apply the patches

2026-01-29 22:02:02 +00:00 · 2026-01-20 10:24:38 -05:00
parent 179c5ae9c2
commit 76eb3a2ac2
42 changed files with 2679 additions and 757 deletions
--- a/apps/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/index.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ notificationService.setEventEmitter(events);
 const eventHistoryService = getEventHistoryService();

 // Initialize Event Hook Service for custom event triggers (with history storage)
-eventHookService.initialize(events, settingsService, eventHistoryService);
+eventHookService.initialize(events, settingsService, eventHistoryService, featureLoader);

 // Initialize services
 (async () => {
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/auto-mode/routes/run-feature.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/auto-mode/routes/run-feature.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ export function createRunFeatureHandler(autoModeService: AutoModeService) {
        return;
      }

+      // Check per-worktree capacity before starting
+      const capacity = await autoModeService.checkWorktreeCapacity(projectPath, featureId);
+      if (!capacity.hasCapacity) {
+        const worktreeDesc = capacity.branchName
+          ? `worktree "${capacity.branchName}"`
+          : 'main worktree';
+        res.status(429).json({
+          success: false,
+          error: `Agent limit reached for ${worktreeDesc} (${capacity.currentAgents}/${capacity.maxAgents}). Wait for running tasks to complete or increase the limit.`,
+          details: {
+            currentAgents: capacity.currentAgents,
+            maxAgents: capacity.maxAgents,
+            branchName: capacity.branchName,
+          },
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
      // Start execution in background
      // executeFeature derives workDir from feature.branchName
      autoModeService
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/backlog-plan/routes/apply.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/backlog-plan/routes/apply.ts
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ export function createApplyHandler() {
        if (!change.feature) continue;

        try {
-          // Create the new feature
+          // Create the new feature - use the AI-generated ID if provided
          const newFeature = await featureLoader.create(projectPath, {
+            id: change.feature.id, // Use descriptive ID from AI if provided
            title: change.feature.title,
            description: change.feature.description || '',
            category: change.feature.category || 'Uncategorized',
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/index.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
  createRunInitScriptHandler,
 } from './routes/init-script.js';
 import { createDiscardChangesHandler } from './routes/discard-changes.js';
+import { createListRemotesHandler } from './routes/list-remotes.js';
 import type { SettingsService } from '../../services/settings-service.js';

 export function createWorktreeRoutes(
@@ -157,5 +158,13 @@ export function createWorktreeRoutes(
    createDiscardChangesHandler()
  );

+  // List remotes route
+  router.post(
+    '/list-remotes',
+    validatePathParams('worktreePath'),
+    requireValidWorktree,
+    createListRemotesHandler()
+  );
+
  return router;
 }
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/list-branches.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/list-branches.ts
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ export function createListBranchesHandler() {
        }
      }

-      // Get ahead/behind count for current branch
+      // Get ahead/behind count for current branch and check if remote branch exists
      let aheadCount = 0;
      let behindCount = 0;
+      let hasRemoteBranch = false;
      try {
        // First check if there's a remote tracking branch
        const { stdout: upstreamOutput } = await execAsync(
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ export function createListBranchesHandler() {
        );

        if (upstreamOutput.trim()) {
+          hasRemoteBranch = true;
          const { stdout: aheadBehindOutput } = await execAsync(
            `git rev-list --left-right --count ${currentBranch}@{upstream}...HEAD`,
            { cwd: worktreePath }
@@ -130,7 +132,18 @@ export function createListBranchesHandler() {
          behindCount = behind || 0;
        }
      } catch {
-        // No upstream branch set, that's okay
+        // No upstream branch set - check if the branch exists on any remote
+        try {
+          // Check if there's a matching branch on origin (most common remote)
+          const { stdout: remoteBranchOutput } = await execAsync(
+            `git ls-remote --heads origin ${currentBranch}`,
+            { cwd: worktreePath, timeout: 5000 }
+          );
+          hasRemoteBranch = remoteBranchOutput.trim().length > 0;
+        } catch {
+          // No remote branch found or origin doesn't exist
+          hasRemoteBranch = false;
+        }
      }

      res.json({
@@ -140,6 +153,7 @@ export function createListBranchesHandler() {
          branches,
          aheadCount,
          behindCount,
+          hasRemoteBranch,
        },
      });
    } catch (error) {
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/list-remotes.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/list-remotes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * POST /list-remotes endpoint - List all remotes and their branches
+ *
+ * Note: Git repository validation (isGitRepo, hasCommits) is handled by
+ * the requireValidWorktree middleware in index.ts
+ */
+
+import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import { exec } from 'child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+import { getErrorMessage, logWorktreeError } from '../common.js';
+
+const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+
+interface RemoteBranch {
+  name: string;
+  fullRef: string;
+}
+
+interface RemoteInfo {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  branches: RemoteBranch[];
+}
+
+export function createListRemotesHandler() {
+  return async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
+    try {
+      const { worktreePath } = req.body as {
+        worktreePath: string;
+      };
+
+      if (!worktreePath) {
+        res.status(400).json({
+          success: false,
+          error: 'worktreePath required',
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Get list of remotes
+      const { stdout: remotesOutput } = await execAsync('git remote -v', {
+        cwd: worktreePath,
+      });
+
+      // Parse remotes (each remote appears twice - once for fetch, once for push)
+      const remotesSet = new Map<string, string>();
+      remotesOutput
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter((line) => line.trim())
+        .forEach((line) => {
+          const match = line.match(/^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+\(fetch\)$/);
+          if (match) {
+            remotesSet.set(match[1], match[2]);
+          }
+        });
+
+      // Fetch latest from all remotes (silently, don't fail if offline)
+      try {
+        await execAsync('git fetch --all --quiet', {
+          cwd: worktreePath,
+          timeout: 15000, // 15 second timeout
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Ignore fetch errors - we'll use cached remote refs
+      }
+
+      // Get all remote branches
+      const { stdout: remoteBranchesOutput } = await execAsync(
+        'git branch -r --format="%(refname:short)"',
+        { cwd: worktreePath }
+      );
+
+      // Group branches by remote
+      const remotesBranches = new Map<string, RemoteBranch[]>();
+      remotesSet.forEach((_, remoteName) => {
+        remotesBranches.set(remoteName, []);
+      });
+
+      remoteBranchesOutput
+        .trim()
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter((line) => line.trim())
+        .forEach((line) => {
+          const cleanLine = line.trim().replace(/^['"]|['"]$/g, '');
+          // Skip HEAD pointers like "origin/HEAD"
+          if (cleanLine.includes('/HEAD')) return;
+
+          // Parse remote name from branch ref (e.g., "origin/main" -> "origin")
+          const slashIndex = cleanLine.indexOf('/');
+          if (slashIndex === -1) return;
+
+          const remoteName = cleanLine.substring(0, slashIndex);
+          const branchName = cleanLine.substring(slashIndex + 1);
+
+          if (remotesBranches.has(remoteName)) {
+            remotesBranches.get(remoteName)!.push({
+              name: branchName,
+              fullRef: cleanLine,
+            });
+          }
+        });
+
+      // Build final result
+      const remotes: RemoteInfo[] = [];
+      remotesSet.forEach((url, name) => {
+        remotes.push({
+          name,
+          url,
+          branches: remotesBranches.get(name) || [],
+        });
+      });
+
+      res.json({
+        success: true,
+        result: {
+          remotes,
+        },
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const worktreePath = req.body?.worktreePath;
+      logWorktreeError(error, 'List remotes failed', worktreePath);
+      res.status(500).json({ success: false, error: getErrorMessage(error) });
+    }
+  };
+}
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/merge.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/merge.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 /**
- * POST /merge endpoint - Merge feature (merge worktree branch into main)
+ * POST /merge endpoint - Merge feature (merge worktree branch into a target branch)
+ *
+ * Allows merging a worktree branch into any target branch (defaults to 'main').
 *
 * Note: Git repository validation (isGitRepo, hasCommits) is handled by
 * the requireValidProject middleware in index.ts
@@ -8,18 +10,21 @@
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import { promisify } from 'util';
-import { getErrorMessage, logError } from '../common.js';
+import { getErrorMessage, logError, isValidBranchName, execGitCommand } from '../common.js';
+import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils';

 const execAsync = promisify(exec);
+const logger = createLogger('Worktree');

 export function createMergeHandler() {
  return async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
    try {
-      const { projectPath, branchName, worktreePath, options } = req.body as {
+      const { projectPath, branchName, worktreePath, targetBranch, options } = req.body as {
        projectPath: string;
        branchName: string;
        worktreePath: string;
-        options?: { squash?: boolean; message?: string };
+        targetBranch?: string; // Branch to merge into (defaults to 'main')
+        options?: { squash?: boolean; message?: string; deleteWorktreeAndBranch?: boolean };
      };

      if (!projectPath || !branchName || !worktreePath) {
@@ -30,7 +35,10 @@ export function createMergeHandler() {
        return;
      }

-      // Validate branch exists
+      // Determine the target branch (default to 'main')
+      const mergeTo = targetBranch || 'main';
+
+      // Validate source branch exists
      try {
        await execAsync(`git rev-parse --verify ${branchName}`, { cwd: projectPath });
      } catch {
@@ -41,12 +49,44 @@ export function createMergeHandler() {
        return;
      }

-      // Merge the feature branch
+      // Validate target branch exists
+      try {
+        await execAsync(`git rev-parse --verify ${mergeTo}`, { cwd: projectPath });
+      } catch {
+        res.status(400).json({
+          success: false,
+          error: `Target branch "${mergeTo}" does not exist`,
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // Merge the feature branch into the target branch
      const mergeCmd = options?.squash
        ? `git merge --squash ${branchName}`
-        : `git merge ${branchName} -m "${options?.message || `Merge ${branchName}`}"`;
+        : `git merge ${branchName} -m "${options?.message || `Merge ${branchName} into ${mergeTo}`}"`;

-      await execAsync(mergeCmd, { cwd: projectPath });
+      try {
+        await execAsync(mergeCmd, { cwd: projectPath });
+      } catch (mergeError: unknown) {
+        // Check if this is a merge conflict
+        const err = mergeError as { stdout?: string; stderr?: string; message?: string };
+        const output = `${err.stdout || ''} ${err.stderr || ''} ${err.message || ''}`;
+        const hasConflicts =
+          output.includes('CONFLICT') || output.includes('Automatic merge failed');
+
+        if (hasConflicts) {
+          // Return conflict-specific error message that frontend can detect
+          res.status(409).json({
+            success: false,
+            error: `Merge CONFLICT: Automatic merge of "${branchName}" into "${mergeTo}" failed. Please resolve conflicts manually.`,
+            hasConflicts: true,
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Re-throw non-conflict errors to be handled by outer catch
+        throw mergeError;
+      }

      // If squash merge, need to commit
      if (options?.squash) {
@@ -55,17 +95,46 @@ export function createMergeHandler() {
        });
      }

-      // Clean up worktree and branch
-      try {
-        await execAsync(`git worktree remove "${worktreePath}" --force`, {
-          cwd: projectPath,
-        });
-        await execAsync(`git branch -D ${branchName}`, { cwd: projectPath });
-      } catch {
-        // Cleanup errors are non-fatal
+      // Optionally delete the worktree and branch after merging
+      let worktreeDeleted = false;
+      let branchDeleted = false;
+
+      if (options?.deleteWorktreeAndBranch) {
+        // Remove the worktree
+        try {
+          await execGitCommand(['worktree', 'remove', worktreePath, '--force'], projectPath);
+          worktreeDeleted = true;
+        } catch {
+          // Try with prune if remove fails
+          try {
+            await execGitCommand(['worktree', 'prune'], projectPath);
+            worktreeDeleted = true;
+          } catch {
+            logger.warn(`Failed to remove worktree: ${worktreePath}`);
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Delete the branch (but not main/master)
+        if (branchName !== 'main' && branchName !== 'master') {
+          if (!isValidBranchName(branchName)) {
+            logger.warn(`Invalid branch name detected, skipping deletion: ${branchName}`);
+          } else {
+            try {
+              await execGitCommand(['branch', '-D', branchName], projectPath);
+              branchDeleted = true;
+            } catch {
+              logger.warn(`Failed to delete branch: ${branchName}`);
+            }
+          }
+        }
      }

-      res.json({ success: true, mergedBranch: branchName });
+      res.json({
+        success: true,
+        mergedBranch: branchName,
+        targetBranch: mergeTo,
+        deleted: options?.deleteWorktreeAndBranch ? { worktreeDeleted, branchDeleted } : undefined,
+      });
    } catch (error) {
      logError(error, 'Merge worktree failed');
      res.status(500).json({ success: false, error: getErrorMessage(error) });
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/push.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/worktree/routes/push.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ const execAsync = promisify(exec);
 export function createPushHandler() {
  return async (req: Request, res: Response): Promise<void> => {
    try {
-      const { worktreePath, force } = req.body as {
+      const { worktreePath, force, remote } = req.body as {
        worktreePath: string;
        force?: boolean;
+        remote?: string;
      };

      if (!worktreePath) {
@@ -34,15 +35,18 @@ export function createPushHandler() {
      });
      const branchName = branchOutput.trim();

+      // Use specified remote or default to 'origin'
+      const targetRemote = remote || 'origin';
+
      // Push the branch
      const forceFlag = force ? '--force' : '';
      try {
-        await execAsync(`git push -u origin ${branchName} ${forceFlag}`, {
+        await execAsync(`git push -u ${targetRemote} ${branchName} ${forceFlag}`, {
          cwd: worktreePath,
        });
      } catch {
        // Try setting upstream
-        await execAsync(`git push --set-upstream origin ${branchName} ${forceFlag}`, {
+        await execAsync(`git push --set-upstream ${targetRemote} ${branchName} ${forceFlag}`, {
          cwd: worktreePath,
        });
      }
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ export function createPushHandler() {
        result: {
          branch: branchName,
          pushed: true,
-          message: `Successfully pushed ${branchName} to origin`,
+          message: `Successfully pushed ${branchName} to ${targetRemote}`,
        },
      });
    } catch (error) {
--- a/apps/server/src/services/auto-mode-service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/auto-mode-service.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ interface AutoModeConfig {
 * @param branchName - The branch name, or null for main worktree
 */
 function getWorktreeAutoLoopKey(projectPath: string, branchName: string | null): string {
-  return `${projectPath}::${branchName ?? '__main__'}`;
+  const normalizedBranch = branchName === 'main' ? null : branchName;
+  return `${projectPath}::${normalizedBranch ?? '__main__'}`;
 }

 /**
@@ -514,14 +515,11 @@ export class AutoModeService {
          ? settings.maxConcurrency
          : DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENCY;
      const projectId = settings.projects?.find((project) => project.path === projectPath)?.id;
-      const autoModeByWorktree = (settings as unknown as Record<string, unknown>)
-        .autoModeByWorktree;
+      const autoModeByWorktree = settings.autoModeByWorktree;

      if (projectId && autoModeByWorktree && typeof autoModeByWorktree === 'object') {
        const key = `${projectId}::${branchName ?? '__main__'}`;
-        const entry = (autoModeByWorktree as Record<string, unknown>)[key] as
-          | { maxConcurrency?: number }
-          | undefined;
+        const entry = autoModeByWorktree[key];
        if (entry && typeof entry.maxConcurrency === 'number') {
          return entry.maxConcurrency;
        }
@@ -592,6 +590,7 @@ export class AutoModeService {
      message: `Auto mode started with max ${resolvedMaxConcurrency} concurrent features`,
      projectPath,
      branchName,
+      maxConcurrency: resolvedMaxConcurrency,
    });

    // Save execution state for recovery after restart
@@ -677,8 +676,10 @@ export class AutoModeService {
          continue;
        }

-        // Find a feature not currently running
-        const nextFeature = pendingFeatures.find((f) => !this.runningFeatures.has(f.id));
+        // Find a feature not currently running and not yet finished
+        const nextFeature = pendingFeatures.find(
+          (f) => !this.runningFeatures.has(f.id) && !this.isFeatureFinished(f)
+        );

        if (nextFeature) {
          logger.info(`[AutoLoop] Starting feature ${nextFeature.id}: ${nextFeature.title}`);
@@ -730,11 +731,12 @@ export class AutoModeService {
   * @param branchName - The branch name, or null for main worktree (features without branchName or with "main")
   */
  private getRunningCountForWorktree(projectPath: string, branchName: string | null): number {
+    const normalizedBranch = branchName === 'main' ? null : branchName;
    let count = 0;
    for (const [, feature] of this.runningFeatures) {
      // Filter by project path AND branchName to get accurate worktree-specific count
      const featureBranch = feature.branchName ?? null;
-      if (branchName === null) {
+      if (normalizedBranch === null) {
        // Main worktree: match features with branchName === null OR branchName === "main"
        if (
          feature.projectPath === projectPath &&
@@ -998,6 +1000,41 @@ export class AutoModeService {
    return this.runningFeatures.size;
  }

+  /**
+   * Check if there's capacity to start a feature on a worktree.
+   * This respects per-worktree agent limits from autoModeByWorktree settings.
+   *
+   * @param projectPath - The main project path
+   * @param featureId - The feature ID to check capacity for
+   * @returns Object with hasCapacity boolean and details about current/max agents
+   */
+  async checkWorktreeCapacity(
+    projectPath: string,
+    featureId: string
+  ): Promise<{
+    hasCapacity: boolean;
+    currentAgents: number;
+    maxAgents: number;
+    branchName: string | null;
+  }> {
+    // Load feature to get branchName
+    const feature = await this.loadFeature(projectPath, featureId);
+    const branchName = feature?.branchName ?? null;
+
+    // Get per-worktree limit
+    const maxAgents = await this.resolveMaxConcurrency(projectPath, branchName);
+
+    // Get current running count for this worktree
+    const currentAgents = this.getRunningCountForWorktree(projectPath, branchName);
+
+    return {
+      hasCapacity: currentAgents < maxAgents,
+      currentAgents,
+      maxAgents,
+      branchName,
+    };
+  }
+
  /**
   * Execute a single feature
   * @param projectPath - The main project path
@@ -1036,7 +1073,6 @@ export class AutoModeService {
    if (isAutoMode) {
      await this.saveExecutionState(projectPath);
    }
-
    // Declare feature outside try block so it's available in catch for error reporting
    let feature: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof this.loadFeature>> | null = null;

@@ -1044,9 +1080,44 @@ export class AutoModeService {
      // Validate that project path is allowed using centralized validation
      validateWorkingDirectory(projectPath);

+      // Load feature details FIRST to get status and plan info
+      feature = await this.loadFeature(projectPath, featureId);
+      if (!feature) {
+        throw new Error(`Feature ${featureId} not found`);
+      }
+
      // Check if feature has existing context - if so, resume instead of starting fresh
      // Skip this check if we're already being called with a continuation prompt (from resumeFeature)
      if (!options?.continuationPrompt) {
+        // If feature has an approved plan but we don't have a continuation prompt yet,
+        // we should build one to ensure it proceeds with multi-agent execution
+        if (feature.planSpec?.status === 'approved') {
+          logger.info(`Feature ${featureId} has approved plan, building continuation prompt`);
+
+          // Get customized prompts from settings
+          const prompts = await getPromptCustomization(this.settingsService, '[AutoMode]');
+          const planContent = feature.planSpec.content || '';
+
+          // Build continuation prompt using centralized template
+          let continuationPrompt = prompts.taskExecution.continuationAfterApprovalTemplate;
+          continuationPrompt = continuationPrompt.replace(/\{\{userFeedback\}\}/g, '');
+          continuationPrompt = continuationPrompt.replace(/\{\{approvedPlan\}\}/g, planContent);
+
+          // Recursively call executeFeature with the continuation prompt
+          // Remove from running features temporarily, it will be added back
+          this.runningFeatures.delete(featureId);
+          return this.executeFeature(
+            projectPath,
+            featureId,
+            useWorktrees,
+            isAutoMode,
+            providedWorktreePath,
+            {
+              continuationPrompt,
+            }
+          );
+        }
+
        const hasExistingContext = await this.contextExists(projectPath, featureId);
        if (hasExistingContext) {
          logger.info(
@@ -1058,12 +1129,6 @@ export class AutoModeService {
        }
      }

-      // Load feature details FIRST to get branchName
-      feature = await this.loadFeature(projectPath, featureId);
-      if (!feature) {
-        throw new Error(`Feature ${featureId} not found`);
-      }
-
      // Derive workDir from feature.branchName
      // Worktrees should already be created when the feature is added/edited
      let worktreePath: string | null = null;
@@ -1190,6 +1255,7 @@ export class AutoModeService {
          systemPrompt: combinedSystemPrompt || undefined,
          autoLoadClaudeMd,
          thinkingLevel: feature.thinkingLevel,
+          branchName: feature.branchName ?? null,
        }
      );

@@ -1361,6 +1427,7 @@ export class AutoModeService {

      this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_progress', {
        featureId,
+        branchName: feature.branchName ?? null,
        content: `Starting pipeline step ${i + 1}/${steps.length}: ${step.name}`,
        projectPath,
      });
@@ -2805,6 +2872,21 @@ Format your response as a structured markdown document.`;
    }
  }

