feat(ui): live task updates from worker events + planning polish

Wire TasksIslandViewModel to TaskUpdated/WorktreeUpdated/TaskMessage worker
events so rows refresh without a full reload; add ForegroundHelper to permit
wt.exe to take foreground on planning launch; misc UI polish on lists, task
rows and settings modal.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/ClaudeDo.Data/Migrations/20260416064948_InitialCreate.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 #nullable disable
@@ -10,8 +8,6 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 namespace ClaudeDo.Data.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DbContext(typeof(ClaudeDoDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260416064948_InitialCreate")]
     public partial class InitialCreate : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/ClaudeDo.Data/Migrations/20260420075929_AddTaskFlagsAndNotes.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 #nullable disable
@@ -7,8 +5,6 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 namespace ClaudeDo.Data.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DbContext(typeof(ClaudeDoDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260420075929_AddTaskFlagsAndNotes")]
     public partial class AddTaskFlagsAndNotes : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/ClaudeDo.Data/Migrations/20260421113614_AddAppSettings.cs

@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 #nullable disable
 
 namespace ClaudeDo.Data.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DbContext(typeof(ClaudeDoDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260421113614_AddAppSettings")]
     public partial class AddAppSettings : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/ClaudeDo.Data/Migrations/20260422120000_AddTaskSortOrder.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 #nullable disable
@@ -7,8 +5,6 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 namespace ClaudeDo.Data.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DbContext(typeof(ClaudeDoDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260422120000_AddTaskSortOrder")]
     public partial class AddTaskSortOrder : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/ClaudeDo.Data/Migrations/20260423154708_AddPlanningSupport.cs

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-using System;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
-using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
 
 #nullable disable
 
 namespace ClaudeDo.Data.Migrations
 {
     /// <inheritdoc />
-    [DbContext(typeof(ClaudeDoDbContext))]
-    [Migration("20260423154708_AddPlanningSupport")]
     public partial class AddPlanningSupport : Migration
     {
         /// <inheritdoc />

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/ForegroundHelper.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
+
+internal static class ForegroundHelper
+{
+    private const int ASFW_ANY = -1;
+
+    [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    private static extern bool AllowSetForegroundWindow(int dwProcessId);
+
+    // Grants any process the right to take foreground on next SetForegroundWindow call.
+    // Used before RPCs that cause a helper process (e.g. wt.exe) to spawn a new window.
+    public static void AllowAny()
+    {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsWindows()) return;
+        try { AllowSetForegroundWindow(ASFW_ANY); } catch { }
+    }
+}

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Services/IWorkerClient.cs

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.Services;
 
 public interface IWorkerClient
 {
+    event Action<string>? TaskUpdatedEvent;
+    event Action<string>? WorktreeUpdatedEvent;
+    event Action<string, string>? TaskMessageEvent;
+
     Task WakeQueueAsync();
     Task StartPlanningSessionAsync(string taskId, CancellationToken ct = default);
     Task ResumePlanningSessionAsync(string taskId, CancellationToken ct = default);

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/ListNavItemViewModel.cs

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ namespace ClaudeDo.Ui.ViewModels.Islands;
 public sealed partial class ListNavItemViewModel : ViewModelBase
 {
     public required string Id { get; init; }
-    public required string Name { get; init; }
     public required ListKind Kind { get; init; }
+    [ObservableProperty] private string _name = "";
     [ObservableProperty] private int _count;
     [ObservableProperty] private bool _isActive;
     [ObservableProperty] private string? _workingDir;

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/ListsIslandViewModel.cs

@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
     private async System.Threading.Tasks.Task OpenListSettingsAsync(ListNavItemViewModel? row)
     {
         if (row is null || ShowListSettingsModal is null || _services is null) return;
+        var rawId = row.Id.StartsWith("user:", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? row.Id["user:".Length..] : row.Id;
         var vm = _services.GetRequiredService<ListSettingsModalViewModel>();
-        await vm.LoadAsync(row.Id, row.Name, row.WorkingDir, row.DefaultCommitType);
+        await vm.LoadAsync(rawId, row.Name, row.WorkingDir, row.DefaultCommitType);
         await ShowListSettingsModal(vm);
         await RefreshRowAsync(row.Id);
     }
@@ -169,6 +170,46 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
     [RelayCommand]
     private void Select(ListNavItemViewModel item) => SelectedList = item;
 
