@yemi33/minions 0.1.391 → 0.1.393

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## 0.1.391 (2026-04-06)
+## 0.1.393 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Features
+-  show version info at bottom of sidebar navigation
 -  track dashboard version — detect stale dashboard code separately
 - Replace magic strings in pipeline.js with STAGE_TYPE/PIPELINE_STATUS/MEETING_STATUS constants (#244)
 - Fix spawn-agent.js direct proc.kill() — use cross-platform helpers (#243)
 
+### Fixes
+-  show 'minions update' as primary upgrade command in version banner
+
 ## 0.1.388 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Fixes

package/dashboard/js/refresh.js

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function _processStatusUpdate(data) {
   renderArchiveButtons(data.archivedPrds || []);
   renderEngineStatus(data.engine);
   renderVersionBanner(data.version);
+  renderSidebarVersion(data.version);
   renderDispatch(data.dispatch);
   window._lastDispatch = data.dispatch;
   window._lastWorkItems = data.workItems || [];

package/dashboard/js/render-dispatch.js

@@ -233,8 +233,8 @@ function renderVersionBanner(version) {
     el.title = 'The dashboard process is running older code. Run: minions restart';
   } else if (version.updateAvailable) {
     el.style.cssText = 'font-size:9px;padding:2px 8px;background:rgba(63,185,80,0.1);border:1px solid rgba(63,185,80,0.3);border-radius:4px;color:var(--green);cursor:help';
-    el.textContent = 'v' + v + commitLabel + ' — v' + version.latest + ' available. Run: npm update -g @yemi33/minions';
-    el.title = 'A newer version is available on npm';
+    el.textContent = 'v' + v + commitLabel + ' — v' + version.latest + ' available. Run: minions update or npm update -g @yemi33/minions';
+    el.title = 'A newer version is available on npm. Run minions update to upgrade and restart.';
   } else {
     el.style.cssText = 'font-size:9px;color:var(--muted)';
     el.textContent = 'v' + v + commitLabel;
@@ -242,4 +242,15 @@ function renderVersionBanner(version) {
   }
 }
 
-window.MinionsDispatch = { renderEngineStatus, renderEngineAlert, renderVersionBanner, renderDispatch, renderEngineLog, shortTime, showErrorDetails };
+function renderSidebarVersion(version) {
+  const el = document.getElementById('sidebar-version');
+  if (!el || !version) return;
+  const v = version.dashboardRunning || version.disk || '';
+  if (!v) return;
+  const parts = ['v' + v];
+  if (version.stale) parts.push('<span style="color:var(--yellow)">\u26A0 stale</span>');
+  else if (version.updateAvailable) parts.push('<span style="color:var(--green)">update available</span>');
+  el.innerHTML = parts.join(' ');
+}
+
+window.MinionsDispatch = { renderEngineStatus, renderEngineAlert, renderVersionBanner, renderSidebarVersion, renderDispatch, renderEngineLog, shortTime, showErrorDetails };

package/dashboard/layout.html

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     <a class="sidebar-link" data-page="pipelines" href="/pipelines">Pipelines</a>
     <a class="sidebar-link" data-page="meetings" href="/meetings">Meetings</a>
     <a class="sidebar-link" data-page="engine" href="/engine">Engine</a>
+    <div id="sidebar-version" style="margin-top:auto;padding:8px 12px;font-size:9px;color:var(--muted);border-top:1px solid var(--border)"></div>
   </nav>
   <div class="page-content" id="page-content"><!-- __PAGES__ --></div>
 </div>

package/dashboard/styles.css

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
   /* Sidebar navigation */
   .page-layout { display: flex; height: calc(100vh - 44px); overflow: hidden; }
-  .sidebar { width: 150px; min-width: 150px; background: var(--surface); border-right: 1px solid var(--border); padding: var(--space-4) 0; overflow-y: auto; position: sticky; top: 0; }
+  .sidebar { width: 150px; min-width: 150px; background: var(--surface); border-right: 1px solid var(--border); padding: var(--space-4) 0; overflow-y: auto; position: sticky; top: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; }
   .sidebar-link { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; padding: 8px 14px; color: var(--muted); text-decoration: none; font-size: var(--text-sm); border-left: 3px solid transparent; transition: all var(--transition-fast); cursor: pointer; position: relative; }
   .sidebar-link .notif-badge.done { top: 50%; right: 6px; transform: translateY(-50%); width: 6px; height: 6px; }
   .sidebar-link:hover { color: var(--text); background: var(--surface2); }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.391",
+  "version": "0.1.393",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"