Questions

Integers from one counter, shown as ^42, linked as <area>.html#42. Flows and steps share the counter. The first pass used blocks per writer (1–299, 300–599, 600–899), so numbers jump between areas.

1. Keep ^N.
2. Another sigil (&N, ~N).

Answer: Keep ^. ~ reads as "about" and & breaks URLs.

It's on ace-map.iamnbutler.workers.dev, readable by anyone with the link, like the onboarding page. Cloudflare Access could limit it to you and the team.

1. Public is fine.
2. Put it behind Access.

Answer: Public is fine; Ace is open source.

Now it means someone did the step on a real host in this pass. Steps only traced in code are untested. Should works expire, say after a release, so coverage reflects the current build?

Answer: For now, status means "works for the universe release". Scale: planned → untested → visual (an agent saw it work on a real host) → tested (a human or an automated research study did it).

Since first run became Welcome (#569), nothing opens team setup, so Ask to join (^120) and deploying a directory from the app (^122, ^123) are unreachable. docs/setup.md still describes them. Invite… and invite links still work.

1. Retire them; deployed directories are set up from a checkout.
2. Reach them from Settings → Team (a Deploy… and an Ask to join button).

Answer: Bring it back: an item at the bottom of the sidebar, and a way to open it from Settings.

It's always disabled (^23), and Download app (^2) never shows. In the desktop app there's nothing to sign out of; in a browser it could forget the host token.

1. Remove both items from the app.
2. Wire them up for browsers only.

Answer: Remove both items from the app.

At 390px wide the account button (Settings, Sign out) is past the right edge and needs a sideways scroll of the tab bar (^800).

1. Fit it in the tab bar.
2. Move Settings somewhere else on phones.
3. Scrolling is fine.

Answer: Fit it in the tab bar. And expect a broader pass on phone layout.

Without HTTPS certificates the Phone group only says to turn HTTPS on, though http://<machine>.<tailnet>.ts.net:<port> works (minus the microphone) (^781, ^785).

1. Show the HTTP address and its QR as a fallback.
2. Keep HTTPS only.

Answer: Show the HTTP address and its QR as a fallback.

It keeps the original name, so restoring next to the source gives two channels with the same name and name-based commands then ask for an ID. ace new and ace import refuse a taken name instead.

1. Refuse, like ace new.
2. Add a suffix (cli-one-2).
3. Keep duplicates; IDs disambiguate.

Answer: Add a suffix (cli-one-2). As <name>-1, like Finder.

The font stack is fixed to system monospace fonts, so Nerd Font prompts (yours uses LilexNerdFontMono in Ghostty) show boxes. Ace could add a font setting, try known Nerd Fonts first, or read the font from the person's terminal config.

1. Add a terminal font setting.
2. Put common Nerd Fonts first in the stack.
3. Leave it.

Answer: Leave it. Noise.

Tabs (and the terminal ids they reattach to) live in each browser's localStorage. A shell opened on the desktop keeps running on the host but doesn't appear on the phone or in another browser.

1. Keep tabs per browser.
2. Store window layouts on the host so every device sees them.

Answer: Keep tabs per browser.

Create PR, Update PR, Address review, Ready, Merge, Close and Fix checks all have the agent write to GitHub, so this pass left them untested. Testing them needs a throwaway repository with checks and a reviewer, for example a private iamnbutler/ace-map-sandbox.

1. Yes, create a private sandbox repo and test there.
2. No, leave them untested.

Answer: Yes, create a private sandbox repo and test there. A durable testing repo agents may do anything in.

Work leaves the Mac only through Create PR or Update PR. A project whose origin isn't on GitHub gets Commit and Rebase but no way to push from the app.

1. Add Push.
2. GitHub only is intended.

Answer: Add Push. Not every project uses PRs.

Only the agent's lane tool lists, starts or switches lanes. The app shows the current lane only in the Diff header.

1. Add a lane list or switcher, in the Diff header or details.
2. Asking the agent is enough.

Answer: Asking the agent is enough.

Remove project is only in All Projects' header context menu and acts on one click; the picker's built-in remove is never wired up. Removing only forgets the folder and refuses while channels exist.

