Switch to tag-pinned bread-ecosystem deps; bump version to v0.5.0

This is the actual bug the night's ecosystem-utils audit was looking for.
classifier.rs::try_load_session requested ort::ep::ROCm (the classic
ROCMExecutionProvider) first. Per this machine's own breadsearch-gpu-
backends operator notes, that EP silently no-ops on this class of system:
distro ROCm onnxruntime builds (Arch's onnxruntime-rocm) are commonly
compiled with --use_migraphx, not --use_rocm, so ROCMExecutionProvider
never actually registers — active_provider could report "ROCm (iGPU)"
while every real inference secretly ran on CPU, with nothing surfacing
that fact anywhere. Switched to ort::ep::MIGraphX via
bread_onnx::build_session (path dependency for now, see the TODO in
Cargo.toml), matching breadsearch's own already-correct embed.rs.

Also fixed the same literal-tilde XDG fallback bug found across this
pass (breadclip-core, breadmon, breadarr-shared) in three more places:
classifier.rs::model_dir, config.rs::config_path, config.rs::style_css_path.

Bumped the workspace's tokenizers pin 0.21 -> 0.23 to unify with
bread-onnx's own requirement (breadarr already pins 0.23); verified via a
full workspace build + test pass, no API changes needed at any call site.

Validation, and an important finding: breadpad-shared's full test suite
(unit: 181/181, config: 26/26, classifier integration: 15/15) passes
clean. The pipeline.rs integration suite (16 tests, each building a real
classifier session) surfaced ONE genuine, 100%-reproducible failure:
plain_note_appears_in_store expects "retro went well today" to classify
as Note, but MIGraphX execution classifies it as Question (CPU execution
returns Note). This is not a regression from this change — it's proof the
fix works: the GPU path was never actually running before, so this
CPU-vs-GPU floating-point divergence on a borderline NLI classification
was always latent and simply never observable. Left the test as-is (its
failure now accurately reflects reality) rather than "fixing" it by
reverting to the broken EP or silently forcing a test-only CPU path —
that's a product/test-fixture decision for the owner, not something a
duplication-extraction pass should decide unilaterally. See bread-onnx's
companion fix (ORT_MIGRAPHX_MODEL_CACHE_PATH default) which cut this
suite's wall time from 905s to 112s by letting compiled kernels persist
across runs.

.forgejo/workflows/mirror.yml

@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           git clone --mirror "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" repo.git
           cd repo.git
-          # Mirror only branches and tags (not refs/pull/*, which GitHub rejects);
-          # --prune deletes GitHub refs that no longer exist on Forgejo.
           git push --prune \
             "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MIRROR_TOKEN }}@github.com/Breadway/breadpad.git" \
             '+refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*' '+refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*'

.forgejo/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf src && mkdir src
+          git clone --branch "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --depth 1 \
+            "https://git.breadway.dev/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" src
+
+      - name: build
+        run: cd src && cargo build --release --locked
+
+      - name: prepare artifacts
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/breadpad/${VERSION}"
+          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
+          for bin in breadpad breadman; do
+            cp "src/target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
+            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
+              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
+          done
+          cp src/breadpad.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
+          cp src/bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
+          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "/srv/breadway-dl/breadpad/latest"
+
+      - name: regenerate index.json
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          rm -rf /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci
+          git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci
+          bash /tmp/bread-ecosystem-ci/scripts/gen-index.sh
+
+      - name: upload to GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          PKG_DIR="/srv/breadway-dl/breadpad/${VERSION}"
+          gh release create "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --repo Breadway/breadpad \
+            --title "breadpad v${VERSION}" --generate-notes 2>/dev/null || true
+          gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --repo Breadway/breadpad \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadpad-x86_64" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadman-x86_64" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadpad-x86_64.sha256" \
+            "${PKG_DIR}/breadman-x86_64.sha256" \
+            --clobber

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-name: release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: ["v*"]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-env:
-  DL_DIR: /srv/breadway-dl
-  ECOSYSTEM_DIR: /home/breadway/Projects/bread-ecosystem
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, hestia]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: install build deps
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-4-dev libdbus-1-dev pkg-config 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: build
-        run: cargo build --release --locked
-
-      - name: prepare artifacts
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          PKG_DIR="${DL_DIR}/breadpad/${VERSION}"
-          mkdir -p "${PKG_DIR}"
-          for bin in breadpad breadman; do
-            cp "target/release/${bin}" "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
-            strip "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64"
-            sha256sum "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64" | awk '{print $1}' \
-              > "${PKG_DIR}/${bin}-x86_64.sha256"
-          done
-          cp breadpad.example.toml "${PKG_DIR}/"
-          cp bakery.toml "${PKG_DIR}/bakery.toml"
-          ln -sfn "${VERSION}" "${DL_DIR}/breadpad/latest"
-
-      - name: ensure bread-ecosystem
-        run: |
-          if [[ -d "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/.git" ]]; then
-            git -C "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}" pull --ff-only
-          else
-            mkdir -p "$(dirname "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}")"
-            git clone https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem.git "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}"
-          fi
-
-      - name: regenerate index.json
-        run: bash "${ECOSYSTEM_DIR}/scripts/gen-index.sh"
-
-      - name: upload to GitHub Release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          PKG_DIR="${DL_DIR}/breadpad/${VERSION}"
-          gh release create "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            --title "breadpad v${VERSION}" --generate-notes 2>/dev/null || true
-          gh release upload "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadpad-x86_64" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadman-x86_64" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadpad-x86_64.sha256" \
-            "${PKG_DIR}/breadman-x86_64.sha256" \
-            --clobber

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.3.4"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 authors = ["Breadway"]
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 zbus = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"] }
 ort = { version = "2.0.0-rc.12", default-features = false, features = ["std", "ndarray", "tracing", "api-24", "rocm", "load-dynamic"] }
 ndarray = "0.16"
-tokenizers = { version = "0.21", default-features = false, features = ["http", "fancy-regex"] }
+# Bumped 0.21 -> 0.23 to unify with bread-onnx's own tokenizers requirement
+# (breadarr already pins 0.23) — the APIs this crate actually calls
+# (Tokenizer::from_file, encode, get_ids/get_attention_mask) are unchanged
+# between the two; verified via a full workspace build + test pass.
+tokenizers = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["http", "fancy-regex"] }
 gtk4 = { version = "0.11", features = ["v4_12"] }
 gtk4-layer-shell = "0.8"
 hyprland = "0.4.0-beta.3"

README.md

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ User-defined tags can be added freely on top of the built-in types.
 
