symbiot 0.59.0 → 0.60.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 What each Symbiot release brought, newest first. When Approve bumps the version, it writes that release here from the tasks it approved, worded as release notes by your connected AI (or in the tasks' own words without one). The app shows the releases newer than yours under "What's new" when it offers an update, and once more after you update.
 
+## 0.60.0
+
+- **A release no longer trips on file times.** Linux stamps files with a clock a few milliseconds behind the precise one, so a run that asked a question straight away could look as if it asked before it started, and wasn't noted as waiting on you. Symbiot now allows for that (it also made a test fail on GitHub's machines, which held up 0.59.0).
+- **Symbiot in any language.** It uses your computer's language, or any you name in **Settings → Language** (Afrikaans, isiZulu, Português, 日本語…). Chats, the week, standups and to-dos are written in it, and a chat answers in whatever language you write to it in. The app's own words (every screen, button and message) are translated by your AI the first time they're shown, with its fastest model, in about half a minute, then kept on your computer, so it's instant after that. A small note says it's translating while it does. Your own content (tasks, chats, drafts, write-ups, names, code) is never translated, and drafts stay exactly as they'll be sent.
+
 ## 0.59.0
 
 - **Symbiot Free and Symbiot Pro.** Every install starts with 14 days of Pro. After that, Free keeps the orb, Home, Talk to Symbiot, your week and standups, voice and the Away screen, with one agent at a time, up to 3 projects and one connected inbox or chat. Pro (US$12 a month or US$99 a year) adds any number of agents at once, every project, every inbox and chat, the marketing lane and Approve-and-ship. **Settings → Symbiot Pro** shows where you stand, takes a key and lets you swap one of Free's 3 projects. A limit never stops anything running: the next thing just doesn't start, with a line saying why. Keys are checked offline (signed by Ghost AI; cancelled keys are listed on symbiot.co.za).

package/README.md

@@ -1419,6 +1419,16 @@ expects. Symbiot rescales for `xdotool` and for `cliclick` on a Retina screen, b
 it can't read the scale on Wayland, and ydotool's moves follow your pointer
 acceleration, so a click there can land off target.
 
+## Any language
+
+Symbiot uses the language your computer is set to, or any language you name in
+**Settings → Language** ("Afrikaans", "isiZulu", "pt-BR", anything). Chats, your week,
+standups and to-dos are written in it (a chat answers in whatever language you write to
+it in), and the app's own words are translated by your AI the first time you see them
+in that language (about half a minute, with your AI's fastest model), then kept in
+`~/.config/symbiot/i18n/`, so it's instant after that. Your own content (tasks, chats,
+drafts, write-ups, names, code) is never touched.
+
 ## Symbiot Free and Pro
 
 Every install starts with **14 days of Pro**, no key and no card. After that Symbiot

package/agents.mjs

@@ -711,9 +711,12 @@ function runInputs(path, cmd) {
   for (const f of files) { try { env += f + "\0" + readFileSync(join(path, f), "utf8") + "\0"; } catch {} }
   return { env: digest(env), answers: digest(readSymbiot(path, "ANSWERS.md")), cmd: digest(cmd), open: openTasks(path) };
 }
+const MTIME_SLACK = 50; // ms: a kernel tick is 4-10 ms
 function noteBlocked(path, cmd, startedAt, code) {
   const f = join(path, ".symbiot", BLOCKED);
-  let asked = false; try { asked = statSync(join(path, ".symbiot", "QUESTIONS.md")).mtimeMs >= startedAt; } catch {}
+  // file times come from the kernel's coarse clock, a few ms behind Date.now(): a run that
+  // asks at once can stamp QUESTIONS.md "before" it started; a run before it is far older
+  let asked = false; try { asked = statSync(join(path, ".symbiot", "QUESTIONS.md")).mtimeMs >= startedAt - MTIME_SLACK; } catch {}
   const questions = asked ? agentQuestions(path, "").questions.length : 0, inputs = runInputs(path, cmd);
   try {
     if (code === 0 && questions && inputs.open.length) writeFileSync(f, JSON.stringify({ at: Date.now(), questions, ...inputs }));

