The killer UX feature: click a mission's Live Pane tab and watch the
actual Herdr TUI on the target node in the browser — cursor, colors,
tool output, all live. WebRTC DataChannel direct where the browser
can reach the node peer-to-peer, WS-relayed fallback otherwise
(same auto-negotiation the INFRA node terminal already uses).
Zero new deployment infra — reuses the existing terminal_ticket +
terminal_ws + PTY-over-control-channel machinery. The one primitive
we grew: PtyTarget::Command variant so the node can spawn an
arbitrary program (\`herdr\`) in the PTY instead of the login shell.
Node daemon (clawmates-node):
- PtyTarget grows a Command { argv } variant
- spawn_command_pty resolves bare names against user + system bin
dirs (matches how tool_update finds claude/kimi)
- PtyTarget::from_frame reads the `command` array from the pty_open
frame; precedence Command > Container > Host
cm-api:
- NodeHub::open_pty grows an optional command argv; when set, the
frame carries it and the daemon spawns the program directly.
- routes::nodes::TermCtrl gains a `command: Vec<String>`; the
fallback branch threads it through.
Frontend:
- core.ts::webrtcConnector takes an optional commandOverride
that ships inside the fallback frame
- nodeHerdrConnector(nodeId) — mints the standard ticket + WS URL
but overrides command to ["herdr"]
- MissionCanvas grows a "pane" tab, visible only when
runtime_kind='local_herdr'. LivePane subcomponent uses xterm.js
(already a workspace dep) via useResilientTerminal, shows a
connecting/relayed/direct pill in the corner.
To watch a mission live: pick "On a fleet node (Herdr)" + target
node in the wizard, launch, click Pane tab → node's Herdr TUI
appears. Navigate to the mission workspace in the Herdr sidebar
(mouse or prefix+w) to zoom into the mission's pane.
Focus-a-specific-pane-directly is a later enhancement — Herdr has
no CLI arg for it yet, so operator navigates the sidebar for now.
Verified: cargo check --workspace + tsc --noEmit both green.
Completes "agent on a node" (single-node): when an agent's placement points at a
fleet node, its terminal container runs there and the browser reaches it over a
direct WebRTC DataChannel (LAN speed), sharing a node-local volume with the
sandbox. gw-04-local agents are byte-identical to before.
- cm-sandbox/docker.rs: empty drive subpath → mount the whole volume at the target
(volume_options None), so a per-agent node-local volume auto-creates at ~/drives.
- cm-api/fleet.rs: NodeHub.open_pty/webrtc_offer carry optional container+session
(injected only when Some); node-terminal caller passes None (host shell unchanged).
- cm-runtime/terminals.rs: TerminalManager gains node_provider + placement
(mirrors SandboxManager, draining-aware); node_local_drive_mount(agent) =
clawmates_agent_<id> at ~/drives; placement_for() ensures + locates the container;
attach uses driver_for(node) (local byte-identical).
- cm-runtime/sandboxes.rs: a node-placed agent sandbox mounts the same per-agent
volume → shares files with the terminal on that node.
- cm-api/routes/terminal.rs: ticket response gains `node`; ws() bridges node-placed
agents through the NodeHub relay (WebRTC + fallback) execing into the container;
local path unchanged. server main wires with_node_provider.
- frontend: agentTerminalConnector mints the ticket then picks WebRTC (node-placed,
⚡ direct / relayed badge) vs WS (local); webrtcConnector generalized to be
endpoint-agnostic (node terminal reuses it).
Known follow-up: terminal (uid 65532) and sandbox (uid 10001) share the volume but
differ in uid — cross-container writes need an aligned uid/gid (group-writable).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Decouples "many users" + "many server replicas" from "many machines" so the
platform is tenant-isolated and horizontally safe on the current single node.
- Per-signup workspaces (cm-auth): a new hosted-identity sign-in provisions and
owns its own workspace instead of joining the first. Config-gated by
auth.per_signup_workspace (default off); concurrent first-logins serialized by
a per-subject advisory lock so no duplicate workspaces.
- Terminal tickets in Postgres (migration 0016, hashed, single-use): any replica
can redeem a ticket minted by another. Drops the in-process ticket map.
- Container registry in Postgres (migration 0017, agent_containers): Terminal
and Sandbox managers resolve an agent's container through a shared registry,
so a 2nd replica reuses it instead of spawning a duplicate. node_id recorded
as 'local' (Phase 2 hook). Boot reconcile removes only true orphans, so
terminals now survive a redeploy (tmux sessions resume).
- Per-workspace quotas (cm-api/quota.rs): plan-tier caps on agents + live
containers, enforced at agent create + terminal spin-up (reconnects allowed),
returned as HTTP 402. New GET /api/quota surfaces usage vs limits.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Terminal app (xterm ⇄ WebSocket ⇄ per-agent themed container):
- zsh + oh-my-zsh + powerlevel10k image (agent-terminal), runs as uid 65532 to
share read-write ownership of the file-drive volume with the server.
- Interactive PTY in cm-sandbox (bollard exec tty/attach + resize) + a
TerminalManager; ticket-authed WS bridge routed straight to the backend via a
Traefik PathRegexp(/ws) rule. MOTD greets the user by name.
- tmux resumable sessions; multi-tab (one tmux session per tab, same container),
drag-to-reorder, rename, and a Save that persists named tabs to the server
(terminal_tabs, migration 0014) so they survive logout / a new device.
- Files drives mounted per-agent (subpath) at ~/drives/{documents,received,
shared}; a reconciler keeps the Files app's index in sync with terminal writes.
Storage moved to a shared `filedata` volume (CLAWMATES_STORAGE__DATA_DIR).
Obsidian vault (a markdown "second brain" per agent):
- New `vault` FileDrive (migration 0015) mounted into the terminal at ~/obsidian;
a file-content read route; a purple Obsidian tile + a vault viewer app.
Computer UI:
- Draggable computer-panel width (min = phone preset) keeping the size presets.
- Green Terminal glyph, "Claw Chat" → "Chat", colored gradient-outline app icons.
- Agent page: avatar↔activity-grid spacing + larger, uniform section fonts with
colored section-tinted tag chips.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Omar Sobh