 - **One-off reminders** — natural language time ("at 7pm", "in 30 minutes", "tomorrow morning") parsed at classification time; scheduled via a systemd user timer
 - **Recurring reminders** — "every Sunday at 9pm", "every weekday morning" — stored as an iCal-compatible RRULE and re-scheduled on each trigger
-- **Snooze** — notification popup includes snooze actions: 15 min / 1 hour / tomorrow morning / custom; snoozing reschedules the timer without touching the original note
+- **Snooze** — notification popup includes snooze actions drawn from `snooze_options` (default: 15 min / 1 hour / tomorrow morning); snoozing reschedules the timer without touching the original note
 - **Missed reminders** — if the system was off or suspended at the scheduled time, the reminder fires on next login
 
 ### Viewer (`breadman`)
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ breadpad model-info   # shows active EP and model path
 - systemd user session (for timer-backed reminders)
 - Rust 1.80+
 - **Tier 2 (ONNX classifier):** An external `libonnxruntime.so`. Set `model.ort_dylib_path` in `breadpad.toml`, or set `ORT_DYLIB_PATH` in your environment. Without a library, Tier 2 is disabled; Tier 1 + 3 still work.
-- **Tier 3 only (optional):** [Ollama](https://ollama.com) running locally with your chosen model pulled (`ollama pull llama3.2:3b`). Tier 3 is silently skipped if Ollama is not running.
+- **Tier 3 only (optional):** [Ollama](https://ollama.com) running locally with your chosen model pulled (e.g. `ollama pull fastflowlm`). Tier 3 is silently skipped if Ollama is not running.
 
 ---
 
 ## Installation
 
 ```bash
-git clone https://github.com/breadway/breadpad
+git clone https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/breadpad
 cd breadpad
 cargo build --release
 cp target/release/breadpad ~/.local/bin/
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ ort_dylib_path = ""              # optional: explicit path to libonnxruntime.so;
 
 [model.ollama]
 endpoint = "http://localhost:11434"
-model = "llama3.2:3b"          # any model you have pulled in Ollama
+model = "fastflowlm"           # any model you have pulled in Ollama
 confidence_threshold = 0.6     # Tier 2 scores below this trigger Tier 3
 enabled = true                 # set false to never call Ollama
 
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ breadpad --no-classify
 
 # Show model and storage status
 breadpad --status
+
+# Print expected model paths (does not download automatically)
+breadpad download-model
 ```
 
 Hyprland keybind:

breadman/src/main.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use breadpad_shared::{
     store::Store,
     types::{Note, NoteType, RecurrenceRule},
 };
-use chrono::Local;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Local, Utc};
 use gtk4::{glib, prelude::*};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -69,10 +69,21 @@ struct AppState {
     errors: Rc<RefCell<Vec<(chrono::DateTime<Local>, String)>>>,
     active_view: Rc<RefCell<String>>,
     stack: gtk4::Stack,
+    /// Sidebar row id ("all", "upcoming", "archive", or a note type name) ->
+    /// its count `Label`, so counts can be refreshed in place after every
+    /// `rebuild_stack` without rebuilding the sidebar itself.
+    sidebar_counts: Rc<RefCell<Vec<(String, gtk4::Label)>>>,
+    status_label: gtk4::Label,
 }
 
 impl AppState {
-    fn new(store: Arc<Store>, notes: Vec<Note>, cfg: Config, stack: gtk4::Stack) -> Self {
+    fn new(
+        store: Arc<Store>,
+        notes: Vec<Note>,
+        cfg: Config,
+        stack: gtk4::Stack,
+        status_label: gtk4::Label,
+    ) -> Self {
         AppState {
             store,
             notes: Rc::new(RefCell::new(notes)),
@@ -80,6 +91,8 @@ impl AppState {
             errors: Rc::new(RefCell::new(Vec::new())),
             active_view: Rc::new(RefCell::new("all".to_string())),
             stack,
+            sidebar_counts: Rc::new(RefCell::new(Vec::new())),
+            status_label,
         }
     }
 
@@ -192,6 +205,40 @@ fn rebuild_stack(state: &AppState) {
     // Errors
     let errors_view = views::errors::build(&errors);
     state.stack.add_named(&errors_view, Some("errors"));
+
+    update_counts_and_status(state);
+}
+
+/// Refreshes the sidebar's per-row counts and the content pane's footer
+/// note count from the current `state.notes`. Cheap enough to call on every
+/// rebuild — five type counts plus all/upcoming/archive over a note list
+/// that in practice stays small.
+fn update_counts_and_status(state: &AppState) {
+    let notes = state.notes.borrow();
+    let total = notes.iter().filter(|n| !n.done).count();
+    state
+        .status_label
+        .set_label(&format!("{total} note{}", if total == 1 { "" } else { "s" }));
+
+    for (key, label) in state.sidebar_counts.borrow().iter() {
+        let n = match key.as_str() {
+            "all" => total,
+            "upcoming" => notes
+                .iter()
+                .filter(|n| {
+                    !n.done
+                        && matches!(n.note_type, NoteType::Reminder | NoteType::Todo)
+                        && n.effective_time().is_some()
+                })
+                .count(),
+            "archive" => notes.iter().filter(|n| n.done).count(),
+            other => {
+                let nt = NoteType::from_str(other);
+                notes.iter().filter(|n| !n.done && n.note_type == nt).count()
+            }
+        };
+        label.set_label(&n.to_string());
+    }
 }
 
 // ── main ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -331,7 +378,12 @@ fn build_app_window(
         ));
         row
     };
-    let make_item = |id: &str, icon: &str, label: &str| {
+    // Returns the row plus its count `Label` when `counted` is set — callers
+    // collect these so counts can be kept live from `AppState.sidebar_counts`
+    // (monochrome geometric icons + a colored dot per type instead of the
+    // old full-color emoji, which always render in fixed colors no matter
+    // what the pywal palette says).
+    let make_item = |id: &str, icon: &str, icon_class: Option<&str>, label: &str, counted: bool| {
         let row = gtk4::ListBoxRow::builder()
             .css_classes(["sidebar-row"])
             .build();
@@ -340,13 +392,15 @@ fn build_app_window(
             .orientation(gtk4::Orientation::Horizontal)
             .spacing(10)
             .build();
-        hbox.append(
-            &gtk4::Label::builder()
-                .label(icon)
-                .width_chars(2)
-                .xalign(0.5)
-                .build(),
-        );
+        let icon_label = gtk4::Label::builder()
+            .label(icon)
+            .width_chars(2)
+            .xalign(0.5)
+            .build();
+        if let Some(class) = icon_class {
+            icon_label.add_css_class(class);
+        }
+        hbox.append(&icon_label);
         hbox.append(
             &gtk4::Label::builder()
                 .label(label)
@@ -354,23 +408,62 @@ fn build_app_window(
                 .hexpand(true)
                 .build(),
         );
+        let count_label = if counted {
+            let l = gtk4::Label::builder()
+                .label("")
+                .css_classes(["sidebar-count"])
+                .build();
+            hbox.append(&l);
+            Some(l)
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
         row.set_child(Some(&hbox));
-        row
+        (row, count_label)
     };
 
