Mike/MikeOSS renamed to Gary/GaryOSS in user-visible surfaces

The foundational soft-fork rename: HTML titles, sidebar, AI system prompts, DOCX tracked-changes author, the default R2 bucket name, and npm package names all swap from Mike to Gary. Internal identifiers are explicitly left in place.

branding

Commit dae6f594 is the main work, touching 24 files. The AI system prompts in both chatTools.ts and tabular.ts now introduce the assistant as Gary. The DOCX tracked-changes author (the name that shows up in Word's Review pane) switches from "Mike" to "Gary". The default R2 bucket fallback in storage.ts and backend/.env.example changes from "mike" to "gary". Package names in backend/package.json and package-lock.json flip to gary-backend.

What was deliberately left alone: the MikeDocument, MikeProject, and related TypeScript types; the MikeIcon component; drag-and-drop MIME type strings; the mike.selectedModel localStorage key; and an internal change-id prefix. The commit message explains the reasoning - the localStorage key would silently invalidate every existing user's saved model selection if renamed. A follow-up internal rename PR is floated but not yet landed.

Two smaller commits bracket this. fc479cb drops "for one lawyer or small firm" from the README tagline (later reversed by a different thread). 795beff is the merge commit.

So what Skip the rebrand itself - it's Gary-specific. The risk to note if you're evaluating any cherry-pick from this fork: the `backend/.env.example` and `storage.ts` default-bucket change from `"mike"` to `"gary"` is a real data-path implication. If any environment uses that fallback in production without an explicit `R2_BUCKET_NAME` env var set, you'd be pointing at a different bucket.

Spotted something wrong? Or know the PR text has fresher detail than the writeup above?

Commits in this thread

3 commits from foolish-bandit/gary, oldest first. Source extracted verbatim from the harvested git log.

SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`795beff5`	Merge pull request #1 from foolish-bandit/claude/rebrand-mikeoss-garyoss-DJs0e	Zack Brenner	2026-05-07	↗ GitHub
Rebrand user-facing copy from Mike/MikeOSS to Gary/GaryOSS
`fc479cb8`	Update README.md	Zack Brenner	2026-05-07	↗ GitHub
`dae6f594`	Rebrand user-facing copy from Mike/MikeOSS to Gary/GaryOSS	Claude	2026-05-07	↗ GitHub
commit body Updates user-visible branding (HTML titles, sidebar/logo text, AI system prompts, DOCX tracked-changes author, signup links, placeholder copy) and renames the frontend/backend npm packages to gary and gary-backend. Default R2 bucket name in env example and storage.ts fallbacks changes from "mike" to "gary". Internal type names (MikeDocument, MikeIcon, mikeApi module, drag/drop MIME types, localStorage key, change-id prefix) are intentionally left unchanged to keep this PR small; they can be renamed in a follow-up. https://claude.ai/code/session_01McEfVnpbGdMs5TgeTM7P3R

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Author

Date

795beff5

Merge pull request #1 from foolish-bandit/claude/rebrand-mikeoss-garyoss-DJs0e

Zack Brenner

2026-05-07

↗ GitHub

Rebrand user-facing copy from Mike/MikeOSS to Gary/GaryOSS

fc479cb8

Update README.md

Zack Brenner

2026-05-07

↗ GitHub

dae6f594

Rebrand user-facing copy from Mike/MikeOSS to Gary/GaryOSS

Claude

2026-05-07

↗ GitHub

commit body

Updates user-visible branding (HTML titles, sidebar/logo text, AI
system prompts, DOCX tracked-changes author, signup links, placeholder
copy) and renames the frontend/backend npm packages to gary and
gary-backend. Default R2 bucket name in env example and storage.ts
fallbacks changes from "mike" to "gary". Internal type names
(MikeDocument, MikeIcon, mikeApi module, drag/drop MIME types,
localStorage key, change-id prefix) are intentionally left unchanged
to keep this PR small; they can be renamed in a follow-up.

https://claude.ai/code/session_01McEfVnpbGdMs5TgeTM7P3R

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