package/ai.mjs

@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ const AI_UI = {
   notConnected: () => console.log("Symbiot needs an AI to write your updates. With a Claude subscription, sign in to Claude Code (run  claude  once) and Symbiot uses it, no key. Otherwise: symbiot login"),
   rejected: (label) => console.log(`Your ${label} credentials were rejected. Reconnect with:  symbiot login --force`),
 };
-async function write(system, prompt, { images = [] } = {}) {
-  const r = resolveProvider();
+// fast: a quick, plain job (translating the app's words): the provider's fastest model
+const FAST_MODEL = { claude: "haiku", anthropic: "claude-haiku-5-5" };
+async function write(system, prompt, { images = [], fast = false } = {}) {
+  const r0 = resolveProvider(), r = fast && r0 && FAST_MODEL[r0.provider] ? { ...r0, model: FAST_MODEL[r0.provider] } : r0;
   if (!r) { AI_UI.notConnected(); return null; }
   const stop = AI_UI.spinner("thinking…");
   try {

package/lang.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+// symbiot — Symbiot in any language.
+//
+// The language is your computer's (the app window reports it), unless you name one in
+// Settings: any language at all, by name or code ("Afrikaans", "isiZulu", "pt-BR").
+// Two things follow it:
+//   - what Symbiot writes: chats, the week, standups and to-dos come out in it (and a
+//     chat answers in whatever language you write to it in);
+//   - the app itself: its own words, translated by your AI the first time they're
+//     shown, then kept in ~/.config/symbiot/i18n/<language>.json, so they're instant
+//     after that. Your content (tasks, chats, drafts, names, code) is never touched.
+// Numbers are kept out of what's translated ("3 at work" and "5 at work" are one
+// string, "{#} at work"), so a page's counts changing costs nothing.
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { CONFIG_DIR, loadConfig, saveConfig } from "./core.mjs";
+import { write } from "./ai.mjs";
+
+const DIR = () => join(CONFIG_DIR, "i18n");
+const BATCH = 40, PARALLEL = 6, MAX_LEN = 400;
+const clean = (s) => String(s || "").trim().slice(0, 60);
+
+// "af-ZA" / "afrikaans" / "" -> a tag ("af-ZA"), or the name as typed when it isn't a tag.
+function normalise(l) {
+  const s = clean(l); if (!s) return "";
+  if (/^[a-z]{2,3}([-_][A-Za-z0-9]{2,8})*$/i.test(s)) { try { return Intl.getCanonicalLocales(s.replace(/_/g, "-"))[0]; } catch { return s; } }
+  return s;
+}
+// What it's called, in English (for the AI) and in itself (for Settings).
+function languageName(tag, inLang = "en") {
+  if (!/^[a-z]{2,3}(-|$)/i.test(tag)) return tag;
+  try { return new Intl.DisplayNames([inLang], { type: "language" }).of(tag) || tag; } catch { return tag; }
+}
+const isEnglish = (tag) => !tag || /^en(-|$)/i.test(tag) || /^english$/i.test(tag);
+
+// { lang, auto, chosen, name, own, english }
+function languageState(cfg = loadConfig()) {
+  const chosen = normalise(cfg.language), auto = normalise(cfg.languageAuto), lang = chosen || auto || "en";
+  return { lang, auto: auto || "en", chosen: chosen || "", name: languageName(lang), own: languageName(lang, /^[a-z]{2,3}(-|$)/i.test(lang) ? lang : "en"), english: isEnglish(lang) };
+}
+// The window says what the computer's set to; Settings can name another (or "" for the computer's).
+function setLanguage({ auto, chosen } = {}) {
+  const cfg = loadConfig();
+  if (auto !== undefined) cfg.languageAuto = normalise(auto);
+  if (chosen !== undefined) { const c = normalise(chosen); if (c) cfg.language = c; else delete cfg.language; }
+  saveConfig(cfg);
+  return languageState(cfg);
+}
+// One line for an AI's instructions: "" in English.
+function languageLine(st = languageState()) {
+  if (st.english) return "";
