Add private chats that keep nothing

apps/desktop/src/components/chat/conversation-header.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Link, useNavigate } from "react-router";
 import { useMutation, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import type { Agent, Conversation, ConversationWithMessages } from "@godmode/shared";
 import { EFFORT_LABELS } from "@godmode/shared";
-import { Archive, ArchiveRestore, AudioLines, ChevronRight, Cpu, Ellipsis, HeartPulse, Laptop, Moon, Pencil, Pin, PinOff, Share2, SquareKanban, Trash2, Plug, Workflow } from "lucide-react";
+import { Archive, ArchiveRestore, AudioLines, ChevronRight, Cpu, Ellipsis, HeartPulse, Laptop, Moon, Pencil, Pin, PinOff, Share2, SquareKanban, Trash2, Plug, Workflow, X } from "lucide-react";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import type { AgentMood } from "@/components/chat/conversation-mood";
 import { PLATFORMS } from "@/components/messaging/platform";
 import { THIS_COMPUTER_INLINE } from "@/components/runners/runner-parts";
 import { DeleteChatDialog, useArchiveChat } from "@/components/chat/chat-actions";
+import { PrivateChatBadge } from "@/components/chat/private-chat";
 import { useEffectiveModel } from "@/components/chat/model-picker";
 import { useModelLabel } from "@/components/runs/run-status";
 import { api, errorMessage } from "@/lib/api";
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ export function ConversationHeader({
             <TooltipContent>Model, effort and Ultracode set for this chat — in the model picker or with /model and /effort</TooltipContent>
           </Tooltip>
         )}
+        {conversation.private && <PrivateChatBadge />}
         {conversation.archived && (
           <Link
             to="/archived"
@@ -195,21 +197,23 @@ export function ConversationHeader({
 
       <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-0.5">
         {browserToggle}
-        <Tooltip>
-          <TooltipTrigger asChild>
-            <Button
-              variant="ghost"
-              size="icon-sm"
-              aria-label={conversation.pinned ? "Unpin chat" : "Pin chat"}
-              aria-pressed={conversation.pinned}
-              onClick={() => update.mutate({ pinned: !conversation.pinned })}
-              className={cn("text-muted-foreground", conversation.pinned && "text-foreground")}
-            >
-              <Pin className={cn(conversation.pinned && "fill-current")} />
-            </Button>
-          </TooltipTrigger>
-          <TooltipContent>{conversation.pinned ? "Unpin" : "Pin to sidebar"}</TooltipContent>
-        </Tooltip>
+        {!conversation.private && (
+          <Tooltip>
+            <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+              <Button
+                variant="ghost"
+                size="icon-sm"
+                aria-label={conversation.pinned ? "Unpin chat" : "Pin chat"}
+                aria-pressed={conversation.pinned}
+                onClick={() => update.mutate({ pinned: !conversation.pinned })}
+                className={cn("text-muted-foreground", conversation.pinned && "text-foreground")}
+              >
+                <Pin className={cn(conversation.pinned && "fill-current")} />
+              </Button>
+            </TooltipTrigger>
+            <TooltipContent>{conversation.pinned ? "Unpin" : "Pin to sidebar"}</TooltipContent>
+          </Tooltip>
+        )}
         {onVoiceMode && (
           <Tooltip>
             <TooltipTrigger asChild>
@@ -220,33 +224,44 @@ export function ConversationHeader({
             <TooltipContent>Voice mode</TooltipContent>
           </Tooltip>
         )}
-        <DropdownMenu>
-          <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
-            <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-sm" aria-label="More actions" className="text-muted-foreground">
-              <Ellipsis />
-            </Button>
-          </DropdownMenuTrigger>
-          <DropdownMenuContent align="end" className="w-48">
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setEditing(true)}>
-              <Pencil /> Rename
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => update.mutate({ pinned: !conversation.pinned })}>
-              {conversation.pinned ? <PinOff /> : <Pin />} {conversation.pinned ? "Unpin" : "Pin"}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-            <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setArchived(conversation, !conversation.archived)}>
-              {conversation.archived ? <ArchiveRestore /> : <Archive />} {conversation.archived ? "Unarchive" : "Archive"}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-            {move && (
-              <DropdownMenuItem disabled={!!move.blocked} title={move.blocked ?? undefined} onClick={move.onSelect}>
-                <Laptop /> {move.label ?? `Move to ${THIS_COMPUTER_INLINE}`}
+        {conversation.private ? (
+          <Tooltip>
+            <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+              <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" aria-label="End private chat" className="gap-1 text-muted-foreground" onClick={() => navigate("/")}>
+                <X /> End
+              </Button>
+            </TooltipTrigger>
+            <TooltipContent>End and wipe this chat</TooltipContent>
+          </Tooltip>
+        ) : (
+          <DropdownMenu>
+            <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+              <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-sm" aria-label="More actions" className="text-muted-foreground">
+                <Ellipsis />
+              </Button>
+            </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+            <DropdownMenuContent align="end" className="w-48">
+              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setEditing(true)}>
+                <Pencil /> Rename
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => update.mutate({ pinned: !conversation.pinned })}>
+                {conversation.pinned ? <PinOff /> : <Pin />} {conversation.pinned ? "Unpin" : "Pin"}
               </DropdownMenuItem>
-            )}
-            <DropdownMenuSeparator />
-            <DropdownMenuItem variant="destructive" onClick={() => setConfirmDelete(true)}>
-              <Trash2 /> Delete
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-          </DropdownMenuContent>
-        </DropdownMenu>
+              <DropdownMenuItem onClick={() => setArchived(conversation, !conversation.archived)}>
+                {conversation.archived ? <ArchiveRestore /> : <Archive />} {conversation.archived ? "Unarchive" : "Archive"}
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+              {move && (
+                <DropdownMenuItem disabled={!!move.blocked} title={move.blocked ?? undefined} onClick={move.onSelect}>
+                  <Laptop /> {move.label ?? `Move to ${THIS_COMPUTER_INLINE}`}
+                </DropdownMenuItem>
+              )}
+              <DropdownMenuSeparator />
+              <DropdownMenuItem variant="destructive" onClick={() => setConfirmDelete(true)}>
+                <Trash2 /> Delete
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+            </DropdownMenuContent>
+          </DropdownMenu>
+        )}
       </div>
 
