feat: rebrand welcome screen by Kalvad with gradient block logo

README.md

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 just your terminal, an OpenAI-compatible model, and a sharp set of tools.
 
 ```text
-         _                    _
-        | | ___  ___ ___   __| | ___
-        | |/ _ \/ __/ _ \ / _` |/ _ \
-        | |  __/ (_| (_) | (_| |  __/
-        |_|\___|\___\___/ \__,_|\___|
-                  by wowi42
+██╗     ███████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗
+██║     ██╔════╝██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝
+██║     █████╗  ██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║█████╗
+██║     ██╔══╝  ██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██╔══╝
+███████╗███████╗╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝███████╗
+╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝
+        v0.2.0 · by Kalvad — now with 100% more purple
 
 ╭────────────────────────── lecode — fix-auth ───────────────────────────╮
 │  ✓ session      fix-auth — new session                                 │

src/lecode/tui/loading.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
+import random
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
@@ -41,14 +42,67 @@
 #: Label column width for progressive lines (the longest label).
 LABEL_WIDTH = len("permissions")
 
-#: ASCII-art banner (figlet "standard") printed above the loading panel.
-_BANNER = r""" _                    _
-| | ___  ___ ___   __| | ___
-| |/ _ \/ __/ _ \ / _` |/ _ \
-| |  __/ (_| (_) | (_| |  __/
-|_|\___|\___\___/ \__,_|\___|"""
-
-_BYLINE = "by wowi42"
+#: ASCII-art banner (pyfiglet "ansi_shadow") printed above the loading panel.
+_BANNER = """\
+██╗     ███████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗
+██║     ██╔════╝██╔════╝██╔═══██╗██╔══██╗██╔════╝
+██║     █████╗  ██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║█████╗
+██║     ██╔══╝  ██║     ██║   ██║██║  ██║██╔══╝
+███████╗███████╗╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██████╔╝███████╗
+╚══════╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚══════╝"""
+
+_BYLINE = "by Kalvad"
+
+#: Splash taglines — one rides along with the byline, picked at random.
+_SPLASHES = (
+    "now with 100% more purple",
+    "your keys, your models, your rules",
+    "handcrafted in the terminal",
+    "type fast, undo faster",
+    "Ctrl-C is always there for you",
+    "purple is a feature",
+    "runs on commits and caffeine",
+    "minds your scrollback",
+    "ships on a purple carpet",
+)
+
+
+def _gradient_stops(theme: Theme) -> tuple[str, ...]:
+    """Deep purple → brand violet → fuchsia, following the theme."""
+    return ("#7c3aed", theme.accent, theme.permission)
+
+
+def _lerp_color(a: str, b: str, t: float) -> str:
+    """Linear interpolation between two ``#rrggbb`` colors."""
+    ar, ag, ab = (int(a[i : i + 2], 16) for i in (1, 3, 5))
+    br, bg, bb = (int(b[i : i + 2], 16) for i in (1, 3, 5))
+    r = round(ar + (br - ar) * t)
+    g = round(ag + (bg - ag) * t)
+    blue = round(ab + (bb - ab) * t)
+    return f"#{r:02x}{g:02x}{blue:02x}"
+
+
+def _gradient_color(t: float, stops: tuple[str, ...]) -> str:
+    """Piecewise-linear color at position ``t`` (0..1) across ``stops``."""
+    span = (len(stops) - 1) * min(max(t, 0.0), 1.0)
+    i = min(int(span), len(stops) - 2)
+    return _lerp_color(stops[i], stops[i + 1], span - i)
+
+
+def _gradient_text(text: str, stops: tuple[str, ...]) -> Text:
+    """``text`` as Rich text with a horizontal gradient across ``stops``."""
+    lines = text.splitlines()
+    width = max(len(line) for line in lines)
+    out = Text()
+    for row, line in enumerate(lines):
+        if row:
+            out.append("\n")
+        for col, char in enumerate(line):
+            if char == " ":
+                out.append(char)
+            else:
+                out.append(char, style=_gradient_color(col / (width - 1), stops))
+    return out
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -260,10 +314,25 @@ def build_load_report(
     return steps
 
 
-def print_banner(console: Console, theme: Theme) -> None:
+def _byline_text(theme: Theme, splash: str | None) -> Text:
+    """Version, ``by Kalvad`` link, and the splash tagline on one line."""
+    from lecode import __version__
+
+    if splash is None:
+        splash = random.choice(_SPLASHES)
+    line = Text()
+    line.append(f"v{__version__}", style=theme.muted)
+    line.append(" · ", style=theme.muted)
+    line.append("by ", style=theme.muted)
+    line.append("Kalvad", style=f"bold {theme.accent} link https://kalvad.com")
+    line.append(f" — {splash}", style=f"italic {theme.permission}")
+    return line
+
+
+def print_banner(console: Console, theme: Theme, *, splash: str | None = None) -> None:
     """The ASCII-art banner + byline — printed immediately at startup."""
