chat side pane, home/chat refinements, and connect prompts

Add the chat side-pane navigation with dock/close/open controls, refine
the Home and chat panes, show connect-account prompts in the Email and
Meetings views (Zoom/Teams/Meet), fix the dock-to-side arrow, and default
the app to Home with the chat docked on the right.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { RunEvent, ListRunsResponse } from '@x/shared/src/runs.js';
 import type { LanguageModelUsage, ToolUIPart } from 'ai';
 import './App.css'
 import z from 'zod';
-import { CheckIcon, LoaderIcon, PanelLeftIcon, Maximize2, Minimize2, ChevronLeftIcon, ChevronRightIcon, Plus, HistoryIcon } from 'lucide-react';
+import { CheckIcon, LoaderIcon, PanelLeftIcon, ArrowRight, MessageSquare, ChevronLeftIcon, ChevronRightIcon, Plus, HistoryIcon } from 'lucide-react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { MarkdownEditor, type MarkdownEditorHandle } from './components/markdown-editor';
 import { ChatSidebar } from './components/chat-sidebar';
@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ function App() {
   const [workspaceInitialPath, setWorkspaceInitialPath] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [isKnowledgeViewOpen, setIsKnowledgeViewOpen] = useState(false)
   const [isChatHistoryOpen, setIsChatHistoryOpen] = useState(false)
-  const [isHomeOpen, setIsHomeOpen] = useState(false)
+  // Default landing view: Home in the middle with the chat docked on the right.
+  const [isHomeOpen, setIsHomeOpen] = useState(true)
   const [emailInitialThreadId, setEmailInitialThreadId] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [emailThreadIdVersion, setEmailThreadIdVersion] = useState(0)
   const [expandedFrom, setExpandedFrom] = useState<{
@@ -1098,8 +1099,8 @@ function App() {
   }, [processingRunIds])
 
   // File tab state
-  const [fileTabs, setFileTabs] = useState<FileTab[]>([])
+  const [fileTabs, setFileTabs] = useState<FileTab[]>([{ id: 'home-tab', path: HOME_TAB_PATH }])
-  const [activeFileTabId, setActiveFileTabId] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  const [activeFileTabId, setActiveFileTabId] = useState<string | null>('home-tab')
   const activeFileTabIdRef = useRef(activeFileTabId)
   activeFileTabIdRef.current = activeFileTabId
   const [editorSessionByTabId, setEditorSessionByTabId] = useState<Record<string, number>>({})
@@ -3272,9 +3273,10 @@ function App() {
     return () => window.removeEventListener('rowboat:open-copilot-prompt', handler as EventListener)
   }, [submitFromPalette])
 
-  const toggleKnowledgePane = useCallback(() => {
+  // Reveal the chat in the right side pane (from the middle-panel chat icon).
+  const openChatSidePane = useCallback(() => {
     setIsRightPaneMaximized(false)
-    setIsChatSidebarOpen(prev => !prev)
+    setIsChatSidebarOpen(true)
   }, [])
 
   // Browser is an overlay on the middle pane: opening it forces the chat
@@ -3810,6 +3812,18 @@ function App() {
     await applyViewState(nextView)
   }, [appendUnique, applyViewState, cancelRecordingIfActive, currentViewState, setHistory, isBrowserOpen, dismissBrowserOverlay])
 
