agentix-cli 0.55.0 → 0.57.0

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/AgentClient.swift

@@ -161,12 +161,58 @@ enum AgentClient {
         return try await URLSession.shared.data(for: req)
     }
 
+    // MARK: Settings
+    //
+    // The settings window reads and saves through the daemon, which checks
+    // every value and writes agentx.json. The app keeps no copy of its own.
+    // See src/daemon/voice-settings-api.ts.
+
+    /// GET /voice/settings, or nil when the daemon cannot be reached.
+    static func settings() async -> VoiceSettings? {
+        guard let url = URL(string: "\(Config.daemonURL)/voice/settings") else { return nil }
+        var req = URLRequest(url: url)
+        // The first call lists the Mac's voices, which can take a moment.
+        req.timeoutInterval = 15
+        guard let (data, response) = try? await URLSession.shared.data(for: req),
+              (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode == 200 else { return nil }
+        return try? JSONDecoder().decode(VoiceSettings.self, from: data)
+    }
+
+    /// Save a change. The saved settings, or the daemon's reason in words.
+    static func saveSettings(_ patch: [String: Any]) async -> Result<VoiceSettings, SettingsFailure> {
+        struct Reply: Decodable { let settings: VoiceSettings?; let error: String? }
+        do {
+            let (data, response) = try await post("/voice/settings", patch, timeout: 20)
+            let reply = try? JSONDecoder().decode(Reply.self, from: data)
+            if let s = reply?.settings, (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode == 200 { return .success(s) }
+            return .failure(SettingsFailure(message: reply?.error ?? "The daemon did not save the settings."))
+        } catch {
+            return .failure(SettingsFailure(message: "The AgentX daemon isn't reachable: \(error.localizedDescription)"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Say a sample line in an agent's voice with unsaved changes. Nil on
+    /// success, else why not.
+    static func preview(agentID: String, voice: [String: Any]) async -> String? {
+        struct Reply: Decodable { let error: String? }
+        guard let (data, response) = try? await post("/voice/preview", ["agentId": agentID, "voice": voice], timeout: 10) else {
+            return "The AgentX daemon isn't reachable."
+        }
+        if (response as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode == 202 { return nil }
+        return (try? JSONDecoder().decode(Reply.self, from: data))?.error ?? "The preview didn't play."
+    }
+
+    struct SettingsFailure: Error { let message: String }
+
     /// One row of GET /agents: who can answer, and whether they are busy.
     struct AgentInfo: Decodable {
         let id: String
         let name: String?
         /// Tasks running now.
         let active: Int?
+        /// "#RRGGBB": presence.color, else derived from the id. Older
+        /// daemons send none, and the app derives it the same way.
+        let color: String?
         var label: String { name ?? id }
     }
 

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/Config.swift

@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ enum Config {
         set { UserDefaults.standard.set(newValue, forKey: "showPill") }
     }
 
+    /// The orb overlay while listening, thinking and speaking. On by
+    /// default; off brings back the pill for those states.
+    static var showOrb: Bool {
+        get { UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "showOrb") as? Bool ?? true }
+        set { UserDefaults.standard.set(newValue, forKey: "showOrb") }
+    }
+
     /// The agent actually answering: `agentID`, else `chosenAgentID`, else
     /// the daemon's default (AgentClient.resolveAgent). Progress follows it.
     @MainActor static var effectiveAgentID: String = ""

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/Hotkey.swift

@@ -28,7 +28,13 @@ final class Hotkey {
         self.onRelease = onRelease
     }
 
-    func register(keyCode: UInt32 = UInt32(kVK_Space), modifiers: UInt32 = UInt32(optionKey)) {
+    /// Register one shortcut; false when macOS refused it (another app
+    /// already holds it).
+    @discardableResult
+    func register(_ spec: HotkeySpec) -> Bool { register(keyCode: spec.keyCode, modifiers: spec.modifiers) }
+
+    @discardableResult
+    func register(keyCode: UInt32 = UInt32(kVK_Space), modifiers: UInt32 = UInt32(optionKey)) -> Bool {
         var spec = [
             EventTypeSpec(eventClass: OSType(kEventClassKeyboard), eventKind: UInt32(kEventHotKeyPressed)),
             EventTypeSpec(eventClass: OSType(kEventClassKeyboard), eventKind: UInt32(kEventHotKeyReleased)),
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ final class Hotkey {
         }, spec.count, &spec, context, &handler)
 
