add better app navigation on call

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@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ Push-to-talk is disabled while a call owns the mic.
## Popout window
- The popout window keeps the Dock icon alive: it uses
`setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(true)` WITHOUT `visibleOnFullScreen` — that flag
turns the app into a macOS "agent" app and hides its Dock icon while the
window exists (looks like Rowboat vanished). Trade-off: the popout doesn't
hover over other apps' fullscreen Spaces.
- Shown iff the derived `callSurface === 'popout'` (effect in `App.tsx`).
Renderer asks `video:setPopout {show}`; main creates a frameless,
`alwaysOnTop` ('floating'), all-workspaces BrowserWindow at the top-right
@ -163,6 +168,7 @@ Push-to-talk is disabled while a call owns the mic.
|--------|-------|
| `# Video Mode (Live Camera)` system section — how to use webcam frames, coaching guidance, screen-share rules ("treat the screen as the primary subject", "last screen frame is current"), etiquette (never comment on appearance) | `packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts:386` (`composeSystemInstructions`, gated on `videoMode`) |
| `# Practice Session (Coach Mode)` system section — coaching persona: specific/actionable feedback after each take, one-sentence interjections mid-flow, structured debrief on wrap-up | `composeSystemInstructions`, gated on `coachMode` (directly after the video section) |
| "Driving the app" paragraph in the video-mode section — on calls, prefer app-navigation read-view/open-item (show while telling) over describing or squinting at frames | same `# Video Mode` section; full action docs in the `app-navigation` skill (`application/assistant/skills/app-navigation/skill.ts`) |
| Per-message frame context line `[Video mode: N live webcam frames … and M frames of the user's shared screen …]` + group labels | `packages/core/src/agents/runtime.ts` (`convertFromMessages`) |
| `videoMode` / `coachMode` composition overrides (session-sticky; flips bust prefix cache) | `packages/core/src/turns/bridges/real-agent-resolver.ts` (`CompositionOverrides`); set from `App.tsx` `sendConfig` |
@ -170,6 +176,28 @@ Voice input/output prompt sections (`# Voice Input`, `# Voice Output`) are
reused untouched — calls set `voiceInput` per utterance and force
`voiceOutput: 'full'`.
## Driving the app on a call
The assistant can drive the Rowboat UI itself via the extended
`app-navigation` builtin ("app driver"): `open-view` (any main view),
`read-view` (returns the emails / background agents / chat-history data the
view renders — and the renderer simultaneously navigates there so the user
watches it happen), and `open-item` (a specific email thread, note,
background agent, or past chat, deep-linked on screen). Data comes from the
same core functions the UI's IPC handlers use (`listImportantThreads` /
`searchThreads`, background-task `listTasks`, the sessions container) — no
OCR of screen frames. The renderer applies results via
`applyAppNavigation` in App.tsx, fed from BOTH event paths: the legacy
`runs:events` ref-poll AND a watcher over the session-chat conversation (the
turn runtime does not emit legacy run events — miss this and navigation
silently no-ops while the tool reports success). Session switches seed the
watcher so replaying history never navigates. During a call, visible
navigations also collapse the full-screen call to the pill and focus the app
window (`app:focusMainWindow`) so the user actually sees the screen change.
Card labels live in `lib/chat-conversation.ts`. The call prompt and the
`app-navigation` skill teach the show-while-telling pattern: read-view →
speak the highlights → open-item when the user picks one.
## Latency
Voice-to-voice latency (user stops talking → assistant audio) is engineered

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@ -1835,10 +1835,13 @@ export function setupIpcHandlers() {
preload: preloadPath,
},
});
// Float above other apps (and fullscreen spaces on macOS) — the whole
// point is being visible while the user works elsewhere.
