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PaperClipAI/ui/src/lib/recent-agent-chats.ts
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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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TypeScript

import { useCallback, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
import type { Agent } from "@paperclipai/shared";
const eventName = "paperclip:recent-agent-chats";
const key = (company: string, user?: string | null) =>
`paperclip.recentAgentChats:${company}:${user ?? "__local_board__"}`;
const memory = new Map<string, string>();
function read(storageKey: string): string {
try {
return (
window.localStorage.getItem(storageKey) ?? memory.get(storageKey) ?? "[]"
);
} catch {
return memory.get(storageKey) ?? "[]";
}
}
export function parseRecentAgentChats(raw: string): string[] {
try {
const ids: unknown = JSON.parse(raw);
return Array.isArray(ids)
? [
...new Set(ids.filter((id): id is string => typeof id === "string")),
].slice(0, 50)
: [];
} catch {
return [];
}
}
export function recordAgentChatVisit(
company: string,
user: string | null | undefined,
agentId: string,
) {
const storageKey = key(company, user);
const value = JSON.stringify(
[
agentId,
...parseRecentAgentChats(read(storageKey)).filter((id) => id !== agentId),
].slice(0, 50),
);
memory.set(storageKey, value);
try {
window.localStorage.setItem(storageKey, value);
} catch {
/* In-tab navigation still works without storage. */
}
window.dispatchEvent(new Event(eventName));
}
function subscribe(callback: () => void) {
window.addEventListener(eventName, callback);
window.addEventListener("storage", callback);
return () => {
window.removeEventListener(eventName, callback);
window.removeEventListener("storage", callback);
};
}
export function useRecentAgentChats(company: string, user?: string | null) {
const getSnapshot = useCallback(
() => read(key(company, user)),
[company, user],
);
return parseRecentAgentChats(
useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, getSnapshot, () => "[]"),
);
}
export function orderChatAgents<T extends Pick<Agent, "id" | "name" | "createdAt">>(
agents: T[],
stars: string[],
recent: string[],
) {
const firstAgent = [...agents].sort((a, b) =>
new Date(a.createdAt).getTime() - new Date(b.createdAt).getTime() || a.id.localeCompare(b.id),
)[0];
return [
...agents
.filter((agent) => stars.includes(agent.id))
.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name) || a.id.localeCompare(b.id)),
...(firstAgent && !stars.includes(firstAgent.id) ? [firstAgent] : []),
...[...new Set(recent)]
.filter((id) => !stars.includes(id) && id !== firstAgent?.id)
.flatMap((id) => agents.filter((agent) => agent.id === id))
.slice(0, 4),
];
}