+  private isFeatureFinished(feature: Feature): boolean {
+    const isCompleted = feature.status === 'completed' || feature.status === 'verified';
+
+    // Even if marked as completed, if it has an approved plan with pending tasks, it's not finished
+    if (feature.planSpec?.status === 'approved') {
+      const tasksCompleted = feature.planSpec.tasksCompleted ?? 0;
+      const tasksTotal = feature.planSpec.tasksTotal ?? 0;
+      if (tasksCompleted < tasksTotal) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return isCompleted;
+  }
+
  /**
   * Update the planSpec of a feature
   */
@@ -2899,10 +2981,14 @@ Format your response as a structured markdown document.`;
          allFeatures.push(feature);

          // Track pending features separately, filtered by worktree/branch
+          // Note: waiting_approval is NOT included - those features have completed execution
+          // and are waiting for user review, they should not be picked up again
          if (
            feature.status === 'pending' ||
            feature.status === 'ready' ||
-            feature.status === 'backlog'
+            feature.status === 'backlog' ||
+            (feature.planSpec?.status === 'approved' &&
+              (feature.planSpec.tasksCompleted ?? 0) < (feature.planSpec.tasksTotal ?? 0))
          ) {
            // Filter by branchName:
            // - If branchName is null (main worktree), include features with branchName === null OR branchName === "main"
@@ -2934,7 +3020,7 @@ Format your response as a structured markdown document.`;

      const worktreeDesc = branchName ? `worktree ${branchName}` : 'main worktree';
      logger.info(
-        `[loadPendingFeatures] Found ${allFeatures.length} total features, ${pendingFeatures.length} with backlog/pending/ready status for ${worktreeDesc}`
+        `[loadPendingFeatures] Found ${allFeatures.length} total features, ${pendingFeatures.length} candidates (pending/ready/backlog/approved_with_pending_tasks) for ${worktreeDesc}`
      );

      if (pendingFeatures.length === 0) {
@@ -2943,7 +3029,12 @@ Format your response as a structured markdown document.`;
        );
        // Log all backlog features to help debug branchName matching
        const allBacklogFeatures = allFeatures.filter(
-          (f) => f.status === 'backlog' || f.status === 'pending' || f.status === 'ready'
+          (f) =>
+            f.status === 'backlog' ||
+            f.status === 'pending' ||
+            f.status === 'ready' ||
+            (f.planSpec?.status === 'approved' &&
+              (f.planSpec.tasksCompleted ?? 0) < (f.planSpec.tasksTotal ?? 0))
        );
        if (allBacklogFeatures.length > 0) {
          logger.info(
@@ -2953,7 +3044,43 @@ Format your response as a structured markdown document.`;
      }

      // Apply dependency-aware ordering
-      const { orderedFeatures } = resolveDependencies(pendingFeatures);
+      const { orderedFeatures, missingDependencies } = resolveDependencies(pendingFeatures);
+
+      // Remove missing dependencies from features and save them
+      // This allows features to proceed when their dependencies have been deleted or don't exist
+      if (missingDependencies.size > 0) {
+        for (const [featureId, missingDepIds] of missingDependencies) {
+          const feature = pendingFeatures.find((f) => f.id === featureId);
+          if (feature && feature.dependencies) {
+            // Filter out the missing dependency IDs
+            const validDependencies = feature.dependencies.filter(
+              (depId) => !missingDepIds.includes(depId)
+            );
+
+            logger.warn(
+              `[loadPendingFeatures] Feature ${featureId} has missing dependencies: ${missingDepIds.join(', ')}. Removing them automatically.`
+            );
+
+            // Update the feature in memory
+            feature.dependencies = validDependencies.length > 0 ? validDependencies : undefined;
+
+            // Save the updated feature to disk
+            try {
+              await this.featureLoader.update(projectPath, featureId, {
+                dependencies: feature.dependencies,
+              });
+              logger.info(
+                `[loadPendingFeatures] Updated feature ${featureId} - removed missing dependencies`
+              );
+            } catch (error) {
+              logger.error(
+                `[loadPendingFeatures] Failed to save feature ${featureId} after removing missing dependencies:`,
+                error
+              );
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }

      // Get skipVerificationInAutoMode setting
      const settings = await this.settingsService?.getGlobalSettings();
@@ -3129,9 +3256,11 @@ You can use the Read tool to view these images at any time during implementation
      systemPrompt?: string;
      autoLoadClaudeMd?: boolean;
      thinkingLevel?: ThinkingLevel;
+      branchName?: string | null;
    }
  ): Promise<void> {
    const finalProjectPath = options?.projectPath || projectPath;
+    const branchName = options?.branchName ?? null;
    const planningMode = options?.planningMode || 'skip';
    const previousContent = options?.previousContent;

@@ -3496,6 +3625,7 @@ This mock response was generated because AUTOMAKER_MOCK_AGENT=true was set.
                    this.emitAutoModeEvent('plan_approval_required', {
                      featureId,
                      projectPath,
+                      branchName,
                      planContent: currentPlanContent,
                      planningMode,
                      planVersion,
@@ -3527,6 +3657,7 @@ This mock response was generated because AUTOMAKER_MOCK_AGENT=true was set.
                        this.emitAutoModeEvent('plan_approved', {
                          featureId,
                          projectPath,
+                          branchName,
                          hasEdits: !!approvalResult.editedPlan,
                          planVersion,
                        });
@@ -3555,6 +3686,7 @@ This mock response was generated because AUTOMAKER_MOCK_AGENT=true was set.
                        this.emitAutoModeEvent('plan_revision_requested', {
                          featureId,
                          projectPath,
+                          branchName,
                          feedback: approvalResult.feedback,
                          hasEdits: !!hasEdits,
                          planVersion,
@@ -3658,6 +3790,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                  this.emitAutoModeEvent('plan_auto_approved', {
                    featureId,
                    projectPath,
+                    branchName,
                    planContent,
                    planningMode,
                  });
@@ -3708,6 +3841,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                    this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_task_started', {
                      featureId,
                      projectPath,
+                      branchName,
                      taskId: task.id,
                      taskDescription: task.description,
                      taskIndex,
@@ -3753,11 +3887,13 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                            responseText += block.text || '';
                            this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_progress', {
                              featureId,
+                              branchName,
                              content: block.text,
                            });
                          } else if (block.type === 'tool_use') {
                            this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_tool', {
                              featureId,
+                              branchName,
                              tool: block.name,
                              input: block.input,
                            });
@@ -3776,6 +3912,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                    this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_task_complete', {
                      featureId,
                      projectPath,
+                      branchName,
                      taskId: task.id,
                      tasksCompleted: taskIndex + 1,
                      tasksTotal: parsedTasks.length,
@@ -3796,6 +3933,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                          this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_phase_complete', {
                            featureId,
                            projectPath,
+                            branchName,
                            phaseNumber: parseInt(phaseMatch[1], 10),
                          });
                        }
@@ -3845,11 +3983,13 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                          responseText += block.text || '';
                          this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_progress', {
                            featureId,
+                            branchName,
                            content: block.text,
                          });
                        } else if (block.type === 'tool_use') {
                          this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_tool', {
                            featureId,
+                            branchName,
                            tool: block.name,
                            input: block.input,
                          });
@@ -3875,6 +4015,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
                );
                this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_progress', {
                  featureId,
+                  branchName,
                  content: block.text,
                });
              }
@@ -3882,6 +4023,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
              // Emit event for real-time UI
              this.emitAutoModeEvent('auto_mode_tool', {
                featureId,
+                branchName,
                tool: block.name,
                input: block.input,
              });
@@ -4287,6 +4429,7 @@ After generating the revised spec, output:
          id: f.id,
          title: f.title,
          status: f.status,
+          branchName: f.branchName ?? null,
        })),
      });

--- a/apps/server/src/services/event-hook-service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/event-hook-service.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils';
 import type { EventEmitter } from '../lib/events.js';
 import type { SettingsService } from './settings-service.js';
 import type { EventHistoryService } from './event-history-service.js';
+import type { FeatureLoader } from './feature-loader.js';
 import type {
  EventHook,
  EventHookTrigger,
@@ -84,19 +85,22 @@ export class EventHookService {
  private emitter: EventEmitter | null = null;
  private settingsService: SettingsService | null = null;
  private eventHistoryService: EventHistoryService | null = null;
+  private featureLoader: FeatureLoader | null = null;
  private unsubscribe: (() => void) | null = null;

  /**
-   * Initialize the service with event emitter, settings service, and event history service
+   * Initialize the service with event emitter, settings service, event history service, and feature loader
   */
  initialize(
    emitter: EventEmitter,
    settingsService: SettingsService,
-    eventHistoryService?: EventHistoryService
+    eventHistoryService?: EventHistoryService,
+    featureLoader?: FeatureLoader
  ): void {
    this.emitter = emitter;
    this.settingsService = settingsService;
    this.eventHistoryService = eventHistoryService || null;
+    this.featureLoader = featureLoader || null;

    // Subscribe to events
    this.unsubscribe = emitter.subscribe((type, payload) => {
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ export class EventHookService {
    this.emitter = null;
    this.settingsService = null;
    this.eventHistoryService = null;
+    this.featureLoader = null;
  }

  /**
@@ -150,6 +155,19 @@ export class EventHookService {

    if (!trigger) return;

+    // Load feature name if we have featureId but no featureName
+    let featureName: string | undefined = undefined;
+    if (payload.featureId && payload.projectPath && this.featureLoader) {
+      try {
+        const feature = await this.featureLoader.get(payload.projectPath, payload.featureId);
+        if (feature?.title) {
+          featureName = feature.title;
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.warn(`Failed to load feature ${payload.featureId} for event hook:`, error);
+      }
+    }
+
    // Build context for variable substitution
    const context: HookContext = {
      featureId: payload.featureId,
@@ -315,6 +333,7 @@ export class EventHookService {
        eventType: context.eventType,
        timestamp: context.timestamp,
        featureId: context.featureId,
+        featureName: context.featureName,
        projectPath: context.projectPath,
        projectName: context.projectName,
        error: context.error,
--- a/apps/server/src/services/settings-service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/settings-service.ts
@@ -415,16 +415,25 @@ export class SettingsService {
    ignoreEmptyArrayOverwrite('claudeApiProfiles');

    // Empty object overwrite guard
-    if (
-      sanitizedUpdates.lastSelectedSessionByProject &&
-      typeof sanitizedUpdates.lastSelectedSessionByProject === 'object' &&
-      !Array.isArray(sanitizedUpdates.lastSelectedSessionByProject) &&
-      Object.keys(sanitizedUpdates.lastSelectedSessionByProject).length === 0 &&
-      current.lastSelectedSessionByProject &&
-      Object.keys(current.lastSelectedSessionByProject).length > 0
-    ) {
-      delete sanitizedUpdates.lastSelectedSessionByProject;
-    }
+    const ignoreEmptyObjectOverwrite = <K extends keyof GlobalSettings>(key: K): void => {
+      const nextVal = sanitizedUpdates[key] as unknown;
+      const curVal = current[key] as unknown;
+      if (
+        nextVal &&
+        typeof nextVal === 'object' &&
+        !Array.isArray(nextVal) &&
+        Object.keys(nextVal).length === 0 &&
+        curVal &&
+        typeof curVal === 'object' &&
+        !Array.isArray(curVal) &&
+        Object.keys(curVal).length > 0
+      ) {
+        delete sanitizedUpdates[key];
+      }
+    };
+
+    ignoreEmptyObjectOverwrite('lastSelectedSessionByProject');
+    ignoreEmptyObjectOverwrite('autoModeByWorktree');

    // If a request attempted to wipe projects, also ignore theme changes in that same request.
    if (attemptedProjectWipe) {
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { useEffect, useState, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from 'react';
 import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils/logger';
 import {
+  DndContext,
  PointerSensor,
  useSensor,
  useSensors,
@@ -49,19 +50,21 @@ import {
  CompletedFeaturesModal,
  ArchiveAllVerifiedDialog,
  DeleteCompletedFeatureDialog,
+  DependencyLinkDialog,
  EditFeatureDialog,
  FollowUpDialog,
  PlanApprovalDialog,
+  PullResolveConflictsDialog,
 } from './board-view/dialogs';
+import type { DependencyLinkType } from './board-view/dialogs';
 import { PipelineSettingsDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/pipeline-settings-dialog';
 import { CreateWorktreeDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/create-worktree-dialog';
 import { DeleteWorktreeDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/delete-worktree-dialog';
 import { CommitWorktreeDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/commit-worktree-dialog';
 import { CreatePRDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/create-pr-dialog';
 import { CreateBranchDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/create-branch-dialog';
-import { MergeWorktreeDialog } from './board-view/dialogs/merge-worktree-dialog';
 import { WorktreePanel } from './board-view/worktree-panel';
-import type { PRInfo, WorktreeInfo } from './board-view/worktree-panel/types';
+import type { PRInfo, WorktreeInfo, MergeConflictInfo } from './board-view/worktree-panel/types';
 import { COLUMNS, getColumnsWithPipeline } from './board-view/constants';
 import {
  useBoardFeatures,
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ export function BoardView() {
  const [showCommitWorktreeDialog, setShowCommitWorktreeDialog] = useState(false);
  const [showCreatePRDialog, setShowCreatePRDialog] = useState(false);
  const [showCreateBranchDialog, setShowCreateBranchDialog] = useState(false);
-  const [showMergeWorktreeDialog, setShowMergeWorktreeDialog] = useState(false);
+  const [showPullResolveConflictsDialog, setShowPullResolveConflictsDialog] = useState(false);
  const [selectedWorktreeForAction, setSelectedWorktreeForAction] = useState<{
    path: string;
    branch: string;
@@ -359,10 +362,22 @@ export function BoardView() {
    fetchBranches();
  }, [currentProject, worktreeRefreshKey]);

-  // Custom collision detection that prioritizes columns over cards
+  // Custom collision detection that prioritizes specific drop targets (cards, worktrees) over columns
  const collisionDetectionStrategy = useCallback((args: any) => {
-    // First, check if pointer is within a column
    const pointerCollisions = pointerWithin(args);
+
+    // Priority 1: Specific drop targets (cards for dependency links, worktrees)
+    // These need to be detected even if they are inside a column
+    const specificTargetCollisions = pointerCollisions.filter((collision: any) => {
+      const id = String(collision.id);
+      return id.startsWith('card-drop-') || id.startsWith('worktree-drop-');
+    });
+
+    if (specificTargetCollisions.length > 0) {
+      return specificTargetCollisions;
+    }
+
+    // Priority 2: Columns
    const columnCollisions = pointerCollisions.filter((collision: any) =>
      COLUMNS.some((col) => col.id === collision.id)
    );
@@ -372,7 +387,7 @@ export function BoardView() {
      return columnCollisions;
    }

-    // Otherwise, use rectangle intersection for cards
+    // Priority 3: Fallback to rectangle intersection
    return rectIntersection(args);
  }, []);

@@ -830,10 +845,15 @@ export function BoardView() {
    [handleAddFeature, handleStartImplementation, defaultSkipTests]
  );

-  // Handler for resolving conflicts - creates a feature to pull from the remote branch and resolve conflicts
-  const handleResolveConflicts = useCallback(
-    async (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => {
-      const remoteBranch = `origin/${worktree.branch}`;
+  // Handler for resolving conflicts - opens dialog to select remote branch, then creates a feature
+  const handleResolveConflicts = useCallback((worktree: WorktreeInfo) => {
+    setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
+    setShowPullResolveConflictsDialog(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  // Handler called when user confirms the pull & resolve conflicts dialog
+  const handleConfirmResolveConflicts = useCallback(
+    async (worktree: WorktreeInfo, remoteBranch: string) => {
      const description = `Pull latest from ${remoteBranch} and resolve conflicts. Merge ${remoteBranch} into the current branch (${worktree.branch}), resolving any merge conflicts that arise. After resolving conflicts, ensure the code compiles and tests pass.`;

      // Create the feature
@@ -873,6 +893,48 @@ export function BoardView() {
    [handleAddFeature, handleStartImplementation, defaultSkipTests]
  );

+  // Handler called when merge fails due to conflicts and user wants to create a feature to resolve them
+  const handleCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature = useCallback(
+    async (conflictInfo: MergeConflictInfo) => {
+      const description = `Resolve merge conflicts when merging "${conflictInfo.sourceBranch}" into "${conflictInfo.targetBranch}". The merge was started but encountered conflicts that need to be resolved manually. After resolving all conflicts, ensure the code compiles and tests pass, then complete the merge by committing the resolved changes.`;
+
+      // Create the feature
+      const featureData = {
+        title: `Resolve Merge Conflicts: ${conflictInfo.sourceBranch} → ${conflictInfo.targetBranch}`,
+        category: 'Maintenance',
+        description,
+        images: [],
+        imagePaths: [],
+        skipTests: defaultSkipTests,
+        model: 'opus' as const,
+        thinkingLevel: 'none' as const,
+        branchName: conflictInfo.targetBranch,
+        workMode: 'custom' as const, // Use the target branch where conflicts need to be resolved
+        priority: 1, // High priority for conflict resolution
+        planningMode: 'skip' as const,
+        requirePlanApproval: false,
+      };
+
+      // Capture existing feature IDs before adding
+      const featuresBeforeIds = new Set(useAppStore.getState().features.map((f) => f.id));
+      await handleAddFeature(featureData);
+
+      // Find the newly created feature by looking for an ID that wasn't in the original set
+      const latestFeatures = useAppStore.getState().features;
+      const newFeature = latestFeatures.find((f) => !featuresBeforeIds.has(f.id));
+
+      if (newFeature) {
+        await handleStartImplementation(newFeature);
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Could not find newly created feature to start it automatically.');
+        toast.error('Failed to auto-start feature', {
+          description: 'The feature was created but could not be started automatically.',
+        });
+      }
+    },
+    [handleAddFeature, handleStartImplementation, defaultSkipTests]
+  );
+
  // Handler for "Make" button - creates a feature and immediately starts it
  const handleAddAndStartFeature = useCallback(
    async (featureData: Parameters<typeof handleAddFeature>[0]) => {
@@ -967,7 +1029,13 @@ export function BoardView() {
  });

  // Use drag and drop hook
-  const { activeFeature, handleDragStart, handleDragEnd } = useBoardDragDrop({
+  const {
+    activeFeature,
+    handleDragStart,
+    handleDragEnd,
+    pendingDependencyLink,
+    clearPendingDependencyLink,
+  } = useBoardDragDrop({
    features: hookFeatures,
    currentProject,
    runningAutoTasks,
@@ -975,6 +1043,50 @@ export function BoardView() {
    handleStartImplementation,
  });

+  // Handle dependency link creation
+  const handleCreateDependencyLink = useCallback(
+    async (linkType: DependencyLinkType) => {
+      if (!pendingDependencyLink || !currentProject) return;
+
+      const { draggedFeature, targetFeature } = pendingDependencyLink;
+
+      if (linkType === 'parent') {
+        // Dragged feature depends on target (target is parent)
+        // Add targetFeature.id to draggedFeature.dependencies
+        const currentDeps = draggedFeature.dependencies || [];
+        if (!currentDeps.includes(targetFeature.id)) {
+          const newDeps = [...currentDeps, targetFeature.id];
+          updateFeature(draggedFeature.id, { dependencies: newDeps });
+          await persistFeatureUpdate(draggedFeature.id, { dependencies: newDeps });
+          toast.success('Dependency link created', {
+            description: `"${draggedFeature.description.slice(0, 30)}..." now depends on "${targetFeature.description.slice(0, 30)}..."`,
+          });
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Target feature depends on dragged (dragged is parent)
+        // Add draggedFeature.id to targetFeature.dependencies
+        const currentDeps = targetFeature.dependencies || [];
+        if (!currentDeps.includes(draggedFeature.id)) {
+          const newDeps = [...currentDeps, draggedFeature.id];
+          updateFeature(targetFeature.id, { dependencies: newDeps });
+          await persistFeatureUpdate(targetFeature.id, { dependencies: newDeps });
+          toast.success('Dependency link created', {
+            description: `"${targetFeature.description.slice(0, 30)}..." now depends on "${draggedFeature.description.slice(0, 30)}..."`,
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      clearPendingDependencyLink();
+    },
+    [
+      pendingDependencyLink,
+      currentProject,
+      updateFeature,
+      persistFeatureUpdate,
+      clearPendingDependencyLink,
+    ]
+  );
+
  // Use column features hook
  const { getColumnFeatures, completedFeatures } = useBoardColumnFeatures({
    features: hookFeatures,
@@ -1205,133 +1317,148 @@ export function BoardView() {
        onViewModeChange={setViewMode}
      />