+  // Move the maximized/full-screen chat into the right side pane: restore the
+  // view we expanded from (or fall back to Home) and dock the chat on the right.
+  const pushChatToSidePane = useCallback(() => {
+    setIsRightPaneMaximized(false)
+    setIsChatSidebarOpen(true)
+    if (expandedFrom) {
+      handleCloseFullScreenChat()
+    } else {
+      void navigateToView({ type: 'home' })
+    }
+  }, [expandedFrom, handleCloseFullScreenChat, navigateToView])
+
   const navigateBack = useCallback(async () => {
     const { back, forward } = historyRef.current
     if (back.length === 0) return
@@ -4412,14 +4426,23 @@ function App() {
       }
     },
     createFolder: async (parentPath: string = 'knowledge'): Promise<string> => {
-      const newPath = `${parentPath}/new-folder-${Date.now()}`
       try {
+        let index = 1
+        let name = 'New folder'
+        let fullPath = `${parentPath}/${name}`
+        while (index < 1000) {
+          const exists = await window.ipc.invoke('workspace:exists', { path: fullPath })
+          if (!exists.exists) break
+          index += 1
+          name = `New folder ${index}`
+          fullPath = `${parentPath}/${name}`
+        }
         await window.ipc.invoke('workspace:mkdir', {
-          path: newPath,
+          path: fullPath,
           recursive: true
         })
         setExpandedPaths(prev => new Set([...prev, parentPath]))
-        return newPath
+        return fullPath
       } catch (err) {
         console.error('Failed to create folder:', err)
         throw err
@@ -5227,38 +5250,38 @@ function App() {
                     <TooltipContent side="bottom">New chat</TooltipContent>
                   </Tooltip>
                 )}
-                {!selectedPath && !isGraphOpen && !isSuggestedTopicsOpen && !isMeetingsOpen && !isLiveNotesOpen && !isBgTasksOpen && !isEmailOpen && !isWorkspaceOpen && !isKnowledgeViewOpen && !isChatHistoryOpen && !isBrowserOpen && expandedFrom && (
+                {/* Trailing layout control. Always mounted (just toggled invisible
-                  <Tooltip>
+                    when inactive) so its -webkit-app-region:no-drag rect is stable —
-                    <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                    a freshly-mounted no-drag button inside the drag-region header
-                      <button
+                    otherwise has its first click swallowed by the window drag. */}
-                        type="button"
+                {(() => {
-                        onClick={handleCloseFullScreenChat}
+                  const viewOpen = selectedPath || isGraphOpen || isSuggestedTopicsOpen || isMeetingsOpen || isLiveNotesOpen || isBgTasksOpen || isEmailOpen || isWorkspaceOpen || isKnowledgeViewOpen || isChatHistoryOpen || isHomeOpen
-                        className="titlebar-no-drag flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground transition-colors self-center shrink-0"
+                  const action = isFullScreenChat
-                        aria-label="Restore two-pane view"
+                    ? { onClick: pushChatToSidePane, icon: <ArrowRight className="size-5" />, label: 'Dock chat to side pane' }
-                      >
+                    : (viewOpen && !isChatSidebarOpen)
-                        <Minimize2 className="size-5" />
+                      ? { onClick: openChatSidePane, icon: <MessageSquare className="size-5" />, label: 'Open chat' }
-                      </button>
+                      : null
-                    </TooltipTrigger>
+                  return (
-                    <TooltipContent side="bottom">Restore two-pane view</TooltipContent>
+                    <Tooltip>
-                  </Tooltip>
+                      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
-                )}
+                        <button
-                {(selectedPath || isGraphOpen || isSuggestedTopicsOpen || isMeetingsOpen || isLiveNotesOpen || isBgTasksOpen || isEmailOpen || isWorkspaceOpen || isKnowledgeViewOpen || isChatHistoryOpen || isHomeOpen) && (
+                          type="button"
-                  <Tooltip>
+                          onClick={action ? action.onClick : undefined}
-                    <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                          disabled={!action}
-                      <button
+                          aria-hidden={!action}
-                        type="button"
+                          aria-label={action?.label}
-                        onClick={toggleKnowledgePane}
+                          className={cn(
-                        className="titlebar-no-drag flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground transition-colors -mr-1 self-center shrink-0"
+                            'titlebar-no-drag flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center rounded-md text-muted-foreground transition-colors -mr-1 self-center shrink-0',
-                        aria-label={isChatSidebarOpen ? "Maximize knowledge view" : "Restore two-pane view"}
+                            action ? 'hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground' : 'invisible pointer-events-none',
-                      >
+                          )}
-                        {isChatSidebarOpen ? <Maximize2 className="size-5" /> : <Minimize2 className="size-5" />}
+                        >
-                      </button>
+                          {action?.icon}
-                    </TooltipTrigger>
+                        </button>
-                    <TooltipContent side="bottom">
+                      </TooltipTrigger>
-                      {isChatSidebarOpen ? "Maximize knowledge view" : "Restore two-pane view"}
+                      {action && <TooltipContent side="bottom">{action.label}</TooltipContent>}
-                    </TooltipContent>
+                    </Tooltip>
-                  </Tooltip>
+                  )
-                )}
+                })()}
               </ContentHeader>
 
