Captures the design behind the new SSH executor: why ("run on a Linux
box I already own" between local and Sprites), the remote layout that
mirrors local ~/.kandev/tasks/, per-session agentctl + forward over a
shared per-host SSH connection, explicit-trust host-key flow, ~/.ssh/config
inheritance, amd64 + agentctl content-hash cache, recovery via persisted
ExecutorRunning metadata, settings UI (Connection + Sessions cards), and
the edit-with-live-sessions warning UX. Out-of-scope items (arm64,
macOS, password auth, chained ProxyJump, working-tree push, etc.) are
called out explicitly with the follow-ups they unblock.
* feat: support tasks without a repository
Lets users create a task with no repository attached — useful for research,
brainstorming, design discussions, or pointing the agent at an existing
non-git folder. The create-task dialog gains a 3-mode segmented control
(Repo / URL / None); "None" mode replaces the chip row with a folder
picker that browses the host filesystem via a new GET /api/v1/fs/list-dir
endpoint and either commits an absolute path or falls back to a kandev-
managed scratch workspace at <homeDir>/tasks/<workspaceID>/<taskID>/.
The worktree executor is hidden from the picker in no-repo mode (it
inherently needs a repo); the lifecycle manager also short-circuits
worktree mode server-side as a belt-and-suspenders guard. The Changes
panel auto-closes for repo-less tasks since it has nothing to show, and
the cumulative-diff handler returns null instead of erroring when no
base commit exists.
Spec + plan added at docs/specs/tasks-without-repositories/.
* fix(backend): anchor folder picker to discovery roots (CodeQL path traversal)
CodeQL flagged the new GET /api/v1/fs/list-dir handler for piping a
user-controlled path straight into os.Stat / os.ReadDir. Restrict the
listing to paths inside the configured discovery roots (defaults to
$HOME, same allowlist as repository discovery), reject anything outside
with ErrPathNotAllowed → HTTP 403, and clip the breadcrumb's "up"
button at the root so the picker can't be used to walk above the
allowed prefix.
Tests cover: rejection of paths outside roots, traversal escapes (../),
default-to-first-root, and parent exposure for nested paths.
* fix(backend): use os.Root for folder picker (recognized CodeQL sanitizer)
Previous attempt anchored to discovery roots via isPathAllowed, but
CodeQL's data flow doesn't model that helper as a sanitizer and kept
flagging os.Stat / os.ReadDir. Switch to os.Root (Go 1.24+): open the
matching discovery root once and run Stat/Open/ReadDir against the
relative path within it. The OS itself enforces containment — symlinks
and traversal cannot escape — and CodeQL recognizes os.Root as safe.
* fix: address PR review feedback
- Changes panel auto-close now distinguishes "task loading" from
"task has no repos" (returns boolean | null), so the panel isn't
permanently removed during the first-render window before task
data lands in the store.
- Reset noRepository / workspacePath in resetDiscoveryState so
reopening the dialog after a None-mode task doesn't carry the
flag forward.
- Folder-picker breadcrumb: dropped dead `i > 0 && i > 1` condition
(always equivalent to `i > 1`); chevrons now render between every
segment as expected.
- list-dir HTTP handler returns a generic error message instead of
forwarding raw OS errors that leak host paths.
- Document the dataDir → kandevHome inversion convention next to
the scratch-path computation so future readers don't mistake the
filepath.Dir call for a fragile derivation.
* fix: address CodeRabbit review nitpicks
- Trim whitespace on workspace_path before persisting to task metadata
so a value of " " doesn't get stored as a non-empty path.
- Extract the workspace_path metadata key into models.MetaKeyWorkspacePath
alongside the existing MetaKeyAgentProfileID / MetaKeyExecutorProfileID
so the set/read sites can't drift apart.
- Folder picker: reset cached listing when the popover closes, so
reopening reloads from `value` instead of showing the last browsed
directory the user navigated away from without committing.
- Submit payload: send `workspace_path: undefined` instead of an empty
string when the trimmed value is empty, matching the noRepository=false
case and keeping the API contract clear.
* fix: scratch path lands in kandev home, not its parent
Claude caught a real bug — `m.dataDir` is set from `cfg.ResolvedHomeDir()`
in cmd/kandev/agents.go, not `ResolvedDataDir()` (the field name is
misleading and the comment was wrong). My previous use of
`filepath.Dir(m.dataDir)` therefore walked one level above the kandev
home, so scratch dirs landed at e.g. `~/tasks/<ws>/<task>` instead of
`~/.kandev/tasks/<ws>/<task>` — and at the project root in dev mode
where `KANDEV_HOME_DIR=<project>/.kandev-dev`, which is what the user
saw on their machine.
Use `m.dataDir` directly (it's already the kandev home), document the
field's misnamed-but-correct semantics, and tighten the test fixtures.
Also:
- folder-picker trigger gets `cursor-pointer` (CodeRabbit nitpick).
