# Code conversations (formerly Rooms) Rooms is no longer a workspace mode. Agent private chats, group conversations and the Agent directory live in Code, next to project tasks. The workspace mode menu offers only Code and Work. The persisted `rooms` route and older links still resolve, but they open the matching Code conversation instead of a separate surface. Room, Agent, message, thread and run identities are unchanged. ## Sidebar - The top of the Code sidebar has two primary actions: New task for a project task, and a conversation button that opens the shared recipient picker. - Automation (scheduled tasks and Loop) and Plugins & extensions are grouped into two compact menu rows; the project board keeps its own row when enabled. - The Conversations section sits above Projects. It lists Agent private chats and group conversations together, newest activity first, with avatars or a member mosaic, a preview with the group author, an unread marker and a header count of unread conversations. Attention and running work outrank the preview. - Four conversations are shown by default; the selected conversation always stays visible and View all expands the list. Agent pair transcripts stay in Agent details instead of the list. - The section menu filters all, unread, needs-you and group conversations, and opens the Agent directory, archived conversations and recently deleted ones. - Each row menu is grouped: the info board first (View Agent profile or View group info), then Pin and Archive, then the destructive actions in the danger color. A private chat offers Delete chat and Delete Agent; a group offers Delete group. Agent pair transcripts offer no removal. - Older unbound Code threads remain under History inside the section. ## Removal and recovery Every removal is recoverable and is confirmed in one dialog that names what leaves the list, what stays and that Recently deleted brings it back. - Delete chat soft-deletes the private room. The Agent stays and can start a new private chat. - Delete group soft-deletes the group room. Member Agents are unaffected. - Delete Agent soft-deletes the private room first, because the runtime refuses to delete a conversation with active work, and then archives the Agent identity. If archiving fails, the room is restored so the two never drift apart. The dialog counts the groups the Agent stays in: their history remains, but the archived member no longer replies. - Recently deleted marks a private chat whose Agent is archived (`agentArchived` on the sidebar entry). Its restore action is Restore Agent and chat: the Agent is restored before the room so the chat accepts messages again. - Removing the open conversation returns Code to its task surface. The runtime has no permanent purge; rooms and identities stay in the store. ## Picker and directory One recipient picker serves the sidebar, the Code home shortcuts and empty conversation states. Choosing one Agent opens its private chat; choosing several creates a group. Agent creation and the Agent directory open from the same host. A slow creation result opens its conversation only while the user is still on the route, task and conversation where the picker was opened. ## Conversation view Selecting any private or group conversation opens it inside Code through the `agent-chat` route. Private headers keep the Agent identity, workspace and session controls. Group headers show members, the collaboration mode (applied to new topics), search, details and the room menu. Both headers toggle the Code sidebar. Running and attention counts for the open room come from the Code conversation list; without a loaded list the header simply omits task counts. ## Info board The Code right rail starts with an Info tool that opens the conversation info board in the shared right panel. Clicking the Agent in a private header toggles it; the row menus and both header menus open it as well. - Private chat: the Agent avatar with its status (idle, replying, queued, waiting for approval or an answer, setting up a persona, archived), name and title; shortcuts to edit the profile, change the model and start a new context; the resolved main and fast models with provider, account, availability, where the choice comes from (this chat, the Agent, the role default or the app default) and the last successful run; the workspace; the role, memory switches, creation date and persona; and Delete chat and Delete Agent. - Group: the member mosaic, member count and collaboration mode; shortcuts to manage members and open group settings; every member with its model, availability and activity, opening member details or a private chat; the linked projects; and Delete group. - The board stays open while the user moves between conversations. Closing its tab or collapsing the panel while it is showing turns that preference off. Files, file previews, browser previews and changes reuse the Code right panel. The room drawer is embedded in the shared Collaboration tab and keeps its navigation stack and focus restoration. Historical runs are read-only. Private file trees follow `directActivity.workspace`, including the Agent's own directory. Group file trees follow the room's linked repository roots and never infer the directory from a previously active Code task. Changing a private workspace epoch or removing a repository invalidates the panel's previous scope. ## Composer and execution Private chats keep their fixed Agent recipient, model settings, permission picker, attachments, structured input and execution capability. Group composers expose mentions, recipients and Auto/Discuss/Execute intent; member models stay configured per member. Room admission, workspace, approval and phase rules are unchanged, and UI navigation grants no authority. Notifications, workbench origin chips and send-to-Agent actions open the target conversation in Code. Opening a Code conversation acknowledges the attention badge that the mode menu shows while Work is active. ## Validation Run TypeScript checks, the sidebar, rooms, workbench route and palette tests, the application build and the authored-file line gate. After `npm run build`, `node scripts/smoke-development-direct-chat.cjs --manage-only --evidence ` drives the row menus, info boards, Agent and group removal and the combined restore in a real Electron window; add `--locale zh` or `--theme dark` for localized or dark evidence. The phone keeps its own Rooms screens; their navigation is unaffected by this desktop change.