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From: Claudomator Agent <agent@claudomator>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 01:10:00 +0000
Subject: feat: add elaboration_input field to tasks for richer subtask
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- Add ElaborationInput field to Task struct (task.go)
- Add DB migration and update CREATE/SELECT/scan in storage/db.go
- Update handleCreateTask to accept elaboration_input from API
- Update renderSubtaskRollup in app.js to prefer elaboration_input over description
- Capture elaborate prompt in createTask() form submission
- Update subtask-placeholder tests to cover elaboration_input priority
- Fix missing io import in gemini.go

When a task card is waiting for subtasks, it now shows:
  1. The raw user prompt from elaboration (if stored)
  2. The task description truncated at word boundary (~120 chars)
  3. The task name as fallback
  4. 'Waiting for subtasks…' only when all fields are empty

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 web/app.js                            |  5 ++++-
 web/test/subtask-placeholder.test.mjs | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'web')

diff --git a/web/app.js b/web/app.js
index 408ffce..0e13543 100644
--- a/web/app.js
+++ b/web/app.js
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ async function renderSubtaskRollup(task, footer) {
     const res = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/api/tasks/${task.id}/subtasks`);
     const subtasks = await res.json();
     if (!subtasks || subtasks.length === 0) {
-      const blurb = task.description || task.name;
+      const blurb = task.elaboration_input || task.description || task.name;
       container.textContent = blurb ? truncateToWordBoundary(blurb) : 'Waiting for subtasks…';
       return;
     }
@@ -1555,9 +1555,12 @@ async function createTask(formData) {
   const workingDir = selectVal === '__new__'
     ? document.getElementById('new-project-input').value.trim()
     : selectVal;
+  const elaboratePromptEl = document.getElementById('elaborate-prompt');
+  const elaborationInput = elaboratePromptEl ? elaboratePromptEl.value.trim() : '';
   const body = {
     name: formData.get('name'),
     description: '',
+    elaboration_input: elaborationInput || undefined,
     agent: {
       instructions: formData.get('instructions'),
       project_dir: workingDir,
diff --git a/web/test/subtask-placeholder.test.mjs b/web/test/subtask-placeholder.test.mjs
index 2449faa..b279804 100644
--- a/web/test/subtask-placeholder.test.mjs
+++ b/web/test/subtask-placeholder.test.mjs
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 //
 // When a task is BLOCKED/READY and the subtask list is empty, the rollup shows
 // meaningful content instead of a generic placeholder:
-//   1. task.description truncated to ~120 chars (word boundary)
-//   2. fallback to task.name if no description
-//   3. fallback to 'Waiting for subtasks…' if neither
+//   1. task.elaboration_input (raw user prompt) if present
+//   2. task.description truncated to ~120 chars (word boundary)
+//   3. fallback to task.name if no description
+//   4. fallback to 'Waiting for subtasks…' if neither
 
 function truncateToWordBoundary(text, maxLen = 120) {
   if (!text || text.length <= maxLen) return text;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ function truncateToWordBoundary(text, maxLen = 120) {
 }
 
 function getSubtaskPlaceholder(task) {
-  const blurb = task.description || task.name;
+  const blurb = task.elaboration_input || task.description || task.name;
   return blurb ? truncateToWordBoundary(blurb) : 'Waiting for subtasks…';
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +61,20 @@ describe('truncateToWordBoundary', () => {
 });
 
 describe('getSubtaskPlaceholder', () => {
-  it('uses task.description when available', () => {
+  it('prefers task.elaboration_input over description and name', () => {
+    const task = { elaboration_input: 'fix the login bug', description: 'Fix authentication issue', name: 'auth-fix' };
+    assert.equal(getSubtaskPlaceholder(task), 'fix the login bug');
+  });
+
+  it('truncates task.elaboration_input at 120 chars', () => {
+    const longInput = 'Please fix the login bug that causes users to be logged out unexpectedly when they navigate between pages in the application user interface';
+    const task = { elaboration_input: longInput, name: 'auth-fix' };
+    const result = getSubtaskPlaceholder(task);
+    assert.ok(result.endsWith('…'), 'should end with ellipsis');
+    assert.ok(result.length <= 122, `result too long: ${result.length}`);
+  });
+
+  it('uses task.description when elaboration_input is absent', () => {
     const task = { description: 'Fix auth bug', name: 'auth-fix' };
     assert.equal(getSubtaskPlaceholder(task), 'Fix auth bug');
   });
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