fix(app): say why the raised hand needs you, and open a window with no project at the run that needs you

.lane/memory/apps/app/src/app.tsx/01M4YT6XB7NQ89E6F4P375REE7-all-projects-and-project-vie.md

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.lane/memory/apps/app/src/app.tsx/01M5AYXP2WM5WYKYA2RC58AAYC-each-capability-mirrors-a-ho.md

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.lane/memory/apps/app/src/app.tsx/01M5JMVG9G87F31FGVV571Y6BJ-the-project-list-is-built-on.md

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.lane/memory/apps/app/src/app.tsx/01M5MH5GTCT454K45QT5RJE1H5-only-a-window-that-never-cho.md

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+---
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+lines: 334-1357
+---
+
+only a window that never chose a project jumps to a run that needs you, once; a saved project or channel always wins

apps/app/src/app.tsx

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ function row(
 			? "thinking"
 			: "idle",
 		unreadCount: outcome === "done" || outcome === "message" ? 1 : 0,
-		needsAttention: outcome === "failed" || outcome === "question",
+		needsAttention: outcome === "failed" || outcome === "question" ? outcome : undefined,
 		mentionCount: attention?.mentions || 0,
 		lastActivityAt: Math.floor((channel.active || channel.created) / 1000),
 		online,
@@ -531,6 +531,19 @@ export function App() {
 		page === "channels" ? channel?.id : undefined,
 		people,
 	);
+	// A window that never chose a project, such as one a sign-in link opened, starts at a run that
+	// needs you instead of the first project's Dashboard.
+	const landed = useRef(false);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (landed.current || project !== undefined || !hello.host) return;
+		const waiting = channels.find((value) => {
+			const mark = attention.get(value.id)?.mark;
+			return mark === "question" || mark === "failed";
+		});
+		if (!waiting) return;
+		landed.current = true;
+		select(waiting);
+	});
 	const online = (channel: Listing) =>
 		present(presence[channelProject(channel)], people[hello.user], channel.id);
 	let groups = projectGroups(visible, hello, people, now, collapsed, attention, pins, online);

apps/app/src/dashboard.tsx

@@ -269,14 +269,26 @@ function TeammateRow({ teammate, onChannel }: {
 	);
 }
 
+const NEEDS = {
+	failed: "Needs you: a run you started failed",
+	question: "Needs you: the agent is waiting for your answer",
+};
+
 /** The sidebar row's marks: a raised hand for a run that needs you, mentions, then unread. */
 function Marks({ attention }: { attention?: Attention }) {
 	if (!attention) return null;
 	const { mark, mentions } = attention;
 	return (
 		<span className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
 			{(mark === "failed" || mark === "question") && (
-				<IconHand className="size-4 text-muted-foreground" aria-label="Needs you" role="img" />
+				<Tooltip>
+					<TooltipTrigger
+						render={<span role="img" aria-label={NEEDS[mark]} className="grid" />}
+					>
+						<IconHand className="size-4 text-muted-foreground" />
+					</TooltipTrigger>
+					<TooltipContent>{NEEDS[mark]}</TooltipContent>
+				</Tooltip>
 			)}
 			{mentions > 0 && (
 				<span

packages/ui/src/components/session-item/session-item-glyph.tsx

@@ -132,34 +132,50 @@ function MentionBadge({ count, label }: { count: number; label: string }) {
 
 function AttentionWave({ label, mentionCount }: { label: string; mentionCount?: number }) {
 	return (
-		<span
-			aria-label={label}
-			className="grid size-4.5 place-items-center text-muted-foreground transition-opacity duration-150 ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none group-data-[status=active]/row:text-current/80"
-		>
-			<Badge
-				show={Boolean(mentionCount)}
-				className={cn(
-					"size-4.5 translate-x-0.5 -translate-y-0.5 place-items-center",
-					"[&>span:first-child]:grid [&>span:first-child]:size-4.5 [&>span:first-child]:place-items-center",
-				)}
+		<Tooltip>
+			<TooltipTrigger
+				render={
+					<span
+						role="img"
+						aria-label={label}
+						className="grid size-4.5 place-items-center text-muted-foreground transition-opacity duration-150 ease-out motion-reduce:transition-none group-data-[status=active]/row:text-current/80"
+					/>
+				}
 			>
-				<HandWave
-					aria-hidden
-					className="size-4.5 overflow-visible origin-[70%_80%] animate-[attention-wave_3s_ease-in-out_infinite] motion-reduce:animate-none"
-				/>
-			</Badge>
-		</span>
+				<Badge
+					show={Boolean(mentionCount)}
+					className={cn(
+						"size-4.5 translate-x-0.5 -translate-y-0.5 place-items-center",
+						"[&>span:first-child]:grid [&>span:first-child]:size-4.5 [&>span:first-child]:place-items-center",
+					)}
+				>
+					<HandWave
+						aria-hidden
+						className="size-4.5 overflow-visible origin-[70%_80%] animate-[attention-wave_3s_ease-in-out_infinite] motion-reduce:animate-none"
+					/>
+				</Badge>
+			</TooltipTrigger>
+			<TooltipContent side="right" sideOffset={8}>
+				{label}
+			</TooltipContent>
+		</Tooltip>
 	);
 }
 
 function mentionText(count: number) {
 	return `${count} direct ${count === 1 ? "mention" : "mentions"}`;
 }
 
+const NEEDS = {
+	failed: "a run you started failed",
+	question: "the agent is waiting for your answer",
+};
+
 function attentionText(data: SidebarRow, showAttention: boolean) {
-	if (!showAttention) return mentionText(data.mentionCount);
-	if (data.mentionCount <= 0) return "Agent needs your attention";
-	return `${mentionText(data.mentionCount)} and agent needs your attention`;
+	if (!showAttention || !data.needsAttention) return mentionText(data.mentionCount);
+	const reason = `Needs you: ${NEEDS[data.needsAttention]}`;
+	if (data.mentionCount <= 0) return reason;
+	return `${reason}, and ${mentionText(data.mentionCount)}`;
 }
 
 function canShowMention({

packages/ui/src/components/session-item/session-item.types.ts

@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ export type SidebarRow = {
 	// Conversation (viewer-relative)
 	unreadCount: number;
 	mentionCount: number;
-	needsAttention?: boolean;
+	/** Why the row needs the viewer: a run they started failed or waits on their answer. */
+	needsAttention?: "failed" | "question";
 	lastSpeaker?: "user" | "agent";
 	lastActivityAt: UNIX;