hermes-mobile/PROJECT_PLAN.md

# Hermes Mobile — Delivery Plan

> **Operational contract:** Codex must read this file before each work loop. Work exactly one coherent milestone at a time. Move completed items to the completed section in the same commit that implements them. Add a concise entry to `CHANGELOG.md` in the same commit. Never mark work complete without running its listed verification.

## Product guardrails

- Native Android client for upstream Hermes Agent: **Kotlin + Jetpack Compose**.
- Material 3 base, deliberately customized through a reusable design system.
- Thin client: Hermes remains the authority for auth, sessions, streaming, tool semantics, and backend behavior.
- No WebView-first app, no cloned Hermes backend, no embedded credentials.
- Adaptive, accessible, compact-but-readable UI: phone, tablet, light/dark, font scaling, IME/keyboard, long code/output must remain safe.
- Keep DTO/transport, domain/UI models, repositories, view models/state, and composables separated.
- Never commit APKs, build outputs, credentials, or generated local environment files.

## Release policy

- Start artifacts at `v0.1.0-beta.1`.
- Patch: compatible fixes/polish. Minor: a coherent feature milestone. Major: stable `v1.0.0+` only.
- A release requires a pushed source commit, passing relevant checks, a versioned APK artifact, and a Telegram release post.

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## Now — direct gateway pivot

Complete the Android/client contract pivot before implementing backend behavior. The next release path targets a remote upstream Hermes Agent gateway/API server directly; `apps/companion` is legacy compatibility only.

## Beta path — upstream-connected MVP

- [ ] **B2 — Direct gateway connection, authentication, and local-first routing UX**
  - One logical Hermes gateway profile with optional local URL + required remote fallback URL.
  - Validate URLs, store bearer/no-auth configuration securely, probe `GET /health`, and use optional `GET /v1/models` auth check.
  - Automatically prefer the local URL when reachable; immediately fail over to remote when it is not. Re-evaluate on foreground, explicit reconnect, connectivity change, and request failure; never switch a stream mid-flight.
  - Show active Local/Remote route and clear offline/unauthorized/retry state without logging tokens or silently sending credentials to untrusted LAN hosts.
  - Verification: deterministic route-selection/retry tests, connection-state tests, and manual unhappy-path walkthrough.

- [ ] **B3 — Direct gateway session contract and durable chat state**
  - Fetch/list/search/select/create sessions through repository contracts after upstream session routes are verified.
  - Restore selected session and protect against duplicate sends / lost drafts.
  - Verification: fake-repository UI tests; direct gateway compatibility checks where available.

 - [ ] **B4 — Direct gateway streaming, reconnects, and resilient long-running work**
  - Stream event reducer: final response/token deltas first; tool lifecycle, session events, artifacts, cancel, and reconnect/backoff only where upstream capability is verified.
  - Preserve partial output and make recovery obvious and safe.
  - Verification: deterministic fake stream tests and real direct gateway exercise.

- [ ] **B5 — Tool, artifact, and output experience**
  - Compact tool cards with lifecycle/status, expandable output, copy/share/save affordances.
  - Safe rendering for large logs and code; no unbounded nested scroll failures.
  - Artifact/file handoff only where upstream capability is actually supported.
  - Verification: large-output and rotation/resume checks.

## Beta hardening and release

- [ ] **R1 — Adaptive/accessibility quality pass**
  - Small phone, normal phone, tablet/two-pane behavior; portrait/landscape.
  - Font scaling, TalkBack semantics, contrast, touch targets, reduced motion, IME behavior.
  - Verification: emulator/device matrix evidence documented in `docs/ROADMAP.md`.

- [ ] **R2 — Beta packaging and install guide**
  - Version `v0.1.0-beta.1`, reproducible debug/beta APK build, install/run guide, known limitations.
  - Publish source commit, APK, release notes, and verification result.
  - Verification: clean install on a real device or emulator plus full required checks.

## V2 backlog

- [ ] Multiple server profiles and fast switching.
- [ ] Rich file/artifact workflows based on upstream capability.
- [ ] Notifications for task completion.
- [ ] Mature tablet/two-pane session + optional terminal/log pane.
- [ ] Offline cache/search and diagnostic export with privacy controls.
- [ ] Remove legacy companion Android routes and deprecate `apps/companion` install/runtime docs after direct gateway chat/session/streaming is verified.

