fix(gui): recent activity rows clip before the timestamp column; SHOT_HEIGHT for tall screenshots

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MtYEaR6M6Ybdhm6X98BWNu

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.orig
 .DS_Store
 site/dist/
+.netlify/

README.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ New books, one command (installs Rust and wanderbooks if needed, makes the
 books dir with the MCP server registered for it, and starts the agent):
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://git.swaits.com/swaits/wanderbooks/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/Acme
+curl -fsSL https://wanderbooks.ai/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/Acme
 ```
 
 Already installed: `wanderbooks new ~/Books/Acme`. In a books dir, `just`

crates/ledger-gui/src/pages/accounts.rs

@@ -270,20 +270,24 @@ pub fn show_account(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, id: u64, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
                     theme::regular(12.5),
                     p.muted,
                 );
-                painter.text(
+                // Leave room for the debit, credit, and balance columns.
+                let text_w = r.width() - 90.0 - amt * 3.0 - 12.0;
+                widgets::clipped_text(
+                    &painter,
                     egui::pos2(r.left() + 90.0, y),
-                    egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
-                    desc,
+                    &desc,
                     font.clone(),
                     p.text,
+                    text_w,
                 );
                 if !sub.is_empty() {
-                    painter.text(
+                    widgets::clipped_text(
+                        &painter,
                         egui::pos2(r.left() + 90.0, r.center().y + 9.0),
-                        egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
-                        sub,
+                        &sub,
                         theme::regular(11.5),
                         p.faint,
+                        text_w,
                     );
                 }
                 for (i, v) in [d, c].iter().enumerate() {

crates/ledger-gui/src/pages/cash.rs

@@ -368,12 +368,13 @@ fn coming_up(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
                             theme::regular(12.5),
                             if late { p.negative } else { p.muted },
                         );
-                        ui.painter().text(
+                        widgets::clipped_text(
+                            ui.painter(),
                             r.left_center() + vec2(70.0, 0.0),
-                            egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
                             &it.label,
                             theme::regular(13.0),
                             p.text,
+                            r.width() - 70.0 - 130.0,
                         );
                         let (txt, c) = if it.amount > Decimal::ZERO {
                             (format!("+{}", fmt::money(it.amount)), p.positive)
@@ -405,7 +406,11 @@ fn biggest_outflows(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
     let mut out: Vec<&crate::books::EntryInfo> = b
         .entries
         .iter()
-        .filter(|e| e.date > since && e.cash_effect < Decimal::ZERO)
+        .filter(|e| {
+            e.status == ledger_core::EntryStatus::Posted
+                && e.date > since
+                && e.cash_effect < Decimal::ZERO
+        })
         .collect();
     out.sort_by_key(|e| e.cash_effect);
     out.truncate(8);
@@ -431,12 +436,13 @@ fn biggest_outflows(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
                     theme::regular(12.5),
                     p.muted,
                 );
-                ui.painter().text(
+                widgets::clipped_text(
+                    ui.painter(),
                     r.left_center() + vec2(70.0, 0.0),
-                    egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
                     &e.description,
                     theme::regular(13.0),
                     p.text,
+                    r.width() - 70.0 - 130.0,
                 );
                 ui.painter().text(
                     r.right_center() - vec2(6.0, 0.0),

crates/ledger-gui/src/pages/entry.rs

@@ -267,20 +267,33 @@ pub fn detail(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, e: &EntryInfo, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
             for &i in &e.events {
                 let line = &b.journal[i];
                 let ev = super::journal::describe_any(b, line);
-                ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                ui.horizontal_top(|ui| {
                     ui.label(RichText::new(ev.icon).color(p.muted));
-                    let r = widgets::link(ui, RichText::new(&ev.text).font(theme::regular(12.5)));
-                    if r.clicked() {
-                        shell.go(Route::JournalEvent(line.seq));
-                    }
-                    ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center), |ui| {
+                    ui.vertical(|ui| {
+                        ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.y = 0.0;
+                        let r = ui.add(
+                            egui::Label::new(RichText::new(&ev.text).font(theme::regular(12.5)))
+                                .wrap()
+                                .sense(egui::Sense::click()),
+                        );
+                        if r.hovered() {
+                            ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::PointingHand);
+                        }
+                        if r.clicked() {
+                            shell.go(Route::JournalEvent(line.seq));
+                        }
                         ui.label(
