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PaperClipAI/ui/src/components/AgentChatSidebar.tsx
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DottaandPaperclip 5282cabde8 fix(ui): make every agent reachable from Chats (#13420)
## Thinking Path

> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work.
> - Experimental Agent Chat gives each person a persistent conversation
with each agent.
> - The sidebar only showed starred or previously visited agents.
> - A person could not start a conversation with an agent absent from
that list.
> - This pull request adds a searchable agent picker and a default
sidebar entry.
> - People can now reach every company agent while keeping their
frequent conversations close.

## Linked Issues or Issue Description

Refs #13283, which introduced the existing task-backed agent chat
surface. This change adds discovery to that surface after maintainer
review of the Storybook design.

**What happened?**

With Agent Chat enabled, a person with no starred or recent agents had
no agent shortcut. The sidebar also lacked a direct way to start a chat
with another agent.

**Expected behavior**

Show the first-created company agent by default. Let the person search
all company agents and open a persistent conversation.

**Steps to reproduce**

1. Enable Agent Chat in a company with agents.
2. Use an account with no starred agents or recent chats.
3. Look for a chat entry in the sidebar, or try to chat with an agent
absent from its shortcuts.

**Paperclip version or commit**

The existing behavior is present on master at 728f7185f.

## What Changed

- Add a compact picker that searches every company agent by name or
role. Include loading, retry, empty, and no-match states.
- Keep the first-created agent in Chats alongside stars and up to four
other recent conversations.
- Align the compose button with stars. Show it on hover or keyboard
focus, and keep it visible on touch devices.
- Use the existing company-aware chat route. Close the mobile sidebar on
selection and reset the picker when the company or user changes.
- Connect the approved Storybook scenarios to the production sidebar and
picker. Update product and design-guide documentation.

## Verification

- Ten focused tests pass for ordering, duplicate names, role search,
keyboard selection, search reset, retry states, full-roster navigation,
mobile dismissal, and company/user changes.
- The agent-chat sidebar end-to-end test passes against an isolated
PostgreSQL container. It verifies the first-use default, picker
navigation, lazy creation, stars, draft preservation, and reopening
existing history. The old four-row and See all link expectations now
match the approved behavior.
- Browser review of the production components in Storybook: open the
sidebar picker, search for an agent absent from the shortcuts, select
with Enter, and send a message through the existing composer.
- `pnpm build`, `pnpm -r typecheck`, `pnpm check:token-gates`, and `pnpm
build-storybook` pass on the rebased branch. The full local test run
reached 12,020 passing server tests, then stopped because an unrelated
environment-custom-images suite could not allocate PostgreSQL shared
memory on this Mac. All corresponding CI test shards pass on isolated
hosts.
- All CI checks pass on commit
`c324568324a6a8b65adfc6447ef19bcc710c61df`. Greptile reviewed that
commit at 5/5 with no open findings.
- Reviewer path: enable Agent Chat, open the Chats compose button,
search by name or role, and select an agent. Existing conversation
history must remain available.

## Risks

- Sidebar ordering changes: the earliest-created agent remains visible
even without a visit or star.
- The hover control remains available to keyboard and touch users.
- This change uses the existing feature gate, APIs, membership
preferences, and persistent conversation behavior. It adds no migration
or server contract.
- Storybook uses fixture responses. Its first-use landing page is a
review fixture and is not added as a product route.

## Model Used

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra (`gpt-6-astra`) through Codex, with reasoning, code
execution, and browser tools. The session does not expose its context
window size.

## Checklist

- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge

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Co-authored-by: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>
2026-09-14 13:19:13 -05:00

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import { Star, SquarePen } from "lucide-react";
import { SidebarNavItem } from "@/components/SidebarNavItem";
import { AgentIcon } from "@/components/AgentIconPicker";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import { useSidebar } from "@/context/SidebarContext";
import type { Agent } from "@paperclipai/shared";
import { agentRouteRef, cn } from "@/lib/utils";
import { orderChatAgents } from "@/lib/recent-agent-chats";
export function AgentChatSidebar({
activeId,
starredIds,
recentIds,
onToggleStar,
onOpenChat,
agents,
href = (id: string) =>
`/chats/${encodeURIComponent(agentRouteRef(agents.find((agent) => agent.id === id)!))}`,
}: {
agents: Agent[];
href?: (id: string) => string;
activeId: string;
starredIds: string[];
recentIds: string[];
onToggleStar: (id: string) => void;
onOpenChat: () => void;
}) {
const { collapsed, peeking } = useSidebar();
const rail = collapsed && !peeking;
const ordered = orderChatAgents(agents, starredIds, recentIds);
const row = (agent: Agent) => {
const pinned = starredIds.includes(agent.id);
return (
<div key={agent.id} className="group/agent-chat relative">
<SidebarNavItem
to={href(agent.id)}
label={agent.name}
active={activeId === agent.id}
iconNode={
<AgentIcon icon={agent.icon} className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0" />
}
className={rail ? undefined : "pr-9"}
/>
{!rail && (
<Button
type="button"
variant="ghost"
size="icon-xs"
aria-label={`${pinned ? "Unstar" : "Star"} ${agent.name}`}
aria-pressed={pinned}
title={pinned ? "Unstar agent" : "Star agent to pin"}
onClick={(event) => {
event.stopPropagation();
onToggleStar(agent.id);
}}
className={cn("absolute right-2 top-(--pct-50) -translate-y-(--pct-50) text-muted-foreground opacity-0 transition-opacity hover:text-foreground group-hover/agent-chat:opacity-100 focus-visible:opacity-100 pointer-coarse:opacity-100", pinned && "opacity-100")}
>
<Star
aria-hidden="true"
className={cn("size-3.5", pinned && "fill-current")}
/>
</Button>
)}
</div>
);
};
return (
<section aria-label="Chats" className="group/chats flex flex-col gap-0.5">
<div className="relative flex min-h-9 items-center px-4 py-1.5">
<span className={cn("font-mono text-(length:--text-nano) font-medium uppercase tracking-widest text-muted-foreground/60", rail && "sr-only")}>Chats</span>
<Button
type="button"
variant="ghost"
size="icon-xs"
aria-label="Chat with an agent"
title="Chat with an agent"
onClick={onOpenChat}
className="absolute right-2 top-(--pct-50) -translate-y-(--pct-50) text-muted-foreground opacity-0 group-hover/chats:opacity-100 focus-visible:opacity-100 pointer-coarse:opacity-100"
>
<SquarePen aria-hidden="true" className="size-3.5" />
</Button>
</div>
{ordered.map(row)}
</section>
);
}