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+# Central Live Log and Compact CTE Plan Implementation Plan
+
+> **For agentic workers:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (`- [ ]`) syntax for tracking.
+
+**Goal:** Deduplicate the live workflow UI so the center contains only a compact scrolling assistant-stream log plus reviewer forms/artifacts, the left panel contains only thinking/status, and F6 CTE cards use dense vertical padding with moderate responsive lateral padding.
+
+**Architecture:** Keep the complete Zustand folds and all backend/SSE contracts unchanged. Apply two rendering projections: `CentralStatus` derives a bounded chronological log from `transcript`, while `ModelActivityPanel` default-denies every kind except `thinking` and `status`. Reuse one pure near-bottom helper for both scroll surfaces, and limit CTE spacing changes to `CtePlanViewer` rather than the shared card primitive.
+
+**Tech Stack:** React 18, TypeScript, Zustand, Tailwind CSS 3.4, React Testing Library, Vitest, Docker Compose.
+
+## Global Constraints
+
+- `activityLog`, `transcript`, `lastUserEntry`, `stepMessages`, store event folds, backend, SSE/replay, workflow, persistence, and provider contracts remain unchanged.
+- The central body renders only the compact assistant-transcript live log while `working` plus the existing `WidgetHost`, artifact viewers, finalized-session card, and composer owned by `AppShell`.
+- The central log contains every non-blank line from all assistant transcript entries in chronological order; it never contains raw tool or lifecycle events.
+- The central log is absent when `working` is false or the transcript has no non-blank content; do not synthesize waiting/status copy.
+- The central log uses a bounded scroll viewport, wraps rather than truncates, has accessible log semantics, follows only near the bottom, and preserves manual scroll position.
+- `CentralStatus` must not render last-user echo, spinner, timer, working label, or `stepMessages`.
+- The left panel allowlist is exactly `thinking` and `status`; `prompt`, `gate`, `assistant`, `tool`, `lifecycle`, and unknown future kinds are hidden.
+- Panel filtering stays at the rendering boundary. Empty state and auto-scroll derive only from visible `thinking`/`status` entries.
+- CTE header, content, table rows, and filter rows use 8 px vertical padding, 12 px lateral padding below `sm`, and 16 px lateral padding from `sm` upward.
+- The bordered CTE header explicitly overrides the shared `CardHeader` bottom padding with `[&.border-b]:pb-2`; rationale/divider top padding is 8 px.
+- Preserve CTE grids, gaps, borders, headings, badges, chips, wrapping, `min-w-0`, ordered-list semantics, roles, ARIA labels, typography, and colors.
+- UI strings remain English. Do not add dependencies, preferences, toggles, text heuristics, or unrelated refactors.
+- Preserve the user-owned untracked `.vite/` tree: do not add, delete, clean, or commit it.
+- In an isolated worktree, if `deploy/thothii.env` is absent, create only an ignored symlink to
+ `/home/chirone/ThothII/deploy/thothii.env`; never read, copy, print, stage, or commit its contents.
+- Deployment may rebuild/recreate only `frontend`; restart only `omics_portal-web-1` if the Vite entry changes. Never restart `core`, mutate settings/sessions, or terminate an unrelated Pi process.
+
+---
+
+### Task 1: Central live log and non-duplicating activity panel
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `frontend/src/shell/activityScroll.ts`
+- Modify: `frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.tsx:1-141`
+- Modify: `frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.tsx:1-112`
+- Modify: `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx:283-295,405-414`
+- Test: `frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx`
+- Test: `frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.test.tsx`
+- Test: `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx:48-78`
+- Test: `frontend/src/shell/AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx:691-731`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: unchanged `useSessionStore` fields `activityLog`, `transcript`, `pendingWidget`, and `agentActive`.
