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Two coupled gaps in the Board Program output path. Approved items were created unowned and in BACKLOG. Nothing dispatches BACKLOG, and once activated a cell PM claimed the parentless task as a root, where _cell_pm_complete resolves its merge target through resolve_parent_branch — which for a parentless task falls through to the project head rung. The result was a cell branch merging straight into the trunk, bypassing the Main-PM root, the root->master PR and the CEO gate (live: PRs #703 and #704 both targeted slave directly). All eight materializers now create a PENDING, main-pm-assigned root with team=Team.MAIN_PM, matching what approve_and_start does for an intake draft. The team is load-bearing, not cosmetic: _next_hint_pr_fail, _deliver_pr_fail_to_owner, delegate's wave-chain dispatch and the PR layer label all key on it, and a cell-teamed root drops the 'do NOT re-submit the root' steer that exists because of PR #138's infinite pr_fail loop. The item's own cell survives as a delegation hint in the description, which is what the Main PM's briefing renders. Periscope, Sentinel and Coroner produced artifacts with no way to act on them — three panel surfaces carried explicit 'no approve/reject UI' comments while each item already held a machine-readable suggested action. They now have per-item approve and dismiss, modelled on the roadmap queue: idempotent per item, CEO-gated, deep-copy-before-mutate so SQLAlchemy's dirty check still fires, and every decision recorded through record_decision so it reaches the next cycle's prompt. Approving materializes through the same corrected Main-PM-owned path. Target project resolves to each engine's own existing anchor — RoboCo's project for Periscope and Sentinel, the incident's project for Coroner — and fails with a clean invalid_state naming what is unresolvable rather than guessing at a repo. Co-authored-by: Renn F <rennf93@users.noreply.github.com>
RoboCo Control Panel
Next.js 16 control panel for the RoboCo AI agent system. Formerly a separate repository (rennf93/roboco-panel), now vendored under panel/ in this monorepo so docker compose up -d brings up the whole stack from one place.
Stack
- Next.js 16 (App Router, standalone output)
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- Radix UI primitives
dnd-kitfor drag/drop (kanban)- pnpm for package management
Running in production (the normal path)
Use the root-level Docker Compose:
# from the repo root (one level up from this directory)
docker compose up -d
The panel is built as part of the compose stack via docker/panel.Dockerfile and served internally on port 3000. Nginx (also in the compose stack) is the single externally-exposed service on http://localhost:3000 and routes:
/api/*and/ws/*→ orchestrator (FastAPI, port 8000)- everything else → the Next.js panel
The panel uses relative URLs (/api/v1, /ws) so nothing here needs a backend URL in .env.
Running the panel alone for UI development
cd panel
pnpm install
pnpm dev
That gives you Next dev-server on localhost:3000, but you still need the orchestrator reachable at localhost:8000 (or via nginx) for API calls to work. Easiest: docker compose up -d the backend services, then run pnpm dev against that.
Build scripts
pnpm dev— development server with hot reloadpnpm build— production build (outputs.next/standalone/)pnpm start— run the standalone buildpnpm lint— ESLint
Where things live
src/app/— Next.js App Router pagessrc/components/— React components (organized by feature: tasks, agents, channels, …)src/lib/api/— typed API client (thin wrappers overfetch)src/lib/— constants, utilities, WebSocket hookssrc/types/— shared TypeScript types mirroring backend schemas (includesNotificationTypeenum)src/hooks/— reusable React hooks (see Frontend hooks)src/app/(dashboard)/notifications/— notifications inbox page and components
Hooks
The panel exposes public hooks under @/hooks. See Frontend hooks for full API reference and examples.
usePageRefresh
Page-scoped refresh coordinator. Pages register data-refetch callbacks; the navbar refresh button in src/components/layout/header.tsx calls refresh() and reflects the combined loading/disabled state. The button is disabled when no callbacks are registered (the registry is empty) and while a refresh is in progress.
import { usePageRefresh } from "@/hooks";
const { register, unregister, refresh, loading, disabled } = usePageRefresh();
disabledistruewhen no callbacks are registered (there is nothing to refresh)disabledbecomesfalseonce a callback is registereddisabledreturns totruewhen all callbacks are unregistered
Wrap your page or layout in PageRefreshProvider from @/components/providers before consuming the hook. Dashboard pages should register their refetch callbacks and avoid adding inline "Refresh" buttons; see docs/frontend/components/page-refresh-provider.md for the full wiring list and examples.
Notifications
The panel renders five core coordination-event notification types that signal task lifecycle transitions between agents:
| Type | Icon | Color | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
TASK_ASSIGNMENT |
ListTodo | green | A task has been assigned to you |
BLOCKER_ESCALATION |
AlertTriangle | red | A developer is blocked and escalated |
REVIEW_REQUEST |
Check | purple | Your review is needed |
DOCUMENTATION_REQUEST |
Info | blue | Documentation is needed |
APPROVAL |
ShieldCheck | emerald | Board-level approval requested |
Each notification optionally carries a related_task_id rendered as a deep-link to /tasks/{id}. For full details on types, icons, and adding new types, see docs/frontend/components/notification-types.md.
Dependency Management
Version Alignment
When bumping Next.js, always update eslint-config-next to match the same version. These packages must stay in sync. See UPGRADE.md for detailed procedures and troubleshooting.
Backend schema changes
When the backend changes response shapes, mirror them in src/types/ and the relevant src/lib/api/ module. Keep API paths relative so nginx routing keeps working.