// Float above other apps on every workspace. Deliberately NOT
// `visibleOnFullScreen: true`: on macOS that flag hides the app's Dock
// icon for as long as such a window exists (the app becomes an
// "agent" app), which reads as Rowboat having vanished. The trade-off
// is the popout won't hover over other apps' fullscreen Spaces.
win.setAlwaysOnTop(true, 'floating');
win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(true, { visibleOnFullScreen: true });
win.setVisibleOnAllWorkspaces(true);
win.webContents.once('did-finish-load', () => {
if (lastVideoPopoutState) {
win.webContents.send('video:popout-state', lastVideoPopoutState);
@ -1865,6 +1868,15 @@ export function setupIpcHandlers() {
}
return {};
},
'app:focusMainWindow': async () => {
const main = findMainAppWindow();
if (main) {
if (main.isMinimized()) main.restore();
main.show();
main.focus();
}
return {};
},
'video:getPopoutState': async () => {
return { state: lastVideoPopoutState };
},

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@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ import {
type ChatViewportAnchorState,
type ChatTabViewState,
type ConversationItem,
type ToolCall,
createEmptyChatTabViewState,
getWebSearchCardData,
getAppActionCardData,
@ -4569,22 +4570,61 @@ function App() {
// External search set by app-navigation tool (passed to BasesView)
const [externalBaseSearch, setExternalBaseSearch] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
// Process pending app-navigation results
useEffect(() => {
const result = pendingAppNavRef.current
if (!result) return
pendingAppNavRef.current = null
// Apply an app-navigation tool result to the UI. Shared by both event
// paths (legacy runs:events and the session-chat turn runtime).
const applyAppNavigation = useCallback((result: Record<string, unknown>) => {
// During a call, navigation must be VISIBLE: the full-screen call view
// would cover the very thing being shown — collapse it to the pill —
// and if the user is in another app, bring Rowboat forward.
const visibleActions = ['open-note', 'open-view', 'read-view', 'open-item', 'update-base-view', 'create-base']
if (inCallRef.current && visibleActions.includes(result.action as string)) {
setCallMinimized(true)
void window.ipc.invoke('app:focusMainWindow', null).catch(() => {})
}
// Views the assistant can open (or auto-open while reading them via
// read-view — the user should SEE what's being read).
const navigateToNamedView = (view: string) => {
switch (view) {
case 'graph': void navigateToView({ type: 'graph' }); break
case 'bases': void navigateToView({ type: 'file', path: BASES_DEFAULT_TAB_PATH }); break
case 'home': void navigateToView({ type: 'home' }); break
case 'email': void navigateToView({ type: 'email' }); break
case 'meetings': void navigateToView({ type: 'meetings' }); break
case 'live-notes': void navigateToView({ type: 'live-notes' }); break
case 'bg-tasks': void navigateToView({ type: 'bg-tasks' }); break
case 'chat-history': void navigateToView({ type: 'chat-history' }); break
case 'knowledge': void navigateToView({ type: 'knowledge-view' }); break
case 'workspace': void navigateToView({ type: 'workspace' }); break
case 'code': void navigateToView({ type: 'code' }); break
}
}
switch (result.action) {
case 'open-note':
navigateToFile(result.path as string)
break
case 'open-view':
if (result.view === 'graph') void navigateToView({ type: 'graph' })
if (result.view === 'bases') {
void navigateToView({ type: 'file', path: BASES_DEFAULT_TAB_PATH })
case 'read-view':
navigateToNamedView(result.view as string)
break
case 'open-item': {
switch (result.kind) {
case 'email-thread':
void navigateToView({ type: 'email', threadId: result.threadId as string })
break
case 'note':
navigateToFile(result.path as string)
break
case 'bg-task':
void navigateToView({ type: 'task', name: result.taskName as string })
break
case 'session':
void navigateToView({ type: 'chat', runId: result.sessionId as string })
break
}
break
}
case 'update-base-view': {
// Navigate to bases if not already there
const targetPath = selectedPath && isBaseFilePath(selectedPath) ? selectedPath : BASES_DEFAULT_TAB_PATH
@ -4664,8 +4704,41 @@ function App() {
}
break
}
// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
}, [navigateToFile, navigateToView, selectedPath])
// Legacy runs:events path: handleRunEvent stashes the result in a ref;
// polled every render (the triggering event always causes one).
useEffect(() => {
const result = pendingAppNavRef.current
if (!result) return
pendingAppNavRef.current = null
applyAppNavigation(result)
})
// Turn-runtime path: the session-chat store surfaces tool results in the
// conversation; apply newly completed app-navigation calls exactly once.
