Lead the Desktop Account step with "Self-Contained OpenBot" and say what signing in is for

.claude/skills/openbot-copy/SKILL.md

@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ end. Try again." Name a feature by what it does (Automatic learning, Memory, Ski
 docs under `docs/` and `charts/` are not shown to a person and may name it.
 `tests/no-intelligence-in-user-copy.test.ts` fails on a shown string that says it.
 
+**One exception: OpenBot Desktop's Account step.** Its lede says "This version of OpenBot
+runs self-contained on this computer. It uses a local version of CopilotKit Intelligence, which
+requires a free license key." That copy is Atai's, word for word.
+That screen asks the person to sign in to another company's account, and the name is what makes
+the license key make sense; the CopilotKit sign-in page it opens says the same. It is listed by
+exact text in `SHOWN_BY_DECISION` in the test. Anywhere else, the back end.
+
 **Admin is allowed exact names.** An admin page may name `COMPOSIO_API_KEY`, OAuth and "deployment",
 because the admin is the one who sets them. A page anybody can open may not.
 
@@ -92,3 +99,4 @@ because the admin is the one who sets them. A page anybody can open may not.
 | An env var, OAuth, Composio or "grant" outside Admin | Say what the person sees |
 | "Intelligence", "CopilotKit Intelligence" or "the Intelligence stack" anywhere | Name the part: the back end, the front end, the database |
 | A test asserting long explanatory copy | Assert the short sentence, or the role and the key words |
+| "CopilotKit Intelligence" on OpenBot Desktop's Account step | Allowed there only, in the one lede `SHOWN_BY_DECISION` lists (above) |

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ backup taken before the upgrade instead. Three things change for an existing dep
   inside its card; a reopened window comes back where it was. The license step links "Read the
   license agreement" without the agreement's id, and no step line shows a release name or the
   engine's own output.
+- **The Account step leads with OpenBot.** Its header reads "OpenBot by CopilotKit" and its
+  heading "Self-contained OpenBot". It says this version of OpenBot runs on this computer with a
+  local version of CopilotKit Intelligence, which needs a free license key, and that your
+  conversations and files stay on this computer. The button reads "Sign in for a free local license
+  key", and CopilotKit's logo no longer heads the step.
 - **A first install on a Mac starts the first time, and a reinstall sets its back end up again.**
   Three things a from-zero install of 1.0.0 hit on a Mac with Docker Desktop:
   - The first Start could stop with "Something went wrong" because Docker Desktop refused the

desktop/src/App.test.tsx

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ mock.module("./Mark", () => ({
 }));
 
 const { App } = await import("./App");
+const { SELF_CONTAINED } = await import("./CopilotKitAccount");
 const { ShuttingDownWindow, isShuttingDownPage } = await import(
   "./ShuttingDown"
 );
@@ -716,12 +717,10 @@ test("a signed-out first run signs in to CopilotKit and accepts the agreement as
   await installLocal(view);
   // The first step. OpenBot needs no account, so it installs behind it, exactly once; nothing
   // of Intelligence's runs before the agreement. The browser sign-in starts without a click.
-  await view.findByRole("heading", { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" });
+  await view.findByRole("heading", { name: "Self-contained OpenBot" });
   await view.findByText("Finish signing in to CopilotKit in your browser…");
   expect(
-    view.getByText(
-      "Your conversations and files are stored on this computer. Signing in does not send them to CopilotKit.",
-    ),
+    view.getByText(/Your conversations and files stay on this computer/),
   ).toBeTruthy();
   expect(stepLabel(view)).toBe("Account");
   await waitFor(() =>
@@ -932,7 +931,7 @@ test("the account step waits for a container engine Install is still setting up,
   await installLocal(view);
   await view.findByRole(
     "button",
-    { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" },
+    { name: "Sign in for a free local license key" },
     { timeout: 6000 },
   );
   expect(asked).toBe(2);
@@ -1018,7 +1017,7 @@ test("the install behind the account step is said on every part of it, signing i
   engineAnswers = true;
   await view.findByRole(
     "button",
-    { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" },
+    { name: "Sign in for a free local license key" },
     { timeout: 5000 },
   );
   expectBehind(view, 1, "Installing the software OpenBot runs on.");
@@ -1089,11 +1088,15 @@ function behindNow(view: ReturnType<typeof render>): string | null {
 }
 
