-mode summary table to README Quick Start section

* feat: migrate to dev branch workflow — dev→TestPyPI, master→PyPI

Branch model:
- feature/* → PR → dev (TestPyPI auto-publish) → PR → master (PyPI)
- master always matches latest PyPI release
- dev is the integration/staging branch

CI changes:
- ci.yml: TestPyPI publish triggers on dev push (was master)
- ci.yml, codeql.yml: CI runs on both master and dev pushes
- dependabot.yml: PRs target dev branch

Hook changes:
- release-guard.sh: updated messages to mention dev branch
- release-guard-mcp.sh: updated messages to mention dev branch
- Both hooks already allow dev pushes (only block master/main)

Documentation:
- CLAUDE.md: updated 3-phase workflow, CI table, release guard docs
- dev-workflow.md: added branch model section
- release-discipline.md: added dev branch staging notes

* ci: retrigger CI for PR #160

* feat: allow Claude Code to merge PRs targeting dev branch only

Release guard hooks now check the PR's base branch:
- dev → allowed (TestPyPI/staging)
- master/main → blocked (PyPI releases remain Nathan-only)

Both Bash hook (gh pr merge) and MCP hook (merge_pull_request)
updated with base branch checking via gh pr view.

* docs: add workflow mode indicator and modes.md to CLAUDE.md

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: restore frozen ring buffer stall escalation (#155), staging 0.35.0rc8

* ci: add CODEOWNERS, update action SHA pins, add permission comments

- Create .github/CODEOWNERS requiring @littlebearapps/core review
- Pin setup-uv to v7.4.0 (6ee6290f), download-artifact to v8.0.1 (3e5f45b2)
- Add precise version comments on all action SHAs (codeql v3.32.6,
  pypi-publish v1.13.0, action-gh-release v2.5.0, fetch-metadata v2.5.0)
- Document write permissions with why-comments (OIDC, releases, auto-merge)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: add release guard hooks and document protection in CLAUDE.md

Defence-in-depth hooks prevent Claude Code from pushing to master,
merging PRs, creating tags, or triggering releases. Feature branch
pushes and PR creation remain allowed.

- release-guard.sh: Bash hook blocking master push, tags, releases, PR merge
- release-guard-protect.sh: Edit/Write hook protecting guard files and hooks.json
- release-guard-mcp.sh: GitHub MCP hook blocking merge and master writes
- hooks.json: register all three hooks
- CLAUDE.md: document release guard, update workflow roles, CI pipeline notes

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: clarify /config default labels and remove redundant "Works with" lines

Default labels now explain what "default" means for each setting:
- Diff preview: "default (off)" — matches actual behaviour (was "default (on)")
- Model/Reasoning: "default (engine decides)"
- API cost: "default (on)", Subscription usage: "default (off)"
- Plan mode home hint: "agent decides"
- Diff preview home hint: "buttons only"

Added info lines to plan mode and reasoning sub-pages explaining
the default behaviour in more detail.

Removed all 9 "Works with: ..." lines from sub-pages — they're
redundant because engine visibility guards already hide settings
from unsupported engines.

Fixes #119

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: suppress redundant cost footer on error runs

When a run fails (e.g. subscription limit hit), the diagnostic context
line from _extract_error() already shows cost, turns, and API time.
The 💰 cost footer was duplicating this same data in a different format.

Now the cost footer only appears on successful runs where it's the sole
source of cost information. Error runs still show cost in the diagnostic
line, and budget alerts still fire regardless.

Also adds usage field to mock Return dataclass (matching ErrorReturn)
so tests can verify cost footer behaviour on success runs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* feat: suppress stall notifications when CPU-active + heartbeat re-render

When cpu_active=True (extended thinking, background agents), suppress
Telegram stall warning notifications and instead trigger a heartbeat
re-render so the elapsed time counter keeps ticking. Notifications
still fire when cpu_active=False or None (no baseline).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc2

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* fix: CI release-validation tomllib bytes/str mismatch

tomllib.loads() expects str but was receiving bytes from
sys.stdin.buffer.read() and open(...,'rb').read(). First
triggered when PR #122 changed the version (rc1 → rc2).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>

