feat: surface issue context in attention flows

DEVLOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,25 @@ expandable Live Trace progress. The immutable tag, production deployment, and
 live verification remain separate delivery facts until their respective
 release steps complete.
 
+## 2026-07-22 — AXI-143 issue-local attention and human-readable references
+
+Made issue-bound free-form action requests directly answerable from the issue
+detail instead of forcing an operator through Command Center. Delivery
+connection conflicts retain their richer Command Center workflow and now use
+an explicit fallback label on the issue.
+
+Added a shared issue-reference treatment that pairs the stable identifier with
+the issue title. Applied it across dashboard attention, Inbox asks and waiting
+items, Activity drawer asks, active runs, failed-run recovery, and running
+timers so operational queues provide meaning without requiring operators to
+memorize issue numbers.
+
+Updated the release gate policy to use exact-head GitHub CI as the normal
+release authority. Fast local checks remain the pre-push feedback loop; the
+complete Docker and Playwright gate is now supplemental evidence for CI
+outages, failure diagnosis, or environment-sensitive changes instead of a
+routine duplicate of the hosted matrix.
+
 ## 2026-07-20 — v0.29.4 release preparation
 
 Prepared the serialized patch release for AXI-139 and merged PR #81. Release

RELEASE.md

@@ -56,13 +56,21 @@ Forge's explicit branch contract:
 
 ## Release Process
 
-Use the fast quality gate while iterating:
+Use the fast quality gate while iterating and before pushing a release candidate:
 
 ```bash
 pnpm ci:local:quality
 ```
 
