docs: fix vanilla chat plugin path in BeautifulUI strategy

Correct the fallback reference to templates/frontend/plugins/views/chat.js
(the file lives under views/, not directly under plugins/).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/auto-pr-comment.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10

.github/workflows/bot-pr-recovery.yml

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   recover:
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.inputs.pr_number || '' }}

.github/workflows/ci-failure-claude.yml

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   detect-and-trigger:
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.inputs.pr_number || '' }}

.github/workflows/claude-merge-gate.yml

@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/actions/[email protected].8
+      - uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/actions/[email protected].10
         with:
-          hub_ref: v1.1.8
+          hub_ref: v1.1.10
       - name: Generate GitHub App token
         id: app-token
         uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       actions: read
       id-token: write
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10
       pr_number: ${{ github.event.inputs.pr_number || github.event.client_payload.pr_number || '' }}
       merge_method: ${{ github.event.inputs.merge_method || 'merge' }}

.github/workflows/claude.yml

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       actions: read
       id-token: write
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10

.github/workflows/merge-conflict-claude.yml

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/actions/[email protected].8
+      - uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/actions/[email protected].10
         with:
-          hub_ref: v1.1.8
+          hub_ref: v1.1.10
       - name: Detect conflicting PRs and trigger Claude
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:

.github/workflows/pipeline-status-sync.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   sync:
-    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].8
+    uses: MervinPraison/github-automation-template/.github/workflows/[email protected].10
     secrets: inherit
     with:
-      hub_ref: v1.1.8
+      hub_ref: v1.1.10

SECURITY.md

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Security Policy
+
+We take the security of PraisonAIUI seriously and appreciate responsible
+disclosure of vulnerabilities.
+
+## Supported Versions
+
+Security fixes are applied to the latest released version of PraisonAIUI.
+Please make sure you are on the most recent release before reporting.
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+**Please do not open a public issue for security vulnerabilities.**
+
+Report privately through GitHub's **Private Vulnerability Reporting**:
+
+1. Go to the [Security tab](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/security)
+   of this repository.
+2. Click **"Report a vulnerability"** to open a private advisory.
+3. Include as much detail as you can:
+   - Affected component(s) and version.
+   - Steps to reproduce.
+   - Impact assessment.
+   - Any suggested fix or mitigation.
+
+If you are unable to use private reporting, you may open a public issue that
+contains **no technical specifics** and requests a private channel, and a
+maintainer will follow up.
+
+## What to Expect
+
+- We aim to acknowledge new reports within a few business days.
+- We will keep you informed as we investigate and work on a fix.
+- Once a fix is released, we are happy to credit you in the advisory (unless
+  you prefer to remain anonymous).
+
+Thank you for helping keep PraisonAIUI and its users safe.

