From a76ff4db7d17fcfa1d0f62e40a463f3c25f5282a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mawkone <mark@getacquired.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:10:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove V avatar from chat panel

---
 vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts | 43 +++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts b/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
index 1fd7d8d1..e30d19a8 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
+++ b/vibn-frontend/app/api/chat/route.ts
@@ -1714,26 +1714,6 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
               temperature: 0.3,
               signal: clientSignal,
             });
-            if (summary.text && summary.text.trim()) {
-              assistantText += (assistantText ? "\n\n" : "") + summary.text;
-              assistantTextSegments.push(summary.text);
-              emit({ type: "text", text: summary.text });
-            } else {
-              // Gemini returned empty — fall back to a deterministic but
-              // STRUCTURED build-health status (never a vague "didn't reach a
-              // clean stopping point"). It states what happened, what broke,
-              // and the next action, using the same signals as the telemetry
-              // stop_reason.
-              const fallback = buildHealthStatus({
-                loopBreakReason,
-                hitRoundCap: maxToolRounds > 0 && round >= maxToolRounds,
-                lastError: extractLastToolFailure(messages),
-                toolCount: assistantToolCalls.length,
-              });
-              assistantText += (assistantText ? "\n\n" : "") + fallback;
-              assistantTextSegments.push(fallback);
-              emit({ type: "text", text: fallback });
-            }
             if (summary.thoughts) {
               assistantTimeline.push({
                 kind: "thought",
@@ -1741,6 +1721,24 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
               });
               emit({ type: "thinking", text: summary.thoughts });
             }
+            
+            if (summary.text && summary.text.trim()) {
+              assistantTimeline.push({ kind: "text", text: summary.text });
+              assistantText += (assistantText ? "\n\n" : "") + summary.text;
+              assistantTextSegments.push(summary.text);
+              emit({ type: "text", text: summary.text });
+            } else {
+              const fallback = buildHealthStatus({
+                loopBreakReason,
+                hitRoundCap: maxToolRounds > 0 && round >= maxToolRounds,
+                lastError: extractLastToolFailure(messages),
+                toolCount: assistantToolCalls.length,
+              });
+              assistantTimeline.push({ kind: "text", text: fallback });
+              assistantText += (assistantText ? "\n\n" : "") + fallback;
+              assistantTextSegments.push(fallback);
+              emit({ type: "text", text: fallback });
+            }
           } catch {
             const fallback = buildHealthStatus({
               loopBreakReason,
@@ -1773,7 +1771,12 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
                 temperature: 0.3,
                 signal: clientSignal,
               });
+              if (finalSummary.thoughts) {
+                assistantTimeline.push({ kind: "thought", text: finalSummary.thoughts });
+                emit({ type: "thinking", text: finalSummary.thoughts });
+              }
               if (finalSummary.text && finalSummary.text.trim()) {
+                assistantTimeline.push({ kind: "text", text: finalSummary.text });
                 assistantText +=
                   (assistantText ? "\n\n" : "") + finalSummary.text;
                 assistantTextSegments.push(finalSummary.text);