 function technicalOn(beats: Beat[]) {
-  return beats.flatMap(({ beat, text }) =>
-    TECHNICAL.filter((word) => word.test(text)).map(
-      (word) => `${beat}: ${text.match(word)?.[0]}`,
-    ),
-  );
+  return beats.flatMap(({ beat, text }) => {
+    // The Account step's lede names CopilotKit Intelligence by product decision, as the one
+    // entry in `SHOWN_BY_DECISION` (tests/no-intelligence-in-user-copy.test.ts) records. Only
+    // that exact sentence is excused; the word anywhere else on any screen still fails.
+    const plain = text.replaceAll(SELF_CONTAINED, "");
+    return TECHNICAL.filter((word) => word.test(plain)).map(
+      (word) => `${beat}: ${plain.match(word)?.[0]}`,
+    );
+  });
 }
 
 /** What each part of a first run said, from the first screen to OpenBot opening. */

desktop/src/CopilotKitAccount.test.tsx

@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ test("Cancel stops the CLI's sign-in and goes back to the start of the step", as
     { command: "cancel_local_eval", args: { attempt: signInAttempt() } },
   ]);
   expect(
-    await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" }),
+    await screen.findByRole("button", {
+      name: "Sign in for a free local license key",
+    }),
   ).toBeTruthy();
   expect(screen.queryByText(PAGE.userCode)).toBeNull();
   // The stopped sign-in is not reported as a failure.
@@ -353,35 +355,33 @@ test("Cancel stops the CLI's sign-in and goes back to the start of the step", as
   ).toBeNull();
 });
 
-/** CopilotKit's logotype, light, with the reversed wordmark for a dark window. */
-function expectCopilotKitLogo(screen: ReturnType<typeof render>) {
-  const logo = screen.getByRole("img", { name: "CopilotKit" });
-  expect(logo.getAttribute("src")).toBe("/copilotkit-logo.svg");
-  expect(
-    logo
-      .closest("picture")
-      ?.querySelector('source[media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"]')
-      ?.getAttribute("srcset"),
-  ).toBe("/copilotkit-logo-dark.svg");
-}
-
 /*
- * The step signs in to a CopilotKit account, so it shows CopilotKit's logotype, signed out and
- * while the sign-in waits. It showed OpenBot's mark alone.
+ * The step is OpenBot's, so it leads with OpenBot by CopilotKit, not CopilotKit's logotype, while
+ * the sign-in waits and once it is stopped, and says what the free local license key is for.
  */
-test("the CopilotKit sign-in shows CopilotKit's logotype, while it waits and once stopped", async () => {
+test("the sign-in leads with OpenBot, while it waits and once stopped", async () => {
   waitingSignIn();
   const screen = await startSigningIn();
   await screen.findByText(PAGE.userCode);
-  expectCopilotKitLogo(screen);
+  expect(
+    screen.getByRole("heading", { name: "Self-contained OpenBot" }),
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.getByText(/requires a free license key/)).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(
+    screen.getByText(/does NOT send traffic data to CopilotKit/),
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.getByText("by CopilotKit")).toBeTruthy();
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("img", { name: "CopilotKit" })).toBeNull();
 
   await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }));
-  await screen.findByRole("button", { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" });
-  expectCopilotKitLogo(screen);
+  await screen.findByRole("button", {
+    name: "Sign in for a free local license key",
+  });
+  expect(screen.queryByRole("img", { name: "CopilotKit" })).toBeNull();
 });
 
 test("after Accept, the step says it is setting up your apps, not to sign in", async () => {
-  // Seen on Windows: Accept was followed for two seconds by "Sign in to CopilotKit" and its
+  // Seen on Windows: Accept was followed for two seconds by the sign-in heading and its
   // sign-in lede, over "Connecting your apps…", for a person already signed in and agreed.
   let connected!: () => void;
   invokeHandler = alreadySignedIn(async ({ command }) => {
@@ -415,9 +415,9 @@ test("after Accept, the step says it is setting up your apps, not to sign in", a
   ).toBeTruthy();
   expect(screen.getByText("Connecting your apps…")).toBeTruthy();
   expect(
-    screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" }),
+    screen.queryByRole("heading", { name: "Self-contained OpenBot" }),
   ).toBeNull();
-  expect(screen.queryByText(/Sign in, then accept/)).toBeNull();
+  expect(screen.queryByText(/requires a free license key/)).toBeNull();
   connected();
   await waitFor(() => expect(done).toBe("developer-edition-2026-10-01-web"));
 });

