fix(terminal): name the selection colour the way xterm 6 does

Every per-skin xterm palette declared its selection layer as `selection`,
the key xterm.js renamed to `selectionBackground` in v5. An ITheme is a
plain object handed straight to the terminal, so an unknown key is not an
error, it is dropped: all seven skins have been drawing xterm's built-in
default, rgba(255,255,255,0.3), rather than the colour sitting next to it
in the palette.

Nobody saw it on the dark skins, where white at 30% is close to what those
palettes asked for. On the four light skins it is white over a near-white
background: blended, Paper Gray's selection differs from its own background
by 3/255. That is not a subtle highlight, it is no highlight, and it looks
exactly like a selection gesture that failed, which is part of what #360
reports on Android Chrome.

test/skin-themes.test.ts pins both halves: the key name, and that the
blended selection stays at least 16/255 from the background on every skin,
plus the light-skin fallback landing under that floor, which is what makes
this a fix rather than a rename.

Refs #360

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.changeset/xterm6-selection-background.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"aicodeman": patch
+---
+
+Fix an invisible terminal text selection on the light skins (#360). Every xterm palette declared its selection colour under the key `selection`, which xterm.js renamed to `selectionBackground` in v5. An `ITheme` is a plain object, so the unknown key was dropped without an error and every skin fell back to xterm's own default of `rgba(255,255,255,0.3)`: unnoticeable on the dark skins, which wanted roughly that anyway, and effectively invisible on Paper Gray, Solarized Light, Catppuccin Latte and Rosé Pine Dawn, where white at 30% over a near-white background moves a channel by about 3/255. Selecting text on those skins now highlights it, with desktop drag-select and the mobile long-press both fixed by the same rename.

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "name": "codeman",
+  "owner": {
+    "name": "Ark0N",
+    "url": "https://github.com/Ark0N"
+  },
+  "description": "Codeman, self-hosted mission control for AI coding agents. Ships the codeman agent skill: let one Claude Code session spawn, prompt, wait on and read other sessions.",
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "name": "codeman",
+      "source": "./plugins/codeman",
+      "description": "Drive Codeman from inside a Claude Code session: spawn worker sessions, prompt them, wait for them, read their answers, clean up. Acts only inside a Codeman-managed session.",
+      "version": "1.28.2",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Ark0N",
+        "url": "https://github.com/Ark0N"
+      },
+      "homepage": "https://getcodeman.com",
+      "category": "productivity",
+      "keywords": [
+        "codeman",
+        "orchestration",
+        "multi-agent",
+        "session-manager",
+        "tmux",
+        "claude-code"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}

.dockerignore

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.git
+.agents
+.claude
+.codex
+# `**/` matters: a .dockerignore pattern is matched against the WHOLE
+# context-relative path, so a bare `.env` excludes ONLY the root file and
+# `COPY . .` would bake docker/.env -- CODEMAN_PASSWORD and any provider API
+# keys -- into the published image at /opt/codeman/docker/.env (verified).
+**/.env
+**/.env.*
+!**/.env.example
+node_modules
+dist
+coverage
+out
+test-results
+tmp
+*.log

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Contributing to Codeman
+
+Thanks for wanting to help! Codeman is a small project with a fast loop: issues usually get a response within a day, good PRs get reviewed quickly, and every release credits its contributors and bug reporters by name in the release notes. This guide gets you from clone to merged PR without stepping on the traps.
+
+## The short version
+
+1. **Bugs**: open an issue with your OS, install method (installer / npm / git clone), browser, and which CLI + version the session was running.
+2. **Questions and ideas**: use [Discussions](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions), not issues.
+3. **Small fixes** (docs, typos, a new skin, a translation): just send the PR.
+4. **Anything bigger**: open an issue or Discussion first and get a nod before building. Codeman has strong architectural invariants, and a design chat up front is what turns a big idea into a merged PR instead of a stalled one. This flow works: features like Clone Repo (#236) went idea, then design discussion, then review, then shipped.
+5. **Security issues**: never a public issue. See [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).
+
+## Dev setup
+
+Requirements: Node.js 22+ (see `.nvmrc`), tmux, and at least one supported agent CLI on your PATH (Claude Code is the primary one).
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman.git
+cd Codeman
+npm install        # postinstall builds the vendored xterm addon bundles
+npm run dev        # dev server on http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+The frontend is plain JS served from `src/web/public/` with no bundler in dev: edit a `.js`/`.css` file and reload the page. The one exception is `index.html`, which is read once at server start, so markup changes need a server restart.
+
+## Before you push
+
+CI runs all of these, so save yourself a round trip:
+
+```bash
+npm run typecheck              # tsc --noEmit, strict mode
+npm run lint
+npm run format:check
+npm run check:frontend-syntax  # syntax-checks the plain-JS frontend modules
+```
+
+### Tests
+
+```bash
+npm test                          # the gate — exactly what CI runs
+npm test -- test/<file>.test.ts   # one file
+```
+
+`npm test` is the same suite CI runs, so a green run locally means a green run there. It leaves out three suites that cannot pass on an arbitrary machine, each with its own command:
+
+```bash
+npm run test:browser   # Playwright + chromium (+ a live server; codex-predictive-echo needs a real codex binary)
+npm run test:mobile    # the above plus environment-specific PNG baselines
+npm run test:perf      # wall-clock benchmarks — run on an otherwise idle machine
+npm run test:all       # literally everything, environmental failures included
+```
+
+Expect `test:browser`/`test:mobile`/`test:perf` to fail where the machine cannot provide what they need; read that as "not runnable here", not as a regression. `config/test-suites.ts` holds the globs, and both configs derive from it, so the exclusions and those runners cannot drift apart.
+
+If you add a test that binds a port, pick a unique one at 3150 or above (search the repo for `const PORT =` first). Never 3000.
+
+Tests are tmux-safe by design: under vitest, the tmux layer becomes an in-memory mock, so tests cannot touch real sessions.
+
+## Finding your way around
+
+- Every source file starts with a `@fileoverview` JSDoc block. Read it before diving into the file, it is the map.
+- [`CLAUDE.md`](../CLAUDE.md) at the repo root is the densest architecture primer in the repo. It is written for AI coding agents, but the invariants and gotchas in it apply to humans exactly the same, and most review feedback on PRs traces back to something already written there.
+- Deep mechanisms and the history behind each rule live in [`docs/architecture-invariants.md`](../docs/architecture-invariants.md).
+- Third-party extension surfaces are documented in [`docs/extending-codeman.md`](../docs/extending-codeman.md).
+
+## Great first contributions
+
+These are well-fenced areas where a first PR is genuinely easy to get right:
+
+- **A new theme skin.** A skin is four things kept in sync: the `html[data-skin="…"]` token block in `styles.css`, the xterm ANSI palette in `terminal-ui.js`, the pre-paint allowlist and the settings picker (both in `index.html`). `test/skin-themes.test.ts` statically checks the sync, so if the test passes, your skin works.
+- **A new language.** `src/web/public/i18n.js` is dependency-free, English is the canonical source, and `zh-CN` is a complete example to copy. Add your language's entries and register it in `SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES`.
+- **Docs.** If you got stuck on something and then figured it out, the sentence that would have unstuck you is a PR.
+- Anything labeled [`good first issue`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22).
+
+Bigger extension points worth discussing first: new CLI backends (the pluggable resolver pattern has absorbed six CLIs so far; `docs/extending-codeman.md` and `docs/opencode-integration.md` show the shape), and real-device testing reports, especially mobile, which always find things emulation cannot.
+
+## PR expectations
+
+- **One change per PR.** Small and focused reviews fast; a grab-bag stalls.
+- Target the `master` branch.
+- **Keep your branch mergeable.** A PR with conflicts silently gets no CI runs at all (GitHub quirk), so rebase or merge master when conflicts appear.
+- Include or update tests when you change behavior. Route handlers have a lightweight pattern in `test/routes/` using `app.inject()` (no live server needed).
+- Formatting is Prettier with a deliberately narrow scope (`npm run format`), several frontend files are hand-formatted on purpose and excluded via `.prettierignore`. Don't "fix" a file by adding it back into Prettier's scope.
+- Don't bump versions or touch `CHANGELOG.md`; releases are handled by the maintainer via changesets after merge.
+- AI-assisted contributions are welcome (much of Codeman is built that way), with one condition: you must understand what you're submitting and have actually run it. "The model said it works" is not a test.
+
+## Conduct
+
+Be kind, be direct, assume good faith. Report unacceptable behavior privately via the contact in [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).

.github/SECURITY.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Codeman launches AI coding sessions with `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, so th
 web UI is **by design a remote-code-execution surface for whoever can reach it**.
 The entire security model exists to control *who* that is. Please read this before
 exposing an instance beyond `localhost`. The full model lives in
-[`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md).
+[`docs/security-architecture.md`](../docs/security-architecture.md).
 
 ## Supported versions
 
@@ -69,10 +69,18 @@ shared-host, multi-user, or tunneled deployments.
 - **Multi-instance tmux socket is process-wide.** Two Codeman instances on the same `CODEMAN_INSTANCE` share a tmux socket and can attach each other's live sessions — isolate with distinct `CODEMAN_INSTANCE` values.
 - **The live log-tail route reads `/var/log` and `~/logs`** in addition to the session working directory (read-only) — a deliberate choice for tailing system/app logs. On a password-protected remote deployment an authenticated user can therefore read those roots outside their session. See `docs/security-architecture.md` §5.
 
-Recent hardening (this release): web-push subscription endpoints are restricted
-to https public hosts (SSRF guard — rejects internal/metadata IPs, validated at
-subscribe and send time), and tmux session names discovered on the shared socket
-are validated against the safe-name pattern before reaching any shell call site.
+- **The web-tab proxy fetches from the server's network position.** Any authenticated user can save a dashboard URL on loopback or a private range and have Codeman relay to it; that is the feature. Link-local and cloud-metadata addresses are the only refused targets (see below). On a shared host, restrict who holds an account.
+
+Recent hardening (2026-09-04): the web-tab proxy, its "Test" probe and its
+WebSocket relay refuse link-local and cloud-metadata targets (`169.254.0.0/16`,
+`fe80::/10`, `fd00:ec2::254`, `168.63.129.16`, `100.100.100.200`,
+`metadata.google.internal`), judged on the RESOLVED address so a DNS name pointing
+there is refused too; proxy capabilities are revoked on logout, admin logout and
+user deletion; proxied responses carry `Referrer-Policy: same-origin`. Earlier:
+web-push subscription endpoints are restricted to https public hosts (SSRF guard,
+rejects internal/metadata IP literals, validated at subscribe and send time), and
+tmux session names discovered on the shared socket are validated against the
+safe-name pattern before reaching any shell call site.
 
 For the detailed rationale, defenses, and recommended secure setups, see
-[`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md).
+[`docs/security-architecture.md`](../docs/security-architecture.md).

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,47 @@ jobs:
       - name: Format check
         run: npm run format:check
 
+      # install.sh reaches users through `curl | bash` with nothing between it and
+      # them, and until now nothing in this repo checked it at all: no shellcheck,
+      # no bats, and the vitest gate is Node-only.
+      - name: install.sh syntax
+        run: bash -n install.sh
+
+      # macOS ships bash 3.2 and this runner has bash 5, so the constructs that
+      # actually break a Mac install are invisible here without a container. This
+      # step is what catches them — in particular expanding an EMPTY array under
+      # `set -u`, which bash 3.2 treats as an unbound variable and `bash -n`
+      # cannot see because it is a runtime error, not a syntax one.
+      - name: install.sh runs on bash 3.2 (macOS's version)
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/w -w /w bash:3.2 bash -n /w/install.sh
+          docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/w -w /w -e CODEMAN_INSTALL_SH_LIB=1 bash:3.2 bash -c '
+            set -euo pipefail
+            . /w/install.sh
+            detect_all_clis
+            # `shell` declares no binaries, so its offset/length window is length 0.
+            # Iterating it is the empty-array case; reaching here means it did not abort.
+            echo "bash $BASH_VERSION: ${#CLI_IDS[@]} CLIs, $CLI_FOUND_COUNT found"
+            cli_catalog_names >/dev/null
+            cli_catalog_print_install_hints >/dev/null
+            # The install menu with nothing installed and the user answering "s":
+            # skipping must warn and continue, never trip the "failed to install"
+            # gate (it did once, aborting the install before the clone).
+            has_tty() { return 0; }
+            headless_guard() { return 0; }
+            read_reply() { eval "$1=s"; }
+            NONINTERACTIVE=0
+            k=0; while [[ $k -lt ${#CLI_ALL_BINS[@]} ]]; do CLI_ALL_BINS[$k]="no-such-cli-$k"; k=$((k + 1)); done
+            k=0; while [[ $k -lt ${#CLI_ALL_PATHS[@]} ]]; do CLI_ALL_PATHS[$k]="/nonexistent/$k"; k=$((k + 1)); done
+            CLI_DETECT_DONE=""; detect_all_clis
+            offer_ai_cli_install >/dev/null 2>&1
+            echo "bash $BASH_VERSION: skipping the AI CLI install menu continues"
+          '
+
+      - name: CLI catalogue artifacts are in sync with stock.ts
+        run: npm run generate:cli-catalog -- --check
+
       - name: Server boot smoke test
         run: |
           set -u
@@ -87,10 +128,25 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Run unit & integration tests
-        # Excludes the browser-driven mobile suite (test/mobile/**); see config/vitest.ci.config.ts.
+        # Excludes the suites that need chromium, per-machine PNG baselines or a
+        # quiet machine — see config/test-suites.ts for the list and the reason
+        # behind each entry. Identical to what `npm test` runs locally.
         # Safe in CI: TmuxManager no-ops all shell commands under VITEST (test/setup.ts).
         run: npm run test:ci
 
-# Note: The browser-driven mobile suite (test/mobile/**) is excluded from CI —
-# it needs a live server + chromium + environment-specific PNG baselines.
-# Run it locally/manually. All other tests run via the `test` job above.
+      - name: Run xterm-zerolag-input package tests
+        # Layers 1-3 of the predictive-echo suites (unit laws, fixture replay,
+        # seeded fuzz): deterministic, no browser, no live server. Depends on
+        # the ROOT `npm ci` above — workspaces hoist the package's vitest into
+        # the root node_modules; do not add a separate install here.
+        run: npx vitest run
+        working-directory: packages/xterm-zerolag-input
+
+# Note: three suites are excluded from CI, each with its own local runner:
+#   npm run test:browser  Playwright + chromium (+ a live server, and a real
+#                         codex binary for codex-predictive-echo)
+#   npm run test:mobile   the above plus environment-specific PNG baselines
+#   npm run test:perf     wall-clock benchmarks; need an otherwise idle machine
+# config/test-suites.ts holds the globs; the configs derive from it so the
+# exclusions here and those runners cannot drift apart. Everything else runs in
+# the `test` job above, which is the same thing `npm test` runs.

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -52,12 +52,20 @@ jobs:
           OLD_TAG="aicodeman@${VERSION}"
           NEW_TAG="codeman@${VERSION}"
 
-          # Update the GitHub release BEFORE deleting the old tag
+          # Update the GitHub release BEFORE deleting the old tag.
+          # make_latest pins the "Latest" badge to the Codeman release. This repo
+          # publishes TWO packages (aicodeman + xterm-zerolag-input), changesets
+          # creates a GitHub release for each, and GitHub awards "Latest" to
+          # whichever was published LAST. That is a race: 1.9.2 kept the badge,
+          # 1.9.4 lost it to xterm-zerolag-input@0.1.7 by two seconds. All package
+          # releases already exist by the time this step runs, so setting it here
+          # is deterministic.
           RELEASE_ID=$(gh release view "$OLD_TAG" --json databaseId -q .databaseId 2>/dev/null || true)
           if [ -n "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
             gh api -X PATCH "repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}" \
               -f tag_name="$NEW_TAG" \
-              -f name="$NEW_TAG"
+              -f name="$NEW_TAG" \
+              -f make_latest=true
           fi
 
           # Retag

.github/workflows/wiki-sync.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+name: Sync Wiki
+
+# Publishes docs/wiki/ to the repository's GitHub wiki.
+#
+# The wiki is a separate git repo with no CI and no review, so the source of truth
+# lives in docs/wiki/ and this workflow mirrors it. Browser edits to the wiki are
+# overwritten by the next sync; fix pages with a PR against docs/wiki/ instead.
+#
+# One-time setup: GitHub only creates <repo>.wiki.git once the first page has been
+# saved in the browser. Save a stub page at /wiki/_new before the first run.
+#
+# Token: GITHUB_TOKEN can push to the wiki on most repos but not all. If a run fails
+# with 403, add a fine-grained PAT with wiki write access as the WIKI_TOKEN secret;
+# it is preferred automatically when present. Note the 403 usually surfaces on the
+# PUSH, not the clone: this repo is public, so a read-only token still clones the
+# wiki fine. Both steps carry the hint.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/wiki/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/wiki-sync.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    name: Push docs/wiki to the wiki
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Clone wiki
+        env:
+          WIKI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.WIKI_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if ! git clone "https://x-access-token:${WIKI_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.wiki.git" wiki 2>"${RUNNER_TEMP}/clone-err.txt"; then
+            cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/clone-err.txt"
+            echo "::error::Could not clone ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.wiki.git. If this says 'Repository not found', the wiki has never had a page: save one at https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/wiki/_new and re-run. If it says 403, add a WIKI_TOKEN secret."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Mirror pages
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          # The mirror deletes before it copies, so an empty source would wipe
+          # every published page and the commit step would happily push that. A
+          # MISSING directory already fails safely (cp aborts under set -e); an
+          # empty one does not, so check explicitly. This is the one failure mode
+          # here that destroys something a browser edit cannot get back.
+          if [ ! -d docs/wiki ]; then
+            echo "::error::docs/wiki does not exist. Refusing to mirror, which would delete the entire published wiki."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          pages=$(find docs/wiki -maxdepth 1 -name '*.md' | wc -l)
+          if [ "$pages" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "::error::docs/wiki contains no .md pages. Refusing to mirror, which would delete the entire published wiki."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Mirroring ${pages} pages."
+
+          find wiki -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 ! -name '.git' -exec rm -rf {} +
+          cp -R docs/wiki/. wiki/
+
+      - name: Stamp the documented version
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          # _Footer.md renders on every page and used to carry a hand-written
+          # version, which went stale on every release because nothing refreshed
+          # it. It carries {{VERSION}} instead and the series is stamped here.
+          series="$(node -p "require('./package.json').version.split('.').slice(0,2).join('.') + '.x'")"
+          # grep exits 1 when it matches nothing, which under `set -o pipefail`
+          # would fail the step instead of warning, so test before substituting.
+          if grep -rlq '{{VERSION}}' wiki/; then
+            grep -rlZ '{{VERSION}}' wiki/ | xargs -0 -r sed -i "s/{{VERSION}}/${series}/g"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::No {{VERSION}} placeholder found in docs/wiki. The published version line can no longer be refreshed automatically."
+          fi
+          if grep -rq '{{VERSION}}' wiki/; then
+            echo "::error::A {{VERSION}} placeholder survived substitution and would be published verbatim."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Stamped version ${series}."
+
+      - name: Commit and push
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          cd wiki
+          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git add -A
+          if git diff --quiet --cached; then
+            echo "Wiki already up to date."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          git commit -m "docs: sync wiki from docs/wiki @ ${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}"
+          if ! git push 2>"${RUNNER_TEMP}/push-err.txt"; then
+            cat "${RUNNER_TEMP}/push-err.txt"
+            echo "::error::Could not push to ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.wiki.git. A 403 here means the token can read the wiki but not write it, which is the usual GITHUB_TOKEN case: add a fine-grained PAT with wiki write access as the WIKI_TOKEN secret."
+            exit 1
+          fi

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 .agents/
 skills-lock.json
 
+
+# In-session decision scratchpad (context-survival mechanism, not a deliverable)
+DECISIONS.md
 # Written by install.sh into end-user clones when setup finishes
 .install-complete
 
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ design-explorations/
 # Artifacts that should not be tracked
 test-results/
 tmp/
+# Machine-local working files (never meant for git). ANCHORED so only the root
+# dir matches.
+/pr/
 # Root `public` (a symlink to scripts/remotion/public — local artifact). ANCHORED
 # with a leading slash so it does NOT also match src/web/public (a bare `public`
 # would swallow the whole web UI source dir and silently un-stage any new asset
@@ -90,8 +96,6 @@ packages/gesture-control/.vite/
 # Claude Code plan tracking
 plan.json
 
-# Unfinished TUI (local development only)
-src/tui/
 .claude/
 media-assets/
 commands

.prettierignore

@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ src/web/public/terminal-ui.js
 src/web/public/voice-input.js
 src/web/public/upload.html
 scripts/remotion/
+
+# Hand-maintained; Prettier escapes underscores in glob paths and corrupts paragraphs.
+CLAUDE.md

.prettierrc

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "singleQuote": true,
-  "semi": true,
-  "tabWidth": 2,
-  "printWidth": 120,
-  "trailingComma": "es5",
-  "endOfLine": "lf"
-}

AGENTS.md

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 Canonical agent/contributor guidance for this repository lives in [CLAUDE.md](CLAUDE.md) —
 project structure, build/test/lint commands, code style, testing safety rules
-(never run the full suite inside a managed tmux session), security notes, and
+(`npm test` is the CI gate and is safe to run bare; the three excluded suites
+have their own runners), security notes, and
 the deployment workflow are all maintained there. Please read it before making
 changes, and keep it the single source of truth rather than duplicating
 sections here.
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ sections here.
 Quick pointers:
 
 - Type check: `tsc --noEmit` · Lint: `npm run lint` · Format: `npm run format:check`
-- Targeted tests only: `npm test -- test/<file>.test.ts` (bare `npm test` is unsafe in managed sessions)
+- Tests: `npm test` (the CI gate, safe to run bare) or `npm test -- test/<file>.test.ts` for one file
 - Route tests use `app.inject()`; new tests needing ports must pick a unique `const PORT =`
 - Branch off `master` for all work; Conventional Commit-style messages (`fix(mobile): ...`)
 - Never commit secrets or local state from `~/.codeman/`

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <h2 align="center">Mission control for AI coding agents</h2>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <em>Claude Code &bull; OpenCode &bull; Codex &bull; Gemini &bull; Terminal - One Dashboard &bull; Any Device</em>
+  <em>Claude Code &bull; OpenCode &bull; Codex &bull; Antigravity &bull; Gemini &bull; Pi &bull; Grok &bull; OMP &bull; Terminal - One Dashboard &bull; Any Device</em>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
   <a href="https://nodejs.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-22%2B-22c55e?style=flat-square&logo=node.js&logoColor=white" alt="Node.js 22+"></a>
   <a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/TypeScript-5.9-3b82f6?style=flat-square&logo=typescript&logoColor=white" alt="TypeScript 5.9"></a>
   <a href="https://fastify.dev/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Fastify-5.x-1e3a5f?style=flat-square&logo=fastify&logoColor=white" alt="Fastify"></a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Tests-2861%20total-22c55e?style=flat-square" alt="Tests">
   <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/aicodeman"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/aicodeman?style=flat-square&label=npm&color=22c55e" alt="npm version"></a>
   <a href="https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/Ark0N/Codeman?style=flat-square&color=eab308" alt="GitHub stars"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/Ark0N/Codeman?style=flat-square&color=3b82f6" alt="Contributors"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/commits/master"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/t/Ark0N/Codeman?style=flat-square&color=1e3a5f" alt="Total commits"></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -23,33 +24,51 @@
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/subagent-demo.gif" alt="Codeman — parallel subagent visualization" width="900">
+  <img src="docs/images/subagent-demo-20260724.gif" alt="Codeman — parallel subagent visualization" width="900">
 </p>
 
-**Codeman** is a self-hosted mission control for AI coding agents. It spawns Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, or Gemini CLI inside persistent tmux sessions, streams the real terminal to any browser, and keeps agents productive after you walk away: it re-prompts on idle, resumes when a usage limit resets, runs scheduled jobs, and shows every background agent working in real time.
+**Codeman** is a self-hosted mission control for AI coding agents. It spawns Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, or OMP inside persistent tmux sessions, streams the real terminal to any browser, and keeps agents productive after you walk away: it re-prompts on idle, resumes when a usage limit resets, runs scheduled jobs, and shows every background agent working in real time.
 
-- **One dashboard, four CLIs** - run [Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, or Gemini](#more-features) per session (plus plain shell), locally, [in Docker](#isolated-docker-sessions), or [over SSH](#remote-ssh-sessions)
+Get started in one line (macOS & Linux, Windows via WSL):
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash
+```
+
+```bash
+codeman web
+# Open http://localhost:3000 and start your first session
+```
+
+The installer asks before every system change, and re-running the same line updates in place. Full details: [Quick Start - Installation](#quick-start---installation).
+
+- **One dashboard, eight CLIs** - run [Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, or OMP](#more-features) per session (plus plain shell), locally, [in Docker](#isolated-docker-sessions), or [over SSH](#remote-ssh-sessions)
 - **Truly phone-friendly** - a [touch-optimized terminal](#mobile-optimized-web-ui) with instant local echo, QR login, swipe navigation, and push notifications
 - **Runs while you sleep** - [idle detection + respawn cycling](#respawn-controller) and auto-resume when a subscription limit resets, for 24+ hour unattended runs
 - **See your agents think** - [live floating windows](#live-agent-visualization) for every subagent and teammate, with real-time transcripts
 - **Nothing gets lost** - tmux persistence across restarts and network drops, exactly-once input delivery, full-scrollback replay
-- **Self-hosted and boring on purpose** - loopback-only by default, MIT licensed, no telemetry, runs entirely on your machine
+- **Self-hosted and private** - loopback-only by default, MIT licensed, no telemetry, runs entirely on your machine
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/codeman-tour-20260724.png" alt="Codeman dashboard tour: session tabs per case, one-click Run for new agents, live plan usage in the header" width="900">
+</p>
 
 ---
 
 ## Quick Start - Installation
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/install.sh | bash
+curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash
 ```
 
-This installs Node.js and tmux if missing, clones Codeman to `~/.codeman/app`, and builds it. A few things worth knowing:
+This installs Node.js, tmux and a build toolchain if missing (node-pty ships no Linux prebuilds, so it compiles from source), clones Codeman to `~/.codeman/app`, and builds it. A few things worth knowing:
 
 - **It asks first.** Every system change (package installs, AI CLI download) is prompted, and a menu at the end lets you choose: run Codeman in this terminal, install it as a background service (systemd/launchd, auto-start on boot), or don't start yet. Nothing runs in the background unless you pick it.
+- **How it's reachable, your choice.** The installer offers three ways to reach the dashboard: **Tailscale** (loopback bind fronted by `tailscale serve`, so you get `https://<machine>.<tailnet>.ts.net` with a real certificate and your tailnet as the login, no password needed), **any device on your network** (`0.0.0.0`, with a strongly recommended password prompt), or **this machine only** (`127.0.0.1`, safest). Skipping the password on a network bind requires an explicit confirmation and ends with a loud warning. The highlighted default reflects what is already on the machine (Tailscale when it is already in use, your existing binding on a re-run), and a bare Enter never pulls in new software. A bare `codeman web` started by hand still defaults to loopback.
 - **Re-run to update.** The same one-liner updates a finished install in place: local changes in `~/.codeman/app` are stashed (never discarded), and a running service is restarted and verified. If a first install was interrupted, re-running resumes the full setup instead. `install.sh update` and `install.sh uninstall` also exist.
 - **CI / headless:** without a terminal attached, steps that would change your system abort with instructions instead of running silently. Set `CODEMAN_NONINTERACTIVE=1` to approve them for automation.
 
-You'll need at least one AI coding CLI installed — [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code), [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai), [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), or [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) (any combination works). The installer detects whichever of the four is present; if none is found, it offers to install Claude Code or OpenCode, or you can skip and install one yourself later. After install:
+You'll need at least one AI coding CLI installed — [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code), [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai), [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), [Antigravity](https://antigravity.google), [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli), [Pi](https://pi.dev), [Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build), [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness), or [OMP](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi) (any combination works; Gemini CLI is enterprise-only since Google's consumer cutover, and Antigravity is its successor). The installer detects whichever of the nine is present; if none is found, it offers to install Claude Code or OpenCode, or you can skip and install one yourself later. After install:
 
 ```bash
 codeman web
@@ -63,12 +82,34 @@ codeman users add alice --admin      # create the first admin account
 codeman web --multiuser              # named logins + per-user case spaces
 ```
 
+**Prefer Docker Compose?** A local-image Compose deployment ships in `docker/`: copy `docker/.env.example` to `docker/.env`, set `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`, then run `bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh` on Linux. Codeman runs in a container and spawns Docker cases as sibling containers through the host socket. See the [Docker deployment guide](docker/README.md) for direct Compose commands, storage and networking options.
+
 Details in [Multi-User Mode](#multi-user-mode-opt-in) below.
 
 <details>
-<summary><strong>Run as a background service</strong></summary>
+<summary><strong>Keep it running in the background</strong></summary>
 
-The installer's final menu sets this up for you (option 2) and verifies the service actually comes up before claiming success. To configure it manually instead:
+To outlive the shell you started it in, without setting anything up:
+
+```bash
+codeman web -d          # detach; logs to ~/.codeman/web.log
+codeman web --status    # is it up, and on which pid
+codeman web --stop      # graceful SIGTERM; agents keep running in tmux
+```
+
+`-d` waits until the server actually answers before reporting success, and refuses to start a second one on the same data dir (two servers sharing a tmux socket attach to each other's sessions).
+
+To have it come back after a reboot, install it as a service instead. The installer's final menu does this for you (option 2); `codeman service` is the equivalent for an `npm i -g aicodeman` install:
+
+```bash
+codeman service install     # systemd user unit (Linux) or LaunchAgent (macOS)
+codeman service status
+codeman service uninstall
+```
+
+`service install` writes the unit with your current PATH baked in, which matters more than it sounds: launchd hands a job `/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`, so a Homebrew or nvm `node`, `tmux` or `claude` is invisible to a hand-written plist. It never copies `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` into the unit file; add that yourself if the service needs auth.
+
+To write the unit by hand instead:
 
 **Linux (systemd):**
 
@@ -129,96 +170,27 @@ launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codeman.web.plist
 <summary><strong>Windows (WSL)</strong></summary>
 
 ```powershell
-wsl bash -c "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/install.sh | bash"
+wsl bash -c "curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash"
 ```
 
-Codeman requires tmux, so Windows users need [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install). If you don't have WSL yet: run `wsl --install` in an admin PowerShell, reboot, open Ubuntu, then install your preferred AI coding CLI inside WSL ([Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code), [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai), [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), or [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)). After installing, `http://localhost:3000` is accessible from your Windows browser.
+Codeman requires tmux, so Windows users need [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install). If you don't have WSL yet: run `wsl --install` in an admin PowerShell, reboot, open Ubuntu, then install your preferred AI coding CLI inside WSL ([Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code), [OpenCode](https://opencode.ai), [Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli), [Antigravity](https://antigravity.google), [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli), [Pi](https://pi.dev), [Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build), [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness), or [OMP](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi)). After installing, `http://localhost:3000` is accessible from your Windows browser.
 
 </details>
 
 ---
 
-## Using Codeman — A Human's Guide
-
-A start-to-finish walkthrough for driving Codeman from the browser. If you just installed, this is where to begin.
-
-### 1. Launch the server
-
-```bash
-codeman web                       # localhost:3000 (loopback only — safe default)
-codeman web --port 8080           # custom port (or set CODEMAN_PORT)
-codeman web --https               # self-signed TLS (only needed for remote access)
-codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # bind LAN — REQUIRES CODEMAN_PASSWORD (see Security)
-```
-
-Open the printed URL. The page is a single dashboard; everything below happens there.
-
-### 2. Create your first session
-
-Click **+ New Session** (or **Quick Start**). A session is one AI CLI running in its own tmux-backed terminal. You choose:
-
-| Field                        | What it does                                                                                                        |
-| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| **Working directory / case** | The folder the agent operates in. A "case" is just a named working dir Codeman remembers.                           |
-| **CLI / run mode**           | `Claude` (default), `OpenCode`, `Codex`, `Gemini`, or `Terminal` (plain shell).                                     |
-| **Model**                    | Per-session model (App Settings → Claude Model). A soft default — `/model` still works in-session.                  |
-| **Effort / Ultracode**       | Reasoning effort (`low`–`max`) or `ultracode` for dynamic multi-agent workflows. Switchable anytime with `/effort`. |
-
-Hit start — Codeman spawns the CLI via a real PTY and streams it to your browser over SSE.
-
-### 3. Read the dashboard
-
-- **Tabs (top)** — one per session. `Alt+1`-`9` to jump, `Ctrl+Tab` for next, drag to reorder (tab order syncs across your devices).
-- **Terminal (center)** — a real `xterm.js` terminal; full TUIs render correctly. Type directly and press **Enter** to send. `Shift+Enter` inserts a newline.
-- **Side panels** — Respawn, Ralph, Orchestrator, Cron, Subagents, Settings (toggled from the toolbar).
-
-### 4. Talk to the agent
-
-- **Type prompts** straight into the terminal — input is delivered exactly-once even across reconnects (a dropped link never loses or double-sends a prompt).
-- **Paste or drag-and-drop images** directly into the session.
-- **Voice input** — `Ctrl+Shift+V` (Deepgram Nova-3, with auto-silence stop).
-- **Attachments** — register external files/docs and preview Office/PDF inline.
-
-### 5. Make it autonomous
-
-| Mode             | Use it for                                                                                                                        | Where                                                               |
-| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| **Respawn**      | Long unattended runs — auto-restarts the CLI on idle/limit, with adaptive timing. Presets: `solo-work`, `overnight-autonomous`, … | Respawn tab                                                         |
-| **Ralph / Todo** | A self-driving loop that tracks a todo list and keeps working until done.                                                         | Ralph tab                                                           |
-| **Orchestrator** | Turn one goal into a phased plan and drive it to completion across agents.                                                        | Orchestrator panel                                                  |
-| **Cron**         | Saved, named jobs on a schedule (`once`/`interval`/`daily`/`weekly`) that spawn a session and send a prompt when due.             | ⏰ Cron button _(opt-in: App Settings → Display → Header Displays)_ |
-| **Auto-resume**  | Automatically continue after a subscription rate-limit resets.                                                                    | Respawn tab (top)                                                   |
-
-### 6. Reach it from anywhere
-
-- **Phone/tablet** — the UI is fully touch-optimized; scan the desktop **QR code** to log in without typing a password.
-- **Outside your network** — `./scripts/tunnel.sh start` opens a Cloudflare tunnel (set `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` first).
-- **SSH** — the `sc` chooser attaches to any session from a terminal (`sc` interactive, `sc 2` quick-attach, `sc -l` list).
-
-### 7. Operate & maintain
-
-- **App Settings** — model, effort, permission startup mode, theme/skin, notifications, display toggles, per-CLI options, a synced custom display name, and per-device English/Simplified Chinese UI language.
-- **Self-update** — git-clone installs update in place from **Settings → Updates**.
-- **Deploy your own changes** — see [Development](#development).
-
-> ⚠️ **Safety:** if you're working _inside_ a Codeman-managed session (`echo $CODEMAN_MUX` → `1`), never run `tmux kill-session` / `pkill claude` directly — use the web UI or `./scripts/tmux-manager.sh`.
-
----
-
 ## Mobile-Optimized Web UI
 
 The most responsive AI coding agent experience on any phone. Full xterm.js terminal with local echo, swipe navigation, and a touch-optimized interface designed for real remote work — not a desktop UI crammed onto a small screen.
 
 <table>
 <tr>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-landing-qr.png" alt="Mobile — landing page with QR auth" width="260"></td>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-idle.png" alt="Mobile — idle session with keyboard accessory" width="260"></td>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-active.png" alt="Mobile — active agent session" width="260"></td>
+<td align="center" width="40%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-keyboard-20260727.png" alt="Mobile — answering an agent's plan prompt with the keyboard accessory bar and Enter button" width="300"></td>
+<td align="center" width="60%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-toolbar-enter-20260727.png" alt="Mobile toolbar: accessory bar with /init, /clear, clipboard and Esc above the Run, case, stop, Enter, voice and settings controls" width="440"></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
-<td align="center"><em>Landing page with QR auth</em></td>
-<td align="center"><em>Keyboard accessory bar</em></td>
-<td align="center"><em>Agent working in real-time</em></td>
+<td align="center"><em>Answering prompts by touch</em></td>
+<td align="center"><em>Accessory bar + dedicated Enter button</em></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
@@ -237,6 +209,18 @@ The most responsive AI coding agent experience on any phone. Full xterm.js termi
 <tr><td>Password typing on phone</td><td><b>QR code scan — instant auth</b></td></tr>
 </table>
 
+- **Keyboard accessory bar** — `/init`, `/clear`, `/compact` quick-action buttons above the virtual keyboard; destructive commands require a double-press to confirm, so you never fire one by accident
+- **Dedicated Enter button** — replays the keypress through the terminal, so text buffered by local echo is flushed first rather than stranded
+- **Swipe navigation & smart keyboard handling** — swipe left/right to switch sessions; toolbar and terminal shift up when the keyboard opens (`visualViewport` API)
+- **Built for phones** — safe-area insets for notch and home indicator, 44px touch targets, bottom-sheet case picker, native momentum scrolling
+
+```bash
+codeman web --https
+# Open on your phone: https://<your-ip>:3000
+```
+
+> `localhost` works over plain HTTP. Use `--https` when accessing from another device, or use [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) (recommended): the installer can set it up for you (choose **Tailscale** at the network-access prompt, or run `bash ~/.codeman/app/install.sh tailscale` on an existing install). That gives you `https://<your-machine>.<tailnet>.ts.net` with a real certificate: private to your tailnet, no password required, and PWA install + push notifications work on your phone.
+
 ### Secure QR Code Authentication
 
 Typing passwords on a phone keyboard is miserable. Codeman replaces it with **cryptographically secure single-use QR tokens** — scan the code displayed on your desktop and your phone is authenticated instantly.
@@ -245,47 +229,81 @@ Each QR encodes a URL containing a 6-character short code that maps to a 256-bit
 
 The security design addresses all 6 critical QR auth flaws identified in ["Demystifying the (In)Security of QR Code-based Login"](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/presentation/zhang-xin) (USENIX Security 2025, which found 47 of the top-100 websites vulnerable): single-use enforcement, short TTL, cryptographic randomness, server-side generation, real-time desktop notification on scan (QRLjacking detection), and IP + User-Agent session binding with manual revocation. Dual-layer rate limiting (per-IP + global) makes brute force infeasible across 62^6 = 56.8 billion possible codes. Full security analysis: [`docs/qr-auth-plan.md`](docs/qr-auth-plan.md)
 
-### Touch-Optimized Interface
-
-- **Keyboard accessory bar** — `/init`, `/clear`, `/compact` quick-action buttons above the virtual keyboard. Destructive commands (`/clear`, `/compact`) require a double-press to confirm — first tap arms the button, second tap executes — so you never fire one by accident on a bumpy commute
-- **Swipe navigation** — left/right on the terminal to switch sessions (80px threshold, 300ms)
-- **Smart keyboard handling** — toolbar and terminal shift up when keyboard opens (uses `visualViewport` API with 100px threshold for iOS address bar drift)
-- **Safe area support** — respects iPhone notch and home indicator via `env(safe-area-inset-*)`
-- **44px touch targets** — all buttons meet iOS Human Interface Guidelines minimum sizes
-- **Bottom sheet case picker** — slide-up modal replaces the desktop dropdown
-- **Native momentum scrolling** — `-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch` for buttery scroll
-
-```bash
-codeman web --https
-# Open on your phone: https://<your-ip>:3000
-```
-
-> `localhost` works over plain HTTP. Use `--https` when accessing from another device, or use [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/) (recommended) — it provides a private network so you can access `http://<tailscale-ip>:3000` from your phone without TLS certificates.
-
 ---
 
-## Live Agent Visualization
+## Using Codeman — A Human's Guide
 
-Watch background agents work in real-time. Codeman monitors agent activity and displays each agent in a draggable floating window with animated Matrix-style connection lines back to the parent session.
+A start-to-finish walkthrough for driving Codeman from the browser. If you just installed, this is where to begin.
 
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/subagent-spawn.png" alt="Subagent Visualization" width="900">
-</p>
+### 1. Launch the server
 
-- **Floating terminal windows** — draggable, resizable panels for each agent with a live activity log showing every tool call, file read, and progress update as it happens
-- **Connection lines** — animated green lines linking parent sessions to their child agents, updating in real-time as agents spawn and complete
-- **Status & model badges** — green (active), yellow (idle), blue (completed) indicators with Haiku/Sonnet/Opus model color coding
-- **Auto-behavior** — windows auto-open on spawn, auto-minimize on completion, tab badge shows "AGENT" or "AGENTS (n)" count
-- **Nested agents** — supports 3-level hierarchies (lead session -> teammate agents -> sub-subagents)
+```bash
+codeman web                       # localhost:3000 (loopback only — safe default)
+codeman web --port 8080           # custom port (or set CODEMAN_PORT)
+codeman web --https               # self-signed TLS (only needed for remote access)
+codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # bind LAN — REQUIRES CODEMAN_PASSWORD (see Security)
+codeman web -d                    # detach: survives closing the shell (--status, --stop)
+codeman service install           # systemd/launchd service: comes back after reboots
+```
 
-**Agent Teams** — first-class support for Claude Code's native multi-agent teams (`CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1`). `TeamWatcher` polls `~/.claude/teams/`, matches teammates to their lead session, and surfaces them as live subagent windows with **team-aware idle detection** — so the Respawn Controller won't fire while teammates are still working. See [`docs/agent-teams/`](docs/agent-teams/).
+Open the printed URL. The page is a single dashboard; everything below happens there.
+
+### 2. Create your first session
+
+Click **+ New Session** (or **Quick Start**). A session is one AI CLI running in its own tmux-backed terminal. You choose:
+
+| Field                        | What it does                                                                                                        |
+| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Working directory / case** | The folder the agent operates in. A "case" is just a named working dir Codeman remembers. **Add Case** creates one from scratch, links an existing folder, or clones a GitHub repo straight into one (**Clone Repo**). |
+| **CLI / run mode**           | `Claude` (default), `OpenCode`, `Codex`, `Antigravity`, `Gemini`, `Pi`, `Grok`, `OMP`, or `Terminal` (plain shell).  |
+| **Model**                    | Per-session model (App Settings → Models → New Claude sessions). A soft default — `/model` still works in-session.                  |
+| **Effort / Ultracode**       | Reasoning effort (`low`–`max`) or `ultracode` for dynamic multi-agent workflows. Switchable anytime with `/effort`. |
+
+Hit start — Codeman spawns the CLI via a real PTY and streams it to your browser over SSE.
+
+### 3. Read the dashboard
+
+- **Tabs (top)** — one per session. `Alt+1`-`9` to jump, `Ctrl+Tab` for next, drag to reorder (tab order syncs across your devices).
+- **Terminal (center)** — a real `xterm.js` terminal; full TUIs render correctly. Type directly and press **Enter** to send. `Shift+Enter` inserts a newline.
+- **Side panels** — Respawn, Orchestrator, Cron, Subagents, Settings (toggled from the toolbar).
+
+### 4. Talk to the agent
+
+- **Type prompts** straight into the terminal — input is delivered exactly-once even across reconnects (a dropped link never loses or double-sends a prompt).
+- **Paste or drag-and-drop images** directly into the session.
+- **Voice input** — `Ctrl+Shift+V` (Deepgram Nova-3, with auto-silence stop).
+- **Attachments** — register external files/docs and preview Office/PDF inline.
+
+### 5. Make it autonomous
+
+| Mode             | Use it for                                                                                                                        | Where                                                               |
+| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Respawn**      | Long unattended runs — auto-restarts the CLI on idle/limit, with adaptive timing. Presets: `solo-work`, `overnight-autonomous`, … | Respawn tab                                                         |
+| **Orchestrator** | Turn one goal into a phased plan and drive it to completion across agents.                                                        | Orchestrator panel                                                  |
+| **Cron**         | Saved, named jobs on a schedule (`once`/`interval`/`daily`/`weekly`) that spawn a session and send a prompt when due.             | ⏰ Cron button _(opt-in: App Settings → Header & Panels → Scheduling)_ |
+| **Auto-resume**  | Automatically continue after a subscription rate-limit resets.                                                                    | Respawn tab (top)                                                   |
+
+### 6. Reach it from anywhere
+
+- **Phone/tablet** — the UI is fully touch-optimized; scan the desktop **QR code** to log in without typing a password.
+- **Outside your network** — `./scripts/tunnel.sh start` opens a Cloudflare tunnel (set `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` first).
+- **SSH** — `codeman tui` is a full-screen dashboard in the terminal (`codeman tui --list` to list, `codeman tui 2` to attach straight to one).
+
+### 7. Operate & maintain
+
+- **App Settings** — model, effort, permission startup mode, theme/skin, notifications, display toggles, per-CLI options, a synced custom display name, and per-device English/Simplified Chinese UI language.
+- **Run it in the background** — `codeman web -d` detaches from your shell (`--status`, `--stop`); `codeman service install` makes it a systemd user unit / macOS LaunchAgent that survives reboots. Both verify the server actually answers before reporting success, and both refuse to start a second server on one data dir. See [Keep it running in the background](#quick-start---installation).
+- **Self-update** — git-clone installs update in place from **App Settings → System → Updates**.
+- **Deploy your own changes** — see [Development](#development).
+
+> ⚠️ **Safety:** if you're working _inside_ a Codeman-managed session (`echo $CODEMAN_MUX` → `1`), never run `tmux kill-session` / `pkill claude` directly — use the web UI or `./scripts/tmux-manager.sh`.
 
 ---
 
 ## Zero-Lag Input Overlay
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/zerolag-demo.gif" alt="Zerolag Demo — local echo vs server echo side-by-side" width="900">
+  <img src="docs/images/zerolag-demo-20260728.gif" alt="Zerolag demo: instant local echo next to 600ms-2.7s server echo, side by side on two phones" width="900">
 </p>
 
 When accessing your coding agent remotely (VPN, Tailscale, SSH tunnel), every keystroke normally takes 200-300ms to round-trip. Codeman implements a **Mosh-inspired local echo system** that makes typing feel instant regardless of latency.
@@ -302,6 +320,30 @@ A pixel-perfect DOM overlay inside xterm.js renders keystrokes at 0ms. Backgroun
 
 ---
 
+## Live Agent Visualization
+
+Watch background agents work in real-time. Codeman monitors agent activity and displays each agent in a draggable floating window with animated Matrix-style connection lines back to the parent session.
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/subagent-windows-20260724.png" alt="Subagent Visualization: three parallel Explore agents as floating windows with live tool-call feeds" width="900">
+</p>
+
+- **Floating terminal windows** — draggable, resizable panels for each agent with a live activity log showing every tool call, file read, and progress update as it happens
+- **Connection lines** — animated green lines linking parent sessions to their child agents, updating in real-time as agents spawn and complete
+- **Status & model badges** — green (active), yellow (idle), blue (completed) indicators with Haiku/Sonnet/Opus model color coding
+- **Auto-behavior** — windows auto-open on spawn, auto-minimize on completion, tab badge shows "AGENT" or "AGENTS (n)" count
+- **Nested agents** — supports 3-level hierarchies (lead session -> teammate agents -> sub-subagents)
+
+Multi-agent Workflow runs ("ultracode") get the same treatment: a floating run window tracks the whole workflow live, with phases, per-agent token counts, and the current tool of every agent:
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/ultracode-window-20260724.png" alt="Ultracode workflow visualization: a live run window with per-agent tokens and phases" width="900">
+</p>
+
+**Agent Teams** — first-class support for Claude Code's native multi-agent teams (`CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1`). `TeamWatcher` polls `~/.claude/teams/`, matches teammates to their lead session, and surfaces them as live subagent windows with **team-aware idle detection** — so the Respawn Controller won't fire while teammates are still working. See [`docs/agent-teams/`](docs/agent-teams/).
+
+---
+
 ## Respawn Controller
 
 The core of autonomous work. When the agent goes idle, the Respawn Controller detects it, sends a continue prompt, cycles context management commands for fresh context, and resumes — running **24+ hours** completely unattended.
@@ -328,7 +370,7 @@ Beyond single-session respawn, the **Orchestrator** turns a high-level goal into
 - **Crash-safe** — full state persists under the `orchestrator` key in `state.json`, so it survives restarts
 - **Driven from the UI or API** — the Orchestrator panel, or `POST /api/orchestrator/start` → `/approve` → `/status` (10 endpoints)
 
-> Distinct from Ralph (a single-session autonomous loop): the orchestrator coordinates multi-phase, multi-agent execution. Full design: [`docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md`](docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md).
+> Full design: [`docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md`](docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md).
 
 ---
 
@@ -336,10 +378,6 @@ Beyond single-session respawn, the **Orchestrator** turns a high-level goal into
 
 Run **20 parallel sessions** with full visibility — real-time xterm.js terminals at 60fps, per-session token and cost tracking, tab-based navigation, and one-click management.
 
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/screenshots/multi-session-dashboard.png" alt="Multi-Session Dashboard" width="800">
-</p>
-
 ### Persistent Sessions
 
 Every session runs inside **tmux** — sessions survive server restarts, network drops, and machine sleep. Auto-recovery on startup with dual redundancy. Ghost session discovery finds orphaned tmux sessions. Managed sessions are environment-tagged so the agent won't kill its own session.
@@ -370,18 +408,18 @@ The title is templated into the served HTML on first byte, so it's correct from
 | **110k tokens** | Auto `/compact` | Context summarized, work continues |
 | **140k tokens** | Auto `/clear`   | Fresh start with `/init`           |
 
+### Tab Alerts
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/tab-alerts-glow-20260815.gif" alt="Session tabs: a regular active tab beside a yellow waiting-for-input tab and a red needs-decision tab, both with a breathing glow" width="900">
+</p>
+
+Every tab tells you its state at a glance. A running session keeps its green status dot. When a session stops and waits for input, its tab turns **yellow**: steady ring, tinted background, yellow dot, with a slow breathing glow on top. When a permission prompt or question is **blocking** the agent, the tab turns **red** with a faster pulse. The base tint never blinks off, so even a split-second glance (or a screenshot) reads the true state; the ring stays visible while the tab is selected, and a page reload re-arms pending alerts from the server, so a blocked session can never hide behind a fresh-looking tab.
+
 ### Notifications
 
 Real-time desktop alerts when sessions need attention — `permission_prompt` and `elicitation_dialog` trigger critical red tab blinks, `idle_prompt` triggers yellow blinks. Click any notification to jump directly to the affected session. Hooks auto-configured per case directory.
 
-### Ralph / Todo Tracking
-
-Auto-detects Ralph Loops, `<promise>` tags, TodoWrite progress (`4/9 complete`), and iteration counters (`[5/50]`) with real-time progress rings and elapsed time tracking.
-
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/ralph-tracker-8tasks-44percent.png" alt="Ralph Loop Tracking" width="800">
-</p>
-
 ### Run Summary
 
 Click the chart icon on any session tab to see a timeline of everything that happened — respawn cycles, token milestones, auto-compact triggers, idle/working transitions, hook events, errors, and more.
@@ -398,16 +436,18 @@ PTY Output → 16ms Server Batch → DEC 2026 Wrap → SSE → Client rAF → xt
 
 ## More Features
 
-- **Self-update** — git-clone installs under systemd/launchd update in place from **App Settings → Updates**: it detects the latest release, auto-stashes a dirty tree, and streams build progress across the service restart (npm installs report as non-updatable)
-- **Multi-CLI** — run **Claude Code**, **OpenCode**, **Codex**, or **Gemini** per session; env-var prefixes auto-gate (`CLAUDE_CODE_*` vs `OPENCODE_*` vs `CODEX_*` vs `GEMINI_*`/`GOOGLE_*`). See [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](docs/opencode-integration.md)
+- **Background daemon & service install** — `codeman web -d` runs the server detached with a pidfile, `~/.codeman/web.log`, and verified startup (it polls the server until it answers, so a port clash never reads as success); `codeman service install` writes a systemd user unit (Linux) or LaunchAgent (macOS) with your shell's PATH baked in, so an nvm or Homebrew `node`, `tmux` and `claude` are actually found. Secrets are never written into unit files
+- **Self-update** — git-clone installs under systemd/launchd update in place from **App Settings → System → Updates**: it detects the latest release, auto-stashes a dirty tree, and streams build progress across the service restart (npm installs report as non-updatable)
+- **Clone a GitHub repo as a case** — paste a repository URL into **Add Case → Clone Repo** and Codeman clones it into `~/codeman-cases/<name>` and registers it as a normal case, ready to run an agent in. It preflights the URL while you type (tells you whether it can be cloned anonymously and offers the repo's real branches and tags for the optional branch/tag field), fills the case name in from the URL, and lets you pick which CLI the Run button should use. Public repositories over `https://`; Codeman never collects or stores credentials
+- **Multi-CLI** — run **Claude Code**, **OpenCode**, **Codex**, **Antigravity**, **Gemini**, **Pi**, **Grok**, or **OMP** per session; env-var prefixes auto-gate (`CLAUDE_CODE_*` vs `OPENCODE_*` vs `CODEX_*` vs `ANTIGRAVITY_*` vs `GEMINI_*`/`GOOGLE_*` vs `PI_*` vs `GROK_*`/`XAI_*` vs `OMP_*`). See [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](docs/opencode-integration.md), [`docs/pi-integration.md`](docs/pi-integration.md), [`docs/grok-integration.md`](docs/grok-integration.md) and [`docs/omp-integration.md`](docs/omp-integration.md)
 - **Docker sessions** — run a case inside an isolated, hardened container. One checkbox on **Create New** spins up a container with sensible defaults and starts the agent inside it; multiple sessions share one per-case container; export a container + its workspace to a portable `.tar.gz` to move it to another machine. See [`docs/docker-cases.md`](docs/docker-cases.md)
 - **Remote SSH sessions** — point a case at another machine and run the agent there inside a durable remote tmux: survives SSH drops, auto-reconnects, and can discover + attach sessions already running on the host. See [`docs/remote-sessions.md`](docs/remote-sessions.md)
 - **Effort & Ultracode** — set a per-session default effort (`low`–`max`) or enable **ultracode** (dynamic multi-agent workflows). Soft defaults only — switchable anytime with `/effort` in-session. Extended-thinking budget is configurable too
 - **Voice input** — dictate prompts with Deepgram Nova-3 (Web Speech API fallback): toggle recording, auto-silence stop, live level meter (`Ctrl+Shift+V`)
 - **Image input** — paste or drag-and-drop images straight into a session
-- **Gesture control** _(opt-in)_ — a MediaPipe hand-tracking overlay to grab/drag session windows and pinch buttons, hands-free. Enable with `CODEMAN_GESTURE=1` + App Settings → Display
+- **Gesture control** _(opt-in)_ — a MediaPipe hand-tracking overlay to grab/drag session windows and pinch buttons, hands-free. Enable with `CODEMAN_GESTURE=1` + App Settings → Terminal & Input
 - **Multi-monitor span** _(macOS)_ — one click opens a browser window maximized across all displays, so floating agent/gesture panels can cross the physical seam
-- **File Viewer button** _(opt-in)_ — a header button that toggles the built-in file browser panel with one tap; enable under App Settings → Display → Header Displays
+- **File Viewer button** _(opt-in)_ — a header button that toggles the built-in file browser panel with one tap; enable under App Settings → Header & Panels → Header buttons
 - **CJK / IME input** — full composition support for Chinese / Japanese / Korean
 - **OS notifications & hostname-aware titles** — desktop alerts and tab titles are prefixed `codeman:<host>` so multi-host setups stay unambiguous
 
@@ -421,8 +461,8 @@ Run a case inside its own hardened Docker container instead of directly on your
 - **Resource templates** — expand the checkbox for a **Small / Medium / Large / GPU** preset (memory, CPUs, GPU), or set your own. **Disk is elastic** — storage grows as data flows in, no fixed cap.
 - **Shared per-case container** — many sessions can `docker exec` into the same container; killing one session never tears the container out from under the others.
 - **Hardened by default** — non-root, `--cap-drop ALL`, `no-new-privileges`, PID/memory caps, never `--privileged` or the docker socket; a **sealed** profile (no host credentials, network off) is one toggle away.
-- **Seamless auth, isolated credentials** — your host Claude / Codex / Gemini / OpenCode logins work inside the container out of the box: credentials are seeded (copied) in at launch and onboarding/trust prompts are pre-answered, so no login wizard appears. The container keeps its own copies and never writes back to your host credential stores; only conversation transcripts are shared, and exports never capture secrets.
-- **Move it to another machine** — export a container's whole environment (toolchain + workspace) to a portable `.tar.gz`, `docker load` it on the other side, and import it into a fresh case.
+- **Seamless auth, isolated credentials** — your host Claude / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / OpenCode / Pi logins work inside the container out of the box: credentials are seeded (copied) in at launch and onboarding/trust prompts are pre-answered, so no login wizard appears. The container keeps its own copies and never writes back to your host credential stores; only conversation transcripts are shared, and exports never capture secrets.
+- **Seamless auth, isolated credentials** — your host Claude / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / OpenCode / OMP logins work inside the container out of the box: credentials are seeded (copied) in at launch and onboarding/trust prompts are pre-answered, so no login wizard appears. The container keeps its own copies and never writes back to your host credential stores; only conversation transcripts are shared, and exports never capture secrets.- **Move it to another machine** — export a container's whole environment (toolchain + workspace) to a portable `.tar.gz`, `docker load` it on the other side, and import it into a fresh case.
 - **Durable** — reconnect after a restart lands back in the same live agent; a container stop/reboot resumes the conversation from the bind-mounted transcript.
 
 Prerequisite: just Docker (or Podman). The agent base image builds itself automatically on first use, with progress streamed to the UI (or pre-build it with `node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs`). Full guide: [`docs/docker-cases.md`](docs/docker-cases.md).
@@ -491,7 +531,7 @@ The script auto-installs a systemd user service on first run. The tunnel URL is
 systemctl --user enable codeman-tunnel
 loginctl enable-linger $USER
 
-# Or via the Codeman web UI: Settings → Tunnel → Toggle On
+# Or via the Codeman web UI: App Settings → System → Remote access → Cloudflare Tunnel
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -586,14 +626,14 @@ When someone authenticates via QR, the desktop shows a notification toast with t
 
 ## Security
 
-By default Codeman launches sessions with `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, so the web UI is by design a remote-code-execution surface for whoever can reach it — the whole security model exists to control _who_ that is. (The startup permission mode is configurable; see below.) Recent hardening (v0.9.0 + v0.9.5) closes the browser-driven attack paths that bite self-hosted dev tools. Full model: [`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md). **Found a vulnerability?** See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md) for private disclosure and the list of known limitations.
+By default Codeman launches sessions with `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, so the web UI is by design a remote-code-execution surface for whoever can reach it — the whole security model exists to control _who_ that is. (The startup permission mode is configurable; see below.) Recent hardening (v0.9.0 + v0.9.5) closes the browser-driven attack paths that bite self-hosted dev tools. Full model: [`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md). **Found a vulnerability?** See [`SECURITY.md`](.github/SECURITY.md) for private disclosure and the list of known limitations.
 
 ### Network & access
 
-- **Loopback by default** — binds `127.0.0.1`, reachable only from the same machine, so the no-password default is safe out of the box. Binding a non-loopback host without `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` _starts but prints a loud warning_ with three concrete fixes (set a password, loopback + an authenticated tunnel, or explicitly acknowledge with `--allow-unauthenticated-network`)
+- **Loopback by default** — the server binary binds `127.0.0.1`, reachable only from the same machine, so the no-password default is safe out of the box (the guided installer asks about network access and configures the binding + password for you). Binding a non-loopback host without `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` _starts but prints a loud warning_ with three concrete fixes (set a password, loopback + an authenticated tunnel, or explicitly acknowledge with `--allow-unauthenticated-network`)
 - **Optional auth, real sessions** — HTTP Basic via `CODEMAN_USERNAME` (default `admin`) / `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`. Success issues an opaque 256-bit `codeman_session` cookie (`randomBytes(32)`) — validated server-side, not client-signed, so it can't be forged offline (24h TTL, auto-extend, device-context audit log)
 - **Per-IP rate limiting** — 10 failed attempts → `429` with `Retry-After` (15-min decay). A valid cookie or correct password recovers _immediately_ even while an attacker hammers the same IP — important because all tunnel traffic shares one loopback IP. QR auth has its own separate limiter
-- **Configurable permission mode** - `--dangerously-skip-permissions` is only the default. **App Settings → Claude CLI → Startup Mode** can switch new sessions to Anthropic's classifier-guarded `auto` mode (low-prompt, needs Claude Code 2.1.207+), `normal` prompting, or an explicit allowed-tools list. In multi-user mode, non-granted users are forced to `auto`, and shell sessions / skip-permissions require an explicit per-user grant
+- **Configurable permission mode** - `--dangerously-skip-permissions` is only the default. **App Settings → Agents & CLIs → Claude → Startup Mode** can switch new sessions to Anthropic's classifier-guarded `auto` mode (low-prompt, needs Claude Code 2.1.207+), `normal` prompting, or an explicit allowed-tools list. In multi-user mode, non-granted users are forced to `auto`, and shell sessions / skip-permissions require an explicit per-user grant
 
 ### Always-on browser hardening (v0.9.5)
 
@@ -607,7 +647,7 @@ These run for **every** request — before auth, even on the default no-password
 
 ### Input, files & headers
 
-- **Schema-validated inputs** — every API body is checked with Zod v4 schemas; a `CLAUDE_CODE_*` / `OPENCODE_*` / `CODEX_*` / `GEMINI_*` / `GOOGLE_*` env-prefix allowlist gates which settings each CLI can receive
+- **Schema-validated inputs** — every API body is checked with Zod v4 schemas; a `CLAUDE_CODE_*` / `OPENCODE_*` / `CODEX_*` / `ANTIGRAVITY_*` / `GEMINI_*` / `GOOGLE_*` / `PI_*` env-prefix allowlist gates which settings each CLI can receive
 - **Path containment** — file routes `realpath` before boundary checks (no TOCTOU); `..`, absolute paths, and symlinks resolving outside the working dir are rejected. Caps: 10 MB text preview / 50 MB raw & download; `/api/download` blocklists sensitive paths (`.env`, `*credentials*`, `~/.ssh/`, `.aws/credentials`). SVG/HTML is served `octet-stream` + `nosniff` + attachment so it downloads rather than executes
 - **Security headers** — `Content-Security-Policy` (`default-src 'self'`, every exception enumerated), `X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`, `X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN`, HSTS over HTTPS, and CORS reflected **only** for `localhost` / `127.0.0.1` / `::1`
 
@@ -620,17 +660,19 @@ These run for **every** request — before auth, even on the default no-password
 
 ---
 
-## SSH Alternative (`sc`)
+## Terminal UI (`codeman tui`)
 
-If you prefer SSH (Termius, Blink, etc.), the `sc` command is a thumb-friendly session chooser:
+A full-screen dashboard for your sessions, in the terminal. Same states as the web UI, because it is a client of the same server:
 
 ```bash
-sc              # Interactive chooser
-sc 2            # Quick attach to session 2
-sc -l           # List sessions
+codeman tui              # the dashboard
+codeman tui --list       # numbered session list, then exit (scriptable)
+codeman tui 2            # attach straight to session 2 of that list
 ```
 
-Single-digit selection (1-9), color-coded status, token counts, auto-refresh. Detach with `Ctrl+A D`.
+Sessions are grouped **NEEDS YOU → WORKING → IDLE → RECENT**, longest-waiting first. `↑↓`/`j`/`k` select, `1`-`9` and `[`/`]` switch between sessions, `Enter` attaches into the tmux pane (**`F1`** to come back). Inside a pane the bar across the top keeps the session strip visible and `Alt+1`-`Alt+9` switch without leaving. `y`/`n`/digit answer a pending permission dialog right from the list, `p` sends a one-line prompt, `n` starts a session and opens straight into it, `x` kills one (`y` confirms), `/` searches, `g` shows the away digest, `?` is help, `q` quits. Below 72 columns it drops the preview pane and becomes a single-column list, so it stays usable in Termius on a phone. With no server running it still starts in attach-only degraded mode.
+
+The web UI remains the primary surface; see **[docs/tui.md](docs/tui.md)** for the full guide.
 
 ---
 
@@ -645,7 +687,11 @@ Single-digit selection (1-9), color-coded status, token counts, auto-refresh. De
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+Tab`                  | Next session                                                  |
 | `Alt/Option+[` / `Alt/Option+]` | Previous / next session                                       |
 | `Alt/Option+1`-`Alt/Option+9`   | Switch to tab N (physical keys, so macOS Option layouts work) |
+| `Alt/Option+B`                  | Collapse / expand the session sidebar (sidebar layout only)   |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+{` / `Ctrl+Shift+}` | Move active tab left / right                                  |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+C`                    | Copy selection, or interrupt when nothing is selected         |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+C`                  | Copy selection (never interrupts)                             |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+V`                    | Paste, or upload a clipboard image and paste its path          |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+L`                    | Clear terminal                                                |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+R`                  | Restore terminal size                                         |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+V`                  | Toggle voice input                                            |
@@ -660,6 +706,79 @@ Single-digit selection (1-9), color-coded status, token counts, auto-refresh. De
 
 For AI agents and automation that control Codeman without a browser: an agent that spins up worker sessions, a CI bot, or **Claude Code running _inside_ a Codeman session orchestrating other sessions**. Everything the UI does is HTTP + a CLI, so an agent can do it too.
 
+### The agent skill (start here)
+
+Everything in this section also ships as a **Claude Code skill** in [`skills/codeman`](skills/codeman/SKILL.md). Install it once and you never paste API docs into a prompt again. You ask for what you want in plain English, and the agent already sitting inside a Codeman session loads the recipes and drives the API itself.
+
+#### Step 1: install it
+
+| How            | Command                                                    | Scope                                                                                      |
+| -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Skills CLI     | `npx skills add Ark0N/Codeman --skill codeman -g`          | Global, works for any skills-aware agent                                                   |
+| Claude Code plugin | `/plugin marketplace add Ark0N/Codeman` then `/plugin install codeman@codeman` | Global, through Claude Code's plugin manager; `/plugin update codeman` follows releases. Pick this OR a `codeman skill install`, not both: a Claude Code with both lists the skill twice (`codeman` and `codeman:codeman`) |
+| Bundled CLI    | `codeman skill install`                                    | Global (`~/.claude/skills/codeman`), for npm installs that never cloned the repo            |
+| Bundled CLI    | `codeman skill install --case <name>`                      | One case only                                                                              |
+| Web UI         | App Settings → Agents & CLIs → Claude → **Agent Skill**    | Auto-injects into each case on Claude session create (`agentSkillEnabled`, SYNCED, default off) |
+
+`codeman skill uninstall [--case <name>]` reverses the CLI installs, and never touches a `skills/codeman` you wrote yourself.
+
+#### Step 2: ask for things
+
+That is the entire interface. No curl, no endpoint names, no session ids. These prompts work as written:
+
+| You say                                                                                    | The skill does                                                                                           |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| _"What sessions are running right now?"_                                                   | Lists them with name, mode and status. Read-only, safe to ask anytime.                                    |
+| _"Start a shell worker on the `myapp` case, run the test suite, tell me if it passes."_    | Spawns, waits on a split completion marker, reads back the exit code, cleans up.                          |
+| _"Spin up 3 workers for lint, typecheck and tests. Run them in parallel, report failures."_ | The fan-out flow: one session per task, all started first, then gathered as each finishes.                |
+| _"Have a claude worker on `refactor-auth` summarize `src/session.ts`, then close it."_     | Spawns, runs the readiness ladder (first-run trust dialog included), send-and-wait, reads the clean transcript answer, deletes. |
+| _"Watch session w4 and tell me if it gets stuck on a permission prompt."_                  | Blocks on the `blocked` signal and surfaces the question to **you**. It never answers another session's prompt itself. |
+
+#### Step 3: nothing
+
+The agent deletes every session it started. Watch the tabs appear and disappear in the dashboard while it works.
+
+#### A real run, start to finish
+
+> **You:** spin up 3 shell workers, run lint / typecheck / the frontend syntax check in parallel, and tell me which failed.
+
+```text
+lint       -> 9f2d8e5f   dispatched
+typecheck  -> aff9c691   dispatched     3 tabs appear in the dashboard
+syntax     -> be9f1f15   dispatched
+
+lint         DONE_lint_17909      rc=0
+typecheck    DONE_typecheck_3409  rc=0   gathered as each one finishes
+syntax       DONE_syntax_18501    rc=0
+
+deleted 9f2d8e5f, aff9c691, be9f1f15    tabs disappear
+```
+
+Those `DONE_<task>_<random>` strings are the skill's **split marker** trick, and they are why the fan-out is reliable on hook-less `shell` sessions: the typed line contains `${M}_17909`, so only the command's real *output* ever contains `DONE_17909`. An unsplit marker would match the echo of your own keystrokes before the command had even run.
+
+#### What's in the box
+
+| File                                                                | Contents                                                                                    |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [`SKILL.md`](skills/codeman/SKILL.md)                               | Safety rules, the ready-made fast path (spawn N workers, task them, collect), and the verb index. Always loaded. |
+| [`reference/verbs.md`](skills/codeman/reference/verbs.md)           | The 14 verbs in detail: readiness, send-and-wait, markers, interrupts, cleanup. On demand.   |
+| [`reference/recipes.md`](skills/codeman/reference/recipes.md)       | 6 worked multi-worker flows (fan-out, blocked-worker watch, messaging fan-out). On demand.   |
+| [`reference/endpoints.md`](skills/codeman/reference/endpoints.md)   | Full endpoint tables, error codes, per-mode signal table, capacity limits. On demand.        |
+| [`reference/messaging.md`](skills/codeman/reference/messaging.md)   | Talking to claude workers directly via Claude Code cross-session messaging. On demand.       |
+
+Every recipe in there was verified against a live server, and the comments record the failure modes that were measured rather than guessed.
+
+#### Two things worth knowing
+
+- **It self-gates.** Outside a Codeman session (`CODEMAN_MUX` unset) the skill refuses to act and does not guess an API URL, so a global install costs an unrelated Claude Code session nothing.
+- **It is deliberately conservative.** Unprompted, it may only spawn sessions, prompt them, and delete ones **it created in that same conversation, by exact id**, through a fail-closed guard that refuses to delete the agent's own session. Deleting a case (which erases a real directory of your code), bulk kills, respawn/ralph/cron/orchestrator changes and settings writes all require you to ask, naming the target.
+
+⚠️ Turning `agentSkillEnabled` back off **does not remove already-injected copies** (a create-time sweep would yank the skill out from under other live sessions sharing that `.claude/` dir). Remove them per case with `codeman skill uninstall --case <name>`.
+
+---
+
+**The rest of this section is the manual path**: the same operations as raw HTTP, for a CI bot, a shell script, or any agent without skill support.
+
 ### Detect that you're inside Codeman
 
 When a CLI runs in a Codeman-managed session, these environment variables are set — read them instead of hardcoding anything:
@@ -673,15 +792,21 @@ When a CLI runs in a Codeman-managed session, these environment variables are se
 
 ### Rules of the road (read before you POST)
 
-1. **Single-line input only.** Programmatic input is sent as literal text **+ Enter** in one shot. Multi-line strings break the agent TUI (Ink) — send one line, or split into multiple calls.
+1. **Single-line input, ending in `\r`.** Programmatic input is sent as literal text, and Enter fires **only when the input contains a carriage return**: `{"input":"run tests\r"}`. Without the `\r` the text sits on the session's prompt unsubmitted (and a combined `wait` runs its full timeout on a turn that never started). Embedded newlines are stripped rather than rejected, so `"echo A\necho B\r"` runs the joined command `echo Aecho B`: send one line per call.
 2. **Make input idempotent.** Include a stable `clientId` and a monotonic per-session `seq` on `POST …/input`. The server de-duplicates, so a retry after a dropped connection can't double-deliver a prompt.
-3. **Auth.** If `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` is set, send HTTP Basic auth (user `admin` or `CODEMAN_USERNAME`) or a `codeman_session` cookie. The default loopback install is passwordless. A missing `Origin` header is allowed, so plain `curl` works; cross-site browser origins are rejected (CSRF guard).
+3. **Auth.** If `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` is set, send HTTP Basic auth (user `admin` or `CODEMAN_USERNAME`) or a `codeman_session` cookie. The default loopback install is passwordless. A missing `Origin` header is allowed, so plain `curl` works; cross-site browser origins are rejected (CSRF guard). ⚠️ A `401` replies with the bare string `Unauthorized`, **not** the JSON envelope, so piping it into `jq` throws a parse error instead of showing the failure: check the status before parsing.
 4. **Response envelope.** Most endpoints return `{ "success": true, "data": … }` (errors: `{ "success": false, "error", "errorCode" }`). A few legacy GETs return bare bodies — **handle both** (`body.data ?? body`).
 5. **`/api/v1/*`** is a stable alias of `/api/*`.
+6. **Wait instead of polling, and don't treat a timeout as an error.** The wait endpoints answer with HTTP `200` and `wait.timedOut: true` when nothing happened in time, so loop over short waits (60s is the default) rather than issuing one long call, because tunnels cut idle connections. `wait.timeoutMs` tells you the timeout the server actually applied after clamping (600s ceiling).
+7. **Only `claude` sessions emit `stop` and `blocked`.** Those two come from Claude Code hooks; `shell` and the external CLIs (opencode/codex/gemini/antigravity/pi) accept only `idle`, `working` and `exit`. Asking for `stop` explicitly on those is a `400`; omitting `until` is always safe. ⚠️ On a `shell` session `idle` fires **once**, at startup, and never again, so send-and-wait there can only time out; synchronize hook-less sessions with a `wait-output` marker.
+7. **Only `claude` sessions emit `stop` and `blocked`.** Those two come from Claude Code hooks; `shell` and the external CLIs (opencode/codex/gemini/antigravity/omp) accept only `idle`, `working` and `exit`. Asking for `stop` explicitly on those is a `400`; omitting `until` is always safe. ⚠️ On a `shell` session `idle` fires **once**, at startup, and never again, so send-and-wait there can only time out; synchronize hook-less sessions with a `wait-output` marker.8. **Nothing reports "ready", so wait for it explicitly.** A new session answers `{"signal":"exit","immediate":true}` (that means *not started*, not *crashed*) until its PID exists, and a `claude` worker in a fresh case then sits on the CLI's trust dialog. Prompt it there and the wait resolves on `idle` in ~2s looking exactly like a finished turn, while the text sits stuck in the dialog. Recipe 2b below is the sequence that avoids it.
 
 ### Recipes
 
 ```bash
+# CODEMAN_API_URL is auto-set inside every Codeman session, correct scheme included.
+# The fallback below fits a stock install; on a --https install set the https:// URL
+# yourself and add -k to each curl (self-signed cert).
 API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:3000}"
 # (add  -u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD"  to each call if a password is set)
 
@@ -693,18 +818,63 @@ curl -s -X POST "$API/api/quick-start" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{"caseName":"refactor-auth","mode":"claude","effort":"high"}' | jq
 
+# 2b. Wait until that worker is actually READY (see rule 8): composer marker first,
+#     first-run trust dialog only as the fallback. (Probing trust first and sending
+#     a blind Enter misfires on re-runs: the dialog text stays in the buffer forever,
+#     so the probe matches stale text and the Enter lands in a ready composer.)
+#     Match single tokens: TUI text can reach the matcher without its spaces.
+until [ "$(curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID" | jq '.data.pid')" != null ]; do sleep 1; done
+R=$(curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' \
+      --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=5000')
+if ! jq -e '.data.wait.matched' <<<"$R" >/dev/null; then
+  T=$(curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=trust' \
+        --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=2000')
+  jq -e '.data.wait.matched' <<<"$T" >/dev/null && \
+    curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+      -d '{"input":"\r","useMux":true}'        # accept the first-run trust dialog
+  curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' \
+    --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=45000' >/dev/null
+fi
+
 # 3. Send a prompt into a session (exactly-once: clientId + seq)
 curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures","useMux":true,"clientId":"agent-1","seq":1}'
+  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures\r","useMux":true,"clientId":"agent-1","seq":1}'
 
-# 4. Read the terminal back
-curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/output" | jq -r '.data // .'
+# 4. Send a prompt and BLOCK until that turn is done (registers the wait before
+#    writing, so it can't answer with the previous turn's idle state)
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures\r","useMux":true,
+       "clientId":"agent-1","seq":2,"wait":"stop,exit","waitTimeout":60000}' \
+  | jq '.data.wait'      # -> {"signal":"stop","timedOut":false,"waitedMs":41230,...}
+#    (`stop` is the definitive end-of-turn hook. Adding `idle` makes it resolve on a
+#     spinner pause too, and on anything that redraws a ❯ prompt — like a dialog.)
 
-# 5. Stream live events (session output, agent activity, status)
+# 4b. Timed out? That's a 200, not a failure. Loop over short waits.
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait?until=stop,exit&timeout=60000" | jq '.data.wait'
+
+# 4c. Or wait for a marker in the output (works for shell sessions too).
+#     ⚠️ Unique per call (tmux repaints replay old screen text), and SPLIT so the
+#     typed line never contains it: your own keystrokes echo into the output
+#     stream, so an unsplit marker matches before the command has run. from=buffer
+#     catches a marker that printed before the wait landed.
+N=$RANDOM
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "{\"input\":\"M=DONE; npm test; echo \${M}_$N rc=\$?\r\",\"useMux\":true}"
+curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+  --data-urlencode "match=DONE_$N" --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' \
+  --data-urlencode 'timeout=60000' | jq '.data.wait'
+
+# 5. Read the terminal back. ⚠️ Use terminal?tail=, NOT /output: the latter's
+#    textOutput is empty for every tmux-backed (i.e. every interactive) session.
+#    tail counts BYTES, and what comes back is terminal data, ANSI included.
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/terminal?tail=8000" | jq -r '.data.terminalBuffer'
+
+# 6. Stream live events (session output, agent activity, status)
 curl -sN "$API/api/events"          # Server-Sent Events
 
-# 6. Schedule recurring work (cron-style job)
+# 7. Schedule recurring work (cron-style job)
 curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{"name":"nightly-deps","agentType":"claude","workingDir":"/home/me/proj",
@@ -712,11 +882,11 @@ curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs" \
        "inputMode":"typed","scheduleType":"daily","dailyTime":"03:00",
        "enabled":true,"concurrencyPolicy":"warn_only"}' | jq
 
-# 7. Inspect background sub-agents and their transcripts
+# 8. Inspect background sub-agents and their transcripts
 curl -s "$API/api/subagents" | jq '.data // .'
 curl -s "$API/api/subagents/$AID/transcript" | jq -r '.data // .'
 
-# 8. Whole-system snapshot (sessions, settings, respawn, stats)
+# 9. Whole-system snapshot (sessions, settings, respawn, stats)
 curl -s "$API/api/status" | jq
 ```
 
@@ -729,8 +899,9 @@ codeman session start -d /path/to/repo   # (s)  start a session
 codeman session list                     #      list sessions
 codeman session logs <id>                #      tail output
 codeman task add "fix the failing test"  # (t)  queue a task
-codeman ralph start --min-hours 8        # (r)  launch the autonomous loop
-codeman attach <path>                     #      attach a Claude hook context
+codeman attach <path>                    #      show an attachment card for a local file
+codeman tui --list                       #      numbered session list (plain text when piped)
+codeman tui 3                            #      attach to session 3 of that list
 ```
 
 ### Hooks (events flowing _back_ to Codeman)
@@ -743,7 +914,7 @@ Codeman registers Claude Code hooks that `POST /api/hook-event` (`permission_pro
 
 ## API
 
-REST over Fastify — **~190 handlers across 20 route modules**, plus an SSE stream and a WebSocket terminal channel. All responses use the `ApiResponse<T>` envelope (`{success, data}` / `{success, error, errorCode}`); `/api/v1/*` is a stable alias. A representative subset:
+REST over Fastify — **~200 handlers across 21 route modules**, plus an SSE stream and a WebSocket terminal channel. All responses use the `ApiResponse<T>` envelope (`{success, data}` / `{success, error, errorCode}`); `/api/v1/*` is a stable alias. A representative subset:
 
 ### Sessions
 
@@ -751,8 +922,11 @@ REST over Fastify — **~190 handlers across 20 route modules**, plus an SSE str
 | -------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `GET`    | `/api/sessions`            | List all                                                                           |
 | `POST`   | `/api/quick-start`         | Create case + start session (`{caseName?, mode?, effort?, envOverrides?}`)         |
-| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/input`  | Send input (`{input, useMux?, clientId?, seq?}` — `clientId`+`seq` = exactly-once) |
-| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/output` | Read terminal output                                                               |
+| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/input`  | Send input (`{input, useMux?, clientId?, seq?, wait?, waitTimeout?}`: `clientId`+`seq` = exactly-once; `wait` blocks until the turn ends) |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/terminal` | Read terminal output (`?tail=<bytes>`, `?full=1`); the read path for interactive sessions |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/output` | Parsed one-shot output (`textOutput` is empty for tmux-backed sessions)             |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/wait`   | Block until a signal fires (`?until=stop,idle,exit&timeout=&fresh=`); a timeout is a `200` |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/wait-output` | Block until a literal string appears (`?match=&nocase=&from=now\|buffer&timeout=`) |
 | `GET`    | `/api/sessions/unified`    | Unified live + history list (Session Manager) — `?q=&limit=`                       |
 | `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/pin`    | Pin/unpin in the Session Manager (`{pinned}`)                                      |
 | `PUT`    | `/api/session-order`       | Sync tab order across devices (`{order: [ids]}`)                                   |
@@ -766,13 +940,6 @@ REST over Fastify — **~190 handlers across 20 route modules**, plus an SSE str
 | `POST` | `/api/sessions/:id/respawn/stop`   | Stop controller            |
 | `PUT`  | `/api/sessions/:id/respawn/config` | Update config              |
 
-### Ralph / Todo
-
-| Method | Endpoint                         | Description            |
-| ------ | -------------------------------- | ---------------------- |
-| `GET`  | `/api/sessions/:id/ralph-state`  | Get loop state + todos |
-| `POST` | `/api/sessions/:id/ralph-config` | Configure tracking     |
-
 ### Orchestrator
 
 | Method | Endpoint                    | Description                     |
@@ -813,6 +980,8 @@ REST over Fastify — **~190 handlers across 20 route modules**, plus an SSE str
 | `POST` | `/api/clipboard`                | Push text to all connected browsers (`{text}`) |
 | `GET`  | `/api/sessions/:id/run-summary` | Timeline + stats                               |
 
+> **Building something on top of Codeman?** [`docs/extending-codeman.md`](docs/extending-codeman.md) is the integration guide: render your own UI as a tab, subscribe to the SSE event stream to react when an agent needs you, drive Codeman from a script, and the traps worth knowing before you start. Codeman has no plugin runtime on purpose, so an integration is just your own process talking HTTP.
+
 ---
 
 ## Architecture
@@ -835,7 +1004,6 @@ flowchart TB
         end
 
         subgraph Detection["Detection Layer"]
-            RT["Ralph Tracker"]
             SW["Subagent Watcher<br/><small>~/.claude/projects/*/subagents</small>"]
             TW["Team Watcher<br/><small>~/.claude/teams/*</small>"]
         end
@@ -846,8 +1014,8 @@ flowchart TB
         end
 
         subgraph External["External"]
-            CLI["AI CLI<br/><small>Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex / Gemini</small>"]
-            BG["Background Agents<br/><small>(Task tool)</small>"]
+            CLI["AI CLI<br/><small>Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / Pi</small>"]
+            CLI["AI CLI<br/><small>Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / OMP</small>"]            BG["Background Agents<br/><small>(Task tool)</small>"]
         end
     end
 
@@ -859,7 +1027,6 @@ flowchart TB
     SM --> RC
     SM --> ORC
     SM --> SS
-    S1 --> RT
     S1 --> SCR
     S2 --> SCR
     RC --> SCR
@@ -878,13 +1045,19 @@ flowchart TB
 npm install
 npx tsx src/index.ts web    # Dev mode
 npm run build               # Production build
-npm run test:ci             # Run tests (the CI suite; browser suites need extra setup)
+npm test                    # Run tests (same suite CI runs; browser/mobile/perf suites have their own commands)
 ```
 
 See [CLAUDE.md](./CLAUDE.md) for full documentation.
 
 ---
 
+## Community
+
+Questions, setup help, and ideas live in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions): the [Q&A section](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/q-a) answers the most common ones (phone access, overnight runs, updating), and the roadmap gets decided in [Ideas](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/ideas). Bugs go to [issues](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues); reports usually get a response within a day, and every release credits its reporters and contributors by name. Want to contribute? [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) has the map: skins, translations, and docs make great first PRs, and bigger features start life as a Discussion. And if you're proud of your rig, post it in [Show and tell](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/300).
+
+---
+
 ## Codebase Quality
 
 The codebase went through a comprehensive 7-phase refactoring that eliminated god objects, centralized configuration, and established modular architecture:
@@ -908,7 +1081,7 @@ Full details: [`docs/archive/code-structure-findings.md`](docs/archive/code-stru
 
 [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/xterm-zerolag-input?style=flat-square&color=22c55e)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/xterm-zerolag-input)
 
-Instant keystroke feedback overlay for xterm.js. Eliminates perceived input latency over high-RTT connections by rendering typed characters immediately as a pixel-perfect DOM overlay. Zero dependencies, configurable prompt detection, full state machine with 78 tests.
+Instant keystroke feedback overlay for xterm.js. Eliminates perceived input latency over high-RTT connections by rendering typed characters immediately as a pixel-perfect DOM overlay. Zero dependencies, 6.1 kB gzipped, configurable prompt detection, CJK/emoji wide-character support, full state machine with 175 tests.
 
 ```bash
 npm install xterm-zerolag-input

README.zh-CN.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <h2 align="center">AI 编程智能体的任务控制中心</h2>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <em>Claude Code &bull; OpenCode &bull; Codex &bull; Gemini &bull; 终端 —— 统一仪表盘 &bull; 任意设备</em>
+  <em>Claude Code &bull; OpenCode &bull; Codex &bull; Antigravity &bull; Gemini &bull; Pi &bull; Grok &bull; 终端 —— 统一仪表盘 &bull; 任意设备</em>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -17,21 +17,39 @@
   <a href="https://nodejs.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Node.js-22%2B-22c55e?style=flat-square&logo=node.js&logoColor=white" alt="Node.js 22+"></a>
   <a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/TypeScript-5.9-3b82f6?style=flat-square&logo=typescript&logoColor=white" alt="TypeScript 5.9"></a>
   <a href="https://fastify.dev/"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Fastify-5.x-1e3a5f?style=flat-square&logo=fastify&logoColor=white" alt="Fastify"></a>
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Tests-2861%20total-22c55e?style=flat-square" alt="Tests">
+  <a href="https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/Ark0N/Codeman?style=flat-square&color=3b82f6" alt="Contributors"></a>
+  <a href="https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/commits/master"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/commit-activity/t/Ark0N/Codeman?style=flat-square&color=1e3a5f" alt="Total commits"></a>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/subagent-demo.gif" alt="Codeman — 并行子智能体可视化" width="900">
+  <img src="docs/images/subagent-demo-20260724.gif" alt="Codeman — 并行子智能体可视化" width="900">
+</p>
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/codeman-tour-20260724.png" alt="Codeman 仪表盘导览：按项目分组的会话标签页、一键 Run 启动新智能体、页头实时用量" width="900">
 </p>
 
 > 本文档由英文版 [`README.md`](README.md) 翻译而来。如有出入，以英文版为准。
 
+一行命令即可安装（macOS 和 Linux，Windows 通过 WSL）：
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash
+```
+
+```bash
+codeman web
+# 打开 http://localhost:3000，开启你的第一个会话
+```
+
+安装器在每次系统改动前都会先询问；重跑同一条命令即可原地更新。详见[快速开始 — 安装](#快速开始--安装)。
+
 ---
 
 ## 快速开始 — 安装
 
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/install.sh | bash
+curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash
 ```
 
 该脚本会在缺失时自动安装 Node.js 和 tmux，把 Codeman 克隆到 `~/.codeman/app` 并完成构建。几点须知：
@@ -40,7 +58,7 @@ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/install.sh | b
 - **重跑即更新。** 再次运行同一条命令即可原地更新已完成的安装：`~/.codeman/app` 中的本地改动会被 stash（绝不丢弃），运行中的服务会自动重启并校验。若首次安装中途失败，重跑会继续完成完整的安装流程。也可以使用 `install.sh update` 与 `install.sh uninstall`。
 - **CI / 无终端环境：** 没有终端时，涉及系统改动的步骤会带着说明中止，而不是静默执行；在自动化场景设置 `CODEMAN_NONINTERACTIVE=1` 即可批准这些步骤。
 
-你至少需要安装一个 AI 编程 CLI —— [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)、[OpenCode](https://opencode.ai)、[Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli) 或 [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)（任意组合均可）。安装器会自动检测这四个中已安装的任意一个；若一个都没有，会提供安装 Claude Code 或 OpenCode 的选项，也可以选择跳过、稍后自行安装。安装完成后：
+你至少需要安装一个 AI 编程 CLI —— [Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)、[OpenCode](https://opencode.ai)、[Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli)、[Antigravity](https://antigravity.google)、[Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)、[Pi](https://pi.dev)、[Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build)、[DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) 或 [OMP](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi)（任意组合均可；自 Google 面向消费者停售后，Gemini CLI 仅限企业版，Antigravity 是其继任者）。安装器会自动检测这九个中已安装的任意一个；若一个都没有，会提供安装 Claude Code 或 OpenCode 的选项，也可以选择跳过、稍后自行安装。安装完成后：
 
 ```bash
 codeman web
@@ -120,15 +138,67 @@ launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codeman.web.plist
 <summary><strong>Windows（WSL）</strong></summary>
 
 ```powershell
-wsl bash -c "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/install.sh | bash"
+wsl bash -c "curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash"
 ```
 
-Codeman 依赖 tmux，因此 Windows 用户需要 [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)。如果还没装 WSL：在管理员 PowerShell 中运行 `wsl --install`，重启，打开 Ubuntu，然后在 WSL 内安装你偏好的 AI 编程 CLI（[Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)、[OpenCode](https://opencode.ai)、[Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli) 或 [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)）。安装完成后，即可从 Windows 浏览器访问 `http://localhost:3000`。
+Codeman 依赖 tmux，因此 Windows 用户需要 [WSL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install)。如果还没装 WSL：在管理员 PowerShell 中运行 `wsl --install`，重启，打开 Ubuntu，然后在 WSL 内安装你偏好的 AI 编程 CLI（[Claude Code](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)、[OpenCode](https://opencode.ai)、[Codex](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli)、[Antigravity](https://antigravity.google)、[Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)、[Pi](https://pi.dev)、[Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build)、[DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) 或 [OMP](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi)）。安装完成后，即可从 Windows 浏览器访问 `http://localhost:3000`。
 
 </details>
 
 ---
 
+## 移动端优化的 Web UI
+
+在任意手机上都能获得最跟手的 AI 编程智能体体验。完整的 xterm.js 终端、本地回显、滑动导航，以及为真正的远程办公而设计的触控优化界面 —— 而不是把桌面 UI 硬塞进小屏幕。
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<td align="center" width="40%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-keyboard-20260727.png" alt="移动端 — 通过键盘配件栏与 Enter 按钮回答智能体的方案提示" width="300"></td>
+<td align="center" width="60%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-toolbar-enter-20260727.png" alt="移动端工具栏：配件栏的 /init、/clear、剪贴板与 Esc，下方是 Run、案例、停止、Enter、语音与设置控件" width="440"></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td align="center"><em>触控回答提示</em></td>
+<td align="center"><em>配件栏 + 独立 Enter 按钮</em></td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<th>普通终端 App</th>
+<th>Codeman 移动端</th>
+</tr>
+<tr><td>远程输入延迟 200–300 毫秒</td><td><b>本地回显 —— 即时反馈</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td>字小、无上下文</td><td>完整 xterm.js 终端</td></tr>
+<tr><td>无会话管理</td><td>滑动切换会话</td></tr>
+<tr><td>无通知</td><td>审批 / 空闲时推送提醒</td></tr>
+<tr><td>需手动重连</td><td>tmux 持久化</td></tr>
+<tr><td>看不到智能体</td><td>实时查看后台智能体</td></tr>
+<tr><td>斜杠命令靠复制粘贴</td><td>一键 <code>/init</code>、<code>/clear</code>、<code>/compact</code></td></tr>
+<tr><td>在手机上手打密码</td><td><b>扫二维码 —— 即时认证</b></td></tr>
+</table>
+
+- **键盘配件栏** —— 在虚拟键盘上方提供 `/init`、`/clear`、`/compact` 快捷按钮；破坏性命令需双击确认，绝不误触
+- **独立的 Enter 按钮** —— 以按键方式回放，先冲刷本地回显缓冲的文本，不会让内容滞留在屏幕上
+- **滑动导航与智能键盘处理** —— 左右滑动切换会话；键盘弹出时工具栏与终端整体上移（`visualViewport` API）
+- **为手机而生** —— 刘海与 Home 指示条的安全区适配、44px 触控目标、底部抽屉式 case 选择器、原生惯性滚动
+
+```bash
+codeman web --https
+# 在手机上打开：https://<你的IP>:3000
+```
+
+> `localhost` 走纯 HTTP 即可。从其他设备访问时请使用 `--https`，或使用 [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/)（推荐）—— 它提供私有网络，让你无需 TLS 证书即可从手机访问 `http://<tailscale-ip>:3000`。
+
+### 安全的二维码认证
+
+在手机键盘上输密码太痛苦了。Codeman 用**密码学安全的一次性二维码令牌**取而代之 —— 扫描桌面上显示的二维码，手机即刻完成认证。
+
+每个二维码编码的是一个包含 6 字符短码的 URL，该短码在服务端映射到一个 256 位密钥（`crypto.randomBytes(32)`）。令牌每 **60 秒**自动轮换，**首次扫描即原子性消费**（重放永远失败），并采用**基于哈希的 `Map.get()` 查找**，不会通过响应时延泄露任何信息。短码只是一个不透明指针 —— 真正的密钥永远不会出现在浏览器历史、`Referer` 头或 Cloudflare 边缘日志中。
+
+该安全设计覆盖了 ["Demystifying the (In)Security of QR Code-based Login"](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/presentation/zhang-xin)（USENIX Security 2025，该研究发现 Top-100 网站中有 47 个存在漏洞）所指出的全部 6 个关键二维码认证缺陷：强制一次性使用、短 TTL、密码学随机性、服务端生成、扫描时桌面实时通知（QRLjacking 检测），以及 IP + User-Agent 会话绑定与手动吊销。双层速率限制（按 IP + 全局）使得在 62^6 = 568 亿种可能短码空间内进行暴力破解变得不可行。完整安全分析见：[`docs/qr-auth-plan.md`](docs/qr-auth-plan.md)
+
+---
+
 ## 使用 Codeman —— 人类操作指南
 
 从头到尾走一遍如何在浏览器里驾驭 Codeman。如果你刚装好，就从这里开始。
@@ -151,7 +221,7 @@ codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # 绑定局域网 —— 必须设置 CODEMAN_
 | 字段                   | 作用                                                                                        |
 | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | **工作目录 / case**    | 智能体操作的文件夹。「case」就是一个 Codeman 记住的命名工作目录。                           |
-| **CLI / 运行模式**     | `Claude`（默认）、`OpenCode`、`Codex`、`Gemini` 或 `Terminal`（普通 shell）。               |
+| **CLI / 运行模式**     | `Claude`（默认）、`OpenCode`、`Codex`、`Antigravity`、`Gemini`、`Pi`、`Grok` 或 `Terminal`（普通 shell）。 |
 | **模型**               | 每会话模型（App Settings → Claude Model）。软默认值 —— 会话内 `/model` 依然有效。           |
 | **Effort / Ultracode** | 推理力度（`low`–`max`），或用 `ultracode` 开启动态多智能体工作流。随时可用 `/effort` 切换。 |
 
@@ -161,7 +231,7 @@ codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # 绑定局域网 —— 必须设置 CODEMAN_
 
 - **标签（顶部）** —— 每个会话一个。`Alt+1`–`9` 跳转，`Ctrl+Tab` 下一个，拖拽排序（标签顺序会跨设备同步）。
 - **终端（中央）** —— 真实的 `xterm.js` 终端；完整 TUI 正常渲染。直接输入并按 **Enter** 发送。`Shift+Enter` 插入换行。
-- **侧边面板** —— Respawn、Ralph、Orchestrator、Cron、Subagents、Settings（从工具栏切换）。
+- **侧边面板** —— Respawn、Orchestrator、Cron、Subagents、Settings（从工具栏切换）。
 
 ### 4. 与智能体对话
 
@@ -175,7 +245,6 @@ codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # 绑定局域网 —— 必须设置 CODEMAN_
 | 模式             | 用途                                                                                                      | 位置                                                               |
 | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | **Respawn**      | 长时间无人值守运行 —— 空闲/限额时自动重启 CLI，带自适应时序。预设：`solo-work`、`overnight-autonomous` 等 | Respawn 标签页                                                     |
-| **Ralph / Todo** | 一个自驱循环，跟踪 todo 列表并持续工作直到完成。                                                          | Ralph 标签页                                                       |
 | **Orchestrator** | 把一个目标变成分阶段计划，并跨多个智能体推动完成。                                                        | 编排器面板                                                         |
 | **Cron**         | 已保存的、命名的定时任务（`once`/`interval`/`daily`/`weekly`），到期时拉起会话并发送提示。                | ⏰ Cron 按钮（可选启用：App Settings → Display → Header Displays） |
 | **Auto-resume**  | 订阅限额重置后自动继续。                                                                                  | Respawn 标签页（顶部）                                             |
@@ -184,7 +253,7 @@ codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # 绑定局域网 —— 必须设置 CODEMAN_
 
 - **手机/平板** —— UI 完全触控优化；扫描桌面上的**二维码**即可免密码登录。
 - **网络之外** —— `./scripts/tunnel.sh start` 打开一条 Cloudflare 隧道（先设置 `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`）。
-- **SSH** —— `sc` 选择器可从终端附着任意会话（`sc` 交互式，`sc 2` 快速附着，`sc -l` 列表）。
+- **SSH** —— `codeman tui` 是终端里的全屏会话面板（`codeman tui --list` 列出，`codeman tui 2` 直接附着到某个会话）。
 
 ### 7. 运维与维护
 
@@ -196,87 +265,10 @@ codeman web -H 0.0.0.0            # 绑定局域网 —— 必须设置 CODEMAN_
 
 ---
 
-## 移动端优化的 Web UI
-
-在任意手机上都能获得最跟手的 AI 编程智能体体验。完整的 xterm.js 终端、本地回显、滑动导航，以及为真正的远程办公而设计的触控优化界面 —— 而不是把桌面 UI 硬塞进小屏幕。
-
-<table>
-<tr>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-landing-qr.png" alt="移动端 — 带二维码认证的登录页" width="260"></td>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-idle.png" alt="移动端 — 带键盘配件栏的空闲会话" width="260"></td>
-<td align="center" width="33%"><img src="docs/screenshots/mobile-session-active.png" alt="移动端 — 活动中的智能体会话" width="260"></td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td align="center"><em>带二维码认证的登录页</em></td>
-<td align="center"><em>键盘配件栏</em></td>
-<td align="center"><em>智能体实时工作中</em></td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-<table>
-<tr>
-<th>普通终端 App</th>
-<th>Codeman 移动端</th>
-</tr>
-<tr><td>远程输入延迟 200–300 毫秒</td><td><b>本地回显 —— 即时反馈</b></td></tr>
-<tr><td>字小、无上下文</td><td>完整 xterm.js 终端</td></tr>
-<tr><td>无会话管理</td><td>滑动切换会话</td></tr>
-<tr><td>无通知</td><td>审批 / 空闲时推送提醒</td></tr>
-<tr><td>需手动重连</td><td>tmux 持久化</td></tr>
-<tr><td>看不到智能体</td><td>实时查看后台智能体</td></tr>
-<tr><td>斜杠命令靠复制粘贴</td><td>一键 <code>/init</code>、<code>/clear</code>、<code>/compact</code></td></tr>
-<tr><td>在手机上手打密码</td><td><b>扫二维码 —— 即时认证</b></td></tr>
-</table>
-
-### 安全的二维码认证
-
-在手机键盘上输密码太痛苦了。Codeman 用**密码学安全的一次性二维码令牌**取而代之 —— 扫描桌面上显示的二维码，手机即刻完成认证。
-
-每个二维码编码的是一个包含 6 字符短码的 URL，该短码在服务端映射到一个 256 位密钥（`crypto.randomBytes(32)`）。令牌每 **60 秒**自动轮换，**首次扫描即原子性消费**（重放永远失败），并采用**基于哈希的 `Map.get()` 查找**，不会通过响应时延泄露任何信息。短码只是一个不透明指针 —— 真正的密钥永远不会出现在浏览器历史、`Referer` 头或 Cloudflare 边缘日志中。
-
-该安全设计覆盖了 ["Demystifying the (In)Security of QR Code-based Login"](https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity25/presentation/zhang-xin)（USENIX Security 2025，该研究发现 Top-100 网站中有 47 个存在漏洞）所指出的全部 6 个关键二维码认证缺陷：强制一次性使用、短 TTL、密码学随机性、服务端生成、扫描时桌面实时通知（QRLjacking 检测），以及 IP + User-Agent 会话绑定与手动吊销。双层速率限制（按 IP + 全局）使得在 62^6 = 568 亿种可能短码空间内进行暴力破解变得不可行。完整安全分析见：[`docs/qr-auth-plan.md`](docs/qr-auth-plan.md)
-
-### 触控优化界面
-
-- **键盘配件栏** —— 在虚拟键盘上方提供 `/init`、`/clear`、`/compact` 快捷按钮。破坏性命令（`/clear`、`/compact`）需双击确认 —— 第一次点击「上膛」，第二次点击执行 —— 这样在颠簸的通勤路上也不会误触
-- **滑动导航** —— 在终端上左右滑动切换会话（阈值 80px，300ms）
-- **智能键盘处理** —— 键盘弹出时工具栏与终端整体上移（使用 `visualViewport` API，并对 iOS 地址栏漂移设置 100px 阈值）
-- **安全区适配** —— 通过 `env(safe-area-inset-*)` 适配 iPhone 刘海与底部 Home 指示条
-- **44px 触控目标** —— 所有按钮均满足 iOS 人机界面指南的最小尺寸
-- **底部抽屉式 case 选择器** —— 用上滑模态框替代桌面端下拉菜单
-- **原生惯性滚动** —— `-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch`，丝滑流畅
-
-```bash
-codeman web --https
-# 在手机上打开：https://<你的IP>:3000
-```
-
-> `localhost` 走纯 HTTP 即可。从其他设备访问时请使用 `--https`，或使用 [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/)（推荐）—— 它提供私有网络，让你无需 TLS 证书即可从手机访问 `http://<tailscale-ip>:3000`。
-
----
-
-## 实时智能体可视化
-
-实时观看后台智能体工作。Codeman 监控智能体活动，将每个智能体显示在一个可拖拽的浮动窗口中，并用「黑客帝国」风格的动态连接线连回父会话。
-
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/subagent-spawn.png" alt="子智能体可视化" width="900">
-</p>
-
-- **浮动终端窗口** —— 每个智能体一个可拖拽、可调整大小的面板，带实时活动日志，逐条展示每一次工具调用、文件读取与进度更新
-- **连接线** —— 用动态绿色线条连接父会话与其子智能体，随智能体的产生与完成实时更新
-- **状态与模型徽标** —— 绿色（活动）、黄色（空闲）、蓝色（已完成）指示，并以 Haiku/Sonnet/Opus 的颜色编码区分模型
-- **自动行为** —— 窗口在产生时自动打开、完成时自动最小化，标签徽标显示「AGENT」或「AGENTS (n)」计数
-- **嵌套智能体** —— 支持 3 层层级（主会话 → 团队成员智能体 → 子-子智能体）
-
-**智能体团队（Agent Teams）** —— 一等公民式支持 Claude Code 原生的多智能体团队（`CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1`）。`TeamWatcher` 轮询 `~/.claude/teams/`，将团队成员匹配到其主会话，并以实时子智能体窗口呈现，且具备**团队感知的空闲检测** —— 因此当团队成员仍在工作时，重生控制器不会被触发。详见 [`docs/agent-teams/`](docs/agent-teams/)。
-
----
-
 ## 零延迟输入叠加层
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/zerolag-demo.gif" alt="Zerolag 演示 —— 本地回显与服务端回显并排对比" width="900">
+  <img src="docs/images/zerolag-demo-20260728.gif" alt="Zerolag 演示：两台手机并排对比，即时本地回显与 600ms-2.7s 服务端回显" width="900">
 </p>
 
 远程访问你的编程智能体时（VPN、Tailscale、SSH 隧道），每次按键通常需要 200–300 毫秒往返。Codeman 实现了一套**受 Mosh 启发的本地回显系统**，无论延迟多高，打字都感觉即时。
@@ -293,6 +285,30 @@ xterm.js 内部一个像素级精准的 DOM 叠加层以 0ms 渲染按键。后
 
 ---
 
+## 实时智能体可视化
+
+实时观看后台智能体工作。Codeman 监控智能体活动，将每个智能体显示在一个可拖拽的浮动窗口中，并用「黑客帝国」风格的动态连接线连回父会话。
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/subagent-windows-20260724.png" alt="子智能体可视化 —— 三个并行 Explore 智能体的浮动窗口与实时工具调用日志" width="900">
+</p>
+
+- **浮动终端窗口** —— 每个智能体一个可拖拽、可调整大小的面板，带实时活动日志，逐条展示每一次工具调用、文件读取与进度更新
+- **连接线** —— 用动态绿色线条连接父会话与其子智能体，随智能体的产生与完成实时更新
+- **状态与模型徽标** —— 绿色（活动）、黄色（空闲）、蓝色（已完成）指示，并以 Haiku/Sonnet/Opus 的颜色编码区分模型
+- **自动行为** —— 窗口在产生时自动打开、完成时自动最小化，标签徽标显示「AGENT」或「AGENTS (n)」计数
+- **嵌套智能体** —— 支持 3 层层级（主会话 → 团队成员智能体 → 子-子智能体）
+
+多智能体 Workflow 运行（「ultracode」）同样可视化：一个浮动运行窗口实时跟踪整个工作流，展示阶段、各智能体的 token 用量与当前工具：
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="docs/images/ultracode-window-20260724.png" alt="Ultracode 工作流可视化 —— 实时运行窗口，含各智能体 token 与阶段" width="900">
+</p>
+
+**智能体团队（Agent Teams）** —— 一等公民式支持 Claude Code 原生的多智能体团队（`CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1`）。`TeamWatcher` 轮询 `~/.claude/teams/`，将团队成员匹配到其主会话，并以实时子智能体窗口呈现，且具备**团队感知的空闲检测** —— 因此当团队成员仍在工作时，重生控制器不会被触发。详见 [`docs/agent-teams/`](docs/agent-teams/)。
+
+---
+
 ## 重生控制器（Respawn Controller）
 