// On session switch/load, everything already in the transcript happened in
// the past — seed as processed without replaying navigations.
const processedAppNavRef = useRef<{ key: string | null; ids: Set<string> }>({ key: null, ids: new Set() })
useEffect(() => {
const conversation = sessionChat.chatState?.conversation
if (!conversation) return
const completed = conversation.filter(
(item): item is ToolCall => isToolCall(item) && item.name === 'app-navigation' && item.status === 'completed'
)
if (processedAppNavRef.current.key !== runId) {
processedAppNavRef.current = { key: runId, ids: new Set(completed.map((t) => t.id)) }
return
}
for (const tool of completed) {
if (processedAppNavRef.current.ids.has(tool.id)) continue
processedAppNavRef.current.ids.add(tool.id)
const result = tool.result as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
if (result && result.success) applyAppNavigation(result)
}
}, [sessionChat.chatState?.conversation, runId, applyAppNavigation])
const navigateToFullScreenChat = useCallback(() => {
// Only treat this as navigation when coming from another view
if (currentViewState.type !== 'chat') {

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@ -201,6 +201,22 @@ const summarizeFilterUpdates = (updates: Record<string, unknown>): string => {
return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(', ') : 'Updated view'
}
const APP_VIEW_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
home: 'home',
email: 'email',
meetings: 'meetings',
'live-notes': 'live notes',
'bg-tasks': 'background agents',
'chat-history': 'chat history',
knowledge: 'knowledge',
workspace: 'workspace',
code: 'code',
bases: 'bases',
graph: 'graph',
}
const appViewLabel = (view: unknown): string => APP_VIEW_LABELS[view as string] ?? String(view ?? 'view')
export const getAppActionCardData = (tool: ToolCall): AppActionCardData | null => {
if (tool.name !== 'app-navigation') return null
const result = tool.result as Record<string, unknown> | undefined
@ -212,7 +228,9 @@ export const getAppActionCardData = (tool: ToolCall): AppActionCardData | null =
const action = input.action as string
switch (action) {
case 'open-note': return { action, label: `Opening ${(input.path as string || '').split('/').pop()?.replace(/\.md$/, '') || 'note'}...` }
case 'open-view': return { action, label: `Opening ${input.view} view...` }
case 'open-view': return { action, label: `Opening ${appViewLabel(input.view)}...` }
case 'read-view': return { action, label: `Reading ${appViewLabel(input.view)}...` }
case 'open-item': return { action, label: 'Opening...' }
case 'update-base-view': return { action, label: 'Updating view...' }
case 'create-base': return { action, label: `Creating "${input.name}"...` }
case 'get-base-state': return null // renders as normal tool block
@ -227,7 +245,31 @@ export const getAppActionCardData = (tool: ToolCall): AppActionCardData | null =
return { action: 'open-note', label: `Opened ${name}` }
}
case 'open-view':
return { action: 'open-view', label: `Opened ${result.view} view` }
return { action: 'open-view', label: `Opened ${appViewLabel(result.view)}` }
case 'read-view': {
const counted =
(result.threads as unknown[] | undefined)?.length ??
(result.agents as unknown[] | undefined)?.length ??
(result.sessions as unknown[] | undefined)?.length
return {
action: 'read-view',
label: counted !== undefined
? `Read ${appViewLabel(result.view)} (${counted} item${counted === 1 ? '' : 's'})`
: `Read ${appViewLabel(result.view)}`,
}
}
case 'open-item': {
switch (result.kind) {
case 'email-thread': return { action: 'open-item', label: 'Opened email thread' }
case 'note': {
const name = (result.path as string || '').split('/').pop()?.replace(/\.md$/, '') || 'note'
return { action: 'open-item', label: `Opened ${name}` }
}
case 'bg-task': return { action: 'open-item', label: `Opened agent "${result.taskName}"` }
case 'session': return { action: 'open-item', label: 'Opened chat' }
default: return { action: 'open-item', label: 'Opened item' }
}
}
case 'update-base-view':
return {
action: 'update-base-view',

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@ -394,6 +394,10 @@ How to use the frames:
- When the user practices something performative (a pitch, presentation, interview, talk) or asks for delivery feedback, give specific, actionable coaching grounded in what you actually see cite concrete observations ("in the last few frames you looked down and away from the camera") rather than generic advice. Cover posture, eye contact, facial expressiveness, gesturing, and visible energy.