+- Produces: `isNearBottom(el, threshold?)` from `activityScroll.ts`; `isVisibleModelActivity(entry)` allowing only `thinking`/`status`; `CentralStatus({ working }: { working: boolean })` rendering the central log.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing panel projection tests**
+
+Update the mixed-sequence and allowlist cases in `ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx` so their essential assertions are:
+
+```tsx
+test("renders only thinking and status from a mixed F1 sequence", () => {
+ const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+ store.setPhase("F1");
+ store.setLastUserEntry({ kind: "input", text: "How many patients?" });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "system_event", event: "agent_start" });
+ store.applyEvent({
+ type: "activity_event",
+ activity: { kind: "tool", toolCallId: "tool-1", toolName: "bash", status: "running" },
+ });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "text_delta", text: "Let me run another bash search." });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "activity_delta", text: "Inspecting **schema**." });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "info", level: "warning", text: "Retrying schema lookup" });
+ store.applyEvent({
+ type: "ui_request",
+ ui_request: { id: "gate-1", widget: "select", phase: "F1_review", title: "Confirm cohort" },
+ });
+
+ render();
+
+ expect(screen.getAllByRole("article")).toHaveLength(2);
+ expect(screen.getByText("schema").tagName).toBe("STRONG");
+ expect(screen.getByText("Retrying schema lookup")).toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText("How many patients?")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText("Confirm cohort")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText("bash")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText("Let me run another bash search.")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(useSessionStore.getState().transcript).toEqual([
+ { role: "assistant", text: "Let me run another bash search." },
+ ]);
+});
+
+test("uses an explicit default-deny activity-kind allowlist", () => {
+ const predicate = (activityPanelModule as unknown as {
+ isVisibleModelActivity?: (entry: ActivityEntry) => boolean;
+ }).isVisibleModelActivity;
+ expect(predicate).toBeTypeOf("function");
+ if (!predicate) return;
+
+ for (const kind of ["thinking", "status"] satisfies ActivityKind[]) {
+ expect(predicate({ kind, phase: "F1", text: kind })).toBe(true);
+ }
+ for (const kind of ["prompt", "gate", "assistant", "tool", "lifecycle"] satisfies ActivityKind[]) {
+ expect(predicate({ kind, phase: "F1", text: kind })).toBe(false);
+ }
+ expect(predicate({ kind: "future-kind" as ActivityKind, phase: "F1", text: "future" })).toBe(false);
+});
+```
+
+Replace the hidden-only case and update the close/scroll seeds with these exact forms:
+
+```tsx
+test("shows the empty state when the raw log contains only hidden entries", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ activityLog: [
+ { kind: "prompt", phase: "F1", text: "How many patients?" },
+ { kind: "gate", phase: "F1", text: "Confirm cohort" },
+ { kind: "assistant", phase: "F1", text: "Let me try another command." },
+ { kind: "tool", phase: "F1", text: "bash", toolCallId: "tool-1", status: "completed" },
+ { kind: "lifecycle", phase: "F1", text: "Turn end" },
+ ],
+ });
+
+ render();
+
+ expect(screen.getByText("No activity yet.")).toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryAllByRole("article")).toHaveLength(0);
+});
+
+test("close calls onClose without mutating the activity log", async () => {
+ const onClose = vi.fn();
+ const activityLog: ActivityEntry[] = [
+ { kind: "status", phase: "F1", text: "Keep this row" },
+ ];
+ useSessionStore.setState({ activityLog });
+ render();
+ const expectedLog = useSessionStore.getState().activityLog.map((entry) => ({ ...entry }));
+
+ await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /close model activity/i }));
+
+ expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+ expect(useSessionStore.getState().activityLog).toEqual(expectedLog);
+});
+
+test("follows appended visible activity while near the bottom", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ activityLog: [{ kind: "thinking", phase: "F1", text: "First" }],
+ });
+ render();
+ const viewport = screen.getByTestId("activity-scroll");
+ setScrollGeometry(viewport, { scrollHeight: 400, clientHeight: 100, scrollTop: 300 });
+
+ act(() => useSessionStore.getState().applyEvent({ type: "info", text: "Second" }));
+
+ expect(viewport.scrollTop).toBe(400);
+ expect(viewport).toHaveAttribute("tabindex", "0");
+});
+
+test("does not bottom-follow when only a hidden prompt arrives", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ activityLog: [{ kind: "status", phase: "F1", text: "Visible status" }],
+ });
+ render();
+ const viewport = screen.getByTestId("activity-scroll");
