apps/desktop/src/main/gitea.ts

@@ -365,7 +365,23 @@ export function registerGiteaIpc(): void {
   })
 
   // ---- config (team onboarding) ----
-  ipcMain.handle('config:get', () => publicConfig())
+  // The saved config's public view, or — when running off a .env.local / env
+  // fallback (dev) — a public view of the *resolved* connection, so Settings and
+  // the rail reflect what the app is actually connected to, not just the store.
+  ipcMain.handle('config:get', () => {
+    const saved = publicConfig()
+    if (saved) return saved
+    const c = resolveConfig()
+    if (!c) return null
+    return {
+      baseUrl: c.baseUrl,
+      owner: c.owner,
+      repo: c.repo,
+      pmStateRepo: pmStateRepoName(c),
+      modelUrl: process.env.MODEL_BASE_URL ?? undefined,
+      hasToken: !!c.token,
+    }
+  })
 
   ipcMain.handle('config:set', (_event, cfg: AppConfig) => {
     saveConfig(cfg)

apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/screens/capture-screen.tsx

@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ interface Question {
 
 export function CaptureScreen({ onDone }: { onDone: () => void }) {
   const [stage, setStage] = React.useState<'dump' | 'interview' | 'review' | 'filed'>('dump')
-  const [dump, setDump] = React.useState(
+  const [dump, setDump] = React.useState('')
-    'auth is flaky — token refresh dies silently, sometimes session storage goes stale. ' +
-      'also the webhook debounce thing keeps double-firing. and we owe docs for auth setup'
-  )
   const [qi, setQi] = React.useState(0)
   const [log, setLog] = React.useState<{ q: string; a: string }[]>([])
   const [split, setSplit] = React.useState<boolean | null>(null)

apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/screens/focus-screen.tsx

@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import { EmptyState } from '../shell/states.js'
 import { Badge, Button, Card, IconButton, Tag } from '../ui/index.js'
 
 /**
- * Morning service — the Now/Next/Later focus cards + the burn-up cone.
+ * Morning service — the Now/Next/Later focus cards + the burn-up cone, from the
- * `focus` (scheduler) and `forecast` (Monte Carlo) override the demo fixtures
+ * scheduler (`focus`) and Monte Carlo forecast (`forecast`). Both come from the
- * when gitea is configured; both fall back to the handoff demo otherwise.
+ * reconciled backlog; with no open work the scheduler has nothing to pour, so we
+ * show the empty state.
  */
 export function FocusScreen({
   onOpenIssue,
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ export function FocusScreen({
     </Card>
   )
 
-  if (!focus) {
+  // The scheduler returns a FocusView even when the backlog has no open work —
+  // treat "no now/next/later" as empty, not just an absent `focus`.
+  if (!focus || (!focus.now && !focus.next && !focus.later)) {
     return (
       <EmptyState
         icon="coffee"

apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/screens/settings-screen.tsx

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react'
 
 import type { PublicConfig } from '../../global.js'
-import { Badge, Button, Card, Icon, IconButton, Input, Radio, Select, Switch, Tag } from '../ui/index.js'
+import { Badge, Button, Card, Icon, Radio, Tag } from '../ui/index.js'
 
-// Settings — gitea connection, sync, model roles, labels, rituals, appearance
+// Settings — gitea connection, sync behaviour, model, label schema, appearance.
 export function SettingsScreen({
   dark,
   setDark,
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ export function SettingsScreen({
   onReconnect?: () => void
   onDisconnect?: () => void
 }) {
-  const [webhooks, setWebhooks] = React.useState(true)
+  const [model, setModel] = React.useState<{ configured: boolean; model: string | null } | null>(null)
-  const [reconcile, setReconcile] = React.useState(true)
+
-  const [poll, setPoll] = React.useState(true)
+  React.useEffect(() => {
-  const [nag, setNag] = React.useState(true)
+    let alive = true
+    window.commitea.model
+      .status()
+      .then((s) => {
+        if (alive) setModel(s)
+      })
+      .catch(() => {})
+    return () => {
+      alive = false
+    }
+  }, [])
 
