Decision ·
Rename BoarLite to LabRat; the assistant is Rat
Rename the app in the UI, docs and assets; name the assistant Rat in the byline, notification and the grounding prompt's identity line; keep the package id
From the record
- Context
- decided by: author, at the app maintainer's request
- Why
- the app maintainer asked for a distinct name
- What followed
- the identity line of the grounding prompt changes after the ruler run (ruler number = b4ef94f3); DEVICE-FINAL measures 7788924a
- Reversible
- yes
- Status
- kept
Linked facts · 2
- BoarLite renamed LabRat at the app maintainer's request (commit 7788924a): the name changes in the UI, docs and assets; the assistant is called Rat (answer byline, notification, and the grounding prompt's identity line);…BoarLite renamed LabRat at the app maintainer's request (commit 7788924a): the name changes in the UI, docs and assets; the assistant is called Rat (answer byline, notification, and the grounding prompt's identity line); a new rat mark in the app, launcher and splash. Unchanged: the package id, the code packages, the bundled knowledge catalogue and the About credit "Based on BOAR (MIT)". Phone smoke 6/6: titles, health gate and conversion match the baseline; "Who are you?" answers "I am Rat…"BoarLite → LabRat; assistant Rat; smoke 6/6Setdevice smoke (dev)StatusdevJudgenone (smoke checks)n6 smoke questionsSeedsnot recordedDate2026-10-25 02:20CaveatA rename plus one prompt line; a smoke test, not a quality measurement. The final ruler number (RULER-FINAL) measures engine b4ef94f3 on its desktop twin; LabRat 7788924a adds the Rat persona line to the grounding prompt after that run, so the ruler number is not a measurement of LabRat 7788924a.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file
- Engine change after the ruler run: in LabRat 7788924a the grounding prompt's identity line changed from "You are BOAR, an offline AI research app running on this phone…" to "You are Rat, the assistant in LabRat, an offli…Engine change after the ruler run: in LabRat 7788924a the grounding prompt's identity line changed from "You are BOAR, an offline AI research app running on this phone…" to "You are Rat, the assistant in LabRat, an offline AI research app running on this phone…". The final ruler run (RULER-FINAL, 2026-10-24 20:34) was on b4ef94f3, before this change: its number is for b4ef94f3 (desktop twin), and DEVICE-FINAL measures LabRat 7788924a on the phonepersona line changed after RULER-FINALDate2026-10-25 02:20Kinda record, not a measurement (set, status, judge, n, seeds: not recorded)CaveatThe final ruler number (RULER-FINAL) measures engine b4ef94f3 on its desktop twin; LabRat 7788924a adds the Rat persona line to the grounding prompt after that run, so the ruler number is not a measurement of LabRat 7788924a.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file