 自主工作的核心。当智能体进入空闲，重生控制器会检测到，发送继续提示，循环执行上下文管理命令以获得全新上下文，然后恢复工作 —— 可完全无人值守运行 **24 小时以上**。
@@ -319,7 +335,7 @@ WATCHING → IDLE DETECTED → SEND UPDATE → /clear → /init → CONTINUE →
 - **崩溃安全** —— 完整状态持久化在 `state.json` 的 `orchestrator` 键下，可在重启后存续
 - **可从 UI 或 API 驱动** —— 编排器面板，或 `POST /api/orchestrator/start` → `/approve` → `/status`（共 10 个端点）
 
-> 与 Ralph（单会话自主循环）不同：编排器协调多阶段、多智能体执行。完整设计：[`docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md`](docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md)。
+> 完整设计：[`docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md`](docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md)。
 
 ---
 
@@ -327,10 +343,6 @@ WATCHING → IDLE DETECTED → SEND UPDATE → /clear → /init → CONTINUE →
 
 运行 **20 个并行会话**且全程可见 —— 60fps 的实时 xterm.js 终端、按会话的 token 与成本跟踪、基于标签的导航，以及一键管理。
 
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/screenshots/multi-session-dashboard.png" alt="多会话仪表盘" width="800">
-</p>
-
 ### 持久化会话
 
 每个会话都运行在 **tmux** 内 —— 会话可在服务器重启、网络中断与机器休眠后存续。启动时自动恢复，具备双重冗余。幽灵会话发现机制能找到孤立的 tmux 会话。受管会话带有环境标签，因此智能体不会杀掉自己的会话。
@@ -365,14 +377,6 @@ codeman web --title-hostname dev-box       # codeman:dev-box（用于覆盖嘈
 
 当会话需要关注时实时桌面提醒 —— `permission_prompt` 与 `elicitation_dialog` 触发关键的红色标签闪烁，`idle_prompt` 触发黄色闪烁。点击任意通知即可直接跳转到相关会话。Hook 按 case 目录自动配置。
 
-### Ralph / Todo 跟踪
-
-自动检测 Ralph 循环、`<promise>` 标签、TodoWrite 进度（`4/9 complete`）以及迭代计数器（`[5/50]`），并提供实时进度环与已用时间跟踪。
-
-<p align="center">
-  <img src="docs/images/ralph-tracker-8tasks-44percent.png" alt="Ralph 循环跟踪" width="800">
-</p>
-
 ### 运行摘要（Run Summary）
 
 点击任意会话标签上的图表图标，即可看到所发生一切的时间线 —— 重生周期、token 里程碑、自动 compact 触发、空闲/工作切换、hook 事件、错误等等。
@@ -390,7 +394,7 @@ PTY 输出 → 16ms 服务端批处理 → DEC 2026 包裹 → SSE → 客户端
 ## 更多特性
 
 - **自更新** —— systemd/launchd 管理下的 git-clone 安装可在 **App Settings → Updates** 中原地更新：它会检测最新发行版，自动暂存（stash）脏工作树，并在服务重启期间流式展示构建进度（npm 安装会被报告为不可更新）
-- **多 CLI** —— 每个会话可选 **Claude Code**、**OpenCode**、**Codex** 或 **Gemini**；环境变量前缀自动隔离（`CLAUDE_CODE_*`、`OPENCODE_*`、`CODEX_*` 与 `GEMINI_*`/`GOOGLE_*`）。详见 [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](docs/opencode-integration.md)
+- **多 CLI** —— 每个会话可选 **Claude Code**、**OpenCode**、**Codex**、**Antigravity**、**Gemini**、**Pi** 或 **Grok**；环境变量前缀自动隔离（`CLAUDE_CODE_*`、`OPENCODE_*`、`CODEX_*`、`ANTIGRAVITY_*`、`PI_*`、`GROK_*`/`XAI_*` 与 `GEMINI_*`/`GOOGLE_*`）。详见 [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](docs/opencode-integration.md)、[`docs/pi-integration.md`](docs/pi-integration.md) 与 [`docs/grok-integration.md`](docs/grok-integration.md)
 - **Docker 会话** —— 在隔离且加固的容器中运行案例。**Create New** 上勾选一个复选框即可用合理的默认值启动容器并在其中启动智能体；同一案例的多个会话共享一个容器；可将容器连同工作区导出为可移植的 `.tar.gz`，迁移到另一台机器。详见 [`docs/docker-cases.md`](docs/docker-cases.md)
 - **远程 SSH 会话**：把案例指向另一台机器，让智能体在那里一个持久的远程 tmux 中运行：SSH 断连不中断任务、自动重连，还能发现并附着主机上已在运行的会话。详见 [`docs/remote-sessions.md`](docs/remote-sessions.md)
 - **Effort 与 Ultracode** —— 设置每会话的默认 effort（`low`–`max`），或启用 **ultracode**（动态多智能体工作流）。这些都只是软默认值 —— 会话中可随时用 `/effort` 切换。扩展思考预算也可配置
@@ -412,7 +416,7 @@ PTY 输出 → 16ms 服务端批处理 → DEC 2026 包裹 → SSE → 客户端
 - **资源模板** —— 展开复选框可选 **Small / Medium / Large / GPU** 预设（内存、CPU、GPU），也可以完全自定义。**磁盘是弹性的** —— 存储随数据增长，没有固定上限。
 - **按案例共享容器** —— 多个会话可以 `docker exec` 进同一个容器；结束某个会话绝不会影响其他会话所在的容器。
 - **默认加固** —— 非 root、`--cap-drop ALL`、`no-new-privileges`、PID/内存上限，绝不使用 `--privileged` 或 docker socket；**密封（sealed）** 配置（不注入主机凭据、关闭网络）只需一个开关。
-- **无感认证、凭据隔离** —— 主机上的 Claude / Codex / Gemini / OpenCode 登录在容器内开箱即用：凭据在启动时以只读种子方式复制注入，onboarding/信任提示已预先答复，不会弹出登录向导。容器保留自己的副本，绝不回写主机的凭据存储；跨边界共享的只有对话转录，导出文件也绝不包含机密。
+- **无感认证、凭据隔离** —— 主机上的 Claude / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / OpenCode / Pi 登录在容器内开箱即用：凭据在启动时以只读种子方式复制注入，onboarding/信任提示已预先答复，不会弹出登录向导。容器保留自己的副本，绝不回写主机的凭据存储；跨边界共享的只有对话转录，导出文件也绝不包含机密。
 - **迁移到另一台机器** —— 把容器的完整环境（工具链 + 工作区）导出为可移植的 `.tar.gz`，在另一台机器上导入到新案例即可继续。
 - **持久耐用** —— Codeman 重启后重连会回到同一个存活的智能体；容器停止/重启后则从绑定挂载的转录恢复对话。
 
@@ -577,7 +581,7 @@ URL 被刻意保持精简（`/q/` 路径 + 6 字符码 ≈ 53–56 个字符）
 
 ## 安全
 
-Codeman 默认用 `--dangerously-skip-permissions` 启动会话，因此 Web UI 在设计上对任何能访问到它的人都是一个远程代码执行面 —— 整套安全模型的存在就是为了控制*谁*能访问。（启动权限模式可配置，见下文。）近期加固（v0.9.0 + v0.9.5）封堵了那些常困扰自托管开发工具的浏览器驱动攻击路径。完整模型：[`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md)。**发现了漏洞？** 私下披露方式与已知限制清单见 [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md)。
+Codeman 默认用 `--dangerously-skip-permissions` 启动会话，因此 Web UI 在设计上对任何能访问到它的人都是一个远程代码执行面 —— 整套安全模型的存在就是为了控制*谁*能访问。（启动权限模式可配置，见下文。）近期加固（v0.9.0 + v0.9.5）封堵了那些常困扰自托管开发工具的浏览器驱动攻击路径。完整模型：[`docs/security-architecture.md`](docs/security-architecture.md)。**发现了漏洞？** 私下披露方式与已知限制清单见 [`SECURITY.md`](.github/SECURITY.md)。
 
 ### 网络与访问
 
@@ -598,7 +602,7 @@ Codeman 默认用 `--dangerously-skip-permissions` 启动会话，因此 Web UI
 
 ### 输入、文件与响应头
 
-- **模式校验的输入** —— 每个 API 请求体都用 Zod v4 模式检查；一个 `CLAUDE_CODE_*` / `OPENCODE_*` / `CODEX_*` / `GEMINI_*` / `GOOGLE_*` 环境变量前缀允许列表把控每个 CLI 能接收哪些设置
+- **模式校验的输入** —— 每个 API 请求体都用 Zod v4 模式检查；一个 `CLAUDE_CODE_*` / `OPENCODE_*` / `CODEX_*` / `ANTIGRAVITY_*` / `GEMINI_*` / `GOOGLE_*` / `PI_*` 环境变量前缀允许列表把控每个 CLI 能接收哪些设置
 - **路径限定** —— 文件路由在边界检查前先 `realpath`（无 TOCTOU）；`..`、绝对路径、以及解析到工作目录之外的符号链接都会被拒绝。上限：10 MB 文本预览 / 50 MB 原始与下载；`/api/download` 对敏感路径（`.env`、`*credentials*`、`~/.ssh/`、`.aws/credentials`）做黑名单。SVG/HTML 以 `octet-stream` + `nosniff` + attachment 提供，因此会被下载而非执行
 - **安全响应头** —— `Content-Security-Policy`（`default-src 'self'`，每个例外都逐条列举）、`X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff`、`X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN`、HTTPS 下的 HSTS，以及**仅**对 `localhost` / `127.0.0.1` / `::1` 反射的 CORS
 
@@ -611,20 +615,6 @@ Codeman 默认用 `--dangerously-skip-permissions` 启动会话，因此 Web UI
 
 ---
 
-## SSH 替代方案（`sc`）
-
-如果你更喜欢 SSH（Termius、Blink 等），`sc` 命令是一个便于拇指操作的会话选择器：
-
-```bash
-sc              # 交互式选择器
-sc 2            # 快速附着到会话 2
-sc -l           # 列出会话
-```
-
-单数字选择（1–9）、颜色编码的状态、token 计数、自动刷新。用 `Ctrl+A D` 分离。
-
----
-
 ## 键盘快捷键
 
 > Ctrl 绑定在 macOS 上也接受 Cmd。
@@ -637,6 +627,8 @@ sc -l           # 列出会话
 | `Alt/Option+[` / `Alt/Option+]` | 上一个 / 下一个会话                                      |
 | `Alt/Option+1`–`Alt/Option+9`   | 切换到第 N 个标签（按物理键位，macOS Option 布局也适用） |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+{` / `Ctrl+Shift+}` | 将当前标签左移 / 右移                                    |
+| `Ctrl/Cmd+C`                    | 复制选中内容；未选中时中断代理                           |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+C`                  | 复制选中内容（永不中断）                                 |
 | `Ctrl/Cmd+L`                    | 清屏                                                     |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+R`                  | 恢复终端尺寸                                             |
 | `Ctrl+Shift+V`                  | 切换语音输入                                             |
@@ -651,6 +643,17 @@ sc -l           # 列出会话
 
 面向不经浏览器控制 Codeman 的 AI 智能体与自动化：一个拉起工作会话的智能体、一个 CI 机器人，或是**运行在 Codeman 会话*内部*、编排其他会话的 Claude Code**。UI 能做的一切都是 HTTP + CLI，因此智能体也能做。
 
+> **捷径：装上打包好的智能体技能。** 下面这一整套（外加多工作会话的实战配方）已经作为 Claude Code 技能随仓库发布在 [`skills/codeman`](skills/codeman/SKILL.md)，会话内部的智能体不必等你把文档粘进提示词就能驱动 Codeman。三种获取方式：
+>
+> - `npx skills add Ark0N/Codeman --skill codeman -g`：全局安装，任何支持技能的智能体都能用
+> - Claude Code 插件：`/plugin marketplace add Ark0N/Codeman`，然后 `/plugin install codeman@codeman`：通过 Claude Code 自带的插件管理器全局安装，`/plugin update codeman` 跟随新版本；与 `codeman skill install` 二选一，两者都装会让技能出现两次（`codeman` 和 `codeman:codeman`）
+> - `codeman skill install`（全局）或 `codeman skill install --case <name>`：给那些从 npm 安装、从未克隆过仓库的用户；`codeman skill uninstall` 可撤销
+> - **App Settings → Agent Skill**（`agentSkillEnabled`，默认关闭）：开启后，Codeman 会在每次于某个 case 中创建 Claude 会话时把技能注入该 case；case 里用户自己写的 `skills/codeman` 永远不会被覆盖
+>
+> 全局安装（`codeman skill install` 或 `npx skills add`）会被**本机每一个新建的 Claude Code 会话**读到，无论它在不在 Codeman 里。技能自带门禁：不在 Codeman 会话中（`CODEMAN_MUX` 未设置）时它拒绝动作，所以全局装上它对无关会话没有代价。
+>
+> ⚠️ 把 `agentSkillEnabled` 关回去**不会删掉已经注入的副本**（在创建时做清扫，会把技能从共用同一个 `.claude/` 目录的其他活动会话脚下抽走）。要删就按 case 删：`codeman skill uninstall --case <name>`。
+
 ### 检测自己身处 Codeman 内部
 
 当 CLI 运行在 Codeman 受管会话中时，以下环境变量会被设置 —— 读取它们，别硬编码任何东西：
@@ -664,15 +667,21 @@ sc -l           # 列出会话
 
 ### 行路规则（POST 之前先读）
 
-1. **只发单行输入。** 编程输入会作为字面文本 **+ Enter** 一次性发送。多行字符串会破坏智能体 TUI（Ink）—— 发送一行，或拆成多次调用。
+1. **只发单行输入，而且必须以 `\r` 结尾。** 编程输入按字面文本发送，**只有当输入里含回车符时才会触发 Enter**：`{"input":"run tests\r"}`。少了 `\r`，文本就停在会话的输入框里不被提交（同一次调用里的 `wait` 还会在一个压根没开始的回合上耗满整个超时）。内嵌的换行会被剥掉而不是报错，因此 `"echo A\necho B\r"` 执行的是拼起来的 `echo Aecho B`：一次调用只发一行。
 2. **让输入幂等。** 在 `POST …/input` 上带上稳定的 `clientId` 和按会话单调递增的 `seq`。服务端会去重，因此连接中断后的重试不会重复投递提示。
-3. **认证。** 若设置了 `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`，发送 HTTP Basic 认证（用户 `admin` 或 `CODEMAN_USERNAME`）或 `codeman_session` cookie。默认的环回安装无密码。缺失的 `Origin` 头被允许，因此普通 `curl` 可用；跨站的浏览器 origin 会被拒绝（CSRF 防护）。
+3. **认证。** 若设置了 `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`，发送 HTTP Basic 认证（用户 `admin` 或 `CODEMAN_USERNAME`）或 `codeman_session` cookie。默认的环回安装无密码。缺失的 `Origin` 头被允许，因此普通 `curl` 可用；跨站的浏览器 origin 会被拒绝（CSRF 防护）。⚠️ `401` 回的是裸字符串 `Unauthorized`，**不是** JSON 信封，直接喂给 `jq` 只会抛解析错误而看不到真正的失败原因：先看状态码，再解析。
 4. **响应信封。** 多数端点返回 `{ "success": true, "data": … }`（错误：`{ "success": false, "error", "errorCode" }`）。少数遗留 GET 返回裸响应体 —— **两种都要处理**（`body.data ?? body`）。
 5. **`/api/v1/*`** 是 `/api/*` 的稳定别名。
+6. **用等待代替轮询，别把超时当成错误。** 等待类端点在没等到事情发生时也以 HTTP `200` 加 `wait.timedOut: true` 应答，所以要循环调用短等待（默认 60 秒），而不是发一个超长的调用：隧道会掐断空闲连接。`wait.timeoutMs` 告诉你服务端钳制之后真正采用的超时（上限 600 秒）。
+7. **只有 `claude` 会话会发出 `stop` 与 `blocked`。** 这两个来自 Claude Code hook；`shell` 与外部 CLI（opencode/codex/gemini/antigravity/pi）只接受 `idle`、`working` 与 `exit`。在这些模式上显式索要 `stop` 会得到 `400`；不传 `until` 则永远安全。⚠️ `shell` 会话的 `idle` 只在启动时触发**一次**，此后再也不会，所以在那里用「发送并等待」只能等到超时：没有 hook 的会话请用 `wait-output` 标记来同步。
+8. **没有任何东西会报告「就绪」，得自己显式等。** 新会话在 PID 出现之前一律回答 `{"signal":"exit","immediate":true}`（意思是*还没启动*，不是*崩了*），而全新 case 里的 `claude` 工作会话接着会停在 CLI 的信任对话框上。此时给它发提示，等待会在约 2 秒后因 `idle` 解除，看上去和一个跑完的回合一模一样，而文本其实卡在对话框里。下面的配方 2b 就是避开它的顺序。
 
 ### 常用配方
 
 ```bash
+# 每个 Codeman 会话里都自动设好了 CODEMAN_API_URL，协议也是对的。
+# 下面的兜底值适用于标准安装；在 --https 安装上请自己写 https:// 的地址，
+# 并给每个 curl 加上 -k（自签名证书）。
 API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:3000}"
 # （若设置了密码，给每个调用加上  -u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD"）
 
@@ -684,18 +693,69 @@ curl -s -X POST "$API/api/quick-start" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{"caseName":"refactor-auth","mode":"claude","effort":"high"}' | jq
 
+# 2b. 等这个工作会话真正就绪（见规则 8）：先探输入框的标记，信任对话框只作兜底。
+#     （反过来先探信任对话框、再盲发一个 Enter，在重复运行时会误伤：对话框的文字
+#     会一直留在缓冲区里，探测因此匹配到旧文本，而那个 Enter 落进了已经就绪的输入框。）
+#     匹配单个词：TUI 的文字到达匹配器时可能已经丢掉了词间空格。
+until [ "$(curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID" | jq '.data.pid')" != null ]; do sleep 1; done
+R=$(curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' \
+      --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=5000')
+if ! jq -e '.data.wait.matched' <<<"$R" >/dev/null; then
+  T=$(curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=trust' \
+        --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=2000')
+  jq -e '.data.wait.matched' <<<"$T" >/dev/null && \
+    curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+      -d '{"input":"\r","useMux":true}'        # 接受首次运行的信任对话框
+  curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' \
+    --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' --data-urlencode 'timeout=45000' >/dev/null
+fi
+
 # 3. 向会话发送提示（精确一次：clientId + seq）
 curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures","useMux":true,"clientId":"agent-1","seq":1}'
+  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures\r","useMux":true,"clientId":"agent-1","seq":1}'
 
-# 4. 读回终端内容
-curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/output" | jq -r '.data // .'
+# 4. 发送提示并阻塞到这一回合结束（先注册等待再写入，因此不会拿上一回合的状态来应答）
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize failures\r","useMux":true,
+       "clientId":"agent-1","seq":2,"wait":"stop,exit","waitTimeout":60000}' \
+  | jq '.data.wait'      # -> {"signal":"stop","timedOut":false,"waitedMs":41230,...}
+#    （`stop` 是回合结束的权威 hook。加上 `idle` 会让它在转圈停顿时也解除，
+#      任何重画出 ❯ 提示符的东西同理，比如一个对话框。）
 
-# 5. 流式接收实时事件（会话输出、智能体活动、状态）
+# 4b. 超时了？那是 200，不是失败。循环调用短等待即可。
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait?until=stop,exit&timeout=60000" | jq '.data.wait'
+
+# 4c. 或者等输出里出现某个标记（shell 会话也适用）。
+#     ⚠️ 每次调用都要用不同的标记（tmux 重画会重放旧屏幕文字），并且把标记拆开写，
+#     让敲进去的那一行本身不包含它：你自己的按键会回显进输出流，不拆开的标记会在
+#     命令还没跑之前就匹配上。from=buffer 用来接住在等待落地之前就已打印的标记。
+N=$RANDOM
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$SID/input" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "{\"input\":\"M=DONE; npm test; echo \${M}_$N rc=\$?\r\",\"useMux\":true}"
+curl -sG "$API/api/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+  --data-urlencode "match=DONE_$N" --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' \
+  --data-urlencode 'timeout=60000' | jq '.data.wait'
+
+# 5. 读回答案。claude / codex 会话用 last-response：它取自 transcript 而不是屏幕，
+#    因此不带 TUI 的画框与重画噪声。⚠️ 要轮询，别只读一次：transcript 落盘比 stop
+#    信号稍晚，紧跟着「发送并等待」返回后立刻读，常常拿到空串。
+for _ in $(seq 1 10); do
+  TXT=$(curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/last-response" | jq -r '.data.text')
+  [ -n "$TXT" ] && break; sleep 1
+done
+printf '%s\n' "$TXT"
+
+# 5b. 其他模式（shell/opencode/gemini/antigravity/pi）没有 transcript，读终端。
+#     ⚠️ 用 terminal?tail=，不要用 /output：后者的 textOutput 对每个由 tmux 承载的
+#     （也就是每个交互式）会话都是空的。tail 按字节计，返回的是含 ANSI 的终端数据。
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$SID/terminal?tail=8000" | jq -r '.data.terminalBuffer'
+
+# 6. 流式接收实时事件（会话输出、智能体活动、状态）
 curl -sN "$API/api/events"          # Server-Sent Events
 
-# 6. 调度周期性工作（cron 风格任务）
+# 7. 调度周期性工作（cron 风格任务）
 curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs" \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{"name":"nightly-deps","agentType":"claude","workingDir":"/home/me/proj",
@@ -703,11 +763,11 @@ curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs" \
        "inputMode":"typed","scheduleType":"daily","dailyTime":"03:00",
        "enabled":true,"concurrencyPolicy":"warn_only"}' | jq
 
-# 7. 查看后台子智能体及其活动记录
+# 8. 查看后台子智能体及其活动记录
 curl -s "$API/api/subagents" | jq '.data // .'
 curl -s "$API/api/subagents/$AID/transcript" | jq -r '.data // .'
 
-# 8. 全系统快照（会话、设置、重生、统计）
+# 9. 全系统快照（会话、设置、重生、统计）
 curl -s "$API/api/status" | jq
 ```
 
@@ -720,7 +780,6 @@ codeman session start -d /path/to/repo   # (s)  启动会话
 codeman session list                     #      列出会话
 codeman session logs <id>                #      查看输出
 codeman task add "fix the failing test"  # (t)  排入任务
-codeman ralph start --min-hours 8        # (r)  启动自主循环
 codeman attach <path>                    #      附着 Claude hook 上下文
 ```
 
@@ -734,20 +793,23 @@ Codeman 会注册 Claude Code hook，它们 `POST /api/hook-event`（`permission
 
 ## API
 
-基于 Fastify 的 REST —— **20 个路由模块中约 190 个处理器**，外加一条 SSE 流和一条 WebSocket 终端通道。所有响应都使用 `ApiResponse<T>` 信封（`{success, data}` / `{success, error, errorCode}`）；`/api/v1/*` 是稳定别名。以下是一个有代表性的子集：
+基于 Fastify 的 REST —— **21 个路由模块中约 200 个处理器**，外加一条 SSE 流和一条 WebSocket 终端通道。所有响应都使用 `ApiResponse<T>` 信封（`{success, data}` / `{success, error, errorCode}`）；`/api/v1/*` 是稳定别名。以下是一个有代表性的子集：
 
 ### 会话（Sessions）
 
-| 方法     | 端点                       | 说明                                                                           |
-| -------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
-| `GET`    | `/api/sessions`            | 列出全部                                                                       |
-| `POST`   | `/api/quick-start`         | 创建 case + 启动会话（`{caseName?, mode?, effort?, envOverrides?}`）           |
-| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/input`  | 发送输入（`{input, useMux?, clientId?, seq?}` —— `clientId`+`seq` = 精确一次） |
-| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/output` | 读取终端输出                                                                   |
-| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/unified`    | 统一的活动 + 历史清单（会话管理器）：`?q=&limit=`                              |
-| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/pin`    | 在会话管理器中置顶 / 取消置顶（`{pinned}`）                                    |
-| `PUT`    | `/api/session-order`       | 跨设备同步标签顺序（`{order: [ids]}`）                                         |
-| `DELETE` | `/api/sessions/:id`        | 删除会话                                                                       |
+| 方法     | 端点                            | 说明                                                                                                                         |
+| -------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions`                 | 列出全部                                                                                                                     |
+| `POST`   | `/api/quick-start`              | 创建 case + 启动会话（`{caseName?, mode?, effort?, envOverrides?}`）                                                         |
+| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/input`       | 发送输入（`{input, useMux?, clientId?, seq?, wait?, waitTimeout?}`：`clientId`+`seq` = 精确一次；`wait` 阻塞到这一回合结束） |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/terminal`    | 读取终端输出（`?tail=<bytes>`、`?full=1`）：交互式会话的读取路径                                                             |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/output`      | 一次性的解析输出（tmux 承载的会话里 `textOutput` 为空）                                                                      |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/wait`        | 阻塞到某个信号触发（`?until=stop,idle,exit&timeout=&fresh=`）；超时是 `200`                                                  |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/:id/wait-output` | 阻塞到某个字面串出现（`?match=&nocase=&from=now\|buffer&timeout=`）                                                          |
+| `GET`    | `/api/sessions/unified`         | 统一的活动 + 历史清单（会话管理器）：`?q=&limit=`                                                                            |
+| `POST`   | `/api/sessions/:id/pin`         | 在会话管理器中置顶 / 取消置顶（`{pinned}`）                                                                                  |
+| `PUT`    | `/api/session-order`            | 跨设备同步标签顺序（`{order: [ids]}`）                                                                                       |
+| `DELETE` | `/api/sessions/:id`             | 删除会话                                                                                                                     |
 
 ### 重生（Respawn）
 
@@ -757,13 +819,6 @@ Codeman 会注册 Claude Code hook，它们 `POST /api/hook-event`（`permission
 | `POST` | `/api/sessions/:id/respawn/stop`   | 停止控制器           |
 | `PUT`  | `/api/sessions/:id/respawn/config` | 更新配置             |
 
-### Ralph / Todo
-
-| 方法   | 端点                             | 说明                 |
-| ------ | -------------------------------- | -------------------- |
-| `GET`  | `/api/sessions/:id/ralph-state`  | 获取循环状态 + todos |
-| `POST` | `/api/sessions/:id/ralph-config` | 配置跟踪             |
-
 ### 编排器（Orchestrator）
 
 | 方法   | 端点                        | 说明            |
@@ -804,6 +859,8 @@ Codeman 会注册 Claude Code hook，它们 `POST /api/hook-event`（`permission
 | `POST` | `/api/clipboard`                | 把文本推送到所有已连接浏览器（`{text}`） |
 | `GET`  | `/api/sessions/:id/run-summary` | 时间线 + 统计                            |
 
+> **想在 Codeman 之上做集成？**[`docs/extending-codeman.md`](docs/extending-codeman.md)（英文）是集成指南：把你自己的界面作为标签页嵌入、订阅 SSE 事件流以便在 agent 需要你时做出响应、用脚本驱动 Codeman，以及动手前值得先了解的那些坑。Codeman 刻意不提供插件运行时，所以一个集成就是你自己的进程在讲 HTTP。
+
 ---
 
 ## 架构
@@ -826,7 +883,6 @@ flowchart TB
         end
 
         subgraph Detection["检测层"]
-            RT["Ralph 跟踪器"]
             SW["子智能体监视器<br/><small>~/.claude/projects/*/subagents</small>"]
             TW["团队监视器<br/><small>~/.claude/teams/*</small>"]
         end
@@ -837,7 +893,7 @@ flowchart TB
         end
 
         subgraph External["外部"]
-            CLI["AI CLI<br/><small>Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex / Gemini</small>"]
+            CLI["AI CLI<br/><small>Claude Code / OpenCode / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / Pi</small>"]
             BG["后台智能体<br/><small>(Task 工具)</small>"]
         end
     end
@@ -850,7 +906,6 @@ flowchart TB
     SM --> RC
     SM --> ORC
     SM --> SS
-    S1 --> RT
     S1 --> SCR
     S2 --> SCR
     RC --> SCR
@@ -869,7 +924,7 @@ flowchart TB
 npm install
 npx tsx src/index.ts web    # 开发模式
 npm run build               # 生产构建
-npm run test:ci             # 运行测试（CI 套件；浏览器套件需要额外环境）
+npm test                    # 运行测试（与 CI 相同；浏览器/移动端/性能套件另有独立命令）
 ```
 
 完整文档见 [CLAUDE.md](./CLAUDE.md)。

config/clis.stock.json

@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": "claude",
+    "label": "Claude",
+    "shortBadge": "CC",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 0,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "claude"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "~/.claude/local",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash",
+          "darwin": "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash",
+          "wsl": "curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "@anthropic-ai/claude-code",
+        "docsUrl": "https://docs.claude.com/claude-code"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "shell",
+    "label": "Shell",
+    "shortBadge": "SH",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 1,
+    "kind": "shell",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [],
+      "searchDirs": [],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {}
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "opencode",
+    "label": "OpenCode",
+    "shortBadge": "OC",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 10,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "opencode"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.opencode/bin",
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/go/bin",
+        "~/.bun/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash",
+          "darwin": "curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "opencode-ai",
+        "docsUrl": "https://opencode.ai/docs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "codex",
+    "label": "Codex",
+    "shortBadge": "CX",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 20,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "codex"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.codex/bin",
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.bun/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "npm install -g @openai/codex",
+          "darwin": "npm install -g @openai/codex"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "@openai/codex",
+        "docsUrl": "https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "gemini",
+    "label": "Gemini",
+    "shortBadge": "GM",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 30,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "gemini"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.gemini/bin",
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.bun/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "npm install -g @google/gemini-cli",
+          "darwin": "npm install -g @google/gemini-cli"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "@google/gemini-cli",
+        "docsUrl": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "antigravity",
+    "label": "Antigravity",
+    "shortBadge": "AG",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 40,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "agy"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "~/.antigravity/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash",
+          "darwin": "curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash"
+        },
+        "docsUrl": "https://antigravity.google/cli"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "pi",
+    "label": "Pi",
+    "shortBadge": "PI",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 50,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "pi"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.bun/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent",
+          "darwin": "npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent",
+        "docsUrl": "https://pi.dev",
+        "agentImageLayer": {
+          "kind": "dedicated",
+          "reason": "installed with --ignore-scripts in its own layer, so the flag cannot leak to the shared block"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "grok",
+    "label": "Grok",
+    "shortBadge": "GK",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 70,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "grok"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.grok/bin",
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash",
+          "darwin": "curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash"
+        },
+        "docsUrl": "https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "deepseek",
+    "label": "DeepSeek",
+    "shortBadge": "DS",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 80,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "dsh"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "identity": {
+        "arg": "--help",
+        "regex": "DeepSeek\\s+Harness"
+      },
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "npm install -g @deepseek-ai/dsh",
+          "darwin": "npm install -g @deepseek-ai/dsh"
+        },
+        "npmPackage": "@deepseek-ai/dsh",
+        "docsUrl": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness",
+        "agentImageLayer": {
+          "kind": "dedicated",
+          "reason": "needs pnpm alongside it (dsh plugin, issue #352) and a dsh-tui profile install"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "omp",
+    "label": "OMP",
+    "shortBadge": "OM",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "order": 90,
+    "kind": "agent",
+    "discovery": {
+      "binaries": [
+        "omp"
+      ],
+      "searchDirs": [
+        "~/.local/bin",
+        "~/.omp/bin",
+        "/usr/local/bin",
+        "~/.bun/bin",
+        "~/.npm-global/bin",
+        "~/bin"
+      ],
+      "install": {
+        "command": {
+          "linux": "curl -fsSL https://omp.sh/install | sh",
+          "darwin": "brew install can1357/tap/omp"
+        },
+        "docsUrl": "https://omp.sh"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]

config/test-suites.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * The test suites that `npm test` deliberately does NOT run, in one place.
+ *
+ * Why this file exists: the exclusion list used to live only in
+ * config/vitest.ci.config.ts, as literals. Anything excluded there was
+ * therefore reachable only by running the everything-config by hand and reading
+ * past its failures — and a newly excluded file was reachable by nothing at
+ * all, silently, because nothing pointed at it. Both configs now derive their
+ * globs from the arrays below, so adding a suite here puts it in exactly one
+ * runner and takes it out of exactly one gate.
+ *
+ * Adding a new test that cannot run in CI: put its glob in the array that
+ * describes WHY it cannot, not in whichever one is shortest.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Playwright-driven: needs chromium and, in most cases, a live Codeman server
+ * on a real port. Deterministic where the environment provides both, which is
+ * why these are a runnable suite (`npm run test:browser`) rather than skipped.
+ */
+export const BROWSER_TEST_GLOBS = [
+  'test/tab-rail-resize.browser.test.ts',
+  'test/session-sidebar-ux.browser.test.ts',
+  'test/session-options-responsive.browser.test.ts',
+  'test/inline-rename.test.ts',
+  'test/opencode-resize.test.ts',
+  'test/webgl-fallback.test.ts',
+  'test/terminal-copy-shortcut.test.ts',
+  'test/terminal-keycode229-recovery.browser.test.ts',
+  'test/codex-predictive-echo.test.ts', // also needs a real codex binary
+];
+
+/**
+ * Wall-clock benchmarks. They assert on durations, so a loaded shared runner
+ * fails them for reasons that have nothing to do with the diff under test.
+ */
+export const PERF_TEST_GLOBS = ['test/perf-*.test.ts'];
+
+/**
+ * Browser + visual regression: chromium AND environment-specific PNG baselines
+ * that are generated per machine. Has its own config
+ * (test/mobile/vitest.config.ts) because it needs serial execution, a longer
+ * timeout and the `pretest:mobile` vendor step — run it with
+ * `npm run test:mobile`, not through the configs here.
+ */
+export const MOBILE_TEST_GLOBS = ['test/mobile/**'];
+
+/** Everything `npm test` skips. */
+export const NON_CI_TEST_GLOBS = [...MOBILE_TEST_GLOBS, ...PERF_TEST_GLOBS, ...BROWSER_TEST_GLOBS];

config/vitest.browser.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+import { BROWSER_TEST_GLOBS } from './test-suites';
+
+const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..');
+
+/**
+ * The Playwright-driven suite `npm test` skips — `npm run test:browser`.
+ *
+ * Needs chromium and, for most of these, a live Codeman server on a real port;
+ * codex-predictive-echo also needs a real codex binary. Expect failures where
+ * the machine cannot provide those, and read them as "not runnable here", not
+ * as a regression.
+ *
+ * The mobile suite is NOT here: it needs per-machine PNG baselines, serial
+ * execution and the `pretest:mobile` vendor step, so it keeps its own config
+ * (test/mobile/vitest.config.ts) behind `npm run test:mobile`.
+ *
+ * fileParallelism stays off for the same reason as every other config in this
+ * directory: these bind real ports and drive real tmux sessions, and two files
+ * doing that at once fail each other rather than the code.
+ */
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    root,
+    globals: true,
+    environment: 'node',
+    include: BROWSER_TEST_GLOBS,
+    setupFiles: ['./test/setup.ts'],
+    fileParallelism: false,
+    testTimeout: 60000,
+    teardownTimeout: 60000,
+  },
+});

config/vitest.ci.config.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { defineConfig, configDefaults } from 'vitest/config';
+import { NON_CI_TEST_GLOBS } from './test-suites';
 
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..');
 
 /**
- * CI test config — same as vitest.config.ts but EXCLUDES the browser-driven
- * mobile suite (test/mobile/**). Those are Playwright visual-regression tests
- * that need a live server + chromium + environment-specific PNG baselines, so
- * they are run/maintained separately and are not part of the CI gate.
+ * The default gate — what `npm test` and CI both run.
+ *
+ * Same as vitest.config.ts but EXCLUDES the suites that cannot pass on an
+ * arbitrary machine: browser-driven (Playwright + chromium), visual-regression
+ * (per-machine PNG baselines) and wall-clock perf. Those are not unmaintained;
+ * they have their own runners (`test:browser`, `test:mobile`, `test:perf`).
+ * See config/test-suites.ts for the list and the reason behind each entry.
  *
  * Keep the rest in sync with config/vitest.config.ts.
  */
@@ -17,14 +21,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     globals: true,
     environment: 'node',
     include: ['test/**/*.test.ts'],
-    exclude: [
-      ...configDefaults.exclude,
-      'test/mobile/**', // browser/visual (Playwright + chromium)
-      'test/perf-*.test.ts', // timing-sensitive perf benchmarks (flaky in CI)
-      'test/inline-rename.test.ts', // browser (Playwright)
-      'test/opencode-resize.test.ts', // browser (Playwright)
-      'test/webgl-fallback.test.ts', // browser (Playwright)
-    ],
+    exclude: [...configDefaults.exclude, ...NON_CI_TEST_GLOBS],
     setupFiles: ['./test/setup.ts'],
     fileParallelism: false,
     testTimeout: 30000,

config/vitest.config.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 
 const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..');
 
+/**
+ * EVERY test in the repo, including the ones that cannot pass on an arbitrary
+ * machine — `npm run test:all`. Reach for it when you want the complete picture
+ * and are prepared to read past environmental failures.
+ *
+ * This is NOT what `npm test` runs. On a machine without chromium, a free port
+ * or per-machine PNG baselines this config fails ~87 tests on a clean master,
+ * which makes it useless as a pass/fail signal: the default gate is
+ * config/vitest.ci.config.ts, and the suites it leaves out each have their own
+ * runner (`test:browser`, `test:perf`, `test:mobile`). See config/test-suites.ts.
+ */
 export default defineConfig({
   test: {
     root,

config/vitest.perf.config.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
+import { PERF_TEST_GLOBS } from './test-suites';
+
+const root = resolve(import.meta.dirname, '..');
+
+/**
+ * The wall-clock benchmarks `npm test` skips — `npm run test:perf`.
+ *
+ * These assert on durations, so run them on an otherwise idle machine: a loaded
+ * runner fails them for reasons that have nothing to do with the diff under
+ * test, which is exactly why they are not part of the default gate.
+ */
+export default defineConfig({
+  test: {
+    root,
+    globals: true,
+    environment: 'node',
+    include: PERF_TEST_GLOBS,
+    setupFiles: ['./test/setup.ts'],
+    fileParallelism: false,
+    testTimeout: 60000,
+    teardownTimeout: 60000,
+  },
+});

docker/.env.example

@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# =============================================================================
+# Codeman Docker Compose environment template
+# Copy this file to .env and set the values for the Docker host.
+# =============================================================================
+
+TZ=Australia/Perth
+
+# Optional overrides for direct `docker compose` use. The Bash start script
+# detects these values from CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH automatically. Compose uses
+# 1000:1000 when the variables are omitted.
+# PUID=1000
+# PGID=1000
+
+# Name of the account that runs Codeman and all local CLI sessions. Changing
+# this value rebuilds the image with a matching account.
+CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER=opencode
+
+# Required. Persistent Codeman application data, CLI credentials, and session
+# state are stored here on the host and mounted at the runtime account's home
+# directory in the container.
+CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH=/mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman
+
+# Optional. Absolute host path of this Codeman checkout, mounted at
+# /opt/codeman so App Settings -> Updates can update Codeman in place. The Bash
+# start script detects it from the compose file's own location, so it only needs
+# setting for direct `docker compose` use or a checkout kept elsewhere. Point it
+# at a directory that is not a git checkout and in-app updates are unavailable.
+# CODEMAN_REPO_PATH=/mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman/app
+
+# Required for Docker cases. This must be an absolute path on the Docker host.
+# Codeman and each isolated case use this same path, so it cannot be a
+# container-only path such as /home/opencode/codeman-cases.
+CODEMAN_CASES_PATH=/mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman/codeman-cases
+
+# Required. Network bind address, host port, and local image tag.
+CODEMAN_HOST=0.0.0.0
+CODEMAN_PORT=3000
+CODEMAN_IMAGE=codeman:local
+
+# Required for any network-accessible Codeman instance. Use a unique, strong
+# password. This file is safe to commit; copy it to .env and set the value.
+CODEMAN_PASSWORD=changeme
+
+# Required. Username for Codeman HTTP Basic authentication.
+CODEMAN_USERNAME=admin
+
+# Optional: authenticate Gemini CLI without an interactive login.
+GEMINI_API_KEY=
+
+# Linux default. On Docker Desktop, use the socket path supported by your
+# Docker installation when it differs from /var/run/docker.sock.
+DOCKER_SOCKET=/var/run/docker.sock
+
+# Optional override for direct `docker compose` use. The Bash start script
+# detects this from DOCKER_SOCKET automatically. The direct Compose default is
+# 999, but the correct value depends on the Docker host.
+# DOCKER_SOCKET_GID=999
+
+# Set to 1 only when Docker-case hook callbacks are required.
+CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=0
+
+# Set to 1 when `docker info` reports `SwapLimit=false`. The case memory limit
+# remains active; Codeman omits --memory-swap and filters the daemon's exact
+# unsupported-swap warning while preserving all other Docker create errors.
+CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT=0
+
+# Required only when applying the macvlan example in README.md.
+CODEMAN_MACVLAN_NETWORK=br0.11
+CODEMAN_IPV4_ADDRESS=10.10.11.236
+CODEMAN_MAC_ADDRESS=02:10:11:00:00:EC
+
+# Required only when creating a new managed macvlan network, rather than using
+# the external-network macvlan example.
+CODEMAN_MACVLAN_PARENT=br0.11
+CODEMAN_MACVLAN_SUBNET=10.10.11.0/24
+CODEMAN_MACVLAN_GATEWAY=10.10.11.1

docker/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# Codeman Docker deployment
+
+This folder contains the Compose configuration, server image Dockerfile, and environment template for a locally built Codeman server.
+
+## Start
+
+From the repository root, create the runtime environment file and set the required values, especially `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`.
+
+```sh
+cp docker/.env.example docker/.env
+bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh
+```
+
+On PowerShell, use the following command instead.
+
+```powershell
+Copy-Item docker/.env.example docker/.env
+docker compose --env-file docker/.env -f docker/docker-compose.yaml up --build -d
+```
+
+Every required value is defined and explained in `.env.example`. `GEMINI_API_KEY` is intentionally optional and may remain blank.
+
+On Linux, `Start-Codeman.sh` stops with an error when required paths are missing. It creates the application-data directory when safe, detects its numeric owner as `PUID:PGID`, and detects `DOCKER_SOCKET_GID` from the configured Docker socket. It rejects a root-owned application-data directory because Codeman and its local CLI sessions must remain unprivileged.
+
+Codeman, Claude, OpenCode, and other local sessions run as the unprivileged account named by `CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER`, which defaults to `opencode`. When Compose is run directly, `PUID` and `PGID` default to `1000:1000`; set them in `.env` when the application-data directory has a different owner. The Bash start script determines them automatically instead.
+
+To retain Docker-case support without root when running Compose directly, set `DOCKER_SOCKET_GID` to the numeric group ID of the host socket. On a standard Linux Docker host, obtain it with `stat -c '%g' /var/run/docker.sock`. The Bash start script detects it automatically.
+
+## Updating
+
+Use **App Settings → Updates** in the web UI. The checkout Compose builds from is
+also mounted at `/opt/codeman`, so an update's `git checkout` and rebuild persist
+on the host, and the server exiting is what restarts the container onto the new
+build.
+
+Releases that change `server.Dockerfile`, `docker-compose.yaml`, or add a key to
+`.env.example` cannot be applied that way — the updater detects them, names what
+changed, and asks you to run `Start-Codeman.sh` here on the host instead. Details:
+[`../docs/docker-self-update.md`](../docs/docker-self-update.md).
+
+## Application data storage
+
+The default configuration uses a host-folder bind mount:
+
+```yaml
+volumes:
+  - type: bind
+    source: ${CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH}
+    target: /home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}
+```
+
+Set `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH` in `.env` to a directory that the Docker daemon can access. The example value is `/mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman`.
+
+`CODEMAN_CASES_PATH` is the separate host directory for managed case workspaces. It is mounted into Codeman at the same absolute path, allowing the host Docker daemon to bind it into an isolated case container. Set it to a child directory of `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH` unless you deliberately store workspaces elsewhere.
+
+Compose also exposes `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH` to Codeman as `CODEMAN_DOCKER_HOST_HOME`. This lets Docker case seed files, CLI credentials and the hook secret be mounted using paths that exist in the host daemon's filesystem. Direct host installations do not set this variable and retain their existing behaviour.
+
+Set `CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT=1` when `docker info` reports `SwapLimit=false`. Codeman continues to apply the configured case memory limit, omits Docker's unsupported `--memory-swap` option, and filters only the daemon's exact swap-capability warning. Every other Docker create error and its exit status remain visible.
+
+For an existing installation created by a root-running image, change ownership of the application-data directory before upgrading so the configured `PUID` and `PGID` can read the saved credentials and state:
+
+```sh
+chown -R 99:100 /mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman
+```
+
+Replace `99:100` and the path with the values from your `.env` file.
+
+Do not replace this bind mount with a Docker-managed named volume when Docker cases are enabled. Codeman passes seed, credential, transcript and hook-secret bind sources to the host Docker daemon, so their source files must have stable paths in the daemon's filesystem. A named volume does not provide the required host path mapping.
+
+## Static macvlan networking
+
+The default configuration publishes a host port. It does not use `network_mode: host`. To attach Codeman directly to an existing external macvlan network with a static IP address and MAC address, remove the `ports:` section and add the following to the `codeman` service:
+
+```yaml
+mac_address: ${CODEMAN_MAC_ADDRESS}
+networks:
+  codeman_lan:
+    ipv4_address: ${CODEMAN_IPV4_ADDRESS}
+```
+
+Then add this top-level network declaration:
+
+```yaml
+networks:
+  codeman_lan:
+    external: true
+    name: ${CODEMAN_MACVLAN_NETWORK}
+```
+
+Set `CODEMAN_MACVLAN_NETWORK`, `CODEMAN_IPV4_ADDRESS`, and `CODEMAN_MAC_ADDRESS` in `.env`. The values in `.env.example` match the supplied Unraid example network and should be changed for other hosts.
+
+### Create a managed macvlan network
+
+If an external macvlan network does not already exist, use this top-level declaration instead. Do not use it together with the external-network declaration.
+
+```yaml
+networks:
+  codeman_lan:
+    driver: macvlan
+    driver_opts:
+      parent: ${CODEMAN_MACVLAN_PARENT}
+    ipam:
+      config:
+        - subnet: ${CODEMAN_MACVLAN_SUBNET}
+          gateway: ${CODEMAN_MACVLAN_GATEWAY}
+```
+
+Macvlan containers are ordinarily not reachable from their Docker host without additional host-network routing. Confirm the selected address, MAC address, parent interface, and subnet are reserved and valid for the target network before starting the stack.

docker/Start-Codeman.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+script_dir=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+env_file="$script_dir/.env"
+compose_file="$script_dir/docker-compose.yaml"
+
+if [[ ! -f "$env_file" ]]; then
+  printf 'Error: Docker environment file is missing: %s\n' "$env_file" >&2
+  printf 'Create it from %s/.env.example before starting Codeman.\n' "$script_dir" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+compose_command=(docker compose --env-file "$env_file" -f "$compose_file")
+appdata_path=$(
+  "${compose_command[@]}" config --environment |
+    awk -F= '$1 == "CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH" { sub(/^[^=]*=/, ""); print; exit }'
+)
+docker_socket=$(
+  "${compose_command[@]}" config --environment |
+    awk -F= '$1 == "DOCKER_SOCKET" { sub(/^[^=]*=/, ""); print; exit }'
+)
+
+if [[ -z "$appdata_path" ]]; then
+  printf 'Error: CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH is not set in %s\n' "$env_file" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d "$appdata_path" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$EUID" == '0' ]]; then
+    printf 'Error: Refusing to create CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH as root: %s\n' "$appdata_path" >&2
+    printf 'Create it as the unprivileged account that should run Codeman, then retry.\n' >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  mkdir -p -- "$appdata_path"
+fi
+
+if owner_ids=$(stat -c '%u:%g' -- "$appdata_path" 2>/dev/null); then
+  :
+elif owner_ids=$(stat -f '%u:%g' "$appdata_path" 2>/dev/null); then
+  :
+else
+  printf 'Error: Cannot determine the owner of CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH: %s\n' "$appdata_path" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export PUID=${owner_ids%%:*}
+export PGID=${owner_ids##*:}
+
+if [[ "$PUID" == '0' ]]; then
+  printf 'Error: CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH is owned by root: %s\n' "$appdata_path" >&2
+  printf 'Change the directory ownership to the unprivileged account that should run Codeman.\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$docker_socket" || ! -S "$docker_socket" ]]; then
+  printf 'Error: DOCKER_SOCKET is not a Unix socket: %s\n' "${docker_socket:-<unset>}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if socket_ids=$(stat -c '%u:%g' -- "$docker_socket" 2>/dev/null); then
+  :
+elif socket_ids=$(stat -f '%u:%g' "$docker_socket" 2>/dev/null); then
+  :
+else
+  printf 'Error: Cannot determine the owner of DOCKER_SOCKET: %s\n' "$docker_socket" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+export DOCKER_SOCKET_GID=${socket_ids##*:}
+
+repo_path=${CODEMAN_REPO_PATH:-$(cd -- "$script_dir/.." && pwd)}
+if [[ ! -d "$repo_path" ]]; then
+  printf 'Error: CODEMAN_REPO_PATH is not a directory: %s\n' "$repo_path" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+export CODEMAN_REPO_PATH="$repo_path"
+
+# The in-app updater runs `git checkout` and `npm install` against this checkout
+# as PUID:PGID. If the directory belongs to someone else, git refuses outright
+# ("detected dubious ownership") and the update fails at the first step — so warn
+# here, where the fix is obvious, rather than in a failed update hours later.
+if repo_owner=$(stat -c '%u' -- "$repo_path" 2>/dev/null || stat -f '%u' "$repo_path" 2>/dev/null); then
+  if [[ "$repo_owner" != "$PUID" ]]; then
+    printf 'Warning: %s is owned by UID %s but Codeman runs as UID %s.\n' "$repo_path" "$repo_owner" "$PUID" >&2
+    printf 'In-app updates will fail until the ownership matches. Codeman itself still starts.\n' >&2
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -d "$repo_path/.git" ]]; then
+  printf 'Note: %s is not a git checkout, so in-app updates are unavailable.\n' "$repo_path" >&2
+fi
+
+# Record what the container is about to be built and created FROM. The in-app
+# updater compares these against the release it wants to apply: a release that
+# changes either file cannot be applied by the container restarting itself (a
+# restart reuses the existing image and config), so it is refused and the user
+# is sent back here. Written on every start, so the baseline always describes
+# the container that is actually running. See docs/docker-self-update.md.
+if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  sha256_of() { sha256sum -- "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1; }
+elif command -v shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  sha256_of() { shasum -a 256 -- "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1; }
+else
+  sha256_of() { printf ''; }
+fi
+
+dockerfile_sha=$(sha256_of "$script_dir/server.Dockerfile")
+compose_sha=$(sha256_of "$compose_file")
+if [[ -n "$dockerfile_sha" && -n "$compose_sha" ]]; then
+  # $CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH is mounted at the runtime account's home, so this is
+  # dataPath('docker-env-applied.json') as the server inside the container sees it.
+  state_dir="$appdata_path/.codeman"
+  mkdir -p -- "$state_dir"
+  printf '{\n  "dockerfileSha256": "%s",\n  "composeSha256": "%s"\n}\n' \
+    "$dockerfile_sha" "$compose_sha" >"$state_dir/docker-env-applied.json.tmp"
+  mv -- "$state_dir/docker-env-applied.json.tmp" "$state_dir/docker-env-applied.json"
+  # A root-run start (common on Unraid) would otherwise leave a root-owned
+  # `.codeman` on a FIRST start, before the container has created it as PUID,
+  # and the unprivileged server could then never write its own state there.
+  if [[ "$EUID" == '0' ]]; then
+    chown -- "$PUID:$PGID" "$state_dir" "$state_dir/docker-env-applied.json"
+  fi
+else
+  printf 'Warning: no sha256 tool found; in-app updates will not detect environment changes.\n' >&2
+fi
+
+exec docker compose --env-file "$env_file" -f "$compose_file" up --build -d

docker/agent.Dockerfile

@@ -26,15 +26,96 @@ RUN apt-get update \
       openssh-client \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# The agent CLIs (all four backends Codeman supports). Pinning is left to the
-# rebuild cadence (see docs/docker-cases-plan.md, user-decision 2).
-RUN npm install -g \
-      @anthropic-ai/claude-code \
-      @openai/codex \
-      @google/gemini-cli \
-      opencode-ai \
+# The npm-published agent CLIs, supplied by scripts/build-agent-image.mjs from
+# config/clis.stock.json so a new stock CLI needs no edit here. The default is
+# today's literal list, so a bare `docker build` still produces the same image.
+#
+# ⚠️ Expanded UNQUOTED on purpose: word splitting is what turns the list into
+# several arguments. Every token is validated against
+# ^[@A-Za-z0-9][@A-Za-z0-9/._-]*$ on the producing side
+# (scripts/lib/cli-catalog.mjs) precisely because of that.
+#
+# ⚠️ Filtered on each entry's `enabled` flag, so a CLI that ships disabled is
+# never baked into every image.
+#
+# Pinning is left to the rebuild cadence (see docs/docker-cases-plan.md,
+# user-decision 2).
+# ⚠️ The default is in REGISTRY order, byte-identical to what the generator emits.
+# A different order is a different RUN string, which is a different layer hash and
+# so a needless cache miss between a bare `docker build` and a scripted one.
+ARG CLI_NPM_PACKAGES="@anthropic-ai/claude-code opencode-ai @openai/codex @google/gemini-cli"
+RUN npm install -g ${CLI_NPM_PACKAGES} \
  && npm cache clean --force
 
+# Antigravity (`agy`) is NOT on npm — Google ships a standalone binary through its
+# own installer, so it needs its own step. `--dir /usr/local/bin` is load-bearing:
+# the installer's default target is `$HOME/.local/bin`, which at build time is
+# root's home and would be unreachable by the `agent` user the container runs as.
+# ⚠️ This binary is ~190MB on its own; it is the single largest layer in the image.
+RUN curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash -s -- --dir /usr/local/bin \
+ && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/agy \
+ && agy --version
+
+# Pi (pi.dev). Upstream documents --ignore-scripts (pi needs no lifecycle scripts);
+# kept out of the shared npm block above so the flag cannot silently change how the
+# rest of that block's CLIs install — a fixed count would go stale here since
+# CLI_NPM_PACKAGES (above) is now a generated, dynamic list rather than a hand-kept one.
+RUN npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent \
+ && npm cache clean --force \
+ && pi --version
+
+# Grok Build (`grok`, xAI) is NOT on npm: a standalone ~160MB Rust binary through
+# xAI's installer, which targets $HOME/.grok/bin with no --dir override. At build
+# time that is root's home and unreachable by the `agent` user, so copy the binary
+# into /usr/local/bin and drop root's ~/.grok in the same layer so the image does
+# not carry the download twice. The staging cp -T is what makes this survive the
+# installer's own behavior EITHER way: newer installers already symlink
+# /usr/local/bin/grok -> /root/.grok/bin/grok, and a direct `cp -L` onto that
+# symlink fails with "same file" (2026-08-24 rebuild), while removing the link
+# first and copying fresh works for both old and new installers.
+RUN curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash \
+ && cp -L /root/.grok/bin/grok /usr/local/bin/grok.real \
+ && rm -f /usr/local/bin/grok \
+ && mv /usr/local/bin/grok.real /usr/local/bin/grok \
+ && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/grok \
+ && rm -rf /root/.grok /root/.local/bin/grok /root/.local/bin/agent \
+ && grok --version
+
+# DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`). A normal npm package, but the ONLY entry here whose
+# binary runs nothing on its own: `dsh` is a profile launcher, and DeepSeek ships
+# only `web` and `headless`, so without an interactive profile a
+# `mode: 'deepseek'` container would start a pane that dies on arrival. The
+# profile itself is installed further down, into the `agent` HOME, because
+# Codeman deliberately does NOT seed `profiles/` from the host: it is a
+# per-profile node_modules tree, host-arch-specific and far too large to copy on
+# every container start.
+# ⚠️ `pnpm` is a HARD dependency of `dsh plugin`, not optional tooling: the
+# subcommand is a thin forwarder that `spawnSync`s a literal `pnpm` with no
+# fallback to npm, so on an image without it the profile install below dies
+# with `dsh: pnpm not found on PATH` / exit 127 and takes the whole build with
+# it (issue #352). It stays on PATH at runtime too, so a container user can run
+# `dsh plugin add` themselves.
+RUN npm install -g @deepseek-ai/dsh pnpm \
+ && npm cache clean --force \
+ && dsh --version \
+ && pnpm --version
+
+# OMP (Oh My Pi) is NOT on npm: a standalone binary via omp.sh's installer, which
+# targets $HOME/.local/bin with no --dir override (verified 2026-08-27 — the
+# resolver's OMP_SEARCH_DIRS lists ~/.omp/bin first, which turned out to be the
+# WRONG guess for the installer's actual target; build this step for real
+# rather than trust that ordering). At build time $HOME is root's home and
+# unreachable by the `agent` user, so copy the binary into /usr/local/bin and
+# drop root's ~/.local/bin/omp in the same layer so the image does not carry
+# the download twice.
+RUN curl -fsSL https://omp.sh/install | sh \
+ && cp -L /root/.local/bin/omp /usr/local/bin/omp.real \
+ && rm -f /usr/local/bin/omp \
+ && mv /usr/local/bin/omp.real /usr/local/bin/omp \
+ && chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/omp \
+ && rm -f /root/.local/bin/omp \
+ && omp --version
+
 # `agent` user (gid 0) with an arbitrary-uid-writable HOME. The uid is
 # auto-assigned (node:22-slim already occupies uid 1000 with its `node` user); at
 # runtime Codeman overrides with `--user <hostUid>:0` on Linux, so the baked uid
@@ -50,10 +131,39 @@ ENV HOME=/home/agent
 # dirs: tokens/settings/config are seeded in as writable copies and each CLI's runtime
 # state (backups, tasks, refreshed tokens) stays container-local, while ONLY the shared
 # transcript/rollout dirs (`.claude/projects`, `.codex/sessions`) are bind-mounted from
-# the host. (gemini/gcloud/opencode are whole seed-copies and need no pre-created dir.)
+# the host. (gemini/gcloud/opencode are whole seed-copies and need no pre-created dir;
+# Antigravity nests its state inside `.gemini/antigravity-cli`, so it rides that seed.)
+# `.pi/agent` and `.grok` ARE pre-created: both are seeded per-FILE (pi:
+# auth/settings/trust/models; grok: auth.json/config.toml/pager.toml), and a
+# per-file seed copy, unlike a whole-dir one, does not create its parent directory.
+# `.dsh` is pre-created for the same per-file reason (.env/settings.yaml/
+# cordis.patch.yml), and the interactive profile is built into it HERE rather than
+# after `USER agent`: this layer's closing chgrp/chmod is what makes the whole tree
+# writable by the arbitrary uid the container actually runs as, and a profile
+# installed after it would miss that fixup. DSH_HOME points the launcher at the
+# agent's dir while this still runs as root.
+# ⚠️ `dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds` is what keeps that profile install from becoming
+# the next #352. pnpm (unlike npm) blocks dependency lifecycle scripts by default
+# and FAILS the install over it — `ERR_PNPM_IGNORED_BUILDS`, exit 1, measured on
+# pnpm 11.24 — so any package in the tui's tree that ships one stops the build
+# dead. An allowlist of the offenders rots: `@deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui` is
+# resolved by dist-tag, not pinned, and 0.9.3 pulled `@google/genai` (a
+# `preinstall: no-op`) where 0.10.0-beta.x does not, so the names to allow move
+# under us between rebuilds. Allowing them wholesale is also the SAME exposure
+# this image already accepts three layers up: `npm install -g` runs the install
+# scripts of every transitive dep of the five CLIs above it, with no gate at all.
+# `.omp/agent` is pre-created for the same reason `.codex` is: it is a MIXED
+# store (per-file config seeds PLUS a shared `sessions/` RW bind mount for
+# Codeman's own host-side history/resume reads), and neither kind of artifact
+# creates its own parent directory.
 RUN useradd -g 0 -m -d /home/agent -s /bin/bash agent \
  && mkdir -p /home/agent/.npm /home/agent/.cache /home/agent/.config /home/agent/.codeman \
-      /home/agent/.claude/projects /home/agent/.codex/sessions \
+      /home/agent/.claude/projects /home/agent/.codex/sessions /home/agent/.pi/agent /home/agent/.grok \
+      /home/agent/.dsh /home/agent/.omp/agent \
+ && DSH_HOME=/home/agent/.dsh HOME=/home/agent \
+      dsh plugin --profile dsh-tui add --config.dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds=true \
+      @deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui \
+ && test -f /home/agent/.dsh/profiles/dsh-tui/package.json \
  && chgrp -R 0 /home/agent \
  && chmod -R g=u /home/agent
 

docker/docker-compose.yaml

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+name: codeman
+
+services:
+  codeman:
+    build:
+      context: ..
+      dockerfile: docker/server.Dockerfile
+      args:
+        CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER: ${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}
+        PGID: ${PGID:-1000}
+        PUID: ${PUID:-1000}
+    image: ${CODEMAN_IMAGE}
+    init: true
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "${CODEMAN_PORT}:${CODEMAN_PORT}"
+    environment:
+      # Tells the self-updater to restart by exiting (the restart policy below
+      # relaunches it) rather than by looking for an init system that is not
+      # here. Also set in the image; repeated so a container started without the
+      # image default still self-identifies.
+      CODEMAN_IN_CONTAINER: "1"
+      # This file sets `restart: unless-stopped` below, so the updater may restart
+      # the server by EXITING. Declared here and only here, never in the image: a
+      # container started by plain `docker run` has no restart policy unless the
+      # operator gave it one, and there the updater asks the daemon instead and
+      # stages the update for a manual restart when it cannot get an answer.
+      CODEMAN_RESTART_BY_EXIT: "1"
+      CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS: ${CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS}
+      # Host-side equivalent of the runtime user's HOME. Docker case seed,
+      # credential and hook mounts are translated into the daemon namespace.
+      CODEMAN_DOCKER_HOST_HOME: ${CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH}
+      CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT: ${CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT}
+      CODEMAN_CASES_PATH: ${CODEMAN_CASES_PATH}
+      CODEMAN_HOST: ${CODEMAN_HOST}
+      CODEMAN_PASSWORD: ${CODEMAN_PASSWORD}
+      CODEMAN_PORT: ${CODEMAN_PORT}
+      CODEMAN_USERNAME: ${CODEMAN_USERNAME}
+      GEMINI_API_KEY: ${GEMINI_API_KEY}
+      PGID: ${PGID:-1000}
+      PUID: ${PUID:-1000}
+      TZ: ${TZ}
+    group_add:
+      # Retain access to the host Docker socket without running as root.
+      - ${DOCKER_SOCKET_GID:-999}
+    volumes:
+      # Application data and CLI credentials persist on the configured host
+      # path, rather than in a Docker-managed volume.
+      - type: bind
+        source: ${CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH}
+        target: /home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}
+      # Docker cases are sibling containers on the host daemon. Their workspace
+      # must be visible to Codeman at the same absolute path used by that daemon.
+      - type: bind
+        source: ${CODEMAN_CASES_PATH}
+        target: ${CODEMAN_CASES_PATH}
+      # Codeman uses the host daemon to create isolated Docker cases. This is
+      # Docker-outside-of-Docker, not Docker-in-Docker.
+      - type: bind
+        source: ${DOCKER_SOCKET}
+        target: /var/run/docker.sock
+      # The application source, so App Settings -> Updates can update in place.
+      # This is the SAME checkout used as the build context above, mounted over
+      # the image's baked copy: a `git checkout` performed inside the container
+      # then lands on the host and survives the container being recreated.
+      # Without it the pull would go to the container's writable layer and be
+      # silently discarded by the next `up`. See docs/docker-self-update.md.
+      # Defaults to `..` — the build context above — which Compose resolves
+      # against the project directory, so plain `docker compose up` works with
+      # no extra configuration. Set CODEMAN_REPO_PATH only to point elsewhere.
+      - type: bind
+        source: ${CODEMAN_REPO_PATH:-..}
+        target: /opt/codeman
+      # Build artefacts live in named volumes layered OVER the repo bind mount,
+      # so `npm install` and `npm run build` inside the container never write
+      # into the host checkout. That keeps container-compiled native modules
+      # (node-pty is built from source here) out of a checkout that may also be
+      # used to run Codeman natively, and keeps `git status` clean. Docker seeds
+      # an EMPTY named volume from the image, so the first start inherits the
+      # image's already-built node_modules and dist rather than paying for a
+      # bootstrap build.
+      - type: volume
+        source: codeman-node-modules
+        target: /opt/codeman/node_modules
+      - type: volume
+        source: codeman-dist
+        target: /opt/codeman/dist
+    extra_hosts:
+      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    cap_drop:
+      - ALL
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+        - CMD-SHELL
+        - >-
+          node -e "fetch('http://127.0.0.1:${CODEMAN_PORT}/api/status').then((response) => process.exit(response.status < 500 ? 0 : 1)).catch(() => process.exit(1))"
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 30s
+
+volumes:
+  # Container-owned build artefacts. They persist across container recreation,
+  # so an in-app update's `npm install` output is not thrown away by the next
+  # `up`, and they are seeded from the image on first use. Removing them (or
+  # `docker compose down -v`) is the supported reset: the next start rebuilds
+  # from the image.
+  codeman-node-modules:
+  codeman-dist:

docker/server.Dockerfile

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+# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
+
+# Build the application from the checkout supplied as the Docker build context.
+# No published Codeman application image is required.
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim AS build
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 make g++ \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /opt/codeman
+
+COPY . .
+
+# devDependencies are deliberately KEPT (no `npm prune --omit=dev`). The in-app
+# updater rebuilds from inside this container, and `npm run build` is tsc +
+# esbuild — both devDependencies. Pruning them saves image size and takes the
+# self-updater with it. See docs/docker-self-update.md.
+RUN npm ci \
+ && npm run build \
+ && npm cache clean --force
+
+# The Docker CLI talks to the host daemon through the socket mounted by
+# docker/docker-compose.yaml. It does not run a Docker daemon in this container.
+FROM node:22-bookworm-slim
+
+ARG CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER=opencode
+ARG PUID=1000
+ARG PGID=1000
+
+# python3/make/g++ are here for the SELF-UPDATER, not for this build. An update
+# runs `npm install` inside the running container, and node-pty ships no Linux
+# prebuild, so a release that bumps it compiles from source right here. Without
+# a toolchain that install fails and the update rolls back — every time, on the
+# releases that need it most. Same reason install.sh installs one on bare hosts.
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      ca-certificates \
+      curl \
+      g++ \
+      git \
+      make \
+      openssh-client \
+      procps \
+      python3 \
+      ripgrep \
+      tmux \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# The Docker CLI, taken from the official image rather than Debian's `docker.io`.
+# That package is the full ENGINE: with --no-install-recommends it still pulls 15
+# packages including containerd, runc, dmsetup and iptables, none of which a
+# client that only talks to a mounted socket can use. Measured on top of this
+# base image: `docker.io` costs 266 MB and ships Docker 20.10.24 (2023), while
+# these two files cost 108 MB and ship the current CLI (493 MB vs 335 MB total).
+#
+# The binaries are STATIC Go builds, so they run on this glibc image even though
+# the image they come from is Alpine (verified: `docker --version`, `docker ps`
+# and `docker build` all work here against a mounted host socket).
+#
+# buildx is copied on purpose. `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` shells out to
+# `docker build` — Codeman auto-builds the agent image on the first Docker case —
+# and without the plugin that silently falls back to the CLASSIC builder, which
+# Docker has deprecated and will eventually drop. `docker-compose` is NOT copied:
+# Codeman never shells out to it.
+COPY --from=docker:29-cli /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
+COPY --from=docker:29-cli \
+     /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx \
+     /usr/local/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
+
+# Keep credentials out of the image. Users authenticate these CLIs at runtime
+# through Codeman sessions, and the configured host bind mount retains state.
+#
+# ⚠️ PINNED ON PURPOSE. Unpinned, the agent CLI versions a user ends up with are
+# a function of WHEN their image was built, not of any commit — so a Codeman
+# release that depends on newer CLI behaviour (the trust-dialog handling is
+# pinned to Claude Code 2.1.252's layout; wheel forwarding to >= 2.1.187) breaks
+# on an older image with no diff anywhere to explain why. In-app updates make
+# rebuilds RARER, which makes that drift worse. Pinning turns "this release needs
+# a newer CLI" into a Dockerfile change, which the updater's environment gate
+# already detects and refuses (docs/docker-self-update.md).
+#
+# Bump these deliberately, in a release. `--no-cache` is still needed to rebuild
+# this layer when only the pins change upstream.
+RUN npm install --global \
+      @anthropic-ai/claude-code@2.1.258 \
+      @google/gemini-cli@0.58.0 \
+      @openai/codex@0.152.1 \
+      opencode-ai@1.18.26 \
+ && npm cache clean --force
+
+# Keep the web server and every local Codeman session unprivileged. PUID and
+# PGID match the host-owned application-data directory mounted by Compose. The
+# requested GID may not exist in the base image, and a host UID such as 1000 may
+# already belong to the baked `node` account, so handle both cases explicitly.
+RUN set -eux; \
+    case "${PUID}" in ''|*[!0-9]*) echo "PUID must be numeric" >&2; exit 1;; esac; \
+    case "${PGID}" in ''|*[!0-9]*) echo "PGID must be numeric" >&2; exit 1;; esac; \
+    if [ "${PUID}" -eq 0 ]; then \
+      echo "PUID must identify an unprivileged account, not root" >&2; \
+      exit 1; \
+    fi; \
+    if ! getent group "${PGID}" >/dev/null; then \
+      groupadd --gid "${PGID}" codeman-runtime; \
+    fi; \
+    existing_user="$(getent passwd "${PUID}" | cut -d: -f1 || true)"; \
+    if [ -n "${existing_user}" ]; then \
+      usermod \
+        --login "${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}" \
+        --gid "${PGID}" \
+        --home "/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}" \
+        --move-home \
+        --shell /bin/bash \
+        "${existing_user}"; \
+    else \
+      useradd \
+        --uid "${PUID}" \
+        --gid "${PGID}" \
+        --create-home \
+        --home-dir "/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}" \
+        --shell /bin/bash \
+        "${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}"; \
+    fi
+
+WORKDIR /opt/codeman
+
+COPY --from=build /opt/codeman /opt/codeman
+
+# CODEMAN_IN_CONTAINER tells the self-updater it must restart by exiting rather
+# than by asking an init system that is not here (src/web/self-update.ts).
+# NODE_ENV stays `production`; the updater passes `npm install --include=dev`
+# explicitly, since that value would otherwise omit the build toolchain.
+ENV CODEMAN_IN_CONTAINER=1 \
+    CODEMAN_PORT=3000 \
+    HOME=/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER} \
+    NODE_ENV=production
+
+EXPOSE 3000
+
+USER ${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}
+
+CMD ["node", "dist/index.js", "web"]

docs/agent-control-plan.md

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+# Agent Control Plan: skill packaging + wait primitives
+
+**Status**: steps 1 to 8 DONE and RELEASED. The wait primitives and the skill itself
+(steps 1 to 5) shipped in **1.13.0**; the `codeman skill install` CLI, per-case injection
+and `agentSkillEnabled` (step 6) shipped in **1.14.1** and were republished with fixes in
+**1.14.2**. Steps 1 to 5 were multi-round verified on 2026-08-08, step 6 on 2026-08-09;
+see [§7 Build log](#7-build-log-what-actually-happened) for what shipped, what each
+verification round found, and the two items that genuinely remain open (§2.4's footgun
+guard and the Part 3 deferrals).
+
+**Date**: 2026-08-08
+**Scope**: Part 1 (agent skill) and Part 2 (wait primitives) were specified and built.
+Parts 3 to 5 are captured so they are not lost, but remain deliberately deferred.
+
+---
+
+## 0. Where this came from: what herdr does
+
+[herdr](https://github.com/herdrdev/herdr) (Rust, Apache-2.0, ~25.8k stars) is a terminal
+multiplexer built around AI coding agents. Relevant findings from the research pass:
+
+| Capability      | How herdr does it                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
+| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Agent state     | Four states (`idle`, `working`, `blocked`, `done`) that roll up pane to tab to workspace in a sidebar                                                                                                                         |
+| Detection       | Lifecycle hooks where the agent supports them (it names Pi and MastraCode), otherwise TOML manifests matched against a live bottom-buffer snapshot. Bundled manifests plus remote updates from herdr.dev, local overrides win |
+| Control API     | Newline-delimited JSON over a Unix socket (`~/.config/herdr/sessions/<name>/herdr.sock`), `{"id":"req_1","method":"pane.split","params":{}}`, dot-notation methods, plus long-lived event subscriptions                       |
+| Discoverability | `herdr api schema` prints a machine-readable schema                                                                                                                                                                           |
+| Agent skill     | `npx skills add herdrdev/herdr --skill herdr -g`, a SKILL.md wrapping the CLI, guarded by `test "${HERDR_ENV:-}" = 1` so an agent outside a herdr pane refuses to act                                                         |
+| Persistence     | Background server, detach with `ctrl+b q`, snapshot restore of workspaces/tabs/panes/cwd/layout, experimental screen-history replay, agent resume via native session ids, live PTY handoff across server replacement          |
+| Plugins         | `herdr-plugin.toml` manifest, actions, event hooks, plugin panes, link handlers, GitHub-topic marketplace index                                                                                                               |
+
+The commands the skill teaches the agent:
+
+| Group     | Commands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| workspace | `workspace list`, `workspace create`                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| tab       | `tab list --workspace <id>`, `tab create`                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| pane      | `pane current`, `pane list`, `pane layout`, `pane split --current --direction right --cwd <path> --no-focus`, `pane run <id> "<cmd>"`, `pane wait-output <id> --match/--regex <p> --timeout <ms>`, `pane read <id> --source visible\|recent\|detection` |
+| agent     | `agent list`, `agent start <name> --kind <type> --pane <id>`, `agent prompt <name> "<text>" --wait --timeout <ms>`, `agent wait <name> --until <state> --timeout <ms>`, `agent send-keys`, `agent get`, `agent read`                                    |
+
+### The honest comparison
+
+herdr and Codeman are not the same product. herdr is a local, keyboard-first multiplexer with
+no server, no web UI, and no autonomy layer. Codeman is a server with a browser and mobile UI,
+remote and Docker cases, respawn, Ralph, cron, and the orchestrator, none of which herdr has.
+
+What herdr genuinely does better is being **callable by the agent running inside it**. For
+Codeman that is a packaging problem plus one missing primitive, not an architecture problem.
+
+---
+
+## 1. Gap analysis
+
+| herdr capability             | Codeman equivalent today                                                                                           | Gap                                                                                   |
+| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `pane split` + `agent start` | `POST /api/quick-start`, `POST /api/sessions`                                                                      | none, already there                                                                   |
+| `agent prompt`               | `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` with `clientId`+`seq` exactly-once                                                  | no `--wait`                                                                           |
+| `pane read`                  | `GET /api/sessions/:id/output`, `GET /api/sessions/:id/terminal?full=1`                                            | none                                                                                  |
+| `agent list` / `agent get`   | `GET /api/sessions`, `GET /api/sessions/unified`, `GET /api/status`                                                | none                                                                                  |
+| `agent wait --until <state>` | SSE only (`/api/events`)                                                                                           | **missing**, and SSE is impractical from a shell tool                                 |
+| `pane wait-output --match`   | nothing                                                                                                            | **missing**                                                                           |
+| Skill file                   | README section "Driving Codeman from an Agent"                                                                     | **not packaged**, an agent will never find it                                         |
+| Env guard `HERDR_ENV=1`      | `CODEMAN_MUX=1`, `CODEMAN_API_URL`, `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` already exported at spawn                                 | none, the guard variables exist                                                       |
+| `blocked` state              | hook events (`permission_prompt`, `elicitation_dialog`) plus CSS classes plus the phone overview NEEDS YOU section | not in the wire contract (`SessionStatus = 'idle' \| 'busy' \| 'stopped' \| 'error'`) |
+| `api schema`                 | hand-written `docs/api-reference.md`                                                                               | no machine-readable schema                                                            |
+| Detection manifests          | hardcoded in `usage-limit-patterns.ts`, `respawn-*-patterns`, `regex-patterns.ts`                                  | patterns are code, not data                                                           |
+| Plugin runtime               | deliberately refused, see `docs/extending-codeman.md`                                                              | not a gap, a decision                                                                 |
+| Session handoff on restart   | tmux owns the PTYs, so they already survive a Codeman restart                                                      | not a gap, solved by architecture                                                     |
+
+**Conclusion**: roughly 90% of the capability surface already exists. Parts 1 and 2 below close
+the two real gaps.
+
+The table is the 2026-08-08 snapshot that motivated the work, kept as written. The three rows
+marked missing are closed since: `GET .../wait` and `GET .../wait-output` shipped in 1.13.0, and
+the skill is packaged at `skills/codeman` (npm tarball included). `blocked` as a wire-contract
+state, and the machine-readable schema, are still open (Parts 3 and 4).
+
+---
+
+## 2. Part 1: the Codeman agent skill
+
+### 2.1 Goal
+
+An agent running inside a Codeman session can discover and correctly drive Codeman without the
+user pasting API docs into the prompt, and without inventing dangerous calls.
+
+### 2.2 Layout and distribution
+
+The `npx skills` CLI (vercel-labs/skills) clones a GitHub repo and looks for
+`skills/<name>/SKILL.md`. Claude Code natively discovers `.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md` in a
+project and `~/.claude/skills/` globally. Both are satisfied with one source of truth plus a
+symlink, which is the pattern this repo already uses for `remotion-best-practices`.
+
+```
+skills/
+  codeman/
+    SKILL.md            <- single source of truth
+    reference/
+      endpoints.md      <- full endpoint tables, loaded on demand
+      recipes.md        <- worked multi-session orchestration examples
+.claude/skills/codeman -> ../../skills/codeman     (symlink, dogfooding in this repo)
+```
+
+Adding a `skills/` directory to the repo root costs one entry in the GitHub listing. CLAUDE.md
+keeps the root short on purpose, so this needs a conscious sign-off; the alternative is
+`docs/skills/codeman/` with a `--skill` path argument, which breaks the one-liner install.
+**Recommendation**: accept `skills/` at the root, because the install one-liner is the whole
+point of shipping a skill.
+
+Install paths, in order of how a user gets it:
+
+1. `npx skills add Ark0N/Codeman --skill codeman -g` (global, any agent, matches the herdr flow).
+2. `codeman skill install [--global | --case <name>]`, a new CLI subcommand writing the same
+   file. This is the path for users who installed via npm and never cloned the repo.
+3. **Automatic per-case injection**, modeled exactly on `applyStatusLineConfig(casePath, enabled)`
+   in `hooks-config.ts`: write `<case>/.claude/skills/codeman/SKILL.md` at case creation,
+   gated on a new setting. Codeman already writes `<case>/.claude/settings.local.json` hooks
+   through `writeHooksConfig()`, so this is the same mechanism with the same lifecycle.
+
+Setting name: `agentSkillEnabled`. Synced (not per-device), since it changes on-disk case
+content rather than display. Default: **ON after the dogfooding phase, OFF in the first
+release**. Rationale for starting OFF: Claude Code loads every skill's name and description
+into context on every turn, so an always-on skill has a small permanent token cost, and we
+should measure that we are buying something with it first.
+
+### 2.3 SKILL.md content
+
+Frontmatter, per the skills convention (`name` + `description` required):
+
+```yaml
+---
+name: codeman
+description: >-
+  Control Codeman, the session manager this agent is running inside: list sessions,
+  start worker sessions, send prompts, read terminal output, and wait for other agents
+  to finish. Only usable when CODEMAN_MUX=1.
+---
+```
+
+Body sections, in order:
+
+**1. Guard (first thing, non-negotiable).**
+
+```bash
+test "${CODEMAN_MUX:-}" = 1 || { echo "not inside a Codeman session"; exit 1; }
+API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:?CODEMAN_API_URL not set, refusing to guess}"
+SELF="${CODEMAN_SESSION_ID:-}"
+```
+
+If `CODEMAN_MUX` is not `1`, the agent must stop and say it is not running inside a
+Codeman-managed session. Same shape as herdr's `HERDR_ENV` guard, and the variables are
+already exported by `tmux-manager.buildEnvExports()`. No fallback URL when
+`CODEMAN_API_URL` is unset: any guess is the wrong scheme on an HTTPS install (prod is
+HTTPS with a self-signed cert, hence `curl -sk` throughout), and a server the agent
+cannot identify is not one it should be driving.
+
+**2. Rules of the road.** Lifted and tightened from README lines 666 to 745:
+
+- Single-line input only. Multi-line breaks the agent TUI (Ink).
+- Always send `clientId` + a monotonic `seq` on `POST .../input` so a retry cannot double-deliver.
+- Envelope is `{success, data}`; a few legacy GETs are bare, so read `body.data ?? body`.
+- Add `-u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD"` when a password is set. Prod is HTTPS, so `curl -sk`.
+- Prefer `/api/v1/*`, the stable alias.
+
+**3. Safety rules (the section that does not exist anywhere today).**
+
+- Never act on `$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`. That is you.
+- Only `DELETE` sessions **you created in this conversation**, by exact id. Keep the list.
+- Never bulk-delete, never loop a `DELETE` over `/api/sessions`. There is no undo.
+- Never `tmux kill-session`, `pkill tmux`, `pkill claude`. Use the API.
+- Creating a session consumes a slot against the 50-session cap. Clean up what you start.
+
+**4. Recipes**, each one a single copy-pasteable curl:
+
+| Task                 | Call                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| list sessions        | `GET /api/v1/sessions`                                                                                                                                                  |
+| find yourself        | match ids by PREFIX of `$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` (Docker cases truncate it to 8 chars, so an equality check never fires there)                                              |
+| start a worker       | `POST /api/v1/quick-start {caseName, mode, effort}`                                                                                                                     |
+| send a prompt        | `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/input {input:"…\r", useMux:true, clientId, seq}` (the trailing `\r` is what sends Enter; without it the text sits on the prompt unsubmitted) |
+| send prompt and wait | `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/input {input:"…\r", wait:"stop", waitTimeout:600000}` (Part 2)                                                                               |
+| wait for a worker    | `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait?until=stop,blocked&timeout=300000` (Part 2)                                                                                              |
+| wait for a marker    | `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait-output?match=DONE_<random>&timeout=120000` (Part 2; unique per call, per §3.3's repaint rule)                                            |
+| read output          | `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/output`                                                                                                                                       |
+| read full scrollback | `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/terminal?full=1`                                                                                                                              |
+| watch sub-agents     | `GET /api/v1/subagents`                                                                                                                                                 |
+| schedule work        | `POST /api/v1/cron/jobs`                                                                                                                                                |
+| clean up             | `DELETE /api/v1/sessions/:id`                                                                                                                                           |
+
+**5. Pointer to `reference/endpoints.md`** for anything not in the table, so the always-loaded
+part of the skill stays small.
+
+### 2.4 An ergonomics guard worth adding server-side
+
+The skill will tell the agent not to act on itself, but a confused agent can still try. Propose:
+the skill sends `X-Codeman-Caller-Session: $CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` on every request, and the server
+refuses destructive operations (`DELETE /api/sessions/:id`, kill, respawn stop) when that header
+equals the target id, with a clear error.
+
+This is a **footgun guard, not a security control**: any caller can omit the header. Document it
+as such so nobody mistakes it for a boundary. It costs about 10 lines in `route-helpers.ts`.
+
+### 2.5 Verification
+
+Per the always-end-to-end-test rule, "the skill exists" is not done. Done is:
+
+1. Symlink it into `.claude/skills/`, start a real throwaway Codeman session, and ask that agent
+   to "start a worker session that runs the test suite and tell me when it finishes".
+2. Confirm from the outside that exactly one new session appeared, got the prompt, and that the
+   lead agent waited rather than polling in a busy loop.
+3. Confirm the guard: run the same prompt in a shell with `CODEMAN_MUX` unset and confirm refusal.
+4. Confirm cleanup: the worker session is deleted by exact id and no other session was touched.
+
+Never run this against `w1`/`w2`/`w3`.
+
+### 2.6 Files touched
+
+- `skills/codeman/SKILL.md` (new), `skills/codeman/reference/*.md` (new)
+- `.claude/skills/codeman` symlink (new)
+- `src/cli.ts` (new `skill install` subcommand)
+- `src/hooks-config.ts` (new `applyAgentSkill(casePath, enabled)`, mirroring `applyStatusLineConfig`)
+- `src/web/schemas.ts` (`agentSkillEnabled` in `SettingsUpdateSchema`, which is `.strict()`)
+- `src/web/routes/system-routes.ts` (settings PUT must resolve the flag from `merged`, never
+  from the raw body, per the partial-PUT invariant)
+- `src/web/public/settings-ui.js` + `index.html` (checkbox)
+- `package.json` `files` array, so `skills/` ships to npm
+- README pointer, `docs/extending-codeman.md` seam 3 pointer
+
+---
+
+## 3. Part 2: wait primitives
+
+### 3.1 Goal
+
+Make Codeman orchestratable from a shell tool. Today the only "tell me when" channel is SSE,
+which a curl-driven agent cannot practically consume: it would have to hold a streaming
+connection and parse events inline. herdr solves this with blocking CLI calls. Codeman should
+solve it with bounded long-poll endpoints.
+
+All three additions are **additive**, so the versioning policy stays intact (new endpoints and
+new optional fields are non-breaking).
+
+### 3.2 The signal model
+
+A waiter resolves on the first of a set of signals. Sources that already exist:
+
+| Signal    | Source today                                                                                                                                  |
+| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `idle`    | `Session` emits `idle` (session.ts ~1775 for Claude, ~2101 for shell), wired at `session-listener-wiring.ts:402`                              |
+| `working` | `Session` emits `working` (session.ts ~1788), wired at `session-listener-wiring.ts:401`                                                       |
+| `stop`    | `POST /api/hook-event` with `event: 'stop'`, the definitive "Claude finished responding" signal already used by `controller.signalStopHook()` |
+| `blocked` | `POST /api/hook-event` with `permission_prompt` or `elicitation_dialog`                                                                       |
+| `exit`    | `Session` emits `exit`                                                                                                                        |
+
+`stop` is the highest-quality signal for "the turn is over" and should be the documented default
+for orchestration. `idle` is heuristic: output stabilization plus prompt detection, and it can
+flap mid-turn when a spinner pauses. External CLI modes (`isExternalCliMode()`) have no stop
+hook at all, so for opencode/codex/gemini/antigravity only `idle`, `working` and `exit` are
+available. **The skill and the docs must say which signals exist per mode**, otherwise an agent
+waits forever on `stop` in a codex session.
+
+### 3.3 Endpoint specs
+
+#### A. `GET /api/sessions/:id/wait`
+
+| Param     | Type                                           | Default          | Notes                                                        |
+| --------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `until`   | comma list of `idle,working,stop,blocked,exit` | `stop,idle,exit` | resolves on first match                                      |
+| `timeout` | ms                                             | 60000            | clamped to `MAX_WAIT_MS` (600000)                            |
+| `fresh`   | `0`/`1`                                        | `0`              | `1` requires a _transition_, ignoring the state at call time |
+
+Response (always 200 unless the session is missing or a cap is hit):
+
+```json
+{
+  "success": true,
+  "data": {
+    "signal": "stop",
+    "timedOut": false,
+    "immediate": false,
+    "ended": false,
+    "waitedMs": 8421,
+    "status": "idle",
+    "sessionId": "...",
+    "until": ["stop", "idle", "exit"],
+    "limitPaused": false
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`until` is echoed back because the server may narrow it: `stop`/`blocked` are dropped
+from the DEFAULT set for external CLI modes (asking for them EXPLICITLY is a 400
+instead, since omitting `until` must never 400). `limitPaused` tells a caller that a
+timeout was expected rather than a stall worth retrying hard.
+
+**A timeout is not an error.** `{"timedOut": true, "signal": null}` with HTTP 200, so a caller
+can loop without treating every poll boundary as a failure. Errors are reserved for
+`NOT_FOUND` (unknown or not-owned session) and `SESSION_BUSY` (waiter cap exceeded).
+
+`immediate: true` means the session was already in the requested state and `fresh` was not set.
+
+#### B. `GET /api/sessions/:id/wait-output`
+
+| Param     | Type                           | Default  | Notes                                                     |
+| --------- | ------------------------------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `match`   | literal string, 1 to 200 chars | required | substring match against ANSI-stripped output              |
+| `nocase`  | `0`/`1`                        | `0`      | case-insensitive compare                                  |
+| `from`    | `now` \| `buffer`              | `now`    | `buffer` scans the existing text buffer first, then waits |
+| `timeout` | ms                             | 60000    | clamped to `MAX_WAIT_MS`                                  |
+
+Response: `{ matched: true, timedOut: false, snippet: "...", waitedMs }`.
+
+**No regex in v1, deliberately.** `search-service.ts` already avoids regex specifically so there
+is no ReDoS surface, and this endpoint would be even more exposed since the pattern is attacker
+supplied and the input is a live stream. herdr can offer `--regex` because Rust's regex crate is
+linear-time with no backtracking; JS `RegExp` is not. If regex is wanted later, the honest
+options are a length-capped subset compiled once with a match budget, or `re2`. Note it and move on.
+
+Implementation detail that will bite if missed: a match can straddle two PTY chunks. Keep a
+carry buffer of `match.length - 1` bytes from the previous chunk and test `carry + chunk`.
+
+⚠️ **`from=now` does not mean "printed after you asked".** tmux repaints the visible
+screen on attach, resize, or any TUI redraw, and a repaint arrives as ordinary `terminal`
+data. Observed live: a marker echoed a minute earlier matched instantly on a fresh
+`from=now` wait. This is inherent to a terminal multiplexer, not fixable in the registry,
+so the contract is: **use a marker unique per call** (`echo DONE_$RANDOM`), never a
+generic one like `BUILD OK`. The skill's recipes must show that.
+
+The returned snippet is whitespace-collapsed (blank runs to a single newline) for
+readability only; matching runs on the raw stripped text. Without it, a real pane's
+`\r\n` padding between the prompt and the match fills the whole context window with
+nothing, which was the first thing the live test showed.
+
+#### C. `wait` on the existing input endpoint
+
+`POST /api/sessions/:id/input` gains two optional fields:
+
+```json
+{ "input": "run the tests\r", "useMux": true, "clientId": "agent-1", "seq": 7, "wait": "stop", "waitTimeout": 600000 }
+```
+
+(The trailing `\r` is required on every input body: `sendInput` sends Enter only
+when the input contains a carriage return.)
+
+Response gains `"wait": { "signal": "stop", "timedOut": false, "waitedMs": 41230 }`.
+
+This is the important one, because it closes a race the standalone `GET .../wait` cannot: between
+"input delivered" and "session flips to working" there is a window where a naive
+send-then-wait sees the _pre-existing_ idle state and returns instantly. The combined endpoint
+**registers the waiter before writing**, so that window does not exist. This is exactly why herdr
+ships `agent prompt --wait` as its own thing.
+
+`wait` accepts `true` (the default signal set) or the same comma grammar as `until`.
+Both new fields are `.nullish()`, not `.optional()`: a third-party caller building the
+body with `JSON.stringify` keeps an explicit `null` on the wire, and `.optional()`
+rejects that with `INVALID_INPUT`. That gotcha has shipped as a real bug twice.
+
+Two behaviors to preserve carefully:
+
+- **`useMux` is fire-and-forget today.** The handler responds without awaiting `writeViaMux`, on
+  purpose (a tmux child process must not block the HTTP response). With `wait` present the
+  handler already has to stay open, so it can await delivery, and a `writeViaMux` failure becomes
+  observable for the first time. The non-wait path must keep its current fire-and-forget shape
+  byte for byte.
+- **Duplicate suppression.** A tagged redelivery (`clientId`+`seq` already applied) returns 200
+  without writing. With `wait` set it still waits, since the caller's intent is "tell me when
+  this settles". But it waits with `requireTransition: false`, unlike a fresh delivery: the
+  original turn may be long over, and requiring a new transition would block a redelivery until
+  timeout for no reason. Fresh delivery requires a transition, a duplicate answers from the
+  current state.
+- **Capacity rollback.** `shouldApplyInput()` MUTATES (it records the seq), and it runs before
+  the waiter is registered. If registration then fails on a full pool, the handler must call
+  `forgetInputSeq` before returning `SESSION_BUSY`, or the caller's retry is rejected as a
+  duplicate and the input is lost by the very mechanism reliable delivery exists for.
+
+### 3.4 Module design
+
+New file `src/web/session-wait-registry.ts`, with the IO-free core unit-testable in isolation
+(same split as `self-update.ts`):
+
+```ts
+type WaitSignal = 'idle' | 'working' | 'stop' | 'blocked' | 'exit';
+
+waitForSignal(sessionId, { until: Set<WaitSignal>, timeoutMs, requireTransition }): Promise<WaitResult>
+notifySignal(sessionId, signal: WaitSignal): void
+waitForOutput(sessionId, { match, nocase, timeoutMs }): Promise<OutputWaitResult>
+notifyOutput(sessionId, chunk: string): void
+cancelAll(sessionId, reason): void
+```
+
+Wiring points, all existing:
+
+- `src/web/session-listener-wiring.ts` around lines 190 and 200 already handles `working` and
+  `idle` and broadcasts them. Add a `notifySignal()` call next to each broadcast, plus `exit`.
+- `src/web/routes/hook-event-routes.ts` already switches on `event` for the respawn controller.
+  Add `notifySignal(sessionId, 'stop' | 'blocked')` in the same switch.
+- Output: `notifyOutput()` rides the ALREADY-attached `terminal` listener in
+  session-listener-wiring.ts. An earlier draft had the registry hand out attach/detach
+  callbacks so a listener could be added lazily; that was deleted once it was clear no
+  second listener is needed at all. The cost is one Map lookup per PTY chunk, which is why
+  the no-waiter check comes before the ANSI strip.
+- Session deletion calls `notifySignal('exit')` then `cancelAll()`, so no promise is left
+  hanging. Both are required: `_doCleanupSession` detaches the session's listeners BEFORE
+  `session.stop()`, so on a delete the PTY exit event never reaches the registry, and an
+  `until=exit` caller would otherwise get a bare `ended` instead of its signal. Found by
+  live-testing the delete path, not by the unit tests.
+
+Memory-leak discipline, per the 24-hour-session rules: every waiter owns a timer that is cleared
+on resolve, the per-session waiter set is deleted when it empties, and the output listener is
+removed with it. `test/memory-leak-prevention.test.ts` should grow a case for this.
+
+Caps in a new `src/config/agent-wait.ts` (limits live in `src/config/`, env-overridable):
+
+| Constant                  | Default | Why                                     |
+| ------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| `MAX_WAIT_MS`             | 600000  | an unbounded long-poll is a socket leak |
+| `DEFAULT_WAIT_MS`         | 60000   | short enough to survive most proxies    |
+| `MAX_WAITERS_PER_SESSION` | 16      |                                         |
+| `MAX_WAITERS_TOTAL`       | 128     | same reasoning as `MAX_SSE_CLIENTS`     |
+
+Exceeding a cap returns `SESSION_BUSY`, not a silent queue.
+
+### 3.5 Transport concerns
+
+Fastify is constructed with defaults in `server.ts:329-331`. `requestTimeout` defaults to 0
+(disabled) and `keepAliveTimeout` (72s) applies between requests, not to an in-flight one, so a
+10-minute in-process hold is fine. **Verify this on the real instance before relying on it.**
+
+Intermediaries are the actual risk. Prod is reached through `tailscale serve`, and users also run
+cloudflared tunnels; both can cut an idle connection. That is why `DEFAULT_WAIT_MS` is 60s and
+why the documented pattern is a client-side loop over short waits rather than one 10-minute call.
+The skill's recipes must show the loop.
+
+### 3.6 Edge cases to get right
+
+| Case                            | Behavior                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Session already idle, `fresh=0` | return immediately, `immediate: true`                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| Session already idle, `fresh=1` | wait for the next transition into a requested state                                                                                                                                                         |
+| Session dies mid-wait           | resolve with `signal: "exit"` if `exit` was requested, otherwise resolve `timedOut:false, signal:null, ended:true`. Never hang                                                                              |
+| Session deleted mid-wait        | same, resolve, do not throw. Verified live: `until=exit` gets `signal:"exit"`, a concurrent `until=blocked` gets `ended:true`, both in ~0ms                                                                 |
+| Shutdown with a wait pending    | `cancelEverything()` in `stop()`. Verified live: SIGTERM with a 300s wait in flight exits in 1s                                                                                                             |
+| External CLI mode               | `stop` and `blocked` never fire. Reject `until=stop` for those modes with a clear `INVALID_INPUT` rather than hanging until timeout                                                                         |
+| Multi-user                      | goes through `findSessionOrFail(ctx, id, req)`, which already enforces ownership                                                                                                                            |
+| Remote / Docker cases           | signals originate from the same `Session` object, so no special casing. Docker hooks need `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1` for `stop`/`blocked` to arrive at all; without it, only `idle` works. Document it |
+| Respawn `/clear` mid-wait       | a respawn cycle emits `idle`. Callers waiting on `stop` are unaffected; callers on `idle` may resolve early. Documented, not fixed                                                                          |
+| Limit pause                     | if the session is paused on a usage limit, nothing will fire until the reset. The wait times out honestly. Consider surfacing `limitPaused: true` in the response so the caller can back off                |
+
+### 3.7 Tests
+
+- `test/session-wait-registry.test.ts` (pure): immediate resolve, transition-required, multi-signal
+  first-wins, timeout, cap exceeded, cancel on session end, no listener leak after resolve,
+  chunk-straddling output match, case-insensitive match.
+- `test/routes/session-wait-routes.test.ts` (`app.inject()`, no port): all three endpoints against
+  a `MockSession`, including the 200-with-`timedOut` contract and the ownership 404.
+- `test/routes/session-input-wait.test.ts`: the send-and-wait race, plus proof that the non-wait
+  path is unchanged (still returns before `writeViaMux` settles).
+- Live verification on a throwaway session before COM, per the always-end-to-end-test rule.
+
+### 3.8 Files touched
+
+- `src/config/agent-wait.ts` (new)
+- `src/web/session-wait-registry.ts` (new)
+- `src/web/session-listener-wiring.ts` (notify on idle/working/exit)
+- `src/web/routes/hook-event-routes.ts` (notify on stop/blocked)
+- `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts` (two new routes, `wait` fields on input)
+- `src/web/schemas.ts` (`SessionWaitQuerySchema`, `SessionWaitOutputQuerySchema`, extend
+  `SessionInputWithLimitSchema`. Note: `.optional()` rejects `null`, so the frontend and any
+  generated client must send `undefined`, never `null`)
+- `docs/api-reference.md`, `docs/extending-codeman.md`, README API table
+- `skills/codeman/SKILL.md` recipes (Part 1 depends on this)
+
+---
+
+## 4. Deferred: parts 3 to 5
+
+Not in scope now, kept here so they are not lost.
+
+### Part 3: promote `blocked` to a first-class state
+
+`SessionStatus` is `'idle' | 'busy' | 'stopped' | 'error'`. "Needs you" exists three times over:
+hook events, the `tab-alert-action` CSS class, and the phone overview NEEDS YOU section, each
+re-deriving it. herdr makes `blocked` a real state that rolls up.
+
+Add `blocked` (and possibly `done`) to `SessionStatus`, set it from the same hook events that
+Part 2 uses as wait signals, and clear it on the next `working`/`stop`. Then the tab strip, the
+mobile overview, the wait endpoints, and any external agent read one field.
+
+Cost: `SessionStatus` is a widely-consumed union, so every exhaustive `switch` (the codebase has
+`assertNever` and `noFallthroughCasesInSwitch`) will need a branch. That is a feature, it makes
+the compiler find every site. This is a **minor** bump, not a patch: it widens a public type in
+the HTTP contract.
+
+### Part 4: `GET /api/schema`
+
+herdr ships `herdr api schema`. Every Codeman route is already Zod-validated, so
+`zod-to-json-schema` over `schemas.ts` gives a self-describing API almost free. Value: third-party
+tools and the skill stop drifting from hand-written docs. Open question: whether to emit full
+OpenAPI (`@fastify/swagger` would need per-route schema registration, which is a much larger
+change) or just dump the Zod schemas keyed by name (cheap, 80% of the value).
+
+### Part 5: detection manifests instead of hardcoded patterns
+
+CLI-specific readiness, blocked and usage-limit patterns live in code across
+`usage-limit-patterns.ts`, the respawn pattern helpers and `regex-patterns.ts`. Externalizing the
+per-CLI ones into data files would make adding a sixth CLI a data change instead of a code change.
+
+**Do not copy the remote-update part.** herdr auto-fetches manifest updates from herdr.dev.
+Codeman auto-pulling behavioral rules from a vendor server contradicts its security posture.
+Bundled manifests plus local override only, no network.
+
+### Explicit non-goals
+
+- **Plugin runtime and marketplace.** `docs/extending-codeman.md` already argues this: a plugin
+  runtime means third-party code inside a process that spawns agents with your credentials, on a
+  server people expose over a tunnel. The reasoning still holds. If the marketplace _pattern_ is
+  wanted, apply it to data (web tabs, case templates, cron recipes), never to executable code.
+- **Live PTY handoff on restart.** herdr needs it because it owns the terminals. Codeman
+  delegates to tmux, so PTYs already survive a self-update restart.
+- **Socket API.** HTTP plus SSE is the existing, documented, stable contract. A second transport
+  would double the surface for no capability gain.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Sequencing
+
+| Step | Work                                                                            | Gate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 1 ✅ | `src/config/agent-wait.ts` + `session-wait-registry.ts` + unit tests            | 48 tests green                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
+| 2 ✅ | `GET .../wait` + wiring in listener-wiring, hook-event-routes, server teardown  | 15 route tests green; live-verified on an isolated `CODEMAN_INSTANCE=waittest` instance (immediate resolve, 400 on a bad signal, 200+`timedOut` on timeout, hook `stop` and `permission_prompt`→`blocked` waking an in-flight wait, delete delivering `exit`, SIGTERM not blocked); full `test:ci` sweep green                               |
+| 3 ✅ | `GET .../wait-output`                                                           | 16 route tests green; live-verified on real PTY bytes (`echo MARKER` waking a blocked request in ~1s, `from=buffer` immediate hit, never-seen marker timing out at exactly 2001ms, nocase, `regex` refused with a 400); full `test:ci` sweep green                                                                                           |
+| 4 ✅ | `wait` field on `POST .../input`, non-wait path proven unchanged                | 16 route tests green; live-verified (no-wait returns in 26ms with the historical bare body; an idle session did NOT satisfy a `wait` request, blocking the full 2001ms, which is the race the endpoint exists to close; the stop hook resolved a send-and-wait at 1510ms and the input was confirmed in the tmux pane; `wait:null` accepted) |
+| 5 ✅ | `skills/codeman/SKILL.md` + reference files + `.claude/skills` symlink          | live dogfood: a real session orchestrates a worker end to end                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| 6 ✅ | `codeman skill install` CLI + `applyAgentSkill()` + `agentSkillEnabled` setting | 10 unit tests (`test/agent-skill.test.ts`) + real-server case-creation tests (`test/quick-start.test.ts`, incl. the settings PUT accepting the key) green; CLI verified live (install/uninstall, global + `--case`, foreign/symlink refusals)                                                                                                 |
+| 7 ✅ | Docs: api-reference, extending-codeman, README                                  | plus `architecture-invariants.md` (§agent-wait-primitives), `CLAUDE.md` and the API reference's per-mode signal table                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| 8 ✅ | COM (minor bump: new endpoints, new setting, new optional fields)               | released as 1.13.0 (wait primitives + skill); step 6 followed in 1.14.1 and was republished as 1.14.2 after live-testing the packaged skill                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+
+Parts 1 and 2 are independent enough to land separately, but the skill is much less useful
+without the wait endpoints, so the wait work goes first.
+
+## 6. Open questions for the owner
+
+1. ✅ `skills/` at the repo root: accepted (built that way; the install one-liner depends on it).
+2. ✅ `agentSkillEnabled` default: **OFF** for the first release, per §2.2's rationale (skills
+   cost context on every turn; measure before defaulting on). Flip later if dogfooding earns it.
+3. ✅ Both: global install via `npx skills add` / `codeman skill install`, AND per-case
+   auto-injection behind the (default-off) setting. Injection is add-only at session create and
+   marker-guarded, so a user-authored copy is never touched.
+4. Is `X-Codeman-Caller-Session` self-protection worth the 10 lines, given it is a footgun guard
+   and not a security boundary? (Still open, not built with step 6.)
+5. ✅ Regex support in `wait-output`: literal-only shipped, and a `regex` query param is
+   rejected with a 400 rather than ignored, so an agent that assumed otherwise cannot
+   silently wait on the wrong thing.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Build log: what actually happened
+
+Written at the end of the build so the next person inherits the reasoning, not just the
+diff. Process artifacts (per-agent briefs, findings, reports) live in the gitignored
+`tmp/agent-wait-review/`; this section is the part worth keeping.
+
+### What shipped
+
+| Piece                                                                           | Files                                                                                                                              |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Bounds + clamping                                                               | `src/config/agent-wait.ts` (new)                                                                                                   |
+| Blocking-wait registry                                                          | `src/web/session-wait-registry.ts` (new, IO-free, unit-tested)                                                                     |
+| `GET .../wait`, `GET .../wait-output`, `wait`/`waitTimeout` on `POST .../input` | `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts`                                                                                                 |
+| Signal wiring                                                                   | `session-listener-wiring.ts` (idle/working/exit + output), `hook-event-routes.ts` (stop/blocked), `server.ts` (teardown, shutdown) |
+| Agent skill                                                                     | `skills/codeman/SKILL.md` + `reference/`, `.claude/skills/codeman` symlink, `package.json` `files`                                 |
+| Docs                                                                            | `api-reference.md`, `extending-codeman.md`, `architecture-invariants.md`, `README.md`, `CLAUDE.md`                                 |
+| Tests                                                                           | `test/session-wait-registry.test.ts`, three `test/routes/session-*wait*.test.ts`, `http-contract.test.ts`, `mock-session.ts`       |
+
+### Bugs found in ADJACENT code, not in the new feature
+
+These are the highest-value output of the exercise and none were on the plan:
+
+1. **Every Codeman hook was dead on HTTPS installs.** `hooks-config.ts` built the hook
+   curl as `curl -s` with no `-k` while the statusline exporter 300 lines below used
+   `curl -sk` and documented why. Proven with the real hook command: `curl exit=60`
+   without the flag, success with it, and the failure swallowed by the hook's own
+   `2>/dev/null || true`. This silently killed `stop`, `permission_prompt`,
+   `elicitation_dialog`, `idle_prompt`, `teammate_idle` and `task_completed`, taking
+   respawn's definitive idle signals with them. Fixed, **plus** a staleness detector in
+   `refreshStaleCodemanHooks` that regenerates the on-disk config of already-created
+   cases (23 of 26 local cases carried the broken form; fixing the generator alone would
+   have left every one of them broken).
+2. **`buildEnvExports()` exported a wrong-scheme `CODEMAN_API_URL`** (`http://` fallback
+   on an HTTPS install). Now omitted rather than guessed, so in-session guards fail closed.
+3. **Programmatic input is only submitted when it contains `\r`.** `sendInput` sends Enter
+   only if the payload has a carriage return; without it the text sits in the composer
+   forever. Bit this build repeatedly before it was diagnosed, and had leaked into the
+   docs' own examples.
+
+### Design decisions worth not re-litigating
+
+- **A timeout is HTTP 200** with `wait.timedOut`, never a 4xx: callers loop over short
+  waits because tunnels cut idle connections, and every poll boundary would otherwise be
+  indistinguishable from failure.
+- **Send-and-wait must be one endpoint.** A separate POST-then-wait races: between the
+  write and the flip to `working`, a wait sees the stale `idle` and reports the PREVIOUS
+  turn as this one. The waiter is registered before the write.
+- **`stop`/`blocked` exist for `claude` mode only.** They come from Claude Code hooks;
+  `shell` installs none either, so keying off `isExternalCliMode()` was wrong.
+- **Literal matching only, never regex.** JS `RegExp` backtracks; herdr can offer
+  `--regex` because Rust's regex crate is linear-time.
+- **Client-hangup abort listens on `reply.raw` guarded by `writableFinished`.** On
+  `req.raw`, `close` fires when the request BODY ends, which on a POST killed every
+  send-and-wait instantly, and no `app.inject()` test can see it (inject never emits
+  `close`).
+- **Liveness cannot come from `session.pid`.** For a tmux session that is the local
+  `tmux attach` client, not the worker: a worker exiting inside its pane leaves
+  `pane_dead=1` with the client alive, so `pid` never goes null. Liveness is probed at
+  the mux layer, cached (~750 ms) and only on blocking waits, never on the input hot path.
+
+### Verification rounds
+
+Six agents across three rounds, each verifying the previous round's work rather than its
+own. Findings that mattered, in order of severity, were: the dead-pane liveness gap; the
+`reply.raw` abort regression; abandoned long-polls leaking waiter slots; a crashed session
+reporting `idle`; `shell` accepting `until=stop`; and a documented recipe that reported
+success without running its task. Two traps recurred often enough to name:
+
+- **Vacuous passes.** `app.inject()` never emits `close`; a latched `cancelEverything()`
+  in `afterEach` silently killed the registry for every later test in a file; three test
+  files sharing one session id against the process-wide registry let one file's leftover
+  waiter fail another's assertion. Any new wait test needs care on all three.
+- **HTTP-only test instances.** Every isolated instance used during the build was plain
+  HTTP, which is exactly why the HTTPS hook bug survived so long. Test the transport the
+  user actually runs.
+
+### Resolved at wrap-up (2026-08-08, conclusion pass)
+
+- **R2-A**: the fire-and-forget-then-gather-sequentially pattern was **removed from
+  the skill** rather than patched. Signals are edge-triggered with no history, so a
+  `stop` that fires before its waiter registers is unobservable afterwards; a
+  `fresh=0` gather was rejected because the only `until` set that current state can
+  satisfy answers `idle` for a prompt that never submitted, resurrecting the exact
+  false-success failure R2-B had just closed. Flow 3b's pattern B now gathers on
+  latched `wait-output` markers (`from=buffer`), the same mechanism that makes the
+  shell flows reliable; the limitation is recorded in
+  `architecture-invariants#agent-wait-primitives` and `endpoints.md`. The durable
+  fix, a latched last-signal-per-turn on the server, stays with deferred Part 3.
+- Docs F7/F8, F4 and the false-`idle` attribution: `api-reference.md`,
+  `extending-codeman.md` and `architecture-invariants.md` rewritten to the post-fix
+  matcher (one normalized stream, chunk-straddling found, snippet as a rendering of
+  the matched window), the real no-PTY answer (`ended:true`, `aborted:false`,
+  `delivered:false`), and the startup-idle mechanism (a session parked on the trust
+  dialog emits no further `idle`; the false success is the startup transition).
+- Orchestrate #12, #5/R2-B, #6, and R2-C..R2-E: fire-and-forget's empty `data`
+  documented; every send-and-wait retry loop now treats `duplicate:true` +
+  `immediate:true` as "no new turn ran" and reads the terminal before believing it;
+  claude fan-out is pattern A (backgrounded send-and-waits) or the marker gather;
+  readiness budgets rebalanced (5 s stage 1, 45 s stage 3) with the virgin-case
+  floor named; the auth fallback now also reads the supervisor definition
+  (`codeman-web.service` / launchd plist) and accepts `export`-prefixed `.env`
+  lines; `pid != null` is documented as startup-only, never liveness.
+- Both public readiness recipes (extending-codeman.md, README) are bypass-first with
+  the trust probe as the bounded fallback; the worked recipe carries `-k` and fails
+  loudly on an empty SID; the hook `-k`/self-heal fix appears in every
+  "hooks go missing" list; the multi-word-TUI claim is "unreliable", not "never".
+
+### Still open
+
+Both release-checklist items that used to sit here are done: `skills/` is tracked and
+ships through `package.json` `files` (published with 1.13.0, republished with 1.14.2),
+and the changeset was consumed, committed and deployed. What is left:
+
+- Deferred with Part 3: the latched last-signal-per-turn. Nice-to-haves from the
+  reviews: N2 (create the death-watcher inside its `try`, still built one line above
+  it in `GET .../wait`) and converting timeout-shaped test detections into fast
+  assertions.
+- §2.4's `X-Codeman-Caller-Session` footgun guard: still not built (open question 4).
+
+### Step 6 (2026-08-09): install command, per-case injection, the setting
+
+Built to the §2.6 file list, mirroring the statusLine mechanism throughout:
+
+| Piece | Where |
+| ----- | ----- |
+| `applyAgentSkill(casePath, enabled)` + `installAgentSkillInto` / `removeAgentSkillFrom` | `src/hooks-config.ts` |
+| `codeman skill install` / `skill uninstall` (`--global` default, `--case <name>`) | `src/cli.ts` |
+| `agentSkillEnabled` (SYNCED, default OFF) | `schemas.ts` (`SettingsUpdateSchema`), `getAgentSkillEnabled()` on `ConfigPort`/`server.ts`, checkbox in `index.html` + `settings-ui.js` |
+| Injection call sites (Claude mode only) | `POST /api/sessions` next to `refreshStaleCodemanHooks`; `POST /api/quick-start` after the case-create/self-heal blocks (local + docker cases; remote skipped, its path lives on another host) |
+| Tests | `test/agent-skill.test.ts` (10 unit), `test/quick-start.test.ts` (real server: default-off, PUT accepts key, injection on create, shell-mode skipped) |
+
+Decisions worth keeping:
+
+- **Ownership marker, prefix-matched.** The injected SKILL.md ends with
+  `<!-- codeman-managed-agent-skill: … -->`; install/refresh/remove all refuse a copy
+  without the marker (a user's own skill) and match on the PREFIX so a wording change
+  cannot disown older injected copies (the `BACKGROUND_WAKE_MARKER_PREFIX` pattern).
+- **Symlink refusal.** This repo's own dogfooding layout
+  (`.claude/skills/codeman -> ../../skills/codeman`) means the injector must `lstat`
+  the skill dir AND its `skills/` parent and bail on a symlink, or enabling the
+  setting in the Codeman repo itself would overwrite the skill source through the link.
+- **ADD-ONLY at session create**, same shared-`.claude` rationale as the statusLine:
+  a create while the setting is off must not yank the skill out from under other live
+  sessions in the repo. The remove path exists (CLI `skill uninstall`, tests); no
+  automatic sweep removes on toggle-off.
+- **Removal is manifest-based, never `rm -rf`**: only files the packaged source would
+  have written are deleted, directories are pruned bottom-up only if they emptied, so
+  a user's extra notes in `reference/` survive an uninstall.
+- **Source resolution**: `join(moduleDir, '..', 'skills', 'codeman')` works from
+  `src/` (tsx), `dist/` (tsc build), and the npm tarball alike, because all three sit
+  one level below the package root and `files` ships `skills/`.
+- **Nothing acts on the setting at PUT time**: injection reads the merged persisted
+  settings at session create (`readSettings`, ~2s cache), so the partial-PUT invariant
+  (`toggleService` reading `merged`) is untouched by construction.
+
+### 2026-08-09 addendum: cross-session messaging folded into the skill
+
+Claude Code 2.1.224+ ships cross-session messaging: `ListAgents`/`SendMessage`
+tools, a per-session Unix inbox socket, and a registry in
+`~/.claude/sessions/<pid>.json`. Codeman's claude workers are ordinary local Claude
+Code sessions, so the skill now routes task delivery and result collection over it
+when available, while the HTTP primitives keep spawn, readiness, synchronization,
+liveness and delete. New `skills/codeman/reference/messaging.md` (ships with zero
+installer changes: `readAgentSkillSource()` enumerates `reference/*.md` from disk),
+Flow 5 in recipes.md, and §4 in SKILL.md.
+
+Verified live (claude-cli 2.1.226, Linux):
+
+- A message to an idle worker starts a turn and that turn fires the normal `stop`
+  hook (8.3 s send-to-stop measured), so the HTTP wait primitives compose with
+  messaging unchanged; delivery to a busy session lands between tool calls.
+- First contact needs the `name [ref]` form; the bare name errors with the exact
+  string to resend. The `uds:` reply address of an inbound message works as a `to`.
+- The `tmux codeman-<id8>` column in `ListAgents` (and the registry's `tmux` field)
+  is the join key to Codeman session ids. The registry's `sessionId` field starts as
+  the Codeman id (we spawn `claude --session-id <id>`) but drifts after `/clear` or
+  resume, so it must never be the join key.
+- The feature is flag-gated beyond the version: two 2.1.226 sessions on one machine,
+  one with an inbox socket and one without. Absence is a fallback case, not an error.
+- Codeman's default `--dangerously-skip-permissions` spawn puts both ends in the
+  bypassing class, which delivers; mixed classes hold behind an approval dialog that
+  expires unattended (upstream default 5 min), which on a headless worker means the
+  message silently dies. The skill's backstop covers it.
+
+Follow-up, landed in the same PR: local claude spawns now pass
+`--name <session name>` so peers carry Codeman session names. The gate is
+`buildNameCliArgs()` (session-cli-builder.ts), fail-closed at
+`CLAUDE_NAME_FLAG_MIN_VERSION = 2.1.224`: that is the messaging release, the flag's
+presence there was verified against the installed 2.1.224 binary, and the version
+comes from `getClaudeCliVersion()` (null on probe failure and under vitest), so an
+older or unknown CLI gets a command byte-identical to before. That matters because
+claude aborts startup on an unknown option, which would kill every session spawn.
+The value is allowlist-sanitized (Unicode letters/digits plus ` ._:-`, leading
+dashes stripped so it cannot parse as another option, 64-char cap, empty result =
+flag omitted) before the double-quoted interpolation in `buildSpawnCommand`, and
+only the LOCAL command carries it: the docker/remote builders never see it, since
+their CLI is not the binary the probe measured. E2E on an isolated instance
+(`CODEMAN_INSTANCE`): process cmdline `claude ... --name w9-msgtest`, registry
+`name: "w9-msgtest"`, `ListAgents` lists it under that name, a message round-trip
+works, and its replies arrive tagged `from-name="w9-msgtest"` (a derived-name
+worker's replies carry no `from-name`). A quick-start without `sessionName` has an
+empty Codeman name, so the peer name stays derived: agents should name their
+workers. Tests: `test/name-flag-injection.test.ts`.

docs/api-reference.md

@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ payload return `{ "success": true, "data": {} }`.
 > `GET /api/screenshots/:name`, `GET /q/:code` (QR redirect), and the
 > `GET /ws/sessions/:id/terminal` WebSocket upgrade.
 