         let hotKeyID = EventHotKeyID(signature: OSType(0x41475856), id: id) // 'AGXV'
-        RegisterEventHotKey(keyCode, modifiers, hotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &ref)
+        return RegisterEventHotKey(keyCode, modifiers, hotKeyID, GetApplicationEventTarget(), 0, &ref) == noErr
     }
 
     deinit {

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/HotkeySpec.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import Carbon.HIToolbox
+
+/// A shortcut as agentx.json stores it: "opt+space", "cmd+opt+period",
+/// "ctrl+opt+1". The daemon checks and normalises the same form
+/// (src/voice/hotkey.ts); this turns it into what Carbon registers, and a
+/// pressed key back into it.
+struct HotkeySpec: Equatable {
+    let keyCode: UInt32
+    /// Carbon modifier flags (cmdKey, optionKey, …).
+    let modifiers: UInt32
+
+    static let keys: [String: Int] = {
+        var k: [String: Int] = [
+            "a": kVK_ANSI_A, "b": kVK_ANSI_B, "c": kVK_ANSI_C, "d": kVK_ANSI_D, "e": kVK_ANSI_E,
+            "f": kVK_ANSI_F, "g": kVK_ANSI_G, "h": kVK_ANSI_H, "i": kVK_ANSI_I, "j": kVK_ANSI_J,
+            "k": kVK_ANSI_K, "l": kVK_ANSI_L, "m": kVK_ANSI_M, "n": kVK_ANSI_N, "o": kVK_ANSI_O,
+            "p": kVK_ANSI_P, "q": kVK_ANSI_Q, "r": kVK_ANSI_R, "s": kVK_ANSI_S, "t": kVK_ANSI_T,
+            "u": kVK_ANSI_U, "v": kVK_ANSI_V, "w": kVK_ANSI_W, "x": kVK_ANSI_X, "y": kVK_ANSI_Y,
+            "z": kVK_ANSI_Z,
+            "0": kVK_ANSI_0, "1": kVK_ANSI_1, "2": kVK_ANSI_2, "3": kVK_ANSI_3, "4": kVK_ANSI_4,
+            "5": kVK_ANSI_5, "6": kVK_ANSI_6, "7": kVK_ANSI_7, "8": kVK_ANSI_8, "9": kVK_ANSI_9,
+            "space": kVK_Space, "period": kVK_ANSI_Period, "comma": kVK_ANSI_Comma,
+            "slash": kVK_ANSI_Slash, "semicolon": kVK_ANSI_Semicolon, "quote": kVK_ANSI_Quote,
+            "minus": kVK_ANSI_Minus, "equal": kVK_ANSI_Equal,
+            "leftbracket": kVK_ANSI_LeftBracket, "rightbracket": kVK_ANSI_RightBracket,
+            "backslash": kVK_ANSI_Backslash, "grave": kVK_ANSI_Grave,
+            "return": kVK_Return, "tab": kVK_Tab,
+        ]
+        let f = [kVK_F1, kVK_F2, kVK_F3, kVK_F4, kVK_F5, kVK_F6, kVK_F7, kVK_F8, kVK_F9, kVK_F10,
+                 kVK_F11, kVK_F12, kVK_F13, kVK_F14, kVK_F15, kVK_F16, kVK_F17, kVK_F18, kVK_F19, kVK_F20]
+        for (i, code) in f.enumerated() { k["f\(i + 1)"] = code }
+        return k
+    }()
+
+    private static let modifierFlags: [(String, UInt32)] = [
+        ("ctrl", UInt32(controlKey)), ("opt", UInt32(optionKey)),
+        ("shift", UInt32(shiftKey)), ("cmd", UInt32(cmdKey)),
+    ]
+    private static let aliases = ["control": "ctrl", "option": "opt", "alt": "opt", "command": "cmd"]
+
+    /// Nil for anything the daemon would refuse.
+    init?(_ text: String) {
+        let parts = text.lowercased().split(separator: "+", omittingEmptySubsequences: false)
+            .map { $0.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces) }
+        guard let key = parts.last, let code = Self.keys[key] else { return nil }
+        var mods: UInt32 = 0
+        for p in parts.dropLast() {
+            let name = Self.aliases[p] ?? p
+            guard let flag = Self.modifierFlags.first(where: { $0.0 == name })?.1, mods & flag == 0 else { return nil }
+            mods |= flag
+        }
+        let isF = key.hasPrefix("f") && key.count > 1
+        guard isF || mods & UInt32(controlKey | optionKey | cmdKey) != 0 else { return nil }
+        keyCode = UInt32(code)
+        modifiers = mods
+    }
+
+    init(keyCode: UInt32, modifiers: UInt32) {
+        self.keyCode = keyCode
+        self.modifiers = modifiers
+    }
+
+    /// The stored form, modifiers in the Mac's order.
+    var text: String? {
+        guard let key = Self.keys.first(where: { UInt32($0.value) == keyCode })?.key else { return nil }
+        let mods = Self.modifierFlags.filter { modifiers & $0.1 != 0 }.map(\.0)
+        return (mods + [key]).joined(separator: "+")
+    }
+
+    /// "⌃⌥1", as menus show shortcuts.
+    static func display(_ text: String) -> String {
+        let symbols = ["ctrl": "⌃", "opt": "⌥", "shift": "⇧", "cmd": "⌘"]
+        let names = ["space": "Space", "period": ".", "comma": ",", "slash": "/", "semicolon": ";",
+                     "quote": "'", "minus": "-", "equal": "=", "leftbracket": "[", "rightbracket": "]",
+                     "backslash": "\\", "grave": "`", "return": "Return", "tab": "Tab"]
+        var parts = text.lowercased().split(separator: "+").map(String.init)
+        guard let key = parts.popLast() else { return text }
+        return parts.map { symbols[Self.aliases[$0] ?? $0] ?? $0 }.joined() + (names[key] ?? key.uppercased())
+    }
+}

