fix: standardize dashboard controls and remove redundant chrome

agents/conductors/cortex/AGENTS.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ note`).
 | `checkin [--dry-run \| --apply] [--push \| --no-push] [--project KEY]` | **Where is my science?** | the door — the sequence below, ending in a summary keyed by project; reaches no cluster; exit **1** when the tree does not check |
 | `census [--json]` | What is the Cortex holding? | per project: status, summary, runs by state, log length, last update; totals (active projects, runs open, runs running); the check-in stamp; the problems `cortex.py check` would report |
 | `dashboard --check` | Are the committed pages current? | exit 0 current · **1 stale** · 2 no checkout · 3 unreadable tree |
-| `dashboard --apply` | — | writes `dashboard.md` + `dashboard.html` + `state.json` — the organ-cockpit feed (`board/_state.py` v1): red on `cortex.py check` problems, yellow while a run is running or the check-in is stale (the page script's 180-min rule, judged at render), items carry `checkin_payload` / `resume_payload`; `--check` ignores its `updated` |
+| `dashboard --apply` | — | writes `dashboard.md` + `dashboard.html` + `state.json` — the organ-cockpit feed (`board/_state.py` v1): red on `cortex.py check` problems, yellow while a run is running or the check-in is stale (the feed's 180-min rule, judged at render), items carry `checkin_payload` / `resume_payload`; `--check` ignores its `updated` |
 | `issue [--project KEY] [--apply]` | What sits at the top of each project's issue? | the fenced ledger block (`cortex.py`'s `issue_block`) per project with an `Issue:`; `--apply` writes it into the issue body through `gh` (replacing the block between the markers, or prepending it); never creates an issue; exit **1** without `gh` |
 
 ```
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ The page opens on the door: a counts table (`Running`, `Open`, `Projects` —
 what `board/_board.py` reads for the Brain board's Cortex strip), the
 **check-in chip** — two lines, because the check-in has two halves that do
 not run on the same machine: `pyauto-brain cortex pull` on the laptop, then
-`pyauto-brain cortex checkin --apply --push` anywhere — and the **last
-check-in** stamp under it. Then **Summary**: one row per active project, four
+`pyauto-brain cortex checkin --apply --push` anywhere — and the shared
+**Last updated / Update** footer. Then **Summary**: one row per active project, four
 narrow columns (`Project | Running | Open | Last update`) so it fits a phone.
 Then **Projects**: a `### <key> — <summary>` card per project with a ledger —
 active first in `projects.yaml` order, then planned/dormant, with the retired
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ chips anywhere — retiring is `scripts/cortex.py retire`, a typed verb.
 **`checkin.yaml`** is the one-key file (`refreshed: <UTC ISO 8601>`) the
 door writes before rendering. `census()` reads it into `c["checkin"]`;
 missing means "never checked in", unparseable is a `problems` line. The
-stamp means *last check-in*, never last render, and the HTML twin computes
-its age on the **viewer's** clock and reddens it once stale.
+stamp means *last check-in*, never last render. The cockpit feed keeps its
+180-minute check-in freshness rule; the HTML uses the shared panel refresh
+footer and omits the old standalone check-in widget.
 
 `--check` compares the pages with the generation comment **and** the visible
 `Last updated` banner stripped, so a re-render on a new date is not drift.

