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[Feature] Work-oriented view for delegated coding tasks (not pure chat) #322

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Summary

Present assignment of a card to a coding agent as a work session (ordered steps + diffs) rather than a generic back-and-forth chat UI.

Problem

Assigning a task to a coding agent currently re-uses the same chat surface as a conversational exchange. For delegated coding work this is less legible: the important artefacts are steps, tool calls, and file diffs, not a free-form message thread.

Proposed Direction

  • Introduce a work-session / task-run view optimised for agent execution:
    • Ordered steps / plan
    • Tool calls rendered as actions (especially Edit/Write as diffs)
    • Clear status and outcome
  • Keep the existing chat UI for true conversational triggers.
  • Optionally surface the same underlying events in both views.

Scope

  • Product behavior
  • Frontend
  • AI Agent event model (if a clearer “run vs chat” distinction helps)
  • Documentation
  • Other

Additional Context

  • Directly improves legibility of “watching an agent work”.
  • Aligns with the broader naming idea of distinguishing a “task run / work session” from a “chat”.

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