+  return `\n\nWrite in ${st.name}${st.name !== st.lang ? ` (${st.lang})` : ""}: that's the language they use Symbiot in. If they write to you in another language, answer in that one. Keep names, code, file names, commands, URLs and quoted text as they are.`;
+}
+
+// ---- the app's own words ----------------------------------------------------
+const fileFor = (lang) => join(DIR(), lang.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/g, "_") + ".json");
+function cached(lang) { try { return JSON.parse(readFileSync(fileFor(lang), "utf8")); } catch { return {}; } }
+function saveCache(lang, map) { mkdirSync(DIR(), { recursive: true }); writeFileSync(fileFor(lang), JSON.stringify(map)); }
+const holes = (s) => (String(s).match(/\{#\}/g) || []).length;
+
+const BUSY = new Map(); // lang -> the translation in progress, so two windows don't pay twice
+// Translations for these strings: what's kept is returned at once; what's missing is
+// translated (by the AI, in batches) and kept. ask is the AI (tests pass their own).
+async function translate(lang, strings, { ask = write } = {}) {
+  const tag = normalise(lang);
+  if (isEnglish(tag)) return {};
+  const want = [...new Set((strings || []).map((s) => String(s)).filter((s) => s.trim() && s.length <= MAX_LEN))];
+  while (BUSY.has(tag)) { try { await BUSY.get(tag); } catch {} }
+  let map = cached(tag);
+  const missing = want.filter((s) => !(s in map));
+  if (missing.length) {
+    const job = (async () => {
+      const name = languageName(tag), parts = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < missing.length; i += BATCH) parts.push(missing.slice(i, i + BATCH));
+      // up to 4 batches at a time: the first look at a new language takes about a minute, not several
+      const one = async (part) => {
+        const system = `You translate the interface of Symbiot, a desktop assistant app, from English into ${name}${name !== tag ? ` (${tag})` : ""}. These are its buttons, labels, headings and messages. Translate each one as a native ${name} app would say it: short, plain and natural, the same tone, the same capitalisation style. Keep exactly: every {#} (a number goes there), product and company names (Symbiot, Symbiot Pro, Claude, Claude Code, GitHub, Gmail, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Ghost AI…), file names, code, commands, keyboard keys, emails and URLs. Answer with only a JSON array of the translations, in the same order, one for each.`;
+        let out = null;
+        try {
+          const raw = String(await ask(system, JSON.stringify(part), { fast: true }) || "");
+          const a = raw.indexOf("["), b = raw.lastIndexOf("]");
+          out = JSON.parse(raw.slice(a, b + 1));
+        } catch {}
+        // the AI didn't answer properly: those stay English, and are asked for again next time
+        if (!Array.isArray(out) || out.length !== part.length) return;
+        const kept = { ...cached(tag) };
+        part.forEach((src, k) => { const t = typeof out[k] === "string" ? out[k].trim() : ""; if (t && holes(t) === holes(src)) kept[src] = t; });
+        saveCache(tag, kept);
+      };
+      for (let i = 0; i < parts.length; i += PARALLEL) await Promise.all(parts.slice(i, i + PARALLEL).map(one));
+    })();
+    BUSY.set(tag, job);
+    try { await job; } finally { BUSY.delete(tag); }
+    map = cached(tag);
+  }
+  const res = {}; for (const s of want) if (s in map) res[s] = map[s];
+  return res;
+}
+function allTranslations(lang) { const tag = normalise(lang); return isEnglish(tag) ? {} : cached(tag); }
+function forgetTranslations(lang) { const f = fileFor(normalise(lang)); if (existsSync(f)) writeFileSync(f, "{}"); return true; }
+
+export { languageState, setLanguage, languageLine, languageName, normalise, isEnglish, translate, allTranslations, forgetTranslations };