agents/conductors/cortex/_cortex.py

@@ -595,39 +595,11 @@ def render_dashboard(c: dict) -> str:
     "table.map{width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:.95em}"
     "table.map th{text-align:left;color:var(--muted);font-weight:600}"
     "table.map td,table.map th{border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);padding:.4rem .5rem .4rem 0;vertical-align:top}"
-    ".checkin{display:flex;gap:.9rem;align-items:center;padding:.9rem 1.2rem;border:2px solid var(--line);border-radius:.6rem;margin:.2rem 0 1.4rem}"
-    ".checkin .mark{font-size:2rem;line-height:1}"
-    ".checkin .label{display:block;font-size:.75rem;letter-spacing:.06em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--muted)}"
-    ".checkin time{font-size:1.6rem;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:tabular-nums;display:block}"
-    ".checkin .note{font-size:.85rem;color:var(--muted)}"
-    ".checkin.fresh-ok{border-color:var(--ok);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--ok) 12%,transparent)}"
-    ".checkin.fresh-ok .mark{color:var(--ok)}"
-    ".checkin.fresh-bad{border-color:var(--bad);background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--bad) 12%,transparent)}"
-    ".checkin.fresh-bad .mark{color:var(--bad)}"
     ".project h3{font-size:1.35rem;font-weight:700;padding-bottom:.2rem;border-bottom:2px solid var(--accent);letter-spacing:.01em;margin-top:1.6rem}"
     ".pathchip{display:inline-block;background:var(--accent);color:#fff;font-family:ui-monospace,SFMono-Regular,Menlo,monospace;font-size:.88em;padding:.12em .5em;border-radius:.3rem;overflow-wrap:anywhere}"
     "@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){.pathchip{background:color-mix(in srgb,var(--accent) 55%,#000)}}"
     ".stale{color:var(--bad);font-weight:600}")
 
-# The page is static, so a stamp is never stale *at render* — it is stale on
-# the reader's clock, 3 h later, on a different day. So the age is computed
-# on load, here, and nowhere else: the box is neutral until this runs.
-_CHECKIN_JS = (
-    "(function(){var e=document.getElementById('checkin'),"
-    "b=document.getElementById('checkin-box'),"
-    "m=document.getElementById('checkin-mark'),"
-    "n=document.getElementById('checkin-note');if(!e||!b)return;"
-    "var t=e.getAttribute('datetime'),d=t?new Date(t):null;"
-    "if(!d||isNaN(d.getTime())||(Date.now()-d.getTime())/60000>"
-    f"{CHECKIN_FRESH_MINUTES}){{"
-    "b.classList.add('fresh-bad');e.classList.add('stale');"
-    "if(m)m.textContent='✗';"
-    "if(n)n.textContent=t?'stale, paste the check-in':'never checked in';"
-    "}else{b.classList.add('fresh-ok');if(m)m.textContent='✓';"
-    "var a=Math.round((Date.now()-d.getTime())/60000);"
-    "if(n)n.textContent='fresh · '+(a<60?a+' min':Math.round(a/60)+' h')"
-    "+' ago';}})();")
-
 
 def render_dashboard_html(c: dict) -> str:
     """The one-tap-copy twin GitHub Pages serves — same content, real buttons."""
@@ -656,32 +628,23 @@ def render_dashboard_html(c: dict) -> str:
             {"label": "Running", "href": "#summary", "count": n["running"]},
             {"label": "Open", "href": "#summary", "count": n["open"]},
             {"label": "Projects", "href": "#projects", "count": n["active"]},
-            {"label": "Check in", "href": "#checkin-box"},
+            {"label": "Check in", "href": "#orchestration-cortex"},
         ]),
         orchestration_panel(
             "cortex", "Check in on the science",
             "Review projects and runs together, then record what you have learned.",
-            checkin_payload(c), work_links=work_links, copy_label=CHECKIN_LABEL, organ="cortex",
+            checkin_payload(c), work_links=work_links, organ="cortex",
             refreshed_at=c.get("refreshed_at") if not c.get("problems") else None,
             refresh_url=home + "/actions/workflows/dashboard_refresh.yml" if home else None),
     ]
     if home:
         H.append(f'<p class="muted mdsrc"><a href="{_attr(blob + "dashboard.md")}">'
-                 f'markdown version</a> · <a href="{_attr(blob + "README.md")}">'
-                 "GitHub Page</a></p>")
+                 f'markdown version</a></p>')
     if c["problems"]:
         H += ['<p>⚠️ <b>The tree does not check</b> — '
               "<code>scripts/cortex.py check</code> reports:</p>", "<ul>"]
