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epic(ux): interactive task UX Phase 2
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- TypeScript
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Description
**Context:** ROADMAP.md → Interactive task UX (section)
**Related:** #53 (hydration follow-up, not ask), `docs/design/INTERACTIVE_AGENTS.md`
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## Component
API or orchestration
## Describe the feature
Epic for **Phase 2 interactive UX** beyond shipped `bgagent status`, `watch`, and `nudge`: manager-style progress, mid-run `bgagent ask`, and optional LLM-synthesized status.
## Use case
Deterministic status snapshots answer ops questions but not "what did you decide and what's next?" Operators want consistent, auditable progress across CLI and notification channels.
## Proposed solution
Child issues:
| Draft | Capability |
|-------|------------|
| [smart-progress-updates.md](./smart-progress-updates.md) | Manager-style progress events |
| [bgagent-ask-phase2.md](./bgagent-ask-phase2.md) | `bgagent ask` + REST API |
| [llm-synthesized-status-summary.md](./llm-synthesized-status-summary.md) | Optional LLM status mode |
Design authority: `docs/design/INTERACTIVE_AGENTS.md` (Phase 2 section).
## Other information
- Fanout already forward-compat subscribes to `status_response` (not yet emitted).
- Distinct from **LLM-assisted trace analysis** (post-mortem).
- [ ] This might be a breaking change
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the Interactive task UX section of ROADMAP.md and the Phase 2 section of docs/design/INTERACTIVE_AGENTS.md, then review smart-progress-updates.md, bgagent-ask-phase2.md, and llm-synthesized-status-summary.md. This is an epic rather than a self-contained change; done means implementing and validating the selected child capabilities against the design.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- backend-api-design, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100