De-quantum onboarding: generic copy, About You description, auto-submit fix

packages/app/src/app.tsx

@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ function AmicodeNavigateBridge() {
       if (url.pathname === "/new-session") {
         const prompt = url.searchParams.get("prompt") || undefined
         const autoSend = url.searchParams.get("autoSend") === "1"
-        if (autoSend) setPendingAutoSend(true)
         await tabs.newDraft({ server: server.key, directory: server.projects.list()[0]?.worktree ?? "" }, prompt)
+        if (autoSend) setPendingAutoSend(true)
       } else {
         // Navigate to an existing session by path (e.g. /session/:id)
         const sessionMatch = url.pathname.match(/^\/session\/([^/?]+)/)

packages/app/src/pages/new-session/new-session-draft-controller.ts

@@ -52,24 +52,30 @@ export function createNewSessionDraftController(workspace: { worktree: () => str
         prompt.set([{ type: "text", content: text, start: 0, end: text.length }], text.length)
         setSearchParams({ ...searchParams, prompt: undefined, autoSend: undefined })
       }
-      // amicode#363: auto-submit when the navigate bridge flagged it
-      if (pendingAutoSend()) {
-        setPendingAutoSend(false)
-        // Retry until model selection is ready and submit succeeds.
-        // After restart, providers may take a moment to load.
-        const trySubmit = (attempts = 0) => {
-          if (attempts > 20) return // give up after ~10s
-          if (model.ready() && model.current()) {
-            input.view.submit.onSubmit()
-          } else {
-            setTimeout(() => trySubmit(attempts + 1), 500)
-          }
-        }
-        setTimeout(() => trySubmit(), 500)
-      }
     })
   })
 
+  // amicode#363: auto-submit when the navigate bridge flagged it.
+  // Separated from the text-fill effect so it works even when the draft
+  // controller is already mounted (no sessions open → already on /new-session).
+  createEffect(() => {
+    if (!pendingAutoSend()) return
+    if (!prompt.ready()) return
+    setPendingAutoSend(false)
+    // Retry until model selection is ready and the prompt has content.
+    const trySubmit = (attempts = 0) => {
+      if (attempts > 20) return // give up after ~10s
+      const parts = prompt.current()
+      const hasContent = Array.isArray(parts) && parts.some((p: any) => p.content && p.content.length > 0)
+      if (model.ready() && model.current() && hasContent) {
+        input.view.submit.onSubmit()
+      } else {
+        setTimeout(() => trySubmit(attempts + 1), 500)
+      }
+    }
+    setTimeout(() => trySubmit(), 500)
+  })
+
   return {
     input,
     prompt: {

packages/opencode/src/server/amicode/widgets-src/about-you.ts

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default {
             }).join('') + '</div>'
           : '') +
         '</div>' +
-        '<input data-f-focus placeholder="focus (e.g. transmon pulse design)" value="' + esc(draft.focus) + '" style="font-size:12px;padding:4px 8px;border:1px solid var(--amc-border);border-radius:8px;background:var(--amc-bg);color:var(--amc-text)">' +
+        '<input data-f-focus placeholder="research area (e.g. optimal control, ML, materials science)" value="' + esc(draft.focus) + '" style="font-size:12px;padding:4px 8px;border:1px solid var(--amc-border);border-radius:8px;background:var(--amc-bg);color:var(--amc-text)">' +
         '<input data-f-scholar placeholder="Google Scholar URL" value="' + esc(draft.scholar) + '" style="font-size:12px;padding:4px 8px;border:1px solid var(--amc-border);border-radius:8px;background:var(--amc-bg);color:var(--amc-text)">' +
         '<div style="display:flex;gap:8px">' +
         '<button type="button" data-save ' + (saving ? 'disabled' : '') + ' style="font-size:12px;padding:4px 12px;border:1px solid var(--amc-accent);border-radius:8px;background:var(--amc-layer2);color:var(--amc-text);cursor:pointer">' + (saving ? 'Saving\\u2026' : 'Save') + '</button>' +
@@ -114,14 +114,15 @@ export default {
           ? editForm
           : '<div style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:var(--amc-text-muted);overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">' +
             esc(you.focus || you.affiliation || 'tell Amico about your work') + '</div>' +
+            (you.description ? '<div style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:var(--amc-text-muted);margin-top:3px;overflow:hidden;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-line-clamp:2;-webkit-box-orient:vertical">' + esc(you.description) + '</div>' : '') +
             (platforms ? '<div style="font-size:11px;color:var(--amc-text-faint);margin-top:1px">' + platforms + '</div>' : '')) +
         '</div></div>'
 