- If they show something to the camera (an object, document, whiteboard), read or describe it and respond accordingly.
Driving the app:
- You can control the Rowboat app the user is looking at via the app-navigation tool (load the app-navigation skill first): open views, READ a view's contents as data (emails, background agents, chat history), and open specific items on their screen.
- When the user asks about anything that lives inside Rowboat ("what emails do I have?", "what agents are running?", "open the one from Arjun"), prefer driving over describing: read-view shows the view on their screen while returning its data, then answer out loud briefly; open-item when they pick one. Narrate as you act ("pulling up your inbox…"). Reading a view's data beats squinting at screen-share frames — it's exact.
Screen sharing:
- The user may also share their screen. Screen-share frames arrive in a separately labeled group after the webcam frames; they show the user's screen, not the user.
- When screen frames are present, treat them as the primary subject: the user is usually asking about, or working on, what's visible there. Read the screen carefully code, documents, error messages, UI state and help with it concretely.

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@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ${codeModeEnabled
? `**Code with Agents:** When users ask you to write code, build a project, create a script, fix a bug, or do any software development task — **including simple things like "create a .c file" or "write a hello-world in Python"** — your FIRST action MUST be \`loadSkill('code-with-agents')\`. Do NOT reach for \`executeCommand\` (PowerShell / bash / shell) or any workspace file tool to do code work yourself before loading this skill. The skill decides whether to delegate to Claude Code / Codex (via acpx) or hand control back to you, and it presents the user a one-click choice when needed. Paths outside the Rowboat workspace root (e.g. \`G:/...\`, \`~/projects/...\`) are NORMAL for coding tasks — do NOT raise "outside workspace" concerns or fall back to your own tools.`
: `**Code with Agents (disabled):** Code mode is currently OFF in the user's settings. Do NOT load \`code-with-agents\` and do NOT call acpx. Handle coding requests yourself with your normal tools if you can. After answering, add a final line letting the user know they can delegate coding to Claude Code or Codex by enabling Code Mode in Settings → Code Mode.`}
**App Control:** When users ask you to open notes, show the bases or graph view, filter or search notes, or manage saved views, load the \`app-navigation\` skill first. It provides structured guidance for navigating the app UI and controlling the knowledge base view.
**App Control (drive the app):** You can drive the Rowboat UI the user is looking at open any view (email, meetings, background agents, chat history, knowledge, workspace, code, bases, graph), READ what a view contains (\`read-view\` returns emails / background agents / past chats as data while showing the view on screen), and open specific items (an email thread, a note, an agent, a past chat). When users ask to open, show, find, or ask about anything that lives inside Rowboat, load the \`app-navigation\` skill first — it documents the show-while-telling pattern. This matters most on calls: navigate so the user sees what you see, then answer briefly.
**Background Tasks (Self-Running Work):** Rowboat can run *background tasks* persistent instructions the agent fires on a schedule and/or in response to incoming emails / calendar events. A bg-task either maintains a snapshot in its \`index.md\` (digest, dashboard, rolling summary) or performs a recurring side-effect (send a Slack message, draft an email, post to a webhook, call an API). This is the flagship surface for *anything recurring*.
@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ ${runtimeContextPrompt}
- \`addMcpServer\`, \`listMcpServers\`, \`listMcpTools\`, \`executeMcpTool\` - MCP server management and execution
- \`loadSkill\` - Skill loading
${slackToolsLine}- \`web-search\` - Search the web. Returns rich results with full text, highlights, and metadata. The \`category\` parameter defaults to \`general\` (full web search) — only use a specific category like \`news\`, \`company\`, \`research paper\` etc. when the query is clearly about that type. For everyday queries (weather, restaurants, prices, how-to), use \`general\`.
