fix: handle Unicode smart quotes in title sanitization

normalizeQuotes() replaces curly/smart quotes (U+2018–U+201E) with
ASCII equivalents before conversational-prefix regex matching, so
titles like "I'm pulling the site copy..." are properly detected
and cleaned in artifact cards, board tasks, and agent outputs.

Author: marian2js

apps/desktop/src/features/board/lib/sanitize-task-title.test.ts

@@ -165,3 +165,42 @@ test("strips nested conversational prefix after 'OK,'", () => {
     "Put together the launch plan",
   );
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Smart quote (Unicode U+2019) support
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+test("strips smart-quote I\u2019m prefix and capitalizes", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    sanitizeTaskTitle("I\u2019m pulling the site copy/source so the recommendations are grounded"),
+    "Pulling the site copy/source so the recommendations are grounded",
+  );
+});
+
+test("strips smart-quote I\u2019ll prefix and capitalizes", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    sanitizeTaskTitle("I\u2019ll start by putting together a launch plan for Product Hunt"),
+    "Start by putting together a launch plan for Product Hunt",
+  );
+});
+
+test("strips smart-quote I\u2019ve prefix", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    sanitizeTaskTitle("I\u2019ve finished the competitive analysis"),
+    "Finished the competitive analysis",
+  );
+});
+
+test("strips smart-quote don\u2019t prefix", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    sanitizeTaskTitle("I don\u2019t see any major issues with the copy"),
+    "See any major issues with the copy",
+  );
+});
+
+test("strips nested smart-quote prefix after 'OK,'", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    sanitizeTaskTitle("OK, I\u2019ll put together the launch plan"),
+    "Put together the launch plan",
+  );
+});

apps/desktop/src/features/board/lib/sanitize-task-title.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { stripMarkdown } from "../../dashboard/lib/strip-markdown";
+import { normalizeQuotes } from "../../dashboard/lib/normalize-quotes";
 
 /**
  * Conversational prefixes that AI agents commonly start sentences with.
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ const NESTED_PREFIX =
 export function sanitizeTaskTitle(title: string): string {
   if (!title || !title.trim()) return "";
 
-  // Strip markdown first
-  let clean = stripMarkdown(title);
+  // Strip markdown first, then normalize smart quotes for regex matching
+  let clean = normalizeQuotes(stripMarkdown(title));
 
   // Strip outer conversational prefix
   clean = clean.replace(CONVERSATIONAL_PREFIX, "");
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ export function sanitizeTaskTitle(title: string): string {
 
   // Remove leading articles after stripping ("a ", "the ", "an ")
   // Only after conversational prefix was stripped, to make titles more concise
-  if (clean !== stripMarkdown(title)) {
+  if (clean !== normalizeQuotes(stripMarkdown(title))) {
     clean = clean.replace(/^(a |an |the )/i, "");
   }
 

apps/desktop/src/features/dashboard/lib/clean-artifact-title.test.ts

@@ -138,3 +138,48 @@ void test("cleanArtifactTitle: strips markdown from content heading", () => {
     "Bold Heading",
   );
 });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Smart quote (Unicode U+2019) support
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void test("isConversationalTitle: detects smart-quote I\u2019m prefix", () => {
+  assert.ok(isConversationalTitle("I\u2019m pulling the site copy"));
+});
+
+void test("isConversationalTitle: detects smart-quote I\u2019ll prefix", () => {
+  assert.ok(isConversationalTitle("I\u2019ll start by reviewing the homepage"));
+});
+
+void test("isConversationalTitle: detects smart-quote I\u2019ve prefix", () => {
+  assert.ok(isConversationalTitle("I\u2019ve finished the audit"));
+});
+
+void test("isConversationalTitle: detects smart-quote don\u2019t prefix", () => {
+  assert.ok(isConversationalTitle("I don\u2019t see any issues"));
+});
+
+void test("isConversationalTitle: detects smart-quote can\u2019t prefix", () => {
+  assert.ok(isConversationalTitle("I can\u2019t find the source"));
+});
+
+void test("cleanArtifactTitle: falls back to type label for smart-quote conversational title", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    cleanArtifactTitle({
+      title: "I\u2019m still only seeing the handoff sentence, not the actua...",
+      type: "strategy_note",
+    }),
+    "Strategy Note",
+  );
+});
+
+void test("cleanArtifactTitle: extracts heading from content for smart-quote title", () => {
+  assert.equal(
+    cleanArtifactTitle({
+      title: "I\u2019m still only seeing the handoff sentence",
+      type: "strategy_note",
+      content: "# Positioning Strategy\n\nDetails...",
+    }),
+    "Positioning Strategy",
+  );
+});

apps/desktop/src/features/dashboard/lib/clean-artifact-title.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { stripMarkdown } from "./strip-markdown";
 import { getArtifactTypeConfig } from "./artifact-type-config";
+import { normalizeQuotes } from "./normalize-quotes";
 
 /**
  * Regex matching first-person conversational preamble that should not
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ export const CONVERSATIONAL_PATTERN =
  * rather than a descriptive deliverable name.
  */
 export function isConversationalTitle(title: string): boolean {
-  return CONVERSATIONAL_PATTERN.test(title.trim());
+  return CONVERSATIONAL_PATTERN.test(normalizeQuotes(title.trim()));
 }
 
 /**

apps/desktop/src/features/dashboard/lib/normalize-quotes.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * Replaces Unicode smart/curly quotes with ASCII equivalents
+ * so regex patterns using ' and " match consistently.
+ */
+export function normalizeQuotes(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .replace(/[\u2018\u2019\u201A]/g, "'") // ' ' ‚ → '
+    .replace(/[\u201C\u201D\u201E]/g, '"'); // " " „ → "
+}