-Before declaring a PR release-ready, run the complete local gate once:
+The required release gate is GitHub CI on the exact PR head. Its lint,
+typecheck, unit/integration, build, and Playwright jobs must finish successfully
+before merge. After any new commit, wait for CI to rerun against that new SHA;
+results from an earlier head do not qualify the release.
+
+Do not routinely duplicate the complete CI matrix locally. Run the complete
+local gate when GitHub Actions is unavailable, when diagnosing a CI failure, or
+when a database, migration, browser, concurrency, or environment-sensitive
+change warrants local integration evidence:
 
 ```bash
 pnpm ci:local
@@ -74,7 +82,8 @@ the Prisma client, and runs lint, typecheck, and Vitest once. It then serializes
 Playwright behind a portable machine-local lock and selects an available port.
 `pnpm ci:local:e2e` runs only the E2E phase; add `-- --reuse-e2e-build` only when
 the existing production build is known to match the current source. These
-local commands complement, but do not replace, CI on the exact PR head.
+local commands provide fast feedback or supplemental evidence; they never
+replace exact-head CI when GitHub Actions is available.
 
 ### Authorized single-PR patch releases
 
@@ -101,10 +110,10 @@ an ordinary feature PR.
   notes, and merges the release commit. Feature PRs must not race independent
   version bumps or tags.
 
-> CI note: GitHub-hosted Actions require billing to be enabled. If Actions are
-> unavailable, gate the release on the equivalent local run
-> (`pnpm lint && pnpm typecheck && pnpm test` + `pnpm test:e2e` against the
-> `docker/docker-compose.yml` stack) and record that in the release notes.
+> CI outage fallback: if GitHub Actions is unavailable, gate the release on
+> `pnpm ci:local` against the guarded local service stack and record the exact
+> command, commit SHA, result, and reason for using the fallback in the release
+> notes. A local result is not a substitute merely because CI is slow or queued.
 
 ### 2. Tag the release
 

src/app/(app)/w/[slug]/command-center/page.tsx

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/action-requests/attention-request-model";
 import { MarkdownWithAttachments } from "@/components/markdown/attachment-renderer";
 import { WorkspaceActivityTimeline } from "@/components/workspace-activity-timeline";
+import { IssueReference } from "@/components/issue-reference";
 import { trpc } from "@/lib/trpc";
 import { useWorkspace } from "@/hooks/use-workspace";
 import { useRealtime } from "@/hooks/use-realtime";
@@ -429,9 +430,10 @@ export default function CommandCenterPage() {
                         <Bot className="h-3 w-3 text-ember" />
                         <span className="text-sm font-medium">@{row.agent.profileKey}</span>
                         <ArrowRight className="h-3 w-3 text-muted-foreground" />
-                        <span className="min-w-0 truncate text-sm text-muted-foreground">
-                          {row.issue.workspace.key}-{row.issue.number}
-                        </span>
+                        <IssueReference
+                          issue={row.issue}
+                          className="min-w-0 flex-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground"
+                        />
                       </div>
                       {row.currentStep ? (
                         <span className="text-meta text-muted-foreground">{row.currentStep}</span>
@@ -477,9 +479,10 @@ export default function CommandCenterPage() {
                       href={`/w/${ws.slug}/i/${data.runningTimer.issue.workspace.key}-${data.runningTimer.issue.number}`}
                       className="flex flex-col gap-1 rounded-md border border-ember/40 bg-ember/5 p-2 hover:border-ember"
                     >
-                      <span className="text-sm font-medium">
-                        {data.runningTimer.issue.workspace.key}-{data.runningTimer.issue.number}
-                      </span>
+                      <IssueReference
+                        issue={data.runningTimer.issue}
+                        className="max-w-full text-sm font-medium"
+                      />
                       <span className="text-meta text-muted-foreground">
                         Started {new Date(data.runningTimer.startedAt).toLocaleTimeString()}
                       </span>
@@ -1679,12 +1682,11 @@ function RunFailureCard({
       <div className="flex gap-2 rounded-md border border-warning/40 bg-warning/5 p-2 hover:border-warning">
         <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
           <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
-            <Link
+            <IssueReference
+              issue={run.issue}
               href={`/w/${slug}/issues/${run.issue.id}`}
-              className="text-sm font-medium hover:underline"
-            >
-              {run.issue.workspace.key}-{run.issue.number}
-            </Link>
+              className="max-w-full text-sm font-medium"
+            />
             <span className={cn("rounded px-1 py-0.5 text-[10px] uppercase", presentation.tone)}>
               {presentation.badge}
             </span>

src/app/(app)/w/[slug]/inbox/page.tsx

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Badge, Card, EmptyState, Kbd, MOTION, Section, SkeletonList } from "@/components/ui";
 import { Picker } from "@/components/ui/modal";
 import { AgentPresenceDot } from "@/components/agent-presence-dot";
+import { IssueReference } from "@/components/issue-reference";
 import { presenceAvailability } from "@/lib/transport-display";
 import { BulkBar, type BulkBarAction } from "@/components/bulk-bar";
 import { BulkProjectPicker, BulkCyclePicker } from "@/components/bulk-move-pickers";
@@ -1263,16 +1264,18 @@ function NeedsInputSection({
               </span>
               <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
                 <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
-                  <Link href={href} className="text-id shrink-0 hover:underline">
-                    {issue ? formatIssueId(issue.workspace.key, issue.number) : "Workspace ask"}
-                  </Link>
-                  <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 basis-full truncate font-medium sm:basis-auto">
-                    {request.title}
-                  </span>
+                  {issue ? (
+                    <IssueReference issue={issue} href={href} className="max-w-full" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <Link href={href} className="text-meta shrink-0 hover:underline">
+                      Workspace ask
+                    </Link>
+                  )}
                   {request.issueOpenCount > 1 && (
                     <Badge>+{request.issueOpenCount - 1} more</Badge>
                   )}
                 </div>
+                <div className="mt-0.5 truncate font-medium">{request.title}</div>
                 {request.body && (
                   <div className="mt-0.5 line-clamp-2 text-muted-foreground">{request.body}</div>
                 )}
@@ -1297,15 +1300,11 @@ function NeedsInputSection({
             </span>
             <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
               <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-wrap items-center gap-x-2 gap-y-1">
-                <Link
+                <IssueReference
+                  issue={row.issue}
                   href={`/w/${slug}/issues/${row.issue.id}`}
-                  className="text-id shrink-0 hover:underline"
-                >
-                  {formatIssueId(row.issue.workspace.key, row.issue.number)}
-                </Link>
-                <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 basis-full truncate sm:basis-auto">
-                  {row.issue.title}
-                </span>
+                  className="max-w-full flex-1"
+                />
                 <span
                   className="text-id font-mono text-muted-foreground"
                   title={row.lastComment.author.name}

src/components/activity-drawer.tsx

@@ -1756,12 +1756,14 @@ function MinePanel({
                     {issue ? `${issue.workspace.key}-${issue.number}` : "Ask"}
                   </span>
                 }
-                title={request.title}
-                meta={
-                  request.requestedByAgent
-                    ? `@${request.requestedByAgent.profileKey} · ${relativeTime(request.createdAt)}`
-                    : relativeTime(request.createdAt)
-                }
+                title={issue?.title ?? request.title}
+                meta={[
+                  issue ? request.title : null,
+                  request.requestedByAgent ? `@${request.requestedByAgent.profileKey}` : null,
+                  relativeTime(request.createdAt),
+                ]
+                  .filter(Boolean)
+                  .join(" · ")}
               />
             );
           })}

src/components/dashboard/needs-you-tile.tsx

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Link from "next/link";
 import { ArrowRight, AtSign, Inbox, Shield } from "lucide-react";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import { IssueReference } from "@/components/issue-reference";
 import { trpc } from "@/lib/trpc";
 
 /**
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@ export function NeedsYouTile({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
         title: string;
         handle: string | null;
         avatar: string | null;
-        issueLabel: string | null;
+        issue: {
+          id: string;
+          number: number;
+          title: string;
+          workspace: { key: string; slug: string };
+        } | null;
         completionIntent: "COMPLETE" | "RECOVER" | null;
       }
     | {
@@ -67,7 +73,7 @@ export function NeedsYouTile({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
       title: r.title,
       handle: r.requestedByAgent?.profileKey ?? null,
       avatar: r.requestedByAgent?.avatar ?? null,
-      issueLabel: r.issue ? `${r.issue.workspace.key}-${r.issue.number}` : null,
+      issue: r.issue,
       completionIntent: readCompletionIntent(r.payload),
     });
   }
@@ -130,10 +136,17 @@ export function NeedsYouTile({ slug }: { slug: string }) {
                   {!card.completionIntent && "asks: "}
                   <span className="text-muted-foreground">&ldquo;{card.title}&rdquo;</span>
                 </div>
-                <div className="text-meta mt-0.5 text-muted-foreground">
-                  {card.issueLabel ? <span className="text-id">{card.issueLabel}</span> : null}
-                  {card.issueLabel ? " · " : ""}action request
-                </div>
+                {card.issue ? (
+                  <IssueReference
+                    issue={card.issue}
+                    href={`/w/${card.issue.workspace.slug}/i/${card.issue.workspace.key}-${card.issue.number}`}
+                    className="text-meta mt-1 max-w-full"
+                  />
+                ) : (
+                  <div className="text-meta mt-0.5 text-muted-foreground">
+                    Workspace action request
+                  </div>
+                )}
               </div>
               <Link href={commandCenterHref} className="ml-auto shrink-0 sm:ml-0">
                 <Button variant="ember" size="sm">