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/Orb.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+/// The Siri-style overlay: an orb in the agent's colour that listens,
+/// thinks and speaks, with a line of words under it.
+///
+/// Built from SwiftUI's own gradients, no animation library. The orb only
+/// moves while it is on screen: hidden, its timeline is paused and the
+/// microphone level is no longer read, so an idle assistant costs nothing.
+/// With Reduce Motion on it is a still picture that changes between
+/// states, never a loop.
+@MainActor
+final class OrbModel: ObservableObject {
+    enum Phase: Equatable { case hidden, listening, thinking, speaking }
+
+    @Published var phase: Phase = .hidden
+    /// 0…1: the microphone while listening.
+    @Published var level: Double = 0
+    @Published var tint = NSColor(srgbRed: 0.078, green: 0.722, blue: 0.651, alpha: 1)
+    @Published var name = ""
+    /// What was heard, or what is being said.
+    @Published var line = ""
+    /// The step the agent is on, and for how long.
+    @Published var status = ""
+    @Published var reduceMotion = NSWorkspace.shared.accessibilityDisplayShouldReduceMotion
+}
+
+struct OrbView: View {
+    @ObservedObject var model: OrbModel
+    @Environment(\.colorScheme) private var scheme
+
+    /// The agent's colour, lifted in dark mode so the name stays readable.
+    private var nameColor: Color {
+        guard scheme == .dark, let c = model.tint.usingColorSpace(.sRGB) else { return Color(nsColor: model.tint) }
+        var h: CGFloat = 0, s: CGFloat = 0, b: CGFloat = 0, a: CGFloat = 0
+        c.getHue(&h, saturation: &s, brightness: &b, alpha: &a)
+        return Color(nsColor: NSColor(hue: h, saturation: s * 0.55, brightness: min(1, b + 0.35), alpha: 1))
+    }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        VStack(spacing: 8) {
+            orb.frame(width: 96, height: 96).padding(.top, 4)
+            if !model.name.isEmpty {
+                Text(model.name.uppercased())
+                    .font(.system(size: 10.5, weight: .semibold, design: .monospaced))
+                    .tracking(0.8)
+                    .foregroundStyle(nameColor)
+            }
+            if !model.line.isEmpty {
+                Text(model.line)
+                    .font(.system(size: 13, weight: .medium))
+                    .foregroundStyle(.primary)
+                    .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
+                    .lineLimit(3)
+                    .truncationMode(.head)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+            }
+            if !model.status.isEmpty {
+                Text(model.status)
+                    .font(.system(size: 11))
+                    .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    .lineLimit(1)
+                    .truncationMode(.middle)
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(.horizontal, 18)
+        .padding(.vertical, 14)
+        .frame(width: OrbOverlay.width)
+        .background(.regularMaterial, in: RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 22, style: .continuous))
+        .overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 22, style: .continuous)
+            .strokeBorder(Color.primary.opacity(0.08), lineWidth: 1))
+        .frame(maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .top)
+    }
+
+    private var orb: some View {
+        let still = model.reduceMotion
+        let paused = still || model.phase == .hidden
+        return TimelineView(.animation(minimumInterval: 1.0 / 30, paused: paused)) { context in
+            OrbBody(t: paused ? 0 : context.date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate,
+                    phase: model.phase, level: model.level, tint: model.tint, still: still)
+        }
+        .accessibilityLabel(Text(accessibilityText))
+    }
+
+    private var accessibilityText: String {
+        switch model.phase {
+        case .hidden: return ""
