:lightning: smarter checking for custom feedback

src/renderer/components/AIChat/Chat.css

@@ -381,6 +381,15 @@
   padding: 10px 12px;
 }
 
+.chat-info-notice {
+  background: rgba(180, 140, 60, 0.12);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(180, 140, 60, 0.35);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  color: #c9a94a;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  padding: 10px 12px;
+}
+
 .chat-input-area {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;

src/renderer/components/AIChat/ChatPanel.tsx

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function ChatPanel(): JSX.Element {
   const setTab = setRightPanelTab
   const [showHistory, setShowHistory] = useState(false)
   const [pendingAttachmentCount, setPendingAttachmentCount] = useState(0)
+  const [feedbackNotice, setFeedbackNotice] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   const prevAnnotationCountRef = useRef(annotations.length)
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export function ChatPanel(): JSX.Element {
     if (!activeFilePath || isAILoading) return
 
     setAIError(null)
+    setFeedbackNotice(null)
     addUserMessage(text, attachments.map(({ name, mimeType }) => ({ name, mimeType })))
     startAssistantMessage()
     setAILoading(true)
@@ -97,11 +99,17 @@ export function ChatPanel(): JSX.Element {
       const lastMsg = currentHistory[currentHistory.length - 1]
       if (lastMsg?.role === 'assistant' && lastMsg.content.length > 0) {
         const overrideType = attachments.length > 0 ? 'custom' as const : undefined
-        const parsed = parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(lastMsg.content, activeFileContent, overrideType)
+        const latestContent = useEditorStore.getState().activeFileContent
+        const { annotations: parsed, droppedCount } = parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(lastMsg.content, latestContent, overrideType)
         if (parsed.length > 0) {
           setAnnotations(parsed)
           linkAnnotationsToMessage(lastMsg.id, parsed.map(a => a.id))
         }
+        if (droppedCount > 0) {
+          setFeedbackNotice(
+            `${droppedCount} feedback item${droppedCount === 1 ? '' : 's'} couldn't be applied — the referenced text has been edited.`
+          )
+        }
       }
     } catch (err) {
       const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'An error occurred'
@@ -234,6 +242,9 @@ export function ChatPanel(): JSX.Element {
             {aiError && (
               <div className="chat-error">{aiError}</div>
             )}
+            {feedbackNotice && (
+              <div className="chat-info-notice">{feedbackNotice}</div>
+            )}
           </div>
 
           <ChatInput

src/renderer/components/Toolbar/AnalysisToolbar.tsx

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export function AnalysisToolbar(): JSX.Element {
         // For show_tell mode, force all annotations to the show_tell type so the
         // classifier doesn't accidentally mis-label them as 'style' or 'consistency'.
         const overrideType = mode === 'show_tell' ? 'show_tell' : undefined
-        const newAnnotations = parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(lastMsg.content, activeFileContent, overrideType)
+        const { annotations: newAnnotations } = parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(lastMsg.content, activeFileContent, overrideType)
         if (newAnnotations.length > 0) {
           const existing = useEditorStore.getState().annotations.filter((a) => a.type !== mode)
           setAnnotations([...existing, ...newAnnotations])

src/renderer/utils/annotationParser.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ export function parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(
   aiResponse: string,
   documentContent: string,
   overrideType?: AnnotationType
-): TextAnnotation[] {
+): { annotations: TextAnnotation[]; droppedCount: number } {
   const annotations: TextAnnotation[] = []
   let id = 0
   const runId = Date.now()
+  let droppedCount = 0
 
   // Match quoted strings — handles "straight", "curly", and 'single' quotes
   // Minimum 10 chars to avoid matching short words
@@ -29,7 +30,10 @@ export function parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(
       docIndex = findNormalized(documentContent, normalized)
     }
 
-    if (docIndex === -1) continue
+    if (docIndex === -1) {
+      droppedCount++
+      continue
+    }
 
     // Don't annotate the same range twice
     const alreadyAnnotated = annotations.some(
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ export function parseAnnotationsFromAIResponse(
     })
   }
 
-  return deduplicateOverlapping(annotations)
+  return { annotations: deduplicateOverlapping(annotations), droppedCount }
 }
 
 function deduplicateOverlapping(annotations: TextAnnotation[]): TextAnnotation[] {