       var body
       if (fresh && !editing) {
         body =
           '<div style="height:1px;background:var(--amc-border);margin:12px 0"></div>' +
-          '<div style="font-size:12px;color:var(--amc-text-muted);margin-bottom:8px">No solves yet \\u2014 tell Amico what you&#39;re working on and it&#39;ll start remembering.</div>' +
+          '<div style="font-size:12px;color:var(--amc-text-muted);margin-bottom:8px">No experiments yet \\u2014 tell Amico what you&#39;re working on and it&#39;ll start remembering.</div>' +
           '<button type="button" data-firstrun style="align-self:flex-start;border:1px solid var(--amc-accent);border-radius:8px;background:var(--amc-layer2);color:var(--amc-text);padding:5px 12px;font-size:12px;cursor:pointer">Get started &#8594;</button>'
       } else if (!editing) {
         var cells = chosen.map(function (k) {
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ export default {
         amico.action('open-external', { url: you.scholar })
       })
       on('[data-firstrun]', 'click', function () {
-        amico.prompt('help me set up my first pulse-design problem')
+        amico.prompt('help me get started with my first project')
       })
       on('[data-cancel]', 'click', function () {
         editing = false

packages/ui/src/amicode/getting-started.tsx

@@ -21,19 +21,19 @@ import { AmicodeTagline } from "./tagline"
 // BE the recommendation, so we honor it verbatim and let the row wrap.
 export const AMICODE_STARTERS: readonly { label: string; prompt: string }[] = [
   {
-    label: "Design a pulse — walk me through it",
-    prompt: "walk me through designing a pulse",
+    label: "Walk me through my first experiment",
+    prompt: "walk me through setting up my first experiment",
   },
   {
-    label: "Optimize an X gate on my transmon",
-    prompt: "optimize an X gate on my transmon — use what you know from my history",
+    label: "Help me with a coding task",
+    prompt: "I have a coding task — let's get started",
   },
   // NOTE(spec B): the static "Resume my pulse design" chip was replaced by the
   // conditional resumeName-driven chip below — Resume renders only when a
   // problem workspace actually exists (no empty chrome).
   {
-    label: "Warm-start from my pulse bank",
-    prompt: "warm-start a new solve from my pulse bank",
+    label: "Warm-start from a previous result",
+    prompt: "warm-start a new experiment from my previous results",
   },
   {
     label: "Go fast with Veloce",
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ export const AMICODE_STARTERS: readonly { label: string; prompt: string }[] = [
   },
 ]
 
-// The three-beat arc of a pulse-design session, from setup to hardware.
-const STEPS = ["① Define your system and problem", "② Optimize and iterate", "③ Execute and tune on hardware"]
+// The three-beat arc of a research session, from setup to results.
+const STEPS = ["① Define your system and problem", "② Optimize and iterate", "③ Analyze and refine"]
 
 /** amicode chat-redesign (Kate): chips-only row for the composer-as-hero start
  *  screen — no tagline, no byline, no steps. Quiet neutral pills (Kimi-style):