+ setScrollGeometry(viewport, { scrollHeight: 400, clientHeight: 100, scrollTop: 300 });
+
+ act(() => useSessionStore.getState().setLastUserEntry({ kind: "input", text: "Hidden prompt" }));
+
+ expect(viewport.scrollTop).toBe(300);
+});
+```
+
+Use this exact manual-scroll case:
+
+```tsx
+test("preserves manual scroll position when visible activity arrives", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ activityLog: [{ kind: "thinking", phase: "F1", text: "First" }],
+ });
+ render();
+ const viewport = screen.getByTestId("activity-scroll");
+ setScrollGeometry(viewport, { scrollHeight: 400, clientHeight: 100, scrollTop: 100 });
+ fireEvent.scroll(viewport);
+
+ act(() => useSessionStore.getState().applyEvent({ type: "info", text: "Second" }));
+
+ expect(viewport.scrollTop).toBe(100);
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Write failing central live-log tests**
+
+Replace `CentralStatus.test.tsx` with tests built around the real Zustand store and rendered component:
+
+```tsx
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { beforeEach } from "vitest";
+import { useSessionStore } from "../store/sessionStore";
+import { CentralStatus } from "./CentralStatus";
+
+beforeEach(() => useSessionStore.getState().resetSession());
+
+function setScrollGeometry(
+ element: HTMLElement,
+ values: { scrollHeight: number; clientHeight: number; scrollTop: number },
+) {
+ Object.defineProperties(element, {
+ scrollHeight: { configurable: true, value: values.scrollHeight },
+ clientHeight: { configurable: true, value: values.clientHeight },
+ scrollTop: { configurable: true, writable: true, value: values.scrollTop },
+ });
+}
+
+test("renders only the chronological assistant transcript log while working", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ lastUserEntry: { kind: "input", text: "how many patients?" },
+ stepMessages: [{ level: "warning", text: "Searching the schema…" }],
+ transcript: [
+ { role: "assistant", text: "First line\n\nSecond line" },
+ { role: "assistant", text: "Third line" },
+ ],
+ });
+
+ render();
+
+ const log = screen.getByRole("log", { name: "Live model activity" });
+ expect(log).toHaveTextContent("First line");
+ expect(log).toHaveTextContent("Second line");
+ expect(log).toHaveTextContent("Third line");
+ expect(log).toHaveClass("max-h-28", "overflow-y-auto");
+ expect(screen.queryByText("how many patients?")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText("Searching the schema…")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByRole("status")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+ expect(screen.queryByText(/\d+s/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+});
+
+test("wraps live log lines instead of truncating them", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({
+ transcript: [{ role: "assistant", text: "a_very_long_model_activity_line" }],
+ });
+ render();
+ expect(screen.getByText("a_very_long_model_activity_line")).toHaveClass(
+ "whitespace-pre-wrap",
+ "break-words",
+ );
+ expect(screen.getByText("a_very_long_model_activity_line")).not.toHaveClass("truncate");
+});
+
+test.each([
+ { working: false, transcript: [{ role: "assistant" as const, text: "hidden" }] },
+ { working: true, transcript: [] },
+ { working: true, transcript: [{ role: "assistant" as const, text: " \n " }] },
+])("renders nothing without active non-blank transcript content", ({ working, transcript }) => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({ transcript });
+ const { container } = render();
+ expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+});
+
+test("bottom-follows appended transcript text only while near the bottom", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({ transcript: [{ role: "assistant", text: "First" }] });
+ render();
+ const log = screen.getByRole("log", { name: "Live model activity" });
+ setScrollGeometry(log, { scrollHeight: 400, clientHeight: 100, scrollTop: 300 });
+
+ act(() => useSessionStore.getState().applyEvent({ type: "text_delta", text: " second" }));
+
+ expect(log.scrollTop).toBe(400);
+});
+
+test("preserves manual live-log scroll position away from the bottom", () => {
+ useSessionStore.setState({ transcript: [{ role: "assistant", text: "First" }] });
+ render();
+ const log = screen.getByRole("log", { name: "Live model activity" });
+ setScrollGeometry(log, { scrollHeight: 400, clientHeight: 100, scrollTop: 100 });
+ fireEvent.scroll(log);
+
+ act(() => useSessionStore.getState().applyEvent({ type: "text_delta", text: " second" }));
+
+ expect(log.scrollTop).toBe(100);
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Write failing AppShell integration assertions**
+
+In `AppShell.new-session.test.tsx`, import `act`, rename the creation test, and replace its central-body assertions with:
+
+```tsx
