a bot is a card, not a conversation in a list

it looked like the generic chat panel because it WAS one, and that leaks the
implementation at exactly the wrong moment: a bot is a chat underneath, and
nobody using this should have to hold that. the session list says
"conversation, last touched" because that is what a conversation is.

so it gets Command HQ's object instead — a card with a name, an id pill, rename
and delete, selected ring, controls on hover. same arrangement: the whole card
is the link with the buttons layered over it, so a click anywhere opens it and
the controls still work.

the pill is the first eight characters of the session, which is also what an
@mention carries. that is the point rather than a coincidence — the thing shown
on the card is the thing typed to reference it.

the panel's own header picker is gone. the cards are the list, and a second
picker in the panel bar is the same choice offered twice. command hq does not
have one either.

deleting the selected bot navigates back to /bots, or the route points at
something that no longer exists and renders an empty chat.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Officer-Session: 656f5c85-e49a-4f1f-b9f3-042a04b4d043

src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Bots/BotsList.tsx

@@ -1,22 +1,143 @@
-import { Bot, Plus } from 'lucide-react';
+import { useState } from 'react';
-import { Link, useParams } from 'react-router';
+import { Bot, Check, Pencil, Plus, Trash2, X } from 'lucide-react';
-import { useClaudeSessions } from 'state/useClaudeSessions';
+import { Link, useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router';
+import { useClaudeSessions, type ClaudeSessionSummary } from 'state/useClaudeSessions';
 
 /**
- * The bots, down the left — the same shape Command HQ gives commanders.
+ * The bots, as cards — the same object Command HQ gives a commander.
  *
- * Every bot is a chat in `$DATA_PATH/<email>/bots`, so this is that directory's session list and nothing
+ * ── Why not the chat session list ──
- * more. No table, no rows to keep in step: the list IS the conversations.
  *
- * Rows are real links to `/bots/:sessionId`, per `docs/navigation-audit.md` — a bot is addressable, so
+ * A bot IS a chat underneath, and that is an implementation detail nobody using this should have to hold.
- * cmd-click opens one in a tab and a reload keeps the one you were reading.
+ * The generic session list says "conversation, last touched at" because that is what a conversation is. A
+ * bot is a thing you name, check on, and eventually delete — so it gets a card with its name, its id, and
+ * whether it is watching, exactly as a commander does.
+ *
+ * ── The id pill ──
+ *
+ * A commander shows `#54`, its directory. A bot has no directory of its own — they share one — so its id
+ * is the first eight characters of its session, which is also what an `@mention` carries. Seeing the same
+ * eight characters in both places is the point: the pill is what you type to reference it.
  */
 
-const NEW = '/bots';
+const shortId = (id: string) => id.slice(0, 8);
+
+type CardProps = {
+  bot: ClaudeSessionSummary;
+  selected: boolean;
+  onRename: (id: string, title: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+  onDelete: (id: string) => Promise<unknown>;
+};
+
+const BotCard = ({ bot, selected, onRename, onDelete }: CardProps) => {
+  const navigate = useNavigate();
+  const [confirming, setConfirming] = useState(false);
+  const [renaming, setRenaming] = useState(false);
+  const [draft, setDraft] = useState(bot.title);
+
+  const commit = async () => {
+    const next = draft.trim();
+    setRenaming(false);
+    if (next && next !== bot.title) await onRename(bot.id, next);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`group relative flex flex-col gap-1.5 rounded-xl border bg-background p-3 transition-colors hover:border-primary/40 hover:bg-muted/40 ${
+        selected ? 'border-primary/60 ring-1 ring-primary/30' : 'border-border'
+      }`}
+    >
+      {/* The whole card is the link, with the controls layered above it — same arrangement as a commander
+          card, so a click anywhere opens the bot and the buttons still work. */}
+      {!renaming && <Link to={`/bots/${bot.id}`} className="absolute inset-0" aria-label={bot.title} />}
+
+      <div className="flex items-center gap-2 pr-12">
+        <Bot className="size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+        {renaming ? (
+          <form
+            className="z-10 flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-1"
+            onSubmit={(ev) => {
+              ev.preventDefault();
+              void commit();
+            }}
+          >
+            <input
+              autoFocus
+              value={draft}
+              onChange={(ev) => setDraft(ev.target.value)}
+              onKeyDown={(ev) => ev.key === 'Escape' && setRenaming(false)}
+              className="min-w-0 flex-1 rounded border bg-transparent px-1 py-0.5 text-sm"
+            />
+            <button type="submit" className="rounded p-0.5 text-primary" aria-label="Save name">
+              <Check className="size-3.5" />
+            </button>
+          </form>
+        ) : (
+          <>
+            <span className="truncate text-sm font-medium">{bot.title || '(unnamed)'}</span>
+            <span className="shrink-0 font-mono text-[11px] text-muted-foreground" title={bot.id}>
+              #{shortId(bot.id)}
+            </span>
+          </>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
+      <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+        <span>
+          {bot.messageCount} message{bot.messageCount === 1 ? '' : 's'}
+        </span>
+        <span title={bot.updatedAt}>{new Date(bot.updatedAt).toLocaleDateString()}</span>
+      </div>
+
+      {confirming ? (
+        <div className="absolute right-1.5 top-1.5 z-10 flex items-center gap-1 rounded-lg bg-background/95 p-0.5 shadow">
+          <button
+            onClick={() => {
+              void onDelete(bot.id);
+              // Leaving the route pointed at something that no longer exists would render an empty chat.
+              if (selected) void navigate('/bots');
+            }}
+            className="rounded p-1 text-destructive hover:bg-destructive/10"
+            title="Delete this bot"
+          >
+            <Check className="size-3.5" />
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={() => setConfirming(false)} className="rounded p-1 opacity-50 hover:opacity-100">
+            <X className="size-3.5" />
+          </button>
+        </div>
+      ) : (
+        !renaming && (
+          <div className="absolute right-1.5 top-1.5 z-10 flex items-center gap-0.5 opacity-0 transition-opacity focus-within:opacity-100 group-hover:opacity-100">
+            <button
+              onClick={() => {
+                setDraft(bot.title);
+                setRenaming(true);
+              }}
+              className="rounded p-1 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+              title="Rename"
+            >
+              <Pencil className="size-3.5" />
+            </button>
+            <button
+              onClick={() => setConfirming(true)}
+              className="rounded p-1 text-muted-foreground hover:text-destructive"
+              title="Delete"
+            >
+              <Trash2 className="size-3.5" />
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        )
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
 
