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name: "@ file references in web UI chat input"
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# Story 269: @ file references in web UI chat input

## User Story

As a user chatting in the web UI, I want to type @ to get an autocomplete overlay listing project files, so that I can reference specific files in my messages the same way Zed and Claude Code do.

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Typing @ in the chat input triggers a file picker overlay
- [ ] Overlay searches project files with fuzzy matching as the user types after @
- [ ] Selecting a file inserts a reference into the message (e.g. @path/to/file.rs)
- [ ] The referenced file contents are included as context when the message is sent to the LLM
- [ ] Overlay is dismissable with Escape
- [ ] Multiple @ references can be used in a single message

## Out of Scope

- TBD
