Merge branch 'dev' into feat/text-encode-block

- Add error output field and try/except handling for encoding failures
- Add comprehensive unit tests covering basic encoding, multiple escapes,
  unicode handling, empty strings, and error scenarios

Co-authored-by: lif <19658300+majiayu000@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Aryan Kaul <134673289+aryancodes1@users.noreply.github.com>

autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/encoder_block.py

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+"""Text encoding block for converting special characters to escape sequences."""
+
+import codecs
+
+from backend.data.block import (
+    Block,
+    BlockCategory,
+    BlockOutput,
+    BlockSchemaInput,
+    BlockSchemaOutput,
+)
+from backend.data.model import SchemaField
+
+
+class TextEncoderBlock(Block):
+    """
+    Encodes a string by converting special characters into escape sequences.
+
+    This block is the inverse of TextDecoderBlock. It takes text containing
+    special characters (like newlines, tabs, etc.) and converts them into
+    their escape sequence representations (e.g., newline becomes \\n).
+    """
+
+    class Input(BlockSchemaInput):
+        """Input schema for TextEncoderBlock."""
+
+        text: str = SchemaField(
+            description="A string containing special characters to be encoded",
+            placeholder="Your text with newlines and quotes to encode",
+        )
+
+    class Output(BlockSchemaOutput):
+        """Output schema for TextEncoderBlock."""
+
+        encoded_text: str = SchemaField(
+            description="The encoded text with special characters converted to escape sequences"
+        )
+        error: str = SchemaField(description="Error message if encoding fails")
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(
+            id="5185f32e-4b65-4ecf-8fbb-873f003f09d6",
+            description="Encodes a string by converting special characters into escape sequences",
+            categories={BlockCategory.TEXT},
+            input_schema=TextEncoderBlock.Input,
+            output_schema=TextEncoderBlock.Output,
+            test_input={
+                "text": """Hello
+World!
+This is a "quoted" string."""
+            },
+            test_output=[
+                (
+                    "encoded_text",
+                    """Hello\\nWorld!\\nThis is a "quoted" string.""",
+                )
+            ],
+        )
+
+    async def run(self, input_data: Input, **kwargs) -> BlockOutput:
+        """
+        Encode the input text by converting special characters to escape sequences.
+
+        Args:
+            input_data: The input containing the text to encode.
+            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments (unused).
+
+        Yields:
+            The encoded text with escape sequences, or an error message if encoding fails.
+        """
+        try:
+            encoded_text = codecs.encode(input_data.text, "unicode_escape").decode(
+                "utf-8"
+            )
+            yield "encoded_text", encoded_text
+        except Exception as e:
+            yield "error", f"Encoding error: {str(e)}"

autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/test/test_text_encoder.py

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import pytest
+
+from backend.blocks.encoder_block import TextEncoderBlock
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_encoder_basic():
+    """Test basic encoding of newlines and special characters."""
+    block = TextEncoderBlock()
+    result = []
+    async for output in block.run(TextEncoderBlock.Input(text="Hello\nWorld")):
+        result.append(output)
+
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0][0] == "encoded_text"
+    assert result[0][1] == "Hello\\nWorld"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_encoder_multiple_escapes():
+    """Test encoding of multiple escape sequences."""
+    block = TextEncoderBlock()
+    result = []
+    async for output in block.run(
+        TextEncoderBlock.Input(text="Line1\nLine2\tTabbed\rCarriage")
+    ):
+        result.append(output)
+
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0][0] == "encoded_text"
+    assert "\\n" in result[0][1]
+    assert "\\t" in result[0][1]
+    assert "\\r" in result[0][1]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_encoder_unicode():
+    """Test that unicode characters are handled correctly."""
+    block = TextEncoderBlock()
+    result = []
+    async for output in block.run(TextEncoderBlock.Input(text="Hello 世界\n")):
+        result.append(output)
+
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0][0] == "encoded_text"
+    # Unicode characters should be escaped as \uXXXX sequences
+    assert "\\n" in result[0][1]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_encoder_empty_string():
+    """Test encoding of an empty string."""
+    block = TextEncoderBlock()
+    result = []
+    async for output in block.run(TextEncoderBlock.Input(text="")):
+        result.append(output)
+
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0][0] == "encoded_text"
+    assert result[0][1] == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_text_encoder_error_handling():
+    """Test that encoding errors are handled gracefully."""
+    from unittest.mock import patch
+
+    block = TextEncoderBlock()
+    result = []
+
+    with patch("codecs.encode", side_effect=Exception("Mocked encoding error")):
+        async for output in block.run(TextEncoderBlock.Input(text="test")):
+            result.append(output)
+
+    assert len(result) == 1
+    assert result[0][0] == "error"
+    assert "Mocked encoding error" in result[0][1]