+> The [agent wait endpoints](#long-polling-agent-wait) use the normal envelope but
+> are the only JSON endpoints that deliberately **hold the connection open**, for up
+> to 600 s. Proxy operators and HTTP clients with a global read timeout need to know
+> that before pointing them at Codeman.
+
+⚠️ **A `401` is the one status that is not an envelope.** Authentication is rejected
+in a request hook, before any handler runs, and it replies with the bare string
+`Unauthorized` (`Unauthorized: hook secret required` on the hook path) plus
+`WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Codeman"`. There is no `success`, no `error`, and no
+`errorCode`, because the wrapping hook only wraps object payloads. So a client that
+pipes every response straight into a JSON parser dies with a parse error rather than
+reporting an auth failure, which is a confusing way to discover that a password is
+set. Branch on the HTTP status **before** parsing.
+
 ## Error codes → HTTP status
 
 The single source of truth is `ErrorStatus` / `httpStatusForErrorCode()` in
@@ -66,6 +80,464 @@ the HTTP status.
 
 Adding a new error code is non-breaking; removing or renaming one is a major change.
 
+## Long-polling (agent wait)
+
+Three calls block until something happens instead of answering immediately. They
+exist because SSE is Codeman's only other "tell me when" channel, and an agent
+driving the API from a shell tool cannot practically hold a stream and parse
+events inline.
+
+| Call | Blocks until |
+|------|--------------|
+| `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait` | one of a set of lifecycle signals fires |
+| `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait-output` | a literal string appears in the session's output |
+| `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/input` with `wait` | the input is delivered **and then** a signal fires |
+
+`POST .../input` with `wait` is not the same as a `POST` followed by a separate
+`GET .../wait`. It registers the waiter **before** writing, which closes the window
+in which a separate wait sees the session still idle from the previous turn and
+answers instantly with the wrong turn's result. Use it whenever you send a prompt
+and want to know when that prompt is done.
+
+### Three semantics that break callers who assume otherwise
+
+**1. A timeout is HTTP `200`, not an error.** A wait that ends without its signal
+returns `{"success":true, ...,"wait":{"timedOut":true,"signal":null}}`. The
+intended pattern is a client-side loop over short waits, because `tailscale serve`
+and cloudflared can both cut an idle connection, and turning every poll boundary
+into a `4xx` would make that loop indistinguishable from a real failure. `408` is
+auto-retried by several clients (silently doubling the polling load), `504` is what
+a genuine tunnel failure looks like, and `204` cannot carry `waitedMs` / `status` /
+`limitPaused`. Reserve error handling for the four codes in the table below.
+
+**2. `stop` and `blocked` fire only for `claude` sessions.** Both come from Claude
+Code hooks, and no other mode installs them: `shell` runs no agent, and the external
+CLIs (`opencode`, `codex`, `gemini`, `antigravity`, `pi`) render their own TUIs and post
+no hooks. For every non-`claude` mode only `idle`, `working` and `exit` are
+accepted, and of those only `exit` is dependable: see the caveats under
+[Signals](#signals) before building on `idle`. Requesting `stop` or `blocked`
+**explicitly** on such a session is a
+`400`; omitting `until` never fails, the server just drops them from the default set
+and echoes the narrowed set back as `wait.until`. Three more places hooks can go
+missing even in `claude` mode: a **Docker case** needs
+`CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`, since a container cannot reach a loopback-bound
+Codeman (without it, only `idle` / `working` / `exit` work); a **remote-SSH
+case** runs the agent on another host, whose hooks may never reach this server at
+all; and a case whose hook config was written by **Codeman < 1.13.0 against an
+`--https` install** carries hook curls without `-k`, which TLS-fail silently (the
+hook line ends in `|| true`). Codeman now writes `curl -sk` and repairs a stale
+case config the next time a session starts in that case. When in doubt, ask for
+`stop,idle,exit` so a session without hooks still resolves on the heuristic
+signal.
+
+**3. `from=now` does not mean "printed after you asked".** tmux repaints the visible
+screen on attach, on resize, and on any TUI redraw, and a repaint arrives as
+ordinary output, so text that was already on screen can satisfy a fresh wait. This
+was observed live: a marker echoed a minute earlier matched instantly on a new
+`from=now` wait. It is inherent to running the agent under a multiplexer, so the
+contract is a **marker unique to each call** (`MARK="DONE_$RANDOM"`, send
+`echo $MARK`, then wait on `$MARK`), never a generic string like `BUILD OK`.
+
+### Signals
+
+| Signal | Source | Actually fires for |
+|--------|--------|--------------------|
+| `idle` | the session's own `idle` event | `claude`: yes, on ❯-prompt detection after activity. `shell`: **once only**, ~500 ms after start, and never again. External CLIs: not guaranteed (they render their own TUIs and readiness is output stabilization) |
+| `working` | the session's own `working` event | `claude` only in practice (spinner and work-keyword detection are Claude output formats) |
+| `stop` | the Claude Code `stop` hook, the definitive end-of-turn signal | `claude` only |
+| `blocked` | a `permission_prompt` or `elicitation_dialog` hook | `claude` only, and rarer than it looks: see below |
+| `exit` | no process is behind the session | every mode |
+
+`stop` is the signal to orchestrate on where it exists; `idle` is a heuristic
+fallback that can flap mid-turn when a spinner pauses. The default set when `until`
+is omitted is `stop,idle,exit` (`exit` is in there so a worker that crashes resolves
+the wait promptly instead of burning the caller's whole timeout on something that
+can no longer happen). On a `claude` worker, prefer an explicit `until=stop,exit`
+once the session is up: the default set's `idle` also resolves on a spinner pause,
+and on a fresh session the **startup** `idle` (emitted when the CLI first comes up)
+can land inside your first wait window and report a turn that never ran. Measured:
+a session parked on the trust dialog emits no *further* `idle`, so it is the
+startup transition, not the dialog, that produces the false success below.
+
+⚠️ **`exit` means "nothing is running", which includes "not started yet".** The
+server answers from `pid === null` plus a mux-layer pane-death probe, and that
+covers a session that exited — including a worker that died *inside* its tmux pane
+while the local attach client (and therefore `pid`) lives on — one that was
+detached, and one that was **created but never started**. So the first wait
+after `POST /api/v1/sessions` returns `{"signal":"exit","immediate":true}` in
+milliseconds, and reading that as "the worker died" is wrong: it means start it, or
+wait for it to come up. `status` is carried alongside so nothing is hidden. The
+alternative (trusting `status`) is worse, because a dead PTY parks the session at
+`status: "idle"`, which would answer the default wait with `immediate: true` for a
+worker that has crashed. A worker dying while a wait is parked resolves it within
+a few seconds (a background death-watcher), not at the timeout.
+
+⚠️ **`blocked` is reachable less often than the table suggests.** It fires on two
+hooks, and the default configuration suppresses one of them: Codeman spawns claude
+with `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, so permission prompts do not happen unless the
+instance is switched to the `auto` Claude mode (App Settings), or the caller is a
+multi-user account without the bypass grant, which is forced to `--permission-mode
+auto`. What does still fire under the default is `elicitation_dialog`, the agent
+asking the user a question. So `until=stop,blocked,exit` is a reasonable belt on a
+long turn, but a worker that never comes back is far more likely to be working than
+blocked, and polling `blocked` alone will sit at its timeout.
+
+⚠️ **On a `shell` session, only `exit` and marker-matching are dependable.** A shell
+session emits its one `idle` at startup and then stays `status: "idle"` forever,
+whatever the pane is doing, so it never emits a *transition*. Since send-and-wait
+requires a transition (and so does `fresh=1`), both can only time out there:
+a documented default `wait` on a shell worker running `sleep 4` times out at the
+full 25 s. Synchronize hook-less sessions with `wait-output` and a unique marker
+instead. The same caution applies to the external CLIs.
+
+### Readiness is not a signal
+
+Nothing here reports "the agent is ready for a prompt", and no combination of
+`until`/`fresh` synthesizes one. A freshly created session reads as `exit` (above),
+and a `claude` worker in a brand-new case comes up on the CLI's **trust dialog**,
+which contains a ❯ prompt of its own. Send-and-wait posted at that moment types the
+prompt into the dialog, where the `\r` never gets past it, while the session's
+startup `idle` lands inside the wait window: the wait resolves on `idle` in a
+couple of seconds with `timedOut: false`, which looks exactly like a completed
+turn.
+
+The reliable sequence is: poll `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id` until `.data.pid` is
+non-null, then `wait-output` for the composer's own marker (`bypass`, the status
+bar of a CLI spawned in bypass mode) with a short timeout, handling the trust
+dialog only as the bounded fallback.
+
+⚠️ **The fallback is not a bare `\r`.** Claude Code 2.1.252 unnumbered the dialog's
+options, reversed them and highlights `No, exit`, so an Enter sent blind quits the
+CLI and the pane dies seconds after the spawn. Read the `❯` marker off the current
+frame (`GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/terminal?full=1`), send `ESC [ B` while it is on
+`No, exit`, re-read, and confirm only once it is on `Yes, I trust this folder`.
+Reading the current frame is also what keeps this correct on later runs: the dialog
+text stays in the terminal buffer for the life of the session, so a `trust` probe
+with `from=buffer` keeps matching long after the dialog is gone. A worked version is in
+[`extending-codeman.md`](extending-codeman.md#seam-3-http-api-and-cli).
+
+### `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait`
+
+| Param | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-------|------|---------|-------|
+| `until` | comma-separated list of `idle,working,stop,blocked,exit` | `stop,idle,exit` | resolves on the first to fire. An unknown token is a `400` naming it, never a silent fallback |
+| `timeout` | positive integer ms | `60000` | **validated first, clamped second.** `0`, a negative value and a fractional value are all `400`s, not clamps; a valid value outside `[1000, 600000]` is clamped and echoed as `wait.timeoutMs` |
+| `fresh` | `0` \| `1` \| `false` \| `true` | `0` | `1` requires an actual transition, ignoring the state at call time |
+
+```bash
+curl -s "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait?until=stop,exit&timeout=60000"
+```
+
+Both GET wait routes answer with `Cache-Control: no-store`, because the documented
+pattern polls one identical URL in a loop and a cached `{"timedOut":true}` would
+turn that loop into a busy spin. `POST .../input` sends no cache header (it is a
+POST, which is not heuristically cacheable).
+
+⚠️ **Unknown query parameters are ignored, not rejected**, with one exception
+(`regex`, below). In particular `match=` on `/wait` is silently dropped and you get
+a plain signal wait, so check the endpoint path before blaming the parameters.
+
+### `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait-output`
+
+| Param | Type | Default | Notes |
+|-------|------|---------|-------|
+| `match` | literal string, 1 to 200 chars | required | substring match against the PTY stream with ANSI escapes stripped. A match spanning two PTY chunks is found |
+| `nocase` | `0` \| `1` \| `false` \| `true` | `0` | case-insensitive compare. The returned snippet keeps the terminal's original casing |
+| `from` | `now` \| `buffer` | `now` | `buffer` scans the tail of the existing terminal buffer (bounded, 256 KB by default) before blocking |
+| `timeout` | positive integer ms | `60000` | same validation and clamp as `/wait` |
+
+**Matching is literal, never a pattern.** A `regex` parameter is rejected with a
+`400` rather than ignored, so a caller that assumed otherwise finds out immediately
+instead of waiting on the wrong thing. The reasoning is in
+[`architecture-invariants.md`](architecture-invariants.md#agent-wait-primitives).
+
+#### What the matcher actually sees
+
+The matcher scans the raw PTY stream, **normalized**: ANSI escape sequences are
+stripped — CSI, OSC, and the charset-designation escapes a stock bash prompt emits
+on every line (`ESC ( B`), so `match=tnode:` matches a prompt that renders
+`…@tnode:` — a partial escape arriving at a chunk boundary is held back until its
+tail arrives, and a match may straddle PTY chunks: `printf STRAD; sleep 1; printf
+DLEQQ` is matchable as `STRADDLEQQ` (all measured live). Three caveats remain:
+
+⚠️ **It is still the byte stream, not the rendered pane.** `GET .../terminal`
+answers from a tmux screen capture (`data.source: "mux-visible"`), the finished
+picture; the matcher sees the stream that painted it. For linear output the two
+agree once escapes are stripped, but a full-screen TUI composes its picture with
+cursor positioning, so what the pane shows and what the stream carries can differ.
+Seeing your string in `terminal?tail=` makes a match likely, not guaranteed.
+
+⚠️ **A TUI's text can arrive without its spaces.** Claude Code positions words
+with cursor moves rather than printing spaces, so screen text can reach the
+matcher as `Quicksafetycheck:Isthisaprojectyoucreated...`. Whether a given phrase
+keeps its spaces depends on how the TUI happened to draw it (measured: `I trust
+this folder` matched, `Quick safety check` did not), so a multi-word `match`
+against a TUI pane is unreliable rather than impossible. Match a **single
+space-free token**, ideally one you printed yourself. Plain command output (a
+shell worker, an `echo`) keeps its spaces.
+
+⚠️ **The returned `snippet` is a rendering of the matched text, not a quotation of
+it.** It is cut from the same normalized stream the match ran against, then
+cleaned for display: remaining raw control bytes are removed (an agent pipes the
+snippet into its own terminal, so a worker's bytes must not be able to reset that
+display) and blank runs are collapsed. A printable needle that matched will appear
+in it; a needle containing control bytes or a blank run may not survive verbatim.
+
+```bash
+MARK="DONE_$RANDOM"
+curl -sG "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+  --data-urlencode "match=$MARK" --data-urlencode 'timeout=120000'
+```
+
+Build the query with `-G --data-urlencode` rather than by hand: a `+` in a
+hand-written query string decodes to a space.
+
+### `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/input` with `wait`
+
+Two optional fields on the existing endpoint:
+
+| Field | Type | Notes |
+|-------|------|-------|
+| `wait` | `true` or the same comma grammar as `until` | `true` means the default signal set. Omitted keeps the historical fire-and-forget behavior, unchanged. `null`, `false` and an empty string are all read as **absent**, not as an error and not as "wait for the default" |
+| `waitTimeout` | positive integer ms | same validation **and** clamp as `timeout`: `0`, a negative and a fractional value are `400`s, anything valid is clamped into `[1000, 600000]` and echoed as `wait.timeoutMs` |
+
+Both are `nullish`, so an explicit `null` from `JSON.stringify` is accepted as
+"absent" rather than failing validation. That is deliberate: `.optional()` would
+reject it, which has shipped as a real bug twice.
+
+The input must end with `\r` (a real carriage return in the JSON string): Enter is
+sent only when the input contains one, so text without it is typed onto the
+worker's prompt but never submitted, and the wait then runs its full timeout on a
+turn that never started. Verified live; this is the most common silent failure on
+this endpoint.
+
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"run the tests\r","useMux":true,"clientId":"agent-1","seq":1,
+       "wait":"stop","waitTimeout":600000}'
+```
+
+A **tagged duplicate** (a `clientId` + `seq` pair the server has already applied)
+still honors `wait`, because the caller's question is unanswered, but it answers
+from the session's current state rather than requiring a new transition: the
+original turn may be long over. It comes back as
+`"delivered": false, "duplicate": true`.
+
+### Response
+
+All three nest the wait result under `data.wait`, so one client helper works against
+any of them:
+
+```json
+{ "success": true, "data": {
+  "sessionId": "28325fd3-caa7-4178-82bf-87dfebf0f464",
+  "status": "idle",
+  "limitPaused": false,
+  "wait": {
+    "signal": "stop", "until": ["stop", "idle", "exit"],
+    "timedOut": false, "immediate": false, "ended": false, "aborted": false,
+    "waitedMs": 8421, "timeoutMs": 60000
+  }
+}}
+```
+
+`POST .../input` returns the same `wait` object alongside `delivered`, `duplicate`,
+`status` and `limitPaused`. `POST .../input` **without** `wait` is unchanged and
+still returns `{"success": true, "data": {}}`.
+
+⚠️ `delivered: false` has **two** meanings, and they must be told apart by
+`duplicate`: with `duplicate: true` the input was suppressed as an already-applied
+redelivery (harmless, the turn it refers to may be long over), while with
+`duplicate: false` the **write failed** (typically no PTY behind the session). A
+client that reads `delivered === false` as "duplicate" silently treats a failed send
+as a success.
+
+| Field | Type | Meaning |
+|-------|------|---------|
+| `wait.signal` | signal \| `null` | the signal that fired (`/wait` and `/input` only) |
+| `wait.until` | array of signals | what the server actually waited on, after narrowing the default set for the session's mode (`/wait` and `/input` only) |
+| `wait.matched` | boolean | the string appeared (`/wait-output` only) |
+| `wait.match` | string | the literal that was searched for (`/wait-output` only) |
+| `wait.snippet` | string \| `null` | bounded window of output around the match, blank runs collapsed for readability (`/wait-output` only) |
+| `wait.timedOut` | boolean | the wait hit its timeout. Still a `200` |
+| `wait.immediate` | boolean | the condition already held at call time, so nothing was waited for (`waitedMs` is 0) |
+| `wait.ended` | boolean | the session went away (deleted or torn down) before the condition was met |
+| `wait.aborted` | boolean | the client hung up, so the waiter was released without resolving — and by that definition a client never reads `true`. When the **server** abandons a wait itself (send-and-wait against a session with no PTY), it answers in about a millisecond with `ended: true`, `delivered: false`, `duplicate: false` and `aborted: false`: `delivered`/`ended` carry that story, and `aborted` stays the transport flag. Present for completeness; treat a `true` as "this wait answered nothing", never as an outcome |
+| `wait.waitedMs` | number | wall-clock ms actually spent waiting |
+| `wait.timeoutMs` | number | the timeout **after clamping**, which is what was applied |
+| `status` | `SessionStatus` | the session's status after the wait, so a caller that timed out still learns where things stand |
+| `limitPaused` | boolean | the session is paused on a usage limit and will emit nothing until its reset, so a timeout here is expected rather than a stall worth retrying hard |
+
+Read the outcome by discriminator, in this order:
+
+1. `wait.signal !== null` (or `wait.matched === true`): the thing happened.
+2. `wait.timedOut`: a poll boundary. Loop again.
+3. `wait.ended` or `wait.aborted`: the wait answered nothing, because the session is
+   gone or was never running. Re-check the session instead of looping.
+
+`wait.immediate` is not a fourth outcome: it rides along with the first one and
+means the condition already held at call time, so nothing was actually waited for.
+If that is not what you meant, you wanted `fresh=1` or the send-and-wait form. Note
+that `{"signal":"exit","immediate":true}` on a session you just created is the
+not-started-yet case, not a crash.
+
+**The timeout is clamped, so read it back.** A request for 1800000 ms is silently
+reduced to the server's ceiling (600000 ms by default, operator-tunable), and a
+request for 1 ms is raised to 1000 ms. `wait.timeoutMs` is the value that was
+applied. Without checking it, a caller that asked for 30 minutes and got 10 will
+read the timeout as "the worker is wedged" and kill a session that was working fine.
+
+### Errors
+
+| `errorCode` | HTTP | When |
+|-------------|------|------|
+| `INVALID_INPUT` | 400 | unknown `until` / `wait` token; `stop` or `blocked` requested explicitly on a mode that installs no hooks (the message names the mode); `regex=` on `/wait-output`; `match` outside 1 to 200 chars; a non-numeric `timeout` |
+| `NOT_FOUND` | 404 | no such session, or one this caller does not own |
+| `SESSION_BUSY` | 409 | this session's waiter cap is full |
+| `RATE_LIMITED` | 429 | a per-owner or process-wide waiter cap is full. Retry later; the session you named is not the problem |
+
+The two capacity codes are deliberately different. A process-wide cap reported as
+`SESSION_BUSY` would tell the caller to switch sessions, which cannot help. The
+error message names the cap that was hit.
+
+⚠️ A `401` is **not** in this table and is not an envelope at all (see
+[Response envelope](#response-envelope)). It matters most here: a polling loop that
+pipes each wait straight into `jq` fails with a parse error on every iteration
+against a password-protected server, which reads as "the wait endpoints are broken".
+Check the status first.
+
+The per-session cap is a **combined** budget: signal waiters and output waiters
+count against the same 16, not 16 of each. An abandoned request no longer holds its
+slot, because the routes release the waiter when the client disconnects, but a
+client that opens many concurrent waits against one session will still hit the cap.
+
+## Session lineage (`parentSessionId`)
+
+A create request may name the session that spawned it, which the web UI draws as a
+line between the two tabs. Accepted on `POST /api/v1/sessions` and
+`POST /api/v1/quick-start`, either way:
+
+```bash
+# as a body field
+-d '{"caseName":"worker-1","mode":"claude","parentSessionId":"'"$CODEMAN_SESSION_ID"'"}'
+
+# or as a header, which is what an agent driving many spawns should use: set it once
+# on the curl invocation and every spawn call carries it
+-H "X-Codeman-Parent-Session: $CODEMAN_SESSION_ID"
+```
+
+The body field wins if both are present. The value is resolved against live sessions
+(exact id, or a unique prefix of at least 8 characters) and must belong to the same
+owner as the session being created.
+
+**It cannot fail your spawn.** An unknown, stale, foreign or malformed value is
+silently dropped and the session is created without lineage — never a `400`. It is
+also pure decoration: it confers no permission, and a child is unaffected by its
+parent exiting. It appears on session state as `parentSessionId` (absent when
+unresolved) and survives a server restart.
+
+## Approvals Inbox
+
+Cross-session queue of prompts waiting on a human (permission dialogs,
+AskUserQuestion questions, idle prompts). Claude-mode sessions only; items are
+in-memory (a server restart drops them; the next prompt re-fires the hook).
+Design: [`approvals-inbox-plan.md`](approvals-inbox-plan.md).
+
+- `GET /api/v1/approvals` → `{ approvals: ApprovalItem[] }`, oldest first,
+  ownership-scoped in multi-user mode. `ApprovalItem`: `{ id, sessionId,
+  sessionName, kind: 'permission'|'question'|'idle', createdAt, toolName?,
+  toolSummary?, message?, cwd?, context?, options?: {n, label}[],
+  acknowledgedAt? }`. `context` is the ANSI-stripped visible pane frame;
+  `options` is present only when the dialog's numbered choices parsed
+  confidently; `acknowledgedAt` marks an item a human has already looked at
+  (see `/viewed` below) and tells clients not to re-arm its tab alert. Listing
+  also runs a staleness sweep over the caller's own items: the pane is
+  re-captured, and an item whose dialog no longer parses is resolved as
+  `resolved_in_terminal` instead of being returned (only items whose original
+  frame parsed `options` can be dropped this way, so an unreadable capture
+  keeps the item).
+- `POST /api/v1/approvals/:id/answer` with `{ action: 'approve' }` (sends the
+  digit `1`), `{ action: 'deny' }` (sends Esc), `{ action: 'option', option: n }`
+  (sends the digit; accepted only when `n` is among the item's parsed
+  `options`), or `{ action: 'text', text }` (idle prompts only; submits the
+  line as a prompt). `404 NOT_FOUND` when the item is no longer pending,
+  `409 CONFLICT` when the dialog left the screen or another actor answered
+  first, `422 OPERATION_FAILED` when the session refused input.
+- `POST /api/v1/approvals/:id/dismiss` removes the item without keystrokes.
+- `POST /api/v1/approvals/session/:sessionId/viewed` → `{ sessionId,
+  acknowledged: itemId | null }`. Marks the session's pending **idle** item as
+  seen by a human (the web UI calls it when you open the session's tab): the
+  item stays pending and answerable, but stops arming the yellow tab alert on
+  every client, including after a reload. Permission/question items are never
+  acknowledged this way, since looking at a dialog does not answer it. `404`
+  for an unknown or inaccessible session; acknowledging twice is a no-op
+  (`acknowledged: null`).
+
+SSE events: `approval:pending` (full item), `approval:updated` (context/options
+re-captured, or the item acknowledged), `approval:resolved` (`{ id, sessionId, kind, resolution }` with
+`resolution` one of `answered | resolved_in_terminal | superseded |
+session_ended | dismissed | expired`).
+
+## Read My Mind intent profiles
+
+Per-case profiles of what the user is trying to accomplish: user/agent-stated
+goals plus the user's recently submitted prompts, captured from the Claude
+session transcript while the opt-in `readMyMindEnabled` setting is on (default
+OFF). Keyed by owner + workingDir, so the profile survives `/clear`, respawns,
+and session churn. Stored in `~/.codeman/intents.json` (mode 0600); never fed
+into `/api/v1/search`. Design: [`readmymind-plan.md`](readmymind-plan.md);
+user guide: [`readmymind.md`](readmymind.md).
+
+- `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/intent` -> `{ intent: IntentProfile }` for the
+  session's case. `IntentProfile`: `{ key, workingDir, updatedAt, goals,
+  recentPrompts: { ts, sessionId, text }[] }` (prompts oldest first, FIFO cap
+  50, each <= 500 chars). A case with nothing recorded answers an empty
+  profile with `updatedAt: 0`; nothing is persisted by reads.
+- `PUT /api/v1/sessions/:id/intent` with `{ goals }` (<= 8192 chars, strict
+  schema) replaces the goals text and answers the updated profile.
+  `400 INVALID_INPUT` on over-long or unknown fields.
+- `DELETE /api/v1/sessions/:id/intent` -> `{ deleted: boolean }` forgets the
+  case's profile entirely.
+- `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/readmymind` predicts the user's next prompt:
+  a one-shot model call over the intent profile plus live session signals
+  (pending approval dialog, transcript tail, git state, run-summary events,
+  sibling sessions). Body is optional; the rethink flow passes
+  `{ steer?, rejected? }` (strict schema: `steer` <= 2000 chars, `rejected`
+  up to 10 strings <= 1000 chars). Answers
+  `{ suggestions: { prompt, why, kind }[], durationMs }` with 1-3 suggestions
+  (`kind`: `continue` | `verify` | `redirect`; prompts are single-line).
+  Claude-mode sessions only (`400 INVALID_INPUT` otherwise); one prediction in
+  flight per session (`409 CONFLICT`); predictor failures answer
+  `502 OPERATION_FAILED`. Takes 5-90 s and costs real tokens. Suggestions are
+  only ever returned, never sent: submitting one is the caller's explicit act.
+
+All four enforce session ownership in multi-user mode; a foreign session id
+answers `404 NOT_FOUND` (no existence leak), and profiles of two owners of the
+same directory are distinct by construction.
+
+## Voice dictation
+
+Browser dictation transcribed through this server's Claude Code login, i.e. the
+same speech-to-text service the CLI's own `/voice` mode uses. Gated on the synced
+`claudeVoiceEnabled` setting (default OFF). Design:
+[`claude-voice-plan.md`](claude-voice-plan.md).
+
+- `GET /api/v1/voice/status` -> `{ available, reason?, subscriptionType?,
+  expiresAt? }`. `reason` is `disabled` (setting off), `no-credentials` (nobody
+  signed in to Claude Code on the server), `expired` (the access token elapsed;
+  running any Claude session refreshes it) or `malformed`. The OAuth token
+  itself is never returned by this or any other endpoint.
+- `GET /ws/voice/stream?language=&keyterms=` (WebSocket, not under `/api`)
+  relays one dictation. Client sends binary frames of signed 16-bit
+  little-endian PCM, 16 kHz mono (<= 64 KB per frame), plus JSON control frames
+  `{"t":"finalize"}` (ask for the final transcript) and `{"t":"stop"}`. Server
+  sends `{"t":"ready"}`, `{"t":"transcript","text","final"}` (each frame is the
+  WHOLE running transcript, not a delta), `{"t":"error","message"}` and
+  `{"t":"closed"}`. Close codes: `4003` disallowed Host/Origin, `4004`
+  unavailable (reason in the close reason), `4008` too many concurrent streams.
+  Streams are capped in count and length (`src/config/voice.ts`).
+
 ## Authentication
 
 Optional HTTP Basic (`CODEMAN_USERNAME`/`CODEMAN_PASSWORD`) → opaque
@@ -82,6 +554,29 @@ the stable contract — event names are not renamed without a major bump. An
 optional `?sessions=<id,...>` filter suppresses only the high-volume terminal
 stream; lifecycle/metadata events are delivered to all clients regardless.
 
+### `sse:heartbeat` (liveness)
+
+Every 15s the server writes a `sse:heartbeat` frame to every connected client:
+
+```
+event: sse:heartbeat
+data: {"t":1755100000000}
+```
+
+`t` is the server's epoch-ms timestamp at write time. The frame carries no
+application state and can be ignored for correctness. It exists so a client can
+tell a live stream from a dead one: an `EventSource` whose connection has been
+idle-closed by a proxy (or that resumed from sleep on a stale socket) keeps
+delivering nothing without ever firing `onerror`. Clients that care should treat
+silence longer than about three intervals as a dead stream and reconnect, which
+is what the bundled frontend does.
+
+This replaced a `:keepalive` SSE **comment**, which served the same
+proxy-flushing purpose but is invisible to `EventSource` by spec and so could
+never be observed by a client. Consumers written against the old behavior are
+unaffected: `EventSource` dispatches only events that have a registered
+listener, so an unknown event name is dropped.
+
 ## Consuming from JavaScript
 
 The bundled frontend reads responses through `_apiJson()`

docs/approvals-inbox-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# Approvals Inbox (design)
+
+One cross-session inbox for every prompt that is waiting on a human: permission dialogs, questions (AskUserQuestion / elicitation), and idle prompts. Cards are answerable in place (option digits, Esc, or a typed prompt) from desktop, phone overview, and push notification action buttons. Inspired by Cloudflare OS's Gatekeeper approval queue (https://github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-os, asynchronous human-in-the-loop approvals): with a fleet of sessions the human is the bottleneck, and today answering means finding the right tab.
+
+## Problems this fixes (all real today)
+
+1. **No cross-session surface.** Pending prompts exist only as per-tab alert colors (`tab-alert-action`/`tab-alert-idle`) and NEEDS YOU rows on the phone overview. Answering means switching to the session and typing.
+2. **Alerts die on reload.** `pendingHooks` lives only in `app.js` memory, fed by transient SSE `hook:*` events. A page reload (or a phone browser evicting the tab) silently loses every pending alert. There is no server-side record.
+3. **Push Approve/Deny buttons are dead.** `PUSH_EVENT_MAP` already attaches `approve`/`deny` actions to permission pushes, and `sw.js` forwards `event.action` to the page, but the `notification-click` handler in settings-ui.js ignores it (and when no tab is open, the action is dropped entirely). The buttons render on the lock screen and do nothing.
+4. **Card context is missing.** The frontend handlers read `data.question` / `data.message` / `data.tool`, but `sanitizeHookData` never forwards `message`, so notifications show generic fallback text.
+
+## Scope
+
+- Claude mode only (hooks fire only for `claude`; external CLIs keep their output-stabilization heuristics and get no inbox items). This mirrors the wait-primitive `stop`/`blocked` gating.
+- Permission prompts occur for sessions running `ClaudeMode` `normal` / `auto` / `allowedTools` (and the trust-folder dialog even under skip-permissions). Question and idle prompts occur in every mode including `dangerously-skip-permissions`.
+- In-memory store (plus the frontend seeding from it on load). Server restart drops items; hooks re-fire on the next prompt. No new state file in v1.
+
+## Data model
+
+At most **one active item per session**: the Claude TUI shows one dialog at a time, so a new prompt event supersedes the session's previous item (resolution `superseded`).
+
+```ts
+interface ApprovalItem {
+  id: string;                 // `${sessionId}:${seq}`
+  sessionId: string;
+  sessionName: string;
+  kind: 'permission' | 'question' | 'idle';
+  createdAt: number;
+  toolName?: string;          // from sanitized hook data
+  toolSummary?: string;       // command / file_path / description, already bounded
+  message?: string;           // Notification hook `message` (newly allowlisted)
+  cwd?: string;
+  context?: string;           // ANSI-stripped visible pane frame tail, ≤ 4000 chars
+  options?: { n: number; label: string }[]; // parsed from context when confident
+}
+```
+
+Resolutions (server-emitted, item removed from pending): `answered` (via inbox), `resolved_in_terminal` (stop / elicitation_complete / elicitation_response / session went working), `superseded`, `session_ended`, `dismissed`, `expired` (12h TTL sweep).
+
+## Backend
+
+### Store: `src/approval-inbox.ts`
+
+Module-level singleton in the style of `session-wait-registry.ts` (pure, no `Session` import, injected emit callback so there is no import cycle with the server):
+
+- `notePrompt(info)` creates/supersedes the session's item; schedules ONE re-capture ~600ms later (the Notification hook can fire before the dialog finishes painting) which updates `context`/`options` and emits `approval:updated`.
+- `resolveForSession(sessionId, reason)`, `dismiss(id)`, `answerable(id)`, `listPending()`, `stop()` (clears timers; tests).
+- Option parsing (pure, unit-tested): consecutive `❯? N. label` lines, 2..6 options, labels ≤ 120 chars. Parsed options gate which digits the answer endpoint accepts; when parsing fails the card falls back to Approve(1)/Deny(Esc) only.
+- TTL: items expire after 12h (checked on read + a lazy sweep; no standing interval).
+
+### Wiring
+
+- `hook-event-routes.ts`: on `permission_prompt` / `elicitation_dialog` / `idle_prompt`, call `notePrompt` with sanitized data + a pane capture callback (`mux.capturePaneBuffer(muxName)` visible frame, ANSI-stripped via existing utils; fall back to `session.terminalBuffer` tail). On `stop` / `elicitation_complete` / `elicitation_response`, `resolveForSession(id, 'resolved_in_terminal')`.
+- `session-listener-wiring.ts`: `working` listener resolves **idle items only** (`working` is heuristic and can flap mid-turn, so it must never clear a pending permission/question dialog); `exit` resolves with `session_ended`. Same singleton-import pattern as `sessionWaits`.
+- Session delete route: resolve with `session_ended`.
+- **New hook matchers** `elicitation_complete` + `elicitation_response` added to `generateHooksConfig()`, `HookEventType`, `HookEventSchema`, and both SSE registries. `refreshStaleCodemanHooks` gets a staleness probe for them (`hooksJson.includes('elicitation_complete')`) so existing cases heal on next Claude spawn, exactly like the `-k`/secret/marker probes.
+- `sanitizeHookData`: allowlist `message` (bounded 500 chars). This also un-deadens the existing notification text paths.
+
+### Routes: `src/web/routes/approval-routes.ts`
+
+Normal authed API (NOT the hook-secret bypass), `ApiResponse` envelope, Zod schemas in `schemas.ts`:
+
+- `GET /api/approvals` → pending items, multi-user filtered by `canAccessOwned` (same policy as session lists). Also sweeps the caller's own items for staleness through `verifyStillAnswerable()`: Claude Code fires no "permission answered" hook, so a dialog answered in the terminal used to sit pending until `stop` and re-arm a red tab alert on the next page load. Only items whose original frame parsed options can be dropped this way, so an unreadable capture keeps the alert.
+- `POST /api/approvals/:id/answer` body `{ action: 'approve' | 'deny' | 'option' | 'text', option?, text? }`:
+  - `approve` → `writeViaMux('1')` (option 1 is always plain Yes; no Enter, menus react to the digit).
+  - `deny` → `writeViaMux('\x1b')` (Esc is the official No/cancel; precedent: auto-resume sends Esc the same way).
+  - `option` → digit `String(n)`; accepted only when `n` is within the item's parsed options (prevents blind digit-poking at an unparsed dialog).
+  - `text` → `idle` items only: single line, embedded newlines stripped, sent as `text\r` (the `\r` discipline from CLAUDE.md).
+  - Guards: item still pending (404 otherwise), session exists + ownership via `findSessionOrFail`, session mode installs hooks. **Answer-time re-capture**: for items whose frame parsed options, the pane is re-captured before sending; if the dialog no longer parses, the item resolves and the answer is refused with 409 (the keystroke would land in whatever now has focus). Marks `answered` BEFORE the write so a double-tap cannot double-send; rolls back to pending if the write fails.
+- `POST /api/approvals/:id/dismiss` → remove without keystrokes.
+- `POST /api/approvals/session/:sessionId/viewed` → acknowledge the session's pending **idle** item (`acknowledgedAt`, emitted as `approval:updated`). Added after the owner reported that a yellow tab clicked and checked went yellow again on reload: the view-clears-idle rule lived in one browser's memory, so the seed re-armed it and other devices never saw the clear. Acknowledgement is deliberately **not** resolution (the prompt is still unanswered, so it stays in the inbox and stays available as Read My Mind context), and deliberately **idle-only** (looking at a permission/question dialog does not answer it, so the red alert survives being viewed).
+
+### SSE
+
+`approval:pending`, `approval:updated`, `approval:resolved` in `sse-events.ts` + `SSE_EVENTS` in constants.js (the parity test pins the sync). Broadcasts carry `sessionId`, so multi-user SSE scoping applies unchanged.
+
+### Push
+
+- `sendPushNotifications` payload gains `approvalId` for the three hook events. Both `approvalId` and the Approve/Deny `actions` are **gated on the opt-in setting**: with it off, permission pushes carry no buttons at all (pre-inbox they rendered and did nothing, so stripping them is the honest shape).
+- `sw.js` `notificationclick`: when `event.action` is `approve`/`deny`, POST `/api/approvals/:id/answer` directly from the worker (same-origin, cookie credentials) so the buttons work **with no tab open**; on failure fall back to focusing/opening a tab. Non-action clicks keep today's behavior.
+- Page-side `notification-click` handler: honor `action` instead of dropping it (also setting-gated, for stale notifications sent before the toggle flipped).
+- Question/idle pushes keep no action buttons (options vary per dialog); tapping opens the inbox.
+
+## Frontend
+
+New module `approvals-ui.js` (@loadorder 11.2, after panels-ui.js), prettier-formatted (not added to `.prettierignore`).
+
+- **Seed on connect**: `GET /api/approvals` on init and SSE reconnect; each pending item re-feeds `setPendingHook(...)` so tab alerts and the phone overview survive reload (fixes problem 2 with zero changes to the alert state machine). Items carrying `acknowledgedAt` are skipped, and `markIdleAlertSeen()` (app.js) is what sets it: viewing a session clears its yellow locally and POSTs `.../viewed`, so "I checked it" survives the reload and reaches the user's other devices through `approval:updated`.
+- **Desktop**: header bell `btn-approvals` with count badge. Ships default-hidden via marker class `btn-approvals--hidden` (same policy as the attachments button, so `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts` excludes it from the default-visible enumeration); JS shows it only while count > 0. Click toggles a drawer of cards: session name + kind, tool/message summary, mono context block, buttons rendered from parsed options (else Approve/Deny), plus Dismiss and Open session. Esc closes; existing z-index layers respected.
+- **Phone**: header button stays hidden (`mobile.css`); the phone surface is the overview's NEEDS YOU section, whose rows gain inline ✓/✗ buttons for permission items (tap-through to the session remains the row's main action). Toolbar classes/status language rules from the mobile-overview section of CLAUDE.md apply.
+- **i18n**: new strings registered in i18n.js (en + zh-CN); status words carry `data-i18n-skip` where they would collide (mirroring the overview pills).
+- **Setting**: `approvalsInboxEnabled`, synced (in `SettingsUpdateSchema`), **default OFF** (owner decision: the entire feature is opt-in, meaning no bell, no drawer, no overview strips, no seeding, and no push action buttons until enabled in App Settings → Panels). Only the store and answer endpoints keep running regardless, so flipping the toggle ON surfaces anything already pending immediately, with no restart.
+
+## Race honesty
+
+The prompt can be answered in the terminal a moment before an inbox answer lands; then the keystroke would hit whatever now has focus (worst case: a digit typed into the composer, not submitted, since no `\r` is ever sent for menu answers). Mitigations, in order: answer-time re-capture (the dialog must still parse on screen or the answer is refused), answered-before-write marking, digit-only/Esc-only writes for menus, and the card's context block showing what the pane looked like when captured. This is the same class of risk `writeViaMux` automation (auto-resume, respawn) already accepts.
+
+## Tests
+
+- `test/approval-inbox.test.ts`: supersede per session, every resolution path, TTL, option parsing fixtures (2-option, 3-option with ❯, unparseable frame), re-capture update.
+- `test/routes/approval-routes.test.ts` (`app.inject`, no port): list; hook event creates item; answer approve/deny/option writes the exact bytes (test-PTY echo asserts them); text answers restricted to idle; 404 unknown id; 409 answered twice; option out of range rejected; multi-user scoping.
+- Existing suites extended: hook-event schema accepts the two new events; `sanitizeHookData` forwards bounded `message`; SSE parity + mobile-header policy pass as-is by construction.
+
+## Docs
+
+- CLAUDE.md: Key Patterns entry + SSE/route counts + frontend load order.
+- `docs/api-reference.md`: the two endpoints + three SSE events (additive, fine under the 0.9.x contract).

docs/browser-testing-guide.md

@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ For reference when writing browser tests:
 .xterm                   // Terminal container
 #helpModal               // Help modal
 #appSettingsModal        // Settings modal
+#sessionOptionsModal     // Session Options (same set-* surface)
+#createCaseModal         // Add Case (same set-* surface)
+.set-rail-item           // Rail entry: scrolls in App Settings, switches in the other two
+.set-section             // A settings section (`.hidden` on the inactive ones outside App Settings)
+.set-row                 // One setting: label + description left, control right
 .modal-content           // Modal content
 .modal-close             // Modal close button
 .header-brand .logo      // Logo text

docs/claude-code-hooks-reference.md

@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 > Official documentation for Claude Code hooks system, extracted from [code.claude.com](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks).
 
-**Last Updated**: 2026-01-24
+**Last Updated**: 2026-07-25
 **Source**: [Claude Code Hooks Documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks)
 
+> This is a maintained summary, not an exhaustive copy of the upstream reference.
+> Check the source link for event-specific schemas before adding a new hook.
+
 ---
 
 ## Overview
 
 Hooks are automated scripts that execute at specific events during your Claude Code session. They allow you to:
+
 - Validate, modify, or block tool usage
 - Add context to prompts
 - Implement custom workflows
@@ -21,12 +25,12 @@ Hooks are automated scripts that execute at specific events during your Claude C
 
 Hooks are configured in settings files:
 
-| File | Scope |
-|------|-------|
-| `~/.claude/settings.json` | User (global) |
-| `.claude/settings.json` | Project |
+| File                          | Scope                      |
+| ----------------------------- | -------------------------- |
+| `~/.claude/settings.json`     | User (global)              |
+| `.claude/settings.json`       | Project                    |
 | `.claude/settings.local.json` | Local project (gitignored) |
-| Plugin hook files | Plugin-specific |
+| Plugin hook files             | Plugin-specific            |
 
 ### Basic Structure
 
@@ -49,8 +53,9 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 ```
 
 **Key Fields**:
+
 - `matcher`: Pattern to match tool names (case-sensitive, supports regex like `Edit|Write` or `*` for all)
-- `type`: `"command"` for bash or `"prompt"` for LLM-based evaluation
+- `type`: `"command"`, `"http"`, `"mcp_tool"`, `"prompt"`, or `"agent"` where the event supports it
 - `command`: Bash command to execute
 - `prompt`: LLM prompt for evaluation (prompt-based hooks only)
 - `timeout`: Optional timeout in seconds (default: 60)
@@ -59,6 +64,10 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 
 ## Hook Events
 
+Claude Code's current event surface is broader than the detailed subset below. In
+particular, `TeammateIdle` and `TaskCompleted` are supported lifecycle events used
+by Codeman; they are not stale or plugin-defined event names.
+
 ### PreToolUse
 
 **When**: After Claude creates tool parameters, before processing the tool call.
@@ -66,15 +75,17 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 **Use Cases**: Approval, denial, or modification of tool calls.
 
 **Common Matchers**:
+
 - `Bash` - Shell commands
 - `Write` - File writing
 - `Edit` - File editing
 - `Read` - File reading
-- `Task` - Subagent tasks
+- `Agent` - Subagent tasks
 - `WebFetch`, `WebSearch` - Web operations
 - `mcp__<server>__<tool>` - MCP tools
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "hookSpecificOutput": {
@@ -96,13 +107,14 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 **Use Cases**: Auto-approve or deny permissions.
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "hookSpecificOutput": {
     "hookEventName": "PermissionRequest",
     "decision": {
       "behavior": "allow|deny",
-      "updatedInput": { },
+      "updatedInput": {},
       "message": "deny reason",
       "interrupt": false
     }
@@ -117,6 +129,7 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 **Use Cases**: Provide feedback, run formatters/linters, log operations.
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "decision": "block",
@@ -128,15 +141,38 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 }
 ```
 
+#### Asynchronous Rewake
+
+Command hooks can set `"asyncRewake": true` to run asynchronously and wake an
+idle Claude turn when the hook exits with code 2. The hook's stderr is delivered
+to Claude as a system reminder. This implies `"async": true`; ordinary async
+hooks do not wake an idle turn, and their output waits for the next interaction.
+
+Codeman uses this on `PostToolUse(Bash)`: a self-contained Node helper extracts
+the background task ID from the Bash result, watches the originating transcript
+and, for subagents, the top-level parent transcript for the matching completion
+notification, and exits 2. Claude records a subagent's Bash result in its
+`subagents/agent-*.jsonl` file but queues completion in the lead session JSONL.
+The task ID keeps each wake targeted. The helper does not send terminal input,
+so it cannot submit a user's partially written prompt.
+
+For script-dispatched Codex work, `codex-run.sh` writes the final response
+between `CODEMAN_RESULT_BEGIN/END` markers in the background task output. The
+rewake helper includes a maximum of 64 KiB of that report in its feedback. UI
+subagent discovery and dispatcher result delivery are separate contracts.
+
 ### Notification
 
 **When**: When Claude Code sends notifications.
 
 **Matchers**:
+
 - `permission_prompt`
 - `idle_prompt`
 - `auth_success`
 - `elicitation_dialog`
+- `elicitation_complete`
+- `elicitation_response`
 
 ### UserPromptSubmit
 
@@ -145,6 +181,7 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 **Use Cases**: Add context, validate, or block prompts.
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "decision": "block",
@@ -165,6 +202,7 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 **Use Cases**: **Ralph Wiggum loops** - block exit and refeed prompt.
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "decision": "block",
@@ -173,6 +211,7 @@ Hooks are configured in settings files:
 ```
 
 Or to allow exit:
+
 ```json
 {
   "continue": true,
@@ -184,15 +223,42 @@ Or to allow exit:
 
 ### SubagentStop
 
-**When**: When a subagent (Task tool call) finishes responding.
+**When**: When a subagent (Agent tool call) finishes responding.
 
 **Use Cases**: Control nested loops, verify subagent output.
 
+The hook input includes `agent_id`, `agent_transcript_path`, and
+`last_assistant_message`. Like `Stop`, a command hook can return
+`{"decision":"block","reason":"..."}` to keep the subagent running and feed
+the reason back to it.
+
+Codeman uses this to prevent premature reports from workers that still own live
+Monitor or background-Bash processes. It derives candidate task IDs from the
+subagent transcript, but requires a matching live Linux process descriptor for
+`tasks/<id>.output`; historical task text by itself is not treated as active.
+
+### TeammateIdle
+
+**When**: When an agent-team teammate is about to go idle.
+
+**Use Cases**: Reassign work, continue a teammate loop, or notify an orchestrator.
+
+**Matcher Support**: None. The hook fires for every occurrence.
+
+### TaskCompleted
+
+**When**: When a task is about to be marked completed.
+
+**Use Cases**: Validate completion or forward team progress to an external UI.
+
+**Matcher Support**: None. The hook fires for every occurrence.
+
 ### PreCompact
 
 **When**: Before a compact operation.
 
 **Matchers**:
+
 - `manual` - Invoked from `/compact`
 - `auto` - Invoked from auto-compact
 
@@ -201,6 +267,7 @@ Or to allow exit:
 **When**: When Claude Code starts or resumes a session.
 
 **Matchers**:
+
 - `startup` - Fresh start
 - `resume` - From `--resume`, `--continue`, or `/resume`
 - `clear` - From `/clear`
@@ -209,6 +276,7 @@ Or to allow exit:
 **Use Cases**: Load development context, set environment variables.
 
 **Persisting Environment Variables**:
+
 ```bash
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ -n "$CLAUDE_ENV_FILE" ]; then
@@ -219,6 +287,7 @@ exit 0
 ```
 
 **Output Control**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "hookSpecificOutput": {
@@ -233,6 +302,7 @@ exit 0
 **When**: When a session ends.
 
 **Reason Values**:
+
 - `clear`
 - `logout`
 - `prompt_input_exit`
@@ -254,7 +324,7 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
   "permission_mode": "default",
   "hook_event_name": "PreToolUse",
   "tool_name": "Bash",
-  "tool_input": { },
+  "tool_input": {},
   "tool_use_id": "toolu_01ABC123..."
 }
 ```
@@ -262,6 +332,7 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
 ### Tool-Specific Input
 
 **Bash**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "tool_name": "Bash",
@@ -274,6 +345,7 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
 ```
 
 **Write**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "tool_name": "Write",
@@ -285,6 +357,7 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
 ```
 
 **Edit**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "tool_name": "Edit",
@@ -302,11 +375,11 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
 
 ### Exit Codes
 
-| Code | Behavior |
-|------|----------|
-| 0 | Success. `stdout` processed (shown in verbose or added as context) |
-| 2 | Blocking error. Only `stderr` used. Blocks tool/prompt based on event |
-| Other | Non-blocking error. `stderr` shown in verbose, execution continues |
+| Code  | Behavior                                                              |
+| ----- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 0     | Success. `stdout` processed (shown in verbose or added as context)    |
+| 2     | Blocking error. Only `stderr` used. Blocks tool/prompt based on event |
+| Other | Non-blocking error. `stderr` shown in verbose, execution continues    |
 
 ### JSON Output (Exit Code 0)
 
@@ -323,7 +396,12 @@ Hooks receive JSON via stdin with common fields:
 
 ## Prompt-Based Hooks
 
-For Stop and SubagentStop events, you can use LLM-based evaluation:
+Prompt and agent handlers are supported by decision-oriented events including
+`PreToolUse`, `PermissionRequest`, `PostToolUse`, `PostToolUseFailure`,
+`PostToolBatch`, `UserPromptSubmit`, `Stop`, `SubagentStop`, `TaskCreated`, and
+`TaskCompleted`. Check the upstream reference before choosing a handler type.
+
+For example, a Stop event can use LLM-based evaluation:
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -344,6 +422,7 @@ For Stop and SubagentStop events, you can use LLM-based evaluation:
 ```
 
 **LLM Response Format**:
+
 ```json
 {
   "ok": true,
@@ -362,17 +441,18 @@ Hooks can be defined in Skills, Agents, and Slash Commands using frontmatter:
 name: secure-operations
 hooks:
   PreToolUse:
-    - matcher: "Bash"
+    - matcher: 'Bash'
       hooks:
         - type: command
-          command: "./scripts/security-check.sh"
+          command: './scripts/security-check.sh'
 ---
 ```
 
 These hooks:
+
 - Are scoped to the component's lifecycle
 - Only run when that component is active
-- Support: PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop
+- Support all hook events; a subagent-scoped `Stop` is converted to `SubagentStop`
 
 ---
 
@@ -550,11 +630,11 @@ exit 0
 
 ## Environment Variables
 
-| Variable | Description |
-|----------|-------------|
-| `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR` | Project root directory |
-| `CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE` | `"true"` for web, empty for CLI |
-| `CLAUDE_ENV_FILE` | Path to write persistent env vars (SessionStart) |
+| Variable             | Description                                      |
+| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
+| `CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR` | Project root directory                           |
+| `CLAUDE_CODE_REMOTE` | `"true"` for web, empty for CLI                  |
+| `CLAUDE_ENV_FILE`    | Path to write persistent env vars (SessionStart) |
 
 ---
 
@@ -593,4 +673,4 @@ Use `/hooks` command to view registered hooks and make changes.
 
 ---
 
-*Source: [Claude Code Hooks Documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks)*
+_Source: [Claude Code Hooks Documentation](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks)_

docs/claude-voice-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Claude voice dictation in Codeman
+
+Wire Codeman's existing mic button to the same speech-to-text service Claude Code's own
+`/voice` mode uses, so dictation works with **no third-party API key** for anyone already
+signed in to Claude Code on the server.
+
+## Why the CLI's own voice mode cannot be reused directly
+
+Claude Code 2.1.x ships voice input: `/voice hold|tap|off` arms it, the CLI opens the
+**host's** microphone (native `audio-capture-napi`, falling back to `sox`/`arecord` on Linux
+after probing `/proc/asound/cards`), streams PCM upstream and types the transcript into its
+own composer.
+
+Every part of that is on the wrong machine for Codeman. The CLI runs inside a tmux pane on
+the server, which is typically headless and has no sound card at all, while the human is in
+a browser on a phone somewhere else. Toggling `/voice` in the pane from Codeman would arm a
+microphone nobody is sitting in front of. So Codeman keeps capturing audio in the browser,
+where the user actually is, and only borrows the CLI's **transcription backend**.
+
+## The backend, as the CLI uses it
+
+Extracted from the 2.1.226 binary (`connectVoiceStream`):
+
+| | |
+| --- | --- |
+| URL | `wss://api.anthropic.com/api/ws/speech_to_text/voice_stream` |
+| Query | `encoding=linear16`, `sample_rate=16000`, `channels=1`, `endpointing_ms=300`, `utterance_end_ms=1000`, `language=<lang>`, `use_conversation_engine=true`, `stt_provider=deepgram-nova3` |
+| Headers | `Authorization: Bearer <Claude Code OAuth access token>`, `User-Agent`, `x-app: cli`, `anthropic-client-platform`, optional `x-config-keyterms` |
+| Audio | raw binary frames, PCM signed 16-bit little-endian, 16 kHz, mono |
+| Keepalive | `{"type":"KeepAlive"}` on open, then every 8 s |
+| Finalize | `{"type":"CloseStream"}`, then wait for the endpoint frame |
+| Downstream | `{"type":"TranscriptText"\|"TranscriptInterim","data":"…"}` (running interim), `{"type":"TranscriptEndpoint"}` (promotes the pending interim to final), `{"type":"TranscriptError",…}`, `{"type":"error","message":…}` |
+
+Deepgram Nova-3 runs server-side, so the Deepgram-quality result arrives without a Deepgram
+account. Verified against the live endpoint before this design was written: connect, stream
+PCM, receive interims and an endpoint frame.
+
+## Architecture
+
+The browser cannot call that endpoint itself: it would need the OAuth bearer token in page
+JavaScript (and CORS would refuse anyway). So the audio goes browser → Codeman → Anthropic,
+and Codeman is the only thing that ever touches the token.
+
+```
+mic → AudioWorklet (Float32 → PCM16 @16 kHz)
+    → wss://<codeman>/ws/voice/stream          [cookie/basic auth, Origin+Host guarded]
+    → VoiceStreamRelay (reads ~/.claude/.credentials.json per connect)
+    → wss://api.anthropic.com/api/ws/speech_to_text/voice_stream
+    ← {"t":"transcript","text":…,"final":…}    → existing _insertText() path
+```
+
+Nothing about the insert path changes: the transcript lands in the same preview overlay,
+the same direct/compose insert modes, the same green Send button.
+
+### Server pieces
+
+- **`src/claude-credentials.ts`** — locate and parse the Claude Code OAuth credentials.
+  `parseClaudeCredentials()` is pure (JSON string + `now` → status) and unit-tested;
+  `readClaudeOAuthToken()` wraps it with IO: `$CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR/.credentials.json` or
+  `~/.claude/.credentials.json`, and on macOS the login keychain
+  (`security find-generic-password -s "Claude Code-credentials"`).
+  **Read-only, always.** Codeman never writes credentials and never refreshes the token: a
+  refresh rotates the refresh token, and racing Claude Code's own refresh could sign the
+  user out of their CLI. An expired token surfaces as a plain "run a Claude session to
+  refresh" error instead.
+  The token is never logged, never returned by any endpoint, and never sent to the browser.
+
+- **`src/web/voice-stream.ts`** — pure `buildVoiceStreamUrl()` / `buildVoiceStreamHeaders()` /
+  `sanitizeKeyterms()` (ASCII-only, deduped, 1024-char cap, mirroring the CLI), plus
+  `VoiceStreamRelay`, which owns one upstream socket: keepalive timer, audio passthrough,
+  transcript translation, finalize, and the caps below.
+
+- **`src/web/routes/voice-routes.ts`**
+  - `GET /api/voice/status` → `{ available, reason, subscriptionType?, expiresAt? }`. Never
+    the token. `available:false` with a machine-readable `reason` (`disabled`, `no-credentials`,
+    `expired`) is what the settings row and the provider resolver read.
+  - `GET /ws/voice/stream?language=&keyterms=` → the relay. Same upgrade guard as
+    `/ws/sessions/:id/terminal`: allowed Host, same-site Origin, and the global auth hook has
+    already run on the handshake.
+
+Caps, because an open mic is an open pipe: one stream per connection, `MAX_VOICE_STREAMS`
+concurrent server-wide, a hard `MAX_STREAM_MS` per stream, and a per-frame size cap. A tab
+left recording cannot bill an unbounded amount of upstream audio.
+
+### Frontend pieces
+
+- **`voice-pcm-worklet.js`** — an `AudioWorkletProcessor` converting Float32 blocks to PCM16
+  and posting ~256 ms frames back. `MediaRecorder` cannot produce raw PCM, which is why the
+  existing Deepgram path (container audio, auto-detected) cannot be reused as-is. Falls back
+  to `ScriptProcessorNode` where AudioWorklet is unavailable.
+- **`ClaudeVoiceProvider`** in `voice-input.js` — mirrors `DeepgramProvider`'s shape
+  (`start({language, keyterms, onStream, onResult, onError, onEnd})`) so `VoiceInput` treats
+  the three providers uniformly.
+- **Provider resolution** — new `voiceSettings.provider`: `auto` (default) | `claude` |
+  `deepgram` | `webspeech`. `auto` picks Claude when `/api/voice/status` reports it
+  available, else Deepgram when a key is set, else Web Speech. Pinning a provider always
+  wins, so an existing Deepgram user can keep exactly what they have.
+
+### Settings
+
+- `claudeVoiceEnabled` — synced, **default OFF**, gating the whole server side. Off is the
+  honest default: turning it on means this machine's Claude subscription starts paying for
+  transcription for whoever can reach the UI, and the audio goes to Anthropic rather than to
+  wherever it went before. One switch in Settings → Voice, and the mic works with no key.
+- `voiceSettings.provider` — per the resolution table above; joins the existing synced
+  `voiceSettings` object.
+
+## Things worth knowing
+
+- **This uses an undocumented endpoint with subscription credentials.** It is the user's own
+  token, on the user's own machine, driving the user's own Claude Code install, but it is not
+  a published API and Anthropic can change or restrict it. Default-OFF is deliberate; the
+  Deepgram and Web Speech paths stay untouched as the supported fallbacks.
+- **Multi-user mode**: every user's dictation would run on the server owner's Claude
+  credentials, exactly as every user's *sessions* already run on them. Consistent, but worth
+  stating out loud in the settings copy.
+- **Token lifetime** is about 8 hours, refreshed by Claude Code itself whenever it runs. The
+  relay re-reads the file on every connect rather than caching, so a refresh is picked up on
+  the next press of the mic.
+- **HTTPS or localhost**: `getUserMedia` needs a secure context. Prod is HTTPS behind
+  `tailscale serve`, so this is already satisfied; the existing error copy covers the rest.

docs/cli-registry.md

@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+# The CLI registry
+
+Every run mode Codeman can launch — Claude Code, Terminal/Shell, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi, Grok, DeepSeek Harness and OMP — is a `CliEntry`: a data record describing how to find the binary, how to build its command line, what environment it needs, and what it can do. Code that used to ask "which CLI is this?" asks the entry instead.
+
+## Where it lives
+
+| File | What it holds |
+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `types.ts` | The `CliEntry` interface and everything under it. Read this first. |
+| `stock.ts` | The shipped catalog. **The only file allowed to name a CLI id.** |
+| `schema.ts` | Zod validation, including the cross-field checks that reject an incoherent entry at LOAD time. |
+| `argv.ts` | The argv engine: the only code that turns typed tokens into a command string. |
+| `patterns.ts` | The NAMED value patterns (`model`, `uuid`, `path-segment`, …) and the regex-compilation guard. |
+| `profiles.ts` | The names of behaviours that genuinely need code, kept import-free so `schema.ts` can validate one. |
+| `registry.ts` | Loading, merging `~/.codeman/clis.json`, and the accessors (`getCli`, `enabledClis`). |
+
+`src/session-cli-registry-bridge.ts` maps the legacy per-mode option bag onto the engine, and `src/utils/cli-resolver.ts` / `src/utils/cli-launcher.ts` do registry-driven binary resolution and launcher-profile dispatch.
+
+## The override file
+
+`~/.codeman/clis.json` (instance-scoped through `dataPath()`) holds overrides and custom entries only, never a copy of the stock catalog: `{ "clis": { "<id>": { ...partial entry... } } }`. Objects merge key-wise onto the stock entry, arrays replace wholesale. **The file must be mode 0600**; the loader refuses any group/world permission bit, read bits included, so a file created with a normal umask (0644) is ignored until you `chmod 600` it. Every reason a file was ignored or an entry dropped is logged once, prefixed `[cli-registry]`, on the first load. A stock entry whose override fails validation falls back to the shipped definition; a custom entry that fails is dropped. The file is read once per process and re-read only on restart.
+
+## The shape of an entry
+
+```ts
+interface CliEntry {
+  id: CliId; // 'codex'
+  label: string; // 'Codex' — shown in menus
+  shortBadge: string; // tab badge, e.g. 'CX'
+  accent: string; // single hex colour
+  enabled: boolean;
+  stock: boolean; // set by the loader; a custom entry can never claim it
+  order: number;
+  kind: 'agent' | 'shell';
+  discovery: CliDiscovery; // how to find and prove the binary
+  launch: CliLaunch; // the structured argv template
+  env: CliEnv; // exports, tmux setenv keys, the env-override allowlist
+  capabilities: CliCapabilities; // what every call site reads instead of the id
+  //   .workDetect?: { promptGlyph, workingLine } — how this CLI's pane shows work
+  overlays: CliOverlays; // remote-SSH / Docker pane commands, credential store
+}
+```
+
+`capabilities` is the important part. It is what `isExternalCliMode()`, `isAltScreenStripMode()`, `hooksAvailableForMode()` and every other former per-mode branch actually read.
+
+### Regexes that come from config
+
+Two capability fields carry a regular expression an override file can set: `discovery.version.regex` and `capabilities.workDetect.workingLine`. Both go through `compileVersionRegex()`, which caps the source at 200 characters, refuses the nested-quantifier shapes that cause catastrophic backtracking, and returns `null` rather than throwing so every caller degrades instead of crashing.
+
+`workingLine` is the one that matters most, because it is compiled once per session and then run against every accumulated PTY chunk and every pane capture. A nested quantifier there is a ReDoS against the event loop for the whole server, not just that session. The guard therefore runs in two places, and neither is redundant: `schema.ts` rejects the entry at LOAD time so a bad pattern never reaches a session, and `_workingLinePattern()` in `session.ts` compiles through the same helper so the runtime cannot end up with a pattern the schema would have refused.
+
+### Three capabilities that must stay independent
+
+`external`, `hooks` and `altScreen` describe three different, deliberately unequal sets, and deriving any one from another has already shipped a bug. `shell` has no hooks but is **not** an external CLI, so a hooks predicate written as `!isExternalCliMode()` accepted `until=stop` on a shell session and then blocked the caller for their entire timeout. `deepseek` is the mirror image: it IS external and it DOES have hooks.
+
+`test/cli-capability-predicates.test.ts` asserts that no two of the three are equivalent across the catalog, so collapsing them fails the build rather than a user's session.
+
+## Arg-template safety
+
+The composed command line is interpolated into `bash -c "…"` inside tmux, which makes command construction a security boundary. Four independent layers keep config out of it:
+
+1. **Config contains no shell text.** There is no `command: "..."` field anywhere in the schema. An entry declares a sequence of typed tokens; `argv.ts` is the only place that turns them into a string, and it owns every separator itself — one space between tokens, ` || ` between fallback variants. Neither can originate from config, because config has no field that could hold either.
+2. **Every literal is validated at LOAD time** against a safe-word pattern (no space, quote, backtick, `$`, `;`, `&`, `|`, redirection, parens, braces, newline or backslash). A bad literal **rejects the whole entry** rather than being dropped, because a silently dropped flag would change security-relevant behaviour — losing `--no-approve` is not a cosmetic difference.
+3. **Values resolve through NAMED patterns.** A value placeholder selects a `TokenPattern` (`model`, `uuid`, `slug`, `path-segment`, `tool-list`, …) from `patterns.ts`; config can never supply its own regex for a value, so a `clis.json` structurally cannot widen its own validation. A value that fails its pattern drops the whole argument, exactly as the hand-written builders did: an invalid `--model` omits `--model`, it never substitutes something else.
+4. **Escaping is independent of validation.** `renderToken()` re-checks the resolved value before emitting it unquoted, and single-quotes anything else — so even a value that somehow bypassed validation is quoted, never concatenated raw.
+
+The only config-supplied regexes are `discovery.version.regex` and `discovery.identity.regex`. Both run against **command output** rather than a shell token, both are compiled through `compileVersionRegex()` (length cap, nested-quantifier rejection, never the `g` flag), and the output they see is truncated first.
+
+## Named profiles: the escape hatch
+
+Some differences genuinely need to run code rather than be described. Those are **named profiles**: a capability field holds a profile NAME, and the implementation lives in one place keyed by that name — never by CLI id.
+
+- `discovery.launcherProfile` — for a CLI whose binary is not the agent. `dsh` boots `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`, so "installed" and "runnable" have different answers; the profile answers both, plus why a specifically-named target will not work. Implemented in `utils/cli-launcher.ts`.
+- `env.setenvProfile` — per-CLI environment setup that is more than a list of keys, such as DeepSeek's status bridge.
+- `capabilities.transcript` — which on-disk history reader understands this CLI (`claude-jsonl`, `codex-rollout`, `deepseek-zstd`, `omp-jsonl`, `none`).
+- `capabilities.echo.predictProfile` — the predictive-echo model a composer needs.
+
+The names live in `profiles.ts`, which is kept free of imports so `schema.ts` can validate a name at load time. A profile this build does not implement is a load-time error naming the field, rather than a CLI that silently looks permanently uninstalled.
+
+## DeepSeek: the four assumptions it breaks
+
+DeepSeek is worth reading before assuming an entry looks like its siblings — the schema carries four extensions because of it.
+
+| What it breaks | How the registry expresses it |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `dsh` is a profile LAUNCHER, not the agent, so "installed" is not "runnable". | `discovery.launcherProfile` + `discovery.launcherTargetParam`. |
+| Its permission switch is the **`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` env var**, not a flag — the harness has none. | `env.configSetenv` (so the ordinary `privilegedParams` clamp still reaches it) **and** `capabilities.privilegedEnvKeys`. |
+| It is the only non-claude mode with real hook signals, and for it that is a per-SESSION question. | `capabilities.hooks: 'supervised'` — a third state, not a boolean. |
+| Its transcript is zstd session files, one frame per write. | `capabilities.transcript: 'deepseek-zstd'`. |
+
+## Identity probes
+
+`discovery.identity` asks the binary whether it is the program we meant, and it runs **before** the version probe, because a version probe cannot tell an impostor from the real thing. Debian ships an unrelated `dsh` (dancer's shell) that answers `--version` perfectly happily, and npm carries squatters for both `pi` and `grok`.
+
+`discovery.version.requireVersionMatch` is the weaker companion: a binary whose version output has the wrong shape counts as ABSENT rather than present-with-unknown-version. That is what a short, generic binary name needs, and it is what keeps `codeman doctor` and the run mode from telling the user opposite things about the same binary — both read the same regex off the same entry.
+
+## The no-id-branching rule
+
+`test/cli-registry-no-id-branching.test.ts` fails the build if a CLI id comparison appears outside the stock catalog. It builds its id list from the live catalog, blanks comment lines before scanning (comments legitimately quote the pattern to explain why a branch was removed, and blanking rather than dropping is what keeps reported line numbers pointing at the real file), and keeps an allowlist in which **every entry carries its reason**.
+
+It matches four shapes, not one: `mode === '<id>'`, `mode !== '<id>'`, `case '<id>':`, and `['<id>', …].includes(mode)`. The first version matched `===` only, and that gap was not academic — the refactor it guards converted the `===` sites and left the negated ones, so 36 `!==` branches survived it, including a seven-mode chain auto-enabling Ralph under a comment asking the next person to keep it in step with a predicate by hand while the sibling code path already read the capability. A guard that sees half the shapes reports a count measured over the half it happens to catch.
+
+The allowlist is not a formality. If a branch is about what a CLI can DO it belongs in `CliCapabilities`; the entries that remain are things that are not CLI-behaviour branches at all — chiefly the legacy per-mode `<Mode>Config` objects on `POST /api/sessions`, which are a fact about the public HTTP API rather than about any CLI, plus a few documented cases where `mode === 'claude'` is genuinely the right question (Read My Mind reads Claude's _own_ transcript, so a capability there would be actively wrong).
+
+## Two namespaces called `param`
+
+`launch.params` keys, `env.configSetenv[].fromParam` and `capabilities.privilegedParams[].param` all name a **launch param**. The **legacy wire field** a param arrives as is a separate namespace, and `launch.legacyConfigAliases` is the only bridge between the two.
+
+This matters because it is invisible when it is wrong. `capabilities.privilegedParams[].param` is the multi-user bypass clamp's only handle on a CLI's privilege switch, and a name from the wrong namespace clamps **nothing**: no load error, no failing test, the clamp simply stops running. Codex is the entry where the two names differ (`bypassApprovals` as the param, `dangerouslyBypassApprovals` on the wire), so it is the one that catches a regression. `schema.ts` rejects any entry naming a param it never declared, on both `configSetenv.fromParam` and `privilegedParams.param`.
+
+## Fields declared for later
+
+`shortBadge`, `accent`, `capabilities.echo`, `capabilities.wheelForward`, `capabilities.keyboardAccessory` and `capabilities.maxFrameBytes` are **declared but not yet read**. They all describe frontend behaviour, and the frontend is deliberately untouched here: `app.js`, `terminal-ui.js` and `styles.css` keep their own hand-authored per-CLI rules, and moving them is its own piece of work verified by a browser/mobile suite the CI gate cannot see.
+
+Treat those values as **transcribed, not authoritative** — nothing enforces that `echo.policy` matches `_updateLocalEchoState`'s fallthrough, or that `accent` matches the gradient CSS paints, so re-measure before wiring one up. A field that is both wrong and unread is worse than an absent one, because the next reader trusts it; `test/cli-registry-no-id-branching.test.ts` pins the list so it cannot quietly grow, and wiring one up makes its line there fail, which is the direction you want.
+
+`overlays.credStore` is in the same category, for a sharper reason: the Docker credential-seeding path still reads its own `CRED_STORES` table, because this shape allows ONE store per CLI and the live table needs two for gemini (`.gemini` for the CLI's own auth plus `.config/gcloud` for Vertex), while deepseek declares none here even though `.dsh` is seeded. Wiring it means making the field an array and correcting those two entries — a change to credential seeding, which is simultaneously the worst thing here to get wrong and the least covered by tests, since every docker IO path is no-op'd under vitest.
+
+Everything else in the interface is live, including `overlays.remote` / `overlays.docker`, which back `defaultRemoteCommandForMode()` and `defaultDockerCommandForMode()` directly. Those two used to be hardcoded `Record<…CommandMode, string>` tables duplicating the registry with nothing keeping the two in step; `test/location-overlay-commands.test.ts` pins every resulting command as a literal string.
+
+## Consumers outside the server
+
+Two things need the catalogue but cannot import TypeScript, so `npm run generate:cli-catalog`
+(`scripts/generate-cli-catalog.mts`) emits two artifacts from `stock.ts`. Both are committed,
+and `test/cli-catalog-sync.test.ts` fails if either drifts from a fresh generation.
+
+| Artifact | Consumer | Why it exists |
+| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `config/clis.stock.json` | `scripts/lib/cli-catalog.mjs` (Docker build args), tests | A `.mjs` cannot import the registry. |
+| a marked block inside `install.sh` | the installer itself | It runs via `curl \| bash` before any checkout exists, so it can read neither. |
+
+Only `id`, `label`, `shortBadge`, `enabled`, `order`, `kind` and `discovery` are exported.
+`launch`, `env`, `capabilities` and `overlays` are spawn-time concerns the server alone
+interprets, and a test asserts they never leak into the artifact — a second reading of the
+launch model in a consumer that cannot be tested against a real spawn is exactly what this
+registry exists to prevent.
+
+The install.sh copy is **embedded, not fetched**, and is the FULL catalogue. An earlier design
+fetched it and fell back to a hardcoded two-CLI list, which degraded silently on an empty
+response; there is no degraded mode to fall into now, and no network fetch either — a `curl |
+bash` from master already carries a catalogue exactly as fresh as the script itself, so there is
+nothing a refresh would buy that isn't already true. An earlier draft added an opt-in refresh
+with a `TRUSTED`/`DISPLAY` array split to keep it from ever writing the executed command; it was
+dropped before merge rather than shipped half-verified — the split's only actual write was the
+label, `DISPLAY` never diverged from `TRUSTED` in practice, and the added surface (a second
+array, a fetch path, three failure shapes to warn on) bought nothing the embedded copy didn't
+already have.
+
+### The install-command trust boundary
+
+Three rules, and the middle one is why the embed matters:
+
+1. **The server never executes an entry's `install.command`.** Unchanged, and still enforced by nothing executing it: the field is display text (`CliDiscovery.install.command`).
+2. **`install.sh` executes only commands embedded in itself.** Those arrive in the same file, over the same TLS fetch, in the same commit as the `curl \| bash` line that fetched the script — identical trust to the hardcoded vendor one-liners it replaces.
+3. **Nothing fetched at install time is ever executed.** There is no second code path that fetches anything after the script itself has been fetched.
+
+That is mechanical rather than a promise. `CLI_INSTALL_CMD_TRUSTED` is written only from the
+generated block and is the only array the installer ever runs or displays — there is no second
+array a refresh could rewrite, because there is no refresh. `test/cli-catalog-sync.test.ts`
+asserts that the embedded commands are exactly the registry's, and
+`test/install-sh-invariants.test.ts` that nothing in `install.sh` `eval`s.
+
+### bash 3.2
+
+macOS ships bash 3.2 and the documented install is `curl -fsSL <url> | bash` under
+`set -euo pipefail`, so a bash-4 construct is not a warning there — it kills the install. The
+generated block therefore uses parallel indexed arrays with **offset/length windows** into one
+flat array instead of delimiters (a `$HOME` containing a space needs no `IFS` handling, and an
+entry with nothing to contribute gets length 0 and is never iterated). CI runs `bash -n` and
+executes the script inside a real `bash:3.2` container, because the empty-window case is a
+runtime `set -u` abort that `bash -n` cannot see.
+
+## Resolve at call time, never at import
+
+Anything reading the registry must resolve it when it is asked, not when its module is first imported. `sessionModeSchema()`, `allowedEnvPrefixes()`, `dependencyRegistry()` and each resolver's `searchDirs` thunk all re-read the catalog per call.
+
+A module-level const freezes at first import, and the failure is asymmetric: a CLI enabled while the server is running moved the run menu but not the frozen surface, so validation rejected a mode the menu offered, or `codeman doctor` reported a catalog nobody had any more.
+
+## Adding a CLI
+
+1. Add a `CliEntry` to `stock.ts`.
+2. Run `npm run generate:cli-catalog` and commit **both** artifacts (`config/clis.stock.json` and `install.sh`). The installer's detection, its install menu, its reminder text and the Docker agent image all follow from that one step — this is what makes upstream `b6d0f1fa` ("wire OMP into install.sh's CLI detection, it had none") impossible rather than merely fixed.
+3. Add a golden spawn-command pin to `test/cli-registry-spawn-golden.test.ts`, a row to `test/cli-capability-predicates.test.ts`, its remote/docker commands to `test/location-overlay-commands.test.ts`, and its search paths to `test/install-sh-detection-parity.test.ts`.
+4. Only if it cannot install with a plain `npm install -g <pkg>`: give it a layer in `docker/agent.Dockerfile` and set `discovery.install.agentImageLayer: { kind: 'dedicated', reason }` on its entry in `stock.ts`. `test/docker-agent-image-coverage.test.ts` requires both, so an exclusion cannot quietly become an omission. An entry with no `npmPackage` needs only the Dockerfile layer, since it never enters the shared npm layer in the first place.
+5. That is usually all. If you find yourself wanting to add an `if` somewhere, the guard test will tell you — and the answer is a capability field, or a named profile if it genuinely needs to run code.
+
+## See also
+
+- [Agent CLIs](wiki/Agent-CLIs.md) — the user-facing per-CLI guide.
+- `docs/architecture-invariants.md` — the mechanics and the history behind the rules above.
+- `docs/deepseek-integration.md` — why DeepSeek is shaped the way it is.

docs/cron-discovery.md

@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ records), kept distinct from the existing `ScheduledRun`.
 
 ## 2. Where agent/session types are defined
 
-- `type SessionMode = 'claude' | 'shell' | 'opencode' | 'codex' | 'gemini'`
+- `type SessionMode = 'claude' | 'shell' | 'opencode' | 'codex' | 'gemini' | 'antigravity' | 'pi'`
   (`src/types/session.ts:43-44`). `shell` covers the brief's "Terminal/custom".
-- CLI availability resolvers in `src/utils/{claude,codex,gemini,opencode}-cli-resolver.ts`.
+- CLI availability resolvers in `src/utils/{claude,codex,gemini,antigravity,opencode,pi}-cli-resolver.ts`.
 - **Integration point:** the job's `agentType` reuses `SessionMode` verbatim.
 
 ## 3. Where input is sent into a session

docs/cron-guide.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Cron Jobs — User & Operator Guide
 
 Codeman's **Cron** feature lets you save named, recurring jobs that automatically
-spin up a Claude (or shell / OpenCode / Codex / Gemini) session on a schedule and
+spin up a Claude (or shell / OpenCode / Codex / Antigravity / Gemini / Pi) session on a schedule and
 feed it a prompt. Think "cron for agent sessions": _"every weekday at 3am, open a
 Claude session in `~/proj` and tell it to update dependencies and open a PR."_
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ These map 1:1 to `CronJobSchema` (`src/web/schemas.ts`) and the `CronJob` type
 | Field                      | Required    | Values / limits                                          | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | -------------------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `name`                     | ✅          | 1–200 chars                                              | Display name; also used as the created session's name.                                                                                                                                     |
-| `agentType`                | ✅          | `claude` \| `shell` \| `opencode` \| `codex` \| `gemini` | Reuses Codeman's `SessionMode`. `shell` = a plain terminal.                                                                                                                                |
+| `agentType`                | ✅          | `claude` \| `shell` \| `opencode` \| `codex` \| `gemini` \| `antigravity` \| `pi` \| `grok` | Reuses Codeman's `SessionMode`. `shell` = a plain terminal. ⚠️ A `pi` or `grok` job's readiness poll looks for `❯`/a token count, which neither CLI prints, so it burns the poll budget and then sends the prompt anyway (slower start, still works). |
 | `workingDir`               | ✅          | valid path (allowlist-validated)                         | Validated at **create/update** (must exist, be a directory, and not resolve into a blocked tree — `/etc`, `/root`, `/proc`, `/sys`, `/dev`, or `/` itself) and again **at fire time**.     |
 | `launchCommand`            | —           | ≤ 2000 chars, single line                                | `shell` mode only: sent as the **first input line** once the shell is up, before the prompt. Ignored for other agent types.                                                                |
 | `promptMode`               | ✅          | `inline_text` \| `prompt_file_path`                      | See §5.                                                                                                                                                                                    |

docs/deepseek-integration-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+# DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) integration plan
+
+> **Status**: Executed. This document records the plan, the decision behind each
+> wiring point, and what was and was not verified. The user-facing guide is
+> [`deepseek-integration.md`](./deepseek-integration.md); the per-decision
+> invariants live in
+> [`architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok-deepseek`](./architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok-deepseek).
+> Template: the grok integration ([`grok-integration-plan.md`](./grok-integration-plan.md)),
+> itself calibrated against pi. Every fact below was measured against a live
+> **dsh 0.1.1-rc.2** install and **@deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui 0.9.0**, not read
+> from documentation.
+
+## 1. What the DeepSeek Harness is
+
+[deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)
+(open-sourced 2026-08-13, MIT) is a plugin-native agent framework: tools, skills,
+sessions, sandboxes and whole APPS are Cordis plugins composed into *profiles*.
+`dsh` is the launcher — `dsh --profile <name>` boots
+`$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>`, an ordered stack of plugin-bundle patch layers under
+the user's own overrides. State lives in `~/.dsh` (`.env` 0600, `settings.yaml`,
+`cordis.patch.yml`, `profiles/`, `sessions/`, `storages/`).
+
+## 2. Shape decisions (why DeepSeek is wired the way it is)
+
+DeepSeek is a ninth run mode. Never a location overlay, never a web tab (the
+browser UI is handled separately, §3). Three of its decisions have no precedent
+in the six external CLIs before it.
+
+| Question | Decision | Why |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| What does a pane run? | `dsh --profile <name>`, profile discovered | **The decision that shapes everything else.** DeepSeek ships `web`, `headless` and `base` — no terminal agent. The interactive front door is always a third-party plugin, so Codeman resolves a binary AND a profile inventory, and "available" means both. `resolveDefaultDeepSeekProfile()` prefers a recognized TUI, then an UNRECOGNIZED profile (anyone can publish an app bundle; a classifier that has not heard of one must not hide it), and refuses `web`/`headless`, which cannot occupy a pane. |
+| Which TUI? | none blessed; default for BOOTSTRAP only | `POST /api/deepseek/install-profile` defaults to `@deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui` (~27.5k weekly downloads, ~4x the next, MIT, and it speaks the status contract in §2.3), but accepts any npm name and the resolver never assumes that profile exists. Codeman offers a default; it does not pick a winner. |
+| Permission bypass | `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` env export, no flag | The harness has NO command-line permission option; its sandbox/approval rows read one env var with three presets (`read-only` / `workspace-write` / `danger-full-access`, read off `dsh --dump-default-config`). This is the one legitimate exception to the `CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL` ban: that var hard-locks in-session switching, whereas the harness reads this with `??` as a boot-time DEFAULT, so it stays soft. Exported via `tmux setenv`, never on the command line. The Run button sends `danger-full-access`, matching every sibling Run button. |
+| Multi-user clamp branch | only-if-sent, clamped to `workspace-write`, **plus an env-var half** | Omitting the export leaves the harness on `workspace-write`, which still ASKS, so an absent config is already safe (the codex/antigravity/grok shape, not pi's materialize). Clamping to `workspace-write` rather than `read-only` is deliberate: the clamp removes privilege, it must not break a session's ability to edit its own workspace. ⚠️ Unlike every sibling, clamping the CONFIG is only half the gate: the switch is an env var, `DSH_*` is an allowlisted `envOverrides` prefix, and `applyEnvOverrides()` runs AFTER `_configureDeepSeek()`, so `envOverrides: {DSH_PERMISSION_MODE: 'danger-full-access'}` on the same request would land last and win. `clampEnvOverridesForOwner()` drops `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` and `DSH_HOME` for a non-granted owner (dropping falls through to the clamped export). `DSH_HOME` because it aims the launcher at a profile tree whose plugin code runs at BOOT, before any approval row. |
+| `hooksAvailableForMode()` granularity | per SESSION for deepseek, per mode for everything else | `deepSeekConfig.statusReporting: false` disarms the `HERDR_*` export, and the triple is the only reason a dsh session posts anything, so a mode-only answer would accept `until=stop` where nothing can send one — the infinite-wait the predicate exists to prevent. Call sites pass `sessionHookOptions(session)`; the default stays permissive so a forgotten one degrades to the old behaviour. ⚠️ Profile conformance stays unknowable at request time (an unrecognized profile is deliberately launchable), so a non-conforming TUI still times out on an explicit `stop`; the default set keeps `idle`/`exit` for that. ⚠️ The predicate is NOT "is this claude": Read My Mind and intent capture read Claude's transcript and were silently widened by this change, so they compare `mode === 'claude'` directly now. |
+| Profile install spawn | own process group, hand-rolled timeout | `dsh plugin add` fans out into package-manager children, and spawn's built-in `timeout` signals only the direct child: survivors keep the inherited stdio pipes open, `close` never fires, and the held-open request leaks with no route-level deadline. `detached: true` + negative-pid SIGTERM→SIGKILL, the same escalation `runGit()` uses for the same reason, plus a last-resort reap for a grandchild that escaped the group. |
+| Idle detection | **real hook events via a status shim** | The standout decision. The TUI already reports its lifecycle to a supervising process through a generic env-gated contract inherited from Herdr: `HERDR_ENV=1` + `HERDR_BIN_PATH` + `HERDR_PANE_ID` make it run `<bin> pane report-agent <id> --state idle\|working\|blocked …` on every state change, exit 0 = delivered. `deepseek-status-shim.ts` generates a script into the data dir and points `HERDR_BIN_PATH` at it. So deepseek is the only non-claude mode that passes `hooksAvailableForMode()` — earned by emitting definitive signals, not granted. An interface implementation, not an impersonation: no real `herdr` binary is ever executed, and a TUI that ignores the contract simply falls back to output stabilization. |
+| `agent_working` event | new, 157th SSE constant | The one hook event with no Claude Code hook behind it. A harness turn cannot run while its own modal approval is on screen, so "started working" proves a dialog was answered in the terminal. Without it a dsh red alert would survive until the next `stop` — the exact stuck-alert bug the claude path already fixed once, and its pane-capture staleness sweep is Claude-dialog-shaped and cannot help here. |
+| Resolver | identity probe THEN version probe | Strictest of the family, and not by preference. `dsh` is not merely a squattable npm name: Debian ships an unrelated `dsh` (dancer's shell, `apt install dsh`) which would answer a version probe convincingly and then be handed a spawn line. `dsh --help` must match `DeepSeek Harness` first. `DEEPSEEK_VERSION_REGEX` keeps the prerelease tail (`0.1.1-rc.2`), since truncating it would report an rc as a release. |
+| Env allowlist | `DSH_*` + `DEEPSEEK_*` | `DSH_*` covers the launcher's documented inputs (`DSH_HOME`, `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE`, `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE`, the `DSH_TUI_*` knobs); `DEEPSEEK_*` is the vendor namespace holding `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`/`DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL`, same reasoning that admitted `XAI_*` for grok. ⚠️ Pi's lesson repeats exactly: a dsh `settings.yaml` can nominate ANY env var as a provider credential (`apiKeyEnv`), and the allowlist is one GLOBAL list, so admitting those would widen every mode at once. They stay out. |
+| Model | NOT a session field | The model is a composition entry (`agent-default-model`) in the profile's config tree, set in `~/.dsh/settings.yaml` + `cordis.patch.yml`. Both create paths deliberately resolve no model for this mode rather than inventing a flag. |
+| Alt-screen strip | OUT of `isAltScreenStripMode()` | Third-party fullscreen TUIs with their own scrollback and mouse handling — the opencode case, not the Ink case. |
+| Local echo | `'buffer'` via the `_updateLocalEchoState` fallthrough | UNMEASURED against a live authenticated session (see §5), same honest gap grok shipped with. The leading TUI's composer supports `@` completion and history search, which *may* make it per-keystroke reactive like codex; if so the fallback is the `'off'` branch. |
+| Docker | image installs dsh AND a profile | Profiles are deliberately NOT seeded from the host: each is a per-profile `node_modules` tree, host-arch-specific and far too large to copy per container start. Only `~/.dsh/.env`, `settings.yaml`, `cordis.patch.yml` are seeded (auth + model composition). The profile install rides the `useradd` layer so the closing `chgrp`/`chmod g=u` covers it, which is what keeps it usable under the arbitrary uid the container runs as. |
+| Remote SSH | `exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'dsh'` | Boots the remote box's default profile; a remote with several needs the per-host `commands.deepseek` override, since `deepSeekConfig` does not cross ssh. |
+
+## 3. The web profile
+
+The browser UI is the only interactive surface DeepSeek ships itself, so it gets
+a **shortcut, not a run mode**: `Run ▸ DeepSeek web UI…` starts
+`dsh web --no-open --host 127.0.0.1 --port <free> --trusted-host <codeman-authority>`
+as a background process and opens the URL as an ordinary web tab.
+
+The server was a **shell session** first, on the reasoning that Codeman already
+supervises those (visible, scrollable, killable, dies with its tab) so nothing
+new had to own a long-lived HTTP server. That version worked and was still
+wrong in use: clicking "open the DeepSeek web UI" put a terminal tab on screen
+next to the web tab actually asked for, every single time, and after the first
+launch the terminal was pure noise. Opening a dashboard should open one tab.
+
+So `POST /api/deepseek/web` owns it instead (`src/deepseek-web-server.ts`), and
+what the session gave away for free is now explicit: exactly one server, reused
+rather than raced on a second click; restarted when the requested authority
+changes; killed on Codeman shutdown (a detached child would otherwise hold its
+port against the next start — the very EADDRINUSE this feature already got
+wrong once); and boot output captured, since with no shell tab there is nowhere
+else for a stack trace to land. It is fenced at the same bar as the profile
+installer: booting a dsh profile executes the plugin code in it, so it requires
+the privileged grant in multi-user mode.
+
+`--trusted-host` is load-bearing — dsh fences its `/api` behind a browser-trust
+check on the request authority, and a Codeman web tab reaches it through
+Codeman's own origin via the webview proxy, not directly. The authority comes
+from the CLIENT (`location.host`) because only the browser knows which of a
+multi-homed Codeman's origins is actually in play.
+
+Three things about this shortcut are load-bearing and each came from it failing
+in exactly that way against a real install:
+
+- **The port is chosen, never hardcoded.** `GET /api/deepseek/web-port` walks
+  3080..3119 for a free loopback port. 3080 is dsh's own default, which makes it
+  precisely the port a DeepSeek user is most likely to already be serving on:
+  binding it unconditionally killed the launch with `EADDRINUSE` against the
+  user's own `dsh web`.
+- **The tab is opened only after the server answers.** The launch polls
+  `POST /api/webviews/probe` until the URL responds, so a server that dies on
+  startup reports the failure and points at its shell tab, instead of silently
+  persisting a dashboard aimed at nothing.
+- **The saved tab is `trusted: true`, and must be.** An untrusted webview is
+  sandboxed without `allow-same-origin`, which breaks this dashboard twice: the
+  dsh client-runtime reads `localStorage` while loading plugins and dies there,
+  and an opaque-origin frame sends `Origin: null`, so dsh's trust check 403s
+  every `/api` call regardless of what `--trusted-host` names. Passing
+  `location.host` only means anything once the frame actually carries that
+  origin. The trade is real — a trusted proxied frame is same-origin with
+  Codeman and can reach Codeman's API — and is defensible only because this
+  particular dashboard is an agent harness Codeman just started itself on
+  loopback, which can already run code as the user. It is not a precedent for
+  trusting third-party dashboards generally.
+
+The record is marked `managed: 'deepseek-web'`, which keeps it out of the
+saved-dashboard list: the shortcut that maintains it is already a menu entry, so
+listing both showed the same dashboard twice. Being managed is also what lets a
+relaunch repoint the existing row instead of stacking one dead dashboard per
+restart, since the port is now chosen per launch.
+
+The authority baked into `--trusted-host` is the one the launch was clicked
+from, and reuse is conditional on it: a running server fenced for a *different*
+origin is stopped and restarted rather than reused, because reusing it renders a
+page whose every API call 403s — which reads as a broken dashboard rather than a
+misconfigured one.
+
+## 4. Touch points (the checklist)
+
+Backend: `types/session.ts` (SessionMode + `DeepSeekConfig` + SessionState),
+`utils/deepseek-cli-resolver.ts` (new) + barrel, `deepseek-status-shim.ts` (new),
+`tmux-manager.ts` (`buildDeepSeekCommand`, dispatch, resume flag, PATH export,
+truecolor, `_configureDeepSeek`, availability error, plumbing), `session.ts`
+(external-mode gate, label, config plumbing, tmux-required error, attach env),
+`mux-interface.ts`, `schemas.ts` (prefixes, `DeepSeekConfigSchema`,
+`DeepSeekInstallProfileSchema`, both mode enums, remote overrides, cron agentType,
+`agent_working`), `session-wait-registry.ts` (`hooksAvailableForMode`),
+`hook-event-routes.ts` (`APPROVAL_RESOLVING_EVENTS`), `session-routes.ts` (clamp +
+both create paths + `resolveDeepSeekLaunchError`), `system-routes.ts`
+(`GET /api/deepseek/status`, `POST /api/deepseek/install-profile`), `server.ts`
+(availability inject + mux restore), `sse-events.ts`, `docker-hosts.ts`,
+`remote-hosts.ts`, `config/dependency-registry.ts`,
+`response-viewer-transcript.ts`, `cron/cron-service.ts` (comment),
+`tui/tui-client.ts` + `tui-app.ts`.
+
+Frontend: `index.html` (welcome button, run-mode entry, install affordance, web-UI
+shortcut, cron option, clone Brain option), `session-ui.js` (`runDeepSeek()`,
+`runDeepSeekWeb()`, `installDeepSeekProfile()`, dispatch, availability, "Run DS"
+label, external-CLI gates), `app.js` (label, `ds` tab badge, kill-menu, SSE map),
+`settings-ui.js` (welcome gate + `_onHookAgentWorking`), `constants.js`,
+`mobile-overview.js`, `home-sessions.js`, `panels-ui.js`, `i18n.js`,
+`terminal-ui.js`, `styles.css` + `mobile.css` (brand-indigo identity; the non-og
+skin block and the mobile `!important` pair are both load-bearing).
+
+Meta: `docker/agent.Dockerfile`, `install.sh`, `package.json` keyword,
+`skills/codeman/reference/*`, CLAUDE.md, `architecture-invariants.md`.
+
+Tests: `test/deepseek-mode.test.ts` + `test/deepseek-cli-resolver.test.ts` (new);
+`run-mode-ui`, `render-index-html`, `mobile-overview`, `agent-skill-mode-lists`
+(extended).
+
+## 5. Verification performed
+
+See the summary at the end of the implementing session for the live run. In
+short: the CI gate green; the resolver, profile inventory, spawn-line and clamp
+behaviour covered by 31 new unit tests; and an isolated instance used to exercise
+`GET /api/deepseek/status` and a real session against the live dsh install.
+
+**Not verified (honest gaps):**
+
+- The local-echo `'buffer'` policy against the TUI's real composer (§2). If it
+  turns out per-keystroke reactive like codex's, flip it to the `'off'` branch;
+  teaching `PredictiveEchoAddon` its composer row is the larger follow-up.
+- Scrollback/repaint behaviour of a third-party fullscreen TUI under the narrow
+  strip during a long session.
+- A Docker case with `mode: 'deepseek'` (needs a `--no-cache` agent-image
+  rebuild — see the `--no-cache` rule in CLAUDE.md).
+- A remote-SSH deepseek case.
+- The web-UI shortcut against a tunnel authority. Loopback and a tailnet name are
+  both verified end to end through the webview proxy (dashboard renders, its
+  `/api` calls succeed, no shell session created).
+
+## 6. Follow-ups
+
+- **Response viewer**: read `~/.dsh/sessions/**` (JSONL) the way codex rollouts
+  are read back. Highest-value follow-up, and very achievable.
+- **`headless` as an execution backend** for Codeman's own AI checks
+  (`ai-idle-checker`, `ai-plan-checker`), today Claude-only.
+- **Profile/model picker in Session Options**, reading `GET /api/deepseek/status`
+  `.profiles`.
+- **`--patch` overlays per session**, which is the harness-native way to change
+  agent composition without touching the user's profile.
+- Measure the local-echo policy and pin the result the way pi did.

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@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+# DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) in Codeman
+
+Codeman can run [DeepSeek Harness](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)
+as a session backend, alongside Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini,
+Antigravity, Pi and Grok. It is the ninth run mode, and the one that is wired
+least like the others, for two reasons worth understanding before you use it.
+
+## 1. The agent is a profile, not the binary
+
+`dsh` is a **launcher**, not an agent. It boots a *profile*: an ordered stack of
+plugin-bundle patch layers under `$DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>` (`$DSH_HOME`
+defaults to `~/.dsh`). DeepSeek ships three bundles and none of them is a
+terminal agent:
+
+| Profile      | What it is                        | Can Codeman run it in a tab? |
+| ------------ | --------------------------------- | ---------------------------- |
+| `web`        | the browser UI, served on :3080   | no — but see §6              |
+| `headless`   | answers one task and exits        | no                           |
+| (`base`)     | the shared core, no app at all    | no                           |
+
+The interactive terminal front door is **always a third-party plugin**. So
+"DeepSeek is installed" and "Codeman can start a DeepSeek session" are different
+questions, and Codeman answers both separately:
+
+```bash
+curl -s localhost:3000/api/deepseek/status | jq
+{
+  "available": true,            # the `dsh` binary resolved and proved its identity
+  "runnable": false,            # ...but nothing installed can drive a pane
+  "path": "/home/you/.local/bin",
+  "version": "0.1.1-rc.2",
+  "dshHome": "/home/you/.dsh",
+  "defaultProfile": null,
+  "profiles": [ { "name": "web", "kind": "web", "bundles": [...] } ]
+}
+```
+
+### Installing a terminal profile
+
+From the UI: open the **Run** dropdown. When `dsh` is installed but no
+pane-capable profile is, the menu shows **DeepSeek — add a terminal profile…**.
+One click installs one and the normal DeepSeek entry appears.
+
+By hand, or to pick a different front door:
+
+```bash
+dsh plugin --profile dsh-tui add @deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui
+```
+
+⚠️ **`pnpm` has to be on PATH for either route.** `dsh plugin` is a thin forwarder
+that spawns a literal `pnpm` with no npm fallback, so without one it exits 127 with
+`dsh: pnpm not found on PATH` — both by hand and behind the UI button, which
+surfaces that same line as the install error. `npm install -g pnpm` (or
+`corepack enable pnpm`) is the fix. This is what broke the Docker agent image in
+[#352](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues/352); the image now installs pnpm
+alongside `dsh`.
+
+Codeman's default is `@deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui` because it is by a wide
+margin the most used community TUI, it is MIT, and it implements the status
+contract described in §3. It is a **default, not a requirement**: any profile
+under `$DSH_HOME/profiles` that is not `web` or `headless` shows up in the
+inventory and can be launched, including one you compose yourself. The endpoint
+accepts any npm package name:
+
+```bash
+curl -sX POST localhost:3000/api/deepseek/install-profile \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"profile":"my-tui","package":"@someone/dsh-tui"}'
+```
+
+Installing a plugin is arbitrary code execution on the host, so in multi-user
+mode this endpoint requires the can-bypass-permissions grant (the same bar as a
+`shell` session). The request is held open while the package manager runs and is
+bounded at five minutes; the install runs in its own process group, so hitting
+that bound kills the whole tree rather than just the launcher.
+
+> **`dsh` is also a Debian program.** `apt install dsh` gives you "dancer's
+> shell", a distributed shell, which would answer `--version` convincingly.
+> Codeman's resolver therefore demands the harness's own help banner before it
+> will point a spawn line at a candidate, and `GET /api/deepseek/status` reports
+> `path` and `version` so a misresolution is diagnosable rather than presenting
+> as "the mode just doesn't work".
+
+## 2. Permissions are an env var, not a flag
+
+The harness has **no `--dangerously-skip-permissions` equivalent**. Its sandbox
+and approval rows are configuration, driven by one documented input,
+`DSH_PERMISSION_MODE`, with three presets (read off `dsh --dump-default-config`):
+
+| `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` | sandbox              | approvals | notes                     |
+| --------------------- | -------------------- | --------- | ------------------------- |
+| `read-only`           | `read-only`          | ask       |                           |
+| `workspace-write`     | `workspace-write`    | ask       | the harness's own default |
+| `danger-full-access`  | `danger-full-access` | **never** | what the Run button sends |
+
+Codeman exports it via `tmux setenv`, never on the command line. Because the
+harness reads it with `??`, it is a **soft default**: it sets the boot-time
+preset and you can still change permission mode inside the session.
+
+Omitting it entirely leaves the harness on `workspace-write`, which still asks —
+which is why the multi-user clamp only needs to force a *sent* value down. A
+non-granted owner's `danger-full-access` becomes `workspace-write`, not
+`read-only`: the clamp removes privilege without breaking the session's ability
+to edit its own workspace.
+
+Because the switch is an env var rather than a flag, that clamp has a second half
+no other CLI needs. `DSH_*` is an allowlisted `envOverrides` prefix (it has to be:
+that is also how you set the harness's ordinary knobs), and env overrides are
+applied *after* the permission export, so in multi-user mode a non-granted owner
+sending
+
+```json
+{ "mode": "deepseek", "envOverrides": { "DSH_PERMISSION_MODE": "danger-full-access" } }
+```
+
+would otherwise hand back the privilege the config clamp just removed. For a
+non-granted owner Codeman therefore **drops `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE` and `DSH_HOME`
+from `envOverrides`**; dropping them falls through to the clamped config and the
+server's own `DSH_HOME`. `DSH_HOME` is in that list because it points the
+launcher at a profile tree, and a profile's plugin code runs at boot, before any
+approval row can apply. Single-user installs and granted owners are unaffected.
+
+## 3. Real idle detection (the interesting part)
+
+Every other external CLI mode in Codeman is **readiness-guessed**: Codeman
+watches the PTY go quiet and infers that a turn ended. Claude is the exception,
+because Claude Code fires hooks.
+
+DeepSeek is the second exception. The community terminal front door already
+reports its own lifecycle to a supervising process through a generic,
+env-var-gated contract (inherited from [Herdr](https://herdr.dev)): when
+`HERDR_ENV=1`, `HERDR_BIN_PATH` and `HERDR_PANE_ID` are set, it shells out on
+every state change with
+
+```
+"$HERDR_BIN_PATH" pane report-agent "$HERDR_PANE_ID" \
+    --source custom:dsh-tui --agent dsh-tui \
+    --state idle|working|blocked [--message ...] --seq N
+```
+
+Codeman points `HERDR_BIN_PATH` at a small generated shim
+(`~/.codeman/dsh-status-shim.mjs`, written at session create) which forwards each
+report to `POST /api/hook-event`. The mapping:
+
+| Harness state | Codeman hook event | What you get                                             |
+| ------------- | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `blocked`     | `permission_prompt`| red "needs you" tab alert + an Approvals Inbox item       |
+| `idle`        | `stop`             | definitive end-of-turn: respawn triggers, `wait` returns  |
+| `working`     | `agent_working`    | clears an alert answered in the terminal, at once         |
+
+So a DeepSeek session gets Claude-grade signals: `GET /api/sessions/:id/wait`
+really can block on `stop` and `blocked` for it, and it is the only non-Claude
+mode for which that is true (`hooksAvailableForMode`).
+
+That is a per-*session* answer, not a per-mode one. Turning the bridge off with
+`deepSeekConfig.statusReporting: false` means nothing will ever post a hook event
+for that session, so an explicit `until=stop` is refused up front (with a message
+naming the setting) rather than blocking for your whole timeout. Omitting `until`
+never fails: the hook-only signals are dropped from the default set and you still
+get `idle` and `exit`.
+
+One limit worth knowing: whether the *profile* implements the contract cannot be
+known at request time (Codeman deliberately treats an unrecognized profile as
+launchable). A dsh session running a non-conforming TUI therefore still accepts
+`until=stop` and will time out on it. `idle`/`exit` are the reliable pair there.
+
+This is an interface implementation, not an impersonation — nothing on your
+machine executes a real `herdr` binary. If you use a terminal profile that does
+*not* implement the contract, the shim is simply never called and the mode falls
+back to output-stabilization readiness like its siblings. Turn it off per session
+with `deepSeekConfig.statusReporting: false`.
+
+## 4. Starting a session
+
+From the UI, pick **DeepSeek** in the Run dropdown (or the **Run DeepSeek**
+welcome button) and press Run. Over the API:
+
+```bash
+curl -sX POST localhost:3000/api/quick-start \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{
+        "caseName": "myproject",
+        "mode": "deepseek",
+        "deepSeekConfig": {
+          "profile": "dsh-tui",
+          "permissionMode": "danger-full-access"
+        }
+      }'
+```
+
+`deepSeekConfig` fields: `profile`, `permissionMode`, `resumeSession`,
+`resumeSessionId`, `statusReporting`. Resume prefers an explicit id over the
+most-recent form, and both are passed through to the profile's app, which is
+where `--resume` is understood.
+
+**Models are not a session field.** The model is a composition entry in the
+profile's config tree (`agent-default-model`), not a CLI flag, so Codeman does
+not try to set one. Configure it where the harness does: `~/.dsh/settings.yaml`
+plus a home-level `~/.dsh/cordis.patch.yml`, or a `--patch` overlay on the
+profile. That is also how you point dsh at a local or third-party provider.
+
+**Environment.** `DSH_*` and `DEEPSEEK_*` are allowlisted for `envOverrides`
+(so `DSH_HOME`, `DSH_PERMISSION_MODE`, `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`, `DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL`
+all flow through). Provider keys with *other* names are deliberately not: a dsh
+`settings.yaml` can nominate any env var as a credential via `apiKeyEnv`, and
+Codeman's allowlist is global, so admitting them would widen it for every mode at
+once. Authenticate those the way dsh does, from the file or the server's own
+environment.
+
+## 5. Reading a session back, and driving one as a worker
+
+dsh writes a real transcript — `$DSH_HOME/sessions/<mangled-cwd>/<id>/session.jsonl.zstd`
+— so `GET /api/sessions/:id/last-response` reads that rather than segmenting the
+pane, and the Response Viewer shows a dsh conversation the way it shows a claude
+or codex one (`?context=full` returns prompt / response / tool blocks).
+
+Reading the pane instead is not merely coarse for this mode, it is wrong: dsh-TUI
+paints a full-screen splash, so the segmenter answered a `last-response` call for
+a fresh dsh session with its ASCII-art logo — which anything polling for a
+worker's first answer reads as an answer. Three things about the file shaped the
+reader (`src/deepseek-transcript.ts`):
+
+- **It is one zstd FRAME per append, not one zstd stream.** `zstd -dc` decodes all
+  of them, Node's `zlib` zstd decoder stops at the first: a real 56-line
+  transcript came back as 1 line. The reader walks frame headers itself. On a Node
+  older than 22.15 (no zstd at all) the mode falls back to the pane, as before.
+- **Not every `user/message` is the user.** Each turn also records a
+  plugin-sourced runtime-context snapshot; only `source.kind === 'user'` is a
+  prompt.
+- **A failed turn is not an empty one.** `turn/end` carries the provider's error,
+  which is returned as `Turn error: …` (and an early stop such as `max-tokens` as
+  `Turn ended: …`) instead of an empty string that reads as "still thinking".
+
+The transcript reader applies to **local** dsh sessions only. A Docker case's
+harness writes its transcript inside the container's own `~/.dsh` (the workspace
+bind mount does not cover it), and a remote-SSH case's lives on the remote host,
+so the local reader could never find those files — such sessions keep the pane
+segmenter, coarse but real. The splash caveat above applies to them accordingly.
+
+### As an agent worker
+
+Because dsh has both halves — a real end-of-turn signal and a real transcript — an
+agent can drive a dsh session the same way it drives a claude one, and the bundled
+`codeman` agent skill does. Spawning `beta:deepseek` in its worker list gives a
+worker that is tasked, waited on and read with the same calls as its claude
+siblings; no other external CLI mode qualifies. Two edges are worth repeating here:
+
+- **Readiness is not the stop signal.** The harness reports `idle` at boot roughly
+  300 ms *before* the composer paints (measured 2.26 s vs 2.56 s after spawn), so a
+  send-and-wait fired immediately after create resolves on that boot report,
+  reports a turn that never ran, and leaves the prompt in a pane that was not yet
+  accepting input. Wait for the composer (`❯`) instead.
+- **Wait on `stop`, not on the default signal set.** That set also carries `idle`,
+  which for every external CLI is inferred from output stabilization; a dsh TUI
+  that repaints rarely reads as idle mid-turn.
+
+## 6. The web UI as a tab
+
+The browser UI is the one interactive surface DeepSeek ships itself, so it gets a
+shortcut rather than a run mode: **Run ▸ DeepSeek web UI…** starts
+`dsh web --no-open --host 127.0.0.1 --port <free> --trusted-host <codeman-host>`
+as a background child process (`src/deepseek-web-server.ts`, behind
+`POST/GET/DELETE /api/deepseek/web`) and opens it as a Codeman web tab once the
+server actually answers.
+
+It is a child process rather than a shell session because the session version
+opened a terminal tab nobody asked for on every click. What the session gave for
+free is therefore explicit here: one instance with reuse, a restart when the
+requested `--trusted-host` authority differs from the running one, a kill on
+server stop, and captured boot output. The `--trusted-host` flag is load-bearing —
+dsh fences its `/api` behind a browser-trust check on the request authority, and a
+Codeman web tab reaches it through Codeman's own origin via the webview proxy, not
+directly. Without it the page renders and every API call fails.
+
+## 7. Docker and remote cases
+
+Docker cases work: the agent image installs `dsh` and bootstraps a `dsh-tui`
+profile into the container. Profiles are deliberately **not** seeded from the
+host (each is a per-profile `node_modules` tree, host-arch-specific and far too
+large to copy on every container start); only `~/.dsh/.env`, `settings.yaml` and
+`cordis.patch.yml` are seeded, which is what carries auth and model composition
+in. As with pi and grok, in-container sessions are invisible host-side:
+`~/.dsh/sessions` inside a container is that container's own.
+
+Remote SSH cases default to `dsh` through a login shell, which boots the remote
+box's default profile. If the remote has several, name one with the per-host
+`commands.deepseek` override — the local `deepSeekConfig` does not cross ssh.
+
+## 8. What is not wired
+
+Deliberately minimal, on the same reasoning as the grok integration: the harness
+is a fast-moving developer preview and every flag added is a flag validated
+forever.
+
+- `--patch` overlays per session (the profile's own layers apply as normal).
+- `dsh plugin` management beyond first-time profile install.
+- The `headless` profile as a one-shot execution backend for Codeman's own
+  internal AI checks (today those are Claude-only).
+- Model/provider selection from Session Options.
+
+## Verified against
+
+`dsh 0.1.1-rc.2` and `@deepseek-harness-tui/dsh-tui 0.9.0`. The permission
+presets, the profile layout, and the supervisor contract above were all read off
+the live install rather than from documentation.

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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Run a case inside an **isolated Docker container** instead of directly on the host. Any number of Codeman sessions can share one container (it is scoped to the case, not the session), so a whole project lives in a sandbox with its own network, resource caps, and filesystem, and you can **export the container to move it to another machine**.
 
-Docker mode is a **location overlay on cases**, the direct analog of [remote SSH cases](./remote-hosts.md): where a remote case runs a local tmux pane doing `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a docker case runs a local tmux pane doing `docker exec -it` into a durable **in-container** tmux server. It is not a separate `SessionMode`, so `claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini` all work inside the container.
+Docker mode is a **location overlay on cases**, the direct analog of [remote SSH cases](./remote-hosts.md): where a remote case runs a local tmux pane doing `ssh host` into a durable remote tmux server, a docker case runs a local tmux pane doing `docker exec -it` into a durable **in-container** tmux server. It is not a separate `SessionMode`, so `claude` / `shell` / `opencode` / `codex` / `gemini` / `antigravity` / `pi` / `grok` / `deepseek` / `omp` all work inside the container.
 
 ## One-time setup: build the base image
 
@@ -15,6 +15,72 @@ node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs          # builds codeman/agent:base
 
 The image is **secret-free**: credentials are delivered at runtime (bind mounts or `docker exec --env`), never baked in, so exports never leak them.
 
+⚠️ **Re-build with `--no-cache`, always.** The CLIs are installed in a single `RUN npm install -g` layer, so a plain rebuild re-uses it from the Docker layer cache and the CLIs stay frozen at whatever versions the image was **first** built with, however long ago that was. Editing the Dockerfile does not help unless the edit lands at or above that line: a change appended below it leaves the npm layer cached and only runs the new step. Observed 2026-08-06: a rebuild silently kept a stale `@openai/codex@0.144.6` whose aliased platform binary had not installed, so every `codex` docker case died with `Missing optional dependency @openai/codex-linux-x64` while the build itself reported success.
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache
+```
+
+### Which CLIs the image contains
+
+The npm-published CLIs come from `ARG CLI_NPM_PACKAGES`, which `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs`
+fills from `config/clis.stock.json` (generated from `src/config/cli-registry/stock.ts`). Adding
+a stock CLI that installs with a plain `npm install -g` needs no Dockerfile edit. The ARG
+defaults to the same list in the same order, so a bare `docker build` produces a byte-identical
+layer — a different order would be a different `RUN` string and so a needless cache miss.
+
+⚠️ It reads the **stock** catalogue, never the merged registry. A user's `~/.codeman/clis.json`
+must not change what is inside an image tagged `codeman/agent:base`, or two machines holding
+that tag hold different images and every cache decision downstream is a lie. Each entry's
+`enabled` flag IS honoured, so a CLI that ships disabled is never baked in.
+
+Five CLIs keep hand-written layers, for two different reasons that are easy to conflate.
+`antigravity`, `grok` and `omp` declare no `npmPackage` at all, so they never enter the shared
+npm layer and each gets a vendor-installer layer instead. `pi` and `deepseek` ARE on npm but
+carry `discovery.install.agentImageLayer` in `stock.ts` (a REGISTRY field, rather than an
+id-keyed table duplicated between the two producers of the image's build args), which pulls
+them out of the shared layer because a plain `npm install -g` is not enough for them:
+
+| CLI | Why it is not in the shared npm layer |
+| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `pi` | Installs with `--ignore-scripts`, kept in its own layer so the flag cannot leak to the others. |
+| `deepseek` | Needs `pnpm` alongside it (`dsh plugin`, issue #352) plus a `dsh-tui` profile install. |
+| `antigravity` | Not on npm — Google ships a standalone binary (~190MB, the largest layer). |
+| `grok`, `omp` | Not on npm — standalone vendor installers. |
+
+`test/docker-agent-image-coverage.test.ts` requires every special case to carry a written
+reason AND still be present in the Dockerfile, so an exclusion cannot silently become an
+omission — which is the same failure upstream `b6d0f1fa` hit in `install.sh`.
+
+Two things build this image: `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` (a human) and
+`ensureAgentBaseImage()` in `src/docker-hosts.ts` (the app, on the first Docker case). They
+assemble the argv independently, because a `.mjs` cannot import TypeScript, so
+`test/agent-image-build-args-parity.test.ts` pins them together. Without it, an image built by
+hand and one built by the app could hold different CLIs under the same tag.
+
+A zero exit code only proves the layers ran, not that the toolchain works. Verify by actually executing each CLI in the image, and check the build log for `Using cache` lines:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm codeman/agent:base bash -lc \
+  'for c in claude codex gemini opencode agy pi grok dsh omp; do printf "%-9s " $c; $c --version 2>&1 | head -1; done'
+```
+
+⚠️ `dsh --version` is the one line above that answers a different question than the
+others: `dsh` is a profile launcher, so a working binary says nothing about whether
+the image can actually run a DeepSeek session. Check the profile the Dockerfile
+installs into the agent's HOME as well, or a `mode: 'deepseek'` case starts a pane
+that dies on arrival:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm codeman/agent:base ls ~/.dsh/profiles/dsh-tui/package.json
+```
+
+Building that profile is also why `pnpm` is in the image: `dsh plugin` forwards straight to a literal `pnpm` and exits 127 without it (issue #352), and pnpm — unlike npm — blocks dependency lifecycle scripts by default and fails the install over it, so the profile step passes `--config.dangerouslyAllowAllBuilds=true`.
+
+Antigravity (`agy`) and Grok (`grok`) are the two CLIs not installed from npm (Google and xAI ship standalone binaries), so each has its own Dockerfile step, adding roughly 190MB and 160MB respectively. Pi also gets its own step, because upstream documents installing it with `--ignore-scripts` and that flag must not silently change how the other npm CLIs install.
+
+Pi's credentials are seeded per-FILE rather than as a whole directory (`auth.json`, `settings.json`, `trust.json`, `models.json`, `models-store.json` out of `~/.pi/agent`), because that directory also holds `sessions/`, `extensions/`, `skills/` and the installed package trees — gigabytes on an active host. Consequence: in-container pi sessions are invisible host-side, so `pi -c` inside a Docker case only sees that container's own history. See [`pi-integration.md`](./pi-integration.md). Grok is seeded per-file for the same reason (`auth.json`, `config.toml`, `pager.toml` out of `~/.grok`, which also holds `sessions/`, `memory/` and the ~160MB binary under `downloads/`), with the same consequence for `grok -c`. See [`grok-integration.md`](./grok-integration.md). OMP is the one CLI in this family where `sessions/` is the EXCEPTION rather than the rule: `~/.omp/agent/{config.yml,mcp.json,models.yml,settings.yml}` are seeded per-file (the dir also holds SQLite caches and `terminal-sessions/`), but `~/.omp/agent/sessions/` is shared RW like codex's, not seeded, because Codeman reads it host-side for history recovery and `--resume` pinning. See [`omp-integration.md`](./omp-integration.md).
+
 ## Quickest path: one-click "Run in Docker"
 
 On the **New case → Create New** tab there's a **🐳 Run in an isolated Docker container** checkbox. Checking it alone is enough: Codeman creates the case folder in `~/codeman-cases/<name>`, spins up a hardened container with sensible defaults (auto-provisioning a shared `default` host), and starts the session inside it. No host/image/network fields to fill in.
@@ -49,6 +115,49 @@ curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/cases/docker-link -d '{"name":"sandbox","hostId"
 curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/quick-start -d '{"caseName":"sandbox","mode":"claude"}'
 ```
 