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## Completed

_Move finished items here with date, commit, and verification. Keep this section factual; do not claim unverified work._

- [x] **F0 — Audit and safely land existing work** — 2026-07-24, commit `da79d48` (`feat: land native mobile foundation`).
  - Reviewed existing Android and companion edits; preserved the native Android chat/workspace/settings work and companion chat hardening.
  - Confirmed generated build outputs are ignored and added ignores for `.gradle-user/` and `.dev/`.
  - Reconciled `docs/ROADMAP.md` to the actual native Android beta state and remaining validation gaps.
  - Verification: `git diff --check` passed; `npm run typecheck --workspace @hermes-mobile/companion` passed; `npm run lint --workspace @hermes-mobile/companion` passed; `npm run build --workspace @hermes-mobile/companion` passed; `npm run typecheck` passed; `npm run lint` passed; `npm run build` passed.
  - Android debug build attempted with `GRADLE_USER_HOME=/root/hermes-mobile/.gradle-user ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug` from `apps/mobile/android`; blocked before compilation because network socket creation is not permitted while downloading Gradle 8.11.1.

- [x] **F1 — Compose design system extraction** — 2026-07-24, commit `9ed0969` (`feat: extract compose design system`).
  - Extracted color, semantic status, spacing, typography, shape, elevation, and motion tokens.
  - Added light and dark Hermes Compose themes backed by Material 3 color schemes.
  - Split shared Compose cards, rows, controls, notices, message bubbles, list scaffolds, and code surfaces out of `MainActivity.kt`.
  - Added Compose previews for small phone, normal phone, tablet width, light theme, and dark theme component coverage.
  - Verification: `git diff --check` passed; `GRADLE_USER_HOME=/root/hermes-mobile/.gradle-user ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug` from `apps/mobile/android` passed.

- [x] **F2 — Polished fake-data chat proving ground** — 2026-07-24, commit `f65d4ac` (`feat: add fake chat proving ground`).
  - Added a local fake chat inbox with session rail/list, context controls, keyboard-safe composer, and send/cancel/retry interactions.
  - Added typed user, assistant, system, error, and streaming message models; selectable markdown-friendly text, horizontally scrollable copyable code, and expandable tool results.
  - Added seeded empty, loading, reconnecting, and error states plus reducer tests for send, cancel, retry, and tool expansion.
  - Verification: `git diff --check` passed; `GRADLE_USER_HOME=/root/hermes-mobile/.gradle-user ./gradlew :app:testDebugUnitTest :app:assembleDebug` from `apps/mobile/android` passed.

- [x] **B1 — Transport/domain contracts** — 2026-07-24, commit `feat: add transport domain contracts`.
  - Added transport DTOs and domain repository contracts for server profiles, authentication, sessions, messages, stream events, tool results, and artifacts.
  - Added DTO-to-domain/UI mappers, stream reducer behavior, and a fake Hermes repository for previews and unit tests.
  - Kept the companion path as an optional adapter capability without changing upstream Hermes semantics.
  - Verification: parent preflight immediately before B1 completion passed: script PASS; Android `:app:assembleDebug` BUILD SUCCESSFUL, 35 tasks total and 6 executed. Parent also verified `git diff --check` passed.

- [x] **B2a — Direct gateway planning and compatibility contract** — 2026-07-24, commit `docs: pivot mobile contract to direct gateway`.
  - Added `docs/DIRECT_GATEWAY_ARCHITECTURE.md` with documented upstream endpoints separated from unverified assumptions.
  - Reprioritized the beta path around direct gateway auth, sessions, streaming, and later companion removal.
  - Updated Android transport/domain/fake capability contracts and connection copy so new code no longer assumes a companion server.
  - Verification: `git diff --check` passed; Android `:app:testDebugUnitTest :app:assembleDebug` passed from `apps/mobile/android`.

## Work-loop checklist

Before coding:
1. Read `PROJECT_PLAN.md`, `CHANGELOG.md`, `docs/ROADMAP.md`, git status, and the prior commit.
2. Choose the single highest-value unchecked item or a narrowly scoped sub-item.
3. Inspect existing implementation before rewriting it.

Before committing:
1. Run relevant checks; record exact pass/fail scope in the changelog.
2. Update this plan: check the completed item, move it into **Completed**, and leave the next executable item unchecked.
3. Add a concise `CHANGELOG.md` entry under **Unreleased**.
4. Commit using Conventional Commits and push `origin/main`.
5. Do not claim a release without an uploaded, verified versioned APK.