fix(maestro): fix diff double-spacing and add +/- markers

Block spans + literal \n text nodes inside <pre> caused empty lines
between every diff line. Drop the text nodes, add unified-diff prefixes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/settings.local.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "Bash(git add:*)",
+      "Bash(git commit:*)",
+      "Bash(git fetch:*)",
+      "Bash(git merge:*)",
+      "Bash(npx tsc:*)",
+      "Bash(npm run build:*)",
+      "Bash(npm install:*)",
+      "Bash(./node_modules/.bin/tsc:*)",
+      "Bash(npm test:*)",
+      "Bash(cargo check:*)",
+      "Bash(cargo clippy:*)"
+    ]
+  }
+}

CLAUDE.md

@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ clients — how it opens, the sigils, the key model, the match-and-rank algorith
 the two matchers must agree on, and the fixture table they are tested against.
 Read it before changing either bar or either matcher.
 
+`docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md` is the contract for a structured session (an agent
+run as a daemon child over ACP instead of in a tmux pane) — the eight
+transcript row kinds, the two projections and their cursor/replay semantics,
+the handshake and declined capabilities, and the approval nonce rules. Read
+it before changing anything that renders a structured session.
+
 `nix run .#dev` (or `just dev`) brings up the whole local stack under
 process-compose: a debug daemon on 127.0.0.1:7071, then Vite on :5173 once the
 daemon answers `/api/info`. The SPA proxies `/api/*` back to the daemon, so only

Cargo.toml

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro"
 publish = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
+agent-client-protocol = { version = "2.1", features = ["unstable_tool_call_name"] }
 axum = { version = "0.7", features = ["ws"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ crossterm = { version = "0.28", features = ["event-stream"] }
 dirs = "5"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink", "std"] }
 libc = "0.2"
+maestro-acp = { path = "crates/maestro-acp" }
 maestro-config = { path = "crates/maestro-config" }
 # `default-features = false` so each consumer opts into `haiku-autoname`
 # through its own feature of the same name (#131); a workspace entry that
@@ -38,9 +40,11 @@ tempfile = "3"
 thiserror = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "time", "net", "io-util", "fs", "signal", "process"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.21"
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["compat"] }
 toml = "0.8"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+unicode-width = "0.1"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 ratatui = "0.28"
 vt100 = "0.15"

crates/maestro-acp/Cargo.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[package]
+name = "maestro-acp"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
+publish.workspace = true
+description = "ACP client role: one provider adapter child per structured session"
+
+[dependencies]
+agent-client-protocol.workspace = true
+libc.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+thiserror.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+tokio-util.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile.workspace = true

crates/maestro-acp/tests/fake_acp_agent.py

@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""A deterministic stand-in for `claude-code-acp` (#134).
+
+Speaks just enough JSON-RPC over stdio for the daemon's handshake:
+answers `initialize` and `session/new`, logs every method it receives, and
+exits on SIGTERM. Tests point `PATH` at a directory holding this file under
+the adapter's name, so the real adapter (which needs Claude auth and is
+slow) never runs in the deterministic suite.
+
+Environment knobs, all optional:
+
+  FAKE_ACP_LOG            append one line per event to this file:
+                            start pid=<pid> cwd=<cwd>
+                            env <NAME>=<value>       (for FAKE_ACP_ECHO_ENV)
+                            caps <json of clientCapabilities>
+                            recv <method>
+                            signal SIGTERM
+  FAKE_ACP_ECHO_ENV       name of one env var to log at start
+  FAKE_ACP_INIT_FAIL=1    answer `initialize` with a JSON-RPC error
+  FAKE_ACP_DELAY_SESSION_NEW_MS=n  wait n milliseconds before answering
+                             `session/new`
+  FAKE_ACP_SESSION_NEW_GATE=path  wait for `path` to exist before answering
+                             `session/new`
+  FAKE_ACP_EXIT_AFTER_NEW=1  exit 0 right after answering `session/new`
+  FAKE_ACP_EXIT_ON_CANCEL=1  exit 0 on `session/cancel` (default: keep running
+                             so the SIGTERM path is exercised)
+  FAKE_ACP_IGNORE_EOF=1      keep running after stdin closes, until signalled
+  FAKE_ACP_EMIT_ON_CANCEL=1  emit a final notification before handling cancel
+  FAKE_ACP_CANCEL_SETTLES=1  complete the outstanding prompt on cancel
+  FAKE_ACP_NO_LOAD=1      advertise `loadSession: false`
+  FAKE_ACP_LOAD_REPLAY=n  on `session/load`, replay n `agent_message_chunk`
+                            notifications ("replayed <i>") before answering,
+                            the way a real agent streams history back
+  FAKE_ACP_LOAD_FAIL=1    answer `session/load` with a JSON-RPC error
+  FAKE_ACP_DELAY_PROMPT_MS=n  wait before answering `session/prompt`
+  FAKE_ACP_PROMPT_FAIL=1  answer every `session/prompt` with a JSON-RPC error
+  FAKE_ACP_PROMPT_FAIL_ONCE=1  answer only the first `session/prompt` with a
+                             JSON-RPC error
+  FAKE_ACP_SETTINGS=1      advertise legacy model/mode and modern effort options
+  FAKE_ACP_PERMISSION_AFTER_CANCEL=1  defer the first prompt's permission
+                             callback until a later prompt
+
+Signals: SIGUSR1 emits one `agent_message_chunk` notification ("tick <n>",
+counting from 1) and logs `emit tick <n>`, so a test can make the agent
+speak on demand (#135).
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import time
+
+LOG = os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_LOG")
+
+
+def log(line):
+    if not LOG:
+        return
+    with open(LOG, "a") as f:
+        f.write(line + "\n")
+        f.flush()
+
+
+def send(obj):
+    sys.stdout.write(json.dumps(obj) + "\n")
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+
+def on_sigterm(_signum, _frame):
+    log("signal SIGTERM")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, on_sigterm)
+
+session_id = f"fake-{os.getpid()}"
+ticks = 0
+prompt_failures = 0
+pending_prompt_id = None
+pending_permission_id = None
+delayed_permission = False
+current_model = "opus"
+current_mode = "default"
+current_effort = "high"
+
+
+def settings_response(include_session=False):
+    result = {}
+    if include_session:
+        result["sessionId"] = session_id
+    if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_SETTINGS") == "1":
+        result.update({
+            "models": {
+                "currentModelId": current_model,
+                "availableModels": [
+                    {"modelId": "opus", "name": "Opus"},
+                    {"modelId": "sonnet", "name": "Sonnet"},
+                ],
+            },
+            "modes": {
+                "currentModeId": current_mode,
+                "availableModes": [
+                    {"id": "default", "name": "Default"},
+                    {"id": "plan", "name": "Plan"},
+                ],
+            },
+            "configOptions": [{
+                "id": "effort", "name": "Effort", "category": "thought_level",
+                "type": "select", "currentValue": current_effort,
+                "options": [
+                    {"value": "low", "name": "Low"},
+                    {"value": "high", "name": "High"},
+                ],
+            }],
+        })
+    return result
+
+
+def chunk(text):
+    return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "session/update", "params": {
+        "sessionId": session_id,
+        "update": {"sessionUpdate": "agent_message_chunk",
+                   "content": {"type": "text", "text": text}},
+    }}
+
+
+def on_sigusr1(_signum, _frame):
+    global ticks
+    ticks += 1
+    send(chunk(f"tick {ticks}"))
+    log(f"emit tick {ticks}")
+
+
+signal.signal(signal.SIGUSR1, on_sigusr1)
+
+log(f"start pid={os.getpid()} cwd={os.getcwd()}")
+echo = os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_ECHO_ENV")
+if echo:
+    log(f"env {echo}={os.environ.get(echo, '')}")
+
+for raw in sys.stdin:
+    raw = raw.strip()
+    if not raw:
+        continue
+    msg = json.loads(raw)
+    method = msg.get("method")
+    if method is None:
+        # A response to something we sent; nothing to do.
+        if msg.get("id") == pending_permission_id:
+            log("permission response " + json.dumps(msg.get("result"), sort_keys=True))
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": pending_prompt_id,
+                  "result": {"stopReason": "end_turn"}})
+            pending_prompt_id = None
+            pending_permission_id = None
+        continue
+    log(f"recv {method}")
+    rid = msg.get("id")
+    params = msg.get("params") or {}
+
+    if method == "initialize":
+        log("caps " + json.dumps(params.get("clientCapabilities", {}), sort_keys=True))
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_INIT_FAIL") == "1":
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid,
+                  "error": {"code": -32000, "message": "fake init failure"}})
+            continue
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+            "protocolVersion": params.get("protocolVersion", 1),
+            "agentCapabilities": {
+                "loadSession": os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_NO_LOAD") != "1"},
+            "agentInfo": {"name": "fake-acp-agent", "version": "0.0.0"},
+            "authMethods": [],
+        }})
+    elif method == "session/new":
+        gate = os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_SESSION_NEW_GATE")
+        while gate and not os.path.exists(gate):
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+        time.sleep(int(os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_DELAY_SESSION_NEW_MS", "0")) / 1000)
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": settings_response(True)})
+        send(chunk("hello from fake"))
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_EXIT_AFTER_NEW") == "1":
+            sys.exit(0)
+    elif method == "session/load":
+        session_id = params.get("sessionId")
+        log(f"recv session/load sessionId={session_id}")
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_LOAD_FAIL") == "1":
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid,
+                  "error": {"code": -32000, "message": "fake load failure"}})
+            continue
+        for i in range(int(os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_LOAD_REPLAY", "0"))):
+            send(chunk(f"replayed {i + 1}"))
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": settings_response()})
+        send(chunk("hello after load"))
+    elif method == "session/set_model":
+        current_model = params.get("modelId")
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {}})
+    elif method == "session/set_mode":
+        current_mode = params.get("modeId")
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {}})
+    elif method == "session/set_config_option":
+        current_effort = params.get("value")
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid, "result": {
+            "configOptions": settings_response()["configOptions"]}})
+    elif method == "session/cancel":
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_EMIT_ON_CANCEL") == "1":
+            send(chunk("final on cancel"))
+        if (os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_CANCEL_SETTLES") == "1"
+                and pending_prompt_id is not None):
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": pending_prompt_id,
+                  "result": {"stopReason": "cancelled"}})
+            pending_prompt_id = None
+            pending_permission_id = None
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_EXIT_ON_CANCEL") == "1":
+            sys.exit(0)
+    elif method == "session/prompt":
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_PERMISSION_AFTER_CANCEL") == "1":
+            if pending_prompt_id is None:
+                pending_prompt_id = rid
+                delayed_permission = True
+                continue
+            if delayed_permission:
+                delayed_permission = False
+                pending_permission_id = "permission-1"
+                send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": pending_permission_id,
+                      "method": "session/request_permission", "params": {
+                          "sessionId": session_id,
+                          "toolCall": {"toolCallId": "tool-1", "fields": {}},
+                          "options": [
+                              {"optionId": "once", "name": "Allow once", "kind": "allow_once"},
+                              {"optionId": "deny", "name": "Deny", "kind": "reject_once"}
+                          ]
+                      }})
+                continue
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_REQUEST_PERMISSION") == "1":
+            pending_prompt_id = rid
+            pending_permission_id = "permission-1"
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": pending_permission_id,
+                  "method": "session/request_permission", "params": {
+                      "sessionId": session_id,
+                      "toolCall": {"toolCallId": "tool-1", "fields": {}},
+                      "options": [
+                          {"optionId": "once", "name": "Allow once", "kind": "allow_once"},
+                          {"optionId": "session", "name": "Allow session", "kind": "allow_always"},
+                          {"optionId": "deny", "name": "Deny", "kind": "reject_once"}
+                      ]
+                  }})
+            continue
+        time.sleep(int(os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_DELAY_PROMPT_MS", "0")) / 1000)
+        fail_once = os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_PROMPT_FAIL_ONCE") == "1"
+        if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_PROMPT_FAIL") == "1" or (fail_once and prompt_failures == 0):
+            prompt_failures += 1
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid,
+                  "error": {"code": -32000, "message": "fake prompt failure"}})
+        else:
+            send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid,
+                  "result": {"stopReason": "end_turn"}})
+    elif rid is not None:
+        send({"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": rid,
+              "error": {"code": -32601, "message": f"method not found: {method}"}})
+
+if os.environ.get("FAKE_ACP_IGNORE_EOF") == "1":
+    while True:
+        signal.pause()

crates/maestro-acp/tests/spawn.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,505 @@
+//! `maestro-acp` against the fake adapter in `tests/fake_acp_agent.py`, plus
+//! ignored smoke tests against each maintained adapter.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+use maestro_acp::schema::{ContentBlock, SessionUpdate};
+use maestro_acp::{AcpAdapter, AcpError, SpawnConfig, ADAPTER_BIN, INSTALL_COMMAND};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+
+fn fake_agent() -> PathBuf {
+    Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("tests/fake_acp_agent.py")
+}
+
+/// A temp `bin/` holding the fake agent under the adapter's name, plus a
+/// log file the agent appends to. `PATH` for the spawn is just that dir.
+struct Fake {
+    dir: TempDir,
+}
+
+impl Fake {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let bin = dir.path().join("bin");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&bin).unwrap();
+        std::fs::copy(fake_agent(), bin.join(ADAPTER_BIN)).unwrap();
+        std::fs::copy(fake_agent(), bin.join(AcpAdapter::Codex.binary())).unwrap();
+        Self { dir }
+    }
+
+    fn log_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
+        self.dir.path().join("agent.log")
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self) -> String {
+        std::fs::read_to_string(self.log_path()).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+
+    /// The fake's `bin/` first, so it shadows any real adapter, then the
+    /// process `PATH` so the script's `python3` still resolves.
+    fn env(&self) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        let path = format!(
+            "{}:{}",
+            self.dir.path().join("bin").display(),
+            std::env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default()
+        );
+        HashMap::from([
+            ("PATH".to_string(), path),
+            (
+                "FAKE_ACP_LOG".to_string(),
+                self.log_path().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+            ),
+        ])
+    }
+
+    fn config(&self, cwd: &Path) -> SpawnConfig {
+        let mut config = SpawnConfig::new(cwd, self.env());
+        config.handshake_timeout = Duration::from_secs(10);
+        config
+    }
+
+    async fn wait_for_log(&self, needle: &str) {
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+        while Instant::now() < deadline {
+            if self.log().contains(needle) {
+                return;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        }
+        panic!("log never contained {needle:?}:\n{}", self.log());
+    }
+
+    fn pid(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.log()
+            .lines()
+            .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("start pid="))
+            .and_then(|rest| rest.split(' ').next())
+            .and_then(|pid| pid.parse().ok())
+            .expect("pid in log")
+    }
+
+    async fn wait_for_exit(&self) {
+        let pid = self.pid();
+        let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+        while pid_alive(pid) && Instant::now() < deadline {
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        }
+        assert!(!pid_alive(pid), "child {pid} still alive");
+    }
+}
+
+fn pid_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    Path::new(&format!("/proc/{pid}")).exists()
+        && std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/stat"))
+            .map(|s| !s.contains(") Z "))
+            .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn spawn_runs_adapter_in_cwd_with_env_and_restrictive_caps() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path());
+    config
+        .env
+        .insert("FAKE_ACP_ECHO_ENV".into(), "MAESTRO_SESSION_ID".into());
+    config
+        .env
+        .insert("MAESTRO_SESSION_ID".into(), "sess-123".into());
+
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+    assert!(session.session_id().starts_with("fake-"));
+    assert!(pid_alive(session.pid()));
+
+    let log = fake.log();
+    let cwd_canon = cwd.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        log.contains(&format!("cwd={}", cwd_canon.display())),
+        "child cwd missing from log:\n{log}"
+    );
+    assert!(log.contains("env MAESTRO_SESSION_ID=sess-123"), "{log}");
+    assert!(log.contains("recv initialize"), "{log}");
+    assert!(log.contains("recv session/new"), "{log}");
+    let caps = log
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("caps "))
+        .expect("caps line");
+    let caps: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(caps).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(caps["fs"]["readTextFile"], false);
+    assert_eq!(caps["fs"]["writeTextFile"], false);
+    assert_eq!(caps["terminal"], false);
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(100), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn missing_adapter_names_the_install_command() {
+    let empty = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let env = HashMap::from([(
+        "PATH".to_string(),
+        empty.path().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+    )]);
+    let err = maestro_acp::spawn(SpawnConfig::new(cwd.path(), env))
+        .await
+        .expect_err("no adapter on PATH");
+    assert!(matches!(
+        err,
+        AcpError::AdapterMissing {
+            adapter: AcpAdapter::ClaudeCode
+        }
+    ));
+    let msg = err.to_string();
+    assert!(msg.contains(ADAPTER_BIN), "{msg}");
+    assert!(msg.contains(INSTALL_COMMAND), "{msg}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn codex_adapter_has_its_own_binary_and_install_guidance() {
+    assert_eq!(AcpAdapter::Codex.binary(), "codex-acp");
+    assert!(AcpAdapter::Codex
+        .install_command()
+        .contains("@agentclientprotocol/codex-acp"));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn spawn_selects_the_codex_adapter() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(fake.config(cwd.path()).adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex))
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn Codex adapter");
+    assert!(fake.log().contains("recv session/new"));
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(100), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn session_updates_reach_the_taken_receiver() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(fake.config(cwd.path()))
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn");
+
+    let mut updates = session.take_updates().expect("first take");
+    assert!(session.take_updates().is_none(), "handed out once");
+    let first = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), updates.recv())
+        .await
+        .expect("update within 5s")
+        .expect("channel open");
+    assert_eq!(first.session_id.0.as_ref(), session.session_id());
+    match first.update {
+        SessionUpdate::AgentMessageChunk(chunk) => match chunk.content {
+            ContentBlock::Text(t) => assert_eq!(t.text, "hello from fake"),
+            other => panic!("unexpected content {other:?}"),
+        },
+        other => panic!("unexpected update {other:?}"),
+    }
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(100), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn advertised_settings_are_normalized_and_mutable() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path());
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_SETTINGS".into(), "1".into());
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+    let mut updates = session.take_updates().expect("updates");
+
+    let initial = loop {
+        let update = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), updates.recv())
+            .await
+            .expect("settings update")
+            .expect("channel open");
+        if let SessionUpdate::ConfigOptionUpdate(options) = update.update {
+            break options.config_options;
+        }
+    };
+    assert_eq!(initial.len(), 3);
+    assert!(initial
+        .iter()
+        .any(|option| option.id.0.as_ref() == "effort"));
+    assert!(initial
+        .iter()
+        .any(|option| option.id.0.as_ref() == "__maestro_legacy_model"));
+    assert!(initial
+        .iter()
+        .any(|option| option.id.0.as_ref() == "__maestro_legacy_mode"));
+    let model = initial
+        .iter()
+        .find(|option| option.id.0.as_ref() == "__maestro_legacy_model")
+        .expect("legacy model option");
+    let model = serde_json::to_value(model).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(model["options"][0]["name"], "Opus");
+    assert!(model["options"]
+        .as_array()
+        .unwrap()
+        .iter()
+        .any(|option| option["value"] == "fable"));
+
+    let changed = session
+        .set_config(
+            "__maestro_legacy_model".into(),
+            maestro_acp::schema::SessionConfigOptionValue::value_id("sonnet"),
+        )
+        .expect("queue model change");
+    changed
+        .await
+        .expect("response delivered")
+        .expect("model changed");
+    fake.wait_for_log("recv session/set_model").await;
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(100), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn terminate_sends_cancel_then_sigterm() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(fake.config(cwd.path()).adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex))
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn");
+    let pid = session.pid();
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(200), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+    assert!(session.has_exited());
+    fake.wait_for_log("signal SIGTERM").await;
+
+    let log = fake.log();
+    let cancel = log.find("recv session/cancel").expect("cancel logged");
+    let term = log.find("signal SIGTERM").expect("SIGTERM logged");
+    assert!(cancel < term, "cancel must precede SIGTERM:\n{log}");
+    assert!(!pid_alive(pid), "child {pid} still alive");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn terminate_is_satisfied_by_an_exit_on_cancel() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path());
+    config
+        .env
+        .insert("FAKE_ACP_EXIT_ON_CANCEL".into(), "1".into());
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_secs(2), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+    assert!(session.has_exited());
+    let log = fake.log();
+    assert!(log.contains("recv session/cancel"), "{log}");
+    assert!(!log.contains("signal SIGTERM"), "cancel was enough:\n{log}");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn handshake_error_fails_the_spawn_and_reaps_the_child() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path()).adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex);
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_INIT_FAIL".into(), "1".into());
+
+    let err = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect_err("init fails");
+    assert!(matches!(err, AcpError::Handshake(_)), "{err}");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("fake init failure"), "{err}");
+    // Closing the connection gives the fake EOF on stdin; the SIGTERM that
+    // follows may find it already gone. Either way it must not survive.
+    let pid: u32 = fake
+        .log()
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|l| l.strip_prefix("start pid="))
+        .and_then(|rest| rest.split(' ').next())
+        .and_then(|p| p.parse().ok())
+        .expect("pid in log");
+    let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(5);
+    while pid_alive(pid) && Instant::now() < deadline {
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+    }
+    assert!(!pid_alive(pid), "child {pid} outlived the failed spawn");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn early_exit_is_observed_after_a_successful_handshake() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path());
+    config
+        .env
+        .insert("FAKE_ACP_EXIT_AFTER_NEW".into(), "1".into());
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+
+    let status = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), session.wait())
+        .await
+        .expect("exit within 5s")
+        .expect("status");
+    assert!(status.success(), "{status}");
+    assert!(session.has_exited());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn child_exit_before_handshake_reports_exited_early() {
+    // A "adapter" that dies before answering anything.
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let bin = dir.path().join("bin");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&bin).unwrap();
+    let script = bin.join(ADAPTER_BIN);
+    std::fs::write(&script, "#!/bin/sh\necho 'not logged in' >&2\nexit 3\n").unwrap();
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&script, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+    }
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let env = HashMap::from([("PATH".to_string(), bin.to_string_lossy().into_owned())]);
+    let mut config = SpawnConfig::new(cwd.path(), env);
+    config.handshake_timeout = Duration::from_secs(10);
+
+    let err = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect_err("child died");
+    match &err {
+        AcpError::ExitedEarly { status, stderr, .. } => {
+            assert!(status.contains('3'), "{status}");
+            assert!(stderr.contains("not logged in"), "{stderr}");
+        }
+        other => panic!("unexpected {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn drop_terminates_and_reaps_the_child() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake.config(cwd.path());
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_IGNORE_EOF".into(), "1".into());
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+
+    drop(session);
+
+    fake.wait_for_log("signal SIGTERM").await;
+    fake.wait_for_exit().await;
+}
+
+fn chunk_text(n: &maestro_acp::schema::SessionNotification) -> String {
+    match &n.update {
+        SessionUpdate::AgentMessageChunk(chunk) => match &chunk.content {
+            ContentBlock::Text(t) => t.text.clone(),
+            other => panic!("unexpected content {other:?}"),
+        },
+        other => panic!("unexpected update {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn load_session_resumes_the_stored_id_and_drops_the_replay() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake
+        .config(cwd.path())
+        .adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex)
+        .load_session("fake-old");
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_LOAD_REPLAY".into(), "3".into());
+
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect("spawn");
+    assert_eq!(session.session_id(), "fake-old");
+    let log = fake.log();
+    assert!(
+        log.contains("recv session/load sessionId=fake-old"),
+        "{log}"
+    );
+    assert!(!log.contains("recv session/new"), "{log}");
+
+    // The three replayed chunks never reach the receiver: the event log
+    // already holds them. The first notification after the response does.
+    let mut updates = session.take_updates().expect("updates");
+    let first = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), updates.recv())
+        .await
+        .expect("update within 5s")
+        .expect("channel open");
+    assert_eq!(chunk_text(&first), "hello after load");
+    // Nothing queued behind it either.
+    tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    assert!(updates.try_recv().is_err(), "replay leaked through");
+
+    session
+        .terminate(Duration::from_millis(100), Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .await;
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn load_session_requires_the_load_capability() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake
+        .config(cwd.path())
+        .adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex)
+        .load_session("fake-old");
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_NO_LOAD".into(), "1".into());
+
+    let err = maestro_acp::spawn(config)
+        .await
+        .expect_err("no loadSession");
+    assert!(matches!(err, AcpError::Handshake(_)), "{err}");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("loadSession"), "{err}");
+    assert!(!fake.log().contains("recv session/load"), "{}", fake.log());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn load_session_error_fails_the_spawn() {
+    let fake = Fake::new();
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let mut config = fake
+        .config(cwd.path())
+        .adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex)
+        .load_session("fake-old");
+    config.env.insert("FAKE_ACP_LOAD_FAIL".into(), "1".into());
+
+    let err = maestro_acp::spawn(config).await.expect_err("load fails");
+    assert!(matches!(err, AcpError::Handshake(_)), "{err}");
+    assert!(err.to_string().contains("fake load failure"), "{err}");
+}
+
+/// End to end against the installed `claude-code-acp`. Needs Claude auth,
+/// takes seconds, so it is opt-in: `cargo test -p maestro-acp -- --ignored`.
+#[tokio::test]
+#[ignore]
+async fn real_adapter_handshake() {
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let session = maestro_acp::spawn(SpawnConfig::new(cwd.path(), HashMap::new()))
+        .await
+        .expect("real claude-code-acp handshake");
+    assert!(!session.session_id().is_empty());
+    assert!(pid_alive(session.pid()));
+    session
+        .terminate(maestro_acp::CANCEL_GRACE, maestro_acp::TERM_GRACE)
+        .await;
+    assert!(session.has_exited());
+}
+
+/// End to end against the maintained Codex adapter. It needs a locally
+/// authenticated Codex CLI, so CI runs it only when explicitly requested.
+#[tokio::test]
+#[ignore]
+async fn real_codex_adapter_handshake() {
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let session =
+        maestro_acp::spawn(SpawnConfig::new(cwd.path(), HashMap::new()).adapter(AcpAdapter::Codex))
+            .await
+            .expect("real codex-acp handshake");
+    assert!(!session.session_id().is_empty());
+    assert!(pid_alive(session.pid()));
+    session
+        .terminate(maestro_acp::CANCEL_GRACE, maestro_acp::TERM_GRACE)
+        .await;
+    assert!(session.has_exited());
+}

crates/maestro-cli/src/attach.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message;
 pub enum AttachError {
     #[error("ws: {0}")]
     WebSocket(#[from] tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error),
+    #[error("daemon returned {status} ({code}): {message}")]
+    Rejected {
+        status: String,
+        code: String,
+        message: String,
+    },
     #[error("io: {0}")]
     Io(#[from] io::Error),
     #[error("termios: {0}")]
@@ -32,6 +38,21 @@ pub enum AttachError {
 }
 
 impl AttachError {
+    fn from_websocket(error: tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error) -> Self {
+        if let tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error::Http(response) = &error {
+            if let Some(body) = response.body().as_deref() {
+                if let Ok(error_body) = serde_json::from_slice::<maestro_protocol::ApiError>(body) {
+                    return Self::Rejected {
+                        status: response.status().to_string(),
+                        code: error_body.error.code,
+                        message: error_body.error.message,
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Self::WebSocket(error)
+    }
+
     /// True when the failure was an inability to reach the WS endpoint at the
     /// transport level (connection refused), as opposed to an HTTP-level
     /// rejection from a daemon that did answer.
@@ -111,7 +132,9 @@ fn current_winsize() -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
 /// byte that exits cleanly without killing the session.
 #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
 pub async fn run_attach_url(url: &str, detach_byte: u8) -> Result<(), AttachError> {
-    let (ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(url).await?;
+    let (ws, _resp) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(url)
+        .await
+        .map_err(AttachError::from_websocket)?;
     let (mut sink, mut stream) = ws.split();
 
     let raw = RawTty::enable()?;
@@ -233,4 +256,25 @@ mod tests {
             Err(AttachError::InvalidDetachKey(_))
         ));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn attach_surfaces_structured_handshake_errors() {
+        let body = serde_json::to_vec(&maestro_protocol::ApiError::new(
+            "not_terminal",
+            "session is not a terminal session",
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        let response = tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::http::Response::builder()
+            .status(409)
+            .body(Some(body))
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let error =
+            AttachError::from_websocket(tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error::Http(response));
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            error.to_string(),
+            "daemon returned 409 Conflict (not_terminal): session is not a terminal session"
+        );
+    }
 }

crates/maestro-cli/src/cli.rs

@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ pub enum Command {
     Attach(AttachArgs),
     /// Kill a session by ID.
     Kill(KillArgs),
-    /// Type text into a running session, as if it had been typed on an
-    /// attached terminal.
+    /// Send text to a running session. Terminal sessions receive raw
+    /// keystrokes; structured sessions receive an ACP prompt.
     Send(SendArgs),
     /// Install or update the agent activity hook (#106).
     Hooks(HooksArgs),
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ pub struct SpawnArgs {
     /// there.
     #[arg(long)]
     pub existing_branch: bool,
+    /// Run a Claude Code or Codex session in a plain terminal instead of the
+    /// structured (ACP) view it otherwise gets by default.
+    #[arg(long, conflicts_with = "structured")]
+    pub terminal: bool,
+    /// Ask for the structured (ACP) view explicitly. Only Claude Code and
+    /// Codex commands have an adapter; the daemon refuses anything else.
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub structured: bool,
     /// After spawning, attach immediately.
     #[arg(long, short = 'a')]
     pub attach: bool,

crates/maestro-cli/src/dispatch.rs

@@ -96,20 +96,32 @@ pub async fn dispatch(
 }
 
 /// `maestro hooks install` (#106): write the shipped hook script under the
-/// user's data dir and register it in their Claude Code settings. Idempotent
-/// and foreign-hook-preserving — the guarantees live in [`maestro_hooks`].
+/// user's data dir and register it in every agent's hook file. Idempotent and
+/// foreign-hook-preserving — the guarantees live in [`maestro_hooks`]. One
+/// agent failing is reported and does not stop the others.
 #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
 fn run_hooks_install() -> Result<(), CliError> {
     let home = dirs::home_dir().ok_or(CliError::NoHome)?;
-    let changed = maestro_hooks::install_for_home(&home)?;
-    if changed {
-        println!(
-            "installed claude-code activity hook: {} → {}",
-            maestro_hooks::script_path(&home).display(),
-            maestro_hooks::settings_path(&home).display()
-        );
-    } else {
-        println!("claude-code activity hook already up to date");
+    let script = maestro_hooks::script_path(&home);
+    for (target, result) in maestro_hooks::install_for_home(&home) {
+        let agent = target.label();
+        let settings = target.settings_path(&home);
+        match result {
+            Ok(true) => {
+                println!(
+                    "installed {agent} activity hook: {} → {}",
+                    script.display(),
+                    settings.display()
+                );
+                if target == maestro_hooks::Target::Codex {
+                    // Codex will not run a hook it has not been told to
+                    // trust, and that approval is the operator's to give.
+                    println!("  codex will ask you to trust this hook the next time it starts");
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(false) => println!("{agent} activity hook already up to date"),
+            Err(e) => eprintln!("{agent} activity hook not installed: {e}"),
+        }
     }
     Ok(())
 }

crates/maestro-cli/src/sessions.rs

@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::io::Write;
 
-use maestro_protocol::display::abbreviate_dir;
+use maestro_protocol::display::{abbreviate_dir, supports_structured_view};
 use maestro_protocol::{
     ActivityState, ClientError, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonClient, DaemonInfo, SendInputRequest,
-    Session, SessionStatus, WorktreeSpec,
+    Session, SessionStatus, SessionView, WorktreeSpec,
 };
 use serde_json::Value;
 
@@ -51,15 +51,33 @@ pub async fn run_spawn(client: &DaemonClient, args: SpawnArgs) -> Result<Session
     };
 
     let body = CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: spawn_view(&args),
         cwd: args.cwd.clone(),
         command: args.command.clone(),
         env,
         metadata,
         worktree,
+        auto_approve: false,
     };
     client.create_session(&body).await
 }
 
+/// The view a `maestro spawn` asks for: structured whenever the command
+/// resolves to an agent with an ACP adapter, since that is the richer session
+/// and the one both other clients now default to. `--terminal` opts out;
+/// `--structured` forces the request through even for a command this side
+/// does not recognise, leaving the refusal to the daemon.
+fn spawn_view(args: &SpawnArgs) -> SessionView {
+    if args.terminal {
+        return SessionView::Terminal;
+    }
+    if args.structured || supports_structured_view(&args.command) {
+        SessionView::Structured
+    } else {
+        SessionView::Terminal
+    }
+}
+
 /// `maestro kill`. A forced kill (#81) retains the guarded worktree instead
 /// of removing it; the outcome names what was kept so dispatch can say where
 /// the work went.
@@ -112,9 +130,12 @@ pub fn resolve_session(sessions: &[Session], needle: &str) -> Result<uuid::Uuid,
 /// `maestro send`. Answers with the session that was typed into, so the
 /// caller can name it once the daemon has accepted the text.
 ///
-/// A bare ID skips the catalog fetch; anything else needs the list to match
-/// against. Text comes from the arguments, or from stdin when there is none —
-/// the shape a heredoc or a pipe wants.
+/// Terminal sessions get raw keystrokes via `send_input`; structured sessions
+/// get an ACP prompt via `send_structured_prompt` (`--no-enter` is ignored
+/// there — ACP prompts are always complete messages).
+///
+/// Text comes from the arguments, or from stdin when there is none — the
+/// shape a heredoc or a pipe wants.
 #[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
 pub async fn run_send(
     client: &DaemonClient,
@@ -137,19 +158,28 @@ pub async fn run_send(
         return Err(CliError::NothingToSend);
     }
 
-    let id = match uuid::Uuid::parse_str(args.session.trim()) {
-        Ok(id) => id,
-        Err(_) => {
-            let sessions = client.list_sessions().await?;
-            resolve_session(&sessions, &args.session)?
-        }
-    };
+    // We always need the session list: even a bare UUID needs the view field
+    // to decide which endpoint to hit.
+    let sessions = client.list_sessions().await?;
+    let id = resolve_session(&sessions, &args.session)?;
+    let view = sessions
+        .iter()
+        .find(|s| s.id == id)
+        .map(|s| s.view)
+        .unwrap_or(SessionView::Terminal);
 
-    let req = SendInputRequest {
-        text,
-        submit: !args.no_enter,
-    };
-    client.send_input(id, &req).await?;
+    match view {
+        SessionView::Structured => {
+            client.send_structured_prompt(id, &text).await?;
+        }
+        SessionView::Terminal => {
+            let req = SendInputRequest {
+                text,
+                submit: !args.no_enter,
+            };
+            client.send_input(id, &req).await?;
+        }
+    }
     Ok(id)
 }
 
@@ -178,8 +208,8 @@ fn print_session_table(out: &mut impl Write, sessions: &[Session], info: &Daemon
     }
     writeln!(
         out,
-        "  {:<36}  {:<8}  {:<9}  {:<28}  {:<40}  {}",
-        "ID", "STATUS", "ACTIVITY", "DIR", "COMMAND", "BLOCKED"
+        "  {:<36}  {:<8}  {:<10}  {:<9}  {:<28}  {:<40}  {}",
+        "ID", "STATUS", "VIEW", "ACTIVITY", "DIR", "COMMAND", "BLOCKED"
     )
     .ok();
     for s in sorted {
@@ -189,11 +219,16 @@ fn print_session_table(out: &mut impl Write, sessions: &[Session], info: &Daemon
             SessionStatus::Running => "running",
             SessionStatus::Dead => "dead",
         };
+        let view = match s.view {
+            SessionView::Terminal => "terminal",
+            SessionView::Structured => "structured",
+        };
         let activity = match s.activity {
             ActivityState::Active => "active",
             ActivityState::Idle => "idle",
             ActivityState::AwaitingInput => "awaiting",
             ActivityState::Error => "error",
+            ActivityState::Starting => "starting",
         };
         // Show the live foreground command alongside the spawn command when
         // the daemon has observed one that differs (NAP-340).
@@ -206,8 +241,8 @@ fn print_session_table(out: &mut impl Write, sessions: &[Session], info: &Daemon
         let blocked = blocked_label(s);
         writeln!(
             out,
-            "  {:<36}  {:<8}  {:<9}  {:<28}  {:<40}  {blocked}",
-            s.id, status, activity, dir, command
+            "  {:<36}  {:<8}  {:<10}  {:<9}  {:<28}  {:<40}  {blocked}",
+            s.id, status, view, activity, dir, command
         )
         .ok();
     }
@@ -229,13 +264,70 @@ mod tests {
     use std::path::PathBuf;
 
     use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
-    use maestro_protocol::{ActivityState, Session, SessionStatus};
+    use maestro_protocol::{ActivityState, Session, SessionStatus, SessionView};
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     use super::DaemonInfo;
 
+    use clap::Parser;
+
+    use crate::cli::{Cli, Command};
+
+    fn spawn_args(extra: &[&str]) -> crate::cli::SpawnArgs {
+        let mut argv = vec!["maestro", "spawn", "--cwd", "/tmp", "--command"];
+        argv.extend_from_slice(extra);
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).expect("parses");
+        let Command::Spawn(args) = cli.command else {
+            panic!("expected spawn")
+        };
+        args
+    }
+
+    /// The CLI follows the two interactive clients: a command with an ACP
+    /// adapter spawns structured unless `--terminal` says otherwise, and
+    /// `--structured` still forces the request for a command this side does
+    /// not recognise.
+    #[test]
+    fn spawn_defaults_to_structured_for_supported_agents() {
+        use super::spawn_view;
+        assert_eq!(
+            spawn_view(&spawn_args(&["claude"])),
+            SessionView::Structured
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            spawn_view(&spawn_args(&["npx codex exec"])),
+            SessionView::Structured
+        );
+        assert_eq!(spawn_view(&spawn_args(&["bash"])), SessionView::Terminal);
+        assert_eq!(
+            spawn_view(&spawn_args(&["claude", "--terminal"])),
+            SessionView::Terminal
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            spawn_view(&spawn_args(&["opencode", "--structured"])),
+            SessionView::Structured
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn spawn_refuses_both_view_flags_at_once() {
+        let err = Cli::try_parse_from([
+            "maestro",
+            "spawn",
+            "--cwd",
+            "/tmp",
+            "--command",
+            "claude",
+            "--structured",
+            "--terminal",
+        ])
+        .unwrap_err();
+        assert!(err.to_string().contains("--terminal"), "{err}");
+    }
+
     fn session(cwd: &str, command: &str, id: u128) -> Session {
         Session {
+            view: Default::default(),
             id: Uuid::from_u128(id),
             cwd: PathBuf::from(cwd),
             command: command.into(),
@@ -252,6 +344,7 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: None,
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -283,6 +376,22 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(s.contains("idle"), "{s}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn table_exposes_terminal_and_structured_views() {
+        let terminal = session("/tmp", "bash", 1);
+        let mut structured = session("/tmp", "claude", 2);
+        structured.view = SessionView::Structured;
+
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        super::print_session_table(&mut buf, &[terminal, structured], &info(""));
+        let out = String::from_utf8(buf).unwrap();
+        let lines: Vec<&str> = out.lines().collect();
+        let header = lines.iter().position(|line| line.contains("VIEW")).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(lines[header + 1].contains("terminal"), "{out}");
+        assert!(lines[header + 2].contains("structured"), "{out}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn live_cwd_overrides_spawn_dir_in_table() {
         let mut s = session("/home/naps/maestro", "bash", 1);

crates/maestro-cli/tests/against_mock_daemon.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! was unit-tested, but nothing exercised the client, the error decoding, or
 //! the unreachable-daemon path without compiling and forking a real daemon.
 
-use maestro_protocol::{DaemonClient, DaemonInfo};
+use maestro_protocol::{DaemonClient, DaemonInfo, SessionView};
 use maestro_testing::{session, MockDaemon};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ async fn info_carries_version_and_presets() {
             id: "claude".into(),
             label: "Claude".into(),
             command: "claude".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         }],
         ..Default::default()
     });
@@ -91,11 +92,13 @@ async fn spawn_round_trips_through_the_daemon() {
     let created = mock
         .client()
         .create_session(&maestro_protocol::CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/home/mock".into(),
             command: "bash".into(),
             env: Default::default(),
             metadata: Default::default(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -199,6 +202,35 @@ async fn send_resolves_a_session_by_name() {
     assert_eq!(sent, id);
 }
 
+/// A structured session routes through the ACP prompt endpoint, not the
+/// terminal input one — `--no-enter` is irrelevant (ACP prompts are
+/// complete messages).
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn send_to_structured_session_uses_acp_prompt() {
+    let mock = MockDaemon::start().await;
+    let id = Uuid::from_u128(13);
+    let mut s = session(id, "/tmp", "claude");
+    s.view = SessionView::Structured;
+    mock.add_session(s);
+
+    let args = maestro_cli::cli::SendArgs {
+        session: id.to_string(),
+        text: vec!["fix".into(), "the".into(), "tests".into()],
+        no_enter: false,
+    };
+    let sent = maestro_cli::sessions::run_send(&mock.client(), &args, &mut std::io::empty())
+        .await
+        .expect("send");
+
+    assert_eq!(sent, id);
+    // Terminal input must stay empty — the message went through ACP.
+    assert!(mock.inputs().is_empty());
+    let prompts = mock.structured_prompts();
+    assert_eq!(prompts.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(prompts[0].0, id);
+    assert_eq!(prompts[0].1.prompt, "fix the tests");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn send_to_an_unknown_session_fails_without_typing_anything() {
     let mock = MockDaemon::start().await;

crates/maestro-config/src/lib.rs

@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ pub const FILE_NAME: &str = "config.toml";
 /// Last-resort daemon HTTP base, matching the daemon's own default `bind_addr`.
 pub const DEFAULT_DAEMON_URL: &str = "http://127.0.0.1:7070";
 
+/// Leader key both clients use when `[tui].leader` is unset (#159). Canonical
+/// key form, the spelling `InputKey::parse` and the web's `canonicalizeKey`
+/// both produce.
+pub const DEFAULT_LEADER: &str = "ctrl-a";
+
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum ConfigError {
     #[error("io: {0}")]
@@ -152,6 +157,15 @@ pub struct TuiSection {
     pub keymap_insert: BTreeMap<String, String>,
 }
 
+impl TuiSection {
+    /// The configured leader, or [`DEFAULT_LEADER`]. Named `[tui].leader` for
+    /// history, but read by every client: the daemon serves it on
+    /// `GET /api/info` so the web follows the same knob (#159).
+    pub fn leader(&self) -> &str {
+        self.leader.as_deref().unwrap_or(DEFAULT_LEADER)
+    }
+}
+
 /// Palette presets supported by the TUI's `[tui].theme` setting.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum TuiTheme {
@@ -299,16 +313,19 @@ pub fn builtin_presets() -> Vec<SpawnPreset> {
             id: "claude".into(),
             label: "Claude".into(),
             command: "claude".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         },
         SpawnPreset {
             id: "opencode".into(),
             label: "opencode".into(),
             command: "opencode".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         },
         SpawnPreset {
             id: "zsh".into(),
             label: "Shell".into(),
             command: "zsh".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         },
     ]
 }
@@ -320,6 +337,7 @@ pub fn custom_preset() -> SpawnPreset {
         id: CUSTOM_PRESET_ID.into(),
         label: "Custom…".into(),
         command: String::new(),
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
@@ -501,6 +519,7 @@ auto_install = false
                 id: "fish".into(),
                 label: "fish".into(),
                 command: "fish".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
             }]),
             ..Default::default()
         };
@@ -537,6 +556,7 @@ auto_install = false
                 id: "  ".into(),
                 label: "x".into(),
                 command: "x".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
             }]),
             ..Default::default()
         };
@@ -547,6 +567,7 @@ auto_install = false
                 id: "x".into(),
                 label: "x".into(),
                 command: "".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
             }]),
             ..Default::default()
         };
@@ -564,11 +585,13 @@ auto_install = false
                     id: "a".into(),
                     label: "a".into(),
                     command: "a".into(),
+                    auto_approve: false,
                 },
                 SpawnPreset {
                     id: "a".into(),
                     label: "a2".into(),
                     command: "a2".into(),
+                    auto_approve: false,
                 },
             ]),
             ..Default::default()
@@ -583,6 +606,7 @@ auto_install = false
                 id: "custom".into(),
                 label: "Custom".into(),
                 command: "whatever".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
             }]),
             ..Default::default()
         };

crates/maestro-daemon/Cargo.toml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ dirs.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
 include_dir = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libc.workspace = true
+maestro-acp.workspace = true
 mime_guess = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 maestro-config.workspace = true
 maestro-hooks = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+libc.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
 tokio-tungstenite.workspace = true
 urlencoding = "2"

crates/maestro-daemon/src/activity.rs

@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ pub fn decide(idle_for: Duration, awaiting_input: bool) -> ActivityState {
     }
 }
 
+/// Derive a structured session's sidebar state from its ACP projection.
+pub fn decide_structured(
+    turn_active: bool,
+    pending_approval: bool,
+    turn_failed: bool,
+) -> ActivityState {
+    if turn_failed {
+        ActivityState::Error
+    } else if pending_approval {
+        ActivityState::AwaitingInput
+    } else if turn_active {
+        ActivityState::Active
+    } else {
+        ActivityState::Idle
+    }
+}
+
 /// How long a session's pane must be continuously focused (a client's pane,
 /// not a sidebar highlight) before an `AwaitingInput` glow clears: the
 /// operator has looked, so the rail stops asking for attention.
@@ -136,6 +153,17 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_activity_follows_lifecycle_with_approval_precedence() {
+        assert_eq!(decide_structured(false, false, false), ActivityState::Idle);
+        assert_eq!(decide_structured(true, false, false), ActivityState::Active);
+        assert_eq!(
+            decide_structured(true, true, false),
+            ActivityState::AwaitingInput
+        );
+        assert_eq!(decide_structured(false, false, true), ActivityState::Error);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn report_is_in_force_until_exactly_its_expiry() {
         let ttl = Duration::from_secs(300);

crates/maestro-daemon/src/attach.rs

@@ -26,11 +26,17 @@ pub(crate) async fn serve(
 ) -> Result<(), axum::Error> {
     let (mut sink, mut stream) = socket.split();
 
+    // This client's claim on the shared window size. Registered up front and
+    // released on every exit below, so a socket that dies mid-session stops
+    // constraining the size for the clients still attached.
+    let viewport = manager.attach_viewport();
+
     // NAP-229: send buffered scrollback up-front so the client sees the last
     // screenful immediately instead of a blank terminal. The replay lock the
     // bridge held during snapshot+subscribe guarantees no byte appears both
     // here and on the live receiver, and none is dropped at the seam.
     if !replay.is_empty() && sink.send(Message::Binary(replay)).await.is_err() {
+        manager.release_viewport(id, viewport).await;
         return Ok(());
     }
 
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn serve(
                     if let Ok(ctrl) = serde_json::from_str::<ClientControl>(&text) {
                         match ctrl {
                             ClientControl::Resize { cols, rows } => {
-                                let _ = manager.resize(id, cols, rows).await;
+                                let _ = manager.set_viewport(id, viewport, cols, rows).await;
                             }
                             ClientControl::Ping => {
                                 let pong = serde_json::to_string(&ClientControl::Pong)
@@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn serve(
         }
     }
 
+    manager.release_viewport(id, viewport).await;
+
     if session_ended {
         let _ = sink.send(Message::Close(None)).await;
     }

crates/maestro-daemon/src/cli.rs

@@ -51,17 +51,23 @@ async fn run(config_override: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     // First-start hook auto-install (#106). Best-effort, before serving: a
     // session spawned right away should already carry the hook.
     if config.hooks_auto_install {
-        match crate::hooks::auto_install(&config.home_dir) {
-            crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Installed => {
-                tracing::info!("installed claude-code activity hook (#106)");
+        for (target, outcome) in crate::hooks::auto_install(&config.home_dir) {
+            let agent = target.label();
+            match outcome {
+                crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Installed => {
+                    tracing::info!(agent, "installed activity hook (#106)");
+                }
+                crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded => {
+                    tracing::info!(agent, "updated activity hook to this build (#106)");
+                }
+                crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Failed => {
+                    tracing::warn!(
+                        agent,
+                        "hooks auto-install failed; run `maestro hooks install` manually"
+                    );
+                }
+                _ => {}
             }
-            crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded => {
-                tracing::info!("updated claude-code activity hook to this build (#106)");
-            }
-            crate::hooks::AutoInstallOutcome::Failed => {
-                tracing::warn!("hooks auto-install failed; run `maestro hooks install` manually");
-            }
-            _ => {}
         }
     }
     // No worktree dir to pre-create: without an override the worktrees live
@@ -100,20 +106,34 @@ async fn run(config_override: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     projects.start_background_refresh();
 
     let router = local_api::router(local_api::state_for(
-        manager,
+        manager.clone(),
         config.hostname.clone(),
         config.home_dir.clone(),
         config.spawn_presets.clone(),
         projects,
+        config.leader.clone(),
     ));
 
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(config.bind_addr).await?;
     let bound = listener.local_addr()?;
     tracing::info!(addr = %bound, "API listening");
 
-    let shutdown = async {
-        let _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await;
-        tracing::info!("ctrl-c received — shutting down");
+    // Ctrl-C at a terminal or SIGTERM from systemd: either one is a
+    // shutdown, and both must reach the adapter children below (#134). The
+    // unit's `KillMode=process` signals only the daemon, so nothing else
+    // would end them.
+    let shutdown_manager = manager.clone();
+    let shutdown = async move {
+        let mut sigterm = tokio::signal::unix::signal(tokio::signal::unix::SignalKind::terminate())
+            .expect("install SIGTERM handler");
+        tokio::select! {
+            _ = tokio::signal::ctrl_c() => tracing::info!("ctrl-c received — shutting down"),
+            _ = sigterm.recv() => tracing::info!("SIGTERM received — shutting down"),
+        }
+        // Axum waits for upgraded WebSockets to drain. Structured children
+        // must be settled before that wait, while the signal path still owns
+        // the shutdown order (#179).
+        shutdown_manager.shutdown().await;
     };
 
     axum::serve(listener, router)

crates/maestro-daemon/src/config.rs

@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ pub struct DaemonConfig {
     /// start when none is present (#106): `[hooks].auto_install`, default
     /// `true`.
     pub hooks_auto_install: bool,
+    /// Canonical leader key advertised to clients in `GET /api/info` (#159):
+    /// `[tui].leader`, default [`maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER`]. The daemon
+    /// never binds it itself; it serves it so the web client and the TUI read
+    /// one knob.
+    pub leader: String,
 }
 
 impl DaemonConfig {
@@ -197,6 +202,7 @@ pub fn load_config(path: &Path, env: EnvOverrides) -> Result<DaemonConfig, Confi
         project_roots,
         project_scan_depth,
         hooks_auto_install: file.hooks.auto_install(),
+        leader: file.tui.leader().to_string(),
     })
 }
 
@@ -233,6 +239,29 @@ pub fn system_hostname() -> String {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    /// #159: the leader the operator set for the TUI is what the daemon
+    /// advertises, so rebinding it once moves both clients' chord.
+    #[test]
+    fn leader_defaults_to_ctrl_a_and_follows_the_tui_section() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let path = dir.path().join("config.toml");
+
+        std::fs::write(&path, "").unwrap();
+        let cfg = load_config(&path, EnvOverrides::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.leader, "ctrl-a");
+
+        std::fs::write(
+            &path,
+            r#"
+[tui]
+leader = "ctrl-b"
+"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let cfg = load_config(&path, EnvOverrides::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(cfg.leader, "ctrl-b");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn hooks_auto_install_defaults_true_and_is_opt_out() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();

crates/maestro-daemon/src/hooks.rs

@@ -1,37 +1,53 @@
 //! First-start hook auto-install (#106).
 //!
-//! The daemon runs [`auto_install`] once at startup: unless the user's
-//! `~/.claude/settings.json` already carries exactly what this build ships
-//! (and `[hooks].auto_install` hasn't opted out — checked by the caller), the
-//! same installer `maestro hooks install` uses writes it. That covers
-//! upgrades as well as first starts: an install from a maestro that had fewer
-//! events — #131 added `UserPromptSubmit` to a hook #106 had already put in
-//! everyone's settings — is rewritten rather than left half-wired. Best-effort:
-//! a failure is warned about and never blocks startup. The same global hook
-//! serves every Claude Code session on the machine, so nothing here targets
-//! repositories or worktrees.
+//! The daemon runs [`auto_install`] once at startup: for every agent maestro
+//! knows how to hook ([`maestro_hooks::Target`]), unless that agent's hook
+//! file already carries exactly what this build ships (and `[hooks]
+//! .auto_install` hasn't opted out — checked by the caller), the same
+//! installer `maestro hooks install` uses writes it. That covers upgrades as
+//! well as first starts: an install from a maestro that had fewer events —
+//! #131 added `UserPromptSubmit` to a hook #106 had already put in everyone's
+//! settings — is rewritten rather than left half-wired. Best-effort: a
+//! failure is warned about and never blocks startup, and one target failing
+//! does not stop the others. The same global hook serves every session on the
+//! machine, so nothing here targets repositories or worktrees.
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
-/// Install the Claude Code activity hook for `home_dir` unless the current
-/// one is already there or the home dir is unresolvable (`""`). Returns what
-/// happened; an older install being brought up to date is
-/// [`AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded`], so the log can say so.
-pub fn auto_install(home_dir: &str) -> AutoInstallOutcome {
+use maestro_hooks::Target;
+
+/// Install the activity hook for every [`Target`] under `home_dir`, skipping
+/// any whose install is already current. Returns what happened per target —
+/// an older install being brought up to date is
+/// [`AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded`], so the log can say so. An unresolvable
+/// home dir (`""`) reports every target as [`AutoInstallOutcome::Skipped`].
+pub fn auto_install(home_dir: &str) -> Vec<(Target, AutoInstallOutcome)> {
+    Target::ALL
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&target| (target, auto_install_target(target, home_dir)))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn auto_install_target(target: Target, home_dir: &str) -> AutoInstallOutcome {
     if home_dir.is_empty() {
         return AutoInstallOutcome::Skipped;
     }
-    let settings = maestro_hooks::settings_path(Path::new(home_dir));
-    let script = maestro_hooks::script_path(Path::new(home_dir));
-    if maestro_hooks::is_current(&settings, &script) {
+    let home = Path::new(home_dir);
+    let settings = target.settings_path(home);
+    let script = maestro_hooks::script_path(home);
+    if maestro_hooks::is_current(target, &settings, &script) {
         return AutoInstallOutcome::AlreadyPresent;
     }
     let stale = maestro_hooks::is_installed(&settings);
-    match maestro_hooks::install_for_home(Path::new(home_dir)) {
+    match maestro_hooks::install_target(target, home) {
         Ok(_) if stale => AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded,
         Ok(_) => AutoInstallOutcome::Installed,
         Err(e) => {
-            tracing::warn!(error = %e, "hooks auto-install failed (non-fatal)");
+            tracing::warn!(
+                target = target.label(),
+                error = %e,
+                "hooks auto-install failed (non-fatal)"
+            );
             AutoInstallOutcome::Failed
         }
     }
@@ -52,15 +68,50 @@ pub enum AutoInstallOutcome {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    /// The outcome recorded for one target.
+    fn outcome(outcomes: &[(Target, AutoInstallOutcome)], target: Target) -> AutoInstallOutcome {
+        outcomes
+            .iter()
+            .find(|(t, _)| *t == target)
+            .map(|(_, o)| *o)
+            .expect("every target is reported")
+    }
+
     /// Everything happens under a temp `$HOME`; the developer's own
-    /// `~/.claude/settings.json` is never read or written.
+    /// `~/.claude/settings.json` and `~/.codex/hooks.json` are never read or
+    /// written.
     #[test]
     fn installs_when_settings_carry_no_maestro_hook() {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-        let outcome = auto_install(dir.path().to_str().unwrap());
-        assert_eq!(outcome, AutoInstallOutcome::Installed);
-        let settings = dir.path().join(".claude/settings.json");
-        assert!(maestro_hooks::is_installed(&settings));
+        let outcomes = auto_install(dir.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        for target in Target::ALL {
+            assert_eq!(
+                outcome(&outcomes, target),
+                AutoInstallOutcome::Installed,
+                "{}",
+                target.label()
+            );
+            assert!(maestro_hooks::is_installed(
+                &target.settings_path(dir.path())
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Every agent maestro knows about is hooked, not just Claude Code: a
+    /// codex session reports activity and its first prompt the same way.
+    #[test]
+    fn codex_gets_its_own_hook_file() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        auto_install(dir.path().to_str().unwrap());
+        let hooks = dir.path().join(".codex/hooks.json");
+        let root: serde_json::Value =
+            serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(&hooks).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let events = root["hooks"].as_object().unwrap();
+        assert!(events.contains_key("PermissionRequest"));
+        assert!(
+            !events.contains_key("Notification"),
+            "codex has no Notification"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -69,14 +120,22 @@ mod tests {
         let home = dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
         auto_install(home);
         // A current install is left exactly as it is.
-        let settings = dir.path().join(".claude/settings.json");
-        let before = std::fs::read_to_string(&settings).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(auto_install(home), AutoInstallOutcome::AlreadyPresent);
-        assert_eq!(
-            before,
-            std::fs::read_to_string(&settings).unwrap(),
-            "already-installed settings must not be rewritten"
-        );
+        let before: Vec<String> = Target::ALL
+            .iter()
+            .map(|t| std::fs::read_to_string(t.settings_path(dir.path())).unwrap())
+            .collect();
+        let outcomes = auto_install(home);
+        for (i, target) in Target::ALL.iter().enumerate() {
+            assert_eq!(
+                outcome(&outcomes, *target),
+                AutoInstallOutcome::AlreadyPresent
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                before[i],
+                std::fs::read_to_string(target.settings_path(dir.path())).unwrap(),
+                "already-installed settings must not be rewritten"
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     /// An install from an older maestro — present, but missing an event this
@@ -87,7 +146,7 @@ mod tests {
         let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
         let home = dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
         auto_install(home);
-        let settings = dir.path().join(".claude/settings.json");
+        let settings = Target::ClaudeCode.settings_path(dir.path());
         let script = maestro_hooks::script_path(dir.path());
 
         let mut root: serde_json::Value =
@@ -96,12 +155,23 @@ mod tests {
         std::fs::write(&settings, serde_json::to_string_pretty(&root).unwrap()).unwrap();
         std::fs::write(&script, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n").unwrap();
 
