## Thinking Path
> - Paperclip is the open source app people use to manage AI agents for
work
> - The board UI has been graduating experimental conference-room task
experiences into the default issue and onboarding flows
> - Several task UI improvements were still coupled to the Conference
Room Chat experimental flag even though they are useful outside chat
itself
> - That coupling meant disabling chat also reverted unrelated defaults
such as work-mode labels, task status colors, team creation copy, and
the graduated issue thread
> - This pull request keeps chat-specific gating scoped to chat while
making the graduated task UI the default experience
> - The benefit is that operators can use the newer task workflows
without needing to enable the separate chat experiment
## Linked Issues or Issue Description
No public GitHub issue exists for this exact change.
### Problem or motivation
The Conference Room Chat experimental flag was controlling unrelated
task UI defaults, which made non-chat workflows regress when chat was
disabled.
### Proposed solution
Remove that flag from task-thread, work-mode, onboarding, status, and
team-creation presentation paths while leaving chat-specific behavior
separately gated.
### Alternatives considered
Keeping the flag as a broad umbrella until chat graduates would avoid a
behavior change, but it keeps unrelated UI improvements hidden behind
the wrong capability switch.
### Roadmap alignment
Checked `ROADMAP.md`; this is focused graduation/polish for existing UI
surfaces rather than a new roadmap-level core feature.
Related search:
- Searched open PRs and issues for `conference room chat experimental
flag`: no matches.
- Searched open PRs and issues for `graduated issue thread`: no matches.
## What Changed
- Removes Conference Room Chat flag branching from task-thread
rendering, work-mode labels, task status colors, and team creation copy.
- Makes the onboarding completion path create/reuse an onboarding
project, create the first assigned task, and send the user to the
dashboard instead of chat.
- Deletes the legacy onboarding wizard and classic task-thread files now
that the graduated flow is the default.
- Updates focused UI tests and affected E2E specs for the default task
experience.
- Adds a user-visible onboarding error if restored state is missing the
company or agent required for launch.
## Verification
- `pnpm run preflight:workspace-links && pnpm exec vitest run
ui/src/components/NewIssueDialog.test.tsx
ui/src/components/OnboardingWizardVariant.test.tsx
ui/src/components/RunChatSurface.test.tsx
ui/src/components/SidebarCompanyMenu.test.tsx
ui/src/components/StatusBadge.test.tsx ui/src/lib/agent-order.test.ts
ui/src/lib/onboarding-launch.test.ts ui/src/lib/work-mode-meta.test.ts
ui/src/pages/IssueDetail.test.tsx`
- `pnpm --filter @paperclipai/ui typecheck`
- `npx playwright test --config tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts --list
tests/e2e/conference-room-typing-intro.spec.ts
tests/e2e/planning-mode-visual-verification.spec.ts`
- Attempted targeted Playwright execution locally, but this host is
missing Chromium system libraries (`libatk1.0-0t64`, `libatspi2.0-0t64`,
`libxcomposite1`, `libxdamage1`, `libxfixes3`, `libxrandr2`, `libgbm1`,
`libasound2t64`). CI runs the specs in the proper Actions environment.
## Risks
- Medium UI behavior risk: this intentionally changes the default
experience for users who have not enabled Conference Room Chat.
- Medium onboarding risk: completion now creates/reuses a project and
creates the first task instead of only navigating.
- Low migration risk: no database schema or migration changes are
included.
- The PR avoids `pnpm-lock.yaml` and `.github/workflows` changes.
## Model Used
OpenAI Codex, GPT-5-class coding model, tool-enabled local repository
workflow with shell, git, and test execution.
## Checklist
- [x] I have included a thinking path that traces from project context
to this change
- [x] I have specified the model used (with version and capability
details)
- [x] I have checked ROADMAP.md and confirmed this PR does not duplicate
planned core work
- [x] I have searched GitHub for duplicate or related PRs and linked
them above
- [x] I have either (a) linked existing issues with `Fixes: #` / `Closes
#` / `Refs #` OR (b) described the issue in-PR following the relevant
issue template
- [x] I have not referenced internal/instance-local Paperclip issues or
links (only public GitHub `#NNN` / `github.com/paperclipai/paperclip`
URLs)
- [x] My branch name describes the change (e.g. `docs/...`, `fix/...`)
and contains no internal Paperclip ticket id or instance-derived details
- [x] I have run tests locally and they pass
- [x] I have added or updated tests where applicable
- [x] I have updated relevant documentation to reflect my changes
- [x] I have considered and documented any risks above
- [x] All Paperclip CI gates are green
- [x] Greptile is 5/5 with no open P2s, recommendations, or follow-ups
- [x] I will address all Greptile and reviewer comments before
requesting merge
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