-      {/* Worktree Panel - conditionally rendered based on visibility setting */}
-      {(worktreePanelVisibleByProject[currentProject.path] ?? true) && (
-        <WorktreePanel
-          refreshTrigger={worktreeRefreshKey}
-          projectPath={currentProject.path}
-          onCreateWorktree={() => setShowCreateWorktreeDialog(true)}
-          onDeleteWorktree={(worktree) => {
-            setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
-            setShowDeleteWorktreeDialog(true);
-          }}
-          onCommit={(worktree) => {
-            setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
-            setShowCommitWorktreeDialog(true);
-          }}
-          onCreatePR={(worktree) => {
-            setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
-            setShowCreatePRDialog(true);
-          }}
-          onCreateBranch={(worktree) => {
-            setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
-            setShowCreateBranchDialog(true);
-          }}
-          onAddressPRComments={handleAddressPRComments}
-          onResolveConflicts={handleResolveConflicts}
-          onMerge={(worktree) => {
-            setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
-            setShowMergeWorktreeDialog(true);
-          }}
-          onRemovedWorktrees={handleRemovedWorktrees}
-          runningFeatureIds={runningAutoTasks}
-          branchCardCounts={branchCardCounts}
-          features={hookFeatures.map((f) => ({
-            id: f.id,
-            branchName: f.branchName,
-          }))}
-        />
-      )}
-
-      {/* Main Content Area */}
-      <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col overflow-hidden">
-        {/* View Content - Kanban Board or List View */}
-        {isListView ? (
-          <ListView
-            columnFeaturesMap={columnFeaturesMap}
-            allFeatures={hookFeatures}
-            sortConfig={sortConfig}
-            onSortChange={setSortColumn}
-            actionHandlers={{
-              onEdit: (feature) => setEditingFeature(feature),
-              onDelete: (featureId) => handleDeleteFeature(featureId),
-              onViewOutput: handleViewOutput,
-              onVerify: handleVerifyFeature,
-              onResume: handleResumeFeature,
-              onForceStop: handleForceStopFeature,
-              onManualVerify: handleManualVerify,
-              onFollowUp: handleOpenFollowUp,
-              onImplement: handleStartImplementation,
-              onComplete: handleCompleteFeature,
-              onViewPlan: (feature) => setViewPlanFeature(feature),
-              onApprovePlan: handleOpenApprovalDialog,
-              onSpawnTask: (feature) => {
-                setSpawnParentFeature(feature);
-                setShowAddDialog(true);
-              },
+      {/* DndContext wraps both WorktreePanel and main content area to enable drag-to-worktree */}
+      <DndContext
+        sensors={sensors}
+        collisionDetection={collisionDetectionStrategy}
+        onDragStart={handleDragStart}
+        onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
+      >
+        {/* Worktree Panel - conditionally rendered based on visibility setting */}
+        {(worktreePanelVisibleByProject[currentProject.path] ?? true) && (
+          <WorktreePanel
+            refreshTrigger={worktreeRefreshKey}
+            projectPath={currentProject.path}
+            onCreateWorktree={() => setShowCreateWorktreeDialog(true)}
+            onDeleteWorktree={(worktree) => {
+              setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
+              setShowDeleteWorktreeDialog(true);
            }}
-            runningAutoTasks={runningAutoTasks}
-            pipelineConfig={pipelineConfig}
-            onAddFeature={() => setShowAddDialog(true)}
-            isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
-            selectedFeatureIds={selectedFeatureIds}
-            onToggleFeatureSelection={toggleFeatureSelection}
-            onRowClick={(feature) => {
-              if (feature.status === 'backlog') {
-                setEditingFeature(feature);
-              } else {
-                handleViewOutput(feature);
-              }
+            onCommit={(worktree) => {
+              setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
+              setShowCommitWorktreeDialog(true);
            }}
-            className="transition-opacity duration-200"
-          />
-        ) : (
-          <KanbanBoard
-            sensors={sensors}
-            collisionDetectionStrategy={collisionDetectionStrategy}
-            onDragStart={handleDragStart}
-            onDragEnd={handleDragEnd}
-            activeFeature={activeFeature}
-            getColumnFeatures={getColumnFeatures}
-            backgroundImageStyle={backgroundImageStyle}
-            backgroundSettings={backgroundSettings}
-            onEdit={(feature) => setEditingFeature(feature)}
-            onDelete={(featureId) => handleDeleteFeature(featureId)}
-            onViewOutput={handleViewOutput}
-            onVerify={handleVerifyFeature}
-            onResume={handleResumeFeature}
-            onForceStop={handleForceStopFeature}
-            onManualVerify={handleManualVerify}
-            onMoveBackToInProgress={handleMoveBackToInProgress}
-            onFollowUp={handleOpenFollowUp}
-            onComplete={handleCompleteFeature}
-            onImplement={handleStartImplementation}
-            onViewPlan={(feature) => setViewPlanFeature(feature)}
-            onApprovePlan={handleOpenApprovalDialog}
-            onSpawnTask={(feature) => {
-              setSpawnParentFeature(feature);
-              setShowAddDialog(true);
+            onCreatePR={(worktree) => {
+              setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
+              setShowCreatePRDialog(true);
            }}
-            featuresWithContext={featuresWithContext}
-            runningAutoTasks={runningAutoTasks}
-            onArchiveAllVerified={() => setShowArchiveAllVerifiedDialog(true)}
-            onAddFeature={() => setShowAddDialog(true)}
-            onShowCompletedModal={() => setShowCompletedModal(true)}
-            completedCount={completedFeatures.length}
-            pipelineConfig={pipelineConfig}
-            onOpenPipelineSettings={() => setShowPipelineSettings(true)}
-            isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
-            selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
-            selectedFeatureIds={selectedFeatureIds}
-            onToggleFeatureSelection={toggleFeatureSelection}
-            onToggleSelectionMode={toggleSelectionMode}
-            viewMode={viewMode}
-            isDragging={activeFeature !== null}
-            onAiSuggest={() => setShowPlanDialog(true)}
-            className="transition-opacity duration-200"
+            onCreateBranch={(worktree) => {
+              setSelectedWorktreeForAction(worktree);
+              setShowCreateBranchDialog(true);
+            }}
+            onAddressPRComments={handleAddressPRComments}
+            onResolveConflicts={handleResolveConflicts}
+            onCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature={handleCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature}
+            onBranchDeletedDuringMerge={(branchName) => {
+              // Reset features that were assigned to the deleted branch (same logic as onDeleted in DeleteWorktreeDialog)
+              hookFeatures.forEach((feature) => {
+                if (feature.branchName === branchName) {
+                  // Reset the feature's branch assignment - update both local state and persist
+                  const updates = {
+                    branchName: null as unknown as string | undefined,
+                  };
+                  updateFeature(feature.id, updates);
+                  persistFeatureUpdate(feature.id, updates);
+                }
+              });
+              setWorktreeRefreshKey((k) => k + 1);
+            }}
+            onRemovedWorktrees={handleRemovedWorktrees}
+            runningFeatureIds={runningAutoTasks}
+            branchCardCounts={branchCardCounts}
+            features={hookFeatures.map((f) => ({
+              id: f.id,
+              branchName: f.branchName,
+            }))}
          />
        )}
-      </div>
+
+        {/* Main Content Area */}
+        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col overflow-hidden">
+          {/* View Content - Kanban Board or List View */}
+          {isListView ? (
+            <ListView
+              columnFeaturesMap={columnFeaturesMap}
+              allFeatures={hookFeatures}
+              sortConfig={sortConfig}
+              onSortChange={setSortColumn}
+              actionHandlers={{
+                onEdit: (feature) => setEditingFeature(feature),
+                onDelete: (featureId) => handleDeleteFeature(featureId),
+                onViewOutput: handleViewOutput,
+                onVerify: handleVerifyFeature,
+                onResume: handleResumeFeature,
+                onForceStop: handleForceStopFeature,
+                onManualVerify: handleManualVerify,
+                onFollowUp: handleOpenFollowUp,
+                onImplement: handleStartImplementation,
+                onComplete: handleCompleteFeature,
+                onViewPlan: (feature) => setViewPlanFeature(feature),
+                onApprovePlan: handleOpenApprovalDialog,
+                onSpawnTask: (feature) => {
+                  setSpawnParentFeature(feature);
+                  setShowAddDialog(true);
+                },
+              }}
+              runningAutoTasks={runningAutoTasks}
+              pipelineConfig={pipelineConfig}
+              onAddFeature={() => setShowAddDialog(true)}
+              isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
+              selectedFeatureIds={selectedFeatureIds}
+              onToggleFeatureSelection={toggleFeatureSelection}
+              onRowClick={(feature) => {
+                if (feature.status === 'backlog') {
+                  setEditingFeature(feature);
+                } else {
+                  handleViewOutput(feature);
+                }
+              }}
+              className="transition-opacity duration-200"
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <KanbanBoard
+              activeFeature={activeFeature}
+              getColumnFeatures={getColumnFeatures}
+              backgroundImageStyle={backgroundImageStyle}
+              backgroundSettings={backgroundSettings}
+              onEdit={(feature) => setEditingFeature(feature)}
+              onDelete={(featureId) => handleDeleteFeature(featureId)}
+              onViewOutput={handleViewOutput}
+              onVerify={handleVerifyFeature}
+              onResume={handleResumeFeature}
+              onForceStop={handleForceStopFeature}
+              onManualVerify={handleManualVerify}
+              onMoveBackToInProgress={handleMoveBackToInProgress}
+              onFollowUp={handleOpenFollowUp}
+              onComplete={handleCompleteFeature}
+              onImplement={handleStartImplementation}
+              onViewPlan={(feature) => setViewPlanFeature(feature)}
+              onApprovePlan={handleOpenApprovalDialog}
+              onSpawnTask={(feature) => {
+                setSpawnParentFeature(feature);
+                setShowAddDialog(true);
+              }}
+              featuresWithContext={featuresWithContext}
+              runningAutoTasks={runningAutoTasks}
+              onArchiveAllVerified={() => setShowArchiveAllVerifiedDialog(true)}
+              onAddFeature={() => setShowAddDialog(true)}
+              onShowCompletedModal={() => setShowCompletedModal(true)}
+              completedCount={completedFeatures.length}
+              pipelineConfig={pipelineConfig}
+              onOpenPipelineSettings={() => setShowPipelineSettings(true)}
+              isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
+              selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
+              selectedFeatureIds={selectedFeatureIds}
+              onToggleFeatureSelection={toggleFeatureSelection}
+              onToggleSelectionMode={toggleSelectionMode}
+              viewMode={viewMode}
+              isDragging={activeFeature !== null}
+              onAiSuggest={() => setShowPlanDialog(true)}
+              className="transition-opacity duration-200"
+            />
+          )}
+        </div>
+      </DndContext>

      {/* Selection Action Bar */}
      {isSelectionMode && (
@@ -1425,6 +1552,15 @@ export function BoardView() {
        forceCurrentBranchMode={!addFeatureUseSelectedWorktreeBranch}
      />

+      {/* Dependency Link Dialog */}
+      <DependencyLinkDialog
+        open={Boolean(pendingDependencyLink)}
+        onOpenChange={(open) => !open && clearPendingDependencyLink()}
+        draggedFeature={pendingDependencyLink?.draggedFeature || null}
+        targetFeature={pendingDependencyLink?.targetFeature || null}
+        onLink={handleCreateDependencyLink}
+      />
+
      {/* Edit Feature Dialog */}
      <EditFeatureDialog
        feature={editingFeature}
@@ -1596,33 +1732,12 @@ export function BoardView() {
        }}
      />

-      {/* Merge Worktree Dialog */}
-      <MergeWorktreeDialog
-        open={showMergeWorktreeDialog}
-        onOpenChange={setShowMergeWorktreeDialog}
-        projectPath={currentProject.path}
+      {/* Pull & Resolve Conflicts Dialog */}
+      <PullResolveConflictsDialog
+        open={showPullResolveConflictsDialog}
+        onOpenChange={setShowPullResolveConflictsDialog}
        worktree={selectedWorktreeForAction}
-        affectedFeatureCount={
-          selectedWorktreeForAction
-            ? hookFeatures.filter((f) => f.branchName === selectedWorktreeForAction.branch).length
-            : 0
-        }
-        onMerged={(mergedWorktree) => {
-          // Reset features that were assigned to the merged worktree (by branch)
-          hookFeatures.forEach((feature) => {
-            if (feature.branchName === mergedWorktree.branch) {
-              // Reset the feature's branch assignment - update both local state and persist
-              const updates = {
-                branchName: null as unknown as string | undefined,
-              };
-              updateFeature(feature.id, updates);
-              persistFeatureUpdate(feature.id, updates);
-            }
-          });
-
-          setWorktreeRefreshKey((k) => k + 1);
-          setSelectedWorktreeForAction(null);
-        }}
+        onConfirm={handleConfirmResolveConflicts}
      />

      {/* Commit Worktree Dialog */}
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/kanban-card/kanban-card.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/kanban-card/kanban-card.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
-import React, { memo, useLayoutEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { useDraggable } from '@dnd-kit/core';
+import React, { memo, useLayoutEffect, useState, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useDraggable, useDroppable } from '@dnd-kit/core';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { Card, CardContent } from '@/components/ui/card';
 import { Checkbox } from '@/components/ui/checkbox';
@@ -123,12 +123,39 @@ export const KanbanCard = memo(function KanbanCard({
    (feature.status === 'backlog' ||
      feature.status === 'waiting_approval' ||
      feature.status === 'verified' ||
+      feature.status.startsWith('pipeline_') ||
      (feature.status === 'in_progress' && !isCurrentAutoTask));
-  const { attributes, listeners, setNodeRef, isDragging } = useDraggable({
+  const {
+    attributes,
+    listeners,
+    setNodeRef: setDraggableRef,
+    isDragging,
+  } = useDraggable({
    id: feature.id,
    disabled: !isDraggable || isOverlay || isSelectionMode,
  });

+  // Make the card a drop target for creating dependency links
+  // Only backlog cards can be link targets (to avoid complexity with running features)
+  const isDroppable = !isOverlay && feature.status === 'backlog' && !isSelectionMode;
+  const { setNodeRef: setDroppableRef, isOver } = useDroppable({
+    id: `card-drop-${feature.id}`,
+    disabled: !isDroppable,
+    data: {
+      type: 'card',
+      featureId: feature.id,
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Combine refs for both draggable and droppable
+  const setNodeRef = useCallback(
+    (node: HTMLElement | null) => {
+      setDraggableRef(node);
+      setDroppableRef(node);
+    },
+    [setDraggableRef, setDroppableRef]
+  );
+
  const dndStyle = {
    opacity: isDragging ? 0.5 : undefined,
  };
@@ -141,7 +168,9 @@ export const KanbanCard = memo(function KanbanCard({
  const wrapperClasses = cn(
    'relative select-none outline-none touch-none transition-transform duration-200 ease-out',
    getCursorClass(isOverlay, isDraggable, isSelectable),
-    isOverlay && isLifted && 'scale-105 rotate-1 z-50'
+    isOverlay && isLifted && 'scale-105 rotate-1 z-50',
+    // Visual feedback when another card is being dragged over this one
+    isOver && !isDragging && 'ring-2 ring-primary ring-offset-2 ring-offset-background scale-[1.02]'
  );

  const isInteractive = !isDragging && !isOverlay;
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/list-view/list-header.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/list-view/list-header.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ interface ColumnDef {

 /**
 * Default column definitions for the list view
- * Only showing title column with full width for a cleaner, more spacious layout
 */
 export const LIST_COLUMNS: ColumnDef[] = [
  {
@@ -34,6 +33,14 @@ export const LIST_COLUMNS: ColumnDef[] = [
    minWidth: 'min-w-0',
    align: 'left',
  },
+  {
+    id: 'priority',
+    label: '',
+    sortable: true,
+    width: 'w-18',
+    minWidth: 'min-w-[16px]',
+    align: 'center',
+  },
 ];

 export interface ListHeaderProps {
@@ -117,6 +124,7 @@ const SortableColumnHeader = memo(function SortableColumnHeader({
        'focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-1',
        column.width,
        column.minWidth,
+        column.width !== 'flex-1' && 'shrink-0',
        column.align === 'center' && 'justify-center',
        column.align === 'right' && 'justify-end',
        isSorted && 'text-foreground',
@@ -141,6 +149,7 @@ const StaticColumnHeader = memo(function StaticColumnHeader({ column }: { column
        'flex items-center px-3 py-2 text-xs font-medium text-muted-foreground',
        column.width,
        column.minWidth,
+        column.width !== 'flex-1' && 'shrink-0',
        column.align === 'center' && 'justify-center',
        column.align === 'right' && 'justify-end',
        column.className
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/list-view/list-row.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/components/list-view/list-row.tsx
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export const ListRow = memo(function ListRow({
      <div
        role="cell"
        className={cn(
-          'flex items-center px-3 py-3 gap-2',
+          'flex items-center pl-3 pr-0 py-3 gap-0',
          getColumnWidth('title'),
          getColumnAlign('title')
        )}
@@ -315,6 +315,42 @@ export const ListRow = memo(function ListRow({
        </div>
      </div>

+      {/* Priority column */}
+      <div
+        role="cell"
+        className={cn(
+          'flex items-center pl-0 pr-3 py-3 shrink-0',
+          getColumnWidth('priority'),
+          getColumnAlign('priority')
+        )}
+        data-testid={`list-row-priority-${feature.id}`}
+      >
+        {feature.priority ? (
+          <span
+            className={cn(
+              'inline-flex items-center justify-center w-6 h-6 rounded-md border-[1.5px] font-bold text-xs',
+              feature.priority === 1 &&
+                'bg-[var(--status-error-bg)] border-[var(--status-error)]/40 text-[var(--status-error)]',
+              feature.priority === 2 &&
+                'bg-[var(--status-warning-bg)] border-[var(--status-warning)]/40 text-[var(--status-warning)]',
+              feature.priority === 3 &&
+                'bg-[var(--status-info-bg)] border-[var(--status-info)]/40 text-[var(--status-info)]'
+            )}
+            title={
+              feature.priority === 1
+                ? 'High Priority'
+                : feature.priority === 2
+                  ? 'Medium Priority'
+                  : 'Low Priority'
+            }
+          >
+            {feature.priority === 1 ? 'H' : feature.priority === 2 ? 'M' : 'L'}
+          </span>
+        ) : (
+          <span className="text-muted-foreground text-xs">-</span>
+        )}
+      </div>
+
      {/* Actions column */}
      <div role="cell" className="flex items-center justify-end px-3 py-3 w-[80px] shrink-0">
        <RowActions feature={feature} handlers={handlers} isCurrentAutoTask={isCurrentAutoTask} />
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/dependency-link-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/dependency-link-dialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+'use client';
+
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from '@/components/ui/dialog';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { ArrowDown, ArrowUp, Link2, X } from 'lucide-react';
+import type { Feature } from '@/store/app-store';
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+
+export type DependencyLinkType = 'parent' | 'child';
+
+interface DependencyLinkDialogProps {
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+  draggedFeature: Feature | null;
+  targetFeature: Feature | null;
+  onLink: (linkType: DependencyLinkType) => void;
+}
+
+export function DependencyLinkDialog({
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+  draggedFeature,
+  targetFeature,
+  onLink,
+}: DependencyLinkDialogProps) {
+  if (!draggedFeature || !targetFeature) return null;
+
+  // Check if a dependency relationship already exists
+  const draggedDependsOnTarget =
+    Array.isArray(draggedFeature.dependencies) &&
+    draggedFeature.dependencies.includes(targetFeature.id);
+  const targetDependsOnDragged =
+    Array.isArray(targetFeature.dependencies) &&
+    targetFeature.dependencies.includes(draggedFeature.id);
+  const existingLink = draggedDependsOnTarget || targetDependsOnDragged;
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent data-testid="dependency-link-dialog" className="max-w-md">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <Link2 className="w-5 h-5" />
+            Link Features
+          </DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            Create a dependency relationship between these features.
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        <div className="py-4 space-y-4">
+          {/* Dragged feature */}
+          <div className="p-3 rounded-lg border bg-muted/30">
+            <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1">Dragged Feature</div>
+            <div className="text-sm font-medium line-clamp-3 break-words">
+              {draggedFeature.description}
+            </div>
+            <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground/70 mt-1">{draggedFeature.category}</div>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Arrow indicating direction */}
+          <div className="flex justify-center">
+            <ArrowDown className="w-5 h-5 text-muted-foreground" />
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Target feature */}
+          <div className="p-3 rounded-lg border bg-muted/30">
+            <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1">Target Feature</div>
+            <div className="text-sm font-medium line-clamp-3 break-words">
+              {targetFeature.description}
+            </div>
+            <div className="text-xs text-muted-foreground/70 mt-1">{targetFeature.category}</div>
+          </div>
+
+          {/* Existing link warning */}
+          {existingLink && (
+            <div className="p-3 rounded-lg border border-yellow-500/50 bg-yellow-500/10 text-sm text-yellow-600 dark:text-yellow-400">
+              {draggedDependsOnTarget
+                ? 'The dragged feature already depends on the target feature.'
+                : 'The target feature already depends on the dragged feature.'}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
+
+        <DialogFooter className="flex flex-col gap-2 sm:flex-col sm:!justify-start">
+          {/* Set as Parent - top */}
+          <Button
+            variant="default"
+            onClick={() => onLink('child')}
+            disabled={draggedDependsOnTarget}
+            className={cn('w-full', draggedDependsOnTarget && 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed')}
+            title={
+              draggedDependsOnTarget
+                ? 'This would create a circular dependency'
+                : 'Make target feature depend on dragged (dragged is parent)'
+            }
+            data-testid="link-as-parent"
+          >
+            <ArrowUp className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+            Set as Parent
+            <span className="text-xs ml-1 opacity-70">(target depends on this)</span>
+          </Button>
+          {/* Set as Child - middle */}
+          <Button
+            variant="default"
+            onClick={() => onLink('parent')}
+            disabled={targetDependsOnDragged}
+            className={cn('w-full', targetDependsOnDragged && 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed')}
+            title={
+              targetDependsOnDragged
+                ? 'This would create a circular dependency'
+                : 'Make dragged feature depend on target (target is parent)'
+            }
+            data-testid="link-as-child"
+          >
+            <ArrowDown className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+            Set as Child
+            <span className="text-xs ml-1 opacity-70">(depends on target)</span>
+          </Button>
+          {/* Cancel - bottom */}
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)} className="w-full">
+            <X className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/index.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/index.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ export { BacklogPlanDialog } from './backlog-plan-dialog';
 export { CompletedFeaturesModal } from './completed-features-modal';
 export { ArchiveAllVerifiedDialog } from './archive-all-verified-dialog';
 export { DeleteCompletedFeatureDialog } from './delete-completed-feature-dialog';
+export { DependencyLinkDialog, type DependencyLinkType } from './dependency-link-dialog';
 export { EditFeatureDialog } from './edit-feature-dialog';
 export { FollowUpDialog, type FollowUpHistoryEntry } from './follow-up-dialog';
+export { MergeWorktreeDialog, type MergeConflictInfo } from './merge-worktree-dialog';
 export { PlanApprovalDialog } from './plan-approval-dialog';
 export { MassEditDialog } from './mass-edit-dialog';
+export { PullResolveConflictsDialog } from './pull-resolve-conflicts-dialog';
+export { PushToRemoteDialog } from './push-to-remote-dialog';
 export { ViewWorktreeChangesDialog } from './view-worktree-changes-dialog';
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/merge-worktree-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/merge-worktree-dialog.tsx
@@ -8,58 +8,81 @@ import {
  DialogTitle,
 } from '@/components/ui/dialog';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
-import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
+import { Checkbox } from '@/components/ui/checkbox';
 import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label';
-import { GitMerge, AlertTriangle, CheckCircle2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { GitMerge, AlertTriangle, Trash2, Wrench } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Spinner } from '@/components/ui/spinner';
 import { getElectronAPI } from '@/lib/electron';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
+import { BranchAutocomplete } from '@/components/ui/branch-autocomplete';
+import type { WorktreeInfo, BranchInfo, MergeConflictInfo } from '../worktree-panel/types';