               {isBrowserOpen ? (
@@ -5282,6 +5305,7 @@ function App() {
                     onVoiceNoteCreated={handleVoiceNoteCreated}
                     onRunBrowserTask={handleToggleBrowser}
                     onStartResearch={() => submitFromPalette('Do deep, extreme research on a topic and build me a local website that summarizes the findings. Ask me what topic to research.', null)}
+                    onOpenChat={handleNewChatTab}
                   />
                 </div>
               ) : isSuggestedTopicsOpen ? (
@@ -5573,24 +5597,7 @@ function App() {
               <FileCardProvider onOpenKnowledgeFile={(path) => { navigateToFile(path) }}>
               <div className="flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col">
                 <div className="relative min-h-0 flex-1">
-                  {(activeChatTabState.conversation.length === 0 && !activeChatTabState.currentAssistantMessage) ? (
+                  {chatTabs.map((tab) => {
-                    <HomeView
-                      tree={tree}
-                      runs={runs}
-                      bgTaskSummaries={bgTaskSummaries}
-                      onOpenEmail={() => openEmailView()}
-                      onOpenMeetings={openMeetingsView}
-                      onOpenAgents={() => { setBgTaskInitialSlug(null); setBgTaskSlugVersion((v) => v + 1); openBgTasksView() }}
-                      onOpenAgent={(slug) => { setBgTaskInitialSlug(slug); setBgTaskSlugVersion((v) => v + 1); openBgTasksView() }}
-                      onOpenNote={(path) => navigateToFile(path)}
-                      onOpenRun={(rid) => void navigateToView({ type: 'chat', runId: rid })}
-                      onTakeMeetingNotes={() => { void handleToggleMeeting() }}
-                      onVoiceNoteCreated={handleVoiceNoteCreated}
-                      onRunBrowserTask={handleToggleBrowser}
-                      onStartResearch={() => submitFromPalette('Do deep, extreme research on a topic and build me a local website that summarizes the findings. Ask me what topic to research.', null)}
-                    />
-                  ) : (
-                  chatTabs.map((tab) => {
                     const isActive = tab.id === activeChatTabId
                     const tabState = getChatTabStateForRender(tab.id)
                     const tabHasConversation = tabState.conversation.length > 0 || tabState.currentAssistantMessage
@@ -5694,8 +5701,7 @@ function App() {
                         </Conversation>
                       </div>
                     )
-                  })
+                  })}
-                  )}
                 </div>
 
                 <div className="rowboat-composer-dock sticky bottom-0 z-10 bg-background pb-12 pt-0 shadow-lg">
@@ -5777,6 +5783,7 @@ function App() {
                 }}
                 onOpenChatHistory={() => void navigateToView({ type: 'chat-history' })}
                 onOpenFullScreen={toggleRightPaneMaximize}
+                onCloseChat={() => { setIsRightPaneMaximized(false); setIsChatSidebarOpen(false) }}
                 conversation={conversation}
                 currentAssistantMessage={currentAssistantMessage}
                 chatTabStates={chatViewStateByTab}

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/chat-empty-state.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ArrowUpRight, Bot, Mail, MessageSquare, NotebookPen, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react'
+import { ArrowUpRight, Bot, Mail, MessageSquare, Sparkles, Telescope } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { formatRelativeTime } from '@/lib/relative-time'
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ interface ChatEmptyStateProps {
 
 const SUGGESTED_ACTIONS: { icon: typeof Mail; title: string; sub: string; prompt: string }[] = [
   { icon: Mail, title: 'Draft a reply', sub: 'to an email', prompt: "Let's draft a reply to [name]'s email" },
-  { icon: Bot, title: 'Set up a background agent', sub: 'that summarizes my inbox', prompt: 'Set up a background agent that summarizes my inbox each morning' },
+  { icon: Bot, title: 'Set up a background agent', sub: 'that automates tasks', prompt: 'Set up a background agent that automates [task]' },
-  { icon: NotebookPen, title: 'Take notes', sub: 'while I work', prompt: 'Take notes while I work' },
+  { icon: Telescope, title: 'Research a topic', sub: 'create a local wiki for me', prompt: 'Research [topic] and create a local wiki for me' },
 ]
 