* docs: integrate screenshots into docs with correct JPG references

- Add 44 screenshots to docs/assets/screenshots/
- Fix all image refs from .png to .jpg across 25 doc files
- README uses absolute raw.githubusercontent.com URLs for PyPI rendering
- Fix 5 filename mismatches (session-auto-resume→chat-auto-resume, etc.)
- Comment out 11 missing screenshots with TODO markers
- Add CAPTURES.md checklist tracking capture status

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: convert markdown images to HTML img tags for GitHub compatibility

Switch from MkDocs `![alt](src){ loading=lazy }` syntax to HTML `<img>`
tags with width="360" and loading="lazy". Fixes two GitHub rendering
issues: `{ loading=lazy }` appearing as visible text, and oversized
images with no width constraint.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: fix 3 screenshot mismatches and replace 3 screenshots

- first-run.md: rewrite resume line text to match footer screenshot
- interactive-control.md: update planmode show admonition to match screenshot (auto not on)
- switch-engines.md: swap engine-footer.jpg for multi-engine-switch.jpg
- Replace startup-message.jpg with clean v0.34.4 capture (was rc/6-projects)
- Replace cooldown-auto-deny.jpg with post-outline approve/deny buttons
- Replace file-put.jpg with photo save confirmation

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add iOS caption limitation note to file transfer guide

Telegram iOS doesn't show a caption field when sending documents via the
File picker, so /file put <path> captions aren't easily accessible.
Added a note with workarounds (use Desktop, send as photo, or let
auto-save handle it). Updated screenshot alt text to match actual
screenshot content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: temp swap README image URLs to feature branch for preview

Will revert to master before merging.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: lay out all 3 README screenshots in a single row

Reduce from 360px to 270px each and combine into one <p> block
so all three hero screenshots sit side by side.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap 3rd hero screenshot for config-menu for visual variety

Replace plan-outline-approve (too similar to approval-diff-preview)
with config-menu showing the /config settings grid. The three hero
images now tell: voice input → approve changes → configure everything.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: add captions under README hero screenshots

Small <sub> captions: "Send tasks by voice (Whisper transcription)",
"Approve changes remotely", "Configure from Telegram".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: use table layout for README hero screenshots with captions

Fixes stacking issue — <br> in a <p> broke inline flow. A table
keeps images side by side with captions underneath each one.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: replace table layout with single hero collage image

Composite image scales proportionally on mobile instead of requiring
horizontal scroll. Captions baked into the image via ImageMagick.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap middle hero screenshot for full 3-button approval view

Replace approval-diff-preview with approval-buttons-howto showing
Approve / Deny / Pause & Outline Plan — more visually impressive.
Caption now reads "Approve changes remotely (Claude Code)".
Added footnote linking to engine compatibility table.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: swap config-menu for parallel-projects in hero collage

Third hero screenshot now shows 10+ projects running simultaneously
across different repos — much more compelling than a settings menu.
New caption: "Run agents across projects in parallel".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* docs: revert README image URL to master for merge

Swap hero-collage URL back from feature/github-hardening to master.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc3

- fix: preserve all EngineOverrides fields when setting model/planmode/reasoning
  (was silently wiping ask_questions, diff_preview, show_api_cost, etc.)
- fix: /config home page resolves "default" to effective values
- feat: file upload auto-deduplication (append _1, _2 instead of requiring --force)
- feat: media groups without captions now auto-save instead of showing usage text
- feat: resume line visual separation (blank line + ↩️ prefix)
- fix: claude auto-approve echoes updatedInput in control response

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: expand permission policies for Codex CLI and Gemini CLI in /config

Codex gets a new "Approval policy" page (full auto / safe) that passes
--ask-for-approval untrusted when safe mode is selected. Gemini's approval
mode expands from 2 to 3 tiers (read-only / edit files / full access) with
--approval-mode auto_edit for the middle tier. Both engines now show an
"Agent controls" section on the /config home page. Engine-specific model
default hints replace the generic "from CLI settings" text.

Also adds staging.sh helper, context-guard-stop hook, and docs updates.