-                            RichText::new(format!("#{} · {}", line.seq, fmt::timestamp(&line.ts)))
-                                .font(theme::regular(11.5))
-                                .color(p.faint),
+                            RichText::new(format!(
+                                "event {} · {}",
+                                line.seq,
+                                fmt::timestamp(&line.ts)
+                            ))
+                            .font(theme::regular(11.0))
+                            .color(p.faint),
                         );
                     });
                 });
+                ui.add_space(4.0);
             }
         });
 }

crates/ledger-gui/src/pages/journal.rs

@@ -401,12 +401,13 @@ fn list(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, selected: Option<u64>, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
                             egui::FontId::proportional(15.0),
                             p.muted,
                         );
-                        painter.text(
+                        widgets::clipped_text(
+                            &painter,
                             egui::pos2(rect.left() + 80.0, y),
-                            egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
                             &ev.text,
                             theme::regular(13.0),
                             p.text,
+                            rect.width() - 80.0 - 200.0,
                         );
                         painter.text(
                             egui::pos2(rect.right() - 8.0, y),

crates/ledger-gui/src/pages/overview.rs

@@ -433,39 +433,51 @@ fn recent(ui: &mut Ui, b: &Books, shell: &mut Shell<'_>) {
                 }
                 shown += 1;
                 let fresh = line.seq > b.fresh_from_seq && since_update < 8.0;
-                let row = egui::Frame::new()
-                    .fill(if fresh {
-                        p.new_highlight
-                    } else {
-                        egui::Color32::TRANSPARENT
-                    })
-                    .corner_radius(egui::CornerRadius::same(6))
-                    .inner_margin(egui::Margin::symmetric(6, 3))
-                    .show(ui, |ui| {
-                        ui.set_width(ui.available_width());
-                        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
-                            ui.label(RichText::new(ev.icon).size(15.0).color(p.muted));
-                            let r = widgets::link(
-                                ui,
-                                RichText::new(&ev.text).font(theme::regular(13.0)),
-                            );
-                            if r.clicked() {
-                                go =
-                                    Some(ev.route.clone().unwrap_or(Route::JournalEvent(line.seq)));
-                            }
-                            ui.with_layout(
-                                egui::Layout::right_to_left(egui::Align::Center),
-                                |ui| {
-                                    ui.label(
-                                        RichText::new(fmt::timestamp(&line.ts))
-                                            .font(theme::regular(11.5))
-                                            .color(p.faint),
-                                    );
-                                },
-                            );
-                        });
-                    });
-                let _ = (row, i);
+                // One painted row: icon, the event (cut with an ellipsis
+                // before the timestamp column), the timestamp.
+                let (r, resp) = ui.allocate_exact_size(
+                    egui::vec2(ui.available_width(), 30.0),
+                    egui::Sense::click(),
+                );
+                if fresh {
+                    ui.painter()
+                        .rect_filled(r, egui::CornerRadius::same(6), p.new_highlight);
+                } else if resp.hovered() {
+                    ui.painter()
+                        .rect_filled(r, egui::CornerRadius::same(6), p.hover);
+                }
+                if resp.hovered() {
+                    ui.ctx().set_cursor_icon(egui::CursorIcon::PointingHand);
+                }
+                let painter = ui.painter_at(r);
+                let y = r.center().y;
+                painter.text(
+                    egui::pos2(r.left() + 8.0, y),
+                    egui::Align2::LEFT_CENTER,
+                    ev.icon,
+                    egui::FontId::proportional(15.0),
+                    p.muted,
+                );
+                let ts =
+                    painter.layout_no_wrap(fmt::timestamp(&line.ts), theme::regular(11.5), p.faint);
+                let ts_w = ts.size().x;
+                painter.galley(
+                    egui::pos2(r.right() - 8.0 - ts_w, y - ts.size().y / 2.0),
+                    ts,
+                    p.faint,
+                );
+                widgets::clipped_text(
+                    &painter,
+                    egui::pos2(r.left() + 32.0, y),
+                    &ev.text,
+                    theme::regular(13.0),
+                    p.text,
+                    r.width() - 32.0 - ts_w - 28.0,
+                );
+                if resp.clicked() {
+                    go = Some(ev.route.clone().unwrap_or(Route::JournalEvent(line.seq)));
+                }
+                let _ = i;
             }
             if shown == 0 {
                 widgets::empty(ui, icon::CLOCK, "Nothing yet", "");

crates/ledger-gui/src/widgets.rs

@@ -289,3 +289,27 @@ pub fn segmented<T: PartialEq + Copy>(ui: &mut Ui, value: &mut T, options: &[(T,
         });
     changed
 }
+
+/// Left-aligned single-line text, vertically centered at `pos`, cut with
+/// an ellipsis at `max_width` so it never runs into whatever is to its
+/// right (an amount, a date).