-        assert_eq!(auto_install(home), AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded);
-        assert!(maestro_hooks::is_current(&settings, &script));
+        let outcomes = auto_install(home);
+        assert_eq!(
+            outcome(&outcomes, Target::ClaudeCode),
+            AutoInstallOutcome::Upgraded
+        );
+        assert!(maestro_hooks::is_current(
+            Target::ClaudeCode,
+            &settings,
+            &script
+        ));
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn unresolvable_home_is_skipped() {
-        assert_eq!(auto_install(""), AutoInstallOutcome::Skipped);
+        let outcomes = auto_install("");
+        for target in Target::ALL {
+            assert_eq!(outcome(&outcomes, target), AutoInstallOutcome::Skipped);
+        }
     }
 }

crates/maestro-daemon/src/lib.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub mod hooks;
 pub mod local_api;
 pub mod panes;
 pub mod proc;
+pub mod projection;
 pub mod projects;
 pub mod pty;
 pub mod release;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ pub mod spawn_history;
 #[cfg(feature = "web")]
 pub mod static_bundle;
 pub mod tmux;
+pub mod viewport;
 pub mod worktree;
 pub mod worktree_probe;
 

crates/maestro-daemon/src/local_api.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use axum::extract::{Path, Query, State};
+use axum::body::Bytes;
+use axum::extract::{DefaultBodyLimit, Path, Query, State};
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
 use axum::response::{IntoResponse, Response};
 use axum::routing::{any, delete, get, post};
@@ -21,12 +22,14 @@ use maestro_config::SpawnPreset;
 use maestro_protocol::{
     routes, ApiError, CatalogEvent, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonInfo, GitRoot, NameBatch,
     RenameSessionRequest, ReportActivityRequest, SendInputRequest, Session, SetFocusRequest,
+    StructuredApprovalDecision, StructuredConfigRequest, StructuredEvent, StructuredPromptRequest,
     PROTOCOL_VERSION,
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::session::SessionManager;
+use crate::session::{QueueAcpPrompt, SessionError, SessionManager, SetAcpConfig};
+use crate::sidecar::EventCursor;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct LocalApiState {
@@ -39,6 +42,10 @@ pub struct LocalApiState {
     pub presets: Arc<Vec<SpawnPreset>>,
     /// Project discovery (#54) backing `GET /api/projects`.
     pub projects: Arc<crate::projects::ProjectScanner>,
+    /// Configured leader key (`[tui].leader`) advertised in `GET /api/info`
+    /// (#159), so the web client binds the chord the operator configured
+    /// rather than its own default.
+    pub leader: Arc<String>,
 }
 
 pub fn router(state: LocalApiState) -> Router {
@@ -60,7 +67,20 @@ pub fn router(state: LocalApiState) -> Router {
         .route(routes::NAMES, get(names))
         .route(routes::INFO, get(daemon_info))
         .route(routes::EVENTS, any(events_ws))
-        .route(routes::patterns::ATTACH, any(attach_ws));
+        .route(routes::patterns::ATTACH, any(attach_ws))
+        .route(routes::patterns::STRUCTURED, any(structured_ws))
+        .route(routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_REPLAY, get(structured_replay))
+        .route(routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_PROMPT, post(structured_prompt))
+        .route(
+            routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_ATTACHMENT,
+            post(structured_attachment).layer(DefaultBodyLimit::max(20 * 1024 * 1024)),
+        )
+        .route(routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_CANCEL, post(structured_cancel))
+        .route(routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_CONFIG, post(structured_config))
+        .route(
+            routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_APPROVAL,
+            post(structured_approval),
+        );
     #[cfg(feature = "haiku-autoname")]
     {
         router = router.route(routes::patterns::SESSION_PROMPT, post(session_prompt));
@@ -160,12 +180,14 @@ fn dir_error_status(code: &str) -> StatusCode {
 fn session_error_status(code: &str) -> StatusCode {
     match code {
         "not_found" => StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
-        "invalid_env" => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+        "invalid_env" | "bad_request" => StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
         // A guard refusal is the daemon doing its job, not a failure (#79).
         "kill_guarded" => StatusCode::CONFLICT,
         // The session outlived its pane: nothing to type into, and nothing
         // the daemon can do about it.
         "not_running" => StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+        "not_terminal" => StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+        "shutting_down" => StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
         _ => StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY,
     }
 }
@@ -219,6 +241,7 @@ async fn daemon_info(State(s): State<LocalApiState>) -> Json<DaemonInfo> {
         presets: (*s.presets).clone(),
         build: crate::release::build_info(),
         instance: crate::release::instance_id().to_string(),
+        leader: (*s.leader).clone(),
     })
 }
 
@@ -292,11 +315,10 @@ async fn rename_session(
     }
 }
 
-/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/activity` (#105): an agent reports its own state.
-/// The report holds above the daemon's inference for a TTL, then inference
-/// resumes — an agent that dies mid-run cannot pin its session at `Error`
-/// forever. Unknown session is 404; an unknown state value is rejected by the
-/// JSON decoder (422) rather than coerced. Answers `204 No Content`.
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/activity` (#105): an agent reports a terminal
+/// session's state. Structured sessions acknowledge and ignore these reports
+/// because their activity comes from ACP. Unknown session is 404; an unknown
+/// state value is rejected by the JSON decoder (422). Answers `204 No Content`.
 async fn report_activity(
     State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
     Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
@@ -363,6 +385,199 @@ fn error_response(status: StatusCode, code: &str, message: &str) -> Response {
     (status, Json(ApiError::new(code, message))).into_response()
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct ReplayQuery {
+    since: Option<u64>,
+    before: Option<u64>,
+    limit: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+const MAX_STRUCTURED_REPLAY_LIMIT: usize = 500;
+
+async fn structured_replay(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Query(query): Query<ReplayQuery>,
+) -> Response {
+    if query.since.is_some() && query.before.is_some() {
+        return error_response(
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            "invalid_cursor",
+            "use either since or before, not both",
+        );
+    }
+    let cursor = match query.before {
+        Some(before) => EventCursor::Before(Some(before)),
+        None => EventCursor::Since(query.since.unwrap_or(0)),
+    };
+    match s
+        .manager
+        .read_acp_projection_replay(
+            id,
+            cursor,
+            query
+                .limit
+                .unwrap_or(100)
+                .clamp(1, MAX_STRUCTURED_REPLAY_LIMIT),
+        )
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(Some(events)) => Json(events).into_response(),
+        // A terminal session, or a structured session whose adapter is no
+        // longer live, cannot provide a coherent replay continuation.
+        Ok(None) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct AttachmentQuery {
+    name: String,
+}
+
+async fn structured_attachment(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Query(query): Query<AttachmentQuery>,
+    bytes: Bytes,
+) -> Response {
+    let name = query.name;
+    if name.is_empty()
+        || name.len() > 180
+        || name == "."
+        || name == ".."
+        || name
+            .chars()
+            .any(|c| c.is_control() || c == '/' || c == '\\')
+    {
+        return error_response(
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            "invalid_filename",
+            "use a filename without directory separators, up to 180 bytes",
+        );
+    }
+    match s.manager.store_acp_attachment(id, &name, &bytes).await {
+        Ok(Some(path)) => Json(serde_json::json!({ "path": path })).into_response(),
+        Ok(None) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn structured_prompt(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(body): Json<StructuredPromptRequest>,
+) -> Response {
+    match s.manager.queue_acp_prompt(id, body.prompt).await {
+        Ok(QueueAcpPrompt::Queued) | Ok(QueueAcpPrompt::Pending) => {
+            StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response()
+        }
+        Ok(QueueAcpPrompt::InFlight) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "turn_in_flight",
+            "the structured session already has an active turn",
+        ),
+        Ok(QueueAcpPrompt::Unavailable) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Ok(QueueAcpPrompt::Failed(message)) => {
+            error_response(StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, "acp_prompt_failed", &message)
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn structured_cancel(State(s): State<LocalApiState>, Path(id): Path<Uuid>) -> Response {
+    match s.manager.cancel_acp_turn(id).await {
+        Ok(true) => StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response(),
+        Ok(false) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn structured_config(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(body): Json<StructuredConfigRequest>,
+) -> Response {
+    match s
+        .manager
+        .set_acp_config(id, body.config_id, body.value)
+        .await
+    {
+        Ok(SetAcpConfig::Updated) => StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response(),
+        Ok(SetAcpConfig::InvalidValue) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST,
+            "invalid_config_value",
+            "configuration values must be strings or booleans",
+        ),
+        Ok(SetAcpConfig::Unavailable) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Ok(SetAcpConfig::Failed(message)) => {
+            error_response(StatusCode::BAD_GATEWAY, "acp_config_failed", &message)
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+async fn structured_approval(
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    Path((id, nonce)): Path<(Uuid, String)>,
+    Json(decision): Json<StructuredApprovalDecision>,
+) -> Response {
+    let decision = match decision {
+        StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce => crate::session::ApprovalDecision::AllowOnce,
+        StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession => {
+            crate::session::ApprovalDecision::AllowForSession
+        }
+        StructuredApprovalDecision::Deny => crate::session::ApprovalDecision::Deny,
+    };
+    match s.manager.resolve_acp_approval(id, &nonce, decision).await {
+        Ok(Some(())) => StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response(),
+        Ok(None) => error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ),
+        Err(e) => {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Convenience constructor — pulls the bits `LocalApiState` needs from
 /// `DaemonConfig` so callers don't have to assemble it by hand. The project
 /// scanner starts with its cache cold; wire
@@ -374,6 +589,7 @@ pub fn state_for(
     home_dir: impl Into<String>,
     presets: Vec<SpawnPreset>,
     projects: Arc<crate::projects::ProjectScanner>,
+    leader: impl Into<String>,
 ) -> LocalApiState {
     LocalApiState {
         manager,
@@ -381,6 +597,7 @@ pub fn state_for(
         home_dir: Arc::new(home_dir.into()),
         presets: Arc::new(presets),
         projects,
+        leader: Arc::new(leader.into()),
     }
 }
 
@@ -398,12 +615,23 @@ async fn attach_ws(
     State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
     ws: axum::extract::WebSocketUpgrade,
 ) -> Result<Response, Response> {
-    let Some((replay, rx)) = s.manager.subscribe_pty_with_replay(id).await else {
-        return Err(error_response(
-            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
-            "unknown_session",
-            "no such session on this daemon",
-        ));
+    let (replay, rx) = match s.manager.subscribe_pty_with_replay(id).await {
+        Ok(subscription) => subscription,
+        Err(SessionError::NotFound(_)) => {
+            return Err(error_response(
+                StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+                "unknown_session",
+                "no such session on this daemon",
+            ));
+        }
+        Err(error) => {
+            let info = error.to_error_info();
+            return Err(error_response(
+                session_error_status(&info.code),
+                &info.code,
+                &info.message,
+            ));
+        }
     };
     let manager = s.manager.clone();
     Ok(ws.on_upgrade(move |socket| async move {
@@ -411,6 +639,75 @@ async fn attach_ws(
     }))
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::result_large_err)]
+async fn structured_ws(
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    State(s): State<LocalApiState>,
+    ws: axum::extract::WebSocketUpgrade,
+) -> Result<Response, Response> {
+    let Some((snapshot, state, rx)) = s
+        .manager
+        .subscribe_acp_projection(id, EventCursor::Since(0))
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            let info = e.to_error_info();
+            error_response(session_error_status(&info.code), &info.code, &info.message)
+        })?
+    else {
+        return Err(error_response(
+            StatusCode::CONFLICT,
+            "not_structured",
+            "session is not a live structured session",
+        ));
+    };
+    Ok(ws.on_upgrade(move |socket| async move {
+        let _ = pump_structured(socket, snapshot, state, rx).await;
+    }))
+}
+
+async fn pump_structured(
+    socket: axum::extract::ws::WebSocket,
+    snapshot: maestro_protocol::TranscriptSnapshot,
+    state: maestro_protocol::ReducedState,
+    mut rx: tokio::sync::broadcast::Receiver<crate::projection::ProjectionUpdate>,
+) -> Result<(), axum::Error> {
+    use axum::extract::ws::Message;
+    use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
+
+    let (mut sink, mut stream) = socket.split();
+    for event in [
+        StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot { snapshot },
+        StructuredEvent::ReducedState { state },
+    ] {
+        if sink
+            .send(Message::Text(
+                serde_json::to_string(&event).expect("structured event encode"),
+            ))
+            .await
+            .is_err()
+        {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+    }
+    loop {
+        tokio::select! {
+            update = rx.recv() => match update {
+                Ok(update) => {
+                    let event = StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate { transcript: update.transcript, state: update.state };
+                    if sink.send(Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(&event).expect("structured event encode"))).await.is_err() { break; }
+                }
+                Err(tokio::sync::broadcast::error::RecvError::Lagged(_)) => break,
+                Err(tokio::sync::broadcast::error::RecvError::Closed) => break,
+            },
+            frame = stream.next() => match frame {
+                None | Some(Err(_)) | Some(Ok(Message::Close(_))) => break,
+                Some(Ok(_)) => {},
+            },
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // WS /api/events — live catalog deltas for browser/TUI subscribers (NAP-248)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

crates/maestro-daemon/src/sidecar.rs

@@ -5,10 +5,23 @@
 //! original `cwd`, command, env, metadata, etc. Files are deleted on
 //! `KillSession`. Sessions whose sidecar is missing at recovery time are still
 //! advertised but with empty metadata (handled by the caller, not here).
+//!
+//! A structured session (#135) also owns `<id>.events.jsonl` next to its
+//! sidecar: every `session/update` notification and daemon approval row is one
+//! JSON object, appended before it is broadcast. The log is the source of
+//! truth for the transcript; `seq` is the line's 1-based position, so a
+//! client that holds seq `n` asks for [`EventCursor::Since`]`(n)`. A line
+//! that does not parse — including the partial line a hard kill leaves at
+//! the end — keeps its seq and is skipped on read. `delete` removes the log
+//! with the sidecar; `load_all` never reads one as a sidecar.
 
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
+use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
-use maestro_protocol::Session;
+use maestro_acp::schema::SessionNotification;
+use maestro_protocol::{Session, TranscriptRow};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
@@ -38,6 +51,120 @@ impl SidecarStore {
         self.dir.join(format!("{id}.json"))
     }
 
+    /// Where the per-session event log lives (#135).
+    pub fn events_path_for(&self, id: Uuid) -> PathBuf {
+        self.dir.join(format!("{id}.events.jsonl"))
+    }
+
+    /// Durable evidence that graceful daemon shutdown ended this structured
+    /// session and the next daemon may resume it.
+    pub fn recovery_path_for(&self, id: Uuid) -> PathBuf {
+        self.dir.join(format!("{id}.recover"))
+    }
+
+    /// Mark `id` as eligible for one structured-session recovery attempt.
+    pub fn mark_for_recovery(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<(), SidecarError> {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.dir)?;
+        std::fs::write(self.recovery_path_for(id), [])?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Consume the graceful-shutdown recovery marker for `id`.
+    pub fn take_recovery_marker(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<bool, SidecarError> {
+        match std::fs::remove_file(self.recovery_path_for(id)) {
+            Ok(()) => Ok(true),
+            Err(error) if error.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(false),
+            Err(error) => Err(error.into()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Open the event log for `id` for appending, creating it (and the
+    /// directory) when missing. One handle per live session: the caller
+    /// keeps it for the session's lifetime rather than reopening per
+    /// notification.
+    ///
+    /// A log whose last line has no newline — what a hard kill mid-write
+    /// leaves behind — is terminated first, so the next append starts a
+    /// fresh line instead of gluing onto the fragment. The fragment keeps
+    /// the seq of its line and reads as malformed.
+    pub fn open_events(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<EventLog, SidecarError> {
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&self.dir)?;
+        let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
+            .create(true)
+            .read(true)
+            .append(true)
+            .open(self.events_path_for(id))?;
+        let mut lines = 0u64;
+        let mut last = None;
+        let mut reader = BufReader::new(&mut file);
+        let mut buf = [0u8; 64 * 1024];
+        loop {
+            let n = reader.read(&mut buf)?;
+            if n == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            lines += buf[..n].iter().filter(|&&b| b == b'\n').count() as u64;
+            last = Some(buf[n - 1]);
+        }
+        if last.is_some_and(|b| b != b'\n') {
+            file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+            lines += 1;
+        }
+        file.seek(SeekFrom::End(0))?;
+        Ok(EventLog {
+            file: Box::new(file),
+            last_seq: lines,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Read events from the log for `id`, at most `limit`, in ascending seq
+    /// order. A missing log is an empty log. Lines that fail to parse are
+    /// skipped but still consume a seq, so cursors stay stable.
+    pub fn read_events(
+        &self,
+        id: Uuid,
+        cursor: EventCursor,
+        limit: usize,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<LoggedEvent>, SidecarError> {
+        let file = match File::open(self.events_path_for(id)) {
+            Ok(f) => f,
+            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => return Ok(Vec::new()),
+            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
+        };
+        if limit == 0 {
+            return Ok(Vec::new());
+        }
+        let mut out: VecDeque<LoggedEvent> = VecDeque::new();
+        let mut seq = 0u64;
+        for line in BufReader::new(file).split(b'\n') {
+            let line = line?;
+            seq += 1;
+            let keep = match cursor {
+                EventCursor::Since(since) => seq > since,
+                EventCursor::Before(Some(before)) => seq < before,
+                EventCursor::Before(None) => true,
+            };
+            if !keep {
+                if matches!(cursor, EventCursor::Before(Some(_))) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            let Ok(event) = PersistedEvent::decode(&line) else {
+                continue;
+            };
+            out.push_back(LoggedEvent { seq, event });
+            match cursor {
+                EventCursor::Since(_) if out.len() >= limit => break,
+                EventCursor::Before(_) if out.len() > limit => {
+                    out.pop_front();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(out.into())
+    }
+
     /// Atomically write `session` to `<dir>/<id>.json`. Creates the directory
     /// if it does not exist.
     pub fn write(&self, session: &Session) -> Result<(), SidecarError> {
@@ -59,13 +186,13 @@ impl SidecarStore {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Delete the sidecar for `id`. No-op if it does not exist.
+    /// Delete the sidecar, event log, and recovery marker for `id`. No-op for
+    /// whichever does not exist.
     pub fn delete(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<(), SidecarError> {
-        match std::fs::remove_file(self.path_for(id)) {
-            Ok(()) => Ok(()),
-            Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(()),
-            Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
-        }
+        remove_if_present(&self.events_path_for(id))?;
+        remove_if_present(&self.dir.join(format!("{id}.approvals.jsonl")))?;
+        remove_if_present(&self.recovery_path_for(id))?;
+        remove_if_present(&self.path_for(id))
     }
 
     /// Read every sidecar JSON in the directory. Files that fail to parse are
@@ -81,6 +208,8 @@ impl SidecarStore {
         for entry in entries {
             let entry = entry?;
             let path = entry.path();
+            // `.events.jsonl` logs (#135) sit in the same directory and are
+            // never sidecars.
             if path.extension().and_then(|s| s.to_str()) != Some("json") {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -95,3 +224,425 @@ impl SidecarStore {
         Ok(out)
     }
 }
+
+fn remove_if_present(path: &Path) -> Result<(), SidecarError> {
+    match std::fs::remove_file(path) {
+        Ok(()) => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) if e.kind() == std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(()),
+        Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Which slice of a session's event log to read.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum EventCursor {
+    /// Forward: events with `seq` strictly greater than the cursor, the
+    /// first `limit` of them. `Since(0)` is the whole log from the start.
+    /// What a client catching up after a reconnect asks for.
+    Since(u64),
+    /// Backward: events with `seq` strictly less than the cursor, the last
+    /// `limit` of them, still returned in ascending order. `None` means the
+    /// tail of the log, for a first paint. The next page passes the smallest
+    /// seq it received.
+    Before(Option<u64>),
+}
+
+/// One line of a session's event log.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub struct LoggedEvent {
+    /// 1-based line position in the log; the cursor for [`EventCursor`].
+    pub seq: u64,
+    pub event: PersistedEvent,
+}
+
+/// A single entry in the structured event history.
+///
+/// ACP notifications retain their original JSON representation, so existing
+/// event logs remain readable. Daemon-generated rows use an envelope so they
+/// can share the same cursor sequence without pretending to be ACP traffic.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "maestroEvent", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum PersistedEvent {
+    User {
+        row: TranscriptRow,
+    },
+    Approval {
+        row: TranscriptRow,
+    },
+    Turn {
+        row: TranscriptRow,
+    },
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    Notification(Box<SessionNotification>),
+}
+
+impl PersistedEvent {
+    fn decode(line: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, serde_json::Error> {
+        serde_json::from_slice::<SessionNotification>(line)
+            .map(|notification| Self::Notification(Box::new(notification)))
+            .or_else(|_| serde_json::from_slice(line))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SessionNotification> for PersistedEvent {
+    fn from(notification: SessionNotification) -> Self {
+        Self::Notification(Box::new(notification))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&SessionNotification> for PersistedEvent {
+    fn from(notification: &SessionNotification) -> Self {
+        Self::Notification(Box::new(notification.clone()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&PersistedEvent> for PersistedEvent {
+    fn from(event: &PersistedEvent) -> Self {
+        event.clone()
+    }
+}
+
+/// What an [`EventLog`] appends onto: something seekable by length and
+/// truncatable back to one, so a failed append can be rolled off the end
+/// again. A real [`File`] in production; an in-memory fault double in tests
+/// (#184) — the same [`EventLog::append`] rollback logic runs over both, so
+/// the behavior under test is the production behavior, not a stand-in for
+/// it.
+pub(crate) trait LogSink: Write + Send {
+    fn len(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<u64>;
+    fn truncate(&mut self, len: u64) -> std::io::Result<()>;
+}
+
+impl LogSink for File {
+    fn len(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<u64> {
+        Ok(self.metadata()?.len())
+    }
+
+    fn truncate(&mut self, len: u64) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        self.set_len(len)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Outcome of a failed [`EventLog::append`].
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum AppendError {
+    /// The write or flush failed, but the log was rolled back to exactly the
+    /// byte it was at before the call: `last_seq` and the file agree, and
+    /// this same [`EventLog`] is safe to keep appending to. The event itself
+    /// was never persisted or broadcast.
+    #[error("event append failed, rolled back cleanly: {0}")]
+    Failed(#[source] SidecarError),
+    /// The append failed *and* the rollback did not restore the log to its
+    /// prior length, so the file's line count and `last_seq` may now
+    /// disagree. The caller must not append to this [`EventLog`] again —
+    /// treat the session as dead rather than promise consistency it cannot
+    /// keep.
+    #[error("event append failed ({cause}) and rollback did not restore consistency ({rollback})")]
+    Fatal {
+        cause: SidecarError,
+        rollback: SidecarError,
+    },
+}
+
+impl From<SidecarError> for AppendError {
+    fn from(error: SidecarError) -> Self {
+        AppendError::Failed(error)
+    }
+}
+
+/// An open, append-only handle on one session's event log. Obtained from
+/// [`SidecarStore::open_events`]; held for the session's lifetime.
+pub struct EventLog {
+    file: Box<dyn LogSink>,
+    last_seq: u64,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for EventLog {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("EventLog")
+            .field("last_seq", &self.last_seq)
+            .finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl EventLog {
+    /// Wrap an arbitrary sink as an [`EventLog`], for tests that need to
+    /// inject a deterministic append failure (#184) — a partial write, a
+    /// flush that fails after the bytes are already down, or a rollback that
+    /// cannot itself complete.
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn for_test(file: impl LogSink + 'static, last_seq: u64) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            file: Box::new(file),
+            last_seq,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The seq of the last line, `0` for an empty log.
+    pub fn last_seq(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.last_seq
+    }
+
+    /// Append one notification as a line and return its seq. The line is
+    /// handed to the kernel in a single write before this returns, so a
+    /// caller that broadcasts afterwards never announces an event the log
+    /// would not replay — short of the machine losing power.
+    ///
+    /// A `write_all` that errors partway can leave an unterminated prefix on
+    /// disk; a `flush` that errors after a *complete* `write_all` leaves
+    /// ambiguity about whether that full, well-formed line should count —
+    /// counting it would silently shift every later seq by one, since
+    /// `last_seq` was never bumped for it. Both cases are rolled back to the
+    /// exact pre-append length before returning, so `last_seq` and the file
+    /// never disagree and the same [`EventLog`] can be appended to again
+    /// immediately. If the rollback itself fails, the log's consistency can
+    /// no longer be promised and [`AppendError::Fatal`] is returned instead.
+    pub fn append(&mut self, event: impl Into<PersistedEvent>) -> Result<u64, AppendError> {
+        let event = event.into();
+        let mut line = match &event {
+            PersistedEvent::Notification(notification) => serde_json::to_vec(notification)
+                .map_err(|e| AppendError::from(SidecarError::from(e)))?,
+            _ => {
+                serde_json::to_vec(&event).map_err(|e| AppendError::from(SidecarError::from(e)))?
+            }
+        };
+        line.push(b'\n');
+
+        let pre_len = self
+            .file
+            .len()
+            .map_err(|e| AppendError::from(SidecarError::from(e)))?;
+
+        if let Err(cause) = self.file.write_all(&line) {
+            return Err(self.rollback_after(pre_len, cause));
+        }
+        if let Err(cause) = self.file.flush() {
+            return Err(self.rollback_after(pre_len, cause));
+        }
+
+        self.last_seq += 1;
+        Ok(self.last_seq)
+    }
+
+    fn rollback_after(&mut self, pre_len: u64, cause: std::io::Error) -> AppendError {
+        match self.file.truncate(pre_len) {
+            Ok(()) => AppendError::Failed(SidecarError::Io(cause)),
+            Err(rollback) => AppendError::Fatal {
+                cause: SidecarError::Io(cause),
+                rollback: SidecarError::Io(rollback),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Bytes shared between a [`FaultyLogSink`] moved into an [`EventLog`] and
+/// the test that planted it, so the test can inspect what actually ended up
+/// on the "disk" after a fault without reaching into `EventLog`'s private
+/// `file` field.
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct SharedBuf(std::sync::Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<u8>>>);
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+impl SharedBuf {
+    pub(crate) fn snapshot(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        self.0.lock().unwrap().clone()
+    }
+}
+
+/// An in-memory [`LogSink`] double that injects one deterministic fault — a
+/// short write, a flush that fails after a full write, or a rollback that
+/// cannot itself complete — then behaves like a healthy sink from then on.
+/// Lets a test prove the *same* [`EventLog`] recovers, rather than one with a
+/// handle swapped in from a healthy disk, which production never does
+/// (#184).
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub(crate) struct FaultyLogSink {
+    pub(crate) buf: SharedBuf,
+    /// Accept this many bytes on the next `write` call, then fail the
+    /// *following* call — a short write followed by an error, exactly what
+    /// `write_all` sees from a real fd that dies mid-line. `Write::write`
+    /// must not report an error on a call that made partial progress, so
+    /// the fault is delivered one call later, via `pending_write_error`.
+    pub(crate) fail_write_after: Option<usize>,
+    pub(crate) pending_write_error: bool,
+    pub(crate) fail_flush_once: bool,
+    pub(crate) fail_truncate: bool,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+impl Write for FaultyLogSink {
+    fn write(&mut self, data: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+        if self.pending_write_error {
+            self.pending_write_error = false;
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other("fault: write failed mid-line"));
+        }
+        if let Some(allowed) = self.fail_write_after.take() {
+            let allowed = allowed.min(data.len());
+            if allowed == 0 {
+                // No progress was made, so it's fine to report the error
+                // from this same call.
+                return Err(std::io::Error::other("fault: write failed mid-line"));
+            }
+            self.buf
+                .0
+                .lock()
+                .unwrap()
+                .extend_from_slice(&data[..allowed]);
+            self.pending_write_error = true;
+            return Ok(allowed);
+        }
+        self.buf.0.lock().unwrap().extend_from_slice(data);
+        Ok(data.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        if self.fail_flush_once {
+            self.fail_flush_once = false;
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other(
+                "fault: flush failed after a full write",
+            ));
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+impl LogSink for FaultyLogSink {
+    fn len(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<u64> {
+        Ok(self.buf.0.lock().unwrap().len() as u64)
+    }
+
+    fn truncate(&mut self, len: u64) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+        if self.fail_truncate {
+            return Err(std::io::Error::other("fault: rollback truncate failed"));
+        }
+        self.buf.0.lock().unwrap().truncate(len as usize);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn sample_event(id: &str) -> PersistedEvent {
+        PersistedEvent::Approval {
+            row: TranscriptRow {
+                id: id.to_owned(),
+                kind: maestro_protocol::TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+                data: serde_json::json!({"tool": "bash"}),
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Replays `bytes` as a real on-disk log via the production read path,
+    /// so "live and durable agree" is checked with the same code a
+    /// reconnecting client would hit, not a hand-rolled line splitter.
+    fn replay(bytes: &[u8]) -> Vec<LoggedEvent> {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+        let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(store.dir()).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(store.events_path_for(id), bytes).unwrap();
+        store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 100).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn append_rolls_back_a_partial_write_and_the_same_instance_recovers() {
+        let buf = SharedBuf::default();
+        let writer = FaultyLogSink {
+            buf: buf.clone(),
+            fail_write_after: Some(5),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let mut log = EventLog::for_test(writer, 0);
+
+        let err = log.append(sample_event("r1")).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            matches!(err, AppendError::Failed(_)),
+            "a repairable rollback must not be reported fatal"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 0, "cursor must stay put on a failed append");
+        assert!(
+            buf.snapshot().is_empty(),
+            "the partial prefix a failed write_all leaves behind must be truncated away"
+        );
+
+        let seq = log
+            .append(sample_event("r1"))
+            .expect("the same instance must be able to append again after a clean rollback");
+        assert_eq!(seq, 1);
+        assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 1);
+
+        let bytes = buf.snapshot();
+        assert_eq!(
+            bytes.iter().filter(|&&b| b == b'\n').count(),
+            1,
+            "exactly one well-formed line, not a partial prefix glued to the recovered append"
+        );
+
+        let replayed = replay(&bytes);
+        assert_eq!(replayed.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(replayed[0].seq, log.last_seq());
+        let PersistedEvent::Approval { row } = &replayed[0].event else {
+            panic!("approval event");
+        };
+        assert_eq!(row.id, "r1");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn append_rolls_back_when_flush_fails_after_a_full_write() {
+        let buf = SharedBuf::default();
+        let writer = FaultyLogSink {
+            buf: buf.clone(),
+            fail_flush_once: true,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let mut log = EventLog::for_test(writer, 0);
+
+        let err = log.append(sample_event("r1")).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(matches!(err, AppendError::Failed(_)));
+        assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 0);
+        assert!(
+            buf.snapshot().is_empty(),
+            "a full-but-unflushed line must not survive uncounted by last_seq — it would \
+             silently shift every later seq by one"
+        );
+
+        let seq = log
+            .append(sample_event("r1"))
+            .expect("the same instance must recover once flush stops failing");
+        assert_eq!(seq, 1);
+
+        let bytes = buf.snapshot();
+        let replayed = replay(&bytes);
+        assert_eq!(replayed.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(replayed[0].seq, log.last_seq());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn append_reports_fatal_when_rollback_cannot_restore_consistency() {
+        let buf = SharedBuf::default();
+        let writer = FaultyLogSink {
+            buf,
+            fail_write_after: Some(3),
+            fail_truncate: true,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let mut log = EventLog::for_test(writer, 0);
+
+        let err = log.append(sample_event("r1")).unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            matches!(err, AppendError::Fatal { .. }),
+            "an unrepairable rollback must be surfaced as fatal, never silently treated as \
+             a clean recoverable failure"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            log.last_seq(),
+            0,
+            "a fatal append must not advance the cursor either"
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/maestro-daemon/src/viewport.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+//! What size the shared tmux window should be, given every client watching it.
+//!
+//! A tmux window has one size, but a session can have several clients attached
+//! at once — two browser panes, a browser and the TUI. Each reports the size
+//! *it* can display, and applying whichever arrived last makes the window
+//! flip-flop. Every flip forces a full-screen application (Claude Code, vim) to
+//! repaint at a new height, and the rows it drew at the old height are never
+//! cleared: the operator ends up looking at a stale input box, types into a
+//! box that is not where the screen says it is, and concludes the pane is
+//! stuck.
+//!
+//! So the window is sized to the smallest attached client on each axis — the
+//! same rule tmux uses for its own multiple clients, and the only size every
+//! client can render without truncation. The size last handed to tmux is
+//! remembered, so a report that changes nothing costs no `tmux` fork at all.
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+/// One attached client within a session. Allocated by
+/// [`crate::session::SessionManager`] and opaque to everything else.
+pub type ViewportId = u64;
+
+/// Per-session client sizes, and what tmux was last told.
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct Viewports {
+    clients: HashMap<Uuid, HashMap<ViewportId, (u16, u16)>>,
+    applied: HashMap<Uuid, (u16, u16)>,
+}
+
+impl Viewports {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    /// Record what `viewport` can display. Returns the size tmux must be set
+    /// to, or `None` when the window already has it.
+    pub fn set(
+        &mut self,
+        session: Uuid,
+        viewport: ViewportId,
+        cols: u16,
+        rows: u16,
+    ) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        self.clients
+            .entry(session)
+            .or_default()
+            .insert(viewport, (cols, rows));
+        self.settle(session)
+    }
+
+    /// Drop a client that has detached. Returns the size tmux must be set to
+    /// now that it no longer constrains the window.
+    ///
+    /// The last client leaving settles nothing: the window keeps the size it
+    /// has rather than snapping to some remembered default no one is watching.
+    pub fn release(&mut self, session: Uuid, viewport: ViewportId) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        let clients = self.clients.get_mut(&session)?;
+        clients.remove(&viewport);
+        if clients.is_empty() {
+            self.clients.remove(&session);
+            self.applied.remove(&session);
+            return None;
+        }
+        self.settle(session)
+    }
+
+    /// The smallest size every attached client can render, but only when it
+    /// differs from what tmux was last told.
+    ///
+    /// A zero on either axis is a client that cannot display anything yet — a
+    /// pane still laying out, a hidden tab — and must not drag the shared
+    /// window down with it, so it is held but left out of the arbitration.
+    fn settle(&mut self, session: Uuid) -> Option<(u16, u16)> {
+        let clients = self.clients.get(&session)?;
+        let mut cols = u16::MAX;
+        let mut rows = u16::MAX;
+        for &(c, r) in clients.values() {
+            if c == 0 || r == 0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            cols = cols.min(c);
+            rows = rows.min(r);
+        }
+        if cols == u16::MAX || rows == u16::MAX {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let target = (cols, rows);
+        if self.applied.get(&session) == Some(&target) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        self.applied.insert(session, target);
+        Some(target)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn the_first_report_settles_the_window() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 80, 24), Some((80, 24)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_report_that_changes_nothing_costs_no_resize() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        v.set(s, 1, 80, 24);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 80, 24), None);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 80, 24), None);
+    }
+
+    /// The bug this module exists for: two clients of different sizes used to
+    /// resize the window past each other on every report.
+    #[test]
+    fn two_clients_settle_on_the_smaller_instead_of_fighting() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 53, 46), Some((53, 46)));
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 53, 20), Some((53, 20)));
+        // Whatever order they re-report in, the answer stays the smaller one.
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 53, 46), None);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 53, 20), None);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 53, 46), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn each_axis_is_arbitrated_on_its_own() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        v.set(s, 1, 200, 20);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 53, 46), Some((53, 20)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_zero_sized_client_does_not_shrink_the_window() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 1, 80, 24), Some((80, 24)));
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 0, 0), None);
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 0, 30), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn releasing_the_small_client_gives_the_window_back() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        v.set(s, 1, 80, 46);
+        v.set(s, 2, 80, 20);
+        assert_eq!(v.release(s, 2), Some((80, 46)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn releasing_the_last_client_settles_nothing() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        v.set(s, 1, 80, 24);
+        assert_eq!(v.release(s, 1), None);
+        // ...and the session is forgotten, so a fresh attach settles again.
+        assert_eq!(v.set(s, 2, 80, 24), Some((80, 24)));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn releasing_an_unknown_viewport_is_harmless() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let s = Uuid::new_v4();
+        assert_eq!(v.release(s, 7), None);
+        v.set(s, 1, 80, 24);
+        assert_eq!(v.release(s, 7), None);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sessions_do_not_arbitrate_against_each_other() {
+        let mut v = Viewports::new();
+        let a = Uuid::new_v4();
+        let b = Uuid::new_v4();
+        assert_eq!(v.set(a, 1, 80, 24), Some((80, 24)));
+        assert_eq!(v.set(b, 2, 53, 20), Some((53, 20)));
+        assert_eq!(v.set(a, 1, 80, 24), None);
+    }
+}

crates/maestro-daemon/src/worktree.rs

@@ -111,16 +111,33 @@ impl WorktreeManager {
         // Clear registrations whose directory is gone first, so a
         // previously-leaked entry doesn't push this branch to a suffix.
         prune(base_repo)?;
-        // Anything occupying the target — a tree we left behind, one the
-        // operator made, an unrelated directory — is sidestepped with a
-        // numeric suffix on the directory; the branch stays whatever was
-        // requested (#77). The daemon never adopts what it finds.
-        let mut path = self.target_path(base_repo, branch);
-        let mut n = 1;
-        while path.symlink_metadata().is_ok() {
-            n += 1;
-            path = self.target_path_suffixed(base_repo, branch, n);
-        }
+        let (branch, path) = if create_branch {
+            // Worktrees are commonly abandoned without deleting their branch,
+            // so a random handle can collide with one of its own past runs.
+            // Unlike the `add_existing` arm below, the suffix goes on the
+            // branch name itself — the path is derived from it anyway.
+            let mut candidate = branch.to_string();
+            let mut path = self.target_path(base_repo, &candidate);
+            let mut n = 1;
+            while path.symlink_metadata().is_ok() || branch_exists(base_repo, &candidate) {
+                n += 1;
+                candidate = format!("{branch}-{n}");
+                path = self.target_path(base_repo, &candidate);
+            }
+            (candidate, path)
+        } else {
+            // Existing branch: the name must stay exact, so only the
+            // directory — anything occupying it, ours or the operator's — is
+            // sidestepped with a numeric suffix (#77). The daemon never
+            // adopts what it finds.
+            let mut path = self.target_path(base_repo, branch);
+            let mut n = 1;
+            while path.symlink_metadata().is_ok() {
+                n += 1;
+                path = self.target_path_suffixed(base_repo, branch, n);
+            }
+            (branch.to_string(), path)
+        };
         // The parent (`<repo>/worktrees` or the override root) may not exist
         // yet; the target itself must not.
         if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
@@ -129,10 +146,10 @@ impl WorktreeManager {
         let mut cmd = Command::new("git");
         cmd.arg("-C").arg(base_repo).args(["worktree", "add"]);
         if create_branch {
-            cmd.arg("-b").arg(branch).arg(&path);
+            cmd.arg("-b").arg(&branch).arg(&path);
         } else {
             // Existing branch: `worktree add <path> <branch>` with no `-b`.
-            cmd.arg(&path).arg(branch);
+            cmd.arg(&path).arg(&branch);
         }
         let out = cmd.output()?;
         check(out)?;
@@ -266,6 +283,17 @@ fn branch_relpath(branch: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     Some(candidate.to_path_buf())
 }
 
+/// Whether `refs/heads/<branch>` already exists in `base_repo`.
+fn branch_exists(base_repo: &Path, branch: &str) -> bool {
+    Command::new("git")
+        .arg("-C")
+        .arg(base_repo)
+        .args(["show-ref", "--verify", "--quiet"])
+        .arg(format!("refs/heads/{branch}"))
+        .status()
+        .is_ok_and(|s| s.success())
+}
+
 /// `git -C <base_repo> worktree prune` — drops registrations whose directory
 /// no longer exists.
 fn prune(base_repo: &Path) -> Result<(), WorktreeError> {

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/activity_report.rs

@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@ async fn fixture(ttl: Duration) -> Fixture {
 async fn spawn_sleeping(manager: &SessionManager) -> Uuid {
     manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: Default::default(),
             metadata: Default::default(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap()

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/attach.rs

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ async fn spawn_daemon_ws() -> Harness {
         "/home/test",
         Vec::new(),
         std::sync::Arc::new(maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner::disabled()),
+        maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER,
     ));
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0)))
         .await
@@ -74,11 +75,13 @@ async fn create_bash_session(h: &Harness) -> Uuid {
     let s = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd_path,
             command: "bash --noprofile --norc".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/autoname.rs

@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ async fn spawn(manager: &SessionManager, name: Option<&str>) -> Uuid {
     };
     manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: Default::default(),
             metadata,
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap()

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/blocked_work_cost.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use tempfile::TempDir;
 
 fn request(cwd: &std::path::Path, repo: &std::path::Path, branch: &str) -> CreateSessionRequest {
     CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: cwd.to_path_buf(),
         command: "sleep 30".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ fn request(cwd: &std::path::Path, repo: &std::path::Path, branch: &str) -> Creat
             branch: branch.into(),
             create_branch: true,
         }),
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/branches.rs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ async fn spawn() -> Harness {
         "/home/test",
         presets,
         Arc::new(maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner::disabled()),
+        maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER,
     ));
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0)))
         .await

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/fixtures/codex-acp-session.jsonl

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"user_message_chunk","messageId":"user-1","content":{"type":"text","text":"Inspect the repository"}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"agent_thought_chunk","messageId":"thought-1","content":{"type":"text","text":"I should inspect the files first."}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"command-1","kind":"execute","title":"rg TODO","status":"in_progress","rawInput":{"command":"rg TODO","cwd":"/workspace"}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call_update","toolCallId":"command-1","status":"completed","rawOutput":{"formatted_output":"src/lib.rs: TODO","exit_code":0}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"change-1","kind":"edit","title":"Editing files","status":"completed","content":[{"type":"diff","path":"src/lib.rs","oldText":"old","newText":"new"}]}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"mcp-1","kind":"execute","title":"mcp.github.search","status":"completed","rawInput":{"server":"github","tool":"search","arguments":{"query":"ACP"}},"rawOutput":{"result":"found"},"_meta":{"is_mcp_tool_call":true}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"web-1","kind":"search","title":"Search the web for ACP","status":"completed","rawInput":{"type":"webSearch","query":"Agent Client Protocol"}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"image-view-1","kind":"read","title":"View Image /workspace/diagram.png","status":"completed","content":[{"type":"content","content":{"type":"resource_link","name":"/workspace/diagram.png","uri":"/workspace/diagram.png"}}]}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"tool_call","toolCallId":"image-gen-1","title":"Image generation","status":"completed","content":[{"type":"content","content":{"type":"image","data":"aW1hZ2U=","mimeType":"image/png"}}],"rawOutput":{"path":"/workspace/generated.png"}}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"plan","entries":[{"content":"Implement compatibility fixture","priority":"medium","status":"in_progress"}]}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"usage_update","used":1200,"size":258400}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"current_mode_update","currentModeId":"agent"}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"config_option_update","configOptions":[{"id":"agent-mode","name":"Agent mode","category":"mode","type":"select","currentValue":"agent","options":[{"value":"read-only","name":"Read-only"},{"value":"agent","name":"Agent"}]},{"id":"model","name":"Model","category":"model","type":"select","currentValue":"gpt-5.3-codex","options":[{"value":"gpt-5.3-codex","name":"GPT-5.3-Codex"}]},{"id":"reasoning_effort","name":"Reasoning effort","category":"thought_level","type":"select","currentValue":"high","options":[{"value":"high","name":"High"}]},{"id":"fast-mode","name":"Fast mode","category":"model_config","type":"select","currentValue":"off","options":[{"value":"off","name":"Off"}]}]}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"available_commands_update","availableCommands":[{"name":"status","description":"Show session status"}]}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"session_info_update","title":"Codex session"}}
+{"sessionId":"codex-session","update":{"sessionUpdate":"agent_message_chunk","messageId":"assistant-1","content":{"type":"text","text":"Done."}}}

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/local_api.rs

@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ mod common;
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use common::DaemonFixture;
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use maestro_daemon::local_api;
-use maestro_protocol::{ApiError, CreateSessionRequest, Session, WorktreeSpec};
+use maestro_protocol::{
+    ActivityState, ApiError, CreateSessionRequest, Session, SessionStatus, SessionView,
+    WorktreeSpec,
+};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::sync::oneshot;
 use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
@@ -36,6 +41,14 @@ async fn spawn(hostname: &str) -> Harness {
 async fn spawn_with(
     hostname: &str,
     projects: std::sync::Arc<maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner>,
+) -> Harness {
+    spawn_with_leader(hostname, projects, maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER).await
+}
+
+async fn spawn_with_leader(
+    hostname: &str,
+    projects: std::sync::Arc<maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner>,
+    leader: &str,
 ) -> Harness {
     let fx = DaemonFixture::new();
     let manager = fx.manager.clone();
@@ -48,6 +61,7 @@ async fn spawn_with(
         "/home/test",
         presets,
         projects,
+        leader,
     ));
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0)))
         .await
@@ -77,6 +91,649 @@ fn ws_url(addr: SocketAddr, path: &str) -> String {
     format!("ws://{addr}{path}")
 }
 
+struct FakeAcp {
+    dir: TempDir,
+}
+
+impl FakeAcp {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let bin = dir.path().join("bin");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&bin).unwrap();
+        let adapter = bin.join("claude-code-acp");
+        std::fs::copy(
+            Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../maestro-acp/tests/fake_acp_agent.py"),
+            &adapter,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        std::fs::set_permissions(&adapter, std::fs::Permissions::from_mode(0o755)).unwrap();
+        Self { dir }
+    }
+
+    fn env(&self) -> HashMap<String, String> {
+        HashMap::from([
+            (
+                "PATH".into(),
+                format!(
+                    "{}:{}",
+                    self.dir.path().join("bin").display(),
+                    std::env::var("PATH").unwrap()
+                ),
+            ),
+            (
+                "FAKE_ACP_LOG".into(),
+                self.dir.path().join("agent.log").display().to_string(),
+            ),
+        ])
+    }
+
+    fn pid(&self) -> u32 {
+        std::fs::read_to_string(self.dir.path().join("agent.log"))
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+            .lines()
+            .filter_map(|line| {
+                line.strip_prefix("start pid=")?
+                    .split(' ')
+                    .next()?
+                    .parse()
+                    .ok()
+            })
+            .next_back()
+            .expect("fake ACP started")
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self) -> String {
+        std::fs::read_to_string(self.dir.path().join("agent.log")).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
+async fn structured_session(h: &Harness, fake: &FakeAcp) -> Uuid {
+    structured_session_with_env(h, fake.env()).await
+}
+
+async fn structured_session_with_env(h: &Harness, env: HashMap<String, String>) -> Uuid {
+    let id = h
+        .manager
+        .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: SessionView::Structured,
+            cwd: "/tmp".into(),
+            command: "claude".into(),
+            env,
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .id;
+    wait_for_session_activity(h, id, ActivityState::Idle).await;
+    id
+}
+
+async fn wait_for_session_activity(h: &Harness, id: Uuid, expected: ActivityState) {
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            let sessions: Vec<Session> = reqwest::get(url(h.addr, "/api/sessions"))
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .json()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            if sessions
+                .iter()
+                .find(|session| session.id == id)
+                .is_some_and(|session| session.activity == expected)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("session {id} did not reach {expected:?}"));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_ws_sends_snapshot_then_live_projection() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    let (mut ws, _) = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, &format!("/api/structured/{id}")))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let first = ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap().into_text().unwrap();
+    let second = ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap().into_text().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&first).unwrap()["type"],
+        "transcript_snapshot"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&second).unwrap()["type"],
+        "reduced_state"
+    );
+
+    let response = reqwest::Client::new()
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+        ))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "hello"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    let live = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), ws.next())
+        .await
+        .expect("projection update arrives on the subscribed stream")
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_text()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&live).unwrap()["type"],
+        "projection_update"
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_attachments_preserve_bytes_and_reject_paths() {
+    let h = spawn("attachments").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let endpoint = url(
+        h.addr,
+        &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/attachments"),
+    );
+    let bytes = vec![0, 255, 10, 13];
+    let response = client
+        .post(&endpoint)
+        .query(&[("name", "sample.bin")])
+        .body(bytes.clone())
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), 200);
+    let body: serde_json::Value = response.json().await.unwrap();
+    let path = body["path"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(Path::new(path).is_absolute());
+    assert_eq!(std::fs::read(path).unwrap(), bytes);
+    for name in ["../escape", "a/b", "a\\b", "..", ""] {
+        let response = client
+            .post(&endpoint)
+            .query(&[("name", name)])
+            .body("text")
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), 400, "{name}");
+    }
+    let response = client
+        .post(&endpoint)
+        .query(&[("name", "large.bin")])
+        .body(vec![0; 20 * 1024 * 1024 + 1])
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), 413);
+    let response = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{}/structured/attachments", Uuid::new_v4()),
+        ))
+        .query(&[("name", "file.txt")])
+        .body("text")
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), 404);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_prompt_rejects_a_second_in_flight_turn_and_cancel_clears_it() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let mut env = fake.env();
+    env.insert("FAKE_ACP_DELAY_PROMPT_MS".into(), "200".into());
+    let id = structured_session_with_env(&h, env).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let first = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+        ))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "first"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(first.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    let second = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+        ))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "second"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(second.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let error: ApiError = second.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "turn_in_flight");
+
+    let cancel = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/cancel"),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(cancel.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    let next = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+        ))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "next"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(next.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            if fake.log().matches("recv session/prompt").count() == 2 {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("both prompt commands reach ACP");
+    let log = fake.log();
+    let first_prompt = log.find("recv session/prompt").unwrap();
+    let cancel = log.find("recv session/cancel").unwrap();
+    let second_prompt = log.rfind("recv session/prompt").unwrap();
+    assert!(first_prompt < cancel && cancel < second_prompt, "{log}");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_approval_is_secret_single_use_and_race_safe() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let mut env = fake.env();
+    env.insert("FAKE_ACP_REQUEST_PERMISSION".into(), "1".into());
+    let id = structured_session_with_env(&h, env).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let (mut ws, _) = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, &format!("/api/structured/{id}")))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        client
+            .post(url(
+                h.addr,
+                &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt")
+            ))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt":"needs permission"}))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .status(),
+        reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT
+    );
+
+    let nonce = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            let event: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(&ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap().into_text().unwrap())
+                    .unwrap();
+            if let Some(nonce) = event["state"]["pending_approval"]["nonce"].as_str() {
+                assert_eq!(event["transcript"]["row"]["kind"], "approval");
+                assert!(event["transcript"]["row"]["data"].get("nonce").is_none());
+                break nonce.to_owned();
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    wait_for_session_activity(&h, id, ActivityState::AwaitingInput).await;
+    assert!(
+        !fake.log().contains(&nonce),
+        "daemon nonce leaked to ACP agent"
+    );
+
+    let path = format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/approvals/{nonce}");
+    let (a, b) = tokio::join!(
+        client
+            .post(url(h.addr, &path))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!("allow_once"))
+            .send(),
+        client
+            .post(url(h.addr, &path))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!("deny"))
+            .send(),
+    );
+    assert_eq!(a.unwrap().status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    assert_eq!(b.unwrap().status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    assert_eq!(
+        client
+            .post(url(h.addr, &path))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!("deny"))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .status(),
+        reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT
+    );
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            if fake.log().contains("permission response") {
+                break;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    let log = fake.log();
+    assert!(
+        log.contains("\"optionId\": \"once\"") || log.contains("\"optionId\": \"deny\""),
+        "{log}"
+    );
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), async {
+        loop {
+            let event: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(&ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap().into_text().unwrap())
+                    .unwrap();
+            if event["state"]["pending_approval"].is_null() {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("resolved approval clears the reduced state");
+    wait_for_session_activity(&h, id, ActivityState::Idle).await;
+    assert_eq!(
+        client
+            .post(url(
+                h.addr,
+                &format!(
+                    "/api/sessions/{}/structured/approvals/{nonce}",
+                    Uuid::new_v4()
+                )
+            ))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!("deny"))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .status(),
+        reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND
+    );
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_prompt_failure_clears_the_turn() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let mut env = fake.env();
+    env.insert("FAKE_ACP_PROMPT_FAIL_ONCE".into(), "1".into());
+    let id = structured_session_with_env(&h, env).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let path = format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt");
+    let (mut ws, _) = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, &format!("/api/structured/{id}")))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    ws.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+    let first = client
+        .post(url(h.addr, &path))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt":"fails"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(first.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    let mut saw_active_turn = false;
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(1), async {
+        while let Some(Ok(message)) = ws.next().await {
+            let event: serde_json::Value =
+                serde_json::from_str(&message.into_text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+            let turn = &event["state"]["turn"];
+            if turn["responding"] == true {
+                saw_active_turn = true;
+            }
+            if saw_active_turn && turn["responding"] == false && turn["thinking"] == false {
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+        panic!("structured websocket closed before the failed turn cleared");
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("failed turn clears promptly");
+    wait_for_session_activity(&h, id, ActivityState::Error).await;
+    let second = client
+        .post(url(h.addr, &path))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt":"available"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(second.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    assert!(second.bytes().await.unwrap().is_empty());
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_prompt_rejects_unknown_and_unavailable_sessions() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let prompt = |id| {
+        client
+            .post(url(
+                h.addr,
+                &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+            ))
+            .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "hello"}))
+    };
+
+    let unknown = prompt(Uuid::new_v4()).send().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(unknown.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+    let error: ApiError = unknown.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_found");
+
+    let terminal = h
+        .manager
+        .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: SessionView::Terminal,
+            cwd: "/tmp".into(),
+            command: "sh".into(),
+            env: HashMap::new(),
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let non_structured = prompt(terminal.id).send().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(non_structured.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let error: ApiError = non_structured.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_structured");
+
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let dead = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    h.manager.shutdown().await;
+    assert_eq!(h.manager.status(dead).await, Some(SessionStatus::Dead));
+    let unavailable = prompt(dead).send().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(unavailable.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let error: ApiError = unavailable.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_structured");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_replay_honors_cursors_and_limit() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+
+    let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = client
+                .get(url(
+                    h.addr,
+                    &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/replay?since=0&limit=1"),
+                ))
+                .send()
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .json()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            if !events.is_empty() {
+                return events;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(events.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(events[0]["cursor"], 1);
+    assert!(events[0].get("notification").is_none());
+
+    let invalid = client
+        .get(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/replay?since=0&before=2"),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(invalid.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_replay_pages_projected_events_in_cursor_order() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    unsafe { libc::kill(fake.pid() as libc::pid_t, libc::SIGUSR1) };
+    let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            let events: Vec<serde_json::Value> = client
+                .get(url(
+                    h.addr,
+                    &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/replay?before=99&limit=2"),
+                ))
+                .send()
+                .await
+                .unwrap()
+                .json()
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            if events.len() == 2 {
+                return events;
+            }
+            tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        events
+            .iter()
+            .map(|event| event["cursor"].as_u64().unwrap())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        vec![1, 2]
+    );
+    let boundary: Vec<serde_json::Value> = client
+        .get(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/replay?before=2&limit=10"),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(boundary.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(boundary[0]["cursor"], 1);
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_replay_rejects_unknown_terminal_and_dead_sessions() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let unknown = client
+        .get(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{}/structured/replay", Uuid::new_v4()),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(unknown.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+    let terminal = h
+        .manager
+        .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: SessionView::Terminal,
+            cwd: "/tmp".into(),
+            command: "sh".into(),
+            env: HashMap::new(),
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let response = client
+        .get(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{}/structured/replay", terminal.id),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let dead = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    h.manager.shutdown().await;
+    assert_eq!(h.manager.status(dead).await, Some(SessionStatus::Dead));
+    let response = client
+        .get(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{dead}/structured/replay"),
+        ))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let error: ApiError = response.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_structured");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn structured_ws_rejects_a_dead_session() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+    h.manager.shutdown().await;
+    assert_eq!(h.manager.status(id).await, Some(SessionStatus::Dead));
+
+    let err = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, &format!("/api/structured/{id}")))
+        .await
+        .expect_err("dead structured session must not upgrade");
+    let message = err.to_string();
+    assert!(
+        message.contains("409") || message.to_lowercase().contains("conflict"),
+        "{message}"
+    );
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn info_returns_daemon_identity() {
     let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
@@ -91,6 +748,38 @@ async fn info_returns_daemon_identity() {
     assert!(resp["version"].is_string());
 }
 
