[vkpdeveloper]

I wanted always-on assistants like Grok's bots: give one a name, a face, a model and a machine, then just talk to it from web or my phone. Today every chat is a throwaway thread tied to a repo, so there was no place for that.

A bot is now a project with one long-lived session on the computer you pick. Create it from the Bots sidebar (web) or the new Bots tab (mobile, replaces Usage, which moves into Settings).

Bots sidebar / Bots tab
  New bot  -> createBot RPC -> project (kind: bot) + its single thread on the chosen computer
  Bot chat -> normal turn pipeline, bot header (face + name), no git / New task
  Details  -> Details | Artifacts (folders, file icons, download) | Computer
  Replies  -> mobile push with the final reply text

• Server: createBot is retry-safe and cleans up on failure. Migration 078_ProjectionProjectBot stores the avatar and model.
• Client runtime: shared bot list state, avatar shapes and colours, and the commands. The list shows each bot's last message and unread replies.
• Web: Grok-style sidebar, a bot page, a New bot dialog using the composer model picker, and animated avatars that blink and glance. The Artifacts tab browses the bot's folders and downloads files to Downloads.
• Mobile: Bots tab, New bot form with avatar, model and machine pickers, a bot details sheet, and push notifications for bot replies.

Note: a bot can only be created on a computer running this build. Older servers lack the createBot RPC and fail with "An error occurred".

Validation: vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests, React Compiler). Tested in the web app at desktop and phone widths, and on Android.