-interface WorktreeInfo {
-  path: string;
-  branch: string;
-  isMain: boolean;
-  hasChanges?: boolean;
-  changedFilesCount?: number;
-}
+export type { MergeConflictInfo } from '../worktree-panel/types';

 interface MergeWorktreeDialogProps {
  open: boolean;
  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
  projectPath: string;
  worktree: WorktreeInfo | null;
-  onMerged: (mergedWorktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
-  /** Number of features assigned to this worktree's branch */
-  affectedFeatureCount?: number;
+  /** Called when merge is successful. deletedBranch indicates if the branch was also deleted. */
+  onMerged: (mergedWorktree: WorktreeInfo, deletedBranch: boolean) => void;
+  onCreateConflictResolutionFeature?: (conflictInfo: MergeConflictInfo) => void;
 }

-type DialogStep = 'confirm' | 'verify';
-
 export function MergeWorktreeDialog({
  open,
  onOpenChange,
  projectPath,
  worktree,
  onMerged,
-  affectedFeatureCount = 0,
+  onCreateConflictResolutionFeature,
 }: MergeWorktreeDialogProps) {
  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
-  const [step, setStep] = useState<DialogStep>('confirm');
-  const [confirmText, setConfirmText] = useState('');
+  const [targetBranch, setTargetBranch] = useState('main');
+  const [availableBranches, setAvailableBranches] = useState<string[]>([]);
+  const [loadingBranches, setLoadingBranches] = useState(false);
+  const [deleteWorktreeAndBranch, setDeleteWorktreeAndBranch] = useState(false);
+  const [mergeConflict, setMergeConflict] = useState<MergeConflictInfo | null>(null);
+
+  // Fetch available branches when dialog opens
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open && worktree && projectPath) {
+      setLoadingBranches(true);
+      const api = getElectronAPI();
+      if (api?.worktree?.listBranches) {
+        api.worktree
+          .listBranches(projectPath, false)
+          .then((result) => {
+            if (result.success && result.result?.branches) {
+              // Filter out the source branch (can't merge into itself) and remote branches
+              const branches = result.result.branches
+                .filter((b: BranchInfo) => !b.isRemote && b.name !== worktree.branch)
+                .map((b: BranchInfo) => b.name);
+              setAvailableBranches(branches);
+            }
+          })
+          .catch((err) => {
+            console.error('Failed to fetch branches:', err);
+          })
+          .finally(() => {
+            setLoadingBranches(false);
+          });
+      } else {
+        setLoadingBranches(false);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [open, worktree, projectPath]);

  // Reset state when dialog opens
  useEffect(() => {
    if (open) {
      setIsLoading(false);
-      setStep('confirm');
-      setConfirmText('');
+      setTargetBranch('main');
+      setDeleteWorktreeAndBranch(false);
+      setMergeConflict(null);
    }
  }, [open]);

-  const handleProceedToVerify = () => {
-    setStep('verify');
-  };
-
  const handleMerge = async () => {
    if (!worktree) return;

@@ -71,96 +94,151 @@ export function MergeWorktreeDialog({
        return;
      }

-      // Pass branchName and worktreePath directly to the API
-      const result = await api.worktree.mergeFeature(projectPath, worktree.branch, worktree.path);
+      // Pass branchName, worktreePath, targetBranch, and options to the API
+      const result = await api.worktree.mergeFeature(
+        projectPath,
+        worktree.branch,
+        worktree.path,
+        targetBranch,
+        { deleteWorktreeAndBranch }
+      );

      if (result.success) {
-        toast.success('Branch merged to main', {
-          description: `Branch "${worktree.branch}" has been merged and cleaned up`,
-        });
-        onMerged(worktree);
+        const description = deleteWorktreeAndBranch
+          ? `Branch "${worktree.branch}" has been merged into "${targetBranch}" and the worktree and branch were deleted`
+          : `Branch "${worktree.branch}" has been merged into "${targetBranch}"`;
+        toast.success(`Branch merged to ${targetBranch}`, { description });
+        onMerged(worktree, deleteWorktreeAndBranch);
        onOpenChange(false);
      } else {
-        toast.error('Failed to merge branch', {
-          description: result.error,
-        });
+        // Check if the error indicates merge conflicts
+        const errorMessage = result.error || '';
+        const hasConflicts =
+          errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('conflict') ||
+          errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('merge failed') ||
+          errorMessage.includes('CONFLICT');
+
+        if (hasConflicts && onCreateConflictResolutionFeature) {
+          // Set merge conflict state to show the conflict resolution UI
+          setMergeConflict({
+            sourceBranch: worktree.branch,
+            targetBranch: targetBranch,
+            targetWorktreePath: projectPath, // The merge happens in the target branch's worktree
+          });
+          toast.error('Merge conflicts detected', {
+            description: 'The merge has conflicts that need to be resolved manually.',
+          });
+        } else {
+          toast.error('Failed to merge branch', {
+            description: result.error,
+          });
+        }
      }
    } catch (err) {
-      toast.error('Failed to merge branch', {
-        description: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown error',
-      });
+      const errorMessage = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown error';
+      // Check if the error indicates merge conflicts
+      const hasConflicts =
+        errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('conflict') ||
+        errorMessage.toLowerCase().includes('merge failed') ||
+        errorMessage.includes('CONFLICT');
+
+      if (hasConflicts && onCreateConflictResolutionFeature) {
+        setMergeConflict({
+          sourceBranch: worktree.branch,
+          targetBranch: targetBranch,
+          targetWorktreePath: projectPath,
+        });
+        toast.error('Merge conflicts detected', {
+          description: 'The merge has conflicts that need to be resolved manually.',
+        });
+      } else {
+        toast.error('Failed to merge branch', {
+          description: errorMessage,
+        });
+      }
    } finally {
      setIsLoading(false);
    }
  };

+  const handleCreateConflictResolutionFeature = () => {
+    if (mergeConflict && onCreateConflictResolutionFeature) {
+      onCreateConflictResolutionFeature(mergeConflict);
+      onOpenChange(false);
+    }
+  };
+
  if (!worktree) return null;

-  const confirmationWord = 'merge';
-  const isConfirmValid = confirmText.toLowerCase() === confirmationWord;
-
-  // First step: Show what will happen and ask for confirmation
-  if (step === 'confirm') {
+  // Show conflict resolution UI if there are merge conflicts
+  if (mergeConflict) {
    return (
      <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
        <DialogContent>
          <DialogHeader>
            <DialogTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <GitMerge className="w-5 h-5 text-green-600" />
-              Merge to Main
+              <AlertTriangle className="w-5 h-5 text-orange-500" />
+              Merge Conflicts Detected
            </DialogTitle>
            <DialogDescription asChild>
-              <div className="space-y-3">
+              <div className="space-y-4">
                <span className="block">
-                  Merge branch{' '}
-                  <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 rounded">{worktree.branch}</code> into
-                  main?
+                  There are conflicts when merging{' '}
+                  <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 rounded">
+                    {mergeConflict.sourceBranch}
+                  </code>{' '}
+                  into{' '}
+                  <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 rounded">
+                    {mergeConflict.targetBranch}
+                  </code>
+                  .
                </span>

-                <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-2">
-                  This will:
-                  <ul className="list-disc list-inside mt-1 space-y-1">
-                    <li>Merge the branch into the main branch</li>
-                    <li>Remove the worktree directory</li>
-                    <li>Delete the branch</li>
-                  </ul>
+                <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-orange-500/10 border border-orange-500/20">
+                  <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-orange-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
+                  <span className="text-orange-500 text-sm">
+                    The merge could not be completed automatically. You can create a feature task to
+                    resolve the conflicts in the{' '}
+                    <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-0.5 rounded">
+                      {mergeConflict.targetBranch}
+                    </code>{' '}
+                    branch.
+                  </span>
                </div>

-                {worktree.hasChanges && (
-                  <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-yellow-500/10 border border-yellow-500/20 mt-2">
-                    <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-yellow-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
-                    <span className="text-yellow-500 text-sm">
-                      This worktree has {worktree.changedFilesCount} uncommitted change(s). Please
-                      commit or discard them before merging.
-                    </span>
-                  </div>
-                )}
-
-                {affectedFeatureCount > 0 && (
-                  <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-blue-500/10 border border-blue-500/20 mt-2">
-                    <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-blue-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
-                    <span className="text-blue-500 text-sm">
-                      {affectedFeatureCount} feature{affectedFeatureCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}{' '}
-                      {affectedFeatureCount !== 1 ? 'are' : 'is'} assigned to this branch and will
-                      be unassigned after merge.
-                    </span>
-                  </div>
-                )}
+                <div className="mt-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-muted/50 border border-border">
+                  <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                    This will create a high-priority feature task that will:
+                  </p>
+                  <ul className="text-sm text-muted-foreground mt-2 list-disc list-inside space-y-1">
+                    <li>
+                      Resolve merge conflicts in the{' '}
+                      <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-0.5 rounded">
+                        {mergeConflict.targetBranch}
+                      </code>{' '}
+                      branch
+                    </li>
+                    <li>Ensure the code compiles and tests pass</li>
+                    <li>Complete the merge automatically</li>
+                  </ul>
+                </div>
              </div>
            </DialogDescription>
          </DialogHeader>

          <DialogFooter>
-            <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+            <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setMergeConflict(null)}>
+              Back
+            </Button>
+            <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
              Cancel
            </Button>
            <Button
-              onClick={handleProceedToVerify}
-              disabled={worktree.hasChanges}
-              className="bg-green-600 hover:bg-green-700 text-white"
+              onClick={handleCreateConflictResolutionFeature}
+              className="bg-purple-600 hover:bg-purple-700 text-white"
            >
-              <GitMerge className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
-              Continue
+              <Wrench className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+              Create Resolve Conflicts Feature
            </Button>
          </DialogFooter>
        </DialogContent>
@@ -168,52 +246,86 @@ export function MergeWorktreeDialog({
    );
  }

-  // Second step: Type confirmation
  return (
    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
      <DialogContent>
        <DialogHeader>
          <DialogTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <AlertTriangle className="w-5 h-5 text-orange-500" />
-            Confirm Merge
+            <GitMerge className="w-5 h-5 text-green-600" />
+            Merge Branch
          </DialogTitle>
          <DialogDescription asChild>
            <div className="space-y-4">
-              <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-orange-500/10 border border-orange-500/20">
-                <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-orange-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
-                <span className="text-orange-600 dark:text-orange-400 text-sm">
-                  This action cannot be undone. The branch{' '}
-                  <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 rounded">{worktree.branch}</code> will be
-                  permanently deleted after merging.
-                </span>
-              </div>
+              <span className="block">
+                Merge <code className="font-mono bg-muted px-1 rounded">{worktree.branch}</code>{' '}
+                into:
+              </span>

              <div className="space-y-2">
-                <Label htmlFor="confirm-merge" className="text-sm text-foreground">
-                  Type <span className="font-bold text-foreground">{confirmationWord}</span> to
-                  confirm:
+                <Label htmlFor="target-branch" className="text-sm text-foreground">
+                  Target Branch
                </Label>
-                <Input
-                  id="confirm-merge"
-                  value={confirmText}
-                  onChange={(e) => setConfirmText(e.target.value)}
-                  placeholder={confirmationWord}
-                  disabled={isLoading}
-                  className="font-mono"
-                  autoComplete="off"
-                />
+                {loadingBranches ? (
+                  <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                    <Spinner size="sm" />
+                    Loading branches...
+                  </div>
+                ) : (
+                  <BranchAutocomplete
+                    value={targetBranch}
+                    onChange={setTargetBranch}
+                    branches={availableBranches}
+                    placeholder="Select target branch..."
+                    data-testid="merge-target-branch"
+                  />
+                )}
              </div>
+
+              {worktree.hasChanges && (
+                <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-yellow-500/10 border border-yellow-500/20">
+                  <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-yellow-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
+                  <span className="text-yellow-500 text-sm">
+                    This worktree has {worktree.changedFilesCount} uncommitted change(s). Please
+                    commit or discard them before merging.
+                  </span>
+                </div>
+              )}
            </div>
          </DialogDescription>
        </DialogHeader>

