v1.1.1

LocalLens Agent v1.1.1

Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.

LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.

✨ Highlights

• Finding duplicate photos or exporting a report could fail with a missing-library error, and the assistant would then suggest installing that library by hand — which could never work. It now points you at the LocalLens app update that actually fixes it.
• On LocalLens 3.0.1 and newer, duplicate scans of large photo libraries run in the background and report progress instead of giving up partway through.

---

🔧 What Changed

Fixed

• Finding duplicate photos or exporting a report could fail with a missing-library error, and the assistant would then suggest installing that library by hand — which could never work. It now points you at the LocalLens app update that actually fixes it.

Improved

• On LocalLens 3.0.1 and newer, duplicate scans of large photo libraries run in the background and report progress instead of giving up partway through.

---

📦 Install

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agent

Homebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.

macOS — DMG

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.1.1-macos-arm64.dmg

2. Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications

3. Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:

   Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"

4. Launch from Applications — the LL icon appears in your menu bar

Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.

Windows

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.1.1-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
2. Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
3. The tray icon appears in your notification area

MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)

For running the MCP server without the tray app:

# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claude

On Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.

---

⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?

Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.

Homebrew users can instead run:

brew upgrade --cask locallens-agent

Installed from source or pip? pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.

---

🎉 Free preview — everything is unlocked

There is no store yet, so there is nothing to buy. Every tool below runs for
everyone, with no license key:

	Available now
Sort by Date, Location, or People	✅
Find & Group — including by person	✅
Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats	✅
Batch face enrollment	✅
Duplicate detection & cleanup	✅
Export reports	✅
Scheduled auto-organize & active folders	✅

If you're using LocalLens now, you keep all of this for free, permanently —
even after paid plans launch. That's not a trial period ending; it's a thank-you
for being here early. See locallensmcp.vercel.app/#pricing
for how it works.

---

📥 All downloads

Platform	File	Type
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-agent-v1.1.1-macos-arm64.dmg	Menu Bar App
Windows (x64)	locallens-agent-v1.1.1-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Installer
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.1-macos-arm64.zip	MCP Binary
Windows (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.1-windows-x86_64.zip	MCP Binary
Linux (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	MCP Binary

---

🚀 Getting started

1. Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
2. Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"

Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.

---

🔗 Links

• Website · Plans & pricing
• Full tool reference
• Report an issue

---

Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.

---

🔐 Verify your download

Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.

Asset	SHA256
locallens-agent-v1.1.1-macos-arm64.dmg	69c4e5c437fb8eea8b0aa6d6fa8891205a74953723313102467fcdd0031c54db
locallens-agent-v1.1.1-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	e1bde3e606ed0e56221a518ae17d5830f163520c493845ecf619c9734e4308f1

shasum -a 256 <file>                 # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256     # Windows

v1.1.0

LocalLens Agent v1.1.0

Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.

LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.

✨ What this release is

Nothing about how LocalLens works changed here — v1.0.34 already unlocked every Pro
feature for everyone. This release is about saying so consistently, everywhere someone
might land before they ever open the app:

• The README led with a Free-vs-Pro paywall table and a "purchase a license" line.
  Neither was true anymore. Both now lead with the free preview instead — Pro tools are
  listed as unlocked, not pitched.
• An example Claude Desktop config in the README pointed LOCALLENS_STORE_URL at a
  Lemon Squeezy store that never existed. Removed.
• The repo carried a requirements.txt nobody referenced — pyproject.toml has been
  the real source of dependencies for a while. Removed, so there's one place to look,
  not two that can quietly drift apart.
• Download count, release version, and star count now show as badges at the top of the
  README, pulled live from GitHub's own public numbers.
• The website gained cookieless visit analytics (Vercel Web Analytics — no cookies, no
  personal data collected). That's the only place any usage data is measured; the MCP
  agent itself still makes no calls of its own beyond a license check, and that check is
  moot right now since nothing is gated.

---

📦 Install

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agent

Homebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.

macOS — DMG

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.1.0-macos-arm64.dmg

2. Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications

3. Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:

   Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"

4. Launch from Applications — the LL icon appears in your menu bar

Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.

Windows

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.1.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
2. Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
3. The tray icon appears in your notification area

MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)

For running the MCP server without the tray app:

# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claude

On Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.

---

⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?

Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.

Homebrew users can instead run:

brew upgrade --cask locallens-agent

Installed from source or pip? pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.

