fix: align AI-recent notes with WebUI prefill hook

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- The third-party notes drawer's “Recently used by AI” Joplin list now follows the WebUI-specific `webui_prefill_messages_script` hook when configured, including argv-style hooks such as `[python3, /path/to/recall.py]`, before falling back to the legacy generic `prefill_messages_script`.
+
 ## [v0.51.150] — 2026-05-28 — Release DV (stage-batch32 — single-PR reasoning-effort agent metadata)
 
 ### Fixed

api/routes.py

@@ -12879,17 +12879,39 @@ _JOPLIN_AI_RECALL_NOTE_PRIORITY = [
 ]
 
 
-def _joplin_prefill_script_path() -> Path | None:
-    cfg = get_config()
-    path_value = cfg.get("prefill_messages_script") if isinstance(cfg, dict) else None
+def _script_path_from_config_value(path_value) -> Path | None:
+    """Return the likely recall script path from a string or argv-style hook."""
     if not path_value:
         return None
     try:
+        if isinstance(path_value, (list, tuple)):
+            candidates = [str(part).strip() for part in path_value if str(part).strip()]
+            # Hooks commonly use [python, /path/to/script.py]. Prefer the first
+            # Python-ish script argument over the interpreter so AI-recent notes
+            # reflect the configured recall source rather than "python3".
+            for candidate in candidates:
+                if candidate.endswith((".py", ".sh", ".bash")):
+                    return Path(candidate).expanduser()
+            if candidates:
+                return Path(candidates[-1]).expanduser()
+            return None
         return Path(str(path_value)).expanduser()
     except Exception:
         return None
 
 
+def _joplin_prefill_script_path() -> Path | None:
+    cfg = get_config()
+    if not isinstance(cfg, dict):
+        return None
+    # The browser notes drawer should mirror the WebUI-specific recall hook when
+    # configured. Fall back to the legacy generic session prefill script only for
+    # deployments that have not opted into WebUI dynamic recall.
+    return _script_path_from_config_value(
+        cfg.get("webui_prefill_messages_script") or cfg.get("prefill_messages_script")
+    )
+
+
 def _joplin_recall_note_refs(script_path: Path | None = None) -> list[dict]:
     """Find stable Joplin note IDs referenced by the configured recall script.
 

tests/test_webui_notes_sources.py

@@ -200,6 +200,39 @@ def test_joplin_recent_ai_notes_uses_configured_prefill_script(monkeypatch, tmp_
     assert all(note["used_reason"] == "automatic_recall" for note in notes)
 
 
+def test_joplin_recent_ai_notes_prefers_webui_prefill_script_hook(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    from api import routes
+
+    legacy_script = tmp_path / "legacy_context.py"
+    legacy_script.write_text('CURRENT_CONTEXT_ID = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"\n', encoding="utf-8")
+    webui_script = tmp_path / "webui_context.py"
+    webui_script.write_text(
+        'CURRENT_CONTEXT_ID = "5ba9ab822c344115939205ca4e8eaec0"\n'
+        'OPEN_ISSUES_ID = "623aeb6e55cb4aa39a0541f2ac09aa36"\n',
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(routes, "get_config", lambda: {
+        "prefill_messages_script": str(legacy_script),
+        "webui_prefill_messages_script": ["python3", str(webui_script)],
+    })
+
+    def fake_get(path, params=None):
+        note_id = path.rsplit("/", 1)[-1]
+        assert note_id != "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
+        titles = {
+            "5ba9ab822c344115939205ca4e8eaec0": "Current Context",
+            "623aeb6e55cb4aa39a0541f2ac09aa36": "Open Issues",
+        }
+        return {"id": note_id, "title": titles[note_id], "updated_time": 123, "parent_id": "folder"}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(routes, "_joplin_api_get", fake_get)
+
+    notes = routes._joplin_recent_ai_notes(limit=2)
+
+    assert [note["title"] for note in notes] == ["Current Context", "Open Issues"]
+
+
+
 def test_external_notes_ui_uses_minimal_lucide_icons_for_ai_recent_notes():
     from pathlib import Path