package/mind.mjs

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //   signed in to your linked sites); "task" adds it to your list for later or for a
 //   repo. Anything hard to undo (closing an account, deleting, paying, sending) the
 //   agent asks you about first, in the Agents tab: the brief says so.
+import { languageLine } from "./lang.mjs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, chmodSync } from "node:fs";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ async function converse({ where, role = "", context = "", history = "", question
   let lanes = map; if (!lanes) { try { lanes = laneMap(); } catch { lanes = {}; } }
   // how they talk, from what they've typed into any chat (adapt.mjs: accommodation)
   const voice = styleLine(styleOf(d.log.filter((l) => l.role === "user").map((l) => l.text).concat(question)));
-  const system = `${IDENTITY} ${role}\n\n${rulesFor(Object.keys(lanes), selfLane(lanes), nav)}${voice ? "\n" + voice : ""}`;
+  const system = `${IDENTITY} ${role}\n\n${rulesFor(Object.keys(lanes), selfLane(lanes), nav)}${voice ? "\n" + voice : ""}${languageLine()}`;
   const prompt = (known ? `What you know (from across the app):\n${known}\n\n` : "") + (kn.text ? kn.text + "\n\n" : "") + (elsewhere ? `Lately, elsewhere in the app (other chats: a short answer here doesn't reply to these):\n${elsewhere}\n\n` : "") +
     (context ? context + "\n\n" : "") + (history ? `This chat so far:\n${history}\n\n` : "") + `They say (on ${where}): ${question}`;
   const raw = await ask(system, prompt, images.length ? { images } : undefined);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "symbiot",
-  "version": "0.59.0",
+  "version": "0.60.0",
   "description": "Your week, written from your real work. Reads your local git and writes it up with the AI of your choice \u2014 Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or a local model.",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     "icon.ico",
     "claudesetup.mjs",
     "voice.mjs",
-    "licence.mjs"
+    "licence.mjs",
+    "lang.mjs"
   ],
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
     "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.128.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "node test/load.mjs && node test/fixtures.mjs && node test/links.mjs && node test/post.mjs && node test/peek.mjs && node test/mind.mjs && node test/knowledge.mjs && node test/checks.mjs &&node test/lanes.mjs && node test/handback.mjs && node test/autoallow.mjs && node test/guard.mjs && node test/reports.mjs && node test/sandbox.mjs && node test/adapt.mjs && node test/urgent.mjs && node test/drafts.mjs && node test/linkedin.mjs && node test/secrets.mjs && node test/work.mjs && node test/mapknn.mjs && node test/away.mjs && node test/voice.mjs && node test/licence.mjs && node test/subscription.mjs && node test/claudesetup.mjs && node test/launcher.mjs && node test/onboarding.mjs && node test/windows.mjs && node test/marketing.mjs && node test/tray.mjs && node test/paths.mjs && node test/smoke.mjs && node test/app.mjs && node test/install.mjs",
+    "test": "node test/load.mjs && node test/fixtures.mjs && node test/links.mjs && node test/post.mjs && node test/peek.mjs && node test/mind.mjs && node test/knowledge.mjs && node test/checks.mjs &&node test/lanes.mjs && node test/handback.mjs && node test/autoallow.mjs && node test/guard.mjs && node test/reports.mjs && node test/sandbox.mjs && node test/adapt.mjs && node test/urgent.mjs && node test/drafts.mjs && node test/linkedin.mjs && node test/secrets.mjs && node test/work.mjs && node test/mapknn.mjs && node test/away.mjs && node test/voice.mjs && node test/licence.mjs && node test/lang.mjs && node test/subscription.mjs && node test/claudesetup.mjs && node test/launcher.mjs && node test/onboarding.mjs && node test/windows.mjs && node test/marketing.mjs && node test/tray.mjs && node test/paths.mjs && node test/smoke.mjs && node test/app.mjs && node test/install.mjs",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "postinstall": "node postinstall.mjs"
   },

package/server.mjs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // (ui.mjs) and its /api routes, each a thin call into the module that does the
 // work, on 127.0.0.1 only and behind the per-install token. (Watch on your phone
 // listens on your network separately, only for that: phone.mjs.)
+import { languageState, setLanguage, translate, allTranslations } from "./lang.mjs";
 import { licenceState, setKey, clearKey, can, refreshRevoked, FREE } from "./licence.mjs";
 import { claudeSetup, installClaude, signInClaude, sendClaudeCode } from "./claudesetup.mjs";
 import { voiceState, prepareVoice, speak, stopVoices } from "./voice.mjs";
@@ -515,6 +516,11 @@ async function startApp({ bin, since = 7, all = false, c = PLAIN_COLOURS } = {})
       if (u.pathname === "/api/claude/install" && req.method === "POST") return json(res, installClaude());
       if (u.pathname === "/api/claude/signin" && req.method === "POST") return json(res, signInClaude());
       if (u.pathname === "/api/claude/code" && req.method === "POST") { const b = await readBody(req); return json(res, sendClaudeCode(b.code)); }
+      // the language (lang.mjs): the window reports the computer's, Settings can name any; the app's own words, translated once and kept
+      if (u.pathname === "/api/language/set" && req.method === "POST") { const b = await readBody(req); return json(res, setLanguage({ ...(b.auto !== undefined ? { auto: b.auto } : {}), ...(b.chosen !== undefined ? { chosen: b.chosen } : {}) })); }
+      if (u.pathname === "/api/language") return json(res, languageState());
+      if (u.pathname === "/api/i18n/all") return json(res, { map: allTranslations(u.searchParams.get("lang") || languageState().lang) });
+      if (u.pathname === "/api/i18n" && req.method === "POST") { const b = await readBody(req); return json(res, { map: await translate(b.lang || "", Array.isArray(b.strings) ? b.strings.slice(0, 400) : []) }); }
       // Symbiot Free and Pro (licence.mjs): where you stand, a key in or out, a Free project slot freed
       if (u.pathname === "/api/licence") return json(res, licenceView());
       if (u.pathname === "/api/licence/key" && req.method === "POST") { const b = await readBody(req); const r = setKey(b.key); return json(res, r.error ? r : licenceView()); }