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/helpers.ts

@@ -26,20 +26,8 @@ export function buildCopilotChatUrl(prompt: string): string {
 
 export function getQuickActions(): string[] {
   return [
-    "I don't know where to start, just ask me stuff",
-    "I do the same thing every week and it's killing me",
-    "Help me find where I'm wasting my time",
+    "Show me what I can automate",
+    "Design a custom workflow",
+    "Help me with content creation",
   ];
 }
-
-export function getInputPlaceholder(width?: number) {
-  if (!width) return "What's your role and what eats up most of your day?";
-
-  if (width < 500) {
-    return "I'm a chef and I hate...";
-  }
-  if (width <= 1080) {
-    return "What's your role and what eats up most of your day?";
-  }
-  return "What's your role and what eats up most of your day? e.g. 'I'm a recruiter and I hate...'";
-}

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/app/(platform)/copilot/page.tsx

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import { Text } from "@/components/atoms/Text/Text";
 import { Chat } from "@/components/contextual/Chat/Chat";
 import { ChatInput } from "@/components/contextual/Chat/components/ChatInput/ChatInput";
 import { Dialog } from "@/components/molecules/Dialog/Dialog";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useCopilotStore } from "./copilot-page-store";
-import { getInputPlaceholder } from "./helpers";
 import { useCopilotPage } from "./useCopilotPage";
 
 export default function CopilotPage() {
@@ -16,25 +14,8 @@ export default function CopilotPage() {
   const isInterruptModalOpen = useCopilotStore((s) => s.isInterruptModalOpen);
   const confirmInterrupt = useCopilotStore((s) => s.confirmInterrupt);
   const cancelInterrupt = useCopilotStore((s) => s.cancelInterrupt);
-
-  const [inputPlaceholder, setInputPlaceholder] = useState(
-    getInputPlaceholder(),
-  );
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handleResize = () => {
-      setInputPlaceholder(getInputPlaceholder(window.innerWidth));
-    };
-
-    handleResize();
-
-    window.addEventListener("resize", handleResize);
-    return () => window.removeEventListener("resize", handleResize);
-  }, []);
-
   const { greetingName, quickActions, isLoading, hasSession, initialPrompt } =
     state;
-
   const {
     handleQuickAction,
     startChatWithPrompt,
@@ -92,7 +73,7 @@ export default function CopilotPage() {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex h-full flex-1 items-center justify-center overflow-y-auto bg-[#f8f8f9] px-3 py-5 md:px-6 md:py-10">
+    <div className="flex h-full flex-1 items-center justify-center overflow-y-auto bg-[#f8f8f9] px-6 py-10">
       <div className="w-full text-center">
         {isLoading ? (
           <div className="mx-auto max-w-2xl">
@@ -109,25 +90,25 @@ export default function CopilotPage() {
           </div>
         ) : (
           <>
-            <div className="mx-auto max-w-3xl">
+            <div className="mx-auto max-w-2xl">
               <Text
                 variant="h3"
-                className="mb-1 !text-[1.375rem] text-zinc-700"
+                className="mb-3 !text-[1.375rem] text-zinc-700"
               >
                 Hey, <span className="text-violet-600">{greetingName}</span>
               </Text>
               <Text variant="h3" className="mb-8 !font-normal">
-                Tell me about your work — I&apos;ll find what to automate.
+                What do you want to automate?
               </Text>
 
