DanielPodolsky · DanielPodolsky · Jun 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026 · Jun 11, 2026
diff --git a/.claude/commands/own/init.md b/.claude/commands/own/init.md
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Update `.claude/ownyourcode-manifest.json` with profile settings:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "installed_at": "...",
   "profile": {
     "type": "junior",
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Update `.claude/ownyourcode-manifest.json` with profile settings:
 
 ```json
 {
-  "version": "2.5.0",
+  "version": "2.6.0",
   "installed_at": "...",
   "profile": {
     "type": "custom",
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ window.PROJECT = {
     audience: "[enum: myself | employers | clients | real-users]",
     mission:  "[the PROBLEM statement, in the user's words]",
     generated:"[today YYYY-MM-DD]",
-    version:  "2.5.0",
+    version:  "2.6.0",
   },
   dod: [
     { text: "[one concrete, measurable done-criterion]", done: false },
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ window.PROJECT = {
 | `meta.audience` | Phase 3 selection → enum: "Yourself"→`myself`, "Employers"→`employers`, "A client"→`clients`, "Real users"→`real-users` |
 | `meta.mission` | Phase 2 problem statement (the *why*, in their words) |
 | `meta.generated` | Today, `YYYY-MM-DD` |
-| `meta.version` | Literal `2.5.0` |
+| `meta.version` | Literal `2.6.0` |
 | `dod[]` | Phase 4 Definition-of-Done items, each `done:false` |
 | `stack[]` | Phase 5 stack + Phase 5.1 MCP-verified versions, as 5-tuples |
 | `phases[]` | Phase 5.5 collaborative roadmap — each `status:"roadmap-only"` with `items:[…]`, NO `spec`/`design`/`tasks` (those come from `/own:feature`) |

diff --git a/.claude/commands/own/theme.md b/.claude/commands/own/theme.md
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ both `<script>` blocks (the data load + the render logic) — is UNTOUCHABLE.
 **The class contract is the current `<style>` itself.** Read the existing
 `<style>` block in `dashboard.html` to learn the complete set of selectors the
 render JS depends on (`.app`, `.hd`, `.sb`, `.nav`, `.tile`, `.bento`, `.kcard`,
-`.ring`, `.phase-numeral`, `.src`, `.bdg`, `.al-*`, etc.). The regenerated CSS
+`.ring`, `.phase-numeral`, `.src`, `.bdg`, `.al-*`, and the v2.6 additions:
+`.boot`/`.bline`, `.pal`, `.tmx`/`.seg`, `.tnode`/`.track`, `.burn`, `.segbar`, etc.). The regenerated CSS
 MUST style that exact same selector set — same class names, same structural
 roles — only the visual treatment changes per the brief.
 

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,54 @@ All notable changes to OwnYourCode will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.6.0] - 2026-06-11
+
+### The "Dashboard Elevated" Release
+
+The Terminal-Futurism shell grows up: the terminal voice becomes *interaction*,
+not just decoration. Same `window.PROJECT` contract as v2.5 — existing projects
+upgrade by replacing `dashboard.html` only; `dashboard-data.js` is untouched.
+
+### Added
+
+- **Boot sequence** — on load, a terminal window (mac traffic-light chrome from
+  the existing status palette) types your live project status
+  (`$ own status --dashboard` → phases, task counts) before the app rises in.
+  Any key or click skips it; `prefers-reduced-motion` bypasses it entirely;
+  `#noboot` in the URL disables it.
+- **Command palette** — `⌘K` / `Ctrl+K` (label adapts per platform) or `/`
+  opens a shell-prompt jump menu over every view; digits `1–9` jump directly
+  and `[` / `]` cycle views.
+- **tmux-style status bar** — a live bottom bar with segments for version,
+  project, active phase, task totals, DoD percent, generation date, and a
+  ticking clock.
+- **Mission track** — the Overview renders the roadmap as a timeline: complete
+  phases filled, the active phase pulsing, roadmap phases hollow; a progress
+  line interpolates through the active phase's task completion. Nodes navigate.
+- **Task burn** — per-phase progress bars on the Overview, derived from the
+  same task data the kanban renders (roadmap-only phases show hollow bars).
+- **Micro-interactions** — pointer-tracking glow borders on tiles, count-up
+  stat numerals, kanban column progress bars, a segmented LED Definition-of-Done
+  bar, marching-ants connectors on the architecture diagram, aurora + radar-sweep
+  atmosphere behind the blueprint grid.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Architecture diagram overflow** — the SVG no longer stretches to fill wide
+  tiles (capped + centered), and layout is now content-aware: the label gutter
+  sizes to the longest layer label and node boxes size to their text (JetBrains
+  Mono's fixed metrics make text width computable), scaling down then
+  ellipsizing with full text preserved as a hover tooltip. Long labels like
+  `Project (committed)` and long node names no longer collide.
+
+### Changed
+
+- `tests/dashboard-render.test.js` grows 35 → 48 assertions, covering the
+  mission track, task burn, tmux segments, palette, and LED bar alongside every
+  existing v2.5 contract check (the `window.PROJECT` schema is unchanged).
+- `/own:theme`'s class-contract examples now name the v2.6 selector families
+  (`.boot`, `.pal`, `.tmx`, `.tnode`, `.burn`, `.segbar`).
+
 ## [2.5.0] - 2026-05-30
 
 ### The "Dashboard SDD" Release

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <sub>v2.5.0 · MIT License</sub>
+  <sub>v2.6.0 · MIT License</sub>
 </p>
 
 ---

diff --git a/core/CLAUDE.md.template b/core/CLAUDE.md.template
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ The junior should see tasks being checked off as work progresses, not all at onc
 - `/own:retro` — **Capture learnings** (grows the flywheel)
 - `/own:status` — Check progress + learning stats
 - `/own:profile` — View or change profile settings
+- `/own:theme` — Restyle the dashboard from a design brief (styling only — never content)
 
 ---
 

diff --git a/core/templates/DASHBOARD_CONTRACT.md b/core/templates/DASHBOARD_CONTRACT.md
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Task = {
 | `audience` | enum | `"myself"` \| `"employers"` \| `"clients"` \| `"real-users"` | `/own:init` Phase 3 |
 | `mission` | string | The PROBLEM statement (the *why* — not the solution) | `/own:init` Phase 2 |
 | `generated` | string | ISO date `YYYY-MM-DD` | Set on every write that re-stamps |
-| `version` | string | OwnYourCode version that generated/last-modified this file (e.g. `"2.5.0"`) | Source-of-truth: the OwnYourCode release at write time. NOT the user's project version. |
+| `version` | string | OwnYourCode version that generated/last-modified this file (e.g. `"2.6.0"`) | Source-of-truth: the OwnYourCode release at write time. NOT the user's project version. |
 
 ### 3.2 `dod` (Definition of Done items)
 

diff --git a/core/templates/dashboard-data.js.template b/core/templates/dashboard-data.js.template
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ window.PROJECT = {
     audience: "myself",
     mission: "This dashboard is empty. Run /own:init in Claude Code to define your project's mission, stack, and roadmap — then /own:feature to spec your first phase.",
     generated: "—",
-    version: "2.5.0",
+    version: "2.6.0",
   },
   dod: [],     // Definition-of-Done items: { text, done }
   stack: [],   // 5-tuple rows: [layer, tech, version, source, purpose]
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ @@
     </p>
     <p align="center">
-      <sub>v2.5.0 · MIT License</sub>
+      <sub>v2.6.0 · MIT License</sub>
     </p>
     ---
@@ Expand Down @@