+expect(screen.queryByText("How many patients?", { selector: "p" })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(screen.queryByText("Creating session…")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(screen.queryByText(/\d+s/)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(useSessionStore.getState().activityLog[0]).toEqual({
+ kind: "prompt",
+ phase: "F1",
+ text: "How many patients?",
+});
+
+releaseCreate();
+await waitFor(() => expect(FakeEventSource.instances).toHaveLength(1));
+act(() => FakeEventSource.instances[0].emit({ type: "text_delta", text: "Inspecting cohort" }));
+expect(await screen.findByRole("log", { name: "Live model activity" }))
+ .toHaveTextContent("Inspecting cohort");
+expect(screen.queryByText("Analyzing question…")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(useSessionStore.getState().currentPhase).toBe("F1");
+```
+
+In the close/reopen activity test in `AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx`, use this event sequence and
+panel contract before closing:
+
+```tsx
+act(() => {
+ const store = useSessionStore.getState();
+ store.setPhase("F4");
+ store.setLastUserEntry({ kind: "input", text: "Inspect patient cohort" });
+ store.applyEvent({
+ type: "activity_event",
+ activity: { kind: "tool", toolCallId: "tool-1", toolName: "bash", status: "completed" },
+ });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "text_delta", text: "Cohort ready" });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "activity_delta", text: "Inspecting **cohort**" });
+ store.applyEvent({ type: "info", level: "info", text: "Cohort status" });
+});
+const beforeClose = useSessionStore.getState().activityLog.map((entry) => ({ ...entry }));
+
+await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /model activity/i }));
+const panel = (await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: /model activity/i })).closest("aside");
+expect(panel).not.toBeNull();
+expect(within(panel!).getByText("cohort").tagName).toBe("STRONG");
+expect(within(panel!).getByText("Cohort status")).toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(panel!).queryByText("Inspect patient cohort")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(panel!).queryByText("bash")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(panel!).queryByText("Cohort ready")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+```
+
+Close and reopen with these exact assertions:
+
+```tsx
+await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /close model activity/i }));
+expect(screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: /model activity/i })).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(useSessionStore.getState().activityLog).toEqual(beforeClose);
+
+await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /show model activity/i }));
+const reopened = (await screen.findByRole("heading", { name: /model activity/i })).closest("aside");
+expect(reopened).not.toBeNull();
+expect(within(reopened!).getByText("cohort").tagName).toBe("STRONG");
+expect(within(reopened!).getByText("Cohort status")).toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(reopened!).queryByText("Inspect patient cohort")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(reopened!).queryByText("bash")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(within(reopened!).queryByText("Cohort ready")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+expect(useSessionStore.getState().activityLog).toEqual(beforeClose);
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run the focused tests and verify RED**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npx vitest run \
+ src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/CentralStatus.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx
+```
+
+Expected: failures show the old four-kind panel allowlist, prompt/status central rendering, missing live-log semantics/scrolling, and old creation labels. There must be no syntax/setup failure.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Extract the shared near-bottom predicate**
+
+Create `frontend/src/shell/activityScroll.ts`:
+
+```ts
+export function isNearBottom(
+ el: Pick,
+ threshold = 48,
+): boolean {
+ return el.scrollHeight - el.clientHeight - el.scrollTop <= threshold;
+}
+```
+
+Import it from both `ModelActivityPanel.tsx` and `CentralStatus.tsx`. Update
+`ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx` to import `isNearBottom` from `./activityScroll`. Do not change the
+48 px boundary assertions.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Implement the strict panel allowlist**
+
+Replace the visible-kind set in `ModelActivityPanel.tsx` with:
+
+```ts
+const VISIBLE_MODEL_ACTIVITY_KINDS: ReadonlySet = new Set([
+ "thinking",
+ "status",
+]);
+```
+
+Leave `activityLog` ingestion, `visibleActivity`, empty state, visible-tail dependencies, Markdown,
+warning/error severity text, close behavior, and panel accessibility unchanged.