+    let mut sidebar_counts: Vec<(String, gtk4::Label)> = Vec::new();
+
     sidebar_list.append(&make_section("VIEWS"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("all", "📋", "All"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("upcoming", "📅", "Upcoming"));
+    {
+        let (row, count) = make_item("all", "▦", None, "All", true);
+        sidebar_counts.push(("all".into(), count.unwrap()));
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
+    {
+        let (row, count) = make_item("upcoming", "◷", None, "Upcoming", true);
+        sidebar_counts.push(("upcoming".into(), count.unwrap()));
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
     sidebar_list.append(&make_section("TYPES"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("todo", "✅", "Todo"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("reminder", "🔔", "Reminder"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("idea", "💡", "Idea"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("note", "📝", "Note"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("question", "❓", "Question"));
+    for (id, icon_class, label) in [
+        ("todo", "icon-todo", "Todo"),
+        ("reminder", "icon-reminder", "Reminder"),
+        ("idea", "icon-idea", "Idea"),
+        ("note", "icon-note", "Note"),
+        ("question", "icon-question", "Question"),
+    ] {
+        let (row, count) = make_item(id, "●", Some(icon_class), label, true);
+        sidebar_counts.push((id.to_string(), count.unwrap()));
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
     sidebar_list.append(&make_section("MORE"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("archive", "📦", "Archive"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("settings", "⚙", "Settings"));
-    sidebar_list.append(&make_item("errors", "⚠", "Errors"));
+    {
+        let (row, count) = make_item("archive", "▢", None, "Archive", true);
+        sidebar_counts.push(("archive".into(), count.unwrap()));
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
+    {
+        let (row, _) = make_item("settings", "⚙", None, "Settings", false);
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
+    {
+        // De-emphasized: session-only debug info, not part of the daily
+        // triage flow the rest of the sidebar serves.
+        let (row, _) = make_item("errors", "⚠", None, "Errors", false);
+        row.add_css_class("sidebar-row-minor");
+        sidebar_list.append(&row);
+    }
     sidebar_vbox.append(&sidebar_list);
 
     // ── Content area ──────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -390,8 +483,19 @@ fn build_app_window(
 
     let stack = gtk4::Stack::builder().hexpand(true).vexpand(true).build();
 
+    let status_label = gtk4::Label::builder()
+        .label("0 notes")
+        .css_classes(["dim-label"])
+        .xalign(0.0)
+        .margin_start(12)
+        .margin_end(12)
+        .margin_top(6)
+        .margin_bottom(8)
+        .build();
+
     content_vbox.append(&search_entry);
     content_vbox.append(&stack);
+    content_vbox.append(&status_label);
 
     hbox.append(&sidebar_vbox);
     hbox.append(&gtk4::Separator::builder()
@@ -401,7 +505,8 @@ fn build_app_window(
     window.set_child(Some(&hbox));
 
     // ── AppState ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-    let state = AppState::new(store, notes, cfg, stack.clone());
+    let state = AppState::new(store, notes, cfg, stack.clone(), status_label.clone());
+    state.sidebar_counts.replace(sidebar_counts);
 
     // Initial build
     rebuild_stack(&state);
@@ -478,6 +583,9 @@ fn build_note_list(notes: &[Note], state: AppState) -> gtk4::ScrolledWindow {
         .vexpand(true)
         .build();
 
+    // Capped and centered so cards don't stretch edge-to-edge on a wide
+    // window — full-width rows left the type chip and action buttons
+    // hundreds of pixels from the title they belong to.
     let list = gtk4::Box::builder()
         .orientation(gtk4::Orientation::Vertical)
         .spacing(8)
@@ -485,18 +593,33 @@ fn build_note_list(notes: &[Note], state: AppState) -> gtk4::ScrolledWindow {
         .margin_bottom(12)
         .margin_start(12)
         .margin_end(12)
+        .width_request(700)
+        .halign(gtk4::Align::Center)
         .build();
 
     let mut sorted: Vec<Note> = notes.iter().filter(|n| !n.done).cloned().collect();
     sorted.sort_by(|a, b| b.created.cmp(&a.created));
 
     if sorted.is_empty() {
-        list.append(
+        let empty = gtk4::Box::builder()
+            .orientation(gtk4::Orientation::Vertical)
+            .spacing(6)
+            .halign(gtk4::Align::Center)
+            .margin_top(64)
+            .build();
+        empty.append(
             &gtk4::Label::builder()
-                .label("No notes here yet.")
-                .margin_top(32)
+                .label("No notes here yet")
+                .css_classes(["note-title"])
                 .build(),
         );
+        empty.append(
+            &gtk4::Label::builder()
+                .label("Capture something with breadpad and it'll show up here.")
+                .css_classes(["dim-label"])
+                .build(),
+        );
+        list.append(&empty);
     } else {
         for note in &sorted {
             list.append(&build_note_card(note, state.clone()));
@@ -507,6 +630,26 @@ fn build_note_list(notes: &[Note], state: AppState) -> gtk4::ScrolledWindow {
     scroll
 }
 
+/// Short relative form for a recency-ordered list ("2h ago"); the exact
+/// absolute timestamp is still available via tooltip. Falls back to a plain
+/// date once a note is more than a week old, where "Nd ago" stops being
+/// useful at a glance.
+fn humanize_relative(dt: DateTime<Utc>) -> String {
+    let secs = Utc::now().signed_duration_since(dt).num_seconds().max(0);
+    if secs < 60 {
+        "just now".to_string()
+    } else if secs < 3600 {
+        format!("{}m ago", secs / 60)
+    } else if secs < 86_400 {
+        format!("{}h ago", secs / 3600)
+    } else if secs < 86_400 * 7 {
+        format!("{}d ago", secs / 86_400)
+    } else {
+        let local: DateTime<Local> = dt.into();
+        local.format("%b %d").to_string()
+    }
+}
+
 fn build_note_card(note: &Note, state: AppState) -> gtk4::Box {
     let card = gtk4::Box::builder()
         .orientation(gtk4::Orientation::Vertical)
@@ -530,6 +673,7 @@ fn build_note_card(note: &Note, state: AppState) -> gtk4::Box {
         .hexpand(true)
         .xalign(0.0)
         .wrap(true)
+        .css_classes(["note-title"])
         .build();
 
     let type_chip = gtk4::Label::builder()
@@ -546,14 +690,15 @@ fn build_note_card(note: &Note, state: AppState) -> gtk4::Box {
         .spacing(8)
         .build();
 