+## Attach to a container you already run
+
+The tab's **Attach to an existing container** toggle points a case at a container **you**
+built and run. Codeman only ever `docker exec`s into it: it never creates, starts, stops,
+restarts or removes it, and it seeds no credentials into it, so the CLIs inside must already
+be installed and logged in. A missing or stopped container is an error to report, not a state
+to fix — start it yourself and reopen the session.
+
+- **Container Name** is a picker over the engine's containers that you can also type into
+  (the engine may be remote, or the container may not exist yet when you fill the form).
+  Stopped containers are listed too, sorted last and labelled, so "mine isn't here" is never
+  a dead end.
+- **Container Workdir** is a path that must already exist **inside** the container. Adoption
+  mounts nothing, so it need not match the host workspace path; **Browse** lists directories
+  inside the container itself. Without this check, a wrong path fails at launch as a bare
+  `execvp failed` inside the pane.
+- **Workspace Path** is still a real host directory. It backs file previews, attachments and
+  watchers exactly as it does for an owned case, but here it is only a mirror: nothing is
+  bind-mounted, so point it at whatever host directory your container already exposes.
+- **Check container** runs a read-only preflight and reports what is inside before you commit
+  to a case name (running or not, tmux present, which CLIs resolved).
+- **Run modes come from the container**, not the host: a host with no `claude` still offers
+  Claude if the container ships it, and a mode the container lacks is hidden.
+- Claude is launched **without** `--dangerously-skip-permissions` when the container's exec
+  user is root, because Claude Code refuses that flag as root and the refusal is only visible
+  inside the container.
+- Image, network and resource settings disappear from the form: they describe a
+  `docker create` that adoption never runs.
+
+Recreate is refused for an adopted case, full-image export is refused (it would commit a
+container that is not ours), unlinking the case leaves the container running, and the boot
+reaper skips it. Workspace-only export still works and never pauses the container.
+
+Equivalent API:
+
+```bash
+curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/docker-cases/adopt-preflight -d '{"hostId":"local","container":"my-dev-box","containerWorkdir":"/workspace"}'
+curl -X POST localhost:3000/api/cases/docker-adopt -d '{"name":"devbox","hostId":"local","container":"my-dev-box","hostWorkspacePath":"/home/you/projects/devbox","containerWorkdir":"/workspace"}'
+```
+
+In multi-user mode adoption is **admin-only**, unlike `docker-link`: an adopted container's
+mounts belong to whoever built it, so one mounting `/` would hand the adopter the whole host.
+
 ## Lifecycle
 
 - **Reconnect after a Codeman restart** lands back in the same live agent (the in-container tmux survives).

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+# Docker Compose deployment
+
+This configuration builds the Codeman application image locally from this checkout. It does not download or depend on a pre-built Codeman image.
+
+For the Compose configuration, environment settings, storage migration, and macvlan networking examples, see the [Docker deployment guide](../docker/README.md).
+
+The image includes Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode. Authenticate a CLI from its Codeman session; credentials are never baked into the image.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Docker Engine or Docker Desktop with Docker Compose v2
+- A reachable Docker daemon
+
+The application container mounts the Docker daemon socket so Codeman can create and manage its isolated Docker cases. Treat anyone who can administer this Compose project as having Docker-host-equivalent access.
+
+## Start
+
+Copy the environment template, set a strong password, and confirm `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH`. The example maps `/mnt/user/appdata/Coding/codeman` on the host to `/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}` in the container, preserving Codeman state and CLI credentials outside Docker-managed volumes.
+
+```sh
+cp docker/.env.example docker/.env
+```
+
+On PowerShell, use the following command instead.
+
+```powershell
+Copy-Item docker/.env.example docker/.env
+```
+
+On Linux, run the stack with the start script. It determines `PUID` and `PGID` from the owner of `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH`, and `DOCKER_SOCKET_GID` from the configured Docker socket, before invoking Compose. A root-owned application-data directory is rejected so the runtime account cannot become UID 0.
+
+```sh
+bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh
+```
+
+On other platforms, run Compose directly. `PUID` and `PGID` default to `1000:1000`; set them in `docker/.env` when the application-data directory has a different owner.
+
+```sh
+docker compose --env-file docker/.env -f docker/docker-compose.yaml up --build -d
+```
+
+Open `http://localhost:3000` and sign in with the username and password from `docker/.env`.
+
+## Operations
+
+The local image is tagged `codeman:local` by default. Change `CODEMAN_IMAGE` in `docker/.env` if a different local tag suits your environment.
+
+```sh
+docker compose --env-file docker/.env -f docker/docker-compose.yaml logs -f codeman
+bash docker/Start-Codeman.sh
+docker compose --env-file docker/.env -f docker/docker-compose.yaml down
+```
+
+`CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH` holds Codeman state and survives container recreation. Remove that host directory only when deliberately resetting the installation.
+
+`CODEMAN_CASES_PATH` must be an absolute path on the Docker host. Compose mounts it at the same path inside Codeman, so the host daemon can bind the managed workspace into isolated Docker cases. Do not set it to `/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}/codeman-cases`.
+
+Compose passes `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH` into Codeman as `CODEMAN_DOCKER_HOST_HOME`. Codeman uses that value to translate generated Docker seed, credential and hook-secret bind sources from the container's home path into paths visible to the host Docker daemon.
+
+If `docker info` reports `SwapLimit=false`, set `CODEMAN_DOCKER_DISABLE_SWAP_LIMIT=1`. Isolated cases retain their configured memory limit. Codeman omits the unsupported swap-limit option and filters only the daemon's exact swap-capability warning while retaining every other Docker create error.
+
+If that directory was created by an earlier root-running image, change its ownership to the configured `PUID:PGID` before starting this version. This preserves existing CLI credentials and session state while allowing the unprivileged runtime account to use them.
+
+## Updating
+
+Codeman updates itself from **App Settings → Updates**, as it does on a bare host. The checkout mounted at `/opt/codeman` is the same directory Compose builds from, so the update's `git checkout` and rebuild land on the host and survive container recreation; the restart is the server exiting, which `restart: unless-stopped` turns into a relaunch on the new build.
+
+That applies application code only. A release that changes `docker/server.Dockerfile`, `docker/docker-compose.yaml`, or adds a key to `docker/.env.example` needs the image rebuilt or the container recreated, which a container cannot do to itself. The updater detects each case and refuses with a message naming what changed; run `docker/Start-Codeman.sh` on the host to apply those.
+
+`CODEMAN_REPO_PATH` overrides which checkout is mounted. It defaults to the compose project's parent directory, so it normally needs no setting. Point it at a directory that is not a git checkout and in-app updates are reported as unavailable.
+
+Full detail, including the fingerprint baseline and the troubleshooting table: [`docker-self-update.md`](docker-self-update.md).
+
+## Docker cases
+
+The default socket path is `/var/run/docker.sock`, which works with a standard Linux Docker Engine. The Bash start script detects its numeric group ID. When running Compose directly, set `DOCKER_SOCKET_GID`, for example using `stat -c '%g' /var/run/docker.sock`, so the unprivileged `CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER` account can create Docker cases. Docker Desktop users should set `DOCKER_SOCKET` in `docker/.env` only when their Docker installation exposes a different compatible socket path.
+
+Codeman Docker cases are sibling containers on the host daemon, not children of the application container. The Compose configuration handles their workspace bind mount through `CODEMAN_CASES_PATH`; the `/home/${CODEMAN_RUNTIME_USER}` application-data mapping is for Codeman state and ordinary in-container sessions, not sibling-case workspaces.

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+# Self-update in the Docker Compose deployment
+
+Codeman running as a container updates itself from **App Settings → Updates**, the
+same place and the same button as a bare-host install. This document explains how
+that works, what it deliberately refuses to do, and how to recover when it stops.
+
+The bare-host updater is documented in
+[`architecture-invariants.md#self-update`](architecture-invariants.md#self-update);
+this file covers only what the container changes.
+
+## The short version
+
+| Change in the release            | Applied by                                       |
+| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
+| Application code                 | The in-app updater                               |
+| `docker/server.Dockerfile`       | `docker/Start-Codeman.sh` on the host            |
+| `docker/docker-compose.yaml`     | `docker/Start-Codeman.sh` on the host            |
+| New key in `docker/.env.example` | Add it to `docker/.env`, then `Start-Codeman.sh` |
+
+The in-app updater detects all three of the bottom rows itself and refuses with a
+message naming what changed, so you never have to work out which case you are in.
+
+## Why the container needs its own path
+
+The bare-host updater does `git checkout <tag> && npm install && npm run build`,
+then asks systemd or launchd to restart the service. Two of those assumptions are
+false in a container:
+
+1. **There is no init system.** A container's supervisor is the Docker daemon,
+   which acts on the container, not on processes inside it.
+2. **The image is immutable.** A `git pull` into the image's baked `/opt/codeman`
+   would land in the container's writable layer, survive `docker restart`, and be
+   silently discarded by the next `docker compose up`.
+
+Both are solved by configuration rather than by a second updater:
+
+- **The checkout is a host bind mount.** `docker-compose.yaml` mounts the repo
+  (the same directory used as the build context) over `/opt/codeman`, so the
+  updater's `git checkout` writes to the host filesystem and survives the
+  container being recreated.
+- **The restart is the server exiting.** `restart: unless-stopped` relaunches the
+  container whenever its main process ends, including on a clean exit — so the
+  updater's final step is to signal the server, and Docker starts it again on the
+  freshly built `dist/`.
+
+Everything else — the release-tag channel, the auto-stash, the atomic
+`update-status.json` the browser polls across the connection drop, the boot-time
+reconcile that flips `restarting` to `completed` — is the existing machinery,
+unchanged. The container path is a new `SupervisorKind`, not a new updater.
+
+## What the pieces are
+
+| Piece                                          | Role                                                                |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Repo bind mount at `/opt/codeman`              | Makes the pull persistent. Without it, self-update is unavailable.   |
+| `codeman-node-modules`, `codeman-dist` volumes | Container-owned build artefacts, layered over the bind mount.        |
+| `CODEMAN_IN_CONTAINER=1`                       | Tells `detectSupervisor()` to restart by exiting.                    |
+| `restart: unless-stopped`                      | Turns that exit into a restart. Verified before every update.        |
+| `CODEMAN_RESTART_BY_EXIT=1`                    | The Compose file's declaration of that policy, so the updater may exit even with no Docker socket. |
+| Toolchain + devDependencies in the image       | Lets `npm install` and `npm run build` run inside the container.     |
+| `docker-env-applied.json`                      | Fingerprint baseline, written by `Start-Codeman.sh` on every start.  |
+
+### Why build artefacts are in named volumes
+
+`node_modules` and `dist` are mounted as named volumes **on top of** the repo bind
+mount. Without that, an update's `npm install` would write into the host checkout,
+leaving container-compiled native modules (node-pty builds from source here) in a
+directory that may also be used to run Codeman natively, and leaving `git status`
+permanently noisy.
+
+Docker seeds an empty named volume from the image, so the first start inherits the
+image's already-built `node_modules` and `dist` and pays no bootstrap cost.
+`docker compose down -v` is the supported reset: the next start re-seeds them.
+
+### Why the runtime image carries a build toolchain
+
+`npm run build` is `tsc` plus `esbuild`, both devDependencies, so the image no
+longer runs `npm prune --omit=dev`. And `npm install` may rebuild node-pty, which
+ships no Linux prebuild, so `python3`, `make` and `g++` are installed as well.
+
+This is the real cost of in-place updates: a noticeably larger image than a
+runtime-only one. It buys an update that takes about a minute instead of a full
+image rebuild, and it is why `NODE_ENV=production` is paired with an explicit
+`npm install --include=dev` in the updater.
+
+## The environment gate
+
+An in-place update applies **code only**. A restarted container reuses its existing
+image and configuration, so a release that changes the environment cannot take
+effect that way — and would half-apply: new code against an old environment. The
+updater therefore checks the **target release's own files**, read straight out of
+git with `git show <tag>:<path>` before anything is checked out.
+
+### 1. `server.Dockerfile` changed, so the image must be rebuilt
+
+Compared by sha256 against the fingerprint `Start-Codeman.sh` recorded when the
+running container was built.
+
+### 2. `docker-compose.yaml` changed, so the container must be recreated
+
+Same mechanism. A restart cannot pick up a new mount, port or environment
+variable; only recreating the container can.
+
+### 3. `.env.example` gained keys your `.env` has no value for
+
+The check that matters most, because **Compose will not tell you**. An unset
+`${VAR}` interpolates to the empty string; Compose prints a warning to a terminal
+nobody is watching and starts anyway. A new required setting therefore arrives as
+a silently blank environment variable and misbehaves later, far from the cause.
+The updater names the missing keys instead.
+
+Commented-out lines in `.env.example` are deliberately *not* keys — that is how
+the file marks optional overrides such as `# PUID=1000`, and counting them would
+block updates on settings you are meant to leave alone.
+
+### 4. A restart policy that would not bring the container back
+
+Before signalling the server, the updater asks the Docker daemon for its own
+container's restart policy. If it is `no`, the update is refused: applying it
+would take Codeman down and leave no UI to recover from.
+
+If the policy cannot be read at all (no Docker socket mounted) the update is
+still allowed, but the final step changes: the server exits only when the
+Compose file declared `CODEMAN_RESTART_BY_EXIT=1` (the shipped one does, because
+it is the file that sets `restart: unless-stopped`) or the daemon confirmed an
+auto-restart policy. Otherwise the build completes and the panel asks you to
+restart the container by hand. A container started by plain `docker run` with no
+restart policy therefore gets a staged update, never an outage.
+
+### What the gate deliberately does not do
+
+Every unknown fails **open**:
+
+- A missing fingerprint baseline (a container started before this feature existed)
+  is not treated as a change, or those installs could never update at all.
+- An unreadable `.env`, an unreachable Docker socket, or a target tag whose files
+  cannot be read all yield "no blocker" rather than a refusal.
+
+The one place an unknown does NOT fail open is the kill itself: with neither the
+Compose declaration nor a daemon answer, the updater stages the build and asks
+for a manual restart rather than exiting a server nothing may bring back.
+
+The gate catches a specific, detectable class of mistake; it is not a last line of
+defence. It is also re-evaluated server-side on `POST /api/system/update`, so
+hiding the button in the UI is a courtesy rather than the control.
+
+## The one residual risk
+
+The gate is derived from the diff, so it cannot see a release that needs a newer
+environment **without changing any of those files** — for example, code that
+depends on newer agent-CLI behaviour.
+
+That is why the four global CLIs in `server.Dockerfile` are **pinned**. Unpinned,
+the versions a user ends up with are a function of when their image was built
+rather than of any commit, and in-app updates make rebuilds rarer, which makes
+that drift worse over time. Pinned, "this release needs a newer CLI" becomes a
+Dockerfile change, which check 1 already detects. Bump them deliberately, as part
+of a release.
+
+The complementary merge-side guard is `test/docker-compose-env-parity.test.ts`,
+which fails CI when a variable is added to `docker-compose.yaml` without an entry
+in `.env.example`, or the reverse.
+
+## Sequence of an in-place update
+
+1. **Check** — `GET /api/system/update/check` finds the latest release tag, fetches
+   that one ref so the gate can read the target's files, and returns any blockers.
+2. **Start** — `POST /api/system/update` re-evaluates the gate, writes `queued` to
+   `update-status.json`, stages `self-update.sh` outside the repo and runs it.
+3. **Apply** — stash if dirty, fetch the tag, check it out, `npm install
+   --include=dev`, `npm run build`. A failure at any step rolls back to the
+   previous commit, rebuilds it and reports `failed`; the server is never
+   restarted into a broken build.
+4. **Restart** — write the terminal `restarting` marker, then signal the server.
+   The container exits and Docker restarts it.
+5. **Reconcile** — the rebooted server compares its own version against the target
+   and flips the status to `completed` or `failed`. The browser, still polling,
+   picks that up.
+
+Step 4 kills the updater script along with the container — unlike the systemd
+path, it does not outlive the restart. That is safe only because the terminal
+marker is written first, which is why nothing may be appended after the kill.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**"This install can't update itself (unknown)"** — the repo bind mount is missing,
+so the container is running the baked image copy. Check `CODEMAN_REPO_PATH` and
+confirm the mounted directory really contains `.git`.
+
+**The update fails immediately with a git ownership or permission error** — the
+mounted checkout belongs to a different user than the one Codeman runs as
+(`PUID`), so git refuses it as "dubious ownership". `Start-Codeman.sh` warns
+about this at start; fix it by chowning the checkout to the same account that
+owns `CODEMAN_APPDATA_PATH`.
+
+**A rebuild is reported as required every time** — the fingerprint baseline does
+not match the checkout. `Start-Codeman.sh` writes it on every start, so start
+through that script rather than a bare `docker compose up` after either file
+changes.
+
+**Codeman does not come back after an update** — the build succeeded, since the
+updater gates the restart on it, so read the container logs with `docker compose
+logs codeman`. To roll back, check out the previous tag in the host checkout and
+run `docker/Start-Codeman.sh`.
+
+**The update failed during `npm install`** — most likely a native rebuild with no
+toolchain, meaning the image predates the toolchain being added. Rebuild once from
+the host and the in-app path works from then on.
+
+**Resetting the build artefacts** — `docker compose down -v`, then
+`Start-Codeman.sh`. This discards the named volumes and re-seeds them from a fresh
+image.
+
+## Disabling it
+
+Set `CODEMAN_DISABLE_SELF_UPDATE=1` in `docker/.env` and pass it through in the
+compose file's `environment:` block. The Updates panel then reports that in-app
+updates are disabled, and the host-side script is the only way to update.

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+# Extending Codeman
+
+Codeman has no plugin runtime, and that is a deliberate choice rather than a
+missing feature. A plugin runtime means running third-party code inside a process
+that spawns agents with your credentials, on a server people routinely expose
+over a tunnel or Tailscale. Codeman's security model is one of its reasons to
+exist, so it does not hand that away for an extension mechanism.
+
+Instead there are four seams that already work, from any language, with nothing
+installed:
+
+| You want to | Use | Runs where |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Show your own UI inside Codeman | [Web tabs](#seam-1-web-tabs) | Your own process, rendered as a tab |
+| React when an agent needs you | [SSE events](#seam-2-sse-events) | Anywhere that can hold an HTTP connection |
+| Drive Codeman from a script | [HTTP API](#seam-3-http-api-and-cli) or the `codeman` CLI | Anywhere |
+| React inside a Claude session | [Hooks](#seam-4-hooks) | The agent's own machine |
+
+Everything below is covered by the stability promise in
+[`versioning-policy.md`](versioning-policy.md): endpoint paths, the response
+envelope, `errorCode` values, and SSE event names are stable. Additive changes
+(new endpoints, new optional fields, new events) are non-breaking. Breaking
+changes ship under a new prefix (`/api/v2`).
+
+## Before you start
+
+**Base URL.** `http://127.0.0.1:3000` by default. Prefer the versioned prefix
+`/api/v1/...` for anything you publish; the unversioned `/api/...` is an alias.
+
+**Auth.** If `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` is set, send HTTP Basic on every request, or
+authenticate once and keep the `codeman_session` cookie. With no password set,
+Codeman is loopback-only and unauthenticated.
+
+```bash
+curl -u admin:$CODEMAN_PASSWORD http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/sessions
+```
+
+**Envelope.** Every response is `{"success": true, "data": ...}` or
+`{"success": false, "error": "...", "errorCode": "..."}`. Check the HTTP status
+or `body.success`, then read `body.data`. The full `errorCode` to status mapping
+is in [`api-reference.md`](api-reference.md).
+
+⚠️ A few legacy GETs (`/api/away-digest` among them) return a bare-ish body with
+the payload at the top level rather than under `data`. Read defensively with
+`body.data ?? body`.
+
+⚠️ A `401` is not an envelope at all: auth is rejected in a request hook that
+replies with the bare string `Unauthorized`, so parsing it as JSON throws. Branch on
+the status code before you parse, or a missing password looks like a broken endpoint.
+
+**Already driving Codeman from an agent?** The README's
+[Programmatic Guide](../README.md#driving-codeman-from-an-agent--programmatic-guide)
+covers the in-session case: the `CODEMAN_MUX`, `CODEMAN_API_URL`,
+`CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` and `CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE` variables that let a CLI
+running inside Codeman find the API and avoid acting on itself. This page is for
+code running *outside* a session.
+
+## Seam 1: Web tabs
+
+The highest-leverage seam. Any web app you can serve locally becomes a tab beside
+your agent sessions. You write a normal web page; Codeman handles embedding it.
+
+```bash
+curl -u admin:$PASS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/webviews \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"name":"My Dashboard","url":"http://127.0.0.1:8787","icon":"📊"}'
+```
+
+Fields: `name` (1 to 60 chars), `url`, and optionally `icon` (a single glyph, max
+8 code units), `embedMode` (`proxy` by default, or `direct`), and `trusted`.
+
+Related endpoints: `GET /api/v1/webviews`, `PATCH /api/v1/webviews/:id`,
+`DELETE /api/v1/webviews/:id`, `POST /api/v1/webviews/probe` (reachability and
+framing check), `POST /api/v1/webviews/:id/open`.
+
+### Why it is proxied
+
+By default your page is served through Codeman's own origin at `/webview/:cap/*`
+rather than framed directly. A direct iframe fails three ways at once: production
+is HTTPS so `http://` targets are blocked as mixed content, many dashboards send
+`X-Frame-Options: DENY`, and Codeman's own `default-src 'self'` CSP blocks
+cross-origin frames. Proxying solves all three without weakening the CSP.
+
+### The two things that will confuse you
+
+A proxied frame is sandboxed and therefore **opaque-origin** unless you set
+`trusted: true`. Two consequences look like bugs in your own app:
+
+1. **Root-absolute URLs built at runtime** (`/assets/x.png` assembled in JS)
+   escape the injected `<base>` tag. Codeman injects a `runtimeUrlShim()` that
+   patches the common DOM sinks, but if you construct URLs in an unusual way,
+   prefer relative paths.
+2. **Same-host `fetch` and `XHR` are CORS-checked with `Origin: null`.** Codeman
+   handles this with `buildProxyCorsHeaders()`, and the proxy is exempt from the
+   global `OPTIONS` short-circuit. If you see "Failed to fetch" while the page
+   itself renders fine, this is the area to look at.
+
+⚠️ `trusted: true` opts out of the sandbox. A proxied page is served from
+Codeman's origin, so `allow-same-origin` lets it read the Codeman page and call
+the API that spawns agents. Only mark your own trusted code.
+
+## Seam 2: SSE events
+
+`GET /api/v1/events` is a Server-Sent Events stream. Each message is
+`event: <name>` plus `data: <json>`. There are 149 event names following a
+`domain:action` convention, registered in `src/web/sse-events.ts`.
+
+The ones most integrations want:
+
+| Event | Meaning |
+| --- | --- |
+| `session:created`, `session:deleted` | A session appeared or went away |
+| `session:idle` | The agent stopped working |
+| `session:completion` | A completion message was detected |
+| `session:exit`, `session:error` | The session ended or failed |
+| `hook:permission_prompt` | The agent is asking for permission |
+| `hook:idle_prompt`, `hook:stop` | The agent is waiting on you, or stopped |
+| `hook:task_completed`, `task:completed` | Work finished |
+| `subagent:discovered`, `subagent:completed` | Background agent lifecycle |
+| `mux:died` | A multiplexer session died unexpectedly |
+| `cron:runCreated`, `cron:runUpdated` | Scheduled job activity |
+
+### Filtering
+
+`?sessions=id1,id2` suppresses only the high-volume `session:terminal` stream for
+sessions you did not list. Lifecycle and metadata events are always delivered, so
+you cannot accidentally filter away the thing you are listening for.
+
+Pass `?clientId=<uuid>` to enable live filter updates through
+`POST /api/v1/events/subscribe` without reconnecting the stream.
+
+### Example: notify when any agent needs you
+
+```js
+const res = await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/events', {
+  headers: { Authorization: 'Basic ' + btoa(`admin:${process.env.CODEMAN_PASSWORD}`) },
+});
+const reader = res.body.getReader();
+const decoder = new TextDecoder();
+let buf = '';
+const WANTED = new Set(['hook:permission_prompt', 'hook:idle_prompt', 'session:idle']);
+
+for (;;) {
+  const { value, done } = await reader.read();
+  if (done) break;
+  buf += decoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
+  const frames = buf.split('\n\n');
+  buf = frames.pop() ?? '';
+  for (const frame of frames) {
+    const name = frame.match(/^event: (.+)$/m)?.[1];
+    const data = frame.match(/^data: (.+)$/m)?.[1];
+    if (name && WANTED.has(name)) notify(name, JSON.parse(data ?? '{}'));
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Seam 3: HTTP API and CLI
+
+Around 200 handlers across 21 route files cover sessions, cases, files, cron,
+respawn, Ralph, the orchestrator, search, and admin. Each route module carries an
+`@fileoverview` describing its endpoints.
+
+If the caller is an agent running _inside_ a Codeman session, install the packaged
+agent skill instead of teaching it these calls by hand: `skills/codeman` in the repo
+(`npx skills add Ark0N/Codeman --skill codeman -g`, or `codeman skill install
+[--case <name>]`, or the synced `agentSkillEnabled` App Setting for automatic
+per-case injection on Claude session create). The skill carries the guard, the
+safety rules, and verified wait/orchestration recipes.
+
+The common ones:
+
+```bash
+# List sessions (live + persisted + transcript history, deduped)
+curl -u admin:$PASS http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/sessions/unified
+
+# Create a session
+curl -u admin:$PASS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/sessions \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"workingDir":"/home/me/project","mode":"claude"}'
+
+# Send a prompt (single-line only, and it must end with \r: Enter is sent only
+# when the input contains a carriage return; without it the text sits on the
+# session's prompt unsubmitted)
+curl -u admin:$PASS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:3000/api/v1/sessions/$ID/input \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"run the tests\r","useMux":true}'
+```
+
+`POST .../input` also accepts `clientId` (stable per client, max 128 chars) and
+`seq` (monotonic per session). Send both and the server applies each pair
+at-most-once, so retrying after a dropped connection cannot type the prompt
+twice. Omit them entirely rather than sending `null`.
+
+It also accepts `wait` and `waitTimeout`, which hold the response open until the
+session finishes the turn you just started. `wait` is `true` (the default signal
+set) or a comma list of `idle,working,stop,blocked,exit`; the result comes back
+under `data.wait`. Sending them changes nothing for callers that do not: without
+`wait` the response is still `{"success": true, "data": {}}` and the write is still
+fire-and-forget. The two interact with `clientId` / `seq` in one way worth knowing:
+a **tagged duplicate** (a pair the server already applied) skips the write but still
+waits, answering from the session's current state rather than blocking for a
+transition that already happened. It reports `"delivered": false, "duplicate": true`.
+
+### Waiting instead of polling
+
+Three calls block until something happens: `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait` (a
+lifecycle signal), `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait-output` (a literal string in the
+output), and the `wait` field above. Full parameter and response tables are in
+[`api-reference.md`](api-reference.md#long-polling-agent-wait). Four things decide
+whether your integration works, and the last one is what actually bites:
+
+- **A timeout is a `200` with `wait.timedOut: true`**, not an error. Loop over short
+  waits rather than issuing one long one, because `tailscale serve` and cloudflared
+  both cut idle connections and a single 10-minute call is the pattern most likely
+  to die in the field.
+- **`wait.timeoutMs`** is the timeout after server-side clamping (600 s ceiling by
+  default). Read it rather than assuming you got what you asked for.
+- **`stop` and `blocked` only exist for `claude` sessions**, and on a `shell` session
+  even `idle` fires only once at startup, so send-and-wait there can only time out.
+  See the Gotchas below.
+
+⚠️ **There is no readiness signal, and skipping readiness is the failure that looks
+like success.** A session reports `idle` before its CLI has spawned, and a `claude`
+worker in a brand-new case comes up on the CLI's **trust dialog**, which has a ❯
+prompt of its own. Prompt it at that moment and the text lands in the dialog, the
+`\r` does not get past it, and the session's startup `idle` lands inside the wait
+window: the wait resolves on `idle` in a couple of seconds with `timedOut: false`,
+indistinguishable from a finished turn. Wait for the pid, then wait for the
+composer, answering the dialog only as the bounded fallback.
+
+⚠️ **Answering it is not "press Enter".** Claude Code 2.1.252 dropped the options'
+numbers, reversed them, and highlights `No, exit` by default, so a blind `\r` quits
+the CLI and the pane is dead seconds after the spawn. Read the `❯` marker off the
+rendered pane (`GET .../terminal?full=1`), send `ESC [ B` while it sits on `No, exit`,
+re-read, and confirm only once the marker is on `Yes, I trust this folder`. Codeman's
+own auto-accept (`trustDialogNextKey()` in `src/session-trust-dialog.ts`) does exactly
+this, inside a 90 s startup window and a 6-keystroke cap.
+
+A worked orchestration: start a worker, get it ready, prompt it, wait, clean up.
+
+```bash
+API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:-http://127.0.0.1:3000}"   # auto-set in-session, correct scheme included
+AUTH=(-u "admin:$CODEMAN_PASSWORD")     # omit entirely if no password is set
+CURL=(curl -sk "${AUTH[@]}")   # -k: harmless on http, required on --https installs (self-signed cert)
+
+# 1. Start a worker session (creates the case if it does not exist yet).
+#    The guard matters: a TLS or auth failure otherwise leaves SID empty and every
+#    later step "succeeds" against nothing.
+SID=$("${CURL[@]}" -X POST "$API/api/v1/quick-start" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"caseName":"worker-1","mode":"claude"}' | jq -r '.data.sessionId')
+[ -n "$SID" ] && [ "$SID" != null ] || { echo "quick-start failed"; exit 1; }
+
+# 2. READINESS: composer marker first, trust dialog only as the bounded fallback.
+#    Skip this and step 3 reports a turn that never ran. Match single tokens only:
+#    TUI text can arrive without its spaces. Stage 1 is short on purpose (an
+#    already-trusted case matches in <1 s; a first-run case can never pass it and
+#    pays it in full).
+#    ⚠️ NEVER answer the dialog with a bare \r. Its highlighted option is `No, exit`
+#    (claude-cli 2.1.252), so a blind Enter quits the CLI; and the dialog text stays
+#    in the buffer for the life of the session, so a `from=buffer` probe for `trust`
+#    keeps matching long after it is gone. Read the CURRENT pane instead and steer.
+until [ "$("${CURL[@]}" "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID" | jq '.data.pid')" != null ]
+do sleep 1; done
+R=$("${CURL[@]}" -G "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+      --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' \
+      --data-urlencode 'timeout=5000')           # composer's status bar = ready
+if ! jq -e '.data.wait.matched' <<<"$R" >/dev/null; then
+  ESC=$(printf '\033')   # \x1b is GNU-sed only; this form also works on macOS
+  for _ in 1 2 3 4 5 6; do
+    # Which option the ❯ marker sits on, read off the CURRENT frame.
+    K=$("${CURL[@]}" -G "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/terminal" --data-urlencode 'full=1' \
+        | jq -r '.data.terminalBuffer // empty' \
+        | sed -e "s/$ESC\[[0-9;?]*[a-zA-Z]//g" -e "s/$ESC[()][AB0]//g" | tr -d ' \t' \
+        | grep -i '❯[0-9.]*\(yes,itrustthisfolder\|no,exit\)' | tail -1 \
+        | sed -e 's/.*[Yy]es,.*/confirm/' -e 's/.*[Nn]o,.*/move/')
+    [ -n "$K" ] || break                      # no dialog on screen: nothing to answer
+    [ "$K" = confirm ] && IN="\r" || IN="$ESC[B"
+    "${CURL[@]}" -X POST "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/input" \
+      -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+      -d "$(jq -nc --arg i "$IN" '{input:$i,useMux:true}')" >/dev/null
+    [ "$K" = confirm ] && break
+    sleep 1                                   # re-read: confirm the arrow landed
+  done
+  "${CURL[@]}" -G "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+    --data-urlencode 'match=bypass' --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' \
+    --data-urlencode 'timeout=45000' >/dev/null
+fi
+
+# 3. Send the prompt AND register the wait in one call, so the answer cannot be
+#    the previous turn's idle state. Single line only, ending in \r (otherwise
+#    Enter is never sent and this wait times out on a turn that never started).
+W=$("${CURL[@]}" -X POST "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"Run the test suite and summarize the failures\r","useMux":true,
+       "clientId":"orchestrator","seq":1,"wait":"stop,exit","waitTimeout":60000}' \
+  | jq -c '.data.wait')
+
+# 4. That first wait probably timed out (60 s). Keep going in SHORT waits.
+for _ in $(seq 1 30); do
+  [ "$(jq -r '.timedOut' <<<"$W")" = 'true' ] || break        # signal fired, or wait ended
+  W=$("${CURL[@]}" \
+    "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait?until=stop,exit&timeout=60000" | jq -c '.data.wait')
+done
+jq -r 'if .ended or .aborted then "worker is not running"
+       elif .timedOut then "still working after 30 waits"
+       else "signal: \(.signal)" end' <<<"$W"
+
+# 5. Read what it produced, then delete the session YOU created, by exact id.
+#    ⚠️ NOT /output: its textOutput is empty for every tmux-backed session.
+#    `tail` counts BYTES, and the payload is terminal data with ANSI in it.
+"${CURL[@]}" "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/terminal?tail=8000" | jq -r '.data.terminalBuffer'
+"${CURL[@]}" -X DELETE "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID"
+```
+
+Waiting on a marker instead of a signal is the form that works in **every** mode,
+and the only one that works on a `shell` session:
+
+```bash
+# ⚠️ Split the marker so the typed line never contains it: your own keystrokes echo
+# into the output stream, so an unsplit marker matches before the command has run.
+# `from=buffer` also catches a marker that printed before the wait registered.
+N=$RANDOM
+"${CURL[@]}" -X POST "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "{\"input\":\"M=DONE; npm test; echo \${M}_$N rc=\$?\r\",\"useMux\":true}"
+"${CURL[@]}" -G "$API/api/v1/sessions/$SID/wait-output" \
+  --data-urlencode "match=DONE_$N" --data-urlencode 'from=buffer' \
+  --data-urlencode 'timeout=60000' | jq '.data.wait'
+```
+
+For shell scripting, the `codeman` CLI is the same surface without the HTTP
+plumbing:
+
+```
+codeman session start|stop|list|logs     codeman task add|list|status|remove|clear
+codeman ralph start|stop|status|reset    codeman users add|passwd|list
+codeman status | list | attach <path>    codeman doctor
+```
+
+## Seam 4: Hooks
+
+Claude Code hooks post to `POST /api/v1/hook-event` from inside an agent session.
+Codeman installs its own hooks automatically, but the endpoint is open to yours.
+
+```json
+{ "event": "task_completed", "sessionId": "abc123", "data": { "any": "json" } }
+```
+
+`event` must be one of `permission_prompt`, `elicitation_dialog`, `idle_prompt`,
+`stop`, `teammate_idle`, `task_completed`. Each becomes the matching `hook:*` SSE
+event.
+
+⚠️ This endpoint skips Basic auth so hooks keep working, but when auth is active
+the loopback bypass requires the `X-Codeman-Hook-Secret` header
+(`~/.codeman/hook-secret`) unconditionally.
+
+## Gotchas
+
+Every one of these has cost somebody real time.
+
+- **CORS is localhost-only.** `Access-Control-Allow-Origin` is echoed only for
+  `localhost`, `127.0.0.1`, and `::1`. A browser app on any other origin cannot
+  call the API. Integrate server-side.
+- **A missing `Origin` header is allowed**, which is why curl, CLIs, and hooks
+  work. Cross-site origins are blocked by the CSRF guard.
+- **Reverse-proxy domains are rejected** by the anti-DNS-rebinding Host allowlist
+  unless added via `CODEMAN_ALLOWED_HOSTS=host,.suffix`.
+- **`null` is not `undefined`.** Request schemas use Zod `.optional()`, which
+  accepts `undefined` only. `JSON.stringify({ field: null })` keeps the null on
+  the wire and fails with `INVALID_INPUT`. Omit the key instead. This has caused
+  shipped bugs more than once.
+- **`text/plain` bodies stay raw.** Auto-parsing them as JSON enabled
+  simple-request CSRF, so it is deliberate. Send `application/json`.
+- **Prompts are single-line and must end with `\r`.** The server splits your text
+  and Enter into two separate tmux writes (Ink needs them apart), but it sends the
+  Enter **only when the input contains a carriage return**. Without it your text
+  sits on the prompt unsubmitted, which is the single most common "the wait
+  endpoints don't work" report: the wait runs its full timeout on a turn that never
+  started. Newlines inside the string are stripped rather than rejected, so
+  `"echo A\necho B\r"` runs the single joined command `echo Aecho B`: send one line
+  per call.
+- **`wait-output`'s `from=now` is not "printed after you asked".** tmux repaints
+  the visible screen on attach, on resize, and on any TUI redraw, and a repaint
+  arrives as ordinary output, so text already on screen can satisfy a fresh wait.
+  Observed live: a marker echoed a minute earlier matched instantly. Use a marker
+  unique to each call, and build it so the typed line never contains it (your own
+  keystrokes echo into the stream). Matching is a literal substring, so `regex=` is
+  rejected with a `400` rather than ignored.
+- **`wait-output` matches the normalized PTY stream, not the screen.** ANSI escape
+  sequences are stripped (the `ESC ( B` charset escape a bash prompt emits on every
+  line included), a partial escape at a chunk boundary is held back until its tail
+  arrives, and a match may straddle PTY chunks, so text you printed yourself
+  matches reliably (`printf STRAD; sleep 1; printf DLEQQ` is matchable as
+  `STRADDLEQQ`). What can still fail is TUI output: a full-screen TUI positions
+  words with cursor moves, so its text can reach the matcher **without spaces** and
+  a multi-word match is unreliable there. Match one short space-free token, ideally
+  one you printed yourself, and keep it out of the typed line (your own keystrokes
+  echo into the stream).
+- **`stop` and `blocked` never fire for `shell`, `opencode`, `codex`, `gemini`,
+  `antigravity` or `pi` sessions.** They come from Claude Code hooks, which no other mode
+  installs, so only `idle`, `working` and `exit` exist there. Asking for them
+  explicitly is a `400`; omitting `until` is safe, since the server drops them from
+  the default set and echoes what it actually waited on as `wait.until`. Even in
+  `claude` mode, a Docker case needs `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1` for hooks to
+  reach the server at all, a remote-SSH case's hooks may never arrive, and a case
+  written by Codeman < 1.13.0 against an `--https` install carries hook curls
+  without `-k` that TLS-fail silently — a 1.13.0+ server rewrites them the next
+  time a session starts in that case.
+- **Unwrap the envelope** before reading fields. `data` is not the response body.
+
+## Publishing your integration
+
+There is no registry and no review queue. Add the GitHub topic
+**`codeman-integration`** to your public repository so others can find it, and
+link back to Codeman in your README.
+
+If a real ecosystem of these appears, a manifest format and an install command
+become worth building. Until then, these four seams are the contract, and they
+require nothing of you but HTTP.
+
+## What Codeman deliberately does not have
+
+- **No in-process plugin runtime.** See the reasoning at the top of this page.
+- **No build or startup hooks** for third-party code. Run your own process.
+- **No per-plugin config or state directories.** Manage your own files.
+- **No sandbox for integration code**, because Codeman never launches it. Your
+  integration is your own process, started by you, with your permissions,
+  talking HTTP.
+
+That last point is about integration code specifically, not about Codeman.
+Sandboxing lives on a different axis here: the thing worth isolating is the
+**agent**, and you isolate it per case with
+[Docker cases](docker-cases.md), which run the agent in a hardened container with
+a bind-mounted workspace and seeded (not shared) credentials. An integration that
+creates or drives a Docker-backed session inherits that isolation for free, since
+it is a property of the session rather than of the caller.

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+# File Viewer edit mode (issue #212)
+
+Plan only. No implementation yet.
+
+Goal: close the loop "agent writes a file, you review it in the viewer, tweak two lines, save, tell the
+agent to continue" without hopping into the terminal, with the phone as the primary target.
+
+Scope from the issue: an Edit toggle on text previews, a write endpoint that inherits the read path's
+confinement, text-only, edit-in-place (no create, no delete, no rename), no editing through the
+Docker/remote overlays.
+
+---
+
+## 1. What exists today
+
+**Read path (backend), all in `src/web/routes/file-routes.ts`:**
+
+| Route                                | Line   | Notes                                                              |
+| ------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `GET /api/sessions/:id/files`        | `741`  | Tree scan of `session.workingDir`, hidden files off by default      |
+| `GET /api/sessions/:id/file-content` | `865`  | The text/preview classifier. `findSessionOrFail` + `validateSessionFilePath` |
+| `GET /api/sessions/:id/file-raw`     | `1018` | Bytes, 50MB cap                                                    |
+| `GET /api/sessions/:id/file-preview` | `1254` | DOCX/PPTX to PDF, everything else redirects to `file-raw`           |
+| `GET /api/download`                  | `1384` | The only read route that also runs `isSensitivePath()`              |
+
+`file-content` classification order (`file-routes.ts:881-1011`): extension buckets (image / video / audio /
+known-binary) return metadata only; otherwise the bytes are read, sniffed for a NUL in the first 8KB, and
+either reported as `type:'binary'` or decoded as UTF-8 and **truncated to `lines` (default 500, hard cap
+10000)**. Caps: `MAX_TEXT_FILE_SIZE` 10MB.
+
+Confinement is `validateSessionFilePath()` (`src/web/route-helpers.ts:67`): `resolve()` then `realpathSync()`
+then reject if the result is not under `workingDir`. Because it realpaths the *full* path, a symlink whose
+target escapes the workspace is already rejected. Ownership is `findSessionOrFail()` which runs
+`canAccessOwned()` (`route-helpers.ts:102`), a no-op outside multi-user mode.
+
+**Read path (frontend), `src/web/public/panels-ui.js`:**
+
+- `loadFileBrowser()` `2947`, `renderFileBrowserTree()` `2978`, click to `openFilePreview()` `3056`.
+- `openFilePreview(filePath, sessionId, attachmentId)` `3193`: attachment-id branch, then docx/pptx, pdf,
+  svg branches, then the generic `file-content` fetch at `3274` with **`&lines=500` hardcoded**, rendering
+  text as `<pre><code>${escapeHtml(...)}</code></pre>` at `3298` and stashing `this.filePreviewContent`.
+- `closeFilePreview()` `3308`, `copyFilePreviewContent()` `3751`.
+- Markup: `src/web/public/index.html:420-432` (`filePreviewOverlay` / `-Title` / `-Body` / `-Footer`, two
+  header buttons: copy and close).
+- CSS: `src/web/public/styles.css:9320-9430`. Overlay `z-index: 2000`, window `80vw/80vh`, capped
+  `900x700`. There are **no `.file-preview-*` rules in `mobile.css` at all**.
+
+**Reachability on phones.** The header File Viewer button is hidden below 430px
+(`mobile.css:482`, locked by `KNOWN_PHONE_HIDDEN` in `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts`), so on a
+phone the preview overlay is reached through:
+
+1. an attachment card's **Preview** button (`panels-ui.js:3451`), which is exactly the "agent just wrote a
+   file" path the issue describes,
+2. the attachment-history drawer (`panels-ui.js:3709`),
+3. App Settings to Panels to **File Browser** (`showFileBrowser`, applied in `settings-ui.js:2202`; the
+   panel is mobile-styled at `mobile.css:1868`).
+
+So edit mode is reachable on a phone today via (1) and (2) without touching the header policy. Improving
+the entry point is listed as an open decision in section 10, not assumed.
+
+---
+
+## 2. Threat model, stated honestly
+
+Anyone who can call this API can already reach `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` and type an arbitrary prompt
+into an agent running with `--dangerously-skip-permissions`. A workspace-confined write endpoint therefore
+does not create a new privilege tier for an authenticated caller.
+
+What it *would* create if built carelessly is a **new host-write primitive reachable by path**, so the
+things this plan actually defends against are:
+
+1. **Path traversal / symlink escape** writing outside the workspace.
+2. **TOCTOU**: a path component that becomes a symlink between validation and write.
+3. **Cross-user writes** in multi-user mode (`canAccessOwned`).
+4. **Silent data loss**, which is the highest-probability real-world failure here and gets its own section.
+
+CSRF is already covered: `registerHostGuard()` (`src/web/middleware/auth.ts:555-578`) rejects any
+non-safe-method request whose `Origin` is cross-site. The webview-capability exemption at that gate is
+fenced to `GET`/`HEAD` for the Referer form (`auth.ts:161`) and to `/webview/:cap/*` paths for the path
+form, so a proxied dashboard cannot reach a new `PUT /api/...`. Using `PUT` + `application/json` also
+forces a preflight for any cross-origin attempt.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Backend design
+
+### 3.1 New policy module: `src/config/file-editing.ts`
+
+Pure, unit-testable, no IO (config lives in `src/config/`, no barrel, import the file directly).
+
+```ts
+export const MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES = 512 * 1024;      // content cap, both directions
+export const EDITABLE_EXTENSIONS: ReadonlySet<string>;  // ts,tsx,js,jsx,mjs,cjs,json,jsonc,md,mdx,txt,
+                                                        // css,scss,less,html,htm,xml,svg?,yml,yaml,toml,
+                                                        // ini,cfg,conf,env?,sh,bash,zsh,fish,py,rb,go,rs,
+                                                        // java,kt,swift,c,h,cpp,hpp,cs,php,sql,graphql,
+                                                        // proto,lua,pl,r,jl,tf,gradle,csv,tsv,log,diff,patch
+export const EDITABLE_BASENAMES: ReadonlySet<string>;   // Dockerfile, Makefile, LICENSE, .gitignore,
+                                                        // .prettierignore, .editorconfig, .nvmrc, ...
+export function isEditableFileName(fileName: string): boolean;
+export function isDeniedEditRelativePath(rel: string): boolean;  // `.git/` subtree
+export function detectEol(text: string): 'lf' | 'crlf';
+export function applyEol(text: string, eol: 'lf' | 'crlf'): string;
+```
+
+Decisions baked in:
+
+- **Allowlist, not blocklist**, per the issue and per the existing attachment-guard precedent.
+- `svg` and `env` are deliberately marked with `?` above: `svg` is served as an untrusted octet-stream on
+  the read side (`file-routes.ts:118`) so allowing an edit is defensible, but I recommend **excluding
+  both** in v1. `.env` files are matched by `isSensitivePath()` anyway and would be rejected downstream;
+  excluding them at the allowlist keeps a single obvious refusal.
+- `isDeniedEditRelativePath` blocks the `.git/` subtree: `.git/hooks/*` is code execution and a corrupt
+  index is unrecoverable-looking to a user who only wanted to fix a typo. Other dotfiles stay allowed but
+  are not reachable from the tree UI anyway (`showHidden=false`).
+
+### 3.2 Read-for-edit: extend the existing GET
+
+`GET /api/sessions/:id/file-content?path=<rel>&edit=1`
+
+When `edit=1`:
+
+- skip line truncation entirely (a truncated buffer must never become an edit buffer, see section 4.1),
+- enforce `MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES` instead of `MAX_TEXT_FILE_SIZE` and answer 413 over it (as a structured
+  throw with `statusCode: 413`, the `throwFilesystemPickerError` pattern, since the central errorCode-to-
+  status map has no 413 entry; see the error-mechanics note in 3.3),
+- run the editability gate (`isEditableFileName`, `isDeniedEditRelativePath`, `isSensitivePath`,
+  `isBlockedAttachmentPath`) and the content gate (NUL sniff plus UTF-8 round-trip, see 4.3),
+- return `{ content, size, mtimeMs, totalLines, truncated: false, extension, editable: true, hash, eol }`.
+  `hash` is `sha256` hex of the exact on-disk bytes.
+
+Non-`edit` responses gain **only** `editable: boolean` (additive, no shape change for existing consumers),
+which is all the UI needs to decide whether to show the Edit button. No `hash` on plain reads: the Edit
+action re-fetches with `edit=1` anyway (section 4.1), which is where the hash comes from, and hashing every
+casual 10MB preview would be pure waste.
+
+### 3.3 Write: `PUT /api/sessions/:id/file-content`
+
+Body (new `FileWriteSchema` in `src/web/schemas.ts`, Zod v4):
+
+```ts
+{ path: string, content: string, baseHash: string, eol?: 'lf'|'crlf', force?: boolean }
+```
+
+Registered with an explicit route option `{ bodyLimit: 4 * 1024 * 1024 }`. **Fastify's default `bodyLimit`
+is 1MB and this repo configures none**, and JSON escaping expands content: 2x for a file full of quotes or
+backslashes, up to 6x for control characters (each serialized as a `\uXXXX` escape), so 512KB of content
+can legitimately exceed 1MB on the wire; blowing the limit produces a raw `FST_ERR_CTP_BODY_TOO_LARGE`, not an `ApiResponse` envelope. Two
+related sizing notes: `z.string().max()` counts **UTF-16 code units, not bytes**, so the schema's `.max()`
+is only a coarse pre-filter and the real cap is an explicit `Buffer.byteLength(content, 'utf8')` check in
+the handler (step 7a below); and 4MB comfortably bounds the worst-case expansion of a 512KB file without
+inviting multi-MB bodies elsewhere.
+
+**Error mechanics** (matters for both prod behavior and testability): a handler that *returns* a
+`{success:false, errorCode}` envelope gets its HTTP status assigned centrally by the preSerialization hook
+in `server.ts` (`httpStatusForErrorCode()`, `src/types/api.ts`), but the route-test harness
+(`test/routes/_route-test-utils.ts`) installs only `installRouteErrorHandler`, **not** that hook, so
+returned envelopes surface as HTTP 200 in tests. The PUT handler should therefore use the same
+structured-**throw** pattern as the filesystem picker (`throwFilesystemPickerError`, `file-routes.ts:411`):
+thrown `{statusCode, body}` errors are rendered identically in prod and in the harness, and they allow the
+one status the code map cannot express (413). The error envelope itself is strictly
+`{success:false, error, errorCode}`, **it has no data arm**, so no error response may carry extra payload.
+
+Handler order (each step is a test case):
+
+1. `findSessionOrFail(ctx, id, req)` (live sessions only, matching the read route, and it carries the
+   multi-user ownership check).
+2. `parseBody(FileWriteSchema, req.body)`, then `Buffer.byteLength(content, 'utf8') <= MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES`
+   or 413 (the schema `.max()` alone cannot enforce a byte cap, see the sizing note above).
+3. `validateSessionFilePath(session.workingDir, path)` or 404 (do not distinguish "outside workspace" from
+   "missing", matching the read route).
+4. `isSensitivePath(resolvedPath) || isBlockedAttachmentPath(resolvedPath, guard.blockedTrees)` or 403.
+5. `isDeniedEditRelativePath(relativePath)` or 403.
+6. `isEditableFileName(basename(resolvedPath))` or 400.
+7. `stat`: must be `isFile()`, size within `MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES`, else 400/413. **No `O_CREAT` anywhere in
+   this handler**, which is what enforces edit-in-place.
+8. Read current bytes, compute `hash`, run the NUL sniff and the UTF-8 round-trip check, else 400.
+9. `hash !== baseHash && !force` gives **409 CONFLICT** (`ApiErrorCode.CONFLICT`, plain envelope; the error
+   arm carries no data, see the error-mechanics note). The client's conflict dialog gets fresh state by
+   re-fetching `edit=1`, which it needs for its Reload action anyway.
+10. Build the output buffer: `applyEol(content, eol ?? detected-from-original)`; re-check
+    `Buffer.byteLength` against the cap.
+11. Write atomically in the resolved parent directory:
+    `fs.open(<dir>/.<name>.codeman-tmp-<rand>, 'wx', stat.mode & 0o777)`, then `fchmod(stat.mode & 0o777)`
+    (open's mode argument is masked by the process umask, so the chmod is what actually preserves an
+    unusual mode), write, `fsync`, close, `fs.rename(tmp, resolvedPath)`, unlink the temp on any failure.
+12. Re-stat, return `{ success: true, data: { path, size, mtimeMs, hash, totalLines } }`.
+
+Why `O_EXCL` temp plus rename rather than truncate-in-place:
+
+- `wx` cannot follow a pre-existing symlink, which closes the TOCTOU window from step 3 to step 11 without
+  needing `O_NOFOLLOW` gymnastics.
+- `rename()` does not follow a symlink in the final component, so even if `resolvedPath` were swapped for a
+  symlink after validation, the symlink itself is replaced and the swap target is untouched.
+- A crash mid-write leaves the original intact.
+
+Caveat to document in the code comment: rename replaces the inode, so hardlinks to the file keep the old
+content. That is the same trade-off vim makes by default and is preferable to a truncate window here.
+
+No SSE event in v1. Nothing else in the app needs to know: `image-watcher.ts` only reacts to
+`.png/.jpg/.jpeg/.gif/.webp/.bmp/.svg/.pdf/.docx/.pptx` adds (`image-watcher.ts:23-25`), none of which are
+editable text, and the temp filename does not match either.
+
+---
+
+## 4. The five traps
+
+These are the parts that turn a "small write endpoint" into a bug report.
+
+### 4.1 Truncation (the data-loss trap)
+
+The frontend fetches `&lines=500` (`panels-ui.js:3274`). Saving that buffer back would **delete every line
+past 500**. Worse, the content hash of the full file would still match, so an optimistic-concurrency check
+cannot catch it.
+
+Mitigations, all three:
+
+- The Edit affordance is only offered when the loaded payload came from `edit=1` (which never truncates).
+  Tapping Edit on an already-rendered preview **re-fetches** with `edit=1` before swapping in the editor.
+- The read-for-edit path 413s above `MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES` rather than truncating, so "too big to edit here"
+  is an explicit refusal with a message, never a silent partial buffer.
+- A test asserts `edit=1` never returns `truncated: true`.
+
+### 4.2 Line endings
+
+A `<textarea>`'s `.value` normalizes to LF. Saving a CRLF file naively rewrites every line, producing a
+whole-file diff for a two-line change. So: the read returns the detected `eol`, the client echoes it back
+unchanged, and the server re-applies it. Mixed-EOL files use the dominant style, which is lossy for the
+minority lines; call that out in the response and accept it in v1.
+
+### 4.3 Encoding
+
+`buf.toString('utf-8')` on a latin-1 or otherwise non-UTF-8 file yields U+FFFD replacement characters, and
+writing that back **corrupts the file**. The check is a round-trip:
+`Buffer.from(decoded, 'utf8').equals(buf)`. If it fails, `editable: false` and the write is refused. This
+also catches binary content that the NUL sniff misses. A UTF-8 BOM survives because it round-trips as a
+leading U+FEFF; do not strip it.
+
+### 4.4 Concurrency with the agent
+
+The whole use case is editing a file the agent just wrote and may write again. `baseHash` plus 409 is the
+guard. Do not use mtime alone: agents rewrite files within a single filesystem timestamp tick, and an
+identical rewrite should not be reported as a conflict.
+
+### 4.5 Symlinks and TOCTOU
+
+Covered by `validateSessionFilePath` (escape) plus `wx` temp and `rename` (post-validation swap). One
+intentional allowance: a symlink whose target is *inside* the workspace is edited through to its target,
+because `validateSessionFilePath` returns the realpath. That matches what a user tapping the file expects.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Frontend design
+
+All in `panels-ui.js` (prettier-exempt, hand-formatted; match the surrounding style), `index.html`,
+`styles.css`, `mobile.css`.
+
+### 5.1 State
+
+```js
+filePreviewEdit = { active, sessionId, path, baseHash, eol, original, dirty }
+```
+
+Reset in `closeFilePreview()` and on every `openFilePreview()` entry.
+
+### 5.2 Markup (`index.html:420-432`)
+
+Add one header button (pencil, `btn-icon-sm`, `id="filePreviewEditBtn"`, hidden by default) next to the
+copy button, and an edit bar inside the footer region holding Save / Cancel / a dirty dot. Keep the
+existing footer text element; the edit bar is a sibling toggled by class so the read-mode footer is
+untouched.
+
+### 5.3 Behavior
+
+- `openFilePreview()` shows the Edit button only when the response has `editable: true` and the render took
+  the text branch. Attachment-id previews, media, binary, pdf, docx/pptx and svg all leave it hidden.
+- **Enter edit**: re-fetch with `edit=1`; on 413 or `editable:false`, toast the reason and stay in read
+  mode. This fetch must **parse the error envelope on non-ok responses**: the existing generic
+  `if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load file')` pattern (`panels-ui.js:3275`) would swallow the
+  specific "too large to edit here" message, since error envelopes arrive with real 4xx statuses in prod. On success replace the body with `<textarea class="file-preview-editor" spellcheck="false"
+  autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" autocomplete="off" wrap="off">` and assign `.value = content`
+  (never `innerHTML`, so no escaping question arises). Do **not** autofocus: on a phone that opens the
+  keyboard before the user has picked a line.
+- `input` sets `dirty` and enables Save.
+- **Save**: `PUT` with `baseHash`, `eol`, and `content`. On success update `baseHash`/`original` from the
+  response, leave edit mode, re-render the read view from the local editor value (the response carries
+  metadata only, not content), toast "Saved". On **409** offer `Reload (discard mine)` / `Overwrite`:
+  Reload re-fetches `edit=1` and replaces the buffer; Overwrite re-sends with `force: true`. The 409 body
+  itself carries no state (section 3.3, step 9).
+- **Cancel / close / Escape while dirty**: `confirm('Discard unsaved changes?')`, consistent with the
+  existing `window.confirm` usage in this codebase (`panels-ui.js:4323`, `app.js:4176`). Note the global
+  Escape handler (`app.js:999-1007`) closes other panels via `closeAllPanels()` but does not touch this
+  overlay today; if Escape-to-close is wired up as part of this work it must go through the same dirty
+  guard.
+- `copyFilePreviewContent()` copies the live editor value while editing.
+
+⚠️ Repo gotcha to respect at the fetch call: **Zod `.optional()` rejects `null`**. Build the body with
+`eol: eol ?? undefined` (or declare `.nullish()`), or the PUT fails `INVALID_INPUT`. This has shipped as a
+real bug twice.
+
+### 5.4 Mobile
+
+- **Sizing.** The window is `80vw/80vh` centered with no mobile override, so when the keyboard opens on iOS
+  the lower half sits behind it. Add a `@media (max-width: 430px)` block using
+  `height: var(--app-height, 100vh)`, full width, no border radius. `--app-height` is already maintained
+  against `visualViewport` by `KeyboardHandler.handleViewportResize()` (`mobile-handlers.js:283-317`), so
+  the editor tracks the keyboard for free.
+- **iOS zoom.** The editor font must be >= 16px on phones; there is an existing zoom-prevention block at
+  `mobile.css` under `@media (max-width: 768px)`. Verify it covers `textarea` and do not override it with a
+  smaller `rem` value.
+- **Accessory bar.** Focusing any input fires `KeyboardHandler.onKeyboardShow()`, which calls
+  `KeyboardAccessoryBar.show()` and refits/resizes the terminal (`mobile-handlers.js:407+`). The bar's keys
+  target the **terminal**, not the editor, so an Esc or clear-input tap while editing goes to the agent.
+  The overlay's `z-index: 2000` covers the bar's `51`, so it is not visible, but confirm it is not
+  interactive underneath and consider an explicit `KeyboardAccessoryBar.hide()` while the editor holds
+  focus. This is the item most likely to look "fine on desktop, wrong on the phone".
+- No header-policy change is needed (section 1), so
+  `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts` stays untouched.
+
+### 5.5 i18n
+
+`i18n.js` already skips `textarea`, `pre`, `code` and `.file-preview-content` in its `SKIP_SELECTOR`
+(`i18n.js:20-38`), so file content is never translated. Add zh-CN entries for the new chrome: Edit, Save,
+Cancel, Unsaved changes, Discard unsaved changes?, File changed on disk, Reload, Overwrite, Saved,
+Too large to edit here.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Docker and remote cases
+
+Out of scope per the issue, and the current behavior already degrades correctly:
+
+- **Docker cases**: the workspace is a host directory bind-mounted at the same absolute path, so a host-side
+  write is visible in the container immediately. Edit mode works and needs nothing special. Worth one line
+  in the docs.
+- **Remote SSH cases**: `workingDir` is a path on the remote host. `validateSessionFilePath` realpaths it
+  locally, which fails, so the write returns 404 exactly like the read routes do today. Confirm the viewer
+  shows a clean empty/error state rather than an unexplained failure, and do not attempt an SFTP path.
+
+---
+
+## 7. Tests
+
+| File                                        | Kind        | Covers                                                                 |
+| ------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `test/file-editing-policy.test.ts`          | pure unit   | `isEditableFileName` (allow + deny + basenames), `isDeniedEditRelativePath`, `detectEol`/`applyEol` round-trip incl. mixed EOL, BOM preservation |
+| `test/routes/file-write-routes.test.ts`     | `app.inject` | The handler order in 3.3, against a **real temp dir** (do not `vi.mock('node:fs')` in this file; set `MockSession.workingDir`, `test/mocks/mock-session.ts:14`) |
+| extend `test/routes/file-routes.test.ts`    | `app.inject` | `edit=1` never truncates; `editable` present on the plain read          |
+
+Status-code caveat for all of these: the route-test harness does not install the server's preSerialization
+envelope hook, so a handler that *returns* an error envelope answers 200 in tests. The statuses below are
+only assertable because the plan has the handler **throw** structured errors (section 3.3, error
+mechanics), which `installRouteErrorHandler` renders identically in prod and in the harness.
+
+Route cases to assert explicitly:
+
+1. happy path writes the bytes and returns a new hash
+2. `../` and absolute paths give 404
+3. symlink pointing outside the workspace gives 404
+4. symlink pointing inside is written through to the target
+5. non-allowlisted extension gives 400
+6. `.git/config` gives 403
+7. a `.env` in the workspace gives 403 (sensitive-path)
+8. a file with a NUL byte gives 400
+9. a latin-1 file that fails the UTF-8 round-trip gives 400
+10. stale `baseHash` gives 409 (`CONFLICT` envelope, no data); `force:true` then succeeds
+11. over `MAX_EDITABLE_BYTES` gives 413
+12. a path that does not exist gives 404 and creates nothing (no `O_CREAT`)
+13. multi-user: `authUser: {role:'user'}` against another user's session gives 404 (pass `authUser` to
+    `createRouteTestHarness`, otherwise the synthetic admin makes the test pass vacuously)
+14. CRLF file edited and saved stays CRLF
+15. file mode is preserved across the temp-plus-rename
+
+Run with `npm test -- test/routes/file-write-routes.test.ts`, never bare `npm test`.
+
+**End-to-end verification before any deploy** (unit tests passing is not sufficient here):
+
+- `curl -sk https://localhost:3000/...` against a **throwaway** session created for the purpose, never
+  `w1`/`w2`/`w3`; delete it by exact id afterwards.
+- Playwright on a phone profile: open a preview, tap Edit, type with `page.keyboard.type()`, Save, then
+  assert the bytes on disk changed. Assert real state, not HTTP 200.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Docs and release
+
+- This plan lives at `docs/file-viewer-edit-plan.md`.
+- `docs/architecture-invariants.md`: new anchor `#file-viewer-edit-mode` covering the write confinement
+  chain, the truncation invariant, and why temp-plus-rename.
+- `CLAUDE.md`: one line under the **Filesystem path picker** neighborhood noting that the File Viewer now
+  has a **third** file surface and that it is the only one that writes, plus its confinement rules.
+  Remember `CLAUDE.md` is prettier-ignored on purpose.
+- `docs/api-reference.md`: the new `PUT` and the `edit=1` query.
+- Release: a normal COM applies (the 1.10.0 batch hold is over). This is a new user-facing feature plus an
+  additive API surface, so **COM minor** when it ships.
+
+Formatting note: `panels-ui.js`, `styles.css`, `mobile.css`, `index.html` are all in `.prettierignore` and
+are hand-formatted; new TypeScript (`src/config/file-editing.ts`, route + schema edits) is prettier-enforced
+and must pass `npm run format:check`.
+
+---
+
+## 9. Implementation order
+
+Each phase is independently reviewable and leaves the tree working.
+
+1. **Policy module + tests.** `src/config/file-editing.ts` and `test/file-editing-policy.test.ts`. Pure, no
+   route wiring. (Small.)
+2. **Read-for-edit.** `edit=1` (returning `hash`/`eol`) plus the additive `editable` flag on plain reads,
+   tests. Nothing consumes it yet. (Small.)
+3. **Write endpoint.** `FileWriteSchema`, `PUT` handler, `test/routes/file-write-routes.test.ts`. Fully
+   testable by curl before any UI exists. (Medium, the security-relevant part.)
+4. **Desktop UI.** Edit button, textarea swap, Save/Cancel, dirty guard, 409 flow. (Medium.)
+5. **Mobile pass.** `mobile.css` sizing against `--app-height`, font size, accessory-bar interaction,
+   real-device check. (Small but the part that decides whether the feature is actually usable.)
+6. **Docs, i18n strings, changeset.**
+
+---
+
+## 10. Open decisions
+
+1. **Editor widget.** Recommend a plain `<textarea>` for v1: zero dependencies, no CSP question, no bundle
+   growth, and it is the only thing guaranteed to behave with the iOS keyboard. CodeMirror-light with
+   syntax highlighting is a clean follow-up once the write path is proven. The issue allows either.
+2. **Phone entry point.** Edit mode is reachable on a phone through attachment cards and the history
+   drawer without changing anything. A dedicated toolbar or overview affordance for "browse this session's
+   files" would make it discoverable, but it is a separate UX change and would need a decision against the
+   deliberately minimal phone header policy. Recommend deferring it and revisiting after the feature ships.
+3. **`svg` editability.** Recommend excluded in v1 (it is deliberately treated as untrusted on the read
+   side). Easy to add later.
+4. **Create / delete / rename.** Explicitly out of scope per the issue. Note that keeping `O_CREAT` out of
+   the handler is what makes that a structural property rather than a convention.

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+# Grok Build (xAI) integration plan
+
+> **Status**: Executed. This document records the plan, the decision behind each wiring
+> point, and what was and was not verified. The user-facing guide is
+> [`grok-integration.md`](./grok-integration.md); the per-decision invariants live in
+> [`architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok`](./architecture-invariants.md#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity-pi-grok).
+> Template: the pi integration (`c5b5963`, [`pi-integration-plan.md`](./pi-integration-plan.md)),
+> which was itself calibrated against the four follow-up commits the antigravity
+> integration needed. All of grok's facts below were verified against **grok 1.0.5**
+> (`grok 1.0.5 (5115b46bc9)`), installed live during the work.
+
+## 1. What Grok Build is
+
+[xai-org/grok-build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build) is xAI's coding agent: a
+Rust fullscreen-TUI binary named `grok`, installed by
+`curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash` into `~/.grok/bin` (with symlinks into
+`~/.local/bin`; the installer also ships an `agent` alias). Config lives in
+`~/.grok/config.toml`, TUI appearance in `~/.grok/pager.toml`, credentials in
+`~/.grok/auth.json` (0600), sessions under `~/.grok/sessions/`. Auth is browser OAuth
+on first launch, `grok login --device-auth` for SSH boxes, or `XAI_API_KEY` for
+headless use. It has Claude-style permission modes (`default`/`acceptEdits`/`auto`/
+`dontAsk`/`bypassPermissions`/`plan`), allow/deny rules, hooks, MCP, subagents, and a
+headless `-p` mode.
+
+## 2. Shape decisions (why grok is wired the way it is)
+
+Grok is a seventh run mode, alongside Claude Code, shell, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini,
+Antigravity and Pi. Never a location overlay, never a web tab. Its wiring mixes two
+existing shapes:
+
+| Question | Decision | Why |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Permission bypass | `GrokConfig.alwaysApprove` -> `--always-approve` | Grok's real flag (verified via `--help`): "Auto-approve all tool executions", i.e. its `bypassPermissions` mode. Config-level deny rules still apply on top. The Run button sends `true`, matching `runAntigravity()` and Claude's own `--dangerously-skip-permissions` default: Codeman sessions exist for autonomous work. |
+| Multi-user clamp branch | only-if-sent (codex/antigravity branch) | A bare `grok` spawn is grok's own ask-mode default, which is already safe, so the clamp only needs to force a SENT `alwaysApprove` off. Contrast pi, whose absent default is an answerable prompt and therefore needs the materialize branch. Cron needs nothing for grok for the same reason (`clampCronExternalCliConfigs`). |
+| Alt-screen strip | OUT of `isAltScreenStripMode()` | Grok is a fullscreen alternate-screen TUI with mouse support (its own scrollback pane, `pager.toml [terminal] alt_screen`), i.e. the opencode case, not the Ink repaint case. It falls through to the narrow tmux-attach strip like opencode/antigravity/pi. |
+| Resolver | version probe, like pi | `grok` has npm squatters (the unrelated `@vibe-kit/grok-cli` installs a `grok` bin). Candidates must pass `grok --version`; `GROK_VERSION_REGEX` is exported and shared with the dependency registry so doctor and run mode cannot disagree. The probe cannot tell two version-printing `grok`s apart, so `GET /api/grok/status` surfaces path AND version. Search dirs: `~/.grok/bin` first (installer target), then `~/.local/bin`, `/usr/local/bin`, `~/bin`. |
+| Env allowlist | `GROK_*` + `XAI_*` prefixes | `GROK_*` covers grok's documented inputs (`GROK_HOME`, `GROK_CONFIG`/`GROK_CONFIG_PATH`, `GROK_MEMORY`, `GROK_WORKFLOWS`, `GROK_SANDBOX`, `GROK_OIDC_*`, `GROK_AUTH_PROVIDER_COMMAND`). `XAI_*` is xAI's vendor namespace and carries `XAI_API_KEY`, grok's documented headless auth var: the same narrow-vendor-namespace reasoning that admitted `GOOGLE_*` for gemini. Foreign provider keys stay out, as always. |
+| Resume | `--resume <id>` / `--continue`, id-regexed | Grok's `--resume` also matches session TITLES (arbitrary user strings, case-insensitive). The `^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$` regex doubles as the no-titles rule, so nothing free-form can reach the `bash -c` spawn line. A valid explicit id wins over `-c`, mirroring pi. |
+| Local echo | `'buffer'` via the `_updateLocalEchoState` fallthrough | UNMEASURED against an authenticated session (see §4). If grok's composer turns out per-keystroke reactive like codex's, the fallback is one `'off'` branch; teaching `PredictiveEchoAddon` grok's composer row is the larger follow-up. |
+| Truecolor | `COLORTERM=truecolor` + `unset NO_COLOR` | Rust TUI with themes; joins the codex/gemini/antigravity/pi list in `buildEnvExports()` and `buildMuxAttachEnv()`. |
+| Docker credentials | per-file seed: `auth.json`, `config.toml`, `pager.toml` | `~/.grok` also holds `sessions/`, `memory/`, `completions/`, `docs/` and the ~160MB binary under `downloads/`; a whole-dir seed would copy all of it on every container start. Same trade-off as pi: in-container sessions are invisible host-side, so `grok -c` in a Docker case sees only that container's history. |
+| Docker install | own Dockerfile step | Not an npm package. xAI's installer has no `--dir` override, so the step copies `/root/.grok/bin/grok` (through the symlink, `cp -L`) into `/usr/local/bin` and removes root's `~/.grok` in the same layer. |
+| Remote SSH | `exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'grok'` | sshd's remote-command PATH does not include `~/.grok/bin`; same login-shell fix as every other agent CLI. |
+| What is NOT wired | `--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`, `-p` headless, `--worktree`, `--sandbox`, `--reasoning-effort`, `-s/--session-id`, `--fork-session`, `--agent`, `--output-format` | Follow-ups. The flag surface is kept minimal on purpose; grok is pre-1.0-style fast-moving and every flag added is a flag validated forever. |
+
+## 3. Touch points (the checklist)
+
+Backend: `types/session.ts` (SessionMode + GrokConfig + SessionState), `utils/grok-cli-resolver.ts` (new)
++ barrel, `tmux-manager.ts` (`buildGrokCommand`, dispatch, resume flag, PATH export, truecolor,
+availability error, plumbing), `session.ts` (external-mode gate, label, config plumbing,
+tmux-required error, attach env), `mux-interface.ts`, `schemas.ts` (prefixes, `GrokConfigSchema`,
+both mode enums, remote command overrides, cron agentType), `session-routes.ts` (clamp + both
+create paths), `system-routes.ts` (`GET /api/grok/status`), `server.ts` (availability inject +
+mux restore), `docker-hosts.ts`, `remote-hosts.ts`, `config/dependency-registry.ts`,
+`cron/cron-service.ts` (comment), `response-viewer-transcript.ts`, `tui/tui-client.ts` + `tui-app.ts`.
+
+Frontend: `index.html` (welcome button, run-mode entry, cron option, clone Brain option),
+`session-ui.js` (`runGrok()`, dispatch, availability, "Run GK" label, external-CLI gates,
+runMode setter), `app.js` (label, `gk` tab badge, kill-menu), `settings-ui.js`,
+`mobile-overview.js`, `home-sessions.js`, `panels-ui.js`, `i18n.js`, `styles.css` +
+`mobile.css` (charcoal monochrome identity; the non-og skin block and the mobile
+`!important` pair are both load-bearing, see the pi plan's §2.9 cascade trap).
+
+Meta: `docker/agent.Dockerfile`, `install.sh`, `package.json` keyword, changeset,
+`skills/codeman/reference/*`, CLAUDE.md, READMEs, `architecture-invariants.md`,
+`remote-sessions.md`, `security-architecture.md`, `docker-cases.md`, `cron-guide.md`.
+
+Tests: `test/grok-mode.test.ts` + `test/grok-cli-resolver.test.ts` (new);
+`external-cli-bypass-clamp`, `system-routes`, `render-index-html`, `run-mode-ui`,
+`mobile-overview`, `local-echo-codex-gating` (extended).
+
+## 4. Verification performed
+
+On this box, with grok 1.0.5 really installed and an isolated
+`CODEMAN_INSTANCE=grokwt` server (own data dir, own tmux socket, port 5077):
+
+1. `npm test` (the CI gate): green, 5900+ tests. `typecheck`, `lint`, `format:check`,
+   `check:frontend-syntax`, `check:public-assets`, `check:lockfile`: green.
+2. `GET /api/grok/status` -> `{available: true, path: "/home/arkon/.local/bin", version: "1.0.5"}`
+   through the real resolver and probe.
+3. `POST /api/quick-start {mode: "grok", grokConfig: {alwaysApprove: true}}` -> session
+   created, tmux pane spawned, real spawn line verified to end in `grok --always-approve`,
+   and the actual grok TUI rendered its OAuth device-approval screen in the pane
+   (unauthenticated box, so sign-in is exactly where a first run lands).
+4. `grokConfig` persisted into the instance's `state.json`.
+5. Session deleted by exact id; instance data dir and throwaway case removed.
+
+**Not verified (honest gaps, all requiring an xAI account or more hardware):**
+an authenticated conversation end to end; the local-echo buffer policy against grok's
+real composer (§2); scrollback/repaint behavior of the fullscreen TUI under the narrow
+strip during a long session; a Docker case with `mode: 'grok'` (needs a `--no-cache`
+agent-image rebuild); a remote-SSH grok case; cron readiness degradation (expected:
+same slow-start-then-send as pi, documented in `cron-guide.md`).
+
+## 5. Follow-ups
+
+- Idle/completion signal: grok has a hooks system (user-guide `10-hooks.md`); a hook
+  POSTing to `/api/hook-event` could give grok sessions real idle detection instead of
+  output-stabilization. Highest-value follow-up, same slot as pi's `agent_settled` idea.
+- Response viewer: sessions are ACP JSONL under `~/.grok/sessions/<encoded-cwd>/<id>/updates.jsonl`;
+  `grok -p ... --output-format json | jq -r '.sessionId'` exists for correlation.
+- Permission-mode picker (`--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`) in Session Options.
+- Measure the local-echo policy and the fullscreen-TUI scrollback behavior against an
+  authenticated session; pin the result in `local-echo-codex-gating` the way pi did.
+- `grok doctor` is a built-in terminal-support check worth pointing users at when a
+  pane renders oddly.

docs/grok-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+# Grok Build (xAI) sessions
+
+Codeman can drive [Grok Build](https://github.com/xai-org/grok-build) (xAI's `grok`
+CLI, the agent behind docs.x.ai/build) as a session backend, alongside Claude Code,
+OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity and Pi. `grok` is a seventh **run mode**: its own
+PTY, its own tmux session, its own tab identity (monochrome charcoal, `gk` badge). It
+is not a location overlay like Docker or remote-SSH cases, and it is not a web tab.
+
+The design rationale behind each decision below lives in
+[`grok-integration-plan.md`](./grok-integration-plan.md). Everything here was verified
+against grok 1.0.5.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://x.ai/cli/install.sh | bash
+```
+
+The installer places the binary in `~/.grok/bin` and symlinks it into `~/.local/bin`
+(it also installs an `agent` alias Codeman ignores). `grok update` self-updates.
+
+Codeman resolves the binary via the server PATH and then the usual install locations,
+`~/.grok/bin` first. **`grok` is a name with known squatters** (the unrelated
+`@vibe-kit/grok-cli` npm package also installs a `grok` bin), so like `pi` the
+resolver does not trust a PATH hit on its own: it runs `grok --version` once and
+requires version-shaped output (`grok 1.0.5 (5115b46bc9)`). Check what it resolved:
+
+```bash
+curl -s localhost:3000/api/grok/status | jq
+# { "available": true, "path": "/home/you/.grok/bin", "version": "1.0.5" }
+```
+
+The endpoint carries `version` on top of the sibling `/api/*/status` shape precisely
+so a misresolution is visible rather than presenting as "the mode just doesn't work".
+
+## Authenticate
+
+- **Browser OAuth (default)**: the first `grok` run opens a sign-in flow; in a
+  Codeman pane you get the device-code screen with a URL to open elsewhere.
+  Credentials land in `~/.grok/auth.json` (0600) and refresh automatically.
+- **Device code**: `grok login --device-auth`, made for SSH boxes and headless hosts.
+- **API key**: `export XAI_API_KEY="xai-..."` (console.x.ai). Used as a fallback when
+  no session token exists. As a per-session Codeman `envOverride` it flows through
+  socket-scoped `tmux setenv`, never the spawn command line.
+- **Enterprise OIDC**: `GROK_OIDC_ISSUER` / `GROK_OIDC_CLIENT_ID`.
+
+## What Codeman wires up
+
+`GrokConfig` (per session, persisted in `state.json`, round-trips through respawn):
+
+| Field             | Flag                        | Notes                                                                 |
+| ----------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `model`           | `--model <v>`               | e.g. `grok-4.5`, or a custom `[model.<name>]` from `config.toml`      |
+| `alwaysApprove`   | `--always-approve`          | Grok's `bypassPermissions` mode; deny rules still apply on top        |
+| `continueSession` | `--continue`                | Most recent session for the working directory; skipped when resuming  |
+| `resumeSessionId` | `--resume <v>`              | Ids only, never titles (grok's own `--resume` also matches titles)    |
+
+Every value is regex-validated and **dropped** (not escaped) if it fails, because the
+result is interpolated into the pane's `bash -c "..."` command.
+
+The Run button sends `grokConfig: { alwaysApprove: true }`, the same product decision
+as Claude's `--dangerously-skip-permissions` default and Antigravity's
+`--dangerously-skip-permissions`: Codeman sessions exist for autonomous work. Keep
+hard limits as `deny` rules in `~/.grok/config.toml` (they apply in every mode), and
+in **multi-user mode** a non-granted owner's `alwaysApprove` is forced off
+server-side; a bare `grok` spawn is grok's own ask-mode default.
+
+Env overrides: the `GROK_*` prefix (`GROK_HOME`, `GROK_CONFIG`, `GROK_MEMORY`,
+`GROK_WORKFLOWS`, `GROK_SANDBOX`, `GROK_OIDC_*`, ...) plus the `XAI_*` vendor
+namespace (`XAI_API_KEY`) are allowlisted. Foreign provider keys are not, as ever.
+
+## What Codeman deliberately does NOT wire up
+
+- **`--permission-mode`, `--allow`/`--deny`.** The boolean covers the autonomous
+  case; the full rule surface is a follow-up with UI.
+- **`-p`/headless, `--output-format`, `--json-schema`.** Codeman drives the TUI.
+- **`--worktree`, `--sandbox`, `--reasoning-effort`, `-s/--session-id`,
+  `--fork-session`, `--agent`/`--agents`.** Tracked as follow-ups in the plan doc.
+
+## Terminal behavior
+
+Grok renders a **fullscreen alternate-screen TUI** (scrollback pane + prompt, mouse
+supported). Under Codeman it runs inside tmux like every external CLI, so the
+fullscreen rendering stays inside the pane and the browser terminal shows tmux's
+repaints; grok stays out of the alt-screen strip list on purpose (the opencode case,
+not the Ink case). If a pane renders oddly, `grok doctor` checks terminal, color and
+input support without starting a session, and `~/.grok/pager.toml` can force
+`alt_screen = "inline"`.
+
+On touch devices grok currently gets the buffered local-echo overlay like Claude,
+Gemini, OpenCode and Pi. This is the fallthrough default and has not been measured
+against an authenticated grok composer; if grok turns out per-keystroke reactive the
+way codex was (issues #218/#219/#220/#222), the fix is the `'off'` branch in
+`_updateLocalEchoState` (terminal-ui.js).
+
+## Docker cases
+
+The agent image installs grok in its own Dockerfile step (not npm; xAI's installer
+targets `$HOME/.grok/bin` with no `--dir` override, so the binary is copied to
+`/usr/local/bin`). Rebuild with the mandatory `--no-cache`:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache
+```
+
+Credentials are **seeded**, not shared: `auth.json`, `config.toml` and `pager.toml`
+are copied into the container's own `~/.grok`, so an in-container grok never writes
+refreshed OAuth tokens back to the host and `docker commit` exports stay secret-free.
+Only those three files, because `~/.grok` also holds `sessions/`, `memory/` and the
+~160MB binary under `downloads/`. Trade-off, same as pi: in-container sessions are
+invisible host-side, so `grok -c` inside a Docker case only sees that container's own
+history.
+
+## Remote SSH cases
+
+`grok` mode is routed through an interactive login shell
+(`exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'grok'`), because sshd's remote-command PATH does not include
+`~/.grok/bin`. Per-session config and `envOverrides` do not cross ssh and are rejected
+rather than silently ignored; use the per-host command override instead. For auth on
+the remote host, `grok login --device-auth` exists for exactly this.
+
+## Known gaps
+
+- **No idle/completion hook yet.** Idle detection falls back to output-stabilization
+  like the other external CLIs. Grok has a hooks system, so a Codeman hook POSTing to
+  `/api/hook-event` is the highest-value follow-up.
+- **No response viewer.** Grok writes ACP JSONL sessions under
+  `~/.grok/sessions/<encoded-cwd>/<session-id>/updates.jsonl`; nothing reads them yet.
+- **Cron jobs mis-detect readiness.** The readiness poll looks for `❯` or a token
+  count, neither of which grok prints, so a grok cron job burns its poll budget and
+  then sends the prompt anyway. It works; it is just slower to start.
+- **Ralph, respawn heuristics, token/CLI-info parsing and the `❯` readiness probe are
+  off** for grok, as for every external CLI.

docs/mobile-testing-report.md

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ There is no dedicated help button in the mobile UI. Help is accessible via:
 
 | Breakpoint | Class | Description |
 |------------|-------|-------------|
-| < 430px | `device-mobile` | Phone - most features hidden/simplified |
-| 430-768px | `device-tablet` | Tablet - intermediate layout |
+| < 600px | `device-mobile` | Phone - most features hidden/simplified |
+| 600-768px | `device-tablet` | Tablet - intermediate layout |
 | > 768px | `device-desktop` | Desktop - full features |
 
 Touch devices also get `touch-device` class regardless of screen size.

docs/omp-integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+# OMP (Oh My Pi) sessions
+
+Codeman can drive [OMP](https://github.com/can1357/oh-my-pi) (`omp`, Oh My Pi) as a session
+backend, alongside Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi, Grok and
+DeepSeek Harness. `omp` is the ninth CLI backend (tenth `SessionMode`, counting
+`shell`): its own PTY, its own tmux session, its own tab identity. It is not a
+location overlay like Docker or remote-SSH cases, and it is not a web tab.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://omp.sh/install | sh
+```
+
+The installer places the binary in `~/.local/bin` (verified against a real
+`--no-cache` Docker build — see `docker/agent.Dockerfile`; an earlier guess of
+`~/.omp/bin` was wrong). Codeman resolves the binary via the server PATH and then
+the usual install locations (`~/.local/bin` first, then `~/.omp/bin`,
+`/usr/local/bin`, `~/.bun/bin`, `~/.npm-global/bin`, `~/bin`).
+
+**`omp` is a short name**, so like `pi` and `grok` the resolver does not trust a PATH
+hit on its own: it runs `omp --version` and requires `omp/<semver>`-shaped output
+(e.g. `omp/18.0.8`) before accepting a candidate. Check what it resolved:
+
+```bash
+curl -s localhost:3000/api/omp/status | jq
+# { "available": true, "path": "/home/you/.local/bin", "version": "18.0.8" }
+```
+
+## Authenticate
+
+OMP owns its own auth and provider configuration entirely in `~/.omp` — there is
+no Codeman-side login flow, API key field, or bypass switch to configure. Run `omp`
+directly once outside Codeman to complete whatever onboarding the CLI itself asks
+for; every session started through Codeman afterward inherits that config.
+
+## What Codeman wires up
+
+`OmpConfig` (per session, persisted in `state.json`, round-trips through respawn):
+
+| Field              | Flag            | Notes                                                     |
+| ------------------ | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `model`            | `--model <v>`   | Regex-validated (`[a-zA-Z0-9._-/]+`); `provider/model` forms like `crof/glm-5.2` pass |
+| `continueSession`  | `--continue`    | omp's own "most recent conversation in this directory" heuristic |
+| `resumeSessionId`  | `--resume <id>` | Ids only, id-regexed; wins over `--continue` when both are present |
+
+Every value is regex-validated and **dropped** (not escaped) if it fails, because the
+result is interpolated into the pane's spawn command.
+
+**omp reads its own model routing and hooks from `~/.omp`, so no trust or
+permission flags are needed** — unlike every sibling CLI in this family, there is no
+bypass-permissions equivalent to wire up, so `buildOmpCommand()` only ever passes
+`--model`/`--resume`/`--continue`. ⚠️ That does NOT mean omp is unrestricted: its
+documented default `tools.approvalMode` is `yolo`, so an omp pane auto-approves exec
+with no flag from Codeman — the CLI's own config, not Codeman, is what would need to
+change that.
+
+Env overrides: the `OMP_*` prefix is allowlisted, and per omp's own
+`docs/environment-variables.md` it is not the narrow surface it looks like. omp reads
+roughly 40 provider keys from the environment (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`,
+`XAI_API_KEY`, `HF_TOKEN`, ...) — pi's 34-key problem in the same shape — which is why
+none of those get a dedicated allowlist entry; a session authenticates from `~/.omp`
+config or the server process's own env instead, like pi. omp's own documented knobs
+are mostly `PI_*`, not `OMP_*` (`PI_CONFIG_DIR`, `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`,
+`PI_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR`, `PI_SUBPROCESS_CMD`, `PI_SHELL_PREFIX`,
+`OMP_PROFILE`/`PI_PROFILE`), and `PI_*` is already allowlisted globally because pi
+mode needs it — so an omp session today already accepts all of those. The first three
+also move the tree `omp-session-resolver.ts` and `omp-transcript.ts` hardcode
+(`resolveOmpHome()` assumes `~/.omp` unconditionally), so pinning and history quietly
+stop working under a redirected config root; this is a known gap, not fixed here.
+
+The `OMP_` prefix itself brings in `OMP_AUTH_BROKER_URL` / `OMP_AUTH_BROKER_TOKEN`,
+where omp resolves credentials from — the same shape `DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL` is dropped
+for in `clampEnvOverridesForOwner()` (session-routes.ts), so both are clamped there
+for a non-granted owner in multi-user mode. None of this matters in single-user mode.
+
+## Exact-id pinning: why `--resume`, not just `--continue`
+
+`--continue` alone is ambiguous the moment **any** other omp conversation has
+touched the same working directory more recently — it just picks the newest session
+file on disk, silently. That happens routinely: a closed-then-resumed Codeman row
+plus a still-running duplicate, two Codeman sessions pointed at the same case, or a
+plain reattach after a server restart.
+
+`src/utils/omp-session-resolver.ts` resolves and **pins** the exact conversation id
+once (`findLatestOmpSessionId()` reads `~/.omp/agent/sessions/<mangled-workingDir>/`,
+the newest `.jsonl` file's embedded uuid), then every later respawn reuses that
+pinned id via `--resume` instead of re-guessing with `--continue`.
+
+⚠️ **The directory mangling is NOT a straight `/` → `-` replace.** Unlike Claude
+Code's `~/.claude/projects/*` convention (which keeps the full path, e.g.
+`-home-user-codeman-cases-foo`), omp strips the `$HOME` prefix FIRST and only then
+dash-replaces (`/home/user/codeman-cases/foo` → `-codeman-cases-foo`; a path outside
+`$HOME`, like `/tmp/...`, is dash-replaced as-is with no stripping). Getting this
+wrong doesn't error — `findLatestOmpSessionId()` just silently returns null for
+every case under `$HOME` (virtually all real Codeman cases), so pinning quietly
+degrades to omp's own ambiguous `--continue`. This was found and fixed 2026-08-27
+after months of testing had only ever exercised `/tmp`-based working directories,
+where the bug's wrong output happened to coincidentally match the right one.
+
+## Surviving a full session kill
+
+`src/omp-transcript.ts` scans `~/.omp/agent/sessions/**/*.jsonl` directly — a second,
+independent history source alongside Codeman's own state. This means an OMP
+conversation's history (working directory, first/last prompt, size) is recoverable
+in the Past Sessions list even when **both** the Codeman session record and the
+underlying tmux pane are gone — verified live against a full OS reboot, not just a
+"Kill Tmux" button click.
+
+## Terminal behavior
+
+OMP renders inside tmux like every external CLI (narrow scrollback strip — alt-screen
+toggles only, not the full Claude/Codex/Gemini strip). It stays out of the
+alt-screen-strip list and lands on the `'buffer'` local-echo policy via the
+`_updateLocalEchoState` fallthrough, same as grok and pi.
+
+## Docker cases
+
+The agent image installs omp in its own Dockerfile step (not npm; omp's installer
+targets `$HOME/.local/bin` with no `--dir` override, the same shape as grok's
+installer). Rebuild with the mandatory `--no-cache`:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache
+```
+
+⚠️ **`--resume` pinning does not currently reach an in-container omp process.**
+Docker panes are built from `defaultDockerCommandForMode`, which never sees
+`ompConfig` — `appendResumeFlag()`'s `case 'omp'` keys off the top-level
+`resumeSessionId` field, which nothing populates for omp today. Host-side history
+recovery still works (the shared `sessions/` mount below), but a respawned
+in-container omp pane falls back to its own ambiguous `--continue`, not a pinned
+id. Flagged in upstream review, not yet fixed.
+
+Credentials are **mostly seeded**, but `sessions/` is the one exception in this CLI
+family: `~/.omp/agent/{config.yml,mcp.json,models.yml,settings.yml}` are seeded
+(read-only mount, copied into the container's own `~/.omp/agent` once), so an
+in-container omp never writes refreshed config back to the host and `docker commit`
+exports stay secret-free. But `~/.omp/agent/sessions/` is **shared (RW)**, not
+seeded — the same treatment as codex's `sessions/`, and for the identical reason:
+Codeman reads it host-side (`omp-transcript.ts`, `omp-session-resolver.ts`) for
+history recovery and `--resume` pinning. Seeding it instead of sharing it would make
+an in-container OMP conversation invisible to Codeman's own history/resume logic,
+silently breaking Docker support for the kill-survival feature above. The rest of
+`~/.omp/agent` (`agent.db`/`history.db`/`models.db` SQLite caches,
+`terminal-sessions/`, `blobs/`, `cache/`) stays container-local and is neither
+shared nor seeded.
+
+## Remote SSH cases
+
+`omp` mode is routed through an interactive login shell
+(`exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'omp'`), because sshd's remote-command PATH does not
+include `~/.local/bin`. Per-session config and `envOverrides` do not cross ssh and are
+rejected rather than silently ignored; use the per-host command override instead.
+
+⚠️ A **respawn or reattach** of a remote omp session runs `omp --continue`, not a
+bare `omp`, so it lands back in the same conversation. It is deliberately
+`--continue` rather than the exact `--resume <id>` the local and docker paths
+pin: `omp-session-resolver.ts` only ever reads THIS host's `~/.omp/agent/sessions/`,
+and a remote conversation's session file lives on the remote host under the
+remote user's home, so resolving locally would pin a stranger's id. See
+[Respawn / reattach continuation](remote-sessions.md#respawn--reattach-continuation).
+
+## Known gaps
+
+- **No idle/completion hook.** Idle detection falls back to output-stabilization
+  like every other external CLI. If omp ever ships a hooks system, a Codeman hook
+  POSTing to `/api/hook-event` would be the highest-value follow-up.
+- **Killing a pane mid-turn loses the conversation for real.** `tmux kill-session`
+  before an in-TUI `/exit` beats omp's own session-file flush — confirmed by direct
+  testing (kill after a clean `/exit` resumes correctly; kill without `/exit` first
+  does not). This is not something Codeman can compensate for from outside the
+  process; it would need an upstream omp fix (e.g. flush-on-SIGTERM).
+- **Unverified: `$HOME` as a symlink.** The directory-mangling fix above compares
+  against the literal `homedir()` string, not a `realpath()`-resolved one. Whether
+  omp itself canonicalizes symlinks before mangling is unconfirmed — this has not
+  been tested against a symlinked-home setup.
+- Ralph, respawn heuristics, token/CLI-info parsing and the `❯` readiness probe are
+  off for omp, as for every external CLI.

