* fix: filter workspace directory picker by harness subpaths and refresh counts - Apply workspaceSubpaths filter in management editor's resolveTargetDirectoryWithPicker so 'New X (Workspace)' only offers directories relevant to the active harness (e.g. Claude → .claude/ only) - Refresh sidebar section counts when active harness changes so badge numbers reflect the filtered item set * fix: restrict extension sources to Local harness, hide Instructions for Claude - Only the Local harness includes PromptsStorage.extension in its sources — CLI and Claude don't consume extension-contributed customizations - Claude harness now hides the Instructions section since Claude uses CLAUDE.md rather than VS Code-style *.instructions.md files - Claude hiddenSections: [Agents, Hooks, Instructions] * feat: add setting to hide harness selector (on by default) - Add chat.customizations.harnessSelector.enabled setting (default: true) - When false, dropdown is hidden and harness is locked to 'Local', giving the same behavior as before the harness feature was introduced - Responds to live setting changes — toggling off immediately forces Local harness and rebuilds sections * fix: Claude shows Instructions (CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md) but hides Prompts - Remove Instructions from Claude hiddenSections — Claude supports CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md as instruction files - Add Prompts to Claude hiddenSections — Claude doesn't consume .prompt.md files - Claude hiddenSections: [Agents, Hooks, Prompts] * fix: Claude supports hooks — only hide Agents and Prompts * fix: filter workspace-local items by harness workspaceSubpaths When a restricted harness is active (e.g. Claude with subpaths=['.claude']), hide workspace-local items that aren't under a recognized sub-path. Previously only the creation picker was filtered — now the item list itself excludes files like .github/instructions/*.instructions.md when viewing through the Claude harness. * fix: address code review feedback - Fix subpath matching to use segment boundaries (matchesWorkspaceSubpath helper checks for /<sp>/ to avoid false positives like 'not.claude') - Update Claude harness JSDoc to reflect actual hook config locations (.claude/settings.json, not .claude/hooks/) - Clarify Sessions window comment for harness selector setting no-op
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