vlidholt · Oct 20, 2026 · Oct 20, 2026 · Oct 20, 2026 · Oct 20, 2026
diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/l10n/wonky_app_en.arb b/packages/wonky_app/lib/l10n/wonky_app_en.arb
@@ -2052,6 +2052,31 @@
       }
     }
   },
+  "boardSimilarShow": "Show #{number} {title}",
+  "@boardSimilarShow": {
+    "description": "Screen-reader label of a similar issue's title in the report dialog: it opens the issue's details.",
+    "placeholders": {
+      "number": {
+        "type": "int"
+      },
+      "title": {
+        "type": "String"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "boardSimilarLoadFailed": "Couldn't load this issue. Try again later.",
+  "boardTaskCommentsLabel": "Comments for the prompt",
+  "boardTaskCommentsHint": "The AI reads the checked comments when it writes the prompt.",
+  "boardCommentsPromptHint": "Checked comments go into the task prompt when you select this issue for building.",
+  "boardCommentInPrompt": "Include the comment by {name} in the task prompt",
+  "@boardCommentInPrompt": {
+    "description": "Screen-reader label of an admin's checkbox on an issue comment.",
+    "placeholders": {
+      "name": {
+        "type": "String"
+      }
+    }
+  },
   "boardReportVoteInstead": "Vote instead",
   "boardReportVoted": "Voted",
   "boardReportVotedFor": "Voted for #{number}",
@@ -2388,7 +2413,6 @@
   "boardEmptyHint": "Change the filters, or be the first to report one.",
   "boardEmptyTasks": "No tasks up for grabs",
   "boardEmptyTasksHint": "Admins publish tasks from the most wanted issues. Check back soon.",
-  "boardDoneTasks": "Finished tasks",
   "boardUpvoteLabel": "Upvote, {score} votes",
   "@boardUpvoteLabel": {
     "description": "Semantics label of the up-vote button.",
@@ -2496,6 +2520,7 @@
   "boardSelectForBuilding": "Select for building",
   "boardDeclineEllipsis": "Decline…",
   "boardMergeEllipsis": "Merge into…",
+  "boardLabelsEllipsis": "Labels…",
   "boardBlockEllipsis": "Block user from the board…",
   "boardEditEllipsis": "Edit…",
   "boardDismiss": "Dismiss",

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/l10n/wonky_app_en_XA.arb b/packages/wonky_app/lib/l10n/wonky_app_en_XA.arb
@@ -904,6 +904,12 @@
   "boardReportBodyTooLong": "[Ţĥé ðéšçŕîþţîöñ îš ţöö ļöñĝ: åţ ɱöšţ {max} çĥåŕåçţéŕš. one two three f]",
   "boardReportSimilarTitle": "[Šîɱîļåŕ îššûéš one t]",
   "boardReportSimilarVotes": "[{count, plural, =1{1 ṽöţé} other{{count} ṽöţéš}} one]",
+  "boardSimilarShow": "[Šĥöŵ #{number} {title} on]",
+  "boardSimilarLoadFailed": "[Çöûļðñ'ţ ļöåð ţĥîš îššûé. Ţŕý åĝåîñ ļåţéŕ. one two three]",
+  "boardTaskCommentsLabel": "[Çöɱɱéñţš ƒöŕ ţĥé þŕöɱþţ one two]",
+  "boardTaskCommentsHint": "[Ţĥé ÅÎ ŕéåðš ţĥé çĥéçķéð çöɱɱéñţš ŵĥéñ îţ ŵŕîţéš ţĥé þŕöɱþţ. one two three four]",
+  "boardCommentsPromptHint": "[Çĥéçķéð çöɱɱéñţš ĝö îñţö ţĥé ţåšķ þŕöɱþţ ŵĥéñ ýöû šéļéçţ ţĥîš îššûé ƒöŕ ƀûîļðîñĝ. one two three four five]",
+  "boardCommentInPrompt": "[Îñçļûðé ţĥé çöɱɱéñţ ƀý {name} îñ ţĥé ţåšķ þŕöɱþţ one two thre]",
   "boardReportVoteInstead": "[Ṽöţé îñšţéåð one]",
   "boardReportVoted": "[Ṽöţéð on]",
   "boardReportVotedFor": "[Ṽöţéð ƒöŕ #{number} one]",
@@ -1060,7 +1066,6 @@
   "boardEmptyHint": "[Çĥåñĝé ţĥé ƒîļţéŕš, öŕ ƀé ţĥé ƒîŕšţ ţö ŕéþöŕţ öñé. one two three f]",
   "boardEmptyTasks": "[Ñö ţåšķš ûþ ƒöŕ ĝŕåƀš one tw]",
   "boardEmptyTasksHint": "[Åðɱîñš þûƀļîšĥ ţåšķš ƒŕöɱ ţĥé ɱöšţ ŵåñţéð îššûéš. Çĥéçķ ƀåçķ šööñ. one two three four f]",
-  "boardDoneTasks": "[Ƒîñîšĥéð ţåšķš one t]",
   "boardUpvoteLabel": "[Ûþṽöţé, {score} ṽöţéš one t]",
   "boardDownvoteLabel": "[Ðöŵñṽöţé, {score} ṽöţéš one t]",
   "boardRemoveUpvote": "[Ŕéɱöṽé ûþṽöţé one t]",
@@ -1099,6 +1104,7 @@
   "boardSelectForBuilding": "[Šéļéçţ ƒöŕ ƀûîļðîñĝ one tw]",
   "boardDeclineEllipsis": "[Ðéçļîñé… one]",
   "boardMergeEllipsis": "[Ṁéŕĝé îñţö… one]",
+  "boardLabelsEllipsis": "[Ļåƀéļš… one]",
   "boardBlockEllipsis": "[Ɓļöçķ ûšéŕ ƒŕöɱ ţĥé ƀöåŕð… one two]",
   "boardEditEllipsis": "[Éðîţ… on]",
   "boardDismiss": "[Ðîšɱîšš one]",