   const Row = ({ children, style }: { children: React.ReactNode; style?: React.CSSProperties }) => (
     <div style={{ display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', gap: 12, ...style }}>{children}</div>
@@ -33,128 +43,127 @@ export function SettingsScreen({
     <div style={{ maxWidth: 720, margin: '0 auto', display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 16 }}>
       <header style={{ borderBottom: 'var(--rule-double)', paddingBottom: 14 }}>
         <h1 style={{ font: 'var(--text-display)', color: 'var(--ink-1)', margin: 0 }}>Settings</h1>
-        <p style={{ font: 'var(--text-data)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', margin: '6px 0 0' }}>config lives in pm-state · versioned, portable</p>
+        <p style={{ font: 'var(--text-data)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', margin: '6px 0 0' }}>
+          connection lives on this machine · the plan lives in gitea
+        </p>
       </header>
 
       <Card overline="Gitea" title="Connection">
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 12 }}>
           {connection ? (
             <>
-              <Row style={{ padding: '8px 12px', background: 'var(--paper-0)', border: '1px solid var(--line-1)', borderRadius: 'var(--radius-2)' }}>
+              <Row
+                style={{
+                  padding: '8px 12px',
+                  background: 'var(--paper-0)',
+                  border: '1px solid var(--line-1)',
+                  borderRadius: 'var(--radius-2)',
+                }}
+              >
                 <Icon name="git-branch" size={14} style={{ color: 'var(--ink-3)' }} />
-                <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-data)', color: 'var(--ink-1)', flex: 1 }}>{connection.owner}/{connection.repo}</span>
+                <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-data)', color: 'var(--ink-1)', flex: 1 }}>
-                <Badge tone="ok" dot>connected</Badge>
+                  {connection.owner}/{connection.repo}
+                </span>
+                <Badge tone="ok" dot>
+                  connected
+                </Badge>
               </Row>
               <Row style={{ font: 'var(--text-caption)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', gap: 6 }}>
-                <Icon name="link" size={12} />{connection.baseUrl}
+                <Icon name="link" size={12} />
+                {connection.baseUrl}
               </Row>
               <Row style={{ font: 'var(--text-caption)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', gap: 6 }}>
-                <Icon name="layers" size={12} />sidecar: {connection.pmStateRepo ?? `${connection.repo}-pm-state`}
+                <Icon name="layers" size={12} />
-              </Row>
+                sidecar: {connection.pmStateRepo ?? `${connection.repo}-pm-state`}
-              <Row style={{ font: 'var(--text-caption)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', gap: 6 }}>
-                <Icon name="sparkles" size={12} />model: {connection.modelUrl ?? 'not set — chat off'}
               </Row>
               <Note>Your token is stored encrypted on this machine. Delete the sidecar and resync — no truth is lost.</Note>
               <Row style={{ gap: 8, marginTop: 2 }}>
-                <Button variant="secondary" size="sm" icon="settings-2" onClick={onReconnect}>Reconfigure</Button>
+                <Button variant="secondary" size="sm" icon="settings-2" onClick={onReconnect}>
-                <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={onDisconnect}>Disconnect</Button>
+                  Reconfigure
+                </Button>
+                <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onClick={onDisconnect}>
+                  Disconnect
+                </Button>
               </Row>
             </>
           ) : (
             <Row style={{ gap: 8 }}>
               <Note>Not connected.</Note>
-              <Button variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={onReconnect}>Connect</Button>
+              <Button variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={onReconnect}>
+                Connect
+              </Button>
             </Row>
           )}
         </div>
       </Card>
 