               <div className="mb-6">
                 <ChatInput
                   onSend={startChatWithPrompt}
-                  placeholder={inputPlaceholder}
+                  placeholder='You can search or just ask - e.g. "create a blog post outline"'
                 />
               </div>
             </div>
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-3 overflow-x-auto [-ms-overflow-style:none] [scrollbar-width:none] [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:hidden">
+            <div className="flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-center gap-3 overflow-x-auto [-ms-overflow-style:none] [scrollbar-width:none] [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:hidden">
               {quickActions.map((action) => (
                 <Button
                   key={action}
@@ -135,7 +116,7 @@ export default function CopilotPage() {
                   variant="outline"
                   size="small"
                   onClick={() => handleQuickAction(action)}
-                  className="h-auto shrink-0 border-zinc-300 px-3 py-2 text-[.9rem] text-zinc-600"
+                  className="h-auto shrink-0 border-zinc-600 !px-4 !py-2 text-[1rem] text-zinc-600"
                 >
                   {action}
                 </Button>

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/contextual/Chat/components/ChatContainer/ChatContainer.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { SessionDetailResponse } from "@/app/api/__generated__/models/sessi
 import { Button } from "@/components/atoms/Button/Button";
 import { Text } from "@/components/atoms/Text/Text";
 import { Dialog } from "@/components/molecules/Dialog/Dialog";
+import { useBreakpoint } from "@/lib/hooks/useBreakpoint";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { GlobeHemisphereEastIcon } from "@phosphor-icons/react";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ export function ChatContainer({
     onStreamingChange?.(isStreaming);
   }, [isStreaming, onStreamingChange]);
 
+  const breakpoint = useBreakpoint();
+  const isMobile =
+    breakpoint === "base" || breakpoint === "sm" || breakpoint === "md";
+
   return (
     <div
       className={cn(
@@ -122,7 +127,11 @@ export function ChatContainer({
           disabled={isStreaming || !sessionId}
           isStreaming={isStreaming}
           onStop={stopStreaming}
-          placeholder="What else can I help with?"
+          placeholder={
+            isMobile
+              ? "You can search or just ask"
+              : 'You can search or just ask — e.g. "create a blog post outline"'
+          }
         />
       </div>
     </div>

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/contextual/Chat/components/ChatInput/ChatInput.tsx

@@ -74,20 +74,19 @@ export function ChatInput({
             hasMultipleLines ? "rounded-xlarge" : "rounded-full",
           )}
         >
-          {!value && !isRecording && (
-            <div
-              className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 top-0.5 flex items-center justify-start pl-14 text-[1rem] text-zinc-400"
-              aria-hidden="true"
-            >
-              {isTranscribing ? "Transcribing..." : placeholder}
-            </div>
-          )}
           <textarea
             id={inputId}
             aria-label="Chat message input"
             value={value}
             onChange={handleChange}
             onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
+            placeholder={
+              isTranscribing
+                ? "Transcribing..."
+                : isRecording
+                  ? ""
+                  : placeholder
+            }
             disabled={isInputDisabled}
             rows={1}
             className={cn(
@@ -123,14 +122,13 @@ export function ChatInput({
               size="icon"
               aria-label={isRecording ? "Stop recording" : "Start recording"}
               onClick={toggleRecording}
-              disabled={disabled || isTranscribing || isStreaming}
+              disabled={disabled || isTranscribing}
               className={cn(
                 isRecording
                   ? "animate-pulse border-red-500 bg-red-500 text-white hover:border-red-600 hover:bg-red-600"
                   : isTranscribing
                     ? "border-zinc-300 bg-zinc-100 text-zinc-400"
                     : "border-zinc-300 bg-white text-zinc-500 hover:border-zinc-400 hover:bg-zinc-50 hover:text-zinc-700",
-                isStreaming && "opacity-40",
               )}
             >
               {isTranscribing ? (

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/contextual/Chat/components/ChatInput/components/AudioWaveform.tsx