---

🎉 Free preview — everything is unlocked

There is no store yet, so there is nothing to buy. Every tool below runs for
everyone, with no license key:

	Available now
Sort by Date, Location, or People	✅
Find & Group — including by person	✅
Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats	✅
Batch face enrollment	✅
Duplicate detection & cleanup	✅
Export reports	✅
Scheduled auto-organize & active folders	✅

If you're using LocalLens now, you keep all of this for free, permanently —
even after paid plans launch. That's not a trial period ending; it's a thank-you
for being here early. See locallensmcp.vercel.app/#pricing
for how it works.

---

📥 All downloads

Platform	File	Type
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-agent-v1.1.0-macos-arm64.dmg	Menu Bar App
Windows (x64)	locallens-agent-v1.1.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Installer
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.0-macos-arm64.zip	MCP Binary
Windows (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.0-windows-x86_64.zip	MCP Binary
Linux (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.1.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	MCP Binary

---

🚀 Getting started

1. Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
2. Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"

Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.

---

🔗 Links

• Website · Plans & pricing
• Full tool reference
• Report an issue

---

Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.

---

🔐 Verify your download

Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.

Asset	SHA256
locallens-agent-v1.1.0-macos-arm64.dmg	f4e2294db79e58ab794ae92c025306c83f36472cedec18aa2965fa3a538fd864
locallens-agent-v1.1.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	7fe0193910fe26b53db0177141005d51d91ef42661d7255e82ebec177f412191

shasum -a 256 <file>                 # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256     # Windows

v1.0.34

LocalLens Agent v1.0.34

Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.

LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.

✨ Highlights

• LocalLens is in a free preview — every Pro feature is unlocked for everyone right now, no license required.
• Anyone using LocalLens during the free preview keeps Pro permanently once paid plans launch. You will not be charged.
• The assistant and tray no longer suggest upgrading to Pro for features that are already unlocked during the preview.

---

🔧 What Changed

Added

• LocalLens is in a free preview — every Pro feature is unlocked for everyone right now, no license required.
• Anyone using LocalLens during the free preview keeps Pro permanently once paid plans launch. You will not be charged.

Fixed

• The assistant and tray no longer suggest upgrading to Pro for features that are already unlocked during the preview.

---

📦 Install

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agent

Homebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.

macOS — DMG

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.34-macos-arm64.dmg

2. Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications

3. Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:

   Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"

4. Launch from Applications — the LL icon appears in your menu bar

Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.

Windows

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.34-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
2. Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
3. The tray icon appears in your notification area

MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)

For running the MCP server without the tray app:

# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claude

On Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.

---

⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?

Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.

Homebrew users can instead run:

brew upgrade --cask locallens-agent

Installed from source or pip? pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.

---

🎉 Free preview — everything is unlocked

There is no store yet, so there is nothing to buy. Every tool below runs for
everyone, with no license key:

	Available now
Sort by Date, Location, or People	✅
Find & Group — including by person	✅
Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats	✅
Batch face enrollment	✅
Duplicate detection & cleanup	✅
Export reports	✅
Scheduled auto-organize & active folders	✅

If you're using LocalLens now, you keep all of this for free, permanently —
even after paid plans launch. That's not a trial period ending; it's a thank-you
for being here early. See locallensmcp.vercel.app/#pricing
for how it works.

---

📥 All downloads

Platform	File	Type
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-agent-v1.0.34-macos-arm64.dmg	Menu Bar App
Windows (x64)	locallens-agent-v1.0.34-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Installer
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.34-macos-arm64.zip	MCP Binary
Windows (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.34-windows-x86_64.zip	MCP Binary
Linux (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.34-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	MCP Binary

---

🚀 Getting started

1. Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
2. Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"

Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.

---

🔗 Links

• Website · Plans & pricing
• Full tool reference
• Report an issue

---

Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.

---

🔐 Verify your download

Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.

Asset	SHA256
locallens-agent-v1.0.34-macos-arm64.dmg	791a58277a61b7129b933a46f401bb00cc0c4c77d05dd895d4030d974b8cc029
locallens-agent-v1.0.34-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	8cdab99c9d7d273ae93d47079464f92cbe194c6fb732f96a5bebe3c8b12ca2aa

shasum -a 256 <file>                 # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256     # Windows

v1.0.33

LocalLens Agent v1.0.33

Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.

LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.

✨ Highlights

• Pro licenses can now be subscriptions as well as one-time purchases — they renew automatically, and a 14-day offline grace period means a failed renewal check never locks you out mid-trip.
• License terms and default config no longer point at the dead locallens.app domain.
• Upgrade prompts in the tray, README and in-chat help updated for the new pricing model — no longer claim "no subscription" and no longer list Smart Album Suggestions.

