feat: organize conversations into channels

[milind-soni]

Summary

• productize the existing isolated room runtime as Channels without migrating or duplicating conversation data
• let a channel start in a named context such as Work, Personal, or a project, and move between contexts later
• separate Channels and Bots visually in the sidebar and use Channel language consistently across chat, calls, search, settings, and Team Library
• retain the room editor shipped in feat(rooms): manage members after creation #381, so channels can be renamed and bots can be added or removed after creation
• validate and bound channel names and contexts at the API boundary, and deduplicate member IDs

Why this shape

The existing group model already gives every conversation a separate transcript, provider thread, shared instructions, working folder, responder policy, and roster. Building Channels on it makes existing rooms become channels automatically and avoids a second runtime with different behavior.

This is the first usable delivery from the broader plan in #370. It intentionally does not promise concurrent turns by the same bot across multiple channels; the existing busy guard remains the safety boundary.

Validation

• pnpm exec vitest run server/store.test.ts server/index.test.ts src/lib/room-turn-timeout.test.ts — 142 passed
• pnpm build
• git diff --check

Repository-wide pnpm lint still reports the existing anti-slop backlog in unrelated drivers and tests; this PR does not add a separate lint baseline.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Create channels with optional contexts for better organization.
  • Channels retain their context after being saved and reloaded.
  • Unsectioned channels appear under a dedicated “Channels” heading.
  • Channel creation validates names, contexts, member IDs, and duplicate members.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved error messages for invalid channel details and turn-limit save failures.

• Style

  • Updated interface terminology from “rooms” and “sections” to “channels” and “contexts” throughout the app.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR adds optional contexts to channel creation, validates and deduplicates group inputs, persists contexts, updates channel organization in the sidebar, and replaces room terminology across the interface and documentation.

Changes

Channel context support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Validate and persist channel context server/index.ts, server/store.ts, server/*.test.ts	Group creation validates names, contexts, and member IDs, removes duplicate members, and persists the optional context. Tests cover validation and restart persistence.
Create channels with contexts src/state/store.tsx, src/components/Sidebar.tsx	Channel creation accepts and sends an optional context. Context menus, pickers, labels, and unsectioned-channel grouping use the new terminology.
Update channel terminology and documentation README.md, src/components/*, src/lib/room-turn-timeout.*	User-facing text, accessibility labels, timeout messages, and documentation replace room terminology with channel terminology.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 69266

This PR organizes existing conversations into named Channels without changing their underlying conversation data or runtime model. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant Sidebar
  participant StoreState
  participant GroupAPI
  participant Store
  User->>Sidebar: Enter channel name and optional context
  Sidebar->>StoreState: Dispatch createGroup
  StoreState->>GroupAPI: POST group with section
  GroupAPI->>GroupAPI: Validate and deduplicate inputs
  GroupAPI->>Store: Create group with section
  Store-->>GroupAPI: Persisted group
  GroupAPI-->>StoreState: Creation response
  StoreState-->>Sidebar: Display channel

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title is concise and clearly identifies the main change: organizing conversations into channels.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the changes, rationale, verification steps, and known lint limitation, but omits the template checklist and screenshots section.
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- Around line 429-430: Limit the channel-name input to the API’s 100-character
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• src/components/CommandPalette.tsx
• src/components/Composer.tsx
• src/components/GroupCallView.tsx
• src/components/GroupView.tsx
• src/components/ManageMembersPanel.tsx
• src/components/RoomTurnTimeoutSettings.tsx
• src/components/SettingsModal.tsx
• src/components/Sidebar.tsx
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