feat(assistant): catalog IPC for deck-it, presets sent as written

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

6 files changed, 52 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/desktop/assistant/Files.js b/desktop/assistant/Files.js
index a75e693..bcbd9bc 100644
--- a/desktop/assistant/Files.js
+++ b/desktop/assistant/Files.js
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ function kind(path) {
 
 function chats(k) { return CHAT.includes(k); }
 
+// kind -> suffixes, for a file dialog's filter (deck-it's picker).
+function exts() {
+    return { text: TEXT, code: CODE, image: IMAGE, video: VIDEO, archive: ARCHIVE, pdf: [".pdf"] };
+}
+
 // For a file the name says nothing about (a script with no suffix), from
 // the mime type `file -b --mime-type` reports. Prose and data are text;
 // any other text type, scripts and source among them, is code.
diff --git a/desktop/assistant/Ops.js b/desktop/assistant/Ops.js
index 4d7ef96..2fb6ab0 100644
--- a/desktop/assistant/Ops.js
+++ b/desktop/assistant/Ops.js
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ var COMPRESS = [
     { label: ".tar.bz2", icon: "\uf1c6", op: "tbz2" },
 ];
 
+// Every operation as one flat list, for deck-it's tablet tab: the Compress
+// submenu's formats become ops of their own, for any kind.
+function catalog() {
+    return OPS.filter(o => o.op !== "compress")
+        .concat(COMPRESS.map(c => Object.assign({ kinds: ["any"] }, c)));
+}
+
 function ext(name) {
     const n = name.toLowerCase(), dot = n.lastIndexOf(".");
     return dot > 0 ? n.slice(dot) : "";
diff --git a/desktop/assistant/Presets.js b/desktop/assistant/Presets.js
index 0fd6f31..f7cce1c 100644
--- a/desktop/assistant/Presets.js
+++ b/desktop/assistant/Presets.js
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 // more files are staged. The list in use is Prefs.presets when one is
 // saved (the settings window's Ask presets page edits it), these otherwise.
 const DEFAULTS = [
-    { label: "Summarize", icon: "\uf036", kinds: ["pdf", "text"], prompt: "Summarize this in a few short paragraphs." },
-    { label: "Key points", icon: "\uf0ca", kinds: ["pdf"], prompt: "List the key points as bullets." },
-    { label: "Explain simply", icon: "\uf0eb", kinds: ["pdf", "text"], prompt: "Explain this simply, as to a non-expert." },
-    { label: "Describe", icon: "\uf06e", kinds: ["image"], prompt: "Describe this image." },
-    { label: "Extract text", icon: "\uf031", kinds: ["image", "pdf"], prompt: "Transcribe all the text, keeping the layout where it helps." },
-    { label: "What is this?", icon: "\uf059", kinds: ["image"], prompt: "What is this, and what is it for?" },
-    { label: "Explain", icon: "\uf121", kinds: ["code"], prompt: "Explain what this code does." },
-    { label: "Review", icon: "\uf188", kinds: ["code"], prompt: "Review this code: bugs, risks, and simplifications." },
-    { label: "Compare", icon: "\uf0db", kinds: ["many"], prompt: "Compare these files: what they share and how they differ." },
+    { label: "Summarize", icon: "\uf036", kinds: ["pdf", "text"], prompt: "Summarize this in a few short paragraphs. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Key points", icon: "\uf0ca", kinds: ["pdf"], prompt: "List the key points as bullets. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Explain simply", icon: "\uf0eb", kinds: ["pdf", "text"], prompt: "Explain this simply, as to a non-expert. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Describe", icon: "\uf06e", kinds: ["image"], prompt: "Describe this image. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Extract text", icon: "\uf031", kinds: ["image", "pdf"], prompt: "Transcribe all the text, keeping the layout where it helps. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "What is this?", icon: "\uf059", kinds: ["image"], prompt: "What is this, and what is it for? Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Explain", icon: "\uf121", kinds: ["code"], prompt: "Explain what this code does. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Review", icon: "\uf188", kinds: ["code"], prompt: "Review this code: bugs, risks, and simplifications. Answer in the language of the document." },
+    { label: "Compare", icon: "\uf0db", kinds: ["many"], prompt: "Compare these files: what they share and how they differ. Answer in the language of the document." },
 ];
 
 var FALLBACK = "\uf086";
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ function offered(presets, files) {
                                                        : files.every(f => p.kinds.includes(f.kind)));
 }
 