---

🔧 What Changed

Added

• Pro licenses can now be subscriptions as well as one-time purchases — they renew automatically, and a 14-day offline grace period means a failed renewal check never locks you out mid-trip.

Fixed

• License terms and default config no longer point at the dead locallens.app domain.

Changed

• Upgrade prompts in the tray, README and in-chat help updated for the new pricing model — no longer claim "no subscription" and no longer list Smart Album Suggestions.

---

📦 Install

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agent

Homebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.

macOS — DMG

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.dmg

2. Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications

3. Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:

   Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"

4. Launch from Applications — the LL icon appears in your menu bar

Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.

Windows

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
2. Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
3. The tray icon appears in your notification area

MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)

For running the MCP server without the tray app:

# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claude

On Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.

---

⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?

Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.

Homebrew users can instead run:

brew upgrade --cask locallens-agent

Installed from source or pip? pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.

---

🔑 Free vs Pro

Free is a complete photo organizer, not a trial.

	Free	Pro
Sort by Date	✅	✅
Sort by Location	✅	✅
Sort by People (face recognition)	✅	✅
Find & Group — including by person	✅	✅
See who is enrolled	✅	✅
Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats	✅	✅
Batch face enrollment	—	✅
Duplicate detection & cleanup	—	✅
Export reports	—	✅
Scheduled auto-organize & active folders	—	✅

Upgrade from the tray menu → Plan, or see current plans and pricing at locallensmcp.vercel.app.

Already have a key? Ask Claude: "activate my pro license".

---

📥 All downloads

Platform	File	Type
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-agent-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.dmg	Menu Bar App
Windows (x64)	locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Installer
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.zip	MCP Binary
Windows (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64.zip	MCP Binary
Linux (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.33-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	MCP Binary

---

🚀 Getting started

1. Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
2. Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"

Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.

---

🔗 Links

• Website · Plans & pricing
• Full tool reference
• Report an issue

---

Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.

---

🔐 Verify your download

Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.

Asset	SHA256
locallens-agent-v1.0.33-macos-arm64.dmg	a9c74a07ba560ab3f3929010fa841e3739a8ed5cf8a97faab6cf8a84db667ae3
locallens-agent-v1.0.33-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	124f61221e6c352ec620fe5273b5cba84f274969800b383111438dc5c73c6b0c

shasum -a 256 <file>                 # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256     # Windows

v1.0.32

LocalLens Agent v1.0.32

Organize your photo library by talking to Claude. Everything runs on your machine — no uploads, no cloud, not even metadata.

LocalLens MCP Agent connects Claude Desktop (or any MCP-compatible AI assistant) to your local LocalLens photo organizer.

✨ Highlights

• License & Plans in the tray menu — your tier, activation date, and exactly what Free and Pro include
• Sort by People is free — corrected everywhere; only batch face enrolment is Pro
• LocalLens questions are answered from the built-in guide, never from a web search
• Update instructions match how you installed — app users get the tray flow, not a pip command
• Updates refuse a mismatched or unverified download instead of silently reinstalling an older build
• All links now point to locallensmcp.vercel.app — the old locallens.app address is no longer ours

---

🔧 What Changed

Added

• License & Plans in the tray menu — your tier, activation date, and exactly what Free and Pro include

Fixed

• Sort by People is free — corrected everywhere; only batch face enrolment is Pro
• LocalLens questions are answered from the built-in guide, never from a web search
• Update instructions match how you installed — app users get the tray flow, not a pip command
• Updates refuse a mismatched or unverified download instead of silently reinstalling an older build

Improved

• All links now point to locallensmcp.vercel.app — the old locallens.app address is no longer ours

---

📦 Install

macOS — Homebrew (recommended)

brew install ashesbloom/locallens/locallens-agent

Homebrew clears Gatekeeper for you — there is nothing else to run. Launch LocalLens Agent from Applications and look for the LL icon in your menu bar.

macOS — DMG

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.32-macos-arm64.dmg

2. Open it and drag LocalLens Agent to Applications

3. Clear Gatekeeper — the app is not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS will say it is damaged or from an unidentified developer until you do this:

   Double-click the Fix LocalLens Agent.command file included in the DMG, or run this once in Terminal:

   xattr -cr "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app" && codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/LocalLens Agent.app"

4. Launch from Applications — the LL icon appears in your menu bar

Prefer Homebrew if you can. It skips this step entirely.

