From 1a9330b541b3493785c1d7a84fbcc99b87d41adf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nucleic <andrew@blakeslee.me>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 00:09:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Merge nucleic/vivid-spruce-robin-bacs into dev

---
 .../NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift    |  6 ++---
 .../IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift     | 26 +++++--------------
 .../Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift     | 23 ++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
index 6364efc..13151bf 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/SettingsView.swift
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 } header: {
                     Text("Transcript")
                 } footer: {
-                    Text("Advanced detail surfaces per-turn token counts, rate-limit notices, turn "
-                         + "markers, and raw events. Hidden by default so consecutive tool calls "
-                         + "read as one group.")
+                    Text("Advanced detail surfaces model thought traces, per-turn token counts, "
+                         + "rate-limit notices, turn markers, and raw events. Hidden by default "
+                         + "so conversations stay focused and consecutive tool calls read as one group.")
                 }
 
                 Section {
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
index 7eb7905..0031534 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/IncrementalTranscriptProjection.swift
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import NucleicProtocol
 ///    projector resets and re-folds from scratch, so correctness never rests on them.
 /// 3. **No tool run is split.** `coalesceToolRuns` merges adjacent `.tool` items, so the seam
 ///    only falls where the last folded item is a hard separator — a visible non-tool row that a
-///    future tool call can't merge across. (Empty redacted-thinking rows are transparent to runs
-///    and therefore to this rule too.)
+///    future tool call can't merge across. (Thought traces and other advanced-detail rows are
+///    transparent to runs and therefore to this rule too.)
 /// 4. **Lock notes fold exactly, even across the seam.** A lock's `released` note lands when the
 ///    file lands in the parent — potentially many turns after the edit it brackets — so sealed
 ///    edit cards stay reachable through a registry (`TranscriptProjection.PriorEdit`): a tail
@@ -205,11 +205,8 @@ final class IncrementalTranscriptProjection {
         case separator
         /// A `.tool` row a future adjacent call could merge with.
         case tool
-        /// A thinking row: a separator iff its final text is non-empty (an empty redacted block
-        /// is transparent to run coalescing, so it must be transparent to the seam rule too).
-        case thinking(String)
-        /// A lock note that may fold away (dropping it can fuse the runs around it), so it
-        /// counts as nothing — the seam just waits for the next hard separator.
+        /// A thought trace or other row held aside from the conversation, or a lock note that
+        /// may fold away. It counts as nothing so the seam waits for the next hard separator.
         case transparent
     }
 
@@ -232,9 +229,7 @@ final class IncrementalTranscriptProjection {
 
         var spans: [String: IDSpan] = [:]
         var creations: [Creation?] = Array(repeating: nil, count: n)
-        var thinkingText: [String: String] = [:]
         var seenMessageItem = Set<String>()
-        var seenThinkingItem = Set<String>()
         var seenToolItem = Set<String>()
         var lastChunkInScope: [String: String] = [:]
         var lastBoundary = -1  // region index of the latest turnCompleted/runFinished
@@ -256,9 +251,7 @@ final class IncrementalTranscriptProjection {
                 if seenMessageItem.insert(c.messageID).inserted { creations[r] = .separator }
             case .thinking(let c):
                 trackChunk(c, in: &spans, lastChunkInScope: &lastChunkInScope)
-                let existing = thinkingText[c.messageID] ?? ""
-                thinkingText[c.messageID] = c.isPartial ? existing + c.text : c.text
-                if seenThinkingItem.insert(c.messageID).inserted { creations[r] = .thinking(c.messageID) }
+                creations[r] = .transparent
             case .toolCallStarted(let c), .toolCallCompleted(let c):
                 if seenToolItem.insert(c.toolCallID).inserted { creations[r] = .tool }
             case .toolResult(let result):
@@ -310,20 +303,13 @@ final class IncrementalTranscriptProjection {
         }
 
         // Run-split rule (3): replay creations in item order; a seam is placeable after event r
-        // only while the last solid (visible, surviving) item is a hard separator. The replay
-        // resolves each thinking row against its *final* region text, which is exactly what the
-        // sealed fold will contain (open ids were already excluded by `cap`).
+        // only while the last solid (visible, surviving) item is a hard separator.
         var separatorOK = [Bool](repeating: false, count: n)
         var lastSolidIsSeparator = true  // sealed prefix is empty or ends with a separator (invariant)
         for r in 0..<n {
             switch creations[r] {
             case .separator: lastSolidIsSeparator = true
             case .tool: lastSolidIsSeparator = false
-            case .thinking(let id):
-                let text = thinkingText[id] ?? ""
-                if !text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty {
-                    lastSolidIsSeparator = true
-                }
             case .transparent, nil: break
             }
             separatorOK[r] = lastSolidIsSeparator
diff --git a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
index 4423260..1c4f9e7 100644
--- a/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
+++ b/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote/Views/Transcript/TranscriptProjection.swift
@@ -64,15 +64,14 @@ struct TranscriptItem: Identifiable, Equatable {
         return false
     }
 
-    /// Diagnostic, debug-level rows: per-turn token tallies, rate-limit notices, turn markers, and
-    /// unrecognized raw passthrough events. Hidden by default to keep the transcript clean — they're
-    /// the "token counts and other lines between tool calls" that fragmented a run of cards — and
-    /// surfaced only when "advanced detail" (`showRaw`) is on. Prose, thinking, tool calls,
-    /// session-start, approvals, run outcome, and errors are never debug. Mirrors the Mac's
-    /// `TranscriptItem.isDebug`.
+    /// Advanced-detail rows: model thought traces, per-turn token tallies, rate-limit notices,
+    /// turn markers, and unrecognized raw passthrough events. Hidden by default to keep the
+    /// transcript focused on the conversation, and surfaced only when "advanced detail"
+    /// (`showRaw`) is on. Prose, tool calls, session-start, approvals, run outcome, and errors
+    /// are never debug. Mirrors the Mac's `TranscriptItem.isDebug`.
     var isDebug: Bool {
         switch kind {
-        case .usage, .rateLimit, .turnBoundary, .raw: return true
+        case .thinking, .usage, .rateLimit, .turnBoundary, .raw: return true
         default: return false
         }
     }
@@ -416,8 +415,9 @@ enum TranscriptProjection {
         showRaw: Bool, showLockEvents: Bool
     ) -> [TranscriptItem] {
         let items = coalesceToolRuns(flatItems(events, showRaw: showRaw, showLockEvents: showLockEvents))
-        guard depth < maxSubagentDepth else { return items }
-        return items.map {
+        let visible = showRaw ? items : items.filter { !$0.isDebug }
+        guard depth < maxSubagentDepth else { return visible }
+        return visible.map {
             attachSubagentChildren($0, byParent: byParent, depth: depth,
                                    showRaw: showRaw, showLockEvents: showLockEvents)
         }
@@ -462,8 +462,9 @@ enum TranscriptProjection {
     /// followed by the agent's own `Bash` calls yields a fan-out card *and* a tool block, not one
     /// generic block titled by the first `Task` that would swallow the fan-out.
     ///
-    /// `flatItems` already drops the only kind the phone has (empty redacted thinking), so the
-    /// hold path is a guard for a caller passing unfiltered items — not a live case.
+    /// Advanced-detail rows, including non-empty thought traces, take the hold path in the live
+    /// projection. They are re-emitted after the block when detail is enabled and filtered out
+    /// otherwise.
     static func coalesceToolRuns(_ flat: [TranscriptItem]) -> [TranscriptItem] {
         var out: [TranscriptItem] = []
         var run: [TranscriptItem] = []          // consecutive `.tool` items