- \`app-navigation\` - Control the app UI: open notes, switch views, filter/search the knowledge base, manage saved views. **Load the \`app-navigation\` skill before using this tool.**
- \`app-navigation\` - Drive the app UI: open any view, read a view's contents (emails / background agents / chat history), open specific items (email thread, note, agent, past chat), filter/search the knowledge base, manage saved views. **Load the \`app-navigation\` skill before using this tool.**
- \`browser-control\` - Control the embedded browser pane: open sites, inspect the live page, switch tabs, and interact with indexed page elements. **Load the \`browser-control\` skill before using this tool.**
- \`save-to-memory\` - Save observations about the user to the agent memory system. Use this proactively during conversations.
${composioToolsLine}

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@ -1,82 +1,91 @@
export const skill = String.raw`
# App Navigation Skill
# App Driving Skill
You have access to the **app-navigation** tool which lets you control the Rowboat UI directly opening notes, switching views, filtering the knowledge base, and creating saved views.
You have the **app-navigation** tool: you can DRIVE the Rowboat app the user
is looking at open any view, read what a view contains, open specific items
(an email thread, a note, a background agent, a past chat), filter the
knowledge base, and manage saved views. Navigation happens on the USER'S
screen: when you open something, they watch it open.
## The core pattern: show while telling
When the user asks about something that lives inside Rowboat ("what emails do
I have?", "what background agents are running?", "open the note about Acme"),
don't answer blind. Drive:
1. **read-view** the relevant view this returns the actual data AND
navigates the user's screen to that view at the same time.
2. Answer from the returned data, concisely.
3. If they ask about one item ("open the one from Arjun"), **open-item** it
it appears on their screen and summarize what's in it if useful.
This matters most during a call: the user is talking to you hands-free and
watching the screen. Navigate so they see what you see, and keep spoken
answers short.
## Actions
### read-view read a view's contents (and show it)
Returns the same data the view renders; the app simultaneously navigates to
that view so the user sees it.
- ` + "`view: \"email\"`" + ` → latest important inbox threads: ` + "`{ threadId, subject, from, date, unread, summary }`" + `.
Pass ` + "`query`" + ` to search instead (sender name, subject words e.g. ` + "`query: \"from Arjun\"`" + ` or just ` + "`\"Arjun\"`" + `).
- ` + "`view: \"bg-tasks\"`" + ` → background agents: ` + "`{ name, slug, active, triggers, lastRunAt, lastRunSummary, lastRunError }`" + `.
- ` + "`view: \"chat-history\"`" + ` → past chats: ` + "`{ sessionId, title, updatedAt, turnCount }`" + `.
- ` + "`limit`" + ` (optional, default 15).
For notes, meetings, and live notes use the ` + "`file-*`" + ` tools (they are
markdown files in the workspace) and then open-note / open-item to show them.
### open-item open one specific thing on screen
- ` + "`kind: \"email-thread\"`" + ` + ` + "`threadId`" + ` (from read-view email)
- ` + "`kind: \"note\"`" + ` + ` + "`path`" + `
- ` + "`kind: \"bg-task\"`" + ` + ` + "`taskName`" + ` (from read-view bg-tasks; validated against real tasks)
- ` + "`kind: \"session\"`" + ` + ` + "`sessionId`" + ` (from read-view chat-history)
### open-view just switch the screen
` + "`view`" + `: ` + "`home | email | meetings | live-notes | bg-tasks | chat-history | knowledge | workspace | code | bases | graph`" + `
Use when the user asks to "go to"/"show" a view without a question to answer.
### open-note
Open a specific knowledge file in the editor pane.
Open a knowledge file in the editor. ` + "`path`" + `: full workspace-relative path
(e.g. ` + "`knowledge/People/John Smith.md`" + `). Use ` + "`file-grep`" + ` first if unsure
of the exact path.
**When to use:** When the user asks to see, open, or view a specific note (e.g., "open John's note", "show me the Acme project page").
### update-base-view / get-base-state / create-base
Knowledge-base table control (unchanged):
- ` + "`update-base-view`" + `: ` + "`filters`" + ` (` + "`set/add/remove/clear`" + ` of ` + "`{category, value}`" + `),
` + "`sort`" + ` (` + "`{field, dir}`" + `), ` + "`search`" + `. **Never pass ` + "`columns`" + ` unless the user
explicitly asks to change columns** it overrides their layout.