+pub fn clipped_text(
+    painter: &egui::Painter,
+    pos: egui::Pos2,
+    text: &str,
+    font: egui::FontId,
+    color: Color32,
+    max_width: f32,
+) {
+    use egui::text::{LayoutJob, TextFormat, TextWrapping};
+    let mut job = LayoutJob::single_section(text.to_string(), TextFormat::simple(font, color));
+    job.wrap = TextWrapping {
+        max_width: max_width.max(10.0),
+        max_rows: 1,
+        break_anywhere: true,
+        overflow_character: Some('…'),
+    };
+    let galley = painter.layout_job(job);
+    let y = pos.y - galley.size().y / 2.0;
+    painter.galley(egui::pos2(pos.x, y), galley, color);
+}

crates/ledger-gui/tests/screens.rs

@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ fn screenshots() {
         }
         let books = data::load_once(&source).unwrap();
         let mut harness = Harness::builder()
-            .with_size(egui::vec2(1440.0, 920.0))
+            .with_size(egui::vec2(
+                1440.0,
+                std::env::var("SHOT_HEIGHT")
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|h| h.parse().ok())
+                    .unwrap_or(920.0),
+            ))
             .build_eframe(|cc| App::with_books(&cc.egui_ctx, books, dark, route.clone()));
         harness.run_steps(4);
         let ctx = harness.ctx.clone();

crates/ledger-mcp/src/policy.rs

@@ -101,10 +101,26 @@ impl ReceiptPolicy {
 
     /// Human-readable policy summary for previews and errors.
     pub fn describe(&self) -> String {
-        format!(
-            "receipts required when entry debits are strictly greater than {}",
-            self.threshold()
-        )
+        if self.threshold().is_zero() {
+            "receipts required on every entry".to_string()
+        } else {
+            format!(
+                "receipts required when entry debits are strictly greater than {}",
+                self.threshold()
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The receipt rule, phrased for the agent's operating instructions.
+    pub fn rule(&self) -> String {
+        if self.threshold().is_zero() {
+            "every entry needs at least one receipt".to_string()
+        } else {
+            format!(
+                "any entry moving more than ${} in debits needs at least one receipt",
+                self.threshold().round_dp(2)
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     /// Normalize a description for split detection.

crates/ledger-mcp/src/server.rs

@@ -4051,7 +4051,11 @@ impl ServerHandler for BooksServer {
                 .enable_resources()
                 .build(),
         )
-        .with_instructions(INSTRUCTIONS)
+        // Tell the agent the policy these books actually use.
+        .with_instructions(INSTRUCTIONS.replace(
+            "any entry moving more than $25.00 in debits needs at least one receipt",
+            &self.policy.rule(),
+        ))
         .with_server_info(Implementation::new(
             "wanderbooks",
             env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),

crates/ledger-mcp/tests/mcp_stdio.rs

@@ -1586,3 +1586,54 @@ fn mcp_vendor_1099_over_stdio() {
     assert_eq!(v["blobs_verified"], 1);
     assert!(v["events"].as_u64().unwrap() > 10);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn mcp_receipts_always_required_when_threshold_is_zero() {
+    let dir = test_dir("always-receipts");
+    let toml = dir.join("wanderbooks.toml");
+    std::fs::write(&toml, "[books]\nreceipt_threshold = \"0.00\"\n").unwrap();
+    let mut mcp = Mcp::spawn_with(
+        &dir.join("books-data"),
+        &[std::ffi::OsStr::new("--books-toml"), toml.as_os_str()],
+    );
+    let init = mcp.request(
+        "initialize",
+        json!({
+            "protocolVersion": "2025-06-18",
+            "capabilities": {},
+            "clientInfo": {"name": "smoke-test", "version": "0.1.0"},
+        }),
+    );
+    let instructions = init["result"]["instructions"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        instructions.contains("every entry needs at least one receipt"),
+        "the agent is told the real policy: {instructions}"
+    );
+    assert!(!instructions.contains("$25.00"));
+    mcp.notify("notifications/initialized");
+    for (code, name, typ) in [("1000", "Bank", "asset"), ("6000", "Fees", "expense")] {
+        mcp.call(
+            "books.add_account",
+            json!({"code": code, "name": name, "account_type": typ}),
+        );
+    }
+    let e = mcp.call(
+        "books.draft_entry",
+        json!({"date": "2026-10-01", "description": "Bank fee"}),
+    );
+    let id = e["entry_id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    for (account, side) in [("6000", "debit"), ("1000", "credit")] {
+        mcp.call(
+            "books.add_line",
+            json!({"entry_id": id, "account": account, "side": side, "amount": "5.00"}),
+        );
+    }
+    let err = mcp.call_err(
+        "books.post_entry",
+        json!({"entry_id": id, "confirmed": true}),
+    );
+    assert!(
+        err.contains("receipt"),
+        "a $5 entry needs a receipt too: {err}"
+    );
+}

install.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # wanderbooks installer. One line on a new machine:
 #
-#   curl -fsSL https://git.swaits.com/swaits/wanderbooks/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/Acme
+#   curl -fsSL https://wanderbooks.ai/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/Acme