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+# Pi (pi.dev) Run Mode: Implementation Plan
+
+Tracking issue: [#206 "Plans to support pi.dev?"](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues/206)
+
+Status: **IMPLEMENTED 2026-08-13** (see `docs/pi-integration.md` for the user-facing
+guide). Everything below is the design record; the open questions were resolved
+empirically against pi 0.84.1 and the answers are recorded inline as **RESULT**
+notes. Originally reworked 2026-08-06; **rechecked 2026-08-13 against master @
+`f39beb3` (v1.17.0)**, and every line anchor below was re-verified at that commit (the 1.11.2-era
+anchors drifted heavily: six releases landed in between, including the settings-surface overhaul and
+the codex predictive-echo work, both of which added new pi touchpoints, §2.10 and the Brain picker in
+Phase 3). Upstream facts verified against `@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent` **v0.84.1** (npm latest,
+published 2026-08-07) and the [`earendil-works/pi`](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi) repo (cite
+that name: upstream docs still contain stale `pi-mono` links from a repo rename). Line numbers are
+anchors for orientation, not contracts; they drift.
+
+---
+
+## 1. What Pi is
+
+[Pi](https://pi.dev) (MIT) is a minimal, extensible coding-agent harness. Facts below are verified
+against the upstream docs in `packages/coding-agent/docs/`.
+
+| Property         | Value                                                                                              |
+| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Binary           | `pi` (`bin: { pi: 'dist/cli.js' }`)                                                                |
+| npm package      | `@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`, latest **0.84.1** (2026-08-07; 0.84.0 was 2026-08-06); `legacy-node20` dist-tag at 0.74.2 |
+| Install          | `npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`, or `curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh \| sh` (the curl installer also goes through global npm, so both uninstall via npm) |
+| Config dir       | `~/.pi/agent` (override: `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`). Holds `auth.json`, `trust.json`, `settings.json`, `models.json` (user-defined providers), `models-store.json` (cached catalogs), `keybindings.json`, `extensions/`, `skills/`, `prompts/`, `themes/`, `AGENTS.md`, `SYSTEM.md`, and the package trees `npm/` + `git/` |
+| Sessions         | `~/.pi/agent/sessions/--<cwd with / replaced by ->--/<timestamp>_<uuid>.jsonl`, tree-structured (`id`/`parentId`), format v3. Overrides: `PI_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR`, `--session-dir` |
+| Credentials      | `~/.pi/agent/auth.json` (OAuth subscriptions + API keys, auto-refresh), plus ~34 provider env vars with **no common prefix**. 0.84.1 adds `pi auth check` (auth preflight with optional credential output) |
+| TUI              | Default: **main screen with terminal-owned scrollback**. Since **0.84.0** an experimental fullscreen mode exists, selectable via `--tui-mode fullscreen` **or at runtime through `/settings`**; the default remains the main-screen mode |
+| Providers        | 15+ (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, Bedrock, Mistral, Groq, xAI, OpenRouter, Copilot, Baseten since 0.84.0, ...). OAuth subscription login via `/login` for six: ChatGPT Plus/Pro, Claude Pro/Max, GitHub Copilot, xAI, OpenRouter, Radius |
+| Permission model | **No permission prompts at all.** No built-in sandbox, no MCP (none planned), no sub-agents, no plan mode, no to-dos, no background bash. Tools run with the user's own permissions |
+| Trust model      | "Project trust" gates **loading** of project-local `.pi/` config/extensions/skills and **installing missing project packages**, not tool execution. Triggered only when the cwd (or an ancestor) contains `.pi/settings.json`, `.pi/extensions\|skills\|prompts\|themes`, `.pi/SYSTEM.md`/`.pi/APPEND_SYSTEM.md`, or `.agents/skills`; a bare `.pi/` directory does NOT prompt. Global `defaultProjectTrust`: `ask` (default) / `always` / `never` |
+
+Three consequences shape the whole integration:
+
+1. **There is no `--dangerously-skip-permissions` analog and none is needed.** Pi never prompts for
+   tool approval. The Claude/Codex/Gemini/Antigravity pattern of "send the bypass flag so the session
+   is not stuck on a modal" does not apply. Codeman must not invent a flag here.
+2. **The one privileged knob is `--approve` / `-a`** (trust project-local files for this run), which
+   makes pi load and execute project `.pi/extensions` TypeScript **and run an npm install of missing
+   project packages**. That is the field the multi-user clamp has to cover. Its explicit inverse
+   `-na` / `--no-approve` exists, which lets the clamp force-deny rather than merely omit (§3, §5.2).
+3. **Provider keys cannot ride the env allowlist.** Pi's provider key vars (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`,
+   `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`, `HF_TOKEN`, `BASETEN_API_KEY`, ...) share no prefix, so
+   there is no way to admit them through `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` without widening the list for every
+   mode (§2.4).
+
+---
+
+## 2. Design decisions
+
+### 2.1 Mode identity
+
+`SessionMode` gains `'pi'`. Not a location overlay (unlike Docker/remote-SSH cases), not a web tab:
+a real sixth CLI backend with its own PTY, tmux session and respawn behaviour, exactly like
+`antigravity`. Append `pi` after `antigravity` in every enum/list to keep ordering consistent.
+
+| Surface          | Value                                                                 |
+| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `SessionMode`    | `'pi'`                                                                |
+| Display label    | `Pi`                                                                  |
+| Tab badge        | `pi` (two-letter lowercase, like `sh`/`oc`/`cx`/`gm`/`ag`)            |
+| Run button label | `Run PI` (short-label ternary in `_applyRunMode`, pattern `Run AG`)   |
+| Kill-menu label  | `Kill Tmux & Pi`                                                      |
+| Identity color   | **`#f472b6` (rose-400)**. Verified free: live computed values on the default skin are claude `#38b6f0`, opencode `#44b993`, codex `#2b8fd9`, gemini `#8ab4f8`, antigravity `#22d3ee`, shell `#98a2b1`, web `#38bdf8`; purple is codex's base hex and amber reads as the shell tab badge, so pink/rose (or orange `#fb923c`) are the only genuinely free hues. No `pi` CSS identifier collides anywhere (`mode-pi`, `.tab-mode.pi`, `.run-mode-dot.pi` all grep clean, re-checked at f39beb3) |
+| Env prefix       | `PI_`                                                                 |
+| Dependency id    | `pi`                                                                  |
+| Status endpoint  | `GET /api/pi/status`                                                  |
+
+### 2.2 `isExternalCliMode()` yes, `isAltScreenStripMode()` no
+
+Pi joins `isExternalCliMode()` (`session.ts:164-167`): its own TUI, its own output format, so the
+Ralph tracker, `BashToolParser`, token/CLI-info scraping and the `❯` readiness probe all stay off
+(gates at `session.ts:1100`, `:1701`, `:2000`, `:2103`), and readiness falls back to the output
+stabilization used by the other external CLIs.
+
+Pi stays **out** of `isAltScreenStripMode()` (`session.ts:197-199`, currently codex/claude/gemini;
+antigravity and opencode are deliberately excluded). Pi's default TUI renders into the main screen
+with terminal-owned scrollback, so there is nothing to strip. The fullscreen mode **shipped in
+0.84.0 and is runtime-switchable via `/settings`**, so Codeman cannot assume a pi session stays
+main-screen for its lifetime; staying out of the strip list is exactly what makes that safe (the alt
+screen is load-bearing when the user flips to fullscreen, as it is for `opencode`). Putting pi IN
+the strip list would corrupt fullscreen sessions. Three mirrors must stay consistent (all unchanged
+for pi, i.e. pi appears in none of them): the replay-side strip in `session-routes.ts:2275`, the
+live-stream twin in `session.ts`, and the frontend `_sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()` in
+`terminal-ui.js` (usages `:3432`, `:3697`).
+
+### 2.3 tmux required, no direct-PTY fallback, no per-mode configurator
+
+Same rule as the other external CLIs: `pi` mode throws if tmux is unavailable. Add a fourth block to
+the guard chain at `session.ts:1751-1768` (antigravity's is `:1765-1768`).
+
+**No `_configurePi()` is needed.** Opencode/codex/gemini each have a tmux-`setenv` configurator
+(`tmux-manager.ts:1709-1727`), but antigravity has none: it relies entirely on the generic
+`applyEnvOverrides()` (`tmux-manager.ts:1643`, `VALID_KEY = /^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/`), which runs for
+every mode in both create (`:1880`) and respawn (`:2107`) and injects via socket-scoped
+`tmux setenv`, never the spawn command line. Pi follows the antigravity precedent: `PI_*` overrides
+flow through `applyEnvOverrides()` and nothing else.
+
+Pi joins the truecolor branches: `buildEnvExports()` (`tmux-manager.ts:1604-1609`,
+`export COLORTERM=truecolor` + `unset NO_COLOR` for codex/gemini/antigravity) and the attach-env
+condition at `session.ts:1400-1402` (`buildMuxAttachEnv(...)`, whose comment says it must mirror
+`buildEnvExports`). Add `|| mode === 'pi'` to both, or the tmux session and the attach client
+disagree about color depth.
+
+### 2.4 Env prefix: `PI_` only
+
+Add `'PI_'` to `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` (`schemas.ts:125`) and to the prose error message at `:163`
+(two edits: the message hardcodes the list, and since 1.12+ it also names the exact-key allowlist,
+currently `...ANTIGRAVITY_* keys and CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR are allowed.`; there is now a separate
+`ALLOWED_ENV_KEYS` exact-key set alongside the prefix list, which pi does not need to touch). That
+covers every documented variable pi reads: `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`, `PI_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR`,
+`PI_PACKAGE_DIR`, `PI_OFFLINE`, `PI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK`, `PI_TELEMETRY`, `PI_CACHE_RETENTION`,
+`PI_SHARE_VIEWER_URL`, `PI_HARDWARE_CURSOR`, `PI_EXPERIMENTAL` (whose meaning 0.84.0 extended to
+strict JSON-schema tool sampling). (Pi also *sets* `PI_CODING_AGENT=true` and `AI_AGENT=pi` in child
+processes; those are output markers, not inputs, and need nothing from us.)
+
+**Deliberately not added:** `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`, `GEMINI_API_KEY`, `XAI_API_KEY`,
+`GROQ_API_KEY`, `MISTRAL_API_KEY` and the other ~28 provider keys. `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` is a
+single global list applied by one Zod refine with no mode context (`safeEnvOverridesSchema`,
+`schemas.ts:153-165`), so allowlisting bare provider keys for pi would widen the allowlist for
+**every** mode at once, violating the multi-CLI prefix discipline in CLAUDE.md. Users authenticate
+pi through `/login` (stored in `~/.pi/agent/auth.json`, auto-refreshed) or by exporting the key in
+the Codeman server process's own environment.
+
+Making the allowlist mode-aware is the clean fix, listed as a follow-up in §9. Do not smuggle it
+into this change.
+
+### 2.5 Docker credential policy: seed files, not the whole dir
+
+`CRED_STORES` (`docker-hosts.ts:597-605`; file unchanged since the 2026-08-06 verification) gets a
+`.pi/agent` entry. Nested `rel` paths already work (`.config/gcloud` maps to seed name
+`.config-gcloud` via the `replace(/\//g, '-')` at `:620`). Unlike antigravity, which needed **no**
+entry (`agy` nests all state under `~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/`, already covered by the `.gemini`
+policy, per the comment at `:599-602`), pi has its own top-level dir and needs its own entry. Use
+`seedFiles`, **not** `seedWhole`:
+
+```ts
+{ rel: '.pi/agent', seedFiles: ['auth.json', 'settings.json', 'trust.json', 'models.json', 'models-store.json'] },
+```
+
+Rationale: `~/.pi/agent` also contains `sessions/`, `extensions/`, `skills/` and the installed
+package trees (`npm/`, `git/`), which on an active host is easily gigabytes; `seedWhole` would
+`cp -a` all of it into every container start. The five seeded files are what pi needs to
+authenticate and behave consistently: `models.json` is in the list because it holds user-defined
+custom providers, and omitting it would silently strip those inside containers. Seeding (RO mount
+then copy) also means the in-container pi never writes refreshed OAuth tokens back to the host,
+which is the whole point of the seeding policy, and bind mounts stay excluded from `docker commit`
+so exports remain secret-free.
+
+Trade-off to accept and document: in-container pi sessions are not visible host-side, so `pi -c`
+inside a Docker case only sees that container's own history. Codex shares `sessions/` RW precisely
+because Codeman reads it host-side for the response viewer; there is no such reader for pi yet
+(the response-viewer follow-up in §9 would justify flipping this).
+
+### 2.6 The `pi` binary name is generic
+
+Unlike `agy`/`codex`/`gemini`, `pi` is a short, common name (Raspberry Pi tooling, personal scripts,
+`$PATH` accidents). The resolver must not blindly trust a hit. None of the existing external-CLI
+resolvers execute their binary (only `claude-cli-resolver.ts` does, via the cached
+`getClaudeCliVersion()`, skipped under vitest), so the sanity check is new ground: model it on
+`getClaudeCliVersion()`. Run `pi --version` once via `execFileSync`, cache the result module-level,
+skip under `VITEST`, and require output matching `/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+/`; on mismatch treat the binary as
+unavailable and log the rejected path. Surface `{ available, path, version }` from
+`GET /api/pi/status` so a misresolution is diagnosable from the UI (additive relative to the sibling
+endpoints' `{ available, path }`). The `dependency-registry` entry carries `versionArg: '--version'`
+for `codeman doctor`.
+
+### 2.7 tmux extended keys (a real pi-specific footgun)
+
+Pi documents (`docs/tmux.md`, verified verbatim) that without
+
+```tmux
+set -g extended-keys on
+set -g extended-keys-format csi-u
+```
+
+tmux collapses `Shift+Enter` and `Ctrl+Enter` into a plain `\r` (and `Alt+Enter` into `\x1b\r`), and
+pi's editor uses those for newline vs submit. `extended-keys-format` requires tmux 3.5+; tmux
+3.2-3.4 works with `extended-keys on` alone (pi then falls back to xterm `modifyOtherKeys`).
+Codeman's own browser input path sends `\r` for submit, so basic use works unconfigured, but
+newline-in-editor is degraded both for a user typing in an attached terminal (`sc`) and potentially
+for the browser Shift+Enter path.
+
+Upstream recommends `~/.tmux.conf` and notes the setting may need a full `tmux kill-server` restart
+to take effect. **Codeman must NEVER run `kill-server` on its socket** (it would kill every live
+session, including `w1`/`w2`/`w3`). Action: attempt to set both options **server-scoped on
+Codeman's own socket only** (`tmux -L codeman set -s ...`, never `-g` on the user's default socket)
+at the point the tmux server is first started, verify with `tmux -L codeman show-options -s` and an
+empirical Shift+Enter test which scope actually takes for the installed tmux version, and fall back
+to a documented manual step in `docs/pi-integration.md` (a `~/.tmux.conf` snippet plus the
+kill-server caveat) if it cannot be applied safely to an already-running server. Upstream does not
+discuss socket- or server-scoped configuration at all, so this verification is original work, not a
+doc lookup.
+
+**RESULT (measured, tmux 3.4 + pi 0.84.1):** `tmux -L <socket> set -s extended-keys on` takes effect
+on an **already-running** server with **no `kill-server`** — pi's own startup warning
+(`Warning: tmux extended-keys is off…`, a convenient in-band probe) disappears for the next session
+started afterwards. `extended-keys-format` does **not exist on tmux 3.4** and errors with
+`invalid option: extended-keys-format`, so the two options must be issued independently rather than
+chained. Decision: Codeman does **not** set this itself — it is a server-wide tmux option affecting
+every session of every backend, so silently changing key encoding is not Codeman's call. It is
+documented as a user step in `docs/pi-integration.md` instead, carrying the measured facts.
+
+### 2.8 The completeness trap: which mode tables fail loud vs silent
+
+Adding `'pi'` to the `SessionMode` union makes some omissions compile errors and leaves others
+silent. The plan calls this out so review can focus on the silent ones.
+
+**Loud (typecheck fails until edited):** `getModeLabel()` (`session.ts:168-183`, exhaustive switch
+with no default), `defaultDockerCommandForMode` and `defaultRemoteCommandForMode` (both typed
+`Record<...CommandMode, string>`), **but only after** `RemoteCommandMode` (`types/session.ts:48-51`)
+and `DockerCommandMode` (`:157-161`) are widened: both are `Extract<SessionMode, '...'>` with every
+member spelled out, so forgetting the `Extract` lists keeps `tsc` green while docker/remote pi cases
+silently fall back to `exec bash -l` via the `|| commands.shell` on the lookup. Edit union + both
+`Extract` lists + both `Record` literals together.
+
+**Silent (compiles clean, mode just doesn't work):**
+
+- `appendResumeFlag()` (`tmux-manager.ts:1030-1042`) has a `default:` arm; a missing `case 'pi'`
+  silently drops docker resume.
+- `buildSpawnCommand()` (`:770-825`) and `buildPathExport()` (`:1680-1707`) are if-chains with
+  fallthrough returns; a missing branch spawns pi as a login shell / with no PATH augmentation.
+- `isExternalCliMode()` / `isAltScreenStripMode()` are boolean chains.
+- The `runMode` accessor's **setter whitelist** (`session-ui.js:2949-2960`) coerces any unknown mode
+  to `'claude'`. Omitting `pi` there makes the mode **unselectable while every other edit appears to
+  work**: this is the single most deceptive omission in the frontend.
+- `window.__codemanCliAvailable` (injected by `renderIndexHtml`, `server.ts:1375-1407`): the client
+  treats a **missing key as available** (`isCliAvailable` in settings-ui.js), so forgetting the
+  injection un-gates pi on boxes without the CLI instead of hiding it.
+
+### 2.9 The Daylight skin cascade eats per-mode run-button colors
+
+A finding that changes the CSS work (verified empirically with computed styles on the live
+instance, re-confirmed at f39beb3): `styles.css:13681` opens a nested skin block,
+`html:not([data-skin="og"]) { ... }`, and the **default skin is `daylight-blue`, not `og`**, so the
+block is live for every default-skin user. Inside it, `.btn-toolbar.btn-run` is re-declared
+generically and per-mode only for claude/opencode/codex (codex at `:13787`). CSS nesting adds the
+wrapper's specificity (the nested rules resolve to (0,3,1) vs (0,3,0) for
+`.btn-toolbar.btn-run.mode-X`), so **gemini's and antigravity's toolbar gradients are dead on the
+default skin**: both render the generic claude gradient today, still unfixed as of f39beb3. The
+base-sheet rules (gemini/antigravity at `:4406`/`:4420`) only ever render on the `og` skin. Since
+1.12+ styles.css itself documents this trap in comments (`:9214`, `:11091`), which confirms the
+mechanism.
+
+Consequences for pi:
+
+- The toolbar gradient needs **two** rules: one in the base sheet (`:4420` area, for `og`), and one
+  **inside** the `13681` block next to codex's (`:13787` area), using the block's own idiom
+  (or the color is invisible to the average user).
+- `mobile.css` phone-toolbar colors need `!important` on `background`/`border-color`/`color`,
+  exactly as the CLAUDE.md gotcha prescribes. Antigravity's phone block (`mobile.css:895-910`,
+  inside the `@media (max-width: 430px)` opened at `:338`) has no `!important` and is dead on the
+  default skin; do not copy that mistake.
+- Three surfaces work from base rules alone (verified): run-mode **dots** (list at `:4506-4516`;
+  the skin block overrides only claude/opencode/codex/shell dots, so a base-sheet
+  `.run-mode-dot.pi` renders as authored), **tab badges**, and the **welcome button** (the skin
+  block overrides only claude/opencode/tunnel welcome buttons).
+- Optional, separate cleanup (not this change): gemini/antigravity could get the same in-block
+  treatment to resurrect their colors.
+
+### 2.10 Local-echo policy: pi lands on the buffer overlay by default
+
+New since the first draft of this plan: the codex predictive-echo work (1.13+) introduced a
+per-session echo policy in `_updateLocalEchoState()` (terminal-ui.js, `_localEchoPolicy` set at
+`:2837`): `codex → 'predict'` (write-through predictive echo), `shell → 'off'`, **everything else
+→ 'buffer'** (the `LocalEchoOverlay` that buffers typed text until Enter). Pi therefore gets the
+buffer overlay on touch devices with zero edits, via the fallthrough.
+
+That default is a real open question, not a freebie: the codex history (issues #218/#219/#220/#222)
+shows that a composer which re-renders per keystroke (live-filtering slash picker, server-side
+cursor movement, wrap-as-you-type) is starved by buffer-until-Enter, and pi's editor is exactly
+such a composer. Decision for v1: ship with the default `'buffer'` policy but make phone-profile
+typing an explicit E2E gate (§7 step 4); if pi's editor mis-renders under the overlay, the cheap
+fallback is forcing `'off'` for pi (one branch in `_updateLocalEchoState`), and teaching the
+predict path pi's composer row is a follow-up, not a v1 requirement.
+`test/local-echo-codex-gating.test.ts` pins the per-mode policy via
+`it.each(['claude', 'gemini', 'opencode'])` lists (`:193`, `:376`); add `'pi'` to those lists once
+the buffer decision is confirmed (or pin the `'off'` branch if that is the outcome).
+
+**RESULT (measured, pi 0.84.1, iPhone 14 Pro profile + a PTY-level A/B):** the buffer policy
+**holds**; codex's failure mode does **not** reproduce. Pi's slash picker re-filters on the **whole
+composer content**, not on per-keystroke deltas: a one-shot literal write of `/set` (what the overlay
+flush does) filters the picker to `settings` **identically** to sending `/ s e t` as five separate
+keystrokes, and the delayed `\r` then selects it and opens the settings menu. Prose prompts buffer
+correctly (`pendingText` right, nothing on the PTY before Enter), flush on Enter, and are accepted as
+a single prompt. `'pi'` was added to both `it.each` lists. The `'off'` fallback stays documented but
+unused.
+
+---
+
+## 3. Config surface: `PiConfig` to CLI flags
+
+```ts
+/** Pi CLI session configuration */
+export interface PiConfig {
+  /** Model pattern or ID. Supports `provider/id` and a `:<thinking>` suffix (e.g. `sonnet:high`). Passed via --model. */
+  model?: string;
+  /** Provider name (anthropic, openai, google, ...). Passed via --provider. */
+  provider?: string;
+  /** Reasoning level. Passed via --thinking. */
+  thinking?: 'off' | 'minimal' | 'low' | 'medium' | 'high' | 'xhigh' | 'max';
+  /** Continue the most recent session (-c). Per-cwd scoping is strongly implied upstream but not documented; treat as probable. */
+  continueSession?: boolean;
+  /** Resume a specific session by ID or partial UUID (--session). Codeman deliberately accepts ids only, never paths. */
+  resumeSessionId?: string;
+  /**
+   * Tri-state project trust (repo-local `.pi/` settings/extensions/skills, plus installing
+   * missing project packages):
+   *   true  -> --approve   (trust for this run; loads and EXECUTES repository TypeScript)
+   *   false -> --no-approve (force-deny; the trust prompt never appears)
+   *   absent -> pi's own defaultProjectTrust (ask).
+   * Multi-user: MATERIALIZED to false for non-granted owners (§5.2).
+   */
+  approveProjectTrust?: boolean;
+}
+```
+
+Flag mapping in `buildPiCommand()` (new, `tmux-manager.ts`, directly after `buildAntigravityCommand`
+at `:718-736`; every builder there regex-allowlists each user value and silently drops failures
+because the result lands in a `bash -c "..."` string):
+
+| Field                 | Flag                            | Validation                                                                        |
+| --------------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `approveProjectTrust` | `--approve` / `--no-approve` / nothing | tri-state boolean, clamped (§5.2)                                          |
+| `model`               | `--model <v>`                   | `/^[a-zA-Z0-9._\-/:]+$/` (`:` for `sonnet:high`, `/` for `openai/gpt-4o`)         |
+| `provider`            | `--provider <v>`                | `/^[a-z0-9-]+$/`                                                                  |
+| `thinking`            | `--thinking <v>`                | runtime allowlist of the 7 enum values (defense in depth beyond Zod)              |
+| `resumeSessionId`     | `--session <v>`                 | `/^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/` (same shape as `RESUME_ID_SAFE`, `:1021`; excludes paths on purpose) |
+| `continueSession`     | `-c`                            | boolean; **skipped when a valid `resumeSessionId` is present** (the two conflict) |
+
+**Not** wired in v1, with reasons:
+
+- `--api-key <key>`: ⚠️ **never wire this.** It puts a provider secret on the spawn command line,
+  which is exactly what the socket-scoped `tmux setenv` discipline exists to prevent (visible in
+  `ps`, tmux server state, and logs). Listed here so nobody "helpfully" adds it later.
+- `--tui-mode` (released in 0.84.0): never passed by Codeman. The main-screen default is the
+  friendly case for the browser terminal, and fullscreen remains the user's own runtime choice via
+  `/settings` (§2.2 is designed for that). `--use-theme` (still unreleased) likewise.
+- `--name <name>` (`-n`): nice for `/resume` readability, but names contain spaces and would be the
+  first user-controlled value needing real shell quoting in `buildSpawnCommand`. Defer.
+- `--no-session`: ephemeral mode fights respawn/resume. Defer.
+- `-p`/`--print`, `--mode json`, `--mode rpc`: non-interactive transports, a different product shape
+  (§9). Note upstream already shipped a breaking change to JSON-mode `message_update` framing, so
+  any future consumer must assemble deltas.
+- `--tools` / `--exclude-tools` / `--no-tools` / `--no-builtin-tools` (`-t`/`-xt`/`-nt`/`-nbt`): a
+  genuinely useful "read-only session" affordance (0.84.0 also added a `defaultTools` setting), but
+  it needs UI design. Follow-up.
+- `-r`/`--resume` (interactive picker), `--fork`, `-e`/`--extension`, `--skill`, `--system-prompt`,
+  `--append-system-prompt`, `--export`, `--models`, `--list-models`: not session-manager concerns in
+  v1. (`-e` matters later: §9's extension follow-up notes CLI extensions load before trust
+  resolution.)
+
+---
+
+## 4. Implementation phases
+
+### Phase 1: Backend core
+
+| File                                | Change                                                                                                       |
+| ----------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `src/utils/pi-cli-resolver.ts`      | **New**, mirror `antigravity-cli-resolver.ts` (65 lines: search-dir list, module-level cache with `''` negative sentinel, `which pi` first). Search dirs: `~/.local/bin`, `/usr/local/bin`, `~/.bun/bin`, `~/.npm-global/bin`, `~/bin`. Add the `pi --version` sanity probe from §2.6 (execFileSync, cached, vitest-skipped). Export `resolvePiDir()`, `isPiAvailable()`, `getPiCliVersion()` |
+| `src/utils/index.ts`                | Re-export the three (resolver block `:30-36`)                                                                |
+| `src/types/session.ts`              | `SessionMode` union `:46`; **both `Extract` lists**: `RemoteCommandMode` `:48-51`, `DockerCommandMode` `:157-161` (§2.8); new `PiConfig` after `AntigravityConfig` (`:325-333`); `SessionState.piConfig` after `:486`; `@fileoverview` mode list `:11` + config list `:17` |
+| `src/mux-interface.ts`              | `piConfig?: PiConfig` on `CreateSessionOptions` (config block ends `:78`) and `RespawnPaneOptions` (ends `:109`) |
+| `src/session.ts`                    | `isExternalCliMode()` `:164-167` (+pi); `getModeLabel()` `:168-183` (+`'Pi'`); `_piConfig` field decl `:466-470`; ctor option `:556-563` + apply `:652-654`; `toState()` `:1227-1230`; `_buildRespawnPaneOptions()` `:1466-1469` (single source of truth shared by `startInteractive` and `reattachRemote`); `startInteractive()` createSessionOptions `:1680-1683`; COLORTERM attach-env condition `:1400-1402` (+pi); requires-tmux guard chain `:1751-1768` (new block: "Pi sessions require tmux for env override injection via setenv") |
+| `src/tmux-manager.ts`               | `buildPiCommand()` after `:736` per §3; `buildSpawnCommand()` signature `:770-779` + dispatch branch after `:822-825`; `appendResumeFlag()` `:1030-1042` (`case 'pi': return \`${modeCommand} --session ${resumeId}\`;`); `buildEnvExports()` truecolor branches `:1604-1609` (+pi); `buildPathExport()` `:1680-1707` (+pi branch calling `resolvePiDir()`); missing-CLI error chain in `createSession` `:1788-1806` (+pi, install hint `npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`; note `respawnPane` deliberately has no such check); `piConfig` threading at the four sites `:1748`, `:1817`, `:2041`, `:2080`. **No `_configurePi`** (§2.3) |
+| `src/config/dependency-registry.ts` | New entry after antigravity's (`:101-108`; file unchanged since 2026-08-06): `{ id: 'pi', label: 'Pi CLI', category: 'core', required: false, usedBy: ['Pi sessions'], resolvers: [{ match: ALL, resolver: { kind: 'path', bins: ['pi'], versionArg: '--version' } }] }` |
+| `src/docker-hosts.ts`               | `defaultDockerCommandForMode` `:138-149`: `pi: 'exec pi'`. `CRED_STORES` `:597-605`: the `.pi/agent` seedFiles entry per §2.5 (nested `rel` already handled at `:613-645`). File unchanged since 2026-08-06 |
+| `src/remote-hosts.ts`               | `defaultRemoteCommandForMode` `:92-118`: `pi: remoteLoginShellCommand('pi')` (`remoteLoginShellCommand` at `:88-90`). Login-shell routing is mandatory (the #209/e803186 lesson: ssh remote-command exec sees only sshd's minimal PATH, and npm's global bin is usually only on PATH via rc files) |
+
+### Phase 2: Web layer
+
+| File                               | Change                                                                                          |
+| ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `src/web/schemas.ts`               | `'PI_'` in `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` `:125` **and** the prose error message `:163` (which now also names `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`; the `ALLOWED_ENV_KEYS` exact-key set needs no change); new `PiConfigSchema` after `AntigravityConfigSchema` (`:256-271`), mirroring §3's regexes, `.optional()`, not `.strict()`; `piConfig` on `CreateSessionSchema` (`:299` area) and `QuickStartSchema` (`:712` area); `'pi'` in all three mode enums (`:285`, `:708`, cron `agentType` `:1214`; they are byte-identical and there is no fourth); `pi` key in `RemoteCommandOverridesSchema` `:426-436` (it is `.strict()`, so an unknown key is a hard error today; one edit covers both remote `:501` and docker `:577` reuse) |
+| `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts` | Thread `piConfig` through create (`POST /api/sessions`): disk-strip exclusion chain `:705-712`, availability gate `:782-790` (+`isPiAvailable` with install-hint error), model resolution `:825-838` (`mode === 'pi' ? body.piConfig?.model : ...`), clamp call `:845`, Session ctor `:860` (`piConfig: mode === 'pi' ? gatedPiConfig : undefined`). Quick-start (`POST /api/quick-start`, handler `:2559`): remote-case config rejection `:2614-2621` and docker-case `:2645-2652` (+`piConfig`: per-CLI config does not cross ssh or the bind mount), hooks-scaffold exclusions `:2801`/`:2809`, availability gate `:2744-2752` (local-case branch only), env-strip chains `:2833`/`:2863`, model resolution `:2885`, clamp `:2897`, ctor `:2913`. **Extend `clampExternalCliBypassForOwner()`** (`:305-336`, doc comment above): fifth param + return field; pi joins the **materialize** branch per §5.2. Alt-screen replay-strip at `:2275` unchanged (pi not in it, §2.2) |
+| `src/web/routes/system-routes.ts`  | `GET /api/pi/status` after the antigravity handler (`:418-426`; file unchanged since 2026-08-06), same shape plus `version` (§2.6); update the "CLI Integrations" prose comment `:377` |
+| `src/web/server.ts`                | Restore path: `piConfig: muxSession.mode === 'pi' ? savedState?.piConfig : undefined` after `:2636`. **`renderIndexHtml` CLI-availability injection `:1375-1407`**: add `isPiAvailable` to the dynamic-import tuple (`:1382`) and a `pi` key to the injected object (`:1399`). Per §2.8 a missing key reads as *available*, so this is a correctness edit, not polish |
+
+### Phase 3: Frontend
+
+The antigravity touchpoints are the template. Since the first draft, the settings-surface overhaul
+moved most anchors and added one **new touchpoint** (the clone-repo Brain picker below).
+`constants.js`, `api-client.js`, `ralph-wizard.js`, `cron-ui.js`, `webview-tabs.js` and `sw.js`
+still need **no** changes (re-verified zero mode coupling at f39beb3; cron-ui reads the `<select>`
+generically and special-cases only `shell`).
+
+| File                | Change                                                                                                 |
+| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `index.html`        | Welcome button `welcomePiBtn` after Gemini's (antigravity's is `:347`; there is deliberately no codex welcome button), `display:none` default, `onclick="app.setRunMode('pi'); app.runPi()"`, text `Run Pi`; run-mode-option row with `.run-mode-dot.pi` after antigravity's (`:526-528`), before the `.run-mode-sep` `:529`; cron `<option value="pi">Pi</option>` after `:803`; **NEW: the clone-repo "Brain" picker** (`cloneCaseBrain`, `:2476-2486`): add `<option value="pi" data-cli="pi">Pi</option>` after the antigravity option `:2483` (gating is automatic: session-ui.js `:2107-2115` hides options whose `data-cli` fails `isCliAvailable`, and `:2250` reads the value at clone time); docker image hint `:2624` (`claude/codex/gemini/opencode/agy` + pi). No per-CLI remote-command override field needed (only codex has one, `:2559`) |
+| `session-ui.js`     | `@fileoverview` mode list `:2`; `run()` dispatch branch after `:400-402`; `_refreshRunModeAvailability` list `:468` (+`'pi'` as a quoted literal, the static test in §6 demands it); short-label ternary `:565` (+`'Run PI'`); **the `runMode` setter whitelist `:2949-2960`** (§2.8, the deceptive one); new `runPi()` modeled on `runAntigravity()` `:1170-1219`: same remote/docker skip, same `_beginSessionLaunchStatus` frame, probes `/api/pi/status` reading `(await res.json()).data.available` (envelope!), **sends no `piConfig` at all** (no bypass exists and trust defaults are pi's own; envOverrides still sent for local cases), install-hint error text matching Phase 1's; `isAltMode` `:1233` and `isExternalCli` `:1263` four-way comparisons (+pi) |
+| `settings-ui.js`    | `applyWelcomeCliVisibility()` `:1176-1191`: add `['welcomePiBtn', 'pi']`                               |
+| `app.js`            | Response-viewer agent label `:1998-2009` (+pi -> `'Pi'`); tab badge ternary `:3884` (`<span class="tab-mode pi" aria-hidden="true">pi</span>`; claude stays badge-less); kill-title ternary `:5046-5057` (`Kill Tmux & Pi`)                                                    |
+| `panels-ui.js`      | Command-palette `labels` map `:430` (+`pi: 'Pi'`; the `\|\| mode` fallback means this is cosmetic, not load-bearing) |
+| `mobile-overview.js`| `MOBILE_OVERVIEW_RUN_MODES` `:55-62`: `{ mode: 'pi', label: 'Pi', short: 'Pi' }` after antigravity `:60`, before the shell entry. Nothing else: the Run-button badge (`:499`) and menu builder (`:554-556`) consume the list generically, and the buttons carry `btn-toolbar btn-run mode-pi`, which is exactly why they inherit the §2.9 cascade problem and its fix |
+| `terminal-ui.js`    | Badge-row comment `:1750` only (the badge itself is a raw `s.mode` passthrough, no list to extend). `_sessionUsesServerMouseStrip` unchanged (§2.2). `_updateLocalEchoState` unchanged for v1 (§2.10: pi lands on `'buffer'` via the fallthrough; only touch it if E2E forces the `'off'` fallback) |
+| `i18n.js`           | `'Run Pi': '运行 Pi'` in the zh-CN table (`:102-107`, matches the welcome-button text; short labels like `Run PI` are deliberately untranslated, as are the other modes')                                              |
+| `styles.css`        | Tab badge `.session-tab .tab-mode.pi` after `:2157` (`background: rgba(244,114,182,0.2); color: #f472b6;`); add `.session-tab .tab-mode.pi` to the light-skin ink list `:325-336` (gemini + antigravity are its precedent, `:332`); welcome `.welcome-btn-pi` + `:hover` after antigravity's `:3366` block, rose family (e.g. base `linear-gradient(135deg, #33121f 0%, #9d174d 55%, #be185d 100%)`, border `rgba(244,114,182,0.4)`, text `#fce7f3`); toolbar gradient pair `.btn-toolbar.btn-run.mode-pi, .btn-toolbar.btn-run-gear.mode-pi` + `:hover` after `:4420`'s antigravity block; `.run-mode-dot.pi { background: #f472b6; }` in the dot list `:4506-4516`; **and the §2.9 rule inside the Daylight block** next to codex's `:13787` (e.g. `background: linear-gradient(135deg, #be185d, #f472b6); border-color: #be185d; color: #fff1f7;`). The dot needs no skin-block entry (the block overrides only claude/opencode/codex/shell dots; gemini/antigravity dots already fall through correctly) |
+| `mobile.css`        | Phone toolbar block after `:910` inside the `@media (max-width: 430px)` opened at `:338`: `mode-pi` base + `:active`, **with `!important` on background/border-color/color** (§2.9; antigravity's block `:895-910` omits it and is dead); light-skin override entry after `:2985` with the same four-skin `html:is(...)` prefix as its siblings |
+
+### Phase 4: Docker image and installer
+
+Both files are unchanged since the 2026-08-06 verification; all anchors stand.
+
+- `docker/agent.Dockerfile`: a **separate** `RUN` step after the antigravity block (`:38-45`), not a
+  fifth line in the shared npm block (`:31-36`), because pi documents `--ignore-scripts` and that
+  flag must not silently change how the other four install:
+
+  ```dockerfile
+  # Pi (pi.dev). Upstream documents --ignore-scripts (pi needs no lifecycle scripts);
+  # kept out of the shared npm block above so the flag cannot affect the other CLIs.
+  RUN npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent \
+   && npm cache clean --force \
+   && pi --version
+  ```
+
+  Implementation checklist item: the gid-0 pre-created dirs at `:64-68` include `.claude/projects`
+  and `.codex/sessions`; verify whether the cred-seed copy into `~/.pi/agent` creates its target
+  dir in a fresh container or whether `.pi/agent` must join that `mkdir` line. Rebuild with
+  `node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache` (the script itself needs no change; nothing in it
+  is CLI-specific). The cached npm layer has silently frozen a CLI at a broken version before; see
+  `docs/docker-cases.md`.
+- `install.sh` (six edit sites, all verified): `PI_SEARCH_PATHS` block after `:125` (mirror the
+  resolver's dirs); `check_pi` / `get_pi_path` pair inserted at `:531` (antigravity's pair spans
+  `:504-530`); the satisfying-AI-CLI chain `:2032-2063` (`has_pi` local at `:2037` area, detect
+  block after `:2059`, widen the five-way test at `:2061` and the warn text at `:2063`); the menu
+  option-4 text `:2070`; the skip-path hints `:2115-2116` (add
+  `npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent   (Pi)`); the final no-CLI
+  reminder `:2416-2423` (add `check_pi` to the condition and a pi line to the echo block).
+  Detection plus a hint only; do **not** add an auto-install path in this change.
+
+### Phase 5: Docs
+
+- `docs/pi-integration.md` (**new**, user-facing): install (both installers uninstall via npm), auth
+  (`/login` OAuth for six providers vs API keys; `pi auth check` for preflight; Claude Pro/Max
+  third-party harness usage bills as Anthropic "extra usage" per token, not plan limits; OpenRouter
+  login supports pasting the redirect URL, which matters over remote SSH), what Codeman wires up
+  and deliberately does not (§3, incl. never passing `--tui-mode`), the tmux extended-keys note
+  from §2.7 with the manual `~/.tmux.conf` fallback, Docker/remote behaviour (in-container sessions
+  invisible host-side), the trust model in §1 words, known gaps.
+- `CLAUDE.md`: tech-stack line (six CLIs + `SessionMode` union), the env-prefix gotcha bullet, the
+  multi-CLI prefix-discipline bullet, the "External CLI modes" key-pattern paragraph (note it now
+  also carries the codex predictive-echo block; pi's echo-policy decision from §2.10 belongs in the
+  same paragraph), the `src/utils/` resolver list.
+- `docs/architecture-invariants.md`: the external-CLI-modes section. ⚠️ Its anchor was already
+  renamed once to `#external-cli-modes-opencode-codex-gemini-antigravity` while CLAUDE.md's link
+  text still shows the old name; when renaming again for pi, update every inbound link (CLAUDE.md
+  and this file).
+- `docs/docker-cases.md` (cred-seeding table + supported modes + image contents),
+  `docs/remote-sessions.md` (`RemoteCommandMode`), `docs/cron-guide.md` + `docs/cron-discovery.md`
+  (`agentType` enum; note the readiness caveat from §6's cron paragraph),
+  `docs/security-architecture.md` (env prefix allowlist row).
+- `README.md` + `README.zh-CN.md`: six CLIs.
+- `package.json` keywords: `pi`.
+- Update the issue #206 thread when it ships.
+
+---
+
+## 5. Security checklist
+
+1. **Command injection.** Every `PiConfig` value is regex-validated in `buildPiCommand()` before
+   entering the `bash -c "..."` string; anything failing validation is dropped, not escaped
+   (matching the four existing builders). No user string reaches the spawn line unvalidated. Pinned
+   by a "rejects unsafe values" test per field.
+2. **Multi-user clamp, materialize branch.** `approveProjectTrust` is the privilege-shaped field: it
+   makes pi execute repository-supplied TypeScript and install project packages.
+   `clampExternalCliBypassForOwner()` (`session-routes.ts:305-336`) has two branches, and pi belongs
+   in the **gemini-style materialize branch**, not the codex/antigravity only-if-sent branch:
+   pi's absent-config default is an *interactive trust prompt the session user can answer
+   themselves in the terminal*, so merely omitting `--approve` is not a clamp. For a non-granted
+   owner, materialize `{ ...(piConfig ?? {}), approveProjectTrust: false }` so `buildPiCommand`
+   always emits `--no-approve` and the prompt never appears. Both call sites (`:845`, `:2897`)
+   widen. This helper still has **zero test coverage** (re-confirmed at f39beb3); §6 adds the first
+   tests.
+3. **Secrets stay off the command line.** `PI_*` overrides flow through `applyEnvOverrides()` /
+   socket-scoped `tmux setenv`, never inlined into the spawn string. No `-e` at container create
+   time. And `--api-key` is never wired (§3): it would put a provider secret into `ps`/tmux state.
+4. **Env allowlist not widened.** Only the `PI_` prefix is added; the provider keys stay out (§2.4)
+   and `ALLOWED_ENV_KEYS` is untouched. Pinned by a test that `PI_OFFLINE` passes and
+   `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` still fails validation.
+5. **Docker seeding, not sharing.** Per §2.5: RO mount then copy, so refreshed OAuth tokens never
+   write back to the host; bind mounts stay excluded from `docker commit` so exports remain
+   secret-free.
+6. **Remote SSH.** `pi` mode goes through `defaultRemoteCommandForMode` and therefore
+   `buildSshConnectionArgs()`. No hand-built ssh line anywhere.
+7. **No sandbox claims.** Pi documents that it has no sandbox and no permission prompts, and that
+   extensions run with the user's full permissions. Codeman docs must say plainly that a pi session
+   can read, write and execute anything the Codeman user can, and point at Docker cases as the
+   isolation story. Do not imply the trust prompt is a safety boundary (upstream itself says it is
+   not). Worth one doc sentence: `pi auth print-api-key` / `print-bearer-token` (0.83.0) and
+   `pi auth check` (0.84.1) mean a pi session can print its own provider credentials by design;
+   isolation, again, is Docker.
+8. **Loud-vs-silent audit.** Before review, walk §2.8's silent list and confirm each site has its
+   pi branch; the loud ones the compiler already caught.
+
+---
+
+## 6. Test plan
+
+- `test/pi-mode.test.ts` (**new**, modeled on `test/antigravity-mode.test.ts`, 125 lines, no port;
+  file unchanged since 2026-08-06 so its structure remains the template):
+  `CreateSessionSchema`/`QuickStartSchema` accept a pi config; unsafe `model`/`provider`/
+  `resumeSessionId` values are rejected (`'pi; rm -rf /'` shapes); `buildSpawnCommand({ mode: 'pi', ... })`
+  emits expected flags, drops invalid ones, emits `--no-approve` for `approveProjectTrust: false`
+  and `--approve` for `true`, and skips `-c` when a `resumeSessionId` is present;
+  `defaultDockerCommandForMode('pi') === 'exec pi'` and
+  `defaultRemoteCommandForMode('pi') === 'exec "${SHELL:-/bin/sh}" -i -l -c \'pi\''`;
+  `isExternalCliMode('pi') === true`, `isAltScreenStripMode('pi') === false`; the env pair
+  (`PI_OFFLINE` accepted, `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` rejected), mirroring antigravity-mode `:49-63`.
+- **First-ever coverage for `clampExternalCliBypassForOwner`** (still nothing in `test/` touches
+  it): cover pi's materialize branch (absent config still yields `approveProjectTrust: false` for a
+  non-granted owner; a sent `true` is forced to `false`; granted owner passes through) and, while
+  there, pin the three existing modes' behavior. Prefer exporting the helper for direct unit tests
+  over a heavier multi-user route fixture; either way it lives under `test/routes/`.
+- `test/run-mode-ui.test.ts`: extend `loadUi()`'s stub lists (welcome-button ids, mode buttons,
+  `ALL_OFF`) and add pi welcome/dropdown gating cases; note the static parser test
+  `'gates every mode the run-mode menu actually offers'` (`:433-456`) picks up the new
+  `data-mode="pi"` from index.html automatically and **fails until** `_refreshRunModeAvailability`
+  contains a quoted `'pi'`, which is exactly the regression it exists for. Add a
+  `describe('Pi quick start')` modeled on the antigravity one (`:840`) driving `runPi()` against a
+  stubbed `/api/pi/status` + `/api/quick-start`, asserting the posted body has `mode: 'pi'` and
+  **no `piConfig`**, and that the envelope is unwrapped. (The short-label assertion pattern is at
+  `:82`, `'Run AG'`.)
+- `test/render-index-html.test.ts` `:141`: the injected `window.__codemanCliAvailable` is asserted
+  with an exact `toEqual` and now carries **seven** keys (claude, opencode, codex, gemini,
+  antigravity, cloudflared, and since 1.12+ `git`), so it **must** gain the `pi` key (and the
+  resolver mock an `isPiAvailable`); its comment explains why: a dropped key silently un-gates
+  (§2.8).
+- `test/routes/system-routes.test.ts`: `GET /api/pi/status` shape, modeled on the antigravity
+  describe (`:816-838`) + resolver mock (`:84-87`); file unchanged since 2026-08-06.
+- `test/mobile-overview.test.ts`: `:375` is an exact-array `toEqual` over the run-menu modes and
+  **will fail until updated** to include `'pi'` (the second exact-array at `:366`,
+  `['claude', 'shell']`, is a gating case and stays as-is); the sibling static parser then covers
+  the new entry automatically. The no-hex-literals guard only scans `.mobile-overview*` rules, so
+  pi's `mode-pi` colors in mobile.css do not trip it.
+- `test/local-echo-codex-gating.test.ts` (§2.10): once the buffer-policy decision is confirmed in
+  E2E, add `'pi'` to the `it.each(['claude', 'gemini', 'opencode'])` lists (`:193`, `:376`) so the
+  chosen policy is pinned.
+- `test/skin-themes.test.ts`: will NOT trip (it enumerates skins, not modes); run it anyway since
+  styles.css is touched. `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts`: trips only if a header
+  button is added; pi adds none (welcome button and run-menu rows are outside `header-right`).
+- Cron: schema-level acceptance of `agentType: 'pi'` (the service consumes `SessionMode`
+  generically; `src/cron/` is unchanged since the first draft). Known, documented degradation: the
+  readiness poll (`cron-service.ts:515`) looks for `❯`/`tokens`, which pi never prints, so cron pi
+  jobs burn the ready-poll attempts and then send anyway. Acceptable for v1; note it in
+  `docs/cron-guide.md`.
+- Sweep with `npm run test:ci`. Never bare `npm test`. No new ports needed (all new/extended suites
+  are portless).
+
+---
+
+## 7. End-to-end verification (required before COM)
+
+Unit tests passing is not evidence the mode works (pi is not currently installed on the dev box, so
+step 1 is a real step). Before shipping:
+
+1. Install pi (`npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`), authenticate once
+   with `/login`.
+2. `curl -sk https://localhost:3000/api/pi/status | jq` reports `available: true`, the right path,
+   and a sane `version`.
+3. Create a **throwaway** case, launch a pi session from the Run dropdown, send a prompt from the
+   browser, confirm the reply renders and scrollback survives a tab switch. Do not touch
+   `w1`/`w2`/`w3`.
+4. **Local-echo policy gate (§2.10):** on a phone profile, type into the pi editor through the
+   buffer overlay (drive with `page.keyboard.type()`, never `app.sendInput()`, and force
+   `app._localEchoEnabled = true`; headless Chromium reports touch as false) and confirm pi's
+   composer renders the flushed text correctly on Enter. If it mis-renders, flip pi to the `'off'`
+   branch in `_updateLocalEchoState` and pin that instead.
+5. Visual pass on the **default skin** (the §2.9 finding makes this the load-bearing check, not a
+   formality): run-button gradient actually renders rose (not generic claude blue), dot, tab badge,
+   welcome button, kill-menu label; then a phone profile (toolbar `!important` colors and light-skin
+   overrides are the usual regressions).
+6. Kill and respawn the session; confirm `piConfig` round-trips through `state.json` and the pane
+   comes back with the same flags. Then `/clear`-style respawn via the Respawn tab.
+7. Extended keys (§2.7): in an attached terminal, verify whether Shift+Enter inserts a newline in
+   pi's editor with and without the socket-scoped options; record the outcome in
+   `docs/pi-integration.md` either way. While attached, also flip `/settings` to the fullscreen TUI
+   and back to confirm the no-strip decision holds (§2.2).
+8. Trust model: point a throwaway case at a repo containing `.pi/extensions`, confirm the trust
+   prompt appears interactively and that a multi-user non-granted session instead launches with
+   `--no-approve` (prompt never shown, extensions not loaded).
+9. **NOT RUN in this pass — an honest gap.** Docker case with `mode: 'pi'`: rebuild the agent image with `--no-cache`, confirm `pi --version`
+   inside the container **as the `agent` user**, confirm seeded auth works and a session starts
+   (this is exactly where the antigravity Docker path broke in 1.11.2: the CLI was never installed
+   in the image).
+10. **NOT RUN in this pass — the other gap.** Remote SSH case with `mode: 'pi'`: confirm the
+    login-shell wrapper resolves the npm global bin.
+11. Only then: changeset, `COM minor` (new capability, additive to the API surface).
+
+**Verification actually performed** (2026-08-13, pi 0.84.1, isolated `CODEMAN_INSTANCE=pi-beta`
+server on :5055 with its own tmux socket and data dir): steps 1-8 pass. Highlights:
+`/api/pi/status` resolved through the **search-dir fallback** (pi installed to `~/.npm-global/bin`,
+deliberately not on PATH) and reported
+`{available:true, path:'/home/arkon/.npm-global/bin', version:'0.84.1'}`; the real spawn line came
+out as `… COLORTERM=truecolor … && pi --approve --provider anthropic --thinking high`; `piConfig`
+round-tripped through `state.json` across a **full server restart**; the trust prompt appeared for a
+case containing `.pi/extensions` + `.pi/settings.json`, and `--no-approve` suppressed it
+(`This project is not trusted. Project .pi resources and packages are ignored.`); on the **default
+`daylight-blue` skin** the toolbar Run button computed to
+`linear-gradient(135deg, rgb(190,24,93), rgb(244,114,182))` — genuinely rose and **distinct from
+claude's blue**, so the §2.9 cascade trap is avoided; and flipping `/settings` to the fullscreen TUI
+put the pane into the alt screen (`alternate_on=1`), **empirically confirming §2.2**: had pi been in
+the strip list, Codeman would have stripped that switch and corrupted the session. Steps 9-10 need a
+Docker daemon and a remote host respectively.
+
+---
+
+## 8. Effort estimate
+
+Calibrated against the real antigravity history, which is the honest baseline: the feature commit
+`26cbbe0` was 24 files, +638/-63, and it then took **four follow-up commits** (`e803186` login-shell
+routing, `292ba2c` ownership helpers, `5d28999` CLI gating incl. tests, `0d0b772` docs/installer/UI
+propagation) totaling roughly +600/-170 across ~43 file-touches to make the mode actually
+first-class. Budgeting only the feature-commit shape under-scopes by ~40%. This plan folds all four
+follow-up surfaces in from the start (login-shell routing in Phase 1, availability gating in Phases
+2-3, installer/docs propagation in Phases 4-5), so expect the full footprint in one pass:
+
+| Phase                 | Size                                                                       |
+| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| 1. Backend core       | ~260 lines across 9 files, one new file (resolver incl. version probe)     |
+| 2. Web layer          | ~110 lines across 4 files (incl. the clamp widening + availability inject) |
+| 3. Frontend           | ~175 lines across 10 files (enumerations + CSS in two sheets + skin block + the Brain picker option) |
+| 4. Docker + installer | ~45 lines, plus one `--no-cache` image rebuild                             |
+| 5. Docs               | one new doc, ~10 files touched                                             |
+| 6. Tests              | one new test file, 6 extended (2 of which fail loudly until updated), plus the first clamp coverage |
+
+---
+
+## 9. Out of scope, tracked as follow-ups
+
+- **A Codeman pi extension for real idle/completion events (highest value, now fully de-risked).**
+  Pi extensions are TypeScript modules with Node built-ins and npm deps available, so an HTTP POST
+  to `/api/hook-event` is trivial. The **`agent_settled`** event **shipped in 0.84.0** and is
+  documented for exactly this use case (fires only when pi will not continue on its own: after
+  auto-retries, auto-compaction and queued follow-ups; `ctx.isIdle()` is true inside the handler).
+  That is a genuine idle signal replacing output-silence heuristics, i.e. the same class of upgrade
+  hooks give Claude sessions. The bash tool exposes five env vars (`PI_SESSION_ID`,
+  `PI_SESSION_FILE`, `PI_PROVIDER`, `PI_MODEL`, `PI_REASONING_LEVEL`), injected per command. Bonus:
+  an extension can own the **`project_trust`** event (first yes/no wins, and CLI `-e` extensions
+  load *before* trust resolution), so Codeman could answer the trust prompt programmatically, a
+  cleaner mechanism than the `--approve` flag for both the single-user convenience case and the
+  multi-user deny case.
+- **Response viewer for pi.** Sessions are JSONL v3 under
+  `~/.pi/agent/sessions/--<cwd-dashed>--/<timestamp>_<uuid>.jsonl` with an `id`/`parentId` tree and
+  typed content blocks (text, image, thinking, toolCall); the cwd-derived dir name is trivially
+  computable host-side. Feasible, and it would justify flipping the Docker cred policy to share
+  `sessions/` RW like Codex.
+- **Mode-aware env allowlist.** Would let pi sessions accept provider keys without widening the
+  global list. Needs `ALLOWED_ENV_PREFIXES` to become a per-mode map plus mode context inside the
+  Zod refine.
+- **`--tools` / `--exclude-tools` / `--no-tools` / `--no-builtin-tools` read-only sessions** (plus
+  the 0.84.0 `defaultTools` setting). Real product value, needs UI.
+- **Predictive echo for pi's composer** if the §2.10 buffer decision does not hold up in practice:
+  teach `PredictiveEchoAddon` pi's composer row the way `isCodexComposerRow` handles codex's.
+- **`--mode json` / `--mode rpc`, and upstream's experimental remote-session client APIs**
+  (transport-neutral `PiClient`, CBOR protocol, Unix-socket transport, `RemoteSession` controller,
+  still unreleased as of 0.84.1). A potential non-PTY integration path, a different architecture
+  from the tmux+PTY model. Note the already-shipped breaking change to `message_update` framing
+  (delta-only): any consumer must assemble deltas between `message_start`/`message_end`.
+- **`--name` for session labels.** Blocked on shell-quoting a user string in `buildSpawnCommand`.
+
+---
+
+## 10. Risks
+
+| Risk                                                                | Mitigation                                                                     |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `pi` resolves to an unrelated binary                                | `pi --version` + semver-shape check in the resolver (§2.6); path and version shown in `/api/pi/status` |
+| Pi's TUI repaints in a way the browser terminal handles badly       | Test scrollback and repaint early (step 3 of §7); pi's default is main-screen with terminal-owned scrollback, which is the friendly case |
+| Fullscreen TUI mode (shipped 0.84.0, runtime-switchable)            | Already designed for: pi stays OUT of the strip list, so a user flipping `/settings` to fullscreen gets opencode-like alt-screen behavior, not corruption. §7 step 7 tests the flip explicitly |
+| The buffer local-echo overlay fights pi's live composer             | §2.10: explicit E2E gate (§7 step 4) with the one-line `'off'` fallback; predictive echo for pi is a tracked follow-up, not a v1 blocker |
+| Pi moves fast (pre-1.0; 9 releases in the 7 weeks before 0.84.1)    | Keep the flag surface small; every flag validated and droppable; nothing pinned in the Dockerfile beyond the `--no-cache` rebuild cadence. Live example of the hazard: `--tui-mode` went from main-only docs to released between the two drafts of this plan |
+| Docker image grows                                                  | Pi is an npm package; the layer is modest next to the ~190MB `agy` binary      |
+| Trust prompt blocks a session                                       | Narrower than feared: only fires when `.pi/settings.json`, `.pi/extensions\|skills\|prompts\|themes`, `.pi/SYSTEM.md`/`APPEND_SYSTEM.md` or `.agents/skills` exists (bare `.pi/` does not). Documented; `approveProjectTrust` is the opt-in escape hatch; multi-user forces `--no-approve` (§5.2); the `project_trust` extension follow-up removes the prompt entirely |
+| Interactive `/login` OAuth can't complete headlessly                | Document: authenticate once interactively (or seed `auth.json`); `pi auth check` verifies credentials preflight; OpenRouter's paste-the-redirect-URL flow covers remote SSH |
+| Provider auth is awkward without key prefixes in the allowlist      | `/login` writes `~/.pi/agent/auth.json` once and Docker seeds it; the mode-aware allowlist follow-up removes the friction |
+| Cron pi jobs mis-detect readiness                                   | Known degradation, documented in §6; readiness falls through after the poll budget and the prompt still sends |

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+# Pi (pi.dev) sessions
+
+Codeman can drive [Pi](https://pi.dev) (`@earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`, MIT) as a
+session backend, alongside Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini and Antigravity.
+`pi` is a sixth **run mode**: its own PTY, its own tmux session, its own tab colour
+(rose). It is not a location overlay like Docker or remote-SSH cases, and it is not
+a web tab.
+
+Tracking issue: [#206](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues/206). The design
+rationale behind each decision below lives in `docs/pi-integration-plan.md`.
+
+## Install
+
+```bash
+npm install -g --ignore-scripts @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent
+# or
+curl -fsSL https://pi.dev/install.sh | sh
+```
+
+Both installers end up going through global npm, so either one uninstalls with
+`npm uninstall -g @earendil-works/pi-coding-agent`.
+
+Codeman finds the binary via `which pi` and then the usual global-bin locations
+(`~/.local/bin`, `/usr/local/bin`, `~/.bun/bin`, `~/.npm-global/bin`, `~/bin`).
+
+**`pi` is a short, generic name**, so unlike the other CLI resolvers Codeman does
+not trust a `which` hit on its own: it runs `pi --version` once and requires
+semver-shaped output. Anything else is rejected as "not installed" and the
+rejected path is logged. Check what it resolved:
+
+```bash
+curl -s localhost:3000/api/pi/status | jq
+# { "available": true, "path": "/home/you/.local/bin", "version": "0.84.1" }
+```
+
+That endpoint carries `version` on top of the shape the sibling `/api/*/status`
+endpoints return, precisely so a misresolution is visible rather than presenting
+as "the mode just doesn't work".
+
+## Authenticate
+
+Pi supports 15+ providers. Two ways in:
+
+- **OAuth subscription login** — run `/login` inside a pi session. Six providers
+  support it: ChatGPT Plus/Pro, Claude Pro/Max, GitHub Copilot, xAI, OpenRouter
+  and Radius. Credentials land in `~/.pi/agent/auth.json` and pi refreshes them
+  itself. OpenRouter's flow accepts a pasted redirect URL, which is what makes it
+  workable over remote SSH.
+- **API keys** — exported in the environment of the **Codeman server process**.
+
+⚠️ **Provider API keys cannot be sent as per-session `envOverrides`.** Pi reads
+about 34 provider variables (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`,
+`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`, `HF_TOKEN`, `BASETEN_API_KEY`, …) that share no common prefix.
+Codeman's env allowlist is a single global list applied to every mode at once, so
+admitting bare provider keys for pi would widen the allowlist for Claude, Codex,
+Gemini and everything else too. Only the **`PI_*`** prefix was added, which covers
+every documented pi input: `PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR`, `PI_CODING_AGENT_SESSION_DIR`,
+`PI_PACKAGE_DIR`, `PI_OFFLINE`, `PI_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK`, `PI_TELEMETRY`,
+`PI_CACHE_RETENTION`, `PI_SHARE_VIEWER_URL`, `PI_HARDWARE_CURSOR`,
+`PI_EXPERIMENTAL`.
+
+`pi auth check` verifies credentials before you start a long run.
+
+Note if you authenticate with a Claude Pro/Max subscription: third-party harness
+usage bills as Anthropic "extra usage" per token rather than against plan limits.
+
+## What Codeman wires up
+
+`PiConfig` (per session, persisted in `state.json`, round-trips through respawn):
+
+| Field                 | Flag                                   | Notes                                                            |
+| --------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `model`               | `--model <v>`                          | Accepts `provider/id` and a `:<thinking>` suffix (`sonnet:high`) |
+| `provider`            | `--provider <v>`                       | `anthropic`, `openai`, `google`, …                               |
+| `thinking`            | `--thinking <v>`                       | `off`/`minimal`/`low`/`medium`/`high`/`xhigh`/`max`              |
+| `continueSession`     | `-c`                                   | Skipped when `resumeSessionId` is set (the two conflict)          |
+| `resumeSessionId`     | `--session <v>`                        | Ids only, never paths                                             |
+| `approveProjectTrust` | `--approve` / `--no-approve` / nothing | Tri-state, see below                                              |
+
+Every value is regex-validated and **dropped** (not escaped) if it fails, because
+the result is interpolated into the pane's `bash -c "…"` command.
+
+The Run button sends **no `PiConfig` at all**: pi has no permission prompts to
+bypass, and project trust is a decision the person at the terminal makes.
+
+## What Codeman deliberately does NOT wire up
+
+- **`--api-key`.** Never. It would put a provider secret on the spawn command
+  line, visible in `ps`, tmux server state and logs. `PI_*` overrides go through
+  socket-scoped `tmux setenv` for exactly this reason.
+- **`--tui-mode`.** Pi's default main-screen TUI is the friendly case for a
+  browser terminal. The fullscreen mode (0.84.0) stays your own runtime choice via
+  `/settings`.
+- **`--name`, `--no-session`, `-p`/`--print`, `--mode json`, `--mode rpc`,
+  `--tools`/`--exclude-tools`, `-e`/`--extension`, `--skill`,
+  `--system-prompt`.** Tracked as follow-ups in the plan doc.
+
+## Permission and trust model — read this
+
+**Pi has no permission prompts and no sandbox.** There is no
+`--dangerously-skip-permissions` analog and none is needed: tools run with the
+user's own permissions, always. A pi session can read, write and execute anything
+the Codeman user can. If you need isolation, use a **Docker case** — that is the
+isolation story, here as everywhere else in Codeman.
+
+Pi's "project trust" prompt is **not** a safety boundary (upstream says so too).
+It gates *loading* repo-local `.pi/` config, extensions and skills, and
+*installing* missing project packages. It only appears when the cwd or an ancestor
+contains `.pi/settings.json`, `.pi/extensions|skills|prompts|themes`,
+`.pi/SYSTEM.md`/`.pi/APPEND_SYSTEM.md`, or `.agents/skills`. A bare `.pi/`
+directory does not trigger it.
+
+`approveProjectTrust: true` answers it with `--approve`, which means pi **loads
+and executes repository-supplied TypeScript** and runs an npm install for missing
+project packages. Treat it exactly as seriously as that sounds.
+
+**Multi-user mode:** for an owner without the privileged-command grant, Codeman
+materializes `approveProjectTrust: false` so the pane launches with
+`--no-approve` and the prompt never appears. Merely *omitting* `--approve` would
+not be a clamp, since pi's own default is to ask and the session user could just
+answer yes.
+
+Also worth knowing: `pi auth print-api-key` / `print-bearer-token` and
+`pi auth check` mean a pi session can print its own provider credentials by
+design. Isolation is Docker.
+
+## tmux extended keys (Shift+Enter)
+
+Pi's editor uses `Shift+Enter` / `Ctrl+Enter` for newline-vs-submit. Without
+extended keys, tmux collapses both into a plain `\r`. Upstream recommends:
+
+```tmux
+set -g extended-keys on
+set -g extended-keys-format csi-u
+```
+
+`extended-keys-format` needs tmux 3.5+; on 3.2–3.4 `extended-keys on` alone works
+(pi falls back to xterm `modifyOtherKeys`).
+
+Codeman's browser input path sends `\r` for submit, so basic use works
+unconfigured — what degrades is newline-in-editor, mostly when you attach to the
+pane directly (`codeman tui`).
+
+⚠️ Upstream notes the setting may need a full `tmux kill-server` to take effect.
+**Never run `tmux kill-server` on Codeman's socket** — it would kill every live
+session, `w1`/`w2`/`w3` included.
+
+**Measured (tmux 3.4, pi 0.84.1): no `kill-server` is needed.** Setting the option
+server-scoped on Codeman's own socket takes effect on the ALREADY-RUNNING server;
+the next pi session starts without the warning. Existing sessions keep the old
+setting until they respawn.
+
+```bash
+tmux -L codeman set -s extended-keys on
+tmux -L codeman set -s extended-keys-format csi-u   # tmux 3.5+ only, see below
+tmux -L codeman show-options -s | grep extended     # verify
+```
+
+On **tmux 3.4 and older, `extended-keys-format` does not exist** and the second
+line fails with `invalid option: extended-keys-format`. That is harmless — pi
+falls back to xterm `modifyOtherKeys` and `extended-keys on` alone silences the
+warning. Run the two lines independently rather than chained.
+
+Pi tells you which state it is in: an unconfigured session prints
+`Warning: tmux extended-keys is off. Modified Enter keys may not work.` in its
+startup banner, so you can verify the change by starting a new pi session.
+
+⚠️ Use `-L <socket>` and `-s`, never `-g` on your default socket, and never
+`kill-server`. Codeman does not set this for you: it is a server-wide tmux option
+and silently changing key encoding for every session of every backend is not
+Codeman's call to make.
+
+## Typing from the browser (local echo)
+
+On touch devices Codeman buffers typed characters in the `LocalEchoOverlay` and
+flushes them to the PTY on Enter. Pi gets that `'buffer'` policy, the same as
+Claude, Gemini and OpenCode.
+
+This was an explicit open question, because that policy is exactly what broke
+Codex (issues #218/#219/#220/#222): Codex's composer reacts per keystroke, so
+buffer-until-Enter starved it. **Measured against pi 0.84.1: it does not
+reproduce.** Pi's slash-command picker re-filters on the whole composer content
+rather than on per-keystroke deltas, so a one-shot flush of `/set` filters the
+picker down to `settings` identically to typing it character by character, and
+the delayed `\r` then selects it. Prose prompts flush and submit correctly too.
+
+If a future pi release changes that, the cheap fallback is one `'off'` branch in
+`_updateLocalEchoState` (terminal-ui.js); teaching `PredictiveEchoAddon` pi's
+composer row is the larger follow-up.
+
+## Docker cases
+
+The agent image (`docker/agent.Dockerfile`) installs pi in its own `RUN` step with
+`--ignore-scripts`, kept out of the shared npm block so the flag cannot change how
+the other four CLIs install. Rebuild with:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache   # --no-cache is mandatory
+```
+
+Credentials are **seeded**, not shared: `~/.pi/agent/auth.json`, `settings.json`,
+`trust.json`, `models.json` and `models-store.json` are mounted read-only and
+copied into the container's own `~/.pi/agent`. So an in-container pi never writes
+refreshed OAuth tokens back to the host, and `docker commit` exports stay
+secret-free. `models.json` is in the list because it holds user-defined custom
+providers, which would otherwise silently vanish inside containers.
+
+Only those five files are seeded because `~/.pi/agent` also holds `sessions/`,
+`extensions/`, `skills/` and the installed package trees (`npm/`, `git/`), which
+on an active host is easily gigabytes.
+
+**Trade-off:** in-container pi sessions are invisible host-side, so `pi -c` inside
+a Docker case only sees that container's own history.
+
+## Remote SSH cases
+
+`pi` mode is routed through an interactive login shell
+(`exec "$SHELL" -i -l -c 'pi'`), because sshd's remote-command PATH does not
+include npm's global bin on most hosts. Per-session config and `envOverrides` do
+not cross ssh and are rejected rather than silently ignored; use the per-host
+command override instead.
+
+## Known gaps
+
+- **No idle/completion hook.** Pi has no hook system Codeman can install into, so
+  idle detection falls back to output-stabilization like the other external CLIs.
+  Pi 0.84.0 shipped an `agent_settled` extension event that is a genuine idle
+  signal; a Codeman pi extension using it is the highest-value follow-up.
+- **No response viewer.** Pi writes JSONL v3 session files under
+  `~/.pi/agent/sessions/`; nothing reads them yet.
+- **Cron jobs mis-detect readiness.** The cron readiness poll looks for `❯` or a
+  token count, neither of which pi prints, so a pi cron job burns its poll budget
+  and then sends the prompt anyway. It works; it is just slower to start.
+- **Ralph, respawn heuristics, token/CLI-info parsing and the `❯` readiness probe
+  are off** for pi, as for every external CLI.

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+# Predictive write-through echo for codex
+
+Zero-lag local echo for codex sessions via a second, mosh-style mode in the
+`xterm-zerolag-input` package: every keystroke goes to the PTY exactly as the
+1.12.2 overlay-disabled path did (byte-identical wire behavior), while a
+`PredictiveEchoAddon` simultaneously paints the predicted glyph at the predicted
+cell. When the real echo lands, the prediction is confirmed and its span removed
+(invisible swap: identical glyph beneath). Mispredictions drop via a mismatch
+cascade + TTL. Visual-only, self-healing.
+
+## Why this exists
+
+Issues #218/#219/#220/#222 (one root cause) forced 1.12.2 to disable the
+LocalEchoOverlay for codex: buffer-until-Enter starves codex's per-keystroke TUI
+(live slash picker, arrows editing server-side composer state, composer
+rewrap/growth, paste_burst classification). Buffer mode is structurally
+incompatible with codex; write-through prediction is the only echo mode that
+can coexist with it.
+
+## The reconciliation lesson (do not regress this)
+
+`docs/local-echo-overlay-plan.md` ("What NOT to Do") documented that matching
+predictions against the raw output STREAM fails against Ink/TUI full-line
+redraws. This design reads the parsed terminal BUFFER instead (cells after
+xterm's parser ran), which converges to the same cells no matter how the bytes
+arrived. The Phase 0 recordings prove the point twice over: tmux converts
+codex's full-line redraws into minimal in-place deltas (an echo arrives as
+`e\x1b[K\x1b[20;80H...`), and codex itself paints word gaps with ECH+cursor-forward
+instead of spaces. Stream matching can never survive that; buffer diffing does
+not care.
+
+## Phase 0 measurements (codex-cli 0.147.0 via tmux, 100x30, 2026-08-09)
+
+Recorded with `scripts/dev/record-codex-frames.mjs` (production pipeline:
+codex inside tmux `status off`, chunks passed through the same full strip
+`session.ts _handleTerminalOutput()` applies to codex mode). Fixtures in
+`packages/xterm-zerolag-input/test/fixtures/codex/`; replay/measure with
+`scripts/dev/analyze-codex-frames.mjs <fixture>`.
+
+| Question              | Measured answer                                                                                                                                                              |
+| --------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Composer signature    | Cursor row starts `"› "` (U+203A + space), text begins col 2. Present when empty (placeholder), while typing, and while the slash picker filters. `CODEX_COMPOSER_ROW_RE = /^› /` |
+| Composer text color   | Plain default foreground, zero SGR around echoed chars. Span `foregroundColor` default (theme fg) is an exact match                                                            |
+| Placeholder           | Cycling hint text ("Use /skills...", "Improve documentation in @filename", ...) rendered AT the cursor cell. First prediction lands over placeholder glyphs: covered by the snapshot + cursor-advance rules |
+| Wrap                  | Word-wrap near `cols - 2`; continuation rows are indented 2 spaces WITHOUT `› `. The gate therefore suppresses predictions on wrapped lines: deliberate fallback to real echo, wrap was the #220 ghost zone. `edgeMarginCells = 4` |
+| Modal (trust dialog)  | Cursor parks on `"  Press enter to continue"`: no `› ` prefix, gate false, zero predictions painted while keystrokes still reach the PTY (the ghost eliminator)                 |
+| Streaming             | Error/reconnect bursts render above a re-rendered composer that keeps the `› ` signature; end-of-frame cursor parks at the insertion point (col 2 of the composer row). Confirms the cursor-advance confirm rule and the no-drop-on-baseY rule |
+| Echo shape under tmux | tmux emits minimal deltas for simple echoes and full repaints for busy frames; both converge in the parsed buffer                                                              |
+| Slash picker          | Picker rows render below; the cursor row keeps the composer signature and advances per filter char, so predictions stay active while filtering (#222 surface)                 |
+
+Constants decided at the Phase 0 gate: `CODEX_COMPOSER_ROW_RE = /^› /`,
+`ttlMs = 1000`, `maxPending = 32`, `cursorGraceMs = 150`, `edgeMarginCells = 4`,
+span colors = theme defaults, `underlinePredictions = false`.
+
+## Algorithm
+
+See `PredictiveEchoAddon` in
+`packages/xterm-zerolag-input/src/predictive-echo-addon.ts`. Summary of the
+rules and why each exists:
+
+- **State**: ordered `PredictionRecord[]` (`seq`, `char`, `width`, cumulative
+  `offsetCells`, `snapshot` of the cell at predict time, `sentAt`,
+  `mismatches`), plus a run `_anchor {row, col}` captured when the outstanding
+  count goes 0 -> 1. Positions are FIXED at predict time; confirmation deletes
+  spans and never re-lays-out, so partial confirmation causes zero jitter.
+- **predictChar(ch)** runs an inline reconcile first and re-anchors whenever
+  outstanding drains to zero (absorbs the echo-landed-between-keystrokes race).
+  Guards: dims present, cursor numbers present, `viewportY === baseY`,
+  `predictWhen` gate, single codepoint >= 0x20 (not 0x7f), width <= 2,
+  `maxPending`, edge margin. Returns false = suppressed; the consumer sends the
+  keystroke regardless.
+- **Coordinate base is `baseY`**: xterm's `cursorY` is baseY-relative, so
+  absolute buffer line = `baseY + row`. `viewportY` would only coincide while
+  the scrolled-to-bottom guards hold; the addon never relies on that.
+- **reconcile()** (debounced `onWriteParsed` microtask, inline in predictChar,
+  TTL timer): clears everything when scrolled up; off-anchor-row cursor
+  tolerated for `cursorGraceMs` then clears; PREFIX-ONLY confirm loop requiring
+  cell match AND cursor advanced past the record (prevents false confirms
+  against placeholder glyphs and makes identical in-place tmux repaints a
+  no-op); TWO-PASS mismatch rule (a cell that is neither snapshot nor predicted
+  char must persist across two passes before cascading the drop: a half-parsed
+  row on pass N is fully redrawn a few ms later); TTL drop of the stale suffix.
+- **No drop on baseY change**: codex streams push lines to history while the
+  composer stays viewport-pinned; predictions are row-relative to the pinned
+  composer and remain valid (measured above).
+- **Anchor hold** (added by the independent post-build review): after any wire
+  input whose cursor effect the display has not shown yet (backspace with
+  nothing outstanding = deleting echoed text, every 'clear'-classified input,
+  an IME/plain-paste 'text' commit, and the bypass send paths), new
+  predictions are suppressed until the next PARSED write. Anchoring on the
+  stale cursor painted ghosts one cell off ("tehh" on backspace-then-retype
+  within RTT), blank-neutral and therefore TTL-lived. Worst case is exactly
+  one unpredicted keystroke: its own echo is a write, which releases the hold.
+- **predictBackspace()** pops the newest outstanding record (informational
+  return; the consumer forwards `\x7f` unconditionally). Deleting already-echoed
+  text renders at RTT in v1.
+- **CJK/wide**: 2-cell spans, stacking by cumulative visual width, leading-cell
+  confirm. In Codeman, IME input never reaches the hook (`window.cjkActive`
+  returns from onData first); package support exists for other consumers.
+
+## Integration map (Codeman)
+
+- Policy: `_localEchoPolicy` (`'buffer' | 'predict' | 'off'`) computed at the
+  end of `_updateLocalEchoState()`; codex + `localEchoEnabled` -> `'predict'`
+  while `_localEchoEnabled` stays false (every 1.12.2 consumer unchanged).
+- onData hook sits between the buffer block and Normal Mode, classifies via
+  `classifyPredictInput()` (pure, on `window.CodemanTerminalInput`), never
+  returns, try/catch-wrapped: the wire path below is byte-identical with the
+  predictor active, absent, or throwing.
+- Composer gate: `isCodexComposerRow()` set via `setPredictWhen()` at
+  construction (the vendor footer stays package-agnostic).
+- Second vendor bundle `vendor/xterm-predictive-echo.js` (postinstall + build);
+  the zerolag bundle build command is untouched and its output byte-identical.
+  Missing/broken bundle = plain 1.12.2 echo (`typeof PredictiveEchoOverlay ===
+  'undefined'` guard).
+- Prediction clears on: tab switch, SSE reconnect init, `insertTerminalText`,
+  `clearTerminalInput`, voice send, keyboard-accessory `sendKey`, resize, skin
+  and font changes re-read style via `refreshFont()`.
+
+## Risk register
+
+Eliminated structurally: other-mode regression (zero edits to buffer
+addon/branches, byte-identical existing bundle, policy-matrix + byte-identity
+tests); bundle breakage (separate bundle, graceful degradation); wire
+corruption (no-return fall-through + try/catch + byte-identity pins at vm and
+E2E level); modal ghosts (measured predictWhen gate); false confirms
+(cursor-advance rule); mid-parse flicker drops (two-pass rule); wrap
+misplacement (edge margin + continuation-row gate fallback + off-row grace).
+
+Accepted residuals (visual-only, self-healing <= ttlMs, kill-switchable via
+`localEchoEnabled` per device): no predictions on wrapped continuation lines
+(gate false there, deliberate); brief dropout during composer growth; DOM-span
+vs WebGL glyph rendering can differ subtly (same trade-off as the buffer
+overlay, same font recipe); typing during an unsynchronized half-frame can
+mis-anchor one run (mismatch/TTL cleans within 1s).
+
+## Future work
+
+RTT-adaptive TTL; mosh-style confidence gating (paint only after the link
+proves laggy); predicted backspace into echoed text; predict mode for shell
+prompts; unifying the small font/container duplication between the two addons
+once predict mode has proven out; continuation-line prediction behind a
+smarter composer-extent detector.

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+# Read My Mind (design)
+
+A 🧠 button that predicts the prompt you were about to type. Codeman keeps a per-case **intent profile** (your stated goals plus the real prompts you recently sent), feeds it and the live pane tail to a one-shot `claude -p`, and shows the predicted next prompt in a plan-mode-style approval dialog: **Send** / **Rethink** (with an optional steer note) / **Insert** (drop it on the composer to edit) / **Dismiss**. It is also a skill surface: the agent can read the intent profile, record intentions, and request a prediction over the HTTP API. Suggestions are **never auto-sent**; the human click is the boundary.
+
+## UX flow
+
+1. User hits 🧠 (desktop header button; phone: keyboard-accessory key).
+2. Modal opens with a spinner, then the top suggestion in an editable single-line field, rationale below it, up to 2 alternates as tappable rows.
+3. Buttons: **Send** (submits with `\r`), **Insert** (sends without `\r`, so the text sits unsubmitted on the CLI composer for editing, a documented mechanism), **Rethink** (optional free-text steer, e.g. "no, I meant the mobile bug", re-runs with the rejected suggestions included), **Dismiss**.
+4. Accepted prompts flow back into the intent history like any other sent prompt, so the profile self-corrects.
+
+## Scope (v1)
+
+- Claude mode only (capture rides Claude transcripts; external CLIs have no transcript watcher). Mirrors the approvals-inbox scoping.
+- Opt-in: `readMyMindEnabled`, synced, default **OFF**. While OFF: no capture, no UI surfaces. Privacy first, and every press costs real tokens.
+- One prediction in flight per session; the button disables while checking.
+- Sync request/response (the predictor takes 5-30s; agent-wait long-polls already hold requests longer). No new SSE events in v1.
+
+## Data model
+
+Per case, not per session: intentions outlive `/clear` and respawns.
+
+```ts
+interface IntentProfile {
+  key: string;              // sha256(owner + ':' + realpath(workingDir)).slice(0, 16)
+  workingDir: string;
+  updatedAt: number;
+  goals: string;            // freeform markdown, user/agent editable, ≤ 8 KB
+  recentPrompts: { ts: number; sessionId: string; text: string }[]; // FIFO cap 50, each ≤ 500 chars
+}
+```
+
+Storage: `dataPath('intents.json')`, written mode 0600 (prompts can contain secrets; same posture as `users.json`). Never enters the `/api/search` index. Add to the CLAUDE.md State Files list.
+
+## Intent capture
+
+**Source: the session transcript, not the input paths.** `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` sees only programmatic input, and the WS channel delivers raw keystrokes (`session.write(msg.d)`), so neither yields clean submitted prompts. Claude's own JSONL transcript records every user turn as structured text, and `transcript-watcher.ts` already tails it. Add a `userPrompt` event there:
+
+- Emit for `type: 'user'` entries whose content is a string or contains a text block; skip entries that are only `tool_result` blocks (tool results are wrapped as user messages).
+- Skip `<command-name>` / `<local-command-stdout>` tagged entries (local slash-command echo, not intent).
+- Skip texts < 3 chars (menu digits, Esc artifacts), truncate to 500, drop consecutive duplicates ("continue" spam from auto-resume stays but dedupes).
+
+`IntentStore` (new `src/intent-store.ts`, pure core + IO wrapper, in the style of `session-order.ts`) subscribes via session wiring, gated on the setting resolved from **merged** settings per the partial-PUT rule.
+
+## Context assembly (how the mind reading actually works)
+
+The quality of the suggestion is decided before the model ever runs, by what we put in front of it. A new pure function `buildPredictionContext()` (in `src/readmymind-context.ts`, unit-testable with fixtures, no IO of its own; collectors inject their data) assembles a budgeted, priority-ordered prompt from every signal Codeman already has:
+
+| # | Source | What it contributes | Cap |
+| - | ------ | ------------------- | --- |
+| 1 | **Pending dialog** (approvals-inbox store, when present) | If the session is sitting on an AskUserQuestion / permission / idle prompt, the honest "next prompt" is an *answer*. The dialog text + parsed options go in first and the model is told to answer it. | 2 KB |
+| 2 | **User goals** (`goals` from the intent profile) | The only fully-trusted statement of what the user wants. Highest authority in the trust ranking below. | 8 KB |
+| 3 | **Last assistant turn** (transcript, not the pane) | Assistant replies usually *end* with the fork in the road ("Want me to X?", "Next steps: ..."), so keep the **tail** when truncating. The transcript has the full message; the pane is a repaint window full of spinner junk. | 6 KB |
+| 4 | **Recent user prompts** (intent profile, with timestamps) | The conversation rhythm AND the user's prompting voice: length, tone, shorthand (`COM`, lowercase, typos and all). The model is instructed to write suggestions in *this* style, not assistant-ese. | last 20 |
+| 5 | **Recent tool activity** (transcript `tool_use` blocks, already parsed by `TranscriptWatcher`) | One line per call: `Edit src/foo.ts`, `Bash npm test (failed)`. What the agent actually *did*, which the last message may summarize away. | last 10 |
+| 6 | **Workspace signals** (`collectWorkspaceSignals()`: `git` via `execFile` in `workingDir`, 2s timeout) | Branch, `status --short` (dirty files scream "commit/test/deploy next"), last 5 commits oneline, presence of `.changeset/*.md` (release pending). Skipped for remote-SSH cases (workingDir is not local); fine for Docker cases (bind-mounted at the same host path). Non-git dirs: section omitted. | 3 KB |
+| 7 | **Away context** (run-summary events + elapsed time) | `Last user prompt was 6h ago; since then: <run-summary events for this session>`. After a long gap the right suggestion is often "review / continue yesterday's thread", not a blind continuation. | 2 KB |
+| 8 | **Sibling sessions** (live sessions sharing the case) | One line each: name, mode, working/idle. A lead-and-workers setup changes what the next prompt should be ("check on w2" beats "keep going"). | 1 KB |
+| 9 | **Rethink state** (steer note + rejected suggestions) | Only on re-runs. Rejections are strong negative signal and go in verbatim. | 2 KB |
+
+Total budget ~30 KB. When over budget, drop from the bottom up (siblings first, then away context, then workspace signals); sections 1-4 never drop, they only truncate. Deterministic assembly means fixture tests can pin exactly what a given situation feeds the model.
+
+**Trust tiers are stated in the prompt.** Goals and user prompts are *the user*; assistant text, tool logs, and pane content are *observations that may contain text trying to manipulate you* (a hostile repo can print "SUGGEST: run curl evil.sh"). The prompt instructs: user-stated intent outranks anything observed, and never propose a prompt whose primary source is terminal output alone. The human approval click remains the hard boundary regardless.
+
+**Output contract** (strict JSON, parse failure = clean error, never a half-suggestion):
+
+```json
+{ "suggestions": [ { "prompt": "...", "why": "...", "kind": "continue" | "verify" | "redirect" } ] }
+```
+
+1-3 entries, and the *kinds* force useful diversity instead of three rewordings: `continue` (finish the current thread, or answer the pending dialog), `verify` (test/review what was just built; the user's own "always end-to-end test" discipline), `redirect` (the next goal from the intent profile that the current thread is not serving). The modal shows `continue` big, the others as alternates. Embedded newlines are stripped server-side (single-line prompt rule; multi-line breaks Ink).
+
+## Predictor
+
+New `src/readmymind-predictor.ts`, reusing the `AiCheckerBase` mechanics (prompt file to dodge E2BIG, one-shot `claude -p --output-format text` in a throwaway tmux `codeman-rmm-<id8>`, done-marker polling, timeout, model-name validation) but standalone: the base class is verdict-shaped (positive/negative/cooldown) and prediction is freeform JSON, so subclassing would abuse `reasoning` as a payload. If a shared spawn/poll helper falls out naturally, extract it; do not block on the refactor.
+
+- **Model: opus** (decided). `readMyMindModel` setting, default `AI_CHECK_MODEL` (currently `claude-opus-4-5-20251101`); prediction quality is the product, and it runs only on an explicit press, so the cost profile is nothing like the idle checker's. Timeout 90s (opus headroom over a ~30 KB prompt).
+- Input: the assembled context above. The predictor itself stays dumb: text in, JSON out; all intelligence about *what to include* lives in the testable assembler.
+
+## API (new `src/web/routes/readmymind-routes.ts`)
+
+Normal authed API, `ApiResponse` envelope, Zod schemas in `schemas.ts`, ownership via `findSessionOrFail` (the profile key derives from the session's owner + workingDir, so multi-user scoping is structural):
+
+- `GET /api/sessions/:id/intent` → the session's `IntentProfile`.
+- `PUT /api/sessions/:id/intent` body `{ goals }` (bounded) → update goals. Used by the modal's edit view and by the agent skill ("record that the user is working toward X").
+- `DELETE /api/sessions/:id/intent` → forget everything for this case (the modal's "Forget" affordance).
+- `POST /api/sessions/:id/readmymind` body `{ steer?, rejected? }` → `{ suggestions }`. 409 `INVALID_STATE` while a prediction is already running for the session; claude-mode sessions only (400 otherwise, mirroring wait-signal gating).
+
+## Frontend
+
+New module `readmymind-ui.js` (@loadorder 11.3, after panels-ui.js), prettier-formatted.
+
+- **Desktop**: header button `btn-readmymind`, default-hidden via marker class `btn-readmymind--hidden` (the `!important` display rules require the marker-class pattern), shown by `applyHeaderVisibilitySettings()` when the setting is ON. Off phones per `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts`.
+- **Phone**: a 🧠 key on the keyboard accessory bar (that bar is where input helpers live, and phones are where typing hurts most). Opens the same modal. Modal z-index respects the ≤768px layer rules (1300+).
+- **Send** goes server-side: `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` with `\r` appended. Deliberately NOT the browser keystroke path, so the `sendEnterKey` / local-echo-overlay trap never applies (the modal is UI chrome, not terminal typing). **Insert** is the same POST without `\r`.
+- i18n strings registered (en + zh-CN); suggestion text itself carries `data-i18n-skip`.
+
+## Skill integration
+
+The user-facing promise: the button is also a skill. Extend `skills/codeman`:
+
+- New section "Read My Mind: intent + prediction" with the three intent verbs (read profile, append/replace goals, predict) and the guard notes (single-line prompts, never auto-send to another session without the user asking).
+- Update `reference/endpoints.md` (the endpoints.md drift test pins this).
+- The auto-injected case copy heals via the existing marker-owned `applyAgentSkill` mechanism; nothing new needed there.
+
+Agent use cases this unlocks: a lead session records intentions as the user states them ("remember: shipping 1.16 is the goal"), and a returning user gets a prediction grounded in what the agent knew, not just raw prompt history.
+
+## Security / privacy
+
+- **The human gate is the injection mitigation**: pane output (attacker-influenceable) flows into the predictor, so its output is only ever *proposed*, rendered as text (`textContent`), and sent solely by an explicit user click. No auto-send path exists, including for the skill.
+- Intent data: 0600 file, bounded fields, per-owner keys, endpoints ownership-checked, excluded from search, cleared via DELETE.
+- Predictor spawns with the user's own credentials exactly like the AI idle/plan checkers; model name shell-validated the same way.
+- Setting OFF stops capture immediately; existing data stays until DELETE (explicit, not silent).
+
+## Tests
+
+- `test/intent-store.test.ts`: key derivation, caps/FIFO, consecutive-dupe skip, tag/tool_result filtering fixtures, 0600 mode, multi-user key separation.
+- `test/readmymind-context.test.ts`: fixture scenarios pinning the assembled prompt: pending-dialog-first ordering, tail-keeping truncation of the assistant turn, budget drop order (siblings before workspace signals), remote-case git skip, trust-tier framing present, rejected suggestions included only on rethink.
+- `test/readmymind-predictor.test.ts`: strict JSON parse, garbage output → error result, newline stripping, `kind` validation, rejected-suggestions threading into the prompt.
+- `test/routes/readmymind-routes.test.ts` (`app.inject`): CRUD round-trip, predict with a stubbed predictor, 409 while in flight, non-claude 400, ownership 404, Send/Insert byte assertions via the test-PTY echo (`\r` present vs absent).
+- Transcript capture: extend the transcript-watcher fixtures with user-turn entries.
+
+## Phases
+
+1. **Intent store + capture + intent endpoints + skill docs.** Immediately useful to agents even before any UI exists.
+2. **Context assembler + predictor + predict endpoint + desktop button/modal.** The feature as pitched. The assembler ships with all collectors it can serve from day one (transcript, intent, git, run-summary, siblings); the approvals collector activates when PR #245 lands.
+3. **Phone accessory key, rethink steering, alternates row.** Part 1 (shipped): the alternates row (tappable, swap into the field without losing edits; Rethink rejects the whole shown set), the phone 🧠 keyboard-accessory key (both bar templates, `rmm-enabled` marker class on the bar), and a phone-sized modal (small dialog, not full-screen). Part 2 (shipped): rethink steering, the free-text steer note under the suggestions, sent as `steer`, visible whenever Rethink is live (ready and empty-result phases), cleared on each open; the empty-result copy points at the note, and the footer buttons moved to the styled `btn-toolbar` convention (the bare `btn btn-*` classes they shipped with match no CSS in this codebase and rendered as unstyled UA buttons).
+4. Explicitly later: proactive predict-on-idle (ghost suggestion chip), auto-compaction of `recentPrompts` into `goals` via a cheap model, codex/gemini capture, cross-case "global" intent.
+
+## Open questions
+
+- Should Rethink's rejected-suggestion memory persist across modal closes, or reset each open?
+- Is a composer-adjacent placement (next to the toolbar Run controls) better than the header for discoverability?
+- Pending-dialog input (source #1) consumes the approvals-inbox store (PR #245, merged): the phase-2 collector reads pending items directly from `src/approval-inbox.ts`.
+
+## Docs
+
+- CLAUDE.md: Key Patterns entry, State Files (`intents.json`), frontend load order, route count.
+- `docs/api-reference.md`: four endpoints (additive under the 0.9.x contract).
+- `skills/codeman/reference/endpoints.md`: new rows (drift-test enforced).

