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targetUser Legacy Field Audit
Analysis of targetUser references in konui/konsole for refactoring
Output
🔍 targetUser Legacy Field Audit
Found 42 references to targetUser across konui and konsole. Per the schema docs, kontasks are now viewer-invisible and don't track user context.
📋 Schema Confirmation
From gvKontaskSchema.md:
"Design Principles: ... Viewer-Invisible: Kontasks don't track who creates or views them (stateless)"
"Kontask → gvTurn: Layout = Presentation layer handled by Hub"
From kontask-types.ts:
The Kontask interface does NOT include targetUser - it's only in the runtime database code.
📁 Files Requiring Refactoring
konui/src/ (Core Logic) - 6 files
kontask-db.ts # 10 refs - createKontask, updateKontask, completeKontask router.ts # 12 refs - API endpoints, permissions filtering admin-broadcast.ts # 2 refs - WebSocket broadcast signature console-websocket.ts # 3 refs - sendKontaskToUser function
konui/src/views/ (UI Templates) - 2 files
layout.ts # 4 refs - kontask rendering, assignee display kontask-new.ts # 1 ref - hardcoded 'claude' assignment
konui/mcp/ (MCP Server) - 1 file
server.ts # 5 refs - tool input types, list response
Documentation - 2 files
konui/CLAUDE.md # 2 refs - instructs Claude to set targetUser konsole/DESIGN.md # 2 refs - architecture docs mention targetUser konsole/MIGRATION.md # 1 ref - migration example
konsole/src/ - Clean! ✅
types.ts # 1 ref - Comment explaining it's NOT used // "User-agnostic by design - no requestedBy or targetUser fields"
⚠️ Key Refactoring Points
- kontask-db.ts:137 -
targetUseris set on Kontask object at creation - kontask-db.ts:555-557 -
completeKontask()reassigns targetUser back to creator - router.ts:510 - Server-side filtering by targetUser ("filter based on role and targetUser")
- router.ts:760-762 - Uses targetUser to find active console sessions
- console-websocket.ts:729-750 -
sendKontaskToUser()function routes by targetUser - layout.ts:1717 - Displays assignee from targetUser in UI
🎯 Recommended Refactoring Strategy
| Phase | Action | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Remove from Kontask interface & types | kontask-types.ts (add it first, then remove) |
| 2 | Update database functions | kontask-db.ts |
| 3 | Refactor routing by sessionId instead | router.ts, console-websocket.ts |
| 4 | Remove from MCP tool definitions | mcp/server.ts |
| 5 | Update UI templates | views/layout.ts, views/kontask-new.ts |
| 6 | Update documentation | konui/CLAUDE.md, konsole/DESIGN.md, MIGRATION.md |
💡 Key Insight
The routing that currently uses targetUser (in router.ts:760-762 and console-websocket.ts) should instead use sessionId to route kontasks to the correct console. The session already knows which user is connected.
Found in: konui/src/*.ts, konui/mcp/server.ts, konui/CLAUDE.md, konsole/DESIGN.md
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General
Status
Completed
Scope
vibetools
Tags
kontasksrefactoringschema
Created
9 Jan 2026, 11:59 pm
Updated
10 Jan 2026, 12:00 am
Timing
⏱️ 85.4s
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● Thinking 100%
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claude
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