+        <div className="flex items-center space-x-2 py-2">
+          <Checkbox
+            id="delete-worktree-branch"
+            checked={deleteWorktreeAndBranch}
+            onCheckedChange={(checked) => setDeleteWorktreeAndBranch(checked === true)}
+          />
+          <Label
+            htmlFor="delete-worktree-branch"
+            className="text-sm cursor-pointer flex items-center gap-1.5"
+          >
+            <Trash2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-destructive" />
+            Delete worktree and branch after merging
+          </Label>
+        </div>
+
+        {deleteWorktreeAndBranch && (
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-orange-500/10 border border-orange-500/20">
+            <AlertTriangle className="w-4 h-4 text-orange-500 mt-0.5 flex-shrink-0" />
+            <span className="text-orange-500 text-sm">
+              The worktree and branch will be permanently deleted. Any features assigned to this
+              branch will be unassigned.
+            </span>
+          </div>
+        )}
+
        <DialogFooter>
-          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => setStep('confirm')} disabled={isLoading}>
-            Back
+          <Button variant="ghost" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)} disabled={isLoading}>
+            Cancel
          </Button>
          <Button
            onClick={handleMerge}
-            disabled={isLoading || !isConfirmValid}
+            disabled={worktree.hasChanges || !targetBranch || loadingBranches || isLoading}
            className="bg-green-600 hover:bg-green-700 text-white"
          >
            {isLoading ? (
@@ -223,8 +335,8 @@ export function MergeWorktreeDialog({
              </>
            ) : (
              <>
-                <CheckCircle2 className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
-                Merge to Main
+                <GitMerge className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+                Merge
              </>
            )}
          </Button>
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/pull-resolve-conflicts-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/pull-resolve-conflicts-dialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils/logger';
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from '@/components/ui/dialog';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label';
+import {
+  Select,
+  SelectContent,
+  SelectGroup,
+  SelectItem,
+  SelectLabel,
+  SelectTrigger,
+  SelectValue,
+} from '@/components/ui/select';
+import { getHttpApiClient } from '@/lib/http-api-client';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
+import { GitMerge, RefreshCw, AlertTriangle } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Spinner } from '@/components/ui/spinner';
+
+interface WorktreeInfo {
+  path: string;
+  branch: string;
+  isMain: boolean;
+  hasChanges?: boolean;
+  changedFilesCount?: number;
+}
+
+interface RemoteBranch {
+  name: string;
+  fullRef: string;
+}
+
+interface RemoteInfo {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+  branches: RemoteBranch[];
+}
+
+const logger = createLogger('PullResolveConflictsDialog');
+
+interface PullResolveConflictsDialogProps {
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+  worktree: WorktreeInfo | null;
+  onConfirm: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, remoteBranch: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function PullResolveConflictsDialog({
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+  worktree,
+  onConfirm,
+}: PullResolveConflictsDialogProps) {
+  const [remotes, setRemotes] = useState<RemoteInfo[]>([]);
+  const [selectedRemote, setSelectedRemote] = useState<string>('');
+  const [selectedBranch, setSelectedBranch] = useState<string>('');
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [isRefreshing, setIsRefreshing] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Fetch remotes when dialog opens
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open && worktree) {
+      fetchRemotes();
+    }
+  }, [open, worktree]);
+
+  // Reset state when dialog closes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) {
+      setSelectedRemote('');
+      setSelectedBranch('');
+      setError(null);
+    }
+  }, [open]);
+
+  // Auto-select default remote and branch when remotes are loaded
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (remotes.length > 0 && !selectedRemote) {
+      // Default to 'origin' if available, otherwise first remote
+      const defaultRemote = remotes.find((r) => r.name === 'origin') || remotes[0];
+      setSelectedRemote(defaultRemote.name);
+
+      // Try to select a matching branch name or default to main/master
+      if (defaultRemote.branches.length > 0 && worktree) {
+        const matchingBranch = defaultRemote.branches.find((b) => b.name === worktree.branch);
+        const mainBranch = defaultRemote.branches.find(
+          (b) => b.name === 'main' || b.name === 'master'
+        );
+        const defaultBranch = matchingBranch || mainBranch || defaultRemote.branches[0];
+        setSelectedBranch(defaultBranch.fullRef);
+      }
+    }
+  }, [remotes, selectedRemote, worktree]);
+
+  // Update selected branch when remote changes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (selectedRemote && remotes.length > 0 && worktree) {
+      const remote = remotes.find((r) => r.name === selectedRemote);
+      if (remote && remote.branches.length > 0) {
+        // Try to select a matching branch name or default to main/master
+        const matchingBranch = remote.branches.find((b) => b.name === worktree.branch);
+        const mainBranch = remote.branches.find((b) => b.name === 'main' || b.name === 'master');
+        const defaultBranch = matchingBranch || mainBranch || remote.branches[0];
+        setSelectedBranch(defaultBranch.fullRef);
+      } else {
+        setSelectedBranch('');
+      }
+    }
+  }, [selectedRemote, remotes, worktree]);
+
+  const fetchRemotes = async () => {
+    if (!worktree) return;
+
+    setIsLoading(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const api = getHttpApiClient();
+      const result = await api.worktree.listRemotes(worktree.path);
+
+      if (result.success && result.result) {
+        setRemotes(result.result.remotes);
+        if (result.result.remotes.length === 0) {
+          setError('No remotes found in this repository');
+        }
+      } else {
+        setError(result.error || 'Failed to fetch remotes');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('Failed to fetch remotes:', err);
+      setError('Failed to fetch remotes');
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleRefresh = async () => {
+    if (!worktree) return;
+
+    setIsRefreshing(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const api = getHttpApiClient();
+      const result = await api.worktree.listRemotes(worktree.path);
+
+      if (result.success && result.result) {
+        setRemotes(result.result.remotes);
+        toast.success('Remotes refreshed');
+      } else {
+        toast.error(result.error || 'Failed to refresh remotes');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('Failed to refresh remotes:', err);
+      toast.error('Failed to refresh remotes');
+    } finally {
+      setIsRefreshing(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleConfirm = () => {
+    if (!worktree || !selectedBranch) return;
+    onConfirm(worktree, selectedBranch);
+    onOpenChange(false);
+  };
+
+  const selectedRemoteData = remotes.find((r) => r.name === selectedRemote);
+  const branches = selectedRemoteData?.branches || [];
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent className="sm:max-w-[500px]">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <GitMerge className="w-5 h-5 text-purple-500" />
+            Pull & Resolve Conflicts
+          </DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            Select a remote branch to pull from and resolve conflicts with{' '}
+            <span className="font-mono text-foreground">
+              {worktree?.branch || 'current branch'}
+            </span>
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        {isLoading ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-8">
+            <Spinner size="lg" />
+          </div>
+        ) : error ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 py-6">
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-destructive">
+              <AlertTriangle className="w-5 h-5" />
+              <span className="text-sm">{error}</span>
+            </div>
+            <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={fetchRemotes}>
+              <RefreshCw className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+              Retry
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="grid gap-4 py-4">
+            <div className="grid gap-2">
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+                <Label htmlFor="remote-select">Remote</Label>
+                <Button
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  size="sm"
+                  onClick={handleRefresh}
+                  disabled={isRefreshing}
+                  className="h-6 px-2 text-xs"
+                >
+                  {isRefreshing ? (
+                    <Spinner size="xs" className="mr-1" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <RefreshCw className="w-3 h-3 mr-1" />
+                  )}
+                  Refresh
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+              <Select value={selectedRemote} onValueChange={setSelectedRemote}>
+                <SelectTrigger id="remote-select">
+                  <SelectValue placeholder="Select a remote" />
+                </SelectTrigger>
+                <SelectContent>
+                  {remotes.map((remote) => (
+                    <SelectItem key={remote.name} value={remote.name}>
+                      <div className="flex flex-col items-start">
+                        <span className="font-medium">{remote.name}</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground truncate max-w-[300px]">
+                          {remote.url}
+                        </span>
+                      </div>
+                    </SelectItem>
+                  ))}
+                </SelectContent>
+              </Select>
+            </div>
+
+            <div className="grid gap-2">
+              <Label htmlFor="branch-select">Branch</Label>
+              <Select
+                value={selectedBranch}
+                onValueChange={setSelectedBranch}
+                disabled={!selectedRemote || branches.length === 0}
+              >
+                <SelectTrigger id="branch-select">
+                  <SelectValue placeholder="Select a branch" />
+                </SelectTrigger>
+                <SelectContent>
+                  <SelectGroup>
+                    <SelectLabel>{selectedRemote} branches</SelectLabel>
+                    {branches.map((branch) => (
+                      <SelectItem key={branch.fullRef} value={branch.fullRef}>
+                        {branch.name}
+                      </SelectItem>
+                    ))}
+                  </SelectGroup>
+                </SelectContent>
+              </Select>
+              {selectedRemote && branches.length === 0 && (
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No branches found for this remote</p>
+              )}
+            </div>
+
+            {selectedBranch && (
+              <div className="mt-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-muted/50 border border-border">
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                  This will create a feature task to pull from{' '}
+                  <span className="font-mono text-foreground">{selectedBranch}</span> into{' '}
+                  <span className="font-mono text-foreground">{worktree?.branch}</span> and resolve
+                  any merge conflicts.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button
+            onClick={handleConfirm}
+            disabled={!selectedBranch || isLoading}
+            className="bg-purple-600 hover:bg-purple-700 text-white"
+          >
+            <GitMerge className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+            Pull & Resolve
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/push-to-remote-dialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/dialogs/push-to-remote-dialog.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils/logger';
+import {
+  Dialog,
+  DialogContent,
+  DialogDescription,
+  DialogFooter,
+  DialogHeader,
+  DialogTitle,
+} from '@/components/ui/dialog';
+import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
+import { Label } from '@/components/ui/label';
+import {
+  Select,
+  SelectContent,
+  SelectItem,
+  SelectTrigger,
+  SelectValue,
+} from '@/components/ui/select';
+import { getHttpApiClient } from '@/lib/http-api-client';
+import { toast } from 'sonner';
+import { Upload, RefreshCw, AlertTriangle, Sparkles } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Spinner } from '@/components/ui/spinner';
+import type { WorktreeInfo } from '../worktree-panel/types';
+
+interface RemoteInfo {
+  name: string;
+  url: string;
+}
+
+const logger = createLogger('PushToRemoteDialog');
+
+interface PushToRemoteDialogProps {
+  open: boolean;
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
+  worktree: WorktreeInfo | null;
+  onConfirm: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, remote: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function PushToRemoteDialog({
+  open,
+  onOpenChange,
+  worktree,
+  onConfirm,
+}: PushToRemoteDialogProps) {
+  const [remotes, setRemotes] = useState<RemoteInfo[]>([]);
+  const [selectedRemote, setSelectedRemote] = useState<string>('');
+  const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
+  const [isRefreshing, setIsRefreshing] = useState(false);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+
+  // Fetch remotes when dialog opens
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open && worktree) {
+      fetchRemotes();
+    }
+  }, [open, worktree]);
+
+  // Reset state when dialog closes
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) {
+      setSelectedRemote('');
+      setError(null);
+    }
+  }, [open]);
+
+  // Auto-select default remote when remotes are loaded
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (remotes.length > 0 && !selectedRemote) {
+      // Default to 'origin' if available, otherwise first remote
+      const defaultRemote = remotes.find((r) => r.name === 'origin') || remotes[0];
+      setSelectedRemote(defaultRemote.name);
+    }
+  }, [remotes, selectedRemote]);
+
+  const fetchRemotes = async () => {
+    if (!worktree) return;
+
+    setIsLoading(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const api = getHttpApiClient();
+      const result = await api.worktree.listRemotes(worktree.path);
+
+      if (result.success && result.result) {
+        // Extract just the remote info (name and URL), not the branches
+        const remoteInfos: RemoteInfo[] = result.result.remotes.map((r) => ({
+          name: r.name,
+          url: r.url,
+        }));
+        setRemotes(remoteInfos);
+        if (remoteInfos.length === 0) {
+          setError('No remotes found in this repository. Please add a remote first.');
+        }
+      } else {
+        setError(result.error || 'Failed to fetch remotes');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('Failed to fetch remotes:', err);
+      setError('Failed to fetch remotes');
+    } finally {
+      setIsLoading(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleRefresh = async () => {
+    if (!worktree) return;
+
+    setIsRefreshing(true);
+    setError(null);
+
+    try {
+      const api = getHttpApiClient();
+      const result = await api.worktree.listRemotes(worktree.path);
+
+      if (result.success && result.result) {
+        const remoteInfos: RemoteInfo[] = result.result.remotes.map((r) => ({
+          name: r.name,
+          url: r.url,
+        }));
+        setRemotes(remoteInfos);
+        toast.success('Remotes refreshed');
+      } else {
+        toast.error(result.error || 'Failed to refresh remotes');
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.error('Failed to refresh remotes:', err);
+      toast.error('Failed to refresh remotes');
+    } finally {
+      setIsRefreshing(false);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleConfirm = () => {
+    if (!worktree || !selectedRemote) return;
+    onConfirm(worktree, selectedRemote);
+    onOpenChange(false);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
+      <DialogContent className="sm:max-w-[450px]">
+        <DialogHeader>
+          <DialogTitle className="flex items-center gap-2">
+            <Upload className="w-5 h-5 text-primary" />
+            Push New Branch to Remote
+            <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-xs font-medium bg-primary/10 text-primary px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full ml-2">
+              <Sparkles className="w-3 h-3" />
+              new
+            </span>
+          </DialogTitle>
+          <DialogDescription>
+            Push{' '}
+            <span className="font-mono text-foreground">
+              {worktree?.branch || 'current branch'}
+            </span>{' '}
+            to a remote repository for the first time.
+          </DialogDescription>
+        </DialogHeader>
+
+        {isLoading ? (
+          <div className="flex items-center justify-center py-8">
+            <Spinner size="lg" />
+          </div>
+        ) : error ? (
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-4 py-6">
+            <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-destructive">
+              <AlertTriangle className="w-5 h-5" />
+              <span className="text-sm">{error}</span>
+            </div>
+            <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={fetchRemotes}>
+              <RefreshCw className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+              Retry
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        ) : (
+          <div className="grid gap-4 py-4">
+            <div className="grid gap-2">
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-between">
+                <Label htmlFor="remote-select">Select Remote</Label>
+                <Button
+                  variant="ghost"
+                  size="sm"
+                  onClick={handleRefresh}
+                  disabled={isRefreshing}
+                  className="h-6 px-2 text-xs"
+                >
+                  {isRefreshing ? (
+                    <Spinner size="xs" className="mr-1" />
+                  ) : (
+                    <RefreshCw className="w-3 h-3 mr-1" />
+                  )}
+                  Refresh
+                </Button>
+              </div>
+              <Select value={selectedRemote} onValueChange={setSelectedRemote}>
+                <SelectTrigger id="remote-select">
+                  <SelectValue placeholder="Select a remote" />
+                </SelectTrigger>
+                <SelectContent>
+                  {remotes.map((remote) => (
+                    <SelectItem key={remote.name} value={remote.name}>
+                      <div className="flex flex-col items-start">
+                        <span className="font-medium">{remote.name}</span>
+                        <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground truncate max-w-[300px]">
+                          {remote.url}
+                        </span>
+                      </div>
+                    </SelectItem>
+                  ))}
+                </SelectContent>
+              </Select>
+            </div>
+
+            {selectedRemote && (
+              <div className="mt-2 p-3 rounded-md bg-muted/50 border border-border">
+                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">
+                  This will create a new remote branch{' '}
+                  <span className="font-mono text-foreground">
+                    {selectedRemote}/{worktree?.branch}
+                  </span>{' '}
+                  and set up tracking.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            )}
+          </div>
+        )}
+
+        <DialogFooter>
+          <Button variant="outline" onClick={() => onOpenChange(false)}>
+            Cancel
+          </Button>
+          <Button onClick={handleConfirm} disabled={!selectedRemote || isLoading}>
+            <Upload className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+            Push to {selectedRemote || 'Remote'}
+          </Button>
+        </DialogFooter>
+      </DialogContent>
+    </Dialog>
+  );
+}
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-actions.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-actions.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ export function useBoardActions({
    skipVerificationInAutoMode,
    isPrimaryWorktreeBranch,
    getPrimaryWorktreeBranch,
+    getAutoModeState,
  } = useAppStore();
  const autoMode = useAutoMode();

@@ -485,10 +486,22 @@ export function useBoardActions({

  const handleStartImplementation = useCallback(
    async (feature: Feature) => {
-      if (!autoMode.canStartNewTask) {
+      // Check capacity for the feature's specific worktree, not the current view
+      const featureBranchName = feature.branchName ?? null;
+      const featureWorktreeState = currentProject
+        ? getAutoModeState(currentProject.id, featureBranchName)
+        : null;
+      const featureMaxConcurrency = featureWorktreeState?.maxConcurrency ?? autoMode.maxConcurrency;
+      const featureRunningCount = featureWorktreeState?.runningTasks?.length ?? 0;
+      const canStartInWorktree = featureRunningCount < featureMaxConcurrency;
+
+      if (!canStartInWorktree) {
+        const worktreeDesc = featureBranchName
+          ? `worktree "${featureBranchName}"`
+          : 'main worktree';
        toast.error('Concurrency limit reached', {
-          description: `You can only have ${autoMode.maxConcurrency} task${
-            autoMode.maxConcurrency > 1 ? 's' : ''
+          description: `${worktreeDesc} can only have ${featureMaxConcurrency} task${
+            featureMaxConcurrency > 1 ? 's' : ''
          } running at a time. Wait for a task to complete or increase the limit.`,
        });
        return false;
@@ -552,6 +565,8 @@ export function useBoardActions({
      updateFeature,
      persistFeatureUpdate,
      handleRunFeature,
+      currentProject,
+      getAutoModeState,
    ]
  );

--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-drag-drop.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-drag-drop.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import { COLUMNS, ColumnId } from '../constants';

 const logger = createLogger('BoardDragDrop');

+export interface PendingDependencyLink {
+  draggedFeature: Feature;
+  targetFeature: Feature;
+}
+
 interface UseBoardDragDropProps {
  features: Feature[];
  currentProject: { path: string; id: string } | null;
@@ -24,7 +29,10 @@ export function useBoardDragDrop({
  handleStartImplementation,
 }: UseBoardDragDropProps) {
  const [activeFeature, setActiveFeature] = useState<Feature | null>(null);
-  const { moveFeature } = useAppStore();
+  const [pendingDependencyLink, setPendingDependencyLink] = useState<PendingDependencyLink | null>(
+    null
+  );
+  const { moveFeature, updateFeature } = useAppStore();

  // Note: getOrCreateWorktreeForFeature removed - worktrees are now created server-side
  // at execution time based on feature.branchName
@@ -40,6 +48,11 @@ export function useBoardDragDrop({
    [features]
  );

+  // Clear pending dependency link
+  const clearPendingDependencyLink = useCallback(() => {
+    setPendingDependencyLink(null);
+  }, []);
+
  const handleDragEnd = useCallback(
    async (event: DragEndEvent) => {
      const { active, over } = event;
@@ -57,6 +70,85 @@ export function useBoardDragDrop({
      // Check if this is a running task (non-skipTests, TDD)
      const isRunningTask = runningAutoTasks.includes(featureId);

+      // Check if dropped on another card (for creating dependency links)
+      if (overId.startsWith('card-drop-')) {
+        const cardData = over.data.current as {
+          type: string;
+          featureId: string;
+        };
+
+        if (cardData?.type === 'card') {
+          const targetFeatureId = cardData.featureId;
+
+          // Don't link to self
+          if (targetFeatureId === featureId) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const targetFeature = features.find((f) => f.id === targetFeatureId);
+          if (!targetFeature) return;
+
+          // Only allow linking backlog features (both must be in backlog)
+          if (draggedFeature.status !== 'backlog' || targetFeature.status !== 'backlog') {
+            toast.error('Cannot link features', {
+              description: 'Both features must be in the backlog to create a dependency link.',
+            });
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // Set pending dependency link to trigger dialog
+          setPendingDependencyLink({
+            draggedFeature,
+            targetFeature,
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Check if dropped on a worktree tab
+      if (overId.startsWith('worktree-drop-')) {
+        // Handle dropping on a worktree - change the feature's branchName
+        const worktreeData = over.data.current as {
+          type: string;
+          branch: string;
+          path: string;
+          isMain: boolean;
+        };
+
+        if (worktreeData?.type === 'worktree') {
+          // Don't allow moving running tasks to a different worktree
+          if (isRunningTask) {
+            logger.debug('Cannot move running feature to different worktree');
+            toast.error('Cannot move feature', {
+              description: 'This feature is currently running and cannot be moved.',
+            });
+            return;
+          }
+
+          const targetBranch = worktreeData.branch;
+          const currentBranch = draggedFeature.branchName;
+
+          // If already on the same branch, nothing to do
+          if (currentBranch === targetBranch) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // For main worktree, set branchName to undefined/null to indicate it should use main
+          // For other worktrees, set branchName to the target branch
+          const newBranchName = worktreeData.isMain ? undefined : targetBranch;
+
+          // Update feature's branchName
+          updateFeature(featureId, { branchName: newBranchName });
+          await persistFeatureUpdate(featureId, { branchName: newBranchName });
+
+          const branchDisplay = worktreeData.isMain ? targetBranch : targetBranch;
+          toast.success('Feature moved to branch', {
+            description: `Moved to ${branchDisplay}: ${draggedFeature.description.slice(0, 40)}${draggedFeature.description.length > 40 ? '...' : ''}`,
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
      // Determine if dragging is allowed based on status and skipTests
      // - Backlog items can always be dragged
      // - waiting_approval items can always be dragged (to allow manual verification via drag)
@@ -205,12 +297,21 @@ export function useBoardDragDrop({
        }
      }
    },
-    [features, runningAutoTasks, moveFeature, persistFeatureUpdate, handleStartImplementation]
+    [
+      features,
+      runningAutoTasks,
+      moveFeature,
+      updateFeature,
+      persistFeatureUpdate,
+      handleStartImplementation,
+    ]
  );

  return {
    activeFeature,
    handleDragStart,
    handleDragEnd,
+    pendingDependencyLink,
+    clearPendingDependencyLink,
  };
 }
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-effects.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-effects.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import { getElectronAPI } from '@/lib/electron';
-import { useAppStore } from '@/store/app-store';
 import { createLogger } from '@automaker/utils/logger';

 const logger = createLogger('BoardEffects');
@@ -65,37 +64,8 @@ export function useBoardEffects({
    };
  }, [specCreatingForProject, setSpecCreatingForProject]);

-  // Sync running tasks from electron backend on mount
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!currentProject) return;
-
-    const syncRunningTasks = async () => {
-      try {
-        const api = getElectronAPI();
-        if (!api?.autoMode?.status) return;
-
-        const status = await api.autoMode.status(currentProject.path);
-        if (status.success) {
-          const projectId = currentProject.id;
-          const { clearRunningTasks, addRunningTask } = useAppStore.getState();
-
-          if (status.runningFeatures) {
-            logger.info('Syncing running tasks from backend:', status.runningFeatures);
-
-            clearRunningTasks(projectId);
-
-            status.runningFeatures.forEach((featureId: string) => {
-              addRunningTask(projectId, featureId);
-            });
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (error) {
-        logger.error('Failed to sync running tasks:', error);
-      }
-    };
-
-    syncRunningTasks();
-  }, [currentProject]);
+  // Note: Running tasks sync is now handled by useAutoMode hook in BoardView
+  // which correctly handles worktree/branch scoping.

  // Check which features have context files
  useEffect(() => {
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-features.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/hooks/use-board-features.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ export function useBoardFeatures({ currentProject }: UseBoardFeaturesProps) {
      } else if (event.type === 'auto_mode_error') {
        // Remove from running tasks
        if (event.featureId) {
-          removeRunningTask(eventProjectId, event.featureId);
+          const eventBranchName =
+            'branchName' in event && event.branchName !== undefined ? event.branchName : null;
+          removeRunningTask(eventProjectId, eventBranchName, event.featureId);
        }

        // Show error toast
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/kanban-board.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/kanban-board.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import type { ReactNode, UIEvent, RefObject } from 'react';
-import { DndContext, DragOverlay } from '@dnd-kit/core';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { DragOverlay } from '@dnd-kit/core';
 import { SortableContext, verticalListSortingStrategy } from '@dnd-kit/sortable';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 import { KanbanColumn, KanbanCard, EmptyStateCard } from './components';
@@ -11,10 +10,6 @@ import { getColumnsWithPipeline, type ColumnId } from './constants';
 import type { PipelineConfig } from '@automaker/types';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 interface KanbanBoardProps {
-  sensors: any;
-  collisionDetectionStrategy: (args: any) => any;
-  onDragStart: (event: any) => void;
-  onDragEnd: (event: any) => void;
  activeFeature: Feature | null;
  getColumnFeatures: (columnId: ColumnId) => Feature[];
  backgroundImageStyle: React.CSSProperties;
@@ -259,10 +254,6 @@ function VirtualizedList<Item extends VirtualListItem>({
 }