 /**

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/chat-sidebar.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { Maximize2, Minimize2 } from 'lucide-react'
+import { ArrowRight, X } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ interface ChatSidebarProps {
   onSelectRun?: (runId: string) => void
   onOpenChatHistory?: () => void
   onOpenFullScreen?: () => void
+  onCloseChat?: () => void
   conversation: ConversationItem[]
   currentAssistantMessage: string
   chatTabStates?: Record<string, ChatTabViewState>
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ export function ChatSidebar({
   onSelectRun,
   onOpenChatHistory,
   onOpenFullScreen,
+  onCloseChat,
   conversation,
   currentAssistantMessage,
   chatTabStates = {},
@@ -509,23 +511,40 @@ export function ChatSidebar({
               onSelectRun={onSelectRun}
               onOpenChatHistory={onOpenChatHistory}
             />
-            {onOpenFullScreen && (
+            {isMaximized ? (
-              <Tooltip>
+              onOpenFullScreen && (
-                <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                <Tooltip>
-                  <Button
+                  <TooltipTrigger asChild>
-                    variant="ghost"
+                    <Button
-                    size="icon"
+                      variant="ghost"
-                    onClick={onOpenFullScreen}
+                      size="icon"
-                    className="titlebar-no-drag my-1 mr-2 h-8 w-8 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                      onClick={onOpenFullScreen}
-                    aria-label={isMaximized ? 'Restore two-pane view' : 'Maximize chat view'}
+                      className="titlebar-no-drag my-1 mr-2 h-8 w-8 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-                  >
+                      aria-label="Dock chat to side pane"
-                    {isMaximized ? <Minimize2 className="size-5" /> : <Maximize2 className="size-5" />}
+                    >
-                  </Button>
+                      <ArrowRight className="size-5" />
-                </TooltipTrigger>
+                    </Button>
-                <TooltipContent side="bottom">
+                  </TooltipTrigger>
-                  {isMaximized ? 'Restore two-pane view' : 'Maximize chat view'}
+                  <TooltipContent side="bottom">Dock to side pane</TooltipContent>
-                </TooltipContent>
+                </Tooltip>
-              </Tooltip>
+              )
+            ) : (
+              onCloseChat && (
+                <Tooltip>
+                  <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+                    <Button
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      size="icon"
+                      onClick={onCloseChat}
+                      className="titlebar-no-drag my-1 mr-2 h-8 w-8 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                      aria-label="Close chat"
+                    >
+                      <X className="size-5" />
+                    </Button>
+                  </TooltipTrigger>
+                  <TooltipContent side="bottom">Close chat</TooltipContent>
+                </Tooltip>
+              )
             )}
           </header>
 

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { Bold, Forward, Italic, Link as LinkIcon, List, ListOrdered, LoaderIcon, Paperclip, Quote, RefreshCw, Reply, Search, Send, Sparkles, Strikethrough } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Bold, Forward, Italic, Link as LinkIcon, List, ListOrdered, LoaderIcon, Mail, Paperclip, Quote, RefreshCw, Reply, Search, Send, Sparkles, Strikethrough } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useEditor, EditorContent, type Editor } from '@tiptap/react'
 import StarterKit from '@tiptap/starter-kit'
 import Link from '@tiptap/extension-link'
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type { blocks } from '@x/shared'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { toast } from '@/lib/toast'
 import { useTheme } from '@/contexts/theme-context'
+import { SettingsDialog } from '@/components/settings-dialog'
 
 type GmailThread = blocks.GmailThread
 type GmailThreadMessage = blocks.GmailThreadMessage
@@ -842,6 +843,24 @@ export function EmailView({ initialThreadId, threadIdVersion }: EmailViewProps =
   const [refreshing, setRefreshing] = useState(!hadPersistedDataOnMount.current)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('')
+  // Gmail connection status — null while checking, false shows the connect prompt.
+  const [emailConnected, setEmailConnected] = useState<boolean | null>(null)
+  const [settingsOpen, setSettingsOpen] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+    const check = async () => {
+      try {
+        const result = await window.ipc.invoke('composio:get-connection-status', { toolkitSlug: 'gmail' })
+        if (!cancelled) setEmailConnected(result.isConnected)
+      } catch {
+        if (!cancelled) setEmailConnected(false)
+      }
+    }
+    void check()
+    const cleanup = window.ipc.on('oauth:didConnect', () => { void check() })
+    return () => { cancelled = true; cleanup() }
+  }, [])
 