+
+- [ ] **Step 7: Implement the central live log**
+
+Replace `CentralStatus.tsx` with:
+
+```tsx
+import { useLayoutEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { useSessionStore } from "../store/sessionStore";
+import { isNearBottom } from "./activityScroll";
+
+function transcriptLines(transcript: Array<{ text: string }>): string[] {
+ return transcript.flatMap(({ text }) =>
+ text
+ .split("\n")
+ .map((line) => line.trimEnd())
+ .filter((line) => line.trim() !== ""),
+ );
+}
+
+/** Compact central projection of the assistant stream while the model is working. */
+export function CentralStatus({ working }: { working: boolean }) {
+ const transcript = useSessionStore((state) => state.transcript);
+ const rows = transcriptLines(transcript);
+ const rowCount = rows.length;
+ const tail = rows.at(-1);
+ const scrollRef = useRef(null);
+ const followRef = useRef(true);
+
+ useLayoutEffect(() => {
+ const viewport = scrollRef.current;
+ if (viewport && followRef.current) viewport.scrollTop = viewport.scrollHeight;
+ }, [rowCount, tail]);
+
+ if (!working || rows.length === 0) return null;
+
+ return (
+ {
+ followRef.current = isNearBottom(event.currentTarget);
+ }}
+ >
+ {rows.map((line, index) => {
+ const isLast = index === rows.length - 1;
+ return (
+ -
+
+ ›
+
+ {line}
+
+ );
+ })}
+
+ );
+}
+```
+
+In `AppShell.tsx`, call only:
+
+```tsx
+
+```
+
+Remove the stale `workingLabel` prop and update comments that still describe a spinner/timer.
+
+- [ ] **Step 8: Run focused and adjacent tests GREEN**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npx vitest run \
+ src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/CentralStatus.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \
+ src/shell/AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx \
+ src/store/sessionStore.test.ts \
+ src/stream/useSessionStream.test.tsx
+npx tsc -b
+```
+
+Expected: every focused/adjacent test passes, the raw store-fold tests remain unchanged, and
+TypeScript exits 0. Existing MSW/React warnings may remain; no new warning is acceptable.
+
+- [ ] **Step 9: Review and commit Task 1**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+git diff --check
+git status --short
+git diff -- frontend/src/shell/activityScroll.ts \
+ frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx
+git add frontend/src/shell/activityScroll.ts \
+ frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/CentralStatus.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.new-session.test.tsx \
+ frontend/src/shell/AppShell.session-mgmt.test.tsx
+git commit -m "fix(frontend): deduplicate live workflow activity"
+```
+
+Expected: only the listed frontend files enter the Task 1 commit; `.vite/` remains untracked.