package/ui.mjs

@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ body.lq-liquid #panel-settings{max-width:780px;margin:0 auto;display:flex;flex-d
 body.lq-liquid .sset{border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.07);background:rgba(255,255,255,.03);border-radius:18px;padding:18px 20px}
 body.lq-liquid.lq-light .sset{border-color:rgba(21,26,33,.07);background:rgba(255,255,255,.55)}
 body.lq-liquid .sset.hidden,body.lq-liquid #panel-settings.hidden{display:none}
+#i18nnote{position:fixed;left:16px;bottom:16px;z-index:60;max-width:calc(100vw - 32px);padding:8px 14px;border-radius:999px;font-size:13px;background:rgba(10,11,14,.88);color:#ECE9E4;border:1px solid rgba(220,228,240,.18);opacity:0;transition:opacity .4s;pointer-events:none}#i18nnote.on{opacity:1}body.lq-light #i18nnote{background:rgba(255,255,255,.94);color:#151A21;border-color:rgba(20,30,45,.15)}
 .licproj{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px;margin-top:6px}.licproj .chip{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:4px 6px 4px 12px;border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:999px;font-size:13px}.licproj .chip button{padding:2px 8px;font-size:12px}
 .ssh{margin:0 0 10px;font:600 16px var(--sans);letter-spacing:-.01em;color:var(--bone);display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:8px}
 .ssh .muted{font-weight:400;font-size:12.5px}
@@ -1169,6 +1170,7 @@ body.lq-light .btip .bta button:not(.quiet){background:#151A21;color:#FFFFFF}
 </section>
 <section id="panel-settings" class="hidden">
 <div id="firststeps" class="sset hidden" aria-live="polite"></div>
+<div class="sset" id="langset"><h3 class="ssh">Language</h3><div id="langbox"><span class="muted">…</span></div></div>
 <div class="sset" id="licset"><h3 class="ssh">Symbiot Pro</h3><div id="licbox"><span class="muted">Checking…</span></div></div>
 <div class="sset"><h3 class="ssh">Setup</h3><div class="row"><span class="muted" style="flex:1">Walk through setup again: your AI, your work, your agent and your apps.</span><button class="ghost" id="rerunsetup">Run setup again</button></div></div>
 <div class="sset"><h3 class="ssh">Your AI</h3>
@@ -1313,7 +1315,7 @@ var isMap=tab==='map',isSet=tab==='settings',isTasks=tab==='tasks',isDrift=tab==
 $('panel-map').classList.toggle('hidden',!isMap);
 $('panel-board').classList.toggle('hidden',!isBoard);if(isBoard){loadBoard();loadLinks();}
 $('panel-run').classList.toggle('hidden',!isRun);
-$('panel-settings').classList.toggle('hidden',!isSet);if(isSet){loadFirstSteps();licLoad();}
+$('panel-settings').classList.toggle('hidden',!isSet);if(isSet){loadFirstSteps();licLoad();langLoad();}
 $('panel-tasks').classList.toggle('hidden',!isTasks);
 $('panel-drift').classList.toggle('hidden',!isDrift);
 $('panel-reports').classList.toggle('hidden',tab!=='reports');if(tab==='reports')loadReports();
@@ -1330,6 +1332,53 @@ lqTitle();if(isTasks&&TFILTER.repo)loadParked(lqTitle);}
 // takes you to its part, lit up. The block goes once all are done.
 var FSKIP='symbiot-skip-company';
 function fsSkipped(){try{return !!(window.localStorage&&window.localStorage.getItem(FSKIP));}catch(e){return false;}}
+// The app in your language (lang.mjs). Its own words on screen are swapped for their
+// translation (your AI makes each once; they're kept, so it's instant after that).
+// Numbers stay out of what's translated: "3 at work" is "{#} at work". Your content
+// (tasks, chats, drafts, write-ups, names, code, anything typed) is never touched,
+// and new things are translated as they appear.
+var I18N={on:false,lang:'',map:{},want:{},tried:{},timer:0,busy:false,orig:new WeakMap(),attrs:new WeakMap(),dirty:[],raf:0,obs:null};
+var I18N_SKIP="[data-nt],.t,.tfull,.lqmsg,.dmsg,.wkfinal,.wkraw,.rname,.btf,#lqtalk,code,pre,kbd,textarea,script,style,svg";
