Group chats in the Hermes Bots roster were rendered as a section header
("HERMES, PAPERCLIP MANAGER" + divider + tiny "Open chat" link) with each
member bot listed underneath — reading as separate DMs, not a group — and
opening the room rendered it INSIDE the narrow bots side panel.
Roster (plugin.js):
- Each group chat is now ONE standalone roster row (GroupRow), Discord-style:
stacked member avatars (BotFace composite, org glyph when empty), group
name, member count, latest room line as the preview with markdown syntax
flattened, relative last-activity time, and the "needs you" badge on the
row itself.
- The roster is a flat list: bot rows and group rows interleaved in the SAME
pin+recency ordering (a group's recency = its newest room-log entry).
Bots keep their individual DM rows; the group is an additional
independent row. The groupRoster() sectioning is removed.
- New stripPreviewMarkdown() flattens **bold**, `code`, > quotes, links,
and headings out of BotRow and GroupRow previews (raw ** and > were
leaking into row previews).
Main-window takeover (sdk/index.ts + plugin.js):
- New generic SDK door host.openWorkspace(id, { render, title, minWidth,
onClose }): registers a placement:'main' pane docked center into the
workspace zone (the same shape session tiles and previews use), wires
registerPaneCloser so tab Close / ⌘W tears the registration down, and
reveals it. Re-opening the same id refreshes in place and re-fronts.
Returns a disposer.
- Clicking a group row calls openGroupChat(): on desktops with
host.openWorkspace the room opens as a tab taking over the MAIN chat
area; older desktops keep the exact in-panel GroupChatWorkspace fallback
(feature-detected, established Bot Mode pattern). Disband closes the
main-window tab too; the composer/round-robin logic is untouched and
renders identically in both hosts.
Tests: roster-groups rewritten for the flat model + new helpers;
group-chat/create-group-chat source contracts updated to the
openGroupChat door; profile-prewarm harness stubs stripPreviewMarkdown.
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