Daily Changelog – September 16, 2025

Improvements

Changed agent terminology from “PTO” to “vacation” throughout system prompts and interface to match company usage
Added confirmation step to agent time off requests – agent now presents request details for user approval before submitting
Improved agent response format to display natural text instead of raw JSON in conversation history
Enhanced agent system prompt to default to “vacation” type unless user specifies sick leave, personal time, or other types

Fixed 400+ linting violations across 70+ files by removing eslint.ignoreDuringBuilds and typescript.ignoreBuildErrors from next.config.ts
Replaced all Date instantiations with proper time library functions from src/lib/time.ts
Converted all date-fns imports to use centralized time utilities
Fixed TypeScript any types with proper type definitions
Removed unused variables and imports across codebase
Achieved 100% reduction in linting violations (400+ → 0)

Agent now follows two-step process: confirm_time_off tool for user confirmation, then create_time_off_request after approval
Build process now properly enforces code quality standards and will fail on violations