-    console.print(Text(_BANNER, style=theme.accent), justify="center")
-    console.print(Text(_BYLINE, style=theme.muted), justify="center")
+    console.print(_gradient_text(_BANNER, _gradient_stops(theme)), justify="center")
+    console.print(_byline_text(theme, splash), justify="center")
     console.print()
 
 

tests/test_headless.py

@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ def test_headless_does_not_load_interactive_modules(tmp_path, case):
 for name in ("HERDR_ENV", "HERDR_BIN_PATH", "HERDR_PANE_ID"):
     os.environ.pop(name, None)
 config = Config()
-config.mcp.enable_exa = False
-config.mcp.enable_context7 = False
 cli.load_config = lambda: SimpleNamespace(config=config)
 turns = 20 if sys.argv[2] == "tools" else 0
 provider = FakeProvider([

tests/test_tui_loading.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from rich.console import Console
+from rich.text import Text
 
 from lecode.agent.builder import build_runtime
 from lecode.config.loader import LoadedConfig, config_dir, load_config
@@ -289,11 +290,11 @@ def test_render_prints_ascii_banner_and_byline(env):
     console = Console(file=out, force_terminal=False, no_color=True, width=100)
     render_loading_screen(console, THEME, session_name="demo", steps=steps, cwd=env)
     text = out.getvalue()
-    # figlet "standard" banner for "lecode", byline below it
-    assert "| | ___  ___ ___   __| | ___" in text
-    assert "|_|\\___|\\___\\___/ \\__,_|\\___|" in text
-    assert "by wowi42" in text
-    assert text.index("by wowi42") < text.index("session")  # banner above the panel
+    # pyfiglet "ansi_shadow" banner for "lecode", byline below it
+    assert "██╗" in text
+    assert "╚══════╝╚══════╝" in text
+    assert "by Kalvad" in text
+    assert text.index("by Kalvad") < text.index("session")  # banner above the panel
 
 
 def test_show_loading_screen_never_raises(env, monkeypatch):
@@ -332,10 +333,10 @@ def test_interactive_startup_prints_loading_screen(env, monkeypatch, capsys):
     assert code == 0
     out = capsys.readouterr().out
     # ASCII banner up front, then progressive step lines
-    assert "| | ___  ___ ___   __| | ___" in out
-    assert "by wowi42" in out
+    assert "██╗" in out
+    assert "by Kalvad" in out
     assert "config" in out and "provider" in out and "session" in out
-    assert out.index("| | ___") < out.index("provider")  # banner before the steps
+    assert out.index("██╗") < out.index("provider")  # banner before the steps
 
 
 async def _fake_name_prompt(store):
@@ -411,8 +412,36 @@ def test_progressive_banner_prints_immediately():
     console, out = _record_console()
     LoadingProgress(console).banner()
     text = out.getvalue()
-    assert "| | ___  ___ ___   __| | ___" in text
-    assert "by wowi42" in text
+    assert "██╗" in text
+    assert "by Kalvad" in text
+
+
+def test_banner_shows_version_splash_and_gradient():
+    from lecode import __version__
+    from lecode.tui.loading import print_banner
+
+    out = io.StringIO()
+    console = Console(
+        file=out, force_terminal=True, color_system="truecolor", no_color=False, width=100
+    )
+    print_banner(console, THEME, splash="test splash")
+    raw = out.getvalue()
+    text = Text.from_ansi(raw).plain
+    assert f"v{__version__}" in text
+    assert "by Kalvad" in text
+    assert "test splash" in text
+    # the banner is colored per column — leftmost glyph is the deep-purple endpoint
+    assert "38;2;124;58;237" in raw  # #7c3aed as an ANSI truecolor escape
+
+
+def test_banner_random_splash_is_one_of_the_known_ones():
+    from lecode.tui.loading import _SPLASHES, print_banner
+
+    out = io.StringIO()
+    console = Console(file=out, force_terminal=False, no_color=True, width=100)
+    print_banner(console, THEME)
+    text = out.getvalue()
+    assert any(splash in text for splash in _SPLASHES)
 
 
 def test_progressive_steps_append_in_order():
@@ -429,7 +458,7 @@ def test_progressive_steps_append_in_order():
     assert "… models" in text  # pending line shown while the fetch runs
     assert text.index("… models") < text.index("427 fetched")
     # banner comes before any step
-    assert text.index("| | ___") < text.index("✓ config")
+    assert text.index("██╗") < text.index("✓ config")
 
 
 def test_progressive_step_multiline_detail_indented():