Settings: toggle triage labels between encouraging and classic

Add an "Encouraging to-do labels" toggle (Settings → Appearance, default on). On, badges read Max Impact / High Impact / Worthwhile / Someday; off, the classic Critical / High / Medium / Low.

TriageLevel exposes encouragingLabel + plainLabel + label(encouraging:); TriageBadge and the TriageLabelCell sizers read the new TriageLabelStyle.encouragingKey flag so the column width tracks the active set.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>

Sources/NucleicApp/AppTheme.swift

@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ enum AppAppearance: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {
     }
 }
 
+/// Whether triage badges show the encouraging, opportunity-framed labels
+/// (Max Impact / High Impact / Worthwhile / Someday) or the classic severity words
+/// (Critical / High / Medium / Low). Toggled in Settings → Appearance; defaults to
+/// encouraging. Just a labeling preference — the ranking and colors are unchanged.
+enum TriageLabelStyle {
+    static let encouragingKey = "nucleic.triageEncouragingLabels"
+}
+
 /// User-selectable global text size (Settings → Appearance), applied app-wide via
 /// `.dynamicTypeSize` so the semantic fonts the UI uses scale together.
 enum AppTextSize: String, CaseIterable, Identifiable {

Sources/NucleicApp/SettingsView.swift

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
     @AppStorage(AppAppearance.storageKey) private var appearanceRaw = AppAppearance.dark.rawValue
     @AppStorage(TranscriptDisplay.showDebugKey) private var showDebugLines = false
     @AppStorage(StreakBadge.showKey) private var showStreak = true
+    @AppStorage(TriageLabelStyle.encouragingKey) private var encouragingTriageLabels = true
 
     private var choice: IntelligenceChoice { IntelligenceChoice(rawValue: choiceRaw) ?? .onDevice }
     private var textSize: AppTextSize { AppTextSize(rawValue: textSizeRaw) ?? .medium }
@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ struct SettingsView: View {
                 Text("Shows a day-streak badge next to the home greeting, counting consecutive days with activity.")
                     .font(.caption).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                     .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+                Toggle("Encouraging to-do labels", isOn: $encouragingTriageLabels)
+                Text(encouragingTriageLabels
+                     ? "Triage badges read as opportunities: Max Impact, High Impact, Worthwhile, Someday."
+                     : "Triage badges use the classic severity words: Critical, High, Medium, Low.")
+                    .font(.caption).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
             }
 
             Section("Transcript") {

Sources/NucleicApp/TodoView.swift

@@ -489,11 +489,17 @@ private struct TriageLabelCell: View {
 /// any level reads clearly, even on light backgrounds); the reason shows on hover.
 private struct TriageBadge: View {
     let item: TriageItem
+    // Encouraging vs classic severity wording (Settings → Appearance). The hidden
+    // sizers in TriageLabelCell read the same key, so the column width tracks whichever
+    // labels are active.
+    @AppStorage(TriageLabelStyle.encouragingKey) private var encouraging = true
+
+    private var label: String { item.level.label(encouraging: encouraging) }
 
     var body: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 4) {
             Circle().fill(item.level.tint).frame(width: 7, height: 7)
-            Text(item.level.label)
+            Text(label)
                 .font(.caption2.weight(.semibold))
                 .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
         }
@@ -501,7 +507,7 @@ private struct TriageBadge: View {
         .background(item.level.tint.opacity(0.14), in: .capsule)
         .overlay(Capsule().strokeBorder(item.level.tint.opacity(0.35), lineWidth: 0.5))
         .fixedSize()
-        .help(item.reason.map { "\(item.level.label): \($0)" } ?? "Impact: \(item.level.label)")
+        .help(item.reason.map { "\(label): \($0)" } ?? "Impact: \(label)")
     }
 }
 

Sources/NucleicCore/Triage.swift

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ public enum TriageLevel: String, Sendable, Codable, CaseIterable {
     case medium
     case low
 
-    /// Short, upbeat label for the badge. Framed as opportunity, not alarm — these are
-    /// what the user *sees*; the case names / model tokens stay the technical vocabulary.
-    public var label: String {
+    /// Upbeat label framed as opportunity, not alarm. The default badge text; the user
+    /// can switch to `plainLabel` in Settings. Case names / model tokens stay technical.
+    public var encouragingLabel: String {
         switch self {
         case .critical: "Max Impact"
         case .high: "High Impact"
@@ -21,6 +21,22 @@ public enum TriageLevel: String, Sendable, Codable, CaseIterable {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Classic severity words, for users who prefer the plain ranking over the
+    /// encouraging framing (toggled in Settings).
+    public var plainLabel: String {
+        switch self {
+        case .critical: "Critical"
+        case .high: "High"
+        case .medium: "Medium"
+        case .low: "Low"
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The badge text for the user's chosen labeling style.
+    public func label(encouraging: Bool) -> String {
+        encouraging ? encouragingLabel : plainLabel
+    }
+
     /// Higher = more pressing. For thresholding and ordering.
     public var severity: Int {
         switch self {