desktop/src/CopilotKitAccount.tsx

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
   useRef,
   useState,
 } from "react";
-import { CopilotKitLogo } from "./CopilotKitLogo";
 import { CopilotKitSignInWait } from "./CopilotKitSignInWait";
 import { ExternalLink } from "./ExternalLink";
 import {
@@ -46,6 +45,22 @@ type Seen =
   | { at: "unsupported-engine"; said: string; switchEngine: boolean };
 
 const COULD_NOT_CHECK = "Couldn’t check your CopilotKit account. Try again.";
+
+/**
+ * The signed-out step's footnote, in Atai's words (2026-11-10). One string so a change of wording
+ * is one line. "Traffic data" is being checked with Atai: setup and usage telemetry go to
+ * CopilotKit by default (desktop_telemetry.rs, server/src/telemetry/product.ts).
+ */
+const WHAT_SIGNING_IN_SENDS =
+  "Your conversations and files stay on this computer. Signing in gets your free local license key and does NOT send traffic data to CopilotKit.";
+/**
+ * The signed-out step's lede, in Atai's words. It names CopilotKit Intelligence on this step alone:
+ * it is what the license key is for. Exported so the setup walk's plain-words check
+ * (`App.test.tsx`) excuses exactly this sentence, as `SHOWN_BY_DECISION` does in
+ * `tests/no-intelligence-in-user-copy.test.ts`.
+ */
+export const SELF_CONTAINED =
+  "This version of OpenBot runs self-contained on this computer. It uses a local version of CopilotKit Intelligence, which requires a free license key.";
 const SIGN_IN_DID_NOT_FINISH = "Sign-in didn’t finish. Try again.";
 const SETTING_UP_ENGINE =
   "You're signed in. OpenBot is setting up the software it runs on. The license agreement comes next.";
@@ -293,10 +308,10 @@ export function CopilotKitAccount({
   const asking = goAhead !== null;
   return (
     <div className="sheet">
-      {/* OpenBot is what is being set up, so its mark heads this step as it heads every other.
-          The account is CopilotKit's, so its logotype leads the step itself. */}
-      <Sections at="Account" />
-      <CopilotKitLogo />
+      {/* OpenBot is what is being set up, so its mark heads this step as it heads every other,
+          and here it says "by CopilotKit" beside the name. CopilotKit's logotype here made the step
+          read as signing up for a CopilotKit product. */}
+      <Sections at="Account" byCopilotKit />
       <h1>
         {agreement
           ? "Accept the license agreement"
@@ -310,7 +325,7 @@ export function CopilotKitAccount({
                   : "Change this computer's setup"
                 : waitingForEngine
                   ? "Setting up this computer"
-                  : "Sign in to CopilotKit"}
+                  : "Self-contained OpenBot"}
       </h1>
       <p className="lede">
         {agreement
@@ -323,7 +338,7 @@ export function CopilotKitAccount({
               ? refused.said
               : waitingForEngine
                 ? SETTING_UP_ENGINE
-                : "OpenBot runs on this computer with your CopilotKit account. Sign in, then accept the license agreement."}
+                : SELF_CONTAINED}
       </p>
       {refused?.switchEngine && (
         <ol className="blocker-steps">
@@ -348,10 +363,11 @@ export function CopilotKitAccount({
         !appsFailed &&
         !refused &&
         !waitingForEngine && (
-          <p className="footnote">
-            Your conversations and files are stored on this computer. Signing in
-            does not send them to CopilotKit.
-          </p>
+          // What signing in sends, in Atai's words. Never "only gets the license key": once
+          // signed in, this step also sets up apps. Nothing broader, such as "no data leaves this
+          // computer": setup and usage telemetry, the AI provider and connected apps all reach the
+          // network.
+          <p className="footnote">{WHAT_SIGNING_IN_SENDS}</p>
         )}
 