   useEffect(() => { persistedImportant = important }, [important])
   useEffect(() => { persistedOther = other }, [other])
@@ -1201,12 +1220,26 @@ export function EmailView({ initialThreadId, threadIdVersion }: EmailViewProps =
               </section>
             )}
           </div>
+        ) : emailConnected === false ? (
+          <div className="gmail-empty-state flex flex-col items-center gap-3 py-16 text-center">
+            <Mail size={28} className="opacity-50" />
+            <p>Connect your email to see your inbox here.</p>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => setSettingsOpen(true)}
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border bg-background px-3.5 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
+            >
+              <Mail size={15} />
+              Connect your email
+            </button>
+          </div>
         ) : (
           <div className="gmail-empty-state">
             {initialLoading ? 'Loading Gmail threads…' : 'No Gmail threads in your inbox cache yet.'}
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      <SettingsDialog open={settingsOpen} onOpenChange={setSettingsOpen} defaultTab="connections" />
     </div>
   )
 }

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/home-view.tsx

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type HomeViewProps = {
   onVoiceNoteCreated?: (path: string) => void
   onRunBrowserTask?: () => void
   onStartResearch?: () => void
+  onOpenChat?: () => void
 }
 
 type CalEvent = {
@@ -139,6 +140,22 @@ function noteLabel(node: TreeNode): string {
   return node.name
 }
 
+function triggerMeetingCapture(event: CalEvent, openConference: boolean) {
+  window.__pendingCalendarEvent = {
+    summary: event.summary,
+    start: event.rawStart,
+    end: event.rawEnd,
+    location: event.location ?? undefined,
+    htmlLink: event.htmlLink ?? undefined,
+    conferenceLink: event.conferenceLink ?? undefined,
+    source: event.source,
+  }
+  if (openConference && event.conferenceLink) {
+    window.open(event.conferenceLink, '_blank')
+  }
+  window.dispatchEvent(new Event('calendar-block:join-meeting'))
+}
+
 const CARD = 'rounded-xl border border-border bg-card p-4'
 
 export function HomeView({
@@ -155,6 +172,7 @@ export function HomeView({
   onVoiceNoteCreated,
   onRunBrowserTask,
   onStartResearch,
+  onOpenChat,
 }: HomeViewProps) {
   const [events, setEvents] = useState<CalEvent[]>([])
   const [emails, setEmails] = useState<EmailThread[]>([])
@@ -338,6 +356,7 @@ export function HomeView({
                 <span className="text-sm font-medium">Background agents</span>
                 <span className="flex-1" />
                 <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">{activeAgents.length} active</span>
+                <button type="button" onClick={onOpenAgents} className="text-xs text-primary hover:underline">Open →</button>
               </div>
               {recentAgent ? (
                 <button
@@ -374,12 +393,32 @@ export function HomeView({
             {todaysEvents.length === 0 ? (
               <div className="py-1 text-[13px] italic text-muted-foreground">No more events today.</div>
             ) : todaysEvents.map((e, i) => (
-              <div key={e.id} className={`flex items-center gap-3.5 py-2 text-[13px] ${i ? 'border-t border-border' : ''}`}>
+              <div key={e.id} className={`group flex items-center gap-3.5 py-2 text-[13px] ${i ? 'border-t border-border' : ''}`}>
                 <span className="w-[90px] shrink-0 font-mono text-[11.5px] text-muted-foreground">
                   {e.isAllDay ? 'All day' : `${timeOfDay(e.start)}${e.end ? ` – ${timeOfDay(e.end)}` : ''}`}
                 </span>
                 <span className={`size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full ${i === 0 ? 'bg-emerald-500' : 'bg-border'}`} />
-                <span className="flex-1 truncate font-medium">{e.summary}</span>
+                <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate font-medium">{e.summary}</span>
+                <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 opacity-0 transition-opacity group-hover:opacity-100 focus-within:opacity-100">
+                  <button
+                    type="button"
+                    onClick={() => triggerMeetingCapture(e, false)}
+                    className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-1 text-[11.5px] text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
+                  >
+                    <Mic className="size-3" />
+                    Take notes
+                  </button>
+                  {e.conferenceLink && (
+                    <button
+                      type="button"
+                      onClick={() => triggerMeetingCapture(e, true)}
+                      className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-1 text-[11.5px] text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
+                    >
+                      <Video className="size-3" />
+                      Join &amp; take notes
+                    </button>
+                  )}
+                </div>
               </div>
             ))}
           </div>
@@ -406,29 +445,26 @@ export function HomeView({
             </div>
           )}
 