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_commands.dart b/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_commands.dart
@@ -27,6 +27,35 @@ String boardTaskUrl(ShellServices s, int number) =>
 String boardPrLines(int task, String code) =>
     'Wonky-Task: T-$task\nWonky-Claim: $code';
 
+/// The comments of the issues [numbers] the *Create task* dialog offers for
+/// the prompt's context (specs/16 §9.3): the visible ones people wrote, the
+/// ones the prompt can include. [first] is issue `numbers.first`, already
+/// read. A failing read offers none.
+Future<List<BoardTaskComment>> _taskComments(
+  BoardRepository repo,
+  List<int> numbers,
+  BoardPostView first,
+) async {
+  final out = <BoardTaskComment>[];
+  for (final n in numbers) {
+    try {
+      final post = n == first.number ? first : await repo.getPost(n);
+      for (final c in await repo.listComments(n)) {
+        if (c.deleted ||
+            c.systemEvent != null ||
+            c.moderation != BoardModeration.visible ||
+            c.body.trim().isEmpty) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        out.add((postNumber: n, postTitle: post.title, comment: c));
+      }
+    } on Object {
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 /// `shell.board.*` (specs/16 §14) apart from `report` / `open`, which come
 /// with the report dialog. Every state change is undoable on the shell
 /// stack through [BoardUndoHandler] (the server inverse); admin commands are
@@ -921,13 +950,19 @@ List<Command<CommandArgs>> boardCommands(ShellServices s) {
           'size': JsonSchema.string(
             enumValues: [for (final x in BoardSize.values) x.name],
           ),
+          // Comments (uuids) left out of the prompt's context (§9.3).
+          'excludedComments': const JsonSchema.array(JsonSchema.string()),
         },
         required: const ['postNumbers'],
       ),
       run: (ctx, a) async {
         final numbers = [
           for (final x in a.values['postNumbers']! as List) (x as num).toInt(),
         ];
+        var excluded = [
+          for (final x in a.values['excludedComments'] as List? ?? const [])
+            UuidValue.withValidation('$x'),
+        ];
         var title = a.string('title');
         var area = switch (a.string('area')) {
           final String x => BoardArea.values.byName(x),
@@ -946,25 +981,45 @@ List<Command<CommandArgs>> boardCommands(ShellServices s) {
             area ??= first.area ?? BoardArea.suite;
             size ??= first.size ?? BoardSize.small;
           } else {
+            // The issue page passes the comments its admin unchecked: the
+            // dialog then lists none.
+            final comments = a.values.containsKey('excludedComments')
+                ? const <BoardTaskComment>[]
+                : await _taskComments(repo(), numbers, first);
+            if (!bc.mounted) return const CommandResult.cancelled();
             final r = await showBoardTaskDialog(
               bc,
               count: numbers.length,
               title: title ?? first.title,
               area: area ?? first.area ?? BoardArea.suite,
               size: size ?? first.size ?? BoardSize.small,
+              comments: comments,
             );
             if (r == null) return const CommandResult.cancelled();
-            (title, area, size) = r;
+            (:title, :area, :size) = (
+              title: r.title,
+              area: r.area,
+              size: r.size,
+            );
+            if (comments.isNotEmpty) excluded = r.excludedComments;
           }
         }
-        final t = await repo().createTask(numbers, title, area, size);
+        final t = await repo().createTask(
+          numbers,
+          title,
+          area,
+          size,
+          excludedComments: excluded,
+        );
         ctx.record(
           entry(BoardUndoOp.createTask, {
             'task': t.number,
             'posts': numbers,
             'title': title,
             'area': area.name,
             'size': size.name,
+            if (excluded.isNotEmpty)
+              'excluded': [for (final u in excluded) u.uuid],
           }),
         );
         hub.changed(task: t.number);
@@ -1011,7 +1066,7 @@ List<Command<CommandArgs>> boardCommands(ShellServices s) {
             size: t.size,
           );
           if (r == null) return const CommandResult.cancelled();
-          (title, area, size) = r;
+          (:title, :area, :size, excludedComments: _) = r;
         }
         title ??= t.title;
         area ??= t.area;
@@ -1134,7 +1189,7 @@ List<Command<CommandArgs>> boardCommands(ShellServices s) {
               size: size ?? first.size,
             );
             if (r == null) return const CommandResult.cancelled();
-            (title, area, size) = r;
+            (:title, :area, :size, excludedComments: _) = r;
           }
         }
         final t = await repo().mergeTasks(numbers, title, area, size);