 #
 # Linux and macOS. On Windows, run it inside WSL2 (Ubuntu): the GUI opens as
 # a normal window on Windows 11.

justfile

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 set shell := ["bash", "-cu"]
 
+# The Netlify CLI, fetched on demand.
+netlify := "npx --yes netlify-cli@27"
+
 # List recipes
 default:
     @just --list
@@ -41,6 +44,10 @@ site:
     cp site/index.html install.sh site/dist/
     cp -r site/assets site/dist/
 
-# Publish the website: just publish user@host:/var/www/wanderbooks
-publish dest: site
-    rsync -av --delete site/dist/ "{{dest}}"
+# Deploy the website to wanderbooks.ai (Netlify; `netlify login` once first)
+deploy: site
+    {{netlify}} deploy --prod --dir site/dist --no-build
+
+# Deploy a preview of the website and print its URL
+deploy-preview: site
+    {{netlify}} deploy --dir site/dist --no-build

netlify.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# wanderbooks.ai: the static site in site/, plus install.sh at the root.
+# `just site` builds the same thing locally; `just deploy` publishes it.
+[build]
+  command = "rm -rf site/dist && mkdir -p site/dist && cp site/index.html install.sh site/dist/ && cp -r site/assets site/dist/"
+  publish = "site/dist"
+
+# curl | sh reads plain text; never let a CDN cache an old installer for long.
+[[headers]]
+  for = "/install.sh"
+  [headers.values]
+    Content-Type = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
+    Cache-Control = "public, max-age=300"
+
+[[headers]]
+  for = "/assets/*"
+  [headers.values]
+    Cache-Control = "public, max-age=86400"

site/index.html

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 <title>wanderbooks — own your books, hire an AI bookkeeper</title>
 <meta name="description" content="Real double-entry bookkeeping in a folder you own, kept by an AI bookkeeper you talk to. No subscription, no lock-in, every number traceable to its receipt. An open-source alternative to QuickBooks Online.">
+<link rel="canonical" href="https://wanderbooks.ai/">
+<meta property="og:title" content="wanderbooks — own your books, hire an AI bookkeeper">
+<meta property="og:description" content="Real double-entry bookkeeping in a folder you own, kept by an AI bookkeeper you talk to. No subscription, no lock-in.">
+<meta property="og:url" content="https://wanderbooks.ai/">
+<meta property="og:image" content="https://wanderbooks.ai/assets/overview.png">
+<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
 <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
 <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
 <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ footer { padding: 72px 0 48px; color: var(--faint); font-size: 14px; display: fl
     <p class="lede">wanderbooks is real double-entry accounting that lives in <b>a folder you own</b>, kept by <b>an AI bookkeeper you talk to</b>. It finds your receipts, records and categorizes everything, fixes its mistakes the way an accountant would, and hands your CPA a clean package. No subscription. No lock-in. Every number traceable to its receipt.</p>
     <div class="install">
       <span class="prompt">$</span>
-      <code id="cmd">curl -fsSL https://git.swaits.com/swaits/wanderbooks/raw/branch/main/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/YourCompany</code>
+      <code id="cmd">curl -fsSL https://wanderbooks.ai/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/YourCompany</code>
       <button class="copy" id="copy">Copy</button>
     </div>
     <p class="note">One line installs everything, makes your books, and starts your bookkeeper. Linux and macOS; Windows via WSL2. Free and open source; you bring <a href="https://claude.com/claude-code">Claude</a>.</p>
@@ -250,10 +256,10 @@ footer { padding: 72px 0 48px; color: var(--faint); font-size: 14px; display: fl
   </footer>
 </div>
 <script>
-// When served next to install.sh, point the one-liner at this site.
+// On a preview deploy, point the one-liner at the preview's own install.sh.
 (function () {
   var cmd = document.getElementById("cmd");
-  if (location.protocol === "https:") {
+  if (location.protocol === "https:" && location.hostname !== "wanderbooks.ai") {
     cmd.textContent = "curl -fsSL " + location.origin + "/install.sh | sh -s -- ~/Books/YourCompany";
   }
   document.getElementById("copy").addEventListener("click", function () {