       <DeleteChatDialog

apps/desktop/src/components/chat/private-chat.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import { Ghost } from "lucide-react";
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
+import { Kbd } from "@/components/common";
+import { api } from "@/lib/api";
+import { isMac, modKey } from "@/lib/desktop";
+import { qk } from "@/lib/queryKeys";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+
+export const PRIVATE_CHAT_HINT = "Nothing is saved: no history, no memory. It's gone when you leave.";
+
+/** Switches the new chat to private (Home, top right). */
+export function PrivateChatToggle({ value, onChange, className }: { value: boolean; onChange: (on: boolean) => void; className?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <Tooltip>
+      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          aria-pressed={value}
+          aria-keyshortcuts={isMac ? "Meta+Shift+N" : "Control+Shift+N"}
+          onClick={() => onChange(!value)}
+          className={cn(
+            "inline-flex h-8 items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-3 text-[12.5px] font-medium shadow-card transition focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring/50 focus-visible:outline-none",
+            value
+              ? "border-foreground bg-foreground text-background hover:bg-foreground/90"
+              : "bg-card text-muted-foreground hover:border-foreground/20 hover:text-foreground",
+            className,
+          )}
+        >
+          <Ghost className="size-3.5" />
+          {value ? "Private on" : "Private"}
+        </button>
+      </TooltipTrigger>
+      <TooltipContent className="max-w-60 text-center">
+        {value ? "Back to a normal chat" : "Start a private chat. Nothing is saved."}
+        <span className="ml-1.5 inline-flex gap-0.5 align-middle opacity-80">
+          <Kbd>⇧</Kbd>
+          <Kbd>{modKey}N</Kbd>
+        </span>
+      </TooltipContent>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Next to the title of a private chat. */
+export function PrivateChatBadge() {
+  return (
+    <Tooltip>
+      <TooltipTrigger asChild>
+        <span className="inline-flex shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-full border border-dashed border-foreground/30 px-2 py-0.5 text-[11px] font-medium text-foreground/80">
+          <Ghost className="size-3" /> Private
+        </span>
+      </TooltipTrigger>
+      <TooltipContent className="max-w-60 text-center">{PRIVATE_CHAT_HINT}</TooltipContent>
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}
+
+/** Above the thread of a private chat. */
+export function PrivateChatNote() {
+  return (
+    <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1.5 border-b border-dashed bg-muted/30 px-4 py-1.5 text-center text-[12px] text-muted-foreground">
+      <Ghost className="size-3.5 shrink-0" />
+      <span>
+        <span className="font-medium text-foreground/80">Private chat.</span> {PRIVATE_CHAT_HINT}
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+const pending = new Map<string, ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
+
+function discard(id: string) {
+  void api.conversations.discard(id).catch(() => {
+    // Godmode wipes what is left of it when it starts again.
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * A private chat lives while it is open: leaving it (another chat, Home, closing the window) wipes it. A remount of the
+ * same chat right after (React's strict mode, a layout switch) keeps it.
+ */
+export function usePrivateChatLifetime(conversationId: string, isPrivate: boolean) {
+  const qc = useQueryClient();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isPrivate) return;
+    clearTimeout(pending.get(conversationId));
+    pending.delete(conversationId);
+    const onHide = () => discard(conversationId);
+    window.addEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener("pagehide", onHide);
+      pending.set(
+        conversationId,
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          pending.delete(conversationId);
+          discard(conversationId);
+          qc.removeQueries({ queryKey: qk.conversation(conversationId) });
+        }, 400),
+      );
+    };
+  }, [conversationId, isPrivate, qc]);
+}