docs/features/beautifului-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# BeautifulUI Integration Strategy
+
+> **Epic:** [#292](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/292) — BeautifulUI integration strategy for AI-native dashboard UX.
+> This is the durable, agreed strategy that the linked child issues execute against.
+
+[BeautifulUI](https://www.beautifului.dev/) (MIT, Shane Levine / Turbo) is a **copy-paste / shadcn-registry** library of React primitives for AI-native interfaces: thinking traces, streaming answers with inline sources, HITL approval cards, tool chips, task rows, context chunks, diff/records tables, prompt bars, and a reference chat harness.
+
+There is **no published npm package** named `beautiful-ui`. It ships only as source consumed via the shadcn registry or manual copy.
+
+## 1. Strategic decision
+
+BeautifulUI is adopted as **vendored source**, not a runtime dependency, and is exposed to dashboard plugins **only through the existing `@praisonaiui/react` package** — never by importing upstream file paths directly. Rollout is **phased behind a feature flag**, keeping the current vanilla dashboard as the fallback until parity is proven.
+
+Upstream stack (Next.js 15 · React 19 · Tailwind v4 · TypeScript) is closely aligned with PraisonAIUI's `src/frontend` (Vite · React 19 · Tailwind v4 · shadcn/Radix), so primitives port with adapter work rather than a runtime bridge.
+
+## 2. Pillars
+
+| # | Pillar | Decision |
+|---|--------|----------|
+| 1 | **Vendoring model** | Add primitives into `src/frontend` via `npx shadcn add https://www.beautifului.dev/r/<component>.json`, or manual copy from [github.com/slev12397/beautiful-ui](https://github.com/slev12397/beautiful-ui). Pin via lockfile plus a recorded registry URL / git SHA. No `beautiful-ui` npm dependency in production builds. |
+| 2 | **Adapter layer** | Map PraisonAIUI chat / approval / trace **protocol events** to stable internal props. Primitives sit behind `@praisonaiui/react` exports; dashboard plugins consume those exports, not upstream paths. See [#294](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/294). |
+| 3 | **Hybrid rollout** | Mount React **islands** (or expand `@praisonaiui/react`) for high-value surfaces first — chat streaming/thinking/tools, then approvals. Vanilla chat (`templates/frontend/plugins/views/chat.js`) stays as the flag-gated fallback until parity is proven. |
+| 4 | **Token strategy** | Merge BeautifulUI foundation CSS **selectively** into the existing shadcn theme generation (`praisonaiui/themes.py`). One design system per page — avoid two competing token sets. |
+| 5 | **Icon licence** | Upstream `SidebarNav` uses the paid `@central-icons-react`. Port nav patterns with **lucide-react** (already in PraisonAIUI) instead. |
+
+## 3. Phasing
+
+1. **Spike** — evaluate primitives in the dev environment, confirm React 19 / Tailwind v4 alignment. [#293](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/293)
+2. **Architecture** — adapter layer + upstream pin policy. [#294](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/294)
+3. **CI gate** — frontend build + BeautifulUI compatibility check (no frontend build gate exists today). [#295](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/295)
+4. **Migrations** — chat streaming / thinking / tool chips ([#296](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/296)), then the approval card ([#297](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/297)).
+5. **Docs** — upgrade playbook + MIT attribution. [#298](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/298)
+
+## 4. Risks
+
+| Risk | Mitigation |
+|------|------------|
+| No semver npm package | Vendor the source; pin to a recorded registry URL / git SHA in the lockfile. |
+| Upstream breaking registry JSON | Vendoring decouples builds from live registry; re-sync is a deliberate, reviewed step. |
+| Icon licence (`@central-icons-react` is paid) | Use lucide-react for ported nav patterns; never vendor the paid package. |
+| Two competing design systems on one page | Selective CSS token merge into `themes.py`; adapter-only prop surface. |
+| React / Tailwind drift | Upstream (React 19 / Tailwind v4) already matches `src/frontend`; the CI gate catches drift. |
+
+## 5. Out of scope
+
+- Replacing the entire dashboard shell in one PR.
+- PyPI packaging of BeautifulUI.
+- iframe embedding of beautifului.dev.
+- Depending on any unpublished npm package for production builds.
+
+## 6. Acceptance criteria status
+
+- [x] Written integration strategy agreed (vendoring + adapter + phased rollout) — this document.
+- [x] Risks documented — section 4.
+- [x] Child issues filed and prioritised — [#293](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/293)–[#298](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAIUI/issues/298).
+- [x] No requirement to depend on unpublished npm packages for production builds — pillar 1, out of scope.

mkdocs.yml

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ nav:
     - Feature Inventory: features/feature-inventory.md
     - Gap Analysis: features/gap-analysis.md
     - Integration Analysis: features/integration-analysis.md
+    - BeautifulUI Integration: features/beautifului-integration.md
     - Standardization: features/standardization-verification.md
     - Comparison (OpenClaw): features/comparison-openclaw.md
     - What Makes It Different: features/differentiation.md

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "aiui"
-version = "0.3.145"
+version = "0.3.146"
 description = "YAML-driven website generator - CLI and compiler"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = {text = "MIT"}

src/praisonaiui/__version__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information."""
 