+        case .listening: return "Listening"
+        case .thinking: return "Thinking"
+        case .speaking: return "Speaking"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// One frame of the orb at time `t`.
+struct OrbBody: View {
+    let t: Double
+    let phase: OrbModel.Phase
+    let level: Double
+    let tint: NSColor
+    /// Reduce Motion: a still orb, sized and shaded by state alone.
+    let still: Bool
+
+    /// How much the orb swells and glows, 0…1.
+    private var energy: Double {
+        switch phase {
+        case .hidden: return 0
+        case .listening: return still ? 0.45 : 0.12 + 0.88 * level
+        case .thinking: return still ? 0.2 : 0.22 + 0.08 * sin(t * 2.2)
+        case .speaking: return still ? 0.7 : OrbMath.speakingEnvelope(at: t)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// How fast the colours drift.
+    private var speed: Double {
+        switch phase {
+        case .hidden: return 0
+        case .listening: return 0.5 + level * 1.5
+        case .thinking: return 1.3
+        case .speaking: return 0.9
+        }
+    }
+
+    var body: some View {
+        let scale = 0.78 + 0.22 * energy
+        ZStack {
+            Circle()
+                .fill(Color(nsColor: tint).opacity(0.28 + 0.32 * energy))
+                .blur(radius: 10 + 12 * energy)
+                .scaleEffect(scale * 1.08)
+            fill
+                .clipShape(Circle())
+                .scaleEffect(scale)
+            // Thinking reads as a slow ring going round; the other states
+            // as a soft rim.
+            if phase == .thinking {
+                Circle()
+                    .trim(from: 0, to: 0.28)
+                    .stroke(Color.white.opacity(0.75), style: StrokeStyle(lineWidth: 2.2, lineCap: .round))
+                    .rotationEffect(.radians(still ? -.pi / 2 : t * 3.1))
+                    .scaleEffect(scale * 0.86)
+            } else {
+                Circle()
+                    .strokeBorder(Color.white.opacity(0.3 + 0.25 * energy), lineWidth: 1)
+                    .scaleEffect(scale)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @ViewBuilder private var fill: some View {
+        let shades = palette
+        if #available(macOS 15, *) {
+            MeshGradient(width: 3, height: 3, points: meshPoints, colors: [
+                shades[0], shades[1], shades[2],
+                shades[3], shades[4], shades[1],
+                shades[2], shades[3], shades[0],
+            ])
+        } else {
+            // macOS 14: two gradients stand in for the mesh.
+            ZStack {
+                AngularGradient(colors: [shades[0], shades[2], shades[3], shades[1], shades[0]],
+                                center: .center, angle: .radians(t * speed))
+                RadialGradient(colors: [shades[4], shades[4].opacity(0)],
+                               center: UnitPoint(x: 0.5 + 0.12 * cos(t * speed), y: 0.5 + 0.12 * sin(t * speed)),
+                               startRadius: 2, endRadius: 44)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Corners fixed, edges sway, the centre wanders further when there
+    /// is more energy. `still` keeps the resting grid.
+    private var meshPoints: [SIMD2<Float>] {
+        let s = still ? 0 : t * speed
+        let reach = Float(0.08 + 0.14 * energy)
+        func sway(_ phase: Double) -> Float { Float(sin(s + phase)) * reach * 0.6 }
+        return [
+            [0, 0], [0.5 + sway(0.3), 0], [1, 0],
+            [0, 0.5 + sway(1.1)],
+            [0.5 + Float(cos(s * 1.3)) * reach, 0.5 + Float(sin(s * 1.7)) * reach],
+            [1, 0.5 + sway(2.3)],
+            [0, 1], [0.5 + sway(3.7), 1], [1, 1],
+        ]
+    }
+
+    /// Five shades around the agent's colour: lighter, deeper and two
+    /// neighbouring hues, and a bright core that grows with the voice.
+    private var palette: [Color] {
+        let base = tint.usingColorSpace(.sRGB) ?? tint