         H += [f"<li><code>{_esc(p)}</code></li>" for p in c["problems"][:10]]
         H += ["</ul>"]
-    stamp = c.get("checkin") or ""
-    H += [f'<div class="checkin" id="checkin-box">'
-          f'<span class="mark" id="checkin-mark"></span><div>'
-          f'<span class="label">Last check-in</span>'
-          f'<time id="checkin" datetime="{_attr(stamp)}">'
-          f'{_esc(stamp or CHECKIN_NEVER)}</time>'
-          f'<span class="note" id="checkin-note"></span></div></div>']
-
     H += ['<a id="summary"></a><h2>Summary</h2>', '<table class="map">',
           "<tr><th>Project</th><th>Running</th><th>Open</th>"
           "<th>Last update</th></tr>"]
@@ -720,8 +683,7 @@ def render_dashboard_html(c: dict) -> str:
     footer = boards_footer(dict(_board_links(home, THEME_ORGAN)), THEME_ORGAN)
     if footer:
         H.append(footer)
-    H += [f"<script>{_THEME_JS}</script>",
-          f"<script>{_CHECKIN_JS}</script>", "</body>", "</html>"]
+    H += [f"<script>{_THEME_JS}</script>", "</body>", "</html>"]
     return section_layout("\n".join(H) + "\n")
 
 
@@ -752,9 +714,9 @@ def _now() -> _dt.datetime:
 
 
 def checkin_stale(stamp: str, now: _dt.datetime | None = None) -> bool:
-    """The page script's freshness rule (`_CHECKIN_JS`), in Python: a missing
+    """The cockpit feed's check-in freshness rule: a missing
     or unparseable stamp, or one older than CHECKIN_FRESH_MINUTES, is stale.
-    The page judges on the reader's clock at load; the feed judges at render."""
+    The feed judges at render; the panel refresh clock is independent."""
     if not stamp:
         return True
     try:

board/_board.py

@@ -1612,13 +1612,10 @@ def render_html(data):
     # page. `–` where a source was unreachable: an absent count is never a
     # zero here, the same contract the rows keep.
     # The sibling boards' header line: the markdown twin (written beside
-    # index.html by --apply, so the relative href resolves on Pages) and the
-    # way back to the repository front door on github.com.
+    # index.html by --apply, so the relative href resolves on Pages).
     if data.get("org") and data.get("repo"):
-        gh = (f'https://github.com/{data["org"]}/{data["repo"]}'
-              "/blob/main/README.md")
         H.append('<p class="muted mdsrc"><a href="board.md">markdown '
-                 f'version</a> · <a href="{_attr(gh)}">GitHub Page</a></p>')
+                 f'version</a></p>')
     H.append("<a id=\"morning\"></a><h2>⌨ Morning sync (local)</h2>")
     H.append(_row(
         "Sync every repo to main + clean generated cruft — run in a terminal "

board/_theme.py

@@ -929,8 +929,12 @@ def orchestration_panel(key, title, description, prompt, *, work_links=(),
         # Labels are also plain text in the prompt; disallow line injection.
         if not label.strip() or any(c in label for c in "\r\n"):
             raise ValueError("Work destination labels must be nonempty, single-line text")
+        # Repository buttons use the destination's name; companion surfaces
+        # such as the organization Community Hub keep their descriptive label.
+        parts = parsed.path.strip("/").split("/")
+        display_label = parts[1] if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[0] not in {"orgs", "users"} else label
         links.append(f'<a href="{_html.escape(url, quote=True)}">'
-                     f'{_html.escape(label)}</a>')
+                     f'{_html.escape(display_label)}</a>')
         context.append(f"- {label}: {url}")
     base = portable_prompt(prompt).replace("\r\n", "\n").replace("\r", "\n")
     if context:

docs/board-orchestration.md

@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ truncate words. Omit explanatory subtitles and preserve work links/copy controls
 
 `work_links` is an ordered list of mappings with `label` and `href`. Destinations
 must be HTTPS GitHub links. These owner-supplied links appear beside the controls
-and are appended under **Work on GitHub** in the portable prompt. They are fixed
+and are appended under **Work on GitHub** in the portable prompt. Repository
+buttons display the repository name from the destination URL, without the owner
+prefix or “Open”/“repository” filler. Non-repository companion destinations keep
+their supplied labels; portable prompt metadata retains its original labels.