       <Card overline="Sync" title="Staying current">
-        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 12 }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
-          <Row>
+          <Row style={{ gap: 8 }}>
-            <Switch label="Webhooks while running" checked={webhooks} onChange={(e) => setWebhooks(e.target.checked)} />
+            <Icon name="refresh-cw" size={14} style={{ color: 'var(--ink-3)' }} />
-            <span style={{ font: '400 11.5px var(--font-mono)', color: 'var(--ink-3)', marginLeft: 'auto' }}>endpoint :48731 · healthy</span>
+            <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-body)', color: 'var(--ink-1)' }}>
+              Reconciles on launch and after every write
+            </span>
           </Row>
-          <Switch label="Full reconcile on launch" checked={reconcile} onChange={(e) => setReconcile(e.target.checked)} />
+          <Note>
-          <Row>
+            The board is a rebuildable index over gitea — the durable truth. When gitea is unreachable the last
-            <Switch label="Poll fallback" checked={poll} onChange={(e) => setPoll(e.target.checked)} />
+            snapshot is served from cache (the rail's dot turns red), and the next successful reconcile supersedes it.
-            <div style={{ marginLeft: 'auto', width: 140 }}>
+            No webhooks, no polling: reads are on demand.
-              <Select options={[{ value: '2', label: 'every 2 min' }, { value: '5', label: 'every 5 min' }, { value: '15', label: 'every 15 min' }]} defaultValue="5" />
+          </Note>
-            </div>
-          </Row>
-          <Note>last reconcile 3.2s · 500 issues · nothing lost</Note>
         </div>
       </Card>
 
-      <Card overline="Models" title="The router">
+      <Card overline="Model" title="Reginald's brain">
-        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 14 }}>
+        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
-          <div style={{ display: 'grid', gridTemplateColumns: '1fr 1fr', gap: '12px 14px' }}>
+          {model?.configured ? (
-            <Select label="Prose & rituals" options={[
+            <Row style={{ gap: 8 }}>
-              { value: 'gemma-4b', label: 'gemma-4b · local' },
+              <Icon name="sparkles" size={14} style={{ color: 'var(--ink-3)' }} />
-              { value: 'qwen-7b', label: 'qwen-7b · local' },
+              <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-data)', color: 'var(--ink-1)', flex: 1 }}>{model.model}</span>
-            ]} defaultValue="gemma-4b" />
+              <Badge tone="ok" dot>
-            <Input label="Base URL" mono defaultValue="http://localhost:1234/v1" />
+                reachable
-            <Select label="Decomposition & negotiation" options={[
+              </Badge>
-              { value: 'qwen-72b', label: 'qwen-72b · lm-studio box' },
-              { value: 'gpt-4o', label: 'gpt-4o · OpenAI API' },
-            ]} defaultValue="qwen-72b" />
-            <Input label="Base URL" mono defaultValue="http://10.0.0.42:1234/v1" />
-          </div>
-          <Row>
-            <span style={{ font: '400 11.5px var(--font-mono)', color: 'var(--ink-3)' }}>hot memory ≤ 2k tokens · math is never delegated to either</span>
             </Row>
-          <p style={{ font: 'var(--text-agent)', color: 'var(--ink-2)', margin: 0 }}>
+          ) : (
-            The small one writes my standup; the large one argues with your estimates. Neither is allowed near the arithmetic.
+            <Row style={{ gap: 8 }}>
-          </p>
+              <Icon name="sparkles" size={14} style={{ color: 'var(--ink-3)' }} />
+              <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-body)', color: 'var(--ink-2)', flex: 1 }}>
+                Chat is off — no model reachable.
+              </span>
+              <Button variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={onReconnect}>
+                Set a Model URL
+              </Button>
+            </Row>
+          )}
+          <Note>
+            An OpenAI-compatible endpoint (set it in Reconfigure). Reginald names, negotiates and explains; it never
+            does the arithmetic — the scheduler and Monte Carlo do that.
+          </Note>
         </div>
       </Card>
 