+    [RelayCommand]
+    private async Task CreateListAsync()
+    {
+        var entity = new ListEntity
+        {
+            Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"),
+            Name = "New list",
+            DefaultCommitType = "chore",
+            CreatedAt = DateTime.UtcNow,
+        };
+
+        await using (var ctx = await _dbFactory.CreateDbContextAsync())
+        {
+            var lists = new ListRepository(ctx);
+            await lists.AddAsync(entity);
+        }
+
+        var item = new ListNavItemViewModel
+        {
+            Id = $"user:{entity.Id}",
+            Name = entity.Name,
+            Kind = ListKind.User,
+            IconKey = "Folder",
+            DotColorKey = "Moss",
+            WorkingDir = entity.WorkingDir,
+            DefaultCommitType = entity.DefaultCommitType,
+        };
+        Items.Add(item);
+        UserLists.Add(item);
+        SelectedList = item;
+
+        if (ShowListSettingsModal is not null && _services is not null)
+        {
+            var vm = _services.GetRequiredService<ListSettingsModalViewModel>();
+            await vm.LoadAsync(entity.Id, entity.Name, entity.WorkingDir, entity.DefaultCommitType);
+            await ShowListSettingsModal(vm);
+            await RefreshRowAsync(item.Id);
+        }
+    }
+
     partial void OnSelectedListChanged(ListNavItemViewModel? value)
     {
         foreach (var i in Items) i.IsActive = ReferenceEquals(i, value);
@@ -188,6 +229,7 @@ public sealed partial class ListsIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
             var entity = await lists.GetByIdAsync(rawId);
             if (entity is null) return;
 
+            row.Name = entity.Name;
             row.WorkingDir = entity.WorkingDir;
             row.DefaultCommitType = entity.DefaultCommitType;
         }

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TaskRowViewModel.cs

@@ -102,24 +102,26 @@ public sealed partial class TaskRowViewModel : ViewModelBase
 
     public static TaskRowViewModel FromEntity(TaskEntity t)
     {
-        var (add, del) = ParseDiffStat(t.Worktree?.DiffStat);
+        var row = new TaskRowViewModel { Id = t.Id, CreatedAt = t.CreatedAt };
-        return new TaskRowViewModel
+        row.UpdateFromEntity(t);
+        return row;
+    }
+
+    public void UpdateFromEntity(TaskEntity t)
     {
-            Id            = t.Id,
+        var (add, del) = ParseDiffStat(t.Worktree?.DiffStat);
-            Title         = t.Title,
+        Title         = t.Title;
-            ListName      = t.List?.Name ?? "",
+        ListName      = t.List?.Name ?? "";
-            Done          = t.Status == TaskStatus.Done,
+        Done          = t.Status == TaskStatus.Done;
-            IsStarred     = t.IsStarred,
+        IsStarred     = t.IsStarred;
-            IsMyDay       = t.IsMyDay,
+        IsMyDay       = t.IsMyDay;
-            Status        = t.Status,
+        Status        = t.Status;
-            Branch        = t.Worktree?.BranchName,
+        Branch        = t.Worktree?.BranchName;
-            DiffStat      = t.Worktree?.DiffStat,
+        DiffStat      = t.Worktree?.DiffStat;
-            ScheduledFor  = t.ScheduledFor,
+        ScheduledFor  = t.ScheduledFor;
-            DiffAdditions = add,
+        DiffAdditions = add;
-            DiffDeletions = del,
+        DiffDeletions = del;
-            CreatedAt     = t.CreatedAt,
+        ParentTaskId  = t.ParentTaskId;
-            ParentTaskId  = t.ParentTaskId,
-        };
     }
 
     // Best-effort parse of diff stat strings like "+12 -3" or "12 additions, 3 deletions".

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/ViewModels/Islands/TasksIslandViewModel.cs

@@ -49,6 +49,70 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
     {
         _dbFactory = dbFactory;
         _worker = worker;
+        if (_worker is not null)
+        {
+            _worker.TaskUpdatedEvent     += OnWorkerTaskUpdated;
+            _worker.WorktreeUpdatedEvent += OnWorkerTaskUpdated;
+            _worker.TaskMessageEvent     += OnWorkerTaskMessage;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnWorkerTaskMessage(string taskId, string line)
+    {
+        var row = Items.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Id == taskId);
+        if (row is not null) row.LiveTail = line;
+    }
+
+    private async void OnWorkerTaskUpdated(string taskId)
+    {
+        var list = _currentList;
+        if (list is null) return;
+
+        try
+        {
+            await using var db = await _dbFactory.CreateDbContextAsync();
+            var entity = await db.Tasks
+                .Include(t => t.List)
+                .Include(t => t.Worktree)
+                .FirstOrDefaultAsync(t => t.Id == taskId);
+
+            var existing = Items.FirstOrDefault(r => r.Id == taskId);
+
+            if (entity is null)
+            {
+                if (existing is not null) Items.Remove(existing);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var matches = TaskMatchesList(entity, list);
+                if (existing is not null && matches)  existing.UpdateFromEntity(entity);
+                else if (existing is not null)        Items.Remove(existing);
+                else if (matches)                     { LoadForList(list); return; }
+                else                                  return;
+            }
+
+            Regroup();
+            UpdateSubtitle();
+        }
+        catch { }
+    }
+
+    private static bool TaskMatchesList(TaskEntity t, ListNavItemViewModel list) => list.Kind switch
+    {
+        ListKind.Smart   when list.Id == "smart:my-day"    => t.IsMyDay,
+        ListKind.Smart   when list.Id == "smart:important" => t.IsStarred,
+        ListKind.Smart   when list.Id == "smart:planned"   => t.ScheduledFor != null,
+        ListKind.Virtual when list.Id == "virtual:queued"  => t.Status == TaskStatus.Queued,
+        ListKind.Virtual when list.Id == "virtual:running" => t.Status == TaskStatus.Running,
+        ListKind.Virtual when list.Id == "virtual:review"  => t.Status == TaskStatus.Done && t.Worktree?.State == WorktreeState.Active,
+        ListKind.User                                       => $"user:{t.ListId}" == list.Id,
+        _                                                   => false,
+    };
+
+    private void OnCurrentListPropertyChanged(object? sender, System.ComponentModel.PropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (e.PropertyName == nameof(ListNavItemViewModel.Name) && sender is ListNavItemViewModel vm)
+            HeaderTitle = vm.Name;
     }
 