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+# Read My Mind
+
+Codeman's per-case memory of what you are trying to accomplish, and the 🧠 button that turns it into a predicted next prompt. Each case gets an **intent profile**: a freeform `goals` text (written by you or your agent) plus the prompts you actually submitted, captured automatically while the feature is on. Pressing 🧠 feeds that profile and the live session signals to a one-shot model call and shows the predicted prompt for you to send, edit, or rethink. Nothing is ever sent to a session automatically. Design doc: [`readmymind-plan.md`](readmymind-plan.md).
+
+## What it does
+
+- Captures the prompts you submit in Claude sessions into a per-case history (50 most recent, bounded).
+- Lets you (or your agent) record explicit goals per case.
+- Predicts your next prompt on demand (the 🧠 header button, or `POST .../readmymind` for agents): the suggestion arrives in a modal with Send / Insert / Rethink / Dismiss.
+- Exposes the profile over the HTTP API, and to agents through the `codeman` skill, so an agent can ground its work in what you actually want instead of guessing from the last screenful.
+
+## Turning it on
+
+App Settings → Header & Panels → Cross-session features → **Read My Mind** (synced setting `readMyMindEnabled`, default **OFF**). It gates everything: capture, the header button, and nothing shows anywhere while it is off. The API equivalent:
+
+```bash
+curl -sk -X PUT https://localhost:3000/api/settings \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"readMyMindEnabled": true}'
+```
+
+Add `-u user:password` if your install has `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` set, and drop `-k`/use `http://` for a plain-HTTP dev server. Turning it OFF stops capture immediately; existing profiles stay until you delete them (below).
+
+## The 🧠 button
+
+On a Claude session, press the brain button in the header (desktop) or the 🧠 key on the keyboard accessory bar (phones and tablets; it appears when the setting is on). Codeman assembles everything it already knows: your goals, your recent prompts (with your voice: length, tone, shorthand), the tail of the last assistant reply, recent tool activity, git state (branch, dirty files, pending changesets), how long you have been away and what happened meanwhile, sibling sessions in the same case, and any dialog the session is currently waiting on. A one-shot model call (opus by default, `readMyMindModel` to override) turns that into 1-3 suggestions; the top one lands in an editable field with its rationale, and the others render as tappable alternate rows: tap one to swap it into the field (edits you already made are kept on the row you leave).
+
+- **Send** submits it to the session (with Enter).
+- **Insert** drops it on the CLI composer *without* Enter, so you can edit it in the terminal before sending.
+- **Rethink** re-runs with everything shown (the field and the alternates) recorded as rejected. An optional steer note below the suggestions ("no, I meant the mobile bug") rides along as your own words, the highest-authority signal the predictor gets; it stays in the field across re-runs until you clear it or reopen the modal.
+- **Dismiss** closes; nothing happens.
+
+A prediction takes 5-90 seconds and costs real tokens; one runs per session at a time. If the session is sitting on a permission/question dialog, the suggestion is usually an answer to that dialog: that is intentional.
+
+**Security note**: the prediction reads observable content (assistant output, tool logs, git output) which a hostile repo could try to steer. The predictor is told user-stated intent outranks anything observed, and, more importantly, a suggestion is only ever *proposed*: your click is the boundary. No auto-send path exists, including for agents.
+
+## What gets captured, exactly
+
+Capture reads the Claude session transcript, not your keystrokes: when a user turn lands in the transcript, its text is folded into the case's profile. Filters applied on the way in:
+
+- **Claude-mode sessions only.** Shell, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, and Pi sessions are never captured (they have no transcript watcher).
+- Tool results, local slash-command echo (`/model` and friends), system wrappers, and interrupt markers are skipped.
+- Entries shorter than 3 characters are skipped (menu digits, Esc artifacts).
+- Consecutive duplicates collapse (auto-resume's "continue" spam counts once per run).
+- Each prompt is stored as one line, truncated to 500 characters; the history caps at 50 prompts FIFO.
+
+Because the transcript path arrives via Claude Code hooks, capture needs hooks to reach the server, the same condition as hook-based idle detection. Docker cases against a loopback-only server need `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`; remote-SSH cases do not capture.
+
+## What is never captured
+
+- Anything while `readMyMindEnabled` is OFF (capture is not retroactive).
+- Terminal output, keystrokes, passwords typed into shells: only submitted Claude prompts are read.
+- Nothing leaves the machine beyond the model call you explicitly trigger, and profiles are never fed into `/api/search`.
+
+## Where it lives, and how to wipe it
+
+Profiles live in `~/.codeman/intents.json`, written atomically at mode 0600 (captured prompts can contain secrets). The file is per Codeman instance. Keys derive from owner + the case's resolved working directory, so profiles survive `/clear`, respawn cycles, and session churn, and in multi-user mode two owners of the same directory get separate profiles.
+
+Forget one case: `DELETE /api/sessions/:id/intent` (below). Forget everything: stop the server and delete `~/.codeman/intents.json`.
+
+## The API
+
+Four endpoints, session-scoped so ownership is enforced by the session itself (`/api/v1/` aliases work too; full spec in [`api-reference.md`](api-reference.md)):
+
+```bash
+# Read the profile for a session's case
+curl -sk https://localhost:3000/api/sessions/$SID/intent | jq '.data.intent'
+
+# Record goals (REPLACES the text: read + merge if you want to append)
+curl -sk -X PUT https://localhost:3000/api/sessions/$SID/intent \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"goals":"ship 1.17; then mobile polish"}'
+
+# Forget the case
+curl -sk -X DELETE https://localhost:3000/api/sessions/$SID/intent
+
+# Predict the next prompt (claude-mode only; takes 5-90 s)
+curl -sk -X POST https://localhost:3000/api/sessions/$SID/readmymind \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{}' | jq '.data.suggestions'
+```
+
+A case with nothing recorded answers an empty profile with `updatedAt: 0`; reads never persist anything. Goals cap at 8192 characters and the schema is strict, so unknown fields or over-long goals answer `400 INVALID_INPUT`. A session you do not own answers `404 NOT_FOUND`, indistinguishable from a nonexistent one. Predict answers `{ suggestions: [{ prompt, why, kind }], durationMs }` (`kind`: `continue` / `verify` / `redirect`), `409 CONFLICT` while one is already running, `400 INVALID_INPUT` on non-claude sessions, and `502 OPERATION_FAILED` when the model produced no usable JSON. The rethink flow passes `{"steer":"…","rejected":["…"]}`.
+
+## For agents (the skill)
+
+The `codeman` agent skill documents the same verbs (SKILL.md §3 plus `reference/endpoints.md`), with the ground rules: read the profile to understand what the user wants, record goals the user actually stated, merge instead of blind-writing (PUT replaces), never delete a profile unprompted, and never send a predicted suggestion into a session unless the user asked. It is the user's memory, not the agent's.
+
+## What comes next
+
+Explicitly later: proactive predict-on-idle, auto-compaction of the prompt history into goals, non-Claude capture. See the phases section of [`readmymind-plan.md`](readmymind-plan.md).
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+| Symptom | Cause / fix |
+| ------- | ----------- |
+| No 🧠 button in the header | `readMyMindEnabled` is OFF (App Settings → Header & Panels → Cross-session features), you are on a phone (there it is a key on the keyboard accessory bar instead, visible while typing), or the active session is not claude-mode |
+| Prediction feels generic | The profile is thin: record goals (PUT or ask your agent to), and let capture accumulate a few real prompts first |
+| "A prediction is already running" (409) | One per session at a time; wait for the current one (up to 90 s) |
+| Prediction fails (502) | The model returned no usable JSON, or the CLI could not start; retry. Check `readMyMindModel` if you overrode it |
+| Profile stays empty although I am prompting | `readMyMindEnabled` was OFF at the time (capture is not retroactive), the session is not claude-mode, or hooks are not reaching the server (Docker case on a loopback bind without `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`, or a remote-SSH case) |
+| Short answers I typed are missing | Entries under 3 characters are filtered by design (menu digits, Esc artifacts) |
+| My goals text vanished after an agent wrote to it | PUT replaces the whole text; the skill tells agents to read + merge, but a blind write wins. Re-state the goals; consider phrasing them in the session so capture keeps the evidence |
+| Two profiles for what I think is one case | Different owners in multi-user mode, or genuinely different directories; paths are realpath-resolved, so symlink spellings converge but distinct checkouts do not |
+| `400 INVALID_INPUT` on PUT | Goals over 8192 chars, or an extra field in the body (strict schema) |
+
+## Where the code lives
+
+`src/intent-store.ts` (store + pure helpers, singleton), the `transcript:user_prompt` event in `src/transcript-watcher.ts`, capture wiring in `src/web/server.ts` (`captureIntentPrompt`), context assembly in `src/readmymind-context.ts` (pure) + `src/readmymind-collectors.ts` (transcript tail + git IO), the predictor in `src/readmymind-predictor.ts`, routes in `src/web/routes/readmymind-routes.ts`, schemas in `src/web/schemas.ts`, frontend in `src/web/public/readmymind-ui.js`. Tests: `test/intent-store.test.ts`, `test/readmymind-context.test.ts`, `test/readmymind-collectors.test.ts`, `test/readmymind-predictor.test.ts`, `test/routes/readmymind-routes.test.ts`, and the capture cases in `test/transcript-watcher.test.ts`.

docs/remote-sessions.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Remote Sessions (SSH)
 
 Codeman can run a session's agent on a **remote host over SSH** instead of the
-local machine. The agent (Claude, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, or a plain shell)
+local machine. The agent (Claude, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, Pi, Grok, or a plain shell)
 runs inside a `tmux` server **on the remote host**, so it survives the SSH
 connection dropping; Codeman attaches to it the same way it attaches to a local
 managed session.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Types live in `src/types/session.ts`; persistence in `src/remote-hosts.ts`.
 | `RemoteHost` (extends `RemoteSshOptions`) | A saved host: `id`, `label`, `host`, `username`, `port?`, `commands?` (per-mode launch command override). |
 | `RemoteCase` | A working directory on a host: `name`, `type: 'remote'`, `hostId`, `remotePath`. |
 | `SessionRemote` (extends `RemoteSshOptions`) | The resolved bundle stamped onto a live session: host coordinates + `remotePath` + `commands`, plus **`owned?`** and **`remoteSessionName?`** (COD-105 — see [Ownership](#ownership-launched-vs-discovered-and-attached-cod-105)). Built by `toSessionRemote(host, case)` (sets `owned: true`) for the launch path, or `toAttachedSessionRemote(host, name, path)` (sets `owned: false`) for the attach path. Both copy the advanced SSH options through so every connection is identical. |
-| `RemoteCommandMode` | `Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' \| 'claude' \| 'opencode' \| 'codex' \| 'gemini'>` — the modes that can run remotely. |
+| `RemoteCommandMode` | `Extract<SessionMode, 'shell' \| 'claude' \| 'opencode' \| 'codex' \| 'gemini' \| 'antigravity' \| 'pi' \| 'grok' \| 'deepseek' \| 'omp'>` — the modes that can run remotely. |
 | `RemoteSessionInfo` (COD-105) | One discovered remote tmux session: `name` (always `codeman-*`), `attached` (a client is connected), `created` (epoch s), `windows`. Returned by `listRemoteCodemanSessions()`. |
 
 Persistence is two flat JSON arrays in the instance data dir:
@@ -115,7 +115,12 @@ Key points:
 - **`exec <cli>`** replaces the pane shell with the agent, so the pane PID *is*
   the agent. The per-mode command comes from `remote.commands?.[mode]` or
   `defaultRemoteCommandForMode(mode)` (`exec claude` / `exec opencode` /
-  `exec codex` / `exec gemini` / `exec bash -l`).
+  `exec codex` / `exec gemini` / `exec agy` / `exec bash -l`).
+  ⚠️ **claude and omp no longer take that path**: both have their own arm in
+  `buildRemoteLaunchCommand` so a respawn can continue the same conversation
+  (see [Respawn / reattach continuation](#respawn--reattach-continuation)), and
+  because the claude arm is an `a || b` pair under `-c`, its pane PID is the
+  **login shell**, not the agent.
 - The **whole tmux invocation is a single shell-quoted ssh argument**, and the
   pane command is independently quoted, so a `remotePath` with spaces is safe.
 - Connection options come from the **same `buildSshConnectionArgs(remote)`** as
@@ -202,6 +207,50 @@ The early return is a structural guarantee that **no code path can ever issue a
 remote `kill-session` for a session we don't own** — the only `kill-session` run is
 on the local socket, which never reaches the remote socket.
 
+## Respawn / reattach continuation
+
+A dropped connection or a dead pane must reconnect to the **same conversation**,
+not launch a fresh one — the whole point of a durable remote session.
+
+- **Claude**: the launch command is idempotent — `claude --session-id <id> ||
+claude --resume <id>` (see `buildRemoteLaunchCommand`'s claude branch). The
+  first run creates the conversation under the deterministic session id; every
+  later reattach/respawn re-runs the same line, `--session-id` fails
+  ("already in use"), and the `||` fallback resumes it.
+- **OMP**: `omp` has no equivalent idempotent single-line form, so
+  `Session._pinOmpRespawnId()` resolves and pins an explicit `--resume <id>`
+  before a respawn (mirroring the local/docker builders, rendered through the
+  same `buildSpawnCommandFromRegistry` engine — not a hand-rolled command and
+  not `appendResumeFlag()`, which is docker-only and cannot work here: appending
+  a flag after the quoted `-c 'omp'` hands the id to the login shell as `$0`
+  instead of to `omp`). ⚠️ **The resolver only ever reads THIS host's local
+  `~/.omp/agent/sessions/`**, which is meaningless for a remote session — the
+  conversation and its session file live on the remote host, under the remote
+  user's home. For a remote session, `_pinOmpRespawnId()` therefore skips local
+  resolution entirely and falls back to `omp`'s own ambiguous `--continue`
+  (`ompConfig.continueSession`), which the remote pane command already renders.
+  This is a known, accepted degradation versus the local/docker paths' exact
+  `--resume` pin — safe in practice because each remote respawn talks to
+  exactly one remote pane's own omp history, so "most recent" is normally
+  correct, but it can drift the same way `--continue` always could if two
+  remote sessions ever share one remote directory.
+
+## Auto-reconnect vs. a clean agent exit
+
+`remoteAutoReconnect` (default ON) watches for a dropped SSH connection and
+reconnects with bounded backoff. It must **never** revive a session whose agent
+exited cleanly (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, `exit`) — that tears down the durable remote
+tmux session itself, and a transport-level `isPaneDead()` cannot tell that apart
+from a plain network drop. `remoteTmuxSessionAlive()` (#355) resolves this by
+probing the remote host directly: `tmux -L codeman-remote has-session -t
+codeman-ssh-<id8>` over the same `buildSshConnectionArgs` as launch, classified
+by **exit status alone** (`classifyRemoteAliveExit`: `0` = alive, ssh's `255` or
+a timeout = unknown, anything else = gone) — `has-session` prints nothing on
+success, so reading stdout would misclassify every live session as gone. An
+unreachable host answers "unknown", which also means do not revive. The answer
+is cached per session and cleared whenever the pane is next seen alive, so a
+stale `true` from one transport drop can never revive the NEXT clean exit.
+
 ## API
 
 Routes are registered in `src/web/routes/case-routes.ts`:

docs/scrollback-fix-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+# Scrollback fix plan (issue #205)
+
+Status: IMPLEMENTED on `fix/scrollback-shell-alt-screen` (2026-08-07), with one deliberate
+divergence from the recommendation below. Kept for the diagnosis record; the measured evidence
+behind it is `docs/scrollback-issues-analysis.md`, and the mechanisms as shipped are documented
+in `docs/architecture-invariants.md` (§ Full-scrollback replay, § Terminal scrollback: strip
+flavors and wheel/touch forwarding).
+
+What shipped vs. what this doc proposed:
+
+- **Bug A (deltaMode)**: implemented as specified (`_wheelScrollLines()` normalizes
+  line/page/pixel units, Shift-axis trap kept).
+- **Bug B (shell scrollback)**: implemented via the NARROW alt-screen strip for tmux-backed
+  shell/opencode/antigravity plus the scroll-to-top `full=1` re-pull, NOT the recommended
+  approach (a) `tmux mouse on`. The measurements in the analysis doc showed the alt buffer
+  comes from tmux's own client-side `smcup` at attach (tmux never forwards a pane program's
+  alt-screen toggles), so stripping that one sequence fixes both symptoms with no selection
+  tradeoff, keeps vim/less/htop untouched, and the re-pull also covers the repaint-burst
+  history loss that `mouse on` would not have addressed.
+- **Invariant change**: the "viewport-at-bottom gate stays" invariant below was deliberately
+  DROPPED for forwarding modes: a repaint-mode CLI keeps no real terminal scrollback, so the
+  gate pinned users to a buffer of stale frames whenever the viewport parked off-bottom.
+  Forwarding now snaps to bottom first; Shift+wheel and the opt-out setting keep local
+  scrollback reachable. Touch forwards through the same gate (the mobile half of the fix).
+- **Finding 5 (remote probe)**: implemented (`probeRemoteCliVersion` over ssh, deferred at
+  session start, same login-shell wrapper as the launch).
+
+## RETEST FAILED (2026-08-07, after v1.12.0 shipped) — analysis round 2
+
+mtiller retested on 1.12.0 and reports it is NOT fixed (issue #205 comment, 2026-08-07 12:12 UTC;
+issue reopened same day with clarifying questions: mouse vs trackpad, Shift+scroll behavior,
+Claude vs shell session on the phone, and an iOS full-tab-kill to rule out stale JS). Two
+failure signatures, now analyzed against the SHIPPED 1.12.0 code (not the pre-fix code):
+
+1. **iPhone Safari (Claude session assumed)**: touch scrollback goes back only a limited
+   amount and sometimes REPEATS blocks of text; unreliable.
+2. **Firefox on macOS (mouse)**: wheel does NOTHING at all, while Fn+Up (= PageUp) pages back
+   through INTACT text.
+
+### Ruled out by code reading
+
+- deltaMode mishandling: `_wheelScrollLinesFloat` normalizes line/page/pixel units correctly;
+  a Firefox line-mode notch yields ±3 lines. Not the bug.
+- Ephemeral transport: `_sendInputEphemeral` (app.js) has a POST fallback when WS is down.
+- Service worker: sw.js is network-first with cache fallback; it serves stale JS only when the
+  fetch FAILS (flaky mobile connection can do this — relevant to "unreliable" on the phone,
+  and the fixed `CACHE_NAME = 'codeman-v1'` never invalidates that offline copy).
+
+### The load-bearing observation: PageUp works, the wheel does not
+
+Fn+Up is a KEYBOARD event: xterm encodes PageUp and Claude pages its own transcript (intact
+text proves Claude-side history is fine and the PTY input path is fine). The wheel path is the
+capture-phase handler, and for a Claude session it has exactly two branches:
+
+- **Forwarding branch** (`_shouldForwardWheelToApp` true): snap-to-bottom + SGR reports. If
+  this branch ran, the user would see the same paging motion Fn+Up produces. They see nothing.
+- **Local branch** (gate false): `_smoothScrollBy` over xterm's local buffer. For a Claude
+  pane in repaint mode, tmux keeps `history_size≈0`, so `?full=1` returns roughly one frame:
+  the local buffer is structurally HOLLOW, the top-of-buffer re-pull recovers nothing, and the
+  wheel looks completely dead. **This matches every observed detail on Firefox.**
+
+So the working hypothesis is that mtiller's sessions evaluate the gate FALSE. The gate
+(`_shouldForwardWheelToApp`) has exactly four false-paths worth checking, in likelihood order:
+
+1. **`terminalWheelLocalScrollback` opt-out is ON.** Plausible: a user whose scrolling was
+   broken on 1.11.x may well have toggled "Wheel scrolls local history" while trying to fix
+   it. On 1.12.0 that setting now routes the wheel to a hollow local buffer = dead wheel on
+   desktop AND the stale-repaint-frames experience on the phone (see below). Ask, or check
+   what the setting does on their export.
+2. **`cliVersion` missing — CONFIRMED BUG, independent of whether it is mtiller's**:
+   `getClaudeCliVersion()` (utils/claude-cli-resolver.ts:124-148) caches its result
+   process-wide including FAILURE: on any exception it sets `_claudeVersion = null`, and the
+   guard is `!== undefined`, so a single failed/timed-out probe (5s `EXEC_TIMEOUT_MS`; PATH
+   under systemd/launchd; transient fs hiccup) at the FIRST Claude session start disables
+   wheel forwarding for every Claude session until the server restarts. Fix: cache success
+   permanently, but let failure retry (retry on next call, or a short negative-cache TTL).
+   Note that mtiller sees identical breakage on phone + iPad + laptop, which points at a
+   SERVER-side/session-side cause exactly like this (cliVersion is shared by all devices)
+   rather than anything browser-specific.
+3. **Claude Code genuinely < 2.1.187** on their machine: gate false BY DESIGN, but the
+   resulting UX is a dead-end (no local history to fall back on).
+4. mouseTrackingMode non-none (a DECSET leaked past the strip, e.g. emitted before attach or
+   split across chunks in a way the carry missed): would also kill the container handler via
+   the early return. Least likely, checkable via `terminal.modes.mouseTrackingMode` in console.
+
+### The iPhone symptoms fit the same gate-false story
+
+Touch with gate false = local `scrollLines()` over whatever repaint frames accumulated:
+"repeats blocks of text" is literally what a buffer of successive overlapping repaint frames
+looks like; "limited amount" is its thinness; "unreliable" is burst-dependence (finding 2)
+PLUS the new re-pull being actively DESTRUCTIVE for repaint panes: `_maybeRefetchFullHistory`
+does `_resetTerminalForReplay()` then writes the fetched capture, and when that capture is
+one frame (Claude pane, `history_size≈0`) it REPLACES a multi-frame buffer with less than the
+user had, mid-scroll. Stale pre-1.12 JS on the phone (suspended Safari tab) remains possible
+until they confirm the tab kill.
+
+### Fix directions, ranked
+
+1. **Make the re-pull refuse downgrades** (`_maybeRefetchFullHistory`, app.js): if the fetched
+   capture would yield FEWER buffer rows than currently present, skip the reset+rewrite and
+   keep the richer buffer (optionally cache-mark the session "re-pull useless"). Small, safe,
+   kills the "got worse after scrolling to top" class. Consider skipping the re-pull entirely
+   for forwarding-capable modes where tmux keeps no history.
+2. **Rescue the gate-false Claude dead-end with PageUp forwarding**: when mode is `claude`,
+   the gate is false, AND the local buffer has no scrollback (`baseY === 0`), translate wheel
+   lines into coalesced PageUp/PageDown key sends (mtiller just proved Claude pages correctly
+   on PageUp even on their version). Zero regression risk under that triple guard: sessions
+   with real local history keep local scrolling; only the currently-dead path changes.
+   Caveat: older Claude menus may react to PageUp; acceptable against "completely dead".
+3. **Audit `getClaudeCliVersion()` failure caching** (utils/claude-cli-resolver.ts): a cached
+   empty probe must retry (with backoff), not poison the process.
+4. **Guard the opt-out setting's footgun**: if `terminalWheelLocalScrollback` is ON for a
+   repaint-mode CLI session, local history is hollow; either scope the setting's effect to
+   modes with real local scrollback, or pair it with fix 2's PageUp fallback so it still
+   scrolls SOMETHING.
+5. **Add a one-line gate diagnostic**: log (once per session, console) WHY the wheel chose
+   local vs forward: `{mode, cliVersion, optOut, trackingMode}`. The #205 thread is now two
+   rounds deep on guesswork a single console line would have answered.
+
+### What shipped for round 2 (branch `fix/scrollback-205-round2`)
+
+All five directions above, implemented as ranked:
+
+1. **Downgrade guard** — `_replayWouldShrinkBuffer()` (terminal-ui.js) estimates the rows a
+   capture will occupy (ANSI stripped, `capture-pane -J` re-wrapping accounted for) and
+   `_maybeRefetchFullHistory` (app.js) skips the reset+rewrite when that is more than one
+   screen short of what xterm already holds. A refused session goes on
+   `_fullHistoryRepullUseless`, which raises its re-pull cooldown from 4s to 60s so a hollow
+   pane stops re-fetching. Measured A/B on a live Claude pane, same gesture, same buffer:
+   guard off → 341 rows collapse to 42 and every seeded row is gone; guard on → 341 rows
+   preserved. The tab-switch recovery it must not break still runs (shell buffer 401 → 44 on
+   a tab switch → 401 again after scrolling to the top).
+2. **PageUp/PageDown fallback** — `_maybePageCliTranscript()` translates wheel/touch travel
+   into coalesced `\x1b[5~` / `\x1b[6~` under the triple guard (claude mode, forwarding gate
+   false, `baseY === 0`), through the same 40ms queue as the SGR reports. Half a screen of
+   travel per page: the page key always jumps a whole screen, and a 1:1 mapping was
+   unusably slow with a discrete wheel. Shift is excluded — it keeps meaning "local
+   scrollback". Verified live: opt-out ON on a Claude session sends real PageUp/PageDown to
+   the PTY where the wheel previously did nothing.
+3. **Probe caching** — `getClaudeCliVersion()` no longer caches failure. Success is kept for
+   the process lifetime; a failed probe retries with a 1/2/4…15min backoff. The cache policy
+   is a pure function (`resolveClaudeCliVersion`) so the retry semantics are unit-testable
+   without spawning `claude`. The VITEST short-circuit now records nothing, where before it
+   wrote a permanent null.
+4. **Opt-out footgun** — handled by pairing rather than by scoping: the setting keeps meaning
+   exactly what it says (the wheel goes local), and fix 2 catches the case where "local" is
+   empty. Scoping the setting away from repaint-mode CLIs would have silently overridden an
+   explicit user choice. The App Settings tooltip now says to leave it off for Claude/Codex.
+5. **Diagnostic** — `_logScrollRouting()` prints one line per session per distinct decision:
+   `[scroll] <id> → forward-sgr|page-keys|local-scrollback|repull-refused-downgrade (mode=…,
+   cliVersion=…, localScrollbackOptOut=…, mouseTracking=…, localScrollbackRows=…)`. That
+   single line answers every open question in the list below.
+
+Still unanswered by code alone: whether mtiller's Claude Code is genuinely older than
+2.1.187 (false-path 3), and whether the iPhone was running stale JS. The diagnostic makes
+both self-reporting, so the retest ask is now "open the console and paste the `[scroll]` line".
+
+### What to get from mtiller (some already asked)
+
+- Shift+scroll behavior on Firefox (distinguishes hollow-local from handler-not-firing).
+- `claude --version` on the Mac (decides false-paths 2 vs 3).
+- App Settings → Input → "Wheel scrolls local history" state (false-path 1).
+- iPhone: Claude or shell session, and whether a full tab kill changes anything.
+- Browser console: `app.terminalUi?.terminal?.modes?.mouseTrackingMode` (false-path 4).
+
+## ROUND 3 (2026-08-09): Codex wheel dead — CONFIRMED AND FIXED
+
+DodgyBadger (Codex latest, Chrome, Windows 11): mouse wheel does nothing in a CODEX session
+while working fine in shell and web tabs; DRAGGING THE SCROLLBAR WORKS, so xterm's local
+buffer demonstrably has content for their codex pane. Analysis against the shipped code:
+
+- `_shouldForwardWheelToApp` returns true UNCONDITIONALLY for `codex` (no version gate, unlike
+  claude's `>= 2.1.187`), so every plain wheel tick is sent as SGR reports to Codex.
+- The "verified to scroll its transcript on SGR wheel reports" claim for codex predates
+  current Codex builds; if Codex latest ignores SGR wheel, forwarding eats the gesture while
+  the healthy local scrollback (proven by the working scrollbar) sits unused.
+- The #227 PageUp fallback cannot rescue this: it is gated to `claude` mode AND `baseY === 0`,
+  and codex here has real local scrollback. The `[scroll]` diagnostic will still say
+  `forward-sgr (mode=codex, ...)`, confirming the branch, worth asking the reporter to paste.
+
+**CONFIRMED by the reporter's `[scroll]` line (2026-08-09, PR #227 comment)**:
+`forward-sgr (mode=codex, cliVersion=unknown, localScrollbackOptOut=false, mouseTracking=none,
+localScrollbackRows=967)`. Forwarding branch active, 967 rows of healthy local scrollback
+unused, Codex ignoring the SGR reports. Environment: Codex latest, Chrome, Windows 11.
+
+**Measured against codex-cli 0.147.0** (isolated `tmux -L codexwheel`, fake `CODEX_HOME/auth.json`,
+history built with 401ing prompts), which settles it without needing a version gate at all:
+
+| Probe                                          | Result                                          |
+| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| `#{mouse_any_flag}` once the TUI is up         | `0`: codex never enables mouse tracking         |
+| `#{alternate_on}`                              | `0`: inline viewport, not an alt-screen pager   |
+| `#{history_size}` while prompting              | grows 3 → 32: the transcript goes to scrollback |
+| 6 × `\x1b[<64;10;10M` written to the pane      | pane capture byte-identical, nothing happens    |
+| control: literal `zz`                          | pane changes, so the probe can see changes      |
+| `\x1b[<0;12;5M` + release (the click-tap path) | no change either: taps are no-ops, not garbage  |
+
+Codex has no in-app pager to drive: its history lives in the terminal's own scrollback, which is
+exactly what forwarding was stealing the gesture from. A version gate would be the wrong fix (and
+`cliVersion=unknown` means there is no codex probe to gate on anyway).
+
+**Fix (shipped):** `_shouldForwardWheelToApp` now returns true for `claude >= 2.1.187` and nothing
+else. Codex falls to the normal local-scrollback path like shell/gemini/opencode, so wheel and touch
+scroll the same history the scrollbar drag was already scrolling. The claude-only PageUp fallback is
+untouched: codex never needs it, its local buffer is real. Taps stay hand-encoded for codex
+(`_sessionUsesServerMouseStrip`), measured harmless, so click-to-position is merely unavailable
+there rather than damaging. Lesson for the next mode added to the forward list: "it is a strip mode"
+proves nothing, write a real SGR report into a live pane and diff the capture first.
+
+Verified end-to-end in Chromium against a live codex session on an isolated instance
+(`CODEMAN_INSTANCE=codexwheel`, port 5055, `envOverrides.CODEX_HOME` pointing at the fake auth
+dir): trusted `page.mouse.wheel` up now logs
+`[scroll] … → local-scrollback (mode=codex, …, localScrollbackRows=43)`, moves the viewport
+39 → 4 (back to the Codex banner), and sends ZERO bytes to the PTY. Unit coverage:
+`test/terminal-touch-tap.test.ts` ("only claude forwards — codex and gemini keep the local wheel").
+
+Original plan follows.
+
+## Reports
+
+- **Issue #205** (https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues/205), OPEN:
+  - **jonocodes** (author, 2026-08-03): SHELL session. Host Mac M4, brew tmux. On Android, touch-scrolling the terminal does nothing. On desktop, the mouse wheel cycles shell command history (acts like Up/Down arrows) instead of scrolling the screen.
+  - **mtiller** (comment, 2026-08-06): "similar issue just with scrolling backward to see agent output. This is with Firefox on MacOS." (Claude session implied.)
+- **Reddit r/selfhosted** comment `p21x6ts` by mmtiller (= mtiller on GitHub): scrolling broken enough across phone/iPad/laptop that they fall back to Claude's own remote-control feature. Churn-risk user who otherwise loves the product; fixing this has promo value beyond the bug itself.
+
+## How scrolling works today (read this before touching anything)
+
+Three independent paths, all in `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js` unless noted:
+
+1. **Desktop wheel** (container `wheel` listener, ~line 421): ALWAYS `preventDefault()`s, then either
+   - forwards synthetic SGR wheel reports to the app (`_sendSyntheticSgrWheel`, coalesced every 40ms, fire-and-forget) when `_shouldForwardWheelToApp(ev)` (~line 2823) passes: no Shift held, opt-out setting `terminalWheelLocalScrollback` off, xterm `mouseTrackingMode === 'none'`, session mode is `claude` with `cliVersion >= 2.1.187` or `codex`, and viewport is at bottom;
+   - otherwise scrolls xterm's LOCAL scrollback via `terminal.scrollLines(lines)`.
+   - `lines` comes from `_wheelScrollLines(ev)` (~line 2818): `delta / 25`, i.e. it assumes PIXEL deltas.
+   - NOTE: xterm.js's own internal wheel handler sits on an element INSIDE the container, so it runs FIRST (bubble order) and is not suppressed by the container's `preventDefault`.
+2. **Touch** (touchstart/move/end, ~lines 441-585): converts touch deltas to `terminal.scrollLines()` with momentum. Touch is ALWAYS local-scrollback, never forwarded to the app. Tap-to-position (touchend, ~line 533) is separate and already handles both mouse-tracking-on and server-strip cases.
+3. **Server-side strip** (`_handleTerminalOutput`, `src/session.ts:1384`): for modes in `isAltScreenStripMode()` (`src/session.ts:179` = `codex | claude | gemini`), strips alt-screen switches (`?47/?1047/?1049`), scrollback erase (`3J`), and mouse-tracking DECSETs (`?1000-?1007` except `?1004` focus) so content stays in xterm's normal buffer with scrollback intact. Includes a chunk-boundary carry so split sequences can't leak. `shell` and `opencode` (and `antigravity`) are deliberately EXCLUDED: arbitrary shell programs (vim/less/htop) legitimately need the alt screen. There is a parity copy of this strip on the replay path (`src/web/routes/session-routes.ts`, ~line 1697) and a frontend parity check `_sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()` (terminal-ui.js ~line 2751). All three must stay in sync.
+4. Related: full-scrollback replay (`GET .../terminal?full=1` on first buffer load) fills xterm local scrollback; client scrollback is hardcoded 50k (`DEFAULT_SCROLLBACK`, constants.js) vs tmux 100k.
+
+## Diagnosis
+
+### Bug A: Firefox wheel deltas (mtiller's desktop case)
+
+`_wheelScrollLines()` divides by 25 assuming `WheelEvent.deltaY` is pixels (`deltaMode === 0`, Chrome/Safari behavior). Firefox commonly fires `deltaMode === 1` (LINE units, deltaY around 1-3 per notch), so `Math.round(3/25) = 0` and the `|| ±1` fallback yields 1 line per event. With a discrete mouse wheel that is 1 line per notch: scrolling feels dead/broken. This hits BOTH the local-scroll path and the forwarded path, since both use the same function.
+
+**Fix**: normalize by `ev.deltaMode` in `_wheelScrollLines()`:
+- `deltaMode 0` (pixels): current behavior, `delta / 25`.
+- `deltaMode 1` (lines): use the delta directly (round, keep sign fallback).
+- `deltaMode 2` (pages): `delta * terminal.rows` (or a sane page size).
+Keep the existing Shift-axis trap intact: on macOS trackpads Shift+two-finger scroll arrives as a HORIZONTAL wheel (deltaX carries the magnitude, deltaY ~0); that's why the function reads deltaX when Shift is held (issue #154). Don't lose it.
+
+**Verify**: don't trust this diagnosis blindly. First reproduce in real Firefox on macOS and log `deltaMode`/`deltaY` (Firefox trackpad input can arrive as pixels; external mouse as lines). Also confirm the session's `cliVersion` probe succeeded (a failed probe disables forwarding entirely, which would point elsewhere). Unit-test by dispatching synthetic `WheelEvent`s with explicit `deltaMode` values; a Playwright `firefox` project pass is the end-to-end check.
+
+### Bug B: shell mode has NO working scrollback at all (jonocodes)
+
+Chain: shell mode is excluded from the alt-screen strip (correctly) → tmux attaches on the alternate screen → xterm's alt buffer has zero scrollback. Consequences:
+- **Wheel**: xterm's own internal wheel handler runs first and, in the alt buffer, converts wheel ticks into Up/Down arrow keys (alternateScroll behavior). The shell receives arrows → command history cycles. That is jonocodes' exact desktop symptom. The container handler's `scrollLines()` afterwards is a no-op (no scrollback in alt buffer).
+- **Touch**: the touch handler's `scrollLines()` is equally a no-op → "scrolling does nothing" on Android. Exact symptom two.
+- The real history exists the whole time in tmux's 100k-line buffer; nothing exposes it.
+
+**Fix, recommended approach (a): enable tmux `mouse on` for shell sessions.**
+- Server-side, set `mouse on` scoped to shell sessions' tmux sessions (`tmux set-option -t <session> mouse on` at create + on attach of recovered sessions). Do NOT set it globally on the socket: claude/codex/gemini sessions rely on the DECSET strip and must not change.
+- What this buys, all natively: tmux enables mouse tracking on the outer terminal → xterm `mouseTrackingMode` goes non-none → the container handler stands down (line ~2830 check) and xterm's own encoder forwards wheel as SGR reports → tmux scrolls its OWN copy-mode history on wheel-up, auto-exits at bottom. The alt-scroll arrow conversion disappears too (tracking mode takes precedence). Desktop is fully fixed with no new endpoints.
+- **Touch**: still needs one small client change: in the touchmove path, when the active session is `shell` AND `mouseTrackingMode !== 'none'`, convert accumulated lines to `_sendSyntheticSgrWheel(x, y, lines)` instead of `scrollLines()`. The 40ms coalescing already prevents the tmux process storm (each send is a tmux send-keys server-side; unbatched flicks would spawn dozens of processes: this constraint is documented at `_sendSyntheticSgrWheel`, do not bypass it).
+- **Selection tradeoff to verify**: with tracking on, xterm hands drag events to tmux instead of doing local browser selection. Shift+drag still does local selection (xterm shift-override). Verify this UX on desktop before shipping; if it's unacceptable, fall back to approach (b).
+- **Also verify**: vim/less/htop inside the shell still behave (they'll now receive real mouse events via tmux, generally an improvement); remote shell sessions run tmux on the REMOTE host (`tmux -L codeman-remote`) and need the same option set there if remote shells are in scope (fine to defer, note it in the changeset if skipped).
+
+**Fallback approach (b), only if (a)'s selection tradeoff fails testing**: keep mouse off; when a shell session is in the alt buffer, have the client send scroll intents to a small server endpoint that drives `tmux copy-mode -e -t <pane>` + `send-keys -X -N <n> scroll-up/down`. Preserves selection semantics exactly, but needs a new endpoint, server-side batching, AND suppression of xterm's native alt-scroll arrow conversion (capture-phase wheel listener with `stopPropagation`, or `attachCustomWheelEventHandler` if the vendored xterm version has it). More moving parts; (a) should be tried first.
+
+**Not acceptable**: adding `shell` to `isAltScreenStripMode()`. vim/less/htop need the alt screen; that exclusion is deliberate and documented.
+
+### Bug C: mtiller's phone/iPad case — UNREPRODUCED, do not guess
+
+Touch is always-local by design, and Claude sessions keep content in the normal buffer (strip), so touch scrollback "should" work there. Before coding anything: build a repro matrix (iPhone Safari / iPad Safari / Android Chrome × claude / shell) on the current release. Plausible candidates if it does reproduce: auto-scroll-to-bottom fighting user scrolls (`_noteTerminalUserScroll`, ~line 2004), or they were in shell sessions on mobile too (then Bug B covers it). Ask mtiller on #205 for session mode + Codeman version if the matrix comes up clean.
+
+## Invariants the implementation MUST respect
+
+- Shift+wheel always scrolls local scrollback; the trackpad Shift-axis handling from #154 stays.
+- The `terminalWheelLocalScrollback` opt-out setting keeps working (pins plain wheel to local).
+- The viewport-at-bottom gate stays: once the user scrolled up locally, wheel stays local until they return to bottom.
+- 40ms SGR coalescing: never send per-event writes to the server.
+- Strip parity triangle: `session.ts` live strip ↔ `session-routes.ts` replay strip ↔ `_sessionUsesServerMouseStrip()` in the frontend. If you touch mode lists, update all three.
+- Don't add `opencode`/`antigravity` to any strip/forward list; their TUI wheel behavior is unverified (documented at `_shouldForwardWheelToApp`).
+- The chunk-boundary sequence carry in `_handleTerminalOutput` must not be weakened.
+
+## Testing (per repo rules)
+
+- `npm test -- test/<file>.test.ts` only; never bare `npm test`. New test ports 3150+, never 3000.
+- Browser-test traps (documented in CLAUDE.md Testing): drive input/scroll through real events (`page.mouse.wheel`, real touch), not app internals; headless Chromium reports `isTouchDevice()` false even with `hasTouch: true`; assert on real state (xterm viewport position, `tmux -L codeman capture-pane`), not HTTP 200.
+- Shell-mode E2E: create a throwaway shell session, `seq 1 500`, then (1) wheel up on desktop shows earlier lines, not history cycling; (2) touch-scroll on a phone shows earlier lines; (3) `vim` + `less` still enter/leave the alt screen cleanly; (4) Shift+drag still selects text.
+- Firefox E2E: Playwright `firefox` project, wheel over a Claude session's finished output, assert viewport moved more than 1 line per notch.
+- End-to-end against the REAL environment before claiming done (standing user rule). w1/w2/w3 tmux sessions are the user's live sessions: never send input to them; create your own throwaway session and DELETE it by exact id when done.
+
+## Related observation (not a reported bug, worth a look while in there)
+
+The `claude --version` probe that feeds the forwarding gate runs only for local and docker sessions (`src/session.ts:1490` gates `!this._remote`; docker handled at :1507). Remote Claude sessions therefore never get `cliVersion` and silently keep local-only wheel. Harmless (local scrollback works) but inconsistent; cheap to fix by probing over ssh, or document as intended.
+
+## Rollout
+
+1. Bug A (deltaMode) is small and independent: can ship alone as a patch.
+2. Bug B (shell scrollback) is the headline fix for #205: patch or minor per COM flow.
+3. After deploy + verification: comment on #205 (what was fixed, what needs their retest), then reply to the Reddit comment `p21x6ts` with the release version. Both reporters gave environment details; address them specifically.

docs/scrollback-issues-analysis.md

@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+# Scrollback issues: analysis and test evidence
+
+Covers GitHub issue **#205** ("Scrollback in terminal not working", jonocodes, shell mode,
+Android + macOS desktop) and the follow-up comment on it from **mtiller** (Firefox on macOS,
+"scrolling backward to see agent output"). Related closed issue: **#154** (fixed in 1.3.3).
+
+Status: **analysis only, nothing implemented.** Measured against the live 1.11.2 instance on
+2026-08-06 with throwaway `zz-*` shell sessions (all deleted afterwards; the user's `w*`
+sessions were never touched).
+
+---
+
+## TL;DR
+
+Five distinct problems, not one. #205 is fully explained by finding 1; findings 2 and 3 are
+independent and hit **every** mode including Claude, and are the likely substance of the
+"similar issue" follow-up.
+
+| # | Problem | Modes affected | Severity | Confirmed |
+| - | ------- | -------------- | -------- | --------- |
+| 1 | xterm parked in the **alternate buffer** for the whole session, so there is no scrollback at all and the wheel is translated into Up/Down arrow keys | `shell`, `opencode`, `antigravity` | High | Reproduced end to end |
+| 2 | **Bursty output silently destroys a screenful** of the browser's scrollback and adds ~1 row | all | High | Measured |
+| 3 | **Tab switch collapses scrollback** to roughly one screen (`full=1` fires once per page load) | all | Medium | Measured |
+| 4 | `deltaMode` is never read, so Firefox scrolls ~4x slower per notch | all, Firefox | Low | Static, needs reporter data |
+| 5 | **Remote SSH Claude cases get no `claude --version` probe**, so wheel forwarding silently stays off (residual #154) | `claude` + remote | Medium | Static |
+
+---
+
+## Finding 1: shell / opencode / antigravity are stuck in xterm's alternate buffer
+
+### Root cause
+
+The local tmux **client** (the `tmux attach` that node-pty spawns) emits `smcup` as its very
+first bytes on attach. Captured from a real PTY:
+
+```
+b'\x1b[?1049h\x1b[22;0;0t\x1b[?1h\x1b=\x1b[H\x1b[2J\x1b[?12l\x1b[?25h\x1b[?1000l...'
+ ^^^^^^^^^^ enter alternate screen              ^^^^^ application cursor keys ON
+```
+
+`Session._handleTerminalOutput()` strips `\x1b[?1049h` from the live stream, but only when
+`isAltScreenStripMode(mode)` is true, and that is `claude | codex | gemini` only
+(`src/session.ts:179`). For `shell`, `opencode` and `antigravity` the sequence reaches the
+browser verbatim and xterm switches to the alternate buffer, where:
+
+1. `buffer.active.type === 'alternate'` and `baseY` is pinned at 0, so there is **no
+   scrollback to reach**. `terminal.scrollLines()` is a no-op, which is why touch scrolling
+   on Android "does nothing".
+2. xterm's own wheel listener takes over. From the vendored bundle
+   (`src/web/public/vendor/xterm.min.js`):
+
+   ```js
+   if (!this.buffer.hasScrollback) {
+     if (ev.deltaY === 0) return false;
+     if (coreMouseService.consumeWheelEvent(...) === 0) return this.cancel(ev, true);
+     const seq = ESC + (decPrivateModes.applicationCursorKeys ? 'O' : '[') + (ev.deltaY < 0 ? 'A' : 'B');
+     coreService.triggerDataEvent(seq, true);
+     return this.cancel(ev, true);
+   }
+   ```
+
+   tmux also set `\x1b[?1h`, so the emitted sequence is `\x1bOA`, i.e. **Up arrow**, straight
+   into the shell's readline. That is exactly the reported "the mouse wheel scrolls back
+   through previous commands, like pressing up".
+
+3. `cancel(ev, true)` calls `preventDefault()` **and `stopPropagation()`**, and xterm's
+   listener sits on `terminal.element` (a child of Codeman's container). So Codeman's own
+   container wheel handler, `_shouldForwardWheelToApp` and `_wheelScrollLines` included, is
+   **never reached** for these modes. That whole path is dead code for shell.
+
+### Reproduction (live instance, real browser)
+
+Create a shell session with the page already open, print 150 lines, then dispatch 8 wheel-up
+events over `.xterm-screen`:
+
+```
+t+1500 after shell start       {"type":"alternate","length":35,"baseY":0}
+t+3000 after shell start       {"type":"alternate","length":35,"baseY":0}
+after 150 live lines           {"type":"alternate","length":35,"baseY":0}
+WHEEL on live shell: {"ptyBytes":["OA","OA","OA","OA",
+                                  "OA","OA","OA","OA"],
+                     "before":0,"after":0,"type":"alternate"}
+```
+
+Both reported symptoms, one root cause.
+
+### Why it looks intermittent
+
+The alternate-screen sequence only ever reaches the browser through the **live stream at
+attach**. Neither replay path carries it:
+
+- `?full=1` returns `capture-pane` output (`source: mux-full-history`), verified 0 hits for
+  `\x1b[?1049h`.
+- `?tail=` returns the visible pane frame (`source: mux-visible`), also 0 hits; the shell byte
+  buffer was empty in every probe.
+- `_resetTerminalForReplay()` calls `terminal.reset()`, which returns xterm to the normal
+  buffer.
+
+So: watching a shell from creation leaves you in the alternate buffer until you reload or
+switch tabs, at which point it silently starts working again. Then the next PTY attach (a
+restart, or the auto-reattach in `selectSession()`) puts you back.
+
+### Is stripping safe for shell? Probably yes when tmux-backed, and the current code comment is wrong about why
+
+`src/session.ts:1404` says *"shell must keep the alt screen for vim/less/htop"*. For a
+**tmux-backed** shell that reasoning does not hold: tmux is a full terminal emulator and never
+forwards a pane's alternate-screen toggles to its client, it repaints instead. Measured per
+phase on a real attach:
+
+| phase | bytes | `?1049h` | `?1049l` | `?47/1047` |
+| ----- | ----: | -------: | -------: | ---------: |
+| attach | 772 | **1** | 0 | 0 |
+| `seq 1 60` echo | 1402 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| `less` open / end / quit | 284 / 230 / 321 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| `vim` open / quit | 2200 / 646 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+
+`vim` and `less` inside tmux emit **zero** alternate-screen sequences to the client.
+
+The caveat that does matter: `startShell()` falls back to a **direct PTY with no tmux** when
+mux creation fails (`src/session.ts:1961`, `this._useMux = false`). In that path the inner
+app's own `?1049h` does reach xterm, and a blanket strip would break vim/less/htop for real.
+Any fix has to be conditional on `_useMux`, which is known server-side.
+
+Second caveat: stripping alone buys less than it looks like, because of finding 2. It fixes
+the wheel (no more phantom Up arrows) and it makes the `full=1` replay reachable, but live
+output still will not accumulate.
+
+---
+
+## Finding 2: bursty output silently overwrites a screenful of browser scrollback
+
+Independent of the alternate buffer, and it hits Claude sessions too.
+
+tmux decides per flush whether to emit real linefeeds (which push rows into the outer
+terminal's scrollback) or to repaint the pane rectangle with cursor addressing (which
+overwrites the visible rows in place). When output outpaces its flush interval it coalesces
+into a repaint, and one screenful of the browser's history is **destroyed**.
+
+Measured on one session, same page, `rows = 36`:
+
+| step | `baseY` | rows containing SEED | BURST | SLOW |
+| ---- | ------: | -------------------: | ----: | ---: |
+| after `?full=1` replay (120 seeded lines) | 86 | 120 | 0 | 0 |
+| after 60 lines emitted as fast as possible | **87** (+1) | **86** (-34) | 35 | 0 |
+| after 60 lines at ~16/s (`sleep 0.06`) | **148** (+61) | 86 | 35 | 60 |
+
+The burst added **one** row of scrollback and ate **34** rows of existing history. The slow
+run behaved correctly. So "I printed a bunch of lines and now I cannot scroll back" reproduces
+without the alternate buffer being involved at all, and it is rate dependent, which is exactly
+the kind of thing that reads as random flakiness.
+
+Consequence: the browser's scrollback is effectively frozen at whatever the last `?full=1`
+replay produced, minus a screen per burst. tmux's own history is fine throughout
+(`history_size` kept growing, `history-limit` 2000), so the data is never actually lost
+server-side, it just never reaches the browser again until a reload.
+
+---
+
+## Finding 3: switching tabs collapses a session's scrollback
+
+`_initialFullBufferLoad` is true for the **first buffer load after a page load only**
+(`app.js:4374`). Everything after that uses `?tail=`, which returns byte history plus the
+visible pane frame. Worse, the snapshot restore path deliberately throws away the restored
+xterm snapshot (which does carry scrollback) and replaces it with that frame
+(`app.js:4316-4328` plus `needsRewrite`).
+
+Measured, switching away from session A and back:
+
+```
+A: initial full=1 load           {"len":152,"baseY":116,"AAA":150}
+A: after switch away and back    {"len": 87,"baseY": 51,"AAA": 59}
+```
+
+150 lines of history down to 59. Note also that the page's single `full=1` is consumed by
+whichever session auto-selects at load, so **every other tab starts life with one frame of
+history**.
+
+---
+
+## Finding 4: `deltaMode` is never read (Firefox)
+
+`grep -rn "deltaMode" src/web/public packages` returns nothing. `_wheelScrollLines()`
+(`terminal-ui.js:2818`) treats `deltaY` as pixels unconditionally:
+
+```js
+return Math.round(delta / 25) || (delta > 0 ? 1 : -1);
+```
+
+Chrome/WebKit report `deltaMode: 0` with `deltaY` around 100 to 120 px per notch, so about 4
+to 5 lines. Firefox reports `deltaMode: 1` (`DOM_DELTA_LINE`) with `deltaY` around 3, so
+`Math.round(3/25) === 0` and the `|| ±1` fallback yields **1 line per notch**, roughly 4x
+slower. In Claude mode the same value caps the forwarded SGR report at 1 tick per event
+instead of 4, so the transcript crawls too.
+
+This is sluggishness, not breakage, so it is a plausible but unproven contributor to the
+mtiller report. No Firefox build is installed under `~/.cache/ms-playwright` (chromium and
+webkit only), so this was not measured. Worth asking the reporter for `deltaMode` / `deltaY`
+from a live wheel event before acting on it.
+
+---
+
+## Finding 5: remote SSH Claude cases still have no version probe
+
+`src/session.ts:1490` deliberately skips the deterministic `claude --version` probe for
+remote sessions and defers to the startup-banner scrape, which the same comment block
+describes as unreliable ("newer Claude Code builds don't print the banner and resumed sessions
+never show it"). That is precisely the condition #154 was filed for: `cliVersion` empty means
+`_shouldForwardWheelToApp()` returns false, wheel forwarding is off, and the user is left with
+local scrollback that (per finding 2) does not accumulate.
+
+Local and Docker Claude sessions are fine; verified all 7 live sessions report
+`cliVersion=2.1.223`, so the 1.3.3 fix is still working there.
+
+---
+
+## Candidate directions (not decided)
+
+Roughly in order of value per unit of risk.
+
+1. **Extend the alternate-screen strip to tmux-backed `shell` / `opencode` / `antigravity`.**
+   Gate on `_useMux` so the direct-PTY fallback keeps vim/less/htop working. Kills the phantom
+   Up arrows and makes replayed history reachable. `isAltScreenStripMode()` currently takes
+   only `mode`, so it would need the mux flag threaded in, and
+   `test/claude-scrollback-strip.test.ts:16-17` plus `test/antigravity-mode.test.ts:116` pin
+   the current answers and would need updating.
+
+2. **Re-pull `?full=1` when the user scrolls to the top of the buffer.** Directly addresses
+   findings 2 and 3 with machinery that already exists and is already proven to return
+   complete history (200/200 lines in the probe). Needs a guard against refetch storms.
+
+3. **Stop discarding the xterm snapshot on tab switch**, or request `full=1` on the first load
+   per session rather than per page. Cheaper partial fix for finding 3 alone.
+
+4. **Read `ev.deltaMode`** in `_wheelScrollLines()` and normalise line/page deltas to lines.
+   Small, self-contained, worth doing regardless of whether it is mtiller's actual bug.
+
+5. **Probe the CLI version over SSH for remote Claude cases**, mirroring the deferred
+   in-container probe that Docker cases already use.
+
+Option 1 alone does not fix #205's "print a bunch of lines then scroll" complaint; that needs
+2 as well.
+
+## Reproduction assets
+
+Scripts used, in the session scratchpad
+(`/tmp/claude-1000/-home-arkon-default-claudeman/597ffc9f-.../scratchpad/`):
+
+- `ptycap.py` / `ptycap2.py`: PTY-level capture of the tmux client stream, per phase counts of
+  alternate-screen and mouse-tracking sequences.
+- `sim.mjs`: replays a captured stream through `@xterm/headless` with and without the strip.
+- `browser-test*.mjs`: Playwright against the live instance, reports `buffer.active.type`,
+  `baseY`, row content and the exact bytes xterm sends to the PTY on a wheel event.
+
+`@xterm/headless` was installed with `npm i --no-save`, so `package.json` and the lockfile are
+untouched.

docs/security-architecture.md

@@ -249,16 +249,28 @@ Ordered most‑to‑least recommended:
 
 ### A. Tailscale serve (recommended)
 
-Bind loopback, let Tailscale front it on your tailnet with a real cert:
+Bind loopback, let Tailscale front it on your tailnet with a real cert. **The
+installer sets this up for you**: choose **Tailscale** at the network-access
+prompt, or retrofit an existing install with:
 
 ```bash
-codeman web --https            # binds 127.0.0.1:3000
-tailscale serve --bg https / http://127.0.0.1:3000
+bash ~/.codeman/app/install.sh tailscale
 ```
 
-Only devices on your tailnet can reach it; Tailscale handles identity. No app
-password and no `0.0.0.0` bind required. (This is the maintainer's production
-setup.)
+The guided flow installs Tailscale if needed, walks through login and the
+tailnet HTTPS-certificates toggle, and configures the equivalent of:
+
+```bash
+codeman web                    # binds 127.0.0.1:3000 (plain HTTP is fine here)
+tailscale serve --bg 3000      # HTTPS at https://<node>.<tailnet>.ts.net
+```
+
+Only devices on your tailnet can reach it; Tailscale handles identity and
+terminates TLS with a real Let's Encrypt certificate (so PWA install and web
+push work). No app password and no `0.0.0.0` bind required. (This is the
+maintainer's production setup.) `CODEMAN_TAILSCALE=1` presets the choice for
+automation; the installer never runs `tailscale serve reset` and never touches
+serve mappings other than `443 -> Codeman's port`.
 
 ### B. Authenticated cloudflared tunnel + password
 
@@ -300,8 +312,8 @@ TOCTOU window.
 | Route | Cap | Notes |
 |-------|-----|-------|
 | `file-content` | 10 MB | text preview |
-| `file-raw` | 50 MB | inline MIME map; **`X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` on all responses** |
-| `POST /api/download` | 50 MB | forced `attachment`; sensitive‑path blocklist |
+| `file-raw` | 2 GB (`CODEMAN_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES`, `0` = unlimited) | inline MIME map; **`X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff` on all responses**; streamed, `Range`-aware (206 slices come from the same validated path, and the cap is checked before the range) |
+| `GET /api/download` | same cap | forced `attachment`; sensitive‑path blocklist; streamed, `Range`-aware |
 
 ### SVG / content‑type XSS
 
@@ -328,7 +340,7 @@ the attachment guard below.
 
 Live external attachments (`src/attachment-registry.ts`) mint an `att_<uuid>` id
 for a host file so browser requests carry the id, never an absolute path. Serving
-is by id (`GET /api/sessions/:id/attachments/:attachmentId/raw`, 50 MB cap,
+is by id (`GET /api/sessions/:id/attachments/:attachmentId/raw`, same download cap,
 `nosniff`) and re‑resolves the symlink + re‑checks the **attachment guard**
 (`src/config/attachment-guard.ts`: the shared sensitive‑path blocklist **plus**
 the `/root` and `/etc` trees, extendable via `attachmentBlockedPaths` /
@@ -477,7 +489,7 @@ production layout (`~/.codeman`, `-L codeman`, port 3000).
 Docker cases (1.4.0) run a session inside a per‑case container instead of on the host. The security posture:
 
 - **Hardened create flags, always** — `--cap-drop ALL`, `--security-opt no-new-privileges`, `--pids-limit` (fork‑bomb guard), `--memory` == `--memory-swap` (a real OOM cap), `--init`, and non‑root: `--user <hostUid>:0` on Linux (host uid → workspace files stay host‑owned; GID 0 keeps `$HOME` writable), `--userns=keep-id` on rootless Podman. **Never** `--privileged`, and **never** the docker socket — the pure builder in `docker-hosts.ts` cannot emit them and the schema cannot represent them.
-- **Credentials never enter an image** — the convenient default bind‑mounts host cred dirs (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini`, `~/.config/{gcloud,opencode}`) read‑write. Bind mounts are physically excluded from `docker commit`, so exported images are secret‑free. API‑key CLIs get their key as an exec‑time NAME‑ONLY `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (no `=value`, no `ps` leak, never committed); a create‑time `-e` for a secret is never used. The **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) drops the host mounts; full‑image export is then refused (an in‑container login would ride the committed layer) unless a pre‑commit scrub is opted into.
+- **Credentials never enter an image** — the convenient default bind‑mounts host cred dirs (`~/.claude`, `~/.codex`, `~/.gemini` — which also carries Antigravity's `antigravity-cli/` state — `~/.config/{gcloud,opencode}`, five seeded files from `~/.pi/agent`, and three from `~/.grok`) read‑write. Bind mounts are physically excluded from `docker commit`, so exported images are secret‑free. API‑key CLIs get their key as an exec‑time NAME‑ONLY `--env OPENAI_API_KEY` (no `=value`, no `ps` leak, never committed); a create‑time `-e` for a secret is never used. The **sealed** profile (`mountCredentials:false` + `network:none`) drops the host mounts; full‑image export is then refused (an in‑container login would ride the committed layer) unless a pre‑commit scrub is opted into.
 - **Blast radius — accept it explicitly** — the convenient profile mounts an arbitrary host workspace RW plus the host credential dirs RW into a network‑enabled container, so container‑run agent code can read/modify those host trees and reach the network at once. Still a net improvement over today's on‑host `--dangerously-skip-permissions` execution; use the sealed profile for genuinely untrusted work.
 - **Import is untrusted‑bundle‑safe** — `/api/docker-cases/import` validates the manifest + per‑member SHA‑256 before extraction, rejects absolute / `..` tar members (traversal guard), and re‑tags the loaded image into a quarantined namespace so it can never overwrite `codeman/agent:base` or a pre‑existing tag.
 - **Host guard & the bridge‑hooks listener** — in‑container hook callbacks carry `Host: host.docker.internal` / `host.containers.internal`; both are on the always‑on host‑header allowlist (`DOCKER_HOST_GATEWAY_ALIASES`) and resolve to the host only from inside a container netns, so they are not a browser DNS‑rebinding surface. On a loopback‑only server, in‑container hooks are opt‑in via `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1`, which binds a SECOND listener on the docker bridge gateway serving **only** the hook endpoints (every other path → `403`) into the same hook‑secret‑gated pipeline. The bridge is host‑internal (containers + host), not the LAN, so it does not widen network exposure; the hook secret is bind‑mounted read‑only and referenced by path.
@@ -500,6 +512,16 @@ Full feature guide: [`docker-cases.md`](docker-cases.md).
 
 ---
 
+## 10b. Web tabs (dashboard proxy)
+
+A saved dashboard URL renders as a tab, served through Codeman's own origin at `/webview/<capability>/`. User guide: [`web-tabs.md`](web-tabs.md). Three properties carry the security weight:
+
+- **The proxy is exempt from cookie auth and the Origin/CSRF guard, and that is deliberate.** The iframe is sandboxed without `allow-same-origin`, so it is opaque‑origin: its requests are cross‑site, meaning the `SameSite=lax` session cookie is never attached and its writes and WS upgrades arrive with `Origin: null`. The credential is instead a 192‑bit capability in the path, minted only by an authenticated `POST /api/webviews/:id/open`, held in memory (a restart invalidates every one), rolling TTL, bound to the minting user, and granting nothing but "relay bytes to this one saved URL". ⚠️ **The Host allowlist is NOT bypassed**, so DNS‑rebinding protection is unaffected. A second `Referer`‑keyed form exists for root‑absolute assets and is the only exemption decided by a request‑supplied header, so it is fenced to safe methods on non‑`/api`, non‑`/ws`, non‑`/q` paths. Edges pinned by `test/webview-auth-exemption.test.ts`.
+- **Sandboxed by default; `allow-same-origin` is an explicit per‑dashboard opt‑in.** A proxied page is same‑origin with Codeman, so without the sandbox its JavaScript could read the Codeman document and call the agent‑spawning API. ⚠️ In BOTH modes the `Authorization` header and the `codeman_session` cookie are stripped before the upstream request, because a trusted (same‑origin) frame makes the browser attach Codeman's own Basic‑auth credentials to every proxied request; forwarding them would hand `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` to the dashboard.
+- **Not an open relay, and not a privilege boundary.** `resolveUpstreamUrl()` refuses anything leaving the saved origin, and cross‑origin redirects are handed back unchanged rather than followed. The proxy does reach whatever the SERVER can reach, which is not an escalation for someone who already commands `--dangerously-skip-permissions` agents, but in multi‑user mode it means a non‑admin's dashboard is fetched from the server's network position. Saved URLs are validated to plain http(s) with no embedded credentials, and there is deliberately **no magic‑link path**: terminal output can never create a webview (the mistake the attachment scanner had to be walled off from). The one refused destination class is link‑local and cloud‑metadata addresses (`169.254.0.0/16`, `fe80::/10`, `fd00:ec2::254`, `168.63.129.16`, `100.100.100.200`, `metadata.google.internal`): `webview-egress-policy.ts` refuses them at save time, and `webview-egress.ts` re‑judges the RESOLVED address at connect time through a `lookup` hook on the proxy's undici Agent and on its WebSocket client, so a DNS name pointing into those ranges is refused as well. Loopback and RFC1918 stay allowed on purpose. Capabilities are revoked on logout, admin logout and user deletion, and proxied responses carry `Referrer-Policy: same-origin` so a dashboard cannot hand the capability‑bearing URL to a third‑party host it links.
+
+---
+
 ## 11. Quick reference
 
 | Env / flag | Effect |
@@ -507,6 +529,7 @@ Full feature guide: [`docker-cases.md`](docker-cases.md).
 | `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` (+ `CODEMAN_USERNAME`) | Enable HTTP Basic auth |
 | `--host` / `CODEMAN_HOST` | Bind host (default `127.0.0.1`) |
 | `CODEMAN_ALLOWED_HOSTS` | Extra `Host`/`Origin` allowlist entries for reverse proxies (comma‑separated; exact host, or leading‑dot `.suffix` for subdomains) — see §3 |
+| `--base-url` / `CODEMAN_BASE_URL` | Sub‑path prefix Codeman is mounted under behind a reverse proxy, e.g. `/codeman` (default `/`); the proxy must forward the prefix unchanged. Independent of `CODEMAN_ALLOWED_HOSTS` |
 | `--allow-unauthenticated-network` / `CODEMAN_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_NETWORK` | Acknowledge an unauthenticated non‑loopback bind (downgrades the warning) |
 | `--https` | Enable TLS (adds HSTS) |
 | `CODEMAN_INSTANCE` | Scope tmux socket + data dir for isolation |

docs/session-lineage-lines-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+# Session lineage lines (spawn lines between tabs)
+
+**Goal:** when a session spawns another session (the `codeman` agent skill starting a
+worker, or anything else that says who it is), draw the same kind of glowing connection
+line the subagent windows already use, but **tab → tab**, so a glance at the strip shows
+which tab spawned which.
+
+Status: PLAN. Nothing implemented yet.
+
+---
+
+## 1. The blocking fact: no parent relationship exists today
+
+There is no spawn-parent link between sessions anywhere in the codebase:
+
+- `SessionState` (`src/types/session.ts:388`) has no `parentSessionId` / `spawnedBy` /
+  `createdBy`.
+- `POST /api/quick-start` and `POST /api/sessions` record only `owner = ownerFor(req)`,
+  which is the multi-user **human**, not the calling session.
+- The only parent links that do exist are `TeamConfig.leadSessionId` (agent teams) and
+  `subagent-parents.json` (a frontend **window-layout** store for subagent windows).
+  Neither says "session A spawned session B".
+- Nothing in the HTTP request identifies the caller: an agent's spawn call is plain
+  `curl` from inside a tmux pane, so there is no socket-level identity to recover
+  (`SO_PEERCRED` needs a unix socket; the API is TCP).
+
+So the caller has to **tell** us. It already knows its own id: every managed pane gets
+`CODEMAN_SESSION_ID` exported by `session-cli-builder.ts` (and the skill's §0 preamble
+already binds it to `$SELF`).
+
+## 2. Wire format
+
+Two ways in, because they serve different callers. Body wins when both are present.
+
+| Where | Shape | Who uses it |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| body field | `"parentSessionId": "<uuid>"` | anything hand-writing one create call |
+| request header | `X-Codeman-Parent-Session: <uuid>` | the skill: added **once** to the `CURL` array in the §0 preamble, so every present and future create call carries it with no per-recipe edit |
+
+Rules, all of them deliberate:
+
+- **Advisory decoration only.** It never grants access, never scopes anything, never
+  affects lifecycle. A child is not killed when its parent dies; the line just stops
+  being drawn once the parent tab is gone.
+- **Never fails a spawn.** An unknown / stale / foreign parent id is silently dropped
+  (field ends up `undefined`), not a `400`. A cosmetic field must not be able to break
+  worker creation.
+- **Resolved, not trusted.** The id must match a live session the caller can already
+  see (`canAccessOwned`), and the resolved parent's `owner` must equal the new
+  session's `owner`. Otherwise a user could staple their session under another user's
+  tab in multi-user mode.
+- Exact id match first; a `>= 8`-char **unique** prefix match as a fallback (ids appear
+  truncated in mux names and UI surfaces; ambiguous prefixes resolve to nothing).
+
+## 3. Server changes
+
+| File | Change |
+| --- | --- |
+| `src/types/session.ts` | `SessionState.parentSessionId?: string` with a doc comment saying it is UI decoration and never a permission signal |
+| `src/session.ts` | constructor option `parentSessionId` → `_parentSessionId`, public getter, emitted from `toState()` (~line 1170) |
+| `src/web/schemas.ts` | `parentSessionId: z.string().max(100).optional()` on `CreateSessionSchema` (272) and `QuickStartSchema` (680). Neither is `.strict()`, so this is additive |
+| `src/web/route-helpers.ts` | new `resolveParentSessionId(ctx, req, bodyValue, owner)` implementing §2's rules; returns `string \| undefined`, never throws |
+| `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts` | pass it into the three `new Session({...})` sites: `POST /api/sessions` (846), `POST /api/run` (2522), `POST /api/quick-start` (2896) |
+| `src/web/server.ts` | recovery path (~2617): `parentSessionId: savedState?.parentSessionId` so the link survives a restart |
+
+**No new SSE event.** `session_created` / `session_updated` broadcast
+`getSessionStateWithRespawn(session)`, which is `toState()`-derived, so the field rides
+along to the browser for free — and the frontend already does
+`this.sessions.set(data.id, data)`, so `session.parentSessionId` is simply there.
+
+Optional follow-up: surface it on `/api/sessions/unified` rows so the Session Manager
+and the home rails can show "spawned by w3-claudeman".
+
+## 4. Frontend rendering
+
+### 4.1 Where the code goes
+
+`_updateConnectionLinesImmediate()` (`subagent-windows.js:242`) is a strict
+**batched read → batched write** pass, and it already has an extension point:
+ultracode appends its own layer via `_appendUltracodeConnectionLines(svg, rects)` at
+the end, sharing the `rects` cache so no layer forces a second reflow.
+
+Lineage lines follow that exactly: a new module `src/web/public/session-lineage.js`
+(load order 15.6, after `ultracode-windows.js`) exporting
+`_appendLineageConnectionLines(svg, rects)` onto `CodemanApp.prototype`, called from the
+same tail. **The core function keeps ownership of the read/write split**; the new layer
+only reads through the shared `rects` map and only appends paths.
+
+The path math itself lives in `constants.js` as a pure
+`computeLineagePath(parentRect, childRect, stripRect, depth)` — same treatment as
+`computeTabScrollLeft`, so the geometry is unit-testable without a browser.
+
+### 4.2 Geometry
+
+Both endpoints are tabs in one horizontal strip, so the subagent shape (tab-bottom →
+window-top) does not apply. **One case**, a **U-bridge hanging below the strip** that
+touches both tabs on their bottom edge:
+
+```
+y0 = max(parent.bottom, child.bottom)
+d  = clamp(14 + |x2 - x1| * 0.085, 22, 104) + depth * 8 + |child.bottom - parent.bottom|
+path: M x1 parent.bottom  C x1 y0+d, x2 y0+d, x2 child.bottom
+```
+
+`depth` is the child's index among its siblings, so several children of one parent
+**nest** instead of overprinting.
+
+> **Superseded (2026-08-14): the two shapes this section used to specify.** The dip was
+> `clamp(14 + span * 0.06, 16, 44) + depth * 6`, and a wrapped strip
+> (`tabs-two-rows` / `tabs-auto-wrap`) got its own parent-bottom → child-**top** bezier.
+> Both were tuned against two tabs side by side and failed at the distances the feature
+> is used at:
+>
+> - a skill worker is appended to the **end** of the strip, so the real span is
+>   800-1500px, where a 44px cap is a 33px sag, i.e. a line that reads as straight and
+>   crosses the terminal instead of bracketing under the strip;
+> - and when the strip wraps, parent-bottom (34) to child-top (48) leaves **14px** to
+>   bend in, so the arc was a flat line hidden in the row gap, with siblings drawn on
+>   top of each other. Reported as *"they connect already, but the lines are straight
+>   and not easy visible"*.
+>
+> Anchoring both ends at the tab bottoms and hanging the control points below the
+> **lower** row gives the wrapped case the same bracket as the flat one, and removes the
+> branch. Pinned by `test/session-lineage-lines.test.ts`.
+
+A small `<circle r="3.5">` at the child end marks direction (it breathes to 4.5 while that worker is busy) (an SVG `marker` would need a
+`<defs>` block and fights `stroke-dasharray`).
+
+Each path gets `class="connection-line lineage-line"`, `data-parent-tab`,
+`data-child-tab`, and `data-agent-id="lineage:<childId>"` — that last one is what makes
+the existing entrance machinery (`markConnectionLineEntering` / `_applyLineEntrances`,
+keyed on `data-agent-id`) work on these lines with **zero** new animation code,
+including the negative-`animation-delay` resume across the `svg.innerHTML = ''` rebuild.
+
+### 4.3 Clipping
+
+`.session-tabs` is `overflow-x: auto`, so a tab scrolled out of the strip still has a
+rect — one that lies outside the strip box and would draw an arc across the logo or the
+header buttons. **Skip any edge whose parent or child center falls outside
+`stripRect` (4px tolerance).** Skipping is honest; clamping would draw a line to a tab
+that is not there.
+
+### 4.4 Redraw triggers
+
+`updateConnectionLines()` already coalesces through `scheduleBackground`, so extra
+callers are cheap. Needed:
+
+- `_fullRenderSessionTabs()` — already calls it (app.js:3912). Free.
+- `_renderSessionTabsImmediate()` — does **not**. A badge appearing widens a tab and
+  moves every tab after it, which slides the arcs off their anchors. Add the call,
+  guarded on `this._lineageEdgeCount > 0` so nobody pays for it without the feature.
+- **strip `scroll`** (passive listener on `#sessionTabs`) — the arcs must track the
+  scroller. This is new; no existing line layer needed it.
+- window `resize` — piggyback the throttled handler in `terminal-ui.js:930`.
+- `_onSessionCreated` — `markConnectionLineEntering('lineage:' + data.id)` so a new
+  child draws in **if** the user has a line-entrance theme on (all entrance styles are
+  `legacy`/off by default, so this is a no-op for an untouched install).
+
+### 4.5 Styling
+
+`.connection-line.lineage-line`: blue stroke from the per-skin `--session-blue` token
+(violet until 2026-08-14, changed because it lost contrast against the terminal's own
+dim foreground the moment the arc crossed text),
+`stroke-width: 2.5`, `dasharray 5 5`, `opacity: .72` (`.95` while the child works),
+softer than the subagent lines so the two layers still read as different things now that
+hue no longer separates them (shape does most of that work: a lineage arc hangs under the
+strip and never reaches a window), but the contrast against the terminal comes from a
+**second, wider glow** rather than more weight, because the first
+cut (2px / `4 4` / `.55` / one 5px glow) disappeared into terminal text on a real 1080p
+desktop. `lineage-flow` marches by two dash cycles, so it moves with the dash array
+(`5 5` → `-20`). Trap to respect: the skin block nests under
+`html:not([data-skin="og"])`, so a bare `.lineage-line` rule inside it would outrank the
+base rule at higher specificity. **Define the color as a token per skin, keep exactly
+one `.lineage-line` rule.** Light skins get a darker stroke.
+
+Optional signal worth having: `.lineage-line--working` (a slow `stroke-dashoffset`
+march) only while the **child** session is working, wrapped in
+`prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference`. Static otherwise — a permanently marching line
+per tab pair is noise and battery.
+
+### 4.6 Desktop only, and why
+
+The SVG overlay is `z-index: 999`. On desktop the header is `z-index: 100`, so arcs
+paint **over** the header and can touch tab bottoms. Under 1024px `mobile.css` makes the
+header `position: fixed; z-index: 1200`, which would **bury** the arcs — and the phone
+strip is a scroller where both endpoints are rarely on screen together anyway. So the
+layer returns early unless `MobileDetection.getDeviceType() === 'desktop'`.
+
+Raising the SVG to ~1250 (above the fixed header, below modals at 1300) is a possible
+phase 2, but it needs a real check against the mobile overview and the drawer.
+
+### 4.7 Setting
+
+`sessionLineageLines`, **per-device** — so it goes in the `displayKeys` set in
+`settings-ui.js` and must **not** be added to `SettingsUpdateSchema` (`.strict()`;
+sending an undeclared key fails the whole PUT). Rendered as a switch in
+App Settings → Appearance, beside the entrance-animation pickers.
+
+**Default: ON for desktop** (phones never render it). This is the one deliberate
+departure from the "new visual surfaces ship OFF" convention — the feature is the
+request, and a user with 12 unrelated tabs has a one-click off switch. Flag for the
+owner if the convention should win instead.
+
+## 5. Optional extras (call them separately, none are required)
+
+1. **Order children after their parent** in `sessionOrder` on create, so arcs stay short
+   and the strip reads as a tree. Real cost: it renumbers the Alt+N badges and moves
+   tabs under the user's cursor, so it should be its own toggle, default OFF.
+2. **Lineage hover focus**: hovering a tab dims unrelated arcs and brightens its own
+   subtree.
+3. **"Spawned by" in the Session Manager / home rails**, once `parentSessionId` is on
+   the unified rows.
+4. **Inherited tab tint**: children pick up a faded version of the parent's tab color.
+
+## 6. Tests
+
+- `test/session-lineage.test.ts` (route-level, `app.inject`): round-trips through
+  `POST /api/sessions` + `POST /api/quick-start`, header path, body-wins-over-header,
+  unknown id dropped without failing the spawn, cross-owner parent dropped in
+  multi-user, field present in `GET /api/sessions` and persisted state.
+- `test/session-lineage-lines.test.ts` (jsdom, pure): `computeLineagePath` — same-row U,
+  wrapped-row bezier, sibling nesting depth, off-strip skip, degenerate zero-width rects.
+- Browser check (not in `test:ci`): spawn two workers with a parent, assert two
+  `path.lineage-line` elements anchored to the right tabs, then scroll the strip and
+  assert they moved.
+- Existing guards that must stay green: `test/mobile-header-buttons-policy.test.ts`
+  (nothing new on phones), `test/app-settings-structure.test.ts` (the new switch pairs
+  with its rail section).
+
+## 7. Skill side (owned by the release session, not this plan)
+
+One line in the `codeman` skill's §0 preamble covers every spawn recipe:
+
+```bash
+CURL=(curl -sk "${AUTH[@]}" -H "X-Codeman-Parent-Session: $SELF")
+```
+
+plus a `CODEMAN_PREAMBLE` version bump so stale cached preambles fail loudly instead of
+silently spawning unparented workers. Recipes that build a create payload by hand can
+alternatively send `"parentSessionId":"'"$SELF"'"`.
+
+## 8. Docs to update when it lands
+
+`CLAUDE.md` (a Key Patterns bullet), `docs/architecture-invariants.md` (new anchor: the
+resolve-don't-trust rule, the desktop-only z-index reason, the shared `rects` pass),
+`docs/api-reference.md` (the new field + header on the create endpoints).

docs/tailscale-installer-plan.md

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+# Tailscale Setup in the Installer (Plan)
+
+Goal: make "Codeman over Tailscale, with real HTTPS" a first-class, guided path in
+`install.sh`, instead of a one-line hint pointing at the docs. Today the safest
+recommended deployment (loopback bind + `tailscale serve`) is exactly what the
+maintainer's own prod runs, but a new user has to discover and wire it by hand.
+The installer should do it for them.
+
+Status: IMPLEMENTED (2026-08-04). `install.sh` carries the 3-way network
+prompt, the guided Tailscale flow, and the `tailscale` subcommand; README,
+`docs/security-architecture.md` section A, and CLAUDE.md are updated. Verified
+live on the maintainer's prod host: `install.sh tailscale` took the idempotent
+kept-as-is path against the existing serve mapping (recognizing the legacy
+`https+insecure://` target), verified `https://<node>.ts.net/api/status`
+end-to-end, and left `tailscale serve status` byte-identical. Items 1-4, 7,
+and 10-12 of the manual matrix below still need a fresh machine to exercise.
+
+## Why this is low-hanging fruit
+
+Everything on the app side already works; this is almost purely installer UX:
+
+- `.ts.net` is already in `DEFAULT_TRUSTED_HOST_SUFFIXES`
+  (`src/web/network-auth-policy.ts`), so the always-on Host/Origin guard accepts
+  `tailscale serve` traffic with zero configuration. No `CODEMAN_ALLOWED_HOSTS`
+  needed.
+- The loopback bind is the server default and prints no warning; nothing to
+  acknowledge, no `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` strictly required (the tailnet is the auth
+  boundary; Tailscale authenticates the device before a packet ever reaches us).
+- `tailscale serve` terminates TLS with a real Let's Encrypt certificate for
+  `<node>.<tailnet>.ts.net`. That gives users valid HTTPS with no self-signed
+  cert warnings, and (because it is a proper secure context) working service
+  worker, PWA install, and web push on phones. This is strictly better than
+  `codeman web --https` for remote access.
+- SSE and WebSockets work through serve (proven by prod:
+  `https://tnode.tailf80371.ts.net` fronting `127.0.0.1:3000` daily).
+- `docs/security-architecture.md` section "A. Tailscale serve (recommended)"
+  already documents this as the preferred setup; the installer just does not
+  implement it.
+
+## UX design
+
+### 1. The network-access prompt grows a Tailscale option
+
+`choose_network_binding()` (install.sh:1051) currently offers two choices. New
+menu, with Tailscale first when it can be recommended:
+
+```
+  Network access
+
+  How should the Codeman dashboard be reachable?
+
+    1) Tailscale (recommended)
+       Private VPN access from your phone/laptop, real HTTPS,
+       no password needed. Works from anywhere, not just your Wi-Fi.
+    2) Any device on your network (0.0.0.0)
+       Open it straight from your phone or laptop on the same Wi-Fi.
+       Less safe: set a password so only you control your agents.
+    3) This machine only (127.0.0.1)
+       Safest. Reach it remotely via Tailscale or a tunnel later.
+```
+
+Choice mapping:
+
+- Option 1 = bind `127.0.0.1` (unchanged server posture) + configure
+  `tailscale serve`. Internally it is option 3 plus the serve setup, so all
+  existing binding plumbing (`BIND_HOST`, service files, `read_existing_binding`)
+  is untouched.
+- Options 2 and 3 behave exactly as today (renumbered).
+- Default choice: 1 when tailscale is installed and logged in, or when an
+  existing serve mapping for our port is detected; otherwise keep today's
+  defaults (1 -> 2, 2 -> 3 renumbering, preserving the "existing setup wins"
+  rule). If tailscale is not installed, option 1 is still shown (the installer
+  offers to install it), but the default stays on the current behavior so a
+  bare Enter never pulls in new software.
+- Password: after choosing Tailscale, offer the password prompt as optional
+  defense in depth with default skip ("the tailnet already authenticates your
+  devices; add one anyway?"). No `BIND_ACK` needed since the bind is loopback.
+
+### 2. The Tailscale flow (state machine)
+
+New `setup_tailscale_access()` runs after the binding choice, before service
+setup, handling each state in order:
+
+1. **Not installed.**
+   - Linux: offer to run the official installer
+     (`curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh`), which handles all
+     distros and enables `tailscaled` at boot. This mirrors our own
+     curl-pipe-bash story and avoids maintaining per-distro logic like the six
+     `install_cloudflared_*` functions.
+   - macOS: do not auto-install (the GUI app needs an interactive login).
+     Offer `brew install --cask tailscale` when brew exists, else print the
+     download link, then wait-and-retry or let the user skip.
+   - Declined install => fall back to plain loopback (option 3 behavior) and
+     print how to redo this later (`install.sh tailscale`, see below).
+2. **Installed but logged out** (`tailscale status --json` ->
+   `.BackendState == "NeedsLogin"` or `"Stopped"`).
+   - Run `tailscale up` (via `run_as_root` if needed). It prints an auth URL
+     that works headless (user opens it on any device). Poll
+     `.BackendState == "Running"` with a friendly spinner + timeout; on
+     timeout, skip gracefully with re-run instructions.
+3. **Running: grant operator (Linux).** `sudo tailscale set --operator=$USER`
+   so serve configuration (now and in the future) does not need root. Skip
+   silently if we are already operator (probe: `tailscale serve status`
+   exits 0) or sudo is declined; fall back to `run_as_root tailscale serve ...`.
+4. **HTTPS availability check.** `.CertDomains` empty or
+   `.CurrentTailnet.MagicDNSEnabled == false` means the tailnet has not enabled
+   MagicDNS / HTTPS certificates. Print the exact two toggles with the admin
+   URL (https://login.tailscale.com/admin/dns: enable MagicDNS, then enable
+   HTTPS Certificates), then offer "I enabled it, re-check" / "skip for now".
+   No silent HTTP fallback: the pitch is real HTTPS, and a plain-HTTP serve
+   would break the PWA/push story. Skipping falls back to loopback + re-run
+   instructions.
+5. **Existing serve config check** (`tailscale serve status --json`).
+   - Already proxying to our port (443 -> `127.0.0.1:$PORT`): keep it, report
+     it, done. Re-running the installer must be idempotent.
+   - Port 443 occupied by a DIFFERENT target: never clobber it. Ask whether to
+     replace it or skip. (Prod itself has a second serve on :5000; blind
+     `tailscale serve reset` would destroy user config. NEVER use `reset`.)
+6. **Configure.** `tailscale serve --bg $PORT` where `$PORT` is the install's
+   Codeman port (default 3000; honor a preset `CODEMAN_PORT`). Serve targets
+   plain HTTP on loopback; TLS terminates at tailscaled with the real cert.
+   The `--bg` config persists in tailscaled state across reboots, so no extra
+   service unit is needed.
+   (Note: do NOT combine this with `codeman web --https`; that is what forces
+   the awkward `https+insecure://` proxy target prod historically used. New
+   installs should keep Codeman on plain HTTP behind serve.)
+7. **Verify end-to-end.** Derive the URL from `.Self.DNSName` (strip the
+   trailing dot) and curl `https://<dnsname>/api/status` after the service is
+   up, retrying for ~30s: the first request can be slow while the Let's
+   Encrypt cert is issued. Print success with the URL, or the observed error
+   with `tailscale serve status` output on failure. This follows the "always
+   test before claiming it works" rule; a blind "done!" is not acceptable.
+
+### 3. Closing summary and security notice
+
+- The final summary gains a "Remote Access (Tailscale)" block, printed above
+  the cloudflared block, showing the actual URL:
+
+  ```
+    Remote Access (Tailscale):
+      https://tnode.tailf80371.ts.net    (any device on your tailnet, HTTPS)
+      tailscale serve status             # inspect
+  ```
+
+- `print_security_notice()` third branch (loopback) gets a variant: when a
+  serve mapping for our port is detected, lead with "reachable on your tailnet
+  at https://... (HTTPS, tailnet-only)" instead of the generic "do ONE of"
+  list. Detection is dynamic (query `tailscale serve status --json` at print
+  time), no marker persisted anywhere: tailscaled's own state is the single
+  source of truth, so external changes never drift against a stale flag.
+
+### 4. Standalone entry point: `install.sh tailscale`
+
+Add a `tailscale` subcommand next to `update` / `uninstall` in the existing
+dispatch. It runs `setup_tailscale_access()` against the already-installed
+service (reads the port from the service file, requires an existing install).
+This serves:
+
+- existing installs that predate the feature,
+- users who picked "this machine only" and changed their mind,
+- every "skip for now" branch above, all of which print this exact command.
+
+One implementation, two entry points. No separate `scripts/tailscale-setup.sh`
+(unlike cloudflared, there is no long-running process for a `tunnel.sh`-style
+start/stop wrapper to manage; tailscaled owns the lifecycle).
+
+### 5. Non-interactive / automation
+
+- `CODEMAN_TAILSCALE=1` presets choice 1 (analogous to presetting
+  `CODEMAN_HOST`). In non-interactive runs it only proceeds through states
+  that need no human (already installed + logged in + HTTPS-enabled tailnet);
+  anything requiring interaction (login URL, admin-console toggle, replacing a
+  foreign serve mapping) warns and falls back to loopback. It never installs
+  tailscale non-interactively.
+- `CODEMAN_NONINTERACTIVE=1` with an existing serve mapping: preserve it, same
+  "never silently loosen/change" policy as `read_existing_binding`.
+- Document both in the header comment block of install.sh (the env-var
+  reference at the top) and in the README.
+
+## Edge cases and decisions
+
+| Case | Decision |
+| ---- | -------- |
+| macOS GUI app without `tailscale` on PATH | `get_tailscale_path()` helper mirroring `get_cloudflared_path()`: check PATH, then `/Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/MacOS/Tailscale`. All calls go through it. |
+| Tailnet HTTPS certs disabled | Guided admin-console instructions + re-check loop; skip falls back to loopback. Never configure plain-HTTP serve. |
+| Port 443 serve exists for another app | Prompt replace/skip; never `tailscale serve reset` (destroys unrelated mappings). |
+| First cert issuance latency | Verify step retries ~30s and says why the first load may be slow. |
+| `tailscale up` needs auth | Print the auth URL prominently, poll with timeout, skip gracefully. Works headless. |
+| Custom `CODEMAN_PORT` | Serve target uses the actual port; `install.sh tailscale` re-reads it from the service file. |
+| Funnel (public internet) | OUT OF SCOPE for v1. If ever added it must mirror the tunnel guard: refuse without `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` (`isUnauthenticatedNetworkAcknowledged`). Funnel exposes to the whole internet and is a different risk class than tailnet-only serve. Mention `tailscale funnel` in docs only, with the password warning. |
+| Uninstall | Best effort: if `serve status --json` shows 443 proxying to our port, run the targeted `tailscale serve --https=443 off` (still accepted by current CLIs); if the CLI rejects it, print manual instructions. Never touch other mappings, never uninstall tailscale itself. |
+| User already fronting Codeman some other way (reverse proxy etc.) | The serve check only looks at tailscale state; other proxies are invisible and unaffected (same stance as the loopback-exemption note in security-architecture). |
+
+## What does NOT change
+
+- Server code: no changes required. Host guard already trusts `.ts.net`,
+  loopback bind is already the default, SSE/WS already work through serve.
+- The two existing binding options and their semantics, `read_existing_binding`
+  preservation, and the LAN+password flow.
+- `scripts/tunnel.sh` / cloudflared support (stays as the "no Tailscale
+  account" alternative).
+- The security model: this feature only ever narrows exposure (loopback +
+  authenticated overlay), never widens it.
+
+## Files touched (implementation inventory)
+
+| File | Change |
+| ---- | ------ |
+| `install.sh` | New: `check_tailscale`, `get_tailscale_path`, `tailscale_status_field` (jq-free JSON field extraction; the installer cannot assume jq: use `sed`/`grep` like existing helpers or `tailscale status --json` piped to `node -e` since node is guaranteed post-install), `offer_install_tailscale`, `ensure_tailscale_login`, `ensure_tailscale_operator`, `ensure_tailnet_https`, `setup_tailscale_serve`, `verify_tailscale_access`, `setup_tailscale_access` (orchestrator). Modified: `choose_network_binding` (3-way menu), summary block, `print_security_notice`, subcommand dispatch (`tailscale`), `uninstall` (targeted serve removal), header env-var docs (`CODEMAN_TAILSCALE`). |
+| `README.md` | Remote-access section: promote the Tailscale path with the one-liner and `install.sh tailscale`; keep the tailscale-IP HTTP note for non-serve users but recommend serve + HTTPS. |
+| `docs/security-architecture.md` | Section A gains "the installer can set this up for you" + `install.sh tailscale` pointer. |
+| `CLAUDE.md` | One line in Scripts & Tunnel: installer offers Tailscale setup (`install.sh tailscale` to redo). |
+| `test/` | No unit tests possible for interactive bash + a live tailnet; guard with `shellcheck install.sh` (already the norm) and the manual matrix below. |
+
+## Manual test matrix (before release)
+
+1. Linux + tailscale absent: install offered, declined => loopback fallback + hint.
+2. Linux + tailscale absent: install accepted => full flow => URL verified.
+3. Logged out => auth URL flow => Running => serve configured.
+4. Tailnet with HTTPS certs disabled => guided instructions => re-check => success; and the skip branch.
+5. Re-run installer with serve already configured => idempotent, preserved, reported.
+6. Second serve mapping on another port present => untouched (prod-like state).
+7. Port 443 already proxying another target => replace/skip prompt honored.
+8. `install.sh tailscale` on an existing loopback install (the retrofit path).
+9. `CODEMAN_NONINTERACTIVE=1` re-run => preserves everything, no prompts.
+10. macOS (Mac mini `arbbot` box): GUI-app CLI path detection + full flow.
+11. Uninstall removes only our 443 mapping, leaves others.
+12. Phone check: PWA install + push from the `https://*.ts.net` origin.
+
+## Release
+
+Changeset: `minor` (new documented installer capability + new `CODEMAN_TAILSCALE`
+env var). The feature is installer-only, so it ships with zero risk to running
+servers; `install.sh update` does not invoke the new flow (updates never rewrite
+access config), only fresh installs and the explicit `install.sh tailscale`
+subcommand do.