 export function KanbanBoard({
-  sensors,
-  collisionDetectionStrategy,
-  onDragStart,
-  onDragEnd,
  activeFeature,
  getColumnFeatures,
  backgroundImageStyle,
@@ -319,131 +310,99 @@ export function KanbanBoard({
      )}
      style={backgroundImageStyle}
    >
-      <DndContext
-        sensors={sensors}
-        collisionDetection={collisionDetectionStrategy}
-        onDragStart={onDragStart}
-        onDragEnd={onDragEnd}
-      >
-        <div className="h-full py-1" style={containerStyle}>
-          {columns.map((column) => {
-            const columnFeatures = getColumnFeatures(column.id as ColumnId);
-            return (
-              <VirtualizedList
-                key={column.id}
-                items={columnFeatures}
-                isDragging={isDragging}
-                estimatedItemHeight={KANBAN_CARD_ESTIMATED_HEIGHT_PX}
-                itemGap={KANBAN_CARD_GAP_PX}
-                overscan={KANBAN_OVERSCAN_COUNT}
-                virtualizationThreshold={KANBAN_VIRTUALIZATION_THRESHOLD}
-              >
-                {({
-                  contentRef,
-                  onScroll,
-                  itemIds,
-                  visibleItems,
-                  totalHeight,
-                  offsetTop,
-                  startIndex,
-                  shouldVirtualize,
-                  registerItem,
-                }) => (
-                  <KanbanColumn
-                    id={column.id}
-                    title={column.title}
-                    colorClass={column.colorClass}
-                    count={columnFeatures.length}
-                    width={columnWidth}
-                    opacity={backgroundSettings.columnOpacity}
-                    showBorder={backgroundSettings.columnBorderEnabled}
-                    hideScrollbar={backgroundSettings.hideScrollbar}
-                    contentRef={contentRef}
-                    onScroll={shouldVirtualize ? onScroll : undefined}
-                    disableItemSpacing={shouldVirtualize}
-                    contentClassName="perf-contain"
-                    headerAction={
-                      column.id === 'verified' ? (
-                        <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-                          {columnFeatures.length > 0 && (
-                            <Button
-                              variant="ghost"
-                              size="sm"
-                              className="h-6 px-2 text-xs"
-                              onClick={onArchiveAllVerified}
-                              data-testid="archive-all-verified-button"
-                            >
-                              <Archive className="w-3 h-3 mr-1" />
-                              Complete All
-                            </Button>
-                          )}
+      <div className="h-full py-1" style={containerStyle}>
+        {columns.map((column) => {
+          const columnFeatures = getColumnFeatures(column.id as ColumnId);
+          return (
+            <VirtualizedList
+              key={column.id}
+              items={columnFeatures}
+              isDragging={isDragging}
+              estimatedItemHeight={KANBAN_CARD_ESTIMATED_HEIGHT_PX}
+              itemGap={KANBAN_CARD_GAP_PX}
+              overscan={KANBAN_OVERSCAN_COUNT}
+              virtualizationThreshold={KANBAN_VIRTUALIZATION_THRESHOLD}
+            >
+              {({
+                contentRef,
+                onScroll,
+                itemIds,
+                visibleItems,
+                totalHeight,
+                offsetTop,
+                startIndex,
+                shouldVirtualize,
+                registerItem,
+              }) => (
+                <KanbanColumn
+                  id={column.id}
+                  title={column.title}
+                  colorClass={column.colorClass}
+                  count={columnFeatures.length}
+                  width={columnWidth}
+                  opacity={backgroundSettings.columnOpacity}
+                  showBorder={backgroundSettings.columnBorderEnabled}
+                  hideScrollbar={backgroundSettings.hideScrollbar}
+                  contentRef={contentRef}
+                  onScroll={shouldVirtualize ? onScroll : undefined}
+                  disableItemSpacing={shouldVirtualize}
+                  contentClassName="perf-contain"
+                  headerAction={
+                    column.id === 'verified' ? (
+                      <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                        {columnFeatures.length > 0 && (
                          <Button
                            variant="ghost"
                            size="sm"
-                            className="h-6 w-6 p-0 relative"
-                            onClick={onShowCompletedModal}
-                            title={`Completed Features (${completedCount})`}
-                            data-testid="completed-features-button"
+                            className="h-6 px-2 text-xs"
+                            onClick={onArchiveAllVerified}
+                            data-testid="archive-all-verified-button"
                          >
-                            <Archive className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
-                            {completedCount > 0 && (
-                              <span className="absolute -top-1 -right-1 bg-brand-500 text-white text-[8px] font-bold rounded-full w-3.5 h-3.5 flex items-center justify-center">
-                                {completedCount > 99 ? '99+' : completedCount}
-                              </span>
-                            )}
+                            <Archive className="w-3 h-3 mr-1" />
+                            Complete All
                          </Button>
-                        </div>
-                      ) : column.id === 'backlog' ? (
-                        <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
-                          <Button
-                            variant="default"
-                            size="sm"
-                            className="h-6 w-6 p-0"
-                            onClick={onAddFeature}
-                            title="Add Feature"
-                            data-testid="add-feature-button"
-                          >
-                            <Plus className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
-                          </Button>
-                          <Button
-                            variant="ghost"
-                            size="sm"
-                            className={`h-6 px-2 text-xs ${selectionTarget === 'backlog' ? 'text-primary bg-primary/10' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'}`}
-                            onClick={() => onToggleSelectionMode?.('backlog')}
-                            title={
-                              selectionTarget === 'backlog'
-                                ? 'Switch to Drag Mode'
-                                : 'Select Multiple'
-                            }
-                            data-testid="selection-mode-button"
-                          >
-                            {selectionTarget === 'backlog' ? (
-                              <>
-                                <GripVertical className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-1" />
-                                Drag
-                              </>
-                            ) : (
-                              <>
-                                <CheckSquare className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-1" />
-                                Select
-                              </>
-                            )}
-                          </Button>
-                        </div>
-                      ) : column.id === 'waiting_approval' ? (
+                        )}
                        <Button
                          variant="ghost"
                          size="sm"
-                          className={`h-6 px-2 text-xs ${selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval' ? 'text-primary bg-primary/10' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'}`}
-                          onClick={() => onToggleSelectionMode?.('waiting_approval')}
+                          className="h-6 w-6 p-0 relative"
+                          onClick={onShowCompletedModal}
+                          title={`Completed Features (${completedCount})`}
+                          data-testid="completed-features-button"
+                        >
+                          <Archive className="w-3.5 h-3.5 text-muted-foreground" />
+                          {completedCount > 0 && (
+                            <span className="absolute -top-1 -right-1 bg-brand-500 text-white text-[8px] font-bold rounded-full w-3.5 h-3.5 flex items-center justify-center">
+                              {completedCount > 99 ? '99+' : completedCount}
+                            </span>
+                          )}
+                        </Button>
+                      </div>
+                    ) : column.id === 'backlog' ? (
+                      <div className="flex items-center gap-1">
+                        <Button
+                          variant="default"
+                          size="sm"
+                          className="h-6 w-6 p-0"
+                          onClick={onAddFeature}
+                          title="Add Feature"
+                          data-testid="add-feature-button"
+                        >
+                          <Plus className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+                        </Button>
+                        <Button
+                          variant="ghost"
+                          size="sm"
+                          className={`h-6 px-2 text-xs ${selectionTarget === 'backlog' ? 'text-primary bg-primary/10' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'}`}
+                          onClick={() => onToggleSelectionMode?.('backlog')}
                          title={
-                            selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval'
+                            selectionTarget === 'backlog'
                              ? 'Switch to Drag Mode'
                              : 'Select Multiple'
                          }
-                          data-testid="waiting-approval-selection-mode-button"
+                          data-testid="selection-mode-button"
                        >
-                          {selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval' ? (
+                          {selectionTarget === 'backlog' ? (
                            <>
                              <GripVertical className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-1" />
                              Drag
@@ -455,221 +414,242 @@ export function KanbanBoard({
                            </>
                          )}
                        </Button>
-                      ) : column.id === 'in_progress' ? (
-                        <Button
-                          variant="ghost"
-                          size="sm"
-                          className="h-6 w-6 p-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-                          onClick={onOpenPipelineSettings}
-                          title="Pipeline Settings"
-                          data-testid="pipeline-settings-button"
-                        >
-                          <Settings2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
-                        </Button>
-                      ) : column.isPipelineStep ? (
-                        <Button
-                          variant="ghost"
-                          size="sm"
-                          className="h-6 w-6 p-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
-                          onClick={onOpenPipelineSettings}
-                          title="Edit Pipeline Step"
-                          data-testid="edit-pipeline-step-button"
-                        >
-                          <Settings2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
-                        </Button>
-                      ) : undefined
-                    }
-                    footerAction={
-                      column.id === 'backlog' ? (
-                        <Button
-                          variant="default"
-                          size="sm"
-                          className="w-full h-9 text-sm"
-                          onClick={onAddFeature}
-                          data-testid="add-feature-floating-button"
-                        >
-                          <Plus className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
-                          Add Feature
-                          <span className="ml-auto pl-2 text-[10px] font-mono opacity-70 bg-black/20 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded">
-                            {formatShortcut(addFeatureShortcut, true)}
-                          </span>
-                        </Button>
-                      ) : undefined
-                    }
-                  >
-                    {(() => {
-                      const reduceEffects = shouldVirtualize;
-                      const effectiveCardOpacity = reduceEffects
-                        ? Math.min(backgroundSettings.cardOpacity, REDUCED_CARD_OPACITY_PERCENT)
-                        : backgroundSettings.cardOpacity;
-                      const effectiveGlassmorphism =
-                        backgroundSettings.cardGlassmorphism && !reduceEffects;
+                      </div>
+                    ) : column.id === 'waiting_approval' ? (
+                      <Button
+                        variant="ghost"
+                        size="sm"
+                        className={`h-6 px-2 text-xs ${selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval' ? 'text-primary bg-primary/10' : 'text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground'}`}
+                        onClick={() => onToggleSelectionMode?.('waiting_approval')}
+                        title={
+                          selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval'
+                            ? 'Switch to Drag Mode'
+                            : 'Select Multiple'
+                        }
+                        data-testid="waiting-approval-selection-mode-button"
+                      >
+                        {selectionTarget === 'waiting_approval' ? (
+                          <>
+                            <GripVertical className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-1" />
+                            Drag
+                          </>
+                        ) : (
+                          <>
+                            <CheckSquare className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-1" />
+                            Select
+                          </>
+                        )}
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : column.id === 'in_progress' ? (
+                      <Button
+                        variant="ghost"
+                        size="sm"
+                        className="h-6 w-6 p-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                        onClick={onOpenPipelineSettings}
+                        title="Pipeline Settings"
+                        data-testid="pipeline-settings-button"
+                      >
+                        <Settings2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : column.isPipelineStep ? (
+                      <Button
+                        variant="ghost"
+                        size="sm"
+                        className="h-6 w-6 p-0 text-muted-foreground hover:text-foreground"
+                        onClick={onOpenPipelineSettings}
+                        title="Edit Pipeline Step"
+                        data-testid="edit-pipeline-step-button"
+                      >
+                        <Settings2 className="w-3.5 h-3.5" />
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : undefined
+                  }
+                  footerAction={
+                    column.id === 'backlog' ? (
+                      <Button
+                        variant="default"
+                        size="sm"
+                        className="w-full h-9 text-sm"
+                        onClick={onAddFeature}
+                        data-testid="add-feature-floating-button"
+                      >
+                        <Plus className="w-4 h-4 mr-2" />
+                        Add Feature
+                        <span className="ml-auto pl-2 text-[10px] font-mono opacity-70 bg-black/20 px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded">
+                          {formatShortcut(addFeatureShortcut, true)}
+                        </span>
+                      </Button>
+                    ) : undefined
+                  }
+                >
+                  {(() => {
+                    const reduceEffects = shouldVirtualize;
+                    const effectiveCardOpacity = reduceEffects
+                      ? Math.min(backgroundSettings.cardOpacity, REDUCED_CARD_OPACITY_PERCENT)
+                      : backgroundSettings.cardOpacity;
+                    const effectiveGlassmorphism =
+                      backgroundSettings.cardGlassmorphism && !reduceEffects;

-                      return (
-                        <SortableContext items={itemIds} strategy={verticalListSortingStrategy}>
-                          {/* Empty state card when column has no features */}
-                          {columnFeatures.length === 0 && !isDragging && (
-                            <EmptyStateCard
-                              columnId={column.id}
-                              columnTitle={column.title}
-                              addFeatureShortcut={addFeatureShortcut}
-                              isReadOnly={isReadOnly}
-                              onAiSuggest={column.id === 'backlog' ? onAiSuggest : undefined}
-                              opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
-                              glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
-                              customConfig={
-                                column.isPipelineStep
-                                  ? {
-                                      title: `${column.title} Empty`,
-                                      description: `Features will appear here during the ${column.title.toLowerCase()} phase of the pipeline.`,
-                                    }
-                                  : undefined
-                              }
-                            />
-                          )}
-                          {shouldVirtualize ? (
-                            <div className="relative" style={{ height: totalHeight }}>
-                              <div
-                                className="absolute left-0 right-0"
-                                style={{ transform: `translateY(${offsetTop}px)` }}
-                              >
-                                {visibleItems.map((feature, index) => {
-                                  const absoluteIndex = startIndex + index;
-                                  let shortcutKey: string | undefined;
-                                  if (column.id === 'in_progress' && absoluteIndex < 10) {
-                                    shortcutKey =
-                                      absoluteIndex === 9 ? '0' : String(absoluteIndex + 1);
+                    return (
+                      <SortableContext items={itemIds} strategy={verticalListSortingStrategy}>
+                        {/* Empty state card when column has no features */}
+                        {columnFeatures.length === 0 && !isDragging && (
+                          <EmptyStateCard
+                            columnId={column.id}
+                            columnTitle={column.title}
+                            addFeatureShortcut={addFeatureShortcut}
+                            isReadOnly={isReadOnly}
+                            onAiSuggest={column.id === 'backlog' ? onAiSuggest : undefined}
+                            opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
+                            glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
+                            customConfig={
+                              column.isPipelineStep
+                                ? {
+                                    title: `${column.title} Empty`,
+                                    description: `Features will appear here during the ${column.title.toLowerCase()} phase of the pipeline.`,
                                  }
-                                  return (
-                                    <div
-                                      key={feature.id}
-                                      ref={registerItem(feature.id)}
-                                      style={{ marginBottom: `${KANBAN_CARD_GAP_PX}px` }}
-                                    >
-                                      <KanbanCard
-                                        feature={feature}
-                                        onEdit={() => onEdit(feature)}
-                                        onDelete={() => onDelete(feature.id)}
-                                        onViewOutput={() => onViewOutput(feature)}
-                                        onVerify={() => onVerify(feature)}
-                                        onResume={() => onResume(feature)}
-                                        onForceStop={() => onForceStop(feature)}
-                                        onManualVerify={() => onManualVerify(feature)}
-                                        onMoveBackToInProgress={() =>
-                                          onMoveBackToInProgress(feature)
-                                        }
-                                        onFollowUp={() => onFollowUp(feature)}
-                                        onComplete={() => onComplete(feature)}
-                                        onImplement={() => onImplement(feature)}
-                                        onViewPlan={() => onViewPlan(feature)}
-                                        onApprovePlan={() => onApprovePlan(feature)}
-                                        onSpawnTask={() => onSpawnTask?.(feature)}
-                                        hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(feature.id)}
-                                        isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(feature.id)}
-                                        shortcutKey={shortcutKey}
-                                        opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
-                                        glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
-                                        cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
-                                        cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
-                                        reduceEffects={reduceEffects}
-                                        isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
-                                        selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
-                                        isSelected={selectedFeatureIds.has(feature.id)}
-                                        onToggleSelect={() =>
-                                          onToggleFeatureSelection?.(feature.id)
-                                        }
-                                      />
-                                    </div>
-                                  );
-                                })}
-                              </div>
+                                : undefined
+                            }
+                          />
+                        )}
+                        {shouldVirtualize ? (
+                          <div className="relative" style={{ height: totalHeight }}>
+                            <div
+                              className="absolute left-0 right-0"
+                              style={{ transform: `translateY(${offsetTop}px)` }}
+                            >
+                              {visibleItems.map((feature, index) => {
+                                const absoluteIndex = startIndex + index;
+                                let shortcutKey: string | undefined;
+                                if (column.id === 'in_progress' && absoluteIndex < 10) {
+                                  shortcutKey =
+                                    absoluteIndex === 9 ? '0' : String(absoluteIndex + 1);
+                                }
+                                return (
+                                  <div
+                                    key={feature.id}
+                                    ref={registerItem(feature.id)}
+                                    style={{ marginBottom: `${KANBAN_CARD_GAP_PX}px` }}
+                                  >
+                                    <KanbanCard
+                                      feature={feature}
+                                      onEdit={() => onEdit(feature)}
+                                      onDelete={() => onDelete(feature.id)}
+                                      onViewOutput={() => onViewOutput(feature)}
+                                      onVerify={() => onVerify(feature)}
+                                      onResume={() => onResume(feature)}
+                                      onForceStop={() => onForceStop(feature)}
+                                      onManualVerify={() => onManualVerify(feature)}
+                                      onMoveBackToInProgress={() => onMoveBackToInProgress(feature)}
+                                      onFollowUp={() => onFollowUp(feature)}
+                                      onComplete={() => onComplete(feature)}
+                                      onImplement={() => onImplement(feature)}
+                                      onViewPlan={() => onViewPlan(feature)}
+                                      onApprovePlan={() => onApprovePlan(feature)}
+                                      onSpawnTask={() => onSpawnTask?.(feature)}
+                                      hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(feature.id)}
+                                      isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(feature.id)}
+                                      shortcutKey={shortcutKey}
+                                      opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
+                                      glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
+                                      cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
+                                      cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
+                                      reduceEffects={reduceEffects}
+                                      isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
+                                      selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
+                                      isSelected={selectedFeatureIds.has(feature.id)}
+                                      onToggleSelect={() => onToggleFeatureSelection?.(feature.id)}
+                                    />
+                                  </div>
+                                );
+                              })}
                            </div>
-                          ) : (
-                            columnFeatures.map((feature, index) => {
-                              let shortcutKey: string | undefined;
-                              if (column.id === 'in_progress' && index < 10) {
-                                shortcutKey = index === 9 ? '0' : String(index + 1);
-                              }
-                              return (
-                                <KanbanCard
-                                  key={feature.id}
-                                  feature={feature}
-                                  onEdit={() => onEdit(feature)}
-                                  onDelete={() => onDelete(feature.id)}
-                                  onViewOutput={() => onViewOutput(feature)}
-                                  onVerify={() => onVerify(feature)}
-                                  onResume={() => onResume(feature)}
-                                  onForceStop={() => onForceStop(feature)}
-                                  onManualVerify={() => onManualVerify(feature)}
-                                  onMoveBackToInProgress={() => onMoveBackToInProgress(feature)}
-                                  onFollowUp={() => onFollowUp(feature)}
-                                  onComplete={() => onComplete(feature)}
-                                  onImplement={() => onImplement(feature)}
-                                  onViewPlan={() => onViewPlan(feature)}
-                                  onApprovePlan={() => onApprovePlan(feature)}
-                                  onSpawnTask={() => onSpawnTask?.(feature)}
-                                  hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(feature.id)}
-                                  isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(feature.id)}
-                                  shortcutKey={shortcutKey}
-                                  opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
-                                  glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
-                                  cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
-                                  cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
-                                  reduceEffects={reduceEffects}
-                                  isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
-                                  selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
-                                  isSelected={selectedFeatureIds.has(feature.id)}
-                                  onToggleSelect={() => onToggleFeatureSelection?.(feature.id)}
-                                />
-                              );
-                            })
-                          )}
-                        </SortableContext>
-                      );
-                    })()}
-                  </KanbanColumn>
-                )}
-              </VirtualizedList>
-            );
-          })}
-        </div>
+                          </div>
+                        ) : (
+                          columnFeatures.map((feature, index) => {
+                            let shortcutKey: string | undefined;
+                            if (column.id === 'in_progress' && index < 10) {
+                              shortcutKey = index === 9 ? '0' : String(index + 1);
+                            }
+                            return (
+                              <KanbanCard
+                                key={feature.id}
+                                feature={feature}
+                                onEdit={() => onEdit(feature)}
+                                onDelete={() => onDelete(feature.id)}
+                                onViewOutput={() => onViewOutput(feature)}
+                                onVerify={() => onVerify(feature)}
+                                onResume={() => onResume(feature)}
+                                onForceStop={() => onForceStop(feature)}
+                                onManualVerify={() => onManualVerify(feature)}
+                                onMoveBackToInProgress={() => onMoveBackToInProgress(feature)}
+                                onFollowUp={() => onFollowUp(feature)}
+                                onComplete={() => onComplete(feature)}
+                                onImplement={() => onImplement(feature)}
+                                onViewPlan={() => onViewPlan(feature)}
+                                onApprovePlan={() => onApprovePlan(feature)}
+                                onSpawnTask={() => onSpawnTask?.(feature)}
+                                hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(feature.id)}
+                                isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(feature.id)}
+                                shortcutKey={shortcutKey}
+                                opacity={effectiveCardOpacity}
+                                glassmorphism={effectiveGlassmorphism}
+                                cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
+                                cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
+                                reduceEffects={reduceEffects}
+                                isSelectionMode={isSelectionMode}
+                                selectionTarget={selectionTarget}
+                                isSelected={selectedFeatureIds.has(feature.id)}
+                                onToggleSelect={() => onToggleFeatureSelection?.(feature.id)}
+                              />
+                            );
+                          })
+                        )}
+                      </SortableContext>
+                    );
+                  })()}
+                </KanbanColumn>
+              )}
+            </VirtualizedList>
+          );
+        })}
+      </div>

-        <DragOverlay
-          dropAnimation={{
-            duration: 200,
-            easing: 'cubic-bezier(0.18, 0.67, 0.6, 1.22)',
-          }}
-        >
-          {activeFeature && (
-            <div style={{ width: `${columnWidth}px` }}>
-              <KanbanCard
-                feature={activeFeature}
-                isOverlay
-                onEdit={() => {}}
-                onDelete={() => {}}
-                onViewOutput={() => {}}
-                onVerify={() => {}}
-                onResume={() => {}}
-                onForceStop={() => {}}
-                onManualVerify={() => {}}
-                onMoveBackToInProgress={() => {}}
-                onFollowUp={() => {}}
-                onImplement={() => {}}
-                onComplete={() => {}}
-                onViewPlan={() => {}}
-                onApprovePlan={() => {}}
-                onSpawnTask={() => {}}
-                hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(activeFeature.id)}
-                isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(activeFeature.id)}
-                opacity={backgroundSettings.cardOpacity}
-                glassmorphism={backgroundSettings.cardGlassmorphism}
-                cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
-                cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
-              />
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </DragOverlay>
-      </DndContext>
+      <DragOverlay
+        dropAnimation={{
+          duration: 200,
+          easing: 'cubic-bezier(0.18, 0.67, 0.6, 1.22)',
+        }}
+      >
+        {activeFeature && (
+          <div style={{ width: `${columnWidth}px` }}>
+            <KanbanCard
+              feature={activeFeature}
+              isOverlay
+              onEdit={() => {}}
+              onDelete={() => {}}
+              onViewOutput={() => {}}
+              onVerify={() => {}}
+              onResume={() => {}}
+              onForceStop={() => {}}
+              onManualVerify={() => {}}
+              onMoveBackToInProgress={() => {}}
+              onFollowUp={() => {}}
+              onImplement={() => {}}
+              onComplete={() => {}}
+              onViewPlan={() => {}}
+              onApprovePlan={() => {}}
+              onSpawnTask={() => {}}
+              hasContext={featuresWithContext.has(activeFeature.id)}
+              isCurrentAutoTask={runningAutoTasks.includes(activeFeature.id)}
+              opacity={backgroundSettings.cardOpacity}
+              glassmorphism={backgroundSettings.cardGlassmorphism}
+              cardBorderEnabled={backgroundSettings.cardBorderEnabled}
+              cardBorderOpacity={backgroundSettings.cardBorderOpacity}
+            />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </DragOverlay>
    </div>
  );
 }
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/components/worktree-actions-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/components/worktree-actions-dropdown.tsx
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ import {
  Copy,
  Eye,
  ScrollText,
+  Sparkles,
  Terminal,
  SquarePlus,
  SplitSquareHorizontal,
-  Zap,
  Undo2,
+  Zap,
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ interface WorktreeActionsDropdownProps {
  isSelected: boolean;
  aheadCount: number;
  behindCount: number;
+  hasRemoteBranch: boolean;
  isPulling: boolean;
  isPushing: boolean;
  isStartingDevServer: boolean;
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ interface WorktreeActionsDropdownProps {
  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void;
  onPull: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onPush: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
+  onPushNewBranch: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onOpenInEditor: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, editorCommand?: string) => void;
  onOpenInIntegratedTerminal: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, mode?: 'tab' | 'split') => void;
  onOpenInExternalTerminal: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, terminalId?: string) => void;
@@ -73,7 +76,6 @@ interface WorktreeActionsDropdownProps {
  onCreatePR: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onAddressPRComments: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, prInfo: PRInfo) => void;
  onResolveConflicts: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
-  onMerge: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onDeleteWorktree: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onStartDevServer: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onStopDevServer: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ interface WorktreeActionsDropdownProps {
  onViewDevServerLogs: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onRunInitScript: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onToggleAutoMode?: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
+  onMerge: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  hasInitScript: boolean;
 }