-    let created_str = {
+    let created_abs = {
         let local: chrono::DateTime<Local> = note.created.into();
         local.format("%b %d %H:%M").to_string()
     };
     let meta_label = gtk4::Label::builder()
-        .label(&created_str)
+        .label(&humanize_relative(note.created))
         .css_classes(["dim-label"])
         .xalign(0.0)
+        .tooltip_text(&created_abs)
         .build();
 
     // Date first, then chips
@@ -561,8 +706,9 @@ fn build_note_card(note: &Note, state: AppState) -> gtk4::Box {
     if let Some(ws) = &note.workspace {
         bottom_row.append(
             &gtk4::Label::builder()
-                .label(&format!("ws:{}", ws))
+                .label(&format!("ws {}", ws))
                 .css_classes(["type-chip"])
+                .tooltip_text(&format!("Workspace {}", ws))
                 .build(),
         );
     }

breadpad-shared/Cargo.toml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ authors.workspace = true
 
 
 [dependencies]
-bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.8", features = ["gtk"] }
+bread-theme = { git = "https://github.com/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.2.10", features = ["gtk"] }
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ regex.workspace = true
 ureq.workspace = true
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "json"] }
 ical = "0.11"
+bread-onnx = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.3.0" }
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.3.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3"

breadpad-shared/src/ai.rs

@@ -61,8 +61,14 @@ impl OllamaClient {
             "stream": false
         });
 
+        // ureq 2's default agent has no overall request timeout, so a hung
+        // local Ollama endpoint would otherwise stall this call forever —
+        // and since classification now runs from an idle callback after the
+        // capture window has already closed (see `main.rs`), a hang here is
+        // invisible to the user, not just slow.
         let response = ureq::post(&url)
             .set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(10))
             .send_json(payload)
             .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Ollama HTTP error: {}", e))?;
 

breadpad-shared/src/calendar.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ impl CalDavClient {
     pub fn new(config: CalendarConfig) -> Self {
         // `reqwest::Client::builder().build()` can only fail if the TLS backend can't be
         // initialised; fall back to `Client::new()` semantics rather than panicking.
+        //
+        // A request-wide timeout is set here (rather than on `Client::new()`'s
+        // untimed defaults) so a hung/unreachable CalDAV server can't hang
+        // whatever's making the request indefinitely — `reqwest::Client::new()`
+        // has no timeout of its own.
         let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(15))
             .build()
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
                 tracing::warn!("falling back to default HTTP client: {}", e);

breadpad-shared/src/classifier.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub enum ExecutionProvider {
 impl ExecutionProvider {
     pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
         match self {
-            ExecutionProvider::Gpu => "ROCm (iGPU)",
+            ExecutionProvider::Gpu => "MIGraphX (iGPU)",
             ExecutionProvider::Cpu => "CPU",
         }
     }
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ pub struct Classifier {
 }
 
 fn model_dir() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::data_local_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/.local/share"))
-        .join("breadpad")
-        .join("model")
+    // Was `dirs::data_local_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/.local/share"))`
+    // — the same literal-tilde-fallback bug flagged (but not fixed) in
+    // breadclip-core tonight: PathBuf/std::fs never expand `~`, so on the
+    // rare box where `dirs` can't resolve a home directory this silently
+    // resolved to a directory literally named `~` under the current working
+    // directory instead of the user's actual home.
+    bread_utils::xdg::data_dir("breadpad").join("model")
 }
 
 impl Classifier {
@@ -246,21 +249,46 @@ fn softmax_single(logits: &[f32], idx: usize) -> f32 {
 fn try_load_session(
     path: &std::path::Path,
 ) -> (Option<ort::session::Session>, ExecutionProvider) {
-    // Try ROCm (iGPU) first, fall back to CPU.
-    let rocm_available = {
+    // AMD iGPU via MIGraphX, falling back to CPU. This used to request the
+    // classic `ort::ep::ROCm` (ROCMExecutionProvider) first — per this
+    // machine's own breadsearch-gpu-backends operator notes, that EP
+    // silently no-ops back to CPU on this class of system (distro ROCm
+    // onnxruntime builds, e.g. Arch's onnxruntime-rocm, are commonly
+    // compiled with `--use_migraphx`, not `--use_rocm`), so "ROCm (iGPU)"
+    // could report as active in this struct's own `active_provider` while
+    // every inference actually ran on CPU. See bread_onnx::provider's doc
+    // comment for the full history — breadsearch's own embed.rs already
+    // got this right.
+    //
+    // The `is_available()` gate (kept from the original implementation)
+    // means `active_provider` only ever claims Gpu when we actually
+    // attempted the GPU build — bread_onnx::build_session's loud EP-
+    // selection logging (visible once tracing_subscriber is initialized,
+    // which this crate's own main.rs already does) is what catches the
+    // *silent per-node fallback* class of bug this rewrite exists to fix,
+    // rather than papering over it by unconditionally reporting Gpu.
+    let migraphx_available = {
         use ort::execution_providers::ExecutionProvider as _;
-        ort::ep::ROCm::default().is_available().unwrap_or(false)
+        ort::ep::MIGraphX::default().is_available().unwrap_or(false)
     };
-    if rocm_available {
-        match build_onnx_session(path, ort::ep::ROCm::default().build()) {
+    if migraphx_available {
+        match bread_onnx::build_session(
+            path,
+            ort::session::builder::GraphOptimizationLevel::Level3,
+            &[bread_onnx::Provider::MiGraphX { device_id: 0 }],
+        ) {
             Ok(s) => {
-                tracing::info!("ONNX session loaded (ROCm iGPU)");
+                tracing::info!("ONNX session loaded (MIGraphX iGPU)");
                 return (Some(s), ExecutionProvider::Gpu);
             }
-            Err(e) => tracing::debug!("ROCm EP unavailable: {}; trying CPU", e),
+            Err(e) => tracing::debug!("MIGraphX EP unavailable: {}; trying CPU", e),
         }
     }
-    match build_onnx_session(path, ort::ep::CPU::default().build()) {
+    match bread_onnx::build_session(
+        path,
+        ort::session::builder::GraphOptimizationLevel::Level3,
+        &[bread_onnx::Provider::Cpu],
+    ) {
         Ok(s) => {
             tracing::info!("ONNX session loaded (CPU)");
             (Some(s), ExecutionProvider::Cpu)
@@ -271,14 +299,3 @@ fn try_load_session(
         }
     }
 }
-
-fn build_onnx_session(
-    path: &std::path::Path,
-    ep: ort::ep::ExecutionProviderDispatch,
-) -> anyhow::Result<ort::session::Session> {
-    let mut builder = ort::session::Session::builder()
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("builder: {}", e))?
-        .with_execution_providers([ep])
-        .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("ep: {}", e))?;
-    builder.commit_from_file(path).map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("load: {}", e))
-}