+/// #159: the web client reads its leader off `/api/info` instead of a
+/// hardcoded constant, so the payload has to carry the configured one — not
+/// the default dressed up as one.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn info_advertises_the_configured_leader() {
+    let h = spawn_with_leader(
+        "naps-laptop",
+        std::sync::Arc::new(maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner::disabled()),
+        "ctrl-b",
+    )
+    .await;
+    let resp: serde_json::Value = reqwest::get(url(h.addr, "/api/info"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp["leader"], "ctrl-b");
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn info_reports_the_default_leader_when_unconfigured() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let resp: serde_json::Value = reqwest::get(url(h.addr, "/api/info"))
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .json()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(resp["leader"], "ctrl-a");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn info_reports_build_and_instance() {
     // The status indicator needs a release to name and a process to compare
@@ -133,11 +822,13 @@ async fn list_sessions_starts_empty_and_reflects_creates() {
     assert!(empty.is_empty());
 
     let req = CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: "/tmp".into(),
         command: "sleep 60".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: None,
+        auto_approve: false,
     };
     let created: Session = reqwest::Client::new()
         .post(url(h.addr, "/api/sessions"))
@@ -349,11 +1040,13 @@ async fn patch_session_renames_it() {
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -391,11 +1084,13 @@ async fn post_focus_stamps_last_focused_at() {
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -424,11 +1119,13 @@ async fn delete_owned_session_kills_it() {
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -445,11 +1142,13 @@ async fn delete_owned_session_kills_it() {
 async fn spawn_via_manager(h: &Harness) -> Uuid {
     h.manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap()
@@ -554,6 +1253,7 @@ async fn delete_a_session_whose_worktree_holds_unsaved_work_returns_409_with_the
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -563,6 +1263,7 @@ async fn delete_a_session_whose_worktree_holds_unsaved_work_returns_409_with_the
                 branch: "feat/guarded".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -606,6 +1307,7 @@ async fn delete_with_force_ends_the_session_and_keeps_the_worktree() {
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -615,6 +1317,7 @@ async fn delete_with_force_ends_the_session_and_keeps_the_worktree() {
                 branch: "feat/guarded".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -639,11 +1342,13 @@ async fn attach_ws_streams_pty_bytes() {
     let session = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "bash --noprofile --norc".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -674,6 +1379,39 @@ async fn attach_ws_streams_pty_bytes() {
     assert!(saw_hello, "PTY did not echo through the attach WS");
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn pty_routes_reject_structured_sessions_as_not_terminal() {
+    let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let id = structured_session(&h, &fake).await;
+
+    let response = reqwest::Client::new()
+        .post(url(h.addr, &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/input")))
+        .json(&maestro_protocol::SendInputRequest {
+            text: "ignored".into(),
+            submit: false,
+        })
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let error: ApiError = response.json().await.unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_terminal");
+    assert_eq!(error.error.message, "session is not a terminal session");
+
+    let error = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, &format!("/api/attach/{id}")))
+        .await
+        .expect_err("structured session must not upgrade to a PTY socket");
+    let tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Error::Http(response) = error else {
+        panic!("expected an HTTP handshake rejection, got {error}");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::CONFLICT);
+    let body = response.body().as_deref().expect("ApiError response body");
+    let error: ApiError = serde_json::from_slice(body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(error.error.code, "not_terminal");
+    assert_eq!(error.error.message, "session is not a terminal session");
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn attach_ws_for_unknown_session_returns_404() {
     let h = spawn("naps-laptop").await;
@@ -707,11 +1445,13 @@ async fn events_ws_sends_a_snapshot_then_streams_deltas() {
     let created = h
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -739,6 +1479,79 @@ async fn events_ws_sends_a_snapshot_then_streams_deltas() {
     }
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn events_ws_streams_structured_activity_without_hook_overrides() {
+    let h = spawn("konishi").await;
+    let fake = FakeAcp::new();
+    let mut env = fake.env();
+    env.insert("FAKE_ACP_DELAY_PROMPT_MS".into(), "500".into());
+    let (mut ws, _) = connect_async(ws_url(h.addr, "/api/events"))
+        .await
+        .expect("events ws");
+    assert!(matches!(
+        next_event(&mut ws).await,
+        maestro_protocol::CatalogEvent::Snapshot { .. }
+    ));
+
+    let id = structured_session_with_env(&h, env).await;
+    let maestro_protocol::CatalogEvent::SessionAdded { session } = next_event(&mut ws).await else {
+        panic!("expected structured SessionAdded")
+    };
+    assert_eq!(session.activity, ActivityState::Starting);
+    // The background handshake completes and sends SessionUpdated → Idle.
+    let maestro_protocol::CatalogEvent::SessionUpdated { session } = next_event(&mut ws).await
+    else {
+        panic!("expected SessionUpdated after handshake")
+    };
+    assert_eq!(session.activity, ActivityState::Idle);
+
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let prompt = client
+        .post(url(
+            h.addr,
+            &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/structured/prompt"),
+        ))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"prompt": "hello"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(prompt.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    let report = client
+        .post(url(h.addr, &format!("/api/sessions/{id}/activity")))
+        .json(&serde_json::json!({"state": "Error"}))
+        .send()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(report.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+    wait_for_session_activity(&h, id, ActivityState::Active).await;
+
+    let mut activities = Vec::new();
+    tokio::time::timeout(Duration::from_secs(2), async {
+        loop {
+            if let maestro_protocol::CatalogEvent::SessionUpdated { session } =
+                next_event(&mut ws).await
+            {
+                activities.push(session.activity);
+                if session.activity == ActivityState::Idle {
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    })
+    .await
+    .expect("structured turn returns to idle");
+    assert!(
+        activities.contains(&ActivityState::Active),
+        "{activities:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !activities.contains(&ActivityState::Error),
+        "{activities:?}"
+    );
+
+    h.manager.kill(id, false).await.unwrap();
+}
+
 /// Each subscriber has its own lag domain now that the publisher task is gone:
 /// two clients connected at different times both get their own Snapshot.
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -751,11 +1564,13 @@ async fn every_events_subscriber_gets_its_own_snapshot() {
 
     h.manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/rename.rs

@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ async fn spawn_named(manager: &SessionManager, name: Option<&str>) -> Uuid {
     };
     manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: "/tmp".into(),
             command: "sleep 60".into(),
             env: Default::default(),
             metadata,
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap()

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/session_decisions.rs

@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ impl Fx {
 
     fn request(&self, command: &str) -> CreateSessionRequest {
         CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: self.tmp.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: command.into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -555,3 +557,63 @@ async fn spawn_overrides_client_supplied_maestro_variables() {
         Some(&"http://127.0.0.1:7070".to_string())
     );
 }
+
+/// Two clients attached to one session used to resize the shared window past
+/// each other on every report they made. Every flip repaints a full-screen
+/// agent at a new height and orphans the rows it drew at the old one, which
+/// reads to the operator as a pane that has stopped taking input.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn clients_of_different_sizes_do_not_resize_the_window_past_each_other() {
+    let fx = Fx::new();
+    let s = fx.manager.create(fx.request("bash")).await.expect("create");
+    let web = fx.manager.attach_viewport();
+    let tui = fx.manager.attach_viewport();
+
+    fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, web, 53, 46).await.unwrap();
+    fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, tui, 53, 20).await.unwrap();
+    // Both keep reporting, as a browser's ResizeObserver and the TUI's own
+    // redraw loop do. Neither report changes the arbitrated size.
+    for _ in 0..5 {
+        fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, web, 53, 46).await.unwrap();
+        fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, tui, 53, 20).await.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let resizes: Vec<_> = fx
+        .fake
+        .calls()
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|c| match c {
+            Call::ResizeWindow { cols, rows, .. } => Some((cols, rows)),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(
+        resizes,
+        vec![(53, 46), (53, 20)],
+        "the window was resized more than the arbitrated size actually changed"
+    );
+}
+
+/// The smaller client leaving hands the window back to the one still attached.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn releasing_a_client_resizes_to_what_is_left() {
+    let fx = Fx::new();
+    let s = fx.manager.create(fx.request("bash")).await.expect("create");
+    let web = fx.manager.attach_viewport();
+    let tui = fx.manager.attach_viewport();
+    fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, web, 80, 46).await.unwrap();
+    fx.manager.set_viewport(s.id, tui, 80, 20).await.unwrap();
+
+    fx.manager.release_viewport(s.id, tui).await;
+
+    let resizes: Vec<_> = fx
+        .fake
+        .calls()
+        .into_iter()
+        .filter_map(|c| match c {
+            Call::ResizeWindow { cols, rows, .. } => Some((cols, rows)),
+            _ => None,
+        })
+        .collect();
+    assert_eq!(resizes, vec![(80, 46), (80, 20), (80, 46)]);
+}

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/session_manager.rs

@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ async fn create_then_kill_round_trip() {
     let session = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -63,11 +65,13 @@ async fn create_appends_to_spawn_history() {
     let session = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::from([("name".into(), serde_json::json!("neon-drifter"))]),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -92,11 +96,13 @@ async fn create_without_history_logs_nothing() {
     let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
     fx.manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -114,11 +120,13 @@ async fn recover_adopts_existing_tmux_sessions() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -153,6 +161,7 @@ async fn create_captures_initial_output_in_replay_buffer() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             // The shell prints the marker before doing anything else and
             // then sleeps so the session stays alive. Before NAP-253 this
@@ -161,6 +170,7 @@ async fn create_captures_initial_output_in_replay_buffer() {
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -200,6 +210,7 @@ async fn attach_replay_is_the_current_screen_not_the_byte_tail() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             // Print a line, then switch to the alternate screen the way a
             // full-screen program does on startup. Only the second marker is
@@ -209,6 +220,7 @@ async fn attach_replay_is_the_current_screen_not_the_byte_tail() {
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -258,6 +270,7 @@ async fn attach_replay_carries_the_panes_mouse_modes() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             // Alternate screen, then button-event tracking (?1002) with SGR
             // coordinates (?1006) — what tmux and agent TUIs actually request.
@@ -266,6 +279,7 @@ async fn attach_replay_carries_the_panes_mouse_modes() {
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -311,11 +325,13 @@ async fn recover_re_pipes_pane_so_output_reaches_subscribers() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "bash --noprofile --norc".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -373,11 +389,13 @@ async fn pty_broadcast_delivers_bytes_to_subscribers() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "bash --noprofile --norc".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .unwrap();
@@ -423,11 +441,13 @@ async fn liveness_watcher_marks_dead_sessions_and_keeps_them_until_dismissed() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -488,6 +508,7 @@ async fn watcher_refreshes_the_blocked_work_indicator() {
 
     fx.manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -497,6 +518,7 @@ async fn watcher_refreshes_the_blocked_work_indicator() {
                 branch: "feat/indicator".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -580,6 +602,7 @@ async fn kill_removes_worktree_even_when_spec_says_keep() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -589,6 +612,7 @@ async fn kill_removes_worktree_even_when_spec_says_keep() {
                 branch: "feat/keep".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -617,6 +641,7 @@ async fn killing_refuses_a_worktree_with_unsaved_work_and_keeps_the_session() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -626,6 +651,7 @@ async fn killing_refuses_a_worktree_with_unsaved_work_and_keeps_the_session() {
                 branch: "feat/guarded".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -680,6 +706,7 @@ async fn killing_refuses_until_the_branch_is_pushed() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -689,6 +716,7 @@ async fn killing_refuses_until_the_branch_is_pushed() {
                 branch: "feat/pushed".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -729,6 +757,7 @@ async fn force_killing_a_guarded_worktree_leaves_it_on_disk() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -738,6 +767,7 @@ async fn force_killing_a_guarded_worktree_leaves_it_on_disk() {
                 branch: "feat/forced".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -774,6 +804,7 @@ async fn force_on_a_clear_worktree_removes_it_as_usual() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -783,6 +814,7 @@ async fn force_on_a_clear_worktree_removes_it_as_usual() {
                 branch: "feat/clear".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -814,6 +846,7 @@ async fn killing_an_ignored_only_worktree_succeeds() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -823,6 +856,7 @@ async fn killing_an_ignored_only_worktree_succeeds() {
                 branch: "feat/rusty".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -855,6 +889,7 @@ async fn natural_exit_of_a_guarded_worktree_leaves_it_on_disk() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -864,6 +899,7 @@ async fn natural_exit_of_a_guarded_worktree_leaves_it_on_disk() {
                 branch: "feat/exited".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -916,6 +952,7 @@ async fn natural_exit_of_a_pristine_worktree_removes_it() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -925,6 +962,7 @@ async fn natural_exit_of_a_pristine_worktree_removes_it() {
                 branch: "feat/clean".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -976,11 +1014,13 @@ async fn liveness_watcher_leaves_running_sessions_alone() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -1010,6 +1050,7 @@ async fn worktree_base_repo_records_the_main_checkout_not_the_request() {
     let first = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -1019,6 +1060,7 @@ async fn worktree_base_repo_records_the_main_checkout_not_the_request() {
                 branch: "feat/one".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create first");
@@ -1027,6 +1069,7 @@ async fn worktree_base_repo_records_the_main_checkout_not_the_request() {
     let second = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: inner_worktree.clone(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
@@ -1036,6 +1079,7 @@ async fn worktree_base_repo_records_the_main_checkout_not_the_request() {
                 branch: "feat/two".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create second");
@@ -1065,11 +1109,13 @@ async fn spawned_sessions_export_maestro_session_id_and_url() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -1103,11 +1149,13 @@ async fn a_freshly_created_session_has_never_been_focused() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -1128,11 +1176,13 @@ async fn set_focused_true_stamps_last_focused_at() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");
@@ -1176,11 +1226,13 @@ async fn attaching_stamps_last_focused_at() {
     let s = fx
         .manager
         .create(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sleep 30".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("create");

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/sidecar.rs

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use maestro_daemon::sidecar::SidecarStore;
-use maestro_protocol::{Session, SessionStatus};
+use maestro_daemon::sidecar::{PersistedEvent, SidecarStore};
+use maestro_protocol::{Session, SessionStatus, SessionView, TranscriptRow, TranscriptRowKind};
 use serde_json::Value;
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ fn sample(id: Uuid) -> Session {
         current_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/tmp/work/crates")),
         blocked_work: None,
         last_focused_at: None,
+        acp_session_id: None,
+        view: SessionView::Terminal,
     }
 }
 
@@ -66,15 +68,30 @@ fn delete_removes_file_and_is_idempotent() {
     let s = sample(id);
 
     store.write(&s).unwrap();
+    store.mark_for_recovery(id).unwrap();
     assert!(store.path_for(id).exists());
+    assert!(store.recovery_path_for(id).exists());
 
     store.delete(id).unwrap();
     assert!(!store.path_for(id).exists());
+    assert!(!store.recovery_path_for(id).exists());
 
     // second delete is a no-op
     store.delete(id).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn recovery_marker_is_consumed_once() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+
+    assert!(!store.take_recovery_marker(id).unwrap());
+    store.mark_for_recovery(id).unwrap();
+    assert!(store.take_recovery_marker(id).unwrap());
+    assert!(!store.take_recovery_marker(id).unwrap());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn load_all_recovers_every_sidecar_and_skips_garbage() {
     let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -103,6 +120,37 @@ fn load_all_returns_empty_when_directory_missing() {
     assert!(store.load_all().unwrap().is_empty());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn sidecar_missing_view_key_reads_as_terminal() {
+    // A pre-#133 sidecar on disk has no `view` field at all.
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+
+    let mut value = serde_json::to_value(sample(id)).unwrap();
+    value.as_object_mut().unwrap().remove("view");
+    std::fs::write(store.path_for(id), serde_json::to_vec(&value).unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+    let loaded = store.read(id).expect("read").expect("present");
+    assert_eq!(loaded.view, SessionView::Terminal);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn sidecar_structured_view_round_trips() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let mut s = sample(id);
+    s.view = SessionView::Structured;
+
+    store.write(&s).expect("write");
+    let loaded = store.read(id).expect("read");
+    assert_eq!(
+        loaded.as_ref().map(|s| s.view),
+        Some(SessionView::Structured)
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn write_creates_parent_directory() {
     let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -113,3 +161,237 @@ fn write_creates_parent_directory() {
     assert!(nested.exists());
     assert!(store.path_for(s.id).exists());
 }
+
+// ---- per-session event log (#135) ----
+
+use maestro_acp::schema::{ContentBlock, SessionNotification, SessionUpdate, TextContent};
+use maestro_daemon::sidecar::EventCursor;
+
+fn note(text: &str) -> SessionNotification {
+    SessionNotification::new(
+        "acp-1",
+        SessionUpdate::AgentMessageChunk(maestro_acp::schema::ContentChunk::new(
+            ContentBlock::Text(TextContent::new(text)),
+        )),
+    )
+}
+
+fn text_of(n: &SessionNotification) -> &str {
+    match &n.update {
+        SessionUpdate::AgentMessageChunk(chunk) => match &chunk.content {
+            ContentBlock::Text(t) => &t.text,
+            other => panic!("unexpected content {other:?}"),
+        },
+        other => panic!("unexpected update {other:?}"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn event_text(event: &maestro_daemon::sidecar::LoggedEvent) -> &str {
+    let maestro_daemon::sidecar::PersistedEvent::Notification(notification) = &event.event else {
+        panic!("expected ACP notification")
+    };
+    text_of(notification)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn append_assigns_line_position_as_seq_and_reads_back() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).expect("open");
+    assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("a")).unwrap(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("b")).unwrap(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("c")).unwrap(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 3);
+
+    let path = store.events_path_for(id);
+    assert!(path.ends_with(format!("{id}.events.jsonl")), "{path:?}");
+    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(raw.lines().count(), 3, "one object per line:\n{raw}");
+    for line in raw.lines() {
+        let v: Value = serde_json::from_str(line).expect("each line is one JSON object");
+        assert_eq!(v["sessionId"], "acp-1");
+    }
+
+    let all = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 100).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(all.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![1, 2, 3]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        all.iter().map(event_text).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        vec!["a", "b", "c"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn since_reads_forward_and_before_reads_backward_with_limit() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    for i in 1..=6 {
+        log.append(note(&format!("n{i}"))).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    // `since` is exclusive: what a client that already holds seq 2 needs.
+    let fwd = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(2), 3).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(fwd.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![3, 4, 5]);
+    // Past the end: nothing, not an error.
+    assert!(store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(6), 3)
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_empty());
+
+    // `before` is exclusive and pages backward: the `limit` events closest
+    // to the cursor, still in ascending seq order.
+    let back = store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(Some(5)), 2)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(back.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![3, 4]);
+    // No cursor: the tail of the log, for a first paint.
+    let tail = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(None), 2).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tail.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![5, 6]);
+    // Paging past the start runs out cleanly.
+    let start = store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(Some(2)), 10)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(start.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![1]);
+    assert!(store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(Some(1)), 10)
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn missing_log_reads_as_empty() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    assert!(store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 10)
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_empty());
+    assert!(store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(None), 10)
+        .unwrap()
+        .is_empty());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn malformed_lines_are_skipped_but_keep_their_seq() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    log.append(note("first")).unwrap();
+    drop(log);
+
+    // Garbage in the middle and a line that is JSON but not a notification.
+    let path = store.events_path_for(id);
+    let mut raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
+    raw.push_str("{not json\n");
+    raw.push_str("{\"unrelated\": true}\n");
+    std::fs::write(&path, raw).unwrap();
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 3);
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("fourth")).unwrap(), 4);
+
+    let all = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 10).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(all.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![1, 4]);
+    assert_eq!(event_text(&all[1]), "fourth");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn truncated_last_line_still_opens_and_the_next_append_starts_a_fresh_line() {
+    // A hard kill mid-write leaves a partial line with no newline.
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    log.append(note("whole")).unwrap();
+    drop(log);
+
+    let path = store.events_path_for(id);
+    let mut raw = std::fs::read(&path).unwrap();
+    raw.extend_from_slice(br#"{"sessionId":"acp-1","update":{"sessionUpd"#);
+    std::fs::write(&path, &raw).unwrap();
+
+    // Reads: the partial line is skipped, nothing else is lost.
+    let all = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 10).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(all.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![1]);
+
+    // Reopening terminates the partial line so the next append does not
+    // glue onto it; the partial keeps a seq of its own.
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(log.last_seq(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("after")).unwrap(), 3);
+    let all = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 10).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(all.iter().map(|e| e.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![1, 3]);
+    assert_eq!(event_text(&all[1]), "after");
+    let raw = std::fs::read_to_string(&path).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(raw.lines().count(), 3, "{raw}");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn delete_removes_the_event_log_and_load_all_ignores_it() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    store.write(&sample(id)).unwrap();
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    log.append(note("x")).unwrap();
+    drop(log);
+    let legacy_approvals = dir.path().join(format!("{id}.approvals.jsonl"));
+    std::fs::write(&legacy_approvals, b"obsolete").unwrap();
+    assert!(store.events_path_for(id).exists());
+
+    let loaded = store.load_all().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(loaded.len(), 1, "the .jsonl must not be read as a sidecar");
+
+    store.delete(id).unwrap();
+    assert!(!store.path_for(id).exists());
+    assert!(!store.events_path_for(id).exists());
+    assert!(!legacy_approvals.exists());
+    // Idempotent with the log already gone.
+    store.delete(id).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn approval_rows_share_event_cursors_with_legacy_acp_lines() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let store = SidecarStore::new(dir.path());
+    let id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let legacy = serde_json::to_vec(&note("before")).unwrap();
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(dir.path()).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(store.events_path_for(id), [legacy, b"\n".to_vec()].concat()).unwrap();
+
+    let mut log = store.open_events(id).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        log.append(PersistedEvent::Approval {
+            row: TranscriptRow {
+                id: "approval:secret".into(),
+                kind: TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+                data: serde_json::json!({"tool": "bash"}),
+            },
+        })
+        .unwrap(),
+        2
+    );
+    assert_eq!(log.append(note("after")).unwrap(), 3);
+
+    let all = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(0), 10).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        all.iter().map(|event| event.seq).collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+        [1, 2, 3]
+    );
+    assert!(matches!(all[1].event, PersistedEvent::Approval { .. }));
+    assert_eq!(event_text(&all[0]), "before");
+    assert_eq!(event_text(&all[2]), "after");
+
+    let since = store.read_events(id, EventCursor::Since(1), 1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(since[0].seq, 2);
+    let before = store
+        .read_events(id, EventCursor::Before(Some(3)), 1)
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(before[0].seq, 2);
+}

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/web_ui.rs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ async fn spawn() -> Harness {
         "/home/test",
         maestro_config::SpawnSection::default().resolve().unwrap(),
         std::sync::Arc::new(maestro_daemon::projects::ProjectScanner::disabled()),
+        maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER,
     ));
     let listener = TcpListener::bind(SocketAddr::from((Ipv4Addr::LOCALHOST, 0)))
         .await

crates/maestro-daemon/tests/worktree.rs

@@ -405,13 +405,17 @@ fn run_git(dir: &std::path::Path, args: &[&str]) {
     );
 }
 
+/// `git worktree add -b` alone fails outright when the branch already exists,
+/// even with the target directory free — a random handle commonly collides
+/// with one an earlier, already-removed worktree left behind. `add_new`
+/// sidesteps it on the branch name itself instead of erroring (#77).
 #[test]
-fn add_fails_when_branch_already_exists() {
+fn add_new_suffixes_branch_name_on_branch_collision() {
     let repo_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
     let repo = repo_dir.path().to_path_buf();
     init_repo(&repo);
 
-    // pre-create the branch
+    // pre-create the branch, unused by any worktree.
     let status = Command::new("git")
         .arg("-C")
         .arg(&repo)
@@ -423,9 +427,17 @@ fn add_fails_when_branch_already_exists() {
     let wt_root = TempDir::new().unwrap();
     let mgr = WorktreeManager::new(Some(wt_root.path().to_path_buf()));
 
-    let err = mgr.add_new(&repo, "feat/dup").unwrap_err();
-    let msg = format!("{err}");
-    assert!(msg.contains("git exited"), "{msg}");
+    let path = mgr
+        .add_new(&repo, "feat/dup")
+        .expect("sidesteps the branch collision");
+    assert!(path.ends_with("feat/dup-2"), "{}", path.display());
+    assert!(path.exists());
+
+    // The pre-existing branch is untouched; the new worktree checked out the
+    // suffixed one instead of erroring or adopting `feat/dup`.
+    let branches = worktree_branches(&repo);
+    assert!(branches.contains(&"feat/dup-2".to_string()), "{branches:?}");
+    assert!(!branches.contains(&"feat/dup".to_string()), "{branches:?}");
 }
 
 /// The project picker lists linked worktrees as pickable rows, so `base_repo`

crates/maestro-e2e/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 chrono.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
+libc.workspace = true
 maestro-protocol = { workspace = true, features = ["client"] }
 maestro-testing.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true

crates/maestro-e2e/src/daemon.rs

@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ impl Daemon {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Send the daemon the same SIGTERM systemd uses, without waiting for its
+    /// graceful HTTP shutdown to finish.
+    pub fn send_sigterm(&self) {
+        let child = self.child.as_ref().expect("daemon is running");
+        let result = unsafe { libc::kill(child.id() as libc::pid_t, libc::SIGTERM) };
+        assert_eq!(result, 0, "send SIGTERM to daemon");
+    }
+
     /// Re-spawn the daemon on the same port + state. The previous tmux
     /// server (under `TMUX_TMPDIR`) is left running so `recover()` can adopt
     /// its sessions.

crates/maestro-e2e/tests/e2e.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use maestro_e2e::util::wait_for_async;
 use maestro_e2e::{Daemon, TestClient};
-use maestro_protocol::{CreateSessionRequest, WorktreeSpec};
+use maestro_protocol::{CreateSessionRequest, SessionStatus, SessionView, WorktreeSpec};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
 
@@ -27,14 +27,71 @@ async fn bring_up() -> (Daemon, TestClient) {
 
 fn create_req(cwd: &std::path::Path, command: &str) -> CreateSessionRequest {
     CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: cwd.to_path_buf(),
         command: command.into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: None,
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
+struct FakeAcp {
+    _dir: TempDir,
+    env: HashMap<String, String>,
+}
+
+fn fake_acp(log: &std::path::Path) -> FakeAcp {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("fake adapter dir");
+    let adapter = dir.path().join("claude-code-acp");
+    std::fs::copy(
+        concat!(
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "/../maestro-acp/tests/fake_acp_agent.py"
+        ),
+        &adapter,
+    )
+    .expect("copy fake adapter");
+    let mut permissions = std::fs::metadata(&adapter)
+        .expect("adapter metadata")
+        .permissions();
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
+        permissions.set_mode(0o755);
+    }
+    std::fs::set_permissions(&adapter, permissions).expect("make fake adapter executable");
+    let env = HashMap::from([
+        (
+            "PATH".into(),
+            format!(
+                "{}:{}",
+                dir.path().display(),
+                std::env::var("PATH").unwrap_or_default()
+            ),
+        ),
+        ("FAKE_ACP_LOG".into(), log.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+    ]);
+    FakeAcp { _dir: dir, env }
+}
+
+fn fake_acp_pid(log: &std::path::Path) -> Option<u32> {
+    std::fs::read_to_string(log).ok()?.lines().find_map(|line| {
+        line.strip_prefix("start pid=")?
+            .split(' ')
+            .next()?
+            .parse()
+            .ok()
+    })
+}
+
+fn pid_alive(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    std::fs::read_to_string(format!("/proc/{pid}/stat"))
+        .map(|stat| !stat.contains(") Z "))
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
 /// A worktree spec built through its wire shape. The daemon and clients ship
 /// together (#87 dropped `cleanup_on_kill` from the struct), so the JSON
 /// object carries only the fields the lifecycle actually honours.
@@ -49,11 +106,13 @@ fn worktree_spec(base_repo: &std::path::Path, branch: &str, create_branch: bool)
 /// Spawn request carrying a worktree spec against `base`.
 fn worktree_req(base: &std::path::Path, branch: &str, create_branch: bool) -> CreateSessionRequest {
     CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: base.to_path_buf(),
         command: "sleep 30".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: Some(worktree_spec(base, branch, create_branch)),
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
@@ -143,11 +202,13 @@ async fn kill_removes_clean_worktree() {
     init_repo(base.path());
 
     let req = CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: base.path().to_path_buf(),
         command: "sleep 30".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: Some(worktree_spec(base.path(), "feature/e2e", true)),
+        auto_approve: false,
     };
 
     let s = client.spawn_session(&req).await.expect("spawn worktree");
@@ -196,11 +257,13 @@ async fn kill_refuses_worktree_with_uncommitted_changes() {
         .join("unsaved");
 
     let req = CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: base.path().to_path_buf(),
         command: "sleep 30".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: Some(worktree_spec(base.path(), "feature/unsaved", true)),
+        auto_approve: false,
     };
 
     let s = client.spawn_session(&req).await.expect("spawn worktree");
@@ -254,11 +317,13 @@ async fn spawn_on_existing_branch_checks_it_out() {
     run_git(&["branch", "feature/existing"], base.path());
 
     let req = CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: base.path().to_path_buf(),
         command: "sleep 30".into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: Some(worktree_spec(base.path(), "feature/existing", false)),
+        auto_approve: false,
     };
 
     let s = client
@@ -323,10 +388,11 @@ async fn spawn_new_branch_creates_worktree_and_runs_in_it() {
     client.kill_session(s.id).await.expect("kill");
 }
 
-/// #66: a second spawn onto a branch that already has a worktree is rejected
-/// with a structured worktree error; the first worktree stays intact.
+/// #66/#77: a second spawn onto the same branch used to be rejected outright;
+/// since the branch-collision suffixing landed, it succeeds instead — the
+/// second worktree lands on `<branch>-2` and the first stays untouched.
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
-async fn second_spawn_on_same_branch_is_rejected() {
+async fn second_spawn_on_same_branch_gets_suffixed() {
     let (_daemon, client) = bring_up().await;
 
     let base = TempDir::new().unwrap();
@@ -336,28 +402,33 @@ async fn second_spawn_on_same_branch_is_rejected() {
         .spawn_session(&worktree_req(base.path(), "feature/dup", true))
         .await
         .expect("first spawn");
-    let dup = client
+    let second = client
         .spawn_session(&worktree_req(base.path(), "feature/dup", true))
-        .await;
-    match dup {
-        Err(maestro_e2e::ClientError::Api(maestro_protocol::ClientError::Api { info, .. })) => {
-            assert_eq!(
-                info.code, "worktree_failed",
-                "expected worktree error: {info:?}"
-            );
-        }
-        other => panic!("expected rejection for duplicate branch, got {other:?}"),
-    }
+        .await
+        .expect("second spawn suffixes instead of rejecting");
 
-    // Exactly one registration, one directory, still usable.
-    // Count branch records only: the worktree path now contains the branch
-    // name too (`worktrees/feature/dup`), so a substring match over every line
-    // would count the same tree twice.
-    let holders = git_worktree_list(base.path())
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|w| w.as_str() == "branch refs/heads/feature/dup")
-        .count();
-    assert_eq!(holders, 1, "duplicate spawn must not register another tree");
+    let suffixed = base.path().join("worktrees").join("feature").join("dup-2");
+    assert_eq!(
+        second.cwd, suffixed,
+        "second worktree must land on the suffixed path"
+    );
+    assert!(suffixed.is_dir());
+
+    // Both registrations exist: the original branch, untouched, and the
+    // suffixed one the second spawn created.
+    let registrations = git_worktree_list(base.path());
+    assert!(
+        registrations
+            .iter()
+            .any(|l| l.as_str() == "branch refs/heads/feature/dup"),
+        "original branch must stay registered: {registrations:?}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        registrations
+            .iter()
+            .any(|l| l.as_str() == "branch refs/heads/feature/dup-2"),
+        "suffixed branch must be registered too: {registrations:?}"
+    );
     assert!(
         base.path()
             .join("worktrees")
@@ -368,7 +439,8 @@ async fn second_spawn_on_same_branch_is_rejected() {
     );
 
     let _origin = throwaway_origin(base.path());
-    client.kill_session(first.id).await.expect("kill");
+    client.kill_session(first.id).await.expect("kill first");
+    client.kill_session(second.id).await.expect("kill second");
 }
 
 /// #66/#56: when the client picks a *linked worktree* as base_repo, placement
@@ -497,6 +569,57 @@ async fn occupied_path_gets_suffixed_directory_and_both_worktrees_work() {
     );
 }
 
+/// A random handle can reuse the name of a branch left behind by an earlier,
+/// already-removed worktree — `git worktree add -b` refuses outright in that
+/// case, even though the directory is free. The daemon suffixes the branch
+/// itself (not just the directory) and both land on `-2`.
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn colliding_branch_name_gets_suffixed_too() {
+    let (_daemon, client) = bring_up().await;
+
+    let base = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    init_repo(base.path());
+
+    // No worktree directory in the way, but the branch already exists.
+    run_git(&["branch", "handle"], base.path());
+
+    let s = client
+        .spawn_session(&worktree_req(base.path(), "handle", true))
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn onto a taken branch name");
+
+    let suffixed = base.path().join("worktrees").join("handle-2");
+    assert_eq!(
+        s.cwd, suffixed,
+        "the directory must follow the suffixed branch name"
+    );
+    assert!(suffixed.is_dir());
+
+    let registrations = git_worktree_list(base.path());
+    assert!(
+        registrations.iter().any(|l| l.contains("handle-2")),
+        "the -2 branch's worktree must be registered: {registrations:?}"
+    );
+
+    let branches = String::from_utf8(
+        std::process::Command::new("git")
+            .arg("-C")
+            .arg(base.path())
+            .args(["branch", "--list"])
+            .output()
+            .unwrap()
+            .stdout,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        branches.contains("handle-2"),
+        "the branch itself must be named handle-2: {branches}"
+    );
+
+    let _origin = throwaway_origin(base.path());
+    client.kill_session(s.id).await.expect("kill");
+}
+
 /// #77/#88: the target path holds a plain directory the daemon never made and
 /// git has never heard of. The daemon neither adopts it nor errors — it builds
 /// beside it and leaves every byte of it alone.
@@ -703,11 +826,13 @@ async fn natural_exit_settles_dirty_and_pristine_worktrees_differently() {
 
     let _dirty = client
         .spawn_session(&CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: dirty_repo.path().to_path_buf(),
             command: "sh -c 'echo unsaved > scratch.txt'".into(),
             env: HashMap::new(),
             metadata: HashMap::new(),
             worktree: Some(worktree_spec(dirty_repo.path(), "feature/messy", true)),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
         .await
         .expect("spawn dirty");
@@ -751,11 +876,13 @@ async fn natural_exit_settles_dirty_and_pristine_worktrees_differently() {
 
 fn create_req_cmd(cwd: &std::path::Path, command: &str, branch: &str) -> CreateSessionRequest {
     CreateSessionRequest {
+        view: Default::default(),
         cwd: cwd.to_path_buf(),
         command: command.into(),
         env: HashMap::new(),
         metadata: HashMap::new(),
         worktree: Some(worktree_spec(cwd, branch, true)),
+        auto_approve: false,
     }
 }
 
@@ -934,6 +1061,67 @@ async fn daemon_restart_recovers_session() {
     client.kill_session(s.id).await.expect("kill");
 }
 
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn sigterm_stops_structured_child_before_events_ws_drains() {
+    let (mut daemon, client) = bring_up().await;
+    let cwd = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let log = cwd.path().join("fake-acp.log");
+    let fake = fake_acp(&log);
+    let session = client
+        .spawn_session(&CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: SessionView::Structured,
+            cwd: cwd.path().to_path_buf(),
+            command: "claude".into(),
+            env: fake.env.clone(),
+            metadata: HashMap::new(),
+            worktree: None,
+            auto_approve: false,
+        })
+        .await
+        .expect("spawn structured session");
+    let ws_url = daemon.client().events_url().expect("events URL");
+    let (_events_ws, _) = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(ws_url)
+        .await
+        .expect("events WS handshake");
+    wait_for_async("fake ACP starts", Duration::from_secs(5), || {
+        let log = log.clone();
+        async move { fake_acp_pid(&log).is_some() }
+    })
+    .await;
+    let pid = fake_acp_pid(&log).expect("fake ACP pid");
+
+    daemon.send_sigterm();
+
+    wait_for_async(
+        "fake ACP exits after SIGTERM",
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+        || async { !pid_alive(pid) },
+    )
+    .await;
+    let sidecar_path = daemon
+        .state_dir()
+        .join("sessions")
+        .join(format!("{}.json", session.id));
+    wait_for_async(
+        "dead structured session sidecar",
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+        || {
+            let sidecar_path = sidecar_path.clone();
+            async move {
+                std::fs::read(&sidecar_path)
+                    .ok()
+                    .and_then(|json| {
+                        serde_json::from_slice::<maestro_protocol::Session>(&json).ok()
+                    })
+                    .is_some_and(|saved| saved.status == SessionStatus::Dead)
+            }
+        },
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    daemon.stop();
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn concurrent_spawns_each_get_unique_ids() {
     let (_daemon, client) = bring_up().await;

crates/maestro-hooks/src/lib.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Claude Code activity hook (#106).
+//! Agent activity hook (#106).
 //!
 //! Two halves, both shared by the `maestro hooks install` CLI subcommand and
 //! the daemon's first-start auto-install:
@@ -6,28 +6,40 @@
 //! * [`HOOK_SCRIPT`] — the hook itself, written to disk at install time. It
 //!   posts an [`ActivityState`](maestro-protocol) to
 //!   `$MAESTRO_URL/api/sessions/$MAESTRO_SESSION_ID/activity` (#105). The same
-//!   global hook runs in every Claude Code session on the machine, so it exits
+//!   global hook runs in every agent session on the machine, so it exits
 //!   0 and silently when either #103 env var is unset, and it never lets a
 //!   daemon failure escape (short curl timeout, status ignored).
-//! * [`install`] — idempotent registration of that script in
-//!   `~/.claude/settings.json`. Only entries maestro itself wrote (identified
-//!   by [`HOOK_MARKER`]) are touched; every other hook and every other field
-//!   in the file is preserved verbatim.
+//! * [`install`] — idempotent registration of that script in one [`Target`]'s
+//!   hook file. Only entries maestro itself wrote (identified by
+//!   [`HOOK_MARKER`]) are touched; every other hook and every other field in
+//!   the file is preserved verbatim.
+//!
+//! One script serves every [`Target`]: Claude Code and Codex read the same
+//! `{"hooks": {Event: [{"hooks": [{"type": "command", "command": …}]}]}}`
+//! shape and hand the hook the same JSON on stdin. Only the file's location
+//! and the event set differ.
 
 use std::path::Path;
 
 /// Marker substring every maestro-installed hook command carries. The
 /// installer rewrites or removes exactly these entries — nothing else in the
 /// user's settings file.
+///
+/// It still says `claude` although the script now serves every [`Target`]:
+/// the marker is how an install from an older maestro is recognised, and
+/// renaming it would orphan every entry already on disk.
 pub const HOOK_MARKER: &str = "maestro-claude-hook";
 
-/// File name of the installed script (carries [`HOOK_MARKER`]).
+/// File name of the installed script (carries [`HOOK_MARKER`]). One script
+/// for every [`Target`] — see the note on [`HOOK_MARKER`] for the name.
 pub const SCRIPT_FILE_NAME: &str = "maestro-claude-hook.sh";
 
-/// Hook events installed only with the `haiku-autoname` feature (#131).
-/// `UserPromptSubmit` carries the prompt the user just submitted; the script
-/// forwards the whole payload to `/api/sessions/:id/prompt`, which names a
-/// still-provisionally-named session after its first one.
+/// Hook events installed only with the `haiku-autoname` feature (#131), for
+/// every [`Target`] — Claude Code and Codex both spell the event
+/// `UserPromptSubmit` and both put the submitted text in the payload's
+/// `prompt`. The script forwards the whole payload to
+/// `/api/sessions/:id/prompt`, which names a still-provisionally-named
+/// session after its first one.
 #[cfg(feature = "haiku-autoname")]
 pub const PROMPT_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 1] = [("UserPromptSubmit", "Prompt")];
 
@@ -43,7 +55,7 @@ pub const PROMPT_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 0] = [];
 /// Claude Code's own name for "the turn ended on an API error"; there is no
 /// failure signal in `Stop` or `SessionEnd` payloads, so those never report
 /// `Error`.
-pub const HOOK_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 5] = [
+pub const CLAUDE_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 5] = [
     // Tool starting: the agent is demonstrably producing work, even if the
     // tool itself runs for minutes.
     ("PreToolUse", "Active"),
@@ -58,17 +70,86 @@ pub const HOOK_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 5] = [
     ("StopFailure", "Error"),
 ];
 
+/// Codex hook event → `ActivityState` spelling posted to the daemon.
+///
+/// Codex's event set is close to Claude Code's but not identical: a pending
+/// approval arrives as `PermissionRequest` rather than `Notification`, and
+/// there is no `StopFailure`, so a codex session never reports `Error`.
+pub const CODEX_EVENTS: [(&str, &str); 4] = [
+    ("PreToolUse", "Active"),
+    ("PostToolUse", "Active"),
+    // Codex is blocked on the operator approving a tool call.
+    ("PermissionRequest", "AwaitingInput"),
+    ("Stop", "AwaitingInput"),
+];
+
+/// An agent whose hook file maestro writes into.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Target {
+    /// `~/.claude/settings.json`.
+    ClaudeCode,
+    /// `~/.codex/hooks.json`. Codex asks the operator to trust a hook it has
+    /// not seen before, so an install here does nothing until they approve it
+    /// once inside codex — maestro never writes that approval itself.
+    Codex,
+}
+
+impl Target {
+    /// Every target an install covers. Both files are written whether or not
+    /// the agent is on the machine: an unused hook file costs nothing, and
+    /// the alternative is a session spawned after the daemon started missing
+    /// the hook because its agent arrived later.
+    pub const ALL: [Target; 2] = [Target::ClaudeCode, Target::Codex];
+
+    /// How the target is named in logs and CLI output.
+    pub fn label(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Target::ClaudeCode => "claude-code",
+            Target::Codex => "codex",
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The file this target's hook entries are registered in, under `home`.
+    pub fn settings_path(self, home: &Path) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        match self {
+            Target::ClaudeCode => home.join(".claude/settings.json"),
+            Target::Codex => home.join(".codex/hooks.json"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The activity events this target emits.
+    pub fn activity_events(self) -> &'static [(&'static str, &'static str)] {
+        match self {
+            Target::ClaudeCode => &CLAUDE_EVENTS,
+            Target::Codex => &CODEX_EVENTS,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Every event installed for this target: its activity events plus, with
+    /// `haiku-autoname` on, the prompt event both agents spell the same way.
+    pub fn events(self) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&'static str, &'static str)> {
+        self.activity_events()
+            .iter()
+            .chain(PROMPT_EVENTS.iter())
+            .copied()
+    }
+}
+
 /// The shipped hook script. POSIX sh so any `/bin/sh` works.
 pub const HOOK_SCRIPT: &str = r#"#!/bin/sh
-# Installed by maestro (#106): report Claude Code activity to its daemon.
-# Exits silently unless running inside a session maestro spawned (#103 env).
+# Installed by maestro (#106): report agent activity to its daemon.
+# One script for every agent maestro installs hooks into; the state to post
+# is chosen by the caller, so the two event sets differ only in what is
+# registered where. Exits silently unless running inside a session maestro
+# spawned (#103 env).
 # Event -> ActivityState mapping:
-#   PreToolUse    -> Active         (tool started; agent is working)
-#   PostToolUse   -> Active         (tool finished)
-#   Notification  -> AwaitingInput  (permission / idle notice)
-#   Stop          -> AwaitingInput  (turn ended; waiting on the user)
-#   StopFailure   -> Error          (turn ended on an API error)
-#   Prompt        -> the payload is forwarded to the prompt route (#131)
+#   PreToolUse         -> Active         (tool started; agent is working)
+#   PostToolUse        -> Active         (tool finished)
+#   Notification       -> AwaitingInput  (claude code: permission / idle)
+#   PermissionRequest  -> AwaitingInput  (codex: waiting on an approval)
+#   Stop               -> AwaitingInput  (turn ended; waiting on the user)
+#   StopFailure        -> Error          (claude code: turn ended on an error)
+#   Prompt             -> the payload is forwarded to the prompt route (#131)
 state="$1"
 [ -n "$MAESTRO_SESSION_ID" ] || exit 0
 [ -n "$MAESTRO_URL" ] || exit 0
@@ -115,34 +196,29 @@ pub fn script_path(home: &Path) -> std::path::PathBuf {
     home.join(".local/share/maestro").join(SCRIPT_FILE_NAME)
 }
 
-/// The user-level Claude Code settings file for a given home directory.
-pub fn settings_path(home: &Path) -> std::path::PathBuf {
-    home.join(".claude/settings.json")
-}
-
-/// Whether `settings_path` already carries a maestro hook (#106). Presence
-/// only: an install from an older release answers `true` even when it is
-/// missing events this build ships — see [`is_current`].
+/// Whether the file at `settings_path` already carries a maestro hook
+/// (#106). Presence only: an install from an older release answers `true`
+/// even when it is missing events this build ships — see [`is_current`].
 pub fn is_installed(settings_path: &Path) -> bool {
     settings_json(settings_path)
         .map(|root| find_maestro_commands(&root).next().is_some())
         .unwrap_or(false)
 }
 
-/// Whether what is on disk is what this build ships: the script at
-/// `script_path` byte-for-byte, and exactly one settings entry per event in
-/// [`HOOK_EVENTS`] and [`PROMPT_EVENTS`], pointing at that script.
+/// Whether what is on disk is what this build ships for `target`: the script
+/// at `script_path` byte-for-byte, and exactly one settings entry per one of
+/// the target's [`Target::events`], pointing at that script.
 ///
-/// This is the upgrade question. A maestro that gains an event — #131 added
-/// `UserPromptSubmit` long after #106 had installed itself — leaves every
-/// existing user with a present but incomplete install, which
-/// [`is_installed`] cannot tell apart from a current one.
-pub fn is_current(settings_path: &Path, script_path: &Path) -> bool {
+/// This is the upgrade question, asked per [`Target`]. A maestro that gains
+/// an event — #131 added `UserPromptSubmit` long after #106 had installed
+/// itself — leaves every existing user with a present but incomplete
+/// install, which [`is_installed`] cannot tell apart from a current one.
+pub fn is_current(target: Target, settings_path: &Path, script_path: &Path) -> bool {
     if std::fs::read_to_string(script_path).ok().as_deref() != Some(HOOK_SCRIPT) {
         return false;
     }
     settings_json(settings_path)
-        .map(|root| maestro_entries(&root) == expected_entries(script_path))
+        .map(|root| maestro_entries(&root) == expected_entries(target, script_path))
         .unwrap_or(false)
 }
 
@@ -173,14 +249,13 @@ fn maestro_entries(root: &serde_json::Value) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
     found
 }
 
-/// What [`install`] writes for `script_path`, in the same shape.
-fn expected_entries(script_path: &Path) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
-    let mut want: Vec<(String, String)> = HOOK_EVENTS
-        .iter()
-        .chain(PROMPT_EVENTS.iter())
+/// What [`install`] writes for `target` and `script_path`, in the same shape.
+fn expected_entries(target: Target, script_path: &Path) -> Vec<(String, String)> {
+    let mut want: Vec<(String, String)> = target
+        .events()
         .map(|(event, state)| {
             (
-                (*event).to_string(),
+                event.to_string(),
                 format!("{} {state}", script_path.display()),
             )
         })
@@ -207,28 +282,40 @@ pub fn write_script(path: &Path) -> Result<(), HooksError> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Install the full hook setup for `home`: write the script under
-/// `.local/share/maestro/` and register it in `.claude/settings.json`.
+/// Install the full hook setup for one target under `home`: write the script
+/// under `.local/share/maestro/` and register it in the target's hook file.
 /// Idempotent; returns whether anything changed on disk.
-pub fn install_for_home(home: &Path) -> Result<bool, HooksError> {
+pub fn install_target(target: Target, home: &Path) -> Result<bool, HooksError> {
     let script = script_path(home);
-    let settings = settings_path(home);
+    let settings = target.settings_path(home);
     // A script left over from an older release counts as a change even when
     // the settings entries pointing at it are already right.
-    let changed = !is_current(&settings, &script);
+    let changed = !is_current(target, &settings, &script);
     write_script(&script)?;
-    install(&settings, &script)?;
+    install(target, &settings, &script)?;
     Ok(changed)
 }
 
-/// Register the hook command for every event in [`HOOK_EVENTS`] in the
-/// settings file at `settings_path`. Idempotent: existing maestro entries are
-/// updated in place wherever they sit, stale ones removed, duplicates folded;
-/// every non-maestro entry and every unrelated top-level field survives.
+/// Install for every [`Target::ALL`], reporting each one separately. One
+/// target failing — an unwritable file, unparseable JSON — never stops the
+/// others: an agent whose hook could not be written is one agent without
+/// activity reporting, not a failed install.
+pub fn install_for_home(home: &Path) -> Vec<(Target, Result<bool, HooksError>)> {
+    Target::ALL
+        .iter()
+        .map(|&target| (target, install_target(target, home)))
+        .collect()
+}
+
+/// Register the hook command for every one of `target`'s [`Target::events`]
+/// in the settings file at `settings_path`. Idempotent: existing maestro
+/// entries are updated in place wherever they sit, stale ones removed,
+/// duplicates folded; every non-maestro entry and every unrelated top-level
+/// field survives.
 ///
 /// Never inspects or writes anywhere but `settings_path` — callers pass the
 /// user's real home or a temp one in tests, never a repository.
-pub fn install(settings_path: &Path, script_path: &Path) -> Result<(), HooksError> {
+pub fn install(target: Target, settings_path: &Path, script_path: &Path) -> Result<(), HooksError> {
     let mut root = settings_json(settings_path)?;
 
     // Strip every maestro entry wherever it currently sits, so an older
@@ -236,7 +323,7 @@ pub fn install(settings_path: &Path, script_path: &Path) -> Result<(), HooksErro
     strip_maestro_entries(&mut root);
 
     let hooks = ensure_object(&mut root, "hooks");
-    for (event, state) in HOOK_EVENTS.iter().chain(PROMPT_EVENTS.iter()).copied() {
+    for (event, state) in target.events() {
         let groups = ensure_array(hooks, event);
         let mut group = serde_json::Map::new();
         group.insert(

crates/maestro-hooks/src/tests.rs

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 //! Tests for the shipped hook script (run as a real `/bin/sh` subprocess)
 //! and the settings-file installer. Everything happens under a temp `$HOME`;
-//! the developer's own `~/.claude/settings.json` is never touched.
+//! the developer's own `~/.claude/settings.json` and `~/.codex/hooks.json`
+//! are never touched.
 