@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export function AudioWaveform({
     // Create audio context and analyser
     const audioContext = new AudioContext();
     const analyser = audioContext.createAnalyser();
-    analyser.fftSize = 256;
-    analyser.smoothingTimeConstant = 0.3;
+    analyser.fftSize = 512;
+    analyser.smoothingTimeConstant = 0.8;
 
     // Connect the stream to the analyser
     const source = audioContext.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
@@ -73,11 +73,10 @@ export function AudioWaveform({
           maxAmplitude = Math.max(maxAmplitude, amplitude);
         }
 
-        // Normalize amplitude (0-128 range) to 0-1
-        const normalized = maxAmplitude / 128;
-        // Apply sensitivity boost (multiply by 4) and use sqrt curve to amplify quiet sounds
-        const boosted = Math.min(1, Math.sqrt(normalized) * 4);
-        const height = minBarHeight + boosted * (maxBarHeight - minBarHeight);
+        // Map amplitude (0-128) to bar height
+        const normalized = (maxAmplitude / 128) * 255;
+        const height =
+          minBarHeight + (normalized / 255) * (maxBarHeight - minBarHeight);
         newBars.push(height);
       }
 

autogpt_platform/frontend/src/components/contextual/Chat/components/ChatInput/useVoiceRecording.ts

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export function useVoiceRecording({
     [value, isTranscribing, toggleRecording, baseHandleKeyDown],
   );
 
-  const showMicButton = isSupported;
+  const showMicButton = isSupported && !isStreaming;
   const isInputDisabled = disabled || isStreaming || isTranscribing;
 
   // Cleanup on unmount

docs/integrations/README.md

@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ Below is a comprehensive list of all available blocks, categorized by their prim
 | [Get Current Time](block-integrations/text.md#get-current-time) | This block outputs the current time |
 | [Match Text Pattern](block-integrations/text.md#match-text-pattern) | Matches text against a regex pattern and forwards data to positive or negative output based on the match |
 | [Text Decoder](block-integrations/text.md#text-decoder) | Decodes a string containing escape sequences into actual text |
+| [Text Encoder](block-integrations/text.md#text-encoder) | Encodes a string by converting special characters into escape sequences |
 | [Text Replace](block-integrations/text.md#text-replace) | This block is used to replace a text with a new text |
 | [Text Split](block-integrations/text.md#text-split) | This block is used to split a text into a list of strings |
 | [Word Character Count](block-integrations/text.md#word-character-count) | Counts the number of words and characters in a given text |

docs/integrations/block-integrations/text.md

@@ -380,6 +380,42 @@ This is useful when working with data from APIs or files where escape sequences
 
 ---
 
+## Text Encoder
+
+### What it is
+Encodes a string by converting special characters into escape sequences
+
+### How it works
+<!-- MANUAL: how_it_works -->
+The Text Encoder takes the input string and applies Python's `unicode_escape` encoding (equivalent to `codecs.encode(text, "unicode_escape").decode("utf-8")`) to transform special characters like newlines, tabs, and backslashes into their escaped forms.
+
+The block relies on the input schema to ensure the value is a string; non-string inputs are rejected by validation, and any encoding failures surface as block errors. Non-ASCII characters are emitted as `\uXXXX` sequences, which is useful for ASCII-only payloads.
+<!-- END MANUAL -->
+
+### Inputs
+
+| Input | Description | Type | Required |
+|-------|-------------|------|----------|
+| text | A string containing special characters to be encoded | str | Yes |
+
+### Outputs
+
+| Output | Description | Type |
+|--------|-------------|------|
+| error | Error message if encoding fails | str |
+| encoded_text | The encoded text with special characters converted to escape sequences | str |
+
+### Possible use case
+<!-- MANUAL: use_case -->
+**JSON Payload Preparation**: Encode multiline or quoted text before embedding it in JSON string fields to ensure proper escaping.
+
+**Config/ENV Generation**: Convert template text into escaped strings for `.env` or YAML values that require special character handling.
+
+**Snapshot Fixtures**: Produce stable escaped strings for golden files or API tests where consistent text representation is needed.
+<!-- END MANUAL -->
+
+---
+
 ## Text Replace
 
 ### What it is