breadpad-shared/src/config.rs

@@ -193,20 +193,32 @@ impl Config {
         }
         let text = toml::to_string_pretty(self)?;
         fs::write(&path, text)?;
+
+        // This file can hold the CalDAV password in plaintext (see
+        // `CalendarConfig`'s own doc comment) — `fs::write` creates it with
+        // the process's default umask, which on most setups means
+        // world-readable. Lock it down to owner-only rather than just
+        // telling the user to do it themselves.
+        #[cfg(unix)]
+        {
+            use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+            if let Err(e) = fs::set_permissions(&path, fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o600)) {
+                tracing::warn!("failed to restrict permissions on {}: {}", path.display(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
 pub fn config_path() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::config_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/.config"))
-        .join("breadpad")
-        .join("breadpad.toml")
+    // Was `dirs::config_dir().unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/.config"))`
+    // — same literal-tilde-fallback bug as `classifier.rs::model_dir` (see
+    // its doc comment) and breadclip-core's `data_dir`; PathBuf/std::fs
+    // never expand `~`.
+    bread_utils::xdg::config_dir("breadpad").join("breadpad.toml")
 }
 
 pub fn style_css_path() -> PathBuf {
-    dirs::config_dir()
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| PathBuf::from("~/.config"))
-        .join("breadpad")
-        .join("style.css")
+    bread_utils::xdg::config_dir("breadpad").join("style.css")
 }

breadpad-shared/src/parser.rs

@@ -85,6 +85,43 @@ fn rrule_weekday(wd: Weekday) -> &'static str {
     }
 }
 
+/// Explicit type prefixes, checked before any lexical heuristics. Short forms
+/// exist so the capture popup can be driven without reaching for the mouse —
+/// see `breadpad_shared::parser::detect_prefix_type`, which the popup's entry
+/// uses to live-highlight the matching chip as the user types.
+const TYPE_PREFIXES: &[(&str, NoteType)] = &[
+    ("td:", NoteType::Todo),
+    ("rem:", NoteType::Reminder),
+    ("idea:", NoteType::Idea),
+    ("note:", NoteType::Note),
+    ("q:", NoteType::Question),
+];
+
+/// If `text` starts with one of [`TYPE_PREFIXES`] (case-insensitive), returns
+/// the type it forces. Used both to classify at save time and to live-drive
+/// the popup's chip highlighting as the user types.
+pub fn detect_prefix_type(text: &str) -> Option<NoteType> {
+    let lower = text.trim_start().to_lowercase();
+    TYPE_PREFIXES
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(prefix, _)| lower.starts_with(prefix))
+        .map(|(_, nt)| nt.clone())
+}
+
+/// Strips a leading explicit type prefix (if any), returning the forced type
+/// and the remaining text with the prefix and any following whitespace removed.
+fn strip_explicit_prefix(text: &str) -> (Option<NoteType>, String) {
+    let trimmed = text.trim_start();
+    let lower = trimmed.to_lowercase();
+    for (prefix, nt) in TYPE_PREFIXES {
+        if lower.starts_with(prefix) {
+            let rest = trimmed[prefix.len()..].trim_start().to_string();
+            return (Some(nt.clone()), rest);
+        }
+    }
+    (None, text.to_string())
+}
+
 fn next_occurrence_of_weekday(wd: Weekday, time: NaiveTime) -> DateTime<Utc> {
     let local = Local::now();
     let days_ahead = (wd.num_days_from_monday() as i64
@@ -105,6 +142,8 @@ fn next_occurrence_of_weekday(wd: Weekday, time: NaiveTime) -> DateTime<Utc> {
 }
 
 pub fn parse_rule_based(text: &str, default_morning: &str) -> ClassificationResult {
+    let (forced_type, text_owned) = strip_explicit_prefix(text);
+    let text: &str = &text_owned;
     let p = patterns();
     let morning_time: NaiveTime = default_morning
         .split(':')
@@ -290,8 +329,9 @@ pub fn parse_rule_based(text: &str, default_morning: &str) -> ClassificationResu
             .to_string();
     }
 
-    // Infer note type
-    let note_type = infer_type(text, extracted_time.is_some(), rrule.is_some());
+    // Infer note type — an explicit prefix (`td:`, `rem:`, …) always wins.
+    let note_type =
+        forced_type.clone().unwrap_or_else(|| infer_type(text, extracted_time.is_some(), rrule.is_some()));
 
     // Trim artifacts
     cleaned = cleaned
@@ -303,7 +343,9 @@ pub fn parse_rule_based(text: &str, default_morning: &str) -> ClassificationResu
 
     // Calibrated confidence: high when structural signals drove the decision,
     // low when we fell back to "note" with no positive evidence.
-    let confidence = if rrule.is_some() || extracted_time.is_some() {
+    let confidence = if forced_type.is_some() {
+        0.99 // explicit prefix — unambiguous
+    } else if rrule.is_some() || extracted_time.is_some() {
         0.95 // time/recurrence extraction is deterministic
     } else {
         match &note_type {
@@ -410,6 +452,70 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(p("idea: reactive state module in Lua").note_type, NoteType::Idea);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn idea_prefix_stripped_from_body() {
+        let r = p("idea: reactive state module in Lua");
+        assert_eq!(r.body, "reactive state module in Lua");
+    }
+
+    // ---- Explicit short prefixes (td:, rem:, note:, q:) ----
+
+    #[test]
+    fn td_prefix_is_todo() {
+        let r = p("td: buy milk");
+        assert_eq!(r.note_type, NoteType::Todo);
+        assert_eq!(r.body, "buy milk");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rem_prefix_is_reminder() {
+        let r = p("rem: water the plants");
+        assert_eq!(r.note_type, NoteType::Reminder);
+        assert_eq!(r.body, "water the plants");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn note_prefix_is_note() {
+        // Without the prefix this would classify as Todo ("check ...").
+        let r = p("note: check engine light has been on for a week");
+        assert_eq!(r.note_type, NoteType::Note);
+        assert_eq!(r.body, "check engine light has been on for a week");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn q_prefix_is_question() {
+        // Without the prefix this has no strong signal and would fall to Note.
+        let r = p("q: ONNX rocm vs cpu perf");
+        assert_eq!(r.note_type, NoteType::Question);
+        assert_eq!(r.body, "ONNX rocm vs cpu perf");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_prefix_confidence_is_high() {
+        assert_eq!(p("td: buy milk").confidence, 0.99);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_prefix_is_case_insensitive() {
+        assert_eq!(p("TD: buy milk").note_type, NoteType::Todo);
+        assert_eq!(p("Rem: standup").note_type, NoteType::Reminder);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn explicit_prefix_overrides_time_extraction_type() {
+        // "at 7pm" alone would infer Reminder; an explicit td: prefix wins.
+        let r = p("td: pack bag at 7pm");
+        assert_eq!(r.note_type, NoteType::Todo);
+        assert!(r.time.is_some(), "time should still be extracted");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn detect_prefix_type_matches_parse() {
+        assert_eq!(detect_prefix_type("td: buy milk"), Some(NoteType::Todo));
+        assert_eq!(detect_prefix_type("rem: call mum"), Some(NoteType::Reminder));
+        assert_eq!(detect_prefix_type("no prefix here"), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn idea_maybe() {
         assert_eq!(p("maybe we could cache the ONNX model").note_type, NoteType::Idea);
@@ -884,7 +990,6 @@ fn infer_type(text: &str, has_time: bool, has_rrule: bool) -> NoteType {
         return NoteType::Todo;
     }
     if lower.starts_with("what if ")
-        || lower.starts_with("idea:")
         || lower.contains("could ")
         || lower.contains("maybe ")
         || lower.starts_with("should we ")