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_repository.dart b/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_repository.dart
@@ -86,12 +86,16 @@ abstract class BoardRepository {
   Future<BoardPostView> reopen(int number);
   Future<void> blockUser(int userId, String reason, {DateTime? until});
   Future<void> unblockUser(int userId);
+
+  /// [excludedComments]: comments of the posts left out of the prompt's
+  /// context (specs/16 §9.3).
   Future<BoardTaskView> createTask(
     List<int> postNumbers,
     String title,
     BoardArea area,
-    BoardSize size,
-  );
+    BoardSize size, {
+    List<UuidValue> excludedComments = const [],
+  });
   Future<BoardTaskView> updateTask(
     int number,
     String title,
@@ -317,8 +321,17 @@ class ServerBoardRepository implements BoardRepository {
     List<int> postNumbers,
     String title,
     BoardArea area,
-    BoardSize size,
-  ) => api.guard((c) => c.board.createTask(postNumbers, title, area, size));
+    BoardSize size, {
+    List<UuidValue> excludedComments = const [],
+  }) => api.guard(
+    (c) => c.board.createTask(
+      postNumbers,
+      title,
+      area,
+      size,
+      excludedComments: excludedComments.isEmpty ? null : excludedComments,
+    ),
+  );
 
   @override
   Future<BoardTaskView> updateTask(

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_undo.dart b/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/board_undo.dart
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ class BoardUndoHandler extends UndoHandler<BoardUndoEntry> {
             d['title']! as String,
             BoardArea.values.byName(d['area']! as String),
             BoardSize.values.byName(d['size']! as String),
+            excludedComments: [
+              for (final u in d['excluded'] as List? ?? const [])
+                UuidValue.withValidation(u as String),
+            ],
           );
           _hub.changed(task: t.number);
           return e.withData({'task': t.number});

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/pages/board_comment_actions.dart b/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/pages/board_comment_actions.dart
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class BoardCommentActions extends CommentThreadActions {
     required this.services,
     required this.postNumber,
     this.open = true,
+    this.excluded,
+    this.onSelect,
   });
 
   final ShellServices services;
@@ -84,6 +86,13 @@ class BoardCommentActions extends CommentThreadActions {
   /// Whether new comments are accepted (not on removed or deleted posts).
   final bool open;
 
+  /// Admins choosing the comments for a task prompt (specs/16 §9.3): the
+  /// uuids left out (unchecked). Null: no checkboxes.
+  final Set<String>? excluded;
+
+  /// A comment was checked (true) or unchecked.
+  final void Function(String uuid, bool selected)? onSelect;
+
   BoardHub get _hub => BoardHub.of(services);
 
   BoardCommentView? _view(ThreadComment c) =>
@@ -128,6 +137,22 @@ class BoardCommentActions extends CommentThreadActions {
   @override
   String? replyHint(WonkyAppLocalizations l) => l.boardCommentHint;
 
