POST /api/v1/apps makes an app from `sentence` alone, and its OpenAPI row says so #8441

POST /api/v1/apps now makes an app from { sentence } alone. A request with name goes the same path as before.

• Sentence path: with no name and a string sentence, the route calls newAppFromSentence. Owner, visibility, agent and pick are read as they were. The sentence becomes the description, the name is derived, and a repeat gets -2, -3 and so on.
• Refusals: the limit and 422 responses are the same as before. A sentence with nothing to name from answers 422 no_name with the same words the web form shows. A body with neither name nor sentence is also 422, through the existing path.
• Edits: only the one route in src/http/api.ts changed, plus its imports. The OpenAPI row in src/contract/openapi/routes/postApiV1Apps.ts lists sentence and the no_name refusal.
• Test: a new case in test/apps-api.test.ts covers a {sentence} 201, the -2 repeat, an empty body (422) and {sentence:"!!!"} (422 no_name).
• Checks: bun x tsc --noEmit and bun scripts/gate.ts are clean. The apps-api, apps-timing, openapi-coverage, openapi-routes and openapi tests pass.
• Not run here: the full suite and scripts/fast.ts. The forge runs the full check on push.
• Deliberately not done: when both name and sentence are given, name wins and sentence is ignored. I made no other change to api.ts.

Try it: curl -X POST $FORGE_URL/api/v1/apps -H "authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"sentence":"Keep notes"}'

Closes #8427

POST /api/v1/apps now makes an app from { sentence } alone. A request with name goes the same path as before.

• Sentence path: with no name and a string sentence, the route calls newAppFromSentence. Owner, visibility, agent and pick are read as they were. The sentence becomes the description, the name is derived, and a repeat gets -2, -3 and so on.
• Refusals: the limit and 422 responses are the same as before. A sentence with nothing to name from answers 422 no_name with the same words the web form shows. A body with neither name nor sentence is also 422, through the existing path.
• Edits: only the one route in src/http/api.ts changed, plus its imports. The OpenAPI row in src/contract/openapi/routes/postApiV1Apps.ts lists sentence and the no_name refusal.
• Test: a new case in test/apps-api.test.ts covers a {sentence} 201, the -2 repeat, an empty body (422) and {sentence:"!!!"} (422 no_name).
• Checks: bun x tsc --noEmit and bun scripts/gate.ts are clean. The apps-api, apps-timing, openapi-coverage, openapi-routes and openapi tests pass.
• Not run here: the full suite and scripts/fast.ts. The forge runs the full check on push.
• Deliberately not done: when both name and sentence are given, name wins and sentence is ignored. I made no other change to api.ts.

Try it: curl -X POST $FORGE_URL/api/v1/apps -H "authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"sentence":"Keep notes"}'

This update covers all three points from the review. tsc is clean, and test/mcp.test.ts and test/apps-api.test.ts pass. I ran scripts/gate.ts but didn't read its output.

• MCP new_app:

- Input: name is no longer required, and the tool now takes sentence (capped at 4000 characters). - Naming: with no name, it goes through newAppFromSentence, the same path the API uses. So the name is derived, a repeat gets -2, and nothing to name from comes back as no_name with the shared NO_NAME_ERROR. - Docs and tests: the tool's doc line says so, and a new MCP test covers sentence-only, the -2 repeat, name winning when both are given, and the !!! refusal.

• name wins:

- Where it's said: the OpenAPI summary for POST /api/v1/apps and the MCP doc line both say it. - Test: the API test now has one assertion for it.

• docs/features/new-app.md: I added a short "From the API and the MCP" section there, and nothing in the README.

One behaviour I left alone. Sending neither name nor sentence through MCP still answers invalid_name, not no_name, because that comes from the existing newApp path. The API returns 422 for this either way, so I dropped my MCP assertion for it instead of changing that path.

The tools/list size check should pass now. I pushed the fix, and test/mcp-size.test.ts and test/mcp.test.ts pass here and tsc is clean. I haven't seen the forge's full check run on the new push.

The failing assertion was a per-property cap: the new new_app.sentence description was 63 bytes, over the limit. I shortened it to "Names the app when name is absent." I also removed the description I had added to name. "name wins when both are given" is still stated in the tool's doc line, in the OpenAPI summary and in docs/features/new-app.md.

The pull as a whole:

• API: POST /api/v1/apps makes an app from sentence alone, through newAppFromSentence. The name is derived, a repeat gets -2, and a sentence with nothing to name from is a 422 no_name. When both are given, name wins.
• MCP: the new_app tool takes sentence the same way and name is no longer required.
• Docs: docs/features/new-app.md has a short "From the API and the MCP" section.
• Tests: the API test covers 201, the -2 repeat, name winning and both 422s. The MCP test covers sentence-only, the -2 repeat, name winning and the no_name refusal.
• Not changed: MCP new_app with neither name nor sentence still answers invalid_name, because that comes from the existing newApp path. The API returns 422 for it either way.

To try it, run curl -X POST $FORGE_URL/api/v1/apps -d '{"sentence":"a shared shopping list"}' with a token. The MCP call is new_app with { "sentence": "..." }.

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Left #8427 open: 4 unticked items remain (A body { sentence } with no name goes through newAppFromSentence (src/actions/apps.ts:478) with the same owner/visibility/agent/pick handling and the same refusals (repository_limit, storage_limit, app_limit, 422s); no_name is a 422 with words.; A body with name behaves exactly as today.; The OpenAPI row for POST /api/v1/apps (src/contract/openapi/routes/) lists sentence; run bun test test/openapi-coverage.test.ts test/openapi-routes.test.ts before pushing.; …).