Closes #131

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: staging 0.34.5rc4

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: /config UX overhaul, resume line toggle, cost budget settings, model metadata

/config UX cleanup:
- Convert all binary toggles from 3-column (on/off/clear) to 2-column
  (toggle + clear) for better mobile tap targets
- Merge Engine + Model into combined "Engine & model" page
- Reorganise home page to max 2 buttons per row across all engines
- Split plan mode 3-option rows (off/on/auto) into 2+1 layout
- Add _toggle_row() helper for consistent toggle button rendering

New features:
- #128: Resume line /config toggle — per-chat show_resume_line override
  via EngineOverrides with On/Off/Clear buttons, wired into executor
- #129: Cost budget /config settings — per-chat budget_enabled and
  budget_auto_cancel overrides on the Cost & Usage page, wired into
  _check_cost_budget() in runner_bridge.py

Model metadata improvements:
- Show Claude Code [1m] context window suffix: "opus 4.6 (1M)"
- Strip Gemini CLI "auto-" prefix: "auto-gemini-3" → "gemini-3"
- Future-proof: unknown suffixes default to .upper() (e.g. [500k] → 500K)

Bug fixes:
- #124: Standalone override commands (/planmode, /model, /reasoning) now
  preserve all EngineOverrides fields including new ones
- Error handling: control_response.write_failed catch-all in claude.py,
  ask_question.extraction_failed warning, model.override.failed logging

Hardening:
- Plan outline sent as separate ephemeral message (avoids 4096 char truncation)
- Added show_resume_line, budget_enabled, budget_auto_cancel to
  EngineOverrides, EngineRunOptions, normalize/merge, and all constructors

Tests: 1610 passed, 80.56% coverage, ruff clean.
Integration tested on @untether_dev_bot across all 6 engine chats.

Closes #128, closes #129, fixes #124

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* chore: trigger CI for PR #132

* fix: address 11 CodeRabbit review comments on PR #132

Bug fixes:
- claude.py: fix UnboundLocalError when factory.resume is falsy in
  ask_question.extraction_failed logging path
- ask_question.py: reject malformed option callbacks instead of
  silently falling back to option 0
- files.py: raise FileExistsError when deduplicate_target exhausts
  999 suffixes instead of returning the original (overwrite risk)
- config.py: disambiguate Codex "Full auto" (fa) vs Gemini "Full
  access" (ya) callback IDs and toast labels

Hardening:
- codex.py: add --ask-for-approval to _EXEC_ONLY_FLAGS guard
- model.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- reasoning.py: add try/except to clear path (matching set path)
- loop.py: notify user when media group upload fails instead of
  silently dropping
- export.py: log session count instead of identifiers at info level
- config.py: resolve resume-line default from config instead of
  hardcoding True
- staging.sh: pin PyPI index in rollback/reset with --pip-args

Skipped (not applicable):
- CHANGELOG.md: RC versions don't get changelog entries per release
  discipline
- docs/tutorials TODO screenshot: pre-existing, not introduced by PR
- .claude/hooks/context-guard-stop.sh: ContextDocs plugin hook, not
  Untether source

Tests: 1611 passed, 80.48% coverage, ruff clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: replace bare pass with debug log to satisfy bandit B110

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* feat: setup wizard security + UX improvements

- Auto-set allowed_user_ids from captured Telegram user ID during
  onboarding (security: restricts bot to the setup user's account)
- Add "next steps" panel after wizard completion with pointers to
  /config, voice notes, projects, and account lock confirmation
- Update install.md: Python 3.12+ (not just 3.14), dynamic version
  string, /config mention for post-setup changes
- Update first-run.md: /config → Engine & model for default engine

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>

* fix: plan outline UX — markdown rendering, buttons, cleanup (#139, #140, #141)

- Render outline messages as formatted text via render_markdown() +
  split_markdown_body() instead of raw markdown (#139)
- Add approve/deny buttons to last outline message so users don't
  have to scroll up past long outlines (#140)
- Delete outline messages on approve/deny via module-level
  _OUTLINE_REGISTRY callable from callback handler; suppress stale
  keyboard on progress message (#141)
- 8 new tests for outline rendering, …
Master's v0.35.0 squash-merge (commit e5bff3c) introduced content that was
never back-merged into dev — primarily the `applies_to:` frontmatter on
.claude/rules/*.md files added by the v0.35.0 release commit. This caused
genuine merge conflicts when attempting the v0.35.1 dev → master PR.

Merge strategy:
- `-X ours` (dev's version wins on overlapping lines) since dev has v0.35.1
  content the release is about
- Master's additive `applies_to:` frontmatter preserved on rules files
  (non-conflicting addition)
- Fixed one duplicate block in `src/untether/telegram/commands/config.py`
  that `-X ours` combined incorrectly

Verification: 2164 tests pass, ruff format/lint clean, 81.65% coverage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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