@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
  isSelected,
  aheadCount,
  behindCount,
+  hasRemoteBranch,
  isPulling,
  isPushing,
  isStartingDevServer,
@@ -100,6 +104,7 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
  onOpenChange,
  onPull,
  onPush,
+  onPushNewBranch,
  onOpenInEditor,
  onOpenInIntegratedTerminal,
  onOpenInExternalTerminal,
@@ -109,7 +114,6 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
  onCreatePR,
  onAddressPRComments,
  onResolveConflicts,
-  onMerge,
  onDeleteWorktree,
  onStartDevServer,
  onStopDevServer,
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
  onViewDevServerLogs,
  onRunInitScript,
  onToggleAutoMode,
+  onMerge,
  hasInitScript,
 }: WorktreeActionsDropdownProps) {
  // Get available editors for the "Open In" submenu
@@ -264,14 +269,27 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
        </TooltipWrapper>
        <TooltipWrapper showTooltip={!!gitOpsDisabledReason} tooltipContent={gitOpsDisabledReason}>
          <DropdownMenuItem
-            onClick={() => canPerformGitOps && onPush(worktree)}
-            disabled={isPushing || aheadCount === 0 || !canPerformGitOps}
+            onClick={() => {
+              if (!canPerformGitOps) return;
+              if (!hasRemoteBranch) {
+                onPushNewBranch(worktree);
+              } else {
+                onPush(worktree);
+              }
+            }}
+            disabled={isPushing || (hasRemoteBranch && aheadCount === 0) || !canPerformGitOps}
            className={cn('text-xs', !canPerformGitOps && 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed')}
          >
            <Upload className={cn('w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-2', isPushing && 'animate-pulse')} />
            {isPushing ? 'Pushing...' : 'Push'}
            {!canPerformGitOps && <AlertCircle className="w-3 h-3 ml-auto text-muted-foreground" />}
-            {canPerformGitOps && aheadCount > 0 && (
+            {canPerformGitOps && !hasRemoteBranch && (
+              <span className="ml-auto inline-flex items-center gap-0.5 text-[10px] bg-primary/20 text-primary px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded">
+                <Sparkles className="w-2.5 h-2.5" />
+                new
+              </span>
+            )}
+            {canPerformGitOps && hasRemoteBranch && aheadCount > 0 && (
              <span className="ml-auto text-[10px] bg-primary/20 text-primary px-1.5 py-0.5 rounded">
                {aheadCount} ahead
              </span>
@@ -292,27 +310,6 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
            {!canPerformGitOps && <AlertCircle className="w-3 h-3 ml-auto text-muted-foreground" />}
          </DropdownMenuItem>
        </TooltipWrapper>
-        {!worktree.isMain && (
-          <TooltipWrapper
-            showTooltip={!!gitOpsDisabledReason}
-            tooltipContent={gitOpsDisabledReason}
-          >
-            <DropdownMenuItem
-              onClick={() => canPerformGitOps && onMerge(worktree)}
-              disabled={!canPerformGitOps}
-              className={cn(
-                'text-xs text-green-600 focus:text-green-700',
-                !canPerformGitOps && 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed'
-              )}
-            >
-              <GitMerge className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-2" />
-              Merge to Main
-              {!canPerformGitOps && (
-                <AlertCircle className="w-3 h-3 ml-auto text-muted-foreground" />
-              )}
-            </DropdownMenuItem>
-          </TooltipWrapper>
-        )}
        <DropdownMenuSeparator />
        {/* Open in editor - split button: click main area for default, chevron for other options */}
        {effectiveDefaultEditor && (
@@ -546,6 +543,26 @@ export function WorktreeActionsDropdown({
        )}
        {!worktree.isMain && (
          <>
+            <TooltipWrapper
+              showTooltip={!!gitOpsDisabledReason}
+              tooltipContent={gitOpsDisabledReason}
+            >
+              <DropdownMenuItem
+                onClick={() => canPerformGitOps && onMerge(worktree)}
+                disabled={!canPerformGitOps}
+                className={cn(
+                  'text-xs text-green-600 focus:text-green-700',
+                  !canPerformGitOps && 'opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed'
+                )}
+              >
+                <GitMerge className="w-3.5 h-3.5 mr-2" />
+                Merge Branch
+                {!canPerformGitOps && (
+                  <AlertCircle className="w-3 h-3 ml-auto text-muted-foreground" />
+                )}
+              </DropdownMenuItem>
+            </TooltipWrapper>
+            <DropdownMenuSeparator />
            <DropdownMenuItem
              onClick={() => onDeleteWorktree(worktree)}
              className="text-xs text-destructive focus:text-destructive"
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/components/worktree-tab.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/components/worktree-tab.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Globe, CircleDot, GitPullRequest } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Spinner } from '@/components/ui/spinner';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipProvider, TooltipTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tooltip';
+import { useDroppable } from '@dnd-kit/core';
 import type { WorktreeInfo, BranchInfo, DevServerInfo, PRInfo, GitRepoStatus } from '../types';
 import { BranchSwitchDropdown } from './branch-switch-dropdown';
 import { WorktreeActionsDropdown } from './worktree-actions-dropdown';
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ interface WorktreeTabProps {
  isStartingDevServer: boolean;
  aheadCount: number;
  behindCount: number;
+  hasRemoteBranch: boolean;
  gitRepoStatus: GitRepoStatus;
  /** Whether auto mode is running for this worktree */
  isAutoModeRunning?: boolean;
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ interface WorktreeTabProps {
  onCreateBranch: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onPull: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onPush: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
+  onPushNewBranch: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onOpenInEditor: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, editorCommand?: string) => void;
  onOpenInIntegratedTerminal: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, mode?: 'tab' | 'split') => void;
  onOpenInExternalTerminal: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, terminalId?: string) => void;
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
  isStartingDevServer,
  aheadCount,
  behindCount,
+  hasRemoteBranch,
  gitRepoStatus,
  isAutoModeRunning = false,
  onSelectWorktree,
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
  onCreateBranch,
  onPull,
  onPush,
+  onPushNewBranch,
  onOpenInEditor,
  onOpenInIntegratedTerminal,
  onOpenInExternalTerminal,
@@ -108,6 +113,16 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
  onToggleAutoMode,
  hasInitScript,
 }: WorktreeTabProps) {
+  // Make the worktree tab a drop target for feature cards
+  const { setNodeRef, isOver } = useDroppable({
+    id: `worktree-drop-${worktree.branch}`,
+    data: {
+      type: 'worktree',
+      branch: worktree.branch,
+      path: worktree.path,
+      isMain: worktree.isMain,
+    },
+  });
  let prBadge: JSX.Element | null = null;
  if (worktree.pr) {
    const prState = worktree.pr.state?.toLowerCase() ?? 'open';
@@ -194,7 +209,13 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
  }

  return (
-    <div className="flex items-center rounded-md">
+    <div
+      ref={setNodeRef}
+      className={cn(
+        'flex items-center rounded-md transition-all duration-150',
+        isOver && 'ring-2 ring-primary ring-offset-2 ring-offset-background scale-105'
+      )}
+    >
      {worktree.isMain ? (
        <>
          <Button
@@ -366,6 +387,7 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
        isSelected={isSelected}
        aheadCount={aheadCount}
        behindCount={behindCount}
+        hasRemoteBranch={hasRemoteBranch}
        isPulling={isPulling}
        isPushing={isPushing}
        isStartingDevServer={isStartingDevServer}
@@ -376,6 +398,7 @@ export function WorktreeTab({
        onOpenChange={onActionsDropdownOpenChange}
        onPull={onPull}
        onPush={onPush}
+        onPushNewBranch={onPushNewBranch}
        onOpenInEditor={onOpenInEditor}
        onOpenInIntegratedTerminal={onOpenInIntegratedTerminal}
        onOpenInExternalTerminal={onOpenInExternalTerminal}
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/hooks/use-branches.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/hooks/use-branches.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function useBranches() {
  const branches = branchData?.branches ?? [];
  const aheadCount = branchData?.aheadCount ?? 0;
  const behindCount = branchData?.behindCount ?? 0;
+  const hasRemoteBranch = branchData?.hasRemoteBranch ?? false;
  // Use conservative defaults (false) until data is confirmed
  // This prevents the UI from assuming git capabilities before the query completes
  const gitRepoStatus: GitRepoStatus = {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ export function useBranches() {
    filteredBranches,
    aheadCount,
    behindCount,
+    hasRemoteBranch,
    isLoadingBranches,
    branchFilter,
    setBranchFilter,
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/hooks/use-running-features.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/hooks/use-running-features.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ export function useRunningFeatures({ runningFeatureIds, features }: UseRunningFe

        // Match by branchName only (worktreePath is no longer stored)
        if (feature.branchName) {
+          // Special case: if feature is on 'main' branch, it belongs to main worktree
+          // irrespective of whether the branch name matches exactly (it should, but strict equality might fail if refs differ)
+          if (worktree.isMain && feature.branchName === 'main') {
+            return true;
+          }
          return worktree.branch === feature.branchName;
        }

--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/types.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/types.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export interface PRInfo {
  }>;
 }

+export interface MergeConflictInfo {
+  sourceBranch: string;
+  targetBranch: string;
+  targetWorktreePath: string;
+}
+
 export interface WorktreePanelProps {
  projectPath: string;
  onCreateWorktree: () => void;
@@ -70,7 +76,9 @@ export interface WorktreePanelProps {
  onCreateBranch: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
  onAddressPRComments: (worktree: WorktreeInfo, prInfo: PRInfo) => void;
  onResolveConflicts: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
-  onMerge: (worktree: WorktreeInfo) => void;
+  onCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature?: (conflictInfo: MergeConflictInfo) => void;
+  /** Called when a branch is deleted during merge - features should be reassigned to main */
+  onBranchDeletedDuringMerge?: (branchName: string) => void;
  onRemovedWorktrees?: (removedWorktrees: Array<{ path: string; branch: string }>) => void;
  runningFeatureIds?: string[];
  features?: FeatureInfo[];
--- a/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/worktree-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/ui/src/components/views/board-view/worktree-panel/worktree-panel.tsx
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ import {
  BranchSwitchDropdown,
 } from './components';
 import { useAppStore } from '@/store/app-store';
-import { ViewWorktreeChangesDialog } from '../dialogs';
+import { ViewWorktreeChangesDialog, PushToRemoteDialog, MergeWorktreeDialog } from '../dialogs';
 import { ConfirmDialog } from '@/components/ui/confirm-dialog';
 import { Undo2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { getElectronAPI } from '@/lib/electron';

 export function WorktreePanel({
  projectPath,
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
  onCreateBranch,
  onAddressPRComments,
  onResolveConflicts,
-  onMerge,
+  onCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature,
+  onBranchDeletedDuringMerge,
  onRemovedWorktrees,
  runningFeatureIds = [],
  features = [],
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
    filteredBranches,
    aheadCount,
    behindCount,
+    hasRemoteBranch,
    isLoadingBranches,
    branchFilter,
    setBranchFilter,
@@ -170,6 +173,14 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
  const [logPanelOpen, setLogPanelOpen] = useState(false);
  const [logPanelWorktree, setLogPanelWorktree] = useState<WorktreeInfo | null>(null);

+  // Push to remote dialog state
+  const [pushToRemoteDialogOpen, setPushToRemoteDialogOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [pushToRemoteWorktree, setPushToRemoteWorktree] = useState<WorktreeInfo | null>(null);
+
+  // Merge branch dialog state
+  const [mergeDialogOpen, setMergeDialogOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [mergeWorktree, setMergeWorktree] = useState<WorktreeInfo | null>(null);
+
  const isMobile = useIsMobile();

  // Periodic interval check (5 seconds) to detect branch changes on disk
@@ -280,6 +291,54 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
    // Keep logPanelWorktree set for smooth close animation
  }, []);

+  // Handle opening the push to remote dialog
+  const handlePushNewBranch = useCallback((worktree: WorktreeInfo) => {
+    setPushToRemoteWorktree(worktree);
+    setPushToRemoteDialogOpen(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  // Handle confirming the push to remote dialog
+  const handleConfirmPushToRemote = useCallback(
+    async (worktree: WorktreeInfo, remote: string) => {
+      try {
+        const api = getElectronAPI();
+        if (!api?.worktree?.push) {
+          toast.error('Push API not available');
+          return;
+        }
+        const result = await api.worktree.push(worktree.path, false, remote);
+        if (result.success && result.result) {
+          toast.success(result.result.message);
+          fetchBranches(worktree.path);
+          fetchWorktrees();
+        } else {
+          toast.error(result.error || 'Failed to push changes');
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        toast.error('Failed to push changes');
+      }
+    },
+    [fetchBranches, fetchWorktrees]
+  );
+
+  // Handle opening the merge dialog
+  const handleMerge = useCallback((worktree: WorktreeInfo) => {
+    setMergeWorktree(worktree);
+    setMergeDialogOpen(true);
+  }, []);
+
+  // Handle merge completion - refresh worktrees and reassign features if branch was deleted
+  const handleMerged = useCallback(
+    (mergedWorktree: WorktreeInfo, deletedBranch: boolean) => {
+      fetchWorktrees();
+      // If the branch was deleted, notify parent to reassign features to main
+      if (deletedBranch && onBranchDeletedDuringMerge) {
+        onBranchDeletedDuringMerge(mergedWorktree.branch);
+      }
+    },
+    [fetchWorktrees, onBranchDeletedDuringMerge]
+  );
+
  const mainWorktree = worktrees.find((w) => w.isMain);
  const nonMainWorktrees = worktrees.filter((w) => !w.isMain);

@@ -325,6 +384,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            standalone={true}
            aheadCount={aheadCount}
            behindCount={behindCount}
+            hasRemoteBranch={hasRemoteBranch}
            isPulling={isPulling}
            isPushing={isPushing}
            isStartingDevServer={isStartingDevServer}
@@ -335,6 +395,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            onOpenChange={handleActionsDropdownOpenChange(selectedWorktree)}
            onPull={handlePull}
            onPush={handlePush}
+            onPushNewBranch={handlePushNewBranch}
            onOpenInEditor={handleOpenInEditor}
            onOpenInIntegratedTerminal={handleOpenInIntegratedTerminal}
            onOpenInExternalTerminal={handleOpenInExternalTerminal}
@@ -344,7 +405,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            onCreatePR={onCreatePR}
            onAddressPRComments={onAddressPRComments}
            onResolveConflicts={onResolveConflicts}
-            onMerge={onMerge}
+            onMerge={handleMerge}
            onDeleteWorktree={onDeleteWorktree}
            onStartDevServer={handleStartDevServer}
            onStopDevServer={handleStopDevServer}
@@ -415,6 +476,24 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
          onStopDevServer={handleStopDevServer}
          onOpenDevServerUrl={handleOpenDevServerUrl}
        />
+
+        {/* Push to Remote Dialog */}
+        <PushToRemoteDialog
+          open={pushToRemoteDialogOpen}
+          onOpenChange={setPushToRemoteDialogOpen}
+          worktree={pushToRemoteWorktree}
+          onConfirm={handleConfirmPushToRemote}
+        />
+
+        {/* Merge Branch Dialog */}
+        <MergeWorktreeDialog
+          open={mergeDialogOpen}
+          onOpenChange={setMergeDialogOpen}
+          projectPath={projectPath}
+          worktree={mergeWorktree}
+          onMerged={handleMerged}
+          onCreateConflictResolutionFeature={onCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature}
+        />
      </div>
    );
  }
@@ -448,6 +527,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            isStartingDevServer={isStartingDevServer}
            aheadCount={aheadCount}
            behindCount={behindCount}
+            hasRemoteBranch={hasRemoteBranch}
            gitRepoStatus={gitRepoStatus}
            isAutoModeRunning={isAutoModeRunningForWorktree(mainWorktree)}
            onSelectWorktree={handleSelectWorktree}
@@ -458,6 +538,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            onCreateBranch={onCreateBranch}
            onPull={handlePull}
            onPush={handlePush}
+            onPushNewBranch={handlePushNewBranch}
            onOpenInEditor={handleOpenInEditor}
            onOpenInIntegratedTerminal={handleOpenInIntegratedTerminal}
            onOpenInExternalTerminal={handleOpenInExternalTerminal}
@@ -467,7 +548,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
            onCreatePR={onCreatePR}
            onAddressPRComments={onAddressPRComments}
            onResolveConflicts={onResolveConflicts}
-            onMerge={onMerge}
+            onMerge={handleMerge}
            onDeleteWorktree={onDeleteWorktree}
            onStartDevServer={handleStartDevServer}
            onStopDevServer={handleStopDevServer}
@@ -512,6 +593,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
                  isStartingDevServer={isStartingDevServer}
                  aheadCount={aheadCount}
                  behindCount={behindCount}
+                  hasRemoteBranch={hasRemoteBranch}
                  gitRepoStatus={gitRepoStatus}
                  isAutoModeRunning={isAutoModeRunningForWorktree(worktree)}
                  onSelectWorktree={handleSelectWorktree}
@@ -522,6 +604,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
                  onCreateBranch={onCreateBranch}
                  onPull={handlePull}
                  onPush={handlePush}
+                  onPushNewBranch={handlePushNewBranch}
                  onOpenInEditor={handleOpenInEditor}
                  onOpenInIntegratedTerminal={handleOpenInIntegratedTerminal}
                  onOpenInExternalTerminal={handleOpenInExternalTerminal}
@@ -531,7 +614,7 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
                  onCreatePR={onCreatePR}
                  onAddressPRComments={onAddressPRComments}
                  onResolveConflicts={onResolveConflicts}
-                  onMerge={onMerge}
+                  onMerge={handleMerge}
                  onDeleteWorktree={onDeleteWorktree}
                  onStartDevServer={handleStartDevServer}
                  onStopDevServer={handleStopDevServer}
@@ -602,6 +685,24 @@ export function WorktreePanel({
        onStopDevServer={handleStopDevServer}
        onOpenDevServerUrl={handleOpenDevServerUrl}
      />
+
+      {/* Push to Remote Dialog */}
+      <PushToRemoteDialog
+        open={pushToRemoteDialogOpen}
+        onOpenChange={setPushToRemoteDialogOpen}
+        worktree={pushToRemoteWorktree}
+        onConfirm={handleConfirmPushToRemote}
+      />
+
+      {/* Merge Branch Dialog */}
+      <MergeWorktreeDialog
+        open={mergeDialogOpen}
+        onOpenChange={setMergeDialogOpen}
+        projectPath={projectPath}
+        worktree={mergeWorktree}
+        onMerged={handleMerged}
+        onCreateConflictResolutionFeature={onCreateMergeConflictResolutionFeature}
+      />
    </div>
  );
 }
--- a/apps/ui/src/hooks/queries/use-worktrees.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/hooks/queries/use-worktrees.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ interface BranchesResult {
  branches: BranchInfo[];
  aheadCount: number;
  behindCount: number;
+  hasRemoteBranch: boolean;
  isGitRepo: boolean;
  hasCommits: boolean;
 }
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ export function useWorktreeBranches(worktreePath: string | undefined, includeRem
          branches: [],
          aheadCount: 0,
          behindCount: 0,
+          hasRemoteBranch: false,
          isGitRepo: false,
          hasCommits: false,
        };
@@ -195,6 +197,7 @@ export function useWorktreeBranches(worktreePath: string | undefined, includeRem
          branches: [],
          aheadCount: 0,
          behindCount: 0,
+          hasRemoteBranch: false,
          isGitRepo: true,
          hasCommits: false,
        };
@@ -208,6 +211,7 @@ export function useWorktreeBranches(worktreePath: string | undefined, includeRem
        branches: result.result?.branches ?? [],
        aheadCount: result.result?.aheadCount ?? 0,
        behindCount: result.result?.behindCount ?? 0,
+        hasRemoteBranch: result.result?.hasRemoteBranch ?? false,
        isGitRepo: true,
        hasCommits: true,
      };
--- a/apps/ui/src/hooks/use-auto-mode.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/hooks/use-auto-mode.ts
@@ -93,10 +93,12 @@ export function useAutoMode(worktree?: WorktreeInfo) {
    }))
  );

-  // Derive branchName from worktree: main worktree uses null, feature worktrees use their branch
+  // Derive branchName from worktree:
+  // If worktree is provided, use its branch name (even for main worktree, as it might be on a feature branch)
+  // If not provided, default to null (main worktree default)
  const branchName = useMemo(() => {
    if (!worktree) return null;
-    return worktree.isMain ? null : worktree.branch;
+    return worktree.isMain ? null : worktree.branch || null;
  }, [worktree]);

