Rename Mike → MatrixAI, with auth silently disabled in the same commit

contractCouncil's single commit renames the product to "MatrixAI" across 48 frontend files - and buries a complete authentication bypass in the middle of it, without mentioning it in the commit message.

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The rename itself is mechanical. MikeIcon gets a MatrixAIIcon re-export (the source file keeps its name), the site-logo text updates, and a set of type aliases - MikeMessage, MikeDocument, MikeCitationAnnotation, MikeEditAnnotation, MikeProject - are renamed across the assistant, project, and workflow pages. No behavior changes in any of those files.

Hidden in the same diff: frontend/src/contexts/AuthContext.tsx is replaced with a stub. Supabase session lookup, onAuthStateChange, and the /user/profile ensure-call are all deleted. AuthProvider now hands every render a hardcoded MOCK_USER - id: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001, email: dev@local.test - with isAuthenticated: true and a no-op signOut. Every page acts as if that fake user is logged in. The commit message is entirely about the rename.

The backend is a single package-lock.json churn line, so the Express backend is unchanged. Whether the auth bypass causes API calls to fail or silently succeed depends on how tightly the backend validates user IDs - but either outcome is bad in a non-dev environment.

If you want a local dev escape hatch like this, gate it: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_AUTH_MOCK === "1" in a conditional, with the real auth path as the default. Shipping the hardcoded stub as the only path is what makes this a problem.

So what Skip both changes. The rename is MatrixAI-specific, and the AuthContext stub is a regression you do not want near a production build. Watch for a follow-up commit that re-adds real Supabase auth or moves the mock behind a flag before considering anything from this fork.

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SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`57915c8f`	refactor: rename Mike to MatrixAI across the application	gks2022004	2026-05-08	↗ GitHub
commit body - Updated type imports from Mike to MatrixAI for consistency. - Changed component names and references from Mike to MatrixAI. - Adjusted placeholder texts and comments to reflect the new branding. - Modified the AuthContext to use a mock user for development. - Ensured all instances of the Mike icon are replaced with the MatrixAI icon.

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57915c8f

refactor: rename Mike to MatrixAI across the application

gks2022004

2026-05-08

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commit body

- Updated type imports from Mike to MatrixAI for consistency.
- Changed component names and references from Mike to MatrixAI.
- Adjusted placeholder texts and comments to reflect the new branding.
- Modified the AuthContext to use a mock user for development.
- Ensured all instances of the Mike icon are replaced with the MatrixAI icon.

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