Current Status:
- Frontend visual refactor is in progress across layout, header, mascot orb, and service card components.
- City Hall asset has been added at frontend/public/city-hall.png for left-panel atmospheric background usage.
- Working tree remains dirty with multiple UI component edits pending verification in-browser.
Files Changed:
frontend/src/app/page.jsfrontend/src/components/Header.jsxfrontend/src/components/ServiceCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/Mascot.jsxfrontend/src/components/Mascot.module.cssfrontend/public/city-hall.pngfrontend/src/app/globals.css
Next Steps:
- Run the frontend and verify the four visual requirements (header placement, image visibility, orb palette, reduced whitespace).
- Finalize compact sizing inside chat components and confirm the back-button flow works on mobile and desktop.
- Commit the UI changes once visual QA passes.
Session Update: 2026-02-08 05:47 EST (Append-Only)
Current Status:
- Visual overhaul is partially implemented across the frontend shell, service cards, and chat-related components, but final visual parity checks are still pending.
- The
city-hall.pngasset exists atfrontend/public/city-hall.png; rendering logic still needs final verification in the left panel to confirm visible layering/opacity in all states. - Header, panel layout, mascot/orb visuals, and chat component sizing all have active edits in the working tree and are not yet stabilized by a final QA pass.
- Backend utility work is present in the workspace context (
backend/tools/get_transit.pyopen), but this save focuses on current UI/session state.
Files Changed:
CLAUDE.mdfrontend/package.jsonfrontend/package-lock.jsonfrontend/src/app/globals.cssfrontend/src/app/layout.jsfrontend/src/app/page.jsfrontend/src/components/Header.jsxfrontend/src/components/ServiceCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/Mascot.jsxfrontend/src/components/Mascot.module.cssfrontend/src/components/OrbIcon.jsxfrontend/src/components/ActionPlanCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/CallPreview.jsxfrontend/src/components/CallStatus.jsxfrontend/src/components/ChatInput.jsxfrontend/src/components/ChatWindow.jsxfrontend/src/components/DocumentExplainerCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/DocumentUpload.jsxfrontend/src/components/EligibilityCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/EmailPreview.jsxfrontend/src/components/MessageBubble.jsxfrontend/src/components/ReminderCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/SmsCard.jsxfrontend/src/components/ToolActivity.jsxfrontend/src/components/VoiceInput.jsxfrontend/src/components/VoicePlayback.jsxfrontend/public/city-hall.pngscripts/verify-layout.shsession_log.md
Next Steps:
- Validate left-panel background layering in-browser: base tone,
city-hall.pngvisibility, blend mode, and gradient direction/opacity. - Finalize right-panel density: remove extra whitespace, increase card area usage, and confirm list termination has no dead footer space.
- Tighten in-chat component scale and add/verify the back-button flow for mobile and desktop.
- Reduce orb highlight prominence (green/yellow), and ensure motion is triggered only when entering a chat state.
- Run a final UI pass and capture a clean commit once all four critical visual requirements are confirmed.