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
 use super::*;
 
-/// How many commands one install writes: every activity event, plus the
-/// prompt event when `haiku-autoname` is on (#131).
-const INSTALLED_EVENTS: usize = HOOK_EVENTS.len() + PROMPT_EVENTS.len();
+/// How many commands one install writes for a target: its activity events,
+/// plus the prompt event when `haiku-autoname` is on (#131).
+fn installed_events(target: Target) -> usize {
+    target.events().count()
+}
+
+/// The Claude Code hook file under a temp home. Most installer tests only
+/// need one target, and this is the one they were written against.
+fn settings_path(home: &Path) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+    Target::ClaudeCode.settings_path(home)
+}
 
 fn sh(script: &str, args: &[&str], envs: &[(&str, &str)], payload: &[u8]) -> std::process::Output {
     let mut cmd = Command::new("/bin/sh");
@@ -70,7 +79,7 @@ fn owned_envs<'a>(envs: &'a [(&'static str, String)]) -> Vec<(&'static str, &'a
 /// exit 0, no output, stdin drained.
 #[test]
 fn script_exits_silently_without_maestro_env() {
-    for (event, _) in HOOK_EVENTS {
+    for (event, _) in CLAUDE_EVENTS {
         let out = sh(HOOK_SCRIPT, &[event], &[], br#"{"session_id":"x"}"#);
         assert!(out.status.success(), "{event:?}: {:?}", out.stderr);
         assert!(out.stdout.is_empty(), "{event:?}: {:?}", out.stdout);
@@ -103,7 +112,7 @@ fn script_posts_mapped_state_to_the_activity_endpoint() {
 /// Every event maps to the state the contract specifies.
 #[test]
 fn event_state_mapping_matches_the_contract() {
-    let map: std::collections::HashMap<&str, &str> = HOOK_EVENTS.into_iter().collect();
+    let map: std::collections::HashMap<&str, &str> = CLAUDE_EVENTS.into_iter().collect();
     assert_eq!(map["PreToolUse"], "Active");
     assert_eq!(map["PostToolUse"], "Active");
     assert_eq!(map["Notification"], "AwaitingInput");
@@ -203,10 +212,10 @@ fn fresh_install_registers_every_event() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
     write_script(&script_path(home)).unwrap();
-    install(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
 
     let cmds = installed_commands(&settings_path(home));
-    assert_eq!(cmds.len(), INSTALLED_EVENTS);
+    assert_eq!(cmds.len(), installed_events(Target::ClaudeCode));
     let joined = cmds.join("\n");
     assert_eq!(joined.matches("Active").count(), 2);
     assert!(joined.contains("Error"));
@@ -221,15 +230,15 @@ fn fresh_install_registers_every_event() {
 fn install_is_idempotent() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
     let once = std::fs::read_to_string(settings_path(home)).unwrap();
 
-    install(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
     let twice = std::fs::read_to_string(settings_path(home)).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(once, twice);
     assert_eq!(
         installed_commands(&settings_path(home)).len(),
-        INSTALLED_EVENTS
+        installed_events(Target::ClaudeCode)
     );
 }
 
@@ -257,12 +266,12 @@ fn install_updates_an_older_maestro_hook_in_place() {
         .path()
         .join(".local/share/maestro")
         .join(SCRIPT_FILE_NAME);
-    install(&settings, &new_script).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings, &new_script).unwrap();
 
     let cmds = installed_commands(&settings);
     assert_eq!(
         cmds.len(),
-        INSTALLED_EVENTS,
+        installed_events(Target::ClaudeCode),
         "old entry replaced, not kept: {cmds:?}"
     );
     assert!(!cmds.iter().any(|c| c == old_script));
@@ -298,7 +307,7 @@ fn install_preserves_foreign_hooks_and_removes_stale_maestro_ones() {
         .path()
         .join(".local/share/maestro")
         .join(SCRIPT_FILE_NAME);
-    install(&settings, &new_script).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings, &new_script).unwrap();
 
     let root: serde_json::Value =
         serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(&settings).unwrap()).unwrap();
@@ -311,7 +320,7 @@ fn install_preserves_foreign_hooks_and_removes_stale_maestro_ones() {
     let cmds = installed_commands(&settings);
     assert_eq!(
         cmds.iter().filter(|c| c.contains(HOOK_MARKER)).count(),
-        INSTALLED_EVENTS,
+        installed_events(Target::ClaudeCode),
         "{cmds:?}"
     );
 }
@@ -321,9 +330,15 @@ fn install_preserves_foreign_hooks_and_removes_stale_maestro_ones() {
 fn is_installed_tracks_reality() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    assert!(!is_installed(&settings_path(home)));
-    install_for_home(home).unwrap();
-    assert!(is_installed(&settings_path(home)));
+    for target in Target::ALL {
+        assert!(!is_installed(&target.settings_path(home)));
+    }
+    for (_, result) in install_for_home(home) {
+        result.unwrap();
+    }
+    for target in Target::ALL {
+        assert!(is_installed(&target.settings_path(home)));
+    }
 }
 
 /// The full home-level install leaves the script executable.
@@ -331,7 +346,9 @@ fn is_installed_tracks_reality() {
 fn install_for_home_writes_an_executable_script() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install_for_home(home).unwrap();
+    for (_, result) in install_for_home(home) {
+        result.unwrap();
+    }
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
         use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
@@ -350,7 +367,7 @@ fn install_for_home_writes_an_executable_script() {
 fn install_registers_the_prompt_event() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
 
     let root: serde_json::Value =
         serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(settings_path(home)).unwrap()).unwrap();
@@ -367,7 +384,7 @@ fn install_registers_the_prompt_event() {
 fn install_registers_no_prompt_event_without_the_feature() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
+    install(Target::ClaudeCode, &settings_path(home), &script_path(home)).unwrap();
 
     let root: serde_json::Value =
         serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(settings_path(home)).unwrap()).unwrap();
@@ -436,8 +453,12 @@ fn the_script_posts_a_prompt_payload_unchanged() {
 fn is_current_rejects_an_install_missing_an_event() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install_for_home(home).unwrap();
-    assert!(is_current(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)));
+    install_target(Target::ClaudeCode, home).unwrap();
+    assert!(is_current(
+        Target::ClaudeCode,
+        &settings_path(home),
+        &script_path(home)
+    ));
 
     // Drop one event, as an older install would have left the file.
     let mut root: serde_json::Value =
@@ -450,7 +471,11 @@ fn is_current_rejects_an_install_missing_an_event() {
     .unwrap();
 
     assert!(is_installed(&settings_path(home)));
-    assert!(!is_current(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)));
+    assert!(!is_current(
+        Target::ClaudeCode,
+        &settings_path(home),
+        &script_path(home)
+    ));
 }
 
 /// A settings file that is complete but points at a script from an older
@@ -459,9 +484,13 @@ fn is_current_rejects_an_install_missing_an_event() {
 fn is_current_rejects_a_stale_script() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    install_for_home(home).unwrap();
+    install_target(Target::ClaudeCode, home).unwrap();
     std::fs::write(script_path(home), "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n").unwrap();
-    assert!(!is_current(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)));
+    assert!(!is_current(
+        Target::ClaudeCode,
+        &settings_path(home),
+        &script_path(home)
+    ));
 }
 
 /// Nothing installed at all is not current.
@@ -469,18 +498,93 @@ fn is_current_rejects_a_stale_script() {
 fn is_current_rejects_a_missing_install() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    assert!(!is_current(&settings_path(home), &script_path(home)));
+    assert!(!is_current(
+        Target::ClaudeCode,
+        &settings_path(home),
+        &script_path(home)
+    ));
 }
 
-/// `install_for_home` reports a stale script as a change, even when the
+/// `install_target` reports a stale script as a change, even when the
 /// settings entries pointing at it already read correctly.
 #[test]
-fn install_for_home_reports_a_stale_script_as_a_change() {
+fn install_target_reports_a_stale_script_as_a_change() {
     let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
     let home = dir.path();
-    assert!(install_for_home(home).unwrap());
-    assert!(!install_for_home(home).unwrap());
+    assert!(install_target(Target::ClaudeCode, home).unwrap());
+    assert!(!install_target(Target::ClaudeCode, home).unwrap());
 
     std::fs::write(script_path(home), "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n").unwrap();
-    assert!(install_for_home(home).unwrap());
+    assert!(install_target(Target::ClaudeCode, home).unwrap());
+}
+
+/// Codex is hooked in its own file, with its own event set: the two agents
+/// share the script but not the events, so neither file carries the other's
+/// spellings (#131 follow-up — a codex session was never named because
+/// nothing installed its `UserPromptSubmit` hook).
+#[test]
+fn each_target_gets_its_own_file_and_events() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let home = dir.path();
+    for (_, result) in install_for_home(home) {
+        result.unwrap();
+    }
+
+    let claude = events_in(&Target::ClaudeCode.settings_path(home));
+    let codex = events_in(&Target::Codex.settings_path(home));
+    assert_eq!(
+        Target::Codex.settings_path(home),
+        home.join(".codex/hooks.json")
+    );
+
+    // Claude Code's failure signal has no codex equivalent, and codex's
+    // approval notice is spelled differently.
+    assert!(claude.contains(&"StopFailure".to_string()));
+    assert!(claude.contains(&"Notification".to_string()));
+    assert!(!codex.contains(&"StopFailure".to_string()));
+    assert!(!codex.contains(&"Notification".to_string()));
+    assert!(codex.contains(&"PermissionRequest".to_string()));
+
+    // Both report work and both report a finished turn.
+    for event in ["PreToolUse", "PostToolUse", "Stop"] {
+        assert!(claude.contains(&event.to_string()), "claude {event}");
+        assert!(codex.contains(&event.to_string()), "codex {event}");
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        installed_commands(&Target::Codex.settings_path(home)).len(),
+        installed_events(Target::Codex)
+    );
+}
+
+/// #131: a codex session names itself the same way a Claude Code one does —
+/// same event spelling, same script, same `Prompt` argument.
+#[cfg(feature = "haiku-autoname")]
+#[test]
+fn codex_reports_its_first_prompt_too() {
+    let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+    let home = dir.path();
+    install_target(Target::Codex, home).unwrap();
+
+    let root: serde_json::Value =
+        serde_json::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(Target::Codex.settings_path(home)).unwrap())
+            .unwrap();
+    let cmd = root["hooks"]["UserPromptSubmit"][0]["hooks"][0]["command"]
+        .as_str()
+        .unwrap()
+        .to_string();
+    assert!(cmd.ends_with(" Prompt"), "{cmd}");
+    assert!(cmd.contains(SCRIPT_FILE_NAME));
+}
+
+/// Every event name a settings file registers a maestro hook under.
+fn events_in(settings: &Path) -> Vec<String> {
+    serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&std::fs::read_to_string(settings).unwrap())
+        .unwrap()
+        .get("hooks")
+        .and_then(|h| h.as_object())
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .map(|(event, _)| event.clone())
+        .collect()
 }

crates/maestro-protocol/src/client.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::routes::{self, UrlError};
 use crate::{
     ApiError, BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonInfo, DirListing, ErrorInfo, GitRoot,
     Project, RecentDirs, RenameSessionRequest, ReportActivityRequest, SendInputRequest, Session,
-    SetFocusRequest,
+    SetFocusRequest, StructuredApprovalDecision, StructuredPromptRequest,
 };
 
 /// Time budget for establishing a TCP connection to the daemon.
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ impl DaemonClient {
         Ok(routes::attach_url(&self.base, id)?)
     }
 
+    /// `WS /api/structured/:id` URL for this daemon.
+    pub fn structured_url(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<String, ClientError> {
+        Ok(routes::structured_url(&self.base, id)?)
+    }
+
     // -- typed calls --------------------------------------------------------
 
     pub async fn list_sessions(&self) -> Result<Vec<Session>, ClientError> {
@@ -179,6 +184,57 @@ impl DaemonClient {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Send one prompt to a structured session. The daemon rejects a second
+    /// prompt while the preceding ACP turn is still active.
+    pub async fn send_structured_prompt(&self, id: Uuid, prompt: &str) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let req = StructuredPromptRequest {
+            prompt: prompt.to_string(),
+        };
+        let resp = self
+            .send(
+                Method::POST,
+                &routes::structured_prompt(id),
+                &[],
+                Some(&req),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        check(resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Cancel the structured session's active ACP turn.
+    pub async fn cancel_structured_turn(&self, id: Uuid) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let resp = self
+            .send(
+                Method::POST,
+                &routes::structured_cancel(id),
+                &[],
+                None::<&()>,
+            )
+            .await?;
+        check(resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Resolve the currently pending structured-session permission request.
+    pub async fn resolve_structured_approval(
+        &self,
+        id: Uuid,
+        nonce: &str,
+        decision: StructuredApprovalDecision,
+    ) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
+        let resp = self
+            .send(
+                Method::POST,
+                &routes::structured_approval(id, nonce),
+                &[],
+                Some(&decision),
+            )
+            .await?;
+        check(resp).await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub async fn daemon_info(&self) -> Result<DaemonInfo, ClientError> {
         self.get(routes::INFO, &[]).await
     }

crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs

@@ -166,54 +166,547 @@ pub fn merge_linear<T>(folder: TreeFolder<T>) -> TreeFolder<T> {
     cur
 }
 
-/// Command wrappers that run another program: the program is what follows.
-const WRAPPERS: [&str; 8] = [
-    "sudo", "env", "npx", "bunx", "uvx", "pnpm", "yarn", "command",
-];
-
 /// The program a command line runs, basenamed and stripped of its arguments —
 /// what a session card shows per `docs/SIDEBAR.md`, which names the program
 /// and never its flags. Leading `FOO=bar` assignments and wrappers (`sudo`,
-/// `npx`, `pnpm dlx`, …) are looked through. Mirrors the web's `splitCommand`.
+/// `npx`, `pnpm dlx`, …) are looked through, and quoting/escaping is honoured
+/// (never evaluated — no `$var`/`` `cmd` ``/`$(cmd)` expansion). A command a
+/// shell would need real grammar for (pipelines, `&&`/`;`, redirections,
+/// substitution, an unterminated quote) falls back to the naive first word
+/// rather than guessing through it (#199). Mirrors the web's `splitCommand`.
 pub fn command_program(command: &str) -> String {
-    let words: Vec<&str> = command.split_whitespace().collect();
+    match resolve(command) {
+        Some(r) => match r.words.get(r.program_index) {
+            Some(word) => basename(word).to_string(),
+            // Nothing but wrappers and assignments: say what was there
+            // rather than rendering an empty fragment.
+            None => command.trim().to_string(),
+        },
+        None => legacy_first_word(command),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Program name (already basenamed and lowercased) -> the tool id its mark
+/// stands for. Mirrors the web's `BY_PROGRAM` in `web/src/toolIcon.ts`;
+/// recognition is deliberately narrow, so an unrecognised program has no tool.
+/// `claude-code-acp` — the daemon's actual structured-session child — is
+/// deliberately absent: the daemon launches it directly and ignores
+/// `req.command`, so it is never itself a valid user-facing launch form.
+const BY_PROGRAM: [(&str, &str); 17] = [
+    ("claude", "claude"),
+    ("claude-code", "claude"),
+    ("codex", "codex"),
+    ("opencode", "opencode"),
+    ("gemini", "gemini"),
+    ("aider", "aider"),
+    ("cursor", "cursor"),
+    ("cursor-agent", "cursor"),
+    ("pi", "pi"),
+    ("bash", "shell"),
+    ("zsh", "shell"),
+    ("sh", "shell"),
+    ("fish", "shell"),
+    ("dash", "shell"),
+    ("ksh", "shell"),
+    ("nu", "shell"),
+    ("xonsh", "shell"),
+];
+
+/// The tool id a command line's icon stands for (`claude`, `codex`,
+/// `opencode`, ...), or `None` when the program is not one we have a mark for
+/// — including a command line [`resolve`] would only guess at. The command
+/// bar matches this field (`docs/COMMAND-BAR.md`), so it must name the same
+/// tools the web's `splitCommand().tool` does.
+pub fn command_tool(command: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
+    let r = resolve(command)?;
+    let program = basename(r.words.get(r.program_index)?).to_lowercase();
+    BY_PROGRAM
+        .iter()
+        .find(|(name, _)| *name == program)
+        .map(|(_, tool)| *tool)
+}
+
+/// Whether a command line resolves to an agent Maestro can run as a
+/// structured (ACP) session — Claude Code or Codex, the two adapters
+/// `docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md` lists. Every client gates its structured-view
+/// control on this, and the daemon rejects a `Structured` request for
+/// anything else, so the answer has to come from one place.
+pub fn supports_structured_view(command: &str) -> bool {
+    matches!(command_tool(command), Some("claude" | "codex"))
+}
+
+/// [`resolve`]'s outcome: the tokenized command line, and the index within it
+/// of the word that is the actual program (past every assignment/wrapper it
+/// resolved through).
+struct Resolution {
+    words: Vec<String>,
+    program_index: usize,
+}
+
+/// Tokenize `command` and walk past leading `FOO=bar` assignments and known
+/// wrapper forms (interleaved in any order/count) to find the program. An
+/// assignment run is only consumed at the very start of the line or right
+/// after a wrapper whose own semantics accept one there ([`Wrapper::accepts_assignment`]) —
+/// `command FOO=1 claude` and `nohup FOO=1 claude` stop at `FOO=1` rather than
+/// skipping to `claude`, since `command`/`nohup` just exec their next argument
+/// as the program, they don't setenv from an assignment-shaped one (#199).
+/// `None` when [`tokenize`] can't safely make sense of the line at all.
+fn resolve(command: &str) -> Option<Resolution> {
+    let words = tokenize(command)?;
+    let refs: Vec<&str> = words.iter().map(|w| w.text.as_str()).collect();
     let mut i = 0;
-    while i < words.len() {
-        let word = words[i];
-        if is_env_assignment(word) {
-            i += 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-        let wrapper = basename(word).to_lowercase();
-        if WRAPPERS.contains(&wrapper.as_str()) {
-            i += 1;
-            if (wrapper == "pnpm" || wrapper == "yarn") && words.get(i) == Some(&"dlx") {
+    let mut assignment_allowed = true;
+    loop {
+        if assignment_allowed {
+            while matches!(words.get(i), Some(word) if is_env_assignment(word)) {
                 i += 1;
             }
-            continue;
         }
-        break;
+        let Some(word) = words.get(i) else { break };
+        let wrapper = basename(&word.text).to_lowercase();
+        let Some(w) = wrapper_resolver(&wrapper) else {
+            break;
+        };
+        match (w.resolve)(&refs, i) {
+            Some(next) if next > i => {
+                i = next;
+                assignment_allowed = w.accepts_assignment;
+            }
+            // Not a form of the wrapper we recognise (an unknown option, or
+            // — for `pnpm`/`yarn`/`bun` — no `dlx`/`x` subcommand behind it):
+            // the wrapper word itself is the program, not a launcher.
+            _ => break,
+        }
     }
-    match words.get(i) {
+    Some(Resolution {
+        words: words.into_iter().map(|w| w.text).collect(),
+        program_index: i,
+    })
+}
+
+/// The naive "first whitespace word, basenamed" reading used only when
+/// [`tokenize`] rejects the line outright — still something sane to show,
+/// never a wrapper/tool match to act on.
+fn legacy_first_word(command: &str) -> String {
+    match command.split_whitespace().next() {
         Some(word) => basename(word).to_string(),
-        // Nothing but wrappers and assignments: say what was there rather than
-        // rendering an empty fragment.
         None => command.trim().to_string(),
     }
 }
 
-/// `FOO=bar`, the shell's own prefix for one command's environment.
-fn is_env_assignment(word: &str) -> bool {
-    let mut chars = word.chars();
+/// One token from [`tokenize`]: its dequoted text, and — when both the name
+/// and `=` were entirely unquoted/unescaped in the source — the byte length
+/// of the name. Quoting or escaping either (`"FOO"=1`, `F\OO=1`, `FOO\=1`)
+/// makes the word an executable named `FOO=1`; quoting/escaping only the value
+/// preserves the assignment, matching Bash's assignment-word grammar (#199).
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct Word {
+    text: String,
+    plain_eq: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+/// Word-split `command` the way a shell would (honouring `'…'`, `"…"` and
+/// `\` quoting/escaping — POSIX quote *removal*, not evaluation) and return
+/// `None` the moment it needs real shell grammar this resolver doesn't
+/// attempt: a pipeline/list operator (`|`, `&`, `;`, `<`, `>`), a subshell or
+/// substitution (`(`, `)`, `` ` ``, `$(`), an unescaped newline (a command
+/// separator, like `;` — #199), or an unterminated quote/escape. Never
+/// expands `$var`/`` `cmd` ``/`$(cmd)` — a bare `$` is kept literal. A
+/// backslash immediately before a newline, quoted or not, is a line
+/// continuation: removed entirely rather than embedding the newline or
+/// ending the word (#199).
+fn tokenize(command: &str) -> Option<Vec<Word>> {
+    let mut words = Vec::new();
+    let mut current = String::new();
+    let mut has_current = false;
+    let mut plain_eq: Option<usize> = None;
+    let mut assignment_name_is_plain = true;
+    let mut chars = command.chars().peekable();
+
+    while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
+        match c {
+            ' ' | '\t' | '\r' => {
+                if has_current {
+                    words.push(Word {
+                        text: std::mem::take(&mut current),
+                        plain_eq: plain_eq.take(),
+                    });
+                    has_current = false;
+                    assignment_name_is_plain = true;
+                }
+            }
+            '\n' => return None,
+            '|' | '&' | ';' | '<' | '>' | '(' | ')' | '`' => return None,
+            '$' if chars.peek() == Some(&'(') => return None,
+            '\'' => {
+                has_current = true;
+                if plain_eq.is_none() {
+                    assignment_name_is_plain = false;
+                }
+                loop {
+                    match chars.next() {
+                        Some('\'') => break,
+                        Some(c2) => current.push(c2),
+                        None => return None, // unterminated single quote
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            '"' => {
+                has_current = true;
+                if plain_eq.is_none() {
+                    assignment_name_is_plain = false;
+                }
+                loop {
+                    match chars.next() {
+                        Some('"') => break,
+                        Some('\\') => match chars.next() {
+                            Some(c2 @ ('"' | '\\' | '$' | '`')) => current.push(c2),
+                            Some('\n') => {} // line continuation, removed entirely
+                            Some(c2) => {
+                                current.push('\\');
+                                current.push(c2);
+                            }
+                            None => return None, // trailing backslash
+                        },
+                        Some(c2) => current.push(c2),
+                        None => return None, // unterminated double quote
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            '\\' => match chars.next() {
+                Some('\n') => {} // line continuation, removed entirely
+                Some(c2) => {
+                    has_current = true;
+                    if plain_eq.is_none() {
+                        assignment_name_is_plain = false;
+                    }
+                    current.push(c2);
+                }
+                None => return None, // trailing backslash
+            },
+            other => {
+                has_current = true;
+                if other == '=' && plain_eq.is_none() && assignment_name_is_plain {
+                    plain_eq = Some(current.len());
+                }
+                current.push(other);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if has_current {
+        words.push(Word {
+            text: current,
+            plain_eq,
+        });
+    }
+    Some(words)
+}
+
+/// A wrapper's known `-`/`--` options: which take no value, and which
+/// consume either a following word or a `--flag=value` as theirs. A
+/// `-`-prefixed word this table doesn't know halts resolution rather than
+/// guessing past it (#199) — callers read that as [`OptionTable::consume`]
+/// returning `None`.
+struct OptionTable {
+    flags: &'static [&'static str],
+    valued: &'static [&'static str],
+    /// Whether this wrapper's short options may be combined (`-iv`) or take
+    /// an attached value (`-uroot`), the way real getopt-based tools do
+    /// (#199). JS-toolchain wrappers (`npx`, `pnpm`, `yarn`, bun's `x`/
+    /// `dlx`) don't get this — guessing at bundling they don't actually
+    /// support would resolve through options they'd reject outright.
+    bundles_short_options: bool,
+}
+
+impl OptionTable {
+    /// Consume this table's options starting at `words[i]`, returning the
+    /// index just past them (which may equal `i` if there are none) — or
+    /// `None` on an option this table doesn't recognise, or a valued option
+    /// missing its operand.
+    fn consume(&self, words: &[&str], mut i: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+        loop {
+            let Some(&word) = words.get(i) else {
+                return Some(i);
+            };
+            if word == "--" {
+                return Some(i + 1);
+            }
+            if word == "-" || !word.starts_with('-') {
+                return Some(i);
+            }
+            if let Some((flag, value)) = word.split_once('=') {
+                return if self.valued.contains(&flag) && !value.is_empty() {
+                    i += 1;
+                    continue;
+                } else {
+                    None
+                };
+            }
+            if self.flags.contains(&word) {
+                i += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if self.valued.contains(&word) {
+                let value = words.get(i + 1)?;
+                if value.is_empty() || value.starts_with('-') {
+                    return None;
+                }
+                i += 2;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if self.bundles_short_options
+                && !word.starts_with("--")
+                && word.len() > 2
+                && self.matches_short_cluster(word)
+            {
+                i += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            return None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `-iv` (bundled boolean short flags) or `-uroot` (a valued short
+    /// option with its value attached) — getopt's traditional short-option
+    /// forms. `false` the moment a character isn't a short option this
+    /// table knows, or a valued one ends the word with no attached value
+    /// left to be its operand (#199: rejected rather than guessed to come
+    /// from the next word instead).
+    fn matches_short_cluster(&self, word: &str) -> bool {
+        if !word.is_ascii() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        let bytes = word.as_bytes();
+        let mut buf = [b'-', 0];
+        let mut idx = 1;
+        while idx < bytes.len() {
+            buf[1] = bytes[idx];
+            let short = std::str::from_utf8(&buf).expect("ascii buffer");
+            if self.flags.contains(&short) {
+                idx += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            if self.valued.contains(&short) {
+                return idx + 1 < bytes.len();
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+const NO_OPTIONS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &[],
+    valued: &[],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const ENV_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &[
+        "-i",
+        "--ignore-environment",
+        "-0",
+        "--null",
+        "-v",
+        "--debug",
+    ],
+    valued: &["-u", "--unset", "-C", "--chdir"],
+    bundles_short_options: true,
+};
+
+const SUDO_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &[
+        "-i",
+        "--login",
+        "-n",
+        "--non-interactive",
+        "-E",
+        "--preserve-env",
+        "-H",
+        "--set-home",
+        "-A",
+        "--askpass",
+        "-b",
+        "--background",
+        "-k",
+        "--reset-timestamp",
+        "-K",
+        "--remove-timestamp",
+        "-S",
+        "--stdin",
+    ],
+    valued: &["-u", "--user", "-g", "--group"],
+    bundles_short_options: true,
+};
+
+/// `-v`/`-V` only print what would run — they never execute it — so
+/// resolving through them would claim a program runs that `command` never
+/// launches (#199). Only `-p`, which still executes normally, is safe to
+/// look through.
+const COMMAND_BUILTIN_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["-p"],
+    valued: &[],
+    bundles_short_options: true,
+};
+
+/// The bash *keyword* `time` only ever parses `-p` (POSIX output format);
+/// `-o`/`-v`/`-a`/`-f`/`--verbose`/... belong to the external GNU
+/// `/usr/bin/time`, a different program a bare `time` word doesn't
+/// necessarily name. Assuming them here would be guessing which `time`
+/// resolves (#199).
+fn resolve_time(words: &[&str], i: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    let mut next = i + 1;
+    if words.get(next) == Some(&"-p") {
+        next += 1;
+    }
+    if words.get(next) == Some(&"--") {
+        next += 1;
+    }
+    match words.get(next) {
+        Some(word) if word.starts_with('-') => None,
+        _ => Some(next),
+    }
+}
+
+/// `-c`/`--call` embeds a whole shell command string rather than naming the
+/// program positionally — resolving past it would mean guessing at a
+/// program buried inside that string, so it's left unrecognised and
+/// resolution stops at `npx` (#199).
+const NPX_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["-y", "--yes", "--no", "-q", "--quiet", "--ignore-existing"],
+    valued: &["-p", "--package", "--shell"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const PNPM_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &[
+        "--silent",
+        "-s",
+        "--stream",
+        "--aggregate-output",
+        "--no-progress",
+    ],
+    // `--package`/`--package=value` is documented in this pre-`dlx`
+    // position (`pnpm --package=x dlx y`), alongside the identical flag
+    // `dlx` itself also accepts (`PNPM_DLX_OPTS`).
+    valued: &["-C", "--dir", "--filter", "--package"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const YARN_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["--silent", "-s", "--no-progress", "--non-interactive"],
+    valued: &["--cwd"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const PNPM_DLX_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["-s", "--silent"],
+    valued: &["--package"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const YARN_DLX_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["-q", "--quiet"],
+    valued: &["-p", "--package"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+const BUN_X_OPTS: OptionTable = OptionTable {
+    flags: &["--bun", "--no-install", "--verbose", "--silent"],
+    valued: &["-p", "--package"],
+    bundles_short_options: false,
+};
+
+/// A resolver for one wrapper form: given the tokenized command and the
+/// index of the wrapper word itself, the index of the word after it (past
+/// its options and any subcommand it requires), or `None` if this occurrence
+/// isn't a form we resolve through.
+type WrapperResolver = fn(&[&str], usize) -> Option<usize>;
+
+/// One recognised wrapper form: how to walk past it, and whether an
+/// assignment word is a valid follow-on once it's been walked past.
+struct Wrapper {
+    resolve: WrapperResolver,
+    /// `true` only for wrappers that themselves interpret a following
+    /// `FOO=bar` as an environment assignment for the command they launch
+    /// (`env`, `sudo`), or a shell keyword that restarts the assignment-prefix
+    /// grammar for a brand new simple command (`time`). Every other wrapper
+    /// here is a plain executable that execs its next argument as the
+    /// program outright — an assignment-shaped one names a program literally
+    /// called `FOO=1`, not an env var (#199).
+    accepts_assignment: bool,
+}
+
+fn wrapper_resolver(name: &str) -> Option<Wrapper> {
+    let (resolve, accepts_assignment): (WrapperResolver, bool) = match name {
+        "env" => (|words, i| ENV_OPTS.consume(words, i + 1), true),
+        "sudo" => (|words, i| SUDO_OPTS.consume(words, i + 1), true),
+        "command" => (|words, i| COMMAND_BUILTIN_OPTS.consume(words, i + 1), false),
+        "nohup" => (|words, i| NO_OPTIONS.consume(words, i + 1), false),
+        "time" => (resolve_time, true),
+        "npx" => (|words, i| NPX_OPTS.consume(words, i + 1), false),
+        "pnpm" => (
+            |words, i| resolve_dlx(&PNPM_OPTS, &PNPM_DLX_OPTS, words, i),
+            false,
+        ),
+        "yarn" => (
+            |words, i| resolve_dlx(&YARN_OPTS, &YARN_DLX_OPTS, words, i),
+            false,
+        ),
+        "bun" => (resolve_bun, false),
+        "bunx" => (|words, i| BUN_X_OPTS.consume(words, i + 1), false),
+        "uvx" => (|_words, i| Some(i + 1), false),
+        _ => return None,
+    };
+    Some(Wrapper {
+        resolve,
+        accepts_assignment,
+    })
+}
+
+/// `pnpm`/`yarn` only look through to the package behind an explicit `dlx`
+/// — without it, the next word is a `package.json` script name, not a
+/// package to run (#199: `pnpm claude` is not `pnpm dlx claude`). `dlx`
+/// itself takes launcher-specific options too, consumed before the executable.
+fn resolve_dlx(
+    opts: &OptionTable,
+    dlx_opts: &OptionTable,
+    words: &[&str],
+    i: usize,
+) -> Option<usize> {
+    let j = opts.consume(words, i + 1)?;
+    if words.get(j) != Some(&"dlx") {
+        return None;
+    }
+    dlx_opts.consume(words, j + 1)
+}
+
+/// `bun x <pkg>` is bun's `dlx`/`npx` equivalent; `bun run <script>` is not
+/// (the same package-script ambiguity as bare `pnpm`/`yarn`), so only an `x`
+/// subcommand is looked through. `--bun` (`BUN_X_OPTS`) may follow it before
+/// the executable.
+fn resolve_bun(words: &[&str], i: usize) -> Option<usize> {
+    if words.get(i + 1) != Some(&"x") {
+        return None;
+    }
+    BUN_X_OPTS.consume(words, i + 2)
+}
+
+/// `FOO=bar`, the shell's own prefix for one command's environment —
+/// recognised only when the `=` came from plain, unquoted/unescaped source
+/// text (#199): `"FOO=1"` and `FOO\=1` name a program called `FOO=1`, not
+/// an assignment.
+fn is_env_assignment(word: &Word) -> bool {
+    let Some(eq) = word.plain_eq else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let name = &word.text[..eq];
+    let mut chars = name.chars();
     match chars.next() {
         Some(c) if c.is_ascii_alphabetic() || c == '_' => {}
         _ => return false,
     }
-    let rest: String = chars.collect();
-    match rest.split_once('=') {
-        Some((name, _)) => name.chars().all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '_'),
-        None => false,
-    }
+    chars.all(|c| c.is_ascii_alphanumeric() || c == '_')
 }
 
 fn basename(word: &str) -> &str {
@@ -233,6 +726,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn session(cwd: &str) -> Session {
         Session {
+            view: Default::default(),
             id: Uuid::from_u128(1),
             cwd: PathBuf::from(cwd),
             command: "bash".into(),
@@ -249,6 +743,7 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: None,
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -460,20 +955,132 @@ mod tests {
             "claude"
         );
         assert_eq!(command_program("  zsh   -l  "), "zsh");
-        assert_eq!(command_program("hx src/main.rs"), "hx");
+    }
+
+    /// The #199 resolver contract: every case in the shared parity fixture,
+    /// asserted identically here and by `web/src/toolIcon.test.ts`, so a
+    /// resolver regression in either language fails its own suite.
+    #[test]
+    fn resolves_the_shared_command_resolution_fixture() {
+        #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+        struct Case {
+            command: String,
+            program: String,
+            tool: Option<String>,
+        }
+        #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+        struct Fixture {
+            cases: Vec<Case>,
+        }
+        let raw = include_str!("../../../fixtures/command-resolution.json");
+        let fixture: Fixture = serde_json::from_str(raw).expect("valid fixture JSON");
+        assert!(!fixture.cases.is_empty());
+        for case in &fixture.cases {
+            assert_eq!(
+                command_program(&case.command),
+                case.program,
+                "program for {:?}",
+                case.command
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                command_tool(&case.command),
+                case.tool.as_deref(),
+                "tool for {:?}",
+                case.command
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn word(text: &str) -> Word {
+        Word {
+            text: text.into(),
+            plain_eq: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Shell-aware tokenization (#199): quoting/escaping is honoured, never
+    /// evaluated — no `$var`/`` `cmd` ``/`$(cmd)` expansion is attempted.
+    #[test]
+    fn tokenize_handles_quotes_and_escapes_without_expanding_anything() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            tokenize("claude --resume"),
+            Some(vec![word("claude"), word("--resume")])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            tokenize("\"/opt/my agent/claude\" --resume"),
+            Some(vec![word("/opt/my agent/claude"), word("--resume")])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            tokenize("FOO=\"bar baz\" claude"),
+            Some(vec![
+                Word {
+                    text: "FOO=bar baz".into(),
+                    plain_eq: Some(3),
+                },
+                word("claude"),
+            ])
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            tokenize("claude --name=$HOME"),
+            Some(vec![
+                word("claude"),
+                Word {
+                    text: "--name=$HOME".into(),
+                    plain_eq: Some(6),
+                },
+            ]),
+            "a bare $ is kept literal, never expanded"
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Real shell grammar this resolver doesn't attempt — pipelines, list
+    /// operators, subshells/substitution, an unescaped newline, an
+    /// unterminated quote — is rejected outright rather than guessed
+    /// through (#199).
+    #[test]
+    fn tokenize_rejects_ambiguous_shell_grammar() {
+        for command in [
+            "claude | tee log.txt",
+            "claude; echo done",
+            "claude && echo done",
+            "echo hi $(claude)",
+            "claude \"unterminated",
+            "claude 'unterminated",
+            "claude \\",
+            "claude\nclaude-code", // an unescaped newline separates commands, like `;`
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(tokenize(command), None, "{command:?}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A backslash immediately before a newline is a line continuation:
+    /// removed entirely, joining what it split rather than embedding a
+    /// literal newline or ending the command (#199).
+    #[test]
+    fn tokenize_treats_backslash_newline_as_a_continuation() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            tokenize("clau\\\nde --resume"),
+            Some(vec![word("claude"), word("--resume")])
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Only a plain, unquoted/unescaped `=` marks an assignment boundary —
+    /// quoting or escaping the `=` itself disqualifies the word, even
+    /// though the dequoted text looks identical (#199).
+    #[test]
+    fn tokenize_only_marks_plain_unquoted_equals_signs_as_assignments() {
+        assert_eq!(tokenize("FOO=1 claude").unwrap()[0].plain_eq, Some(3));
+        assert_eq!(tokenize("\"FOO=1\" claude").unwrap()[0].plain_eq, None);
+        assert_eq!(tokenize("FOO\\=1 claude").unwrap()[0].plain_eq, None);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn command_program_looks_through_paths_env_and_wrappers() {
-        assert_eq!(command_program("/usr/local/bin/claude -p hi"), "claude");
-        assert_eq!(command_program("FOO=1 BAR=2 claude"), "claude");
-        assert_eq!(command_program("npx opencode"), "opencode");
-        assert_eq!(command_program("pnpm dlx opencode run"), "opencode");
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn command_program_keeps_a_line_that_is_only_wrappers() {
-        assert_eq!(command_program("sudo"), "sudo");
-        assert_eq!(command_program(""), "");
+    fn structured_view_support_follows_the_resolved_program() {
+        assert!(supports_structured_view("claude --resume"));
+        assert!(supports_structured_view("FOO=1 /usr/local/bin/codex exec"));
+        assert!(supports_structured_view("npx claude-code"));
+        assert!(!supports_structured_view("opencode"));
+        assert!(!supports_structured_view("bash -l"));
+        assert!(!supports_structured_view("claude-code-acp"));
     }
 }

crates/maestro-protocol/src/lib.rs

@@ -116,6 +116,33 @@ pub struct Session {
     /// sorts a never-focused session after every session that has one.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub last_focused_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    /// Whether this session's process is a plain terminal (PTY bytes through
+    /// tmux) or a structured agent driven over ACP rows (#133). Fixed at
+    /// spawn time and never changes for the life of the session. Defaults to
+    /// `Terminal` on the wire so every existing client and payload from a
+    /// daemon that predates the field keeps working untouched.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub view: SessionView,
+    /// The ACP session id the selected provider adapter handed back from
+    /// `session/new` (#134). Only a [`SessionView::Structured`] session has
+    /// one, and only once its handshake succeeded; a later respawn passes it
+    /// to `session/load` so the conversation continues (#135). Distinct from
+    /// the hook-reported Claude Code conversation id (#161): that one is what
+    /// `claude --resume` takes, this one is what the ACP adapter takes, and
+    /// the two are minted by different processes with different lifetimes.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub acp_session_id: Option<String>,
+}
+
+/// A session's process shape (#133): a plain terminal, or a structured agent
+/// driven over ACP rows. Chosen at spawn and immutable for the session's
+/// life. `Terminal` is the default — every sidecar and `CreateSessionRequest`
+/// written before this field existed meant a terminal session.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub enum SessionView {
+    #[default]
+    Terminal,
+    Structured,
 }
 
 /// Default for [`Session::last_activity_at`] when an older payload omits it.
@@ -129,9 +156,9 @@ pub enum SessionStatus {
     Dead,
 }
 
-/// Inferred session activity, orthogonal to [`SessionStatus`] (NAP-340). The
-/// daemon derives this from tmux pane state, PTY quiescence, and `/proc`
-/// inspection — never by parsing the terminal byte stream.
+/// Session activity, orthogonal to [`SessionStatus`] (NAP-340). Terminal
+/// sessions use pane/process inference and agent reports; structured sessions
+/// use their ACP turn lifecycle (docs/SIDEBAR.md).
 ///
 /// Deserializes leniently (#110, SIDEBAR.md Precedence): an unknown variant
 /// from a newer daemon becomes [`ActivityState::Idle`] instead of failing the
@@ -139,16 +166,19 @@ pub enum SessionStatus {
 /// forgiven.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Default)]
 pub enum ActivityState {
-    /// Producing output, or the foreground process is busy.
+    /// Producing output, the foreground process is busy, or an ACP turn is active.
     Active,
     /// Foreground process alive but quiescent. The forward-compatible default.
     #[default]
     Idle,
-    /// Blocked on a `read()` from the pty — waiting on the user.
+    /// Blocked on terminal input or waiting for an ACP approval.
     AwaitingInput,
-    /// The agent running in the session reported a failure (#102). Never
-    /// inferred by the daemon; only set when an agent reports it (#105).
+    /// An agent reported a failure, or a structured session/turn failed.
     Error,
+    /// The ACP adapter is booting; the session is registered but cannot accept
+    /// prompts yet. Older clients that do not know this variant degrade it to
+    /// `Idle` via the lenient deserializer — acceptable.
+    Starting,
 }
 
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ActivityState {
@@ -161,6 +191,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ActivityState {
             "Active" => Self::Active,
             "AwaitingInput" => Self::AwaitingInput,
             "Error" => Self::Error,
+            "Starting" => Self::Starting,
             // Known or not, any other spelling degrades to the neutral default
             _ => Self::Idle,
         })
@@ -199,9 +230,10 @@ where
         "Idle" => Ok(ActivityState::Idle),
         "AwaitingInput" => Ok(ActivityState::AwaitingInput),
         "Error" => Ok(ActivityState::Error),
+        "Starting" => Ok(ActivityState::Starting),
         other => Err(D::Error::unknown_variant(
             other,
-            &["Active", "Idle", "AwaitingInput", "Error"],
+            &["Active", "Idle", "AwaitingInput", "Error", "Starting"],
         )),
     }
 }
@@ -352,6 +384,15 @@ pub struct CreateSessionRequest {
     pub metadata: HashMap<String, Value>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub worktree: Option<WorktreeSpec>,
+    /// The process shape to spawn (#133). Defaulted so every existing client
+    /// and `curl` against the API keeps requesting a `Terminal` session
+    /// untouched.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub view: SessionView,
+    /// When `true`, the daemon auto-approves every ACP permission request
+    /// for this structured session.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub auto_approve: bool,
 }
 
 /// Result of `GET /api/dirs`: the immediate subdirectories of one directory.
@@ -491,6 +532,11 @@ pub struct SpawnPreset {
     pub id: String,
     pub label: String,
     pub command: String,
+    /// When `true`, the daemon auto-approves every ACP permission request
+    /// for structured sessions spawned from this preset instead of surfacing
+    /// them to the client.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub auto_approve: bool,
 }
 
 /// Build provenance of the running daemon: the commit it was compiled
@@ -554,6 +600,12 @@ pub struct DaemonInfo {
     /// network blip, even when the build did not change.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub instance: String,
+    /// Canonical leader key the operator configured (`[tui].leader`, default
+    /// `ctrl-a`), served so the web client binds the same chord the TUI does
+    /// instead of its own hardcoded constant (#159). Empty from a daemon too
+    /// old to serve it, which clients read as "use your default".
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub leader: String,
 }
 
 /// Payload of `GET /api/names?count=N` (#53) — a batch of fresh
@@ -717,6 +769,150 @@ pub enum CatalogEvent {
     },
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Structured-session projections
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// One client-neutral item in a structured session transcript.
+///
+/// `data` preserves the ACP payload without committing clients to an ACP
+/// dependency. Rendering choices, including markdown and tool-card treatment,
+/// stay with the client.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct TranscriptRow {
+    /// Stable within one session, so later deltas can address this row.
+    pub id: String,
+    pub kind: TranscriptRowKind,
+    pub data: Value,
+}
+
+/// The semantic shape of a [`TranscriptRow`].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum TranscriptRowKind {
+    User,
+    AgentText,
+    AgentThought,
+    ToolCall,
+    ToolDiff,
+    Approval,
+    Plan,
+    Notice,
+}
+
+/// A complete transcript at a durable event-log position.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct TranscriptSnapshot {
+    pub cursor: u64,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub rows: Vec<TranscriptRow>,
+}
+
+/// One durable, client-neutral replay step from a structured session.
+///
+/// Results are ordered by increasing `cursor`. `since` returns the first
+/// matching steps; `before` returns the final matching steps, still increasing.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StructuredReplayEvent {
+    /// Durable ACP-log position represented by this projected step.
+    pub cursor: u64,
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub transcript: Option<TranscriptDelta>,
+    pub state: ReducedState,
+}
+
+/// A change to a transcript row.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum TranscriptDelta {
+    Append { row: TranscriptRow },
+    Patch { row: TranscriptRow },
+    Remove { id: String },
+}
+
+/// Per-turn indicators derived from the ACP stream.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct TurnState {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub responding: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub thinking: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub active_tool_calls: Vec<String>,
+    /// Wall-clock start of the active prompt. This lets reconnecting clients
+    /// keep one continuous elapsed-time display instead of restarting at zero.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub started_at: Option<DateTime<Utc>>,
+    /// Context-window usage when the active prompt began. ACP exposes context
+    /// occupancy, not provider billing-token accounting, so clients must label
+    /// deltas as context tokens rather than tokens billed.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub started_context_tokens: Option<u64>,
+}
+
+/// A whole-session view derived from ACP notifications.
+///
+/// Values whose shape ACP owns are carried as JSON so this wire protocol stays
+/// forward-compatible when ACP adds fields or variants.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ReducedState {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub turn: TurnState,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub pending_approval: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub plan: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub usage: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub context: Option<Value>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub model: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub mode: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    pub config_options: Option<Value>,
+}
+
+/// Server messages sent over a structured-session WebSocket.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum StructuredEvent {
+    TranscriptSnapshot {
+        snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot,
+    },
+    ReducedState {
+        state: ReducedState,
+    },
+    ProjectionUpdate {
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        transcript: Option<TranscriptDelta>,
+        state: ReducedState,
+    },
+}
+
+/// HTTP body for `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/prompt`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StructuredPromptRequest {
+    pub prompt: String,
+}
+
+/// HTTP body for `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/config`.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct StructuredConfigRequest {
+    pub config_id: String,
+    pub value: Value,
+}
+
+/// Operator decision for a pending ACP permission request.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum StructuredApprovalDecision {
+    AllowOnce,
+    AllowForSession,
+    Deny,
+}
+
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Client ↔ Daemon control messages (text frames on the attach WS)
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -856,6 +1052,8 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/home/naps62/projects/maestro/crates")),
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            view: SessionView::Terminal,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -1067,6 +1265,8 @@ mod tests {
                 branch: "feat/foo".into(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            view: SessionView::Terminal,
+            auto_approve: false,
         };
         assert_eq!(req, round_trip(&req));
     }
@@ -1081,6 +1281,74 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(req.worktree.is_none());
         assert!(req.env.is_empty());
         assert!(req.metadata.is_empty());
+        assert_eq!(req.view, SessionView::Terminal);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn session_view_defaults_to_terminal_on_legacy_payload() {
+        // A pre-#133 daemon or client omits `view`; it must deserialize to
+        // `Terminal` rather than failing, and `Structured` round-trips.
+        let json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id": Uuid::from_u128(1),
+            "cwd": "/tmp",
+            "command": "bash",
+            "status": "Running",
+            "created_at": "2026-05-24T12:00:00Z"
+        });
+        let s: Session = serde_json::from_value(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.view, SessionView::Terminal);
+
+        let mut structured = sample_session();
+        structured.view = SessionView::Structured;
+        assert_eq!(structured, round_trip(&structured));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_projection_types_round_trip_and_default() {
+        let row = TranscriptRow {
+            id: "tool:read-1".into(),
+            kind: TranscriptRowKind::ToolCall,
+            data: serde_json::json!({"name": "vendor.read", "title": "Read"}),
+        };
+        let snapshot = TranscriptSnapshot {
+            cursor: 7,
+            rows: vec![row.clone()],
+        };
+        assert_eq!(snapshot, round_trip(&snapshot));
+        assert_eq!(
+            TranscriptDelta::Patch { row: row.clone() },
+            round_trip(&TranscriptDelta::Patch { row })
+        );
+
+        let state: ReducedState = serde_json::from_value(serde_json::json!({})).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(state, ReducedState::default());
+        assert_eq!(
+            serde_json::to_value(TranscriptRowKind::AgentThought).unwrap(),
+            serde_json::json!("agent_thought")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn acp_session_id_defaults_to_none_and_round_trips() {
+        // A payload from before #134 carries no `acp_session_id`; it must
+        // read as `None`, stay off the wire while unset, and round-trip
+        // once the adapter has handed one back.
+        let json = serde_json::json!({
+            "id": Uuid::from_u128(1),
+            "cwd": "/tmp",
+            "command": "bash",
+            "status": "Running",
+            "created_at": "2026-05-24T12:00:00Z"
+        });
+        let s: Session = serde_json::from_value(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(s.acp_session_id, None);
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_value(&s).unwrap();
+        assert!(serialized.get("acp_session_id").is_none());
+
+        let mut structured = sample_session();
+        structured.view = SessionView::Structured;
+        structured.acp_session_id = Some("sess_01HZX".into());
+        assert_eq!(structured, round_trip(&structured));
     }
 
     /// A client that predates the new/existing discriminator sends no

crates/maestro-protocol/src/routes.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,41 @@ pub fn attach(id: Uuid) -> String {
     format!("{API_PREFIX}/attach/{id}")
 }
 
+/// `WS /api/structured/:id` — transcript/state snapshots and live deltas.
+pub fn structured(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{API_PREFIX}/structured/{id}")
+}
+
+/// `GET /api/sessions/:id/structured/replay` — cursor-bounded ACP history.
+pub fn structured_replay(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/replay")
+}
+
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/prompt` — send an ACP prompt.
+pub fn structured_prompt(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/prompt")
+}
+
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/attachments` — upload a file.
+pub fn structured_attachment(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/attachments")
+}
+
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/cancel` — cancel an ACP turn.
+pub fn structured_cancel(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/cancel")
+}
+
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/config` — change an ACP session option.
+pub fn structured_config(id: Uuid) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/config")
+}
+
+/// `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/approvals/:nonce` — answer ACP permission.
+pub fn structured_approval(id: Uuid, nonce: &str) -> String {
+    format!("{SESSIONS}/{id}/structured/approvals/{nonce}")
+}
+
 /// Axum-style patterns for the two parameterised routes, so the server
 /// registers the same paths [`session`] and [`attach`] build.
 pub mod patterns {
@@ -80,6 +115,13 @@ pub mod patterns {
     pub const SESSION_PROMPT: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/prompt";
     pub const SESSION_FOCUS: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/focus";
     pub const ATTACH: &str = "/api/attach/:id";
+    pub const STRUCTURED: &str = "/api/structured/:id";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_REPLAY: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/replay";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_PROMPT: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/prompt";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_ATTACHMENT: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/attachments";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_CANCEL: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/cancel";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_CONFIG: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/config";
+    pub const STRUCTURED_APPROVAL: &str = "/api/sessions/:id/structured/approvals/:nonce";
 }
 
 /// A daemon base URL that could not be turned into a WebSocket base.
@@ -129,6 +171,11 @@ pub fn attach_url(http_base: &str, id: Uuid) -> Result<String, UrlError> {
     Ok(format!("{}{}", ws_base(http_base)?, attach(id)))
 }
 
+/// Full `WS /api/structured/:id` URL for a daemon reachable at `http_base`.
+pub fn structured_url(http_base: &str, id: Uuid) -> Result<String, UrlError> {
+    Ok(format!("{}{}", ws_base(http_base)?, structured(id)))
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -178,6 +225,10 @@ mod tests {
             events_url("http://host:7070/").unwrap(),
             "ws://host:7070/api/events"
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            structured_url("http://host:7070/", id()).unwrap(),
+            "ws://host:7070/api/structured/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -206,6 +257,22 @@ mod tests {
             attach(id()),
             "/api/attach/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50"
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            structured(id()),
+            "/api/structured/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            structured_replay(id()),
+            "/api/sessions/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50/structured/replay"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            structured_prompt(id()),
+            "/api/sessions/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50/structured/prompt"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            structured_cancel(id()),
+            "/api/sessions/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50/structured/cancel"
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             attach_url("https://laptop.lan:7070", id()).unwrap(),
             "wss://laptop.lan:7070/api/attach/6f1a7c0e-0f5e-4a2b-9a3d-6b1c2d3e4f50"
@@ -240,6 +307,22 @@ mod tests {
             patterns::ATTACH.trim_end_matches(":id"),
             attach(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            patterns::STRUCTURED.trim_end_matches(":id"),
+            structured(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            patterns::STRUCTURED_REPLAY.trim_end_matches(":id/structured/replay"),
+            session(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            patterns::STRUCTURED_PROMPT.trim_end_matches(":id/structured/prompt"),
+            session(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            patterns::STRUCTURED_CANCEL.trim_end_matches(":id/structured/cancel"),
+            session(id()).trim_end_matches(&id().to_string())
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -258,5 +341,9 @@ mod tests {
             assert!(path.starts_with(API_PREFIX), "{path} escapes {API_PREFIX}");
         }
         assert!(attach(id()).starts_with(API_PREFIX));
+        assert!(structured(id()).starts_with(API_PREFIX));
+        assert!(structured_replay(id()).starts_with(API_PREFIX));
+        assert!(structured_prompt(id()).starts_with(API_PREFIX));
+        assert!(structured_cancel(id()).starts_with(API_PREFIX));
     }
 }

crates/maestro-testing/src/lib.rs

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ use chrono::Utc;
 use futures_util::{SinkExt, StreamExt};
 use maestro_protocol::{
     routes, ApiError, CatalogEvent, CreateSessionRequest, DaemonClient, DaemonInfo, DirListing,
-    GitRoot, RecentDirs, SendInputRequest, Session, SessionStatus, PROTOCOL_VERSION,
+    GitRoot, RecentDirs, SendInputRequest, Session, SessionStatus, StructuredPromptRequest,
+    PROTOCOL_VERSION,
 };
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::sync::{broadcast, oneshot};
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 /// Build a plausible `Session` for a test to hand to [`MockDaemon::add_session`].
 pub fn session(id: Uuid, cwd: &str, command: &str) -> Session {
     Session {
+        view: Default::default(),
         id,
         cwd: cwd.into(),
         command: command.into(),
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ pub fn session(id: Uuid, cwd: &str, command: &str) -> Session {
         current_cwd: None,
         blocked_work: None,
         last_focused_at: None,
+        acp_session_id: None,
     }
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ struct Inner {
     forced_error: Option<(u16, ApiError)>,
     /// Everything `POST /api/sessions/:id/input` was asked to type, in order.
     inputs: Vec<(Uuid, SendInputRequest)>,
+    /// Every ACP prompt sent to a structured session, in order.
+    structured_prompts: Vec<(Uuid, StructuredPromptRequest)>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -90,6 +95,10 @@ impl MockDaemon {
             .route(routes::SESSIONS, get(list_sessions).post(create_session))
             .route(routes::patterns::SESSION, delete(kill_session))
             .route(routes::patterns::SESSION_INPUT, post(send_input))
+            .route(
+                routes::patterns::STRUCTURED_PROMPT,
+                post(structured_prompt),
+            )
             .route(routes::INFO, get(daemon_info))
             .route(routes::DIRS, get(list_dir))
             .route(routes::RECENT_DIRS, get(recent_dirs))
@@ -176,6 +185,16 @@ impl MockDaemon {
         self.state.inner.lock().expect("poisoned").inputs.clone()
     }
 
+    /// Every ACP prompt this daemon received, oldest first.
+    pub fn structured_prompts(&self) -> Vec<(Uuid, StructuredPromptRequest)> {
+        self.state
+            .inner
+            .lock()
+            .expect("poisoned")
+            .structured_prompts
+            .clone()
+    }
+
     pub fn session_count(&self) -> usize {
         self.state.inner.lock().expect("poisoned").sessions.len()
     }
@@ -264,6 +283,26 @@ async fn send_input(
     StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response()
 }
 
+async fn structured_prompt(
+    State(s): State<AppState>,
+    Path(id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(req): Json<StructuredPromptRequest>,
+) -> Response {
+    if let Some(r) = forced(&s) {
+        return r;
+    }
+    let mut guard = s.inner.lock().expect("poisoned");
+    if !guard.sessions.iter().any(|x| x.id == id) {
+        return (
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND,
+            Json(ApiError::new("not_found", "no such session on this daemon")),
+        )
+            .into_response();
+    }
+    guard.structured_prompts.push((id, req));
+    StatusCode::NO_CONTENT.into_response()
+}
+
 async fn daemon_info(State(s): State<AppState>) -> Response {
     if let Some(r) = forced(&s) {
         return r;

crates/maestro-tui/Cargo.toml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["sync", "time", "macros", "rt"] }
 tokio-tungstenite.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
+unicode-width.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
 vt100.workspace = true
 

crates/maestro-tui/src/action.rs

@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ pub enum Action {
     RenameHighlighted,
 
     // Chrome
+    /// Open the `ctrl-k` command bar (`docs/COMMAND-BAR.md`) — a query line
+    /// over the sessions, ranked by the shared matcher.
+    OpenCommandBar,
+    /// Escape hatch (#156): leader then `ctrl-k` sends the literal `0x0B`
+    /// byte to the focused pane instead of opening the command bar, giving
+    /// readline's kill-to-end-of-line back.
+    SendLiteralCtrlK,
+    /// Escape hatch (#158): the leader pressed twice sends one literal
+    /// leader byte to the focused pane and drops the pending chord, the way
+    /// tmux resolves a doubled prefix key.
+    SendLiteralLeader,
     ToggleSidebar,
     ShowHelp,
     Quit,
@@ -94,6 +105,9 @@ impl Action {
             Action::FastForwardSpawn => "Create session with defaults".into(),
             Action::KillHighlighted => "Kill selected session".into(),
             Action::RenameHighlighted => "Rename selected session".into(),
+            Action::OpenCommandBar => "Go to a session".into(),
+            Action::SendLiteralCtrlK => "Send literal Ctrl-K to session".into(),
+            Action::SendLiteralLeader => "Send literal leader key to session".into(),
             Action::ToggleSidebar => "Show or hide sidebar".into(),
             Action::ShowHelp => "Show help".into(),
             Action::Quit => "Quit Maestro".into(),
@@ -120,6 +134,9 @@ impl Action {
             "FastForwardSpawn" => return Ok(Action::FastForwardSpawn),
             "KillHighlighted" => return Ok(Action::KillHighlighted),
             "RenameHighlighted" => return Ok(Action::RenameHighlighted),
+            "OpenCommandBar" => return Ok(Action::OpenCommandBar),
+            "SendLiteralCtrlK" => return Ok(Action::SendLiteralCtrlK),
+            "SendLiteralLeader" => return Ok(Action::SendLiteralLeader),
             "ToggleSidebar" => return Ok(Action::ToggleSidebar),
             "ShowHelp" => return Ok(Action::ShowHelp),
             "Quit" => return Ok(Action::Quit),
@@ -239,10 +256,38 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    /// The command bar is an ordinary keymap entry, so it must round-trip
+    /// like every other action (#153).
+    #[test]
+    fn open_command_bar_round_trips() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            Action::parse("OpenCommandBar").unwrap(),
+            Action::OpenCommandBar
+        );
+        assert_eq!(Action::OpenCommandBar.to_string(), "OpenCommandBar");
+        assert_eq!(Action::OpenCommandBar.help_label(), "Go to a session");
+    }
+
+    /// The escape hatch (#156) is an ordinary action like any other.
+    #[test]
+    fn send_literal_ctrl_k_round_trips() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            Action::parse("SendLiteralCtrlK").unwrap(),
+            Action::SendLiteralCtrlK
+        );
+        assert_eq!(Action::SendLiteralCtrlK.to_string(), "SendLiteralCtrlK");
+        assert_eq!(
+            Action::SendLiteralCtrlK.help_label(),
+            "Send literal Ctrl-K to session"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn display_round_trips() {
         for a in [
             Action::EnterInsert,
+            Action::OpenCommandBar,
+            Action::SendLiteralCtrlK,
             Action::RenameHighlighted,
             Action::Quit,
             Action::OpenSpawnModal,

crates/maestro-tui/src/catalog.rs

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn session(id: u128, command: &str) -> Session {
         Session {
+            view: Default::default(),
             id: Uuid::from_u128(id),
             command: command.into(),
             cwd: std::path::PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: None,
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         }
     }
 

crates/maestro-tui/src/config.rs

@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ const DEFAULT_NORMAL: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("pageup", "ScrollPanePageUp"),
     ("pagedown", "ScrollPanePageDown"),
     // Chrome
+    // The command bar (#153). An ordinary entry, so it is rebindable and the
+    // help overlay picks it up from the live keymap.
+    ("ctrl-k", "OpenCommandBar"),
     ("ctrl-w b", "ToggleSidebar"),
     ("?", "ShowHelp"),
     ("ctrl-w q", "Quit"),
@@ -75,13 +78,17 @@ const DEFAULT_NORMAL: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("mouse:dblclick(sidebar-row)", "AttachHighlighted"),
 ];
 