docs/terminal-anti-flicker.md

@@ -43,38 +43,22 @@ const syncData = DEC_SYNC_START + data + DEC_SYNC_END;
 this.broadcast('session:terminal', { id: sessionId, data: syncData });
 ```
 
-## Client-Side Implementation (`app.js`)
+## Client-Side Implementation (`terminal-ui.js`)
 
 ### `batchTerminalWrite(data)`
 
 1. Checks if flicker filter is enabled (optional, per-session)
 2. If flicker filter active: buffers screen-clear patterns (`ESC[2J`, `ESC[H ESC[J`, `ESC[nA`)
 3. Accumulates data in `pendingWrites`
-4. Schedules `requestAnimationFrame` if not already scheduled
-5. On rAF callback: checks for incomplete sync blocks (start without end)
-6. If incomplete: waits up to 50ms via `syncWaitTimeout`
-7. Calls `flushPendingWrites()` when complete
-
-### `extractSyncSegments(data)`
-
-- Parses DEC 2026 markers, returns array of content segments
-- Content before sync blocks returned as-is
-- Content inside sync blocks returned without markers
-- Incomplete blocks (start without end) returned with marker for next chunk
+4. Calls `_scheduleTerminalWriteFlush()` if no flush is pending
+5. The yielded callback clears its scheduled flag before calling `flushPendingWrites()`
+6. Large batches schedule their own next chunk until the queue is empty
 
 ### `flushPendingWrites()`
 
-```javascript
-const segments = extractSyncSegments(this.pendingWrites);
-this.pendingWrites = '';  // Clear before writing
-for (const segment of segments) {
-  if (segment && !segment.startsWith(DEC_SYNC_START)) {
-    terminal.write(segment);  // Skip incomplete blocks (start with marker)
-  }
-}
-```
-
-Note: Segments starting with `DEC_SYNC_START` are incomplete blocks awaiting more data. These are skipped (discarded if timeout forces flush).
+- Joins the queued terminal data and passes DEC 2026 markers through to xterm.js 6, which handles synchronized output natively.
+- Writes at most 32KB per yield for Codex and 64KB for other modes.
+- Requeues the remainder and immediately schedules another safe yield. A final large response therefore drains without waiting for another SSE event.
 
 ### `chunkedTerminalWrite(buffer, chunkSize=128KB)`
 
@@ -116,17 +100,15 @@ When detected, buffers 50ms of subsequent output before flushing atomically.
 
 ## Edge Cases
 
-- **Incomplete sync blocks**: 50ms timeout forces flush (content discarded to prevent freeze)
+- **Incomplete sync blocks**: xterm.js retains synchronized output until its closing marker
 - **Large buffers**: Chunked writing prevents UI freeze
 - **Server shutdown**: Skips batching via `_isStopping` flag
 - **Session switch**: Clears flicker filter state, pending writes, and sync timeout (prevents cross-session data bleed)
 - **SSE reconnect**: `handleInit()` clears all pending write state
 
-**Trade-off:** If a sync block is split across SSE packets and the end marker doesn't arrive within 50ms, the incomplete content is discarded. This prioritizes responsiveness over completeness. In practice this is rare since the server always sends complete `SYNC_START...SYNC_END` pairs and SSE typically delivers them atomically.
-
 ## DEC Mode 2026 Compatibility
 
-Terminals that natively support DEC 2026 will buffer and render atomically. Terminals that don't support it ignore the escape sequences harmlessly. xterm.js doesn't support DEC 2026 natively, so the client implements its own buffering by parsing the markers.
+Terminals that natively support DEC 2026 buffer and render atomically. Codeman uses xterm.js 6, so the client passes the markers through instead of parsing or discarding partial blocks.
 
 **Supporting terminals:** WezTerm, Kitty, Ghostty, iTerm2 3.5+, Windows Terminal, VSCode terminal
 
@@ -135,4 +117,4 @@ Terminals that natively support DEC 2026 will buffer and render atomically. Term
 | File | Key Functions |
 |------|---------------|
 | `src/web/server.ts` | `batchTerminalData()`, `flushTerminalBatches()`, `broadcast()` |
-| `src/web/public/app.js` | `batchTerminalWrite()`, `extractSyncSegments()`, `flushPendingWrites()`, `flushFlickerBuffer()`, `chunkedTerminalWrite()` |
+| `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js` | `batchTerminalWrite()`, `_scheduleTerminalWriteFlush()`, `flushPendingWrites()`, `flushFlickerBuffer()`, `chunkedTerminalWrite()` |

docs/terminal-copy-shortcut-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+# Terminal smart copy (Ctrl+C) plan
+
+Issue: [#211](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues/211) "Terminal: Ctrl+C should copy when text is selected (interrupt otherwise)".
+Origin: r/selfhosted feedback, "Biggest stumbling block is apparent lack of copy-paste in the terminal."
+
+Status: **implemented and shipped** on 2026-08-05 (this document is kept as the rationale record). It was first served as an isolated beta over Tailscale for manual sign-off, then landed. Section 2 is the research that shaped the design, sections 4 to 6 describe what was built.
+
+---
+
+## 1. What the issue asks for
+
+- Text selected in the terminal + `Ctrl+C` -> copy the selection, toast, clear the selection, do NOT send the byte to the PTY.
+- No selection + `Ctrl+C` -> unchanged, the interrupt (`0x03`) reaches the PTY.
+- `Ctrl+Shift+C` as an explicit copy chord.
+- The selection check must run before the shortcut registry dispatch so a rebind cannot cost the user their interrupt key.
+- Paste is out of scope (it already works via `Ctrl+V`, which terminal-ui.js routes to the image/text paste trap).
+
+## 2. Verified current behavior
+
+### 2.1 xterm cancels the Ctrl+C keydown, so no copy can happen
+
+`src/web/public/vendor/xterm.min.js` (xterm 6.x), `_keyDown`:
+
+```js
+_keyDown(x){ if(this._keyDownHandled=!1, this._keyDownSeen=!0,
+  this._customKeyEventHandler && this._customKeyEventHandler(x)===!1) return !1;
+  ... evaluateKeyboardEvent(...) ... this.cancel(x) ... }
+```
+
+Two consequences that shape the design:
+
+1. The custom handler runs **first**, before xterm evaluates the key. Returning `false` exits before `cancel(x)`, so returning `false` does **not** call `preventDefault()` for us.
+2. When the handler returns `true`, xterm turns Ctrl+C into `0x03` and cancels the event, which is why the browser's own copy command never runs.
+
+Probe (headless chromium against an isolated server on port 3174, selection active, real focus on `.xterm-helper-textarea`, synthetic Ctrl+C keydown):
+
+```json
+{ "hasSelection": true, "defaultPrevented": true, "dataSeen": ["\"\\u0003\""],
+  "clipboardAfter": "SENTINEL-BEFORE", "stillHasSelection": false }
+```
+
+So today: interrupt byte sent, clipboard untouched, and xterm drops the selection anyway. The last point matters, "copy then clear the selection" is not a behavior change in how the selection feels, it is what already happens on any keypress.
+
+### 2.2 Why right-click Copy works today
+
+xterm registers a `copy` listener on its root element that substitutes the selection text:
+
+```js
+this._register(addDisposableListener(this.element,"copy",(k=>{ this.hasSelection() && copyHandler(k,this._selectionService) })))
+```
+
+Second probe (port 3175, real `page.keyboard.press('Control+c')`, custom handler patched to return `false` for Ctrl+C without `preventDefault`):
+
+```json
+{ "dataSeen": [], "copyEvents": ["xterm-element"],
+  "clipboardAfter": "native-copy-probe-line\n...", "stillHasSelection": true }
+```
+
+So a "return false and let the browser copy" implementation would also work in Chromium. It is rejected below (section 3.3) because it gives no toast, does not clear the selection, and leans on per-browser behavior of the copy command when the focused element is xterm's empty helper textarea.
+
+### 2.3 The document-level capture handler will not interfere
+
+`setupEventListeners()` in `src/web/public/app.js:989` runs on document capture, before xterm's textarea listener. Its registry loop skips any entry whose action is not in the local `SHORTCUT_ACTIONS` map:
+
+```js
+if (shortcut.disabled || !shortcut.action) continue;
+const action = SHORTCUT_ACTIONS[shortcut.action];
+if (!action) continue;
+```
+
+This is exactly how `command-palette` already behaves: it is a full registry entry (rebindable and disableable in App Settings) whose dispatch happens in a dedicated, focus-aware gate rather than the generic loop. The new copy entry follows that pattern, so the capture handler falls through untouched and the terminal handler owns the decision.
+
+### 2.4 Registry matching rules that constrain the bindings
+
+`matchesShortcutEvent()` (`app.js:4890`):
+
+- Ctrl and Cmd are interchangeable as the primary modifier, so a `['ctrl']` binding also matches Cmd+C on macOS. That is fine here: with a selection it copies (same result the native macOS path gives today), without one it falls through.
+- Every other modifier must be declared exactly: `if (mods.includes('shift') !== !!e.shiftKey) return false`. So `Ctrl+Shift+C` needs its own binding, a plain `ctrl+c` binding will never swallow it.
+- `binding.code` wins when present, otherwise `binding.key` is compared case-insensitively.
+
+### 2.5 Where selection is actually possible
+
+- The server strips mouse-tracking DECSETs for `claude`, `codex`, and `gemini` (`isAltScreenStripMode`, `src/session.ts:179`), which is why plain drag-select works in those tabs even though the TUI has mouse tracking on.
+- `shell`, `opencode`, and `antigravity` keep mouse reporting, so xterm requires `Shift`+drag to force a selection there. Worth one line in the docs, it is not a code change.
+- Touch devices deliberately disable selection entirely (`body.touch-device .terminal-container .xterm{user-select:none !important}`, `styles.css:3196`), and phones have no Ctrl key. This feature is desktop and hardware-keyboard only, with no mobile regression surface.
+
+### 2.6 Helpers that already exist and should be reused
+
+| Need | Existing code |
+| --- | --- |
+| Clipboard write with an HTTP-safe fallback | `_copyText(text)` in `app.js:1887` (Clipboard API, then hidden textarea + `execCommand`) |
+| Toast | `showToast(message, type)` in `panels-ui.js:4385` |
+| Translated string | `'Copied to clipboard'` already in `i18n.js:453` |
+| Focus-aware chord gate to copy the shape of | `shouldOpenCommandPaletteFromShortcut(e)` in `panels-ui.js:285` |
+| Buffer-wide copy (currently unreferenced) | `copyTerminal()` in `terminal-ui.js:2615` |
+
+`_copyText` matters more than it looks: `install.sh`'s LAN option serves plain HTTP, where `navigator.clipboard` is undefined. The issue's suggested `navigator.clipboard.writeText` alone would silently do nothing for those users, the `execCommand` fallback covers them.
+
+## 3. Design
+
+### 3.1 Behavior
+
+| Chord | Selection present | No selection |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `Ctrl+C` (and Cmd+C, per registry equivalence) | copy, toast, clear selection, swallow the key | fall through, xterm sends `0x03` (interrupt) |
+| `Ctrl+Shift+C` | copy, toast, clear selection, swallow the key | swallow, no-op (see 3.2) |
+| Shortcut disabled in App Settings | never copies, `Ctrl+C` is always the interrupt | unchanged |
+| Rebound to another chord | that chord copies when a selection exists | plain `Ctrl+C` is always the interrupt |
+
+### 3.2 Why `Ctrl+Shift+C` with no selection is swallowed rather than forwarded
+
+Today `Ctrl+Shift+C` produces `0x03` as well (the shift is irrelevant to the control byte), so forwarding would be "no regression". But once the chord is advertised as *the explicit copy key*, letting it interrupt a running agent when the selection happens to be empty is a footgun with no upside. Swallowing costs nothing: a user who wants to interrupt has `Ctrl+C` right there.
+
+The rule in code is "no selection and the matched chord had Shift -> swallow", not a hardcoded key check, so it stays correct under rebinds.
+
+### 3.3 Why an explicit clipboard write rather than falling through to the native copy
+
+Probe 2 showed the native path works in Chromium, but the explicit write is chosen because it:
+
+- gives the "Copied to clipboard" toast, which is the discoverability half of the issue,
+- clears the selection so a second `Ctrl+C` interrupts (the smart-copy contract),
+- works on plain-HTTP LAN installs through `_copyText`'s `execCommand` fallback,
+- does not depend on how each browser treats a copy command issued while an empty textarea has focus.
+
+### 3.4 Why no new app setting
+
+Per-shortcut enable/disable and rebinding already exist in App Settings -> Shortcuts and are driven by the registry. A user who wants "Ctrl+C is always interrupt" unchecks one box. Adding a `terminalSmartCopy` setting would duplicate that and would drag in the per-device vs synced decision (`displayKeys` + `.strict()` `SettingsUpdateSchema`) for no gain.
+
+## 4. Code changes, file by file
+
+### 4.1 `src/web/public/app.js`, registry entry
+
+Add to `DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS` (after the `clear-terminal` entry, ~line 351) so the Terminal group stays together:
+
+```js
+{
+  id: 'copy-selection',
+  group: 'Terminal',
+  label: 'Copy Selection',
+  bindings: [
+    { modifiers: ['ctrl'], key: 'c' },
+    { modifiers: ['ctrl', 'shift'], key: 'C' },
+  ],
+  // Dispatched by shouldCopyTerminalSelectionFromShortcut() in terminal-ui.js,
+  // deliberately NOT in SHORTCUT_ACTIONS: the generic capture loop always
+  // preventDefaults, which would cost the user the interrupt key.
+  action: 'copyTerminalSelection',
+},
+```
+
+Match on `key`, not `code`. xterm decides what byte to emit from the produced character, so intercepting the physical `KeyC` on a layout where it does not produce "c" would diverge from what xterm would have sent.
+
+The `action` string is required for App Settings to render the row as configurable (`configurable = !!shortcut.action && Array.isArray(shortcut.bindings)`, `settings-ui.js:2624`). Do **not** add `copyTerminalSelection` to `SHORTCUT_ACTIONS`.
+
+### 4.2 `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js`, the gate
+
+New prototype method, modeled on `shouldOpenCommandPaletteFromShortcut`:
+
+```js
+shouldCopyTerminalSelectionFromShortcut(ev) {
+  if (!ev || ev.type !== 'keydown') return false;          // the handler also runs for keypress/keyup
+  if (!ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey && !ev.altKey) return false;  // hot path: plain typing exits here
+  const registryAvailable =
+    typeof this.getShortcutRegistry === 'function' && typeof this.matchesShortcutEvent === 'function';
+  const entry = registryAvailable
+    ? this.getShortcutRegistry().find((s) => s.id === 'copy-selection')
+    : null;
+  if (entry) return !entry.disabled && this.matchesShortcutEvent(ev, entry);
+  return (ev.key || '').toLowerCase() === 'c' && !ev.altKey; // fallback for isolated harnesses
+}
+```
+
+### 4.3 `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js`, the branch
+
+Inside `attachCustomKeyEventHandler` (`terminal-ui.js:133`), after the command-palette gate and before the `Ctrl+V` branch:
+
+```js
+// Smart copy (#211): with a selection, Ctrl+C copies instead of sending ^C.
+// With no selection it MUST fall through (return true, no preventDefault) or
+// the interrupt key is lost. Ctrl+Shift+C is the explicit chord and never
+// falls through: an "explicit copy" that interrupts the agent is a footgun.
+if (this.shouldCopyTerminalSelectionFromShortcut?.(ev)) {
+  const selection = this.terminal.hasSelection?.() ? this.terminal.getSelection() : '';
+  if (selection) {
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    void this.copyTerminalSelection(selection);
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (ev.shiftKey) {
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+```
+
+`preventDefault()` is explicit because returning `false` alone does not cancel the event (section 2.1), and without it the browser would run its own copy on top of ours.
+
+### 4.4 `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js`, the copy action
+
+```js
+async copyTerminalSelection(text) {
+  const selection = text ?? (this.terminal.hasSelection?.() ? this.terminal.getSelection() : '');
+  if (!selection) return false;
+  const ok = await this._copyText(selection);
+  if (ok) {
+    this.terminal.clearSelection?.();
+    this.showToast('Copied to clipboard', 'success');
+  } else {
+    this.showToast('Failed to copy', 'error');
+  }
+  // _copyText's execCommand fallback focuses a temp textarea; restore the
+  // terminal (this.terminal.focus is the CJK-aware router, not xterm's raw focus).
+  this.terminal.focus();
+  return ok;
+}
+```
+
+The selection text is captured **before** the first `await`, and `navigator.clipboard.writeText` is reached in the same task as the keydown, so user activation still holds.
+
+### 4.5 `src/web/public/i18n.js`
+
+`'Copied to clipboard'` exists. Add `'Failed to copy': '复制失败'` (the error path is new to this surface).
+
+### 4.6 Documentation
+
+| File | Change |
+| --- | --- |
+| `README.md` shortcut table (~line 648) | `\| `Ctrl/Cmd+C` \| Copy selection (interrupts when nothing is selected) \|` and a `Ctrl+Shift+C` row |
+| `src/web/public/index.html` help modal, Terminal section (~line 641) | `<div><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd></div><div>Copy Selection / Interrupt</div>` plus the Ctrl+Shift+C row. Keep the existing negative assertion in `help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts` in mind (it forbids `Ctrl+K`, `C` is fine) |
+| `CLAUDE.md` "Keyboard shortcuts" line | add `Ctrl+C` (copy selection, else interrupt) and `Ctrl+Shift+C` |
+| `docs/architecture-invariants.md` -> "Command palette and shortcut registry" | append the invariant: the no-selection path must return `true` without `preventDefault`, the branch is keydown-only, and `copyTerminalSelection` must stay out of `SHORTCUT_ACTIONS` |
+
+The shortcut overlay (`Ctrl+?`) and App Settings -> Shortcuts are registry-driven and pick the entry up with no edit.
+
+## 5. Edge cases and risks
+
+| Case | Handling |
+| --- | --- |
+| Handler also fires for `keypress`/`keyup` | gated on `ev.type === 'keydown'`. xterm's `_keyPress` bails on ctrl combos anyway, so no stray byte |
+| CJK IME composing | the existing `isComposing || keyCode === 229` guard is the first line of the handler and stays first |
+| Local echo overlay has unsent `pendingText` | the copy branch returns before `onData`, so `pendingText`, flushed offsets and the durable input queue are untouched. The no-selection path is byte-identical to today, including the "control char flushes buffered text then sends `0x03`" logic at `terminal-ui.js:895` |
+| Plain HTTP (LAN install) | `_copyText` falls back to `execCommand`, then focus is restored |
+| Clipboard write rejected (permissions policy, no gesture) | error toast, right-click Copy still available |
+| Whitespace-only or empty selection | `getSelection()` empty string is treated as "no selection", so Ctrl+C still interrupts |
+| macOS Cmd+C | registry treats ctrl/meta as interchangeable, so with a selection it takes our path (same visible result as today's native copy), without one it falls through |
+| Chrome/Firefox `Ctrl+Shift+C` is the devtools inspect chord | browser-level and may still toggle devtools, our copy runs regardless. Document as a caveat, `Ctrl+C` is the primary path |
+| Selection in a tab whose TUI owns the mouse (`shell`/`opencode`/`antigravity`) | unchanged, `Shift`+drag selects, then Ctrl+C copies |
+| Web tab (iframe dashboard) focused | xterm handler never runs, browser-native copy inside the iframe |
+| Teammate/subagent terminals (`panels-ui.js:2268`, `onData` wired) | same limitation exists there, out of scope for this PR (section 8) |
+
+## 6. Test plan
+
+New file `test/terminal-copy-selection.test.ts` (node env, `vm` harness in the style of `test/command-palette-ui.test.ts`), covering `shouldCopyTerminalSelectionFromShortcut` in isolation:
+
+1. Ctrl+C keydown -> true, keyup/keypress of the same chord -> false.
+2. Ctrl+Shift+C -> true, plain `c` -> false, Ctrl+K -> false.
+3. Registry entry `disabled: true` -> false for every chord.
+4. Rebound entry (for example Alt+Y) -> true for the rebind, false for Ctrl+C.
+5. Missing registry (harness without `getShortcutRegistry`) -> falls back to the `c` check.
+
+Static assertions appended to `test/keyboard-shortcuts.test.ts` (this suite already pins the xterm-handler chokepoint):
+
+6. `DEFAULT_SHORTCUTS` contains `id: 'copy-selection'` and `SHORTCUT_ACTIONS` does **not** contain `copyTerminalSelection` (the interrupt-safety invariant).
+7. `terminal-ui.js` contains the `shouldCopyTerminalSelectionFromShortcut` branch and a `return true` no-selection fall-through.
+8. README + help modal rows exist (mirrors the existing palette/Alt-nav doc assertions).
+
+`test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts`: add `expectShortcut(helpModal, ['Ctrl', 'C'], 'Copy Selection')`.
+
+New browser test `test/terminal-copy-shortcut.test.ts` (Playwright, port **3174**, free per a scan of `test/`), following `test/webgl-fallback.test.ts`: boot `WebServer`, grant `clipboard-read`/`clipboard-write`, `terminal.write()` a known line, `selectLines()`, real `page.keyboard.press('Control+c')`, then assert clipboard content, empty `onData` capture, cleared selection and the toast. Second case: no selection, assert `onData` saw `\u0003` and the clipboard is unchanged.
+Per repo convention, browser suites are excluded from CI, so add the filename to the exclude list in `config/vitest.ci.config.ts` and run it locally.
+
+Regression runs: `npm test -- test/keyboard-shortcuts.test.ts`, `test/help-modal-shortcuts.test.ts`, `test/command-palette-ui.test.ts`, `test/input-send-order.test.ts`, then `npm run test:ci`.
+
+## 7. Manual verification before COM (CLAUDE.md rule)
+
+Against a throwaway session on the live instance (`curl -sk https://localhost:3000/...`, never w1/w2/w3):
+
+1. Select output with the mouse, press Ctrl+C, confirm the toast, paste elsewhere, confirm the agent did not stop.
+2. Press Ctrl+C again with nothing selected, confirm the agent interrupts.
+3. Type a few characters with local echo on (phone or `localEchoEnabled` forced), press Ctrl+C with no selection, confirm buffered text plus interrupt behave as before.
+4. Uncheck the shortcut in App Settings -> Shortcuts, confirm Ctrl+C always interrupts even with a selection.
+5. Rebind it, confirm the new chord copies and Ctrl+C reverts to pure interrupt.
+6. Repeat 1 and 2 in an `opencode` or `shell` tab using Shift+drag to select.
+7. Load over plain HTTP (`--host` LAN or `http://127.0.0.1:<port>`) and confirm the `execCommand` fallback copies and focus returns to the terminal.
+8. Mobile smoke: confirm nothing changed (selection is CSS-disabled, no Ctrl key).
+
+## 8. Out of scope, follow-ups worth filing separately
+
+- **Teammate/subagent terminals** (`panels-ui.js:2268`) have the same blocked-copy problem. One `attachCustomKeyEventHandler` reusing `copyTerminalSelection` would fix them, but it touches a different surface and deserves its own change.
+- **A mobile copy affordance.** Selection is disabled on touch, so phones still cannot copy terminal text. The unreferenced `copyTerminal()` (whole buffer) plus a keyboard-accessory "Copy" button would be the cheapest answer.
+- **Right-click context menu** with Copy/Paste, better discoverability than any chord, but a bigger UI surface.
+- **`copyTerminal()` cleanup**: it uses raw `navigator.clipboard` rather than `_copyText`, so it would fail on plain HTTP if ever wired up.
+
+## 9. PR mechanics
+
+- Branch off `master` (verify with `git branch --show-current`, the tree is shared), stage explicit paths only.
+- Files touched: `src/web/public/app.js`, `src/web/public/terminal-ui.js`, `src/web/public/i18n.js`, `src/web/public/index.html`, `README.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `docs/architecture-invariants.md`, `docs/terminal-copy-shortcut-plan.md`, three test files, `config/vitest.ci.config.ts`.
+- `index.html`, `app.js` and `terminal-ui.js` are `.prettierignore`d hand-formatted assets, match the surrounding style by hand. `npm run check:public-assets` and `npm run check:frontend-syntax` are the guards.
+- No changeset in this PR: a merged, unconsumed changeset turns the Release workflow red until the next COM, and the COM flow writes release notes covering everything since the last tag (current version is 1.10.0).
+- Close #211 from the PR body.
+
+Rough size: about 60 lines of product code, most of the work is the tests and the four documentation surfaces.

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+# Codeman TUI Rework Plan
+
+Status: **phases 0-2 implemented** on `feat/tui`; phases 3-4 remain follow-ups. The user guide is [`docs/tui.md`](tui.md); this document stays the design record.
+
+- Phase 0: `src/cli-style.ts` (palette, glyphs, `heading`/`kv`/`table`/`spinner`/`confirm`) plus the mechanical fixes of §5, and `test/cli-commands.test.ts` now derives its inventory from the real commander `program` instead of parsing a fixture.
+- Phases 1-2: `src/tui/`. `tui-app.ts` (main loop, attach handoff, verbs) and `tui-client.ts` (API, SSE, degraded enumeration) are the only IO; `tui-model`, `tui-layout`, `tui-render`, `tui-keys`, `tui-ansi`, `tui-composer`, `tui-approvals`, `tui-digest`, `tui-sse` and `tui-types` are pure and unit-tested, with an E2E suite driving the real binary under node-pty.
+- Deferred with the rest of phase 3: `r` (resume a RECENT row) is not wired up, so the help overlay does not advertise it.
+- Not started: phase 3 (mouse, `--pick` popup switcher, opt-in attach status line, OSC 9) and phase 4 (retiring the bash choosers).
+
+The goal: replace Codeman's scattered terminal surfaces with one first-class TUI, `codeman tui`, that gives SSH/terminal users the same at-a-glance awareness the web UI gives browsers. The reference point is herdr (herdr.dev), the trending Rust "agent multiplexer" whose defining feature is a live agent-state sidebar. Codeman can match and beat that sidebar in the terminal because the states herdr infers from screen-scraping heuristics are states our server already computes from hooks, pane probing, and the approvals inbox.
+
+---
+
+## 1. What we have today (inventory)
+
+Three disconnected surfaces, three visual idioms, two data sources:
+
+| Surface | What it is | Data source | Idiom |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `codeman` CLI (`src/cli.ts`, 1214 lines) | commander + chalk, ~20 commands | HTTP API + state files | `✓`/`✗` line-per-fact, no interactivity |
+| `sc` (`scripts/tmux-chooser.sh`, 663 lines) | bash number-menu chooser, mobile-tuned (44 cols) | `tmux -L codeman` + `state.json` via jq | 256-color, numbered, full repaint per key |
+| `scripts/tmux-manager.sh` (529 lines) | bash cursor TUI with kill/info | `mux-sessions.json` (and writes it back) | 8-color, box-drawn, arrow keys |
+
+Weaknesses found in the audit (file:line refs verified 2026-08-16):
+
+1. **No interactive picker in the Node CLI at all.** Every `session stop`, `task status`, `session logs` requires a pasted UUID prefix. There is no `codeman attach <session>`; `codeman attach` is actually the attachment-card command (and `README.md:895` describes it wrongly).
+2. **`sc` cannot reach sessions 10+ interactively**: entries are numbered globally (`tmux-chooser.sh:343`) but input accepts a single `[1-9]` keypress (`:487-493`). Page 2 shows items 8-14 that mostly cannot be selected.
+3. **No cursor/selection concept in `sc`** (`BG_SEL` at `:90` is dead code); arrows only page.
+4. The two bash tools can disagree about which sessions exist (different data files), and only `sc` is on PATH.
+5. **Zero live feedback anywhere**: `codeman web -d` and `service install` block silently up to 30s (`daemon-control.ts:395-412`); no spinner exists in the codebase.
+6. Styling drift: `doctor` is the only table and is deliberately monochrome with a colorize hook nobody wired up (`dependency-report.ts:5-7`); `codeman web` prints its "running at" line twice (colored `cli.ts:934`, plain `server.ts:2366`); the server's security warning is colorless `console.warn` while the CLI's version of the same warning is yellow; `tmux-manager.sh`'s header box is visibly misaligned; `padEnd(14)` overflows on "Antigravity CLI".
+7. Bash TUIs emit raw escapes unconditionally (no TTY/NO_COLOR gate); `install.sh` and `postinstall.js` do it right.
+8. Detach hint inconsistency: chooser says Ctrl+B D, `README.md:671` says Ctrl+A D.
+9. Inside an attached session there is **no chrome at all**: Codeman turns the tmux status bar off (`tmux-manager.ts:1978`), so an SSH user in a pane has no session identity, no state, no way back to a picker except detach.
+10. `test/cli-commands.test.ts` asserts against a hand-written fixture, not the real `program`, and that fixture already lists a `tui` command that does not exist (`:57-61`). The name is pre-approved by our own test file.
+
+## 2. Research: how herdr does it
+
+herdr (github.com/herdrdev/herdr, ~30k stars, single Rust binary, pre-1.0) is a background terminal multiplexer "your coding agents live on". What matters for us:
+
+- **The agent-state sidebar is the product.** Every pane is classified live as `working` / `blocked` / `done` / `idle` and grouped in a sidebar, so you see who needs you without switching tabs. Reviews unanimously call this "the killer feature tmux can't match".
+- **Detection is heuristic-first**: process-name matching + screen-manifest TOML rules parsing the visible frame; optional per-agent "integration install" adds lifecycle hooks over JSON-RPC on a unix socket for accurate states. Claude Code there is on the heuristic path and reviewers note blocked-state lag.
+- **Model**: workspaces → tabs → panes, tmux-style prefix keys (Ctrl+B V split, arrows navigate, D detach), mouse-first (click select, drag resize, right-click menus, touch over SSH), adapts to narrow widths.
+- **Agent-shaped API**: socket API with `pane read` (visible/recent/detection), `send-text`/`send-keys`/`run`, `agent start|prompt|wait|explain`, `pane wait-output` with regex, plugins placed as overlay/split/tab/popup.
+- **Persistence**: sessions survive disconnects, reattach from any terminal / SSH.
+- Weaknesses reviewers cite: pre-1.0 churn, bus factor 1, no session resurrection, rendering lag with many panes.
+
+What is striking is how much of herdr Codeman already has, server-side: our hooks give exact `permission_prompt`/`stop`/`idle_prompt` events (herdr's "integration" path, but installed by default), `_confirmIdle()` does the screen-probe fallback, the approvals inbox parses the actual dialog options, and the agent skill + wait primitives are our socket API. What we lack is purely the presentation layer in the terminal.
+
+Prior art for the architecture we want: **agent-deck** (Bubble Tea + tmux) proves the "TUI list + attach into tmux" model works great: session list with live glyphs (● ◐ ○ ✕), Enter attaches into a tmux pane, status polling, groups, fuzzy search. We take the shape, not the code.
+
+Licensing note: herdr is reported variously as Apache-2.0/AGPL-3.0. Irrelevant either way: we copy concepts, never code.
+
+### What we take / what we skip
+
+Take: the four-state sidebar as the organizing principle; grouping by "needs you first"; narrow-width adaptation; mouse support; tmux-familiar keys; the "attention at a glance" framing.
+
+Skip: being a multiplexer. tmux already backs every Codeman session and is a hard dependency; herdr had to build pane management because it owns terminals, we do not. Also skip (for now): plugin marketplace, split layouts, pane drag. Our TUI is a **dashboard + switchboard over tmux**, not a tmux replacement.
+
+## 3. Design: `codeman tui`
+
+One command, one full-screen client of the existing HTTP/SSE API.
+
+**Positioning (owner decision, 2026-08-16): the web UI remains THE primary surface.** The TUI is strictly additive, for users who want a terminal workflow (SSH, Termius, tmux die-hards). Bare `codeman` keeps printing help; nothing existing changes behavior. The `sc` bash chooser also stays untouched for now; flipping its alias to `codeman tui` is deferred to a follow-up release once the TUI has mileage.
+
+### Layout (≥100 cols)
+
+```
+ codeman  tnode · v1.19.0 · 6 sessions · 5h ▂▂▅ 32% wk 61%                    ? help  q quit
+ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  NEEDS YOU ──────────────────────────┐ ┌ w4-api-refactor ── claude · ~/dev/api ────────────
+  ▶ 1 w4-api-refactor  ⚠ approval  2m │ │ ✻ Actualizing… (2m 14s · ↓ 12.3k tokens)
+    2 w6-docs          ✋ waiting  11m │ │
+                                      │ │ ⚠ Claude requests: Bash(git push origin main)
+  WORKING ────────────────────────────┤ │   1. Yes  2. Yes, don't ask again  3. No
+    3 w1-codeman       ✻ 17m    45.2k │ │
+    4 w2-gallery       ✻ 3m      8.1k │ │ [y] approve   [n] deny   [Enter] attach
+  IDLE ───────────────────────────────┤ │
+    5 w3-promo         ○ 2h           │ │  …live tail of the selected session's
+  RECENT ─────────────────────────────┤ │   terminal (ANSI colors preserved),
+    · api-hotfix       ✔ done Fri     │ │   updating while you browse the list…
+ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  ↑↓ select · ⏎ attach · 1-9 jump · y/n answer · p prompt · n new · x kill · / search · g digest
+```
+
+- **Header**: hostname/instance, server version, session count, plan-usage chip (same telemetry that feeds the web chip, when available). Degrades gracefully when the server is down (see §3.6).
+- **Sidebar**: sessions grouped `NEEDS YOU` → `WORKING` → `IDLE` → `RECENT` (past sessions from the unified list, resumable). Within groups, reuse the activity ordering already built for the home screens in PR #303 (blocked first, running longest, quiet newest); that logic is pure and shared.
+- **Preview pane**: live tail of the selected session, SGR colors preserved, cursor-movement stripped. When the selected session has a pending approval, the parsed dialog is rendered as a card above the tail with one-key answer bindings.
+- **Footer**: contextual keymap (changes when a dialog/confirm is active).
+
+### States and vocabulary
+
+Exactly the web's language so the two surfaces read the same:
+
+| Group | Glyph | Color | Source |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| NEEDS YOU (question/permission) | `⚠` | red, blinking row | approvals inbox / `permission_prompt` |
+| NEEDS YOU (waiting for input) | `✋` | yellow | `idle_prompt` / waiting classification |
+| WORKING | `✻` animating through `· ✢ ✳ ∗ ✻ ✽` at 2Hz | green | working classification (the same glyph family Claude itself draws, a deliberate nod) |
+| IDLE | `○` | muted | idle |
+| RECENT / done | `✔` | muted green | unified list history rows |
+
+Nerd-font/glyph fallback exactly like `sc` does today (`[!] [w] [*] [-] [ok]` when the terminal is not known-capable), plus full NO_COLOR / `tput colors` degradation (8-color and mono renderings are designed, not accidental).
+
+### Keymap
+
+- `↑/↓` or `j/k` select · `Enter` attach · `1-9` jump-attach (parity with `sc`, but now the cursor covers 10+)
+- `y`/`n` (or the digit keys) answer the selected session's pending approval right from the dashboard, via `POST /api/approvals/:id/answer`. The server already re-captures the pane and 409s if the dialog is gone, so this is safe by construction.
+- `p` send a one-line prompt to the selected session without attaching (`POST /input` with `\r`, the composer opens in the footer)
+- `n` new session (case picker → mode picker, drives `POST /api/quick-start`) · `x` kill with typed confirm (never bulk; refuses the session hosting the TUI itself, like tmux-manager.sh does)
+- `/` fuzzy search across sessions/history/attachments (`GET /api/search`) · `g` away digest (`GET /api/away-digest`) rendered as a panel
+- `r` resume selected RECENT row (unified list `resume-session` flow) · `?` help overlay · `q` quit
+- Mouse (phase 3): SGR mouse reporting, click selects, wheel scrolls list/preview, click on footer keys triggers them. Works over SSH, same as herdr's touch story.
+
+### Responsive behavior
+
+The `sc` design constraint survives: below ~72 cols (Termius, iPhone portrait) the preview pane drops and the TUI is a single-column list with two-line rows, nearly identical to today's `sc` but with a cursor, live states, and the answer/prompt/new/kill verbs. The layout switch is width-driven at draw time, no mode flag.
+
+### Attach model
+
+Enter suspends the TUI (restore main screen + cooked mode), then hands the terminal to `tmux -L <socket> attach-session -t <name>` with `stdio: inherit`. On tmux exit/detach, the TUI resumes and refreshes. Full fidelity (mouse, paste, colors) is tmux's, we never proxy bytes.
+
+- Inside tmux already: same socket → `switch-client -t`; different socket → warn about nesting and offer detach-first. `$TMUX` + `CODEMAN_MUX` detection.
+- **Return path**: a tmux binding installed for codeman sessions (opt-in) runs `codeman tui --pick` inside `tmux display-popup -E`, a minimal picker-only mode (list + jump, no preview) so switching sessions from inside a pane is one keystroke, fzf-style.
+- Optional per-attach chrome (opt-in setting, default off since `status off` at `tmux-manager.ts:1978` is deliberate): a minimal codeman-styled tmux status line showing `name · state · alert`, set on attach, restored on detach.
+
+### Notifications
+
+While the TUI is open and a session flips to NEEDS YOU: flash the row, ring BEL, and optionally emit OSC 9 (desktop notification in kitty/WezTerm/iTerm2, and it traverses SSH). This is the herdr sidebar promise delivered even when the terminal is backgrounded.
+
+### Degraded mode (server down)
+
+`sc` works without the server today and the TUI must too: when no server answers, enumerate `tmux -L codeman list-sessions` + read `state.json` (read-only), show a "server not running" header line, and offer attach only (no states, no approvals). This keeps the "web server crashed, get me to my sessions" path alive.
+
+## 4. Architecture
+
+### A client of the server, not a second brain
+
+Everything live comes from the API the web UI already uses:
+
+| Need | Endpoint |
+| --- | --- |
+| Session list + history | `GET /api/sessions/unified` |
+| Live updates | SSE `GET /api/events` (heartbeat `sse:heartbeat` already exists; fall back to 2s polling) |
+| Pending approvals + parsed options | `GET /api/approvals`, answer via `POST /api/approvals/:id/answer` |
+| Preview tail | `GET /api/sessions/:id/terminal?tail=N` (throttled to the selected session only) |
+| Prompt send | `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` (single line + `\r`, per the composer contract) |
+| New session | `POST /api/quick-start` (routes remote/docker cases correctly) |
+| Search | `GET /api/search` |
+| Away digest | `GET /api/away-digest` |
+| Plan usage chip | latest status-telemetry snapshot (`plan-usage-latest`) |
+
+Server discovery and auth reuse what exists: instance config from `src/config/instance.ts` (`CODEMAN_INSTANCE`, `CODEMAN_PORT`), the probe logic from `daemon-control.ts`, credentials from `~/.codeman/.env` (the established `codeman attach` pattern), self-signed HTTPS accepted for loopback probes (the hooks-on-HTTPS lesson). Multi-user scoping comes free: the API only returns what the authenticated user owns.
+
+### Renderer: hand-rolled, zero new dependencies (decision)
+
+Options considered:
+
+- **Ink (React for CLIs)**: what Claude Code uses. Pros: layout engine, ecosystem. Cons: pulls React into a CLI that today ships only commander+chalk; rerender model fights the two things we care most about (a raw-ANSI preview region and 2Hz glyph animation without flicker); version-pins React for every `npm i -g aicodeman`.
+- **blessed/neo-blessed**: unmaintained, skip.
+- **Hand-rolled screen core** (recommended): this repo hand-rolls ANSI everywhere already and has the expertise (regex-patterns, stripAnsi, the xterm work). The core is small and boring: alt screen + raw mode + cursor-home full-frame repaint from an off-screen string buffer, throttled to state changes and the 2Hz animation tick, wrapped in DECSET 2026 (synchronized output) where supported so repaints are atomic in modern terminals (tmux, kitty, WezTerm, iTerm2). No diffing needed at these frame rates.
+
+The one genuinely tricky pure function: SGR-aware line clipping for the preview (keep colors, strip cursor movement/OSC/DECSET, clip to width while carrying SGR state, reset at EOL). That is a pure module with exhaustive unit tests, and it is exactly the kind of function Ink would not have given us anyway.
+
+### Module layout
+
+```
+src/tui/
+  tui-app.ts        entry + main loop + attach handoff (IO)
+  tui-client.ts     API + SSE client, degraded-mode enumeration (IO)
+  tui-model.ts      pure: state store, grouping, ordering (reuses PR #303 helpers)
+  tui-layout.ts     pure: responsive layout math, row building
+  tui-render.ts     pure: model+layout -> frame string (palette, glyphs, fallbacks)
+  tui-keys.ts       pure: byte stream -> key/mouse events (incl. SGR mouse decode)
+  tui-ansi.ts       pure: SGR-aware clip/filter for the preview
+```
+
+Pure modules unit-test with no TTY. `cli.ts` gains one thin `tui` command registration (and `--list`/`<n>` fast paths for `sc -l` / `sc 2` parity, which must stay fast: they short-circuit before any screen setup).
+
+## 5. CLI-wide polish (the rest of "make it much nicer")
+
+A shared style kit, `src/cli-style.ts`: one palette (mirroring the web's status colors), one glyph set with fallback, `heading()`, `kv()`, `table()` (width-aware, fixes the Antigravity overflow), `spinner()` (finally: the 30s silent daemon/service waits get a live line), `confirm()` (used by `reset --force`'s missing prompt and `x` in the TUI). Then the mechanical fixes from §1: colorize `doctor` through the hook that already exists for it, dedupe the `codeman web` startup line, colorize the server's security warning, fix the README `codeman attach` description and the Ctrl+B/Ctrl+A detach drift, TTY/NO_COLOR gates everywhere.
+
+## 6. Phasing
+
+| Phase | Contents | Size |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| 0 | `cli-style.ts` + mechanical fixes (§5), real CLI tests (retire the fixture parser in `test/cli-commands.test.ts`) | S |
+| 1 | `codeman tui` core: list + states via SSE, cursor + 1-9, attach/return loop, kill w/ confirm, new session, narrow mode, degraded mode, `sc` alias flip + `--list`/`<n>` parity | M/L |
+| 2 | Preview pane (SGR clip), approvals answering, prompt composer, search, digest, resume, plan-usage header | M |
+| 3 | Mouse support, `--pick` popup switcher + tmux binding, opt-in attach status line, BEL/OSC 9 notifications | M |
+| 4 | Retire `tmux-chooser.sh`/fold `tmux-manager.sh` (keep as thin wrappers for one release), docs/README/wiki, screenshots for promo | S |
+
+Phases 0-1 are the useful minimum; 2 is where it beats herdr's sidebar (answering approvals from the dashboard); 3 is delight.
+
+## 7. Testing
+
+- Pure modules (`tui-model/layout/render/keys/ansi`): plain vitest, frame snapshots as stripped strings plus targeted ANSI assertions.
+- Interactive E2E: spawn the built TUI under `node-pty` (already a dependency), feed keys, assert on captured frames; the vitest tmux mock (`IS_TEST_MODE`) keeps attach paths inert. Port rules per CLAUDE.md (3150+, `app.inject()` where possible by testing `tui-client` against injected routes).
+- Manual: Termius/iPhone portrait (the 44-col case), tmux nesting, server-down mode, NO_COLOR, non-nerd-font terminal.
+
+## 8. Invariants this plan respects
+
+- tmux socket and data dir always via instance config (`dataPath()`, `-L codeman`); a beta instance TUI sees only its own world.
+- Never bulk kill, always confirm, never touch another session implicitly, refuse killing the session the TUI runs in (w1/w2/w3 are sacred).
+- Input is single-line with `\r`, via the server (never raw tmux send-keys from the TUI while the server owns the session).
+- Approvals answering goes through the server's re-capture + 409 path, never blind keystrokes.
+- `status off` on panes stays the default; any chrome is opt-in.
+- No new runtime dependencies; the npm package stays light.
+
+## 9. Decisions (resolved 2026-08-16)
+
+1. **Bare `codeman` does NOT open the TUI** (owner decision): the web UI is the main thing, the TUI is additional. `codeman tui` only.
+2. **`sc` stays the bash chooser for now**; the alias flip is a follow-up once the TUI has mileage. `codeman tui --list` / `codeman tui <n>` provide the same fast paths for people who want to switch.
+3. Opt-in tmux status line: deferred to phase 3 along with the `--pick` popup switcher.
+4. Preview tail goes over the API (auth/multi-user/remote-consistent); previews are simply unavailable in degraded server-down mode.
+5. Name is `codeman tui` (the test fixture historically expected it).
+
+Initial PR scope: phases 0-2. Phase 3 (mouse, popup switcher, status line, OSC 9) and phase 4 (bash chooser retirement) are follow-ups.

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+# Terminal UI (`codeman tui`)
+
+`codeman tui` is a full-screen dashboard for your Codeman sessions, in the terminal.
+It shows every session grouped by whether it needs you, lets you answer a permission
+dialog or send a prompt without switching anywhere, and puts you inside a session's
+tmux pane with one keystroke.
+
+It is **additional, not a replacement**: the web UI stays the primary surface and
+gets every feature first. The TUI exists for the terminal workflow (SSH, Termius,
+a tmux window you keep open all day), and it is a *client* of the running server,
+so the two surfaces can never disagree about what a session is doing. It is also
+not a multiplexer: tmux still owns every pane, and attaching hands the terminal to
+tmux rather than proxying bytes.
+
+## Starting it
+
+```bash
+codeman tui              # the dashboard
+codeman tui --list       # print the numbered session list and exit
+codeman tui 2            # attach straight to session 2 of that list
+```
+
+The two fast paths are the scriptable ones.
+Neither sets up a screen, so both are as quick as the one API call they make, and
+`--list` prints plain text when piped, so it composes with `grep`/`awk`.
+
+What it needs:
+
+| Needs | What you get |
+| --- | --- |
+| **Full features** | A running Codeman server (states, approvals, preview, prompts, search, digest). The TUI finds it the way `codeman attach` does: `CODEMAN_API_URL`, else loopback on `CODEMAN_PORT` for this `CODEMAN_INSTANCE`. The self-signed certificate an `--https` install generates is accepted, as it is everywhere else in the CLI. |
+| **Server down** | It still starts, in **degraded mode**: sessions are enumerated straight from `tmux -L codeman` plus a read-only peek at `state.json`, and attach is the only verb. See [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting). |
+| **A terminal** | `codeman tui` refuses to run when stdin/stdout are not a TTY, and says to use `--list` instead. A cron job or a pipe therefore fails loudly rather than emitting escape codes into a log. |
+
+## What it looks like
+
+A real frame at 100x30 (`NO_COLOR`, trailing blank rows trimmed). The selected
+session has a pending permission dialog, so the preview pane leads with the card:
+
+```
+ codeman  ⚠ 2  tnode · v1.19.0 · 5 sessions · 5h 32% · wk 61%                        ? help  q quit
+ NEEDS YOU ─────────────────────────│ w4-api-refactor · claude · /home/you/dev/api · blocked
+  1 w6-docs                   ✋ 11m│ ⚠ requests: Bash(git push origin main)
+▶ 2 w4-api-refactor             ⚠ 2m│   1. Yes
+ WORKING ───────────────────────────│   2. Yes, and do not ask again
+  3 w1-codeman                  ∗ 1h│   3. No, tell Claude what to do
+  4 w2-gallery                 ∗ 15m│ y approve · n deny · digit chooses
+ IDLE ──────────────────────────────│
+  5 w3-promo shell              ○ 2h│ > refactor the api routes onto the shared port interface
+ RECENT ────────────────────────────│
+  6 api-hotfix                  ✔ 3d│   Read src/web/ports/session-port.ts (48 lines)
+                                    │   Read src/api/routes.ts (312 lines)
+                                    │   Edit src/api/routes.ts
+                                    │    1  -import { SessionManager } from "../session-manager.js";
+                                    │    2  +import type { SessionPort } from "../web/ports/session-
+                                    │
+                                    │   Bash(npm run typecheck)
+                                    │   └ tsc --noEmit: no errors
+                                    │
+                                    │ ✻ Actualizing… (2m 14s · ↓ 12.3k tokens)
+ ↑↓ select · ⏎ attach · y approve · n deny · 1-9 option · p prompt · x kill · / search · g digest ·
+```
+
+- **Header**: the machine, the server version, how many sessions are live, and the
+  plan-usage chip (the same statusLine telemetry that feeds the web chip, when the
+  server has a snapshot). A `⚠ n` badge counts pending approvals.
+- **Sidebar**: every session, grouped and numbered.
+- **Preview**: a live tail of the selected session, its own colors preserved, with
+  the parsed dialog card on top when that session is blocked.
+- **Footer**: only the keys that work right now. `n` reads `n new` normally and
+  `n deny` when the selected session has a dialog, because it cannot be both.
+
+The same world through `--list`:
+
+```
+  1 waiting w6-docs         /home/you/dev/docs
+  2 blocked w4-api-refactor /home/you/dev/api
+  3 working w1-codeman      /home/you/dev/codeman
+  4 working w2-gallery      /home/you/dev/gallery
+  5 idle    w3-promo        /home/you/dev/promo
+  6 done    api-hotfix      /home/you/dev/api
+```
+
+The numbers are the same on both surfaces, so `codeman tui --list` then
+`codeman tui 4` is one thought.
+
+## The four groups
+
+Groups are always in this order, and a session is in exactly one of them:
+
+| Group | Glyph | Means | Comes from |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| **NEEDS YOU** | `⚠` | A permission or question dialog is blocking the agent | The approvals inbox (`permission_prompt` hooks, with the on-screen options parsed) |
+| | `✋` | Waiting for your next instruction, or errored | `idle_prompt`, or an errored session (equally something only a human clears) |
+| **WORKING** | `✻` animating | A turn is running | The same working classification the web dashboard uses |
+| **IDLE** | `○` | Live, but sitting there | |
+| **RECENT** | `✔` | A past session from the unified list | History rows, no live pane |
+
+Ordering inside a group is "the one that has waited longest, first": blocked
+sessions sort by how long the dialog has been up, working sessions by when their
+turn started (the pane's last Enter, since a working pane repaints every second
+and would otherwise always look freshly started), and quiet ones by last activity.
+That is the ordering the web home screens already use.
+
+The cursor sticks to a **session**, not a row number, so a session that jumps to
+NEEDS YOU does not drag your selection with it. The number beside each row is what
+`1-9` and `codeman tui <n>` mean, and it is renumbered on every re-sort.
+
+When a new dialog appears, the terminal bell rings once, for that dialog only: the
+same item announced twice does not ring twice.
+
+## Keymap
+
+| Key | Does |
+| --- | --- |
+| `↑` `↓` or `j` `k` | Move the cursor. PageUp/PageDown jump five rows. |
+| `Enter` | Attach to the selected session (see [Attaching](#attaching)) |
+| `1`-`9` | Jump to that row and attach. When a dialog is on screen, a digit answers it instead (see below). |
+| `y` | Approve the selected session's dialog |
+| `n` | Deny it, or **start a new session** when there is no dialog |
+| `p` | Send one line to the selected session without attaching |
+| `x` | Kill the selected session; `y` confirms, any other key cancels |
+| `/` | Search sessions, events and files |
+| `g` | Away digest: what happened while you were gone |
+| `?` | Help overlay |
+| `Esc` | Close whatever overlay is open |
+| `q` or `Ctrl+C` | Quit, restoring the screen you started with |
+
+Inside the `p` composer and the `/` query: `←` `→` `Home` `End` `Delete`
+`Backspace` plus `Ctrl+A` / `Ctrl+E` / `Ctrl+U` / `Ctrl+W`, `Enter` to send or open,
+`Esc` (or `Ctrl+C`) to cancel. In the kill confirmation you retype the session name;
+anything else cancels. In the `n` pickers, type to filter, `Enter` chooses.
+
+Verbs that need the server (`y`/`n`/`p`/`x`/`/`/`g`) say so in degraded mode
+instead of failing silently; `Enter` and `1-9` keep working.
+
+### `p` sends exactly one line
+
+The composer is a single line by design, ending in a carriage return: that is the
+input contract every Codeman path follows, because multi-line text breaks the
+agent's own composer. Pasted newlines become spaces rather than being rejected, so
+a paste cannot silently run a different command than the one you read.
+
+## Answering approvals
+
+This is the thing the terminal could not do before. Select a blocked session and:
+
+- `y` approves.
+- `n` picks the parsed "No" option, or sends Esc when the dialog did not parse one.
+- A digit picks that numbered option, **but only a digit the dialog actually
+  offers**. A digit with no matching option falls through to the list's own
+  jump-and-attach binding, so it can never be typed at whatever has focus.
+
+The answer goes through `POST /api/approvals/:id/answer`, which **re-captures the
+pane before it types anything**. If the dialog is no longer on screen (you answered
+it in tmux a moment ago, or the agent moved on), the server refuses with a 409 and
+the TUI says `that dialog is no longer on screen` rather than pressing a key into a
+live composer. The answer is scoped to the options the server parsed off the actual
+frame, never to a guess.
+
+An idle prompt (`✋`) is not a dialog: there is nothing to approve, so `p` is the
+reply path and the footer says `p reply` instead of `p prompt`.
+
+## Attaching
+
+`Enter` suspends the dashboard (main screen back, cooked mode back) and hands the
+terminal to tmux with `stdio: inherit`. Colors, mouse and paste are tmux's, at full
+fidelity.
+
+**Press `F1` to come back.** One key, no modifier to hold or release, nothing to
+type in a particular order. tmux's own way out is a chord — press the prefix, let
+go, then a letter — and beta testing showed that is genuinely hard to convey: the
+bar first named the wrong letter (tmux binds lowercase `d` to `detach-client` and
+capital `D` to `choose-client`), and once corrected it still failed for anyone who
+kept Ctrl held, because that sends `Ctrl+D`, which tmux leaves unbound. So the TUI
+claims `F1` in tmux's prefix-less key table for the length of the attach and gives
+it back afterwards. The chord still works; it is simply not what you are told to
+press.
+
+You do not have to remember any of it. For as long as the attach lasts the pane
+wears a bar across the top:
+
+```
+ 1 w3-codeman-…  2 w4-codeman-…  3 testcase …     alt+1-9 switch · F1 back to the codeman dashboard
+```
+
+That is the **session strip**: the other sessions stay visible from inside a pane,
+numbered exactly as the dashboard numbers them, with the one you are in inverted.
+`Alt+1`..`Alt+9` switch between them without going back to the dashboard first. With
+more sessions than fit, the strip shows a window around the current one and marks
+each cut end with `…`; the way-out hint is measured first and always keeps its space.
+
+Codeman keeps the status bar off on its panes (the web UI carries that information
+around the terminal instead), so the TUI turns it on for the attach and puts it back
+exactly as it was on detach, along with each window's size. Every session the strip
+can switch to is dressed and sized the same way, so switching is instant and lands
+in a pane that already fills your terminal.
+
+Detaching leaves the agent running; typing `exit` or pressing `Ctrl+D` would end it,
+which is the difference the bar exists to make obvious. If an agent does exit, its
+pane stays as a corpse: the TUI refuses to attach to a dead pane and offers `r` to
+resume the conversation in a fresh one instead.
+
+Three cases:
+
+| Where you are | What happens |
+| --- | --- |
+| Not in tmux | `tmux -L codeman attach-session` |
+| Already in tmux on Codeman's socket | `switch-client`, so you do not nest |
+| In tmux on a **different** socket | Refused, with an explanation: detach from that tmux first, then run `codeman tui` again |
+
+A direct-PTY session has no pane to attach to, and says so.
+
+**`Enter` on a RECENT row resumes that conversation** instead: there is no pane to
+attach to, so the TUI creates a new claude session carrying the old transcript
+(`resumeSessionId`, exactly what the web UI's "Resume Conversation" list does), in
+the directory it originally ran in and under its old name, then attaches to it. It
+is claude-only, and a row with no working directory or no conversation id says why
+rather than resuming something else.
+
+`x` never bulk-kills: it kills one session, only after you retype its name, never a
+history row, and never the session the TUI itself is running in.
+
+## Over SSH, and on a phone
+
+The TUI is an ordinary terminal program with no local dependencies beyond tmux, so
+`ssh box` then `codeman tui` works exactly like running it locally. There is no
+separate remote mode.
+
+Below 72 columns (Termius, an iPhone in portrait) the preview pane is dropped and
+rows take two lines each, keeping the cursor, the live states and the
+answer/prompt/kill verbs. The switch is
+width-driven at draw time, so unfolding a foldable or resizing a window re-lays out
+immediately; there is no mode flag to set.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+**"The Codeman server rejected these credentials."** The server has
+`CODEMAN_PASSWORD` set. Export `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` (and `CODEMAN_USERNAME` if it is
+not `admin`), or put them in the data dir's `.env` (`~/.codeman/.env`), which is
+where `codeman attach` already reads them from.
+
+**`server not running: attach only`** in a yellow banner. Nothing answered on the
+expected port, so the TUI fell back to enumerating tmux. You get names and attach;
+you do not get states, approvals or previews, because those only exist on the
+server. Start the server (`codeman web -d`, or `systemctl --user start codeman-web`)
+and the banner clears on its own: the TUI keeps re-probing.
+
+**It found the wrong server, or none.** Discovery is instance-scoped. A beta
+instance (`CODEMAN_INSTANCE=beta`) has its own data dir *and* its own tmux socket,
+so its TUI sees only its own sessions. Set `CODEMAN_PORT` or `CODEMAN_API_URL`
+explicitly when you run more than one.
+
+**"this terminal is already inside tmux on socket ..."** You are in a tmux session
+on a socket that is not Codeman's, so attaching would nest two multiplexers whose
+prefix keys collide. Detach from that tmux and run `codeman tui` from outside.
+
+**Boxes and glyphs render as garbage.** The TUI picks a glyph tier from the
+environment: no `TERM` (or `dumb`), or a non-UTF-8 locale, gets the ASCII set
+(`[!] [w] [*] [-]`, `+`/`-`/`|` frames). Force it either way with
+`CODEMAN_TUI_GLYPHS=ascii|unicode|nerd`.
+
+**Colors.** Standard `NO_COLOR` / `FORCE_COLOR` handling (chalk's, the same as the
+rest of the CLI). Under `NO_COLOR` the frame is cursor addressing and text only,
+and the preview's own colors are stripped too, so a session's output cannot repaint
+the dashboard.
+
+**It refuses to open at all**, saying it needs an interactive terminal. stdout or
+stdin is not a TTY. That is the guard: use `codeman tui --list`.
+
+## Related
+
+- [`docs/tui-plan.md`](tui-plan.md): the design record. Why hand-rolled ANSI, why a
+  client and not a second brain, and what is deliberately deferred.
+- [`docs/approvals-inbox-plan.md`](approvals-inbox-plan.md): where the parsed
+  dialogs and the answer endpoint come from.
+- [`docs/remote-sessions.md`](remote-sessions.md): remote-SSH cases, which the TUI
+  lists like any other session.

docs/usage-limits-display-plan.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Plan Usage Limits Display — Design & As-Built
 
-> **Status: SHIPPED — deployed to prod + pushed to master, not yet released (2026-06-14).** Opt-in via App Settings → Display → **Plan Usage Limits** (`showPlanUsageLimits`, default OFF). Commits `c82f6c8` (feature) → `4d9d93d` (end-to-end fixes) → `eae225b` (per-user reconcile) → `95fb5fc` (init-snapshot replay). Full suite green (2869), CI green. No changeset/version bump yet.
+> **Status: SHIPPED — deployed to prod + pushed to master, not yet released (2026-06-14).** App Settings → Display → **Plan Usage Limits** (`showPlanUsageLimits`). **Default changed in 1.9.3: desktop now defaults ON, handhelds stay OFF, resolved via `planUsageChipEnabled()`.** The per-device notes further down describing it as opt-in/synced record the original 2026-06-14 shape, not current behavior. Commits `c82f6c8` (feature) → `4d9d93d` (end-to-end fixes) → `eae225b` (per-user reconcile) → `95fb5fc` (init-snapshot replay). Full suite green (2869), CI green. No changeset/version bump yet.
+>
+> **2026-09-07 rework — the "Injection lifecycle" section below (disk-write reconcile via `applyStatusLineConfig`) is SUPERSEDED and describes the OLD mechanism, kept for history.** That disk write let a Codeman-marked `statusLine.command` in `.claude/settings.local.json` take precedence over the user's own global/project statusline for ANY `claude` run in that directory — including entirely outside Codeman — with no disclosure and no way to undo it (real bug, found 2026-08-31). The exporter is now injected as an EPHEMERAL `claude --settings` CLI flag at spawn (`resolveStatusLineCliCommand`/`ensureStatusLineExporterScript`, hooks-config.ts) — never written to disk — and it WRAPS the user's own real statusline (`findEffectiveUserStatusLineCommand`) rather than replacing it. `showPlanUsageLimits` now doubles as the telemetry COLLECTION switch too: `readPlanUsageTelemetryEnabled()` reads it fresh from `settings.json` at every claude session create/respawn (`TmuxManager.createSession`/`respawnPane`), so it applies uniformly across every claude-creation path — interactive Run, cron, the Ralph Loop API, quick-start — with no per-session state (a Codeman restart cannot silently kill it) and no per-request field on the wire at all. An absent key reads as ON (the reader resolves the default; `GET /api/settings` never writes), and a settings save carries the key only when it flips the chip on that device, so a handheld with the chip off cannot switch collection off for a desktop by saving something unrelated. The exporter prints nothing on failure rather than the bare word `codeman` (discussion #405).
 >
 > Two surfaces from one `statusLine` callback:
 > - **Header chip** (top-right) — account-wide **plan limits**: `5h 35% · 7d 38%`, per-window green/yellow/red.
@@ -110,33 +112,33 @@ Fixed path (sessionId in the **body**, not the URL) so the auth exemption is an
 2. **Fresh load / reconnect:** server stores the latest in `plan-usage-latest.ts`; `getLightState()` includes it as `planUsage`; the per-connection **init snapshot** replays it; `handleInit` paints the chip immediately (authoritative over localStorage). Null until the first telemetry of the process.
 3. **Offline / cross-restart:** `restorePlanUsageChip()` reads `localStorage` on load (12h freshness guard).
 
-### 5. Injection lifecycle — works for *any* user, never self-destructs
+### 5. Injection lifecycle (SUPERSEDED 2026-09-07 — see header note; kept for history)
 
 The setting `showPlanUsageLimits` is **synced** (in `settings.json`, not a per-device `displayKey`).
 
-- **On toggle** (`PUT /api/settings`, `system-routes.ts`): reconcile the exporter across **all active Claude sessions' working dirs** — inject on enable, remove on disable. Server-side and authoritative, so existing sessions get the footer + feed the chip *immediately*, no new session needed, no dependency on a client's synced localStorage.
-- **On session create** (`session-routes.ts`): **ADD-ONLY** — inject when `statusLineTelemetry` is true; **never remove**. Sessions in a repo share one `settings.local.json`, so a single create-with-false (e.g. a client whose synced setting hadn't loaded) must not yank the statusLine out from under other live sessions. Removal happens only via the explicit toggle.
-- `applyStatusLineConfig()` is **`isOurs`-guarded** (matches `/api/status-telemetry`), so a user's own hand-authored statusLine is never touched, and it **updates an out-of-date ours-command** so fixes (e.g. `-k`) propagate. **No `CASES_DIR` gate** — runs for linked cases / real repos (where sessions actually run), mirroring `updateCaseModel`.
+- ~~**On toggle** (`PUT /api/settings`, `system-routes.ts`): reconcile the exporter across **all active Claude sessions' working dirs** — inject on enable, remove on disable.~~ There is nothing to (re)inject into an already-running session under the new CLI-flag mechanism — the NEXT respawn (a Ralph cycle, `/clear`, a PTY-exit restart) already reads the setting fresh.
+- ~~**On session create** (`session-routes.ts`): **ADD-ONLY** — inject when `statusLineTelemetry` is true; **never remove**.~~ There is no `statusLineTelemetry` request field anymore. `TmuxManager.createSession`/`respawnPane` read `readPlanUsageTelemetryEnabled()` fresh at spawn instead, uniformly across every claude-creation path.
+- ~~`applyStatusLineConfig()` is **`isOurs`-guarded**~~ — `applyStatusLineConfig` still exists but only for the SELF-HEAL path now (`resolveStatusLineCliCommand` strips a legacy disk-written exporter the first time a session starts in a workspace an older Codeman build touched).
 
 ## Codeman-specific considerations
 
 1. **Account-global limits.** The 5h/7d pools are shared across all sessions on the account → one shared header chip (freshest sample wins), not a per-tab bar.
 2. **The footer is owned, by necessity.** A statusLine command always replaces Claude's default footer. Since `rate_limits` *only* arrives via statusLine, we reconstruct a useful **session-status** footer (model · tokens · ctx %) from the same payload rather than showing the limits there.
-3. **`isOurs`-guarded.** Never removes/overwrites a user's own statusLine on disable; only manages the Codeman exporter.
+3. **Never overwrites, now WRAPS.** The exporter composes with a user's own real statusline (`findEffectiveUserStatusLineCommand`) rather than replacing it; `applyStatusLineConfig`'s `isOurs`-guard now only backs the legacy self-heal removal path.
 4. **Security envelope unchanged.** The exporter runs arbitrary shell every render — same trust model as the hook curls (localhost + `$CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE`); reuses the hook-secret gate.
-5. **Claude-only.** OpenCode/Codex emit no `rate_limits` JSON; injection is gated to `mode === 'claude'`.
+5. **Claude-only, registry-gated.** Injection is gated on `getCli(mode)?.capabilities.statusLineTelemetry` (currently `true` only for claude) rather than a hardcoded `mode === 'claude'` string.
 6. **Future — auto-resume synergy.** Live percentages would let `SessionAutoOps` pre-arm *before* the wall instead of reacting to the stall footer. Not built.
 
 ## Files shipped
 
 - `src/usage-telemetry.ts` — pure parse/format (`parseStatusTelemetry`, `parseSessionStatus`, `formatSessionStatusText`, `telemetrySignature`) + `test/usage-telemetry.test.ts`.
-- `src/hooks-config.ts` — `generateStatusLineCommand()` (`curl -sk`), `applyStatusLineConfig()` (add/update/remove, `isOurs`-guarded).
+- `src/hooks-config.ts` — `resolveStatusLineCliCommand()`/`ensureStatusLineExporterScript()` (ephemeral CLI-flag injection, never disk), `findEffectiveUserStatusLineCommand()` (wrap the user's real statusline), `readPlanUsageTelemetryEnabled()` (fresh global-setting read), `applyStatusLineConfig()` (legacy self-heal removal only now).
+- `src/session-cli-registry-bridge.ts` — merges the exporter path into the SAME `--settings` JSON object as effort/ultracode (Claude Code accepts only one `--settings` flag per invocation).
 - `src/web/routes/status-telemetry-routes.ts` — `POST /api/status-telemetry`.
 - `src/web/plan-usage-latest.ts` — process-wide last-known store for init replay.
-- `src/web/schemas.ts` — `StatusTelemetrySchema` + `showPlanUsageLimits` + create-payload `statusLineTelemetry`.
+- `src/web/schemas.ts` — `StatusTelemetrySchema` + `showPlanUsageLimits` (no separate create-payload or action field anymore).
 - `src/web/middleware/auth.ts` — exemption extended to `/api/status-telemetry`.
-- `src/web/routes/session-routes.ts` — add-only create-time injection.
-- `src/web/routes/system-routes.ts` — settings-toggle reconcile.
+- `src/tmux-manager.ts` — `createSession`/`respawnPane` read `readPlanUsageTelemetryEnabled()` fresh at spawn.
 - `src/web/server.ts` — `getLightState().planUsage` (init snapshot).
 - `src/web/sse-events.ts` + `constants.js` — `session:statusTelemetry`.
 - Frontend: `app.js` (`_onSessionStatusTelemetry`, `updatePlanUsageChip`, `restorePlanUsageChip`, `handleInit`), `settings-ui.js` (toggle + `applyHeaderVisibilitySettings`), `index.html` (chip + toggle row), `styles.css` (chip + colors), `session-ui.js` (create payload).

docs/versioning-policy.md

@@ -75,5 +75,5 @@ allowance. The commitments above take effect at `1.0.0`.
 ## See also
 
 - `CLAUDE.md` — the COM release workflow (changesets, version bump, deploy)
-- `SECURITY.md` — security reporting and the supported-version policy
+- `.github/SECURITY.md` — security reporting and the supported-version policy
 - `docs/security-architecture.md` — the full trust model

docs/vm-cases-plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+<!-- Design doc drafted 2026-07-28 from WWDC26 session 224 research. STATUS: PLANNED, NOT IMPLEMENTED. Blocked on macOS 27 "Golden Gate" (beta now, GA expected fall 2026). -->
+
+# VM Cases (macOS Virtualization framework), Implementation Plan
+
+## Status
+
+PLANNED, nothing implemented. This is the design + phased execution plan for a native-macOS VM isolation tier for cases ("the VM subsystem"), modeled on Docker cases (`docs/docker-cases-plan.md`). Testbed prerequisite: a macOS 27 host (see Section 8).
+
+**⚠ DESIGN DIRECTION (owner, 2026-07-29): the subsystem is GUI-first.** Users want real macOS desktops, not headless SSH machines. Guests may be macOS (GUI-only in practice) or Linux (GUI or headless). Key decision 3 below carries the full consequences; anything in this doc that reads as "Linux-first / headless-first" predates this and has been revised.
+
+**2026-07-29: Phase 0 substantially validated on the beta testbed; full Apple-stack reference now lives in [`docs/vm-subsystem-apple-stack.md`](vm-subsystem-apple-stack.md)** (API surfaces, beta bugs, our empirical results, and design implications). Plan-relevant corrections from that work: vmnet's topology/port-forwarding APIs are macOS 26 (only the loopback fix is 27); guest provisioning is macOS-guests-only (Linux stays cloud-init, proven working); DiskImageKit has NO flatten/merge, so the `export` subcommand ships the layer chain (or flattens in-guest) instead of flattening; seed ISOs are base-build-time only, never attached at case runtime; per-case EFI variable stores are mandatory; guest health checks read DHCP leases, never serial/ping.
+
+## 1. Context and motivation
+
+WWDC 2026 session 224 ("Expand the Capabilities of your Virtualization App", https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/224/) shipped the missing pieces for programmatic, fleet-style VM management on macOS:
+
+- **`VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions`**: automated first-boot setup of a macOS guest (user account, auto-login, SSH enabled) with zero interactive setup.
+- **DiskImageKit**: stacked disk images on the Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF): a read-only base layer plus cheap per-VM cache/overlay layers. Direct analog of Docker image layers + writable container layer.
+- **vmnet framework**: custom network topologies and port forwarding from the host process.
+- **`VZCustomVirtioDevice`**: custom low-latency host<->guest channels (Linux guests).
+- **AccessoryAccess**: USB passthrough (not relevant to Codeman, out of scope).
+
+Codeman's isolation story today is Docker cases. On macOS, Docker means Docker Desktop / a Linux VM anyway, with weaker fidelity and a heavyweight dependency. The Virtualization framework gives hardware-virtualized per-case sandboxes natively, with a layered-image story that mirrors what `scripts/build-agent-image.mjs` does for Docker. This is the premium native-macOS tier ON TOP of Docker cases, never a replacement (Docker remains the cross-platform story; the Linux prod box cannot use any of this).
+
+## 2. Platform reality (hard constraints)
+
+| Constraint                | Detail                                                                                                                                              |
+| ------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Host OS                   | macOS 27 "Golden Gate" required for the new APIs (dev beta since 2026-06-08, public beta since 2026-07-13, GA expected fall 2026)                    |
+| Host hardware             | Apple Silicon only (macOS 27 dropped Intel). Testbed: the owner's dedicated MacBook (Section 8); the M4 Mac mini (macOS 26.4, runs the second Codeman install) stays on stable + untouched |
+| Guest provisioning        | `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` needs macOS 27 on BOTH host and guest. Linux guests provision via cloud-init instead                                 |
+| macOS guest concurrency   | **Hard kernel cap: 2 concurrent macOS VMs per host. MEASURED on 27 beta 4 (2026-07-29), not inferred**: the 3rd VM is refused instantly with `VZErrorDomain` code 6 while 39% of RAM is free, so more hardware does NOT raise it. Since macOS GUI guests are the headline use case, this is a real product capacity limit to schedule around and surface in the UI. Linux guests are uncapped (resource-bound only) |
+| Language                  | Virtualization framework is Swift/ObjC only; Node cannot call it. Requires a Swift helper binary (Key decision 2)                                    |
+| Entitlement               | Host process needs `com.apple.security.virtualization`. Fine for a locally built dev binary; distribution needs signing thought (Section 9)          |
+| Nested virtualization     | Linux-guest-only on M3+. A macOS 27 VM cannot dependably host its own guests, so the host-side APIs must be tested on bare-metal 27 (dual-boot)      |
+| CI                        | Cannot run in CI (needs beta macOS on Apple Silicon). Same answer as tmux/docker: no-op all VM IO under `VITEST`, unit-test the pure parts            |
+
+## 3. Goal and user stories
+
+Add "VM cases" to Codeman: a case can point at a per-case virtual machine on a macOS host, and any CLI backend runs inside it over the existing remote-SSH session machinery. A LOCATION OVERLAY on cases, exactly like remote-SSH and Docker cases, NEVER a sixth `SessionMode`.
+
+- As a Mac user, I link a case to a VM so an autonomous run executes behind a hardware virtualization boundary (stronger than Docker's shared kernel) while file viewing, transcripts, and hooks keep working.
+- Per-case VMs are instant and cheap: a shared provisioned base image plus a per-case overlay, not a full image copy per case.
+- Killing a session kills only its in-guest tmux; the VM stays up while sibling sessions remain; case delete tears the VM down.
+- I export a case's VM overlay as a portable artifact (mirror of `docker-exports/`), secrets excluded.
+- On a non-mac host, or a Mac without the helper, the feature is invisible: zero UI, zero probes, zero errors.
+
+Non-goals for the MVP: USB passthrough, custom Virtio channels (Phase 3 candidate), macOS-guest fleets (capped at 2 anyway), Kubernetes-style orchestration, Intel Macs.
+
+## 4. Architecture
+
+```
+Codeman (Node, unchanged session layer)
+  |  JSON over stdout (same pattern as shelling out to docker/tmux)
+  v
+codeman-vm  (Swift package: CLI + per-VM GUI runner app in the console session)
+  |  Virtualization / DiskImageKit / vmnet
+  v
+per-case VM (macOS or Linux)
+      |-- GUI mode: VZVirtualMachineView in a window  --> guest screen sharing --> browser (noVNC)
+      |-- shell:    SSH on vmnet IP                   --> existing remote-SSH tmux machinery
+      ^ VirtioFS: host case dir mounted at the SAME absolute path
+```
+
+Note the runner is a **GUI app in the console user's session**, not a detached daemon: a daemon-launched VM cannot render, which is fatal for macOS guests and for Linux desktop cases.
+
+### Key decision 1: location overlay, not a mode
+
+Identical reasoning to Docker/remote-SSH (see CLAUDE.md): the session layer, respawn, Ralph, recovery, and quick-start plumbing all stay untouched. `SessionMode` stays five-valued. State mirrors the Docker pair: `~/.codeman/vm-hosts.json` + `vm-cases.json`, new `src/vm-hosts.ts` with the storage + pure helpers split.
+
+### Key decision 2: Swift helper CLI (`codeman-vm`)
+
+The framework is Swift-only, so all VM work lives in a SwiftPM package (`packages/codeman-vm/`), a CLI with a stable JSON contract:
+
+- `create-base --guest linux|macos`: build the shared base image. Linux: boot an arm64 cloud image with EFI + cloud-init, install Node 22 + tmux + the four CLIs (same inventory as `docker/agent.Dockerfile`), seal as base ASIF. macOS: IPSW restore + `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` (agent user, SSH on), then **desktop-readiness baking**, which is mandatory for GUI guests: suppress the per-user first-login assistant (`com.apple.SetupAssistant` keys + the User Template), enable auto-login (`autoLoginUser` + `/etc/kcpassword`), disable screensaver/lock/display-sleep, and set a static wallpaper (animated "aerials" wallpaper is unusable over remote display). ⚠ Use RAW (not ASIF) for macOS guest disks until the beta's macOS-guest space-reclamation bug is fixed.
+- `create <case>`: DiskImageKit stacked image: shared read-only base + fresh per-case overlay. Near-instant, space-efficient.
+- `start <case>` / `stop` / `status` / `ip`: lifecycle + vmnet NAT; `ip` reports the guest SSH endpoint.
+- `export <case>` / `import`: flatten overlay + workspace tar + manifest, credentials excluded (mirror of docker-export).
+
+A VM dies with its owning process, so `start` spawns a DETACHED per-VM runner process (analog of the detached `scripts/self-update.sh` trick) rather than a monolithic daemon; `status` talks to it over a unix socket in the instance data dir (`dataPath()`, never a hardcoded `~/.codeman` path).
+
+### Key decision 3: multi-guest, and GUI is a first-class mode (REVISED 2026-07-29 by the repo owner)
+
+The subsystem supports both macOS and Linux guests, and a guest runs in one of two **display modes**:
+
+| | macOS guest | Linux guest |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| **GUI mode** | **the point of the feature**; a real macOS desktop. Mandatory: nothing renders without an attached `VZVirtualMachineView` in an unlocked host session | supported (EFI + virtio-gpu framebuffer) for desktop Linux cases |
+| **Headless mode** | not offered: a macOS guest with no view renders nothing, so a "headless macOS desktop" is a contradiction. SSH-only macOS is possible but is not what this feature is for | supported and cheap; the natural mode for agent/CI work, driven over SSH |
+
+Consequences that flow from GUI being first-class:
+- VM processes are **GUI apps in the console user's session** (LaunchAgent / `launchctl asuser`), never daemons. A daemon-launched VM cannot render.
+- **The host is part of the product surface**: it must auto-login, never lock, never sleep, and keep a live WindowServer. Host lock == every VM's screen goes black, so the screen lock is effectively a global kill switch for every VM display on the machine. The product must own these host settings rather than treat them as user preference.
+- **FileVault conflicts with unattended GUI hosting** and the trade-off must be a deliberate choice: FileVault disables auto-login, so a full-disk-encrypted host needs a human at a keyboard (or a remote screen-sharing session) after every reboot before any VM can render. Options are (a) FileVault on, accept manual login per boot, (b) FileVault off on a dedicated VM host so it boots straight into a rendering session, or (c) FileVault on plus a remote-unlock runbook. Codeman should detect the state and tell the user which one they are in instead of silently serving black screens.
+- **Guests must be desktop-ready, not just booted**: auto-login, no screensaver/lock, and the per-user first-login assistant pre-suppressed at base-image time (`com.apple.SetupAssistant` keys, plus the User Template so later accounts inherit it). Otherwise the user connects to a login prompt or a setup wizard, which is exactly what happened during the first hands-on run.
+- **Capacity is capped for macOS**: at most 2 concurrent macOS VMs per host, confirmed by our own test on 27 beta 4 (3rd refused with `VZErrorDomain` 6 at 39% free RAM; it is a kernel quota, so bigger hardware does not help). Scheduling must queue or evict beyond 2, the UI must explain why, and the scheduler should tolerate the acknowledged slot-leak bug (a slot occupied with nothing running, host-reboot to clear). Linux guests are uncapped and bounded only by host resources, which is the lever for scaling case counts on one machine.
+- **Access is via the guest's own screen**, viewable in a browser through the noVNC chain (see `docs/vm-subsystem-apple-stack.md` §8), so no client-version or client-install requirements land on the user.
+
+Provisioning per guest type: `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` for macOS (needs 27-on-27, first-boot-only, and does NOT skip the per-user wizard), cloud-init NoCloud seed ISO for Linux (proven working).
+
+### Key decision 3b: the GUI VM host profile, and supervision that catches black screens
+
+GUI hosting only works if the host is configured for it and supervised. This profile was derived the hard way on the testbed (prototyped there 2026-07-30) and should be what `codeman-vm` installs and verifies:
+
+**Host profile** (the product should own these, not leave them to preference):
+1. **No login barrier.** Either FileVault off + auto-login (a dedicated VM host boots straight into a rendering session, fully unattended), or FileVault on and remote reboots done with `sudo fdesetup authrestart`, where the pre-boot unlock *is* the login so the machine returns already logged in with encryption intact. **`authrestart` is VERIFIED on the testbed (2026-07-30): the host rebooted remotely and came back with a live logged-in console session, FileVault still enabled, no password prompt** — this is the recommended pattern for an encrypted GUI VM host. Plain reboots on a FileVault host always need a human, so Codeman should detect that combination and warn instead of serving black screens.
+2. **Never lock**: lock policy off (needs the account password, so it is a setup step, not a scriptable one) plus `caffeinate -d -i -m -u` re-armed per session.
+3. **Never sleep**: `pmset -a sleep 0 displaysleep 0 disablesleep 1`; a physical display is NOT required (a lid-closed laptop renders fine, only an unlocked session matters). Note OS updates reset these.
+4. **Session-independent control plane**: run VPN/remote access as a system service, never a session app, and keep the access chain (forwards, VNC proxies, web endpoints) in LaunchDaemons so a session restart cannot sever operator access.
+
+**Supervision** must be a **root LaunchDaemon**, not a user LaunchAgent. This is the load-bearing detail: a user agent cannot launch a GUI app into the Aqua session, so its restart attempts fail *silently* (the child dies instantly, leaving an empty log while the supervisor cheerfully reports success). A root daemon can, via `launchctl asuser <uid> sudo -u <user> …`, and those launches persist. Prototyped and verified on the testbed 2026-07-30; a working supervisor runs on a short interval and:
+
+- Restarts the runner when the process is gone **or when its log shows `WindowServer event port death`**, which means it is permanently blind while still looking alive.
+- Defers restarts while the console is at the login window, and launches into whichever session actually exists (resolve the console user with `stat -f %Su /dev/console`, never a hardcoded one).
+- Re-points the guest port-forward whenever the guest's NAT lease changes, which happens on **every guest boot** under plain NAT. A vmnet DHCP reservation for a stable per-case IP is the better long-term answer.
+- **Re-applies host power settings**, because `pmset -a disablesleep 1` does NOT survive a reboot (caught on the supervisor's first run after a real reboot) and OS updates reset it too.
+- Re-arms the keep-awake helper, which dies with its session.
+- Ideally also samples the guest framebuffer for non-black content, since a black screen is the one symptom common to every failure mode here.
+
+`pgrep` alone is worthless for health: every failure mode in this session presented as a healthy process.
+
+### Key decision 4: sessions ride the existing remote-SSH machinery
+
+A provisioned guest is literally an SSH host on a vmnet IP. Session launch = the remote-SSH flow with the host swapped in: durable remote `tmux -L codeman-remote`, session names failing `SAFE_MUX_NAME_PATTERN` on purpose, EVERY ssh command line through `buildSshConnectionArgs()` (command-injection invariant), run flows through `POST /api/quick-start` (never `POST /api/sessions`, which stat-validates `workingDir` locally). What is genuinely new is only lifecycle (create/start/stop/export) and the vm-hosts/vm-cases overlay state.
+
+### Key decision 5: workspace via VirtioFS at the same absolute path
+
+Mirror the Docker bind-mount invariant: the case workspace is a real host directory shared into the guest via VirtioFS and mounted at the SAME absolute path. That keeps file-routes/watchers on real host bytes and makes the in-guest transcript projHash match the host. Without this, transcripts/attachments/file viewer all silently degrade.
+
+### Key decision 6: credentials seeded, hooks bridged
+
+- Credentials are SEEDED (read-only share, copied into the guest once at create), never shared read-write, and excluded from exports: byte-for-byte the Docker cases rule and rationale.
+- Hooks: on the loopback-only prod bind a guest cannot reach `127.0.0.1:3000`. Mirror `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS` with a `CODEMAN_VM_BRIDGE_HOOKS` opt-in listener on the vmnet gateway IP; otherwise idle detection falls back to output-based, same as Docker.
+
+### Key decision 7: drift and teardown copy Docker semantics verbatim
+
+Config hash label on the VM (guest type, cpu/mem, share list); a drifted launch is REFUSED, never silently launched stale. One VM per case shared by all sessions; session kill = in-guest tmux kill only; case delete = stop + remove overlay; instance-scoped boot reaper for orphaned runner processes.
+
+## 5. Implementation phases
+
+**Phase 0, testbed (no repo code):** dedicated MacBook on the macOS 27 beta, remotely accessible over the tailnet (setup protocol in Section 8), Xcode 27 beta, then a throwaway Swift script proving the loop: create base -> overlay -> boot -> ssh in. This validates 80% of the design before any Codeman code.
+
+**Phase 1, `codeman-vm` helper:** SwiftPM package, the six subcommands above, JSON contract doc, detached runner + unix-socket status, Linux base image build. Deliverable is testable entirely without Codeman.
+
+**Phase 2, Codeman integration:** types (`VmHost`/`VmCase`/`SessionVm`), `src/vm-hosts.ts` (+ pure helpers: config hash, arg building, endpoint parsing), Zod schemas, `case-routes` link/unlink + listing, `quick-start` vm branch reusing the remote-SSH launch path, `Session` threading + recovery round-trip, `VITEST` no-op layer, unit tests. Feature-detect: darwin + arm64 + helper binary present, else invisible.
+
+**Phase 3, polish:** export/import UI, frontend Create Case "VM" tab + case-picker labels, SSE `vm:*` events, macOS-guest opt-in with cap surfaced, custom-Virtio input channel exploration, CLAUDE.md Key Pattern + `docs/vm-cases.md` + COM.
+
+## 6. Testing
+
+- Pure helpers unit-tested (ports pattern from `docker-hosts.ts`: 26 tests there, aim similar).
+- All helper-invoking IO no-ops under `VITEST` (the `IS_TEST_MODE` pattern in `tmux-manager.ts`).
+- End-to-end verification happens ON the beta MacBook, per the always-end-to-end rule: real base build, real per-case overlay boot, real quick-start into the guest, workspace round-trip through VirtioFS, session-delete keeps VM up, case-delete removes it.
+- CI never runs the real path; the static guards are type-level + unit-level only.
+
+## 7. Risks
+
+1. **Beta API churn**: everything here targets beta SDKs; symbol/behavior changes are likely before fall GA. Mitigation: Phase 0/1 are throwaway-tolerant; no Codeman-side commitment until the helper contract survives a beta cycle.
+2. **New artifact class**: Codeman ships pure TypeScript today; a Swift binary changes build/distribution (build-on-install via `xcrun swift build` on macs with Xcode CLT? prebuilt signed binary per release?). Needs an owner decision; local dev build is fine for the whole beta period.
+3. **Entitlement/signing**: `com.apple.security.virtualization` is trivial for local dev, real for distribution.
+4. **Adoption gating**: users need macOS 27 + Apple Silicon for months after GA. Docker cases remain the default recommendation; VM cases ship dark (feature-detected) with zero cost to everyone else.
+
+## 8. Beta testbed plan: dedicated MacBook (actionable now)
+
+Testbed is a dedicated MacBook the owner sacrifices to the beta (after a full backup). This supersedes the earlier dual-boot-the-Mini idea (git history has it): a dedicated machine means no OS-switching, no downtime for the Mini's live Codeman, and no FileVault pre-boot headaches.
+
+**Sequencing rule that makes it headless: configure ALL remote access on the CURRENT macOS first, THEN upgrade in place.** An in-place beta upgrade preserves Remote Login, Tailscale, user accounts, and auto-login, so there is no Setup Assistant and no post-install physical step. (A fresh install would boot into GUI-only Setup Assistant with no SSH, which on a headless box is a dead end.)
+
+Confirmed hardware (2026-07-28): MacBook, M3, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB disk with ~100 GB free. Verdict: green. M3 = eligible + nested-virt capable; 16 GB = host + 2-3 concurrent Linux guests (macOS guest = one at a time); 100 GB = fits with discipline: install Xcode 27 beta with the macOS platform only (skipping iOS/watchOS/tvOS simulators saves 15-20 GB), and defer any macOS guest base (~30 GB) to an external SSD or until actually needed. Linux guests + sparse ASIF overlays are the comfortable path.
+
+### Pre-upgrade checklist (owner, physical, once)
+
+1. Full backup (Time Machine or clone); the machine should be considered beta-only afterwards.
+2. Tailscale: install, sign into the tailnet, confirm it appears in `tailscale status` from another node.
+3. System Settings -> General -> Sharing: **Remote Login ON** (SSH) and **Screen Sharing ON** (for the rare GUI-only moments: Xcode license, Apple Account dialogs).
+4. **FileVault stays ON** (owner decision 2026-07-28, security over convenience). Consequences: auto-login is unavailable, but FileVault's pre-boot unlock doubles as login, so an unlocked boot still lands in a live GUI session; planned remote reboots go through `sudo fdesetup authrestart` (unlocks for exactly one restart); an UNPLANNED reboot (beta kernel panic, battery drain) parks the machine at the pre-boot screen, no SSH/Tailscale, until the password is typed physically. If the testbed goes silent, suspect this first. Keep it on AC so the battery absorbs power blips.
+5. Beta enrollment (manual): sign into the Apple Account in System Settings; System Settings -> General -> Software Update -> **Beta Updates** -> select the **macOS 27 Developer Beta** (preferred: framework fixes land weeks earlier than public beta; free since 2023 after accepting the agreement once at developer.apple.com; public-beta alternative: enroll at beta.apple.com). Then run the offered upgrade: plugged in, lid open, trusted network.
+6. Send over: tailnet name/IP, username, and a first-login password (key install + lockdown happens remotely right after).
+
+### Post-upgrade setup (remote, over the tailnet)
+
+1. Verify: `sw_vers` reports 27.x, SSH reachable.
+2. Server-ize the laptop: `sudo pmset -a sleep 0 disksleep 0 disablesleep 1` (lid-closed operation without an external display), `womp 1` (wake on network), `sudo systemsetup -setrestartpowerfailure on`. Keep on AC power.
+3. Install the controlling host's SSH key, then disable password auth.
+4. Xcode 27 beta install (the one step needing the owner's Apple Account sign-in once, doable via Screen Sharing from anywhere); `xcode-select`, license accept, verify `swift --version` + the 27 SDK (`xcrun --show-sdk-version`).
+5. Phase 0 prototype loop, all remote from here: Linux guest base image (no 27-on-27 provisioning dependency), DiskImageKit overlay, boot, vmnet NAT, ssh into the guest, run `claude --version` inside.
+6. Only after that loop works: start Phase 1 in `packages/codeman-vm/`.
+
+## 9. Open decisions (owner)
+
+1. Linux base distro/image for the default guest (proposal: Ubuntu 24.04 arm64 cloud image, matching the docker agent image's userland).
+2. Helper distribution for GA: build-on-install vs prebuilt signed binary vs "bring your own Xcode".
+3. Ship dark behind `CODEMAN_VM_CASES=1` for the first release, or feature-detect only?
+4. Export format parity with docker-exports (one manifest schema for both?).
+
+## References
+
+- Session 224: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/224/
+- Fleet-angle writeup: https://bitrise.io/blog/post/wwdc26-the-virtualization-framework-updates-that-matter-for-large-mac-fleets
+- Beta timeline: https://www.macworld.com/article/3189014/apple-july-2026-ios-ipados-macos-27-public-betas-tv-arcade-releases.html
+- Internal analogs: `docs/docker-cases-plan.md` (architecture template), `docs/remote-sessions.md` (session transport), `docs/architecture-invariants.md#docker-cases`

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+<!-- Reference doc for the VM subsystem (Codeman VM cases). Compiled 2026-07-29 from: Apple DocC JSON backend, macOS 27 beta 4 SDK on the testbed, a multi-source web research sweep, and hands-on prototyping on a MacBook Air M3 running macOS 27.0 beta (26A5388g). Companion to vm-cases-plan.md (the Codeman integration plan). -->
+
+# The VM Subsystem: Apple Virtualization Stack Reference (macOS 27 "Golden Gate")
+
+"VM subsystem" is the working name for Codeman's native-macOS VM isolation tier and everything under it. This document is the single place for what the Apple stack actually provides, what we have verified ourselves on the beta, and what is known-broken. The Codeman-side design lives in `docs/vm-cases-plan.md`.
+
+**Research method note:** Apple's HTML doc pages are JS-rendered and come back empty to fetchers. The working route is the DocC JSON backend: `https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/documentation/<path>.json` (page content) and `https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/index/<framework>` (full symbol tree with per-symbol `beta` flags). Everything below marked "Apple docs" was parsed from that backend directly.
+
+## 1. Component map and minimum OS versions
+
+| Component | What it is | Min host OS | Notes |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| Virtualization.framework core | VMs, EFI/Linux boot, virtio devices, VirtioFS | macOS 11-13 era | Unchanged basics; our prototype uses nothing newer than macOS 13 APIs except the DiskImageKit bridge |
+| **DiskImageKit** | ASIF + raw disk images, layered stacks | **macOS 27** | Swift-only, no ObjC headers. Section 2 |
+| **Guest provisioning** | First-boot account/SSH setup for macOS guests | **macOS 27 host AND guest** | Mac guests only as of beta 4. Section 3 |
+| vmnet topology/port-forward/DHCP APIs | Custom networks, port forwarding | **macOS 26** (NOT 27) | 27 adds exactly one fix: loopback port forwarding. Section 4 |
+| `VZVmnetNetworkDeviceAttachment` | In-process vmnet attach | macOS 26 | |
+| **`VZCustomVirtioDevice`** family | Custom paravirt devices | **macOS 27** | Linux guests only, custom guest driver required. Section 5 |
+| AccessoryAccess (USB passthrough) | USB claim + attach to VMs | macOS 27 | Requires paid-team provisioning profile, Dock app. Out of scope for Codeman. Section 6 |
+
+Corrections to the WWDC-session framing we started with: vmnet's topology family is a macOS 26 story (129 symbols, zero beta-flagged in 27); provisioning does NOT currently extend beyond macOS guests despite the generic-looking `VZGuestProvisioningOptions` base class; DiskImageKit has no attach/mount API at all (it is a file-format library that hands `DiskImage` objects to Virtualization, no `/dev/diskN`, no root needed, no entitlement documented).
+
+## 2. DiskImageKit (macOS 27, Swift-only)
+
+Public framework, `/System/Library/Frameworks/DiskImageKit.framework`. No ObjC headers; the API surface lives in the `.swiftinterface`. Verified present in the CLT 27 beta 4 SDK, and our prototype compiled against it with plain `swiftc` on the first attempt.
+
+### API surface (complete as of beta 4)
+
+```swift
+class DiskImage {
+  convenience init(creating: some DiskImage.CreationConfiguration) throws
+  convenience init(opening: some OpenConfigurationProtocol) throws
+  func appending(any DiskImage.CreationConfiguration & DiskImage.StackableLayer) throws -> any StackedImage
+  func appending(consuming DiskImage) throws -> any StackedImage   // reattach an existing layer; validates parentUUID
+  func truncate(blockCount: Int) throws                            // stacked: affects top layer; does NOT resize guest fs
+  var blockCount, blockSize, format, layerType, layerUUID, parentUUID, openMode, size, url
+}
+protocol StackedImage: DiskImage { var layers: [DiskImage] }
+struct OpenConfiguration { init(url:mode:); Mode = automatic | readOnly | readWrite }
+// CreationConfiguration statics: .asif(url:blockCount:blockSize:), .asifLayer(url:type:), .raw(url:blockCount:)
+// DiskImage.LayerType: .cache | .overlay | .overlay(blockCount:)
+// DiskImage.BlockSize: .bytes512 | .bytes4096
+// Errors: CorruptedImageError, IncompatibleStackingError(reason), InvalidBlockCountError, UnsupportedFormatError
+```
+
+Bridge into Virtualization is a new beta convenience init on the existing attachment class. Note there is no `readOnly:` parameter; read-only-ness comes from each layer's own `openMode`:
+
+```swift
+VZDiskImageStorageDeviceAttachment(diskImage: stack, cachingMode: .automatic, synchronizationMode: .full)
+```
+
+### Stacking rules (Apple docs, verbatim where quoted)
+
+- ASIF works standalone or stacked. "You can only use RAW images as standalone images or as **base** images in stacked configurations." Upper layers are always ASIF.
+- **One cache layer per stack**, any number of overlays conceptually, "shallow stacks perform better" (WWDC 224). No published max-depth guidance.
+- "Layers are processed from bottom (base) to top. The **topmost layer determines the stack's size and receives all writes**." `.overlay(blockCount:)` therefore also grows the virtual disk.
+- UUID chaining: appending sets the child's `parentUUID` to the parent's `layerUUID`. Raw bases have no UUID. "The layer UUID **changes if the layer is written to**", and reattaching a mismatched layer throws `IncompatibleStackingError`. This is the mechanism that makes a shared read-only base safe.
+- Base sharing across multiple VMs is the stated design intent ("can be shared across multiple VMs"), with the WWDC caveat that per-VM auxiliary files (EFI variable store, macOS auxiliary storage) must be duplicated per VM, never shared.
+- **There is no flatten/merge.** An overlay cannot be merged back into its base (confirmed by Howard Oakley's coverage plus an independent hands-on report). Export/move flows must ship the layer chain, or flatten inside a guest (dd to a fresh attached image).
+
+### Known issues and adoption
+
+- **ASIF space reclamation is broken for macOS guests on the beta** (deleted files never return space, survives reboots). Linux guests reclaim correctly on both raw and ASIF via `fstrim -av`. Single detailed field report, unrefuted. Since the VM subsystem targets macOS guests, the practical rule until this is fixed is: back macOS guest disks with RAW, and revisit ASIF stacking for macOS guests each beta (stacking still works, the disks just never shrink).
+- **Zero shipping adopters anywhere.** tart has a design issue with no activity; nobody has published working DiskImageKit code. Everything must be treated as field-untested (and our own testing bears that out, Section 8).
+- Framework binary grew every beta (588 → 598 across betas 1-4); expect churn until GA.
+- Release notes list no DiskImageKit known issues in any beta, which given the above says more about the notes than the framework.
+
+## 3. Guest provisioning (macOS guests only)
+
+```swift
+class VZGuestProvisioningOptions: NSObject { func validate() throws }   // "use one of its subclasses"
+class VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions: VZGuestProvisioningOptions {
+  var fullName, username, password: String
+  var logsInAutomatically: Bool
+  var enablesRemoteLogin: Bool   // SSH
+}
+// Wiring: VZMacOSVirtualMachineStartOptions.guestProvisioningOptions (Mac-typed)
+//         .setGuestProvisioning(_:) throws  (validating setter)
+```
+
+- **Requires macOS 27 on host AND guest.** Older guests **silently ignore** the options (no error).
+- **First boot after restore only.** Cannot reconfigure an already-provisioned VM; property changes after start are no-ops.
+- The base class is forward-looking scaffolding; its only subclass is Mac. A Linux/cloud-init analogue may come later; do not assume it lands in 27.0. For Linux guests, cloud-init NoCloud seed ISOs remain the provisioning path (proven working, Section 8).
+- Field-verified behavior (third-party hands-on, beta 3): provisioned account gets full admin + sudo; Setup Assistant fully skipped; SSH reachable ~48 s after first boot. **Race**: the account is created late in first boot (~T+54 s), after LaunchDaemons start (~T+33 s), so anything at daemon-level must wait for the account to exist.
+- Open Apple-acknowledged bug: provisioned users are invisible to `CSIdentityQueryExecute()` (FB23716201).
+- IPSW acquisition gotcha for automation: `VZMacOSRestoreImage.latestSupported` tracks the latest *release* (returned 26.5.2), not the installed beta; beta IPSWs must be fetched from the seed CDN explicitly.
+
+## 4. vmnet: a macOS 26 feature set, one macOS 27 fix
+
+Everything interesting shipped in macOS 26: `vmnet_network_create`, `vmnet_network_configuration_create`, `..._add_port_forwarding_rule`, `..._add_dhcp_reservation`, subnet/prefix/MTU/external-interface setters, NAT44/NAT66/DHCP/DNS-proxy/RA disables, plus serialization (`vmnet_network_copy_serialization` / `_create_with_serialization`) for handing networks across processes. `VZVmnetNetworkDeviceAttachment` is macOS 26.
+
+macOS 27's only change (beta 4 release notes, verbatim): "The vmnet port forwarding APIs now support port forwarding when communicating over loopback." That closes the old gap where the host could not reach its own forwarded ports via 127.0.0.1 (confirmed working by the original bug reporter). Directly relevant to Codeman's loopback-bound production server talking to per-case guests.
+
+Gotchas:
+- vmnet networks are **not persisted**; they die with the owning process. Persist settings yourself and recreate (or serialize across processes).
+- The `com.apple.vm.networking` entitlement is still restricted ("contact your Apple representative", though DTS says most requests are approved). The plain `VZNATNetworkDeviceAttachment` needs no special entitlement and is what our prototype uses.
+- Ecosystem signal: tart's maintainer is not adopting in-process vmnet (prefers their separate-process softnet), so field testing of these APIs is thin.
+
+## 5. VZCustomVirtioDevice (macOS 27, Linux guests only)
+
+14 new types (`VZCustomVirtioDevice(+Configuration/Delegate/Provider)`, `VZVirtioQueue(+Element)`, `VZVirtioFeatureSet`, shared-memory-region types, `VZGuestMemoryMapping`), wired via `VZVirtualMachineConfiguration.customVirtioDevices`. Mandatory for guest discovery: `deviceID`, `pciClassID`, `pciSubclassID`, `virtioQueueCount`. You must write the Linux guest driver (Virtio spec 1.3/1.4). Threading contract: the framework calls the device/delegate on a serial queue (`deviceQueue`, defaulting to the VM's queue). Zero public adopters. For the VM subsystem this is a Phase 3+ option for a low-latency host-guest channel; SSH over NAT is proven and sufficient for now.
+
+## 6. Signing and entitlements
+
+- **Core loop (VZ + DiskImageKit + provisioning): ad-hoc signing with only `com.apple.security.virtualization` suffices.** Verified by us on beta 4 (plain `codesign --entitlements ... -s -` on a `swiftc` binary) and independently by third parties on beta 3. DiskImageKit documents no entitlement at all.
+- **Over-entitling is the actual trap.** Adding `com.apple.application-identifier`/team-identifier keys without an embedded provisioning profile hangs the process before `main` (watchdog kill); shipping `com.apple.vm.networking` unauthorized gets AMFI SIGKILL at exec (exit 137, no crash report, even for `--version`). Keep the entitlements plist to exactly the one key.
+- **USB passthrough breaks the ad-hoc story**: `com.apple.developer.accessory-access.usb` is profile-restricted (any paid team, no ad-hoc), additionally requires `com.apple.security.device.usb`, and `AAUSBAccessoryManager` presents UI, so it wants a Dock app, not a headless CLI. Out of scope for Codeman.
+- No Xcode required for any of the above: the CLT beta (~500 MB via `softwareupdate`) carries the full macOS 27 SDK including DiskImageKit and compiles/signs everything.
+
+## 7. Ecosystem state (July 2026)
+
+- **tart is now `openai/tart`** (moved from cirruslabs, mid-2026) and **relicensed to FSL-1.1-ALv2** (no longer permissive). Provisioning support shipped in 2.33.0. Old cirruslabs URLs and license assumptions are stale.
+- VirtualBuddy shipped provisioning ("Skip Setup Assistant") in 2.2 betas; had to add account-detail validation and a workaround installer for the cross-version bug below.
+- lima is deliberately waiting for GA before touching macOS 27 APIs.
+- **Code-Hex/vz (Go bindings) is dormant** (no commits since Feb 2026, no macOS 27 APIs), so the entire Go ecosystem (podman-machine, colima) currently has no path to these APIs. Swift is the only realistic binding today, which validates the VM subsystem's Swift-helper design.
+- Useful pattern if ever supporting older SDKs: resolve new classes via `NSClassFromString` at runtime (no link-time dependency), fail gracefully when absent.
+- **Cross-version restore bug**: installing a macOS 27 guest from IPSW on a macOS 26 host fails at 77-78% (`VZErrorDomain 10007`); fixed in 26.6b3 + Xcode 27b4 era, with a nasty MobileDevice.pkg trap (installing it from Xcode 27 beta on a 26 host requires a full macOS reinstall to undo). Not relevant to our 27-host testbed, very relevant to anyone on a 26 host.
+
+## 8. Our empirical results (beta 4, 26A5388g, MacBook Air M3, 2026-07-29)
+
+Prototype tooling, all in `~/vm-lab/` on the testbed, compiled with CLT-only `swiftc` and ad-hoc signed with the single virtualization entitlement:
+
+| Tool | Purpose |
+| --- | --- |
+| `vzboot.swift` | Linux guest: EFI boot + virtio disk/net/entropy + NAT + optional cloud-init seed ISO + serial on stdio |
+| `vzstack.swift` | Same, but boots a DiskImageKit stack (read-only raw base + ASIF overlay) |
+| `vzmac.swift` | macOS guest: `install` (IPSW restore into a bundle) and `run` (boot, `--provision` for first-boot account/SSH) |
+| `vzmacgui.swift` | macOS guest in a real window via `VZVirtualMachineView` (required for the guest to render at all) |
+| `setup-seed.sh` | Builds a cloud-init NoCloud seed ISO with `hdiutil makehybrid` (volume label `cidata`) |
+| `vncproxy.py` | RFB proxy that advertises only security type 2, so version-skewed/browser clients can authenticate |
+| noVNC + `websockify` | Browser access; `websockify --web noVNC-<ver> 0.0.0.0:<port> 127.0.0.1:<proxy>` |
+| `vmwatchdog.sh` + `vmaccess.sh` | Supervision: root LaunchDaemon that restarts a blind/dead runner, re-points the forward, re-applies `pmset`, re-arms keep-awake; plus a keeper for the proxy/web endpoints |
+
+Host-side diagnostics written during this work (in the session scratchpad, not on the testbed): `vnclogin.py` (Apple DH auth + session open, distinguishes "credentials rejected" from "authorized but session refused"), `vncshot.py` (decodes the raw framebuffer to PNG and reports non-black pixel counts, plus optional synthetic wake input), `relay.py` (plain TCP relay used to bridge a tailnet peer to a LAN-only host), `sshpw.py` (pty-driven password SSH for the one-time key bootstrap into a freshly provisioned guest).
+
+### Proven working
+
+1. **Boot**: Debian 12 arm64 cloud images (nocloud and genericcloud variants) boot under `VZEFIBootLoader` + `VZGenericPlatformConfiguration`.
+2. **Networking**: `VZNATNetworkDeviceAttachment` gives the guest a `192.168.64.x` DHCP lease from the host's bootpd (leases visible in `/var/db/dhcpd_leases`, bridge is `bridge100`).
+3. **cloud-init provisioning**: NoCloud seed ISO (built with `hdiutil makehybrid -iso -joliet -default-volume-name cidata`) created a `codeman` user with SSH key + passwordless sudo on first boot; `ssh codeman@<lease-ip>` from the host works with key auth.
+4. **DiskImageKit stack mechanics**: opening a raw base `.readOnly`, appending an ASIF overlay (`ASIFCreationConfiguration.layer(url:type:.overlay)`), attaching via `init(diskImage:)`, and booting it. The overlay received ~44 MB of boot-time writes while the **base file's SHA-256 stayed bit-identical**, which is the write-isolation property the whole per-case design rests on.
+5. **Reattach**: reopening an existing overlay and `appending(consuming:)` onto the same base passes UUID validation.
+6. **macOS guest install (added later the same day)**: `VZMacOSInstaller` restore of the 27.0 IPSW (26A5388g, fetched from the seed CDN via appledb; same build as host) into a sparse 64 GiB raw disk + auxiliary storage: INSTALL-OK on the first attempt, ~25 minutes.
+7. **Headless guest provisioning WORKS**: `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` via `setGuestProvisioning` (username, password, `enablesRemoteLogin`, `logsInAutomatically=false`) produced, with zero GUI interaction: an account with full admin (groups include `80(admin)`, `com.apple.access_ssh`), Remote Login on from first boot, port 22 reachable ~140 s after first-boot start, hostname auto-derived from the account ("Codemans-Virtual-Machine"). SSH password auth is on by default, so the bootstrap path is: pty-driven password login once to install `authorized_keys`, key auth thereafter. Note the provisioned account's sudo is NOT passwordless (`echo <pass> | sudo -S ...`), and provisioning is first-boot-only (later boots take no options and just boot).
+8. **Slot-leak bug NOT reproduced on 26A5388g**: a guest-initiated `shutdown -h now` fired `guestDidStop` cleanly and an immediate relaunch started fine (SSH-ready again in ~75 s), so FB22967193 (VM slot leaked on guest-initiated shutdown, host reboot to recover) did not manifest after one cycle. Either fixed in beta 4 or needs more cycles to trigger.
+
+### Unstable / under investigation (beta-quality territory)
+
+Boot reliability degraded over a ~15-VM session on one host boot, ending with reproducible silent hangs (VM process alive, 0% CPU, no DHCP, no ARP, nothing on serial):
+
+- A genericcloud base that had been booted read-write once (cloud-init first boot) subsequently hung on every boot **with the seed ISO still attached**, while booting **without** the seed succeeded, then later runs failed in both configurations. The seed correlation is strong but was observed while host state was already suspect, so it needs a retest from a clean baseline.
+- The first stack-boot "success" that later wedged turned out (via DHCP lease timestamp arithmetic) never to have reached the network at all; its overlay growth was pre-network boot writes.
+- Working hypothesis, matching a class of acknowledged beta bugs (e.g. the VM-slot counter that leaks on guest-initiated shutdown, FB22967193, where only a host reboot recovers): accumulated hypervisor/vmnet state on the host degrades boots. Requires a host reboot + a disciplined retest matrix to confirm.
+
+### Display rendering: the single most important operational finding
+
+**A VZ macOS guest renders nothing unless a `VZVirtualMachineView` is attached AND the host session is actually drawing.** Verified byte-for-byte: the guest's own screen sharing serves an all-zero framebuffer (0 non-black bytes across 400 KB samples, with a sane pixel format: `rmax/gmax/bmax = 255`, shifts 16/8/0), in-guest `screencapture` fails with "could not create image from display", and no `IODisplayWrangler` shows up in the guest's `ioreg`. Three distinct states all produce black:
+
+1. **Headless** (VM run with no view attached).
+2. **View attached, host session locked.** The lock screen suspends drawing and the guest's virtual GPU produces no frames.
+3. **View attached, but the app lost its WindowServer connection** (see the incident below): black permanently until the app is restarted.
+
+**Consequence for the VM subsystem: rendering is a first-class requirement, not an optional extra (owner decision 2026-07-29).** The product serves GUI desktops: mandatory for macOS guests, optional-but-supported for Linux guests (which can also run headless over SSH). Any VM in GUI mode must be launched by an app that attaches a `VZVirtualMachineView`, from inside a host GUI session that is logged in and unlocked. That makes the following non-negotiable parts of the design, not workarounds:
+
+- VMs run as **GUI apps in the console user's session** (launched via a LaunchAgent or `launchctl asuser`), never as daemons.
+- The **host must auto-login and never lock or sleep**; a locked host is equivalent to a powered-off display for every VM on it.
+- The **guest must auto-login, never lock, and have its first-login assistant pre-suppressed**, or the "desktop" a user connects to is a password prompt or a setup wizard.
+- A VM app that loses its WindowServer connection is **permanently blind** and must be restarted; supervision has to detect that, not just check that the process is alive.
+- The **2-concurrent-macOS-VM cap** becomes a real capacity limit for the product, so it must be surfaced in the UI and tested (still untested worldwide as of this writing).
+
+### Incident 2026-07-29: `killall -HUP loginwindow` (never do this on a remote Mac)
+
+Applying a wallpaper change on the testbed with `killall -HUP loginwindow` restarted the host's login session. Three consequences:
+
+1. **The Mac dropped off the tailnet entirely.** Tailscale's App Store build is a GUI app living in the user session, so killing the session killed the VPN; remote access was gone until someone logged in. Recovery came from a second machine on the same LAN: it could still SSH in, and then relay ports back over the tailnet (a plain TCP relay on a tailnet-connected LAN peer is a good out-of-band path worth keeping ready).
+2. **The VM app lost its WindowServer connection** (`HIToolbox: received notification of WindowServer event port death`) while surviving as a process. Every later black screen traced to this, and nothing guest-side could fix it; only restarting the app restored rendering.
+3. The session's `caffeinate` died, so the host resumed auto-locking.
+
+Rule: on a remote Mac, never run session-level commands (`killall -HUP loginwindow`, `pkill -u <user>`, logout, fast user switching). `killall WallpaperAgent` alone is session-safe. Before any such command, enumerate what depends on that session: VPN, VM processes, port forwards, keep-awake helpers.
+
+### Keeping host and guest usable unattended
+
+- **Host**: `caffeinate -d -i -m -u` prevents display sleep but does NOT override the lock policy. "Require password after screen saver begins or display is turned off → Never" must be set in System Settings; it needs the account password, so a passwordless-sudo shell cannot script it, and turning it off does NOT dismiss a lock that is already engaged (one more unlock is always needed). `pmset -a disablesleep 1` keeps a lid-closed laptop awake but **does not survive a reboot**, and OS updates reset it too, so a supervisor should re-apply it rather than assume it sticks.
+- **Rebooting an encrypted host**: use `sudo fdesetup authrestart`. FileVault's pre-boot unlock doubles as the login, so the machine returns with a **live logged-in console session** and encryption intact, no password prompt, and supervision can then bring the VMs back by itself. Verified 2026-07-30. A plain `reboot` parks at the lock screen and blacks out every VM until a human logs in.
+- **Guest**: set `autoLoginUser` plus a valid `/etc/kcpassword` (XOR-obfuscated password file, key `7D 89 52 23 D2 BC DE A3`, payload zero-padded to a multiple of 12). `sysadminctl -autologin` fails with `SACSetAutoLoginPassword error:22` on provisioned accounts, and a fresh guest has no Python, so generate the bytes on the controlling host and copy them in. Then `pmset -a displaysleep 0 sleep 0 disablesleep 1`, `defaults -currentHost write com.apple.screensaver idleTime 0`, `defaults write com.apple.screensaver askForPassword 0`, and `caffeinate` inside the guest. ⚠ `autoLoginUser` was observed being wiped by failed `sysadminctl -autologin` attempts; verify it after each boot until stable.
+- **Wallpaper**: animated "aerials" wallpaper is brutal over VNC. The provider lives in `~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.wallpaper/Store/Index.plist` under several keys (`AllSpacesAndDisplays:Desktop`, `:Idle`, and `SystemDefault:*` which is what the login/lock screen uses). Switch each `Provider` to `com.apple.wallpaper.choice.solid-color` with PlistBuddy and restart `WallpaperAgent`. The login-window copy is cached and only refreshes on a later login cycle.
+
+### Remote GUI/SSH access to a guest (recipe, verified 2026-07-29)
+
+The guest lives on the host-private NAT bridge, so remote access is guest-service + host-forward:
+
+1. **In the macOS guest** (over ssh), use ONE mechanism, fully activated. The reliable form is Remote Management in a single kickstart call:
+   ```
+   sudo .../RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart \
+     -activate -configure -access -on \
+     -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -setvncpw -vncpw <8-char-pw> \
+     -allowAccessFor -allUsers -privs -all -restart -agent -menu
+   ```
+   ⚠ **Half-configured states authenticate but refuse the session.** Loading `com.apple.screensharing` while Remote Management is deactivated (or vice versa) produces an Apple-client error that names the wrong culprit: *"Screen Sharing is not permitted on <host>. Disable and re-enable Screen Sharing or Remote Management in System Settings"*. A raw-protocol client can still authenticate AND open a framebuffer in that state, so protocol-level tests pass while every Apple client fails. The remedy is exactly what the dialog says, done over ssh: `launchctl unload -w …screensharing.plist`, `kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off`, `pkill screensharingd`, then the single activate call above.
+   Notes: `launchctl enable system/com.apple.screensharing` fails with "Could not find service" on this build; `load -w` is the plain-Screen-Sharing path if you deliberately want it instead of Remote Management. Apple clients negotiate `RSA-SRP` (auth type 33) and the guest logs `Authentication: SUCCEEDED :: User Name: … :: Type: RSA-SRP` on success, which is the definitive server-side confirmation.
+2. **On the host**: a gateway port-forward makes the guest's 5900 reachable from the whole tailnet without per-client tunnels: self-authorize the host's own key, then `ssh -N -g -L 0.0.0.0:5901:<guest-ip>:5900 <user>@localhost` (nohup'd).
+   ⚠⚠ **NEVER forward on host port 5900.** If the host has Screen Sharing enabled (our testbed does, from the pre-upgrade checklist), launchd already owns 5900 socket-activated. The `ssh -L` bind then fails with "Address already in use" **while the tunnel process keeps running**, so every symptom of success is present (process alive, port answers, real RFB banner) yet **every connection reaches the HOST's login window, not the guest**. This cost us an hour: guest credentials failed against the host's screensharingd, which reads exactly like broken guest auth, and we chased the (real, but irrelevant) provisioned-account identity bug. Diagnostics that would have caught it instantly: `sudo lsof -nP -iTCP:5900 -sTCP:LISTEN` showing `launchd` rather than `ssh`, or the guest's own logs showing NO auth attempts during a failed login. Always use a distinct host port and verify with `lsof` that the forward owns it.
+   ⚠ `-g` binds all interfaces, so the forward is also visible on the host's LAN; the VNC layer still requires the account or VNC password. ⚠ The forward pins the guest IP, which changes per boot under plain NAT; re-point it after a guest reboot (the proper fix is a vmnet DHCP reservation, macOS 26 API, once we move off plain `VZNATNetworkDeviceAttachment`).
+   Verified working: with the forward on 5901, both a provisioned account and a `sysadminctl`-created one authenticate successfully (RFB `SecurityResult` = 0) against the guest. The guest offers security types `[30, 33, 36, 2, 35]`, i.e. Apple DH/SRP **plus classic type 2**, so non-Apple VNC clients work with the legacy password once ARD's `-setvnclegacy` is set. (The host's screensharingd, by contrast, offered no type 2, which is itself a tell that you are talking to the wrong machine.)
+3. **SSH from any tailnet device**: `ssh -J <host-user>@<host> codeman@<guest-ip>` (jump through the host), after adding the connecting machine's key to the guest's `authorized_keys`.
+
+**Client-version incompatibility (macOS 27 servers vs older Screen Sharing clients)**: an older Mac's Screen Sharing client fails Apple's `RSA-SRP` handshake against macOS 27 servers, logging `Authentication: FAILED :: User Name: <user> :: Type: RSA-SRP` server-side, while a macOS 27 client authenticates against the same servers without issue. This was verified against BOTH a macOS 27 guest and a macOS 27 host with the operator's own account, so it is a client-side version skew, not configuration, and no server-side change fixes it. Same family as the documented "macOS 26 host cannot install a 27 guest" bug. Practical workaround: bypass Apple auth entirely with classic VNC auth (security type 2), which macOS offers only when Remote Management legacy VNC is enabled. Two ways to consume it: any third-party VNC client, or a browser via noVNC.
+
+**Browser-based access chain (zero client install, version-proof)**, all hosted on the Mac:
+```
+browser --HTTP/WS--> websockify (+ noVNC static files)
+                       --> type-2-only proxy   # rewrites the server's security-type list to [2]
+                         --> ssh -L forward     # loopback hop; see the Local Network note below
+                           --> guest:5900
+```
+Notes learned the hard way: (a) **never bind the forward on host port 5900** (see the launchd warning above); (b) a Python proxy cannot reach the guest subnet directly because macOS **Local Network privacy** denies headless CLI binaries, surfacing as `No route to host`, so point the proxy at a loopback `ssh -L` forward instead (Apple-signed `ssh` is unaffected); (c) noVNC needs `?resize=scale` or Scaling Mode → Local Scaling, otherwise a Retina host screen (2940x1912) is unusable in a browser window; (d) noVNC speaks security type 2 only, which is exactly why the proxy rewrite is needed.
+
+**Debugging technique that settled all of this**: a ~80-line Python RFB client (scratchpad `vnclogin.py`) that implements Apple DH auth (security type 30) and continues through `ClientInit`/`ServerInit`. It reports the server's `SecurityResult` plus the framebuffer size and desktop name, which separates "credentials rejected" from "authorized but session refused" without any GUI client. Pair it with `log stream --predicate 'process == "screensharingd"'` inside the guest, and drive a REAL Apple client headlessly from the host with `sudo launchctl asuser <uid> sudo -u <user> osascript -e 'tell application "Screen Sharing" to open location "vnc://user:pass@host:port"'`, verifying the result via `lsof -nP -iTCP -a -p <pid>` (an ESTABLISHED socket to the target) since `screencapture` fails on a lid-closed laptop ("could not create image from display"). Tailscale was never implicated: both the raw client and Apple's client work over the tailnet address once the guest service is fully activated.
+
+### Hard-won operational lessons (write these into any tooling)
+
+- **Silent serial is normal, not failure.** Debian's GRUB/kernel log to the graphics console; nothing attaches a getty to hvc0 by default. The reliable boot signal is the DHCP lease (or passive `tcpdump -i bridge100`), never the serial port and never a quick ping (BSD ping's first packet often dies to ARP latency; passive capture showed "dead" guests alive).
+- **DHCP lease entries carry truth**: `name=` shows the guest hostname, and the lease timestamps order events; stale entries linger, so compare timestamps before attributing a lease to a boot.
+- **Never boot a base image read-write.** Every RW boot mutates it (dhclient lease cache, journal, cloud-init state) and destroys experiment reproducibility, exactly why the production design only ever boots bases under overlays. Provision INTO the base once at base-build time, or provision per-case overlays with the seed, then detach the seed.
+- **A killed SSH client does not kill a remote `nohup`'d VM**, and the survivor holds the EFI variable store lock: "The EFI variable store is already in use" (`VZErrorDomain 50002`) means a zombie VM process, `pkill` it.
+- **EFI variable stores are per-VM state.** Fresh stores boot reliably; reuse across different VM instances is at minimum suspect on this beta (Apple's own guidance for cloned VMs is one store per VM). Cheap policy: one store per case, created with the overlay, deleted with it.
+- **Downloads from cloud.debian.org mirrors truncate silently**; always verify byte count against origin `Content-Length` and resume with `curl -C -`.
+- The remote host's default shell is zsh: `=` -prefixed words (`echo ===`) explode via zsh's `=cmd` expansion; keep separators zsh-safe in automation.
+
+### The 2-concurrent-macOS-VM cap: TESTED AND CONFIRMED on macOS 27 beta 4 (2026-07-29)
+
+We measured it, which as far as we can tell nobody had published for macOS 27. Method: `cp -c -R` the guest bundle (APFS clonefile, instant and **zero additional disk**), regenerate the machine identifier per clone (`VZMacMachineIdentifier()` written to `machine.id`; the hardware model is reused), then launch VMs until one is refused.