+var I18N_W=String.fromCharCode(32,9,10,13,160);
+var I18N_WS=new RegExp('['+I18N_W+']+','g'),I18N_EDGE=new RegExp('^(['+I18N_W+']*)([^]*?)(['+I18N_W+']*)$');
+var I18N_NUM=/[0-9]+([.,][0-9]+)?/g;
+function i18nKey(s){return String(s).replace(I18N_WS,' ').trim().replace(I18N_NUM,'{#}');}
+function i18nOk(k){if(!k||k.length>400||!/[A-Za-z]/.test(k))return false;if(/@|:[/][/]|[/][A-Za-z0-9._-]+[/]/.test(k))return false;if(/^[a-z0-9._-]+$/.test(k)&&/[._0-9-]/.test(k))return false;return true;}
+function i18nFill(src,tr){var nums=String(src).match(I18N_NUM)||[],i=0;return tr.replace(/[{]#[}]/g,function(){return nums[i++]||'';});}
+function i18nOne(v){var m=String(v).match(I18N_EDGE),core=m?m[2]:String(v),k=i18nKey(core);if(!i18nOk(k))return null;var tr=I18N.map[k];
+if(tr==null){if(!I18N.tried[k]){I18N.want[k]=1;i18nLater();}return null;}return (m?m[1]:'')+i18nFill(core,tr)+(m?m[3]:'');}
+function i18nSkip(el){return !el||!!(el.closest&&el.closest(I18N_SKIP))||!!el.isContentEditable;}
+function i18nText(n){var o=I18N.orig.get(n),v=n.nodeValue,src=o&&v===o.tr?o.src:v,out=i18nOne(src);if(out!=null&&out!==v){I18N.orig.set(n,{src:src,tr:out});n.nodeValue=out;}}
+function i18nAttrs(el){if(/^(TEXTAREA|INPUT)$/.test(el.tagName||"")?i18nSkip(el.parentElement):i18nSkip(el))return;['placeholder','title','aria-label'].forEach(function(a){if(!el.hasAttribute||!el.hasAttribute(a))return;var rec=I18N.attrs.get(el)||{},cur=el.getAttribute(a),src=rec[a]&&cur===rec[a].tr?rec[a].src:cur,out=i18nOne(src);if(out!=null&&out!==cur){rec[a]={src:src,tr:out};I18N.attrs.set(el,rec);el.setAttribute(a,out);}});}
+function i18nWalk(root){if(!I18N.on||!root)return;
+if(root.nodeType===3){if(!i18nSkip(root.parentElement))i18nText(root);return;}
+if(root.nodeType!==1||!root.isConnected)return;i18nAttrs(root);if(i18nSkip(root))return;root.querySelectorAll('[placeholder],[title],[aria-label]').forEach(i18nAttrs);
+var w=document.createTreeWalker(root,5,{acceptNode:function(n){if(n.nodeType===1)return (n.matches(I18N_SKIP)||n.isContentEditable)?2:3;return 1;}}),t;
+while((t=w.nextNode()))i18nText(t);}
+function i18nLater(){if(I18N.timer)return;I18N.timer=setTimeout(i18nFlush,350);}
+function i18nFlush(){I18N.timer=0;if(I18N.busy){i18nLater();return;}var ks=Object.keys(I18N.want).slice(0,400);if(!ks.length)return;
+ks.forEach(function(k){delete I18N.want[k];I18N.tried[k]=1;});I18N.busy=true;i18nNote(true);
+api('/api/i18n',{lang:I18N.lang,strings:ks}).then(function(r){var m=(r&&r.map)||{};for(var k in m)I18N.map[k]=m[k];I18N.busy=false;i18nWalk(document.body);if(Object.keys(I18N.want).length)i18nLater();else i18nNote(false);}).catch(function(){I18N.busy=false;i18nNote(false);});}
+// the first time in a language there's a lot to translate: say so, quietly, until it's done
+function i18nNote(on){var el=$('i18nnote');if(on&&Object.keys(I18N.map).length<150){if(!el){el=document.createElement('div');el.id='i18nnote';el.setAttribute('data-nt','');el.setAttribute('role','status');document.body.appendChild(el);}el.textContent='Translating Symbiot into '+((LANG&&(LANG.own||LANG.name))||I18N.lang)+'… the first time takes a minute.';el.className='on';}else if(!on&&el){el.className='';}}
+function i18nWatch(){if(I18N.obs||typeof MutationObserver!=='function')return;
+I18N.obs=new MutationObserver(function(ms){ms.forEach(function(m){if(m.type==='childList')m.addedNodes.forEach(function(n){I18N.dirty.push(n);});else I18N.dirty.push(m.target);});
+if(!I18N.raf)I18N.raf=requestAnimationFrame(function(){I18N.raf=0;var d=I18N.dirty;I18N.dirty=[];d.forEach(function(n){i18nWalk(n);});});});
+I18N.obs.observe(document.body,{childList:true,subtree:true,characterData:true,attributes:true,attributeFilter:['placeholder','title','aria-label']});}