-/// Default Insert-mode bindings — deliberately empty. Every key typed in
+/// Default Insert-mode bindings — almost empty on purpose. Every key typed in
 /// Insert mode belongs to the session, `esc` included: full-screen apps read
 /// it constantly, so binding it here would make it unreachable. The only way
 /// back to the sidebar is the leader (`LeaveInsert`), which
 /// [`TuiConfig::load`] inserts dynamically so rebinding the leader rebinds
 /// the Insert escape with it.
-const DEFAULT_INSERT: &[(&str, &str)] = &[];
+///
+/// The one exception is the command bar (#153): `ctrl-k` opens it from inside
+/// a pane too, so `docs/COMMAND-BAR.md`'s "from anywhere" holds. Readline's
+/// kill-to-end-of-line is given back through the leader (#156).
+const DEFAULT_INSERT: &[(&str, &str)] = &[("ctrl-k", "OpenCommandBar")];
 
 impl TuiConfig {
     /// Build a runtime config from a [`TuiSection`] (typically the `tui`
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@ impl TuiConfig {
             TuiTheme::Nord => Palette::NORD,
             TuiTheme::Dracula => Palette::DRACULA,
         };
-        let leader_str = section.leader.as_deref().unwrap_or("ctrl-a");
+        let leader_str = section.leader();
         let leader = InputKey::parse(leader_str)
             .map_err(|_| TuiConfigError::BadLeader(leader_str.to_string()))?;
         let chord_timeout = Duration::from_millis(section.chord_timeout_ms.unwrap_or(1000));
@@ -139,6 +146,25 @@ impl TuiConfig {
         keymap
             .set(Mode::Insert, &leader.canonical(), "LeaveInsert")
             .expect("leader canonical form is valid by construction");
+        // Leader, ctrl-k → the literal-Ctrl-K escape hatch (#156), built from
+        // the same leader spec so rebinding leader rebinds this chord too.
+        keymap
+            .set(
+                Mode::Insert,
+                &format!("{} ctrl-k", leader.canonical()),
+                "SendLiteralCtrlK",
+            )
+            .expect("leader canonical form is valid by construction");
+        // Leader, leader → the literal-leader escape hatch (#158), tmux-style:
+        // pressing it twice sends the leader byte itself. Built from the same
+        // leader spec, so rebinding leader rebinds this chord too.
+        keymap
+            .set(
+                Mode::Insert,
+                &format!("{} {}", leader.canonical(), leader.canonical()),
+                "SendLiteralLeader",
+            )
+            .expect("leader canonical form is valid by construction");
 
         for (input, action) in &section.keymap_normal {
             keymap.set(Mode::Normal, input, action).map_err(|source| {
@@ -271,6 +297,60 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-a"), None);
     }
 
+    /// The literal-Ctrl-K escape hatch (#156) is chorded off the default
+    /// leader, `ctrl-a ctrl-k` — not the command bar.
+    #[test]
+    fn default_leader_escapes_a_literal_ctrl_k() {
+        let cfg = TuiConfig::load(&TuiSection::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-a ctrl-k"),
+            Some(Action::SendLiteralCtrlK),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Rebinding the leader must rebind the literal-Ctrl-K chord with it, not
+    /// just the Insert escape — proving the chord is built from the
+    /// configured leader rather than a hardcoded `ctrl-a`.
+    #[test]
+    fn rebinding_leader_moves_the_literal_ctrl_k_chord() {
+        let mut section = TuiSection::default();
+        section.leader = Some("ctrl-b".into());
+        let cfg = TuiConfig::load(&section).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-b ctrl-k"),
+            Some(Action::SendLiteralCtrlK),
+        );
+        // The old leader's chord is gone along with its Insert escape.
+        assert_eq!(cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-a ctrl-k"), None);
+    }
+
+    /// The literal-leader escape hatch (#158) is chorded off the leader
+    /// doubled: `ctrl-a ctrl-a` — tmux's doubled-prefix resolution.
+    #[test]
+    fn default_leader_escapes_a_literal_leader() {
+        let cfg = TuiConfig::load(&TuiSection::default()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-a ctrl-a"),
+            Some(Action::SendLiteralLeader),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /// Rebinding the leader must rebind the literal-leader chord with it,
+    /// not just the Insert escape and the Ctrl-K chord — proving it too is
+    /// built from the configured leader rather than a hardcoded `ctrl-a`.
+    #[test]
+    fn rebinding_leader_moves_the_literal_leader_chord() {
+        let mut section = TuiSection::default();
+        section.leader = Some("ctrl-b".into());
+        let cfg = TuiConfig::load(&section).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-b ctrl-b"),
+            Some(Action::SendLiteralLeader),
+        );
+        // The old leader's chord is gone along with the rest of its bindings.
+        assert_eq!(cfg.keymap.resolve(Mode::Insert, "ctrl-a ctrl-a"), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn user_normal_override_replaces_default() {
         let mut section = TuiSection::default();

crates/maestro-tui/src/daemon_link.rs

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ mod tests {
                 dirty: false,
             },
             instance: instance.into(),
+            leader: maestro_config::DEFAULT_LEADER.into(),
         }
     }
 

crates/maestro-tui/src/draft.rs

@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use maestro_config::{builtin_presets, custom_preset};
-use maestro_protocol::display::abbreviate_dir;
-use maestro_protocol::{BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, Project, SpawnPreset, WorktreeSpec};
+use maestro_protocol::display::{abbreviate_dir, supports_structured_view};
+use maestro_protocol::{
+    BranchInfo, CreateSessionRequest, Project, SessionView, SpawnPreset, WorktreeSpec,
+};
 use ratatui::layout::{Constraint, Layout, Rect};
 use ratatui::style::{Modifier, Style};
 use ratatui::text::{Line, Span};
@@ -86,9 +88,11 @@ pub enum DraftField {
     /// apply immediately, mirroring the web form's per-click choice.
     WorktreeChoice,
     Name,
-    /// Disclosure collapsing the worktree/branch controls below (#93).
+    /// Disclosure collapsing the optional view and worktree controls below.
     /// Closed by default; Enter / Space toggles.
     Advanced,
+    /// ACP-backed transcript instead of a terminal. Claude Code or Codex.
+    StructuredToggle,
     /// Worktree on/off for this session (#65). Enter / Space toggles.
     WorktreeToggle,
     /// New-vs-existing branch source; Left / Right switches.
@@ -228,6 +232,10 @@ pub struct DraftPane {
     /// respawns there without touching the picker. Consumed by the first
     /// [`Self::set_projects`]; `None` once applied or when nothing seeded it.
     pub seed_cwd: Option<PathBuf>,
+    /// Command to preselect once the preset list lands — "spawn similar"'s
+    /// half of the clone (#155). Consumed by the first [`Self::set_presets`];
+    /// `None` once applied or when nothing seeded it.
+    pub seed_command: Option<String>,
     /// The repository picked in step one ([`group_key`] of its main box),
     /// `None` until a box is picked. Looked up fresh in `groups` rather than
     /// cached, so a project-list refresh can't leave it stale.
@@ -247,6 +255,14 @@ pub struct DraftPane {
     /// "Advanced options" disclosure (#93). Closed by default — most spawns
     /// take the default target.
     pub advanced_collapsed: bool,
+    /// ACP-backed structured transcript. Supported only when the resolved
+    /// command is Claude Code or Codex, and on by default whenever it is —
+    /// until the operator works the toggle themselves.
+    pub structured_view: bool,
+    /// Set once the operator toggles structured view by hand. From then on a
+    /// command change never re-enables what they turned off, the same guard
+    /// `name_touched` gives the name field.
+    pub structured_view_touched: bool,
     /// Enclosing repository of the chosen target — from the project scan for
     /// picked rows, `/api/gitroot` for raw paths. `None` until known.
     pub base_repo: Option<PathBuf>,
@@ -287,10 +303,11 @@ impl Default for DraftPane {
         // while its data loads, and stay usable when the daemon reports none.
         let mut presets = builtin_presets();
         presets.push(custom_preset());
-        Self {
+        let mut draft = Self {
             id: NEXT_DRAFT_ID.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed),
             presets,
             selected_preset: 0,
+            seed_command: None,
             custom_command: crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
             groups: Vec::new(),
             filter: crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
@@ -306,6 +323,8 @@ impl Default for DraftPane {
             name_touched: false,
             worktree_enabled: true,
             advanced_collapsed: true,
+            structured_view: false,
+            structured_view_touched: false,
             base_repo: None,
             probed_cwd: None,
             probe_seq: 0,
@@ -324,7 +343,11 @@ impl Default for DraftPane {
             // straight away, and Tab from here reaches the command tiles.
             focused_field: DraftField::DirPicker,
             home_dir: String::new(),
-        }
+        };
+        // The built-in tile the form opens on decides whether structured view
+        // starts ticked, exactly as a later preset list would.
+        draft.sync_structured_view();
+        draft
     }
 }
 
@@ -342,6 +365,28 @@ impl DraftPane {
             .iter()
             .position(|p| !p.command.is_empty())
             .unwrap_or(0);
+        self.apply_seed_command();
+        self.sync_structured_view();
+    }
+
+    /// Land a seeded command on the tile that runs it: its own preset when the
+    /// daemon offers one, otherwise the custom escape hatch with the command
+    /// typed in.
+    fn apply_seed_command(&mut self) {
+        let Some(command) = self.seed_command.take() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        match self.presets.iter().position(|p| p.command == command) {
+            Some(index) => self.selected_preset = index,
+            None => {
+                self.selected_preset = self
+                    .presets
+                    .iter()
+                    .position(|p| p.command.is_empty())
+                    .unwrap_or(self.selected_preset);
+                self.custom_command = crate::text_input::TextInput::with_value(command);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Replace the project snapshot: sort fresh-first (#54), group by
@@ -637,6 +682,28 @@ impl DraftPane {
         }
     }
 
+    fn supports_structured_view(&self) -> bool {
+        supports_structured_view(self.command())
+    }
+
+    /// Re-resolve the toggle after the command changed: an unsupported
+    /// command forces it off, a supported one turns it back on unless the
+    /// operator has already made the choice themselves.
+    fn sync_structured_view(&mut self) {
+        if !self.supports_structured_view() {
+            self.structured_view = false;
+        } else if !self.structured_view_touched {
+            self.structured_view = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn toggle_structured_view(&mut self) {
+        if self.supports_structured_view() {
+            self.structured_view = !self.structured_view;
+            self.structured_view_touched = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     /// The chosen working directory: a picked project row, else the raw path
     /// input when it holds something.
     pub fn cwd(&self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
@@ -667,12 +734,22 @@ impl DraftPane {
             );
         }
         let worktree = self.build_worktree()?;
+        let auto_approve = self
+            .presets
+            .get(self.selected_preset)
+            .is_some_and(|p| p.auto_approve);
         Ok(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: if self.structured_view && self.supports_structured_view() {
+                SessionView::Structured
+            } else {
+                SessionView::Terminal
+            },
             cwd,
             command: command.to_string(),
             env: Default::default(),
             metadata,
             worktree,
+            auto_approve,
         })
     }
 
@@ -727,6 +804,9 @@ impl DraftPane {
         order.push(DraftField::Name);
         order.push(DraftField::Advanced);
         if !self.advanced_collapsed {
+            if self.supports_structured_view() {
+                order.push(DraftField::StructuredToggle);
+            }
             if !self.cwd_raw_visible && self.selected_group_key.is_some() {
                 order.push(DraftField::WorktreeChoice);
             }
@@ -768,6 +848,7 @@ impl DraftPane {
         }
         self.selected_preset =
             ((self.selected_preset as i32) + delta).rem_euclid(len as i32) as usize;
+        self.sync_structured_view();
     }
 
     /// Step-one boxes surviving the type-to-filter, in display order. A
@@ -974,9 +1055,9 @@ impl DraftPane {
             // Two fields keep their own Enter instead: `DirPicker`, whose
             // highlighted row isn't the picked one until a first Enter chooses
             // it (the next Enter, now that it's active, falls through to
-            // submit); and the disclosure/toggle pair (`Advanced`,
-            // `WorktreeToggle`), which activate on Enter like a button rather
-            // than submitting, same as the web form's own `<button>` controls.
+            // submit); and the disclosure/checkbox fields, which activate on
+            // Enter like buttons rather than submitting, matching the web
+            // form controls.
             InputKey::Enter if self.focused_field == DraftField::DirPicker => {
                 let is_other_row = self.selection() >= self.visible_groups().len();
                 let choose_only =
@@ -996,6 +1077,10 @@ impl DraftPane {
                 self.toggle_worktree();
                 DraftInputResult::Consumed
             }
+            InputKey::Enter if self.focused_field == DraftField::StructuredToggle => {
+                self.toggle_structured_view();
+                DraftInputResult::Consumed
+            }
             InputKey::Enter => DraftInputResult::Submit,
             InputKey::Char {
                 c: ' ',
@@ -1013,6 +1098,14 @@ impl DraftPane {
                 self.toggle_worktree();
                 DraftInputResult::Consumed
             }
+            InputKey::Char {
+                c: ' ',
+                ctrl: false,
+                ..
+            } if self.focused_field == DraftField::StructuredToggle => {
+                self.toggle_structured_view();
+                DraftInputResult::Consumed
+            }
             InputKey::Up if self.focused_field == DraftField::DirPicker => {
                 self.move_selection(-1);
                 DraftInputResult::Consumed
@@ -1056,7 +1149,10 @@ impl DraftPane {
             other => {
                 match self.focused_field {
                     DraftField::Preset | DraftField::Submit => {}
-                    DraftField::CustomCommand => self.custom_command.handle_key(other),
+                    DraftField::CustomCommand => {
+                        self.custom_command.handle_key(other);
+                        self.sync_structured_view();
+                    }
                     // Typing filters the list; the highlight resets to the top
                     // so a narrowed search always starts at its best match.
                     DraftField::DirPicker => {
@@ -1094,9 +1190,9 @@ impl DraftPane {
 
         let show_custom = self.is_custom();
         let show_raw = self.cwd_raw_visible;
-        // The worktree choice step, the worktree toggle and its body all stay
-        // behind the "Advanced options" disclosure (#93): collapsed hides
-        // them, regardless of what they'd otherwise show.
+        let show_structured = !self.advanced_collapsed && self.supports_structured_view();
+        // Optional view and worktree controls stay behind the "Advanced
+        // options" disclosure (#93), regardless of what they'd otherwise show.
         let show_wt_toggle = !self.advanced_collapsed;
         let show_wt_body = show_wt_toggle && self.worktree_body_visible();
         let show_wt_choice =
@@ -1115,6 +1211,7 @@ impl DraftPane {
         let fixed: u16 = 3 /* tiles + dir + name */ + 1 /* advanced header */ + 1 /* spawn */
             + u16::from(show_custom)
             + u16::from(show_raw)
+            + u16::from(show_structured)
             + u16::from(show_wt_toggle)
             + u16::from(show_wt_choice) * wt_choice_capacity
             + u16::from(show_wt_body) * (1 + if self.branch_mode == WorktreeBranchMode::New { 1 } else { branch_rows })
@@ -1134,6 +1231,9 @@ impl DraftPane {
         }
         constraints.push(Constraint::Length(1)); // name
         constraints.push(Constraint::Length(1)); // advanced header
+        if show_structured {
+            constraints.push(Constraint::Length(1));
+        }
         if show_wt_choice {
             constraints.push(Constraint::Length(wt_choice_capacity));
         }
@@ -1332,6 +1432,24 @@ impl DraftPane {
             advanced_row,
         );
 
+        if show_structured {
+            let row = next_row();
+            f.render_widget(
+                Paragraph::new(Line::from(vec![
+                    Span::raw(format!("{:<GUTTER$}", "view:")),
+                    Span::styled(
+                        if self.structured_view {
+                            "[x] structured view"
+                        } else {
+                            "[ ] structured view"
+                        },
+                        field_style(DraftField::StructuredToggle),
+                    ),
+                ])),
+                row,
+            );
+        }
+
         if show_wt_choice {
             // Step two (#96 rule 3): "+ new" first, then the repository's
             // worktrees newest-first.
@@ -1679,6 +1797,7 @@ mod tests {
             id: "aider".into(),
             label: "Aider".into(),
             command: "aider".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         }]);
         assert_eq!(
             draft.command(),
@@ -1688,6 +1807,51 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(draft.presets.last().unwrap().id, "custom");
     }
 
+    /// "Spawn similar" (#155) seeds the cloned session's command: it lands on
+    /// the tile that runs it when the daemon offers one.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_seeded_command_selects_its_own_preset() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            seed_command: Some("aider".into()),
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.set_presets(vec![
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "claude".into(),
+                label: "Claude".into(),
+                command: "claude".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "aider".into(),
+                label: "Aider".into(),
+                command: "aider".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+        ]);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "aider");
+        assert!(!draft.is_custom());
+        assert_eq!(draft.seed_command, None, "consumed by the first load");
+    }
+
+    /// A command no preset runs falls back to the custom tile with the command
+    /// typed in, so the clone still spawns what it cloned.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_seeded_command_with_no_preset_fills_the_custom_tile() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            seed_command: Some("bash -l".into()),
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.set_presets(vec![SpawnPreset {
+            id: "claude".into(),
+            label: "Claude".into(),
+            command: "claude".into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
+        }]);
+        assert!(draft.is_custom());
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "bash -l");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn left_right_cycles_presets_wrapping_into_custom() {
         let mut draft = DraftPane {
@@ -1748,6 +1912,280 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(req.cwd, PathBuf::from("/srv/work"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_view_is_default_on_and_visible_for_supported_agents() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            advanced_collapsed: false,
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.set_presets(vec![
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "claude".into(),
+                label: "Claude".into(),
+                command: "claude".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "codex".into(),
+                label: "Codex".into(),
+                command: "codex".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "opencode".into(),
+                label: "OpenCode".into(),
+                command: "opencode".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+        ]);
+        assert!(draft.structured_view, "on by default for a supported agent");
+        assert!(draft.field_order().contains(&DraftField::StructuredToggle));
+        let rendered = render_to_string(100, 24, |f| draft.render(f, f.area(), true));
+        assert!(rendered.contains("[x] structured view"), "{rendered}");
+
+        draft.cycle_preset(1);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "codex");
+        assert!(
+            draft.structured_view,
+            "Codex keeps the structured selection"
+        );
+        draft.cycle_preset(1);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "opencode");
+        assert!(
+            !draft.structured_view,
+            "a hidden value must not stay checked"
+        );
+        assert!(!draft.field_order().contains(&DraftField::StructuredToggle));
+        let rendered = render_to_string(100, 24, |f| draft.render(f, f.area(), true));
+        assert!(!rendered.contains("structured view"), "{rendered}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_view_request_is_guarded_against_a_stale_command() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            picked_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/srv/work")),
+            worktree_enabled: false,
+            structured_view: true,
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Structured);
+
+        draft.selected_preset = 1;
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "opencode");
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Terminal);
+    }
+
+    /// A custom command typed into the free-text field, run through the same
+    /// resolver the daemon/web gate uses (`command_tool`, #199): a path, an
+    /// env prefix, or a wrapper still resolves to Claude Code or Codex, so
+    /// the toggle stays offered and the request carries `Structured`; an
+    /// unrelated program does not.
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_view_follows_command_resolution_for_custom_commands() {
+        let cases: &[(&str, bool)] = &[
+            ("claude", true),
+            ("claude --resume", true),
+            ("CLAUDE", true),
+            ("/usr/local/bin/claude -p hi", true),
+            ("./bin/claude", true),
+            ("FOO=1 BAR=2 claude", true),
+            ("npx claude-code", true),
+            ("npx --yes claude-code", true),
+            ("sudo claude", true),
+            ("sudo -u root claude", true),
+            ("env -i claude", true),
+            ("nohup claude", true),
+            ("time claude", true),
+            ("command claude", true),
+            ("pnpm --silent dlx claude-code", true),
+            ("yarn --silent dlx claude-code", true),
+            ("bun x claude-code", true),
+            ("\"/opt/my agent/claude\" --resume", true),
+            ("codex", true),
+            ("codex --full-auto", true),
+            ("CODEX=1 codex", true),
+            ("/usr/local/bin/codex exec", true),
+            ("npx codex", true),
+            ("sudo -u root codex", true),
+            ("env -i codex", true),
+            ("command codex", true),
+            ("pnpm --silent dlx codex", true),
+            ("\"/opt/my agent/codex\" exec", true),
+            ("bash", false),
+            ("opencode", false),
+            ("/usr/local/bin/bash -l", false),
+            // A package-manager wrapper without `dlx`/`x` runs a
+            // `package.json` script, not the package (#199) — must not be
+            // mistaken for a Claude launch.
+            ("pnpm claude", false),
+            ("yarn claude", false),
+            // The daemon's structured-session child, never a valid
+            // user-facing launch form (#199).
+            ("claude-code-acp", false),
+        ];
+        for &(command, supported) in cases {
+            let mut draft = DraftPane {
+                picked_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/srv/work")),
+                worktree_enabled: false,
+                advanced_collapsed: false,
+                ..DraftPane::default()
+            };
+            draft.selected_preset = draft.presets.len() - 1;
+            draft.custom_command = crate::text_input::TextInput::with_value(command);
+            draft.sync_structured_view();
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                draft.field_order().contains(&DraftField::StructuredToggle),
+                supported,
+                "toggle visibility for {command:?}"
+            );
+            assert_eq!(
+                draft.structured_view, supported,
+                "default selection for {command:?}"
+            );
+            let view = draft.build_request().unwrap().view;
+            assert_eq!(
+                view,
+                if supported {
+                    SessionView::Structured
+                } else {
+                    SessionView::Terminal
+                },
+                "request view for {command:?}"
+            );
+
+            draft.toggle_structured_view();
+            assert!(
+                !draft.structured_view,
+                "the toggle turns the default off for {command:?}"
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// A configured preset (the spawn-form "alias" for a command) is gated
+    /// the same way as free text: a preset whose command resolves to Claude
+    /// Code or Codex through a wrapper still offers structured view.
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_view_follows_command_resolution_for_presets() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            picked_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/srv/work")),
+            worktree_enabled: false,
+            advanced_collapsed: false,
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.set_presets(vec![
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "claude-wrapped".into(),
+                label: "Claude (npx)".into(),
+                command: "npx claude-code --resume".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "codex-wrapped".into(),
+                label: "Codex (npx)".into(),
+                command: "npx codex exec".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "aider".into(),
+                label: "Aider".into(),
+                command: "aider".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "npx claude-code --resume");
+        assert!(draft.field_order().contains(&DraftField::StructuredToggle));
+        assert!(draft.structured_view);
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Structured);
+
+        // Switching between supported presets preserves the selection.
+        draft.cycle_preset(1);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "npx codex exec");
+        assert!(draft.structured_view);
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Structured);
+
+        // Switching to a preset that does not resolve to an ACP agent clears the
+        // stale selection instead of letting an invalid request through.
+        draft.cycle_preset(1);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "aider");
+        assert!(!draft.structured_view, "stale selection must clear");
+        assert!(!draft.field_order().contains(&DraftField::StructuredToggle));
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Terminal);
+    }
+
+    /// The default only applies until the operator has an opinion: once they
+    /// untick the box, moving between supported commands leaves it unticked
+    /// instead of turning it back on under them.
+    #[test]
+    fn an_unticked_structured_view_survives_a_command_change() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            picked_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/srv/work")),
+            worktree_enabled: false,
+            advanced_collapsed: false,
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.set_presets(vec![
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "claude".into(),
+                label: "Claude".into(),
+                command: "claude".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+            SpawnPreset {
+                id: "codex".into(),
+                label: "Codex".into(),
+                command: "codex".into(),
+                auto_approve: false,
+            },
+        ]);
+        assert!(draft.structured_view);
+
+        draft.toggle_structured_view();
+        assert!(!draft.structured_view);
+
+        draft.cycle_preset(1);
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "codex");
+        assert!(
+            !draft.structured_view,
+            "the operator's choice outranks the default"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Terminal);
+    }
+
+    /// Editing the custom-command text away from a supported agent clears an armed
+    /// selection immediately, matching the preset-switch case above — an
+    /// invalid `Structured` request can never reach `build_request`.
+    #[test]
+    fn structured_view_clears_when_custom_command_edited_away_from_supported_agent() {
+        let mut draft = DraftPane {
+            picked_cwd: Some(PathBuf::from("/srv/work")),
+            worktree_enabled: false,
+            advanced_collapsed: false,
+            focused_field: DraftField::CustomCommand,
+            ..DraftPane::default()
+        };
+        draft.selected_preset = draft.presets.len() - 1;
+        draft.custom_command = crate::text_input::TextInput::with_value("codex");
+        draft.sync_structured_view();
+        assert!(draft.structured_view);
+
+        typed(&mut draft, " -p");
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "codex -p");
+        assert!(draft.structured_view, "still Codex, selection survives");
+
+        for _ in 0.."codex -p".chars().count() {
+            draft.on_input(&InputKey::Backspace);
+        }
+        typed(&mut draft, "bash");
+        assert_eq!(draft.command(), "bash");
+        assert!(
+            !draft.structured_view,
+            "editing the program away from Codex clears the stale selection"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(draft.build_request().unwrap().view, SessionView::Terminal);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn projects_render_sorted_with_stale_dimmed_and_other_directory_last() {
         let mut draft = DraftPane {

crates/maestro-tui/src/fast_forward.rs

@@ -49,6 +49,33 @@ pub fn resolve(
                 .into_iter()
                 .next()
         });
+    defaults(project, presets, handle)
+}
+
+/// Resolve the defaults for a spawn pinned to one directory — the command
+/// bar's `~` (#154), where the operator named the directory and nothing may
+/// override it. Unlike [`resolve`] there is no recency fallback: a directory
+/// the project scan does not know leaves `project` `None`, which is an
+/// unresolvable default, so the keystroke opens the pre-filled form instead of
+/// spawning somewhere else.
+pub fn resolve_at(
+    dir: &std::path::Path,
+    projects: &[Project],
+    presets: &[SpawnPreset],
+    handle: Option<String>,
+) -> FastForwardDefaults {
+    let project = projects.iter().find(|p| p.path == dir).cloned();
+    defaults(project, presets, handle)
+}
+
+/// The project's last command, or the first non-custom preset, wrapped up with
+/// the rest of the defaults. Shared by both resolvers so the two entry points
+/// can never settle on different commands.
+fn defaults(
+    project: Option<Project>,
+    presets: &[SpawnPreset],
+    handle: Option<String>,
+) -> FastForwardDefaults {
     let command = project
         .as_ref()
         .and_then(|p| p.last_command.clone())
@@ -81,6 +108,7 @@ impl FastForwardDefaults {
             return None;
         }
         Some(CreateSessionRequest {
+            view: Default::default(),
             cwd: project.path.clone(),
             command: command.to_string(),
             env: Default::default(),
@@ -93,6 +121,7 @@ impl FastForwardDefaults {
                 branch: handle.to_string(),
                 create_branch: true,
             }),
+            auto_approve: false,
         })
     }
 
@@ -156,9 +185,50 @@ mod tests {
             id: id.into(),
             label: id.into(),
             command: command.into(),
+            auto_approve: false,
         }
     }
 
+    /// The command bar's `~` names the directory; nothing may override it.
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_at_pins_the_directory_over_the_recency_ranking() {
+        let projects = vec![
+            project("/repos/fresh", 0, Some("aider")),
+            project("/repos/pinned", 30, Some("zsh")),
+        ];
+        let resolved = resolve_at(
+            std::path::Path::new("/repos/pinned"),
+            &projects,
+            &[preset("claude", "claude")],
+            Some("otter".into()),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolved.project.as_ref().map(|p| p.path.clone()),
+            Some(PathBuf::from("/repos/pinned"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(resolved.command.as_deref(), Some("zsh"));
+        let req = resolved.build_request().expect("every default resolved");
+        assert_eq!(req.cwd, PathBuf::from("/repos/pinned"));
+    }
+
+    /// A directory the scan does not know resolves no project, so there is no
+    /// request to build — the caller opens the pre-filled form instead of
+    /// spawning somewhere else.
+    #[test]
+    fn resolve_at_takes_no_fallback_for_an_unknown_directory() {
+        let projects = vec![project("/repos/fresh", 0, Some("aider"))];
+        let resolved = resolve_at(
+            std::path::Path::new("/elsewhere"),
+            &projects,
+            &[preset("claude", "claude")],
+            Some("otter".into()),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(resolved.project, None);
+        // The preset still resolves; the missing project is what blocks it.
+        assert_eq!(resolved.command.as_deref(), Some("claude"));
+        assert_eq!(resolved.build_request(), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn resolves_every_default_from_the_most_recent_project() {
         let projects = vec![

crates/maestro-tui/src/input.rs

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ pub enum MouseKind {
     Click,
     DblClick,
     Drag,
+    Hover,
     ScrollUp,
     ScrollDown,
 }
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ impl InputKey {
                     MouseKind::Click => "click",
                     MouseKind::DblClick => "dblclick",
                     MouseKind::Drag => "drag",
+                    MouseKind::Hover => "hover",
                     MouseKind::ScrollUp => "scrollup",
                     MouseKind::ScrollDown => "scrolldown",
                 };
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ impl InputKey {
                 "click" => MouseKind::Click,
                 "dblclick" => MouseKind::DblClick,
                 "drag" => MouseKind::Drag,
+                "hover" => MouseKind::Hover,
                 "scrollup" => MouseKind::ScrollUp,
                 "scrolldown" => MouseKind::ScrollDown,
                 other => return Err(InputParseError::UnknownMouseKind(other.into())),
@@ -297,6 +300,7 @@ where
             let mk = match kind {
                 MouseEventKind::Down(MouseButton::Left) => MouseKind::Click,
                 MouseEventKind::Drag(MouseButton::Left) => MouseKind::Drag,
+                MouseEventKind::Moved => MouseKind::Hover,
                 MouseEventKind::ScrollUp => MouseKind::ScrollUp,
                 MouseEventKind::ScrollDown => MouseKind::ScrollDown,
                 _ => return None,
@@ -387,6 +391,9 @@ pub struct ChordState {
     held: Vec<String>,
     last_press: Option<Instant>,
     timeout: Duration,
+    /// A key bumped out of an abandoned chord (see [`Self::feed`]), waiting
+    /// to be replayed as a fresh keystroke by the caller.
+    replay: Option<InputKey>,
 }
 
 impl ChordState {
@@ -395,6 +402,7 @@ impl ChordState {
             held: Vec::new(),
             last_press: None,
             timeout,
+            replay: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -404,6 +412,13 @@ impl ChordState {
     ///   binding; wait for the next key.
     /// * `Resolved(s)` — `s` is the canonical chord (or single key) to look
     ///   up in the keymap. The held buffer is cleared.
+    ///
+    /// A held prefix that is itself directly bound (e.g. a leader key bound
+    /// alone as well as chorded, like `ctrl-a` and `ctrl-a ctrl-k`) resolves
+    /// to that binding the moment the next key fails to extend it, rather
+    /// than swallowing the held key and losing its meaning — the new key
+    /// never belonged to the chord and is handed back via [`Self::take_replay`]
+    /// so the caller can process it as its own keystroke.
     pub fn feed(&mut self, key: &InputKey, known_bindings: &HashSet<String>) -> ChordResult {
         if let Some(t) = self.last_press {
             if t.elapsed() > self.timeout {
@@ -428,11 +443,31 @@ impl ChordState {
 
         if is_prefix {
             self.held.push(key_s);
-            ChordResult::Pending
-        } else {
-            self.held.clear();
-            ChordResult::Resolved(candidate)
+            return ChordResult::Pending;
         }
+
+        if known_bindings.contains(&candidate) {
+            self.held.clear();
+            return ChordResult::Resolved(candidate);
+        }
+
+        if !self.held.is_empty() {
+            let held_str = self.held.join(" ");
+            self.held.clear();
+            if known_bindings.contains(&held_str) {
+                self.replay = Some(key.clone());
+                return ChordResult::Resolved(held_str);
+            }
+        }
+
+        ChordResult::Resolved(candidate)
+    }
+
+    /// Take the key bumped out of an abandoned chord by the last [`Self::feed`]
+    /// call, if any. The caller feeds it through again as a brand new
+    /// keystroke.
+    pub fn take_replay(&mut self) -> Option<InputKey> {
+        self.replay.take()
     }
 }
 
@@ -650,6 +685,9 @@ mod tests {
         let s = "mouse:dblclick(sidebar-row)";
         let k = InputKey::parse(s).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(k.canonical(), s);
+        let s = "mouse:hover(pane)";
+        let k = InputKey::parse(s).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(k.canonical(), s);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -733,6 +771,41 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(r, ChordResult::Resolved("g x".into()));
     }
 
+    /// A key bound both alone and as a chord prefix (the leader: `ctrl-a` and
+    /// `ctrl-a ctrl-k`) must still fire its own binding when the next key
+    /// doesn't complete the chord — the held key's meaning isn't lost, and
+    /// the new key comes back via `take_replay` for the caller to process on
+    /// its own (#156).
+    #[test]
+    fn a_bound_prefix_resolves_itself_and_replays_the_breaking_key() {
+        let mut chord = ChordState::new(Duration::from_secs(10));
+        let known: HashSet<String> = ["ctrl-a".into(), "ctrl-a ctrl-k".into()]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+
+        let r = chord.feed(&InputKey::ctrl_char('a'), &known);
+        assert_eq!(r, ChordResult::Pending);
+
+        let r = chord.feed(&InputKey::char('j'), &known);
+        assert_eq!(r, ChordResult::Resolved("ctrl-a".into()));
+        assert_eq!(chord.take_replay(), Some(InputKey::char('j')));
+    }
+
+    /// The full chord still resolves normally when the next key completes
+    /// it — no replay, no early fire of the shorter binding.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_completed_chord_off_a_bound_prefix_has_no_replay() {
+        let mut chord = ChordState::new(Duration::from_secs(10));
+        let known: HashSet<String> = ["ctrl-a".into(), "ctrl-a ctrl-k".into()]
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+
+        chord.feed(&InputKey::ctrl_char('a'), &known);
+        let r = chord.feed(&InputKey::ctrl_char('k'), &known);
+        assert_eq!(r, ChordResult::Resolved("ctrl-a ctrl-k".into()));
+        assert_eq!(chord.take_replay(), None);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn chord_state_lone_key_resolves_immediately() {
         let mut chord = ChordState::new(Duration::from_secs(10));

crates/maestro-tui/src/lib.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pub mod action;
 pub mod app;
 pub mod catalog;
 pub mod cli;
+pub mod command_bar;
 pub mod config;
 pub mod daemon_link;
 pub mod draft;
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ pub mod render;
 pub mod session_task;
 pub mod sidebar;
 pub mod state;
+pub mod structured_pane;
+pub mod structured_task;
 pub mod terminal;
 pub mod text_input;
 

crates/maestro-tui/src/palette.rs

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl Surface {
     pub fn activity(&self, state: ActivityState) -> Color {
         match state {
             ActivityState::Active => self.active,
-            ActivityState::Idle => self.idle,
+            ActivityState::Idle | ActivityState::Starting => self.idle,
             ActivityState::AwaitingInput => self.awaiting,
             ActivityState::Error => self.error,
         }
@@ -928,9 +928,10 @@ pub fn contrast_ratio(a: Color, b: Color) -> Option<f64> {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
-    const STATES: [ActivityState; 4] = [
+    const STATES: [ActivityState; 5] = [
         ActivityState::Active,
         ActivityState::Idle,
+        ActivityState::Starting,
         ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
         ActivityState::Error,
     ];

crates/maestro-tui/src/render.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use crate::palette;
 use crate::pane::Pane;
 use crate::sidebar::Sidebar;
 use crate::state::{AppState, Focus, OverlayKind, SidebarItem};
+use crate::structured_pane::StructuredPane;
 
 /// Tagged regions for mouse hit-testing. The input router resolves a mouse
 /// coordinate to one of these via [`RegionMap::region_at`].
@@ -80,12 +81,16 @@ pub struct RenderInputs<'a> {
     pub home_dir: &'a str,
     pub pane_title: &'a str,
     pub pane: Option<&'a Pane>,
+    pub structured_pane: Option<&'a StructuredPane>,
     /// The spawn form behind [`OverlayKind::Spawn`], when one is up.
     pub draft: Option<&'a crate::draft::DraftPane>,
     pub state: &'a AppState,
     pub help: &'a HelpOverlay,
     /// Edit buffer behind the rename prompt (#125).
     pub rename_input: &'a crate::text_input::TextInput,
+    /// The command bar behind [`OverlayKind::CommandBar`] (#153), when one is
+    /// up.
+    pub command_bar: Option<&'a crate::command_bar::CommandBar>,
     /// Liveness + release of the daemon, for the status bar's indicator and the
     /// restart overlay (`docs/RESTART.md`).
     pub link: &'a crate::daemon_link::LinkStatus,
@@ -144,14 +149,22 @@ pub fn draw(f: &mut Frame, inputs: RenderInputs<'_>) -> RegionMap {
     render_title_bar(f, title_area, inputs.pane_title, pane_focused);
     if let Some(p) = inputs.pane {
         p.render(f, pane_area);
+    } else if let Some(p) = inputs.structured_pane {
+        p.render(f, pane_area);
     }
     // `RegionMap::pane` is also the PTY resize source. The title bar is
-    // chrome; every remaining cell belongs to the emulator.
+    // chrome; every remaining cell belongs to the active session pane.
     map.pane = Some(pane_area);
 
     // Status bar — always visible, never eclipsed by overlays so the user can
     // always see the current mode + key hints.
-    render_status_bar(f, status_area, inputs.state, inputs.link);
+    render_status_bar(
+        f,
+        status_area,
+        inputs.state,
+        inputs.link,
+        inputs.structured_pane.is_some(),
+    );
 
     match inputs.state.overlay() {
         Some(OverlayKind::Spawn) => {
@@ -198,6 +211,14 @@ pub fn draw(f: &mut Frame, inputs: RenderInputs<'_>) -> RegionMap {
             }
             map.modal = Some(area);
         }
+        Some(OverlayKind::CommandBar) => {
+            if let Some(bar) = inputs.command_bar {
+                if let Some((x, y)) = bar.render(f, area) {
+                    f.set_cursor_position((x, y));
+                }
+                map.modal = Some(area);
+            }
+        }
         Some(OverlayKind::Help) => {
             inputs.help.render(f, area);
             map.modal = Some(area);
@@ -242,7 +263,13 @@ fn render_title_bar(f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, title: &str, focused: bool) {
 /// Render the always-visible status bar at the bottom of the frame. Surfaces
 /// mode + focused panel + the most useful key hints so the user is never
 /// guessing what state they're in.
-fn render_status_bar(f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, state: &AppState, link: &LinkStatus) {
+fn render_status_bar(
+    f: &mut Frame,
+    area: Rect,
+    state: &AppState,
+    link: &LinkStatus,
+    structured: bool,
+) {
     // The daemon indicator is pinned right and sized to its own text, so a
     // narrow terminal truncates the key hints rather than the release.
     let label = link_label(link);
@@ -260,9 +287,13 @@ fn render_status_bar(f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, state: &AppState, link: &LinkSta
         Focus::Sidebar => "sidebar",
         Focus::Pane => "pane",
     };
-    let hint = match state.mode {
-        Mode::Normal => "j/k: nav  •  enter: attach  •  s: spawn  •  ?: help  •  ^Wq: quit",
-        Mode::Insert => "^a: return to sidebar",
+    let hint = match (structured && state.focus == Focus::Pane, state.mode) {
+        (true, Mode::Normal) => "j/k: rows  •  enter: expand  •  i: compose  •  esc: cancel",
+        (true, Mode::Insert) => "enter: send  •  esc: cancel  •  ^a: sidebar",
+        (false, Mode::Normal) => {
+            "j/k: nav  •  enter: attach  •  s: spawn  •  ?: help  •  ^Wq: quit"
+        }
+        (false, Mode::Insert) => "^a: return to sidebar",
     };
     let mode_style = palette::active().mode_style(state.mode == Mode::Insert);
     let line = ratatui::text::Line::from(vec![
@@ -424,10 +455,12 @@ mod tests {
             home_dir: "",
             pane_title: "session",
             pane: None,
+            structured_pane: None,
             draft: None,
             state: &state,
             help: &help,
             rename_input: &crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
+            command_bar: None,
             link,
         };
         let backend = ratatui::backend::TestBackend::new(120, 24);
@@ -520,10 +553,12 @@ mod tests {
             home_dir: "",
             pane_title: "session",
             pane: None,
+            structured_pane: None,
             draft: Some(&draft),
             state: &state,
             help: &help,
             rename_input: &crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
+            command_bar: None,
             link: &online_link(),
         };
 
@@ -574,10 +609,12 @@ mod tests {
                 home_dir: "",
                 pane_title: "session",
                 pane: None,
+                structured_pane: None,
                 draft: None,
                 state: &state,
                 help: &help,
                 rename_input: &crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
+                command_bar: None,
                 link: &online_link(),
             };
             let backend = ratatui::backend::TestBackend::new(80, 24);
@@ -615,10 +652,12 @@ mod tests {
                 home_dir: "",
                 pane_title: "session",
                 pane: None,
+                structured_pane: None,
                 draft: None,
                 state: &state,
                 help: &help,
                 rename_input: &crate::text_input::TextInput::default(),
+                command_bar: None,
                 link: &online_link(),
             };
             let backend = ratatui::backend::TestBackend::new(80, 24);

crates/maestro-tui/src/session_task.rs

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impl SessionTask {
     }
 }
 
-fn jitter(base: Duration) -> Duration {
+pub(crate) fn jitter(base: Duration) -> Duration {
     let ms = base.as_millis() as u64;
     let now_nanos = std::time::SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)

crates/maestro-tui/src/sidebar.rs

@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut metadata = HashMap::new();
         metadata.insert("name".into(), serde_json::Value::String(name.into()));
         Session {
+            view: Default::default(),
             id: Uuid::from_u128(id),
             command: "bash".into(),
             cwd: std::path::PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: None,
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -977,6 +979,7 @@ mod tests {
         for state in [
             ActivityState::Active,
             ActivityState::Idle,
+            ActivityState::Starting,
             ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
             ActivityState::Error,
         ] {
@@ -1007,6 +1010,7 @@ mod tests {
         for state in [
             ActivityState::Active,
             ActivityState::Idle,
+            ActivityState::Starting,
             ActivityState::AwaitingInput,
             ActivityState::Error,
         ] {
@@ -1250,6 +1254,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn falls_back_to_command_when_name_metadata_is_absent() {
         let s = Session {
+            view: Default::default(),
             id: Uuid::from_u128(1),
             command: "vim".into(),
             cwd: std::path::PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
@@ -1266,6 +1271,7 @@ mod tests {
             current_cwd: None,
             blocked_work: None,
             last_focused_at: None,
+            acp_session_id: None,
         };
         let sb = Sidebar {
             sessions: vec![s],

crates/maestro-tui/src/state.rs

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ pub enum OverlayKind {
     /// so this stays comparable.
     Rename(Uuid),
     Help,
+    /// The `ctrl-k` command bar (#153). Its query buffer and result list live
+    /// on `App` as [`crate::command_bar::CommandBar`], for the same reason the
+    /// rename buffer does — so this stays comparable.
+    CommandBar,
     Toast(String),
 }
 

crates/maestro-tui/src/structured_task.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,773 @@
+//! Live projection state for one structured session.
+
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, AtomicU8, Ordering};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
+use maestro_protocol::{
+    ReducedState, StructuredApprovalDecision, StructuredEvent, TranscriptDelta, TranscriptRow,
+    TranscriptRowKind,
+};
+use tokio::sync::watch;
+use tokio_tungstenite::tungstenite::{Error as WsError, Message};
+
+use crate::input::InputKey;
+use crate::session_task::SessionState;
+use crate::text_input::TextInput;
+
+/// Renderer and input state built directly from the daemon's two projections.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct StructuredState {
+    pub rows: Vec<TranscriptRow>,
+    pub reduced: ReducedState,
+    pub selected: Option<String>,
+    pub expanded: HashSet<String>,
+    pub scroll: usize,
+    /// Row id per rendered line from the last render pass, parallel to that
+    /// pass's `lines`. Lets the next render translate `scroll` — a raw index
+    /// into that now-stale layout — back into a row identity before mapping
+    /// it onto the freshly rebuilt layout, so growth/shrinkage above the
+    /// viewport shifts indices without shifting what's on screen.
+    pub(crate) line_rows: Vec<Option<String>>,
+    pub follow_selection: bool,
+    pub composer: TextInput,
+    pub error: Option<String>,
+    submitting: bool,
+    submission_generation: u64,
+    reconcile_submission_on_snapshot: Option<u64>,
+    approval_submitting: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for StructuredState {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rows: Vec::new(),
+            reduced: ReducedState::default(),
+            selected: None,
+            expanded: HashSet::new(),
+            scroll: 0,
+            line_rows: Vec::new(),
+            follow_selection: true,
+            composer: TextInput::default(),
+            error: None,
+            submitting: false,
+            submission_generation: 0,
+            reconcile_submission_on_snapshot: None,
+            approval_submitting: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl StructuredState {
+    pub fn apply(&mut self, event: StructuredEvent) {
+        match event {
+            StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot { snapshot } => {
+                let selected = self.selected.clone();
+                self.rows = snapshot.rows;
+                self.selected = selected
+                    .filter(|id| self.rows.iter().any(|row| &row.id == id))
+                    .or_else(|| {
+                        self.rows
+                            .iter()
+                            .rev()
+                            .find(|row| row.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan)
+                            .map(|row| row.id.clone())
+                    });
+                self.expanded
+                    .retain(|id| self.rows.iter().any(|row| &row.id == id));
+            }
+            StructuredEvent::ReducedState { state } => {
+                let reconcile_submission = self
+                    .reconcile_submission_on_snapshot
+                    .take()
+                    .is_some_and(|generation| {
+                        self.submitting && generation == self.submission_generation
+                    });
+                self.apply_reduced(state, reconcile_submission);
+            }
+            StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate { transcript, state } => {
+                if let Some(delta) = transcript {
+                    self.apply_delta(delta);
+                }
+                self.apply_reduced(state, false);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn apply_delta(&mut self, delta: TranscriptDelta) {
+        match delta {
+            TranscriptDelta::Append { row } => {
+                let followed_tail = self.follow_selection
+                    && self.selected.as_ref().is_some_and(|id| {
+                        self.rows
+                            .iter()
+                            .rev()
+                            .find(|old| old.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan)
+                            .is_some_and(|old| &old.id == id)
+                    });
+                if let Some(index) = self.rows.iter().position(|old| old.id == row.id) {
+                    self.rows[index] = row.clone();
+                } else {
+                    self.rows.push(row.clone());
+                }
+                if row.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan && (self.selected.is_none() || followed_tail)
+                {
+                    self.selected = Some(row.id);
+                }
+            }
+            TranscriptDelta::Patch { row } => {
+                if let Some(index) = self.rows.iter().position(|old| old.id == row.id) {
+                    self.rows[index] = row.clone();
+                } else {
+                    self.rows.push(row.clone());
+                }
+            }
+            TranscriptDelta::Remove { id } => {
+                let removed = self.rows.iter().position(|row| row.id == id);
+                self.rows.retain(|row| row.id != id);
+                self.expanded.remove(&id);
+                if self.selected.as_deref() == Some(&id) {
+                    self.selected = removed.and_then(|index| {
+                        let split = index.min(self.rows.len());
+                        self.rows[split..]
+                            .iter()
+                            .find(|row| row.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan)
+                            .or_else(|| {
+                                self.rows[..split]
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .rev()
+                                    .find(|row| row.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan)
+                            })
+                            .map(|row| row.id.clone())
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn apply_reduced(&mut self, state: ReducedState, reconcile_submission: bool) {
+        let previous_nonce = self.pending_nonce().map(str::to_owned);
+        if reconcile_submission || state.turn.responding || state.turn.thinking {
+            self.submitting = false;
+        }
+        self.reduced = state;
+        let next_nonce = self.pending_nonce().map(str::to_owned);
+        if next_nonce != previous_nonce {
+            self.approval_submitting = false;
+            if next_nonce.is_some() {
+                self.selected = self
+                    .rows
+                    .iter()
+                    .rev()
+                    .find(|row| row.kind == TranscriptRowKind::Approval)
+                    .map(|row| row.id.clone());
+                self.follow_selection = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn prepare_snapshot_reconciliation(&mut self) {
+        self.reconcile_submission_on_snapshot =
+            self.submitting.then_some(self.submission_generation);
+    }
+
+    pub fn select(&mut self, delta: isize) {
+        let selectable: Vec<&TranscriptRow> = self
+            .rows
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|row| row.kind != TranscriptRowKind::Plan)
+            .collect();
+        if selectable.is_empty() {
+            self.selected = None;
+            return;
+        }
+        let current = self
+            .selected
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|id| selectable.iter().position(|row| &row.id == id))
+            .unwrap_or(selectable.len() - 1);
+        let next = if delta >= 0 {
+            current
+                .saturating_add(delta as usize)
+                .min(selectable.len() - 1)
+        } else {
+            current.saturating_sub(delta.unsigned_abs())
+        };
+        self.selected = Some(selectable[next].id.clone());
+        self.follow_selection = true;
+    }
+
+    /// Select the transcript block under a rendered transcript line. Pointer
+    /// input uses the same row identity map as scroll reconciliation, so a
+    /// wrapped block behaves as one target.
+    pub fn select_rendered_line(&mut self, line: usize) -> bool {
+        let Some(id) = self.line_rows.get(line).and_then(Clone::clone) else {
+            return false;
+        };
+        self.selected = Some(id);
+        self.follow_selection = false;
+        true
+    }
+
+    pub fn toggle_selected(&mut self) {
+        let Some(id) = self.selected.clone() else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let expandable = self.rows.iter().any(|row| {
+            row.id == id
+                && matches!(
+                    row.kind,
+                    TranscriptRowKind::ToolCall | TranscriptRowKind::ToolDiff
+                )
+        });
+        if !expandable {
+            return;
+        }
+        if !self.expanded.insert(id.clone()) {
+            self.expanded.remove(&id);
+        }
+        self.follow_selection = true;
+    }
+
+    pub fn scroll_by(&mut self, lines: isize) {
+        self.scroll = if lines >= 0 {
+            self.scroll.saturating_sub(lines as usize)
+        } else {
+            self.scroll.saturating_add(lines.unsigned_abs())
+        };
+        self.follow_selection = false;
+    }
+
+    pub fn edit_composer(&mut self, key: &InputKey) {
+        if !self.turn_active() {
+            self.composer.handle_key(key);
+            self.error = None;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn begin_prompt(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
+        if self.turn_active() || self.composer.value().trim().is_empty() {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let prompt = self.composer.value().to_string();
+        self.composer = TextInput::default();
+        self.submission_generation = self.submission_generation.wrapping_add(1);
+        self.submitting = true;
+        self.error = None;
+        Some(prompt)
+    }
+
+    pub fn prompt_failed(&mut self, prompt: String, error: String) {
+        if self.composer.value().is_empty() {
+            self.composer = TextInput::with_value(prompt);
+        }
+        self.submitting = false;
+        self.error = Some(error);
+    }
+
+    pub fn turn_active(&self) -> bool {
+        self.submitting || self.reduced.turn.responding || self.reduced.turn.thinking
+    }
+
+    pub fn pending_nonce(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.reduced
+            .pending_approval
+            .as_ref()?
+            .get("nonce")?
+            .as_str()
+    }
+
+    pub fn approval_decision(&mut self, key: char) -> Option<(String, StructuredApprovalDecision)> {
+        if self.approval_submitting {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let selected = self.selected.as_deref()?;
+        let pending_row = self
+            .rows
+            .iter()
+            .rev()
+            .find(|row| row.kind == TranscriptRowKind::Approval)?;
+        if pending_row.id != selected {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let decision = match key {
+            'a' => StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce,
+            'A' => StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession,
+            'd' => StructuredApprovalDecision::Deny,
+            _ => return None,
+        };
+        let offered = offered_decisions(&pending_row.data);
+        if !offered.contains(&decision) {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let nonce = self.pending_nonce()?.to_string();
+        self.approval_submitting = true;
+        self.error = None;
+        Some((nonce, decision))
+    }
+
+    pub fn approval_failed(&mut self, nonce: &str, error: String) {
+        if self.pending_nonce() != Some(nonce) {
+            return;
+        }
+        self.approval_submitting = false;
+        self.error = Some(error);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn offered_decisions(data: &serde_json::Value) -> Vec<StructuredApprovalDecision> {
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    for kind in data
+        .get("options")
+        .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_array)
+        .into_iter()
+        .flatten()
+        .filter_map(|option| option.get("kind").and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str))
+    {
+        match kind {
+            "allow_once" if !out.contains(&StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce) => {
+                out.push(StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce)
+            }
+            "allow_always" if !out.contains(&StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession) => {
+                out.push(StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession)
+            }
+            "reject_once" | "reject_always" if !out.contains(&StructuredApprovalDecision::Deny) => {
+                out.push(StructuredApprovalDecision::Deny)
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Cheap shared handle for a structured projection connection.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct StructuredHandle {
+    pub state: Arc<Mutex<StructuredState>>,
+    connection: Arc<AtomicU8>,
+    revision: Arc<AtomicU64>,
+    stop: watch::Sender<bool>,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for StructuredHandle {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("StructuredHandle")
+            .field("connection", &self.connection())
+            .field("revision", &self.revision())
+            .finish_non_exhaustive()
+    }
+}
+
+impl StructuredHandle {
+    pub fn connection(&self) -> SessionState {
+        match self.connection.load(Ordering::Acquire) {
+            0 => SessionState::Connecting,
+            1 => SessionState::Live,
+            2 => SessionState::Reconnecting,
+            _ => SessionState::Ended,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn revision(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.revision.load(Ordering::Acquire)
+    }
+
+    pub fn end(&self) {
+        self.connection
+            .store(SessionState::Ended as u8, Ordering::Release);
+        let _ = self.stop.send(true);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(test)]
+    pub(crate) fn test_handle(state: StructuredState) -> Self {
+        let (stop, _) = watch::channel(false);
+        Self {
+            state: Arc::new(Mutex::new(state)),
+            connection: Arc::new(AtomicU8::new(SessionState::Live as u8)),
+            revision: Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0)),
+            stop,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct StructuredTask;
+
+impl StructuredTask {
+    pub fn spawn(ws_url: String) -> StructuredHandle {
+        let state = Arc::new(Mutex::new(StructuredState::default()));
+        let connection = Arc::new(AtomicU8::new(SessionState::Connecting as u8));
+        let revision = Arc::new(AtomicU64::new(0));
+        let (stop, mut stopped) = watch::channel(false);
+        let handle = StructuredHandle {
+            state: state.clone(),
+            connection: connection.clone(),
+            revision: revision.clone(),
+            stop,
+        };
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let mut backoff = Duration::from_secs(1);
+            loop {
+                if *stopped.borrow() {
+                    return;
+                }
+                state
+                    .lock()
+                    .expect("structured state mutex")
+                    .prepare_snapshot_reconciliation();
+                connection.store(SessionState::Connecting as u8, Ordering::Release);
+                let connected = tokio::select! {
+                    result = tokio_tungstenite::connect_async(&ws_url) => result,
+                    _ = stopped.changed() => return,
+                };
+                let (mut ws, _) = match connected {
+                    Ok(value) => value,
+                    Err(error) => {
+                        if terminal_handshake_error(&error) {
+                            state.lock().expect("structured state mutex").error =
+                                Some(format!("cannot open structured session: {error}"));
+                            connection.store(SessionState::Ended as u8, Ordering::Release);
+                            revision.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+                            return;
+                        }
+                        connection.store(SessionState::Reconnecting as u8, Ordering::Release);
+                        revision.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+                        tokio::select! {
+                            _ = tokio::time::sleep(super::session_task::jitter(backoff)) => {},
+                            _ = stopped.changed() => return,
+                        }
+                        backoff = backoff.saturating_mul(2).min(Duration::from_secs(30));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
+                backoff = Duration::from_secs(1);
+                connection.store(SessionState::Live as u8, Ordering::Release);
+                revision.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+
+                loop {
+                    let frame = tokio::select! {
+                        frame = ws.next() => frame,
+                        _ = stopped.changed() => return,
+                    };
+                    match frame {
+                        Some(Ok(Message::Text(text))) => {
+                            if let Ok(event) = serde_json::from_str::<StructuredEvent>(&text) {
+                                state.lock().expect("structured state mutex").apply(event);
+                                revision.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Some(Ok(Message::Close(_))) | None | Some(Err(_)) => break,
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+                connection.store(SessionState::Reconnecting as u8, Ordering::Release);
+                revision.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Release);
+                tokio::select! {
+                    _ = tokio::time::sleep(super::session_task::jitter(backoff)) => {},
+                    _ = stopped.changed() => return,
+                }
+                backoff = backoff.saturating_mul(2).min(Duration::from_secs(30));
+            }
+        });
+        handle
+    }
+}
+
+fn terminal_handshake_error(error: &WsError) -> bool {
+    matches!(error, WsError::Http(response) if response.status().is_client_error())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use maestro_protocol::{TranscriptSnapshot, TurnState};
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    fn row(id: &str, kind: TranscriptRowKind, data: serde_json::Value) -> TranscriptRow {
+        TranscriptRow {
+            id: id.into(),
+            kind,
+            data,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snapshots_replace_and_deltas_address_rows_by_id() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot {
+            snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 2,
+                rows: vec![row("a", TranscriptRowKind::AgentText, json!({}))],
+            },
+        });
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+            transcript: Some(TranscriptDelta::Patch {
+                row: row("a", TranscriptRowKind::AgentText, json!({"n": 2})),
+            }),
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+            transcript: Some(TranscriptDelta::Append {
+                row: row("b", TranscriptRowKind::Notice, json!({})),
+            }),
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+        assert_eq!(state.rows.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(state.rows[0].data["n"], 2);
+
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot {
+            snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 5,
+                rows: vec![row("b", TranscriptRowKind::Notice, json!({"fresh": true}))],
+            },
+        });
+        assert_eq!(state.rows.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(state.rows[0].data["fresh"], true);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selection_survives_patch_and_moves_after_remove() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState {
+            rows: vec![
+                row("a", TranscriptRowKind::Notice, json!({})),
+                row("b", TranscriptRowKind::ToolCall, json!({})),
+                row("plan", TranscriptRowKind::Plan, json!({})),
+            ],
+            selected: Some("a".into()),
+            ..StructuredState::default()
+        };
+        state.select(1);
+        assert_eq!(state.selected.as_deref(), Some("b"));
+        state.toggle_selected();
+        assert!(state.expanded.contains("b"));
+        state.apply_delta(TranscriptDelta::Remove { id: "b".into() });
+        assert_eq!(state.selected.as_deref(), Some("a"));
+
+        state.apply_delta(TranscriptDelta::Remove { id: "a".into() });
+        assert_eq!(
+            state.selected, None,
+            "collapsed plan rows are not selectable"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn approval_keys_only_offer_server_backed_decisions() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.rows.push(row(
+            "approval:1",
+            TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+            json!({"options":[
+                {"kind":"allow_once"}, {"kind":"reject_always"}
+            ]}),
+        ));
+        state.selected = Some("approval:1".into());
+        state.reduced.pending_approval = Some(json!({"nonce":"secret"}));
+        assert_eq!(
+            state.approval_decision('A'),
+            None,
+            "allow-for-session was not offered"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            state.approval_decision('a'),
+            Some(("secret".into(), StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolved_approval_ignores_its_late_failure() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.rows.push(row(
+            "approval:1",
+            TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+            json!({"options":[{"kind":"allow_once"}]}),
+        ));
+        state.selected = Some("approval:1".into());
+        state.reduced.pending_approval = Some(json!({"nonce":"old"}));
+        assert!(state.approval_decision('a').is_some());
+
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+            transcript: None,
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+        state.approval_failed("old", "response lost".into());
+
+        assert_eq!(state.error, None);
+        assert!(!state.approval_submitting);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn superseded_approval_ignores_its_late_failure() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.rows.push(row(
+            "approval:1",
+            TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+            json!({"options":[{"kind":"allow_once"}]}),
+        ));
+        state.selected = Some("approval:1".into());
+        state.reduced.pending_approval = Some(json!({"nonce":"old"}));
+        assert!(state.approval_decision('a').is_some());
+
+        state.rows.push(row(
+            "approval:2",
+            TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+            json!({"options":[{"kind":"allow_once"}]}),
+        ));
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+            transcript: None,
+            state: ReducedState {
+                pending_approval: Some(json!({"nonce":"new"})),
+                ..ReducedState::default()
+            },
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            state.approval_decision('a'),
+            Some(("new".into(), StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowOnce))
+        );
+
+        state.approval_failed("old", "response lost".into());
+
+        assert_eq!(state.error, None);
+        assert!(state.approval_submitting);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn matching_approval_surfaces_its_failure() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.rows.push(row(
+            "approval:1",
+            TranscriptRowKind::Approval,
+            json!({"options":[{"kind":"allow_once"}]}),
+        ));
+        state.selected = Some("approval:1".into());
+        state.reduced.pending_approval = Some(json!({"nonce":"current"}));
+        assert!(state.approval_decision('a').is_some());
+
+        state.approval_failed("current", "request failed".into());
+
+        assert_eq!(state.error.as_deref(), Some("request failed"));
+        assert!(!state.approval_submitting);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn composer_is_gated_by_the_projected_turn_lifecycle() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('h'));
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('i'));
+        assert_eq!(state.begin_prompt().as_deref(), Some("hi"));
+        assert!(state.turn_active());
+        state.prompt_failed("hi".into(), "nope".into());
+        assert_eq!(state.composer.value(), "hi");
+
+        state.reduced.turn = TurnState {
+            responding: true,
+            ..TurnState::default()
+        };
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('x'));
+        assert_eq!(state.composer.value(), "hi");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn selecting_a_rendered_line_selects_its_whole_block() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState {
+            line_rows: vec![
+                Some("one".into()),
+                Some("one".into()),
+                None,
+                Some("two".into()),
+            ],
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        assert!(state.select_rendered_line(1));
+        assert_eq!(state.selected.as_deref(), Some("one"));
+        assert!(!state.follow_selection);
+        assert!(!state.select_rendered_line(2));
+        assert_eq!(state.selected.as_deref(), Some("one"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn authoritative_idle_snapshot_reconciles_a_wholly_missed_turn() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('h'));
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('i'));
+        assert_eq!(state.begin_prompt().as_deref(), Some("hi"));
+
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+            transcript: None,
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+        assert!(
+            state.turn_active(),
+            "an ordinary idle update must not reopen the composer before turn begin"
+        );
+
+        state.prepare_snapshot_reconciliation();
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot {
+            snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 0,
+                rows: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        });
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ReducedState {
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+        assert!(
+            !state.turn_active(),
+            "a reconnect snapshot must settle a submission whose whole turn was missed"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stale_handshake_state_does_not_settle_a_new_submission() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.prepare_snapshot_reconciliation();
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot {
+            snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 0,
+                rows: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        });
+
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('h'));
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('i'));
+        assert_eq!(state.begin_prompt().as_deref(), Some("hi"));
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ReducedState {
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+
+        assert!(
+            state.turn_active(),
+            "state captured before this submission must not reopen the composer"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn failed_submission_reconciliation_does_not_settle_its_successor() {
+        let mut state = StructuredState::default();
+        state.edit_composer(&InputKey::char('a'));
+        assert_eq!(state.begin_prompt().as_deref(), Some("a"));
+        state.prepare_snapshot_reconciliation();
+
+        state.prompt_failed("a".into(), "nope".into());
+        state.composer = TextInput::with_value("b");
+        assert_eq!(state.begin_prompt().as_deref(), Some("b"));
+
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot {
+            snapshot: TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 0,
+                rows: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        });
+        state.apply(StructuredEvent::ReducedState {
+            state: ReducedState::default(),
+        });
+
+        assert!(
+            state.turn_active(),
+            "a reconnect for the failed submission must not settle its successor"
+        );
+    }
+}