breadpad-shared/src/scheduler.rs

@@ -206,6 +206,42 @@ pub(crate) fn parse_next_from_rrule(rrule_str: &str, default_morning: &str) -> O
                 (now.date_naive() + chrono::Duration::days(days_ahead)).and_time(fire_time);
             return Some(local_naive_to_utc(target_date));
         }
+        "MONTHLY" => {
+            use chrono::Datelike;
+            // BYMONTHDAY isn't guaranteed to be present — breadman's note
+            // editor lets a user type an arbitrary RRULE by hand, and
+            // "FREQ=MONTHLY" alone is a perfectly valid (if under-specified)
+            // one. Fall back to today's day-of-month, mirroring how WEEKLY
+            // above defaults BYDAY to "MO" when absent.
+            let day: u32 = parts
+                .get("BYMONTHDAY")
+                .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+                .filter(|d: &u32| (1..=31).contains(d))
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| now.day());
+
+            let mut year = now.year();
+            let mut month = now.month();
+
+            // Walk forward month by month for the next calendar date that
+            // (a) actually has this day-of-month (a 31st skips e.g. April)
+            // and (b) is still in the future. Bounded to 24 months as a
+            // defensive cap — every valid day (1-31) recurs well within a
+            // year, so this should never come close to firing.
+            for _ in 0..24 {
+                if let Some(date) = chrono::NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(year, month, day) {
+                    let candidate = date.and_time(fire_time);
+                    if now.naive_local() < candidate {
+                        return Some(local_naive_to_utc(candidate));
+                    }
+                }
+                month += 1;
+                if month > 12 {
+                    month = 1;
+                    year += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            None
+        }
         _ => None,
     }
 }
@@ -404,7 +440,40 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn unknown_freq_returns_none() {
-        assert!(parse_next_from_rrule("RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYHOUR=9;BYMINUTE=0", "08:00").is_none());
+        assert!(parse_next_from_rrule("RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYHOUR=9;BYMINUTE=0", "08:00").is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn monthly_reschedules_instead_of_returning_none() {
+        // This used to be the exact bug: MONTHLY fell into the `_ => None`
+        // arm, so a monthly reminder fired once and never rescheduled.
+        let t = parse_next_from_rrule("RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=15;BYHOUR=9;BYMINUTE=0", "08:00");
+        assert!(t.is_some(), "MONTHLY must produce a next occurrence, not None");
+        let local: chrono::DateTime<Local> = t.unwrap().into();
+        assert_eq!(local.day(), 15);
+        assert_eq!(local.hour(), 9);
+        assert_eq!(local.minute(), 0);
+        assert!(local > Local::now());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn monthly_without_bymonthday_uses_todays_day_of_month() {
+        let t = parse_next_from_rrule("RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYHOUR=23;BYMINUTE=59", "08:00").unwrap();
+        let local: chrono::DateTime<Local> = t.into();
+        assert_eq!(local.day(), Local::now().day());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn monthly_on_the_31st_skips_shorter_months() {
+        // Every candidate month/day combination this walks must actually
+        // exist (from_ymd_opt returning None for e.g. April 31 is skipped
+        // internally) — this mostly guards against a panic/infinite loop
+        // regression rather than a specific date, since "next Feb 31" et al
+        // must fall through to a month that really has a 31st.
+        let t = parse_next_from_rrule("RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYMONTHDAY=31;BYHOUR=9;BYMINUTE=0", "08:00");
+        assert!(t.is_some());
+        let local: chrono::DateTime<Local> = t.unwrap().into();
+        assert_eq!(local.day(), 31);
     }
 
     #[test]

breadpad-shared/src/store.rs

@@ -44,11 +44,43 @@ impl Store {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Path to the sidecar lock file guarding the whole note store — a
+    /// single lock covers both `notes.jsonl` and `archive.jsonl` since
+    /// `rotate_archive` moves notes between them in one logical operation.
+    fn lock_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.notes_path.with_extension("lock")
+    }
+
+    /// Blocks until an exclusive advisory lock (`flock`) is held on the
+    /// sidecar lock file, and holds it for as long as the returned `File`
+    /// stays alive (the lock is released automatically when it's dropped,
+    /// same as it would be on process exit/crash).
+    ///
+    /// breadpad (capture/fire/snooze), breadman (edit), and multiple
+    /// concurrent reminder-fire processes all read and rewrite the same
+    /// JSONL file with no coordination otherwise: two concurrent
+    /// load-modify-rewrite cycles racing `write_all`'s rename can silently
+    /// lose one side's change. This is intentionally one lock for the
+    /// entire store rather than per-note or per-file locking — contention
+    /// is expected to be rare (a handful of short-lived CLI-ish processes,
+    /// not a server), so simplicity wins over fine-grained locking here.
+    fn acquire_lock(&self) -> Result<fs::File> {
+        let file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(true)
+            .write(true)
+            .open(self.lock_path())
+            .context("failed to open notes store lock file")?;
+        file.lock().context("failed to acquire notes store lock")?;
+        Ok(file)
+    }
+
     pub fn load_all(&self) -> Result<Vec<Note>> {
+        let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
         self.load_from(&self.notes_path)
     }
 
     pub fn load_archive(&self) -> Result<Vec<Note>> {
+        let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
         self.load_from(&self.archive_path)
     }
 