+
+---
+
+### Task 2: Compact vertical spacing for F6 CTE cards
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.tsx:14-166`
+- Test: `frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.test.tsx:71-166`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: unchanged `CtePlanV2`, `CtePlanCte`, `CtePlanFilter`, shared `Card`, `CardHeader`, and `CardContent`.
+- Produces: the same `CtePlanViewer({ plan })` DOM/semantic contract with exact compact spacing utilities.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Write failing exact-spacing tests**
+
+Replace the padding test in `CtePlanViewer.test.tsx` with:
+
+```tsx
+test("uses compact vertical and responsive lateral CTE card padding", () => {
+ const { container } = render();
+
+ for (const header of container.querySelectorAll('[data-slot="card-header"]')) {
+ expect(header).toHaveClass("px-3", "py-2", "sm:px-4", "[&.border-b]:pb-2");
+ expect(header).not.toHaveClass("p-4", "sm:p-5", "sm:[&.border-b]:pb-5");
+ }
+ for (const content of container.querySelectorAll('[data-slot="card-content"]')) {
+ expect(content).toHaveClass("px-3", "py-2", "sm:px-4");
+ expect(content).not.toHaveClass("p-4", "sm:p-5");
+ }
+ for (const card of container.querySelectorAll('[data-slot="card"]')) {
+ expect(card).toHaveClass("shadow-none");
+ }
+});
+```
+
+Update the filter-row test to require `px-3 py-2 sm:px-4` and reject `p-3 sm:p-4`. Add:
+
+```tsx
+test("uses the same compact padding for table rows and rationale dividers", () => {
+ render();
+ const card = getCteCard("pazienti_idonei");
+ const tableName = within(card).getByText("pazienti");
+ expect(tableName.parentElement).toHaveClass("px-3", "py-2", "sm:px-4");
+ expect(tableName.parentElement).not.toHaveClass("p-3", "sm:p-4");
+
+ const filterRationale = within(card).getByText("Solo pazienti in follow-up").parentElement;
+ expect(filterRationale).toHaveClass("pt-2");
+ expect(filterRationale).not.toHaveClass("pt-3");
+
+ const cteRationale = within(card)
+ .getByText("Base della catena: riduce il volume prima dei join")
+ .closest("section");
+ expect(cteRationale).toHaveClass("border-t", "pt-2");
+ expect(cteRationale).not.toHaveClass("pt-4");
+});
+```
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Run the CTE viewer test and verify RED**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npx vitest run src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.test.tsx
+```
+
+Expected: exact class assertions fail against the current 16/20 px padding and `pt-3`/`pt-4` dividers.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Implement compact spacing without changing structure**
+
+Apply these exact replacements in `CtePlanViewer.tsx`:
+
+```tsx
+// Filter row
+className="min-w-0 space-y-3 px-3 py-2 sm:px-4"
+
+// Filter description/rationale divider
+className="grid min-w-0 gap-x-4 gap-y-2 border-t border-border/50 pt-2 md:grid-cols-[5.5rem_minmax(0,1fr)]"
+
+// CTE header
+
+
+// CTE content
+
+
+// Table row
+className="grid min-w-0 gap-1 px-3 py-2 sm:px-4 md:grid-cols-[minmax(10rem,0.8fr)_minmax(0,1.2fr)] md:gap-4"
+
+// CTE rationale
+
+```
+
+Do not change any `gap-*` outside these snippets, grid templates, content, labels, typography,
+wrapping, roles, or semantic elements.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Run CTE tests, TypeScript, and Impeccable layout scan GREEN**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npx vitest run src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.test.tsx src/viewers/ArtifactView.test.tsx
+npx tsc -b
+node /home/admlocforn1/.codex/skills/impeccable/scripts/detect.mjs \
+ --json --scope layout src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.tsx
+```
+
+Expected: tests and TypeScript pass; detector output is exactly `[]`. Long identifier/wrapping tests
+remain green.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Review and commit Task 2**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+git diff --check
+git diff -- frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.tsx frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.test.tsx
+git add frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.tsx frontend/src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.test.tsx
+git commit -m "style(frontend): compact CTE plan spacing"
+```
+
+Expected: the commit contains only the viewer and its test; shared `card.tsx` is untouched.
