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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:07:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ui): improve screen reader accessibility for CLI
 navigation hints
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Replaced symbolic characters (`↑↓`, `⏎`) with descriptive text (`Up/Down`, `Enter`) in the CLI keyboard navigation microcopy. Screen readers in CLI environments often fail to announce purely symbolic characters, causing an accessibility regression where visually impaired users do not receive navigation hints.
---
 .jules/palette.md                               | 3 +++
 src/cli/ui/components/CommandSuggestionList.tsx | 2 +-
 tests/integration/prompt_templates.test.ts      | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .jules/palette.md

diff --git a/.jules/palette.md b/.jules/palette.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f3f6976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/palette.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2024-10-24 - CLI Screen Reader Accessibility
+**Learning:** Screen readers in CLI environments rely on raw text output and fail to properly announce purely symbolic text (like `↑↓`, `⏎`).
+**Action:** Use descriptive navigation words (like 'Up/Down', 'Enter') instead of purely symbolic text in CLI interfaces to ensure screen readers can announce them.
diff --git a/src/cli/ui/components/CommandSuggestionList.tsx b/src/cli/ui/components/CommandSuggestionList.tsx
index 7e66838a..120a7d27 100644
--- a/src/cli/ui/components/CommandSuggestionList.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/ui/components/CommandSuggestionList.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export const CommandSuggestionList: React.FC<CommandSuggestionListProps> = ({
         </Box>
         <Box>
           <Text color={COLORS.text.muted} dimColor>
-            ↑↓ nav · ⏎ select · esc close
+            Up/Down nav · Enter select · esc close
           </Text>
         </Box>
       </Box>
diff --git a/tests/integration/prompt_templates.test.ts b/tests/integration/prompt_templates.test.ts
index 21905259..f1360d78 100644
--- a/tests/integration/prompt_templates.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/prompt_templates.test.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ describe('Prompt templates', () => {
 
     expect(planSystem).toContain('You are SalmonLoop.');
     expect(patchSystem).toContain('You are PATCH, a phase-native diff compiler.');
-    expect(autopilotSystem).toContain('You are a senior software engineer running in "autopilot" mode.');
+    expect(autopilotSystem).toContain(
+      'You are a senior software engineer running in "autopilot" mode.',
+    );
     expect(answerSystem).toContain('You are a coding assistant in "answer" mode.');
     expect(researchSystem).toContain('You are a research assistant.');
   });