# Plan — ConPTY Interactive Sessions

Spec: `docs/superpowers/specs/2026-07-23-conpty-interactive-sessions-design.md`
Date: 2026-07-23

Execution: subagent-driven-development, sonnet model, TDD where meaningful,
build + test + commit per task. Stage files explicitly by path (never
`git add -A`). Terminal rendering is visual — flagged for the user's visual pass.

## Task 0 — Spike: embed a ConPTY terminal running `claude`

Not TDD; a throwaway proof. Add a temporary window/view that embeds each
candidate control and launches `claude` in a known worktree.

- Evaluate **SvcSystems.UI.Terminal** and **Iciclecreek.Avalonia.Terminal**.
- Acceptance: the real `claude` TUI renders correctly — colors, resize/reflow,
  and a live permission prompt is usable; input reaches the CLI.
- Output: pick one library; note the control API (start with cwd/exe/args/env,
  process-exited event, dispose/kill). Record the decision in the spec.
- Remove the throwaway harness before Task 1 (or keep as a manual dev sample,
  not wired into the app).

**Stop for the user's visual verification of the spike before continuing.**

## Task 1 — Worker: interactive launch-spec endpoint

- Add a Worker service/hub method that, given a taskId, prepares the worktree
  (session-skills seeding, agent files, MCP config, env — reuse the autonomous
  run prep path) and returns a `LaunchSpec { cwd, exe, args, env }`.
- Reuse `WindowsTerminalLauncher.BuildResumeCommand` for exe/args.
- Guards mirror `ResumeTaskInTerminal` (not Running/Queued, persisted SessionId,
  worktree Active/Kept). Never-run task → spec without `--resume` (fresh start).
- Tests (Worker.Tests, real SQLite/git): guard cases, spec contents for a
  resumable task, fresh-start case. No real `claude` in tests.

## Task 2 — Worker: ad-hoc launch-spec

- Method to build a `LaunchSpec` for a free session in a given directory:
  MCP config + env set up, no task/session-skills seeding.
- Tests: env/MCP presence, arbitrary cwd.

## Task 3 — UI: terminal host control + view model

- Wrap the chosen library in an app control/view (e.g. `InteractiveTerminalView`
  + `InteractiveTerminalViewModel`) that starts from a `LaunchSpec` and exposes
  running/exited state.
- `IWorkerClient`: add methods to fetch the task and ad-hoc launch specs; wire
  the SignalR client + hub method.
- Update hand-rolled `IWorkerClient`/hub fakes in BOTH test projects.
- Tests: view model starts/stops lifecycle with a fake terminal backend;
  fake worker returns a spec.

## Task 4 — Command Center: host interactive panes + entry points

- `MonitorPaneView`: autonomous panes keep the streamed log; interactive panes
  host the terminal control.
- Entry points: "Open interactive session" from a task (task-based) and a
  "New session" action (ad-hoc, pick directory).
- Layout toggle: focus (tabs) ↔ overview (grid); reuse/extend the existing
  `UniformGrid` column logic for the grid mode.
- Tests: view-model level (pane kind selection, layout toggle state). Rendering
  is a visual-pass item.

## Task 5 — Remove the streaming interactive stack

Only after Tasks 1–4 land and the terminal path works.

- Worker: delete `StreamingClaudeSession`, `InteractiveSessionService`,
  interactive `WorkerHub` methods + broadcast events, DI registrations.
  Verify `LiveSessionRegistry` / `IdleSessionReaper` usage first; remove only if
  unreferenced.
- UI: remove composer bits on `TaskMonitorViewModel`, the composer/queued portion
  of `SessionTerminalView`, `IWorkerClient` interactive methods.
- Update fakes and delete now-dead tests. Full build + all test projects green.

## Task 6 — Docs

- Update `docs/open.md` with visual-verification items (spike render, terminal
  resize/focus, grid vs tabs).
- Update affected per-project `CLAUDE.md` (Worker interactive removal, UI new
  terminal host).

## Verification gates

- After Task 0: user visual pass on the spike.
- After Task 4: user visual pass on Command Center (task + ad-hoc, tabs + grid,
  permission prompt round-trip).
- Never claim the terminal UI works without the user running it.