1. Keep one-click remove in All Projects only (removal is harmless and reversible by reopening).
2. Wire the picker's remove too, still without confirmation.
3. Add a confirmation and offer remove from the picker and the project's own Channels page.

Answer: Add a confirmation and offer remove from the picker and the project's own Channels page. With "Don't ask again".

The Share dialog opens and lets you confirm, then fails with Join a team directory to share projects. The Channels sidebar already promotes Create directory.

1. Keep it; the toast explains.
2. Show the directory requirement inside the Share dialog with a Create/Join directory action.
3. Hide Share project until a directory is joined.

Answer: Hide Share project until a directory is joined. Or a standard upsell dialog for setting up a directory.

Relative paths resolve against Ace Helper's working directory, which a person can't see (relative/x looked inside the Ace source tree on the smoke host).

1. Reject it, as Clone from URL does: Enter a full folder path.
2. Resolve it against the home folder.
3. Resolve it against the projects folder (Settings → General).

Answer: Reject it, as Clone from URL does: Enter a full folder path.

Ace refuses so it never commits under someone else's ignore rules, but the card still offers the button and only the error says to do it by hand.

1. Keep refusing, but say so on the card instead of offering Initialize Git.
2. Init and commit under the folder's own .gitignore after showing what will be committed.
3. Append Ace's secret rules to the existing .gitignore, then commit.

Answer: Keep refusing, but say so on the card instead of offering Initialize Git.

The app offers Delete only on archived channels, behind a confirmation. ace delete x2 deleted a live, unarchived channel at once, while the app had it open.

1. Keep the CLI direct; it's for people who mean it.
2. Refuse live channels with Archive it first, or add --force.
3. Let the app delete live channels too (with the same dialog).

Answer: Keep the CLI direct; it's for people who mean it.

Archive channel acts on one click with no toast; the row vanishes into a footer list. Archive inactive does toast a count.

1. Keep it silent; Unarchive is one step away.
2. Toast Archived <name> with Undo.
3. Confirm first.

Answer: Keep it silent; Unarchive is one step away.

Unread and needs-attention light only for runs you invoked; sam's message in shared-room never marked it, and mention counts are always 0.

1. Keep it to your own runs.
2. Mark unread for any new message, and count @mentions of you.
3. Only count @mentions of you.

Answer: Mark unread for any new message, and count @mentions of you.

Rename is only in the sidebar row's right-click menu and the CLI. The channel's header tab menu shows Rename disabled, and the details sidebar has no name field.

1. Sidebar only.
2. Enable Rename on the chat tab's menu for the channel.
3. Make the name editable in the details sidebar.

Answer: Sidebar only.

All Projects shows the 10 most recent channels per project and no archived ones; an archived channel opened there says to unarchive it from the sidebar, where it isn't listed.

1. Keep All Projects as a recent overview; open the project for the rest.
2. Add Show all per project and an Archived footer.

Answer: Keep All Projects as a recent overview; open the project for the rest.

No app entry point asks for a model; the composer's picker (Automatic) sets the first run's model. The CLI has ace new --model.

1. Keep the composer picker as the place to choose.
2. Add a model choice to New channel.

Answer: Keep the composer picker as the place to choose.

The picker and empty state say Open folder…; the palette and desktop menu say Open Folder… (^301).

Answer: Make them consistent.

Needs you lists pending questions and failed runs; a finished run only leaves an unread dot in the sidebar.

1. Add finished, unread runs to Needs you
2. Keep Needs you for questions and failures only

Answer: Remove Needs you from the Dashboard. The Dashboard is a prototype; don't try to fix it.

Run failed: … has no action, and the failing model stays picked for the chat, so the next ask fails too.

1. Add Retry, with a model picker when the model was the cause
2. Reset the chat to Automatic after a model error
3. Both
4. Neither

Answer: Nate left it to the map lead. Add Retry on a failed run; when the model or its key caused the failure, Retry resets the chat to Automatic and says so.

The question card has Submit answers only; the run waits until someone answers or stops it. The CLI shows the raw tool call and cannot answer.

1. Add Skip, which tells the agent no answer was given
2. Add ace answer <channel> to the CLI
3. Both
4. Stop is enough

Answer: Add Skip, which tells the agent no answer was given, and let the CLI answer with free text (ace answer <channel> <text>).