+function i18nStart(){api('/api/language/set',{auto:(navigator.languages&&navigator.languages[0])||navigator.language||''}).then(function(st){if(!st||!st.lang)return;I18N.lang=st.lang;LANG=st;
+try{document.documentElement.lang=st.lang;}catch(e){}
+if(st.english)return;I18N.on=true;
+api('/api/i18n/all?lang='+encodeURIComponent(st.lang)).then(function(r){I18N.map=(r&&r.map)||{};i18nWalk(document.body);i18nWatch();}).catch(function(){i18nWatch();});}).catch(function(){});}
+// Settings: the language, your computer's or any you name
+var LANG=null;
+function langLoad(){api('/api/language').then(langRender).catch(function(){});}
+function langRender(st){var el=$('langbox');if(!el||!st)return;LANG=st;
+el.innerHTML="<p>Symbiot is in <b data-nt>"+esc(st.own||st.name)+"</b>"+(st.chosen?'.':', the language your computer uses.')+"</p>"+
+"<div class='row' style='margin-top:8px'><input id='langin' placeholder='Any language: Afrikaans, isiZulu, Português, 日本語…' style='flex:1'><button class='act' id='languse'>Use it</button>"+(st.chosen?"<button class='ghost' id='langauto'>Use my computer’s language</button>":"")+"</div>"+
+"<p class='muted' style='margin-top:8px'>Symbiot writes to you in it, and its own words are translated by your AI the first time you see them, then kept.</p>";
+var go=function(v){api('/api/language/set',{chosen:v}).then(function(){location.reload();}).catch(function(){});};
+var u=$('languse');if(u)u.addEventListener('click',function(){var v=($('langin').value||'').trim();if(v)go(v);});
+var a=$('langauto');if(a)a.addEventListener('click',function(){go('');});}
 // Symbiot Free and Pro (licence.mjs): where you stand, a key in or out, Free's 3 projects.
 function licDate(ms){try{return new Date(ms).toLocaleDateString(undefined,{day:'numeric',month:'long',year:'numeric'});}catch(e){return '';}}
 function licLoad(){api('/api/licence').then(licRender).catch(function(){});}
@@ -3464,7 +3513,7 @@ b.querySelectorAll('[data-check]').forEach(function(x){x.addEventListener('click
 b.querySelectorAll('[data-skip]').forEach(function(x){x.addEventListener('click',function(){api('/api/onboarding/set',{skip:x.getAttribute('data-skip')}).then(function(r){ONB=r;onbRender();});});});
 b.querySelectorAll('[data-unskip]').forEach(function(x){x.addEventListener('click',function(){api('/api/onboarding/set',{unskip:x.getAttribute('data-unskip')}).then(function(r){ONB=r;onbRender();});});});}
 function lqIcon(l){var k=document.querySelector('link[rel=icon]');if(k)k.setAttribute('href','/favicon.svg?look='+encodeURIComponent(l||'ferro'));}
-function lqInit(){var bd=document.body;if(!bd||!bd.classList)return;lqIcon(lqLookGet());lqTheme();bd.classList.add('lq-liquid');
+function lqInit(){var bd=document.body;if(!bd||!bd.classList)return;lqIcon(lqLookGet());lqTheme();try{i18nStart();}catch(e){}bd.classList.add('lq-liquid');
 ['(prefers-color-scheme: light)','(prefers-contrast: more)','(forced-colors: active)','(prefers-reduced-transparency: reduce)','(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)'].forEach(function(q){try{var mq=window.matchMedia&&window.matchMedia(q);if(mq&&mq.addEventListener)mq.addEventListener('change',lqTheme);else if(mq&&mq.addListener)mq.addListener(lqTheme);}catch(e){}});
 if(document.addEventListener){document.addEventListener('contextmenu',function(ev){var b=document.body,t=ev&&ev.target;if(!b||!b.classList||!b.classList.contains('lq-liquid'))return;if(t&&t.closest&&t.closest('input,textarea,select,[contenteditable]'))return;var sel=window.getSelection?String(window.getSelection()):'';if(sel)return;ev.preventDefault();lqBack();});
 document.addEventListener('mouseup',function(ev){var b=document.body;if(ev&&ev.button===3&&b&&b.classList&&b.classList.contains('lq-liquid')){ev.preventDefault();lqBack();}});}