       {/* The agreement waits on the engine. While it does, this says what Install is doing to bring
@@ -405,7 +421,7 @@ export function CopilotKitAccount({
         <div className="row">
           {seen.at === "signed-out" && (
             <button type="button" onClick={signIn}>
-              Sign in to CopilotKit
+              Sign in for a free local license key
             </button>
           )}
           {agreement && (

desktop/src/Sections.tsx

@@ -15,14 +15,22 @@ const SECTIONS: Section[] = ["Account", "Install", "AI", "Start"];
  * step that signs in to a CopilotKit account. The name is decoration here: the window's title
  * already says it, so it is hidden from assistive technology rather than read on every screen.
  */
-export function Sections({ at }: { at: Section }) {
+export function Sections({
+  at,
+  byCopilotKit = false,
+}: {
+  at: Section;
+  /** "by CopilotKit" beside OpenBot's name, on the step that asks for a CopilotKit sign-in. */
+  byCopilotKit?: boolean;
+}) {
   const names = SECTIONS;
   const current = names.indexOf(at);
   return (
     <div className="setup-header">
       <div className="lockup" aria-hidden="true">
         <div className="orb" />
         <span>OpenBot</span>
+        {byCopilotKit && <span className="lockup-by">by CopilotKit</span>}
       </div>
       <ol className="steps-of sections" aria-label="Setup">
         {names.map((name, index) => (

desktop/src/setupLayout.browser.test.ts

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ describe.skipIf(!asked)("a setup step's foot", () => {
           .getByRole("button", { name: "Install", exact: true })
           .click();
         await account
-          .getByRole("heading", { name: "Sign in to CopilotKit" })
+          .getByRole("heading", { name: "Self-contained OpenBot" })
           .waitFor();
         await account.waitForTimeout(600);
         await background(account);

desktop/src/styles.css

@@ -1460,6 +1460,13 @@ a:hover {
   letter-spacing: -0.01em;
 }
 
+/* "by CopilotKit" beside the name: the same size, quieter, so OpenBot still leads. */
+.setup-header .lockup span.lockup-by {
+  font-weight: 400;
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  margin-left: -2px;
+}
+
 /* The developer half of a failure: present, and never the headline. */
 .detail-of {
   border: 0;

tests/no-intelligence-in-user-copy.test.ts

@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ const NOT_SHOWN: { file: string; text: string; why: string }[] = [
   },
 ];
 
+/**
+ * Shown text that names CopilotKit Intelligence on purpose. One entry, by exact text: OpenBot
+ * Desktop's Account step, where the name says what the free license key is for and matches the
+ * CopilotKit sign-in page that opens next. Everywhere else it is still the back end (see
+ * .claude/skills/openbot-copy). A new entry is a product decision, not a way past this test.
+ */
+const SHOWN_BY_DECISION: { file: string; text: string; why: string }[] = [
+  {
+    file: "desktop/src/CopilotKitAccount.tsx",
+    text: "This version of OpenBot runs self-contained on this computer. It uses a local version of CopilotKit Intelligence, which requires a free license key.",
+    why: "the Account step names what the sign-in gets a license key for",
+  },
+];
+
 /** Calls whose arguments are written to a log, never shown. */
 const LOGGING =
   /^(console\.\w+|log|logger\.\w+|this\.log|options\.log|note|once|sayUnavailable)$/;
@@ -183,7 +197,7 @@ function shown(): string[] {
 }
 
 const isNotShown = (hit: string) =>
-  NOT_SHOWN.some(
+  [...NOT_SHOWN, ...SHOWN_BY_DECISION].some(
     (entry) => hit.startsWith(`${entry.file}:`) && hit.includes(entry.text),
   );
 
@@ -193,7 +207,7 @@ test("no text a person reads in the desktop app, the app, the server or the Reco
 
 test("every exception for text that is never shown still matches", () => {
   const found = shown();
-  const stale = NOT_SHOWN.filter(
+  const stale = [...NOT_SHOWN, ...SHOWN_BY_DECISION].filter(
     (entry) =>
       !found.some(
         (hit) => hit.startsWith(`${entry.file}:`) && hit.includes(entry.text),