-__version__ = "0.3.145"
+__version__ = "0.3.146"

src/praisonaiui/cli.py

@@ -44,6 +44,43 @@ def _icon(symbol: str, fallback: str) -> str:
     return symbol if _supports_unicode() else fallback
 
 
+def _load_env_files() -> int:
+    """Load environment variables from the standard PraisonAI ``.env`` files.
+
+    Mirrors the PraisonAI CLI convention so ``env:VAR`` references (e.g. in
+    Channels config) resolve when the server was started without the shell
+    exporting the tokens. Reads ``~/.praisonai/.env`` first, then a ``.env`` in
+    the current working directory. Existing process env vars are never
+    overridden, and parsing is intentionally dependency-free (no python-dotenv).
+
+    Returns the number of variables newly set into ``os.environ``.
+    """
+    import os
+
+    loaded = 0
+    for env_path in (Path.home() / ".praisonai" / ".env", Path.cwd() / ".env"):
+        try:
+            if not env_path.is_file():
+                continue
+            for line in env_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8").splitlines():
+                line = line.strip()
+                if not line or line.startswith("#") or "=" not in line:
+                    continue
+                if line.startswith("export "):
+                    line = line[len("export "):]
+                key, value = line.split("=", 1)
+                key = key.strip()
+                value = value.strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+                if key and key not in os.environ:
+                    os.environ[key] = value
+                    loaded += 1
+        except Exception:
+            # Never let env loading break startup — resolution falls back to
+            # the existing process environment.
+            continue
+    return loaded
+
+
 app = typer.Typer(
     name="aiui",
     help="PraisonAIUI - YAML-driven website generator",
@@ -1380,6 +1417,17 @@ def run(
         console.print(f"[red]Error:[/red] App file not found: {app_file}")
         raise typer.Exit(code=1)
 
+    # Auto-load standard PraisonAI env files so `env:VAR` references (e.g. in
+    # Channels config) resolve even when the shell did not export the tokens.
+    # This matches the PraisonAI CLI convention and fixes the "Connected but
+    # bot never replies" class of issues caused by empty env-resolved tokens.
+    _loaded = _load_env_files()
+    if _loaded:
+        console.print(
+            f"[green]{_icon('✓', 'OK')}[/green] Loaded {_loaded} environment "
+            f"variable(s) from PraisonAI config"
+        )
+
     is_yaml = app_file.suffix in (".yaml", ".yml")
 
     if is_yaml:

tests/unit/test_env_loader.py

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+"""Unit tests for `_load_env_files` — auto-loading PraisonAI `.env` files.
+
+Regression coverage for issue #286: `env:VAR` channel token references
+resolved to empty strings because `aiui run` never loaded the standard
+`~/.praisonai/.env` file, so bots showed "Connected" but never replied.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from praisonaiui.cli import _load_env_files
+
+
+def _write_env(path, body):
+    path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    path.write_text(body, encoding="utf-8")
+
+
+def test_loads_home_praisonai_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Variables in ~/.praisonai/.env are loaded into the process env."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("pathlib.Path.home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN", raising=False)
+
+    _write_env(tmp_path / ".praisonai" / ".env", 'TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN="123:AAtoken"\n')
+
+    loaded = _load_env_files()
+
+    assert loaded >= 1
+    assert os.environ["TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN"] == "123:AAtoken"
+
+
+def test_does_not_override_existing_env(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """An already-set process variable is never clobbered by the file."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("pathlib.Path.home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.setenv("SLACK_BOT_TOKEN", "xoxb-from-shell")
+
+    _write_env(tmp_path / ".praisonai" / ".env", "SLACK_BOT_TOKEN=xoxb-from-file\n")
+
+    _load_env_files()
+
+    assert os.environ["SLACK_BOT_TOKEN"] == "xoxb-from-shell"
+
+
+def test_ignores_comments_blanks_and_export_prefix(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """Comments/blank lines are skipped and `export ` prefixes are stripped."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("pathlib.Path.home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("FOO", raising=False)
+    monkeypatch.delenv("BAR", raising=False)
+
+    _write_env(
+        tmp_path / ".praisonai" / ".env",
+        "# a comment\n\nexport FOO=foo\nBAR='bar'\n",
+    )
+
+    _load_env_files()
+
+    assert os.environ["FOO"] == "foo"
+    assert os.environ["BAR"] == "bar"
+
+
+def test_missing_files_are_harmless(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    """No env files present → returns 0 and does not raise."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr("pathlib.Path.home", lambda: tmp_path)
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+
+    assert _load_env_files() == 0

uv.lock

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aiui"
-version = "0.3.145"
+version = "0.3.146"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pydantic" },