packages/ui/src/amicode/home-cards.tsx

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export interface ProfileYou {
   scholar: string | null
   affiliation_logo: string | null
   focus: string | null
+  description: string | null
   avatar: string | null
   platforms: string[]
   stats: ProfileStats
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export function parseProfileResponse(raw: unknown): ProfileView {
       scholar: typeof you.scholar === "string" ? you.scholar : null,
       affiliation_logo: typeof you.affiliation_logo === "string" ? you.affiliation_logo : null,
       focus: typeof you.focus === "string" ? you.focus : null,
+      description: typeof you.description === "string" ? you.description : null,
       avatar: typeof you.avatar === "string" ? you.avatar : null,
       platforms: Array.isArray(you.platforms) ? you.platforms.filter((p: unknown) => typeof p === "string") : [],
       stats: {
@@ -924,8 +926,8 @@ function AboutYouCard(props: {
                           data-amc-clipboard="self"
                           class="amc-input amc-input--compact"
                           value={draft().focus}
-                          placeholder="What you work on"
-                          aria-label="Research focus"
+                          placeholder="Research area"
+                          aria-label="Research area"
                           onInput={(e) => setDraft({ ...draft(), focus: e.currentTarget.value })}
                           onKeyDown={pasteFallback((v) => setDraft({ ...draft(), focus: v }))}
                         />
@@ -989,6 +991,22 @@ function AboutYouCard(props: {
                     </For>
                   </div>
                 </Show>
+                <Show when={y().description}>
+                  <div
+                    style={{
+                      "font-size": "11px",
+                      "line-height": "15px",
+                      color: "var(--v2-text-text-muted)",
+                      "margin-top": "3px",
+                      overflow: "hidden",
+                      display: "-webkit-box",
+                      "-webkit-line-clamp": "2",
+                      "-webkit-box-orient": "vertical",
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    {y().description}
+                  </div>
+                </Show>
               </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -998,7 +1016,7 @@ function AboutYouCard(props: {
                 <>
                   <div style={DIVIDER} />
                   <div style={{ "font-size": "12px", color: "var(--v2-text-text-muted)", "margin-bottom": "8px" }}>
-                    No solves yet — tell Amico what you're working on and it'll start remembering.
+                    No experiments yet — tell Amico what you're working on and it'll start remembering.
                   </div>
                   <PrimaryButton
                     slot="amicode-card-you-firstrun"

packages/ui/src/amicode/onboarding-wizard.tsx

@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ export function AmicodeOnboardingWizard(props: {
                   "max-width": "380px",
                 }}
               >
-                Amico is your quantum-computing agent — it designs pulses from a conversation, warm-starts from your
-                pulse bank, and tunes on real hardware. Thirty seconds of setup makes it yours.
+                Amico is your research and coding companion — it runs experiments from a conversation, remembers your
+                results, and adapts to your workflow. Thirty seconds of setup makes it yours.
               </div>
             </div>
             <div
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ export function AmicodeOnboardingWizard(props: {
               </Show>
             </div>
             <div>
-              <div style={LABEL}>What you work on</div>
+              <div style={LABEL}>Research area</div>
               <input
                 class="amc-input"
                 value={fields().focus}
                 onInput={(e) => setFields({ ...fields(), focus: e.currentTarget.value })}
-                placeholder="e.g. high-fidelity gates on transmons"
+                placeholder="e.g. optimal control, ML research, materials science"
               />
             </div>
             <div>
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ export function AmicodeOnboardingWizard(props: {
               </div>
             </div>
             <div style={{ "font-size": "13px", color: "var(--v2-text-text-muted)", "max-width": "360px" }}>
-              You're set — a personal vault is ready. Amico will remember this; say hi and design your first pulse.
+              You're set — a personal vault is ready. Amico will remember your context across sessions.
             </div>
             {/* attach-your-own-vault: quiet by default so it never crowds the payoff shot */}
             <Show when={props.onAttachVault}>

packages/ui/src/amicode/tagline.tsx

@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ import { createSignal, onCleanup, onMount } from "solid-js"
 // v2-token styling (dark/light correct); timings tuned to read, not distract.
 
 export const TAGLINE_PHRASES = [
-  "Your friendly Quantum Computing Agent",
-  "designs pulses from a conversation",
-  "warm-starts from your pulse bank",
-  "tunes & calibrates on real hardware",
-  "powered by the Piccolo engine",
+  "your research copilot",
+  "runs experiments from a conversation",
+  "remembers your results and context",
+  "adapts to your workflow",
   "Andiamo.",
 ]