       <Card overline="Labels" title="Schema">
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 10 }}>
           <Row style={{ flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 6 }}>
-            {['est/1d', 'est/2d', 'est/3d', 'est/5d', 'est/8d'].map((l) => <Tag key={l} label={l} />)}
+            {['est/1d', 'est/2d', 'est/3d', 'est/5d', 'est/8d'].map((l) => (
+              <Tag key={l} label={l} />
+            ))}
           </Row>
           <Row style={{ flexWrap: 'wrap', gap: 6 }}>
-            {['p/1', 'p/2', 'p/3', 'p/4'].map((l) => <Tag key={l} label={l} />)}
+            {['p/1', 'p/2', 'p/3', 'p/4'].map((l) => (
+              <Tag key={l} label={l} />
+            ))}
             <Tag label="deadline/hard" />
           </Row>
           <Note>Fixed sets, human-meaningful, visible in gitea. Not configurable — that is rather the point.</Note>
         </div>
       </Card>
 
-      <Card overline="Rituals" title="Reginald's calendar">
-        <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 12 }}>
-          <Row>
-            <span style={{ font: 'var(--text-body)', color: 'var(--ink-1)' }}>Morning standup</span>
-            <div style={{ marginLeft: 'auto', width: 120 }}>
-              <Select options={[{ value: '0630', label: '06:30' }, { value: '0700', label: '07:00' }, { value: '0800', label: '08:00' }]} defaultValue="0700" />
-            </div>
-          </Row>
-          <Row>
-            <Switch label="Stale-blocker nagging" checked={nag} onChange={(e) => setNag(e.target.checked)} />
-            <div style={{ marginLeft: 'auto', width: 140 }}>
-              <Select options={[{ value: '2', label: 'after 2 days' }, { value: '3', label: 'after 3 days' }, { value: '5', label: 'after 5 days' }]} defaultValue="3" />
-            </div>
-          </Row>
-        </div>
-      </Card>
-
       <Card overline="Appearance" title="Service">
         <div style={{ display: 'flex', gap: 20 }}>
           <Radio name="theme" label="Morning (light)" checked={!dark} onChange={() => setDark(false)} />
           <Radio name="theme" label="Evening (dark)" checked={dark} onChange={() => setDark(true)} />
         </div>
       </Card>
-
-      <Card>
-        <Row>
-          <div style={{ flex: 1 }}>
-            <div style={{ font: 'var(--text-body-strong)', color: 'var(--ink-1)' }}>Forget this gitea</div>
-            <Note>Removes the connection and the local cache. Gitea itself is untouched.</Note>
-          </div>
-          <Button variant="danger">Forget</Button>
-        </Row>
-      </Card>
     </div>
   )
 }

apps/desktop/src/renderer/src/components/screens/standup-screen.tsx

@@ -161,6 +161,25 @@ export function StandupScreen({
         </Section>
 
         <Section overline="Stale blockers" order={3}>
+          {s.nag.id === 0 ? (
+            // Calm sentinel — nothing is over-steeping; render just the reassurance,
+            // no issue chrome, no click target (there's no #0 to open).
+            <div
+              style={{
+                display: 'flex',
+                gap: 10,
+                alignItems: 'center',
+                background: 'var(--paper-2)',
+                borderRadius: 'var(--radius-2)',
+                padding: '12px 14px',
+              }}
+            >
+              <span style={{ color: 'var(--ok)', display: 'inline-flex' }}>
+                <Icon name="circle-check" size={15} />
+              </span>
+              <p style={{ font: 'var(--text-agent)', color: 'var(--ink-2)', margin: 0 }}>{s.nag.text}</p>
+            </div>
+          ) : (
             <div
               role="button"
               tabIndex={0}
@@ -194,6 +213,7 @@ export function StandupScreen({
                 <p style={{ font: 'var(--text-agent)', color: 'var(--ink-2)', margin: '5px 0 0' }}>{s.nag.text}</p>
               </div>
             </div>
+          )}
         </Section>
 
         <footer