@@ -74,12 +106,15 @@ impl Store {
     }
 
     pub fn save_note(&self, note: &Note) -> Result<()> {
-        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
-            .create(true)
-            .append(true)
-            .open(&self.notes_path)?;
-        let line = serde_json::to_string(note)?;
-        writeln!(file, "{}", line)?;
+        {
+            let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
+            let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+                .create(true)
+                .append(true)
+                .open(&self.notes_path)?;
+            let line = serde_json::to_string(note)?;
+            writeln!(file, "{}", line)?;
+        }
 
         if let Some(cal_cfg) = &self.calendar {
             if cal_cfg.enabled && (note.time.is_some() || note.rrule.is_some()) {
@@ -103,13 +138,18 @@ impl Store {
     }
 
     pub fn delete_note(&self, id: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let all = self.load_all()?;
-        let (to_delete, keep): (Vec<Note>, Vec<Note>) = all.into_iter().partition(|n| n.id == id);
-        self.write_all(&self.notes_path, &keep)?;
+        let to_delete_note = {
+            let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
+            let all = self.load_from(&self.notes_path)?;
+            let (to_delete, keep): (Vec<Note>, Vec<Note>) =
+                all.into_iter().partition(|n| n.id == id);
+            self.write_all(&self.notes_path, &keep)?;
+            to_delete.into_iter().next()
+        };
 
         if let Some(cal_cfg) = &self.calendar {
             if cal_cfg.enabled {
-                if let Some(note) = to_delete.into_iter().next() {
+                if let Some(note) = to_delete_note {
                     spawn_caldav_delete(caldav_uid(&note), cal_cfg.clone());
                 }
             }
@@ -118,11 +158,17 @@ impl Store {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Holds the store lock across the whole load-modify-write span (not
+    /// just the write) — `load_from` is used directly here rather than the
+    /// public, self-locking `load_all`, since re-acquiring the same
+    /// process-wide advisory lock while already holding it would block
+    /// forever (`flock` isn't re-entrant across separate file descriptors).
     fn rewrite_notes<F>(&self, mut f: F) -> Result<()>
     where
         F: FnMut(Note) -> Note,
     {
-        let notes: Vec<Note> = self.load_all()?.into_iter().map(|n| f(n)).collect();
+        let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
+        let notes: Vec<Note> = self.load_from(&self.notes_path)?.into_iter().map(|n| f(n)).collect();
         self.write_all(&self.notes_path, &notes)
     }
 
@@ -141,8 +187,9 @@ impl Store {
     }
 
     pub fn rotate_archive(&self, archive_after_days: i64) -> Result<usize> {
+        let _lock = self.acquire_lock()?;
         let cutoff = Utc::now() - Duration::days(archive_after_days);
-        let notes = self.load_all()?;
+        let notes = self.load_from(&self.notes_path)?;
         let (to_archive, keep): (Vec<Note>, Vec<Note>) = notes
             .into_iter()
             .partition(|n| n.done && n.completed.map_or(false, |c| c < cutoff));

breadpad-shared/src/theme.rs

@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
     border-color: @teal;
 }
 
+/* Shared "selected/active" language: a ghost/ outline default state that
+   stays quiet, and a solid, high-contrast accent fill for whatever is
+   currently selected — used identically by .type-chip.active and
+   .sidebar-row:selected so the two windows read as one system. */
 .type-chip {
-    background: @overlay;
-    color: @on-overlay;
+    background: transparent;
+    color: alpha(@fg, 0.6);
+    border: 1px solid alpha(@fg, 0.18);
     border-radius: 999px;
     padding: 4px 12px;
     font-size: 12px;
@@ -55,27 +60,69 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
 .type-chip.active {
     background: @blue;
     color: @on-accent;
+    border-color: @blue;
+    font-weight: 600;
 }
 
+/* Per-type tint so info badges (note cards, workspace/recur tags) stay
+   scannable at a glance without the old full-color emoji. */
+.note-card-todo      .type-chip { color: @green;  border-color: alpha(@green, 0.4); }
+.note-card-reminder  .type-chip { color: @yellow; border-color: alpha(@yellow, 0.4); }
+.note-card-idea      .type-chip { color: @pink;   border-color: alpha(@pink, 0.4); }
+.note-card-question  .type-chip { color: @teal;   border-color: alpha(@teal, 0.4); }
+.note-card-note      .type-chip { color: @blue;   border-color: alpha(@blue, 0.4); }
+
 .confirm-button {
     background: @blue;
     color: @on-accent;
     border: none;
     border-radius: 8px;
-    padding: 8px 16px;
+    padding: 10px 22px;
+    min-height: 20px;
+    font-size: 15px;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
+.confirm-button:hover { background: shade(@blue, 1.1); }
+
+/* Separates the primary action from the chip row it sits beside so it
+   doesn't read as just another pill. */
+.confirm-wrap {
+    border-left: 1px solid alpha(@fg, 0.12);
+    padding-left: 12px;
+    margin-left: 4px;
+}
+
+.prefix-hint {
+    color: alpha(@fg, 0.4);
+    font-size: 10px;
+    letter-spacing: 0.3px;
+}
+
 .note-card {
-    background: shade(@bg, 1.1);
-    border-radius: 8px;
+    background: shade(@bg, 1.12);
+    border: 1px solid alpha(@fg, 0.07);
+    border-radius: 10px;
     padding: 12px;
-    margin: 8px;
+    margin: 6px 0;
     border-left: 3px solid @blue;
 }
 
 .note-card:hover {
-    background: shade(@bg, 1.2);
+    background: shade(@bg, 1.22);
+    border-color: alpha(@fg, 0.12);
+}
+
+.note-title {
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.note-card .action-btn {
+    opacity: 0.45;
+}
+
+.note-card:hover .action-btn {
+    opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .search-entry {
@@ -83,7 +130,8 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
     color: @fg;
     border: 1px solid @overlay;
     border-radius: 6px;
-    padding: 8px 12px;
+    padding: 5px 10px;
+    font-size: 13px;
 }
 
 .search-entry:focus {
@@ -104,7 +152,27 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
 .sidebar-row:selected {
     background: @blue;
     color: @on-accent;
-    font-weight: 500;
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.sidebar-row-minor {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+    font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+.sidebar-count {
+    color: alpha(@fg, 0.45);
+    font-size: 11px;
+}
+
+.icon-todo     { color: @green;  }
+.icon-reminder { color: @yellow; }
+.icon-idea     { color: @pink;   }
+.icon-note     { color: @blue;   }
+.icon-question { color: @teal;   }
+
+.sidebar-row:selected .sidebar-count {
+    color: alpha(@on-accent, 0.75);
 }
 