- ` + "`get-base-state`" + `: available filter categories/values and note count.
- ` + "`create-base`" + `: save the current view configuration under ` + "`name`" + `.
**Parameters:**
- ` + "`path`" + `: Full workspace-relative path (e.g., ` + "`knowledge/People/John Smith.md`" + `)
## Worked examples
**Tips:**
- Use ` + "`file-grep`" + ` first to find the exact path if you're unsure of the filename.
- Always pass the full ` + "`knowledge/...`" + ` path, not just the filename.
**"What emails do I have?"** (on a call)
1. ` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"read-view\", view: \"email\" })`" + ` — email view opens on their screen.
2. Speak the highlights: "You've got six new ones — the ones that matter are from Arjun about the deck and from Stripe about billing."
### open-view
Switch the UI to the graph or bases view.
**"Open the one from Arjun."**
1. Find Arjun's thread in the data you already have (or ` + "`read-view`" + ` with ` + "`query: \"Arjun\"`" + `).
2. ` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"open-item\", kind: \"email-thread\", threadId: \"...\" })`" + `
3. "It's open — he's asking whether Thursday works for the pitch review."
**When to use:** When the user asks to see the knowledge graph, view all notes, or open the bases/table view.
**"What background agents do I have?"**
1. ` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"read-view\", view: \"bg-tasks\" })`" + `
2. "Three: the inbox summarizer ran an hour ago, the meeting-prep agent is active, and the Linear digest failed its last run — want me to open that one?"
**Parameters:**
- ` + "`view`" + `: ` + "`\"graph\"`" + ` or ` + "`\"bases\"`" + `
**"Show me all active customers"**
1. ` + "`get-base-state`" + ` to see available categories, then
2. ` + "`update-base-view`" + ` with ` + "`filters.set: [{ category: \"relationship\", value: \"customer\" }]`" + `
### update-base-view
Change filters, columns, sort order, or search in the bases (table) view.
**When to use:** When the user asks to find, filter, sort, or search notes. Examples: "show me all active customers", "filter by topic=hiring", "sort by name", "search for pricing".
**Parameters:**
- ` + "`filters`" + `: Object with ` + "`set`" + `, ` + "`add`" + `, ` + "`remove`" + `, or ` + "`clear`" + ` each takes an array of ` + "`{ category, value }`" + ` pairs.
- ` + "`set`" + `: Replace ALL current filters with these.
- ` + "`add`" + `: Append filters without removing existing ones.
- ` + "`remove`" + `: Remove specific filters.
- ` + "`clear: true`" + `: Remove all filters.
- ` + "`columns`" + `: Object with ` + "`set`" + `, ` + "`add`" + `, or ` + "`remove`" + ` each takes an array of column names (frontmatter keys).
- ` + "`sort`" + `: ` + "`{ field, dir }`" + ` where dir is ` + "`\"asc\"`" + ` or ` + "`\"desc\"`" + `.
- ` + "`search`" + `: Free-text search string.
**Tips:**
- If unsure what categories/values are available, call ` + "`get-base-state`" + ` first.
- For "show me X", prefer ` + "`filters.set`" + ` to start fresh rather than ` + "`filters.add`" + `.
- Categories come from frontmatter keys (e.g., relationship, status, topic, type).
- **CRITICAL: Do NOT pass ` + "`columns`" + ` unless the user explicitly asks to show/hide specific columns.** Omit the ` + "`columns`" + ` parameter entirely when only filtering, sorting, or searching. Passing ` + "`columns`" + ` will override the user's current column layout and can make the view appear empty.
### get-base-state
Retrieve information about what's in the knowledge base available filter categories, values, and note count.
**When to use:** When you need to know what properties exist before filtering, or when the user asks "what can I filter by?", "how many notes are there?", etc.
**Parameters:**
- ` + "`base_name`" + ` (optional): Name of a saved base to inspect.
### create-base
Save the current view configuration as a named base.
**When to use:** When the user asks to save a filtered view, create a saved search, or says "save this as [name]".
**Parameters:**
- ` + "`name`" + `: Human-readable name for the base.