apps/desktop/src/components/layout/app-shell.tsx

@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ export function AppShell({ children }: { children: ReactNode }) {
       } else if (mod && e.key.toLowerCase() === "n" && !e.shiftKey) {
         e.preventDefault();
         navigate("/");
+      } else if (mod && e.shiftKey && !e.altKey && letterOf(e) === "n") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        navigate("/?private=1");
       } else if (mod && e.key === ",") {
         e.preventDefault();
         navigate("/settings/general");

apps/desktop/src/components/layout/command-palette.tsx

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   DatabaseBackup,
   Fingerprint,
   Gauge,
+  Ghost,
   Globe,
   HeartPulse,
   Inbox,
@@ -263,6 +264,9 @@ export function CommandPalette() {
           <CommandItem onSelect={() => go("/")}>
             <MessageSquarePlus /> New chat <CommandShortcut>{modKey}N</CommandShortcut>
           </CommandItem>
+          <CommandItem onSelect={() => go("/?private=1")}>
+            <Ghost /> New private chat <CommandShortcut>⇧{modKey}N</CommandShortcut>
+          </CommandItem>
           <CommandItem onSelect={() => go("/agents/new")}>
             <Plus /> Create agent
           </CommandItem>

apps/desktop/src/components/layout/shortcuts-dialog.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const GROUPS: { title: string; rows: { keys: ReactNode[]; what: string }[] }[] =
     rows: [
       { keys: [`${modKey}K`], what: "Search chats, tickets, automations, settings — and what waits for you" },
       { keys: [`${modKey}N`], what: "New chat" },
+      { keys: ["⇧", `${modKey}N`], what: "New private chat (nothing is saved)" },
       { keys: [`${modKey}B`], what: "Show or hide the sidebar" },
       { keys: [`${modKey}1–9`], what: "Switch to a workspace (in A–Z order)" },
       { keys: [`${modKey}0`], what: "All workspaces" },

apps/desktop/src/lib/api.ts

@@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ export const api = {
     create: (input: { agentId: string; title?: string; workspaceId?: string | null; projectId?: string | null }) => post<Conversation>("/api/conversations", input),
     update: (id: string, input: ConversationPatch) => patch<Conversation>(`/api/conversations/${id}`, input),
     delete: (id: string) => del<{ ok: true }>(`/api/conversations/${id}`),
+    /** Wipe a private chat; goes out even while the page closes. */
+    discard: (id: string) => request<{ ok: true }>("DELETE", `/api/conversations/${id}`, undefined, { keepalive: true }),
     /** A chat on a runner moves to this computer, with its Claude session; the runner drops its copy. */
     moveHere: (id: string) => post<Conversation>(`/api/conversations/${id}/move-here`),
     /** To another computer of the group or a runner (`to`; null = the primary / this computer). `force`: also while it works. */

apps/desktop/src/pages/chat/chat-conversation.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { Composer, type ComposerHandle } from "@/components/chat/composer";
 import { QueueTray, type QueueTrayHandle } from "@/components/chat/queue-tray";
 import { useArchiveChat } from "@/components/chat/chat-actions";
 import { ConversationHeader } from "@/components/chat/conversation-header";
+import { PrivateChatNote, usePrivateChatLifetime } from "@/components/chat/private-chat";
 import { useConversationMood } from "@/components/chat/conversation-mood";
 import { FollowupBar } from "@/components/chat/followup";
 import { HumanTaskBar } from "@/components/human-tasks/human-task-chat";
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ function ConversationView({ conversationId }: { conversationId: string }) {
   const markVoiceRun = useVoiceSession((s) => s.markVoiceRun);
   const composerRef = useRef<ComposerHandle>(null);
   useViewing(conversationId);
+  usePrivateChatLifetime(conversationId, !!conv?.private);
   const queueRef = useRef<QueueTrayHandle>(null);
   const mountedAt = useRef(Date.now());
   // A profile picked mid-run applies from the next message: keep showing the browser the running agent drives.
@@ -529,6 +531,7 @@ function ConversationView({ conversationId }: { conversationId: string }) {
             </>
           }
         />
+        {conv.private && <PrivateChatNote />}
 
         <MoveChatDialog
           conversation={conv}
@@ -673,7 +676,7 @@ function ConversationView({ conversationId }: { conversationId: string }) {
               />
               <Composer
                 ref={composerRef}
-                draftKey={conversationId}
+                draftKey={conv.private ? undefined : conversationId}
                 agentId={conv.agentId}
                 autoFocus
                 running={!!activeRunId && !paused}