Auto-index on upload means content search is silent-by-default, so the old
per-document index chore no longer reads as a task. Consolidate every AI
reading action into one inviting block on the detail sheet, led by a
prominent Read with AI action, and show each document's searchable status as
a pill that distinguishes an AI-read document from a locally-indexed one.
- New Read-with-AI block: prominent read/re-read action plus suggest and
session-only summary, gated on provider availability; the calm settings
pointer replaces the actions (never an error) when no provider is set up.
- Searchable status pill reflects the auto-index: Read by AI (provider read
the original, highlighted), Searchable (local), or a quiet not-yet state.
- Card searchable marker distinguishes an AI-read document with a Sparkles
glyph from a locally-indexed one; both carry an accessible label.
- Drop the manual index/re-index chore copy; keep the corpus baseline
affordance in the filter bar for older un-indexed documents.
The list search already unions matches from the encrypted content index
server-side; surface it so it is legible and reachable:
- a subtle "search now looks inside your documents too (whole words)" hint
under the search box once any document is indexed;
- a per-row "searchable" marker on indexed documents;
- an "index all for search" affordance that fires the corpus backfill when
some documents are not yet indexed, driven off the usage coverage gauge.
All of it is gated on the same provider/consent precondition as the assist
layer — with no provider, search degrades to title and filename exactly as
before.
Selection grows file-manager gestures — shift-click ranges (additive,
anchored on the last plain toggle) and press-and-hold on touch — and a
floating toolbar appears with the selected count and the bulk verbs:
change type, link condition, delete, clear. All verbs drive the bulk
endpoint in <=100-id chunks with merged per-id results; partial failures
surface as one counted toast, and a bulk delete gets one aggregate undo
that bulk-restores the succeeded rows (both sides no-op-safe by
contract). Escape clears the selection unless a dialog owns the key.
Refs: document-vault plan W3-T2
The timeline windows a flat item list (month labels + chunked card rows)
with @tanstack/react-virtual over the shell's scroll container — single
scroll owner, bounded DOM at four-digit corpus sizes. Columns are
measured by a ResizeObserver so the row model and the painted grid never
disagree. Cards are compact-density: kind glyph, foreground title, one
muted meta line, condition pills, a download-only badge for attachment-
class formats, and a hover/focus selection checkbox above the whole-card
click target. In-flight and failed uploads share the same footprint with
a live progress ring and translated failure copy.
Plan-Task: W2-T2, W2-T4 (upload cards)
Marc-André Bombeck