Windows

1. Download locallens-agent-v1.0.32-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
2. Run it. SmartScreen may warn about an unknown publisher — choose More info → Run anyway
3. The tray icon appears in your notification area

MCP binary only (macOS / Linux / Windows)

For running the MCP server without the tray app:

# extract the archive for your platform, then:
./locallens-mcp --setup-claude

On Windows that is .\locallens-mcp.exe --setup-claude. Restart Claude Desktop to activate.

---

⬆️ Already have LocalLens Agent?

Open the LocalLens tray menu → Check for Updates → Install Update. It downloads, verifies the checksum and installs for you.

Homebrew users can instead run:

brew upgrade --cask locallens-agent

Installed from source or pip? pip install --upgrade locallens-mcp.

---

🔑 Free vs Pro

Free is a complete photo organizer, not a trial.

	Free	Pro
Sort by Date	✅	✅
Sort by Location	✅	✅
Sort by People (face recognition)	✅	✅
Find & Group — including by person	✅	✅
See who is enrolled	✅	✅
Folder analysis, saved path presets, stats	✅	✅
Batch face enrollment	—	✅
Duplicate detection & cleanup	—	✅
Export reports	—	✅
Smart album suggestions	—	✅
Scheduled auto-organize & active folders	—	✅

One-time purchase, no subscription. Upgrade from the tray menu → Plan, or see plans at locallensmcp.vercel.app.

Already have a key? Ask Claude: "activate my pro license".

---

📥 All downloads

Platform	File	Type
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-agent-v1.0.32-macos-arm64.dmg	Menu Bar App
Windows (x64)	locallens-agent-v1.0.32-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	Installer
macOS (Apple Silicon)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.32-macos-arm64.zip	MCP Binary
Windows (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.32-windows-x86_64.zip	MCP Binary
Linux (x64)	locallens-mcp-v1.0.32-linux-x86_64.tar.gz	MCP Binary

---

🚀 Getting started

1. Install the LocalLens desktop app and run it once — download
2. Install LocalLens Agent using any method above
3. Restart Claude Desktop
4. Ask Claude: "Check if LocalLens is running"

Then try "What can LocalLens do?" for a guided tour of all 26 tools.

---

🔗 Links

• Website · Plans & pricing
• Full tool reference
• Report an issue

---

Built with privacy in mind. Your photos never leave your machine.

---

🔐 Verify your download

Both installers are unsigned, so it is worth checking the SHA256 before you run them.

Asset	SHA256
locallens-agent-v1.0.32-macos-arm64.dmg	2168b9eb75b32ce7afc1c2bd66ffbb419febecda99bbea9fe6a3b3c9e3619646
locallens-agent-v1.0.32-windows-x86_64-setup.exe	959b54d632dae8ab104367197f1d6c3d537c74a25b17ee6ed6225d15ce49e0a8

shasum -a 256 <file>                 # macOS / Linux
certutil -hashfile <file> SHA256     # Windows

v1.0.31

release: v1.0.31

v1.0.30

v1.0.30 — pin mcp<2.0.0, fixes broken v1.0.29 build

v1.0.29

v1.0.29 — connector exclusion fix, deferred-tool-loading support

v1.0.28

- Replaced Windows/macOS/installer branding with the new ll_red_trans logo (exe icons, DMG volume icon, NSIS installer, installer welcome screen)
- Windows tray icon now renders a theme-aware "LL" wordmark instead of a fixed dark logo, fixing invisibility on dark taskbars

v1.0.27

feat: shape-coded tray status indicators (fixes Windows rendering)

The status indicators were astral-plane emoji (U+1F534 etc.) that live only
in Segoe UI Emoji. Win32 MessageBoxW and the pystray Win32 menus draw through
GDI, which has no color-emoji fallback, so all four collapsed to the same gray
disc — the Help & Getting Started legend was unreadable on Windows.

Replaces them with Geometric Shapes (U+25xx) that encode state by shape, so
they survive monochrome rendering and red-green color blindness alike:

  ○ idle   ◎ working   ● live   ◆ app-managed   ▲ needs attention

Also:
- Consolidates the glyphs into one source in actions.py; they were duplicated
  across both trays and hardcoded a third time inside _HELP_TEXT.
- Adds STATUS_ALERT so "Connection Error" and "Update Available" stop looking
  identical to "idle" — two states that need very different user actions.
- Fixes the Check Connection dialog leading with a check mark above
  "Binary: Invalid/Missing".
- Rewrites the help legend to describe shapes and document all five states.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>