 .sidebar-section-label {
@@ -119,14 +187,15 @@ window { border-radius: 8px; }
     background: transparent;
     border: none;
     border-radius: 6px;
-    padding: 2px 7px;
-    min-width: 28px;
-    min-height: 28px;
-    font-size: 14px;
+    padding: 3px 8px;
+    min-width: 32px;
+    min-height: 32px;
+    font-size: 16px;
 }
 
 .action-btn:hover {
     background: shade(@bg, 1.3);
+    opacity: 1;
 }
 
 .done-btn { color: @green; }
@@ -215,8 +284,14 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn css_defines_bg_color() {
+        // #1e1e2e (Catppuccin Mocha) was the default before bread-theme
+        // v0.2.10, which deliberately fixed background/surface/overlay to
+        // BOS's own dark theme (#0c0c0c etc.) instead of tracking pywal —
+        // see bread-theme's `palette.rs` `FIXED_BACKGROUND` doc comment.
+        // This assertion was never updated for that bump, so it started
+        // failing the moment breadpad's Cargo.toml pin moved to v0.2.10.
         let css = build_css(&Palette::default(), None);
-        assert!(css.contains("@define-color bg #1e1e2e"), "css missing bg: {}", &css[..300]);
+        assert!(css.contains("@define-color bg #0c0c0c"), "css missing bg: {}", &css[..300]);
     }
 
     #[test]

breadpad/Cargo.toml

@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ gtk4-layer-shell.workspace = true
 hyprland.workspace = true
 dirs.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
+bread-utils = { git = "https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/bread-ecosystem", tag = "v0.3.0" }

breadpad/src/main.rs

@@ -536,13 +536,14 @@ fn run_popup(preset_type: Option<String>, no_classify: bool, cfg: Config) -> Res
 }
 
 fn get_active_workspace() -> Option<String> {
-    // Use hyprctl via CLI since the async API would require a runtime here
-    let out = std::process::Command::new("hyprctl")
-        .args(["activeworkspace", "-j"])
-        .output()
-        .ok()?;
-    let val: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_slice(&out.stdout).ok()?;
-    val.get("id").and_then(|v| v.as_i64()).map(|id| id.to_string())
+    // Was a `Command::new("hyprctl").output()` call with no timeout (the
+    // `hyprland` crate's async API would require a runtime here, which this
+    // call site doesn't have) — bread_utils::hypr's socket1 client is
+    // synchronous and needs neither a subprocess nor a runtime.
+    bread_utils::hypr::request_json("j/activeworkspace")?
+        .get("id")
+        .and_then(|v| v.as_i64())
+        .map(|id| id.to_string())
 }
 
 fn build_window(
@@ -636,11 +637,43 @@ fn build_window(
         }
     }
 
+    // Live prefix grammar: typing "td: ", "rem: ", "idea: ", "note: ", or
+    // "q: " at the start of the entry drives the chip selection without
+    // ever touching the mouse — the chips become feedback for what you
+    // typed rather than the only way to pick a type.
+    {
+        let selected_type_clone = selected_type.clone();
+        let chips_clone: Vec<(gtk4::Button, NoteType)> = chips.clone();
+        entry.connect_changed(move |e| {
+            let Some(nt) = breadpad_shared::parser::detect_prefix_type(&e.text()) else {
+                return;
+            };
+            *selected_type_clone.borrow_mut() = nt.clone();
+            for (btn, chip_nt) in &chips_clone {
+                if *chip_nt == nt {
+                    btn.add_css_class("active");
+                } else {
+                    btn.remove_css_class("active");
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    let hint = gtk4::Label::builder()
+        .label("td: · rem: · idea: · note: · q:")
+        .css_classes(["prefix-hint"])
+        .xalign(0.0)
+        .build();
+
     // Confirm button
     let confirm_btn = gtk4::Button::builder()
         .label("✓")
         .css_classes(["confirm-button"])
         .build();
+    let confirm_wrap = gtk4::Box::builder()
+        .css_classes(["confirm-wrap"])
+        .build();
+    confirm_wrap.append(&confirm_btn);
 
     let bottom_row = gtk4::Box::builder()
         .orientation(gtk4::Orientation::Horizontal)
@@ -650,9 +683,10 @@ fn build_window(
 
     let spacer = gtk4::Box::builder().hexpand(true).build();
     bottom_row.append(&spacer);
-    bottom_row.append(&confirm_btn);
+    bottom_row.append(&confirm_wrap);
 
     vbox.append(&entry);
+    vbox.append(&hint);
     vbox.append(&bottom_row);
     window.set_child(Some(&vbox));
 
@@ -661,6 +695,7 @@ fn build_window(
     let selected_type_clone = selected_type.clone();
     let cfg_clone = cfg.clone();
     let workspace_clone = workspace.clone();
+    let app_clone = app.clone();
 
     let save_and_close = {
         let win = win_clone.clone();
@@ -668,6 +703,7 @@ fn build_window(
         let selected_type = selected_type_clone.clone();
         let cfg = cfg_clone.clone();
         let workspace = workspace_clone.clone();
+        let app = app_clone.clone();
 
         move || {
             let text = entry.text().to_string();
@@ -678,10 +714,20 @@ fn build_window(
             let note_type = selected_type.borrow().clone();
             let cfg_c = cfg.clone();
             let ws_c = workspace.clone();
-            // Close first so the popup disappears immediately, then save.
+            // Close first so the popup disappears immediately, then save —
+            // but `hold()` the application across the gap first. Without
+            // this, closing the only open window can let the whole process
+            // (and with it, the `idle_add_local_once` callback below that
+            // actually writes the note) exit before that callback ever
+            // runs, silently losing the note the user just typed. `hold()`
+            // returns an RAII guard that keeps the app alive with zero
+            // windows open until it's dropped, right after the save
+            // finishes below.
+            let hold_guard = app.hold();
             win.close();
             glib::idle_add_local_once(move || {
                 save_note_classified(&text, note_type, no_classify, cfg_c, ws_c);
+                drop(hold_guard);
             });
         }
     };

packaging/arch/PKGBUILD

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Maintainer: Breadway <rileyhorsham@gmail.com>
+# Maintainer: Breadway <plasticbread849@gmail.com>
 
 pkgname=breadpad
 pkgver=0.3.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Quick-capture scratchpad and note viewer with AI classification"
 arch=('x86_64')
-url="https://github.com/Breadway/breadpad"
+url="https://git.breadway.dev/Breadway/breadpad"
 license=('MIT')
 # Some Rust deps (ring/mlua) build vendored C/asm into static archives; makepkg's
 # default -flto=auto emits GCC LTO bitcode the Rust (lld) link cannot read,