* fix: pass workspacePath through handleCreateWithoutAgent too
The "create without agent" path called buildCreateTaskPayload without
the new workspacePath field, so picking a folder + clicking "Create
without starting" silently dropped the path. Now matches the
performCreate (with-agent) path.
* fix: satisfy DialogFormState in new-subtask form stub
PR #852 (merged after this branch was created) introduced
new-subtask-form-state.ts which stubs out a DialogFormState for the
subtask dialog. Adding noRepository / setNoRepository / workspacePath /
setWorkspacePath to the type made that stub incomplete, breaking the
Next.js production build (caught by CI, missed by tsc --noEmit).
Add the four inert fields to the stub, alongside the existing fresh-
branch inert fields, and pull both groups into named constants to
keep the useMemo body under the per-function line cap.
* fix: keep toggle-github-url testid as alias on URL-mode button
The new source-mode segmented control replaced the previous
"or paste a GitHub URL" text link, which had data-testid="toggle-github-url".
The existing e2e suite (create-task-github-url.spec.ts and the new
subtask.spec.ts from #852) still selects the URL toggle by that testid.
Keep "toggle-github-url" as the testid on the URL-mode button so both
suites pass without a sweep across all e2e files. Click semantics are
unchanged — single click enters URL mode.
* test(e2e): update toggle assertion for new source-mode segmented control
create-task-github-url.spec.ts:892 was checking the old text-link
toggle's two-way behavior with text labels ("or paste a GitHub URL" /
"use a workspace repository"). The new segmented control has explicit
mode buttons; assert aria-checked instead of label text. The other 9
clicks on `toggle-github-url` in this file still work via the legacy
testid alias on the URL-mode button.
* refactor: extract useActiveTaskHasRepos to its own hook file
dockview-desktop-layout.tsx grew to 609 lines with the new hook +
the Changes panel guard, over the 600-line cap documented in
CLAUDE.md (lint passed but the convention is real). Move the hook
to hooks/domains/kanban/use-active-task-has-repos.ts. File drops
to 590 lines.
* chore: gitignore .claude/scheduled_tasks.lock runtime file
* fix(web): lock chip-row min-height so modal doesn't shift on mode toggle
The chip row uses flex-wrap; Repo mode (chip + branch + add button +
segmented control) sometimes occupies a different vertical extent than
None mode (single folder picker + segmented control), causing the
create-task modal to jump a few pixels when toggling between sources.
Set min-h-9 so the row always reserves at least one chip-row of
height regardless of the active mode.
* feat: let folder picker browse anywhere, drop allowed-roots gate
The picker is for choosing a starting folder for a repo-less task —
users legitimately want /tmp, /var/log/foo, or any directory they have
read access to. Coupling it to the repo-discover endpoint's
discoveryRoots ($HOME by default) was too tight: paths like /tmp
returned 403 "path is not within allowed roots".
Decouple ListDirectory from discoveryRoots. The repo-discover endpoint
(DiscoverLocalRepositories, ValidateLocalRepositoryPath,
LocalRepositoryStatus, ListBranches) stays anchored to the allowlist
since picking a repo to import is a workspace-scoped operation; the
folder picker trusts the local-process boundary instead.
CodeQL is kept happy by routing the FS operations through os.Root
opened at "/" — the Go stdlib sanitizer for path injection still
recognises it (containment to / is trivially satisfied for every
absolute path on the host).
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* feat(slack): add cookie-mode integration that triages messages via utility agent
Adds an install-wide Slack integration that polls the connected user's
own messages for `!kandev <instruction>`, hands the thread context to a
configured utility agent with the Kandev MCP server attached, and
creates the resulting task. Auth uses the user's xoxc- token + d cookie
so it works on locked-down Enterprise Slack tenants where bot installs
aren't possible.
Shared infra:
- ACP host-utility executor accepts McpServers on session/new
- New MCP tool list_repositories_kandev so the triage agent can pick the
right repo
- Template engine exposes Slack-specific variables for prompt injection
- secretadapter + healthpoll reused from jira/linear
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix(slack): address PR review feedback round 9
- Drop dead `var _ = time.Second` no-op and its misleading comment in
trigger_test.go.
- `RecordAuthHealth` now invalidates the cached client when the probe
fails, so the poller self-recovers from credential rotation without
requiring a re-save.
- Stable secondary sort key (`workspace_id DESC`) on the legacy →
singleton migration so promoted-row selection is deterministic on
`updated_at` ties.
- Extract `categorySlack` constant in `engine.go` and update the
`VariableInfo.Category` doc-comment to list the full set of values.
- Realign `slack-integration/spec.md` with what shipped: cookie-mode +
`!kandev` triage as v1, with bot install / User OAuth / reaction &
slash & shortcut triggers moved under Future scope.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Kandev Agent <agent@kandev.dev>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
José Almeida