+
+---
+
+### Task 3: Full verification, frontend-only deployment, and durable state
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `brain/codebase/workflow-ui-contracts.md:26-30`
+- Modify: `PROJECT_STATE.md`
+
+**Interfaces:**
+- Consumes: Task 1 central/panel projections, Task 2 compact CTE classes, the existing root Compose frontend service, and the running portal manifest cache.
+- Produces: a running frontend image/entry with unchanged core runtime plus durable documentation of the new UI contracts and observed verification evidence.
+
+- [ ] **Step 1: Run the complete source verification gate**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+cd frontend
+npx vitest run
+npx tsc -b
+npm run build
+node /home/admlocforn1/.codex/skills/impeccable/scripts/detect.mjs --json --scope layout \
+ src/shell/CentralStatus.tsx src/shell/ModelActivityPanel.tsx src/viewers/CtePlanViewer.tsx
+cd ..
+git diff --check
+git status --short --untracked-files=all
+```
+
+Expected: all frontend tests pass, TypeScript/build exit 0, detector output is `[]`, only the two
+planned documentation files remain uncommitted after Tasks 1-2, and `.vite/` is still untracked.
+Record the exact passing test/file counts for `PROJECT_STATE.md`.
+
+- [ ] **Step 2: Record live runtime state without mutating the active session**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+docker inspect -f '{{.Name}}|{{.State.Status}}|{{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{else}}no-healthcheck{{end}}|{{.Image}}|{{.State.StartedAt}}' \
+ thothii-core-1 thothii-frontend-1 omics_portal-web-1
+docker exec thothii-frontend-1 sh -lc \
+ "rg -n -B 3 '\"isEntry\": true' /usr/share/nginx/html/.vite/manifest.json 2>/dev/null || grep -n -B 3 '\"isEntry\": true' /usr/share/nginx/html/.vite/manifest.json"
+docker top thothii-core-1 -eo pid,ppid,etime,args
+```
+
+Expected: record current core/frontend/portal image and start timestamps, current Vite entry, and
+whether an unrelated Pi process is active. Do not stop it, close its session, alter settings, or run
+a model smoke.
+
+- [ ] **Step 3: Build and recreate only frontend**
+
+From an isolated worktree, make the existing ignored deployment environment available without
+reading or copying it, then run from the repository root:
+
+```bash
+if [ ! -e deploy/thothii.env ]; then
+ ln -s /home/chirone/ThothII/deploy/thothii.env deploy/thothii.env
+fi
+test -e deploy/thothii.env
+docker compose build frontend
+docker compose up -d --no-deps --force-recreate --wait --wait-timeout 60 frontend
+docker inspect -f '{{.Name}}|{{.State.Status}}|{{.Image}}|{{.State.StartedAt}}' thothii-frontend-1
+docker exec thothii-frontend-1 sh -lc \
+ "rg -n -B 3 '\"isEntry\": true' /usr/share/nginx/html/.vite/manifest.json 2>/dev/null || grep -n -B 3 '\"isEntry\": true' /usr/share/nginx/html/.vite/manifest.json"
+```
+
+Expected: build and frontend-only recreate exit 0, frontend is running on the new image, and the
+new entry is recorded. Compare it with Step 2. If the entry differs, run exactly:
+
+```bash
+docker restart omics_portal-web-1
+docker inspect -f '{{.Name}}|{{.State.Status}}|{{.State.StartedAt}}' omics_portal-web-1
+```
+
+If the entry is identical, do not restart the portal. In both branches, do not recreate/restart
+core or unrelated portal services.