crates/maestro-tui/tests/structured_http.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+//! The TUI's structured actions use the shared typed daemon client; assert the
+//! exact route and bare approval decision body at the HTTP boundary.
+
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use axum::extract::{Path, State};
+use axum::routing::post;
+use axum::{Json, Router};
+use maestro_protocol::{DaemonClient, StructuredApprovalDecision, StructuredPromptRequest};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+struct Seen {
+    prompt: Option<String>,
+    cancelled: bool,
+    approval: Option<(String, StructuredApprovalDecision)>,
+}
+
+type Shared = Arc<Mutex<Seen>>;
+
+async fn prompt(
+    State(seen): State<Shared>,
+    Path(_id): Path<Uuid>,
+    Json(body): Json<StructuredPromptRequest>,
+) {
+    seen.lock().unwrap().prompt = Some(body.prompt);
+}
+
+async fn cancel(State(seen): State<Shared>, Path(_id): Path<Uuid>) {
+    seen.lock().unwrap().cancelled = true;
+}
+
+async fn approval(
+    State(seen): State<Shared>,
+    Path((_id, nonce)): Path<(Uuid, String)>,
+    Json(decision): Json<StructuredApprovalDecision>,
+) {
+    seen.lock().unwrap().approval = Some((nonce, decision));
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn prompt_cancel_and_approval_use_structured_api_contract() {
+    let seen = Shared::default();
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/api/sessions/:id/structured/prompt", post(prompt))
+        .route("/api/sessions/:id/structured/cancel", post(cancel))
+        .route(
+            "/api/sessions/:id/structured/approvals/:nonce",
+            post(approval),
+        )
+        .with_state(seen.clone());
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+    tokio::spawn(async move { axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap() });
+
+    let client = DaemonClient::new(format!("http://{addr}"));
+    let id = Uuid::from_u128(141);
+    client.send_structured_prompt(id, "ship it").await.unwrap();
+    client.cancel_structured_turn(id).await.unwrap();
+    client
+        .resolve_structured_approval(
+            id,
+            "one-use-nonce",
+            StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let seen = seen.lock().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(seen.prompt.as_deref(), Some("ship it"));
+    assert!(seen.cancelled);
+    assert_eq!(
+        seen.approval,
+        Some((
+            "one-use-nonce".into(),
+            StructuredApprovalDecision::AllowForSession
+        ))
+    );
+}

crates/maestro-tui/tests/structured_task_ws.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+//! Projection socket coverage: snapshots replace state on reconnect and live
+//! deltas patch rows without client-side event folding.
+
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use axum::extract::ws::{Message, WebSocketUpgrade};
+use axum::extract::State;
+use axum::response::Response;
+use axum::routing::any;
+use axum::Router;
+use maestro_protocol::{
+    ReducedState, StructuredEvent, TranscriptDelta, TranscriptRow, TranscriptRowKind,
+    TranscriptSnapshot,
+};
+use maestro_tui::session_task::SessionState;
+use maestro_tui::structured_task::StructuredTask;
+use serde_json::json;
+
+async fn structured_handler(
+    State(connects): State<Arc<AtomicUsize>>,
+    ws: WebSocketUpgrade,
+) -> Response {
+    ws.on_upgrade(move |mut socket| async move {
+        let attempt = connects.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        let snapshot = if attempt == 0 {
+            TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 1,
+                rows: vec![row("old", json!({"content":{"type":"text","text":"old"}}))],
+            }
+        } else {
+            TranscriptSnapshot {
+                cursor: 3,
+                rows: vec![row("live", json!({"content":{"type":"text","text":"one"}}))],
+            }
+        };
+        send(
+            &mut socket,
+            StructuredEvent::TranscriptSnapshot { snapshot },
+        )
+        .await;
+        if attempt == 0 {
+            let _ = socket.close().await;
+            return;
+        }
+        send(
+            &mut socket,
+            StructuredEvent::ProjectionUpdate {
+                transcript: Some(TranscriptDelta::Patch {
+                    row: row("live", json!({"content":{"type":"text","text":"two"}})),
+                }),
+                state: ReducedState {
+                    model: Some("test-model".into()),
+                    ..ReducedState::default()
+                },
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3)).await;
+    })
+}
+
+fn row(id: &str, data: serde_json::Value) -> TranscriptRow {
+    TranscriptRow {
+        id: id.into(),
+        kind: TranscriptRowKind::AgentText,
+        data,
+    }
+}
+
+async fn send(socket: &mut axum::extract::ws::WebSocket, event: StructuredEvent) {
+    socket
+        .send(Message::Text(serde_json::to_string(&event).unwrap()))
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn reconnect_snapshot_replaces_then_delta_patches_projection() {
+    let connects = Arc::new(AtomicUsize::new(0));
+    let app = Router::new()
+        .route("/api/structured/x", any(structured_handler))
+        .with_state(connects.clone());
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+    let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+    tokio::spawn(async move { axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap() });
+
+    let handle = StructuredTask::spawn(format!("ws://{addr}/api/structured/x"));
+    for _ in 0..250 {
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        let state = handle.state.lock().unwrap().clone();
+        if state.reduced.model.as_deref() == Some("test-model") {
+            assert_eq!(state.rows.len(), 1);
+            assert_eq!(state.rows[0].id, "live");
+            assert_eq!(state.rows[0].data["content"]["text"], "two");
+            assert!(connects.load(Ordering::SeqCst) >= 2);
+            handle.end();
+            assert_eq!(handle.connection(), SessionState::Ended);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    panic!(
+        "structured projection never reached reconnect delta; connection={:?}",
+        handle.connection()
+    );
+}

crates/maestro/Cargo.toml

@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 maestro-cli = { path = "../maestro-cli", optional = true, default-features = false }
 maestro-daemon = { path = "../maestro-daemon", optional = true, default-features = false }
 maestro-tui = { path = "../maestro-tui", optional = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile.workspace = true

crates/maestro/tests/subcommand_routing.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//! Process-level routing for the umbrella `maestro` binary (#10): each
+//! enabled top-level subcommand must reach its own crate's runtime dispatch,
+//! not just parse successfully.
+//!
+//! A malformed `--config` file makes every crate's dispatch fail identically
+//! at config load, before any subcommand touches tmux, the network, or a
+//! terminal. That lets the assertions tell "clap parsed it but the handler
+//! never ran" (a usage error, exit 2) apart from "it dispatched into the real
+//! crate" (a `toml decode` runtime error via `main`'s `maestro: {e}` printer,
+//! exit 1).
+//!
+//! The absence tests below only compile when the matching feature is off, so
+//! they run under CI's per-feature-subset matrix (`--no-default-features
+//! --features cli|daemon|tui`) rather than the default all-features build.
+
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Output};
+
+fn bin() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_maestro"))
+}
+
+fn bad_config() -> tempfile::NamedTempFile {
+    let mut f = tempfile::NamedTempFile::new().expect("create temp config file");
+    write!(f, "this is not valid toml {{{{{{").expect("write temp config");
+    f
+}
+
+fn run(args: &[&str]) -> Output {
+    Command::new(bin())
+        .args(args)
+        .output()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("spawn `maestro {args:?}`: {e}"))
+}
+
+/// Real dispatch happened: exit 1, `main`'s `"maestro: {e}"` prefix, and the
+/// config crate's error surfacing through — never clap's own usage-error
+/// page, which would mean the subcommand never reached its handler.
+fn assert_dispatched(out: &Output) {
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(1), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.starts_with("maestro: "), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+    assert!(stderr.contains("toml decode"), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+    assert!(!stderr.contains("Usage:"), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+}
+
+/// Never reached a handler: clap rejected the subcommand outright because the
+/// feature that defines it is off. Only used by the `not(feature = "...")`
+/// tests below, which themselves only exist in a single-feature build.
+#[cfg(not(all(feature = "cli", feature = "daemon", feature = "tui")))]
+fn assert_unrecognized(out: &Output, name: &str) {
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr);
+    assert_eq!(out.status.code(), Some(2), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+    assert!(
+        stderr.contains("unrecognized subcommand"),
+        "stderr:\n{stderr}"
+    );
+    assert!(stderr.contains(name), "stderr:\n{stderr}");
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cli")]
+#[test]
+fn list_dispatches_into_maestro_cli() {
+    let cfg = bad_config();
+    let out = run(&["list", "--config", cfg.path().to_str().unwrap()]);
+    assert_dispatched(&out);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cli"))]
+#[test]
+fn list_is_unrecognized_without_cli_feature() {
+    assert_unrecognized(&run(&["list"]), "list");
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "daemon")]
+#[test]
+fn daemon_dispatches_into_maestro_daemon() {
+    let cfg = bad_config();
+    let out = run(&["daemon", "--config", cfg.path().to_str().unwrap()]);
+    assert_dispatched(&out);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "daemon"))]
+#[test]
+fn daemon_is_unrecognized_without_daemon_feature() {
+    assert_unrecognized(&run(&["daemon"]), "daemon");
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "tui")]
+#[test]
+fn tui_dispatches_into_maestro_tui() {
+    let cfg = bad_config();
+    let out = run(&["tui", "--config", cfg.path().to_str().unwrap()]);
+    assert_dispatched(&out);
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(feature = "tui"))]
+#[test]
+fn tui_is_unrecognized_without_tui_feature() {
+    assert_unrecognized(&run(&["tui"]), "tui");
+}

docs/COMMAND-BAR.md

@@ -45,8 +45,21 @@ mirroring the TUI's. `ctrl-a` is select-all in a browser; the web
 `preventDefault`s it, since selecting all of a terminal pane does nothing
 useful.
 
-Only Ctrl-K gets an escape hatch. No other control character is intercepted, so
-none of them needs one.
+One knob drives both clients: the daemon serves `[tui].leader` as `leader` on
+`GET /api/info`, and the web binds that instead of its own constant (#159). A
+daemon too old to send the field, or an unreachable `/api/info`, leaves the web
+on `ctrl-a`. The section is named `[tui]` for history — it is the leader for
+every client, not the TUI's alone.
+
+The leader itself needs the same kind of way back: holding it consumes every
+press, on both clients, even before anything is bound behind it. Pressing it
+twice — `ctrl-a ctrl-a` by default — sends one literal leader byte to the
+focused pane and clears the pending chord, the way tmux resolves a doubled
+prefix key. This chord is also built from the configured leader, so a
+rebound leader carries its own escape hatch with it.
+
+Only Ctrl-K and the leader itself get an escape hatch. No other control
+character is intercepted, so none of them needs one.
 
 ### Focus round-trip
 
@@ -145,12 +158,12 @@ searchable — the query line keeps working, now over those actions.
   ambiguous.
 - Escape, or backspace at an empty query, returns to the result list **with the
   previous query intact**. Drilling in and backing out is free.
-- Each action raises the flow it already has: kill goes through the existing
-  confirm-and-blockers dialog (`docs/WORKTREES.md`), rename through the
-  existing prompt pre-filled with the session's own name
-  (`docs/SIDEBAR.md`), spawn similar through the spawn form seeded from the
-  session's directory and command. The bar picks the action; it never
-  reimplements one.
+- Each action raises the flow it already has: kill through the confirmation
+  both clients ask for (`docs/SIDEBAR.md`) and the blockers dialog behind it
+  (`docs/WORKTREES.md`), rename through the existing prompt pre-filled with the
+  session's own name (`docs/SIDEBAR.md`), spawn similar through the spawn form
+  seeded from the session's directory and command. The bar picks the action; it
+  never reimplements one.
 
 No actions beyond those three, and no action across more than one session.
 

docs/INSTALL.md

@@ -18,10 +18,14 @@ wizard, and cleans up — only the unified `maestro` binary ends up persisted in
 
 **Updating is the same command.** Re-running `./install.sh` detects an existing
 systemd unit, refreshes it, and runs `systemctl --user restart maestro` instead
-of `start`. No `--update` flag needed. **The restart keeps your sessions:** the unit sets
+of `start`. No `--update` flag needed. **The restart keeps your terminal sessions:** the unit sets
 `KillMode=process`, so systemd signals only the daemon — the tmux server (and
-every session) survives, and the new daemon re-adopts them on start. A unit
-written before this default lacks the line; re-run `./install.sh` to refresh it.
+every tmux-backed session) survives, and the new daemon re-adopts them on
+start. Structured sessions (an agent run as a daemon child over ACP) are not
+tmux panes, so shutdown ends their active turn; the transcript survives and
+the next daemon attempts one resume (`docs/RESTART.md#structured-sessions`). A
+unit written before this default lacks the line; re-run `./install.sh` to
+refresh it.
 
 Inside the script, `cargo install --git https://git.naps.pt/naps62/maestro …`
 uses your already-configured git credentials for this host (HTTPS helper or
@@ -94,7 +98,10 @@ running a local daemon, for a host that only talks to another machine's.
 
 The daemon unit carries the same `KillMode=process` as the wizard-written one,
 so `systemctl --user restart maestro-daemon` leaves the tmux server and every
-session alive.
+terminal session alive. Structured sessions end their active turn on
+shutdown and resume once on the next daemon: ACP state comes back via
+`session/load`, while the event log only replays Maestro's own transcript
+projection (`docs/RESTART.md#structured-sessions`).
 