-          {/* Discovery carousel */}
+          {/* Open chat CTA */}
-          <DiscoveryCarousel
+          {onOpenChat && (
-            tips={[
+            <button
-              {
+              type="button"
-                icon: Mic,
+              onClick={onOpenChat}
-                title: 'Try a voice note',
+              className="flex items-center gap-3.5 rounded-xl border border-border bg-card p-4 text-left transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
-                desc: 'capture a thought out loud; the agent transcribes it and files it into Knowledge.',
+            >
-                action: <VoiceNoteButton onNoteCreated={onVoiceNoteCreated} />,
+              <div className="flex size-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg border border-border bg-card text-muted-foreground">
-              },
+                <MessageSquare className="size-[15px]" />
-              {
+              </div>
-                icon: Globe,
+              <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 text-[13.5px] leading-snug">
-                title: 'Run a browser task',
+                <span className="font-medium">Ask anything</span>
-                desc: 'let the agent drive a real browser to look things up and get things done.',
+                <span className="text-muted-foreground"> — create presentations, do research, collaborate on docs.</span>
-                onAction: onRunBrowserTask,
+              </div>
-              },
+              <span className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 text-[12.5px] font-medium text-primary">
-              {
+                New chat
-                icon: Telescope,
+                <ArrowRight className="size-3.5" />
-                title: 'Do extreme research',
+              </span>
-                desc: 'Rowboat digs deep and builds you a local website with the findings.',
+            </button>
-                onAction: onStartResearch,
+          )}
-              },
-            ]}
-          />
 
         </div>
       </div>

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/knowledge-view.tsx

@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ export function KnowledgeView({
 
   const rows = useMemo<FlatRow[]>(() => {
     const out: FlatRow[] = []
-    flatten(tree, expanded, 0, out)
+    // Meetings and Workspace have dedicated destinations, so hide them here.
+    const visible = tree.filter((n) => n.path !== 'knowledge/Meetings' && n.path !== 'knowledge/Workspace')
+    flatten(visible, expanded, 0, out)
     return out
   }, [tree, expanded])
 
@@ -154,7 +156,12 @@ export function KnowledgeView({
           </button>
           <button
             type="button"
-            onClick={() => void actions.createFolder()}
+            onClick={async () => {
+              try {
+                const path = await actions.createFolder()
+                setRenameTarget(path)
+              } catch { /* ignore */ }
+            }}
             className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border bg-background px-3 py-1.5 text-sm text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
           >
             <FolderPlus className="size-4" />
@@ -359,7 +366,7 @@ function KnowledgeRow({
   return (
     <ContextMenu>
       <ContextMenuTrigger asChild>{row}</ContextMenuTrigger>
-      <ContextMenuContent className="w-48">
+      <ContextMenuContent className="w-48" onCloseAutoFocus={(e) => e.preventDefault()}>
         {isDir && (
           <>
             <ContextMenuItem onClick={() => actions.createNote(node.path)}>

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/meetings-view.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
 import { Calendar, ChevronDown, Loader2, Mic, Square, Video } from 'lucide-react'
 