 export const BotsList = () => {
   const { sessionId } = useParams();
-  const { sessions, isLoading } = useClaudeSessions(null, { chatContext: { context: 'bots' } });
+  const { sessions, isLoading, renameSession, deleteSession } = useClaudeSessions(null, {
+    chatContext: { context: 'bots' },
+  });
 
   return (
     <nav className="flex size-full flex-col">
@@ -24,8 +145,8 @@ export const BotsList = () => {
         <span className="text-sm font-medium">
           {sessions.length} {sessions.length === 1 ? 'bot' : 'bots'}
         </span>
-        {/* `/bots` with no id IS the new-bot state — the composer opens empty and the first message arms it. */}
+        {/* `/bots` with no id IS the new-bot state: an empty composer, and the first sentence arms it. */}
-        <Link to={NEW} title="New bot" className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground">
+        <Link to="/bots" title="New bot" className="text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground">
           <Plus className="size-4" />
         </Link>
       </header>
@@ -41,23 +162,10 @@ export const BotsList = () => {
           </p>
         </div>
       ) : (
-        <ul className="flex-1 overflow-auto">
+        <ul className="flex flex-1 flex-col gap-2 overflow-auto p-2">
-          {sessions.map((s) => (
+          {sessions.map((bot) => (
-            <li key={s.id}>
+            <li key={bot.id}>
-              <Link
+              <BotCard bot={bot} selected={bot.id === sessionId} onRename={renameSession} onDelete={deleteSession} />
-                to={`/bots/${s.id}`}
-                className={`flex items-start gap-2 border-b px-3 py-2 ${
-                  s.id === sessionId ? 'bg-muted' : 'hover:bg-muted/50'
-                }`}
-              >
-                <Bot className="mt-0.5 size-3.5 shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
-                <span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
-                  <span className="block truncate text-sm">{s.title || '(unnamed)'}</span>
-                  <span className="block truncate text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-                    {new Date(s.updatedAt).toLocaleString()}
-                  </span>
-                </span>
-              </Link>
             </li>
           ))}
         </ul>

src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Bots/BotsScreen.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { LayoutNode } from 'officerdev';
-import { WorkspaceView, ChatPanelWrapper, ChatHeader } from 'officerdev';
+import { WorkspaceView, ChatPanelWrapper } from 'officerdev';
 import { useParams } from 'react-router';
 import { useAuthoredLayout } from 'state/useAuthoredLayout';
 import { defaultLayout } from './defaultLayout';
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ const BotsChat = ({ panelId }: { panelId: string }) => {
   );
 };
 
-const BotsChatHeader = ({ panelId }: { panelId: string }) => (
-  <ChatHeader panelId={panelId} chatContext={CHAT_CONTEXT} />
-);
-
 export const BotsScreen = () => {
   const workspace = useAuthoredLayout('screens/bots', defaultLayout as LayoutNode);
 
@@ -54,7 +50,9 @@ export const BotsScreen = () => {
       appTypes={{ allowed: ['bots-list', 'bots-chat'], fallback: 'bots-chat' }}
       components={{
         'bots-list': BotsList,
-        'bots-chat': { component: BotsChat, header: BotsChatHeader },
+        // No header picker: the cards on the left are the list, and a second one in the panel bar would be
+        // the same choice offered twice. Command HQ does not have one either, for the same reason.
+        'bots-chat': BotsChat,
       }}
     />
   );