## Workflow Example
1. User: "Show me all people who are customers"
2. First, check what properties are available:
` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"get-base-state\" })`" + `
3. Apply filters based on the available properties:
` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"update-base-view\", filters: { set: [{ category: \"relationship\", value: \"customer\" }] } })`" + `
4. If the user wants to save it:
` + "`app-navigation({ action: \"create-base\", name: \"Customers\" })`" + `
## Important Notes
- The ` + "`update-base-view`" + ` action will automatically navigate to the bases view if the user isn't already there.
- ` + "`open-note`" + ` validates that the file exists before navigating.
- Filter categories and values come from frontmatter in knowledge files.
- **Never send ` + "`columns`" + ` or ` + "`sort`" + ` with ` + "`update-base-view`" + ` unless the user specifically asks to change them.** Only pass the parameters you intend to change omitted parameters are left untouched.
## Notes
- read-view/open-view/open-item change what the user is looking at that is
the point, but don't bounce their screen around needlessly; navigate when
it serves the question.
- open-note and open-item validate the target exists before navigating.
- update-base-view auto-navigates to the bases view.
`;
export default skill;

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@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import { ICodeModeConfigRepo } from "../../code-mode/repo.js";
import type { ApprovalPolicy } from "@x/shared/dist/code-mode.js";
import type { ICodeProjectsRepo } from "../../code-mode/projects/repo.js";
import * as gitService from "../../code-mode/git/service.js";
import { listImportantThreads, searchThreads } from "../../knowledge/sync_gmail.js";
import { listTasks as listBackgroundTasks } from "../../background-tasks/fileops.js";
import type { ISessions } from "../../sessions/api.js";
// Inputs for the bg-task builtin tools. Reuse the canonical schema field
// descriptions; only `triggers` gets a tighter contextual override (the
@ -1065,13 +1068,21 @@ export const BuiltinTools: z.infer<typeof BuiltinToolsSchema> = {
// ============================================================================
'app-navigation': {
description: 'Control the app UI - navigate to notes, switch views, filter/search the knowledge base, and manage saved views.',
description: 'Drive the Rowboat app UI: navigate to any view, read what a view contains (emails, background agents, chat history), open specific items (an email thread, a note, an agent, a past chat), filter/search the knowledge base, and manage saved views. Use it to SHOW the user things while telling them — navigation happens on their screen.',
inputSchema: z.object({
action: z.enum(["open-note", "open-view", "update-base-view", "get-base-state", "create-base"]).describe("The navigation action to perform"),
action: z.enum(["open-note", "open-view", "read-view", "open-item", "update-base-view", "get-base-state", "create-base"]).describe("The navigation action to perform"),
// open-note
path: z.string().optional().describe("Knowledge file path for open-note, e.g. knowledge/People/John.md"),
// open-view
view: z.enum(["bases", "graph"]).optional().describe("Which view to open (for open-view action)"),
// open-view / read-view
view: z.enum(["home", "email", "meetings", "live-notes", "bg-tasks", "chat-history", "knowledge", "workspace", "code", "bases", "graph"]).optional().describe("Which view to open (open-view) or read (read-view; supported for read: email, bg-tasks, chat-history)"),
// read-view (email)
query: z.string().optional().describe("For read-view on email: search query (sender name, subject words, etc.). Omit to list the latest important inbox threads."),
limit: z.number().int().min(1).max(50).optional().describe("For read-view: max items to return (default 15)"),
// open-item
kind: z.enum(["email-thread", "note", "bg-task", "session"]).optional().describe("What to open (for open-item)"),
threadId: z.string().optional().describe("Gmail thread id (open-item kind=email-thread; get it from read-view email)"),
taskName: z.string().optional().describe("Background task/agent name (open-item kind=bg-task; get it from read-view bg-tasks)"),
sessionId: z.string().optional().describe("Chat session id (open-item kind=session; get it from read-view chat-history)"),
// update-base-view
filters: z.object({
set: z.array(z.object({ category: z.string(), value: z.string() })).optional().describe("Replace all filters with these"),
@ -1117,6 +1128,110 @@ export const BuiltinTools: z.infer<typeof BuiltinToolsSchema> = {
return { success: true, action: 'open-view', view };
}
case 'read-view': {
// Returns the same data the view renders, so the assistant
// can answer precisely — and the renderer navigates to the
// view at the same time so the user SEES what's being read.
