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Redesigned the visual rendering of conversation transcripts so that entire speaker turns (both label and body text) are tinted in the speaker's color, rather than just the label prefix. This makes "you:" and "agent:" lines visually distinct at a glance, even on terminals with limited color support.

Key Changes

  • Theme colors: Introduced a new AGENT color (#14B8A6, teal) to replace the previous secondary accent (Cobolt 300) for agent labels. The teal was chosen specifically to downgrade to ANSI cyan on 16-color terminals, staying clearly distinct from the brand purple used for "you" lines. Previously, both speakers used near-identical cobolt purples that collapsed to the same hue after downsampling.

  • Rendering: Modified _labeled() in aai_cli/agent/render.py to apply the style to the entire line (label + body) rather than just the label prefix. This ensures the whole turn reads as a cohesive colored block.

  • Tests: Added test_human_whole_turn_is_tinted_in_speaker_color() to verify that both the label and body text are wrapped in the speaker's color SGR codes, and that the two speakers render in contrasting hues. Added test_you_and_agent_stay_distinct_after_downsampling() to ensure the colors remain visually distinct even after downsampling to 16-color ANSI palettes.

Implementation Details

  • The AGENT teal (#14B8A6) was chosen outside the cobolt purple family on purpose: it downsamples to ANSI cyan, which is clearly distinct from the purple/blue that "you" downsamples to, ensuring readability across all terminal capabilities.
  • The aai.you style retains the brand purple and remains reserved (never reused for diarized speakers).
  • Updated theme documentation to clarify that the entire transcript turn is now tinted, not just the prefix.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01AFrwHX8EdECmkNsU8LqJNf

The live transcript tinted only the "you:"/"agent:" prefix, and the two
colors were near-identical cobolt purples (Cobolt 400 vs 300) that
downsampled to the *same* 16-color ANSI slot — so on a basic terminal the
whole conversation read as one color and you couldn't tell your turns from
the agent's at a glance.

Tint the whole transcript line (label + body) in the speaker's hue, and
give the agent a contrasting teal (downsamples to ANSI cyan) while "you"
keeps the reserved brand purple. The two now stay clearly distinct on any
terminal, truecolor or not.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AFrwHX8EdECmkNsU8LqJNf
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The Ubuntu `lint + typecheck + tests` cells kept timing out at the
"System deps (PortAudio + ffmpeg)" step and getting cancelled before the
tests ran, which bounced this PR out of the merge queue. Root cause: a plain
`apt-get install ffmpeg` pulls a ~100-package / ~94 MB dependency closure, and
against a degraded Azure Ubuntu mirror that download overran the job's 15-min
timeout. Windows was unaffected (it installs only ffmpeg, in under a minute).

Factor the three identical Ubuntu installs into scripts/ci_install_audio_deps.sh
that (1) passes --no-install-recommends to drop the optional codec/VA-API/SDL
recommends that balloon the payload, and (2) wraps each apt call in a bounded
`timeout` + retry so a stalled mirror connection is killed and retried instead
of wedging the whole job. Bump the two Ubuntu test jobs from 15 to 20 minutes
(matching the Windows job) to give the retry path headroom.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AFrwHX8EdECmkNsU8LqJNf
Comment thread scripts/ci_install_audio_deps.sh Outdated
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echo "::warning::apt-get $* failed or stalled (attempt ${attempt}/3); retrying" >&2
sleep "$((attempt * 5))"

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In apt_retry, the warning says 'retrying' even on the 3rd failed attempt, but no retry occurs afterward. This creates misleading failure diagnostics.

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echo "::warning::apt-get $* failed or stalled (attempt ${attempt}/3); retrying" >&2
sleep "$((attempt * 5))"
if [ "$attempt" -lt 3 ]; then
echo "::warning::apt-get $* failed or stalled (attempt ${attempt}/3); retrying" >&2
sleep "$((attempt * 5))"
fi
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​The retry loop is bounded to three attempts. When the third attempt fails, the warning text still states that it is retrying, but no further attempt exists and the function immediately proceeds to terminal failure. That makes the status message inconsistent with the actual execution path and can mislead CI diagnosis.

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The bounded retry loop printed the "retrying" warning (and slept) even on the
final failed attempt, where no retry follows — misleading CI diagnostics.
Guard the warning/sleep on attempt < 3 so the 3rd failure falls straight
through to the terminal error.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01AFrwHX8EdECmkNsU8LqJNf
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