+
+- [ ] **Step 4: Verify post-deploy isolation and logs**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+docker inspect -f '{{.Name}}|{{.State.Status}}|{{if .State.Health}}{{.State.Health.Status}}{{else}}no-healthcheck{{end}}|{{.Image}}|{{.State.StartedAt}}' \
+ thothii-core-1 thothii-frontend-1 omics_portal-web-1
+docker top thothii-core-1 -eo pid,ppid,etime,args
+docker logs --since 10m --tail 200 thothii-frontend-1 2>&1 | \
+ rg -i -c 'fatal|emerg|panic|authorization:|api[_-]?key|password|secret' || true
+```
+
+Expected: core is healthy with exactly its Step 2 image/start timestamp, frontend and portal are
+running, an active unrelated Pi remains untouched if it existed, and the count-only frontend log
+scan reports 0. Do not print settings, session questions, raw logs, or secret values.
+
+- [ ] **Step 5: Update durable UI contracts and project state**
+
+Replace the activity paragraph in `brain/codebase/workflow-ui-contracts.md` with this exact text:
+
+```markdown
+- `activityLog` remains the complete in-memory chronological fold of prompt, thinking, assistant,
+ sanitized tool lifecycle, reviewer gates, status, and turn lifecycle. The left Model activity
+ panel is a strict projection of only thinking and status; prompt, gate, assistant, tool,
+ lifecycle, and unknown future kinds are hidden. While the model is working, the central body
+ projects every non-blank assistant transcript line into one bounded, accessible scrolling log;
+ user-entry echoes, timer/spinner labels, and step messages are not rendered there. Reviewer
+ widgets, artifacts, store folds, and workflow state continue to consume their existing events.
+- F6 CTE cards keep their existing semantic structure and responsive grids while using 8 px
+ vertical padding, 12 px lateral padding below `sm`, and 16 px lateral padding from `sm` upward
+ for headers, content, table rows, and filter rows. Divider top padding is 8 px.
+```
+
+Add a dated resolved-state section to `PROJECT_STATE.md` that states, in prose, all observed values
+from Steps 1-4: source HEAD, exact frontend test count, TypeScript/build/detector results, new
+frontend image ID, old/new Vite entry, whether portal restart occurred, unchanged core image/start
+timestamp, final container state, and preservation of any unrelated Pi process. Do not claim a
+live model smoke because this task intentionally performs no settings/session mutation.
+
+- [ ] **Step 6: Review documentation scope and commit evidence**
+
+Run:
+
+```bash
+git diff --check
+git status --short --untracked-files=all
+git diff -- brain/codebase/workflow-ui-contracts.md PROJECT_STATE.md
+git add brain/codebase/workflow-ui-contracts.md PROJECT_STATE.md
+git diff --cached --check
+git commit -m "docs: record central live log deployment"
+```
+
+Expected: only the two documentation files enter the commit; `.vite/` remains untracked and no
+runtime/config/session file is staged.
+
+---
+
+## Final review gate
+
+Before integration, request an independent review of the complete implementation range. The review
+must verify:
+
+- central body contains only the assistant transcript log plus unchanged `AppShell` widgets and
+ artifacts;
+- last-user echo, timer/spinner/label, and `stepMessages` are absent from `CentralStatus`;
+- the live log contains all chronological non-blank transcript lines, wraps, uses log semantics,
+ follows near-bottom updates, and preserves manual scroll;
+- left panel allowlists only thinking/status at its rendering boundary and preserves the complete
+ raw store fold;
+- prompt/gate/assistant/tool/lifecycle/unknown updates cannot render or move panel scroll;
+- compact CTE classes exactly match the 8 px vertical and 12/16 px lateral contract, including the
+ `CardHeader` bottom-padding override;
+- frontend tests/typecheck/build/detector are green; `.vite/`, backend, SSE, store, workflow, core,
+ settings, sessions, and unrelated Pi runtime remain outside the change;
+- deployment evidence matches the live frontend/core/portal containers.
+
+Fix every Critical or Important finding before declaring the work complete.