-// The model answers in the language it is asked in; a preset is asked in
-// English, so it says which language to use.
-function prompt(p) { return p.prompt + " Answer in the language of the document."; }
+// Sent as written: a preset says which language to answer in, so a
+// Translate preset can name its target. The defaults ask for the
+// document's own language.
+function prompt(p) { return p.prompt; }
diff --git a/desktop/assistant/README.md b/desktop/assistant/README.md
index 4c76a66..a76e9c7 100644
--- a/desktop/assistant/README.md
+++ b/desktop/assistant/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ what is typed. The protocol is specified in that repo,
 `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-10-16-text-daemon-design.md`.
 
     qs -p ./desktop ipc call assistant toggle
+    qs -p ./desktop ipc call assistant catalog
+
+`catalog` answers one JSON line for deck-it's tablet tab: the Ask presets
+in use, the Do ops (Compress's formats as ops of their own), kind →
+suffixes, the fileops path, the output folder, the To .md prompt and the
+preferred model. Presets are sent as written, so each says which language
+to answer in.
 
 | File | Does |
 | --- | --- |
diff --git a/desktop/assistant/test_presets.js b/desktop/assistant/test_presets.js
index e4a18f4..c2cbcf3 100644
--- a/desktop/assistant/test_presets.js
+++ b/desktop/assistant/test_presets.js
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ assert.deepStrictEqual(labels(files("image")), ["Describe", "Extract text", "Wha
 assert.deepStrictEqual(labels(files("video")), []);
 assert.deepStrictEqual(labels([]), []);
 
-// Every prompt asks for the document's language.
-for (const p of P.DEFAULTS)
-    assert.ok(P.prompt(p).endsWith(" Answer in the language of the document."), p.label);
+// A prompt is sent as written; the defaults ask for the document's language.
+for (const p of P.DEFAULTS) {
+    assert.strictEqual(P.prompt(p), p.prompt, p.label);
+    assert.ok(p.prompt.endsWith(" Answer in the language of the document."), p.label);
+}
 
 // A saved list is used when valid; anything else reads as the defaults.
 const mine = [{ label: "Mine", prompt: "Do it.", kinds: ["pdf"] }];
diff --git a/desktop/shell.qml b/desktop/shell.qml
index cf7084a..798aa2d 100644
--- a/desktop/shell.qml
+++ b/desktop/shell.qml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ import "modules/user"
 import "modules/vm"
 import "island"
 import "assistant"
+import "assistant/Presets.js" as Presets
+import "assistant/Ops.js" as Ops
+import "assistant/Files.js" as Files
 
 ShellRoot {
     // Quickshell exits once no window is visible, and the drawer is closed
@@ -198,8 +201,20 @@ ShellRoot {
     }
 
     //   qs -p <this dir> ipc call assistant toggle    -> SUPER+Home
+    //   qs -p <this dir> ipc call assistant catalog   -> JSON for deck-it's tablet tab
     IpcHandler {
         target: "assistant"
         function toggle() { assistant.toggle(); }
+        function catalog(): string {
+            return JSON.stringify({
+                presets: Presets.list(Prefs.presets),
+                ops: Ops.catalog(),
+                kinds: Files.exts(),
+                fileops: assistant.fileops,
+                outDir: assistant.outDir,
+                mdPrompt: assistant.mdPrompt,
+                preferred: Prefs.assistantModel
+            });
+        }
     }
 }