     public void LoadForList(ListNavItemViewModel? list)
@@ -58,7 +122,12 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
         _loadCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
         var ct = _loadCts.Token;
 
+        if (_currentList is not null)
+            _currentList.PropertyChanged -= OnCurrentListPropertyChanged;
         _currentList = list;
+        if (_currentList is not null)
+            _currentList.PropertyChanged += OnCurrentListPropertyChanged;
+
         Items.Clear();
         OverdueItems.Clear();
         OpenItems.Clear();
@@ -385,6 +454,7 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
     private async Task OpenPlanningSessionAsync(TaskRowViewModel? row)
     {
         if (row is null || row.Status != TaskStatus.Manual) return;
+        ForegroundHelper.AllowAny();
         try { await _worker!.StartPlanningSessionAsync(row.Id); }
         catch { }
     }
@@ -412,6 +482,7 @@ public sealed partial class TasksIslandViewModel : ViewModelBase
             switch (choice)
             {
                 case UnfinishedPlanningModalResult.Resume:
+                    ForegroundHelper.AllowAny();
                     await _worker.ResumePlanningSessionAsync(row.Id);
                     break;
                 case UnfinishedPlanningModalResult.FinalizeNow:

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/ListsIslandView.axaml

@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@
         </ItemsControl>
 
         <!-- + New list button -->
-        <Button Classes="new-list-btn" Margin="0,4,0,0">
+        <Button Classes="new-list-btn" Margin="0,4,0,0"
+                Command="{Binding CreateListCommand}">
           <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Spacing="6">
             <PathIcon Data="{StaticResource Icon.Plus}"
                       Width="13" Height="13"

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml

@@ -39,16 +39,13 @@
                       Click="OnRemoveFromQueueClick"/>
             <Separator/>
             <MenuItem Header="Open planning Session"
-                      Command="{Binding $parent[ItemsControl].((vm:TasksIslandViewModel)DataContext).OpenPlanningSessionCommand}"
+                      Click="OnOpenPlanningSessionClick"
-                      CommandParameter="{Binding}"
                       IsVisible="{Binding CanOpenPlanningSession}"/>
             <MenuItem Header="Resume planning Session"
-                      Command="{Binding $parent[ItemsControl].((vm:TasksIslandViewModel)DataContext).ResumePlanningSessionCommand}"
+                      Click="OnResumePlanningSessionClick"
-                      CommandParameter="{Binding}"
                       IsVisible="{Binding CanResumeOrDiscardPlanning}"/>
             <MenuItem Header="Discard planning session"
-                      Command="{Binding $parent[ItemsControl].((vm:TasksIslandViewModel)DataContext).DiscardPlanningSessionCommand}"
+                      Click="OnDiscardPlanningSessionClick"
-                      CommandParameter="{Binding}"
                       IsVisible="{Binding CanResumeOrDiscardPlanning}"/>
             <Separator/>
             <MenuItem Header="Schedule for..." Click="OnScheduleForClick"/>

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Islands/TaskRowView.axaml.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ public partial class TaskRowView : UserControl
             await vm.ClearScheduleCommand.ExecuteAsync(row);
     }
 
+    private async void OnOpenPlanningSessionClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (DataContext is TaskRowViewModel row && FindTasksVm() is { } vm)
+            await vm.OpenPlanningSessionCommand.ExecuteAsync(row);
+    }
+
+    private async void OnResumePlanningSessionClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (DataContext is TaskRowViewModel row && FindTasksVm() is { } vm)
+            await vm.ResumePlanningSessionCommand.ExecuteAsync(row);
+    }
+
+    private async void OnDiscardPlanningSessionClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        if (DataContext is TaskRowViewModel row && FindTasksVm() is { } vm)
+            await vm.DiscardPlanningSessionCommand.ExecuteAsync(row);
+    }
+
     private void OnScheduleForClick(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
     {
         if (DataContext is not TaskRowViewModel row) return;

src/ClaudeDo.Ui/Views/Modals/ListSettingsModalView.axaml

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
   <Window.KeyBindings>
     <KeyBinding Gesture="Escape" Command="{Binding CancelCommand}"/>
+    <KeyBinding Gesture="Enter" Command="{Binding SaveCommand}"/>
   </Window.KeyBindings>
 
   <Window.Styles>
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@
               <StackPanel Spacing="12">
                 <StackPanel Spacing="4">
                   <TextBlock Classes="field-label" Text="Name"/>
-                  <TextBox Text="{Binding Name}" />
+                  <TextBox Text="{Binding Name, Mode=TwoWay, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged}" />
                 </StackPanel>
 
                 <StackPanel Spacing="4">

src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Planning/WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher.cs

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace ClaudeDo.Worker.Planning;
 public sealed class WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher : IPlanningTerminalLauncher
 {
     private const string AllowedTools = "mcp__claudedo__*,Read,Grep,Glob,WebFetch,WebSearch,Skill";
-    private const string Model = "claude-sonnet-4-6";
+    private const string Model = "claude-opus-4-7";
 
     private readonly string _wtPath;
     private readonly string _claudePath;
@@ -49,17 +49,19 @@ public sealed class WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher : IPlanningTerminalLauncher
 
         psi.Environment["MAX_THINKING_TOKENS"] = "20000";
 
+        // Arg order matters: --allowedTools and --mcp-config are variadic (space-separated).
+        // The positional prompt must follow a single-value flag, or it will be swallowed.
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("-d");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.WorkingDir);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(resolvedClaude);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("--model");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(Model);
+        psi.ArgumentList.Add("--allowedTools");
+        psi.ArgumentList.Add(AllowedTools);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("--mcp-config");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.Files.McpConfigPath);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("--append-system-prompt-file");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.Files.SystemPromptPath);
-        psi.ArgumentList.Add("--allowedTools");
-        psi.ArgumentList.Add(AllowedTools);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(File.ReadAllText(ctx.Files.InitialPromptPath));
 
         var proc = Process.Start(psi)
@@ -91,10 +93,10 @@ public sealed class WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher : IPlanningTerminalLauncher
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("-d");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.WorkingDir);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(resolvedClaude);
-        psi.ArgumentList.Add("--resume");
-        psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.ClaudeSessionId);
         psi.ArgumentList.Add("--mcp-config");
         psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.McpConfigPath);
+        psi.ArgumentList.Add("--resume");
+        psi.ArgumentList.Add(ctx.ClaudeSessionId);
 
         var proc = Process.Start(psi)
             ?? throw new PlanningLaunchException("Failed to start Windows Terminal process.");

src/ClaudeDo.Worker/Program.cs

@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ builder.Services.AddSingleton(sp =>
     new PlanningSessionManager(
         sp.GetRequiredService<IDbContextFactory<ClaudeDoDbContext>>(),
         planningSessionsDir));
-builder.Services.AddSingleton<IPlanningTerminalLauncher, WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher>();
+builder.Services.AddSingleton<IPlanningTerminalLauncher>(sp =>
+    new WindowsTerminalPlanningLauncher("wt.exe", cfg.ClaudeBin));
 builder.Services.AddHttpContextAccessor();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<PlanningMcpContextAccessor>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ClaudeDoDbContext>(sp =>

tests/ClaudeDo.Worker.Tests/UiVm/TasksIslandViewModelPlanningTests.cs

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ sealed class FakeWorkerClient : IWorkerClient
     public int FinalizePlanningCalls { get; private set; }
     public int WakeQueueCalls { get; private set; }
 
+    public event Action<string>? TaskUpdatedEvent;
+    public event Action<string>? WorktreeUpdatedEvent;
+    public event Action<string, string>? TaskMessageEvent;
+    public void RaiseTaskUpdated(string taskId) => TaskUpdatedEvent?.Invoke(taskId);
+    public void RaiseWorktreeUpdated(string taskId) => WorktreeUpdatedEvent?.Invoke(taskId);
+    public void RaiseTaskMessage(string taskId, string line) => TaskMessageEvent?.Invoke(taskId, line);
+
     public Task WakeQueueAsync() { WakeQueueCalls++; return Task.CompletedTask; }
     public Task StartPlanningSessionAsync(string taskId, CancellationToken ct = default) { StartPlanningCalls++; return Task.CompletedTask; }
     public Task ResumePlanningSessionAsync(string taskId, CancellationToken ct = default) { ResumePlanningCalls++; return Task.CompletedTask; }