VSCode Builders tree: neutral inline gate-action icon (#933)

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PIR Review: Neutral inline gate-action icon on the VSCode Builders tree

Fixes #933

Summary

The VSCode Builders tree showed a checkmark ($(check)) on the inline action button of every blocked builder, implying "approve" regardless of which gate the builder was at. This change swaps that glyph for a neutral arrow ($(arrow-right)) so the button no longer over-promises "approve." It is a one-line, behavior-preserving change to the codev.approveGate command's declared icon in package.json — clicking the button still opens the same approve flow; the context menu and Cmd+K G are untouched. Per-gate triage at a glance is already provided by the row's leading icon (gateIconFor), which was not modified.

Files Changed

• packages/vscode/package.json (+1 / -1) — codev.approveGate icon $(check) → $(arrow-right)
• codev/plans/933-afx-tower-ui-gate-action-butto.md (+44 / -0) — the approved plan
• codev/state/pir-933_thread.md (+30 / -0) — builder thread log
• codev/projects/933-afx-tower-ui-gate-action-butto/status.yaml (+22 / -0) — porch state (managed automatically)

Commits

• e093d8c8 [PIR VSCode Builders tree: inline gate-action button uses checkmark icon even when the action isn't 'approve' #933] Builders tree: neutral inline gate-action icon (arrow, not checkmark)
• 89338131 [PIR VSCode Builders tree: inline gate-action button uses checkmark icon even when the action isn't 'approve' #933] Thread: implement notes (icon-only)
• 31d09e87 [PIR VSCode Builders tree: inline gate-action button uses checkmark icon even when the action isn't 'approve' #933] Plan draft (icon-only)

(plus porch-managed chore(porch) state-transition commits)

Test Results

• pnpm --filter codev-vscode check-types: ✓ pass
• pnpm --filter codev-vscode lint: ✓ pass
• pnpm --filter codev-vscode test:unit: ✓ pass (197 tests)
• porch build / tests checks: ✓ pass
• Manual verification: approved by the human at the dev-approval gate (inline button renders the arrow instead of the checkmark; approve flow, context menu, and Cmd+K G unchanged).

Architecture Updates

No arch changes — this is a single declarative icon-string swap in package.json. It introduces no new module, command, pattern, or boundary, so codev/resources/arch.md needs no update.

Lessons Learned Updates

No new lesson added to codev/resources/lessons-learned.md. The one takeaway from this work was process, not architecture, and is already captured by existing guidance: scope an issue to what it literally asks for. This issue read "change the icon," but its acceptance criteria also implied a per-gate action change; an earlier iteration built that (a runtime dispatcher) and it was reverted as scope creep before re-doing it as the one-line icon swap. The existing feedback_match_protocol_to_scope / surgical-scope guidance already covers this; no durable doc change warranted.

Things to Look At During PR Review

• Confirm the glyph only renders where intended: codev.approveGate's icon appears solely on the inline blocked-builder menu action. Its context-menu entry (1_primary@2) renders the command title, and the gate-pending toast (gate-toast.ts) uses its own button labels — neither uses the command icon. So the only visible effect is the inline button.
• This is deliberately icon-only: the button's command and behavior are unchanged. If a reviewer expected the inline action to do something different per gate (open the plan / run dev), that was explicitly de-scoped — see the issue's "Out of scope" section.

How to Test Locally

For reviewers pulling the branch:

• View diff: VSCode sidebar → right-click builder pir-933 → View Diff (or the one-line package.json diff on the PR).
• Run the extension: open the pir-933 worktree as a workspace → Run & Debug → "Run Codev Extension" (F5) → inspect a blocked builder row in the Builders tree.
• What to verify:
  • The inline action button on a blocked builder shows →, not ✓.
  • Clicking it still opens the approve confirmation (behavior unchanged).
  • Right-click "Approve Gate" and Cmd+K G still approve.
  • The gate-pending toast's buttons are unchanged.