 ## Thin builds for single-role hosts
 
@@ -136,7 +143,8 @@ cover every v1 action — only override what you want to change:
 ```toml
 [tui]
 theme = "dark"              # see the theme list below
-leader = "ctrl-a"            # one byte that escapes Insert mode
+leader = "ctrl-a"            # one byte that escapes Insert mode; the web reads
+                             # the same setting off /api/info
 chord_timeout_ms = 1000      # how long to hold a partial chord like `ctrl-w`
 
 [tui.keymap.normal]
@@ -187,6 +195,37 @@ An unknown name is rejected as an `[tui].theme` configuration error.
 The full action vocabulary is the `Action` enum in
 `crates/maestro-tui/src/action.rs`.
 
+## Structured sessions: ACP adapters
+
+A session spawned with `view: Structured` runs Claude Code or Codex as a child
+of the daemon over the Agent Client Protocol instead of in a tmux pane. The
+resolved session command selects the adapter binary, which must be on the
+session's `PATH` when the spawn request sets one, or the daemon's `PATH`
+otherwise. Install the adapter for each provider you use:
+
+```sh
+npm install -g --prefix ~/.local @zed-industries/claude-code-acp
+npm install -g --prefix ~/.local @agentclientprotocol/codex-acp
+```
+
+That puts `claude-code-acp` and `codex-acp` in `~/.local/bin`, which must be on
+the applicable `PATH` (a systemd user unit does not read your shell profile; set
+`Environment=PATH=…` in the unit or install somewhere already on it). The
+Claude adapter needs a logged-in Claude Code (`claude /login`); Codex uses the
+Codex CLI's or adapter's configured authentication.
+
+When the adapter is missing the spawn still creates the session, marked dead
+with the provider-specific install command as its activity detail, so clients
+say what to run. The adapter is a child of the daemon: it ends with a `DELETE
+/api/sessions/:id` (`session/cancel`, then `SIGTERM`) and with the daemon
+itself. A daemon restart ends an in-flight structured turn, but preserves its
+worktree, session record, and event-log transcript. The replacement daemon
+starts a new adapter, resumes it with `session/load`, and replays the
+transcript. Terminal sessions keep surviving restarts through tmux. See
+`docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md` for the full contract — row kinds, projections, the
+handshake, and the approval and recovery rules — and `docs/RESTART.md` for
+what a client observes across the restart.
+
 ## The browser UI
 
 The daemon serves the SPA off its own listener. Open

docs/PREVIEW.md

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ Web client (`--preview` and friends in `web/src/styles.css`):
 | The previewed pane's titlebar | Tinted in the preview hue, at full strength, in place of the focused pane's accent tint. |
 | The canvas | A `preview` chip, top right, and a dashed inset ring. |
 | A throwaway tab | Dashed border, italic label. |
-| The sidebar row being previewed | Filled with the preview hue, over whatever open/focused state the row already had. |
+| The sidebar row being previewed | Filled with the preview hue, over whatever open state the row already had — but the row of the session already showing in the pane keeps its accent fill, since previewing it changes nothing on screen. |
+| The sidebar row of the session the operator picked | Keeps its accent fill for the whole preview. A preview never moves the accent; only opening another session does. |
 | A hovered sidebar row, and the keyboard cursor on a session | A lighter wash of the same hue, because both are what previews a row. |
 
 Rows say it with fill, not with an edge — see the tier ladder in

docs/RESTART.md

@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
 
 Maestro is upgraded in place: the operator reinstalls the binary and systemd
 restarts the daemon under every browser tab and TUI that is attached to it.
-tmux keeps the sessions alive across that (see `docs/INSTALL.md`), but clients
-lose their sockets. This document is the contract for what a client does about
-it — what the daemon publishes, how a client tells a restart from a blip, and
-what the user sees while it happens.
+tmux keeps **terminal** sessions alive across that (see `docs/INSTALL.md`),
+but clients lose their sockets either way. This document is the contract for
+what a client does about it — what the daemon publishes, how a client tells a
+restart from a blip, and what the user sees while it happens.
+
+A **structured** session (`docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md`) has no tmux pane behind
+it to survive on: its agent is a child of the daemon process itself, so a
+restart takes it down with the daemon. See
+[Structured sessions](#structured-sessions) below for exactly what that
+costs and what it doesn't.
 
 ## What the daemon publishes
 
@@ -68,6 +74,35 @@ resolves, so a blocked client is never a trapped one. It clears itself the
 moment a probe succeeds — there is no "retry" button, because the client is
 already retrying.
 
+## Structured sessions
+
+Everything above describes a **client's** view of a restart, and it holds for
+a structured session exactly as written — the same three verdicts, the same
+status indicator, the same overlay. What differs is what survives on the
+**daemon** side, because a structured session's agent is a daemon child, not
+a tmux pane:
+
+- A restart **ends the active turn**. There is no adapter process left to
+  finish it, and no tmux pane keeping it alive underneath.
+- The **transcript survives**, in the per-session event log
+  (`docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md#persistence-recovery-and-dead-sessions`) — a
+  graceful shutdown marks the session for one resume attempt. Recovery is
+  two separate operations, not one: the next daemon calls `session/load` so
+  the adapter restores its own ACP session, but whatever history the
+  adapter emits during that call is discarded, not replayed into anything —
+  the daemon already has that history on disk. Separately, the daemon
+  rebuilds its own projection by folding the persisted event log back
+  through it. An ungraceful death (a crash, `kill -9`) leaves no resume
+  marker, and the session stays dead permanently.
+- **Pending approvals and their nonces do not survive.** Both live only in
+  the old daemon's memory; any ACP permission request still mid-flight when
+  the daemon exits is answered `Cancelled` on the way down, and a resumed
+  session starts with no pending approval at all.
+
+`docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md` is the full contract for all of this — the event
+log's shape, the recovery marker, and exactly which kind of session death is
+resumable.
+
 ## Timing
 
 - **Grace window** — 1200 ms between the socket dropping and the overlay

docs/SIDEBAR.md

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ The state word is never spelled out — the colour carries it.
 | ---------------- | --------- | ---------------- |
 | `Active`         | `--live`  | `active`         |
 | `Idle`           | `--muted` | `idle`           |
+| `Starting`       | `--muted` | `idle`           |
 | `AwaitingInput`  | `--warn`  | `awaiting`       |
 | `Error`          | `--danger`| `error`          |
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ furthest down wins the paint.
 | Under the pointer or the keyboard walk | preview hue, light | selection surface, while the sidebar holds the keyboard |
 | Open in some pane, not the focused one | 6% accent wash (`.is-open`) | — (the `●` glyph carries it) |
 | Showing in the pane | `--accent-fill` | `pane_row_bg()` — partway from the card surface to the selection surface |
-| Previewing (`docs/PREVIEW.md`) | `--preview-tint` | — (no preview colour role yet) |
+| Previewing (`docs/PREVIEW.md`), unless that row is the one showing in the pane | `--preview-tint` | — (no preview colour role yet) |
 
 The web ladder is written as one ordered run of equal-specificity rules in
 `styles.css`, every qualifier inside `:where()`, so the order they appear in
@@ -231,7 +232,24 @@ cutover points land within one tick.
 
 ## Precedence
 
-An agent-reported `ActivityState` (#105) overrides the daemon's inference for
+### Activity source by session kind
+
+The daemon supplies one `activity` field to both clients, but its source depends
+on the session kind:
+
+| Session kind | Source |
+|---|---|
+| Terminal | The existing agent-report override and five-minute TTL, falling back to PTY quiescence, foreground process and `/proc` input-block inference. |
+| Structured | ACP state directly: a pending approval is `AwaitingInput`; otherwise an in-flight turn is `Active`; no turn is `Idle`. A failed turn or dead structured session is `Error`, and the next turn clears a failed-turn error. |
+
+Structured sessions never enter the terminal inference path and ignore activity
+reports inherited through agent hooks. They have no PTY whose output or blocked
+read could describe their state. This is a second source, not a replacement for
+the terminal source.
+
+### Terminal report override
+
+For terminal sessions, an agent-reported `ActivityState` (#105) overrides the daemon's inference for
 **five minutes** (the TTL is fixed by the daemon; re-reporting extends it).
 When the TTL expires, inference resumes and the session's reported detail —
 if any — clears with the report. Clients never blend the two: whichever source
@@ -250,6 +268,10 @@ Two rulings specific to a reported `Error` (#114):
   process changes do not clear it — only the agent itself may withdraw what
   the agent itself reported. Re-reporting `Error` extends the TTL rather than
   stacking reports.
+- **Only Claude Code reports `Error`.** Codex has no counterpart to
+  `StopFailure` in its hook event set, so a codex turn that ends on an API
+  error reports `AwaitingInput` and its card carries no error mark. A card
+  without the mark means "nothing reported a failure", not "nothing failed".
 
 If a client receives an `ActivityState` variant it does not know, it must not
 fail rendering: treat it as `Idle` (neutral/dim, line-2 rules apply as usual)
@@ -277,10 +299,10 @@ session is genuinely `Active` again — new work, not merely a refocus. Only
 after that fresh `Active` cycle does the *next* `AwaitingInput` glow again.
 Unfocusing and refocusing alone never re-arms it.
 
-This applies uniformly to `AwaitingInput` from either source — the daemon's
-own inference or an agent's report (#105) — since the rail draws them
-identically. It does not touch `Error`; that state's own TTL (below) is
-unrelated and unaffected by focus.
+This applies uniformly to `AwaitingInput` from terminal inference, an agent
+report (#105), or a structured session's pending approval, since the rail draws
+them identically. It does not touch `Error`; terminal reports keep their TTL,
+while a structured failed-turn error clears when the next turn starts.
 
 Each client reports its own pane's focus with `POST /api/sessions/:id/focus`
 (`{"focused": bool}`) whenever the pane it is showing changes — on attach, on
@@ -303,9 +325,10 @@ lands on the first row it was hiding. A highlight parked on a skipped row —
 reachable by clicking a folder header — still steps to its neighbour rather
 than jumping to the end of the list.
 
-The web client needs a chord to reach the list at all (`Ctrl+Shift+H`, and the
-same chord back): an attached terminal owns every plain keystroke. The TUI uses
-`ctrl-w h`.
+The web client needs a chord to reach the list at all (leader-`h` — `Ctrl+A h`
+by default — and the same chord back): an attached terminal owns every plain
+keystroke, and Escape is left to reach the pane's shell/app instead. The TUI
+uses `ctrl-w h`.
 
 Everything else is the same key on both clients:
 
@@ -316,7 +339,7 @@ Everything else is the same key on both clients:
 | `Tab`   | hand the keyboard to the pane               |
 | `c`     | collapse or expand the highlighted folder   |
 | `r`     | rename the highlighted session              |
-| `x`     | kill the highlighted session                |
+| `x`     | kill the highlighted session (confirms)     |
 | `n`     | open the spawn form                         |
 | `N`     | spawn with every default resolved           |
 | `?`     | show the shortcut overlay                   |
@@ -324,3 +347,18 @@ Everything else is the same key on both clients:
 The TUI binds these through its keymap, so a user can rebind any of them; the
 web client's are fixed. A binding added to one client belongs in this table and
 in both help overlays.
+
+## Killing a session
+
+**Every kill confirms first, in both clients** (#160). A kill is destructive
+and unattended agents live in these sessions, so neither client sends
+`DELETE /api/sessions/:id` off a single press. The TUI raises
+`OverlayKind::KillConfirm` (`[y]`/`[n]`); the web raises the same dialog its
+`✕` button and the command bar's action page both use. Cancel holds the focus
+in the web's dialog, so nothing kills on a stray Enter.
+
+The confirmation names what the card last saw in the way, when anything was —
+the daemon will refuse an unforced kill over such a worktree, and saying so
+before the attempt is cheaper than a refusal. What comes back from that refusal
+is a second, separate prompt offering `force=true`; `docs/WORKTREES.md` owns
+what a forced kill leaves behind.

docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md

@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+# STRUCTURED-VIEW.md — the structured session contract
+
+The contract for a structured session (`view: Structured`, #133): an agent run
+as a daemon child over the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) instead of in a tmux
+pane. Alongside `docs/WORKTREES.md`, `docs/SIDEBAR.md` and `docs/RESTART.md`,
+read this before changing anything that renders a structured session — both
+the web and TUI renderers are written against it.
+
+It covers the eight transcript row kinds, what the daemon decides versus what
+a client decides, the two projections and their delta/cursor semantics, the
+ACP handshake and the capabilities it declines, the adapter's install
+command, and the approval nonce rules. **Non-goal: the detached runner.** It
+does not exist yet, and nothing here describes it.
+
+## What a structured session is
+
+A terminal session's agent runs inside a tmux pane; a structured session's
+agent runs as a subprocess of the daemon itself, speaking ACP over stdio. The
+daemon is the ACP **client**; the provider adapter process is the ACP
+**agent**. It translates the provider's events into ACP `session/update`
+notifications instead of drawing them to a pane. `crates/maestro-acp` owns the
+daemon's side of that connection;
+`crates/maestro-daemon/src/projection.rs` folds what it receives into the two
+projections below.
+
+The child is a real child of the daemon process: same process group, and on
+Linux marked with `PR_SET_PDEATHSIG` so it dies with the daemon even if the
+daemon exits without cleaning up; other platforms have no such signal and
+depend on an orderly shutdown/drop to terminate it. The ordinary path on
+every platform is `AcpSession::terminate` (`session/cancel`, a short grace,
+`SIGTERM`, then `SIGKILL`), called from both `DELETE /api/sessions/:id` and
+daemon shutdown.
+`docs/WORKTREES.md`'s kill-guard rule — an unforced kill refused while the
+session's worktree holds unsaved work — applies to a structured session
+exactly as it does to a terminal one; only what gets terminated differs (an
+ACP handle instead of a tmux pane).
+
+## Choosing the view
+
+`view` is fixed at spawn and never changes. Every client picks it the same
+way, from the resolved command alone
+(`maestro_protocol::display::supports_structured_view`): a command that
+resolves to Claude Code or Codex spawns **Structured** by default, anything
+else spawns **Terminal**. The operator can override the default — the web and
+TUI spawn forms show the checkbox ticked and let it be unticked, and
+`maestro spawn` takes `--terminal` (or `--structured`, which sends the request
+even for a command the CLI does not recognise and lets the daemon refuse it).
+Once the operator works the toggle, a later command change never re-ticks it
+under them; it can still be forced off when the new command has no adapter.
+
+The daemon is the last word: a `Structured` request for a command with no
+adapter is refused there, whichever client sent it.
+
+## The adapter
+
+The resolved structured command selects a provider adapter. Its binary is
+resolved by walking the session's `PATH` when the spawn request sets one, or
+the daemon's `PATH` otherwise, and taking the first executable with that name.
+
+| Command | Adapter binary | Install command | Provider detail |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `claude` | `claude-code-acp` | `npm install -g --prefix ~/.local @zed-industries/claude-code-acp` | Needs a logged-in Claude Code. |
+| `codex` | `codex-acp` | `npm install -g --prefix ~/.local @agentclientprotocol/codex-acp` | Uses Codex CLI or adapter-configured authentication; it advertises model, reasoning-effort, agent-mode, and optional fast-mode configuration. |
+
+The selected install command is baked into `AcpError::AdapterMissing`. When an
+adapter cannot be found, spawn still creates a **Dead** session with that
+command as `activity_detail` (see `docs/INSTALL.md` for the systemd `PATH`
+caveat). Provider authentication failures surface through the adapter's stderr
+tail in the same field.
+
+The handshake is bounded by `HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT` (60s) — long enough for a
+slow machine to boot an adapter and its provider process, never long enough
+to hang a spawn indefinitely. Any handshake failure — missing adapter, early
+exit, a protocol error, or the timeout — leaves no orphaned process: `spawn`
+closes and reaps the child itself before returning the error.
+
+## The ACP handshake
+
+`initialize` is where the daemon states what kind of client it is. It
+declares, deliberately, almost nothing:
+
+| Capability | Declared | Why |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `fs.readTextFile` | `false` | Providers read the session workspace through their own tool surface. |
+| `fs.writeTextFile` | `false` | Providers write the session workspace through their own tool surface. |
+| `terminal` | `false` | Providers run commands through their own tool surface. |
+
+Declining all three keeps the daemon out of the file/terminal surface
+entirely — the adapter already has direct access to the session's `cwd`, and
+routing every read, write, and shell command through the daemon would only
+add a hop with no new capability. Every other capability namespace ACP
+defines (session extensions, auth, elicitation) is simply left at its
+default; the daemon does not advertise support because neither supported
+adapter needs it, not because it was weighed and refused.
+
+The one client method that *is* implemented for real is
+`session/request_permission` (#139) — see [Approvals](#approvals) below.
+Before #139 it was a stub that declined every request; that stub is gone now
+that a live implementation exists.
+
+`session/new` opens a fresh ACP session on every ordinary spawn. A respawn
+after a daemon restart instead sets `SpawnConfig::load_session(id)` and runs
+`session/load` with the ACP session id the original handshake returned
+(`Session::acp_session_id` on the wire) — the adapter must advertise
+`agent_capabilities.load_session`, or the handshake fails outright naming
+that. Whatever history the adapter streams back while `session/load` is in
+flight is dropped on arrival, deliberately: the daemon's own event log
+already holds that history, and forwarding it too would duplicate every row
+in the projections below.
+
+Codex and Claude differ in what they emit, not in this lifecycle. Codex maps
+shell commands, file changes, MCP calls, web search, image generation/view,
+reasoning, plans, and token usage into standard ACP chunks and tool calls;
+those fold into the same eight rows. Codex's `available_commands_update` and
+`session_info_update`, like equivalent Claude updates, remain opaque
+`Notice` rows. Its `session/load` capability is required for daemon recovery
+just as it is for Claude.
+
+## The eight transcript row kinds
+
+`TranscriptRowKind` (`maestro-protocol`) is the alphabet a structured
+transcript is written in. Every row has a stable `id` (so later deltas can
+address it), a `kind`, and a `data: Value` that preserves the underlying ACP
+payload — clients depend on ACP's *shape* without depending on ACP as a
+crate.
+
+| Kind | Carries | Row identity |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `User` | The prompt accepted by Maestro's structured prompt endpoint, persisted before ACP dispatch. An adapter `user_message_chunk` is also supported for imported ACP history. | `user:<uuid>` for a daemon-recorded prompt; `user:<message_id>` or `user:<seq>` for an ACP chunk. |
+| `AgentText` | An `agent_message_chunk` — the agent's visible reply, streamed. | `agent:<message_id>`, or `agent:<seq>` from the first chunk when no id is supplied. Later chunks for the same id—or consecutive anonymous text chunks—are appended into `data.content.text` in place. An empty anonymous chunk starts a fresh row, matching the turn marker emitted by adapters that omit message ids. |
+| `AgentThought` | An `agent_thought_chunk` — the model's reasoning stream. | `thought:<message_id>` / first anonymous `thought:<seq>`, coalesced the same way as `AgentText`. |
+| `ToolCall` | A `tool_call` / `tool_call_update` pair whose content carries no diff. | `tool:<tool_call_id>` — one row for the call's whole life; updates patch it in place, they never create a second row. |
+| `ToolDiff` | The same tool-call machinery, when the tool's content includes a `Diff` block. | Same `tool:<tool_call_id>` identity as `ToolCall`; the *kind* flips between the two as the tool's own content changes, not the row. |
+| `Approval` | A daemon-originated permission request (`RequestPermissionRequest`), serialized without its nonce. | `approval:<uuid>` — minted fresh per request, unrelated to the ACP request's own id. |
+| `Plan` | A `plan` update — the agent's current step list. | The fixed id `"plan"`. Each new plan **replaces** the row wholesale; entries are not diffed against the previous plan. |
+| `Notice` | The raw JSON of any `session/update` variant the ACP dependency already decodes but the projection does not special-case. Maestro also uses a tagged `maestroTurnMeta` notice as the durable footer for a completed, cancelled, or failed turn. | `notice:<seq>` for ACP updates; `turn_meta:<uuid>` for a turn footer. |
+
+`Notice` covers known-but-unspecialized `SessionUpdate` variants: ones the
+`agent-client-protocol` dependency's schema already deserializes (it
+currently folds `available_commands_update` and `session_info_update`
+there) but the projection's `match` doesn't fold into one of the other
+seven kinds. It is not a wire-level forward-compatibility seam:
+`SessionUpdate` is an internally-tagged enum with no unknown-variant
+fallback, so a `session/update` whose `sessionUpdate` tag this build's
+dependency has never heard of — including a variant gated behind an
+unstable ACP feature this build doesn't enable, which is compiled out of
+the enum entirely — fails to deserialize before the projection ever runs,
+rather than becoming a `Notice`. A genuinely new ACP variant needs the
+`agent-client-protocol` dependency upgraded (and, typically, the projection's
+`match` taught about it) before it can appear on this transcript at all — see
+`projection.rs`'s test asserting that an unrecognised `sessionUpdate` tag is a
+deserialization error, not a `Notice`. A client that does not know what to do
+with a `Notice` can still render it as an opaque, collapsed line — that
+remains a reasonable floor, not a client bug.
+
+Rendering is entirely a client concern. The projection's job stops at
+folding ACP into these eight shapes; markdown formatting, diff rendering,
+tool-card treatment, and how a `Notice` is presented are all renderer
+choices, not daemon ones.
+
+## Daemon decisions vs. client decisions
+
+**The daemon decides:**
+
+- Which ACP `session/update` becomes which row kind, and under what id — the
+  fold in `projection.rs` is the one place this logic lives, so the web and
+  TUI renderers can never disagree about it.
+- Turn lifecycle: when a turn begins, and whether an ACP response, a cancel,
+  or a failure ends it (`TurnState.responding` / `.thinking` /
+  `.active_tool_calls` / `.started_at` are derived, not renderer-computed).
+  Ending a turn appends a durable `maestroTurnMeta` footer with its elapsed
+  time, outcome, model, and context-window usage/delta. ACP does not expose
+  provider billing-token counts, so these are explicitly context tokens.
+- Approval nonce minting, secrecy, and the single-active-approval rule (see
+  below) — a client never sees an ACP permission request before the daemon
+  has already turned it into an `Approval` row and a nonce.
+- What happens to an ACP update variant the dependency decodes but nobody has
+  taught the projection to special-case (falls back to `Notice` rather than
+  erroring). A variant the dependency itself can't decode is a deserialization
+  error, not a `Notice` — see [The eight transcript row
+  kinds](#the-eight-transcript-row-kinds).
+- Persistence and replay: what is written to the event log, in what order,
+  and how a restart resumes it.
+
+**A client decides:**
+
+- How each row kind is drawn — markdown for `AgentText`/`AgentThought`, a
+  diff view for `ToolDiff`, a tool card for `ToolCall`, and a floor
+  presentation for `Notice`. `Plan` is the exception: both clients omit it
+  from the transcript; the TUI may show the current plan in its status line,
+  while the web client deliberately has no stats or plan rail.
+- The web client groups two or more tool rows after the same `User` row into
+  one collapsed turn activity block. `AgentText` and `AgentThought` rows that
+  appear *between* tool rows in the same turn are absorbed into the group
+  (intermediate narration); the last `AgentText` with no subsequent tool stays
+  outside as the prominent final answer. While a turn is still active
+  (responding or thinking), the most recent intermediate `AgentText` or
+  `AgentThought` in the group is kept outside as visible narration — replaced
+  by the next text row when one arrives, and absorbed into the group when the
+  turn ends. The header still reads "N tool calls" (counting only tool rows).
+  Opening the group reveals tools and intermediate text in chronological
+  order, with the text rendered in a subdued style.
+- The web client's user, agent, thought, tool-detail, and notice text blocks
+  copy their complete source text when clicked or keyboard-activated.
+- The web client consumes `available_commands_update` notices as the live
+  source for composer `/` autocomplete at any whitespace-delimited token under
+  the caret. Completing a command replaces only that token. The client omits
+  those state-only notices, along with `session_info_update`, from the visible
+  transcript.
+- How live `responding`, `thinking`, tool activity, elapsed time, and context
+  usage are drawn. The web client keeps these in a compact strip above the
+  composer and renders each durable turn footer inline with the transcript.
+- How the operator is asked to resolve an `Approval` row — the daemon only
+  exposes the three-way decision (`AllowOnce` / `AllowForSession` / `Deny`),
+  never the UI that solicits it.
+- Scrolling, collapsing, and every other presentation-only behaviour.
+
+## The two projections
+
+`Projection` (daemon-only) is folded once from the durable ACP stream and
+exposes two independent views, both defined in `maestro-protocol`:
+
+- **`TranscriptSnapshot { cursor, rows }`** — the complete ordered list of
+  transcript rows built so far, plus the log position (`cursor`) it reflects.
+  It is intentionally always the *whole* transcript, not a windowed one: a
+  tool row patched much later must still find its original entry.
+- **`ReducedState`** — one whole-session snapshot folded over every event
+  seen: `turn` (the per-turn indicators above), `pending_approval`, `plan`,
+  `usage`/`context`, `model`, and `mode`. Like `TranscriptSnapshot`, it is
+  always full-history, never a delta — a client that only wants "is a turn
+  active right now" never has to replay anything to answer that.
+
+Changes to the transcript travel as `TranscriptDelta`, tagged `type`:
+`Append { row }` (a new row), `Patch { row }` (an existing row, addressed by
+`id`, replaced wholesale), and `Remove { id }`. `Remove` is defined on the
+wire for forward compatibility; nothing in the current projection emits it —
+every row, once appended, is only ever patched or left alone.
+
+### Cursor and replay semantics
+
+The event log's own line position is the cursor: 1-based, shared by ACP
+notifications and daemon-generated rows alike (`sidecar.rs`'s
+`PersistedEvent` envelope is what lets `User` and `Approval` rows share a cursor
+sequence with raw ACP JSON without pretending to be ACP traffic; the envelope
+also carries durable `Turn` footers). Two ways to
+read it:
+
+- **`WS /api/structured/:id`** — on connect, sends a `TranscriptSnapshot` and
+  a `ReducedState` covering the whole log as it stands, then streams
+  `ProjectionUpdate { transcript, state }` for everything that happens next.
+  There is no client-supplied resume cursor on this socket: every connection
+  gets the full snapshot, not a gap-filled continuation, so a client never
+  needs the replay endpoint just to obtain the current transcript. Use
+  replay instead for cursor-bounded pagination through the durable log —
+  history from before this connection, fetched a page at a time.
+- **`GET /api/sessions/:id/structured/replay`** — cursor-bounded pagination
+  over the durable log, returning one `StructuredReplayEvent` (`cursor`,
+  `transcript`, `state`) per matching line. `?since=<n>` returns the first
+  page after `n` (`since=0` selects from the beginning, i.e. the first
+  page); a client pages forward from there using the cursor of the last
+  event returned. `?before=<n>` returns the page immediately before `n`,
+  still in ascending order — passing both is a `400`. `?limit` defaults to
+  100 and is clamped to 500. Each call re-folds
+  the entire log from scratch to compute the state at every returned cursor,
+  so a page reflects exactly the *durable* state at its cursor, not an
+  approximation of it — at the cost of redoing the whole fold per request.
+  That durable state is not always identical to what a live client saw at
+  that moment, though: turn lifecycle transitions are broadcast live without
+  a durable event backing them (see [Prompt and cancel](#prompt-and-cancel-bounded-liveness)),
+  and a restored `Approval` row carries no pending nonce, because the nonce
+  never reached disk (see [Approvals](#approvals)) — replay is exact and
+  reconstructible, not a perfect record of everything the live view showed.
+  A session that is not a live structured session (terminal, or a dead
+  adapter) answers `409 not_structured` from either route rather than a
+  coherent-looking but stale reply.
+
+## Approvals
+
+An ACP `session/request_permission` callback becomes an `Approval` row plus a
+pending decision, entirely on the daemon side:
+
+- **Generation.** The daemon mints the nonce itself — a fresh
+  `Uuid::new_v4()` string per request — rather than using anything ACP's own
+  request carries. ACP permission callbacks have no request id of their own
+  that would double as one.
+- **Live-only placement.** The nonce lives in exactly one place: the
+  in-memory `pending_approvals` map keyed by nonce, and its mirror in
+  `ReducedState.pending_approval.nonce` on the live wire. It is never part of
+  the `Approval` row's `data` — the row is `RequestPermissionRequest`
+  serialized *without* the nonce.
+- **Secrecy from the agent and from durable history.** The adapter itself
+  never learns the nonce — it is a daemon-to-client secret, never sent back
+  over the ACP connection. It is likewise never written to the event log:
+  restoring an `Approval` row from disk (`Projection::restore_row`)
+  produces a historical row with no `pending_approval` in state, because the
+  nonce that would make it "pending" never made it to disk in the first
+  place. A restart therefore cannot resume a pending approval — see
+  [Persistence](#persistence-recovery-and-dead-sessions).
+- **One live approval at a time.** A new permission request mints its own
+  nonce, then cancels whatever was already pending (`cancel_pending_approvals`)
+  before installing itself as the new pending approval — ACP serializes
+  requests through one connection, so this only ever fires if an adapter
+  nonetheless overlaps two. Either way, the prior pending request is
+  cancelled/cleared before the new one is installed, so the newest request
+  wins.
+- **Single-use and duplicate resolution.**
+  `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/approvals/:nonce` **always answers
+  `204`** for a known, live structured session — whether the nonce is the
+  one currently pending, one already consumed by an earlier answer, or one
+  that never existed. Only an unknown or non-structured *session* answers
+  otherwise (`404` / `409`). This is deliberate: two clients racing to answer the same
+  approval must not turn a harmless duplicate click into a client-visible
+  error. Whichever `POST` reaches the daemon first removes the nonce from
+  `pending_approvals` and is the one whose decision actually reaches the
+  adapter; every later `POST` for that nonce is a no-op `204`.
+- **Cancellation vs. denial.** A turn cancel or a session shutdown resolves
+  any pending approval with ACP's `Cancelled` outcome, not a `Deny` decision
+  — the adapter should read those as "the operation was withdrawn," not "the
+  operator refused it."
+- **Decision mapping.** `AllowOnce` and `AllowForSession` select the ACP
+  option of kind `AllowOnce` / `AllowAlways` from the request's own option
+  list. `Deny` prefers a one-shot refusal (`RejectOnce`) and falls back to a
+  permanent one (`RejectAlways`) only when that is the sole rejection option
+  offered; if neither is present, it answers `Cancelled`.
+
+## Prompt and cancel: bounded liveness
+
+The web composer accepts up to ten files through its attachment picker, file
+drop, or clipboard. Pasted text of at least 4,000 characters or 40 lines becomes
+a UTF-8 `.txt` attachment. Shorter pastes stay in the composer. Attachments can
+be removed before sending; failed sends retain the draft and attachments.
+Pastes also stay inline when all ten attachment slots are occupied or the text
+exceeds the 20 MiB file limit.
+
+On send, `POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/attachments?name=<filename>` uploads
+each file as raw bytes (20 MiB maximum) and returns its absolute `path`.
+Only live structured sessions accept uploads. Filenames are limited to 180
+bytes and cannot contain directory separators or control characters. Files get unique names and private
+file permissions in `<id>.attachments` beside the session sidecar. They persist
+across daemon restarts; removing a composer chip does not delete uploaded data.
+There is currently no automatic attachment cleanup.
+
+The prompt includes each filename and host path so the adapter can read it
+through its own file tools, including images when the provider supports them.
+These references are persisted in the ordinary user transcript row. Attachment
+bytes are not embedded in ACP messages or transcript history.
+
+`POST /api/sessions/:id/structured/prompt` and `.../cancel` are serialized
+against each other through one per-session `operation` lock
+(`AcpEventStream::operation`), because ACP permission callbacks carry no
+per-request id — the daemon's own notion of "the active turn" is the only
+thing a callback can be attributed to, so at most one turn may ever be
+in flight, and a cancelled turn must fully settle before the next prompt is
+allowed to claim the daemon's idea of "the active turn."
+
+- Web clients may collect a visible FIFO of operator messages while a turn is
+  active. They submit each queued message only after the projected turn becomes
+  idle; the queue is client-local and unsent messages do not survive a reload.
+- A submitted prompt is appended as a durable `User` row before it claims the turn and
+  dispatches to ACP, so the transcript never depends on an adapter echoing the
+  operator's input. If that append fails, the prompt is not dispatched. While a
+  turn is active, a second prompt gets `409 turn_in_flight` rather than
+  queuing in the daemon — one active turn per session, never a hidden
+  server-side queue of prompts.
+- Cancel sends `session/cancel`, clears any pending approval as `Cancelled`,
+  and ends the turn's client-visible lifecycle immediately. If the cancelled
+  turn was still *dispatched* to ACP (waiting on its response), the daemon
+  cannot simply forget it: ACP has not confirmed the cancel yet, and a new
+  prompt claiming "the active turn" while the old one is still outstanding
+  would make the next permission callback ambiguous between the two.
+- So a cancelled-but-still-dispatched turn must **settle within
+  `CANCEL_GRACE` (500ms)** — either ACP acknowledges the prompt (however it
+  resolves) or that grace period runs out. If it settles in time, the next
+  prompt proceeds normally. If it does not, the daemon does not guess: it
+  marks the whole structured session dead (`fail_cancelled_acp_turn`) rather
+  than risk a callback resolving against the wrong turn. This is the bounded
+  half of "bounded liveness" — a structured session's prompt/cancel dance
+  either resolves promptly or the session is declared unusable, never left
+  in an indefinite ambiguous state.
+
+## Persistence, recovery, and dead sessions
+
+A structured session's durable state is three files in the sidecar
+directory: the sidecar itself (`<id>.json`), plus two next to it:
+
+- **`<id>.events.jsonl`** — the unified event log. Each line is either a raw
+  ACP `SessionNotification` (kept in its original JSON so old logs stay
+  readable) or a `{"maestroEvent": "user"|"approval", "row": …}` envelope
+  for a daemon-generated row. Both share the same 1-based line-position cursor. A
+  line a hard kill left half-written is terminated before the next append, so
+  it keeps its position and is skipped as malformed rather than corrupting
+  what follows. An append that fails *while the daemon is running* — a
+  `write_all` that errors after only a prefix reached disk, or a `flush` that
+  errors after a complete write — is rolled back to the exact byte length the
+  file was at before the call, so `last_seq` and the file's line count never
+  disagree and the same log handle can be appended to again immediately (#184).
+  If that rollback itself cannot restore the prior length, the append is
+  fatal: the log's consistency can no longer be promised, so the caller kills
+  the session instead of appending to it again.
+- **`<id>.recover`** — an empty marker file. Its only meaning is "the daemon
+  that wrote this shut down gracefully while this session was running, and
+  the next daemon may attempt to resume it." It is consumed (deleted) the
+  moment a recovery attempt reads it — one recovery attempt per graceful
+  shutdown, never a standing flag.
+
+Three ways a structured session ends up `Dead`, each with different
+persistence consequences:
+
+1. **The adapter exits, or a notification append to the event log fails,
+   while the daemon keeps running.** (An approval-row append failure is
+   narrower: as long as the log rolled back cleanly, it only cancels the
+   pending approval and rolls the unpersisted `Approval` row back out of the
+   live transcript, without marking the session dead — a snapshot taken after
+   the failure must never show a row durable replay could not reproduce
+   (#184). If the rollback itself did not restore the log's prior length,
+   this narrower path does not apply either: the session is marked dead the
+   same as any other append failure, since the log can no longer promise
+   `last_seq` matches its file.)
+   `mark_session_dead` applies the same natural-exit worktree rule
+   as a terminal session's own pane exiting (`docs/WORKTREES.md`): a pristine
+   worktree is removed, one holding unsaved work is left on disk. No recovery
+   marker is written. This death is permanent — a later daemon restart's
+   `recover()` finds the sidecar, sees no marker, and leaves the session
+   `Dead` without attempting to resume it.
+2. **A cancelled turn fails to settle within `CANCEL_GRACE`.** Same
+   consequence as (1): the session is marked dead through the same path, no
+   marker, no future resumption.
+3. **Graceful daemon shutdown**, while the session was still `Running`.
+   `mark_session_dead_after_shutdown` marks the session dead **without**
+   applying the worktree exit rule — the tree is kept exactly as it is,
+   pristine or not, because there is nothing "natural" about this exit — and
+   writes the `.recover` marker. The sidecar on disk therefore says `Dead`,
+   but is eligible for resumption.
+
+Recovery, on the next daemon's `recover()`: for every `Structured` sidecar
+not already adopted, the marker is consumed. When one was present and the
+sidecar carries a stored `acp_session_id`, the daemon spawns a fresh adapter
+with `SpawnConfig::load_session(acp_session_id)`, replays the
+entire durable event log into a new `Projection` (rebuilding the transcript
+and reduced state exactly as they were, with any restored `Approval` row
+landing as history — never as a re-armed pending approval, since its nonce
+never reached disk), and only then reopens the log for further appends. What
+the adapter streams back while its own `session/load` is in flight is
+discarded rather than appended, so the replayed history is not duplicated
+(see [The ACP handshake](#the-acp-handshake)). Success flips the session back
+to `Running`/`Idle`; failure (no stored `acp_session_id`, or the handshake
+itself failing) leaves it `Dead` with the failure reason as
+`activity_detail` — the same "tell the operator what to fix" pattern as a
+missing adapter binary.
+
+Pending approvals and their nonces never survive any of this. They live only
+in the in-memory `pending_approvals` map and the live `ReducedState`, both
+gone the instant the daemon that held them exits. Whatever ACP permission
+request was mid-flight when the old daemon died was already answered
+`Cancelled` on that daemon's own shutdown path, so a resumed session always
+starts with no pending approval.
+
+See `docs/RESTART.md` for what a *client* observes across a daemon restart,
+now that structured sessions exist alongside terminal ones.

docs/WORKTREES.md

@@ -35,10 +35,18 @@ The branch name is used verbatim as a relative path, so `feature/login` becomes
 back to a short hash of the branch.
 
 If that path exists, the daemon appends `-2`, then `-3`, and so on until it finds
-a free one. The suffix names the **directory only**. The branch is whatever was
-requested; a second worktree of the same branch is not what happens here, because
-git refuses to check the same branch out twice and the branch picker already
-marks branches that are checked out elsewhere.
+a free one.
+
+For a *new* branch (`create_branch: true`), the suffix goes on the branch name
+itself, and the directory follows since it is derived from the branch — a
+random handle can otherwise reuse the name of a branch some earlier, already
+removed worktree left behind, and `git worktree add -b` refuses outright even
+though the directory is free.
+
+For an *existing* branch (`create_branch: false`) the name must stay exact, so
+only the directory is suffixed — a second worktree of the same branch is not
+what happens here, because git refuses to check the same branch out twice and
+the branch picker already marks branches that are checked out elsewhere.
 
 ### The `worktree_root` override
 

fixtures/command-resolution.json

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{
+  "_description": "the parity fixture for #199's command resolver — every case here is asserted identically by crates/maestro-protocol/src/display.rs (command_program/command_tool) and web/src/toolIcon.ts (splitCommand). `program` is the resolved, basenamed program; `tool` is the icon id it maps to, or null when unrecognised/ambiguous.",
+  "cases": [
+    { "command": "claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "claude --resume", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "CLAUDE", "program": "CLAUDE", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "/usr/local/bin/claude -p hi", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "./bin/claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "FOO=1 BAR=2 claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "FOO=\"bar baz\" claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "FOO='bar baz' claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "FOO=bar\\ baz claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "'/usr/local/bin/claude'", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "\"/opt/my agent/claude\" --resume", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "env -i claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "env --ignore-environment claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo -u root claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo --user=root claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo -- claude --resume", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "nohup claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "time claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "time -p claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "time -- claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "time -p -- claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "time -pp claude", "program": "time", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "time -p -p claude", "program": "time", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "time -o /tmp/t.log claude", "program": "time", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "command claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "command -v claude", "program": "command", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "command -V claude", "program": "command", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "npx --yes claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "npx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm --silent dlx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm -C ./pkg dlx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx -s claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --silent claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn --silent dlx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx -q claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx --quiet claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun x claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bunx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "uvx claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun x --bun claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bunx --bun claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun x -p @anthropic-ai/claude-code claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bunx --package @anthropic-ai/claude-code claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun x --package=@anthropic-ai/claude-code claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bunx --no-install claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun x --verbose claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bunx --silent claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "bun --bun x claude-code", "program": "bun", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --package foo claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --package=foo claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --package= claude-code", "program": "pnpm", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --package", "program": "pnpm", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx -c \"claude-code\"", "program": "pnpm", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm --package=typescript dlx tsc", "program": "tsc", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx --unknown-flag claude-code", "program": "pnpm", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx --package foo claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx --package=foo claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx -p foo claude-code", "program": "claude-code", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx --package= claude-code", "program": "yarn", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx -p", "program": "yarn", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx -p --quiet claude-code", "program": "yarn", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bunx --package= claude-code", "program": "bunx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bunx --package", "program": "bunx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bun x -p --silent claude-code", "program": "bun", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "sudo env -i claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "FOO=1 sudo BAR=2 claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "env -iv claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo -nE claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo -uroot claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo -u", "program": "sudo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "env --unset= claude", "program": "env", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "sudo --user= claude", "program": "sudo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "sudo --user \"\" claude", "program": "sudo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "sudo -nu claude", "program": "sudo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "env -S 'python3 -u' script.py", "program": "env", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "npx -c \"claude --version\"", "program": "npx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "npx --call \"claude --version\"", "program": "npx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "command FOO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "nohup FOO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "npx FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "yarn dlx FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bun x FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bunx FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "uvx FOO=1 claude-code", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "sudo time FOO=1 claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "nohup env FOO=1 claude", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "sudo command FOO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "command nohup FOO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "time command FOO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "\"FOO=1\" claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "FOO\\=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "F\"O\"O=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "F\\OO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "\"FOO\"=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "F\"\"OO=1 claude", "program": "FOO=1", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude\nclaude-code", "program": "claude", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "clau\\\nde --resume", "program": "claude", "tool": "claude" },
+    { "command": "npx opencode", "program": "opencode", "tool": "opencode" },
+    { "command": "pnpm dlx opencode run", "program": "opencode", "tool": "opencode" },
+    { "command": "pnpm claude", "program": "pnpm", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "yarn claude", "program": "yarn", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude-code-acp", "program": "claude-code-acp", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "hx src/main.rs", "program": "hx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "bash", "program": "bash", "tool": "shell" },
+    { "command": "opencode", "program": "opencode", "tool": "opencode" },
+    { "command": "sudo", "program": "sudo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "", "program": "", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "npx --unknown-flag claude-code", "program": "npx", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude | tee log.txt", "program": "claude", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude; echo done", "program": "claude;", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude && echo done", "program": "claude", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "echo hi $(claude)", "program": "echo", "tool": null },
+    { "command": "claude \"unterminated", "program": "claude", "tool": null }
+  ]
+}

flake.nix

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
             pnpmDeps = (pkgs.fetchPnpmDeps.override { pnpm = pkgs.pnpm_10; }) {
               inherit (finalAttrs) pname version src;
               fetcherVersion = 3;
-              hash = "sha256-hOqiAbnjKsoQnV8lgto5HspDsLIb+48sNLkShIjCZPQ=";
+              hash = "sha256-AzF/rrhqbvl613hNsC18YSylBSVxtatg7fEiUEF1u2o=";
             };
 
             buildPhase = ''

web/package-lock.json

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono": "^5.3.0",
         "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.10.0",
         "@xterm/addon-webgl": "^0.19.0",
-        "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0"
+        "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0",
+        "marked": "^18.0.11"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "happy-dom": "^20.11.6",
@@ -1222,6 +1223,18 @@
         "@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec": "^1.5.5"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/marked": {
+      "version": "18.0.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/marked/-/marked-18.0.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HnslJfsZkRPBDJRHvVtAaWlZHEpSu7u8LgQuJCELjRKuWR+hpq4A7sLq3p8HaI9ypVoXDXxV34CsQJEe1+J5Aw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "bin": {
+        "marked": "bin/marked.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 20"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ms": {
       "version": "2.1.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",

web/package.json

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "packageManager": "pnpm@9.15.4",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
-    "build": "tsc -b && vite build",
+    "build": "tsc -b tsconfig.build.json && vite build",
     "preview": "vite preview",
     "typecheck": "tsc -b --noEmit",
     "test": "vitest run",
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     "@fontsource/jetbrains-mono": "^5.3.0",
     "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.10.0",
     "@xterm/addon-webgl": "^0.19.0",
-    "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0"
+    "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0",
+    "marked": "^18.0.11"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "happy-dom": "^20.11.6",

web/pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ importers:
       '@xterm/xterm':
         specifier: ^5.5.0
         version: 5.5.0
+      marked:
+        specifier: ^18.0.11
+        version: 18.0.11
     devDependencies:
       happy-dom:
         specifier: ^20.11.6
@@ -424,6 +427,11 @@ packages:
   magic-string@0.30.21:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-vd2F4YUyEXKGcLHoq+TEyCjxueSeHnFxyyjNp80yg0XV4vUhnDer/lvvlqM/arB5bXQN5K2/3oinyCRyx8T2CQ==}
 
+  marked@18.0.11:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-HnslJfsZkRPBDJRHvVtAaWlZHEpSu7u8LgQuJCELjRKuWR+hpq4A7sLq3p8HaI9ypVoXDXxV34CsQJEe1+J5Aw==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 20'}
+    hasBin: true
+
   ms@2.1.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==}
 
@@ -864,6 +872,8 @@ snapshots:
     dependencies:
       '@jridgewell/sourcemap-codec': 1.5.5
 
+  marked@18.0.11: {}
+
   ms@2.1.3: {}
 
   nanoid@3.3.12: {}

web/src/api.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import type {
   Projects,
   RecentDirs,
   Session,
+  StructuredApprovalDecision,
+  StructuredConfigRequest,
+  StructuredPromptRequest,
   Uuid,
 } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -91,6 +94,21 @@ export async function killSession(id: Uuid, force = false): Promise<void> {
   );
 }
 
+/** Change one option advertised by a live ACP session. */
+export async function setStructuredConfig(
+  id: Uuid,
+  req: StructuredConfigRequest,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await jsonOrError(
+    await fetch(routes.structuredConfig(id), {
+      method: "POST",
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify(req),
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
 /** Report whether this client's pane is the one currently showing `id` — not
  * merely highlighted in a sidebar. The daemon uses this to clear an
  * `AwaitingInput` glow once the pane has been looked at long enough
@@ -152,4 +170,53 @@ export async function fetchBranches(path: string): Promise<Branches> {
   return jsonOrError(await fetch(url, { credentials: "same-origin" }));
 }
 
-export { eventsWsUrl } from "./routes.js";
+/** Send a prompt to a structured session's ACP turn (#138). `409
+ * turn_in_flight` when one is already active — the caller reflects that from
+ * `ReducedState.turn` instead of racing this call. */
+export async function sendStructuredPrompt(id: Uuid, prompt: string): Promise<void> {
+  await jsonOrError(
+    await fetch(routes.structuredPrompt(id), {
+      method: "POST",
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ prompt } satisfies StructuredPromptRequest),
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+export async function uploadStructuredFile(id: Uuid, file: File): Promise<{ path: string }> {
+  return jsonOrError(await fetch(`${routes.structuredAttachment(id)}?name=${encodeURIComponent(file.name)}`, {
+    method: "POST",
+    credentials: "same-origin",
+    headers: { "content-type": "application/octet-stream" },
+    body: file,
+  }));
+}
+
+/** Cancel a structured session's active ACP turn (#138). */
+export async function cancelStructuredTurn(id: Uuid): Promise<void> {
+  await jsonOrError(
+    await fetch(routes.structuredCancel(id), { method: "POST", credentials: "same-origin" }),
+  );
+}
+
+/** Answer a pending ACP permission request (#139). Always resolves once the
+ * session itself is a live structured session — a nonce that is unknown or
+ * already consumed still answers `204` (docs/STRUCTURED-VIEW.md), so two
+ * clients racing the same approval never see this reject. */
+export async function resolveStructuredApproval(
+  id: Uuid,
+  nonce: string,
+  decision: StructuredApprovalDecision,
+): Promise<void> {
+  await jsonOrError(
+    await fetch(routes.structuredApproval(id, nonce), {
+      method: "POST",
+      credentials: "same-origin",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify(decision),
+    }),
+  );
+}
+
+export { eventsWsUrl, structuredWsUrl } from "./routes.js";

web/src/attach.ts

@@ -4,24 +4,15 @@ import { Terminal } from "@xterm/xterm";
 import "@xterm/xterm/css/xterm.css";
 
 import { attachWsUrl } from "./routes.js";
-import { FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
-import { CommandSet, defineCommands } from "./commands.js";
-import { escapeHtml } from "./html.js";
 import { INITIAL_RECONNECT_MS, MAX_RECONNECT_MS } from "./reconnect.js";
 import { applyModsToChar, cursorSeq, tildeSeq } from "./keys.js";
 import { requestToggleDrawer } from "./drawer.js";
-import { splitCommand, toolIconSvg } from "./toolIcon.js";
+import { paneTitleAttr, paneTitleHtml, type AttachInfo } from "./paneTitle.js";
+import type { PaneConnection } from "./pane.js";
 import type { ClientControl, Uuid } from "./types.js";
 import { WebglPolicy } from "./webglRenderer.js";
 
-// The pane's half of the command registry (#148): plain Escape hands the
-// keyboard back to the session list, the pair to the list's Tab.
-const paneKeys = new CommandSet(
-  defineCommands({
-    "pane.focusList": () => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT)),
-  }),
-  { preventDefault: false },
-);
+export type { AttachInfo } from "./paneTitle.js";
 
 /** One budget for the whole page — see webglRenderer.ts for why contexts are
  *  rationed rather than handed to every connection. */
@@ -38,21 +29,7 @@ const webglPolicy = new WebglPolicy();
  * session ending) tears the socket down — so switching away and back is
  * instant, with scrollback already in place.
  */
-export interface AttachConnection {
-  readonly sessionId: Uuid;
-  /** The `.attach` element (header + terminal body) to mount into a pane. */
-  readonly el: HTMLElement;
-  /** Becomes the visible view: fit to the pane, focus, sync size.
-   *  `focus: false` mounts without taking the keyboard — what a sidebar
-   *  preview needs, so j/k keeps working while the pane is on screen. */
-  onMount(opts?: { focus?: boolean }): void;
-  /** Parked into the cache: keep streaming, just stop driving focus/resize. */
-  onUnmount(): void;
-  /** Put the keyboard back into this terminal — what leaving the sidebar does. */
-  focusTerminal(): void;
-  /** Fully disconnect: close the WS, dispose the terminal, remove the element. */
-  dispose(): void;
-}
+export interface AttachConnection extends PaneConnection {}
 
 export interface AttachOptions {
   /** Invoked when the user clicks the view's explicit "disconnect" control. */
@@ -66,23 +43,6 @@ export interface AttachOptions {
   shouldReconnect?: (sessionId: Uuid, code: number) => boolean;
 }
 
-/** What the header shows about the session (name / command). Optional — falls
- * back to a short session id when the session isn't known yet. */
-export interface AttachInfo {
-  name: string;
-  command: string;
-}
-
-/** Header echoes the sidebar: the program becomes its tool icon when we have a
- * mark for it and stays as its bare name when we do not. Arguments are
- * dropped, as on the card. */
-function commandFragment(command: string): string {
-  const { tool, program } = splitCommand(command);
-  const icon = tool ? toolIconSvg(tool) : null;
-  const text = icon ? "" : program;
-  return `<span class="at-cmd">${icon ?? ""}${text ? escapeHtml(text) : ""}</span>`;
-}
-
 export function createAttachConnection(
   sessionId: Uuid,
   opts: AttachOptions = {},
@@ -92,21 +52,19 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   el.className = "attach";
   // Useful identity over a bare UUID: name · command. The full id stays in the
   // tooltip for when you really need it.
-  const titleHtml = info
-    ? `<span class="at-name">${escapeHtml(info.name)}</span>` +
-      (info.command && info.command !== info.name ? commandFragment(info.command) : "")
-    : `session <span class="sid">${escapeHtml(sessionId.slice(0, 8))}</span>`;
-  const titleAttr = info ? `${info.name} · ${info.command}  (${sessionId})` : sessionId;
+  const titleHtml = paneTitleHtml(sessionId, info);
+  const titleAttr = paneTitleAttr(sessionId, info);
   el.innerHTML = `
     <header class="attach-header">
       <button type="button" class="btn btn-ghost btn-icon sessions-btn" aria-label="Show sessions" title="Show sessions">☰</button>
-      <span class="attach-title" title="${escapeHtml(titleAttr)}">${titleHtml}</span>
+      <span class="attach-title" title="${titleAttr}">${titleHtml}</span>
       <span class="attach-state" data-state="connecting">connecting…</span>
       <button class="btn btn-ghost btn-icon disconnect" type="button" aria-label="Disconnect" title="Disconnect this session">⏻</button>
     </header>
     <div class="attach-body"></div>
   `;
 
+  const titleEl = el.querySelector(".attach-title") as HTMLSpanElement;
   const body = el.querySelector(".attach-body") as HTMLDivElement;
   const stateEl = el.querySelector(".attach-state") as HTMLSpanElement;
   const disconnectBtn = el.querySelector(".disconnect") as HTMLButtonElement;
@@ -217,15 +175,6 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
     }
   }
 
-  // Plain Escape hands the keyboard back to the session list instead of the
-  // shell/app. `false` tells xterm to skip its own handling of this event —
-  // which is also why the set doesn't `preventDefault`: swallowing here is
-  // xterm's return value, not the browser's.
-  term.attachCustomKeyEventHandler((e) => {
-    if (e.type !== "keydown") return true;
-    return !paneKeys.handle(e);
-  });
-
   // Touch scrolling: xterm's built-in touch handling is jittery (drags crawl a
   // line at a time and stall), so map finger drags ourselves. Two routes:
   //   • normal buffer  → term.scrollLines walks the scrollback.
@@ -375,6 +324,9 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   let ws: WebSocket;
   let reconnectMs = INITIAL_RECONNECT_MS;
   let reconnectTimer: number | null = null;
+  // Snapshot replay starts at row zero, which can leave Codex at its oldest line.
+  // Follow it once per socket; later scrolling remains under the operator's control.
+  let awaitingReplay = true;
 
   const sendControl = (msg: ClientControl) => {
     if (ws.readyState !== WebSocket.OPEN) return;
@@ -394,6 +346,7 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   };
 
   function connect(): void {
+    awaitingReplay = true;
     ws = new WebSocket(attachWsUrl(sessionId));
     ws.binaryType = "arraybuffer";
 
@@ -414,10 +367,20 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
         return;
       }
       if (ev.data instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-        term.write(new Uint8Array(ev.data));
+        const replay = awaitingReplay;
+        awaitingReplay = false;
+        term.write(new Uint8Array(ev.data), () => {
+          if (replay) term.scrollToBottom();
+        });
       } else if (ev.data instanceof Blob) {
         // Some browsers may default to Blob despite binaryType="arraybuffer".
-        ev.data.arrayBuffer().then((b) => term.write(new Uint8Array(b)));
+        void ev.data.arrayBuffer().then((b) => {
+          const replay = awaitingReplay;
+          awaitingReplay = false;
+          term.write(new Uint8Array(b), () => {
+            if (replay) term.scrollToBottom();
+          });
+        });
       }
     };
 
@@ -466,6 +429,12 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
   const resizeDisp = term.onResize(({ cols, rows }) => {
     sendControl({ type: "Resize", cols, rows });
   });
+  // xterm has no built-in copy-on-select; mirror the selection to the
+  // clipboard ourselves (best-effort — insecure contexts lack the API).
+  const selectionDisp = term.onSelectionChange(() => {
+    const text = term.getSelection();
+    if (text) void navigator.clipboard?.writeText(text).catch(() => {});
+  });
 
   window.addEventListener("resize", onResize);
   const visual = window.visualViewport ?? null;
@@ -506,6 +475,13 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
     focusTerminal() {
       term.focus();
     },
+    // The closure above: the same bytes-out path keystrokes and the mobile key
+    // bar already take.
+    sendInput,
+    updateInfo(next: AttachInfo) {
+      titleEl.innerHTML = paneTitleHtml(sessionId, next);
+      titleEl.title = paneTitleAttr(sessionId, next);
+    },
     dispose() {
       if (disposed) return;
       disposed = true;
@@ -518,6 +494,7 @@ export function createAttachConnection(
       visual?.removeEventListener("resize", onResize);
       dataDisp.dispose();
       resizeDisp.dispose();
+      selectionDisp.dispose();
       releaseWebgl();
       try {
         ws.close();

web/src/barActions.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// @vitest-environment happy-dom
+//
+// The sidebar's half of the command bar's action page (#151): the bar picks
+// kill or rename and raises the flow the card already has, so what the page
+// runs is what the ✕ button and the `r` key run.
+import { afterEach, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { KILL_SESSION_EVENT, RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, renderSidebar } from "./catalog.js";
+import type { CatalogListener, CatalogStore } from "./events.js";
+import type { Session } from "./types.js";
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  Object.defineProperty(window, "localStorage", {
+    value: { getItem: () => null, setItem: () => {} },
+  });
+});
+
+let mounted: { el: HTMLElement; dispose: () => void } | null = null;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")?.remove();
+  mounted?.dispose();
+  mounted = null;
+  document.body.replaceChildren();
+});
+
+function session(overrides: Partial<Session> = {}): Session {
+  return {
+    id: "aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-0000000000ff",
+    cwd: "/home/naps/tea/maestro",
+    command: "claude",
+    env: {},
+    metadata: { name: "amber-falcon" },
+    status: "Running",
+    created_at: "2026-08-24T10:00:00Z",
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+}
+
+function storeWith(sessions: Session[]): CatalogStore {
+  const state = { sessions: new Map(sessions.map((s) => [s.id, s])) };
+  return {
+    snapshot: () => state,
+    subscribe: (fn: CatalogListener) => {
+      fn(state);
+      return () => {};
+    },
+  } as unknown as CatalogStore;
+}
+
+function mount(s: Session): HTMLElement {
+  const handle = renderSidebar(storeWith([s]));
+  mounted = handle;
+  document.body.appendChild(handle.el);
+  return handle.el;
+}
+
+function raise(name: string, s: Session): void {
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name, { detail: s }));
+}
+
+/** Let the kill chain's awaits (fetch, its json body) settle. */
+async function flush(): Promise<void> {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 8; i++) await Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+describe("kill from the action page", () => {
+  it("goes through the same confirmation the sidebar raises (#160)", async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    window.fetch = ((url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
+      calls.push(`${init?.method ?? "GET"} ${url}`);
+      return Promise.resolve(new Response(null, { status: 204 }));
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+    const s = session();
+    mount(s);
+    raise(KILL_SESSION_EVENT, s);
+    await flush();
+    expect(document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe(
+      "Kill amber-falcon",
+    );
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.startsWith("DELETE"))).toHaveLength(0);
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
+    expect(calls).toContain(`DELETE /api/sessions/${s.id}`);
+    expect(document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("raises the existing confirm-and-blockers dialog on a guarded refusal", async () => {
+    window.fetch = ((url: string) => {
+      if (String(url).includes("force=true")) {
+        return Promise.resolve(new Response(null, { status: 204 }));
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve(
+        new Response(
+          JSON.stringify({
+            error: {
+              code: "kill_guarded",
+              message: "worktree has unsaved work",
+              unsaved_work: { untracked_files: 1 },
+            },
+          }),
+          { status: 409, headers: { "content-type": "application/json" } },
+        ),
+      );
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+    const s = session({ blocked_work: { untracked_files: 1 } });
+    mount(s);
+    raise(KILL_SESSION_EVENT, s);
+    await flush();
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
+    const dialog = document.querySelector(".kill-dialog");
+    expect(dialog?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Kill amber-falcon");
+    expect(dialog?.textContent).toContain("1 untracked file");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("rename from the action page", () => {
+  it("expands the folder hiding the card, since the prompt lives in the card", () => {
+    window.fetch = (() => Promise.reject(new Error("offline"))) as typeof fetch;
+    const s = session();
+    const el = mount(s);
+    const folder = el.querySelector<HTMLElement>(".tree-folder-header");
+    folder?.click();
+    expect(el.querySelector(`[data-session-id="${s.id}"]`)).toBeNull();
+    raise(RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, s);
+    expect(el.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".leaf-rename")?.value).toBe("amber-falcon");
+  });
+
+  it("raises the card's own prompt, pre-filled with the session's name", () => {
+    window.fetch = (() => Promise.reject(new Error("offline"))) as typeof fetch;
+    const s = session();
+    const el = mount(s);
+    raise(RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, s);
+    const input = el.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>(".leaf-rename");
+    expect(input?.value).toBe("amber-falcon");
+    expect(input?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Rename amber-falcon");
+  });
+});

web/src/catalog.test.ts

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe("blocked-work indicator (#83)", () => {
     expect(rowFor(el, unprobed.id)?.querySelector(".leaf-blocked")).toBeNull();
   });
 
-  it("kills straight away, without a first confirmation", async () => {
+  it("confirms before an unguarded kill (#160)", async () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
     window.fetch = ((url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
       calls.push(`${init?.method ?? "GET"} ${url}`);
@@ -108,10 +108,45 @@ describe("blocked-work indicator (#83)", () => {
     const el = renderSidebar(storeWith([plain])).el;
     rowFor(el, plain.id)?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".leaf-kill")?.click();
     await flush();
+    const dialog = document.querySelector(".kill-dialog");
+    expect(dialog?.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("Kill claude");
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.startsWith("DELETE"))).toHaveLength(0);
+    dialog?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
     expect(calls).toContain(`DELETE /api/sessions/${plain.id}`);
     expect(document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")).toBeNull();
   });
 
+  it("kills nothing when the confirmation is cancelled (#160)", async () => {
+    const calls: string[] = [];
+    window.fetch = ((url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
+      calls.push(`${init?.method ?? "GET"} ${url}`);
+      return Promise.resolve(new Response(null, { status: 204 }));
+    }) as typeof fetch;
+    const plain = session({ id: "aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-000000000007" });
+    const el = renderSidebar(storeWith([plain])).el;
+    rowFor(el, plain.id)?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".leaf-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-cancel")?.click();
+    await flush();
+    expect(document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")).toBeNull();
+    expect(calls.filter((c) => c.startsWith("DELETE"))).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("names the blockers in the confirmation, before the daemon refuses (#160)", async () => {
+    window.fetch = (() => Promise.reject(new Error("never called"))) as typeof fetch;
+    const blocked = session({
+      id: "aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-000000000008",
+      blocked_work: { untracked_files: 1 },
+    });
+    const el = renderSidebar(storeWith([blocked])).el;
+    rowFor(el, blocked.id)?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".leaf-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
+    const dialog = document.querySelector(".kill-dialog");
+    expect(dialog?.textContent).toContain("1 untracked file");
+    expect(dialog?.textContent).toContain("refused unless it is forced");
+  });
+
   it("offers the override when the daemon refuses a guarded kill", async () => {
     const calls: string[] = [];
     window.fetch = ((url: string, init?: RequestInit) => {
@@ -138,6 +173,8 @@ describe("blocked-work indicator (#83)", () => {
     const el = renderSidebar(storeWith([blocked])).el;
     rowFor(el, blocked.id)?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".leaf-kill")?.click();
     await flush();
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
     const dialog = document.querySelector(".kill-dialog");
     expect(dialog?.textContent).toContain("1 untracked file");
     dialog?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-force")?.click();
@@ -166,6 +203,8 @@ describe("blocked-work indicator (#83)", () => {
     const el = renderSidebar(storeWith([blocked])).el;
     rowFor(el, blocked.id)?.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".leaf-kill")?.click();
     await flush();
+    document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-kill")?.click();
+    await flush();
     document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".kill-dialog-cancel")?.click();
     expect(document.querySelector(".kill-dialog")).toBeNull();
     expect(calls.filter((c) => c.includes("force=true"))).toHaveLength(0);

web/src/catalog.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { escapeHtml } from "./html.js";
 import { ApiRequestError, getDaemonInfo, killSession, renameSession } from "./api.js";
-import { openForceKillDialog } from "./killDialog.js";
+import { openForceKillDialog, openKillConfirmDialog } from "./killDialog.js";
 import { openContextMenu } from "./contextMenu.js";
 import { toggleHelp } from "./help.js";
 import { CommandSet, defineCommands } from "./commands.js";
 import { CatalogStore } from "./events.js";
 import type { InTheWay, Session } from "./types.js";
 import {
+  abbreviateCwd,
   abbreviateFolderName,
   blockerStats,
   customSessionName,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   sessionBlockers,
   isProvisionalName,
   sessionName,
+  sessionTreePath,
 } from "./types.js";
 import { splitCommand, toolIconSvg } from "./toolIcon.js";
 import {
@@ -37,19 +39,35 @@ export function requestOpenSpawn(): void {
   document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(OPEN_SPAWN_EVENT));
 }
 
+/** Ask the shell to open the command bar with an empty query. Dispatched by
+ *  the sidebar's search field, which is the touch entry point to the bar
+ *  (#157, docs/COMMAND-BAR.md "Touch entry"): there is no `ctrl-k` on a phone.
+ *  Handled in main.ts, which owns the session snapshot the bar needs. */
+export const OPEN_COMMAND_BAR_EVENT = "catalog-open-command-bar";
+export function requestOpenCommandBar(): void {
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(OPEN_COMMAND_BAR_EVENT));
+}
+
 /** Ask the shell to hand the keyboard back to the focused pane's terminal —
  *  what Tab in the sidebar list does. Handled in main.ts, which owns the
  *  connection pool. */
 export const FOCUS_PANE_EVENT = "catalog-focus-pane";
 
-/** Ask the shell to hand the keyboard back to the session list — what Escape
- *  does when the pane's terminal is focused. Handled in main.ts. */
-export const FOCUS_SIDEBAR_EVENT = "catalog-focus-sidebar";
-
 /** Ask the shell to open the spawn modal seeded from an existing session
  *  ("Spawn similar"). Detail is the session being cloned. */
 export const SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT = "catalog-spawn-similar";
 
+/** Ask the sidebar to kill a session — the command bar's action page picking
+ *  `kill` (#151). Detail is the session. Handled here, so the kill goes
+ *  through the same confirm-and-blockers flow the card's ✕ does
+ *  (`docs/WORKTREES.md`); the bar never reimplements it. */
+export const KILL_SESSION_EVENT = "catalog-kill-session";
+
+/** Ask the sidebar to rename a session — the command bar's action page picking
+ *  `rename` (#151). Detail is the session. The prompt is the card's own inline
+ *  field, pre-filled with the session's name (`docs/SIDEBAR.md`). */
+export const RENAME_SESSION_EVENT = "catalog-rename-session";
+
 /** A session row was clicked (issue #133). The row's `href` drives normal
  *  hash navigation, but a split/drag can move focus without ever touching
  *  `location.hash` — so a click back onto a session whose hash still
@@ -208,7 +226,7 @@ function renderNode(node: TreeNode, depth: number): HTMLElement {
   killBtn.addEventListener("click", (ev) => {
     ev.preventDefault();
     ev.stopPropagation();
-    void requestKill(cur, sessionName(cur));
+    requestKill(cur, sessionName(cur));
   });
   row.addEventListener("click", () => {
     document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SESSION_SELECT_EVENT, { detail: cur.id }));
@@ -226,7 +244,7 @@ function renderNode(node: TreeNode, depth: number): HTMLElement {
       {
         label: "Kill session",
         danger: true,
-        onSelect: () => void requestKill(cur, sessionName(cur)),
+        onSelect: () => requestKill(cur, sessionName(cur)),
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -271,26 +289,33 @@ function treeSignature(node: TreeNode): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * Kill on the first click (#81): the daemon is the one that decides whether a
- * session may go, and it refuses over a worktree holding unsaved work. Only
- * that refusal is worth a prompt, and it needs one `confirm()` cannot give —
- * a forced kill. Anything else surfaces as an alert.
+ * Kill behind a confirmation (#160): a kill is destructive and unattended
+ * agents live in these sessions, so the web asks first, the way the TUI always
+ * has. The daemon decides the rest — it refuses a kill over a worktree holding
+ * unsaved work, and that refusal needs a prompt the confirmation cannot give,
+ * a forced kill. Anything else surfaces in the dialog that asked.
  */
-async function requestKill(s: Session, name: string): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    await killSession(s.id);
-  } catch (e) {
-    if (e instanceof ApiRequestError && e.code === "kill_guarded") {
-      openForceKillDialog({
-        name,
-        blockers: e.unsavedWork ?? sessionBlockers(s),
-        reason: e.detail,
-        onForce: () => killSession(s.id, true),
-      });
-      return;
-    }
-    alert(`Failed to kill: ${(e as Error).message}`);
-  }
+function requestKill(s: Session, name: string): void {
+  openKillConfirmDialog({
+    name,
+    blockers: sessionBlockers(s),
+    onKill: async () => {
+      try {
+        await killSession(s.id);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (e instanceof ApiRequestError && e.code === "kill_guarded") {
+          openForceKillDialog({
+            name,
+            blockers: e.unsavedWork ?? sessionBlockers(s),
+            reason: e.detail,
+            onForce: () => killSession(s.id, true),
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
+    },
+  });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -348,16 +373,12 @@ function beginRename(row: HTMLElement, s: Session): void {
   input.select();
 }
 
-function renderEmpty(filtering: boolean, onSpawn: () => void): HTMLElement {
+// The tree has one empty state: no sessions at all. The old "No matches" one
+// belonged to the inline substring filter, which the command bar replaced
+// (#157) — the bar's own no-results state took over with it.
+function renderEmpty(onSpawn: () => void): HTMLElement {
   const el = document.createElement("div");
   el.className = "empty";
-  if (filtering) {
-    el.innerHTML = `
-      <div class="empty-glyph" aria-hidden="true">⌕</div>
-      <div class="empty-title">No matches</div>
-      <p class="empty-hint">No sessions match your search. Clear it to see everything.</p>`;
-    return el;
-  }
   el.innerHTML = `
     <div class="empty-glyph" aria-hidden="true">+</div>
     <div class="empty-title">No sessions yet</div>
@@ -428,12 +449,16 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
   // renders with absolute paths until it lands.
   let homeDir: string | undefined;
 
+  // The field never holds a query: it is the touch entry point to the command
+  // bar (#157), so it is `readonly` — a tap opens the bar instead of raising an
+  // on-screen keyboard over a field nothing is typed into.
   const searchHeader = document.createElement("header");
   searchHeader.className = "sidebar-search";
   searchHeader.innerHTML = `
     <input
       type="search"
       class="search"
+      readonly
       placeholder="Search sessions…"
       aria-label="Search sessions"
       autocomplete="off"
@@ -542,11 +567,23 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
   handle.addEventListener("pointerup", endDrag);
   handle.addEventListener("pointercancel", endDrag);
 
+  // Touch entry (#157): the field is a button that looks like a field. It
+  // never holds a query — focusing or tapping it hands the keyboard straight
+  // to the bar's own input, which is also why it blurs first: leaving the
+  // focus here would make the bar impossible to close without reopening it.
   const search = searchHeader.querySelector(".search") as HTMLInputElement;
-  let filter = "";
-  search.addEventListener("input", () => {
-    filter = search.value;
-    refresh();
+  const openBar = () => {
+    search.value = "";
+    search.blur();
+    requestOpenCommandBar();
+  };
+  search.addEventListener("focus", openBar);
+  // A tap can land without a focus event (iOS Safari on a blurred field), so
+  // the pointer path opens the bar too; the blur above keeps the two from
+  // stacking two overlays.
+  search.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    openBar();
   });
 
