feat(command-center): autofill empty cells with recent active tasks

[richardsolomou]

Problem

When opening the Command Center with no tasks attached, users have to manually re-pick the same tasks they were just working on. This adds friction every time they return to the view.

Closes #1630

Changes

• commandCenterStore.ts — new autofillCells(taskIds) action; no-op if any cell is already populated.
• useAutofillCommandCenter.ts — new hook that, on mount, finds tasks updated within the last 2 hours (max of task.updated_at and latest_run.updated_at), filters to non-archived tasks with a workspace, sorts by most recent activity, and assigns up to the grid size into the empty cells.
• CommandCenterView.tsx — calls the hook on mount. A useRef guard runs the autofill at most once per mount, so manually clearing cells mid-session does not re-trigger it; navigating away and back does.
• commandCenterStore.test.ts — 5 unit tests covering the empty-cell guard, full-cell short-circuit, cell-count cap, empty-input no-op, and active-task-id non-effect.

How did you test this?

• pnpm --filter code typecheck — passes.
• pnpm --filter code test commandCenterStore — 5/5 tests pass.
• pnpm lint — clean (biome auto-formatted one file).

Manual UI verification not run — flagging explicitly per the agent guidelines.

Publish to changelog?

no

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[greptile-apps]

Prompt To Fix All With AI

Fix the following 3 code review issues. Work through them one at a time, proposing concise fixes.

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### Issue 1 of 3
apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/hooks/useAutofillCommandCenter.ts:19-20
The hook guards on `workspacesFetched` but has no equivalent guard for the tasks query. `useTasks()` returns its data defaulted to `[]`, so if workspaces resolve first (common when they are cached from a previous mount), the effect fires immediately with an empty `tasks` array, finds zero candidates, sets `hasRunRef.current = true`, and exits. When the tasks response eventually arrives, the dependency change re-runs the effect — but `hasRunRef.current` is already `true`, so it bails. The autofill silently never runs.

```suggestion
  const { data: tasks = [], isFetched: tasksFetched } = useTasks();
  const { data: workspaces, isFetched: workspacesFetched } = useWorkspaces();
```

### Issue 2 of 3
apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/hooks/useAutofillCommandCenter.ts:30
The `workspacesFetched` guard needs a parallel `tasksFetched` guard so the effect waits for both data sources before proceeding.

```suggestion
    if (!workspacesFetched || !workspaces) return;
    if (!tasksFetched) return;
```

### Issue 3 of 3
apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/stores/commandCenterStore.test.ts:26-73
The five `autofillCells` tests share the same pattern — `setState`, call `autofillCells(input)`, assert `cells`. The team's preference is parameterised tests. The first, third, fourth, and fifth cases could be collapsed into a single `it.each` table covering `(input, expectedCells, expectedActiveTaskId)`, reducing duplication and making it easy to add edge cases in future.

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[greptile-apps]

The hook guards on workspacesFetched but has no equivalent guard for the tasks query. useTasks() returns its data defaulted to [], so if workspaces resolve first (common when they are cached from a previous mount), the effect fires immediately with an empty tasks array, finds zero candidates, sets hasRunRef.current = true, and exits. When the tasks response eventually arrives, the dependency change re-runs the effect — but hasRunRef.current is already true, so it bails. The autofill silently never runs.

Suggested change

	const { data: tasks = [] } = useTasks();
	const { data: workspaces, isFetched: workspacesFetched } = useWorkspaces();
	const { data: tasks = [], isFetched: tasksFetched } = useTasks();
	const { data: workspaces, isFetched: workspacesFetched } = useWorkspaces();

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This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/hooks/useAutofillCommandCenter.ts
Line: 19-20

Comment:
The hook guards on `workspacesFetched` but has no equivalent guard for the tasks query. `useTasks()` returns its data defaulted to `[]`, so if workspaces resolve first (common when they are cached from a previous mount), the effect fires immediately with an empty `tasks` array, finds zero candidates, sets `hasRunRef.current = true`, and exits. When the tasks response eventually arrives, the dependency change re-runs the effect — but `hasRunRef.current` is already `true`, so it bails. The autofill silently never runs.

```suggestion
  const { data: tasks = [], isFetched: tasksFetched } = useTasks();
  const { data: workspaces, isFetched: workspacesFetched } = useWorkspaces();
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

[greptile-apps]

The workspacesFetched guard needs a parallel tasksFetched guard so the effect waits for both data sources before proceeding.

Suggested change

	if (!workspacesFetched || !workspaces) return;
	if (!workspacesFetched || !workspaces) return;
	if (!tasksFetched) return;

Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/hooks/useAutofillCommandCenter.ts
Line: 30

Comment:
The `workspacesFetched` guard needs a parallel `tasksFetched` guard so the effect waits for both data sources before proceeding.

```suggestion
    if (!workspacesFetched || !workspaces) return;
    if (!tasksFetched) return;
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

[greptile-apps]

The five autofillCells tests share the same pattern — setState, call autofillCells(input), assert cells. The team's preference is parameterised tests. The first, third, fourth, and fifth cases could be collapsed into a single it.each table covering (input, expectedCells, expectedActiveTaskId), reducing duplication and making it easy to add edge cases in future.

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Prompt To Fix With AI

This is a comment left during a code review.
Path: apps/code/src/renderer/features/command-center/stores/commandCenterStore.test.ts
Line: 26-73

Comment:
The five `autofillCells` tests share the same pattern — `setState`, call `autofillCells(input)`, assert `cells`. The team's preference is parameterised tests. The first, third, fourth, and fifth cases could be collapsed into a single `it.each` table covering `(input, expectedCells, expectedActiveTaskId)`, reducing duplication and making it easy to add edge cases in future.

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