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
+import { SettingsDialog } from '@/components/settings-dialog'
 import { formatRelativeTime } from '@/lib/relative-time'
 import { extractConferenceLink } from '@/lib/calendar-event'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
@@ -189,6 +190,24 @@ function UpcomingEvents() {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [refreshTick, setRefreshTick] = useState(0)
+  // Calendar connection status — null while checking, false shows the connect prompt.
+  const [calendarConnected, setCalendarConnected] = useState<boolean | null>(null)
+  const [settingsOpen, setSettingsOpen] = useState(false)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false
+    const check = async () => {
+      try {
+        const result = await window.ipc.invoke('composio:get-connection-status', { toolkitSlug: 'googlecalendar' })
+        if (!cancelled) setCalendarConnected(result.isConnected)
+      } catch {
+        if (!cancelled) setCalendarConnected(false)
+      }
+    }
+    void check()
+    const cleanup = window.ipc.on('oauth:didConnect', () => { void check() })
+    return () => { cancelled = true; cleanup() }
+  }, [])
 
   const loadEvents = useCallback(async () => {
     setLoading(true)
@@ -313,7 +332,20 @@ function UpcomingEvents() {
           )}
         </div>
 
-        {loading && events.length === 0 ? (
+        {calendarConnected === false && events.length === 0 ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 py-12 text-center">
+            <Calendar className="size-7 text-muted-foreground opacity-50" />
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Connect your calendar to see upcoming meetings here.</p>
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => setSettingsOpen(true)}
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md border border-border bg-background px-3.5 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-accent"
+            >
+              <Calendar className="size-4" />
+              Connect your calendar
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        ) : loading && events.length === 0 ? (
           <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-6">
             <Loader2 className="size-4 animate-spin text-muted-foreground" />
           </div>
@@ -335,6 +367,7 @@ function UpcomingEvents() {
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      <SettingsDialog open={settingsOpen} onOpenChange={setSettingsOpen} defaultTab="connections" />
     </section>
   )
 }
@@ -348,7 +381,7 @@ function UpcomingDayRow({ day, isToday, isLast }: { day: DayGroup; isToday: bool
     <div
       className="grid"
       style={{
-        gridTemplateColumns: '96px 1fr',
+        gridTemplateColumns: '96px minmax(0, 1fr)',
         borderBottom: isLast ? undefined : '1px dashed var(--gm-border-strong)',
       }}
     >
@@ -376,7 +409,7 @@ function UpcomingDayRow({ day, isToday, isLast }: { day: DayGroup; isToday: bool
           <span style={{ fontSize: 12, color: 'var(--gm-text-faint)' }}>{weekday}</span>
         </span>
       </div>
-      <div className="flex flex-col py-3 pr-3">
+      <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-col py-3 pr-3">
         {day.events.length === 0 ? (
           <div
             className="flex w-full items-center gap-3 px-3 py-2 text-sm"

apps/x/apps/renderer/src/lib/calendar-event.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Matches a video-conference join URL for the providers we support (Zoom,
+ * Microsoft Teams, Google Meet). Captures the full URL up to the first
+ * whitespace, quote, or angle/round/square bracket.
+ */
+const MEETING_URL_RE =
+  /https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*(?:zoom\.us|zoomgov\.com|teams\.microsoft\.com|teams\.live\.com|meet\.google\.com)\/[^\s"'<>)\]]+/i
+
+function findMeetingUrl(value: unknown): string | undefined {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string') return undefined
+  const match = MEETING_URL_RE.exec(value)
+  // Calendar descriptions are often HTML, so decode &amp; back to & in the URL.
+  return match ? match[0].replace(/&amp;/g, '&') : undefined
+}
+
 /**
  * Extract a video conference link from raw Google Calendar event JSON.
- * Checks conferenceData.entryPoints (video type), hangoutLink, then falls back
+ * Checks conferenceData.entryPoints (video type), hangoutLink, a top-level
- * to a top-level conferenceLink if present.
+ * conferenceLink, then falls back to scanning the location/description for a
+ * known meeting URL (Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet).
  */
 export function extractConferenceLink(raw: Record<string, unknown>): string | undefined {
   const confData = raw.conferenceData as { entryPoints?: { entryPointType?: string; uri?: string }[] } | undefined
@@ -11,5 +27,5 @@ export function extractConferenceLink(raw: Record<string, unknown>): string | un
   }
   if (typeof raw.hangoutLink === 'string') return raw.hangoutLink
   if (typeof raw.conferenceLink === 'string') return raw.conferenceLink
-  return undefined
+  return findMeetingUrl(raw.location) ?? findMeetingUrl(raw.description)
 }