Maestro Daily: Agent Safety Defaults and Phone Layout Fixes
Work focused on clearer agent intent with per-agent read-only defaults and mid-run steering, alongside a sweep of phone layout and navigation fixes. File browsing also gets opt-in preview tabs to cut tab clutter.
Duration: PT1M59S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Maestro Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Maestro Daily
- Published: 2026-09-20T11:00:29Z
- Audio duration: PT1M59S
Transcript excerpt
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Good morning, it's Sunday, September 20th, 2026.
The lead pattern is intent: making sure a message, a permission, and a tap do what the user expects.
First, agent control. PR 1618 adds a per-agent Read Only by default setting. When it's on, every new chat starts in read-only plan mode, in the workspace and in worktrees cut from it. It's a seed, not a lock — the permission pill can still lift an individual chat, existing chats are untouched, and turning it off…
Second, phones and clutter. Two fixes change drawer dismissal from watching for a state change to acting at the tap. Commit 87f3c61 closes the left bar on agent, group chat, starred, and jump actions, and commit 1a1742e does the same for the Files drawer on every open path, including repeat previews and audio-video.…
Also notable: PR 1619 adds opt-in VS Code-style preview tabs, PR 1617 removes a stale worktree chevron, and PR 1620 restores the group chat name when the header has room.
What's next: test the new defaults with existing agents, and watch for regressions where drawers should stay open on wide screens. That's all for today.
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