+        var h: CGFloat = 0, s: CGFloat = 0, b: CGFloat = 0, a: CGFloat = 0
+        base.getHue(&h, saturation: &s, brightness: &b, alpha: &a)
+        // Thinking turns the hues slowly; the others hold them.
+        let drift = phase == .thinking && !still ? CGFloat(sin(t * 0.8)) * 0.04 : 0
+        func shade(_ dh: CGFloat, _ ds: CGFloat, _ db: CGFloat) -> Color {
+            var hue = (h + dh + drift).truncatingRemainder(dividingBy: 1)
+            if hue < 0 { hue += 1 }
+            return Color(nsColor: NSColor(hue: hue, saturation: min(1, max(0, s + ds)),
+                                          brightness: min(1, max(0, b + db)), alpha: 1))
+        }
+        let core = CGFloat(0.12 + 0.3 * energy)
+        return [
+            shade(0, 0, 0),
+            shade(0.07, -0.05, 0.08),
+            shade(-0.06, 0.05, -0.12),
+            shade(0.13, -0.1, 0.02),
+            shade(0.02, -0.35 * core * 2, core),
+        ]
+    }
+}
+
+/// The window the orb lives in: floating, on every Space, click-through
+/// and never key, so the app in front keeps the keyboard.
+private final class OrbPanel: NSPanel {
+    override var canBecomeKey: Bool { false }
+    override var canBecomeMain: Bool { false }
+}
+
+@MainActor
+final class OrbOverlay {
+    static let width: CGFloat = 300
+    private static let height: CGFloat = 250
+
+    let model = OrbModel()
+    private let panel: NSPanel
+    private let host: NSHostingView<OrbView>
+    private var levelTimer: Timer?
+    private var motionObserver: NSObjectProtocol?
+
+    /// The microphone's RMS level, read while listening. Set by the app.
+    var levelSource: (() -> Float)?
+
+    init() {
+        panel = OrbPanel(contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: Self.width, height: Self.height),
+                         styleMask: [.borderless, .nonactivatingPanel],
+                         backing: .buffered, defer: true)
+        panel.isFloatingPanel = true
+        panel.level = .floating
+        panel.collectionBehavior = [.canJoinAllSpaces, .fullScreenAuxiliary, .stationary, .ignoresCycle]
+        panel.isOpaque = false
+        panel.backgroundColor = .clear
+        panel.hasShadow = false
+        panel.ignoresMouseEvents = true
+        panel.hidesOnDeactivate = false
+        host = NSHostingView(rootView: OrbView(model: model))
+        host.frame = NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: Self.width, height: Self.height)
+        panel.contentView = host
+
+        let model = self.model
+        motionObserver = NSWorkspace.shared.notificationCenter.addObserver(
+            forName: NSWorkspace.accessibilityDisplayOptionsDidChangeNotification,
+            object: nil, queue: .main) { _ in
+            MainActor.assumeIsolated {
+                model.reduceMotion = NSWorkspace.shared.accessibilityDisplayShouldReduceMotion
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    var isVisible: Bool { panel.isVisible }
+
+    /// Where the orb's card ends on screen, for the answer card to sit
+    /// under. Nil while hidden.
+    var contentFrame: NSRect? {
+        guard panel.isVisible else { return nil }
+        let h = min(Self.height, host.fittingSize.height)
+        return NSRect(x: panel.frame.minX, y: panel.frame.maxY - h, width: Self.width, height: h)
+    }
+
+    func show(_ phase: OrbModel.Phase, name: String, tint: NSColor, line: String, status: String) {
+        guard phase != .hidden else { hide(); return }
+        model.name = name
+        model.tint = tint
+        model.line = line
+        model.status = status
+        if model.phase != phase {
+            model.phase = phase
+            if phase != .listening { model.level = 0 }
+        }
+        watchLevel()
+        if !panel.isVisible {
+            position()
+            panel.orderFrontRegardless()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func hide() {
+        model.phase = .hidden
+        model.level = 0
+        watchLevel()
+        panel.orderOut(nil)
+    }
+
