```

feat: add recent paths suggestions and improve UX polish

- Add recent paths hook to persist and suggest working directories
- Update Android icon assets and simplify adaptive icon configuration
- Remove background styling from header icon buttons for cleaner look
- Export expandTilde utility for path normalization in agent creation
- Add horizontal scrollable chips for recent path suggestions
```

packages/app/app.json

@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
     "android": {
       "adaptiveIcon": {
         "backgroundColor": "#E6F4FE",
-        "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-foreground.png",
+        "foregroundImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-foreground.png"
-        "backgroundImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-background.png",
-        "monochromeImage": "./assets/images/android-icon-monochrome.png"
       },
       "edgeToEdgeEnabled": true,
       "predictiveBackGestureEnabled": false,

packages/app/src/components/create-agent-modal.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { useSafeAreaInsets } from "react-native-safe-area-context";
 import { X } from "lucide-react-native";
 import { StyleSheet } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { theme as defaultTheme } from "@/styles/theme";
+import { useRecentPaths } from "@/hooks/use-recent-paths";
 
 interface CreateAgentModalProps {
   isVisible: boolean;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export function CreateAgentModal({
 }: CreateAgentModalProps) {
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
   const { height: keyboardHeight } = useReanimatedKeyboardAnimation();
+  const { recentPaths, addRecentPath } = useRecentPaths();
 
   const [workingDir, setWorkingDir] = useState("");
   const [selectedMode, setSelectedMode] = useState("plan");
@@ -56,13 +58,23 @@ export function CreateAgentModal({
     };
   });
 
-  function handleCreate() {
+  async function handleCreate() {
     if (!workingDir.trim()) {
       setErrorMessage("Working directory is required");
       return;
     }
 
-    onCreateAgent(workingDir.trim(), selectedMode);
+    const path = workingDir.trim();
+
+    // Save to recent paths
+    try {
+      await addRecentPath(path);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error("[CreateAgentModal] Failed to save recent path:", error);
+      // Continue anyway - don't block agent creation
+    }
+
+    onCreateAgent(path, selectedMode);
     handleClose();
   }
 
@@ -123,6 +135,28 @@ export function CreateAgentModal({
                     Absolute path to the project directory
                   </Text>
                 )}
+
+                {/* Recent Paths Chips */}
+                {recentPaths.length > 0 && (
+                  <ScrollView
+                    horizontal
+                    showsHorizontalScrollIndicator={false}
+                    contentContainerStyle={styles.recentPathsContainer}
+                    keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
+                  >
+                    {recentPaths.map((path) => (
+                      <Pressable
+                        key={path}
+                        style={styles.recentPathChip}
+                        onPress={() => setWorkingDir(path)}
+                      >
+                        <Text style={styles.recentPathChipText} numberOfLines={1}>
+                          {path}
+                        </Text>
+                      </Pressable>
+                    ))}
+                  </ScrollView>
+                )}
               </View>
 
               {/* Mode Selector */}
@@ -339,4 +373,23 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
     fontSize: theme.fontSize.base,
     fontWeight: theme.fontWeight.semibold,
   },
+  recentPathsContainer: {
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    gap: theme.spacing[2],
+    paddingVertical: theme.spacing[3],
+  },
+  recentPathChip: {
+    backgroundColor: theme.colors.muted,
+    borderRadius: theme.borderRadius.full,
+    paddingHorizontal: theme.spacing[4],
+    paddingVertical: theme.spacing[2],
+    borderWidth: theme.borderWidth[1],
+    borderColor: theme.colors.border,
+    maxWidth: 200,
+  },
+  recentPathChipText: {
+    color: theme.colors.foreground,
+    fontSize: theme.fontSize.sm,
+    fontWeight: theme.fontWeight.medium,
+  },
 }));

packages/app/src/components/empty-state.tsx

@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ export function EmptyState({ onCreateAgent }: EmptyStateProps) {
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>
       <Text style={styles.title}>Hammock</Text>
-      <Text style={styles.subtitle}>
+      <Text style={styles.subtitle}>What would you like to work on?</Text>
-        What would you like to work on?
-      </Text>
       <Pressable onPress={onCreateAgent} style={styles.button}>
-        <Plus size={20} color={theme.colors.foreground} />
+        <Plus size={20} color={styles.buttonText.color} />
         <Text style={styles.buttonText}>New agent</Text>
       </Pressable>
     </View>

packages/app/src/components/headers/home-header.tsx

@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ export function HomeHeader({ onCreateAgent }: HomeHeaderProps) {
             >
               <MessageSquare size={20} color={theme.colors.foreground} />
             </Pressable>
-            <Pressable
+            <Pressable onPress={onCreateAgent} style={styles.iconButton}>
-              onPress={onCreateAgent}
-              style={styles.iconButton}
-            >
               <Plus size={20} color={theme.colors.foreground} />
             </Pressable>
           </View>
@@ -74,6 +71,5 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   iconButton: {
     padding: theme.spacing[3],
     borderRadius: theme.borderRadius.lg,
-    backgroundColor: theme.colors.muted,
   },
 }));

packages/app/src/hooks/use-recent-paths.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import AsyncStorage from '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage';
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = '@voice-dev:recent-paths';
+const MAX_RECENT_PATHS = 3;
+
+export interface UseRecentPathsReturn {
+  recentPaths: string[];
+  isLoading: boolean;
+  addRecentPath: (path: string) => Promise<void>;
+  clearRecentPaths: () => Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export function useRecentPaths(): UseRecentPathsReturn {
+  const [recentPaths, setRecentPaths] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(true);
+
+  // Load recent paths from AsyncStorage on mount
+  useEffect(() => {
+    loadRecentPaths();
+  }, []);
+
+  async function loadRecentPaths() {
+    try {
+      const stored = await AsyncStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+      if (stored) {
+        const parsed = JSON.parse(stored) as string[];
+        setRecentPaths(parsed);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('[RecentPaths] Failed to load recent paths:', error);
+      // Continue with empty array
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const addRecentPath = useCallback(async (path: string) => {
+    try {
+      // Remove duplicates and add to front
+      const filtered = recentPaths.filter((p) => p !== path);
+      const updated = [path, ...filtered].slice(0, MAX_RECENT_PATHS);
+
+      setRecentPaths(updated);
+      await AsyncStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(updated));
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('[RecentPaths] Failed to save recent path:', error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }, [recentPaths]);
+
+  const clearRecentPaths = useCallback(async () => {
+    try {
+      setRecentPaths([]);
+      await AsyncStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error('[RecentPaths] Failed to clear recent paths:', error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  return {
+    recentPaths,
+    isLoading,
+    addRecentPath,
+    clearRecentPaths,
+  };
+}

packages/server/src/server/acp/agent-manager.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   type WriteTextFileResponse,
 } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from "uuid";
+import { expandTilde } from "../terminal-mcp/tmux.js";
 import type {
   AgentStatus,
   AgentInfo,
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ export class AgentManager {
    */
   async createAgent(options: CreateAgentOptions): Promise<string> {
     const agentId = uuidv4();
-    const cwd = options.cwd;
+    const cwd = expandTilde(options.cwd);
 
     // Validate that the working directory exists
     try {

packages/server/src/server/terminal-mcp/tmux.ts

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ export async function createSession(name: string): Promise<TmuxSession | null> {
 /**
  * Expand tilde in path to home directory
  */
-function expandTilde(path: string): string {
+export function expandTilde(path: string): string {
   if (path.startsWith("~/")) {
     const homeDir = process.env.HOME || os.homedir();
     return path.replace("~", homeDir);