package/writeups.mjs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // What Symbiot writes with your AI: your week, standup and to-dos, a repo's
 // review and next steps, a folder's overview, and the Q&A on a task. Plus the
 // opt-in sent mail that week and standup fold in (read by mail.mjs).
+import { languageLine } from "./lang.mjs";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { readFileSync, existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import { VERSION, loadConfig, saveConfig, loadTasks, saveTasks, sh, repoState } from "./core.mjs";
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ async function repoReview(path) {
     (rules ? `Conventions this team has chosen — do NOT advise against these:\n${rules}\n\n` : "") +
     (state.stale ? `Working tree: STALE (≈ ${state.staleBy ? "HEAD~" + state.staleBy : "older"}); its "changes" are the gap to an old snapshot, not new work.\n\n` : "") +
     `Return the JSON. Remember: fewer, higher-value ideas beat a long list; a "don't add — stabilise" verdict with 0–2 ideas is a valid answer.`;
-  const raw = await write(system, prompt);
+  const raw = await write(system + languageLine(), prompt);
   if (!raw) return { text: "(couldn't reach the model)", ideas: [], verdict: "", footer };
   const j = extractJson(raw);
   if (j && (j.review || j.ideas || j.verdict)) return {
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ async function repoSuggest(path) {
     `Project: ${name} (branch ${state.branch}, ${auth.total} commits, ${auth.mineCount} yours${auth.filterDropped ? " — filter dropped" : ""}).\n\n` +
     `Recent commits:\n${recent || "(none)"}\n\nOpen / unfinished:\n${open.length ? open.map((o) => "- " + o).join("\n") : "(none found)"}\n\n` +
     (rules ? `Conventions — do NOT advise against these:\n${rules}\n\n` : "") + `Give the advice.`;
-  const text = await write(system, prompt);
+  const text = await write(system + languageLine(), prompt);
   return { text: text || "(couldn't reach the model)", footer };
 }
 // Overview + suggestions for a NON-git project folder (no commits to read), from
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ async function folderSuggest(path) {
   const prompt =
     `Folder: ${det.name}\nStack: ${stack}\nFiles (${det.files}):\n${rels.slice(0, 120).join("\n")}\n\n` +
     (manifest ? `Manifest:\n${manifest}\n\n` : "") + (readme ? `README excerpt:\n${readme}\n\n` : "") + `Write the overview and suggestions.`;
-  const text = await write(system, prompt);
+  const text = await write(system + languageLine(), prompt);
   const footer = `symbiot ${VERSION} · folder · ${det.files} files · ${stack} · not a git repo`;
   return { text: text || "(couldn't reach the model)", footer };
 }
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ async function produce(cmd, { since = 7, all: everyone = false } = {}) {
       `You summarise what's still on a developer's plate from their TODO markers and uncommitted work. ` +
       `Group by project, lead with what looks most in-flight (uncommitted work) then the to-dos. ` +
       `Be concise and concrete. No preamble.`;
-    const text = await write(system, `Open work:\n${open.map((o) => `- ${o}`).join("\n")}\n\nWhat's still on my plate?`);
+    const text = await write(system + languageLine(), `Open work:\n${open.map((o) => `- ${o}`).join("\n")}\n\nWhat's still on my plate?`);
     return { text: text || "(couldn't reach the model)", sub: `${open.length} open items · todo`, footer: `symbiot ${VERSION} · ${repos.length} repos scanned · ${open.length} open items` };
   }
   const label = cmd === "standup" ? "standup" : "week";
@@ -265,7 +266,7 @@ async function produce(cmd, { since = 7, all: everyone = false } = {}) {
     (waiting.length ? `Waiting on me (new since yesterday):\n${waiting.map((g) => `- ${g.label}:\n${g.items.slice(0, 10).map((t) => `  - ${t.slice(0, 160)}`).join("\n")}`).join("\n")}\n\n` : "") +
     `Write the ${label === "standup" ? "standup" : "update"}.`;
 
-  const text = await write(system, prompt);
+  const text = await write(system + languageLine(), prompt);
   const mailNote = (mail.length ? ` · ${mail.length} sent email${mail.length === 1 ? "" : "s"}` : "") + (arrivedN ? ` · ${arrivedN} from linked sites` : "");
   return { text: text ? withWaiting(text, line) : "(couldn't reach the model)", sub: `${cs.length} commits across ${new Set(cs.map((x) => x.repo)).size} repos${mailNote}${waitNote} · ${label}`, footer: `symbiot ${VERSION} · ${all.length} repos (same as the Map) · ${repos.length} active · ${cs.length} commits in last ${days}d${mailNote}` };
 }