+    /// Top right, under the menu bar, where macOS puts Siri.
+    private func position() {
+        guard let screen = NSScreen.main else { return }
+        let v = screen.visibleFrame
+        panel.setFrameOrigin(NSPoint(x: v.maxX - Self.width - 16, y: v.maxY - Self.height - 10))
+    }
+
+    /// The microphone is read only while listening, on screen, with
+    /// motion allowed.
+    private func watchLevel() {
+        let wanted = model.phase == .listening && !model.reduceMotion && levelSource != nil
+        if !wanted { levelTimer?.invalidate(); levelTimer = nil; return }
+        guard levelTimer == nil else { return }
+        levelTimer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 1.0 / 20, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in
+            MainActor.assumeIsolated {
+                guard let self, let read = self.levelSource else { return }
+                self.model.level = OrbMath.smooth(self.model.level, toward: OrbMath.level(fromRMS: read()))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/OrbMath.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import Foundation
+
+/// The numbers behind the orb, kept free of AppKit and SwiftUI so the
+/// tests can check them without a window.
+enum OrbMath {
+    /// The palette the daemon derives an agent's colour from when
+    /// `presence.color` is unset. Same list, same order and same hash as
+    /// `presenceLook` in src/voice/presence.ts, so the orb matches the
+    /// agent's on-screen cursor even when /agents sends no colour.
+    static let palette = ["#7C3AED", "#DB2777", "#EA580C", "#0D9488",
+                          "#2563EB", "#65A30D", "#C026D3", "#0891B2"]
+
+    /// The colour for an agent: the daemon's when it sent one, else the
+    /// hash of the id.
+    static func colorHex(agentID: String, configured: String?) -> String {
+        if let c = configured, parseHex(c) != nil { return c }
+        var h: UInt32 = 0
+        // JS iterates code points and takes charCodeAt(0) of each: the
+        // first UTF-16 unit. Identical for every ASCII id.
+        for scalar in agentID.unicodeScalars {
+            let unit = UInt32(String(scalar).utf16.first ?? 0)
+            h = h &* 31 &+ unit
+        }
+        return palette[Int(h % UInt32(palette.count))]
+    }
+
+    /// "#RRGGBB" as 0…1 components, or nil when it is not that.
+    static func parseHex(_ s: String) -> (r: Double, g: Double, b: Double)? {
+        guard s.count == 7, s.hasPrefix("#"), let v = UInt32(s.dropFirst(), radix: 16) else { return nil }
+        return (Double((v >> 16) & 0xFF) / 255, Double((v >> 8) & 0xFF) / 255, Double(v & 0xFF) / 255)
+    }
+
+    /// Microphone RMS (about 0.005 in a quiet room, 0.02 for a voice,
+    /// 0.2 when shouting) to 0…1. Square root, because loudness is heard
+    /// roughly that way: linear made normal speech barely move the orb.
+    static func level(fromRMS rms: Float) -> Double {
+        guard rms.isFinite, rms > 0.004 else { return 0 }
+        return min(1, Double((rms - 0.004).squareRoot()) * 3.2)
+    }
+
+    /// A speech-like rise and fall at time `t`, 0.15…1: syllables at about
+    /// five a second under a slower phrase swell. The daemon plays the
+    /// answer, so the app cannot meter it; this keeps the orb talking in
+    /// rhythm without pretending to be a level meter.
+    static func speakingEnvelope(at t: Double) -> Double {
+        let syllable = abs(sin(t * 15.7))
+        let phrase = 0.55 + 0.45 * sin(t * 1.9 + 0.7)
+        let jitter = 0.5 + 0.5 * sin(t * 37.3 + sin(t * 3.1))
+        return 0.15 + 0.85 * syllable * phrase * (0.7 + 0.3 * jitter)
+    }
+
+    /// Smooth toward `target`: fast attack, slower release, as the
+    /// recorder does, so the orb swells with a word and settles after it.
+    static func smooth(_ current: Double, toward target: Double) -> Double {
+        target > current ? current + (target - current) * 0.6 : current + (target - current) * 0.2
+    }
+}