+
+Result: VM #1 (8 GB, GUI) and VM #2 (4 GB, headless) ran concurrently without complaint. VM #3 was refused **instantly** at `vm.start`:
+
+```
+VZErrorDomain Code=6 "The maximum supported number of active virtual machines has been reached."
+NSLocalizedFailure = "The number of virtual machines exceeds the limit."
+```
+
+**This is a licensing/kernel quota, not a resource limit**: the refusal came with **39% of system memory free** on a 16 GB host, and adding RAM or CPU cannot raise it. It matches the pre-27 behavior (`hv_apple_isa_vm_quota`), so nothing changed in 27 despite the framework's other additions. Linux guests are unaffected and are bounded only by host resources.
+
+Design consequences: macOS-guest capacity per host is **hard-capped at 2**, so a GUI-macOS-per-case product must schedule around it (queue, evict idle VMs, or scale across hosts) and surface it in the UI. Also relevant: the acknowledged slot-leak bug (a guest-initiated shutdown failing to release a slot, recoverable only by host reboot) is far more damaging under a cap of 2 than it sounds; we did not reproduce it on beta 4, but any scheduler should treat "slot appears used but nothing is running" as a real state.
+
+### Not yet tested
+- Cache layers (`LayerType.cache`), `.overlay(blockCount:)` disk growth, stack depth performance, VirtioFS + stack combination, `truncate`, ASIF disks for macOS guests (raw used so far; ASIF has the reclamation bug).
+- One more scripting lesson from this session: inner `ssh` calls inside a piped `sh -s` script MUST use `-n`, or they consume the remainder of the script from stdin and it silently never runs.
+
+### Session timeline (what was actually established, 2026-07-29)
+
+Linux path: base image download (with resume, mirrors truncate) → `vzboot` compiles against the beta SDK first try → EFI boot → NAT DHCP lease → cloud-init seed provisions a user with the host's SSH key → `ssh` into the guest works → DiskImageKit stack boots with an ASIF overlay taking all writes while the base stays SHA-identical. Later Linux boots became unreliable on an un-rebooted host (silent hangs, 0% CPU, no DHCP); a clean-baseline retest is still pending.
+
+macOS path: seed-CDN IPSW (matched to the host build) → `VZMacOSInstaller` restore, ~25 min, first try → first boot with `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` creates an admin account with Remote Login on, no interaction needed, SSH reachable ~140 s later → key bootstrap over a one-time password login → guest shutdown/relaunch clean (the slot-leak bug did not reproduce) → GUI access fought through a port collision, a client-version incompatibility, the rendering dependency, and a self-inflicted session kill, ending with a browser-based path plus a guest hardened to auto-login and never lock.
+
+**Lifecycle verified (stop → start), 2026-07-30**: an in-guest `shutdown -h now` fires `guestDidStop` and the runner app exits on its own; relaunching from the same bundle boots the guest in ~2 minutes straight into an auto-logged-in desktop, and the VM slot is released cleanly (an immediate restart works, so the slot-leak bug did not bite). Two operational notes: the guest takes a **new NAT lease on every boot**, so any port-forward must be re-pointed (or use a vmnet DHCP reservation), and a host reboot resets `pmset -a disablesleep`.
+
+⚠ **Provisioning does NOT skip the per-user first-login assistant.** `VZMacGuestProvisioningOptions` skips the initial Setup Assistant (account creation, region, Apple Account) so the machine is immediately reachable, but the first time anyone actually logs into a desktop, macOS still presents its per-user wizard (Apple Intelligence, Siri, privacy, appearance, Touch ID). The operator hit exactly this. For a GUI-first product this MUST be pre-suppressed during base-image creation by writing `com.apple.SetupAssistant` keys for every account that will log in, and into `/System/Library/User Template/English.lproj/Library/Preferences/` so accounts created later inherit it.
+
+⚠ **A partial key list is worse than none**, because the wizard simply shows the panes you missed and the operator has to click through them again after every fresh login (we hit this twice). The set that finally silenced macOS 27 beta 4: `DidSeeCloudSetup`, `DidSeeSiriSetup`, `DidSeePrivacy`, `DidSeeAppearanceSetup`, `DidSeeTouchIDSetup`, `DidSeeAvatarSetup`, `DidSeeScreenTime`, `DidSeeApplePaySetup`, `DidSeeSafariImport`, `DidSeeAccessibility`, **`DidSeeActivationLock`, `DidSeeAppStore`, `DidSeeLockdownMode`** (the three easy to miss), plus the Express-Settings flags **`SkipExpressSettingsUpdating`** and **`SkipFirstLoginOptimization`**, and the version markers `LastSeenCloudProductVersion` / `LastSeenBuddyBuildVersion` / `PreviousSystemVersion` / `PreviousBuildVersion` matching the guest build. Verify afterwards by reading the domain back and checking that no `DidSee*` key is still `0`. Note these keys change between macOS releases, so base-image creation should re-verify per OS version rather than trust a hardcoded list.
+
+## 9. Design implications for Codeman's VM subsystem
+
+0. **GUI is a first-class mode, and for macOS guests it is the whole point (owner decision, 2026-07-29).** The subsystem serves real desktops, not only headless SSH boxes. macOS guests are GUI-only in practice (nothing renders without an attached view). Linux guests are supported in BOTH modes: GUI when the case wants a desktop, headless-over-SSH when it wants a cheap agent sandbox. The costs of the GUI path are in §8 "Display rendering": VMs as GUI apps in a live session, a host that never locks, guests that auto-login with their first-login wizard pre-suppressed, and the macOS concurrency cap as a real capacity limit.
+1. **The macOS-specific liabilities are accepted costs, not reasons to avoid macOS guests**: provisioning is macOS-only and first-boot-only, ASIF space reclamation is broken for macOS guests on the beta (use RAW disks for macOS guests until fixed), and the 2-VM cap applies. Plan around each: RAW-backed macOS disks, provisioning baked into base-image creation, and capacity limits surfaced in the UI.
+2. **Base immutability is not just hygiene, it is load-bearing**: DiskImageKit's UUID invalidation plus our sha-stability proof make a read-only shared base per image-generation the core artifact. Bases are built once (seed attached), then only ever opened `.readOnly` under per-case overlays.
+3. **Seed ISOs are a base-build-time tool only.** Never attach a seed to a routine case boot (correlated with boot hangs on the beta, and semantically wrong anyway since cloud-init already ran).
+4. **Per-case files**: overlay ASIF + EFI variable store live and die together with the case.
+5. **Export = ship the layer chain** (base ref + overlay + manifest), not flatten; there is no flatten API. In-guest `dd` to a fresh image is the fallback for a true single-file export.
+6. **Health checking must be lease/API based**, not serial/ping based, and Codeman's `codeman-vm status` should read `/var/db/dhcpd_leases` (or use vmnet DHCP reservations for deterministic per-case IPs, a macOS 26 API).
+7. **Run `fstrim` periodically in Linux guests** (or mount with discard) so overlays stay sparse.
+8. **Entitlements plist stays minimal** (exactly `com.apple.security.virtualization`) to dodge the AMFI/watchdog traps.
+9. **Expect beta churn**: pin findings to build numbers (this doc: 26A5388g) and retest each beta; the framework binaries changed every beta so far.
+10. **A macOS guest is only "ready" when its desktop is ready**, which is a stricter bar than "the VM booted". Readiness means: VM app running with a live WindowServer connection, guest auto-logged-in (not at a login or lock screen), first-login assistant suppressed, and the guest's screen sharing serving a non-black framebuffer. Health checks should sample the framebuffer for non-black content, because every failure mode in this session (headless run, locked host, dead WindowServer, locked guest, setup wizard) presents as a perfectly healthy-looking process with a black or useless screen.
+10b. **Supervision must run as a root LaunchDaemon.** A user LaunchAgent cannot launch a GUI app into the Aqua session; its restarts fail silently (child dies instantly, empty log, supervisor reports success). Root + `launchctl asuser <uid> sudo -u <user> …` works and the launched process persists. This bit us on the first supervisor implementation and is easy to repeat.
+
+11. **Remote-access plumbing belongs in the helper CLI, not in ad-hoc shell**: a `codeman-vm` implementation should own port selection (never 5900), forward lifecycle across guest IP changes (or better, vmnet DHCP reservations for stable per-case IPs), and a documented browser path, because every failure in this session came from hand-rolled plumbing rather than from the Virtualization APIs themselves.
+12. **Never let control-plane connectivity depend on a GUI session** on a remote Mac host: prefer a Tailscale system service over the App Store app, and keep a LAN-adjacent peer able to relay as an out-of-band recovery path.
+
+## Sources
+
+Apple DocC JSON backend (diskimagekit, virtualization, vmnet trees; macOS 27 release notes) | WWDC26 session 224 https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2026/224/ | eclecticlight.co ASIF/virtualization coverage | developer.apple.com/forums threads 839343 (CSIdentity bug), 830118 (cross-version restore), 830119 (VM-slot leak), 830383 (VM cap), 834822 + 831902 (USB entitlements), 822658 (vmnet loopback) | openai/tart issues 1261/1263/1268/1269/1285 | Spooky-Labs provisioning design doc | VirtualBuddy 2.2 release notes | lima-vm discussions | our own test transcripts on the testbed (`~/vm-lab/*.log`, this repo's session)

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+# Web tabs: two fixes (planned + implemented 2026-07-28)
+
+Both found against the saved dashboard
+`https://<your-host>.<your-tailnet>.ts.net:4000` (Bio-Hacking-Dashboard).
+Kept because the root-cause analysis of the second one is not obvious from the
+resulting diff.
+
+Status: **both implemented and verified end-to-end.** The one deliberate
+non-change is recorded at the bottom.
+
+---
+
+## Bug 1: saved URLs could not be deleted from the Run dropdown
+
+### What happened
+
+The "Web / URL" section of the Run dropdown listed every saved dashboard as a
+single clickable row whose only action was "open". Deleting required opening the
+dashboard as a tab, clicking the tab's gear, then Delete in the modal, so a URL
+you no longer wanted open at all could not be removed without first opening it.
+
+### What shipped
+
+- `renderWebviewMenuItems()` (`src/web/public/webview-tabs.js`) now renders each
+  saved URL as a `.run-mode-row--web` flex row: the open button, a gear
+  (`showWebviewModal`), and an `x` (`deleteWebviewById`). Nested buttons are
+  invalid HTML, hence the wrapper rather than a button inside a button.
+- `deleteWebview()` split into the modal entry point, the new row entry point
+  `deleteWebviewById(id)`, and the shared `_confirmAndDeleteWebview(id)`.
+- Both side buttons call `event.stopPropagation()` so the click does not also
+  open the dashboard.
+- The dropdown's outside-click handler (`session-ui.js`) closes when the click
+  target is not inside `#runModeMenu`, and the row is gone by the time the delete
+  resolves, so `deleteWebviewById` re-asserts `.active` on the menu. Verified in a
+  browser: deleting one of several URLs leaves you looking at the rest of the list.
+- CSS in `styles.css` (`.run-mode-row--web`, `.run-mode-row-btn`) plus a larger
+  touch target in `mobile.css`. The side buttons are permanently visible rather
+  than hover-revealed, because this menu is used on touch.
+
+No server change: `DELETE /api/webviews/:id` already existed, owner-scoped, and
+already revoked the capability and broadcast `WebviewChanged`.
+
+---
+
+## Bug 2: images did not load in a proxied dashboard
+
+### Reproduction (before the fix)
+
+```
+CAP=<from POST /api/webviews/<id>/open>
+# A) upstream direct                       -> 200 image/jpeg 118150
+curl -sk "https://<your-host>.<your-tailnet>.ts.net:4000/api/hero?slug=120-minutes-in-nature"
+# B) through the proxy prefix              -> 200 image/jpeg 118150
+curl -sk "https://localhost:3000/webview/$CAP/api/hero?slug=120-minutes-in-nature"
+# C) what the browser ACTUALLY requested   -> 404 {"errorCode":"NOT_FOUND"}
+curl -sk -H "Referer: https://localhost:3000/webview/$CAP/" \
+     "https://localhost:3000/api/hero?slug=120-minutes-in-nature"
+# D) same shape but NOT under /api         -> 200 (referer fallback rescues it)
+curl -sk -H "Referer: https://localhost:3000/webview/$CAP/" "https://localhost:3000/styles.css"
+```
+
+The proxy itself was fine (B). The failure was entirely about which URL the
+browser ended up requesting (C).
+
+### Root cause
+
+The dashboard builds its image markup at runtime with root-absolute URLs:
+`c.innerHTML = '<img class="thumb" src="/api/hero?slug=...">'`, `img.src =
+slideSrc(...)` returning `/api/slide?owner=...`, `/api/story`, `/api/video`, and a
+nested `<iframe src="/api/preview?slug=...">`.
+
+All three rewrite layers missed that shape:
+
+1. `<base href="/webview/<cap>/">` only affects **relative** URLs. A root-absolute
+   `/api/hero` ignores the base path and resolves against Codeman's origin.
+2. `rewriteHtml()` only runs over the **initial HTML document**. This markup is
+   created later by page script. (The static header `<img src="/api/logo">` DID
+   work, having been rewritten at proxy time, which is why only the
+   runtime-injected images were broken.)
+3. `runtimeUrlShim()` patched only `fetch`, `XMLHttpRequest.open`, `WebSocket` and
+   `EventSource`, so the dashboard's **data** loaded while its **pictures** did
+   not.
+
+The safety net was fenced off from `/api` in two places, both deliberate:
+`server.ts`'s not-found handler returns the API-envelope 404 before reaching
+`tryWebviewRefererFallback`, and `middleware/auth.ts` refuses the Referer-form
+auth exemption for `/api/`, `/ws/`, `/q/`.
+
+### What shipped
+
+`runtimeUrlShim()` in `src/web/webview-proxy.ts` now also covers the DOM sinks, so
+a root-absolute `/api/...` request is never emitted in the first place and neither
+security fence had to move:
+
+- `innerHTML` / `outerHTML` / `insertAdjacentHTML` (and `ShadowRoot.innerHTML`),
+- `setAttribute` / `setAttributeNS`,
+- the `src`/`srcset`/`href`/`poster`/`data`/`action` property setters on img,
+  source, media, video poster, script, iframe, embed, track, link, anchor, area,
+  object and form,
+- a `MutationObserver` as a last net for any sink not patched above (it costs one
+  wasted 404 per node, since the browser starts fetching on insert, so it is a net
+  and not the mechanism).
+
+Two details that mattered:
+
+- Every rewrite routes through the existing idempotent `rw()` rather than a blind
+  prefix concat. The first draft used the server-side regex shape and
+  double-prefixed markup that was already proxied (a page re-injecting its own
+  `outerHTML`); the jsdom test caught it.
+- Everything stays inside `try`/`catch` and is marked `__cmrw`, so a double
+  injection cannot wrap an already-wrapped setter, and nothing can throw into a
+  page we do not control.
+
+### Verification
+
+- `test/webview-proxy.test.ts` gained a jsdom `runtimeUrlShim DOM sinks` block:
+  innerHTML, insertAdjacentHTML, property setters, setAttribute, srcset candidate
+  lists, the MutationObserver net via an unpatched sink
+  (`createContextualFragment`), idempotence, re-injected markup, empty `src`, and
+  the pass-throughs (relative, cross-origin, `#hash`, `data:`). 73 tests pass.
+- End-to-end in a real browser against an isolated instance
+  (`CODEMAN_INSTANCE=wvtest`, port 3151), with prod's old build as the negative
+  control:
+
+  | | before (prod, old build) | after (fixed) |
+  | --- | --- | --- |
+  | images found | 693 | 693 |
+  | src under the proxy prefix | 0 | 693 |
+  | in-viewport images decoded | 0 / 23 | 23 / 23 |
+  | sample src | `/api/hero?slug=...` | `/webview/<cap>/api/hero?slug=...` |
+
+  (The dashboard marks thumbs `loading="lazy"`, so only in-viewport images are
+  ever fetched. All 27 proxied image responses returned 200.)
+
+---
+
+## Follow-up (same day): the `/api` referer fallback, done safely
+
+Originally deferred, then implemented on request. Both gates had to move, and the
+auth one is the security-sensitive half: auth runs in `onRequest`, before routing,
+so it cannot tell a real Codeman API route from a 404, and simply dropping the
+`/api` fence would let a page holding a capability forge a `Referer` and reach
+Codeman's **real** API unauthenticated.
+
+What shipped:
+
+- `server.ts`: `tryWebviewRefererFallback` is tried **before** the API-shaped 404.
+  Reaching that handler already proves no route matched, and the relay declines
+  unless the `Referer` carries a live capability, so unknown `/api` paths still
+  get the envelope.
+- `middleware/auth.ts`: the `/api/` prefix refusal is replaced by
+  `matchesRegisteredRoute()`, which refuses the exemption for any path that
+  resolves to a real route. `/ws/` and `/q/` stay refused by prefix.
+
+Two findings that decided the implementation, both established by probing Fastify
+rather than by reading its docs:
+
+- **`hasRoute()` is the wrong tool and would have been a hole.** It matches the
+  registered PATTERN literally, so `hasRoute({url: '/api/sessions/abc'})` returns
+  false against a registered `/api/sessions/:id` and would have handed out an
+  exemption on a live, session-scoped API route. `findRoute()` performs the real
+  radix-tree lookup and is what the fence uses.
+- **`@fastify/static` is mounted at `/`, so it registers a root catch-all that
+  matches every path.** A match on it means "heading for the 404 handler", not
+  "real route", and it is distinguishable because a root catch-all is the only
+  route whose `*` param comes back equal to the whole request path. Without that
+  carve-out the fence would have refused every referer-form request and broken the
+  rescue that already worked.
+
+The fence fails closed, and `test/webview-auth-exemption.test.ts` pins both edges
+(a concrete URL onto a parametric API route stays 401; the dashboard's own
+`/api/...` namespace is served).
+
+### And the CSS gap, which the fallback could NOT close
+
+Testing the fallback against a purpose-built upstream showed the runtime-injected
+stylesheet case is unreachable by any relay: a `<style>` element has no URL of its
+own, so Chromium sends an **empty `Referer`** with the image request it triggers
+and there is nothing to key on. Measured directly:
+
+| sink | Referer the browser sends | fixed by |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `url()` in a proxied `.css` | the stylesheet's proxied URL | the referer relay |
+| `url()` in a runtime `<style>` | *empty* | `rwCss()` in the shim |
+
+So the shim also rewrites `url()` inside `<style>` blocks, both when they arrive as
+markup and when a `<style>` node is inserted (via the existing MutationObserver).
+
+The only gap left is self-navigation via `location.href = '/x'`, which cannot be
+patched because `Location.href` is unforgeable.

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+# Web Tabs (dashboards as Codeman tabs)
+
+Open any dashboard you run, Grafana, Uptime Kuma, Portainer, a status page on port
+4000, as a tab beside your Claude/Codex/Antigravity sessions. Codeman becomes one mission
+control instead of Codeman plus a pile of browser tabs.
+
+## Using it
+
+1. Click the chevron next to **Run** to expand the dropdown.
+2. Under **Web / URL**, pick **Add dashboard...**
+3. Give it a name and a URL, optionally hit **Test**, then **Save**.
+
+The dashboard opens as a tab immediately, and appears in the Run dropdown from then
+on. Web tabs sit in the same strip as session tabs, continue the same `Alt+1..9`
+numbering, and carry a globe icon so they never read as a running agent.
+
+Closing a tab (the `x`) only closes it. The saved dashboard stays in the dropdown.
+To delete it for good, use the `x` on its **dropdown row** (the tab's own `x` is
+close, not delete). Each dropdown row also has a gear for editing, so a saved URL
+can be changed or removed without opening it first.
+
+Switching tabs does **not** reload a dashboard. Frames stay alive in the background,
+so a dashboard that took a while to authenticate is still there when you come back.
+Past six live frames the least-recently-viewed one is dropped to bound memory
+(`CODEMAN_MAX_LIVE_WEBVIEW_FRAMES`).
+
+## Why dashboards are proxied
+
+A plain `<iframe src="http://your-box:4000">` does not work in the setup Codeman
+actually ships in, for three separate reasons:
+
+| Blocker             | What happens                                                                                   |
+| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Mixed content**   | Production serves HTTPS (behind `tailscale serve`). Browsers hard-block `http://` iframes on an HTTPS page, with no override, and none at all on iOS Safari. |
+| **Framing refusal** | Grafana, Portainer, Home Assistant and many others send `X-Frame-Options: DENY` or `frame-ancestors 'none'`. |
+| **Codeman's CSP**   | `default-src 'self'` means `frame-src` falls back to `'self'`, so a cross-origin iframe is blocked before it starts. |
+
+Serving the dashboard **through Codeman's own origin** dissolves all three. So by
+default a web tab loads `/webview/<capability>/` on Codeman, and Codeman relays to
+the dashboard: stripping the framing refusal, rewriting redirects, cookies and
+root-absolute URLs, and relaying WebSockets so live panels actually update.
+
+A useful consequence: the dashboard is fetched **from the Codeman server**, so a
+tailnet-only or `localhost`-only dashboard works from any device that can reach
+Codeman, including a phone that is not on the tailnet.
+
+`direct` mode (a plain cross-origin iframe) still exists and is cheaper, but it only
+works for an HTTPS dashboard that permits framing. The **Test** button probes from
+the server and tells you which mode applies. Note what Test actually verifies:
+**server-to-upstream reachability, nothing else**. It does not exercise the browser
+sandbox, cookies, CORS, CSP, or any reverse proxy sitting in front of Codeman, so a
+passing Test does not guarantee the embedded page will render (see the
+cookie-authenticated reverse proxy caveat below).
+
+## Links to `localhost` from another device
+
+An agent prints `http://localhost:5173/` (a dev server, a preview, a report it just
+served) and you tap it on your phone. That address only exists on the Codeman box, so
+the phone's browser can never load it — but the web-tab proxy fetches from the server,
+where it works.
+
+So a **loopback** link (`localhost`, `127.0.0.0/8`, `0.0.0.0`, `::1`) clicked
+in the terminal or in the Response Viewer opens as a **proxied web tab** whenever the
+Codeman page itself is not on that box. A saved proxied dashboard on the same origin is
+reused (one tab per dev server, with the link's own path opened inside it, and one tab
+per dev server rather than per host spelling, so `localhost:5173` and `127.0.0.1:5173`
+share it); otherwise one is saved under its `host:port` so it is in the Run dropdown
+next time, and a toast tells you it was saved. Sandboxed by default, like any other web
+tab.
+
+⚠️ **`*.localhost` is deliberately not auto-routed**, even though a browser treats it as
+loopback. Every other name in that list is an address literal that can only mean this
+box; a `*.localhost` DNS name is not one, and on a resolver with a search domain
+configured `evil.localhost` can be retried as `evil.localhost.<search domain>`, which
+someone else can control. Since the links come from agent output, one tap would then
+make Codeman fetch an agent-chosen origin server-side and save it. If you really run
+`api.localhost` dev hosts, add that dashboard by hand: doing so is an explicit action,
+which is the difference that matters here. A **trusted** (non-sandboxed) dashboard is
+likewise never auto-reused by a tapped link, for the same reason.
+
+Only loopback is routed this way. A LAN or tailnet address (`192.168.…`, `100.…`,
+`box.ts.net`) may well be reachable from the device — a VPN, the same Wi-Fi — and a
+direct open is the cheaper, richer path, so those links still open in a new browser tab.
+On the box itself (a browser on `localhost`) every link opens directly.
+
+## The sandbox, and when to turn it off
+
+Because a proxied dashboard is served from Codeman's own address, it is
+*same-origin with Codeman* as far as the browser is concerned. Left unchecked, its
+JavaScript could read the Codeman page and call the API that spawns agents.
+
+So the iframe is sandboxed **without** `allow-same-origin` by default. The page runs
+in an opaque origin: it cannot touch Codeman, and it gets no cookies or
+`localStorage` of its own.
+
+Unchecking **Open sandboxed** grants `allow-same-origin`. Do that only for a
+dashboard you fully trust, and only if you need it, which in practice means a
+dashboard with its own login that stores a session in a cookie or `localStorage`.
+
+Even in trusted mode, Codeman never forwards its own credentials upstream: the
+`Authorization` header and the `codeman_session` cookie are stripped on the way out,
+so `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` cannot leak into a dashboard.
+
+⚠️ **Sandboxed tabs may not work when Codeman itself is behind a
+cookie-authenticated reverse proxy** (Cloudflare Access, Authelia, oauth2-proxy and
+similar). The sandboxed frame is opaque-origin, so its stylesheet, script, and API
+requests do not carry the proxy's authentication cookie; the proxy redirects them to
+the login provider, where CORS/CSP kills them, and the embedded app renders
+unstyled or broken while the Codeman page around it works fine. Trusted mode
+(**Open sandboxed** off) keeps a real origin and the cookie, so it works. The
+**Test** button cannot catch this: it checks that the Codeman *server* can reach the
+upstream, not that a sandboxed *browser* frame can load assets through the public
+authentication layer.
+
+## How the proxy authenticates
+
+A sandboxed iframe is opaque-origin, so every request it makes is cross-site: the
+`SameSite=lax` session cookie is not sent, and writes and WebSocket upgrades arrive
+with `Origin: null`. Cookie auth cannot work.
+
+Instead, opening a dashboard mints a **capability**: 192 bits of entropy in the URL
+path, held in memory only, with a rolling 12-hour TTL, bound to the user who minted
+it, and granting exactly one thing, relaying bytes to that one saved URL. Editing or
+deleting a dashboard revokes it, and a server restart invalidates every outstanding
+capability (tabs re-mint transparently on next click).
+
+## Limits and env vars
+
+| Variable                             | Default | Meaning                                    |
+| ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------------------------------------ |
+| `CODEMAN_MAX_WEBVIEWS`               | 50      | Saved dashboards per owner                 |
+| `CODEMAN_MAX_LIVE_WEBVIEW_FRAMES`    | 6       | Iframes kept mounted at once               |
+| `CODEMAN_WEBVIEW_CAPABILITY_TTL_MS`  | 12h     | Rolling capability lifetime                |
+| `CODEMAN_WEBVIEW_TIMEOUT_MS`         | 30000   | Upstream request timeout                   |
+| `CODEMAN_WEBVIEW_PROBE_TIMEOUT_MS`   | 8000    | Timeout for the Test button                |
+| `CODEMAN_MAX_WEBVIEW_HTML_BYTES`     | 8MB     | Largest HTML document rewritten            |
+| `CODEMAN_MAX_WEBVIEW_SOCKETS`        | 8       | Concurrent proxied WebSockets per dashboard |
+
+Saved dashboards live in `~/.codeman/webviews.json`. Which tabs you have open is
+per-device (`localStorage`), since that is workspace layout rather than config.
+
+## How a dashboard's own API calls keep working
+
+Worth knowing, because it is where this feature does its least obvious work. Three
+layers cooperate so a dashboard talking to its own backend just works:
+
+1. `<base href>` handles relative URLs in the markup.
+2. Attribute rewriting handles root-absolute `src`/`href`/`action` in the page the
+   proxy serves.
+3. A small injected script rebases URLs built at **runtime**, which the first two
+   cannot see: `fetch('/api/data')` and `new WebSocket('/live')`, but equally
+   `card.innerHTML = '<img src="/api/hero">'`, `img.src = '/api/slide'`, and
+   `url(/img.png)` inside a `<style>` the page injects. That second group is why
+   images are covered too. A dashboard that renders its thumbnails from script
+   would otherwise show all its data and none of its pictures, because `<base>`
+   does not apply to root-absolute URLs and the attribute rewriting only ever saw
+   the initial document.
+4. As a last resort, a request that still lands on Codeman's own root is relayed
+   using its `Referer` to identify the dashboard. This only fires for a request
+   that already missed every Codeman route, and never for one that resolves to a
+   real route, which is what keeps it from being an authentication bypass.
+
+On top of that, the proxy answers those requests with CORS headers. That sounds
+wrong for same-host requests, but a sandboxed iframe has an *opaque* origin, so the
+browser treats every one of its `fetch`/XHR calls as cross-origin even though the
+URL is on Codeman itself. Without those headers, a dashboard renders perfectly and
+then every API call fails, which looks like the dashboard being broken.
+
+## Known limits
+
+- **Exotic loaders.** The layers above cover normal `fetch`/XHR/WebSocket/
+  EventSource, normal markup, the DOM sinks a page uses to build markup at runtime,
+  and `url()` inside stylesheets. Something that constructs requests by an unusual
+  route can still slip through. Symptom: the page renders but a panel stays empty.
+- **Root-absolute `location` navigation.** A dashboard that navigates itself with
+  `location.href = '/login'` escapes the prefix, because `Location.href` is
+  unforgeable and cannot be patched the way the other sinks are. A relative
+  `location.href = 'login'` is fine (`<base>` covers it).
+- **Cross-origin redirects are not followed.** If a dashboard bounces to a different
+  host (an external SSO provider, say), the proxy hands the redirect back unchanged
+  rather than relaying it, because relaying would make this an open proxy. Use
+  **Open in new tab** for those.
+- **Login-protected dashboards need trusted mode**, since a sandboxed frame has no
+  cookie jar. A server-side per-dashboard cookie jar would lift this and is the
+  natural next step if it becomes annoying.
+- **Cookie-authenticated reverse proxies in front of Codeman break sandboxed tabs**
+  (#238). The sandboxed frame's requests carry no auth cookie, so the proxy bounces
+  them to its login provider and the app loads broken while Test reports reachable.
+  Use trusted mode behind Cloudflare Access and friends; see the warning above.
+- **Slow endpoints and the upstream timeout** (#237). The proxy waits
+  `CODEMAN_WEBVIEW_TIMEOUT_MS` (default 300s) for the upstream's response *headers*,
+  then streams the body without any time bound; a header timeout is logged
+  server-side and answered as a 502 that names the limit. WebSocket handshakes use
+  the separate `CODEMAN_WEBVIEW_WS_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_MS` (default 30s).
+- **Not a security boundary, with one carve-out.** The proxy reaches whatever the
+  Codeman server can reach (a `localhost` dashboard is the point), so it is not an
+  escalation for someone who already commands `--dangerously-skip-permissions`
+  agents, but in multi-user mode it does mean a non-admin user's dashboard is
+  fetched from the server's network position. The carve-out: link-local and
+  cloud-metadata addresses (`169.254.0.0/16`, `fe80::/10`, `fd00:ec2::254`,
+  Azure's `168.63.129.16`, Alibaba's `100.100.100.200`, the
+  `metadata.google.internal` alias) are refused at save time AND at connect
+  time, judged on the address a name actually resolves to. Nothing anyone embeds
+  as a dashboard lives there; an instance's IAM credentials do.
+- **The proxy URL is a bearer credential.** `/webview/<cap>/...` needs no cookie,
+  so treat it like a password. It is revoked when you log out, when an admin logs
+  you out, and when your account is deleted, and it expires after 12 hours
+  without use. Proxied responses carry `Referrer-Policy: same-origin`, so a
+  dashboard that links to third-party sites does not hand them the URL.
+
+## Where the code lives
+
+| Concern                  | File                                    |
+| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
+| Pure rewrite helpers     | `src/web/webview-proxy.ts`              |
+| Routes + proxy + sockets | `src/web/routes/webview-routes.ts`      |
+| Capability tokens        | `src/webview-capabilities.ts`           |
+| Persistence              | `src/webview-store.ts`                  |
+| Limits                   | `src/config/webview-limits.ts`          |
+| Frontend                 | `src/web/public/webview-tabs.js`        |
+| Auth exemption           | `src/web/middleware/auth.ts`             |

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+# Agent CLIs
+
+Codeman drives seven run modes: six agent CLIs plus a plain shell. This page covers picking
+one, setting it up, and the differences that actually change how you work.
+
+## The seven modes
+
+| Mode                 | CLI                          | Get it                                                                 |
+| -------------------- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Claude Code**      | `claude`                     | [docs.anthropic.com](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code)   |
+| **OpenCode**         | `opencode`                   | [opencode.ai](https://opencode.ai)                                     |
+| **Codex**            | `codex`                      | [developers.openai.com/codex/cli](https://developers.openai.com/codex/cli) |
+| **Gemini**           | `gemini`                     | [github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) |
+| **Antigravity**      | `agy`                        | [antigravity.google](https://antigravity.google)                       |
+| **Pi**               | `pi`                         | [pi.dev](https://pi.dev)                                               |
+| **Terminal / Shell** | your `$SHELL`                | Already installed.                                                     |
+
+Any combination works, including all of them. The run mode is chosen per session from the
+arrow beside the **Run** button, so one case can have a Claude session and a Codex session
+open side by side.
+
+## Codeman does not manage your logins
+
+Install each CLI yourself and log it in once by hand. Codeman never collects, stores, or
+refreshes your CLI credentials. It launches the binary and attaches to the result.
+
+The one place credentials are touched is [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases), where host
+credentials are copied into a container read-only at launch so you do not have to log in
+again inside it. Even there, the container keeps its own copies and never writes back to
+your host credential stores.
+
+## Making a CLI visible to Codeman
+
+Codeman resolves each binary from the environment the **server** runs in, which is not
+necessarily the shell you tested in.
+
+```bash
+codeman doctor          # what Codeman can actually see
+codeman doctor --json
+```
+
+If a CLI is installed but a Run button for it never appears:
+
+1. Check `which <cli>` in a plain login shell, not just your interactive one.
+2. If Codeman runs as a service, remember that launchd hands a job
+   `/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin`. `codeman service install` bakes your PATH into the unit
+   precisely to avoid this; a hand-written plist or unit will not.
+3. Restart the server after installing a new CLI.
+
+`pi` is additionally version-probed rather than trusted by name, because `pi` is a generic
+enough command that something else on your PATH may answer to it.
+
+## Claude is the reference mode
+
+A number of Codeman features exist only for Claude sessions. This is structural, not a
+backlog: they depend on Claude Code's hook system, or on parsing Claude's specific terminal
+output. The other CLIs expose no equivalent.
+
+| Feature                                          | Claude | Other CLIs                                          |
+| ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| Sessions, tabs, scrollback, exactly-once input    | Yes    | Yes                                                  |
+| Respawn cycling and unattended runs               | Yes    | Yes                                                  |
+| Cron jobs                                         | Yes    | Yes                                                  |
+| Docker cases, remote SSH cases                    | Yes    | Yes                                                  |
+| Precise idle detection (hook-driven)              | Yes    | Output-stabilization fallback, coarser                |
+| Auto-resume when a usage limit resets             | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Plan usage chip                                   | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Approvals Inbox                                   | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Read My Mind                                      | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Ralph loop and its task tracker                   | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Subagent and team windows                         | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| Model, effort, and ultracode controls             | Yes    | No                                                   |
+| `stop` and `blocked` wait signals                 | Yes    | 400 if you ask for them explicitly                   |
+| The bundled agent skill                           | Yes    | No                                                   |
+
+Everything that makes a session a session works everywhere. What is Claude-only is mostly
+the machinery that needs to know *what* the agent is doing rather than *that* it is doing
+something.
+
+## Per-CLI notes
+
+### Claude Code
+
+The defaults you will care about, all under **App Settings**:
+
+- **Model** (Models section). Written into the case's `.claude/settings.local.json` as a
+  soft default, so `/model` still works mid-session. The 1M-context Opus variant is a
+  switch on the model card rather than a separate model.
+- **Effort** (`low` through `max`) or **ultracode** for dynamic multi-agent workflows. Also
+  a soft default: `/effort` overrides it any time. Effort is deliberately not passed as an
+  environment variable, because that would hard-lock it and block in-session switching.
+- **Startup permission mode** (Agents & CLIs section). The default is
+  `--dangerously-skip-permissions`, which is why the security model matters. You can switch
+  new sessions to Anthropic's classifier-guarded `auto` mode, normal prompting, or an
+  explicit allowed-tools list.
+
+**Separate Claude accounts per session.** Set `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` in a session's environment
+overrides to point it at a different Claude config directory, which is how you run one
+session on a client's subscription and another on your own. One caveat: a relocated config
+directory writes transcripts outside `~/.claude/projects`, which blinds the response viewer,
+subagent windows, ultracode panel, and Read My Mind for that session. Symlink `projects`
+back into the shared tree to keep them working:
+
+```bash
+ln -s ~/.claude/projects <configDir>/projects
+```
+
+### OpenCode
+
+Renders its own TUI, so Codeman treats readiness as output stabilization rather than
+watching for a prompt marker. Requires tmux, with no direct-PTY fallback, because its
+environment is injected through socket-scoped `tmux setenv` rather than the command line.
+
+Integration detail: [`docs/opencode-integration.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/opencode-integration.md).
+
+### Codex
+
+Two behaviours that are deliberate and worth knowing:
+
+- **Predictive echo instead of buffered echo.** Codex's composer reacts to every keystroke,
+  a `/` opens a live-filtering picker, arrows edit server-side state. Buffering keystrokes
+  until Enter starved it, so Codex paints each keystroke at the predicted cell while the
+  bytes on the wire stay byte-identical to what you typed.
+- **The wheel is not forwarded** into its transcript. Codex ignores the mouse reports
+  Codeman would send, so forwarding produced a dead wheel. Scrolling in a Codex session is
+  local scrollback.
+
+### Gemini
+
+Enterprise only, since Google's June 2026 consumer cutover. Its environment allowlist
+includes the broad `GOOGLE_*` namespace, deliberately, because Vertex AI authentication
+needs `GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT`, `GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`, and
+`GOOGLE_GENAI_USE_VERTEXAI`. That is the loosest allowlist entry in Codeman and it affects
+only the CLI you spawned yourself.
+
+### Antigravity
+
+Google's successor to the consumer Gemini CLI, invoked as `agy`. It keeps all of its state
+in `~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/`, so the credential handling that applies to Gemini applies
+to it as well.
+
+### Pi
+
+Pi needs the opposite instincts from every other CLI here.
+
+- **It has no permission prompts and no sandbox.** There is no bypass flag to send, and
+  Codeman does not invent one.
+- **Its privileged setting is project trust**, a three-way `--approve` / `--no-approve` /
+  unset. Approving trust makes Pi **execute repo-local `.pi/extensions` TypeScript**, so
+  point it at a repository you trust. In multi-user mode, a user without an explicit grant
+  gets `--no-approve` even when no configuration exists.
+- **Authentication is `/login` inside the session**, or the server process's own
+  environment. Pi's roughly 34 provider keys (`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`, `OPENAI_API_KEY`,
+  `HF_TOKEN`, and so on) share no common prefix, and the environment allowlist is global
+  rather than per mode, so admitting them for Pi would widen the allowlist for every mode at
+  once. They stay out.
+
+Guide: [`docs/pi-integration.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/pi-integration.md).
+
+### Terminal / Shell
+
+A plain shell in a tmux session. No agent, no hooks, no idle detection.
+
+On phones a shell session automatically swaps the keyboard accessory bar for terminal
+controls: Ctrl, Esc, Tab, arrows, paste. **Ctrl is a one-shot modifier**: tap it, then tap a
+letter, and the control byte is sent. It disarms on use, on a second tap, on any other
+accessory key, on a session switch, and when the keyboard closes. Details in
+[Mobile Guide](Mobile-Guide).
+
+## Environment overrides
+
+Per-session environment variables are set when creating a session and persist across
+respawns. Which variables are accepted depends on the mode:
+
+| Mode        | Allowed prefixes                  |
+| ----------- | --------------------------------- |
+| Claude      | `CLAUDE_CODE_*`, plus the exact key `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` |
+| OpenCode    | `OPENCODE_*`                      |
+| Codex       | `CODEX_*`                         |
+| Gemini      | `GEMINI_*`, `GOOGLE_*`            |
+| Antigravity | `ANTIGRAVITY_*`                   |
+| Pi          | `PI_*`                            |
+
+Anything outside the allowlist is rejected at the schema. This is intentional: the allowlist
+is one global list, so widening it for one CLI widens it for all of them.
+
+Two things that deliberately do **not** travel as environment variables: **effort**, because
+an environment variable hard-locks it and blocks `/effort`, and **model**, which is written
+into the case's `.claude/settings.local.json` so that `/model` keeps working.
+
+## Choosing a mode
+
+- **Claude Code** if you want every Codeman feature. Unattended overnight runs, usage-limit
+  auto-resume, the Approvals Inbox, and subagent visualization all assume it.
+- **Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, Antigravity** when you prefer that agent or that model. You get
+  the session layer, respawn, cron, Docker, and remote SSH; you do not get the hook-driven
+  features.
+- **Pi** if you want a fast, unsandboxed agent and you understand what project trust does.
+- **Shell** for the times you want a terminal on your phone with no agent at all. It is a
+  genuinely useful mode, not a fallback.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [Core Concepts](Core-Concepts) - run modes versus location overlays.
+- [Settings Reference](Settings-Reference) - model, effort, and permission-mode settings.
+- [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) - what idle detection does per mode.
+- [Security](Security) - what skipping permission prompts actually means.

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+# Autonomous Loops
+
+Two features that go further than "keep the session going": the **Ralph loop**, which works
+a task list to completion in one session, and the **Orchestrator**, which turns a goal into
+a phased plan and drives it across agents.
+
+Both are Claude-only, both are off by default, and neither is where to start. If what you
+want is an agent that keeps working overnight, that is
+[Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running), and it is simpler, better understood, and
+what most people actually use.
+
+## Which one, if either
+
+| You have                                          | Use                                                          |
+| ------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| A session that stops too early                     | [Respawn](Keeping-Agents-Running)                             |
+| A written task list to grind through               | Ralph loop                                                    |
+| One large goal that needs planning and checkpoints | Orchestrator                                                  |
+| Work that should start at a certain time           | [Cron Jobs](Cron-Jobs)                                        |
+| Several workers to fan out and supervise           | [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent) |
+
+## The Ralph loop
+
+Named after the Ralph Wiggum pattern: keep feeding the agent its own task list until the
+list is empty.
+
+The shape of it:
+
+- The task list lives in a plan file in the case, conventionally `fix_plan.md`.
+- Each cycle the agent reads the plan, works the next incomplete task, and marks progress.
+- Codeman watches the file, tracks todos, and detects stalls.
+- The loop ends when the agent signals completion, when the iteration cap is reached, or
+  when you stop it.
+
+Start it from **Session Options → Ralph / Todo**, or from the wizard on the welcome screen.
+
+| Setting                | What it does                                                             |
+| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| Max iterations         | Hard ceiling on cycles.                                                   |
+| Max todos              | Cap on tracked tasks, default 500, oldest evicted first.                   |
+| Todo expiration        | Auto-expiry for stale todos, default 60 minutes.                           |
+| Plan file              | Which file holds the task list.                                            |
+
+A **circuit breaker** sits behind it to stop respawn thrashing: it moves from closed to
+half-open to open, and is reset explicitly from the session's Ralph controls.
+
+Honest assessment: Ralph is functional but is not where development attention goes. It
+predates the respawn presets, which cover most of what people originally used it for with
+less ceremony. Treat it as a specialised tool rather than the headline feature.
+
+Full background, including the upstream pattern it is based on:
+[`docs/ralph-wiggum-guide.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/ralph-wiggum-guide.md).
+
+## The Orchestrator
+
+A state machine that turns one goal into a phased plan and drives it to completion:
+
+```
+idle → planning → approval → executing → verifying → (replanning) → completed / failed
+```
+
+- **Planning** turns your goal into phases.
+- **Approval** is yours. You see the plan before anything runs.
+- **Executing** runs each phase, using team agents and the task queue.
+- **Verifying** gates each phase before the next one starts. A failed gate can send it back
+  to replanning rather than forward.
+
+Open it from the Orchestrator panel in the toolbar. State persists in `state.json`, so a
+server restart does not lose an in-flight plan.
+
+Where it differs from Ralph: Ralph is one session grinding a list, the Orchestrator
+coordinates phases and agents with verification between them. It suits work that has a
+natural shape ("migrate this, then update callers, then update the tests") rather than a
+flat backlog.
+
+Architecture: [`docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/orchestrator-loop-architecture.md).
+
+## Running any of this safely
+
+Autonomous loops are the features most able to spend money and change code while you are not
+looking. Some habits that pay off:
+
+- **Run them in a case that is a git repository**, on a branch you are willing to throw
+  away. Being able to read the diff afterwards is the whole safety net.
+- **Consider a container.** [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases) gives the agent its own filesystem
+  and network, and one checkbox is all it costs.
+- **Set the iteration cap deliberately.** It is the ceiling on the spend.
+- **Turn on notifications** so a blocked loop reaches you: see
+  [Notifications And Approvals](Notifications-And-Approvals).
+- **Read the run summary and lifecycle log afterwards**, not just the final diff. They show
+  where it went sideways and recovered.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) - the simpler feature that usually fits better.
+- [Watching Agents Work](Watching-Agents-Work) - seeing what a loop is doing while it runs.
+- [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases) - a sandbox for unattended work.

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+# Contributing
+
+The full guide lives in
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+This page is the short orientation, plus how to fix a page in this wiki.
+
+## Where things go
+
+| You have                    | Send it to                                                                                   |
+| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| A bug                       | An [issue](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues), with OS, install method, browser, and which CLI the session was running. |
+| A question or setup problem | [Discussions](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions).                                    |
+| An idea                     | [Ideas](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/ideas), where it gets voted on.  |
+| A small fix                 | Straight to a PR.                                                                                |
+| A bigger feature            | An issue or Discussion first, then build once the design has a nod.                              |
+| A security problem          | Never a public issue. See [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/.github/SECURITY.md). |
+
+Issues usually get a response within a day, and every release credits its contributors and
+bug reporters by name.
+
+## Dev setup
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman.git
+cd Codeman
+npm install        # postinstall builds the vendored xterm addon bundles
+npm run dev        # http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+Requirements: Node 22+, tmux, and at least one agent CLI on your PATH.
+
+The frontend is plain JavaScript with no bundler in dev: edit a `.js` or `.css` file and
+reload. The exception is `index.html`, which is read once at server start, so markup changes
+need a restart.
+
+## Before you push
+
+CI runs all of these, so running them locally saves a round trip:
+
+```bash
+npm run typecheck
+npm run lint
+npm run format:check
+npm run check:frontend-syntax
+npm test -- test/<file>.test.ts   # one file, the normal way
+npm run test:ci                    # the full CI sweep
+```
+
+**Never run bare `npm test`.** The default configuration includes browser-driven Playwright
+suites that need a live server, Chromium, and environment-specific baselines; they hang or
+fail on a normal machine. `test:ci` is the honest "run everything".
+
+Tests are tmux-safe by design: under vitest the tmux layer becomes an in-memory mock, so
+tests cannot touch real sessions. If you add a test that binds a port, pick a unique one at
+3150 or above, and never 3000.
+
+## Finding your way around
+
+- Every source file opens with a `@fileoverview` block. Read it before the file; it is the
+  map.
+- [`CLAUDE.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/CLAUDE.md) at the repo root is
+  the densest architecture primer there is. It is written for AI coding agents, but its
+  invariants apply identically to humans, and most review feedback traces back to something
+  already written there.
+- [`docs/architecture-invariants.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/architecture-invariants.md)
+  holds the deep mechanisms and the history behind each rule.
+
+## Good first contributions
+
+- **A theme skin.** A skin is four things kept in sync, and a static test checks the sync, so
+  if the test passes your skin works.
+- **A language.** The i18n module is dependency-free, English is canonical, and Simplified
+  Chinese is a complete example to copy.
+- **Docs.** If you got stuck and then figured it out, the sentence that would have unstuck
+  you is a pull request.
+- Anything labelled
+  [good first issue](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22).
+
+Worth discussing first: new CLI backends, and real-device testing reports, especially
+mobile, which always find things emulation cannot.
+
+## PR expectations
+
+- One change per PR. Small and focused reviews fast; a grab bag stalls.
+- Target `master`.
+- **Keep your branch mergeable.** A PR with conflicts silently gets no CI runs at all, which
+  is a GitHub quirk rather than a Codeman one. Rebase when conflicts appear.
+- Include or update tests when you change behaviour.
+- Do not bump versions or edit the changelog; releases are handled after merge.
+- AI-assisted contributions are welcome, with one condition: understand what you are
+  submitting, and actually run it. "The model said it works" is not a test.
+
+## Fixing this wiki
+
+These pages are generated from
+[`docs/wiki/`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/tree/master/docs/wiki) in the main
+repository, and pushed here automatically when master changes.
+
+**Editing a page in the browser will be overwritten by the next sync.** Send a pull request
+against `docs/wiki/` instead. It is plain markdown, and a documentation PR is a genuinely
+useful contribution.
+
+Conventions for wiki pages:
+
+- Links between pages use the wiki form: `[Remote Access](Remote-Access)`, no `.md`.
+- Links into the repository are absolute `https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/...`
+  URLs.
+- Images are referenced from the main repository over raw URLs rather than being copied into
+  the wiki.
+- Say what the default is, especially when it is off. Most of Codeman is opt-in.
+- Label Claude-only behaviour every time it appears. Six of the seven run modes are not
+  Claude.
+
+## Conduct
+
+Be kind, be direct, assume good faith. Report unacceptable behaviour privately via the
+contact in
+[SECURITY.md](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/.github/SECURITY.md).

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+# Core Concepts
+
+The five ideas the rest of the manual assumes: cases, sessions, run modes, location
+overlays, and tmux. Plus what actually persists, and where it lives on disk.
+
+## Case
+
+A **case** is a named working directory that Codeman remembers. It is the unit you pick in
+the toolbar before hitting Run, and every session belongs to exactly one.
+
+A case is not a container or a sandbox. It is a folder plus a name plus a little
+Codeman-side configuration:
+
+- Which CLI the Run button should default to.
+- Per-case toggles (Agent Teams, 1M Opus context).
+- Where it runs, if it is not the local filesystem: see [Location overlays](#location-overlays).
+
+Three ways to get one, all under **+** next to the case picker:
+
+| How               | Result                                                                                                 |
+| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| **Create New**    | A fresh `~/codeman-cases/<name>` with a scaffolded `CLAUDE.md`.                                          |
+| **Clone Repo**    | A public repo cloned into `~/codeman-cases/<name>` and registered as a case.                            |
+| **Link Existing** | An existing folder anywhere on disk, registered in place. Nothing is copied or moved.                    |
+
+Linked cases keep living where they are. Deleting a case in Codeman removes the
+registration, and for a linked case that is all it removes.
+
+**Cases created from scratch are the only copy of that code.** Uninstalling Codeman does not
+delete `~/codeman-cases/`, but treat that directory as real work, not scratch space.
+
+## Session
+
+A **session** is one CLI process running in one tmux session, streamed to your browser.
+
+Sessions are named `w<n>-<case>`, so `w1-myproject` is the first worker in the `myproject`
+case. Each has a stable id, and that id is what the API, the wait primitives, and every
+event use.
+
+Several sessions can share one case. That is the normal way to parallelize: three workers
+in the same repo, three tabs, one case.
+
+A session carries state the case does not:
+
+- Its run mode, model, effort level, and environment overrides.
+- Its respawn configuration and Ralph loop state.
+- Its terminal scrollback.
+- Its owner, in [Multi-User Mode](Multi-User-Mode).
+
+## Run mode
+
+The **run mode** is which CLI the session runs: `claude`, `opencode`, `codex`, `gemini`,
+`antigravity`, `pi`, or `shell`. It is chosen at start and does not change afterwards; to
+switch, start another session.
+
+Claude is the reference mode. Six of the seven are not Claude, and a number of Codeman
+features are Claude-only for structural reasons rather than missing effort: they depend on
+Claude Code's hook system or on parsing its terminal output. Every such feature is labelled
+Claude-only where it appears, and [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs) lists them in one place.
+
+## Location overlays
+
+Where a case runs is **separate from** which CLI it runs. There are three locations:
+
+| Location       | What happens                                                                                                 |
+| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| **Local**      | The default. tmux and the CLI run on the Codeman host.                                                        |
+| **Docker**     | One long-lived container per case; sessions `docker exec` into it. See [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases).           |
+| **Remote SSH** | A durable tmux server on the remote host, fronted by a local pane running `ssh`. See [Remote SSH Sessions](Remote-SSH-Sessions). |
+
+This matters because it is a common source of confusion: Docker is **not** an eighth run
+mode. All seven run modes work in all three locations. A case is docker-backed or
+ssh-backed; a session is claude or codex or shell.
+
+**Web tabs** are the other thing that is not a session. A saved dashboard URL renders as a
+tab beside your agents, but there is no PTY, no tmux, and no respawn behind it. See
+[Web Tabs](Web-Tabs).
+
+## Why tmux
+
+tmux is a hard requirement, and it is the reason Codeman behaves the way it does.
+
+The agent runs inside a tmux session. Codeman attaches to it, the same way your terminal
+would. That indirection buys:
+
+- **Survival.** The agent outlives your browser tab, your network, your laptop lid, and a
+  restart of the Codeman server itself.
+- **Real scrollback.** History is held by tmux, so reconnecting replays what happened while
+  you were gone instead of starting from blank.
+- **Attach from anywhere else.** The same session is reachable from a terminal over SSH
+  with `codeman tui`, or plain `tmux -L codeman attach`.
+- **Secrets off the command line.** Environment overrides are injected with socket-scoped
+  `tmux setenv` rather than being visible in the spawn command.
+
+The socket is `tmux -L codeman`, separate from your personal tmux server, so Codeman
+sessions never appear in a bare `tmux ls`.
+
+## What persists
+
+| Survives                                     | Does not survive                                    |
+| -------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| Closing the browser                          | `tmux -L codeman kill-server`                        |
+| Losing the network                            | A machine reboot (tmux dies with it)                 |
+| Restarting the Codeman server                 | Killing the session from the UI                      |
+| `codeman web --stop`                          |                                                      |
+| A dropped SSH link, for remote cases          |                                                      |
+| A container restart, for docker cases         |                                                      |
+
+Conversation history is a separate question: Claude transcripts live in `~/.claude/`, so a
+conversation can be resumed even after the tmux session is gone. That is what the welcome
+screen's **Resume Conversation** list offers.
+
+## State on disk
+
+Everything Codeman knows lives under `~/.codeman/`:
+
+| File                                     | Holds                                                                |
+| ---------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `state.json`                             | Sessions, settings, respawn config, orchestrator state, cron jobs.    |
+| `settings.json`                          | User preferences that sync across your devices.                       |
+| `mux-sessions.json`                      | tmux recovery data.                                                   |
+| `session-lifecycle.jsonl`                | Append-only audit log of session starts, exits, and kills.            |
+| `linked-cases.json`                      | Registered cases.                                                     |
+| `remote-hosts.json`, `docker-hosts.json` | Location overlay configuration.                                       |
+| `webviews.json`                          | Saved dashboard URLs.                                                 |
+| `users.json`                             | Multi-user accounts, mode 0600.                                       |
+| `push-*.json`                            | Web push keys and subscriptions.                                      |
+| `certs/`                                 | Self-signed TLS for `--https`.                                        |
+
+None of it needs root, none of it leaves the machine, and deleting `~/.codeman/` resets
+Codeman to a fresh install without touching your code.
+
+## Instances
+
+The data directory and the tmux socket are both **process wide**. Two Codeman servers
+started on one machine share them, which means the second one discovers the first one's
+live sessions and attaches to them, resizing and mutating sessions you did not expect it to
+touch.
+
+To run two on purpose, give each its own instance name:
+
+```bash
+CODEMAN_INSTANCE=beta CODEMAN_PORT=5000 codeman web
+```
+
+That scopes the data directory and the tmux socket together, which is the only safe way to
+do it. `CODEMAN_DATA_DIR` and `CODEMAN_TMUX_SOCKET` can be set individually if you need
+them apart, but setting only one of the two reproduces exactly the problem you were trying
+to avoid.
+
+## Hooks
+
+For Claude sessions, Codeman writes a hooks configuration into the case so Claude Code can
+report events back: a permission prompt appeared, the turn finished, the agent went idle, a
+task completed. Those events drive tab alerts, the Approvals Inbox, notifications, and the
+wait primitives.
+
+This is why some features are Claude-only. The other CLIs have no equivalent hook system,
+so for them Codeman falls back to watching terminal output, which is coarser: it can see
+that something happened, not what it was.
+
+See [Hooks And Integrations](Hooks-And-Integrations).
+
+## Vocabulary
+
+| Term            | Means                                                                        |
+| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Case**        | Named working directory.                                                      |
+| **Session**     | One CLI in one tmux session.                                                  |
+| **Run mode**    | Which CLI: claude, opencode, codex, gemini, antigravity, pi, shell.           |
+| **Respawn**     | Restarting the CLI on idle to keep an unattended run going.                   |
+| **Ralph loop**  | An autonomous single-session task loop.                                       |
+| **Orchestrator**| A phased plan driven across multiple agents.                                  |
+| **Subagent**    | An agent the CLI spawned itself, shown live in its own window.                |
+| **Web tab**     | A saved dashboard URL rendered as a tab. Not a session.                       |
+| **Instance**    | One Codeman server with its own data directory and tmux socket.               |
+
+## Read next
+
+- [The Dashboard](The-Dashboard) - what the UI is showing you.
+- [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs) - the seven run modes in detail.
+- [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) - respawn, idle detection, usage limits.
+- [`docs/architecture-invariants.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/architecture-invariants.md) - the mechanisms behind all of this, for contributors.

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+# Cron Jobs
+
+Saved, named jobs that start a session and send it a prompt on a schedule. Cron for agent
+sessions: *every weekday at 03:00, open a Claude session in `~/proj` and tell it to update
+dependencies and open a PR.*
+
+The ⏰ **Cron** header button is opt-in. Turn it on in
+**App Settings → Header & Panels**.
+
+## Creating a job
+
+1. Click **⏰ Cron**, then **+ New Job**.
+2. Give it a name, pick the agent type and working directory.
+3. Write the prompt, or point at a file containing it.
+4. Choose a schedule and leave **Enabled** on.
+5. **Save**. The job appears with its computed next run.
+
+**Run Now** fires it immediately without touching the schedule, which is the fastest way to
+find out whether the prompt does what you meant.
+
+## The fields
+
+| Field                    | Notes                                                                                       |
+| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Name**                 | Also used as the created session's name.                                                     |
+| **Agent type**           | Any run mode, including `shell`.                                                             |
+| **Working directory**    | Validated when you save **and** again when the job fires. Blocked system trees are refused.  |
+| **Launch command**       | Shell jobs only. Sent as the first line once the shell is up, before the prompt.             |
+| **Prompt**               | Inline text, or a path to a file read at fire time.                                          |
+| **Input mode**           | `typed` behaves like a human typing. `paste` writes directly.                                |
+| **Schedule**             | `once`, `interval`, `daily`, or `weekly`.                                                    |
+| **Enabled**              | Disabled jobs never fire on their own. **Run Now** still works.                              |
+| **Concurrency policy**   | What to do if sessions of the same type are already running.                                 |
+| **Auto-close previous**  | Recurring jobs only. Closes the session the previous run created. Default on.                |
+| **Notes**                | Free text for you.                                                                           |
+
+## Schedules
+
+All wall-clock times are in the **server's local timezone**, not your browser's. A job set
+for 03:00 fires at 03:00 where the server is.
+
+| Type       | Behaviour                                                                                          |
+| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `once`     | Fires at an absolute time, then disables itself. A job missed because the server was down still fires once on the next tick. |
+| `interval` | Every N minutes, from 1 minute to a year.                                                            |
+| `daily`    | At `HH:MM` every day. If today's time has passed, the next run is tomorrow.                          |
+| `weekly`   | At `HH:MM` on the weekdays you pick.                                                                 |
+
+Interval jobs re-anchor to when they actually fired, not to an ideal cadence, so a slow tick
+or a server restart shifts later runs slightly. That drift is accepted rather than corrected.
+
+## Prompts are single line
+
+This is the rule people trip over. Programmatic input into an agent session is single line
+everywhere in Codeman, because the terminal UIs these CLIs use treat a newline as submit. A
+multi-line prompt would be silently mangled, so it is **rejected** instead: the form refuses
+it, and a prompt file whose contents are multi-line fails the run with a clear message.
+
+For anything longer than a sentence, put the instructions in a file and make the prompt tell
+the agent to read it:
+
+```
+read TASKS.md and work through it
+```
+
+That is also easier to edit than a job field.
+
+### Prompt files
+
+Reading the prompt from a file at fire time is useful when the instructions change more
+often than the schedule. The path is confined to the job's working directory, symlinks are
+resolved before the check, sensitive trees are refused, and the file has to be a regular
+file under 1 MiB.
+
+If any of that fails, the run is recorded as failed and **no session is created**.
+
+## Concurrency
+
+Applies to scheduled runs only, never to **Run Now**:
+
+| Policy                          | Behaviour                                                                             |
+| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `warn_only`                     | Always launch. The count of live same-type sessions is shown but does not block.        |
+| `skip_if_same_agent_running`    | Skip this fire if another live session of that mode exists.                             |
+
+The skip policy has the details you would want it to have:
+
+- Only **live** sessions block. A tab whose CLI already exited does not count.
+- Sessions the job created on its own previous runs never block it, otherwise a recurring
+  job would deadlock on itself after the first fire.
+- A skipped `once` job is not consumed. It stays armed and fires when the blocker goes away.
+- Consecutive skips are collapsed into one record per streak, so a perpetually skipped job
+  cannot bloat your state file.
+
+## Run history
+
+Every fire is recorded per job, with a status:
+
+| Status    | Meaning                                                              |
+| --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `created` | The run started and a session was created.                            |
+| `skipped` | The concurrency policy blocked it. Not counted as a run.              |
+| `failed`  | The prompt could not be resolved, or the working directory was gone.  |
+
+The schedule is advanced **before** the session launches, so a slow start cannot cause the
+same job to re-trigger.
+
+## Cron versus the other autonomy features
+
+| Want                                                | Use                                                     |
+| --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Start work at a specific time                        | Cron                                                     |
+| Keep an existing session working                     | [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running)         |
+| Drive one goal to completion across phases           | [Autonomous Loops](Autonomous-Loops)                     |
+
+There is also an older, deliberately separate `ScheduledRun` concept behind
+`/api/scheduled`: a run-now, duration-bounded loop with no recurrence and no saved jobs. The
+two systems never interact, and Cron is the one you want.
+
+## From the API
+
+```bash
+API=http://localhost:3000
+
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{
+    "name": "nightly-deps",
+    "agentType": "claude",
+    "workingDir": "/home/me/proj",
+    "promptMode": "inline_text",
+    "promptText": "Update dependencies and open a PR",
+    "inputMode": "typed",
+    "scheduleType": "daily",
+    "dailyTime": "03:00",
+    "enabled": true,
+    "concurrencyPolicy": "warn_only"
+  }' | jq
+
+curl -s "$API/api/cron/jobs" | jq
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/cron/jobs/<jobId>/run" | jq
+curl -s "$API/api/cron/jobs/<jobId>/runs" | jq
+```
+
+Add `-u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD"` when a password is set, and `-k` with the `https://` URL
+on an HTTPS install.
+
+## Gotchas
+
+- **Times are the server's, not yours.** Obvious until you are travelling.
+- **A `pi` job starts slowly.** The readiness poll looks for markers pi does not print, so it
+  burns its poll budget before sending the prompt. The job still works.
+- **A deleted working directory fails the run**, by design, rather than creating a session
+  somewhere unexpected.
+- **Auto-close only touches sessions this job created.** Your own tabs are never closed.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) - continuing work rather than starting it.
+- [Notifications And Approvals](Notifications-And-Approvals) - hearing about a job that got stuck.
+- [`docs/cron-guide.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/cron-guide.md) - the complete reference, including the API and SSE events.

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+# Docker Cases
+
+Run a case inside its own container instead of directly on your host: for isolation, for a
+reproducible toolchain, and for the ability to pick the whole environment up and move it to
+another machine.
+
+A docker case is a **location overlay**, not a run mode. All seven run modes work inside a
+container. See [Core Concepts](Core-Concepts).
+
+## One-time setup: the base image
+
+The container needs an image carrying the agent toolchain (node, the CLIs, git, tmux). It
+builds itself on first use with progress streamed to the UI, or you can build it ahead of
+time:
+
+```bash
+node scripts/build-agent-image.mjs --no-cache
+```
+
+**Always pass `--no-cache`.** The CLIs are installed in a single `npm install -g` layer, so
+a plain rebuild reuses that layer from the cache and the CLIs stay frozen at whatever
+versions the image was *first* built with. This has shipped a broken CLI while reporting a
+successful build.
+
+A zero exit code proves the layers ran, not that the toolchain works. Verify:
+
+```bash
+docker run --rm codeman/agent:base bash -lc \
+  'for c in claude codex gemini opencode agy pi; do printf "%-9s " $c; $c --version 2>&1 | head -1; done'
+```
+
+The image is secret-free. Credentials are delivered at runtime, never baked in, so exports
+never leak them. A full image lands around 1.6GB.
+
+Prerequisite: Docker or Podman with a reachable daemon.
+
+## The quick way
+
+On **Add Case → Create New**, tick **🐳 Run in an isolated Docker container**. That alone is
+enough: Codeman creates the case folder, spins up a hardened container with sensible
+defaults, and starts the session inside it.
+
+Expanding **Container settings** offers a template:
+
+| Template          | Memory | CPUs | GPUs                                  |
+| ----------------- | ------ | ---- | ------------------------------------- |
+| Small             | 2 GB   | 1    | none                                  |
+| Medium (default)  | 4 GB   | 2    | none                                  |
+| Large             | 8 GB   | 4    | none                                  |
+| GPU               | 8 GB   | 4    | all (needs the NVIDIA container toolkit) |
+
+Disk is elastic: storage grows as data arrives, bounded only by host disk. Changing any
+setting creates a dedicated host profile for that case, so it never mutates the shared
+default.
+
+## The full way
+
+**Add Case → Docker** exposes everything:
+
+| Field                | Meaning                                                                                       |
+| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Case name**        | As usual.                                                                                        |
+| **Workspace path**   | A real host directory, bind-mounted into the container at the **same absolute path**.            |
+| **Host ID**          | A reusable profile (image, network, resources). Share one across cases to share settings.        |
+| **Network**          | `bridge` (internet on, default), `none` (fully isolated), or a custom bridge.                    |
+| **Advanced**         | Memory and CPU caps, host credential seeding, and whether to resume the last conversation on relaunch. |
+
+The same-absolute-path bind mount is what keeps the File Viewer, attachments, and watchers
+operating on real host bytes rather than a copy.
+
+## One container per case
+
+Exactly one long-lived container per case, shared by every session in it.
+
+- Killing one session kills only that session's in-container tmux. Siblings keep running and
+  the container stays up.
+- Reconnecting after a Codeman restart lands back in the same live agent.
+- A container stop or a host reboot restarts the container and **resumes the last
+  conversation** from the bind-mounted transcript.
+- Deleting the case removes the container. The workspace on the host survives.
+
+## Credentials
+
+Your existing host logins work inside the container without logging in again. Credentials
+are **seeded**: mounted read-only and copied in once at launch, so in-container CLIs never
+write refreshed tokens back to your host credential stores. Onboarding and trust prompts are
+pre-answered so no wizard appears.
+
+Turn seeding **off** for a sealed sandbox: no host credentials, and with `network: none`, no
+outbound access either. That is the profile for genuinely untrusted work; you log in inside
+the container instead.
+
+Bind mounts are excluded from image capture, so exports stay secret-free.
+
+One consequence worth knowing: Pi's credentials are seeded per file rather than as a whole
+directory, because that directory also holds sessions, extensions, and installed packages,
+which can be gigabytes. So in-container Pi sessions are invisible from the host, and `pi -c`
+inside a docker case sees only that container's history.
+
+## Isolation
+
+Every container runs hardened by default:
+
+- `--cap-drop ALL`
+- `--security-opt no-new-privileges`
+- Non-root, running as your host uid so workspace files stay host-owned
+- PID limit, memory cap with swap pinned to it, `--init`
+- **Never** `--privileged`, and **never** the docker socket
+
+Rootless engines without cgroup-v2 systemd delegation cannot enforce resource caps; linking
+such a host warns that the caps are advisory.
+
+## Configuration drift is refused, not ignored
+
+Editing a docker host's configuration (image, memory, network) after a container exists is
+detected on the next launch by comparing a configuration hash against the container's label.
+A mismatch **refuses the launch** and offers to recreate rather than silently running with
+stale configuration.
+
+Recreating is refused while sessions of that case are live. The workspace and the
+conversation both survive it.
+
+## Moving a case to another machine
+
+**Export**, from the Docker tab:
+
+| Option                     | Contents                                                                  |
+| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| **Full image + workspace** | The whole toolchain, installed packages, and files, in one `.tgz`.        |
+| **Workspace only**         | Just the project files. Fast and small.                                    |
+
+The container is paused across the capture so image and workspace are consistent, free space
+is checked first, and the intermediate image is cleaned up. Exports run in the background
+and notify you when the bundle is ready.
+
+**Import** on the other machine: copy the `.tgz` into `~/.codeman/docker-exports/` and
+import it into a new case. The manifest and per-member checksums are verified, the workspace
+tar is extracted with a traversal guard, and the image is loaded under a **quarantined tag**
+so it can never overwrite a local image. The destination supplies its own credentials, so
+nothing secret crosses machines.
+
+## Hooks need to reach the server
+
+In-container hooks (permission events, idle and stop notifications) call back to Codeman
+over the docker bridge gateway. If Codeman binds **loopback only**, which is the default and
+the production configuration, the container cannot reach it and **in-container hooks do not
+fire**.
+
+The session still works fully: idle detection falls back to output-based detection through
+the exec PTY, and with permission prompts skipped there is nothing to forward anyway.
+
+To enable them:
+
+```bash
+CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1
+```
+
+Codeman then starts a second listener bound to the docker bridge gateway that serves **only**
+the hook endpoints and rejects everything else with a 403. The bridge is host-internal, so
+this does not widen your network exposure. Add it to the service unit and restart.
+
+## Limits
+
+- Per-session environment overrides, effort, and per-CLI configuration are **rejected** for
+  docker cases, because they do not cross into the container. Configure the container through
+  the docker host's per-mode command override instead.
+- tmux must exist in the base image. It is a hard prerequisite and is probed when linking a
+  host.
+- On macOS, Docker Desktop takes a dedicated uid path, and memory caps are subject to the
+  VM's own ceiling.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [Core Concepts](Core-Concepts) - why this is an overlay rather than a run mode.
+- [Security](Security) - where containers fit in the model.
+- [Remote SSH Sessions](Remote-SSH-Sessions) - the other overlay.
+- [`docs/docker-cases.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/docker-cases.md) - the full reference.

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+# Driving Codeman From An Agent
+
+Everything the dashboard does is HTTP, so an agent can do it too. This page is for the case
+that makes Codeman interesting: **Claude Code running inside a Codeman session, spawning and
+supervising other sessions.**
+
+Two routes. Start with the skill.
+
+## The agent skill
+
+A Claude Code skill that teaches the agent the whole API, so you ask in plain English
+instead of pasting endpoint documentation into prompts.
+
+### Install it
+
+| How          | Command                                                     | Scope                                                       |
+| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Skills CLI   | `npx skills add Ark0N/Codeman --skill codeman -g`            | Global, any skills-aware agent.                              |
+| Claude Code plugin | `/plugin marketplace add Ark0N/Codeman`, then `/plugin install codeman@codeman` | Global, through Claude Code's plugin manager. `/plugin update codeman` follows releases. Pick this or `codeman skill install`, not both, or the skill is listed twice (`codeman` and `codeman:codeman`). |
+| Bundled CLI  | `codeman skill install`                                      | Global, at `~/.claude/skills/codeman`.                       |
+| Bundled CLI  | `codeman skill install --case <name>`                        | One case.                                                    |
+| Web UI       | **App Settings → Agents & CLIs → Claude → Agent Skill**      | Injects into each case when a Claude session is created. Off by default. |
+
+`codeman skill uninstall [--case <name>]` reverses the CLI installs, and never touches a
+`skills/codeman` you wrote yourself.
+
+### Then just ask
+
+| You say                                                                                 | What happens                                                                             |
+| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| "What sessions are running right now?"                                                   | Lists them with name, mode, and status. Read-only.                                          |
+| "Start a shell worker on the `myapp` case, run the test suite, tell me if it passes."     | Spawns, waits on a completion marker, reads the exit code, cleans up.                       |
+| "Spin up 3 workers for lint, typecheck and tests, run them in parallel, report failures." | One session per task, all started first, then gathered as each finishes.                    |
+| "Have a claude worker summarize `src/session.ts`, then close it."                         | Spawns, runs the readiness ladder, sends and waits, reads the answer, deletes the session.  |
+| "Watch session w4 and tell me if it gets stuck on a permission prompt."                   | Blocks on the `blocked` signal and surfaces the question to **you**.                        |
+
+Sessions the agent creates get deleted when it is done. You can watch the tabs appear and
+disappear in the dashboard while it works.
+
+### What it will and will not do
+
+- **It self-gates.** Outside a Codeman session it refuses to act and does not guess an API
+  URL, so a global install costs an unrelated Claude Code session nothing.
+- **Unprompted, it may only** spawn sessions, prompt them, and delete ones **it created in
+  that conversation, by exact id**, behind a guard that refuses to delete the agent's own
+  session.
+- **It will not** answer another session's permission prompt on your behalf. It surfaces the
+  question instead.
+- **Deleting a case** (which erases a real directory of your code), bulk kills, respawn,
+  Ralph, cron, orchestrator, and settings writes all require you to ask, naming the target.
+
+Turning the setting back off **does not remove already-injected copies**, because a
+create-time sweep would yank the skill out from under other live sessions sharing that
+directory. Remove them per case with `codeman skill uninstall --case <name>`.
+
+The skill ships with the verb index always loaded, plus on-demand references for the verbs,
+worked multi-worker recipes, endpoint tables, and cross-session messaging.
+
+## The manual path
+
+The same operations as raw HTTP, for a CI bot, a shell script, or an agent without skill
+support.
+
+### Detect that you are inside Codeman
+
+These are set in every managed session. Read them rather than hardcoding anything:
+
+| Variable                   | Meaning                                                                  |
+| -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `CODEMAN_MUX=1`            | You are in a managed tmux session. Never `tmux kill-session`, `pkill claude`, or `pkill tmux`: you will kill yourself or a sibling. |
+| `CODEMAN_API_URL`          | Base URL, with the correct scheme.                                        |
+| `CODEMAN_SESSION_ID`       | Your own session id. Use it to avoid acting on yourself.                   |
+| `CODEMAN_HOOK_SECRET_FILE` | Path to the hook secret.                                                   |
+
+### Rules of the road
+
+Read these before writing any code. Each one has cost somebody an afternoon.
+
+1. **Input is single line and must end with `\r`.** Enter fires only when the payload
+   contains a carriage return. Without it the text sits unsubmitted on the prompt, the
+   request still succeeds, and a combined wait burns its full timeout on a turn that never
+   started. Embedded newlines are stripped rather than rejected, so `"echo A\necho B\r"` runs
+   the joined `echo Aecho B`. One line per call.
+2. **Make input idempotent.** Send a stable `clientId` and a monotonic per-session `seq`. The
+   server deduplicates, so a retry after a dropped connection cannot double-deliver.
+3. **Auth.** With `CODEMAN_PASSWORD` set, use HTTP Basic or the session cookie. A missing
+   `Origin` is allowed, so plain curl works. A `401` replies with the bare string
+   `Unauthorized`, **not** the JSON envelope, so piping it into `jq` throws a parse error
+   instead of showing the failure. Check the status before parsing.
+4. **Envelope.** Most endpoints return `{ "success": true, "data": ... }`. A few legacy GETs
+   return bare bodies, so handle both: `body.data ?? body`.
+5. **Wait instead of polling, and a timeout is not an error.** The wait endpoints answer
+   `200` with `wait.timedOut: true`. Loop over short waits rather than one long call, because
+   tunnels cut idle connections.
+6. **Only `claude` sessions emit `stop` and `blocked`.** They come from Claude Code hooks.
+   Shell and the external CLIs accept only `idle`, `working`, and `exit`; asking for `stop`
+   explicitly there is a `400`, while omitting `until` is always safe. On a shell session
+   `idle` fires **once at startup and never again**, so synchronize hook-less sessions with an
+   output marker instead.
+7. **Nothing reports "ready", so wait for it explicitly.** A new session answers
+   `{"signal":"exit","immediate":true}` until its PID exists, and that means *not started*,
+   not *crashed*. A Claude worker in a fresh case then sits on the CLI's trust dialog; prompt
+   it there and the wait resolves on idle in about two seconds looking exactly like a finished
+   turn, while your text sits stuck in the dialog.
+
+### Recipes
+
+```bash
+API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:-http://localhost:3000}"
+# Add -u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD" if a password is set, and -k on an HTTPS install.
+
+# What is running
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions" | jq '.data[] | {id, name, mode, status}'
+
+# Spawn a worker in a case
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/quick-start" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"caseName":"myapp","mode":"shell"}' | jq
+
+# Send a prompt (note the \r)
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$ID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"run the tests\r","clientId":"my-agent","seq":1}' | jq
+
+# Send and block until the turn finishes (registers the wait BEFORE writing)
+curl -s -X POST "$API/api/sessions/$ID/input" \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"input":"summarize src/session.ts\r","wait":["stop"],"waitTimeout":120000}' | jq
+
+# Or wait for a marker in the output, which works on shell sessions too
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$ID/wait-output?contains=DONE_17909&from=buffer" | jq
+
+# Read the terminal back
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/$ID/terminal?tail=4000" | jq -r '.data.output'
+
+# Clean up, by exact id
+curl -s -X DELETE "$API/api/sessions/$ID" | jq
+```
+
+Use `POST /api/quick-start` rather than `POST /api/sessions` when a case might be remote:
+the plain create endpoint validates the working directory locally and has no case concept.
+
+### The split-marker trick
+
+For hook-less sessions, synchronize on a marker in the output. The catch: your own
+keystrokes echo into the output stream, so an unsplit marker matches **before the command
+has run**.
+
+Split it so the typed line never contains the string you are waiting for:
+
+```bash
+M=DONE; R=17909
+# typed: echo ${M}_${R}   →   output contains DONE_17909, the typed line does not
+```
+
+Make it unique per call, because tmux repaints replay old screen text.
+
+### Reading output
+
+Use `terminal?tail=`, not `/output`. The latter's text field is empty for every tmux-backed
+session, which is every interactive session. `tail` counts **bytes**, and what comes back is
+terminal data with ANSI sequences included.
+
+## Fan-out, and why it needs care
+
+Wait signals are **edge triggered with no history**. A signal that fires with no waiter
+registered is unobservable afterwards.
+
+So a fan-out must register its waits before or as it dispatches: use send-and-wait per
+worker, or latched output markers. Dispatching all the workers and then waiting on them one
+at a time loses the signals of everyone who finished early.
+
+Send-and-wait registers the waiter **before** the write for the same reason. A separate POST
+followed by a wait races, and reports the previous turn's state.
+
+## Lineage
+
+A create request can name the session that spawned it, through a body field or a header, and
+the dashboard then draws a lineage arc from parent to child. The skill sets it automatically.
+
+It is resolved rather than trusted: an unresolvable parent is dropped silently rather than
+failing the spawn, because a cosmetic field must never break a worker.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [HTTP API](HTTP-API) - the endpoint map and the envelope.
+- [Hooks And Integrations](Hooks-And-Integrations) - events flowing the other way.
+- [Watching Agents Work](Watching-Agents-Work) - seeing the fan-out in the UI.
+- [`skills/codeman/SKILL.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/skills/codeman/SKILL.md) - the skill itself.

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+# FAQ
+
+The questions that keep arriving in
+[Discussions](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions) and issues. For "why is it
+doing that", go to [Troubleshooting](Troubleshooting) instead.
+
+## The basics
+
+### What is Codeman, in one sentence?
+
+A self-hosted dashboard that runs AI coding agents in persistent tmux sessions on your own
+machine and lets you drive them from any browser, including a phone.
+
+### Is it free? What is the licence?
+
+MIT, free, and open source. There is no paid tier and no account.
+
+### Do I need an API key?
+
+No. Codeman drives agent CLIs you have already installed and logged in yourself. Whatever
+subscription or key that CLI uses is what pays for the tokens. Codeman never collects,
+stores, or refreshes your credentials.
+
+### Does Codeman send my code or prompts anywhere?
+
+No. There is no telemetry, no analytics, and no phone-home. The only network traffic
+Codeman itself makes is between your browser and your server.
+
+Your agent CLI is a separate matter: Claude Code talks to Anthropic, Codex talks to OpenAI,
+and so on. That traffic is the CLI's, on your own account, exactly as it would be in a
+terminal.
+
+Two features do send data outward, both off by default and both stated where they appear:
+voice dictation through your own Claude login, and the Read My Mind prediction call.
+
+### Does it work on Windows?
+
+Through WSL2. Codeman requires tmux. Install it inside WSL, run your agent CLI inside WSL,
+and `http://localhost:3000` works from your Windows browser. Work in the Linux filesystem
+rather than `/mnt/c/...`, which is dramatically slower for file watching and git.
+
+### Is there a mobile app?
+
+The web UI is built for phones and installs as a PWA. There is no App Store or Play Store
+app.
+
+## Sessions and persistence
+
+### Do my agents keep running when I close the browser?
+
+Yes. Agents run in tmux on the server, not in your browser. Close the tab, close the laptop,
+lose the network. When you come back, the session is still there with its scrollback.
+
+The same holds when the Codeman server itself restarts. What does end a session is killing
+the tmux server or rebooting the machine.
+
+### What happens after a reboot?
+
+tmux dies with the machine, so the sessions are gone. Conversations are not: Claude
+transcripts persist on disk, and the welcome screen's **Resume Conversation** list picks
+them back up. Install Codeman as a service and the server itself comes back on boot.
+
+### How many sessions can I run at once?
+
+The design target is 20 sessions and 50 agent windows at 60fps. The hard cap is higher, and
+what you will actually hit first is the CPU and memory of the machine running the agents.
+
+### Can I run Claude Code and Codex side by side?
+
+Yes, that is a normal setup. The run mode is per session, so one case can have a Claude tab,
+a Codex tab, and a shell tab open at the same time, each with its own colour. Some Codeman
+features are Claude-only; [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs) lists exactly which.
+
+### Can I attach to a session from a terminal instead of the browser?
+
+Yes. `codeman tui` is a full-screen dashboard of your sessions, with the same
+NEEDS YOU / WORKING / IDLE grouping the web UI uses. `codeman tui --list` prints the
+numbered list and exits, and `codeman tui 2` attaches straight to session 2. `Enter`
+attaches, `F1` comes back. You can also use tmux directly on the `codeman` socket.
+
+## Running unattended
+
+### I hit my Claude usage limit overnight. Can Codeman resume automatically?
+
+Yes, and it is the reason the feature exists. Turn on auto-resume at the top of the Respawn
+tab for that session. When Claude halts on a subscription limit, Codeman parses the reset
+time from the message, waits until two minutes past it, and continues the conversation.
+
+Respawn cycles are blocked while a session is limit-paused, which is what stops a `/clear`
+from wiping the conversation you are waiting to resume. Claude-only.
+
+### Will it keep prompting my agent forever?
+
+Only if you configure it to. Respawn cycling is per session and off unless you turn it on,
+and it has presets ranging from a 60 minute solo session to an 8 hour overnight run. There
+are circuit breakers to stop a thrashing session from spinning indefinitely. See
+[Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running).
+
+### Does an idle session cost tokens?
+
+No. An idle agent is a process waiting for input. Tokens are spent when a turn runs, so what
+costs money is the re-prompting you configured, not the session sitting there.
+
+### Can I schedule work for a specific time?
+
+Yes. [Cron Jobs](Cron-Jobs) saves named jobs on a `once`, `interval`, `daily`, or `weekly`
+schedule; each spins up a session and sends a prompt when due, with per-job run history.
+
+## Access
+
+### How do I reach Codeman from my phone when I am away from home?
+
+Tailscale is the recommended answer: your devices join a private network, Codeman keeps its
+loopback bind, and you get real HTTPS. The installer sets it up, and `install.sh tailscale`
+retrofits it onto an existing install.
+
+A Cloudflare tunnel gives a public URL faster, and requires `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`. Full
+comparison in [Remote Access](Remote-Access).
+
+### Why can't other devices reach Codeman?
+
+Because the default bind is `127.0.0.1`, on purpose. Codeman starts agents with permission
+prompts skipped, so whoever reaches the dashboard can run code on your machine. Exposing it
+is a deliberate step, and [Remote Access](Remote-Access) covers the safe ways.
+
+### My reverse proxy domain is rejected with `403 host not allowed`
+
+The always-on Host-header allowlist blocks DNS rebinding, and it does not know your domain.
+Add it:
+
+```bash
+CODEMAN_ALLOWED_HOSTS='codeman.example.com,.internal.example.com'
+```
+
+A leading dot matches subdomains. Also make sure the proxy forwards WebSocket upgrades.
+
+### Do I have to type a password on my phone?
+
+No. Scan the QR code shown on the desktop dashboard. Tokens are single use and rotate every
+60 seconds. The password remains the fallback.
+
+## Multiple people, multiple instances
+
+### Can several people share one Codeman?
+
+Yes, with `codeman web --multiuser`. Each person gets a login and their own case space, and
+sessions, cases, search, and events are scoped to their owner.
+
+Be clear about what that is: it separates **workspaces**, not operating system accounts.
+Every session still runs as the same OS user, so a determined user's agent can reach another
+user's files. For real isolation, pair users with Docker cases or run separate instances
+under separate OS accounts. See [Multi-User Mode](Multi-User-Mode).
+
+### How do I run a second instance, a beta beside my main one?
+
+Give it its own instance name, which scopes the data directory and the tmux socket together:
+
+```bash
+CODEMAN_INSTANCE=beta CODEMAN_PORT=5000 codeman web
+```
+
+Do not skip this. The data directory and tmux socket are process wide, so a second server on
+the defaults discovers and attaches your live sessions.
+
+## Updating and maintenance
+
+### What is the right way to update Codeman?
+
+| Install route | Update with                                                                 |
+| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Installer     | Re-run the install one-liner, or **App Settings → System → Updates**.         |
+| npm           | `npm update -g aicodeman`                                                     |
+| git clone     | `git pull && npm install && npm run build`, then restart the service.         |
+
+The in-app updater covers git-clone installs supervised by systemd or launchd. It stashes a
+dirty tree rather than discarding it, and streams progress across the restart. npm installs
+report as non-updatable.
+
+### Will updating kill my running sessions?
+
+No. Sessions live in tmux, so restarting the server reattaches to them.
+
+### Where is my data?
+
+Everything under `~/.codeman/`, with cases created from scratch in `~/codeman-cases/`.
+Nothing needs root and nothing leaves the machine. Uninstalling does not delete either
+directory.
+
+## Features
+
+### What is the difference between respawn, Ralph, and the orchestrator?
+
+- **Respawn** restarts a session's CLI when it goes idle, to keep a long run going. It is the
+  one most people want.
+- **Ralph loop** is an autonomous single-session task loop with its own tracker.
+- **Orchestrator** turns one goal into a phased plan and drives it across agents.
+
+[Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) and [Autonomous Loops](Autonomous-Loops)
+cover them properly.
+
+### Can agents start and supervise other agents?
+
+Yes. Codeman ships an agent skill that lets an agent inside a session drive the HTTP API:
+list sessions, spawn workers, send prompts, and block until a worker's turn finishes. It is
+off by default and enabled per case.
+
+See [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent).
+
+### Can I run a case in a container?
+
+Yes. One container per case, shared by all its sessions, non-root and capability-dropped by
+default, with your host CLI logins seeded in so nothing asks you to log in again. You can
+export a container plus its workspace and move it to another machine. See
+[Docker Cases](Docker-Cases).
+
+### Can the agent run on a different machine?
+
+Yes. Point a case at a remote host over SSH and the agent runs there, inside a durable
+remote tmux, so a dropped connection does not kill the run. See
+[Remote SSH Sessions](Remote-SSH-Sessions).
+
+### Can I put my Grafana or other dashboards in here?
+
+Yes. Saved URLs render as tabs beside your sessions, proxied through Codeman's own origin so
+that mixed content and frame-blocking headers do not break them. See [Web Tabs](Web-Tabs).
+
+### Why is a feature I read about not on screen?
+
+Most of Codeman's UI is opt-in and defaults to off, so a stock install stays small. Check
+**App Settings → Header & Panels**. [Settings Reference](Settings-Reference) lists the
+defaults.
+
+## Contributing
+
+### How do I request a feature?
+
+Open an [Idea](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/ideas) and it gets
+voted on. Roadmap decisions happen there.
+
+### How do I contribute code?
+
+[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) has
+the full map. Small fixes can go straight to a PR; anything larger starts as an issue or
+Discussion so the design gets a nod first. Skins, translations, and docs are good first
+contributions.
+
+### How do I fix a mistake in this wiki?
+
+These pages are generated from
+[`docs/wiki/`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/tree/master/docs/wiki) in the main
+repository. Editing a page in the browser gets overwritten on the next sync, so send a PR
+against that directory instead.

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+# HTTP API
+
+Codeman's HTTP and SSE API is a **stable contract**. Everything the dashboard does goes
+through it, so anything the dashboard can do, a script can do.
+
+This page is the orientation. The complete specification, including every wait semantic and
+the SSE catalogue, is
+[`docs/api-reference.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/api-reference.md).
+
+## What is stable
+
+Covered by semantic versioning: endpoint paths under `/api/v1`, the response envelope,
+`errorCode` values, and SSE event names.
+
+Not covered, and free to change in a patch release: on-disk state files, internal modules,
+and anything marked experimental. The full statement is in
+[Versioning](Versioning).
+
+`/api/v1/*` is a versioned alias of `/api/*`. Prefer the versioned form in anything you
+intend to keep.
+
+## The envelope
+
+```json
+{ "success": true, "data": { } }
+```
+
+```json
+{ "success": false, "error": "human readable", "errorCode": "NOT_FOUND" }
+```
+
+A few legacy GET handlers return bare bodies rather than the envelope, so a robust client
+reads `body.data ?? body`.
+
+Branch on `errorCode`, which is stable. The HTTP status is reliable too:
+
+| `errorCode`        | HTTP | Meaning                                          |
+| ------------------ | ---- | ------------------------------------------------ |
+| `INVALID_INPUT`    | 400  | Malformed request or failed validation.           |
+| `UNAUTHORIZED`     | 401  | Authentication required or failed.                |
+| `NOT_FOUND`        | 404  | No such resource.                                 |
+| `SESSION_BUSY`     | 409  | The session is busy.                              |
+| `CONFLICT`         | 409  | Conflicts with current state.                     |
+| `ALREADY_EXISTS`   | 409  | Resource already exists.                          |
+| `OPERATION_FAILED` | 422  | Well formed, could not be completed.              |
+| `RATE_LIMITED`     | 429  | Too many requests.                                |
+| `INTERNAL_ERROR`   | 500  | Unexpected server error.                          |
+
+New error codes are non-breaking. Removing or renaming one is a major change.
+
+**A `401` is the bare string `Unauthorized`, not the envelope.** Piping it into `jq` throws
+a parse error rather than showing the failure, so check the status first.
+
+## Authentication
+
+With no password set, and the default loopback bind, there is none. With `CODEMAN_PASSWORD`
+set, use HTTP Basic or the session cookie:
+
+```bash
+curl -s -u admin:"$CODEMAN_PASSWORD" "$API/api/sessions"
+```
+
+A **missing** `Origin` header is allowed, so curl and CLI tools work unchanged. A
+present-but-foreign origin is rejected by the CSRF guard. On an HTTPS install with the
+self-signed certificate, add `-k`.
+
+## Endpoint map
+
+Roughly 200 handlers across 24 route modules. By domain:
+
+| Domain              | Handlers | Covers                                              |
+| ------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| System              | 45       | Status, settings, search, digest, updates.           |
+| Sessions            | 34       | Create, input, terminal, wait, kill.                 |
+| Cases               | 29       | Create, link, clone, remote and docker cases.        |
+| Files               | 16       | Preview, edit, raw, attachments, path picker.        |
+| Orchestrator        | 10       | Plans and phases.                                     |
+| Ralph               | 9        | Loop control and configuration.                       |
+| Cron                | 9        | Jobs and run history.                                 |
+| Admin               | 8        | Multi-user administration.                            |
+| Plan                | 8        | Plan orchestration.                                   |
+| Respawn             | 7        | Respawn configuration and presets.                    |
+| Webviews            | 6        | Saved dashboards, plus the proxy.                     |
+| Mux                 | 5        | tmux operations.                                      |
+| Push                | 4        | Web push subscriptions.                               |
+| Read My Mind        | 4        | Intent profiles and prediction.                       |
+| Scheduled           | 4        | The legacy scheduled-run concept.                     |
+| Approvals           | 3        | The inbox and answering.                              |
+| Teams, me, search, hooks, clipboard, telemetry, voice, ws | 1-2 each | |
+
+Each route module documents its own endpoints in its file header.
+
+## Long-polling instead of polling
+
+Three calls block until something happens, so an agent driving Codeman from a shell can wait
+rather than spin:
+
+| Call                                      | Blocks until                                             |
+| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait`           | One of a set of lifecycle signals fires.                  |
+| `GET /api/v1/sessions/:id/wait-output`    | A literal string appears in the session's output.         |
+| `POST /api/v1/sessions/:id/input` + `wait`| The input is delivered **and then** a signal fires.       |
+
+Three semantics that break callers who assume otherwise:
+
+1. **A timeout is `200`, not an error.** It answers with `wait.timedOut: true`. Loop over
+   short waits; a single long call gets cut by tunnels and proxies.
+2. **Send-and-wait is not a POST followed by a wait.** It registers the waiter *before*
+   writing, which closes the window where a separate wait sees the session still idle from
+   the previous turn and answers instantly about the wrong turn.
+3. **Signals are edge triggered with no history.** One that fires with no waiter registered
+   is unobservable afterwards. Fan-outs must register their waits as they dispatch.
+
+`wait-output` matches a **literal substring, never a regex.** That is deliberate: no regex
+means no catastrophic backtracking on attacker-influenced output.
+
+Only `claude` sessions emit `stop` and `blocked`, because those come from Claude Code hooks.
+Shell and external CLI sessions accept `idle`, `working`, and `exit`.
+
+## SSE
+
+`GET /api/events` is the live event stream. 156 event names, kept in sync between server and
+client with a test that fails on drift.
+
+The heartbeat is a **named** `sse:heartbeat` event rather than an SSE comment, because
+comments are invisible to `EventSource` by specification and a client could not observe
+them. That is what lets the browser detect a stream that has silently stopped delivering.
+
+```js
+const es = new EventSource('/api/events');
+es.addEventListener('session:created', (e) => console.log(JSON.parse(e.data)));
+```
+
+## Quick examples
+
+```bash
+API="${CODEMAN_API_URL:-http://localhost:3000}"
+
+curl -s "$API/api/status" | jq                     # whole-system snapshot
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions" | jq '.data[].name'    # live sessions
+curl -s "$API/api/sessions/unified" | jq           # live + historical, deduped
+curl -s "$API/api/subagents" | jq                  # background agents
+curl -s "$API/api/search?q=deploy" | jq            # cross-session search
+```
+
+## Limits
+
+| Limit                 | Default                                    |
+| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
+| Max sessions          | 50                                          |
+| Max agent windows     | 500                                         |
+| Max SSE clients       | 100                                         |
+| Terminal buffer       | 32 MB per session                           |
+| Text payload          | 1 MB                                        |
+| Wait timeout ceiling  | 600 s, and the response tells you what was applied |
+
+Most are environment-overridable. See `src/config/`.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent) - the practical version, with recipes.
+- [Hooks And Integrations](Hooks-And-Integrations) - events flowing back into Codeman.
+- [Versioning](Versioning) - what the version number promises.
+- [`docs/api-reference.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/api-reference.md) - the full specification.

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+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ark0N/Codeman/master/docs/images/codeman-title.svg" alt="Codeman" height="56">
+</p>
+
+<h3 align="center">Mission control for AI coding agents</h3>
+
+Codeman runs your coding agents on your own machine and puts them behind one dashboard you
+can open from any device. It spawns Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini, or
+Pi inside persistent tmux sessions, streams the real terminal to the browser, and keeps
+working while you are away from the keyboard: it re-prompts idle agents, resumes when a
+subscription limit resets, runs jobs on a schedule, and shows every background subagent
+live.
+
+This wiki is the manual. The [README](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman) is the overview,
+and the deep internals live in
+[`docs/`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/tree/master/docs).
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://getcodeman.com/install | bash
+codeman web    # then open http://localhost:3000
+```
+
+---
+
+## Start here
+
+**New to Codeman**
+
+1. [Installation](Installation) - requirements, the installer, npm and git clone routes, updating.
+2. [Quick Start](Quick-Start) - from a running server to a working agent in five minutes.
+3. [Core Concepts](Core-Concepts) - cases, sessions, run modes, and what survives a restart.
+4. [The Dashboard](The-Dashboard) - reading the tab strip, the status dots, and the alerts.
+
+**Already running it**
+
+- [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs) - the seven run modes, their setup, and which features are Claude-only.
+- [Mobile Guide](Mobile-Guide) - phone and tablet use, QR login, the touch keyboard bar.
+- [Remote Access](Remote-Access) - Tailscale, Cloudflare tunnel, LAN plus password, QR login.
+- [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running) - idle detection, respawn cycling, auto-resume on usage limits.
+- [Troubleshooting](Troubleshooting) - symptom-first index of things that actually break.
+
+**Driving it from code**
+
+- [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent) - the bundled skill, worker sessions, wait primitives.
+- [HTTP API](HTTP-API) - the envelope, auth, the endpoint map, SSE events.
+- [Hooks And Integrations](Hooks-And-Integrations) - events flowing back into Codeman.
+
+---
+
+## Everything in the manual
+
+### Getting started
+
+| Page                            | What it answers                                     |
+| ------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Installation](Installation)    | How do I install it, update it, and remove it?      |
+| [Quick Start](Quick-Start)      | How do I get one agent working right now?           |
+| [Core Concepts](Core-Concepts)  | What is a case, a session, a run mode?              |
+
+### Using it
+
+| Page                                       | What it answers                                            |
+| ------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [The Dashboard](The-Dashboard)             | What is the UI telling me?                                 |
+| [Agent CLIs](Agent-CLIs)                   | Which agent should this session run, and how do I set it up? |
+| [Working With Files](Working-With-Files)   | How do I read, edit, and attach files?                     |
+| [Input And Voice](Input-And-Voice)         | How do I talk to an agent, including by voice?             |
+| [Mobile Guide](Mobile-Guide)               | How well does this work on a phone?                        |
+| [Keyboard Shortcuts](Keyboard-Shortcuts)   | What can I drive from the keyboard?                        |
+| [Settings Reference](Settings-Reference)   | What does this setting do, and why did it not follow me to my phone? |
+
+### Keeping agents running
+
+| Page                                                          | What it answers                                     |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Keeping Agents Running](Keeping-Agents-Running)              | How does it run unattended overnight?               |
+| [Notifications And Approvals](Notifications-And-Approvals)    | How do I know an agent needs me, and answer from my phone? |
+| [Cron Jobs](Cron-Jobs)                                        | How do I run an agent on a schedule?                |
+| [Autonomous Loops](Autonomous-Loops)                          | What are the Ralph and Orchestrator loops for?      |
+| [Watching Agents Work](Watching-Agents-Work)                  | How do I see what the subagents are doing?          |
+
+### Where it runs
+
+| Page                                          | What it answers                              |
+| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases)                  | How do I sandbox a project in a container?   |
+| [Remote SSH Sessions](Remote-SSH-Sessions)    | How do I run the agent on another machine?   |
+| [Web Tabs](Web-Tabs)                          | Can my Grafana live in here too?             |
+| [Multi-User Mode](Multi-User-Mode)            | Can several people share one Codeman?        |
+
+### Access and security
+
+| Page                            | What it answers                                            |
+| ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Remote Access](Remote-Access)  | How do I reach it from outside this machine, safely?       |
+| [Security](Security)            | What is exposed, what protects it, what do I have to do?   |
+
+### Automation and integration
+
+| Page                                                              | What it answers                              |
+| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
+| [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent)    | How does an agent spawn and drive workers?   |
+| [HTTP API](HTTP-API)                                              | What can I call, and what comes back?        |
+| [Hooks And Integrations](Hooks-And-Integrations)                  | How do I wire Codeman into something else?   |
+
+### Operating it
+
+| Page                                          | What it answers                                    |
+| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| [Running As A Service](Running-As-A-Service)  | How do I keep it up across reboots, and update it? |
+| [Troubleshooting](Troubleshooting)            | Why is it doing that?                              |
+| [FAQ](FAQ)                                    | The questions that keep coming up.                 |
+| [Contributing](Contributing)                  | How do I send a fix?                               |
+| [Versioning](Versioning)                      | What does the version number promise?              |
+
+---
+
+## Requirements at a glance
+
+| Thing        | Needed                                                                      |
+| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| OS           | macOS or Linux. Windows works through WSL2.                                 |
+| Node.js      | 22 or newer.                                                                |
+| tmux         | Required. Sessions live in tmux, which is what makes them survive restarts.  |
+| An agent CLI | At least one of Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, Gemini, Antigravity, Pi. Plain shell sessions need none. |
+| Network      | Binds to `127.0.0.1` by default. Reaching it from another device is a deliberate step: see [Remote Access](Remote-Access). |
+
+Codeman is MIT licensed, self-hosted, and sends no telemetry. Everything runs on your
+machine.
+
+## Getting help
+
+- **Questions and setup help**: [Discussions](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions), especially [Q&A](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/q-a).
+- **Bugs**: [Issues](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/issues). Include your OS, install method, browser, and which CLI the session was running.
+- **Ideas and roadmap**: [Ideas](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/categories/ideas).
+- **Security**: never a public issue. See [SECURITY.md](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/.github/SECURITY.md).

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+# Hooks and Integrations
+
+Events flowing **back** into Codeman, and the four seams a third party can build against.
+
+## Hooks
+
+Claude Code can run a command when something happens in a session. Codeman writes a hooks
+configuration into each Claude case so those events post back to it, which is what turns a
+terminal into something that can notify you.
+
+| Event                  | Fires when                                      | Drives                                        |
+| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
+| `permission_prompt`    | The agent asks for permission.                   | Red tab alert, Approvals Inbox, push.          |
+| `idle_prompt`          | The agent is waiting for input.                  | Yellow tab alert, the `idle` wait signal.      |
+| `stop`                 | A turn ends.                                     | The `stop` wait signal, idle detection.        |
+| `elicitation_dialog`   | A dialog opens.                                  | Approvals Inbox.                               |
+| `elicitation_complete` | The dialog closes.                               | Clearing the alert.                            |
+| `elicitation_response` | The dialog is answered.                          | Clearing the alert.                            |
+| `teammate_idle`        | An agent-team member goes idle.                  | Team surfaces.                                 |
+| `task_completed`       | A task finishes.                                 | Task tracking, run summary.                    |
+
+This is why several Codeman features are Claude-only. The other CLIs have no hook system, so
+for them Codeman watches terminal output, which reveals that something happened but not what
+it was.
+
+### How hooks get installed
+
+Codeman writes them into the case when a Claude session is created. Hook blocks are
+**marker-owned**: Codeman only ever updates a block it wrote, and never touches
+configuration you added yourself.
+
+If tab alerts and approvals never fire in a particular case, that case is missing its hook
+block. Recreating the case rewrites it.
+
+### The hook secret
+
+`/api/hook-event` and `/api/status-telemetry` skip HTTP Basic authentication, because they
+are called from localhost by the CLI itself. When authentication is on, that bypass
+additionally requires a per-instance hook secret, because Codeman cannot tell a genuine
+loopback call from a request arriving through your own loopback reverse proxy.
+
+The secret lives in the data directory, and its path is exported into every managed session.
+
+### Two things that break hooks
+
+- **HTTPS.** Hook callbacks must accept the self-signed certificate. Recent versions
+  self-heal existing cases; older cases need recreating.
+- **Docker cases on a loopback bind.** A container cannot reach `127.0.0.1` on the host, so
+  in-container hooks silently do not fire. Set `CODEMAN_DOCKER_BRIDGE_HOOKS=1` to open a
+  hooks-only listener on the bridge gateway. See [Docker Cases](Docker-Cases).
+
+## Integration seams
+
+Codeman has **no plugin runtime**, and that is a decision rather than a gap. A plugin runtime
+means running third-party code inside a process that spawns agents with your credentials, on
+a server people routinely expose over a tunnel. Codeman's security posture is one of its
+reasons to exist, so it does not trade that away for an extension mechanism.
+
+What exists instead is four documented seams.
+
+### 1. Web tabs
+
+Anything with a web UI can live inside Codeman as a tab, proxied through Codeman's own
+origin. The lowest-effort integration by a wide margin: if your tool has a dashboard, it can
+sit beside the agents with no code at all. See [Web Tabs](Web-Tabs).
+
+### 2. SSE events
+
+`GET /api/events` streams everything Codeman knows: session lifecycle, output, agent
+activity, approvals, cron runs. 155 named events, stable under semantic versioning.
+
+This is the seam for anything that reacts. A bot that pings your chat channel when an agent
+needs a human is a short script over this stream.
+
+### 3. HTTP API and CLI
+
+Everything the dashboard does. Create sessions, send input, block on wait primitives, read
+terminals, manage cron. See [HTTP API](HTTP-API) and
+[Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent).
+
+### 4. Hooks
+
+The seam above, in the other direction: your own hook commands can run alongside Codeman's
+in a case, as long as you leave Codeman's marker-owned block alone.
+
+## Publishing an integration
+
+There is no registry to submit to. Share it in
+[Show and tell](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/discussions/300), and if it needs a change
+in Codeman to work properly, open an issue or a Discussion first.
+
+## Read next
+
+- [HTTP API](HTTP-API) - the endpoint map and envelope.
+- [Driving Codeman From An Agent](Driving-Codeman-From-An-Agent) - the agent-facing path.
+- [`docs/extending-codeman.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/extending-codeman.md) - the seams in full, with examples.
+- [`docs/claude-code-hooks-reference.md`](https://github.com/Ark0N/Codeman/blob/master/docs/claude-code-hooks-reference.md) - upstream hook semantics.