Show session transcript in menu bar panel

leanring-buddy/CompanionManager.swift

@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ final class CompanionManager: ObservableObject {
     }()
 
     /// Conversation history so Claude remembers prior exchanges within a session.
-    /// Each entry is the user's transcript and Claude's response.
-    private var conversationHistory: [(userTranscript: String, assistantResponse: String)] = []
+    /// Published so the panel UI can display the transcript. Not persisted to disk.
+    @Published private(set) var conversationHistory: [ConversationEntry] = []
 
     /// The currently running AI response task, if any. Cancelled when the user
     /// speaks again so a new response can begin immediately.
@@ -683,9 +683,10 @@ final class CompanionManager: ObservableObject {
 
                 // Save this exchange to conversation history (with the point tag
                 // stripped so it doesn't confuse future context)
-                conversationHistory.append((
+                conversationHistory.append(ConversationEntry(
                     userTranscript: transcript,
-                    assistantResponse: spokenText
+                    assistantResponse: spokenText,
+                    timestamp: Date()
                 ))
 
                 // Keep only the last 10 exchanges to avoid unbounded context growth

leanring-buddy/CompanionPanelView.swift

@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ struct CompanionPanelView: View {
                 .padding(.top, 16)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 16)
 
+            if companionManager.hasCompletedOnboarding && companionManager.allPermissionsGranted && !companionManager.conversationHistory.isEmpty {
+                Spacer()
+                    .frame(height: 12)
+
+                sessionTranscriptSection
+                    .padding(.horizontal, 16)
+            }
+
             if companionManager.hasCompletedOnboarding && companionManager.allPermissionsGranted {
                 Spacer()
                     .frame(height: 12)
@@ -716,6 +724,80 @@ struct CompanionPanelView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Session Transcript
+
+    private var sessionTranscriptSection: some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
+            Text("THIS SESSION")
+                .font(.system(size: 10, weight: .semibold, design: .rounded))
+                .foregroundColor(DS.Colors.textTertiary)
+                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+
+            ScrollViewReader { scrollProxy in
+                ScrollView(.vertical, showsIndicators: false) {
+                    VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 6) {
+                        ForEach(companionManager.conversationHistory) { entry in
+                            conversationEntryRow(entry: entry)
+                                .id(entry.id)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                .frame(maxHeight: 180)
+                .onChange(of: companionManager.conversationHistory.last?.id) { _, _ in
+                    if let latestEntry = companionManager.conversationHistory.last {
+                        withAnimation {
+                            scrollProxy.scrollTo(latestEntry.id, anchor: .bottom)
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func conversationEntryRow(entry: ConversationEntry) -> some View {
+        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 4) {
+            HStack(alignment: .top) {
+                Text(entry.userTranscript)
+                    .font(.system(size: 11))
+                    .foregroundColor(DS.Colors.textTertiary)
+                    .lineLimit(2)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+
+                Text(entry.timestamp, style: .time)
+                    .font(.system(size: 10))
+                    .foregroundColor(DS.Colors.textTertiary)
+            }
+
+            HStack(alignment: .top, spacing: 6) {
+                Text(entry.assistantResponse)
+                    .font(.system(size: 11))
+                    .foregroundColor(DS.Colors.textSecondary)
+                    .lineLimit(4)
+                    .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)
+
+                Button(action: {
+                    NSPasteboard.general.clearContents()
+                    NSPasteboard.general.setString(entry.assistantResponse, forType: .string)
+                }) {
+                    Image(systemName: "doc.on.doc")
+                        .font(.system(size: 10))
+                        .foregroundColor(DS.Colors.textTertiary)
+                }
+                .buttonStyle(.plain)
+                .pointerCursor()
+            }
+        }
+        .padding(8)
+        .background(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: DS.CornerRadius.medium, style: .continuous)
+                .fill(Color.white.opacity(0.04))
+        )
+        .overlay(
+            RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: DS.CornerRadius.medium, style: .continuous)
+                .stroke(DS.Colors.borderSubtle, lineWidth: 0.5)
+        )
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Visual Helpers
 
     private var panelBackground: some View {

leanring-buddy/ConversationEntry.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//
+//  ConversationEntry.swift
+//  leanring-buddy
+//
+//  A single completed exchange between the user and Claude within the current
+//  app session. Used by CompanionManager to track history and by
+//  CompanionPanelView to render the session transcript.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+/// A single completed exchange between the user and Claude within the current app session.
+/// Not persisted to disk — lives only as long as the app is running.
+struct ConversationEntry: Identifiable {
+    let id = UUID()
+    let userTranscript: String
+    let assistantResponse: String
+    let timestamp: Date
+}

leanring-buddyTests/leanring_buddyTests.swift

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 //
 
 import Testing
+import Foundation
 @testable import leanring_buddy
 
 struct leanring_buddyTests {
@@ -37,4 +38,64 @@ struct leanring_buddyTests {
         #expect(shouldTreatPermissionAsGranted)
     }
 
+    @Test func conversationEntryStoresAllFields() {
+        let timestamp = Date()
+        let entry = ConversationEntry(
+            userTranscript: "What is SwiftUI?",
+            assistantResponse: "SwiftUI is Apple's declarative UI framework.",
+            timestamp: timestamp
+        )
+
+        #expect(entry.userTranscript == "What is SwiftUI?")
+        #expect(entry.assistantResponse == "SwiftUI is Apple's declarative UI framework.")
+        #expect(entry.timestamp == timestamp)
+    }
+
+    @Test func conversationEntryHasUniqueIDs() {
+        let firstEntry = ConversationEntry(
+            userTranscript: "First question",
+            assistantResponse: "First answer",
+            timestamp: Date()
+        )
+        let secondEntry = ConversationEntry(
+            userTranscript: "Second question",
+            assistantResponse: "Second answer",
+            timestamp: Date()
+        )
+
+        #expect(firstEntry.id != secondEntry.id)
+    }
+
+    @Test func conversationEntryIDIsStable() {
+        let entry = ConversationEntry(
+            userTranscript: "Hello",
+            assistantResponse: "Hi there",
+            timestamp: Date()
+        )
+
+        #expect(entry.id == entry.id)
+    }
+
+    @Test func lastConversationEntryIDChangesWhenHistoryIsCappedAtTen() {
+        var history: [ConversationEntry] = (1...10).map { i in
+            ConversationEntry(userTranscript: "Q\(i)", assistantResponse: "A\(i)", timestamp: Date())
+        }
+
+        for i in 11...12 {
+            let idBeforeAppend = history.last?.id
+
+            history.append(ConversationEntry(
+                userTranscript: "Q\(i)",
+                assistantResponse: "A\(i)",
+                timestamp: Date()
+            ))
+            if history.count > 10 {
+                history.removeFirst(history.count - 10)
+            }
+
+            #expect(history.count == 10)
+            #expect(history.last?.id != idBeforeAppend)
+        }
+    }
+
 }