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/Panel.swift

@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ final class Panel: NSPanel {
     /// Stay on screen when idle. Off: the pill shows only while active.
     var alwaysVisible = false
 
+    /// The orb overlay shows listening, thinking and speaking, so the
+    /// pill stays out of the way then; it still shows idle and errors.
+    var yieldsActiveStates = false
+
     /// Told of every state rendered, so the menu-bar icon can follow.
     var onRender: ((State) -> Void)?
 
@@ -107,6 +111,14 @@ final class Panel: NSPanel {
         /// Idle is an invitation and belongs in meta type; everything else
         /// is a running commentary and belongs in body type.
         var isMeta: Bool { if case .idle = self { return true }; return false }
+
+        /// Listening, thinking or speaking: what the orb shows.
+        var isActive: Bool {
+            switch self {
+            case .idle, .error: return false
+            default: return true
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Called when the pill is clicked. Set by the app.
@@ -208,7 +220,8 @@ final class Panel: NSPanel {
             setText(named(state))
         }
 
-        if state.isMeta && !alwaysVisible { orderOut(nil) } else { orderFrontRegardless() }
+        let yield = yieldsActiveStates && state.isActive
+        if (state.isMeta && !alwaysVisible) || yield { orderOut(nil) } else { orderFrontRegardless() }
         onRender?(state)
     }
 

package/apps/mac-voice/Sources/AgentXVoice/ResultCard.swift

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ final class ResultCard: NSPanel {
     private let links = NSStackView()
     private let thumb = NSImageView()
 
+    /// The orb's frame on screen while it shows, for the card to slide in
+    /// under it. Nil: the card sits above the pill. Set by the app.
+    var anchor: (() -> NSRect?)?
+
     init() {
         super.init(contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 380, height: 260),
                    styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .resizable, .utilityWindow, .nonactivatingPanel],
@@ -125,8 +129,35 @@ final class ResultCard: NSPanel {
         }
 
         if let c = contentView { layout(c) }
-        positionAboveWidget()
+        if let orb = anchor?() {
+            slideIn(under: orb)
+        } else {
+            positionAboveWidget()
+            orderFrontRegardless()
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Under the orb, right edges aligned, sliding down into place. With
+    /// Reduce Motion it simply appears there.
+    @MainActor
+    private func slideIn(under orb: NSRect) {
+        let target = NSPoint(x: orb.maxX - frame.width, y: orb.minY - frame.height - 8)
+        let wasVisible = isVisible
+        guard !wasVisible, !NSWorkspace.shared.accessibilityDisplayShouldReduceMotion else {
+            setFrameOrigin(target)
+            alphaValue = 1
+            orderFrontRegardless()
+            return
+        }
+        setFrameOrigin(NSPoint(x: target.x, y: target.y + 18))
+        alphaValue = 0
         orderFrontRegardless()
+        NSAnimationContext.runAnimationGroup { ctx in
+            ctx.duration = 0.28
+            ctx.timingFunction = Brand.ease
+            animator().setFrameOrigin(target)
+            animator().alphaValue = 1
+        }
     }
 
     @objc private func openLink(_ sender: NSButton) {
@@ -139,6 +170,7 @@ final class ResultCard: NSPanel {
         guard let screen = NSScreen.main else { return }
         let v = screen.visibleFrame
         setFrameOrigin(NSPoint(x: v.maxX - frame.width - 24, y: v.minY + 24 + 54 + 10))
+        alphaValue = 1
     }
 
     override var canBecomeKey: Bool { true }