const view = input.view as string;
const limit = (input.limit as number | undefined) ?? 15;
try {
switch (view) {
case 'email': {
const query = (input.query as string | undefined)?.trim();
const result = query
? await searchThreads(query, { limit })
: listImportantThreads({ limit });
const threads = (result.threads ?? []).slice(0, limit).map((t) => ({
threadId: t.threadId,
subject: t.subject ?? '(no subject)',
from: t.from ?? '',
date: t.date ?? '',
unread: t.unread ?? false,
summary: t.summary ? t.summary.slice(0, 200) : undefined,
}));
return { success: true, action: 'read-view', view, query, threads };
}
case 'bg-tasks': {
const { items } = await listBackgroundTasks({ limit });
const agents = items.map((t) => ({
name: t.name,
slug: t.slug,
active: t.active,
triggers: t.triggers,
lastRunAt: t.lastRunAt,
lastRunSummary: t.lastRunSummary ? t.lastRunSummary.slice(0, 200) : undefined,
lastRunError: t.lastRunError ? t.lastRunError.slice(0, 200) : undefined,
}));
return { success: true, action: 'read-view', view, agents };
}
case 'chat-history': {
const sessions = container.resolve<ISessions>('sessions')
.listSessions()
.slice(0, limit)
.map((s) => ({
sessionId: s.sessionId,
title: s.title ?? '(untitled)',
updatedAt: s.updatedAt,
turnCount: s.turnCount,
}));
return { success: true, action: 'read-view', view, sessions };
}
default:
return {
success: false,
error: `read-view supports: email, bg-tasks, chat-history. For notes/meetings/live-notes use the file-* tools (they are files under the workspace); for other views use open-view and describe what you need.`,
};
}
} catch (error) {
return {
success: false,
error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : `Failed to read ${view}`,
};
}
}
case 'open-item': {
const kind = input.kind as string;
switch (kind) {
case 'email-thread': {
const threadId = input.threadId as string | undefined;
if (!threadId) return { success: false, error: 'threadId is required for kind=email-thread' };
return { success: true, action: 'open-item', kind, threadId };
}
case 'note': {
const filePath = input.path as string | undefined;
if (!filePath) return { success: false, error: 'path is required for kind=note' };
const result = await files.exists(filePath);
if (!result.exists) return { success: false, error: `File not found: ${filePath}` };
return { success: true, action: 'open-item', kind, path: filePath };
}
case 'bg-task': {
const taskName = input.taskName as string | undefined;
if (!taskName) return { success: false, error: 'taskName is required for kind=bg-task' };
// Validate (and canonicalize) against the real task list.
const { items: tasks } = await listBackgroundTasks({});
const match = tasks.find(
(t) => t.name === taskName || t.slug === taskName
|| t.name.toLowerCase() === taskName.toLowerCase(),
);
if (!match) {
return {
success: false,
error: `No background task named "${taskName}". Known tasks: ${tasks.map((t) => t.name).join(', ') || '(none)'}`,
};
}
return { success: true, action: 'open-item', kind, taskName: match.name };
}
case 'session': {
const sessionId = input.sessionId as string | undefined;
if (!sessionId) return { success: false, error: 'sessionId is required for kind=session' };
return { success: true, action: 'open-item', kind, sessionId };
}
default:
return { success: false, error: `Unknown item kind: ${kind}` };
}
}
case 'update-base-view': {
const updates: Record<string, unknown> = {};
if (input.filters) updates.filters = input.filters;

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@ -649,6 +649,12 @@ const ipcSchemas = {
}),
res: z.null(),
},
// Bring the main app window to the foreground (e.g. the assistant navigated
// the UI during a call while the user was in another app).
'app:focusMainWindow': {
req: z.null(),
res: z.object({}),
},
'app:takeMeetingNotes': {
req: z.object({
// Pass the raw calendar event JSON through; renderer adapts to its existing flow.