+Every primary panel copy button uses **Copy check-in prompt**. They are fixed
 metadata; typing a focus does not rewrite them. Avoid putting the same URL list
 in the base prompt as well. Missing metadata displays an explicit unavailable
 message, never an invented destination.
@@ -61,6 +65,9 @@ Different panels must not overwrite one another's input, preview or feedback.
 
 ## Last updated footer
 
+Omit redundant **GitHub Page** links and the legacy standalone Cortex
+last-check-in/stale widget. Keep underlying check-in records and feed semantics.
+
 Every panel has the same small footer beneath the copy controls: **Read the
 prompt** on the left, **Last updated …** and **↻ Update** on the right. It wraps
 below the preview control on narrow screens. Brain owns the markup, typography,

tests/test_board.py

@@ -541,11 +541,9 @@ def test_html_is_self_contained_with_one_tap_payloads(tmp_path):
     assert 'data-cmd="bash PyAutoBrain/bin/morning.sh"' in page
     # The doors roster is on the page.
     assert 'data-cmd="Use the intake skill."' in page
-    # The header line every sibling board carries: the markdown twin and the
-    # way back to the repository front door on github.com.
+    # Keep the Markdown source without the redundant repository link.
     assert '<a href="board.md" class="board-source-link" title="Markdown version" aria-label="Markdown version"><svg' in page
-    assert ('<a href="https://github.com/ExampleOrg/PyAutoBrain/blob/main/'
-            'README.md">GitHub Page</a>') in page
+    assert 'GitHub Page</a>' not in page
 
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------- the look --

tests/test_board_theme.py

@@ -468,11 +468,12 @@ def test_orchestration_panel_keeps_work_links_in_visible_and_portable_context():
         work_links=[{'label': 'Open work repo', 'href': 'https://github.com/Example/Work'},
                     {'label': 'Community hub', 'href': 'https://github.com/orgs/Example/discussions'}])
     assert 'Review <work>' in page and 'A & B' not in page
-    assert '<a href="https://github.com/Example/Work">Open work repo</a>' in page
+    assert '<a href="https://github.com/Example/Work">Work</a>' in page
     preview = unescape(re.search(r'data-orchestration-prompt[^>]*>(.*?)</textarea>', page, re.S)[1])
     assert preview == ('Use the board skill. check\n\nWork on GitHub:\n'
                        '- Open work repo: https://github.com/Example/Work\n'
                        '- Community hub: https://github.com/orgs/Example/discussions')
+    assert '<a href="https://github.com/orgs/Example/discussions">Community hub</a>' in page
     assert 'readonly' in page and 'aria-live="polite"' in page
 
 

tests/test_cortex_conductor.py

@@ -289,8 +289,11 @@ def test_the_html_twin_wears_the_theme_with_real_copy_buttons(skeleton):
     assert "On the laptop, use the Cortex pull procedure" in html
     assert "Follow the Cortex check-in procedure to refresh the board" in html
     assert "Submit compute only when I explicitly ask" in html
-    assert '<time id="checkin" datetime="2026-09-02T09:00Z">2026-09-02T09:00Z</time>' in html
-    assert "fresh-bad" in html and _cortex._CHECKIN_JS in html
+    assert 'id="checkin-box"' not in html
+    assert 'stale, paste the check-in' not in html
+    assert 'Copy check-in prompt' in html
+    assert 'data-freshness-stamp' in html
+    assert 'GitHub Page</a>' not in html
     assert "<span class=\"board-nav-count\">1</span><span class=\"board-nav-label\">Running</span>" in html
     assert "<span class=\"board-nav-count\">1</span><span class=\"board-nav-label\">Open</span>" in html
     assert "<span class=\"board-nav-count\">2</span><span class=\"board-nav-label\">Projects</span>" in html