# Hermes Mobile Beta Roadmap

## Current Milestone: Native Android Beta Chat and Connection UX

Status: in progress, close to beta validation. F0 source landing and F1 design-system extraction are complete; Android debug builds now pass in the shared Gradle cache environment.

Done:
- Native Kotlin/Compose Android shell replaces the web-first mobile path for the beta surface.
- Companion settings flow stores companion URL and access key locally, validates bearer auth, and surfaces health errors in-app.
- Chat UI supports conversation list/thread navigation, native composer, busy state, selectable replies, error bubbles, and new-chat reset.
- Companion `/api/chat` invokes Hermes through the CLI with `hermes chat -Q --source tool -q <prompt>`.
- Companion chat responses sanitize terminal banners/help/control output, truncate large replies for mobile, report CLI availability, and return structured failure responses.
- Workspace utilities remain native: command runner, health view, file browsing, read, and write.
- Local build artifacts, Android transient build output, `.gradle-user/`, and `.dev/` are ignored.
- Companion and workspace TypeScript typecheck, build, and lint pass as of 2026-07-24.

Remaining for beta:
- Android debug build validation passed on 2026-07-24: `GRADLE_USER_HOME=/root/hermes-mobile/.gradle-user ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug` from `apps/mobile/android`.
- Exercise a real paired device against a running companion and authenticated Hermes CLI.
- Exercise upstream-compatible transport/auth/session/streaming behavior end to end: bearer auth, health, chat request/response, session continuity expectations, streamed/final output handling, and failure recovery.
- Add or run focused Android UI validation for chat/settings flows on small and large screens.
- Confirm adaptive accessibility: font scaling, TalkBack labels, contrast, keyboard/IME behavior, and reduced-motion tolerance.
- Document beta install/run steps after the native build is verified.

## Beta Release Criteria

- Native Kotlin/Compose Android app is the shipped beta client.
- No WebView, Capacitor runtime dependency, fake backend, embedded secrets, or new external infrastructure is introduced for beta.
- Companion transport and auth are upstream-compatible and exercised against the real Hermes CLI.
- Chat/session/streaming behavior is exercised with Hermes, including success, CLI unavailable, timeout, non-zero exit, and malformed response cases.
- Settings connection flow is reliable: save, validate, health, Hermes test, offline/unauthorized states, and recovery are clear.
- Adaptive accessibility passes on target Android devices or emulators.
- Required checks pass: `./gradlew :app:assembleDebug` from `apps/mobile/android`, companion typecheck/build, and relevant lint.
- Release notes clearly list remaining known beta limitations.