  // Helper to look up project ID from path
@@ -155,7 +157,13 @@ export function useAutoMode(worktree?: WorktreeInfo) {
            logger.info(
              `[AutoMode] Syncing UI state with backend for ${worktreeDesc} in ${currentProject.path}: ${backendIsRunning ? 'ON' : 'OFF'}`
            );
-            setAutoModeRunning(currentProject.id, branchName, backendIsRunning);
+            setAutoModeRunning(
+              currentProject.id,
+              branchName,
+              backendIsRunning,
+              result.maxConcurrency,
+              result.runningFeatures
+            );
            setAutoModeSessionForWorktree(currentProject.path, branchName, backendIsRunning);
          }
        }
@@ -165,7 +173,7 @@ export function useAutoMode(worktree?: WorktreeInfo) {
    };

    syncWithBackend();
-  }, [currentProject, branchName, isAutoModeRunning, setAutoModeRunning]);
+  }, [currentProject, branchName, setAutoModeRunning]);

  // Handle auto mode events - listen globally for all projects/worktrees
  useEffect(() => {
@@ -215,6 +223,26 @@ export function useAutoMode(worktree?: WorktreeInfo) {
          }
          break;

+        case 'auto_mode_resuming_features':
+          // Backend is resuming features from saved state
+          if (eventProjectId && 'features' in event && Array.isArray(event.features)) {
+            logger.info(`[AutoMode] Resuming ${event.features.length} feature(s) from saved state`);
+            // Use per-feature branchName if available, fallback to event-level branchName
+            event.features.forEach((feature: { id: string; branchName?: string | null }) => {
+              const featureBranchName = feature.branchName ?? eventBranchName;
+              addRunningTask(eventProjectId, featureBranchName, feature.id);
+            });
+          } else if (eventProjectId && 'featureIds' in event && Array.isArray(event.featureIds)) {
+            // Fallback for older event format without per-feature branchName
+            logger.info(
+              `[AutoMode] Resuming ${event.featureIds.length} feature(s) from saved state (legacy format)`
+            );
+            event.featureIds.forEach((featureId: string) => {
+              addRunningTask(eventProjectId, eventBranchName, featureId);
+            });
+          }
+          break;
+
        case 'auto_mode_stopped':
          // Backend stopped auto loop - update UI state
          {
@@ -484,11 +512,16 @@ export function useAutoMode(worktree?: WorktreeInfo) {
      logger.info(`[AutoMode] Starting auto loop for ${worktreeDesc} in ${currentProject.path}`);

      // Optimistically update UI state (backend will confirm via event)
+      const currentMaxConcurrency = getMaxConcurrencyForWorktree(currentProject.id, branchName);
      setAutoModeSessionForWorktree(currentProject.path, branchName, true);
-      setAutoModeRunning(currentProject.id, branchName, true);
+      setAutoModeRunning(currentProject.id, branchName, true, currentMaxConcurrency);

-      // Call backend to start the auto loop (backend uses stored concurrency)
-      const result = await api.autoMode.start(currentProject.path, branchName);
+      // Call backend to start the auto loop (pass current max concurrency)
+      const result = await api.autoMode.start(
+        currentProject.path,
+        branchName,
+        currentMaxConcurrency
+      );

      if (!result.success) {
        // Revert UI state on failure
--- a/apps/ui/src/hooks/use-settings-migration.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/hooks/use-settings-migration.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ export function parseLocalStorageSettings(): Partial<GlobalSettings> | null {
      claudeApiProfiles: (state.claudeApiProfiles as GlobalSettings['claudeApiProfiles']) ?? [],
      activeClaudeApiProfileId:
        (state.activeClaudeApiProfileId as GlobalSettings['activeClaudeApiProfileId']) ?? null,
+      // Event hooks
+      eventHooks: state.eventHooks as GlobalSettings['eventHooks'],
    };
  } catch (error) {
    logger.error('Failed to parse localStorage settings:', error);
--- a/apps/ui/src/lib/electron.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/lib/electron.ts
@@ -1566,15 +1566,18 @@ function createMockWorktreeAPI(): WorktreeAPI {
      projectPath: string,
      branchName: string,
      worktreePath: string,
+      targetBranch?: string,
      options?: object
    ) => {
+      const target = targetBranch || 'main';
      console.log('[Mock] Merging feature:', {
        projectPath,
        branchName,
        worktreePath,
+        targetBranch: target,
        options,
      });
-      return { success: true, mergedBranch: branchName };
+      return { success: true, mergedBranch: branchName, targetBranch: target };
    },

    getInfo: async (projectPath: string, featureId: string) => {
@@ -1684,14 +1687,15 @@ function createMockWorktreeAPI(): WorktreeAPI {
      };
    },

-    push: async (worktreePath: string, force?: boolean) => {
-      console.log('[Mock] Pushing worktree:', { worktreePath, force });
+    push: async (worktreePath: string, force?: boolean, remote?: string) => {
+      const targetRemote = remote || 'origin';
+      console.log('[Mock] Pushing worktree:', { worktreePath, force, remote: targetRemote });
      return {
        success: true,
        result: {
          branch: 'feature-branch',
          pushed: true,
-          message: 'Successfully pushed to origin/feature-branch',
+          message: `Successfully pushed to ${targetRemote}/feature-branch`,
        },
      };
    },
@@ -1777,6 +1781,7 @@ function createMockWorktreeAPI(): WorktreeAPI {
          ],
          aheadCount: 2,
          behindCount: 0,
+          hasRemoteBranch: true,
        },
      };
    },
@@ -1793,6 +1798,26 @@ function createMockWorktreeAPI(): WorktreeAPI {
      };
    },

+    listRemotes: async (worktreePath: string) => {
+      console.log('[Mock] Listing remotes for:', worktreePath);
+      return {
+        success: true,
+        result: {
+          remotes: [
+            {
+              name: 'origin',
+              url: 'git@github.com:example/repo.git',
+              branches: [
+                { name: 'main', fullRef: 'origin/main' },
+                { name: 'develop', fullRef: 'origin/develop' },
+                { name: 'feature/example', fullRef: 'origin/feature/example' },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      };
+    },
+
    openInEditor: async (worktreePath: string, editorCommand?: string) => {
      const ANTIGRAVITY_EDITOR_COMMAND = 'antigravity';
      const ANTIGRAVITY_LEGACY_COMMAND = 'agy';
--- a/apps/ui/src/lib/http-api-client.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/lib/http-api-client.ts
@@ -1763,8 +1763,16 @@ export class HttpApiClient implements ElectronAPI {
      projectPath: string,
      branchName: string,
      worktreePath: string,
+      targetBranch?: string,
      options?: object
-    ) => this.post('/api/worktree/merge', { projectPath, branchName, worktreePath, options }),
+    ) =>
+      this.post('/api/worktree/merge', {
+        projectPath,
+        branchName,
+        worktreePath,
+        targetBranch,
+        options,
+      }),
    getInfo: (projectPath: string, featureId: string) =>
      this.post('/api/worktree/info', { projectPath, featureId }),
    getStatus: (projectPath: string, featureId: string) =>
@@ -1788,8 +1796,8 @@ export class HttpApiClient implements ElectronAPI {
      this.post('/api/worktree/commit', { worktreePath, message }),
    generateCommitMessage: (worktreePath: string) =>
      this.post('/api/worktree/generate-commit-message', { worktreePath }),
-    push: (worktreePath: string, force?: boolean) =>
-      this.post('/api/worktree/push', { worktreePath, force }),
+    push: (worktreePath: string, force?: boolean, remote?: string) =>
+      this.post('/api/worktree/push', { worktreePath, force, remote }),
    createPR: (worktreePath: string, options?: any) =>
      this.post('/api/worktree/create-pr', { worktreePath, ...options }),
    getDiffs: (projectPath: string, featureId: string) =>
@@ -1807,6 +1815,8 @@ export class HttpApiClient implements ElectronAPI {
      this.post('/api/worktree/list-branches', { worktreePath, includeRemote }),
    switchBranch: (worktreePath: string, branchName: string) =>
      this.post('/api/worktree/switch-branch', { worktreePath, branchName }),
+    listRemotes: (worktreePath: string) =>
+      this.post('/api/worktree/list-remotes', { worktreePath }),
    openInEditor: (worktreePath: string, editorCommand?: string) =>
      this.post('/api/worktree/open-in-editor', { worktreePath, editorCommand }),
    getDefaultEditor: () => this.get('/api/worktree/default-editor'),
--- a/apps/ui/src/store/app-store.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/store/app-store.ts
@@ -1074,7 +1074,8 @@ export interface AppActions {
    projectId: string,
    branchName: string | null,
    running: boolean,
-    maxConcurrency?: number
+    maxConcurrency?: number,
+    runningTasks?: string[]
  ) => void;
  addRunningTask: (projectId: string, branchName: string | null, taskId: string) => void;
  removeRunningTask: (projectId: string, branchName: string | null, taskId: string) => void;
@@ -2155,10 +2156,19 @@ export const useAppStore = create<AppState & AppActions>()((set, get) => ({

  // Auto Mode actions (per-worktree)
  getWorktreeKey: (projectId, branchName) => {
-    return `${projectId}::${branchName ?? '__main__'}`;
+    // Normalize 'main' to null so it matches the main worktree key
+    // The backend sometimes sends 'main' while the UI uses null for the main worktree
+    const normalizedBranch = branchName === 'main' ? null : branchName;
+    return `${projectId}::${normalizedBranch ?? '__main__'}`;
  },

-  setAutoModeRunning: (projectId, branchName, running, maxConcurrency?: number) => {
+  setAutoModeRunning: (
+    projectId: string,
+    branchName: string | null,
+    running: boolean,
+    maxConcurrency?: number,
+    runningTasks?: string[]
+  ) => {
    const worktreeKey = get().getWorktreeKey(projectId, branchName);
    const current = get().autoModeByWorktree;
    const worktreeState = current[worktreeKey] || {
@@ -2175,6 +2185,7 @@ export const useAppStore = create<AppState & AppActions>()((set, get) => ({
          isRunning: running,
          branchName,
          maxConcurrency: maxConcurrency ?? worktreeState.maxConcurrency ?? DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENCY,
+          runningTasks: runningTasks ?? worktreeState.runningTasks,
        },
      },
    });
--- a/apps/ui/src/types/electron.d.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/types/electron.d.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'pipeline_step_started';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      stepId: string;
      stepName: string;
      stepIndex: number;
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'pipeline_step_complete';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      stepId: string;
      stepName: string;
      stepIndex: number;
@@ -247,6 +249,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      featureId: string;
      projectId?: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      phase: 'planning' | 'action' | 'verification';
      message: string;
    }
@@ -254,6 +257,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'auto_mode_ultrathink_preparation';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      warnings: string[];
      recommendations: string[];
      estimatedCost?: number;
@@ -263,6 +267,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'plan_approval_required';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      planContent: string;
      planningMode: 'lite' | 'spec' | 'full';
      planVersion?: number;
@@ -271,6 +276,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'plan_auto_approved';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      planContent: string;
      planningMode: 'lite' | 'spec' | 'full';
    }
@@ -278,6 +284,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'plan_approved';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      hasEdits: boolean;
      planVersion?: number;
    }
@@ -285,12 +292,14 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
      type: 'plan_rejected';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      feedback?: string;
    }
  | {
      type: 'plan_revision_requested';
      featureId: string;
      projectPath?: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      feedback?: string;
      hasEdits?: boolean;
      planVersion?: number;
@@ -298,6 +307,7 @@ export type AutoModeEvent =
  | {
      type: 'planning_started';
      featureId: string;
+      branchName?: string | null;
      mode: 'lite' | 'spec' | 'full';
      message: string;
    }
@@ -718,18 +728,25 @@ export interface FileDiffResult {
 }

 export interface WorktreeAPI {
-  // Merge worktree branch into main and clean up
+  // Merge worktree branch into a target branch (defaults to 'main') and optionally clean up
  mergeFeature: (
    projectPath: string,
    branchName: string,
    worktreePath: string,
+    targetBranch?: string,
    options?: {
      squash?: boolean;
      message?: string;
+      deleteWorktreeAndBranch?: boolean;
    }
  ) => Promise<{
    success: boolean;
    mergedBranch?: string;
+    targetBranch?: string;
+    deleted?: {
+      worktreeDeleted: boolean;
+      branchDeleted: boolean;
+    };
    error?: string;
  }>;

@@ -839,7 +856,8 @@ export interface WorktreeAPI {
  // Push a worktree branch to remote
  push: (
    worktreePath: string,
-    force?: boolean
+    force?: boolean,
+    remote?: string
  ) => Promise<{
    success: boolean;
    result?: {
@@ -932,6 +950,7 @@ export interface WorktreeAPI {
      }>;
      aheadCount: number;
      behindCount: number;
+      hasRemoteBranch: boolean;
    };
    error?: string;
    code?: 'NOT_GIT_REPO' | 'NO_COMMITS'; // Error codes for git status issues
@@ -952,6 +971,23 @@ export interface WorktreeAPI {
    code?: 'NOT_GIT_REPO' | 'NO_COMMITS' | 'UNCOMMITTED_CHANGES';
  }>;

+  // List all remotes and their branches
+  listRemotes: (worktreePath: string) => Promise<{
+    success: boolean;
+    result?: {
+      remotes: Array<{
+        name: string;
+        url: string;
+        branches: Array<{
+          name: string;
+          fullRef: string;
+        }>;
+      }>;
+    };
+    error?: string;
+    code?: 'NOT_GIT_REPO' | 'NO_COMMITS';
+  }>;
+
  // Open a worktree directory in the editor
  openInEditor: (
    worktreePath: string,
--- a/apps/ui/tests/features/list-view-priority.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/tests/features/list-view-priority.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/**
+ * List View Priority Column E2E Test
+ *
+ * Verifies that the list view shows a priority column and allows sorting by priority
+ */
+
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import {
+  createTempDirPath,
+  cleanupTempDir,
+  setupRealProject,
+  waitForNetworkIdle,
+  authenticateForTests,
+  handleLoginScreenIfPresent,
+} from '../utils';
+
+const TEST_TEMP_DIR = createTempDirPath('list-view-priority-test');
+
+test.describe('List View Priority Column', () => {
+  let projectPath: string;
+  const projectName = `test-project-${Date.now()}`;
+
+  test.beforeAll(async () => {
+    if (!fs.existsSync(TEST_TEMP_DIR)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(TEST_TEMP_DIR, { recursive: true });
+    }
+
+    projectPath = path.join(TEST_TEMP_DIR, projectName);
+    fs.mkdirSync(projectPath, { recursive: true });
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectPath, 'package.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ name: projectName, version: '1.0.0' }, null, 2)
+    );
+
+    const automakerDir = path.join(projectPath, '.automaker');
+    fs.mkdirSync(automakerDir, { recursive: true });
+    const featuresDir = path.join(automakerDir, 'features');
+    fs.mkdirSync(featuresDir, { recursive: true });
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(automakerDir, 'context'), { recursive: true });
+
+    // Create test features with different priorities
+    const features = [
+      {
+        id: 'feature-high-priority',
+        description: 'High priority feature',
+        priority: 1,
+        status: 'backlog',
+        category: 'test',
+        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'feature-medium-priority',
+        description: 'Medium priority feature',
+        priority: 2,
+        status: 'backlog',
+        category: 'test',
+        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      },
+      {
+        id: 'feature-low-priority',
+        description: 'Low priority feature',
+        priority: 3,
+        status: 'backlog',
+        category: 'test',
+        createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
+      },
+    ];
+
+    // Write each feature to its own directory
+    for (const feature of features) {
+      const featureDir = path.join(featuresDir, feature.id);
+      fs.mkdirSync(featureDir, { recursive: true });
+      fs.writeFileSync(path.join(featureDir, 'feature.json'), JSON.stringify(feature, null, 2));
+    }
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(automakerDir, 'categories.json'),
+      JSON.stringify({ categories: ['test'] }, null, 2)
+    );
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(automakerDir, 'app_spec.txt'),
+      `# ${projectName}\n\nA test project for e2e testing.`
+    );
+  });
+
+  test.afterAll(async () => {
+    cleanupTempDir(TEST_TEMP_DIR);
+  });
+
+  test('should display priority column in list view and allow sorting', async ({ page }) => {
+    await setupRealProject(page, projectPath, projectName, { setAsCurrent: true });
+
+    // Authenticate before navigating
+    await authenticateForTests(page);
+    await page.goto('/board');
+    await page.waitForLoadState('load');
+    await handleLoginScreenIfPresent(page);
+    await waitForNetworkIdle(page);
+
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="board-view"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+
+    // Switch to list view
+    await page.click('[data-testid="view-toggle-list"]');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(500);
+
+    // Verify list view is active
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="list-view"]')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 5000 });
+
+    // Verify priority column header exists
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="list-header-priority"]')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('[data-testid="list-header-priority"]')).toContainText('Priority');
+
+    // Verify priority cells are displayed for our test features
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-high-priority"]')
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-medium-priority"]')
+    ).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-low-priority"]')
+    ).toBeVisible();
+
+    // Verify priority badges show H, M, L
+    const highPriorityCell = page.locator(
+      '[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-high-priority"]'
+    );
+    const mediumPriorityCell = page.locator(
+      '[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-medium-priority"]'
+    );
+    const lowPriorityCell = page.locator('[data-testid="list-row-priority-feature-low-priority"]');
+
+    await expect(highPriorityCell).toContainText('H');
+    await expect(mediumPriorityCell).toContainText('M');
+    await expect(lowPriorityCell).toContainText('L');
+
+    // Click on priority header to sort
+    await page.click('[data-testid="list-header-priority"]');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+
+    // Get all rows within the backlog group and verify they are sorted by priority
+    // (High priority first when sorted ascending by priority value 1, 2, 3)
+    const backlogGroup = page.locator('[data-testid="list-group-backlog"]');
+    const rows = backlogGroup.locator('[data-testid^="list-row-feature-"]');
+
+    // The first row should be high priority (value 1 = lowest number = first in ascending)
+    const firstRow = rows.first();
+    await expect(firstRow).toHaveAttribute('data-testid', 'list-row-feature-high-priority');
+
+    // Click again to reverse sort (descending - low priority first)
+    await page.click('[data-testid="list-header-priority"]');
+    await page.waitForTimeout(300);
+
+    // Now the first row should be low priority (value 3 = highest number = first in descending)
+    const firstRowDesc = rows.first();
+    await expect(firstRowDesc).toHaveAttribute('data-testid', 'list-row-feature-low-priority');
+  });
+});
--- a/libs/prompts/src/defaults.ts
+++ b/libs/prompts/src/defaults.ts
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ IMPORTANT CONTEXT (automatically injected):
 - When deleting a feature, identify which other features depend on it

 Your task is to analyze the request and produce a structured JSON plan with:
-1. Features to ADD (include title, description, category, and dependencies)
+1. Features to ADD (include id, title, description, category, and dependencies)
 2. Features to UPDATE (specify featureId and the updates)
 3. Features to DELETE (specify featureId)
 4. A summary of the changes
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ Respond with ONLY a JSON object in this exact format:
    {
      "type": "add",
      "feature": {
+        "id": "descriptive-kebab-case-id",
        "title": "Feature title",
        "description": "Feature description",
        "category": "feature" | "bug" | "enhancement" | "refactor",
@@ -386,6 +387,8 @@ Respond with ONLY a JSON object in this exact format:
 \`\`\`

 Important rules:
+- CRITICAL: For new features, always include a descriptive "id" in kebab-case (e.g., "user-authentication", "design-system-foundation")
+- Dependencies must reference these exact IDs - both for existing features and new features being added in the same plan
 - Only include fields that need to change in updates
 - Ensure dependency references are valid (don't reference deleted features)
 - Provide clear, actionable descriptions
--- a/libs/types/src/settings.ts
+++ b/libs/types/src/settings.ts
@@ -802,6 +802,18 @@ export interface GlobalSettings {
   * When set, the corresponding profile's settings will be used for Claude API calls
   */
  activeClaudeApiProfileId?: string | null;
+
+  /**
+   * Per-worktree auto mode settings
+   * Key: "${projectId}::${branchName ?? '__main__'}"
+   */
+  autoModeByWorktree?: Record<
+    string,
+    {
+      maxConcurrency: number;
+      branchName: string | null;
+    }
+  >;
 }

 /**
@@ -1071,6 +1083,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS: GlobalSettings = {
  subagentsSources: ['user', 'project'],
  claudeApiProfiles: [],
  activeClaudeApiProfileId: null,
+  autoModeByWorktree: {},
 };

 /** Default credentials (empty strings - user must provide API keys) */
--- a/start-automaker.sh
+++ b/start-automaker.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -e
 # ============================================================================
 # CONFIGURATION & CONSTANTS
 # ============================================================================
-
+export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs)
 APP_NAME="Automaker"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 HISTORY_FILE="${HOME}/.automaker_launcher_history"
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ validate_terminal_size() {
        echo "${C_YELLOW}⚠${RESET}  Terminal size ${term_width}x${term_height} is smaller than recommended ${MIN_TERM_WIDTH}x${MIN_TERM_HEIGHT}"
        echo "    Some elements may not display correctly."
        echo ""
-        return 1
+        return 0
    fi
 }

@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ fi
 # Execute the appropriate command
 case $MODE in
    web)
+        export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs) 
        export TEST_PORT="$WEB_PORT"
        export VITE_SERVER_URL="http://${APP_HOST}:$SERVER_PORT"
        export PORT="$SERVER_PORT"