   let highlights: SidebarHighlights = { open: new Set(), focused: null };
@@ -626,8 +663,9 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
     applyNav();
   };
 
-  // Hover previews the row under the pointer (docs/PREVIEW.md). Touch is left
-  // out: there is no hover there, and a tap already opens the session.
+  // Pointer hover previews only while Ctrl is held — plain hover was too
+  // disruptive when sweeping the sidebar. Keyboard walk (j/k) still previews
+  // unconditionally via applyNav.
   let hovered: string | null = null;
   const setHovered = (id: string | null) => {
     if (hovered === id) return;
@@ -635,7 +673,7 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
     opts.onPreview?.(id);
   };
   treeHost.addEventListener("pointerover", (e) => {
-    if (e.pointerType === "touch") return;
+    if (e.pointerType === "touch" || !e.ctrlKey) return;
     const row = (e.target as HTMLElement | null)?.closest<HTMLElement>(".tree-leaf");
     setHovered(row?.dataset.sessionId ?? null);
   });
@@ -685,7 +723,7 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
       },
       "list.kill": () => {
         const hit = highlightedSession();
-        if (hit) void requestKill(hit.session, sessionName(hit.session));
+        if (hit) requestKill(hit.session, sessionName(hit.session));
       },
       "list.focusPane": () => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(FOCUS_PANE_EVENT)),
     }),
@@ -703,8 +741,8 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
     if (renamingId !== null) return;
     const state = store.snapshot();
     const sessions = [...state.sessions.values()];
-    const tree = buildTree(sessions, homeDir, filter);
-    const signature = sessions.length === 0 ? `EMPTY:${filter.trim()}` : treeSignature(tree);
+    const tree = buildTree(sessions, homeDir);
+    const signature = sessions.length === 0 ? "EMPTY" : treeSignature(tree);
     if (signature === renderedSignature) {
       for (const row of treeHost.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".tree-leaf")) {
         const s = row.dataset.sessionId ? state.sessions.get(row.dataset.sessionId) : undefined;
@@ -715,9 +753,7 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
     renderedSignature = signature;
     treeHost.replaceChildren();
     if (sessions.length === 0) {
-      treeHost.appendChild(
-        renderEmpty(filter.trim().length > 0, () => requestOpenSpawn()),
-      );
+      treeHost.appendChild(renderEmpty(() => requestOpenSpawn()));
       return;
     }
     if (tree.kind === "folder") {
@@ -745,6 +781,40 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
   };
   document.addEventListener("catalog-rerender", rerenderHandler);
 
+  // The command bar's action page (#151) picks an action and hands it here:
+  // both flows are the ones the card already has, reached by session rather
+  // than by row.
+  const killHandler = (ev: Event) => {
+    const s = (ev as CustomEvent<Session>).detail;
+    requestKill(s, sessionName(s));
+  };
+  const renameHandler = (ev: Event) => {
+    const s = (ev as CustomEvent<Session>).detail;
+    const row = rowForSession(s);
+    if (row) beginRename(row, s);
+  };
+  document.addEventListener(KILL_SESSION_EVENT, killHandler);
+  document.addEventListener(RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, renameHandler);
+
+  /** The card a session is rendered as, expanding whatever folder hides it
+   *  first: the rename prompt lives inside the card, so a collapsed folder
+   *  would otherwise swallow the request. */
+  function rowForSession(s: Session): HTMLElement | null {
+    const find = () => treeHost.querySelector<HTMLElement>(`.tree-leaf[data-session-id="${s.id}"]`);
+    const found = find();
+    if (found) return found;
+    // Folder paths are the abbreviated directory's segments joined back up
+    // (see buildTree), so the session's own path is normalised the same way
+    // before it is compared against them.
+    const cwd = sessionTreePath(s);
+    const path = (cwd ? abbreviateCwd(cwd, homeDir) : "").split("/").filter(Boolean).join("/");
+    for (const folder of [...collapsed]) {
+      if (path === folder || path.startsWith(`${folder}/`)) collapsed.delete(folder);
+    }
+    rerenderHandler();
+    return find();
+  }
+
   // "Spawn similar" (#28) is dispatched here and handled in main.ts, where the
   // multi-view controller can seed the spawn modal with the session's dir/command.
 
@@ -794,6 +864,8 @@ export function renderSidebar(store: CatalogStore, opts: SidebarOptions = {}): S
       // refusing to refresh.
       renamingId = null;
       document.removeEventListener("catalog-rerender", rerenderHandler);
+      document.removeEventListener(KILL_SESSION_EVENT, killHandler);
+      document.removeEventListener(RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, renameHandler);
       unsubscribe();
     },
   };

web/src/commandBar.test.ts

@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 // @vitest-environment happy-dom
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-import { SESSION_SELECT_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+import {
+  KILL_SESSION_EVENT,
+  RENAME_SESSION_EVENT,
+  SESSION_SELECT_EVENT,
+  SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT,
+} from "./catalog.js";
 import {
   barGroups,
   barRows,
   closeCommandBar,
+  commandBarCandidates,
+  dedupeCommands,
+  directoryBarCandidates,
+  directoryCandidate,
   isCommandBarOpen,
   openCommandBar,
   orderSessionsForBar,
+  parseBarQuery,
   sessionBarCandidates,
+  sessionActionCandidates,
   sessionCandidate,
+  SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT,
 } from "./commandBar.js";
-import { COMMAND_SPECS } from "./commands.js";
+import { COMMAND_SPECS, type Command } from "./commands.js";
 import type { Session } from "./types.js";
 
 function session(id: string, over: Partial<Session> = {}): Session {
@@ -173,8 +185,12 @@ describe("the overlay", () => {
     session("notes", { metadata: { name: "notes" }, current_cwd: "/home/me/notes" }),
   ];
 
+  // Sessions only: the mixed list's command half is the sigil describe's
+  // business, and the registry is whatever another test file happened to bind.
   function open(over: Parameters<typeof openCommandBar>[0] | null = null) {
-    return openCommandBar(over ?? { sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", onOpenSession: () => {} });
+    return openCommandBar(
+      over ?? { sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", commands: [], onOpenSession: () => {} },
+    );
   }
 
   it("is a registry command, so the help overlay lists it", () => {
@@ -252,7 +268,7 @@ describe("the overlay", () => {
     const seen: string[] = [];
     const listener = (e: Event) => seen.push((e as CustomEvent<string>).detail);
     document.addEventListener(SESSION_SELECT_EVENT, listener);
-    openCommandBar({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me" });
+    openCommandBar({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", commands: [] });
     press("ArrowDown");
     press("Enter");
     document.removeEventListener(SESSION_SELECT_EVENT, listener);
@@ -262,7 +278,7 @@ describe("the overlay", () => {
 
   it("Enter on an empty result list does nothing", () => {
     const onOpenSession = vi.fn();
-    open({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", onOpenSession });
+    open({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", commands: [], onOpenSession });
     type("zzz");
     press("Enter");
     expect(onOpenSession).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
@@ -301,9 +317,407 @@ describe("the overlay", () => {
 
   it("clicking a row opens that session", () => {
     const onOpenSession = vi.fn();
-    open({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", onOpenSession });
+    open({ sessions, homeDir: "/home/me", commands: [], onOpenSession });
     (document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-row")[1] as HTMLElement).click();
     expect(onOpenSession).toHaveBeenCalledWith("worker");
     expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+// ---- the sigils (#150) ----
+
+function command(id: string, label: string, keys: string[], run = () => {}): Command {
+  return { id, label, group: "Test", keys, scope: "global", run };
+}
+
+const flush = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+function rowKeys(): string[][] {
+  return [...document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-row-keys")].map((el) =>
+    [...el.querySelectorAll("kbd")].map((k) => k.textContent ?? ""),
+  );
+}
+
+describe("parsing the query line", () => {
+  it("reads a sigil only in first position", () => {
+    expect(parseBarQuery(">kill")).toEqual({ sigil: ">", query: "kill" });
+    expect(parseBarQuery("~/dev")).toEqual({ sigil: "~", query: "/dev" });
+    expect(parseBarQuery("")).toEqual({ sigil: null, query: "" });
+    expect(parseBarQuery("api")).toEqual({ sigil: null, query: "api" });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a sigil character elsewhere in the query literal", () => {
+    expect(parseBarQuery("api>x")).toEqual({ sigil: null, query: "api>x" });
+    // The case that matters: the second `~` of a directory query reaches the
+    // matcher.
+    expect(parseBarQuery("~~/dev")).toEqual({ sigil: "~", query: "~/dev" });
+  });
+
+  it("returns to the mixed list when the sigil is backspaced away", () => {
+    expect(parseBarQuery(">").sigil).toBe(">");
+    expect(parseBarQuery("").sigil).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("command candidates", () => {
+  it("dedupes by action, not by chord", () => {
+    const run = () => {};
+    const kill = command("a.kill", "Kill the session", ["x"], run);
+    const alias = command("b.kill", "Kill the session", ["ctrl-x"], run);
+    const other = command("c.rename", "Rename the session", ["r"]);
+    expect(dedupeCommands([kill, alias, other]).map((c) => c.id)).toEqual(["a.kill", "c.rename"]);
+  });
+
+  it("matches on the label only, and keeps the chord for display", () => {
+    const candidates = commandBarCandidates([command("a", "Open the spawn form", ["ctrl-k"])]);
+    expect(candidates[0].fields).toEqual({ label: "Open the spawn form" });
+    expect(candidates[0].command.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-k"]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("directory candidates", () => {
+  it("abbreviates the path it shows and keeps the one it spawns in", () => {
+    const c = directoryCandidate("/home/me/dev/api", "/home/me");
+    expect(c).toEqual({ kind: "directory", path: "/home/me/dev/api", fields: { path: "~/dev/api" } });
+  });
+
+  it("expands a typed `~` and dedupes by the directory spawned in", () => {
+    const paths = ["~/dev/api", "/home/me/dev/api", "/tmp/scratch"];
+    expect(directoryBarCandidates(paths, "/home/me").map((c) => c.path)).toEqual([
+      "/home/me/dev/api",
+      "/tmp/scratch",
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the sigils in the overlay", () => {
+  const sessions = [session("api", { metadata: { name: "api" }, current_cwd: "/home/me/dev/api" })];
+  const ran: string[] = [];
+  const commands = [
+    command("spawn.open", "Open the spawn form", ["n"], () => ran.push("spawn.open")),
+    command("list.kill", "Kill the highlighted session", ["x"], () => ran.push("list.kill")),
+  ];
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    ran.length = 0;
+  });
+
+  function open(over: Partial<Parameters<typeof openCommandBar>[0]> = {}) {
+    return openCommandBar({
+      sessions,
+      homeDir: "/home/me",
+      commands,
+      onOpenSession: () => {},
+      loadDirectories: async () => [],
+      listDirEntries: async () => [],
+      onSpawnDirectory: () => {},
+      ...over,
+    });
+  }
+
+  it("lists every command in registry order under `>`, with its chord and no header", () => {
+    open();
+    type(">");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Open the spawn form", "Kill the highlighted session"]);
+    expect(rowKeys()).toEqual([["n"], ["x"]]);
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-group-title")).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("matches a command on its label and never on its chord", () => {
+    open();
+    type(">kill");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Kill the highlighted session"]);
+    // `n` and `x` are chords, not label text: querying one finds nothing that
+    // the label does not also justify.
+    type(">ctrlx");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("runs the highlighted command on Enter", () => {
+    open();
+    type(">kill");
+    press("Enter");
+    expect(ran).toEqual(["list.kill"]);
+    expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the list mixed with no sigil, and returns to it when the sigil goes", () => {
+    open();
+    type("s");
+    expect([...document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-group-title")].map((h) => h.textContent)).toEqual([
+      "Sessions",
+      "Commands",
+    ]);
+    type(">spawn");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Open the spawn form"]);
+    // Backspacing the sigil away is ordinary editing.
+    type("spawn");
+    expect(rowNames()).toContain("Open the spawn form");
+    type("");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["api"]);
+  });
+
+  it("lists recent dirs then projects under `~`", async () => {
+    open({ loadDirectories: async () => ["/home/me/dev/api", "/srv/www"] });
+    type("~");
+    await flush();
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["~/dev/api", "/srv/www"]);
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-group-title")).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("fills the list in from /api/dirs as a path is typed", async () => {
+    const asked: string[] = [];
+    open({
+      loadDirectories: async () => ["/home/me/notes"],
+      listDirEntries: async (dir) => {
+        asked.push(dir);
+        return ["maestro", "api"];
+      },
+    });
+    // The second `~` is a literal query character and reaches the matcher.
+    type("~~/dev/mae");
+    await flush();
+    expect(asked).toEqual(["~/dev/"]);
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["~/dev/maestro"]);
+  });
+
+  it("spawns in the highlighted directory on Enter", async () => {
+    const spawned: string[] = [];
+    open({
+      loadDirectories: async () => ["~/dev/api"],
+      onSpawnDirectory: (path) => spawned.push(path),
+    });
+    type("~api");
+    await flush();
+    press("Enter");
+    expect(spawned).toEqual(["/home/me/dev/api"]);
+    expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("raises the spawn event when the caller supplies no handler", async () => {
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    const listener = (e: Event) => seen.push((e as CustomEvent<string>).detail);
+    document.addEventListener(SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT, listener);
+    openCommandBar({
+      sessions,
+      homeDir: "/home/me",
+      commands,
+      onOpenSession: () => {},
+      loadDirectories: async () => ["/home/me/dev/api"],
+      listDirEntries: async () => [],
+    });
+    type("~");
+    await flush();
+    press("Enter");
+    document.removeEventListener(SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT, listener);
+    expect(seen).toEqual(["/home/me/dev/api"]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the focus round-trip over a pane (#152)", () => {
+  function terminalTextarea(): HTMLTextAreaElement {
+    const ta = document.createElement("textarea");
+    ta.className = "xterm-helper-textarea";
+    document.body.appendChild(ta);
+    return ta;
+  }
+
+  it("hands the keyboard back to the terminal that had it", () => {
+    const ta = terminalTextarea();
+    ta.focus();
+    openCommandBar({ sessions: [], commands: [] });
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(document.querySelector(".cmdbar-input"));
+    press("Escape");
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(ta);
+  });
+
+  it("reports no focus change to the daemon, opening or closing", () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve(new Response(null, { status: 204 })));
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+    try {
+      const ta = terminalTextarea();
+      ta.focus();
+      openCommandBar({ sessions: [], commands: [] });
+      press("Escape");
+      const focusCalls = fetchMock.mock.calls.filter(([url]: unknown[]) =>
+        String(url).includes("/focus"),
+      );
+      expect(focusCalls).toEqual([]);
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("the session action page (#151)", () => {
+  const sessions = [
+    session("api", {
+      metadata: { name: "api" },
+      current_cwd: "/home/me/dev/api",
+      last_focused_at: "2026-01-01T11:00:00Z",
+    }),
+    session("worker", {
+      metadata: { name: "worker" },
+      current_cwd: "/home/me/dev/worker",
+      last_focused_at: "2026-01-01T10:00:00Z",
+    }),
+  ];
+
+  function open(over: Partial<Parameters<typeof openCommandBar>[0]> = {}) {
+    return openCommandBar({
+      sessions,
+      homeDir: "/home/me",
+      commands: [],
+      onOpenSession: () => {},
+      ...over,
+    });
+  }
+
+  function headerText(): string | undefined {
+    return document.querySelector(".cmdbar-page-header")?.textContent ?? undefined;
+  }
+
+  it("lists kill, rename and spawn similar for the highlighted session", () => {
+    open();
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Kill session", "Rename session", "Spawn similar"]);
+    expect(activeName()).toBe("Kill session");
+  });
+
+  it("names the session being acted on", () => {
+    open();
+    press("ArrowDown");
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(headerText()).toContain("worker");
+  });
+
+  it("drops the kind headers, since the page is one kind", () => {
+    open();
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll(".cmdbar-group-title")).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("stays fuzzy-searchable over the three actions", () => {
+    open();
+    press("Tab");
+    type("ren");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Rename session"]);
+    type("spwn");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Spawn similar"]);
+    type("zzz");
+    expect(document.querySelector(".cmdbar-empty")?.textContent).toBe("No matches");
+  });
+
+  it("does nothing on a command row", () => {
+    openCommandBar({
+      sessions,
+      homeDir: "/home/me",
+      commands: [{ ...COMMAND_SPECS[0], run: () => {} } as Command],
+      onOpenSession: () => {},
+    });
+    type(">");
+    const before = rowNames();
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(before);
+    expect(headerText()).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("does nothing on a directory row", async () => {
+    open({ loadDirectories: () => Promise.resolve(["/home/me/dev/api"]) });
+    type("~");
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["~/dev/api"]);
+    expect(headerText()).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("returns to the result list on Escape, with the previous query intact", () => {
+    open();
+    type("wor");
+    press("Tab");
+    expect(headerText()).toContain("worker");
+    press("Escape");
+    expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(true);
+    expect(headerText()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect((document.querySelector(".cmdbar-input") as HTMLInputElement).value).toBe("wor");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["worker"]);
+  });
+
+  it("returns to the result list on backspace at an empty query", () => {
+    open();
+    type("wor");
+    press("Tab");
+    type("");
+    press("Backspace");
+    expect(headerText()).toBeUndefined();
+    expect((document.querySelector(".cmdbar-input") as HTMLInputElement).value).toBe("wor");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["worker"]);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps backspace ordinary while the page's query has text", () => {
+    open();
+    press("Tab");
+    type("ren");
+    press("Backspace");
+    expect(headerText()).toContain("api");
+    expect(rowNames()).toEqual(["Rename session"]);
+  });
+
+  it("closes the bar when the page's Escape has already been used", () => {
+    open();
+    press("Tab");
+    press("Escape");
+    press("Escape");
+    expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("raises kill, rename and spawn similar with the session, closing the bar", () => {
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    for (const [hook, key] of [
+      ["onKillSession", "Kill session"],
+      ["onRenameSession", "Rename session"],
+      ["onSpawnSimilar", "Spawn similar"],
+    ] as const) {
+      open({ [hook]: (s: Session) => seen.push(`${hook}:${s.id}`) });
+      type("wor");
+      press("Tab");
+      type(key);
+      press("Enter");
+      expect(isCommandBarOpen()).toBe(false);
+    }
+    expect(seen).toEqual([
+      "onKillSession:worker",
+      "onRenameSession:worker",
+      "onSpawnSimilar:worker",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("hands each action to the flow it already has, by default", () => {
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    const listeners: Array<[string, EventListener]> = [
+      [KILL_SESSION_EVENT, (e) => seen.push(`kill:${(e as CustomEvent<Session>).detail.id}`)],
+      [RENAME_SESSION_EVENT, (e) => seen.push(`rename:${(e as CustomEvent<Session>).detail.id}`)],
+      [SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT, (e) => seen.push(`similar:${(e as CustomEvent<Session>).detail.id}`)],
+    ];
+    for (const [name, fn] of listeners) document.addEventListener(name, fn);
+    try {
+      for (const action of ["Kill session", "Rename session", "Spawn similar"]) {
+        open();
+        press("Tab");
+        type(action);
+        press("Enter");
+      }
+    } finally {
+      for (const [name, fn] of listeners) document.removeEventListener(name, fn);
+    }
+    expect(seen).toEqual(["kill:api", "rename:api", "similar:api"]);
+  });
+
+  it("offers no action beyond the three", () => {
+    expect(sessionActionCandidates().map((c) => c.action.id)).toEqual([
+      "kill",
+      "rename",
+      "spawn-similar",
+    ]);
+  });
+});

web/src/commandBar.ts

@@ -1,33 +1,58 @@
 // The `ctrl-k` command bar (docs/COMMAND-BAR.md): a query line over a result
 // list, opened from the sidebar, closed with Escape.
 //
-// Sessions are the only kind here (#149); the sigils, the action page and the
-// terminal-focus binding land in #150-#152.
+// Three kinds live here: sessions and commands, ranked together by default,
+// and directories, which need the `~` sigil. `tab` on a session drills into
+// its action page (#151), which is the same overlay over three actions.
 
-import { SESSION_SELECT_EVENT } from "./catalog.js";
+import { listDir, projects as fetchProjects, recentDirs } from "./api.js";
+import {
+  KILL_SESSION_EVENT,
+  RENAME_SESSION_EVENT,
+  SESSION_SELECT_EVENT,
+  SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT,
+} from "./catalog.js";
+import { keyCaps, publishedCommands, type Command } from "./commands.js";
 import {
   matchAndRank,
   type CandidateKind,
+  type CommandCandidate,
+  type DirectoryCandidate,
   type MatchRange,
   type MatchResult,
   type SessionCandidate,
 } from "./matcher.js";
+import { splitPath } from "./paths.js";
 import { splitCommand } from "./toolIcon.js";
 import { abbreviateCwd, sessionName, sessionTreePath, type Session } from "./types.js";
 
-/** A matcher candidate that remembers which session it came from, so a result
- *  can be acted on without a second lookup. The extra property is invisible to
- *  the matcher, which only ever reads `kind` and `fields`. */
+/** A matcher candidate that remembers what it came from, so a result can be
+ *  acted on without a second lookup. The extra property is invisible to the
+ *  matcher, which only ever reads `kind` and `fields`. */
 export type SessionBarCandidate = SessionCandidate & { session: Session };
+export type CommandBarCandidate = CommandCandidate & { command: Command };
+/** `fields.path` is the abbreviated path the operator reads and the matcher
+ *  ranks; `path` is the one a spawn is made in. */
+export type DirectoryBarCandidate = DirectoryCandidate & { path: string };
 
-export type BarCandidate = SessionBarCandidate;
+/** One row of a session's action page. It is a `command` to the matcher — a
+ *  single `label` field, ranked exactly like a registry command — and carries
+ *  the action it stands for instead of a registry entry. */
+export type ActionBarCandidate = CommandCandidate & { action: SessionAction };
+
+export type BarCandidate =
+  SessionBarCandidate | CommandBarCandidate | ActionBarCandidate | DirectoryBarCandidate;
 export type BarResult = MatchResult<BarCandidate>;
 
+/** Raised when Enter lands on a directory row. The bar picks the directory; the
+ *  shell owns the spawn, which is the same fast-forward path `N` takes. */
+export const SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT = "cmdbar-spawn-directory";
+
 /** One kind's slice of the ranked list, in rank order. */
-export interface BarGroup {
+export interface BarGroup<C extends BarCandidate = BarCandidate> {
   kind: CandidateKind;
   title: string;
-  results: BarResult[];
+  results: MatchResult<C>[];
 }
 
 const KIND_TITLES: Record<CandidateKind, string> = {
@@ -36,6 +61,63 @@ const KIND_TITLES: Record<CandidateKind, string> = {
   directory: "Directories",
 };
 
+// ---- the sigils ----
+
+export type BarSigil = ">" | "~";
+
+export interface BarQuery {
+  /** The sigil in force, or null for the mixed list. */
+  sigil: BarSigil | null;
+  /** What the matcher sees: everything after a sigil, or the whole query. */
+  query: string;
+}
+
+/** Split a raw query line into its sigil and the query proper.
+ *
+ *  A sigil is only a sigil in first position: `>` or `~` anywhere else is a
+ *  literal query character, which is what a directory query with a second `~`
+ *  in it depends on. Backspacing past a sigil needs no special case either —
+ *  the first character goes and the query is a mixed one again. */
+export function parseBarQuery(raw: string): BarQuery {
+  const first = raw[0];
+  if (first === ">" || first === "~") return { sigil: first, query: raw.slice(1) };
+  return { sigil: null, query: raw };
+}
+
+// ---- the session action page ----
+
+/** The actions a session's action page offers, and no others: the bar picks
+ *  one and hands off to the flow that already implements it
+ *  (docs/COMMAND-BAR.md, "Drill-in"). */
+export type SessionActionId = "kill" | "rename" | "spawn-similar";
+
+export interface SessionAction {
+  id: SessionActionId;
+  label: string;
+}
+
+export const SESSION_ACTIONS: readonly SessionAction[] = [
+  { id: "kill", label: "Kill session" },
+  { id: "rename", label: "Rename session" },
+  { id: "spawn-similar", label: "Spawn similar" },
+];
+
+/** The action page's candidates, in the order above — which is the order an
+ *  empty query lists them in, since the matcher keeps input order. */
+export function sessionActionCandidates(): ActionBarCandidate[] {
+  return SESSION_ACTIONS.map((action) => ({
+    kind: "command",
+    action,
+    fields: { label: action.label },
+  }));
+}
+
+/** Narrow a `command` candidate to an action row. Both share the matcher's
+ *  `command` kind, so what separates them is what they carry. */
+export function isActionCandidate(candidate: BarCandidate): candidate is ActionBarCandidate {
+  return candidate.kind === "command" && "action" in candidate;
+}
+
 // ---- candidates ----
 
 function focusedAt(s: Session): number | null {
@@ -99,14 +181,92 @@ export function sessionBarCandidates(
   return orderSessionsForBar(sessions).map((s) => sessionCandidate(s, homeDir));
 }
 
+/** Drop the commands that would list twice. Several chords can be bound to one
+ *  action — the registry already carries its aliases on one entry, but nothing
+ *  stops two entries running the same handler, and listed naively that is two
+ *  identical rows. The dedupe is by **action**, never by chord: the chord is
+ *  displayed, so a command with two of them is still one row. */
+export function dedupeCommands(commands: readonly Command[]): Command[] {
+  const seenRun = new Set<Command["run"]>();
+  const seenLabel = new Set<string>();
+  const kept: Command[] = [];
+  for (const command of commands) {
+    if (seenRun.has(command.run) || seenLabel.has(command.label)) continue;
+    seenRun.add(command.run);
+    seenLabel.add(command.label);
+    kept.push(command);
+  }
+  return kept;
+}
+
+/** Every bound command as a candidate, in registry order. Only the label is a
+ *  field: the chord is displayed beside the row, never matched, because
+ *  matching it would make `>` results depend on a user's rebinds. */
+export function commandBarCandidates(commands: readonly Command[]): CommandBarCandidate[] {
+  return dedupeCommands(commands).map((command) => ({
+    kind: "command",
+    command,
+    fields: { label: command.label },
+  }));
+}
+
+/** `~/dev/api` back to `/home/me/dev/api` — the inverse of `abbreviateCwd`, for
+ *  a path the operator typed or `/api/dirs` completed. */
+export function expandHome(path: string, homeDir?: string): string {
+  if (!homeDir) return path;
+  if (path === "~") return homeDir;
+  return path.startsWith("~/") ? `${homeDir}${path.slice(1)}` : path;
+}
+
+export function directoryCandidate(path: string, homeDir?: string): DirectoryBarCandidate {
+  const absolute = expandHome(path, homeDir);
+  return { kind: "directory", path: absolute, fields: { path: abbreviateCwd(absolute, homeDir) } };
+}
+
+/** Candidates for `~`, deduped by the directory they spawn in and keeping the
+ *  first mention of each — recent dirs (newest first) ahead of the project
+ *  list, which is the empty-query order the contract asks for. */
+export function directoryBarCandidates(
+  paths: readonly string[],
+  homeDir?: string,
+): DirectoryBarCandidate[] {
+  const seen = new Set<string>();
+  const out: DirectoryBarCandidate[] = [];
+  for (const path of paths) {
+    if (path === "") continue;
+    const candidate = directoryCandidate(path, homeDir);
+    if (seen.has(candidate.path)) continue;
+    seen.add(candidate.path);
+    out.push(candidate);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+/** The directory list the bar starts from: what the spawn form already knows —
+ *  `GET /api/recent-dirs` and the project list — either alone if the other
+ *  fails. */
+export async function loadBarDirectories(): Promise<string[]> {
+  const [recents, discovered] = await Promise.all([
+    recentDirs()
+      .then((r) => r.dirs.map((d) => d.cwd))
+      .catch(() => [] as string[]),
+    fetchProjects()
+      .then((list) => list.map((p) => p.path))
+      .catch(() => [] as string[]),
+  ]);
+  return [...recents, ...discovered];
+}
+
 // ---- grouping ----
 
 /** Bucket a ranked list by kind for rendering. Grouping is a rendering of the
  *  ranking, never a reordering of it: a group holds its matches in rank order,
  *  and groups appear in the order their best-scoring member does — so the first
  *  row under the first header is the globally best result. */
-export function barGroups(results: readonly BarResult[]): BarGroup[] {
-  const groups: BarGroup[] = [];
+export function barGroups<C extends BarCandidate>(
+  results: readonly MatchResult<C>[],
+): BarGroup<C>[] {
+  const groups: BarGroup<C>[] = [];
   for (const result of results) {
     const kind = result.candidate.kind;
     let group = groups.find((g) => g.kind === kind);
@@ -122,7 +282,10 @@ export function barGroups(results: readonly BarResult[]): BarGroup[] {
 /** The rows a query produces, flat and in rank order — what the highlight walks
  *  and what Enter acts on. Headers are labels, not rows, so they are never in
  *  this list. */
-export function barRows(query: string, candidates: readonly BarCandidate[]): BarResult[] {
+export function barRows<C extends BarCandidate>(
+  query: string,
+  candidates: readonly C[],
+): MatchResult<C>[] {
   return matchAndRank(query, candidates);
 }
 
@@ -145,9 +308,25 @@ export function renderHighlighted(text: string, ranges: readonly MatchRange[]):
   return frag;
 }
 
-/** The secondary line under a row's name: the field the match was found in when
- *  that was not the name, so a session found through its directory says so. */
+/** The name line of a row: the session's name, the command's label, or the
+ *  directory's path. */
+function rowName(candidate: BarCandidate): string {
+  switch (candidate.kind) {
+    case "session":
+      return candidate.fields.name;
+    case "command":
+      return candidate.fields.label;
+    case "directory":
+      return candidate.fields.path;
+  }
+}
+
+/** The secondary line under a session row: the field the match was found in
+ *  when that was not the name, so a session found through its directory says
+ *  so. Only sessions have one — a command shows keycaps instead, and a
+ *  directory's path is already the name. */
 function metaText(result: BarResult): string | undefined {
+  if (result.candidate.kind !== "session") return undefined;
   const fields = result.candidate.fields;
   switch (result.field) {
     case "directory":
@@ -162,22 +341,46 @@ function metaText(result: BarResult): string | undefined {
 }
 
 function renderRow(result: BarResult, index: number): HTMLElement {
+  const candidate = result.candidate;
   const row = document.createElement("div");
   row.className = "cmdbar-row";
   row.setAttribute("role", "option");
   row.id = `cmdbar-row-${index}`;
   row.dataset.index = String(index);
-  row.dataset.sessionId = result.candidate.session.id;
-  if (result.candidate.session.status === "Dead") row.classList.add("is-dead");
+  row.dataset.kind = candidate.kind;
+  if (candidate.kind === "session") {
+    row.dataset.sessionId = candidate.session.id;
+    if (candidate.session.status === "Dead") row.classList.add("is-dead");
+  } else if (isActionCandidate(candidate)) {
+    row.dataset.actionId = candidate.action.id;
+  } else if (candidate.kind === "command") {
+    row.dataset.commandId = candidate.command.id;
+  } else {
+    row.dataset.path = candidate.path;
+  }
 
   const name = document.createElement("span");
   name.className = "cmdbar-row-name";
-  const nameText = result.candidate.fields.name;
-  name.append(
-    result.field === "name" ? renderHighlighted(nameText, result.ranges) : nameText,
-  );
+  const nameText = rowName(candidate);
+  const nameMatched =
+    result.field === "name" || result.field === "label" || result.field === "path";
+  name.append(nameMatched ? renderHighlighted(nameText, result.ranges) : nameText);
   row.appendChild(name);
 
+  // The chord is teaching material, not a match target: it is rendered from
+  // the live registry entry and never fed to the matcher.
+  if (candidate.kind === "command" && !isActionCandidate(candidate)) {
+    const keys = document.createElement("span");
+    keys.className = "cmdbar-row-keys";
+    for (const cap of keyCaps(candidate.command.keys[0])) {
+      const kbd = document.createElement("kbd");
+      kbd.textContent = cap;
+      keys.appendChild(kbd);
+    }
+    row.appendChild(keys);
+    return row;
+  }
+
   const meta = metaText(result);
   if (meta) {
     const el = document.createElement("span");
@@ -189,6 +392,12 @@ function renderRow(result: BarResult, index: number): HTMLElement {
   return row;
 }
 
+const PLACEHOLDERS: Record<"mixed" | BarSigil, string> = {
+  mixed: "Go to a session…",
+  ">": "Run a command…",
+  "~": "Spawn in a directory…",
+};
+
 // ---- the overlay ----
 
 export interface CommandBarOptions {
@@ -200,6 +409,25 @@ export interface CommandBarOptions {
    *  sidebar's click event — which is what the contract requires; tests pass
    *  their own. */
   onOpenSession?: (sessionId: string) => void;
+  /** The command registry to list under `>`. Defaults to every bound command,
+   *  in registry order. */
+  commands?: readonly Command[];
+  /** The directory list behind `~`, fetched once on first use. */
+  loadDirectories?: () => Promise<string[]>;
+  /** One directory's subdirectories, for filling the list in as a path is
+   *  typed. Defaults to `GET /api/dirs`. */
+  listDirEntries?: (dir: string) => Promise<string[]>;
+  /** Spawn a session in the highlighted directory. Defaults to raising
+   *  `SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT`, which the shell turns into a fast-forward
+   *  spawn. */
+  onSpawnDirectory?: (path: string) => void;
+  /** The action page's three actions (#151). Each defaults to raising the
+   *  event the flow that already implements it listens on — the sidebar's
+   *  confirm-and-blockers kill, its inline rename prompt, the spawn form
+   *  seeded from the session. The bar picks the action and nothing more. */
+  onKillSession?: (session: Session) => void;
+  onRenameSession?: (session: Session) => void;
+  onSpawnSimilar?: (session: Session) => void;
 }
 
 interface OpenBar {
@@ -228,8 +456,29 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
   const openSession =
     opts.onOpenSession ??
     ((id: string) => document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SESSION_SELECT_EVENT, { detail: id })));
+  const spawnDirectory =
+    opts.onSpawnDirectory ??
+    ((path: string) =>
+      document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(SPAWN_DIRECTORY_EVENT, { detail: path })));
+  const sessionEvent =
+    (name: string) =>
+    (session: Session): void => {
+      document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(name, { detail: session }));
+    };
+  const killSession = opts.onKillSession ?? sessionEvent(KILL_SESSION_EVENT);
+  const renameSession = opts.onRenameSession ?? sessionEvent(RENAME_SESSION_EVENT);
+  const spawnSimilar = opts.onSpawnSimilar ?? sessionEvent(SPAWN_SIMILAR_EVENT);
+  const loadDirectories = opts.loadDirectories ?? loadBarDirectories;
+  const listEntries =
+    opts.listDirEntries ?? ((dir: string) => listDir(dir).then((listing) => listing.entries));
 
-  const candidates: BarCandidate[] = sessionBarCandidates(opts.sessions, opts.homeDir);
+  const sessionCandidates: SessionBarCandidate[] = sessionBarCandidates(
+    opts.sessions,
+    opts.homeDir,
+  );
+  const commandCandidates: CommandBarCandidate[] = commandBarCandidates(
+    opts.commands ?? publishedCommands(),
+  );
 
   const el = document.createElement("div");
   el.className = "cmdbar-overlay";
@@ -246,10 +495,10 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
   input.setAttribute("role", "combobox");
   input.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "true");
   input.setAttribute("aria-controls", "cmdbar-results");
-  input.setAttribute("aria-label", "Search sessions");
+  input.setAttribute("aria-label", "Search sessions, commands and directories");
   input.setAttribute("autocomplete", "off");
   input.spellcheck = false;
-  input.placeholder = "Go to a session…";
+  input.placeholder = PLACEHOLDERS.mixed;
 
   const results = document.createElement("div");
   results.className = "cmdbar-results";
@@ -263,6 +512,98 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
   let rows: BarResult[] = [];
   let highlighted = 0;
 
+  // The action page (#151). `page` is the session being acted on, `stashed`
+  // the result-list query it was drilled into from — backing out restores it,
+  // so the round trip costs the operator nothing.
+  let page: Session | null = null;
+  let stashed = "";
+  let header: HTMLElement | null = null;
+
+  // `~`'s candidates: the recents-and-projects list, fetched once, plus
+  // whatever `/api/dirs` has filled in for the directory being typed.
+  let directories: DirectoryBarCandidate[] = [];
+  let directoriesRequested = false;
+  let probed: DirectoryBarCandidate[] = [];
+  let probedDir: string | null = null;
+  const listings = new Map<string, string[]>();
+
+  function alive(): boolean {
+    return current?.el === el;
+  }
+
+  /** Fetch the recents-and-projects list the first time `~` is used. */
+  function ensureDirectories(): void {
+    if (directoriesRequested) return;
+    directoriesRequested = true;
+    loadDirectories()
+      .then((paths) => {
+        directories = directoryBarCandidates(paths, opts.homeDir);
+        if (alive()) render();
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        /* no directories is a shorter list, not an error state */
+      });
+  }
+
+  /** Fill the list in from `GET /api/dirs` once the query looks like a path:
+   *  the directory it names is listed and its children join the candidates, so
+   *  `~` reaches a directory that was never spawned in. */
+  function probeDirectories(query: string): void {
+    const { dir } = splitPath(query);
+    if (dir === "") {
+      probed = [];
+      probedDir = null;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (dir === probedDir) return;
+    probedDir = dir;
+    const cached = listings.get(dir);
+    if (cached) {
+      probed = directoryBarCandidates(
+        cached.map((entry) => `${dir}${entry}`),
+        opts.homeDir,
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    probed = [];
+    listEntries(dir)
+      .then((entries) => {
+        listings.set(dir, entries);
+        if (!alive() || probedDir !== dir) return;
+        probed = directoryBarCandidates(
+          entries.map((entry) => `${dir}${entry}`),
+          opts.homeDir,
+        );
+        render();
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        /* an unreadable directory contributes nothing */
+      });
+  }
+
+  /** What the matcher sees for the query line as it stands. With no sigil the
+   *  list is mixed — sessions and commands together — except on an empty query,
+   *  where the bar is a session switcher. */
+  function candidatesFor(parsed: BarQuery): BarCandidate[] {
+    if (page) return sessionActionCandidates();
+    switch (parsed.sigil) {
+      case ">":
+        return [...commandCandidates];
+      case "~": {
+        ensureDirectories();
+        probeDirectories(parsed.query);
+        const seen = new Set<string>();
+        return [...directories, ...probed].filter((c) =>
+          seen.has(c.path) ? false : (seen.add(c.path), true),
+        );
+      }
+      default:
+        return parsed.query === ""
+          ? [...sessionCandidates]
+          : [...sessionCandidates, ...commandCandidates];
+    }
+  }
+
   function paintHighlight(): void {
     for (const row of results.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(".cmdbar-row")) {
       const active = Number(row.dataset.index) === highlighted;
@@ -276,8 +617,28 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
     if (rows.length === 0) input.removeAttribute("aria-activedescendant");
   }
 
+  /** The line naming the session being acted on, so the target is never
+   *  ambiguous. Present only while the action page is up. */
+  function paintHeader(): void {
+    header?.remove();
+    header = null;
+    if (!page) return;
+    header = document.createElement("div");
+    header.className = "cmdbar-page-header";
+    header.setAttribute("role", "presentation");
+    header.textContent = `Actions for "${sessionName(page)}"`;
+    panel.insertBefore(header, results);
+  }
+
   function render(): void {
-    rows = barRows(input.value, candidates);
+    // On the action page the query line is over the three actions, so there is
+    // no sigil to read: `>` and `~` are ordinary characters there.
+    const parsed = page ? { sigil: null, query: input.value } : parseBarQuery(input.value);
+    input.placeholder = page
+      ? `Act on ${sessionName(page)}…`
+      : PLACEHOLDERS[parsed.sigil ?? "mixed"];
+    paintHeader();
+    rows = barRows(parsed.query, candidatesFor(parsed));
     // The highlight starts on the globally best row every time the list
     // changes: an old index would point at a different result.
     highlighted = 0;
@@ -294,11 +655,15 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
 
     let index = 0;
     for (const group of barGroups(rows)) {
-      const header = document.createElement("div");
-      header.className = "cmdbar-group-title";
-      header.setAttribute("role", "presentation");
-      header.textContent = group.title;
-      results.appendChild(header);
+      // While a sigil is in force there is one kind, so the header is
+      // dropped — and the action page is one kind too.
+      if (parsed.sigil === null && !page) {
+        const header = document.createElement("div");
+        header.className = "cmdbar-group-title";
+        header.setAttribute("role", "presentation");
+        header.textContent = group.title;
+        results.appendChild(header);
+      }
       for (const result of group.results) {
         const at = index;
         const row = renderRow(result, at);
@@ -317,19 +682,82 @@ export function openCommandBar(opts: CommandBarOptions): HTMLElement {
     paintHighlight();
   }
 
+  /** `tab`: drill into the highlighted session's action page. No effect on any
+   *  other kind, and none on the page itself, which has no session rows. */
+  function drillIn(): void {
+    const candidate = rows[highlighted]?.candidate;
+    if (page || candidate?.kind !== "session") return;
+    page = candidate.session;
+    stashed = input.value;
+    input.value = "";
+    render();
+  }
+
+  /** Escape, or backspace at an empty query: back to the result list with the
+   *  query the drill-in was made from. */
+  function leavePage(): void {
+    page = null;
+    input.value = stashed;
+    stashed = "";
+    render();
+  }
+
+  function runAction(action: SessionAction, session: Session): void {
+    close();
+    switch (action.id) {
+      case "kill":
+        killSession(session);
+        return;
+      case "rename":
+        renameSession(session);
+        return;
+      case "spawn-similar":
+        spawnSimilar(session);
+        return;
+    }
+  }
+
   function activate(index: number): void {
     const result = rows[index];
     if (!result) return;
-    const sessionId = result.candidate.session.id;
+    const candidate = result.candidate;
+    if (isActionCandidate(candidate)) {
+      // The page cannot be up without a session to act on.
+      if (page) runAction(candidate.action, page);
+      return;
+    }
     close();
-    openSession(sessionId);
+    switch (candidate.kind) {
+      case "session":
+        openSession(candidate.session.id);
+        return;
+      case "command":
+        candidate.command.run();
+        return;
+      case "directory":
+        spawnDirectory(candidate.path);
+        return;
+    }
   }
 
   function onKeydown(e: KeyboardEvent): void {
     switch (e.key) {
       case "Escape":
         e.preventDefault();
-        close();
+        // On an action page Escape is one level up, not the way out.
+        if (page) leavePage();
+        else close();
+        return;
+      case "Tab":
+        e.preventDefault();
+        drillIn();
+        return;
+      case "Backspace":
+        // Ordinary editing, except at an empty query on the action page.
+        if (page && input.value === "") {
+          e.preventDefault();
+          leavePage();
+        }
         return;
       case "Enter":
         e.preventDefault();

web/src/commands.test.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   COMMAND_SPECS,
   CommandSet,
+  commandSpecs,
   DEFAULT_LEADER,
   canonicalizeKey,
+  controlByte,
   defineCommands,
+  isBarTypingTarget,
+  isTerminalTextarea,
   isTypingTarget,
   keyCaps,
   publishedCommands,
+  type Command,
 } from "./commands.js";
 
 function key(k: string, init: KeyboardEventInit = {}): KeyboardEvent {
@@ -128,31 +133,28 @@ describe("CommandSet", () => {
     expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
-  it("keeps plain keys deaf inside a form field, and chorded ones live", () => {
+  it("keeps plain keys deaf inside a form field, and leader chords live from the pane", () => {
     const plain = vi.fn();
     const chorded = vi.fn();
     const set = new CommandSet(
-      defineCommands({ "spawn.open": plain, "focus.toggle": chorded }),
+      defineCommands({ "spawn.open": plain, "focus.toggle": chorded }, DEFAULT_LEADER),
+      { leader: DEFAULT_LEADER },
     );
     const input = el("<input>");
     expect(pressOn(set, input, "n")).toBe(false);
     expect(plain).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-    expect(pressOn(set, input, "H", { ctrlKey: true, shiftKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    // focus.toggle hangs off the leader (#166): a plain, unmodified Escape is
+    // left for the pane's shell/app instead.
+    const terminal = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
+    pressOn(set, terminal, "a", { ctrlKey: true });
+    expect(pressOn(set, terminal, "h")).toBe(true);
     expect(chorded).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
-  it("keeps pane commands live inside the terminal's textarea", () => {
-    const run = vi.fn();
-    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "pane.focusList": run }), {
-      preventDefault: false,
-    });
+  it("leaves a plain Escape for the pane instead of binding it", () => {
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "spawn.open": vi.fn() }));
     const textarea = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
-    const e = key("Escape");
-    Object.defineProperty(e, "target", { value: textarea });
-    expect(set.handle(e)).toBe(true);
-    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    // xterm is told to swallow by the return value, not by the browser default.
-    expect(e.defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(pressOn(set, textarea, "Escape")).toBe(false);
   });
 });
 
@@ -161,6 +163,38 @@ describe("the leader", () => {
     expect(DEFAULT_LEADER).toBe("ctrl-a");
   });
 
+  // #159: the leader is the operator's, served on `/api/info`. Every chord
+  // behind it is built from it, so a rebound leader carries its escape hatches
+  // with it instead of leaving them on a stale ctrl-a.
+  it("builds the chords behind it from the configured leader", () => {
+    const byId = new Map(commandSpecs("ctrl-b").map((s) => [s.id, s]));
+    expect(byId.get("pane.literalCtrlK")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b ctrl-k"]);
+    expect(byId.get("pane.literalLeader")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b ctrl-b"]);
+    expect(byId.get("focus.toggle")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-b h"]);
+    // Commands that do not hang off the leader are untouched.
+    expect(byId.get("bar.open")?.keys).toEqual(["ctrl-k"]);
+  });
+
+  it("dispatches a configured leader's chord and not the default's", () => {
+    const literalCtrlK = vi.fn();
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "pane.literalCtrlK": literalCtrlK }, "ctrl-b"), {
+      leader: "ctrl-b",
+    });
+    set.handle(key("b", { ctrlKey: true }));
+    expect(set.handle(key("k", { ctrlKey: true }))).toBe(true);
+    expect(literalCtrlK).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    // The old leader is an ordinary key again: it holds nothing, and the chord
+    // that used to follow it runs nothing.
+    set.handle(key("a", { ctrlKey: true }));
+    set.handle(key("k", { ctrlKey: true }));
+    expect(literalCtrlK).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("sends the configured leader's own byte for the doubled chord", () => {
+    expect(controlByte("ctrl-b")).toBe("\x02");
+  });
+
   it("holds the leader as a partial chord instead of selecting the page", () => {
     const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "spawn.open": vi.fn() }), {
       leader: DEFAULT_LEADER,
@@ -234,3 +268,133 @@ describe("isTypingTarget", () => {
     expect(isTypingTarget(null)).toBe(false);
   });
 });
+
+describe("isTerminalTextarea", () => {
+  it("recognises xterm's offscreen textarea, and nothing else", () => {
+    expect(isTerminalTextarea(el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>'))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isTerminalTextarea(el("<textarea></textarea>"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isTerminalTextarea(el("<input>"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isTerminalTextarea(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("isBarTypingTarget", () => {
+  it("holds the bar's keys out of real form fields", () => {
+    expect(isBarTypingTarget(el("<input>"))).toBe(true);
+    expect(isBarTypingTarget(el("<textarea></textarea>"))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("does not count the terminal's textarea, so ctrl-k reaches the bar there", () => {
+    expect(isBarTypingTarget(el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>'))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBarTypingTarget(el("<button></button>"))).toBe(false);
+    expect(isBarTypingTarget(null)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("ctrl-k over a focused pane (#152)", () => {
+  const terminal = () => el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
+
+  /** The global listener's routing: the bar's set only sees a key that is not
+   *  aimed at a real form field. */
+  function route(set: CommandSet, target: HTMLElement, k: string, init?: KeyboardEventInit) {
+    if (isBarTypingTarget(target)) return false;
+    return pressOn(set, target, k, init);
+  }
+
+  it("opens the bar when the terminal has the keyboard", () => {
+    const open = vi.fn();
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "bar.open": open }));
+    expect(route(set, terminal(), "k", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the spawn form's inputs their own Ctrl-K", () => {
+    const open = vi.fn();
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "bar.open": open }));
+    expect(route(set, el("<input>"), "k", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(false);
+    expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("sends the literal 0x0B after the leader, without opening the bar", () => {
+    const open = vi.fn();
+    const literal = vi.fn();
+    const bar = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "bar.open": open }));
+    const set = new CommandSet(defineCommands({ "pane.literalCtrlK": literal }), {
+      leader: DEFAULT_LEADER,
+    });
+    const target = terminal();
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "a", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    const e = key("k", { ctrlKey: true });
+    Object.defineProperty(e, "target", { value: target });
+    expect(set.handle(e)).toBe(true);
+    expect(literal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The leader's set consumed the key, so the bar's set never sees it.
+    expect(open).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(bar.handle(e)).toBe(true); // sanity: it would have opened otherwise
+    expect(open).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("binds the escape hatch behind the default leader", () => {
+    const spec = COMMAND_SPECS.find((s) => s.id === "pane.literalCtrlK");
+    expect(spec?.keys).toEqual([`${DEFAULT_LEADER} ctrl-k`]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("leader pressed twice (#158)", () => {
+  it("sends one literal leader byte and clears the pending chord", () => {
+    const literal = vi.fn();
+    const run = vi.fn();
+    const set = new CommandSet(
+      defineCommands({ "pane.literalLeader": literal, "spawn.open": run }),
+      { leader: DEFAULT_LEADER },
+    );
+    const target = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "a", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "a", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(literal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The chord is cleared, not still held: the next key is ordinary again.
+    expect(set.handle(key("n"))).toBe(true);
+    expect(run).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("binds the escape hatch behind the default leader", () => {
+    const spec = COMMAND_SPECS.find((s) => s.id === "pane.literalLeader");
+    expect(spec?.keys).toEqual([`${DEFAULT_LEADER} ${DEFAULT_LEADER}`]);
+  });
+
+  // Not just the default: the chord is resolved from whatever leader this
+  // set was constructed with, so a rebound leader carries the escape hatch
+  // with it — the same proof #156 wrote for the TUI. The web has no config
+  // for this yet (#159), but the mechanism must not be hardcoded to ctrl-a.
+  it("follows a rebound leader, not just the default", () => {
+    const literal = vi.fn();
+    const rebound: Command = {
+      id: "pane.literalLeader",
+      label: "Send a literal leader key to the pane",
+      group: "Pane",
+      scope: "global",
+      keys: ["ctrl-b ctrl-b"],
+      run: literal,
+    };
+    const set = new CommandSet([rebound], { leader: "ctrl-b" });
+    const target = el('<textarea class="xterm-helper-textarea"></textarea>');
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "b", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "b", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(true);
+    expect(literal).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    // The old leader no longer does anything special.
+    expect(pressOn(set, target, "a", { ctrlKey: true })).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("controlByte", () => {
+  it("computes the raw control byte from a plain ctrl chord", () => {
+    expect(controlByte("ctrl-a")).toBe("\x01");
+    expect(controlByte("ctrl-k")).toBe("\x0b");
+  });
+
+  it("rejects anything that isn't a single plain ctrl chord", () => {
+    expect(() => controlByte("ctrl-shift-a")).toThrow();
+    expect(() => controlByte("a")).toThrow();
+    expect(() => controlByte("ctrl-a ctrl-a")).toThrow();
+  });
+});

web/src/commands.ts

@@ -32,9 +32,26 @@ export interface Command extends CommandSpec {
   run: () => void;
 }
 
-/** Every command the web client has. The single list this issue exists to
- *  create: labels, chords and grouping live here and nowhere else. */
-export const COMMAND_SPECS: readonly CommandSpec[] = [
+/** Leader used when the daemon does not name one — an older daemon, or an
+ *  unreachable `/api/info`. Mirrors the TUI's `[tui].leader` default. `ctrl-a`
+ *  is select-all in a browser, so a set that owns the leader
+ *  `preventDefault`s it. */
+export const DEFAULT_LEADER = "ctrl-a";
+
+/** Every command the web client has, for one leader. The single list: labels,
+ *  chords and grouping live here and nowhere else. Chords behind the leader are
+ *  built from it (#159), so the configured leader — served on `/api/info` as
+ *  `leader` — is what the overlay renders and the sets dispatch. */
+export function commandSpecs(leader: string = DEFAULT_LEADER): readonly CommandSpec[] {
+  return SPECS.map(({ leaderKeys, ...spec }) =>
+    leaderKeys ? { ...spec, keys: leaderKeys(leader) } : spec,
+  );
+}
+
+/** A spec whose chords are fixed, or a spec that builds them from the leader. */
+type SpecSource = CommandSpec & { leaderKeys?: (leader: string) => string[] };
+
+const SPECS: readonly SpecSource[] = [
   {
     id: "spawn.open",
     label: "Open the spawn form",
@@ -56,11 +73,28 @@ export const COMMAND_SPECS: readonly CommandSpec[] = [
     keys: ["ctrl-k"],
     scope: "global",
   },
+  {
+    id: "pane.literalCtrlK",
+    label: "Send a literal Ctrl-K to the pane",
+    group: "Pane",
+    keys: [`${DEFAULT_LEADER} ctrl-k`],
+    leaderKeys: (leader) => [`${leader} ctrl-k`],
+    scope: "global",
+  },
+  {
+    id: "pane.literalLeader",
+    label: "Send a literal leader key to the pane",
+    group: "Pane",
+    keys: [`${DEFAULT_LEADER} ${DEFAULT_LEADER}`],
+    leaderKeys: (leader) => [`${leader} ${leader}`],
+    scope: "global",
+  },
   {
     id: "focus.toggle",
     label: "Move the keyboard between the session list and the pane",
     group: "Session list",
-    keys: ["ctrl-shift-h"],
+    keys: [`${DEFAULT_LEADER} h`],
+    leaderKeys: (leader) => [`${leader} h`],
     scope: "global",
   },
   {
@@ -112,13 +146,6 @@ export const COMMAND_SPECS: readonly CommandSpec[] = [
     keys: ["tab"],
     scope: "list",
   },
-  {
-    id: "pane.focusList",
-    label: "Hand the keyboard back to the session list, from the pane",
-    group: "Session list",
-    keys: ["esc"],
-    scope: "pane",
-  },
   {
     id: "help.toggle",
     label: "Show or hide this help",
@@ -142,13 +169,20 @@ export const COMMAND_SPECS: readonly CommandSpec[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-const SPEC_BY_ID = new Map(COMMAND_SPECS.map((s) => [s.id, s]));
+/** The command list under the default leader. Iteration order everywhere else
+ *  (the help overlay, the bar) comes from here. */
+export const COMMAND_SPECS: readonly CommandSpec[] = commandSpecs();
 
 /** Attach handlers to specs, by id. Throws on an unknown id, so a typo is a
- *  test failure rather than a key that silently does nothing. */
-export function defineCommands(handlers: Record<string, () => void>): Command[] {
+ *  test failure rather than a key that silently does nothing. `leader` picks
+ *  the chords behind the leader; omit it for a set that has none. */
+export function defineCommands(
+  handlers: Record<string, () => void>,
+  leader: string = DEFAULT_LEADER,
+): Command[] {
+  const byId = new Map(commandSpecs(leader).map((s) => [s.id, s]));
   return Object.entries(handlers).map(([id, run]) => {
-    const spec = SPEC_BY_ID.get(id);
+    const spec = byId.get(id);
     if (!spec) throw new Error(`unknown command id: ${id}`);
     return { ...spec, run };
   });
@@ -216,6 +250,15 @@ export function canonicalizeKey(e: KeyboardEvent): string | null {
   return out + e.key.toLowerCase();
 }
 
+/** The raw control byte for a canonical `ctrl-<letter>` chord — `ctrl-a` is
+ *  `0x01` — mirroring the TUI's `encode_key`. Built from the chord string
+ *  itself so a different leader sends its own byte, not a hardcoded one. */
+export function controlByte(chord: string): string {
+  const m = /^ctrl-([a-z])$/.exec(chord);
+  if (!m) throw new Error(`not a plain ctrl chord: ${chord}`);
+  return String.fromCharCode(m[1].charCodeAt(0) - 96);
+}
+
 const MOD_PREFIX = /^(ctrl|alt|meta|shift)-/;
 
 /** True when a chord carries a modifier or more than one key. Plain single-key
@@ -241,11 +284,19 @@ export function isTypingTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
 /** xterm's offscreen textarea. It is a typing target like any other, but it is
  *  also where the leader has to work — a pane is exactly where the operator
  *  needs the escape hatch (docs/COMMAND-BAR.md). */
-function isTerminalTextarea(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+export function isTerminalTextarea(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
   const el = target as HTMLElement | null;
   return !!el && typeof el.className === "string" && el.classList?.contains("xterm-helper-textarea");
 }
 
+/** True where the command bar's own keys must stay out of the way: a real form
+ *  field, and not the pane. `ctrl-k` is intercepted ahead of xterm
+ *  (docs/COMMAND-BAR.md, "Opening"), so a focused terminal opens the bar, while
+ *  the spawn form's inputs keep their own Ctrl-K. */
+export function isBarTypingTarget(target: EventTarget | null): boolean {
+  return isTypingTarget(target) && !isTerminalTextarea(target);
+}
+
 // ---- display ----
 
 const CAPS: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -292,10 +343,6 @@ export function keyCaps(chord: string): string[] {
 
 // ---- dispatch ----
 
-/** Default leader, mirroring the TUI's `[tui].leader`. `ctrl-a` is select-all
- *  in a browser, so a set that owns the leader `preventDefault`s it. */
-export const DEFAULT_LEADER = "ctrl-a";
-
 /** How long a partial chord waits for its next key — the TUI's
  *  `chord_timeout_ms` default. */
 export const DEFAULT_CHORD_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;

web/src/connections.test.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,84 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
 import { ConnectionPool } from "./connections.js";
+import { CatalogStore } from "./events.js";
+import type { Session } from "./types.js";
+
+// The pane's own bytes-out path, stubbed: the escape hatch only needs to know
+// the pool reaches the focused connection with them.
+const sent: { id: string; data: string }[] = [];
+const disposed: string[] = [];
+const mounts: { id: string; focus: boolean | undefined }[] = [];
+function fakeConn(kind: string, id: string) {
+  const el = document.createElement("div");
+  el.tabIndex = -1; // focusable via .focus(), like a real input/terminal
+  el.dataset.kind = kind;
+  el.dataset.session = id;
+  return {
+    sessionId: id,
+    kind,
+    el,
+    onMount(opts?: { focus?: boolean }) {
+      mounts.push({ id, focus: opts?.focus });
+    },
+    onUnmount() {},
+    focusTerminal() {},
+    sendInput(data: string) {
+      sent.push({ id, data });
+    },
+    updateInfo() {},
+    dispose() {
+      disposed.push(`${kind}:${id}`);
+    },
+  };
+}
+vi.mock("./attach.js", () => ({
+  createAttachConnection: (id: string) => fakeConn("attach", id),
+}));
+vi.mock("./structured.js", () => ({
+  createStructuredConnection: (id: string) => fakeConn("structured", id),
+}));
 
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+  sent.length = 0;
+  disposed.length = 0;
+  mounts.length = 0;
 });
 
+/** Minimal fixture for the `CatalogState` a `CatalogStore` broadcasts. */
+function session(id: string, view?: "Terminal" | "Structured"): Session {
+  return {
+    id,
+    cwd: "/repo",
+    command: "claude",
+    env: {},
+    metadata: {},
+    status: "Running",
+    created_at: "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+    view,
+  };
+}
+
+/** A `CatalogStore` an id can be pushed into on demand, mirroring
+ *  events.test.ts's own injectable-socket pattern. */
+class FakeCatalogSocket {
+  onmessage: ((ev: { data: string }) => void) | null = null;
+  onopen: (() => void) | null = null;
+  onclose: (() => void) | null = null;
+  onerror: (() => void) | null = null;
+  close(): void {}
+  push(sessions: Session[]): void {
+    this.onmessage?.({ data: JSON.stringify({ type: "Snapshot", sessions }) });
+  }
+}
+function fakeStore(): { store: CatalogStore; socket: FakeCatalogSocket } {
+  const socket = new FakeCatalogSocket();
+  const store = new CatalogStore({ socket: () => socket as unknown as WebSocket });
+  store.start();
+  return { store, socket };
+}
+
 const A = "aaaaaaaa-0000-0000-0000-0000000000ff";
 const B = "bbbbbbbb-0000-0000-0000-0000000000ff";
 
@@ -85,3 +158,226 @@ describe("ConnectionPool.setFocus", () => {
     await Promise.resolve();
   });
 });
+
+describe("ConnectionPool.sendToFocused", () => {
+  it("types the bytes into the focused session's PTY", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    sent.length = 0;
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+
+    expect(pool.sendToFocused("\x0b")).toBe(true);
+    expect(sent).toEqual([{ id: A, data: "\x0b" }]);
+  });
+
+  it("is a no-op with nothing focused", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    sent.length = 0;
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+
+    expect(pool.sendToFocused("\x0b")).toBe(false);
+    expect(sent).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+// A deep link or restored layout can `mount()` a session before the catalog
+// snapshot names its view — the daemon defaults an absent `view` to
+// `"Terminal"`, but so does an *unknown* session, and only one of those is
+// actually resolved (#140 review).
+describe("ConnectionPool: view resolution races", () => {
+  it("replaces a wrongly-typed connection once the catalog resolves it, without waiting for another mount()", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+
+    pool.mount(A, pane); // no info: deep-link-before-snapshot race
+    expect(disposed).toEqual([]);
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    // The fresh connection landed in the same pane nothing re-mounted it into.
+    expect(pane.children).toHaveLength(1);
+  });
+
+  it("also repairs a wrongly-typed connection that is parked, not mounted, without evicting its other parked siblings", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const hidden = document.body.lastElementChild as HTMLElement; // this pool's own cache
+    pool.mount(A, document.createElement("div"));
+    pool.mount(B, document.createElement("div"));
+    pool.unmount(A);
+    pool.unmount(B);
+    disposed.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    // B's own element is still parked — A's repair didn't wipe its siblings
+    // out of the shared hidden cache.
+    expect(hidden.querySelector(`[data-session="${B}"]`)).not.toBeNull();
+    expect((hidden.querySelector(`[data-session="${A}"]`) as HTMLElement | null)?.dataset.kind).toBe("structured");
+  });
+
+  it("does not replace a connection whose resolved view already matches", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, pane, { name: "a", command: "claude", view: "Structured" });
+    disposed.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not downgrade an already-resolved connection when a later mount() call has no info", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool();
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, pane, { name: "a", command: "claude", view: "Structured" });
+    disposed.length = 0;
+
+    pool.mount(A, pane); // e.g. a re-render before the catalog answers again
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not treat a session missing from the catalog as Terminal and churn a live connection", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, pane, { name: "a", command: "claude", view: "Structured" });
+    disposed.length = 0;
+
+    // `A` is absent from this snapshot — main.ts's own subscription handles
+    // closing the pane; the pool must not race it by "fixing" the view first.
+    socket.push([session(B, "Terminal")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("re-focuses the fresh connection when the keyboard was actually inside the replaced pane", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(pane);
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    (pane.firstElementChild as HTMLElement).focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(pane.firstElementChild);
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([{ id: A, focus: true }]);
+    pane.remove();
+  });
+
+  it("does not steal focus from a same-tab sidebar preview even though focusedId still names the previous pane", () => {
+    // docs/PREVIEW.md: previewing a session already open in the current tab
+    // moves the keyboard into the sidebar without ever calling setFocus, so
+    // `focusedId` keeps naming the pane the operator was in before — but the
+    // DOM disagrees, and the DOM is what must decide.
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(pane);
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    (pane.firstElementChild as HTMLElement).focus();
+
+    const sidebarInput = document.createElement("input");
+    document.body.appendChild(sidebarInput);
+    sidebarInput.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(sidebarInput);
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([{ id: A, focus: false }]);
+    pane.remove();
+    sidebarInput.remove();
+  });
+
+  it("counts focus on a descendant of the pane's element, not just the element itself", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(pane);
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+    (pane.firstElementChild as HTMLElement).appendChild(textarea);
+    textarea.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(textarea);
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([{ id: A, focus: true }]);
+    pane.remove();
+  });
+
+  it("treats document.body (nothing meaningfully focused) as no active descendant", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    document.body.appendChild(pane);
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    (document.activeElement as HTMLElement | null)?.blur();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(document.body);
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([{ id: A, focus: false }]);
+    pane.remove();
+  });
+
+  it("does not steal focus for a merely-visible pane that was never actually focused", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const paneA = document.createElement("div");
+    const paneB = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, paneA);
+    pool.mount(B, paneB);
+    pool.setFocus(B); // B is the real keyboard focus; A is only visible
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([{ id: A, focus: false }]);
+  });
+
+  it("does not focus a parked (unmounted) connection it repairs", () => {
+    mockFetch();
+    const { store, socket } = fakeStore();
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ store });
+    const pane = document.createElement("div");
+    pool.mount(A, pane);
+    pool.setFocus(A);
+    pool.unmount(A); // parked — no longer visible, `focusedId` still names it
+    mounts.length = 0;
+
+    socket.push([session(A, "Structured")]);
+
+    expect(disposed).toEqual(["attach:" + A]);
+    expect(mounts).toEqual([]); // parked repair calls onUnmount, never onMount
+  });
+});

web/src/connections.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import {
-  createAttachConnection,
-  type AttachConnection,
-  type AttachInfo,
-} from "./attach.js";
+import { createAttachConnection } from "./attach.js";
+import type { AttachInfo } from "./paneTitle.js";
+import type { PaneConnection } from "./pane.js";
+import { createStructuredConnection } from "./structured.js";
 import { setSessionFocus } from "./api.js";
-import type { Uuid } from "./types.js";
+import type { CatalogState, CatalogStore } from "./events.js";
+import { sessionName, type SessionView, type Uuid } from "./types.js";
 
 /**
  * How many *parked* (off-screen but still-connected) sessions to keep warm
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ import type { Uuid } from "./types.js";
  */
 const MAX_PARKED = 6;
 
+/** A session's view defaults to `"Terminal"` wherever it isn't carried —
+ *  matching the wire default (`SessionView`'s `#[default]`, types.ts). Only
+ *  meaningful once the session itself is known; an altogether-unknown
+ *  session (no `AttachInfo`/`Session` at all) is a distinct, un-resolved
+ *  state callers must check for separately, not "Terminal". */
+function resolveView(view: SessionView | undefined): SessionView {
+  return view ?? "Terminal";
+}
+
 export interface PoolOptions {
   /** Fired when the focused session changes (drives sidebar highlight + HUD). */
   onFocusChange?: (id: Uuid | null) => void;
@@ -27,6 +36,9 @@ export interface PoolOptions {
   onClosed?: (id: Uuid) => void;
   /** Forwarded to each connection: should a dropped socket be retried? */
   shouldReconnect?: (id: Uuid, code: number) => boolean;
+  /** Threaded through to a structured connection so its rail can read live
+   *  worktree/git-status data (#140). Terminal connections don't need it. */
+  store?: CatalogStore;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -40,12 +52,19 @@ export interface PoolOptions {
  */
 export class ConnectionPool {
   /** All live connections. Insertion order doubles as LRU: oldest first. */
-  private readonly cache = new Map<Uuid, AttachConnection>();
+  private readonly cache = new Map<Uuid, PaneConnection>();
+  /** The view each cached connection was actually created for — a deep link
+   *  or a restored layout can `mount()` a session before the catalog
+   *  snapshot names its view, defaulting it to `"Terminal"`; this is what
+   *  lets a later reconciliation notice the resolved view disagrees (#140
+   *  review). */
+  private readonly connViews = new Map<Uuid, SessionView>();
   /** Sessions currently mounted into a visible pane (never evicted). */
   private readonly mounted = new Set<Uuid>();
   private readonly hidden: HTMLElement;
   private focusedId: Uuid | null = null;
   private readonly opts: PoolOptions;
+  private readonly unsubscribeStore?: () => void;
 
   constructor(opts: PoolOptions = {}) {
     this.opts = opts;
@@ -54,6 +73,11 @@ export class ConnectionPool {
     this.hidden.className = "conn-cache";
     this.hidden.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
     document.body.appendChild(this.hidden);
+    // A session `mount()`ed before its catalog entry exists gets a
+    // `"Terminal"` connection by default; once the snapshot actually names
+    // the view, fix any connection that guessed wrong — nothing else
+    // re-`mount()`s an already-open pane just because the catalog updated.
+    this.unsubscribeStore = opts.store?.subscribe((state) => this.reconcileViews(state));
   }
 
   /** The focused session, or null when nothing is focused (welcome pane). */
@@ -77,18 +101,19 @@ export class ConnectionPool {
   mount(id: Uuid, pane: HTMLElement, info?: AttachInfo, opts?: { focus?: boolean }): void {
     let conn = this.cache.get(id);
     if (conn) {
-      this.cache.delete(id);
-      this.cache.set(id, conn);
+      // `info === undefined` means "session not known yet", not "Terminal" —
+      // never downgrade a resolved connection just because a later caller
+      // couldn't resolve the session. Only a *resolved* view that disagrees
+      // with what this connection was built for forces a replace.
+      if (info !== undefined && resolveView(info.view) !== this.connViews.get(id)) {
+        conn = this.replace(id, info);
+      } else {
+        this.cache.delete(id);
+        this.cache.set(id, conn); // LRU refresh
+        if (info) conn.updateInfo(info);
+      }
     } else {
-      conn = createAttachConnection(
-        id,
-        {
-          onRequestClose: (sid) => this.opts.onRequestClose?.(sid),
-          onClosed: (sid) => this.opts.onClosed?.(sid),
-          shouldReconnect: (sid, code) => this.opts.shouldReconnect?.(sid, code) ?? false,
-        },
-        info,
-      );
+      conn = this.create(id, info);
       this.cache.set(id, conn);
     }
     if (conn.el.parentElement !== pane) {
@@ -101,6 +126,71 @@ export class ConnectionPool {
     this.evict();
   }
 
+  private create(id: Uuid, info?: AttachInfo): PaneConnection {
+    const view = resolveView(info?.view);
+    this.connViews.set(id, view);
+    const connOpts = {
+      onRequestClose: (sid: Uuid) => this.opts.onRequestClose?.(sid),
+      onClosed: (sid: Uuid) => this.opts.onClosed?.(sid),
+      shouldReconnect: (sid: Uuid, code: number) => this.opts.shouldReconnect?.(sid, code) ?? false,
+    };
+    return view === "Structured"
+      ? createStructuredConnection(id, connOpts, info, this.opts.store)
+      : createAttachConnection(id, connOpts, info);
+  }
+
+  /** Dispose whatever is cached for `id` and cache a freshly created
+   *  connection in its place. Does not touch the DOM or `mounted` — callers
+   *  place the new element themselves. */
+  private replace(id: Uuid, info?: AttachInfo): PaneConnection {
+    this.cache.get(id)?.dispose();
+    const fresh = this.create(id, info);
+    this.cache.set(id, fresh);
+    return fresh;
+  }
+
+  /** Proactively fix any cached connection whose view no longer matches the
+   *  catalog — the only path that repairs a pane nothing will `mount()`
+   *  again on its own (parked, or mounted but not currently being
+   *  re-rendered by anything else). A session absent from `state` (not yet
+   *  known, or removed) is left alone — that's `main.ts`'s
+   *  `closePane`/eviction concern, not a view mismatch. */
+  private reconcileViews(state: CatalogState): void {
+    for (const id of [...this.cache.keys()]) {
+      const session = state.sessions.get(id);
+      if (session === undefined || resolveView(session.view) === this.connViews.get(id)) continue;
+      const existing = this.cache.get(id)!;
+      const parent = existing.el.parentElement;
+      const wasMounted = this.mounted.has(id);
+      // Capture before anything below touches the DOM: dispose()/el.remove()
+      // detach `existing.el`, and once a focused descendant is detached the
+      // browser moves `document.activeElement` to `<body>` — too late to
+      // tell whether the keyboard was actually in this pane.
+      const hadDomFocus = existing.el.contains(document.activeElement);
+      const info: AttachInfo = { name: sessionName(session), command: session.command, view: session.view };
+      const fresh = this.replace(id, info);
+      existing.el.remove(); // don't rely on dispose() to clear the DOM
+      if (parent && parent !== this.hidden) {
+        parent.replaceChildren(fresh.el);
+      } else {
+        // Parked: `this.hidden` holds every parked connection's element as
+        // siblings — append, never replaceChildren, or they'd all vanish.
+        this.hidden.appendChild(fresh.el);
+      }
+      if (wasMounted) {
+        // `focusedId` names the session the pool was last told to focus —
+        // but a same-tab sidebar preview moves the keyboard into the
+        // sidebar without clearing it (multiview.ts skips `setFocus` while
+        // previewing), so `focusedId` alone can point at a pane the
+        // keyboard already left. Only re-focus when the DOM agrees it
+        // never did.
+        fresh.onMount({ focus: this.focusedId === id && hadDomFocus });
+      } else {
+        fresh.onUnmount();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Park `id` back into the hidden cache (still connected) and stop showing it. */
   unmount(id: Uuid): void {
     if (!this.mounted.delete(id)) return;
@@ -159,19 +249,34 @@ export class ConnectionPool {
     this.cache.get(this.focusedId)?.focusTerminal();
   }
 
+  /** Type raw bytes into the focused session's PTY. Returns false when there is
+   *  nothing focused, or its connection is gone — the leader's literal Ctrl-K
+   *  is a no-op over the welcome pane rather than an error
+   *  (docs/COMMAND-BAR.md). */
+  sendToFocused(data: string): boolean {
+    if (this.focusedId === null) return false;
+    const conn = this.cache.get(this.focusedId);
+    if (!conn) return false;
+    conn.sendInput(data);
+    return true;
+  }
+
   /** Fully disconnect + forget a session. */
   close(id: Uuid): void {
     const conn = this.cache.get(id);
     if (!conn) return;
     conn.dispose();
     this.cache.delete(id);
+    this.connViews.delete(id);
     this.mounted.delete(id);
     if (this.focusedId === id) this.setFocus(null);
   }
 
   dispose(): void {
+    this.unsubscribeStore?.();
     for (const conn of this.cache.values()) conn.dispose();
     this.cache.clear();
+    this.connViews.clear();
     this.mounted.clear();
     this.hidden.remove();
   }

web/src/daemonLink.test.ts

@@ -130,6 +130,31 @@ describe("DaemonLink", () => {
     expect(link.status().state).toBe("online");
   });
 
+  it("rechecks immediately when the browser returns from the background", async () => {
+    const sched = manual();
+    let reply: DaemonInfo | null = info("aaa", "i1");
+    const link = new DaemonLink({
+      fetchInfo: async () => {
+        if (!reply) throw new Error("down");
+        return reply;
+      },
+      scheduler: sched,
+      reload: () => {},
+    });
+    await link.start();
+
+    reply = null;
+    link.noteDisconnected();
+    sched.run();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(link.status().state).toBe("down");
+
+    reply = info("aaa", "i1");
+    link.recover();
+    await Promise.resolve();
+    expect(link.status().state).toBe("online");
+  });
+
   it("reloads the page when the daemon comes back on a new commit", async () => {
     const sched = manual();
     const reload = vi.fn();

web/src/daemonLink.ts

@@ -148,6 +148,17 @@ export class DaemonLink {
     void this.probe();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Recheck liveness after the browser resumes from the background. Mobile
+   * browsers may suspend both WebSocket events and timers while a PWA is
+   * hidden, leaving a stale `down` state after the daemon is already back.
+   */
+  recover(): void {
+    if (this.state === "updating") return;
+    this.noteDisconnected();
+    void this.probe();
+  }
+
   /**
    * One `/api/info` round-trip. Resolves `true` when the daemon answered.
    *

web/src/events.test.ts

@@ -132,6 +132,21 @@ describe("CatalogStore reducer", () => {
 });
 
 describe("CatalogStore reconnect", () => {
+  it("replaces a suspended socket immediately", () => {
+    const first = new FakeSocket();
+    const second = new FakeSocket();
+    const { store } = storeWith([first, second]);
+    store.start();
+
+    store.reconnect();
+
+    expect(first.closed).toBe(true);
+    second.open();
+    // A late close from the old socket is deliberately ignored.
+    first.drop();
+    expect(store.backoff()).toBe(INITIAL_BACKOFF_MS);
+  });
+
   it("doubles the delay per attempt and caps it", () => {
     const sockets = Array.from({ length: 8 }, () => new FakeSocket());
     const { store, scheduler } = storeWith(sockets);

web/src/events.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ export class CatalogStore {
     this.connect();
   }
 
+  /** Replace a socket that may have gone stale while the browser was suspended. */
+  reconnect(): void {
+    if (this.reconnectTimer !== null) {
+      this.scheduler.clearTimer(this.reconnectTimer);
+      this.reconnectTimer = null;
+    }
+    if (this.ws) {
+      // A close event from the superseded socket must not schedule a second
+      // connection alongside the new one.
+      this.ws.onclose = null;
+      this.ws.onerror = null;
+      this.ws.close();
+      this.ws = null;
+    }
+    this.connect();
+  }
+
   /** Current reconnect delay, for tests asserting the backoff schedule. */
   backoff(): number {
     return this.backoffMs;