+  // Only visible comments people wrote can go into a prompt.
+  @override
+  bool? selected(ThreadComment c) {
+    final ex = excluded;
+    if (ex == null || c.systemText != null) return null;
+    if (_view(c)?.moderation != BoardModeration.visible) return null;
+    return !ex.contains(c.id);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  void select(ThreadComment c, bool selected) => onSelect?.call(c.id, selected);
+
+  @override
+  String selectLabel(WonkyAppLocalizations l, ThreadComment c) =>
+      l.boardCommentInPrompt(c.authorName ?? l.someone);
+
   @override
   Future<void> reply(String body, {List<int> mentions = const []}) =>
       _invoke('shell.board.comment.add', {..._target, 'body': body});

diff --git a/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/pages/board_dialogs.dart b/packages/wonky_app/lib/src/board/pages/board_dialogs.dart
@@ -428,15 +428,45 @@ Future<(BoardPostKind, BoardArea?, BoardSize?)?> showBoardLabelsDialog(
   );
 }
 
+/// A comment the *Create task* dialog offers for the prompt's context: on
+/// issue [postNumber] ([postTitle]).
+typedef BoardTaskComment = ({
+  int postNumber,
+  String postTitle,
+  BoardCommentView comment,
+});
+
+/// What *Create task* / *Edit task* / *Merge tasks* answered: the title,
+/// labels and, when creating, the comments left out of the prompt.
+typedef BoardTaskDialogResult = ({
+  String title,
+  BoardArea area,
+  BoardSize size,
+  List<UuidValue> excludedComments,
+});
+
+/// The checklist line of [c]: `Anna Berg: first words of the comment…`.
+String boardCommentLine(BoardCommentView c, WonkyAppLocalizations l) {
+  final text = c.body
+      .replaceAll(RegExp(r'[*_`~>#\[\]]'), '')
+      .replaceAll(RegExp(r'\s+'), ' ')
+      .trim();
+  final clipped = text.length <= 140 ? text : '${text.substring(0, 139)}…';
+  return '${c.author?.displayName ?? l.boardDeletedUser}: $clipped';
+}
+
 /// *Create task from N issues…* ([count] set), *Merge N tasks…*
-/// ([mergeCount] set) or *Edit task*.
-Future<(String, BoardArea, BoardSize)?> showBoardTaskDialog(
+/// ([mergeCount] set) or *Edit task*. When creating, [comments] are the
+/// issues' comments, one checkbox each (checked: in the prompt's context,
+/// specs/16 §9.3).
+Future<BoardTaskDialogResult?> showBoardTaskDialog(
   BuildContext context, {
   int? count,
   int? mergeCount,
   required String title,
   required BoardArea area,
   required BoardSize size,
+  List<BoardTaskComment> comments = const [],
 }) async {
   final l = WonkyAppLocalizations.of(context);
   final r = await showWonkyFormDialog(
@@ -453,6 +483,7 @@ Future<(String, BoardArea, BoardSize)?> showBoardTaskDialog(
         _ => null,
       },
       dialogKey: 'dialog.board.task',
+      width: comments.isEmpty ? 420 : 520,
       fields: [
         TextFieldSpec(
           id: 'title',
@@ -476,6 +507,20 @@ Future<(String, BoardArea, BoardSize)?> showBoardTaskDialog(
           },
           initial: size.name,
         ),
+        if (comments.isNotEmpty)
+          ChecklistFieldSpec(
+            id: 'comments',
+            label: l.boardTaskCommentsLabel,
+            description: l.boardTaskCommentsHint,
+            items: [
+              for (final c in comments)
+                ChecklistItem(
+                  value: c.comment.uuid.uuid,
+                  label: boardCommentLine(c.comment, l),
+                  group: '#${c.postNumber} ${c.postTitle}',
+                ),
+            ],
+          ),
       ],
       buttons: [
         DialogButtonSpec(id: 'cancel', label: l.actionCancel),
@@ -492,10 +537,15 @@ Future<(String, BoardArea, BoardSize)?> showBoardTaskDialog(
     ),
   );
   if (r?.buttonId != 'ok') return null;
+  final kept = r!.checked('comments').toSet();
   return (
-    r!.text('title').trim(),
-    BoardArea.values.byName(r.text('area')),
-    BoardSize.values.byName(r.text('size')),
+    title: r.text('title').trim(),
+    area: BoardArea.values.byName(r.text('area')),
+    size: BoardSize.values.byName(r.text('size')),
+    excludedComments: [
+      for (final c in comments)
+        if (!kept.contains(c.comment.uuid.uuid)) c.comment.uuid,
+    ],
   );
 }